The Straits Times, 2 January 1955

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    15 1 MPLTMKMTAPV 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES IN No. 1.010. SINGAPORE, SI'NDAY, JANUARY 2, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    Our plans for YOU in 1955
    173 1 Our plans for YOU in 1955 d.iy Times wishes all its readers a Happy New Ye.ir and plans to produce in 1955 a ighrcr more readable, more exciting newspaper than Cr 'i nt, m inside pases, features n Page Two there is the second Pacific," the fantastic but written by
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    GREETINGS TO U.S. —FROM GEORCI
    38 1 Best wishes/ he says MOSCOW. Saturday /let Prime Minister, today sent and best wishes" to the American questions put to him by ed in the Soviet Press as .ton Bureau of "Telenews." Ignificant
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    Lock icon TEST
    110 1 Australia arz 188 for 8 MELBOURNE. Sat. IT was another tensely exclt- day In the second Test match today. At the close 188 for 3. three behind England's first Innings total with two wickets tnd. m OREBOARD: I I ,i\e!l lhw b Statliam 25 A. R Morris ibw b
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    Lock icon Actress marries
    22 1 LONDON Sat. Actress te Hobson and Mr. John mo, Parliamentary Sev to the Ministry of port, were married here Renter.
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    Malaya's future —by Nehru
    352 1 PENANC. Sat. THE Prime Minister of India, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, said last night Malaya had "a great adventure ahead "I hope this new nation which you arc going to have will be built by the labour of your people." he told 1.000 people at an allcommunity
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    Lock icon 'U.S. agents' to die
    40 1 MOSCOW, Sat. -The Soviet nrws agency. Tass, quoting a Chinese newspaper said today that 12 agents actine for Nationalist China and the United States had been sentenced to death in the Chinese Province of Anhwei.— Reuter.
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    SUEZ CANAL CRASH PILES UP SHIPS
    670 1 Tanker knnchs fiosvn bridge, deiays delivery oi\ialaya 's rubber PORT SAID, Saturday. A SHIP yesterday knocked down a bridge in a freak accident that will barricade the Suez Canal for perhaps a week. Already it has turned the east-west waterway into one of the
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    2 win &2,500 each
    67 1 2 win &2,500 each THERE are two winners of the Straits Times Word Puzzle CCC" They are: Chua Hung Miang, 23 18 Broadrick Rd.. KUALA LUMPUR. Lim Kay Eng, 296 Outram Road, SINGAPORE. Each will receive $2,500. A cheque for $2,500 will be ready for the Singapore winner if he
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    Malay wife gets B.E.M.
    120 1 rE British Empire Medal in the New Year's Honours List for "outstanding voluntary work on behalf of Malay married families or. Blakane Mati" has been awarded to Johara binte Mohd. Noor, wife of Warrant Officer Abu Hassan biv Omar, of the First Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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    Diamonds found after crash
    79 1 PRESTWICK. Sat— Diamond experts yesterday found many diamonds in the charred wreckage of the British Stratocruiser which crashed at the airport here on Christmas morning, killing 28 people. Most of the gems, believed to be part of a £1 million cargo of diamonds for New York,
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    Mau terrorist killed
    42 1 NAIROBI. Sat. One terrorist was killed on Thursday night when police ambushed a Mau Mau gang which earlier this week spared the lives of Mrs. Loyat Carnelley and her two children after burning clown their farm in North Kinangop.
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    BRITAIN ADMIRES MALAYA'S FORTITUDE AGAINST DANCER'
    218 1 LONDON, Sat. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, claims he his the best job in the world. At 50 he is charged with the welfare of more than 70 million peonle in more than 40 groups of territories scattered
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    Lock icon To my husband, the Chancellor...
    62 1 LONDON, Sat- Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. A. Butler, left a net estate of £257.419. Duty paid was £152.948. Mrs. Butler, a noted art collector and daughter of a wealthy family, died on Dec. 9 at the ace of
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    Lock icon The rubber gap closes
    218 1 NEW YORK, Sat THE NATURAL Rubber Bureau, which represents the rubber growers of Malaya, last night estimated that there would be only a 20.000 tons iubber margin of supply over demand next year and a balanced position for synthetics. Mr. H. c. Bußbec. president of the
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    Lock icon Call girls case for re-trial
    65 1 MEW YORK, Sat.— Minot F. (Mickey) Jelke, 24, failed to have a fair trial on compulsory prostitution charges in 1953, because the Press and public wore excluded from the courtroom for part of the trial, the Court of Appeals decided tnday. The court ordered a
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    FOUND: A LOST FLOOD VILLAGE
    159 1 A VILLACE of nearly 2,000 Hoed victims who have received no relief has been located by the Singapore Flood Relief Fund chairman. Col. F.W. Harvey. The "lost" village is Kamipong Lima, off Paya Lebar Road. It was badly hit by floods and the ground is
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    Lock icon Ship sinks with 12 of crew
    50 1 LONDON, Sat.— The British trawler Evelyn Rose sank early yesterday off the Scottish coast with the loss of j about 12 of her trew of 14, he: owners announced. Two men were sai'ed. The Evelyn Rose was heading Tor the hake fishing grounds. Reuter.
