The Straits Times, 28 December 1954
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Title Section13 1954-12-28 1 The Straits Times tie***** Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1954. 15 CENTS13 words
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Article, Illustration1064 1954-12-28 1 FREIGHTER STILL BLAZING DEATH OF A SHIP But plates are buckled and she's listing badly JHE 8, 8 25 -ton Danish freighter, l»\i Maersk, which Jit fire on ChristDay, was still in Singapore's "'Her Roads late last tit. she was listing or! and 3.000 v go continued in her holds.1,064 words
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Article36 1954-12-28 1 LOS ANGELES. Mon. Tho Shah of Persia, Mohammed Rrza Pahlevi, and his wife Hi'iaya. are in Las Angeles for weeks visit. They are or an unofficial tour of thr United States. A. p.36 words
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Article24 1954-12-28 1 The Sincaporr Flood Reilrr < Fund now totals 52R6.874 81 Thr Federation total is $171,116 List of latest donauons Is in P. 7.24 words
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Article, Illustration49 1954-12-28 1 THKSK pit turev taken from a Sinsaporr Plvine lub aircraft by '■'♦raits Time* staff photographer (hew Boon Chin, show the hlack pall of *mokr over tn« stri« ken Lrxa Marrsk in Sincaporr harbour yesterday. 48 hours after her carso of rubber caught firr.UP - 49 words
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188 1954-12-28 1 PRESTWICK Scotland, Mon Ken Davidson, roach of the American Thomas Cup badminton team, was one of 28 people killed in the Christmas Day 11.0.A.C Stratoemiser air crash here. Mr. Davidson, 48, was returning lo the I nited ltat«i after managing a Far Kast tour188 words
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Article, Illustration560 1954-12-28 1 FOUR PRIME MINISTERS DROP IN Asian leaders on way to Colombo Powers conference in Jakarta POI'R tsian Prime Ministers flew into Singapore yesterday Mr. Nehru of India, Mr. Mohammed All of Pakistan, V Nu, of Burma and Sir John Kntelawala of Ceylon. But only Sir John stayed ovrrnight. in Singapore560 words
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Article650 1954-12-28 2 By the Competition Fditor 'TWERE was one ti the biggest entries tf the series for The Malayan Monthly's 520.000 MustBe- Won Word Puzzle Contest, the results of which were announced in The Sunday Times. Competition was again very keen. Here are observations on what the adjudication650 words
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Advertisement272 1954-12-28 2 C mi .^Bssat-" C 4iflYv sV m, i \m VHbWa Vate, «4a^HaMBMB*MHrK S John P*r«ira Bing.por« i r-i i An I »liy should they indeed' .Ttut to look at them you can see they are fiiuply brimful of energy ImsW «^R9HH| and radian: with good health and > 3 well-bring.272 words
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Advertisement141 1954-12-28 2 c J MORE HOLT'S PRODUCTS B^ WHATEVER IT IS THERE S A HOLT S PRODUCT AT YOUR GLAREMASTER If TRANSPARENT SUN 4 DAZZLE VISOR A felf-arlhrshe plastir BJM MM oH77:e from appio.trlung hSMHa] «la:e and rourf NflSTtMsa. H I ■1 i>ee>d ofT after use. Cut it with *clssor*. %TREPAIR^ H141 words
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551 1954-12-28 3 II ondon. Monday. ,'UEEN on ChristDay broadcast E bute to the ur.--n millions of her monwealth and the aver and women je names will be household fon a microphone. Iringham, her counme in Norfolk, shr hem toReuter - 551 words
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Article94 1954-12-28 3 He tried to beat a Royal ban SANDRINGHAM, Mon. I i I'QI'NG Khooimstcr who I to beat the ban on i piling the tjuecn I she walked home from church vstrrdav had his i -c\rr<\ ;md the film i led by Dolice. n -police will not give i lie ruvhed94 words
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203 1954-12-28 3 HER COST OF LIVING -$12,000 A MONTH GENEVA. Mon. MRS. Joanne Marie OrtizPatino. the beautiful 24--year-old wife of the heir to a Bolivian tin fortune, ap- pea ed today again*;, her al- lowance of $1,500 a month pending divorce. She left her husband, Jaime j Ortiz-Patino, during their honeymoon in203 words
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Article60 1954-12-28 3 ■>n Mon.— A 71-year-ner defeated a "field .'"hiding a 17-year-old ;ho Dlst annual I Lake swim in Lon- 1 le Park at the week- I Winner was William Masgs. who defeated his competitors In the handicap race through the cold waters, by half a length.60 words
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Article354 1954-12-28 3 experts believe airliner landed on soft ground 28 die in crash— inquiry starts PRESTWICK. Scotland. Monday. AHUKAH experts here think the overturning and explosion of a Stratorruiser at the airport on hnstmas Day may have bee,, caused by the Riant the rui°w r S ftReuter - 354 words
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Article29 1954-12-28 3 SAINT REMY DE PROVENCE. Fiance, Mon—Bertand Dauvin 20. a slider pilot, died today when hLs plider crashed into a hilltop near here during a world record bid—Reuter29 words
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152 1954-12-28 3 AUCKLAND, Mon LADY HILLARY, wife of Everest's conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary, gave birth to a 71b. Boz. son here yesterday. IN LONDON 1 Mrs. Owen Waterman, 25, in an iron lung; gave birth to a l l!> baby boy on Christinas Day.Reuter - 152 words
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Article71 1954-12-28 3 NEW YORK, Mon. An lnIn American highway death* late on Sunday night dimmed hopes that the Christmas holiday toll would fall below predictions. By 5 a.m. violent deaths of all types across the U.S. had surpassed the record for a 54--hour Christmas holiday. Deaths since 11AP - 71 words
