The Singapore Free Press, 7 October 1954
1954-10-07
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Title Section20 1954-10-07 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. l 1073. Singapore, Thurs., Oct. 7, 1954. Price 13 t ts20 words
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82 1954-10-07 1 SHOPS ARE WARNED OF BOGUS INSPECTORS THE Health Officer, Dr. J. Cameron, announced today that unauthorised people mpersonating City Health mitary Inspectors had visited Singapore coffee shops and eati ips, posing as new sarki- iry inspectors checking licenand Inspecting premises. It is known that some 3 have been endorsed by82 words
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Article65 1954-10-07 1 I OBER first grade rubber morning was quoted Singapore Rubber Mar--74 cents a lb. thirteenths of a cent above yes--3 close and the highest nee May last year. increase was attributed > might ri.se m New nd London despite yes--3 slight drop on the )Ore market.65 words
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Article26 1954-10-07 1 Thn Chinese labourers were lured with a pen-knife yes>v In a quarrel with a man Colombo Court. Singapore. In hospital. A man has detained.26 words
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Article26 1954-10-07 1 ith Korea has invited 1 on GO. OOO tons of rice all non-Communist nabut announced restrictive Idltions for any Jnnanpsp purch i U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article30 1954-10-07 1 last B-29 bomber wing n the Far East will return to Jne United States this month w pc converted into a B-47 to- jet outnt.- U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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227 1954-10-07 1 SALARIES of some of the senior super scale officers of the Singapore Government are being revised and regraded. This will mean an extra $200-300 m the monthly pay packet. The revi.sed scale hns been approved by the finance committee and Will be227 words
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Article19 1954-10-07 1 1 EM* Gorman uniformed officers i\vc\ to the wp.^t erday and a«lr*d hw i v! im. U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article129 1954-10-07 1 New York view THE problem m Malaya is not one of persuail- his: a reluctant colonial power to make conces- sions. Thu s tar, the Bri- Q tish have made more con- v cession s than the people of Malaya are willing: *nd ready to accept. So says theReuter - 129 words
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Article53 1954-10-07 1 India's view a IX the United Nations Assembly yesterday, the Indian delegate. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, speaking g on tho independence of Asian countries, said: 'Al- though there is a differ- g ence with Britain on Malaya, that country will belong to the community of free nations aloneU.P. - 53 words
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Article32 1954-10-07 1 The State Department announced m Washington yesterday that .Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. United Kingdom Com-mis.sioner-General m South East Asia, would arrive m Washington today from Ottawa for a two-day visit.32 words
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Article88 1954-10-07 1 HANOI, pnci the flourishing /'•'l'lt.tl of Northern Indo>m .>i v/n.s last night a "dead leaa <ban a week before We Vietminh are due to T over fomplete control. 'irst Communist police i W e jred m the desertrd cruets yesterday after, French officials had handedReuter - 88 words
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Article292 1954-10-07 1 Just a triek U.S. J4IK Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, proposed m Kast Berlin yesterday that the "Bif-Foor" get together for another conference on (Germany without delay. He proposed that the four powers conclude an agreement on the withdrawal of occupation troops from both East and292 words
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Article42 1954-10-07 1 Two Indians robbed a Chinese taxi driver m a lane off Dunearn Roart, Singapore, early today after one of them threatened him with a knife. They stole $12. a wrist watch, and the driver's driving licence and identity card.42 words
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Article53 1954-10-07 1 MA L A V A N Breweries, Limited, of Singapore won tin* championship a gold medal and a diploma m the British Empire and Commonwealth bottled beer competition at the Brewers and Allied Traders Exhibition m London yesterday. They also took first and second prizes m twoReuter - 53 words
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111 1954-10-07 1 REPRESENTATIVES of Russia, Red China and North Korea had conferred m Peking on October 2 and mapped plans for "the liberation of Formosa," said Tatao. a Taipeh news agency yesterday. The three powers are said to have agreed that: North Korea would again .startU.P. - 111 words
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Article22 1954-10-07 1 About 1.000 yards of RAF telephone wire at Wing Loon Road. Singapore, were stolen yesterday. The cable is worth $20022 words
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Article20 1954-10-07 1 A Singapore Chinese woman reported yesterday that $410 had been stolen from her house m Sam Leong Road.20 words
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Article350 1954-10-07 2 LAWYERS RE-ENACT SCENE IN COURT T ORD VIVIAN, showman peer, and his mistress, who is accused Of attempting to murder him, looked on m court m Salisbury, Wiltshire, while two lawyers enacted a scene with a gun. Mr. Gilbert Paul, Queen's Counsel, who IsReuter - 350 words
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Article, Illustration90 1954-10-07 2 This Free Press picture was taken at last night's cocktail party given by the Nanyang University Council at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce m honour of Dr. Lin Yu-tang. Chancellor-Designate of the Nanyang University, and Mrs. Lin. From left are Mr. Tan Lark Sye, president of the council. Mrs.Pheng Geek - 90 words
