The Singapore Free Press, 16 June 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1955-06-16 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya V». 11*..*.. Singapore. Thurs.. June 16. 1955. Price 15 Cts.19 words
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Article43 1955-06-16 1 RUBBER DOWN The price of rubber for July grade dropped by 1_ cents i $1 (MJ m Singapore this irnlng. Thy fall m price was due to failure >i the London and New v -ik marketi to respond to the m Singapore yesterday.43 words
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Article88 1955-06-16 1 Police out in force •I LARGE number of police--V men ure still patrolling the streets In Singapore. No mci lents have been reported. The police are providing the escorts for school children being transported m lorries. There is a policeman m every I >n*y. Policemen are also on duty at88 words
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103 1955-06-16 1 JAKARTA rubber circles expect European and Continental rubber buyers switch from Singapore to the Jakarta trket if the Singapore strike continues. In expectation of possible increasmying Jakarta prices, which as usual iwed an upward development of :>ore prices, did not followReuter. - 103 words
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Article39 1955-06-16 1 Some 2.300 Chinese students In Taipeh will undergo examinations this week to qualify them for higher education abroad. Of that number. 800 will revive government subsidies a"nd another 800 will pay their own U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article34 1955-06-16 1 Th.* Philippines yesterday I illy notified the Japanese I ivernment that it had aci a tentative formula re<lulring Japan to pay 800 mil•n dollars m World War II par i' ions. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article28 1955-06-16 1 The United States House of entatives has approved >lution reaffirming 'the "p desire of the people of America for an honourable aud Ustiny; peace. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article278 1955-06-16 1 GOVT. MAY RUN BUS 234 lorries on the roads THE Singapore Government put on the road this morning 28*4 lorries to transport children to school and workers to their offices m the city. The Free Press understands that the Government may also organise skeleton bus services later it' the strikes278 words
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Article488 1955-06-16 1 FOUR TOP UNION MEN TO SEE MARSHALL TH E sympathy strike wave has been checked. For the first time since Monday, there has been no report of any new strike. The strikers are not getting any public support. The number of strikers today remained the488 words
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128 1955-06-16 1 THE Australian military authorities want Australian troops sent to Malaya to be stationed m Penang rather than m Singapore, say correspondents m Canberra. They will thus be more readily available for use against the terrorists and w ould be closer to Siam should theirReuter - 128 words
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Advertisement132 1955-06-16 1 (Viilt-ut AiCmip .Ik Np«H<- Tnrr.pJCf mmm^ mm MM M I I* tH-w-lj.-ll /T m 9* J9 I i '"V H^ WM M\ 9M Mi i M^ I Lhm I 1 tmmmtam ai uin,»>t Ommkmm *k I I rt**-' g M^|lv I II I "Pt m»*f_ ii<ii><*) iv.i Jr V^^-- dirnlm.132 words
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82 1955-06-16 2 riv 1 Lord i i day m I d thi ti.. aj B Kirn tritx near th<* 'I M i g menl ther and tin n *'i he ti lb< len to If fifty i tiie me 1 a., actioi nA.P.; U.P. - 82 words
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Article52 1955-06-16 2 'lucre arc g fei M ;i able lor tonight's bar .1 concert by Larry Adler, al th< Victoria Memorial Hall, which bfinj.- presented by the Singapore Musical 80The recital begins at 7 p.m. Mr. Adler will be accompanied by thc well -known Slngaixjrc piar.i.st. Miss52 words
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317 1955-06-16 2 Formosa 'quiet' is good for world peace— Mr. M. \ii* Harold M I ntly Ual reduction oi b icUon and propagan I rai He i IJ hope I ujjj b»- maintained <>r t ext< nded ild, th* British iffaires m Peking, Iff th«* C1.." P cl. Ba tnat C) toReuter - 317 words
