The Singapore Free Press, 24 June 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largesl Afternoon Sale m Malaya N i > Singapore. Kri. June 24. 1955. Price 15 Cts
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    Peron Cabinet resigns: New Govt. likely
    75 1 Peron Cabinet resigns: New Govt. likely DRESIDENT Juan Peron's entire Cabi- of 16 Ministers has resigned to tate a full reorganisation of the administration, it was disclosed officially Buenos Aires yesterday. senior Government outside the Cabinet m led m iheir resignathe President i the same time, the War Gen. Franklin
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    RUBBER DOWN
    37 1 The Singapore Rubber Maripened this morning on an rtain tone with first grade. shipment, at $1.07% a lb. i tents below yesterday's close The drop was due to the easier overnight New York rubber prices.
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    Taximan beaten up
    28 1 A Singapore taxi driver, Lim Ah Tee. was attacked by two isengers m dementi Road last night, robbed of $21 and patch, and left unconus.
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    Lock icon Mr. Yeh told: no attacks
    71 1 MR. George Yeh. the Nationalist Chinese Foreign Minister, was forced to stop a bitter denunciation of Communist China at San Francisco yesterday at the United Nations tenth anniversary meeting. Mr. Eelco van Kleffens, of the Netherlands, the Chairman, warned Mr. Yeh that only specific problems
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    600 HUNGER STRIKEBUT NOT UNION BOSSES
    138 1 OIK HUNDRED of the 1.200 •3 workers of the Hume Industrie* m Bukit Timah Road, who have been on strike for more than a fortnight, went on a 16-hour hunger strike this morning. They started the fast at 6 tin and said they would
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    Union ignored offer
    168 1 management of the Hume Industries m Bukit Road whose 1,250 1 >rkers have been on strike note than a fortnight, aid today that the Singapore story and Shop Workers' Union had not yet replied to their offer to negotiate. The management's letter sent on June 22. It
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    MASTER 'BEAT STRIKE' PLAN
    372 1 I'MK Singapore Government hai drawn up an emergency master plan to beat a possible general strike threat by the Middle Koad group of unions dominated by some People's Action Party leaders. The plan provides for the miming of essential services, transportation for school children and the
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    PINAY'S 'NO' TO MOLOTOV PLAN
    62 1 'Old plan m new dress' BRITISH officials .said m London yesterday that the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Moiotov's .speech at San Francisco, had dampened hopes for progress at next month's Big Four talks. Stripped of Itl new windowdressing, British omeiais said, the Molotov proposals only
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    Lock icon France will stick to 'military alliances'
    168 1 France will stick to 'military alliances' T'HE French Foreign Mlnis--1 ter, Mr. Antoine Pinay, yesterday m San Francisco flatly rejected Russia's demand that the Western powers dissolve their "military alliances." In a point-by-point answer to the Soviet Foreign Minister Mr. M. Molotov's speech at the United Nations anniversary meeting, Mr.
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    WOMEN CHASE DAGGER-MAN
    31 1 A Malay threatened two women with a dagger m their Dunearn Road. Singapore, flat last night, grabbed a handbag from a table and escaped. The women gave chase.
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    CAR HOOD BURNT
    29 1 A City Council employee reported yesterday that a hole had been burnt m the hood of his car. This is the 31st. car damaged by fire-bugs.
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    Soldier crash victim dies
    32 1 A NE of the four M^JO*^ "Stf^WmX 0 at Mount Pleasant Road Mast bin Hussein. Oen SS%US car. whicU craved into a tree, are m a critical condition.
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    Lock icon 10 HOODED FRENCHMEN RACE CHARGES
    199 2 10 HOODED FRENCHMEN RACE CHARGES One admits terrorism T* hlllfl IrriMhrnrn, six of tlirm jlllWf 11, WW UfcCß brtorr an in\T.sti«al--1 Ing Magistrate In Casablanca yesterdaj and ptUce later reputed that one <»f Uirm had confessed to a series of terrorist attacks. Police .said the others steadfastly refused to answer
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    Lock icon U.S. attacks 'all forms of colonialism'
    167 2 rirMi D S Hou < Of H< i>r< 1 1 n I tatlv< j* U rday i I rionial jsm aiifj Communist Imperial m l )>• i' s button which w> i to the Senate, wai ipon s'»r« rj by the Hou i I)'
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    ITALIAN CENTRE PARTIES WILL TRY AGAIN
    50 2 ITALIAN CENTRE PARTIES WILL TRY AGAIN rpHREE ol Italy's four cen--1 tre parties yesterday decided to try to set up again the \n<> Western coalition which baa run Italy for th< Ja.st seven yean and which collapsed on Wednesday. They are the Chri tian Democrat, Social Democrat and Liberal parties
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    Lock icon SEEKS MARKET
    20 2 Aii imliiU] delegation will I Malaya nexi month In hid to recapture Its lost cotton mrj f U.P.