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    New Year spirit
    85 1 Four \t\ir -old Kileen Ho, presenting the spirit New Yc;ir, appeared o nignt ai .1 restaurant gapore, and cut the cake (background) which was distributed to everyone. On the left is Miss Patricia Bird. Thousands of revellers saw the New Year in at nightspots, homes, clubs and
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    Lock icon British Guiana inquiry
    31 1 LONDON. Sat. An Inquiry into local government in British Guiana is to be made by Dr. A H Marshal. Coventry City Treasurer. He will recommend re foms.— Reuter.
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      117 1 BEST VALUES in exquisite DIAMOND GEM Set JEWELLERY U. S. de SILVA Jewellers 106, Orchard Road. Singipon-9. it's a secret... (but soon it will be on everybody's lips) I Max Factor discovers a way to put "stay-on luitn" into a hp-tioK rtr No., mt ]«»t th* Wlll'l out 1 A/tel
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    Across The Pacific
    1825 2 ALONE-THESE WERE THE WORST HOURS OF MY LIFE William Willis, who sailed 6,400 miles on a raft by himself in US days, tells in this second instalment how he sent frantic SOS messages -but they were never answered... |T S the things you don't budget for. or
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    Kingdom for sale —and the price is nearly $400,000
    845 2 Kingdom for sale —and the price is nearly $400,000 WHO would be a "king" for £45,000 ($380,000), or maybe less— not a cham-store king or a wheat king but a real king, with a title by custom going back 2 yearS Jhe kingdom is for sale, a pocket paradise 20
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    WHAT THEY THINK OF MAN'S BEST FRIEND
    381 2 WHAT THEY THINK OF MAN'S BEST FRIEND SINGAPORE'S best known dog-lovers disagree widely with Dr. Konrad Lorenz. author of a popular new book "Wan .Meets Dog,' 1 in their opinions about man's best friend. Denouncing: modern dogbreeders, Dr. I.orcnz says that, by breeding from beautiful bul abnormally stupid animals, breeders
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      281 2 COUGH! COUGH!! COUGH!!! Is your life being ruined by— 1 I ASTHMAV^ Don't neglect that cough m^ I i\ Pennunt coughing itwv nn*-\MA"*I lITIP Vfc J immg, rhe lung,, bronchi BRONCHITIS, fc^ '/J or trachea, leafing them /V^^\t Ur •Ml and open to infection. CATAPPH I ML Any one of
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    Lavish parties marked welcome tor the New Year
    250 3 Lavish parties marked welcome tor the New Year streamers, confetti showered the happy revellers THOUSANDS of revellers at lavish parties in Singapore hotels, nightclubs, clubs and private homes danced the New Year in yesterday and many "stayers" saw the dawn of 1955 breaking. At the popular nightspots, all of which
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    Smile from Nehru
    23 3 Minister. Pandit Uw.ih.Trl.il Nehru smiled as he w.is S.irl.ind duiinc his visit to rYmns. He left yesfcrdi. mornins; ror B.inqkok.
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    PRECIOUS PEARL IS A RIVAL FOR VIOLET
    50 3 IPOH. Saturday. :-;s ictivi y lift V Ho rii -hi,' Pr< c south of I- ver, is a comtn< and -t.irted Ls an enthusli I 850 lbs. of lior to support ?rown mm on her Iw can lifi i: |erk" i.. i-ompotition yel
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    MALAYA IS NOT KNOWN'
    188 3 MALAYA IS NOT KNOWN' MANY people do not realise how important Malaya is to other parts of the world, said Mr. Eric L. Roberts, a director of William Grant and Sons Limited, distiller* of the Scotch whisky, on arrival in Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Roberts, who arrived from! Glasgow by X.L.M.
