The Straits Times, 17 January 1955
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Title Section14 1955-01-17 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1955. 16 CENTS No*** 114 words
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Article186 1955-01-17 1 |U.S. offer is approved IOVE FOLLOWS FIRST MAJOR UTTLE OF WAR WASHINGTON, Sunday. Hi- UNITED STATES told an emergency meetOriianis; tion of American States in ol thi> morning that she is ready a have fifhtar planes immediately. Council of O.A.S. met hurriedly after liicm Kmbussy lure186 words
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Article156 1955-01-17 1 Pilot and one of passengers hurt LONDON, Sun. A BRITISH European Airways Viscount airliner crashed on takeolT at London Airport today in a fog so thick that nobody saw it crash. The pilot. Captain Eric Watts, suffered a back injury and one of the passengers alsoUP - 156 words
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Article25 1955-01-17 1 MIAMI BEACH. Sun— The Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya spent the first day of their Florida vacation yesterday swimminc a nd water-ski-ms.—A.P.AP - 25 words
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Article62 1955-01-17 1 Bun.— Her- day resurgery nicely and .Dine 'Hado 112.: twice went la for a major operation and agai i for the setting of a broken wrist. Desollado has been married three times. His present wife is 50. He Ls the father of 30 children 16AP - 62 words
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Article39 1955-01-17 1 HONG KONG. Sun The 20th Field Regiment Royal Artillery will leave for Britain tomorrow after more than two years of duty here. The Regiment, which served in Korea will rejoin the Third Infantry Division in Britain.U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article, Illustration61 1955-01-17 1 BOATS U I Kl out again in Singapore yesterday when the old .story of rain .uid then floods was repeated. A man and two boys climb into a tiny due-out in one of the worst flood areas I tit n Datoh.61 words
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Article207 1955-01-17 1 BY CENTRAL COOKING PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. AS a result of the Federation's latest food denial scheme central cooking in parts of Negri Sembilan "it would seem that all supplies to the terrorists from estates will be stopped. according to the District Officer, Kuala Pilah. The207 words
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256 1955-01-17 1 KI'ALA LIMPI R. Sun JOHORE tickets won both the first prize (No. 1,611,777) and the second prize (No. 2.390,23ri> in the 26th Social and Welfare Services Lottery draw in Bentong, Pahang, today. The third prize (No. 1,488,916) went to Negri Sembilan. One fourth prize256 words
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Article42 1955-01-17 1 DAMASCUS. Sun. More than 5,000 Syrian demonstrators today tried to burn down Government House in Aleppo. Unofficial reports said 32 policemen and 50 demonstrators were injured when police used truncheons and gun butts to disperse the rioters.— A.P.AP - 42 words
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Article25 1955-01-17 1 ROTTERDAM Sun. The 6,757-ton Japanese ship Asakasan Maru ran aground on the Western Scheldt, Holland, today. A tug went to her aid.— Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article, Illustration329 1955-01-17 1 Boy who flunked exams ran away ABDUL HAMID, a Sin- papore schoolboy who left home because he didn't have the heart to tell his parents he failed his school examination, had a big welcome home last night when he was brought back by his father from Muar. A standard 111329 words
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Article63 1955-01-17 1 CAIRO. Sun. Egyptian I schoolgirls are to have their desks searched daily for love i letters and any girl found with one will be expelled, the Minis, ter of Education ordered today The order follows a love i scandal" involving a secondary school pirl and aReuter - 63 words
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Article170 1955-01-17 1 HOLLYWOOD, Sun. The 20th Ce-iturv Fox Studio today suspended Marilyn Monroe, the blonde film star, for failing to report for work. Darryl Zanuck. head of production at the studio, said the role Miss Monroe was to have had In the film "How to be VeryReuter - 170 words
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Article476 1955-01-17 1 DANGER POINT REACHED— RAIN STOPS More showers forecast and flood threat lingers A MONSOON SQUALL drenched Singapore with AJS inches of rain yesterday and then stopped, just when disastrous floods seemed certain. Straits Times Federation correspondents repoited that the Jerteh Ferry in the Besut Area of North Trenßganu was still476 words
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Article89 1955-01-17 1 LONDON. Sun. Scotland Yard detectives continued their intensive search tonight for an atomic energy report which vanished on Tuesday from the office of Sir Henry Self, deputy chairman of the British Electricity Authority. Police have hunted for the report— on possible Industrial uses for atomic energyReuter - 89 words
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Article44 1955-01-17 1 HONG KONG. Sun. The Chinese newspaper Ta Kung Pao of Tientsin today forecast that "the major victories won by the peace forces last year wil be followed up in 1955" despite any American "threat of war or false gestures of peace".— ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article30 1955-01-17 1 COLOMBO. Sun Ceylon will send diplomatic representatives to France and West Germany soon, but no diplomatic relations will be established with Red China, authoritative sources reported today —U.PUP - 30 words
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Article31 1955-01-17 1 PUEBLA, Sun— Six people were killed and 27 injured when an open lorry carrying 60 farmers to the Inauguration of a school near here in Mexico overturned— UPUP - 31 words
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Article24 1955-01-17 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. The Indian Government has decided to boost the country's steel production to 6.000.000 tons annually by early 1961 A.P.AP - 24 words
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92 1955-01-17 1 LONDON. Sun. MR. Clement Attlet-. British Labour Party leader, said yesterterday that the new houses in the London borough of Lambeth were better tha« those he had seen in his recent visits to Russia. China. Berlin and Singapore. He was attending a civicReuter - 92 words
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Article49 1955-01-17 1 HONO KONG. Sun. The Communist New China News Agency said yesterday that letters between American and Nationalist Chinese offlcia's interpreting their mutual si curity treaty were "fresh confirmation of a secret agree ment under which Washington had agreed to help Chiang Kai-shek occupy the Chinese mainland."— Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article164 1955-01-17 1 1,500th bandit seeks pardon KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A MALAY terrorist boss, district committee member Rayuan, surrendered to a Home Guard near Benta, Pahanq, yesterday and became the 1500 th terrorist to give himself up since the Emergency began. A woman Malay terrorist. Sadiah, surrendered with him. They brought with them164 words
