The Singapore Free Press, 29 January 1955
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Title Section21 1955-01-29 1 The Singapore Free Press i ingest Afternoon Sale m Malaya it U.S. Sine*por e Sal.. Jan. 29. 19:>5. Price If. its21 words
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346 1955-01-29 1 APPLEYARD DISMISSES BENAUD FOR 15 pNGI \NDS pace attack of Ya Tyson and Statham failed trouble the Australians n the fourth Test was resumed at Adelaide this mornwith the Australian overs at 16f for four itton allowed the speed men three overs each and then D Wardle and App.yThe England346 words
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Article40 1955-01-29 1 AUSTRALIA 175 for 5. Morris c Kvans b Tyson 25 McDonald c May h Appleyard 48 b Tyson 18 Harm c Edriek b i;.iiit*\ 25 Miller not out 36 Hdi nu I caught May, b Appleyard 15 F\lra> 7.40 words
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Article28 1955-01-29 1 Japanese Premier, Mr. Ichiro a jna, confirmed last He had received a Soviet rnmenl Note expressing "JfOMtre for normal relations Japan. He said taTks ••on. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article21 1955-01-29 1 General S M one of the" first ndians to K0 to Sandhurst, J« appointed C-in-C. of 'dian Army.21 words
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Article51 1955-01-29 1 Mighty in misera ble than Prime Minis- i 7, 1 Mr. R. G. Menzies. 1 television press conLondon last night had spent a few meUUCUO^ moments listening to the Adelaide commentary. Mr. Mcn/ie.s said. -Four down for 161 sounds mighty miserable, but It's not Inconsistent with a total of 300."—Reuter - 51 words
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Article333 1955-01-29 1 TT \Tf II U.K. call for rease-fire But it is up to China JHE SOVIET Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov.' promised last night that Russia would consider a British plea to work for a cease-fire along the Formosa Strait and to urge restraint on Red China RutA.P.; Reuter - 333 words
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Article79 1955-01-29 1 We'll help Malaya says Menzies •PUT BITE INTO THE TREATIES' MR. R. G. MENZIES, the Australian Prime Minister, said m a television interview m London last night that Australia would accept military commitments m Malaya. He said he would know more details when he knew the precLse nature of the79 words
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89 1955-01-29 1 C GOVERNOR-GENERAL Ghu- -T lam Mohammed said m Karachi last night there was -better hope than ever" for j the settlement of long standing Indo-Pakistan dispute On his return from a threeday visit to the Indian capital to attend Republic Day ceremonies, the Governor-General toldU.P. - 89 words
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Article28 1955-01-29 1 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will pay an official visit to King Haakon of Norway m Oslo from June 24 to June 26.28 words
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Article56 1955-01-29 1 Wahid will fly today to London THE paralysed Singapore policeman. Abdul Wahid bin Baba. is expected to be flown to London from Rome today, according to a cable received at the police headquarters. Abdul's plane which left Singapore on Wednesday, made an unscheduled stop m Rome because his condition had56 words
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Article30 1955-01-29 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this mining. wTth first grade. February shipment, at 104 i cents a lb.. 14 cents below yesterday's close.30 words
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146 1955-01-29 1 A BELGIAN abbe, recently released after more than three years' imprisonment j m Communist China, said In Brussels last night, that at least 30 European and American missionaries were still m Chinese prisons. The Abbe Albert Sohier, who returned from Peking last Week, told146 words
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Article28 1955-01-29 1 Siamese Police-General Phao Briyanond, will fly to Rangoon today from Bangkok for talks similar to those he had m Kuala Lumpur with commanders of security forces.28 words
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Advertisement168 1955-01-29 1 IPelandok j j Specials II 111. are Pelandok E 11 Special ScltMti.ni>, for E E todays Singapore r.urs: E SPECIAL NAP Ten Dollars E Dornii r S Vsmara, Jam bat. m Mas TREBLE Misty Jadi. Jamhatan E Mas, Bright Eyes II E Other selections are on E E the Back168 words
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Article161 1955-01-29 2 U.S. now more optimistic over Vietnam L-.s OFFICIALS have a growing confidence that there is I fMi chance of holding the line against Communism m South Vietnam. These officials said there is less reason for pessimism than there was a month ago but the battle forA.P. - 161 words
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Article83 1955-01-29 2 They study effects of H-bomb 1 I Ln Britain to .^tudy Of the hyd: I m i> terday and led by civil del' industrial leadn to co-ordinate the services of industry and local government so as to be tain production m nts factories and organise relief. The to delegates sawReuter - 83 words
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Article79 1955-01-29 2 SIA M FEARS REFUGEES COVER REDS QIAM is becoming inkJ creasingly anxious about the situation on all her borders, especially m the north-east where thousands of refugees from liicJo-( hina are leued to be a rover for the activities of Laotian and Viet--111 iti Ii agitators. Siam u ill stressReuter - 79 words
