The Singapore Free Press, 6 October 1955
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Title Section18 1955-10-06 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. >ni^.»|)<»i»-, Thursday, October 6, 1955. Price 15 Its.18 words
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192 1955-10-06 1 4,300 sit exam but only half will get placed a RECORD number of r than 4,300 pupils m Singapore will sit for a competitive examination next month for entrance to standard six m Govern n t Schools next year. But then' are places for on l 3 about hall of192 words
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Article348 1955-10-06 1 THE WALK PRIZES: DETAILS fIiHE competitors m the 1 Sin apore-Johore Bahru Walk Contest, organised j Free Press to be j leld on Sunday, have been divided into three secSeniors. Juniors and Veterans A challenge cup will be awarded In each section. i is how the awards will be made-348 words
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Article96 1955-10-06 1 RUBBER SLUMPS 8 1/8 CENTS The Free Press Market Correspondent FTTHE rubber price cracked A m Singapore this morning, October first grade. f.o.b. buyers, being quoted at $1.26 a lb. 8i cents below last night's closing price. The crack In the Singapore market follows shaken confidence \t the London overnight96 words
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Article, Illustration117 1955-10-06 1 Aly beats Town send m Paris race I>KIN< i: Aly Khun beat (Iroup Captain P» ter TOWOSend m a gentlemen's amateui horse race humorously labelled a "Lovers' Derby," at Lc Tremblay neai Parte, yesterday Aiy finished second on R«Ti Townsend <»»ur m fifth on Hemrod. At tin-U.P. - 117 words
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Article, Illustration320 1955-10-06 1 FIREMEN FIGHT SHIP BLAZE 24-HOUR PUMPING IN COPRA HOLD 'PHE 6,650-ton Norwe- Kian freighter Troja anchored m Singapore's outer roads early this morning after a 600--mile dash with 1,500 tons of copra cake ablaze m No. 4 hold. The Singapore Harbour Board tug Tolong, complete with nrefighting equipment, was quicklyFree Press - 320 words
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Article159 1955-10-06 1 Big TUC drive for 10,000 members rwKIE .Singapore Trade L Union Congress started its big drive last night to organise about 10.000 white-collar and industrial worker^ employed m large commercial house* m the city. Mr. S. Jaganathan, TUC president, said the employees m each firm would be organised first into159 words
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Article97 1955-10-06 1 \slo note part of a "very. very, small fortune' 1 made at Bukit Timah races—has been received by the Free Press from "A punter" who asked that it be forwarded to the Kampong Tiong Bahru fire relief fund. The anonymous sportsman said he won his "small97 words
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Article47 1955-10-06 1 Mrs 1 Lim Bo Sen., WidOW the Malayan war h( i who was adniitted to the General Hospital ye it< i day ror food poisoning, la report ed to be getting better. "Hrr condition i atl r.' r tory", said a hospital Dl( I sage.47 words
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Article32 1955-10-06 1 The Singapore Chlel Minister. Mr. Marshall, I expected to k'vp r re mine of yesterday's talks with Tmgku Abdul Rahman a( n meeting of the Council of Minuter* LhL morning.32 words
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Advertisement23 1955-10-06 1 PFAFF the world's best sewing machine MODSL co housphold MACMfMI for straight stitching W, AgtMSi 111 l 1 Js/ is/ UK CO., LTD.23 words
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205 1955-10-06 2 Rebels retake a vital mountain pass BERBER tribesmen .swept down from the hills yesterday and recaptured A* the key Nador Pass In the Rifl Mountains of French Morocco. French Foreign Legionnaires and colonial infantry Immediately mounted a counter-offensive to win it back. When, u-ss than two hours after two light205 words
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Article261 1955-10-06 2 actor Victor Mai m descended on Londo exclusive Savoy Hotel yea terdav straight U ■■'■'< Africa clad In tatl i d shorts and can s lorn torn. Six hours later he fle^ of! again to New sTork b cause he could not getReuter - 261 words
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Article28 1955-10-06 2 Two Terror! I wi re killed by a p:' 4 rol 0i the Ist l 'iji ans m ihe Segamat area of Johore yesterday.28 words
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223 1955-10-06 2 r pHE United Nations Korea Reconstruction Agency was voted out of business yesterday as soon as it winds up Its present assistance programmes m South Kor< a, probably by 1957, by the Economic Committee of the General Assembly. The decision taken by aReuter - 223 words
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Article, Illustration401 1955-10-06 2 pRITAIN'S airmen have *> wrung a half -promise from the Air Ministry that they will nut again be made to dress up m knee breeches, wig and silk stockings to serve as "flunkeys'' at officers' balls. The cautious official phrase of the Air Undersecretary.Reuter - 401 words
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204 1955-10-06 2 MAJOR SMITH WINS FIGHT FOR AH TSAI rpllE B■! filial Army 1 has decided not to accept tile resignation Of SG-year-old. Major Catherine Smith, who tuok a live-year old Chinese boy home to England with her i, Malaya last August. The Salvation Army announcement said restti day that Major Smith,Reuter - 204 words
