The Singapore Free Press, 8 March 1955
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Title Section19 1955-03-08 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. 14'!»0. Singapore, Taes.. M»r. 8, 1955. Price 15 Cts19 words
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Article, Illustration146 1955-03-08 1 General here for talks is new U.N. Supremo \S General Maxwell Taylor arrived in Singapore last night for talks will General Sir Charles Loewen, < ommander-in-Chief of Far East Land Forces, it was an- nounced in Washington that he had been appointed United States and United Nations Commander-in-thief in the146 words
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76 1955-03-08 1 Night of terror as hurricane hits Queensland >JEW South Wales yesterday I escaped a violent wind storm which threatened the north coast but fringes of it have reached the Queensland foast where 90 m.p.h. winds rt^troyed at least two houses and unroofed others. Last night thousands of Queenslanders spent a,A.P. - 76 words
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Article44 1955-03-08 1 £>ato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, wtdent of the Malayan ChiAssociation was operated °J »n the General Hospital, •falacca. yesterday for a comound fracture of the lower i -It leg. He had a comfortable night Al »a was said to be progressing ■•usiactorUjr,44 words
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129 1955-03-08 1 TWO U.S. Army guards shot and killed five Koreans 1 nn Saturday night in a restricted area under the contZ Tltevl 24th infantry Division, it was Stat l2 %SSV^%* the two soldiers fired the Koreans failed to stop at_a_shouted_order. The killed were129 words
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Article38 1955-03-08 1 Singapore Immigration authorities are detaining two American seamen who walked out of Boustead Institute last week and refused repatriation. Both will be remanded until arrangements can be made to .-,end them back to America.38 words
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Article23 1955-03-08 1 An Indian living In Jalan Kayu, Singapore, was stabbed last night. He was treated at hospital and allowed to go home23 words
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Article21 1955-03-08 1 Three men waylaid an Indian in a back lane off TX*te\ Road. Singapore, yesterday and robbed him of $25.21 words
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Article29 1955-03-08 1 March first grade, f.o.b. buyers opened on the Singapore Pubber Market this morning at 84 Vi cents a lb., unchanged, on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.29 words
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Article18 1955-03-08 1 The next meeting of UhCouncil of State. Johor**. will be held on April 12 and 13.18 words
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Article64 1955-03-08 1 The Japanese Consul in Singapore, Mr. Hideo Taka.su. and several other Japanese were among paaiengeri on board a 8.0.A.C. Argonaut which landed at an emergency airfield at UOftg. northern Luzon, yesterday. I The Argonaut was due in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kont? It was to have64 words
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Article292 1955-03-08 1 Society seeks cash locally r ynta t eaerui and Colonial 1 Building Society is to finance the building of 6.000 houses in Malaya in the next two to three years with capital raised entirely trom "private local sources." The society's general manager, Mr. J. Burgess,292 words
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Article45 1955-03-08 1 Margaret calling Brussels... PRINCESS Margaret often telephones Group Captain Peter Townsend, the British Air Attache in Brussels, according to a report in the London Daily Mirror yesterday. Other sources said that reports of a romance cannot be ignored in view of the current publicity. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article81 1955-03-08 1 He is now with Defence Ministry ENERAL Sir Gerald Templer. vl formerly High Commissioner in Malaya, is carrying out an inquiry into the organisation and administration of colonial military forces, th« Ministry of Defence announced in London yesterday. He Ls carrying out hLs new assignment at the request of81 words
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Article74 1955-03-08 1 AUSTRALIAN troops could i* be sent to South-east Asian countries to nght Communism under the SEaTO defence arrangement, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Richard Casey said In Sydney yesterday on his arrival home from the Bangkok conference. Mr. Ca>/y said the question of committing Australian troopsU.P. - 74 words
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Advertisement92 1955-03-08 1 Yes? No?!! well perhaps it isn't but it's certainly very like html "Now who on earth arc they talking about," says Baby "I'm just my own little self-determined to have my own way of course, but quite content so long as they continue to give me that delicious Cow Gate92 words
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Article83 1955-03-08 2 ANTI-RED DEFENCE IN AFRICA BRITAIN is considering a South African Han to s«t up an anti-Communist defence organisation in Africa south of the Sahara. Mr. Francois Era>mus. South African Defence Minister said yesterday in Capetown. He told the Senate. the Upp«T House of Parliament, that he had discussed it withReuter - 83 words
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Article, Illustration330 1955-03-08 2 Envoy gets telling-off from Minister BRITAIN'S Minister of State, Mr. Anthony Nutting, summoned Israel's Ambassador to the Foreign Oflice yesterday and condemned the Israeli Government for its part in last week's fighting against Egyptian troops. In the flare up at Gaza, 38 Egyptians and eightA. P.; U.P.; Free Press - 330 words
