The Singapore Free Press, 3 September 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1955-09-03 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Saturday, September J, 1955. Price 15C'ts18 words
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Article178 1955-09-03 1 A HONG KONG magistrate today issued a warrant for the arrest of a Chinese on a charge of "conspiracy to murder" in connection with the crash of the Air India airliner Kashmir Princess off the Nantunas Islands with the loss of 18 lives on April178 words
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Article125 1955-09-03 1 r FHE Syrian army was put I on a stand-to basis yesterday by staff headquarters as troops massed along the Israel borders. Egypt announced yesterday that its forces had captured 18 Israelis and troop movements were reported throughout the Arab nations bordering Israel. [tU.P. - 125 words
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Article25 1955-09-03 1 A shopkeeper in North Bridge Road, Singapore, yesterday reported that a camera worth $550 wa* missing after four Malays had left his shop.25 words
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Article89 1955-09-03 1 S 'pore—Johore Walk Race 4\S a broiling hot Sunday morning about a month ago, George Standish won a bet with some friends by walking the 17 miles from Singapore to Johore Bahru. He did it in 4 hours 20 minutes walking time. The challengers and the challenged immediately issued a89 words
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116 1955-09-03 1 Prizes will be announced later but already the Bata Shoe Company, Ltd., Singapore, has offered a challenge cup for annual competition. Servicemen were quick to take up the challenge when it was first issued. So were some Asians. Now is their chance. For116 words
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Article305 1955-09-03 1 Their soldier-sons are coming to Malaya MOTHERS yesterday criticised a British padre who, in a barrack square sermon, told their soldier sons: "Most of you are going to Malaya and it's quite likely that some of you won't be coming back." The sermon was given on ThursdayReuter - 305 words
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Article66 1955-09-03 1 The Colonial Secretary Mr Alan Lennox Boyd, and Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd left for London by plane this morning after a flveWeek tour of British territories in South-East Asia. Thev were seen off at Singapore Airport by the Governor and Lady Black, Minister^ and service chiefs. The chief66 words
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Article24 1955-09-03 1 Employees of the World Health Organisation stationed in Singapore need not join the Central Provident Fund, according to a Government notification.24 words
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Article24 1955-09-03 1 Immigration to Canada dropped more than 27,000 in the first six months of this year compared with a similar period last vear.24 words
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Article71 1955-09-03 1 SKIPPER E. K. Bodley of the luxury liner Chusan said in Naples yesterday that he was satisfied there was no bomb aboard. A thorough search had been made but nothing was found. The liner, Athens bound with 700 cruise passengers, was heading for the Messina Straits afterU.P. - 71 words
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Article137 1955-09-03 1 SINGAPORE police yesterday arrested a man for alleged intimidation near the Cold Storage shop in Orchard Road, which is being picketed by its former employees. tThe arrested man was ter released on bail. A company spokesman o uid this morning that he had received reports137 words
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Article56 1955-09-03 1 The price of rubber in Singapore continued to rise this morning when September first grade, f.o.b. buyers, opened at $1.50 3 4 a lb., half a cent above yesterday's close. Good trade demand coupled with the better overnight London and New York markets contributed to the56 words
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Article123 1955-09-03 1 Pay rise or firemen may strike ABOUT 300 Singapore City Council firemen may g* on strike if their claims for higher wages a»*e not met. They will take a strike ballot at a general meeting tomorrow. The secretary of the Singapore Firebrigade Employees Union, Mr. Malik Sulong, said that if123 words
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Advertisement62 1955-09-03 1 are people for SERVICE a *n TABLE WATERS SODA W ATE R 1 TONIC WATE R DRY CINCE R ALE CINCtR BEER LE MONADE SARSAPARILLA CRAPE FRUIT SODA ORANGE CRLSH IC E CREAM 10 D A are drinks of QUALITY I MEDALS AND AWARDS HAVE BBEN WON BY OUR PRODUCTS62 words
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128 1955-09-03 2 NO RETURN TO RED FOLD, TITO ASSURES INUSBIDENT Tiro tawed two AfrifM Congressional visitors in Belgrade X'sttrclay that Yugoslavia would nrvrr f back under Russian domination. u.s Congressman Emanual Ccllcr said: •Tito proclaimed his complete independence cm Soviet Russia and emphasised that this applied not only to foreign policy but128 words
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173 1955-09-03 2 I)RIME Minister Nehru, told Parliament in New Delhi yesterday that India had twice drawn Pakistan's attention to Portuguese flights from Karachi to Goa but there had been "no obvious or positive results so far." Hfl was replying to a question from a member173 words
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Article, Illustration295 1955-09-03 2 Yes, even crass-eyed fish are on show here YOl will Im fa.cinaUd. And occasionally repulsed. All tIM man) coloured, m.rn shaped fish at the Singapore Aquarius* Societj exhibition at the Mappf World Stadium will tptivate the- >ounc the n<>t-s:>-young and the old. ■MM sp« us like the ta\ noon Ictriu295 words
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Article142 1955-09-03 2 6,000 reinforcements to stamp out rebel menace TPHE French Government yesterday decided to send nine more battalions over 6,000 men to reinforce the powerful French army seeking to stamp out the rebel menace in Algeria usually well-informed sources said in Paris. This was one of the142 words
