Singapore Standard, 20 June 1955

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard Vol V. No. 349 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1953 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 190 1 5,000 Condemn. Communism They March Along Streets Pledging War On The Reds BANTING, South Selangor, Sun. Five thousand bannertoting villagers, including Chinese school students, held a mammoth anti-Communist demonstration here today. This is the first time since the Emergency that the people have come out into
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  • 184 1 Minister Has Narrow Escape From Murder SAIGON, June 19, (Reuter) South Vietnam's Deputy Defence Secretary today escaped a terrorist "booby trap" intended to kiU him. terrorist The road outside his house here was closed this morning while sappers of the army demolition squad lemoved bombs planted at the front entrance
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  • 128 1 MALACCA. Sun. Bandit hideouts m the Gunong Ledang area were heavily bombarded for two consecutive nights b> artillery and mortars m what is reported to be the biggest operation to ciate. Operation "Long Tom" designed to harass and drive the terrorists from this mountainous area,
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  • 70 1 SINGAPORE Police are looking for the driver of a which ran into and Wrecked a shop at the juneBnn of Circular Road and south Bridge Road last night. The car is believed to have fteen stolen from the Capitol Theatre car park. The owner of the
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  • 19 1 REPRESENTATIVES of the United States and Guatemala on Friday signed a mutual military assistance agreement. Keuter.
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  • 84 1 THE Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald spent his last Sunday morning m Singapore delighting hundreds of water ski fans with a faultless five minutes display of skiing early yesterday near the Pasir Ris Hotel. Mr. Mac Donald who is soon leaving for a new post m
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  • 181 1 Mass Unemployment In U.K. Predicted MOSCOW, June 18,| (Reuter) Mass unemployment m Britain m the autumn was predicted by Mr. D. N. Pritt, Queen's Counsel m an article m the Englishlanguage Soviet 4 magazine News, Taiss, the Soviet official news agency, said today. Mr. Pritt, a former) Labour Member of
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  • 134 1 LONDON, June 19 (Reuter) —Hopes of an early settlement of Britain's 28-day-old strike of 20,000 dock workers fell today when two mass meetings of strikers made no move to return to work. In London and m Hull the strikers made plain their determination to continue
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  • 141 1 ALL Hock Lee Bus Company vehicles were back on the roads yesterday when all was reported quiet at establishments affected by the recent "general strike." At the Harbour Board Staff Association premises, a spokesman told The Standard no word had been received from the
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  • 45 1 SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 (Reuter)— Mr. V. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, gave his porter a £6 tiD when he alighted here yesterday from the Southern Pacific Railway Company's express train after a 3,000-mile trip across the United States.
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  • 151 1 MARINES KEPT TAB ON CROWD AT AIR SHOW EGLINGTON, Northern*- Ireland, June 19, (Reuter) Five' thousand visitors to a Fleet air arm display at The Royal Naval Air Station here yesterday were unaware that they were under constant surveillance. Strict security measures were m force. Patrols moved unobtrusively among them.
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  • 40 1 LONDON, June 19 (Reuter) The Soviet Embassy m Washington has handed over to the American State Department a protest note on the Soviet tanker Taupse, detained by Chinese Nationalists m Formosa, Moscow Radio reported today.
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  • 154 1 STOCKHOLM, June 19 (ReuteD— East and West have achieved perfect harmony here and agreed to raise the world's pitch a little. Players of all sorts of instruments from harps to saxophones will henceforward have a new standard by which risk of discord m orchestras
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  • 104 1 Turncoats Expected In Hongkong HONGKONG, June 19 (Reuter) British authorities said today that the three American and two Belgian soldiers who have decided to return to their home countries after electing to stay m Communist China at the end of the Korean war could now be expected tomorrow. Usually reliable
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  • 173 1 Today's Solar Eclipse PEOPLE m Singapore will probably carry on with their daily chores today, while millions m South-east Asia will take time off to view the grandest show m the recorded history of the world. More than one hundred top rate scientists
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  • 138 1 Che Aziz addressing the crowd said Government's efforts to rid the district of terrorists had resulted m 11 eliminations m the operation m the South Swamp. There had been seven kills and four surrenders. The Military Commander for Selangor, Lt. Col. P. H.
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  • 132 1 Argentine Is Back To Normal BUENOS AIRES, June 19 (Reuter) Life m the Argentine capital is virtually back to normal. All unexploded bombs m the area of Government House dropped by rebel navy planes last Thursday have been exploded or removed and people were again allowed near the Plaza de
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  • 25 1 TAIPEI. June 19 (Reuter) A fairly strong earth tremor shook Taipei today rattling windows for 23 seconds. No damage was reported.