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179 1955-03-08 2 BRITISH Labour Party leaders in rcrliament last night called for a Big Three' meeting to discuss the lessening of world tension and to prepare for world disarmament. They put forward a House of Commons motion urging that the British Government should approach theReuter - 179 words
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Article32 1955-03-08 2 The Foreign Operations Administration announced yesterday it had authorised $22,--570,000 for Greece. Italy and Formosa to finance the purchase of bread grains and raw cotton from U.S. surpluses. -A.P32 words
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Article146 1955-03-08 2 Mombasa's European Club stoned rpHE Kenya Government yesterday requisitioned A planes for a troop airlift to Mombasa to quell mounting violence by 10,000 striking labourers. Police, troops and sailors cordoned off Mombasa's Kilindini harbour to protect Africans who returned to work. Signs that the strikeU.P.; Reuter - 146 words
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115 1955-03-08 2 BRITAIN will protest to Nationalist China against the interception of two British iteamen on the china coast last night, diplomatic sources in London said. The incident was the 143rd between Nationalist units and British merchant vessels since Gen. Chiang Kai-shek took refuge onReuter - 115 words
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Article29 1955-03-08 2 Communist Albania yesterday rejected President Eisenhower's free food offer, made last week to relieve winter .shortages, "with mn^mnt and aversion at this ioruign interference." U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article72 1955-03-08 2 The finaJ result in British Mediterranean colony ol Malta't funeral electrons, announced last night, gave Mr. Dom Mintoff's Labour Party 23 seals in the National Assembly, against 17 won by the outgoing Government party the Nationalists. L)r. Bore; Olivier, Nationalist Prime MinLster, had already conceded victoryReuter - 72 words
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Article31 1955-03-08 2 Miss Shclagh Doyle, advertising manager of Sime Darby Co. Ltd., and Mr. Peter Hind, of the same firm, were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, yesterday.31 words
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Article142 1955-03-08 2 Tan ignores Marshall's challenge TU[ R. David Marshall, Labour Front candidate for Cairnhill, began an election speech yesterday, by saying: "Calling Mr. C. C. Tan. Calling Mr. C C. Tan. Calling Mr. C. C. Tan" Mr. Marshall was challenging Mr. Tan to oppose him in a public debate as to142 words
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Article176 1955-03-08 2 REBUFF FOR CHIANG IN U.S. THE Nationalist Chinese h* eminent was rebuff< the U.S. Federal Suj Court in Washington y. day in its efforts to re a $600,000 deposit in tin tional City Bank of New The bank had appealed against an earlier decision by the New York Federal CourtReuter - 176 words
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Article32 1955-03-08 2 An eruption of lava from the angry Puukii Mountain subsided yesterday but a volcano expert warned jittery residents of Hawaii Island, 'We're not out of the wood yet." U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article32 1955-03-08 2 Pakistan has signed an agreement with Ceylon to supply 40,000 tons of rice from surplus 1954-55 crop. The shipment is expected to be completed by end of April. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article35 1955-03-08 2 Death roll in a Rutherglen (Scotland) chemical works explosion last night rose to four when one of the fifteen seriously injured died in hospita l. Several other are critically ill. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Advertisement26 1955-03-08 2 DRESSES GOWNS PRICES SLASHED further. C A I F^-^ ■.wH < ?JSJ > ??J5,,..4i 82-1, Bras Ba>ah Koa<!, Singapore- 7. FROM DETAILED PROGRAMMES IN RAP! OWE E K^T26 words
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106 1955-03-08 3 SHE LOCKED UP BROTHER FOR 4 YEARS, court told MRS JEANNIE MATHIESON was accused in court in Ayr. Scotland, yesterday of keeping her 52--year-old 'brother locked up and almost naked in a iilthy. unheated room of her house for four years. The prosecution said he was without suitable bedding or106 words
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Article, Illustration283 1955-03-08 3 'Turncoat 9 charges possible, MPs told BRITAIN'S Attorney General told Parliament yesterday that if the pro-Communist journalist Alan Winnington returns to Britain from Red China "I shall, of course, carefully consider prosecuting him as a turncoat." The same goes for Winnington's fellow-corres-pondent for the LondonU.P.; Free Press - 283 words
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Article129 1955-03-08 3 f iRACE KELLY, nominee =VF for an Academy: E Award, has been sus- E pended by Metro- Gold- wyn -.Mayer Studio from E her contract for refusing to report for a role in' E E "Jeremy Rodock" in which E E she was to co-star with SpencerA.P. - 129 words
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Article112 1955-03-08 3 E va loses husband No. 3 r\A BARTOK, red-hair- ±j ed Hungarian born E' film star, left her hust-nd in Italy within a month E of their marriage in 1951, E it was alleged in the Lon- E don Divorce Court jester- E day. The husband, Mr. Wil- E lUmReuter - 112 words
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Article45 1955-03-08 3 IjOCTORS at PalmE :*J Springs, California, E yesterday that Ita- E '•an film actress Pier E \nseli wont lose her ex- E Pec ted baby as a result of her recent injury in a E Plane accident.— A.P. E ~'iiii!itiiiiimiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiii.-45 words
