Singapore Standard, 23 November 1955
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Title Section32 1955-11-23 1 Singapore Standard jse- "are STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POLICE 2400 w m m FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 2414 Vol. VI. No. 140 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1955 16 PAGES 15 CENTS32 words
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Article, Illustration318 1955-11-23 1 Mr. M. Told 'You Must Quit' THE first joint statement issued by the Singapore Democratic and Progressive parties yesterday called on the Labour Front Coalition Government to "quit immediately." The two parties who recently merged said that a government which had to depend on the support of the Governor's men318 words
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Article81 1955-11-23 1 NEW DELHI, Nov. 22 (Reuter) The political commentator of the Hindustan Times today suggested that the Queen should be invited to India. He said that if the Queen were to travel here from Britain she would be given as big a welcome as that accorded to81 words
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Article36 1955-11-23 1 THIEVES stole a Philippines Consulate car loaded with Christmas gifts belonging to Mrs. Ramon Magsaysay, wife of the Philippine President, while she was shopping m a department s r ore m Los Angeles Reuter.36 words
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Article, Illustration153 1955-11-23 1 Proud Day AUSTRALIA'S No. 1 Bomber Squadron, veteran of five years m Malaya, ha s again been recognized as the RAAF's most efficient squadron. The Squadron has been awarded the Duke of Gloucester cup. presented each year to the most proficient squadron m the153 words
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Article215 1955-11-23 1 LONDON, Nov. 22 (UP)— Radio Tiflis, m Georgia, Russia, announced today that five Soviet officials were shot for collaborating with Lavrenti P. Beria, the executed leader of the Soviet secret police. The broadcast monitored m London said the five officials were found guilty by a215 words
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Article514 1955-11-23 1 1,700 Busmen Get Marching Orders Situation Explosive, Warns Union Boss SINGAPORE Police were alerted last night, eight hours after 1,700 busmen were given notices of dismissal by ten Chinese-owned bus companies. The alert followed a letter from the Secretary-General of the Singapore Bus Workers Union, Mr. Fong514 words
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200 1955-11-23 1 Hornets Are At It Again GIRL SENT TO HOSPITAL PRETTY 17-year-old Tan Ah Moi, engaged to be married next month, is now lying critically, ill m the Singapore General Hospital after a swarm of hornets attacked her m a fruit-garden, off Whitley Road, yesterday. Eleven other people, including two Police200 words
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Article69 1955-11-23 1 LONDON. Nov. 22 (Reuter) D oct o r s kept constant watch m a London hospital today on a 14-inch-long baby boy claimed to be one of the tiniest ever born alive. The baby, David Taylor, who weighed one pound and seven ounces when he was69 words
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109 1955-11-23 1 Rich Man Operated Pirate Taxi COURT TOLD A RICH Chinese rice merchant, Lee Joo Kai, was yesterday alleged m the City Magistrate's Court to have operated a pirate taxi along Selegie Road, Singapore, on Nov. 8. He faced three charges: using a motor car to ply for hire which was109 words
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Article91 1955-11-23 1 Gangsters Meet For Peace Talks DETECTIVES patrolled the "bad" areas m Singapore's Chinatown early this morning as leaders of the Colony's two most powerful secret society gangs (Groups 24 and 36) met for peace talks. Gang leaders have given orders to their men to stop fighting pending the result of91 words
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Article27 1955-11-23 1 MEN from the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment killed a Communist terrorist and wounded another m the Triang area of Pahang on Monday.27 words
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Article26 1955-11-23 1 PHILIPPINE Defence Secretary, Sotero Cabahug, yesterday lifted an order which had grounded Air Force P5l Mustang fighter planes for the past week. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article168 1955-11-23 1 They Blushed With Shame SIXTY Singapore Police officers blushed to the roots yesterday when they found they were victims of a brazen swindle which started m their own headquarters All the victims, from the rank of Superintendent to Probationary Inspector, fell victims to the smooth sales talk and attractive Christmas168 words
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Article86 1955-11-23 1 NEW DELHI. Nov. 22 (Reuter)—Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, told the Council of States today that he would not raise the issues of Malaya and Goa at the forthcoming Commonwealth premi e r s' conference m London. Mr. Nehru, who was replying to a86 words
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Article27 1955-11-23 1 A SINGAPORE shopkeeper, Lim Chia Yong. 25. was rescued from the Kallang River at midnight last night. He has been admitted to the General Hospital.27 words
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Article33 1955-11-23 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. -22 (Reuter)— The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies at about midnight (G.M.T.) approved a resolution declaring President Cafe Filho "impeded" from the Presidency by 179 votes to 94.33 words
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Article27 1955-11-23 1 MR. HAROLD HOLT, Australian Minister of Immigration, was slightly injured m a car accident m which his driver was killed early yesterday m Sydney. Reuter.27 words
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Article99 1955-11-23 1 DACCA, Nov. 22 (Reuter) Troops took over police duties yesterday after most of the Police Force went on strike m Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan, a government statement said. Some of the striking police, members of a special armed force, were immediately arrested and confined to99 words
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Article40 1955-11-23 1 A YOUNG Chinese, detained by the Singapore Special Branch, wa s found suffering from soap water poisoning m the Central Police Station lock-up last night. The man, Tan Boon Huat, 26, has been admitted to the General Hospital.40 words
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Article28 1955-11-23 1 TROOPS, tanks and guns moved to positions m and around Buenos Aires yesterday as the Argentine capital was swept by rumours of imminent labour trouble. Reuter.28 words
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Article32 1955-11-23 1 MR. LANCELOT Alban Searle, 39, head of the Selangor Police shot dead m a terrorist operation last April m Malaya, left £1,129 sterling, it was announced m London yesterday. Reuter.32 words
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Article117 1955-11-23 1 CHICAGO, Nov. 22 (UP) The notorious "Queen Maggie" O'Connor of Chicago's underworld wanted for more than 100 stickups, was captured yesterday. Police nabbed the 30-year-old blonde as she apparently made an attempt to visit her children at her sister's home. "Queen Maggie*' had eluded police117 words
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Article350 1955-11-23 1 SIGNAL AWAITED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. More than 1,000 Australian troops m Malaya will soon join their colleagues from other parts of the Commonwealth and hunt Communist terrorists under yesterday's "Shoot, Not Shout" order, The Standard learnt tonight. The Canungra toughened Australians, trained specially for the350 words
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Article79 1955-11-23 1 SEATTLE, Nov. 22 (AP) A pretty United Air Lines stewardess, greeting passengers coming aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight, was shot by her former boy friend at the crowded Seattle-Taco-ma airport last night. The rejected suitor, Robert Clendenin, 26, then rushed out of the plane and fired79 words
