The Singapore Free Press, 24 January 1955

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya I Moil., Jan. 14, 19."».». Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon 14 DIE IN U.K. RAIL DISASTER
    262 1 Express crashes at 60 mph Fight to save 6 trapped FOURTEEN people were r killed and at least 30 injured when a packed express travelling at 60 m.p.h. was derailed at the English Midlands station of Sutton Coldfield yesterday afternoon. Late last night six
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    Lock icon FIRE RAZES OLYMPIC STADIUM
    107 1 FIRE RAZES OLYMPIC STADIUM PIRE destroyed the £120,000 r West Melbourne Stadium, most of Australia's b:g d the city's largest i-nt* tatnment centre, early tog (1 rents m the 1956 Olympic Games were to have held m the Stadium as built 41 years ago. brigades battled flames which shot high
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    Lock icon ARMY CHIEF FOR MALAYA
    49 1 'V r.F of the Australian leral start, Lieut-Ge-nera: Harold Wells, will visit n today for a week, i Francis, the Army ster, said m Canberra sterday. will confer with the inder-in-Chtef, Far tid Forces, General Sir s Loewen. and study the anti-terrorist iunele iques Reuter
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    Lock icon COLONIAL FORUM
    25 1 Britain's Liberal Party leaders yesterday called on the Government to set up a consultative colonial assembly as a forum for colonial peoples.) Reuter
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    Lock icon Concert tour
    25 1 Two planes will take the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to the United States and Canada next month for a sixweek concert tour. A. P.
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    NEW YEAR HERALD KEEPS THOUSANDS AWAKE
    152 1 iiiiiiions of crackers go bang, bang HE firing of crackers last night to herald the ChiNew Year kept thousands of households wake and alerted the police and fire services toroughout the Colony. t igh millions of crackers i there were no majentl. The Ore
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    THE FREE PRESS
    12 1 wishes all its Chinese readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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    Lock icon Nehru: I'll race any man of 66
    101 1 Nehru: I'll race any man of 66 A CHALLENGE to any man of his own age --66 next November at running. swimming or riding wa.s issued yesterday by the Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru. Introducing before the Congress Party conference at Satyamurtinagar. Madras, a resolution lor educational re- i form
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    Chiang men pound Red attack fleet
    86 1 CWINESE Communist naval forces struck 100 mill's south of Tachen yesterday, near Matsu island, where ten armed junks had attacked tiny Kaotang, a Nationalist Chinese communique stated. It added the junks were repulsed by artillery, which scored five hits. Nationalist Chinese bombers again attacked
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    Lock icon Mao rejects 'cease-fire' move in Formosa
    307 1 PEKING RADIO yesterday rejected any cease-fire 1 around Formosa, denouncing the plan as a U.S. "plot to interfere m the domestic affairs of China." A broadcast, quoted from the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, brushed aside suggestions that the
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    TO JOIN TALKS
    29 1 Iraqis strong-man. Premier Nuri Said, yesterday accepted an invitation to join the premiers ol other Arab states m their conierence on Middle defence m Cairo. A.P.
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    Lock icon WO sailors visit City Hall
    46 2 /> v fM-rulrcd oflircrs and ratings from •»isitiiiK Royal Navy cruiser. II MS. Newcastle, wrcrc ye»teff*ay shown the historical hifhlighti of itv Hall Singapore, by Mr. T.P.F. McNcice, the City President Above, ffroap of sailors stand around the Mace. Free Press picture
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    Lock icon He says Reds violate Geneva pact
    226 2 He says Reds violate Geneva pact rpHE South Vietnam Premier, Ngo Dinh Diem, has 1 called for intervention of the nine Geneva powers who brought a cease-fire to Indo-China to make the Geneva agreements respected and stop persecutions of Catholics, the French Press Agency reported from Saigon yesterday. The Premier
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    Lock icon IT'S UNITY OR OBSCURITY SAYS EMPEROR
    74 2 IT'S UNITY OR OBSCURITY SAYS EMPEROR rpili; Km per or Bao Dai -1 appealed to South Vietnam yesterday m a New Year's message to unite, and build up the country against Com- munisni with the help of < France and the I'nited < Slates. In an appeal from the French
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    Lock icon 'IT'S VITAL FOR BRITAIN TO AID COLONIES'
    103 2 'IT'S VITAL FOR BRITAIN TO AID COLONIES' MR JAMBS GRIFFITHS, tier Labour Secretary for the Colonies, al I itham, the world's future could be led by B attitude ri.- the wl i oi peopli under-developx d countries to rai c thi h I j tandard H< said that Britain which
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    Lock icon Farouk and son
    35 2 Thr former Kin^ Farouk of Egypt yesterday left Zermatt m Switzerland alter romping m the .snow for tin pasi two days with his son Faud Fund is remain Incr nt '/.v_ U.P.
