The Singapore Free Press, 25 February 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1955-02-25 1 The Singapore Free Press Urged Afternoon Sale in Malaya J~"l41tl si»?a|-ore, Fri.. Feb. 25. 1955. Price 15 Cts.18 words
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Article321 1955-02-25 1 QUEMOY: EDEN'S NO TO DULLES But Yes on Formosa THE BRITISH Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, in Bangkok last night told the American Secretary of State, Mr. Foster Dulles, that the United States could count on British support if war came over Formosa, but the off-shore islands "are a differentReuter; U.P. - 321 words
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Article28 1955-02-25 1 So play was possible on the first dav of the fifth cricket Test between Australia and England in Sydney today owing to rain.28 words
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113 1955-02-25 1 AUSTRALIA yesterday warned the SEATO countries meeting in Bang- kok she feared the Vietminh Communists were behind a Free Laotian movement trying, through constitutional means, to get a foothold in the Government of Laos and then take it over by coup, like in Czechoslovakia,Reuter - 113 words
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Article, Illustration72 1955-02-25 1 DUKE WILL OPEN 1956 OLYMPICS THK Duke of Edinburgh, a who has accepted an invitation to open the Olympic (_ame. In Melbourne in 1955. it i> understood the invitation was extended by Mr Hubert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, during the recent Commonwealth prime ministers' conference in London. The I)ukReuter - 72 words
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35 1955-02-25 1 from the British (try's estimates ming year emphadrain the Malayan placed on the ompliments the Far Ur For Malayan fighting. report Hornets, Lincoln* and Sunhave been used in35 words
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Article27 1955-02-25 1 "break-up of i new st underground Jt in Korea which was to enlist political wgto of President Syngterday was re *>°rted yes-27 words
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Article117 1955-02-25 1 n^,H J Rae of the b <*n #omM lI H tar y Forces has to Uie S l^ £n retirement raak of Brevet Colonel- bombing and low-level attack.." Dakotas and /lusters nave been used to broadcast messages calling on terrorists to surrender. "Helicopters and light aircraft have done excellentU.P. - 117 words
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Article57 1955-02-25 1 A Chinese taxi driver was attacked and robbed by three Malay passengers in Swiss Club Roaci, Singapore, last nightThe three men hired the car Ul Bencoolen Street At Swiss Club Road, the driver refused to tu r n into the road. The men attacked him57 words
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Article21 1955-02-25 1 An almoner in the Singapore General Hospital said .she lost $25G cash and jewels from het room yesterday.21 words
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Article63 1955-02-25 1 rJRN that radio off" said Lady Foot, wife of the Governor of Jamaica, who feared that Princess Margaret mteht be disturbed by the But the Governor, Sir llu_:h Foot, said that a check showed that the radio was switched off. The song came from Princess63 words
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Article287 1955-02-25 1 AXE FALLS ON lIP. BUYING MR. R. A. BUTLER, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer applied the brakes sharply yesterday to the spending I spree which is threatening Britain's prosperity. He staggered businessmen and financiers l>> raising the bank rate key to the cost of borrowing money—Reuter - 287 words
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Article34 1955-02-25 1 r THE Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone, with first grade, March shipment, at 89 V2 cents a lb., four and three-eighth cents below yesterday's close.34 words
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Advertisement30 1955-02-25 1 _ti_*\_____\\_\_______Y^__^^ y2_q| CRAVEN A FOR SMOOTH, CLEAN SMOKING v 11 /"-"£A4 > nrnnct en inn Apr", 1 LQrGCSI-SClllllQ '-Ar cork-tipped cigarette J^&k in the world. tsm&L\f i \_^^p? Imported from London30 words
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352 1955-02-25 2 REDS USE TOURS FOR PROPAGANDA THF Trades Union Congress, representing Britain's 8,-00,000 organised workers, today warned the country's trade unions of the danger of accepting invitations for delegations to visit "Iron Curtain' countries. The warning Is made in a pamphlet published mReuter - 352 words
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186 1955-02-25 2 Malenkov's ministry now comes under fire ri'.n Soviet Ministry of Elec--1 tri. Power Stations now h< ded bv ex-Premier Georgl Malenkov came under fire in pravda yesterday. It was ac-t-ii.AA of Inefficient methods and backward ideas. Tin oommunisl Party newspap( r Also hit the Ministry for Cor truction of ElectricA.P. - 186 words
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Article35 1955-02-25 2 Italian police said yesterday a fortune in cut diamonds has been salvaged from the wreckage of Belgian Babena airliner which crashed on a mountainside near Reiti on Feb 13, killing 29 persons U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article25 1955-02-25 2 Eight Royal Air Force Canberras will fly to Canada this summer to take part in exercises with the Royal Canadian Air Force, ReuterReuter - 25 words