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Article27 1955-06-16 2 Red China now exports its industrial products to 24 countries m Asia, Africa and Europe, says the Hong Kong Communist newspaper Ta Kung Pao. U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-06-16 2 picture. j IT'S A BIT rough and ready but certainly better than walking. These schoolgirls climb into a lorry and m a little while it will be lessons as usual, despite the bus strike. Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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94 1955-06-16 2 CHINA and Indonesia have agreed to set up a joint committee m Jakarta to work out a method to implement their 20-year-old dual nationality treaty signed m Bandoeng last April, the New China News Agency said yesterday. Under the treaty. Chinese m Indonesia mustReuter - 94 words
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200 1955-06-16 2 COST TO FEDERATION SO FAR -£83 MIL. Commons question on Emergency MR. HENRY HOPKINSON JJ* Minister of State for Colonial Affair.s, .said yesterday that every effort was being made to enlist more active public support in Ma Jaya to hasten the end of the Emergency. Mr. Stan Awbery. Labour, IReuter - 200 words
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105 1955-06-16 2 /COMMUNIST leader Ho Chi Minh confirmed yesterday that famine threatens Red North Vietnam. The Voice of Vietnam, the Communist radio, broadcast a ipeech that Ho Chi Minh made: to a production congress at Hanoi two days ago. He said We must tare105 words
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Advertisement185 1955-06-16 2 HE DEFIES DEATH WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE Michael Blondini, sword swallower, fire eater, yogi, fakir, acrobat begins a great series of articles on his life as a circus showman. Read of his incredible adventures as a boy beneath the big top and of his perilous apprenticeship m which he185 words
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187 1955-06-16 3 U.K. SEEKS MORE 'NON-VITAL' TRADE WITH MAO LORD MANCROFT, Under-Secretary for Home Affairs said m London yesterday the British Government was anxious to see trade with China m non-strategic goods developed as much as possible^ A Liberal Peer. Lord Elibank. f had questioned the Government m the House of LordsReuter - 187 words
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216 1955-06-16 3 A FORMER British sol- I A dier has asked a West E Berlin district mayor to j help him get a bride be- i cause he prefers a Ger- i man girl for a wife. E Mr. A. P. Morris. 35, of E Erdington,Reuter - 216 words
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Article55 1955-06-16 3 A former London bus driveryesterday took over the leadership- of the non-Communist world's largest trade union. Mr Arthur Ernest Tiffin 59. was elected general secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers' Union, representing over 1,300.000 workers. It has long been regarded as the country'-sReuter - 55 words
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Article22 1955-06-16 3 The last Belgian unit m Korea, a 216-man company, left Pusan for home on the French linef Lac* last night.22 words
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Article89 1955-06-16 3 JAKARTA DENIES DUTCH CHARGES THE Indonesian Foreign Ministry yesterday rejected Dutch accusations that Indonesian police were maltreating prisoners. In addition, it said it would publish a White Paper on Dutch subversion m Indonesia. It said the Dutch White Paper, issued by the Dutch j Foreign Minister, Mr. Luns, m NewReuter - 89 words
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Article148 1955-06-16 3 BRITAIN'S trains ran almost normally last night only 24 hours after the loco- men's strike which paralysed the railways for 17 days had ended. The British Transport Commission, which runs the state-owned rail network, reported rapid progress m getting into top »ear a«ain. Priority was givenReuter - 148 words
