The Singapore Free Press, 22 June 1955

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1 Singapore. Wed., June 22, 1955. Price 15 C'ts.
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    New labour laws cover workers hi Services, too
    286 1 I (H ALLY engaged civilian, 4 industrial and manual .■rkers of the three Seres m Singapore are to ,c brought under the Co..iiy's labour laws for the r-t time. Some 20,000 men ill benefit. A spokesman of the Miniry of Labour and
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    THE LATE EIGHTS OF FDR'S SON
    121 1 S. Representative James I Roosevelt was divorced on nds of extreme cruelty yesterday by the wife who accused him of misconwith a dozen women. former Romelle Schnei--39. told Superior Judge s KaufTman m a surprise iring that lasted only four or five minutes: >ver
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    Darul Islam men raid island
    53 1 A FULLY-ARMED Moslem of unknown strength to land on a small island Ke coast of Celebes but was >ersed by security forces, m Jakarta said today. fanatic Darul Islam ists tried to invade the >d of Mun a but the inhabialerted the security forces beat
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    RUBBER DOWN
    23 1 Singapore rubber marked this morning on an ■m tone with first grade, •pment, at $1.093 H a lb., cent below yesterday's
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    Ten 'spies' held in Shanghai round-up
    106 1 Ten 'spies' held in Shanghai round-up TH E Chinese Communist newspaper Shanghai Liberation, reaching Hong Kong yesterday, said security police had arrested 10 Chinese Nationalist spies m a Shanghai round up. It said one of the alleged spies had infiltrated on to the mainland from the offshore Tachen Islands. The
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    Lock icon CHIANG GUNBOATS BAR TWO BRITISH SHIPS
    151 1 /CHINESE Nationalist Buttle boats yesterday intercepted two British freighters off Red China's coast and warned them not to head into the Red port of Foochow. Radio messages reaching Hong Kong said a Nationalist party went aboard the 2,151 ton Helikon and told the British
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    PEACE PLEDGE NOW BY BULGANIN
    222 1 PEACE PLEDGE NOW BY BULGANIN New Red took continued THE Soviet Premier. Marshal Bulganin, pledged yesterday he would do everything possible to lower international tension and consolidate confidence among nations at the forthcoming Rig Four conference at Geneva. He made the pledge before 100,--000 cheering people gathered m Moscow's Dynamo
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    The great Peron mystery
    217 1 MAY BE SENT INTO EXILE THE mystery surrounding President Peron of the Argentine continued yesterday when it became increasingly apparent that he is not m full power Most informed observers agree that last week's revolt has resulted m his eclipse His name has virtually disappeared from
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    SHB talks end in deadlock
    57 1 WALKS started by the presiJ dents of three labour unions to settle the 54-day-old Singapore Harbour Board staff strike ended m deadlock yesterday. It is understood the staff representatives asked for down payment of four and half months' back pay but the Board was willing
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    Trapped girls saved
    21 1 An American airman broke into a blazing building at Clacton (England) on Monday night to rescue two girls.
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    Adenauer hits out on Austria
    60 2 DR API NAUER <. Oorernment'i attitude to Autti lan i' 1 !r Bonn Hitler "'My ana." R< plying to a remark tfiat \v- Oermany h sharply to the i ion. lor th( ol <. nan Lar In tl f he j.i. out th t Oei
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    Lock icon BONFIRE TO GREET QUEEN
    72 2 AMIDSUIOim night bonfire to m et Queen Kiizabetti uid the Duke ol idinburgh on tij»-jr way to the tat<; v. II In Oslo is planned by Inhabitants of the south coast town <>l An-ndal. Already wooden casei m cl other firewood are being ferried out to
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    Lock icon LONDON DOCK STRIKE ENDS
    167 2 Follow our example, north is told a three-and-a-half-hour pn- l at meetl ng of 1.500 men. brought to a head a tug of war insid( the Stevedores Union tllrd the strike to enforce a voice m the hiring oj dock labour wherever they had members. The
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    Lock icon AMERICANS TOLD: 'QUIT VIETNAM OR FACE BOMBS'
    25 2 AMERICANS TOLD: 'QUIT VIETNAM OR FACE BOMBS' r|MIK ommunist und<r <!.»> w.iriied Amrrir.iris to |cl out of Im- South \i<-tnam or fan- terrorist grenaile atl.nks U.P.