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Article157 1955-10-06 2 PERON: I'M STILL PRESIDENT OUSTED President Percn said yesterday he still the constitutional president of Argentina. He did not rule out the possibility that "some day it would occur to me to return to Argentine politics hut said that, for now he intended to remain m Paraguay. ?Ie said thatU.P. - 157 words
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288 1955-10-06 2 IjiORMER v S. \mbas ador to tndia Chester Bowles said In New York yesterday thai Americ m musi m■ k< a greati r i ITon to uivi r tand Id al and piratlon to help rei <<>?•(• Amert pn t< he hi iev<U.P. - 288 words
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219 1955-10-06 3 LIFE JAIL FOR I.R.A. MEN WHO STOLE ARMS Act of war, says judge rrHRES young Insh--1 nun were found lU !r m Reading, ir phy, 23, James ,7 Other sentences m concurrently rob The r»«o nad d to give evidt n., mi n their defence to plead to the three-219 words
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Article76 1955-10-06 3 WIFE LEFT ACTOR TO FIGHT BULLS ■SEVILLE BRAND, 34, 'mi Hollywood character ac'jo. ,m, -run ted a divorce ■esterday'in Santa Monica. ftr.i.iornia. because his wife Ku him to become a bull-M^iitt-r shortly after their lu:Tiau r e m December, 1954 I Brand originally was a ■etendant m divorce action MlcciU.P. - 76 words
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Article, Illustration63 1955-10-06 3 MAUREEN WINS CUSTODY OF CHILD I A CTRESS Maureen x\ O'Hare (above) won the custody of her 11--year-old daughter yesterday when her exhusband, William H. Price, withdrew charge* that she had an affair r with a Mexican lawyer. Attorneys for both sides agreed to a sti- < pulation m a63 words
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Article147 1955-10-06 3 The corporal was m such a temper 4 y, army corporal served cook with porridge by push inc. it m his —a court-martial was I at Farnham, Hampshire, yesterday. c'»fik. Derek Daley, roaliated by flinging an empty plate at Corporal James Casey. It missed, Tl>e trouble began,Reuter - 147 words
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192 1955-10-06 3 Gun fight at factory: Eight wounded ROW OVER FIRED STRIKERS JpiGHT people were wounded m a gun battle yesterday at the gates of a foundry m New Castle, Indiana, where a crowd of union labourers demonstrated against the firing of 35 strikers m a 10-week walkout at the plant. AtU.P. - 192 words
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Article70 1955-10-06 3 The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will be the guest of honour at the charity ball of the Pan-Mala-yan Student?; Federation to be held m the Oei Tlong Ham Hal] at the Univer.sity of Malaya tomorrow. The Little Sisters of the Poor will receive70 words
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Article118 1955-10-06 3 The riddle of the two trains Rain r«'ii fn London yesttrday afternoon, but it may take three yean to nnd if pny of it wai made by man. Rain-mfaklng o>.pe r lments were ste i ted yesterday morning "n Salisbury Plain, by tlio Air Ministry, and the re wits wrrr118 words
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Article, Illustration97 1955-10-06 3 The Bavarian Justice Ministry yesterday quashed reports that Use Koch, the "Beast of Buehenwald." will soon be released from prison and will emigrate to Australia. A spokesman said there was no consideration of pardon for the former mistress of one of Nazi Germany's mostU.P. - 97 words
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Article105 1955-10-06 3 ii.'hkn natives arc Bogged m the Australian trust territory of Papua, In New Guinea, It Is done m humane fashion, Territories Minister Paul Hasluak told the Canberra House of Representative yeatei clay. Replying to a speech by New South W.ile.s Labourite Charles Griffiths, urging abolishment ofU.P. - 105 words
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Article40 1955-10-06 3 The Indian Government is considering erecting 30 miles of barbed wire fencing along the Indian-Goa border to prevent smuggling. Government officials estimate articles worth 500.000 rupees are smuggled into India by this rout t > each month.- U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Article, Illustration20 1955-10-06 4 GILES - DON 'T LOOK NOW BUT GILES by 11 Look here, Sanders are you watching me or am I watching you20 words
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207 1955-10-06 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 1955. Opinion PEOPLE'S BEACH rpHANKS to the wide new coast road linking Tanah Merah Besar to Changi Village, the fine stretch of beach alontf this section of the Singapore coast line ha s been made easily accessible to the public. And the people207 words
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Article466 1955-10-06 4 DEREK MARKS - The wrong way to fill a Big Job DEREK MARKS by qiR ROBERT ARMIT- AGE, 59- year -old ex-Governor of Cyprus, has lost hi.s job. As he moves on to become Governor of Nyasaland, battalions of young British National Servicemen stand by m Cyprus waiting for the bomb und the466 words