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Article, Illustration78 1955-06-16 3 Mr. WEE CHONG JIN. a Singapore lawyer and cricketer, and Miss Cecilia Henderson CUt their wedding cake after their marriage at the Cathedral of the Ge>od Shepherd, Singapore, yesterday. A reception was held at the Raffles Hotel. Among the 400 quests was the CommissionerGeneral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald who proposedFree Press - 78 words
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Article24 1955-06-16 3 British European Airways are to open a helicopter bus .service between London Airport and the South Bank Helicopter Station next month. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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164 1955-06-16 3 SEAMAN SENT TO JAIL FOR 440I b OF OPIUM A BRITISH judge, Mr. Al James Reynolds, at the Victoria District Court, m Hon.; Kon^;, yesterday sent a 20-year-old seaman, Li Sek Chlng, of the 2,882-ton Norwegian vessel, Hermod, to jail" for 18 months' hard labour for possessing and importing 440164 words
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Article82 1955-06-16 3 Singapore at Asian food talks The United Kingdom will represent Singapore, tiie Federation of Malaya and Hon Kon«? at a six -day Food and Agricultural Organisation regional conference due to begin m Kandy, Ceylon, next Monday. Britain and 13 Asian countries will discuss the selective expansion of agricultural production andReuter - 82 words
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263 1955-06-16 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 16, 1955. Opinion CONFIDENCE RESTORED •the move by the forces of chaos and disruption to paralyse the economy ol Singapore by getting as many workers as possible to go on .strike has been i ffectively answerMi. Last night, more than 25,000 workers of two263 words
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Article, Illustration798 1955-06-16 4 ARTHUR MORLEY - Science stages a Revolution ARTHUR MORLE Y Ny STERILE SCRUB LAND irIS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO FERTILE FARM LAND Man's latest campaign against want is a contribution far greater than can be expected from atomic power. tTBM most unlikely-100l I Qup nl "fl WOll Uonarfc i &oul imagine are ranging th798 words
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Advertisement26 1955-06-16 4 A HANDSOME GU I m the HISTORY OF I IMI MEASUREMEN I ROLEX I G.C.OeSILVA&BROS.. ("Jt'Wi'lli'rs" 3 RAFFLES PLACE Singapore- 1 T« I 831 1 'j26 words
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Advertisement95 1955-06-16 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 yean of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR, Ph.ce) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6 1 M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11,000 to 30,00095 words
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181 1955-06-16 5 Marshall helps deaf man to get a job Mr Ho Keng Kwai. of Alexandra Road, Singapore, who became deaf through Japanese bombing during the war and has been jobless tor a long time, is being helped to stand on his own feet again'hanks to the Chief Minister. Mr David Marshall.181 words
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Article34 1955-06-16 5 Mr. Wu-Tsuan Wong. of Singapore, has received two degrees from the University of Chicago— a bachelor of arts m the biological sciences and a master of science m biochemistry.34 words
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Article, Illustration170 1955-06-16 5 AMAN and his wife who thought they were j never to see each other j again were reunited M hours after they had leapt i hand m hand from a blazing tanker. In the kitchen of a tiny I private hotel m Dover on I thePopper - 170 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-06-16 5 The Premier pugs picture. MB. EDGARI FAURE. the French Prime Minister, is held to ransom by three attractive French film stars. From left to right are Leslie Caron, Brigitte Bardot and Francoise Arnoul, all intent on selling him tickets for the tombola at the Kroiles fair m Paris. PopperPopper - 49 words
