The Straits Times, 9 January 1955

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES tailed Mai*** No. 1,011 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1955 15 CENTS
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    CANBERRAS, MORE PARATROOPS
    327 1 CANBERRAS, MORE PARATROOPS Coining: (iOO m.p.h. bombers* extra skymen KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. OUR Canberra jet aircraft from Bomber Command in Britain will be arriving in Malaya early next month for a test speed-up of the air war against the Communist terrorists. And a fourth squadron of parachutists 'for service with
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    Waiters, bar boys in hotel strike
    111 1 Waiters, bar boys in hotel strike I- the bar, C and bar atjf the Ocean ..apore, last night manager and to serve their md drinks them:alled by the Union iptain ol the i ther boys were the manager. inded rein- three. But Mr Myron the Sunday that on two temporary
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    Lock icon Whalers can call the Navy
    33 1 British 1955 sea.vould to call aval units for of new in the disputed whalThe Times of y< U rday. correspondent violent"' action -is whaling "new factor into U.P.
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    I Lawyer weds
    55 1 MR. ONG SWEE KEXG. a lawyer and Miss Greta Tan Gek Xeo were married at the Singapore Registry yesterday. Mr. Ong. a Colony tennis and hockey player, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Hong Krai. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tan
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    Lock icon HIGH RUBBER COST WORRY
    76 1 TORONTO. Sat. The Rubber Association of Canada said today that the price ol i natural rubber had increased about "5 per cent in the last nine months. It was causing a "great deal of concern to the rubber industry." Mr. R. C Berkinshaw. the association president,
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    Red hunters' homes in Fiji are saved
    135 1 Red hunters' homes in Fiji are saved BATU PAHAT. Sat. I FIJIAN troops serving in Malaya today heaved a. sigh of relief on learning the i latest news that a hurricane, i which had threatened their j home islands for three days t finally left without causing any .serious damage.
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    Goodyear tyre prices up too
    24 1 Goodyear y to- s in S Tyre and prices, l m 2 per er car nd five truck liter.
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    Lock icon Back to Germany
    36 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sat—General Adolf Galland. former Inspector of the Luftwaffes Fighter Command. Is flyinp, to Germany today to stay there alter five years in Argentina as consultant to the Argentine Air Force.— Reuter.
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    SO MRS. CHOY IS REALLY BRITISH
    137 1 kJRS. ELIZABETH CHOY, the Singapore Legislative Councillor, need have no qualms about her citizenship. She IS a British subject. Even if she is not one by birth, her marriage to a British subject makes her one, said a Government legal official yesterday. Her husband.
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    U.S. PLANES FOR JAPAN
    60 1 TOKYO, Sat— The Japanese Government yesterday formally asked the United States for 85 U. S. Air Force planes for its air force. The U. S. will agree to the lequest, which has already been negotiated. The planes trainers and transports are the first American aircraft to
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    Lock icon Brunei age pension
    32 1 BRUNEI TOWN, Sat—Payment of old-age pensions under the Brunei State $100,000,000 five-year plan will begin on March 31. The payments will be retrospective to Jan. 5 this year. Reuter.
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    Ava and a count
    46 1 American turn srai Ava Gardner danced with Count Carl-|oh.in Bernadottc. who is a son of the Swedish King, when she visited Stockholm for the Swedish premiere of her latest film. Count Bernadottc lost his title of prince when he married a commoner.
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    Lock icon Sarawak Covt. told: Be firm
    302 1 KUALA BELAIT, Sat. rE Sarawak Government should stand firm against a dangerous challenge to its authority by traders who are striking throughout the colony in a protest against the raising of trading licence fees. This was stated in an editorial today by the Borneo Bulletin,
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    Lock icon MARILYN TURNS PRODUCER: I DIDNT LIKE MY ROLES'
    192 1 NEW YORK. Sat— Marilyn Monroe, free of contract commitments, emerged tonight a producer and an aspiring serious actress. She told a press conference that she wanted to do something new after her roles as a "blonde bombshell"' in Hollywood. "I want to
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    Call girl rackets in K.L: The facts
    628 1 FOR THE GLAD~CYE owtf.t (1,000 DOWM^AMa) A TffHEE-YEAR CONTRACT *Slavers' netted $50,000 a year Last week's headline: The dateline— Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. IN KUALA LUMPUR the Federation's acknowledged vice centre it is possible to pick up a telephone in your own
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    RAHMAN HAILS TAN PLAN
    254 1 RAHMAN HAILS TAN PLAN ALOR STAR, Sat. TENGKU Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO, said in Alor Star today he was ready to join the MCA president, Dato Sir Chens-lock T;;n. in his proposed jungle mission to discuss a general amnesty with the Communist terrorists in Malaya. "II the Federation Government
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    Women share $5,000
    58 1 Women share $5,000 THERE are two win- j I ners of the Straits i 1 Times Word Puzzle j 1 HHH 11 They are: Miss V. Subbalakshmi. No. 4 lalan Saujana j lOHORE BAHRU Mrs. R. Devaky, 2770-3 Cochrane Rd. KUALA LUMPUR. Each will receive 52.500 See Page Nine for
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    Shooting was real
    109 1 NEWPORT BEACH, California, Sat. 17ILM actor Humphrey Bogart and movie cowboy Roy Rogers played minor roles in a real-life shootine at this resort .in which a mysterious rifleman wounded two persons Rogers was said to be within about 50 yards of the shooting when the gunman, said
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    Lock icon Dearer tea
    27 1 NEW DELHI, Sat.— The InI dlan Government has decided I to increase the export duty on tea from seven to ten annas a pound. Reuter.
