The Singapore Free Press, 30 January 1956

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Monday, January 30. 1956. Price 15Cts
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  • 369 1 1 ,000 TRAPPED IN BLAZING HALL Children are crushed m panic dash for window LMKEAIEN last night were fighting desperately to rescue about 1,000 panic-stricken people trapped inside a blazing public hall m Baltimore. Flames blocked the main front entrance and the rear doors were jammed. Only a few people
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  • 81 1 Police fire on mob in Bombay I>OLICE opened Hr c on a group of people who threw stones at them last night m central Bombay, wounding two of them. Fifteen people were into custody. This Is t.h* first major Incident m Bombay since last Monday when the city returned to
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  • 35 1 The tempo of Malaya's independence talks with Britain will be stepped up m London today, for much work remalnj to be done before TVngku Abdul Rahman and his delegation can return home.- Reuter
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  • 23 1 Mr. Dag Hammar.skjoeld, Secretary-General of the United Nations, flew into Karachi yesterday on a three-day official visit to Pakistan.- Reuter
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  • 18 1 Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia will leave Pnom Penh tomorrow for an official visit to Manila.
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  • 27 1 Mr. Henry L. Mencken. 'The Sage of Baltimore." a famous American man of letters and critic, died m his sleep early today. He 75.
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  • 129 1 AMASS meeting is being planned m Singapore to give a grand send-off to tha Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and his Labour Front colleagues before they leave for London constitutional talks m Api il. The leaden will seek a mandate from Uie people at the meeting.
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  • 168 1 FLOODS AT BEDOK RISING And still more rain today (CONTINUOUS showers last night caused the flood waters to rise again at the Bedok resettlement area, Singapore. About 250 people are still sheltering m the Bedok Boys' School. Occasional light showers arc expected today and more flooding is feared at the
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  • 134 1 12 arrests today at Naval Base SINGAPORE police arrested 12 Naval Base strikers outside the Woodlands Gate this morning following alleged attempts to obstruct a van takinc contract labourers for work. Naval police were on patrol inside the gate. The secretary of the Naval Base Labour Union, Mr. S. Woodhull,
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  • 65 1 RHEE'S SPY CHIEF IS MURDERED The chief of South Korea's Counter-Intelligence Corps, Major Gen. Kirn Chang Young, was assassinated this morning near his home m Seoul South Korean President Syngman Rhee rushed to the hospital when he was informed of the shooting. Kirn, one of Rhee's most trusted advisors and
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  • 45 1 OUTER Mongolia has applied lor membership of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE>. it was learned m Bangalore yesterday. Its application is likely to come up before ECAFE'S 12th session beginning there on Thursday.
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  • 20 1 An Afghanistan press release yesterday said 'flying saucers" have been seen over various parts of Afghanistan recently. U.P.
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  • 57 1 There were 163 ships idle m Australia's ports yesterday, a sugar shortage m Tasmania, a sugar surplus m Queensland, 40,000 tons of coal banked at Newcastle and $204,000,000 worth of wool awaiting shipment at various ports, as a result of the Australian dock strike. The strike
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  • 49 1 Tokyo Rose, the softvoiced Japanese propagandist of World War 11, will fight the U.S. Government's attempt to deport her, her brother said In Chicago yesterday. Ro.se.— Mrs. Iva Toguri d'Aquino, 39 was released on parole on Saturday from a 10-year sentence for treason. U. P.
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  • 27 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened quietly this morning with first grade, February shipment, at $I.NH' 2 a lb.. half a cent below Saturday's closing price.
