The Singapore Free Press, 8 January 1955

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press Urges! Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. HIM. Singapore. Sat.. Jan. 8. 1955. Price 15 Us.
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  • 208 1 2 MORE U.S. FIRMS PUT UP TYRE PRICES r y i ir Tyro and 1 Rubber Company of Akr on Ohio, yesterday announced s In prices of tyres and tubes similar to those introU S Tyre and Rubearlier. qi i Goodyear prices. w hj effective immedia-2-1 2 per cent higher
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  • 26 1 >« »Pon K° c Rubb Mar- '•<■* torn. ."P o l^ on an Januar lth firs t grade. "•nu ?lb M i''^«. at 953 yes:, below
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  • 48 1 Two masked men m black robbed a Chinese cyclist m Urn Ah Pin Road, Singapore, last night, and robbed him of his cycle and $18 cash. Before they left the robbers bound the cyclist with robes and pushed him into a drain.
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  • 53 1 LUXURY LINER TO CALL AT SINGAPORE SWEDISH AMERICAN Line's luxury cruiser liner, Kungsholm, sails from New York today for a 97 -day trip around the world. The ship will call at 21 points including Singapore, Manila and Hong Kong and points m Frince, Italy, Egypt. Arabia, India. Ceylon, Thailand. Indonesia
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  • 67 1 Gold price jump alarms Jakarta T ce f °f Bold rose m u pi,, um 50 -25 rupiahs m <-- cZul^l ns considori, "le s als P«vato finan::S, r r m"'"l 50 ruplsta| ing firm at 55 rupiahs. Most likely explanation for the sudden price rise b that several financier
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  • 168 1 AFTER THAT PEKING THREAT... A SOVIET official said yesterday that if the United States ever dropped a hydrogen bomb on Russia, the Communists would retaliate by clumping one on America. This followed Red China's announcement on Peking Radio that if the U.S. began
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  • 97 1 Elizabethan Party formed in Britain A COMMITTEE of five has started a new political group m Britain— the Elizabethan Party. Its aim Is close unity within the British Empire to make it a strong "third force" m the world. They have mailed thousands of leaflets setting out an 18-point Right
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  • 58 1 Four men gag woman WHILE a young couple slept. an old woman m the house was gagged by four men and robbed of about $2,000 m cash and jewellery. The woman. Ng Ok Mong. told the police that four men, one of them with a knife, entered the house m
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  • 65 1 C^ILM stars Humphrey Bogart and Roy Rogers yesterday joined police m a search for a mystery gunman who sprayed the harbour at Newport Beach. I California, with bullets from a .22 riHe and wounded twoi people. Reports said Rogers was only 50 yards away when the
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  • 232 1 To hold Germans pRANCE has sent new proposals for an arms production pool to the six other members of the new Western European Union— Britain, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The plan will be discussed at a seven-nation conference on Jan. 17. Under
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  • 13 1 A cold, northwest gale whipped New York City yesterday.
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  • 88 1 Britain warns Chile 11HE British Admiralty warned last night that the Royal Navy would go to the assistance of any British, vessel molested while whaling m the Antarctic. A spokesman was commenting on the Chilean Foreign Ministry statement that 200 miles claimed by Chile as territorial waters applied m the
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  • 44 1 DR. KUL KARANI, admitted to hospital with head inquries received m a motor accident m Mountbatten Road yesterday, is progressing. The general condition of Mrs. Margaret Yoong, also seriously injured m the accient, is satisfactory. Her daughter Betty is improving.
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    • 101 1 4 FREE GLASSES AU&\~QLv)<h*t I F or Chinese New Year rw<* >*i/ I attractive glasses will be 0^» ifclfi I g'ven away free with every .1 I case of Red Lion (1 case= m;* tit ;t j 24 bott es j from 28th Dec-* rmbcr till 23 rd January I
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  • 118 2 pREMIEH I I lommuni t I Khrushdv j< r- d .if youth ma Ing m the B< hoi Th< Moscow tU da] to tart the 1955 drive Uj Wind th(»u aodi /nor*- citj ouths <iuf to plow virgin land gro* mon irheat Ifotoon Radio said
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  • 46 2 piciure. Sixty-eight-year-old Lord Sand ford left Singapore for Britain yesterday after spending a holiday with his son Commander John Edinonson and family. Above are Lord Sandford uith Mrs. Edmondson and her ehildren James, aged 5, and Peggy aged 7. Free Press
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  • 192 2 'SIGN OF UNFRIENDLY ATTITUDE r riiK Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. v. Molotov, said yesterday, m a statement broadcast by Moscow Radio, that Iraq's action m closing down the Iraq Legation m Moscow was "evidence of an unfriendly attitude which increases international tension." He accused Iraq
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  • 30 2 India has decided to mci urn with immediate effect export duty on teaj from seven annaa t(i ten annas per pound it was announced yesterday Reuter
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  • 24 2 The Chicago Animal Welfare 1 l 1; has up for adoption a pound lion that drink r and dances the hula U.P.
