The Singapore Free Press, 2 June 1955

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1 r,:>. Singapore. Thurs., June 2, 1955. Price 15 tts.
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    PORT STRIKE DAY 34
    84 1 And still no peace bid rTHERE WU no new move this morning to settle the strike m the Singapore i.: Board which is now 34th day. hile, dockyard authoat the Naval Base will our union officials toto discuss the dismissal of i steward lot alleged indination.
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    Lock icon Kanchenjunga is conquered
    55 1 rpHE British expedition, led by 1 Dr. Charles Evans, has quered Mount Kanchenga, the highest uncHmbei ountain In the world, says a I from Darjeeling. The rxpedition stopped only feet from the summit of -U 46- foot Himalayan peak afoid offending the local Sikkimete people who believe
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    Lock icon GOLD FOR PERSIA
    31 1 I tons of gold bars were red by Soviet Russia to rsia at the frontier of Julfa iterday under a recent So- Iranian agreement, Tehei Radio announced.- Reuter
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    Lock icon BACK IN PEKING
    20 1 Hie Indonesian Premier, Dr. Mi S.utroamidjojo, yesterday n-ned to Peking from a tour M.mchurian industrial cen- Reuter
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    Lock icon India is willing
    37 1 udia is willing to allow ith Korean officials to talk th former Korean prlsoners*ar now m India if both United Nations and Corncommands agree, an lian Government spokesman m New Delhi yesterday. A. P.
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    Lock icon 19 die in bus crash
    27 1 Nineteen women were killed en a bus skidded yesterday a curve at Hoechstembach r Limburg. m Germany and into a tree. Reuter
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    Lock icon Going to London
    21 1 Edmund Hillary left md for Sydney by air day on hLs way to South -a and London. Reuter
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    Man who cut red tape sails today
    137 1 Man who cut red tape sails today SIR John Fearns Nicoll, the Governor who infused a new spirit of service m Empress Place and cut red tape to help the common man, leaves Singapore this afternoon m the Oranje on retirement. During his three years of office since April, 1952,
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    Strikers took over
    79 1 A ANY of the 150 unem- ployed m Eastbourne, who have been working this '<*k unloading new potatoes from the wrecked Greek ship Gormania off Beachy Head, *<-re told yesterday that there aj woik lor them. Looking down at the workers they saw .several of the town's
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    Lock icon Siam told: Shake hands and be modern
    116 1 Siam told: Shake hands and be modern TJEPORTS that Siamese 1% schoolchildren are to be taught to shake hands and discard the traditional Eastern l 'Wai" greetings, have caused a stir m Bangkok. The Wai, it was said, is oldfashioned. If the people started shaking hands m the Western style
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    Lock icon Home Fleet C-in-C
    36 1 Vice-Admiral Sir John Eccles has been appointed Commander m Chief the Home Fleet, the Admiralty announced today. He will also succeed Admiral Sir Michael Denny as* Commander m Chief, Eastern Atlantic Command.- Reuter
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    BRITONS RALLYING TO BEAT THE STRIKERS: PUBLIC ANGER GROWS
    252 1 BRITONS RALLYING TO BEAT THE STRIKERS: PUBLIC ANGER GROWS BRITAIN yesterday made a supreme bid to ward off the paralysis threatened by the four-day-old rail strike— and the signs were that the nation would win through. With a State of Emergency declared, people throughout the country rallied to beat the
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    $5,000 HOMES ON THE H.P.
    178 1 Govt no-profit plan THK Singapore Government announced today that it proposes to build low-cost houses for sale at under $5,000 each. The houses will he sold at cost on instalment terms. -I ie Minister for Local Government, Lands and 'Hou. ig, Inche Abdul Humid bin
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    Ali orders s marriage laws probe
    112 1 Ali order s marriage laws probe I%IM Pakistan Prime Iflnlfter, Mr. Mohammed All, yesterday Announced that a national commission to .>tudy Pakistan's marriage laws would be appointed soon. The Prim- Minister, who set otT a wave of demands for n'torni trom many women when he married a second Wife m
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    Lock icon Act, Soekarno told
    67 1 THE former Republican Prime Minister m Jogjakarta (Central Java*, Dr. Halim, said yesterday that the situation m Indonesia at present is deplorable and could become 'explosive" at any moment. In an oi>cn letter published m several Jakarta newspapers, the non-party Dr. Halim urged President Soekarno to call
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    RUBBER UP
    30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this morning with first «rade, June shipment, at 93 r cents a lb.. half a cent above yesterday's close.
