The Straits Times, 16 October 1955

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  • 12 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1.051 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1955 20 CENTS.
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  • 990 1 MacDON ALD'S THREE 'DONT' S r##«r ojrt/i/ a f mniivy ii tui hoops many paar fotk iron* being just as <t/oo## us you the first is: DON'T get swollen heads JHE ACCENT at yesterdays University of Malaya annual convocation ceremony was clearly on the creation of a united Malayan nation.
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  • 146 1 -and Crash in dome traps II men f ibourers were I alive for an tons of which crash- j reservoir at Singapore, jrmng. reservoir, tie General I lvin| when the n .< 1 a e it j of access in- are three p .-rings on the oof. I including ok)
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  • 111 1 5-storey fall to death "IjK)R more than two hours, the body of o Singapore salesman, Foo Ghee Fong, 31, lay on a pavement in Orchard Road yesterday morning after he had failen to his death from the fifth floor of Mac Donald House. Police had difficulty in keeping back a
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  • 61 1 ROME, Sat.— Mr. Elbridge Durbrow, Minister Counsellor of the American Embassy in Rome for the past three years, left today by air for his new post as Minister and Consul-Oeneral in Singapore. He was accompanied by his wife and son. Mr. Durbrow acted as Charge
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  • 39 1 VIENNA, Sat. A major •eorganisatlon of the Czech iovernment was announced iv Prague Radio tonight. The lumber of ministries was onsiderably increased and me Deputy Prime Minister dded to the present numier of five.— U. P
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  • 619 1 A MESSAGE in code, indicating; the replies of the two Chief Ministers, to suggestions in his letter was broadcast to Chin Peng, the Communist leader, yesterday over Radio Malaya. It will continue to be broadcast for a day or
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  • 166 1 KLANG. Sat. ALI BIN KHATIB MIEN, 31, one of the two remaining terrorists in the Klaus white area surrendered under the amnesty this morning after Comrade Ah Kheong hit him on the head with a bottle. Since Klang was declared "white" about a year ago
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  • 187 1 MR. LESTER PEARSON, Canadian Minister for External Affairs, arrived in Singapore yesterday He came In the "North i Star" of the Royal Canadian Air Force accompanied by Mrs Pearson. At the airport to meet him were the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, the Chief Secretary, Mr.
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  • 164 1 Indonesia: Easier exports now from Singapore SINGAPORE businessmen can now apply for Indonesian import licences without consular invoices. Mr. D. Djohan, the senior customs officer in the Indonesian Consulate, told the Sunday Times yesterday. He said: "This new procedure came into force on Thursday. As soon as a letter of
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  • 315 1 LONDON, Saturday. QUEEN Elizabeth spoke today on the telephone to her sister Princess Margaret at the country mansion, Allanbay, at Binfield, Berkshire, where Croup Captain Townsend is also spending the week-end. The Queen telephoned her 25-year-old sister from Balmoral, her Scottish residence, according to reliable
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  • 82 1 TORONTO, Sat. SPECULATION on the relationship between Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend interfered with a Billy Graham sermon last night. Before he began his address on problems of the home to a crowd of 16,000 at Toronto, the evangelist announced he would omit a section on
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  • 565 1 $20,000: IS YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST? j CUBJECT to re-scrutiny, j fourteen entrants will i share the first prize of $15,000 in the .Y.alayan Monthly Word Puzzle Conj test '"O 1 They will receive 51, 07 1.42 each. They are: SIM, AI'OIU Ans bin Othmin. IS6-10 Malay larm; I.lizabrth
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  • 74 1 $1000 each FOR five people There are five winners of Straits Times Word I Puzzle "W". Each will receive $1,000. They are: SINGAPORE: Mr. L C. Yap, 4. Kirk Terrace; j A. J. Carter, Pay Accounts R.A.F., Tengah. KUALA LUMPUR: Low Sun Chooi. 5 18, 2} 1 Mile, Cheras Road.