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104 1955-09-03 2 Cyprus row endangers defence pacts rE dispute over th<» future of Cyprus seriously threatened last night to endanger the important defence alliances among Britain, Turkey and Greece. A spokesman for the Turkish delegation to the Cyprus conference in London revealed that Turkey would consider British concessions to Greece's claims to104 words
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Article39 1955-09-03 2 American Ambassador William S. B. Lacy is reported to have warned South Korea that American firms in Korea may be forced out of business unless present tax assessments are cut and future tax laws clearly defined.— AP.39 words
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160 1955-09-03 2 fHK Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr Mamoru Shigemitsu, indicated in Nei York yesterday that Dls country favoured the admission of Communist China to the United Nations. Questioned about the position of United Stab troop* on Okinawa. Mr Shigemitsu said that in the hunt160 words
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Advertisement60 1955-09-03 2 ANNUAL I a? A I _F I Mm. L t Slarit Next Monday AMERICAN DRESSES FROM 7 1 own Country j Dnss Salon: 1 Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place. j Boutique: Corner of High St. North Bridge R<L FOR SEA s< AIR RESERVATIONS TO j UNITED KINGDOM SINGAPORE TRAVEL BUREAU 11.60 words
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Advertisement48 1955-09-03 2 Ji ir" !U" t:H r:n: :i::i :IR mm BB RAFFLES HOTEL I- flil I Iff lI T BALL ROOM Gerry SoUano His Band Pain Grain Vocalist Mascot te Charhs Dynamic Dance Act ELIZABETHAN GRILL for superlative food perfeet service RAFFLES HOTEL BHT" t tHtl"""t rilli ••••p Tt ■12Z248 words
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Article167 1955-09-03 3 THE biggest opium haul in Sydney for almost two years was made yesterday from an oil tanker from the Middle East, the Customs Department announced yesterday. About 19 pounds of high grade opium worth $24,000 was found aboard the oil tanker Adderley Sleigh at Balmain,U.P. - 167 words
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76 1955-09-03 3 ABANDON THOSE BIRTHDAYS-THEY ARE A CURSE' WILLINER Lilly Dache. M who admits only that she is "over 40," said in New York yesterday birthday vlebrations should be abandoned. 'The birthday is a curse in disguise to everybody," Miss Dache said M The aveftßfl person finds it i depressing reminder that76 words
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57 1955-09-03 3 Two soldiers face charge of murder rp\VO British soldiers were yesterday committed for trial by the Nairobi Supreme Court on a charge of murdering an African during an anti-Mau Mau operation. The soldiers were Sergeant Alfred Pimblett. 34, and Rifleman Ronald Swain 22. They were alleged to have shot a57 words
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Article, Illustration266 1955-09-03 3 VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE - IT WAS NEW YEAR FOR STORE P ARSIS VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE By THIRTY members of the Parsi community in Singapore and their friends last night welcomed the advent of the New Year, according to the Parsi calendar, at a garden dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K M.266 words
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Article29 1955-09-03 3 Foreign ambassadors and heads of missions were yesterday in Moscow invited by the Soviet Foreign Ministry to visit Russia's atomic energy station on Tuesday. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article19 1955-09-03 3 Lord Courthope, former Conservative Member of Parliament for Rye, Sussex, died in London vesterdav aged 78.- ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article97 1955-09-03 3 AT least eight boats capsized at the mouth of the Columbia River during a salmon derby at AstorJa. Oregon, yesterday and the Coast Guard said two people were known dead. Efforts were being made to revive two others. The capsizings took place in aU.P. - 97 words
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393 1955-09-03 3 He took him off tear crime list pENERAL DOUGLAS Mac ARTHUR said in New York yesterday he per--11 sonally saved the Emperor of Japan from trial and possible execution as a World War II criminal. Emperor Hirohito's name, MacArthur said, was on the listA.P. - 393 words
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Article117 1955-09-03 3 CANNIBALISM 'ISN'T ABNORMAL' A USTRALIAN anthropolo- gist Dr. Ronald M. Rerndt said in Bristol yesterday that cannibalism in New Guinea is a "most nourishing and hygenic means of disposing of the dead "It is still of common occurrence and not to be viewed as abnormal," Bernrit coollv told the anthropologyU.P. - 117 words
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Advertisement14 1955-09-03 3 When entertaining friends always keep tradition with MHOO >' If CAMUS Lv Grande Marque (3OG.NAQ14 words
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Advertisement77 1955-09-03 3 Play clothes for girls by < SMART J ||^%^V ORIGINAL AS ONLY fl v\ CATAf I Kl A J r^ L I M AA^ See the beautiful collection at \Sole Agents EXCELSIOR LTD.! 66, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE.; 3€t*n 9 s wear Look us up. We have it.. 7 ready for77 words
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232 1955-09-03 4 SATURDAY Sept. 3. 1955. Opinion Terrorists' choice ROUSING support has hem forthcoming for, the Federation Chief Minister's warning to U\c terrorists to accept the Alliance Government'a am nes ty j olT( r or face the wrath of the popula- 1 tion that ha.s been forced to sutler murder, extortion and232 words
