The Singapore Free Press, 16 December 1954
1954-12-16
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Title Section19 1954-12-16 1 The Singapore Free Press i irgest Afternoon Sale m Malaya N,, ill.!?. *mi;;iporr, Thurs., Dec. 16, 1954. Pricr ISCfti19 words
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264 1954-12-16 1 ONE aftermath of the week-end floods m Singapore is the scarcity of vegetables. And prices have :i, from 15 per cent to as much as 100 per cent. vegetables are unobtainable. The floods have washed away most of the colony's vegetable264 words
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Article81 1954-12-16 1 11JUTAIN fcaa ratified ihe JJ International Tin Afcreeat the end of 1953. Sir Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, signed the ratification. Main purpose of the agreement is to stabilise world prices. In the .same document Sir Anthony declared the separate participation m the agreement ofReuter - 81 words
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Article31 1954-12-16 1 I 1 >pc again made some yesterday after a tern on Tuesday In his covery from a grave i by a stomach ailbut he is still very weak- ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article23 1954-12-16 1 Singapore Rubber •»pened steadily this ng with first grade, shipment, at 83 > 4 ib. 7 16 of a cent terday close23 words
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Article131 1954-12-16 1 Malayan dollar is worth more Dur Market Cftfip— iea< \y I n R trading conditions, i- rubber and luve Increa i d, 1 $30 million, the n currency m circuist two ted In a furthening of the ■:n. t Btertn Exi resterday itea by a furnny to bring ling price131 words
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177 1954-12-16 1 Workers leap to safety 'THREE workmen are believed to have dird In the submarine Talent, which was .swept from a dock m Chatham, near London, yesterday when the dock collapsed. The submarine was swept crewle.s.s Rcrou the River Medway and went aground m about .sixReuter - 177 words
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251 1954-12-16 1 FLOODS RISING: DANGER HOUR IS 3 p.m. It will rain all day today m areas stretching from Singapore to Trengganu, according to (he weather experts. The downpour will be heavy at times. Danger time m Singapore will be 3 o'clock this afternoon -high tide. JKAV r Y monsoon rains which251 words
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Article124 1954-12-16 1 Clothing, Cash, Workers rpllF. oinmittcr itf the 1 Singapore Flood Kelief Fund this morning appealed for more donations m cash and for more clothing, tinned foods, milk, blankets and any other goods of an essential nature. The public could help, the committee said, m the following tasks: As despatch workers124 words
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Article38 1954-12-16 1 Four albums of stamps worth $5,000 were .stolen from a European household m Evans Road, off Bukit Timah Road, yesterday afternoon. Three of the albums, minus the stamps, were later found m the garden.38 words
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Advertisement10 1954-12-16 1 r-.- v.. >: v >. li I I I I I 110 words
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16 1954-12-16 2 IKE: WE CANNOT BUY WORLD SECURITY I The P Reuter 1> 1 I i i IReuter - 16 words
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Article29 1954-12-16 2 Ql ESS Ju.unj of O* N>;h*rUnds r*>t*rxU* ttfiusi x d<vrr* zt\~ B<>ti raaftii itiHWt. Jo^fija Ai aj»4 oth^r P^tHs ire rf«rr^i for IrtttiaWßl b> ReuterReuter - 29 words
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13 1954-12-16 2 T- ....5 so fir -a U.P.U.P. - 13 words
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72 1954-12-16 2 T--._ re 1 v f social services mem i v pmeni Oe slovedb; m og rise 1 or i of social services [ally to D! rtfn n :zzj "="ii Itns :r.a I ihuit to intrt rnuutu H I It ;.r72 words
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Article, Illustration9 1954-12-16 2 U.P. 5. i <- v i.:: Free PressU.P.; Free Press - 9 words
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Article13 1954-12-16 2 U.S. may sell farm goods to Reds THI V H i C. ReuterReuter - 13 words
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124 1954-12-16 2 SE-Asia extends its trade, social services MO^ i oi the i ouni o\ SmiUi and ><»uth 1 it \v .i hK i their >nt*nk wtp«ti .mil f\p.r .ltd their social the third annual rep the illative Commit t h c -»rr.t>o Plan publi>hed m ondon today. It nU there xtill124 words
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Advertisement24 1954-12-16 2 Why not give DECORATED GLASSWARE WATER SETS \^J and 6 Tcmbk $12 40 523 50 CR SETS Sl3 SO I 521 the s-;;s iS?£24 words
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Article345 1954-12-16 3 JMo more than strokes' says Minister f ABOUR members protested In the lloux,- <>f lJ Commons yesterday About punishments Imposed on Africans held In Mai Man detention camps m East Africa The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, had detailed the penaltiesReuter - 345 words
