The Singapore Free Press, 18 March 1955
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Title Section20 1955-03-18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1 .Ni9. Singapore, Fri., Mar. 18, 1955. Price 15 Cts.20 words
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339 1955-03-18 1 Britons shocked by Yalta disclosures on Hong Kong deal BKITONS were shocked and angered yesterday by disclosures m the Yalta papers especially the late President Roosevelt's suggestion that Hong Kong be turned over to China. The Foreign Office and British Press generally considered Washington's publication of the records a diplomaticReuter; A.P. - 339 words
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140 1955-03-18 1 ROOSEVELT WANTED 'KILL NAZI' TOAST REPEATED rym. late President 1 Roosevelt said at the Yalta conference he hoped that Marshal Stalin would again propose a toast for the execution of "50,000 officers of the German Army," This was disclosed In the records of the 1945 Big: Three conference which wereReuter - 140 words
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Article46 1955-03-18 1 THE French National As><*mbly late last night -pealed the anti-alcohol decree issued by Mr. Pierre Mender France when he was prime minister last Decern**c W Increase sharply the fee for a Ueeßce to op.-n a Tvera!m,n Ib,r;whospok:1 b,r;whospok &2?m?& anU-alcoho, campaign. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article120 1955-03-18 1 ARUBA FOR COLOMBO AND THEN...? THE owners of the 10.382-ton j Finnish tanker Aruba carrying jet plane fuel intended for Communist China said m Helsinki yesterday that her destination had been changed j from Whampao, east of Canton, to Colombo. Where she goes after Colombo will depend largely on the120 words
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Article23 1955-03-18 1 Five Africans slashed to death a 22-year-old Asian, Pamanbhai Bhikhabhai, m a Nairobi street last night, a Government spokesman said.— Reuter.23 words
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Article17 1955-03-18 1 The 1954 Poppy Day appeal m Johore raised $28,178. In addition, the military collected $2,822.17 words
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Article97 1955-03-18 1 They will have improvements BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation is to buy 20 jet Comet airliners of the new type Mark Four, it was announced m London last night. They will be fitted with, Rolls Royce engines. The order, announced ioiru- ly by BOAC and De Havillunds,Reuter - 97 words
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Article41 1955-03-18 1 The five American warsnips -the aircraft carrier Kearsaree and the destroyers Kidd Weddebun, Hopewell and Uhlmann •SfiSL? Singapore roads on Tuesday. left this morning. 4C The ship- are reported Jto be on their way to the Pacinc area.41 words
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Article30 1955-03-18 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this morning, with first grade. April shipment, at 87 cents a lb., three-quarters of a cent below yesterdays clo.se.30 words
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Article20 1955-03-18 1 Two roast chickens were taken from a bar m Tanglin Road. Singapore A man ha.s I been detained-20 words
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Article242 1955-03-18 1 If aggression grows 'pHE United States Seventh Fleet and the ILS. Air Force m the Far Fast will help to halt aggression m Malaya if the situation warrants this, according to defence officials m Washington yesterday. They believed this was an important factor m Australian242 words
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Article34 1955-03-18 1 Budget Day, when the British hancellor of the Exchequer gives the nation his annual account of its finances, has been Axed for April 19. it was announced m London Tester day. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article70 1955-03-18 1 Glum? not now says Butler MR. R. A. Butler the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said m London yesterday that the position of sterling was being held satisfactorily as a result of the drastic steps I was obliged to take." I am fundamentally not at all glum," he told a LondonReuter - 70 words
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Article28 1955-03-18 1 DARUL I.slam rebels killed 14 policemen and two women m an ambush a few miles north of Macassar, Celebes, reports reaching Jakarta said yesterday.28 words
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200 1955-03-18 2 U.S. plan to raise Asian living standard by 30 p.c. $6,421 MILLION TO FIGHT THREAT FROM COMMUNISTS MX. HAKOLD STASSEN. Foreign Operations administrator, told a news conference m Washington yesterday that the United States would give $6,421,500,000 to Asia m military and ecnomic aid for the fiscal year starting; onReuter; U.P. - 200 words
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214 1955-03-18 2 RELEGATES to a meeting of the ECAFE Committee *J on Industry and Trade m Tokyo yesterday, discussed the problem of some 100 to 510 million Asians living: m congested and unhealthy conditions. A sub-committee took up the report of the working partyU.P. - 214 words
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Article187 1955-03-18 2 A conflict between rivai factions at a federal conference of the Australian Labour Party m Hobart, Tasmania, was yesterday re-poi-ted to be spreading. The biennial conference mot with only 19 of the 36 delegates In the hall. The other 17 boycotted the meeting following theReuter - 187 words