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Article, Illustration1837 1955-11-23 2 House Roars But The Vote Is Firm THERE'S NO FEAR OF INCREASING OR DECREASING POPULATION/ SAYS MARSHALL SINGAPORE'S Legislative Assembly Chamber rocked with laughter when members of all political shades and factions had a free-for-all debate yesterday on whether family planning is good for the1,837 words
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Article, Illustration489 1955-11-23 2 WOT ME? YES CHUM, IT'S ALL IBOUT YOU! MINISTER for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, who had given an election pledge to oppose the grant warned that it was the duty of a democratic government to give the people what489 words
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Article182 1955-11-23 2 THERE'S NO HARM IN SUBSIDY -LEE Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (PAP— Tanjong Pagar), speaking against the motion, said: "For the time being with very great respect for Catholics, I say that there is no harm to this subsidy to the F.P.A. I say if there is any harm we will182 words
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Article52 1955-11-23 2 DURING his recent three-day tour of Perak, the Federation Minister for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning, Inche Sulaimaa bin Dato Abdul Rahman, called on the Sultan of Perak at the Istana Iskandria, Kuala Kangsar. He i s seen below m conversation with the ruier. D. of52 words
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Article54 1955-11-23 2 TELOK ANSOX. Tues. Inche Abdul Aziz Isahak, Minister for Agriculture Fisheries, paid his first offi visit to Lower Perak over t' e weekend. He told smallholders tha^ h 2 would help them to improv* their cattle breeding by loaning a stud bull, provided they54 words
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Advertisement247 1955-11-23 2 fine and thrifty jjpwley L^ Bigger brother of the Minor' (the most successful car ever built) this new Cowley carries the same stamp of family greatness Come and see how the Cow-ley's brilliant 1200 cc O.H.V. performance, its full six-seater >«|ff^ accommodation, and outstanding value, put it m a jTCggM^k247 words
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Article, Illustration10 1955-11-23 3 Au Kong Chow and Guardian10 words
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Article290 1955-11-23 3 Standard Shipping Reporter A DIMINUTIVE 22-year-old Chinese girl, Cheng Ho. left local immigration authorities rather perturbed when $nc declared that she was going to be the a ole escort ol a 11-year-old boy, Au Kong Chow to Red China, on /A.c .c liner Tjiwangi yesterday.290 words
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Article102 1955-11-23 3 KluangGets Ready For Floods KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Kluang district today braced itself against an impending annual calamity monsoon floods. The District Officer announced a plan for adequate flood warnings to people m areas where rising waters have caused loss of life and property m previous years. The warnings will facilitate102 words
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Article61 1955-11-23 3 ALOR STAR. Tues. Taib bin Yatim, a padi planter was today jailed for seven years by Mr. Justice Hill m the Assize Court here for culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death of a compatriot. He was originally charged with the murder of61 words
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Article105 1955-11-23 3 A "MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER" for the Singapore Association for the Blind Home which will be ready to receive children next month, will be held at the residence of their President, Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland. 21, Cairnhill Circle, tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Articles105 words
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237 1955-11-23 3 COUNCIL MOVE TO END RENT CONTROL LAWS Home Costs May Go Up THERE will be no difference m the rents of pre-war and post-war houses if a new system of assessment, now under consideration by a City Council committee, is adopted. This committee is now considering the possibility of assessing237 words
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Article94 1955-11-23 3 MR. NORMAN C.K. Tsu. a graduate of Galladuet College for the Deaf m Washington, will arrive m Singapore next month to join the Singapore Chinese School for the Deaf. Mr. Peng Tsu Ying, staff member of the Singapore school, said that enrolment for the next94 words
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Article36 1955-11-23 3 HONGKONG, Nov. 22 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.32 to £1 Sterling; $5.8325 to US$l; $1,827 to Malayan $1; $0,162 to One Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $254.25 to a tael.36 words
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Article48 1955-11-23 3 FROM today the postal rates to Cocos or Keeling Islands will be the same as for Australia, states Singapore Gazette extraordinary yesterday. With effect from today these islands will belong to Austra lia and form a part of the state of Western Australia.48 words
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Article140 1955-11-23 3 Fourteen Murders Last Year FOURTEEN people were murdered last year. This is four less than the figure for the previous year, the annual report of the Administration of Justice for 1954 revealed yesterday. Thirteen people were committed for trial on murder charges at the Singapore Assizes during the year, the140 words
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Article34 1955-11-23 3 A GROUP of Korean journalists, who have been on a fact-finding tour of the United Kingdom, will pay a short visit to Singapore and the Federation early next week en route home.34 words
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Article25 1955-11-23 3 THE Kajang Club is to hold a "Casino Night" at the club's premises en Thursday to raise funds for a children's Christmas Party.25 words
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Article117 1955-11-23 3 PENANG, Tues.— An international bridal fashion parade m aid of the Poppy Day Fund will be presented by Mrs Helen Khoo. a bridal consultant and make-up specialist, at the New World Amusement Park during the Fun Fair on Tuesday. Nov. 29. Voluntary helpers from the117 words
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Article161 1955-11-23 3 Rail Union Finds A New Grouse KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Officials of the Malayan Railway Traffic Operating Union today found a new grouse against the administration alleging it had considered for promotion a Malayan who applied for a job one day late. On this score, 18 railway guards who were called161 words
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Article31 1955-11-23 3 LORD De Lisle and Dudley. Britain's Minister for Air. will fly into Kuala Lumpur from Hongkong today for an extensive tour of Royal Air Force units m the Federation.31 words
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Article241 1955-11-23 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A young wife tricked her husband into signing a deed of separation while she accused him of bigamy, the Sessions Court was told today. i The allegation was made by defence counsel, Mr. R. P. S. Rajasooria. during the trial of William Francis241 words
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Article31 1955-11-23 3 THE Kajang Indo-Ceylonese Sports Club, has netted over $300 from the Food and Fun Fair held on Monday. The money will go to the Tamil School Building Fund.31 words
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158 1955-11-23 3 IPOH, Tues.— Magistrate Che Abdul Kadir bin Yusof told 22-year-old K. Vilvanathan, today: "If you don't stop all this you will have to spend more than half your life m prison." The Magistrate made this remark when he went through Vilvanathan's record158 words
