The Singapore Free Press, 9 July 1955

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya- No. *****. Singapore, Sat.. July 9, 1955. Price 15 Cts
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  • 260 1 TOD AY: Four-page race special MONDAY 20 pages npHE new Free Press racing service begins today with a special four-page Race Day Special- You can lift it out of the paper and carry it around easily the complete racing programme. Page One contains latest course information by the fre« Press
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  • 177 1 Industry, fishermen protest YEWS of a sharp rise m coal prices touched off a domestic storm m Britain yesterday. The coal board which runs Britain's state-owned coal industry, announced that prices would rise by 18 per cent— an average of 12 shillings (about $5)
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  • 144 1 Pay rise, now 400,000 ask for more T EADERS of nearly 400,000 L* railwaymen m conference at Hastings yesterday voted to ask for more pay— six months alter a 15 per cent, claim was granted almost m full. The leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen decided to submit their
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  • 17 1 Hungary is negotiating with the Canadian Government for the purchase of Canadian wheat. A. P.
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  • 16 1 A Japanese firm is building 300 diesel buses for the Chilean Government. A.P.
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  • 186 1 British wife defies grilling by Reds BRITAIN found a new heroine m a British-born mother who is battling to get out of Czechoslovakia and back to London with her three young children. She is Mrs. Phyllis Sispera, 32, a Czech citizen through marriage, detained with her children m Prague. Her
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  • 30 1 T'HE Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade, July shipment, at !$1.17!/ 2 a lb., one-quarter of a cent above yesterday's close.
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  • 91 1 (GENERAL Sir Richard Gale, X c -in-C. British Army m Germany, may decide within a matter of days whether to confirm the death sentence passed on Sergeant Frederick Emmett-Dunne for the murder of his wife's first husband, Sergeant Reginald Watters. Sources close to Rhine Army
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  • 135 1 Massive offensive LEAST three battalions of Communist-led troops have launched a big attack m the mountains of. eastern Laos, against Laotian Government fortes, the High Command announced yesterday. The troops are commanded by the Red-organised Pathet-Lao (Free Laos) movement, created during the Indo-China war to
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  • 23 1 Queen Elizabeth has authorised James Pope-Hennes&y. 38. novelist, biographer and former magazlre editor, to compile Queen Mary* life *tory.— U.P.
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  • 94 1 ABOUT 700 90C fcen employed In about 20 .sawmills went on strike today following a deadlock over wa?e increase negotiations. The sawmill workers* association had put forward seven demands claiming wage increases. The employers turned down five of them and agreed to negotiate on the other two. The
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  • 124 1 U.S. ANXIOUSLY AWAITS REPORTS THE U.S. State Department was today anxiously awaiting further reports of the scale of fighting m Laos as an indication whether the attackers were making a serious attempt against the Laotian government. A United States official, noting that reports had mentioned "massive" fighting, said: "These terms
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  • 223 2 POPE AND NEHRU AGREE ON GOA Indian I'rime Minister Nehru had .m ■udience with the Pop' resterday and said later the Pontifl agreed with him that the future ol Portugu Goa is "a political question and not a reueious one." Mr Nehru told a n<ws con ferenci "You can be
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  • 51 2 Miss Bo Joon Sian. aged 18. won the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association's seventh annua] poster contest. A pupil of Tanjong Katong School. Miss Ho submitted a potter deemed most suitable as the design for the association's 1955 Malayan Christmas seals. She was awarded a prize of
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  • 90 2 COMPETITORS m Johore's 'finlden Voire' competition, field last aighl m Johure Bahru were (left to light): Miss Shirley Tan Sye Lui. Miss Lily Koh, Miss Sylvia tie Silva (Kloanf), ShariJTah Badariah binte Mohamed (Muar), Noni binte Mohamed, SharifTah I'adzlam binte Mohamed, Che Siti liana
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  • 141 2 IKE, DULLES NOT AT ODDS ON RUSSIA T'HE White House yesterday denied there was a difference between President Eisenhower and Mr. John Foster Dulles, m their assessments of Soviet strength. In a testimony released, the Secretary of State pictured the Soviet economy as over-ex-tended and on the point of collapse.