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    STORM-AND MY SAIL IN RIBBONS
    1270 2  - STORM- AND MY SAIL IN RIBBONS William Willis -by 1 yHE sunrise had a threat about it. It was coppery red. That could only mean wind Danger hung over the Pacific. I tried to convince myself that I probably worried needlessly, for there had been wind before; many beautiful days
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    Nathaniel Gubbins
    296 2 INSPIRED by a report in 1 the papers of in electronic brain tMat can write poetry. Albeit, the robot columnist, asked if he could Arite a poem to Mildred, the female robot working for the American Navy. I said: "Won't a love letter do?" He said: "She didn't
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    HAS HE BEATEN POLIO?
    529 2 HAS HE BEATEN POLIO? Science section TIHANKS to Dr. Jonas EdJ. ward Salk, poliomyelitis the age-old crippler may soon become no more serious than a prick in the arm. Since 1784, when Great Britain's Dr. Michael Underwood I noted that infantile paralysis (commonly called polio) was regular and widespread, medical
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    MONEY BY ROBOT IS HIS PLAN
    573 3 LONDON, Sat. f|N the right you see the cheque of the future, of the day— not far away when the dreary routine work of bank clerks will be taken over by a near-infallible robot brain. The novelty lies in the little rectangle in the
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    NAIR WANTS A COCOS PROBE
    66 3 Mr M.P.D Nair. Singapore Legislative Councillor, wants the proposed transfer of the Cocos Islands to the Australian Government postponed 1 until the Colony's new Legislative Assembly has had an opportunity to express a firm opinion. j He has written suggesting i^at the Governor Sir John
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    Abdul Rahman at Dindings
    50 3 SITIAWAN. Sat. Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of i the Alliance, visited Dindings for tiie first time recently and i met people in Bruas Ayer Tawar. Lumut, Sitiawan. Panukor. Sungei Pinang Kechil. and Lekir. He was given a warm welcome at Sitiawan by members of the Alliance.
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    High Tides
    60 3 TODAY: Singapore lO.f a.m (10ft. lin.p; Port Dickson 7.02 a.m. '9ft. 6in.i 7.19 p.m. Oft. lin.i Penan* 12.50 a.m. (Bft. lint 141 p.m. (7ft. i. TOMORROW: Singapore 12.32 a.m. 1 9ft. lin.i 11.39 a.m. 10ft. 3im; Port Dickson 7.44 a.m. (9ft. i 6in.i 7.58 p.m. Oft. 4in.i; Penang
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    Atoms for peace
    30 3 PARIS, Sat.— Eight Japanese atom physicists arrived here or. a mission to set up an in- I ternational conference to promote neaceful use of atomic energy. TJ.P.
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    A mother let her burnt daughter suffer
    291 3 A MOTHER of five allowed her only surviving child to suffer considerable pain after she had been severely burnt, the Singapore Second Criminal District Court was told yesterday. Lee Ah Slew, the mother, who had her five-year-old daughter Lvi Ng Tee taken from
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    Gregg test results
    92 3 RESULTS of the Gregg Shorthand Higher Examination of the Institute of Commerce. Britain, held on June 19, 1954. at th? Chung Hwa Institution are: 120 words per minute (first class i, Chan Mun Yew and K. K. Menon. 110 w.p.m. (first class i, Cham Kong Hoe. 100
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    A VAN RIDE COSTS RAF MEN $605
    187 3 'TWO RAF. men from Seletar, Malcolm Piper and Sgt. Ray Millward. were each fined $355 and $250 by Mr. J. P. Trainor in the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday. Piper was charged with taking away and driving a motor van without the
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    They seek a loan from Britain
    36 3 NICOSIA. Sat. Cyprus is to seek a £4.000,000 loan in London next year to finance a telephone system and to carry out the next phase of an electrical grid scheme.
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      502 3 $27,460 FOR YOU AT AGE 55 Men or women, under 45 by sfttlln» aside nptular monthly, naif-yearly or yearly amounts under the SUN LOT OF CANADA plan can, for example, receive at age 55 a lump sum— s27,46o for men or $30,881 for women or a private Income, for life
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      176 3 (ARRKK: Monyei Sakti (Ja)j- I'AVIMON: Reluctant Heroes— anese, Malay diuloi<ue>— 3.15, 6.30. j 1.45, 4, 6.30, .1.30; morning show: 9.15; morning show: Zombie., of the i Pinocchio 11.00, Crimson Pirat* I stratosphere (serial)— ll.oo. 9.00. \lll\MßK\: Bathing Beauty- <*V KEN T ;in £B" an 8 11 1.30. 4. 6.45. 9.30;
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    Murdered babies she never had!