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  • 31 2 William B. Horton, los Anpf.'f.x promoter, wmb gaoled for 00 dav.s for .spJlint; .stock m flotation f.f court orders. The .•t«.,k Wfki to r wintJc.s.s airj'i;«ne.- U.P.
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  • 34 2 Mr. Edward Pease only .survivor ol the founder members <>i tljp Fabian Society Britain oldest existing Socialist organisation, died m Limps neld, Surrey, ve.sterdav at th» I l 01 97 Reuter
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  • 55 2 Japan will dispatch a minion to fchc major a lan v,-, J)r() dildnc COuntrif m March U) Bunrty tbeij export potentla- Th« .survey Ifl to be made to prepare for the lifting of rice rationing, which is .stm m rorce ai the last remaining w:ir-Umc
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  • 140 2 Transit of vital goods is banned BRITAIN. Japan and 13 other nations are to try to close a loophole m the controls on strategic exports i to Russia and Communist China, the Board of Trade said m London last night. These countries are going, from
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  • 72 2 rFHREE leaders of the North- 1 crn Rhodesia African Na- i tional Congress were arrested j m their homes m Lusaka yes- > terday and charged with possessing illegal publications. Police searched the men's houses m a Lusaka suburb i while radio cars patrolled the African
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  • 100 2 U.S. AID FOR REBELS DENIED rpHE Indonesian chief state 1 prosecutor. Mr. Sunarjo said yesterday he is convinced that if any Americans are involved m subversive activities m Indonesia "it is without the American government's foreknowledge.'' His statement followed a strong denial by U.S. Ambassador Hugh dimming. Jr.. that the
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  • 97 3 MOUNTAIN FEUD IN MEXICO CCDBRAL troops were dLs>t.>rday to put l y J feud between two •ep m the bleak Mountains m Mexico. nous. Report* several people 0 been killed. se when Otilio I the village of a fete at Betaze and never Priends and relative! began h and found
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  • 318 3 Mother of wife-killer doctor takes her life GUN, DEATH NOTE FOUND IN BEDROOM IVTHILE her seven-year-old grandson played m the kitchen below, the greyf? haired mother of convicted wife slayer, Samuel H. Sheppard, shot herself yesterday m a locked bedroom, police m Cleveland, Ohio, said The body of Mrs. Edythe
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  • 87 3 MARIAN SINGS AT 'MET'-AND DREAM COMES TRUE MARIAN ANDERSON made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House last night hrst Negro ever to sing there. The famed singer, once described by maestro Arturo Toscannini as "a voice that comes once m a century," said that as a girl she '•dreamed
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  • 166 3 Opium, arms smuggled into S. Korea 'riE Korean ambassador to the United States, Mr. V C sTang, alleged yesterday that Japanese. North and Chinese Communists, many posing as Ishermen, are smuggling large amounts of opium, \s. arms and dynamite into South Korea to cany out
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  • 71 3 Thrifty granny leaves fortune to brunette pretty Chicago brunette learned yesterday that the grandmother who used to scold her about buying; expensive dresses had left her a fortune that may exceed $3»i,O0P.OO0. Mrs. Mollie Bragno. 28. still waa n&t sure how great the amount eventually will be. State tax officials
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  • 37 3 Mary E. May. 41, asked to 1 produce her driver's licence after a minor accident, at Goshen. Indiana, told police: I haven't had one for 10 years." She got a ticket- U.P.
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  • 34 3 Got. Orville L. Freeman said m St. Paul. Minnesota, that thousands of well-wishers who shook his wife Jane's hanri at the inaugural reception wore out the palm- of her leather »love.- U.P.
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  • 36 3 Four British seamen from the freighter Malmesbury were treed from Rosario Gaol. Buenos Aires last night and charges against them were dropped. The four had beer, accused of attempting to assault a woman.- A.P.
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  • 120 3 Cadets in rain bid to capture arsenal SOME cadets at Brazil's military academy did not like it when the War Minister, General Teixeira Lott, set a higher passing mark for final examinations. And it was reported on Thursday that the cadets were trying to capture the school I arsenal. Regular
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  • 14 3 Mrs Elizabeth Wedding, 33 of Chicago, Hied suit foi divorce yesterday.- U.P.
