Singapore Standard, 31 December 1955
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Title Section36 1955-12-31 1 Singapore Standard >3jgeß^ STANDARD POLICE ifcEL VjH *P ***** (5 lines! 2400 ~Tr+ J I\j I fc- FIRE BRIGADE 5111 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 Vol. VI. No. 177 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955 16 PAGES 15 CENTS36 words
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194 1955-12-31 1 TAIPEI, Dec. 30, (UP)— The Formosa Straits "little war" is showing signs of flaring up again along a 200-mile front after simmering for seven months. Nationalist Chinese reports told of small-scale but violent skirmishes between naval, artillery and air units around the mouth of the194 words
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Article34 1955-12-31 1 PREMIER Katay Sasorith s Progressive Party maintained a comfortable lead yesterday in Laos' third national election on the basis of partial returns from 10 of the country's 12 provinces.— A .P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article40 1955-12-31 1 BLAZING away with two guns, an enraged chiropractor in San Fernando. California, on Thursday shot his mother-in-law in the back, shot his wife after she fled with a child through a plate glass window, then shot himself. APAP - 40 words
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Article25 1955-12-31 1 POSTMASTER General Charles Hill will open Britain's new radiotelephone link with Calcutta today by phoning Jagjivan Ram, Indian Minister for Communications. UPUP - 25 words
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Article100 1955-12-31 1 Mystery Planes Drop Arms NICOSIA. Dec. 30 (UP) Anti-British terrorists are being supplied with arms and ammunition by mysterious planes which drop supplies into lonely Greek villages by night, informed sources said today. Security forces confirmed they were "investigating" reports that an arms air lift was helping supply the Eoka100 words
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Article62 1955-12-31 1 ALGIERS, Dec. 30 (UP) French troops sweeping through rebel-ridden Constantine County have killed six terrorists during the past 24 hours, it*was officially announced at Algiers early today. Officials said the French scour-out operation was continuing. They also reported a number of minor terrorist incidents in which62 words
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Article25 1955-12-31 1 EXPERTS who forecast an all-time high U.S. traffic toll for the Christmas holidays now predict a record for the New Year weekend. APAP - 25 words
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Article42 1955-12-31 1 BERLIN, Dec. 30 (Reuter) —An East German Christian Democratic Party official. Kurt Brandenburg, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for sabotage and war propaganda and for furnishing information about his party to the French intelligence service in West Berlin.42 words
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Article29 1955-12-31 1 HEAV^ rain yesterday washed out the ceremonial opening of the Pan-Pacific Boy Scout Jamboree in Melr bourne by Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Australian Governor-General. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article125 1955-12-31 1 REOPEN RAIL LINK CHOU HONGKONG, Dec. 30 (Reut er Communist China's Prime Minister Chou En-lai expressed his 'earnest desire" for early restoration of through traffic along the Canton-Kowloon Railwav between the South China metropolis. Canton and Hongkong. Mr Edmund Blunden, Profes- sor of English at the Hongkong University, disclosed on125 words
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751 1955-12-31 1 U.S. Clears Goa Issue 40 DAYS TO GO The Tunku Keeps His Pledge All Out War To Finish The Reds KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. All resources of the Alliance Government will be thrown in a full scale battle against the Communist terrorists as from Feb. 9. In a Radio broadcast tonight,751 words
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Article, Illustration162 1955-12-31 1 MERCHANTS OF HATE DENOUNCED Confident WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 j (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today denounced Russia's leaders as international "hate merchants' and predicted they will use any means short of war to stir up trouble in the new year. Citing Communist intervention In such situations as the162 words
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Article186 1955-12-31 1 QUEEN TAKEN TO TASK LONDON, Dec. 30 (UP) A semi-official Church of England newspaper criticized the Queen today for putting politics before Christianity in her Christmas broadcast. The Church Times took the Queen to task for not making a more explicit reference to "those divine events on which the whole186 words
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Article61 1955-12-31 1 OKLAHOMA, Dec. 29, (Reuter) A judge here ordered 35 traffic offenders to bow their heads in grateful prayer that their violations had not caused death to themselves or others The judge also told them to say a prayer in memory of more than 600 people killed61 words
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134 1955-12-31 1 Malayan Dollars A Delicate Matter LONDON, Dec. 30, (Reuter)— The Financial Times commenting today on Malaya's movement towards dominion status said that the final surrender of the right of supervision over Malayan foreign exchange earnings may be a delicate matter. "Malaya's large dollar surplus is matched by deficits with Britain134 words
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Article135 1955-12-31 1 LONDON. Dec. 30 (Renter) The Economist, a leading British weekly, today said that if Singapore went Communist it might suffer such a decline in a trade as to become insignificant. Singapore, depending as it does on trade with Britain and the United States, can no135 words
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Article23 1955-12-31 1 THE pilot and co-pilot were killed when a Lockheed Lodestar crashed 16 milet northeast of Cambridge, Ohio, yesterday APAP - 23 words
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Article202 1955-12-31 1 MELBOURNE, Dec 30, (Reuter)— The oiler by the Malayan Communist leader Chin Peng to lay down arms if the British withdrew from Malaya could not be taken seriously. Australia's External Affairs Minister Richard Casey, said today. The apparent concurrence with the offer by the Chief Ministers202 words
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Article27 1955-12-31 1 DEMOLITION squads of the Czechoslovak Army have blown up and levelled most of the buildings on the Czechoslovak-Austrian frontier during the past few days. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Advertisement28 1955-12-31 1 WE WISH OUR CUSTOMERS b FRIENDS A HAPPY MEW YEAR m NOVELTY.Tot? 88 NORTH BRIDCE ROAD. Phone *****. S pore-6 (Earlier stories in Page 10) 1 Ifil If28 words
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386 1955-12-31 2 Owners' Plan Is Backed By Fong THE Singapore Chinese bus companies are prepared to run a temporary service on major routes operated by the Singapore Traction Company, if the City Council approves this move. A spokesman of the Chinese Bus Owners' Association, told386 words
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Article, Illustration101 1955-12-31 2 MR. Soon Cheng Sun, manager and treasurer of the Federation School for the Deaf, is seen enjoying a joke with Dr. Edith Whetnall, Director of the Institute of Audiology (extreme right) and Lady Templer, wife of the former Federation High Commissioner, in London recently. Lady Templer is101 words
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Article80 1955-12-31 2 JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (UP) Indonesia today accused the Netherlands of impeding the current Dutch Indonesian diplomatic negotiations through statements by Dutch Foreign Minister J. M. A. H. Luns. An Indonesian Foreign Office spokesman said Indonesia regretted Lun's recent statement in the Dutch parliament that the Netherlands80 words
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Article66 1955-12-31 2 NICOSIA, Dec. 30 (AP) Linotype operators of all Nicosia newspapers joined building labourers in a walkout yesterday in protest against the detention of Cypriot Communist leaders. As a result, no morning papers will be published in Nicosia, the capital today. The operators' walked out without informing their66 words