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    Lock icon VIETMINH SHOW TRUE COLOURS-RED
    245 2 Big drive to woo masses m South iio CHI MINH mid the Victminh limh Com maud have dropped the Nationalist Line and conn v il .1! la I ;>.. Internationa] Communi ti. In I ol h Viet Vietminh pa^andlsts h.r. l- sta rted Intensive camp ilgn
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    Lock icon THE HEIGHT OF FASHION — WITH
    96 2 THE HEIGHT OF FASHION WITH Mr. TWIRRUP rV() he considered smart, 1 one niust be m the fashion so says Aafe Twirrup as he presents these Singapore styles for men at a preview parade held at the Sea View Hotel last night. The "models" will parade before the public tomorrow
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    Lock icon Another dies
    35 2 The Boviel armed forces newspaper Red star announced yesterday the sudden death ol Mnj.-Grn. V.sovolod Zhukov, a communications expert. He was the third Sovi.t genera] whose death was announced this week.- A. P.
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    Lock icon Turkey centre for U.S. spies, say Reds
    177 2 Rk\) star, the official newspaper Ol the Soviet Army, now accuses Turkey ol taking its place alongside W( I Germany as a major centre for the training ol spies to Infiltrate the soviet Union. it said that the v American Imperialists ■pon bo
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    Lock icon OS asks Mao-free the rest
    140 2 APPROACH VIA GENEVA ON PRISONERS THE United States has made a direct A request to China to release 52 Americans and supply information about an additional 11 servicemen who the United States believes to be m China, the U.S. State Department announced m Washington yesterday.
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    Lock icon Soviets and China are buying time, says Senator
    158 2 Soviets and China are buying time, says Senator RUSSIA and China are buying time by dangling olive branches m all directions, said Senator Alexander Wiley. Senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee. In the U.S. Senate yesterday. He called Tor approval of the new U. 5.53,408,000,000 military and economic foreign
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    KASHMIR CASE FOR U.N. IF TALKS FAIL, ALI WARNS
    171 2 KASHMIR CASE FOR U.N. IF TALKS FAIL, ALI WARNS THE Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammad Ah, said m Karachi last night that Pakistan was now m the "final stage" of negotiations with India over the Himalayan state of Kashmir. uit nunc* ujr if settlement is not reached at his next
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    Lock icon Keep cool, Mr. Menon tells newsmen
    139 2 Keep cool, Mr. Menon tells newsmen MR. V., K. Krishna Menon, India's roving diplomat, ht m Bombay asked restraint by all m com- 4.s and observations on international issues, like Fora Replying to a question by ten on the recent release of four American airmen by the Chine.se Government, Mr.
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    MIXED VIEWS ON LOTTERY PLAN
    278 3 THERE were two strongly contrasting reactions m Singapore >esterday following a report of the Government plan to run its own welfare lottery. Mr. John Ede, of the Pro- t ,sive Part>, greated the news with enthusiasm. t>Lr. \i. P. I>. Nair, an Assemblyman, said tersely:
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    Snakes alive!
    107 3 HORRID-LOOKING 1 MONSTER SEEN HONG KONG VN anonymous Briton has '-(•ported seeing a 7-foot nonster" m the sea near Hong Kong. It was a vicious, beastly horrid-looking thing— enough I put anyone off swimming the rest of the season," he lad the newspaper" China He said it had
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    Lock icon PEERED INTO OLD ARCHIVES AND SAW THINGS MOVE
    48 3 PEERED INTO OLD ARCHIVES AND SAW THINGS MOVE Cairo snake charmers ire called m to help capture cc 15-foot snakes found behind a 50-year-old pile of docutents at the Egyptian Finance Ministry. Ministry officials ran away lanic-stricken when they saw kings moving behind a mass nl papers." Reuter
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    Lock icon DISARM TALKS GO ON
    36 3 r» Five-Power talks on disirmament wore resumed at 1 Nations headquarters m New York yesterday. They had been recessed m I>n on May 18 following presentation of a new Soviet plan. Reuter
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    Lock icon Warning to Syria
    29 3 tig has sent a new note to I warning her against >ining the projected Egyptianaudl Arabian-Syrian defence > f t, it was reported m Damascus yesterday.— Reuter
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    Lock icon New legation
    13 3 The Syrian Government W to open a legation In Jakarta. A.P.