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158 1955-01-29 2 (SENTENCING a rice merchant to one month's gaol yesterday. Mr. Howe Yoon (hong, a Singapore traffic magistrate, told him, "I am left with no other course." Seah Eng Choon, found guilty of having obtained a onving licence while under a disqualification order, had158 words
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Article15 1955-01-29 2 Sweden and want to quit th Supervision Con In a A.P.A.P. - 15 words
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70 1955-01-29 2 45 perish in fleet caught in ice storm THE United States air force rescue planes bucked dan gerously through battering ice storms yesterday shepherding j to safety along Iceland's rocky j coast a fishing fleet ashrouded m the dread Arctic "black frost.'' The death toll m the fearsome Arctic Phenomenon,70 words
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Article20 1955-01-29 2 President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta, Georgia, today for n weekend of golf and rest. A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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145 1955-01-29 2 MALAYA IS WARNED OF SWITCH TO SYNTHETIC THE London financial economic weekly. The nomist, writes that production and consume of natural rubber may increase this year. Higher usage should absorb part of the increase In output and the surplus should not be burdensome. However, The Economist warns: "It may well145 words
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Article150 1955-01-29 2 rriHE MAaNTHESTER Guar- dian said m an editorial yesterday that the rubber m•- mission, led by Sir Francis Mudie last October, had done Malaya a disservice. The purpose of the mission was to examine the prospects and competitive position of the rubber industry and makeU.P. - 150 words
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Advertisement75 1955-01-29 2 1 EvWIT Wet 'Hi V" r 'WTA^kT A .ii fill Wit II I I\ltli*l ,"ii FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED. M iSiflilk. to pleasure m announcing that as from dV-m-mmWmmKaWU MONDAY, 31 ST JANUARY 1955 their headquarters for Malaya will he at CROSBY HOUSE, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE, 1. TELEPHONE ***** FIRST75 words
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44 1955-01-29 3 *jrc destroyed two buildings ed four others m ft wholesale cloth»1 Philadelphia less blocks from Indepenesterday, cause of the fire could nri setefm|ned5 ete f m| ned immediately j >d estimato, placed damages 1 1 "tore than $750,000- U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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212 1955-01-29 3 Police see glamour girls over mystery killing POLICE turned to New York glamour girls yesterday to help them solve the mystery strangling of millionaire Serge Rubinstein the man of many enemies. Virtually without clues, they hoped the beauties he squired to exclusive night clubs could throw light on who mightA.P. - 212 words
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Article195 1955-01-29 3 £1,000 OR RUINS WILL BE RUINED i PUBLIC lavatory has j A put tempers on edge imon* the 1,287 highland SK •*»>« ,ive m the Srt: £h village of MuthiH m Perthshire. 1 hr-, are trying to save u D v: 1.000 (S8,500) so they e u pay the local195 words
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Article133 1955-01-29 3 HE SENTENCED 100 MEN TO DEATH IfENYA authorities yesterday announced the surrender of Alphone Nganga, a self-styled "Chief tee" oi the Mau Mau who admits passing the th sentence on about 100 terrorists for offences against the sect. Nganga who passed under the name "Chief JusticeReuter - 133 words
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Article76 1955-01-29 3 BANDIT SET UP WOOD AS ROAD block AM ASK I D bandit blocked the highway and held up a bus m the middle of Sardinia, police said yesterday. A massive road -block of small trees, branches and bushes stopped the bus and out of the middle of I the bushesU.P. - 76 words
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Article71 1955-01-29 3 THE 36-year-old Belgian aviatrix, Jacqueline Cousin, and i her 76-year-old father, left for Bali this morning after a twoday stop m Singapore. They were due to leave yesterday, but bad weather put them off. Father and daughter— she is the pilot, he is the navigator—71 words
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56 1955-01-29 3 DYNAMITE SEIZED ABOARD GREEK SHIP MORE than 10,000 sticks of dynamite were among explosives, seized aboard the 100-ton Greek motor schooner St. George, which was apprehended by a Royal Navy destroyer while trying to land weapons on Cyprus on Tuesday night. Seven Cyprus villagers were arrested. All are members ofA.P. - 56 words
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Article31 1955-01-29 3 The Brazilian Supreme Court yesterday denied a writ halting the extradition of Count Jacques Beronville, condemned to die by French courts m 1946 as a Nazi collaborator.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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87 1955-01-29 3 SHANTY TOWN IS PAINTED FOR PRINCESS WORKMEN are busy with paint brushes creating a technicolour .screen" to blot our Trinidad's shanty town' from the view of Prim Margaret during her visit The Royal party must pass the 30-acre block of ram- shackle hovels on its **\f to Government House atA.P. - 87 words
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219 1955-01-29 3 lIITLERS FAVOURITE, Field Marshal Ferdinand 11 Schoerner, came home last night from Soviet imprisonment and coolly defied threats of West German leaders to prosecute him as a "mass murderer" of his own troops. A storm of public indignation, swept West GermanyA.P. - 219 words