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  • 90 1 Warning From Church And Beauties Shy Off PANAMA CITY, June 19 (Reuter) Promoters of a "Miss Panama" contest have bowed to criticism by the Catholic Church and called it off. This followed the withdrawal of several entrants after a pastoral letter from the Archbishop read m all pulpits m the
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  • 34 2 'Interest In Braille The Tengku and hjis daughter Tengku Mainuinah (on his left) examinje a Braille book used bj blind children. 1 Showing him the book isj the principal, Che Ann) binte Abdul Majid.
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  • 161 2 k. K UA^ LUMPUR > Sun.-A call to all women to fight for the political and social advancement of their own sex, particularly m the rural areas, was made here today by Mrs. Devaki Krishnan, the first woman member to be elected to the
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  • 568 2 Police Thwart Latest Bid KOTA BAHRU f Sun. The Malayan Communist Party has failed miserably m its attempt to woo the Malays m Kelantan, The, Standard learnt today. Since the Emergency began, the MCP has realized that m order to establish its hard
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  • 61 2 WANDY Yazid, 28. who composed the highly praised background music for the Malayan Film Unit prize-winning documentary "Hassan's Home coming" leaves today for Kuala Lumpur to compose suspense and mood music for yet another M.F.U. film "Adventures of Yaacob." VVandy's greatest ambition is to
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  • 36 2 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun.— A 40-year-old woodcutter. Chew Seng of Ayer Kala New Village, was crushed by a tree which he wa s felling yesterday morning. He died after admission to hospital.
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  • 46 2 ALOR STAR. Sun. The Sultan of Kedah today visited the new Alor Star Telephone Exchange which is equipped with the latest instruments. The Sultan and his party were shown round by the Controller of Telecommunications. Kedah and Perlis Region, Mr. E. G. Sugars.
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  • 64 2 Johore's 'Golden Voice' JOKORE BAHRU'S girl with the "Golden Voice" is Miss Noni Mohammed (19) of the Telecommunications exchange here. She won the title on Saturday night from 17 other contestents. Second was Sharif ah Fadzlow (20) and third Che Siti Awi binti Haji Ra«hid Miss Noni has been m
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  • 153 2 JOHOREBAHRU, Sun.— The Tengku Mahkota of Johore spent more than half an hour yesterday visiting the classrooms and inspecting handicraft work executed by the blind children of the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind here, which he officially declared open. The Tengku said
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  • 234 2 'A Miserable Sense Of Timing'— Chan THE Labour Front Government has shown that it lacked decision and had "a miserable sense of timing" m the handling of the recent "sympathy" strikes, the spokesman of the Progressive Party, Mr. Chan Kum Chee, said yesterday. Referring to the arrest of the six
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  • 100 2 Wan Hamid Probe Postponed JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. No evidence was recorded when the Committee of Inquiry met today m the Supreme Court to consider the case of Wan Hamid bin Salleh. who visited China and Russia against the orders of the Johore Government. Wan Hamid. a member of the Johore
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  • 33 2 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun.— A Malay was admitted to the District Hospital here last night with a stomach complaint after taking brandy with durian. He was reported to be recovering.
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  • 92 2 MR. R. B. Ooi, Editor of The Singapore Standard (third from right), with four other Far Eastern journalists left Singapore yesterday by air for Britain where they will spend a month as guests of the Colonial Office. Standard photo shows (from left) Mr. Joe Manjaji of
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  • 217 2 The Big Wrongs In Elections Polls Chief Tips Off Voters KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Supervisor <.f Federal elections, Mr. T. E. Smith, urged every voter ito play his part m ensuring the forthcoming election campaign is cleanly fought by telling the Police, with las much concrete details as possible, about
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  • 81 2 Comics: A Way To Stop Them KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Malayans who feel hot under the collar about horror comics and other lurid publications can henceforth "throw" them at a Government committee constituted yesterday. The committee, headed by Mr. L.D. Whitfield, Member for Education, will examine such publications to determine "whether
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  • 50 2 BURMA'S Minister for Home Affairs, U Bo Khfo Maung dale, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Jakarta after attending the Indonesian Socialist Party Conference there. U i 80. who was accompanied by nis wife, will .spend a few days m the Colony before returning to Rangoon.
