Singapore Standard, 26 January 1955
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Title Section16 1955-01-26 1 Sigapore Standard fc JL H S. I%|'> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1955 12 PAGES IS CENTS.16 words
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463 1955-01-26 1 WE ARE READY TO FIHT FOR ORMOSA,' IKE LLS CONGRESS ijhreat Is A Serious Danger cuiNGTON, Jon. 25— President Eisencneciol message to Congress today, jXerko's" readiness to fight" to nnd the Pescadores islands out of JJJ "hands of the Chinese Com- a authorize "Whatever operaand promptly won a 28—0 House463 words
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Article21 1955-01-26 1 I I n r S i k n I r :n anl :;b^r -51 .zed one ing the j the21 words
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114 1955-01-26 1 REACTION 'THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER' NEW YORK. Jan. 25, (Reuter)— President Kisenhower's message to Congress yesterday on Formosa meant that at last the United States was beginning to draw a military and political line in Asia. Hanson Baldwin. Military Correspondent of the New York Times, wrote today. In effect,114 words
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Article44 1955-01-26 1 40 Miners Die In Gas Explosion ISTANBUL. Jan. 25. <AP> About 40 miners were killed and possibly scores more trapped in an underground gas explosion that ripped through a main shaft at Turkey's great Zonguldak Coal mines on the Black Sea coast on Monday.44 words
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Article57 1955-01-26 1 SUTTON COLDFIELD. England. Jan. 25. (Reuter)— The bodies of three men and two women were still entombed tonight in the wreckage of a derailed express train which leapt the tracks on Sunday, killing 17 people. Twenty-five more were still in hospital last night. Seventeen others were57 words
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Article57 1955-01-26 1 PHOENIX (Arizona). »n. 25 (AP) Dozing les*lators in the Arizona lOuse of Representatives ai? beine soothinßly awake# ed by a lady charm school* e achThe 80-membei House has hired Mrs. \vHam G. Shupe. of Phoen*- speech counsellor at r Phoenix charm school a Professional57 words
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Article, Illustration31 1955-01-26 1 pnoto. AUSTRALIA'S Chief of General Staff, Lieut.-Generai H. Wells (right), seen with the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, Lieut.-Generai Sir Charles Loewen. at Kallang Airport yesterday. StandardStandard - 31 words
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Article195 1955-01-26 1 XaPEI, Jan. 25, (AP)— An old grey landing ship slid i*° ne smal1 hill-girt harbour of Keelung in nor tt*rn Formosa today with the first 193 refugees— mar of them children from the Communist-menaced Ti^n islands 200 miles to the north. r#e ship carried widows orphans195 words
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439 1955-01-26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— j The security situation on the Malaya-Thailand border has shown "vast improvement" during the past two years. General Phao Sriyanond, head of the Thai Interior Ministry, declared on arrival here this afternoon. Thailand's "strong man", who is here to return the visit439 words
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Article358 1955-01-26 1 From Australia, New Zealand And Thailand THREE GEWERALS—two Army chiefs from Australia and New Zealand and Thailand's Police "strong man" flew into Singapore yesterday for talks with British Army chiefs here on defence, jungle warfare and border security. On this page are reported the358 words
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Article75 1955-01-26 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 25 <AP) A general SOS was heard in Hongkong on Sunday from the British ship. Burman Sapphire, to the effect that Elie lost a m overboard early on Sunday between Pulo Perak and Pulo Jerak. off the eastern Malayan coast. She gave her position as75 words
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Article, Illustration8 1955-01-26 1 2. Thailand's 'Strong Man 4 Gen. Phao Sriyanond8 words
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101 1955-01-26 1 BOSTON. Jan. 25, <AP) Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio slipped quietly into Boston yesterday, but smilingly denied there II any reconciliation. Questioned by newsmen about a reconciliation. Dimaggio turned to the blonde film actress and asked: "Is it. honey?" "No, no! Just call101 words
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Article26 1955-01-26 1 JAPANESE trade organizations in Tokyo have sent a formal invitation to Peking for a Communist Chinese trade mission to visit JaDan in March.- ReuterReuter - 26 words
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134 1955-01-26 1 WATERLOO, Lancashire, Jan. 25. (Reuter) A minister praised from his pulpit on Sunday the courage of a 15--year-old boy who "worked himself to a standstill" for his family left motherless four years ago The boy, Tommy Forsyth. was found unconscious in ft bliz- zard eight134 words
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Article, Illustration224 1955-01-26 1 3. New Zealand's General Gentry MAJOR GENERAL W. S. Gentry. New Zealands Army Chief of Staff, who stopped in Singapore yesterday on his way to the Prime Ministers' conference in London greeted newsmen at Kallang Airport with "sealed lips." General Gcnt»"v will have discussions with224 words
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Article27 1955-01-26 1 CROWBOROUGII. Sussex. Jan. 25. <Reuter>— Sir Hartley Shawcross, leading British barrister and Labour Party Member of Parliament underwent an appendix operation here, yesterday.27 words