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245 1955-06-16 5 REHABILITATION OF LEPERS 'BIG TASK'-CANON REHABILITATION problems plague Singapore s Leprosy Association. "There still is a great amount of rehabilitation work to be done. We rely on the enthusiasm and generosity of our committee and the public to carry on this good work," said Rev. Canon R X S Adams,245 words
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Advertisement297 1955-06-16 5 n ||_^S«a Realistic model of a 6-wheeled military fi collecting personne| carrier wealth of surface 8 detail, and gun mounted In revolving niMI-fY turret E n mcl,ed ,n servico *s reen >: I/IPIIV with Royal Armoured Corps signs. Heavy-tread tyres. j TOYS \u^y PHc. $1-90 J j W£ NOW HAVE297 words
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Miscellaneous218 1955-06-16 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I t 1 I f TTZ I I GOTTA FIN O THAT V.A66Y. IT'S BEST TO 6O HOME. ANO NO WONDER. BUT I HMi TOURIST-ANDGET VAYBTYOUR HUSBAND'S TXERE.J ITE LLY^' HE WA S H EXEDj PR! I ANOTHER PILL. /if thatlaoy'sstiuhcre.been) ->r— IX218 words
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Miscellaneous750 1955-06-16 6 YOUR 1 LUCKYj I STAR IJOKN today, you are cmi- 4 x iiently suited for all kinds 4 4 of brain work. You are ex- tremely studious and iind plea- sure m learning, just for the 1 X -heer joy of adding to your X 4 store of knowledge. -4750 words
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Article207 1955-06-16 7 LONDON. June 15. Previous Today i BKI N«. 1 RSS European 30 bttMH 31 norn nor Us June 30 sellers KI'BBFK No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European 29' 4 buyers 29\ on parti July 29 sellers 30', mU Xl RBIK No. 1 RSS Spot 32 buyers 33 33207 words
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Article54 1955-06-16 7 Spot Malabar 50 Awaiting release 50. Afloats 50 to 49. June shipment 49 to 50. Sarawak spot 49. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 47 Above prices quoted m to 46. June shipment 44. Lampong spot 50*4. Awaiting relea^ 48. Afloat.. 50 to 49. June shipment 48 1 sellers ex54 words
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Article97 1955-06-16 7 NEW YORK. June IS. Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 93.62 nom. 93.62 nom. TIN futures June 92.50 bid 92.50 bid 94.50 asked 93.65 asked July 92.25 bid 92.10 bid 94.1& asked 92.95 asked Aug. 92.00 bid 91.85 bid 93.50 asked 92.45 asked TON'K Steady. SALES:97 words
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Article116 1955-06-16 7 June 15. Previous Today COPRA Philippines cJ.f. UK/North European delivered weight per «i-ai/ k,,,,*-* Ion? ton June/July $181 sellers 1 79 V_ buyers COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk, per Ion? ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits c.Lf. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per lons lon June/July £66*.116 words
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Article34 1955-06-16 7 NEW YOBK. June 15. Previous Today 50 Industrials 438.20 ***** 20 Railroads 161.09 ***** 40 Domestic Bonds 99™ JJ-J* i:> I tilities 64.11 94 18 c* Stocks Composite Avenge 162.18 152.9434 words
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Article, Illustration34 1955-06-16 7 picture. QUEEN DINA of Jordan and Madame Franco wore beautiful lace mantillas when they attended one of the many receptions m Madrid m honour of Kin-; Hussein and his wife. PopperPopper - 34 words
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209 1955-06-16 7 tX)UR and a half million -T American families toda:, own two cars, and within the next five year, the figure is expected {o climb to seven and a half million families, says the Wall Street Journal. In their study of the "growing American209 words
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266 1955-06-16 7 THE Rev. Robin Woods, Archdeacon of Singapore, has given three lessons which Christians m the Colony could learn from the recent bus strike leading to the riot m the Alexandra area on May 12. Writing m "The Courier," publication of the St. Andrew's Cathedral,266 words