    421 4  -  RONNY HOWARD ==__=:HV IN a shop window lay two blue-eyed babies, two chubby charmers who once startled America. At their side a notice-board reminded citizens of Hammond, Indiana, that these were reiics of America's strangest murder trial, extraordinary exhibits from an affair that set the
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    Found love and fortune
    179 4 IJRIVATE David Halliday. a British serviceman, will never forget the night he stepped out of his skin, the j ni'.iht he met the rich and beautiful Parisienne whom he calls Francoise." the amazing months of love and luxury they spent together j travelling through lands of
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    They miss the old-world Miss
    594 4  -  K. S. CHIA By do you know that the modern Chinese boys are comparing you, and not favourably at that, with the girls of pre-war days? The boys are sighing that the good old days when girls made good wives are gone? They are finding
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    Uranium is the secret of Australia's 'dead heart'
    1032 4  -  ALAN SPALDING FHE LAND OF THE NEVER NEVER' IS NOW LAND OF THE HUSH HUSH By Photographs by NEIL MURRAY THE dusty track winding northwards from Adelaide towards Broken Hill once led into the "dead heart" of Australia... to a land almost
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  • RECORD OF THE WEEK
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      Judge's quiz:
      155 5 CRITICS PRAISE HIM I u l,u» Kitchen, the famous young American pianist plays in Sunday. Hup.ogr.immc consists of works by Bcctho- inhms. Chopin and Moussorgsky. MtMJM wrote recently: "He i« not merely one of the a but more simply i, oBe o f the bcft ot all pianists
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      Do four wives get four S.I.T. flats?
      335 5 Do four wives get four S.I.T. flats? PRISONER HAD TWO WIVES LIVING IN SEPARATE TRUST FLATS |^JR. H. A. Forrer, a Colony judge, yesterday expressed surprise at the manner in which the Singapore Improvement Trust allocated its flats when a Government chief clerk, charged before him, said he had two
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      Tamil sports meet today
      36 5 To celebrate the annual •festival," the Tamil community of Singapore will hold a sports meet today at the Jalan Besar stadium. About 1.000 adults and children will compete in about 60 vrnts.
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      A JOB ON HIS HANDS
      82 5 TWO interpreters were used in a Singapore court yesterday to explain charges of possession of opium smoking utensils and prepared opium to a man who was deaf and dumb. The court interpreter translated from English into Chinese whiie another man. who could not speak English,
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      $296,000 CARGO ON 20 LEGS
      304 5 A JAPANESE freighter-lmer sailed into Singapore yester- day with a S296.000 cargo on 20 legs. The Izu Maru arrived with five English thoroughbred horses For the Japanese Government. They will be delivered to Yokohama. Accompanying the horses. which left London la^t month, is Mr A.
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      'New Look' in a Colony post office
      182 5 MR. M. L. Durrant, Singapore's Director of Posts, yesterday said that Branch Post Offices were very important as shop-windows for the Postal Department. Mr. Durrant was addressing about 100 postal employees at the G.P.0., at the presentation of a trophy to Mr. J
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      PARTY NAMES CANDIDATES
      123 5 'THE Singapore Progressive Party yesterday named three moro candidates to contest this year's elections to the Legislative Assembly and the City and Island Council. They are Mr. S. G. Mohamed Ghows i Legislative Assembly I Mr. S. S. Gnanam and Mr. S. A. Mohamed Ali (City and
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      Friends will meet
      47 5 The Friends of Singapore will hold their next informal meeting at the Coral Room, Adelphi Hotel, on Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. Professor Lin Yutang will open the meeting with a talk of topical interest, after which a general discussion will take 1 place.
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      First 1955 Assizes
      37 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. —I The first Assizes for the year in Johore Bahru will be ceremonially opened at 10 a.m. on I Monday. Mr. Justice Storr will 1 be received by a Police guard.