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61 1955-02-25 2 Rabbi orders Israelis to pray for rain rpHE Chief Rabbinate of 1 Israel yesterday ordained that the 65th Psalm, as well as a special prayer for rain. should be recited daily in all synafogues until the present drought is ended. An extract from the psalm ays: 'Thou waterest the ridgesA.P. - 61 words
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52 1955-02-25 2 WOMAN GOES DOWN WITH THE ROOF— IN A CHAIR MRS. MARY OCARROLL, 69, was sitting in her fourth floor apartment at Limerick, Irelrnd when the rool ten In all building to the basement. Firemen dug Mrs. O'Carroll out two hours later, still seated in her chair and fully 'he sulferedA.P. - 52 words
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24 1955-02-25 2 Italian Reds urge strikes against pact In Rome. Italian Communists issued strike calls and mobilized "peace-loving housewives" yesterday in "Operation Protest' against a Se-24 words
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Article, Illustration41 1955-02-25 2 Mr. Tan Lark ft*. the chines ha«£ Commerce, ipeakii!| an election rally SDO n sored by the 1,^.,, 1 I PPer Seram; 0( n R J Singapore, ,as t IgJ The rally was support* by a hand.41 words
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152 1955-02-25 2 ARMISTICE GIVES ADVANTAGE TO REDS. HE SAYS I^OREAN Minister Pyo Wook Han said in Carlisle 1V Pennsylvania, yesterday that the United States, in abiding by the Korean armistice terms, has been unable to send atomic cannon and other improve d new weapons to South Korea. He told students of DickinsonA.P. - 152 words
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95 1955-02-25 2 NORTH KOREANS DENY TRUCE VIOLATION THE senior Communist delegate to the Korean Military Armistice Commission. Lt.-Gen. Lee Sang Cho. yesterday rejected United Nations charges that the Reds have built up their air strength in North Korea in violation of the armistice agreement. The New China News Agency broadcast the announcement.U.P. - 95 words
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140 1955-02-25 2 BRITAIN'S SHORTAGE OF WEAPONS' Labour to censure govt, on defence yHE British Labour Party last night charged Sir 1 Winston Churchill", government with failing to explain the grave and admitted deficiency of weapons in the country's armed forces. It made the accusation in a censure motion put forward for nextReuter - 140 words
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101 1955-02-25 2 POLICE BREAK UP ANTI-ARMS BONN RIOTS DOLICB yesterday broke up several anti-rearmament demonstrations in the centre of Bonn as the West German Bundestag (Lower House) debated ratification of the Paris Treaties rearming West Germany. They once used their truncheons to clear a blocked passage. The demonstrators regrouped and a columnReuter - 101 words
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Advertisement42 1955-02-25 2 si*/ 5 A x^ f w&L3B*§r^ Ji& «£§a 3i >? Sa^L. Jmmmi J&tjy iw tS^' i__?___^' s ________> jdc^ ____ff?*ff* ______L______H \r cnct Hct/tiu^ hxt tke Ask to see the other Vegetables and Fruits in the Smedley SOLE AGENTS:THE STORE WITH A TO OFFER42 words
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Article208 1955-02-25 3 LOADED lorries abandoned overnight in a lighti l)( strike yesterday jammed the narrow streets _i Vnveiit Garden, London's main fruit and .I,lc market. More traders arriving in the morning added to .haos and supplies tor the London area were ..■■■iiii.iiiimo-hii""" I l*^-AU vlyJ. Nearly208 words
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247 1955-02-25 3 Concubine o f former premier in jail rrili concubine of ex- I Premier Nguyen Van I Tan has been arrested i j „n charges of corruption „ul influence peddling. it was uflieially disclosed in Saigon yesterday. she b Nguyen Thi Gioi. j j widely known through- j out Vietnam asA.P. - 247 words
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Article21 1955-02-25 3 Pope appeared briefly window of his Vatican overlooking St. Square yesterdav to a crowd of about 1,500 U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article151 1955-02-25 3 NEW blizzards swept Britain yesterday and by last night main roads in all parts of the country were blocked. A Royal Automobile Club official said: "Britain is entering a new phase of chaotic road conditions From Yorkshire in the north-east to Cornwall in the south-west,Reuter - 151 words
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82 1955-02-25 3 PERSIA'S Queen Soraya acted as the shah's interpreter yesterday on their first official visit to West Germany. la fluent German, the Queen translated the Shah's words of thanks as the royal couple were presented ith souvenir Rifts after entering their names into the golden bookA.P. - 82 words
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123 1955-02-25 3 [AVANA, Cuba, police shoth led two gangsters lay. One was the! had named "Public lumber One" 10 years dando Leon <the Red) notorious gangster 0 long has terrorised waa shot down after Med to a boarding ther part of the city. his rightA.P. - 123 words
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Article17 1955-02-25 3 C «VKNTBKK-TEAR-OLD _^__*^JSmST Ell-"? S Manila newi papew yertei > j shrieking with pain. U.P.U.P. - 17 words
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449 1955-02-25 3 BAREFOOTED GIRL'S FAREWELL SONG FOR Princess Bacon and eggs and pink champagne 4 CHEERFUL Princess Margaret waved goodbye to Jamaica yesterday from a Royal barge which bounced and bobbed on white-capped waves. Then she boarded the Royal yacht, Britannia,! for two days at sea on the last stage of herReuter - 449 words
