The Singapore Free Press, 15 April 1957

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. 1 15.,:: Blfptu, Monday. April IS, 1957. Price 15 Ct*
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    Union men are hurt
    254 1 Union men are hurt Ilf E7Mb£j?3 >i tht Sin^aItJ poit Liade Union Con%res§ are piqued because tii ir presentativei were noc invited to take part In the reception to the Merueka delegates yesterday. The organising secretary of the TUC. Mr. K. C. Thomas, said workers who had given their support
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    Rubber price
    31 1 May fir*t grade rubber buyers fob. opened m Singapore this morning at 92' 4 cents a lb down threequarters of a cent on Friday's close. The tone was uncertain
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    More feet first
    35 1 The world demand for shoes is increasing at the rate of 230.000 pairs a day. Mr. Tom Bata, head of the Bata Organisation, told a footwear conference at Bournemouth. England, yesterday- Reuter
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    ELUSIVE COMET...
    74 1 T'HE Arend-Roland Comet, which was expected to appear over Singapore yesterday, seemed to have bypassed the Malayan sky. Professor J. C. Cooke of the University or Malaya said he had not seen it nor received reports of anyone having seen it. Since the comet was said to be
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    Iraq wants an atomic reactor
    38 1 The Iraq development board has decided to establish an atomic reactor for research purposes. The board has approved a suggestion to invite a consultant to make preliminary studies on the project. A .P.
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    BEFORE THE 1958 POLLS MOOTED
    667 1 I Mr. Lim's emphasis on unity f I seen as due for next move! Students cause worry Free Press Political Correspondent j giIOULD Singapore have an all-party national government now to pave the way for complete internal self-government before the general elections next year? That
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    Eden was 'poisoned'
    255 1 OPERATION REVEALS BILE DEFECT QIK Anthony's entire >^ system had been poisoned by bile for loim time, possibly eren substantially before hi was stricken by the fevers and weakness that forced him to resign as PrUne Minister. his doctors announced yesterday. When Dr. Richard Cattell ol Hoston's
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    Wants to sing in the Soviet
    103 2 Wants to sing in the Soviet DROF. Ruth Douglass, an American professor of choir music, fl c w into Singapore by PA. A. over the weekend. Prof. Douglass, who is with the Mount Holyoke College, Mass., said at the airport: "I am to prove that choral music is a specialised
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    Anglican meeting
    74 2 THE Anglican Youth Assembly will be held at St. Andrew's Cathedral from today to Thursday, Easter Week. The programme for the first three evenings will consist of a service of worship with illustrated dramatic readings and discussions m age groups. In a special note to teacher members, the
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    Lock icon KILL OR CURE...
    43 2 An African strolled along a street at Blantyro Nyasaland yesterday with a stick of dynamite m his hand. He told police who stopped him that he had bought it from an African "doctor" as a curp for cnr*> back.- Reuter
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    MERDEKA – A FILLIP TO CULTURE
    418 2 MERDEKA A FILLIP TO CULTURE Theme of expression is now possible' Sun Yee THE advent of self-government would give an impetus to art and culture here, declared Miss Sun Yee, the famous Shanghaiborn artist, who has now made Singapore her home. In an interview with the Free Press. Miss Yee
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    Lock icon Wonders to come
    94 2 rpELEVISION will guide -I- saw mills to cut wood with an invisible ray m the future, Mr. Arch Booth, vice-president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, predicted yesterday. He also said there might be atomic-powered lorries operating cross country on special traffic lanes. Windows and doors
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    Lock icon Fred, 100, and still single
    94 2 pRED DOUGLAS, of Melbourne, Australia was 100 yesterday, and gazed proudly at a cake topped with 100 candles. Then he gave his recipe for long life: Stay single. Fred is still a bachelor and says he intends to stay that way. "How else do you
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    WORKERS SAVE $40,000,000
    140 2 WORKERS SAVE $40,000, 000 AN increasing number of people are electing to continue p,, C( i n n lbutln^ t0 the s »n«apore Central Provident Fund Board after retiring age tne C Fr a ce n p?L° f th(> B ard> E L Peakl>l tolcl thls l 0 H av;Tlable
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    Lock icon Timor Isle 'treason' plot man is killed
    355 3 Timor Isle 'treason' plot man is killed AIMED AGAINST AIR FORCE JNDONESIAN Air Force headquarters announced m Jakarta that an officer on Timor Island had been shot and killed m an escape I attempt after "treason" allegations. The military situation on the Indonesian island has been tense the past few
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    Lock icon Youth gets TV disease
    113 3 DENMARK'S first case of "television disease has been diagnosed by Dr. Carl Friderk'ksen of the Sundby Hospital m Copenhagen. The doctor said a four-year-old boy was brought into hospital suffering from insomnia, but the real diagnosis was "television disease" which had developed about six months after
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    Lock icon Girls distract i lifesavers
    74 3 SOUTH African lifesavers arc complaining that they arc being distracted by attractive girls m scanty bathing suits. Mr. R. V. Loana. secretary of the Surf Life-Saving Association of South Africa, said yesterday that girls who have been hanging around lifesavers and have even feigned drowning have
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    Lock icon WISH TO BE A GENIUS?
