The Singapore Free Press, 16 July 1955
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Title Section20 1955-07-16 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in. Malaya n„ *****. Singapore, Sat.. July 10. 1955. Price 15 C Is.20 words
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Article334 1955-07-16 1 13-UNION STRIKE WARNING Vital vote tomorrow THE general secretary of the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation, Mr. O. S. Rangasamy, today warned of "grave consequences" if the council does not concede their "just demands." Mr. Rangasamy said lie would not be surprised if the delegates' conference, called for tomorrow,334 words
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90 1955-07-16 1 MR. Lim Chin Siong. Assemblyman and secretary of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union, "invaded"' Assembly House this morning with about 200 union ioi lowers to see the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, at his meet-the-peuple session. They will request Mr.90 words
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Article66 1955-07-16 1 PERON: THIS IS MY LAST TERM PRESIDENT Peron of the Argentine said yesterday he is resigning his leaderhlp of the Peronista Party and will not accept re-election President for a third time, gre&s representatives reported He also told Congress repreitives who called on him at Government House that the of66 words
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Article31 1955-07-16 1 The Singapore Rubber Mart opened this morning on an tain tone with first grade, \ugust shipment, at $1.22 7 3 a ievi n-elghths of a cent -elow yesterday's close.31 words
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Article28 1955-07-16 1 Four men last night entered a house In Jurong Road, Singapore, and robbed Chew Gek of a gold necklace. She •ed knife wounds during a struggle.28 words
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Article22 1955-07-16 1 Turkey will soon have her first plant ior the assembly and manufacture of typewrit- i ers and office equipment A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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119 1955-07-16 1 THE government announced in Saigon last night that Its air. navy and land forces have launched a general attack on the east fortifications of Hoa Hao general Ba Cut in Vietnam's far west. The assault, which began at dawn on Thursday, was preceded byA.P. - 119 words
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398 1955-07-16 1 Her life in a Red jail was terrible \JRS. PHYLLIS SISPERA, 32-year-<rid 4 divorced wife of a Czech, flew into London late last night with her three children after a month-long battle to leave Czechoslovakia. vVith her was Mr. Jaromir Chudy. the Czech who first disclosed her story to theReuter - 398 words
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Article58 1955-07-16 1 THE Free Press Race Day Special is out again today. with all the latest course information and selections pim Phil Tankard's Mips and tips. i J.- says: Winners look harder to find than money hidden while under the influence. I suggest small wagers on GREAT TRA58 words
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Article86 1955-07-16 1 Tiie new French ResidentGeneral. Mr. Gilbert Grandval yesteiday hurried In troop reinforcements and clamped on a curfew in an effort to stop the wild mop rioting in the streets of Casablanca. Police last night turned back a Moroccan mob invading the European quarter in retaliationU.P. - 86 words
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Article80 1955-07-16 1 A PARTY of six youngsters, three boys and three girls have left Nottingham (England) to walk round the world. They expect to take five years. They are carrying in their pockets £50 each and offers of ■work on Italian farms and Malayan rubber plantations.Reuter - 80 words
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Article85 1955-07-16 2 RED GETS A ROYAL PARDON XTU'AI/S lap Conimun--11 ist rebel leader, Dr. K I. Singh, is preparing lo return from his Tibetan sanetuary with II followers on assurances of amnesty from King Mahendras, Ilimalavan I border reports said ves- lerdav. Singh led an open rebellion against the Nepal government inU.P. - 85 words
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143 1955-07-16 2 Wife's lie about age no divorce ground A UNITED STATES Supreme Court justice ruled yesterday that a man who did not "discover" until 13 years later that his bride had lied 11 years oil her age was not entitled to an annulment for that reason. Justice Lewis W. Oliile deniedU.P. - 143 words
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Article, Illustration39 1955-07-16 2 pit-lure. Mr N. Ilibu b, ntJß| Ccrnian Consul General in Singapore, chatting with fcirlj, ol the "Holiday ou Ice" show at a cocktail party in Cornwall Gardens yesterday. Several of the ice revue artistes come from Germany.- Free PressFree Press - 39 words
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53 1955-07-16 2 Boy gangster shot on street corner Warren Holstrom. 14, a member of the "Willis Dukes" gang, was shot and killed with a home-made gun on Thursday on a New York street corner, four blocks from the scene where a fellow tennage gang member was killed in the same fashion fiveA.P. - 53 words
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Article25 1955-07-16 2 The United States yesterday paroled two Japanese war criminals, Issaku Kojima and Mitsuo Saito, serving long sentences in Tokyo's Sugamo Prison- U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article380 1955-07-16 2 Geneva starts new phase says Ike CHANCE OF SOLUTION TO EAST-WEST PROBLEMS mw PRESIDENT EISENHOWER declared the hope in Washington yesterday that next week's Big Four conference will open new vistas leading toward solution ol major East-West problems, Eisenhower voiced this hope only a matter oi hours before his scheduledU.P. - 380 words