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Article585 1955-09-03 4 PAULINE WALTON - SMEAR CAMPAIGN against MALAYA PAULINE WALTON by rpiE Bombay Peace Committee has seized on the tenth anniversary of the bombing Ol Hiroshima to stage a remarkable piece of anti-British propaganda. The theatre of the Jai Hind College, with the largest and best equipped sta^e in the city, has been packed585 words
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Article76 1955-09-03 4 Beachcomber - BY THE WAY Beachcomber ■a HOW rich the English language la becoming! Alter "automation" conies "tpeaker-lne" for i television announcer. What wu.v vronc with announcerette »>r tekvettc? j shall not be completely happy until an ace telehostess introduces a cormnentatorette to the viewees. For the beginning of :i women's programme76 words
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Article194 1955-09-03 4 Now Punch is blamed. UIRST it was comics that were the cause of juvenile delinquency and now, from New Zealand, comes the new s that comics may not be the trouble after all but that the blame for the increase in young erimlnali i n many parts of the world194 words
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Advertisement12 1955-09-03 4 HONG SEH 177-9. BIACH RO S PORE -7 TIL: 6424 b *****12 words
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Miscellaneous49 1955-09-03 4 r < r«n bMf UV oeMf< W. cowrede i^ n7 ererybody «J« endure the fart they've cannot under- they are exces- the seme taste disagreements i* that they NO sprue o/ 5/and owr om/- v;r dl/ m pm wp msayrz* w wnitci humour 100k.... > ncly rt^"-- boys.... somefrmes^ WQ49 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 5 A WORLD-WIDE smuggling ring dealing In gold and dangerous drugs DM been uncovered by bo.a.c. security police. Three arrests have already been made. Investigation.^ till going on in the Middle East. Superintendent Donald ex-Scotland Yard man th»> investigation. Ued tens of thou--3 oi miles making53 words
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Article166 1955-09-03 5 Summons taken against seven operators gTERN ACTION is being taken by the City. Council to curb pintable nuisance in Sineapore. Two committees of the council consider that pintables operating in unauthorised sheds have assumed serious proportions. They have recommended summary action. Sewn all «iw Ih€> viis§166 words
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Article169 1955-09-03 5 SHUT SHOPS IN BID TO END HANGING boycotting of places M of entertainment and Darties on the evening preceding an execution is suggested in a campaign to end capital punishment in Britain. The National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment is being launched by a group of influential men169 words
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Article73 1955-09-03 5 MR. CHARLES THOMAS, drama producer and otaff member of the British Drama League, will organise a three-week course in drama in- Singapore at the end of October. He is coming to Malaya for the British Council on an eloyen-week tour. He will arrive on Sept. 11,73 words
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Article, Illustration60 1955-09-03 5 SUN BRINGS OUT CLAMOUR GIRLS LONDON'S golden j summer has brought beauty and the briefi est of costumes in ever j increasing numbers to i enjoy the sun and the swimming at the Ser- pen tine Lido, Hyde Park. On parade, from left, are Sheilagh Man- ning, Rita Serafini and60 words
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Article86 1955-09-03 5 WHEN the liner Italia anchored at Plymouth a passenger was a war-time German spy. He was on his way to West Oprmany, deported from the tt.S. after serving ten years of a life sentence. He said: "I cannot say v/hat my future will be. I don't86 words
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134 1955-09-03 5 THIRTEEN of the 17 dusA placed persons who were taken to Britain for the only holiday they are likely to have for the rest of their lives have now returned to the Continent. oairi 32-year-old Sue Ryder, who made the holiday possible: "The trip134 words
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Miscellaneous331 1955-09-03 5 sv -j I*l i I t< i j atJ 1 i JsV~ H 1 1 i I sCH I I ■■HsMßlapaPp^BMVaaVpV^ i lit »u il oi ENGLAND m. X'ldriw'^ Cathedral: 7. am Communion; 8 a.m. Sung Pari h Com- 9.30 am. Sunday i a.m. Matins; il a in. Mandarin service;331 words
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Miscellaneous441 1955-09-03 5 PBEBBYTEBIAN Presbyterian Church (Orchard Koadi: 9 am. Morning Service and Sunday School; 6 pm EwnIng Service. Straits Chinese Presbyterian (hurch (Prince Street): 845 ■m. Sund.iy School and Bible clas.se.,; io am. Morning worship. Jubilee Church (Outiam Road): 430 p.m English service Katun? P.esbyterian Church (41 Koon Seng Road): 530 a.m441 words
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160 1955-09-03 6 rpEDDY BOY trouble Ifl I bursting out behind the Iron Curtain particularly in Poland and Hungary. Whil these two sat< Ilitea call their Tedd Buy, "giants" and Teddy ftirls "kittens* 1 ih. tant delinaui same. Unfortunately or fortunately as far as the Red D'-opagandists160 words
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Miscellaneous206 1955-09-03 6 YOUR FAVOURITE C ARTOONS MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis —1 1 s/ -•.••>- .^'||j^g; L^ MfRE YOUAPE. '/yOr/'.jON "AT BUILDING A FACTORY SIZtS -->JR A^Y KinO ;4U 'j OFFICER A--TOV.AKL VOUS/WOS OF JC3-- OKAY, BO <S,-pH^^ l TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs \V vtUUbJp/ SPieALLCP gJ~ -t WAS206 words
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Miscellaneous567 1955-09-03 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR artHnti :a e which wi Ustfc and you happiness and .\t mind me: 1 you more than LIBRA (Sept. 24 Oct. merely lor 23' Best for you to relJ labour. lax tensions today ami V aoDear to be vr- no attempt too much 7,d ma! ta'a cnt.-nalnlng567 words
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Article215 1955-09-03 7 LONDON. Sept. 2. Previou« Today 1 1 BBER No 1 *S9 c_U. 41". buyers 42% buyers turopean Ports September 42 sellers 43 sellers tEBBER No. 1 RSB eJLt. 41% buyers 42 v 4 buyers European P« r October 42 seller- 42% sellers r i BBER No.215 words
