The Singapore Free Press, 31 August 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1955-08-31 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya v ,i. Singapore, Wednesday, August 31, 1955. Price 15Cts.18 words
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Article109 1955-08-31 1 Drugs for Rita after shock Rli lIAYWORTH suf•red such a "severe e nio<ion;il shock'* from her >reak-up with Dick givmei that she was liven drugs by her doctor and confined to bed yesterday. The actress's attorney, Stmuel Zagon, revealed t!u> when he appeared in Hollywood federal court and gained a109 words
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Article226 1955-08-31 1 Strike -hit hotels talk tomorrow NO NEW CONTA CT WITH UNION THE Singapore Hotel Association will meet tomorrow to review the situation In seven strike-hit hotels. A spokesman of the Association said his members had no further contact with the union and it had been agreed not to enter Into226 words
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Article54 1955-08-31 1 Dulles hint rHERE were indications that Soviet military iquipment may have been jffered to Arab states, said Bittfl States Secretary of Itate. Mr. Joton Foster )nlle*. Washington yes.crdav. Mr. Dulles said there was feme reliability in the.se indications but the Sjfc^te DeDartii ent had no, official54 words
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Article56 1955-08-31 1 On.- o* the two model prioners who escaped from lhangi Jail on Saturday, ill bin Hassan, was caught ast night in Moulmein Sreen. The other man. Kok Jek Choa, has already «urrndered^ r li i r d prisoner. Chia rue, who escaped from Outam Jail, on the56 words
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Article25 1955-08-31 1 A;. Egyptian soldier was ißed yesterday and five iviiians wounded in three lathes with Israeli forces i the Gaza border strip. P.25 words
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Article20 1955-08-31 1 Sir Winston Churchill will y to the South of France ext month for a few eek.s' holiday- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article78 1955-08-31 1 THEY CLEAN STREETS— BY MACHINE ANEW road -sweeping machine commissioned by the Singapore City Council to do the job of strikers went into operation today. Another machine is being tried out to clean the drain*. The machine can clear 12 cubic feet of rubbish i<i an hour. Mr. G. Kdmond.78 words
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Article45 1955-08-31 1 A small explosive ehartfe was set off yesterday just beneath the window* of President Juan Peron'.s #mce in Oaaa Rosada. the Government House in Central Buenos Aire-s Police said the explosive, thrown from a speeding car went off harmle&lv UP.45 words
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Article33 1955-08-31 1 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b, opened in Dir.Kapore this morning at Si.40 3 per lb.. down flveeiunths of a cefnt on last night's close. Tpe opening t< ne was quiet.*33 words
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Article89 1955-08-31 1 MALAYS have increased in greater numbers than Chinese, according to the report for 1954 on population by the Federation's Registrar of General of births and deaths. Since the 1947 census, Malaysians have increased In numbers by 465.816 and Chinese by 331.571. There were 2,893,650 Ma- layttani In89 words
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88 1955-08-31 1 I'n.LIAM Francis, of Iverhead. New York, is ful for the car acci^ the was in— ft brought Uht to him after 10 of darkness. I'm so happy I'm almost Francis said at the ■stand he operates. "I can see the customers light matches. I can88 words
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Article391 1955-08-31 1 Tvnyku** rail to iiriiain pHE British Government and the Malay Rulers must be prepared to foster nationalism in Malaya or hand the country over to the Malayan Communist Party, said Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Federation's Chief Minister, at this morning's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.391 words
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Article58 1955-08-31 1 Ti hi i:m TOSIS continued lo be Malaya's No 1 killer la*t y^ar, arrording to the annual report of the Kef Utrmr of Kirth* and Deaths, Mr, E. M McDonald. ÜbifM at today's Federal I>egislative Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur. More than ii.uu people58 words
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Advertisement18 1955-08-31 1 FREE TODAY: 48-page Malayan Industries Supplement w^m^mm I^* the iDOn T3CCS rREE TOMORROW: Complete Form G^iide tor vj^JL18 words
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Advertisement121 1955-08-31 1 ■^1 Ht^a^. J .^BB& *3bt B^^' r :^M 4 ft vJB %L--'mJF «9j 'I C. »f M* jStA jk m pA i ft js&i jEbT I y Nature intended all to enjoy complete <^\ and THtiiceful »leep each nijcht in order to gain itr«ngth. energy and onftdenc* a(^ JM *tj121 words
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122 1955-08-31 2 o.i viant a Pakistani law student, told Karachi reporters yesterP^v thafhe 'pfam f^ne-man-Goa-style'- protest invasion of the Indian-occupied part of Kashmir on J^g M3 demonstration) he e l a d n whi,.do?ewS he Sd release at the border. Tied to its r K woufdVaReuter - 122 words