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  • 75 2 Governor Averell Harnman of New York, a former ambassador to Moscow, said J^st^day the leaders of the Kremlin want to relax tension to spend more time on Soviet internal affairs. f In London on personal vmk, Mr. Harriman said "I m not particularly optimistic
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  • 218 2 A PLAN for peace sponsored by Dr. Albert Finstcin jujst before his death last April v\/II In- revealed to the world m London today. Correspondents from many countries will crowd a hall to hear the final views of the great scientist on the
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  • 292 2 IKE SIGNS AID DECREE, REBUFFS U NU rIE controversy which began on Wednesday when the Prime Minister of Burma, U Nu. said m Washington that he thought it was only a matter of "timing" before the United States agreed to the admission of China to the United Nations, was continued
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  • 251 2 SEATO UNANIMITY STRESSED IN TALKS AT BANGKOK pOMPLETE unanimity cha\J racterised the military advisers' conference of eight SEATO nations. It was disclosed at the closing session m Bangkok yesterday. A brief communique was the only official statement released during the entire conference, but, contrary to criKlnal plans, the chief deleKates
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  • 167 3 SHE SEEKS ORDER AGAINST 'DAREDEVIL' 4 romtn m San Francisco r, -relay sought an order m her *on from beins n to Formosa by her fori^band, who she claimed a G lBO a week "darepilot whose duties m I flying Nationalist sue- to Communist China. mother. Mrs. Natalie Boyson. said
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  • 117 3 '7V\ The Waterfront" Spiegel, a top Hollywood film prots flying into Singapore I y for location work on his t picture, "The Bridge The River Kwai." Mr. Spiegel will be accomied by a production manaand an art director. The film i.s to be produced ith
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  • 33 3 The U. S. Coast Guard called off yesterday, a 31-hour sea air search for a phantom Ing vessel whose report of tor at sea appeared to been a hoax.- U.P.
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  • 146 3 JOSEPH Albert, 23-year-old .Ibreak artist, was .shot J :-d fatally wounded yesterat Miami. Florida. a jealous husband who > 'iice he found Albert his wife locked In a embrace. The husband. Richard J. Svobuda. 29, told the police: I've just shot a man. I warni
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  • 172 3 100 teen-agers sold m two years THE anti-prostitution bitl now before the Japanese parliament gained added urgency yesterday with the break-up of a ring which is alleged to have sold nearly 100 teen-aged girls into white slavery. The eight members of the rin^ were charged with violating
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  • 64 3 FRENCH -BORN film star Corinnc Calve t took the oath as an American I citizen m a Hollywood federal court yesterday. "Everything good has happened to me here." i she said as she awaited the naturalization eercj mnnv. Miss Calvet appeared m court with her new
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  • 24 3 Governor of New York Avere\\ Harriman said m London that he supports Adlai Stevenson for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination.— U.P.
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  • 179 3 A SECRET agreement forbids Violet Groux. former lady companion of exqucen Narriman. from writing about her life with the ex-first lady of Egypt. The existence of this agreement was revealed before the civil chamber of the cantonal court at Lausanne. Switzerland, when M. Jacques Oonvers.
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  • 104 3 SOME 3,000 Koreans smashed window^ and fought police for an hour yesterday at Seoul, trying to jam Inta the trial oi a suave young Korean who braga he seduced 70 women m one year. They fought with 15 mounted policemen and 100 officers armed
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  • 108 3 DANUBE ON THE RISE AGAIN STEADY ralru for 72 hours have turned Bavarian rivers into racing torrents. threatening a reix'tition of the disastrous 1954 Hoods. The Danwbo was on the rise and Bavarians feared that if the downpours continued, the river would overflow its banks from Re^ensburg to Passau. U?5
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  • 43 3 A U.S. Army truck driven by a German struck a group ol le standing on a .sidewalk, killing three people and injuring one at Fuorth. Police said the driver did not stop but was arrested later. A. P.