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104 1954-12-16 3 Ike explodes theory of 'flying saucer' 1)RI nidi n I Eisenbowei told Wi Waihington conference jreaterJio ii»- had been assured ls wrong to believe 'flying saucer> rain* Iroin an OVtside planet. He made this comment asked to give h\opinion on fly inn saucer phenomena and on rep«»rt> tliat some EuropeanReuter - 104 words
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159 1954-12-16 3 rr v >mic Energy Commls--1 iion announced m Washin yesterday a contract lor instruction of a nucl< ar r plant capable of being and transported by jh< commission said tv Loc( motive Company sign, build and test-op-rai the prototype of thi.- soi "package"Reuter - 159 words
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Article24 1954-12-16 3 The U.S. Secret. i rv of the I Mr. Charles Thomas the navy ii.is seaplane let bombers In the experimental staee. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article319 1954-12-16 3 MRS. Styllou Christofl, a 53-! year-old Cypriot, vester day became the thirteenth woman to be hanged m Britain. She went to the scaffold at Holloway prison m London for having murdered her daughter-in-law. Until a late hour members of; Parliament, including three barristers, tried319 words
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Article21 1954-12-16 3 Jacob Malik left New jo yesterday on the Queen d^th to resume his po>t as Unbassador to London21 words
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Article27 1954-12-16 3 Maj. Gen Merril Twining, Deputy Chief Of Staff at US. Marine Headquarters was yesterday assigned to command the l.st Merino Division m Korea.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article32 1954-12-16 3 Philippine Senator E.staban Abada la still m a critical condition m New York Hospital. Ho ha.s been m the hospital for a month with liver and kidney ailments. A. P.A.P. - 32 words
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132 1954-12-16 3 I PERIAL Chemical Indusy oi Australia and New the dear j Uv after a judge freed urn, pi :i ii responsibj S V! x > )losl() n which claimat Melbourne on BR vf XI)lo iu n aboard the f? -romptfd the O wn-LO,OOO-ton vessel,132 words
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74 1954-12-16 3 D\\ id Parker, v ea Lerprisftnf 11 war-old i)o\. was out «»i tasineai resterdaj v PlUtfcurfti before he eovM make his first Bale. Davitl l»r<uiuht M>!10 worth <>l hristmas IrCCS. lie si. irked them at a corner I <» t then ireafl toA.P. - 74 words
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58 1954-12-16 3 ()Ni »f the sentenced itn an others wi I to ole'.s Coui t in f »r plOttin 'iliie. Major Salah BaJem, Mini for 1 (i the extent of the Brotherhood i conpli.. t< pow( He said they had more than .i million rounds ol ammunition58 words
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Advertisement130 1954-12-16 3 I CHILDREN'S jtj^ HAND-MADE PARTY DRESSES w|S[?'"^^ I I/ 1/ I /or fAe festive season! I*( '%'CM:^M--M; OR (.AN I) IF- W^CX^jFw^' *'-"-/?3L-^?? With delightful j ~S—^^^ j motifs, m pastel 3 SILK DRESSES i I'mk. 1 cllow or J Delightfully hand embroidered and smocked, m White with embroidery Sizes130 words
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284 1954-12-16 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 1954. Opinion The mixed marriage A brains trusts team m Kuala Lumpur lias been debating; the I blt-m of mixed marriages as a solution to the racial problems of Malaya. It decide d that mixed marriages would be no solution at all. But284 words
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Article, Illustration528 1954-12-16 4 HENRIK KROGIUS - HENRIK KROGIUS THEY LIKE MARSHAL TITO BUT NOT HIS REGIME hy v<)R all tho lmprover tnenf since President Josip Broi Tito broke away from Russia m 1948, the Yugoslav people still have little confidence m laws. Yugoslav! interviewed from the Slovenian Hepublic m the north, toA.P. - 528 words
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Article361 1954-12-16 4 UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN FORTY-ONE years ago today a City alderman found a youngster playing a cheap violin m a deserted vegetable warehouse m Hackney. Today that youngster controls the largest dial-cutting busiriess m Europe, and has iuat been elected to the Sidney Fletcher Memorial Institute, which is run m361 words
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LETTERS FROM READERS
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165 1954-12-16 4 He calls it frustration not apathy yOU deplore the apathy 1 of the people elections and self-govern-ment I deploi frustration over i I and self-governm* by lb c c of the electoi who against their will had been included by automatic registration. The iigure.s for the I bership of our165 words
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Letter15 1954-12-16 4 DUBLIN grocery adv. ment: '"The eggs wi tomorrow are still In th( ncns.15 words