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      Morphine peddler picked wrong man
      138 5 —If was a policeman A MAN offered to sell five one-pound packets of mor- phme to a police inspector for $7,500, the Singapore Fourth Police Court was toM Tan Kia Llat, who had not known his customer was an inspector, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession
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      Terrorists kill taxi driver
      60 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Terrorists killed a taxi driver on the Johore Bahru Kota Tinugi road last night. They blocked the road, stole the taxi drivers wrist watch and fled. Abush positions for six ter- rorists were found at the scene. They left behind a rifle, a
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      Coupons for flood relief
      67 5 Coupons for flood victims ln the Lorong Tai Seng area will be issued by a representative from the Commerce and Industry Department, at the Hong San Chinese School, tomorrow and Tuesday. The coupons will be issued i for sections 12 and 13 tomorrow and for sections
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      266 5 &k mtVROPt T/" IS ON YOUR NEXT LEAVE TllP B A.C. "Stop-Over" plan enables you to j.'y3 break your Journey to or from the United Kingdom at a wide variety of the loveliest &j) places without any additional fare. This is 1; jJ!I^2~L >°ur opportunity to have that wonderful ""^f
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      241 5 but Doctor, T^^r jfc 3 why does 'Disprin' \^%u^ri relieve pain i W[)'k&* so quickly?. ;||^^|l SEE— IT DISSOLVES! Disprin tablets really Jlllfll. instead T^it it Disprin This ii not! of merely breaking up like most pain remedies. j^" ~^> (X~ *^*> Because I )i prin dissolves, it is more
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    You may go up Tahan to the skies this year
    1020 6  -  HARRY MILLER O.V A VLi:.\n DAY YOU CAM SEE THE CHIXA SEA.... by I"HE chance of climbiHc Malaya's highest mountain, Tahan (7186 feet) i likely to open itself out to Malayan mountaineers and the adventurous this year. Lying wrii oil
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  • The Countryman's Journal
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      Monkey has a meal of snails
      641 6 Monkey has a meal of snails THE weather has been so fine this last week that the Tuan is tempted to utter predictions. To be on the safe side they will be set down on paper, put in an envelope sealed with his family's armorial bearings and then be deposited
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      Dressings for the ikan
      445 6 rpOMATOES are not usually 1 associated with fish. But in the following two rocipos th?y make a tasty and attractive dressing for two old favourites. IKAN MM! Ml CREOLE Choose a large ikan merah. clean il and scrape off skin and hard scales, fry one lar^f
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    Hair styles are longer, softer this year
    410 7 ||AIR docs not look anything unless it is shining with health and grooming. II it looks attractive, it can make one's appearance, or can ruin it if it is unkempt or badly cut. Nothing is more dating than a demoded hair-do and it
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    I cannot make up my mind
    641 7 I AM 24 and a bachelor. Lately I have become interested eauallv in two girls One is very beauti- nil, and the other not ouite as lovely. They are both charming, and I have taken them out equally. However. I wish to settle down
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    Sparkling sequins are enchanting
    546 7 Says MARINE RAKICH THERE is nothing more enchanting than the gleam of sequins especially m the soft lights of evening. Note how Hartnell dress maker to the Queen, frosts and sparkles ali her wonderful evening gowns The sparkle gives any gown a gala feeling, it gives
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    A bathfull of bubbles
    118 7 I ITTLE know facts about Jane Wyman She likes to put a whole box full of bubble bath in the tub at once She hates making speeches. Shp never thinks of herself as a glamour girl. In fact she insists on being called a character actress
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    What kind of a kindergarten is your child attending?
    473 8 Asks CHAN CHIN BOCK |N a few weeks' time many kindergartens in Singapore will throw open their doors to a new batch of chubby-cheeked eager-eyed children. Already the newspapers have advertisements, and in fact, one begins to wonder whether some of
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    A WOMAN IN BERLIN9
    1021 8 A WOMAN IN BERLIN 9 Thit background of bomb-wrecked buildings in Berlin, when the Russians came to the ruined city, is the setting for a woman's experiences in the nTuo.ition "'-nd "A WOMAN IN BER A UN" is a book curiously overdue. There have been invasions in the world since
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    How would you like desk-size eyes?
    237 8 DIPER LAURIE, on the Universal-lnternat:i "Johnny Dark" "Sure, I'm nervous at least one scene. It's going to be a close-up I've had many such sots be- 1 fore, but never before like this— in wide screen. It won't be just an ordinary close-up, the
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    Beauty tip
    50 8 Paramount star Pat Crowkr ready for a date, stops reffigcrator for some of n r favourite perfume. Most wom.-n know that lipsticks .md lac creams last longer in the tropics if kept in a refrigerator. But Pat has found that the ice toi makes fragrance of pcrfum longer.
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    he British worm turns
    164 8 LONDON. AND so we salute another Slap-Em-Down Session for the women of this country. Once again they took it on the chin, and if they came up smiling it was only because they are used to it by now. EVERY BRITISH HOUSEWIFE knows she can't cook:
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    AUSTRALIA TO TEACH ASIANS ART OF GOVT.
    107 9 ASIAN civil servants from Singapore, the it -i and three Borneo territories will leave Australia by air next week to attend a xiministration. which will on by the AusPublic contrlovering the ninlstration at municipal onths. ting to i the offl- ortunity in their
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    Death of Mr. Tom Chowns
    189 9 Death of Mr. Tom Chowns MR. Tom Chowns. Secretary of the Singapore Masonic Club, died at noon yesterciay at the General Hospital, following a stroke he suffered a few weeks ago. He was 61. A life-lone Mason. Oxford-shire-born Mr. Chown.s held the title of "Past Worshipful Master" of the Perak
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    Money for China
    19 9 Family remittances from Malaya to China in December totalled 92.492.085. of which $1,907,150 was from nore.