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Article29 1955-12-31 2 AN urgent call has been sent to Paris by the new Moroccan government for Arabic type-writers for the new government offices being set up in Rabat. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article31 1955-12-31 2 AMERICAN economic expert Mr. C. Tyler Wood announced an additional allocation of $25,000,000 to South Korea bringing the total of economic aid for this year to $302,000,000, ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article, Illustration222 1955-12-31 2 THE Singapore City Council yesterday changed its mind and Katong residents are left in doubt as to whether or not they will get a new air-con-ditioned cinema. The Council, by 11 votes to nine, adopted a motion by Mr. Sim Beng Seng rescinding a previous222 words
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Article81 1955-12-31 2 He Had The Knife In His Pocket A BLOOD-STAINED knife found on Chang How Gee after a stabbing incident led to his at rest and conviction in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. Chang was sentenced to nine months" imprisonment for stabbing Tan Lye Siong in Tiong Bahru Road on81 words
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Article132 1955-12-31 2 THE chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, yesterday met leaders of the Board's 5,000 industrial employees to settle their dispute. The workers wanted the Board to institute an inquiry into the "anti-trade union activities of some of its officials in132 words
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Article68 1955-12-31 2 ALTHOUGH Monday is a bank and public holiday in substitution for Jan. 1. which is a Sunday, Colony workmen, under the new Labour Ordinance are not entitled to a paid holiday on Jan. 2, states the Commissioner for Labour, Singapore. The Ordinance specifies Prophet Mohamad's birthday68 words
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Article22 1955-12-31 2 JOSEPH ANCIAUX died in Charleroi Cemetery on Wednesday, buried beneath a tombstone he had prepared for someone else APAP - 22 words
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Article182 1955-12-31 2 'Because I've Been Strict' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Loke Kui Keun, 33, assistant resettlement officer who claimed to have helped police to track down Communist sympathisers in his new village, was today jailed three months for criminal breach of trust. Loke was convicted by the182 words
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220 1955-12-31 2 Judge To Be Chairman KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A Commission is to be set up for periodical .reviews of cases of detention on a statutory and formal basis witti powers to cancel detention orders or to modify them. This Commission comes into being as220 words
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Article91 1955-12-31 2 ATTEMPTS to smuggle brandy and whisky into Singapore for Chinese NewYear is expected to increase as a result of the recent increase in tax on liquor. But the Customs Department are on the alert. Customs men have been detailed to keep a vigil on places91 words
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281 1955-12-31 2 THE "Singapore of the Future" exhibition, at which the public will get their first glimpse of the Master Plan, is expected to be one of the greatest attractions for Singaporeans in years. The six-week exhibition will be opened by the Chief Minister,281 words
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Advertisement215 1955-12-31 2 ODEON OPENS TODAY AT 11 A.M. 1.45-4.15-6.45 9.30 P.M. CINEMASCOPE BRINGS TO BREATHING LIFE A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF SPECTACLE AND ADVENTURE AS IT FOLLOWS THE CONQUISTADORS OF SPAIN IN QUEST OF FABLED SEVEN CITIES OF GOLE) -diSfo ifr* i WW'f w^ L j 1 California nJffl|S^, todav stand «i215 words
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256 1955-12-31 3 COUNCIL HEARS OF CHRISTMAS NIGHT INCIDENT Crty ponncilfor was alleged to have done on Christmas night was yesterday recounted by Mr meeting 1 11 < p re »to> at the Council's monthly Mr. Chan said that according to a newspaper report the Councillor, or someone who claimed to be a256 words
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159 1955-12-31 3 .SINGAPORE'S Education Ministry will not agree to the inclusion of safety first instructions as a subject because the school curr.culum is already crowded, the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, said yesterday. Mr. Chew said that there were other strong claims on159 words
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Article133 1955-12-31 3 YEO KOK MUN. 36. Assistant Commandant in the Volunteer Special Constabulary in Singapore, died of rheumatoid fever yesterday. In a message of condolence. the Commissioner of Police Mr. Nigel Morris. said: "I am deeply distressed to learn of the death. '"Mr. Yeo has given very133 words
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105 1955-12-31 3 The Private Says: I Was In A Hurry PRIVATE William Cedric Cotton of the REME Base 40. Singapore, was sentenced to 42 days' detention by Major B. A. Beattie, President of the Court Martial, yesterday for disobeying orders of a senior officer. absenting himself without leave and drunkenness, on Nov.105 words
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Article155 1955-12-31 3 CABLES AT SEA TO GO UP MESSAGES to and from British Commonwealth ships, passenger and cargo, will cost more ir the new year. Charges for telegrams to and from all ships registered in the British Commonwealth are being increased concurrently in almost all coast stations in the British Commonwealth, the155 words
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Article232 1955-12-31 3 A FAMOUS minerologlst has been appointed to head the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Nanyang University, it was announced by the University Committee yesterciay He is Dr. Chen Chung Nan, a graduate of Illinois University Dr Chen was dean of the faculty of science232 words
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Article, Illustration52 1955-12-31 3 THE Tengku Ampuan of Selangor, was entertained to a tea-partv by her son, Tengku Laxamana. during her recent visit to Klang. Tengku Ampuan is seen with her children and grandchildren. Seated from left are Tengku Masnah. Tengku Ampuan, Tengku Aminah, and Tengku Raudah. Standing are Tengku Laxamana and52 words
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Article160 1955-12-31 3 PLEDGE BY ALLIANCE MEN KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— lhe Alliance National Council, supreme executive organ of the government in power, today decided that should the "Merdeka Mission" fail all Alliance men from the ministers down to town councillors will resign from their jobs. Held in160 words
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Article69 1955-12-31 3 AS a man was running across the roof of a row of houses in Waterloo Street. Singapore, at dawn yesterday, residents shouted, "Thief! Thief!" The alarmed intruder jumped down to the street below and then lay in agony until a police party arrived and69 words
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Article22 1955-12-31 3 A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy. Ang Cheng Kwee was found drowned in a well in Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore last night.22 words
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Article70 1955-12-31 3 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall will not be able to attend hi s usual '"meet-the-pcople" session today as he has to be. at the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Thi s meeting had been postponed to enable Mr. Marshall to attend the Baling70 words
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Article73 1955-12-31 3 MALACCA, Fri. The Minister for Agriculture Inche Abdul Aziz Ishak. on conclusion of his Stale visit here today, reminded the people that district officers and even Resident Commissioners were public servants. ''These officials are no longer the servants of the British Government." he said Staling that some73 words
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Article42 1955-12-31 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Wong Yoke Chang. 27. a woman wa s today admitted to the general hospital for suspected poisoning Police found a container for caustic soda in the room where Wons was found sick by her relatives.42 words