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    Lock icon Anti-polio promise
    25 2 The Indian Government yesterday assured American polio experts of continued export of monkeys to the United States for use m polio research. U.P.
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    Lock icon THIS ENGLAND
    180 2  - THIS ENGLAND Winston b y SIR WINSTON Churchill said at a London dinner last night: "Today we see our small island with its dense population and delicate, complex, elastic but still precarious means of existence and no longer enjoying the ascendance and power of bygone days, but yet preserving m
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    Lock icon UK PLEDGES TO HELP UN ACHIEVE WORLD UNITY
    160 2 MR. HAROLD MACMILLAN. the British Foreign Secretary, said m San Francisco yesterday that Britain would continue to strive '"by all the means m her power" to use and perfect the United Nations as an instrument for international co-operation. He told delegates to
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    30 2 picture. Chief Minister David Marshall being introduced to members of Safety First Council m schoob at the opening of the Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore, yesterday. Free Press
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      125 2 Good News! CRAVEN 'A' ARE BACK IN THE TRU-VAC TIN Jiisf like they were before the war! Nowforthefirsttimeforfifteenyearsyoucan ThiB ""J guarantees that Craven 'A reach you buy Craven A'— just as they used to be— freih as whta they wero packed vacuum protected packed m the famous Tru-Vac tin. No
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    Lock icon ANTI-TERRORIST FRENCH GANG ROUNDED UP
    204 3 rrili: trench Premier, Mr. Edgar Faure said m Paris List night that the authorities had uncovered a I rciu h counter-terrorist ring; m Morocco and arrested ht Frenchmen* including one police inspector and f OU i policemen. 11,- told the National Assembly that the Governwis
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    Lock icon 'Ceylon in Red hands but for U.S.'
    128 3 niR John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon said that if it had not for American preparednmunisti would alhave been m power m >n. was speaking on an Opon amendment to the >ening address of the GovGfreneraL Sir Oliver Gooeke, which said that the
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    'Meet the Marshal'
    38 3 The* Commissioner-(i<neial, Mr. Malcolm Mat Donald introducing Singapore's Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Gum to the Siamese Primp Minister. Marshal Pilml SorißKram and Madame Songgram at a dinn er party at Mallaig, last night.
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    Lock icon Loan to Pakistan
    16 3 World Bank yesterday de a $41,400,000 loan for elecr development m Paan. A.P.