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  • 33 3 T HEY BOTH HAD SAME NAME Pleaded O ln a a d K°/ de a y (l °»duct •J York court b c ludje put Nunez ending smt- v would like t,, DFDKIUGY
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  • 36 3 fl •••mstabi?. tn al Xanadu) reported that a •n° t h rday arres ted a flee squad detecstable thm. S'm a sus Pect«J house of prostitumought Uic detective was aa impostor. FGTHJUJK
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  • 95 3 WIRE SHOCK KILLS PRINCE OF TONGA Till half brother of Queen Salote of Tonga was reported yesterday to have been electrocuted accidentally recently. Reports said Vilai Tupou tried to snatch an electric wire from a maid's wrist but the line lashed back around his chest and killed him instantly. The
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  • 93 3 TWO men and a girl plan to leave Britain today on a sailing voyage across the Atlantic m a 52-year-old yacht. Skipper of the yawl. Colleen, is 25-year-old Fred Wichmann, former U.S. Air Force sergeant. His crew are his English wife. Marianne, 21. and 38-year-old
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  • 28 3 Four people died, ten others were injured and eight are missing after a launch carrying 37 persons caught fire m Lake Muracaibo, Venezuela. U.P.
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    • 34 3 COUGHS, COLDS. QWf THESE) BRONCHITIS. THROAT /rZ~~~~m+Z^ CHEST AILMENTS mmmm TZS£ Pi X^JBBff^ '^BBbß* f la THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33 Raffles Place. Singapore Cold Storage Arcade, Orch.ird Rd. WEEK-ENDER EVERY WEEK 2 I
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  • 276 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Strong way to peace SATURDAY. Jan. 8, 1955 DREBIDENT Eisenhower, one of the greatest mili t a ry leaders of modern Mines, ha.s now decided that the Ame- 1 ncan people should be I told it is only from strength that you can negotiate with
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  • 284 4 GERMANY No. 4' IS THE GREAT QUESTION MARK IN EUROPE *****-3S GERMANY AFTER THE TREATY OF .VERSAILLES AND BEFORE THE INCORPORATION Of AUSTRIA IN 1938 *****-45: GERMANY AFTER INCORPORATION OF AUSTRIA AND SUDETEN LAND 1938, INCLUSION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AS 3 PROTECTORATES IN 1939, THE OCCUPATION OF WESTERN HALF OF POLAND
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  • 320 4 Refugees will decide the arms issue WEST Germany's 10,--000,000 refugees will have a powerful voice m determining the fate of the Bonn Republic's prospective military alliance with the West. Despite the Bonn Government's amazing success m assimilating the refugees into the West German economy, there are still 340.000 Germans housed
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  • 56 4 VAST international ring rY of drug peddlers operating from the Middle East and supplying "dope" to doubtfuj cabarets m Europe MM America has just been rupted by a Greek police officer acting on behalf Interpol, the International Police Service. Twenty-eight smugglers were arrested Turkey, Lebanon and and
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  • 382 4 I HASTEN to assure 1 your correspondent El Choclo that I feel as deeply aggrieved as he over the recriminations and the personal reflections cast m the controversy over the question of the language to be used m our future Legislative Assembly and our new
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    • 55 4 Gamden RECORDS by RCA <uth lo»* I"' U, cords wiHi 'jr. Acrhimrd p. rforen met t populir and ch».icil mv i by world fimous .ir»nt* Unsurpitsfd qu-ility o* n production equal to recordcottin^ dollars more M.inuf.ictured to his:h." stind.irds on famous Vmylit br.ind plaitic I Edward Eaj Co., Ltd., 1
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    • 40 4 illlMlllfr ETERNPIMfITie GOLFER Selfwinding on a ball-bearing MODERN VERSION OF THE TRADITIONAL FINE POCKET WATCH Waterproof, shockprotected Non Magnetic, Stainless steel, Silver or Gold, m two sizes for Ladies and Men. %f'C COU Y£K QUAY p, fi BOX W SMOAPOU
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  • 140 5 ,/Uf DONT KNOW IF THEY'LL BE PAID •unit's proposal to grant aid to the Singapore Council for Adult ion this year on a formula based on the difference between income iiturc l« worrying the Council's 461 teachers and 24 supervisors. teachers do not
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  • 41 5 Ti:e annual meeting of the 'ore Malay Social Association will bo held tomorrow a t 2 pm. at Singapore Youth Council premises m Orchard Road. After the meeting there wiu be a two-hour film show C'Udmo "youth In Action"
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  • 103 5 TEN handsome young men m navy blue have arrived by air m Singapore and announced that they are "temporary" bachelors. Aged between 22-24, they arp on their way to Denmark and will return within four years "possibly bitten by the marriage bug."