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    • 87 1 in am me m, greater smoothness Ni A «LY ana m A QUARTER CS> SS 1 LONGER j. tbe cigarette From the first puff to th« tbe COOLER ast< t),, eltr length of Kothmam the smoke traditionally fine tobaccos travels ie Klno f fu rt r give' j K_I|LJJ Rolhmam
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  • 1852 2 SECOND INSTALMENT OF THE ASTONISHING STORY OF ONE MAN'S JOURNEYINGS IN ASIA ALONG THE FORBIDDEN iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiniiiiiiiii ROAD TO LHASAiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii A CITY OF WONDERS lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIII By ROBERT FORD, recently released from a Chinese Communist prison \J NTIL I got to Cangtok, the capital of Sikkim Province, in
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  • 349 2 Strange metal of the sea rE unique properties of magnesium, the lightweight silvery metal obtalned from the sea, are being turned to wider and wider uses. An all-magnesium jet plane. first of Its kind, flew tests during this summer. Householders now buy magnesium ladders, luggage, lawn mowcrs. baby carriages and
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    • 137 2 SUN LIFE SB Y E OF CANADA CAN HELP YOU. To Protect YOUR FAMILY FROM NEED if you are not here to support them (A Policy combining low nett cost and systematic saving) SERVICE No. 1 To Provide Funds to enable you to buy your OWN HOME on retirement or
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    • 138 2 Here are 10 of the sharpest blades in the world 10 Blue Gillette Biaaes (20 shaving edges) in Dispenser $1.10 D.a TXADI INQUIRIES TO: BARLOW CO. LTD., SIS SCOTCH wfeiicY f '1 Svotia/id IJ n& A fjJ n^ MfMt >>S§o*, MO m. "SSf I*/1 ,'•''*> A IMPORTERS fob MALAYA. BORNEO.
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  • 465 3 TRUST MAN THREW AWAY CHIEF MINISTERS NOTE' _|NCAPORES Chief J* Minister. Mr. Da¥ld Marshall, yesterj JV ordered an investi.jt.on into an alletlO n that an Imc rovement Trust offiJ 13 I had been rude to Chinese woman, who had approached h m about getting
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  • 55 3 The president of the Singapore Jewish Welfare Board, Mrs. Sally Meyer, presented the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, with a new automatic strip projector at the board's gala dance at the Adelphi Roof Garden last night. The presentation was in recognition of Mr. Marshall's past services
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  • 481 3  -  Jk iVC? is J_V€r I CJINGAPORE'S Health 1 O Minister. Mr. A. J. Braga, is one of the Co- lony's keenest fisherI men. and he described to i me the other day a morn- ing of trolling during which he caught the asi tonishing total of 55
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  • 174 3 AIRWAYS MEN ARE BARRED FROM AN AIRWAYS UNION THE NEWLY-FORMED Singapore Civil Air Transport Union has decided against admitting employees of Malayan Airways and Qantas into the union, Mr. S. Dragoon, the S.C.A.T.U. secretary, said yesterday. Mr. Dragoon claimed there were employees in the two companies applying for membership in
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  • 298 3 London. Sat. DIVISION I Arsenal 1 Nrwrastle 0 Aston Villa 4 Man. I nited 4 Blackpool 5 C'harlton 0 Bolton 1 Everton 1 Cardiff 2 Burnley Chelsea Tottenham 0 Hudii.-r-fi.-ld luton Man. City Preston Portsmouth Birmingham 5 Sundrrland West Brom. 1 Wolves 3 Sheffield 1 2 j
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    • 57 3 take your home plan with you and see CLOUET for f^__J^_-| Ml H The last word in all-purposes (7> door locks, beautiful, 100% -m ii efficient and trouble tree. Trade enquiries from _^g^ N architects, contractors and f^l^ dealers are welcome I A. CLOUET CO. (M) LTD. 11 Wjllith Street.
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    • 536 3 m\ I?*x4ity JB^_P -nL I J ■i fe^yJK 1 .J^r^m *V ss4K__fe Mb JSXji Jl_£3?sHc tP! VbW^b s_kE _ii > _Wt_PjS£^B but the Egyptians knew it ages ago! Powers to o»ercome sickness! Time has since cr«sil>ied Means to escape poverty! Egypt's walls, but it couldn't deKnowledge to bring happiness stroy
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  • 432 4  -  By SYLVIA I\>IO\» drive slowly and staidly." We went out to her small, green car. "Now I must pick up my two boys at Waterloo Station." She unfolded a huge map of London. We pored over it, traced the criss-cross of roads, argued, went blank. Sadly
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  • 191 4 'p/fE man icho set London icondcring why the War Office wanted two dozeu rats every week during the war talked about it again last week. And he set another puzzle. During a TV Interview With Pamela Russell the programme was suddenly faded after Mr. William Dalton
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    431 4 QOES the news of President Eisenhower's heart attack make you feel alarmed about your heart? Do you have a sneaking f ?ar that your \?M attack of indigestion may have been heart trouble after all? If you are scared, I say you should stop worrying For despite what has
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  • 902 4  - Duke of Kent tries j feat of strength S all very well to b< able to bend steel nails you need more than thai >uild a circus act success fully. So when I got a big opportunity with Will Collins Circus, opening in Skegness. I had to think up some