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Article26 1954-12-28 3 JOHANNESBURG, Mon Ten people, including a mother and her five children, wen» killed on Christmas Eve when two lorries collided here Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article25 1954-12-28 3 NEW YORK. Mon Ten children under nine years old were killed in a house last night in Parkin, Arkan.sa.s when a stove exploded—Reuter25 words
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151 1954-12-28 3 ATOMIC BLASTS NOT NEEDED- SCIENTIST 'We can get power from the sun' WASHINGTON, Monday. r)R CHARLES G. ABBOTT, one of the United States' best -known scientists, said that the world can Ret atomic power direct from the sun without risking dangerous explosions on earth. He was talkine about ordinary sunshine,UP - 151 words
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140 1954-12-28 3 MEW YORK. Mon. NEW YORK film critics yesterday listed two British films "Genevirve" and "Knmfo and Juliet' and a Japanese film "Gate of Heli" among: their choices for the best films of 1954. The New York Dally News critics said that "On the Waterfront"Reuter - 140 words
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Article44 1954-12-28 3 BOMBAY, Mon.—Bashirunnisa Begum, eldest daughter of the Ni'.am of Hyderabad, has married Al Pasha, son of Nawab Sajjad Yarrung Bahadur. The Nawab wa.s a noted nobleman of the Hyderabad Royal Court before the state I became a democracy in 1948. A P44 words
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Article63 1954-12-28 3 JAKARTA. Mon.-The Indo- lit s;an Government, on the eve ol the Colombo Powers' conference, was urged at a mass meeting yesterday by the "West New Guinea Liberation Movement" to denounce the Netherlands as an "aggressor" in West New Guinea. An estimated 100.000 persons at the meetingAP - 63 words
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Article25 1954-12-28 3 JASPER Texas. Mon— One rancher was killed and three others wounded in a shooting after an argument over a lost dog— A. P.25 words
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Article28 1954-12-28 3 BOMBAY, Mon. Police are hunting for a soldier, who came home to settle a iamlly feud over land, and shot to death five of his neighbours.28 words
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198 1954-12-28 3 He once had $90 mil. now he's in debt NEW YORK, Mon. BERNARR MacFadren, octo-gena;-lan physical culture expert and publisher, has asked Jack Dempsey, torn rr world heavyweight boxing ihampion. to h< lp him get over Ls 'worst Christmas In 86 year" 1 by removing the threat of being sentReuter - 198 words
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320 1954-12-28 3 Chou hits out at U.S. and Britain HONG KONG. Mon. THE Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai. has accused the United States of "deliberately creating tension over 13 Americans convicted for spying in China," the New China News Agency reported yesterday. He was making a political report to the Second NationalReuter - 320 words
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Article32 1954-12-28 3 NEW YORK. Mnn Film star Rita Hayworth was Riven formal custody oi h'T two daughters yrstrrday by a judge, who declared the children were getting "proper care."- UP.UP - 32 words
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Article31 1954-12-28 3 TOKYO. Mon Peking Radii said today Chinese Nationalist troops attempted to raid liphthouse.s on the Fukien coast opposite Formosa on Thursday but were driven oft by Communist forces. U.P.UP - 31 words
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Advertisement124 1954-12-28 3 DANISH HAM PORK LUNCHEON MEAT LUNCHEON MEAT SAUSAGES (COCKTAIL, VIENNA, FRANKFURT) STRAWBERRIES CREAM Make a corner for these in your store-cupboard SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. fif^B^/ Against all aches and pains mm OafaSpitt Imßu ftatfci* special Aspirin Wlmm^ or c r °P lcs EAUDECO'.CX.NE -IOTIOM men at ease wear124 words
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117 1954-12-28 4 Big hand for orchestra in Malacca MALACCA, Mon. XVI hundred people gave the 511-piere orchestra of the (him- Line High School. Penan*, a big hand when it played at the City Park here last nieht. be tuo-and-a-half-hour performance his in aid of the Nanyans: Iniversity Fund >r most of the117 words
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Article56 1954-12-28 4 TELUK ANSON. Mon. gah bin Kahar. accuseo. of bberv was refused bail and 'tnanded until Dec. 31 when was changed here today. He was alleged to have Chinese fair. Sungei Tiang in the ungkup area of Lower Perak l Dec. 4. The preliminary inquiry ha-s •en provisionally56 words
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Article36 1954-12-28 4 Members of the Telok Ayei Methodist Youth Fellowship Singapore, yesterday brought Christmas gifts for the children of the St. Andrews Orthopaodtc Hospital at Bl I and the Salvation Army Children's Home at Pasir Panjang36 words
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Article32 1954-12-28 4 lONDON. Mon -Technicians the J. Arthur Rank Ortar.ition will visit Malaya next 'ar to shoot scenes for the lm version of Nevil Shute's >st -selling novel, "A Town ke Alice."32 words
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Article43 1954-12-28 4 TELUK ANSON. Mon —Wong Kok. 66. a beggar, was fatally injured at the junction ot Market and Paulln streets here on Saturday when he came in collision with a motor-cycle. He died soon after admission 1 into hospital.43 words