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Article250 1955-12-31 3 LABOUR REGRETS TALKS FLOP PENANG, Fri. The Labour Party of Malaya expressing regret that the talks with the Communists at Baling had broken down said the Communist threat to continue the struggle would necessitate the spilling of more Malayan blood and the expenditure of250 words
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148 1955-12-31 3 PENANG. Fri. More than 10.000 people who went to the Trade Fair at the New World Park last night witnessed a 17-year-old girl from an English school, crowned Miss Penang Trade Fair of 1955," by the Penang millionaire philanthropist, Mr. Llm Lean Teng. Miss148 words
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Article102 1955-12-31 3 MTUC Chief Hopes For More Talks SUNGEI PAT AN I 3tt The president of the Malayan Trade Union Council Mr P. P. Narayanan today expressed the hope that thrre would be a second "peace parley" between the Alliance Government and the Communists. "If we want progress toward nationhood, we must102 words
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Miscellaneous463 1955-12-31 3 iStandard c&lmanac Information at a Glance FTIiN G'A'PTOIrE n^J>/o malaya ttg&SkZSS.l*'™'™ RADIO MALAYA (General) 716 H.B.C, W~? Y'J*&/jkl rSa/SffSfuif «Ssffi b.h.c. general overseas |S> //>7/lf 1" bv D Kennard; 8 News Head- SERVICE: 5p m. This Day And rJg l^es- 802 A Date with Music Age— Vernon Baitlett from r463 words
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Article131 1955-12-31 4 MORE children will find places in school after the implementation of Singapore's Master Plan which took three and a half years to complete. A total of 90 schools have been provided for in the Master Plan. There are also plans for the improvement of the131 words
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Article118 1955-12-31 4 Pay Rubber Tax The Easy Way PENANG, Fri.— The outdoor collection of Land Office and Rural Board revenue for 1956. will be carried out by the staff of the District Office, Balik Pulau, in the south-west district ot Penang from Feb. 21 t© March 28. Notices of demand will be118 words
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Article148 1955-12-31 4 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 1275 1282 No 1 R.S.S Jan 128J 128* No 2 Jan. 1241 125} No 3 Jan. 1241 1242 Tone: Dull. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was ***** per picul (Up $1.62^). LONDON148 words
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Article35 1955-12-31 4 MEMBERS of the Nattukkottai Chettiar community in Singapore yesterday sent 1,500 rupees to the flood victims in South India. Thi s is in addition to the 5,000 rupees they had already donated.35 words
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165 1955-12-31 4 A LABOURER, Chinna Thaval Muthu, was yesterday fined $100, in default, two months' imprisonment, in the Seventh Magistrate's Court for intending to insult the modesty of a 16-year-old girl, Boh Kwee Pang. The offence was committed at Pendar Road on the evening165 words
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Article, Illustration450 1955-12-31 4 Police Net Closes In KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Kuala Lumpur police today borrowed killer dogs from the Army and set them on the trail of the two convicts who escaped, from the Social Hygiene Centre in Sultan Street yesterday. Both the escaped convicts Uhong Wun and Chooi450 words
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Article46 1955-12-31 4 patrols as a direct result of 999 calls. Total mileage covered by radio patrol cars in 1954 was 922,162. Last year's police annual report said: "The 999 system is popular with the public who expect, and receive, prompt and efficient service."46 words
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Article25 1955-12-31 4 A WOMAN. Lee Ah Soy. 79. died in the Singapore General Hospital last night six hours after an accident in Havelock Road.25 words
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Article214 1955-12-31 4 BALING TALKS AN ADVANCE LEE 'New Mandate Possible Later' THE secretary-general of the People's Action Party, Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday said that Chin Peng, the secretary- general of the Malayan Communist Party, must remember that the majority ot the people of Malaya want freedom, not Communism. Commenting on214 words
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Article87 1955-12-31 4 Marshall To Open Conference SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall will open the third annual conference of the Pan-Malayan Students' Federation at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya on Jan. 3. Delegates will come from the University of Malaya Students' Union, Technical College StuI dents' Union, College of87 words
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Article26 1955-12-31 4 M ALAGOO, 55. wa s yesterday fined $20 in default a week's jail for indecent behaviour at Loke Yew Street, Bentong. on Dec. 17.26 words
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Article66 1955-12-31 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malayan Film Unit today announced that a documentary round-up of the talks at Baling between the Communists and the Chief Ministers of Singapore and the Federation will be released for public screening in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow The film will be screened in all major66 words
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Article60 1955-12-31 4 LORD Rowallan, Chief Scot of the British Commonwealth and the Empire, flew into Singapore yesterday from London by the QantasBOaC on his way to Australia to attend the Pan-Pacific Jamboree at Melbourne He will tour the South Pacific islands before returning to Britain by Feb. 2960 words
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Article48 1955-12-31 4 A LABOURER, Sean Chua Bock, was yesterday convicted in a Singapore court for attempting to steal a gold chain valued at $45 from a one-year-old girl. Neena Mariamma, at Lorong Lalat on the morning of Dec. 20. Sentence was postponed to Jan. 648 words
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Article99 1955-12-31 4 Wife Says: I Was Kicked Out KUALA LUMPUR, FrL— Ng Kim Choon, a fuel pump employee was today ordered by the Second Magistrate to pay maintenance of $40 a month to his estranged wife and three young children. The wife, Wong Ah Keng, c 1 a imed maintenance on grounds99 words
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Article85 1955-12-31 4 Photo Back If You Should Fail PHOTOGRAPHS attached to application forms for jobs in the Public Services Commission will be returned if unsuccessful candidates request for them, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. secretary of the Commission, said yesterday Mr Howe explained that, in fact, only one photograph is required to be85 words
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Article139 1955-12-31 4 SINGAPORE International Airport will handle an extra 50,000 passengers in 1956 when Service personnel, who use the military airports in the island, start using the civil airport from Jan. 7. the Director General of Civil Aviation, Mr. G. J. Warcup told The Standard yesterday. More139 words
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Article87 1955-12-31 5 Red Song Detainees Acquitted THREE detainees were acquitted on a charge of possession of a terrorist document after an application to treat a prosecution witness as hostile failed in the Singapore First District Court yesterday. The witness was Bhaguuan Singh, a warder of Changi Prison where the detainees Chan Lai87 words
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Article232 1955-12-31 5 BOMB ACCIDENT STILL A MYSTERY Coroner Asks For More Evidence SINGAPORE Army authorities are still baffled over the premature explosion of a grenade which resulted in the death of Sergeant Evan Ewart Priddice at a grenade throwing practice on Nov. 29 at Pasir Labah. This was stated in the Coroner's232 words
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Article, Illustration100 1955-12-31 5 SINGAPORE swept the board by winning all three top prizes in the All-Malaya Omo photography competition which was judged in Kuala Lumpur recently. Picture above which won first prize was sent in by Mr. Au Thian Chor. The second prize went to Mr. Ho Tat Seng while100 words
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Article270 1955-12-31 5 Thousands SHU Victimized SECRET society hoodlums will continue to keep a strong hold on thousands of people in Singapore until their victims feel that the Government is stronger tiian the gangs. Commenting on the secret society menace in the 1954 annual report, the Commissioner270 words
