The Singapore Free Press, 8 October 1954
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Title Section19 1954-10-08 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. 407 1. Singapore, Fri., Oct. 8, 195*. Price 15 tts19 words
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Article44 1954-10-08 1 The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. friend of the Royal Family and member of the "V 'lithy brewing family of > iin mess, was granted a decree 111 i in London yesterday becauae of the adultery of her nuaband Major Harrv Bucha- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article30 1954-10-08 1 An Istanbul military court f( >^iy sentenced 131 comJta to prison sentences "aging three years six •ntha In the biggest ma.s.s Red l!i m Turkish history. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article378 1954-10-08 1 WHY DID PEER RETURN TO INN?' a IKS. MAVIS WHEELER shot her lover, Lord Vivian, either because she was drunk, jealous, or had quarrelled with him, prosecuting counsel yesterday suggested to the jury trying her at Salisbury, Wiltshire, on four charges. Mr. Scott Henderson inReuter - 378 words
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124 1954-10-08 1 THE Singapore Registrar of Marriages, Mr. A. M. Spruyt, said this morning that Private Brian Sharpe, 22 -year-old army cook, and his Malay sweetheart, Tijah binte Taleb, had not yet approached him for a marriage licence. Asked if he would marry them m view124 words
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154 1954-10-08 1 SIR Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hon« Konu. told a U.S audience he did not believe Chiang Kai-shek's forces on Formosa were capable of recapturing the mainland. He added that Formosa ultimately must go back to China "whatever the Chinese government may be, Communist, Nationalist or154 words
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Article79 1954-10-08 1 BUT CHIANG SAYS 'I CAN PRESIDENT Chiang Kaishek said yesterday m Taipeh his arnnr.s could defeat Russia it she Intervened m any Nationalist invasion of Rrd China, because the Chinese people would rise and fight the Soviets, He predicted to the Associated Press the same fate would await Russia a.s79 words
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Article35 1954-10-08 1 A European woman has re- I '"'t'd to the police that a cyclist struck her as si *c was walking down Grange Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. She gave chase but M caped.35 words
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Article266 1954-10-08 1 And U.S. offers food JHL rice-producing; nations of South and South-East Asia have now overcome the world shortage of rice and are faced by a rice glut, the Colombo Plan conference was told m Ottawa yesterday. Tlie lti-nation conference heard that throughout Asia theReuter; A.P. - 266 words
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Article55 1954-10-08 1 Police kill drug-crazed gunman ANEW York gunman, crazed by narcotics, fought oft police for almost an hour from a Harlem apartment house yesterday. Robert Ricks, a 47-year-old Negro railroad chef who had opened fire on the police without provocation, was killed m a final assault that sent 12 bullets tearing55 words
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Article17 1954-10-08 1 A Chinese coffeeshop owner m Kallang Road, Singapore has been robbed goods worth $500.17 words
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Article25 1954-10-08 1 France and India are reported to have reached complete agreement over the transfer of the French port town of Pondicherry m South India.25 words
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Article25 1954-10-08 1 Three masked men, armed with bows and arrows, held up a farmer near Freiburg, Germany, and robbed him of 260 marks (M$180). A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article149 1954-10-08 1 OVER 75 Rubber goes: up again J3UBBEK continued to gain m price on the Singapore market this morning. Business was done at the opening up to 75 A cents a pound. The market firmed on better overnight New York, where the price advanced by half a U.S. cent. and on149 words
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Advertisement19 1954-10-08 1 CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH, CLLAN SMOKING Largest-selling cork-tipped ciqarcttc m tnc wor/J. f^fet^/1 Imported from London f~?^p > TV x^'19 words
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Article, Illustration69 1954-10-08 2 Helped by Mis> 1>« l< -Z. year-old blind mrl Hong lloon put>> Hit* finishing kins toucbef to Mtfs monster take which will be rattled at tomorrow's exhibition E of cakes at St. Andrews Cathedral Memorial Hall. The exhibition S is m aid of the Singa- pore Association69 words
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228 1954-10-08 2 Turn for the better in world situation— Eden THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden said yesterday the world situation had taken a turn for the better m the last 12 months. Speaking at a Conservative Party conference at Blackpool. Mr. Eden said: 'Tor the first time for a great manyA.P. - 228 words
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Article168 1954-10-08 2 PROBLEM OF CHINESE IN INDONESIA THE Indonesian Government faces a serious problem concerning the loyalty and citizenship of its more than 2,000,000 Chinese, the Christian Science Monitor said m an editorial yesterday. It asked: "In a showdown, would they act as free Indonesians or with the Chinese Communists?'. It saidReuter - 168 words
