The Singapore Free Press, 7 February 1955
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Title Section19 1955-02-07 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Mon., Feb. 7. 1955. Price 15 Cts.19 words
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94 1955-02-07 1 A TREMENDOUS explosion felt over an area of several hundred square miles, shook the west coast of New Zealand's South Island yesterday afternoon at the same time as a silver cigar-shaped Object was reported from widely separated points to have been seen in the94 words
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Article42 1955-02-07 1 N ivy ships in British ports i day were dressed overall In honotfr of the third anniversary of the Queen's accession to the Throne. Salutes will be fired from the Tower Of Lone'" 11 mm\A in T-IxrHn Dorlr today.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article32 1955-02-07 1 The World Bank said yesterday In Washington it made loans totalling US$l49,--400,000 in eight countries during the last half of 1954 and received loan repayments amounting to U5559,300,000.— A .P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article33 1955-02-07 1 Two British soldiers were killed in Munster, Germany, yesterday when their car crashed into a tree. Police said the car belonged to a German farmer who had reported it missing.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article, Illustration123 1955-02-07 1 His aim: All-party government THE 63-year-old French conservative ex-premier, Mr. Antoine Pinay, said in Paris last night that he hud accepted the President's invitation to try to form a new government following the defeat of Mr. Mendes-France. He added that he would consult partyReuter - 123 words
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Article57 1955-02-07 1 MR. W. S. Kent-Hughes, Ausilt tral *an Minister of the Inv.,i J_¥ greeted on his arriL a iJ n Ta *Peh yesterday, by the s °f the British National h i m tne nrst time it has officially played in Form2t_d?L n e the Nationalists •^oved57 words
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183 1955-02-07 1 The big pull-out IT'S ALL QUIET IN TACHENS Hush-hush in danger zone NO COMMUNIST activity was reported from the Tachen Islands yesterday as the U.S. 7th Fleet prepared to supervise the evacuation ot Chiang Kai-shek's garrison, estimated at 15,000 men. Hundreds of American carrier-based jet planes are alerted to provide183 words
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Article31 1955-02-07 1 Captain G. C. Forrest who has commanded the 29,734-ton liner Arcadia since Jan. 1954, has been appointed commodore of the Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company.— ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article31 1955-02-07 1 Twenty-one Communists will «o on trial before an Egyptian high military court in Cairo on charges of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime by force. A.PA.P - 31 words
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Article37 1955-02-07 1 Three hundred million Indians five out of every six are unable to read or write. This was disclosed in an analysis of the 1951 census in which India's population was eiven as 360 million.- A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article31 1955-02-07 1 An Indian, M. Shanmugam. living at the 13 1/2 mile, Sembawang Road, Singapore, was stabbed in the back in the yard of an Indian temple in Tank Road yesterday.31 words
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Article25 1955-02-07 1 Singapore police are still investigating the case of the baby girl, Ho Chan Pong, who was scalded at Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital yesterday.25 words
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Article35 1955-02-07 1 a Am destroyed a women's dormitory at the Claflin CoUege for Neg?Ses d af Orangeburg. Carolina. I forcing 164-co-eds to flee into a ireezing cold rainstorm in ttuir night clothes- U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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141 1955-02-07 1 DIPLOMATS in touch with secret British Commonwealth moves to secure a Formosa cease-fire said last night that Chiang Kai-shek's agreement to abandon the Taehen Islands may be the first step towards a truce. Reports in London political quarters said there were also sound diplomatic reasons141 words
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Article16 1955-02-07 1 Bob Crosby, brother of Bing, is seriously ill in Hollywood with pneumonia. A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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93 1955-02-07 1 begins Sweden in secret truce bid? A SWEDISH Foreign Ministry spokesman last night refused to comment on Press reports that the Swedish Embassy in Peking has forwarded to the Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou En-lai proposal for an international conference on Formosa. The spokesman referred inquiries to the United Nations Secretariat.93 words