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Article99 1955-09-03 7 Previous Today IriN Straits «pot and nearby 95.62 nom. 95.62 nom. kin futures September 94.80 bid 94.55 bid 95.80 asked 95.55 asked October 94 25 bid 94.00 bid 95.00 asked 94.75 asked November 94.15 bid 93.90 bid 94.90 asked 94.65 asked TONE: Steady. SALES: One lot. R99 words
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Article44 1955-09-03 7 Spot anu awaiting Malabar 12 afloat* 4P... September 41. Itrawak spot, awaiting release, ifloats ?nd Sept. all 37. LamAbove prices quoted pong spot and awaiting release 42 V*. afloate 41 2 Sept. shipment 41 sellers ex-dock. in V. S. cents per tt>.44 words
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Article33 1955-09-03 7 NEW YOHI-. Sept. 2. Previou, Today 30 Industrials 469 63 JJ2.53 20 Railroads 156.93 157.40 40 Domestic Bonds 98.39 98.42 15 Utilities 6622 66.30 61 Stocks Composite Average 168.06 168.8133 words
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Article122 1955-09-03 7 COPRA Philippines cJ.f. UK/ North European delivered weight pe»- Ion? ton Sept./Oct. I OPRA Philippines fob. Manila in bulk per ton (OPRA Straits c.i.f. I 'ft/North European delivered weight per Ions ton Sept./Oct OcL/N., COCONUT OIL erode StralU c.i.f. IK North European In bulk, per lonj122 words
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404 1955-09-03 7 TEACHERS MAKE FIGHT FOR FULL RECOGNITION 'Not eligible for promotion 9 SINGAPORE teachers are determined to sec what they call their "seven year hitch" is finally settled this week-end. A stormy discussion was expected at the Singapore Teachers' Union extraordinary general meeting today when the question of recognition of Normal-trained404 words
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336 1955-09-03 7 SECURITY LAW IS LIKE THAT IN INDIA f THE Singapore Government has modelled its Public Security Bill on more powerful legislation now in force in India. Pakistan and Burma. Under this Bill, which v. ill have its second reading in the Legislative Aseembly i on Sept. 21, anyone congldered a336 words
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Article32 1955-09-03 7 The new two-and-a-half-litre BRM, sponsored by Rubery, Owen and Co.. of Darlastpn, staffs will race for the first time at Aintree, Liverpool, today, the Owen Racing organisation has announced.32 words
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Article92 1955-09-03 7 BRITISH police know the man who more than three years ago murdered 74-year-old 1 widow Mrs. Maria Hill in the living-room of her bungalow sweet-shop, at Clehonger. near Hereford. But they cannot pounce on him because they have not enough evidence to make an arrest.92 words
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Article84 1955-09-03 7 lATEST orders from i the United States to Britain are for tor- tolses. At the moment 100 are on their way to New York In a cargo liner. j A collector employed i by a British firm obtains them from Greece f and Morocco. j84 words
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Article208 1955-09-03 7 T EADING Anglo-Catholic *J priests may face censure soon from rank-and-flle members of the AngloCatholic Church Union in Britain. Three hundred branch officials of the Union have been called to an inquest on the recent Convocations of Canterbury and York at Westminster, on Sept. 20208 words
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Advertisement33 1955-09-03 7 "NICOLINE MAERSK" j LOADING SINGAPORE swe^Jh AM PENANG Eastern Roads 9—lo Sept. 11—12 Sept. Berths GD 36 1700 Hrs. Today Sails 8 Sept. FOR NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL (Direct) SHIP MAERSK33 words
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Advertisement65 1955-09-03 7 GIFTS WE HAVE A VERY WIDE SELECTION OF WEDDING GIFTS AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS SUITABLE FOR MEN, LADIES AND CHILDREN. S. P. H. de Ml V LTD. 45, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE 6, STATION RD., IPOH THE EMBANKMENT, K. LUMPUR SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. Appointed by International Air Transport Association as65 words
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Article, Illustration918 1955-09-03 8 I take a trip to the most hated place in the world KENNETH MACAULAY, on a four of Poland, makes a macabre excursion VK)R a matter of $2 you can take ;in i icurslon train from the old Polish capital of Krakov to a small Rilesian village which is notablePopper - 918 words
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Article, Illustration725 1955-09-03 8 STEPHEN COULTER - A pat on the back for me British tourist STEPHEN COULTER by |>ACK in Paris from a holiday, I give the year's biggest pat on the back to that repeatedly maligned figure— the British tourist abroad. Take it- from me, those yarns about British holidaymakers' sloppy dress, bad manners and725 words
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Article167 1955-09-03 9 IL-PILOT CRASHED IT GIRL'S HOME N 18-year-old Air TralnL ine Corps sergeant flew er his girl friend's house frin? a solo flight qualifyhim for a pilots licence The plane crashed and 'was Wiled And at the auest at Burgess HM, 'sex. he was said to have iobeyed orders. Hu instructions167 words
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Article, Illustration85 1955-09-03 9 At the premiere of the film The Woman for Joe" at the Warner Theatre, 1 tester Square, London, film and television star Eunice Gayson met two of the extreme" characters of the film. They were Jimmy Karoubl, 4ft. l»in. and weighing 801b. and Alf Deane, 6ft. 9in.85 words
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Article390 1955-09-03 9 BUT SEA CADET VIP HAS SET HIS HEART ON JOINING THE NAVY r FHE parade marshal bellowed Eyes Right!" Six hundred American heads swung right. And a 14-year-old English boy snapped oft an answering salute. The boy was Garth Wright, of Sea-lane. In goldmells.390 words