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Article, Illustration150 1955-12-31 5 TWELVE Singapore Police Officers were presented with Colonial Police Medals by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, at an impressive parade at the Police Training School in Thomson Road, yesterday. Among the 12 recipients, six were expatriate officers holding the rank of Superintendent and one Assistant CommissionerStandard - 150 words
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118 1955-12-31 5 Carols And Visits To Beauty Spots FIVE Malayan students now studying in Britain joined the local people of Weston-super-Mare in singing Christmas carols and visiting beauty spots. They were touring this holiday resort in the South of England on a trip arranged by the British Council. Two of the students,118 words
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Article49 1955-12-31 5 IPOH, Fri.— One of the three Chinese Communist terrorists walking under bright moonlight along a path about half a mile from Kampong Kepayang at about 2 a.m. today, was shot and killed by a Tarty of the Area Security Unit. The lemalning two terrorists fled.49 words
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178 1955-12-31 5 .NOVELIST Han Suyin will be one of the judges for the best novel in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English in a contest organized by the Malayan Centre of the International P.E.N. Club. Novels may be from 40.000 to 60,000 words but they must178 words
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205 1955-12-31 6 He Tried To Extort From Step-Mother Jailed A CARPENTER. Goh Ki Seng, who threatened to kill his step-mother, Koh Ah Keow, with an axe if she did not give him $600 passage money to Red China on Nov. 11 at Geylang, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in the Singapore205 words
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Article81 1955-12-31 6 Phone Men Negotiate Pay Scheme NEGOTIATIONS between the Singapore Telephone Board and its employees' union for revised wage rates for clerical and drawing office staff began yesterday. The Board offered a new wage structure for these categories of workers. The Union agreed to study the offer and its decision will81 words
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Article, Illustration237 1955-12-31 6 AN AMER IC A N economics expert has arrived in Singapore to conduct a series of courses, lectures and seminars at the University of Malaya's Ec o n omics Department. Th= visitor, Prof. P. L. Kleinsorge, a professor of economics at the Un i v237 words
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134 1955-12-31 6 INTERVENTION by the Army Civil Service Union has averted the retrenchment and down-grading of 300 civilian employees of the Army in Singapore. Recently the Army made a review of their establishments in the Colony and declared that 300 civilian workers were to134 words
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396 1955-12-31 6 Local Man Will Help Reform City Council THE ORGANIZATION and Methods Department of the .Singapore City Council yesterday sent the first locally-recruited officer to be trained at Her Majesty's Treasury in London. The 0.M.D., a newlyformed department, is charged with streamlining the office efficiency of the Council. Mr. Alex Greenhill,396 words
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Article123 1955-12-31 6 STC Probe Session In Camera THE Court of Inquiry in the Singapore Traction Company dispute held its first session in camera in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Court discussed question of procedure and it v.ss agreed that In order to facilitate proceedings. Counsel for the parties would submit to the123 words
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Article42 1955-12-31 6 NIBONG TEBAL. Fri. Rashid bin Abdullah, 27. claimed trial today to punching a police constable at High Road here on the night of Dec. 21. Bail of $250 was granted and the case was adjourned to Jan. 12.42 words
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Article55 1955-12-31 6 Drove Down Ravine Fined BENTONG, Fri.— P. A. Yare of Sungei Kawang Estate, Mentakab, wa s today fined $40, in default two weeks' jail, for negligent driving, Yare was driving a Land Rover on a straight stretch of road at Bentong-Karak Road on July 2 when his vehicle plunged into55 words
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371 1955-12-31 6 City Contract Starts A Council Row A DECISION by the Public Works Committee of the City Council to give a contract for the construction of a ponding area and pumping well in Grove Estate to the second lowest tender precipitated a row in the City Council yesterday. At the monthly371 words
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Article, Illustration113 1955-12-31 6 AN oil painting, "A Devoted Buddhist," above, by a 17 -year-old Singapore schoolboy. Lee Choon, has won second place at an international art contest at Tampa, Florida, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce International recently. The Singapore Jaycees sent this together with another painting113 words
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Article, Illustration345 1955-12-31 7 Picture Page Of People, Parties, Art And A Wedding Picture oy Standard photo Til-.-. m by standard photo by Stan- dard photo by Picture by MR. LEUNG SENG POH, popularly known as the 'king" of comedians on the Chinese screen, arrived at Ipoh on Thursday with another Hongkong film actress,Lee; Ching seng Poh; Thong Choon; Yong Peng Seong; Ching Seng Poh - 345 words
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Advertisement143 1955-12-31 7 7 he wof/d famous family of TIGER medicinal products .'.o:V:j:-.x "-y-- '^HfflWm-i »fc y^WBjkSW^A. ■■'■;•;-■■>.■'*'.'' CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache Stomachache, Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache, Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HAI.L 1 Si Greetings... W. I I a// our Patrons k143 words
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Article478 1955-12-31 8 THE failure of the "peace talks" with Malaya's leading Communist henchman has served at least to clear all doubts on one important aspect of the manner in which the campaign of terrorism is being conducted from the jungles the Malayan Communist Party's Chin Peng is more securely478 words
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Article440 1955-12-31 8 A WRITER in the UMNO organ took umbrage at certain historical facts on the propagation of Islam in Malaya published in the Federation of Malaya annual report. The offending paragraph says. "This process of Islamisation was gradual; it started in real earnest in the Peninsula in the 15th440 words
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Article, Illustration1179 1955-12-31 8 Sayings of 1955 THE proletariat cannot rule: it is too ignorant and incompetent. It would not be the proletariat if it were otherwise.— Dr. Gilbert Murray. You. can't file away a child when it becomes a nuisance. Dr. Mildred Creak. Beyond the gratification of the social resentment cherished by some1,179 words
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Article323 1955-12-31 8 We, the PEOPLE NINETEEN FIFTY-SIX Sir: A new year dawns tomorrow and this newest thing of all, January the First, faces < everyone of us. Whether it be in a head rather dizzy after seeing the last year out or in one cleared by sober sleep one question must form323 words
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Article969 1955-12-31 8 ASTER GUNASEKERA - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA by T WISH all readers of this column a very happy and prosperous new year and it is bound to be happy now that buses, except those belonging to the S.T.C. are on the road. How nice it would be if the969 words
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Article, Illustration191 1955-12-31 8 REVIEW OF VIEWS Malay Schools TJTUSAN Melayu laments the fact that only four Malay secondary schools will be opened in the Federation next year. The daily points out that the Malays in the Federation are far from happy to hear that the schools will only accept Malay students who have191 words
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161 1955-12-31 9 RABAT, Dec. 30 (Reuter)— The French Morocco Minister of State, Mr. Abder Rahim Ben Bouabid, in an interview here yesterday called for the abolition oi the international regime in Tangiers and the winding op of the remaining United States legal privileges in the protectorate.161 words