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Advertisement72 1955-01-26 1 SPECIAL HATES and IW4HF 4f ff»> RMlkwti tft A. A. SINGAPORE MEMtERS for PRIVATE CAR INSURANCE MALAYAN MOTOR A r.IMKAI LND(RV\RIT£RS UD. y^^x Jflfi^ ANSON «D /^V\ aVXI TIL *****/5. (\s3.*) T^Ur rnONi OR w«iti K_>< fO« >A»TICULAKS Carron Company IRONFOUNDERS BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT FOUNDED 1759. STEAM JACKETED RICE COOKER72 words
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283 1955-01-26 2 PARIT Bl NTAR, Tues.— "Merrie England" which has become a popular opera with amateur light opera societies will be staged by the Penang and Province Wellesley Arts Council at the Town Hall, Penang, on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. each day.283 words
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128 1955-01-26 2 The Year Brings Sadness To This Farmer THE Year of the Ram opened miserably for a farmer and his family living in Hylam Swan, off the fifth mile in Thomson Road. Singapore Their attap hut caught fire yesterday morning, destroying a section of the roof and they are too poor128 words
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Article94 1955-01-26 2 Row Over Work Ends In Court TANJOXG MALIM Tues.— An argument as to whose c 7 uty it was tc clean the hospita! lavatories between two scavengers ended in one of them receiving a simple rib fracture. This was toTd to Mr. D C. I Wernham in the Magistrate's Court94 words
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56 1955-01-26 2 48 Pass Test To Enter Muslim College PEXAXG. Tues.— Forty-eight students from religious schools all over Malaya passed the entrance examination to the Muslim College in Klang. Among those who scored were Kelantan with 15 passes. Perak had three. Penang and Province Wellesley eight and Trengganu seven. Studencs from Malacca.56 words
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Article, Illustration323 1955-01-26 2 A PYTHON'S compelling urge to enjoy a chicken feast on Chinese New Year Eve led to its undoing, after two years' of quiet and blameless existence along the banks of a canal in East Coast Road, Singapore. At about 5.30 a.m. on Sunday, the 13Standard; Michael Goh - 323 words
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Article94 1955-01-26 2 INSPECTOR IS ACCIDENT VICTIM INSPECTOR G. Thumboo, of Joo Chiat Police Station, fell off his motor cycle in East Coast Road, on Chinese New Year night, while on his' way to investigate a case. He was treated as an outpatient at the General Hospital Nine oth-T persons, wn o j94 words
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Article232 1955-01-26 2 MTUC SECRECY LED WALK -OUT W.D. UNION CHIEF TELLS OF SPLIT KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor Division cf the Malayan Trade Union Council was attacked today for putting up a wall of secrecy round its activities. Mr S. J. H. Zaidi, Secretary of the War Department Civilian Staff Association, explaining232 words
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Article87 1955-01-26 2 PENANG. Tues. Lallang fires kept the Penang Fire Brigade busy during the Chinese New Year holidays. On New Year's eve there were fires at Batu Lanchang, Province Wellesley, where beaters were used to extinguish the flames and another in Wood Road. On New Year day87 words
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Article158 1955-01-26 2 Us Buddhism; So,, BUDDHISM was the surest national tension and maintaining the Rev. Ambalangoda Chandrasiri??-! pore yesterday. ih^ With its weapon Ashimsa not to hurt mybody—the Rev. Ambalan•*oda thought that Buddh ism was the answer to tho problem of preserving world peace. Only if the people in th< world,158 words
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Article75 1955-01-26 2 KUALA LuMPUR, Tues. The Chinese New Year was comparatively free of criminal activity and it was one of the quietest since the w~". Mr. D.R.A. McCorkell, Officer-in-Charge. Criminal Investigation Department, Selangor. said today. In the past 24 hours only two cases of theft and75 words
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Article43 1955-01-26 2 A MESSAGE from the two Canadian ships, the Huron and Iroquois, thanks the citizens of Singapore for the hospitality extended to them during their sojourn here. The message states the crew of the two ships enjoyed their visit here.43 words
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Article58 1955-01-26 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tups. Twenty-six of 45 Chinese New Year babies born in Maternity Institutions here since midnight on Sunday, were ffirls. Of the 25 babies born in the maternity ward of the General Hospital. 1" were firls, while in the Chinese Maternity Hospital. 11 of58 words
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Article17 1955-01-26 2 SEREMB den! dt tne jjj] -fad Jan. 20. d*d jj, a a hi? Java U*^ p.m,17 words
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Article166 1955-01-26 2 NEW YORK, Jan. 25 <AP» "Political news from Malaya is even more encouraging th:" the military reports." the New York Times said today. In an editorial titled "Progress in Malaya," the newspaper said "the two major groups, one Chinese and one Malay, have apparently composed166 words
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Advertisement127 1955-01-26 2 C l_l Fill Sheti's patented I.CJI* 2^ 9'ves you ALL the power ■z^. |k y§ z^Z^ *1 I f 1? of the MEW higher wnti-knock petrol The mo s t p owerful fC™H^^^^tJ^J SHELL is more than a high-powered petrol... ,c n ,t,o N contro, A POl r,v fe SHELL127 words
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Article184 1955-01-26 3 ,a LUMPUR, Toes, The Tuon r^lflvo's tin mining industry were F TcJd here today for their arrocrl?" and for devoting more time to r n d whisky sodas" than to the welp*' r president of the National Malaya told the first conferI ..ng workers' union in the I they184 words