    130 3 WISH TO BE A GENIUS? A PERSON of average ability might become a genius under the influence of hypnosis, a British hypnotist ha.s claimed m London. Dr. J. van Pelt, president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists, said m the British Journal of Medical Hypnotism that this was a
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    Lock icon Plastic bicycles
    74 3 11/fR. Jeanruiz Luciarte rode into the annual Inventors' Exhibition m Paris on Saturday on a plastic bicycle with. 18 gears. "It moves as gracefully as a swan on the surface of a lake, thanks to the suppleness of the plastic body and the wide choice <>f gear ratios,''
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April, 15, 1957. Opinion Singapore anomaly
    517 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April, 15, 1957. Opinion Singapore anomaly ANOMALIES exist m every country m every walk of life, and Singapore Ifl no exception. Perhaps the greatest of all is the difference m the prices of beer. A Serviceman is able to obtain beer at a concessional rate
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    BY THE WAY
    184 4  -  Beachcomber asdfdasf A SUCCESSFUL man, advising the young the other day, said that the secret of success is to concentrate on doing one thing at a time. It depends on what that one thing is. I knew a man who concentrated on teaching an octopus to play
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    Pelham Groom
    757 4 I WRITES EVERY MONDAY I world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earthi may eventually be gathered together m a
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    Trials of an ......author Tolstoy's...... US Civil War ......Fast was in vain
    293 4 Trials of an author Tolstoy's...... US Civil War ......Fast was in vain sentiment such sentiment not being considered objective m Indonesia. With regard to Malayan Moon this gripping romance was of course just farcical. Planters dressed for dinner every night, there were natives m the jungle and the Penang Ferry
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    STRIKE UPSETS BELLE
    254 5 'No flight' hitch m wedding plans THE Qantas pilots' strike is holding up the marriage of a Singapore nightclub singer. Belle Gonzalez to a British soldier m England. Miss Gonzalez told the Free Press yesterday, that the airways had informed her that the company had cancelled flights
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    VOTERS RUSH TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESSES
    283 5 VOTERS RUSH TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESSES Jockeying begins for next elections 'Fine or jail' warning PROSPECTIVE candidates for elections to the first post Merdeka Legislative Assembly have started moving around the wards to test their prospects of success. Some of them are even persuading their friends and contacts to change
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    Lock icon SOVIET CHIEF FOR RED CHINA
    45 5 The Soviet President, Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov, left Moscow by air last night lor a visit to Communist China. Moscow Radio reported. Alter his goodwill visit to China. Marshal Voroshilov will visit Indonesia and then the Mongolian Peoples' Re- public- Reuter
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    New bus route plea
    113 5 T^IH Singapore City counx cillor for South Ward, Mr. S. M. Vasagar, today strongly supported the Queenstown residents' plea for a direct bus service to the city. He said he had alreadyput the proposal before the Vehicle and Traffic Committee of the Council for consideration. Mr.