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Article239 1955-10-06 4 UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN r rilK Caterers' Association, of which I wa.s Public Relations Officer for two years, Is playing with a very pretty idea, it customers had to "Clock-Ill" to cafes, with the time allowed them stamped on a paw, more people could DC .served. But t foresee arguments239 words
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Advertisement29 1955-10-06 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OF DIAMONDS L CfMS IN PLATINUM ft I Q I Workn i I G. C. Cc HIM 8303 i, RAFPLIS PLACI Sinsapon; 1 T«l 831 1 529 words
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Advertisement150 1955-10-06 4 AVAIL YOURSELF OF 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR. (RAFFLES PLACE* FRANKEL ESTATE CPERA ESTATE FIRST CLASS NEWLY RECENTLY COMPL DEVELOPED ESTATE AT ESTATE "J MS. CHANCI ROAD BETWEEN CHANCI NEAR THE SEA EAST C ASf R ADS AT PROXIMITY OF (A150 words
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Article, Illustration92 1955-10-06 5 VIENNA saw its first parade of Austrian troops for over 17 years when four companies of Austria's new frontier guards marched past President Koerner m the Helden Platz. Formerly part of the so-called gendarmerie, the troops have been trained m the past few years m the Western zonesPopper - 92 words
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Article89 1955-10-06 5 193 mph on U.K. motor cycle (BRITISH motor-cycle has set up a new world ed record of 193.72 miles an hour, -a speciallyuiilt, cigar-shaped 650 c c. Triumph was ridden by rican, Johnnie Alf Fort Worth, Texas. ihieved an average 1 of 193.72 m.p..h. m 'ay runs, 11 an official89 words
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Article122 1955-10-06 5 TUGS GO TO HELP NEWEST CARRIER r r O ocean-going tugs had to go to the help ol Britain's newest carrier, the Hermes, wallowing m th€ Irish v a recently. The 18.300 Hermes was being towed from the Mersey to Barrow-ln-Fumess b> four tugs wben rough weather halted her, r122 words
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Article237 1955-10-06 5 i fTHE deserted Wiltshire village of Imber, shat- tered by gunfire and overgrown with weeds, may be lost for ever The War Ofllce has a plan to close permanently all roads and rights of way within the bounds of the Imber firing range— an area about237 words
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Article50 1955-10-06 5 A Singapore Navaneedan Qovindasamy Raja. 24, had her $150 gold neckiace snatched by two men In Henderson Road last night ;i rter he had rel used tO give them $2 Police late Is if night de talned two men, The neck lace has b efl recovered.50 words
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Article16 1955-10-06 5 Canadian Minister of Xx tcrnal Affairs, Mr. Lester Pearson, arrived In Mo:. cow16 words
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Article223 1955-10-06 5 rimo Kenya polite tffltlfl have been 1 uiven bars to their George Medals tor bravery asamst Itau Mau—exactly a year alter the original sward*. They are !8-yeiir-oid Superintendent lan Stewart MeAValter Henderson, *on of a Kenya missionary, and 33-year-old I nanda-bom Superintendent Bernard Edward Ruck. Linked223 words
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265 1955-10-06 5 NOW IT'S BACK AT PADDY'S BAR pUBLiCAN Mr. Paddy Kennedy climbed a ladder one night and hung a six-pointed brass star outside his bar m Belgrave Mews West, Westminster, it had been missing for over flve months. Said Irishman Paddy, landlord to265 words
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Article200 1955-10-06 5 Opposed rise— won farthing I>ARTIAI.LY blind and 59 years old! Misa Helen Wasley, went to a rent tribunal to fight a rent rise, she won a farthing. Mr J. H. Sharp, secretary of the London Housing Society, her landlord, asked St. Pancrai Bent Tribunal to approve an increase from t&s200 words
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Article123 1955-10-06 5 PC tried trick on pools A POLICE CONSTABLE who COl- letted shillings for a > loot ball pool has been J fined V!<>s for false > pretences. The constable, Wali Eace Farr, of Priest- field Road, Forest Hill London, had 700 subscribers, said Ihe prosecution at (ireenwich. The pools were123 words
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Advertisement49 1955-10-06 5 Christening Gifts m Sterling Silver. SPOONS, SPOON PUSHER, SPOON PUSHER SERVIETTE |j RING. MUGS. HAIR BRUSH AND COMB SfcTS. FORK, SPOON AND LANKA JEWELLERS, 20. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE 1 PHONE ***** See the distinctive range of CHRISTMAS CARDS JOHN LITTLE (MALAYA) LTD. g (Incorporated tn Singapore h n mM49 words
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Miscellaneous270 1955-10-06 6 M.I.MIICAIii: by L«« i"lk and l»bil »avi% r^,y ANOTHER IwVO MILLION i I I I'LL OET RUTM OUT Of RCCK'S N0 iIK IN CASH/ OUR LAST JOB/ -> OFFICE TONIGHT AND THEN-- CASE AND JhE MONEY APrAI 6IAI '-ND NOW RUTH A'.J I CAN 7 /y u /> THE WONE270 words
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Miscellaneous667 1955-10-06 6 4 i' v I t=K J >. it I K ORN today, it is likely that you will O have an interesting and dran H I lite. Witty and original, you are n< at a lOfifi for something to say and will be popular m every gathering which you attend.667 words
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Article203 1955-10-06 7 LONDON, Oet 5. Frevloi.'s Today KiJUUK No. 1 RSS cJ.f. 38 '< buyers 37., buyers ,|>, m P«rti October 38 S* sellers 37 sellers RUBBER So. 1 RSS cJx 38 buyers 37W> buyers I irO pean PtU November 38 4 sellers 37/t JeSSs HIBBEB N«» IRM Spot203 words
