The Singapore Free Press, 30 September 1954
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Title Section22 1954-09-30 1 The Singapore Free Press 3 iruost Afternoon Sale m Malaya. SO i KMiT. Singapore, Thurs., St*pt. 30, 1954. Price 15 C ts.22 words
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Article, Illustration105 1954-09-30 1 Sunday is beauty day -Ba by will be there Il>s Baby Scow, (above) y\ 18 year-old Singapore outdoor girl, has entered iur the "Miss Chinese Swimming Club 1954'" contest, She N a member of the lub. Baby has often i for amateur photo- tphers. Leong Vee Soo, the Wi inry105 words
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Article98 1954-09-30 1 Sir John Bagnall dead >hn Bagnall, a former gapore Legislative and chairman and director of the i Trading Company, died Johannesburg yesterday stroke. He was G6 was a member of the Le- l Council for 13 years I and .served on the executive council for m, 10 connected with Government98 words
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Article19 1954-09-30 1 member BritUh parlia delegation led by raine left London r a vlsi, tO the i A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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84 1954-09-30 1 BRITAIN ALERT ON RED THREAT TO SIAM BRITAIN was reported yesterday to have adopted a policy of watchful waiting en the situation around Siam's borders which has caused grave concern to Siam. British sources In Now York said the British delegation to the United Nations listened with sympathetic Interest toA.P. - 84 words
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Article42 1954-09-30 1 in ie tiums punched I moot" old rk-rk. Lim i >l^ uf th§ en R Poll Road, ngaporc, last I night. Lim shouti 'l hi n th' tn i stole his fountain pen and tn< j ran away.42 words
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Article16 1954-09-30 1 The United States has given U5510,400,000 to the U.N. Korea Reconstruction Agency.16 words
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Article16 1954-09-30 1 United Nations employees have set up a committee for Algerian earthquake relief. A. P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article27 1954-09-30 1 A wealthy stockbroker, alderman H. W. Seymour Howard, was elected new Lord Mayor of London m the City Corporation's ancient Guildhall yesterday. Reuter ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article18 1954-09-30 1 An eight-year old Chinese girl alleged that a hawker assaulted her In Joo Chiat Road yesterday.18 words
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Article30 1954-09-30 1 Three bills designed to sex depravity among New Zealand's teenagers became law last night when they passed their third reading m the House of Representatives.30 words
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Article26 1954-09-30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with in' t grade, October shipment, al 71 cents .1 pound -flve-alxfrench cent below yesterday'! rinse.26 words
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141 1954-09-30 1 rpiiE Burmese delegate to tho 1. United Nations Assembly m New York yesterday cited as "alarming" a report that anti-Communiat Chinese organisations ol Singapore and Bangkok had raised US$6OO,--000 to keep the troops In Burma. H(> mad* 0 charge In the Assembly thai someA.P. - 141 words
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Article365 1954-09-30 1 Troops m Eu rope 44 years JJRITAIN pledged yesterday to keep four full army divisions and a tactical air force m Europe under the Atlantic pact command for the next 11 years. The pledge Involving the biggest peacetime commitment Britain has ever made —was given by365 words
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Article96 1954-09-30 1 FRANCE'S counter espionage] chief yesterday was alleged to have been listed as a communist sympathiser, m a violent public quarrel arising from leakages of top secrets from the National Defence Council. Mr. Roger Wybot, head of the counter espionage service since 1944, retorted by taking) outReuter - 96 words
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Article76 1954-09-30 1 RUSSIA will have enough hydrogen weapons and bombers by 1956 to destroy all major American cities and industry, according to Mr. Thomas K. Finletter, former U.S. Secretary of Air. In a book called "Power and Policy" to be published today Mr. Finletter suggested theReuter - 76 words
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Advertisement16 1954-09-30 1 PAPER JEYES TOILET PAPER HOLDERS SANDILANDS BUTTERY CO LTD. SINCAPORE PENANC K. LUMPUR IPOH X BHARU16 words
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Article, Illustration408 1954-09-30 2 'PEKING HAS CLEARED POSER ON CHINESE' I3RIME MINISTER Nehru of India, yesterday quoted the case of Malaya when he criticised the Manila pact during the foreign affairs debate m parliament. Part of the fear In SouthEa.st AfiUtn countries W&fl eaiuseri by the Communist Party which, heFree Press - 408 words
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Article44 1954-09-30 2 Thirteen people were killed and 17 injured when a Belgian bus carrying pensioned miners on a family outinu .skidded on a hill and Crashed into a stone monument m the town of Valkenburg near Mastright, Holland yesterday. Re uterReuter - 44 words
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Article18 1954-09-30 2 Mr. William Borberg of Denmark will be the October president of the U.N. Security Council.— U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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147 1954-09-30 2 H A.SAN Mohammed Tiro, lormer Indonesian official. wa arrested m New York on Monday for deportation and is belni held at Ellis I.slarul. it was learned yesterday. Tlro'.s diplomatic pas, port was cancelled recently by the United .Stales, at the request of the Indonesian GovernA.P - 147 words