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    SURPRISE GIFT FOR COLONY MOTORIST
    187 3 A SURPRISE New Year"s gift for Singapore motorist Mrs. Betty Lim Koon Teck yesterday was six gallons of petrol when she stopped at a Colony service station. Executives of the StandardVacuum Oil Company in Singapore decided, they would give a tankful of petrol to the
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    Brighter ideas
    268 3 A New Year's resolution for the kitchen front: "I wi'l brighten up my ideas on the presentation of vegetables. I will cook them in new and outlandish ways and I will treat them with the same respect that I pay to expensive cuts of meats!" How about the
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    Famous violinist to give recital
    144 3 THE 40-year-oid Argentinan violinist, Ricardo Odnoposofl, gives a recital at the St. Andrews Memorial Hall, in Singapore, next Wednesday evening. He will be accompanied at the piano by Gerard van Blork. The programme consists of works by Haydn. Bach. Cesar Franck. Sarasato. Villa Lobos. Harold
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    BOYS' TOWN IS OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY
    114 3 Singapore's Boys' Town will adopt new Ideas now in practice at Nebraska's Boys' Town In America, said the director, the Rev. Brother Vincent on arrival in the Colony by X.L.M. Constellation, yesterday, after a nine-month holiday. Brother Vincent however declined to say what the
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      92 3 men in the public eye prefer m BRYLCREEM -^x. Yhc clean, smart look is what every man wants. That's why more men use Brylcreem than any other hairdressing in the world. Sec for yourself how Brylcreem keeps your t^V J na j r lustrous and under perfect control all day
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      285 3 •HAZELINE SNOW' th« world m most famous skin treatment. It whitens v the ?kin by guarding it from the burninp, darkening effect of strong sun. It smoothes away tiny skin flaws and protects by gently cleansing away dust and dirt which can cau^e spots and M pimples. It cools the
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    117 4 This modi I of .in .ltomic-powcrcd locomotive was designed at fhc University of Utah, in the United States, in anticipation of the time when railways and other industries will find it practical to use nuclear energy tor power. This engine would give the performance of an electric engine, with great
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    Now it's the atomic locomotive
    932 4  -  LYLE B. BORST and K.W. PETTY By ADVANTAGES of an atomic locomotive might In* considered v being l><»th operational and economic. Operationally, I li c locomotive would i; i c the performance <>t an electric engine without Hit 1 necessity of overhead wires or ;i
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    HOW IT WORKS
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    Free studies for Colony artists
    356 4 CTUDYING the beauties of the human form, a group of young Singapore art students are living free of expense in Rome today, supported by the world's strangest hangover. "Grandpapa" of exhibitions and fairs throughout the world, fhe Great Exhibition of 1851 invested its £186,000 profit
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    GHOSTS HAUNTED MAGIC BANDS
    1064 4 NOMAD' tells of the spirit musical instruments of old Malaya |N EUROPEAN countries, sovereigns are crowned. But in Malaya, new rulers were "drummed" into power. Much ceremony and tradition was invested in the State Band, which was an almost universal feature of Malay courts. The correct
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    PEOPLE WERE TOO SLACK OVER THE EASIER CLUES
    857 5 PEOPLE WERE TOO SLACK OVER THE EASIER CLUES Keen competition—but some carelessness is evident By THE COMPETITION EDITOR ALTHOUGH competition was keen in Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest 'GGG\ the adjudication committee thought that they noted a tendency towards slackness with some of the easier clues. All the clues require
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    Ballroom contest > for Singapore
    224 5 Ballroom contest > for Singapore PLANS have been made to hold the first South-East Asia Ballroom Championships in Singapore next June. Nine countries will compete: i Japan, Hong Kong. Ceylon Australia, India, Indonesia, Singapore. Siam and the Federation of Malaya. The secretary of the Jakarta Society of Teachers of Dancing,
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    Union to union: That strike cost us dear'
    262 5 ffiHOUSANDS of Singapore -I City Council daily-paid workers have lost many privileges and now stand to lose further in wages and conditions of employment because of an unnecessary" strike last year. This attark on the City Council Labour Unions Fedei ration, who
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    'The Golden Coach'
    44 5 "The Golden Coach", a comedy, will be shown by the Singapore Film Society for members and their guests at the Pavilion Cinema at 9.30 p.m. on Jan. 10. Tickets at $1. $2 and $3 are obtainable at the Pavilion box office.
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    Winning answers to Word Puzzle GGG
    90 5 THE $5,000 prize for Straits Times Word Puxzle Contest GGG will be shared 1 by CHUA HUNG MIANC, 23 18 Broadrick Road, Kuala Lumpur and LIM KAY ENC, 296 Outram Road, Singapore. They each submitted a set of answers which corresponded completely with those
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      848 5 PU of course V Smoothness, fla Ul (K) /\,v the WHS trU c judge of yoU lri cd it 1| lllllllllllllllllllllllHl H 13. B ATT rE 1. ,x L— "-""jr Con»ult»ntt: H. H. ROCKALL FSMC. V-_-^ J L. C SMITH F.BOA O ORTM BE A MASTER OF ENGLISH Guard Against
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      309 5 10 Things You should know about Your ENGLISH Have you the sure command ol English that enables you to appear at your best on all occasions? Consider these significant facts: 1 —You are Judgm hy the Wav You Speak and Write. Many ambitious people are handicapped; they are continually afraid
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    Keeping in shape for the New Year
    343 6 TODAY'S conception of the perfect feminine figure differs greatly from the ideas of by- 1 gone days Much has been written on the sub|ect and each era has produced iK paintings and sculptures of the Perfect Venus Fashion has played an important role
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    MEN! DON'T BE TOO FAST!
