Singapore Standard, 18 January 1955
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Title Section12 1955-01-18 1 Singapore Standard l'' SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935 14 PAGES IS CENTS.12 words
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Article19 1955-01-18 1 I I- i ti 11 had i i. on and; l I ted Inlay Somoaragua < nemy l< nt.19 words
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Article14 1955-01-18 1 r Reuter) nor 11.25. nning xplorced br. r con- m earthv. as k14 words
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Article, Illustration196 1955-01-18 1 MISS MARJORIE WEE, ''Miss Malaya 1954"' who represented Singapore at the Miss Universe contest in America last year, stole into the Colony yesterday evening without fanfare or flutter, and almost clipped through Kallang Airport without being noticed. Miss Wee, who stepped off a Pan- American Airways Constellation dressed in196 words
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Article, Illustration57 1955-01-18 1 asdfasdf photo. A FIREMAN, perched on the platform of thc Turn Table Water Tower, 50 feet above the ground, holds the nozzle of a hose from which a powerful jet of water streams into the blazing upper floor of the Gosling building situated at the junction of Kobinson Road57 words
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713 1955-01-18 1 CHUA KIM YEW - CHUA KIM YEW By Standard Staff Reporter THE presence of mind of a 32-year-old night watchman, Kehsorai, the prompt arrival of the Fire Brigade and expert direction of the fire lighting service at the scene, saved Singapore from a major conflagration last night. As713 words
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299 1955-01-18 1 No General Amnesty For Terrorists 'Our 'Give-Up Terms Are Cood Enough' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malayan Communist' terrorists who are fighting in the jungle will not be offered any general amnesty, it was announced from King's House tonight. Instead, greater efforts will be made to bring to the notice of the299 words
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270 1955-01-18 1 FREIGHT 'WAR': JAP SHIPPERS HIT OUT TOKYO. Jan. 17. (Reuter) Japanese shipping circles said today they did not welcome the freight rate "war" started among members of the Malaya, China and Japan shipping conference last Friday. Some of the Japanese members of thc conference said they had voted against the270 words
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Article146 1955-01-18 1 LAST BID TO AVERT PENANG STRIKE PENANG. Mon- The Penang Harbour Board Stall Association decided at a meeting tonight to make a final attempt tomorrow to avert its threatened trike. the notice for whieh expires on Wednesdav midnight The Associations secretary. Mr. Mohamed Sheriff, will call on the Board chairman.146 words
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Article64 1955-01-18 1 TAIPEI, Jan. 17 < Reuter)^ Chinese Nationalist shore batteries on Y "Sa isi .nd off the South China c damaged a Chinese Communist warship yesterday afternoon, the Natlonall 1 mill. ary Information i i/ire s.vh today. It gave no other detail*. Elsewhere only air patrols were reported64 words
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Article24 1955-01-18 1 CEYLON'S Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala has accepted an Invitation to visit Australia but no date has been fixed for the trip.24 words
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Article74 1955-01-18 1 $850,000 TEMPLE FOR BUDDHA LONDON. Jan. 17 (Reuter) —The London Buddhist Vihara Society is planning to launch a UlOO.OOO sterling I about M$850.000) fund to build a Buddhist temple in London. Mr. P. M. Meddegoda. the Society's secretary, said it had been suggested that the three chief Buddhist countries Ceylon,74 words
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258 1955-01-18 1 A FLYING saucer as "big as a hill" i s reported to have crashed into the sea oft' Kota Bahru. sending huge waves rolling on to the Beach of Passionate Love, just before 11 p.m. on Saturday. Minutes before this, revellers at Tanjong258 words
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Article60 1955-01-18 1 SLIDELL. Louisiana. Jan. 17. (UP).— Three Frenchborn Dominican nuns were killed and two other persons injured, one seriously, last night when a freight train smashed into a station wagon at an intersection. Police said the station wagon was dragged some 380 feet by the60 words
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Article165 1955-01-18 1 RANGOON, Jan. 17 (Reuter) Yugoslavia will provide equipment for brigade of the Burmese Army as a token of goo vill and esteem, it was anneunced here today just before Yugoslavia's President Tito ended his 11 -day State visit. Thc announcement said Burma had accepted the165 words
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Advertisement20 1955-01-18 1 SEASON fl IRADINOCO.^ 7 i' pW a Mui T» *Ot it, yt*JU U r. n WILLS. BRISTOL LONDON. CAP— I6.20 words
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Advertisement16 1955-01-18 1 SERVES L^'^rl malaya* FOR '*.W& J F'NtST $5.20 r^f^iH ,CE C CAM UNION (Made in Gcimaayl.16 words
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164 1955-01-18 2 NEW YEAR SHOPPING RUSH IN CHINATOWN THE Chinese Ncw Year shopping i ush i.s on. With only seven days to the auspicious day, hundieds of housewives and amahs crowded around the stalls and shops in Singapore's Chinatown, yesteiday. Although prices of commodities have gone up since last week. traders yesterday164 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-01-18 2 CHINESE New Year shoppers stopped their buying temporarily vesterday when a couple of quaintly dressed sandwich boys mingled with the crowd in Singa pore's Chinatown The boys were carrying boards advertising Cathay New Year attraction. 'Sever Brides For Seven Brothers" an M.G.M musical. Standard Photo shows55 words
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Article193 1955-01-18 2 WHILE everyone should be proud of their own culture, they also should develop an international outlook and understanding, said Dr. Lin Yu-tang, Chancellor of the Nanyang University, last night. He said people should not put too much emphasis and pride in their own culture193 words
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Article95 1955-01-18 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Five Special Constables who claimed trial last week to a charge of gang robbery were today refused bail by Inche Abdul Rani, the First Magistrate who put them on remand until the preliminary inquiry on Feb. 28. They were alleged to have committed95 words
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Article170 1955-01-18 2 40-Min. Service At St. Andrew's THE 1955 Singapore Assizes was declared open by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, yesterday after a 40-minute church service at St. Andrew's Cathedra?. The service was attended by the Colonial Secretary Mr. W. A. C. Goode, members of the judiciary,170 words
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Article111 1955-01-18 2 Students' Union Officials LCNDON Jan 17— Mr Goh Keng Swee, %> Singapore Gov ernment employee, who i s n ow in England doing advanee work in statistics, has been elected president oi the Malayan Students Union, for this vear He was elected by 63 votes over his nearest competitor. Mr.111 words
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Article3 1955-01-18 2 COMMODITY PRICES JKASDJLJKLASJKLASDFJKLJKL;ASDFKL;ASDFJKL;3 words
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Article82 1955-01-18 2 2 Men Are Charged With Theft SEREMBAN. Mon Two men, Chee Chong and Lim Pun claimed trial in the Seremban Sessions Court today to charges of housebreak Ing and theft alleged to have been committed yesterday at the premises of the Lim Omnibus Company. The prosecution said that a number82 words
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Article87 1955-01-18 2 One -Way Traffic In Two Roads THE existing roundabout at River Valley Road and Clemen- reau Avenue is being extended to improve the flow traffic. Government pre release stated yesterday. Tank Road and tiic section of Clemenceau Avcnu. tween Canning Rise and R Valley Road wil both beco one-way strcc's.87 words