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129 1955-09-03 9 RATS NIBBLED £3,000,000 OF THE NIZAM'S HOARD OF NOTES rE 70-rrar old Niiam of Hyderabad, probably the richest man in the world, has lost £3.--000.0*0 in Indian banknotes. Tnej were eaten by rats. The money was stored in trunks that lay in the vaults of his palace in Hyderabad, among129 words
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Article58 1955-09-03 9 LAST, BUT STUART GETS PRIZE A SPECIAL prize was awarded to Stuart Tier, of Bethnai Green, London, who came In 11th and last in a swimming race from. Ryde, Isle of Wight, to Southsea. The reason for the special prize: Stuart is only 11 years old, and the youngest competitor.58 words
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Article46 1955-09-03 9 MANCHESTER flsh-and* chip merchant Sam Swales bought an old dresaer for 2s. 6d. Oettin^ It home, out fell £484 in sa?ings certificates. But whose is the money? Lawyers ask: Was it sold with contents?" Anyway, the last owner died a pauper, with no relatives.46 words
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Article15 1955-09-03 9 South Africa's policemen have started carrying rubber truncheon instead of wooden ones.15 words
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Article186 1955-09-03 9 WIDOWED Mrs. Pauline Hilscher is back at her f charwoman's job after flying from Vienna to Baghdad and back in 28 hours as a stowaway. ner cnance w> ny, ana thus achieve a long-stand-ing ambition came when the British handed back Vienna's Schwechat Airport to186 words
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290 1955-09-03 9 Car-ban jockey took wheel over from girl friend: Fined £150 DRIVING home from a race meeting cost jockey John Robert Egan £150 in fines plus a two-year ban to operate from the expiry of a similar ban imposed last year for driving while under the influence of drink. And to290 words
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Advertisement38 1955-09-03 9 eaude cologne ]&jm ma griff e I^^^^ k robe d'un soir IS Obia.nabU allßod,^ Store." As*** f A Vtf-UUBA WATCH CO. LTBI M. FLIWTER S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery 67 Stamford Rd., (Eu Court 81dg.,) S'pore, 6. Telephone 7923.38 words
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Article, Illustration124 1955-09-03 10 THE ROYAL FAMILY recently attended a charity "sale of work" baiaar at Abergeldie. n«ur B*lmoiriil. thr Ouren Mother. Th* baiaar was held to help raise funds for a new vestry for the villare church at nearby Crathie Above somr of the bi K crowds which flocked round thestall124 words
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Article, Illustration68 1955-09-03 11 m m the garden of Clarence ws a pcue yellow dress of toe string pearl necklace and THE QUEEN HAS A BUSY TIME AT HER STALL AND FINDS PLENTY OF CUSTOMERS FOR HER GOODS— POPPER PICTURE. THE QUEEN, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret,68 words
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Advertisement74 1955-09-03 11 Of YOU* M€AN$ OF ftettek f LARGE COOKERS Especially designed for cooking EASTERN W;M\ j 1 1 FOOD are available on wM\ I hir e only $2.50 per |::|j| r "I j month. The following I W\\ Large automatic Oven. j| I j wo lar ge Kwali CookI 11 174 words
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703 1955-09-03 12 Aft IF. F. | TWIIMI - MALAYA IS PARADISE FOR TROPICAL FISH FANS Aft IF. F. TWI IMI Ihl Until, l#f#V#'fffff '<.«««««««««««««««««««tf Give priority to native species VATURAL conditions in Malaya make this N country something like a paradise for aquarium keeping. Almost all forms of animal life are most numerous and varied in the tropics,703 words
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357 1955-09-03 12 r|K)MORROW will be Boys' Town's biggest day of the year for the orphans and underprivileged youngsters who live there. The event expected to draw all Singaporeans who want to help these bright-eyed boys will be their first annual Fun Fair. They've357 words
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1015 1955-09-03 12 VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE - SHE HELPS TB VICTIMS TO GET NEW JOBS VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE _By ABOUT 800 patients are discharged from SATA every year, some partially, some wholly cured. Many of them have had to give up their jobs because of illness, and a few can never return to the posts they held before1,015 words
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Article, Illustration922 1955-09-03 13 CATHLIN HICKLEY - Mr. Spider builds a new home CATHLIN HICKLEY BBBBMBffMlMllßli)(KlllfflßWflMtfrWlfflWmflflnr intmrrani I— H^ IITTLE Miss Muffet, who A is scared of spiders, meets one who seems friendly enough. The creature "shrinks" Miss Muffet to his size and takes her on a visit to his house. While admiring the cobueb. there isReuter - 922 words
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Article77 1955-09-03 13 THE winners of last neck's Colouring Contest, which featured an Aquaplane, are as follows: (1) Miss Grace Seah Nijet Chew <1O), 307 -B Tanjong Katony Road Singapore 15. (2) Miss Susan Dcnvnes (6) 304-B, Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 15. (3) Master Tamri B Wahid (12), 431, Serangoon77 words
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Article, Illustration90 1955-09-03 13 COLOUR this picture of a familiar farmyard scene with paints, crayons or chalks, and you may win a cash prize. There are four prizes of $5 each being: offered (two for boys and two for girls). Fill in your name, address and age and post your effort to90 words
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Article, Illustration475 1955-09-03 13 T he little mouse followed Hank along rhe dark. damp. smelling gallery an d presently Hank laid down his lamp Now." he said briskly Cive me rhe pick and stand back." The mouse did as he was told. j»"d he watched Hank as he Mted his pickaxe475 words
