The Singapore Free Press, 27 October 1954
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Title Section20 1954-10-27 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. I IOBM. Singapore, Wed., Oct. 27, 1»54. Price 15 v20 words
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139 1954-10-27 1 Time hasn't come for Big 4 talks says Churchill WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, said yesterday he did not think the time had come for a four-power conference including Soviet Russia. He had been questioned m the House ot Commons about a possible meeting between himself and Mr Malenkov, theReuter - 139 words
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Article60 1954-10-27 1 WEST German Chancellor Dr. Adenauer left Bonn by plane yesterday for an eightday visit to the United States where he will confer with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Mr. Dulles. Dr. Adenauer, is expected to sign a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation betweenReuter; A.P. - 60 words
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Article166 1954-10-27 1 SIAM MOVES CHINESE FROM BORDER MANY Chinese living m Siam near the Malaya-Siam rontier were victimised by the >mmunist terrorLsts if they not pay money and were prevented from working on the rubber plantations. Tiu> Siamese Government's nswer was to replace them by Siamese workers less vulnerable such threats. ThisReuter - 166 words
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Article15 1954-10-27 1 The now Pakistan-Japan trade agreement will bo .signed 1 Karachi on Saturday.15 words
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Article45 1954-10-27 1 f^UEEN ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother, arrived m New York yesterday aboard the giant Cunarder named after her to begin a three-week visit to North America. The liner docked 12 hours schedule, having been delayed many hours by an Atlanticstorm. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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96 1954-10-27 1 rrilß Aga Khan expects to leave the Riviera In Decentbei to winter at Assuan, «.vpt, where the dry climate *'H be good for his health, *>'* wife said yesterday. The Begum Khan said her Husband had recovered from ihe pulmonary attack he suf- feredU.P. - 96 words
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220 1954-10-27 1 AT least 245 people were killed and 120 missing after a cyclonic rainstorm devastated Salerno Province m South Italy on Monday night, it was announced yesterday. In Salerno City itself 100 were dead and 20 missing, the rest of th« casualties were m outlyingU.P.; Reuter - 220 words
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Article322 1954-10-27 1 factories close £IGABETTE exports worth more than £200,000 for Singapore and other markets aacr c lying on London wharves as the great dock strike entered its 2 4th day this morning. One large factory m the London Urea closed yesterday and a big London firm ofReuter; A.P. - 322 words
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Article28 1954-10-27 1 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left Singapore this morning for Sarawak for a conference of Government representatives of Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo.28 words
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Article26 1954-10-27 1 Fire broke out m a top-fioor room of a European's hoi#^ m Orange Grove, Singapore, this morning. Firemen soon had it under control.26 words
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172 1954-10-27 1 Tubeless tires U.S. FIRM PUNS BIG DRIVE A FIVE YEAR US$lOO,OOO,OOO expansion programme by B. F. Goodrich Co. wa^ announced m New York yesterday by Mr. Joseph A. Hobari, vice-president of the Tire and Equipment Division. A large share of the outlay will be for increased facilities for production and172 words
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Article33 1954-10-27 1 The Japanese ship Manila Maru which left London on Get 6 at the start of the London dock strike only half loaded, is expected to arrive m Singapore on Nov. 3.33 words
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Article28 1954-10-27 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning quietly with first grade, November buyers at 78 cents per pound, an eighth of a cent above yesterday's close.28 words
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Advertisement114 1954-10-27 1 >^Bp t ja| lint n«'«ijj^v^* HI, K2 and J), also I i#^ 'r!%^!i Vitamin; (Niacin), TlmP 1 J^ V 1 ion, C;ilciuni and I V*^ I > hos[)horus. J V^ 5| \our Child s Health... (i^ra/ u/ouldrit you give to ensure it One way, Mother is to re- '-^5^ cognise114 words
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172 1954-10-27 2 4 Si:Uli:s of atomic explosion*, has taken phue m Kussia since the middle of last month, tlie I'nited States Atomic Energy Commission said In Washington yesterday. The Commission chairman. Mr. LtwU Strauss, said the explosions "began m mid-SepU mber and continued at intervalsReuter - 172 words
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Article145 1954-10-27 2 Red hostage rests before freedom T^HE State Department said m Washington yesterday that Hermann Field, an American architect, freed by Poland after five years m prison, is resting m a Polish sanatorium to regain his health. The American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Flack, ha^ visited Mr. Field at a sanatorium near145 words
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145 1954-10-27 2 MURDER BID ON EGYPTIAN PREMIER AT MASS RALLY LT. COL. Gamel Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian Prime Minister escaped unhurt when a youthful assailant fired five shots as he was addressing a mass rally m Alexandria last nipht. The 36-year-old Premier dodged the bullets and took shelter behind the rostrum. TheReuter - 145 words
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Article70 1954-10-27 2 A journalist, Lim Tsein. claimed trial m the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of parking his car within 20 feet of the junction of Maxwell Road and Peck Seah Street, on Aug. 19. Lim maintained that he had stopped only for a few70 words