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Article123 1955-01-18 2 THE Australian Secretary of the Department of External Affairs, Mr. A.T. Tange, arrived in Singapore yesterday for consultation with the Australian Commissioner in the Colony. Sir Alan Watt, before proceeding to Colombo, where he will join the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies.123 words
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Article38 1955-01-18 2 HONGKONC. Jan. 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkonc Exchange todav were: 115.70 to £1 sterling/ $5.87 to USS I; 51.834 to Malayan $1; $0,178 to one Indonesian Rupiah Gold $257.25 to a tacl.38 words
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Article111 1955-01-18 2 ALOR STAR. Mon.—Covindasamv Veloo head labourer In Scgintah Eslate pleaded guilty in the High Court today to causing the death of Talib bin Mat by a rash act. in thc estate on Aug. 4. last vear. i Govindasamy had cn inat day fired his shotgun111 words
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Miscellaneous74 1955-01-18 2 Weather Report MINI M I M Temperature: From 7.:i0 p.m. Jan. IU to 7.."»0 a.m. Jan. 17. Singapore l?3F), Penang l?3F), Kota Bahru (73F>, Kuala Lumpur (7 IF), Ipoh (69F», Kuantan (7?F) Maximum Temperature: From 7..;0 p.m. Jaii. 16 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 17 Singapore (85F>. renang (89F). Kota Bahru74 words
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Article, Illustration102 1955-01-18 3 Malayan And Aussie Air Cadets r fj Malayaa air were sipping L Melbourne at a Option Ui th«'*' r Lne ol Iheir Ausrounterparts tried d a t tapping a R f e right) on Bungsar Estate in Kuala Lumpur. The five above are: (from left): F/Sgt. Noel Ogle, F/Sgt.102 words
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304 1955-01-18 3 Teacher Molested Girl While She Bathed [Example To Illiterates— Magistrate KUANTAN, Mon.— A teacher, Hussain bin Mohamed, was fined $50, or two months' rigorous imprisonment, in the Magistrate's Court here recently, for using criminal force on a 13-year-old Malay girl. The girl, Khatijah binte Sheikh JafTar. told the court that304 words
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Article28 1955-01-18 3 I ird K r i j lin d r y i i l of I I p I I I tu 1 I I paid I I28 words
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Article69 1955-01-18 3 MAKHAN SINGH and Mohan Singh claimed trial in ihe Singapore S;xth Police Court yesterday to a charge of cans- l grievous hurt with an iron bar to Thakar S;ngh. It was alleged that the oil enee was committed at the iunction oi Niven Road and Mackenzie Rond69 words
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Article107 1955-01-18 3 Electric Supply For Alexandra THE City Council is j planning to acq u ire Z Singapore Improvement Trust land at Queensiown to build an electric sub- J station. 2 A Council committee wa s told that a sub- 5 station was very neces- sary in the Alexandra C area due107 words
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Article48 1955-01-18 3 THE following have been elected office-bearers of the Singapore Geylang Sraits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship President Air. Ed mind Khoo. Vice-President Mr. Charlie Tan. Secretary Miss Mny Yeo Assistant Secrtary Air. Hubert Seow. TreaUrer Miss Hannah Lim and Assistant Treasurer Mr. '.hoo Kim Liang.48 words
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Article43 1955-01-18 3 RAUB. Mon. Inche £»id bin Haji Nor. a Kirkby-tr.ncd teacher, of the Mahmud 'nglish School, here recently larricd Miss Sadiah inte Buyong. a student Allay School teacher, of thc IVilay school at Scga in the dirict of Raub.43 words
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Article145 1955-01-18 3 FOUR raids on Singapore's brothels were caiied out last month by officers of the Social Weiare Department. Three girls who were detained have ten housed "in a place of safety," says a report of:he Department. I Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, a145 words
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Article47 1955-01-18 3 Thc lecture to be given by Prof. A. A. Sandosham. of the University of Malaya, on Jan. 25 on "Observation of a Postgraduate Student Overseas, ha s been postponed to Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 8.15 p.m. at the Parasitology Lecture Theatre. University of Malaya.47 words
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Article226 1955-01-18 3 Municipal Cases THE Singapore City Council wants the City Police Magistrate to deal exclusively vvith cases arising under the Municipal Ordinance or brought by the Registrar of Vehicles under the Road Traffic Ordinance. At a recent meeting of Government and City Council representatives, the226 words
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Article77 1955-01-18 3 A SINGAPORE City Council labourer was sitting 01. the live-foot-way in DunlCp Street while it rained on Sunday afternoon when he felt some one trying to pull a bundle from his pocket. He turned round and saw a Chinese, who punched him on the jaw and sent77 words
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133 1955-01-18 3 DEARER KEROSINE, DIESEL OIL TODAY PEOPLE in Singapore and in the Fedei ation will have to pay more for Shell kerosine and diesel oil trom* today. The Shell Company an nounced that from today Shell Kerosine (4-p_ o, ''-n tin» will be sold t.t $4.70 instead of $4.60 and Crown133 words
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Article44 1955-01-18 3 YATIM BIN AWANG. who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to failing to report to the Police on May 16. while being a police supervisee was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Magistrate, Mr. J.M Deve-reux-Coiebourn.44 words
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Article124 1955-01-18 3 Mail Hours During Holidays THE Singapore General Post Oflice will be open on Chinese New Year's Day. (Monday Jan. 24), and Tuesday, Jan. 25. from i) a.m. until noon. All other post offices ind posta] agencies will remain open from 0 am. to 10.30 a.m.. except thc following: Joo Chiat;124 words
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95 1955-01-18 3 MISS PHYLLIS Lowe, who arrived in Malaya from London last March to become National Director of the Y.W.C.A.. has been loaned to the Singapore Y.W.C.A. as acting General Secretary until the end of March, 1055. She takes thc place of Mrs. Shufen Khoo. former95 words
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Article, Illustration46 1955-01-18 3 photo. THE Chief Justice, Sir «rle s Murray-Aynsley, inspects the guard of honour mounted by a Police contingent ofiurkha s at the ceremonial opening of the 1955 Singapore Assizes yesterday. He is seen aictpanied by Mr Justice Brown (extreme left). StandardStandard - 46 words
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Advertisement112 1955-01-18 3 L CAPITOL 1 ip BLUE ROOM (air-conditioned) !£U lOR COMFORT f v RESTAURANT j > BAR Ha QUICK LUXCH at S 2.75 j [j^OOVIIA 2.00p.m. to S.p.m. j APITOL BALLROOM i !!l ,:(l l«» cl«y for renovation 0k TO MORROW f OPEMS AS USUAL! Jp KONG LING lj SINGS NIGHTLY112 words
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Advertisement162 1955-01-18 3 Tfie world famous family of TIGER medicinal products r i wi CHINKAWHITE This invaluable Wind Mixture is an excellent remedy for Stomach Pains. Constipation, Indigestion, Acidity, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL HOWARD KBLlnp i| iti ,N Ji A\ G- AAs i SEVEN BRIDES LSEVENRROTHERS162 words
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545 1955-01-18 4 Woman, 80, gives evidence against election agent MALACCA, Mon.— With a rosary in her hand, a small, wizened Portuguese woman, Antonio Laxeroo, aged 80, today gave evidence in a Malacca elections case. In thc dock stood Haji Hashim Othman, an Alliance election agent, charged with545 words
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347 1955-01-18 4 Views Clash On Use Of Crash Helmets Ridiculous/ Ugly, Safe' SINGAPORE S motor cyclists were divided in theii opinion on a suggestion by the Police Secretary, Mr fnr h. C J affUe M riders should wear "ash helmets for head protection in case of road mishaps e °i f the347 words