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  • 22 3 Four men died yesterday when a Japane c twin-engine ck plane fighter crashed In flames near Kagoshima.— A.P.
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  • 106 3 A DIVORCE was granted yesterday to Mrs. Pauline 8. Rolles at Portland (Maine) who said her Dutch .seaman husband married her only m the hope he would be able to stay m America. Mrs Rolles. 40. accused Cornelius M. Rolfes. 22. of Seheveningen, Holland, with cruel
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  • 234 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 9, 1955. Opinion CONFIDENCE RETURNING /JNE of the most en- couraglng Sign* of returning confidence m the future of Singapore since Mr. Marshal] took over the reins of Government is provided by the decision f Hong Kong interests to go ahead with their plans
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  • 648 4 THE RUSSIANS MOVE BACK A new defence system is being built to "protect" the heavily armed Red Peace Camp from attack by an unarmed Austria ii'ITHIN the put weeks, ever .since the Austrian state reaty was signed In Vienna and the Russian* began active preparations to withdraw their army of
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  • 269 4 GRATITUDE -if there is a full house IF Mrs. Eastley's article 1 m the Free Press m any way leads to an increase m the attendance at the Singapore Arts Theatre production of "Saint Joan." she will have my undying gratitude. I would however, like to make several points m
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  • 198 4 £O a special commission has been created to make recommendat ions on abolition terms which might be offered to expat Officers m the public service! The new Government la most keen to see that a fair deal be assured for workers. clerks and other toilers of
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  • 118 4 t\NE cannot take exception to what "S.C.B A. Member" writes m the Free Press m reply to the correspondent "Worried." particularly where lie stresses that Singapore, m any future union with the Federation, should, take care to avoid Sharing the fate of Pen--1118 and Malacca But
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    • 10 4 ®PIIQ.T Fountain pint X j BEN BERC J SPORE LTD
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    • 93 4 J^¥ mm 9 fUm ThrmMuliiifl Jf In the MBR, film threading Is W so simple that it can be carried m out blindfolded. Thanks to the m exclusive new patented film m transport mechanism designed by M Paillard-Bolex engineers, the film gf can be fitted on the sprockets m a
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  • 121 5 House-hunt for N.Z. mission SUITAHLK Office and housing accommodation la sought for the permanent New iland diplomatic Dilation being established m Singapore. Engaged on thia "hunt" la Mr X Webster, a senior member of the New Zealand External Affairs Mini.stry. who has already arrived m Singapore. He is now staying
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  • 91 5 SEND-OFF BY S'PORE FRIENDS A party at the Seventh Storey Hotel was given m honour of Commander C. K. St rat ton Brown (seated at the head of the table nearest camera), who has since left by air for the I.K. Other guests from Commander Stratton Brown's left are: Midshipman
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  • 174 5 AM RS. MARY LOBO, chairman of the Women Justices of the Peace who visited Changi Prison earlier m the week, thinks the Government should increase the rehabilitation grant. She said she was highly impressed with the training given to prisoners to
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  • 123 5 Butler-White to preach at Ipoh THE Rev. Ronald ButlerWhite, associate minister of Wesley Methodist Church, ha.s left for Ipoh where, for two months, he will preach m lpoh Wesley Methodist Church. He returns to his Singapore po^t m September. During his absence, Mrs. Butler-White and their children, Paul and Janice,
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  • 171 5 "T>UCKET" ba B s now tne O fashion with women shoppers m Britain are increasing crime, says Mr, Paul Bennett, the Marlborough street magistrate. In sentencing a young mother to six weeks for loitering m an Oxford-street store to steal from women's bags, he said "Unfortunately a
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  • 20 5 Five scales worth $1,200 were reported stolen from a motor tyre firm m Kirn Yam Road. Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 41 5 A taxi-driver, Yeo Hock Eng\ 35, was stabbed m Arab Street, Singapore, about 4 a.m. yesterday. He was attacked from behind while he was walking to a garage to get his taxi. Yeo, was injured m both arms.