    130 6 In Malaya, and in Singapore, which in many ways is just a concentrate of Malaya, our finely mixed population is comprised of many communities of, sometimes, widely differing customs and sense of values. Quite often one community might set great store by something which another
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    Asian maids are shy and modes!
    1010 6  -  SALMA By f]ACII of Malaya's communities is a race in miniature, as it were, and they each have their peculiar traditions and customs and each is proud of the culture it represents, yet would not dream of forcing its ways on others. But because
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    Armsfull of Fashion
    84 6 |ust the things for the beach are worn here by M-G-M stars |anc Powell, on Hie left, and Debbie Reynolds. |ane is weiring the new slit, lace-edged beach skirt and high, turtle-neck sweater. Debbie shows there arc few changes in the conventional beach shirt and shorts. And
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    BARGAINS IN THE SHOPS THE SHOPS
    535 6 BARGAINS IN THE SHOPS THE SHOPS Says MAXINE RAKICH \A/E are still recovering from the rigors of Christmas so it would be out of place to suggest new clothes, new materials, and baubles to adorn yourself with. So this week I have devoted this space to practical items that are
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      257 6 i BHp||HnpH LEFT TO RIGHT: The foundation for the H-Lme and the high bosom; The bra for the plunging neckline; Evening wear under a billowing I evening dress; The latest shoulder and necklines' secrets are revealed H in this off-the-shouider strap bra; The halter strap, detachable or inhangeable w.' ovei
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      479 6 'gfPuOU* rtETHf" THE WISDOM DENTIST TELLS YOU HOW Ht \^y\w/M YOUR BOD/L /HEALTH. Pr H^K^^ NOTHING OF THE DANGERS j I low health! You've J ,1 your mouth- clean.ng and |Lv% Athc gums are very massage, gums *-^X\ >_ badly infecfed. J become soft A^^fU i\ iCZ;\ and liable to
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    JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK
    184 7 JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK He calls i I my girl I 'Darling' I AM In love with I girl of my own age and we are thinking of get- ting engaged. Sowerer, I feel very Worried as lor years she has had a friend whom she has been writ-
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    Forget
    99 7 T HAVE been in love with a -i- ci:l lor more than four years. i and we swore to be faithful to each other. Lately, however. she has been going about with another man different religion from ours. She has even asked nim to do some I harm to
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    Help
    92 7 - HOW can I eet to know a j really fascinating girl whom I met along the Amber Road. She was looking for a certain boom without success, and event ual'.y asked for mv hel]). I m able to direct her. J like a genlleman. but I forgot to nsk
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    Hurt
    120 7 MY wife and I are quite i happy, bu- soon after our i marriage she started friend- i ships with pen pals of the opposite sex Sue exchanges 1 photographs with them and I recently she went on a picnic with her work-mates for the I express purpose of
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    Puzzle
    74 7 RECENTLY I received two anonymous love lrtters from my home town. As a matter of fact. I don't know whether they are actually love letters as the .sender did not really express her love frankly. Could you suggest a way for me to get in touch with this person?
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    Smiles
    96 7 I AM a boy of 16 and am In I love with a girl of 18 who j I belong., to a very prosperous family. She is .soon to go to Britain to study. I have never really >pokei 'it but she J I smiles at me from time
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    One wish — the shops from New York
    174 7 One wish the shops from New York LONDON. [JACK from the handsome, charmless city, I Hashed back over all the things I had seen. I ;isked myself what I'd import if a genie said I could choose One Thing. I'd say: Firing Me the Shops. It's not only the goods
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    Springtime is routing!
    72 7 Bright and gay for Springtime are these Horrockses fashions. Above, is a yarndyed check in finest Egyptian cotton with the accent on the back of the neckline which dips in a graceful "V." A poplin iummorbun. l emphasises thj simple, smooth-lined bodice. At left is 3 sun
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    I WANT...
    314 7 I WANT to be able to shop sometimes, in the evenings. I think it is a disgrace that many of our West End shops should close at 5 o'clock, shutting their doors to women who work. And that in country towns many shops still rlose for an hour
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    I SAW...
    216 7 IDEAS, ideas, they pour out of Americans. Every day. every hour. you see something new. I SAW windows curtained in a new way in one of the prettiest apartments in New York. Mrs. Francis Rrennan has no ordinary curtains or drapes. Instead, transparent muslins through which the sunlight
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    New York Postscript
    206 7 rE most Interesting couple I met in New York were the Steinbergs: Saul Steinberg, savage New Yorker cartoonist, whose new book Thp Passport has Just been published here. And his wife Hedda Sterne, a tine abstract painter. Rumanians in New York. Doth are obsessed with bureaucracy and
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    VIVACIOUS
    41 7 A recent photograph of 18-year-old umint Lee, daughter of Col. H. S. Lee, of Coif View Road. Kuala Lumpur, shows Hie vivacity which made her Mist Sydney University of 1954. jasmine, a first-year Arts student was chosen from IS candidates.
