The Singapore Free Press, 4 January 1957
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1957-01-04 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Friday, January 4, 1957. Price 15Cts18 words
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Article195 1957-01-04 1 NINE Malays and three Chinese were injured last flight in various parts of George Town city when several minor clashes broke out. Seven men were admitted to hospital two of them in a fairly serious condition, the other five were treated as out-patients and195 words
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Article28 1957-01-04 1 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 110 cents a lb., down one cent on yesterday's close. The tone was uncertain.28 words
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Article29 1957-01-04 1 A SwLss Airlines DC-7C aircraft flew non-stop from New York to Zurich in the record time of ten hours and 44 minutes, Swiss Air announced yesterday. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article25 1957-01-04 1 Lieut. Gen. Sir Dudley Ward has assumed command of NATOs Northern Army Group and of the British Army of the Rhine. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article268 1957-01-04 1 rpUBTEEN ships trap- ped in the Sue/ Canal for more than two months vill be able to move out af the waterway into the Meilitenanean Sea in about four days. the general manager af the Egyptian Suez Canal Company said in Cairo yesterday. TheU.P.; Reuter - 268 words
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Article, Illustration712 1957-01-04 1 a 1 S a Stevenson: A military i .I, blank cheque hut... IN the face of opposition by the Arab world and Indian "concern," President Eisenhower will go before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives tomorrow to makeU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 712 words
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Article35 1957-01-04 1 r pi!i: While House yesterday refused to confirm or deny a published report that I'.S. Marines in the Mediterranean area are now armed with "live" atomic artillery weapons.- A. P. U .P.A.P.; U.P. - 35 words
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Advertisement103 1957-01-04 1 Pro~Peking group may make bid for power— see back page 1 4/1/V 1 4 J y Feelmfe listless, run- down or depressed r\ MULTIVITAMINS g.ves yT^ you that little extra (jx^^ make a deal of difference! S\\ *i|H BLj Each capsule contains:/££%S£t\ Vitamin A 5 nno USP units. hMHSI Vitamin103 words
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Article, Illustration504 1957-01-04 2 He never lost faith HAVING made our humble salutations 1 the Men of the Year" can we now find one man who would qualify for the title "Man of the Year?" Is there a man who through devotijn to duty, courage and faith stands out above504 words
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Article180 1957-01-04 2 I Schoolboy offers reward for jaxz-minded parrot A JAZZ-LOVING parrot is on the loose in SingaPolly. the pet of a .schoolboy. Than Wing K<e, for thnr years, was driven from her home at Banda Street by some mischievous boys last week. They scared her180 words
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Article29 1957-01-04 2 Tho Canadian Pacific Railway, the food and fuel lifeline fur tens of thousands ol Canadians, w a I paralysed yesterday by a strike involving 64,000 workers. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article, Illustration39 1957-01-04 2 The music-lovinq white parrot for which SChOOtbO§ Tham Wing Ket U tCOUfing the island The bOtfi E S father Mr. Tham Kam Cheong, It teen with the parrot abo; c. E 7fllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllliliiiiii(iiuiiii a iiiii39 words
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Article322 1957-01-04 2 They can divert or halt buses IT DEPENDS ON EMERGENCY' Singapore bus conduc- tors have authority to stop their vehicles or even divert them from their original routes In cases of emergency. Spokesmen for bus companies said they expected the ''clippies" to uso tl discretion and common sense to divert322 words
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Article48 1957-01-04 2 Linwood Elijah, r.£et\ 24. told police In Buffalo. Hen York, tnat h€ merely had wanted to take a nap. They said they had found him curled up on a sofa in a furniture store window display. The window was i broken.- A. P.A.P. - 48 words
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Advertisement54 1957-01-04 2 h fiNAL s^££pj^£| is on and with it your (LAST OPPORTUNITY) to Serve on the I CLOSING DOWN I !of .ur RETAIL DEPARTMENTS at 71, HIGH STREET Why Delay? CALL TODAY AND SAVE YOUR S TOR THE NEW YEAR AT BAJAJ TEXTILES LIMITED! ;SINCAPORE-6 TELS: ***** and *****. ■OIIIWIIIII.III HUM54 words