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Article, Illustration48 1955-08-31 2 picture. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Commission-er-General, being greeted by Mo- M. SaraTanamuthu, the Ceylon Commissioner In Malaya, on his arrival at the Ceylon Sports Club, Singapore, last niffht. Mr MacDonald was given a farewell cocktail party by the Club. On the left "p« Mrs Saravanamu-: thu. Free PressFree Press - 48 words
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95 1955-08-31 2 A PORTUGUESE military tribunal has sentenced eight Goan Hindus charged with subversive activities, to prison terms ranging from one to 12 years with fines and ruspension of political rights, it was announced in Panjim yesterday. One man was acquitted. The group were arrested95 words
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100 1955-08-31 2 DRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S plan for mutual aerial inspection by the United States and the Soviet Union of each other's establishments as a means of preventing surprise attack and ffivine warning of mobilisation, has been supplemented by a proposal to we ground observers as well. ThisReuter - 100 words
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Article37 1955-08-31 2 Most of the mutineers of ttte Sudan Defence Force fled from their headquarters at !Xtett before government troops" arrived to detain them following an uncondi--1 tional surrender, reports 'From the south said y ester- ReuterReuter - 37 words
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334 1955-08-31 2 DULLES: TIME NOT RIGHT YET FOR POLL IN VIETNAM MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, the U.S. Secretary of State, said in Washington yesterday the Inited States certainly agreed with Premier Ng<> Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, that conditions in North Vietnam were not right for frte elections. In reply to aA.P. - 334 words
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Article13 1955-08-31 2 All British operational trooos will leave Austria by September 19.- A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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112 1955-08-31 2 Shocked Ministers -but he got his story A GREEK Jour, shocked the tish, Greek and Tin tfril Foreign Ministei London yesterday by sitting unobserved through the opening session of their secret conference on Cyprus and other East Mediterranean questions. The reporter identified as Mr. Kar.ivi.iv diplomatic correspondent of a GreekReuter - 112 words
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Article, Illustration54 1955-08-31 2 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rtfht licv. H. W. Baines, yesterday dedicated and blesscvl the new vicarage of St. Paul's Church in Upper Seranftoon Koad, Singapore. The Archdeacon, the Rt. Rev. Robin Woods (centre back) a principal of St. Andrew's School. R. K. S. Adams, also took part in theFree Press - 54 words
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Advertisement85 1955-08-31 2 1 Bajaj Tf&ttes'^ i Sensational Hit! I I' 1 EXCLUSIVE I DRESS F&TOIICS by well "known k manufacturers from I SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY AND ENGLAND mi are now on display at j I I iirvattu flfrfff c*>d Prices! I I i PLEASE CALL EARLY at your favourite store- BAJAJ TEXTILES,85 words
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Article215 1955-08-31 3 Not subject to US law at time says Chaplin rILM star Charles Chaplin has protested the S. government's asses- sing him U.5.5516.167.47 about M51.500.000 in income taxes and interest for 1953. US Tax Court records snowed yesterday. Chaplin, who left the United States m 5215 words
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Article148 1955-08-31 3 POLICEMEN NOT GUILTY OF MURDER InHARGES against two H H police inspectors f Murdering an African ifSSSSSd t in court in K-nya, yesterday afU tte magistrate. Mr. A. C. r f: e 0 n said medical ev P had materially alL id 'he position." Th, 'inspectors were then .uiUed withReuter - 148 words
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Article54 1955-08-31 3 Christopher Rees, 24--rear-old Welsh Nationalist vho unsuccessfully camwisned as a candidate durng the British general elec:ion last May while in prison, has been released from Swansea, Wales, jail after serving a six-month sentmce. He was convicted for refusing to submit to a medical examination under theReuter - 54 words
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Article25 1955-08-31 3 Encephalitis, a brain disease, has afflicted 202 Koreans, mostly children, in he past three weeks. The ieuth toll has reached 55. A.PA.P - 25 words
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Article18 1955-08-31 3 A- station on show Russian hosts showed Isitine Yugoslavs the Soiet atomic power station lear Moscow yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article22 1955-08-31 3 MAXIMUM price tar **ftjl 31 will be raised on s* >t. iD tl n has unoun- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article225 1955-08-31 3 'Cruel 9 punishment may be outlawed HPHE first U.N. congress on prevention of crime and treatment of offend- ers meeting in Geneva yesterday approved a 'prisoners charter" prohibiting "all cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments. It adopted a set of 95 standard minimum rules which wouldReuter - 225 words