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Article25 1954-10-08 2 The 17,100-ton tanker Esso Duesseldrof, the largest ship launched In Germany .since World War 11, slid down the vvavs at Bremen yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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127 1954-10-08 2 MAJOR General George II >nnen, United state commandant int Berlin, Said m B note to the Soviet authorities yesterday that a German citl zen had be^n kidnapped from West Berlin by two Americans. The Americans, General Honnen tald, are brothers Jami I and Henry WilliamReuter - 127 words
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269 1954-10-08 2 230 SHIPS NOW IDLE-EXPORTS HIT IN STRIKES MORE than 200 ships were idle m two strikea involving 26,000 workers at London Port yesterday. The strikes have tied up exports worth £1,000,000 prevented the unloading of vital food and ilw materials and cost shipowners tens of thousands or pounds through shippingReuter - 269 words
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83 1954-10-08 2 7-foot wall of water hits Mexico cities A WALL of water seven feet high m places swept through the western ed^ Roswell. m southeast NewMexico yesterday. Similar flash floods hit at least three other cities. National Guardsmen an d others moved m as Governor Edwin Mechem. of New Mexico* declaredA.P. - 83 words
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Article19 1954-10-08 2 Mr. B. Seebohm Rowntree, the British cocoa manufacturer, has died at his home m Buckinghamshire aged 84.19 words
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Advertisement27 1954-10-08 2 )ou eait Phone Your SMALL ADS. to Singapore 2800 Eart. 10» tr.j&BBBL -'^Bklizs^Hßk^': v/>: ■:•■■>:•>:■:•:•:•: vv////s./.4-.y :y.:-:':y'.-: :^>r*:-::--■BraJfefc"^ ;^BMB™SK:>s!iSi^3W^E- fyy/r, This is a STRAITS fIMES Classified Advertisement service27 words
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Article, Illustration293 1954-10-08 3 EX-NAZI ADMITS: i TOO WAS A TIPSTER N ex-collaborator of A the Nazis said in p a ris yesterday the central figure In France's fence secrete scandal i ts a police spy ''planted" in the ranks of the I M.munist Party. The military tribunal invesing293 words
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Article, Illustration124 1954-10-08 3 IT WAS bottoms up for Tiger yesterday, for this beer was judged m London this week to be the be*t bottled brew from over 100 entries m the Commonwealth. Expert., at the Brewers 1954 Exhibition awarded it the Champion-hip Gold Medal. Heads of the two breweries 'Malayan and Archipelago i124 words
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87 1954-10-08 3 Flower girl gives Tito a black eye PRESIDENT Josip Tito apJT peared before the Yugoslav Federal Executive Council yesterday, with a black eye. He wore a black patch over his right eye, to cover and protect it. Aides explained that he had been struck by a bunch of tightly packedA.P. - 87 words
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Article38 1954-10-08 3 Fourteen persons wore killed and 25 seriously hurt yesterday when a bus, overloaded far beyond capacity, tumbled 50 feet iroir a narrow mountain road m Japan. Forty-five other passengers escaped with light injuries. UPUP - 38 words
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156 1954-10-08 3 CILINICAL and laboratory J tests have shown that a now drug, Camoform, is very effective m treating amoebic dysentery, a disease that U widespread m the tropics. About 700,000.000 people throughout the world arc infected by the amoeba. The new drug Lfl anA.P. - 156 words
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Article44 1954-10-08 3 100 MILLION PAY CLAIM |j'<n\\iN.s engineering and shipbuilding Industries were faced with a 100,000.000 pay claim by 3,000,000 ol their J »rkj ra yesterday when a demand" for higher pay was launched the executive council of the 39 associated unions meeting ill Yurk. ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article44 1954-10-08 3 Harold Richmond, ah 18Vfat*~ o 1 c 1 NegrO In Alabama. raped a 21-year old white girl m her home early ia.st Sunday and then went back Monday and raped her twin sister, I thinking it WM the first girl- A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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225 1954-10-08 3 BIUTAIN announced yesterday it had developed a giant electronic "brain" the size of six houses, to simulate aerial "dog fights" on a threedimension screen. It will help solve guided missile problems too stupendous for the mind of man. Operators of the machine225 words
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Article26 1954-10-08 3 Indonesian marine police have detained the 120-ton Chinese Nationalist ship Shyochang near Tolitoli, north Celebes, because it entered Indonesian waters without permission.- A. PA.P - 26 words
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Article28 1954-10-08 3 Mr. Tran Van Lam, the Governor of South Vietnam, yesterday charged that the Communist-led Vietminh is sowing Southern Indo-China with an "important fifth column.'" A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article185 1954-10-08 3 A SOBER MARIL YN GOES GA Y FORFILM IVf ARILYN MONROE, who was near collapse after ifl parting with her husband, Joe Dimaggio, went back to her film work yesterday, looking beautiful but bewildered. "I have nothing to say/ she murmured as she posed for a photographer on the set.A.P. - 185 words
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Advertisement87 1954-10-08 3 FITZPATRICK'S In grote verscheidenheid Bijvoorbeeld de volgende FIJNE HOLLANDSE VLEESWAREN ROOKVLEES 4 LEVERKAAS GELDERSE ROOK WORST GEROOKT MAGER SPEK Ook hebben wij een groot assortlment HOLLANDSE KAAS Hierbij vestigen wij Uw speciale aandacht op VOLVETTE ROOMKAAS (Baby Gouda) Waarvan wij zojuist een nieuwe xending ontvingen. PPiIQA m iMWHiiiHHlMllllllllßlliillllf IIIHIfUr— imMHIIMIIIIH87 words