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Article35 1955-03-18 2 The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. T. Clifton Webb, said m London yester- day that Australia and NewZealand have no illusions about the possibility of a resurgence of Japanese mili- tarLsm. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article132 1955-03-18 2 THE suspense now plaguing the tin market will be prolonged by the postponement until April 1 of the joint report of the United States Senate Armed Services and Banking Committees on tin which was due to be presented yesterday, writes the Times city editor. The reportReuter - 132 words
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160 1955-03-18 2 "pRESH crisis threatened the British Parliamentary Labour Party last night with the expectation that some of Mr. Aneurin Bevan's supporters on the national executive may resign m protest if he is sacked from the party. Parliamentary opinion is that the fiery Welshman who onReuter - 160 words
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93 1955-03-18 2 DOCK STRIKE IN CALCUTTA IS SETTLED CALCUTTA shipping agents and stevedores who struck three days ago alleging mob rule on the waterfront resumed work yesterday under police protection, loading and unloading on three ships. The agents and stevedores decided to resume work m the port where over 40,000 tons ofReuter - 93 words
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Article53 1955-03-18 2 King Hussein flew to Akaba on the Red Gulf yesterday to meet his fiancee Princess Dina. who is coming from Egypt to visit Jordan. Later the Princess, accompanied by her parents and uncle, flew with the King to Amman. The marriage date has not yetU.P. - 53 words
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Article47 1955-03-18 2 Mr. Edouard Herr 1 o t, France's elder statesman, gave up his honorary presidency of the Radical Party on Wednesday, but later indicated he might reconsider his resignation. Mr Herriot handed m his resignation as a gesture of support for M. Pierre Mendes France. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article19 1955-03-18 2 rhe House of Commons will 1 debate the lenetlc effeeti ol nuclear explosions next Tut stLay. ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article51 1955-03-18 2 A MAN m Quebec telephoned the police saying "a huge black dog as big I aas. s a horse has followed me home.'' When police arrived they found the "black dog" was a bear which had escaped from a zoo. It was shot dead.Reuter - 51 words
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Article28 1955-03-18 2 The South Korean government yesterday ordered an indefinite suspension of the Tong-A Ilbo. the most outspoken opposition newspaper for calling President Syngman Rhee a puppet U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article33 1955-03-18 2 To strike— or not The West German Miners Union said yesterday It would hold a referendum among Its members next Tuesday on whether to call a strike m support of wage demands.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article75 1955-03-18 2 rE body of the law Kin* Tribhuvan a wa t cremated yesterday Un th, banks of the Holy Bar mati River a« i\ m A u priests chanted prayers Lighting of the funeral pyre followed a colourful procession from the airport with NepaJese arrnv leaders carrying theA.P. - 75 words
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80 1955-03-18 2 rjENERAL Paul Ely, French High Commissioner m Indo-China, told the parliamentary co-ordination committee on Indo-China m pans yesterday that relations between France and the Vietnamese Government of Ngo Dinh Diem had considerably improved. The number of refugees from the Communist-ruled north to South VietnamReuter - 80 words
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Advertisement89 1955-03-18 2 JLCYMA /Wk^ SYMBOL OF //^7 BEAUTY AND PRECISION U@P m w Mm VA' *^A 7 for Perfection m Time Keeping— lt's lovely to /00/ c at delightful to own /T*W\ OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING WATCH DEALERS IMoiiKiY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS __r __k a4l,#> THE BEST #3 BROADCASTING I ult89 words
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Miscellaneous43 1955-03-18 2 ELECTION DIARY The following election meet ings will be held today. Labour Front: At Henderson Choon Eng, 7 p.m. Alliance: At Pohuat Road. Serangoon division, by Mr. Lim Siew Ek 7.10 p.m. Behind Moh Guan Terrace, by Mr. Tio Seng Btt 7.10 p.m.43 words
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Article261 1955-03-18 3 Pat Ward cracks under Red Book probe 'THE vice trial of Minot F. (Mickey) Jelke adjourned abruptly m New York yesterday, when former call-girl Pat Ward broke into sobaS under relentleSaS cross-examination about the men she knew before she met the diminutive margarine heir. DefenceU.P. - 261 words
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Article24 1955-03-18 3 a\ustralia Is to send a parliamentary delegation to Indonesia later this year, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey announced today.- ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article, Illustration76 1955-03-18 3 A SECTION oi the one thousand clerks, technicians and labourers employed by the Singapore Harbour Board who met yesterday to discuss strike action. Following: a last minute move these members of the S.H.B. Staff Association decided against striking when it was announced that the chairman76 words
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180 1955-03-18 3 A NATIVE village feud over whether four Japanese soldiers should have w omen or not led to the end of their almost nine years of exile m the jungles of New aulnea. it was learned m Tokyo yesterday. The soldiers fled into theU.P. - 180 words