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Article, Illustration376 1957-01-04 3 NEW ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE IS URGED Maltese status in 7957? ~m.l I Mil II ..I H~— >^— M»— «MM— M»» J M 111 I THK left-Wing London weekly review New Statesman and Nation yesterday urged: "The British Government should seek every opportunity to encourage arrangements between Singapore and the FederationReuter - 376 words
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Article132 1957-01-04 3 Reds claim 'agents' caotured RUSSIA'S navy newspaper, Soviet Fleet, reported yi sterday that Soviet coast guard units captured three groups of "enemy agents" attempting to sneak ashore on Soviet territory. The story failed to say where or when the Incidents occurred, the nationality of the agents or give the dispositionU.P. - 132 words
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Article29 1957-01-04 3 About 6.0n0 people were made homeless when a fire destroyed 500 houses in 1 Pitsanulokc town, about 594 miles north of Bangkok, on Wednesday.29 words
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Article71 1957-01-04 3 An English man and woman were shot and woundJed by gunmen on Ledra street, Nicosia's "Murder Mile yesterday. The attack, carried out in one of the capital's most frequently patrolled streets, ii the first this year involving Britons. The man was not seriously wound I edReuter - 71 words
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Article59 1957-01-04 3 DETECTIVES have still found no trace of Nina Paranyuk stewardess from the 11.030 ton Russian Olympic ship Gruzia nearly i weeks after she disappeared during a visit to Melbourne Zoo. They said today they had still not established th e motive for her disappearance orReuter - 59 words
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Article64 1957-01-04 3 SIX Furopeans, one of them a child, were found dead and about 10 pe:>plp arc missing after insurgents attacked a train in western Algeria on Wednesday night. Train services between Algiers and Oran, chief city oi western Algeria, were interrupted as a result of the attack. AircraftReuter - 64 words
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Advertisement61 1957-01-04 3 NAPRQV^ BLONDING EMULSION lightens your hair to the exiiet shade you desire. With Napro Blond in<,' Emulsion you can lighten your hair just a shade— or be radiantly blonde. to use. safe and gentle, Napro Blonding Emulsion contains rich, exclusive oils that leave your hail soft, natural looking, shining with61 words
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Advertisement120 1957-01-04 3 iHsjsS^ i§fr* 8™ sx |C BLi T" hX B^^^^H| Friday that is everybody s week end WEEK-ENDER FEDERATION VILLAGE GIRL TURNS TAXI-DANCER She now earns $1000 a month. But her's is a rare success story. Read what happens to other girls. GANGSTERS BAN CUPID Thugs squeeze protection money out of120 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 1957. Opinion
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Article121 1957-01-04 4 ITNDERGOING treatment for cure of |l< prosy is but part of the afflicted persons problems. For ahead is the more I difficult problem of readjustment in a world for which the term leper is still a dread word. Yet, we now learn. Government officials insist on stamping the121 words
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Article58 1957-01-04 4 AN inquest into the death of a youth by electric shock hat i disclosed that there is no law to prevent the continued importation Ol a type of table lamp that is of a "dangerous desiqn." It is time that the Government set about in earnest the task58 words
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931 1957-01-04 4 They had to make terrible decisions to survive By a Special Correspondent A FEW years ago, a v French farmer found himself in the nightmare position of having to decide whether he would save his wife or his son from drowning. Koth were non-swimmers and on the point of drowning931 words
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Article, Illustration269 1957-01-04 4 THERE is no wealth in deserts, and there seemed little advantage to France in having a huge stretch of Africa coloured gfeen on the map and called the Sahara. But recently in these empty desert wastes the French made a strike of oil which M Pmeau, the French269 words
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Article255 1957-01-04 4 Beachcomber - Beachcomber by A MAN dashed into the lounge of a West End hotel two days aco and asked a lady who wn.s .sitting there if she would swop a pair of firc:i trousers for an illuminated compass. With perfect poise, she replied, "I haven't got an illuminated255 words