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Article, Illustration27 1955-01-26 3 photo. Iris of the Schochiku Revue ng Airport on their arrival :r O m left: Michiko Fubuki 0, Ueharo, Ch,dori Isono -nagi. StandardStandard - 27 words
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145 1955-01-26 3 DATES FOR HOSE A-GIRLS IN THE CONTRACT E*IGI Johnnies who are looking forward I with the 34 Japanese "atomic" show■for i disappointment. On their arrival at Kallang Airport yesterday, the girls' iiui^on officer. Mr. K. Maejima. took care to announce that under their contract the Kirls are not permitted to145 words
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Article117 1955-01-26 3 20 Who Did Other Work Are Sacked THE Singapore City Coun--1 Road Workers* Union yes'orday asked the Council's Committee to consider its decision to dis--20 daily-rated workers on the grounds that they accepted other jobs while on the Couni pay roll. The Union Secretary. Mr. L. Pi'hamuthu, told The Standard117 words
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380 1955-01-26 3 Ban The Jackpots Frown Private Clubs. Too SPORE GOVT. URGED JACKPOT machines and pin tables which nave been chased out of coffee-shops and public Places may even be hounded out of private clubs and institutions where they are now allowed to be operated. A number of Singapore Legislative and City380 words
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94 1955-01-26 3 Paralyzed PC Flies To UK for Treatment SINGAPORE'S Commissioner of Police. Mr. Nigel Morris, will be at Kallang Airport this morning to bid farewell to Police Constable Abdul Wahid bin Baba, who if being flown to England for specialized treatment at the Stoke Mande v i 1 1 c Hospital94 words
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170 1955-01-26 3 MALAYAN MISSION ALLOTTED $207,000 THE Far Eastern Division Council of the Seventh Day Adventists voted a $1,750,000 budget for work in the Far East during its closing sessions held in Singapore. Of this amount. $207,000 will be allotted to the Malayan Union Mission to assist in the work of the170 words
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Article57 1955-01-26 3 THE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union have collected $1,212.20 from officials, staff and workers of the Traction- Company for the victims of the recent floodr. Of this amount, $848.54 was distributed to employees of the Company who were affected by the flood and the balance has57 words
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Article115 1955-01-26 3 THOUSANDS of Indians and Australians in Singapore and the Federation will celebrate their national days today. For the Australians it is "Foundation Day" and for Indians the seventh anniversary of independence. The Australian Commissioner for Malaya. Sir Allen S. Watt, will hold a reception115 words
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Article89 1955-01-26 3 Burma's Gift Rice Due Tomorrow BURMA'S gift of 100 tons of rice for the victims of the recent floods in Singapore and the Federation arrives by the Sirdhana tomorrow. The Burmese ConsulGeneral in Singapore Dr. Ba Thaung, will personally present the gift to the Colonial Secretary. Singapore, Mr. W. A.89 words
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92 1955-01-26 3 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARY A LARGE congregation attended the service yesterday In commemoration of the 92nd anniversary of the opening and cons ecration of St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. The service was conducted by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H.W Baines, and the Archdeacon, the Venerable Robin Woods. At92 words
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Article59 1955-01-26 3 KUALA LUMPUR, T :es. A false fire alarm this evening sent two fire engines and a number of pressmen to busy Rodgers Street here. A crowd had gathered too but there was no fire. Fire officer, Mr. K. Kandiah said he would report the bogus59 words
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Article, Illustration51 1955-01-26 3 BOBBY Ng Lian Khoon, 16, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ng See Tong of River Valley Road, Singapore, who leaves by air today for King's College, Adelaide, Australia, for further studies. Bobby, an old boy of St. Andrew's School, is a LanceCorporal in the Boys'51 words
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Article52 1955-01-26 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Inche Yasin bin Abdul Rahman has resigned from his post as General-Secretary of the United Malays National Organization. Inche Khir Johari from the UMNO branch. Kedah, has taken over his post. Inche Yasin was recently returned in the Johore State Council elections on an52 words
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198 1955-01-26 3 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, yesterday asked the Social Welfare Department to convene a meeting of representatives of all community centres to discuss how best to develop the ••Community Centres' Project" in the Colony. In a letter to Mr. T. P. Cromwell, secretary198 words
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135 1955-01-26 3 SINGAPORE pensioners are having a tug-of-war with Government for about $500,000 more pensions annually. The pensioners want the rates of pension revised in accordance with the Benham Committee recommendations. Representatives of the Singapore Pensioners' Association recently met the Deputy Financial Secretary. Mr. H. Shaw, to135 words
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Article114 1955-01-26 3 ABOUT 1,300 American sailors of the U.S. Navy Destroyer Division 101. which arrived here early yesterday morning will join in celebrating the Chinese New Year in Singapore. The oflicers and men are from the Brownson, Roberts, Royal and the Roan which are en route114 words