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Article112 1955-10-06 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 5 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 96.25 nom. 96.25 nom. TIN futures October 9500 bid 95 00 bid 96.00 a.sked 96.00 asked November 94 50 bid 94.50 bid 95.50 asked 95.50 a.sked December 94 °0 bid 94.25 bid 95.00 asked 95. u0112 words
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Article44 1955-10-06 7 I awaiting release release, afloats and Oct. all 34 1 -> 40. afloats 39',, Oct.. Lampong spot and awaiting i /.March equal monthly release 40 afloats 39 1 Oct awak spot, awaiting). 38 Sellers ex-dock Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib44 words
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Article39 1955-10-06 7 I NEW YORK, Oct. 5. o r T i < Previous Today uI M lX 458.85 wi.u B 152.20 153.10 JO Domestic Bonds 93.53 98 50 ll|lll(1 s 62.58 62. 66 ti Mocks Composite Average 162.93 163.(5939 words
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Article104 1955-10-06 7 Oct. 5. Previous Today 1"»«> 1 Inlippines r.i.f. UK/ European delivered $185 paid $185 sellers wn«hl per |on R ton Oct/NoV. 1> I'hiiippinei f.o.b. Manila oiM-f\! )ri Unquoted Unquoted 1 Straits r.i.f. JK 'North turopean delivered weight per long <>"/Nov £es% buyers £664 buyers £()7't .sellers104 words
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Article175 1955-10-06 7 Rabbits fighting back Till, first dear evid j A enee that Britain'"* rabbits may be betinninff to win their tight **&vist myxomatosis, the plague which almost wiped them out E has just been issued. lests made at the I of A«ri< u j C c lures Veterinary Labj 2 rator^175 words
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Article277 1955-10-06 7 FF GENERAL Sir Richard Gale gets his own way o B itam "Ro-like-hell" Army is here to stay. r>ui oeiore any change which amounts to a complete reorganisation of tlu Army— can be put into force permanently, the recommendations will have to be approved by277 words
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300 1955-10-06 7 Oh, Romeo— this is NATO calling you GUYING THE NEW ALPHABET AN UNPRECEDENTED demand m Army libraries m Britain, for the works of William Shakespeare has been traced to the Royal Corps of Signals. No thirst for knowledge is behind this change m literary tastes, however. The desire of the300 words
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Article38 1955-10-06 7 Three-week crime record of a jackdaw on the Netherhall Estate. Leicester: attacks on babies m prams, tearing washing on lines, rooting up bulb.s In gardens, pecking and scaring children. Attempts to capture the bird have failed.38 words
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Article76 1955-10-06 7 ICKIE' IS TALKING POINT NOW IN the sleepy Warwickshire town of Shlpston-on-Btour the talk i, not of '■rop. :,n r i harvest but «>f "Ickie." i.ocai archaeologists believe that war agricultural workers digging a trench have uncovered some of th*» remains of an Ichthyosaur, a iir» hi itoric monster about76 words
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Article43 1955-10-06 7 Television star Arthur M. Godfrey yesterday paid a $1,500 fine m Washington ia settling a complaint of careless flying. At the same time Godfrey denied, through his attorney, that the payment was an admission of euilt.- A p.43 words
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Article163 1955-10-06 7 FOUR years after being told at a hospital that an operation was necessary, 73-year-old Mr. Arthur Cambourne got a letter saying: "We regret it has not yet been possible to admit you." But m the meantime Mr. Cambourne —of Riviera- avenue. Pitsea. Essex -has cured163 words
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Article69 1955-10-06 7 Loj d>n Fire Br ide i* hort ol (00 m men, M :<■■■■ m its hi toi hI I I hei i b< is m manp< w aid Mr .Jo' n '.I. P. '.ad .i 1 Unl ecre if tld 1 le's total 2,400 n69 words
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173 1955-10-06 7 Britain wins Royal 'all mod. cons. order oritain has won a i'loo.ooo contract againsi v competition from eight other European countries to decorate and furnish a 30-roomed palace being built for traq's King PeisaL The palace, In Bagdad, has now been undei construction for nearly two years, Ft i i173 words
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Article, Illustration1279 1955-10-06 8 AIREY NEAVE - Just how did Goering cheat the Rope? AIREY NEAVE by M.P. STRAMGEST STORIES the world heard, with a gasp ol atonish 11 1 'i it tha I n« rmann Goering, i lie foremoi t Na/i war criminal on tria i at Nu i emberg had committed suicide m his cell.1,279 words
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Article364 1955-10-06 8 pAS warfare may seem to be a bogey of the dead past, but the United States' Army m Europe is taking no chances. The U.S. Army's Chemical Warfare Corps is stressing gas warfare m its programme with the same emphasis that it lay.s on bacteriological and radiological364 words
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348 1955-10-06 9 BANNED JAZZMAN TELLS OF HIS BLUES j isil jazz fans i* ailed a truce m hot-versus-coo) and turned their ibim d wrath on the union officials who banned the American trumpeter Chet r from playing In London. iaker, a frail, gapthed Oklahoman, is the leading m the postwar ■•cool" school.348 words