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    • 115 4 PA.7A-JJT HDr. Holcomb knows That 'PETTER 4 Marine Diesel Engines fuelled oiled by STANDARD-VACUUM will give him the reliable service that is needed when travelling around the World. The 'LANDFALL ll' is owned by Dr. Holcomb who recently called in at Singapore— two years after leaving America. This 'Around the
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  • 638 5  - Varsity graduates face rhortage of jobs' FELIX ABISHECANADEN By THE HAPPY SMILES WERE WORRIED THOUGHTS fa NUMBER of the 230 students who graduated from the University of Malaya are now facing the first obstacle in their professional careers —the problem of employment. Hardiest hit are Arts graduates. There are limited
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  • 170 5 Knife chase in city streets watched helpA a man armed 3 butcher's knife i c Malay youth at Road, off Jalan Singapore, yesterng. ran amok. catch the as overpowered i In plain- the youth •out up a lia Birtsilsnt youth ran .ane and disa coffee-la.-1 seen a taxi. chase, the
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  • 144 5 (u| 0 field workers of the Singapore TeleI yesterday authorised the Singapore Fac- orkers' Union to serve a 14 days' strike ii ons are not opened on wase claims subboard last month e t r^;. r The union has maintained there y^ recognition of the union
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  • 104 5 KOTA BAHRU. Sat. Kelantan's Palm Court Hotel has opened its doors. It is owned by a syndicate of local business men who haw employed a European woman as manageress. Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda. India's Minister for Planning and Irrigation and Power, arrived in Singapore yesterday to lead India's
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    • 397 5 /S^i 1/ 0 w Ihe new miracle washing iMjJi^^ /OOM/er from America bvcryone is saying it! FAB is the perfect I kCv^X^T washing powder. It washes clothes cleaner and I whiter than any other washing product. And it *y^ <"?>*** rT i-^f"^--is so quick —so easy to use! That is
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  • 815 6  -  Malayans are packing and moving THE TRAVEL-BUG hat come to stay in Singapore and 1 the Federation. Malayans now have such a keen appetite for travel that every month sees hundreds of them packing up their bags bound for just anywhere to be away from home for a while.
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  • 646 6 .^T the suggestion of the makers, attaps are now being supplied, on cash-on-delivery terms. The work on the house will soon be finished. The kitchen roof was rethatched four years ago with inferior attaps such as were used on the house
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    • 236 6 j^rtkiJOME (OMIHfj EVENTS L X^\^ I Agricultural Machinery f;| P I International Toy Fair rf _A_ I cottish Dairy Show, Kelvin fg I Hall. Glasgow t| /iFT /s=)k ifr^i 4r" vi \s 1 February 22 March 2 Lt: I BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR 1 Earls Court. London 1 A'rways Ltd.. Ocean
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    • 232 6 The vitamins ///MARMITE r v will keep you FIT/ o V\ You can only be really flt an() fn>^ loylng life if you have plenty o f 1/7/ nourishing food. You and all yOurv Our f,^ Jj y need Marmite; It contains th protective vitamins that help to health and
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  • 945 7 jF there is such a thing as a fountain of youth, the people of show business have been wading in it for years. Many of our most romantic swains are past the half century mark including Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Boyer Spencer Tracy,
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  • 779 7 JANE LEE'S Human Case Book HEART WILL FIND AWAY T MET the cousin of one of my x schoolfriencis She wa s shy and it was a long time before we became friends. Then she had a lot of trouole and I was able to help her so .she trusted
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  • 515 7 is a friendship the closest one possible. We a'l need some practice, then, in the art of making friends. This is not easy for everyone It demands that you like people for their sake, as well as for your own; because they are different from
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    • 201 7 te j^^^H^H Deep-cleansing cangrwe you a/r<??fee£ com/i&izon, skin is the first sign of beauty. But only by r»| can you achieve a flawless skin. You the hidden dirt, the particles of dust and n't even see. That's why Anne French Ik gives you a flawless complexion. Because :h Cleansing Milk
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    • 386 7 I k. ...and here's why you will love it I Campbell's Tomato Soup is mad* from only the finest, sun-ripened /*£feg^=^3§^ tomatoes, blended with delicate G ■si^ __-^3SBi s P' tes ;lI «i K"l<ien rich creamery R^^^^^^jjSSS butter! Velvety smooth consisteni y vjflHHj^^flyT] and bright, sparkling flavor make Mf/^//// f/%{!!A
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    • 33 7 TUEr^te^ GAMBOLS £k£ v^~~_ I "C JUS I L^^^ V I I ill iv I Vfc f^Jt^t P vjy^i r\ I American columnist HY GARDNER tells the REAL ages of people you know
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  • 431 8 Does your age decide your wardrobe? MATTLI of M AVI A I It lI'IMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII j^Hl> you age oonacioua when it comes to choosing clothes? A teenager? Then you're probably not unless you worry about whether that new buy is going to make you look too young! Leaving your twenties behind?