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Advertisement21 1957-01-04 4 HENDRYS' for MODERN MARCASITE S dthl ENAMEL JEWELLERY 5 P. H. Hendry Manufacturing Icwcllcr 78. North Bridcc Road. I SINCAPORE. 6.21 words
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Advertisement123 1957-01-04 4 ILFORB Ik.'-'i w^J 1 V€f y W| dc ranpr of Hf' rd products avdiloblc t< the photographer now includes no v less tficin three vanetK I r panchromatic films FP3. H Wf I^-- fir >c gram film HP3, the h I speed film and HPS, iKi fastest film m the123 words
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Article, Illustration521 1957-01-04 5 ...To this: And why— by Sir Harry PRIDE OF THE R.A.F.— FROM THIS: U\R HARRY BROADHIKST, co-pilot in the Vulcan bomber which crashed at London Airport in October after returning from a tour of Australia and New Zealand via Singapore, has made a statement about it for the first lime.521 words
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Article37 1957-01-04 5 Earl Attlee, forme r Labour Prime Minister of Britain, celebrated his 74th birthday yesterday the eve of his departure to the United States fo r a three weeks lecture tour.— Reuter.j37 words
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Article83 1957-01-04 5 Ants get a taste for steel Postal department officials in South Aus- E tralia were amazed to find white ants eating through steel.. i Linesmen checking j fanets in underground E cables made the dis- E E covery. They found that over the years white ants E had partially eaten83 words
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124 1957-01-04 5 FIVE public school j prefects have been suspended —for drinking beer back -stage after a production of "Macbeth." It was an end-of-t show at Brent wood, the 1.000-boy Inez (England) public school (£67 a term i for boarders). The producer and th€ school padre arranged124 words
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Advertisement323 1957-01-04 5 -grilliant to Movies \jh i^^m DESIGNEO FOR a lifetime of --^r PJL£ASUP£ WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL FEATURES 500 watt Lamp Bmm. Projector. Straight line Optical rJ/\ System Klunina *^t Vtxmn\i adi«Htaeat. JjlO^D Ilt>rt l iIJ: 1 x *?J' lril; 1 L ?U l special condenser n.- L^ easily obtaiued t>v323 words
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Miscellaneous292 1957-01-04 6 M\\iin\KJL I»t l"ee Faik and Phil Wavis > Irr T" suppenly a Ithecuxip a SOHERE> t:>^ R .fL^ r?) C? b SPIRAL ING MATERIALIZES^ I'VE BEEN U)OK ING/ Hi I/" WAHA-\ /WHO'S THAT BOY kc^L-f >> CLOU P APPEARS INTO— A. \J^\ K5 Y 9M^» 4l m HOHO- I LAUGHING292 words
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Miscellaneous672 1957-01-04 6 E** I I>ORN t.'iday, you have an abnor- D mally alert and keen mind which E works with an uncanny intuition to i produce exceptional results. Yet you i appear, especially in youth to lack concentration on an objective that e element so necessary to material sue E cess in672 words
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Article176 1957-01-04 7 LONDON. Jan 3. Previous Today Rl'RBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 32' buyers 31 s buyers European ports January 32'_. sellers Eebruaiy 32 b :U' 4 buret-. 32 aellen 3i sellei RUBBER No i RSS Spot 32' buyers j buyers 32 sellers 31 7 a sellers RUBBER No.176 words
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Article136 1957-01-04 7 Above prices quoted in U. S. cents per lb. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 99.50 nom 99 62 nom. TIN futures January 98 00 buyers 98 50 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.00 sellers Standard Contract February 97.37 nom 98.00 nom March 96.62136 words
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Article35 1957-01-04 7 Malabar, Lamnong spot, await- ing release and afloats were SSH, January shipment 25. Sarawak I spot, awaiting relea.se and afloats 25" t sellers ex -dock Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.35 words
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Article37 1957-01-04 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 3. Previous Today 30 Industrials 496.03 499.20 20 Railroads 153 52 154 86 40 Domestic Bonds 89.53 89 58 IS Utilities 68.33 68 74 65 Stocks Composite Averages 173 35 174.5437 words
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Article105 1957-01-04 7 LONDON. Jan 3. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K.' North European delivered weight per long ton Jan. I eb. $186 sellers 1 87' fc sellers COPRA. Strait* c.i.f. U. K. North European delivered weight per long ton Jan- Eeb. £69 l -i nam CSStf nom. Feb.105 words