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Article83 1955-01-26 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A patrol of the Ist Somersets attacked a camp with 20 terrorists near Mentakab on Sunday, killing three and capturing a wounded suspect, it was announced today One of the dead terrorists was a woman. The patrol later recovered two shot guns,83 words
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Advertisement156 1955-01-26 3 7/ie world famous family of TIGER medicinal products •^3S«3BB^^ft'KyiflSc3ci--' *&s¥&:'.• v 'v3yW« HEADACHE CURE Unmatched by any other pain reliever for Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Mental Strain. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL Another sizzling instalment of &COH4 This Sunday, i Simone de Beauvoir lays bare j f/ie emotions of156 words
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Article63 1955-01-26 4 TAIPING. Tues-A private school i s to be opened in Taiping sometime in January or February. It is known as the AngloMalay School Among the directors are Inche R A Abdul Karim and V.M Datoh Wan Haji Mohd Razali, O BE., JR. Orang Kaya Mentri. Larut63 words
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269 1955-01-26 4 Mrs. Aw Boon Haw Gives Cash, Gifts To 700 H'Kong Aged MRS. AW BOON HAW distributed cash and other gifts to more than 700 aged people in Hongkong last Tuesday in commemoration of the birthday anniversary of her late philanthropist husband and Tiger Balm King. She was following the example269 words
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Article, Illustration65 1955-01-26 4 Her Late Husband's Birthday photos. Aw Stan at .*ft gives a helping hand to an elderly woman. (Right) Mrs. Aw Boon Haw gives a $5 note to a sick woman in the Home for the Aged in Ngauchiwan. Standard (Above) Aged women pass along the distribution line at the ShatinStandard - 65 words
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Article253 1955-01-26 4 But No Reasons Are Given JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Five shopowners in the Johore Bohru district of Seiftoi and Kuloi were ordered by Government on Chinese New Year's day to close shop from Feb. 1. The order affected two shops in Senai, one at Kulai253 words
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Article107 1955-01-26 4 Oratorical Contest For Schools TAIPING. Tues Three representative students from each of the following schools in North Perak— King Edward VII School, St George's Institution, Taiping Convent. Lady Treacher Girls' School (all of Taiping). Malay College and Clifford School (Kuala Kangsar) and the Parit Buntar ACS will participate in an107 words
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Miscellaneous698 1955-01-26 4 Information at a Glance 11 11 1 1 1 p° m pe) 115 330 630 and 9 30 LIDO: Kam Pin Mvi 10 am. 12 30. |SIN<iAP ORE; "gffi^sSS&Sf s v^ »X-^ f R^ .^XB and H lo p m p m "V "3 (> Rah a N: .f' ''^.A698 words
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Article, Illustration1292 1955-01-26 5 THE PROGRESS OF INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE r /?> -i i A Special Correspondent i| jn,) we achieved our independence. Me troni colonial to sovereigii republic fjnt that the people of India are free their own lives, to mould their own fiff from foreign interference. E :ot rd Letter In India1,292 words
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Advertisement13 1955-01-26 5 Turn To Page 6 For The Indian President's Message To Indians In Malaya13 words
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Advertisement158 1955-01-26 5 You don't know what Gutst Facilities ar§— j until you fly A.1.1, j I Welcome as a guest j A.1.1, serves London, Peris, I Dusseldorf, Geneva, Rome, i Cairo, Aden, Nairobi, Karachi, Ddhi, Bombay, Calcutta, j Madras, Bangkok, Singapore j i and Hongkong. Shortly c«»n- j j nects Prague. Zurich,158 words
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863 1955-01-26 6 Singapore Standard India's Five'Year Plan tendency of these times is to highlight the trials and tribulations of individuals and nations while the progress they have made is being glossed over. The achievements of India since she took over the management of her own affairs as a Republic are hardly known863 words
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Article, Illustration860 1955-01-26 6 President's Message To Indians In Malaya TODAY 15 THE ANNIVERSARY nt INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE A Significant Day.... r VUE 26th of January is a significant day in the life of India. It reminds us of our great heritage, of the teachings of our saints and sages and above all of the860 words
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Article97 1955-01-26 6 Review of Views Now— Not Next Year \7"OICING its disagreement with Mr. C.C. Tan's remark in a radio interview that the question of merging Singapore and the Federation should be discussed in i::3 after Singapore attains independence Utusan Melayu says that steps to merge the twc territories should begin right97 words
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Article, Illustration309 1955-01-26 6 John Thompson - FORGOTTEN MEN IN A JAIL OF TERROR John Thompson asdfasdfs T7VERY now and again an ugly word crops up in the news the word Vorkuta. It is the name of a jail like the Bastille or Devil's Island. An American who was set free by the Russians this month has309 words
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Article123 1955-01-26 6 Sir; Some applicants for the T.T.C. (Normal Course) this year who were interviewed are awaiting favourable replies from the Education Department whereas others have beeu accepted. If we are not accepted, we should be at once informed, as some of us have relinquished our previous jobs. Have123 words