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    Lock icon 'TOMB HOLDS SECRETS OF SHAKESPEARE'
    208 3 A 300 -YEAR-OLD tomb may next month reveal seethat could show up Wil.l un Shakespeare as an im;>oster. it will be opened by Mr. Calvin Hoffman, American drama critic, who thinks huke.speare was a third rate actor, Mr. Hoffman, who has been 1.1 to prove
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    Lock icon PILOT HIT BY 'BENDS' MAKES SAFE LANDING
    127 3 A UNITED States jet pilot, suflerinp from the deep IX sea diver's complaint of "bends', was "talked down" to a safe landing at Amberley air base, near Brisbane yesterday. The pilot. Lt. W. E. Miller, who had taken part m a nonstop flight
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    Lock icon BABY SWALLOWS RATTLE THEN CHOKES TO DEATH
    78 3 BABY SWALLOWS RATTLE THEN CHOKES TO DEATH r VU) II iih <il,i daughter A of Bengt Kabaeus, First Secretary of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations, choked to death m New York yesterday after swallowing a plastic rattle the size of a golf ball. Members of Larchmont Fire Department
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    Lock icon Polls postponed
    20 3 The Laos National Assembly has adopted a bill postponing the date of general elections to Dec. 25.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Houses will be A-cooled, he says
    226 3 AN all-the-year-round home heating and cooling system powered by a nuclear reactor about twice the size of a car battery was yesterday predicted as possible within a few years. Robert Ferry, general manager of the Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers, made the forecast
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    Lock icon TUNISIANS CHEER AS EXILE RETURNS
    186 3 TUNISIANS CHEER AS EXILE RETURNS rrup: red and white Bag of X Tunisia Sew ©ftr Cartha n yesterday for the first time LQ 74 years to mark the grant of home rule and tho return from exile of Habib Bourguibfl who fouyht io make it possible. The nationalist leader made
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    Lock icon The exchange
    13 3 Pakistan is importing machinery from Yugoslavia In exchange for rice.- U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion The bigger the prize...
    216 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion The bigger the prize... THURSDAY, June 2, 1955. TOTS Government Ihtends to start a public lottery to get funds to run and expand the many social services In the Colony and also to stop the How 01 capital to the Federation. One suspects that the
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    Best wishes, Sir John
    138 4 riY>i)AY, Uie Colony of SingaJ- |>ore, now on the first step ol the eventful journey to nationhood, bide farewell to i Sir John NlCOll, the man who' ii.i done most to tee that thi. in .st step has actually b< en made. He can li v.
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    The RELUCTANT Monarch
    493 4 The RELUCTANT Monarch Bao Dai stays m his chateau— and the baccarat rooms are one player short by SAM WHITE WHE 43-year-old Em- peror Bao Dal ol IndoChina, whoae somewhat rakishly worn crown seems at lzist to have lipped oil his head a.s a result oi the ii^iitini4 m Saigon,
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    Three Americans set Britons 'oohing' in ecstasy
    379 4 Three Americans set Britons 'oohing' in ecstasy says JOHN GORDON ARE the British people becoming a nation of goops? Who makes the most powerful impact on Britain today? Who sets them "oohing" and "aahing" m ecstasy? Three Musketeers from the U.S.A. Danny Kayc, who makes the mink and tiara uirls
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    BYTHEWAY
    90 4 iK^MMMilfl HOW would you rollicking Erastians like to have your new-laid eggi fresher than when they were laid? Snibbo Ltd. proudly presenti Tindeg, the most nutritious delicacy «»n the market. Not only i all the original freshol the egg safeguarded m Uif tni H2 tv a tin;, but strange
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      96 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6J> M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS 11,000 to 30,000
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    Showing—how to show flowers
    30 5 Showing how to show flowers MKS. MARGARET DAVIS, president of the Australian Garden Club, gives a*demonstration of flower arrangement to members of the Singapore Gardening Society at the Botanical Gardens.
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    A LIBRARY WORTHY OF S'PORE
    151 5 A LIBRARY WORTHY OF S'PORE rpHK new 81l public I library, to be built behind the British Council, will be worthy ol a city of the importance "f the colony. Mr L. M Karrod, chalnn m of the Malayan Library Group, m a public lecture. u>s providing book and information
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    STORE BACKS MIXED CADET CORPS
    232 5 They'll break down communalism, says Education Minister I^IIE Ministry of Education will give every encouragement to Singapore Chinese schools interested m forming cadet corps and joining up with other corps m English schools. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, the Minister, said yesterday, lingual cadet corps will
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    President again
    16 5 Dr. J. A. Chelliah has been re-elected president of the Ceylon Association of Perak.
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    THE FULL
    72 5 THE following is the full list of awards made by The for operational service Malaya. Some have already published. CBE I lg D E. B. Talbot, Brig. G. T. Col. E. J. Curran. Col. J. C. Sherman Lt Col. H. J. G. Low OBE Col. C. H. Howarth.
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    Plan for cinema is rejected
    66 5 A proposal to build a new tema m Johore Bahru has 'en turned down by the 1 n Council. One ground of objection was "at the Town Council had viou.sly approved a plan for hotel m the vicinity of the 1 <}po.sed site for the
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    HE'LL SPEND LEAVE WITH MOSQUITOS
    121 5 MOST people who go away from Singapore try to forget mosquitos but Mr. D. H Colless is spendirig his three and -a half months' leave m the United Kingdom studying bigger and better mosquitos. Mr. Colless is a lecturer m parasitology at the University of
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    Woman missing
    20 5 Low Ng Yang, 30. hus Deen missing from her house m Ah Hood Road. Singapore, since Tuesday evening.