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214 1954-10-07 2 ABOI'T an hour before Marilyn Monroe was to meet thfl Press m Hollywood yesterday, her husband, the former baseball star, Joe l>inmjrfio walked <>ut of their honeymoon home at Beverly Hills, Dimagßlo unbent i little ai hi left the houte and manaffed ;iU.P. - 214 words
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242 1954-10-07 2 'Impostor,' 'liar' charges at French spy probe /CHARGES and counter charges were hurled across the office of any army judge m Paris yesterday when journalist Andre Baranes Communisi spy and police informer came face to face with France's left-wing leaders. Major Jean Pierre De Rcs.se- guier listened patiently to theReuter; U.P. - 242 words
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Article37 1954-10-07 2 The French authorities yesterday released 40 prominent members of the Moroccan ul-tra-nationalist Istiqlal ilnclcpendence) Party who had been under house arrest In South j Morocco since December, 1952, for spreading anti-French oro--1 paganda.- A. P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article154 1954-10-07 2 T"HE Colombo Plan U helping to tight Communism Asia, but there will be no move to link it with the Manila oact, -aid Mr Rut Ca^ey. Australia:! Externa Affairs Mtoi&ter. m Otti yesterday. For many years. Mi\ Case? >.. Asian countrteg were Buspici* ou.sA.P.; U.P. - 154 words
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Article24 1954-10-07 2 A Buckingham Palace spokesman said yesterday it was not known if Prince? Margaret would attend I 1956 Olvmnic Games m Australia.- ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Advertisement18 1954-10-07 2 You can Phone Your SMALL ADS. <<» Singapore 2800 Ex«. IO» This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified Advertisement service18 words
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149 1954-10-07 3 RICH JEWS GOT DEATH THREATS -2 GAOLED riv, 1 brothers James Hollis Jones, 49, and Ralph :lin Jones, 44, yesterday prison .sentences for attempting to extort US$2OO,OOO (MS6OO,OOOJ from wealthy Dalla Jews. Fames was sentenced to 25 s and Ralph to five years, rhey were accused last nnl of threatening149 words
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110 1954-10-07 3 MR. W. T. Winterbottom. President of the Master Spin- federation, said m Manyesterday multiple shift working would have to be ed more widely In the cashire cotton mills to the present export com:ition with Japan. Winterbottom. chairman biggest combines m the ustry said thatReuter - 110 words
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Article27 1954-10-07 3 adio Poking- yesterday 1 the hiunchinß of the s tanker '5.100 tons) built Rod China by the Sino- Shipbuilding Cnmnmw m Da iron.- U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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155 1954-10-07 3 BRITISH European Airways have tentatively mapped oul (l 2,000-mile "bus service" by giant helicopters covering oritain and West European capitals, it was announced m 1 ondon yesterday. Lord Douglas, of Kirtleside Corporation, told a London j conference, however he JOuW not .see 'the dreamReuter - 155 words
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Article56 1954-10-07 3 j Kasselbuhn Williams Coal Company was bo;>I" f l by 100 pigeon.s around Wie cpal yard ;it Rutherford, wew Jersey. Steve Podlowski, an emt" '>■"<■'. -suggested mixing cracked com with whisky to KPt th€ birds drunk and keep thrm away from the yard They spread theA.P. - 56 words
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199 1954-10-07 3 TWO MORE ANTI-RED CHINESE HELD IN INDONESIA U.N. is urged to intervene 'PHE INDONESIAN authorities have detained two A more Chinese leaders, Tan Hin Hie and Hjoe Nan NJoeng. They are now at the Tanjong Priok Harbour detention centre. The Ministry of Justice has already issued a decree to deportU.P.; A.P. - 199 words
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Article104 1954-10-07 3 PHILIPPINE Army authoril ties yesterday began a mass screening of Chinese residents m Rizal Province, adjoining Manila, the Philippine News Service said. rhe screening was described as a "routine operation" to find illegal immigrants and passible Communist agents. rhe Philippine Foreign Office said recently thatA.P. - 104 words
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Article11 1954-10-07 3 Three Communist spies were executed m Salonika ve.sterday11 words
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199 1954-10-07 3 Buried 11 days in ship's hold, lives AN 18 year old derman t\ stowaway is alive today because a seaman remembered some rope. The stowaway. Alfred Oestmann, hid m the No. 5 hold of the (Herman freighter Barenstein on September 24. When the ship sailed from Bremen, the hold wasA.P. - 199 words
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206 1954-10-07 3 I\fORE than 1,000 men yesterday joined m the i iTJ London dock strike which is paralysing shipping m the port, to bring the total number of port workers now idle to nearly 21,000. About 13.000 of these are dockers who have stopped work on 90Reuter; U.P. - 206 words
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Article65 1954-10-07 3 York's 25.000 dock wor- i kers will return to work today, ending the crippling waterfront strike which began j on Tuesday over a pay cli.s- I pute. Seventy-one ships have j been held up The union wage scale committee has ratified a settlement reachedReuter - 65 words
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Advertisement40 1954-10-07 3 The Lightest and W^^^^^i^""^^^^^? most convenient l|i^^^^MM^^^^\l PICNIC j wich box larse i thermos flask, knives of stainless steel and chromium plated spoons and forks. jc/eo/ /or PICNICKERS ANYWHERE i V 1 y" T 1 SSS ROBINSON'S RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE40 words
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416 1954-10-07 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 1954. Opinion Storm in fishpond Those who presumably know what they are talking about have made it plain that all Is not well with the fish m the Van Kleef Aquarium. One expert, comment- inn on the death of some of the specimens,416 words