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Article72 1955-11-23 4 THE Singapore Criminal District, and Police courts dealt with a total of 90.625 persons last year as against 79,232 m 1953, an increase of 11,393 persons, the annual report of the administration of justice stated. In the same year the courts also dealt with 902 children72 words
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Article, Illustration41 1955-11-23 4 by EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD grand old man of Kuala Lumpur Mr. Edwin P. Maclntyre poses with some of his grandchildren when he celebrated his 80th birthday at his home m Pasar Road, last weekend.- Standard Yong Peng SeongStandard; Yong Peng Seong - 41 words
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Article124 1955-11-23 4 Two Women Allowed $500 Bail TWO women. Koh Kheng Niu. 40. and Cheong Keng Siew, 32. yesterday claimed trial m the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court to a charge of trespass and two alternate charges of confining a young woman. Sim Bee Lian, twice In a taxi. Koh and Cheong were124 words
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Article70 1955-11-23 4 THE City Court Magistrate. Mr. K. C. Lee, yesterday rescinded a closing order on the premises of Singapore City Councillor. Mr. S. M. Vasagar at No. 19 Kampon? Bahru Road by declaring it fit for habitation. The owners of the premises, the Oei Tiong Ham Estate70 words
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Article215 1955-11-23 4 HART TELLS JUMABHOY ASSEMBLYMAN Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Ind.— Teluk Ayer) asked m the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday: "What business have we with Cambodia m terms of dollars or any commodities that we have to spend $25,000 on an exhibition m such a small country?" He215 words
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Article139 1955-11-23 4 A SINGAPORE mother yesterday brought an action for damages m the Singapore High Court against Chop Ec Chiang, a local firm, for injuries her son received as a result of a motor accident two years ago The mother, who is suing the firm on behalf of139 words
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307 1955-11-23 4 LAWYERS PLANT WINS ACQUITTAL FOR HIS CLIENT IPOH, Tues. Defence counsel, V. Jeyaratnam, planted a cigarette box containing slips of paper on which were written certain numbers, m the witness box of the local Magistrate's court yesterday. "This is to show how easily one could plant lottery tickets on someone,"307 words
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116 1955-11-23 4 Local Govt. Committee Report Soon THE committee on Local Government for Singapore is likely to submit its recommendations to the Government by the end of this year or early next year. The Standard was told yesterday. At the last meeting the ten-man committee headed by the former City Council President,116 words
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92 1955-11-23 4 MORE than 30 workers of the Zee Chin Furniture Manufacturing Company m Kallang Road, Singapore, went on strike yesterday for better conditions of service and increased wages. The men belong to the Singapore Woodworking Employees' Union. Meanwhile, the Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union held negotiations92 words
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Article147 1955-11-23 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller? Spot f.o.b. (nom.) 132 133 No 1 R.S.S Dec. 124? 125 No. 1 Dec. 12U 122 No. 2 Dec. 120A 121 Tone: Uncertain. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was ***** per picul (Down $2)147 words
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Article91 1955-11-23 4 THE proposed three-month survey of youth needs In Singapore will be carried out by the Colony's Youth Council only if it obtains a grant of $5,000, the Chairman of the Social Relations SubCommittee of the Council, Mr. S. T. Peter Lim, told The Standard yesterday. Mr.91 words
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Article53 1955-11-23 4 A YOUTH. Tan Eng Huat, pleaded guilty to two charges of theft of two bicycles at Beach Road, on the nights of Sept. 12 and 28 respectively m a Singapore court yesterday. Tan was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences are53 words
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Advertisement348 1955-11-23 4 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS AIIIAIIRDA OPENS TODAY O B ll#% 11 a.m., 130, 4.00, 6.45 Ul CQlOiTlOliO M011.i909 and 9.30 p.m. [THE MOST SENSATIONAL STAR OF THE INDONESIAN SCREEN jjjl NURNANINGSIH |gi£f HfIRIMAU %>»** CHAMPiI I m (IN MALAY) 1 RELEASED BY H. IV. SHAHI zJ NEXT CHANGE The Most Hilarious348 words
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Advertisement258 1955-11-23 4 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS Hjflr l l UL eS&ft 11-1.45.4 rtbHi n|^©^ 6.30 9.30 A STANDOUT COMEDY HIT! yoS-brabVvalTee es!^ t,\V\\VVV\V\\\\\\V\\\V\V\\\V\\V\V\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\V\V\\W\V\\\\V\\' < j Watch out for a 'BISQUIT BRAND*' 5 A Surprise when you attend the Show. You may receive a FREE BOTTLE. j C MIDNIGHT SAT. "THE NIGHT HOLDS258 words
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Article104 1955-11-23 5 MELBOURNE, Nov. 22 (Rev;ter) If a few thousand Communists refuse to recognize a democratic process and lay down arms the campaign against them must go on. the Melbourne Herald said tonight. In an editorial supporting a firm line against the terrorists m Malaya, the newspaper said; "No other104 words
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226 1955-11-23 5 Right Food Is Important' FIVE R's necessary for a child's health were given by Dr. C. E. Field of the Health Ministry, m a Health Week talk over Radio Malaya last night. They were Rest, Routine, Right Food. Recreation and Respect. Of the226 words
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Article120 1955-11-23 5 'It's Time War Is Resumed' LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter) —The Daily Telegraph, a Conservative newspaper, said today it was "quite time 1 that the mailed fist should be allowed to strike freely and without warning against Communist terrorists m Malaya. Further comment on the flare-up m fighting m the Federation120 words
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Article130 1955-11-23 5 HePosedAs Tec— Jailed A FRUIT-SELLER who posed as a detective and extorted $50 from a hawker was yesterday convicted and sentenced to a year's imprisonment followed by two years' Police supervision, by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. J.W.D. Ambrose. The fruit-seller. Quek Yew San. 36, pleaded guilty to posing130 words
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Article32 1955-11-23 5 FIRING practice will take place on Blakan Mati from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. from Dec. 3 to 9 and from Dec. 12 to 16, It was announced last night.32 words
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Article88 1955-11-23 5 SINGAPORE will send four delegates to the International Labour Organization Asian Technical Conference on vocational training m industry to be held m Rangoon, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 10. They are Mr. S. Thiruchelvam. Assistant Commissioner for Labour and Mr. R.S. Anderton, adviser on technical education,88 words
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Article61 1955-11-23 5 THERE were a total of 112 petitions last year lor divorces under the Local Ordinance and the Colonial Divorce Act, the 1954 annual report on the administration of justice stated. Thirty of the petitioners were granted aecree nisi. 22 decrees were made absolute whilj 60 others61 words
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Article217 1955-11-23 5 BOOT OUT THE SABOTEURS', SAYS M.T.U.C KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Dr. Abdul Majid bin Haji Ismail, Queen's Scholar, who was recalled when he finished his three-year scholarship m two years may now be allowed to utilise his full term for further specialist studies. This, The217 words