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Article340 1957-01-04 7 But old Irish villagers say it's still a cure-all ffOlK DOCTORS HAD GIVEN UP HOPE r FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PHILOMENA AND HER PARENTS WAITED FOR HER TO DIE. One evening they took her to Father Twomey's well <>n the outskirts of Dungar van, Co. Waterford, Ireland,340 words
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Article, Illustration61 1957-01-04 7 Long and short of it! Terry Spinks. tho Canning Town amateur tlyweighr jnd Oiympk gold medallist, visted the London Zoo to sec Nil rwo-week-old giraffe named after hwn. The baby orjjinaCy thought to be female, has grown several inches since b.rtrt, when he waj nearly six foot. Terry Spinks is61 words
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Article221 1957-01-04 7 See you later alligator -IN THE BRONX ZOO THE Bronx Zoo in New York has announced the successful completion of an involved swap whereby it sent nine American snakes to the Warsaw Zoo in exchange for a rare Chinese alligator. Now their job is to fatten him up. Mr. WilliamA.P. - 221 words
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Advertisement105 1957-01-04 7 TODAY REX "^P^^^^B Iw, REX REASON oim UNCfmilEI WSStUiONKOH W A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE NOTE: All children wearing Spa-» SuiLs to the 1 1 M >ho,v at th«« Rex on Saturday of This Island riArth will b« admitted Nr 30 cents to any part of the nUIU and for |I.M105 words
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Miscellaneous64 1957-01-04 7 t SINCAPORE "HIGH TIDES I TODAY 12 14 pm. |B TOMORROW: 133 am m and 12.55 p.m. B SUNDAY: 2.00 a.m. and 1.31 p.m. m MONDAY: a.m. I and 207 p.m. B TUESDAY: 3.00 a.m. and ISA p.m h WEDNESDAY: 3 35 a.m. B and 344 p in. I THURSDAY:64 words
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Article, Illustration56 1957-01-04 8 This is one answer to Britain's petrol ra tioning. Guests are seen arriving at the Pink Elephant Club's annual luncheon held at tl-r London Zoo. It was the idea of Mr. E. O. Gulden, of Giddens, a famous firm of sadlers and harness makers56 words
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Article, Illustration132 1957-01-04 8 British latest Jel powered aircraft the world's first practical vortical take ott" aircraft made its debut near Belfast recently when, it carried out taxi -ing trials. The aircraft is able to change from hovering to forward flight. Known as the Short 5.C.1., it b powered by132 words
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Article, Illustration509 1957-01-04 9 [\TO Britain has flown a man who fooled the Egyptian police for more than a week by hiding j n a secret attic hide-out in hies bungalow at the Fav id base. All the other 460 British technicians were interned. Ex-paratrooper509 words
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Article, Illustration84 1957-01-04 9 Time marches on. The joys and heart- I aches of 1 •».">«; arc left behind as Wt enter the New Year. Here to help celebrate is lovely 18-year-old Margaret Simons. And ■he hai ever? reason to celebrate, having just completed her biggest film role vet as84 words
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Article74 1957-01-04 9 A Modern Big Wheel Y conld ask you t <» name the object tin- three pretty misses are 4 ridint; in. f It doesn't t;tke much imagination to visualise it us a flying saucer looming through ■<• towards Earth <>r hov- t> j'rinj; motionless above <> Us. f Actually it74 words
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Article, Illustration1329 1957-01-04 10 RENE MacCOLL - RENE MacCOLL k:h««:h« H ::«:««:HH-::::!j|«* —That's how I lived! By IN a year of tumult few people have travelled further in the i quest for news than Roving Reporter Rene MacColl. For him j it has been a year of astonishing range. Diana Dors. Dulles, I Liberace.1,329 words
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Advertisement40 1957-01-04 10 I BEAR (S&P r 3&2 creme mocw CREAMS CO IAM Write to F. E. Zuelli* iMi Ltd., P.O Box 725 for attractive Free Booklet of recipes. 'The greatest name watches 1957 Models available at all Watch Dealers j j ■■■■•i40 words
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Article, Illustration1178 1957-01-04 11 1 - 1 BY [X the death of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Singapore's 88-year-old man of wisdom. the Colony loses an historical figure for Dr. Lim's lifetime of accomplishments \\;is ;i surpassing saga. Despite oar incalculable loss, the human values he bequeath' d us are imperishable, for such men neverFree Press - 1,178 words
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493 1957-01-04 12 TIIK CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS REAFFIRMED ITS 1 "ORTHODOXY" AND RESTATED ITS BELIEF IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SOVIET UNION IN WOULD COMMUNISM. The text of a lengthy editorial published in the party's organ People's Daiiy showed how wrong those observers liad been493 words