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322 1954-10-08 4 RED AGENTS WITH BRITISH PASSPORTS TROUBLE IN CYPRUS They have split two Western Allies on orders from the Kremlin, says J. L. HAYS COMMUNISTS BEGAN IT... WHATEVER the outcome of the tragic An^lo-Greek squabble at Lake Success, the Communists in Cyprus must have pleased their Kremlin masters. By their support322 words
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Article, Illustration445 1954-10-08 4 G reeks are in trouble. ..so Cyprus is a usefu I 'diversion AS a purveyor of iancy hypocrisy or of plain stupidity Mr. Alexis Kyrou. Director-General of the GreeK Foreign Office, certainly takes some beating. Vlr. Kyrou is a member of the Greek delegation now attempting to persuade the United445 words
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362 1954-10-08 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 1954. Opinion Students' conduct Although they do not condone ragging, most university authorities are content to leave the raggers to themselves provided they do not breach the laws of decency and proprietry. The University of Malaya has its raggers, and a number of362 words
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Article275 1954-10-08 4 ..THE GREEKS FANNED IT made so convenient (at u to threatun hum, to so man? forty-year old Ezekia p£ paionnou dormer Boho wait er and now its General Seer* tary> claims that the AKri Party (The Reiorm Party*^ the Working Class j has Joon members. And the \k El leadership275 words
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Article278 1954-10-08 5 But poor and sick will get share rpHE Singapore Government will pay the City 1 Council $1,878,000 m lieu of rates on its properties for the 1953-54 period. This is an increase of $1,128,000 over tne $750,000 .nich Government has been paying the city since278 words
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215 1954-10-08 5 Jobless to be told where the jobs are TilK Singapore Government is planning a new campaign to tell the hundreds of jobless people that the Government employment bureaus can help them to get work. Many of them still do not -.;>". v that the Labour Department runs three employment bureaus215 words
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Article47 1954-10-08 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. patrol of the Ist battalion,' I' iv Regiment, opened fire n a woman terrorist m the! isah urea of Sungei Siput lorth. The woman, who was In •Ivlllan clothes, fired a ground l rom her rifle before escap- ng, I47 words
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Article55 1954-10-08 5 PENANG, Fri. Municipal employees will have first preference m the allocation of 56 new houses which the Municipal Council plans to build on its second estate at Pinhorn Road. The houses, all semi-detached, will be like the two-roomed ones m Green Lane. They will be offered55 words
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Article50 1954-10-08 5 JOBS were found for 32f> pooplo m Singapore by the Labour Department last month. The number of job-»<--vs rtgiflttred at the employ- ment exchanges totalled 1,639, an increase of 46 over the previous month. The department was told of 644 vacancies against 744 the previous month.50 words
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Article, Illustration16 1954-10-08 5 f Mr. Loke Loo Seng wins a bronze medal for this portrait I entitled "Old Maid."16 words
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122 1954-10-08 5 THE Singapore Education Department hopes that some of the 32 science graduates from the University of Malaya this year Will take up teaching. The Deputy Director of Education, Mr. R. E. Ince, said today: "The shortage of science and mathematics teachers m Singapore is122 words
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143 1954-10-08 5 A ward-winning Camera Club photos on show f\NE hundred and seven photographs taken by Singapore < Camera Club members are on exhibition at the club- < 4 house in Pheng Geek Avenue. T The pictures have been chosen from 172 entries sub- mitted. The exhibition will be open from 10143 words
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Article96 1954-10-08 5 Axe awaits Home Guard inspectors SEREMBAN, Fri. HOME GUARD inspectors m Ncgri Sembilan were today consulted on possible future retrenchment m the force. Lt. Col. Kyle-Little. the State Home Guard Officer, said the inspectors were told that if retrenchment occurred they should be prepared for it. He asked if they96 words
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Article130 1954-10-08 5 Flying Club to begin test again TTHE Royal Singapore Flying Club's "bombing" and landing competition which began last Sunday and was interrupted by bad weather, will start all over again at Kallang at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The club captain, Mr. Warren White said that members had asked for a130 words
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Article119 1954-10-08 5 IPOH, Fri. rE TOWN planning committee of the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council decided to recommend the approval of the subdivision of nearly $1,000,000 worth of property belonging to the Eu Tong Sen trust m Ipoh. The property is about 80 acres which is119 words
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Article35 1954-10-08 5 IPOII, Fri. About 40 unauthorlsed houses erected m Kampong Paloh, Jalan Bendahara and Jalan Pasir Puteh on the outskirts of the town. have been recommended for 1 1 year-to-year building licence.35 words