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    Lock icon RUSSIA GETTING TOUGH SAYS MR. WILSON
    102 2 MR Harold WUion, Presl den! ol th( Board ol In the former Labour 1 said m fiwan- that m k s there had b. i thai Russia's attitude the W«-st was hardening, because of th( Pans Agreement. lit said that after Stalln'i d( ath
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    Lock icon $10,200M. PLAN TO MODERNISE U.K. RAILWAYS
    134 2 $10,200M. PLAN TO MODERNISE U.K. RAILWAYS DRITAIN'S itate-OWned railways are to be modn,, 1J ised Bncier a M 0. .'00 million, 15-year plan expected to be announced this week. The British Transport Commission, which runs the railways, intends to concentrate on building dlesel and electric locomotives to save about 15
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    I want to be citizen of India
    108 2 I want to be citizen of India SAYS BRITISH PROFESSOR 1 LEFT-WING British Scia\ entist. Professor, J. B. s. Haldam said yesterday may become a citizen India "if they will have me." Th* 1 London University professor, who recently returned from India, told the Oxford University Socialist Club that In
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    Lock icon JAP SHIP ENTERS YUGOSLAV PORT
    43 2 The first Japanese merchant ship to enter Yugoslav waters since World War II arrived yesterday at Split on the Adriatic. Belgrade Radio said The vessel, the Yokohama Maru. brought 1.200 tons of machinery for a textile factory.- A.P.
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    Lock icon TITO FOR FRANCE
    17 2 President Tito of Yugoslavia will pay a state visit to France this year. U.P.
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    Lock icon SECOND BID TO DIG OUT 600 REBELS
    61 3 thousand French ay began the 1 O f their offen..ndits hiding ou Mountain* of troops, Foreign Legionuid .sharpshooters areas. ,e.sday 5.000 French ported by aircralt out moved into the .on south of CO S oout 600 bandiU .till here of a larger force
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    Lock icon Diamond robbery: Four held
    99 3 Police arrested four men m Jerusalem yesterday on charges ;n T >' a diamond on Friday and stole diamonds worth hundreds of is ol Israeli pounds phe diamonds, the property of several owners, had been the factory for cutting and polish:- picture. U.P. p\<> Viisiralian-born Chinese
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    Lock icon Thousands of troops, police fight Seine floods
    212 3 Thousands of troops, police fight Seine floods r\KIS PROMEiSADERS SEE WHOLE ISLANDS VAMSII IjiRANCE threw thousands of troops and police into the battle against the rampaging Seine yesterday but they tailed to prevent the river from flooding Paris anew. Hunger-maddened rats, driven from the rivers and the Paris sewers, scampered
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    Lock icon STUNT GIRL SAYS: BURY ME ALIVE FOR A MONTH
    130 3 STUNT GIRL SAYS: BURY ME ALIVE FOR A MONTH Suma (aldera. a 87- E I year-old stunt artiste E plans to bring recognition to Burma by remaining E buried underground for a E month, thus setting a E world record. The woman has writ- E ten to her old friend,
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    Cuban amnesty
    14 3 ncil of Ministers at Suba, approved ye.sree granting amlitical and common A.P.
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    Lock icon BALLET LOW IN SPIRITS
    38 3 IV ballet opens m 'ii tonight m somet> cause o! ■> with the customs. Bottles ot slivovic (plum brandy were /zed al D when the dancers refus< pay duty »n their national I drink. A.P.