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  • 146 1 TOP JOBS OPEN TO TEACHERS NORMAL trained teachers m Singapore can now compete for top jobs m the Unified Education Service. An Education Ministry spokesman said this temporary concession hB d been given because there were not enough certificated or graduate teachers to fill senior appointments m the service. Among
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  • 29 1 Chinese Nationalist guerilla units landed at Pingtan. on Haitan island, on Saturday and captured one Chinese Communist soldier, it was stated m Taipeh yesterday. Reuter
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  • 331 2 OFFICIALS m London yesterday expressed absolute agreement with President Eisenhower's action m turning down Marshal Nikolai Bulganin's offer of a 20-year friendship treaty with the Tnited States. There was wholehearted support for his view that it Is a change of spirit that the
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  • 88 2 rriHE United States governJL ment. according to authoritative Washington sources, feels that the terms of President Eisenhower's reply to Marshal Bulganin's treaty offer gives Russia an oportunity, if it desires to take it, of dealing constructively with certain specific problems which are at the root of
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  • 59 2 SIXTY farmer families are now housed temporarily m the Bedok School following floods which has again hit the resettlement area. The school, closed for two days, is now a relief centre. Here mothers and children are seen having their lunch m the tuck shop yesterday. The
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  • 119 2 MY PRIMARY CONCERN IF ELECTED PREMIER FRENCH Premier-designate Guy Mollet said m Paris last night that he planned to go to guerilla- ravaged Algeria within a short time if the National Assembly confirms him m office. Asked about the Algerian trip Mollet said: "That will be
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  • 84 2 PARTY SACKS FORMER RED PREMIER IX)RMER Premier Imre r Nagy has been expelled from the Communist Hungarian Worker's Party, according to reliable sources m Budapest. This was seen to have cleared away the last serious opposition m the party to Matyas Rakosi, the Party "s Arst secretary. Nothing had been
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  • 114 2 A BATTALION of the French Foreign Legion <* and some 300 rebels of the terrorist "Army of Allah" waged a bloody hand-to-hand battle on Saturday night m the rugged Riff Mountains. French officials at Rabat, Morocco, reported yesterday. They said 40 rebels and 18
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  • 47 2 Nearly 200 industrialists, trade union leaders and social scientists from Westtern European countries met m Rome yesterday to plan ways of smoothing out labour relations m factories and to prevent loss of millions of man days of work each year. Reuter
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  • 18 2 The death toll of avalanche victims m the Austrain Alps this winter Ls now 26. U.P.
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  • 132 2 MR. NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister yesterday appealed for "fresh thinking on the basis, essentially, of live and let live coexistence." He said this m a filmed interview televised over the National Broadcasting Company's network In New York. [ntervlewed by Mr. Chester Bowles, former
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  • 24 2 The New York Herald Tribune m a front page editorial yesterday urped President Eisenhower to stand for a second term. Reuter
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  • 140 3 Alarmist rumours about Taj Mahal officially denied rpllh Indian Government yesterday described as 'alarmist JL rumours" widespread reports that the Taj Mahal, the famous white marble 17th century mausoleum at Agra, was m an unsound condition. *v J he Ta^ Mahal considered by many people to be the finest example
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  • 106 3 IjXDUR people were killed yesterday m a rainstorm that converted streets into canals and forced closure of the harbour and airport at Alexandria, to International .sea and air navigation. Howling, cold winds from the Russian steppes poured Water on the city and toppled
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  • 33 3 The Queen has approved the extension ol the term of office of Lieutenant Gneral Sir Charles Gairdner ftfl governor oi Western Australia for a further five years from November 6. Reuter
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  • 32 3 A Lebanese miiiitary court h;us .sentenced one man to life Imprisonment and two others to terms on chargi 3 of spying for Israel, it was reported In Beirut yesterday. U.P.
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  • 27 3 The Japanese colour film 'Golden Demon" which won tiif grand prize at the South-East Asian festival had its American premiere m New York yesterday. Reuter
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  • 70 3 Margaret has 'secret' portrait in her room A "SECRET" painting has been made showing Pr Margaret m a flaming-rod dress, the artist who executed it said m London yesterday. Edward Seago said he considers the Royal portr.iit one of his finest works. The portrait, which has never been displayed publicly.
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  • 400 3 Teachers' Union hits at 'one principal for two schools' system SEVERAL school principals have resigned from the Singapore Teachers' Union over a dispute regarding the Government's appointment of one head for two sessions of a school. The union says m the first issue of the "Forum" which
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    41 3 Mr. and Mrs. Abraham tzekiel at a reception alter their marriage at the Ma^hain Aboth Synagogaei Singapore, yesterday. Mi. Eiekiel is clerk m the Chief Secretary's Office while Mrs. EiekieL formerly Miss s>hil Simon, is typist m the Public Works Department.