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Article, Illustration34 1955-08-31 3 piciure. MISS DIANA ST l"®*™. "g^™",,,' S n^re" with celebrate her t» en '*l" rst J%* s t a .L,?i<.k s n 1>low her parents, Mr and W. f. StrcdwitK > stred therapist- Free PressFree Press - 34 words
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Article48 1955-08-31 3 BRITONS are smokinf so many cigaj rettes that some com- panics have begun rationing dealers, it was i disclosed in London yesterday. Manufacturers say supplies are low not because of a shortage of tobacco but because the factories cannot 1 keep up with the dt_ 111,111(1- U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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68 1955-08-31 3 rALIAN police claimed yesterday their weekend sweep through the bleak Calabrian hilta had smashed the power of bandit king Antonio Marci 1 The Wolf of Aspromonte" I —and his 200 Outlaws. Thirty member* of the gang had been arrested, and the rest were fleeing68 words
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Article132 1955-08-31 3 rpHE British Ministry of 1 Housing yesterday refused to confirm an application by Eton Urban Council to purchase compulsorily part of the famous playing fields of Eton, England's leading public school, to build flats. The college Itself had not objected to the proposal butReuter - 132 words
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Article29 1955-08-31 3 Austrian Alpine rescue t^ams yeaU-rday came upon five students mis-sin* s nee Sunday in the Alps. Lin/ reported. They wenexhausted but otherwise unhurt. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article25 1955-08-31 3 The Japanese Foreign Office Is concerned over the reported bad treatment of Japane.se fishermen held In South Korean detainment camps In Pasan A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Advertisement71 1955-08-31 3 M S GOING pi i PLACES' I V Wherever you go. i M I co anc^ co ect i I J 1 compliments 4 ioo%dacrom: I' ■BS V H 1 WKi3 v/z/j/V shades I wfr\ 1 A i H WASSIAMULLS 2 ■■■■■■■■■■< "MIKIMOTO" I I World Famous CULTURED PEARLS f71 words
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208 1955-08-31 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 1955. Opinion CHEAPER LIVING rpHE improving situa- tion in the Federation added to the general world trend promises to provide the Singapore Government with a heaven-sent opportunity to lower the cost of living. Any appreciable reduction, it must be agreed, would be a208 words
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Article426 1955-08-31 4 PHIL MAGELSDORF - Jamaica tackles its biggest task PHIL MAGELSDORF by HP HE byword for A Jamaica is development. Faced with wide unemployment and a low standard of living, the present government of Chief Minister Norman W. Manley has set its sights on improving both situations. Its goals: Development of industry, development ofA.P. - 426 words
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Article260 1955-08-31 4 UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN FDFDF TIE fining of a man for pulling the communication cord without reasonable excuse recalled the story of George Moore in a train with Dr. Gogarty. Moore was admiring a view from the window. "I'd give £5," he said, "to be able to stop and look260 words
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Article667 1955-08-31 4 'Housecleaning' in a Red state Here's what happens to "unwanted" people in the big cities of a country when Communists are in power HUNGARY has launched a new wave of deportations of 'superfluous" citizens from Budapest and other major cities to sparsely populated areas on the nation's inhospitable plains. Persistent667 words
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Advertisement23 1955-08-31 4 i "In Singapore i \...il'BSENA's\ I 5 always' for I HIGH CLASS JEWELLERY I I 11. SENA LTD.! SINCAPORE. PENANC b BANGKOK C23 words
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Advertisement149 1955-08-31 4 l Helena Rubinstein's ICOLOR-TINT RINSES] Rinse your hair /flj^i- WBt^k Swith shining colour— jp < wash it out m I at ui//. Ny^ II^LAMOROVS colour that V VJ can be rinsed into your Hltfe IM^ hair and washed out again at I Hi I the very next shampoo Colour t149 words
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Article, Illustration881 1955-08-31 5 adelaide Eastley - adelaide Eastley BV.. BACK IN LONDON FROM JUNGLE LfERE in Singapore H one race which, In p. filiation statistics t any rate, is at the ottom of the heap in anal representation, s the Japanese. Ind now we have one lr Toshi Sugita, plainively sneaking for 300 apaneseReuter - 881 words
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Advertisement56 1955-08-31 5 iipiiißiiißiilWlWßlLWil"*™" l^ ASAHI Cultured QQ Pearls GRACEFUL v AND lustrous ly&Sfi' Necklaces fillip Chokers Earrings Brooches k a variety of designs now on display L P. H. de SUVA LTD. IINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR I 45. HIGH STREET SINGAPORE I STATION RD. IPOH. 6. EMBANKMENT K LUMPUR mm ■...■un«n..«:: 156 words