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    Lock icon They worked, retired, and then re-hired
    124 3 They worked, retired, and then re -hired THE scheme of two housewives who qualified for unemployment insurance benefits by doing each other's washing came to light m Oldham. Lancashire, yesterday. They employed each other and met every Monday to exchange laundry. For six months— the minimum required to qualify for
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    Snow in Mobile
    26 3 snow fell on the usually hot Gulf of Mexico city oi Mobilr yesterday for the I s( .cond time m 55 years. Ai
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    Lock icon TEST OF STRENGTH FOR FRENCH GOVERNMENT
    145 3 Call for drastic tax reforms THE "Poujade Movement' Claiming to speak for hundreds of thousands of small tradesmen who object to French tax laws plan ••test of strength" with the government m Paris today. Their leader, 34-year-old M. Pierre Poujade .says he will have
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    Lock icon Rabbi to face assault trial
    63 3 Thirty-eight ultra-Orthodox Jews will be tried m groups of 30 counts, including illegal assembly and attacking police officers, from tomorrow. All were arrested trying to break through to a youth club on the outskirts of Jerusalem m the Orthodox quarter. First to be tried will
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    Lock icon The first ship
    31 3 The 3,54»-ton treignter pergamon the fir.st German ship to anchor m Israeli waters arrived at Haifa yesterday. The ship carried from Hamburg 1.000 tons of iron. A. P.
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    Lock icon TV TO PAY QUEEN'S COUSIN
    88 3 TV TO PAY QUEEN'S COUSIN kv>k time m Bi ■T history a member oj the Ru ally wii v on television as a professional r o» mer The Bar] oi Harewood, 31 -> old COttSin ot the Qu'-cn. will appear on Wednesday. He w ill tell v: i bout opera.
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    Lock icon BOMBED SHIP IS BEACHED
    55 3 Radio Peking said yesterday the British freighter Edendale, .sunk m Swatow harbour during a Nationalist air raid on the mainland on Wednesday, han been dragged to shallow water by tugboats Rescue launches brought all the crew safely to -shore while the ship wa.s under attack and
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    Lock icon Ali is now on his way to Ottawa
    68 3 Mr. Mohammed Aii, Prime Minister of Pakistan, left London by air last night for New York on his way to Ottawa on a short official visit to Canada. Hi* departure was delayed by about 24 hours because the aircraft flvine him to
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      170 3 Miilaflti 's /V«fcf<'/Hs are constantly under discussion m NEW COMMONVVFALTH— the only thoroughly practical review of all-Common wealth affairs. Special articles planned for early publication 1. The Outlook for Rubber 2. Fighting Communism by Propaganda 3. The Coming Malayan Elections 4. Australia's Role m South-East Asia In every fortnightly issue
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 24, 1955
    285 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 24, 1955 Loyalty to Malaya A MALAYAN nation la m the making. Some hope that the day the country will get selfrule wil! be soon. We ran bring that date i much nearer ourselves. The first thins that strikes a visitor to this country,
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    Lock icon TUG-OF-WAR in the KREMLIN
    552 4 Is Molotov sabotaging Malenkov's attempt to make peace with .1 T 4- 5 IN THE past two months 1 Soviet diplomacy has shown signs of a flabbiness and lack of initiative that has cost world Communism quite a few defeats. It was expected that when the
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    ANXIETY in LONDON
    239 4 ANXIETY in LONDON T*HERE 1 cern In British i circh inflation tx by an all-round h rfc unri tiich, it is d by two or i three ]v !it thi per cent rise \vh I few months i It U wiil be a g< ar. Th. by a populi ibounding