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361 1955-10-06 9 Cadets are warned: Cut down smoking r; TAIN'S boy soldiers are learning to smoke B> too young and too much. They are being I encouraged to do it by men who should know I hctliT. m\\o complaint is aired by the Army Cadet Force Association, which says: No unit wants361 words
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Article145 1955-10-06 9 THE DAY HE DROVE A BUS... WRK E PLAN- QUART, 10-year- old son of a retired I Paris bus driver, had '"•l>itio n to be- I 1 bus driver Driving w;t>, m the I l! > "is srand- 1 *> H d taken 11 cars along the 1 la ys145 words
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205 1955-10-06 9 A MAN who dived Into a canal to rescue a five-year-old boy was rebuked by a coroner for coming out after three minutes. Stefan Ambroz, a^ed 30. of Castleton, said he took off his clothes and dived into the Rochdale canal, but could not205 words
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Article182 1955-10-06 9 IfIVE doctors gave evidence at a Hendon inquest 1 which followed the exhumation from Islington Cemetery of a 48-year-old carpenter, John Bird, who died m June, 1953. But all the doctors agreed that Bird died of natural causes, though he had been involved m a182 words
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Article, Illustration44 1955-10-06 9 "HONG KONG," a Terry towelling dress of yellow, greein and black check pattern made by German designer Heinz Oestergaard, specially for a big German textile firm picture. which will be exporting: this and several other models, m time for next season.. PopperPopper - 44 words
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Article156 1955-10-06 9 RN MAY TURN TO ATOM POWER mm Royal Navy la planX ning to t»o over 10 atomic power. This is the reason behind the disposal ol 24 warships, Including an air-craft-carrier and a cruiser, to the nationalised Iron and Steel Corporation. The ship.s. at present m 'mothballs," will be scrapped156 words
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Article70 1955-10-06 9 I 1 HE manager of a cinema m Commercial Road, Stepney, wanted to start a flea circus. He offered a shilling for every flea brought to his office. But nothing hopped In out Of the East End streets Finally he had to get70 words
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Advertisement100 1955-10-06 9 A luxury hair cream at a price to suit everyone Good news for smart, well-groomed men —Silvikrin Hair Cream i.s now available at a greatly reduced price! Silvikrin Hair Cream is a luxury, high-cIM cream that controls the hair allday Iomi» without making it |fmj| Of f\ MHPFtft And it100 words
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Article, Illustration124 1955-10-06 11 LIGHT LIGHTS THE FAIR Pictures by The Ovaltine stand (right above) of A. Wander Ltd., won first prize at this year's Singapore Trade Exhibition m the Happy World for being the best decorated stall. Thousands of people are crowding the fair every night to see the bright lights and inspectKOKAH CHONG - 124 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-10-06 12 A "MIRACLE BABY" who made headlines even before his birth has just cele--1 s s^r«.e ,riZ n^oKr B etrM^ S RSn Irvine, an ex-WAAF,, of the risk MUm Said !> Mrs. Irvine: "He weighs 271 b. (Jo/., and he's growing so fast I cant manage him m the big bathPopper - 53 words
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445 1955-10-06 12 Number four m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE to mavk Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. INJURED and crippled children are given A excellent medical attention m the hospitals whether their parents can afford to pay or not.445 words
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Article420 1955-10-06 12 How they saved this cute fellow TH E important part which can be played by children m preserving the harmless and colourful wild life of their own countries was recently emphasised by an Australian nature writer, Mr. Crosbie Morrison. In a Radio Australia broadcast, Mr. Morrison I told of how420 words
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935 1955-10-06 12 FRANCIS MARTIN - FRANCIS MARTIN By Fx)R 20 years i ilave been reading ot Albert Edward Richardson's fondness for dressing up m Johnsonian knee breeches. Cloaks and cocked hats Of the crystal chandelier and oil lamps, the harpsichord parties a n d935 words
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Article, Illustration1002 1955-10-06 13 EVEL YN IRONS - MRS. POST ADDS A POSTSCRIPT EVEL YN IRONS by At 68, America's top hostess expands her horizons i [FE begins again at h for Mrs. MarMerriweather Six months ago, 19 years of marshe divorced her husband. 78Joseph E. js, former AmeriAmbassador to Russia, author of "Mission to Moscow," and resumed1,002 words
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Article323 1955-10-06 13 Jennifer Johns - Jennifer Johns by itntil now I have *J always looked upon the sun as a particularly kind god providing longed-for facilities for sun-bathing but offering me little else. Now, however, I must change my mind and, with apologies to the sun god for not realising until323 words
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Advertisement82 1955-10-06 13 STANDARD TEN **il i^f'il mi A BRILLIANT, HANDSOMELY STYLED 10 11. P. SALOON BY STANDARD Offering Comfort, Performance and real Economy The Standard Tin is a model of economy combined with the luxury and comfort usually associated with much larger cars. The lively 948 c.c engine gives rtw< car a82 words