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Article40 1955-06-16 7 The Sy. John Ambulance Brigade cadet sports, which were to be held at the Victoria School ground at 3 p.m. on Saturday, have now been postponed until further notice, owing to the present transport crisis m Singapore.40 words
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Advertisement71 1955-06-16 7 BUY THE BEST BUY A VULCAIN /mmi9*> /-f/r v>\ r^" V'-^'N^/'^^^ l^—* \mmmmm\maWm W _-___^^_i i 1 II i S_H_l World famed for quality watches since 1858 Sole Agents: SHRIRO (china) LTD. (Incorporated m Hongkong) We sped a Use m SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRAM-SPORT .AGENCY LTD. i(/t v fi. r >.71 words
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Article, Illustration94 1955-06-16 8 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Feld (below) of the United States j:": Consulate arrive for the fancy :ji dress competition as Uncle Sam i j and Lady Liberty. j Picture above shows a general view of the i guests dancing while on the right "The Flying 1 Michelles," Michael94 words
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Article, Illustration195 1955-06-16 9 I WONG THE POTENTATE WINS I FREE AIR TRIP TO BANGKOK MR. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General for SouthEast Asia, dressed as a clown, presided over 1.000 people. some fantastically dressed, at the Chinese Ladies' Association yi Dance m the Victoria Memorial Hall. *T Some of the fancy dresses195 words
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Article, Illustration697 1955-06-16 10 than illness does reports FRED MANOR SUMMER hai come to Cans lo usher In the bl est I ci In the y' A killer th it toll "1 W« lf Lak I !han the di* I di I l tota irance com ,it ,r clam cPopper - 697 words
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Advertisement87 1955-06-16 10 'Ala _L _mhl_^_l *$s_*__. ■_r_^_T^_ m _X a B J_a_4_ B_B R >§P*3_t''**' £1 v %<_*tftj <feft#ii%jfc*i%jt#tf%jt*tf*jt#if%jt4tf^ r The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be 3 2 sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of FOR SIX MONTHS d If87 words
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Article, Illustration1165 1955-06-16 11 THOMAS WISEMAN - THIS star-maker stands in the cinema queue THOMAS WISEMAN by*******,* TVE GOT PAST THE STAGE WHEN 1 NEED TO IMPRESS PEOPLE/ SAYS ROBERT CLARK, BOSS OF ELSTREE STUDIOS i uif I were being itinised, assessed Oled for reference pair of electronic I felt rather like i i -draft m somehank1,165 words
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Article, Illustration26 1955-06-16 11 Ii iV Packet of stream"lU( V is none other popular dancing star ['iter soon to be seen m ;<>lourful screen role honour girl of the footUyhts.26 words
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68 1955-06-16 11 Top tunes may scramble for those Oscars FILM tunes are setting Tin Pan Alley afire again. Reaching now for top platter spots are the title theme number for "Marty,' Cherry Pink" from Underwater, three versions of "Davy Crockett," same number on "Unchained Melody," and two on the Mervyn Le Roy68 words
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Article107 1955-06-16 11 She HAD to learn to drive again JANET LEIGH, who drives a handsome 1955 convertible with power this and power that, took no joy m h-*r assignment on the "Pete Kelly's Blues" set at a Hollywood studio. The story is of Kansas City m 1927 and a Rolls Royce ol107 words
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Advertisement40 1955-06-16 11 Diamond Gem Set ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS. A WIDE CHOICE OF STYLES AND PRICES LANKA JEWELLERS, (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) r 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINCAPORE-1. PHONE ***** i tmmvU TRANSPORT STORAGE Ji^e- tiMrii #s*_r_H Ul«CtCll ITIIII SIN6APORC VfJM M40 words
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492 1955-06-16 12 They FROWN on scarlet toe-nails here JA special correspondent J 'peeps at a woman's world j (behind the Iron Curtain J where thc beauty parlours! !are run on Party lines! L i IN HUNGARY, painted I toi nail make i woman politically unn liable a youni ii irlan rel beauty492 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-06-16 12 Avoid smearing your eyebrows after applying eyebrow pencil, by covering them with a brush-on fixative, as shown here by Hollywood actress Jarma Lewis. This may also be used to prevent your mascara from smudging.36 words