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Article37 1955-01-17 1 T\NK^ in CO RICA i An 1 'M i: ladaj i) a B ■KCtll t.iiiks vv t ii l 1 111', w i nr hrru rrpnrti <l I inn in < «i I i *Srr thl37 words
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Article80 1955-01-17 1 Have you sent in your entry for The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest 'F? If not you should past your coupon, with postal order. NOW. This great all-Malayan con- < test closes on Friday, Jan. 21 —only FIVE days lmm TODAY. More than one hundred80 words
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Advertisement127 1955-01-17 1 Finer Rings at SENAS Whatever the purpotc *n engagement an anniversary or jutt "a gift** there ire -ingi to convey every gettor* of goodwill with charm and clcganc*. H. SENA LTD. HICH CLASS lEWELLERS SINGAPORE PENANC b BANGKOK H for a Vjiv £$4 mm haDDV ip Chinese New Year ...give127 words
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Article, Illustration78 1955-01-17 2 Mil Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Mimi.ru Shigemitsu (left), and the I.S. Ambassador to Japan. Mr. John M. Allison, shake hands after Japan had agreed in Tokyo to accept §6.000.000 compensation for injuries and losses suffered by Japanese fishermen and the fishing industry asAP - 78 words
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Article312 1955-01-17 2 HAMMARSKJOELD BELIEVES U.S. FLIERS WILL BE FREED AND IKE IS CAUTIONED: LET THERE BE NO SABRE-RATTLING, PLEASE WASHINGTON, Sunday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower has been informed privately that the United Nations Secret-ary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, feels that Red China will eventually release the 11 American fliers sheAP; UP - 312 words
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Article56 1955-01-17 2 SEOUL. Sun President Rhee. reported seriously ill on Friday, left the hospital for his home about noon yesterday, a source said. President Rhee. in a birthday message to his army, the world's fourth largest, said yesterday that South Korean troops would play a leadinc role in unifyineReuter - 56 words
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Article42 1955-01-17 2 ALEPPO, Sun— Anti-Turkish demonstratioas resulted in 50 wounded and 200 arrested in Syria yesterday. The demonstrations were touched oft* by the talks between Turkish Foreign Minister. Mr. Dan am Mendres, and Syrian officials on a TurkishIraqi pact. U.P.UP - 42 words
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Article243 1955-01-17 2 TODAY'S TESTMAY CHANGE HIS LIFE I^HETHER Yu Chun Yee, Singapore's 18-year-old schoolboy wonder pianist, will be sent to Europe for further studies depends on his appointment with the world-famous pianist, Julius Katchen today. Mr. Katchen, who was greatly impressed by Yu at last week's Singapore243 words
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Article25 1955-01-17 2 BELGRADF. Sun— The first trade agreement between Hunerarv and Yugoslavia since Yugoslavia's break with the Cominform in 1048 was signed here yesterday. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article105 1955-01-17 2 Doctors give man 184 pints of blood DURHAM, N. Carolina, Sun Doctors said yesterday they had given 184 pints of blood by transfusion believed to be a national record to a man heie during the last nine days The patient, Mr Willie Cooke. 31 is aReuter - 105 words
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Article71 1955-01-17 2 HAIPHONG. Sun. Vietminh authorities have protested angrily at Frances shipment from Haiphong, northern Vietnam, of an electric generating plant, rormerlv installed in Nam Dinh, 42 miles south-east of Hanoi. The Vietminh complained to the French and the International Truce Control Commission that the removal of theReuter - 71 words
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Article60 1955-01-17 2 CALCUTTA, Sun. About 35.000 British-employed seamen, on strike since ast Sunday, refused to consider any proposal tor a settlement until their union secretary. Mr Mansoor Oilanee. Is released. H* had been arrested after i fruitless discussions Aith the authorities. The seamen's employers, (British -ow rod companies,Reuter - 60 words
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148 1955-01-17 2 LONDON. Sun. Shirley Court, aged \b K who left school recently, was midwife to her mother in Leicester yesterda> when a nurse's car caught fire and prevented her from arriving in time. Shirley's father had walked tw o miles through snow to fetch theReuter - 148 words
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Article, Illustration86 1955-01-17 2 DR. YUNG H. SON listens to the pulse of Dr. Woo Chi Hi and finds it beats as one with his own. at Tacoma. U.S.A. The two Korean doctors were married at the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle.AP - 86 words
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Article144 1955-01-17 2 One will go from Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Working Committee of the Malayan Indian Congress today decided to send observers to the April meeting of the Afro-Asian conference at Bogor. Indonesia. A spokesman told the Straits Times that the MIC. would probably send a "Triple144 words
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Article33 1955-01-17 2 EDMONTON. Sun. The i United States Air Force C-119 < Flvina Boxcars airlifting 3.0(H) paratroopers fro:n Kentucky to Alaska have beeii erounded ;oi engine checks, Air Force an- i nounced yesterday A.PAP - 33 words
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100 1955-01-17 2 Red end SENDS OUT SOS FOR $40,000 KUALA LUM] A CH1 to wip. orerdra by thi bran8oci< This i.s the 1 by the Soclei It i> I overdraft i may con tin ui iim tl in Februi. Cros.s vide num:.< r cers for n. villages and had 2(; Within a100 words
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Article30 1955-01-17 2 HEIDEI.B! Armv h< adi warned Ami Europe f;»k» milii a cou An a iii. QU&ntlt in ?10 riti. described as poor re tions.— A P.30 words
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Article24 1955-01-17 2 ADEN. Sun Bi eive Aden when its pi worth." Mr Hi tut Mi' Cclonu b. Constitute the colony an announced R24 words
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Article49 1955-01-17 2 The Royal Army Servin Corps (RASCi Civilian Association. Singapore, was dissolved on Saturday by members who attended the adjourned annual meeting, because of lack of Interest among members The meeting lution to c! of the .1 three char: 1 Rod Cl Homo. 3200 for blind49 words
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Advertisement28 1955-01-17 2 CONOEN Otf wt I fftmnf FAIR. GIRL MILK f. A. BARTHOLOMEUSZ LTDP O. BOX 1133 P°^ Walk the Barratt wa Rarratts' Agent: Sadka Brothers, P.O. Box 535. sin28 words