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  • 122 3 Two Attacks On Estates In Johore KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A land mine blew up an armoured jeep on the Ulu Remis Estate near Rengam. Johore, yesterday. In the vehicle were the assistant manager of the May Division and a driver, but they escaped injury. When the incident occurred, the manager
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  • 245 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Promists were made this evening by several Labour leaders to form Malaya into a workers' Utopia where there will be legislation to ensure for workers and their families a decent standard of living, insurance against unemployment, sickness and old age and a
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  • 78 3 THE AMERICAN Consul General m Singapore, Mr. Lamp ton Berry, yesterday held a reception at the Seaview Hotel m honour of the NBC. Orchestra of America which gave two concerts m the Colony during the weekend Pictured from left: Mr. and Mrs. Berry, Mr. E. J. Conlon.
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  • 265 3 SHOPMEN ASK FOR LAW TO CURB EXPLOITERS THOUSANDS of shop employees m Singapore want the Labour Front Government to enact the necessary legislation to provide them with better and more satisfactory conditions of employment and to protect them from exploitation. "Protective legislation and its firm enforcement are the only remedies
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  • 69 3 PENaNG, Sun. An accident occurred m Kelawei Road m front of St. Xavier's branch school yesterday evening when two Malay cyclists, Pawanteh and Hussain, were involved m a collision with a motor car. Their condition was reported to be serious. Earlier m the afternoon, an
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  • 30 3 AN employee of Malayan Railways, Marimuthu, aged 50, was killed when he was run over by a train near the Malayan Railways yard at Taniong Pagar yesterday.
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  • 363 3 SAWMILLS WANT A MISSION TO TOUR AUSTRALIA New Outlets For Malayan Timber KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Representatives of timber concerns and sawmills m Singapore and all parts of the Federation at a conference here today, adopted a proposal to send a mission to Australia to assess the market for Malayan timber
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  • 235 3 Standard Music Critic WALTER HENDL and the Symphony of the Air received an unprecedented ovation at the conclusion of last night's concert m the Singapore Badminton Hall, and were persuaded to give an encore— the Prelude to Act HI of Wagner's Lohengrin. The concert was
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  • 126 3 Assembly Query For Marshall THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will be asked to confirm a recent Australian news report that he had talks with an Australian diplomatic officer m Singapore on the question of sending Australian troops to Singapore. The question will be put to the Chief Minister by
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  • 111 3 FiyE hundred Young Progressives held their first "gettogether" at the seaside bungalow of Mr. Ng Keng Siang m West Coast Road yesterday. The picnic, organised by Mr. Eric Wee. Mr. Kevin Mallal. Mr. H. J. C Kulasinga and Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy. was to
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  • 80 3 MYF Off ice Bearers AT A recent meeting of the Singapore Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, the following were elected office-bearers for the second half of the year: President. Mr. Charlie Tan; vice-president. Mr. David Lim: secretary. Mr. Edmund Khoo; treasurer. Miss Annie Chan; assistant treasurer. Mr. Douglas Koh.
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    • 29 3 Victory ...'-jMs*y for Malaya m the THOMAS CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1955 Once again the Malayan Team ■■^^Jkf g-^j ESSENCE OF CHICKEN NMLUIttfPRI BRANDS ESSENCE OF CHICKEN* T. C. 3/55
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 294 3 eMlmcutac Information at a Glance iTINGAPORE Y.MCA: Board meeting 5.15 pm. Bodybuilding 5.30 pm. Judo practice 5.30 pm Malay class 5.30 p.m. Table tennis 7 pm. Indian dancing 730 p.m. SHELL CO: free film show— Seafarers at Collyer Quay. 115 p m. YWCA: Katong Club meet at Presbyterian Boys School,
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    • 290 3 RADIO MALAYA RADIO MALAYA (General): 8.57 a.m. For Schools IS); 1 p.m. From Stage and Screen (XL); 1.30 News (S); 1.45 Men O:ily (S): 2 p.m. For Schools (S); 6 p.m. Announcements and Programme summary (XL): 602 Mail Bag (XL); 656 Singapore Share Market Report <S); 7 p.m News (S);
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    • 396 3 (16.82 m); 1.40 Orchestra (16 82m): 1.45 My Song Goes Round the World (16.82 m); 2 15 News (19.59 m); 2.25 Newspaper Opinion (19.59 m); 2.30 Weekend Sport <19.5ymi; 2.35 Music for Orchestra <19.59rn); 245 Famous Dance Bands (1959 m); 3 pm Incognito (19.59 m); 330 Everyman's Music (19.59 m);
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  • Article, Illustration
    16 4 Confess to murders <jf they didn't commit g^ Hoax "just for fun" OR Revenge