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98 1954-09-30 2 rpHE United States Air Force has awarded four contracts totalling: about £37 million, to the British Government. The contracts are for the manufacture of Javelin and Hawker Hunter aircraft. General William H. Tunner, Com-mander-in-Chief United States Air Forces m Europe, said m Wiesbaden (Germany)Reuter - 98 words
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Article155 1954-09-30 2 /GENERAL James A. Van Flee*was reported In Washington yesterday to have given sworn testimony he belie yes Red China went into the Korean war with "assurances from someone on the Allied side that the United States would not wage all-out war The retired former Bth ArmyA.P. - 155 words
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Article21 1954-09-30 2 The results of President Eisenhower's annual physical checkup indicate he is "maintaining an excellent state of health."— A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement19 1954-09-30 2 you can Phone Your SMALL ADS. to Singapore 2800 Exl. IOS This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified Advertisement service19 words
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138 1954-09-30 3 22 H-PATIENTS WORSE AFTER THAT DEATH rV \{V remaining 22 Bikini hydrogen bomb-dusted 1 patienta ha\e lost appetite and weight after i,, ir ing of the death of their fellow tuna fisherman xikidii Kuboyama, according to a report made to the v'miic Disease Research Council. Some of the patients lostReuter; U.P. - 138 words
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Article80 1954-09-30 3 Red offices blasted by grenades Hand grenades damaged two Italian Communist Party offices m Rome during the night, police reported yesterday. Window panes were smashed and furniture damaged m one office a larse hole was torn m the floor. Both offices were empty at the time. Police said Neo-Fascists wereReuter - 80 words
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Article99 1954-09-30 3 They lose but won 't be caned 4 PETITION by three r\ British seamen against sentence of caning imposed by a Nigerian magistrate has been rejected by tne Governor of Nigeria, Sir Juhn MacPher.soh. The seamen, John Lythode, Robin Mason and Frederick Frenney, and a Nigerian, were .sentenced six months'Reuter - 99 words
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Article140 1954-09-30 3 AID RUSHED TO FLOOD VICTIMS T TNITED States naval craft \J helicopters, small boats, life rafts and medical equipment were being rushed to the flood-stricken Central American Republic of Tegucigalpa (Honduras* yesterday m response to urgent appeals for emergency aid. Heavy rains m the interior threatened the northern coastal areasU.P. - 140 words
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Article30 1954-09-30 3 An Egyptian economic and industrial mission ha.s left Rome for Paris after a ten-day stay m Italy to promote investment of Italian capital m Egyptian industry.— U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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112 1954-09-30 3 PRESIDENT Eugene R. Hi ICk of the World Bank WW m Washington last HgW favoured the crea- f an international 5J c corporation to pro- 1( Privaie investment m V r| 7^>ped countries. \n American, A.sian and jvao countries prewed for innuA 11U.P. - 112 words
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Article271 1954-09-30 3 'FLYING SAUCER MAN SPOKE TO ME' A "FLYING circus saucer" has visited the skies around Lyon, m France, according to reports fratn eyewitnesses. One young farmer insisted he was actinlly touched by "burbling creature m a space suit who paralysed him momentarily with a green ray and made off mReuter - 271 words
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Article27 1954-09-30 3 Mr. 8.F.H.8. Tyabji. India's Ambassador to Indonesia, is due m Singapore from Delhi tomorrow morning. He will leave for Jakarta later m the day.27 words
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Article94 1954-09-30 3 rpELEGRAMS passing be- tween the Ceylon trade delegation m Peking and the Ceylon Government Indicate Ceylon will sell rubber to China at 26 pence per pound, about 92 cents Malayan, a reliable source said m Colombo last night. This is twopence less than the price paid thisA.P. - 94 words
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Article, Illustration21 1954-09-30 3 picture. Mr. Frans Borghols and Miss Frieda Kla^sen, both of Amsterdam, who were married m Singapore yesterday. Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article99 1954-09-30 3 THE Archbishop of Canter- bury, Dr. Fisher, said yesterday foreign trade with Communist countries can build greater trust. Boarding the liner Queen Elizabeth to return to England, the Archbishop was asked by reporters what he thought of Britain's trade with China. He said: "I amA.P. - 99 words
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Advertisement112 1954-09-30 3 TO GRACE YOUR TABLE! "DPD D C D AA 1 1 I vtl3w i* rCrrEli f¥t I L. l r^TIiPY THE PEPPER CORNS ARE SECURED jMM&k AND CROUND BY A MERE TWIST /^^l|K^ OF THE HAND DIRECTLY ON TO h^7£^wA o YOUR DISHES. l^i^7 IN SOLID OAK OR SILVER MOUNTED112 words
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353 1954-09-30 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept, 30, 1954. Opinion THE RED MENACE The head of the Siamese delegation to the United Nations General Assembly expressed widely-held fears when he told the Assembly that large-scale infiltration of his country was being prepared from Red China. According to Prince Wan Waithayakon, the353 words
