The Singapore Free Press, 19 January 1956
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Title Section19 1956-01-19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Thursday, January 19, 1956. Price 15 CU.19 words
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Article163 1956-01-19 1 Riot toll 23 THE death toll m Bom- bays language riots rose to 25 early today as several hundred Marathispeaking Indians engaged m a midnight battle with police. Gangs ot demonstrators broke the curfew m six places on Wednesday night and each time they were shotA.P. - 163 words
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Article98 1956-01-19 1 Mr, Rodgera, a member of the Borneo Abaca ltd Staff, specialising in cocoa. is due to leave Jesselton today for Malaya where he will visit the plantations of the Malayan Cocoa Ltd. in Trengganu, a company financed by the Colonial Development Corporation, similar to Borneo Abaca.98 words
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Article23 1956-01-19 1 The Singapore Chiel Minister. Mr. David Marshall, continues to make good progress, according to reports from the General Hospital this morning.23 words
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Article210 1956-01-19 1 PERMANENT JOIiS NOW rpHE Singapore Government has lifted the ban on the employment of disabled persons m permanent pensionable posts. The order came into force yesterday. Jobs of lift operators will In future be reserved exclusively for disabled men. In a circular to heads Of210 words
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Article69 1956-01-19 1 Miss Agnus Catnach. a leading British educationist, is due to arrive m Singapore today on a three-day visit. She has just completed a tour of Australia and attended a conference of headmistresses m Queensland. She later visited Indonesia. Miss Catnach will meet 400 teachers at the Methodist69 words
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Article21 1956-01-19 1 The strike of more than 9.000 men at the Singapore Naval Base is on its third day today.21 words
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Article308 1956-01-19 1 EXPAT EXODUS IS A SETBACKHIGHAM yHE exodus of expat- riate officers from Singapore Government service at this stage is bound to affect public work adversely, Mr. J. D. Higham, Director of Personnel, told the Free Press today. Asked if he would try to persuade them to stay I a little308 words
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Article90 1956-01-19 1 Early to bed for Tengku T^ENGKU Abdul Rahman who has a feverish cold, went to bed early m his London hotel last night m order to be absolutely fresh today, when the Federation constitution conference starts work m earnest. The Tengku got through yesterday's opening session very bravely. The conferenceReuter - 90 words
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58 1956-01-19 1 JAPANESE diplomats m Tokyo yesterday ended three days of Foreinn Office meetings about the 'cold war" m South -East Asia and the Middle East with a special request; They want air conditioning. They complained that the tropical heal m their areas hindered workA.P. - 58 words
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169 1956-01-19 1 VAIN BID TO SAVE BATHER DRIFTING ON LOG SEEING a boy drowing m a mining pool a Kuala Lumpur student yesterday dived m, pulled him out and applied artificial respiration, for three quarter an hour m vain. The dead boy, Wong Cheong, 12, a student at Rawang Chinese School, wa.s169 words
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Article38 1956-01-19 1 Persian army security authorities m Teheran last night detained the leader of the Fadayan Islam sect, Ayatullah 'Kashani. for questioning m connection with the 1951 assassination of the premier. General Ali Razma- ram. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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38 1956-01-19 1 Prince Rainier's father said m Nice last night that he was very pleased at his son's engagement and he considered it a "national victory" to have won Miss (Grace Kelly tor Monaxo.38 words
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Article29 1956-01-19 1 Th t Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a.'i uncertain tone with first grade. February snipmcnt. at $1.12* a lb., l| cents above yesterday's closing price29 words
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Article60 1956-01-19 1 A SINGAPORE cabaret girl and two boy friends were sitting m a car at a park at 11.30 last night when two men iumped m and ordered the chauffeur to drive ofT. In Mountbatten Road. the two men snatched the girl's necklace. The girl's screams attracted a60 words
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Advertisement16 1956-01-19 1 EXTRA TOMORROW A 16-pase Supplement, Woman and Home, will be issued free with tomorrows Free Press.16 words
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Article109 1956-01-19 2 POMMUNIST East Germany announced yesterday it would establish a "national people's" armed force of land, sea and units allied with the Soviet military bloc. Deputy Premier Willi Stoph told the Red zone parliament m Berlin that the force will be "limited m size" butU.P. - 109 words