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Article111 1957-01-04 12 THE London Times Mid that Peking's policy ayainst Formosa has switched from threats of war to a patient undermining of the Chinese Nation .ih.st position in the expectation of a peaceful return of the island. Commenting on the completion of the 130--mile Amoy -Shanghai railroad, theReuter - 111 words
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Article107 1957-01-04 12 Chinas y agricultural production for 1956 showed an over-all increase over last year despite natural calamities, according to the Peking Agriculture Ministry. A spokesman said grain crops, including wheat, rice and soya beans, were up over 10 million tor\s, while cotton production ro.se about 60,000Reuter - 107 words
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Article14 1957-01-04 12 The Peking Agriculture Ministry has announced that soya bean exports have been reduced. ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article60 1957-01-04 12 The Japanese Kyodo News service reported from London that some economic groups in Britain are "jittery and fearful" that Japa?i's entry into the United Nations "ivill pave the way for Japan's economic encroachment into South East Asia. They foresee Japan forcing Britain back step by step in the South-East AsiaA.P. - 60 words
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Article32 1957-01-04 12 The Cairo newspaper Al Gumhurriya published a special 80-page magazine suppiement on R»'d China. It was filled with advertisements by Chinese manufacturers, including heavy machinery, adding machines, telephone instruments and silks. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article29 1957-01-04 12 The Australian Minister for External Atlairs. Mr. Richard Casey may make a "goodwill" trip to the nearer Asian countries to renew his personal contacts with heads of governments. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article48 1957-01-04 12 A Taipeh Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Formosa was looking into Siam's now regulation limiting the trades in which foreign nationals there may engage. He said that the Nationalist Government "is prepared to kike necessary measures for the protection of the legitimate interest of our nationals there." A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article24 1957-01-04 12 An agreement between Canada and India providing up to US$2O million for the Madras Kundah hydro-electric project has been signed In New Delhi. U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article36 1957-01-04 12 Japanese war criminal Captain Ichiro Ito, 58, who was sentenced to a life term by the British in Singapore but had his sentence litter reduced, has now been released from Su gaino prison in Tokyo. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article17 1957-01-04 12 Japan Airlines hope to\ finalise arrangements for\ a direct airline connection between Brazil and Javan. I U.P.U.P. - 17 words
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Article55 1957-01-04 12 The Royal Government of Laos in Indo-Chlna has agreed to form a coalition administration with Pathet Lao. \\y commun-ist-led rebel movement which defied its authority until recently, the communist Radio Hanoi announced. Pathet Lao will now change its name to; "Patriotic Front of Laos" and its members will hold portfoliosReuter - 55 words
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Article19 1957-01-04 12 Japan has thanked the Formosa Government for supporting its admission into the United Nations and pledged closer cooperation ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article50 1957-01-04 12 Portuguese President Francisco Craveiro, in a broadcast New Year's message, recalled the faithfulness of all Portuguese peoples to their fatherland, in particular the Goanese who "in Goa, Lamun, Dio and Bombay resist all kinds of sacrifices and pressures coniinq from the Indian Union, throuqh the blockade of Portuguese India." A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article48 1957-01-04 12 PEKING Radio said that 725.n00 people were uprooted in R^d China this year and resettled in the sparsely settled northeastern and northwestern province*. Th,> forced migrations were stepped up in 1956 in an ellort to solve the unemployment problem in major cities. particularly Shanghai.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article30 1957-01-04 12 An Indian Government spokesman, refuting a Budapest statement, said New Delhi did not consider its information that 32,000 persons died in the Hungarian uprising was wrong.- A .P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article19 1957-01-04 12 Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai offered technicians to help in further developing Pakistan's iron industry. A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article24 1957-01-04 12 The Soviet Union has issued p. new .stamp "dedicated to the great poet of ancient India, Kulidasa," Moscow Radio .said. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article103 1957-01-04 12 OKESIDENT Ramon Mag. saysay of the Philippines has warned of the "danger signals of 1957." The Filipino leader said, "The threat of atomic annihilation held its uneasy balance during 1956. In Hungary the crushing weight of Communist tyranny has caused a brave people to rhoose deathU.P. - 103 words