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Article278 1955-11-23 5 TRADE union circles m Singapore yesterday hailed Government's decision to appoint a Commission to inquire into unemployment, minimum wages, social security and pensions. President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said that he hoped the Commission will produce results as soon as possible. Welcoming278 words
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Article93 1955-11-23 5 'Y' Artists Give Show "THE New Skyline of Singapore," an impressive and vivid work m water-colour by Singapore artist. Mr. T. Y. Choy. will be one of 72 exhibits to be put for show at the ninth annual art exhibition of the V.M.C.A. Art Club which opens on Friday Eight93 words
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Article, Illustration138 1955-11-23 5 A SCALE model of the new Singapore Centre for the Blind, which will be ready to receive children m December, has been built by Royal Air Force personnel of the Engineering Squadron at the RAF Maintenance Base, Seletar. The model was made m order that children admitted138 words
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Advertisement342 1955-11-23 5 f Vtckif tflickelle I inspired by these lovely brunette stars of "GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES I suggests you visit her Battery Road Salon I I to experience the magic art of hair F I styling and color blending so that you I too will have hair that sparkles with I radiant342 words
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Miscellaneous335 1955-11-23 5 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.30 p.m. Nov. 21 to 7.30 a.m. Nov. 22: Spore (75F); Penang (72F): Kota Bahru (71F); Kuala Lumpur (72F); Ipoh (74F); Kuantan (72F). Maximum lemperature: From 7.30 a.m to 7.30 p.m. Nov. 22: Singapore (83F); Penang (84F); Kota Bahru (78F); Kua" Lumpur (87F); Ipoh (88F);335 words
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Advertisement131 1955-11-23 6 f but brunettes 'E9 /^^outforai*^ I j prefer r^i P BISQUIT brandy p I iSs»''wi SURmRISF Ml I 7 mm (ivnriiNii Mi JiSl I YOU B I m AIM 1 MAY RECEIVE 1 3 Drandy mb i a bottle of 1 I r^fr'^Wi B BISQUIT BRANDY I r 'x ■:>131 words
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Article, Illustration45 1955-11-23 7 TWENTY-THREE girls of the Hong Heng Dress Making Institution m Kulai. Johore. have just completed a new method course m dress making. Here the graduates pose with Miss Han Quan Lan, their principal (seated centre). Enrolment for the next batch is now open.45 words
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Article246 1955-11-23 7 Cttee Completes 2-Mih. Study KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Government may stockpile padi instead of rice, the Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr. Oscar A. Spencer, indicated today. He said that the Central Advisory Committee on r:ee has already put up an interim report on the246 words
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145 1955-11-23 7 IPOH, Tues. The clerical MCTiceg have an important part to play m modern society a::d must help mi n the fight for Malayan independence, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, Fedration Minister for Labour, said here la?: night. He was addressing a gathering of bankers and145 words
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Article110 1955-11-23 7 IPOH, Tues. A dried fish seller. Wong Cheong Heong. 37, who attacked his wife with a knife inside the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 31, was today sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Pretheroe. Wong pleaded guilty to an alternative charge110 words
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Article46 1955-11-23 7 AMERICANS m Singapore will celebrate Thanksgiving Day tomorrow with the usual non-denominational church service at the Balestier Road Seventh-day Adventist Church from 5.45 to 6.30 p.m. Following the service, a turkey supper will be served at the American Club, Scotts Road, at 6.45 p.m.46 words
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206 1955-11-23 7 PENANG, Tues.— A housewife, Koay Swee Guat told Mr. Au Ah Wah, m the Magistrate's Court today that a woman, Tan Siew Gim t,old her to find out all she :n_ could about witchcraft. Koay was a defence witness m a maintenance suit m206 words
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Article402 1955-11-23 7 ROGER YUE - ROGER YUE Cars Will Operate Lights By Standard Staff Reporter A STEP to revolutionize and streamline Singapore's present traffic light system will take shape next year with the installation of one of the most modern types of road equipment "V-actuated" auto- matic lights and "detector-pads." The402 words
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Article149 1955-11-23 7 SMALL ESTATES PLAN OWN MISSION >KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Representatives of the Federations 100,000 smallholders are planning to send a "goodwill mission" of their own to Indonesia. The mission being planned follows the successful rubber agreement negotiated earlier this month between the Government Mission and the Indonesian authorities. Smallholders' representatives from149 words
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Article203 1955-11-23 7 SEREMBAN, Tues.— Mr. M. C. ff Shepherd, Negri Sembilan's British Adviser, today presented to St. Paul's Institution here a valuable colour painting of its patron-saint which had been his family heirloom for over a century. It had been hung for decades m the Cabra Castle203 words
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Article46 1955-11-23 7 THE Blood Transfusion Service is being included m the island-wide Health Week Exhibition at the Happy World Stadium to encourage new donors. The centre at the General Hospital will be open to donors on Sunday. Nov. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon.46 words
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Article61 1955-11-23 7 MR. DAVID MARSHALL. Singapore's Chief Minister, will speak on "My Aims In London" at the monthly luncheon of the Singapore Union of Journalists at the Cathay Restaurant on Monday Nov. 28 at 12.45 p.m. Tickets at $3 each may be obtained from the secretary of the61 words
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Article22 1955-11-23 7 THE London University Foundation Day dinner will be held at the Seaview Hotel at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26.22 words
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Article85 1955-11-23 7 THE Singapore Printing Employees' Union yesterday submitted a number of claims for wage revision and improved working conditions for their 50 odd members employed m two printing firms Jilts Co. Ltd.. and Qaiam Press. Among other demands the Union wants an all-round wage increase of 40 per85 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-11-23 7 by JUDY Lim, 17. (left) and her sister Doris. 16. blow out the candles on their birthday cake at a joint party they held m their home m Kai Peng Road. Kuala Lumpur last week-end. They are the daughters of Mr. Lim Fed Kin. a Kuala LumnurStandard; Yong Peng Seong - 55 words
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Article88 1955-11-23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.-A sanatorium lor TB patients costing $310,000 is to be built at Tampoi village, five miles from Johore Bahru. The foundation stone for the sanatorium will be laid by Lady Marcella Ibrahim. Sultanah of Johore, at 3.45 p.m. on Friday. This project is sponsored88 words
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Article499 1955-11-23 8 HPHE Governor of North Borneo, Mr. R. E. Turnbull, expressed his concern m the North Borneo Legislative Council last week over the shortage of labour m that Colony. He said, "The second of our fundamental problems is that of labour. In this matter Government has been499 words
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Article, Illustration597 1955-11-23 8 AT the recent Planned Parenthood Conference m Tokyo, Japanese delegate Dr. Juitsu Kitaoka uttered a grim warning that unless the population problem m his country is solved "there is no guarantee that the Japanese will not repeat the mad deliberate trial attempted during the Pacific War."' Dr. Kitaoka597 words
