The Singapore Free Press, 23 December 1954
1954-12-23
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Title Section17 1954-12-23 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya \o. 11j::s. Singapore, ihurs..Dm.?3, i«»r»i. p ri«e iscts.17 words
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183 1954-12-23 1 1 955 will be record year-US rubber chief SIX SYNTHETIC PLANTS SOLD I^HE President of the United States Rubber Company m New York, yesterday predicted a near-record year for the U.S. rubber industry m 1955. Mr H. E. Humphreys Jr., said m a year-end statement that 1955 sales m the183 words
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Article193 1954-12-23 1 SACKING ENDS HOTEL ROW 'pHK strike at Singapore's Adelphi Hotel is over. About 150 workers who walked out at midnight when a labourer complained of being punched by a supervisor returned to work at Id a.m. today. The supervisor has been sacked. The manager of the hotel, Mr. H. Gfeller,193 words
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99 1954-12-23 1 JORDAN and Israel have agreed to a temporary truce so that pilgrims from all over the world can cross the Holy Land's troubled border to worship m Jerusalem on hristmas Day. Floodlights were turned on m the YMCA tower m the Holy CityU.P. - 99 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 1 Anti- houaebreaking patrols arrested a, man m Yeo Chu Kan» last tii^ht. Another \\a.^ held m Ganges Avenue21 words
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Article22 1954-12-23 1 The Dutch destroyer escort Van Zijll. serving with the United Nations naval forces m Korea, Is to be withdrawn.22 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 1 Yugoslav President Tito i (i n New DHhi last night for a t<>ur of Northern India A. P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article57 1954-12-23 1 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers fob. reached the 8!< H cents a lb. level m early trading on the Singapore Rubber Market this mornin». This was P 8 cents better than last night's close and the .steady tone was due to better overnight buying m London and New57 words
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Article37 1954-12-23 1 A Chinese, Kan Kirn Sen<i. robbed by two masked men, one armed with a knife. In Petain Road last night, as tme out of the New World Park. They took his purse containing $iw.37 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 1 A bomb exploded amid rushhour crowds m Casablanca yesterday, killing one man and injuring six others. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article19 1954-12-23 1 The Pope was reported to be m a 'satisfactory condition" last night following a restless night.- U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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147 1954-12-23 1 I^HE United Nation., Secretary General, Mr. Dag Ham marskJoeld, toki reporter! m New York yesterday: "I am not going anywhere to \h i a anybody tor anything/ H»' w;i.^ replying to a Queition as to whether he did 1 ot iReuter - 147 words
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Article47 1954-12-23 1 A NINE-MONTH-OLD baby kidnapped m a Dublin rtreel 'last Saturday white his mother was baying bin a teddy bear was found hidden yesterday m a ihabby backstreel home m Belfast. H miles away. A neighbour tipped off police when she heard a baby crying UPUP - 47 words
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69 1954-12-23 1 Thousands of people Kuala Lumpur v. for work this m ■■•"< many were absent I employe* <:.:. Transport Company *P.» Ltd.. which can senders a day. went on s ?4n m other are running si along 0T C. routei Into the Mr. if.69 words
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Article16 1954-12-23 1 Bi X hi i-i March P m expand I and dev< ReuterReuter - 16 words
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362 1954-12-23 1 MP has a 3-point plan to end war in Malaya MH H\Mi: KKOC KW\> I if,,M,r s, iui: ,m "l resterdaj th.it .it. ill-parts Briti«h ntrii.irn.-nt u> dekfatioii »ho«M rixli Malaya to examine the Mitical ami military situation mere and nak c recMame»dalWtti Mil.»\.i h»- >.n,J win no* m th-Reuter - 362 words
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Advertisement13 1954-12-23 1 There's slill lime i > install a Remington Air Conditioner before Ihe New Veil.13 words
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135 1954-12-23 2 Eden warns West: NATO build-up vital HPHE Hriti>h Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, I warned yesterday that Russia's threat to the West was as strong as ever and called for a steady military build-up of the Atlantic Alliance. He told the House of Commons:A.P. - 135 words
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Article198 1954-12-23 2 SO SORRY SAYS CHURCHILL TO M.P. SIR Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, has Apologised for calling a Labour member. Lieut-Col. George Wigg an Army schoolmaster" the House of Commons last v.< ek. Mr. Wigg said on Tuesday be had never been Army schoolmaster. Sir Winston used the term during aReuter - 198 words