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  • 130 8 Save your glittering, shiny treasures for off-duty hours, parties and dress-up occasions. And don't ignore the possibilities of buttons and belts as valuable accessories. Even an inexpensive dress can look quite different from the dozens of others tn Us price range if you take off the buttons
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  • 374 8 LIAIR styles are changing. The smartest heads this season are smoother and sleeker than last year. There are fewer curls to be seen— the hair is set in smooth, shining sweeps giving a moulded rather classical effect. The new line depends to a
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  • 408 8 ONLY 70 DAYS TO G0... HERE we are 70 days away from Christmas. I have never lost the Christmas feeling and away I went looking for gifts to send to Europe ...giving myself lots of time to spend choosinß something suitable for each member of the family and for those
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  • 409 8  -  AH EXPERT GIVES TIPS TO HELP YOU TELL... HOW can one tell the difference between real and imitation diamonds? To this question, no doubt, husbands or fiances will retort: "By the price." But I sought the advice of an expert, who assured me that it was
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    49 8 Film dress designer loan Ellacott designed this suit for Brand* de Banne to wear in "Doctor at Sea." In apricot shantung, the short jacket belts into the waist, the white chitton scarf forms a softly cowled neckline and is firmly secured through a slot on one shoulder.
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  • 765 9  -  Ingenious reasoning by many competitors By THE COMPETITION EDITOR STRAITS TIMES Word Puzzle Contest "W" attracted another good entry and ingenious reasoning decided the selection of answers. Below are the com-j ments of the judges on the most apt and accurate answers to some of the
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  • 93 9 No. 4, "What the result may be if you're careless with matches," was thought best answered by FIRE. A burnt hand would be a painful but not a DIRE consequence, but a FIRE might alsc be DIRE for the owner of the property. Preference for FIRE.
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  • 106 9 The Singapore Music Teachers' Society is presenting a students' concert in the Methodist Girls' School Hall, Mount Sophia, on Tuesday, at 6 p.m. The performers will consist of the most outstanding candidates chosen from among nearly 1,000 entrants in the current examinations of the Associated
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  • 181 9 Never never voyage may end at last AFTER nine montns of shuttling between Karachi and Red China ports, with no one wantIng to allow him ashore in any port in South-East Asia, a 40-year-old Latvian stowaway, Jacob Lassman, saw some hope again yesterday. Stateless Jacob stowed away In the British
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  • 36 9 For driving a lorry along Dunearn Road on Aug. 8 at a speed of 40 to 45 miles an hour, Yeo Kak Heng, of Bukit Panjang Village, was fined $35 in Singapore yesterday.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 131 9 JUDGES' ANSWERS IN $20,000 WORD PUZZLE O' This is the set of answers to The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Word Puzzle "O" which udication committee held to be the and accurate. Winning answers to Word Pufssie *W 9 .000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "W" was shared by Mr.
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    • 149 9 WULE there are few Philips s ***** R. and "Acmusical experiences more celeration" and "Vienna trying than hearing a Blood" are on S ***** R all Strauss waltz clumsily Played by the Vienna Symplayed every brass band phony Orchestra. No less has a (fo— it is both ex- than three
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  • 45 10 ANNO UNCEMENT !l> Words Ul (minimum). PRUDENCE .AND COMMON I iccest that the man with a inortßiiee should protect his home and family with a Mortgac* Cancellation Policy to pay off the cirbt in ca.se of his death. Write Ueil Angus. P.O. Box 586, Spore.
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  • 265 10 THESE I-CARDS The identity card is one of the most hateful products of the last decade and a half. It is degrad- 5 ing to be obliged to produce documentary proof of who you are, what year you were born, the language Z you speak, your place of
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    1067 10 It will give a chance af he tier life #o South-East Asia's millions collubonitinc in a joint economic planning effort. The answer of South and South-East Asia to its j poverty is the Colombo Plan. F-itlmatpd to cost over £3 (WO i Sn the Colombo Flan is
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  • 7 10 SINGAPORE, OCT. 16. 1955
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  • 1422 10 I T would be grateful H you x could let me know from where to appiy for a Federal Citizenship Certificate. I am a Chinese, born in Kuala Lumpur In 1917. and have been in Government service since 1937. I applied to the District Officer, Balik
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  • 253 10 Billy Budd rpHERE i s s; A creative famous <■ a straw S'reet Bl i Into the This is of vor.se a by a Barri is a Social I whatever University of M Mr. Kayo once. Hi tains thr For bi These years good i A second >, some thii
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  • 467 11 RADIXG OF POSTZ 3 Y EXPATS? NONSENSE, ONLY CABINET CAN DO THAT fINGAPORE'S Director of Personnel, Mr. D. High.m, said yesterday there was no use try.ng »o boost Matay.niiWon "by methodl the £u"er an hiZ tVI the Sunday Times that Malayanisation was nJr that k CCHIId u star d on
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  • 46 11 A total of $485 has been collected by the students and staff of the Chung Hwa Afternoon School for the Kampong Tiong Bahru fire victims. The school has now donated a total of $800. Including two previous donations of $50 and $265.