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Article85 1955-12-31 9 Quins Will Go Home For New Year MONTREAL, Dec. 30 (Reute: Three of the Dionne c lintaplets will visit their parents over the New Year holiday to try to heal the family rift, they announced yesterday. In a statement the girls said that all but Marie would make the trip85 words
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Article61 1955-12-31 9 "lOSCOW. Dec. 30 (Reutor) —The Supreme Soviet ended Its foi;r-dnv session here yesterday with a resolution aping the Asian trip of the e;" leaders. Marshal BulS run and Mr. Khrushchev. The resolution was moved Vr two hours of speeches by deputies endorsing the journey bj61 words
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Article20 1955-12-31 9 THE U.S. Labour Department estimates that 4,200 strikes in America caused L'S.nnn.noo man-riav* of idleness m 1955. A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article42 1955-12-31 9 BONN, Dec. 30 (Reuter) The independent mass circulation German newspaper Die We t reported from London today that British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Sehvyn Lloyd is expected soon to visit Bonn and Berlin. It gave no source for the report.42 words
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Article457 1955-12-31 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Reuter) —Officials here were shocked by the unprecedented personal attack on President Eisenhower yesterday by the Soviet Party Communist Secretary. Mr. Nikita Khrushchev. But they declined any immediate official comment on the speech before the Supreme Soviet and said that it was unlikely thatMirrorpic - 457 words
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79 1955-12-31 9 BERLIN. Dec. 30 (Reuter) A gardener who cooked up a smelly sticky brew with which he coated fir trees, foiled the usual Christinas tree thieves in the West Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. The public was well advised that if the coated trees were taken79 words
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122 1955-12-31 9 RABAT. French Morocco, Dec. 30 (Reuter) Urgent cleaning operations were carried out here yesterday in the grounds of the Imperial Palace after thousands of Moroccans had called there since Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef returned from exile last month. Sweepers, a122 words
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Article54 1955-12-31 9 STOCKHOLM, Dec. 30 (Reuter) A valveless four-stroke motor-cycle engine with only ten mobile parts has been constructed by 21-year-old Mr. John Erik Svenson of Gothenburg The new engine which ha? no cam shaft gives a better fuel intake and greater power of acceleration owing to54 words
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165 1955-12-31 9 BEGIN UN SESSIONS WITH A PRAYER PLEA BY AMERICA UNITED NATIONS, New York Dec. 30 (UP)— The United States called on the United Nations yesterday to invoke the aid of God "openly and audibly" at every session of the General Assembly to ensure achievement of "Gods peace." US Ambassador Henry165 words
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270 1955-12-31 9 UNKNOWN BLONDE RISES TO STARDOM LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (AP)— A Columbia Pictures executive yesterday confirmed in Federal Court what Hollywood long has suspected— that actress Kim Novak is taking Rita Ha'yworth's spot on the lot. B. B. Kahane, vice270 words
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190 1955-12-31 9 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. (Reuter)— George Braque, a French painter. Ernest Hemingway, American author, Susan Strassbert, young American actress and Igor Stravinsky. Russian-born composer, yesterday were named the outstanding artists of 1955 'by the National Arts Foundation. The Foundation described Mr. Braque as190 words
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70 1955-12-31 9 NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (AP)— lndian Premier Nehru will open the 43rd annual convention of the Indian Science Congress at Agra on Monday. Forty delegates from 11 countries will take part. Russia is sending 14 delegates the largest team— led by Alexandre Teptchiev.70 words
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Article75 1955-12-31 9 CAIRO, Dec. 30 (UP)—President Tito of Yugoslavia and Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt discussed neutrality and the place of their countries between East and West at a four-hour formal rr -eting yesterday. The talks took place at Koubbeh Palace where Tito and his wife are75 words
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Article143 1955-12-31 9 Labour Chief On Malan's Sin WELLINGTON, Dec. 30 (Reuter)— Mr. Walter Nash, leader of New Zealand's Labour Opposition today forecast "a holocaust for white people within 100 years, if the South African government continues to try to keep part of its people subjected." He added: "Africa143 words
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Article91 1955-12-31 9 BRISBANE, Dec. 30 (Reuter) The Country Party has retained the remaining doubtful seat in the Australian House of Representatives from the Dec. 10 election, thus giving the Liberal Country Party coalition government of Prime Minister Mr. Robert Menzies, a 28-seat majority over the Labour Party. The91 words
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Article33 1955-12-31 9 A U.N. year-end tally shows that the Security Council in 1955 held the fewest meetings of any year only 23. That compares with 32 in 1954 and 168 in 1948. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article47 1955-12-31 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, (Reuter). A 12-nation conference on President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" programme is expected to be postponed for a second time because of uncertainty over the powers and nature of the proposed International Atomic Energy Agency, officials reported yesterday.47 words
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238 1955-12-31 9 U.S.-SOVIET RIFT BEGAN BEFORE YALTA MEET ENDED New 'Secret' Papers Published WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Reutcr)— The I nited States, State Department last night published previously secret papers relating to the controversial big-four conference at Yalta in 1945, the last year of the war. The documents provided fresh evidence that the238 words
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104 1955-12-31 9 In 3 Accidents But He Can't Remember Any HERFORD. Germany. Dec. 30 (UP). One person was killed, and two policemen and a student injured here on Wednesday night in three separate accidents caused by the same motorist, police said yesterday. They said Dr. Joachim Brandenburg, 35. first knocked down the104 words
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Article70 1955-12-31 9 CANBERRA. Dec. 30 (Reuter) "Australia's Gov- j ernor-General. Field Marshal Sir William Slim has written a 500-Dage book on the Second World War's Burma campaign entitled "Defeat Into Victory." It was in the Burma campaign that Sir William successfully commanded the British 14th Army. The70 words
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122 1955-12-31 9 LONDON. Dec. 30 (UP) Britain's last Governor of Burma departed yesterday for his first visit to the country since it wen independence Diplomats believe Burma invited him to offset the anti-British statements of Russia's rulers here earlier this month. Sir Hubert Ranee,122 words
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Article69 1955-12-31 9 MELBOURNE. Dec. 30 (Reuter) Scouts of many nationalities mingled round camp fires last night at Wonga Park, at the foot of the dangerous ranges near Melbourne, the site of the largest pan-Pacific iamboree ever held in Australia. By last night 17.000 scouts from about 20 countries69 words
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Advertisement76 1955-12-31 9 f n t t h o hoot r* o T o h pC_l>. lUI lift? llGal a I a 11,,, \&*&SR for the fan§fjHl jf m v D itffi I THE NAME GUARANTEES THE QUALITY either as table fans or available in table and stand models. from $55 to $15776 words
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Article162 1955-12-31 10 New Year Heralds A Free Sudan CAIRO, Dec. 30 (Reuter) Britain and Egypt will recognize Sudan's independence on Jan. 1, when the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium rule formally comes to an end, it was authoritatively learned neve last night. The British Minister In Cairo, Mr. Ralph Murray, and the Egyptian Under-Secretary of162 words