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    LIST OF AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN MALAYA
    238 5 LIST OF AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN MALAYA wood. Maj. R. P. Mangles. Capt. K. Riley, Maj L. N. Barker-Simson, Maj T. P.' Rhodes. Maj. J. O'C. Cosfrrove. Capt. J. Threlfall. Maj. N D Poulsen. Maj. R. Rider. WO. I. G. H. Frank*. W. O. I. L. K. Borrett, Capt. Kajiman
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    Estate will be named after her
    76 5 Estate will be named after her MRS. ELEANOR WALKER, wifo of the chairman of Ipoh and Men<dembu Town Council, will give her name to a new housing estate m the Fair Park area when she "christens" it this month at a cocktail party. "Eleanop Gardens" is a private project. A
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      222 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis k__.Al bcK||«^|| I^IH^FI li^^l^HiE IBFTTERNOTTELLMAGGVIPAID^ IN THE F.ELD? J IJaiQ ME WAS A HM^WHYj/ "TT^ I ANO PUNNY-UK£-A SLICKS FIVE DOLLARS FOP A J^ fyTQURIST> y \V HEAR THE END f S/^ PHONY PILL TO MAKE ME T^ENTr/p-, ZZZk^^U f^ ni-^^ 1 vllL^Or
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      715 6 i YOUR LUCKY j STAR I UORX todav. members of your family make heaw 4. demands upon your time and t energies. Youi loyalties I strong and you will alu.w make great personal sat ri»,< Vs T for those whom you love. \«u dislike seeing am one unhappy and sometimes
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      U. K. closing prices
      218 7 LONDON, June 1. Previous Today ■1 i:iUK N4 1 RSS c.i.f. European 27 buyers 27 4 bu 'im.iU June 27 i, sellers 57% sellers I'IKM.K No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European 26 T buyers 27 buyer, „urU July sellers 27', tellen I'IKMKK No. 1 RSS Spot. 27
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      New York prices
      92 7 NEW YORK, June 1 Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 91 .62 traded 91.62 nom. TIN futures June 90.75 bid 90.75 bid IIN lulUies 91.75 asked 91.75 a-,ked July 90 50 bid 90.65 bid 91.50 asked 91.65 asked Aug 90.40 bid 90.50 bid 91.40 asked 91.50
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      U.S. PEPPER
      65 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 52 Awaiting release 52. Afloats Pint haif June shipment Sarawak spot unquoted. A.i ;t ing release 50. Afloats 46 Vi to 46 First half June shipment 45%. June July equal monthly 45. Lampong spot 52. Awaiting release 52. Ailoats Sl%. First half June
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      28 7 Previous Today SI Industries 424.86 424.08 V) Railroads 159.87 160-08 ID Domestic Bonds 99.72 99.-0 1> Unities 63.63 63.89 ut Stocks Composite Average 158.95 l™-™
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      116 7 OPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North Furupean delivered weight per long ton June/July < OPBA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk, per long ton COPBA Straits c.ii. UK/North luiopean delivered weight per l»ng ton May/June June/July OCONUT OIL erode. Straits $UL IK/North European m bulk, per long ton May/June
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    Gurney fund
    24 7 The Sir Henry Gurncy Memorial Fund, which has raised $40G,G01 m public donations since it opened m March. 1952, has now closed.
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    'S'PORE LEADERS LACK WISDOM'
    265 7 SINGAPORE student has described trade union political leaders m the y as 'men of brutality. lacking In wisdom and sinceriind above all. common bin Ibrahim, of the B"atty Secondary School, said recent events had 'iiven him this impression. They have poisoned the minds of youngsters by
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    'BIRTH CONTROL ONLY WHEN MOTHER IS IN DANGER'
    246 7 Says Indian Professor A PROFESSOR of Islamic History and Culture from A an Indian university says that Islam condones birth control! only m cases where conception endangers the mother's health. Maulana Syed Abdul Wuhab Bukhari ot the Presidency College, University of Madras,
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    Kampong men also want lights transport
    212 7 Kampong men also want lights transport WHILE residents of Kam- pong Changi m Singapore are grateful for the new road that links Tanah Merah Laut and Changi Point, they still need two important things: light and buses. The new coastal road has already been open for the past two months.
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    Two wagon water villages go on tap
    110 7 Two wagon water villages go on tap A CONSIGNMENT of water pipes for villages in Singapore's rural area.s will arrive tomorrow. Some of the pipes will so to Kamponp: Chai Choc off Changi Road and Ponggol Village, who.se wells dried up in the recent drought. KampOQg Chai Chee. a squatter
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    Boy dies after accident
    45 7 Tan Hoo Hup 11, was knocked down by an estate lorry on his way to work m Kajang on Tuesday. He died m Kajanß Hospital. The boy worked as a rubber tapper. The accident was at the 21st mile Kachau Road.
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    Life member
    13 8 The London Athenaeum lias elected Sir Winston Churchill a life member.