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  • 177 5 THF Philippines hope to sell a substantial amount of Its products to Malaya m the future,' says a leading Philippine parliamentarian. Trade between the Philippines and Malaya was now possible because the agreement between the United States and the Philippines had terminated, said
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  • 41 5 The following have passed the Johore Civil Service examination. Part One: Inche Jaffar bin Ibrahim, Inche Mohamod bin Ngalim. Inche Sulieman bin Edar. inche Ismail bin Manap. Inche Mohamed bin Long and Inche Isahak bin A. Rahman.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 620 5 ,S< \ncWs Cathedral- m W 'i, Mass lEn^ 6 30 am Worship Service. ■hool: 10.7ml|u£J p-J?™S f Our ueen of 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion-Rev, ••aiarin sW ce l 36 f^f* eytonc): Mass Chinese) j.h.H. Berckmaii. CommuSonT 1 6 pm 8 aJn Katon^ Straits Chinese: 1.30 Church of Tfce Holy Family
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    • 129 6 MANDRAKE^ TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs at ONE. 'O GEPUW. -ANP *AS JABBGPIN BUXX? 1 MfZ I j J THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris f GET OUT OP AAV^ VOU HEARp" y^ NOW EvER&OPv N. I^TPUNNO IP VOU CJM/\" M JUNIOR y J WHATMV QUIET POWN.' IM IANF hv Huhh^rrl
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    • 677 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR |>OK\ toda>. nuivit ai u arts, both lit. ,,,l j dramatic, will h«- j I delights in lift*. \ou Might, iMWCVCTi bt forced into nesa or com merer. If this happens, be sure to «ulti\.»i. hobby which takes tare of \our artistic interest*. O r \ou cannot
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  • Hound the Warld Market Prices
    • 188 7 LONDON. Jan. Previous Today i-^> rif. European '28 buyers 28 N buyers Bt'Bßf* So. 2S y 4 seners 2 8 S, sellers 'V r>s ii f. Kuropean L'T buyers 28 buyers I<IIIN ''I' r>s Noot 29V« buyers 29'» buyers lIBBU N» IKs 2 9\ sellers 294 sellers
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    • 111 7 NEW YORK. J»n. 7. Previous Today TIN gtniti >!>'H and nearby 85 87 nom. 86.25 nom. TIN iiiiuM, Jan. 85 50 bid 86 00 bid 86 .00 asked 86 25 asked Feb. 85.50 bid 86 00 bid 86 00 asked 86.25 asked March: 85 50 bid 86.00
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    • 43 7 quoted at 42 1 Sarawak spot 41 and lampong spot tnd. Awaiting release, 42 cents and first half January shiptanuary shipment ment 40 u cents per pound sellers 4; r> 4 March 40. ex-dock. pricei quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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    • 39 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 7. n Previous Today I d jNtl lU ***** 395 60 llriuii ***** 144 34 J: )m Mlt Bondi 101.06 ***** i'" 1 61.76 62! 10 H Stacks (ompoMte Amain 145.76 147 86
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    • 109 7 Jan. 7. (opr\ dk i Previous Today l ""KA Philipjnnrs c.i.f. IK North furopeun delivered weight per jnuon,,., Feb. $210 quoted $2071^ sellers 'ika Philippine! f.o.b. Manila, CoSJTi Strait? 1 Jj lOnR O unc voted unquoted lur.,I ur.,p f -an dHKerVd we'ijlht^per 'on tonjan.,>b. s £7d
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  • 127 7 MV KENT HUGHES/ Minister for id of Works! 'V tor Singapore n U n trulian j Pacific and Uoner-oNwar m Ken Hughei is c^eofthe the im. °ravea Commist ho r, Commissioiv.s inspect war ftte Indonesia. OKI dt the Siamese end of the Burma-Siam railway.