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Advertisement201 1955-08-31 5 D6C C 8 "i3? ER^ M r C^ 78 r.pjn. SUndard Record* \^S POPE7OO6 IARA MIA (David WhitAekl) V«*il-vldi-vlci (The Dennis WLslon Quartet. 7010 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU (9uil MllU-r with Johnny DotmlaM T>»eedi«e-L>ee <Suzl MUWr aiid The Johnetun Broti). 7011 HI 'BBLE BI'BBLE— Th« JohnaUm Bn*. Cl»ee201 words
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Miscellaneous153 1955-08-31 6 YOUR JFAVOURITE CARTOONS 'MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis V x s—A *™i)\ igrP~lgg^S«U SIT DOWN ll«t y^"HUMAN?yI ff\ "p^i— V*?l /nO-'BILUONS/ j fc^Mj TARZAhT by Edgar Rice Burroughs JL '"V-^Jr^V^T y QJ<?E PO<2 SLCCPING SCIC- 1 /T/iTVkT^^^^ -1 2hJft*>>ay?/ S^Tj NESS gELPM^'S TO SaENC£- l< I \J/Um^rj\lb~~7~/ -Jh^S-Mt153 words
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Miscellaneous480 1955-08-31 6 YOUR I LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are one of u. individuals apparently destined fame and success. You may be b to rule— but, if not. you will ri.,< leadership through your own int< Lual force and vigorous power. You know how to recognise opp tunities; seize them and make480 words
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Article211 1955-08-31 7 LONDON. Aug. 30. WW B» a Previous loday vo 1 ESS eXf. 40 7 S buyers 40 > 2 buyers BBK an Ports September 41 sellers 40 sellers jurop^n r° rw j H RS8 cXI. 40 buyers 40 buyers r BBK Ports October 41 sellers 40 sellers211 words
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Article105 1955-08-31 7 NEW YORK. Aug. Previou, Today IN Straits *pot and nearby 95.75 nom. 95.75 Dot) IN futures August 96.00 nom. deleted September 94.80 bid 94.80 bid 95.80 asked 95.60 ask< October 94.05 bid 94 05 bid 95.05 ask d 94.80 asked ONF: Stead?. SALES: Nil. IBRTR futures September105 words
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Article38 1955-08-31 7 Spot and awaiting Malabar 44. n,. September 43. Saraik and afloats 39^. Afloats 39. Sept. 39. Lampong spot and awaiting ™te*f*">?llT£ <£L* Sept. shipment 43 sellers ex-dock. .pot Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.38 words
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Article36 1955-08-31 7 NEW YORK. Aug. M Previous Today I Industrials 464.37 464.67 I Railroads 156.50 156.50 I P°.™* tic B° nd 25 ii 66.06 I tilities DO i2 iR««ft I Stocks Composite Average 166.87 166.8836 words
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Article112 1955-08-31 7 j Aug. 30. Previou* Today loFRA Philippines ci.f. UK/ I North European delivered I^Hght per long ton ***f $172 v_ sellers $170 nom loPRA Philippines f.o.b.' Maniia Unquoted in bulk per ton Unquotea ■oi'RA Straits c.Lf. UK/North I Kuropean delivered weight per I long fa. A«g./Sept112 words
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176 1955-08-31 7 DEBATE ON NEW ATTAP HOUSES FOR CITY A SINGAPORE City Council committee report, recommending that a .scheme be worked out to allow attap house.s within the city, will come uy for debate at the Council's meeting today. If approved, it means that areas already occupied by attap dwellings, and the176 words
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Article68 1955-08-31 7 CARRIER HAS FLOWN 201 SORTIES THE British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Eagle has operated 201 aircraft sorties to date, the largest number ever flown by any British carrier. She has been on Intensive flying training in the Mediterranean since May. An Admiralty spokesman says that the Eagle, now on her way68 words
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Article37 1955-08-31 7 The Udayakalasmithi of Bukit Panjang, Singapore, presented a drama to a packed community centre hall in celebration of the Indian Onam festivalthanksgiving for a good harvest. The drama was in Malay alam.37 words
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154 1955-08-31 7 Budget to be discussed in Colony SINGAPORE City Council O wll K ive a reception to delegates to the Congress of the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organisation which wiH be held in the city from September 13 to 19. The congress will154 words
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238 1955-08-31 7 Wanted: Telephonists for Colombo Plan talk in S'pore SINGAPORE Government Is busy looking for secretaries, stenographers, telephone girls and receptionists at the first Colombo Plan conference to be held in the Colony from Oct. 17-22. They have found a few so far. But it h£tf not yet named its delegates238 words
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201 1955-08-31 7 JAP SETTLERS? A DELICATE QUESTION PROMINENT Singapore Chinese who suffered under the Japanese during the occupation years were chary yesterday of commenting whether the Japanese should be allowed into Malaya when the country gets her independence. "It's a difficult and deli- cate question," said Mr. T W Ong, who led201 words
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Advertisement28 1955-08-31 7 "NICOLINE MAERSK" LOADING 1 PORT SINGAPORE SWETTENHAM PENANG Eaaten Roads 9-10 Sept. 11-12 Sept. Sails 8 Sept. FOR NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL (Direct) SHIP |H| MAERSK28 words