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Article, Illustration587 1954-10-07 4 After Attlee comes the T.V. FILM Thf latest •svil-Hussut-i«-ihv-Briiwns' wore was a 1i.H.1. nr»naaan<l« IN a brief and brilliant 50 minutes Russia hUB sold herself m ab m way to millions of English people, by courtesy In trains and on buses people were asking: "Did you see that film on587 words
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Article461 1954-10-07 4 Meet ABDUL, the Egyptian Alan McGregor introduces the man who will guard the Suez canal installations when British troops leave. WHAT sort of a soldier is he, Egypt's Abdul -counterpart of the British Tommy— who will soon be taking over the guarding of the military installations the British leave behind461 words
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Advertisement26 1954-10-07 4 ENGAGEMENT i and DRESS RINGS set with Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires Emeralds, Pearls and Jade. T. C. de SUVA BROS. Jewellers, .'{.Raffles Place, Singapore- 1 Telephone: *****26 words
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Advertisement25 1954-10-07 4 POCKET CARTOON By OSBERT LANCASTER Hi y w /-A There vow are absolutely unique Ihe only Roman Mhos not involved m the \fonfrii cntf f25 words
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Advertisement97 1954-10-07 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BIN JAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6\ M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11.000 to97 words
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228 1954-10-07 5 TUNE YOU HATE WILL GO OFF THE AIR qADIO MALAYA'S English; irogrammes section Lsi tting on tlie air this month! reauest" programme with a ist." is are invited to write the name of the tune ost HATE, and their i >ns. The leat ure, appropriately Hate Em and Break being228 words
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Article158 1954-10-07 5 AND PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES TVKMY-TWO villagers of Singapore's Yio Chi 1 Kang Village are being trained to be fire fighters their own initiative and at their own expense. Clad m their special dark green uniform and stee elmets, the recruits turned up for their158 words
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Article28 1954-10-07 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Terrorists firt'd on a military vehicle m the Plentong area near Kota Tinggi, Johore on Tuesday night. There were no casualties.28 words
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Article154 1954-10-07 5 <UALA LUMPUR, Thun INCHE MOH AM ED SOPIEES short black beard "I woi; t shave it off until the proposal for increased school fees is abolished" ramp m for a ribbing at yesterday's Federal Legislative Council meeting. Ho stood up. seemingly If anger.154 words
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Article45 1954-10-07 5 PENANO, Thurs.— The Can Will bring j n malls frorT Ij "!tod Kingdom tomorrow will arrive by the vesse MJfr m »r on Oct 17. ;st timp for posting t< Kingdom and Colombo 'JP»Pfttch by the Archtees I; on Oct. 10.45 words
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Article747 1954-10-07 5 Top-gear retort by women motorists And here's a woman with a.l idea She will introduce I day for lovers AT least one Singapore woman has the Initiative to re» c, or rather, INTRODICE, the significance of St Valentine's Day here. She is Mrs. Clara Anciano, proprietor747 words
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Article42 1954-10-07 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Of 550,000 registered contributor* to the Federation Employee* Provident Fund 2,199 reached the age of 55 last year and were allowed to withdraw Total withdrawals were 4,378. taking $394 824— an average of $90 each42 words
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256 1954-10-07 5 A DRY area 70 miles from Lahore m Pakis- tan may soon be produc- Ing crops and supporting livestock. I This is whit Dr. Ber- tram Thomas Ditkson. I formerly of the Common- I wealth Scientific Indus- trial Research Organisa- tion m256 words
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Advertisement66 1954-10-07 5 Dcpendu biliitj A Mteliubilitfj are both essential factors m the case of PACKING of PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS 1 off ran rnunt nn as, Expvri i*arkf>r# of many fjvgirs* standing. ESTIMATES GIVEN WITHOUT OBLIGATION Please phon** or (In Association with) SINGAPORE PACKING CO., LTD. 65, The Acade, Singapore-1, Tel: ***** and66 words
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Advertisement87 1954-10-07 6 Trade Fair is cover for Reds USING the Syrian InW rational Trade Pair In pa mascus as a "cover. KU* is making its biggest bid to infiltrate Moscow-trainei Communists into Syrian I With the country's n< n< elections now underv ay I has been a marked UicreM In Communist actl87 words
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Miscellaneous274 1954-10-07 6 I MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis f uA#TDfIftA4K*OTO I rAU TUN >0u ARC A (CC R«FCT.| NOvI '0 SAVE HIS W OH.BARTUN, rrfflTn fl of' TELL HER I OtO. >J roOL/OBVK SLY.YOU I OlOi ...VGur/L.TAGREfc/J M/WKAWE > f mRrFD MANPRAKt /-I DO VVE ALL UNDEU-- fi >0u UOINO274 words
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Miscellaneous628 1954-10-07 6 I YOUR LUCKY I STAR |M)KN today )m iliV ffeal deal vi ambttioa and i deftniUy want u> I where m this uuild! R n sell centered and d« E you are not oi v 1,, i, KjraM si ow nn4«fueath >„ You have a Quick jul opportunity and seize628 words
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Article216 1954-10-07 7 HIVAU X, No- i KSS cJJ. European |1U buyers 1] 0 tfl buyers porti Oct. 21% sellers 21 sellers llU'.i.l.K. No. 1 KSS c.U. European 21. buyers L'l 916 buyers ports Nov 81% sellers 21 nl6 sellers BBEB. N° 1 KSS spot 21- 8 buyers 22 1216 words