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  • 162 3 The battles in Malaya may win honours r>RITISH and Cunmon--13 wealth regiments which fought m Malaya m the last war may soon be able to add the names of these engagements to their battle honours. The War Office has announced that nearly I.UOO battle honours charting the defeats and victories
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  • 154 3 WHEN the troopship Em- 1 pire Fowey docked at Southampton last night she was short of two passengers who embarked at Hong Kon£. Sgt. Daniel Young. 34, of the 14th Field Regiment R.A., joined the ship for the homeward journey with his write, Kathleen
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    • 25 3 SALE From Monday 30th January to Saturday 4th February. Town Country Dress Salon: Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place Boutique: Corner of High St. North Bridge Rd.
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    • 34 3 Gift for DAD American Shirt Pure Silk Ties English American or Swiss Crease resist Washable Smart Looking ONLY EXCLUSIVE MEN S SHOP 81. High Street. Tel: *****. m'%^ 1 "W wowioverf A\IKIAOTO CULTURED PEARLS
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 30, 1956. Opinion
    • 119 4 THE Marshall Government's decision to present the Kallang terminal building and 13 acres adjoining it the Singapore Sports Centre, an outright gift worth $2,500,000, has rightly been received with wide acclamation. It is an investment m Singapore's youth, aimed at improved health and characterbuilding. Sports officials, rightly,
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    • 72 4 YfOSCOW has offered ITI a 20-year friendship treaty to the United States, not so much for friendship's sake as to drive a wedge between United States and her antiCommunist allies. Russia's treaty-making m the past 15 years has not created any confidence. President Eisenhower, m his prompt
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  • 1256 4  - Something can be done about those H-bombs ANDREW McKENZIE by THE explosion of a single hydrogen bomb m a country the size of Great Britain, terrible though it would be, would not cause total devastation. And much could be done to keep the casualties down. Those are the reassuring conclusions
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  • 1186 5 A LARGE group of University of Malaya students are members of the Malayan Christian Council, which is making an important contribution to the community. These young people, under the leadership of their warden, Mr. Fred Karat, are accomplishing the challenging task of unifying all Christian faiths at the
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    • 198 5 I LAST 2 WEEKS CHINESE NEW YEAR. SHOPPING MEN'S WEAR LADIES WEAR Reversible Ties Can Can Petticoats Nylon Card.gans SS 6,-ocaae Silk Ties Nylon Tricot Pyjamas Nylon Swim Suits tt Shantong Ties p rf PiyamQs S.lk Dressing Gowns SS Perlon Ties 5,1k Pyjamas << Nylon Stretches Socks Nylon Pleated Skirts-
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  • 563 12  -  Earnest Hoberecht You CAN buy one but and it is the 'but 9 that makes them so different »y lET S settle this J Geisha thing once and for all. Are Geisha tfirls prostitutes? No! Can you "buy" a Geisha girl? Yes... Well, then, what does
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  • 638 12 A SUNNY shore, a crowd of bathers, Italian, I French, Spanish, German, Greek. Is it a Mcdi- I terranean beach— or 12,000 miles away m Australia? It could be either, for as this report from Bertram Jones shows, Australia is being deluged
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  • 601 12  -  PAULINE WALTON n» Relics do not need antiquity BRITISH visitors are today tiptoeing reverently round "Mani Bhuvan" Mahatma Gandhi's home m Bombay now open to the public. It was from "Mani Bhuvan" m which he stayed with friends at intervals from 1917-1934, that Gandhi issued many
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  • 703 13 They keep on asking for penicillin says the SINGAPORE DOCTOR ONE reads m the daily press every now and then about deaths caused by an antibiotic, such as penicillin, streptomycin, and others. Medical authorities agree that too many antibiotics are being administered all over the world without any real indication