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Advertisement34 1954-10-08 5 j^Hfr TRANSPORT STORAGE 6577 173 CECIL SHEET SINGAPORE PACKERS, SNiPPERS INSURANCE AGENTS c-Tsa 1 The /r m Greatest name m il" V^rV watches MjJf* j i CYMA /iT OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADINC WATCH DEALERS34 words
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Article75 1954-10-08 6 DR. sarvepai.li Radhakrishnan, the vlce-Pn di nt of India and :i n( <( philosopher, said In Montn that there will be no world peace until man heals discord bctwrrn his mind his .spirit. Takhlg the H-bomb aa example, Dr. Radhakrishw said the weapon la thr BYI75 words
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Miscellaneous283 1954-10-08 6 m. Tff 1 1 m 1 t^JK I I I a f I si v m aJ imJH ft W w S m ft if ft 1 K. A HII ""Hf 4« T M I If I n B faa» B JH 111 8 I V&* tb& BLJBwto^lP^iiiirtiWMJwiJß^^JKwJwM^^ <dfci ii<4liiiiAJlii»>illfciJ^>iMiwJWßiWßlii283 words
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Miscellaneous652 1954-10-08 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR IJORN today, you haxe a I touch or genius. Whether tir E not you develop your talents to r the utmost, wilt probably I E depend someuhat upon you own effort* and somewhat on E Fate. You have a vivid imati nation and your ideals aie hiyli652 words
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Article50 1954-10-08 7 NANG. rrt, Malaya's t school, the Penang Free fcnool, will observe ita 138th with a speech day ln the School Hall on Oct. 21. t ThLs will be followed by the nq anniversary dinner of the Ola Frees' Association at ManlWft» Road at 8 p.m.50 words
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Article223 1954-10-08 7 LONDON, Oct. 7. Previous Today jM ;sJ',f K. No 1 KSS c.iJ. European 21 9 ,16 buyers 22 buyers >ria oct 21% seller* 22 1 8 sellers vi K. No. 1 RS»S cJ.f. Luropean 21 9/16 buyers 22 buyer* n.uis Nov 21 11/16 sellers 22", .sellers IUBBER.223 words
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Article95 1954-10-08 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 7 Previous Today ii\ straits spot and nearby 93.37 nom 93.37 nom il\ futures Oct 93.00 bid 92.50 bid 93.50 asked 93.50 asked Nov. 92.75 bid 92.37 bid 93.25 asked 93.37 a^ked Dec 92.60 bid 92.25 bid 93.00 asked 93.25 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES:95 words
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Article54 1954-10-08 7 Malabar released was quoted Afloats 54 to 51. October shipment cen's. Awaiting release 60. 50. November 49. Lampong awaiting 1 to 58. October shipment release 60. Afloats 58 to 53. October November 50. Sarawak spot shipment 51 sellers ex-dock, released 56. Awaiting release 55. Above prices quoted in54 words
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Article34 1954-10-08 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Previous Today 30 Industrials 364.43 363.79 20 Railroads 117.47 117.58 W Domestic Bonds 100.88 100.84 I I tilities 60.80 60.62 I t Stocks Composite Averages 133.05 132.8834 words
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Article128 1954-10-08 7 Oct. 7. OPRA, Philippines, c.ii. IK North Previous Today I umpean, delivered weight per long ton Oct. Nov $190 sellers $195 sellers OPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila, delivered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted OPRA, Straits, c.i.f. UK /North European delivered, per long ton Oct. /Nov. £72128 words
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236 1954-10-08 7 SHOULD THOSE WHO CAN'T READ GET DRIVING LICENCES? 'THOUSANDS of motorists and tnxi drivers in Singare cannot read or writebut, says the Traffic Police Chief, Mr. A. E. Minns, "It not against the law for Irivers to be illiterate." The Free Press asked Mr. 'nn<: "What would happen to an236 words
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Article, Illustration99 1954-10-08 7 Portable 'island' shows way SINGAPORE'S Traffic Police are using portable "traffic islands" to find out the best way to control vehicles at road junctions. The first test is being carried out at the OutramCantonment Roads junction, where traffic is very heavy throughout the day. Superintendent of Traffic Police, Mr. A.Free Press - 99 words
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Article105 1954-10-08 7 IPOH, Fri. PROMPT action by the Ipoh fire brigade, who used extinguishers, prevented fire from spreading to the whole workshop of Universal Cars when they were called out yesterday to deal with an arm- oured car on fire. The vehicle belonging to an estate105 words
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Article64 1954-10-08 7 ai.or star. Fri. Before he X- dan State Council mccl this Sunday, the BuHan win ifTirifitr fit v Special ceremony it the Balal Besar to amend ;he first part of the Krrlah •institution to pave the way or state elections. At Arau. next Tuesday, the ?aja64 words
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Advertisement108 1954-10-08 7 He loves the flavour 3.110. SflG 10V6S HEINZ Mayonnaise C^_-^^ i*^^*" P^^__!^_l^_H_________i_w^''//y llie flavour of your favourite salads will go right to your husband's heart when that salad is made with taste-tempting Heinz Mayonnaise, You'll discover new zest and tang m your salad when you use Heinz Mayonnaise, .And you*H108 words
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Article292 1954-10-08 8 'Husband kept giving me less and less ti11....' 1 Mus. EMMA stone's troubles began the day her £12-a-week husband decided to buy a car. He found it difficult to keep up the Instalments and run it and pay for repairs. As the weeks292 words