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138 1955-01-18 4 Bandit Forced Her To It, She Says KLALA LUMPI R Mon —A 16-year-old piri. W* Ah Sep, told the High Court here toda> that a Communist tern, nst threatened to shoot I i r dead if she did not collect food fo r them. N T g who was caught138 words
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Article101 1955-01-18 4 Ipolt nir Singa P° re General Office expects to handle more than 500,000 greeting rds be w «*n now and thf Chinese New Year. The public is requested to co-operate with the Post Office n° StU i? their cards a early as possible s101 words
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Article128 1955-01-18 4 LABOUR PARTY CHIEF RESIGNS PENANG, Mon.—Chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Lee Moke Sang, has resigned from his post as chairman. His resignation has been accepted by the executive committee of the Party. In a statement today, the executive committee said Mr. Lee resigned because of thc ban128 words
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Article83 1955-01-18 4 Benefits For City Employees THE Singapon City Council will toon amend its Ordinance to provide provident fund benefit! to ltl employees who have not put in ten years* service with the Council.* This is being done to bring the provident fund and other benefit schemes of tiic Council in line83 words
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Article69 1955-01-18 4 LORD Horc-Bclisha. onc time Britain's War Minister, arrives in Singapore todav on an unofficial visit to Malava He will be the guest of the Commissioner-General Mr Malcolm MacDonald. In Singapore he will see housing and medical developments and also visit the University of Malava. the Harbour69 words
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Article28 1955-01-18 4 I SINGAPORE Customs on Sundoy seized 178 pounds of raw opium worth 5178,000 In the engine room of the ship Okhla which arrived from Muar28 words
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174 1955-01-18 4 CORRUPT SERGEANT GETS 3 YEARS To Appeal KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Police Sergeant Babu Singh, former Chief of Kuala Lumpui s Pudu Police Station, was sent to prison for three years by the Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew. today for accepting a $250 weekly bribe from the operators of a174 words
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Article48 1955-01-18 4 Wo re No Badge CiUA Chiew Lim a bus conductor, was fined S3 yesterday in the Singapore CUy Poloe Court when he pleaded guilty to failing to wear his conkictors badge on Nov 26 lasiycar. while o n duty in Bus WO p. ySI at Seng Poh Road48 words
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240 1955-01-18 4 THE statement made by British Labour Party leader Mr. Clement Attlee. 'that the new houses in the south-west London borough of Lambeth were better than thos-i he had seen during his recent Visit to Singapore, was desenbeu yesterday as -unfair" by a lead ing Colony architect240 words
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218 1955-01-18 4 JOHORE, BAHRU, Mon.-Tan Hoo Sian lorrv dmer was fined $4,000 in the Sessions Court todal tor attempting to evade Customs duty amounting to^n on 59 cartons of cigarettes. amounting to $250 Tan, followed by two other men, were .cen creeping under the vate* main from218 words
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Article56 1955-01-18 4 PENANG. Mon. The Austra ian Air Training Corps wheh is on a goody' 11 tour of ,/lalaya, arrived at the RAF Station here this afternoon. On Wednesday, the Australians will leave by an HAF speedboat to witness a bombing! practice by the RAF Btlterwo^h. on56 words
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Article72 1955-01-18 4 SINGAPORE Police are anxious to contact a European who helped a traffic constable to arrest a man following a report by a woman that%he was molested outside the Capitol Flats on Jan. 12. This European, who pointed out the suspect to the constable after72 words
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Article36 1955-01-18 4 swami v p > kan Mw-n« oi the R amakrishna M on. Singapore, acknowledges with grateful thanks the receipt of $100 from thi Blntr— re Naval Base Em Plovees' Co-operative ThrTft and Loan Society Ltd36 words
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Advertisement313 1955-01-18 4 I^SHAW BROTHERS^ A J».T^_r^™^ 4.011 tf.»» J TCL 5159 a nd 95 pm V.cfENNJLLERJTORyji starring Jann s Sircar! JmM Allyson L.l. in Technicolor W- £1 "-OPENING ,*k J TontOVUHi/t' Plus: 3 STOOGES COMEDY. v THE MAN ftHto wim DAM tjw rope nnuiifcifw iov«-notrrv j J HI BO«R!»t Jbi ♦VW ■tm313 words
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Advertisement286 1955-01-18 4 CA I HAV ORCJANISATmT^JiI •*^y* J^* AfgM I THEY FOUGHT FOR JP^^\ m HAPPINESS IN A JT lfl WORLD THAT WOULD Mim fl NOT LET THEM LOVE' T^^l ODILE J, xHTI VERSOIS -s^iß DAVID "dl k"^ *l KNIGHT y T" ,o ,rM T <>»iiiT^T' LET fc» *-i-o- >■ 4 f286 words
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Article340 1955-01-18 5 ToHM R, Mon.— Allegations that "vital m urdcr rase hod been threatened with ](H relative of the deceased, were made (})r defence, Mr. R. P. S. Rajasooria, in fcistrate's (ourt here today. Mr. Rajasooria made these .tions when Khoo Teng IH. a former pupil of Victoria Institution, Kuala pur.340 words
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Article55 1955-01-18 5 PENANG. Mon— Arr Elec- Exhibition designed to stimulate public interest in the forthcoming Settlement and •ral elections, will be held the Khek Asscr iation. lah Road, from Feb Z to F b ;>. The exhibition will show how elections are conducted, cow the legislative woiks. and55 words
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Article59 1955-01-18 5 PENANG. Mon. Three armed robbers entered u sundry goods shop in New Lane, in the early hours of terday morning. held up roprietor. who was about o e his shop. w:th knives. and took away $30 cash. a :er pen valued at $12 and rettes. It59 words
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Article, Illustration48 1955-01-18 5 JUL Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley. Mr I*. 11. Davis presses the tap of a standpipe to declare open the new water supply scheme in Pulau Aman. the "Isle of Peace' at a ceremony, last week. The scheme which is a R.I.D.A. project cost 514.00048 words
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Article217 1955-01-18 5 PENANG, Mon.— The Penang Alliance will fight for the establishment of fully elected local Municipal and Settlement councils and will strive to ensure that all the children in the Settlement of school age receive adequate education. These are among the ten aims Of tiic Alliance217 words
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Article149 1955-01-18 5 Red Songs Were To Cheer Him KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An unemployed labourer. Mow Sui Yong. told the High Court here today that he wrote Communist songs "to lift him out of his moods of depression." Mow. who pleaded guilty to possessing subversive literature at his home in Serdang Bahru in149 words
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Article74 1955-01-18 5 PENANG. Mon.— L/Cpl. Lee Chin Eng, 22. of the federation Regiment. claimed trial when he appeared in the Magistrate's Couu today on a charge of attempted extortion. Lee was alleged to have put one Yeoh Ewe Bee in fear of injury to induce Yeoh to give74 words
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Article124 1955-01-18 5 CHINESE FIRM TRICKED BY GIRL PENANG. Mon. Penang Police are looking for an 18-year-old Chinese girl who posed as the daughter of a Chinese millionaire in a shop in Burmah Road and got away with goods to the value of $238.45. According to the Police report, the manager of the124 words
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306 1955-01-18 5 TALK IT OVER AGAIN P.H.B. MEN TOLD No Defeat For Either Side— Court Of Inquiry h*» KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Court of Inquiry into the dispute oerween the Penang Harbour Beard and its Staff Association over the -LI 11 fe r ry ticke se!,ep leave ond un^orms urged further negotiations306 words