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Advertisement28 1954-12-16 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OP DIAMONDS fir GEMS IN PI. MINI Me (.OLD. X Wit h Sma rt it Efficic n t Workmanship G.C.DeSILVA&BROS 3, RAFFLES PLACE Singaporc-1 Tel: *****.28 words
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Advertisement96 1954-12-16 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6', M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11,000 to 30,00096 words
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Article205 1954-12-16 5 IT WILL FURTHER DIVIDE THE STAFF T■; UK»I Senior Offictssociatian of the ore City Council ■yd the latest pay ,1 S of the Finance neral Purposes P tho scheme to most of the tan', cuts leave »ge faculties. that the scheme, it ,ugh, may205 words
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Article41 1954-12-16 5 >H, Thurs. Santa Claus ribute toys from a re to the children's the Ipoh District o n Monday. iristmaa party is being hv the Perak branch British Red Cross Sothe Women's Service Kue and helpers at the41 words
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Article27 1954-12-16 5 •(A. Thurs.-A muni- committe.e appointed a five-year pro- of capital works has .^"jmended that the municiaoorL r acqulre land wort h 000 for town improvement27 words
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Article31 1954-12-16 5 TAIPING, Thrus.— The new clubhouse or the Kwuubml a*> sociation will be opened by th» District Officer. Larut an«l M&tanß Mr. D. R Home, on Jan 12 at noon.31 words
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Article39 1954-12-16 5 k hundred children of ben of the RailRecreation Club -m K apore, will be l^eU to a Chriatr mas party by the club president, Mr .A. L. Baxby, on Dec. 22. A cinema show will follow.39 words
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Article, Illustration303 1954-12-16 5 TIME for "one for the road" m most Singapore bars will from now on be later by one hour on Saturday nights and public holidays providing the bar owners apply for an extension. Mr. Lim Jew Kan. president of the Singapore Public House303 words
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Article45 1954-12-16 5 Many mtll irtlg atlon drams m tlie Sengganuig (inuiian'' Irrigation area have be< ome badly lilted. Th«-y will be cleared by a Miiiput dredger winch cost the Government $16,000 it will ais<> be used at sri Menantl on sinr-kir work.45 words
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274 1954-12-16 5 Four waited two months for trial TWO months elapsed before four Chinese women, charged with possession of foodstuffs m a food-pro-hib'ted Johore area, were brought to trial m the Johore Bahru Sessions Court. The court's president. Mr. N L Cohen, severely criticised the police274 words
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Article66 1954-12-16 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Sin Wah. 25, claimed m the First Magistrate's Court hew yesttrday that he escaped from Police Lieut. T. N. Edwards, who had arrested him. because Edwards had beaten him Sin claimed trial to two charges of escaping from custody and stealing a bicycle66 words
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Advertisement72 1954-12-16 5 iiiiiiiiiiiiiMdiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiinniimiiiiiiiiuiiiiiitiimiiii •miii iiim hiiihiiiiiiium Paris New York TQRLJ LIPSTICK I 4 is B^^ /A IB ifl l U 10 EXCITING SHADES I SOLE A y* kl\\ I.WW rM| B.TII f%> SINGAPORE. PENANC. K. LUMPUR H I|IIM i !^!WIW^^IW»W Wf 1^ W* MWn Gt/b fAaf p/ease /asf through the years!72 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous105 1954-12-16 6 MANDRAKE by Tee Falk and Phil Davis STAR 1 >* 1 Iimpo^s ppepawo f '.\r~v ;t see this tmrc shI B°55 t<ld: W ixV or J) i Ambl11 JARZAN_^ by Edgar Rice Burroughs I /Jf LI V MM c :i: v<c t%\"- J I x > -v.-»- -v£-r £-FS T:105 words
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Round the World Market Prices
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Article194 1954-12-16 7 i o\i><>\ n.r 1 Preil— Today l KSS ci.f. European 24 7 1H bUJ 24 9 16 sellers -7 16 sellers So 1 RSS c.U. European 24, btl 24', bu 14 I Ml Spot 24 bu I 24 bu- 25 sellers I sel l RSS Settlement194 words
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Article107 1954-12-16 7 NEW YORK, 15. Previous Today Tl\ straits spot and nearby 89.37 nom. 89.25 nom. JIN mtures Dec. 89.15 bid 89.00 bid 89.50 asked 89.10 asked Jan. 89.15 bid 89.00 traded 89.50 asked Fefr. 89.00 bid 88 90 bid 89.50 asked 90.00 asked Ton i Steady. SALES: Two107 words
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Article41 1954-12-16 7 Malabar was quoted at 43. 43. December shipment January 41 v 2. January, and March (m equal Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. monthly proportions) 41. Sarawak spot 42. Lampons spot 43 cents per pound sellers ex-dock.41 words