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Article36 1954-10-27 2 A rescue party yesterday climbed the snow-clad slopes of New Zealand's 10,000-foot Mount Aspiring to reach a young English climber, Roger Longbottom, who is lying helpless from crippling frostbite m a small hut.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article20 1954-10-27 2 Sir Algernon Guinness, motor racing pioneer, died suddenly at his home at Coojcham, Berkshire, aged 71. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article99 1954-10-27 2 AN optimistic mariner, who learned seafaring by paddling: his own canoe, started for Alaska yesterday m a bathtub from Edmonds, m Washington State. "I'm going to take it all the way to Anchorage, Alaska," said the 50-year-old adventurer, Ro Rrrut). "1 have theU.P. - 99 words
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Article22 1954-10-27 2 Mr. Huan Hsiang. the Communist Chinese Charged'affaire^ to Britain, will arrive m London to take up his post today- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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159 1954-10-27 2 ITALY took over Trieste yesterday m a fervent celebration marking the end of nine years of British -American control over the city. A bitt€r wind and slanting rains washed out a series of ceremonies scheduled for the formal change of ?ommand.A.P. - 159 words
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100 1954-10-27 2 TI/TR. Shigeru Yoshida, the I*l Japanese Premier, told Members of Parliament m a private room at the House of Commons that British-Japa-nese friendship since the signing of the peace treaty has not improved as much as we would have wished." The Premier appealed forA.P. - 100 words
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Article, Illustration117 1954-10-27 2 i CUH'R hundred men and I -T 75 officers the en- I tire strength of the Mala- i I van Royal Navil Volun- I I teer Reserve turned out j smartly for their annual i I parade and inspection at I Telok Ayer Basin, Sin?a- jj jj117 words
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140 1954-10-27 2 ♦T<HE Tokyo btock Exchange Workers' Union calhd 1 off its 24-hour strike yesterday following a clash between 500 club-swinging policemen and 1.600 flagwaving trade unionists. The union had earlier agreed to remove picket lines to avoid further trouble with the police. Helmeted officersU.P. - 140 words
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135 1954-10-27 2 Ho Chi Minh 'man of peace' cays Nehru rE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, said m Peking yesterday that the Vietminh President. Ho Chi Minn, "struck me as not only very much a man of peace tut as an extraordinarily likeable and friendly person." the New China News Agency nReuter - 135 words
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Article21 1954-10-27 2 The Egyptian Consul General m London. Mr. Ahmrri Tallat, was robbed of articles worth U. 5.5420. 5420 yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement39 1954-10-27 2 SPECIAL OFFER << American t< NYLON NIGHT GOWNS j o s am cisbiits Half Price I] Tdwn G)untry!; Boutique: Corner of High St. and North Bridge Road Dress Salon: RafHes Place, Ist Floor, Meyer Chambers (Above Overseas Union Bank) X39 words
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Article, Illustration230 1954-10-27 3 VIETMINH KNEW FRENCH PLANS. SPY PROBE IS TOLD pOLICE sources yesterday quoted Army officers who fought m Indo-China as saying the Communists knew French battlefield plans ahead of time and -every time we were to make some move we found letminh troops there and waiting for us." The officers testifiedU.P. - 230 words
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168 1954-10-27 3 Girl saw U.S. wife at work and quit SAYING she was "rather shocked to find the average American wife does her own housework, an Italian woman who came to Los Angeles to wed has decided to go home instead. Vanna Soussel, 26, came here from Milan a month ago afterA.P. - 168 words
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Article22 1954-10-27 3 Buenos Aires police have arrested 129 university students m connection with a student strike protesting: government Interference with student societies."—22 words
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Article22 1954-10-27 3 A six-man Lancashire cotton mission yesterday left for Cairo to discuss the reopening of the Alexandria cotton market. U.P. A.P.U.P.; A.P. - 22 words
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121 1954-10-27 3 THE ocean-going tugboat Turmoil, of Flying Entcr--1 prise fame, knifed through an Atlantic gale yesterday toward a tiny Costa Rican freighter wallowing helplessly off Cornwall. Capt. Dan Parker, who skippered the Turmoil when it went to the aid of Capt. Kurt Kurlsen aboard121 words
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Article34 1954-10-27 3 A Coventry civic delegation of Labour Party members left yesterday for Stalingrad to arrange a joint appeal by the two war-battered cities for a U. N. ban on atom and Hbombs A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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140 1954-10-27 3 THE question of whether policemen tend (o marry prostitutes has stirred up a furore m Illinois politics. Joseph I>. I.ohman. Democratic candidate tot sherifT nt Chicago is quoted as taring said they do IB a speech. Lfthman'l principal accuser is Republican Governor William G.U.P. - 140 words
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Article32 1954-10-27 3 iwo American guards on Monday .shot and killed a South Korean .soldier and Wounded a civilian who were r "< jedly stealing gasoline '"in an army nincline m 81 oul. U.PU.P - 32 words