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    DUTCH CITIZENS WORSE OFF THAN U.S. FLIERS
    139 3 Minister wants to see Dulles, charges: 1 Netherlands Foreign Minister, Mr. Joseph Luns, J m San Francisco yesterlay he wanted to see the Secretary of State, Mr. Foster Dulles, about the 23 Dutch nationals imprisoned m Indonesia. He said the situation of his
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    NUDE' RHONDA SAYS IT AGAIN
    144 3 FILM actress Rhonda Fleming, m spite of a director's f denial from Rome, yesterday again insisted that she i swam m the nude while making an Italian film m Rome. f I "A nude swimming scene was certainly made," said the red-haired beauty, who recently
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    Pope urges 'clean-up' in films
    88 3 Pope urges 'clean-up' in films pOPE PIUS II yesterday urged the world film industry to discard immoral and perverse subjects m favour of good, noble and beautiful films. The Pope stressed the great influence of films on modern life m a 4,000 word address to about 1,000 producers, directors, actors
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    Lock icon Society girl to wed actor
    114 3 Society girl to wed actor ACTRESS Hildegarde Christian, prominent In London social circles, will marry Australian actor Ron Randell a.s soon as his recent divorce from heiress Marie Keith Randell becomes final, it was disclosed m Hollywood yesterday. Randell and his new fiancee met m London while they both were
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    Lock icon DEATHS BLAMED ON PROPHECY
    77 3 NEW DELHI police yesterday blamed an astrologer's prediction for the death of a family of five. They said a soothsayer told Maden Mohan Lai, 45 -yf£ r T old government cashier, that he would die by his own hand before June 30, after brinßln? distress to
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      2 3 ARE EXQUISITE
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      49 3 ENGAGEMENT and DRESS RINGS Sets of Diamonds and Gems Platinum and Gold with Smart and Efficient Workmanship Best Selection ate-~ G. C. de SUVA BROS., 3, Raffles Place, Singapore- 1. Tel: ***** LATEST m^ COLLAR /r— -J STYLES SHORT- JK ff^fPOINT OCULAR: BUTTOW J\**db j 14"-17"NECK WASSIAMULLS MEN DE
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      Opinion TEN YEARS AFTER....
      258 4 Opinion TEN YEARS AFTER.... JEN YEARS AGO the nations of the world. shocked at what a war fought with modern armaments can do, decided to get together to b;u) war as an Instrument Of policy. The United Nations was born. Scarcely a decade has passed and all the hiuh hopes
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    NEW WAGE PLAN ROCKS U.S.A.
    544 4  -  HUGH DUNDAS by While Singapore is facing an industrial crisis, American business has its problems too, as a revolutionary change comes about WALTER P. REUTHER, tOUgtl, .stocky, redI headed terror of Detroit. has bounced back Into action ;i^;un after an historic wagea victory over the
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    'Dissatisfied relief' in Kenya
    221 4 "I\ISSATISFIED relief" sums up European opinion m Kenya reyarding the failure of the second attempt to persuade the Mau Mau ter* rorists to surrender. Dissatisfied, because the emergency with all its attendant discomforts, terrors and high cost is prolonged, but of relief because the general feeling
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    BY THE WAY
    309 4  -  Beachomber >. •:::■>:•■•»! TMlfc] smashing of Siegfried's sword at Covent Garden the other night which necessitated the finding of another sword to rut open Brunnhilde'.s armour m the next scene, reminded me of Partenkirsch's ordeal .some years ago m this opera. Hi.s .sword could not be found,
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      52 4 I GIFTS from 1 SENA 'S I Articles of rare beauty »n6 intrinsic value iMnple gift*, ornamental And utrful gift*, all the worlt of fine craft»fnen. The UM of SENA upon S the boi convey* 4 com- pliment more eloquently than words. I H.SENA LTD. HICH CLASS JEWELLERS SINGAPORE. PENANC
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      115 4 1 1 o |j t I Helena Rubinstein f World famous beauty gives you her advice /^^PS^ I I on beauty problems T^ !il 0 m JB ORY SKIN! h*JW Use Pasteurized Face Cream Special&*W every night to cleanse and nourish, soothe and smooth dry fine skin. %Vl OILY SKIN!