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Article196 1955-01-26 6 SAYINGS OF THE WEEK I AM in favour, not of price fixing, but of price maintenance. Price fixing is where people get together and decide not to sell their products below a certain price. Price maintenance is different, in that manufacturers decide that a particular vehicle has a national price196 words
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Article170 1955-01-26 6 "WE adults spend most of our time in houses, or trains, or cars, or buses. We live behind glass, which gives a certain suave, reflective serenity to all that we see, and we hardly ever realise how exciting life can be outside our own cages." W.170 words
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Article69 1955-01-26 7 tun -•">• < lP >— A redh °t debate over md the long-awaited revamping of detente to fight an air-age atomic war dl)I notion of Britain's Parliament today. l'■ n genera] election this year— betting favourite— will weigh roreign policy. Sir Winston c-to-faee "Big Four" meeting j bo drawing69 words
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Article155 1955-01-26 7 Costa Rica Troops Rush To Border SAX JOSE. Costa Rica. Jan H (TP)— Costa Rica and Nicaragua rushed troops to their rommon border last night after the Organization of American States agreed to mate the six-mile-wide I zone between the two ountries at 6 a.m. tomorrow. Costa Rican President. Jose155 words
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Article80 1955-01-26 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 25. (UP)— Two teen-age "thrill killers" I sentenced to life imprij 'nment yesterday after being evicted of the torture-murder f a 34-year-old man while on I rampage of beating up vagrants. King's County Judge Hyman Barshay. headed a jury's recommendation of mercy in80 words
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Article41 1955-01-26 7 MANILA. Jan. 25. (Reuter) Mr. Ho Thong Mm. South Vietnam Defence Minister, arrived here last night from Hongkong on a three-day visit for a series of conferences with President Ramon Magv.tvvay of the Philippines, and other Philippine Government official?.41 words
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Article84 1955-01-26 7 Broke Jail Rules Pensioned GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Jan. 25. (Reuter) The Government yesterday notified Mr. Samuel Baker. British Superintendent of Prisons that he would be retired on full pension because charge s of maladministration had been proved against him. Mr Baker was found guilty last November of permitting Mrs Janet84 words
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Article, Illustration67 1955-01-26 7 FORMER Senior Chief Njiri. right, last of the Kikuyu chiefs to survive ass: .inutinn by Mau Mau. with Senior Chief Wambugu at Nyeri are seen listening to the Governor of Kenya. Sir Evelyn Baring announce the new surrender terms for Mau Mau. These promise that thoseA.P. - 67 words
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256 1955-01-26 7 SUTTON COLDFIELD, England, Jan. 25, (IT)— British railway officials were yesterday seeking the identity of a modest hero, who stopped a passenger train just before it rammed into the wreckage of another train that derailed, killing 16 people. The unidentified life-saver sprinted along the256 words
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Article60 1955-01-26 7 TOKYO, Jan. 25, (UP)— Communist China even turned to propaganda advantage, Monday's traditional Chinese New Year celebrations known on the Red Mainland as the -spring festival." Shop windows, according to Radio Peking displayed exhibitions of "topical "interest" including "miniature fighter planes, tanks and artillery pieces all turned60 words
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177 1955-01-26 7 LONDON, Jan. 25 <l-> Katherine Hepburn. the Hollywood film star who has been called everything from a great actress to a temperamental snob, is to tour Australia for six months starting May this year playing Shakespearean comedy. Miss Hepburn has been signed by the Old177 words
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Article654 1955-01-26 7 Peace Or War -It Depends On Mao WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, --Behind President Eisenhower s Formosa message to Congress yesterday is grand strategy for U.S. military and political action which could produce peace, limited war or the beginning of World War' HI in the Formosa Strait. n^ P654 words
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201 1955-01-26 7 Cease- Fire? Conspiracy —Says Peking LONDON, Jan. 25, (AP)— Communist China's Premier Chou En-lai yesterday affirmed his determination to "liberate" Formosa and accused the United States of stepping up its military operations "to make war provocations/ Chou, in a statement broadcast by Peking Radio, denounced talk of a case-fire through201 words
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110 1955-01-26 7 He Painted While Waiting For Death LONDON, Jan. 25 (Reuter) —Thomas Walton, 20-year-old soldier due to hins on T**"*sday for the murder of his teen-age sweethe?**' was reprieved yestc- 'ay. Walton was convicted last December of stabbing 18-year-old Florence Audrey WlJw*< to death at her home in Slousrh. Buckinghamshire. The110 words
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Article85 1955-01-26 7 PARIS, Jan. 25 (AP) Gregory Peck and a pretty young French woman he has been escorting about Paris, boarded a Scandinavian airlines plane last night bound for Copenhagen and over the Arctic to Los Angeles. The 38-year-old American actor has been holidaying here after working 26 weeks85 words
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Article42 1955-01-26 7 Phone Strike Called -Off PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. Jan. 25 (Reuter) A telephone strike due to start today a week before the arrival of Princess Margaret has been called off on the advice of the Trinidad and Tobago Federation of Trade Unions.42 words