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Article28 1955-03-08 3 The Rev. Georges Bissonnette, American Roman Catholic priest ordered out of Moscow by the Soviet Government, arrived by plane in New York yesterday. A. P.A. P. - 28 words
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Article26 1955-03-08 3 The Bristol Aeroplane Company has postponed for a few days the projected flight of its new Britannia airliner from Britain to South Africa. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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75 1955-03-08 3 CHEERS, CHEERS AS SORAYA LIFTS AN ELBOW QUEEN Soraya of Persia drank a stein of beer as 5,000 patrons cheered wildly in a Munich beer cellar yesterday. The Queen, whose mother Ls German, visited the huge cellar noted for a brew that comes from a 700-year-old recipe. The enthusiastic crowd75 words
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Article19 1955-03-08 3 The Duke of Gloucester will visit British Forces in Germany from March :>1 to 24. ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article67 1955-03-08 3 \ORTHERN Ireland police yesterday imposed a fompiote security blackout on all movements along the border with the Irish Republic, following weekend tmg.s in which one man killed and two people were wounded. Thousands of armed police fcOa covered every vard of the frontier from Sndonerry InReuter - 67 words
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Article102 1955-03-08 3 /CROWDS milled through the kj corridors yesterday as the second vice trial of Minot F. (Mickey i Jrlke opened In a packed New York courtroom. A dozen special guards on duty outside held back a growing throng of people amid popping flashbulbs. Newsmen andA.P. - 102 words
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Article26 1955-03-08 3 Sixty people, most of them women, were reported affected by carbon monoxide poisonIng while at work yesterday In a New York clothing plant.26 words
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Article15 1955-03-08 3 New Zealand plans to take 1,500 selected immigrants from Germany and Austria.15 words
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Advertisement97 1955-03-08 3 NOW is the time W^^^M iH^Hl^^^ J js&nrm N^^ ij^MO hn SO" x 104* 2 Row Cord Hem $14.25 each I mmmuw TWO ROW CORD, 20" x 30" 3.95 <*ach JUST ARRIVED! Mr Cj Mrs. NESTLE DOWN" PLAIN HEMMED SHEETS 20" x 30" Plain House-Wife Style Green embroidery j on97 words
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263 1955-03-08 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Mar. 8, 1955. Opinion STRENGTH IN UNITY r\NCE the Federation and Singapore berome independent and united as Malaya and this will be attained in the foreseeable futureshe will, as Dato Sir Chen g -lock Tan points out, have to integrate herself in the greater entity263 words
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Article, Illustration726 1955-03-08 4 SUICIDE CITY for the MAU MAU VAIROBI has become a suicide city for the Man Mau. A iy gangster's life in East Africa's teeming hub is brief and bitter. To become a leader there is to guarantee death or life imprisonment. The city's slickest killers in fact are being: shot726 words
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Article204 1955-03-08 4 UNKNOWN - B Y THE WAY UNKNOWN ft* ANOTHER typo of shoe is described M in vivid cubes of colour, with a cog-wheel over the toes and iron bolts cut to the .shape of toe-nails." That model, presumably, Ls for dainty, self-respecting women. A third type has "A fish-tail at the heel,204 words
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Advertisement22 1955-03-08 4 tfULCAIN CaANj PRIX Makers of Hie f.imo«s "CRICKET* Alarm Wrist Watch FINE WATCHES SINCE 1858 "Buy a Vulcain and be on time"22 words
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Advertisement19 1955-03-08 4 MAID .j^-' pears for dinner |/fl today, Mummy? nil t (available in 30-oz. tins] SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.19 words
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Article, Illustration47 1955-03-08 5 MISS THl'Mi Lim Neo. i a Singapore nurse, trie- brated her twenty -first 1 birthday at her home in Rim Yam IUNUL Picture shows Miss Thuns: cut- E ting the cake in the pres- E ence of her nurse friends. TllllllllllHlllllllllllllllllllimilllim47 words
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286 1955-03-08 5 i GHOST-LAYER. Mr. P. M. S. Thangal, warned yesterday that If attempts are A made to cut the "quota of lives" required by an evil spirit which he claims is hauntina Singapore's "suicide" flats, the spirit will eventually get its revenge He was286 words
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Article62 1955-03-08 5 Official! of the Monk's Hill School Parent-Teacher Association, Singapore, for this Ve pr r esdent. Dr. Won* Kin Yip. vice-presidenU Dr. T. Balasin^m Melsrs. Hen* Chong How. Chong Wee Ling. Wee C-.lum Teng; secreufy Mr R. B. SitUamparam. wst e Starles. Mr Lta. Peckllong and \Tr C62 words
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244 1955-03-08 5 Now they're 'perming' petals on show roses OFFICIALS of the Haydon yj Bridge village horticultural show in Cumberland are a>i ried. It seems that some j: the exhibitors in the roses section of the previous shows iuve been letting their entiusiann run away with them they have been "perming the244 words
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Article24 1955-03-08 5 U Ba Saw. the Burmese Minister of Social Welfare, will be the guest speaker at lh€ Singapore Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow.24 words
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Article176 1955-03-08 5 WAIT FOR THAT $60 A WEEK ADVICE to tho.sc about to iV marry Don't, unleii your income i* at let* el week. H Y »oOttM and This is what Mrs. Gwen Bacon, 34-year-old Coventry doctors wife and bOBM expert, told 20 engaged couples. At a lecture ihe showed how, to176 words