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Article33 1955-03-18 3 French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay yesterday told tiie Foreign Affairs committee; >f the National Assembly that Turkey seemed favourable to lea oi France joining the Turco-Iraqi pact- ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article29 1955-03-18 3 Twelve people have died m Nugegoda, Ceylon, within the last 44 hours from the effects drinking methylated spirits, a cheap substitute for itquor, officials reported yesterday.- U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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211 1955-03-18 3 Dutchman on subversion charge A CCUSATIONS that BrlA tish, American and Dutch planes dropped arms and equipment to gangs operating m West Java during 1951 and 1952 were made yesterday by a State witness m the trial of a Dutchman charged With haReuter - 211 words
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Article39 1955-03-18 3 A WOMAN legislator wants toe-nail painting by numcurUts Ato be legalised In ■Michigan. Detroit Democrat. Representative Charline White. •gf'SJL governing v/s pedicuring Is being practised but st.it.. laws aw cosmetology makes no provision for it.- A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article33 1955-03-18 3 Mr. John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary "1 State, arrived In Ottawa yes terday by air from Washington to brief Canadian members of parliament on world all airs. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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37 1955-03-18 3 S; n Marino, m Central Italy, the world's smallest and oldest sovereign republic last night elected two captains-regent to: rule over it for the next six months. Both are leftwlngj socialists.- ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article20 1955-03-18 3 Switzerland has built a turbo-jet fighter known as the p-18 which Ls about to begin tc-t_. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article39 1955-03-18 3 OEVERAL cyclone s ripped across Dacca, capital of east Pakistan, yesterday. levelling thatched huts and uprooting trees. Ten people were believed killed and more than 60 injured. The cyclones were followed by torrential rains. A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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74 1955-03-18 3 MARLENE WINS CASE AGAINST NEWSPAPER IjMI.M .>tar Marlene Dietrich wa.s awarded 1,200,000 francs < $10,200) damages t the French weekly, Franc* Dtmancne by a Paris Appeal court yesterday. Miss Dirtrich complained that the paper published, without her authorisation, a series of articles about her private life under the title "MvReuter - 74 words
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Article16 1955-03-18 3 West German rearmament faces its final ratification vote m the Bonn Parliament today.16 words
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Advertisement78 1955-03-18 3 I •■■■•■■•■IMIIIIIItlllllllllllDMIIIIMIIIIIIIflllllllllllMllllinillllMlllllllimiKIIIIIMIIIIMIIMIIIIIKIIKllll^ I Delicious j PRIME FROZ-N I FRENCH FRIED POTATOES SUCCO TASH Now available Smt n 5 I 'I I C^Sf—Q J m. <r_P .^^ifx t i y Mbr 7 s,_i jrf IP Mm 4fa(yAmMcffihs iv ul ib'. m NATURAL AND CREEN NATURAL AND RED NATURAL AND BLUE NATURAL78 words
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299 1955-03-18 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Mar. 18, 1955. Opinion A STRANGE PENALTY VEXT January, there; will be room for 25.000 children born m 1948, m Primary One classes m Engl i s h schools m the Colony. the highest figure ever m its history. The Goveminent and the Education Department299 words
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Article659 1955-03-18 4 TREVOR EVANS - The SHADOW of Bevan TREVOR EVANS by nnHAT remarkable Aneu- rln Bevan from Ebbw Vale, has once again achieved the incompatible. He hai given comfort to his enemies outside the Socialist party. They believe that the withal Of the Socialist whip from him will automatically lead to his expulsion from659 words
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364 1955-03-18 4 Why did Moscow bring out Pontecorvo? WHAT was the reason for the Russians' be--1 a t c d announcement that Professor Pontecorvo had thrown m his lot with the Soviet? This is a question which has been asked m many circles. It was fairly general knowledge that Pontecorvo was with364 words
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Article, Illustration189 1955-03-18 4 No more pu blic confessions 4 BLOODLESS purge of the Communist Party m France has been ordered from Moscow. This time— unlike a similar purge carried out a few years ago there will be no public confession of "errors*' by purged members. Publicity will be eschew <ci as far as189 words
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Advertisement25 1955-03-18 4 FINE DIAMOND GEM SET PINGS l _K^*i^^*^^i<i_a t2i€_i___2w^/ i mSSw P. H. HENDHY| Jeweller 78. North Bridge Road Singaporc-6. 4, Batu Road Kuala Lumpur. fl25 words
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Advertisement155 1955-03-18 4 AVAIL YOURSELF OF 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR, (RAFFLES PLACE* FRANKEL ESTATE OPERA ESTATE FIRST CLASS NEWLY RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPED ESTATE AT ESTATE 62 M.S. CHANCI ROAD BETWEEN CHANCI EAST COAST ROADS NEAR THE SEA (A NEW LARGE ACCESS AT PROXIMITY155 words
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Article, Illustration982 1955-03-18 5 Candidates ask: Will women turn out to poll VAZIR MALLAL, 51, Progressive (lawyer); born Pakistan; educated Raffles Institution. Middle Temple. London; resident Singapore over 35 years. Municipal Commissioner 1936—1941. 1946—1948; Indian Army Captain m World War II; Legislative Councillor 1948 I«J5.">: member Rendel Commission; keen sportsman.982 words