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Advertisement45 1955-08-31 7 THE OLDEST SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS IN THE WORLD I Dependability And Reliability Arc guaranteed By SINGAPORE PACKING COMPANY LIMITED. Expert Packers Of Many Years Stand.ng In Association With SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT tf Thr Arc ad,. Bl»fM~* »Jj Jf" Kod K ,r StnMt KuuU l.ampar TH^45 words
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Article, Illustration1413 1955-08-31 8 Florence A. Kilpatridc - THE GRIM SECRET of MOAT FARM Florence A. Kilpatridc by FDFDF For four years, no questions were asked about the Vanished Lady, then rumours began to circulate... MISS CAMILLE HOLLAND finished the story she had composed in her neat precise handwriting. The theme was, as usual, of love, though she1,413 words
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Article362 1955-08-31 8 JAMES BACON - JAMES BACON by OARITA MONTIEL, beautiful Spanishborn actress, is one of the few people who ever has a good thing to say about the Hollywood traffic problem. "I love eet.' f she says. "I love eet best on the freewavs where I can zeep, zeep, zeep."A.P. - 362 words
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621 1955-08-31 9 HE ONCE FLED TO STORE AFTER ARREST AN English priest wno, after being arrested in d^ to a year's imprisonThirty seven year old Robert Parkin Peters was fonvicted of stealine a lire-purchase car and of Staining a £35 diamond engagement ring by false pretences.621 words
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264 1955-08-31 9 CORPORAL, YOU CAN PUT AWAY THAT 'RED' TAPE MEASURE THE corporal on duty outside Catterick Camp's Naafi club took one look at the young cavalryman's immaculate "civvy" trousers, and called for a tape measure. Then he knelt down carefully measured round the trouser-turnups with their knife-edge creases, and told the264 words
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Article104 1955-08-31 9 A SMALL black dot decided to keep cool. She took to the i water at Seaford, Sus- sex. but the ebb tide i carried her out pwUU I I ly, and then i A man plunged in to j rescue her. The tide104 words
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Article, Illustration67 1955-08-31 9 Glynis Johns, who E plays Josephine, and Peter Finch are shown here as they appear in s 5 the Boulting Brothers new British film comedy E 'Josephine and Men.' E Glynis wtts voted top E E woman box-oHice at- traction in the 195* E popularity polls. Petjr E Finch is67 words
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Article157 1955-08-31 9 a WOMAN who used to A o Wn a Mayfalr shop m sffik^murt take quite a bit of doing," Mr Henry Elam depufjr chairman of "Si »ea gumy to converting £28 to ner own use. thr This happened said the a |LT"h n op157 words
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Article164 1955-08-31 9 Son of 16 said 'no divorce A BOY of 16, a Roman Catholic, had decided that at all costs his parents must not be divorced, a judge said in London. But Judge Rowe Harding added: "I am not here to administer the law of the Roman Catholic Church or ol164 words
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Advertisement70 1955-08-31 9 (Removable, portable take it anywhere y CmOpm«MoMNi.9Q The world-famous Dazey can opener designed for use on any non -porous surface glazed tile, plate glass, stainless •steel porcelain and enameled metals. No screws, nails or tools necessary Available with magnetic lid lifter. In colors. from 520..W. THE MARDEN CO., ?8 82.70 words
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Advertisement62 1955-08-31 9 CCYMA /Jr^ c /^Sfa SEAUTY AND p«cision U /7 for Perfection in TimeW X Keeping-Its lovely to look at -delightful f to own /T. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL /^IHrSA lEADING WATCH DEALEKS YOV CAN TELL BV THE FEEL SHROFFS CARPETS 47.49, STAMFORD HOAD SINGAPOM PI"»-« »0? T PITMAN'S PUBLICATIONS Avruto for62 words
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Article, Illustration369 1955-08-31 10 ROUND ABOUT S'PORE FDFD m m& mm ■MiiHAllili lloun to earth... (TOP, left): A big mouthful maybe for a little man, bat that didn't stop four-year-old Cyrus Medora from enjoying this piece of roasted suckling pig even if it meant using his fingers to hold it with. Cyms, brothers and369 words
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Article, Illustration932 1955-08-31 12 SHELLEY ROHDE - These Russian women -they're tough! SHELLEY ROHDE by Ytrhospent a tourist-week in Moscow TOOK over a Russian girl's Job for a day. For two hours high above the clouds somewhere between Moscow and Leningrad, I knew something of what it is like to be a girl worker in Russia. The932 words
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Article415 1955-08-31 12 FDSFD rS a good fault to be forgiving, I suppose. Yet I don't know. Eve once lured me to the top of a Ferris wheel where we sat in the darkness, singing wildly in a crazy chair. I have no head for heights and .clung despairingly to415 words