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Article21 1954-10-27 3 The Siamese Government yesterday announced ratification of the United Nations convention on political rights for women. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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120 1954-10-27 3 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday approved a plan I 1 to send M 590,000,000 worth of food m 8,000,000 Christmas packages to needy families around the world. The President authorised the Foreign Operations Administration to undertake the programme, working through voluntary non-profit relief agencies abroad. Food wouldA.P. - 120 words
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Article22 1954-10-27 3 The Philippine Navy has intercepted two Formosan fishing vessels m the Sulu Sea and towed them to port. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article21 1954-10-27 3 Fire yesterday destroyed 200 houses and left 1.000 people homeless m Chunchon, 50 miles northeast of Seoul. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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94 1954-10-27 3 T'HE Swedish Academy is split over the award of this year's Nobel Literature prize, worth 12,500. Half of the 18 members, favour America's Ernest Hemingway, and half, the Icelandic former Communist author. Hullbor Vilian Laxness. Between now and the acedemy's session tomorrow, when a94 words
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101 1954-10-27 3 JU.O SK\(. 11l XI |)m Mind bM with I the musical bent heard Pierre Kouruier, the brilliant French cellist twice, m three days. Yesterday, he heard him for the < second time. Seated among three hund- red school children and adults. Seng llnat deeply101 words
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Article117 1954-10-27 3 TO FREEDOM -IN A PACKING CASE I3ACKED m a tightly-nailed, 14-foot wooden box marked "Export Shipment," a 28-year-old Hungarian mechanic has completed a 300-mile qourney by train to the Wesr. After a 13-day journey via Vienna, Prague, and Communist East Germany, he was freed at a Hamburg railway station yesterdayA.P. - 117 words
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Article31 1954-10-27 3 Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, the Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Forces m Europe, will confer with Canadian officials when he visits Ottawa between Nov. 10 and 12.- ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Advertisement142 1954-10-27 3 Appointed Official Distributors of ■J f-4-tU- 1 f f M I I IHXJII \t "s^%^ -jit =:>K:illlKimOTO..nc. ftI I I I i ii i I' i 1..._ L... i i i i 11 I I Necklaces, Chokers, Ear -rings, etc., etc. G. C. de SILVA BROS. Jewellers No. 3 Raffles142 words
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404 1954-10-27 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27. 1954. Opinion A stormy lesson The story of flood prevention work m Singapore is a sorry, by no means snort history of much confused talk, frequent buck passing, and little accomplished. It was not until 1951 that a workmanlike on the face of404 words
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Article, Illustration93 1954-10-27 4 HONESTY is becoming such a rare quality that, m Greece at any rate, h merits front-page news. The most honest case recently was that of 38-year-old Kosta Mylonopoulos, a war invalid, icho went to his bank to deposit some savings and found a bay containing (1) 75693 words
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626 1954-10-27 4 HUGH DUNDAS - Hoax may Dash Ike's Election Hops HUGH DUNDAS Mntptications of the StrinyMlviv TV I^he strange hoax of Douglas Stringfellow is likely to be a decisive turning point m the US. election, m which the Democrats are fast becoming favourites. It if impossible to believe that high Government officials should not626 words
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Article486 1954-10-27 4 HENRY LOWRIE - THE LIE BALLOONED -AND BURST HENRY LOWRIE DOUGLAS STRINGFELLOW, 32 year old Republican Congressman who had boosted himself as a World War II cloak and-dagger hero, confessed on TV that it was all a hoax. Stringfellow, who cashed m on his popularity as a hero and won his seat m486 words
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Advertisement53 1954-10-27 4 Finer Rings] at SENA 'S v- I The selection of rings always to be seen at Sena's expresses the high degree of C skill and artistry employed m the creation of all their fine iewellery. I H. SENA LIMITED HICH CLASS JEWELLERS "a Singapore, Penang, Bangkok. -£^M/ r «>s\< >//«>Vv«53 words
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Advertisement132 1954-10-27 4 ■k "My SILK FACE POWDER ■■■■HHim is actually made I of real SILK" I^l^^^^^^^H^^P* Natural aUk traiwformed into f»c« F 1 powder th«ee a foaMiner film to th« I H de4ica«e Bring akin. The transpareal t *^^M^BP^ :^#Sn P-tic>ei »oftea every harsh light. c II dtaf Ust ttta and give132 words
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169 1954-10-27 5 TWO BOYS STEAL THE SHOW IN TALENTIME TWO boys stole the show and won tup hoiiour.» m the apart 1 District Methodist ith Fellow>hip talentime •<st during the weekend. A tive-minute boogie-woogie erformance at the piano by faster Gan Tiang Choon, 12, led Geylang Straits Chiese chapter to win the169 words
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Article130 1954-10-27 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. MA LAYS throughout the country will go picnicking morrow to mark the end of i month of Safar. believed t be a "bad luck" month. The "Mandi Safar" (the I afar bath) which Is celebrated on the last Wednesday of the130 words
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Article51 1954-10-27 5 TEMERLOH, Wed. Thirty mpong youths from the! i' merlon district, Pahang, are, attending a three-day civics ourse which opened at the nghliu l rest house here yesI relay. A proposal to form a rural ytMith organisation to be affliated to the Malayan Youth "mcii will be51 words
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Article21 1954-10-27 5 v IPOH. Wed. The Ipoh :< a and ywca will observe eek of prayer from Nov. 14 20. I21 words