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Article319 1955-01-18 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Detailing the circumstances leading to the Penang Harbour Board's probe into the operation ot the ferry service! and the issuing of tickets to I vehicular traffic and passen I gers. the Board held that the j system as existed last March was not a319 words
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Article84 1955-01-18 5 Remanded In Custody Till Jan. 20 TAN Kian Seng and Lau Kim Lim were tentatively charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with committing armed robbery. It was alleged that Tan nnd Lau robbed a woman. Pak Yin Chan, of cash anc* jewellery worth $3,277 on thr night of84 words
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Article49 1955-01-18 5 Army Captain. J. Pollard was fined $150 in the Singaoore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday, on a charge of negligent driving. The prosecution stated that Pollard's ear collided with a bus at the 12* mile. i Upper Changi Road, oh Aug. 1 8. last year.49 words
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Article31 1955-01-18 5 PFNANG. Men a restaurant in the (,'rcat World Park here was broken into yesterday and M packets of cigarettes and some bo! ties ol beer and stout were stolen31 words
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Article122 1955-01-18 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Radio Malava's New Year's Eve "Dollars for Discs' programme which raised by promised donations, a record-breaking $12,000 Is still breaking records a fortnight later. More than $4,000 of thc total has still to com in and Radio Malaya officials arr beginning122 words
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Article69 1955-01-18 5 PENANG, Mon A rati ct ho -lsehre-ikifjg uas rep to tho Po!ic t todav lo which the front dom pad o. k uf a shop in China Street forced ooea and larons fountain oeus and eash to the vahie of $156.gQ were itoleti After ranna rkftng69 words
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Article50 1955-01-18 5 THE lst Battalion of thr* Royal Irish Fusiliers arrived in Bingapore yesterday aboard tho trooper Dunera D route to Britain after operational duties in Korea The Dunera. which sailed yesterday evening, embarked Service personnel and their families from Singapore who are bound for Britain on leave.50 words
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Miscellaneous559 1955-01-18 5 d&lwictixcic Information at a Glance ■■■wim ■nv Port Dickson 2.46 a m (6 ft 7in I P.W IMON: The Pui le VJ.\r\ 1. SC I SI m+* k\ fm ___^N fk r -47 P- m W f f 5 in 3. 630 and 9.1"> pm pi VI A r V-/559 words
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971 1955-01-18 6 Singapore 4afr Standard Collective Farm Exiles JTROM time to time rumours came out of Red China that those Chinese students who returned there from Malaya and Indonesia were sent to the island of Hainan to grow rubber. It was presumed by the authorities there that since these lads hailed from971 words
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603 1955-01-18 6 No Apology For Negligence; But Charges, Yes Sir:— Your leading article of January 12 und^r the caption "Spoiling The Soup is straight-iorward and to thc point ai.d I must congratulate you for that. An application for a replanting grant under the Smallholders Replanting Scheme was sent on the 31st May603 words
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Article233 1955-01-18 6 Sir:— l was very surprised to read what 'Citizen" wrote in your paper ot llth January. 1953. i-cg..iding the above Club as I donated something towards it thinking that a Club was being built for the youths of Negri Sembilan. If it is true that Govern- ment233 words
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Article140 1955-01-18 6 Sir; At a time when costs of living are decidedly on the downward trend, it is most disgusting to read that Chinese barbers have decided to raise their charges during the two weeks preceding Chinese New Year. I. for one. will not be a sucker by resigning140 words
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Article116 1955-01-18 6 Thur 7 ?u re P° r ted on Thursday that about 120 houses in the Frankel Estate near Siglap would be supplied with electricity bv March This is good news ior us who have been living by kerosene lamps for so many months. I am curious to know, however.116 words
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Article144 1955-01-18 6 Tea -Cup Storm Sir: The split in the Alliance with the PPP over the choice of candidates in the Federal Elections was not unexpected. The PPP leaders have underestimated the M.C.A. leaders, especially Mr. Leong Yew Koh. the Secretary General, who is a seasoned politician not only in Malaya but144 words
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Article622 1955-01-18 6 DANIEL NORMAN - DANIEL NORMAN by LONDON, RUMANIA, the country L% where even during the w%rst days of the war bread was sold freely and the supply of essential foodstuff was almost normal, is the last country in Europe to announce the end of the post-war rationing system. The622 words
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Article152 1955-01-18 6 Review of Views tical movements of S gapore. The meeting was held as an ordinary p, rally to seek votes, to arouse the Interest the voters in exercising their rights to vote, the journal points out. More than 10,000 people attended the rally and that indicates that the people are152 words
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Article744 1955-01-18 6 JTOR the next few months the people in the Colony and the Federation will have inflicted upon them speeches hy candidates contesting the elections to the Legislative and other Councils in the two territories. These will be preceded by others handing out bouquets to744 words
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Advertisement40 1955-01-18 6 I*l Sale Wide Selection of t CLOCKS a WATCHES 5 i CHUN CHONG f j (House of Good Clocks Watches J J since 1889) J M t>2 m S tttt ilt Ur stiffs* Miosis! m I +C Ssnfftspssrs* I>h»n< 221i(>1i40 words
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Advertisement53 1955-01-18 6 A /mti *V<T ff^_____k_#w^^ £^V>_X SINGAPORE PENANG to 0 RANGOON RANGOON Single fore: Single tore: $294.90 $201 95 height: Freight: $0 65c. per Ib. $0.50c. per lb. RETURN FARE: 10^ REBATE A UNION Or BURMA lB Consult: ENG LEE HONG I CHU 'i^>\ 42. TELOK AYER STREET u J SINGAPORE.53 words
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Miscellaneous10 1955-01-18 6 Laughter at Work "Idiot! There are TWO cows in account!"10 words
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Article88 1955-01-18 7 LnGTON, Jan. 17, (UP)— President EisenWgrt or tho 1956 fiscal ycar earmarked I u ,i,Ki for forcigrn aid to anti-Communist Europe and the Middle East. 1 r5.^.T00.000.000 for military aid com-.-,0.000.000 during the current year. niven nt said the led arms for Pans European lantic South E md Japan.88 words
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95 1955-01-18 7 Dulles Says Back Trade Bill Or... WASHINGTON. ja n 17 (Reuter) The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles said today that grave consequences would follow if Congress failed to enact President Eisenhowers new liberalised trade programme with its emphasis on tarifT reductions. Mr. Dulles was testifying in95 words
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Article52 1955-01-18 7 17, (Reuter) ti ied to Scol and r he siege of off for I worst weather in N ru hed onc e h< ';rop*crs a i y ised in the Ai aya local In dropping c:.esr led supplies to 1 families, re than a *re?> storms h *orc 'rom52 words
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Article86 1955-01-18 7 MOSCOW. Jan. 17. <AP>— Italy's curvcFomc Gina Lollobrigida has taken Moscow by storm. The city is plastered with coloured billboards advertising Italy's "national monument" in "Fanfan the Tulip," co-starring Gcrer Philippe of France. All the theatres showing the film are jammed. It is the first86 words
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Article89 1955-01-18 7 ANN ARBOR. Michigan. I Jan. 17. (AP) A physiological chemist says take a glass of wine or a whisky highball before dinner and at bedtime if you want to enjoy good health in your later years. Dr. J. M. Orten of the Department of Physiological Chemistry89 words