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    Above-average standard: Some missed by one
    859 9 By THE COMPETITION EDITOR QN a general analysis of the entries, the adjudication committee thought that the standard shown in Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "HHH" was well above average. Once again there were many competitors who differed from the winning solution at only
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    GOLDEN COACH IS SOCIETY CHOICE
    219 9 THE Singapore Film Society's next 35 mm. show is being given at the Pavilion Cinema tomorrow night at 9.30 p.m. The film will be Jean Renoir's "The Golden Coach", starring Anna Magnani. The Film Society is presenting the English version of the film. "The Golden
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    THE MAN FROM CHANCI RETURNS TO MALAYA
    521 9 "WE MARCH. All in about midnight and the gates of Changi prison clang behind us." It was February 17, 1942, A tall, piercing-eyed Australian wrote this brief, bitter note in his diary and then, hungry and exhausted, settled down for his first night
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    Violets challenge to Miss Lee
    223 9 Violets challenge to Miss Lee THE highlight of the Malayan weightllfting championships and a "Mr. Malaya" contest, to be held in Singapore, will be a weightlifting competition between two women. The meeting which Ls being organised by the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation will be held during the Easter holidays. The
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    Army aid for Stage Club
    53 9 The Stace Club has b^n invited by tlio REME Amateur Dramatic Society to play in their theatre In Aycr Rajah Road. Permission to use the theatre has been given by the Commander. 40 Base Workshops, and plans are going ahead to produce "After My Fashion"
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      93 9 Winning answers to Word Puaale HHH THE $5,000 prize for Straits Times Word Puxxle Contest 'HHH' will be shared 1 by MISS V. SUBBALAKSHMI. 4 Jalan Saujana. Johore Bahru and MRS. R. DEVAKY, 2770-3 Cochrane Rd. Kuala Lumpur. Each submitted a set of answers which corresponded completely with those given
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  • SINGAPORE. JAN. 9. 1955.
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      WE THINK
      350 10 Three bad types Sir Donald MacGHlivray warns us all about three f types of people not necessarily bad but shortsighted. Rembering that shortsighted people are apt to cause j disasters we can do worse than listen to what the j High Commissioner has to say. Menace No. 1
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    She gave hundreds of mothers help, peace of mind
    1243 10 fOR the past eight years a European nursing sister in Singapore has been running a baby clinic In her own home for mothers of all nationalities. Any worried mother who phoned her has been able to get a stricHy-kept appointment, free
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      Wanted: A. spiritual revolution
      1272 10 FEAR, suspicion, uncertainty, misunderstanding and jealousy have gripped our civilization. Sermons of hatred are being preached. Books on hatred are being distributed. Humanity is on the brink of collapse. The people have forgotten love. Before leaving this unhappy world an English novelist Virginia Wolfe wrote: "I
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    Billy Budd
    297 10 Billy Budd Action at last Last week i „d I fact that Sim:.,, flc policemen d: to be act;\, they wen i glad to report thai of affairs has bei For yesterday I police noticp al parked neai That's what I lib quick response tive criticism. In a British ncv.
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      243 10 RADIO RADIO MALAYA I ('Programmes thus marked can be received by listeners In Malacca. Short wave 49 62m Medium wave 476 m.. 343 366 m and 297 m.> AM. 9.00 Breakfast Club, 10.00 Guilty Party. 0.30 South of the Border. 11.00—11.30 London Studio Melodies, P.M. "1.00 Programme Summary. •1.01 Light
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    It's bargains versus magic
    535 11 MALAYANS ARE SEARCHING FOR NEW HOLIDAY PLAYGROUNDS -THE STAKES ARE YOUR LEA VE PAY DOLLARS T"HE Island of Bargains and Beggars is battling with the Island of Magic Enchantment and the Island of Headhunters. Thafs how the travel brochures might say it. In other words Hong
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    UPSIDE-DOWN ANITA
    91 11 Armand. the .V h pair of specialinou appearing at U I for a one- »n, have appe.irsame Ho! s a-. Bob Hope >! irne and in I.on- •vn billed with ider. 1 r- thrv have iuh nii;ht>p<its Embassy Club md have appr.irI -.-lish filmy Vrmand are hns- and
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    Ban on danger
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    JOHORE IS IGNORANT OF MINERAL WEALTH
    272 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Saturday. THE discovery of columbite which at present fetches about ye times the pr.ce of tin his focussed attenr.on on the natural resources of Johore It is therefore somewhat surprising to learn that the State Government does not possess a full and
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    RUBBER EASIER
    214 11 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers f o.b. closed the week yesterday at 94 3 8 cents a lb., 3 1: > cents below Friday's closins: price The closing tone was easier. The opening price was 96 2 cents and the price held on some trade support until selltnc
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    Patricia gets her man
    55 11 Miss Patricia Doreen Mulligan, 25-year-old London police detective had a terrific fight with a man who stole a pullover from a West End store. But she held on— and arrested him. Patricia is engaged to an assistant police superintendent in Malaya. They will be married when
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    Canal is widened
    92 11 The Public Works Department, Singapore has already started work to straighten the Bedok river and widen the canal to provide a faster outlet for floods. Mr. G. S Gower. P.W.D. engineer in charge of the I works at Bedok. told the Sunday Times yesterday that it was
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    Contest winner gives $100 to flood victims
    214 11 YESTERDAY'S donations, total-ing $4,234 brought the Federation Flood Relief Fund to $219,490. A prizewinner in the Malayan Monthly's Word Puzzle Contest. Sapuran Singh, has given $100 from his prize money. JOHORE Public in Gemas. collected by the 3rd Group Oemas (Malay School) Boy
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    CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY
    227 11 CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY By Tamil leader PERIYAR E.V. Ramasamy, prime agitator for an independent Tamil state, warned the races of Malaya yesterday that they could achieve national unity only by looking first to their communal strength. "Only the strong and -the equal can co-operate," he said in an interview
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    Air crash van will be latesf
    282 11 A PORTABLE circular saw, chisels and hammers all electrically driven to cut away parts of aircraft involved in accidents and free trapped passengers are to be installed in a special crash waggon, which will be built in Singapore shortly. The crash waggon will operate
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    On Malayan health tour
    51 11 Sir Eric Pridie. chief medical advisor to the Colonial Oftlre. arrived in Singapore yesterday on a four-week tour of the Colony and the Federation. He will spend a week in Sineapore and then tour the Federation, visiting various medical departments, paying particular attention to rural health
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    Speedster fined
    46 11 Cpl M. J. Addison. 40 Base Workshops R.E.M.E., was fined $50 in the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday for riding a motor cycle in Bukit Timah Road on Sept. 23 at 9.45 p.m. at a speed of 55 to 60 miles an hour.