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Article230 1954-12-28 4 LADY TEMPLER HOSPITAL FUND IS STILL SHORT THEY HAVE $2 MIL. NOW AND FIRST BLOCK FOR EIGHTY WILL BE OPENED IN JULY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ANXIOUS OFFICIALS ARE wondering how to revive interest aj^ain in the fund for the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital. With only230 words
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Article, Illustration13 1954-12-28 413 words
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245 1954-12-28 4 Christmas ronggeng at the Waldorf From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Mon. lIARD-HEADED English businessmen who frequent London's Waldorf Hotel had something of a shock when they saw members of the Malay Society and their guests dancing the ronggeng in the hotels ballroom. It ua.s a rare spectacle, but none of the245 words
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Article63 1954-12-28 4 KLANO. Mon— The Dravldian leader, Mr t V Rania samy. told labourers on Bukit Raja Estate near here that they should go back to India it they cannot earn enough to uive their children an education in Malaya ■You should go back to63 words
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183 1954-12-28 4 From HAI.I. KOMNEY LONDON. Monday. 11. 'HAT A LONDON FILM critic has described as the most honest portrayal yet seen of the war Against the terrorists in Malaya, will be seen by British television viewers on Wednesday. i It Ls part of a183 words
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Article22 1954-12-28 4 The Church of the Qi:een of Peace at Tanjong Katong Road Singapore. held a Christmas party for children on Sunday.22 words
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Article81 1954-12-28 4 KUAI.A LUMPUR Mon A Special Constabulary Sergeant. Othman bin Raja Shah, aged 25 was charged in the BeMftoSM Court today with attempting to rob a Sikh. Dewa Singh, in the early hours of Dec. 1 at tho T 1 mile, Kuala LumpurRawang Road He was alleged81 words
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Advertisement218 1954-12-28 4 J. Lamotte "Jk GENUINE j NOW ALSO AVAILABLE \V^^f ,N if f HOUSEHOLD SIZE (Bozs. bottles) Hagemeyer Trading Co., (Malaya) Ltd. asrua/ff BRONCH lIS ■UK If vo.: tufTrr from Catarrh ahould know t hit your sytttm is poisoned by Rfrmi which I oat. I &.7L Lantigcn 'B GR M i<>\218 words
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Advertisement183 1954-12-28 4 HOOVER[-^| MOTORS I Con/cmuig to B.S.S. 170 1939 -M I FAMOUS THE WORi I If you need a compact, robust p OVvCr .K I there is a Hoover Fractional Horsc-ft* Electric Motor to do the job. A heavy-duty continuous]; r cd niachj of world famous reputation and of B power,183 words
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Miscellaneous252 1954-12-28 4 Straits Times Crossword across H hath me out of house mid home" cHenrv IV") (5) 4 Time as pronouncrd <B>. 7. Coin drops out In time T) Si RSUfS/ta and so*, U V U CIC P Ck UP f r the **l 10. Fn^he' Common, .oup U .hort fiTi JffT252 words
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276 1954-12-28 5 This invasion does not hamper the troops It gets swallowed up in counter-attack KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 1 A.MPERS full of cold turkey, pudding, nuts, whiske\, brandy and other Christmas delicacies came floating down from the sky for hundreds of British troops on jungle duty over276 words
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Article131 1954-12-28 5 'STUDENT PRINCES' DEFENDED LONDON, Mon. THE allowances of Malayan students in Britain were I mentioned at the annual dinner of the Malaya Society. The president, inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman, deprecat- 1 ed recent Malayan references to the .students as 'student' princes." He said the allowances cities- 'ion must131 words
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Article88 1954-12-28 5 The Singapore City Council Water Department Labour Union decided at a meeting on Sunday to give two weeks to the Council to re-consider it., plan to dismiss 300 labourers from the Tehran waterworks camp, A union .spokesman said that the union would not hesitate to take drastic88 words
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Article21 1954-12-28 5 Mr. C. S. Soh. an independent will contest the Havelock division in the Singapore Legislative Assembly elections next year.21 words
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Article71 1954-12-28 5 An army corporal, Abu Bakar i bin Ariffin, and two watchmen, Jagar Singh and Kartar Singh, were charged m the Singapore Emergency Court yrsterday with behaving in a disorderly manner in a bus at Pasir Pan- j 'ang Road, at 11 15 p.m. on71 words
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Article28 1954-12-28 5 The Sincapore Rural Board will hold Iti monthly meeting i .it 10 am on Thursday at the i :onference room of the Co- j onial Secretariat.28 words
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Article80 1954-12-28 5 The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions will extend the work of the Sped*] Plantations Representative operating from Singapore. This wa.s disclosed in a statement n.ade by the Confedera- tion's General Secretary. Mr. J. H Oldenbroek on the fifth i annlveraarr on Dec 7 of80 words
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Article, Illustration45 1954-12-28 5 MISS CIIOO Ml I YOON and Mr. Tan Wee Nam after their wedding in Singapore. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Tan Chrr Tong. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Choo Sit Fee. Straits limes picture.45 words
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175 1954-12-28 5 The Government of Sarawak has started a competition for the design of ten new postage stamps. Any number of desipns for MM .stamp or for the whole 10 can be submitted, and they can be in the form of photographs, drawings or paintings, in175 words