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    Lock icon A-seientists meet
    25 2 Nik!*.-) scientists from 12 nation atU ndi d {){<■ opening on ol ;i two-day meeting ponsoi tl by UNESCO m Paris i. id. U.P.
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    BEVAN MEN WIN 3 SEATS IN SHADOW CABINET
    141 2 V|R. Aneurin Bfvan. and his if 1 Leftwing associates won a victory In tbe Laoour Party la.st night by Increasing their representation m the "Shadow Cabinet" from one to three members. In flections for 12 places In the shadow Cabini i parliamentary
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    Lock icon Two facing drug charges
    61 2 The Los Angeles district attorney's office yesterday issued narcotics complaints against Lois Evans, 25, and a young woman student. Narcotics officers alleged that they found sevtn tablets of Amidone. a heroin substitute, m her apartment. Miss Evans said she gets $500 monthly alimony from Wladydaw Jerzy
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    Lock icon Loretta Young-an operation soon
    57 2 Loretta Young -an operation soon Loretta Young is soon to undergo an operation Sh< has been m hospital at Oxnard, California, since April The actress. 41, has lost much weight during an attack of peritonitis, an inflammation of an abdominal membrane Date for surgery w\\] be iet as soon as
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    Lock icon Gen. Taylor home
    36 2 General Maxwell Taylor who was Commander oi United States forces In the Far East arrived m Washington yesterday trom Japan to become Army Chiel of Staff m succession to General Matthew KlMßWuy.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Editor is jailed
    28 2 Cuneyt Arcayurek. editor of an Ankara weekly news magazine, was sentenced yesterday to six months' jail for slandering Prime Minister Adnan i Mt 'nacres. A.P.
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    Lock icon UK seeking total ban of A-arms
    87 2 UK seeking total ban of A-arms 'THE British Government Ifl taking "all possible steps' 1 to secure a comprehensive disarmament agreement providing for the total prohibition and elimination of all weapons of mass destruction. This wa.s stated m a written parliamentary reply yesterday by Lord John Hope, joint Under-Secretary for
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    Fairest at the Fair wins H.K. holiday
    169 2 Fairest at the Fair wins H.K. holiday A PANEL of 40 judges last night cast their votes at the Happy World Stadium. Singapore, to pick "Miss Exhibition" from 22 attractive Chinese salesgirls helping m the HIS& LEE AH NGaH Hong Konff Trade Exhibition "Miss Exhibition" will be named at the
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    Lock icon U.S. wage record
    22 2 U.S. living costs remained unchanged m May while worker take-home oav rose sharp- ly to a record Lisi.- A.P.
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      199 2 ARE THE CHINESE IN MALAYA SITTING ON THE FENCE? This .md other vital questions of tod.iy JBEiSIBSk »re discussed openly m the corres *Br^^ mJfiV pondence columns ol the pnper th.it is i,. lining fresh popularity every week. «t*l Th Week Ender s staff of h.ird hitting w^ writers freely
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    7-ft shark romes up on a hook
    131 3 DOCTOR and a police inspector who went fish- nf O ff Singapore yesterday got a big surprise. They hooked a seven-foot basking shark i hing 130 pounds on a hand Hue the biggest fi sh they have ever caught. Dr F G Leonard
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    BONFIRES WELCOME THE QUEEN
    87 3 i necklace of bonfire* A sparkled around Norway's coast to welcome Bn- q's Queen last night Queen Elizabeth could see a few faraway flicker* •he royal yacht Britannia. [ts course kept it well to sea [or safety* sake on the passage up the rugged coast to
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    Lock icon Ten TB deaths a day in Hong Kong
    193 3 (JISTER Mary Aquinas, Medical Officer at the I Sanatorium. Hong Kong, said yesterday; tuberculosis claimed 1 deaths a day m overowded Hong Kong. With the influx of refu--3 from the mainland of China, the population now approached two and a hall million,
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    Lock icon Rank film empire is trust now
    91 3 Rank film empire is trust now Mr. J. ARTHUR HANK announced yesterday that he had placed his multi-mill on dollar film empire under the rSW nal^ l M? ot the trust will so to charity. U.S. motion picture totwesta recently have been oporto combin" outside Hollywooc l and valued at
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    THE STUDENTSPARENTS : GROUP APPLY
    85 3 THE STUDENTSPARENTS GROUP APPLY THE interim committee mem- bers of the Singapore Chinese Students-Parents As- sociation yesterday .submitted their application for registration of their organisation. The committee was formed last month when parents visited their children, camping m at the Chinese High School and the Chung Cheng Hign SC The
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    Lock icon EIRE VOTES
    13 3 Polls open' to* ir Eire for the local meni elections U.P.