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Article26 1954-12-23 2 British radio exports for the first 11 months of this year totalled' £26.170.000 nearly £500.000 more than m me whole of 1953 ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 2 The Burmese Premier, U Nu, will leave Rangoon for Jakarta on Sunday to attonci the Colombo powers conference. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article19 1954-12-23 2 pravda yesterday announced the death of Alexander Kondnkov. former first secretary of the Communist Party. U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 2 Britain announced yesterday a programme of economic aid for Jordan totalling £2.500,000 over the next year. A. P.A.P. - 21 words
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99 1954-12-23 2 WILFUL DAMAGE, NOT SABOTAGE, IN THE NAVY MR. J.P.1.. Thomas, lirst Lord of the Admiralty, told the House of Commons yesterday there had been no sabotage "to assist a foreign power" m the Royal Navy for the past three years. Mr. Thomas said there were U cases of malicious damageReuter - 99 words
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Article31 1954-12-23 2 London trades forecast today that the price of coffee m British shops would rise by between six pence and one shilling per pound early m the new year. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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143 1954-12-23 2 SIR Winston Churchill called two Cabinet meetings m London to grapple with the threatened nation-wide strike by 400.000 railmen Which might paralyse Britain Mr. John Boyd Carpenter,; the Minister Ol Transport. hurried to the first Cabinet lon after conferring with Sir Brian Robertson, chairmanReuter - 143 words
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194 1954-12-23 2 PARLIAMENT GETS ASSURANCE BRITAIN'S new jet fighter, the Hawker Hunter, will, after small modifications, be at least up to the standard of the American Sabres and the Russian MIGs. Mr. George Ward. Undersecretary for Air, made this claim m the House ofReuter - 194 words
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Article58 1954-12-23 2 r piiiHTY West Berllnen will leave by air lor Australia on Deccmbei 28 on the first j ver direct Immigration night I lrom Bcrliu lo Sydney. Members of the group have signed a contract to stay at 1» ;ist two years m Australia. The flight is toU.P. - 58 words
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Article24 1954-12-23 2 Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the United States Chiefs of Staff, arrived m Saigon by air yesterday for a twoda visit. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article24 1954-12-23 2 A teani of American scientists and engineers will soon MtUt Iraq m developing its industries and raising living standards. A. P.A.P. - 24 words
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51 1954-12-23 2 Police seize arms cache in Belfast |>OLICE seized funs, gn 1 and ammunition m a on a house m the Kails i area of Belfast early yesterday An official statement i cache comprised two revolvers a Browning automatic two milis hand grenadi 350 rounds of miscellan ammunition. Investigations are continuing.-Reuter - 51 words
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Article23 1954-12-23 2 The first truck convoy has passed over Red China's motor road into Tibet. accordIng to reports reaching Delhi. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Advertisement87 1954-12-23 2 B^ I ETC i vj I r I 5 of Slfvor E.P.N.S. Ware FOR THE HOUSE.... S TEA fir COFFEE SETS ENTREE DISHES OVENPROOF CASSEROLE DISHES CAKE BASKETS SALVERS LANKA JEWELLERS, (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE-1 PHONE ***** TRANSPORT 4 STORAGE (H "k LIHITEO lUUI UlJi#87 words
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271 1954-12-23 3 IjIESTIVE crowds shouted "Happy Christmas" when (hey MW the Queen and the Puke of Edinburgh. with their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, leave London by train yesterday to spend the holiday at the Koval Lodge. Sandringham, m Norfolk. The Queen Mother and271 words
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252 1954-12-23 3 lIOMESICK Americans and Canadians m Britain arc spending thousands of 11 pounds on trans-Atlantic air flights and phone calls this Christmas. Every one of Britain's phone lines to the United States is fully hooked lor the three Jl days of Christmas. Each AmericanReuter - 252 words
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Article48 1954-12-23 3 SCOTSMEN are indulging m the most expensive Christmas spending spree m Glasgow's history. The city's saving bank has m the past fortnight paid out almost t: 1,500,000 to small savers, an alltime record and the shops report their busiest Christmas m memory. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article11 1954-12-23 3 Norway yesterday recognised Laos and Cambodia as sovereign states.- APAP - 11 words
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122 1954-12-23 3 I>RAGUE radio said last night that Anita Morct, a French citizen who said she was a member of the French Espionage Service m Austria, had asked for political a.sylum m Czechoslovakia. The radio quoted Madame Moret as saying she had been active mReuter - 122 words
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Article31 1954-12-23 3 The Controller of Foreign Exchange, Singapore, is to Issue a booklet early next year embodying the control ordinance and the various rules. It will cost about $1.50.31 words