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Article29 1955-01-18 7 AN Israeli goodwill mission wil! leave for a three-week tour of Communist China on Thursday. The group is scheduled to spend one week in Peking. UP.29 words
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Article26 1955-01-18 7 •tnan of e of birthf yesterday who third ltt Sw *ss Alps by an where :rom •ded a v K>bile and a rand- ad- Fuad26 words
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Article41 1955-01-18 7 THE Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in New York yesterday announced the elecction of Sir Richard V. Southwell of Cambridge. England. as an honorary Fellow and Dr. William P. Jones of Teddington. England, as a Fellow in its organization. AP.41 words
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Article41 1955-01-18 7 LONDON. Jan. 17 (Reuter). —The population of England and Wales increased by 184.000 during tbe year ended June 30. 1954— and the 65 showed the biggest age group inerease. The total population in England and Wales is 44.480,000.41 words
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Article267 1955-01-18 7 Admiral Warns British Govt. LONDON, Jan. 17. (Keuter) Admiral Sir Louis Hamilton, Chairman of the Navy League, accused the British Government today of allowing the Royal Navy "to run down to an ebb lower than ever before in living memory." "Moreover, they have given no267 words
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Article26 1955-01-18 7 Dr. Jagob Kaplan. Chief Rabbi of Paris since 1951 was yesterday elected Chief Rabbi of France to succeed the late Isai Schwart. Reuter26 words
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95 1955-01-18 7 SALZBURG, Jan. 17, (Reuter)— An American Army L-19 observation plane took off on its own without a pilot during a gale here today. It flew at 200 feet over two villages and a power line near the U.S. forces Salzburg Airport and95 words
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Article193 1955-01-18 7 2 ,000 Parcels Come Pouring THE Daily Mirror recently published tHo following letter from Mrs. T. White of The Dial public house at Bocking, Essex: ffJL making gifts, toys, woolly balls and so on. to raise money for the National Snasties Society. Can any readers help by sending any odd193 words
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Article48 1955-01-18 7 VATICAN CITY. Jan. 17. (Reuter) The Vatican City jail has been shut down because of shortage of prisoners and turned into a warehouse. Only four offenders have been housed in its comfortable cells since its creation 26 years ago when thc Vatican City became independent territory.48 words
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Article125 1955-01-18 7 LONDON, Jan. 17, (AP) Darkness enveloped London on Sunday afternoon, mystifying and frightening thousands of people. The freakish darkness lasted only 10 minutes and disappeared with the switness with which it came. But for a few minutes one of the world's biggest cities experienced125 words
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193 1955-01-18 7 LONDON. Jan. 17, (AP) A dovser came to the aid of the Queer yesterday, Bill Youngs, one <>t Britain's best known divirers. said his offer to try and find Queen Elizabeth s wrirt watch ha s been accepted. The Queen has been193 words
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158 1955-01-18 7 Plans For Antarctic Expedition Under Way LONDON. Jan. 17. (Reuter) —The British expedition which plans to cross the Antarctic continent in tracked vehicles by passing the South Pole, hopes to leave Britain in December this year. Dr. Vivian Fuchs, leaderdesignate disclosed this at a press conference here yesterday. He said158 words
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Article118 1955-01-18 7 LONDON. Jan. 17. (Reuter) The leader of a British Parliamentary delegation of six who returned today after a week's "any complaints" visit to British troops in Germany said here there was not much to worrv about. Mr. Wilfred Paling, the Labour M.P. who headed118 words
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154 1955-01-18 7 HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 17, (UP)— Marilyn Monroe's studio said today it will prevent the blonde actress from acting for anybody unless she lives up to her long-term contract. chhmhhh^ h^ h _____m________m__________ Twentieth Century-Fox Studio suspended the star on Saturday for failing to appear for154 words
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Article80 1955-01-18 7 MARQUETTE. Michigan. Jan. 17, (AP)— Prisoners at Marquette State prison are watching construction workers with longing fascination these days —and it is making warden Emery E. Jacques a bit nervous. A corner of the prison wall has been knocked down so that a new cell block can be80 words
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Article339 1955-01-18 7 Nehru Reports To Party I^.Y ADI < South India), Jan. 17, (Reuter)— Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, said today that his country's national aim was a welfare state and a socialist economy." In a 6,000-word report to the All-India Congress committee— the ruling339 words
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Article, Illustration47 1955-01-18 7 Farouk's New Friend photo. IRMA Capece Minu- S j tlo. the Neapolitan mri J j who is i urrrntly ev Kin? J J I .trunk most frequent 2 J companion. wearing a I < cocktail evening gown J 2 in hrnwn lace on heavy white satin. m» APAP - 47 words
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Article40 1955-01-18 7 EX-KING Umberto of Italy arrived in Lisbon on Sunday by plane from Paris to make the final arrangements for the wedding of his daughter. Princess Maria Pia. and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, on Feb. 12 at Cascais.— AP.40 words
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198 1955-01-18 7 CAIRO, Jan. 17, (Reuter) The Egyptian Government yesterday ordered the desks of schoolgirls to be searched daily for love letters following a scandal involving an 11-year-old girl. A circular issued to government schools bv the Education Ministry told headmistresses to expel any girl found in198 words
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Article59 1955-01-18 7 LASPEZIA. Italy. Jan. 17. (Reuter) Police anti-kiss patrols formed in this seaport on thc recent Turin model claimed young couple as first victims in a cinema here on Saturday nisht Isnacle Zancani. 25. and Elide Polidori. 21. were escorted to police headquarters after being found in "a prohibited59 words
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Advertisement71 1955-01-18 7 ft TIN CLOSIMC PRICES NtaM fc" d^ 7 London Certe^cndeer L0N U n_i cr °"<* tin V~J he fo,| o*'"fl ore the closing 0ND 0N Rubbir C London Morket. l\\* LONDON TIN lun. St*7 S P° f *689.10 buyers. CL Sti u l° i' b htT Sa Thre months £69071 words
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Advertisement151 1955-01-18 7 Biscuils...af their best For nearly o hundred years, people in Britain have >"^'^v v^l> f regarded Rorrary s biscuits as Britain's best. The fine s //^Mj"^<\S^ k flavour of these biscuits is much too gcod to /sm^r 'H'^ endanger L J&\> So, all core is taken to make sure that151 words
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Article441 1955-01-18 8 Hare/ Wo/*? We'd Love It They Tell Producer TWELVE enthusiastic English women yesterday emphatically stated that they would be "thrilled" to appear in *he film, "A Town Like Alice," even if it means "hard, sweating and very unpleasant work in dirty clothes." Tho women,441 words
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Article, Illustration32 1955-01-18 8 photo. MRS. Jean Gosman. a prospective candidate for a part in the film. **A Town Like Alice," is interviewed by Director Jack Lee (left) and Producer Joseph Janni. StandardStandard - 32 words
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Article136 1955-01-18 8 He Wants To Build Clinics A Singanorc contractor and businessman. Mr. L.cc Kim Tab. has made an oiler to Government to build a few elinics in the Rural areas as he feels that many poor villagers lark free medieal attention and advice. Mr. Lee said that the only place where136 words
