The Singapore Free Press, 3 August 1957

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press M ilaya's Own Family Paper t n ,1: Singapore, Saturday, August 3, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon Slazing object sweeps U.S.
    147 1 I *,m.m..m..m a m uam,mmm..m a«.■■ a m m a MANY STATES STARTLED BY MYSTERY EX^QSJOn'J calls swamped radio stations and news- paper offices m the western United States last night when a m strange object trailing a blaze of colour swept across the skies. It
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    QUEEN: ATTACK BY A PEER
    989 1 QUEEN: ATTACK BY A PEER Pain m the ne€k criticism of Queens style of speaking is described by the London Press as deeply unfair' Editor stresses his need to criticise /^N ASTONISHING ATTACK ON THE QUEEN FEATURED IN LONDON today ry YO^C^NSERV^E^EE 1 NAT NAL N^WSFaSK^hS^ JSd^y'l He is 33-year-old
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    HEAVY FIRING ON RED ISLE
    47 1 gOVIET artillery units on Kunishiri Island were m constant action last night and early this morning. Japanese Defence Board officials m Tokyo said they were unable to say whether the Soviet units were engaged m manoeuvres or "engaged with a real target."
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    Disarm not any nearer
    219 1 Disarm not any nearer WORLD disarmament agreement appeared •no nearer to diplomatic observers m Lonv h l tvt lgh T t des P*te four days of intense activ I IY\ John Foster Dulles > the U -S. Secrer .y 01 State. i— S ?PParent tangible I f ;f Mr. pulles's
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    JAMBOREE OF MANY KNEES
    35 1 t: J ;rl '>n Evening r P°snß imprest Kb World Scout L M yesterday: li-" 7 AOOO knees ir. wn frSSS k knobb y. t lk 'y grotes- »tory m Page
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    Lock icon DESERT REVOLT ENDING
    130 1 fPHE London Foreign Office claimed yesterday that the Oman tribal rebellion was being put down. A spokesman said: "The rising, after an initial success, has ceased to make much progress and the area m which the revolt is believed to exert any influence is contracting." This claim
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    Lock icon MAGIC CULT
    23 1 Uganda Government offl< CialS have launched a full peals campaign against t. black magic cult spreading from the Belgian Congo U.P.
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    BADGE CARE URGED
    201 2 BADGE CARE URGED SIO levy imposed on non-members np h g Singapore Auto. a mobile a ociation has warned Iti members to exercise gri at ''arc with their badges so that they do not fall Into the hands ol non .jnsmtx i Tin seen fsry Oj the association, Mr k
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    A GIFT FOR MR. GEDDES
    129 2 Lady Black, wife of the Governor of Singapore, held a garden tea-party at Government House on Thursday m honour of the retiring director of the Singapore branch of the Red Cross Society, Mr. A. E. M. Geddes. Mr. Geddes, who has held the directorship for
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    Japs step up ore imports
    143 2 RECIPROCAL TRADE ENDS WITH MERDEKA JAPAN plans to step up her reciprocal trade with Malaya after Independence Day, Aug. 31. The Japanese Vice-Con-sul m the Colony, Mr. Y. Nomura, yesterday told the Free Press that Japan was already stepping up her import of iron ore
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    QUEEN TO HEAR OF 'BOMOH?'