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    Lock icon STRIKERS HOLD THREE DIRECTORS
    10 3 pKjHT hun,.,,,. worker, I directors.- U.P.
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    Lock icon RAF FINDS A GIANT
    347 3 Abominable Snowman is really a fact THE Air Ministry announced m London yesterday that British explorers m the Himalayas have found tracks of a two -leered, five toed creature with foot-loim feet and a weight so great that the footprints sank 11 Inches m snow whereas
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    CYPRUS POLICE FIGHT MOB WITH TEAR GAS
    128 3 OUTNUMBERED police ftwd o as bombs into an angry c-rovTd m Nicosia yesterday demonstrating for the release of Cyprus nationalists, the cunax m a -week of violence", which so far hu.s cost three ives and nearly 20 wounded^ The demonstration took place near
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY June 24, 1955. Opinion ASIA IS WARNED
    286 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY June 24, 1955. Opinion ASIA IS WARNED DRITAIN, once the h( ad ol the greatest empin th< world has ever known, is stilj a gr< I world power despite th< f;j''f that many of the countries that were once mud by her are 1 now
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    The death of a beautiful woman links with a plot in a pink palace
    841 4  - The death of a beautiful woman links with a plot in a pink palace RENE MacCOLL says PERON GHOST of EVITA DICTATORSHIPS o 1 whatever colour usually cotiu- into headlong collision soon* r or latej with the Chmcii oi Rome. OardinaJ Mindzenty Primate oi Hungary, to Jailed by the Red
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    BY THE WAY
    178 4  -  Beachcomber by EDUCATIONAL experts are t f disturbed by the report that a Narkover master was caned by a senior boy when £f refu d t0 to P criticising Ms spelling, m an interview J|i«f to him. The only way to deal with unruly masted Ls ment
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      28 4 MARCASITE Jewellery RINGS EARRINGS LROOCHES. BRACELETS NFCKLACFS DOUBLE CLM P. H. HENDR V, feU rllrr Vi WORTH KKiiM.i ROAII KINGAPORI I I 1 H.iln lto.nl U II MIMR
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      164 4 AVA.L YOURSILF OF 20 yes of expedience m ct... development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR, (RAFFLES PLACE, FRANKEL ESTATE I OPERA ESTATE I F,R ST CLASS NEWLY I RECeNTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPED ESTATE AT I ESTATE 6; MS. CHANCI ROAD I BETWEEN CHANCI NEAR THE SEA I C AST
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    Singapore Spotlight
    1265 5  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY uy Spore boy architect comes home Commissionern. Malcolm Macponald got word of his tmeni to Malaya 1945, he had a choleric his prospects. < that here pythons you m your bedroom codiles lurk to bite did not feel that wi cup of tea." onfession he made
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      325 6 MANDRAKE by Lee_Jalk^d^h|L^^ s f Li q..j 1 4QY THE PILL 1 00 AW/\T« I H f -IA/MirrH'iLMAKE YOU H I TOLD HE WANTED REAL STtAKTp^y JeallV WORKS -FOR YOU TV&NTV YEARS YOUNGER J MIMA MAYBE HE CO^ES FROM^ meAn g^y LL F YEV E QQLLArT/J CON M^, N I
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      770 6 YOUR LUCKY! star X UORN today, the sheer nei^l.t J of a charming, masmti. 4 4 personality will gel you niaiw 4 4 places. You make a host of friends and they will sti« k to 4 you si\in« help no matter how tough the going nuv be tot >«>u
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  • Round the world Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      218 7 LONDON, June Previous Today \o 1 RSS c.i.f. European 31N buyers 31' 4 buyer., n"' i;fK 3 1 1 2 sellers 11% sellerSSkN* l RSS c.i.:. European 30 buyers 30 buyers Klßlil.K N«. X 30 Th sellers 31 sellers .'mull No 1 RSS SPot 34 2 buyers
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      New York prices