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Article, Illustration169 1954-10-27 5 Free Press A DIVISION of the Singapore Volunteer A Special Constabulary won the Sir John Nicoll Trophy at a revolver shooting competition m which 12 teams competed at the Police Training School, Thomson Itoad, Singapore, on Monday. "A" Division, which was also last year's winner, scoredFree Press - 169 words
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148 1954-10-27 5 Union Councillor chosen by nomination AS THE Government had given it only a short time to choose a trade union representative to the Johore Council of State, the State branch of the Malayan Trade Union Congress had decided to do so by nominating one. Three names were proposed. One declined148 words
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Article, Illustration85 1954-10-27 5 This American m Jinnah" cap is Mr. Mubarak Ahmad, formerly James Paul. He arrived m Singapore yesterday on his way to Sweden where he hopes to take a Ph.D. degree m Physics. Mr. Ahmad, one of the 3,000 Muslims m the VS. intends later to85 words
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Article64 1954-10-27 5 PENANG, Wed. The Sessions Court president, Mr. J G. Adams, yesterday ordered the confiscation of 81 batik saronga and four sacks of coffee seeds weiging 375 lb. "You can appeal to the High Commissioner for the return of your goods," he told a sampanman, Sohor bin Gombak.64 words
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Article29 1954-10-27 5 TAIPING, Wed The Chief smut. Lord Rowallan, will visit Taiplng on Nov 8 He will be v^dromed by Talping Scouts with a rally at the Lake oardens.29 words
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Article20 1954-10-27 5 The Police Band will perform at King George V Park from 5.30 P.m. to <> W p m. tomorrow20 words
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Article112 1954-10-27 5 UH. P. V. KRISHNAN, secretary of the Singapore Rc[iOQal Indian Congress had > comment to make yester«v on the decision of the Malayan Indian Congress to [nk up with the UMNO-MCA UUancfl m tlic coming Federal elections. Mr. Krishna?) was asked lor ma views on112 words
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Advertisement92 1954-10-27 5 L J L J lJ /L J I -nr, m^TrTv^^ HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES GUARANTEED FOR 6 MONTHS Obtainable from good dealers m Malaya or ISAAC'S 168-A, Cecil Street. Singapore, Phone: *****. jj Fine Quality j; Diamond Gem set Platinum Engagement Rings Eternity Rings i Gold Platinum Wedding Rings S.P.H. de SILVA92 words
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Miscellaneous169 1954-10-27 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis > Tu/A/r, uiThAf--no. MAYdfl FELL- -'A I FINALLY GOT THE RAFT LOOSE WAS PULLED DOWN fNU LfcAKS WELL--THIS IS WMAT I IMAGINED J Th/A/G H/f^ OH MAYBt I f-tLL- i^^J^^f^^^^^^ NOTHING! VOI/ EKPLAIN IT. MAPPENEO. I WAS INDEEP WATER VFW PU Sf ""Affl169 words
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Miscellaneous695 1954-10-27 6 YOUR I LUCKY I STAR I I>OK\ 1O1)A\, MMHajrt activity and speed of action are your two goveraißg characteristics. You must be doiiis something e\cr> minute or jou are not content. <hue you get >our uiind set on something, there is nothing m the world that will deter >ou fiom695 words
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Article228 1954-10-27 7 Previous Mlllla \2**' nmBKK. No. 1 KSS cJ.f. European 22 15/16 buyer, m*i«7'i«i r^o-t 23 m«x »tf /ii as i:.iiki:r. No 1 RSS eJJ. European 22% buyers ml/ U buwn imrls Not 23 seller* rt i if" Bl Si no. i K s S ;pot 24i /2228 words
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Article102 1954-10-27 7 NEW YORK, 36. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 92.87 nom. 92.62 nom. UN future*. Oct 92.25 bid 91.87 bid 93.25 asked 92.75 asked No* 92.12 bid 91.87 bid 93.12 asked 92.62 asked Dee. 92 bid 91.62 bid 93 asked 92.50 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES: nil.102 words
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Article54 1954-10-27 7 S »t Malabar released was quoted 51. Awaiting release 51. Afloats iber shipment 51 November 19 Sarawak spot released 48. Awaitin<? release 48. Afloats 48. October shipment 48. November 47. Lamponer awaiting release 51. Afloats 50 October shipment 50. November 49 sellers ex dock. Above prices quoted m54 words
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Article37 1954-10-27 7 NEW YORK. Oct. 26 Previous Today 30 Industrials 356.34 ?S'? 2 0 RaUroadi 119 48 HJ.JO Domestic Bonds W0.96 l'»J-»7 i I Ulities 58 ;{l > s 7 61 Stocks Composite Averages 131.03 1.0. Jb37 words
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Article111 1954-10-27 7 Oct. 26. !K\ Philippines, c.i.f. CK'North. Previous Today European, delivered weight per $202 H selleta $133 seller-; long ton Nov. Dec COPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila. d lirered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COPRA, Straits, c.ii. l?K North aropemn delivered weight per BSK%« rev, buyers £73111 words
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184 1954-10-27 7 SAMPAN MEN REAP RICH HARVEST FROM PILGRIMS SINGAPORE sampan men, both motorised and using oars, are cashing m on the thousands of worshippers during the present pilgrimage to Kusu Island. They have combined to fix a uniform fee for the trip to the island nearly five miles away. Each visitor184 words
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152 1954-10-27 7 400 will decide on Camera club name change HPHE views of more than 400 members of the Singapore Camera Club ace now being sought by the committee on whether the club's name should be changed to the "Photographic Society of Singapore." Although the majority of the committee were of the152 words
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Article107 1954-10-27 7 GUILTY PLEA IS REJECTED IPOH, Wed. i HTHE Ipoh Magistrate, lnehe i a- Abdullah Ghazalli, refused to accept a plea of guilty from a young Malay who admitteu having illegally worn the uni form of the Malayan Royal Artillery on Monday m Ipoh. "No dishonest intention ha.^ been proved and107 words
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Article23 1954-10-27 7 Sinu r aix)rc Children'i Society will hold its annual meeting at the Britisli Council. Stamford Road, at 5.15 p.m. on Friday.23 words