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147 1955-01-29 3 A COLOURFUL NIGHT BY THE LOVELY JAP GIRLS AFTER a >low .start the Shochlku Oirll Revue Troupe from Japan put on a not: show which delighted a firstnight audience at Singapore's Majestic Theatre last night. The opening item 'Madame Butterfly", had little m common In places with the story ofB.A. - 147 words
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Article21 1955-01-29 3 Mau Mau terrorists have killed and wounded 3,162 people m Kenya since the outbreak of the emergency- U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement145 1955-01-29 3 lohnsonsY i > < i**jg j*f*********s*t*f m\ma_ mmm _\pmm/ i'*_\»v< '•> <*"., S '*&&>> I iTPTTTEbTi i3Mmm m m m/ i ■■'""11l *££/> JW* W*f£ <*? /3P£of 7#£ jA. Sole Agents- jrA* KIAN CWAN (MALAYA) LTD. Singapore :i Penang 11 Kuala Lumpur. INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC CO. SS (Authorised dealer for Philips145 words
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240 1955-01-29 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan 29, 1955. Opinion AWAY FROM IT ALL TODAY thousands of Singapore people will be heading for Bukit Timah, some hopeful of having a profitable day, all -or nearly all certain of having an enjoyable day. t^nd thoughout the day many more thousands here and240 words
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Article, Illustration705 1955-01-29 4 /j£zo anti-terrorist round-up ts m progress tn Kenya reports DUDLEY HAWKINS THOUSANDS of British troops, taking part m B big new anti-terrorist round-up, are hunting Mau Mau at altitudes m which the Battle of Britain was fought. Just below the green, 13.244--foot Satima peak ofA.P. - 705 words
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Article391 1955-01-29 4 Beacheamber - Beacheamber By A COMPLAINT that "ballet is out of touch with the the lives of ordinary men and women" leads me to advertise the merits of my ballet "The Lodger's Kipper.'' It is a simple divertissement, the story of a lodger I who falls m love with391 words
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Advertisement26 1955-01-29 4 (mon*/ Classical ft Popular Programmes 5 ft 7 «HS Recorded 7 S Ooufele truck DWARD EU 6 CO LTD Ox a.. 4 ia.4 V».»pa.. fWw ;'.«4|26 words
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Advertisement113 1955-01-29 4 LACQUER SHEEN is the mmM^iS magic that grants your ivish «B"sfa ,^r^^ when you say "I unsh my hair |B^7?WC!^fo Wise women spray on a touch *mi w^^m^tmnilW of Steiner's Lacquer Sheen Mjjf.* -<^^W! l§m when they've dressed their hair J^^^M-mmmmijiW and will stay put all day unth- M^^^t^'^KwW^i out113 words
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Article, Illustration164 1955-01-29 5 Clerks' claims may go to arbitration /.,;lr. The Government has reject- Ed the claim back pay. contend ing that the Yong Award was applicable only to members oi the permanent service. Under the award, the Benham Scale for all clerks was revised and back dated to164 words
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Article77 1955-01-29 5 near selecttTS (tern for 9irbr installed m ho rUy by Panld Airws je supplementary ne'a existing long- station at the tions Receiving Michael's Road. equipment makes it, j ground station individual aircraft pushing a button. activates a red, bell m the rock-; the aircraft,77 words
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Article72 1955-01-29 5 S'PORE MAY HAVE YOUTH WEEK TOO r pilE SINGAPORK Youth Council may plan a Young Citizens Week. Mr. Eric Wee. president ol the Council said yesterday The Federation ha.s been having one since Wednesday. Mr. Wee said the Singapore Youth Council Executive Committee meeting m early February would discuss the72 words
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Article106 1955-01-29 5 Officials of the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, for this year are as follows President. Mr. Robert lav; vicepresident. Mr. Khoo Hin Wee; secretary, Mr. Kenney Tan; asst. secretary, Mr. Kho Kwang Mul; treasurer. Mf. Peter Joe Chia (re- 1 elected); asst. treasurer. Miss Gladys Tan. C106 words
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Article207 1955-01-29 5 A SENIOR EXECUTIVE of an Italian pharmaceutical firm, who gave to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis l Association a large quantity of anti-T.B. drugs last I year, arrived from Milan by air yesterday and said lie i would do his best to help if requests were207 words
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Article13 1955-01-29 5 Provident 1* unci nary Registra--3 were approved at ore Legislative yesterday.13 words
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Article214 1955-01-29 5 THE SINGAPORE Rural Board held one of its shortest meetings yesterday. Tea served soon after the meeting began was barely cool enough to drink when the meeting was over. Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha, one of the four unofficial^, who spoke on the214 words
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Article34 1955-01-29 5 Lady MacGllllvray. wife of the J High Commi.s.s:oner. will give < away the prizes to winners of J the All-Malayan speech con- < :est at the Kuala Lumpur town j iall on Monday night.34 words
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Advertisement79 1955-01-29 5 TgLAMO ROUS SWIMSUI fsI Created to do beautiful %f|ifc| things for a giifa figure. %j|lp >> Whatever your particular afc^tlP^J jj glamorous CAT A LIN A swimsuit made just for you. y tl m if jjj There is also a wonderful M >> X range of SHORTS JEANS V 579 words
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Miscellaneous171 1955-01-29 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis UJ~--frli U.KEP.N.AS, SEE IT, THEY'VE I I I;"^^^ I P^gl B^J "'"^V, f7- L LJ S H'ODEN YOUP PAINTINGS IN A i°J* n »N0 BUT THE M. JOf^ f RELAX. BOX WITH A TIME BOMB- SETJ L L JP T y*y? E PaFnTINGS-171 words