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    FUTURE OF THE COCOS MALAYS
    78 5 hance they may become Australian v\\\ future citixenship of about 350 Malays on ihp COCOB Islands, which will soon be handed Vnstralia is still not known. ov< Legislative Council, which has m the "handover,* 1 has insisted that the Wanted Australian citizenship. I Bill "requi
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    The 'menace' is jailed
    72 5 MOIIAMED bin Tidasi. who was d< by Mr. N. Cohen m the Session* Court, Kluang, as a menace to simple folk was sentenced to 30 ths 1 gaol to be followed by two j irs i supervision. A labourer m a military camp, he pn-tt ndod
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    Lock icon Italy sticks to the curves
    38 5 II ishion lumping for a silhouette plenty of the advocatind America, no led hair or low the flapper 1920*1. pproach is still a the hour-class as traight and T" line and look. Reuter
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    Lock icon A SHIELD FROM HIS COLLEAGUES
    66 5 A SHIELD F ROM HIS COLLEAGUES puiure. |K. P»h Hoc (ihee (rif;ht). who retired from the Singapore It! Harbour Board last week alter II jreari 1 service receive! a shield from the 5.11.8. Chairman, Mr. I». A T. Chlimes. It was presented by the staff of the 8.H.8. as a
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    Lock icon For long service
    41 5 picture. Mr I) II Palmer, General Manager of shell Co. Ltd., Sl»«a--norc presents Mr. Un Gee Poh with a three-diamond [©id tie slide for 15 years' service with the company at a ceremony at Adelphi Hotel.— Free Press
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    LEPERS IN S'PORE ON THE DECREASE
    199 5 j ifEWER lepers are being i r admitted to Singa- 1 pore's Trafalgar Hospital and more are being cured and discharged. The Director of Medical Services, Dr. R. H. Bland, yesterday said the improved situation wa.s due to the new sulphone treatment and the
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    He's now a Muar Town Councillor
    47 5 K. Kathirvelu. nianaVictoria and Royal Schools has been authc Muar Town r of tlu^ District Committee, he is also ti :e of the Muar Visitor to the Hospital. Kathirvelu founded the s School, the Coni the Anglo -Chinese •1 m Tangkak.
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    Bicycle thief is sent to school
    59 5 Irom bin Salipan, 18. a| bber tapper, of Parit Kudos, red by the Sessions ourt, Pontian, to be sent to an approved school after bcng lound guilty of stealing a worth $80, belonging fan How Liong. As he rode off on the cycle »p
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    He had chandu
    29 5 Cxoh Kong Thuak, of Sim- R«'ngam New Village lined $350 m the Sessions ourt, Kluang. for having m possession 17 pellets of u and chandu smoking
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    Lock icon BISHOP VISITS SERVICE UNITS
    40 5 picture. THE LORI) Bishop of WUlesden (London), the Rt. Rev Gerald Alex Elliswi photographed while leaving St. George's Church. Tanglin. He visited service units m the Far East He left for Britain on Saturday. Free Press
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    The Sultan's wedding anniversary
    110 5 The Sultan's wedding anniversary A joint all-community address from the people Ol Ipoh will b«- pr< smted to the Sultan of P.rak and the Ra ia Perempuan on the occasion of their 4:* rd wedding anniversary, now being celebrated. A committee of eight was named at a meeting convened yesterday
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    Off to Britain for study
    47 5 Mr. A S Raja Ratnam, former sub-treasurer and deputy colled* >i oi .^tanip duties m Perak and a rounder member and director ol the Rotary Club m Teluk An, on leaves for England on Wednesday to take up a course m journalism.