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Article35 1955-03-08 5 Mr. Vernon Bartlott, Straits Times commentator on foreign affairs, will Rive a public lecture ,on 'What I think of Parliament" at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, Singapore, at 6 30 p.m. today.35 words
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Advertisement62 1955-03-08 5 IM IHHMMMI'ftUMMU MMMIMMMMM IMM»/ (ff^^^W BARGAINS I J^^ GALORE!!; F ANNUAL SALE Your opportunity to refurnish with the |j finest materials at rock-bottom prices FURNISHING FABRICS HOUSEHOLD LINENS ALL REDUCED TO CLEAR SANDERSONS Ouar- lAH "-JgJS I"^ SEVRt |j 3S" f^N^ED^R^ VANTONA Bedsits M^jg 18" Plai.i Satin FurnisMn^at^ bodvovers J62 words
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Miscellaneous130 1955-03-08 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phi! Davis HOW ODD YOU PULLED OUT THIS I I DON'T KNOW. JUST I m^ j DON'T BE. IT WAS JUST A I v 1 OLD ALBUM AND REMINOED ME OM HAD A SUDDEN J </ TYPICAL TEEN-AGE I THIS IS A YES.AFTER THIRTEEN ALEENA130 words
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Miscellaneous646 1955-03-08 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR i have made up v,, Ur mi lH something you {^l S j until someone comes *N who can read you •■< n f J i I rf your opinion. mjJ sufficient proof, you are ZS enough to change your eSS but you will do nuthinj guesswork.646 words
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Article218 1955-03-08 7 LONDON. Mar. 7. Previous Today _.i*n- No 1 R^ s <••»' European 25 i buyers 24 7 buyers ,SSrfsTl RSS __l mim*mi ports April •*_.•' K I BBER No. 1 RS_» Spot 25 sellers 25 •* buyers 25 S sellers 25', sellers 24 buyers 25 sellers 25218 words
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Article107 1955-03-08 7 m NEW YORK, Mar. 7. Previous Today iin straits spot and nearby 90.87 nom. 90.87 nom. I in lu lures. March. 90.12 bid 90.00 bid 90.75 asked 90.70 susked April 89.75 bid 89.70 bid 90.37 asked 90.30 asked May. 89.50 bid 89.45 bid 90.12 asked 89.90 asked107 words
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Article42 1955-03-08 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 44 rents per pound. Awaiting release 44. AHoats 43^ March 43. April Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib. 424. May 42^. Sarawak spot 43 Vi and lampong spot 44 cents sellers ex dock.42 words
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Article47 1955-03-08 7 ■ii tr.w [Fi NEW YORK. Mar. Previous Today 3 • Industrials 419 68 416.84 • It ul roads • • • 153.52 H 153.08 l'» U.wnestic Bonds 100.13 1 89 100.10 i I tilities 65 52 65.25 » 1 storks Composite Average 156.92 156.1147 words
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Article118 1955-03-08 7 mmmaa*wßmm*Mm*m**W^m^ Mar. 7. (OPRA Philippines ci.f. UK/North Previous Today Kuropean delivered weight pr* •<»n< ton March/April $182 sellers $182 sellers OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila unquoted delivered weight, per long ton • • unquoted tOPRA Straits c.ii. UK/North European delivered weight pet long ton March/April £66 buyers118 words
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237 1955-03-08 7 A-POWER NOT FEASIBLE IN S'PORE YET, THEY SAY THE use of atomic energy to produce electricity cannot be a commercial proposition for several years to come, Singapore engineers said yetiterday. They were commenting on a recent report that a company had been formed in New Zealand to produce rVavy water237 words
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151 1955-03-08 7 5 YEAR PLAN TO BEAT MALARIA IN INDONESIA UNDER a five-year malarial control programme ror Indonesia the Food Agricultural Organisation will spray 10,000 tons of D.D.T. throughout the country. This was disclosed in Singapore by Dr. Raymond Laird, Chief F.A.O. Adviser on Malarial Control. Dr. Laird! accompanied by Dr. Ed151 words
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Article61 1955-03-08 7 Methodist women In Stafapon will hold a reception to welcome Mrs. Frank G. Brooks, president of the Women's Society of Christian Service, at the Wesley Church Hall. 4, Fort Canning Road, at 4.30 p.m. on Friday. Mrs. BrooKs arrives on Thursday from India for a61 words
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96 1955-03-08 7 HER SPECIALITY IS DATING 'OLD MASTER' CTELLA Mary Pearce, an "old girl' 1 of Withington High School, Manchester, and married to art critic Eric Newton, was recently in Manchester as a "special investigator for the National Gallery, London. Her job was to track down the dates when "Old Masters" were96 words
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Article62 1955-03-08 7 chm Beonf, ited 47. of p^taling Street, wus yesterday charged In the Besskma Ccmrt in Ku:ila Lumpur wit h selling r >:i .small packeti ol chaadn on Saturday. He was also accascd of pogsesslng 1.050 small packets of rhandu and two opium pipes. The case62 words
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Article, Illustration67 1955-03-08 7 pnoio. WHAT'S this? The Duke of Edinburgh being checked on parade? No, the Duke was just having the leek straightened in his^ cap by Regimental Sergeant Major D. J Griffiths during the St. David's Day parade of the Welsh Guards, of which the Duke isReuter - 67 words
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Advertisement18 1955-03-08 7 YOU GET A Fini 16 OUNCES fjjk IN EVERY TIN Of JOHNSON'S WAX! (MALAYA) LTD Spore Pc»»l ty.pt18 words
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494 1955-03-08 8 TO WED' NEWS WAS FALSE, GIRL TELLS COURT A FIFTY-THREE- YEAR-OLD man failed to an a summons accusing him of falsely announcing in two newspapers his engagement to a girl less than half his age. And, at Bury St. Edmunds. Suffolk. warrant was I for the arrest of Perclvft] Ernest494 words