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Article, Illustration61 1954-10-08 8 The Malayan representatives to the Colombo Plan talks in Ottawa (Canada) were met by officials when they reached London Airport. Left to right: Mr. C. C. Tan; the retiring Commissioner for the Malaya in Britain, Raja Sir Uda; Dato Nik Kamil; Inche Othman, the new Malayan Commissioner, an.l Mr. VA.P. - 61 words
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299 1954-10-08 8 New order to all doctors —banish gloom ALL doctors' waiting rooms and surgeries m Britain are to be inspected by medical committees to see ii they are up to standard. The move— by the British Medical Association follows complaints of drab, cold and uncomfortable rooms Culprits will be advised to299 words
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151 1954-10-08 8 Vicar sends parish an S.O.S. for £90 a year A£l2-A-\VEEK vicar— an old nian with one foot m the grave and another on the edse" he calls himse'.i wants 90 parishioners to contribute £1 a year each to i^dc 1 to his stipend. Canon Thomas Primmitt Stevens, of St. Paul's,151 words
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Article84 1954-10-08 8 POLICE can experiment with '"No waiting" signs without consulting the local authority concerned, the British Ministry of Transport said. This was the answer to a proposal by the council of Winborne Minster. Dorset, to protest to the county police about signs put up in the district.84 words
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Article98 1954-10-08 8 No beer spilled from the 51 barrels of beer that fell into a j ditch at Kesgrave, Suffolk I when a brewer's lorry turned j on its side. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 198 words
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Article194 1954-10-08 8 This fuihw spent wageson drink A LABOURER earning KIG a week gave his wife £5 to keep house and look after their nine chil- dren. And she gave him I back his bus fare each i day. At Rotherham the chairIi man, Mr. J. H. Dickinson, I told him: "If194 words
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Article228 1954-10-08 8 rp//E advertisement said: Young men and women between aues 21-33 wanted for interesting, permanent employment. Must be well educated, well (/roomed and pernonabl€ Eeqinninq waves (ireraae HO to Zl2 a week. Opportunity for rapid advancement. No previous experience necessary. It Invited applicants to call for228 words
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Article165 1954-10-08 8 rHE mysterious Maltese doggedly keeps breaking into the same empty fad has been gaoled for doing it AGAIN. rhiv time— the sixth m three and a half years he was given 12 months at London Sessions as an incorrigible rogue. 4ow police wonder: Has Jen165 words
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Article34 1954-10-08 8 A Viscount airliner of BEA, flown by Captain Derek Mason, set up a new unofficial record from London to Basle of 1 hr 2fi mm., an average speed of 352 m.u.h.34 words
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208 1954-10-08 9 BRIDE FROM GREECE PRAISES HUSBAND j T WAS in Greece during the war that Aircraftman Ronald Martin fell in love with Martita, daughter of a Greek general Martin, an R.A.F. lorry driver, proposed marriage. Martitfi accepted. But when the war ended and Martin, demobilised, brought his wife back to live208 words
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Article112 1954-10-08 9 Children defy bus conductors rp il E -defiant attitude" i adopted to bus conduct- rs by children was criticised In a road safety report approval by Hackney Council London. The report stated that the children's attitude appeared to be a resuli of wide publicity pven to a Marlborough magistrates ruling112 words
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Article123 1954-10-08 9 SHE SLATES 'SLEEP-THIEF' PARENTS IVHEN some parents go out at night, it's their children who don't Ret enough (f says Dr. Dorothy Green Devon schools medical service report. This sometimes results she ays, when selfish parents farm out their children at night so Wiey can ko gallivanting. And Dr M.S.123 words
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Article41 1954-10-08 9 Nineteen -year-old Private Leonard Ralph, a nursing orderly, could not be wakened for duty at Catterick Camp, Yorks. He died an hour later. A post mortem did not find the death cause. Ralph lived at Florence-road. Woolstone. Portsmouth.41 words
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Article, Illustration53 1954-10-08 9 picture. E SH z 4 T least 40 people lost E E their lives m this E E wrecked building, the Hotel B;uidoin, m Or- E E leansville. Algeria, during E z the 12-second earthquake E on September 0 which E killed an estimatedA.P. - 53 words
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Article67 1954-10-08 9 This is a 'Cinderella hospital' INTERIOR walls and rciliivs of some parts of Fulham (London) Hospital were "filthy," said Conservative and Socialist members oi Pulhana 'Council. The Minister of Health will be asked to ;:ive urgent attention to the master. Councillor A. J. 5. Lavcr said the condition of .sonic67 words
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117 1954-10-08 9 qnVENTY-TWO schoolmasters boycotted a speecn- day civic tea-— because their wives had not been invited. Another five who are bachelors stayed away in sympathy. All are members of the staff of Blackpool Grammar School r Said the chairman of the governors, Mr.117 words
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Article138 1954-10-08 9 DOCTORS SEARCH FOR JOBS YOUNG doctors are going up and down the country m England looking m vain for jobs m their profession. "We find it a serious and olten embarrassing problem, for we are unable to offer them any kind of vacancy," said Mr. T. V. Williams, clerk to138 words