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  • 104 11 rl Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, woke up late yesterday. The telephone at his home in hanpi. on which he had depended to wake him up eearly caused him to miss the dawn by half an hour. He left instructions with a Telephone Board operator
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  • 93 11 The wife of a Malayan war hero, Mrs. Lim Bo Seng, who was recently charged with attempted suicide, was ordered to be remanded for another week, by a Singapore magistrate, Mr. D. C D'Cotta, yesterday Mrs Lim is still in the General Hospital, where her condition is
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  • 70 11 TODAY: Singapore 10.59 a.m. (9ft. 21n.) 1138 pjn. (9ft. sin); Port Dtckson 6.32 aJn. (9 ft. 8 in.) 6.53 p.m. 8 ft. 5 in.); Penang 12.40 a.m. KB ft.) 12.54 pjn. 17 ft. 14 in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 11.24 am (9 ft 2 ln.i; Port Dickson 7.06 a.m. (9
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  • 308 11 piFTY-FIVE Singapore quarry workers have settled their strike with a2O per cent pay rise and an annual bonus but they are out of work, just the same. Reason; While they were busy striking their boss's contract with the Public Works Department quarry at Bukit Timah
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  • 220 11 Stowaway is found dead in ship's hospital Methods of the gutter, says Higham MYSTERY- surrounds an Indonesian stowaway who was found dead in the hospital of the Dutch freighter Utrecht, yesterday. 19 hours after he was discovered hiding in the funnel of the ship, anchored in Singapore's outer roads. The
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  • 42 11 Raffles Institution is holding a fine arts exhibition. More than 156 paintings by past and present pupils between the ages of 18 and 10 are on display. The exhibition, which opened yesterday will continue till this evening.
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  • 37 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The 10.000 strong Federation Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union is to hold a mass meeting here on Oct. 30 to express its dissatisfaction with the present salary scales for clerks.
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  • 46 11 Goh Hui Pang, of Tesser.sohn Road, the registered owner of a motor van, was fined $25 in Singapore yesterday for failing to furnish particulars, on demand, of the driver of the van who drove it along Pullerton Road on June 20 last.
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  • 145 11 Striker threw bottles A CITY COUNCIL striker who threw bottles at a dirt disposal truck returning to the depot, was lined $100 by a Singapore court yesterday. Tan Kok Huat was accused before Mr. R. B. I. Pates, the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, of attempting to Intimidate the workers and driver
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  • 172 11 NOVEMBER first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at Sll8 3 4 per lb., 4» 4 cents below the closing price for that position on Friday. The closing tone was uncertain. The market was disappointed by the response to Friday's local rise and opened easier and
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  • 40 11 Singapore Copra Association 1 p.m. prices for Straits mixed copra yesterday were: October $27 5 8 buyers, $277 b sellers; November $28 buyers, S28 3 s sellers; December $28 h 2 buyers, $28 3 i sellers Tona steady.
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  • 20 11 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was quoted at 5371.25 per picul down 12V a cents on Friday.
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    • 401 11 P& O 2 r und '">* |o3^r^K 21 days eoc/i S. S. CHUSAN ■D SAILINC llrii lANUARY 1956 RETURNINC 2nd FEBRUARY 1956 SAILINC 10th APRIL 1956 RETURNINC 2nd MAY 1956 4 DAYS IN JAPAN DAYS IN HONC KONC FIRST CLASS 885 TOURIST 560 including itay on board Children according to
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    • 167 11 GARRICK- Duniya Oolhal REX: Tall Man Riding— ll, (Hindli 31* 6.30 9.15; morning 145. 4. 6.30. 9.30; morning show, Khnix- Undersea Kingdom (serial) South»ea Woman— 9oo; Tel. *****. —11 00 Tel ***** ODEON: Sun Kwei Yuen (Mancs 3 B in h 9 t 3 h o e "ssa3fcJK\»;fc2S ss7i&s j
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  • 945 12 rpERUMBO means coral > A reef and myat a corpse. The reef of Terumbo Myat > in the old days was one of the chief dangers to ship>ping in the Straits of > Singapore. On one occasion sur- > veyor John Turnbull [Thomson accompanied
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 164 12 Popular Crossword v IB ■Hf~~~BBf2~~" mmm ACROSS fence (4); 3, Stick (4); 4. »>»*- 1, Non-inflammable (13); 11, ment (3); i, Exclude S)- 6 DeClose (4); 12, Clinkers (4); 13, jected (3); 7 Alto 15 J ThJ, Dared (8); 16. Fish (4); 17. Lyric Insure "eye, front" (8);' 9 clunpoem
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  • 266 13 So 'Ice-cold Kelly' has a laugh at love! d ig n iA la* of Grace ick her laughed about and and I've only smiled i Hollywood lly. 1 EL RUDDY report* f rom Hollywood... prince. It's news to me that he's coming to America and coming to Hollywood to see
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  • 247 13 i still unfinished when he was killed in a car crash, cinema-goers o see |ames Dean the "second Marlon Brando" in his new n which he f a ...*w ci,,,k/>tu t..,i«. Hollywood It before. U motor rts c;ir Ived in a ISt