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Advertisement171 1954-12-28 5 ft I »a i"-,;,"-: 1 1 ji. XUUTE HORSEI^ scotch nMs^y M M \^JM■ H I We have the pleasure to present to you the World's Finest ALL METAL VENETIAN BLIND (Fully Tropic a Used) "FRES-BRIZ" HUNTS) DODOLAS i.l n nownrd receivert. I SETS OR MORE I« »N BrTITKR THAN171 words
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Miscellaneous512 1954-12-28 5 RADIO MALAYA mur: v»m -n» mlii On The Floss"; 9: F»?hlon and i fttmmmwmt maikcd can Fn>h<: Cast 10.30— 11.00 In Hav.a- j j W nmM by listener* In Malacca. Mood j slmrt w»vr l» and 62m. Me-dium wave 476 m.. 313., 366 m. and 297 m. I K *^^J512 words
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Obituary16 1954-12-28 6 mm i /nufn MRS. NORA RODRIGUES and Ik all friends •ended the s.un John I16 words
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Obituary19 1954-12-28 6 fit SIO (minimum). M IS For the lute Mr. M. tor of D'Souza at 6.30 a.m. at St.19 words
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964 1954-12-28 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Dec. 28, 1954. In Search of Peace It is a long time since Singapore was so firmly reminded of its key position in South Asia H it was yesterday. ben four Asian Prime Ministers were brief visitors, journeying to Indonesia and the Bogor once. The964 words
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Article269 1954-12-28 6 The French debate on ratification of the Paris agreements rearming Germany continues in almost the worst possible atmosphere. This does not mean that the Assembly will confirm its Christmas Eve decision. But it is unfortunate that opponents of Western Union, in the form in which it was269 words
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1027 1954-12-28 6 WALTER BRIGGS - 'Dream of the Red Chamber' is now a nightmare WALTER BRIGGS By HONG KONG. UOW to interpret the classic "Dream of the Red Chamber," one of China's best-known novels, has become a stormy issue unleashing still .another Communist "brainwashing" campaign against the cultural elite. Perhaps it will be the most1,027 words
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355 1954-12-28 6 Study of politics in schools: Short cut to nationhood? \IR B. T. W. Stewart. ifl Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Penans. said: "We have come the stage when everybody is convinced that politics should be taueht in schools. I endorse this view. It has been said that children are the backbone355 words
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Letter257 1954-12-28 6 YOUR leading article analysing Mr. Whitfleld's general statement that our education should be controlled by a public body, says that the purpose of education is to create civic-minded citizens a-nd a government cannot hand out. large sums of money to a corporation to rurf schools.257 words
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Letter124 1954-12-28 6 IT appears schools have been Instructed to be very strict in promoting children to higher standards and oven to detain and dismiss, students without rrlercy. In Talping. a girl ftged IS yean obtained sth > following marks; Oral English Ti per cent. English language 53 per "ont.124 words
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Letter163 1954-12-28 6 RISKS OF MIXED MARRIAGE A SCIENTIST theorises, experiments and confirms, but It is too ri.^lcy for human bein|s to be guinea pigs in the matrimonial laboratories Marriage ls a serious affair between people of the same net, much more so if the contracting parties belong to different races titled marriage163 words
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Article26 1954-12-28 6 On the margin Holy Night ideal nn A:. Mala-, and Jain! on F i I 1 or. A: Modern speech OOK!\ ous wore the 1 STANLEY26 words
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Article239 1954-12-28 7 VICTIMS BY THE THOUSANDS FLOCK TO RELIEF CENTRES 10,000 MONTHLY RATIONS DISTRIBUTED— ALSO DA Y-OLD CHICKS AND CASH (THOUSANDS of flood victims flocked to relief 1 centres in Singapore yesterday. Adult victims were each Riven 15 katis of rice— a th's ration— and children239 words
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Article90 1954-12-28 7 1,000 AT LABOUR RALLY MORE than 1,000 people \vsv attended a rally of ■our Front at the VieI morial Hall. Singa- mi one of two cutlvea who spoke. I up to the people Colony to .sre that > lf-government came, Id be "for and by the a.ici not by the90 words
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Article16 1954-12-28 7 '■ar-old boy. Ding bin .v found stabbed in In Telok B ngapore, on Boxing16 words
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Article17 1954-12-28 7 N'G. Mon.-sThe Penans; ;pal Services Union hold tal meeting at the Rub- Association tomorrow p.m.17 words
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Article48 1954-12-28 7 M.uhusamy Ramasamy, who -'..ipped traffic along XeKon Koad on Christmas Day. m -rntenced to three days' jail in the Singapore Kmergeiiiv Court yesterday for drunk arid disorderly behaviour. Muthusamy. wearing only underpants, was stated to have be««n sinking a.s he strolled along the road.48 words
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Article41 1954-12-28 7 ALOR STAR. Mon. Mohamed Murad bin Mat. former financial clerk attached to the Alar Star police, station, was today sentenced to eight months' jail for criminal breach of -trust of $7,019 belonging to the Alor Star police co-operative shop.41 words