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Advertisement114 1955-06-16 12 STEADY Mmf^tb* PROGRESS "ff^ 0t0 mm** o^ m Zm *'*\WS?fcv 4 jSsESsS&fe 'fflfa, :s*_*S_? ow6«__i*i'i""» "G-L-BEs '-Mms'' .'.■.•lv'"''''v'-"'"'*i^^ "^'•XJW^ I***^1 \\v' .•..vX-X* X j&_S_v' _>-_ooV_SS_K. '9a^^^^'''J^l^^a v -■>"&' a^vv. Site Salmah bte M Jafar 1 -j^terworth Basah bin M. Jafar f These lovely babies come from homes that are far114 words
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Miscellaneous239 1955-06-16 12 -.-b"*^" __sn pmm mmmm BB i-M— 1— CLUBS \< icons sunn m I Diaterlal (S). 2 Metal got m a turn over (b> 1U lk aothtaf Horn strong ale to Nothing m three directions (4*. produce a smarting sensation 7 a qua* ter bu ihei kl (4) 6 i tuned239 words
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Article, Illustration854 1955-06-16 13 William Hickey - These men have one ambition: to RUN a HOTEL in London William Hickey HAD a jolly clay m Lon--1 don last week. In he I went to the r)ub m Belgravia here, standing m or way. was Vecchi, noted restaurateur f" for many years J^gned over the Hungarla H(l hac854 words
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Article517 1955-06-16 13 1 ides vulnerable EAST J•I4K Q 10 7 4 9AQ2 4 2 0 5 3 10 932 J 5 4 SOUTH RT CAST SOUTH WEST 1 N.T. Pass 2 N -T. pass 3 N.T. All pass bridge player keeps taking every minute he •ie the victim of his517 words
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Advertisement39 1955-06-16 13 'mmm^ Mm\ RADIO WEEKLY] INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL TUE BEST l\ BBOADCASTMXV Ess 1 1 PrttyrettnAwsvs Hn ord AttdieitstSH HeHtd-huneissfj its H»rttt><* MUtdits Ptsstbufj Cmrlwwmm tsnd Pe**m*M*** Pivturt* Stai/oit PRICE 30 CENTS FROM ALL MEWSACEMTS ON SALE TODAY39 words
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Article, Illustration77 1955-06-16 14 DESMOND HACKETT - Jack the Giant could top the bill in 1956 DESMOND HACKETT G Hill yom ■> m naiiwrf beavj ireifhl \<*u lnw to mhl throwing \«>nr big pum-li riu'it atraj -<» vmllk.ul im^i a«3 I im v I'm rootwark I isk«(l Jack Gardner down al 'hn Lodge lum m Harkel Marboroofh77 words
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Article82 1955-06-16 14 i served: *'< i method M ump and i if, ding to all accou I i I thought I could t Ice him on r i ed, his mighl i I (-nd I ooa back a Oardne red "If Ig<l t chance to flghi M j i82 words
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Article147 1955-06-16 14 "I il M be plenty of mono. In a win and I am a_ f ond ol i bil ol bi ai the next chap. That kind of money would be worth rot-getting i erything lor aa- six months, and I would be orep ired to do147 words
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Article70 1955-06-16 14 Tn flic qualifying rounds of the Ladies colony Golf Championship playi fi ovi r 36 holes Royal i land club. Mrs v Needham led the Held with m score of 171. Starting timi s for bhe Ist I round to be played tomorrow are: 3 pm.70 words
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495 1955-06-16 14 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK hv J .niiMiiiiiiiunn. ....and club managers and directors can be assured of many headaches! The beginning of Portsmouth Till. \KMV ABC TO ENTER I TEAM IN THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (IP competition, it wt> DECIDED m THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TO495 words
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Article185 1955-06-16 14 RUGBY 1> RADFORD NORTHERN haw signed Norman Mackie. Yorkshire's 23-year-old Rugby Union hooker for the past four seasons. He will fill the vacancy left by the surprise retirement of Norman Haley. Mackie, a member of the Otley club, played his Brst match for the county185 words