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Miscellaneous707 1955-01-29 6 I YOUR I LUCKY STAR DOBM lodav, \ou are one of E the original think* is of the world. You are not on. follow m the footstep others. You consider ancient problems m a new light and know how to present n, M ideas with draniatie E popular appeal. You707 words
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Article127 1955-01-29 7 I ,m iisy Above prices quoted m pence. "22 ,A q CJ 51d. sellers 50',d. sellers EliiiMl ports teo. Pre Black l^mpong U* U& Luropean ports PI PPEB Black Sarawak Ut luropean ports l-CD. dbore prices Quoted m shillings and pence. c f £703 buyers £705 buyers127 words
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Article29 1955-01-29 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 28. Previous Today Industrials 402.60 404. 08 Railroads 142.22 144.20 Domestic Ilonds 100.70 100.59 I tilii 62.33 61.88 (mi posit? Averages 148.74 149.5829 words
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Article99 1955-01-29 7 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Previous Today TIN Stralti 'pot and nearby §8.25 nom. 89.50 nom. IIN minrp Keb 88.00 bid 88.25 bid 88.37 asked 89.25 asked March 88.00 bid 88.25 bid 88.25 asked 89.25 asked \pril 88.00 bid 88.2599 words
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Article31 1955-01-29 7 labar was quoted at 45 lampont, spot 45 cents per pound iry 44 March sellers ex-dock* 13 Sarawak Spot 44 and Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.31 words
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Article112 1955-01-29 7 Jan. 28. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. CK/North European delivered weight per $207': sellers $2021* quoted COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila. wed weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted rOPRA Strait* t.i.f. IK/North I uropean delivered weight per lon Feb. Mar £74', buyers £74 sellers |.'T4 sellers Mu.112 words
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154 1955-01-29 7 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EXPERTS ARE HERE MERICAN experts on education arrived re from Hong night for tall a leaders In Sm- and the Federation. are Dr. Harry C. executive secretary! the Methodist Commissi visual education, and Rev. w. Burton Martin, '•■v secretary of f AVKMCCO 'Radio, Audioial Education and Mass Icatlon154 words
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Article21 1955-01-29 7 A cocktail party will be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 4, Ceylon's Independence Day.21 words
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Article56 1955-01-29 7 The Singapore Pediatric Society will hold its annual meeting at Professor Monteiro's lecture theatre. Ward 3, Gen eral Hospital, at 8.15 p.m. on The meeting will end with a talk on the management of the crippled child by Prof. J A P Cameron, of the56 words
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175 1955-01-29 7 END THE TAX ON AMATEUR SHOWS, PLEADS COUNCILLOR A SUGGESTION that all amateur drama? and theatrical shows should be exempt from entertainment duty m order to promote culture has been made to the Colonial Secretary. The suggestion has been made by Labour City Councillor Mr. Lee Choon Eng, m a175 words
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142 1955-01-29 7 The talk with the tongue twisters THE Singapore Aquarists' Society held its first "fish talk," coloured appropriately with tongue-twisting vocabulary, at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road. The guest speaker was Mr. j M. W. F. Tweedie, Director of Raffles Museum, who spoke on the different species of Malayan aquarium142 words
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Article160 1955-01-29 7 Every cycle MUST have a check A CAREFUL check on every bicycle la made before it r /jtered and licenced, the Singapore Registrar of Vehicle. Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridu'*, said yesterday. He said his department ran refuse to register any cycle round by his inspectors to be unfit for160 words
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Article152 1955-01-29 7 A WOMAN travel agency executive m Singapore yesterday criticised the Colony Government's attitude towards the tourist trade. She is .Mrs. Boris Holland, director of Asia Travel Service. Mrs. Holland, who is attend- ing the Pacific Travel Association Annual Conference on behalf of her travel152 words
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Article13 1955-01-29 7 The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council meets at 8 p.m. on Monday.13 words
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Advertisement32 1955-01-29 7 Ptf 1 LT P I T S \X^l 9* *^H^W B tmmWT kl fl 4 *aT //t O/utw/Mf/tc <?•> um| tmm PIPER-HEIDSIECK W Sole Agents: Maclaine Watson Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG32 words
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265 1955-01-29 8 CONFESSIONS CAN AVERT AIR DISASTERS 'Careless workers must own up Am ii STIST engaged on secret work for thc R. I I declares that riUI equipment is being wrecked by c areless handling. Th, complainl come; from Mr. s. Patrick .mental officer al the Fi Aircrafl Establishment, wh ,>nr the265 words
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Article157 1955-01-29 8 Painting a house puts up rent WILLIAM rtOWI b»^ li.nl his i< nt put up \g t week for the next m years because he painted his house red and grey instead <>f green .tod cream. Mr Rowe, a $6-I car-old railway foreman, his wife and 16-year old daughter live157 words