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63 1955-07-16 2 rpriE Israel Rabbinate in 1 Jerusalem protested yesterday against Justice Minister Pinhas Rosen's advocacy of marriage law reforms. Rosen, a Progressive Party member, had sought to introduce civil marriages, ending Orthodox exclusive control of marriages The Rabbinate sent a letter to Rosen,U.P. - 63 words
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Article49 1955-07-16 2 Mr. Howard P. Jones, former Foreign Aid Director in Indonesia, has been named Deputy Asci^tant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs in Washington. He succeeds Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, former U.S. ConsulGeneral in Singapore, who Will be re-assigned after a period of leave. A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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41 1955-07-16 2 Twelve farm representatives from lowa and other American states arrived in Moscow last night for a month's tour of the Soviet Union and to give the Russians some advice on growing corn and hogs.— A.PA.P - 41 words
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Article115 1955-07-16 2 WESTERN statesmen preparing for next week's Geneva conference of heads of government swept through their business j in Paris yesterday, reaching complete agree- ment on the presentation of their case to Russia. At a two-and-a-half hour meeting the j three Foreign Ministers Mr. John Foster Dulles,Reuter - 115 words
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253 1955-07-16 2 WRONG TO SEND SON UNDER 10 TO SCHOOL MOTHER WINS CASE A 32-year-old mother of four children maintained i n court in Norwich, Em i that it was wrong to send a child under 10 to school— and won her case. She Ls Mrs. Joy Baker, who appealed against beingReuter - 253 words
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474 1955-07-16 2 WORLD MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE IN TOMORROW-BULGANIN THE Russian Premier, Marshal Bulganin said in an unprecedented press conference in Moscow yesterday that the struggle between East and West could not be solved by war. He pledged the Soviet delegation to seek a common language at Geneva to end the cold war.U.P. - 474 words
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164 1955-07-16 3 GUNS GUARD DIVERS IN CROCODILE RIVER HUNT WARDERS and convict gangs .searching desolate shores of Mageta Island, the Mau Mau prison island in Lake Victoria, yesterday found the bodies of five convicts who were among 22 people missin" from a prison launch which overturned In the crocodile-infested waters on Thursday.Reuter - 164 words
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Article90 1955-07-16 3 Killers seek cut in prison terms CEVERAL thousand convicts In Sao Paulo prison, Brazil. many of them serving 30-year rices for murder yesterday si nt petitions to the Government and Roman Catholic Church authorities to grant a tion in their sentences to the opening tomorrow of innual Eucharlstic Con- 1Reuter - 90 words
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Article41 1955-07-16 3 Russian and Japanese negotiators conferred in London again yesterday on a peaci treaty between their two countries but informed sources Raid Mr. Jacob Malik, the Soviet delegate, had brought back no new proposals Irom his Moscow visit.— ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article, Illustration236 1955-07-16 3 NO. l Squadron, RAF, which is equipped with Lincoln heavy bombers, today celebrates the fifth anniversary of its arrival in Malaya. Within ten days of the squadron's arrival, the Lincolns wire on bombing and strafing operations against the Communist terrorists in Johore. month, also, No.236 words
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Article176 1955-07-16 3 But Korean girls must be 'acceptable. says Collier rpHE doors of l\S. army ollicer clubs were yesterday reopened to Korean girls but they have to be •'acceptable." The easing of the ban on Korean girls visiting ollicer clubs was first marie known in a memorandum fromReuter - 176 words
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132 1955-07-16 3 U.K. cancels Salk tests in bid to get 'safer' vaccine HPHE British Medical Research Council has cancelled its intended trial of the American Salk vaccine against poliomyelitis, lt was announced in London yesterday. Experiments have been started to And a safer vaccine and a special unit is being set upReuter - 132 words
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Article38 1955-07-16 3 Indian President Rajendra Prasad, last night conferred the order of Bharat Ratna— Jewel of India India's highest decoration on Mr. Nehru in recognition of hi.s "heroic endeavour in the cause of np'iee for mankind."— ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article, Illustration74 1955-07-16 3 London's Soho went gay this week at the opening of its fair. The West K-nd's Continental Quarter was gay with all the colour and music of the Mardi Ctras. The strcrt* were jammed with people watching the procession of l>o floats representing clubs, restaurants and businesses. But no Carnival is74 words
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Advertisement45 1955-07-16 3 t_^__f FRIGIDAIRE Y-- REFRIGERATOR fmf I f-jjjg- -i J On low easy payments mWm ><J SOUTH ASIA TRADING CO. \i<l<»ri.i Mr«*«t, sin K .i ■>«•■*■ M KMiTI. FRCILITIES TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. I H PHONE 6577 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE I WEEK-ENDER THIS WEEK AND EVERY WEEK^a45 words
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227 1955-07-16 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion A FAMOUS MALAYAN SATURDAY, July 16, 1955. man who helped to 1 put Malaya on the world map -champion badminton player Wong Peng Soon has anInounced his decision to retire from competitive play. He is the first Malayan to wrest a world cham Bpionship title227 words