    329 2 Anti-monogamy bid T»HE amorous goings-on of Singapore, bomoh r of love,' 1 Tengku Mohamed ArUlin bin Tengku Ahmad, now planning his 70th man? age, may be brought to the notice of theOuiS For Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, f ca general secretary 0 f the 850--strong Singapore
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    Two pioneers' are leaving city
    254 2 Two pioneers are leaving city AN English couple, who were once the rage of dance halls m Singapore will soon be leaving the Colony for good, after living here for more than 35 years. They are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kronin, better known as Nina and Jacques to the older
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    WOLVES CAVASE QUAKE AREA
    42 2 WOLVES CAVASE QUAKE AREA MAPAUDINO WOH g f and poisoi g, are terrorist! p fr ravaged Iranian villa gi killing live I tacking villa" mO Several hundi j] and goats h.v -5 and a numbei 0 living m tent <-'f open injured
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    Abandoned baby finds love
    23 3 Here i s Amina, the 1 four -month-ola aban- I 2 doned baby, with her I new-found parents. 5
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    Skating star who loves the sun
    271 3 Skating star who loves the sun f CECILE PARRISH [OW wonderful to be back m the East" said o-weeks" bride Mrs. Uschi Inrahan when she'arrivin Singapore from Lonp yesterday. Mrs. Hanrahan was m pgapore two years ago Miss Uschi Brueck, skatg at the Happy World m ie show "Holiday on
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    Lock icon CHINA TRADE LICENCES
    71 3 A GOVERNMENT spokesman said m London on Thursday that British export Arms would "very shortly" be told whether they would receive licences to export certain goods to Communist China. The Earl of Gosford. Un-der-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said these notices would be sent out as soon a.s
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    HOME FOR AMINA
    170 3 HOME FOR AMINA THE tiny brown face m the blanket screwed up into a yawn. Box F.M. 11 was a tired j little girl but for the first time m her Six Z months of life safe. Z Long black lashes closed over the eyes that can hardly see. Th
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    TIME OFF FOR THE POSTMEN
    99 3 \MONEY order, postal order, wireless licences and savings bank facilities will not be available at Singapore post offices on Monday, August Bank Holiday. The Genera! Post Office will be open for business from 9 am to noon. Post offices at Joo Chiat, Kauri an q
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      223 3 TONIGHT MtDNU^HT M EAST AFRICAN W ADVENTURE %__&k B BEYOND COMPARE! tmZ i: l^mm-H*r/ >^^*^^^Bl i 0 LEO ml L* ft fifllll m r> Beyond '^ffil Mombasa* f'49L. R,m#d m A,nto -where passions blaze beyond control I RON RANOELL ([l||f^^B^ woducnn tOOlf CAm«l Ih, Mm o.iMke Golden Ttumpet" B» Stieenpl,,
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 3, 1957. Opinion WHAT'S IN A NAME!
    189 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 3, 1957. Opinion WHAT'S IN A NAME! ALTHOUGH a good memory for names is an asset alike for diplomats, businessmen and others wishing to influence people and make friends, it is not the be all and end all of a diplomat's existence. On this
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    Where the housewives meet royalty
    726 4 Where the housewives meet royalty fsBBMe«!£« _m \Wlun the Queen It €0 Ids a garden party tttt the hrn ns of Buett ittgham JPtttace Ihe ctttnpanpj looks .a as swnttrt as Ihe i netrest glossi* est paint. PpHE invitation says Morning Dress or Lounge Suit. Democracy must be served. But
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    A 95 MIL.-GALLON TARGET IS SET FOR COLONY
    466 5 A 95 MIL.-GALLON TARGET IS SET FOR COLONY Wicks allays fears of a water shortage Staff reporter Margaret Wee JHE Singapore City Council plans to increase the capacity of their waterworks to 95,000,000 gallons per day by 1960 .^closing this to the Free Press, the City much of the work
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    Lock icon Millionaire goes bust
    54 5 10RGE Dawson, the Cockney millonaire who le a fortune out of buyand selling- the scrap on the battlefields of la.it war, Ls now facing kruptcy proceedings, it disclosed to London night. Ie man who once claimto have £2.000,000 m iy cash has had a reln« order involving
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    Lock icon Gandhi dies at 56
    28 5 Ijvadas Gandhi, younger of Mahatma Gandhi managing editor of the iustan Times. Delhi, m Bombay of a heart ck early yesterday. He 56. Reuter
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    Lock icon Fractured-shoulder actor recuperating
    45 5 English actor Stanley Hollywood wa.s recuperating yesterday from a fracture of the left shoulder .suffered m a fall at his New York home after he returned from a matinee performance Of "My Fair Lady," m Which ho plays Mr. Doolittle. A. P.