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Article100 1954-10-07 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 6. Previous Today i!\ Straits -pot and nearby 95.25 norn 93.37 norn UN futures Oct. 94.50 bid 93.00 bid 96.00 asked 93.50 asked No» 94.23 bid 92.75 bid 95.50 asked 93.25 asked Oec 93.75 bid 92.60 bid 94.50 asked 93.00 asked rOXE: DttlL SALES:100 words
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Article63 1954-10-07 7 Spot Malabar released was quoted at Afloats 54 to 51. September shipment S3 to 64. Awaiting release 62. Afloats 51. October 50. Lampong awaiting i 59. September shipment 58. release 60. Afloats 58 to 53. Septemober 53. November 50. Sarawak ber shipment 53. October 51 sellers spot released63 words
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Article28 1954-10-07 7 Previous Today JO Industrials 363.37 364.43 Railroads 118.09 117.47 1 Domestic Bonds 100.92 100.88 15 i tilities 60.92 60.80 •I Mocks Composite Averages 133.08 133.0528 words
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Article89 1954-10-07 7 Oct. 6. < OPRA, Philippines, c.i.f. UK/North Previous Today > nropean, delivered weight per long ton <>ct. Nov $185 sellers $190 sellers COPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila, delivered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COCONUT OIL, crude, Straits, cj.f. urnjM'an Continental ports m "i!k. per ton Oct.89 words
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137 1954-10-07 7 SINGAPORE WILL GET TUBELESS TYRES BY NEXT YEAR rI'BKLESS motor car tyres will be seen on Singapore roads early next year when the first shipment of the latest-designed American cars get here. Meanwhile, production of tubeless tyres m the United States and Britain is increasing. The General Tyre and Rubber137 words
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201 1954-10-07 7 HPHE 1,500-strong Singapore City Council Services' Union, representing junior staff, will keep off politics. In deciding this, said the president, Mr. Teh Choon Kiat, union members have j therefore accepted the City Council ruling on its employees' participation m local politics. The ruling201 words
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Article41 1954-10-07 7 KLANG, Thurs. Inspector Anthony Chong, Court prosecuting Officer, Klang, has been appointed acting District Crimes Officer, Klang, m place of Inspector F. David who ha; I left for a two-month course a^ the Kuala Kubu Police Tram Ittg College.41 words
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Article37 1954-10-07 7 TAIPING, Thurs.— Mrs. D. G Jeyasekera, head of the Taiping Wesley Church Women'; Society, will go to Fraser's Hll at the weekend to attend th< Christian Family Life conference, organised by the Malayar Christian Council.37 words
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Article, Illustration145 1954-10-07 7 Joe will whistle for that $2,000 O NE of the first entrants for the "1954 All-Malaya Talentime competition, to be held m Singapore next month, is the Colony's champion whistler, Joseph Chan. Joseph has taken part m two local talent shows, and has also whistled m charity concerts. He was145 words
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Article42 1954-10-07 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A total of 1,402 people are still i being detained under the Emergency Regulations, Mr. N. I Ward, the Acting Secretary for Defence, told the Federal Council. Of the total 1,237 are Chi nese42 words
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413 1954-10-07 7 'THIS NEW COLLEGE SHOULD BUILD A CULTURE' Iflß. H. E. Cooksey, principalT elect of the new Malayan achers* Training College to "P«'ned at Brinsford Lodge, ifTordshire, next year, •id he was greatly looking >rward to his new task. 1 hopes to go to Malaya m January for about four weeks413 words
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Advertisement172 1954-10-07 7 these are the Values you are after at OUR GRAND ANNUAL S Al E Just a few of them 6 pieces SILVER TEASPOON m Presentation Boxes 1300 6 pieces SILVER COFFEE SPOON ntA m Presentation Boxes ]-50 silver cigarette holders 2->0 swank key chains j j-jj tie clips omega steel172 words
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164 1954-10-07 8 100 old people rush for ideal jobs a HUNDRED Old fttf pensioners turned v to take go-as-you-pleas jobs at a textile work* And soon they were rallm; it "The working pen Bioners' paradise." For the conditions are ver different from those must o them experienced when the; first started work164 words
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Article49 1954-10-07 8 A car driven by racing driver Tony Gaze ploughed through a concrete safety barrier and hit an eight-foot sandbank at 100 m.p.h. at Goodwood motor circuit. He was catapulted out and taken to hospital m a dazed condition. He has wrenched a back muscle.49 words
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Article43 1954-10-07 8 The housewives complained when the tap-water ran out coloured like beer. So Belper Derbyshire j rural council investigated. It found that 24 miles of badly corroded water mains needed replacing at a cost of £1 Is. a yard, or £44,352.43 words
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Article29 1954-10-07 8 A cat burglar climbed a stackpipe to a second-floor flat m Chester- square, m the Pimilico area of London and stole furs and jewellery valued at £750.29 words
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120 1954-10-07 8 The dentist's first £1 may be free DENTAL treatment up to £1 should be free under the National Health Service. This i proposal will come before next month's annual conference of the Executive Councils that run the Health Service. At present patients have to pay for dental treatment up to120 words
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175 1954-10-07 8 I|JUTCHERS are planning a 13 national campaign, with .slogans like Meat Builds Beauty Queens,'' to sell more of the unfamiliar cuts. The National Federation of Meat Traders Associations decided to try this way of getting people to Eat More Moat" at its meeting m175 words