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  • 171 7 !T»HE Singapore City Council x has been asked by Mr. Mak Pak Shee. City Councillor and president of the Attap Dwellers' Association, to permit re- pair and rebuilding of barracktype huts damaged m the recent floods. Mr Mak said he had been assured by the
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  • 300 7 GOING WAS TOUGH-BUT TOUGHER ON ST. JOHN'S T^WO young New Zeal mders who left their home town two years ago to take a trip round the world on a 250 c.c. motor-cycle, have arrived m Singapore on the last stage of their journey to Australia and then back home. siiiwnin
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  • 174 7 TEARS welled up m the eyes of a 70-year-old woman at Kallang airport yesterday as she saw her son for the first time m five years— since he left for duty with the Dutch Navy. This was outside the Customs Hall as passengers
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  • 328 8 Margaret will have carnival and barbecue A VOYAGE "ii I r.tlt down the Ki<> Grande In Jamaica. I barturur supper. I v,;ilcr carnival, ami plcnkt «rr among the many Informal dellfhts planned for Princess Margaret when she visits the Caribbean m February and
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  • 85 8 BOYS INVENT A MULTIPLE PEA SHOOTER AHAPPIDESK" that v ritea 50 lines at a t"" r a "pupil prote< tor k \ufh ink elector ;md multiple pea shooter th( se are two ol the exhibits at the Schoolboys' Exhibition a! the Horticultural Hall, V\v tminster, i {lJt there are lota
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  • 62 8 A sfi- YEAR-OLD London Woman who gave up her job! m 1931 i.s still suffering from her occupational disability "a chicken neck wringer's finger." The January issue of the British Medical Journal records that an X-ray examination ..howed that .she had "slight dislocation and osteo-arthritis" of
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  • 110 8 fTHE draft ol a propa i d Act 01 Parliament which would make it a '•nine to Import, DublL h or sell crime comics i being considered by the Home Be< retary, Major Owilym Lloyd oi i up h\ thi -I'" Campaign Council ed
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  • 393 8 HE'LL SEEK THEM IN THE PUBS. rFHE Rev. Joseph H. W. Ashdowne, rector of what he calls "the village of hate," 1 has thrown down a challenge from his pulpit to the villagers of Falmer aear Brighton, to "say to my face what they are
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  • 124 8 ivARK HAIR, dark eyes j E U and piquant features E make up Hie pixie-like i E face of attractive Co- E lumbia Pictures' actress s Lucy Marlow, whose new film "My Sister Eileen," will be screened shortly. Lucy is here wearing an E oyster
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  • 152 8 /miatham (Kent) Borough Council may ask private es to Investigate ap plicants ror i council loan to buy a hOU c. The town clerk, Mr. Row- Nt wnes, has been ask* ed to And OUf what a private tive would cha Mr. t. t. Myic
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  • 229 8 MISS PAT HELD ON AND WON PRAISE ■"TRIBUTE to the courage and devotion to duty of a young woman stoic detective, slim, darkhaired and attractive Miss Patricia Mulligan, i Maybury-avenue, Dartford, Kent, was paid at Marlborough-street, London. Mr. Reginald Batt, prosecuting, described how .she fought and arrested a powerfullybuilt driver,
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  • 245 8 fTHE jury decided that the A passenger m a racing aircraft had died by accident. But the dead man's friend stood up m Watford Coroner's court and said that he was I responsible for the death. The dead man was Mr. Jack
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  • 58 8 Mrs. Jean Butler, a 30-year-old American ex-Communist, and her iiance, Clive Jenkins, a British trade union official, have gone to Copenhagen^ Mrs. Butler who was ord« I eel to leave Britain, said she and Jenkins may marry m Denmark soon. This WOUjd KiVe her British
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  • 284 9 PICTURES OF HIS DARK ROOM ASSISTANT AUESTIONED about some IJ photographs, a man told police that they intended originally for Christmas cards and nda rs, said Mr. M. D. •hison, prosecuting m a case at Skegness. Lines land). .ukled that when the ttW the Photo- might think it aordinary remark
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  • 89 9 THE three people laughing their heads off < are (from left) Ballerina S Moira Shearer, who recently announced her retirement, actor Frank Lawton and his wife, actress Evelyn Lave The cause of the laughter? Comedian Tommy Trinder giving them a dose of painless extraction as
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  • 245 9 WATCHMAN JIM GIVES HIS WIFE A SURPRISE A HU'RN- HAIRED 54-year-There* nM'SS?! 1 for you 1 f^ u <tt«o) m it to [•"No, you shouldus '-I --h -watchman. broke into I hjm. was only (,v 8(1 ($7850( y 14^ to. l|3 t 7JOJ Z| —was wanted, provisionally, for income tax.
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  • 488 9 There'll be no fight for MY children says Gloria HER CHILDHOOD WAS DARKENED BY CUSTODY BATTLE pLORLA VANDEKBILT, whose childhood was darkened by the light for her custody between her mother and aunt, has declared she will do everything to shield her two young sons from a similar battle. The
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  • 131 9 MARGARINE MAGNATE DIES AT FILM AS the lights went up after a show m a Brussels cinema, two young Cambridge undergraduates found their millionaire father dead m his seat beside them. Henry Jurgens, 49-year-old member of the family which controls the world-wide margarine combine, died of heart failure. With his
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  • 206 9 She went m to escape the cold THREE days away from home and two freezing nights A on a hard draughty floor can seem an awful long time said a 12-year-old runaway schoolgirl. Sitting m front of a warm fire, chubby-faced Helen Mefnerney,
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  • 31 9 FIRST New Year entry m. the lost-property book at Galashiels Police Station reads: "One pair of trousers and a set of bagpipes." Both belonged to the same man.