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    MAUREEN'S BEAUTY TREATMENT
    77 7 MAUREEN'S BEAUTY TREATMENT LATEST beauty trick from Maureen O'Hara. preparing for her role in U-I's Lady Godlva of Coventry." To keep her skin radiant she gives herself a magnesia treatment. Maureen takes a large Oottle of Milk of Magnesia and covers her face, neck and shoulders with it. She lets
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      147 7 Almost a meal in itself •t«t| Carrots.*"'') Peas. Corn. lj -en Beans. JJjJ u\\o^ W OI«|CT"ONJ __3^V^V;- J* ""'W* ot th.s c*"" Hi*" 0 «*nw CAMPBELLS VEGETABLE SOUP <>d for Greater Value look for the Red-and-Whiie Label Ad No. 55 23E fresh choice\ i /All the goodness of fruit v
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      350 7 I Rise and Shine Every Day \^i\ x because lam never \j\ V\ bothered by the usual 1 Wl that trouble an I Cr l\ tp EXPECTANT MOTHER. <n^l\\ ill I (if Durin 9 m y Pregnancy Lx >„' J_, I always take MILK OF MAGNESIA A PRODUCT OF PHILLIPS
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    'FIRST IN MALAYA': 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
    1571 8  - 'FIRST IN MALAYA': 25 YEARS OF SERVICE Barney Avery by ■F>ERTAMA DI MALAYA I First in Malaya— is 1 the proud motto of No. 205 Squadron, Royal Air Force, which next Saturday celebrates the completion of 25 years service in the Far East most of it in Malaya. Originally formed
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    WE think WE think
    389 8 WE think WE think SINGAPORE J\N 2. 1955 The biy query What of 1955? Will there be war, and devastation without parallel? Or will there be peace and progress, wM mankind beginning to benefit from the f.intastic secrets which the scientists have stolen from nature? Tkese are the greatest questions
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  • What YOU think
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      Malayan in a friendly city
      711 8 BRISBANE. I believe, is the least known Australian capital city to Malayans However, it is by no means the least important. From an Asian student point of view, Brisbane is the best of the Australian cities. Its winter is not as cold as Melbourne or
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      The Burmese
      58 8 YOUR Sunday editorial on the charm and charity of the Burmese people was most lustiflcd and welcome. I do not say this because of the generous gesture of the Purmese people in nivine rice to our flood victims This is. of course, a thine not to be ci.silv
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      The trees
      320 8 motley variety of diversshaped trees dominates my daily environment and thus I avidly devoured the report. In the Sunday Times of a European architect drawing a typical Malayan jungle tree for his doctor, shortly afterwards to be committed to a mental Institution. Urgently I request a reassuring utterance
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    Billy Budd...
    487 8 LEAVE youi e;ir with wheel opposite a white line while you leap into a Singapore post office for stamp and the odds are that when you leap out. there will be a corps of traffic cops waiting for your details But drive a motorcar or a motorbike down
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      2 8 TO ECONOMISE
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      82 8 v\ is? b<\ /^r^"^-x for a \%Y iff happy \v Chinese New Year ...give your friends lond yourself!) Malaya's gold m< d.il* i^W beers Tiger or Anchor. Ode r 5^ the special New Year rarton<. from any Fraser Neave branch 2jE> to be delivered throufihout mil Malayj. Price: $15.40 fnr
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    Red gangs are broken up
    271 9 WELL-ARMED COMMUNIST TERRORISTS LASHED BY SECURITY FORCES IN JOHORE JUNGLES 209 BANDITS KILLED IS BIG 1954 DRIVES JOHORE BAHRU, Saturday. ics of smashing blows at the Communist >und in Johore during 1954, security crrorists and captured 1 5 others. Forty terrorists surrendered. 3ted include three
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    THE FLOOD FUND CLOSES ON JAN. 15
    78 9 THE FLOOD FUND CLOSES ON JAN. 15 [FOR, Snt. Flood Rerdayto I Saturday, wh'i have ,tnd .nild a tate.dy ni nr has been c; bu t more i "s needs in areas will be week. I that the fund will be tided in lecld Id the lements Flood Rtiirf a
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    A PRETTY GIRL AND AN OLD MAN
    63 9 Two prize-winners in the portraiture section of the first Pan-Malayan Inter-School Photo Exhibition held at Can Eng Seng School, Singapore, recently. Left: "lima" by Donald Wong of St. Andrews School. Singapore, which won second prize. Right: "The Past As Smoke" by Chia Kok
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    5 hours for SO cents
    97 9 rE famous American pianist. Julius Katchen. will judge the finals (Open Grade) of the first Pianoforte competition to be held by the Singapore Musical Society on January 11 at 8.30 p.m. The exact number of competitors to take part in this final public concert will