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Article45 1955-01-18 8 THREE new lawyers, including a woman, were admitted to the Singapore bar bv the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in the Sin", apore High Court vesterday They are Miss Wong Hong Siang, Mr. Lim Seow Beng and Mr. Lennox McLena Paton45 words
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Article114 1955-01-18 8 2 Tappers Had Stolen Rubber I JOHORE BAHRI'. Mon. For beinq In unlawful i< •sion of M\ kat;s of map ber valued at Othmi I Mohklar end Pkiman lun K two rubber tappei on H Estate, Cr< lang V I were each Nntl to five months* Imprisonment in- tbc Sessions114 words
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Article66 1955-01-18 8 A SINCAPORE VoIUI Special Con. table broke Up qang clash in a coffee shop Bukit Panjang Road on S night and arrested three n Five gangers fK d i" motor car and othei < I ped on foot when the VSC appeared on the scene.66 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-01-18 8 RANKS TOP MAN COMING TO S'PORE ONE of Britain's top film producers. Mr. John 1 11. Davis, deputy chairman and managing director of the J. Arthur Rank Organization in London. will arrive in Singapore on35 words
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Article, Illustration56 1955-01-18 8 Saturday with his aetress wife. Dinah Sheridan. Dinah will be remembered for her leading feminine role in "Genevieve." the film about the annual London to Brighton veteran car race which was shown in Malaya last year. Mr. Davis controls all J. Arthur Rank productions and t'56 words
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338 1955-01-18 8 DEVASER TICKED OFF FOR THAT NEHRU PUBLICITY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The policy-making working committee of the Malayan Indian Congress is understood to have severely censured its president. Mr. K. L. Devaser, last night for his "tactless publicity to a private conversation with India's Premier Mr .lawaharlal Nehru." i L_ The338 words
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Article242 1955-01-18 8 Pay Reduction Was Wrong ii_,wn?„ ESingapore Harl >oiir Board yesterday admitted nvo l^L ,n t L S T m S Case in the tMI Distric^ouri saLrv of lim r? 0 > in status and eduction in S^lriiSrJfiSa Wh^!2!!^ <han years' ssss SS tion the Issue242 words
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Article198 1955-01-18 8 A DETECTIVE'S suspicions were aroused one night when he noticed a man boarding and alighting from four different buses in a Singapore street and each time the bus left without the man. On the fiftn occasion the detective stopped and searched him. In the man's waist198 words
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88 1955-01-18 8 A SINGAPORE watchman. Bhak Singh w; s sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment in t\c Fiist District Court ye^t.rdav for attempting to exto t $2 from a Sikh merchant. He was also put under police supervision tor a ve.ir The merchant. Albo Singh88 words
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Article, Illustration84 1955-01-18 8 J MR. LEON GARCIA (left), the Filipino law. Z >e r who is to take ehaige 2 of the first Philippines Consulate in Medano in J Indonesia Borneo, arrived 2 in Singapore JllUlilJ by Pan-American Con- stellation wilh h s A nistrative Officer. Mr Ruhen Mcndo7.».Standard - 84 words
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Advertisement181 1955-01-18 8 T^^ SUAW EEOSt ORGANISATION Cmti^ X gf 3 GREAT ATTRACTIONS '|j l]Xg HIK IHI. **m +Jn-> CHINESE NEW YEAA I CapitOL 4. Phoac 5159 MIDNIGHT PREVIEW SATURDAY! cn«m*.REX VIRGINIA GEORGE LAURENC 5 i HARRISON MAYO SANDERS HARVF 1 m m I Elliltelfffl© Ar jI m w\y FROM Sir Walter Scotts181 words
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Advertisement52 1955-01-18 8 fMMM YIOHDO CVIMIS9 MMM -1 ,1 3 -s I I r 1 I N too'- J j I i HEM ce I SUM TS*D» H J n.r.i tm M tawa »j i- 1 PILE fl I J Wtfffl ':,s M;|||l> V 1 1 i;i Nl i s: t...iii- ja ii52 words
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Article1123 1955-01-18 9 loi Columbia University in response to student requests for study of many forms of music. I here are excellent jazz musicians who demonstrate various types and styles of jazz, such as S Chicago style and, of recent years, the West Coast (California) style the musicians here1,123 words
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Article, Illustration811 1955-01-18 9 CHE'S Britain's newest glamour star, brought to 2 the movie screen from J dramatic success on televig sion and hailed as the greatest TV discovery in x recent years. 'Her name: Jeannette Sterke. SThis twenty-year-old hazel- eyed beauty, with reddish--2 brown hair, has 'British' on her811 words
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Article28 1955-01-18 9 "JOVV can you tell -*whcn the iron is too jnt?" the newly-wed >iked his young wife. "It's easy," she replied. "The clothes start to turn brown."28 words
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Article28 1955-01-18 9 PJAVID NIVENS eight- year-old Jamie ended his prayers the other night with "And please remind me to be kind to animals and fairly nice to human beings."28 words
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Article, Illustration527 1955-01-18 9 B E AUTIFUL V c k i Martin, twenty-four-year-old showgirl friend of the rich Maharajah of Cooch Behar died th e other day. She diec as many of her friends always feared she would in a road crash. Por Vicki, the lovely young527 words
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Article, Illustration265 1955-01-18 9 r rHE life of Gautama Buddha, fabulous war-rior-prince who founded a way of life which now numbers more than 500 million followers, will be brought to the screen as the most important international motion picture in M-G-M's history, it was announced by Studio Head265 words
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Article, Illustration296 1955-01-18 9 Bv 808 THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (AP)— Robert Taylor, who already holds the record for longest exclusive contract of any M.G.M star, has just signed on for another six years. Next month, handsome Bob will have given 21 of his best years to the Culver City lot. The296 words
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Advertisement23 1955-01-18 9 yH vSfer lm fl tuff** ii "J s THIS OFFER HOLDS GOOD THROUGHOUT SINGAPORE AND THE FEDERATION FROM JANUARY sth to 23rd (inclusive)23 words
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Article694 1955-01-18 10 At My Age! Be Happy to Happy (JVE day. not so long ago. I was discussing life in general and locks in particular with a charming woman She was pretty, well-groomed. beautifully dressed and had a happy and sparkling personality. I also happen to know that the i s in694 words
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Article, Illustration230 1955-01-18 10 Toni - Toni Bv Navy and pink evening frock in a mixture of nylon and ninon. The pink lies in large pintucked pleats down the front and cascades towards the fullness in the skirt. Three big buttons accentuate the wide waistband giving an empire-look to the bust. Draped shoulder-straps230 words
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Article623 1955-01-18 10 I'M PROBABLY going to 1 make many a carowner's mouth water when I tell you this, but fact is that a lot of new auto gadgets have been perfected, and are said to be already on the market. When, and If ever, they will get to Malaya623 words
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Article240 1955-01-18 10 ELIZABETH COWLEY - ELIZABETH COWLEY by TWENTY KIGBTx YEARS-OLD Mona Freeman is the youngest-looking star in Hollywood. She is so baby-faced that directors give hcr up in despair. They say she is just a little too old-looking for child roles and much too young-looking to b c taken seriously240 words
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Article241 1955-01-18 10 ITS really a sha.ie that not x more women out here wear real tlow>rs,—or if they do. don't know HOW to wear them In Europe a posy cats a fortune, especially out of season. Here tfu enterprisinu sicain can delight hi*, lady fair any da) for a very small241 words
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Article24 1955-01-18 10 irm I m I ii'i. r li nw Mill I i.i MIM i 1 1" a;'" I nut i 1 Ifl I I24 words