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    Lock icon Rain-makers
    34 5 Rain making experiments carried out m an area of Southern New South Wales Australia, during the past two years increased rainfall there by 25 per cent, it wa^ announced m Melbourne yesterday.- Reuter
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    'Home-grown' market is booming
    355 5 'Home-grown' market is booming STORE SflON TO BE SELF-SUFFICIEN X T'HE multi-million dollar x produce industry, which is a new feature of Singapore rural areas, is gradually making the Colony sell sufficient m meat, poultry and vegetable supplies. The Chief Veterinary Officer. Mr. R. A. Wright, told the Free Press
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    254 5 Continuing The picture story of Walt Disney's "Lady The Tramp". The lit cartoon feature m CinemaScope Technicolour. Coming to the Capitol for Easter After the baby is born, Lady shows her love for him and maintains her happy place m the household. To take care of the infant while they
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      201 5 BARGAIN of BARGAINS! FOR YOU.' I; FOR EASTER FESTIVAL ALL ITEMS PRICES SLASHED!!; !;r=BARGAINS FOR MEN.=-n '>> SKIPPER DACRON JAYSON SPORT SHIRTS TROUSERS COTTON DACRON Now $9.00 Up Now $14.90 Up Ho i M JS 50 DACRON BREWSTER WHITE SHIRTS WHITE SPORT SHIRTS Now $13.50 Up POPLIN SHIRTS Now $10.50
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      231 6 iMWIHIVKIj by Lee Falk and Pliil Havis WE'S PEH IMP HALF) TAKE HER HOME,^^!^ MEY--HOWD VCU/ T.UIZAX bj Edgar Rice Burroughs TME HOtCIFIE7 WHITE I P THE PEEK CARCASS WAS INSTANTLY THE SAIM by Leslie Chartfcris I HOW LON6 DOES TAVER/SHORT TIME T~~~~S FAE. T*E\ I ...S'A-RT n f( THATDOPE
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      472 6 BORN today, you are a confusing mixture of the intellectual and il the material, the idealist and the 5 practical performer. I Loving and affectionate when it comes to individuals— and at times emotional m your attachments -you I are quite unemotional m approaching the realm of ideas. You have
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    LAZY LESLIE-'not a clay's work in my life'
    129 7 LAZY LESLIE-'not a clay's work in my life' THIS IS THE STORY IN THREE PARTS OF LESLIE POWELL. AGED I 38, WHO HAS THE PEACEFUL EXI PRESSION OF A COMPLETELY CONTENTED MAN. HE LEANED BACK IN HIS ARM E CHAIR, YAWNED, AND SAID: I -THERE'S A SIMPLE EXPLANAI TION: I
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    Chapter one...
    230 7 'Fill: SCENE: The Mi gistrates Court m Middlesbrough, Bnfland. Here it was that Dei Insp. Norman Leigh described I*slie's record of never having worked. Then Leslie, of Oliver Street, Middlebrough took up the story. "Everyone seems amazed I do not work," he said. •That's the trouble with civilisation
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    Chapter two...
    163 7 AND work he did. For the day after he was put on probation he got a shock when the probation officer told him: "One of the conditions of probation is that a man must be industrious. Be at the employment exchange at 2." Leslie did not turn up,
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    Chapter three...
    232 7 HE soon found out The next day ho had to get up at 6.45 a.m. They thrust a shovel into his hands and ordered: "Start clearing and levelling this stretch of ground." So Leslie yawned and got down to it. But not for 10ng After an hour or
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    HEART-THROB
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    New life to aid surgeons
    146 7 New life to aid surgeons f A MACHINE which T y, J\ actually takes over <« the work of the heart V is seen m the above <► picture m the opera- r, ting theatre at Guy's j; Hospital, London, being 11 set up for an opera- <« tion m
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      87 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■1 1 ti: 1 SINGAPORE 1 I HIGH TIDES 1 1 TODAY: 11.29 a.m. 5 and
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      112 7 Today's Radio Programme j for Singapore i 115 pm. Monday Lunch Date; 130 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Three or More; 5.00 Children a Playtime; 5.30 The Singapore Six- 5.54 At the Hammond: 6.00 Time Announcement and Pro- gramme Summary; 6.02 Women s Half Hour; 6.55 Announcements and Singapore Share
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    They're all at sea!