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  • 30 5 All married women m Singapore are invited to a meeting at 12. Boscombe Ro/d at 5 p.m today to discuss the formation of the Singapore Married Women's Union.
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    • 26 5 Another NEW SWIMSUIT FOR 1955 See the wonderful 1955 collection now af f Sole Agents: EAf.KiMil^lOll IjI". t 00, llivth Street, Singapore, t ********** f **********4
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    • 393 5 it* l l ll iXf Xl,i lll l,JLfA.fi l 1 1 L *d 1 1 t^v^^^B i Ml R< 11 OF ENGLAND SI tndrcH's Cathedral: 7 a.m. Hi Communion; 8 a.m. Sung E r. r and Parish Communion; 1.30 am, Family Service; 10.30 a.m. Matins; 11 a.m. Mandarin Service; 1130
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    • 375 5 Paya Lebar: 8.15 a.m. 8.8. Bible [Class; 8.45 a.m. Sunday School; 9 a.m. Service m Malay (Scow Cheng Llew); 10 a.m. Education Sunday Service-Rev. Chew Hock Hin. Geylang Straits Chinese: 2.45 p.m. Sunday School; 4 p.m. Service Rev. Chew Hock Hin (Eng.), Mr. Choo Beng Lim (Malay); 5.30 p.m. Wesley
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 155 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 1 -SZJT] i^sMaaawJ iHftNHSIi flxrlllpS ►ELOOrTLLTt-/ TOPCOAT, CARRYING A SUITCASE" DOLLARS.TO MAKE YOu J. CTRANGE.J > KNOWN// IFYOOSK JA-J/ 6UTWE-S CALLING HIMSELF A'TOURIST'. >~ TEAP.S YOUNGER-FOft A WEE*^ "^SST^I/^IST'.HG. -J y^ 7 T/GStK^/^ 4 M/Bb^ \fz~ |hFJ 'i A fOVQffflCrY- DEMONSTRATION TARZAN by
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    • 731 6 YOUR I LUCKY! I! STAR i t IJ° f RN J22 0 for independent Initiate < and action do. s n „t lr 4 «reat decree mtrlel r»u. 1 *9 lo Mtpeiate reali w jlb others. You have Uc( y dinloma* > and kaan J 4 make people like ye*
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 192 7 LONDON. July 8. Previous Today r? BBFR No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 36 buyers 34 nom. pi July 36; sellers KiKBEKN'o 1* RSS cAf. European 34 buyers 33 buyers VwrU AUfMI 341 sellerS 33 SellerS i;i BBER No. 1 RSS Spot Jt buyers 36 nom. I'i'.i k
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    • 94 7 NEW YORK, July 8. Prerioos Today Tin Strait, sprf oeartf 95.37 nom. 95.37 nocn. Tia futures J«ly J4 00 bid^ 9375 bld^ A«f 92.25 bid 92.00 bid 93.00 asked 93.00 asked September 91.50 bid 91.25 bid 92.25 asked 92.25 asked TONE: Steady. SALES: One lot. Sept: RIBBER
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    • 50 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 50. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 49 ft. Sarawak spot 46V>. Awaiting release 46. Afloats 45 to 44. July 43^. August 42 H. Lampong spot 50. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 49%. July shipment 48 sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m US. cents per lb.