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Article88 1955-12-31 10 WASHINGTON. Dec. 30, (Reuter)— General Laurence Kuter. commander of the United States Far East Air Force, said yesterday that the Communists have more than 7,000 aircraft, about half of them jets, in the Far East, compared with some 2,000 American planes. Writing in the unofficial Army,88 words
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1324 1955-12-31 10 WHAT THE WORLD THINKS OfmtHß BALING TALKS 'It's Chin Peng Who Goes Back To The Jungle LONDON, Dec. 30 (Reuter) British Government officials last night saw the end of the talks at Baling as a victory for Tunku Abdul Rahman and Mr. David Marshall. They1,324 words
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Article, Illustration104 1955-12-31 10 NEARLY 50,000 inhabitants of the scattered Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal are now assured of constant medical protection by a hospital ship presented by Australia as part of its Colombo Plan grant. The "Industral." a sturdy 103-ton wooden motor vessel bought andUP - 104 words
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208 1955-12-31 10 LONDON, Dec. 30, (AP)— Reviewing the romance of Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend, the "Church of England Newspaper" said today the "status and obligations of members of the Royal Family need careful rethinking." It did not specify what lines it believed the rethinking should take.208 words
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Article69 1955-12-31 10 JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (UP)— Prime Minister Burhanuddin Harahap's cabinet today stalled for time on the potentially explosive question of Fatmawati Soekarno's request for a divorce from President Soekarno. Harahap said the cabinet had decided to investigate whether it is qualified or authorized to handle the69 words
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60 1955-12-31 10 THE Daily Worker (Communist) declared: "Fortunately the conference did not completely break down. There is likely to be a resumption in a few weeks' time." "We have little doubt that the inflexibility of the Ministers reflects the policy of their British advisers60 words
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302 1955-12-31 10 PARIS, Dec. 30 A special correspondent of FranceSoir, biggest mass circulation newspaper in Paris, today flatly denied that a Fox Movietone newsreel photographer had bribed a gendarme in Algeria to have him shoot down an Algerian before his camera. The correspondent said heAP; Reuter - 302 words
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219 1955-12-31 10 Arabs Boycott Firms That Trade With Israel Charge Comes From U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuter) The United States yesterday accused Arab League nations of boycotting foreign firms which do business with Israel. A State Department spokesman. Mr. Joseph Reap, also said that certain nations had regulations which prohibited the granting219 words
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Article35 1955-12-31 10 THE U.S. National Safety Council revealed yesterday that traffic accidents have killed an estimated 38,500 persons this year in the United States, making 1955 on of the deadliest highway years on record. UPUP - 35 words
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Article153 1955-12-31 10 LONDON, Dec. 30 (Reutcr> The Economist, weekly independent review said today that it might yet fall to Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Federation's Chief Minister, to win the war against terrorists by arms and Malaya's statehood by negotiation and statesmanship. If the fighting continued, the Tunku153 words
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191 1955-12-31 10 CANCER IS BIGGEST KILLER OF MIDDLE-AGED LONDON, Dec. 30, (Reuter).— Nearly a quarter of all deaths in the 45-64 age group in Britain are caused by cancer, a Government statistical review for 1953 disclosed today. The disease is also responsible for a fifth of all deaths in the age group191 words
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Article45 1955-12-31 10 SANTIAGO, Dec. 30 [Renter)— The first Chilean flight to the Antarctic was completed on Thursday night when a Catalina seaplane landed at Pedro Aguirre Cerda base. The plane's crew headed by Commander Humberto Tenorio, included three ofncers and four non-commis-sioned officers.45 words
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Advertisement221 1955-12-31 10 IF OTHERS FAIL TRY Sklikan AIR VIEW CABARET WISHING YOU A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Tonight— Fxtension 2 a.m. jfff^^m if#ilifflirl/ei numerous consolation prizes will also be given FREE CARNIVAL HATS, BALLOONS ETC. SPECIAL NEW YEAR TEA DANCE" (SUNDAY— 3.3O to 630 P.M. Miss YVONNE CHANG of Hongkong sings to221 words
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Article435 1955-12-31 11 COME twenty years ago a young man in his teens tried for the organ scholarships at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He failed both. A few years later, thinking he might do better with his as yet untrained voice, he entered for an open scholarship tenable at the Royal435 words
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Article362 1955-12-31 11 BRAHMS. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, 0p.68. Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York cond. Bruno Walter. Philips AR *****. THIS is a routine performance rather than an inspired one, and its acceptability in the face of strong competition from other labels lies principally in the cheap 10-inch362 words
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Article762 1955-12-31 11 Jean Elsie Sanders - Jean Elsie Sanders By Written for The Christian Science Monitor BOSTON. OPPORTUNITIES today in the field of music education are "just so tremendous that we are swamped with requests for teachers which simply cannot be met. since the demand so far exceeds the supply." This frank appraisal762 words
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Article276 1955-12-31 11 A DRIVER in Normandy. France, boasted about the night he ran over a rab bit with his car. A gamekeeper heard him. The motorist was fined £12 for "hunting at night with a forbidden device," and the "device" the car was confiscated. "POUR years ago a woman276 words
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Article785 1955-12-31 11 JOHN HALKIN - STAGE DOOR JOHN HALKIN LONDON DANK managers are usual- ly regarded as rather serious people. They take charge of our money, and we allow them to do so because we feel that they are likely to take greater care of it than we can ourselves. Imagine the position of a785 words
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Advertisement273 1955-12-31 11 Do You Remember...? F s *><.-: I tist recognize him? See, EVENTS IN RETROSPECT caption below: jv^Vy*'* "■^.'mßßl^^T'- .&W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^: uo UV w --OOi' 3 HI Dutpnpm *£P^ L^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SP 'saijijpo/ s.fijtsjaaiun dm SaSfjf^^^^^^: <^^^^^^^. "?^^^^p^^^^^^^^^^^i^' nu V 3oulDa V' D P^ionpuoo 1 3 M viqiunjoj in 'djiHM i -losssjoxd tiui}isia v273 words
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Miscellaneous195 1955-12-31 11 13 Two down gets an indefinite CLUtS number to be base t7) 14 Beginning to develop a ACROSS smell in the end (7) 8. Large number uo with the 15. A food is wise about the Doctors for storing per- g^ B^^ bluer in G er--9 °K eC L f195 words
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155 1955-12-31 12 Ft nan w And Vnntinvrw\ THE total net premium income from all departments of the Asia Insurance Co., Ltd., has reached $4 million, according to the firm's annual report. After allowing for adequate reserves for unexpired risks fixed at 60% for fire, 80% for155 words
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Article135 1955-12-31 12 SIR WILLIAM ROOTES British car manufacturer is now chief of Singer Motors where he began as a penny-an-hour apprentice after leaving school. It was to save his old firm from folding up that Sir William Rootes decided to step in and offer to buy outReuter - 135 words