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312 1955-03-18 5 Another 2 Chongs at Queensland rpwO brothers from Kuala i- Lumpur enrolled at the University of Queensland. Brisbane are following m the lcotsteps of their two eldei brothers m gaining higher education m Australia. They are Chong Seong Hin. 24, and Chong Choi Hin, 22,312 words
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Advertisement105 1955-03-18 5 7^ t\. 1 r^^Ojrr— jf^J r m J iul IB mm mm mm mm. Ms mt m*. Im I_m I j dinner tame! TEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP adds X tangy, tempting flavor to •ur meat dishes and special :ipes! Sun-ripened, cooked- j wn "Aristocrat" tomatoes, IH oice vinegar and aromatic ices105 words
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Miscellaneous165 1955-03-18 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis r^ j! big guy took off on I I ____^Tr77TR7fKiW__BB wonder wmat-- gxwell I^^= TH£PlV£o K E YO'JR I W p£o.«)NOVV.J|M^B --HE f PAIOME/IOTFOR~>j HP,/ _^^__M MONEV.B >__taw^ TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs tmm\mm^jSß^K*mtimT%m^A*mmw. I a I THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris r165 words
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Miscellaneous613 1955-03-18 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR UORN today, you haw a real talent for the spake* word and aie probal |> \,«i lent m aigument or debaU You can talk black int* appearing white and us_ versa. Your powers of persuasion :ue exceptional and because of this, you must always keep your ideals613 words
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Article224 1955-03-18 7 LONDON. Mar. 17. Previous Today i-i riUK No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 2V*. buyers 25 buyers nurta March 26 sellers 26 sellers Xi itltEß No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 26 1 buyers 25 buyers m.rts April 26 sellers 26 sellers irrBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 26\ buyers224 words
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Article96 1955-03-18 7 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 91.25 nom. 91.37 nom. UN futures, March. 90.50 bid 90.50 bid 91.00 asked 91.25 asked April 90.37 bid 90.37 bid 90.75 asked 91.00 asked May 90.25 bid 90.25 bid 90.50 asked 90.75 asked TONI: Steady. SALE: One lot. KIBBER. futures,96 words
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Article41 1955-03-18 7 Spot Malabar quoted at 44 cents per pound, afloats 43 H to 43. March shipment 43, April 43. May 42 V£. Above prices quoted m U.S. Cents per lb. Sarawak spot 43 >_ and Lampong spot 44 cents sellers ex-dock.41 words
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Article34 1955-03-18 7 NEW YORK, Mar. 17. Previous Today 31 Industrial* 403.14 405 23 Railroads 146.44 146 58 M Domestic Bonds 99 85 "^'J.. ltilities 63.02 63.26 I Stocks Composite Average 150.4 1 151.0334 words
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Article126 1955-03-18 7 Mar. 17. Previous Today OPR.\ Philippines c.i.f. UK /North Kuropean delivered weight per Ions? ton March/April $182 i quoted $182' i paid «U'R\ Philippines fob. Manila delivered weight per long ton unquoted unquoted I <>I"K\ Straits c.i.f. UK /North Kuropean delivered weight per lM| ton March/April126 words
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259 1955-03-18 7 BIN SIN GRADUATES-AND AFTER ONLY THREE YEARS ■THE fourth Malayan student J to graduate from the University of Queensland as a Bachelor of Surveying unier a British Colonial De>i>ment and Welfare uiarship is Poh Bin Sin, 30. of McAlister Road, 'nang. Bin Sin was one of six students rho arrived259 words
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413 1955-03-18 7 SUICIDE LEAPS AT S.I.T. FLATS OVER NOW-TENANTS SINGAPORE Improvement Trust tenants of the suicide flats at I'pper Pickering Street are confident that the days of death leaps will soon be over and the flats known by a pleasant and deserving name. The Trust gave them hope and relief when it413 words
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Article101 1955-03-18 7 Now they can apply for a pitch SINGAPORE City Council will now accept written applications for stalls or pitches at the new Red Hill and Alexandra Markets which will bo Opened at the end of this month f/\ bt, ballat Applications should be sent to the City Cleansing and Hawkers'101 words
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Article22 1955-03-18 7 Some of the 430 dismissed employees of Tronoh Mines Ltd. (Kampar section) yesterday morning applied for reemployment and have been engaged.22 words
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Advertisement219 1955-03-18 7 YOU C'PK ("i'mmmjy yJ V V x to his first date. I 1 f |TFO_f) II And a baby is both 111 SSll the mosl gratifying subject J W II m m^\tw4* m W and the most difficult capture. STOPS hllTl /f'l -I There is an exciting combination \0 -f219 words
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Article367 1955-03-18 8 Don't spare smacks and fear the child DAM you muck your child at 14? Are you afraid of him- or her? And are you to blame for the crimes of youth? Sir Basil Henriques, 64-year-old chairman of the Juvenile court m London's East End. put367 words
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Article94 1955-03-18 8 THE Cairo Divorce Court laid A down once for all the rules of wife beating. The court declared: "We arc agreed that a husband may beat his wife, but only with a cane no thinner than a finger. "He must not strike more than one94 words
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Article66 1955-03-18 8 Men! -That is the problem 0 f\WR biggest bugbear that is how Miss Harns-by-Bmlth describes Marriage, from a nursing point of view. She is Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Heath, and at Canterbury she said: "Matrimony La the biggi i enemy of nursing. ,4 N_frses doubtless make admirable wives,66 words