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Article, Illustration569 1955-07-16 4 STEPHEN COULTER - Keep your eyes on the Fourth Man STEPHEN COULTER says WHEN tin Uiu Four meet at Geneva to look over the .state of the world from "the summit," the "fourth man" will bo Lhe unknown quantity to most spectator!, Yet Edgar Faure Is a man very much to keep your569 words
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Article, Illustration526 1955-07-16 4 Fear stalks the Russian who talked VLADIMIR PETROV, the Russian Embassy official and secret service agent whose name was blazoned across the world last year, lives today with one constant companion -Fear. You remember the sensational Petrov case? Petrov was third secretary at the Russian Embassy in Canberra officially. Unofficially,526 words
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Article, Illustration85 1955-07-16 5 'rill. 17 members of the Malavan Mathematical Society, Kota Bahru branch, now on a week's cducationr tour of Singapore, visited the Straits Times Press to learn how a newspaper is produced. rhe delegation, mostly first-year students of the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Kota Bahru,85 words
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Article722 1955-07-16 5 Tomorrow's church announcement in KCH OF ENGLAND .ndrew'i Cathedral: 7 a.m. im union; 8 a.m. Sung and Parish Communion; Family Service; 10.30 ins; 11 a.m. Mandarin 11.30 a.m. Holy Comp tn. Evensong. ii.ip.i oi the Ascension Woodsville: 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 9.15 lay School; 6 p.m. Even>t Pauls Miurch I722 words
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Article277 1955-07-16 5 New rival union is again accused THE Singapore Petrol Dealers Employees Union yesterI day followed up it_ "poaching" charge against a new rival I union with an accusation that it wa.s "knowingly or otherwise playing right into the hands of the employers." The old union is irked because the new277 words
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Article48 1955-07-16 5 The St. John Ambulance Brigade, Singapore asks th o who require first aid men in duty at sports, fetes and r her gatherings to give thorn at least 10 days notice, if possible. It difficult to detail members for voluntary services at _hort notice.48 words
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448 1955-07-16 5 WE'VE SYMPATHY BUT THAT'S ALL, SAY TEACHERS 3INGAPOSE English teachers ire 100 per cent in sympathy with their Federation counterparts who have* threatened tn co on a token strike in their light ior higher wages and better service conditions. Rut they are not doinn anything to support the teachers across448 words
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Advertisement35 1955-07-16 5 44*44.444.44 Anof/ier N£ IV SWIMSUIT FOR 1955 i j[ 4 See fhc wonderful 1955 collection now of 4 I I I fl k Bi_ll I I'll 00, High Sl I. Siii-.tjiorr. I \i I O35 words
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Miscellaneous373 1955-07-16 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis i I r f7 Q n_ ___c ON.C nc thEM--ANOH!M/|| NEITHER ONE. IT WAS /^T^V VOL If I NEVER OAiNK, ME WAS ONE Or tm.m-anu j A FAT LITTLE FELLOW /^-J" > SOBER, J CHIEP. THEN.WHEN M T- !f!_____?77_^ WITH HEAVY GLASSES IW373 words
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Miscellaneous783 1955-07-16 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR j JJORX today, you ha\e a X strong mind. You like t 0 dominate any situation in I which you find yourself an d if X you cannot lead, you are apt Xto go off and sulk— or find I another group whom vou ran lead! I783 words
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Article210 1955-07-16 7 LONDON, July If. Previous Today. i i i.KFR No. 1 RSS cJi. European 36 7 < buyers 36 buyers l-ctts .Inly 37» t sellers 37 sellers i;( I'.UKR No. 1 RSS ci.f. European 35 l buyers 35 2 buyers Ports August 36's sellers 35 sellers KIBBER No.210 words
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Article103 1955-07-16 7 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. NEW YORK. July 15. Previous Today. lid Strata spot and nearby 96.87 nom 97 25 nom im futures July 95.00 bid 96.00 bid 96.75 asked 97.00 a.sked A "S- 9?.0O bid 94.00 bid 95.00 a.sked 95.25 asked September 92.25103 words
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Article48 1955-07-16 7 Malabar was quoted at Awaiting release 48. Afloats l July 47'. Sarawak spot 15, Awaiting release 44>_. Afloats 44 to 43. July 42' Lampong spot 48'.. Awaiting release 48. Afloats 48 to 47'... July shipment 47'. sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.48 words
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Article34 1955-07-16 7 "■■•W NEW YORK, July 15. Previous Today. 21 Industrials 458.49 460.23 Kailroads M 158.03 159.17 1" Domestic Bonds 99 79 99.79 1"» Itilitirs 64.98 65.15 <>l Stwks Composite Average 165.66 166.4234 words
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Article119 1955-07-16 7 July 15. Previous Today. COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North I uiopeaii delivered weight per long ton July/ Aug. $186 sellers $186 value < OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila in I'ulk. per long ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits c.i.f. ITK/North1 T K /North I uropran delivered weight per Ion?119 words
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Article, Illustration121 1955-07-16 7 INSURANCE MEN SEE FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION -THE MODERN WAY A FORTY-FIVE minute fire-fightinu demonstration was held at the Central Fire Brigade. Hill Street. Singapore, for members of the Insurance Institute of Malaya. Highlights were the various aspects of rescue work, display of modern fire extinguishers and combined drill showing fire121 words