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    31 13 picture. A mushroomed shaped white ftraw hat with crown of tan taffeta, designed by Madame Claude St. Cm of Paris lor (he spring collection of Dorifner Norman liartucll oi London Popper
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  • 444 13  -  NORMAN LINDHURST by IN the red clay hills of the RhinelandPalatlnate, the United States Army has constructed a gigantic hospital to care for the victims of any nuclear war with Russia m Western Europe. To this vast, ultra-mo-dern medical establishment would flow most of the battlefield casualties
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  • 1369 14  - NO COUPONS for BUTTER A.J. EVANS FK AS a pilot m the art, Alfred John Evans was captured by the Germans m the 1914-18 war but es- raped. He has had many curious encounters with the s German mind ever since. not only when engaped m Intelligence work during the
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  • 442 15  -  Eileen Ascroft i by II mi m If Ulv If 5 iilv Sfreak Look tWT girls are m for a slim spring if the Streak line catches on. John Cavanagh opened London's Big Twelve collections last week with the elegant, though difficult, line. Only the tall, slender
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    35 15 picture. QRO6GEAIM ribbon wings from this tailored ttaMlcal i loche hat m alabaster melusine. The forward brim is stitched and the gros- grain iibl>on bands the narrow crown. For its name, the create- "Promenade." Reuter
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  • 122 15 FOR THAT 'gadabout' GIRL IF you arc a Big Businesswoman ol have hopes of being so one day, than you may be interested m the world's fastest twinengined private 'plane ;ally built for hurried business tycoons. The plane (built by the Aero Design ana Engineering Company. Oklahoma) has a happy
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  • 99 15  -  Anne Sharpley I MUST challenge one of the world's no lon eligible bachelors on hLs opinion of women wi t h large fi Prince Rainier, of newly I tress Grace Kelly, declan I could r ha woman with bit; ut characWr." Few will disagree with this about
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  • 133 15 Picked clothes that flattered figures .^STAIIMKVSK^ THERE a fashion lesson for every woman m the wardrobes' of the three young British starlets who llew from Britain off to attend the Helsinki Film Festival. AH ignored current fashion trends and chose instead clothes that flattered their figures, with fitted waists, decorative
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  • 876 16 MIND 'THE WAVE' in this BATHROOM The Hoover Knight warns WILLIAM MiimiiimiinuiHi limn MMtmi H HMiiiiimiiii HICKEY iiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiitiiitiiimiii' I MUST show you my bathroom before you go," said Sir Charles Colston, the man who made Hoover's what it is. "I refused to have it altered," said Mr. Charles as he
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  • 238 16 VISITORS to Monte Carlo seldom give a white yacht, anchored m Bay a second glance. It looks like most of the rich owners' vessels visiting the famous gambling resort. But for those who have the food fortune to go aboard, it is filled with a richness that only
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 408 16 WX-'y-'- m '^i'Svir'. s*Xvkt-*vWwX-.'.-. •'•'•XWK'av.- .'ilViJiPMffW' «v. ■<•■•■■ to make an important telel.ouk onl> at the North-South g raru> last West vulnerable »«t P l^'^ th kin S of >«>nth dealer on the first trick. You ducked. NORTH and he continued with the ten- •43 spot How would you plan
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    • 257 16 -~~-\mm Lmh ■■mHwBtTT"^ 1 CLUES ACROSS 7 Such a burden is no reversal 1 Scrounge m the bath? (6). to 4) -8 How a musical instrument 10 Subtraction made at 221 b. may groan? (5). Baker Street? (9>. 0 The editor is behind the 12 Sounds like lines of billiards
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  • 678 17  -  HAROLD HEFFERNAN V&tt&Z She 9 s glad it's all over now WHEN her fans view a frightened, shivering Lana Turner clinging to Richard Burton m a safari scene m "The Rains of Ranchipur," they'll probably say, "...what a fine piece of acting." Actually, while Lana is