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Article, Illustration470 1954-09-30 4 V.S. split by 9teu m bUMch and $vhsi i«su<> Segregation is 'sinful 9 but non- segregation will cost teachers IWO men -one a Negro and one White typify gathering Georgia opposition to the shutdown of the state's public schools as a result of the470 words
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Article282 1954-09-30 4 MARTIN HAYDEN - DOWN SOUTH' BLOW FOR IKE MARTIN HAYDEN RESPITE the row over school segregation, Americans "down south" still "like Ike," but they don't like the Republicans he is associated with. A reporter moving South from Washington hears all along the line that whatever good the Supreme Court decision against segregation of282 words
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160 1954-09-30 4 GENERAL Mac Arthur believed that Japan should have been spared the atomic bomb and opposed Russia's lastminute entrance into the Pacific War, writes Major-General A. Willouffhby m a new book "Mac Arthur 1941-51." He Rives the following summary of the staff's views: "It is rare160 words
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Article, Illustration49 1954-09-30 4 OSBERT LANCASTER - OSBERT LANCASTER by Wetl, let's put it quite simply—if A if a member of E.D.C. but not of N.A.T.0., and B is a member of N.A.T.O. but not of E.D.C, but both A and B are members of U.N.0., then if C drop* an A-bomb on B49 words
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Advertisement29 1954-09-30 4 SHEFFIELD CANTEENS Of CUTLERY 20 YEARS PLATE at BARGAIN PRICES p To make room for NEW STOCKS. Vi.it 6. C. de SUVA BROS. 3, Waffles Place, Singapore-1 Telephone: *****29 words
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Advertisement12 1954-09-30 4 KLG. Fastest Plug On Earth! FAR EAST MOTORS ORCHARD ROAD— TEL: *****12 words
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Article, Illustration535 1954-09-30 5 MUSICAL BANDS FLOURISH IN S 'PORE SCHOOLS lalent needs development MUSICAL bands are flourishing mi n Colony schools— thanks to the encouragement of the Singapore Education Department. These bands are learning to play percussion istrurnents and recorders as part of music study. Children are taught the simple form of >rchestrationFree Press - 535 words
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Article107 1954-09-30 5 Ki'^LA LUMPUR, Thurs. AHUDDIN bin Nordin, a X young private of 69 Cominv rajKJ, was sentenced to ath by the Chief Justice. Sir arles Mathew, at the Assizhere for the murder of an.oidier, Sirat bin Sujab, oi the unit. Tlv oiivnce was committed on the night107 words
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Article73 1954-09-30 5 PENANG, Thurs. Pena'.ig Municipal Councillors will vote on a motion by Dr. N K. Menon calling for the appointment of a special committee to study the report of the Age of Retirement (Singapore) and to consider if there should be any alteration to the73 words
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Article55 1954-09-30 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Selangor Parents Association has decided to oppose the ucation Department's elimination test for Standard Six itudents "without adequate provision for those who fail to a lily for entry to secondary t will move a resolution to <ct at the public meeted for55 words
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149 1954-09-30 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Assort ion and the Plantation Workers' Union terday agreed on the formation of a joint indus--1 council, which will have its first meeting m the flrst v.opk of January. X G. D. Hough ton. secre- of the149 words
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Article51 1954-09-30 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Kuala Lumpur Methodist Tamil Youth Fellowship will celebrate its 31st anniversary with a devotional service at the Methodist Tamil Church here tomorrow. Mr. Donald A. Priestloy. headmaster of Maxwell Road School, will be the speaker j An anniversary dinner will be held on51 words
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227 1954-09-30 5 A Singapore community centre to be proud of T*HE community centre that post-wur innovation which operates autonomously within a housing estate hay proved its worth m Singapore. Take the fine example of Balestier estate where some 10,000 residents are being provided with insurance benefits, modern amenities and recreational facilities. The227 words
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Article25 1954-09-30 5 KUTLA LUMPUR, Thurs. Wong Chong Nam, aged 26, of Pudu Road, was fined $20 here for gambling with dominoes In I Pudu Market.25 words
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Article46 1954-09-30 5 PENANO. Thurs. Fourteen people m Penang died of tuberculosis m August There were 157 deaths and 751 births m the Settlement last month, compared with 148 deaths and 708 births m July. A easp of poliomyelitis an(l leprosy were reported46 words
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Article58 1954-09-30 5 '^AcrA. Thurs. Miss ri f d( Silva oi Sacred -mycnt won the nrst the poetry reading sponsored by the £na] Union of Teachers, r;l blanch. ';> Olg« de Cruz (Convent -Holy mfant Jesus) and hu Poh (Anglo-Chinese .second and third. Ration prizes went to 1 <>hin58 words
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Advertisement63 1954-09-30 5 Groiny ytfftfif/? i Then Leave All Your < PACKING if a PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD I for Shipment, to us. ESTIMATES GIVEN WITHOUT OBLIGATION S*»rrir4> that yon van >> Please Phone or Call (In Associatton with) >> SINGAPORE PACKING C 0. v LTD. 65, The Arcade, Singapore-1, Tel: ***** an d at63 words