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186 1954-10-27 7 Royal Air Force will shortly conduct an experiment m Malayan waters to find out how tish can help to prolong the lives of aircrew who have to bale out. This year, for the first time, the Air Ministry incorporated fishing as part of186 words
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80 1954-10-27 7 333,000 HAVE REGISTERED FOR VOTES KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Just over 333,000 people are now estimated to have registered as voters for next year's Federal elections. The registration campaign began a week ago. Figures published by the F. 1e C tion s Supervisor show that more than 100,000 people have now80 words
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Article44 1954-10-27 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A total of $4,6(36,262 was deposited last month m the Federation's Post Office Savings Bank, it w a i announced yesterday. This was $924,559 more than the withdrawals, m September "> Bf>28 f >2 new accounts were opened.44 words
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216 1954-10-27 7 STUDIO TO CONCENTRATE ON MAKING CINEMASCOPE FILMS ViN'KTY five per cc n t of Metro Goldwyn Mayer'i will now be made m i scope. Mr. A. R. Larkin, head of M.O.M, ta oneaia, said In Singapore I axktn waj one of 12 nim nils m the Near and Far >t216 words
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Advertisement115 1954-10-27 7 Rsbs& 7^ 4 m > SBC >'SS^Bb W r Sf X J& i dr'^w li4ii!ii4 mil li WS( fi'^ff Bo®s 1 |Lrf mm s Wm J i *vm 1 TRANSPORT STORAGE T^ft^ I 1 LIMITED fTr 77 I 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE O3## |l Jusl 0 si n ji' list115 words
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183 1954-10-27 8 THEY WOULD LIKE LIVING AWAY irpHL t xperiment ot mixing up the' social classes m the New Towns m England has hit a set-back, it has been revealed. A report on the New Towns which will be considered by the Housing Ministry says this183 words
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Article243 1954-10-27 8 HER WEDDING WAS JUST AN HOUR OFF /iNLY an hour before she was due to be married attractive 18-' year-old Sylvia Irving of London was severely burned about her face and head m a gas explosion. I A gas geyser blew up at her home m Wandsworth Bridge-road, Fulham, as243 words
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Article244 1954-10-27 8 Married in boom, parted in slump THE wedding of Mr. Alfred Snell and his wife, Lilian, was arranged on a strictly financial basis. It took place when Mr. Snell's business was flourishing. Then business slumped; and, said Mr. Commissioner Sharper "He wanted to get out of this commercial transaction as244 words
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Article62 1954-10-27 8 1 1 a nreDaii crashed on to a house m Chapel-road. Marton, i i Blackpool, during an electric storm, bored a neat hole m the slates, and set fire to roof j timbers. j j Mr. James Hartley, the hou.sej holder, who was sitting by62 words
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Article25 1954-10-27 8 A lorry loaded with fecwt. ingots of tin valued at nearly £4.000 was stolen from Silver- 1 towrrway. m London's East End.25 words
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142 1954-10-27 8 BOY OR GIRL TEST? WORTHLESS DOCTOR A MERICA'S new method of detecting the sex of an A unborn baby by testing the mother's saliva with litmus paper is worthless, Dr. Gerald Swyer, of University College Hospital, London, claims. He has tried out the test m his laboratory and found that142 words
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Article52 1954-10-27 8 CORTING out a junk drawer at his home m Nelson, Lancashire, Mr Cecil Slater, ex-P.o.W. of World War 1., found a dehydrated loaf issu- ed by the Red Cross 36 years ago. He soaked it m water, let it dry, and it tasted like new bread,52 words
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Article226 1954-10-27 8 Help family too -crime doctor A CHILD turns to crime. Along comes a .social worker. The child Rets treatment. But us that enough to sort out a situation which is all too familiar m Britain today? No, .said Dr. D. H. Stott. Social workers, he added, should treat the parents226 words
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Article, Illustration73 1954-10-27 8 Hcture. These charming Con- tinental ice skaters are I resting between practices I for the international I skating competition, the I Richmond Trophy, to be I held m Surrey on Nov. 1. They are (from left) Gilbert? Naboudet, 17, (France); Karen Bonier, 18, (Switzerland); Joan Hannappel,Reuter - 73 words
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242 1954-10-27 8 T'HE Airman's Charter a x plan to give the R.A.F. a 40-hour, five-day week, and corporals the status of works foremen now lies on an air chief marshal's desk. The Air Council will meet soon to discuss the report and see how many of242 words
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Article50 1954-10-27 8 Harry Shaw, the man who wanted to wear the Huddcrsfteld coat of arms on his blazer, will have to be satis fled with wearing a near copy. The town council upheld a recommendation that outfitters be refused permission to use the coat of arms50 words
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Article35 1954-10-27 8 Mr. Brian McCabe, of London, suggested to the first national conference of the Institute of Practitioners m Advertising, at Birmingham that a college should be founded for training future advertising men.35 words
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Article345 1954-10-27 9 Eat people getting it wrong, he says ]%|R. JACK FORD, the 1?1 man who advertised for a "mother number two" to replace his dying wife, said: "People call it callous. But you cannot explain everything; on a 6d. postcard advert. •II 1 were a man345 words