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Article, Illustration101 1954-10-07 8 THE Duchess of Kent i and Princess Alexan- 5 dra with The Duke of Kent and Prince Michael, z who welcomed their mo- E ther oil their arrival at 5 Southampton aboard the z "Queen Mary" on return E from their visit to Ca- nada andReuter - 101 words
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Article33 1954-10-07 8 x\ riiau-uag wiiKTii ieii iiuni a. Post Office van m the Strand m London was put m the gutter, by passers-by. Later it was taken away by a policeman.33 words
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Article23 1954-10-07 8 Five hundred jobs are vacant m Stafford, where the average unemployment figure m the last three months has been 128.23 words
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114 1954-10-07 8 Three issue 4,250,000 books a year TWO women and a man. operating the world's first electro-magnetic printer, will soon be issuing 4,250.000 pension books a year. It is the British Ministry of Pensions' answer to the problem of reducing staff while coping with an annual three per cent increase m114 words
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Article243 1954-10-07 8 •OME of a firm's 250 office Vvorker.s ."-ay that they have been told that thr y mv.st not cycle to their job.s m a Surrey village wearing "unsuitable 1 clothes tie Kills say that they have been informed by their employees, the I,e<?:il an I General243 words
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151 1954-10-07 8 At last-it belongs to Britain THE KISS, famous statue which was In danger of being sold abroad, has been saved for Britain. Less than £200 of the £7,500 needed to buy The Kiss has still to be collected. For years the marble, by Rodin,151 words
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Article107 1954-10-07 8 AT 75 SHE BEATS OFF A THIEF SEVENTY FIVE-YEAR-OLD Mrs. Rose Brodie was pouring herself a cup of tea m her Patshull Road, Kentish Town, room when a thief walked m. Mrs. Brodie stood, teapot m hand, staring at the man who was holding nieces of jewellery stolen from the107 words
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Article132 1954-10-07 8 Classes for 'limpers' a success OIK "opportunity" classes j k_J for children who have missed school through ill- ness have won a ntv.it success. j Sunderland Education j Committee was perturbed about children who miss school and have to limp along with former class- mates as best they can. So132 words
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Article137 1954-10-07 8 The larders don't go back THE Battle of the Larders waa fought out before a town council and won by the council's tenants. Slough, Bucks, Council rejected a building works commits recommendation that Mr. George Rutter, of Hazlemere Road, and Mr. Frank Howell f his next-door neighbour be made to137 words
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411 1954-10-07 9 SHOCK FOR THE WOMAN FARMER (AGED 50) MISS Esther Kradley is I" 50. And for all those 50 years she has lived on a farm; working m the fields and with the animals since she was a girl. So she got a shock when411 words
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Article187 1954-10-07 9 Husbands are scarce there riiHE county Kipling praised J- and Belloc loved is put under the microscope m a Government report out. And m dry figures Her Majesty's Stationary OlTice reveals a very human fact it's harder for a girl to find a husband m this county than m any187 words
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Article205 1954-10-07 9 Poison note to family A POISON-PEN letter dropped through the letterbox for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, of Tetney, Lines. Because they have the biggest family on the waiting list— ll children they have been offered the first fourbedroom house to be built by Louth rural council. The anonymous letterwriter205 words
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Article43 1954-10-07 9 a policeman fought a 20ft. wall of flame after petrol, gushing from tWO overturned crashed vehicles, caught fire on the Barnsley to HuddersAeld road The tWO drivers and eight pa sengera In the car aid v.m that collided \fccre injured.43 words
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Article, Illustration77 1954-10-07 9 E Prince Bernhard of Hol- land is now on a tour of i South Africa. Here he is seen shaking hands with the Premier, Dr. D. F. Malan after t being presented with an ostrich skin bound vo- lume depicting places he E will visit during his tour. Looking onA.P. - 77 words
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Article118 1954-10-07 9 Will you take ready-made family? A CITY'S childless couples are being asked: Will you have a ready-made family? Alderman H.O. Emmc ay. of Nottingham, explained: "Foster parentage is the best way m the world of caring for children who are deprived of their parents." Mr. Emmony, chairman of the city118 words
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262 1954-10-07 9 The Calypso Walk came down Lambeth Way rpHE Calypso Walk came down Lambeth Way when London's four main Jamaican groups met Mayor Herbert White and the Aldermen of Lambeth* to thrash out the colour bar question. In the court room of the town hall there was calypso music from a262 words
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Article70 1954-10-07 9 SHE had given the £360 stamp-money she stole from her employers to her boy friend, said a 17-year-old girl clerk at the Guildhall, London. "Were you afraid of him?" she was asked. "No, I was fond of him." she replied. "Did he know where it70 words
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Article25 1954-10-07 9 Only six of a load of more than 22,000 eggs were smashed when a lorry overturned at I Stratford St. Mary. Suffolk.25 words
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395 1954-10-07 9 BRITAIN'S sky-blazing propJJ jet Viscount air-liner has nin into an unexpected airPocket m America. The l.s. Civil Aviation Authority is raising difficulties which must be ironed out nlorp the Visrounts are granted a certificate to operate m America. iTjete difficulties are causing oenind-the-seenes395 words