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Article33 1955-01-26 7 PREMIER Georgi Malen kov, Foreign Minister V.M. Molotov and Communist Party Secretary, Nikita S. Khrushchev yesterday, accepted nominations to represent Moscow districts in the Supreme Sovie* *f t.h#» Russian Republic. U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article22 1955-01-26 7 A NEW treaty of mutual cooperation and understanding between the United States and Panama will be signed today. ReuterReuter - 22 words
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75 1955-01-26 7 THE KREMLIN DECORATES THREE ENVOYS LONDON. Jan. 25, (Reuter)— Mr. Jacob Malik, the Soviet Ambassador to Britain and three other Soviet Ambassadors, were decorated for long and devoted diplomatic service at a ceremony in the Kremlin yesterday, Moscow Radio reported. The others were Mr. Sergei Vinogrodov, Ambassador to France. Mr.75 words
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Article74 1955-01-26 7 NAKURU, Kenya, Jan. 25. (Reuter) William Arnold Upfold. 32-year-old Durbanborn farm assistant was committed for trial here yesterday on a charge of murdering an African herdboy. The Resident Magistrate. Col. P. A Forsythe overruled a submission by Mr. G. H. Mann, defending. that there was no case74 words
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Article170 1955-01-26 7 7th Fleet Ready Pride TAIPEI. Jan. 25. <AP)^ U.S. Admiral Alfred M. Pride declared yesterday his 7th fleet was ready to cope with any situation in the perilous waters north of Formosa, where the first civilians have left the menaced Tachen islands. Informed quarters expressed belief orders for the 7th170 words
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Article47 1955-01-26 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, (UP) Japanese actress. Shirley Yamaguchi. left for her homeland yesterday, this time as the ro-.star in an American movie to be made in Japan. Miss Yamaguchi !eft on a Japan Air Lines plane with a 20th Century-Fox crew.47 words
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Article106 1955-01-26 7 GUATEMALA CITY. Jan. 25, (UP). Four rioters were shot dead when a mob of 80 men shouting "long live communism" attacked the military commissioner of a village 75 miles northeast of Guatemala City, the govern- ment announced yesterday. The incident occurred at El Barrial.106 words
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Advertisement788 1955-01-26 8 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG -AMERIK A LINIE lOINT SERVICE To Colombo Genoa. Marseilles. Antwerp Rotterdam. Hamburg b Bremen Spore P Sharr Penang HISSENSTEIN (LLOYD) 23/28 |an 29 |an 30/31 1 |an FfANKFURT «MAPAC) 8/» .eb lI NJ »J J«» HAMBURG (MAPAG) 24/27 Feb 28 feb 2 Mar Hong Kong Manila788 words
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Advertisement979 1955-01-26 8 Tel- 2405 MANSFIELD A CO-, LTD. Tel: 2412 sh.ppmt X |M,UE FUNNKL LINK oe»t "TaiSSr tr*T«^: c^scow cohooh coh,.h,h, Sfncapore Ou« t»e«ant I, MM fc, Lpool 6 a.«ow C.H/J4 I- I" I" »'»0 m... o, L ,ve,poc, (a /7 Pvrrhu* tor Liverpool b G»m- f&b 3 f-b 4/16 J/l8 go*979 words
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Advertisement804 1955-01-26 8 MITSUI pB H*E FROM lAPAN tor INDIA BURMA, PAKISTAN Spore P Shorn Pencng KYORITSU MARU ♦or Rongoon, Colcutto 8 Feb 12 Fet OESAN MARU tor Bomhcy. Korochi 15 Feb 19 Feb FOR JAPAN FUIIKAWA MARU for Kobe. Moii. Osaka Loads Spore 29 lan. AKASHISAN MARU for Yoko- ama Kobe. Nagova804 words
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Advertisement565 1955-01-26 8 EAST ASJrVncI SAIUNCS 10 CONI ININT foi Aden (>o.t Said C tßo i An. ""Sal Copenh^n CtH^.SI S J "ASIA- Cdn 27/28 5o KINA 20/2, feb 2 *f*| >»l "MEONIA" 4/ t \H -> 15/19 M,, .1 Call, Beyrouth Cdvn,, Bd h kkl Call* Gdynia Bd He ««««l 1 Kxsr565 words
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Article, Illustration493 1955-01-26 9 Radio-Active Atoms Work For Mankind Research On Livestock Nutrition NEW powers of perception and new powers to acquire knowledge are provided scientists everywnere through the continuing and expanding use of radio-active atoms. The unique ability to follow specific atoms through complex chemical reactions is considered the most important research tool493 words
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178 1955-01-26 9 KEEN BUYERS SEEN FOR LOOSE COPRA Prices Are Above F.O.B. Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE oil millers and packers are keen buyers for loose arrivals of copra, according to local traders. Before the close of the Chinese New Year holidays prices paid for loose were reported to be well above the178 words
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244 1955-01-26 9 NEW YORK, Jan. 25: (UP) Economic development in the under-develop-ed areas of the world cannot b e "imported" but must be "generated from within," the 20th Century Fund said today. "There must be a desire for economic progress, coupled with a determination to achieve It/244 words
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57 1955-01-26 9 THE Netherlands Bank has decided that for nonresidents who. on arrival In and departure from the Netherlands. Import or export securities or foreign currencies to a Joint value of at most fls. 4,000. a verbal declaration to the Netherlands Customs officials will suffice. This57 words
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Article233 1955-01-26 9 A CAPITAL investment programme that is expected to reach between US$7O million and US$BO million over the next four years has been initiated in Indonesia by the Standard-Vacuum .Oil Company. According to company reports in New York, high on the list of the projects it will233 words