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    Waiter's pride was hurt
    50 8 AN Eastbourne waiter who threw a plate of chicken and vegetables over hi.s hotel manager was jailed for six months. Stefan Kawaler. 31, admitted being drunk. He told the court: "When the manager said I was not fit to -serve, it was a deep personal hurt."
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    A spider's web causes strike
    43 8 TWENTY LC.C. painters at Harold Hill. Romford. Essex, have downed brushes |,all because of a spider's web. They want a foreman to apologise for ordering one of their number to rewash a door when he discovered the web.
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    KEEP HUSBANDS OUT, EXPERTS TELL DOCTORS
    194 8 DOCTORS have been warned of the dangers of allowing a husband to be present when his wife is giving birth to a baby. Said the Medical Press: "Unless the watching husband It a very stable fellow he may distract the attention or disturb the
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    Boy meets father for first time since 1940
    309 8 Boy meets father for first time since 1940 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy met his father lor the first time m 15 years. The boy smiled. Then he sobbed: "1 want to se» my mother and brothers and sisters too. Nobody wants me. And I do not like being an orphan." The
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    Envoy's wife tells of slave women of Prague
    564 8 rTTH.S i.s the tragic story Ol J. how the women <>i Pra j.'ii< one*- the most elegant :t r i* i the happiest In Central Europe are u< ing driv» n into slavery. ii ua told by Mr Richard .s< dlacek, the
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    Derby Day-and the Royal Family is there
    100 8 r pili: Qwm, m w iis|«<| roat anil small p'"k -Ir.iw hat I trirnmifl uilh MmWtik 'pntnn- on riuht» looks in!< r ultJll In In r side as sin- walk* into lh« p.uldoi k il I psorn to si,- Urn l>«rh> runwrs h«
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    MAKE MERCY KILLING LEGAL, SAYS PROFESSOR
    138 8 4 PLEA to legalise mercy killing has been made by J* Professor Qlanville Williams, a London University Professor of Jurisprudence ii< wai bin akinu at a meeting ol the Voluntary Eutnanai.. ague In London. The Hill he proposed would i i iU et a
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    So the big hunt starts again
    172 8 So the big hunt starts again r pHE Tobcrmory treasure hunt is due to begin again. On the way to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull is a band of treasure-seekers, led this time by an ex-naval officer and diving specialist The band has already called I at Inve.rkeithing m
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    SCHOOL CARD v. MOTHER'S CARE
    381 9 A problem indeed, says Master of the Rolls JUDGE REJECTS CUSTODY PLEA FOR GIRL THREE judges m the British Court of Aphave decided that a English girl shall i come a little Dutch yen though she need a mother's is six. and her Frenchmother divorced
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    SALLY CANNOT GO TO U.S. DAD WANTS HER AT HOME
    149 9 The choice for another child ;llsh girl who married i American staff-ser-tnt after being divorced husband, cannot have l -year-old daughter her m America, ourt of Appeal has ci husband. Mr. Glyn Francis, of Penygraig Townhill, Swansea, been granted Sally's
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    Churches' rebuke an TV racing
    158 9 Churches' rebuke an TV racing BBC. has been rebuked by the Churches Commitn Gambling for televising mmentary on an evening raci meeting. Rev. J. Clark Gibson, etary, told the 8.8.C. the committee "views rave concern the type of nmrntary that can letimes does become. ittle more than a of supplying
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    War Museum may get the A-A
    141 9 original "flash" of Anti!li«'Jt Command is X m the Imperial Wai >n London as soon a,, •'mmanci rocs out of nee m August. l dif the War OllJte and the Earl of AbenMn agree This "flash" is no scrap of red cloth with a
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    A cup that means a fortune
    107 9 A cup that means a fortune PICTURE above shows a woman with a fortune m her hands. Madame Suzy Volterra, vivacious z widow of M. Leon Volter- ra, is holding the trophy she received when her E horse. Phil Drake being z Jed m on the left won the Epsom
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    ARREST WAS A MIX-UP SAYS STAR
    185 9 ARREST WAS A MIX-UP SAYS STAR J)AVID HUGHEB, the Briti b Singing .star, who \v;us arrested m Hawaii over trifling passport offence, .^tid m New York that it v.ay aJJ B mix-up over visas and v^ > k in^ papers." "I am an artist and just didn't understand all tin
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    Nudists don't welcome Americans
    528 10 Nudists don't welcome Americans They're too boisterous, reports RITCHIE McEWEN MEMBERS ol Ui€ French and British t)i •<-., m Austria have always be< n warmly welcomed at the nudist colonies on the Blue Danube, mid, of four.se-. the "couolea only" rules is waived In their case. But Americans, the secretary
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    YOUNG MOSS
    119 10 /IMA YOU OLD Bob A Kayner is so era zy about racing driver Stirling Moss that his father equipped bis pedal car with a c.C. scooter motor m he can |H the feel of a racing car while he's still young. Youiik Bob is not allowed to drive
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    Is TV a substitute for the classroom?