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Article122 1955-01-29 8 CRIME m London was less m 1954 than m any year since the war, and more of the offenders were brought to justice. Figures issued by Scotland Yard showed this despite the Metropolitan Police being 4,200 men under establishment. The increase of radio patrol122 words
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142 1955-01-29 8 The Thing (A BALLOON) drops in (AND IT'S BOB!) SOMETHING large and silver coloured appeared m the cloudy sky above the small Northamptonshire village of In-hester. The pear-shaped thing hecame recognisable as a balloon with a man m a basket hanging below. Down it came. Bags of ballast were flung142 words
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Article50 1955-01-29 8 Officials of a Salvation Army hostels at Grimsby found £350 I In notes among the posseaSsion j of an inmate, apparently des- titute. who died there. LAn effort is being made to find m Aberdeen a sister ol I the man, 78-year-old Adam 1 Hall.50 words
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Article, Illustration74 1955-01-29 8 11 f II AT at first appear- TT ames looks like a set of books with a convenient carrying strap, is m fact a roomy handbag. Each book part of the ba& is m separate toned leather with hand tooled spines. This, togetherPopper - 74 words
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165 1955-01-29 8 A FOURTEEN-MONTH-OLD boy m need of an urgent brain operation was flown from Jersey to London Airport by a British European Airways "mercy" plane. The boy. Colin Guilbert. has cerebral pressure— the cause of his father's death 18 months ago. He wa.s taken to165 words
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340 1955-01-29 8 PARENTS STILL CAN'T GET BACK BABY pOLICE called at a Belfast children's home when her parents visited four year old Elizabeth Browne the baby who was stolen from Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Browne asked the matron Of the Bawnmore Home if they could take Eli- zabeth away. Acting on In-340 words
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263 1955-01-29 8 A STORM over a new €4,000 I /tl building to be erected on the promenadi threatens to split the small Norfolk resort Ol Hunstanton into two part- i lei those lor turnstiles and those against This Clochmerle-hke controversy started at this month's council meeting,263 words
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Article73 1955-01-29 8 'I COMMUTED PERFECT MURDER A MAN TELEPHONED Stockholm C.1.1), and said he murdered a waitress with a hatchet m 1929 I "is it true the police Lave closed the case? Am I really safe:" he asked. He was told: "You are perfectly safe." All Swedish murder cases are closed if73 words
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216 1955-01-29 9 'Big-hearted mother is sent to prison SUE STOLE TO FAY DEBTS a [MOTHER of nine children dabbed her eyes with a s mall handkerchief as she stood m the dock at the Old Bailey on charges of false pretences and heard Detective-Sergeant 11. Colston describe her as ♦rather big-hearted." Xhe216 words
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123 1955-01-29 9 THF captain of a collier was suspended becau he relied too much on radar. His ship, the 3.401-ton Horde, ran aground on The Gantocks, a group of rocks m the Firth of Clyde, during the night of September 15 last. A Ministry of123 words
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Article247 1955-01-29 9 Judge begs woman: Clear my name A WHITE-PACED magistrate, arrfc d Into the witness-box pleaded m a m 'Fans' court with •nurderess to clear ol a suspicion that he given false evidence. as one of many! developments m the Marguerite Marty, 30, ed ol poisoning her cousin was m love247 words
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Article63 1955-01-29 9 An Italian couple who flew 700 miles from their home town oi Milan to fulfil resi- denial qualifications. w< l married m Edinburgh. They were Signor Aurellol Magni, 61. a wealthy wool merchant, and Paula Chiaia. I 24. who had to obtain a spe-' 163 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-01-29 9 picture. This is •'waikiki," a beach suit m Swiss woven cotton pique, with design of blister flowers and "Cellophane" fringe. It was shown m London by Teddy Tinling, designer of sportswear. PopperPopper - 36 words
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76 1955-01-29 9 BOURNEMOUTH police believe that the writer ol a letter to the judge who heard the Boy Scout murder trial at Hampshire Assizes last month is maliciously trying to interfere with the pending appeal. They are trying to trace him. The letter was posted76 words
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327 1955-01-29 9 HE TREATED WIFE AS NO ONE WOULD DARE TREAT A MAID ASA SERVING officer m the Army Captain Albert Dan Daniell was earning €840 to £900 a year. He allowed his wife only .€5 a week with which to keep house, feed six and clothe herself. Later the allowance was327 words
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144 1955-01-29 9 MISS MILDRED KEEL, agi I hates the sea. That's wl Queen Mary which was to airman, Robert Blum, m Ne 1 Ed 16, loves her fiance, but hy she walked off the liner take her to her American »W York. Then a144 words
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135 1955-01-29 9 The big city beats the girl from Ireland (CHRISTINA O'GRADY, 12--j year-old daughter of an Irish labourer, came to London with her elder sister six week ago to join the rest of the family Irom a little Tillage Ul County Cork. The next day -he went to a shop near135 words
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Article78 1955-01-29 9 WHILE 28-year-old Raymond Morl c v, of Bickerton-road, Highgate, (London) was wriggling along a branch over Highgate Ponds to rescue a dog marooned on an ice Hoe at thc week-end his wallet was stolen by the man he j had asked to hold his78 words