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Article34 1955-02-07 1 The world premiere of "Assignment Children" depicting work done toy the UN. Children's Fund around the world and starring Danny Kaye will be held in New York on Thursday. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article30 1955-02-07 1 The Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett. pot an 80th birthday present yesterday. Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement88 1955-02-07 1 O HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES 1/016 siotUd not be vjifAourff jjjjjft AI LUNG SYRUP 45* _4^Tl /I &CHEST AILMENTS IMMMW m\ mm Aw AY LINIMENT «W» HEAT fl t Af\ fl. 1 I fl Till VMM the relief of the relief of RHE U UMATtsM MINOR SKIN LUMBAGO IRRITATIONS N S E^R88 words
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306 1955-02-07 2 E II \I I a million CamboE tl rii;u*s so to the polls m today to answer a quesB tion by their king, Noro- (Idiii Sihanouk. E It i>: "Have I kept my E promise to gift >ou total independence'.'" The ans- wor afterA.P. - 306 words
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251 1955-02-07 2 THREAT OF CIVIL WAR IN FREE VIETNAM Rebels are well-armed A SERIOUS threat of civil war in Free Vietnam and the nation-wide elections in Cambodia are a double threat to the anti-Communist cause in South-East Asia. The Vietnamese government of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem faces serious opposition from a group251 words
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271 1955-02-07 2 Rhee hits at 'soft' policy on Reds PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee said in Seoul yesterday that the issue of war or peace in Asia depended on what the United Nations decided to do. "The United Nations still ha.s not reached the decision to resist communist aggression," I he declared. "Tlie momentU.P. - 271 words
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125 1955-02-07 2 U.S. author starts 'Fund for Asia' I James Michener I yesterday announced the establishment of the "Fund for Asia", a non-profit organisation, "as an expression of the concern of the American people for their Asian I friends." i Michener, whose stories of j the South Pacific were made j into125 words
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131 1955-02-07 2 POPE Pius XII told hi.s doctors yesterday he feels strong enough to resume holding papal audiences. Vatican sources said the Pope's physician, Profes.sor Riccardo Galeazzi-Li.si, would consider his request. it was expected that the Pope WOUld be allowed a to hold audiences "in aU.P. - 131 words
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41 1955-02-07 2 P-^SO-NERS ln Brltis b gaols may now decorate their cells with flowers, a Prison Commission memorandum states* No objection need be raised to a visitor occasionally brin_in_ a prisoner some .lowers trom his own garden."41 words
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181 1955-02-07 2 Chinese Reds woo north and south Vietnam pEKING Radio said yesterday that Communist North Vietnam is ready to establish normal relations with the non-Communist south and regards all Vietnam as a unified country. Quoting a statement made on Saturday by Phan Van Bach, the Communist Interior Minister, the radio said181 words
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Article85 1955-02-07 2 DONT BE LED ASTRAY SAYS ADENAUER THE West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, said in a nation-wide broadcast yesterday that he was convinced the fall of the French government would not have an adverse effect on the Paris treaties. The treaties, signed last October, rearm a sovereign West Germany withinReuter - 85 words
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Article38 1955-02-07 2 KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, reported yesterday that it had ordered radar equipment to enable its pilots to see weather conditions ahead and determine themselves if it would be a good idea to change course.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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143 1955-02-07 2 JHE Shah of Persia said _W ft NeW York yesterday that his country stood with the free world against possi™nfH omm, ist a Bgre__ioi? afid Pwaia UP tn th h y i° Ung People of reraia to help make the nation strong.A.P - 143 words