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Article609 1954-09-30 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR IIOKN loda>, your h. a d U usually high m lh e clouds lou dream of the future and are disinclined to do much about what is happening today! In other words, you are ni ,i ls practical as you should be and must ham the dreary609 words
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94 1954-09-30 6 Police crack down on Cario vendors wanning dboeblacks, souvenir-sellen and iemonade-hawkera i--/' become notorious <v< r year.s for their pestering visitors. Many Oi them plck-pocketi and ■cou 1 1 on the side. One favoui I trick of (he whining blacks i.s U) throw mud ove the footwear of Fuk'i' refusing94 words
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Miscellaneous213 1954-09-30 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I Inf BORDEP i \>i.!f m( ;;> t ft Ht b UNDiH Mi an TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Chartens l^^^^n^^n^ ~^7?^SB^ r AND NOW YOU /''fHTWHATS^^ KOF COURSE, YOU ASKED TO DIE\ P^™™™™™^^^^^^^^! JUST HAVE TO THAT YOU213 words
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Article227 1954-09-30 7 A school as well m $500,000 plan j A $500,000 home and school—the dream of the blind IX m Singapore will become a reality m six i months' time, Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, president of the Association for the Blind, said yesterday. Tenders227 words
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Article197 1954-09-30 7 8,000 families ask for bus line pKSIDENTS Of SIT flats 1* m Kirn Keat Avenue nd VVhampoa Road and llages nearby are asking the Singapore City Couni for a bus service to tiieir district. There are now more than 8 000 families m the area. They have to walk about197 words
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126 1954-09-30 7 TELUK ANSON. Thurs.— The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja ibni Sultan Sir Iskandar Shah, told the nine elected (uncillora at the first meetof the Teluk Anson Town •uncil yesterday that they ould look after the Interests the people who elected m. Chia is126 words
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Article25 1954-09-30 7 PENANG. Thurs.— The office Settlement Information ci will move to No. 7 and yeld Quay, (top floor of 1 '-trrn Bank Building;), Saturday25 words
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Article37 1954-09-30 7 i>\..am UALA LIPIS Thurs. J> viiANo Oovornmcnt is to b "ild a police district 'i'nii.rtor.s for Mentakab CiPCle nt Temrrloh. site is now occupied w h workshop nnd store I State Council yestor37 words
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Article, Illustration54 1954-09-30 7 Mr. David Buttolph (above), an American who wrote the musical score and conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for the background music of "Long John Silver," which was filmed m Australia, has left Singapore for Bangkok. In Singapore he visited local film studios to hear Malayan54 words
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178 1954-09-30 7 PERMANENT automatic traffic lights are to be installed at four corners of the 1 Orchard-Killiney-Koek Road junction, when the present diversion of traffic there has ended. Mr. A. E. Minns, Superintendent of the Singapore Traffic Police, told the Free Press today that the present178 words
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Article48 1954-09-30 7 KLUANG, Thurs.— For evading duty on four gallons of fermented mash and one and a half pints of samsu, Chong Wah of Sri Lallang new village was fined $100. On a second charge of having a still without a licence, he was fined $200.48 words
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Article231 1954-09-30 7 SINGAPORE trlshamen I yesterday doubted that the motorised four- I seater trisha with a maxi- mum speed of 40 m.p.h. i could be a commercial i success m the Colony. A British engineering I j firm has designed the I trisha for use m the Far East.231 words
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Article30 1954-09-30 7 PENANG, Thurs. Penangr English Schoolteachers' Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society granted 71 loans totalling $64,554 last year, states the annual report to be presented on Oct. 8.30 words
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Article21 1954-09-30 7 TANGKAK, Thurs.— A branch of Party Negara has been formed here. Its president is Inche Abdul Aziz bin Baba.21 words
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Article56 1954-09-30 7 KUANTAN. Thurs.— Bouy Ken Hoon, a junior civil liaison officer attached to the 2nd KARs stationed at Jerantut, was charged yesterday with attempting to outrage the modesty of a young woman, Teow, on the night of Sept. 6 at the padang. He claimed trial and was56 words
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Article54 1954-09-30 7 day decided to ask the Federation Government for $47,700 to remove the PWI) buildings to another site. The Federation Government will pay for the police building. The Council also decided to grant financial autonomy t< town and local councils to Un plement the. policy of getting people used to54 words
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Advertisement181 1954-09-30 7 iO&^Lx| Afow In Fu// Saving j^ Here are the money avln S Bargains- n j Gl% 1 If-. Q 3 extensions 9.00 RAND J£ A.. ;iiLr f n Mkiitlkl J?W)-J© 43 Pieces Cutlery ANNUAL m4s&) Se r t $38 00 per set I Nflpl X^^fe^^ Steel Cutlery Set 7.00 j181 words
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Article557 1954-09-30 8 A glorious Lei's hope Look after Which boy £50 saves lock-up it keeps her: mother put mouse Jean— 'l am for Robert fine for her told Henry m milk? so happy' THIRTY-rIVK-YfcAR OLD Robert Mooney, to use his own words was as drunk as a Pit;557 words