    336 10  -  KAY MURRAY by UINCE American schoolchildren spend an average of four to five hours daily watching television the question crops up: Is television a substitute for the classroom? Dr. Frank C. Baxter, of New York, who has a weekly "educational" TV programme says,
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    TV CRITERION
    56 10 ONE of the facts a man has brought back from the United States was: "The teenagers control three-quarters of American homes when it comes to the selection of TV programmes." The basic judgment for any artist today should b< i "Do I appeal to the teen' agers?" What
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    IT HELPS
    55 10 ITALIAN tenor Fcrrucclo Tagliavini carried a paper bag when he arrived at the Albert Hall, London, for his concert. In the bag waj an cg g__ a nd a miniature bottle of champagne. "During the interval 1 whip up the egg, then dm it and the champagne. Mr.
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    WHISTLE-EARNER
    32 11 i; 1 ;\> iIKALK, 11OW working on a new film m j Hollywood, strikes this < provocative pose for the < cameraman and earns the wolf-whistles of studio hands. JANE POWELL, Hollywood's vest-pocket Diva.
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    It's breezy, bright and spectacular
    157 11 KIBED as "one of the eliest musicals to come Hollywood for a long and it certainly is •<n Brides For Seven opens another seaSinKaporc at the King's 're. aid Keel and Jane Pothe major stars but r 'ins them are a comI equally talented dannd
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    She wants to star in opera
    272 11 She wants to star in opera JANE POWELL is a constant source of wonder to her co-workers at the studio and her personal friends. Despite her many activities, she manages to find time for everything. She takes care of a home. She works m films. She makes personal appearances, all
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    Shirley DRAWS an 'X' for good luck
    215 11 Shirley DRAWS an 'X' for good luck IF YOU'RE a little shaky 1 about confronting black cats, walking; under ladders, breaking mirrors, or viewing full moons over the wrong shoulder, it may comfort you to know that many of your motion-picture idols are In the same fix. In fact, whm
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    Most stars are superstitious
    252 11 says HAROLD I IIIItIItHIIMHIIIMIII I ■•■<•••■• I' ll HEFFERNAN happy for days to come, ihi is convinced. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis have. quite fittingly, a joint superstition anJ a common one. They discourage whistling m dressing rooms. Anita Bkberg, now working with them m "Artist!
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    SET YOUR HAIR A-FLAME!
    345 12 SET YOUR HAIR A-FLAME! says EILEEN ANDERSON You have only to walk along the Avenue Champa Elyseea In the ly city of Puns to become convinced that French worn* -i <ir y hearts. And II you w< re lucky enough to be w.ilkim" along the Avenue des Champ- Elj eea
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    They make parents pay for children's crimes
    124 12 They make parents pay for children 's crimes RELIEVING that parents J> should be mud< to pay for the Crimea of their children New Zealand haa launched a system whereby parents, though not actually tried for their children's lawbreaking are nevertheless summoned to court for crossexamination. -k -k The new
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    Diamond on her nose
    60 12 VVKARINCi a half-carat diamond, worth £50 ($425) on her nose is 24-year-old singer and dancer Annette Gay, at taxton Hall London, for her wedding to her stase partner. Mr. James Campbell. She had her right nostril pierced a year ago by her father, Mr. Cyril Wilkinson,
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    Americans keep the colourbar in Bermuda
    933 13 BUT THE GOVERNOR 111 1 1 ***************1 l III! lIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIII.IIIIIIHIIMIIIIIIimiIIII 1 1 11 11 11l I 111 nil I DIMS with NEGROES DON'T remember I icting before as an tising agency for an ivernorof one of her \s Colonies. sir Alexander Hood, met some
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    324 13 But don't let's think about confetti on the streets it is one of the saddest sights I know of. It is as depressing as a hangover, as a vase of dead flowers, as an unmade bed. I MET two young' men last week who I think are going
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    They're all set to be diplomats
    89 13 WEST Germany's Fwttgn Office will soon befin training several down youiiß diplomats for service behind the Iran "urtain. Although th Genn*M have no imnwdiate plans for establishing diplomatic rel»tions with the satellite State* they believe that a declsioii will have to be taken on
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    NON-LEAGUE CLUBS UNWANTED'
    206 14 NON-LEAGUE CLUBS UNWANTED' K\ moi tmh-. nan tl i have over lection t<> the i ml Cup final ticket other things. Now cornea a move u > call .i national conference of non Leaguer* to di cusi tn< U trouble The Southern League, ai the enioi competl tftofl outside the
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    Schoolgirl beats 4 swim records
    45 14 Sixteen ai old schoolgirl .Judy Orinh mi Hamp lead Ladies) broke the Brit h n itlv* English, Southern Countie and Middleaei 100--fard back troke record »t Hounelow. Middle j- i Judith returned .sees, she Margaret pa< emaker until last November,
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    HOLE-IN-ONE BY BOY OF 9
    65 14 I^Wo prolfei 0O« :i nin«'-y<'ar old l*>y had X hole ln one yesterday. TtM boy. Bandy Worth, achieved it. on .1 173-yard 12th hole m practice at Oreemborm, iNorth Carolina. Doa BohmtT did his third holein onp with ;i Number 7 iron on the 157-yard
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    'We're not afraid'
    166 14 -STOCK CAR BOSS rriiAT criticism ol American I tock car driver* "They don't like our rules, they don't like being bumped' has brought a fiery reply from Idy Davenport. He is m charge of the American team competing In Britain He scorns the suggestion that his men
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    Woman cycles to world record
    95 14 MRS. DAISY FRANKS, of the Apollo Cycling Club. Croydon, cycled 1.000 metres from .stand- i Ing start at Herne Hill, I^ndon, m 1 mm. 25 .lsec.— a new world women'.s record. Previou s best was lmin. 31 sees. •at UP oii tlie s;:me track by
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    U.S. BASEBALL
    9 14 Detroit 'liners yesterday beat Washington senator., 10-2.