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172 1955-01-17 3 ERSSKINE WILL OFFER PEACE TO MA U MAU "0 terrorist* get chance to give up as big attack begins NAIROBI, Sunday. cCRAI >' r George Erakine, the East African nm ander-in-chief, and Sir Evelyn Baring Governor, arc to make a new peace offer x |;,vs to Mtu Mau terrorists inReuter - 172 words
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Article91 1955-01-17 3 NAIROBI. Sun —The Attor-nry-Gencral. Mr. John Whyatt, who has been the centre of a rontrobersy over Kenya's antiterrorlst laws, is to leave the Government of the Colony within two months, it was l( .lined today. Two other senior Colonial Service Government officials have been91 words
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Article127 1955-01-17 3 Police check teen-age sex club mv FORK. Ban. I somervMle. Mas- sald yesterday investigating dob which irtedK required n«-w Imhrr- to have mt.rcmirxo g, boj .t initiation. and taw :,„>„ nrere avid to i 'i centles were in Ire, rhar*ed witb Ljb, delinquent! and one K, r rd with assault.127 words
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Article, Illustration41 1955-01-17 3 /OH, WHAT A PRETTY HEAD DRESS\ A JAKUT WOMAN admires the beautiful dress and ornaments worn by a reindeer Eskimo woman durinß a display of arctic dresses at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen. A.P. picture.AP - 41 words
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170 1955-01-17 3 FREEDOM PROBLEM OF SCIENTISTS WASHINGTON. Sunday. rpHE NATIONAL Science Foundation said in a report A yesterday that there was a "natural danger of under-estimating the strength" of Russia, particularly in scientific achievements. The report sent to Congress by President Elsenhower also said thatReuter - 170 words
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Article169 1955-01-17 3 She robbed to free her husband HOUSTON. Sun—A 22-year-old mother, her 16-month-oid baby in her arms, held up a liquor store late last night but was arrested .soon after as she tried to get her husband out of jail with the money. Mrs Ada Elizabeth Benear huddled in a corner169 words
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Article38 1955-01-17 3 DAMASCUS, Sun.—The Justice Minister Mr. All Bouzo. announced ytsterday that the Egyptian daily newspaper Al Akhbar and the weekly Akhbar El Yom have been banned trom Syria because they criticised President Hachem El Attassi of Syria.—A.P.AP - 38 words
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Article40 1955-01-17 3 OTTAWA. Sun.— The question of leakages of strategic goods into Communist countries will be discussed at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference in London later this month, according to Mr. Louis St. Laurent, the Canadian Prime Minister. Router.Reuter - 40 words
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Article141 1955-01-17 3 3 'POISON TONGUES' BLAMED Death after brawl LONDON. Sun. A JUDGE at Appleby. Westmoreland, yesterday blamed the "poisonous, nagging and screaming" tongues of three women for a street brawl which ended in the death of a 56-year-old painter. Two of the women, together with two men, were originally charged withReuter - 141 words
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Article30 1955-01-17 3 QUITO, Sun. -The radio station Gran Colombia was closed by the Ecuador Government yesterday on grounds it had violated rules forbidding broadcast of "concepts against public order."— A.P.AP - 30 words
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Article27 1955-01-17 3 VATICAN CITY. Sun. A 15-minute examination of the Pope yesterday by Professor Antonio Gasbarini. a gastric specialist, established that his condition was "fairly good." Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article174 1955-01-17 3 BUT ASIA FOOD PRODUCTION IS INCREASING TOO, COLOMBO PLAN REPORTS NEW DELHI, Sun. T^HE Consultative A Committee of the Colombo Plan, which includes 10 Asian countries, reported yesterday that the population in the area is growing by eight million a year and that food productionUP - 174 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-01-17 3 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MAN TURNS 80 DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, who devotes his life to missionary and medical work in equatorial Africa. He celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday.. A.P. picture.AP - 35 words
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Article57 1955-01-17 3 BELGRADE. Sun.— U Nu. the Prime Minister of Burma. has accepted an invitation from President Tito to visit Yugoslavia this year. President Tito returned to Rangoon yesterday after touring Central and Upper Burma. Marshal Tito who has been having daily talks with Premier U NuReuter - 57 words
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Article117 1955-01-17 3 MELBOURNE. Sun—Australian police who yesterday Mtod the pistol used to start the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games promised vestrrdav that they "would not stand In the Wl of startinc the 1956 Olympics" in Melbourne. The pistol, owned by a Sv iss firm and incorporating timine cear toReuter - 117 words
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Article58 1955-01-17 3 LONDON, Sun.— Captain Jane Herveux, the first woman to make a solo flight, died In St. Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, yesterday after a long illness. She was 65. As a French schoolgirl Captain Herveux got her first flying lessons from the French aviation pioneer Oeorges Bleriot. theUP - 58 words
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Article87 1955-01-17 3 Beat cancer this way, he says BERLIN, Sunday. A GERMAN cancer specialist, Professor Otto r% Warburg, has urged a five-point plan as the basis of a campaign to reduce the incidence of cancer. T* In I It is 1. Not to inhale cigarette smoke. 2. To banReuter - 87 words
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164 1955-01-17 3 SUPER JET DESIGNER IS NOT SATISFIED SOUTHAMPTON, Sun. \/\R. W. E. W. PETTER. iTI designer of Britain's record-shattering Canberra Jet bomber, said that the situation in British aviation today was far from satisfactory. Addressing the Institution of Production Engineers, he adimitted that the difficulties of supersonic flight had been under-estimated.Reuter - 164 words
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Article73 1955-01-17 3 MADRID, Sun. Gregory Peck, minus his beard, went sightseeing yesterday with his fiancee Miss Veronlque Vassani, a French journalist. They arrived on Friday night by plane from Las Palm&s, Canary Islands, where Peck completed the movie. "Moby Dick." He had grown the flourishing beard for hisAP - 73 words
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Article55 1955-01-17 3 LONDON. Sun— The audience at the Duchess Theatre here last night gave a rousing reception to the actor A. E. Matthews, 85, who defied illhealth to play the leading role in "The Manor of Northstead. He was back after missing a performance the first time in 70Reuter - 55 words
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Article28 1955-01-17 3 BERLIN, Sun. A Korean war hero, Maj.-Gen. Clark T. Ruffner, took command yesterday of the Second Armoured Division, the U.S. Army's main armour in Europe. UP.UP - 28 words