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    280 give their blood at X'mas
    74 9 A total of 139 people in eight organised groups pure their blood to the Singapore Blood Bank durinc Christmas > week. Thcv were among the 280 blood dono-'s who called at the Blood Transfusion Centre from Dec. 18 till Dec. 30. The new donors
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    Rubber rises cheer Penang
    65 9 PENANG. Sat. 117TTH rubber prices again fr approaching the dollar mark. Penang greeted 1955 with more gaiety than In the past three years. There were more than average New Year's Eve crowds at the cabarets, cinemas and amusement parks Hill and seaside resorts were equally popular
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    Talk to journalists
    61 9 Mrs. Ella Adde. special correspondent of the Stockholm Aftonbladet, will talk to the S'ngapore Union of Journalists on "The journalist in Europe. Asia and South America"* at the Capitol Restaurant at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Adde worked with the Norwegian resistance in rescuing partisans from the Germans
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    MBE for Mr. Nair
    51 9 Mr. Arangasery Madhavan Nair. a member of the staff or Headquarters. FEAF, and vice-chairman of the joint consultative committee for locally engaged civilian employees, has been awarded the M.B.E. in the New Year honours list. Mr. Nalr Is also president of the Air Ministry Local Staff
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    332 9 1 W\|>l>\ Nl, ENGLISH I \(.l i DIV. I Arsenal 2 W. Bromwich 1 Aston Villa Sheffield W. 0 Bolton 2 Chelsea 5 Burnley 2 Manchester C. 0 Iliiddersfield 0 (harlton II Leicester 2 Cardiff 1 Manchester I 4 Blackpool 1 Preston 0 Everton 0 Sheffield I.
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    KOLEH DASHES TO SPORE-THEN WINS
    240 9 kJORE THAN 30.000 SINGAPORE people celebrated a perfect New Year's Day yesterday at the colourful sea sports m the harbour. Sight-seers crowded aboard almost every ship inside the breakwater to see a record number of competitors taking part in the 116 th Regatta. It was
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    MARKET STALLS BY BALLOT
    51 9 The Singapore City Council yesterday made its allotment by ballot of market stalls in the Hock San Brickworks Market. Alexandra, wh'ch will soon be opened City Councillors Mr. Mak Pak Shee and Mrs. Robert Eu were present. Thr^e of the 33 stalls were allotted to women
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      172 9 GARRICK: Naag Panchami morning show: Story of Three (Hindii 3.15. 630 9 15. Loves 9.00 morning show: James Brothers CAPITOL: Drum Beat— 11. of Missouri -11. 00. 1-45, 4, 6.30, 9.30; morning \l UA.MKKA: The Shanghai show: Return to Paradise Story 11. 130. 4. 6.45. 9.30; 9.00. CATHAY: Biigadoon 11,
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      38 9 High tides TODAY: Singapore 354 a.m. (8 ft. 6 in.) 4.11 p.m. (8 ft. 1 In.); Port Dick.-on 11.16 a.m. (6 ft. 6 in); IVi..ti 4.58 a.m. (6 ft. 2 In.) 6.29 p.m. (6 ft. 2 in. i.
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    Camera Contest: It's prize day for the children
    95 10 First prixe of $30 in this week's Camera Contest is awarded to C.ipt E. A. Carside R.E.M.E.. c/o 1 M I.E. LAD, R.E.M.E., Sungei Patani, Kedah. His childhood study "Dreaming" is on the right. Second prize of $15 goes to Syn Chin
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    Record play time
    220 10 A(.|{\M> start to ml record BC« year ".is the receipt of two heauii fully recorded symphonies bj two ireml orchrstr.i>. Tin- movt popular, and m»st me lIC. of Brahms' sm-i--phonies, hi* second, is played h\ the finest ore hc*tr i In Kurope the Concert schouu conducted »j
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    THIS IS A BACK-SEAT DRIVER'S DREAM
    354 10 THE Germans made 675,000 vehicles last year, gaining fast on Britain's just-over-a-million. One example of their quality is the Mercedes-Benz for touring. The "180" nve-seater saloon costs £810 in Western Germany, keen value indeed. Foreign diplomats in Britain get it for £865. for they
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    63 10 Ccotge Lane spotlights features or 1955 cats T H f neal ttreamlined bodf ol the M.G Magnetic hot a small trap doot i in the petrol-fillet cap, thus improving the smooth lines of the body I The door is spring-loaded, and opens immediately the stud v pressed. Incidentally,
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    A GIFT A BOY
    552 10 A GIFT A BOY Countryman's Journal ON CHRISTMAS mornins t,he Tuan attended the Rum Punch party at the Club. He is always one of the first to leave on such occasions and in any case, although he never takes one too many, he has later to pay for the over-exite-ment.