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    Lock icon South Africa 390 for 3
    175 14 THE South African cricket tourists yesterday scored 39U for three wickets on the opening day Of their match at Colchester against Essex. Jackie McGlew scored 118. Russell Bndean 64, and Keith 94. Mansell (86) and McLean (21) were not out at close of play. After
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    Learn to control swerve
    510 14 CRICKET HINTS mven the right conditions— a ball with some ihlne on it, the riKht wind, or a heavy atmospherenemrly all bowlers, if their action is right, can make the ball swerve. But s'A'-rvc m itself is of little value unleti it Is combined with control
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    Britain's Davis Cup in five years COCHET'S FORECAST
    206 14 Britain's Davis Cup in five years COCHET'S FORECAST Says MAESTRO POUR rout men-John Barrett (>4)Ko^er Becker r (20) Bill Knight and Bob Wilson (both 19)— who represented Britain m the French lawn tennis championship m Paris, are the obvious future Davis Cup Henri Cochet, that great veteran French player, sees
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    NEWCASTLE BEATEN
    22 14 A Bavarian XI beat Newcastle United, the F. A. Cup holders, 2-1 after leading 2-0 at half-time yesterday m Munich.
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    Britain needs Pirie spirit
    293 14 Britain needs Pirie spirit ASK any British athlete what he will be doing m the way of training, say, around October, 1956, and he will probably look at you blankly or tear wildly away convinced you are mad. But asks Lajos Szentgali (yog say it or splash it Loy-osh Sent-gah-ln
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    RUSSIAN CLAIMS WORLD RECORD
    76 14 Vladimtr Struyanov of Moscow beat his own world swimming record for 400 metres individual medley In Baku, the Soviet ne*s agency Tass H :l imert yesterday. Struyanov. clocKecr smln. 9.5 sec. to better hi.s smin. 15.4 sec. set lasl October at Minsk, which stUl awaits ratification.
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    DOCKYARD WIN
    58 14 H. M. Docky ifi i i t ne Coronation Cup when the;, Royal Navy 2-0 m their anmiil n «teh at the f aval B;u>e yest«-rd;iy Roberts, the D(kk;, trd inside left, s ored both goals, m the 15th and MUi minutes of tlu fir lialf. Navy •a
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    MALAYA
    162 15 a ik KHHAKI) BEILBO, Jll [fie Danish team manager to two ds last night. He was lanl at Denmark's 6-3 r India— and glum i e thought of meeting B the holders. iIJ not be able to beat be said, "but we will to remain as No. 2." ight
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    Results at a glance
    65 15 linn Kohbero (Denmark) beat Naiidu .VUckar (India) 8-15. 15-6, 15-10. Olf lessen (Denmark) beat P. hawla (India) 15-4, 18-14. Jorn skaarup (Denmark) beat T. Seth (India) 15-10, 15-3. G, Htinniadv and M. (>uha (India; beat Ole Mertz and Ove EilertKB Denmark) 15-10, 3-15, 15-3. F. Kobbero
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    48 15 picture. Tres Bten, on the inside, wins Race Two (Cl. 4, Div. 3-6f.) from Ricky (No. I, Tail). Tres "n w.ts ridden by Garnet Bt>uj?oure. Third-placed Gold Train (Jones) is between the two Stream Song (No. 3, Leong) finished strongly on the. outside for fourth plate. Free Press
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    BETTER, SAYS DANISH CHIEF
    498 15 (MALAYA'S TEAM; JALA VAS team t« defend i the Tliomas (up against E Denmark on Saturday and E Sunday is: Singles: Won? Pcn X Soon, E Eddie Choon?. Ong p«h Mm. Doubles: On« Poh Lim and I z Oof Teik Hork. Tan Jin Eons E and
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    STRAIGHT SETS FOR DROBNY
    66 15 Wimbledon rhamplon Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt took only 29 minutes to dispose of his first opponent m the northern lawn tennis tournament at Manchester yesterday. He beat Michael Brown of Cheshire 6-0, 6-1. Doris Hart (U.S.) had another easy win over 15-year-old Miss J m Forbes,
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    The Dato has another champ coming