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Miscellaneous161 1955-09-03 13 CLUEB ACROSS. 3, He murdered by Ms brother ain, 6, King who turned his J 'i little daughter mio o. Age ol someone just, out oi Jneir teens. 9. What nioiher the jelly will do. 11 The I river in Eire. 14 Measure equa! to a pole or perch. '•>.161 words
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Article, Illustration1846 1955-09-03 14 PETER de POLNAY - DEATH in the RUE de MENTON PETER de POLNAY by IT IyHEN the Nazi army entered Paris. Peter de Polnay was living In MontmarU-e. At ©nee he joined the French Resistance, was imprinoned by the Vichy regime, but escaped to England, where he Joined the Pioneer Corps and afterward* described1,846 words
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Article184 1955-09-03 14 JfEFORE the Duke and Duchess of Aber corn's arrival at Barons Court, County Tyrone, for a garden party, Princess Alexandra was busy with her camera. She took informal picture mostly when the subjects were not looking— of her brother, the Duke of Kent, and house party guests.184 words
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Advertisement16 1955-09-03 14 THE answer to yesterday's "Did It Happen" story THE FIVE ACES is YES it did happen16 words
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Advertisement12 1955-09-03 14 JUDTRTR i» i i 1 --^ff" jjkv. J _HH_' j j vß*12 words
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Article13 1955-09-03 15 Women's Page Presents JEAN WISEMAN telling of the latest fashion trends in Paris13 words
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Article72 1955-09-03 15 A LONG way back in the A 1920's a housewife in America spent an average i i 5j hours in her kitchen preparing the day's food tor a family of four. Today, according to the D S Department of Agri- culture her daughter does the same w*>rk in72 words
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Article, Illustration455 1955-09-03 15 TF YOU feel like lookA ins like a Vamp or an Igloo— now is your opportunity. These are the millinery headlines sponsored by Paris. Perhaps you can't reconcile a sizzling siren with an icy home, but they do seem to add upReuter - 455 words
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Article218 1955-09-03 15 AMERICA has a passion for high spots of the year such as Men of the Year, Women of the Year. Dogs of the Year and a lot of other Things of the Year too numerous and crazy to list. Recently and not so crazily a certain218 words
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Advertisement183 1955-09-03 15 THE WORLD'S MOST SENSATIONAL j ijSQ^^^ WASHING DISCOVERY! l^W^^^f Immmi «K# s wMO is different from any other washing powder. It's I* gWwJS^fiJljfl/ !uel Its perfumed this makes clothes smell so fresh. f *f W MpJmyL 'UiM w^^^HßvW. ""Ox^^^Si^^^ Omo iii\es you the whitest, brightest wash in the world. J183 words
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Article, Illustration548 1955-09-03 16 llllllllIMI'""1"" Adib Andrawes iii' iiiiiiiiiiiiciimiiiiiilllll - Your HEART-BEAT works this charm llllllllIMI'"" 1 Adib Andrawes iii'iiiiiiiiiiiiciimiiiiiilllll ii ii i BLACK MAGIC aC I trade In i ;>t and a profltone too i: is practised by tyera who asif such titles doctor: h kh or riaji Terence ...MiniimimiiillllimiMl I Mil I lll.lliniiii and upon th( m -,i548 words
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Article472 1955-09-03 16 IV HEN partner has doubled the opening bid for a Completely busted hand with takeout, you are released from the obligation to respond if the Intervening opponent does anyLhiti" else but pass. Therefore, when you bid freely it should be with a particular purpose and partner U entitled472 words
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316 1955-09-03 16 Bootleggers keep this cop on the hop PLAIN-CLOTHES detectives are mixing with holidaymakers in Alderney searching for clues which, they hope, will lead to the breakup of a gang using the island for smuggling men, jewels and »old to and from the Continent. Alderney a mile wide and seven miles316 words
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219 1955-09-03 16 DOES a monocle make a man look distinguished Denis Compton wore one at a Savoy Hotel party the other night and was introduced as Lord Compton of Middlesex." "Good." said Compton. "If it makes me look that important 111 wear it at home and219 words
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Miscellaneous224 1955-09-03 16 (XI Ks \(koss among (I). 1 Pmd rioiU crtffcettßj term 3 The SpanLsh commer. ia! is)\ vt'liicle? (5). 4 Aeetici wlthoul a nennom 5 A hundred to begin and end lofUatldH i4>. the material (7). 8 MThen thli rtter meets n 6As nets may be rC"). bridge a learned town224 words
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Article, Illustration518 1955-09-03 17 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - BOB'S OUT to MATCH FATHERS DEEDS HAROLD HEFFERNAN By J EARNEST application to his film apprenticeship by 21-year-old Robert Dix, handsome son of the late Richard Dix, is paying off at his studio. The studio, putting him in one important role after another, has high hopes he will develop into518 words
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Article178 1955-09-03 17 DAVID LEWIN - DAVID LEWIN BY WE Johnnie Ray" he should be called after hi» recent stage exhibition in the West End. London. For Mr. Ray insists on introducing his songs: "We will now sing you or "A .^ung we did. At one time the royal plural was reserved for royalty. It178 words
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400 1955-09-03 17 They will romance again but only for a film rrRUE, it's happened before on the rocky Hollywood marital trail— a lady playing opposite her divorced mate but eyebrows went up just the same when it was revealed that Kirk Douglas had signed his former wife. Diana, to make love to400 words
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Article106 1955-09-03 17 LISA DAVIS, a pert exBritish actress now becoming conspicuous on the American screen and TV, landed something beside the second feminine lead in the film "Glory." She also agented her tiny French poodle. "Lucky Pierre." Into a featured spot in the picture. While the script106 words