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Article, Illustration46 1954-12-28 7 RFXIF.F OF FLOOD victims gained momentum yesterday. Here a woman who lost all her poultry is given a number of day-old chicks at the distributing centre at St. Andrew's School. Now she will be able to start afresh. Straits Times picture.46 words
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236 1954-12-28 7 CEVEN boys and a man were injured, one of them seriously, when a home-made cracker exploded on a playing field in Lembu Road, Singapore, on Sunday nfght. The cracker, which had an old cigarette tin for its casing, went off with a bang236 words
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Article29 1954-12-28 7 The Theosophlcal Society. Singapore, gave a Christmas jarty at the Bedok Methodist :hurch hall for poor 'children md orphans of Bedok and he Ramakrishna Mission on Sunday.29 words
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Article166 1954-12-28 7 'Help to end this strike, or... 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rE FEDERATION TRANSPORT Workers' Union, decided at a meeting here during the Christmas holidays, to ask the Government to intervene in the strike of 300 bus and taxi drivers and conductors of the General Transport166 words
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Article91 1954-12-28 7 PENANG. Mon.— The President of UMNO. Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in Penang today be was satisfied that the Muslim Nationalist leader, Hajl Sulong. was still alive. TVngku Abdul Rahman, who returned last night after a fnur day visit to Slnggora. one of the former Malay provinc91 words
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Article101 1954-12-28 7 KUALA lUMPUR. Mon— O.l Edward, a'ias Eddie, 24, S. Rajoo. 27, and M. Nagalingam, 23, were toc'ay acquitted by the Sessions Court here on a charge of attempting to steal a necklace. The prosecuting officer, Mr. I Sudarshan Singh, said that lie had been instructed to with-101 words
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Article53 1954-12-28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. I Thieves broke into a Malay teachers' boarding house at Kampong Bahru here early yesterday and took $100 cash and articles valued at $128 belonging to three teachers. From house at Jalan Kolam Ayer, Sentul, cash and jewellery amounting to $324 were stolen53 words
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Article28 1954-12-28 7 The Jubilee Church Songsters, Singapore, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the church with a sacred music concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.45 tonight28 words
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Article89 1954-12-28 7 TELUK ANSON. Mon. I Inspector N. Mahadevan asked lor a deterrent sentence when Lee Chuan, 40, was convicted of theft of two bicycles. The Inspector s>id -There's an average of two cycle thefts a day in Teluk An. c on. Il'a very difficult to catch the thieves89 words
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Article73 1954-12-28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— Two doctors were married today |at the Church of the Holy Rosary In Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur. The bridegroom was Dr. VlnI cent Fu San Liew, eldest son of I Madam Liew Ah Yin of Batu Pahat. His bride was Dr (Muss) I Gene73 words
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Article35 1954-12-28 7 The Singapore Siglap Girls' Club gave a Christmas party to about 100 under-privileged chili dre.i of the Siglap area on Christmas Day. City Councillor Mr. S. M. Vasagar acted as Father Christmas.35 words
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Article144 1954-12-28 7 Reds kill chief of village guard KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. murder- ed two civilians in Johore during the I Christmas holidays. A contractor of Ulu Choh new village. Chin Je, was stabbed to death on Friday. His body was found yesterday on Tong Heng Estate, in the Gelang Patah area. On144 words
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Article74 1954-12-28 7 Three Europeans were admitted to the General Hospital following road accidents on Boxing Day. Two. Mr Johan Van Dijk and Mr. J. Risseeuw. were injured when a car they were travelling in came into collision vith a steam roller in Braddell Road at about 7.30 p.m.74 words
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Article73 1954-12-28 7 JOHORE EAHRU. Mon i The Regent of«Johore, Tungku Mahkova. presided at the last meeting of the Johore Execu.--i tive Council for this year at the Council Chamber at Jo- hore Bahru yesterday. Among the items discussed I was the 1955 budget which will be presented at the State73 words
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Article44 1954-12-28 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon— Two Fijian soldiers were injured on Christmas Eve when the jeep lin which they were travelling 'from Batu Pahat to their camp at Kluang overturned. The soldiers were admitted to the British Military Hospital ai Kluang.44 words
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Article52 1954-12-28 7 KLANG. Mon— Three concerts to raise money for the Nanyang University Fund will oe held at the Kuala Langat irea. The concerts will be at the Banting Chinese School on Jan 1, Tan Jong Sepat new irlllage. on Jan. 5 and Jenjarom new village on52 words
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Article36 1954-12-28 7 Mrs. Thio Chan Bee, wife of the Singapore Progressive Party Legislative Councillor, officially opened the Balestigr Community Centre on Sunday More than 500 me:nbers of the centre and ther friends were present.36 words