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91 1954-10-27 9 FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT W. B. Caldicott, of Liverpool. I took up a cargo of coughing i hildren of 16,000 ft. The children were victims of a whooping cough epidemic sweeping Styria. Austria. Most of the children were .so excited they forgot to cough. Afterwards doctors .said: "The91 words
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Article25 1954-10-27 9 Twenty-four sheep were k 'lled and ten more had to be 'Ifstroyed after being attacked by a dog m a Middlesex, field.25 words
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Article, Illustration43 1954-10-27 9 j Antigone Cos tan da (centre) who won the Miss World i title contest m London ls setting kisses of congratulations from the runners- up, Karim Hultman, of New York, (left) and Effi Mela of Greece (right).— A.P. picture.43 words
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Article72 1954-10-27 9 Miss Joy Adamson, 36-year-old radio and TV actress, was granted a decree nisi m the Divorce Court on the ground of her husband's cruelty. She brought the suit under her married name. Mrs. Jessie Reston Weir Haines, of Belsize Park-gardens. Hampstead. Her husband, Mr. Brian Pearce72 words
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Article49 1954-10-27 9 A mother saved her two children from being struck by a van on a zebra crossing at Islington, London. Mrs. Rose Hopkins, 28, pushed her daughter, three, and son, five, from her as the van approached. Neither was hurt, 1 but she was slightly injured. I49 words
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Article16 1954-10-27 9 An epidemic of "school 'flu" kept 5,428 children away from school m Sunderland I16 words
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Article133 1954-10-27 9 Dueiling is out' airmen told EIGHT Royal Air Force officers on a one-year German course at Bonn University have been told by the Air Ministry they must not duel. The officers are on the first RAF. interpreters' scheme ever held m a German university. An Air Force spokesman said the133 words
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Article143 1954-10-27 9 NEW BILL SEEKS 2-YEAR BAN OCAL authorities m Britain may be given power to close down unhygienic cafes or restaurants for two years. The Government wants to write this power to safeguard health into the clean food Bill now before Parliament. The draft Bill143 words
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203 1954-10-27 9 DETECTIVE TO SERVE WARRANT ON HERMIT A PRIVATE detective from London is to be hired to serve a distress warrant on the hermit of Rosedale—sB-year-old George Baxter, selfstyled Lord of Rosedale and Shah of Zanzibar. Pickering (Yorkshire) Council decided this because the local bailiff, police, and rate collector refuse to203 words
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Article33 1954-10-27 9 Thirty-five girls were taken ill at St. Peter's Secondary School, Harrogate, Yorks, with a mystery complaint which m three weeks has hit 700 schoolchildren m five Knavesborough schools four miles away.33 words
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Article25 1954-10-27 9 mm w» mmmwmwm^mwm A Newcastle to London express was delayed when the axle box of a dining car caught fire near Peterborough, Northants.25 words
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Article24 1954-10-27 9 A thief who broke into the home of Mr. John Anstee m Wembley, London, took .i'6oo from a tin box.24 words
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Article70 1954-10-27 9 HOUSEWIVES at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, complain that they cannot get their i babies' prams through the front door, so the Development Coun- cil arc to fit new doors, three inches wider. Majar-General A. C. Duff, general manager of the corporation, said: "In one type of house, mothers70 words
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Article91 1954-10-27 9 SOME .schoolboys have been working as many a.s 60 hours a week, it was stated at Burton-on-Trent, Staffs. The town council found that m addition to 30 nouns at .school, boys were working up to 30 hour.s at part-time jobs to earn pocket money. Nov: the council91 words
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Article253 1954-10-27 9 BEFORE Warrant Officer Stanley Gordon Ash left the RAF. he took ;i cour.se on postal clerk's duties. Within a year ho became a postmaster at .€B7O a year. Seven years latrr. when he was 30. he wa.s receiving more than .t 1.500 B year from253 words
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Article446 1954-10-27 10 Eric Gottgetran - Israeli Girls Join the Army Eric Gottgetran By IrtttntLL. seems it) ue trie only country m the world where military service for unmarried women is obligatory even m peace time. It is regarded as a complete success whether the girls wear the uniform of the infantry, navy or air force.A.P. - 446 words
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Article377 1954-10-27 10 BEACHCOMBER - BEACHCOMBER A YOUNG man who stood on his: head m the street outside a girl's house said he did this to "convince her that he was serious." I wonder what he would have clone if he had not been serious. To show him that the demonstration was377 words
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Article86 1954-10-27 10 IN a palace of stone on too of a rugged seaside ledge m Massachusetts. John Hays Hammond. America's greatest living inventor is celebrating the patenting of two of his latest triumphs One of his inventions is i complex top-secret electronic device which will enable U.S. ships to86 words
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Miscellaneous45 1954-10-27 10 C^k^s OPENS HIS OWN INSIDE-THK-MOTOR SHOW „> htgntnd ttrnngly tmtlt type la icr*Uhed and t»«mp*d «/iarp rtgAir a^/e <«r'< ltM-4«» t»»* p«»«-» w<r q,^ tfcat l-<-fettMa't<»r*-ICM" ty»w. v iffttxii -an* aurwrij rypr »»< «Mit the ■went r/l« I'm /laumffHin-aryttm.fn/ 1 y— -4ry t» iwwe" type. HMth-my-pauen^r type.45 words