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Article79 1955-02-07 2 SOUTH Africa will become a republic "some time or j other" but will remain in the British Commonwealth Mr. C. R. Swart. South African Deputy Premier said yesterday in London. Mr. Swart, who has been attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference, said on leaving79 words
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33 1955-02-07 2 Vice President Richard Nixon flew to Havana yesterday on the first leg of a 7,500--mile tour designed to reinforce U.S. ties with Central American and Caribbean nations33 words
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Advertisement44 1955-02-07 2 ___B B___ RADIO WE E K LY j INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL Till: BEST L\ BROADCASTING I nil Program met* ilound-t he- World trip The Singing parrat Hadia Posthag Cartoons and Pnaates Picture Section PRICE 30 CENTS FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS ON SALE TODAY44 words
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400 1955-02-07 3 Russian attempt to trap two U.S. officials BEER THROWN IN CAFE INCIDENT UNITED States authorities alleged yesterday that the Russians tried to trap two American officials in a carefully laid plot in a Vienna coffee house by pretending that a high Soviet official wanted to defect to the West. TheU.P. - 400 words
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Article130 1955-02-07 3 MURDERED WANTED TO BE ALONE N attractive young woman AVolloe student was found nin in an apartment near $w Yo*'" Greenwich Village yesterday. The nearly-nude body of *„ne Yarrow aged 24 had been ,d at least 40 times poSd. Detectives called it S, the most brutal murthev had ever seen.A.P - 130 words
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Article112 1955-02-07 3 Coed meets 'Prince Charming' MISS Jo Ann Stork, 20-year-oid University of Illinois co-ed wh< visited Prince Rainler oi Monaco, returned home rday and said she had the prince "most charming." Stork said she had made as a holiday, and that had wanted to visit the becau.se he was the living112 words
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171 1955-02-07 3 Champagne toasts to Princess of Dance BRITAIN'S ballet princess Margot Fonteyn and her wealthy Panamanian husband Roberto Arias flew off to a Nassau honeymoon yesterday after a hectic civil wedding and a lavish champagne reception. The prima ballerina absoluta and her diplomat husband beamed happily at the reception at theA P. - 171 words
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Article180 1955-02-07 3 THE abbot of a Cretan mo- na *^ery, his brother and monk were sentenced to tong prison terms at Canea, yesterday on charges arising from the axe murr ot a monk in his cell a year ago. Thr jury found an attrac-•^-year-olc nun, Sofrol*aReuter - 180 words
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228 1955-02-07 3 'KNEEL DOWN STRIKE' IN J'BURG PLANNED BY 2,000 Africans to fight 'get out' order TWO thousand South 1 African Negroes cheered as leaders yesterday called on them to defend their homes even with their lives against the Nationalist Government plan for resettling them outside Johannesburg. While well-armed police in patrol228 words
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Article134 1955-02-07 3 PRINCESS Margaret arrived yesterday at the lovely sugar and spice island of Grenada in the Windward Islands, the third stop on her month's tour of the British West Indies. Ship sirens, cnurch bells and cheers from the crowd lining the picturesque waterfront greeted the princess asReuter - 134 words
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Advertisement200 1955-02-07 3 Mtlltlljtl's i llttlVi* is of absorbing interest to NEW COMMONWEALTH— the only forward-looking review of all-Commonwealth affairs. Special articles planned for early publication include 1. Singapore's Political Future. 3. The 1955 Malayan Elections. 4. Australia's Role in South-East Asia. In every fortnlf htly issue u Malayan News-Letter spotlights the most200 words
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283 1955-02-07 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Feb, 7, 1955. Opinion Eight weeks to go IyHAT a strange place i.s Singapore! Thc political leaders clamour for independence while thc man in the street shows only apathy. Elections arc only eight weeks away but no one would believe that a major change in283 words
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Article546 1955-02-07 4 N.A. TURKHEIMER - Religious storm in J erusalem N.A. TURKHEIMER Jews are stirred by zealots' fight for a tMcfMf Sabballi by A RELIGIOUS tempest which has seen ultra-orthodox Jews spend their Sabbaths self-confined in Jerusalem "ghettos' 1 is confounding the state of Israel. Clashes bet wren the extreme and more liberal Israelis have546 words