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  • 57 13 Michael -the Arab Michael Craig, handsome six-footer who had the big fight scene with Geoffrey Keen in Passage Home." is to jcin the cast of The Black Tent in North Africa. Michael will have the role of Faris, an Arab. Focal point of interest for darkskinned Faris is the lovely
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  • 155 13 She blushed becomingly "^HEY all wanted to be a murderess, such distinguished people as Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman and Margaret Leighton. But they chose glamorous]" Diana Dors for the role of Mary Hilton, the young woman awaiting execution I for the murder
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  • 577 13 Even the twinkle in their eyes is the same acted for the cameras wasthe momentous moment that changed Bader's life the crash at Reading Aero Club on December 14. 1931, which resulted in the loss of both his legs. But in case the directors of the Kensington Science Museum should
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  • 364 13 Ken Smith's Show Talk was how to man with two artificial legs. He found there were all torts of joints and nerves In the leas and feet winch cannot be controlled sufficiently to simulate artificial limbs. "I tried very hard," said Ken "but it Just wouldn't work I should have
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    • 339 13 niisiLJE^WAS^A") BALLET DANCER > IpAT is the back- ■Bfjs^BJi^MMS^iM > T ground and address Jull S of Leslie Caron? Is that her real namp? W H was in tnp n!m > s ncr real name? Yf Love is a M;IJ VERONICA SEOW. Splendoured Thinß'? > Kota Bahru. CHARLES YUE. I
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  • 319 14 II was a package wrapped in news- j I paper and secured j i by an elastic band j which first caught i I my eye. The fellow who had i it under his arm did j not look Krit the type to carry W««f«««w**»
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  • 320 14 ONCE UPON A TIME HE PLANTED A SEED... \X/HILE strolling on the beach, Joe Goodban found a queer-looking object he thought was a marrow. It had been washed up by the sea. He cut it open and found it full of tiny seeds. Mr Goodban, a
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  • 887 14  - Women da a lot far a perfect curve! fllE Age 6f the Bust is upon us. With a unique bust you can be a television star... you can be famous. And look what the Italian film industry has done for itself with half a dozen carefully chosen busts. Yes, the
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  • 738 14 IF YOU LOOK FOR FRIENDS! YOU WILL FIND THEM :|N Singapore anything can happen, but the right things only happen to those who seek them in the right way. I recently visited two hostels and most of the girls came from different parts of the Federation some to further their
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    • 544 14 INDIGESTIONJAINa STOP IT NOW! This b the fastest way to gel relief from indigestion Mac'ean Brand Stomach Powder actsyim/ h is quickly soothed away. You get profound ar relief. Enjoy your food without fear and get the fa of sleep unspoiled by indigestion. And you can safeguard yourself against unexpected
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  • 439 15 ecw m rduiduon on ruober, plastics i her materials is one of the projects msideration for the planned research actor to be erected near Sydney for ralian Atomic Energy Commission, investigations will be followed by in Mil la van rubber circles alian
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  • 163 15 Us ou nd have proved r client means the oil coolers Up till -aning o* 5 was a timeig and expensive ho EngineMaintenance M started makita on this it and the izlng. In the ht hours to c!ry the oil had to be times
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  • 552 15 only those in the upper bracket of income earners can hope to spend a holiday in Japan and remain solvent. And It's equally fallacious that the kaleidoscopic isles sprawling thousands of miles away to Singapore's north-east. are too remote for all except those who can
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  • 372 15 F"VERY day, in hospitals and doctors' offices, physicians use a simple yet mysterious diagnostic tool they call the "sed rate" meaning the speed of blood sedimentation. Just why the blood should sediment as it does no one can explain fully; It is one of the many awe-inspiring wonders
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    • 207 15 INVICTA WORLD FAMOUS SWISS WATCH Over a century of watch V^^P'sV making experience. Sold in H V? over 87 countries throughout C"** f P. E. ZU.LI.IG (M) LTD, SINGAPORE —KUALA LUMPUR PENANG /<^V /-.lit* 1 •57"' Sy 4 ,_y^* IAiW if I v Aft t^^^ _^^^^o^^^^^ Flock Rayon 36" $6.50
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1335 16 by Edgar Rice Burroughs^Wj>M^^, P\^mt^^^^ vIrJWW Z BRUTE BELLOWEC? IN PAIN WMEN WEfc PEAH-Y f—^ jr^ Vv-t^T f*~\ C J Isflfia, -sTssslX I IHb W**^*^*»_rVr^C»*ts»t 0 «X _-^__l^^|^_s_|_^_^__f^ _V_J^>^bsssssl PgCPggyiJPyyn THE LATER YEARS j THIS WEEK FOR MOST ffl Km* f *^___sßW^ssT i I o\(. life and th, preserving of
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  • 1864 17  - HERE IS THE ANSWER TO OUR NO. 1 PROBLEM By the omnivorous, whose food requirements are more complex than those of any other creature on this planet, is now turning hungry eyes on the invisible. The latest object of his curiosity is Chlorella, a plant genus so small that a