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Article30 1955-03-18 8 Only one book was saved from a tire m the 6.000--volume library at Kingie Hydro Electric Camp. Inver- garry, Inverness shire. Its title: **Th« Theory ol Heat."30 words
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Article, Illustration69 1955-03-18 8 THE Mob cap shown above is for the young and unsophisticated and has been made m a variety of colours. It is m Italian white crochet with a frilled and scalloped edge. On the left, raised stripes of white and grey make an eye-catching: pattern69 words
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Article264 1955-03-18 8 TEARS roiled down the dusky l cheeks ot 14-year-old Rita j Din as she told what hap- j pened when her doctor ord< ;< d her to wear slacks for eehool during the cold weathi i. All her privileges as a form captain were264 words
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Article38 1955-03-18 8 The 394,000 tons a week steel output m February was a record— and it took the annual production rate past 20,000.000 tons for the first time, tin British ir«, n um i Steel Board announced.38 words
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Article33 1955-03-18 8 Mr. David Weltzman, 56--i year-old Socialist MP. for Stoke Newington and Hackney North, is to marry Mrs. Lena Dundon, 43-year-old widow ot a Liverpool doctor, m London 'on April 5.33 words
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217 1955-03-18 8 The Yard is after London jay-walkers SCOTLAND YARD cai and motor-cycle teams are to spearhead a drive against road carelesi Special target Jay-* The drive has been planned by the London Accident Prevention Council, pioneers m road safety, for June The Yard teams will converge on four selected tricks Croydon.217 words
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Article29 1955-03-18 8 The lock of a cell lammed a* Barnet Herts, court and a man due to come before the magistrates had to wait until Unlock was taken off.29 words
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194 1955-03-18 8 The principle will be the same ATOMIC aircraft engines, on which a good deal of thought is now being directed, will probably not be greatly different from present day jets. The principle will remain the same. It will be the thrust of hot, compressed194 words
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Article167 1955-03-18 9 PATIENTS FIGHT AND WRECK SURGERY imjRNITURE. window i 1 panes and pictures m a doctor's surgery were s m ashed when two patients fought over whose turn it was to go m next. Patients have taken fountain pens and instruments from doctors' desks; and ash trays, vases, electric light bulbs,167 words
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Article25 1955-03-18 9 A plaster bust of Bishop Heber, who was a fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, from -7. has been stolen from Cedrington Library.25 words
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148 1955-03-18 9 If it's birds you're after... /^OLLECTOIIS will be able to go nesting for robins eggs It will be no offence to rob the nest of a thrush. The home of the wren is wide open to schoolThe reason: These are "common-' birds.148 words
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Article64 1955-03-18 9 TIHE story amused the Queen. 1 It was sent to her by the vicar of St. Peter's Leicester. H« asked the congregation to ting the National Anthem the anniversary of the Q's accession. Why did we sing that?" i a choirboy. "I suppose because the Queen's64 words
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Article32 1955-03-18 9 A ten and a quarter of cheese, milk, rice, flour, beef «>nd beans has been given by Americans at Lakenheath air base, Suffolk, to the old people °i Wisbech,32 words
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Article, Illustration64 1955-03-18 9 CIARS are roof deep m j water while rescue workers wade througti the floods m the High Street of Maitland, New South Wales. Marooned people stand <>n the balcony of the hotel o.n the left. Huge areas of New South Wales were inundated when64 words
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Article132 1955-03-18 9 THE sleepy man who was just too tired to join the Silver Wing luxury flight to Paris yawned and closed his eyes m London Airport departure lounge. Otl went the luxury plane— with a spare seat and of course, a spare luxury lunch ot champagne and132 words
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Article188 1955-03-18 9 rE year was 1910, the borrowed 11 1 Kf •100 and the small shop owned was at 50. Bishopsgatt m The City of Londom Nineteen-year-old Hector Powe had started m business aS He 'hafjust died at Chichester. £«7-OID and 62 Sh _^fends cr of188 words
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Article160 1955-03-18 9 M TAUNTON HAROLD HALL. 200-year-old itately home threatened with d< and »aid to be dOOOM I by ray may be saved by GroupCaptaln Go nr- I Ch< lure. v.c. He is anxious tc add l f T <> his chain of homes for insurables. His160 words
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330 1955-03-18 9 A WHOLE form at a grammar school has been moved from an upper floor to A the ground floor so that Geoffrey Walton, a polio victim, can go back to SC °°His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Walton, oi Queerfs Drive. Newton-le-Willows330 words
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Article141 1955-03-18 9 GO WEST, OLD MAN IF you want to live longer go to Somerset In the west of England. Or so it would ap- j pear from a census report lust j issued. There Is one street of 50 1 houses m Taunton, for instance, where the householders are all at141 words