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    'wins Camera, Content
    62 12 'wins Camera, Content First prize in this week's Camera Contest is awarded to Kong King Chong of 432 Penang Road, Penang, for his child study "Meditation" (below.) Exposure: f 8, one-hundredth of a second. Second prize goes to Lee Beng Kok of 170 Brick Kiln Road, Penang, for his picture
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    HOW TO ENTER
    124 12 HOW TO ENTER LMILIV C A C H week the Sunday Times is j awarding cash prizes for readers' pictures, j I There is a first prize of $30 a second of SI S j and runner-up each receive S5. I If you wish to enter for the competition send
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    THE MAN WHO WENT TO DINNER
    870 12  - THE MAN WHO WENT TO DINNER Donald Davies a JOHN Turnbull Thomson, for many years Government Surveyor in Singapore after whom Thomson Road is named, first arrived in the Strait* in 1838. In his book •Some Glimpses Into Life In The Far East" under the heading "The dinner party." he
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      309 12 J||| H& Runners -up this %^P^^ li^' ■"i- Above "Mother < Q8r JaHp Son" by A. Percin '^Rjt^jKg^ft ¥j*; Exposure f 16 .it t ■^Fl^H tifthieth second. Hfc&L K^ Rajaran" by C. F Y i&r Exposure 1.4 at o Kangaroo Servi-ce for Top Travel Valv^e Now free choice of(26) Famou$
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      187 12 Popular £rosssvord ACROSS DOWN 1. Picrring look (5) 6. Got free MmU J uirt W Burden (4) ,7, H2 ,o n ag c (c v. yrjrt.-SJS t 9 tTLL A \i '%?"f? sold 1 r ((> I T»kr «P 9. Squarr on the CoiiUni-nt (S) 111. ■1 'i 1 rk
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    Blowing up an old legend in Hollywood
    425 13 gly has the Hollywood legend persisted, the one that the strictly s and lasses haven't a chance in movies, that one no w g leading man actually changed his birthplace from Los AnI Louis, Missouri, "in order not to be thrown out before
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    PETER'S $500,000 IS NOT YET IX THE BANK
    528 13 PETER'S $500,000 IS NOT YET IX THE BANK \y()l'LI) Mr. Peter Fiin-h not be needing ;i case of champagne now, the wine merchant was anxious to know. The news that he was to sign a M 5560.000 film contract had resulted in a flood of calls to his Dolphin Square
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    THE RONALD COLMANS
    12 13 n -article in new Hoilywill happy jnd Mrs. j
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    French film for society
    23 13 I shown luction by de imber tars in the i at the Brickfields. row at r Sti rch Br
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    It's murder!
    477 13 SuysSUhLLI V WINTERS |T'S murder the way a girl has to get killed in films. Shelley Winters, who has met her end in a number of violent ways on the screen, hates to die no matter how juicy the death scenes are, dramatically speaking. "A girl has to
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  • FILM FANS' FORUM
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      The doctor now goes to sea!
      71 13 The doctor now goes to sea! ON the Waterfront" is my "Oscar" choice for the best film of 1954. The best actor award .should go to Marlon Brando. The film "Doctor in the House" is my next best. Is there a sequel with the same cast, en- titled "Doctors at
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      57 13 WHAT is the background of John Eric- son. and his address? lA.NET I'nuii; I He was born in Dusseldort. C.ermany. on Sept. 25. He is 6ft. 2ins. tail. lie married Milly (oury in September last year. He has appeared oh stage. TV and radio and made his film debut In
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      56 13 WHAT has happened to Gail Russell? Is she divorced from Guy Ma- dison? SIM THIAM O< I i Singapore. Gail Russell's divorce from C.uy Madivon was made final j only a few months ago. She was confined to a sanitarium I near Los Angeles early this year. Marital discord and
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      24 13 WHO played the original film Romeo? Was it Laurence Olivier or Leslie Howard? KERRY OJfO Singapore. I mii Hum ii (I played the part.
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      41 13 WHO Is the dancer who appeared in the film 'Voodoo Tiger?" What is her next him and her address.' ABDI L RAIIIM SALLEH. Kuala Kaagsai The danciT MM Jeanne Dean Write: Columbia Pictures 1431 North Ciouer Street, Hollywood. (ulitnimi I S..V.