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Article19 1955-02-25 3 The U.S. Foreign Operations Administration yesterday authorised expenditure of US$2,--830,000 for economic assistance to Cambodia.- A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article22 1955-02-25 3 Three hundred tons of jute and other cargo burnt fiercely in the American freighter Exhibitor docked in Calcutta. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article45 1955-02-25 3 Italian film actress Lucia Bos and Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin Iffl Rome bv plane last night for Los Angeles. Dominguin, ofttimes escort of Ava Gardner. _,iH thev would be married in Los Angeles next week A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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302 1955-02-25 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Feb. 25. 1955. Opinion THE ROYAL ENVOYS THE British Royal Family x must be the envy of all the nations of the Free World, both monarchical and republican, and the despair of the Communist countries Whose ideology does not I allow for kings and queens.302 words
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480 1955-02-25 4 Norman Lindhurst - NO MARGIN for ERROR in the WESTS ANTI-H RING Norman Lindhurst By r rifE main defence today of Western Europe and the British Isles against a hydrogen bomb attack is an arc of 45 N.A.T.O. air bases with some 2,100 jet fighters strung across Germany i and France. The N.A.T.O.480 words
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291 1955-02-25 4 The days of the big liners are over VIfHAT size is the liner of the future likely to be? Will .ships as large as the Queen Elizabeth or Queen Mary ever be built again? What effect will the growing influence of air travel have on .ship design? These are pressing291 words
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Advertisement26 1955-02-25 4 FINE DIAMOND Q GEM SET RINGS I t AnEw^iJfmmt r_£_J_t __3 f_r_ P. H. HENDRY Jeweller 78. NorHi Bridge Ro.id Singaporc-6. 4, ti.itu Kc.id Ku.il.i Lumpur.26 words
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Advertisement135 1955-02-25 4 V r4tr Jy, ft)?/ j usi 50 seconds I ///Vf/jK^'^^ Max Factor'* jlattrrhtv Van-Cake Y/U Make-l'p brings out yonr natural la tinier a no ether make-up could pttsibl) <_ MM cult PAN-CAKE" MAKE-UP •r%M_* //^^cZ^ HOLLYWOOD Only Max Factor fabttloiM Pan-Cake Make- Up jrou "»< h fresh, natural complexion Jovclin.-135 words
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Miscellaneous11 1955-02-25 4 "May >«»ii /unv /•tr»ni»«on td build an atomic power station WHERE'"11 words
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Article, Illustration401 1955-02-25 5 Will continue to meet public transport needs of colony rriiE Singapore Traction Co. is continuing to provide what the Colony needs in public transport irrespective whether or not the company would be taken over by a public authority. Sir Thomas Strangman. chairman of the STC who401 words
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163 1955-02-25 5 Chance for Malayans to win UNO fellowship A \TIONS from Malaya now invited for a r ial fellowship to encourage books which will ad- aching about the Nations. fellowship commemothe late Dr. Bryant Mumford, former Director of Services Division in the U.N. Department of Information, who died It) I )51163 words
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Article, Illustration222 1955-02-25 5 JHE Sarawak Today' exhi- bition of 80 poster-size photographs by Mrs. Hedda Morrison at the British Council Hail, Stamford Road, ated the Colony's leadinq ►vers as well as camera siastj. But the artist, the wife of rawak Government offiI who has lived in SaraI »rFree Press - 222 words
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Article45 1955-02-25 5 The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service Ls now .sending postcards, in Chinese and English, appealing for 5,000 Chinese blood donors. The postcards point out that they are needed urgently. Las't year. 5,139 blood transfusion.s were given to Chinese patients in hospitals.45 words
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Article42 1955-02-25 5 Padi planter Ha-.him bin .nun. 23 'a.o jailed in Ipoh' yesterday for three years for manslaughter. II. i him stabbed padi planter Mohari bin Ka. _m during a Saturday fair at Alor Pongsu, Krian district, on Aug. 7.42 words
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Article40 1955-02-25 5 Malays in the Sungei Trap area of Batu Gajah are planning to build a community hall costing about $1,000. RIDA has promised half of the amount. A committee has been elected to raise the rest of the money.40 words
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Advertisement109 1955-02-25 5 Uniform Qua. it y V jjT^a 2_______»r i (.0 makes j HEINZ BABY FOODS mosf dependable I n Heinz foods especially prepared for I babies you find finer texture, flavors and natural colors. These foods are /y made from choice fresh ingredients i only; they are expertly cooked and j109 words
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Miscellaneous545 1955-02-25 6 i j- j mm^ mmm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m-________________________i__________^^ S7nTT«rfTl^ YOUR g.1...*..f».g11JJ..i.J.111l I LUCKY I MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis; r;rrßH_________n^ i- Txfwnow,-- a i it. sy.bo r^Sfl i i. v E__i_____-_V ..;s g ___^Mf[ \_y.\\ I l ,l v J l I.C ■^^■h I y mmmmmm^mmmT_W9__ m^_ ______________________________l «C_ J_7 -^/Vvvf545 words