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Article158 1956-01-19 2 RED CHINA disclosed yesterday that it has offered to renounce the threat or use of force on condition that the United States simultaneously agreed to call a meeting between the Secretary of State, John Poster Dulles, and Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-lal. The158 words
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Article303 1956-01-19 2 GO A ROW: U.S. REPLY IS REJECTED Unsatisfactory- India INDIA has formally rejected as unsatisfactory j and equivocal U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' attempt to explain the United States oosition on the dispute between India and Portugal over Goa, informed sources said m Washington vpsterdav The rejection wasU.P. - 303 words
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Article80 1956-01-19 2 r REIGN correspondents m Moscow were yesterday unable to confirm reports that Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, was sick and away from his desk. A spokesman at the Foreign Ministry Press Department answered with the statement that the Foreign Ministry "does not have anyReuter - 80 words
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Article17 1956-01-19 2 The Bagdad Pact military committee will hold its second meeting m Bagdad on Saturday. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article101 1956-01-19 2 GO-SLOW BY PRINTERS HITS PAPERS DRITAIN'S newspapers D outside London— and periodicals face delays m production as the r«ult of a "go slow" by about 60.000 printers which began yesterday. The printers are compositors and machine minders whose unions have called for restrictions on overtime working to back their payReuter - 101 words
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60 1956-01-19 2 A HALF million units of gamma globulin, valued at more than $3,000,000 arrived by plane yesterdaj for inoculation of pregnant women against jaundice, which has reached the epidemic stage m New Delhi. The serum is a gift of th»> United States mU.P. - 60 words
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Article155 1956-01-19 2 Plenty to spark off war -Eden SIR Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, said m Bradford. Yorkshire, last night that hostilities m some critical region like the Middle East could easily touch off "a universal explosion." "There is plenty of dry tinder about," he told a mass meeting of YorkshireReuter - 155 words
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Advertisement427 1956-01-19 2 C V/ V CHINESE NEW YEAR JH/K/BW^ <*4r^ e/ec the Photographs WS^^M I iBSf- t^^gte^yj I 1} FIRST PRIZE IUPBII i^Jt^ C tto<* *mp» f SECOND PRIZE $1,000 Cash |lf^^^| S^^H /TJ-jn| I 5 FOURTH PRIZES each $150 Cash |^B e < -r4^J^B I^^B^^^H HLj^^V^ VJjj/l J 20 FIFTH PRIZES427 words
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274 1956-01-19 3 Queen to hold big Nigerian durbar rpIE (Jueen will hold -I a .lurbar a glittering review of thousands of tribal warriors and horsemen m the predominantly Muslim northern region of Nigeria which she and the Duke of Edinburgh visit next month. Although not comparable m size and significance, this will274 words
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167 1956-01-19 3 C^ANAPA'S newsprint Inj dustrv estimated terday world demand for Canadian newsprint would double m th 25 years with shipments rising to 12,500,000 tons a year by It forecast also that the Canadian pulp and paper industry, repri -000 000.000 In capital, will hair to spendA.P. - 167 words
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Article16 1956-01-19 3 Japan's 1955 exports sales totalled $6,025 million for a new postwar record. A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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225 1956-01-19 3 a PROPOSED cut m the American Army s 2,uuuA strong force of guerillas m Europe has postponed, if not killed, plans to organise similar guerilla units m the Far East. BU This secret elite corps, the Tenth Special Forces Group stationed mReuter - 225 words
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119 1956-01-19 3 'Food, shelter needed before democracy' MRS. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit High Commissioner for India, said m London yesterday the primary need of a big section of the world was not a highly developed form of government but food, shelter and clothing, and the opportunity to live a full life m betterReuter - 119 words
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Article187 1956-01-19 3 Greeks are hopeful: London is cautious LMELD MARSHAL Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, left Nicosia unexpectedly by air for London last night, though earlier political speculation had forecast another meeting with Archbishop Makarios tomorrow. The Governor's sudden trip, made m a special Royal AirReuter - 187 words
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Article55 1956-01-19 3 A 21 -YEAR-OLD insurance agent admitted in Chester. I A England, yesterday that he had had an urge since he was 15 to take glasses off women's faces. He was sentenced to three weeks in a mental hosI Dital for taking three pairs off theU.P. - 55 words