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Article, Illustration804 1954-10-07 10 JOHN KERIGAN - JOHN KERIGAN In Southern cities White and Negro children are attending the same school FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE United States Supreme Court ruling of May 17, outlawing racial segregation m tax supported public schools, is now being put to its first acid test. As804 words
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Advertisement69 1954-10-07 10 t»ip weekly Istwc «»f the STRAITS BUDGET <;m be sent by Air M;ii| to my address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of I $24.00 f lOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET 1 while on leave or wish 3 to make an "Air-suhseription" on behalf of69 words
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Article418 1954-10-07 11 U.S. horses exported to Turks They are a military necessity 4 NNy' y Imprudi n\ Coin imiiiist looking for b flght along the Turkish border is going to run mtu v surpn.se Turks mounted n n the best liur;s( v »s America can produce. This la the result o! one418 words
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Article293 1954-10-07 11 TtRITAIN'S sky-blaz-\ ing Viscount prop-\< jet airliner has hit any, unexpected airpoefcety m America— difficul-j tties put up 'by the/ U.S. Civil Aviation Authority which is-\ sues certificates for^ planes to operate. i These difficulties are < causing behind-the-scenes V concern m Capital Airlines293 words
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334 1954-10-07 11 Russian technicians are helping India 'PHE arrival of three Russian experts to modernise the Parma diamond mining industry m Vindhya Pradesh has strengthened the impression m New Delhi that Russia is competing with the United States m offering technical assistance to India. The three Russian experts are now at Parma.U.P. - 334 words
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Article, Illustration10 1954-10-07 11 "GO AND TELL DAD WE'VE DISCOVERED A ROMAN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY."10 words
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Article225 1954-10-07 11 you may have received from the G.L.S." #<#<•# ttwffs fIVE them time, and all the jokes come true. We are accustomed to experiments on animals for tru* possible benefit of human brings. But thr obesity of pot dog.s, and the consequent difficulty of getting smait clothes to225 words
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Advertisement36 1954-10-07 11 Partlculnrty at nigtU TflBU CO I Of 1 114' Th "forbUM** 1 tt»§tMt€t unleashed for »j, hphtf-IU (■tt.iwaß.int use But t.^ht circ it's potent' j Solo A^:» nt-, KIAN GWAN (MALAYA) LTD Singapore Penan* Kuala Lumpur36 words
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Article416 1954-10-07 12 Doth sides vulnerable Hast dealer NORTH 4k X 6 <C> X Q J 10 9 OAJ 8 4 5 2 WBBT EAST AQJM2 4k A 5 VA42 y 8 7 6 0 10 7 6 5 3 *c 5 3 0 X Q 9 *AKq SOUTH A 10416 words
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555 1954-10-07 12 WAYNE OLIVER - WAYNE OLIVER hv tyiTH the rapid growth of automation m w h ieh a robot -like machine replaces a hundred or tw i hundred workers at a particular chore, are people here to stay? Emphatically yes, .say the experts In theA.P. - 555 words
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Article, Illustration40 1954-10-07 12 picture. Woven cotton from the Austrian Tyrol is fashioned into this shirt-blouse for inside or outside wear. Available m either emerald or ruby, it ha s man-tailored side vents and a cut away high-standing: collar. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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209 1954-10-07 12 A THEORY that certain **> substances, especially tobacco, might be an "allergic" cause of some cases of heart or circulation abnoi malities. including coronary artery disease, is suggested by a New York doctor. Dr Joseph Markavy said there Ls suggestive evidence that .some peopleA.P. - 209 words
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Advertisement10 1954-10-07 12 K r YA v ■KwS B &L >f? :< C^2^W ''''ft10 words
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Miscellaneous263 1954-10-07 12 |jH| ctHJi IBS 16 ~]Hb BB HLfl wKp7 CLUES ACROSS: fi A blue one Indicates a cruel 1 Dinosaur time (lit. man matrimonially (5). 7 Painfully cry around it (7t. 8 h(>ar another version 9 F'usii down cash to it for It to 18 become a wool i 4 2263 words
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270 1954-10-07 13 Big 'Names' in film of 'Richard III' CIR Laurence Olivier has assembled ar outstanding cast for hi* Him of Shakespeare's Richard III" m which ho will play the title role To date, the list of artistes Include* Sir Laurence Olivier is Richard HI; Sir John Giel"l as Clarence! Sir Ralph270 words
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Article, Illustration468 1954-10-07 13 Gina says:I am not like Monroe pIN A LOLLOBRIGIDA, is getting weary of being known as the Marilyn Monroe of Italy. I have just seen them both. Gina wore a low-cut black dress. Marilyn wore a low-cut white dress. Gina has big brown eyes. Marilyn has big blue eyes. (Mine468 words
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Article, Illustration654 1954-10-07 13 Britain finds a new Bob Hope' David Lewin meets Benny Hill, sex-appeal comedian Ljti\:\* hill, Britain's Lf latest comedian has MM quality rare m "omediens— he has sex appeal. When he opened a provincial furniture store a •rowd of nearly 500 women rushed at him. Says T. E. B. Clarke654 words
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Advertisement48 1954-10-07 13 I PACKING. SHIPPING \^A3 I INSURANCE HMf TRANSPORT STORAGE I rLf™flK LIMITED WEju^UUffiL t73 CECiL STREET SINGAPORE I \_J II II II I I i I a J II f^\ II II m IOBINSON'S BARLEY WATER I.EMON, I IMK OR OHANOE AgenLv HARPER, OILFILLAN it CO., LTD., UlNCiAroitK.48 words