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251 1955-03-08 8 Ministry to get report T«HE findings of an inquest on a baby who died from mercury poisoning after being given "grey powder" tablets are to be sent to the Ministry of Health. I i The coroner at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, said: "I have no doubt the251 words
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Article89 1955-03-08 8 J^ new service just started from the Port of London will enable fresh foods to travel for sale in countries in warmer latitudes. English fruit, vegetables, herrings and sausages are already going on sale in West Indian shops as a result of a regular "deep-freeze" shipping89 words
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Article195 1955-03-08 8 MEDICINES progress depends on the continued use of experiment on human beings "under wise and humane guidance," says a leading article in the British Medical Journal. Such experiments have contributed immeasurably to the health of millions. These remarks follow recent discussion in the Commons on195 words
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Article, Illustration57 1955-03-08 8 Pic- j THIS air view shows the scene at Dubbo, 260 miles from Sydney, fol- i lowing the overflowing of I the Maccuarie River. Some 4,000 of the 9,500 inhabitants there became homeless. The town was com- I pletely cut off, and most oi the homesA.P. - 57 words
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154 1955-03-08 8 So pirate buses may run again in London PRIVATE bus owners they used to be called "pirates" in the *20's may run services in London if an inquiry's suggestions are adopted. A committee of eight appointed by the Transport Ministry to look into London Transport's problems reported: Private operators might154 words
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Article227 1955-03-08 8 DESERTING THE CAFES npWENTY thousand seamen have received tuition or advice from the College of the Sea, Balham, since it was established 16 years ago. This is revealed in the college's annual report, just published. Many queries were put to the college staff during the227 words
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Article34 1955-03-08 8 A lorry was 'n collision with a goods train at a hand-ope-rated level crossing, at Altrincham, Cheshire. It was carried more than 50 yards along the line. The driver was killed.34 words
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230 1955-03-08 8 MR. Harold Greenwood, late of Wigan and the I R.A.S.C., fingered an outl size gold ring in his £14- a-day Mayfair hotel and I talked about selling war i surplus tank spares to i the Belgian* Army. I Said Mr. Greenwood. owner of230 words
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387 1955-03-08 9 A headmaster canes 120 for snowballing IN THEY FILED— ONE BY ONE AXE 13V ONE 120 boys filed into the bead's study. Inside, headmaster u Mr. .1. Westgate Smith had Ins jacket off. And for half an hour, us boy followed hoy into the room, came the 'whack, whack/ 1387 words
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Article189 1955-03-08 9 The MYTH of ADAM and EVE I^HE story of Adam and Eve. said a bishop is just a myth, and it does Christian-s no good to pretend otherwise. And about other things in the early chapters of Genesis, Dr. Russell Barry. Bishop of Southwell, Notts, adds in his diocesan letter:189 words
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159 1955-03-08 9 Vicar's son aged 17, marries girl of 16 SIXTEEN YEAR OLD Marina Knapp hur- ried to get tea ready then waited at the door I of her home as her husband Brian walked up j the street with his school satchel over his shoulder. For Brian, aged 17, is j159 words
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Article55 1955-03-08 9 WHERE would a New York TV star be expected to buy a bicycle? Paul Draper, for instance, answered it by phoning a Romford, Essex, cycle dealer Rory O'Brien. "There's no bike like a British bike," he said, and ordered a racing style which he55 words
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Article51 1955-03-08 9 Plans now released show that the diameter of the dome on Liverpool's new Roman Catholic cathedral will be 172ft. That will make it the world's biggest. It will be 33ft. bigger than the dome of St. Pqter's in Rome, and 62ft. bigger than St.51 words
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Article42 1955-03-08 9 Two men who broke into the cellar of the Winning Post Hotel at Cherfcsey-road, Twickenham, were tackled by the landlord, former Rugby player Mr. Stanley Couchman. who once played in an England trial. They managed to break away and fled42 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-03-08 9 LOVELY Win Min Than, Burmese co-star with Gregory Peck In "The purple Plain" wears elegant national dress at London's SaYoy Hotel during a brief stay in I Britain. photo. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration30 1955-03-08 9 H.M.S. EXCALIBUR, the second of Britain's experimental submarines to use hydrogen peroxide fuel was named and launched at the shipyard of Vickers-Armstrong in Bar-row-in -Furn ess.30 words
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Article79 1955-03-08 9 STAGS and foxes are among the wild animals in the snowbound districts of North Cumberland in Britain which have lost all fear through hunger. One shepherd tells of a starving stag which might normally have attacked him coming to share the sheep's rations. A lean fox,79 words
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Advertisement33 1955-03-08 9 fO B£ YOU* M€ANS OF ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS RARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. AT RENTALS FROM $1.00 PER MONTH (X)NSULT YOUR BLECTMCAL CONTK.urmR OR RING CITY HALL PHONE 2419 EXTN. 35233 words