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Article24 1954-12-16 7 Previous Today M Industrials 387.03 388.92 Kuln.ads 136.58 137.16 M D— mtk Bonds 101.25 101.18 tJ Stocks Composite Averages 143.49 144.0024 words
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Article129 1954-12-16 7 Dec. 15. Previous Today foi'lc\ I'hilippines cj.f. UK North. $197 .sellers 1 97 L quo' ed European delivered weight per < OPR Philippine*, f.o.b. Manila. red weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COPR.%. vp.iits. i-.i.f. IK North. £72^. buyers -^£73 buyers iropean delivered weight per £73129 words
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132 1954-12-16 7 between the Comand Industry L><"nt ol the Singapore nd the Chamof C pee on the 'ible relaxation of importt control* will not Place until after the ar. H Clcßg, Director of :md Industry said chances of' the rting earlier were remot °n for132 words
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120 1954-12-16 7 ALLIANCE FIGHTS CASE OF 83 BANNED SCHOOLBOYS Umno-mca Alliance memberi m the Jttere State ouncil will urgl (lovernment .it the Dim. IK meeting: to hike immediate steps to admit into the English College the S:{ boys who were turned awuy for lack of accommodation. The 8!i hoys already have pased120 words
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Article, Illustration64 1954-12-16 7 MISS Cecilia Kaan returru-d home yesterday for the first time m three years to spend her Christmas and New Year holiday with her parents. She has just completed her studies at the George Taylor Coaching College m Melbourne and wants to be a nurse. After the64 words
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79 1954-12-16 7 rriHE YMCA Youth Centre m 1 the Philippines is inviting Singapore YMCA to send two leaders to attend a five-day "National Student conference" to be held m Bagnio city, beginning on Boxing Day. The pair will also be invited to participate m a series of79 words
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Article53 1954-12-16 7 Claims [or increased wages by iaily paid worker* ol the Cen Lral Electricity Board will be considered at i lull meeting of the Board m January. The management agreed to the claims to the Board after a meeting with represen tatives ol the C. E M53 words
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Article39 1954-12-16 7 A» the annual general n t>l the Singapore Bicycle Association the foil >wIng were elected ofllce-be for 1955 President: Mr. Nk Boon Lang (re-electedi Mr N" Kmi Koh; treasurer: Mr Hoi B committee memaj named.39 words
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Article66 1954-12-16 7 Students form new society ANEW urbanisation Singapore District Student* 1 Society of Incorporated Secretaries has been formed In the Colony. At the inau'-.ural meeting held at the V.M.C.A. hall m Orchard Road, it Wla decided that membership should be confined to registered .students who are not members ol any other66 words
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58 1954-12-16 7 The Johore branch of the M.C.A. has decided to ask the Government to lift the rice restrictions m the Kulai district. A similar ban affecting Scudal and Kampons Scudai was lifted last Saturday. The reduced rice rations were 3, 2 l 2 and 258 words
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Article35 1954-12-16 7 A thief broke into a room of a hotel m Napier Road. Singapore, an Tuesday night and stole a handbag containing $30 and $20 worth of valuables belonging to a European woman lodger35 words
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Article52 1954-12-16 7 Singapore and Federation students who wish to sit for Hindi examinations, to be held under the auspices of the Dakshinj Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras, are requested to forward their applications before Dec 27. They .should be addressed to HP Sabah (Malaya*, 5. Ciombak Lane,52 words
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Advertisement24 1954-12-16 7 i| fi Connoisseurs ■JT WSt \Jum\jw\j\j Mil y^yf I1 1 V 1 i^WftSW Made from p- I SOLE AGENTS; MACLAINE WATSON AND COMPANY LIMITED24 words
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Article295 1954-12-16 8 Firemen and police called to restore order at hall HUNDRED daacen panicked. Girls fainted and a street A was parked with screaming people. lire tenders, ambulances and police ears were (ailed to restore order. All because a tear-gas bomb had fWIC off. Fifteen casualties were295 words
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155 1954-12-16 8 }jV)K nine months I.V year-old Anita Sten and John Allen carried or a secret courtship. Then the girl's parents found out. Next day Anita wa« found shot. She died yesterday m hospital. Both John and Anita lived on the Cardiff corporation housing155 words
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Article, Illustration100 1954-12-16 8 THIEF GETS $420 FROM CHURCH SAFE A thief stole £45 <Ms42o> from a church safe while the vicar was conducting morning service. The money, m copper and silver, was part of the proceeds of a bazaar at St. Michael's. Edmonton, N. Mr. John Shepherd, a sidesman, discovered the theft. The100 words