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  • 356 17 Pop decrees mama should STAY HOME URSULA THIESS' latest film may be her last. The reason: She is also the wife of Robert Taylor and mother of his six-month-old son. Terence. And papa says mama should stay home. Miss Thiess just finished "Bandido" with Robert Mitchum. She pronounces her name
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  • 52 17 S F|IRECTING his wife, < < MJ June Allyson, m "It 5 Happened One Night." < < Dick Powell lost patience j > the other day, did a < < little screaming m her J > direction. "Darlinff," she sternly J S reminded her spouse, < "remember
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    • 38 17 Wedding Pictures Make arrangements NOW for your photographs to he taken by a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPT. 1 10-146 Cecil Street Singapore This service is only available m Singapore
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  • 252 18 I>AF Changi won the team championship at the RAF Malaya and Singapore novices boxing championships at Changi last Thursday. Butterworth and Seletar shared second place and a joint third were Kuala Lumpur and Tengah. For novices, the standard of boxing was good and there were an abundant
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  • 83 18 JAROSLAV Drobny (Egypt), the 1954 Wimbledon champion, and Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, the 1955 runner-up, were beaten m the men's doubles final m the Scandinavian lawn tennis championships m Stockholm on Saturday. The title went to Budge Patty and Hugh Stewart (United States), who won
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  • 1365 19  -  ALLAN LEWIS By i^ARNET BOI'GOI'KK who returned from holidaying m VI Australia on Thursday, was soon amongst the winners again at Bukit Tiniah. On Saturday he rode three. SECURITY, KOYAL WGIILINGTON II and FLOWER QUEEN. Security who failed at the Ult meeting,
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  • 201 19 tIZAKRO (Ransome) beats Dragon Seed (Larkin) by a length to win the first race. Third is Bajan (Ali) and fourth Copacabana (J. Jones) KOUGHNUT (Leong) beats Perfect Pearl (Mawi) and Cynosure (West) on the rails, to win Race Two. Fourth is Senang Hati (Ransome) and
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  • 366 20 THIS MORNING'S TRACK RE PORT... by ALLAN LEWIS RAMSBURY (Wilson) a Spencer-trained newcomer, revelled m the heavy going at Bukit Timah this morning to run three m 39 3/5. This was easily the best gallop of the morning m conditions which were
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  • 322 20 U.K. SOCCER REVIEW NEWCASTLE, UNITED, the holders, survived a pulsating nine-goal battle with Second Division Club Fulham, to reach the fifth round ol the Football Association on Saturday. A crowd of over 40,000 at Fulham's west London ground saw Newcastle win 5_4 m one of the
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  • 100 20 T EWIS HOAD and Ken Rose- wall won the men's doubles title In the Australian tennis championships m Brisbane on Saturday. They beat Merry n Rose and Don Candy tf)-8. 13-11. 6-4. The Hoad-Rosewall combination was smooth, Hoad being the outstanding player on view, combining severe
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  • 48 20 CENTURIES by Colin McDonald (HO) and Neil Harvey (12b) two Test stars, enabled Victoria to build up a score of 281 for six vickets m Sydney on Saturday when they began" their Sheffield shield game against New South Wales, the trophy holders. Reuter
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  • 519 20 WEIGHTS for the second day of the Singapore Jan. -Feb. meeting on Wednesday Feb. 1, are: Cl.2,Div. 1-6F Cash Cheque 9.00 Distributor 8.12 Pride of Phoenix 8.10 French's Forest 8.09 Avenger 8.08 High Hopes 8.07 Scottish Minstrel »06 Banker Boy 8.05 First Trick 8.04 Programme
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  • 38 20 MR. J. H. Scelcy's Trackmaster beat the favourite Traffic Judge m a photo-finish to win the $155,960 Santa Anita Maurity rac« i over ono and quarter miles m Arcadia. California on Saturday.- Reuter
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    • 31 20 Illllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllfllllllflf TODAY'S SPORT iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimimir rigger S.C.C. "B" v REME, padanff. BOXING Singapore Base District interunit Anchor Cup final: 30 Bn. Royal Army Ordnance Corps v GHQ Signals, S.B.A. Hall. 8 p.m.
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