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      35 5 y ■r >>/ 1E& j^ J^u jg»^ I JOHN LITTLE LX Co., Ltd. V J*Mtt wish all their V Q r J Chinese friends ls\ I good luck and a fm s4 Happy New Year \M
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      345 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis) STAR LISTEN, YOU T^VOf AT- J KERN, THE THE COPS'U CATCH YOU iN [BEAT TENMiLuON S fQUiE T I 1 t|i; ,-J 'NOBODV'LLBuy I OWNEA--0NEOf A P£W MOURS--ORMY r 'J IT/ VV£ CAN'T BUY A CuPPA KTl/PiD nr A.t !1 lni BUTTMEvaf iv,MAE0FOA
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    'GUILTY' WOMAN LOSES HER TWO CHILDREN
    359 7 They must live with rich father YEAR-OLD divorced mother has told her two children that they can no longer live with i must go to stay with Daddy," she said. Marguerite Alice Smith, of Station-road, Bank near Morecambe (England), was explain-en-year-Qld Andrea Grace and
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    Lock icon Boy gets medal posthumously
    80 7 A hero'.s medal has been awarded posthumously to a 16-year-old Italian immigrant boy who sacrificed his life tryIng to save the lives of his school chums m Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. The bronze medal to John Minadeo was one of 14 awarded by f he Carnegie Fund Commission
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    Lock icon So the skiers will no longer have cold feet
    116 7 AN Austrian Inventor has marketed a machine that thaws out chilled human bodies at the drop of a coin. You put an Austrian ten-groschen piece (one Malayan c f 'nt m the slot and step on to a small platform. Ultra
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    Jilted boy falls 40 feet in cinema
    440 7 Jilted boy falls 40 feet in cinema GIRL SEES TLL JUMP^ DRAMA AS 1.000 people m a Grimsby cinema watched the film "Riot m Cell Block 11." 19-year-old Terence Denford, jilted by his girl, climbed to a narrow ledsp 40ft. above the stall Only the girl, Margaret Christie aw the
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    JEAN BEATS FEAR WITH A POEM
    82 7 JEAN BEATS FEAR WITH A POEM mHIRTEEN YEAR OLD 1 Jmn Wooder thought thai if she could recite a poem on TV it would stop her stammering and help other stammering sufferers. So she wrote to Wilfred Pickles about it. He agreed and she recited the poem m TV's "Ask
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    Britain to build first jet-ship
    228 7 Britain to build first jet-ship the > hit) Si I will be the 12.000 ton ol Auri vhO be and a the i m ship .on. The news that Britain is to lead the world With owered v hips was revealby Mr. J. W. Platt, an "Hint the shell oil
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    THEY WALK FOR MILES TO GET A NEW YEAR GIFT
    63 8 THEY WALK FOR MILES TO GET A NEW YEAR GIFT A lOKF. than i.iOO men and women over sixty years of and New World amusement parks last week to B Brothers Organisation. Each person received lift katU^i t fate towel, and two dollars m cash. The old people .H ---00
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    Opening of the Assizes
    196 9 Pictures by 1 NORMAN COTTERELL CHEW BOON CHIN! rpilE opening of the Singapore 1 Assizes was marked by special services ;it St. Andrews Cathedral and the Cathedral o] the Good Shepherd. The Chiel Justice. Sir (ha lies Murray\ynsley attended the service at St. Andrew's Cathedral. The
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    Your weight is not always controllable
    737 10 Your weight is not always controllable \i people A abOtlf their lh' and thru weight. Although dirt can i a per m wei flit mo the figure d< penda on one's conit ion. ii ton ki n >thj i unlnance ip oj honnom i about >• m. mcdii adn do
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    This bandage will stick
    199 10 This bandage will stick SCIENCE is ending the pain from dressings that stick and hurt when removed from a wound or burn. The answer is ;i special dressing designed not to stick to congealed blood or to new tissues growing over a wound. The dressing can be peeled off easily
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    Britain's new 'space' theatre
    237 10 4 BIRMINGHAM team of two doctors, architects and lighting engineers have designed the prototype of a new infection-proof operating theatre, which bears a strong resemblance tc the popular conception of a "space" ship. Shaped u 'ke a horse-shoe, the theatre has a domed ceiling with more
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    1048 11 She'll shoot the rapids on a bamboo ratt CARIBBEAN TOUR WILL BE PACKED WITH SURPRISES FOR THE NNMNHMMMHHNNHMNHMMNNM PRINCESS It trays sumnn>r Most of Princesa Margaret's time away from the crowded official functions Of her tour of tii* w• st Indies nexi month will be spent In that jcpensii Royal