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Advertisement78 1955-01-17 3 WHY TO EXERT? More more frequently men shopping for their f^ Suiting go out of their way fi^f to seek it. That Is Why We Say Why? WASSIAMULL'S j\ And choose from the Widest Range of DACRON Suiting It will make you BUY AGAIN '^jl HIGH STREET PHONE: *****. \V78 words
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224 1955-01-17 4 Addicts forced to turn to new drug SEIZURE of 9.642 lb. of Indian hemp last year was unprecedented, Mr. H. McN. W. Rirharrison, assistant Comptroller of Customs, preventive branch, said yesterday. Mr Richardson said hemp •muggling in previous years had been so slight no records wre kept. Ho said ;he224 words
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203 1955-01-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— O. Bolton. a wireless operator ol No 4 Police Fleid Force. Kulai was sentenced in the Sr.s.slon.? Court to four months' Imprisonment for dolnp; a ra.sh act by discharging his revolver nnri causing tho rienth of Pahmat bin Masuki203 words
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Article160 1955-01-17 4 Malay masses told: Fate of your race Is In your hands Tengku Abdul Rahman warns UMNO leaders JHK PRESIDENT of the United Malays National Organisation, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has warned I'.MNO leaders not to forget the trust placed in them by the Malay ra'ayat. Writing160 words
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Article85 1955-01-17 4 IPOH. Sun. IT is the duty of Ceylonese who make Malaya their homeland to participate fully in the impending polltiral development and ohan<es here, said Sir Velipillai Cumjraswami. former Ceylon .Minister to Rurma. Mr was speaking at -a reception eiven him and Lady Cumanmami by85 words
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Article41 1955-01-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Tan Born was fined SI 4O in the Mng^trate's Court today for possession of four cartons of uncustomed cigarettes. He was arrested when trying to sell them to a shopkeeper at Tsmpoi. i41 words
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Article43 1955-01-17 4 The annual meeting of the Woodlands branch of Sinp;apor" Petrol Dealers' Employees' Union was postponed yesterday to Jan. 30 because of bad weather The meeting will be held in- side the compound of the Shell quarters \s[ milestone Woodlands Roafl43 words
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Article20 1955-01-17 4 me Fck K.lO iowcn Estates) Community Centre in Singapore ye.sterday held a Chinese New Year party for children.20 words
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Article, Illustration38 1955-01-17 4 BALLET AT GIRLS' CLUB TALENT IME SHOW MISS ANGELINA TAN. dam in r i ballet number at the Singapore Siglap Girls' Cluh "Talentime" show at the Happy World Stadium on Sa'urriav night. Straits Time* picture. (Ser Pace 7)38 words
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112 1955-01-17 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun T'HE WAR DEPARTMENT was today criticised for not providing better pay and \\-orkinp: conditions for its civilian employees. Mr. 8 J. H Zaidi. chairman of the War Department Civilian Staffs' Association REME Branch. said at the quarterly meeting of the112 words
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Article169 1955-01-17 4 Day of pomp at Teluk Anson TELUK ANSON, Sun. T»ELUK ANSON, capi--1 tal of South Perak, where the early rulers of Perak first set foot hundreds of years ago, celebrated the 65th birthday of the Sultan of Perak with pomp yesterday. It was the Sultan's first big public engagement, since169 words
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Article48 1955-01-17 4 More than 300.000 peopie paid admission Into the Mount Emily and Van Kit swimming pools last year, a Singapore City Council spokesman said yesterday Further amenities for bathers will be provided when the new City pool at Farrer Park is built next year.48 words
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133 1955-01-17 4 'Let's not have any interfere] PENANG, Sun. THE chairman of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party, Mr. Lee Moke Sang, warned unionists here today to keep the trade union movement in Malaya free from any religious interference. "Wp have people of different races with133 words
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Miscellaneous331 1955-01-17 4 RADIO MALAYA (•Programmes thus marked c:in f,^."^,,^' oe received by listeners In Malacca. Short wave 49 f2m Medium wave 476m.. 343., 366m. and 297m. > AM R'/ •8.57 English Schools BiOHdi-iMs. 9 [i -j 4 •11.10 English Schools Broadcasts. 1 >*? PM *1.00 Monday Matinee. -1 30 ■RMHmIK iTime Signal331 words
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Article, Illustration1680 1955-01-17 5 Scholar duped millionaires by faking 'first' editions ONE autumn day late in 1933 a young London bookseller named Graham Pollard was ushered into the library of a large, sedate mansion near Hampstead Heath. Round the walls, one of the finest private collections of rare books in the world stood in1,680 words
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Miscellaneous289 1955-01-17 5 Shvrtock lh> lines Li>ilml cocktails WE KAVENTT,^ YOU MEAN YOU CALM YOURSELF, WATSON *^1 S* "^-V WATSON! >/ SPENT ALL OJK THAT ROSTEK OUTSIDE r ufi| I /THESE A/KEBCAM COCKTAILS >>«__ fi VOWEV AT THE THE WINDOW WILL GUIDE LfX 2JJr ,2 S6V6E aa i I ABE NOT ONLY LETHAL"289 words
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Article40 1955-01-17 6 20 Word* $10 i minimum MR Sc MRS TAN KIM HOCK wish to express their heartiest thank to :ill friends and relatives for their valuable Rif :.s, loan of cars, congratulatory massagM and kind ati their wedding on 9.1.55.40 words
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691 1955-01-17 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Jan. 17, 1955. Slender Hope, But Real Hope for the eventual release of the eleven United BtatM ;iirmcn imprisoned by Communist China as "spies" can be found in the rather cryptk statements ma .c by Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, at the691 words
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Article417 1955-01-17 6 Life in a Central American I republic is exciting, as current events in Costa Rica and I Panama and not so long ago in Venezuela witness, but the j political motives that lie behind the recurrent upheavals are difficult for the outsider to grasp. Even the Organisation of417 words
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Article195 1955-01-17 6 Mr. Clement Attlee, leader of the British Labour Party, had faint praise for Singapore's efforts to house its crowded hundreds of thousands when he attended, a ceremdny at Lambeth Town Hall on Saturcl.iy to mark the completion of the borough's 2,000 th dwelling built since 1945. He195 words
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79 1955-01-17 6 No 'fatigue' in other Asian cities I never at any time said that dantr bands in Singapore "night-spots" should play non-stop. Rut I do say they should cease taking the customers for a ride by resting so long between numbers. Few dance bands in Singapore start work before 9.30 p.m..79 words