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Article23 1954-12-23 3 Mrs Emily Payton. 104, born a slave on a plantation m Virginia, died at her home m Washington. A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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127 1954-12-23 3 rpHE earthquake at Eureka. 1 California, on Tuesday resulted m one person being killed. s(i injured, and damage mounting to almost U552,000,000. As residents carried <>n cleaning up the debris, police warned that aftershocks may cause buildings already weakened to fall. TheA.P.; U.P. - 127 words
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Article123 1954-12-23 3 That sweet tooth leads to decay ACCIDEN l->r the fi'-t'ti ol r. choo] children In Brit i. n i .ill the ■'•ii, and n put togethei cording to .1 report published In I day The health ol ichool children everywhere ■sati and th< tells 01 peel icular n ductton InReuter - 123 words
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Article53 1954-12-23 3 President Juan Peron .signed yesterday a bill legalising divorce for the first time m Argentina. The bill also permits divorce., to remarry. Several high Roman Catholic prelates appealed directly to Peron not to enact the bill, which they .said would open the w;iy to the dissolution53 words
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Article61 1954-12-23 3 SEVEN QUIT SHIP IN RACIAL ROW r rn: 1 fr o m Va ••n Somali staged .1 walk-o unUcen< ed portion enie room ere* I y claimed they h.iii been the object ol racial discrimination *>y white crew members, that there h id been between the two groui Tlic SomaliReuter - 61 words
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98 1954-12-23 3 \ir i) n. PRITT, the British lawyer, tOld a Karachi court yesterday thai the Queen had no power to Interfere wit ii a Dominion government. it was therefore wrong to claim that Pakistan's Oover-nor-General, Mr, Qhulam m<>hammed, could dissolve the country's constituent Assembly98 words
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Advertisement80 1954-12-23 3 DECORATED WATERSETS ft A/;u STOCKS RECEIVED INCLUDE rIDQT FAMOUS LIBBEY GLASSWARE SE 1 S cl (Made m U.SA) 2 S LLASS Including P.Kners, Coders, Zomb GIFT and f^evera^e Classe FOR Unusual designs include Cavalcade, Zebra. Early American Persian "|Jf J*> OR Garden, Golden Fruit, Highljodei Poodle ■J: WEDDINGS Parade H80 words
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279 1954-12-23 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 23. 1954, Opinion THE BEDOK PROBLEM THE floods, we hope, are over. But for the flood victims the long road 5 back begins. And m many ways, it is going to be a tougher battle than that of the past fortnight. The Government promise279 words
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Article, Illustration550 1954-12-23 4 HAROLD K. MILLS - HAROLD K. MILLS by Growing menace to future independence prompts anti-Communist declaration THE Indi a n Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru advocates co-existence on a global scale, but he does not intend to apply that doctrine to the Communists m India. So say hisA.P. - 550 words
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Article118 1954-12-23 4 OHHERE were three big fires last year which gutted kampongs and rendered hundreds of people temporarily homeless. Those fires taught us that once attap and wood started blazing even our excellent firemen lound themselves helpless m saving them. Theie Is inadequate water pressure m certain areas. In118 words
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Article97 1954-12-23 4 /HIRISTMAS time is h< r« \j Gay decorations festoon the itorei along the Bit Coloured lights adorn the outE v few homes. Uttt for all that Singapore Itil] retains its severe commercial appearance. There is little- to show that we are about to celebrate the anniversary ol one97 words
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Article284 1954-12-23 4 EUGENE LEVIN - EUGENE LEVIN says MR. Nehru's insistence on making India a socialistic state is producing a countrywide economic controversy of major proportions. Business people on Calcutta's Clive Street and Bombay's Dalai Street India's twin 'Wall Streets" have been anxious ever since Mr. Nehru returned from his tripA.P. - 284 words
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Advertisement22 1954-12-23 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OF DIAMONDS €f GEMS PLATINUM ft GOLD. With Smart Efficient Workmanship G.C.CeSILVA&BROS 3, RAFFLES PLACE Singapore- 1 I Tel: *****22 words
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Advertisement60 1954-12-23 4 :^S iKtt JST«& Mm MM <^« FOR THISI S C? A 17 1 17' r FV °S |TRADE "^^o^ MARK* I -CHIEF" GOLDEN WHEEL 1 KEROSENE STOVES "HI "^X^s^ft '*D E," v vJSd r j-- VA' yl »J 1 y e itROUBLE FREE! J I EASY TO OPERATE!^ Obtainable from60 words
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Miscellaneous10 1954-12-23 4 POCKET CARTOON By OSBERT LANCASTER Leathers Quick, the aqua-lung I10 words
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Article155 1954-12-23 5 Poster campaign to catch tourists N ITTRACTIVE poster designed to boost Singapore*! tourist trade is bring planned by the l'uhlic Relations Office for next year. Mr. o. o. Thomson, pro, said yesterday thai the poster would be the first of its kind. This poster, like155 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-12-23 5 The Malayan Air Training: Corps is having its annual camp at Tanah Merah. There were lectures on radio, griind control, engineering, rescue work. But the lads found time for the occasional game of hockey, as can be seen from the picture above.47 words