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Article, Illustration1814 1955-10-06 14 ARTHUR CALDER- MARSHALL - The LETTER FROM ALDERSHOT ARTHUR C ALDER-MARSH ALL by S? ARTHUR C'ALDER-MAR-SHALL, author and traveller, has experienced schools at both ends; as a boy at St. Paul's and, after Oxford, si\ and a half terms as classics master. He left to write such books as The Magic of My Youth.1,814 words
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Article, Illustration543 1955-10-06 15 Robb - Let Norman Hartnell DRESS you... Robb afjafgf THE QUEENS DRESSMAKER REVEALS HIS SECRETS HERE 'lliiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiillililillllllllllirj: PICKING ITI TO PIECES I imiiiiiimiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir? IN the room where 1 Norman Hartnell sees only his important and distinguished clients, I watched him and his Staff unpick and rebuild the dress which Page Fifteen presents543 words
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Article232 1955-10-06 15 This eye can PEEP into cells NLW HOPE FOR HUMANS fl II N DINGS such medical lea as the u tfng process 811 ling of the r ay be made S? the X-ray 5™ >Pc recently dele]I e] On n< 1..1 1( pany. *S <<• m mi £5' and J232 words
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Article167 1955-10-06 16 A -SHIELDS for those A PLANES AMERICAN air »orce > 1\ scientists bay« altered the B-3ti laperbetnbei so that it mm g tarry a ""dear re actor to test the capa- city of new materials ttj to shield the t K'ws of atom pout red airplanes against atonm radiation. Air167 words
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Article, Illustration561 1955-10-06 16 FAST jets can now fly -SLOW NEWS IN THE AIR THIS Is an engineer's drawing of the US Army's •package" atomic -power reactor, whose components can he transported by air. The power plant will be installed at the IS Army's Engineering Research and Development Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Details561 words
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Article, Illustration389 1955-10-06 16 North-South vulnerable East dealer Thr bidrimc;: EaTjT "yiijrn wist NORTH I 0 Pass 3 Pass 3 0 Pass 4 Pa<;<= 4 0 Pass 6 If.T Pass 6N T AH put r Uif oi hci table, B i pa iMd thlfl hand and the blddln I died ai tl389 words
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Advertisement42 1955-10-06 16 Wvd€iiitg Pictures Make arrangements mow for your photographs to he taken by a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC Dl i' l 140*146 Cecil Street Bing«porf lliis lerviee is only writable m Si 1 niiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiniiiiiii 142 words
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Miscellaneous244 1955-10-06 16 DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES \< koss death ik> 1 ah- these the original dub B a vessel that cornea to tin tm u•■ .111. rescue <7> 8 More mature bul Mft htart- 6is earthy to tome exteni <:*> ed 7 Frciuh uorci or engine l 9 a torn iif m i244 words
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Article, Illustration753 1955-10-06 17 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - THE 'ACTOR'S ACTOR' has no SECRETS HAROLD HEFFERNAN By JUST GET IN THERE AMD PLAY THE SCENE j^ s f FEEL IT/ SAYS TRACY iirHO Ifi the fading tor's actor ln HyWOOd today? Meaning of course, single perform- work 00 the screen 5 most admired by his leagues In the753 words
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Article, Illustration213 1955-10-06 17 These girls don't wait to greet the cops IT took only a handful of beads but hours of work to provide the key twin costumes for a pair of glit- tering blondes who wriggle and dazzle their way through a picture called "How To Be Very, Very Popular." The customers213 words
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298 1955-10-06 17 They lunched: then stopped —for lunch! tllllHllllllMMlllllMHlllinilllllllllllll lIIIIIIIIIIIM. I DAVID LEWIN'SI I SPOTLIGHT AT 11 o'clock m the morning Frankle Howerd and Stanley Hollowav sat down on a film set to a meal of steak and chips. They kept at it until 1 o'clock, and then Mr. Howerd stopped for298 words
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Article28 1955-10-06 17 NO WARDROBE BLUES FOR HER /MIACE KEI«LY. m "Thir \f Swan," will f*> treated to the largest wrardrobc display she noi e?«c had m a film 20 a^>orU;U28 words
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Article189 1955-10-06 17 JUNE HAVER, visiting on tho set where he r husband, Fred Mac-Murray, did his first scene for "The Rains Of Ranrhipur" wants the world to know Fred isn't anything like the character he plays m the film. The scene called for Fred to wake up with189 words
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Advertisement6 1955-10-06 17 PACKING I a» TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD6 words
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Article177 1955-10-06 18 SUCCESS WENT TO THEIR HEADS DURHAM Supporters' Club j have been disowned because, j without telling the City I Soccer club, they announced that they intended painting the outside of the ground and t putting tubular fencing round the pitch. A Soccer club statement says "The announcement was made without177 words