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  • 41 9 A woman fell asleep m the bath and was drowned, pathologist Dr. Arthur Mant suggested at the Epsom inquest on Mrs. Dorothy Fitch, aged 53. Her husband said the bathroom was m good order. Verdict: Accident.
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  • 44 9 Federal elections m Northern 1 Nigeria have given the n< them People's Congress 79 of the 92 seats m the House ol Representatives a majority ol 17 over Nigeria's extreme Nationalist Party. The Action Group will have 22 and oth*" [parties 15.
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 10 picture. Reuter My thr world's a mighty \>ik plan- whtn ym'rt only th»- si/r of •> ov Mini's Potto. Frost v, ;i nitivr of \V«-st Africa, |f»oks around with wider\»d w«»iuh'r as In «ar-ri<-«l to new quartrrs in hU hotii** at the London Zoo.-
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    153 10 For under-15§ DO YOr like to colour pictures? Then here's your chance to get busy on one right away. Just colour this picture with paints, crayons or chalks, (ill m your name on the I <>i m below and send it to Aunty Wendv, c o The Singapore
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  • 822 10  - Adventures of Marco Polo KATHLEEN HICKLEY Beginning today, an exciting new serial on the- by •WISH us luck tor W( tt L ny (,n onourjournc3 to China tomorrow. 1 Marco Pol" said eagerly to his friend Johannes. Johannes looked ai W« wistfully. -How lucky yen m traveUer I do wteh
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  • 311 10 Rupert's River Rescue 5 Rushing into his cottage. Rupert puts the ki«en on the floor a\d takes off his outdoor things. Then he tells his mother all about the great flood beyond the hill and about the floating plank. "My. that kitten must have had a fright," says Mrs. Bear.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 69 10 LAST WEEK'S WINNERS 'PHI winrfrrs of last werk's colour ton test are: (I) Master Noor Sani (IS), IS, Brndemeer Koad, Singapore 12; (21 Mhrtlf Kohin Inn Kok Wah (9), Itli Seraiißoon Ko;id, SiriKipore 8; (3) Miss Niuirv 1.0 (IS), 70-K. Tr;is Stirct, SiiiK iporc 2; Ml Miss M. Sar.isw.ilhl (8),
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    • 16 10 M. FLINTER &S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court 81dg.,) Spore, 6. Telephone 7923.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 103 10 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUU across l Division of tree- 9 TWi BeofctUi rim* i ™p of which Rlpon stand 13 Character n thc foot In "Winnie th< u Oeaaea SOLUTION to Uv«; it a mistake; 18 Tbeit li »tottaadesei I eaturewith- 9i :uoji gi 3SOO o tt :»d^ CLUES now 3
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  • 629 11  - Dr. Bogarde is going to sea THOMAS WISEMAN kfjdh•y -AND HE PONDERS ON A CURE FOR A SEVEN-YEAR HOODOO iriTHIN the next few days a young man, m a scarlet-lined herrinubone coat, whose passport bears the name Van den Bogaerde, will garage his new Bentley and take a sleeping-car to
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  • 337 11 He's looking for discreet beauty r,. SAM GOLDWYN gANDY WILSON started it with his delicious Rappers m 'The Boy Friend," Mr. Dior took it from thore with his"HJtae,' and now Sam uoldwyn is carrying on jn c swing towards the fashions of the Twen- hunting for another adorn L Gold
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  • 112 11 This fight was too realistic ITALIAN actors Antonio Cifaricllo and Beppe Raimondi had to undergo medical treatment for cuts, bruises and a fractured finger after making a screen fight too realistic on the set of '04." story of longdistance telephone operators featuring Antonella Lualdi and now being made m Rome.
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  • 297 11 Psychoanalysis made Tony a happier man DOES psychoanalysis improve an actor's acting? Tony Curtis, delight of the U.S. bobbysoxer, and hailed by his studio as this generation's Douglas Fairbanks, thinks so. He tried it. "I wasn't as happy as I should have been," he said recently. "Little things bothered me.