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251 1954-09-30 8 pRGOT, the dangerous poison which can infect bread, has been found m wheat harvested m Warwickshire. Four French villagers who ate rye bread were killed by ergot m 1951. Others became temporarily insane. But. there is no danger of the ergot getting251 words
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239 1954-09-30 8 COLONEL 70 IS TO WED AUSTRIAN AGED 25 SEVENTY -YEAR -OLD Colonel James McNair Smith, whose engagement to a 25-year-old Austrian girl, Friederike Doujak, had been announced, said later at Comrie, Perthshire: "The difference m our ages does not seem important to me Colonel Smith served for 33 years m239 words
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Article184 1954-09-30 8 Scientists may soon be forced to spread the perms of the rabbit plague myxomatosis deliberately throughout the country as a measure of mercy. This warning has been given by Dr. Christopher Andrewos, Britain's leading authority on virus diseases. He fears that as the disease184 words
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Article, Illustration39 1954-09-30 8 picture. JAPANESE film actress, Kyoko Kagawa, chats •with leading producer Jean Renoir (left), and j T leading man Jean Ciabin i during her visit to the set of "French Can Can" m Paris.— A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article86 1954-09-30 8 A second-hand car bought for £375 had springs thai were flat, the oil pressure dropped quickly, the brakes jammed, the kingpins and hushes were excessively worn, and an axle stub was worn, said a consulting pi gineer at Nottingham Couiu* Court. He was giving evidence86 words
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Article, Illustration245 1954-09-30 9 CASE OF THE SHY LOVER AGED 90 lI R FRANCIS SUTTON. who 31 has just celebrated his 91st birthday, has married wi- j, w. d Mrs. Besie Byfield. She > 72. They met after Mr. Sutton c i\v Mrs. Byfield over the garden wall of her home m j;:< ntry-lane,245 words
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80 1954-09-30 9 DO you know the Christian names of your parents? It Is quite amazing," said the R( v. Ronald Dix. 49-year-old Vicar of Malvem Links. Worcestershire, "the number of young people today who do not. "Ask them the Christian name of some film star80 words
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322 1954-09-30 9 Elopement? No -just freedom A WEALTHY heiress who ran away" on horseback from her mother's mansion near Devon at dawn and had a milk-jug emptied over her on the way— was working today as a farm girl lor £2 10s. a week322 words
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Article58 1954-09-30 9 policewoman Joan Fitchett, tnJSr f! Utney wno wa sacked ,T th c London Police because she was "too shy," has ?S?JP* Jjismlssal notice can■S£| ?Jid has been posted m as having "re;s^' has also won her flpht w 1P p tten^ n £27 a58 words
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Article32 1954-09-30 9 Eighty-year-old Mrs. Lily Abercrombie was coshed near her home m Maclise-buildings, Marsham -street London, by a man who snatched 6s. from her handbag. She is m hospital.32 words
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Article18 1954-09-30 9 A budgerigar found at Derby after flying 240 miles from Penzance has been named Roger Bannister.18 words
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Article173 1954-09-30 9 A BOY with a cultured voice and only a penny m his pocket walked up to a policeman m Liverpool and said, "Excuse me. officer, I'm hungry. I wonder if you Could arrange for me to eat?" And then 15-year-old Michael Beckett, of Felden, HemeJ173 words
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Article371 1954-09-30 9 freedom 1 got him into trouble with police TT was the freedom of women m Britain which led to the man 1 from abroad falling into the hands of the police, said Mr. John Wilson, defending m a case at Glasgow. It came as371 words
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310 1954-09-30 9 He wants to cook on gas oven but. pLEASANT-PLACE, m the town of Beccles, Suffolk, does not live up to its name for Mr. Arthur Moore, who lives m a council house there. The reason: he wants gas laid on instead of electricity. He prefers cooking by gas. Mr. Moore310 words
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Article34 1954-09-30 9 Mr. William Thomas Elliott, 47, has been appointed manager of the world's most modern colliery, at Calverdon, near i Nottingham, which Princess Margaret visited recently. He was once a pitboy.34 words
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Article38 1954-09-30 9 The British Board of Film Censors has ordered the withdrawal of a 16-minute American film. "The Body Beautiful," from two London news cinemas the Tatler m Charing Crass- road and the London [News Cinema m Oxford-street.38 words
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8 1954-09-30 9 Sunday show is cut after Lord's Day protest8 words
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Article72 1954-09-30 9 Girls and their escorts at a November fancy-dress ball at Hastings will have their clothing weighed before being admitted to the ballroom if they look a little und'T dressed. Clothing, less shoes, must < weigh at least 4ozs., says the organiser. A woman official will Inspect72 words
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Article, Illustration228 1954-09-30 10 Gene Patterson - Gene Patterson by /COMMUNISTS have toned down their raucous tactics m Europe and tended to get polite. The cue for the new "gentle" look comes from recent Moscow propaganda which is abusive to the U.S. but easier on West Europe. Most Europeans easily recognize the new228 words