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      99 10 HILLNAN present i the new nhiMX Ye [ux£ ■A .j|gyS»MSi^iJ^SBSIHn»^n»aC3iJ^MMaMSSB^MBBBSI^B^^^ J The Exciting New Do Luxp Saloon has a powerful new OHV engine Riving better acceleration and a top speed ot 75 m p h yet costing no more to run. The Minx Special Saloon with the well-proved "Econimaster" rngine.
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      262 10 II "All The Best j Always" AIR'INDIA J/ivteinuitijmAjL :£§> t*3 ab~ dbd&ab db d> <lcans \oMl fUoTjT'Ij polishes J fast, easy /^^^\jp| waxes/operation! V'S^XkJ ffls Spread it on(^J^ySKß^Smk Wipe it off Get CPW fflMyat/e<><6'>s service stations QMUutno new triple action in one operation. CPW CLEANS oil surface dulling tfatt I
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    HAPPY HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES
    688 11  -  Michael Ruddy S&m^^^mb^^^^^D HrakiLfll MS to l)i- a I in quirk in .is it is in „i anywhere iere*s vastly rest in ims s and disaster happiness and marriage. makos the i dj the ipports the irital reliir.ithorities soc iolosy publicised you a The James yean And
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    20 11 WIN MIN THAN. the Burmese Jcrreit, won filmgoers' hearts with her poignant portrayal opposite Gregory Pock in "The Purple Pliin."
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      22 11 WHAT is Win Mln jl, Than's next film and *"■> what is her address? ROBERT WILLIAMS
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      33 11 Singapore. J. Arthur Rank's Singapore office reports no news of any more films for this Burmese artrrss. Write: Fan Mail Department, J. Arthur Rank Or K.inisatlon. 21 Soho Square. a London. W.I. W
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      15 11 WHO was the actress ftt who played opposite Guy Mitchell In "Red Garters." Ipoh ALLAN
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      27 11 Pat Crow ley had the lead opposite Cuv Mitchell. DID 20th Century-Fox studio send a unit to Rome for filming "Three Coins in the Fountain?" R. CHNG
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      28 11 DID Ricardo Montalban sing "A Little More of Your Amour." in "Latin Lovers" and did the same actor sing "Ooh Fomia." in the film Sombrero?" L. J. PARAM
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      15 11 Seremban. Ricardo Montalban tang both these songs. WHAT has happened to Joseph Cotten? J.N.D. Singapore.
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      16 11 Joseph Cotton has been appearing on the Broadway stage. His latest film is Blueprint for Murder."
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      397 12 Give lasting pleasure -give Gillette For the men on your list during this gift season put down modern Gillette Supcrspeed shaving. K-^^ It is smooth, easy, luxurious. For years of lasting pleasure give them this Gillette Rocket* Razor Set; flighted! Here's the Set Qu/ck-oct/on one-piece Rozor. Quick-feed Dispenser ihorpsst in
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      1194 12 MHi^ MEANWHILE. LEON'S SCOUTS IMTEKCE? '"^MBBB^fete^T^^^^^ S^^ANlGEfi A/mO MAT? BEEN HiP'NG Si ~"«E 3*^7 fy iiiXMJ. K,CE BVMOVOHS *j|^&? I&SS^^^ THE VILLAINOUS LEON POST STATEP 'HAT HE v W^K^-^rT^H' k I JA 'l \l #lfc>T^lll /ffi iT^ \MDULP HOLC? PATOSPEN MOSTASE —TO ASSUME g^E^. Jl/ U !L^ l > J
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    A LEVEL TEST ALL THE WAY
    632 15 AUSSIES AT LUNCH 65-4 ENGLAND WERE 59-4 CABLE Iroo JACK FINGLETON AUSSIES AX TEA 132-6 ENGLAND WERE IJO-S But wicket may go berserk, so England have the advantage MELBOURNE, Sat. IT DOESN'T look too 1 good for Australia in the Third Test. Australia lag
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    I've just seen my greatest day-Cowdrey
    96 15  - I've just seen my greatest day -Cowdrey JACK FINGLETON By MELBOURNE. Sat. A DDRESSING Church cricketers List night, Colin Cowdrey, England's batting hero of yesterday, told them he had just known the greatest day of his life. "I have scored centuries before.'" said Cowdrey, ''But (his is my greatest bit
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    SCOREBOARD
    91 15 ENGLAND— IST INNS 191 AUSTRALIA— IST INNS Favell Ibw SUtham 25 Morris Ibw Tyson 3 Miller r Evans b Statham 7 Harvey b Applryard 31 Hole b Tyson 11 Benaud c sub b Appleyard 15 Archer b Wardle 23 Maddorks not out 36 Llndwall b Statham 13 Johnson not
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    Lock icon Sore thumb so Compton has a rest
    155 15 Sore thumb so Compton has a rest REUTER FLASHES ON THE TEST MELBOURNE. Sat. DENIS COMPTON. who injured his right thumb when batting yesterday, did not field today. An X-Ray showed no fracture but the thumb was very sore. Wilson substituted and brought off a good catch to dismiss Bcnaud.