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Article, Illustration281 1955-08-31 12 Miss Ma nil Weerakoon's 17 inch waist recently posed the question: Who has the smallest waist in London? Here Mrs. Matthews seems to provide the answer ...and the lape measure* only seventeen inc-lio* I UNBELIEVABLE as it may seem there is a 17-inch jui \j in281 words
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124 1955-08-31 12 milE widow of ex-Resi--1 mental Sergeant-Major J. D. L. Hayley has presented his medals to the museum of the Royal West Kent Regiment at Maidstone. Hay ley's three sons are still in the Army. Together with their father they share 106 years service124 words
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Article, Illustration402 1955-08-31 13 RICHARD HUGHES - RICHARD HUGHES When melody invades politics the music makers feel the blast of an ill wind i by a STRANGE, "war of A songs' 1 has broken out between the Japanese communist Party and Japanese conservative interests. Each side is busily organising local communityReuter - 402 words
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Article496 1955-08-31 13 FRANCIS MARTIN - Mr. Fisher is still TRUMPS FRANCIS MARTIN by 4 FTER two and half years, Eddie Fisher is declared by his recording company to be top-seller and trump card still. Last Fisher lontfplay they put out was a ten-incher with six sentimental 'oldies" on each side. "My Serenade To You." Seem496 words
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371 1955-08-31 13 RICHARD HANSER - 'Boogie-woogie as dangerous as poison gas' RICHARD HANSER by iLTHOUGH the Soviet Union and fcr satellites keep deDunoing American 1 as a symptom of k-f'adent capitalism," fcy can't stamp it out -hind the Iron Curin. Imerican jazz in all its ftifestatlona is regarded Russian psychological ateglst* as one of the371 words
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Advertisement52 1955-08-31 13 The Ladies Choice carvenfe) parfums tie Paris J*]*jL MA G R I F F E /t\ "/'V CHASSE GARDEE 1 ROBE DUN SOIR /AA A/ s CrtoinoW* al loading Sl»»t t A Vtl If ÜBA WATCH CO LTD <^^>*J PACKING I i b, i r TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. 173 CECIL52 words
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Article, Illustration2193 1955-08-31 14 H.E. BATES - THE INDUSTRIOUS ANTS... H.E. BATES n» IX IS novels hare been trans- l.ihfi into 16 languages. life short stories stand high in the list of dollar earners. When he joinrd the KAF in the war he was given the job of writing short stories about Air Force life. They becameKOOLMAN - 2,193 words
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Advertisement21 1955-08-31 14 THE answer to ytttterday's "Did It Happen" story— "FlFl and! THE CHILEAN TRI FFI.E Is. NO, it did not happen. I21 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-08-31 15 THIS wide winter stole for lUj or evening wear in GREEN South West African Persian f lamb, is from the e autumn collection of I London designer Ron- aUi Patterson.36 words
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Article, Illustration518 1955-08-31 15 iMiiiiiiiliiiiW If ihiilmT liSiinK ™^^f^jj^___m A SOMBRE winter lies ahead for the women who can afford couture clothes. Colours are cloudy and dark in tone, reminiscent of London fogs and autumn leaves in the parks. Here and there we find the red glow of a watchman's brazier,Rudolf - 518 words
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Article193 1955-08-31 15 THE CHOICE. A children's menu served at London s Savoy Hotel, alongside the normal postersize menu, so that the youngsters can have something less indigestible than lobster thermidor and chicken a l» kl On the menu is minced liver, spinach, carrots semolina pudding stewed prunes and rhubarb.193 words
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Advertisement104 1955-08-31 15 tpp 3 make friends you've got to look smart Nothing helps a man to make friends at much u hx)king imart and distinguished-and there's nothing better than a perfcctly-eroomtd head of hair to add the final touch of distinction. Silvikrin Hair Dressings will give you this extra tmartnesi, for they104 words
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Article, Illustration894 1955-08-31 16 DOLORES IS JUST WONDERFUL I T1 1 •vI i nl E 1 iTS <'Jfwn T MET Bob Hope's wife. Dolores, the other night. I shan't forget the occasion. She is one of the most fascinating women I have ever met She is tall. slim, attractive of course. But possessed of894 words
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Article57 1955-08-31 16 I HEARD about a restaurant near neet-street which, owing to structural repairs, now has to carry a notice, "This building is dangerous, enter at your own risk." And such is human nature that "if anything" says the proprietor, "we get more people than ever in57 words
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Article, Illustration427 1955-08-31 16 SIXTEEN prearranged "par" deals recently played in more than 150 U.S. colleges to decide the 1955 Intercollegiate Bridge Championships, are being presented each day in this page. To play these deals in your own game, instead of reading the par results now. save the entire series until completed.427 words