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Article156 1955-02-07 4 IHIE role of the Young Men's Christian Association in Communist China has been the subject of recent discussions in Peking. It was agreed- obviously for piopaganda purposes that "thc major tasks of the Y.M.C.A. in China, in addition to supporting the country's patriotic self-determina-tion campaign,156 words
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Article, Illustration256 1955-02-07 4 MALTAAPART OF BRITAIN ONE day there will be MPs for Malta in the House of Commons if the Maltese Socialists get their way. This month the people of the George Cross Island will be going to the polls. The battle is between the Nationalists and the Socialists. The Nationalists aim256 words
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Article, Illustration453 1955-02-07 5 Cheat-death slogans by the hundred 'Don't go from boer to Bier' »N T go from Beer to --^r^-that is the new an coined by Singa->alcty-nrst sandhman, Captain Edwin Richardson. Tint is only one of the many slogans designed t() make men drivers Jake more care. HeFree Press - 453 words
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Article56 1955-02-07 5 The funeral took place on rday of Mr .Lee Thian >k. aged 59 who died at his In Jalan Bendahara. A retired businessman, he s a wife, four daughters, three of whom are teachers in the Ipoh Convent and the a nurse in the Ipoh •tai.56 words
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Article91 1955-02-07 5 VEGETABLES ARE NOW CHEAPER SINGAPORE housewives may now buy cheaper vegetables oecause market gardens are beginning to recover from the effects of the December floods. Since last week, the prices of practically all vegetables have shown a marked reduction, notably in the price of lettuce which ha.s fallen by 5091 words
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Article49 1955-02-07 5 Chai Ah Gioh. 19. daughter of a Kedah rlcemill manager, convicted of assisting in the management 01 100 and 1,000 characters lottery, on Saturday, appealed against the conviction in the Kedah High Court. Chai had been fined $400, in default three and half months gaol.49 words
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181 1955-02-07 5 Status of Colony Pakistanis won't change PAKISTANI leaders in Singapore, say that their status in the Colony and Malaya will in no way be affected when Pakistan becomes a Republic. They do not think other members of the Commonwealth will object to it. They were commenting on a report from181 words
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Article110 1955-02-07 5 His job: To see how they teach DR. PETER PAU, Chief Technical Adviser of the Rural Health Training School in Jitra, North Kedah, is in Penang to observe the teaching methods of three World Health Organisation educators at the general hospital. A former lecturer on social studies at the university110 words
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Article36 1955-02-07 5 Chong Choy, 54, pleaded! guilty at the Magistrate's Court. Batu Gajah. to theft of rubber plants belonging to the Agricultural Department on Feb. 3. He was fined $100 or one month's gaol.36 words
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Article44 1955-02-07 5 A woman. Siow Chan, of South Malay Pineapple Plantations, Pekan Nanas, was fined $300, or two months' gaol, in the Sessions Court at Pontian for being in possession in a restricted area of four katis of fish and two jars of vegetables.44 words
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Article, Illustration77 1955-02-07 5 \\*V. VKWFONG. (on left ?r Up bcin PhotoKeS^i 1 th ird-year ehe•he onli m J jn,vers,l y. was wur__ 2 Ma, »yan among M men who attended the annual national Y.M.C.A. conference held recently at limp Manyun*, Australia. The conference focused the coming centennial celebration of the World Allia 'I*77 words
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Miscellaneous263 1955-02-07 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis > I I KF.jLi SENSE, Mr\. KERN. DECIDED KiO/OOTHIS ?NC i,iM, Mmt^oori Tmymin^ A R YUS J V?o u A J > tt'_jL ro pay you- rTI MAKf A OEAi W-th J MAOE U i J u^ D ?ruFfK»r \^>vy >^&k NOTHING! A263 words
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Article496 1955-02-07 7 Their boycott threat is fantastic' TiiKEVT by a «roui< of Australian seamen to V i* chins carrying war materials and troops t Malay" has P been condemned by Australians in Si B i,Tmhers of the Colony's Australian community S? supported Mrs. Zelda Mitchell Hill, an496 words