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  • 740 12 Slipped disc needs plenty of rest siiys the SINGAPORE DOCTOR CLIPPED disc comO plaint:. an- today cognised more often then they ever were, n they are tn ated early nou permanent disability can be prevented. The di< twcen the Individual ,i.. thai endo I pinal column Thank to tl dl
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    • 270 12 'TrjSJSKfKjji- Bffi!^^^^^^^B^SfiBSBfflwffl?^\£5Kfcj^Sffi!5l^^^^^^^^^Efflli^^^Bn[yfa I W I 1^^ 1 CLUES ACROSS 1 Hoods with a midnight bird inside 5 1 3 A letter either late or to a backward tale (5), 5 What a trade union coast may prortde (7), (i A hi roamer finds all the world both sad and this
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  • 302 13 The flavour of this dish is unforgettable THE TOMMY lIIMIIMIIIHIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIHII FALLS FOR A CYPRIOT •tIMIIMtIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMI DELICACY •lIIIKIIIIIIiIIIIItIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIiI |>RITISH servicemen, swarming into Cyprus fiom the Suez Canal Zone, are making acquaintance of kebab, Kebab 0 It consists of little cubej of mutton impaled on >ng skewer -fat and lean es alternating—
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  • 118 13 ...and the widow goes on feeding her hens REMEMBER Madame Marie Besnard, the widow of Loudun, near Poitiers, charged with murdering a dozen relatives by arsenic? Six years after being charged she's quietly going about her business of running her farm with the accusation still hanging over her head. Arrested
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  • 436 13 "FAST PORT" TmoSs^wfr^ ESiTN^MIDST nSTRUBBLE^ THHE goose hangs high L m Hamburg today. The famed old Hanseatic port city is booming back into the limelight as the Continent's great shipbuilding centre and its busiest port. Once again Hamburg is throbbing with vitality, and the saying
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    • 223 13 Bridge Quiz JHE privilege of the opening lead b one of the things that givas tne defending side a better chance rpruns: the declarers usual preponciprance of cards. wever. there are times when s privilege can cost you one or more tricks. Therefore." when you lead you must consider the
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    • 358 13 and still have a club stopper. If you lead the ten declarer will not play the jack because this may give up his stopper in the suit. He will have to win with his queen and your suit will now be established. The lead of the king is a mistake.
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  • 272 14  -  ARGOS JSv Floodlight soccer O clash tomorrow "\\E expect to shock Singapore," i Combined Services soccer spokesman told me yesterday, referring to the charity match tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium. •'ill*- team contains a lot ol new names, but don't let thai mislead you.* 1
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  • 72 14 A National COIUTItc lor British junior athletes is now under way at the University 01 London track at Hotspur Park m Surrey. At putting the shot practice, 17-year-<;ld Br«ec I'oulter of (obhim here uses the Traill net. This device catching the shot, enables athletes to retrieve
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  • 20 14 "f.host" picture of a wellknown Singapore sports star. Who is he? I— wet at foot of column)
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  • 69 14 1> I. PUNJABI, India's new opening bat, and Vlnoo Mat. iptalo ol the tour learn, pub on 22fi [or the wicket when the [ndlan m a three day game the Karachi Cricket a ociation at Karachi yesterday. India had .scored 277 for two wicketg at the
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  • 57 14 HPED JONFB, dHlfMr of the .m \!'i Bhun pttdboati ti.i announced that he had driven [■Mi n! I:.' i\ more khan )i df« 1.i1.il I heir thli. plant bo ild that Ihe ban bei i" l»t »ii- HI i n\ thai be had
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  • 6 14 Ronnie I hockey.
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  • 27 14 The AtiMu.ii Genera] Meeting of the Singapore Ci Ickei Club cricket section will take place m the Club- ;u :>.i.) p.m. on Thursday, January 27.
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  • 22 14 Maureen (Little Mo) Gonnolly, 20- .ii-oid Wimbledon ohampton, Mas been Invited to hm&i tour on south Africa m March.