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Article, Illustration251 1954-12-23 5 VTINETEEN cadets and one iy officer of the Malayan Air Training Corps will leave for Australia early next month on the first of a series of educational exchange programmes. Seven of the cadets are from Singapore. The other 12 and the officer are251 words
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Article31 1954-12-23 5 The Nanyang Slang Pau Flood Relief Fund yesterday received $5,635.85 to bring the total to $79,878.30. Gifts m kind included 40 bags of rice, food and clothing.31 words
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Article95 1954-12-23 5 Wages row led to stabbing A LABOURER returned the day after he had been dismissed and stabbed his former employer, Chneoh Chens Poh. and Chneoh's son. Hock Chuan, thf Magistrate's court m Penang was told yesterday. Lim Ah Kirn, 43 was gaol -d lor two years after pleading guilty to95 words
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Article140 1954-12-23 5 AFTER FLOODS -A RUSH FOR TRAINS IT WILL be a quiet Christmas m Ipoh. Many citizens plan to spend the holiday weekend at seaside resorts at Penang or Pangkor or at the hill stations of Cameron Highlands or Maxwells Hill near Taiping. Hotels m the highlands are all booked up140 words
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Article20 1954-12-23 5 Crash helmets have been la ,ucd to Singapore'! M-man mobile traffic Bquad to replace the former brr20 words
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159 1954-12-23 5 SIX Vampire Jet ttght.T :tir craft of No. 60 Squadron based at R.A.F. Tengah. Sing^re. will fly to Ceylon next month. fhf The main object of the visit is to demonstrate the ability of the RAF to provide mtercoptor aircraft for < ion159 words
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Article77 1954-12-23 5 Three men Yong Sin, 26, Chiew Hock. 28, and Chiew Wong, 34, were acquitted In Kuala Lumpur yesterday <>n charge of criminal Intimidation against a schoolteacher The teacher, Wong Chin Leong, of Sam Yok«- Public School, Sungci Besi Road, had alleged that while at I <<>;]<<• tall77 words
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103 1954-12-23 5 BMH scores with 'Aladdin' pantomine 11HE Britl Mllit Stage Club Ined more w\tt sentation of an 'Aladdin" pantomftnc It was a Chrifttni treat for .Sorvirrmon and their famlllr. The panto alao called "A Rake's Progre i In Tuc Act*," by Crtpt and lyric writers John Eiamer and John pouiey, v103 words
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Advertisement25 1954-12-23 5 i C^MRAG% Wishing You I/I 00( Health and f Lu(k at the festive season. 1)1^// /0 (/Jj/.J f\\(P^ >^SOLB AGENTS! 2S 7> MALAYA t BORNEO25 words
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Article368 1954-12-23 7 Senior Spore teachers are agreed: SENIOR Singapore teachers were unanimous yesterday that university honours graduates entering the education service should get a better deal than they are getting now. They were commenting on an article by Dr. Frederic Mason, Professor of Education at the University368 words
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Article209 1954-12-23 7 LONDON, Dec. 22. Previous Today Jan.: RI'BRER. No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 25 3/16 buyers 25 15/16 buyers ports Jan 26 sellers 26 H sellers HI BB£R. \o 1 RSS cJ.I. European 2b% buyers 25 r buyers ports Feb 25 15/16 sellers 26 sellers RLBBER No. 1209 words
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Article109 1954-12-23 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Prertoos Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 86.37 nom. 86.37 nom. TIN futures Dec. 86.00 bid 86.25 bid 86.25 asked 86 50 asked Ian. 8600 bid 86.25 bid 86.25 asked 86.50 asked Feb. 8600 bid 86.25 bid 86.25 asked 86.50 asked TONE: Steady.109 words
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Article47 1954-12-23 7 Spot, Malabar was quoted at 40%. Afloats at 40 December shipment 40. January. February and March (m equal monthly proportions) 38 i to 39. Sarawak spot 39'j. Lampons spot 40 'j cents per pound sellers ex -dock. Above prices quoted m US cents per Ib.47 words
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Article31 1954-12-23 7 NEW YOKK. Dec. IS. Previous I'odav 30 Industrials 398.11 SI Railroads 44 12 !J 11 40 Domestic Bonds 100 98 15 Utilities 6138 bl Stocks Composite Averafw 147.9131 words
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Article115 1954-12-23 7 I'OPKA. Philippines c.i.f. UK/North. I urop» m delivered weight per lons ton Dec. Jan COI'KA. Philippines, f.o.b. Manila, delivered weight, per lonp ton COPRA. Straits. c.i.f. UK/North. Kuropean delivered weight per long ton Dec./ Jan. Jan./Feb COCONUT OIL, crude, Straits. eSt. European Continental portf In hulk,115 words
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Article127 1954-12-23 7 ALL TTC MEN MUST PASS INTERVIEW GRADUATES ol the Singapore Teachers' Training Col- leg,, must now appear before the Public Services Commission before they are given appointments. The chairman <>l the Oommlsslon, Mr. A. W. Iri.by, .^aid yesterday thai aa tea were Dlvl ;>n Two ofll it was fell that127 words
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Advertisement108 1954-12-23 7 Jm \S^m l; /mi. SajC i /7CZ i tIJ! 1 PIPER-HEIDSIECK Qi Sole Agents: Maclaine Watson Co., Ltd. I for you to hide your eyes and face with those OUTMODED owl glasses? Modern intelligent people take pride m their EYES fir BEAUTY, by wearing America's Top Fashioned Bausch and Lomb's108 words