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282 1954-12-16 8 4 SEAMAN aged 27 who stabbed the 42-year-old barmaid he wished to marry was said by Mr. Michael King, defending m a case at Hampshire Assizes at Winchester, to be a young man addicted to melodrama. The stabbing. Mr. King added, arose out of282 words
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195 1954-12-16 8 POSTMEN DON'T WANT POOLS ON XMAS DAY A UNION branch representing over 5,000 postal decided to appeal 10 loot ball pool promoters to cancel their coupons fcr Christina* Day, which falls on a Saturday this year. The Manchester amalgamated branch of the Union of Post Office Workers passed a resolution195 words
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58 1954-12-16 8 GIRL FOUND BURNED IN FIELD NEAR HOME GWYNETII JONES, a 27--year-old farmer's daughter, of Clomendy, Llangain, near Carmarthen, was found burned to death m a field near her home. Alongside the body was a zinc bath containing tr;M« of petrol and an empty f«" jr gallon tin. A note, believed58 words
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Advertisement144 1954-12-16 8 THE STRAITS TIMES, which has pioneered the use of colour photography for magazine journalism m South East Asia, Announces a New SERVICE... Sales of a selection of the superb full-colour illustrations from The Straits Times Annuals m the form of 1 1 x 1 4" dye-transfer photographic prints. These prints,144 words
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477 1954-12-16 9 was all about Canada 'fill: NUMBER Mr. Tom Driberg, \U\. dialled on (In 1 telephone from his London flat was WHltrhall 6240 rhe reply he expected was: "House of Commons." Bat instead he heard a man say: "Prince Philip want! some figures." Mr.477 words
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Article204 1954-12-16 9 900 polio victims go to a party NINi: HUNDRED polio victims wt-iil tv a party m London and had a wonderful time. Some were carried on stretchers m to the hall at Tottenham, by Boy Scouts and ambulance men. Some wheeled themselves m their own invalid chairs. They all joined204 words
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Article46 1954-12-16 9 To stop owners of new very high-frequency radio sets lis-tening-in to police transriissions, Scotland Yard's radio system is to "go secret." Experiments are being made to find a "scrambling" device small enough to fit into the lightweight sets on police vehicles46 words
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145 1954-12-16 9 A 16-YEAR-OLD «irl who has never heard a note of music will be playing the piano at a public gatherIng this Christmas. Mr. Ronald Hyett. Suffolk mlftSioner to the deaf and dumb, said: "I have never known Of such a thin^ before.145 words
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Article48 1954-12-16 9 ATWO-YEAft-OLD b«>v put his mother I ntm cake tin on his head and it slipped and ht'tanic wetlgi'd under his nose. Paul was freed by firemen who hurried with wire gutters and a tin opener to his home m Sundale Avenue, Selsdon Surrey.48 words
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59 1954-12-16 9 LMREMEX gave toffees to six-year-old Kathleen Nea- lon while they took apart the desk In which she I trapped her legs at St. Jam* hool, I I i ondon. failed to fr< md ftremei mm One kept X while ili,- [n .1 few59 words
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Article40 1954-12-16 9 !o me the numbi r of cardinals t.ctii the standai d numb 70 to N or 100, V olßcials b<-i.' Si x tan will b< appol I m m«-xi<-() Japai P i■ S and cu.u.i.uL liv.L cuLii recenUy.40 words
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Article138 1954-12-16 9 A crash— and bust 13 was broken \V' ALAN LENNOX-BOYD. Afl Secretary ol State for the es, hastened to the and there it 1 portrait m plaster. very good," he commented. A tin.' likeness. 1 And Miss iry. the sculptress It, was well pli rt *JJ i a private view138 words
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Article, Illustration60 1954-12-16 9 ANITA IS A GHOST GIRL TINY and attractive ghost' is Anita Ellis, 26, an American cabaret singer who starred m the television programme "Quite Contrary" m London. Anita has been the screen "ghost" voice for Rita Hay worth, Vera- Ellen and Jean (ruin. She is known m the entertainment world60 words
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250 1954-12-16 10 Merry Princess leads a high kicking can-can and shows how to do the Bunny Hop I>RINCESS Alexandra pulled a face at Miss Louise tie Chimay and caused the complete collapse Of an eightsome reel at Claridge's m London, a few nitfht ago. The Princes* and her fellow dancers burst into250 words