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96 1956-01-19 3 ADMIRAL Arleigh A. Burke, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, told Congress yesterday that Russia has become the major naval rival to the Ur.ted States and "we cannot afford a holiday." Burke urged the House armed services committee to approve a bill to authoriseReuter - 96 words
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153 1956-01-19 3 INDIA'S young and beautiful "bandit queen' may surrender to police, it was announced m Allahabad yesterday. She's expecting a baby. Agile Putli, 24. has led Uttar Pradesh police a merry chase ever since she was kidnapped m 1950 and initiatedU.P. - 153 words
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Article29 1956-01-19 3 The United States yesterday set up a $111 million "rant to help South Vietnam resettle political refugees trom the Communist-held Northern part ol the country. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article28 1956-01-19 3 The agreement between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan on neutrality and non-aggression I itified vest- >' the K!n B °J Afghanistan, Moscow Radio announced yesterday. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Advertisement117 1956-01-19 3 Mm, iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiim^ qiiMiiiiilliiiiimniiiMiiii MMM imiiiiiimiimi iimmm«g LOV BEST E.P.N.S. OVAL I AlMx MEAT DISHES I E Whether you are g s'iL I i serving choice, prime (If \\i E poultry or a simple (II: 11l mixed grill tonight, it II I M ll E E will look much more A117 words
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219 1956-01-19 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 1956. Opinion A STUPID STRIKE SINGAPORE again is given a glaring example of irresponsible trades unionism. Nine thousand workers at the Naval Base embarked upon a oneday strike because the Admiralty refused to be party to an act that would have discriiminated against219 words
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697 1956-01-19 4 BERNARD LEVIN - Mr. Automation plans a 32-hour week BERNARD LEVIN by Aft* -fc m m ana works an 80-hour week fo bring it abouf I "pLEASE don't call my wife Mrs. Machine," said John Diebold. I assured him I wouldn't dream of such a thing, and his wife, Doris, who was sitting697 words
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Article, Illustration17 1956-01-19 4 CUMMINGS - CUMMINGS by Cheer up, Tony! Remember what I endured, and look at mo now..."17 words
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Advertisement40 1956-01-19 4 EXCELLENT RINGS I SS OF DIAMONDS flr GEMB| IN PLATINUM *> CiOLD.X ss >) SS *K/7*j >> V Si At^ SS ss g With Smart C^ Efficient ss Workmanship 8 > G. C. De SILVA BROS 3, RAFFLES PLACE 8 Singapore-1 Tel: *****. SS40 words
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Advertisement56 1956-01-19 4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MMRMRHHHBMI WW mmmm I ROTARY RECORDING A tfttdy aiaaplc y^fei^r-, "H'lhoH of na*l\ jM n f.T.ii.T arnl J A&O'k With models to suit all requirements Rotadcx could make your stock control easier and cheaper to maintain. <-EO. WEHRY CO. (M) I/I I). UNDERWOOD BUSINESS MACHINES DEPARTMENT OALMCIOA STRUT. SINCAPORE.56 words
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302 1956-01-19 5 8-year-old talks of gang rule of 'Fagin' "THREE small) boys, j 1 two ixaed, 11, the j other aged eight, j told magistrates at j Wimbledon Juvenile j Court. London, a j story about an 11- year-old "F a g i n j who sent them out i to steal302 words
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Article148 1956-01-19 5 Joe saves sisters from fire \VITH one little sister m his arms, another on hLs back, and a third hanging on his .shoulders, n-year-old Joe Knox red down two flights of stair when fire broke out at his Manchester home His mother. 31-year-old Kathleen Knox, ran into the street carrying148 words
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Article73 1956-01-19 5 Stated to be earnlnf 17 a week. Jack Brandon aged ibinet maker, ol Hackeny London, was Jailed for three months at Old-street. London, for stealing :i newspaper and one shilling trom a newsvendor's stand. 1 H, denied the charge. Det Si»t Kenneth Pernval said that73 words
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Article13 1956-01-19 5 Communist Ea-st Germany's Parliament approva friendship treaty «>«* Hed China yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article, Illustration91 1956-01-19 5 A display of swimming *>pl was held >n London recently to show the ItM range of hats designed to brighten the season's swimming outfits. Here, from left, are If) year-old Barbara Ferris wearing a Caribbean strapless cap m white, trimmed m red blue and black; Yolande I.arlhe m a "Gamin"Popper - 91 words
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Article25 1956-01-19 5 Fifty-nine former prisoners of the Korean war will leave India on February 4 to besrin a new life m Brazil- U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article19 1956-01-19 5 Pan American World Air ways carried a record 205.001 engers across the Atlan tic m 1956.- A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article280 1956-01-19 5 Widow's mite puzzles court T«OLD that a deaf and 1 lonely widow of 67 had to live on £2 12s. 6d a week. Mr. E. R. Quest, the West London magistrate, .said that he could not underhand the situation. Another woman, nearly 40 year.s younger and much less helpless, who280 words