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Article184 1954-12-23 8 'MERRY XMAS JUST A RACKET near says: ne honest, call it Yule tide A 'MERRY CHRISTMAS" is only a pagan affair, a commercial racket and an excuse for a binge, say some London clergymen. The Rev. Gerald E. Hudson. Vuar of St. Laurences. Catford. told his parishioners that when Christmas184 words
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Article166 1954-12-23 8 GOOD MAN MARRIED And then got sent to gaol UNTIL he married, Andrew Young was "a good man/ a judge said. Then the judge, Mr. Justice Pilcher, sentenced Young at Sussex Assizes, Lewes, (England) to nine months m gaol. And he sentenced the wife, 21-year-old Marjorie Young, "the worst of166 words
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Article47 1954-12-23 8 POLICE checking schoolchildren's cycles at Witham, Essex, attached a note to one: "This bicycle is not safe. You had better show it to your Dad." Later they learned that the owner was an elderly work- j man. a grandfather, 'doing re- pairs at the school.47 words
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Article188 1954-12-23 8 VJISS ERICA MARX has set aside £100 iTI (MsBso) to pay fines for possible motoring offences. She has warned the Ashford, Kent, police: 4 *l shall go on' leaving my car without lights." Said Miss Marx, a publisher, who lives at Aldington: "I have188 words
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Article33 1954-12-23 8 Three men were killed and a fourth injured at Grangetown, Yorks, when scaffolding gave way 40 feet from the ground at the Cleveland Steelworks of Dorman Long and Company.33 words
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Article33 1954-12-23 8 Twenty-four-year-old Mrs. Marie West pushed her two-year-old son to safety, but was fatally injured herself by a skidding lorry while crossing a road near her home at Mu.swell Hill. London.33 words
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Article21 1954-12-23 8 Holland and Denmark are to cut their baccn exports to I Britain, because the London market is overloaded.21 words
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Article, Illustration82 1954-12-23 8 jmimiiiimmimi Even Aladdin's wonder- ful lamp couldn't conjure E up better weather for Vio- let Pretty, who brayed London's wet and chilly December m her brief cos- tume to attend the May- or's reception at the Chel- sea Town Hall. Violet, who plays the title role mKeystone - 82 words
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429 1954-12-23 8 AN R.A.F. jet pilot who went back to his old unit for a I farewel] party before going abroad was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment when he appeared ai Angesey Quarter Sessions. H< i Pilot Officer Elwyn Dyer, ag (i 23, stationed429 words
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Article75 1954-12-23 8 THE notice m the window of the shop owned by 29-year-old Peter George Wells said: "The cheapest TV sets m London." There were table TVs at £25, console models from £35, and b a r g a i n-price radiograms I too. Just why came out75 words
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222 1954-12-23 8 HE SELLS COMPANIES OVER THE COUNTER SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD bar ruster Thomas Herbert built up a unique busn.. his office at the top Strand. He sells 'over counter" company registrations to business men who want to form companies quickly. "I can let anyone have the registration m a quarter of an hour,222 words
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159 1954-12-23 8 Brother makes rescue bid TEN-YEAR-OLD Wendy Coker tried on her elder sister's blue Christmas party dress. She admired herself m the mirror. A moment later she was a mass of flames. Her eight-year-old brother Trevor was the only other person m the159 words
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Article43 1954-12-23 8 GIRLS m slacks are not allowed at (lances at the corporation baths Rotherham, Yorks. The mayor has announced: "Two girls have been asked to leave. While we do not wish to be prudish, we consider that slacks are not suitable."43 words
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Article52 1954-12-23 8 The Mayor of Battersea called sculpture exhibits m a London exhibition he opened 'a collection of horrors." They are intended for the Trades Union Congress memorial hall. Said the mayor, Councillor Sidney Sporle, of a group showing workers being raised by winged figures: "More like a52 words
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Article38 1954-12-23 8 Hostesses should be engaged to receive hospital out-patients, direct them and let them know from time to time how near they are to the end of tne queue, says a report by Rocndale's Hospital Management Committee.38 words
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Article226 1954-12-23 9 Well-to-do tenants 'should quit' A "CALL to me conscience A of well-to-do council house tenants to buy or build their own houses and make way for house-hungry people has been made by Chichester Rural District Council. Councillors have reported an increasing number of luxury cars. TV aerials and garages on226 words