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Advertisement56 1955-01-18 10 M "^^H_Rk WmW^^^ <_____[ HV What's happened 7 to my hankies...! A dozen ncw hankies only a few weeks ago and now getting Sunlight? Then there'd be no need to rub my things to shreds in trying to gct them clean. Sunlight's IF^SUII LIGHT \J^ la *her eases the dirt56 words
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Advertisement625 1955-01-18 11 b^uTSCHER LLOYD AND jrG- AMERIKA LINIE lOINT SERVICE Cenoa Marseilles. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg Bremen. Spore P S'ham Penang vn 23/27Jan 28/29 Jon 29/ 50 Jon f>7 8/11 Feb 12 Feb 13 Feb G 24/27 Feb 28 Feb 2 Mar KonJ M.mila, Kobe b Yokohama. Penang P. S'ham S'pore iag 22625 words
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Advertisement1195 1955-01-18 11 mm mmm^ m Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTO. Tel: 2412 ShiMfe? (Ineoroorated m Singaoorel lUUamtl THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE BS C rrt 7lii^l_S l Mrt» fe load tkuMmf «^1» •AIkINCS fe LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONOON b CONTINENT MQgpM Alri MAU 4 ua b Fenang Aleinou. for Uverpool an 17/18 2ZU? f'1,195 words
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Advertisement801 1955-01-18 11 MITSUI pg LINE MOM JAPAN INDIA, BURMA. PAKISTAN KYORITSU MARU for Rongoon P> P ColcuttO BCI. OHSAN MARU to Bomb.; »Ub Karachi ft •I '5 Feb 19 Feb A».AAAr. FOR MPAN ARIMASAN MARU W v v«l_*u 7 RU tor *ceiung, pu^wTma^:; it MoH, Osaka AZ v? A u SAN WAR"801 words
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Advertisement775 1955-01-18 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS 10 CONTINENT/SCANDINAVI/ For Aden. Pott Said. Cenoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hamburg. Copenhagen. Gothenburg and Oslo. S'pore P S'ham Penang "ASIA" 20/25 |an 26/26 Jan 27/28 |an "I KINA" 20/25 Feb 26/27 Feb 28Fcb/1 Mar xxi) "MEONIA 4/7 Mar 8/8 Mar 9/9 Mar xxx) "FALSTRIA" 15/19 Mar 20/20775 words
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Article118 1955-01-18 12 Produce Market Is Quiet THE produce market in Singapore was quiet in most sections yesterday, with only small business reported. Copra quotations were slightly higher when compared with Saturday's prices, February shipment being quoted at $322 per picul at the dose yesterday. Coronut oil sellers at Penang closed at $494118 words
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Article, Illustration235 1955-01-18 12 THERE IS NO BUSINESS LIKE SHARE BUSINESS Malaya's Only Woman Sharebroker Says: Standard Staff Reporter TO Australian born Mrs. CV Khoo, the only woman sharebroker in Malaya, "there's no business like share business A director of United Traders Ltd.. a firm of stock and sharebrokers in Penang. Mrs. Khoo is235 words
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Article161 1955-01-18 12 Ol TER ROADS Asha: Solikamail; Jensens; Chip Lam: Claude; Bernard; Seiko M'aru; Aldegonda: Ton? Thay; Steel Chemist; Batumi; Fossarus; Mandeville. INNER ROADS Wah Sing: Teck Thong: Bruas: Scdenak: Serampang; Petaling: Merlimau; Hai Seng Hin: Serdang; Puseng: Oshoro Maru: Aik Hm; June: Sg. Bila: Buruman: Aik Leong; Perintis;161 words
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Article79 1955-01-18 12 THE Federation imported $606,588 worth of black tea (407.524 lbs.) and $89,079 worth of green tea 54.621 lbs.), according to official rtfttfstics. In the same month the Federation exported $684,334 worth of black tea (398,754 lbs and $2-760 (2.472 lbs.) green tea. Imports of black and79 words
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Article20 1955-01-18 12 THE fourth Furniture and Furnishing Fabrics Trade will be held in Utrecht from Feb 7 to 12.20 words
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Article102 1955-01-18 12 WASHINGTON. Jan 17: (UP) The Agriculture Department reported today the American rice exports to Asia declined by 50 percent in the first quarter of the 1954-55 marketing vear as compared with 1953 54. It said that U.S exports totalled 2.861.000 bags in the August-October102 words
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Article53 1955-01-18 12 A AKdO of stea mini: jute is unloaded from thr Olasgow freighter I.i rt Kennedy (7.134 tons) onto the quay at Rotterdam M week. Sixty bales of jute aboard the freighter were srt aim at Rotterdam uhen a Hood- hthl H i hold* i» ll_.ltto br <!* fctram to53 words
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461 1955-01-18 12 WHEN the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier Forrestal churns out to sea, every revolution of its four powerful 75,000 pound propellers will be cushioned in rubber. The Navy christened its new carrier at Newport New* recently. The rubber cushions will oe in the form ofUP - 461 words
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727 1955-01-18 12 Industrials Still Show Improvement THERE was a further improvement in Malayan industrial shares, which I opened the week rather firm yesterday. Tin shares were irregular, while rubber shares showed little response to the rise in the commodity price. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yes- j terday were: Buyers727 words
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Article82 1955-01-18 12 SOAP production in the Federation showed an increase in the first 11 months last year compared to the same period of 1953. In the 11 months, the Federation produced 237,124 cwts. against 214.677 cwts for the corresponding period. Local sales apd exports of soap in November stood82 words
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Article56 1955-01-18 12 SHIPMENTS of latex from Malaya in D. o C v>o io St ycar amounti 0,232.50 tOOI of which 3 tons werc exported to United Kingdom and 2 tons to the United State cording to official ital West Germany 1.052.03 tons, italv 387.10 Australia 274. 8:, ions. V56 words
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Article240 1955-01-18 12 that the firmness in market may cause pr;,-. go up further, but noi cause of the increase m port duty in the producing countries. The campaign in tho United States to drink mon tea may cause an iner. i r in the demand for240 words
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Article140 1955-01-18 12 Stondord Mcke, I THE rubber morkcMn l* closed steady at 98 J cent. February shipment, a ri*^ week-end prices. m H Quotations openii i at onc stage of the JJ reported at 99 cents p jj Good demand fr, United Kingdom, the G i and Japan and a re*140 words
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Article, Illustration110 1955-01-18 12 A MULTI-Purpose mechanical cultivator which can dig. hoe, weed and mow has been developed by a UK fl*m It will be one of hundreds of new products on show at tie Brliljh Industrie Fair Ca»--21 Bromwich. Birmingham, section, from May 2 to 13. All the different operation; of110 words
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Advertisement654 1955-01-18 12 NATURALISATION JVOTICE is hereby given ths the following person whose names and adaressc are given below are aj.plyin to the Governor for natural; sation and that any perso; who knows any reason wh, naturalisation should not b granted should send a writtei and signed statement of th facts to the654 words
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Advertisement406 1955-01-18 12 *"^^^^S!r_z__i______i!^* r "-^^^^^^v^^ooo^a^w JAVA PACIFIC LINE mv. "BAWEAN" I JAS arrived from USA Pacific Coast o n 15th instant and hcr cargo has been discharged into godowns No 1 2. Damaged packages may be tendered for survev on 26th January at 8 a.m. No further survey will be held ROTTERDAM406 words
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Article368 1955-01-18 13 L MORGAN Manchester's, Preston and L i- fßeu- Sunderland, any pair of an. IJt l»Jj» which might contest the Ln for tnc nnal. be drawn together and lof the Foot- one of them eliminated at Lion < II P such an earl y stage in their 1,1 to»rther bid368 words
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Article171 1955-01-18 13 I Jan. 17. (Keuter)— A question asked in ps after tlie dramatic defeat of former lackpool hv jjiant killing York City was ton Blackpool have a chance or gaining L 1 J ing drawn a.s opponents in n or on any future occasion Is not out.side the realm of171 words