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Advertisement70 1955-09-03 17 THE MIRROR TILLS YOU Uou're lovelier since you changed 1 1 A Cool, fresh skin— with the fair, soft 1 !V'9 bloom of youth about it that's the fl j loveliness you tike your mirror to show you. 'I,*/' lnnoxa brings you bsting loveliness. Planned by world famous dermatologist. for70 words
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Article, Illustration815 1955-09-03 18 Sum Karirani - Sum Karirani UTRHR Stiff S (CHARLTON) Get your body behind the ball rpHE OTHER DAY I SAW 1 A GOALKEEPER PICK UP A FAST GROUND SHOT ON THE RUN. LIKE A CRICKETER FIELDING ON THE BOUNDARY. "NICE WORK." SAID SOMEONE I BAID "ITS ROTTEN." That ball815 words
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Article171 1955-09-03 18 CHRIS CHATAWAY MAY MEET AN "UP-AND-COMINT-YOUNGSTER" WHEN HE Rl NS FOR BRITAIN IN MOSCOW THIS MONTH. ACCORDING TO MOSCOW RADIO SPORTS COMMENTATORS. HE IS VLADIMIR OKOROKOV. I 'This 24-year-old runner," said one commentator, 'will put up a good show, and I think their race willReuter - 171 words
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Article153 1955-09-03 18 WORLD heavyweight champion Rocky Mar clano celebrated his 31sl birthday on Thursday by cutting a cake. It was a double birthday celebration for Marciano's Wife, Barbara, was 2G on Wednesday. Rocky sliced the cake but most of the eating was clone by Mary Ann.A.P. - 153 words
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383 1955-09-03 18 Horton is unlucky not to be in team for Pakistan "a YOUNG man I consider a little unlucky not to be A chosen by M.C.C. for their tour of Pakistan is Worcestershire all-rounder Martin Horton. Martin 21. is within 11 wickets of reaching the -double" If he succeeds, he will383 words
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Article25 1955-09-03 18 SINGAPORE Combined Schoolboys beat United Kingdom Schoolboys by 84 runs in their friendly cricket match at the Sepoy Lixuib j'eatwday.25 words
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Article139 1955-09-03 18 Fong betters butterfly record FI F T E E N-YEAR-OI Fone Seow Hor of P* nans bettered th e metres butterfly record th e Singapore Amav swimming Anodationi championships at the nese Swimming Club yesti dav. This was the first cord to fall in the chai Dionships. Fone: returned 2mln.139 words
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538 1955-09-03 19 Dave the 'Flying Milkman/ has His eyes set on Rome DAVE STEPHENS, known as the flying milko for hit swift bare- footed runs over three and six miles last year, has tost his title. He is no longer a milkman. All he is now is a young Australian with oneA.P. - 538 words
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Article268 1955-09-03 19 [fOSEI KAMO OF JAPAN WON HIS FIRST ROUND MATCH IN THE AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FOREST HILLS (NEW YORK) YES[ERDAY WHEN HE BEAT CLYDE FREEMAN (WASHINGfON) 6-1, b-0. 6-0. Another Japanese player. Atsushi Niyagi. was aiso pecessful He beat Stanley Droban (Michigan* 6-3, 8-G.Reuter - 268 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 19 Norman Sheil. Britain's j Empire Games' champion won the world amateur pursuit cycling championship in Milan last niKht when he beat Peter Brother ton in an all -British final. Brotherton was also runner uo in the Empire Games at I Vancouver last year Shell's time wa^53 words
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Article72 1955-09-03 19 At the third annual meeting of the Immigration Sports Club, the following were elected officials: Patrons: Mr. M. C. Compton and Mr. F. Sharp. President: Mr T. Maekie, Hon. general sec. Mr. H. K. Chakravarti; Asst. Gen. Pec. Mrs. Iris Batchelor; Sports Sec. Mr. D. R. Armstrong;72 words
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Article, Illustration34 1955-09-03 19 pnoio. ANOTHER victory to send the Hungarians into rhapsodies as B. (ioldovanyi apparently shouts himself to victory in the --0 yds. athletic match against Britain at the White City.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article268 1955-09-03 19 JUST at a time when Mr. Jimmy Guthrie, Chairman of the Players' Union. has tabled a motion urging the Trades Union Congress to discuss proper and reasonable conditions of employment for professional footballers, Don Revie. the keystone of Manchester City's new plan of attack, comes268 words
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Article, Illustration9 1955-09-03 19 INTRODUCES WINNERS OF THE F.A. CUP IN 1956 GFTHJFHS9 words
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229 1955-09-03 19 THE HUNGARIAN RUNNERS LASZLO TABORI \XT> SANDOR IHAROS FAILED BY 5.6 SECONDS IN A SPECIAL ATTEMPT TO BREAK JOHN LANDY'S WORLD MILE RECORD OF THREE MIN. 58.0 SECS. AT STOCKHOLM LAST NIGHT. t Ann in three mins. 48.8 sees., closely followed by Tabori229 words
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Advertisement22 1955-09-03 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S j FAMOUS QUINTET Ace Band of Singapore with MISS SALOMA the Malay "Marilyn Monroe" -°o°Rintf ***** for Table Reservations22 words
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Article178 1955-09-03 20 ])KAW ami lUrtlng rimes for ttM President's and Viee'wif.s prizes at the Roya) UftlMl Club today .all o ir flr St et) 230 pni J D. ix,n.i.-lly and 't u JohrusLoii v 8 E M Wd.h ,tnd h m i) netcher; I.M C. M. BpaniLsh178 words
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Article, Illustration383 1955-09-03 20 S.AFRICA TIPPED TO BEAT 'LIONS' IN TODAY'S RUGBY TEST {JOITH AFRICA are favourites to beat the British Isles in the third Kug'by Inion International at Pretoria today and take a 2-1 lead in the series of four -Tests." British Isles won the first Test 23-22. and South Africa surprisingly crushedReuter - 383 words