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Article45 1954-12-23 9 One of the largest banks m Nottingham was without a shilling. A cashier said: "We can't get any. They are nearly ail m gas and electricity meters." Other banks confirmed the shortage. Some said pennies were almost as scarce.45 words
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Article33 1954-12-23 9 Television announcer Mary M:i holm lost an ear-ring and didn't know until viewers telephoned. She found it on the floor and thanked the callers m announcing the next i n mamme.33 words
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Article31 1954-12-23 9 The new B.R.M. British Qg motor will be ready lor trial about Christmas. Mr. A. G Owen, head of the firm which own s the cars, has announced.31 words
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617 1954-12-23 9 SCHOOLGIRL BROODED OVER 'CRUSH' ON BOY NEIGHBOUR ULUE-EYED Anita Steer, who was only 15, f< It a schoolgirls love for the curly-haired boy of 16 around the corner. And it mattered so much to her that she loaded her fathers pun and shot herself. No one— it was said at617 words
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145 1954-12-23 9 THE magistrate at Derby congratulated a 14-year-sehoolgirl for giving hing" to a youth who molested her. The youth. Albert Gordon Bunting, aged 20, apprentice fitter, of Madison-avenue, U rby, pleaded guilty to assi lilting the girl and was ftned €5. Councillor Mrs. A.145 words
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Article, Illustration138 1954-12-23 9 Cu tty Sa rk mak es he r l ast royage SOU SIRVIVOK of the old China Tea Clippers, the Cutty Sark is taken down the Thames to her last resting place at (ireenwich where she will be used to train boys for the men-hint navy and as a museum.Popper - 138 words
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Article137 1954-12-23 9 mow. Said Mr. (leaver, of Nev ham Lodge, Blnstead. mw: "I know the place well, Mid il was like a punch m the <y< to hear the way tiny pronounce it It made me angrj and I wrote a liai pi.sh lettel to the 8.8.c.137 words
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Advertisement379 1954-12-23 10 NOW OPEN pOLLOWING the tremendous .success of the "Elizabethan Grill" at Raffles Hotel, the management have now opened two further rooms— "The Regency" and "The Tudor" to provide more accommodation for their patrons. T^e "Regency Room"' air-conditioned Bar a tasteful replica of Ye Olde English Bar. THE REGENCY ROOM tractive379 words
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Advertisement147 1954-12-23 11 «4HBbi^'L^a«^a P* J B^^Wm^L^ #^B#* k^V^^. J^H J ■r J uMf J L^BBBj£^bJ^E^ E^l W|2» y-J •y 77/ c Regency Room— picture shew the attractive furnishing, lighting fixtures and draperies of this well-appointed room. j iiiiiiMiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiniiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IMIIII IMIImiIIMIM IK V^B BL iV B ITURE RAFFLES HOTEL I ELIZABETHAN GRILL j147 words
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591 1954-12-23 12 NADEANE WALKER - NADEANE WALKER IjK)R th»- French fashion world, 1954 WU perhaps the most eventful .r since the war. It was a year full of changes, entrances and exits, failures and successes. It produced a new style revolution Dior's flat-busted H-line. It saw the deathA.P. - 591 words
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Article229 1954-12-23 12 IF you like colourful themes for suppers a .simply made attraction is green peppers stuffed with spaghetti. Take three green pepper.;, wash and cut them lengthwise and remove the membrane and seeds. Place the peppers m boiling salted water and simmer for five minutes until tender.229 words
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Article, Illustration66 1954-12-23 12 picture. Mr. Kirn Wong, of Canton, China, a student of St. Martin's School of Art, London, helps fashion model June Davis to adjust the embossed cape that he has designed with ihe matador trousers, m black and white cotton. This was one of the costumes shownReuter - 66 words
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Advertisement56 1954-12-23 12 lafter-shave lotion SOLID CONTAINS PHENOL AND STOPS BLEEDING IMMEDIATELY CNTOVE, ECONOMICAL, NO WASTE 2^L KIAN GWAN (MALAYA) LTD. SINGAPORE. KNANG. KI'ALA UIMPUII WISHING A MERRY CHRISTMAS A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR To all Past and Present Students and their Parents from The Principal and Staff of FOORMAN'S MUSIC STUDIOS, 37 Orchard56 words
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Article, Illustration631 1954-12-23 13 JAMES R. WHITE - Criminals don't go to prison here! JAMES R. WHITE reports ..!??<*? tu™s them all into pioneers /GREENLAND has just been given a new set uf laws that may make it of the world's greattourist attractions for criminals. The huge country now has the world's most modern criminal code. Under it.Reuter - 631 words
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137 1954-12-23 13 The shamans know their 'wolf' fish A MYSTERY fish, at least six feet long, is reported to be swimming around m Alaska's Iliamna Lake, but the old medicine men of the Tlingit tribe say it is probably Gonakadet. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife o has received several rta of the137 words
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Article329 1954-12-23 13 North-South rulnerahle and 30 on score South dealer NORTH 0 A Q 10 9 4 Q ■EST EAST 434 A Q 9 9K102?Q J 9 5 4 3 0 X J 7 6 5 03 ♦AJIO2 G 5 3 SOLTM 4KJ 8 6 2 v? 6 08 2329 words