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    No threat of KMT power bid
    277 5 No threat of KMT power bid MCA BRANCH NOT UNDER INFLUENCE f»HE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association £s free of any Kuomintang influence and there is no likelihood that a KMT faction will attempt to seize power during the next branch elections "m a couple of months." Stating
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    APEX LEADERS
    84 5 fllE Apex Club of Katong has re-elected Mr. Lan Hope as its president for the neiv Apex year beginning Ofl Aug. 1 and ending m July nert year. The. secretary Is Mr. Francis T. Scow ami treasurer is Mr. John A I link. Other officials are service dirc<
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      21 5 I PARIS NEW YORK B §iued more l v A/iABU IN IIW fXC?r/Nc SHADES I^^ t-J^^ cnU: KIAN CWAN (M) LTD.
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      U.K. closing prices
      161 7 LONDON, Aug. 2. I Previous Today ■n',l'.i B S«- C HU buyers 27 buyers ■tui'i" t J( 27 i.i sellers 27 sellers I Sept 27 Vi buyers 27 buyers I 27 sellers 27tf sellers I L lf ,M i Ma 1 KSS Spot 27 buyers 27!* buyers
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      New York prices
      102 7 I NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Previous Today jj snails spot 95.5.1 nom. 95 25 noni. N futures mdard Contract Aug. unquoted unquoted St-pt. unquoted unquoted >NE: Quirt. SALES: Nil. raits Contract Aug. 9475 buyers 9450 buyers 95.37 sellers 95.00 sellers Sept. 94 75 buyers 9450 buyers 95.12
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 I NEW YORK. Aug. Previous Today Industrials 506.21 505.10 Railroads 148-74 150.55 Domestic Bonds 86.22 86.20 Utilities 69.78 69.69 Stocks Composite Averages 175.01 175.23 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb-
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      U.S. PEPPER
      49 7 I Lampong spot 26%, release 25 3 i. afloats 25%, August ase 26%, afloats shipment 25 4 Muntok white ab.ti- August shipment spot 34 afloats 34, August i- Lampong August shipment shipment 33-, sellers ex-dock. Sarawak spot 26, awaiting Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      119 7 I LONDON. Aug. 2 Previous Today JI'RA Philippines c.i-f. U.K7 Ninth l uropcan delivered w<'i£;lu per long ton July/Aug- $167 sellers Aug./ Sept. JPRV Straits r.i.f. IT.K./North after $166 i paid $167 sellers European delivered weight per wn« ton Aug./ Sept £63 U> buyers £63 buyers
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    Man in news
    147 7 II ORD Altrincham was educated at Eton and S E New College, Oxford, and served m the Grenadier r Guards during the war. Ej A controversial figure, he has attacked the Houses Ei of Lords, capital punish- C ment and Sir Anthony Eden's Government over its Suez
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      170 7 I GREAT WORLD (cJIL-) CABARET r <>NIGHT AND VMDMRCI TOMORROW NIGHT Extension 1.00 A. M. jj SPECIAL FLOOR SHOW 1 by Public Request POPULAR SUNNY BETTY LOW "SWING HIGH, SWING LOW SUNNY AND BETTY LOW ROCK N ROLL, CHA CHA AND MAMBO AIL MUST GO" li CECIL WILSON ami his
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      75 7 J SINGAPORE I ■HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 3.51 P m. B m TOMORROW: 5.01 fl and |,50 p.m, im MONDAY: 710 Im. and 5 ,51 p ni. m g TUESDAY: 5.55 fl »> v and 7 ZZ p Dl. m WEDNESI) W D >l a Rl, m m md x
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    MOTHER GOOSE
    1088 8  -  Kathleen Hickley \a out At&ut A DRAGON APPEARS MOTHER GOOSE was moving house which at the best ot turns is a nervewracking business even for the most placid person, but the old lady was anything but placid, and her poor old gander, rushing here and there, trying to
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    Last week's winners
    61 8 Last week's winners fT\HB winners of last JL week's colour-in contest (each ol whom will recelvr a $5 prize m due course) are as follow*:— Miss Daisy Zachairah, (12), 26 Cuniberland Lane, Singapore-8. Miss Chan Ai Ling, (10W, -*5 Margate Road, Singapore. Master Abdul Gaffoor, (14), 21 Lorong 19, Geylang,
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    Rupert at Greyrocks Cove