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Article33 1955-02-25 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Previous Todav Industrial. 411 48 410.30 Railroads 149.58 148.33 W Domestic Bonds 100.26 100.19 1 I Ulitie* 63.80 63.69 M Storks omposite A««ffUM 153 36 152.7433 words
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Article118 1955-02-25 7 COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North lutc |»,-.i n delivered weight per "u ton March April t'OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila delivered weight, per long ton COPRA straits c.i.f. VK/North Idiop.an delivered weight per mmg March/ April \pril/May COCONUT OU crude. Straits c.i.f. '""•pea,, Continental ports in bulk p118 words
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Article236 1955-02-25 7 LONDON Feb. 24. Previous Today i rss e if. European 28 buyers 27 buyers F; i .Hilt No. l 28', sellers 27', sellers I"' JKI i RSS irJf. European 27 7 buyers 27 buyers i:i r.BKK v.- 1 r 28 s seners 2 7', sellers M,l> X,236 words
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Article102 1955-02-25 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Previous Today TIN Plaits spot and nearby 91 25 nom. 91.25 nom. IL\ luiure Feb 90.25 nom. 91.00 nom. (expired at noon* March 90.25 bid 90.25 bid 90 87 asked 90.87 asked April 90.12 bid 90.20 bid 90.60 asked 90.62 asked TON. Steady.102 words
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Article47 1955-02-25 7 42." 2 Sarawak spot 44 and lampong spot 44'. to 45 sellers exdock. Above prices quoted in US. cents per lb. Sp >• Malabar was quoted at 45 ..i.n per pound. Awaiting release 4^ Afloat. 44 to 43 2. February menl 43. March 42' fc. April47 words
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Article63 1955-02-25 7 The president of the Sessions J Court, in Ipoh. acquitted and discharged two men yesterday l without calling on their de- fence to an extortion charge. Ong Seng Kiat, 29. and Au Wah. 36. were alleged to have committed extortion by j putting Yee Seng, a63 words
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Article55 1955-02-25 7 Abdul Ghani bin Talip. 34. wa.. yesterday lined $I°o in Malacca for alb-ring his provisional driving licence date. He altered the date from July 1954 to April 1955. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, the Magistrate, said: "I am not so much concerned with the loss of revenue to55 words
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167 1955-02-25 7 ATTACK ON BRITISH SHIP AT SWATOW HITS CHINA TRAFFIC J- people have been "tag Singapore for i jo* .since the Nationalist of the British ship 1 local' U a m nths a ocal shipping comwhich operate vessels ,r tr n_ run. tafcbjp for China ports nt weeks have dedin•g a167 words
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Article34 1955-02-25 7 Mr J. M. Fraser has been re-elected as president of the Singapore Boys Brigade executive council. Mr Liau Nyuk Siong Ls the secretary Publicity is in charge of Mr. Yim Heng Pcnu-34 words
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340 1955-02-25 7 •PROGRESSIVES ARE NUMBER ONE ENEMY* SEVERAL top unionists in Singapore met this week to consider a suggestion to call a truce with the Progressive Party and put up a united front against the new million dollar Democratic Party at the polls on April 2.340 words
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Article73 1955-02-25 7 Cobra bit girl in her garden A FIVE YEAR OLD girl. Seah Ah Looi. was bitten by a cobra while playing in her garden, the Coroner'* Court in Bukit Mertajam waa told yesterday. "I found the teeth marks of a cobra on her right ankle," Inspector Kulasingham said. Mr. Seah73 words
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56 1955-02-25 7 mm Professor R. G. D. Allen, professor of Statistics, University of London, will give a public lecture in the Chemistry lecture room at the University of Malaya today at 5.30 p.m. His subject will be, "Mathematics in Economics.'' The lecture Ls organised jointly by the56 words
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Article52 1955-02-25 7 The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. will open the Rotary Hall at Ponggol village, Singapore, at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow. The hall, designed to accommodate a school and for use as a community centre, is a com--1 munity service project of the Singapore52 words
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Advertisement36 1955-02-25 7 ktri^%s^\i\jn\An\oi^%Af%ArmA\oi\^\^ 5 I t d tw^-- PARIS NEW YORK 2 W>^ 4 PLUMES LOTIONS COLOGNES I 5 a__ BOLERO 5 5 J I Sole Agent. 1 \wC KIAN GWAH (malayaJ tTD. SINCAPORE P.NANC KUALA LUMPUR 436 words
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402 1955-02-25 8 LONEL Y HEART SAILOR SOON GOT HIS 'YES' Thf advertisement said: "Lonely seaman wishes make the acquaintance ol a lady aa platonic fnend." A widow replied. Then she met the man who advertised. He proposed The widow took an hour to think it over. And then She said 'Yes.' "A402 words
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Article186 1955-02-25 8 FLIBBERTIGIBBET MY sister Ava, said homely, middle-aged Miss Beatrice Gardner one night, is no flibbertigibbet. What is a flibbertigibbet? Say., i the Oxford English Dictionary: A gossip, a flighty woman." And why should Miss Beatrice she and Ava were in Singapore recently have to deny186 words
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Article20 1955-02-25 8 The Company of Veteran Motorists has given London County Council C 3.500 to train children in road safety.20 words