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Advertisement100 1954-12-23 13 (A full measure) V of Delight )j I Mushroom |^7| i\vj soup fiL* j i^X^T*) E VCI 7 a^ iO P of this tan- x#^ tali/ing soup tempts youj; 4 I appetite. Those tender little mushrooms Jh are specially selected expertly 111 W* cooked, combined with thick d.iiry I I100 words
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Article, Illustration57 1954-12-23 14 The 17th Independent Company \VK won the Eastern ommand Inter-! nit Rifle shooting Championship at Eastern Command H<j Hounslow for the fourth time. Picture shows two members ol the tram checking their rifles. They an* s«t. Dove, irho scored iss and L (pi. Ainley who scored ISi> TheArmy News Service - 57 words
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Article196 1954-12-23 14 Keep an eye on the Frenchmen By A Special Correspondent |>ARDON\ monsieur. One moment, please! While you debate whether Wales or England will walk away with the international Rugby championship. I suggest watch France. Yes, I know you Welshmen think the championship v good as won. I know too all196 words
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Article95 1954-12-23 14 "ACK CHEETHAM, 34--year-old Western Province captain and batsman, has been appointed captain of the South 1 African team to tour Engrlind next year. Cheetham captained the South Africans on their 1952-53 Australasian tour and against New Zealand m South Africa last season. He has led the95 words
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Article63 1954-12-23 14 SKNTEEN yacht. s irom five Australian states have entered the yachting classic of the year the Sydney to Hobart Ocean race of 680 miles. c race start j from Sydney ii'rbour on December 27. The record tor the race is 4 days 2 his. 2U63 words
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Article44 1954-12-23 14 'Iti*- 1968 North Malaya |Ojf .ij>^ will be played at during the Chinese New Year hoi id i inuary -3 to 25. n to 1 1 1 members oi goll dub m Kuala Lumpur and the m"i bandicapi of 12 and44 words
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Article33 1954-12-23 14 Mter belni held :j-"3 at half time Boed il a. ..-m Royal Hampshire K. Iment by n ;j.iii. es) to six i>*'' iltj liiuti Road fciouiid Ku.il.v Luiiiyui yehleiday i33 words
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Article28 1954-12-23 14 Wilf Mannion, former Middlesbrough and England inside-for-ward, has refused an offer to play for Colchester United F.C. Mannion retired at the end of last season.28 words
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Article237 1954-12-23 14 S'pore badminton tourney THE Singapore National Badmintou Championships lor 1954 will be^in with Mixed Doublt-s. Inter-Club, and Commercial Houses fixtures on Monday at the Badminton Hall. Thr lixtures are: Monday, 7.15 p.m.: Court No On« Poh Imi .V Miss On^ Siew Vong i Marigold Titan \s lan Chin Jin Miss237 words
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474 1954-12-23 14 ARCHIE QUICK - CARDIFF PREPARED TO PAY £40,000 FOR CHARLES ARCHIE QUICK X.v 11 mi i Leeds United have v chance of promotion, .mil it is very n\il chance, there can be no question of John Charles being transferred, but when I wu In Cardiff the other day I saw a letter written474 words
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Article76 1954-12-23 14 (1) Where is the Rizal .Memorial Stadium? (2) With what sports do you associate <a> James .Muir. (b) Tanny (Vimpo. (c) K. H. Ip? (3) What is the largest (ctoud capacity) Rugby I'nion ground, m Great Britain? (4) A "crampit" is used m (a) motor racing, (b) curling76 words
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Article46 1954-12-23 14 •frLBI 01 1981 hio.ij 'qnp jnanuun qsinoos moanj ai{) *^Jld suaanfo ■9 > ajr am uo asKq 3ui •ptreis 8 ra pasn ai.us jß)aiu pappn^s >• i| ii dut[.m.) <qi <>) 000"08 J»AO (q&mqtlfpx) piay.Ou.miv ig> suiuai v wp[ i >i riutxoq <qi BopW JO'opM fg) B[IUBJV •I46 words
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Advertisement126 1954-12-23 14 RAFFLES HOTEL SPECIAL X'MAS VARIETY SHOW DON JUDAH JOAN CURTIS Champion Hit 1 1 Room Dancers F. V CHOONC Chinese Juggling Wonder iiiHiiMiiliiiiiiliii.iiiiiiHiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii nniiiiiiii iniiiiiiiiiilni.liiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiin ■> 1111.***** l 1 1 11 1 1 ***** l IIIItIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMt lIIIIIIIIIIIIXtM Ullllll I 1. I I STANDARD W I Offering Comfort, Performance and Real126 words
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Article, Illustration417 1954-12-23 15 LITTLE NENE - YONGTRAKIT IS JUST A WIND BAG LITTLE NENE Says Rico will floor him on Sunday mm 'Manager of Rap Ricoj DOMDEZ YONGTRAKR of Thailand irettenrdfht champion of the Orient, is a bag of wind. Local papers have desrnbed Bomdez as the greatest welterweight prodiKTd m Siam over the last decade.417 words
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Article62 1954-12-23 15 OK IE N T welterweight champion Som d c z Yongtrakit will fight British and European welterwetffct champion Wally Thorn m a 10-round bout m Bangkok on January 16, it was reported yesterday m Bangkok. Thorn, listed by Ring Magazine as the tenth ranking- welterweightA.P. - 62 words