      91 7 NEW YORK, June 23. Previous Today Tin Straits spot »nd nearby 94.50 nom. 94.62 nom. Tin futures June 94.00 nom. 94.00 nom. j M |y 93.00 bid 93.00 bid 93.75 asked 93.75 asked Aug. 92.00 bid 92J00 bid 92.75 asked 92.75 asked ■AMf. Quiet SALES: Nil. Xi
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      U.S. PEPPER
      10 7 Above prices quoted m US. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      21 7 NEW YORK. June 23. Previous Today Industrials 447.37 448.82 sg£U il S! ti M^Yomposite Avenge V. WO 165.07
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      112 7 Previous Today COPEA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North ;;c£S w eht *<»*<* iBssellere ?S?^"K^n' 0 T* Unquote Unauoted L'OPKA Straits c.i.f. UK 'North luropean delivered weight per long £6 6' i buyers ton June July "7 sdlws £67 sellers Ju ,v u £66. buyers £66^ buyers July Au
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    MARSHALL PLAN TO MAKE S'PORE CAPITAL OF ASIA TRADE
    285 7 MARSHALL PLAN TO MAKE S'PORE CAPITAL OF ASIA TRADE ipit rpHE Government is finalising an interim blueprint to inise trade, attract foreign Ital, develop industry, raise standard of living of the s and generally encourconfklence m the futirre Singapore. Some of the details will be announced by the Chief Minis-
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    PARENTS, TEACHERS WANT ENGLISH FOR CHILDREN -AT FIRST
    645 7 PARENTS, TEACHERS WANT ENGLISH FOR CHILDREN -AT FIRST SINGAPORE parents and educationists yesterday said they preferred English as the medium of instruction m schools throughout the primary stage, with Mandarin, Malay or Tamil as subsidiary subjects from the third year onwards. They were commenting on the Government's plan to find
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      107 7 aiiiiiiiiiiiiiMimiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMHiniiiiMiiMMraiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiM miiiiini| j DO YOU KNOW the I most delicious sauce 1 contains more than (||wß i 1 thirty ingredients P*!f i I including choice spices 1 1 jUJI J 1 matured m the wood. It I 1 I /.v ///c perfect sauce for J^Sjpra 1 1 casseroles, hot and
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    Mother wins fight to clear a thief
    314 8 Mother wins fight to clear a thief son named TONY, 8, IS PARDONED AMOIIII X has won I iwjfM flfhi u> clear her Mn'i ntmit after »><* had been branded «s Ihlef. Tow-headed Alan Bradley was only eight when he arrived home crying from Whiston primary .school, near Rother)j;uu. YOV\LS.
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    Lock icon OPERA BEAUTY-IN SOUND AND VISION
    113 8 OPERA BEAUTY-IN SOUND AND VISION LovHv to l(>.»k at as well ay t(» hoar is J«an Madeira, eontralle of the N«*w York Metropolitan Oprra. wh« has made her first trUvision appcarancc In Britain m "Music lor You." In her first si ason m Britain at Cevenfl (iardrn. Miss Madeira has
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    IT'S CURTAINS FOR LORDS, SAYS PEER
    160 8 riMih last night "f mi uniuc I cental play Thais what Ihe Houm ol Lords m session looks lik'- from Ih< slept >f t h< Throne. Who says .so? Viscount Lambton. 32 yar old hell to the 71 year old Karl ol Durham and
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    NON-STOP DRIVER KILLS CYCLIST
    38 8 Pollei are leeklng the drtoei iil a tar tii;it did »'«h itojp after a fatal collision with 61-ye;u old cydist George Masters, at BiKKin Hill, Kent Before Kitting Marten the cur struck v lamp-post.
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    Nice until they spoke of money
    197 8 DUSTMKN MAKE SOCIAL RUMPUS Jt wtl a (lay of pomp and circumstance ah the town's civic dignitaries were there In top bau and striped trousers, carrying rolled umbrellas TTieli wives were at their .side. it waj the day of the omclal mstaiiai ion church
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    BOY AT SCHOOL GETS $195,500
    38 8 Sixteen-yeo.r-o]d Viscount Garmoyle, an Eton schoolboy will inherit $195,500 when he ifc 21. The money has been Jeft to him by his aunt, Lady Katharine Olive Cairns, sister of his lather. Earl Cairns.