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Article, Illustration73 1955-02-07 7 J 5 Singapore Dairy Farm n;is hern described as one ne best managed farms the Far East by an expert fr «>m Edinburgh. John Kerr, (above). J»J Jf Scotland's well known rt (> ders of beef calves, said J je 700 Freisian cows hei'icsj> J'P*A - 73 words
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Article54 1955-02-07 7 Home Guards in Buloh Kasap new village in the Segamat district of Johore took over the defence of the village from the police yesterday. The Administrative Officer, Segamat, Mr K. L. Wells, urged the 2,500 villagers to make their village and surrounding districts a "hot54 words
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Article36 1955-02-07 7 The new Garrison Church— St Luke's was dedicated by the Assistant Chaplain-Gener-al Far East, yesterday at Kiup.ng The new church can accommodate 130 people. It is in the Garrison near the hospital. imlllMIIIIIIIMMUIMIH".'"""" 136 words
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215 1955-02-07 7 S'pore City Council has $80,000 flouridation scheme THE flouridation of Singapore's water supply will start first at Woodleigh filters next month, said Mr. Chan Kum Chee, of the City Council's public utilities commitC Flouridation is expected, over the long term, to reduce greatly the incidence215 words
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Article, Illustration124 1955-02-07 7 E rpHE American Consul- X General in Singapore, Mr. James Lampton Berry, last week, opened the sixth annual exhibition of photographs of the Singapore Art Society at the I British Council Hall. On display to the public i from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily untilFree Press - 124 words
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Article204 1955-02-07 7 A popular international event i designed to help save life at sea will very soon be reintroduced in Singapore by the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. The event for the Trevessa Trophy is competed for by lifeboats from visiting ships. It is more than 20 years204 words
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Article40 1955-02-07 7 Inche Anjang Saith bin Hajl Abas, Raub District Officer, has gone on six months' leave to Britain. He will also go to Mecca. Inche Mohamed Idris bin Zabidin has taken his place as District Officer.40 words
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Article, Illustration214 1955-02-07 8 A pictorial round-up of recent events in the public life of the Colony SINGAPORE motorists last week encountered an unusual sight on Collyer Quay. It was a European tarrying 'Safety First" sandwich boards. The man was Mr. Edwiyi Richardson, a former Army captain and now secretary of214 words
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Article, Illustration89 1955-02-07 9 «vi_..wi._ tiinnif?ed the wharf last week to Dia goocioye 10 i*u ***j> the Sn^rVu^ after Christmas and New Vear hohdays Malaya. Mr. N*e. Morris, "WftJ*^^ -Goodbye and good luck'' before hl^*^ n th u waist down £j m e 1950 when a Communist gunman s The Shochiku89 words
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Article, Illustration129 1955-02-07 10 HUNDREDS of thousands of "Ampins" tiny automatic syringes are being produced in Sweden for Civil Defence. The syringe, a Spanish invention, can be used by anyone. In Sweden the syringes are filled with atropin for use against nerve gas. But they can be filled with other kinds of injections too.Popper - 129 words
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Article400 1955-02-07 10 Hypnotism eases burn pains Astonishing results follow trial of new method to combat shock and weakness MEDICAL history is believed being made ln Dallas, Texas, through the use of hypnosis to help severe burn cases. Hypnotism is easing the pain of persons sutTering from burns and even improving their appetites.400 words
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Article651 1955-02-07 10 by the SINGAPORE DOCTOR MR. L is a jovial, middle-aged person with a ruddy complexion. He is sturdy, short in stature. I have known him for a few years and have treated him for such minor ailments as bronchitis, flu and laryngitis. His651 words
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Article101 1955-02-07 10 LUNG CANCER 1 IN 10 ONLY one out of ten heavy cigarette smokers develop lung cancer. Inhaling smoke is now accepted as a major cause of the disease but probably something "chemical" m the make-up of the individual is a determining factor. Thus an approach to the problem of one101 words