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335 1955-07-16 7 Fish shortage? Get us those Indonesian permits, they say CINGAPORE fish traders Raid yesterday that the only way to improve Colony fish supplies Is to license more craft to operate in Indonesian and neighbouring waters. They were commenting on the warning by the Director of Fisheries, Mr. D. W. Le335 words
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Article329 1955-07-16 7 TROUBLE STA YS BEHIND IN HAREM LMRST down the steps of 1 the airliner at London Airport came the Madawaki Sokoto. and behind him came his chief wife, A'isa. Bhe was shapeless in black her toes. And as she adted h( r silk veil to guard inst the looks of329 words
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Advertisement32 1955-07-16 7 m. .r-i SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT IS, The Arcade, BlajSfor«i IM: Will .1 lii I. Rodger Street, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 1341 IN ASSOCIATION Willi SINCVPOKK PACKING COMPANY UNITED. specialists in HAULAGE, INSURANCE, STORAGE32 words
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Article, Illustration1700 1955-07-16 8 C. BAKER- CARR - C. BAKER-CARR by ...The remarkable career of the Red Indian Princess who saved thc life of one Englishman— and married another She mi tin. first of her rare to become Christian, the first to many an Englishman, the first tO visit Britain. and the Oral to die of! the1,700 words
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292 1955-07-16 9 ROAD SAFETY MEN SWOOP ON TODDLERS I>OLICE are -arresting" 130 toddlers a week on the street corners of Derby, it was revealed recently. And they are "warning off" hundreds of older children. The arrests and warnings are part of a campaign to cut road accidents among the young. They were292 words
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287 1955-07-16 9 i -.o-YEAR-OLD wife stood _< coins in a corridor ol th- hES Court as her husband and another woman walked out arm in arm, "'fas after her action Zi the other woman lor anient had been settled £i Higftreet. London, .n.-god that Mrs. Esther ?f.287 words
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Article59 1955-07-16 9 Mrs. Molly Wormald, who took her first singing lessons in April last year and was Jiven a Covent Garden audition, must defer, her dreams ol joining the company for mother 12 months. She has received a letter from Mr. Patrick Terry, of Royal Opera House,59 words
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Article22 1955-07-16 9 Because he served Israelimade liquor to Arab guests, Italian consul Stephano Rocchi hai been declared personally unacceptable by the Jordan Government.22 words
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Article, Illustration67 1955-07-16 9 KIM SHOWS SOMETHING GLAMOROUS IZIM Novak, Columbia Pictures 'Star of Tomorrow,' shows something new and glamorous for evening wear a highcollared lace jacket in deep cherry red, longsleeved and lined with satin. It Ls worn with long evening gloves. Kim, a lovely pale blonde with smiling eyes dresses her hairReuter - 67 words
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Article38 1955-07-16 9 David Dry, aged four, put out his hand against a garden wali to steady himself at Chadwell Heath, Essex. The wall collapsed and David wa_ trapped bv his feet. He was taken to hospital.38 words
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Article17 1955-07-16 9 The Pope has proclaimed Saint Matthew as patron saint of Italy's book-keepers and accountants.17 words
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Article138 1955-07-16 9 An arrow in the air. r PLI'NK! vent an arrow, and pinned gardener Stephen Brown's cap to the lawn just as he was bending to pick it j UP And that marked the end of the seven-shots- fur-sixpence council i archery butts down in Bangor, Co. Down. Because 27-year-old Mr.138 words
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Article225 1955-07-16 9 r PHE Earl of Shrewsbury, premier F:irl of I England, never wants to see an old folks outing arrive at his ancestral home again. This i.s what happened, he said, when 0 000 "Derbys and Joans" from the Black Country spent a free afternoon225 words
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166 1955-07-16 9 AN MP. wants the offence of driving under the influence of drink to be divided into two degrees, according to the amount of alcohol in the bloody This is one of the amendments to the Road Traffic Bil< which Mr. R. G. Page. Tory166 words
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Article17 1955-07-16 9 Found cannon ball A 251b. cannon ball was round by men demolishing a wall at Felixstowe, Suffolk.17 words
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Article, Illustration74 1955-07-16 10 THI HUE oi the U.S. Vice President, Mrs. Richard Nixon, launches a nation-wide campaign to provide dolls for children Ln the rural areas of the United Stales and other countries. The dolls will be hand made by teen-agers throughout the Tinted Slates. Show.ii examining74 words
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66 1955-07-16 10 English people mind their own business too much complain Derbyshire county police. 80 they hav«> asked house holders to be more curious and suspicious, and so cut down crime. For instance, if they see a suspicious character, or an open window in a66 words
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Article254 1955-07-16 10 ]y]RS DORIS SUMMERFIELD is a 15.000 mile wife That Ls the distance she has travelled, following her husband, a petty-officer in the Royal Australian Navy. And the other night she jet off from Blackpool to Londonderry .still following husband, ship, the ing ate Queenborough That will254 words