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    THE GARDEN FENCE STARTS COURT ROW
    316 8 THE GARDEN FENCE STARTS COURT ROW yWO neighbours roy about a garden fence heard Mr. Justice Lynikey say this: "It is a pity they san fit to spend their money fighting a claim over incht land which Ls of no value v, anyone." Mr. John Morris sued hi.> neighbour m
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    Girls tell you how to get rich
    43 8 STEWARDESSES on an airline between Texas and Colorado have uranium ore samples and geiger counters at hand. If a passenger aste, tnty will give free instructions on how to discover a uranium mine and get rich.
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    RUBBISH TELLS OF WEALTH. THRIFT
    208 8 RUBBISH TELLS OF WEALTH. THRIFT DUSTBINS MAKE SOCIAL HISTORY K'VERY dustbin tells a story. The rubbish you throw away may b< just rubbish to you, but It's social history to the local cleansing superintendent. One of them— Mr. A. E. Higginson, of Dagenham— has told just what he deduces from
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    Street trader wins
    42 8 Barnett Defries, of AmhurMroad, London, won an appeal at Old-street against the refusal of Stepney Borough Council to grant him a licence to sell fruit from a stall m what he callpfi the better part i>l Wentworth-street, East Ut.dou.
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    RACE SAFETY CHECK TO BE MADE
    102 9 RACE SAFETY CHECK TO BE MADE TIIE Royal Automobile Club is to review motor-racing trrangementi for the safety i spectators and competitors The club. the controlling of motor sport m Britain, j |j will make recommendatii im if any are necessary. The review will be carried rut by a special
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    Crows attack fox
    28 9 Motorist Mr. Norman Stephen matched 40 screeching crows bomb" a fox which had been feeding on the birds near Aberdeenshire. He j killed it. I
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    Lock icon THE 'PRINCESS' PHONES THE NEWS
    101 9 fj IKI with exciting U nfws to tell is 18- rear-«M actress and bal- E j Teresa del Rio. 5 f rom adiz, Spain. s he has just been E titned up m Madrid by E Robert limi for the E film, "Alexander the which
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    LONDON'S ABORIGINES
    430 9 Imv Mill perm iheir hair-al $4 a lime UfHEN a woman told fT the Lord Chid Justice that she equipped a ladies' hairdressers business for her husband m the Old Kent -road. Lord Goddard said: Is there a demand for permanent waving among the aborigines of the Old
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    157,000 prefabs in UK are going
    278 9 1 57,000 prefabs in UK are going THE prefabs In Britain are 1 on their way out.. About 3 000 of the 157.000 prefabricated houses wiiJ have been demolished by the end of thi.s year, and work will be under way to replace them with permanent council houses. The entire
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    Runner loses £5,000 divorce claim
    213 9 PEER'S GRANDSON IN DIVORCE CASE A CLAIM for 5,000 divorce damages made by Squadron Leader John Vincent Powell. 44-year-old former Olympic Games runner, against a peer's grandson, a licensee m Alderney, Channel Islands, was rejected by Mr. Commissioner Glazebrook m the London Divorce Court. He
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    WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE-DROPPED THE LOT?
    218 9 U/'HAT would you do if a snake Slithered on to your TT shoulder as you were lifting down a full carton of gramophone implements? i Well, 15-yeaa-old Malcolm Hatter, new assistant In a gramophone shop m Bridlesmithgate, Nottingham, did not drop the lot
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    MEDAL FOR PETER
    33 9 Seaman Peter Bewland, aged 17, of Liverpool, baj l n awarded the British Empire Medal for a dock rMCUC bid But he does not know Hi js j.-iitiuk-u-buund m k*Ui*JMt
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    20 10 •Television s had for us X films are bad for us horror comics are bad for us now it's sweets!