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Letter98 1955-01-17 6 IT ls good to see that once again Shaw Brothers are giving Chinese New Year gifts to the local aged. It is hoped that this worthy event will not again be marred by injuries to the very o'd in the crush. And it will be a good98 words
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Letter92 1955-01-17 6 AT the Pek Klo (Owen Estates) Community Centre, pin-tables and various other "games of skill" have been installed. Such tables were to be installed in almost every coffee shop in the Colony and the City Council has rightly refused to renew licences of such shops. Can the chairman92 words
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Letter58 1955-01-17 6 Co ming b a ck I have read your report concerning the filming of my book by Fox Films. However. I have no intention to go to Hollywood or to advise on this film. I have, on the contrary, every intention to return to Malaya within the next six weeks,58 words
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262 1955-01-17 6 r*NE is amazed Dy the damage to the Esplanade caused by the recent high tides and wind, but even more so by the speedy statement put out by Mr. Watson as to the cause. One would be forced to ask if this was ready262 words
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Letter212 1955-01-17 6 THE Straits Times has printed a picture of the Rev. Theodore R. Doralsamy. announcing hLs appointment as superintendent for South Malaya. This would mean that directly under the Bishop he Ls put in charge of the Methodist churches in Singapore and part of the Federation He would212 words
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Letter132 1955-01-17 6 MAY I take up Dato Chenglock's blood curdling war cry. '"Down with socialism, foreign rule and poor politicians" and add to It. "Up with capitalism and rule by rich towkays"? I simply rave over the Dato's slogan. The roar of the Malacca lion will tumble friends132 words
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Letter279 1955-01-17 6 SOUTH AFRICA COLOUR BAR 11THILE many British and TT American people try to fight against the perpetuation of colour prejudices in their respective countries. the white population of South Africa seem to be making persistent efforts to keep the coloured people of that country in a state of near slavery.279 words
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Letter88 1955-01-17 6 rE British IOMMn complained about by "Passenger" were no doubt proceding t i the UK for demobilisation. After having si rved their term in the jungle (which I can assure 'Passenger" is a striin on any young person) they were looking forward to getting homo, which obviously accounted for88 words
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Article821 1955-01-17 6 PETER KIRK - Growth of a new 'America' PETER KIRK By SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA today stands roughly in the same position that the United States was in 70 years ago. She is on the threshold of a tremendous industrial expansion but only if she can overcome two problems. The people of this country have821 words
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Article146 1955-01-17 6 On the margin 1 light one ordinal theii n amah I with H:ib;'. har/l pick who her i hidd' or trai alwaj afford robber tern I men) is lar too m inj it becau pretty Will likely either. Make the best oik F|R I.in V V gue I m x-146 words
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Advertisement841 1955-01-17 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. PPC. Mr. tt Mrs. FRANK M. STILL U, Olenorthy. MR AND MRS. GEORGE I nooAARS bid all their friends In Malaya au revlor. at," 18 January. 1955. If Worii $10 (minimum). CRISP: To Me*an and Maurice al Malacca General Hospital on the I4th of JanUHry 1955, a son,841 words
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Advertisement23 1955-01-17 6 Qammeter SWISS MADE 8-DAY OFFICE CLOCKS 81" dial $40 10V' dial $48 12" dial $65 Sffiti&tt &ewice aftri Sale t* COU*l* QUAY SINGAPORE23 words
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Advertisement53 1955-01-17 6 fi RAFFUS PUCE PHONE ***** I r v mUtii \v OPTICIANS^' K. E. MEYER f.n.a.0., d. opt K. W. BELL DIP OPT a s.t c WEDDING GIFTS '"<- Silver. E. P. N. S. "^•|V^ Crystal. f^~ AjS^' U. S. de SUVA lien 10S, Orchard Road Tel. ***** <z££*tJu>/- TECHKIK SHRIRO53 words
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319 1955-01-17 7 LOWER RANKS WOULD JUMP AT CHANCE TO END STRUGGLE, SA V TWO SURRENDERED REDS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. the lower ranks of the terrorist organisation in Malaya would probably jump at the offer of an amnesty, their fanatical bosses would never agree to give319 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-01-17 7 CAPT. REGINALD FRANK lIMI IV of the R.A.O.C. and Miss Roma Brown who were marled at the Tanglin Garrison Church in Singapore on Saturday. They left the church under an arch of swords formed by the bridegroom's brother officers. Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article109 1955-01-17 7 1 :s in the h in, til(1 an pianist. ist night it v. hy Katndous, elecsibilltles rchlngly. illy, than r living night he other striking acot pianists, playing partli ight in the Brahms "Pic- ibltii n". the pon- i farm disu a re,v in last109 words
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Article93 1955-01-17 7 KLANG, Sun— Schoolgirls in Klang want to know who is the most handsome hoy in town. This is one of the 150 questions which the Young Citizens' Week Youth Forum here will have to answer this week. A number of boys may l>r picked from93 words
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192 1955-01-17 7 Australian MPs to tour Asia THEY MUST STEP WARILY From MASSEY STANLEY SYDNEY, Sunday. T«HE AUSTRALIAN Government wants a parliament--1 ary fact-finding mission to tour Asia early in the second half of this year, but it is having difficulty in choosing members who should go on the tour. The matter192 words
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Article122 1955-01-17 7 Joe and Co. on their way at last rE Hungarian performers Joe Neufleld. his wife Lisbeth and niece Marianna. who wore stranded in Singapore two months ago because their ships was recalled to Bangkok, are leaving the Coilnnv at last. They sail today in the Nieuw Holland for their original122 words
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Article49 1955-01-17 7 enta of Singa- Federation have .ports of gooda and 31, it was 11 iunced yesterday. Licences for piece goods will be valid for three months and for cement, six weeks. Licences permitting imports before Mar. 31 will be confined ♦o present quota-holders, and approved newcomers.49 words
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Article51 1955-01-17 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun—Kallmuthu. who had a pot containing seven pints of toddy in his house when Excise officers called, was fined $150 in the Magistrate's Court today He was not an exempted person under the Excise Enactment and so could not keep toddy In the51 words