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Article63 1955-10-06 18 WK.S Batltee top American TT miler and Hoi> Richards, United Btates pole vault champion m:iy (OUT New Zealand Latei thu year the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Aaaoclatlon announced last night The approval or thi United states Amateur Athletic Union WOUld [)robably take pIaCQ lateReuter - 63 words
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189 1955-10-06 18 It is hard on the eyes of boxers pOKING still seeks the answer to its biggest problem: How can cut eyes be avoided? The latest British champion to suffer this menacing type of injury is Peter Keenan, who needed stitches m a wound after he had beaten Jake Tuli One189 words
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130 1955-10-06 18 POLICE scored their third successive victory m the 1 RHA first division league with a 3—o win over RAF Seletar at Seletar yesterday. Police, the fnvourites this .season, have thus made an impressive start for they have won their opening matches by convincing130 words
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Article, Illustration43 1955-10-06 18 picture. riMii\ International Avus race m Berlin developed into an Interesting dmM hrtwom \Wst German Porsche Bpydei 1 cara> and tlie Soviet Zone's BMW's. Th<- winner was Richard Frankmnure m his fo-rschc. Here he ifc v\om 1* iulluwed by a Soviet competitor. PopperPopper - 43 words
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Article, Illustration437 1955-10-06 18 JONATHAN - STATE AID FOR BRITISH ATHLETICS? NO! SAYS CHRIS CHATAWAY JONATHAN by /HIKIS (II VIA WAY IS L "INSTINCTIVBLy" IGAINST STATE AID »<>it BRITISH AllllKil( s. "The wholfl Idea ol using public money, preumabJy for financing more prestige fcripa abroad, Ls rather unpleasant," be told me Chataway, three-mile odd record-breaker ana437 words
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Article51 1955-10-06 18 Australian Davis Cupper Lew Hoad was defeated yesterday m Tokyo 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 by Atsushi Miyagi, Japan's top-ranked player In an exhibition match Hoad's teammate, Ken Rosewall. turned back Kosei Kamo, 6-3, 6-4 Hoad teamed wit>i Ncale Fraser to beat Kamo and Niyagi m doubles. 6-151 words
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Article127 1955-10-06 18 FARELF swim ?JINGAPORE won the Ge--5 neral's Cup fur the second year m succession when they scored 80 point? m the Far East Land Forces swimming championships a: the Nuffield pool yesterday Five new records were set no m the programme of ten events. Sgt, Reeves, ot127 words
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Article74 1955-10-06 18 BURMA'S -sir team won its [*g straight game m Jai i:l night. d >fo:-!i;v: 1 1-; Japan All-Stars by v™ goals to one before 3-OW fans at Korakuen Utadtt" m Tokyo. 1f >ime The icore at half- gg was 2 0 m Burma favour Despite aU.P. - 74 words
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Article69 1955-10-06 18 HHHE two outstanding S.A.F.A. junior matches of the season will be played at Jalan Bcsar stadium this evening the Junior Challenge Cup Final and the play-off for the second division championship. At 5.30 p.m. the Areonauts meet Singapore Harbour Board Police for the second division championship69 words
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Article54 1955-10-06 18 The Blacks rugby team to meet All Whites at Victoria School at 5.15 p.m. today will be chosen from AlsagofT, On<? Choon. Sankavan, Hulls, Hector, Cheow Hup Hassan, Mahendran. ChOO Kirn, Kirn pie. Harjit Singh, Qannesvaran, L. Woodford. Atan Sol I kan Sinqh, Chin54 words
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Article25 1955-10-06 18 The fourth attempt, to hold the YMCA tennis drive will be made on Saturday at 3 p.m. Rain washed out the previous attempts.25 words
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Article17 1955-10-06 18 YMttrdMf I X Untie vtmnU < ghire 14. Cumberlai Ruuhy sniog CraiUelghaM 3. o Cambrldgt 2217 words
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Article, Illustration520 1955-10-06 19 You've got to go mad to win, Zatopek tells Pirie TWRENCE O'CONNOR, athletics reporter, sat in on a conference in Fragile between the fabulous Czech, Emil Zatopek, ;»iid Britain's Gordon I'irie. O'Connor, just back from behind the Iron Curtain, sends this report. rRIPLE Olympic L champion Emil Zatopek has told520 words
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Article161 1955-10-06 19 Petesrsen's hints to Potgieter VART POTGIETER m a n-mountain ith African, who was )v a from the ring er his winning Engi debut at London's ute City a fortnight i quietly and preparing for xt fight-— at HarI on October 18Wales. BLck Petersen, pre-war tish heavy and llgfat-,vy-weight champion, isU.P. - 161 words
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Article101 1955-10-06 19 badminton ties for today Badminton As oational champion- I r tonight starting ai 1J 1 (Second round) JS v Lon- Pen Jj£ i Chin Jin v Qu» im Seng Kck i jTf, Vun Char, m; Chong Ch< n lw :n qT E« (First round 2 i and ti!i: k 3'101 words
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Article, Illustration29 1955-10-06 19 The Fijians ore off... 'Rom i icrammafe 1 Radrodro (baci•und) looks on during ''"lay's fame nt 1 '«*tar, which thr PIJIIS uitn fi7-(;. (See '1>("tin 20).— Free Press picture.Free Press - 29 words