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Article, Illustration271 1955-01-18 13 MAE WEST, BOXING EXPERT S By CONNIE RYAN W NLW YORK, Jan. 17 J (UP)— Mae West's father was a boxer, and Mae alZ ways has retained her inZ lerest in the sport. And Z she knows boxing well, too. "I always tike to have Z ex-boxtrs as my chaufZ271 words
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Article756 1955-01-18 13 Bat Alternately LONDON lan 17 tm By VERXON MORGAN three oi i. FnH.i2^ tei he act that the side battin first has w°n all wonder how corfer? I 1 T Cket T est matche P ,a^ so far > makes °ne strike on wuSSf\hl756 words
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Article, Illustration440 1955-01-18 13 By H. SOARS u LA^. UM P F R V Mon.— Rugger history repeated itself when Johore with its flying Fijians' beat Perak for the second successive vear in this the 27th hnal of the HMS Malaya Rugby Competition, in its unusual setting atUP - 440 words
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109 1955-01-18 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Sultan of Brunei has donated a silver challenge cup to the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya to be presented to the State whose woman athletes score the most points in the AAAM Championships each year, it was announced today. The109 words
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Article72 1955-01-18 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Football Association of Selangor decided at a meeting yesterady to offer two matches to the Admira Wein soccer team to be played here on Feb. 11 and 13. One of the matches proposed will be between the tourists and a Federation72 words
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Article65 1955-01-18 13 FINALS of the Indian Republic Day badminton tournament will be played off at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Saturday at 8 p.m. A mixed doubles exhibit'on match between Teo Chye Hoe Miss Jessie Ong and Vincent Gomez and Mrs. Somasekaran will be played off the same night.65 words
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Article26 1955-01-18 13 OSLO, Jan 17, (UP)—Norway beat Sweden narrowly with 73 against 71 points in the International speed skating match at the Bislet Olympic Rink yesterday.26 words
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Article148 1955-01-18 13 OAKLAND California. Jan. 16. (UP) Oakland fight promoter Jimmy Murray said today he had wired Al Weill, manager of world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. guaranteeing the champ U*****,000 ($1,050,000 Malayan) if he would meet England's Don Cockell in a 15-round title fight in San148 words
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Advertisement443 1955-01-18 13 ?^*!*?}^*<_<\»i*»*t**toim»tmm**^mmmmmmm»»t*~~. f '■mmiMMMi i»nm*m&***t«**mmmmmmmm»*~«*emm SITUATIONS VACANT C INGAPORE YWCA rcqu:iM »-> qualified General Serretarv who must be a committed Christian, a capable administrator with no racial bias and good nt personal relationships further details and .-ipplication v^a c r a, i, obtained from B Raffles Quay. S pore-1. VV/' ANTED443 words
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Miscellaneous220 1955-01-18 13 ngr By Al Capp I[i BOVS//- Il^ HE CAN FIRE I I BUT, SIR-) I NEED A MIRACLE V V 6-FINGERI) FOUR GUNS AT WHO'S AI^,»GUESS— J [N0 -j£ 0 L STEVE HAS S ONCE.7 >OU HAVE GOING TO V SV;^- "f- g 1 FAMILIES, BOVS -7 PROTECT A AREN'T220 words
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A night at the Happy World Stadium
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Article, Illustration207 1955-01-18 14 Lim Kee Chan figl.t on Sunday night. Considered in Britain, Europe and America as the 'world's finest sports writer' we present what 4.000.000 readers of the Daily Mirror are reading about a fight in Singapore I have seen boxing from Londoti to Seattle,207 words
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745 1955-01-18 14 The big fight brought together a Belgian, Pierre Cosseyms, a moustached scrub-brush headed little killer in leather gloves, and a Chinese, Lim Kee Chan, as pale skinned and delicate looking as a debutante. Cosseyms is ranked fourth best bantamweight in the world745 words
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Article184 1955-01-18 14 Sporting REME Beat Varsity 4 0 UNIVERSITY of Malaya II went down to R.E.M.E. by four goals to nil in a Singapore Hockey Association senior division n knockout match played on the Ayer Rajah Koad ground yesterday. The match started nearly 30 minutes late as seven of thc University players184 words
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Article108 1955-01-18 14 K L A L A LUMPUR. .Mon. Jimmy Mcikle, j Perak's brilliant scrum half, who was hurt in thc 11MS Malaya Rugby final on Saturday, has been dropped irom the North team to meet the South in the annual Kugby classic on Jan 29. D. Griffiths108 words
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Article128 1955-01-18 14 The south team will be led by former Irish International (ieoff Head of the RAF. The players nrc: Pat Islington (Joh). FO j Holmes (Services). Lt. Dexter (NS), M. Kokoua (Joh), M Mucunabitu (Job). Dr. J. Phillips (S'pore), P. Dowling (S'pore), S. Armitagc (S'pore). Cap. Berringer128 words
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Article28 1955-01-18 14 rHE Division II preliminary knock-out hockey match between Varsity and R.A.T.C. scheduled lor Bukit Timah yesterday was postponed as the ground was not fit for play.28 words
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Article43 1955-01-18 14 BAHAWALPUR, Jan 17 (Reuter) When the second Pakistan-India test entered on its third day here today Pakistan by lunchtime had carried their overnight 91 for zero to 161 for one in reply to India's first innings total of 23543 words
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Article91 1955-01-18 14 MELBOURNE, Jan. 17. (Reuter)— Australia nampj th. t«. oppose England in the fourth Test which begin s "MelaM* T" 8 P,ay e o rs R. Archer. R. Benaud J Burke I F,».n SL? u e,a e on January 28. Johnston, R. Lindwalf L Maddocte K MiHer91 words
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Article308 1955-01-18 14 Verity Gill - Verity Gill Tomorrow's Trial Will Decide... Su HOCKEY by floodlight! Yes, it's true. At least, the Singapore Hockev Association intends to make it possible, and the first trial by floodlight will hi held at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow night at 7.30 p.m. n «°a»&nt will be Major308 words
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Article152 1955-01-18 14 Gian Singh Rumour Confirmed A rumour circulating for some time that Gian Singh, the Indian Hockey coach 5. contr act with the Federation of Malaya Hockey Union, will render his services to the Colony was confirmed by Mr. G. K Oossain. president of the Singapore Hockey Association, last night Dr^ent152 words
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Article214 1955-01-18 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Once again, Kuala Lumpur Rugby fans will have the pleasure of seeing the coun-try-wide favourites, the Flying Fijians in action when they take on the West Yorkshire Regiment in the Federation final of the FARELF Rugby Cup competition at the HQ214 words
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Article181 1955-01-18 14 HUTTON BLAMES THE PITCHES ADELAIDE. Jan. 17 (Reuter) Len Hutton. England's captain, said today that Australian pitches were responsible for the failure of batsmen in the present Test scries. He said they had changed since his last visit to Australia. 'In trying to grow grass on your wickets you have181 words
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Article228 1955-01-18 14 The Review w»^„ By WINDSOR LAD I*l IPOI M on.— Jockey Tom Mortimer, who has been riding with marked success since his arrival in Malava m November got off to a flying start in the new season when he booted home three winners to land228 words
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Article245 1955-01-18 14 -IPOH, Mon. PRINCE ROSS, who ran two promising races at Penang, including a close second when beaten by a neck by Lagopus oyer seven furlongs, displayed striking form at this morning s workouts, when he ran home the three in 38 sec. i n effortless245 words
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