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Article, Illustration428 1955-03-08 10 RODNEY GOULD - 'It is better being a G.I. in LONDON than an Englishman!' RODNEY GOULD says OODNEY GOULD is a Londoner who thought he knew all about London. That was before he became a G.I. Now he is getting a new view of his home town. 'An American," reports the English G.1.,Popper - 428 words
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Miscellaneous134 1955-03-08 10 TARGET |J<m man> i wonU of •our letler* E G K vr more (in i\ lon make paw-— from n.r |ft V^ r«r> In Km c I I W siiuarr on thp M right? In **m making cadi word (he L N O I■■ I t r i w fath134 words
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Article, Illustration31 1955-03-08 11 nitelj adding beauty to tliis seascape is lovely Viveca I indfors who is having a lot of beach fun between scenes for her forthcoming film about ships.31 words
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218 1955-03-08 11 They brush up on languages NOT linesbetween shots niRECTOR Henry HathaAJ way reached the conclusion the other day that he conducting a branch of the Bfrlitz School oi Langumstead of a motion cture while making "The rs. N ilavingr assembled an inT( 'national cast of actors, vhosi linguistic talents rang■'"m218 words
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Article, Illustration141 1955-03-08 11 J)ANA ANDREWS spied a spider emerging from jeavea and twigs at Geer Gark ol irL feet durin u shooting of io v fc s cene at Tucson lor "Strange Ladv In Town." Andrews .jumped, but Mi> Gar?on calmly and tagely shoved aside what turned141 words
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Article, Illustration490 1955-03-08 11 He set HIS price in Hollywood and WON PERSONALITY lIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIiIIMIMIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIII PORTRAIT OF RICHARD BURTON lIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIIII RICHARD BURTON. who was definitely Hollywood's man-of-the-year with his performance in "The Robe," nolds his own against newcomers once again Playing the part of Edwin Booth the great Shakesperean actor— in "Prince of Players." Son490 words
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178 1955-03-08 11 Ij^VER since he announced the formation of his independent company, Bryna Productions, Kirk Douglas hai been getting qutriet asking about the unusual name he selected. Som e thought It DlUft be a foreign word, others RUCMed it was tbe initial.s ol friends,178 words
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Advertisement12 1955-03-08 11 TRANSPORT > STORAGE k lm& 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE V 0577 mn- t«»12 words
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Article86 1955-03-08 12 IjIERNANDEL, the treat French comic scrrrn star, has been telling the latest s'ory about the woman uho jjocs to the psychiatrist and says "Oh. doctor, it's awful. My son thinks he's a chicken.'' Says thr doctor. "How long has it been going on?" "Five years" she replies.86 words
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Article, Illustration486 1955-03-08 12 Women are like good wines —BUT OVER-INDULGENCE IN ANY ONE TYPE CAN BRING ON A BAD HANGOVER /MLHERT ROLAND says that beautiful women nre much like good wines, each has its individual appeal and purpose, and anyone who oODOentri on only one type for all o/c. :mi and to thePopper - 486 words
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291 1955-03-08 12 Eileen Anderson - Trust Dior to do something D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T Eileen Anderson A MB OF BEADS ON A SLENDER ROPE! riRST we had the Lour rton Long Line. Then name the Paris A-Line. Now it's the "Accessory Filling" in the sandwich. Number One Accessory the hat. It's big. wide and flat. Of course you've291 words
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Advertisement55 1955-03-08 12 \i: A II It I V A LSI! I ty!> |vji 1/ f£/ 9' x9' $45.00 I \~sGAA2Z3 9x6 $30 00 I ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS. 6x3 $100 I DUPABLE. RUNNERS ALSO H SMOOTH CHEAP. AVAILABLE B SHROFFS (MALAYA) LTD. I ACENCY SHOWROOM: 47/49 STAMFORD ROAD. SINCAPORE. TEL: *****. 139, BATU ROAD.55 words
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Miscellaneous259 1955-03-08 12 ACROSS fruit at first (7). 1 Beat out i?rain when not new 6 Open spaces where houseboats under the door (9). stop (5). 6lf o P |k>. tunity reveals the 9 Half gtrain in Norlh America man (J( maybe (5). 7 Uiufc Irom a seat (4). 12 If a baritone259 words
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Article, Illustration470 1955-03-08 13 NORMAN LINDHURST - HOTEL for BABIES NORMAN LINDHURST by SOMETHING new In the notel businessbaby hotel- has been tt ed by a nephew of Jntroverstal Lutheran tor Martin Niemoller. Nursery schools are mon. but the "Pension Gise" operated in tad Godesberg, by Niemolier's nephew, also tmed Martin Niemolier, different Niemoller boards tots ranging470 words
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Article, Illustration303 1955-03-08 13 I East-West vulnerable South dealer The bidding; T WIST MOUTH CAST 30 34 49 Pass pass Pass Pass Dbl. (♦weak two-bid) team that won the worlds •«m-of-four championship unerlct last year proved that \i<tory was no fluke by 'Sain winning the right to rethat country with a clearstory303 words
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Article569 1955-03-08 13 AJSD OH, HOW WRONG I WAS SAYS ELIZABETH PAKENHAM WHO says modern youth is irresponsible? Who says the teenagers of today will make bad parents tomorrow? Not I, for one. A letter has reached me signed "National Serviceman' It is an eye-opener ior the pessimists. Here569 words
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Advertisement24 1955-03-08 13 OCKKT CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER "It's no Rood blaming little ■v*. darling I'm just one of those new guided missiles :hr>'v< got hold of,"24 words