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    1035 4 rpHE respectable-looking little business man sidled into the suburban police station, said to the desk sergeant: "I'm the one you want for that murder!" 44 What murder?" asked the desk sergeant, with only a brief glance at the man. "The murder of that young girl out here two months
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    13 4 Piquant Hollywood starlet Dawn Adams, posing m a daring French bedroom brief, SAYS
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  • 760 4  - Ain't What It Used To Be Keith Waterhouse by YOUNG lovers don't x need soft lights and birdsong any more. They don't need the quiet flower-s een t c d lanes silvered by the moonglow. And the shaded alcoves between the hawthorn bushes. They just don't need them. COME with
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  • 419 4  -  GEORGE MELL TN Great Britain about 25,000,000 people— say half the population have obtained spectacles through the National Health Scheme, and opticians are still kept busy. For nowadays no one, not even pretty girls, is embarrassed when wearing glasses. Not long ago people were prejudiced against them
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 5 4 X HfT~~ Bp~~ H* BT*~THBT~~THH|
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    • 92 4 CLUES ACROSS 8. Exceedingly puzzling (4) 9 Meet a panic to set free (10) 10 A story which shows bias? (8) 11. Fruitfulness (6) 12 Spirit of hostile character (6) 13. But he need not be a foreigner (8) 15. Is this object opposite to the Isle of Man? (7)
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    • 110 4 26. Governing power (10) 27. Make a dash\jp the lane (4) DOWN 1. Is better than cure (10) 2. These meet (8) 3. Languid about a lady? (5) 4. A saying to deny (7> 5 Inform a n old account (8) 6. Digest the venom o f your '< Julius
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  • YOUNG FOLKS
    • 306 5 Tf'ITH seaside holidays coming along, now is the time to think of swimrung one of the most health-giving sports of all. You can learn quite a bit m a few days. The simplest of the many strokes is the breaststroke. You can practise it face downwards
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    • 399 5  -  JOHN HILLABY SAYS TVfANY things we come across m everyday life just don't seem to have any purpose at all things like spiders, microbes and weeds. -What's the use of them? many of you ask m your letters. Well, this u-eek I'm answerina those questions you viost
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    • 301 5  -  IRMA HEGEL JF you can swim, you will like water games. So .will your friends. Round them up for a swimming party and a picnic lunch afterwards. Everyone is sure to enjoy that. a BALLOON RACE: Have as •many balloons as you have swimmers. Inflate each balloon
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    • 94 5 TJAVE you a "lead" pencil? Of course, only the "lead" m your modern pen- J cil isn't really lead, but graphite, a kind of carbon 2 that is mixed with clay be- cause carbon by itself is too soft. Years ago pieces of lead were used for marking
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    • 424 5  -  MERRY ARCHARD By r\NE of the most popular and efficient nurses at busy St. Thomas's Hospital, London, is twenty-three-year-old Elizabeth Marks. I went along to meet her and she was able to tell me all you want to know about nursing. Elizabeth proudly wears the nurse's
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    • Article, Illustration
      60 5 j^NITTING first be- came popular m Elizabethan days, and knitted stockings re- placed those made of cloth. 5 In 1589 William 1 Lee invented a stock- ing machine with 20 needles to the inch. Queen Elizabeth I was so delighted with a pair of silk stock- 2 ings
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    • 171 5 TWO boys, aged 10. building a den at Solberga, Sweden. uncovered 2.000 silver coins, gold rings, and silver belts and necklaces all over 350 years old. nn WO small children at Gansbaai, Cape Province, found £86 m banknotes under a stone. The treasure" turned out to be a
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    • 177 5 Royston, Hertfordshire TT was brazen robbery. I was watching a pair of rooks building a nest m a tall elm. And every lime they went off for more material, another rook flapped down, stole a twig and added it to its own half-built nest m a higher fork.
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 951 6 AFTER nearly three years of investigations, the Commission appointed to enquire into matters affecting the Integrity of the Public Services has issued its report. "We believe," says the report, "that bribery and other forms of corruption are practised m all the vulnerable departments but there is no evidence
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  • 651 6  - BRITISH PLAN FOR CHINA SETTLEMENT William Clark LONDON. TF7HILE the. main efforts of the British Foreign Office are at present being devoted to producing briefs on the European situation. By tTOWEVER, the BriAJ tish Government has clear views on how to approach a Far Eastern settlement now. The main aim
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  • 715 6  -  Peter Partner By ROME. TN spite of an initial optimism which represented the visit of the Soviet leaders to Marshal Tito as the "road to Canossa," a large part of Italian opinion now takes a somewhat pessimistic view of the results of the Belgrade meetings.