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Article, Illustration45 1957-01-04 12 Two Korean children pore over a geography hook one of 3(10.000 primers furnished hi the United Nations for the reconstruction of war-devastated South Korea. U.N. a<;cncn^ provided material for repair and construction of 3.500 classrooms and restocked right college libraries with more than 30.000 books.45 words
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Article, Illustration772 1957-01-04 13 Sir John Hunt - Sir John Hunt by KANGCHENJUNGA: The I'ntrodden Peak. By Charles Evans. Hodder and Stoughton, 188 pages. WONDER how many people who rejoiced in the first ascent of Everest in 1953, are aware of the astonishing fact that, in the following three years772 words
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Article294 1957-01-04 13 Photofram of the Year. 1957 (IlifTe, 18s. {ill). 01NCE IS'C) the publishers O of Ihe Amateur FhoioK»aph<T have presented an annual review of the worlds photographic art. reproducing the finest <\- amples of the car's work, including those shtmn at all the leading exhibitions. The varied294 words
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Article, Illustration359 1957-01-04 13 All Pam* TP you were in this corner yesterday, you ob. rived how East came to grief doubling a li.e-bui with a liiiiid that Included 15 point.- In honour cards, and t partner who had found enough to warrant yi\ Itir him a riii.se. In todays deal. Bast'i359 words
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Miscellaneous255 1957-01-04 13 i i I/O I bHß^i I HH t9st B^^B^s^E^E^E^Eak I WsEEEM ■fsEEEEHHsEEEEEEEEI I L■■ 1 I CLUES ACROSS < Sporting gatheriogi 1 Domiciliary call by the po- try houses <si. Uoe m Westminster is, 4, 5 Races In i landed i 4 (5). 7 Mu v describe a seat (7).255 words
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698 1957-01-04 14 ARCHIE QUICK'S COLUMN I'HIRTY-ONE years ago, in April 1925 to be exact, Portsmouth and Arsenal played a benefit match at Iratton Park for the widow of a Pompey player who had died suddenly. I was an enthusiastic inside right for the home698 words
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Article273 1957-01-04 14 Aussie sprinter bound for U.K. i 17ICTORIAN Brian Randall, ranked ls Australia's No. 2 amateur sprint athlete, will run in England next year. i Randall leaves Melbourne on Feb. 9 with his wife. ll t will work in London for two years as an accountant and plans t 0 compete273 words
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Article, Illustration67 1957-01-04 14 Darts Lge winners These are the winners of the West Camp Darts League competition held at Seletar. This is the second year in succession that Base Flight have won the League. In the front row are seen the individual winners. From left Ellam. Patterson. Back. Galligher and Samm. In the67 words
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Article18 1957-01-04 14 OKelly do Gahvay of Belgium loads tho premier tournament of Hustings 1: I < ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article95 1957-01-04 14 r:HREE of the top U.S. jockeys, Eddie Arcardo. Willie Shoemaker and Bill Hartack, rode horses that won more than six million dollars in 195G. The jockey's cut of 10 per cent indicates that this trio will pay healthy income taxes. But they are the exception.A.P. - 95 words
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Article211 1957-01-04 14 AUSSIE SWIMMERS ARE IN DEMAND TEN leading Australian O 1 y m p i c swimmers and their four Olympic professional coaches expect formal invitations for overseas tours within the next three months. The coat lies— Frank Guthrle, Forhes Carlile, Sam Herford and Harry Gal lafhei received verbal invitations at211 words
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397 1957-01-04 14 A greater miler than Roger Bannister ROLLED UMBRELLA, BOWLER H A T, STRIPED TROUSERS. BLACK COAT. THE CONVENTIONAL ATTIRE OF THE LONDON CITY BUSINESS MAN. There is one of their i company, however, who found greater fame in the realms of soprt. A spare i little man with thick lensed397 words