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    Couldn't Mr. Siegfried even
    681 10  -  ROBERT BLAKE Book review by \rn<»ri(M at Mid Onlury. By Antfrc Siryfrii'd. Translated b.v MargarH l«'d»*M*rt. Jonathan uj><\ His. I\URING the past 40 years ;t favourite activity of men of letters has he<*n writing books which tell US m a nutshell all we need to know
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    JULES STRUCK IT RICH
    285 10 1m& world of Jules Verne •eema pretty ihin beer nowadays When he died it iraj fantastic enough to be liughable. How many years aj^o? Only 50. The Great Panjandrum, tin- world's first buck -loom boy, died on March 24. 19Or>with Burope and America still thrilling at
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    OTHER NEW BOOKS
    74 10 The \m t-pi.tncf World. By Anthony Powell, lleinemann, Via. kid. 214 pages. Round Three of Powell's satirical bout with pre-war London Although the content la shll unriecid"d both Aghteri are tlrlni Society m the earl| mirUei U plainly disintegrating. And Powell's htro li illghtly m love. Isles
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    Our rescued 'friends' now go to sea
    724 11  - Our rescued 'friends' now go to sea Adelaide Eastley by MANS innumanity to man is matched only by his inhumanity tord animals. Within a distance ot x city blocks it was nifest: two tiny, unwanted kittens, their feet tied together, tossed n to the path of traffic .and rescued by
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    His GUN alarmed the crowd BUT THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION
    192 11 His GUN alarmed the crowd BUT THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION QUESTS at the reception efore the Royal Acadinner in London f as a man carrying olver was seen hurtowarda the Prime2*^. Sir Anthonv a. relaxed when the l 'M('d direction and through a door. •*m.> the explanation. "}jn with the
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    STAR TURN
    90 11 |X T ST before landing at «J Orly airport m Paris the other day a French air passenger was ietcribintr the tricolour flag to an American friend m the plane. "It's made up of three colours which symbolise < the taxpayer. Blue like the warning notice you get,
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    'We aren't very dressy Down Under,' said this player to the debs
    197 11 'We aren't very dressy Down Under, said this player to the debs TPHE Australian contin- gent for Wimblodun went out m London on a blind date recently and found themselves the heroes of a debutante r cocktail party. They Had not previously met their ho.st and hostess, Mr. Anthony Marlowe
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      78 11 CYMA^s j Symbol of Beauty j/f^ \3j£ '^T V Whtn you become the happy own< r «WiL of o CVMA you will cam tht ad j^mk.y mtroiicn of oil your friends. Youi ly^JL J> i JW^Kr^ wotch, moqnifttni n workmonih.p I and splcnfitd m reliability, will h. L#^ 'iqordcd everywhere
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    804 13 CIVIL DEFENCE? The Italians think it's CRAZY in this A-bomb era ii'ITH bitter memories of German air-raids ing the last War. the Briton who is m the services has ally had a good dose civil defence while growing up family. i nothing but hazy Elections of the Blitz" are more
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    Lock icon PIRIE IS BEATEN
    29 14 pholo. DEREK JOHNSON heats Cordon Pirie to win the 880 yds m the Kmnaird Trophy race m the record time of 1 mm Reuter r>:».B sec
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    BABE' DIDRIKSON WILL RETURN TO GOLF SOON
    112 14 Mrs Babe Didrikson Zaharias, America*! leading woman golfer, had a damaged disc tciin ved from her spine m Texas ye terday, and her doctor said she .should be able to return to m ....out three months. Dr. S. R. Snodgrass who per- formed
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    RIC STABLEFORD COMPETITION
    59 14 'i tic Monthly Medal (Stabteford) competition held al Royal Island Club la i Saturday raiiUori •A I);- i Ion: X T San !!7 lon i< bra 37%; "C M m Dr Ong Bwee Lav 40. H Ezra 20 1 1/16; "C" Dlvl ion >n v Esra M
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    Hurry-It's time for a bargain in footballers
    437 14  - Hurry-It's time for a bargain in footballers DESMOND HACKETT By KOI I. II 1 roll up and buy! The Stttcei MHH-mt-r Miles are on and no reasonable oiler refused. You can pick what and where you like -a vintaue left back from Portsmouth, a hi|i hi) experienced goalkeeper from Liverpool,
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    sport! SPORT! SPORT! is the cry in Magyarland
    550 14  - sport! SPORT! SPORT! is the cry in Magyarland W. G. GALLAGHER by A -result of tUeir success, the Hungarians are hot-foot after th< ing ol the Olympic Gamc s in i at their magnificent People* Stadium— Nep3tadJon. To securf the Olympic-.- would be a world triumph m U ell from
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    DOMAIN TAKE SIX OFF SURVEY
    37 14 Domain trounced Survey Department 6-1 m a Singapore Government Services Div. 2 league soccer match at Fairer Park yesterday. Posts and Telegraphs and Land Office drew 2-2 m another Div. 2 name.