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      47 13 WHO wore the st;irs ol "The Maggie" and "The Long. Long Trailer?" INXIOCS Singapore. Stars of "Thr Maggie Were: Paul Douglas. Hubert refg, \li\ Mac Kenzle, Abe Bark< I .lames opeland. Tommy Kia rins. Stars of '1 he Lone. 1.0115 Trailer" were: Lucille Ball and l>e-i Arnaz.
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      36 13 WHO is the ramous archer who does all the shooting in Hollywood films? FRANCIS LEONG Singapore. He is a well-known American archer. Howard Hill He has also made a number of short feature films on archery.
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      216 14 I ALWAYS USE WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP j eg Refreshes the whole Family AFTER WORK, SPORT AND TRAVEL AVAI I TOILET AND BATH 81! Don't let that COLD take hold! A lew drops of Vapex i handkerchief and on jo at night clears the head Vapcx relieve* colds first deep
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      1652 14 Ox) X* TAKZAN PICK! ANTWONV SECeE-L_V CONTRTIVEC7 /^IHC^ WBk I UW/ l^fcMPL y 1 APLAS4 TO ÜBERATETME SLAVE GANjG-- MJvf, 7 M^W^C^ 7 lltli I I\l »^aC^ikf\ F^ I T-E NOSE O- t->^WV\Eg£^ S~B£L. J [^^gf^diniTgtfy- j^r---~- ,__I_^HIMb^bBEH.I IBbVb^bßb^Bß-^ t^B^«B«B^B^i^»a»i«B .,.-v,..^v- I— TM SCENE AHEAD 1 THIS WEEK FOR ALL
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    KIDNAPPED GIRL CAN'T PROVE SHE IS STILL ALIVE
    370 17  -  Ronald Garth-Davis By You look like mv Mary." said Mrs. Moroney. 'Somehow it feels right,- said Mary, as she held Mrs. Moronev In her arms. 'A match' :le. polire took Mary'.s fingerprints and found Mofamily similarities. An anthropologist raited Mary's skull measurement!
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    Adrenture ended in Singapore
    336 17 Adrenture ended in Singapore LONDON. CEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD mechanic Arthur Martin, went to Paris for the weekend and after a quarrel with a girl drowned his sorrows in heady French wine. The next day he woke up in the French Foreign Legion! When he demanded his passport, they showed him a contract
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    They fly jets across the Atlantic and never leave the ground
    1105 17 They fly jets across the Atlantic and never leave the ground PILOTS ONCE LEARNED TO FLY BY INSTINCT AND 'THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS, 1 BUT NOW- Not long ago a pilot completed the 100 th trans- Atlantic X.L.M. flight by a four engined jet-propelled airliner. A doxen or so
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    Uranium is the secret of the dead heart'
    28 17 Massive equipment in the compressor house at the Radium Hill uranium mine provides power for machinery throughout the mine area.
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      Where ere Malaya's fast bowlers?
      590 18  -  CRUSADER By \> EHRKE, former i I.M S. cricketci, lias written :i very entertaining report on the doings 01 the Selanfior Crickel Asso ciation, <>l which he is president' during 1954. It is ;i frank account of achievements and failures of Selangor cricket last season.
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      Here is a car for 'Mr. and Mrs. Driver'
      156 18 pANCIO, Hawthorne and the rest almost intimidate less efficient drivers by fluent use of a] gears while racing This is partly because they understand car machinery. But here is a car for Mr. and Mrs. Driver who care not at all
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      WORLD OF MOTORING
      338 18 remaining steadily in the 10--10 positions. Almost no other car can do such a climb at low speed In top gear. The use of this? Have you never had to make your engine work mightily In second gear up a steep hill behind a queue of vehicles?
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      I MY TEST CARD
      177 18 Possible Marks uv rnuurun Marks Awarded MY COMMENT! rnuioiT 10 1 Top-quality mm in a'l wets, morrtd COMFORT It I fcr tll9h bumpiKg whtn g9in9 llow over roufffc patchmi. EN6INI 10 9 Th* u,und Ot ttift o«*'.«7fion COIIW b« tottf inuiloltd Item th* po> Mitgrri Top
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      SETTING THE SIGHTS FOR 7955! With BARNEY AVERY
      653 18 SETTING THE SIGHTS FOR 7955! With BARNEY AVERY lETs set our sights for 1955 today, so that when Dec 31, comes around again we shall be able tc see what progress we have made during the year. B To start with, good luck to the Automobile, Associations venture into motor
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      TOUCHING-UP & PAINT PENCIL
      109 18 TOUCHING-UP PAINT PENCIL Most motorist i I pride in Hit- their ears and maintain tin th original I limsh Couching up h been a problei past celoun i to niatcn. bru paint in tins quickly. Now for Austin IhflM problem. by a nfu "painl which i> claimi touching -up as
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      'TV eye' finds parking spots
      118 18 CAR parking on a big lot In Oakland. California. ls being speeded by a "television eye" that scans the ground and spots the empty spaces. Before directing drivers. the attendant glances at a 211n. television screen In his booth at the entrance. This shows him
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      266 18 i PH ILI PS /h fi&e swtice oft TtteftmiUy. The happy family pictured here shows how much it depends on Philips in the home. Each member of the family thinks instinctively of Philips for his or her particular needs. Why? Because all Philips electrical products are .^f^ -^^Wrk PH|L|PS Jz^»U*
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    TWO SHORT BUT S.C.C. WIN EASILY
    501 19 TWO SHORT BUT S.C.C. WIN EASILY s.C.C 17; Army 8 FIGHTING back courageously after losing two men in one accident, Singapore cricket Club yesterday beat Army by 17 points (a goal, two tries and 1 two penalties! to eight (a goal i and a penalty). The first big rugby match
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    PAK YONG TRY BEATS SPORE
    527 19 S'gor Blues win even game 9-6 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. §ELAN(iOU ASIANS overcame Singapore, their toughest rivals in the southern section of the All Blues Cup competition, this evening here with a lucky try scored less than five minutes from the end of a hard game.