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273 1955-02-25 8 The reluctant bus driver tells girl to walk 'TWENTY-EIGHT- YEAR-OLD Miss Daphne Atkinson boarded a No. 89 United Automobile Services bus at Middlesbrough one Saturday night. It was the 10 10 p.m. bound for Danby, a village high on the Yorkshire moors. At Lingdale, seven miles Short of Danby, Miss273 words
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Article110 1955-02-25 8 'Don't queue try pushing' /CHANCELLOR Butler said in London that it was a f/ood thing the British people had stopped queueing up automatically— and had even begun to push a bit. He nut it down to three or four years of prosperity, and went on: "The greatest burst of activity110 words
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Article, Illustration82 1955-02-25 8 AS so many road accidents are due to faulty lighting of cars, ML Dubois, Prefect of the Paris Police, has opened an exhibition called "Lights and Signals'' and has installed equipment which checks the quality of a car's lighting. Popper picture shows the apparatus installed at82 words
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141 1955-02-25 8 THE British Foreign i office is to be pre- senteti with a £45,000 bill j bv Germany for the loss of the world-famous j Mecklenburg jewels, for \.hich British troops are I alleged to be responsible, j Officials of the Fede- ral German Republic141 words
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259 1955-02-25 8 OOW would you i: 11 Erring, sir? with v] or perhaps a nice dry 01 milk? Accordi: Joseph Grimonci.' LibeS M.P for Orkney and Eg land, the herring Ls di any of these ways Tie made mouths water i r th. House of259 words
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Article156 1955-02-25 8 PUT THIS TO YOUR CONSCIENCE- 1. WHEN there ls no hope for a mentally or physically abnormal baby, it should be possible to have it put to death painlessly Alderman W. L. Dirigley. of the Association of Hospital Management Committees, put this view to the royal156 words
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Article174 1955-02-25 8 PUT THIS TO YOUR CONSCIENCE 2. (CAPITAL punishment must stay, but the "hellish v machinery of the death cell should go. So sa. the Rev. John McCormack Campbell, for 30 years chaplain to Barlinnie Prison. Glasgow. "I want to make a plea to the174 words
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432 1955-02-25 9 Eyebrow General is now leading male model 1 1 \jOR-GENERAL Ronald Cardew Duncan, former 31' commander of the Jodhpur State Army of 9,000 regards his eyebrows as his fortune. rhey are iron-grey. They flare inches. The b'irber is forbidden to trim them. The reason? The ex-Brass Hat with the whipcord432 words
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227 1955-02-25 9 MADE as IN ENGLAND Peers are angry r V lI E Japanese are A marking some of their goods "Made as in England." with the word "as" printed small to make it luok as though the cloth tame from Britain, Lord I Lucas of Chilworth said in the House of227 words
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Article32 1955-02-25 9 Countess of Harewood iven birth to a third son 9!? ne square Bayswatcr child, Hth in line -on to the throne, »ta£ Quccn Was to^ by tele-32 words
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Article49 1955-02-25 9 Hang on— phones for all soon Waiting lists for telephones I ln Britain will be cleared Within the next two or three years. Then the G.P.O. will be asking people if they want a telephone. So said Mr. C. Turner, telephone manager of the South-West London region, at Caterham.49 words
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Article61 1955-02-25 9 Drunkenness, after waning for half a century, is Increasing again. And young people are mainly responsible for the trend. In 1953 drunkenness in the 17-20 age group was as high as in the 21-29 group. Over 29 except in London and the South -East. the rate61 words
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Article14 1955-02-25 9 Cutting the call-up by six months would save £25.000,000 la year.14 words
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132 1955-02-25 9 MISS IRENE CROYDON. 38-ycar-old battling spinster of Camberwell, S.E., found herself suddenly in the street. The bailiffs had evicted her from the flat in Grove Pari Camberwell. which 1 she had previously refused to h ave un h < r n house was de-requisitioned by132 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-02-25 9 DESCRIBED as "the world's most beautiful ballerina" Russianborn Violetta Elvin poses for artist Bernard Powell in his London studio. Mr. Powell confesses being enchanted by her hands, and in arranging the pose, ensured that it showed the "extraordinary grace of her hands and arms." Violetta hasReuter - 62 words
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Article132 1955-02-25 9 Are a girVs best friend AT LAST! Scientists say they have produced artificial diamonds which are "100 per cent genuine." Four research men of America's General Electric Company have done the trick which has baffled the finest scientific brains of the last century. Diamonds a girl's best132 words
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Article115 1955-02-25 9 FATHER DIES IN LONDON HOME BLAZE AIM SB AM) died and his wife v. as severely injured in a fire at their home in St. Philips-road, Dalston, last London. The alarm was raised by their daughter, MlSi Dora Wheeler, who was awakened by the heat and smoke filling her bedroom.115 words