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    Germans will fly to London again
    178 11 British pilots will show them the way ••••11M111ii,,),,,, rjERMAN airliners- two a day—will be flying into London again m April. They will also fI.V to Paris, and m midsummer will be crossing the Atlantic to New York- The re-created Lufthansa Js now nearly ready
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    Now the pensioners will get a little more each week
    83 11 Now the pensioners will get a little more each week r) MEET rising rente and prices the British Colonial Government m Cyprus ha.s ordered a general increase of 15'; on alf Civil Service pensions plus cost-of-livinf-' allowance! at the tame rates as serving officials. Most Cypriot pensione] it i jjier
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    Lock icon The kiddies just love this Candy
    392 12 The kiddies just love this Candy no you have difficulty getting your son or daughter to take his medicine? And why not? Your parents probably had the same trouble when you were a child... with wod reason. In the past. medicine tasted unpleasantly like. .well, medicine. .'haps you hav«* heard
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    Lemons are his delight
    124 12 TWO-YEAR -OLD Michael Wilding contentedly sucked a lemon at the London Airport. He was happy. He had seen his first horse— a big black one noar Knightsbridge Barracks. Soon he was flying back to America with his parents, actor Michael Wilding and actress Elizabeth Taylor. Little
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    The spivs call the tune in Mau Mau Mau
    477 12 The spivs call the tune in Mau Mau Mau HOUSEWIVES' I)lU;\l\|\ /^oixg. going nearly •4one arc the days m Kenya when i>ood African m rvanta left the housewife with little else to do but be a charming hostess. Mau Mau and the beginning of an Industrial revolution m that land
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      231 12 CUES ACROSS 4 A light with nothing in it (4t. 1 I hope Nita changes into an 5 Material for a decorator? t7». ■mperor'l .subject <9>. 6 A sailor in the street (5). 5 Not a cosmetic but partly so 9 A sleeveless coat (5i. <3> 12 Indirect references maybe
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    Lock icon The Germans fall for the instalment plan
    501 13 The Germans fall for the instalment plan rv\- rmana say jok- in l:1v that the reason they buy .so many motorcars and motorcycles is use I! they ride by public transport they jur. In cash, than a joke, how- close to being aying on payment alment plan is one the
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    CANINE CORNER
    35 13 f^ATEST Paris idea m presents for pet dogs: the birthday sock" containing a real 'sterilised) bone, a ball, J lead, a rubber shoe-sole or cheiving and a rag cat mat miaows ichen bitten
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    Lock icon The THROW of DICE spells prosperity here
    459 13 The THROW of DICE spells prosperity here BUT WHERE WILL IT END? T<HAT low rumble heard 1 from Las Vegas is not another atomic bomb test. It's the beginning of the biggest entertainment boom in history. That gambling oasis on the great American desert, already making money hand over dice,
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      SHOULD BOY OF 16 FIGHT 18-YR-OLD?
      219 14 I f i like I it. t 1 :i( at Sal if between two iuth box< i. wai not al)< to tali place by referee 1 Ootnin Jennini i i Riven wa that ■h< r lfi aha to my knowled no ob to ;i
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      Punch drunk?-No, it's concussion
      193 14 T^KOM now on "punch drunk 1 fighters m Britain are to be known as boxers with "eronic concussion." J. W. Graham, administrative steward of the British Boxing Board of Control, i made the announcement m the British Medical Journal m an article on boxing. He explained
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      327 14 America's biggest car race J ENTRIES fiom world-famous J ipeed driven all over Europe and America ire beginning to arrive for the Mth running on March 13 r)f Amei a Digged >jx»i'^ car n..' the 12-hour International {„< ma p: ol i durance. i tie :i' c m i" <"»iy
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      CYCLE RACING OFFICIALS
      80 14 'Jin- Btagaport Cycle Racing Association officials .ipjxjinted foi are: President Mr Suh Cihcr Boon '■c!rd i, vlce-presldenta Mr, E. w. Cutnberi and Incbe Budon b. Atxiul H. mild Hon leeretan Mr. J. Clark; TraMurer: Mr. Charki Alphonao: Racing we Mi h: Cuthben Oommittee: Messrs, Ny Chwa (Island
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    Have an extra cricket match
    83 14 The Free Press invites sports fans to express views and ideas \rirln-ss li-tiers l« "Sporttvftrw I'icss »•< ii Street Sings MFC Iskk no reaion for discontinuing the annual North i.s South cricket match m view of a Singapore versus Federation encounter, if colony ofnciall are