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Article550 1954-10-07 14 Tommy Lawton - The shot goalkeepers dread Tommy Lawton By England and At ttnoJ centre-forward |>KOR\HI V the most difficult shot m football is the half volley the shot that so often catches the goalkeeper on the hop. To do it effectively there has to be complete harmony In timing the ball, position550 words
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Article102 1954-10-07 14 AMERICA'S top weight lifters have tentatively accepted an Invitation to go to Moscow next year to compete with Russia s strongest men. Clarence U. Johnson, manager of U.S. weight lifting team here for the 1954 world championships, said the invitation to visit Moscow and twoA.P. - 102 words
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Article57 1954-10-07 14 THIRTEEN nations, including the United States anc Russia, will take part m tht modern pantathlou work championships at Budapes' from October 10-14. It will b( the first appearance of a u.s team m an iron curtain country Tho five-day eompetitioi will be comprised of ridingA.P. - 57 words
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Article71 1954-10-07 14 2 FOOTBALLS LOST IN ONE MATCH IT was only a practice match on the banks of the River Trent on Beeston United's ground. But two footballs went sailing over the fence and then sailing down the river towards the North Sea! Trainer Albert David jumped on his bicycle and followed71 words
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Article19 1954-10-07 14 Yesterday i matches:— Cardiff 32 Aberavon 11; Clifton Bath 13; Dolphin 13 Newport 21 A. P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article344 1954-10-07 14 TOPSPIN - Table tennis men tour Fed. TOPSPIN By oiNGAPORE's top tableFederation next week. The ten-day tour begins on October 15. It was approved by the Emergency Council ol the Singapore Table Tennis Association which met at Dato C. J. Paßlar's residence last night. Six members will make up the party two344 words
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Article64 1954-10-07 14 Ja k B.C. singles t.iiblß tennis championship rot Mr. H. F. GAttnenl lhallenge Shield ["he folio ii. lea win be playtd t1 J 'ports Club premises, Parrer i .ik i ttnorrow commencing at. r> no p m H W Chappie V. Ix>h Turk Nam, ():i Choon ihlnm y,64 words
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237 1954-10-07 14 ARCHIE QUICK - SWAP-JERSEYS TRICK IN U.K. SOCCER ARC HIE QUICK By i^RGANISED .slow hand-clap-ping has been an ever-in-creasing bugbear of this season's U.K. Soccer. Now another new fad is being cooked up by the managers. Peter Doherty of Doncaster Rovers, started it by numbering his players quite differently to the order m237 words
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Article39 1954-10-07 14 Dynamos WCOnd tram braf Alboit youngsters 7-1 In soccer friendly nt Parrtr Park jretttrday, Bcorm for tho winners wtrs: Salleh (3), Buan Beng (2), chin Seng atui HUaseln. Patrick scored youngsters' <>niy goal<39 words
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Article16 1954-10-07 14 Owuda B.P. beat Histunol B P. by' fivp Rjimes to one at badminton on16 words
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514 1954-10-07 14 'AMERICAN TENNIS AHEAD OF AUSSIES' QERRY 1 JONES, Dean 1 of tennis m Southern California, blasted reports recently that the world's net capita) was shifting toward Australia, and said the United states had yet to reach its peak. 'Australian! have done well for the last five years but that |SU.P. - 514 words
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Article57 1954-10-07 14 pCOTBALL spectators have to sutler many shocks, but one F the onlookers at the Belper Town-Ransome and Maries match at Nottingham did not expect was from the metal fence surrounding the pitch. There was a thunderstorm at the time and the fence became -alive." The Belper club57 words
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Article45 1954-10-07 14 Thirteen members of the Philippine National Basketball team departed by plane yesterday for the United State* en route to Rio De Janeiro for the world championship basketball tournament. The Philippines -.on the sec >nd Asian games basketball championship m Manila last May.- A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Advertisement76 1954-10-07 14 STANDARD 8 I :fk ff'^ Oe Luxft model |§pS^5 $3,995. j II "TO meet the demand for an Eight with greater comfort and refinement a*'4e luxe" model is now available. This incorporates wind-up windows and fully i pivoting glass ventilators to all doors: 1 wheel hub cover plates, twin screen76 words
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Article, Illustration431 1954-10-07 15 His fifth win of the season i_H. SWEEP rOTAL POOL: $293,000 IST: No. *****1 ($82,900) 2ND: No. *****0 ($41,450) 3RD- No. *****6 ($20,725) STARTERS ($1,884 each): Nos. *****5 *****5, ►*****, *****5. *****5, *****8. *****7, *****1, *****8, *****6, *****1, CONSOLATIONS ($l,OOO each): NoS. *****9. *****9.431 words
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108 1954-10-07 15 r FH£' Soviet Union has order--1 six "top secret" racing les from a British firm. who will ride them is a ry. bicycles, made with a frame claimed to be le. left London yesterday .-.v-M'ad. but the Soviet delegation who ordered ?ould not say108 words
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Article40 1954-10-07 15 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "B" team were held to a twoIraw by W.R.A.F. Seletar m i en's hockey match on the ing yesterday. D. Howarth scored both for the club, and Miss irner both goals for WRAF.40 words
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Article, Illustration24 1954-10-07 15 Picture. Wjim tot Mies well ahrad of the field to win <h- "r<i MM »>v Ihrrr lengths from Bon Tresor and < hirala. Free PressFree Press - 24 words
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Article68 1954-10-07 15 Three minutes from time O.T.E.C. scored the winner I m yesterday's Singapore Business Rouses F.A. League and Cup final against Chartered Bank. The scon 1 was 2 1. O.T.E.C. have thus completed a double this season. They previously won the Div. 1 league championship. Scorers for68 words