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Article, Illustration403 1954-12-16 10 Eyes of the dead are on you here mHOUGH nearly three mil--1 lion Parisians hasten about the streets of the great capital, the remains of six million lie m the Catacombs. There, m the galleries of ancient quarries, bones from old cemeteries are stacked as neatly as bottles m aA.P. - 403 words
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Advertisement15 1954-12-16 10 %i^Tl I REMEMBER Sole a,, ts:- THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. nA fc t -y^A15 words
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Article, Illustration651 1954-12-16 11 THOMAS WISEMAN - But how does 'PET' prove she HAS grown up? THOMAS WISEMAN LOOK! MR. clakks LITTLE "*GIRL IS 12 YEARS OLDER WITHOUT A DOUBT.., by |)ETULA CLARK'S win--1 ter sun-tan, expen.ly acquired m Majorca, was beginning to lade. The sweeterthan saccharine manner, expensively acquired Fast Molesey. showed no sign of vanishing.651 words
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Article223 1954-12-16 11 Michael Ruddy - Michael Ruddy says IT HAS GIVEN HIM THOSE EXTRA POUNDS! WALKING down Roxbur v Drive, a mile I(^m my cottage m Beverly Hills, l met 1 Stewart Inspectlawn fronting bIC is that i.ii.» \x\ his lile. he despite a cation film, "The LaramU which 1 c(»mpleted223 words
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293 1954-12-16 11 BOB THOMAS - He scoffs at being called a 'king' BOB THOMAS 4 fi eh 20 years m me movie business, I'm not going to work my d nil Tin 1 I >'k Ing He -a.i.> r on s ire In his usual off-handed manner. hi- man with hC lacks jiiV pi He293 words
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Advertisement59 1954-12-16 11 Have you sent a copy of hThe STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL for 1955 to Friends Overseas 7 W— j FROM I^ W |TRANSPORT STORAGE J /|1 LIMITED f "V 1/ J itf J "TJuIiJ 173 CECIL STREET SIN6APOAE Isow&on /((in KEEP IN TOUCH WITH.... THE STRAITS BUDGET H^ IX Monlhi Hi59 words
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Article, Illustration858 1954-12-16 12 WHA'I the "l: IS? Is it a I smile or his voice, his or bn ftdth of shoui(i< rfl Is it H or is it the way that he looks at her when lie says r i talk, flattery, succe Of the858 words
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Advertisement109 1954-12-16 12 The STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL for 1955 has been widely acclaimed as the BEST yet produced. Here is a quality publication pages of superb colour pictures, 25 fully- illustrated articles, Fresh supplies of the Annual are now available. |P^ If you have not already got your copies, order from your newsagent109 words
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Miscellaneous292 1954-12-16 12 I I r'^lK 1 1 I j 1 CLUBS ACROSS 3 This marine isn't m uniform for commercial reasons (10). INo take manuscript about the hp of she take part m the domalna <6>. rice? <7» 4 A .sauce that two sailor.-, might w ithdraw from an unfinished Mk for292 words
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Is LONDON the wickedest city of all?
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Article234 1954-12-16 13 SEFTON DELMER - SEFTON DELMER lONDON'B naughty a mile simply cannot c pete In i)Td/> nneu with oi the Larger Continent** citi know. Take a. walk dov.ii any o! the streets around th< Mi In Par M I ..i. ".s Kurfui rstt ndamm Take i<> k at234 words
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323 1954-12-16 13 ays DONALD LUDLOW late of London, Singapore, Melbourne 4FTER two years m New York I do not beLondon's West End dark can hold a idle to Manhattan's Jungles. Not to tention razzamataz JerCity, a taxi ride away 5S the Hudson; New :'s murder323 words
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Article165 1954-12-16 13 DRUSILLA DREYFUS - DRUSILLA DREYFUS X is a little market m the heart of London known for years ocking Shepherd Mar- favourite target for rs who like to lift the lid "'"lons underworld, and among the places "*l reipectablfl person* feel something should be done about. True that165 words
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Article154 1954-12-16 13 JOAN HARRISON - WHAT IS THIS GAY PAREE? JOAN HARRISON rpHE Paris tourist trade lives on the fact that An^lo-Saxons firmly believe that Paris is a city of guilty fascination. It is a myth that has been handed down from generation to generation. In the post -war Paris I have known for the154 words
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Article178 1954-12-16 13 EVE PERRICK - EVE PERRICK (Just back m London from America). WELL, what a thing to come back to 1 Ilcro'.s my home town being publicly denounced a.s the wickedest city m the world. One thin-.' ..in. Vlc< always with us. it you look for it you'll find178 words
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372 1954-12-16 13 Bridge Hand ffi?4 :;:::>::K.;<.,::::::.:::.:w:w.:v:.:w vwfe;,wi: ,:-:>::*x Wither 6ide vulnerable WEST EAST AQ 10 8 2 4K976 U Q 10 2 4 3 C> 6 4 r O 3 Q 10 8 OJH2 9 5 SOUTH 5 T 0 X a| y The bidding: South West North East ie? Pass 2£372 words