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    • 33 7 NEW YORK, J«iy 8. Previous Today S* Industrials JW.23 ***** 20 Railroads 158.21 157.65 40 Domestic Bonds 99 M 15 rtilities 64.51 64.76 61 stocks Composite Arermfe 165.86 165 99
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    • 116 7 I July 8. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per c-ilers lon X ton July/Aug $187 nom. $188 sellers COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m rr«,..,~f«x bulk, per lone ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits cJ.f. UK/North European delivered weight per v buyers ..n 8
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  • 30 7 Mr John Brian Wilkinson, a solicitor, was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. to practise here as an advocate and solicitor.
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  • 286 7 IT may have been the orderly, well-regulated peace of the Women's Royal Ai»^v Corps that tempted ex soldier Norman Winter to tunnel under the barbed wire round their camp m Richmond Park, Surrey. It may have been the reaction from years spent m menonly prisons.
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  • 248 7 PROVIDENT FUND WILL COST THEM $20,000 OPERATION of the Central Provident Fund will cost the Singapore Hokkien Hoay Kuan, which is managing some big Colony Chinese schools, about $20,000 a year m contributions. After being told this by their chairman, Mr. Tan Lark Sye,
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  • 287 7 SACRED CEREMONY, ANCIENT RITES AT HINDU TEMPLE pOMBINING modern fluorescent lighting with ancient Hindu rites, a sacred ceremony "Samprodshana Ashtapanthana Maha KumbhabLshegam" was held at Singapore's Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple m Ceylon Road. Kumbhabishegam is the ritual which transforms a stone into God: It is most sacred to Hindus all
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  • 14 7 A bird shattered the windscreen of comedian Tommy Trinder's car near Newmarket.
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  • 4 8 WORLD NEW IN PICTURES
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  • 87 8 I ITTLE-SEEN view (below) of London, from the pinnacle of Big Ben, 4he clock tower of the Houses ol Parliament, now surrounded by seal folding for repair work. On the xight of the picture is the Victoria Tower of Parliament and at the end of the
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  • 66 8 TWENTY TWO men and a woman were saved j from the Swedish tanker Johannishus (left) which caught fire after a collision m the English Channel. Nineteen people perished. PICTURE above i>lazing wreck shows eight lonely lasses from a Yarmouth (Norfolk) department store. The manager claims he
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  • 93 8 B AN 1846 DJL five cents >) stamp, issued the year before official sUmps <v came out m America, was << £> recently sold m London >< << for £1,500 U came from 8 the collection of Sir Ni- 8 cholas Waterhouse, seen 2 << above
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  • 105 9 THE CORPORAL AND HIS DOG AT BISLEY "PLY", the boxer puppy, 1 lies contentedly at the side of her master, Corporal Joe Clanson of the Coldstream Guards, as he shoots on the range at Bisley where he is competing m the Army Rifle Association championship. "Fly" has attracted a great
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  • 51 9 EASING THE POSTMAN'S BURDEN POSTMEN m the south of England are now wearing their new biscuit-coloured jackets, made from lightweight material and braided m red. Picture above shows Mr. Jack Cower, of Edmonton, North London wearing the new jacket. For comparison, Mr. William Reed, of Bow, wears the traditional serge
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  • 89 10 COlOf X this picture with paints, crayons or chalks, and you may win some pocket money. There are four prizes of $5 each (two for boys and two fur girls). Fill m your name, address juid age m the form below and post to Aunty Wendy, c/o
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  • 929 10 Mr. Wong thinks of Christmas m GOOSEY GOOSEY GANDER -WHERE SHALL I WANDER? UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS AND IN MY LADY'S CHAMBER?' PART ONE OF A STORY BY KATHLEEN HICKLEY POOR old Goosey Gander. He didn't really mean to wander, at least, not as far as all that, although, as things
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  • 71 10 DO you give your pet dog or cat or even duck or goat good care? Animals have feelings, too. A library book will teach every boy and girl to take better care of household animals all God's creatures like ourselves. They need plenty of fresh, clean