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Article25 1956-01-19 5 An additional 24 policemen have been assigned tl night duty to halt attacks on young women m Hamil 1 ton. Canada. A .P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article144 1956-01-19 5 DEAL Castle m Kent. where Henry VIII's fourth wife. Anne of Cleves. arrived and banqueted on St. John's Day. 1539. is to becorm museum of national and I local relics. This deep-moated castle. a stone's throw from the sea and shaped like a Tudor I144 words
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Article155 1956-01-19 5 THE BoTOUgh of Wanstead and Woodlord Essex, (pop. 00.000 is to spend L165 on 'a portrait in oils ol its greatest M,n Sir Winston Churchill. Freeman ol i he borough and M.P lor Woodford. But the decision to pay for it through the155 words
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Article268 1956-01-19 5 PINT-SIZE OFFICES WILL NOT TAKE QUART OF WORK ADDRESSING about 100 postal employees at the presentation of a trophy to Mr. G. H. Mahendran. postmaster of Pasir Panjang, Mr. M. L. Durrani, Singapore's Director of Posts, said: "We are trying to get a quart of268 words
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Advertisement86 1956-01-19 5 lIT GIFTS of Silver E.P.N.S. Ware 1 FOR THE HOUSE.... TEA COFFEE SETS ENTREE DISHES OVENPROOF CASSEROLE DISHES CAKE BASKETS SALVERS SAUCE BOATS, etc. LANKA JEWELLERS, (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) ■JZO. BATTERY ROAD, SINCAPORE-1. PHONE ***** Tailoring j .1 SI IT IS MX OF TO FIT. We make no86 words
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Miscellaneous569 1956-01-19 6 Vl WIHl AKI by Loe FaJfk and >MlJl^ 7u^^^jj^ j I i| Wucy uAVFN'T TIME TO FIND OUT- 1 I>4 'DOGFIGHT' ATOP THE MESA- V^nr^f^nOHT^' < >?STw/Sv6PMc:^S7^7&P-- WITH THE GANG'S BOSS WATCHING V FIGHT, FI&HU/ imbUk)Us Jna T It7a BIG METAL BOX -LEAoN EMMA SAFE DISTANCE! t B want to569 words
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Article207 1956-01-19 7 LONDON, Jan. 18. "SEL N p° t l RSS Cjf 32^u°y"s 32%tfyers im^IJS? n f 1 J nn r 7 32 H sellers 33 sellers R I BBER No. 1 RSS cl.f. 32 buyers 32% buyers European Ports February 32 >4 sellers 32 sellers R I BBER207 words
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Article105 1956-01-19 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 104 50 nom. 105.00 nom. TIN futures January 102.05 bid 103.25 bid 104.00 asked 104.25 asked February 101.00 bid 102.50 bid ***** asked 103 50 asked March 100.00 bid 102 25 bid 101 50 asked 102.75105 words
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Article42 1956-01-19 7 Malabar. I-impong spot 34-. twaitlng release 34. afloats 33 4 to 33. Jan. 33 Malabar Jan. Mar. 32' Sarawak spot and awaiting release 31. afloats MM to 30. Jan. 30. Sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.42 words
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Article39 1956-01-19 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Previous Today 3u Indu-strials 477.73 472.89 M Railroad* 158 69 156 84 m Domestic Bonds 98 76 98 74 15 Militirs 63 6 8 63.71 tit Stocks Composite Average 169.03 167 5339 words
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Article106 1956-01-19 7 lan. 18. (OPRA Philippines c.i.f. IR/ p rev ious Today North F.uropean delivered weight per lon* ton Feb. Mar. J75 xllen $174 seUer& COFBA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk per ton Unquoted Unquoted (OrRA Straits cJi. UK/North Furopean delivered weight per lon* ton Jan. Feb. £64\106 words
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Article237 1956-01-19 7 Most popular names? John, Ann THE dilemma faces every parent-to-be. What shall we call the baby? John or Ann was last year's majority vote by the parents who advertised their "happy events" on the front page of The Times Stephen and Susan were the most frequently recorded by the Registrar237 words
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205 1956-01-19 7 from all over the world listened at a London Press conference to a new attack on the Imperialist English. Not from India now, not from Africa, not from Cyprus— but from Wales. For this was Plaid Cymru— the Welsh Nationalist Party— come to205 words
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Article41 1956-01-19 7 The V.M.C.A. might face I slow extinction, Sir Frank Willis, who has just retired jas general secretary of the I National Council of V.M.- C.A.s, said m Leicester. He was concerned by the lack of young men joining.41 words
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Article73 1956-01-19 7 A HOUSEWIFE stole a dress from a shop. But when she got it home she found it did not fit so she took it back and stole another. On the second visit she was seen by a store detective. It was stated at Nottingham. And73 words
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101 1956-01-19 7 John Bull smoked and ate much more BRITAIN spent a recorc amount on food anc 1 tobacco during the third quarter of last year. For tobacco the total was £234 million, a steady increase from £201 million m the Ant three months and £211 million m the second. For food101 words