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    Singapore Spotlight
    1010 5  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY w& hv uy H from North >rneo adventure.' the last two and s years, newcomen md Mrs. Andrew M iek join our colony Ozimek (Peggy), an atblonde, is the mother tune-year-old Ann and ■om Plymouth, DevonAt Jessclton, where she 1 m the Colonial Secreher office was
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    TAMIL MUSICIAN TO GIVE CONCERTS
    209 5 TAMIL MUSICIAN TO GIVE CONCERTS ESAI Pula- I var Mr. N. S h a nmuga- raflh.nam, a Tamil musi- cian from: Ceyl o n who has ar- rived to give a series of i perf ormanc esj m the big towns over the next three i j months. niilllllllllllliillllllllllllliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllir VTATCHING
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    SLIPPERS HIT $ JACKPOT
    72 5 SLIPPERS HIT JACKPOT Malayan rubber slippers have got a toe-hold on the beaches of America, the Free Press was told yesterday. A Federation Labour Department monthly report said that a large Malayan shoe factory recently recruited 100 more workers to make slippers for export to America. An official of one
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      160 5 Hnuissriek Long Playing Standard Records '"^SSkv w rid F3m vi Arhsrs Hear the latest issues at authorised dealers m Malaya. Sole Distributors C C I C AA f Q ffl T ;S 168 A, Cecil Street, for Malaya. C* J* IJHHV Of VV*/ L I S'pore-1, Tel. *****. fSll*^ FORMALITY
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      119 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis A SIGNAL FROM MY Wm^/w-y it^REMOTE CUfiIHUL-y- N-/ \-'CO9i§"tJ fifo TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs V^7 VJ^^KJ^^^' KD CXAU-EMGE* AMSWEJ?t7 ANI7 THAT S. AU- B^TA<jjT ,-,-C V 4 ff#VV^\ -ViEAP^SBeGAK-D PCEC^ A'^_E SLUK< A WAVTOKU^|HS #Wiii »4{^y^Pfe 1 1 ssfas T J£ a^^j
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      728 6 YOUR j LUCKY: STAR i 1 HORN on this first day of J the incoming sign, your ruler is the moon and you are 4 4 influenced by it to a great extent m your mood 8 and temperament. Highly sensitiw, you are, at times, almost 4. prophetic m your
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      214 7 LONDON, June 21 Previous Today July KIBBEI No. 1 RSS ci.f. European l\ buyers 31', m*U June ..32', sellers 31 Aug IMIUUK No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European 31\ buyers 30 bu.■•Hi July m 31\ sellers 31', i:iBBi:R No. 1 R»s Spot 34\ buyers 35 norn 35 U
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      New York prices
      106 7 Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 94.25 norn 94 50 norn TIN futures June 93.25 bid 94.12 bid 94.00 asked 94.75 aske<~ July 92.75 bid 93.00 bid 93.25 asked 93 79 asked Aug. 91.50 bid 92.10 bid nwI M 92 -00 asked 92.50 askeo TONEV: Very
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      U.S. PEPPER
      52 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 51 Awaiting release 504. Afloats 50' June shipment 50 Sarawak spot 48' Awaiting release 48. Afloats 47 to 454. June shipment 44 Lampong spot 51. Awaiting release 504. Afloats 494 to 4«4 June shipment 484. sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m US. cents
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      121 7 COP! Philippines c.i.f. UK North l-uropea,, delivered weight per (Jpri 1 1 $188 sellers $187 norn C OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m (oT»R» Pe^ lon s ton Unquoted Unquoted «OIRA Straits c.i.f. UK/North i--ur»pean delivered weight per long ton June July £67 «-i buyers £67 i
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      39 7 NEW YORK, June 21. A Previous Today 'Industrials 444.38 ***** y Railroads 160 .7 0 160 5 2 Homestic Bonds 99.71 99 76 l tlll tJ^ 64.37 6452 M >toik s Composite Average 163.40 163 89
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    NEW VIC WILL HAVE TO DO FOR STORE CONCERTS
    309 7 NEW VIC WILL HAVE TO DO FOR STORE CONCERTS PHE nearest to a proper con--1 cert hall which Singapore s likely to get will be the Victoria Theatre, the ■Guiding of which should ■completed m about a y tar. 1 new Vie. although It b<; air-conditioned and tat class acoustics.