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Advertisement27 1955-03-08 13 I I j (GRUnDIGj 1 w \m\ K^r^T^?— 1 t'T,~ ijte IHI 1 c lIS 1 v -*..>. n iii H^^^K. jln Completes 1 1 ill k I27 words
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726 1955-03-08 14 HENRY LONGHURST - AMATEUR v. PRO. WILL SHARPEN U.K. CUP TEAM HENRY LONGHURST By IFIND myself in the dilemma of wishing at one and the same time to administer a pat on the back and precisely the opposite, whatever that may be, to my illustrious namesake, Henry Cotton. It is he who is726 words
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Article60 1955-03-08 14 Eighteen players have been asked to turn up to represent Singapore 'A' against Chinese at soccer at Jalan Be.sar stadium today They are A. de Souza, W. Skinner, Yeow Meng Yong. Yong Kong. Kok Chenu. van Huizen. Osman Johan. Rashid Oiman, Hashim. Harith. B. Rozario, Charlie60 words
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Article29 1955-03-08 14 Achilles Cub will screen, films of the second A.ian Games at the Shell Theatrette. Collyer Quay, at 6 p.m. Somorrow. All athletes and friends are invited.29 words
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Article128 1955-03-08 14 A racing challenge to England THE Armstrong Brothers, J. Elgin and Charles, have joined a group of Canadian breeders and owners who race horses in England. The Armstrongs, first Canadian owners to win the U.S. Hambletonian Stakes, bought two thoroughbreds last fall in England and will race them there thisA.P - 128 words
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Article61 1955-03-08 14 C.F. Bailey, of the Seletar Cycling Club, won the 25 -mile time trial restricted gear race at Bukit Timah Road on Sunday. His time was Ihr. 4min. 12sec. Second was C. Mott (RAF K.L 42sec. slower with H. Williams (Jurong) third. Fifteen RAF. cyclists from Seletar.61 words
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Article65 1955-03-08 14 The 'A' division Medal (bogey) competition at the Royal Blngajx>re Golf Club was won by C. N. Foxley-Norns (two up>. The "B" winner was I. F. D. Wilson (o: 2 up>. Ball sweep: "A" R. Craik (fir.st nine), O. O. Cruickshank (second): "B": I. F. D.65 words
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301 1955-03-08 14 SCIENCE IN SPORT RESEARCH workers at Birmingham University have been trying for four years now to find out what makes under-4-minute miler Dr. Roger Bannister and other famous athletes, and sportsmen "tick." They want to learn what it is the sports stars have and the301 words
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Article, Illustration45 1955-03-08 14 Sir Ken, the joint favourite for today's Champion Hurdle Stakes at Cheltenham, has been training by the sea at Shrewsburyness, Essex. Trainer Willie Stephenson sent the horse there because snow has recently affected gallops at his own stable. picture ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article20 1955-03-08 14 Johore English College beat St. Josephs Institution 3-2 in an interschool soccer fixture at Johore Bahru yesterday.20 words
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215 1955-03-08 14 Pan-American Games open on Saturday J'HE Pan American p mm the Olympics of the Western Hemisphere j^ under way this week with ponn, ceremony, and Mexico citv h as excited as a child looking forward to Christmas. Over 1,000 athletes have a ready arrived, have been installed in university durmiA.P. - 215 words
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373 1955-03-08 14 Aussie bowling hope is new Lanes pro. UP in Lancashire they take their local cricket very seriously, none more so than the followers of Lancashire League fixtures. For many seasons past these clubs have vied with each other to sign on some noted personality in English or overseas cricket. Now373 words
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Article351 1955-03-08 15 GOVT. TO HELP OLYMPIC TEAM rpHE Government would K ive every support to plan to send a Malaan hockey team to the; Olympic Games, said; chief Secretary of the K, -deration of Malaya, Mr D. C. Watherston. Mr Watherston was speakat the official dinner given Kuala Lumpur by the MaHockey351 words
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Article114 1955-03-08 15 HPHE fifth callover session on the Lincolnshire Handicap and Grand National Steeplechase at the Victoria Club. London, last night was fairly quiet. Odds against Minstrel, the Lincolnshire favourite, were shortened a point to 100 to nine, while The Blessing, mount of Douglas Smith, last season's championReuter - 114 words
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Article18 1955-03-08 15 Football Association of Selangor have picked 31 players for special Malaya Cup training this season.18 words
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Article, Illustration45 1955-03-08 15 picture. Vlt an ability and grace that would do credit to a Ikiimi ArseiUl goalkeeper Kelsey leaps to save a shot from Sheffield }V«clnesday left half Davies during their England F. A. Division 'tafcue match at Highbury. Arsenal won 9-Z. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article, Illustration65 1955-03-08 15 picture. England wicket keeper Godfrey Evans knocks off the bails and Keith Miller is run out for 19 in Australia's first innings during the fifth Test match at Sydney. The match, last in the series, ended in a* draw but the result had no effect on the destination ofReuter - 65 words
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Article60 1955-03-08 15 The fight between Willie Toweel, South Africa's bantam and featherweight champion and Jean Bichot, the French featherweight, was again postponed last night. Originally arranged for last Saturday the bout was put off until last night owing to rain, but more rain yesterday caused a second postponementReuter - 60 words