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Article69 1955-02-07 11 PEOPLE ARE SO KIND TO MALCOLM CIR MALCOLM SAHGENT flew irom Britain to the United states to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in Washington, New York, and Baltimore Is doing this trip In Washington he stay with the British Ambassador, Sir Roger fa New York he will 5* Vfi* Sir Pierson69 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-02-07 11 picture. I \f ri I an y rVcoiil'sfll?* and Joe Dimaggio denied that there was eek ThV when P^tured together in Boston last rf, »taurant Jit! dlncd in a P«vat« room of a Boston a f oiacr ha!Li? e D m a«ffo's brother, Don (centre), also u*_eDaU star, and hisReuter - 55 words
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Article273 1955-02-07 11 Ian Mercer - They gave him back his CHANGE Ian Mercer rpHE other night I went to a cocktail party on board the first Canadian man-of-war to pay an official visit to Majorca since the War, and the next day I interviewed one of the men I met there. He was a young273 words
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160 1955-02-07 11 You can't hide your feelings from this ARE you frustrated? Tired of the same old office routine and longing for the wide open spaces? Does the sight of a pretty girl in a bikini excite you, or leave you cold? These are some of the secrets of the mind being160 words
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Article, Illustration138 1955-02-07 11 rPMK ;il>'»\«.' caiioon is based 1 on i recent article by Chapman Pinchet In which he advised reader! to "have I good try and live longer," expounding on the latest theory b> doctors that such "diseases ol civilisation'' as heart attacks, kidney complaints, ulcers and high blood pressure, are believed138 words
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Article, Illustration692 1955-02-07 12 "4 BUMPER year for ci e b s." a voice solemnly forecasts from the Lord Chamberlain's office in London, where the applications for this year's presentation parties are being "vetted." A "bumper" crop. More they believe than Coronation Year, when at least692 words
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Article, Illustration23 1955-02-07 12 Barbara Stanley-Smith, whose father is a mining magnate in Malaya, was 1954's most-launched deb. She spent more than $850,009 on her coming-out ball.23 words
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147 1955-02-07 12 TWO HUNDRED and fifty Australians celebrated Australia Day at the Victoria League, ln London. It was a dinkum do but no one said so. Nor did they call it a "bonzer party" or a "beaut." Said Lady White, wile of the Australian147 words
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Article520 1955-02-07 12 Eileen Anderson - 'Liza brings COLOUR into life Eileen Anderson I HAVE just met a woman whose hat has changed an office. T heard of her from a friend. The doors at his place of business have been painted bright red. "Marvellous' Cheerful! Gay! Those doors have made the office a different place!"520 words
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Miscellaneous279 1955-02-07 12 mmmmm __B_H~~~~_l W BT" Warn _B~" mJ ■~b _H_B ~~_i B~ ~__l_l ~~~~i__B l__^ mmmm ±—^^J __B_r~~~« 1 1 1 iiii (ills ACROSS: 2 Male relative mostly Is far from I 1 St-ttSV an enteru n f*flr._U 4 Mum surrounds «n.ll quw < X°' muslcal she has BSS r a279 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-02-07 13 picture. Queen Elizabeth -"<• her t wo children, with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and the Princess Royal, were present when the West Norfolk Foxhounds met at Harpley Dams, England. Ifter i "<>rd wHh Major Robert Hoare. Master of the Hounds, the Royal party followed theReuter - 53 words
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226 1955-02-07 13 STEPHEN COULTER - The English make their best olavers LORDS' STEPHEN COULTER CRICKET AS THE FRENCHMAN SEES IT I E CRICKET" as it is played is an awful tery for the French. •i the joy of British sportsmen, I record the new light that was thrown on the game last week by a226 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-02-07 13 Mr. Ghulam Mohamed. the Governor-General of Pakistan (right), meets the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. General Rajendra Sinhji. as he arrived in New Delhi for the celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the Indian Republic. Next to Mr. Mohamed is the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru. Mr. Mohamed came at62 words
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85 1955-02-07 13 Keep an eye on this soldier for floods WHENEVER lhe Seine starts dangerously, as it during the recent ma, Parisians run it a statue. A -utue of a Zouave infantry, soldier of the uprights riv. r bndse over the Mjd was erected there *_centurr ago by Napoleon fine runs well85 words