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Article, Illustration116 1954-09-30 10 TMPRESSIONS of Americans 1 today by Professor Denis Brogan, who was talking to Tories m London recently: "They are hurt and angry, like a chicken with its head cut off, at European ingratiItude. Few people have received so much assistance with such ill manners as Britain and the116 words
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Article269 1954-09-30 10 Heat 'by the package' by 1994 "JUNIOR, run down to the corner and get a package of heat. The paper predicts a cold snap." Imaginary, but not fanLUSIIC. In 1994, this may be an every-day conversation. Latest cost estimates, by the conservative Atomic Energy Commission, show that 'ordinary' atomic power269 words
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Article, Illustration627 1954-09-30 10 The cockneys of R OME are NEWS SUDDENLY AFTER SO MANY YEARS As Londoners queue to see a Roman temple ■DONALD EDGAR reports on Life m Londinlum THE Roman city of Lou d I n i v ib (white) and Us surround* (shaded) IT TS odd now that temple of627 words
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Advertisement97 1954-09-30 10 1 l IQ II M 2?eJ**e CEILING I Jf i An entirely new S C r— tionary design. DELUXE Fan is 1 of the highest ;j CJ^ iSl^^ quality and performance. I SPECIAL FEATURES I E Highly efficient capacitor motor with low current 2 consumption. J High air distribution. C97 words
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Article, Illustration62 1954-09-30 11 Britain to be a colony of the French empire with Sir Winston as GovernorGeneral of Angleterre Q R F ance to become a member of the British Empire with Mr. France as Governor General of the French Dominion OR. the United States62 words
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Article, Illustration10 1954-09-30 11 CUMMINGS LOOKS FURTHER AHEAD. London became a colony of France.10 words
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Article237 1954-09-30 11 BEACHCOMBER - BEACHCOMBER TN London on a shopping holiday is Kodliva Oyul, the Turkish ballerina. At a party given for her by Mrs. Chudge, wife of Judge Chudge of Indianapolis, Captain Charles Bates, fresh from Finland, asked the Italian model Pittura Fresca to sign her autograph on the cricket237 words
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Article, Illustration357 1954-09-30 11 HARD TRUTHS FOR THE FRENCH French newsletter by STEPHEN COULTER r PHE backroom boys of the Mendes-France Government are telling France some of the hardest truths for a very long time. They are out to shock the country, to shake up and wake up the 1 <ople. because they believe357 words
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455 1954-09-30 12 RELMAN MORIN - RELMAN MORIN by REMEMBER the famous .story of 'The curse oi the Pharaohs?" It came from the dim recesses of the Tomb of Tutankhamen. a king who ruled Egypt and died at an early age about 3.000 years ago. The tomb was discovered and455 words
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Article334 1954-09-30 12 AFTER the age of 24, most of us start going down-hill, says a new psychological study, one of several on ageing reported to the 62nd annual convention of the American Phychological Association. The answer to the question. "When do we start ageing?" j seemsA.P. - 334 words
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Article, Illustration32 1954-09-30 12 picture. Ocelot to match the muff trims the hem of this aftersix dross m parchment-col-oured wool. It was shown m a "Wool for Every Woman" show m London recently. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article123 1954-09-30 12 AS PART of a study of the relationship between childhood care and adult emotional stability, a research worker made a practice of picking up several baby rats for a few minutes each day and stroking them gently. As the young animals grew up, they123 words
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Article, Illustration365 1954-09-30 12 COUTH S bidding was a bit on the aggressive side, but he wa.s playing with a conservative partner and he reasoned tint jumping to four spades would be more likely to hit the right spot and also to avert a double if the cards were not well placed365 words
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Advertisement73 1954-09-30 12 2 The weekly issu« of the STRAITS BUDGET can be sent g f by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at a 2 an inclusive rate of I $24.00 S j? FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish Z to make73 words
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Miscellaneous249 1954-09-30 12 CLUES ACROSS: 4 How Jack prepares for a radio 1 Brag about broken river vessels c programme? (6). (R). 5 Met about everybody to get 4An old convict follow.s hLs something for a game (6). sentence? (4-3). 6 These fibrous ties could produce 8 Time to bid O'Grady halt' a249 words
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Article, Illustration168 1954-09-30 13 LINGER Rogers is leaping into television the hard way with a strenuous, hour-and-a-half live show. Isn't she scared with such a heavy schedule? "No." she replied. "It 'means a lot of Hard work. But then, I've never been allergic to work. The memorising does not throw me. either.168 words
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Article, Illustration625 1954-09-30 13 DAVID LEWIN - DAVID LEWIN By Gee, it's great after being out late Walking my baby back home. TT MAY be great m the revived song but not if the baby is DOROTHY TUTIN. Miss Tutin, the 24-year-old rase of the West End, the theatre star who lives625 words