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Article210 1955-03-18 9 SNUFFLING or Mieetlag this unmlag? Feel you have a cold fia Hig on? No need to try to hide it from the wife. For no amount ol looking after yourself could have saved you. Indeed, mollycoddling may tend to brink on colds. Experts who210 words
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Article26 1955-03-18 9 Sir George Barnes. BBC TV chief, told London University students that he ll not m favour of extending I the present flowing hours26 words
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Article, Illustration393 1955-03-18 10 SAM WHITE - The 'Immortals'' get a junior member SAM WHITE by YOUTH has stormed the Academy" headlined a Paris newspaper, when 66-year-old playwright, poet and boulevardier Jean Cocteau was elected to that citadel of literary respectability, the French Academy. The 200-year-old Academy, restricted to 40 members, known as "The Immortals." has thereby393 words
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Article34 1955-03-18 10 AUTHOR Pierre Daninos: "One of the most strikiiiQ superiorities of the English is the way they manage to give a foreigner an inferiority complex the moment he sets foot m the country."34 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-03-18 10 TWENTIETH CENTURY SCRIBES The public letter writer is still m great demand m Turkey. Daily they take their seats m their open-air office and wait for their clients to call. But ftiot for these educated people the long laborious bother of writing the letters by hand. They have gone all55 words
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Article269 1955-03-18 10 GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON - Duchess kissed a butcher GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON The Tories jeered when the by Georgiana: Extracts from correspondence of Georgiana. Duchess of Devonshire. Edited by the Earl of Bessborough. Murray 255. 308 pages. GEORGIANA, first wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire, was a great beauty (m spite of the evidence269 words
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Advertisement84 1955-03-18 10 You <?«» Phone Your SMALL A»S. to Singapore 2800 Exl. 10« __r'j9 Rl^ Hs^ IsH^ •j_a__H_L fl Est i_H mm L v ii jj^ jjp Hi l *_____HBrar^^^^^^^^^M^ Cs*ms^ ■\m^F>mWf^m °^X HBg '$W£&mmv&>lßT am Hi HiH___H _fl '"V^la «i_fl H^ IV Hk- 7 :!^S H____K3 iSp *k **r*lv ■B? '~>84 words
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Article, Illustration166 1955-03-18 11 The third scheme of mural decoration undertaken by pupils «»f Aberdeen Grammar School will be seen m the school's music room after Easter This scheme takes the form cf ,i decorative panel 40ft. by 4ft.. running round two sides of the room. It has been planned and painted by pupilsPopper - 166 words
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667 1955-03-18 11 Peace brough t prosperity to these three NORMAN LINDHURST TELLS OF 'THE BOYS WHO llllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllHllll STAYED BEHIND' mill lIIIIIIIMI lIIIIKIIIIn AF THE half million American troops and airmen m Europe, many, upon being discharged choose to stay behind i.nd make Europe their home. Not a few, if they 7 How667 words
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Article38 1955-03-18 11 THERE are 18,250 motion 1 picture theatres m active ooeration throughout th United States, according to a report by the U.S. Council of MoUon Picture c tions. Of the tota. 4,050 are outdoor or "drive-m theatres-38 words
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276 1955-03-18 11 THEY HELD UP THE SHOW FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER lUST before the curtain J was due to riB€ at the Victoria Palace Theatre m London, a telephone call to the box-oihee instructed: "Hold everything, the Queen Mother has only just left home" So the curtain stayed down until the Queen276 words
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Article519 1955-03-18 12 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY says ONE -THIRD of the population suffers three-fourths of the illness. They are the "sick-ness-prone" persons. The situation holds for all sorts of disease, from colds to malignant cancer and even to accidents. ThLs is the substance of a renort summarized for the519 words
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Article71 1955-03-18 12 AN alcohol bath, which gives nylon stockings a permanent protective coating, is a new advance m the Australian manufacture of nylon hosiery. The process was discovered almost by accident when the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and industrial Research Organisation wsls doing research work on the shrink-prooflng of wool. it71 words
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259 1955-03-18 12 Don 't be misled by baby's I.Q. rating WIDELY-USED I.Q. (Intelligence quotient I tests for placing adopted babies are "tremendously unreliable." say s an lowa psychologist. Parents seeming to adopt babies shouldn't be over concerned with an infant's I.Q. rating m choosing a child, because playpen navigators who have tested259 words
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Article, Illustration141 1955-03-18 12 She feeds her champ on 'Stufato' ITALIAN boxer Naz/areno Giannelli and his 23 yearold wife, Franca, dined at a Soho restaurant m London but it was Franca who cooked the dinner. The couple had flown m from Rome on their first visit to England. Within three hours Franca had unpacked141 words
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Advertisement75 1955-03-18 12 New SHEEN The Cream-to-Liquid Lustre Hair Dressing a new and really wonderful aid to hair beauty an essential food for the hair a replacement of natural oils. Used regularly as a dressing and always for setting, it will give your hair a much greater brilliance than brill, antine WITHOUT MAKINC75 words