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Letter137 1955-11-23 8 Sir: I read with interest Mr. Tan Ec Leong's discourse on Malay anization. His test m the Malayanization of the civi] services is "a British subject by birth m the Colony of Singapore."' There are literally thousands of Europeans who were born and are still being born137 words
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202 1955-11-23 8 ON MALAYANIZATION: Was there one, Mr. Tan? Sir: I must congratulate you for publishing such a comprehensive and yet succinct article as "Malayanization" by Tan Ec Leong. There is, however, a phrase m the article which I hope Mr. Tan Ec Leong will elucidate "When the expatriates threaten to resign202 words
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Letter98 1955-11-23 8 Sir: I should like to draw the attention of the Malayan Mirror and the Malaya nization Commission to one branch of work where hundreds of expatriate women are employed. I refer, of course, to voluntary work. They icork for AntiT.B. Associations, Red Cross, Leper Colonies, Hospital Visiting,98 words
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Letter144 1955-11-23 8 Sir: In his evidence before the Malayanization Commission Mr. L.C. Goh stated that he was told by a clerk that he was instructed by his superior officer to "tailor" an advertisement to fill a vacant post, to suit an expatriate officer. And Mr. K.M. Byrne testified that he had144 words
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Letter127 1955-11-23 8 Sir: The hardships caused to the fishing stake owners and fishermen along the Pasir Panjang coast by the inconsiderate disposal of waste oil from damaged ships have become a matter of public concern. You hit the nail on the head when, m your editorial you referred to127 words
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Article948 1955-11-23 8 Edward Crankshaw - RESURGENT RUSSIAN PRIDE Edward Crankshaw A SOVIET SURVEY by particular, a sort of bot- tomless secret pride, ting- ed with malice, m the stir the Soviet Union is making m the world today, m the fact that the country which 15 years ago was brushed off and ignored by all948 words
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Article580 1955-11-23 8 ASTER GUNASEKERA - ASTER GUNASEKERA By "to look at this galaxy of 14 representatives of the people and see that they could do nothing but throw stones, incapable of appreciating what Government seeks to do, completely incapable, sterile and unreasonable." JJEMOCRATIC Assemblyman William Tan wanted ways and580 words
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Article291 1955-11-23 8 Round Table Confab TTTUSAN Melayu says that the all-parties round table conference planned by UMNO m Singapore is likely to be a disappointment. Two of the parties to be invited, the Progressives and the Democrats, have intimated their reluctance to attend the conference, Utusan points out. Only291 words
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Advertisement55 1955-11-23 8 X'MAS IS NOT FAR AWAY! Do not be misguided by SALE M ij, j^ m We sell always tSslfr CHEAP *7 Come and avoid DISAPPOINTMENT. A W e hove Multitude of Articles to $C n> your toste and pocket. X* Visit Convince At:- MAGANLAL NAGINDAS CO. J^ 85 87, Arab55 words
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Article, Illustration143 1955-11-23 9 HOLLYWOOD. NOV. 22 (AP) Yvonne de Carlo, sultry screen siren who has long been one of movieland's most eligible spinsters, was married m a surprise Reno ceremony yesterday to a ttunt man with an eight-year-old daughter, her press r representative here reported. The bridegroom is143 words
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Article82 1955-11-23 9 'Baghdad's' Military Umbrella BAGHDAD. Nov. 22 (Reutcr) The five Baghdad Pact Nations today resumed their talks on Britain's offer of long-term economic and technical aid as the best safeguard against Communist penetration m the Middle East Military chiefs from Pakistan. Persia. Turkey. Iraq and Britain, m a secret session, were82 words
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270 1955-11-23 9 RED LEADERS ATTACK MIGHT IS RIGHT WESTERN POLICY NEW DELHI, Nov. 22, (AP)— Visiting Soviet Premier Bulganin lashed the Western powers yesterday for "setting the problem of disarmament back 10 years." Speaking to more than 700 members of India's Parliament, Bulganin said "to our great270 words
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Article, Illustration209 1955-11-23 9 URANIUM REPLACES COAL Ist. Atom Station NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UP) New York's Chinatown has "practically no juvenile delinquency at a time when, m other sections of the city, adolescents seem to have run amo£," an article m the December issue of Coroner magazine said yesterday. In a report onUP - 209 words
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Article, Illustration199 1955-11-23 9 LONDON, Nov. 22 (UP) Scriptwriters for a newly-released Eng- lish war film began drafting a new scene i yesterday after the i Duke of Edinburgh saw 4 the film at a premiere < .and said it was not quite accurate. < The film, "Cockleshell Heroes,"199 words
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Article133 1955-11-23 9 HONGKONG, Nov. 22 (UP)— The Foreign Correspondents Club of Hongkong pleaded not guilty today m the "case of the dirty flower pot." The secretary of the club, Guy Searls (of CBS) was summoned last month to answer Health Department charges that mosquito larvae was133 words
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Article65 1955-11-23 9 CALLANDER, Ontario. Nov. 22, (AP) Mystery last night surrounded the condition of Marie, frailest of the four surviving Dionne quintuplets, who took ill last Wednesday. Unconfirmed reports said the 21-year-old girl, who left the cloisters of a Quebec City convent last Wednesday for the second time65 words
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Article60 1955-11-23 9 LONDON. Nov. 22 (Reuter) The British Broadcasting Corporation announced today that its outside television unit is now equipped with a camera lens capable of picking out a person half a mile away. The new device, known as a telescopic zoom lens, is British-made, costs £1.000 sterling,60 words
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Article37 1955-11-23 9 THE body of Gilbert Bundy. 44, Esquire cartoonist and illustrator, was found hangIng by several neckties from a door hinge m his apartment at the Hotel le Marquis, New York Police called it suicide.- A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article34 1955-11-23 9 THE "ghost ship" Joyita was hoisted on to a slipway m Suva yesterday but inspection of her hull gave no clue to the fate of her 25 missing passengers and crew. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article22 1955-11-23 9 ARCHBISHOP Thomas Shine, 89, oldest Catholic Bishop m Britain, died at a nursing home m Whitley, Yorkshire, early yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article80 1955-11-23 9 NEW DELHI, Nov. 22 (UP) Russia's Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev weighs a good deal more than Indian Premier Nehru. This was shown yesterday when Nehru, escorting Khrushchev and Soviet Premier Bulganin at a rally of Indian girl and boy scouts, spotted a bamboo cot80 words
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189 1955-11-23 9 Custody Of Child Sought CHICAGO, Nov. 22 (AP)— A son on Monday filed a petition m court accusing his multimillionaire financier father of adultery with the sen's former wife. The charge was made against Walter E. Heller. 64. president of a Chicago commercial firm,189 words
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Article24 1955-11-23 9 LONDON Underwriters yesterday reduced war and strike, riot and civil commotion shipping risks on voyages to and from the China coast.- ReuterReuter - 24 words
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200 1955-11-23 9 There's No Juvenile Delinquency "Chinese fathers know that greatest wealth is a properly raised son an accomplishment they feel must be first taught at home," the author wrote. "Chinese j mothers are every bit as conscientious. Few On Relief As a200 words