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Article, Illustration1038 1954-10-27 11 dOTvuption Reigns as Crisis Deepens PRICES RISE AND GOODS RUN SHORT iiir Indonesian seal, ciie cuuda Wered bird of Hindu epics. ••I/ORUPSI" is the most widely used word m Indonesia today. It means just what it looks like: Corruption. it seems to exist everywhere m this young republic,1,038 words
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386 1954-10-27 12 ROBERT B. TUCKMAN - ROBERT B. TUCKMAN by A in st i Lass In Berlin 1..- to hire a white i ibber-tyred "marriage carriage" drawn by foui all white horses. Yoi can i -ift b t w o-horse out n: for about hail tin money but your brickA. P. - 386 words
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Article159 1954-10-27 12 Is here time on your hands? INHERE are mans voluntary jo!)s just (lying out for the woman with a kindly heart and a w ise head. Many old People's Welfare Committees have urgent need Of visitors who can t; i a few h<mr> each wok t<> bringing friendship and interest159 words
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Article51 1954-10-27 12 n uihimiiu waul is [lie 0 offering of a River Forest, [llinois, iirm. a.r.f. Products, inc. its newly engineered electronic device is about the size of the average toaster. The company .says it provides a continuous supply o! drinking water by using ultra-violet 1 idiationA.P. - 51 words
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Article, Illustration317 1954-10-27 12 BS -;a\e declarer line chao b to make bia i oniraot ii he i/hu>e ilu \\\.\v:\ mck as Ins opening lead North's queen held the trick Di clarer handea me com ra< t right back to th« delenders, bowever, he cashed the ace or spades, then led to317 words
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Advertisement54 1954-10-27 12 s T\^ s UI ii CjULI ii H I OF SINGAPORE M^^^^. AND MALAYA 1954 ISSUE Jl^^l^^V NOW READY JK^i^^^^^ •"■ivV f'^X':-!' >>.■:- t~ sumatr^ *i i. Borneo/ w^V^ /S Wm w r "Y O^s B > i:■ x :v: J *j m± jHk y .j a m^k w m54 words
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Miscellaneous226 1954-10-27 12 I I m^Sp^ pBBMBWKpnHHK^^jr^ '> BE O I CLUEfI Afßoss: 3 i do it for such b person (ft) 1 Check and filter again B>. 5 Refuse to go m this? (7) 4 Apparently 499 come before the c Describes a Henry and an French to be unemployed 4> Edvard226 words
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Article, Illustration1245 1954-10-27 13 1 1 money is the problem show him the figures EiLEEN ASCROFT concludes her series on LONELY WIVES -with an investigation into the evidence of the husbands 2" the" wife "at" i bed time— 1 iyHEN first planning this series on lonely wives, i decided to crossexamine the husbands. 11,245 words
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Article, Illustration351 1954-10-27 13 BEATRICE Boarer, former DOyly Carte Company favourite, collapsed backstage at the "Q" Theatre, London, during the first performance of a new play, "The Case of Dr. Ambrose" She was taken to hospital and her part, that of a majd. was taken by Maisie Mac Far quhar.Reuter - 351 words
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Article, Illustration54 1954-10-27 14 pictures. Mrs. Joy McNaughton Lim Pens Han. competing m his "Lim Special" (Fiat 1,098 C.C.), Wjn four events, two of them m record time. He also established the fastest time oi the daj for cars 48.485 cc. Free Press ::-:::<<:.Xy One of the women competitors mMrs. Joy McNaughton; Free Press - 54 words
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Article57 1954-10-27 14 j^keddy POPE, holder ut the 1 unlimited record for ears utid one ut the ke< n of ail the enthusiasts spout weeks m preparation has absent on Sunday i Singapore Gap iiiii climb. Freddy was a favourite m the sports class, but a mosquito toiled him.57 words
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Article86 1954-10-27 14 LEFT: Neil Mom hen cliv ins his Cooper 1,698 c.C, raclß| car, wins the 1.100 tl and under event ut tin- Gap Hill (limb on Sunday Montr ieffs time was 49.S6see, BELOW: Another Fastest lime of the Day award to K. C. Wong IM.Slsec which is also a86 words
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Article, Illustration246 1954-10-27 14 S'pore floodlight rugby is postponed THE floodlight rugby match between the Pijians and Combined Services has been postponed until December 1. Originally scheduled fo i November 10 at Singapore's Jalan BeSAr Stadium, the fixture, lirst floodlight rugby match to bo played m this country, was postponed to avoid a cl&fth246 words
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Article143 1954-10-27 14 Tom WALSH went In fitv For i Carus i ri« ket i lub In h<" Darwcn (Lane i League, carried his t>;» right through the Innings and fin) hed with nought not outl His ■idi 'i I iII out for eight two opposition bowlers having143 words
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Advertisement31 1954-10-27 14 POPPY DAY l| ALL-STAR BADMINTON EXHIBITION S ATTIRDAY Book EARLY! Book TODAY! Tickets at Robinsons, Winston's, Kings, Badminton Hall and Reserved $5, S3. Unreserved SI. Space kindly donated by FEDERAL DISPENSARY31 words
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Article, Illustration553 1954-10-27 15 YANK AIMS FOR MILE IN 3 min. 5 5 sec. £N AMERICAN is tfoing all out to \n at John Landy's mile record of i minutes r>> seconds. After the Australian Bel the world record ai Turku. Finland, last Jam-, reporters asked him M be thought there was anyone who553 words
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Article, Illustration142 1954-10-27 15 S-E ASIA TENNIS TOURNEY Tf ALAYA will take part m a South-East Asia tennis championship against teams from the Philippines. India, Hong Kong and Vietnam. The tournament, which is being contested on lines similar to the Davis Cup competition, will be held m Saigon from142 words
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Article38 1954-10-27 15 The 1955 Oxford and Cambridge Inter-varsity boat race, (he 101 st of the serie;-. will be rower] on Saturday March 26 Cambridge lead on appregate by 54 wic* to 45 with one dead heat- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article251 1954-10-27 15 East Yorks 26; S.C.C 3. A WEAK Singapore Cricket Club fifteen took aj trouncing from the East Yorks yesterday on the padang. Playing bripht rugger, the Army team scored six tries, four of which were converted into tfoals. r East Yorks' stand-off half 1 Tate251 words