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216 1955-01-29 9 Limehouse Cinderella offered a home r piiE I hnehouse Cind< i 1 13-year-old J. K( fi only a fairy prim c to make the story i She had a party frock to wear to th< ball md to take her there. But after the ball, Instead of the fairy prince216 words
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Article33 1955-01-29 9 Americans spend £21,000,000 a year on food but they eat it BO quickly that they spend 23.200.000 to cure their indigestion, reports Life magazine after a nation-wide s urI vey.33 words
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Article, Illustration109 1955-01-29 10 M\NV of you who hive read Robert Levis Stevenson's renting •'Treasure island will easilj reeegnlse tin* man m the picture ;»s being that ras callj one legged pirate, Long John Silver. Hell, here's jrotftf chance to colour bin and his p.irrot and Nriu a prize. There are109 words
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Article103 1955-01-29 10 rpHERE were many i utrii 1 received by Aunty Wendy lor last week's colouring eont< t. The majority came from Singa] ore while there were om tin 1 Federation too. The standard of work wa.s good and the choice of colours inten ting. L.i ek'g winners (to103 words
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Article, Illustration295 1955-01-29 10 The little P-.rry works its way through the shallows, sometimes touching rb* flooded grass underntath, though never .stopping. Gradually they round the b><nds until Billy Goat points and cails our. 'There it ;s. That's Ivy Cottage I Sailot Sam skil- Under thc sailor's guidance, the putu295 words
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Article872 1955-01-29 10 KATHLEEN HICKLEY - KATHLEEN HICKLEY FURTHER ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO F~J lr .ii iiill im nil mill l mill ll 1 1 ii 1 1 ii m nm ii ii i j The time is seven hundred \firs ano. Marco Polo sets out from Venice on872 words
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Article, Illustration282 1955-01-29 11 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - FANTASTIC pay cheques lure them to VEGAS HAROLD HEFFERNAN reports STRATOSPHERIC salary O oilers from a dozen frantically competing Las V( s .ambling resorts now operating, and from three more soon to open, hove touched off a minor crisis m the economic affairs of Hollywood s major studios. Too many282 words
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Article237 1955-01-29 11 This was SOME CHASE for Joan C| EN 8 1 N O that the movies' good o1 d K.shioned chase sequence is as saleable today as it was m the Keystone comedy days, a studio has decided to incorate a unique one m Joan Crawford-Jeff Chandler film, "Female On The237 words
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228 1955-01-29 11 THIS IS the year Esther Wil- j liams becomes an institu- tion as well as a movie star. In 1955, amphibious Esther j enters the second half of her i 10-year contract with her studio. •My first five years were de- j voted228 words
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Article174 1955-01-29 11 It's 3.89 years for a star JJOW long can a star 11 expect to bask m the warming and rewarding glare of box-office supreThis is a not too vital question, asked and pondered over by statistical fans time and again, and now comes Motion Picture Herald to supply the answer.174 words
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Article, Illustration31 1955-01-29 11 Whether it be pursuing his favourite pastime, cooking, studying his script and music or listening to songs recorded by other artistes, popular Vie Damonc is an advocate of relaxation at home.31 words
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Article, Illustration22 1955-01-29 11 Your SMALL ADS. tm BJM-japrW ***** Em*. 108 II ti is is a STRAITS TIMES Classifies i Advertisement s- >22 words
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Article, Illustration42 1955-01-29 12 m *aM <*J'*» *»M' 'M»'»»" *«**'»»ajMMa»M MMWM J Mv whole-hearted sympathy lo the Master of Foxhounds who complained ol a 'Pirate" pack poaching on his hunting grounds If you let one Pirate pack get away with it you'll get another, and another42 words
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Article, Illustration259 1955-01-29 12 DOROTHY ROE - DOROTHY ROE picture. reports AIRS. Nettie Rosenstein. i?1 famous m the United States for the "Little Black Dress," features it as one of the most important fashions for Spring m a New York faaShion preview. Mrs. Rosenstein, who has been turning out clothes for AmericanA.P.; Popper - 259 words
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Article214 1955-01-29 12 WOMAN'S work is nevei done Is tho oM Rffvtrif But it should be, according to the (v. eitt, *Ui time for leisure ana relaxation besides. The woman nominated America's Housewife No. 1 Mrs. Wanda Jennings, rurLs her three bedroomed ho se ln Missouri m two214 words
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Article, Illustration108 1955-01-29 13 teavini London is the motor vessel "Nortel/ 1 a Norwegian c «hip which has been chartered by Falkland Island I)e--i ies Government to assist the Royal research ship "John Biscoe" m her relief of British bases m the Antarctic On board the vessel are 13 scientists and others vbo arePopper - 108 words
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315 1955-01-29 13 'Admiralty speeches, like their ships, are out of date' a drink. "I take nothing back." he said." but I will mitigate one remark— substitute 'one of its lowest ebbs' for an ebb lower than ever before.' "I've just realised that during the Socialist government the Home Fleet was reduced to315 words