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Article208 1955-11-23 9 Cyprus Situation Tense NICOSIA, Cyprus, Nov. 22 (UP)— Gunmen killed second British sergeant last night m a fresh outbreak of shooting m this terrorist-stricken Mediterranean base. The sergeant was fatally wounded as he rode m a military truck i'our miles from Dhekelia. Ho was the second208 words
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Article154 1955-11-23 9 'Boss's Wife Seduced Me— Butler CALCUTTA. India. Nov. 22 (UP) A court yesterday refused bond for a Pakistani butler charged with kidnaping his English employer's pretty wife. The butler claims the wife .seduced him and forced her attention on him. Butler Habibur Rahman was refused bail at a hearing on154 words
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Article31 1955-11-23 9 NEW DELHI'S House of People yesterday passed the company law bill which completely overhauls company regulations and gives government immense powers for controlling joint stock enterprises m India. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article21 1955-11-23 9 POLICE dispersed groups of students demonstrating m the streets of central Athens yesterday who shouted "death to Harding." ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article27 1955-11-23 9 AN Israeli fishing boat was fired on yesterday by shore batteries alon« the Egyptianheld Gaza coast, according to Israeli military spokesman Major Dan Gov. UPUP - 27 words
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Article45 1955-11-23 9 JAPAN will manufacture F-86 sabre jets under the terms of Licence and Assistance Agreement between Ihe North American Aviation and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Reorganized Limited, it was announced on Monday by Mr. J.L. Atwood. the North American President, m Los Angeles. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Advertisement18 1955-11-23 9 For the modern office Jr BEHN. MEYER CO. LTD. PO'Box 2000. Singapore. PATERSON, SIMONS CO LTD Kuala UmpurPenang.18 words
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Advertisement103 1955-11-23 9 L rfr "Thai's my idea of W* Hi*/ handsomeness" she says! are right for every man! In two designs, both are famous for their faultless finish with precision and care for every detail. Made of tested fabrics that wash and wear well. They give you lasting values and leisurely, well103 words
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Article232 1955-11-23 10 WROTE NOW I KNOW ]\IRS. Sandra Townsend, who last July organized a petition m a bid to save Ruth Ellis from the gallows, was acquitted of a charge of attempted murder. Mrs. Townsend was accused of trying to kill her two daughters. Margot, 16, and Sandra,232 words
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Article, Illustration194 1955-11-23 10 gUTCH, a pedigree boxer dog, is everyone's friend m Soho. But Butch has been missing from his usual haunts last week. He has been KIDNAPPED. And he is being: held for a RANSOM of £20. The people of Soho call Butch "the Duke/194 words
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Article221 1955-11-23 10 A WIFE was so obsessed f* with her dogs that her husband was excluded, a divorce judge said last week. The couple, Arthur Purvis. 43, clerk. of Carol-street, Sunderiand. and Anthea Allison Claire Purvis, 49, of Beaufort terrace. South Boldon. near Sunderland, each petitioned at221 words
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Article, Illustration64 1955-11-23 10 AN ARMY officer writing m the American "Armor" magazine, envisages flying tanks "within a generation." Lieutenant Colonel .Robert B. Rigg, who is attached to the office of the United States Army Chief of Staff, illustrates his article with this drawing. He says flying tanks would make land mines, rivers, bridges64 words
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261 1955-11-23 10 PADRE TEILS OF 3 YEAR BLACKMAIL A CLERGYMAN whose name was not revealed told a court that he had been blackmailed for s three years. Ronald Fenwick, 39, machine attendant, of no 2 fixed address, was accused at Blackpool of uttering ji menacing letters demanding money from "the Rev. X."261 words
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Article168 1955-11-23 10 DOCTORS would like to know where a certain tortoise has hidden itself for the winter. For this tortoise, the doctors believe, holds the clue to the mystery of a boy's illness. It may be carrying the germ which causes a rare infection. When the boy,168 words
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Article127 1955-11-23 10 AN able seaman went on a rx two-hour drinking bout ashore, a court martial at Chatham, Kent, was told. Then he returned to his ship and BUTTED Sub-Lieutenant Anthony Horatio Nelson m the face with his head, kicked him and used insulting language; KICKED and PUNCHED Commissioned127 words
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Article339 1955-11-23 10 LOST 28Lb. AT ARMY CAMP A TWENTY-TWO-YEAR- OLD former National Serviceman alleges that m two weeks' service at a territorial Army camp he lost two stone m weight. And when he returned home, he says, he was covered with insect bites. This week, m the House of Commons, Mr. Leslie339 words
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Article36 1955-11-23 10 TN Adelaide, Australia, a woman charged with annoying a neighbour by playing a radio m the early hours of The morning said she did it to drown the snores of her neighbour's wife.36 words
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Article27 1955-11-23 10 OET dog belonging to a 1 woman m Omaha. U.S.A.. lost its £600 diamond necklace to armed robbers, but it still has its mink coat.27 words
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Article, Illustration441 1955-11-23 10 Mr. Hollingbery The 6 Women In His Life A married man fold a judge m London that every day for eighteen years he had lunched with his wife but they had never lived together as man and wife. His marriage, he said, was just "an intellectual, mental and sympathetic relationship."441 words
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270 1955-11-23 10 THE headmaster of a private school was right to expel two boys for throwing "stink bombs" at a bus. a judge ruled m England. One bomb described as "a small glass object that produces an unpleasant smell when broken' —i and ed inside270 words
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Advertisement221 1955-11-23 10 tiep wuh skin -fata aim^ foOeuj uJttft Vvwh \lcwAum Owrn^ FOLLOW the example of lovely women throughout the world enhance and preserve your beauty with wonderful, greaseless Pond's Vanishing Cream. Light and snowy. Pond's Vanishing Cream is the ideal powder base. It disappears "as you smoothe it on, leaving your221 words
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Article, Illustration876 1955-11-23 11 It's all in my eye, says Lena U+tffp I LONDON PLANE roared off from London to Paris last iveek with ti bewitching cargo of sheer magic, m the Uthe shape of Lena Home. She left, havini made a devastating conquest of jeicelleii late-night London^ $he nas a hit icith the876 words
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Article, Illustration696 1955-11-23 11 CROWDS DON'T BOTHER M. M. She goes around m disguises NEW YORK MARILYN Monroe says she intends to be a permanent resident of i New York, but will go \to Hollywood for oc- casional movies. In a rare interview, she also i disclosed: i a. That she considers herself free696 words
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Article90 1955-11-23 11 Did you know JACK LA RUE now owns a restaurant and says he always gets HIS thumb m the soup. Character actor WALTER BRENNAN says he would like a role he can get his teeth into. The three time Academy Award winner has another toothless oldcodger part m "Goodbye, My90 words
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Article54 1955-11-23 11 ALIVE salamander, supposedly almost lireproof, required a rubber stand-in after he collapsed m 119-degree heat during the filming of Columbia's "Uranium Boom" m the Mojave Desert. PATRICIA MEDINA and DENNIS MORGAN, who also starred In the picture, told us it was hot, but they didn't wriggle out of54 words