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Article360 1954-09-30 13 MICHAEL RUDDY - MICHAEL RUDDY I GET a change m characterisations m my next picture," WILLIAM HOLDEN told me a t Paramount Studios. "In 'Oh Men, Oh Women!' I play a psychiatrist." If he wants to study a psychiatrist m action, there's ample opportunity m Hollywood. In his latest two films,360 words
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Article, Illustration210 1954-09-30 13 'ACTING IN HOLLYWOOD IS OUT" pETER USTINOV, back from America and summing-up the Hollywood scene: "I didn't hear many actors talking about acting it is their business sidelines that concern them. "You hear them discussing oil wells and uranium mines and things. "Keenan Wynn has a concession to210 words
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Advertisement58 1954-09-30 13 ORIENTAL SILVERWARE Tea and Coffee Sets with Trays, Cigarette Cases, Cigarette Boxes, Ash Trays, Cake Baskets, Trinket Boxes, Spoons and Condiment Sets, Silver Filigree Ware, Bracelets, Earrings, Pendants, Necklaces, Brooches, Rings, etc. LANKA JEWELLERS, (.THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINCAPORE-1. PHONE: *****. j^t, TRANSPORT "6577 171 CECIL58 words
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261 1954-09-30 14 Tommy Lawton presents 0 British players are trying hard 0 Goalkeepers adopt the 'throw out' A Manchester City are the surprise team £Tlu' hooters are still with us this newstyle C ity. He is the 1 link. The backs are lifting the ball and261 words
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Article417 1954-09-30 14 TOMMY LAWTON - TOMMY LAWTON By Enuland and Arsenal centre-foncard WEST BROMWICH take over the lead from Manchester United Fulham score 27 goals m ten games Middlesbrough chalk up their first win these are the things the average U.K. soccer fan is talking about. I don't blame him. But not so417 words
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Article401 1954-09-30 14 HYLTON CLEAVER - French rugby at its best ever HYLTON CLEAVER By OUCCESSOR to the immortal Jean Prat as rugby captain of France, is 31-year-old Rene Bienes, a dour disciplinarian and a super athlete who has been leading the French national side on its tour of the Argentine. His play is said to401 words
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Article73 1954-09-30 14 CANDY SADDLER, world fea- therweight boxing champion, will meet Ray Famechon, French holder of the European title m a ten round contest at the Palais Des Sports, Paris on October 25. The match ha« been madp at 128 Ib. two lb. over the foa- I therweight73 words
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712 1954-09-30 14 Why England will retain the Ashes By a correspondent on board the Ortova THK M.C.C. team is sailing to Australia and 1 am with them. Yes, I set out to cover what is likely to prove the most exciting and colourful cricket tour for years. England's task is to defend712 words
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Article, Illustration448 1954-09-30 14 Thanks to these men ORITISH boxing has been m the doldrums for some time now owing to a series of disastrous displays by some of our champions and the increased burden of entertainment tax. But there was a grand resurgence of the sport at Harringay448 words
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Article31 1954-09-30 14 Dr. Ro«er Bannister. British athlete, received a silver trophy In London on Tuesday m recognition of i beiim the first man to run a mile m under lour minutes.31 words
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Article, Illustration654 1954-09-30 15 JIM PETERS - Now I am free to speak' By JIM PETERS This exclusive article is written by Jim Peters himself, still the holder of the world marathon record. CONDEMN THE MEN WHO ARE PREVENTING BRITAIN FROM LEADING THE WORLD IN SPORT. I condemn the system that654 words
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Article29 1954-09-30 15 Yesterday's matches: RUGBY LEAGUE Lancashire Cup semifinal: Leigh 2 Bnvrow 7. RI'GBY UNION Cardiff 6 Ebbw Vale 0; Maesteg 6 Eidtend 0; Clifton 9 Bristol 14.— ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article61 1954-09-30 15 I been announced by the New 1 South Wales Lawn Tennis As- j ation that the draw for this Davis Cup challenge round m ney will be held on Christ man 'lentre round m which (holders) meet the win- of the Inter-zone final betweenReuter - 61 words
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Article65 1954-09-30 15 Netaji Memorial Sports club's new '> Is, elected at the seventh genera] meeting are: < :i*. V T. Gomez; Vice- P. Peter; Hon. Secretary, Miranda; Hon. Treasurer, R. i B. Pillai. J. P, Pereira and B. Social Member, S. S. warn; Sports Captain, J. M.65 words
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Article37 1954-09-30 15 i nnj Sullivan, the new BritLsh ■•■'fiyiu champion, is to fight at »>am on October 27 against i I -iiison. the Danish cham'l at Belle Vue. Manchester, ember 12 against Jacque Crftjr, former French tltle-37 words
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101 1954-09-30 15 THE JAPS IMPRESS AUSSIE TENNIS BOSS p HALIAS tx>p tennis man sir ™*n Rroolu, just back from 11 i 'our. said ye.sterday he exJapan to make her mark m Ottp contests soon. l; W bark to Australia Sir President of the AusUwn Tennis Association, "»»c time m Japan. Japanese areReuter - 101 words
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Article62 1954-09-30 15 PASCUAL PEREZ, the Argentine flyweight boxing champion, will meet world champion Yoshio Shirai of Japan m a title bout m Tokyo m November, it was announced m Buenos Aires last niffht. If Perez wins, a return contest would also be held m Tokyo. They boxedReuter - 62 words
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Article47 1954-09-30 15 MAYFLOWER Badminton Party will meet Flower Badminton Party m the semi- final of the Singapore inter-club tournament. Marigold Badminton Party will meet the winners m the final. Last night Mayflower beat Merrydale B.P. by four games to one m 1 quarter-final tie.47 words