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Article163 1954-10-07 15 CESAREWITCH: 36 FINAL ACCEPTORS THIRTY-SIX final acceptors for tin 1 Cesarewitcn Stakes, to be run over two miles, two furlongs at Newmarket on Wednesday, October 13 were published m London ye.sterday. They are. with weights: Bitter Sweet ;.nd BOAtern Emperor both 9si 3ib; Northern Gleam &>[ 121 b; Peifeit andReuter - 163 words
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Article52 1954-10-07 15 Indian' A oci ition held CeyI ion Bpoi Club to s one all m ye !i i ij Div. 1 hot kej i" ue I le f B t ler Ro id ir scored for Ceyloni i ii mm i The indlan < no.]] ed m52 words
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Article26 1954-10-07 15 York_hln beal Lan< ishlrt by 21 polnta to U In a floodlight Rugb f eague count n itch at Bradford last sight, ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article, Illustration77 1954-10-07 15 BARAKAT, ridden by Harry McCloud, wins the second race (Class 1. Div. 2 6f) by half a length at Ipoh yesterday. Barakat, who was trained by "Doc" Rodgers, pipped Asia Minor at the post to pay $19 and 88. LEFT: Flying East ((iarnet Bougoure) is ledFree Press - 77 words
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Article103 1954-10-07 15 MARIGOLD Badminton Party won the Singapore Junior I inter-club championship last night by beating Mayflower B. P. 3-2 m the final. Results (Marigold players mentiOßU SINGLKK Oh chiap Choon lost to Maurice Khoo 7—15, 16—18; Masrom bin Kaji Siraj beat Tar. Chin Jin 11— 15, 15— G.103 words
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Article40 1954-10-07 15 T'HE MCC touring team arrived m Fremantle, Australia, this morning. Len Ilutton. MCC captain, said: "It is grand to be m Australia again. We have a carefully chosen team and hope to retain the Ashes."— ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Advertisement32 1954-10-07 15 a leading hotel with H air-condilioned H rooms and bath. jB Reasonable ra\<; Hvl Own <]<trac\c m[-f\ Good food CABLE, OCFANBE r j! i f >( IE I, ***** M |t|| SINGAPORi: J32 words
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436 1954-10-07 16 Sovereign and Prosperity 37 4 \s Free Press Course Correspondent I BAOING Gold Vfclf contenders had trial runs over J the Vase distance 5! straight at Ipoh tliis morning:. Sovereign (Bougourc) and Prosperity, with Mulley astride, broke from the 5Jf. starting post, steadily increasing436 words
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Article104 1954-10-07 16 V T IXO VALDES of Cuba U the lone logical contender for Rocky Marciano's world heavyweight boxing title, the National Boxing Association of America claimed yesterday. This means that England's Don Coekell will probably be sidestepped again by the world champion. Recognition as world bantamweight championA.P. - 104 words
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Article78 1954-10-07 16 T EADINCi scores alter yesterday's J two rounds m the Dunlop Masters £1.555 professional golf tournament at Sandwich, Kent. were: Bobby Lxuke (South Africa > 73. 71 144; Peter Thomson (Australia) 72. 73. 145; Harry Bradshaw iPortmarnock. Ireland i 72. 73. 145; Dai Rees 74, 73.Reuter - 78 words
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Article56 1954-10-07 16 GLADSTONE CREW won the Sail gon Cup m the Division 2 twomle race at a Regatta, organised by he Royal Singapore Yacht Club or/ 3elat Sangkir a stretch of water beiween Blakang Matl and Pulau Brani yesterday. In the second race. Goddard Crew A'on the Winter Four56 words
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Article24 1954-10-07 16 M.uisfio'c'. Sports Club beat k.p.m. 3-1 9t Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday to enter the final c: the SBHFA Junior Knockout Competition.24 words
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Article20 1954-10-07 16 Nee Soon Garrison beat Royal Malayan Navy 4-0 m a friendly hockey match ai Nee Soon yesterday.20 words
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Article423 1954-10-07 16 WEIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, last da> of the Perak Turf Club's Ipoh meeting, were announced this morning as follows: H SULTAN'S (.OLD VASE Cl. 1. Div. I— s)._ F. Cinecolor 0.00 Sovereign 8.13 Corallta 8.1. Adelaide Star 8.11 Forest Beau 8.11 Cyptess Point423 words
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Article, Illustration110 1954-10-07 16 pESULTS ol rugby matches J\ played yesterday. RASC 11 RAAF 3. "at Tengah. S.E.R. 6 R.E.M.E. 6. at Gill- 1 man Barracks. South Johore 0 RAF Ten? ah 0. at Johore Bahru. RAF Seletar 14 R.N. Kranji 0. at HMS Terror. Nee Soon Garrison 6 G.H.Q. 3. atFree Press - 110 words
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Article29 1954-10-07 16 H af. Tengah will meet R.a.f. Seletar this evening a; Tengah m •lie fiivst round of the Sanderson j cup rugby competition for Royal Mr Force teams.29 words
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Article90 1954-10-07 16 1 COMBINED Schools will meet Ceylon Sports Club m a hotkey mutch .v Balestiei 1 1 o.id toda,y. The tram contains three boys From St. Joseph's l&stitatioii. two each Iron Victoria School. Anglo-Chinese School and Rallies Institution, one from St. Andrew's .and one from Beatty. The90 words
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Advertisement303 1954-10-07 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. ACCOMMODATION VAC AN I 20 Word* $2 (mm.) l!<-x '><> cts. extra. "COSMOS", 17. Scotta Roac! Available Garden Pavilion. Double Stedroom, Bathroom, Private Verandah, Suitable Couple, also Singleroom FV.ll Board. *****. ACCOMMODATION WANTED It> Word* $2 (mm.) Box s<i cts. extra. WANTED TO rent a House, Bungalow or303 words
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Advertisement26 1954-10-07 16 mL^^^ r ppQ RT FOR BRILLIANT n^^ HOME RECORDING, OFFICE and I PROFESSIONAL USES H. A. O'CONNOR <c COl, LTD. Laidlaw Building. Battery Road. Singapore- 1.26 words
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