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Article192 1955-01-26 9 Synthetic Plants Sale Welcomed THE report of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission to Congress recommending the transfer oi the bulk of the government's synthetic rubber plants to private industry was warmly approved on Monday by the South-east Asian Rubber Producers in Washington. Mr. H. C. Bugbee, President of theAP - 192 words
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Article101 1955-01-26 9 Standard Shipping Reporter THE latest addition to the fast expanding Mercantile Marine fleet of the Eastern Shipping Company is expected here today on her maiden voyage to the Far East. She is the 9.900-ton State of Travancore Cochin which will do an extended run from101 words
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Article44 1955-01-26 9 A LABORATORY at Haarlem. Holland, has produced a new antibiotic from a penicillium. which has b*-rn named antimycin because of its striking funglcldal effect. It is successfully applied to combat swimmer's eczema (athlete's foot*, which is of frequent occurrence In tropical countries.44 words
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Article119 1955-01-26 9 RUBBER exports from Malaya last year amounted to 915.114 tons compared with 847.211 tons for 1953, an increase of 67.903 tons, according to official statistics. Exports of latex in 1954 amounted to 92.369 tons compared with 72,143 t^ns for the year before, an Increase of 20.226 tons. OX119 words
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Advertisement793 1955-01-26 9 f^nr^ THE IN THE HIGH COURT IN THE MATTER P^lPORt SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT OF THE OF Munkinil ORDINANCE COLONY OF SINGAPORE. THE COMPANIES ptrr 5) (CHAPTER 134 > ISLAND OF SINGAPORE. ORDINANCE, 1940. M d Urainin« Notice of Preparation of Originating AND I- \raendment to the General Petition No. 2 of793 words
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Article, Illustration66 1955-01-26 10 PIER ANGELI hit lorming a kongsi and collecting as little as 10 cents a week Irom each member durinQ the year, you can collect $1000. with which you can adopt one oj these crippled children horn the Red Cross Crippled Children s Home.66 words
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Article, Illustration708 1955-01-26 10 Andrea; Douglas Crane - HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP BETTY HUTTON Andrea Douglas Crane Wednesday Film Page By W/E called at Jeanne Cram's house this weekend. It is always a pleasure to see the place. Jeanne, her husband Paul Brinkman. and the children —Paul. Michael. Timothy, and Jeanine Cherie live in a lofty hilltop house of redwood708 words
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Article84 1955-01-26 10 A MAN accused of car stealing: was told by the judge hat he could be tried either by him alone or by a jury of his peers. "Peers?" asked the man suspiciously "What's them?" "Peers ye your equals," explained the judge. "They are men of your own kind."84 words
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Article, Illustration208 1955-01-26 10 Joan Gets it Bruised In Love Hug JJOLLYWOOD star Joan c r awfor d was bla <* and blue after a film love scene with Jeff Chandler. But I have to keep W v? rk n ~J for the money." she sighed. JOAN, one of Hollywood's leading stars, was playing208 words
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Article, Illustration594 1955-01-26 10 HOLLY WOO D— There is a new breed of actors in the movies and the studios are somewhat worried. It used to be that most every young actor would almost break his neck to get signed up for a seven-year stretch by594 words
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Miscellaneous338 1955-01-26 10 TODAY S QUOTATION: "I'lm* mon* ur do. tli»> i i more ue ran tin: Hie more l»u«-y w»- are: Ihe more leisure we ha\e." ll.i/liu WEDNESDAY FOX K\ IKY- I O8CB: A conservative coj:>e is best today; proceed on a practical basis Defer mak ng Revisions, moves, changes, If possible338 words
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Article, Illustration223 1955-01-26 11 GRAVEN EY OPEN WITH HUTTON IOITS THE JOB-AND CAN DO IT From ROSS HALL Adelaide, Tuesday. 'POM GRAVENEY, 27, idol of Gloucester, whose fickle form has made him the problem boy of the M.C.C. tour, wants to be an opening bat. I >ay to Len Hutton: LET Tom Graveney be223 words
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Article153 1955-01-26 11 LINDWALL IS OUT OF THE TEST BRISBANE. Jan 25, (Rev- r) Australia's fast bowler, Ra y Lindwall. i s out of the fourth Test against England beginning at Adelaide on Friday. A Brisbane specialist who examined him today said he was suffering from a siight muscle strain in the calf153 words
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Article44 1955-01-26 11 ROME. Jan. 25. (Renter)— Italian race tracks closed since January in protest against a new 10 per cent betting tax are expected to reopen next weekend with reduced programmes and prizes following Government decision to reduce the tax to two per cent.44 words
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Article87 1955-01-26 11 Is Santee Says: u-RI.H Ji" <AP) Wes Santee. the Jl r vh.» «laims he'll break the world in.f«rd thi^ \\int«-r. said yesterday Gunnar banish ri\.il >^ "a clumsy runner." durin? an interview as races that he has run again at Boston next •n won the87 words
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Article, Illustration44 1955-01-26 11 This is the diver you won't forget It's Ann Long, eighteen-year-old Empire Games champion who defeated the German champion, Miss E. Steglich, in the women's diving at the swimming match between London and Brighton held in London recently.44 words
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337 1955-01-26 11 SEEKING, Florida, Jan. 25, (AP)— Entries from world-famous speed drivers all over England and America are beginning to arrive for the fifth running on March 13 of this country's biggest sports car race, the 12-hour International Grand Prix of endurance. The race337 words