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    Lock icon DAVIS CUP ENTRIES REJECTED
    140 14 r |MIE I'nited States Lawn -i- Tennis Association has announced the names of the 24 nations whose challenges had been accepted for the European Zone of the 1955 Davis Cup competition. The association stated that the number of challengers for the European Zone exceeded the 24
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    Lock icon Joe Davis scores highest possible
    99 14 JOE DAVIS. Britain's champion snooker player, tnad€ the maximum break ol 147 to set ;t new worlds record and achieve his liie's ambition at Leicester Square Hall, London, on Saturday. Playing against Willie Smith, Davis, who has twice made breaks of 14G for the previous
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    Lock icon Baseball stars sign
    88 14 STAN Musial and He (1 Schoendienst, the Bt. Louis < '.ii linals' highest paid players, have signed theii 1955 contracts. Salary termi were not re- iled but It wa.s understood Musial received the same UHsao.(iiMi (MI240.000) he did u*>t season while Bchoen I i lenst'fi pact called
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    Sunderland sign 'Legs' Fleming
    428 14 Sunderland sign 'Legs' Fleming Hv \K< MM <fl l( X 1 1 *tball Club U) fcffOJ I 10.000 player m the < ba<i rh.it what haj happen md now ond m th< t.«. T!;< Scottish International Charlie "1 Fleming, the sharp-ahooler ol I Li. boon obtained for that hugr sum
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    U.K. FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES
    1092 14 P W D L F A Pt.s I Wolves 27 13 8 6 60 40 34 I Sunderland 27 10 14 3 4H 35 34 Manchester v 26 13 5 8 56 46 31 E Portsmouth 26 11 8 7 50 35 30 Charlton 26 13
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    Lock icon Swiss wins world bobsled title
    244 15 pur/ FEIERABEND, daring 47-year-old Swiss bob;r, flashed to victory yesterday m the twoman world championships ■j .He outraced 15 other mile-a-minute sleds from nine nations on the twisting milelon°: St. Moritz bobsled run to I capture the world title for the third time. The lanky
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    53 15 retulti on 0, R P. rshot Newport 0: St Th cena 3 Leicester London Penza nee I 0, Dublin 6. Guv's Plymouth tol S; \b 0. 3, The lice 0. Brl I nay Atti. Ed Ser ncelled belons. Hu^slec Wakerrlngton 30. 31, Belle Icington Town matches wtn
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    30 15 soccer y- 1 h cenv fo r unworthy ft nd barrfd from tvitiea for one year. goalkeepers 1 I the m-oipii- ta common know. A. P.
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    284 15 ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. 1. \ston Villa 3 Blackpool 1 Burnley 0 Newcastle 1 C helsea 0 Manchester C. 2 ♦Huddersfield Cardiff ♦Leicester Everton Manchester U. l Bo! ton 1 Preston 3 West Brom. 1 'Sheffield ltd. Arsenal Sunderland 2 Portsmouth 2 Tottenham 7 Sheffield W. 2 Wolves
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    104 15 Seixas Trabert in action today AMERICA'S Davis Cup winners Vie Seixaa and Tony Trabcrt, both hoping to become Australian national tennis champion, play second round matches at Adelaide Memorial Drive courts today. "Tony and I are all out to make it a Trabert-Seixas final," said Seixas. Alter easy first round
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    GREAT FUTURE FOR DANTESQUE
    616 15 Free Press (ours* C orrespondent IVWTKSQIK gave notice of his claim for this season's "classics" when he won the (lass 2, 1] mile race m the course record time of 2 mm. 6^5 sec. with 9 stone on his back at Ipoh on Saturday, concluding day
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    Sports quiz
    123 15 (1) Give the first names of (a) The Bedser twins (b) the Harvey brothers. <2) What Australian national boxing titles did the late Dave Sands hold? (3) With what one sport do yo ii associate Hackney, Wick and Hendon? Spot the outsider here: (a) Split Waterman, (b) Jack
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    Lock icon INDIANS MISS VICTORY BY 11 RUNS
    169 16 Innings win bid also foiled i OPENING partnership of Mi l>> Shakoor, who ru hJ»' i century, and Shaujauddln helped Central Zone stave <>ir defeat after they had followed on against the Indian cricket tourists at Montgomery yesterday. The match ended m a draw
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    BIRTH
    29 16 20 Words sfc mini mum MITCHELL: On January 20th, at the BM h Kamunttng, to Jean tiw- rVLIVn In and Lag Mi' v rhtei P itrl la Ai
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    32 16 20 Worm* $X (minimum) PAULO-ANOUB: Tho Engagemen la announced between Patrick, B son Of Mr J. A Paulo and Anr i eldest daughter ol Mr. and Mi i. c H. An^us.