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  • 60 10 T»HE four prfce- winners of last weeks colouring contest (each of whom gets the $5 award) are: (1) Miss M. Saras (9) 490, Kebun Nyor Lane, Penang. C 2) Miss Rosemary Rogers (7) 7-J, 4th Avenue. Singapore. (3) Master Jamaludln Talb (13). 699-R. Oeylang Serai, Singapore. (4)
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    • 146 10 Our Junior Crossword (MM ACROSS. 3. A roUing stone gath»T.s none. 6, Plover widely f<rown Holland. 8. Je- ii> was tried before him. 9. Qu«'en of the fairies 11, He sold hi> birthright to Jacob. 12, Character m music. 15 It may be scored m cricket. 16, Oulldford is its
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    • 393 10 Rupert and Morwenna 8 j <¥c^ww U?w^»_2? i Still feeling nervous the young figure gazing at them expec.m.ly. friends walk along the rough It's a p:sky. a real Ccrnish Eassage. After rounding two pisky I brea.hes Morwenm. I ends (hey find that the crab has old you He; words are
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  • 664 11  -  HAROLD HEFFERNAN says Unusual hobbies make Tony quite a guy MEET Tony CurtisHollywood's one-man hobby-lobby. In five years of starn, the black-haired bby-soxer idol has relentlessly pursued more sideline hobbies than the average fellow takes on m a lifetime. He has collected everything from stamps
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  • 107 11 ship, who will spend his honeymoon with Miss Francis and ten of his cr«*w! inside the hermetically-sealed space ship. The future, says Miss Francis, has certain disadvantages. AN THE theory that marriages are made m Heaven, Anne Francis will set a new romantic high
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  • 277 11  -  Micheal Ruddy sfsf m WITH the heat on Hollywood too much violence and sex m the current crop of films, suggestive songs anci dances are being clipped and snipped. There was one m "Miracle m The Rain," performed by dancer Barbara Nichols, which was trimmed
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  • 88 11 She'll play a rebellious princess GRACE KELLY is to star m a film version of Fcrenc Molnar's stage play "The Swan" m which .she will play the princess. This film has been made twice before once m 1925. .starring Frances Howard, who is now Mrs Samuel (ioldwyn, and m 1030,
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  • 416 12  -  Ritchie McEwen Haute Couture cuts through all barriers, from Red China lojho USA by AIORE THAN $4,075,000 T| worth Ol orders from nine countries w< re placed during th»* six days of tin- second International Fashion Show which has just ended m Vienna The Fashioi. Show, which was
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  • 259 12 HERE are some points worth noting about tomatoes: They are NOT fattening. Even on a strict diet, you can eat as many as you wish. They will help to keep you fit and full of energy. it -k it The juice is good for small babies and is
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  • 100 12 Paris loses a beauty BRITAIN has lost one of her most beautiful and intelligent unofficial ambassadresses m Paris with the departure for home of Miss Vanessa Jebb, 23-year-old daughter of Sir Oladwyn Jebb, British Ambassador m Paris. She has gone to take up a job m a London publishing firm
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 271 12 ARTIE'S HEADLINE "All right— take that silly grin off your fact 1 1" i "____r~ i i i i^i' "T*^^"™" a 111 m till I i ____f""~^ i____r^ ~__j Bi"^ ~aßßß_l ~"^_^_^_w"^ CUW ACROSS 2 Worth fifty In the middle (5). 1 Thanka. Vernon 3 Soft fall or middle tyres
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  • 594 13 ONE of Europe's most fascinating streets is one you probably never heard of. The Berliners call it Keithstrasse." But the sharp-eyed, bargainhunting wives cf the British Occupation Forces m Berlin know it as "Antique Alley." More than 10 antique shops and curiosity shops, some
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  • 95 13 Those 'pops' scared the pigeons LOUD explosions at fiveminute intervals echoed ■ound the forecourt at London's Burlington House a few nights ago sending drowsy congregations of pigeons flapping wildly into the air. People were arriving m full evening dress as members of the Royal Society, holding their annual Conversazione. showed
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  • Article, Illustration
    373 13 QtR busy teammate. John R. Crawford, has just produced a fine new book on the latest fad Lime, Calypso. ("Calypso: How to Play and Win," Doubleday, US.$l 50.) A previous Crawford opus with the monumental title. "How to be a Consistent Winner m the Most Popular Card Games."