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Article130 1955-01-26 11 ADELAIDE, Jan. 25 (AP) Tony Trabert, often a shaky starter in Australian tennis tournaments, had a narrow squeak this afternoon in the second round of the Australian National Championships. Down two sets to one against big Australian lefthander Neale Fraser, the American finally we i I—6.1130 words
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Article44 1955-01-26 11 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. The following will represent the Selangor Rangers Football Club against the Selangor Indians Invitation XI on the Brickfields Road ground tomorrow: Tan Huck Gay, M. Regis. Ibrahim Markaya. Nesbit, Jamalauddin, Rijenberg, Ramiah, Dol Salleh, Ghani. Mat Nor and Suleiman.44 words
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Article561 1955-01-26 11 Frank McGhee - Frank McGhee By BIG OFFER TO NOTTS COUNTY NOTTS COUNTY have been offered a cash reward of £100 to each of their players and their manager if they win the F.A. Cup this year. Official odds against them doing it are 100-1. The Nottingham561 words
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Article77 1955-01-26 11 MANCHESTER, Jan. 25 (Reuter) A goal in the last minute of extra time gave Stoke City a 3-2 win over Bury today to end a Marathon Third Round Football Association Cup tie after nine hours 22 minutes of play. This is a record for the77 words
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275 1955-01-26 11 U.K. Soccer Fixtures For Saturday LONDON Jan. 25. (ReutersFootball fixtures for Saturday Jan. 29:— FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP FOURTH ROUND: Birmingham City vs Bolton Wanderers Bishop Auckland vs York City Bristol Rovers vs Chelsea Doncaster Rovers vs Aston Villa Everton vs Liverpool Hortlepools United vs Nottingham Forest Manchester City vs Manchester275 words
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Advertisement430 1955-01-26 11 SITUATIONS VACANT XL ALA LlMPlit MUNICIPAL COUNCIL A PPLICATIONS are invited for the post of a Garden Horticultural Assistant in tnt Municipality. Kuala Lumpur. Basic Salary 336x12-444/462x 18-552 per month with variable Cost of Living Allowance. Candidates should be within the age of 30 to 40 years. Qualification Considerable experience430 words
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Miscellaneous269 1955-01-26 11 ner By Al Copp *OWXrH£ PSST/T-HCW L ~-v _^r^^_#^ I -AM' V.V. CRAGNOSE SwsTfG^LP^^A^f "izyLTOPUTMA^ COMESO'&DrfT JjEsme^mfr I EF HE LVAH FINDS TH' HE'S TM MWK&AGCCJncxzroff r' r-^^lW\ I h-heartllss parents jW lad who V a';.:^'-V y Pffxvw/Z£ #^M I who abandoned y H kin do it.v---^^**lfc r^ yo p269 words
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Article930 1955-01-26 12 Peter Wilson Says He's In The Middle Of A Blazing Squabble... The Critics Snarl, Froth, Snipe And Bellyache MELBOURNE, Tues.— ln twenty years of covering world sport I can't remember when I've come across as vicious^ an attack as produced by the announcement of the930 words
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Article, Illustration470 1955-01-26 12 LEONG HEW MENG - Jackson Wins North Malaya Golf Title LEONG HEW MENG By IPOH, Tues.— ln a thrilling finish, R. R. Jackson of Selangor beat his teammate R. B. Lauriston at the 19th hold to win the 1955, North Malayan Golf Championship held at the Tiger Lane course this morning. p,y was of470 words
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474 1955-01-26 12 Khamis Ousts Yon After 75 Minutes KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Crowns toppled and as titles changed hands on the concluding day of the All Malaya Malays Tennis championships on the Sultan Sulaiman Hard Courts here today. Forty-five-year-old H. Khamis became open's singles champion when he474 words
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212 1955-01-26 12 AN unbeaten century by Gurucharan Singh was the highlight of the cricket match between the visiting Selangor Sikhs and their Colony counterparts at Balestier Road. The two-day game ended in a draw. The visitors declared their 2nd innings closed at 133 for five wickets212 words
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Article78 1955-01-26 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association announced the following to meet the Combined Services in the first floodlight match to be held at Jalan Bcsar Stadium at 8 p.m. tomorrow V. N. Pillai; (CSC); R. Barth (SRC); R. Mosbergan (SRC); P. Pennefather (Police) S Vellupillai (Police). V.78 words
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Article24 1955-01-26 12 PAIGNTON Devon, Jan. 25 (Reuter)— Paignton beat Guys Hospital by eight points to six in a Rugby Union match Played here yesterday.24 words
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Article322 1955-01-26 12 THE Singapore Motor Club will open their eighth racing season on Sunday, Feb 13 with a half-mile standing-start speed trial meeting o n the Lim Chu Kang read. This programme will consist of 20 events five for motor cyo.es and 16 for cars: These are322 words
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Article412 1955-01-26 12 vv\\v\\vv\\v\\v\\\\\\\\v\\\\\\vv\\\\v\w 7/W/« toll ÜBUSIUuKiIf-^C WF 91 L -~aBi ■IHi T a W% msi $IE 91 k Wtk WGm 5 Track work in preparation for the Singapore J January /February meeting, opening at Bukit Timah 2 on Saturday, began yesterday morning but the I heavy going prevented any412 words
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1303 1955-01-26 12 O Man About Town MAN About Town, a speedy four-year-old chestnut gelding by Panorama from the Ballyogan mare Libertine, holds the distinction of being third behind champion two-year-old The Pie King in 1953. Although Man About Town1,303 words
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