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100 1955-06-16 14 Wilshaw gets an unique appointment DENNIS WILSHAW, the Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fnt-land footballer and Hanley High School (Staffordshire) master, has been appointed a s a peripatetic teacher m football to Stoke-on-Trent schools and youth clubs, probably the only post of its kind m the country. He takes up his duties100 words
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Article, Illustration32 1955-06-16 14 QORDON PIRIF reaches the tape an easy winner m the mile race m the University of London AAA meet. His time was 4 mm. 6 sec.32 words
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Article163 1955-06-16 14 Jockeys were weighed I m potato scales and by candlelight! THIRSK. the popular and friendly racecourse at the foot of the Hambleton Hills m Yorkshire, has just celebrated Its centenary. In the early days a pot tto scale was used to weigh the jockeys and the163 words
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Article44 1955-06-16 14 V\R Roger Bannister, the flit*! MJ to run the mile ir unde: minutes, was awarded by the In'national Olympics Committee n\c< ing m Paris, the Mohammed TPPIL Cup given each year to an atnle setting the best example to spoilsmen. ReuterReuter - 44 words
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146 1955-06-16 14 A FTER a neck-and-neck race with Fred Winter, applecheeked Tim Molony has won the battle for the champion National Hunt jockey title for the fifth time. Tim was born m an Irish racing family m County Limerick m 1920 and was In146 words
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381 1955-06-16 15 BRILLIANT BENAUD BEST OF FIVE CENTURY-MAKERS Xl) BY 'RICHIE BENAUD WHO SCORED A CENTURY IN 108 I. MINUTES, THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS WENT ON A .SATTING SPREE YESTERDAY TO GAIN A FIRST INNINGS LEAD OF 401 OVER TIIE WEST INDIES ON IMF FOIRTH DAY OF THEReuter - 381 words
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Article, Illustration66 1955-06-16 15 picture. I|l 1 V yards from the finish and Ascot (No. 4. Maui astride) has passed Pulot Puteh (No Ni and is about to overhaul Willy I. (Bougoure, on rails) and ro on to win Race Seven M Bukit Timah yesterday. StarryFree Press - 66 words
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656 1955-06-16 15 YESTERDAY'S BUKIT TIMAH RACES REVIEWED (Fref fttSt Racing Correspondent) r Spencer-Bell combination scored another big race suchen Enjoyment II scored a wo- length win m the Class 1 6f. Kedah Stakes at Bukit yesterday. ted m the betting, EnjcyII paid a handsome dividend656 words
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Article55 1955-06-16 15 "pONY Trabert and Vie Seixas who are top seeded for the doubles at Wimbledon next week, received a severe jolt when beaten 6-4. 6-4 by Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola of Italy m the third round of the men's doubles m the Queen's Club international lawn55 words
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160 1955-06-16 15 HONG KONG TEAM DELIGHT WELLINGTON CROWD AS THEY GAIN 3-1 WIN IHK touring Chinese soccer team from Hong Kong beat 7a ln X to by 3-1 m the second match of their New firet half here m VVe,, n ton Yesterday, aftci a goalless f 'v had drawn 5-5 m160 words
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Article78 1955-06-16 15 The R.A.O.C. team to meet RAMC In the annual cricket match for the Young Bat" at the Friendly Hill Ground 3 8.0.D. on Sunday is: Lt. CoL R.A.J. Wiggins. 'Capt.', Capt. P Harper, Maj. C. J. Maguire. Capt. J G. Grimble, Capt. H. B. Moore,78 words
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Article39 1955-06-16 15 BILLY Peacock knocked out National Boxing Association bantamweight champion Raul Raton i Macia.s m 2 mm 29 sec of the third round m a scheduled 10-round nonUtle fi^ht m Los Angeles last night. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article201 1955-06-16 15 A very open singles af Wimbledon 5 A REMARKABLY open Wim- bledon so far as the men's I I singles are concerned emerged I when the draw was made at I the All England Club yesterday morning. f Should seedings work out and there are only eight com- I IReuter - 201 words