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    Two weeks to get job or out he goes
    364 7 MAC'S BACK— AND WHAT V WELCOME! RETURNING to Singapore after a five years celebrity IWfng musician, Trevor "Mac" McCabe, finds the welcome mat all but yanked from under him. Immigration authorities apologetic but firm have Kiven Mac a fortnight m which
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    TRADE COUNCIL TO ADVISE GOVL ALREADY CHOSEN
    261 7 TRADE COUNCIL TO ADVISE GOVL ALREADY CHOSEN THE Singapore Government will soon announce the composition of the first Trade Advisory Council as suggested by the Rendel Commission to advise the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Government has decided that the Council should have eight members, including a representative each
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    EXCITING DAY for the GIRLS
    226 8  -  CHEW BOON CHIN Pictures by pi?* HUNDRED students of the Haig Girls' School m Singapore were not de- terred by inclement weather when they held their Third Annual Athletic Sports. A heavy downpour delayed the opening of the Meet one hour but did not dampen
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    Atoms will drive her
    98 10 Atoms will drive her "lilUs artist's conception X of a nuclear-powered passenger liner was unveiled during ceremonies celebrating .National Maritime Day m the United States. Officials of the I nited States Government and the United States Lines, speaking during the programme, indicated that the second superliner, now m the planning
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    This French jet climbs faster than sound
    545 10  - This French jet climbs faster than sound W.A. WATERTON It's a black day for British aviation a news inquiry by \I'HY is Britain trailing behind m the Jet age? It is nothing new lor the Americans to beat the British m the postwar skies. But now the French, too, ure
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    Lock icon They'll STUDY the earth from this SATELLITE
    460 10  - They'll STUDY the earth from this SATELLITE Frank Carey by r rHE American Rocket Society has asked the National Science Foundation to make a definitive study of the practical value of launching an artificial unmanned satellite into space. Th<- society couples its proposal with the declaration that such a satellite
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    NOW YOU CAN PHONE YOUR WIFE FROM A TRAIN
    224 10 IJIRENCH engineering is astounding the word once again. First the fantastic Tri- dent supersonic fighter which, whipping the best British 'planes, crashes the sound barrier In a I climb. Then the 120 I m.p.h.driverless remote- controlled electric train. Now France has
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      59 10 shines as it cleans Jf ml/it j^]flß Shining, shimmering silver and plate can yours if you use Silvo. In a twinkling iilvo gives a high gloss polish that really parities; and because it is made from finest, gentlest ingredients, it is comletely safe for your silver— and gives he brightest
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    They let Eartha Kitt go...
    588 11  -  FRANCIS MARTIN and now the girl with the smouldering HIIIIIIIIMimi""" 1111 •'•••'•'•MIIIIHIMIIIIIIIIIH voice is the rage of two continents M M by i ever see men a 10-mile raCharing Cross m imouting themint il they are red tee, the likelihood are British recxccutives who four
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    Bath will become THE festival city
    254 11 by a Special Correspondent I WOKE up the other morning m my hotel i Bath, groped for teapot and as I lly became conrealised that there isic m the air. tomeone m a nearby was practising the violin. I do not count it f
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    SOME NEW DISCS
    209 11 SOME NEW DISCS FRANCIS Martin reviews the new discs and gives top ticks for Lena Home In a strikingly .skeletal version of Love Me Or Leave Me." Most of the way she is accompanied by plucked string-bass only Never were fewer notes usea to more luscious effect Other side is
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    'SWEET' AND 'HOT'
    250 11 THE "retarded beat" which is negro pianist Erroll Garner's trade mark gives an insinuating twist to "Lover" (Columbia DC 630, 78 r.p.m.) and Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Columbia DC 595, 78 r.p.m.). He proves that he can play sweet as well as hot