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Advertisement23 1954-12-16 13 Standard VANGUARD Bringing you new refinements m Style Comfort Performance FEDERATED MOTORS LTD. ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. 0 FEDERATION RFPRESENTA FIVES: WEARNE BROS., LTD.23 words
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Article429 1954-12-16 14 £30,000 for Danny Blanchflower rpOTTI Ml Hot pnr li.ivr signed Damn Blanchflower, \ston Villa's Irish inU-rn/Uional riyht I h;tii. it ir believed Ui j be V. 30 000. gotiationj f«ir lil;in< -hflnurr. I ~> limes Hipped, started m October m ben hr asked far transfer. \n Injury to the player429 words
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Article40 1954-12-16 14 A hard working pack enabled ti Special Air Service Regiment to .score their second win over Selangor Club at rugger by 11 points 'goal, two trie*) to <J (two penalties i on the Kuala Lumpur padang yesterday.40 words
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563 1954-12-16 14 STERLING SLAPPEY - HORSE RACING 'MIDAS' SELLS OUT Aga Khan era at an end STERLING SLAPPEY By Till! most successful man m the recorded histor\ of Too years of British horse racing is gradually closing out his holdings m England and bringing to an end the era of the Aga Khan. The AgaA.P. - 563 words
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Article60 1954-12-16 14 NET-RUSHING Gilbert Shea. Los Angeles, won the U.S. men's national hard court tennis championship by defeating Eddie Moylan 6-1. 6—4. ft- 4. at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Tony Mottram of Britain defeated Harry Faccini of Colombia 6 1. 6-1. 6—3 yesterday m60 words
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Article, Illustration494 1954-12-16 14 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK By Micky Forrester, Peter Morrison, Joe Murphy. Arthur Howard md Ron Cnx)kes— all of whom turned professional. C.3.M. Verlander baa taken hi* Army boxing teams to Scotland, Wales. Northern Ireland. Eire Denmark. Sweden. Germany and Bcluium. He was an official at the 1948494 words
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Article92 1954-12-16 14 1) World table tennis cluhipi Dn j s: m Johnny Leach, (b) Hiro.ii Satoh. (C) Ichiru Oyimuia. (d) Mai Van Hoa? (2) Who holds these Malaya.i records:— (a) women s lons jump, (b) hamni. r. (c) 440 yards hurdles' (3) For what is the Edward J Neil Memorial92 words
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Article25 1954-12-16 14 Mia P u« auoi,d..i-M. •♦561 jo ao)i(3U 'uosio ..oqofl.. l J '-0 01l -«|PO«V S.WJMM 3«l x °S SSJ •(wouof) aiopiHJJ J>'l25 words
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Article318 1954-12-16 14 WHEN the film "The Bob Mathia.s Story" was released, some of the sports writers were recalling the feats of the two-time Olympic decathlon champion, but those who knew him best agreed his greatest leat.s would not be shown m the movie. He is the world'sU.P. - 318 words
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Advertisement19 1954-12-16 14 "Humiliating, isn't' it, to trunk she's worth £57.H00. when aU we can /etc ft is 6s 6d. a pound19 words
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Article235 1954-12-16 15 3 NEW IRISH HORSES rpHREE Irish bred three-year-appear m Class 2 m s\ classification list of straits Racing Association. phey include Little Papa, a black gelding by ii— Thrifty Princess. ther two are Dragon Year Gold Rain) by Golden CloudGold and Live Wire by Signal gbt-Leave Me Alone. Dragon Year235 words
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Article36 1954-12-16 15 ISH Football Association econd round replay reiiton ;md Hove 5 Norwich Watford 4 Carlisle United 1. third round ties on H following these replays ton «mcl Hove versus Villa, Watford versus Rovers. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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275 1954-12-16 15 HYLTON CLEANER - CAMBRIDGE CREW FOR SAKE THE LONG SWING HYLTON CLEANER B> <"• lost the 100 th University Race, Cambridge have "i their policy for the h takes place on March Bring how long Cambridge been .supreme. Oxford, by I win last spring, have brought about an up- Oxford are sticking to275 words
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Article140 1954-12-16 15 AMERICAN negro track star A Mai Whitfield denied yesterday that he is planning U marry Birgit Johansson, a Swedish girl. In a telephone interview from Lahore, Pakistan. Whitfield said: "I have no commitments to marry Birgit Johansson or anyone else. If that has been reported youA.P. - 140 words
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Article287 1954-12-16 15 l llh todays opeaing matches m Ike inter-zone Darta (up tenMS finals came out yesterday just the way Sweden had hoped -with Sven Davidson of Sweden facing Tony Traberl of the United States m the opening singles match. c Vc CI I I l IU.P. - 287 words