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    ...TWO BABES IN A TUB
    158 8 ...TWO BABES IN A TUB A MOTHER smiled as this picture on the right was taken. "Hasn't everything turned out well," she said. But 27 year old Mrs. Audrey Costt'llo couldn't have been Quite sure of that when she took Dawn (she's the piccaninny on the left) into her home
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    MAN-MADE IS GUARDS COAST ISLAND S U.S. TLINE
    571 8 MAN-MADE IS GUARDS COAST ISLAND S U.S. TLINE LIFE at sea is generally considered adventurous and romantic. However, for the men working on a United States radar station 110 miles from the northeastern shore of continental United States, the experience of being on the ocean is unique. The station can
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    The girl who c the Palace p washed party
    265 8 The girl who c the Palace p washed party THERE was a Thorn among all those English Roses at the season's first presentation party at Buckingham Palace. The Thorn, armed with a small card and a colossal nerve, got herself presented to the Queen If you are a Rose to
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    12 'SEEING EYES'
    149 9 LESSONS are over a round of smelling tests are left hehind. Soon this proud bunch of dogs will begin a faithful life-long: service for the cause of humanity. They are proud and rightly so— for they are guide dogs. These are the leading twelve of the "seeing
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    DOGS' DELIGHT
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    This little Hitler laughs at a plot to wreck huge oil source
    1005 10 This little Hitler laughs at a plot to wreck huge oil source HfSm Morocco BEFORE ME, AS I DICTATE, LIES THE MOST ASTOUNDING, THE MOST NAIVE, AND THE MOST ALARMING MAP I HAVE SEEN SINCE HITLER DREW HIS FOR WHAT WAS TO BE THE NEW GERMAN-RILED WORLD. THE MAP WAS
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    A loyal Russian's name cleared
    296 10 A loyal Russian's name cleared A LETTER from Moscow dropped through the letter-box of a London prefab last week and Nora Murray's 18-year battle was won. Mrs. Murray was Britain's first Russian warbride. Her battle: to protect her father's name. He was Major Vassily Korshenko, director-gen-eral of the Russian Foreign
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    THE 'GHOST' OF FILMS TO COME
    209 10 IT'S so simple: you sit m the stalls and watch the cast of actors playing out a tragedy. But there is no one on the stage. It's the Wellsian Invisible Man brought to life— a revolutionary "cinema of the future." The device may be
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1395 11  -  adelaide Eastley BY.. A LTHOrGH our national dietary habits vary, the nutritional needs of all peoples are fundamentally the same. Here m Malaya, there is adequate food of great variety— but let it not be wasted by careless cooking or lack of forethought," says Mrs. A.E. Llewellyn, editor
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    BRIDGE HAND
    324 12 rpODAYS hand is dealt by poking a blunt needle through a special deck of cards that separates itself as if by magic into 20 different hands for you and your friends to play. Earh of these hands includes Interesting and Instructive points of bidding and play. And unlike
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    Waging ceaseless campaign against pain
    634 12 Waging ceaseless campaign against pain By a Special Correspondent A SLIM, attractive young housewife set out from her home after breakfast, leaving her baby m the care of her mother-in-law. She returned at lunch time She did that three times last week, and she will do it three times this
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    Cripples with a will to live
    189 12 jD EMPLOY. The name, suggesting as it does re- employment, is one which constitutes an example which has been set to the world m helping people to help themselves. It is a name which is to be seen on chairs and tables and kitchen
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    AT HOME WITH BELINDA
    508 13 AT HOME WITH BELINDA BELINDA LEE, ONE OF BRITAIN'S BUSIEST ACTRESSES, RELAXES BETWEEN FILMS AT HER KENSINGTON, LONDON HOME. BELOW: AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BELINDA ESCAPES FROM LONDON TO SPtND A WEEKEND BY THE SEA. SHE WAS BROUGHT UP IN DEVON AND LOVES TO SWIM AND WALK IN THE RAIN. BRITAIN'S
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    JOCKEY GAMER CONFIRMS HIS CLASS
    986 14  -  ALLAN LEWIS He turns down Prendergast to ride for "Doc" by BILL CAMER, who arrived last Thursday lo ride for Penang trainer J. R. "Doc" Rodeers, established himself firmly m Malaya's racing world with an exhibition of riding second to none at Bukit Tiinah on
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    86 14 SUPER PICTURE (Posner) beating Small World (8) Verni and Brave General (10) m Race Two at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Following them home are Lycos (9), Punters Delight 11 (2), Prince Gallant (11) and Lindalou. MR. WONG SIEW LENG leading m Brilliant Scholar, winner of the Hunter Memorial Stakes for
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    Keep an eye on these thirteen
    284 14  -  ALLAN LEWIS By BOY! did I see a few horses, on Saturday, that will improve from their outing and be hard to beat m the very near future. You had better put these on your very short list. Brave General, fourth m the second
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    Aquarua does strong gallop on the track
    560 14 Aquarua does strong gallop on the track T* H E Amusement Park Aquarua clash m the main sprint at Bukit Timah on Wednesday will be worth seeing. Both horses are as fit as hands can make them, but figures point to an Amusement Park victory. Aquarua will make Amusement Park
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    SASA TO RAISE STANDARD
    362 15 Two sisters get ready for Tokyo Games rpHfc qualifying standard for the Asian Games 1 m Tokyo next year will be higher than that for the Manila Games, and Singapore swimmers, who are aiming for a place m the team, will have to work for it,
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    16 15 WELSH KING (Mawi) who scored a $96 upset m Race Eight at Bukit Timah on Saturday.