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234 1955-01-17 7 TWO EIGHT- YEAR-OLD giTls were among the winners at the youth Talentime open competition run by the Siglap Girls 1 Club the Happy World stadium on Saturday night. Miss Dcvi, of the Cantonment Road English School, did a classical Indian dance234 words
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143 1955-01-17 7 A ludo expert, Captain TakeJi Fuji! who is visiting Slneapore with 40 young Japanese students from Hokkaido University, yesterday gave members of the Singapore Judo Club a display of the Japanese art of self-defence. Nine students also took part in sparring bouts with club members.143 words
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Article17 1955-01-17 7 The Singapore Junior Safety First Council will meet at Raffles Institution at 4 p.m. today.17 words
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Article, Illustration540 1955-01-17 7 ONE of Britain's most popular playwrights and novelists of the century, gr c y-haired Ben Travers "Rookery Nook" is in Singapore. Sparkling, 68-year-old Mr. Travers, wno talks as well as he v.rites, is on three weeks' holiday. His sophisticated vet farcical novels "A Cuckoo540 words
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Article60 1955-01-17 7 The Rev. Dr. Xavier 8 Thaninayaßam, visiting Tamil scholar and a professor of the Ceylon University, will speak to students of the University of Malaya at 8 p.m. tonight at the University's Arts Theatre in Clunv Road. His subiect will be: "Interpretation of Nature in Tamil60 words
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225 1955-01-17 7 We asked them to drop language demand, and they did Dr. Ismail KUALA LIMPIK, Sunday. F)R. ISMAIL bin Dato Abdul Rahman, virr-president of the United Malays National Organisation, said here today that Chinese teachers withdrew their demand for Chinese to be made225 words
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Article88 1955-01-17 7 They built one church a week THE Seventh Day Adventists built a new church every week of last year in its Far East territories, which include Malaya. Korea. Japan. Formosa. Philippines. Indonesia. New Ouinea and Ouam. This was stated in a report yesterday by Mr. F. A. Mote, the Adventist88 words
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Article38 1955-01-17 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Tan Hia Choo, of Pekan Nanas, was fined $250 in the Sessions Court, Pontian, for possession of restricted articles in a prohibited area. The articles were salt and sugar.38 words
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Article30 1955-01-17 7 Sir Brian Mountain, chairman of the E;mlc Star Insurance Co. Ltc. of London will arrive In Sliiffapore today for dLsrussinns with bia company's local agents. Guthr.e Co Ltd.30 words
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Article22 1955-01-17 7 A s'Tvicc at .St. Andrew'a Cathedral at 10 a.m. today will pi the ceremonial openIng of the 1955 Singapora Assizes.22 words
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129 1955-01-17 7 PENANG Sun— A 25-man "comfort mission" from the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce went to Province Wellesley today to distribute "ang-pows" to 289 victim. of the recent fire in Kuala Muda. After the president of the Chamber, Mr. Saw Seng Kew, had129 words
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Advertisement143 1955-01-17 7 w is the drink «w kV 'Sw iflP wJiv 4SRK^ 4Hlv tBBi!? is the Scotch If iC^ »f *l No otlicr drink is quite so ret f pt** '"I KB.' <f^j| ri-frcsliinc as ScoulAVlmky. jj-i You can drink it short or ij'Wy 4 f r^\ l«>n^, .1^ the mood takes143 words
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Advertisement83 1955-01-17 7 B^Jim j Sol* Agents: G UTH R I E b Co LTD highly prized Hian Hial ot tight. It your eyei are Smart, but you hi»« f.^ headache or "Tired feeling" while reading your vision i> below normal We correct all derccM or vttion JP Don't let Hie matter of83 words
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Miscellaneous153 1955-01-17 7 The weather M IXIMI M TEMPKRATI RK: 1 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 15 to 7.30 p.m. j on Jan. 16) Singapore Tl degrees, PenanK 76. Kota Bahru 75, Kuala Lumpur 88. Ipob 73. Kuantan 73. MINIMI M TKMrCRATI'RE: 7.(0 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 16) Sineapore 79 deprees. Penan?153 words
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Article620 1955-01-17 8 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REViEW By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT 4 HEARTENING feature of the local share market last week was the consistent strength of industrial counters which in many cases climbed progressively to new heights. With rubber standing Just below the dollar level, the national income620 words
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Article403 1955-01-17 8 rpHE following business done In A the Singapore snare market for the period January 8 to 14 was reported by one firm of brokers: Industrial*: Fraser A Neave Ords. $198' and $2, Federal Dispensary $3.37',, Gammons $3.26 to $330, Hongkong Bank Colonial $1,060 '<> $1,140 to $1,135. Hongkong403 words
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Article38 1955-01-17 8 On the free exchange market in Hone Kong Saturday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.86- T for cash and 5 90->« for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.64 and one tael of gold at 257-S.38 words
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Article22 1955-01-17 8 Suntri Way Drrdtinf Ltd.'s tin ore output for the quarter ended December 31, 1954 was 6,635 plculs three dredges n-orklngt.22 words
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83 1955-01-17 8 PENANG SHIPPER $18 MILLION MORE LAST YEAR ton s "f tin and tons of ruhbi-r T?, 1 $510,4W,fM4 1M au "!i an bciea over I 'I* Trade pi, k,-,| up ast quarter wh n n tons of i 1( tons of rabbcr total of sin 5 shipped I,,. In Dei-ember83 words
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Article73 1955-01-17 8 BURMA RICH IS FREED RANGOON of any D ted to exp crop which i the Mini annouo Since Burma has hem the i Board. The V there would garding qualm private trade Currently Bi contracts with ••'■>. C( Inch;. Expot ■hi- M I prices rrom Price nouncen In crop estlm73 words
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Article789 1955-01-17 8 < intMonii y i##j.# OUBBER had a quieter week in Singapore and the price now appears to be stabilising around the "middle-nineties" after the wild fluctuations in the first week of the new year There was a net gain in price on the week of 2|789 words
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Article118 1955-01-17 8 LONDON. Sat. The Board of Trade announce that from January 16 Britain and 14 other countries will tighten controls on transit shipments of strategic goodo to the Soviet Bloc, China, Tibet or North Korea. They will not permit .strategic goods orlßlnating in one of these countries to pansReuter - 118 words