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Article61 1954-12-23 15 IX'BBY GALLAGHAN. a 22-year-old London welterweight, died after boxing draw m a contest "becaUM an unblcra on the right yide of his ■aptured a small vein which ramorrhage." Coroner W R. ihddv decided at the toqi The Coror.er nturned a verdict cidental death." h.ui had moreA.P. - 61 words
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Article42 1954-12-23 15 Fiji Infantry Regiment XV c finalists m the Southern of the FARELF Cup competi- ytMtrday m Seremban when beat the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 23 points <four goals and a drop i to three points < penalty i.42 words
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Article132 1954-12-23 15 2UGAR Ray Robinson. fOTO mer welterweight and middleweight champion who was suspended for "backing out" of a scheduled Detroit Unit on December signed yesterday to meet Joe Kindone m a 10-rounder it Olympia. Promoter Mick Londes said Robinson's signing for the bout automatically lifts the suspension Imposed by132 words
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Article44 1954-12-23 15 The annual fUgatU of tbc BaM Bailing ''lu»j »m JlPlfl H»-d H< IM H M S Tmmt, M day. Peb 6 next ypi«r i- morntni thwe will AllSkifl l D 66, P Blfl arid mi ii> the T I]] ft Club44 words
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Article14 1954-12-23 15 erva d( world hamptono« oii Februiu7 19, diid 20. A.P.A.P. - 14 words
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Article428 1954-12-23 15 XMAS SOCCER TIES IN U.K. 'PHK following are the football I fixtures for Christmas Hay I and Roving Day: I M.LISH LEAGUI I)IV. I Usenal v Chelsea Blackpool v Portsmouth I'olton v Tottenham Hurnlry v Preston irdiff v West Bromwieh .riton v Sheffield W. Manchester C, v Newcastle :hcld U.428 words
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118 1954-12-23 15 rpHE British Medical Journal 1 said vestei u..\ thai pn sent methods of detecting brain injury m boxers is not latiafac' tory. "Every medical Officer at boxing contests should be familiar with the early signs <>! cerebral damage and i hould in.si.st onU.P. - 118 words
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Article71 1954-12-23 15 The Sport Committee ol Hi© Fndian Republic Day Celebration Invite Bntrtoi for the following b idminton toui uaiuiiii from [udiani m Singapore and Malaya Men singlee entrance le«? $3:1 Mixed double; 15; Men'a doublet r Children's ttnclei 11 Entries muM r» u< li Mr A P.71 words
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135 1954-12-23 15 'Red hot' they call Tyson's bowling Third l» t st.irts m Melbourne <"» Dec. 31. S< .rid much hi will <>*» pent <■:. the I teams for tfi it teh The Australian te bein*?, picked todi In Typhoon i ».s Bnglaad'a win He turned an red bllnterlni oal ipuli- i),.135 words
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Advertisement118 1954-12-23 15 MAKE RbStRVATIONS NOW for X'MAS EVE Celebration THE OCEAN PARK HOTEL Splendid Enti rf.tmm nt Programme First Personal Appearance MISS BELLA LING Ha* DM MM The moir applauded Steging Star m Hongkong. Noveltirs and Souvenir* foi everyone. BOXING DAY sunday night SPORE PROMOTIONS PRESENTS HAPPY WORLD. THE FIGHT OF THE118 words
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Article96 1954-12-23 16 20 W'trdn $6 (minimum) PATRICK CLARKE, died suddenly al Malayan Cement Work.s, Rawang PuneraJ Thursday Morninu. at Cheras Road Cemetery. MRS. MAKGAREI GOMEZ. 70 of Quilon (Travancore), at Butterworth. Dec. 18. Inserted by her eldest ''On. E. J. Gomez. koh kirn i.oh. age 81, passed peacel illy on 21.12.54.96 words
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Article760 1954-12-23 16 But sting had left the track I>i lot PUTEH, engaged In the Christmas Cop over a mil*' on the second day, wound up his preparation with a stylish gallop on the training track at Penang this morning. With McClond up. this Denturius gelding strode out760 words
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Article548 1954-12-23 16 Three minutes Liter Hon Yam beat Slipartono m a penalty bully to further the lead to 8-1. Immediately after, i sporadic sally by Indonesians saw Asi.skhi make an opening and Undap ran through to beat B surprised Pilliy. The score now stood B—28 2 with548 words
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Article, Illustration56 1954-12-23 16 picture lhis is going to be an austere Christmas for hundred*, of U.S. Services girls m Britain They are keeping off cigarettes, sweets and even the mildest of drinks. ReiSOD? They are training for a lusketball tour of the Continent. The London Rockettes are here gettingReuter - 56 words
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Article25 1954-12-23 16 4 FTER blank first half, Unuersity of Malaya beat Technical College 3-0 at hockey on the HQ Malaya Ground yesterday In Kuala Lumpur.25 words
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Article27 1954-12-23 16 Technical College. Kuala Lumpur, beat the Touring Unlversl Malay.), ***** sid* 1 by ten (two goals) to three (penalty) on i he Victoria Institution ground.27 words
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Advertisement272 1954-12-23 16 ACK NOWLRDGM ENTS 20 Words $6 (minimum) MR. MRS. TAN WEE ENG th.ir:.< all Friends and Relatives for their Valuable Presents. Congratulatory Messages and kind Attendance at their Marriage on 18.12.54. CLARENCE GOMEZ of Penang Municipality thanks all relatives and friends who expressed .sympathy, sent wreaths and attended the funeral272 words
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