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Article407 1955-02-07 13 Both sides vulnerable North dealer (Look only tt East's band. NORTH 4AK62 96 3 2 OQ7 6 2 A 2 WEST EAST *Q53 A J 10 9 8 4 9AQ94 9 10 8 OAJ3 0*95 *KJ5* 10 9 6 SOUTH NORTH EAST SOUTH *EST 1 Pass IN. T.407 words
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407 1955-02-07 13 WILLIAM HICKEY - Their magic carpet is now a fourengined plane WILLIAM HICKEY by WAS talking about honeymoons with Mr. Jack Profumu. He Ls something of an expert on the subject at the moment. A few days ago he came back to London from his honeymoon with Valerie Hobson. Tney went first to407 words
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Article203 1955-02-07 14 S'PORE BOXERS RATED a S a talking point for E A Singapore fans here S an* the writer's own S classifications of local E Hfhtert: E FLYWEIGHT: Title va- cant. Contenders: 1. E Fighting Jamal. Z. Little Pane ho. 3. Lefty Majid. E 4. Chua Gim Chiang, r I BAN203 words
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Article376 1955-02-07 14 ALL THE U.K. SOCCER RESULTS ENGLISH LEAOUI DIV. I I Arsenal I Preston 0 S Blackpool 0 Sunderland tt J Bolton b Wolves 1 j Charlton b Aston Villa 1 J Fverton 1 Chelsea 1 Iluddersfield 1 M'ster C. 3 Manchester C. 4 Cardiff 1 j Newcastle 2 Leicester 0Reuter - 376 words
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Article804 1955-02-07 14 FIRST DIVISION P W D L F APts Sunderland 28 10 15 ***** 35 Wolves 28 13 8 7 61 46 34 Manchester U. 27 14 5 8 59 47 33 Chilton 27 14 4 9 61 42 32 Manchester C. 28 13 6 9 52804 words
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544 1955-02-07 14 Philippines announce thei ring ratings SALEM IS THIRD, RAY RICO FOURTH By LITTLE NKNE THK Oriental Boxing Federation is to release shortly oilicial ratings of Far Eastern boxers. In Manila the Games and Amusements Board has issued its first list of rankings of Philippine loxers. in these ranking* the Philippines544 words
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262 1955-02-07 14 AUSTRALIAN golf star Norman Von Nida will meet South African Bobby Locke in a series of challenge matches in Australia this year. Locke, three times winner of the British open title, will play ln Australia during April and May. He will contest the262 words
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216 1955-02-07 14 Ken McGregor leaves tennis for football KEN MCGREGOR, Australia's great Davis Cup player from 1950 to 1953, has played his last game of competitive tennis. He says that he has left the game mainly because he does not like tennis. In Adelaide recently, McGregor said he never really liked the216 words
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145 1955-02-07 14 INDIA'S cricket tourists easily beat the Punjab Cricket Association yesterday by an innings and 162 runs. Having declared on Saturday at 422 for six and got rid of eight Punjab batsmen for 150, the Indian bowlers finished off the Punjab first inningsReuter - 145 words
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Article74 1955-02-07 14 APART from "bringing home the Ashes" the M.C.C. touring party will return to England with a boomerang as a momento of their visit. An Aborigine, Laurie Moffat, travelled 110 miles from the lakes entrance of the Victoria Coast to Yallourn, southeast of Melbourne, to presentReuter - 74 words
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Article47 1955-02-07 14 Uordon Plrle of Enßland yesterday won the Hannut (Belgium) cross-country Grand Prix, covering lhe 14 kilometres In 43 min. 5 sec The race was run in sunny weather before 3,000 spectators Frank S;ni<l') England was second and Km Nuiik. England, vsu_ Umii47 words
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Article48 1955-02-07 14 Boxing promoter Jack Solomons got a "no" yesterday to hLs fight offer made to Pascuel Perez of Argentina. Solomons contacted world flyweight champion Perez in trying to find an opponent for the winner of tomorrow's Dai Dower Eric Marsden Rprdghl fight. Yoshio Slurai !clu_cd earlier.48 words
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Article23 1955-02-07 14 The All Blues rugger final be tween SinKapore and Kedah will be played in Kuala Lumpur next Sal or day.23 words
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Article, Illustration771 1955-02-07 15 rree Press Course Correspondent T*HE first race meeting of the new season at Bukit Timah ended on a bright note on Saturday. Highlights were Never A Blanks grand win in the Hunter Memorial Stakes; Golden Clouds spectacular upset in the Bukit Timah771 words
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Article95 1955-02-07 15 gIGGE Ericsson of Sweden yesterday captured the European speed skating championship, breaking a Soviet Russian stranglehold on speed skating and giving Sweden her first skating title in eight years. Ericsson, skating over a rough snow-covered ice in perfect form, won the 10,000 metre race in 1895 words