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Article442 1955-01-29 13 SOMETIMES, when you have already passed an opportunity to make a free bid and have therefore limited the strength of your hand, you are able to take vigorous action later without fear of misleading your partner. In fact. If you have passed a* much as you might hold,442 words
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465 1955-01-29 13 ALAN McGREGOR - Cairo from the river is unforgettable ALAN McGREGOR VOYAGE OF A THOUSAND SIGHIS says TK) RECAPTURE the at--1 mosphere of the prewar years, when the Nile voyage drew the crowned heads of Europe, is the aim of the owners of the s.s. Sudan, which has just left Cairo on the465 words
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Article220 1955-01-29 13 WILLIAM HICKEY - WILLIAM HICKEY DR. EDITH SUMMERSKILL, that doughty champion of woman's equality, would have been furious if she had attended the lunch that I went to the other day. It was the annual lunch of the London Master Builders' Association, an extremely male organisation.220 words
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Article, Illustration212 1955-01-29 14 riu-N, I. oxers all li.i norld rutin:,, (.ive tl VtlglM divisions and the countries the> nimr from:- Marie i> Igata, <»»> Phriij Denarea, (c) liogan (KniBasse.** (<ii Nino Yaldes. Who is odd man out here: (a) Un Wei Lon. (b) Onjj (hew Be e (c) Tan Jin Eong,212 words
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Article14 1955-01-29 14 Oeorgia defeated Japan 6-2 m free-style wre-stHn*? at Tiflis. MoM'd.v R.ulio reported.14 words
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Article33 1955-01-29 14 Two YtlfOtlftf soccer clubs will play m Kio de Janlero. The Belgrade Club will play three games m Belem capital of the state of Para, against the local club Del Remo.33 words
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Article210 1955-01-29 14 Free Press Boxing Reporter I OOK OUT for flying leather when the Army's K.O. J specialists start swinging! Two teams of such specimens will clash m the Anchor Cup final, provisionally arranged for Feb. 11, at the badminton hall. GHQ Signal Regiment are holder of210 words
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Article167 1955-01-29 14 IJADIO Malaya will broadcast a commentary on today's North versus South rugby match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Everything points to a thrilling clash. North will be out to avenge last year's defeat when the South piled up a record score of 62-3. In the 23 game.s167 words
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Article270 1955-01-29 14 ROYAL TAN GETS 11 Ib MORE Grand National weights out DOTAL TAN, last years Grand National winner now X owned by Prince Aly Khan, has been allotted top weight for this year s race at aAintree on Mar. 26. In the handicaps announced m London yesterday, Mr Dan Sheppard hasReuter - 270 words
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Article, Illustration15 1955-01-29 14 Rugby player; Perak state. I Who is he? I (Answer below.) I15 words
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288 1955-01-29 14 THERE will be no speedway at Harringay m 1955. £10.000 worth of talent, which includes 34-year-old Split Waterman, is looking for a temporary home. An official said yesterday: "We aren't quitting the sport completely Due to a big drop m attendances and financial losses288 words
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Article319 1955-01-29 14 Admission free to race course BREEDERS and owners of I racehorses who recently I felt so strongly that racing In I Britain was too dear for I small man that they went and I asked the Jockey Club to con- I trive to persuade the Gove:..- I ment to ease319 words
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Article46 1955-01-29 14 To avoid over-spending special training for the 'Ih'. Cup challenge round, the minton Association of M lU f r will pick only eight !>!»*«* /J six week's intesive preparation o« defence of the trophy m June ia« time 16 players were chosen.46 words
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Article60 1955-01-29 14 THE fight for the vacant Empire lightweight title between Britain's Joe Lucy and South Africa's Jannie Van Rensburg arj ranged for tonight has been postponed until Feb- ruary 12. This is due to rain I which has waterlogged the Rand open air stadium I m Johannesburg,Reuter - 60 words
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Article90 1955-01-29 14 DRAW for the First Round proper of the English Rugby League challenge Cup In Oldham v Wigan, Bramley v. Halifax. Rochdale Hornets v. Wakefield Trinity. Workington Town v. Winners of a qualifying round. Leigh v. Doncaster, Hull Kingston Rovers v. York, Swinton v. Hull. Leeds v.90 words
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Article156 1955-01-29 14 I/" HAN Mobammad. a late choice far the Pakistan Test team to meet India today, has refused to. play. In a statement to the press last night Khan Mohammed said he m shocked at the treatment" he had received and could not therefore takeReuter - 156 words
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Advertisement91 1955-01-29 14 -a*!*r nnrni >*>-'' y _s^ii&7 'XT—* y gffimse&m ■■■'&*■s>. y^. Q,,, V' ,vv vv '^< ,^< > j!^J)/ri,^>/70^ l h V%|f^f^l#^lFllFW^flFl9^llrfi 2 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be S sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of $24.00 FOR91 words
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152 1955-01-29 15 Arsenal plan to upset the Wolves today Of two powerful clubs, Wolverhampton s, League champions and Cup favourites. al thrice winners In -six finals, is the most r of today's fourth round Football Associa--111 J 16S full at tun I reach the last of an original clubs. will be eenns152 words