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Advertisement37 1955-03-18 12 made lovelier I by ELIZABETH ARDEN SPECIAL EYE LOTION cleanses, soothes, refreshes makes lashes look darker, promotes their health, adds lustre fcYESHADO makes eyes look more glamorous MAYNARD CO., LTD. 11, BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE-1. TEL: 6 115.37 words
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Miscellaneous241 1955-03-18 12 ll^ L—Aui ii I I JmmmKL I mmXm^mmMmmmmJmm^mms CLL'ES ACROSS 5 How a reeler becomes a looker 1 The kind of a chance a spirited (6) writer might have? (5). 6 Is he one of those ancient Ro--4 Qukk at the Festival Hall? (7). mans m a musical march? (9).241 words
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Article412 1955-03-18 13 NAMELESS' HAD A LONG' SORE THROAT. BUT- iF NOAH'S ARK were to I sail again, there is a d chance that all the animals would arrive safely. The Biblical story states that two-by-two the animals went aboard the Ark— but not all survived. Today, terramycin412 words
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Article, Illustration101 1955-03-18 13 Chess for relaxation pHESS for factories" camV paign m Germany is stimulating a revival of interest ii\ chess as a means of relaxation. Thr German Chess Association, founded m 18m. today mbraees '2.000 chess clubs with a total of almost 100.000 members. These members. scattered throughout the German Federal Republic101 words
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Article, Illustration275 1955-03-18 13 Both sides vulnerable West dealer NORTH The bidding: .tST NO.TH £*ST SOUTH 1 4 Pass Pass 2 V Pass 3 9 P*« 1^ All P^s *_tfsT opened the king of diaW"£_fS shined io a heart Sou,,, won dre ;t anah« round j0 f moiui se\en f j k275 words
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Article, Illustration330 1955-03-18 13 The Spaniards can't cope with American know-how WORK on the vast American base-build-ing programme m Spain, has come to a virtual standstill The programme Involving the establishment of bases scattered over a wide area to reduce vulnerability m any atomic attack has, it appears been slowing down ever sine* thePopper - 330 words
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Advertisement15 1955-03-18 13 For Every Celebration BRANDY BOLE ACENTft JOHN LITTLE AND COMPANY LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG15 words
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Miscellaneous131 1955-03-18 13 TARGET HOW many word* of 1 M I four letters <»r more ran 1^ mm m you m ak c p fmm I ir•> m the L^E I 1c 1 1 er s lo ,Hh__B the square on the left f A F in mak lus m t earh word131 words
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Article145 1955-03-18 14 I'L L INSIST SAYS KEENAN DRITIBH bantam champion, I Peter Keenan. is .surprised to learn that eight" ounce K-01 ---till iLsed m fights m Australia. Keenan will mccl the Australian champion. Bobby Sinn, for the vacant Kmpire title at the Sydney Stadium on March 28. Keenan said:— ••"Wi use .sixounce145 words
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Article, Illustration58 1955-03-18 14 The Ro/al Navy beat Ihe Army 8-3 In their rugby match at Twickenham. Trooper H. F. McLeod (Army) and 2nd Lt P. I), (leaver (8. Army) tackle Sub Lt: R. P. P. Came (Navy) and push him over the touch line. Sub. Lt. Came is the son58 words
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Article, Illustration95 1955-03-18 14 VJAPANEJSK r. i 'lug dele_:a iiun li m Ooi m.t UAmpeoo lltotyj \i-u the installations being prepared lor next year*.Winter Olj mpic Games. The riEOtfn have JuM taken pa:'. n. \aiiou.s international competitions m Europe. Amon_. other thin** delegate, will h.;ve talk- iritb Italian Olympic committeeReuter - 95 words
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473 1955-03-18 14 AUSSIE COACH - Olympic swimmers must train together AUSSIE COACH -SAYS AUSTRALIAN men and \v omen swimmers have registered fast times this summer season some of them the best m the world for the past year. However, former Australian Olympic coach. Forbes Carlile. is one person who is not complacent about chances at473 words
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225 1955-03-18 14 BRITISH REF (Minus 3 teeth) COMES HOME HARRY AMOS and Dick Eason, the last British referees to leave the bottle-scarr-ed Soccer fields of South America, have arrived m England. Said Bradford-born Amos: 'Those Uruguay fans know their football. They appreciate every move m the game.' He paused, ruefully lingered the225 words
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200 1955-03-18 14 Raining money as Sands wins a slug-feast Two Australian nUddJeweigh Alfie Sands and Joe Poll .supplied one of the best slu ma telle, lor a long ume St Sydney Stadium fluids won on a technical t out In the eleventh round twelve round bout. ft The IfM could n«t d.-rr.»e200 words
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Advertisement118 1955-03-18 14 a^^^Kf^^^^Kß^S^ '■'^■r^^M l^^mm^m^m^tmmmmmmm W\W\ I I I !_1 X S&^Elfl mwf "_t 2i^B H^^B i^3rfe_«a^_B_^'7 v lsSw[ iAf'^W^mummW^m^m i I P^^ f»^!^Tf_n_!T^^HßE m^a^m^mt*^SF'i9*ommmmmmK^w^ -'SBsy* j j^ tj __b jt_*>_g_fe_;__________________________^ I7_______H_k- BhkM a____7i_l HV i •"^■LrV? I < iB Xi TTM^^BBlr^^'* j -ff""_i^P^^^^^^^^B^^a'* _aTMß^^B^^^^^Ti^r^B^Ti a. Inwa ______^^_L___N___l_ft_»_____H^_________l P a^ y i118 words
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Article, Illustration1818 1955-03-18 15 -Bliss Fire should fake him to victory TDCCDIQQFR rln °s Free Press readers an expert sumI ntdmoutn mary of tomorrow's race chances. ENGLISH jockey Davy Jones, who leaves Malaya after the current Singapore meeting to be back m time for the flat racing mFree Perss - 1,818 words