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  • 455 6 Will He Be Left Out Of Scheme Sir; Some years back Government, having sympathy for its employees, decided to erect low cost houses to be sold to them. This, after a prolonged planning, finally came into existence and circulars were sent to all departments inviting prospective owners. As expected there
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 511 6 j^ Sir;— The statement .v« i *Ia issued to the press by k, Mr. S. Woodhull, the "i* > Kj Naval Base Labour Jy Sa Union Secretary that his /T committee had advised w Jy its members not to go Jy "v* on any strike
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  • 313 6 Sayings Of The Week BECAUSE of the reference m the Gracious Speech to clean air, I ask whether we should not take note of the achievements m Australia where there is no smog, no fog and— at present no Ashes. Mr. Brian Harrison M.P. :Jt THE most exhausting thing m
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  • 294 6 1x you naa tne neanng 01 an antelope m London you'd go mad." said Professor A.M. Low, broadcasting m the BBC's "In Town Tonight" programme. "I put a microphone on top of my house and gave it the power of an antelope's ears. The sound
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  • 166 6 "T HAVE never grown out of poking about m pits and ponds. They can be full of interest even when they are half choked with old tins, boots and bicycles. Some rather nice mosses grow on old boots. In time. Glass jars and bottles m shady pits become hatcheries
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  • 202 7 Adenauer Breaks Journey For Talks With Eden LONDON, June 19 (Reuter) —Dr Konrad Adenauer, West German Chancellor, landed at London airport from New York today to spend the day with I'rime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden. The 79-year-old Chancellor arrived m a SuperConstellation of the new German airline Lufthansa. H e
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  • 237 7 C LO. June 19 (Reuter)— Every hotel m Oslo is packed and the city is getting more visitors than curing the 1952 Winter Olympics as it prepares to welcome Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh n Friday. U rwegians, determined to give
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  • 95 7 Churchill's Pet Lion Destroyed LONDON. June 19 (UP)— ~>eath came yesterday to Sir /inston Churchill's lion Rota. A veterinarian at London 100 put the 17-year-old anim U to sleep at noon on a mild and sunny June afternoon. The 80-year-old Churchill r :.;nctantly gave his per- sskn for destruction of
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  • 54 7 NEW YORK. June 19 (Rev—Two underground trains head-on near Coney I station, New York, sligfathy injuring 42 ssengers, most of whom c treated for minor cuts. orncial investigator "'manpower failure" the crash, which derailed veral carriages and blocked A motorman was ored to be suspended
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  • 127 7 Princess' Escort To Marry LONDON, June 19. (AP)— Another of Princess Margaret's steady escorts to the gay spots of London is going to wed. The engagement was announced yesterday of Mark Bonham Carter, 33--year-old publishing firm director, and Lady St. Just, daughter of the late American magazine publisher Conde Nast
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  • 53 7 LOS ANGELES. June 19 (Reuter)— Mr. Peter Masefield, chief executive of British European Airways, said here today that Vickers Viscounts operated by his company had now clocked 57.000 aircraft hours and 11,500,000 aircraft miles. The turboprop airliners had earned British European Airways nearly U.S.$3
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  • 55 7 LONDON. June 19 (Reuter) Britain's offer to make colonial history by transferring the affairs of Malta from the Colonial Office to the Home Office is to be discussed at a round table conference which opens here tomorrow. Two delegations have arrived here from the island fortress
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  • 63 7 NICKY HILTON, Junior, son of Conrad Hilton, the American hotel magnate, with Terry Moore, the film actress, one of the many stars at the opening of the new Hilton Hotel m Istanbul. She and young Hilton were constant companions during the four-day inauguration festivities. A Turkish
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  • 129 7 Ceylon To Bar 'Turko' Port Facilities COLOMBO. June 19 (UP)— Turko Westerling, former Dutch army captain who is reported to be sailing for Indonesia with a yacht loaded with arms, will not be permitted to land here, the government said today. Officials of the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs
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  • 47 7 LONDON, June 19 (UP)— Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi, and his party touring the Soviet Union arlived m Leningrad today, the Moscow Radio reported. Leningrad airport was decorated with flags of India and the Soviet Union, the monitored broadcast said.
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  • 117 7 Malayan Road Patrols Seen By The Duke LONDON, June 19, (Reuter) The Duke of Edinburgh flew by helicopter from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace yesterday on his way to take the salute at a cavalcade of motoring history m London's Regent's Park. The Duke, who is President of the Automobile
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  • 436 7 LOS ANGELES. June 19 (\P>— University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA] coeds, posing m the mide. were credited yester- >! iv with helping to build a v 'M investment into a mil-■'n-dollar-a-year mail-or-ie? art business. They just came to us by
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  • 40 7 KARACHI. June 19 (Reuter) General Mohammed Ayub Khan, Defence Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, said yesterday that agreement had been reached with United States military and advisory staff on the "essentials" of military aid.