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227 1955-07-16 10 Suicide after row with doctor friend A DOCTOR, whose woman friend was found dead on a mattress beside a turned-on gas-tap, said that when they last saw each other, three days earlier, they 'had words." Dr. Duncan Macpherson, of Kennington-road, London, was giving evidence at the inquest at Westminster en227 words
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90 1955-07-16 10 IT is not often that a junior can throw a pillow at a prelect and get away with it. But at Prensham Heights School, Rowledge. Surrey, a prefect rushed into a dormitory to give a warning of fire. The small bov did not90 words
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Article37 1955-07-16 10 From now on Britons will have to peel their bananas twice. All bananas exported from Jamaica to Britain are being encased in a plastic hfrn to keep them fresh during 1 ransport.37 words
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389 1955-07-16 10 TOO MANY BOYS, TOO FEW GIRLS -TEDDY BOY Answer to a social problem London police chiefs have ordered a compl report on the activities of gangs of "Teddy bo% who roam the streets and attend dances looking for trouble. The report ivill be sent to the Home Office. BEHIND the389 words
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Article114 1955-07-16 10 mWO men sat side by side 1 in the arrivals lounge at London Airport one night. They eyed each other's hats. Ten minutes later they swapped Mr. Robert Crane, from Texas, exchanged his fivegailon Stetson for an eight-year-old Saville Row bowler worn by City business man114 words
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Article154 1955-07-16 10 Woman, 71, is chased round court A WOMAN of 71 raced round A a magistrates' court chased bv a Police servant. TO Hodge him she iumped on i »s{* Mrs. Theresa Randall, pi imp. c rev-haired, dressed entirely in bfack of Wells-street. Inswir nleaden guilty at U^f] 1 assaulting* a154 words
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Article328 1955-07-16 11 And this after 1 7 years of happiness SUSPICION first besan to 3 mbitter Janet Stroude's life after 17 years of happy marriage. Thereafter, said Mr. Justice Barnard In the London Divorce nt, she watched her husnd, Harold, on every possible occasion. Tilings riot .so bad328 words
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Article, Illustration54 1955-07-16 11 Elfrida Eden In a ballet scene with the CanCan chorus of a society play, "The Lights were Amber," staged recently at London*! Fortune Theatre. The play, a comedy situated in a country house 'v Hampshire, ends u* cabaret act In whic s Eden, 15-year-old t :ecc of the Premier, isA.P. - 54 words
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Article42 1955-07-16 11 The Home Olfice should be empowered to deport felons among coloured Commonwealth immigrants. Mr. John Tilney M.P. for Wavertree. Liverpool said. He spoke at the Conservative Commonweatlh Council in London in a discussion on West Indian immigrants.42 words
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Article38 1955-07-16 11 Mrs. Brenda Johnston—-Bn-tisn Channel swimmer Brenda Fisher— is now in Canada making an attempt to swim 34 miles across Lake Ontario and heat the present women's record time of 20 hr 59 min.38 words
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201 1955-07-16 11 "A VERY decent man" who was trapped into marriage was given a divorce. When Arnold Cresswell. of Liverpool-street, Nottingham. waa married in February 1950. his wife was going to have a baby. Cresswell was not the father and knew nothing about the coming baby.201 words
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Article157 1955-07-16 11 The army defends its girls IT is DOl tru< thar ti.* r a low moral standard in the W R A Ca* i when girls wrong ar» ceptlons, Mr. Pltzroy 1 1 x Undei -s< cretary for War. said In the House of ('< mmons. And he denied thai the157 words
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Article262 1955-07-16 11 Man tricks employers by phone GORMAN SAMUEL WHITE had simple rules to ensure that he worked only one hour a week. Whenever he applied foi jobs he was always spick-and-span and eager. Employerlooked approvingly at his height he is 6ft.—and husky build. And when they said:262 words
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Advertisement86 1955-07-16 11 BRAVE BOY Kenneth Birkbeck, six, of Gloucester square. Paddington, pushed his 12-ycar-old cousin, Roy Collins, to safety outside Great Portland street Station. But a bus hit Kenneth, and he wis taken to hospital with serious injuries. CHEEKY BOY Two-year-old William llennessy locked himself in the bathroom of his home at86 words
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Advertisement20 1955-07-16 11 Especially designed to accommodate local K walis are available on hire Consult your Electrical Contractor or Ring 2419 Ext. 35220 words
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Article, Illustration988 1955-07-16 12 ADELAIDE EASTLEY - There'll be no H-bomb on S'pore but CD plan is: Carry on training ADELAIDE EASTLEY by- A MOTHER sneak Invasion of Singapore would find the city ready to meet the emergency. in a rigorous action programme designed to meet anv threat to the civil la n p pulation, Singapore's CiviJ988 words
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Article900 1955-07-16 13 KATHLEEN HICKLEY - KATHLEEN HICKLEY PART TWO OF A STORY BY /ioosey GANDB kail \"f from a crow that Mr. Wong, his master, is fattening him ud to kill him at Christmas. Be one day he struggles out of Mr. U'onu'j, arms and runs awav. NOW READ ON AS GOOSEY GANDER900 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-07-16 13 IK you have ever had vour photograph l\\\m une thirdly just a* >o« •were washing your hair, you'll know h«»w hill the crr-Urd pelkaa feet*, llr wan half wav through hb» toilet in his rnrloMtre at the London _fct wluu |H)pp.d the- nun will QM you M»0»f mmM l«H49 words