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130 1955-06-16 15 Mercedes me to inspect race circuit DIRECTORS of the Merce-des-Benz Organisation have been invited to fly to Liverpool from Stuttgart to inspect the circuit where the British Grand Prix will be run on July 16. The invitation was made by the British Automobile Racing Club, organisers of the race, followingReuter - 130 words
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Article97 1955-06-16 15 WEST INDIES Ist Inns: 357. AUSTRALIA Ut Inns. McDonald b Worrell 127 lu.ll r Weeke s b Kinc 0 Morris lbw Dewdney 7 Ilarvev c Atkinson b Smith 204 Miller c Worrell b Atkinson 109 Archer c Depeixa b Kin** 12ft Benaud c Worrell b Smith 121 Mndwali b97 words
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256 1955-06-16 15 Somerset out for 68 v. South Africans I SMARTING under their heavy Test defeat earlier this week. South Africa skittled out Somerset I tor 68 runs when their three-day cricket match opened at Taunton yesterday. This was Somerset's lowest score ever against a Springbok side, and was only one runReuter - 256 words
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Article25 1955-06-16 15 Sweden beat Rumania I 1 m an international soccer match m Gothenburg iMt night after leading 2 0 at half Ome. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Advertisement21 1955-06-16 15 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET Ace Band of Singapore MISS SALOMA the Malay '\Maril>n Monroe" oOo— Rintf ***** for Table Keser\ations21 words
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Article34 1955-06-16 16 H .1 I minimum i •i 1 CHAN rhe Big > *emeni a M Roland J am Hock I ion "f the Jate i Kee ITon md m poh el d iv rh(.i.leo Slew34 words
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Article41 1955-06-16 16 jn H mil. \h 'minimum). tND MRS lAN SIM HONG 1 oi theii only c to Robert Sou* on ol I I *11 rl Mi:-. Bo I > [ndone «,i North Hill idena C Ull "ni 1 on Thu J I41 words
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Article232 1955-06-16 16 W.iitt, \i, 1 minimum P iPAI M AIM MIIK P t > isth June at the Ge ii Hospital Cortege leave• •id c 101 Race Cour.se Rd. 8 1 Irt W*S received from 1 rib 10l the death of Mr s on "i ii** 1 ite Mr. ■nd M232 words
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Article51 1955-06-16 16 *<i awmrm v, < minimum > < md u<»(> Mcl on i oa ne- ''i v ilei le dang Kei bail Ho iJ A.'ll W• Dl i Md -J-Win. 17 I 1 1 ighter, Anne! i i nh i I i it X md m Kei bi i i51 words
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381 1955-06-16 16 Lillibullero and Cargo Rice in rousing workout Free Press Rating Correspondent r JLLIBUI.LERO AND CARGO RICE. TWO CLASS 1* SPRINTERS, BROKE 38 P^OR 3F. ON A 'DEAD TRACK AT BUKIT TIMAH THIS MORNING. iJlJi.Millr-ro looking vrry fit after lem-thy let vp. went styli»hl> with Bafbj up etekiftf I S. C„r«o381 words
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Article339 1955-06-16 16 vk III. HTfl se\en races on >alin(1iv. final dav ot the Singapore Turf Clubs June Meeting are: THF BOfOilPOBI DP (1. 1. Oiv. 1— 1'iM. South Pa<iii« I.M Fuphrales Ml M) i^ Point 8.1? Skamffrih Krnnn-s 8.10 Dantesquc 8.0;» Ni/ik«l SO? rmirweatfcei J.»J .losker II NOTF:339 words
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312 1955-06-16 16 ORKBHIRE, who have loot their la t three matches and fallen vi point behind Surrey In the county cricket championship table, ran Into more troubles against Kent at Hull yesterday. They lost the tOH and the Kent opening p;i ir Arthur Fa^r* <82> andReuter - 312 words
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Article392 1955-06-16 16 DOYAL Singapore Golf Club beat v Royal Island Club by 19 matches to 7 With tWO halved at R S.G.C.j m Sunday's four-ball matches 'I be 111 I WON tit s.G.c. mentioned Aral > j Q C. Thomson md s c Beat) beat J.392 words
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198 1955-06-16 16 !f->ORDON PIRIE, British six miles I Champion, won the 2.000 metres I International race ln Brussels last nlffht but failed to beat the world record. He won m smin. MJsiC. which I was 5.6 sec. outside the record of Bmin, 7sec. held byReuter - 198 words
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