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Article38 1954-12-28 7 Saithippan Sathiabama, a middle-aged woman, was cautioned and discharged in the Singapore Emergency Court yesterday when she pleaded guilty to being drunk and incapable at the junction of Ophir Road and Victoria Street on Christmas night.38 words
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Article1066 1954-12-28 7 THE following are the latest donations to the Singapore Flood Relief Fund: Officers and Men, Volunteer Special Constabulary, "F" Division Paya Lebar »131. Employees. .All Depts S.H B Dockyard. Tanjong 1 Pagar $510. Member* of H M Cusloau Stafl Singapore (further donation $555, Collected by Holy1,066 words
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197 1954-12-28 7 DOCTOR,MATRON MAKE AIR DASH TO KUANTAN TO SAVE 'BLUE BOY' A SINGAPORE DOCTOR yesterday took off in chartered Malayan Airways Dakota from Kallang; Airport, Singapore, on a mercy flight to Kuantan and reiurned two and a half hours later with a seriously ill "blue baby aged four months. The baby197 words
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Article45 1954-12-28 7 Chua Lam and Lam Huat were fined $5 each in the Singapore Emergency Court yesterday for gambling in public at Gate 1, Telok Ayer Basin, on Saturday About $23. seized when tl-^y were arrested, went into the court's poor box.45 words
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Article35 1954-12-28 7 Myoon bin Yussoi. a Federation driver, was fined ?75 in the Singapore Emergency Court yesterday for negligent driving. His car collided wllh a motorcycle in Farrer Roar! OB Saturday evening35 words
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124 1954-12-28 7 KIAI.A U 'V.l'l K. Mon. IIfHEN chafed in tHe Sec .nd Magistral) <>'.rt hrre today, 50-yrat -'.id Abdul Karim. son <>i Mohamed Ayoub, would not talk for several minutes. Said the prosr. ntinn officer, Inspector K K. Pillay: He seem* to be124 words
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Article57 1954-12-28 7 A 12-year-old boy. Tan Toh Seng, pleado CUnga- sterdav to escaping from the Girruon School for Boys on Boxing Day, and to.d the court: 'I ran away because ■MM boys :-t the .school beat me up." The magistrate. Mr T. Kulasetecam, port) oi < d57 words
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Article42 1954-12-28 7 MAIL ELECTROCUTED AT 'MIKE' JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Mohamed Yacob, 25. was electrocuted while handlnm a microphone at the ParU Negara fun-fair a t Johore Bahru on Christmas Eve. He died before aid could be n." The police are conductI ing an inquiry.42 words
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Advertisement96 1954-12-28 7 Voice Hoarseness Jgl Hacking Coughs W^i Colds jdg|L Bronchitis Ely Catarrh Ps!si Sore throat Colic pain i^Sni 'htCKJJ) INSTANTLY WITH Woods GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE I -jTJ Resistance to cold germs increased when pupplements&-*\ le< hv l^' s correct internal RiV^rVJl^H 'eme<iy Also recommended jfc^Jfr^ v for wind in the stomach.96 words
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Advertisement40 1954-12-28 7 ANNOUNCE 30 DAY EXCURSION RATE ROUND i TRIP SINGAPORE-BANGKOK $336 PHONE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY 5, MALACCA STREET. SINGAPORE. V^ xvimnWA whole keknei (jcyui flay /<»/• f favour' osiwwAUGHy 0 w •nnchct in Malaya. Sarawak. B N. Borneo tN ffcwUM40 words
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Miscellaneous67 1954-12-28 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1 a.m. (Bft Bin l 12 10 p.m ilOft.); Port Dickson 816 am < Bf.t. 81n.i 8.29 p.m. (8ft..71n.i; Penang 2 04 a.m. (7ft. 7ln i 2. 46 p.m (6ft. 81n.) TOMORROW: Singapore 130 1 8ft Blni 12 48 p.m 1 9ft 9ln>; Port Dick-son 867 words
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124 1954-12-28 8 They went carolling to night clubs in aid of flood victims 4 BOlT 20 members of the A SlnKapore Chamber Ensemble went carollinß on Christmas Eve and collected Mrs. Peck Lens, o' the Chamber Ensemble, came to the Straits Times office yestei'day afternoon with a cheque for that amount. Other124 words
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Article44 1954-12-28 8 The Executive Ei.iiineer. Temerloh. reportrd hat the Triane Road, in P in,' It now open to traffic Thi Yone Penc-Parit Si;;. road, in Johore, la still flooded m in parts to a depth of fachM. The water U falling44 words
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Article21 1954-12-28 8 A M^year-old labourer. Go- E palan Nair. was found han. it the Naval Base. Singaporr i lay aftt-rnoon m21 words
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Advertisement573 1954-12-28 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT VACANCIES WAR DEPARTMENT WATCH REPAIRER CLASS ll— FOR TAIPING. Basic Pay K cents per hour plus Temporary Allowance of 25. Applications Tc O 1 c Det PCLU H" c/o OPO Talplng. THE CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE acknowledges recc.pt of $300 from PENITENT. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby Riven that573 words
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Advertisement456 1954-12-28 8 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE j BANKS ASSOCIATION AM. MEMBERS of the above I Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Friday 31st December 19*4 and Saturday Ist January 1955 being Bank and Public Holidays respectively. NOTICE I. S Ayadural. Guard. Malayan Railways, Ipoh hereby notify456 words
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Advertisement537 1954-12-28 8 NOTICES THFDISTRIBUTION OF GERMAN ENEMY PROPERTY (No. 2) ORDER, 1952 It Is notified for general information that under the Distribution of Oerman Enemy Property (No. 2i Order. 1952 (Government Oaiette Notification No. S 549 dated 27th December 1952), the amount to be paid to claimants who have lodged claims arising537 words