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Miscellaneous277 1955-07-16 13 o o o Z^^r- c viy" J."«_rv COLOUR this wild deer for PRIZES SEE how well you can colour this picture with paints, crayons or chalks. Your effort may win you some pocket money. There are four prizes of $5 each (two for boys and two for girls). Fill in277 words
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Miscellaneous444 1955-07-16 13 Rupert and Morwenna 9 The little creature immediately coa<;. It takes a 10. ot til to do it, sits down facing Rupert. "Yes. .md in order ,o call us .il together it's about lime you were told what our Leader used to ipeak m.o his has happened." he says. "Well.444 words
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Article, Illustration1202 1955-07-16 14 HAROLD TURNER; TOMMY KINSMAN - A back-street boy makes good HAROLD TURNER TOMMY KINSMAN BEGINNING TODAY— a remarkable story of one mans rise io lame tells the story in four chapters L thinks back over the fabulous years 4I r F were playing a Virnne.se wait/ and I'rinre.ss Ell I a b e t h,Reuter - 1,202 words
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Article, Illustration68 1955-07-16 15 for all weathers THEM inspiration come from Paris hut they're the most practical hats for a travel holiday. Wind won't dislodge them, rain won't worry them, and they'll emerge from a suitcast smiling. All in wool jersey. In 12 different colours. Draped turban, reminiscent of the 1920s For68 words
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Article352 1955-07-16 15 The Fabulous Fifties EILEEN ASCROFT finds a woman with a recipe for keeping the years at bay LMFTY Ls a wonderful 1 age, says Florence Desmond, celebrating her half-century birthday. And here's the recipe che gave me for keeping the years at bay: "Never be bored; enjoy every minute of352 words
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Article279 1955-07-16 15 Lotion that makes legs look good LEGS have long been the Cinderella of the beauty world, and I am happy to welcome a new lotion that solves the problem of smooth, hairless legs on the beach. It's stroked on with the hand from a special squeeze bottle and washed off279 words
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Article140 1955-07-16 15 THE annoying fungus infection called athlete's foot appears to be much less contagious than the popular practices intended to prevent it might lead one to suppose. At the recent meeting of the American Medical Association, four New York scientists described experiments In which 68140 words
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Advertisement69 1955-07-16 15 /s^*t\ J The Trufood Trio S_\. r— vJr~* I^. I V"^ *I|V* w __/^TRUFOOD Most like Mother's Milk If you ran't feed baby yours -If r. -n give him Humanised Trufood. .FOLLOW-OH TRUFOOD A fortified milk for growing children of all ages. w TRUFOOD CEREAL FOOD tLW For babies, toddlers,69 words
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Article, Illustration825 1955-07-16 16 WILLIAM HICKEY - HER HISTORY IS IN AN ENVELOPE WILLIAM HICKEY says NOW and again it hup pens tha! you meet Enow jrou n*. mber aa lon the i nu t Jacqi < I r lM I k 1 1 famous air- •.!>• woman to barrier. nut k i i hen i b.825 words
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82 1955-07-16 16 I)RINCESS MARGARET visited Gli/ndcbourne Opera sonic nighti ago with Lord Rupert Nevill and his I ife, Ladi/ Anne. She stayed n ith them (or the week-end. The Princess //ore a ballctlength dress of pink silk embroidered With white flowers and a hi82 words
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112 1955-07-16 16 This had that 'Continental' touch about it WHEN one Is abroad one always asks why people can't do this sort of thing in England— now here they are doing it,'' said TV announcer Miss Bronwen Pugh. She was at a party in a Belgrave Square mews, in London, where Mr.112 words
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Article, Illustration474 1955-07-16 16 /\NE of tho lucre, ting features v of Charki Qoran'a "Contract e Complete" is that most of the chapten wind up with a bridge quiz, .similar to thoee which appear every weekend. Raving read and supposedly abi orb<<i hi don down n the chapter the reader nets chance474 words
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Miscellaneous265 1955-07-16 16 DAILY CROSSWORD "~~______"~~"~~~_________________T~'"" bH ***** I I I CLUES ACROSS lizard (3). 1 The salt for secrecy? (7). 4 an b llnked wlth a rOW f hog (5). 5 Music to accompany a round- 5 Not very large weapons (5, 4). about? (5). e Are these solid? (I). 8 Concerning265 words
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Article, Illustration946 1955-07-16 17 THOMAS WISEMAN - WHISPER IN MY EAR, HOW MUCH DO YOU GET? THOMAS WISEMAN by liflK lips said to be "like morning dew on poppies" closed over a stick of chewing gum. \va Gardner, the Aphrodite of the atom-age, the bullfighters' moment of truth, chewed steadily as she listened to the voice coming946 words
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Advertisement17 1955-07-16 17 M. FLINTER S. GRIMBERG Diamonds Jewellery m 67 > Stamford Rd., Ei Court 81dg.,) S'pore, 6. Telephone 7923.17 words
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Advertisement98 1955-07-16 17 J i: S*ss&mm)to, •> < >^S J^y' >«__fS S mT^j*&" m\%f*\% \ri/Ss^ TIB a- *^^&\a\ wk &$f *^m^M*\.ewm%m The werkiy Issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can br 7 sent by Air Mail to any address in the tinted Kingdom at an inclusive rate of j& 1 $24.00 I FOR SIX98 words
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Article, Illustration131 1955-07-16 18 It> KAI.I-II 111 ARIMAN I/M'-IT I I. STEWART, olßcer In charge ol f athletics and captain t Um- Ch K i x\* t«;;.m which won th.- team <hampioiiship at r < It \l Sinsaporr-Malava Meting, realised an ambition after three seasons of athletics in131 words