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Article347 1955-09-03 20 HAMPSHIRE ONE OF THE MOST IMPROVED TEAMS OF THE YEAR. WOUND UP THE ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON YESTERDAY WITH A WIN OVER WORCESTERSHIRE TO GAIN THIRD PLACE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE BEHIND SURREY, THE CHAMPIONS AND YORKSHIRE. Surrey, champions for the tourth successive year, completedReuter - 347 words
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Article70 1955-09-03 20 NINO Valdes the Cuban heavyweight boxer who meeto British Champion Don Cockell in London on Sept. 13, will not know for about a week whether the British Boxing Board of Control will waive their rule and allow him wear white trunks In theReuter - 70 words
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Article33 1955-09-03 20 Singapore Corinthians received r» walkover from Kota Raja Jho could not field a team for U**P S.A.F.A. Div. l league lama scheduled to be played at '■>l.ui Besar stadium yesterday.33 words
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159 1955-09-03 20 Cohen tipped to retain world title A record crowd of 40.000 Ls anticipated today when Robert Cohen of France defends his world bantamweight crown against South Africa s Willie Toweel in the vast open air concrete Rana Stadium. The fight may also set a cash record for the Union beating159 words
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Advertisement85 1955-09-03 20 kMW FULIY if v COVERED mk\ A AMD Pi^||\ CARED ?&^JL J\ FOR leave While on leave store your car in our first- VO U T class godown. Expert Car attention by storage With specialists assures you of finding your car awaiting tl S you at the dock, *\*W f85 words
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Article, Illustration267 1955-09-03 1 AMATEUR TIPSTERS (CHINESE songstress Loh Yin-Ping tipped Shi-Shi to win on the last day of the Singapore Turf Club meeting Shi-Shi was third uid paid $10 for a place vhich makes Yin-Ping quits. Mrs The 1 m a Dennehy shares the lead267 words
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Article215 1955-09-03 1 J I 1 TRESPASSER PELANDOK EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. I MONTANA MERRY XMAS MONTANA COURT JEWEL MONTANA 1 2.15 Sir Hnrcules Technicolor Sir Hercules HBRftaaa AM* Merry X'maa Court Jewel Merry X'mas Sir Hercules C-oort J<*wel s i 1 s Race 2. CARPENTER215 words
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439 1955-09-03 1 JACKIE'S KUDA AND BRACELET BOY GOOD DOUBLE AT IPOH TODAY JACKIE'S KUDA (Race Six) and Bracelet Boy (Race Eight) the two top three-year-olds in training this season should make a safe double at Ipoh today. The going has improved considerably and barring rain conditions will be ideal this afternoon. Race439 words
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Advertisement79 1955-09-03 1 TANKARD *.A SAY S— wp-fw w/> lii i'v MY three best bets /Jfiil for today are: (tA^M j KRAKATOA (Race 6), »VT r^i^jtjm MISTY JADI (Race 3) /n\^^i^)r% and STAR SIGNAL (SU*^ :ft (Race 8). y^^/' THE ffoin* at Ipoh up '"^l"^^ w l to this morning was J S°od.79 words
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Article, Illustration8 1955-09-03 2 3 GOOD BETS TODAY JACKIE'S KLDA CARPENTFtTI AMLSEM£NT8 words
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Article856 1955-09-03 2 RACE 1-Z.15: CLASS 3, DIV. 2-7 FURS. It d8 ,r S a.* BeratcUac: OJ4 Zanzibar 7y 804 Bpcneer, RACE 2-i.SO: CLASS 1, DIV. J-6 FURS. 3 216 HATTRICK 7y blkirg (United Stable Heddle 8.05 4. 363 IH LOT PITEH 6y birg -Kirns Stable) ong JESmct 5856 words
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Advertisement199 1955-09-03 2 YOU WANT m^ LOW COST MOTORING tf%AV POPULAR 1 1 THE LOWEST PRICED SALOON IN \ft V V^? MALAYA 1 f m^^^P S 1 ,5fc0O (deposit) I CASH PRICE $3,210 showrcx>ms remain open up to 8 p.m. every evening including weekends UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG WEARNE BROS. LTD.199 words
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1516 1955-09-03 3 RACE ONE CL. 3, DIV. 2— 7F. LIVE HIRE: 1-9-55 Galloped 3f. in 40 with Wild Fire. SIR HERCULES: 1-9-55— Went better than Court jrwel in 3f. in 39 3 5. C LION A: No track report. FLOWER QUEEN: 30-8-55 Raced with Above1,516 words
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Advertisement22 1955-09-03 3 W^ Scotch W**( g- The First Name J#>X Scotch Whiskies M^f fk G. H. SLOT CO. LTD. PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE22 words
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Advertisement197 1955-09-03 3 leaps ahead with the new "Pathfinder" M w^^* -x /•< v Jl A^v This new Riley gives you more of everything more power for high speed and performance more spaciout coachwork.more luggage room, more luxury in equipment. And it is still unmistakably a Rilcy. The famous engine with the hemispherical197 words
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Article, Illustration198 1955-09-03 4 rpifK 19f>5 racing season in Malaya ha^ enU-n*d its nnal quarter and Oarnet )\r,<- twice runner up In the lockcvs' table in thr latt two leatoni, looks set, for the Jockey premiership. With 10 winners to his credit, Bougoure leads his nearest rival Mickey198 words
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Article98 1955-09-03 4 11HE race horse .Swaps injnrcfi his riKht front hoof in his losinK US$10().(H)0 race against Nashua and a ill be Kivrn :i complete rest r »n Indlflnlte period nil iwner said fetterday. Fhe announcement w:i:> i tde by Rex c Ellsworth, who watched ins bU Call!.rni:i98 words
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215 1955-09-03 4 SOLIDARITY (Bougoure) and Cash ('hequc <'V-i\i I were matdhed in a splendid tryout on the training trark at Ipoh this morning iking from the hall thoy ran the last 3f in 37 with verv littk- be- at the finish. The Allan Btable'f Vase215 words
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1087 1955-09-03 4 Sack krakatoa to win todays gold vase trial Cl. 3, Div 2-7 Furs. LIVK WIKK: Could improve SIR IIKR4 DLW: Second to Admission Rives Din .>tr. ntfth C'LIONA: Pen last in last start. FLOWER QIEKN: Work int< better than a &BBMJ b'-auty. MONTANA: Yes. FLAXLEY GREEN: Secind to Snow Blaze1,087 words
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