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Article46 1954-10-08 9 A policeman stopped B Leicestershire motorist who was driving with an arm round his Rirl passenger's waist. Said the m;m: "T didn't know it wa.s wrong I've .seen so many others do it He wa.s fined 10s. at Melton Mowhray.46 words
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132 1954-10-08 9 EIGHTEEN year old Johnny Cannon, of Adam's Park Road, Parnham, should have reported to the Ministry of Labour office at Surbiton. Johnny got his call-up papers with instructions to report for his medical examination. He went, to his doctor for advice and was told. "You132 words
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Article41 1954-10-08 9 An order worth £250,000 for their new under-fioor-enslned export bus ch&Mlfl was placed with Leyland Motors by Hornbay Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking within a few hours of the International Commercial Motor show open* ing at Barli Court.41 words
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Article45 1954-10-08 9 Three Bounor Rtglft, Sussex, boys Robin Powell, Richard I CraddOCk, and Roy Barmtt went out m a dinghy at night and saved the 357- ton Dutch motor vessel Irene by warning her Crew that .'ho was m I danger of striking rocks.45 words
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199 1954-10-08 9 IN London, Christian Dior gently defended his H-line. The Flat Look? "I do not call it that— l call it the Long- Look." More suited to French women than to British? "It makes a woman look tall, slim and highbusted, which199 words
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Article505 1954-10-08 10 STEPHEN COULTER - STEPHEN COULTER French newsletter by Experts decide you can say it ail -in 1,138 words rpHK new Official French A without Teara manual ]USt published by the French Government has started something of a storm. It boils down French to a vocabulary of 1,138 words a505 words
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Article71 1954-10-08 10 rEY are mighty tough in Marseilles. The other day 55-year-old nightclub manager, Jean Paoleschi was shot in the street by some of his former underworld pals. In hospital he obeyed the gang world "unwritten law" and refused to tell police who'd done it. He received71 words
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Article, Illustration81 1954-10-08 10 Christa Lehmann. widow of a Worms. Germany is accused of o poisoning three people, her f husband, father m law and j b friend, Ann! Ha ma mi. She was I f arrested while laying a wreath on Anni's grave. She has confessed to killing her husband because he drank,81 words
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497 1954-10-08 10 'Prayers-for-peace' is sweeping Europe An American began it. Xow it is a CommuniKl problem. a DYNAMIC new touch has been added to American foreign policy m Europe-prayers for peace The "prayers for peace" movement was set rolling on the coldwar battleground of Germany a year ago by a veteran State497 words
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Advertisement68 1954-10-08 10 < The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET < -an »><* sent hy Air Mail to any address in the United Kinftdom at an inclusive rate of I $24.00 I FOR SIX MONTHS 1 II you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish to make an "Air-subscription" on hehalf68 words
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Advertisement310 1954-10-08 11 11 c .wu Telegram con Mes sag.«. ionS if any- "^l\ \1 I The first V^of^V^Nu^ y- ft 1 earned" Tirf^c hano^^___l_ t t\m& r i j 1\ X*. v^ ~«r &1 L Z l 1 11 M D _^--^^s^^^^^^^^^ This cable was received on Thursday from our Fraser Neave's310 words
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288 1954-10-08 12 LUCIAN FERRARI - Vacation hobby became a big business LUCIAN FERRARI by 4 30-YEAR-OLD Milan woman who began toying with ciay only a year ago ha.s started a .small river of ceramics flowing toward a receptive marke* In the United States, she Is Vera Madga Braga, a former dress designer who sei a.-.ideA.P. - 288 words
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Article160 1954-10-08 12 'SHOCK COLOUR' FOR MEN [T LOOKS as though the women started hat the men are going to ollow through to Itfl logical :onclu.sion. The Men's Apparel Club of Philadelphia calLs it ".shock •olour." and apparently the iky's the limit m men's new ipparel. Women started the movenent to jolt menU.P. - 160 words
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Article199 1954-10-08 12 Driving habits can reveal his character THE GIRL who wants th< straight dope on the cha racter of her boy friend car get it from his driving habits. Two insurance companj psychologists say the way a knight m shining: armour behaves behind the wheel givesU.P. - 199 words
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Article, Illustration70 1954-10-08 12 lhese children run their own speedway m the garden of their home at Lancing, Sussex. Seven-year-old Gillian Scales refuels the miniature car, her five-year-old brother, Douglas complete with crash helmet, is at the wheel. Their father, a former racing motorcyclist, fitted a 1 horsepower engine to the children's pedal carReuter - 70 words
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Article, Illustration459 1954-10-08 12 COUTH'S jump rebid of three spades was more than his hand warranted, but it was tempting tc reach for game with a hand that apparently fitted so well with partner's suit. When North rebid his clubs South was afraid to make his logical bid of five clubs for459 words