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  • 109 13 There'll be no loitering about at this wicket FILM Actor Jack Hawkins, wearing a Lord's Taverners' tie at a cocktail party m Simpson's, Piccadilly. London, disclosed his plans for umpiring at the forthcoming charity cricket match at Hurlingham Park. "I shan't have any nonsense," he said. "If I get bored
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  • 100 14 JOHNSON BEATS MATHIAS' RECORD DAFER JOHNSON. 19 A 11 FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, BROKE THE WORLD DECATHLON RECORD ON |UNE 11, 1955, AT AN AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION MEET IN KINCSHURC. CALIFORNIA. HE COMPILED 7,983 POINTS, 96 MORE THAN THE RECOGNISED WORLD MARK SET BY 808
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  • 256 14  - Northants want Harry to join the 'Typhoon' next season ARCHIE QUICK By His feats brought victory YOUNG HARRY KELLEHER STANDS SIX FKET FOUR INCHES AND THAT IS AN ASSET IN THE TOUGH LONDON DISTRICT OF BF.KMONDSKY. From that quarter many good fighters have emerged. But Harry i.^ not ;i boxer.
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  • 179 14 San do says: I'm not really a three-miler! I^kank BANDO, 24 year-old, r rVylesford paper-mill worker wins the :i mllei at Chlstil 12 mln, 29 8 sees illey harrier KKN NORMS, beaten by Inches. Is i with the :<\uw time. tl i third best performv. r the dtely Chris Chatawty
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  • Article, Illustration
    116 14 IV l*'^' improved Soocer B Iff ground nexl season? "Crys- tai Palace without a doubt." I says manager CYRIL SPIERS. I Spiers, who appears to have shed 10 years after leaving the First Division cares of Cardiff i to start at rorkbottom again I with poverty-hit Palace, I
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  • 151 14 TOO much importance is attached to winning Test matches. That was said recently at a cricketing dinner and by no less an authority than Mr. Ronald Aird. secretary of the M.C.C. He added: "I am told by some people that these games are
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  • 427 15 Goddard and McGlew m great opening stand fjiIGHTINC; BRAVELY AND BITTERLY. SOI Til AFRICA 1 SCORED 199 FOR FOUR WICKETS IN ANSWER TO ENGLAND'S FIRST INNIN(iS TOTAL 284 ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE THIRD CRICKET TEST AT OLD TRAFFORD YESTERDAY. When stumps were drawn, the
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  • 37 15 photo. SURREY bowler Tony Lock (centre) congratulates the cricketing twins Alec (left) and Eric 15; dser who celebrated their 37th birthday on July 4. Lock celebrated his birthday the next day.— Reuter
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  • 593 15 ERIC BEDSER 7-33 ROUTS LEICESTER THF COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE IS fliAt 1 U ALLY OVER. SURREY. WHO C.AINED THEIR THIRTEI M ll VICTORY OF THE SI W>\ YESTERDAY BY DEI I VTING LEICESTERSHIRE BY FIVE WICKETS AT THE OVAL. IRI ILMOST CERTAIN
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    39 15 photo. FAMILY WATCH: Commander S. A. Looker of D.M.S. Grcnville has his tally U» irate* the target lor him as he shoots at Blsley. On the look out for him arc Kbonda (I), Kobert ill) and Dunne vl-V- Reuter
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  • 54 15 Russian oarsmen will compete ln next year's Henley Regatta, Mr. Vladimir Kouchmenko. manager of the Soviet team which competed at Henley last week, said at London Airport. The officials and 21 members of the Russian crews were leaving London for Copenhagen on their way
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  • 232 15 YOUNG Men's Sikh Association had no difficulty beating Bolster P.C 4-0 m a SAFA 2H math at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for YMSA were I. J- Sin#h <2), Kartar Singh and Mohinder Singl.. Bukit Timah scored a 2-1 victory over Gymkhana SC. m another Div. 2B
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  • 68 15 Chris Chataway 'Britain), one of five men to have run a mile ln less than four minutes, won an Invitation 2.000-metre event In Stockholm on Thursday In five minutes 10.6 seconds. This was six tenths of a second slower than Gordon Pirie had run the distance
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  • 131 16 SOCCER HO HO CUP: Hong Kong Chine: c v Malayan Chinese, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m. PARKER CLP FINAL: RAOC v Royal Signals, Ayer Rajah Road, 5 p.m. SAFA Div. 3A: Serangoon M.Y. v Junior A.A., at CYMA. FRIENDLIES: Boys Town v (.imsoii School, Bukit Timah; Alexandra F.T.