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152 1955-12-31 12 £772.498 Profit For Southern Malayan THE directors of Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. reported a profit for the year to June 30, 1955, of £772,498, from which the directors have recommended payment of a final dividend of four pence per share. The directors reported that by a resolution passed at152 words
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Article105 1955-12-31 12 TOTAL production of Canada's pulp and paper industry in 1955 was a record 10.400,000 tons, compared with 9.900.000 tons in 1954, R. M. Fowler, president of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association said yesterday. In practically all grades of pulp and paper, there was a satisfactory105 words
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Article33 1955-12-31 12 THE British motor industry produced a record 1.140,300 cars and commercial vehicles in the first 11 months of 1955, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said in London. UPUP - 33 words
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Article, Illustration64 1955-12-31 12 MR. L. MISERUS, managing director of Jacobson Van Den Berg (Singapore) Ltd., ivho is going on six-months' leave to Holland with his wife in February, were feted at a dinner given in Singapore by the firm's dealers recently. Photo taken at the dinner, in Cathay Restaurant, shows64 words
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Article156 1955-12-31 12 Burma Rice Quality To Be Better THE U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday Burma is concentrating on improving the quality of its rice for export and predicted this could increase competition which U.S. rice faces in supplying Japan's needs. A survey on Burma's agricultural outlook said that due to the156 words
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Article31 1955-12-31 12 MR. E. G. HOLIDAY, of Holiday, Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd., and Chairman of Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, returns today from the United Kinguom after a long holiday31 words
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Article327 1955-12-31 12 RUBBER TRADING IN WEEK SLOW TRADING in the local rubber market during the short inter-holidav period has been slow, says the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler. Bath Co., Ltd. Business in R.M.A.I. Ribbed Smoked Sheet has been restricted almost entirely to hedging, while there has been good interest in lower327 words
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Article121 1955-12-31 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra Dec. $27| buyers, S2~l sellers. Jan. $27| buyers, $275 sellers; coconut oil (bulk) S4OJ sellers, coconut oil (drums) $43i sellers; Muntok white pepper $145 sellers, Sarawak white $144 sellers. Special Sarawak black $104 sellers. Singapore Copra121 words
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Article21 1955-12-31 12 OIL has been struck in Boyle Heights, a residential area just east of downtown Los Angeles. AP.21 words
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Article152 1955-12-31 12 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: F N prefs $5.90; Gammons $2.50 overnight; Jackson $1.43 J: M. Colls. 95 and 96 cents; Metal Box $1.65; O.C. Bank $37. $37}; Sime Darby $1.95; Straits Steamships $12.85: Straits Traders $27; U.E. ords. $9.50 odd lot; Wearnes $2.85.152 words
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268 1955-12-31 12 IS the Malayan rubber industry doing enough? This is the question posed by the Planters' Bulletin of The Rubber Research Institute. Its New Year editorial states, "We could continue listing advancements, achievements and changes which are occurring in the natural rubber industry. "We could268 words
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Article136 1955-12-31 12 THE rubber market in Singapore remained dull on Ihe last day of the year yesterday, first grade rubber for January shipment closing at $1.28 J per lb., a drop of g cent on Thursday. The rubber market was dull most of the morning after opening at $1.29136 words
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Article47 1955-12-31 12 THE Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association has appointed a new chairman of the executive committee. He is Mr. Ng Tock San of 5, Teluk Ayer Street, replacing Mr. Kwek Soan Loh, past chairman, who teas appointed honorary adviser of the Association.47 words
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Article46 1955-12-31 12 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association and the Malayan Exchange Banks Association will close from today and re -open on Tuesday. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce and other sections of the markets will close on Monday and re-open on Tuesday.46 words
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Article157 1955-12-31 12 Malayan Tin: Capital Increased THE directors of Malayan Tin Dredging: reported that the company's authorized share capital has been increased to £1 million from £350,000, following a resolution passed at an extraordinary general meeting early this year. The profit for the year to June 30, 1955, was £300,853. After providing157 words
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Article152 1955-12-31 12 AIR France has ordered four new super-G Constellation transports from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft will cost more than US$B million.— AP. Sir Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, and his Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, are due in Washington on Jan. 30 for a five-day review152 words
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Article34 1955-12-31 12 BRITISH European Airways made a new profit ot just under £2£ million during the first six months of the current financial year— £1 million more than in the same period last year.34 words
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Article154 1955-12-31 12 SATISFACTORY trading was reported by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday as the year draws to a close. Shares in all three sections of the market were mostly moving towards higher prices. The association yesterday reported the following price changes: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Metal Box 1.62154 words
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40 1955-12-31 12 A HIGHLY placed United States official said today he expected the U.S. to resist any British pressure to ease restrictions on trade with Communist China at next month's Anglo-American summit talks in Washington.40 words
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433 1955-12-31 12 ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN - HEADACHES AHEAD ON SALE OF SYNTHETIC ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN Bv Standard's New York Bureau Chief MALAYA has not heard the last about the sale of the huge West Virginian synthetic rubber plant to Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals for some Mai. $33,000,000 on Dec. 21. There has been little reaction thus far from433 words
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195 1955-12-31 12 P.A.A. And T.E.A.L. May Clash In 'Air War' NEW ZEALAND'S lasman Empire Airways Ltd. (T.E.A.L.) and Pan-Ameri-can Airways (P. A. A.) will clash in an "air war' now shaping up in the South Pacific, the Auckland Star's aviation reporter said yesterday. The prize is control of the dollar earning tourist195 words
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Article190 1955-12-31 12 WORLD oil production reached a record 785 million metric tons in 1955, the Pet roleum Information Bureau reported in London. The Bureau is subsidized by British oil firms. The new high represented alO per cent— or 76 million ton increase over 1954 "s output.190 words
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Article41 1955-12-31 12 NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UP)— Dow-Jones Closing Averages: Stocks: 30 Industrials 484 56 20 Rails 162.15 15 Utilities 64.00 65 Stocks 171.56 Bonds: 40 Bonds 98.11 The Dow-Jones Commodity Futures Index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 152.88.41 words
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Article124 1955-12-31 12 WHARVES Chakdina 1. Tarn 3, Benlawers 6. Maetsuycker 9. Teiresias 10. Morgenen 13, Dardanus 15, Tjitjalengka 18, Malayan Prince *19. Perak 25. Rajah Brooke 26. Bunyo Maru 27. India 29, Radnorshire 33. Benreoch 36, Billiton 33. Inlander 40, Akahisan 42. Kersten Maersk 44. OUTER ROADS Crista Sibigo.124 words