    181 8 Rupert has. hardry asked his questions when thc foreign man turns abruptly on his heel and strides away. Hi. my Daddy wants him!" he c»Hs. Will you call back? 1..." Then another shock awaits him. for the fisherman frowns at him angrily. Rupert is amazed at
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      114 8 A colour-in contest I With prizes for youlm |>OCKET-MONEX prizes Singapore 1, to reach 'iei| are offered for colour- not IjHer than ThursdajHS ing this scene with paints next. Age limit is 15. \\_\rJ crayons or chalks. Kg There are four prizes Name (Master /Miss) I offered— each of $5
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      236 8 B Hi ■■■■■J MMM tm Lm^mm >HHHH nm 1 IMJIHM "■BfMPJ """mBIHWi 1 'AJn fM m I I II 8 9 I llik m mm m^_^E^^tiVm**J BBmMI wmmmwmjLm—mmmm^Jk. ,r m im. 111/ wm^ f CLUBS across l. 'Hie eat the Forbidden Fruit, "Death Watch' 1 variety Is County In Ireland
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    BOOK THAT HAS NO ERROR AT ALL
    619 9  - BOOK THAT HAS NO ERROR AT ALL Rev. Quek Kiok Chaing S I ii rsla j mtiiioi, l»v er Iljj christians believe m the Holy Bible las merrant and infallible, inspired word .G only rule of faith and practice. Any L ee] >j Christianity not based on the inerincy "d
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    Sunday church announcements
    1068 9 Sunday church announcements Kcnik<!' "i ENGLAND E Andrew's < athedral; 7 a.m. B communion; 8 a.m. K»rL<t and Parish CommuI g 30 a.m. Sunday School; K\. ni Matins; 11 a.m. ManE.'-. -.m. Evensong. Hs Hilda's Church, Katong: L.'n Ci-'iuinnnion, 9-30 a-m. nnd Sunday School, El p.m. Bible Class and Evan■tic
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    Pulpit space
    63 9 Pulpit space rr*#£ Free Press in- x vites church leaders of all re- ligions to submit I s/iori sermons for j publication m this i pa^e. r/ie sermons should not be more j £ftan 400 words m length and should j :be typed on one i side o/ £/ie paper
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      80 9 "»«w. vujjii. vi. iv; V# i'.^.. LACTOGEN when thc time came for *^w z w^W^''- weaning. ihe Mineral Salts and Vif.imins H.'bv needs l^^fe"——^^^^* Roslati lit Ranili m\mmZ -M^f In make dense bone, W^. f N(|'ii St nihil, ui a [I flfl' il^rW iff *m. FEEDING FMIS Wa*" if T0
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    WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
    729 10 The questions this week have been sup-j plied by yet another volunteer whose name I shall give you next week. Here they are: ln which films were these songs featured? I 1 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top. 2 The Loveliest Night Of The Year. 3
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    A NOBLEER? JUST COUNT ME OUT
    955 11  -  GEORGE WHITHING By If able keeps 4-hour vigil m m t n this year s erby winner |H!S nobbling business is not so easy, after all. I thought it might be fun to see if could get close enough to slip a Mickey Finn
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    LOOKING AFTER THE DERBY FAVOURITE IS HARD WORK
    116 11 "Sir," I said, "I bet you made a night of it when you won the Derby." "We were m bed by 9.30." "No fun and games?'' "Well, my wife and I collected our 15-year-old daughter, Julia, from school and took her out
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    Lock icon JAMBOREE SCOUTS PUT S'PORE ON MAP
    437 12 JAMBOREE SCOUTS PUT S'PORE ON MAP Sutton Park plays host to Colony contingent MFMBFKS of t|M Singapore -ontint;eiit U> the world s< out Jubilee Jamboree at Sutton Park, England put the finishing touches to a magnificent exhibition display they have erected on the camp site Foo Kia Pans leader of
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    Pirie wins 5,000-m race
    83 12 Pirie wins 5,000-m race GiUKIXJN PIRIE, of Britain, f won the 5.000 metres j race m 14min. 14.4 sec. m an International athletics meeting at Stockholm last night. Second was Thyge Thoegersen, of Denmark, m 14min. 15.2 and third was Tor Torgersen. of Norway, m 14min. 17sec. The 800 metres
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    Lock icon U.S. lead 2-0