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  • 63 16 MERVYN ROSE of Australia yesterday advanced to the finals of the international tennis tournament at Baastad. Sweden, defeating Vie Seixas, U.S. A 3-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-4. In the other semi-final Hamilton Richardson. U.S.A., defeated Sweden's No. 1 player. Sven Davidson, m three straight sets 6-4, 6-1,
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  • 64 16 SEVEN members were named lust night for the British Ryder Cup golf team to meet the United States at Palm Springs course m California on Nov. 5 and 6. Chosen were Dal Rees. Harry Bradshaw. Syd Scot. Harry Weotman, Christy O'Connor. Ken Boasfield and John
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  • 205 16 Kaneko was ahead on points when he was stopped WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION SANDY SADDLER PACKED TOO MUCH CLASS FOR ORIENT FEATHER WEIGHT TITLE-HOLDER SHIGFJI KANEKO OF JAPAN AND WON BY A SIXTH ROUND TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT IN THEIR TEN-ROUND NON-TITLE FIGHT LAST NIGHT BEFORE 1 >,000 FANS AT THE KOREKUEN STADIUM.
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  • 143 16 U.S. AMATEUR BOXERS MAY FIGHT IN SINGAPORE C OL die Ea S an former Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission who is on a trip round the world on behalf of the U ?j °!y mpic Committee said m Singapore yesterday that he would like to brins? a
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  • 57 16 Jaroslav Drobny of E?ypt entered the finals of the Midland counties lawn tennis championship at Birmingham yesterday with a 6—2, 6—5 victory over Fausto Gardini, Italian Davis Cup player. In the final, Drobny will play Art Larsen of the U.S. who defeated Abe Segal of South
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  • 28 16 Antonin Roiland of France led 130 riders across the finish line yesterday m the second lap of the 2.700 mile Tour de France bicycle race. A.P.
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    • 76 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special A TROPHY FOR BEST AMATEUR TIPSTER rwMIE Free Press Amateur 1 Tipster League begins lay. Ten people all well xn m the Colony, will I ike it m turn to give readen a tip on each race day As long as the selection shows a
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    • 323 1 fJWE Free Press today presents on Page 2 a new type of race card. Here is how you first UfSm the horse's number m the official race programme, followed *vjhe position m which it finished m its last three outings. Then comes age, colour
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    • 891 3 SOME racehorses can be pretty choosy. They have a special liking for a certain course and refuse to do their best elsewhere. No Regrets, one of the biggest money-spinners m Malayan turf history, won on all three Federation sea but simply loathed Bukit
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    • 507 4 A DARK HORSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO WATCH AT KUALA LUMPUR TODAY LS TOLYAR IN RACE SIX. THIS FULL BLOOM THREE-YEAR-OLD HAS BRIGHT EARLY SPEED AND IF HE GETS THE JUMP, HE MAY WELL OUTPACE HIS OPPOsTTION. Tolyar went for
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