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Advertisement1236 1955-01-17 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SETTLEMENT GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE VACANCIES TOWN, PENANG APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED Appointment of Technical from Federal CltUens for the post Assistant r' Building Inspector In the Rural Bnard. Malacca in the .salary «c«l«" Applications are Invited from fsM Al2 444/462 AlB -552/- federal Citlwna or British1,236 words
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Advertisement1072 1955-01-17 8 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Section 103 Municipal Ordinance (Chapter 133) MAKING IP AND DRAINING OF LEONIE HILL FROM RIVER VALLEY ROAD to GRANGE ROAD Notice is hereby given that the plan, specification, estimate and apportionment of expense* of making up and draining of LEONIE HILL from RIVER VALLEY ROAD1,072 words
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Advertisement685 1955-01-17 8 NOTICES NOTICE ESTATE OF K ABDt'L KAHIM allM KOONA ABDUL RAHIM in of Gula MnhldVrn deeeaaed NOTICE Is hereby given that all persona having claims against the Estate of the abovenamed deceased, Letters of Administration with the Will annexed to which Estate have bren granted by the Supreme Court of685 words
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Advertisement470 1955-01-17 8 Fast and Regular Service fl EROM CANADA/US PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P Swd Pcnin; Ogeka Bakke 2 |an 3 Fcb S Fcb 6 F<-b Anna Bakkc 8 Jan 7 Fib 9 Fcb 10 fcb Elisabeth Bakke 1 2 Fcb 14 r- i r :7M-r Cjertrud470 words
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Advertisement1139 1955-01-17 9 EAST ASIATIC LINES > A^^'i" 46 TO CONT 'NENT/SCANDINAVIA to, Aden, Port Sold, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdom, Hombura Copenhagen, Gothenburg A O*t* Spore P. Shorn Penang ,1 «-£!!*>". J« Jan 27/28 Jan -M^" M/2S Feb 24/27 Feb 28 Fob/ 1 Mar "?I?<£&1« 4/ 7 Mar 8/ S Mar 9/ 9 Mar1,139 words
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Advertisement1054 1955-01-17 9 K NG XHE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD. TfL: 2 NO 71 SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kirsgdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S pore P. Shorn Penang Benattow for Avonmouth, Liverpool, Homburg, Rotterdam 10 Jan/ S Feb 27/29 Jan 4/ 7 F*b Benelbanech for London, Newcottle Hull1,054 words
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Advertisement1143 1955-01-17 9 McALISTER 4c CO., LTD. TEL: +40. ***** BLLERMAN ck BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGILES. SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG 4 HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE 4 VANCOUVER ond for US A North Atlor.»ic Port, A ««P»*»» «'«o to, C.ntr.l 4 South ond Conodo via Colombo *mence CITY OF BEOFORD FRANCISVILLE S'por.1,143 words
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737 1955-01-17 10 MASSEY STANLEY - MASSEY STANLEY By CHINA AND THE COLD WAR. by Lord Lindsay (Melbourne University Press). AS a student of Chinese affairs. Lord Lindsay of Birker has a world-wide reputation. He is the Australian citizen best acquainted with Communist China, a formidable aid to the737 words
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Article, Illustration181 1955-01-17 10 KENNETH KONSTAM - KENNETH KONSTAM By THIS hand played in a practice match before the World Championship resulted in a substantial gain to the British team and once ugain proves the ineffectiveness of the weak No-Trump opening against top-class opposition. With East-West only vulnerable and South the dealer the bidding in Room181 words
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413 1955-01-17 10 WALTER WARWICK - WALTER WARWICK THE SEASON OF THE YEAR. By John Moore. (Collins 155.) By THE irrepressible Helliwell, of monkey brains fame, shed a paragraph the other week on Singapore's strangest and strongest drink. It was a cocktail, of sorts, its dreadful spirits uplifted by a413 words
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Article166 1955-01-17 10 SINGAPORE fairly throws itself at the photographer its polyglot million, its harbour, its little skyscrapers, its slums and kampongs. It begs to be put into a book. Between them Peter Robinson's camera and Han Suyin's pen have done an attractive job 1 See Singapore, published by Donald Moore,166 words
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Article136 1955-01-17 10 LORD LOVE US. By William Sinsom. Drawings by Lynton Lamb. iHogarHi Press. Bs. 64.) MR. SANSOM chants his suburban ballads and Back-Street Blues in a tone and idiom that surprisingly recall Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood." His nearpoetic, near-to-earth- monologues, wistful with the daydreams of a lovelorn136 words
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Advertisement324 1955-01-17 10 P \\j\J if*PßOV£o\ AEROSOL I INSECT KILLER M^^ rl '*g|l MOSQUITOIS |IlA%^^^J% bepbucs ||N^F WASPS ob oi t O% FLIES V ict*j2vi FLeA$ I $150 TIN I Each tin of HEP has the equivalent coverage of 12 pint of ordinary insecticide. Availahlr at all Icadins storrs. Aik your dealer about324 words
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Advertisement257 1955-01-17 10 The right choice B] at all times Sole Distributors: JOHN LIT'ILI. L- *JT J##f/«fff/#f V Prvblvms arc constantly under discussion in IMV NEW COMMONWEALTH— the only thoroughly practical review of all-Commonwealth affairs. Special articles planned for carls publication include 1. The Outlook for Rubber 2. Fighting Communism by Propaganda fj|f257 words
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Miscellaneous291 1955-01-17 10 Straits Times Crossword T~"""7" 3— ~~4~"^5~"~"'S~"~7™— "3"" m sM I I 13 14 15 ~i6~ \1 18 i 20 2i I I T3~ 24 2S "26~ "2F ACROSS 7. French town sounds Impovertsh1. Sinser to be disposed of by Co- ed (7). rnner. 1 (7). 8. Regards mostly South and291 words
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406 1955-01-17 11 SNOW, ICE CUT U.K. SOCCER BY A THIRD LONDON, Sun. YESTERDAYS British football programme was won, with little opposition, tfy the weather. Snow and ice, in some places complicated by a thaw, struck the severest blow in the peacetime history of the sportReuter - 406 words
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261 1955-01-17 11 Ong Poh Lim makes badminton history MALAYAN champion Ong Poh l.im ended a crrat year of competitive badminton last nigM when he followed up Saturday night's spectacular sincles victory over Wong Peng Soon by winninK the < men's and mixed doubles titl<-v He thus becomes Sineapore's triple champion for the261 words
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Article85 1955-01-17 11 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. I/-HRIS CHATAWAY. Britain's (tar l middle distance runner, set a Southern Tnuunrul record for tlrep miles in a rare here today against leading South African and Hnocle-ian runners. Chataway. wiio won easily, clocked 14 mm. 39.4 sec. which was nine seconds ou'Mde the85 words
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Article402 1955-01-17 11 LONDON, Sun. kept their lead at the top of Division One by beating Sheffield Wednesday, who slumped still further behind at the other end of the table. Sunderland's Irish international winger, Billy Binghim, scored their two goals. Wolverhampton Wanderers, the champions, kept within n point of SunderlandReuter - 402 words