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Miscellaneous197 1955-08-31 16 CLUES ACEOSS 5 Moan for th« Isle of Man. (4). 1 Her cares are confused (8). 8 Oae mi^ ht tW o separate 7 Gin, but not to drink (5). £s in the middle of these 8 Comfort a fish moetly (7). Instruments (6). 9ls thl. an injunction to a197 words
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Article, Illustration615 1955-08-31 17 JAMES BACON - FIG LEAVES TABOO FOR EVE JAMES BACON By So search is on for that perfect ostume LX>R the first time in Hollywood memory, a producer is conducting a world wide search for a costume designer. And what's really strange about the search is that the Job requires costumes for AdamA.P. - 615 words
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450 1955-08-31 17 'GIVE ME THE FEAR OF GOD' cries De Mille TSCAPE has long u been the basis for great literary works and screen dramatisations—e scape from prison, from illness, from destruction, from poverty and so on. So there Is plenty of tension on the big tage at a Hollywood tudio as450 words
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Article98 1955-08-31 17 THEY RE predictinr that Joan Crawford's new husband. Alfred Steel?, the aoftdrink baron, will soon branch out a bit and take an active financial Intercut In his bride's profession Back from a sixweek honeymoon trip across Europe, the Steeles hare checked In at a Hollywood studio,98 words
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Advertisement39 1955-08-31 17 Stir p«u mio hot water and botl far one minute only. Sweeten and fUvour to uste. J Stnn and tenre bu< or cold. just a, vmpU that. A*d r~»*T «"W* J'' ,to« Aw. allb.tm rm n~i mb <•"""<* >-"-'•' tlu moment.39 words
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Article, Illustration42 1955-08-31 18 BILL CALVERT (Singapore) gets in m straight right to the head of Aye Ko (Burma) in their bantamweight bout daring the first day of the South East Asia boxing championships o n Monday. Calvert won on point.42 words
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235 1955-08-31 18 Chelsea are on top —and they mean to stay there pHELSEA know its tough at the top. They found out \j the hard way. But after 50 years of glorious and inglorious soccer they captured the coveted title of football champions of England. This season they will learn its evenReuter - 235 words
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Article67 1955-08-31 18 R.A.F. Changi Hockey selectors have chosen the following teams to play in the Singapore seven-a-side hockey tournament which starts today. Changi "B" v C.S.C. today: LAC Ramee; LAC. Shanmugam, Cpl. Rogers; LAC. Jesson; LAC Maniam, Pit. Off. McLelland, LAC Martin. Changi "A" v. Y.M.SA. tomorrow67 words
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Article23 1955-08-31 18 Mr. and Mrs. R. K. L. Wingate won the mixed four-, 'omes (nineholp, stableford) competition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club.23 words
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238 1955-08-31 18 pOYAL Singapore Golf Club u> beat Royal Air Force by 15 matches to 12 in a golf match over the weekend. Results Ot.S.Q.C. players first): Foursomes: Stirk and Paterson beat Beamish and Forrest; Harvey and Kane lost to Brown and O'Carroll- Thomson and Thome-Thome238 words
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Article131 1955-08-31 18 T)ETER May, England's 26-year-old cricket captain, took home to Reading with him after his team's teat-match victory at Kenninoton Oval, match-box passed to him by Jack Cheetham, captain of South African team, It was originally given to Cheetham by the Mayor of Cheltenham ivho hoped it would131 words
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Article, Illustration350 1955-08-31 18 AMERICA FACES TENNIS CRISIS A MTCRICAN TENNIS EXPERTS AGREED A UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE DAVIS CUP WILL STAY IN AUSTRALIA INDEFINITELY, WITH NO SERIOUS CHALLENGE FROM THE U.S. IN SIGHT. "The cup is "Down Under" indefinitely and everybody from the players to the U.S.L.T.A. officials realise it." wrote Jim Burchard ofU.P. - 350 words
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Article83 1955-08-31 18 JOHORE BAHRU RA JUBILEE SHOOT A SMALL-BORE rifle com- petition wiil be held at the Johore Bahru Rifle Association range on Sept. 24 as part of the Sultan of Johore's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The competition, open to all small-bore rifle association clubs and teams in the Federation ajid Singapore, will83 words
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Article243 1955-08-31 18 A small football league pro- gramme last night saw Bristol City gain a 5-2 win over Rotherham who only missed promotion to Div. 1 last season by a fractional goal average. Bristol City, promoted from Div. 3, thus completed the season's first double as they had243 words
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Article20 1955-08-31 18 VESTERDAY'S Rugby League results: Dowsbury 12. Warrington 8: Doncaster 13, Batleji 4; Roohdalo Hornetc 12 Olriham 4. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article365 1955-08-31 18 Ma played football too... LOOKING back to the days of her youth. Mrs. Mary Alice Dixon, of Preston, who has been celebrating her golden wedding anniversary, recalls how she and her workmates at the local firm of Dick, Kerrs spent their lunch hour kicking screwed-up paper along the floor of365 words