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Advertisement904 1954-12-28 8 NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST ACCOMMODATION AT QI'EENSTOWX. Persons wishing to" register their Interest in Trwt accommodation at Queenxtowr.. Alexandra Road, should apply for a Homing Survey form at the Trust Offices, Upper Pickering Street. To qualify for registration the applicant must fulfil the following basic conditions: 1. Residence In Singapore,904 words
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Advertisement237 1954-12-28 8 TENDER NOTICE TENDER NO. 195 TtXDKR H)R TH» Mil I INC. IN J\M \RV 19.SS Into White Riir of 1.M6 Ton« of (.o\n nmrnt Padi i Koala Selanfor Crop i Lying in Oe\rrnment (•odottns in Ku.ila l.umpur. Tenders sre lnvi'ed from Lice .'or "he ntllli't of the abo\e and a237 words
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Advertisement340 1954-12-28 8 1 l fy MOST m I KAUTifoi W and AfCURATH 4 BATHROOM I SCALES 3ATHROOM SCALE fmpn PO BOX 142 SINCAPORJ Ti <- ***** b» 5 w kifelthan mV lk Obtlinib .it ii! I. id i"; Book Stores sni Kphid' In Y'ArMWWM fur ill "'.i:)l- KNUTSEN LINE fttt and Regular340 words
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Advertisement1038 1954-12-28 9 ti »405 MANSFIELD tic CO., LTD. T.«: M ta '<iteo in Singapore] pm THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE VJ^ n to proceed via other norts to innA WTK-POOL, GLASGOW, L^NMN.A 0 CONTINENT O^ PO O Singapore Due Soil, P s'nam Pervo^, "/IB D*. 29/30 Doc 28 Jon 4 i-_ I iverpool1,038 words
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Advertisement1153 1954-12-28 9 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Far Aden, Pert Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rettereem, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg A Oslo S pore P. Shorn Penong l.'"t AMD| A' B/ 9 Jan 10/10 Jan 11/11 Jen ASIA" 18/20 Jon 21/22 Jen *J Colls London (pa»e»na*rs only). «x, Colls Beyrouth, Gdynio. SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U.K.1,153 words
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Advertisement1010 1954-12-28 9 buVl^ngTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD." 1 SINGAPORE (Incorporated m the United Kinodom) J LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Shorn Penong Benvertlch for Avonmoutti, London, Rotterdom, Antwerp 6.38/19 21 Dec/ 2 )Jaa 2/ 4 Jaa Beaveaae for Liverpool, Glosoow, Rotterdam, Homburg 2/7 Jen 6/ 9 Jan 10/111,010 words
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Advertisement1137 1954-12-28 9 MeALISTER tic CO.. LTD. TEL No ***** BLLBBMAN «j( DUCKNAU. KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG A HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE A VANCOUVER ond for USA. North Atlontie Ports «rgo tor Central A South ond Canada vkj Colombo America CITY OF BEDFORD SUNNYVILLE J.r,.. \£Z. city or1,137 words
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Article, Illustration1919 1954-12-28 10 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Wild West poet called himself Byron of the Rockies Ml \OI MM I I It VI TO HM I 1*1"--m>\n «.ivi-:\ BY in rm ssi s i> i o\ i>o\ I I \>IBOV\\TI V Hill SSI II HIS >I\\V lOVi; AFFAIRS AMI Ol TiI A4.IOI SDaily Mirror - 1,919 words
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Advertisement268 1954-12-28 10 The same I amount I offuel Can take you ul to Karther]/ and j you get Once your cor is equipped with c new set of Chompion Spark Plug-., however, you con depend on gelting up to 10% more mileage and full engine power. For Chompiors ore precijion-mode produce a268 words
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Advertisement267 1954-12-28 10 SHORT cUTsi jTO LOV ELY I.AW:sJ I British i, uvv I 1\ MOWERS* 11 H The Q ja!ca B1 Uwn j II super side-wheel mart, w Crass Box I Ruober tyres for s.lence ar robust tread to ensure a f.r- t l" *81 :nch dimeter (22 cent.me* I wheels. Cutting267 words
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Miscellaneous108 1954-12-28 10 StuTtorii f#o#fff«'» PUtyuv rivtints L^'^4 **O!-LENEVES- I'VE SEW BUBONC 'MS IS TME V\AV !T6~^S^H|H l^Sm i* 6^ FBO AT Tw MOUTW- PLAGUE BEFOKE! CTIM6 LOOKED AT (fl L^^B^>J^^' 4^ tfWJM FLESW TURNED SLACK.'. BUT NEVER 6UCM r E k 0F TWE |SbW^^ Tr^Wl ~"OSE ARE THE M£Z<s VIOLENT SYMPTOMS! jitAT108 words
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2279 1954-12-28 11 ESPOM JEEP - ESPOM JEEP Xv THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS AND SWEEPS ('OLDEN LOTUS, bril- liantly handled by David Jones, got up in the last few strides to snatch a head-win from Broadside in a grand tussle for the Christmas Cup over a mile at Penang yesterday, second2,279 words
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Article47 1954-12-28 11 TOTAL POOL: $191,000 FIRST: No. *****2 ($57,300) SECOND: No. *****0 ($25,785) THIRD: No. *****4 ($14,325) M.irt.rv ($1,637 rach): No*. *****1. *****2. *****4. *****5. *****1. *****6. *****8. Consolation: ($573 rach): Nos. *****7. *****5. *****3. ZUtU, *****2. *****1. *****4. *****5. *****5. *****4. Treble Tote: One ticket $1,621.47 words
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Article283 1954-12-28 11 W UGH IS for (hr Sharp Look 8.07 I Skyridrr >v rates for to- Oolonf K.U7 Mrlr-oni. morrow, (bird da\ Impala K.11.S Battle ruixr xmi thr muni Christ- Mk unrr *04 Orefon II m««-»w Year Meet- I'na.wsre ROt Hollywood Star 7.H Inc arr lust racr (InenuM-opr X.03 Actor283 words
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Advertisement178 1954-12-28 11 CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH, CLHAN SMOKING Largest-selling :^^l :ork-tipped cigarette >£ in the world. x^^r) '0' Imported from London < NNI N '//,.\\<l//,,\V»r'uV>#l.V>#OV»#O> Usher in the WrW/ NEW YEAR AT I ■_JfSTOBEYi jl lair-conditione d I ■IT HOTEL, BAR cSc Wf^ RESTAURANT ttOCHOKE XI). SPORE Tel: MBI-I NEW YEARS EVE178 words