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Advertisement108 1954-10-08 12 ANNOUNCING TWO NEW Hair preparations by j L'Oreal of Paris TREES f ie mosr nimarkable hair setting discovery since women began to have hair-dos. sets hair twice as lovely, t wi c c as shapely lasts for twice as long. 41 makes every curl curlier, springer. 4 makes a new108 words
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Miscellaneous282 1954-10-08 12 CLUES ACROSS: 11 Fair piece of land? (4). 7 More than a little angry! 12 What a fencer might wear at <2. 4, 1). a certain type of ball? (4). 8 A Mayors pride on April 19th? 13 The inside of Basque headgear (8, 3>. (3). 12 Fails to find282 words
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Article, Illustration553 1954-10-08 13 DEBBIE REYNOLDS; BOB THOMAS - DEBBIE REYNOLDS BOB THOMAS says m an era when glamour mils reach fame by posing naked and soundin" oft on sexy subjects. DEBBIE REYNOLDS is t < wholesome as 8 day m Hie country. •If I have tv pose In the nude and give outA.P. - 553 words
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Article155 1954-10-08 13 UFRMIOXE GINGOLD, the comic goddess of London's war-time revue; m so much demand in the U.S. after a year of stage and radio plays that she has applied for' a resident alien's visa. that Grouping voice. sepulchral and skittish in the turns, which has become miliar in155 words
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Article109 1954-10-08 13 TN KKO's multi-million 1 dollar spectacle "The Conqueror,'' there is a scene where John Wayne E as "Ghengis Khan/' and E Susan Hayward as his E Tartar bride down a wedding toast of a E Mongolian drink called E "kumiss. This set a press agent E brooding:.A.P. - 109 words
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Article332 1954-10-08 13 says a London film correspondent piNERAMA is upon Hi y or rather around us, clamping its audience at the Casino Theatre in a great horseshoe urip which (to quote the system's over-excited publicists) leaves the spectator "engulfed," "pulled almost physically into the picture" and "invariablv stunned."332 words
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Article, Illustration397 1954-10-08 13 Michael Ruddy - Michael Ruddy By 1 SHALL be very surprised if JAMES MASON does not get an Academy Award nomination next March. In two magnificent films, one of which I saw at a sneak preview, "A Star Is Born", the other I've seen m part, Disney's "2,000 Leagues Under The397 words
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Advertisement54 1954-10-08 13 RADIO WEEKLY" INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS At A, THE HEST iff ttilOAD CA S it TV G Thy yViPtr Pmaranjn**** 3l*>nari> m 3Jaia&ja ttadia Postbaa Mann f i Eiafi*» m s Tonr I Tin* Try* Amifios 4'4*rlen*ns and l o n<zzti>.% tHeiurv St^eiinn j F PRICE 30 CENTS FROM ALL54 words
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Article, Illustration342 1954-10-08 14 Free Press readers send m wagers SPORTS letter published in Moitday'i Free Press has resulted in an otter involving a $10,000 bet the LETTER, written by a reader under the nomine de plume "Courtcrat", laid odds of 100 to one that fOrmer All-England champion Wong342 words
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106 1954-10-08 14 Amy Choong changes partners for life IJENANG S Eddie ChOOng, three tinier winner ot the All-England badminton title. will mUI Mini of the early English tournaments, for he is to visit Norway and Denmark m November. Sddle's cousin, Amy Choong, who with David won the! .Malayan mixed doubles In 1949,106 words
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Article80 1954-10-08 14 (continental teams engagj ed English League sides in two soccer matches played under floodlighting on Wednesdaj night. Servette, Switzerland, drew with Preston North End, the Division One team, neither side scoring, but Reading, Third Division South team, beat Racing Club De Paris 3-0. All theReuter - 80 words
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Article359 1954-10-08 14 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK By f )NE oi the most interesting studies in sport is the reasoning of a football selector, especially a top level selector. It is generally agreed that the main objective of the current football season is to beat Germany on December Ist, at359 words
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Article113 1954-10-08 14 NEW GOALKEEPER FOR SCOTLAND SCOTLAND'S tram to meet Wales m the .soccer Inter" national at Cardiff on October 1G was selected yesterday as follows: Fra.sep < ftunderland i Youn^ (Rangers, captain >, Cunningham (Preston); Docherty (Preston), Davidson (Particki, Cowls Dundee) Waddeii (Rangers), Johnstone (Hibernians), Buckley (Aberdeen), Penile (Celtic), Ring <ciydo.Reuter - 113 words
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Article112 1954-10-08 14 RUSSIANS SURPRISE LAWTON OOVIKT sports otticiuls on Wednesday threw a surprise champagne lunch party for the Arsenal football team with a two-foot square cake in honour of Tommy Law ton's 35th birthday. The centre-forward said the party, held in the luxury Moskva Hotel in the city centre, where the defeatedReuter - 112 words
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Advertisement98 1954-10-08 14 NOW! available for immediate delivery I Tl Jtt M '8 t^ 11 Bfl fl Al Jmi9fm/m fm wl *V It ILL M AN /wi/l/wV\ I E 1 G Bigger than before, with added luggage space to match I powerful brakes, improved steering and fitting refine- y B Saloon the international98 words
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Article, Illustration1564 1954-10-08 15 2. Sovereign 3. Barakat TRESPASSER sums up the prospects of candidates for the richest prize of the Malayan racing season. ROMAN GALLEY'S victory in the Gold Vase trial over five and a half furlongs on Wednesday has ti hi ply demonstrated that1,564 words