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  • 39 14 If you wmt to air v grIeVAMM, s»'t(lo hot, or Ml othOf liins of intci «-s( inn if will taeWenti you haye come across write to SPORTSVIEW, appearing every Mondai m (he Free Press
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  • 114 14 VOLANDE Pompey (Trinidad* and Bobby Dawson .(U.S. i meet m a return tenI round contest on January 31. In a thrilling fight last January, Daw.son outpointed Pompey—but the match then wa^ made at list. 91b. a weight which favoured middleweight Duwson. This time cruiserweight
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  • 58 14 The Russian national ice hockey team defeated the Swedish team. 4-2, before 50.000 hall -frozen spectators 111 Moscow's Dynamo Stadium last night. Period scores were 2-1. 2-1. 0-0. The Swedish Ambassador. Roll Sohlmen, and his wife shivered m the vast stands and tens oi thousands ol
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  • 92 14 JIMMY .JACKSON. I!;', yewold County c( ntre went to < i m Ick of football i don'l care ii I never p lsl spent "the I ChrLstma of ms life." 11 ad club igainsi hi! itoi He got one on Chi Lit- maa Day m his
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  • 146 14 IPSWICH TOWN F.C. Supporters* Association has de- cided to hand over all their cash £3,366— towards securing new players. The gift will augment f 5.250 guaranteed by the football clubs Debenture holders for the same purpose. The vote was overwhelm ing. An amendment that the
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  • 94 14 T IC SEIXAS. the United States champion, and Mervvn Rose, champion of Australia, won the men's doubles title yesterday m the South i Australian state lawn tennis championships. In a thrilling final they beat I the young British players Roger Becker and John
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  • 666 15  -  VENETIA MURRAY By Pictured right) I'NPKKWATER swimming is growing I more popular m Singapore every tin More and more weekend anglers forsaking rod and reel for harpoon It is the same the world over. The English especially have fallen with a for the pastime of
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  • 65 15 NEGRI Chinese Recreation Club are building their own clubhouse at a cost of over $60,000. Work hayS already started on the two storey brick building. which la expected to be completed m four months. N.S.C.R.C. have been renting lophouse m Lemon Street. Smmban It will be
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  • 111 15 TIES for the leading places m the premier tournament of the Hastings chess congress appeared likely last night at the end of the eighth round with one more round still to play. The two Soviet players Smyslov and Keres were lead'ng with six points
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  • 73 15 Bt dM r. who was omitted •om the England team for the second and third Tests is n the 12 tor the M.C.C.'s threematch against a Comp'nh even m Hobart, Tasmania today The 12 are: L. Hutton. T. E. R. T. Simpson. M. C. •vdrey. D.
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  • 51 15 fHE DRAW and starting times Captain* Prize (women. £row£ R yal ■■7!", p Ml G. Hodgkinson. J- JJ Frenken; 2.50: Mrs c J B ALbett; 2.55: Miss jy. M« K. Smart: 3.00: i) t, V Mrs X Lim 3 °5: McMunan, Mrs. Reardon; vlf Cif E.
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  • 16 15 SK» l?»,,wwi 1-0 s B A Scrags w **s no b core at A.P.
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  • 36 15 k scored by centreSenior cn S save the the 4 r r XI a 4 win 11 C. -Y.M.S.A. c*«e on the second Kualai,, hockey coaching 1(i 2 _-0 at half-time.
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    87 15 (1) Who is the elder Len Mutton or Bill Fdrich? (2) Siamese boxer Somdez Yoimtrakit is due to fijjht a European champion m Bangkok on January 16. Who is he? (3) In which sport does one "face off?" (4) Can a batsman be caught out off a tree?
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  • 246 15 PRANCE, who?e well-tried team is favoured by many to win the Rugby Union international championship, should beat Scotland, who are without a win since 1951. m the opening game of the championship at Colombes today. Few changes have been made m the French
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  • 377 15 Who are today's giant killers? EACH season throws up at least one small club whose feats m the English F A Cup win national praise. There is a likely crop of "giant killers" irom which to choose this year a.s no fewer than 14 third division clubs and two from
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  • 256 16 ACTOR II IN SMART IPOH GALLOP Chrysanthemum II also goes well Free Pre§i Courac Correspondent ACTOR 11, a recent winner at Penang, did a small gallop on the training track at Ipoh this iMorninu. f With apprentice Ali astride this Class 5 sprintei went every bit as well as Super
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  • 64 16 ITALY will not !><• officially repr< «nted In the bicycle tour "J Egypt beginning on January, the [tali I ling h (.•(!< ration i tld jre«t< rdajf A m k< mm i ild neither an official Italian natl< m il team nor any t^uns
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  • 16 16 North Malayan hockey quadrangular at Ipoh; Perak 10, Pahang 0: Kedah 3, Penang 1.
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  • 40 16 pit ture. Dunn (right), the Singapore centre-forward, scored three goals against Johore at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. But this is one time he was foiled by goalkeeper Ponniah, with half back Salleh (left) in support- Free Press
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  • 39 16 INDONESIA is hoping to tak^ part m the Thomas Cm badminton competition m 1958. Mr. E. S. Pohan, a representative of the Indonesian Badminton Federation, said this yesterday when he arrivec m Singapore from Jakarta.
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  • 419 16 WEIGHTS for the first day of the Perak Turf Club't January Meeting next Saturday are: CLASS 2— 9f. Tasamora 8.07 CLASS 2. DIV. I— 6f lastern Pearl 9.00 Fighting Finish 8.07 Robbie Burns 900 Graduate 8.11 Tia Juana 8.06 <; av Carnival 81; -ant-liew 8.10 Welsh
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  • 153 16 2 REASONS FOR POOR S'PORE FORM Singapore 5; Johore 1. 'T'HE score looks good, but oh the game! It just won't do, Singapore. It seems hard to credit the tact that a match producing six goals could fail to be exciting, and yet such was the case m yesterday's inter-state
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