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Advertisement491 1954-12-28 11 I SALE NOW ON IX'mas, New Year Opportunity LATEST ARRIVALS PERSIA! BOKHARA, INDIAN AND PAKISTAN CARPETS RUGS. AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES RAFFLES CARPET PALACE 68, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE 1. Phone: :i:iOO.» <1 2<il«»7. Tim PASSFS QUALITY REMAINS fAVRI-IEUBA /<" I tf%Lj I FAVRE-LEUBA 1 rSjMEJCBJjP |B^^»E IEUBa watch ro l^^T^^^~~491 words
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Article502 1954-12-28 12 DAVIDSON -MASTER OF ALL TRADES i yORKSHIRE-BORN Ken Davidson was that rare man of many parts and a master of aIL He was a first-class County cricketer, a badminton player of international fame, and once a top-of-the-bill star at the London Palladium. "Ken," as everyone called him, was among the502 words
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354 1954-12-28 12 BJUH. CONFIRMS PIRUZ SUSPENSION: IT^S Fa^, m FIRST CUP TRIAL ON JAN J fL=S today dismissed the appeal by Abdullah Piruz Selaneor's No 1 nlavp'r IfiahSr fhr six player, against the SIXmonth suspension imposed on him by the <3 plan on354 words
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570 1954-12-28 12 Trabert and Seixas take Davis Cup singles to give U.S. 2-0 lead SYDNEY, Monday. UNITED STATES, challenging for the fifth sue- I cessive year, led Australia, holders since 1950. by j two matches to nil on the first day of the Davis Cup j tennis challenge round match here today.Reuter - 570 words
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Article204 1954-12-28 12 RAY RICO STOPPED IN EIGHTH DAY Rico of the Philippines, wi« IV knocked out In the eishth rouno of a scheduled 10-round fight by 1 Orient welterweight champion Somdei Yangtrnlclt at the Happy World arena on Sunday night. The punch that ended the fight was a six -Inch right jolt204 words
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Article85 1954-12-28 12 MELBOURNE. Mon A com- I paratively unknown spin bowler. Alan Dick, took five wickets for 31 1 and helped Victoria to dismiss New Bouth Wales, the Sheffield Shield holders for 206 here today. Victoria, who had scored 352 when the Batch began on Christmas Eve.85 words
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Article51 1954-12-28 12 PENANO. Mon -Oonlkeeper Davp MacLaren. Penanc's Malaya Cup hero, again saved the Settlement and enabled them to beat Singapore Malays, the Community soccer champions. I- 0 on Victoria Green yesterday Penang with four resenes. .scorrd their goal In the lOtli minute through centre forward Aziz51 words
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Article51 1954-12-28 12 IPOH. Mon. Goal average «a\c Perak the honours In the Malays I triangular hockey tourney which ended on the padang today Perak beat Seiangor 1-0 and then held Negrl 3-3 today. Negrt. who I tied with Perak for first place, beat Seiangor 2-1 and drew with51 words
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Article79 1954-12-28 12 IPOH, Mon CUPERIOR play in the back division sion proved a match-winning factor :n yesterday's pada:. fixture when the unbeafrWah defeated the touring University of M.Maya team by eight point* i goal and try) to nil. II wu the Varsltvs third defeat of their present tour.79 words
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Article328 1954-12-28 12 FOLLOWING are thr I.K. soccer remits on hiMm.i. Pay. ENGLISH LEAC.It DIV. I Arsenal I Chelsea Blarkpool Portsmouth Bolton 1 Tottenham Burnley 2 Preston Cardiff 3 West B'wirh > Carlton 3 Sheffield Wed. II Manchester C. 3 \>» asdc 1 Sheffield I. 1 I-eioeslrr 1 Sunderland 1Reuter - 328 words
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Article25 1954-12-28 12 NEWCA D M.C.C a took on and hi Conn- 1 wlrket. first c Top wa s K He Ai.d s:t\ Joh:25 words
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Article15 1954-12-28 12 TAIPING COLTS IN 7-3 ROUT IPOH Mor Ui I "I I I I I ■Mml15 words
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Advertisement2275 1954-12-28 12 REACH 72,000 FAMILIES WITH A CLASSIFIED ADVERT. I i( onlinurd from P«RO 6) SITUATIONS VACANT H H.rrf, M (Vin.)-Box SO tt>. extra JUNIOR VAN SAI MM between 20-24, is required by reput able European firm. Will be based lr to work Negrl Bembllai ints shoulc xpertencc to P.O. Boj CIVII2,275 words
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Advertisement398 1954-12-28 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 2t Ward, %i Vim.)— Box St ttt. extra. KEEP YOUR DRAINS free of niasquito larvae, apply Jevcs regularly. SURPLUS FURNITURE Ooing p Drawing and Dining Room suites md o:; er items Must Sell 4^o New Bridge Rond. Singapore. SCANDALLI. the Worlds Finest and Fu.lv Troptcallsed Plaro398 words
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Advertisement48 1954-12-28 12 WORLD FAMOUS jKk SINCE 1848 i_T^ ELECTION Sold by All Watch Dealer* Throughout Malaya. Sole Asents, CHUN CHONG 53, SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE- I. LET US PLAN YO U R -TItJF TO' CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME Pa/v American World AM* MAI GENERAL AGtNTS p MAMSFIEID&C Olt S,NGAPORE KUALA UN-48 words
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Miscellaneous53 1954-12-28 12 FBUMQ SOCCER: Pfnanc hinrsr > s m sapor*- M^uys. Victoria (.rern Kl ALA I I MIM R RlC.Cf.P.. R\S( v Srlangor KurasUns, H q. Malaya ground M \l \i HOCKKV Malaria v Banda Kaba Malays t lub, padang. lINGAPOftl IKK'KEY: S.C.C v S.( .R.( padHM RIllGER: Oylon I nivrrsiu i53 words
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