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Article137 1956-01-19 7 Scientists are one step nearer BRITISH scientists have discovered how to transplant living organs— such as skin grafts— from one animal to another. The news— just announced —has immense medical possibilities. It brings scientists one step nearer their ultimate goal— to give humans new glands, kidneys or hearts to replace137 words
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Article85 1956-01-19 7 HOUSEWIVES m Britain were thanked by five big wholesale grocers for helping to stop speculators bumping up the price of food. The wholesalers were answering questions on food prices for their trade association—the National Federation of Wholesale Grocers. Colonel A. A. Johnson, chairman of the federation, said:85 words
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Article44 1956-01-19 7 Building la to continue on the two new shops canterbury planning committer wanted to pull down for road-widening. The city council at a private meeting, rejected the committee's recommendation. It included a proposal to pay fi 10,000 comycnsallou.44 words
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Advertisement74 1956-01-19 7 SINGAPORE BAGGAGE G3, The Arcade, Singapore. Tel: *****/3 Lines IN ASSOCIATION WITH SINGAPORE PACKING COMPANY LIMITED. Wedding Pictures Make arrangements NOW for your photographs to be taken hy a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2boo or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPT. 1 10.1 1(> Cecil Sirrcl Singapore This service74 words
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Miscellaneous47 1956-01-19 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY IM p.m. TOMOUOW: 2 56 a.m. and 3.1)9 p.m. s\ll KDAY: :t.:!4 a.m. and 4.10 p.m. SUNDAY: 4.20 a.m. and 5.35 p.m. MONDAY: 5.19 a.m. and 7.44 p.m. TUESDAY: G. 34 a.m. and 9..»8 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 7.5 6 a.m. and 10 !7 p.m.47 words
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Article1353 1956-01-19 8 LESLIE READE - MAN on a LEDGE LESLIE READE by THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES For eleven hours he kept all New York m a state of horrified suspense. And then... mm ABOUT quarter to twelve on Tuesday, July 26, 1938, Patrolman Robert Divine, on traffic duty at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street m1,353 words
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Article, Illustration193 1956-01-19 8 AN Italian Parliamentary Commission BtX up to investigate beauty contests has given them its unqualified approval. In post-war years Italian beauty contests have produced such lovelies as Gina Lollabrigida, Sophia Loren and Silvana Mangano. Recently, however, a killioy Italian senator declared beauty contests were immoral and should193 words
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Article329 1956-01-19 9 THE OH, SO SERIOUS CASE OF JEAN rpHE chairman of the magistrates looked sternly at the man accused. They would, he said, "express the gravity of his offences by a fine." The trouble was that Sidney Rowley's 13-year-old daughter Jean had been serving petrol. And that fas everyone knows) is329 words
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Article49 1956-01-19 9 Miss Jean lietcalfe, BBC. announcer, is expecting her first child m May. She married Cliff \iichelmore m 1950. after a radio courtship when Mr. Michelmore was compering the Hamburg end of the record request programme "Two-Way Family Favourites." and she was compering the London ends.49 words
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Article45 1956-01-19 9 1 956 Peter meets Peter of 1906 This year's Peter Pan. Peggy Cummins, gave a tea party m her dressing-room after the Scala Theatre matinee to the Peter Pan of 1906-13. the American Pauline Chase, now retired from the stage and living at Tonbridge. Kent.45 words
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250 1956-01-19 9 Mothers go on strike, start pirate school A 30- YEAR-OLD foreman's wife one of 12 mothers staging a "keep our children away from school" strike turned the front room of her Rotherham, Yorks, home into a classroom. The mothers refused to send their children— all aged seven or under— by250 words
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Article20 1956-01-19 9 Frenchmen spend on clothes £57 for every £43 spent by women, according to the French Institute of Statisticians.20 words
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Article222 1956-01-19 9 Now Harry knows army has a heart T'HE commanding officer x heard the evidence. No doubt about it, Private Harry Crutchley was guilty of being absent without leave. Major Leslie Simmonds sternly sentenced him to be admonished. Then he handed the 19--year-old National Service man a seven-day compassionate leave pass.222 words
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160 1956-01-19 9 THIRTY girls were working on the top two floors of a Halifax rug firm. Then one *irl after another began to stagger and fall. Nineteen of them— aged between l<i aji 30-lay unconscious. Others who went to help coughed and spluttered. Ambulances160 words