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    Youth yearns for those wider vistas
    912 12  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY .writes- -< rpiiAT n relation from the Fed* ration* Department of Welfare that Malayan teenage jlrla are scorning parental restraint is not B pleasant one. Hut it is a picture Of the beginning of a new era. Parent. i of modern boys
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    She almost forgot that talcum tin
    109 12 IjMGHTY TWO year old A Princess Marie-Louise was walking away from a tombola table at Claridge's, London, when she remembered the tin of talcum powder she won. She went back, picked up the pale blue tin and put it m her bap;. The Princess
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    Lock icon ACCENT ON FRILLS
    31 12 picture. ATTRACTIVE trimming is provided for this sumptuous pearl platina for cape by its lining- of pink and grey organza, which is extended into a decorative frill. Reuter
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    They danced in the dark and liked it
    127 12 They danced in the dark and liked it pRINCESS Alexandra and I Princess Elizabeth of Yu goslavia danced m an almost cjark ballroom one night week. Nobody coald find who turned the lights out. "I certainly didn't ask for them io be switched off," said the Countess of Dundee, hostess
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      182 12 feH fcf^~^ fell (ll H ACROSS 5 All owed here? Sounds like it 1 A «<>blin on Ice? (4). 6 A golfer's river? (4). 4 tfcheme to cultivate? (4). 7 Behind a lLstener behUid (2. 4). 7 It L> like a small sle^i>er (5). 8 More than half ttie Scottish
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    It's CHARACTER that Counts
    840 13  -  William Hickey TT}e Tiger of the Opera proves an old saying Trained for the stage at five. rpHE more I see of Flora Robson the more I like her. T met her last week at a most unlikely party it was given m London by a
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    Customers are funny
    58 13 IT is said that the oxcner of a Marseille bar came m om his back parlour the t vening and noticed a ustomer just leaving and barman pocketing a 10 54.25 1 note. know, customers are sometimes," the barmaid. "That one, for nstance. He left me a
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    What price heroism?
    113 13 IARh-l'P holidaymakers m Paris this summer will be be buoyed by the Prefect of Police's order bringing the Sliding Scale for Heroism a little more m line with th<- cost of living. Those about to rescue a drowning man should rapidly look ud the Prefect's new tariff
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    Bridge Hand
    394 13 East-West vulnerable North dealer 4QJ2 9 X 10' 8 7 3 <? Q J 6 5 4 OKQIO 8 092 47 4 A 8 5 2 SOUTH 4 A 10 9 7 5 4 Q J 10 9 4 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1 Pass 1
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    Give hubby o diet of happiness
    60 13 TR7 of Food nutrition Mt Miss Myra Jacobs Ivice on "how to feed nd- to R uest s at a at London's Park 1 after her marriage >y to Mr. Rolf Wm a diet of happi--8 said. -That's more than all the tasty the
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      67 13 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BIIKiKT can be sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET" whilr on leave or wish ft to make an "Air-subscription" on behalf of your C Home office
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    Lock icon MEET 'MR SIX BY SIX'
    297 14 (I iu,t eat eat eat -and how I love if!) 542-lb Cora has a sheep for his lunch— sometimes A SHEEP and chips pleez— and two bottlps of brandy." No misprints m that sentence dear reader. Gora "Gorger" Singh the wrestler, has just ordered his
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    Livingstone is signed by Chelsea
    281 14 Livingstone is signed by Chelsea IT IS FLAYER EXCHANGE TLME AiMONG LEAdI'E SOCCER CLUBS. TOP TALK IS OF CHAMPIONS CHKLSEA, FOR MANAGER TED DRAKE HAS SIGNED BILI V LIVINGSTONE, 24 YF AII OLD RESERVE CENT R E HALF-BACK FROM READING. Billy is one of Ted's own discoveries; he signed him
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    CHECK THIS PARALYSIS!