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    David, the champion, served in Malaya
    252 14 BY ARCHIE QUICK A YEAR or two ago Bill Cox. the British Ryder Cup player, told I that he thought I boy named David Thomas would become champion one clay. The same Thomas was soon after doing his National Service m khaki and before
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    Native Ruler best of van Breukelen's hopes in top sprint
    1072 15  - Native Ruler best of van Breukelen's hopes in top sprint TRESPASSER What to back at Ipoh tomorrow I by ritHE van Breiikelen stable 1 holds the whip hand main sprint for 2. Division 1, over 6 n gs at Ipoh tomorthc first day of the tk Turf Club's June Native
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    Kam Loong for the main 9-f event
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    ANY MAN I CAN HIT, I CAN LICKROCKY AS WELL – SAYS MOORE
    481 15 ANY MAN I CAN HIT, I CAN LICKROCKY AS WELL SAYS MOORE THIS Guy Moore really punches hard.' said mid- dieweight champion Carl (Bobo) Olson i.n San Francisco yesterday after his third round knockout by light-heavyweisht champion Archie Moore. "lie hit me on the nose with a left hook." Olson
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    FATHUL KARIB BEAT YMMA-GO TO TOP
    156 15 FATHUL KARIB took over lea- I (iership of BAI' A Div. 2A when they beat Young Ifen'i Mv lim Association 2-0 aj the Clerical Union ground yesterday. They are now tun points m front Of the Argonaut! who have played one game fewer. V.M.M.A.
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    330 16 ENGLAND CRASH UNDER HEINE' S ATTACK All out for 133, then Springboks hit 142-5 S FIKKI n^^ffSWwßO!! THE FIRST Fighting desperately to early advan v .vercame twj hocfa when the- opemn oven for seven i they ended the day w\ n i ne Inly lnd< i bowler Peter Heine who
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    Levula betters Malayan 100 yds record
    128 16 Levula betters Malayan 100 yds record 'Pin Mii.i. mi record m n> it- ..ml. tm Ike i fwrt* mv mi -.if if i ill\ Ii (iki-ti l»> 3m l.rvula, (1,,.iii.vi iii.vi rflffbjf iiit(inatioii;il three Ifcf 9nt flay of the Fin! liiian Reffteealii ath II i, cir.t at l'..ilu I'ahat \cstrr-l-.r
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    91 16 MR. JOSEPH McGRATHS three-year-old colt Panaslipper. second m the Epsom Derby last month, went one better m the Irish Derby run over a mile and a half at County Kildare. With J Eddery who rode him at Spsom m the saddle, Panaslipper beat Lady Ursula Vernons
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    375 16 THOUGH FAILING BY ELEVEN KINS TO MATCH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE'S FIRST INNINCiS TOTAL. YOKKSHIRK FINISHED THE DAY IN WHAT SHOI'LD PROVE A COMFORTABLE POSITION AS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HAVE LOST FIVE SECOND INNINNGB WICKETS FOR 118. At MM time Yorkshire looked to be In trouble as Brooke.s and
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    Abe Segal provides second upset: Hartwig eliminated
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      95 16 soccn SAI A DIV. 1: S. Corinthians v Cktactt Athletic, Jalan Besar; DIV. IA: RAF Seletar v BODCA, Farrer Park; DIV. :{B: Kebenaran Club v Windsor kovers, MFA ground; Blue Rovers v S C S A., (VM.\ ground. FRIFNDLY: Argonauts F.T. v William Jacks, at Farrer Park, Arsenal S.C. v
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, June 24, 1955.
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      CLICKITY CLICK KNEW THE WINNER'S GATE SO WELL...
      514 1  -  JACK BEAUMONT By ftN THE MORNING OF iMONDAY, MARCH *1 U THIS YEAR THERE APPEARED IN THE FREE PRESS A BRIEF ITEM SAYING THAT CLICKITY CLICK, A SIX-YEAR-OLD BROWN ENGLISH GELDING BY MIEUXE, HAD COLLAPSED AND DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK AFTER
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      Form Guide For Perak Race Meeting
      9822 2 Form Guide For Perak Race Meeting I^IIJ.OWIM; are UM horses <'ii!it<*cl for the Perak Turf lub June/ July meeting. a CLASS TWO UM ii NM -l\ 111 I X 1.. P I 1] I it ill I X L, f 0 < 1 < Pi mi 1 12 1 5
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