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Article, Illustration1267 1955-02-25 10 Milton Shulman - Why Did They Hush Up This Story? Milton Shulman After nine yean the full facts are given... of a bizarre incident that caused an outcry against Britain. It was the cotton-wool of diplomatic censorship that smirched Britain's name. But is Whitehall any wiser today? By VfA.JOR HILL, of the British1,267 words
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170 1955-02-25 10 Ballroom dancing booms in Britain DALLBOOM dancing has a-s become Britain's third most popular form of en tertainment, next to radio and the cinema, and to-day more and more people are learning to dance— a higher proportion of them men. Already about ten million ballroom dancers from teenagers to adults'170 words
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Advertisement32 1955-02-25 10 You can Phone Your SMALL AIIS. te Singapore 2800 -SOU lOS -ttsS A' '^^M^^Bl_________________*^_______________________- Us .v -K_3Ss -*P__ tm\ _P?V A:-:>aMß_W_____________________B> -v-^. iiiiiilwfirTnlff This is a STRAITS TIM ES Classified Advertisement Service.32 words
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Article, Illustration27 1955-02-25 11 picture. Italian Prime Minister. Signor Scelba, during official visit to Britain, greets the British Premier, Sir Winston Churchill, at 10, Downinr Street in London.- ReuterReuter - 27 words
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269 1955-02-25 11 William Hickey - William Hickey HE HAD PLANNED TO DO A LOT MORE HAVE been to see an extraordinary young in Paris. name is Helene Picot is the personal try of M. MendesBut -^he is so much in a .secretary. You Id call her a sort of eminence."269 words
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Article55 1955-02-25 11 .TORY, attributed to i hill, going the rounds, In Europe is about midshipman hopfor his sub-lieutenant's who is told to work out position at sea. If an hour of hard ition. he comes back i paper. The Command- at it. your cap." he growls. to this we55 words
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168 1955-02-25 11 MAN always fvcu if she's a tar earning several >and pounds a year. rumer, for instance, ituck with 5242.760 worth. Bob Topping's his plastic company midget car racing London. Gardner Her nd, band leader owed her nearly d up during Ith ol married why168 words
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162 1955-02-25 11 4 MBRICAN nitir S wizard Les Paul, now visiting Paris. ssji "I E have the only lord that E hasn't changed in ten years." It's Mary lord, his E wife, who sings with E him. The Pauls are the two162 words
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707 1955-02-25 11 Says this French girl who's been to New York, Hollywood and Paris: LATE NIGHT" DATE WITH DAVID LE WIN \]Y TROUSERS split," ?1 said Peter Ustinov. "Terribly sorry we're late, but I got into the car, relaxed, and found my trousers707 words
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Article, Illustration206 1955-02-25 12 They STILL stick to the basic line COME of these Paris dress shows that have been on this week seem to be setting pretty close to music-hall frolics rather than serious displays of new things to wear. At one there wore more chuckles than applause for some of the absurd206 words
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477 1955-02-25 12 ANNE SHARPLEY - Let us admit it —it's GOOD to be TALL ANNE SHARPLEY mi iii ii g^%/ (who is sft 9'iin without shoes) r r.\l_L .ills are definitely winning. They are snapping up tho best bachelors, doing nicely in show business and making the stately homes even statelier. So, uhy is it477 words
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377 1955-02-25 12 I won't let Dior be a bosom friend of mine TF YOU'VE ever wanted to throw a brick through a plate glass window, read on— l'm going to do the next best thing! I'm tired of being told where my waistline's going to be. I'm tired of being told whether377 words
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Miscellaneous264 1955-02-25 12 ~~"f^ T^^^ ___888 _____-L_____^__-___L___m. _mmmS~"~ mammmi m ~~~mmmmr~^^ m I I I I—— J i _i ACROSS Sharp Ship? (6) 1 Purl of a bird above a coat of 5 Jacket worn by a drug addict? arms (5) (8) 4 Cram ice into pottery (7). 6 Nonsense confined to the264 words
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186 1955-02-25 13 She has no freedom wearing clothes TAKING top billing over Johnny Ray at the Latin Quarter night club in Paris is Yvonne Menard of the Folies Bergere. When Mile. Menard saw ost umes she was to w^ur in Lou Walters' $?__.760 w, she blushed. "In Paris, costumes like would be186 words
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Article, Illustration275 1955-02-25 13 player Is able to I teen, but a few ;ius achievement i about the hand. South OUI of his the ei and I o get back ti lnc of spades. I for Ave diaHc *ouiU not have five hearts, else he might have doubled the final contract. He275 words
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Article57 1955-02-25 13 SHARING the miserable life of the down-trodden pro letariat and submit) ing to the horrors talism doe n'l seen to I bad nowadays. the titular of thi I i :n I ru with 1 hall, dii two I three garag< and room for eighi rvants. Pric< $238,000.57 words
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366 1955-02-25 13 A fighting fox empties those kennels A WILD fox crept out of the dark forests of icy Labrador and attacked a trapper's dogs in the village of Cartwright. They fought in the snow till the fox was torn to pieces by the big huskies. Beeau.se of that sharp, .savage fight,366 words