    444 14 CONFERENCE MUST FIND ANSWER TO SLOW TESTS A big drop m averages By CRAWFORD WHITE AT the top o[ the ji^enda for the next meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference must be the item: "Slow cricket how can it be .speeded to save the Kame?" The Conference
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    Fast bowlers? Well, watch (10-85) Roley Thompson
    105 14 Fast bowlers? Well, watch (10-85) Roley Thompson mALK Of young fast bowlers, J. and few cricket followers think beyond Statham, Tyson and Trueman. Warwickshire's Rolcv Thompson, at 22. is younger than any of them. Difficult to belicic tfiat the Coventry boy's w'but Has nay bacfc m 1949, m a pair
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    BROADIS MAY ACCEPT NON-LEAGUE OFFER
    275 14  -  PETER CAMPLING |{y IVOR broadis, England and Newcastle insideforward, may sign as play-er-manager m Cambridge United, the Eastern Counties League club. Broadis. transfer listed at the t'nd of the season, was expected to sitfn as player enacn for Carlisle. Term, had been agreed by both
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    Russians will be at Henley regatta
    157 14 HPHE Foreign Office yesterday telegraphed instructions to the British Embassy m Moscow to issue visas to 19 members of the Soviet rowing team entered for next week's regatta at Henley-on-Thames. On Monday a Soviet spokesman said the trip might liave to be cancelled because
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
    29 14 ,> h> meetlni <.i school to S 222 July 2 at the J lo|«,k Kui.xi, mll] f oWJW 100 yd md 440 vdi Bj»trle» vm v ou lhe
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    Lock icon PUTTING A SOCK INTO IT
    38 15 picture. ISM ML ABl BAKAR, the Woodbridge Hospital goalkeeper. punches clear before Ahmad YusofT (Marines) can get h,s h.ad to the ball during the Div. 1 match at Jalan Besar yesterday.- Free Press
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    Marines on scoring spree, hit in 10
    222 15 Marines on scoring spree, hit in 10 Marine Department S.C SAFA first division league leaders t up i new scoring record m the league this season when thfj trounced lowly Woodbridge Hospital 10-1 m a one-sided match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Woodbridge did well to hold their much more
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    RECS WIN 2 A TIE
    33 15 Singapore Recreation Club beat Radin Ma.s Ramblers 2-0 m their SA F A Div. 2A league match at SRC yesterday. The scorers were G Grosse and J. Periera.
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    Lock icon TRUEMAN IS ASKED TO STAND BY
    151 15 FREDDIE Trueman, the Yorkshire t bowler, has been asked to for the England team touth Africa m the second be^innint: at Lords here use Frank Tyson mptonshire pace bowler. At n t:a\elled by road from Tun- Wells to London yesterday to W. E. Tucker,
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    DOCKYARD HIT 15 PAST OLD BOYS
    61 15 lie S.A.F.A Div 3 A laved yesterday are: A beat Tuan *Mong -l at C.V.M.A. ground. fUsstan <4>, Mun Fook Ml Da wood scored for and James Aw for MY. and Blntar.g 1-1 at Geylang. M /or Serangoon MY. Ally for Bintang Bulan. 1
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    Army (Malaya) pick 13 players
    86 15 Army (Malaya) pick 1 3 players Army (Malaya* have puked players from whirh the team will be chosen to meet Army Singapore m their annual cricket 'Test at the HQ Malaya Oval on July 2 and 3 'perak\s Maj. F. A. Coombe of 35 Brigade will captain the Army Malaya
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    166 15 ATrEMPTS to better two world records will be made In Manchester today by British runners Gordon Pirie (three miles) and Brian Hewson (1,000 metres) Pirie will have a good field to help him try to beat the 13 mn. 26_4 sec set up by
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    Lock icon YORK SHIRE IN DRAMATIC WIN OVER SURREY