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218 1955-01-17 11 TWO Singapore cyclists will be sent to the Olympic Oamea at Melbourne in 1956 subject to approval of the International Union Of Cyc'ists This was decided at the annual general meeting at thr Singapore Cycle Racing Association held at flip Chir.e.-e Swimming Club on Saturday218 words
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Article54 1955-01-17 11 PERTH. Sun. Ken Rovwall (Australia* beat Vie Seixas (United Ftatesi 9-7 fi-4 in an exhibition lawn tennis match here yesterday. In another singles match. Lewis Hoad i Australia i beat Tony Trabert tU Si 10-8, 6-1. The Australians then combined to beat Seixas and Trabert 6-3. 6-3, 6-4Reuter - 54 words
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Article764 1955-01-17 11 Sunderl.md 26 10 13 3 44 33 33 Wolves. 26 12 8 6 58 39 32 Charlton 25 13 4 8 54 39 30 Chelsea 26 11 8 7 51 39 30 Manchester U 25 13 4 8 55 45 30 Everton 26 12 6 8 41 37764 words
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162 1955-01-17 11 MALACCA, Sunday. T^JEGRI SEMBILAN became champions of the South 11 Malayan hockey tourney when they beat the favourites. Selangor. 3-1 in the final fixture on the Banda Hilir School ground. Negri thus finish the meet with an unbeaten record having defeated Johore 2-0 and Malacca162 words
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Article140 1955-01-17 11 'I'll! South horkry side to m«*t North in the annual fixture w.i- -.in t,(i hnr last night as: Nadarajah (Sell; A KoeUneyer (N8), Chua i iik Cheng (Set); S. Ciovtndarajoo (NX). M. Shepherdson (Sel), B Rambridge (Sel); Ahmad Haroun (N8). Devlndran (N8), Noordin INS). Abdnl Karlm140 words
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Article476 1955-01-17 11 GALLANT KEE CHAN STAYS 10 ROUNDS SINGAPORE'S top ban- j tarn weight, Lim Kee I Chan, staked a claim j for a place in the world j rankings when he stay- j I ed the full distance of j ten rounds with Pierre i Cossemyns, of Belgium, the world No.476 words
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232 1955-01-17 11 BAHAWALPUR. Sun PAKISTAN, ended the second day> play in the second Test here today only 144 runs behind India with all 'heir first Innings wickets intact. Their opening pair. Hanif Mohammad and Alimuddin, hit an undefeated 91 in answer to India's first innings total232 words
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Article59 1955-01-17 11 WELLINGTON. Sun. WELLINGTON cricket team, captained by New Zealand Test star, John Reid. today made cricket history In the Dominion by becoming the first team to win all four Fiuntcet Shield matches outright. Scores Otago 205 iL. Watt 73) and 179. Wellington 159 and 228 for eightReuter - 59 words
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Article110 1955-01-17 11 MALACCA, sin DAKAR SAID scored four goals. Including a hat-trick, when Malacca scored a 5-1 victory over Johore in South Malayan hockey championship here today. Malacca thu.s finish second in the tournampiit having held Srlangor 2-2 and lout (o Ne«rt Sembtlnn 2-3. Dakitr fS;ii<l stored twlre In110 words
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Advertisement509 1955-01-17 11 BALLY of SWITZERLAND 1 Men's Shoes Tan Willow Cali Oxford Punched vamp, soft flexible leather soles. Sizes s*ll. i i Tan Willow Calf Casual Shoe Punched vamp, soft flexible leather soles. Sizes 5-11. 11 THE STORE WITH A fg*y TO OFFER I SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA509 words
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Miscellaneous32 1955-01-17 11 HOCKKY >H\ Senior Cup: RKVE v I'nixtrsitv II. Kr.MK; Junior tup: RAF t'hangi II v SRC Grrrns. pidanu: Iniversilv III v It A.P.t Bukil ItaMk; harterod Bank v T.T.C.. Chartered Bank eround.32 words
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Article556 1955-01-17 12 EPSOM JEEP - Deadheat would have been fairer EPSOM JEEP GRADUATE— BY A WHISKER By rplIE HEATED discus- sions and angry murmurs by punters that followed the declaration of Graduate as the winner of the Class 2, 9-f. handicap the main race —at Ipoh on Saturday again raises the question: Should a judge556 words
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Article, Illustration577 1955-01-17 12 W.E. Trevor - W.E. Trevor Rugby final lacked fire, excitemen t of previous years •SAYS NOW that the game has been played and the excitement is over, what memories can one keep of Saturdays rugby final in Kuala Lumpur? Nothing very much really. It may seem strange that, after577 words
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Article28 1955-01-17 12 BANGKOK Sun Walk Thorn. welterweight champion of Britain and Europe, outpointed Thailand's Somdez Yongkltrat. welterweight champion of the Orient, in a unround non-title bout hei ..onight.28 words
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463 1955-01-17 12 \\l K.lll- for all seven rarrs on the second day. Wednesday, Jan. 19. of the Perak Turf Club meeting are: Cl. 1, Dlv. 1-6 F. Robbie Burns 9.00 1 i. ay Carnival X.13 Robin Hood 8.13 (iirsenc 8.12 Little Cherrington 8.11 Pink Treasure463 words
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153 1955-01-17 12 JACK FINGLETON - 'CRAWFORD my NOT BE PICKED FOR ADELAIDE' JACK FINGLETON From CANBERRA. FORMER Australian Test cricketer Bill writing in the Sydney Morning Herata Australian selectors not to choose i> lt the New South Wales fast bowler for th Test against England in Adelaide "Crawford I Undwal main' The hoe and blu-,153 words
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98 1955-01-17 12 KUALA Ll'MPl R. Sun. THE COMMITTEE of the Foolball Association of Malaya today drridrd that Malaya (up soccer match** in future will be over 70 minutes. The date for the annual general meeting of the F.A.M. was fixed for Feb. 20 at 1098 words
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Article210 1955-01-17 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun PERAKS brilliant scrum half, Jlmmv Meikle, who sustained a bad knock In yesterdays H.MS. Malaya rugby final, has been left out of the North team, which was announced here today. The annual classic match will be played in Singapore on Jan. 29.210 words
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Article56 1955-01-17 12 LONDON. Sun The rugby union in-.<rn;itional between Wales and England h;id I be postponed yesterday. It will ru take place next Saturday at Card-.fl Rugby Union matches phiver yesterday were Devonport Services 6 Portsmouth Service', cv FalmouUi Abott 3 We Peuiyu 3 C K:ii'p- IReuter - 56 words
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Advertisement236 1955-01-17 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. MISCELLANEOUS Wordt fi (Min. Box St rt*. extra SERVANTS AOENCY (Estd 1911) for domestic servants trained In European homes. 17. Dhoby Ghaut, near Cathay, Tel. *****. DIAL ***** for Chla's Handy Man —Wellknown Public Servant No. 1 If you want building repairs, reno- vat ions or odd jobs236 words
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