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117 1954-10-27 15 World's top track stars invited to Brazil meeting 'T'HE world's champion runners are being invited to participate m the 30th Sao Silvestre Marathon m Brazil en December 31. Emil Zatopek. who won lasl years 7,200 metre race through the city streets In the record tim* of 20:30 4. has beenA.P. - 117 words
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Article34 1954-10-27 15 Victoria School failed m a great Md m tht last, five minutes to heat st. Andrew's Bcnool m their return iiiKKer match at Woo&sville yesterday. The match ended irltOOUt score.34 words
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Article114 1954-10-27 15 I V'itichai kunoi, flyweight champion of Thailand. ha.s arrived m Manila by Philippine Air Lines from Hong Kong for ,i title bout with the Philippines' Tanny Campo, flyweight king of the Orient. Kunoi face.j Campo m a 12--roiind bout on Saturday at the Riz.ilU.P. - 114 words
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Article220 1954-10-27 15 Ties m the Singapore B.A. championships tonight at 7.15 art: Court No. 3: Ismail b. Marj-an b. v Omar b. Ibrahim, Ng Heng Kwang v Out; Poh Lim, M. Sadali v Wee Chye Kmn. Koh Beng Swee v Robert Lee, Ltow Kirn Fatt v Syed Salim. Official: Andrew220 words
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Article64 1954-10-27 15 Ji eland's team to mett Scotland ii. the soccer international at Hampden Park. Glasgow, on No wmber 3, was chosen last night as follows: I'prichard <Port*mouth) Graham (Dont aster). Mac Michael (Newcastle); D. Blanchflower (Aston, Villa), McCavana (Colcraine*. Peneock (Glasgow Celtic); Bingham (Ptinderland), J. Blanchflower;Reuter - 64 words
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Article30 1954-10-27 15 AN "own goal" by Mat Noor. I gave the star-studded Malays a 2-1 victory over In i donesians m their Community League fixture at Jalan Be.sar yesterday.30 words
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Article52 1954-10-27 15 JOHNNY SULLIVAN, the Brl tLsh and Empire middleweight champion, outpointrd Martin Hansen. Iho Danish middleweight title holder, over ten rounds at Nottingham on Monday night. The verdict was closr If, f|| a "revrnge" fight for .Sulliv.t'i, ns fho Dano outpointed him over the same distance m Jul>Reuter - 52 words
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Advertisement17 1954-10-27 15 News Flash! Miss ALICE LEE i« «gain with OCEAN PARK HOTEL Thursday 28th Friday 29th Saturday 30th17 words
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Article252 1954-10-27 16 WILL JOHORE JOIN THE BOYCOTT Decision today body nas granted match against Singapore on December 12 No apparent reason U evident for this boycott of Singapore. It seems to be just a case of false pride on the part ol the Federation body. There is no room m local -jx)it252 words
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Article93 1954-10-27 16 DKMS onip'on. the Middle- and I ii -land cricketer, ai lived at Dai win by air lvi. I.ml night on his way to Join the MC 1 team. He was thrtv days lat* owinj to his airirait makinf an c«» ergenrv landing at Karachi. 1 omplon saidReuter - 93 words
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Article52 1954-10-27 16 MAJOR Sammy Lee. twice Olympic diving champion, arrived m Manila by plane yesterday from Hong Kong on the last lap of a Far East goodwill mission under auspices of the U.S. State Department Canada came from behind yesterday to eliminate Peru 68-58 m the second world52 words
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Article63 1954-10-27 16 THEL Aviv Maocabi Football Club, Israel "s League chajnplons and cup holders, lost to Arsenal at Arsenal Stadium m a floodlight game l<usi nU?ht by 4 goals to 1 after being two goals behind at half time They are to play three other English League sides. WolverhamptonReuter - 63 words
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Article, Illustration109 1954-10-27 16 TWO Siamese badminton stars flew into Singapore yesterday to compete m the Poppy Day Fund exhibitions at the SB A. Hall on Saturday night. They are Direk Khajadbhya. Thailand and Burma champion, and Miss Prathung Pattaphongsie, Siamese women's champion. Direk is scheduled to play Wong Peng109 words
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497 1954-10-27 16 CHARLES BRYCE - CHARLES BRYCE By rjON'T tell Tom Churchill that Singapore is a small VJ islaad. He just won't believe you. Tom started out at 9 a.m. m Sunday's round-the-island outDoard motor boat race. Her left alon^ with the winner, Jack Maughan. But while Maughan497 words
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Article, Illustration233 1954-10-27 16 NIGHT CYCLE RACING ON SUNDAY rjiHREE Singapore cyclists, one of them a woman, will be presented with sashes at the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club's annual road race meet on Sunday at Shenton Way. The meet starts at 6 p.m. The cyclists who will receive sashes are Miss Constance Fisher a nurseFree Press - 233 words
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Advertisement447 1954-10-27 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. DEATHS 20 Words $6 (minimum). KING: At Ballater, Scotland, on 3rd October. 1954, Jessie Forrester. wife of the late William King. Singarore Harbour Board. WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE the death at Perth. W. A. on 25th October 1954 of May Robson Gerondal late beloved wife of Mr. A.447 words
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Advertisement53 1954-10-27 16 I '^^S^^Br STRETCH AND Mf////' 1^ l^^^^^3/F iLEEP IN LUXURIOUS COMFORT KLM's mi^&W^aKS^r SlccpAir chairs with Wp footstool and fully S' <\ t} WBF&yHr rcclinable backrest W >H be introduced on jk *W services ex Singapore A fl fl flfl r jQh fl%^ h flTfl fl as from 31st October53 words
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