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Article128 1955-07-16 18 iiOGER MOWS. the Belgian K policeman. failed last night In his bid in Brussels to beat the *orld 800-metre record of I nun. 46 6 NC. WhlCh has stood to the credit of Germany's Rudolph Harbo* for 16 years. Hus time was 1 min. 47128 words
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Article90 1955-07-16 18 The Royal Air Force, after their I ■cK>d display against Malays in a Community League fixture on Monday, are expected to be tough opposition for the Singapore Malaya Cup team, whom they meet at Seletar today. Teams for today are*. R.A.F.: Belsham; Ives, Hodgson*. Clarke90 words
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516 1955-07-16 18 GEORGE WHITING - You will hear a lot more of mister Waterman GEORGE WHITING By rgmtm p a le voung man in the i 1 houndstooth sports jacket! hitched his blue and white tie a half-inch to the left and remarked, thoughtfully, that Thurber was quite an author, that Stephen Potter was really516 words
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Article, Illustration161 1955-07-16 18 MICHAEL ANCHANT - MICHAEL ANCHANT PICTURES BY TOP: Mr. H. E. Burhidge. iieaumaser of RAF Changi Primary School, fivea starting instruetions to (left to right): (ilynis Dickie, Jaeqyeltne King (the winner). Muriel Dalgleish and Ann Harvey before the Kirls' backstroke race. LEFT: From left hi right. Alistar lilairOliphant,161 words
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Article, Illustration86 1955-07-16 19 CPRAY plumes from the jet-engined Bluebird II as Donald Campbell races her over the placid surface of Like Ullswatcr in a trial run on Tuesday. Donald, 34-year-old son of the late Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world record in this trial with a speed ofReuter - 86 words
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Article, Illustration626 1955-07-16 19 i_I(ITISII RUNNERB ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING SOME !> THING OF THE FINE REPUTATION THEY HAVE Bill/ FOR THEMSELVES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. They are in danger of being called rule breakers and o j accused of sharp practice by otherReuter - 626 words
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Article90 1955-07-16 19 ITALY qualified for the final of the European Zone in the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition yesterday when they took a 3-0 winning lead over Britain at Birmingham, England. They will meet Chile, the winners of the tie with Sweden which v. as played ofT atReuter - 90 words
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Article72 1955-07-16 19 UIS AY ALA (Chile) yesterday scored an unexpected victory over Europe's leading player, Sven Davidson (Sweden) In the European Zone Davis Cup semi-final between the two countries at Baastad, Sweden. Ayala beat Davidson 1-, 7-5, 7-5, 6 3, in a two-hour match in intense heat toReuter - 72 words
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Article200 1955-07-16 19 JAPANESE lightweight champion Masashi Akiyama today regained the orient lightweight crown by a six-round technical knockout over tltleholder Omsap Naruphai of Siam in their scheduled 12--round title bout at the Municipal Gymnasium. Osaka. A crowd of 2.000 saw the 21-year-old Siamese fighter get off to aU.P. - 200 words
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367 1955-07-16 19 Bitter Sweet wins Queen Alexandra Stakes for second time rE ROYAL RACE MEETING WAS CONCLUDED YESTERDAY IN GLORIOUS WEATHER WITH THE FATAL THUNDERSTORM OF THURSDAY BUT A TRAGIC MEMORY The Queen who was present yesterday, did not have a runner. The only Royal competitor, the Princess Royal's VaTresto, spoilt hisReuter - 367 words
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Advertisement22 1955-07-16 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET Ace Hand of Sin&4>ore MISS SALOMA tho Malay "Marilyn Monroe" O o<> Kin^ ***** for Tabic Kescrv.itions22 words
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Article283 1955-07-16 20 NORRIS WINS B GRUELLING SIX MILES is oppressive HEAT ken NORRIS IGED WON THI BRITISH SIX MILES TRACK TITLE W WNTON LAST Mf.lll \IIKK f.RI l-.I.LINC BATTLE WITH ACE IMITBH IMS! VM I RL'NNER fiOKDON PIRIE, WHO Sl \(.M Kl > <>l THE TRAI K EXHAUSTEDReuter - 283 words
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Article46 1955-07-16 20 Penttl Karvonen ol Finland betid own irorld t,oot-nMtra •teoplochaae record at the BlslH tedium ir, Oalo (Norway) last night vuth Mine <>t Hniin.s 4ft.4eec Rftl artvlou mark wa.s Bml ns. 47.8 nee which he set up ten days ago in Helsinki. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article20 1955-07-16 20 Wmtmm ft (minimum). GILBERT: at Bung.sar Hospital Oa July 13th 1955 to Win and Jim. a .son. Both well.20 words
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Article34 1955-07-16 20 20 Ward, $H (minimum). VVNER BURGESS: Between Brian Michael .son of Mrs. and the I late Major G. C. Vyner and Winifred Blanche, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs S. M. Burgess.34 words
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Article28 1955-07-16 20 20 Word* $6 i minimum). BACH US ARIANAYAGAM: Marriage between John Jebaratnam Backus. Seremban and Rani Arlanayagam will be solemnized at Christ Church. Jaffna, on 16.7.55. I28 words
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Obituary57 1955-07-16 20 20 Word. $0 (minimum). SEAH: Eng Kiat. ai*ed 88 beloved j father of Seah Peng Hong, passed away peacefully on Friday the 157.55. at 205 Joo Chiat Place, I leaving behind many grand children and great grand children. Funeral will take place today the 10. 7. 55 at 257 words
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80 1955-07-16 20 British-trained By Thunder, owned by South African steel manufacturer Mr. J. S. Gerber. has been added to the probable runners for the £27,800 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot today. The four-vear-old will be ridden by Willie Snaith. This bringsReuter - 80 words