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Advertisement607 1955-12-31 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association selling rates to merchants are: Swiss francs 142}: Deutsche marks 136',; Italian lire *****. Other exchange rates remain Unaltered. NOTICES SHELL TANKERS (E) LTD.— TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT SHELL CO. OF SINGAPORE LTD.— S.T.A. DEPARTMENT THE above departments have moved to the Asia Insurance Building, Finlayson Green,607 words
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Advertisement82 1955-12-31 12 YUGOSLAV LINE From Hongkong to Rangoon. Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Sudan, ■eddefc Port Said, Beyrouth, Venice, Trieste and Rijeka. S'pore Port Swettenhom Penong m/v "PULA" 29/30 Dec. From Adriatic, N. East, Indio and Rangoon to Djakarta and Hongkong. S'pore Port Swettenhom Penong mA "LOVCEN" 14/15 Jon. 12/13 Jan. 10/11 JonGeneral82 words
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Advertisement1082 1955-12-31 13 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD <5c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated mi Singapore) (12 lines) s D h ;r f THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Z? Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENT Singapore Due Sails P. S'ham Penang Teiresias1,082 words
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Advertisement790 1955-12-31 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT /SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen. Gothenburg and Oslo. S'pore P. S'hom Penang xx) "MEONIA" Gdns. 29/30 1700 hn -xxx) "KAMBODIA" 13/14 Jan 15 15 Jon 16/17 Jan xx) "LALANDIA" 7/7 Feb xx) Cells London (Passengers oniy). xxx) Colls Gdynia.790 words
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Article, Illustration146 1955-12-31 14 When Winberg sings, the whole icorld listens. It has to. For Winberg has the sort of voice lhat can't be mufiled. At the moment his renderings are limited largely to vocal performances in the bath tub. But given time Winberg will go places beyond these watery confines. In fact such146 words
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Article, Illustration845 1955-12-31 14 rpHE other night I went 1 to the House of Commons to see what they were doing with all the votes I have given them through the years. Mooching through a corridor. I spotted an M.P. acquaintance mooching moodily towards me. He invited me to take845 words
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Article561 1955-12-31 14 THIS is an exotic dish that you can cut into wedges and serve as a sweet or a cake. Two pounds sweet chestnuts; one cup sugar; one cup wa,ter; cream and almonds for decoration. Boil the chestnuts until tender. Peel, mash and place in a bowl.561 words
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Article147 1955-12-31 14 SISTER CLARE'S CLINIC I "Its my stomach that W troubles me. There is s0 little 1 can cat owing to <idigeslion and wi n d Rftf thief meals consist of bread and butter with fried ft*fc« Don't ask me to q l vc up led. I couldn't." Mrs A. T147 words
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Miscellaneous446 1955-12-31 14 TODAY'S QUOTATION: ill Ml lillffl' innill l|llll| iimiii in ii|i i-i m ■mii l iii.iiii.m l i M iiijiiiii i iiiauii :JX i I SAH ITT ARM S-Nov. 22 to "The liar* punishment ■■BWW^BWBMiBMHBWBBMBHwaBai^BBMWBBKwBBaBwiwHI^SwBBHI Dec 21— Find deener content. K not in the le;i»t that he i■»Ljla»»i I i il446 words
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Article267 1955-12-31 15 MR. AW LEADS SABA AGAIN MR. AW CHENG CHYE was unanimously re-elected President of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association at its annual general meeting held at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday. Mr. Aw, on the proposal of Mr. Bertie Dunsford and seconded by Mr. M. Ponnusamy, was the only nomination.267 words
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Article232 1955-12-31 15 SINGAPORE Table Tennis Association have plans to send a team to compete in the world table tennis championships to be held in Tokyo in April. This was stated by Mr. Choo Kwai Low, secretary and a former president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association, yesterday.232 words
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Article, Illustration448 1955-12-31 15 The Man Who Raised Status Of Refereeing... By BILL FUNK THE LOCAL BOY, who made a major contribution toward elevating Singapore's status of refereeing when he flew from Singapore to Jakarta to referee the match between the Indonesian Football Association XI and the Yugoslav International448 words
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Article33 1955-12-31 15 SINGAPORE HOCKEY: S.H.A. Senior Knockout: R.A.F., Changi, vs. Indian Association, Changi. RUGBY S.C.C. "A" vs. Combined Air Forces. Tengah, Padang. SOCCER FRIENDLY Rajaji Sports Club vs. Base Pay Office, Farrer Park.33 words
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Article, Illustration280 1955-12-31 15 Kok Lian Makes Racing Debut At 73 From EDIN PETERS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya's and probably the world's youngest motorist faces his big test here tomorrow. Lim Kok Lian, 13, will partner his well-known father Lim Peng Han in the first Shell Malayan motor rally beginning from Kuala Lumpur at280 words
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Article258 1955-12-31 15 A FIRST-MINUTE goal and another one five minutes before half-time by opportunist Hobson enabled Singapore Cricket Club to beat RAF Seletar 2-0 in yesterday's SHA senior knock-out tourney on the Singapore padang. Though slightly troubled by the wet ground both sides played a fast,258 words
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Advertisement173 1955-12-31 15 FOR SALE RADIO FOR YOUR POCKET also suitable for use in Cars and on Bicycles. No aerial is required. An ideal personal radio tor picnickers. Radio programmes you want wherever vou want it. It costs a mere $75 complete with an earphone from Kee Huat Radio Co., Ltd.. 122-124, Orchard173 words
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Miscellaneous300 1955-12-31 15 I ii ~T~ r H 1/^- —-^vJV t ■> "Vv J "H3 CREATE >/l BUT SHE WONfT j^^^rJ^'v \yv^t^7^PT^Zjp^^o _YQ. s L ,CES A, i'm ASSEMBLINGI^Vi NONE ABSOLUTELY )IBE A RE.AL. 4 All IfCT fAfH'T r^f > OFF HERi f THE MOST- PERFECT* I y IRRESISTIBLE <V GALff— AM'HOW Jjn300 words
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Article, Illustration462 1955-12-31 16 ZABAGLIONE All Set For Cup WINDSOR LAD Says: Here's A Good Thing For The Last Classic Of 7955 i THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL'S CUP RACE 4 3-50 p. m.- Horses Class l-l Miles 1.406 ZABAGLIONE 4y 9.01 Mr.^T.Hl. Men.lei j 2.668 BARAKAT 5y 8.09 |alamat Stable 3.647 PADI STORE 6y 8.03 Mr.^Standard pictures - 462 words
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Article956 1955-12-31 16 RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.— Horses Class 3, Div. 2—6 Furs. 1. Honey Bird (late Awning) 3y 9.00 Kwik Stable Allan Ransomc 2. 207 Flaxley Green 4y 8.13 Mining Kongsi R. van B'kelen Tait 3. 930 Marvel Of Peru II 3y 8.12 Pil Stable Rodgers < Unfixed956 words
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Article161 1955-12-31 16 KRAKATOA, a five year >ld by Channel Swell, has at ast struck form and may ;core his maiden win over he B^-furlong race for Class (Race 5). Krakatoa did best work at he final stages of the Christnas Cup over a mile on Saturday and161 words
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Article212 1955-12-31 16 Bliss Fire For 6F BLISS FIRE, a Vilmorin gelding; has shown such encouraging track form during the week that 1 am taking him to win the six furlongs sprint for Class 1 (Race 6) Missing his race in the P and O Cup on Saturday, Bikss Fire has been penalized212 words
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744 1955-12-31 16 RACE ONE COURT JEWEL stands out as a good thing in the sixfurlong sprint for class three division two field. This Hellespont mare missed her race on Wednesday and could have been saved for this. She has been showing encouraging form in her dawn744 words
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Article156 1955-12-31 16 Windsor Lad The Pilot Trundle Hill Scrutineer COURT JEWEL MARVEL OF PERU COURT JEWEL 4LTTIN(i 1 larzan Court Jewel Marvel Of Peru Tarzan" H'Mey Green Tarzan jutting Court Jewel 2 SWEET WILLIAM SWEET WILLIAM GOOD ANDREW P3OLD MOMENT Proud Moment Clear Vision Sweet William Good Andrew lwo Diamonds Proud156 words
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