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Article, Illustration136 1955-02-25 13 The price of tea caused a storm In the House of Commons when the Socialists challenged the Government on their attitude to the rising cost in relation to the profits made by the tea companies. The Government refused their request for the return to price control j or Government subsidy,Popper - 136 words
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Article, Illustration103 1955-02-25 13 One by one these South Africans file in front of the camera. 1 heir picture is taken. They are numbered. ...and the national government's "Population Register" operation is underway. Hit scene at Greytown, a country town in Natal, with its population of 1.500 Europeans, 3,160 Africans and 9 tiO Indians,Popper - 103 words
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Advertisement58 1955-02-25 13 iDIOfIKIY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS A hi, THi: IB EST LX lIKOAIPt ASTIiVG i it 1 1 Propjrts mutes .1 i nit 01 is lull ol fssn Ihi nest > tlpt»rts in l\ stylish lift tl 000 l*ostlttitj I it r toon s utttl l*n z z It's Vtrturt* Smetimm58 words
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Article381 1955-02-25 14 (Tree Prat l'.<»\i"„ Keport. AN extra d ed to the annual pore Amateur Boxing Ai lion's Novices Championship* ot the record en'rv. >«. <nt\ bmrnmTi M.i tmimTOi Ih* championship., uou s< h. duled t'n March I. 3 and Most of them are Servicemen. Ihe weigh -in381 words
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Article50 1955-02-25 14 SELANGORS Mike Shep-heif-ton, regular state* centre-half, will be tried out as centre forward in Sunday's match at the Malaya Command Stadium between a Sel- angor Invitation XI and j Negri. It la an unofficial trial for the Federation'! .second Test, against the Pakistanis on March G.50 words
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Article175 1955-02-25 14 r piiF U.S. Olympic bobsled committee Ls standing 1 firm on its choice of a team that includes Stanley Bet-ham, despite a trans-Atlantic threat that the whole U.S. team would be barred from the 1956 Winter games in Italy The president of the Intern itlonal175 words
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Article, Illustration42 1955-02-25 14 pic- ture Frank Sando, the British middle distance runner, believes in all* round fitness and, whatever the weather, he runs from his home to the office in the morning a distance of six miles then home again in the evening. Paul PopperPaul Popper - 42 words
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Article96 1955-02-25 14 WITH the exception of one player the entire Hong Kong Army hockey XI which yesterday won the FARELF hockey trianRular tournament has been picked to represent the FARELF hockey XI to meet the Malayan Sikhs on the Gurney Road ground on Saturday at Kuala96 words
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Article82 1955-02-25 14 Officials of the Singapore Motor Club, elected at the general meeting held at the Adelphi Hotel, are: President: Mr. E. A. Crabbe; vicepresident: Mr. J. N. K. MoncrielT i it -elected i hon. secretary: Mr. P. W. Corner (re-elected I lion, treasure!-. Mr. K. W. Morley. Committee:82 words
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Article411 1955-02-25 14 By VERNON MORGAN THE Amateur Athletic Association have started something with their decision to make mile runners in their championship run against the clock to qualify for the Anal. In future onlv the actual winner of each heat will automatically qualify. The other finalists will411 words
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Article39 1955-02-25 14 For the first time the Selangor Amateur Athletic Association wiil run a junior championship this year. It will take place on June 3 and 4 and will be open to boys only, below the age of 1839 words
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Article260 1955-02-25 14 TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES THE following are riv 1 lout ball fixtiii tomorrow:— ENGUftI ii \<.i i i m „i<) N A,M, 1 Sheffield v\ Bui nl. y v J.arUon Maaehesu i h ,se a v lluddnM„.|j Everton v Aston VUb I v Bui ton Manchester C. v Wol\,- s260 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-02-25 14 First to the tape in the Southern Counties women s country championship over a three-mile course at ment Hill Fields. London, is Miss June B r,d i:l tl) Southampton AC. Six internationals competed. Imm '< r holder of the title successfully defended it in bad *e*» l conditions. Reuter picture.Reuter - 49 words
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Article799 1955-02-25 15 TRESPASSER - TRESPASSER Distributor looks another winner By VTAB SIGNAL, a workmanlike four-year-old hy Signal Light out of Overboard, is my choice to win ic main sprint race for class 2, division 1 over six rurlonfi at Penang tomorrow, first day of the Penang Turf799 words
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607 1955-02-25 15 FRED HOWARTH - Sign-on system protects the player FRED HOWARTH SOCCER SERFS By Ih Mary to go back to b< ginning of compea idt ball to understand nsfer system. Iggfl clubs casually enengagementi to plav '•lubs an.l iust as casually to turn op. ling teams. when they did frequent lv arrived shortlandeO and607 words
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Article36 1955-02-25 15 PROBABLE scratchings for tomorrow's races are: Chestnut, Carthusian, Zanzibar. Rose Marie, Sabrina, Hattrick, Theatre 11. Greet, Super Picture. Maori Chief, Trailer. Kumar Court Jewel. Beau Ensign. Barring rain the going tomorrow will be good.36 words