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Article590 1955-11-23 11 Dated Girls to enter Films I JJOBERT WAGNER want- ed to be a film actor ever I since he was five. So he I caddied for CLARK GABLE, RANDOLPH SCOTT, FRED ASTAIRE, and others at the swanky Bel Air Country Club; washed dishes at a restaurant where the590 words
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Advertisement39 1955-11-23 11 ro lowoow N 29 7v\ *Zs^ MINIMUM FREIGHT "CHARGE "5^ V S]X^ NOW ONLY $5.29 I REDUCED CLEARANCE AND DELIVERY CHARGE IN U.K. FROM SINGAPORE FOR gifts NOW ONLY $4.29 JNCL m mZ« MALAYAN AIRWAYS OCEAN BUILDING, COLLYER QUAY.39 words
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Miscellaneous250 1955-11-23 11 STANDARDS CROSSWORD PUZZLE PIIIFQ Humour the requirements tLLJtJ of time (9> VCROSS 8. Style and part of style is i O. the German river; does it quite becoming (7) (4) 9. Genus including mites and iternaUy Mire (5) M ticks (6) A cat small but mighty (4) 10. Supplies trom250 words
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Article159 1955-11-23 12 RUBBER PRICE DROPS 1 1/8c. SINGAPORE rubber prices sagged throughout yesterday despite the higher opening and closed at 51.24 i per lb. for first grade December shipment on an uncertain market, a drop of 1J cents on Monday. London and New York overnight prices were higher and Singapore opened at159 words
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Article172 1955-11-23 12 GENERALLY all sections of the Malayan share market had good buying support yesterday with small price changes. Moderate business was reported. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fed. Disp 3.25 13.30 George T. Disp. 205 2.15 -Malayan Cement 1.64 1.08 Singapore172 words
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Article172 1955-11-23 12 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: F. X. ords. $1.72 i and $1.73J today and $1.75 overnight; Gam- mon 52.55: Hammer $2.55; M. Cement 51.65. 51. 68; M. Colls. $1.05 and $1.04: Metal Box $IXO. $1.57 overnight; Sime, Darby $1.87^, $1.90 overnight; Spore Cold Storage172 words
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Article, Illustration513 1955-11-23 12 MORE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 150 dealers attended the Philips-Jacks Convention dinner at the Cathay Restaurant, Singapore on Monday. Photo shows (from left): Messrs. S. Nathan; H. A. 7*an Beurden (Philips Electrical Comp- any of Malaya Ltd.); Yap Kirn Hock (dealer and Johore State513 words
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Article620 1955-11-23 12 FINDING WEALTH IN THE EARTH IN some 20 Colonies groups of scientists are continually at work surveying, mapping, testing and examining samples of rock, looking for iron, lead, tin, copper, gold, for limestone from which cement may be made, for clay from which bricks may be made even for certain620 words
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Article, Illustration76 1955-11-23 12 THESE two 1,300 h.p. Clyde-General Motors diesel electric locomotives icere recently shipped to Hongkong. They icere built m Australia by the Clyde Engineering Co., Ply Ltd., for service on the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Tiro senior Chinese engineers of the Kowloon-Canton Railway spent two months m Australia earlier76 words
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Article124 1955-11-23 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Muntok white $136 sellers, Sarawak white $135 sellers. Special Sarawak black $87 sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $40 sellers, coconut oil (drums) $42? sellers; copra Nov. $26| buyers, $27J sellers; Dec. $27g buyers, $272 sellers. Singapore Copra Association124 words
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Article34 1955-11-23 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday:Selling, T.T or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 143; Belgian Francs 1626 I ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.34 words
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Article, Illustration67 1955-11-23 12 SIXTY-TWO-YEAR OLD Chua Kian Tay (left), proprietor of Chop Hwang Teow Hing, Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur, icon the first prize of $100 m the Lever Bros. (Malaya) Co's display com--Ist Prize Winner petition of tveo of the firm's products Sunlight Soap and Omo. More than 500 dealers took part m67 words
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Article71 1955-11-23 12 ROTTERDAM and "the new water way" set a couple of annual records for shipping on Sunday The 20,263 rd ship this year entered the new water way that connects Rotterdam, Dordrecht. Vlaardingen and Schiedam with the North Sea. The previous record was set m 1926 when 20,262A.P. - 71 words
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Article403 1955-11-23 12 MR. I.A. ALER, President of X.L.M., has announced that hi s company has ordered eight Douglas D.C.B. Jet Transport planes. X.L.M. is the first non-American airline to place such an order. The first of these extremely fast and comfortable four- engined Turbo jets, which can403 words
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Article, Illustration316 1955-11-23 12 A Good Cognac Mart Mere MALAYA is a very good cognac market, according to Mr. O. L. D. Quien, director of export. E. Remy Martin Co., Cognac, France. "We are looking forward to developing our business because consumption of cognac here is going up/ he added. Mr. Quien has justStandard - 316 words
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Article178 1955-11-23 12 EXPORTS from the Dnited Kingdom were valued at £267.8 million m October. exceeding by over £3£ mil iaL the previous highest monl figure recorded for AugqjJ this year. The high total reached is a welcome indication of an underlying upward trend m the value of exports,178 words
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Article128 1955-11-23 12 PRODUCTION of the UK. steel wool industry is now at an annual ru-te of £l| million. Its exports amount to well over £200.000 a year, and are currently going to no less than 85 countries m ev< ry continent of the world. Announcing this the Sted128 words
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Advertisement569 1955-11-23 12 NOTICES JOHORE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT rpENDERS are invited for the 1 supply of MEDIUM GRADE SIAMESE RICE to hospitals m Johore. The term of the contract is for 3 months beginning Ist January, 1956. Each tender must be accompanied with sample and a Treasury Receipt of $100/- for each District and569 words
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Advertisement127 1955-11-23 12 NOTICES NOTICE TO SHIPPERS CHIPPERS are hereby in- formed that small freight Increases will apply on most of the Company's routes on cargo accepted m vessels, which start to load m Singapore or m out-ports on or after Ist December. 1955. Full details of the amended rate 3 are now127 words
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Advertisement1058 1955-11-23 13 Fel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) B SSE B THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENT Singapore Due S»ils P. Sham Penang Demodocus for Liverpool Nov1,058 words
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Article, Illustration444 1955-11-23 14 £OME Christmas there's going to be some fierce slugging under the Big Top at Bertram Mills Circus m London. And getting ready right now for their worldshattering contest m which Chimp meets Chimp, no holds barred and every punch a packet of damp dynamite, are Billy444 words
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464 1955-11-23 14 M. A. GLASGOW - M. A. GLASGOW by ImUhlih^klS F\uri)!gf the last fifty years, scientists have produced many wonderful inventions which, not long ago, icould have been considered impossibilites. But it is not m the nature of research workers to be satisfied even ivith achievements that are almost miraculous;464 words