    65 12 United States gained a 2-0 lead over Brazil m the Davis Cup American zone final at Brookline, Massachusetts yesterday. Sammy Giammalva beat j Armando Vieira 4-6, 7-5. 6-4. 4-6, 6-4 and Vie Seixas beat 'Carlos Fernandes 6-3. 6-3. 0-2. Italy and Belgium were i level 1-1 on
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    Sporting declaration gives WI win
    397 12 Sporting declaration gives WI win TWENTY-ONE fours m an unbroken partnership of 137 between Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott shattered Sur r e y's hopes of being the first County side to beat the West Indies touring team, which won at The Oval, London, yesterday by seven wickets. Final scores:
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    Lock icon YORKS CUT SURREY'S LEAD TO 56
    217 12 Y ORKSHIRE c o n- 1 1 tinuing the i r .spimdid late season rally, beat Sussex by nine wickets at Hove yesterday to gain their fourth cricket championship victory tn succession and their eleventh of the summer. 'ft"' northern county's '''■'■< »> run
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    Lock icon A MASS STRIKE THREAT
    229 12 A MASS STRIKE THREAT wenru to call out the army THE Indian Qovim*-. 1 will draft maintain c.v,e .v, :ll^ en < vice* if tne nnke 0 ly two million Vt nmS employees j,; a:illed n next Thur.Mi.iv n °i averted, it was" learned 5 New Delhi yesterday The Prime
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      424 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. WHERE TO EAT 20 Words $6 (minimum). FREE PARKER 51 Gold Cap Ball Point Pens will be given to Hosts, and presents to hLs guests by Monsieur Meukow tonight at parties enjoying B bottle of Meukow Brandy al Restaurants m the Orchard Road, Killiney Road and Tanglin Road
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      54 12 (^M\ don't lit jTJHj this Jw| HAPPEN TO YOU! _j Furniture removing I is a job for experts...- Your heavy, furniture, porcelain, crystal Rietfj o//r expert care. We pack, crate. trtVWP 0 j ftoTB everything for you. PHONE *****. c -m,. c I FOR TRANSPORT STORAGE 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore, August 3, 1957.
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      And that's how i caught my first shark
      915 1  - And that's how i caught my first shark ROBIN NICHOLAS ■tab whiter than any detergent maker ever knew. Dubby bags lltllllllimillllllllHllMlHlirilillllM Then there was silence. The engines were stilled. I A black Sin breaks the surface; a fishing reel clatters; the sea curdles into foam as the hook £< bites
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      Lock icon A COLD PREDICTION
      234 1 Air conditioned suits one day, he says SOMEDAY man may wear air conditioned clothes, walk on air conditioned pavements and natch sports events In air conditioned stadiums. Thes e arc just a fen of the things thai the crystal ball gazers m thc air conditioning industry say
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      The last blow
      27 1 A blunt Intrument whirled clown In the well of the boat My fl.sh wa<* dead. All .seven feet All 731 b. of Blue Shark
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      An orchid grower's notebook
      892 2 An orchid grower 's notebook i I HAVE already mentioned that Scorpioii i i orchids are i very rood start for the I beginner, bul there k another which is so E easy to grow that it has been called the j "bejpnner'e orchid." It is known a.s the Gulden
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      WHEN AN ELEK ANGRY HANT GETS
      1528 2  - WHEN AN ELEK ANGRY HANT GETS Antonin Tordy He was trapped by two blood thi j taaammmm**m*aaaammmmmm 'I '^±^^^_Lm^m~— > IJ^^ lj-i^lLl^-^ J 7* i '''''''r' EH fkJ[R> F. F. Weymss, famed Burma and Borneo shikari, has come out m support of the contention by ex-Singaporean Mr. C. C. ("Mickey")
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      Speaking for myself
      503 3  -  JOHN BEHAGUE TT was bound to happen eventually! A Hong Kong parson, the Rev. J. G. Froud, was barred from entering a restaurant last week because he was not wearing a tie. He tried to explain to them about the Ancient Order of the Dog Collar but
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      A bomoh's link with the witch
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