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Article345 1955-03-08 15 THE unparalelled post-war public enthusiasm for League soccer has just about spent itself and now there is much talk about the plight of the "little clubs Although crisis talk is nothing new to the crame in present circumstances it is very real indeed. The situation345 words
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158 1955-03-08 15 SADDENED at the injury of one of their star performers, two Swedish all-star gymnastic teams left New York by air yesterday after a 10-week U.S. exhibition tour. Kerin Linberg, 26, her pelvis broken when sne was hit by a car isA.P. - 158 words
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Article199 1955-03-08 15 BADAN KESENIAN won the annual Breweries Kampong League soccer competition, winning nine of their ten fixtures and losing the other. Badan Kesenian will meet the runners-up, Permuda Latehan 'A', in a friendly game at River Vulley Road this evening after which the Tiger Beer Cup will be199 words
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Article41 1955-03-08 15 Admiralty A' l'M School bttt 1 Nee .<*><,., li- 1-3 in a Naval Base junior feftfUt soccer fixture .■t Nee Soon. Tay Guan Song. Sreedhram and Quail Kin ored for the chool ;iiid Matlntoiii and Dtttk lephcU.41 words
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Article52 1955-03-08 15 THE Pakistan hockey tourists will play the Malayan Hockey Federation President's XI in their farewell match on Sunday, at the HQ. Malaya Command ground. Kuala Lumpur. Gate charges are SI for adults and 50 cents for schoolchildren. Proceeds will be equally divided between the Pakistan and Malayan52 words
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Article56 1955-03-08 15 pETER Keenan, thr British 1 bantamweight boxiog champion, will fight Bobby Sinn of Queensland for the vacant British Empire title on May 25, it was announced in Sydney yesterday Mr. Alexa Adams, Keenans manager-trainer, said the Scotsman had accepted this date after discussions with Stadiums LimitedReuter - 56 words
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Advertisement81 1955-03-08 15 Enjoy Yourself THE OCEAN PARK HOTEL Splendid Entertainment Programme featuring Personal Appearance of MISS BELLA LING The most applauded Singing Star I from Hongkong I Ring ***** I for I Reservations I NOTICE While every endeavour 1* mad« tm publish clas-filied advrrtiM*raenU on i.n- dates requested it is not alwayi81 words
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Article800 1955-03-08 16 Cypress Point also goes well Free Press Course Correspondent SNOW BLAZE, a runaway winner at the JanuaryFebruary Meeting at Bukit Timah, did a striking gallop on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning when she reeled off 3f. in 37 15 seconds. This brilliantly800 words
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Article59 1955-03-08 16 20 Words $6 minimum) MRS. LEE LAI SENG nee Tan Chin N-eo. aged SO. of 36, Tiverton Lane, passed away peacefully at 10.30 a.m. on Monday 7th instant, leaving behind her beloved husband, 2 sons. 3 daughters 2 sons-in-law. 1 daughter-in-law and 2 grand children to mourn her loss.59 words
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Article153 1955-03-08 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Alfred Klyne thank all friends, relatives for their donations and attendance at the funeral. THE FAMILY of the late Johnny Tan Yew Wah thank friends and relatives for wreaths and attendance at the funeral on 6-3-55. MR. LIM LEONG153 words
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Article, Illustration156 1955-03-08 16 SUGAR Ray Robinson, former world middleweight champion, has been suspended "indefinitely" by the Massachusetts Boxing Commission because of his last minute withdrawal from a fight against Georgie Small in Boston on Saturday night The Commission is a member of the National Boxing A s s o c iReuter - 156 words
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Article48 1955-03-08 16 rj»HE Rugby League Cup third round draw made in London yesterday resulted a* follows Worklngton Town v St. Helens; Rochdale Hornets v Barrow; Hull v Hunslet; Leigh v Featherstone. Ties to be played on Saturday March 19. Rugby Union result: Cross Keys 5 Newbridge O. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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31 1955-03-08 16 The 39-year-old Perak Chinese Recreation Club, one of the oldest Communal clubs in Malaya, has been recommended by its committee to include non-Chinese as associate members.31 words
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Article23 1955-03-08 16 Brazil yesterday named a team to participate in the 22nd World Table Tennis Tournament in Holland, starting April 15. A. P.23 words
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Article12 1955-03-08 16 Yucatan all star baseball team defeated ihe Tokyo Giants 4-0.12 words
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Article, Illustration47 1955-03-08 16 picture. A Pulau Brani forward races for a goal scoring chance in yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium, but Narayanan, the Indian Recreation Club goalkeeper, beats him to the ball. I.R.C. scored an upset victory, winning 3-0. Free PressFree Press - 47 words
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Article288 1955-03-08 16 ,r<ELTIC, the holders, were yesterday drawn against Airdrieonians. Scottish "B" Division leaders, in the semi-finals of the Scottish Football Cup competition to be played on Saturday, March 26 They will meet at Harm>- den Park, Glasgow. In the other semi-final, to i be played inReuter - 288 words
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