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Article102 1955-03-18 15 SHAMROCK SLIPPER AGAIN CI. 1, Div. 1-6f. Bovereifn 907, Earthquake 9.03. "Brock Slipper 9 02, Barfieur Prosperity 8.10, Man About 8 M Cargo Rice 8.05 Langdy 8.03, Barakat 8.03. GolCloud 8.01, Cinecolor 7.12. ion 7 10. Toucan 7.09, Farn- j Winnie 7.07. VHAMrock SUPPER has im'»ved out of sight and102 words
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Article43 1955-03-18 15 PROBABLE scratching* tomorrow Dantesque, Kingpost, Millionaire, Graduate. Cinema 11, Melbury Court, Majestas. Chesieres, Sovereign. Man About Town, Punter'i Delight. Kennies, Asia Minor. Metrostar. Bracelet Boy, Secret Flight. Peter Pan, Pommie, Ever Glory. Flaxley Green, Feature Film, Sunflower. The going remains food.43 words
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Article291 1955-03-18 15 After a series of setbacks thi.' horse L, DOW taking more interest In las business. His last two rUDI over nine and seven furlong have been encouraging. Selection*: RIPPLING RIVKR. Any Time, Park IL OBVIOUS bet m the Class 3, Division 2, 9 furlongs handicap291 words
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Advertisement27 1955-03-18 15 Enjoy Yourself THE OCEAN PARK HOTEL Splendid Entertainment Programme featuring Personal Appearance MISS BELLA LING The most applauded Singing Star from Hongkong Ring ***** far Reservations 127 words
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Article101 1955-03-18 16 SEEDED players for the world table tennis championships to be held from April 16 -24 at Utrerht. Holland, are :to follows: Women Singles; 1. Angelica Rozeanu (Rumania", 2. Fujie Eguchi < Japan >. 3. Linde Wertl (Austria), 4. Giai Farka> (.Hungary), 5. Yoshiko Tanaka (Japan). 6.Reuter - 101 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-03-18 16 picture. Fullback Kam Weng (left) couldn't reach it; goalkeeper Ismail dived m vain, but the Woodbridge goal is intact. This nJioi was just wide ai Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tigers won the match %-t. Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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Article414 1955-03-18 16 Services Soccer R.A.F. Changi 4; R.E.M.E 0. IT LOOKS as if the Div. 1 champions are m for another good season In the United Services League. The airmen were good value for their four-goal victory yesterday at Changi. Changi controlled the ball exceptionally well414 words
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Article22 1955-03-18 16 Royal Engineers beat Royal Air Force Tengah 1-0 m their opening Div. 1 league tie yesterday at Tengah.22 words
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Article21 1955-03-18 16 Royal Arntv Medical Corps visited Seletar yesterday for a Div. 2 match against the Athenians which was drawn 3—3.21 words
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Article27 1955-03-18 16 Royal Air Force Changi "B" defeated Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 4-3 m a high-scoring Div. 2 Services League match yesterday on the MRNVR ground.27 words
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Article81 1955-03-18 16 THE Football League of Ireland (JBre), who led 1-0 at halftime were worth their 2-1 win over the Irish League (.Northern Ireland; at Dalymount Park. Dublin, yesterJay but the match never came up to expectations. There was much negative football from both sides. The home attack81 words
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Article59 1955-03-18 16 Achilles Club will hold an open cross-country run over a 5-mile course at the Mcßitchie Reservoir on Saturday, March 26 at 5 p.m. Competitors from Singapore A.A.A. affiliates and Services personnel must send their entries, accompanied by 50 cents per entry, to Mr. L. O. Valberg59 words
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Article26 1955-03-18 16 The annual Far East Air Force team and individual boxing championships will begin next Wednesday at RAF Changi. The finals are on Thursday night.26 words
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Article12 1955-03-18 16 France beat Spain 2-1 at soccer m Madrid yesterday. Reuter.12 words
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Article136 1955-03-18 16 THE odds against Yorkshire trained five-year-old Live Spirit tumbled when bookmakers had their Lincolnshire Handicap final acceptance callover at the Victoria Club. London. Lave Spirit, mount of Billy Nevett. was backed to win £11.000. His odds were reduced from 22-1 to 100-7. Harry Lime and French challenger136 words
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256 1955-03-18 16 Tigers didn't have to show their teeth ARGOS at the Stadium Timers 6 Woodbridge i IVITHOrT even showin, TT their teeth the lifers put two more points mi n the League bag yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium These two points were easi ones. J Newly promoted Woodbridg,> Hospital were unable256 words
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Article25 1955-03-18 16 England beat Australia by eight matches to one m the first tabletennis match between the two countries at Waltham Abbey near London. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Advertisement75 1955-03-18 16 lIS (f 1 OV.r Ati'lA i/r **MAtJ} 'mtl/ JSJJ^ chosen by trainers 'Ovaltine' owes its favoured P™/ \stmWsk the world of sport to the undoubted lISF^IL quality and purity of its constituents 'Wm\^''^'sk to its outstanding nutritive prop- ert ie> 'm-'^m and to its delightful, satisfying flavour, \&MA Trainers and75 words
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