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Article255 1954-09-30 15 QUEEN ELIZABETH'S colt Landau, for whom an invitation to run m the third Washington international m America m November, was accepted, finished last of four runners m the Old Rowley Stakes at Newmarket on Tuesday. Landau, an odds on favourite at eight to 15, ledReuter - 255 words
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Article36 1954-09-30 15 RAF Tngfth beat .Singapore HarbOUl Board Recreation Club 25-3 m a rugby match at Keppei Road yesterday. The airmen .scored two uoal.s. four fries and a penalty goal. SUB ..cored a drop goal.36 words
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Article36 1954-09-30 15 Playing their second game thi.s .season Technical College trounced Victoria Institution schoolboys by 23 points <gos»l, penally, five tries) to three < penalty > m a rugger match on the V. I. ground, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.36 words
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221 1954-09-30 15 ARGOS - ARGOS WE LAST WORD 'by Singapore XI 1; M.C.F.A 1. THE stars of the Singapore forward line last night were all Servicemen. They did well with the local players behind them, to form what must be one of the most successful SAFA-Services combinations ever hit221 words
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Article43 1954-09-30 15 SENIOR CIP Chartered Bank 2 Pulo Bukom 1 Mercantile Bank 4 Bata 1 O.T.E.C. 3 Sime Darby 0 M.P.H. 4 Traction Co. Z Shell v Hongkong Bank postponed. JUNIOR VVP Mansfield 4 Jacks 0 X.P.M. Stanvac 1 1.C.1. v Thronycroft postponed*43 words
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Article41 1954-09-30 15 WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers, English League football champions, drew 4-4 with West Bromwich Albion, Football Association Cup holders and current league leaders m the annual F. A. charity shield match held under floodlights at Wolverhampton last night. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article25 1954-09-30 15 Chankar Singh scored four goals as SHB Police beat Tampenin Rovers 5-2 m a Div. 3A hockey match, at Farrer Park yesterday.25 words
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Article29 1954-09-30 15 Nee Soon Garrison beat R.r:.lVf E. "A" 9-8 In a rugby game at Net Soon yesterday. Nee Soon: two tries, penalty goal. REME "A": goal. try.29 words
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Article21 1954-09-30 15 New York Giants beat the Cleveland Indians, 5-2, yesterday In the opening game of the baseball world series- U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement104 1954-09-30 15 MWi ¥*a >si r^o^? tat >/r\ >^o>^< y%&jrif%i9*ji fxtbn t^.< >^ r^r i*A>/nry I Presenting the new Following closely the general design of the now famous s Standard Eight saloon it incorporates such desirable 5 features as fully trimmed interior designed fot maximum J comfort. The four wide doors arc104 words
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643 1954-09-30 16 Saturday runners wind up training Free Press Course Correspondent SOVEREIGN and CoralHa (4f. m 51 and Si. m 37 3 5), Distributor and Hunter's Call (81 m 37 4 5) and Prosperity and S.S. Commando (3f. m 38) were the pick of the gallops643 words
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Article136 1954-09-30 16 I*lll defeats ni last year's finalists m.i\ Faulkner and Dal Reea were the biggest shocks <>n I day ot surprises In the second round ol the British matchplay golf championship at st. Andrew's, ScoUandi yesterday Faulkner was beaten three and tWO by fellow Ryder CupReuter - 136 words
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Article94 1954-09-30 16 .Toskcr II (Hanleyi \va.s restricted to even time over 3f. Cash Cheque i.Bougourei ran 3f m 40 on the bit. Asmara (Leong) went every bit as i well as Th»> Strand m a 3f workout m 41 45. Boh were kept well m hand all the94 words
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Article14 1954-09-30 16 Wong Peng Soon will compote m his year's .Singapore Badminton Jhampionships.14 words
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Article88 1954-09-30 16 PIGGOTT BACK WITH A WIN I ESTER Piggott, teenage foeJ key a hose riding licence Was restored yesterday by tfie tU wards of the Jockey' Club after 102 days suspension, won the laleham Maiden Stakes for i lu;o-year-olds on Cardiiu/ton Kino at Ncirmarket yesterday. i Cardington Kina )ras Pia- 1Reuter - 88 words
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Article, Illustration33 1954-09-30 16 (harlton (foreground. ducks as Do w ling Oi tti e Sinsupon- Cricket u k kitks for touch. S( beat Roy il Navy Kruni, il-O yesterday on the pa dang.33 words
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Article, Illustration121 1954-09-30 16 pic tu res Where's the ball? Who cares! iet on with the game! It must lave taken both umpires to sort >ut this "scrum" as young; ladies )f the Singapore Cricket Club and the Medical Services clash m i goalmouth melee on the padang. Medical ServicesFree Press - 121 words
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Article45 1954-09-30 16 FAT.LISH LEAGUE DIV. 3 (S) Crystal Palace 2. Bournemouth 0; Exeter City 2. Southend United 1; GlUlnghatn 2, Brentford 1: Norwich' City o. Colchester United 2: Southampton 3. Millwall 0. ENGLISH League div. 3 i\ Chester 1, Carlisle United l. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Advertisement21 1954-09-30 16 m Hill BRILLIANT HOME RECORDINC, OFFICE and I PROFESSIONAL USES H. A. O'CONNOR <c CO., LTD. Uidlaw Building. Battery Road. Singapore-1.21 words
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