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Article, Illustration138 1955-02-07 15 piC lures. Ma Betty CaatmMa (left) receives the Hunter Memorial Stakes trophy km Mrs. m. F. Culler on behalf of Mandarin Stables after Never a Blank*! brilliant victory iu the sixth race (Cl. I— 9f.). •< length victory was scored by Jolly Sailor (Patterson) in RaceFree Press - 138 words
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Article30 1955-02-07 15 Former Spanish world champion Francisco Goyoaga on "Fahnenkoenig" yesterday won a jumping event with nc faults in the final day of the international Berlin indoors horse show- U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Article24 1955-02-07 15 Yugoslavia's Red Star soccer team Belgrade left Buenos Aires by air ?sterday for Brazil ;ifter nlavlnc ve exhibition pume*- A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article329 1955-02-07 16 Praise from Sammy Lee ATHLBTU of South-East Asian countries need only professional t— flitf to be serious competitions for Olvmpit titles, according to Olympic diver Sammy Lee. an American of Korean ancestry who gave exhibitions In Singapore last September. Major Lee, a doctor attached to329 words
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Article54 1955-02-07 16 AUSTRALIA'S Test captain lan Johnson wil not play for Victoria state against the M. C. C. in the match starting in Melbourne on Feb. 11. He is still affected bv an injury to his right elbow, sustained in the fourth Test, and the selectors have decided not to54 words
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Article600 1955-02-07 16 WEIGHTS for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting next Saturday are: CL. 1, DIV. I— IM. 1 Three Rings 9.00 1 Golden Lotus 8.13 t Broadside 812 1 Bearer Bond Ml Jolly Sailor 8.09 Never A Blank 8.09 Elturlus 8.08 Shangrila 8.07600 words
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Article, Illustration38 1955-02-07 16 picture. It's a Singapore attack, and high cross brings an anxious moment. But Admira F.C. goalkeeper Gilly leaps to punch away with fullback Mayer (right) preparing to save the situation should he miss.- Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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Article74 1955-02-07 16 SWEDISH and British players yesterday advanced to the quarter finals of the men's doubles in the Philippine national open tennis championships. Lennart Bergelin and Sven Davidson. Swedish Davis cup team members, beat F. Gonzales and A. Lontok of the Philippines. 6-0, 6-2. Roger Becker and John74 words
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Article300 1955-02-07 16 Weakened S'pore XI inspire ADMIRA 3; SINGAPORE 1 FANS who missed the thrillj will get another chance on Wednesday when the touring Austrian soccer team plays Singapore again, under floodlights. But what a pity we can't be treated to a full strength battle beween the Colony and Admira Wein F.C.300 words
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Article35 1955-02-07 16 Oxford set a new ecorlnf record for the series when they beat Cambridge by 29 goals to nil last night in the annual inter university ice hockey match at Richmond (Surrey) rink.35 words
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Article28 1955-02-07 16 The touring Russian football earn yesterday beat India 4 0 In he first international match beween the two countries, scoring hree times before the interval.28 words
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Article18 1955-02-07 16 26 WmTaU $6 (minimum) CLAGUE: To Heather and Peter Clague a daughter Fenella at 29 Scott Hoad.18 words
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Article44 1955-02-07 16 20 Words $H (minimum) LOW-NEO The engagement is announced on 7-2-55 between Junes LOW Peng Leong, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Low Kirn Yin of Singapore, and Neo Bng Lian, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neo S«n Kee of Malacca.44 words
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Article43 1955-02-07 16 20 Words $6* (minimum) LOH—LAU On 5-2-55 at the fir. t Methodist Church, Ann Arbor Michigan, Philip Choo Seng, eldest .son ol Dr. and Mrs. Loh Poon Lip Singapore, to Susie Sook Han. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Yu Lau, Hawaii43 words
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Obituary25 1955-02-07 16 21) Words $H (minimum) BARNET- On 28th January, at 97 Hillside Gardens. Edgware, Middlesex George P. Barnet, formerly of Malaya, beloved husband of Ebba.25 words
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