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  • 296 7 ERIE. Pennsylvania, June 19, (UP) The family and neighbours of 17-year-old Patricia Severance, of nearby Edinboro, gathered yesterday to pray with the pretty high school senior, unshaken m their belief that she "saw God" m her backyard. The prayer meetings have been almost continuous
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  • 80 7 Robert Taylor In The Role Of His Life SANTA MONICA, California, June 19, (AP) Actor Robert Taylor's wife, German actress Ursula Thiess, gave birth yesterday to a 7-pound, 11-ounce boy. The baby was named Terrance. The couple married on May 24, 1954. The child is the first for Taylor, former
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  • 575 7 Negotiations Begun To Avoid Civil War ALL PRIESTS FREED FROM JAIL BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 19, (AP)— President Juan D. Peron put the army m full command of the Argentina nation yesterday. It clamped a tight control on the people under a state of siege m wake
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    40 7 ICHIKAWA. Japan. June 19 (UP)— A fire believed to have been set by a crazed inmate raced through a model insane asylum near here early yesterday morning, burning 18 inmates to death behind its barred windows. JAMES GRIFFITHS
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  • 218 7 Reds Free World Could Live In Peace COLOMBO, June 19 (Reuter)— Prime Minister of Thailand. Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, said here yesterday the Communist countries could live m peace with the free world if the Communists gave up subversive activities. I He told a Press conference he did not see
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  • 65 7 Britain Lives On Nerves HASTINGS, June 19, (AP) Britain was described by a leading psychiatrist as a nation living on its nerves. Dr. Colman Kenton, m a report to a health conference, said one out of every three prescriptions issued under the National Health Scheme was for sedatives to calm
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  • 105 7 OTTAWA. Ontario. June 19 (AP) Canada is officially a tw6-langu?ge country, and nowadays French is being heard frequently m Parliament. Only 10 years ago. the chief stenographer m the House of Commons recalls, a month might pass without a word m French. Now there is
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  • 183 7 LONDON. June 19 (AP) A London columnist today reprimanded comedian Danny Kaye for addressing Princess Margaret as "honey." The columnist said Her Royal Highness and some friends walked back stage to see the American comedian after one of his Palladium shows and that things went this
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  • 75 7 'Invite Reds To A-Tests' U.S. Senator SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin. June 19 (UP)— Senator Alexander Wiley proposed last night that the United States invite Russian and Red Chinese observers to its next hydrogen and atomic bomb tests. The ranking Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also suggested a United Nations
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  • 162 7 ROT HER II AM. Yorkshire, June 19, (Reuter) Mr. James Griffiths, a former Labour Colonial Secretary, appealed here to Trade Unionists yesterday to realise the profound effect m other parts of the world of a colour bar m Britain. Addressing a demonstration attended by
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 637 9 Industrials Regain Faith After Panic Selling By A Market Correspondent THE good sense of the people and the vigilance of the police counter-checked efforts to further industrial unrest. This resulted m renewed confidence m the Malayan share market last week which is reflected m the improving prices. Singapore industrial shares,
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    • 178 9 SCHOOL FOR OIL DRILLERS OPENS THE Shell Group's first school for oil drillers m the Far East opened recently at Seria, m Brunei State. Five students are attending the 18-month course which teaches the theory and practice of drilling, rig erection and maintenance, cementing, and many other aspects of the
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    • 37 9 IN the first quarter of this year, British firms received orders for oil equipment and materials valued at £32.8 million, an increase of 40 per cent, or well over £9 million on the previous quarter.
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    • 35 9 photo. MR. C. W. TURNER, managing director of the London advertising firm, Colin Turner Ltd., pictured on his arrival at Kuala Lumpur Airport. He is on a Far Eastern tour. Standard
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    • 242 9 COMMODITY REVIEW: Standard Market Correspondent THE industrial labour disturbance to Singapore was the dominant factor m the rubber market m the past week, during which quotations, as m the previous week, were erratic. The buoyant sentiment prevailed despite the temporary improvement m the labour situation on
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    • 26 9 WORLD production of rubber during April was 132,500 tons and consumption 155,000 tons, the International Rubber Study Group announced m London yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 184 9 Robinson Co., Ltd:—Com■pany is acquiring a majority interest m and will be responsible for the management of JOHN LITTLE (MALAYA) LTD. This new company will take over from Ist July 1955, the retail and wholesale business of John Little Co., Ltd., m Singapore, and will maintain its wholesale
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    • 306 9 VICKERS-ARM-STRONGS LTD., announces that X.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines has placed an order for nine Viscount 800 series turbo-prop airliners, for delivery m mid-1957. It is the first time m 35 years' operations that X.L.M. has placed an order of any size with the British Aircraft Industry.