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Miscellaneous273 1955-11-23 14 The Stars And You A li»V. man Is not Alan as UVT Uljo |)a| Mai*! SCOKIMO-Oct 23 to Nov. >.'t. Browning. "Para- ♦L» f lllltt 1/tl lflttl 21 -Be conscientious with tuslls minor tasks, necessities. Skip WEDNESDAY TOR EVERY- I risks, involvements, excesses. ONE: Those who are alert, I GEMINI273 words
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Article74 1955-11-23 15 SYDNEY, Nov. 22 (Reuter) South Wales, the r holders, beath South Australia by nine wickets with g v and a half to spare m Sheffield Shield cricket b here yesterday. I scores were: South Wales 215 for j declared (W. Saunders J B Benaud 51)74 words
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214 1955-11-23 15 The Duke Opens Games A Year From Today I the St^ RN f N V J 2(Reuter) Mr Robert Menries. I of thi^[vi Prune Mmister.today marked the opening 2 lof ttal w«S P IC TE ea Ju by Sen^ inff eetin^ *»«e sportsmen I $by the n 2? J h^^?214 words
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Article199 1955-11-23 15 \I I BLACKS, playing: for the whole of the first half with only 11 players, nurueed to beat Teachers Trunin; College by five points (goal) to three (penalty) m a friendly ftgga match played on the Victoria School ground, Singapore, yesterday. teachers were two men199 words
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Article56 1955-11-23 15 PROMINENT Colony sports personalities. headed by Mr. C. C. Tan. chairman of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, were present at the cocktail party m honour of Bob Mathias, twice winner of the Olympic Decathlon title, held at th e Hollywood Room, Odeon Theatre yesterday. The party56 words
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Article931 1955-11-23 15 Kaila&Walker To The Rescue By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HONGKONG, Tues. Playing their second match m Hongkong, the Malayan cricket tourists were left fighting with their backs against the wall at the end of the first day's play against the Hongkong Combined Services. Batting first, the Malayans, faced931 words
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Article39 1955-11-23 15 JOHORE Rug&y Union team to meet Johore Police tomorrow at Johore Bahru at 5 p.m. will be Whayman. Lawley. Roberts, MahafTey Emery. Poyntz. Graham. Swain. Marshall. Wilder. Chalmers (capt Ikin. Riley. Credland. Shields. Reserves: Willis. Tpr. Fielder.39 words
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Article202 1955-11-23 15 MALAYA Ist. INNS. Sheppard b Birley 26 Dauncey stp Carr b Lipscombe 4 Webb b Lipscombe 0 Sheperdson b Lipscombe 0 Walker c Lipscombe b Withall 31 Kirkham b Birley 1 Kailasapathy b Birley 36 Chua Eng Cheng b Birley 0 Gurucharan Singh c Carr b Lipscombe 16 Burton202 words
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257 1955-11-23 15 Teoh Miss Lav Kill' Poh Lim'ss Treble Title Bid SINGAPORE'S mixed doubles champions, Teoh Feng Hooi and Miss Lav Hui Huang (Mayflower 8.P.), will reign again for another year. Last night, the Mayflower combination beat Marigold's Ong Poh Lim and Miss Vivien. ne Puckeridge 15-8. 7-15, 18-13 to retain their257 words
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Article283 1955-11-23 15 SCOTLAXD will meet the Re-; at tiie Royal Singapore Golf Club course* on Sunday. Nov. 27. The draw is as follows FIRST NINE 8.15 am. R. Craik and L. Xeedham vs D. I. Stirk and J. F. Pearcv. 8.20"a.m. J. H. Phillips and J.283 words
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Article107 1955-11-23 15 AFTER 40,000 MATHIAS DRAWS 30 THIN BUT persistent rain forced Olympic decathlon champion. Bob Mathias. to cut his "athletic clinic" at Raffles Institution ground yesterday short by 40 minutes. In any case, it was a disappointing evening for the American champion. There were only about 30 athletes present for his107 words
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Article65 1955-11-23 15 HYDERABAD, Nov 22. (Reuter)— New Zealand had scored 14^ for the' loss of three wickets by tea here today when, m the first test against India, they were facing a total of 408 for four declared. New Zealand scored 170 runs for the loss of five65 words
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Article125 1955-11-23 15 IPOH, Tues.— Perak will field the strongest hockey team against Singapore m their match at the Chinese Assembly Hall ground on Sunday. Nov 27. They last met at Kuala Lumpur m 1953 when Perak lost by the odd goal m three. Included m the Perak125 words
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Advertisement652 1955-11-23 15 CLASSIFIED ADS PERSONAL ,liss Gail Beyer: Please contact Mr. Yung Ming r ai. University of Malaya Hostel, Dunearn Road, Singax>re, 11 now. Johnr.y Tong SITUATIONS VACANT VACANCIES ndM m the Licensing Section of tne Iramc Police. Singapore. for> 2 Senior Driving Testers, 10 Driving Testers. Applicants for the posts of652 words
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Miscellaneous209 1955-11-23 15 SF^ BULLET BLAZING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN GUNFIGHTER BROTHERS! ■VTl 1 HERBERT j YATtS I THE ROAD TO DENVER %H Uj I LEE J. COBB RAY MIDDLETON SKIP HOMEIER -m ANDY CLYDE LEE VAN CLEEF aH El H^^^H^^Hn a Republic production tesss^lte^^■i'l Abner By Al Capp ./^CANVOOII OP COURSeyjfn^s,l u > T209 words
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Miscellaneous171 1955-11-23 15 TH E FIJIANS may come up for their toughest test against a Far East Air Force XV m today's rugby match at Seletar commencing at 5.15 p.m. A Fijians' runaway win will principally depend on their threequarters. and if Joe Levula, RoI koua, Domoni. Baba can be stopped, the airmen171 words
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Article238 1955-11-23 16 Forest Duke Is A Good Thing FOREST DUKE has been showing such outstanding form m his morning gallops that he must be rated a good thing m the mile race for Class One Div. Three (Race Five). On Thursday morning he put m a smashing display when he easily ran238 words
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875 1955-11-23 16 dfgdfgdfgdfgdfgdf RACE ONE IN A poor field Golden Dollar looks as good as anything m Race One. This four-year-old Valongea gelding ran a fair race when he finished sixth behind Quiny In the bunch right to the turn for home Golden Dollar875 words
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Article, Illustration155 1955-11-23 16 NEWCOMER Ted Larkin will ride Gala Premiere m the 3.15 and should be backed as a good each-way. looks like Safari finding his winning break. Esparto will run very close. She goes up six pounds since her third to Troubadour and Safari. She has been consistent m155 words
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Article60 1955-11-23 16 THERE was a brief shower m Singapore last evening but it is unlikely that it will effect any change m the going for this afternoon's races. Unless there is more rain, the going should be good. Radio Malaya will not broadcast racing commentaries but full results60 words
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Article462 1955-11-23 16 THE BIG QUESTION: says Lad TRAINER Neol Hobbs who sent out three winners on Saturday may again provide the winner of the main sprint for Class One horses (Race Six) with WALLA WALLA at Bukit Timah today, second day of the Singapore St. Leger Meeting. And with462 words
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Article303 1955-11-23 16 DISTINE, a handsome Distinctive three-year-old gelding, should follow up his recent Kuala Lumpur success and take the six furlong race for Class One, Division Two. (Race Eight). Distine earned his promotion to Class One following his clear-cut win over six furlongs at the recent Kuala Lumpur303 words
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Miscellaneous830 1955-11-23 16 P^2^|SMiWMMiM Jxf"^^ Windsor Lad The Pilot Trundle Hill Scrutineer IMl^ ■■in S>!i I) pn?nP° LLAK GOLDEN DOLLAR COLUKN DOLLAR M \(MC NOTE X es i Point Magic Note West Point Cyrene RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.-Horses Class 3, Div. 4—6 Furs. c Wwt Point l^i!!i£ ooiden ponar £«£\r*7^^A^ a m' M830 words
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