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    Awang Bakar scores late equaliser for Spore Malays
    254 15 Awang Bakar scores late equaliser for Spore Malays KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. AN AWANG BAKAR goal scored I from a Rahim Omar corner kick In the last minute enabled Singapore Malays to hold Selangor Chinese R.C. to a 2 2 draw at Princes Road today. It was an even match In
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    VARSITY BEAT PENANC 3 1
    61 15 PENANG. Sat.— The University of M.il.iya beat a strong Penang Hockey Association XI by 3—l on the Western Road ground yesterday. Hardial Singh gave Penang a first half lead of I—o1 0 with a goal in the tenth minute. The University dominated play In the
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    CEYLON VARSITY LOSE AT CRICKET
    42 15 Ceylon Sports Club beat the usitine University Of Ce> lon rugser team by seven wicket at erieKet at Balestier Road yesterday. University 50 <Anghie 18. CSC. 106 for 6 iNagaiah 27 Velluplllai 22. J. Navaretnam 21 n.0.).
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      224 15 rsruFfri U/IOC Anytime, onywher* juit hold Vicki Inhaler 10 «och noilril I and Inholt. Initontly, you br«alh« Iretly ogonl ivicks inhaler: Ml* John is so firoud of his PHILIDYHI ffft CYCLE LIGHTING pp'Ljjfr pmitn ton lamps pJ\lji »"-j^ K (ADIO TELEVISION /jt^l Jf"l *tC.O«U CHANCHH \-I "V^ 'PHIMSHAVI' D«Y fI^WT
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      179 15 TODAY'S RADIO RADIO MALAYA l'lii.r.imiiu-.. thus inai-krd ran I" i ti i by lislrnrrs In Malacca. Short ".in- 4!) and !m. Medium navr 47fim.. 343.. 3«6m. and 297 m.). AM. 9.00 Breakfast Club; 10.00 Guilty Party: 1030—11.30 Variety: P.M. "100 Programme Summary; •1.01 Li?ht Music; *1.30 Time Signal and News:
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    ELTURIUS UPSETS IN CUP, PAYS $140
    209 16  -  EPSOM JEEP Double for Martin By ELTURIUS. a vra-year-old gelding by Denturius, croutrd a spectacular upset In the last of the season's hi:; races the Commii General's Cup over 11 miles- to pay $140 for a win and $65 for a place at Penang
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    IN MEMORIAM
    33 16 Word. HO im, n ,n,im) IN LOVING MEMORY of our Beloved sister Moll I who died on 21 M. "In he i by and by we shall meet on Beautiful Shore".
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    ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS AND CASH SWEEPS
    2309 16 Race One < I.ASS .5. DIV. I—l MILE Mrs. T V. Mitchell and Mr. and tin. J. BUm It) IHK WASP 8 4 (437-284' Sawyer 1 ifii Fair Sir 7.P carr. 7.10 (478-331) Mulley 2 (4) Pasiimora 8.2 (MC-1M) Hudson 3 (71 S»rrl
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    Big Sweep
    64 16 TOTAL POOL: $228,115. First: No. *****3 ($68,430) Second: No. *****5 ($30,793) Third: No. *****1 ($17,107) Starters ($1,710 each) Nos: *****3, *****0, *****1, *****2, *****8, *****8, *****0, *****9. Consolation (5684 each) Nos: *****7. *****8, *****9. *****9, *****2, *****2, *****0, *****9. *****2, *****9. TREBLE TOTE: There was no winning combination
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN AND INDIA TEST XI.
    113 16 DACCA. Sat. India's team to meet Pakistan in the first Test, beginning here tociay Is: Roy. Punjabi. Patri. Manjrekar, Umriear. Ramchand. Phadkar. Mankad. Tamane (wicketkeepcrK Gupte and Ghulam Ahmad 12th man: Praksush Bhandari. The Pakistan side is: A. H. Kardar. Fazal Mahmood. Imtiaz Ahmed. Maqsood
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    PICTURE TIP
    30 16 STRAITS TIMES PICTURE TIP for yesterday's races at Penanc was Sweet Dream (Leong). who won Race Two to pay 527 for a win and SlO for a place.
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    SPORTING RECORD OF 1954
    1497 16 JAM ARY 10 Hockey: Federation beat Singapore 4-0 at K.L.; 16 Rugger: H.M.S. Malaya final: Johore beat Perak 15-0 at K.L.; 20 Rugger: FARELF Cup final: Fijians beat Somersets 69-3 at K.L.; 30 Rugger: south beat North by 62-3 at Jalan Besar. KKBKIARY 7 Rugger: All
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