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    19 15 MR. LEONG KEE NYEAN, of Ipoh, leading m Singora (Jones), winner of Race Four at Bukit Timah on Saturday,
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    Lock icon Halifax edge French Club 21-20
    83 15 Halifax edge French Club 21-20 HALIFAX beat Albi, of France, by 21-20 m their Rugby League interclub championship match on Saturday. Other results: Batlcy 8 Rochdale Hornets 4; Featherstone Rovers 18 Keighley 12; Huddersfield 8 Warrington 28; Hull 23 Bradford Northern 3; Hunslet 16 Leigh 6. Leeds 39 Dewsbury 7;
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    West Indian team reach England
    155 15 THE West Indian cricket team to tour England this summer arrived at Southampton yesterday m the S.S. Golflto an 8,736-ton Banana boat. Two of the side— Frank Worrell and Sonny Ramadhin —were already m England where they played League cricket last season The tour ends
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    Lock icon ENGLAND KEEP HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
    110 15 ENGLAND KEEP HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP ENGLAND retained the International men's hockey championship when they were held to a scoreless draw by Ireland m Dublin on Saturday. They were unbeaten In their three games, having previously defeated both Wales and Scotland. Wales finished second after another goalless draw with Scotland at Colwyn
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    Lock icon YOUTH SOCCER
    31 15 England lost their first match m the Youth International football tournament which began m Spain yesterday. They lost 2-1 to Holland after holding them to 1-1 at half-time. Reuter
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    WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    67 15 Entries are invited for the Junior weightiifting championships, Mr. Junior Singapore and Mr. Bodybuilder contests to be held at the New World on May 25 and 26. Only members of clubs, affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Weightiifting Fe- ration, are eligible to compi te, Entries should be sent
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    Lock icon UPSET BY MERLO
    33 15 ITALY'S GuLseppe Merlo caused an upset when he boat Ham Richardson (U.S.) 2—6, 6 4, 6—l, 6-0 to win the men's singles titlo m the Palermo International Tournament.- A .P.
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    Lock icon REAL MADRID ARE SPAIN'S CHAMPS
    126 15 REAL MADRID, Manchester United'! opponents m the European Soccer Cup semi-final, assured themselves of retaining the Spanish League championship yesterday when they scored a 2 1 away victory over ZaragoM. Real, 42 points hold a four-point lead over their nearest rivals, with one series of
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    Lock icon Leicester defeat a big blow to Llanelly's prestige
    342 15 Leicester defeat a big blow to Llanelly's prestige LANELLY, who possess an impressive record m their matches against Welsh Rugby Union sides this season, have fared less happily on their visits to English clubs. Leicester beat them 19-3 on Saturday their second defeat m three excursions across the border. Saturday's
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    FRENCH HOPES IN FORM
    193 15 FRENCH HOPES IN FORM M JACQUES PUERARIS Tyrone, leading French two-year-old of 1956, ran a fine trial at Longchamp yesterday for the Newmarket 2.000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. The colt, winner last year of the Grand Criterium, Europe's richest two-year-old race, scored a facilo victory m the £800 Prix de
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    Army rider wins thrilling finish
    91 15 RR, THORPE, of Army, won the 40-mile mass-ed-start cycle race, organised by the RAF Cycle Racing Club, yesterday, Runner-up was SAC. G. Garlick of Changi. The RAF Changi won the team championship, with r.a.f. Beletar ninners-up, and Army third. The "preenus" special prizes for winners
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    Lock icon PRO-NASSER ARMY CHIEF SACKED BY JORDAN'S KING
    475 16 Tfcic wnc n weekend clan m the face for Egypt He is deported to Syria after surprise coup d'etat DEPORTS reaching Damascus last night said King Hussein of Jordan intends to dissolve parliament and suspend the constitu tion. This followed a sensational pro-Iraq
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    Pakistan PM for Malaya
    47 16 Premier Suhrawardy of Pakistan is expected to vLsit Singapore and Malaya on his way back from Tokyo early next month. The Pakistan Premier *as Invited to visit Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by the two chief ministers when they visited Karachi on different occasions.
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    Lock icon SHELL KILLS 5 CHILDREN
    34 16 Five Children were killed and four others seriously injured when an unexploded artillery shell, picked up from a firing range, exploded yesterday m their home In Shikaoi, Northern Japan. Reuter
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    57 16 jncuirr The German pianist. Hans Richter-llasser (lefi) and his wife chat with Mr. C. Brown, dirw^tor of William Jacks and Co. (Mi Ltd., at a party m their honour m Singapore last night. Mr. Richfer-Haaser is to give a recital m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Tuesday. He has just
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    156 16 CAN BE ENDED AT WILL Anti-subversives condition THE anti-subversives proviso m the Anglo-Singa-pore agreement "is inherently temporary and can be abolished by the selfgoverning State as soon as it wishes." says the London Sunday Times While the proviso "is distasteful m principle." the paper said, it was imposed—as the Singapore
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