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  • 337 17 Now she is home DERNADETE COMES, who stirred the heart of a nation, has gone back to her village to die. She is only 25. But a specialist has told her: "It will take a miracle to save you For pretty, black-haired Bernadete, who ie known to all Brazil as
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 251 17 (TWICE the pleasure WORLDS BIGGKT SMALL CAR BUT QUALITY FIRST' minor CONVERTIBLE r^ MALAYAN MOTORS LIMITED WEARNE BROS. LTD. Federation Rcprettittjtivct QUICK as action KILLS Hi COLDS COUGHS -s coughs Coughs can be dangerous. They -r fomi can tire you out, stop you sleeping, make you weak. That's why you
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    • 65 17 Hfinffil \ILJX "My watch is protected by mmm incabloc lAhNHMbBI is yours?" HflRHRByilflHHI^B Why? INCABLOC Shock Absorbers safeguard the vital moving ports of o watch against tveryday shocks and jars maintain BPHBK-HBj occurac y extend its life save you many IfiSR9fI^^KHH^MHfIHH|H dollars by keeping repairs to a minimum. BJP^B^^^^* Ci^^^^L^^H^B
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  • 1295 18  -  ikks£ egM&tetUtq By CHRISTOPHER PAGE THIS year it seems as if there will be few secrets left for unveiling at the London Motor Show, as the "pre-release" bug has al- ready caught up with most of the large car manufacturers. As forecast In this column
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  • 300 18  -  4fitQttU§oss Qf SPOtfT CRUSADER' CELANCOR hockey fans have reason to be optimistic about the State's prospects for the season after the last quadrangular when the State emerged champions. Selangor deserve every credit as they travelled without the services of three of their regular stalwarts Skipper
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  • 32 18 The new ci«tch ped ;r ma »'t clu»ch oo t^ i% '""P 'or br»C V '1 ••on. gearbox '"!>, «»i«»cd ret n c e "«'"< you |Mf lr» d».hbo S ,d from gear
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 205 18 Sponsored by the Shell Company of Singapore, Limited and the Shell Company of the Federation of Malaya Limited; witti the object of encouraging motor •port and motoring in general in the Federation of Malaya and Hie Colony of Singapore. 18,000 in prizes! Organised by the Singapore Motor Club in co-operation
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  • 452 19 Sadali is only Singapore man to be beaten M^aias greatest badminton player, Wong Penang Soon, brought out the full range of his skill and artistry to beat Indonesia's Ferry Sonneyille m straight sets of 15-10, 18-15 in their rubber" match at the S.B.A. Hall
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  • 116 19 tourists score second victory I ring Indonenese soccer their second their Singa- beating a side 2-1 at stadium ;thor the Initiative icki Into much of ipponents tag gave i i:me to I d nut for ills recent it up to hLs main dewent to ithy raid ::u:te when up and,
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  • 195 19 R. Signals rugby player ordered off DOYAL Army Sen ice Corps beat Royal Signals In an inter- Corps rugby game at Alexandra yesterday by 17 points (goal four tries) to nil. The standard of rusby in the first half was poor. AlthoUßri I R.A.S.C. s aw more of the bai:
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  • 83 19 KARACHI, Sat. An inspired •pell of bowling by left-arm spinner Shujauddbi put Pakistan within fight of victory over New Zealand on the third day of the first cricket Test here today. New Zealand, facing first innings arrears of 125. had scored 27 for no wicket
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  • 228 19 MRU team for Bangkok picked; list sent to Federation for approval THE FIRST Malayan rugby team to take the field since the end of the war was partially selected last nii-ht. A short list of players, who will be Invited to make the trip to Bangkok next month, was decided
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  • 357 19 PENANG. Saturday. pENANG, with Bill Armstrong giving an excellent 1 display at centre, gave the Fijians their hardest match this season on the Western Road ground today. The settlement thrilled the crowd by taking an early 6-0 lead and then made the Fijians fight all
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  • 212 19 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. SINGAPORE Cricket Club O forwards were In spectacular form when the Club scored a sweeping victory I over South Johore by 25 j points < two goals, two penalties and three tries) to nil here today. The Club forwards completely
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  • 183 19 SCRAPPY, BUT S.CC. BEAT MALACCA 14-0 IT would be difficult indeed to imagine a more depressing rugby match than the one played on the Singapore padang yesterday when a Cricket Club XV beat the Malacca Club by 14 points (a goal and three tries) to nil. Scrappy and painfully slow,
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  • 102 19 t>.A.P SELETAR beat Police In v a rugby match at Seletar yesterday by 13 points (two goals, try) to five (goal;. Seletar took a 15th minute lead with a try by Pape. Russell failed to convert. Darke increased the lead in the 15th minute of the
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  • 96 19 ACROSS: 1. Incombustible. 11. Near. 12. Sit*. 11, Ventured. 18, Llnff. 17, Ode. 18, Fend* 19. Asterisks. 22, Cod. 24, Throe. 26. Irregular. 27 Amend. 28, Sap. 29. Suspended. SI, Hilts. 32, Two. 34. Edge. 3S, Measured. 38, Alee. 39, Rode. 40, Deapermteneta. DOWN: 1. Invoice*. 2. Need.