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Article, Illustration100 1956-01-19 9 r Dame Margot Fonteyn. the famous ballerina, visited the opening of the exhibition of picture^ by I Nigerian students ot the Government Training: Col- lege at Ibadan, Western Nigeria. Sir Mortimer Wheeler, the noted archaeologist. opened the exhibition, which is being held at the officesPopper - 100 words
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Article274 1956-01-19 9 TH E Recorder of Brighton told the father of a 14-year-old boy: If I could order your boy to be birched I would. Unfortunately I can't. That was the view of Mr Charles J. A. Doughty —Eton, Oxford, ex-officer of the Coldstream Guards and Conservative274 words
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Advertisement74 1956-01-19 9 Silvo shines as it cleans ..mmmmm A% v 8 I AM Wm\i it MwWj Shining shimmering stiver and platle can be yours if you use Silvo. In a twinkling Sllyo gives a high fjkm polish that really ?r^kl«%nd because it is mad. from the finest. gentlest SSdlenU. It is completely74 words
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Article, Illustration180 1956-01-19 10 FOR LAUGHS-THERE WAS OUR OWN 'CHARLIE CHAPLIN' rrHERE was plenty of fun and laughter by the 'stars on Parade" at the talentime and vaudeville show held at the Badminton For example, there was Singapore's "Charlie Chaplin" (left) who gave the audience an uproarious ten minutes The comedian was Radin Sudiro,180 words
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Article, Illustration327 1956-01-19 11 Where there's com c d v there s Johtanny Tan. Now what do you think hv\ doing m thosr amah's clothes? Why. he's doing a Hanbo called Oh m y amah. N o (astinets for Johtanny. but a pair of clous knocked together t o327 words
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Article, Illustration627 1956-01-19 12 Voice tuner prefers 'the rich rumble of the moors' WHEN Vivien Leigh needs some "undertones" to play Cleopatra, Anna Massey fancies an "increased range," Kay Hammond decides that a tongue-in-the-cheek drawl is not the thing for Liza Doolittle and Dame Edith Evans feels that627 words
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584 1956-01-19 12 Motorists rebelled at traffic lights BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT REPORT FROM A CITY OF DASHING OLD CROCKS A COLOSSAL car shortage has flavoured Buenos Aires with the nostalgia of an old-time movie set. Ancient automobiles chug along streets and boulevards. Heightening the atmosphere of uninhibited years gone by is theA.P. - 584 words
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415 1956-01-19 12 STARS UNITE TO BEAT THE SCANDAL WRITERS UOLLYWOOD stars are joining forces m a no-holds-barred campaign to end scandal attacks which certain sensational magazines are making on them. Week after week these magazines publish highlycoloured stories, claiming to be the truth about their private lives. And now the film people415 words
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717 1956-01-19 13 NORMAN KING - Their car-making to like their driving NORMAN KING says THEY make cars m France the same way as they drive them fast and dangerously. My attention was drawn sharply to the safety problem within a few minutes of my arriving at the Renault factory at Billancourt, near Paris a red-hot717 words
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Article, Illustration16 1956-01-19 13 I Film actress larsaa Lewis treats this emerald green dinner hat combined u'tb P^lc pink ro.es.16 words
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286 1956-01-19 13 These crashes serve a good purpose AMERICAN manufacturers are deliberately crashing scores of brand new cars m the greatest campaign ever waged to determine the design for the safe vehicle of the future, m which passengers can escape injury even though their cars are left m rum. What to do286 words
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Article, Illustration25 1956-01-19 13 picture. Straight from Paris comes this topper cloche named "I>ruminer Boy m minky brown peachbloom. The hi«h crown is trimmed with contrasting natural grosgrain. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article126 1956-01-19 13 MOTOR VEHICLE fatalities m the United States m 1955 resulted m some 3,000 more life insurance death claims than the year before, with US$lO,OOO,OOO more being paid out by the life companies for these claims, according to the Institute of Life Insurance m New York. Preliminary126 words
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Article, Illustration1827 1956-01-19 14 J. CLIFFORD KING - J. CLIFFORD KING by j AITHOR of A Place To Hide and Two Shadows E E Pass, J. Clifford King; likes —to travel. In passing, to E E keep alive, he has anionic other things helped to build E a children's village m E E France and1,827 words
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Advertisement31 1956-01-19 14 DID yesterday's story "TEMPERANCE TALK," by Jim Phelan actually happen? The answer is: YES. Fimtiminr I R£MOVALS\m bnmiuiiC phone < TRANSPORT STORAGE LTO. 0 J I 111 CECIL STREET SIIIAPIRE rsusik j31 words