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Article, Illustration39 1954-10-08 15 (irand (Hudson) wins the third race (Class 1, Div 6f.) at Ipoh on Wednesday, second day of the Perak Turf lh s <iold Vaso meeting. Fifty Grand won from Arch Side (Mc(loud) with Brigiidoon (Tait) third.39 words
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Article82 1954-10-08 15 A LL 16 horses are accepting 1 m the Sultan's Gold Vase at I poh tomorrow. Athol Mulley will ride C'inecolor, and Ke n Mitchell has been engaged to take the mount on Prosperity. The likely favourite. Sovereign, will be ridden by Garnet Bougoure. Heavy rain, which82 words
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Advertisement24 1954-10-08 15 a leading hotel with flj air-conditioned I rooms and bath. Hp Reasonable rates. M Ownrjnrarjo. Good food Jjk CABLE: OCEANBESTi |E HI ***** J24 words
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Article279 1954-10-08 16 Aussie champ blasts Lave IIONGAN heavyweight Kitione Lave was beaten m seven rounds .by Australian champion Ken Brady m their fight at West Melbourne Stadium. The bout was scheduled for VI rounds. Lave, long claimed as a coming world champion, was smashed to a279 words
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Article65 1954-10-08 16 nKOBAULK scratching on 1 the last day of the Perak Turf Club's Gold Vase meet- ins tomorrow are: Short Hairs, Celerity, S.S. Commando, Fifty Grand, Gold Town, Arch Side. Willy 1 L, Quarter Deck. Briffadoon, Shanffrila. Canterbury Bell. J Trial By Jury. Sybil's Pride, j Argyll,65 words
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Article213 1954-10-08 16 \riCTORIA School climaxed three years Of team buikiIns yesterday by beating Raffles Institution by 14 (goal, drop goa] and two penalties) to three (penalty) m an Interschoo] rugby match at RI ground. Victoria, who previously had beaten Saint Andrew's School m their most successful season213 words
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Article115 1954-10-08 16 BOBBY LOCKE of Johannesbur?. South Africa, won the Dunlop Masters' golf tournament yesterday after rounds of 73-71-73-74—291 at Sandwich (Kent). In second place was Harry Bradshaw of Ireland, last year's winner with a 294. Third place went to Peter Thomson of Australia, who blew to an 80Reuter - 115 words
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Article169 1954-10-08 16 Hcpmaa added that, on Wimbledon form. Rex Hartwlg and Mervyn Rose could repre.,ent Australia m the doubles, but he was confident thai Lewis Hoad and Ken Ro.>ewall would be biifk m top form for the Challenge round. Although the Americans Seixas and Trabert had169 words
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Article26 1954-10-08 16 SINGAPOkE Cricket Club beat Singapore Chinese Recreation Club 5 3 m a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 1 league encounter on the padang yesterday.26 words
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Article20 1954-10-08 16 Royal Navy beat Dutch Club 3—o m a S.H.A. Div. 3A League game at j Farrer Park yesterday.20 words
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Article206 1954-10-08 16 BILL Talbert was yesterday named captain of the. U.S. Davis Cup team by the Cup selection committee for the invasion of Australia late m December. Vie Seixas. Tony Trabert and Hamilton Richardson were named to the team. Talbert will be eligible to play if he is needed. The206 words
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Article, Illustration46 1954-10-08 16 DO YOU KNOW THIS HORSE? It is the winner of tomorrow's Gold Vase race at Ipoh according to Free Press tipster Trespasser. Recognise it? If not turn to page 15 and find out. Trespasser gives selections on all eight races at the Perak Turf Club meet.46 words
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Article28 1954-10-08 16 RAF Seletar A" beat RAF Tengah "A" by 11 points (goal and two tries) to nil m a first-round Sanderson Cup rugby tie at Tengah28 words
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Article166 1954-10-08 16 Indians hold out-then let in 11 Indians o IT SEEMS that nothing 1 can go rteht for the Indians m this season. SAFA Community League Yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium, playing against the Malays, they lost left half Ra a una than after five minutes With this handicap it ls166 words
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Article62 1954-10-08 16 WANDERERS and Latiff Wanderers drew one- a 11 in their Div. 1 league hockey i match on the padang yesterday. There was no scoring until six minutes from time when D. Sullivan gave Wanderers the lead with a powerful ground hit. Sheikh Mansor equalised for LatifT Wanderers in62 words
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Advertisement350 1954-10-08 16 BEATTY WIN 9-3 Beatty Secondary School beat Young Malayans by nine points (a try and two penalties) to three (a try) in a rugger friendly yesterday. Beatty led by a penally at the interval. YACHT RACING Bermuda swept the best-of -seven series for international one design yachts from' Norway yesterday350 words
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Advertisement75 1954-10-08 16 P. SSOA n ItvaVl Success MM I demands a fit body A^ \> For many years athletes and sportsmen have paid tribute to the beneficial qua§t«=^/ lities of 'Ovaltine' as a nourishing. tifa- palatable food beverage of value m 'M supplementing the training diet. It ytj contributes nutrients and vitamins75 words
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