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  • 292 19 NO. 14 SQUADRON Royal New Zealand Air Force maintained their unbeaten record In Singapore rugby when they beat Naval Base by 19 point* (two 'oals, two penalties and a try) to three (try) at the Naval Base yesterday. This was the sixth victory In
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    • 147 19 TWO NIGHTS (DEFINITELY NO EXTENSION) 1955 SINGAPORE TRADE EXHIBITION HAPPY A WORLD FREE GIFTS of i c Brand Matches to Ticket Holders MM— —^B^M I You can make your teeth SHADES WHITER How you can have whiter, healthier teeth and defeat decay :als, your teeth «re covered with a the
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    • 204 19 "TEMPLE Cf HEALTH" jamßa^ ~-Jt-- T!Tj^^^^* -^^•"■^^•■^■•'''■sna^S^^^P^^P B^B^B^B^BK^ i lIHBJ^ nHI BBS tSBIVSSBi sMHMUw! tt^rffcv;* r~*jr~ fv M B^^tL: iW '^fWw W9m j&M mm mff mmm ■BB*aßMßHß^B»Byß»B^BAßß^B^B^BA^Bm^Bikfcii^tt&Vfc^^*iS»*<»^k*^^^^^iWß^Bl SmC i 'C? .mi* .Vfisvrt bY <bi T*iV m The Proprietors of OVALTINE have been awarded the First Prize for the best decorated
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  • 2288 20  -  Three horses complete doubles at Penang meet EPSOM JEEP By READING jockey Garnet Bougoure gained another Cup success when he landed Ever Glory, a half-length winner from Punctuality, in the Autumn Cup over si f for Class 3 stayers at Penang yesterday, concluding day of the
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  • 57 20 TOTAL POOL: $233,660 IST: No. *****4 ($70,098) 2ND: No. *****4 (53 1,544) 3RD: No. *****0 ($17,524) Starters ($2,002 each) Nos. *****7, *****6, *****3, *****6, *****0, *****1, *****7. Consolation ($7OO each): Nos. *****3. *****4, *****5, *****3, *****6, *****7, *****2, *****8, *****4, *****2 Tickets from No. *****1 to No. *****0
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  • 170 20 SINGAPORE donations to the Malayan Cricket Association's Hong Kong Tour Fund now stand at $850. In addition to the donation of $500 by the Singapore Cricket Association, donations have been received from the Singapore Recreation Club Singapore Chinese Recreation Club and three supporters. The
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  • 182 20 BIANT'S LATE GOAL BEATS CEYLONESE A goal in the second i;r.lf by Biant Singh enabled Indian Association to upset a depleted Ceylon Sports Club side 2-1 in a S.H.A. first division league game at Balestler Road yesterday. Indians had slightly more of the attack but the Ceylonr;se goalkeeper Rajah made
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  • 34 20 The third Singapore hockey trial, scheduled for today has been postponed because of the heavy programme during the week The trial will now be held on Wednesday at the O.S.C. ground.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 404 20 2* Word. $11) (minimum). JACK: To Kay (nee Hempson). and Ronald, on Fifteenth, at Young bergs, a son. LS.S. "STATE OF MADRAS" VOY: 15 The abo'-e vessel will be arriving at Singapore on 27-10-55 and will sail on 29-10-55 and passages are available for Saloon, Bunk and Deck Class Travel,
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    • 20 20 TODAY: 3.15, 6.30 9.15 p.m. Anita Gufca Karan Drean Dislr. South-East Asia Film Co. TODAY 11 l.m ■TNDERSEA KINGDOM" (Serial)
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    • 36 20 SOCCEB Malay F. A. v Indonesian Chinese JaUn Besar. 5.15 p.m. Aston A. C v Sukiramai. Jalan Besar 4.00; Sprincdale S. <. v Fathul Karih, Farrer Park. MOTOR RACING VisU I Roaa* P Hl C mbl Bounm
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