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Article153 1957-01-04 15 MALAYAN EN TERS LAST 8 J (V>X CHONG JIN, 17- \J ypar-o!d nephew of Wong; Peng Soon, fjrmer world number one badminton player, d, last night won three matches in the All- ling land junior bad- iiiiiiion championships J at Wimbledon, to enter the quarterfinals of the boys singles. The153 words
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Article46 1957-01-04 15 England led South Africa by 185 runa with ten wickets In ''and at the close on the third M the .setcnd Test match Capetown. and. who made ft B In 'n<ir fir.st Innings u. no wicket after dlsmissli Mnca i(,r 205. Renter.46 words
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Article190 1957-01-04 15 SAD ENDING TO TEST LOl'E TALE MKS. Arthur Morri KitKlishiMirn wife of the former Australian < ri< k« t vicecaptain. died in S\dney last niglit after a Ion); illness. Morris met hi.*- wife, then Valeric Hudson, while on tour with the Ausir. lian i rickcten m England. She190 words
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641 1957-01-04 15 Tan Eng Yoon - Tan Eng Yoon —By TAN ENG YOON, Singapore sprinter Hid holder of the Malayan hop-step and jump record, expressed some strong views on athletics in this country before leaving to continue his studies in England this week (writes Francis Rozario). Eng Yoon took time641 words
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Article, Illustration241 1957-01-04 15 MMIIIMMt CUFFOUI DOWNS, a race Z track nrar Boston. E opened its Rates for its autumn meeting; in early October and 14*442 -perUiE tors opened thrir hearts to a jorkey with (he courage of a champion. Z Tony DeSpirito of BMtofl rrttirnrd241 words
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242 1957-01-04 15 Devon Loch will fry again in Grand National I\EVON LOCH. WHO SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN WITHIN A FEW STRIDES OF BRINGING OFF A ROYAL VICTORY IN LAST YEARS GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, HEADS THE LIST OF ENTRIES FOR THIS YEARS RACE. The Queen Mother's chaser is one of the 68 entrliReuter - 242 words
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Article38 1957-01-04 15 ]"Ih Ama t* r.uer Ken' mid England ur 'r.. er-batsman, and a Tut selectoi since 1960, has been apj Dinted n Keril COUDt) I 111 I lb. M( begin his dutiei on April r ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article, Illustration447 1957-01-04 16 Undercover moves to create trade organisation to sway easily-influenced sections in Colony POLITICAL (HULKS IN SINGAPORE ARE ALARMED AT r THE ACTIVITIES OF A NEW "CHINA GROUP 1 WHICH THEY FEAR MAY RETARD CONSTITUTIONAL PROGRESS AND CREATE COMMUNAL SUSPICION. According to their information, various persons447 words
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Article98 1957-01-04 16 Sumatra: Premier may stay put PRESSURE for the immediate resignation of Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo and his cabinet because of the crisis in Sumatra appeared yesterday to be weakening. Leaders of the seven biggest parties represented in Dr. Sastroamidjo.jo's coalition government held an allday meeting, reportedly discussing whether to withdraw theirA.P. - 98 words
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Article34 1957-01-04 16 Three Greek Cypriot children who were badly injured last June by a terrorist bomb they found while playing in a field in Lapitho.s, reached London late last night for medical treatment. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article92 1957-01-04 16 Britain's 'gravest defeat' THE independent LeiiWinK French newspaper. Combat, yesterday described President Eisenhower's request to Congress for special powers for the Middle East as Britain's cruellest humiliation and gravest defeat since that of Singapore in 1941. This neutralist newspaper said: "In a single stroke the Bagdad Pact, of which theReuter - 92 words
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57 1957-01-04 16 REDS ADMIT SHORTCOMINGS The Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda, said yesterday that the coal, metal and cement plans for 1956 had not been fulfilled. The article, quoted by Moscow Radio, said there were also serious shortcomings in housing, agriculture, local administration and in meeting "the growing demands of the populationReuter - 57 words
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137 1957-01-04 16 PLAN TO BY- PASS SUEZ PLAN TO BY-PASS SUEZ Goods sent to Asia shipped via Israel ISRAEL has offered transit facilities for goods from Europe to Asia and East Africa to bypass the blocked Suez Canal, it was disclosed in Jerusalem yesterday. The good! would uo by railway the firstU.P. - 137 words
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