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    PERAK XV FOR RUGGER FINAL
    84 19 IPOH, Sat. PKRAK'S team against Johore in the H..M.S. Malaya rugby final at Kuala Lumpur next Saturday is: A. Martin; W. Breakwell, S. J. Flannery, P. K Key, Ambri Puteh; T. Bellers, J. A. Meikle; D. Hamblin, T. R. Dickenson, D. Organ (capt P. H.
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    SPRINGDALE WIN
    33 19 In a frienrllv soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Springdale defeated Maxwell XI 3-2. Thiam Soon 1 2i and Kok Meng scored for Springdale: Ahmad Hussein <2 > for the losers.
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    Popular Crossword Solution
    113 19 Popular Crossword Solution ACROSS:— I. Glare. 6. Escaped. 1.1, Racial. 14, Marine. IS. Adopt. 16. Reverts. 17, Versatile. 1!), Awe. M, Bill. 21. Stir. 23. Flee. 24. Spent. IS, Ensued. 27. Guises. 28, Stuns. >9, Torn. 30, Tend. 31. Seam. 34, En. 35. Vestibule. 39. Evident. 40, Sac<s. 41. Masons.
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    NEE SOON BOYS IN SOCCER VICTORY
    47 19 NEE SOON BOYS IN SOCCER VICTORY Nee Soon Boys F.C. defeated Star Soccerites Juniors I—o1 0 in a friendly I soccer match at Parrer Park yester- I day. i Nee Soon, a team of European boy.? under 1 7, scored through Sex- ton In the first half.
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    Combined team's speed gains them 11-0 win
    164 19 PENANG. Sat. PENANG and Province Wellesley Combined beat Royal Air Force Malaya by 11 points (goal, try and si penalty) to nil at rugger here to- j day The Combined team exploited their speed to great advantage and tackled fearlessly. They missed two
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    Perak always in front but Kedah tried hard
    290 19 Perak always in front but Kedah tried hard NORTH QUAD HOCKEY IPOH, Saturday. OCORING two goals in the closing stages, Perak beat Kedah 4-2 in their North Malaya hockey quadrangular championship tie here today. Kedah put up a grand fight with full back Ismail Ghani outstanding in the defence. Peraic
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    319 19 LONDON, Sat. F.A. CUP THIRD ROUND Anenal 1 Cardiff City 0 Blackburn R. 0 Swansea T 2 Blackpool 0 York City 2 Bolton 3 MUlwall I Bournemouth 0 W. B'wich A. 1 i Brentford 1 Bradford C. 1 Bright and H. 3 Aston Villa 2 Bristol R.
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    PAHANG BEATEN
    151 19 PNJOYINO more of the play, j t J Penang scored a 4-1 victory I over Pahang in the second qua- 1 drangular hockey tie here today. Inside-lelt Vohra put Penang in the lead in the fifth minute when j he robbed Pahang full-back Ja«lt Singh and lifted a
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    PRU 7-A-SIDE
    23 19 PENANG. Sat. Penang Rugby Union will wind up their season on Feb. 5 with a &even-a-slde tournament on Western Road ground.
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    54 20 CHOWNB At General Hospital. B V 195 ft, Tom. dear husband of Nora and father of n citraid Funeral at Bida--4 p m. HUDSON JACK on January 6th at M.ilt;i whilst en route to U.K. Captain J. Hudson. Nautical Superintendent. Shell Tankers (Eastern) Limited beloved husband of Betty and
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    55 20 ADELAIDE. Sat. Vie Selxas. the American champion, beat Lennart Bergelin Sweden 6-3, 7-5, 8-6 in the men's singles final of the South Australian tennis championships here today. Mi.vs N. Ellas and Miss L. Nichoms beat Miss J. stalev and Miss B Orion 6-4. 6-4 in
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    70 20 At the K.itonc Sports Club's second annual meeting the following were elected officials for 1955 Patrons: Mr. Chan Kum Chee Mr. P. C. Jnmes. Mrs. Amy J. Ede Mr. A. C. Rlchardo President: Mr. D. Krssler; Hon Secretary: Mr. Sunny Tan Hon. Treasurer: Mr Yeo Keng
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