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Miscellaneous15 1955-08-31 18 b q: 5i____; RRe- t" la pa.isma. where art th* next Olympic Games being field?"15 words
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Article, Illustration316 1955-08-31 19 DA PREEM WAS RICHLY APPRECIATED BY THE FANS... rE BIG WKESTU AT THK HAPPY WORM) ARENA LAST NIGHT ENDED OUTSIDE THE KING THK RESULT WAS A DISQUALIFICATION FOR KING KONG AND PRIMO CARNERA IN THK FOURTH ROUND. All Riza Bey, the referee, W£ls knocked cold bv a Camera punch toR.M. - 316 words
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Article54 1955-08-31 19 Mtas Angela Mortimer and Miss Angela Buxton (Britain* beat Mta Hhirlcy Fry and MLis Doria Hart <V& > 4-6, 6-4. 6-2 in the double nnal of the Essex Country Clubs women's Imvn tennir tournament at Manchester, M;».^s, yesterday. MLw Fry oeat MUs Hart 7-5. 3-5. 6-2Reuter - 54 words
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119 1955-08-31 19 rF SOUTH JOHORE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB OPENS nsfflSSoN witTi a match against the naval BASE AT SELETAR ON SEPT. 3. A welcome return to the fifteen Is Norman Robert*, one of the finest threequarters of two sea>son.s ago, who Ls back from leave In119 words
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Advertisement74 1955-08-31 19 I HAPPY WORLD-9th Sept.: I FRIDAY NITE. NENE Presents: FOR THE ORIENT HEAVYWEIGHT; CHAMPIONSHIP SILVER BELi 1)»iu.1..l l>y Mr. M. B. BRASH. iCHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT: 12 RDS.— 2OO lbs. RADRODRO MARCHIN FIJI" "ITALY" I H ■K"- *^W*H^^ Nff f k N^r '*X *^^v^^N^^H^^k^Nu^nkr wlAnl 4 CHUA GIM CHIANG SOMKIAT 8 1?.74 words
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Advertisement26 1955-08-31 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET Ace Hand of Singapore with i MISS SALOMA i the Ma l.i y "Marilyn Monroe" Kinxi ***** for 1 able Reservation*26 words
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Article140 1955-08-31 20 rpFIK Norwegian runnri Audun Boyson. beat has own 1 world record for 1.000 metres with a time of Z min. II MC. at Stockholm yesterday The old record wa> I min. M »<•<* Second man in the race was Poul Smith of W (.< rmany inReuter - 140 words
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336 1955-08-31 20 HAMPSHIRE had the distinction of overthrowing the county cricket champion, Surrey, by 129 runs yesterday. It was their 15th win of the summer, the most rames they have ever won in a season, and put them in third place, behind Yorkshire inReuter - 336 words
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Article33 1955-08-31 20 t>. LEVERS tChangl) won the 25-mile time trial cycle race organised by the Seletar Cycle Racing Club at Bukit Timah on Sunday. His time was lhr. 2min 51ser.33 words
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Article189 1955-08-31 20 SINGAPORE'S swimming champion and Olympic representative, Neo Chwee Kok, won the 1,500 metres event on the final day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association championships at the Chinese Swimming Olub yesterday. Chwee Kok was an easy winner by two and a half pool lengths from189 words
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Article177 1955-08-31 20 8. AFRICA— Ist Inns: 254 MIDDLESEX— Ist Inns: 108 SOUTH AFRICA— 2nd Inns Endean b Titmus 39; Goddard c Bdrich b Warr 0; Duckworth b Moss 10; Waite c and b Titmus 12: McLean c Warr b Young SS: Cheetham c Robertson b Titnrn* 5: Wirislow c D. Compton177 words
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Article43 1955-08-31 20 KEN Rosewall (Australia) is favoured to win the United States lawn tennis singles championship which opens in New York on Friday. He is top seeded overseas player. Vic Seixas. the holder. U second seeded behind Wimbledon chamnion Tonv Trabert.- ReuterReuter - 43 words
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170 1955-08-31 20 HEAVY GOING AT IPOH FREE PRESS RACING CORRESPONDENT 'TWERE was some excitement at the Ipoh racecourse this morning when Star Signal, a bright prospect for the $25,000 Sultan's Gold Vase bolted after throwing his jockey, Don Paterson. The runaway horse crashed against the rail170 words
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186 1955-08-31 20 MIDDLESEX. REQUIRING 334 IN THEIR SECOND INNINGS TO BEAT THE SOUTH AFRICANS AT LORDS YESTERDAY. WERE SKITTLED OUT FOR 98. LOSING THE MATCH BY 235 RUNS After saving the follow-on by three runs on Monday, Middlesex dismissed the Springboks for 187 and were left to186 words
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Article24 1955-08-31 20 Germany defeated Sweden. 119 points to 93. in a two-day track and field meet at the Olympic Stadium In Stockholm yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article98 1955-08-31 20 SOCCER SBHFA League and Cui Group "A M S.T.C. v F A Jalan Besar; Group "B": For v Malayan Airways. S.T.t Sime Darby v Bren»riPi Farrer Park, firoup "C" C4 Storage v Guthrie, SII.B Group "D"- Thornycrofi i Stan vac F N. HOCKEY S.H.A. seven-a-side touinrr Ceylon S.C98 words
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