    469 15 (Free Press Course Correspondent) tOBAT, a rangy three-year-old by Magic Red may prove Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham to be another Sporting who won the Perak Gold Vase tor him a few seasons -tuned up after his initial Kuala Lumpur m April, nklin) won
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    Lock icon THOMAS CUP SPECIAL
    44 15  -  LIEW MOOK YOON By picture. Mr. Malcolm Macl)oiiald, the Commissioner General, congratulates Finn Kohhero of Denmark, who fought back after losing the first set to beat India's Nanriu Natekar 8-15, 15-6, 15-10 m the vital opening match last night. Free Press
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    STRONG U.S. DOUBLES IN SEMI-RNALS
    198 15 ¥T was doubles day m the French I*• Lawn Tamil Championships at Paris yesterday. The Americans dominated the men's event, but the women's was notable for the entry to the quarterfinals ol two British pair.s who could meet m the final. Tnev were Angela Mortimer
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    137 15 MEN'S DOUBLES: Qnrlir-lMbi Vie Seixaa .md Tony Trabert (UJBJ I beat S'.'Mi Daw'ison (Sweden) and I Kurt Nielsen tDennwkj 4-G. 7-i>, 6-1, 5-2. Budge Patty rind Ham Richard- son (U.S.) beat Paul Keiny and Marcel Bernard (France) 9-v 4-c. 8-G. 6-1 Art Lap *mi (Tj.S; and Enrique Myr* i
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    AMERICANS FAVOURITE
    108 15 rpilE British Amateur fiolf championship whi< h h;u> p-o-RTMMd to the but 32 at St. Aimes (Lancashire), looks like producing an American victory A third of the survivors are Americans, and they include several members of the victortom Walker Cup team. Only two mi mben the beaten RriUi
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    Teams for SHA trial today
    70 15 The Stngapore Hockey Aflsoclatloi ill hold second trial on the site ftdftni at 5.15 p.m. tins evening 'earns are: Colours: D011..h Kamld A lit Sin^h teUard, Panncfather, wiiupiiiai icviuiii. Pernandea Dalbara .singh jit Blogli Coutti Jej itburai. Whitrs: Ptllal, Km; Poll, BtCVHU i. Sharma. Hay
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    Marvel of Peru II is a newcomer
    305 16 m top form HARD TRACK AT KUALA LUMPUR Fret- Press Course Correspondent rpKAINKKS obviously did not want to risk their I horsrs on a rock-hard track ut Kuala Lumpur this morning and only a couple of runners broke 40 for 3f. m their
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    28 16 < iiiegc a V All I 7-l» HI lilt < Mine on the I lay Henr) JotaO <• <■ S'Jl>l»nh ;.fi«l R In ■{,<■ 'Ijv 1 m, wilkover to H
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    92 16 CiOI.OMBIA, New Zealand and South Africa -sent m the names of their entries for the Internationa] Golf Tournament yesterday, bringing thp total number of nations In the field to 23. Th»' tournament, the world's richest, Will be played from June 9- 111 at Columbia Country Club m
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    399 16 SURREY AND YORKSHIRE RECOVER 4 1. 1 HOUGH there were high 1 individual scores m the U.K. cricket programme yesterday. bowlers also reaped y°oci harvest, m ten of the 11 major games an innings vu completed and the other bide started halting betore the close. Top individual scorer, m county
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    Lock icon BENAUD CENTURY
    165 16 Tiii-; illan cricket*?*, wn> m 1 to u.it on an ea*j paced piu l» at yt. John (Antigua), scored 3V, for th< ol ftve \m< k«*us on ti«f ..p.-nii. ol their :hree-da-< eeward inlands, aiiei Ritchie iieimud *«s top \uth 104 Kt-n.ud ;m(1 wlclWt-kMpM Len eki 1 53
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    347 16 \\Vi<hU '»r Saturday. last day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting are: (LASS 4 DIV. I— 6F. R«d Hat ».0« M.. .11. 8.13 Brown Booty 8.13 Roman Flyer 5.12 Slroni; and Free 8. 12 Hunter's Call II 5.09 Maori C hief 8.08 Sky High 8.07 Orissa
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    166 16 OLSON WANTS TO FIGHT COCKELL DON COCKELL. the British heavyweight champion, will meet Carl Bobo' Olson, the world middleweight champion, m London ii negotiations succeed, Olson's manner Mr. Sid Flaherty said yesteidav. He said the fight would probably be m Seutember "I have a man ove;- there now making plans.
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