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Article29 1955-07-16 20 The England cricket team to meet South Africa In the fourth Test ut Leeds next Thursday will not he announced untli Monday evening.29 words
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359 1955-07-16 20 \v/ITH only five minutes to SPARK. lUK PLAYBRB BEAI THE C.ENIIEMKN BY 20 RUNS TN AN EXCITING PINISH AT LORDS IO WIN THE ANN I'M. CRICKET MATCH FOR HIK I7TH TIME YESTERDAY. The im '.it, h id been dl ml ed for 320 yeReuter - 359 words
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Article, Illustration264 1955-07-16 20 MALAYAN women's high jump record holder, Ruth Ferreira leaped 4ft. 10-, >n. to break the Singapore record by 2*iin. and improve on her Malayan record by threequarter inch, at the first day f the Singapore AAA championhips at Jalan Besar yesterday, despite sustained booing264 words
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Advertisement298 1955-07-16 20 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 20 Word* $H (minimum). TBI FAMILY of the late Mr. Ho Kim Pook ll grateful to all friends iind relatives for having sent wreaths, monetary guts, messages of condolence and for (heir attendance ;it the funeral of the late Mr. Ho Kirn Fook 00 the 12.7.55 at Seremb ui298 words
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Article, Illustration175 1955-07-16 1 AMATEUR TIPSTERS: MRS. DENNEHY says MARSIGLIO DOWN, down go the amateur tipsters. Following Dr. Pat O'Sullivan's near miss with Red Wolf II last Saturday. Argonauts and Singapore soccer star Rahim Omar .selected Pasamora on Wednesday. It was unplaced. Mrs. Thelma Dennehy, wife of Singapore doctor and racehorse owner Jack Dennehy.175 words
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Article32 1955-07-16 1 Till: going at Kuala Lumpur up to Last evening was «K>d There was a welcome shower in the morning. RADIO MALAYA will broadcast all races at Kuala LumPur today.32 words
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Article165 1955-07-16 1 lIHIIIIIIIII iMiiHiiiiMiiii imii iiniiiix'; JMMI n-.'.i l I I II i, |i||||llll,i,i, .11 ..M 11. 11l inillllll llllMllltlllMlllllllllllllll.lllMll .Illllinilll lIIIIIIMII.iI Itiiin... IUESPASSEK PELANDOK EPSOM JEEP CALI^BOY POINTER I Race 1. PKRMITA DOR ME Z SOUTH BRIDGE 818 ANDY SOUTH BRIDGE CINEMASCOPE II i 2.30 Bis Andy165 words
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325 1955-07-16 1 SWEET WILLIAM AND KINGFOLD FOR A DOUBLE SWEET WILLIAM (Race Two) and Kingfold (Race Four) both strong stable fancies, should make a safe double at Kuala Lumpur today, concluding: day of the Selangor Turf Club Julv meeting. There is a strong whimper for Heremai in Race One. The horse to325 words
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Article177 1955-07-16 1 Old favourites are out next week SOME old favourites will make their reappearance at the Singapore Turf Club's gymkhana meeting next SaturTnev include Entertainment 11. winner of the Singapore Gold Cup and the Coronation Cup, Treasure Ship, winner of the Penang Gold Cup and the Perak Derby winner, One Three177 words
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Article1133 1955-07-16 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 5, DIV. 2-6 FURS. I i SSI Heremai 6 rh< 'Won-; We** Chon> Bagby 9.00 2 663 Permita Dormei II 6 brag (Chan Ul Hang > Manning 9.00 \\>s t 3." 006 Munlee 7 brag <Km Ora Stable > Tjoa 8.10 Tail 41,133 words
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204 1955-07-16 3 Robelus gave the 'Doc a grand send-off rpHE turf abounds with 1 talcs of fascinating romances. One horse or une race often shapes the destiny of a trainer of a jockey. Take the case of trainer J. R. Rodgers, "Doc" to his many friends. From a struggling trainer on probation204 words
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Article247 1955-07-16 3 r y VO more winners last SaI turday have taken jockey Garm t Bougoure's tally to 34. well ahead of his nearest Don Patterson, who has nners to his credit. Latest ions, up to and including last Saturday. OWNERS 1st 2nd 3rd Stakes Add «d Money Shaw247 words
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276 1955-07-16 3 Westoth looks too good for a weak Class 5 field Iff/ Mum On Thm Spot WESTOTH has been penalised to the hilt for her runaway win over 5_ furlongs on Wednesday but with ".lb. off this three-year-old may easily complete a double. In her present form she looks too good276 words
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Article, Illustration289 1955-07-16 3 Post Scripts KUALA LUMPUR, has always been Abdul Wahab's pet course even back in those happy year.s when there were amateur or skye meetings in between professional meetings. Wahab was one of the few who graduated frOm the amateur ranks. On Wednesday Wahab was in top riding form, landing a289 words
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Miscellaneous62 1955-07-16 3 THE RACING DIARY PENANG: Gold Cup meeting on July 30. August 1,4 and 7. Classes 1. 2 and 4. SINGAPORE: August meeting on Aug. 13. 17 and 20. Classes 2 and 3. IPOH: Sultan's Gold Vase meeting, Sept. 3, 7 and 10 for Classes 1 and 3. SINGAPORE: Gold Cup62 words
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Article, Illustration1571 1955-07-16 4 Cinemascope II will be in the picture at the finish CI. S, Ijm. 1-b furs. lleremai: When were you B/edHOidaj? Kan .second now clown Div. up 9-Jb. PoraaiU Dormez II. Third to Suntrace. now up 6-ib. could have a chance. .Muniee: Voting In the comelectlona I r.ulrr:1,571 words
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67 1955-07-16 4 TT is gratifying to see j trainers giving the apprentices a break on well-fancied mounts. Remember Johari on Palitoy at Penang? Last week Ali had a good break when he won on a chance mount Portmaster. Young Ali who still laims a 767 words
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