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Article27 1955-02-25 15 Hong Kong Army XI VOU the FARELF lio<k»\ trtangUlai tournament when they trounced Army Malaya 8 l <n the Ouroey Road ground Kuala imnpur, yaaUrday.27 words
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Article1017 1955-02-25 15 Entertainer out for a hattrick ff NT E R TAINER, who A scored a convincing double at Kuala Lumpur last week, should go from strength to strength lo complete a hattrick in this class 4, division 1 rate Dver s£f. Entertainer scored his first win like the useful sprinter he1,017 words
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Article39 1955-02-25 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) KUNZ. To Maria (SkepperA wife of E. A. Kunz the gift of a son Gray Earnest James, a brother for Federick. at the Greenhill Nursing Home on Thursday 24/2/55. Mother and child, both well.39 words
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Article, Illustration761 1955-02-25 16 FIRST- TIMER - ANOTHER HOCKEY LESSON FOR SINGAPORE FIRST-TIMER I By Pakistan 11; Singapore XI 0. f AST YEAR, the visiting Indian Hockey Federation team showed Malayans the true finesse of the game, with brilliant stickwork and ball control. At Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, the Pakistan hockey team, rated as the world's fourthFree Press - 761 words
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Article237 1955-02-25 16 SADDLER'S WIFE AFTER PURSE SUPREME Court Justice Henry Clay Greenberg signed an order calling on featherweight champion Sandy saddler to show cause v. hy hls purse for tonight's championship fight should not be taken by his wife. Mrs. Helen Saddler Is String the champion for .separation and seeking $500 aReuter - 237 words
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231 1955-02-25 16 Cockell fights Rocky Marciano on May 19 \|R. JIM NORMS, president ol the Interna Boxing Club, said yesterday that terilis had 2 settled for a world heavyweight title fight b.u champion Rocky Marciano and Britain's ehamn-!" Don Cockell. Wltl < The fight is to be held in either San FranciscoReuter - 231 words
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131 1955-02-25 16 THE touring India cricket team drew their match yesterday at Karachi with a combined PakL.un Schools XI. i The final scores were: Indians 352 for five declared (first innings) and 36 for two (second innings)- Combined Schools: 267 for nine declared. Haniff Mohamad, notReuter - 131 words
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Article53 1955-02-25 16 A 16-YEAR-OLD girl who took to diving to recover her health after suffering from polio. won the Austialian highboard championship at Adelaide yesterdav. The girl. Beverley Tickle, daughter of former Australian champion Harry Tickle. defeated Barbara MaCauley, who won the British Empire games championship at53 words
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Article62 1955-02-25 16 DON CASTER Rovers beat West Ham United I—o in their rearranged English League Div II match at West Ham .yesterday. The match was postponed last Saturday as Doncaster Rovers played in a fifth round F. A. Cup tie. The Notts County Liverpool Div. II match, also rearrangedReuter - 62 words
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Advertisement319 1955-02-25 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. ENGAGEMENT 20 Words $6 (minimum) SAYAMPANATHAN THURAIAPPAH: The engagement is announ ced between Dr. Sathyamoorthy, son of Mr. V. E. H. Sayampanathan and the late Mrs. Sayampanathan, and Isabella Thilagadevi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Thuraiappah of K.L. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 20 Words $6 (minimum) MR AND MRS. P.319 words
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Advertisement71 1955-02-25 16 I I; -mj ~W I ift >V fflf-VMI —i t'emands a fit body For many years athletes and sportsmen have paid tribute to the beneficial qualities of 'Ovaltine' as a nourishing, palatable food beverage of value in supplementing the training diet. It contributes nutrients and vitamins to help in achieving71 words
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Article, Illustration156 1955-02-25 1 EASY WINNER ON THE FIRST DAY ABOVE: Jockey Elliott guides Entertainer past the post a half length winner on the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup meeting. Entertainer paid Tote dividends of $66 and $32 in the Cl. 4, Div. 3156 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-02-25 1 "ack joekeys on two top line mounts The winner Is Atho. Mulley MN l*» home one length ahead of Kin R Crow (Garnet Boueoure) in It* I. D n le "ent ou the first day. Nazakat, who paid only $9 for a win. was trained by49 words
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Article, Illustration8097 1955-02-25 2 Form Guide For Penang Race Meeting FOLLOWING are the horses entered for the Penang Turf Club February Meeting. CLASS TWO HM(AH(O.S UON (MM 22 M „2 Md S7*J5Jg can SjM.it.r «-•< __f mm _L_T_ I 4 J .H1,... 111 2»* I W Jrd Ri" MUI h« N*c* iphOtOl-W I 18,097 words
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Article, Illustration95 1955-02-25 8 The Big Race at the Selangor Gold Cup Meeting was won by Shangrila, ridden on the inside by young Billy Bagby. Next to Shangrila is Golden Lotus (D. Jones), who was beaten into second place by a short head. Third-placed Never A Blank (J Jones) is95 words
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