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    35 16 2') W'orrfx $(i minimum i KO-TBO: At Hoii-'kni:/,. on r«-l-!'«).) Bun Siew. son of Mr. and Mi-. Ko i;m Beng, Singapore, and 1 1 i er hi Mr and Mn Teo l.ip Pmiii Hongkong.
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    DEATH
    76 16 WDrils $6 minimum > G c. ne sii.va and brothei regret to mwwincf the sudden and il (if.ii h ol their beloved 1 p h i>- I a, al hi re lden< at Ba i mulla, m on 22n J i i mark oi re !><• I i v
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    Irish make changes to
    157 16 meet England rpHE m h selectors have made I only two charges In the .side which lost to Franc* Saturday In their choice ol a team to meet England In the rugby International ai Dublin on February 12. J. T. Oason comes In is 1 Ighi
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    BILLY KELLY IS NEW BRITISH CHAMP
    26 16 Billy Kelly outpointed champion Sammy McCi thy over 15 rounds m Belfast on Saturday night <<> win the British featherweight title.
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    108 16 SCOTLAND has named four new caps m announcing the team to meet Wales m the rugby union international at Murrayfield, Kdinburgh, on February 5. The newcomers to the Scottish side are A. R. Smith, the Cambridge University winger; J. A. Nichol, at scrum half and
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    JAPS BEATEN
    24 16 i tic Japanese wrestling team i 1a beaten yesterday 5-4 by the team of rbaljan ElepubUc at B iku S nriet Union.
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    209 16 BRITISH CARS FIRST IN MONTE CARLO RUN i.\ osi.o Police official, v Captain Per Mailing and Gunnar Fadum, also o! Norway, drove a British Sunbeam-Talbot to victory yesterday In the 25th running of the 3,000-kilo-metre Monte Carlo automobile rally. Snow and Ice made it one of the toughest motor rallies
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    Lock icon Fans helped: Disqualified
    83 16 Diaz Saenz Valiente j ol Argentina sped iiis Ferrari 4 j;>4 cc Into the lead after 40 laps ol the 1,000 kilometre sports car race In Buenos Aires .< terday with an average speed <>! 15Q 297 kilometres per hour Clemar Bucci, co-driving m a Ferrari 3000
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    Lock icon RECOPD BY CHAT AWAY
    39 16 RECOPD BY CHAT AW AY picture. John Roberts, tii»- south African three-mile champion, leads Britain's Chris Chatawi'.v daring the three-mile race m Johannesburg. Behind is Driscoll. (hatauay won m 14 mm. 'AUA sec., a Southern Transvaal record. A. P.
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    OUTSIDER WINS $117,000 RACE
    36 16 LONGSHOT French horse Fortunato II yesterday won the 14,000,000 francs (MSI 17.000 > .Prix d'Amerique, Europe's top trotting race. The winner finished a length ahead of the heavy favourite Gefinotte. which was second.
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    Lock icon Nielsen beats Wes Santee in record time
    179 16 Nielsen beats Wes Santee in record time pUNNAR NIELSEN husky blond- miler from Denmark, declared yesterday after a recordbreaking performance m the Washington Evening Star games that miler \\Vs Bantee doea not frighten him. The only man I fear la B Bannister," the 26-yeai dancing Dane said m haltIng English.
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    ROLLER SKATING
    23 16 The world roller hockey championship's finals irill be hold m Milan May 17-21. the Italian Roller Bkating Federation announced la.st night.
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    93 16 RACE COURSES TO RE-OPEN ITALIAN race tracks, closed since January 1 m protest against a new 10 per cent betting tax, are expected to reopen next week end with reduced programmes and prizes following a Government decision to reduce the tax to two per cent. The Chamber of Deputies approved
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