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    • 299 9 BUSINESS done m shares from June 11 17: Industrials: British Borneo Pets. 34/7J to 35/6 Consolidated Tin Smelters 32/6 Fraser Neave Ords. $1.65 to $1.70 and $1.67J Federal Dispensary $3.02*; Hammer Co. $2.60 to $2.55, Hongkong Bank < London) £96? and £97j. Malayan Cement $1.45 to
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    • 154 9 US. FARM EXPORTS INCREASE U. S. Agriculture Department officials are crediting improved economic conditions abroad for the substantial rise m U.S. agricultural exports this year. They also point out that increases m gold and dollar holdings m a number of countries have been accompanied by moves toward freer trade and
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    • 23 9 THE basconia factory m Bilbao, Spain, has inaugurated new rolling mill train for white iron which was recently bought from France.
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    • 970 9 NOTICES IN THE MATTER O* THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, 1940 AND IN THE MATTER OF SINGAPORE LANDS LTD. (Members' Voluntary Winding-Up). IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN X J that the Creditors of the *S°.ve -named Company, which is being voluntarily wound-up, are required on or before Saturday, the 30th day of July.
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    • 624 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, 1940 AND IN THE MATTER OF SINGAPORE LANDS LTD. (Members* Voluntary Winding-UP). AT AN EXTRAORDINARY General Meeting of th above-named Company dul convened and held at the Re gtstered Office of the Com pany, C/ 10 Hongkong Ban Chambers. Singapore, on Fri day,
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    • 574 9 I The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore TN BANKRUPTCY No. 466 of x 1954. RE: GOH SIONG KAY c/o New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd., Singapore Receiving Order made' 18th February, 1955. Date of Adjudication 18th February, 1955. Date end
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 214 10 "He's deceitful. He asked me to spend the evening watching his television, and just as I was leaving "Beaver Patrol E— y— e— s left!" I found out he hadn't got one." "But, Sir, I ALWAYS wear II II \e5Ll I long one s in the winter." H Si if
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  • 532 11 HOVE, Sussex, June 19, (Reuter) —David Sheppard, the former England captain who is to be ordained as a clergyman m the autumn and his Sussex colleague, Jim Parks both hit centuries against the touring South African cricket team when their threeday match opened
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  • 201 11 Drobny Is Not Barred From Wimbledon LONDON, June 19, (Reuter) Mr. S.B. Reay, Secretary of the British Lawn Tennis Association, said yesterday that there was no foundation m reports that Jaioslaw Drobny. the Wimbledon champion, had been disqualified from playing m next week's Wimbledon championships. A London newspaper had reported
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  • 232 11 RAOC RAMC DRAW FOR YOUNG BAT THE inter-corps cricket match between R.A.O.C. and R.A.M.C. for the Young Cricket Bat, ended m an exciting draw, on the Friendly Hill; ground at Alexandra Road yesterday. R.A.O.C. taking first lease of a damD pitch, scored 242 runs. In reply R.A.M.C. scored 95 for
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  • 49 11 LONDON, June 19, (Reuter) Miss Louis Brough, America's number two seed at Wimbledon, beat the little 15-year-old South African "giant killer" Miss Jean Forbes frr-3, 6—l, m the final of the women's singles at the Queens Club International lawn tennis tournament here yesterday.
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  • 231 11 Surprises LTA Chiefs MELBOURNE, June 19 (Reuter) Australia's lawn tennis chiefs, "surprised" by news that Davis Cup star Lewis Hoad married quietly m London yesterday, are to discuss hi£ marriage tomorrow at a meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. Sir Norman Brookes, President of the Association, said he
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  • 89 11 photo. RESCUERS work among: the dismembered bodies of victims, many of whom were decapitated by flying wreckage, after a Mercedes driven at more than 100 ni.p.h. hurtled from the track into crowds at one end of the main grandstands during the 24 Hour Le Mans
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  • 636 11 LOCK LOADER SAVE SURREY FROM COLLAPSE LONDON, June 19, (Reuter).— Surrey owe a debt of gratitude to their bowlers, Tony Lock and Peter Loader, for their position after one day's play m the vital match with Yorkshire at Leeds. Not because they bowled out. Yorkshire but because, between them they
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  • 36 11 LONDON, June 19 (Reuter) Lewis Hoad 20-year-old Australian Davis Cup tennis star, was secretly married yesterday to trim, dark-eyed 21--year-old Jennifer Jane Staley m a Wimbledon church, near the famous championship courts.