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Article, Illustration1364 1956-01-19 15 LEONARD MOSLEY - JUST GIVE ME WAYWARD HAYWARD LEONARD MOSLEY by You can keep Anita! (ABLE from London to Leonard Mosley m HollyI niIIHIIIHIIMIIIIIIMIIIII Ml Mill Mill *****1111 11 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 11l I 111 1 1 1 1 1 11,364 words
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Article, Illustration340 1956-01-19 15 Both si.irs valeerekk North-South bO on neonNorth deafer All 17 AST'S one no-trump trifle shabby, but the pari More situation influenced his bid. A double of one heart would have called for I spade bid from West, and Since that was the suit hast prepared to support, and340 words
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Miscellaneous238 1956-01-19 16 ____JSI B&__JII HH pMH BS^M— j mm~~~mA\ H fl fl mW ■Wt fl I Jfl jl fl fl H___JHL__JsSL M CLUES ACROSS 4 With regard to the country 1 A beer can for a change ln France l 6) (11 j 5 Tell of two artists back to 8 Haunts238 words
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265 1956-01-19 17 That ghost just walked right through IT was a scene for "Forever, Darling," Lucille Ball was being psychoanalysed. As you know, her "angel" m the script is James Mason and a number of hilarious scenes occur when Lucy tries to explain to Desi Arnaz, Louis Calhern and the rest of265 words
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Article, Illustration576 1956-01-19 17 DAVID LEWIN - DAVID LEWIN says make 'most exciting chemistry ORETTY exciting chemistry. what! Hope plus Hepburn," tid Bob Hope. 'Katharine Hepburn md I m a picturehat's pretty unusual." It is. They were shoot rig together for the first lime m their new film, Not For Money." now being made576 words
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Article85 1956-01-19 17 It's part of Norman 's wisdom >TORMAN WISDOM is one of the personalities featured m the Press who give their formula for saving an extra hour every day. Norman's secret: Snatching five minutes' sleep he's not wanted on the set or on the stage. He often works an 18--hour day—85 words
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Advertisement81 1956-01-19 17 ZZ*M mmmmiXX S _^B m S k9s wmmmmnr VI -A k 1 I t^MIH |The weekly Issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be§ Jsent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom^ at an inclusive rate of g I $24.00 1 FOR SIX MONTHS M you want the81 words
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403 1956-01-19 18 HAROLD MAYES - Heavyweight title 'pep' move in Britain two years too late HAROLD MAYES says rS the States they always say that any promoter is as great as the heavyweight champion he controls. Tex Riekard had his Jack Dempsey, Mike Jacobs his Joe Louis and Jim Norris has been fortunate enough to403 words
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Article73 1956-01-19 18 FLYING WING yesterday j beat Supply Wing 5-0 toj .yin the RAF Seletar seven-' *-side rugby competition.! Winger Russell scored a try' n the closing minutes and converted it himself. In the *emi-nnals Flying j Wing beat Engineering Wing 6-3, Russell scoring two tries to73 words
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Article, Illustration449 1956-01-19 18 AGA KHAN SIRES TOP U.S. LIST He sold them for a mere £50,000 NASRULLAH 1, 11 Khaled 2, Alibhai S. ...that is the Ist -money official list for sires m America during 1955 and this honoursroll all dates back to a London dinner party some*3s years ago. Nasrullah, Khaled, and449 words
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194 1956-01-19 18 WEARY drivers m muddy and, m many cases, battered cars, arrived m Paris last night to complete the first part of the Monte Carlo Rally, the world's most gruelling motoring event. After surviving the hazards of fog, rain, ice and snow alongReuter - 194 words
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82 1956-01-19 18 MOTHER OF TWO TOOK A DIVE— 270 FT. DOWN BARBARA JACOBS, pretty brunette house- wife from Indianapolis. Indiana, dived 270 ft. down into thp Atlantic Ocean yesterday and claimed an unofficial world's depth record for women. "I felt a little giddy," the 33-year-old mother of two said when she returned82 words
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208 1956-01-19 18 rpilh Australian Olympics Committee has told Russia that the Australian Government has no objei lions t«. Soviet participation m this year's Olympic Games at Mcl bourne despite the fact the two countries do not have diplomatic relations. This was announced by MrReuter - 208 words
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Article, Illustration30 1956-01-19 18 photo. ITALIAN speed skater Citterio goes at top speed across the Ice during one of his training sessions at Cortina, i Popper Italy, as he prepares for the winter uiympicsPopper - 30 words
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Article38 1956-01-19 18 ANTON MURRAY, 34. year-old Springbok allrounder, has annou hi.s retirement from class cricket. He toured England bet year and was m the South African side that visited Ausr .ud New Zealand m 1952-53.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article, Illustration750 1956-01-19 19 yi AXING his first appearance on a Malayan racecourse, 1?1 The Wizard (late Comanche) gave a delightful sprinting performance to whip his rivals hy six lengths up the straight sf. at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the JanuaryFree Press - 750 words