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Article380 1955-10-06 19 JOHN. P. HAMILL - JOHN. P. HAMILL Seletar sports letter —by— A LOSS to Selctar soccer was the depart arc last week for the United Kingdom of F/Lt. Julian, station Football officer. His great knowledge of the game was instrumental In the selection of the R A.F. Singapore380 words
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Article44 1955-10-06 19 Philippine bantamweight champion Little Cezar, scored a .second round technical knockout triumph over Siamese bantamweight titii.st N.u Sanong last night In their 10-round return 1 bout at the Eliza] Coliseum In Manila before more than 10.(100 tana U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Advertisement25 1955-10-06 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S I FAMOUS QUINTET l Air Band of Singapore with MISS SALOMA "Mm n Monm Ring H551 for Pubic !<*( scr\ it mill J25 words
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Miscellaneous97 1955-10-06 19 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiimmiiiif TODAY'S SPORT iiiiiiifiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniiittfrs HOCCEB SAFA Div. 2 final; Argonauts v SUB Police, .lalan Besar SJM p.m.; .Junior (up linal: Balcstier I I td. v Alexandra FT, lalan i Besax 7 pan.; Friendly: Rajaji v Metal it<»\, Farrer I'ark. HOCKEX Stat. trial, padang SIIA Div. 2: SfiK Police v It97 words
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664 1955-10-06 20 APPLAUSE, FOUR CHARMERS AND SABRINA IN BEST WORKOUTS WINDING UP GALLOPS FOR PENANC RACES ON SATURDAY FREE PRESS X l\(. CORRESPONDEN I AP I* lAU KB OUH HARMERS X N l> SAjftRIN BROKE I OK UK IN THEIR WINDINGIP GALLOPS on <.ooi> TRACKwAI PENANG 1 HIS MORNING. A])pi.i .1 .1664 words
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Article124 1955-10-06 20 2o Wo\ ii \H minim mn CHEN ro Lvi md Nee Sian, ai You; i .!>■■: orlal Ho pll i] ti Octi An i ii. Brol her r^i I v Jen WEMY To Hilda and I rank, a< K.K. Ho pll il, 3rd Ocl a Son bol h ell124 words
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Article28 1955-10-06 20 2ft WOTmt $4 (minimum I BKNQ BONG HOE passed away at 22 I■m d< Road, on 4.10.56 Cortege i Leave on l-'ii'i i■. at i a tn.28 words
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450 1955-10-06 20 Fijian scoring machine totals 67 points at Seletar riTHE "FIGHTING FIJIANS" A R\\ riot AT SELETAR YESTERDAY. THE SCORE: 67 points TO SIX. Tllfr: VICTIMS: RAF. SELETARCIIANGI COMBINED, Fijian scorers were; Levula (4 tries;, Domini (2j, Naidole (1), Rokoua (3), Tabuaa (1), Tavaga (l Ravula i «2> and Bogotinj (1).450 words
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Article98 1955-10-06 20 JESSE OWENS, holder ol th 6 world .print re cordjg and for the long 'imp. will arrive m Singapore <i?i Oci :'<) for an I!) day tour of Malayan Aft< r hla dep iri ure Bob Wat his the o■, mplc de cathlon champion, will arrive98 words
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Article166 1955-10-06 20 'pwo goals by their dashIng centre forward, Boon Ewe, enabi^ Johore English College to beat Raffles Institution 2-0 m their inter-school hockey fixture on the R.I. ground yesterday. The College hud .slightly the better .side and their forwards showed more thrust and combination against a166 words
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224 1955-10-06 20 Only 26 of the orlgina] entry of no wore yesterday rirclared final acceptors for tin- Cctarewftch Stakes first leg (»f thr "autumn doable" races, to be run over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket on Wednesday o<t 12 Che winning owner will, receive £2,936Reuter - 224 words
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Article276 1955-10-06 20 DEFENDING champions Singapore Telephone- Board had to hand Mercantile Bank two defeats to make sure of their place In the ftna] of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup competition against Jacks Sports Club this season. Yesterday Telephone Board proved once again that276 words
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Advertisement191 1955-10-06 20 Straits Times Free Press 5 Fot the convenience of odver- f tkers our representative of Ist. E floor, Singapore cold stor- l AGE, ORCHAHD ROAD, will re- ceive srmll od istments ond onswtfs to hex numbers. Classified advertisements may 1 I also be honJed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD Winch191 words
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Advertisement19 1955-10-06 20 j, ShPbP^ r**' kqAV-^Mbl^ '^Sr^ ■wflr I i Hsm^fli IBmmmM^S ■b^^mJr B^Bfe^MaflHi BIBBMS^''" AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING WATCH DtAUR*19 words
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Article, Illustration9381 1955-10-06 1 HOLLOWING are the horses entered for I lie Penang Turf Club October meeting. CLASS THREE ACROBAT SCRATCHED: 10-9-55 Ipoh 8-10 Div. 1. Track &ood WON: '13 started* 7-9-55 Ipoh 8-7 (Hudson) Cl. 3 Div. 2- 2nd Fireird 8-9- 3rd Graaie 8-4- 4tli Huppy rt 8-2. Sh.hd9,381 words
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Article, Illustration861 1955-10-06 2 FORM GUIDE CLASS FOUR CLASS FOUR BUITENZORG sf.com): (Nine started) 8-8-55 Penang 8-4 IM. (Knuckey) Cl. 4 Div. 2 Ist Baby Chris 8-8; 3rd Two Diamonds 8-2; 4th Santa Olaus 9-0 Carr, 8-7. 1-1-}. 1-46 +5. Track heavy. 111 III: (Nino started) 1-8-85 Penana B-10 7P. (Knuckey) Cl. 4 Dk861 words
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