    726 15 YORK SHIRE IN DRAMATIC WIN OVER SURREY YORKSHIRE WON THEIR DRAMATIC COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP DUEL WITH SURREY AT lIEAIHNGLEY YESTERDAY BY SIX WICKETS WITH ONLY 11 MINUTES OF EXTRA TIME LEFT. It took Yorkshire who now hold the distinction of being the first side to beat the champions this season,
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    Lock icon Fuller takes 7-61 in Springbok victory
    366 15 rpHE touring South African cricketers won their fourth victory T in 12 matches at Hove yesterday, beating Sussex here by nine wickets. The scores were: Sussex 352 for six declared and 97; South Africa 308 for seven declared and 143 for one wicket. Sussex,
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      117 15 SOCCER SBHFA LEAGUE AND CUP GROUP A: Hongkong Bank v S.T.C Farrer Park; STB. v Chartered Bank. Jalan Besar. GROUP B: Sime Darby v Breweries. Farrer Park. GROUP C: Mansfield v Bata, SHB ground; S.C.S. v Guthries. Geylang. GROUP E: Borneo Co. v Metal Box, Bukit Timah; Cable and Wireless
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    PLENTY OF FRILLS, FEW THRILLS: DORIS HART IN BRILLIANT FORM
    527 16 PLENTY OF FRILLS, FEW THRILLS: DORIS HART IN BRILLIANT FORM LADIES' DAY AT WIMBLEDON rpir ii wi m ran is m I IMKNV HIT v THRU LS ON LADIES' DAY IN TIIK WIMBLEDON LAWN Tl nms CHAMPIONSHIPS l BTI KIMY. tl >ratlve than .sk. In th< lace creations, but ivourite
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    Winning debut
    75 16 Sturdy MLs.s Darlenc Hard, 19--year-old California n making her first appearance at Wimbledon, beat another newcomer Miss Daphne Beeney of Australia 6 l, 3 6 R o In the first round. In a match between two volleyers, Miss Hard the more aconirafp did not dispird her blue WOOllen
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    $1 million big sweep
    155 16 tOUR tiophy races the Gold; Cup. the Bank Holiday and D.R.B. >ups. and the Penang Plate. will be run at the Penang Turf Club's four-day August Bank Holiday Meeting on July 30 and Aug. i, 4 and 6. There will be two runs for each division
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    Davis vs Cobley women's final
    42 16 In the .semi-finals of the Ladies Colony Golf Championship, played at the Royal Island Club on Sunday, Mis.s J. Davis beat Mrs. Christonsen 3' 2. and Mrs. R. Cobley beat Mrs. Y. Needham at the 19th hole.
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    THROW CONTEST
    20 16 Entries are BOW invited for this year's MacGregor W:itt soccer throw-in competition. The closing date is July 8.
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    Lock icon THE RESULTS IN DETAIL
    444 16 Results of first round matches m the women's singles: Mrs. M. Weiss (Argentina) beat Mrs. G. Walter (Britain) 6-3, 3-0, 7-5; Mrs. J. FleiU, (U.S.) beat Mrs. I. Pohmann (Germany) 6-0, 6-2; Mt*i A Mortimer (Britain) beat Miss D. Luxton (New Zealunch 6-0, 6-2; Mrs. E.
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    Tengah go down 4-1 to Seletar CHANGI WIN EASILY
    242 16 Tengah go down 4-1 to Seletar CHANGI WIN EASILY R\F SELETAR SCORED A 4-1 VICTORY OVER H f TENOAH IN A SENIOR DIVISION INTER-SERVirV SOCCER MATCH PLAYED AT SELETAR YESTERDAY Pratt opened accou: I fieletar m the sixth after trapping a Pa inside-right White Four minutes later i hit back
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    Lock icon Indonesians may play in Colombo
    69 16 Indonesians may play in Colombo INDONESIA'S strongest soccer team, persatuan Sepakbda of Medan, Sumatra, will play a few matches m Ceylon if negotiations between Ceylon Soccer Association officials and the Indonesian legal Vn are successful, it was stated m Colombo yesterday. The Indonesian team is also expected to tour Europe.
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    Lock icon Swiss Grand Prix is off
    104 16 rpHE 1955 Swiss Grand Prix snot or race, due to be held at Berne on Aug. 21, will not be held this year. It was announced m Berne last night. Members of the Swiss Automobile Club and the Swiss Racing Drivers Club reached the decision
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