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  • 107 12 A Big Day For S'pore Water Skiers The Commissioner-Gen-eral, Mr. MacDonald, performed the opening ceremony at the Malayan Water ski Association's competition held at Pasir Ris yesterday. He is pictured above with three other waterskiers: from left to right: Mr. Ho Meng Quee, the Proprietor of Pasir Ris Hotel, Mr.
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  • 131 12 The Last Day For The Ski-ing CG DESPITE the inclement weather, and the choppy sea, the Malayan Water Ski Association's competition, held near the Pasir Ris Hotel yesterday, was an unqualified success the highlight of the meeting being the performances of Stanley Haynes, who thrilled the crowd with daring trick
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  • 156 12 SKIING, comparatively a new sport to Malaya, is fast growing m popularity, and proof of this was the large Sunday crowd present to watch yesterday's competition. The standard of skiing showed definite improvement, most of the competitors dropping only three or four of the total 16 points. Just
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  • 231 12 MALAYAN cyclists competing m the seventh annual Phillips Classic to be held during the August Bank holidays, must depend on teamwork, if they want to win the big race. The Hongkong Services, who are sending a strong team led by Cpl. Becks, are out
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  • 609 12 VARSITY AND R.A.F. SHINE IN THE GLOOM Delilkan 7-38: Major 71n.0: Burton 5-16 THE Colony strikes which ended suddenly on Saturday, would not have affected the Singapore Cricket Association tournament programme, but the rain did, coming on suddenly yesterday morning, causing 11 out of 13 matches to be postponed. The
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  • 82 12 Kelantan Trounce Pahang 6-3 KOTA BHARU, Sun. Kelantan beat Pahang by six goals to three m their Malaya Cup soccer encounter at Kuala Lipis yesterday. Kelantan, settling down early, scored three goals m each half. Pahang reduced the deficit only m the closing stages. Scorers were: Hassan, Ishak, Ismail. Hussein
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  • 90 12 JOHORE CC POLICE DRAW JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Johore Cricket Club and the Police drew at cricket m Johore Bahru yesterday. Two batsmen, R. Wahid for Johore, and Rajasooria for the Police reached the half century mark. Johore C.C 185 for eight (R. Wahid 56, Moore 25. A. Ghani 20. Lowe
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  • 31 12 ANCONA (Italy), June 19 (Reuter)— Giuseppe Latanzi, a noted Italian motorcyclist, was killed m a crash near here while riding a 175 c.c. Mondial m the Milan Taranto race
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  • 171 12 HUTTON IS OUT OF TESTS LONDON. June 19 (Reuter) Len Hutton will not play for England m any of the four remaining Tests against the touring South Africans this season, according to an announcement today by the selection committee. Hutton missed the first Test because of a recurrence of lumbago,
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  • 164 12 Announcing the team, Mr G. O. Allen, chairman of the selectors, made three statements. The first concerned Hutton, the second Colin Cowdrey, the batsman recently discharged from the Royal Air Force on medical grounds, and the third Bob Appleyard, the spin bowler. The statements were: 1. Len Hutton
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  • 450 12 UNIVERSITY of Malaya beat Navy by four wickets at Sepoy Lines. NAVY Nolan c K. T Retnam b K. J. Retnam 4 Slaney c Thiagarajan b Delilkan 37 Mills c K. S \Retnam b Delilkan s 24 Sharpe c Thomas Wong b Delilkan 1 Watten b Delilkan 22 Williamson
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  • 85 12 1 The Colony's league 2 soccer which suffered an < 2 enforced holiday during the transport and general < strikes, resumes tomorrow. 2 In the first division 2 league, Marine Department meet Woodbridge Hospital 2 at Jalan Besar Stadium at g 5.15 p.m. > The other
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  • 435 12 Another Innings Win For S'gor: Victims— Negri KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Selangor again showed its cricketing prowess this season when the State scored its fourth successive innings victory the victims this time being Negri Sembilan who were trounced by an innings and 50 runs at the end of the U days
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  • 328 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— North held South to a draw m the two-day Army cricket match on the Army command "oval" today. Final scores were: South 191 and 81 for two wickets declared. North 149 and 109 for six wickets On the first day's play,
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