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Article46 1954-12-16 15 SCHOOLS GET A TROPHY THE Raja Muda of Selang:or, Tengku Abdul Aziz, has donated a 8350 silver trophy for the Sinffapore and Selangor Malay schoolboys annual soccer match. The first nutch for the trophy will be played at the Princes Road ground, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.46 words
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117 1954-12-16 15 R.A.F. TIPPED TO WIN QUAD TOMORROW THE last two matches to complete the annual Singapore quadrangular hockey tournament between Civilians, Army. Navy, and Royal Air Force Will be played at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow. The first game, between RAF. and Navy, will start at 4 p.m. and the second, between117 words
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Article44 1954-12-16 15 Sparked by two Rood Uic.s by Sen riKor'a crack quarter-miler, rictus Gomez, Police Depot easily beat Oarrlfon Wanderera by 11 points i a goal and two tries i to nil at rugger on the depot ground m KuaJa Lumpur yesterday.44 words
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Article68 1954-12-16 15 CRICKETER LOSES TAX CASE He when t!.' '■I the Mr. D to '< eluded ii: uithorities da !:< m tnployn had i thin, 'IMJE London Court o! Appeal ha I regret fully allot ed v) Appeal by the Britisti Crown authorities tat the rtghi to tax £4« <•<,.• tor theReuter - 68 words
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627 1954-12-16 15 Ron Barton is most improved British boxer THREAT TO BUXTON dad is enioylng semi-retire-ment aitn 25 ycar.s clerking for the L.C.C, and mum is family disapproving of the whole bloodthirsty businc Still, when you look for son.-, YOU And that dad won Guards boxing title In World War I, and627 words
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Advertisement43 1954-12-16 15 MAKE RESERVATIONS NOwl ♦l, i XMAS EVE Celebration I THE OCEAN PARK HOTEL Splendid Entertainment Programme featuring First Personal Appearance I MJSS BELLA LING I KM MM KM I The most appl-iudid Stn<m»-I St.ir m Hontckon^ Nov. Iti I and Souvenirs tori Everyone43 words
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346 1954-12-16 16 CHELSEA BACK MISSES 2 PENALTIES Hungary team forces a draw CHELSEA 2; RKD BANNER 2. PHELSEA, the EitfHdi first division soccer team, held Red Banner of Hungary, to a draw before a crowd of 10,000 fans yesterday m a match of three missed penalties. At half-time Chelsea had led 2-1.A.P. - 346 words
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Article, Illustration90 1954-12-16 16 IyiKRRE Lan-lois, French contender for the world middleweight boxing title, lost pre Qghl wrangle In San Francisco last nlcht. Langlols yesterday lost nls demand for international olliThree itate licensed San Francisco men were appointed by the state Athletic Commission. Car] Olson appeared to be elaxed of the two90 words
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Article34 1954-12-16 16 I ANCASHIRE are to experiment iifx' year wiih smaller sized cricket bail than that m normal ■jse. ii u;^ announced at the annual general meeting of the County Cricket Club m Manchester.34 words
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Article101 1954-12-16 16 THE Connecticut State Athletic Commission went on record yesterday as recognising Teddy Red Top Davis of Hartford as the world featherweight boxine champion. Athletic commissioner Frank D. Cerlanek said the state recoenises the decision of the National Boxing Association which took the title from Sandy SaddlerU.P. - 101 words
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Article306 1954-12-16 16 Free Press Boxing: Reporter LANCE CORPORAL PEDLEY of the Royal Signals avenged a first-round knockout by dishing out the same treatment to SAC Barker (RAF) last night m the boxing match at Tanglin against a Singapore A.li.A. team. Last month m the Poppy Fund boxing at306 words
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Article230 1954-12-16 16 SECOND ROIND Men's singles: Poon Weng Hoe <S> beat T. Ibanez (P) 3—l; Chu Cheung-ling .H.K.) beat Y. S. Vyas (I, 3—o; Lav Seek Fong <H.K_) beat Lee Boon Geok (8J 3—l; E. 2 g llMl*! doubles: Chu Cheung-ling and Chung Chin-.shing iH.K beat Lam Kwong Meng230 words
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Article516 1954-12-16 16 TOPSPIN - Asian champion plays like one TOPSPIN AFTER 9 DEFEATS- By \I \I VAN HOA of Vietnam put up a magnifies, lt t play m defence of his Asian singles crown wh7n he eliminated Loh Heng Chew, the Singapore cham. pion, m the third round of the men's tingles eve! i516 words
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Advertisement281 1954-12-16 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 20 Words $h (minimum) RICH: To Olive and John, on 14.12.54, at Batu Gajah Hospital a daughter Both well. BRUNDI.E. To Margaret and Kenneth on 15th December 1954 at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a son. ENGAGEMENT 20 Words $6 (minimum) de LOTZ STATHAM. The \\;ts announced on 11th281 words
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