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114 1955-01-29 15 Penang name 21 hockey men for training PENANG Hockey Association has .selected 21 players for training for the match against the Pakistan hockey team on Feb. 15. The probable team will have two trial games against a Taiping XI on Feb. 5 and Krian Rovers on Feb. 12. Training AXX114 words
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Article43 1955-01-29 15 France's 15-year-old ice star. Alain Giletti. last night won the 1955 European championship m the men's figure skating on Budapest's open-air ice rink. Great Britain's triple world champions. Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy, won the 1955 dancing pairs title.43 words
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Article, Illustration445 1955-01-29 15 YOUNG ENGLAND COULD SHOCK SENIORS DESMOND HACKETI VOIWG England v. Old ngland used to be a luxury, a cosy eurtainllv<r on the eve of the up Final. r what Young Engid to the Soccer SigItaly, this date beurgent and highly must. these Italians eldera and drew [hem m the twoReuter - 445 words
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Article204 1955-01-29 15 HUTTON'S DAY IN THE TEST r pilK England bowlers did well on the opening day of the Test yesterday at Adelaide, to hold Australia to 161 runs. Alert fielding and steady deliveries claimed four wickets on a batsman's pitch. All four dismissals were from catches. The Australians batted cautiously, more204 words
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Article166 1955-01-29 15 Australia hoisted the hundred m tne minutes under three hours. England could congratulate themselves on some accurate bowling and keen fielding. Tyson and Statham were brought on to test Harvey who sparred at them without getting a fatal touch. One ball from Tyson struck Burke on166 words
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Article113 1955-01-29 15 Poh Lim v. Wong sell-out T*HE eagerly awaited I Wong Peng Soon-Ong Poh Lim singles clash has 'proved a major draw m I the week-end's Thomas Cup badminton trial iwhich takes place at the I Perak Turf Club on I Saturday and Sunday. All seats for Sunday's session when Wong113 words
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Article147 1955-01-29 15 TONY TRABERT and Vie Seixas won Uie Australian national doubles championship yes'-erday. and 1 Trabert immediately announced his aim to score I slain of the world's major tennis titles. "I'm after them all. both singles and doit)les,' the 0.8. Davis Cup ace said. referring to147 words
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Article28 1955-01-29 15 IfkUewd aipioil Olson will me.- Ralph I I n ent i onqueror of I m a 10 round title fight at the Ch idlum 1628 words
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Article14 1955-01-29 15 have been received [oi the Singapore A BA. boxing championship* on Fcbiu.uy14 words
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107 1955-01-29 15 'WORLD TITLE' BOUT CLAIM BY PROMOTER FIGHT promoter Benny Ford has announced that Raton i Macias of Mexico City and i Mario D'Agata of Italy have i been signed for a 15 round bout m San Francisco on March 9 for the bantamweight j championship of the world. France's RobertA.P. - 107 words
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Article35 1955-01-29 15 The Dynamo soccer team of Zagreb defeated the National Sport ing Club of Epypt 3-1 m keenly disputed panic played before 25.000 at the National Stadium Cairo. Half time score wa.s 1-1.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article521 1955-01-29 16 gm Follow the mudlarks today Itiel-eieeej n«p EVER GLORY In Race 8' i ret fttm C— fie Correipe ndent Mi m.AKKs will be le lhe fore Rt Bokil Timah today. Snow Maze (Hate Three), Gular 11 (Race lour) and Jambatan Mas (Rate Seven) I trio521 words
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Article34 1955-01-29 16 20 Words $h (minimum) GRAVES. To Jean and John, a son. Tm 25th January, at Kota Bh.ru Hospital BROWN At Penang on 2«th January. 1055 to Renee and Gor don a son. stillborn.34 words
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Article54 1955-01-29 16 20 Words M (minimum) G EH AHTY -MOORE*. The engage^ men' is announced between Esmond Ei him. only son of the late Mr. C. E Gerahtv and of Mrs. Gerahty of TontSftten, Kent, and Bridget Mary, only daughter of Brigadier H. E. Moore of Qreal Cheverell. Wiltshire, and of54 words
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Article1061 1955-01-29 16 All the latest select ions K.U'F 1—2.15: (I S, DIV. 5— 6 F. 1 000 Siapa Tahu fty Mortimer 9.00 2- 6 Quick Profit 4y Tait 8.13 3 386 Big Hit Ty McCloud 8.12 4 .">BB Orissa 5y Bougoure 8. 11 iMO Red Hat 5y Franklin 8.09 0 Marciano 3v1,061 words
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Article207 1955-01-29 16 TRACKWORK IjURNI.FY cracked 40 for 91. on a heavy track at Bukit Timah this morning. With a riding boy astride this genuine sprinter went stylishly over 3f. m 39 3 5 seconds. Determination with Bougoure astride moved faultlessly over 3f. m 41 4/5 wide out Willy207 words
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Advertisement205 1955-01-29 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. I ACKNOWLEDGMENT 2« Words $6 (minimum) Ittmfl R C. DANIELS and Children thank all Friends and Relations, who sent Wreaths, Mesres Ol Condolence and gave help at the Funeral of Mr. R. C. Daniels. HIRCH ANNOUNCEMENT 2/) V\o,d. 52 (min.)— Box SO eta. extra. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY SlnKapore-8.205 words
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