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Article51 1956-01-19 19 Rose (17) sets world swim record MIRKW bosk, n-year-old Australian swimmer, beat the world 880 yds. freestyle record m Sydney yesterday, with a time of 9 mm. 34. 3 see. Tbis clipped 3.2 SCO. off the record of I mm. 37.5 s«« vet hv Australian John Marshall In July. 15*50.-Reuter - 51 words
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Article192 1956-01-19 19 THE M.C.C. who meet Pakistan m the unofficial firs Test m Lahore tomorrow, drew their three-day gann against Combined I'niversities yesterday. In spit,, of a gallant eighth-wicket stand of 79 1 betwt i q Alan Watkins and Fred Tltmus, the M.C.C. cone first InningsReuter - 192 words
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Article126 1956-01-19 19 Lindwall's XI in narrow victory RAY Undwall'8 XI beat Inn Johnson's team by tw wickets with only two ire in an exciting finish to the MaileyTaylcr testimonial match in 'Sydney yesterday. Johnson made a sporting laratlon. leaving his op ,-nts to make 228 in three hours to win. Llndwall's XIReuter - 126 words
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117 1956-01-19 19 AUSTRALIA'S cricket selectors nov. .we "fairly clear" views about 15 contenders for the 17 places in the term, to tour Eng•nnd this year, Kevin Hogan wrote in yesterday's Melbourne Sun Pk tori.il. They made up their minds after watching the Mailey-Taylor .r.onial matchReuter - 117 words
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Article37 1956-01-19 19 rPONY TRABERT rallied In the third set m Kentucky to score his second straight pro:..il exhibition term; ton over Pancho Oontalf, his sixth m 18 matches, during the current our. He won 6-4. 6-3.37 words
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Article124 1956-01-19 19 NO. 14 Squadron R.N Z beat RKMH. by 14 p.Mnt. (goal, P- nalty and 1 two tries) to nil m a rugby match at Tengah yesterday Mclntyre scored for the airmen when he snapped up a loose ball on Lh c R.E.M.E. 25 Ward's kick124 words
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Article22 1956-01-19 19 Alexandra Football Team beat RN. Kranji 1-0 m a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Storing through Derek Barrass.22 words
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Advertisement26 1956-01-19 19 CCEAN PARK| HOTEL'S < FAMOUS QUINTETS tf Ace Band of Singapore SS SS with LI MISS SALOMA << the Malay "Marilyn Monroe" 000 Rinjr ***** for Table Reservations.26 words
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302 1956-01-19 20 FINAL WORKOUTS FOR SATURDAY S RACES RICKY, a first day winner, ran a smart trial on the training track at Ipoh this morning:. Paced by Good Manners, he ran 3f. m 38 finishing well ahead of his galloping companion. There was some excitement302 words
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Article356 1956-01-19 20 vv 'EIGHTS for all eight races on j Saturday, last day of j the Perak Turf j Club's January Meeting are: CL. 4, DIV. I— 6F. Flaxley Grfvn 9.00 i Scholarship 8.13 Motion Picture II 8.10 Tarzan 8.09 Marcelle 8.08 Ricky 8.07 Brown Eyes 8.07 Holiday356 words
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160 1956-01-19 20 SANDERSON CUP A stirring struggle is promised on Jan. 25, when No 14 Squadron. Royal New Zealand Air Force (Tengah) and Royal Air Force (Butterworth) meet m the final of the Sanderson Cup. Changi has been selected as the venue for this rugby "plum."160 words
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Article102 1956-01-19 20 ROYAL Island Club golf results: Police Cup: After 36 holes I stroke play F. Hirst and D. C. 1 Wright both returned a net score of 148. On the re-play F. Hirst won with a 73 against D. C. I Wrights 83 Lady Captain's Prize: The win-102 words
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Article, Illustration145 1956-01-19 20 MANKAD'S RARE 'DOUBLE' VINOO Mankad, Indian Test all-rounder, has joined the select band of cricketers who have scored over 2.000 runs and taken more than 100 wickets in Test cricket. Mankad, who showed good form against New Zealand in the series just completed, has scored 2,002 runs and taken 147Reuter - 145 words
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461 1956-01-19 20 FORMER England cricket capUm Len h t Monday announced his retirement from first class cricket, told an audience of millions m a television interlew last night that the man he would like to see succeed him as England's openingReuter - 461 words
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Article111 1956-01-19 20 THERE will be eight races a day at the Singapore Turf Club January-February Meeting on Jan. 28, Feb. 1 and 4. First race on day starts at 2.15 p.m. The schedule of racing is: FIRST DAY: Class 2, Div. 1 and 2— IM. Class 3.111 words
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Miscellaneous15 1956-01-19 20 "today's" "sport HOC KEY S.H.A. Trial, padang: Friendly: Latiff Wanderer-, v. Dutch Club. Farrer Park.15 words
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