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Title Section20 1956-01-03 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SAIE EXCEEDS 7S.IM The Straits Times. He***** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, Tl KSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1956 15 CENTS20 words
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Article130 1956-01-03 1 3 bandits give up on road T<EMERLOH, Mon. 1 The first three terrorists to surrender since the announcement last Friday by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, that he would end the amnesty on Feb. 8. gave themselves up to a motorist in the Temerloh area of Pahang yesterday. They130 words
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Article67 1956-01-03 1 FALMOUTH. Mon —The 779--ton British collier Citrine sank early today of! windi n ed .,f- izard pomt Cornjail. All the 10 numbers of Bercrew were picked up by JJeboata but one died iaier of exposure. Three boats put out to help the stricken ship. TheReuter - 67 words
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Article96 1956-01-03 1 KULIM, Mon. Sergeant Ray Nevin of Cairns, Queensland, is the first Australian to fire a shot in Malaya since World War 11. He is an artilleryman w,ith 105 Field Battery. Royal Australian Regiment, and commands the crew of a 25-pounder. Sgt. Nevin, with96 words
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Article, Illustration81 1956-01-03 1 Storms, squalls and spills made it a very cruel sea I^RIVING RAIN and sudden squalls in yesterday's annual Singapore New Year Sea Sports proved hazardous for the contestants in the five Malay koleh races, particularly those in the smaller craft manned by two or three81 words
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Article66 1956-01-03 1 Writing a book rpHE former Commissioner--l General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, returned to Singapore by Malayan Airways yesterday on his way back to India after a fortnight's visit to Sarawak. Mr. Mac Donald. who is now British High Commissioner in New Delhi, said his Sarawak visit66 words
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Article60 1956-01-03 1 23 BURMESE REDS DIE IN BATTLE RANGOON. Mon.— A Burmese police river patrol killed 23 Communist rebels In a one-hour midstream gun battle during the weekend near Akyab, 320 miles northwest of Rangoon, according to reports reaching here today. The police encountered the Communists in two sailing craft. When challengedReuter - 60 words
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Article31 1956-01-03 1 BONN, Mon.— The military band of the new West German army will play for Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the Chancellor, when he celebrates his 80th birthday here on Thursday.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article39 1956-01-03 1 BERLIN, Mon. Boxes of drawing pins in East Germany bear the inscription •take one to two teaspoons full three times daily unless prescribed otherwise by the doctor," the Berliner Zeltung, an East Berlin newspaper reports. Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article30 1956-01-03 1 HONG KONG, Mon. Mr Chew Swee Kee, Singapore's Minister for Education, arrived here yesterday for a two-week visit to study educational methods in this colony. U.P.UP - 30 words
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Article91 1956-01-03 1 ALOR STAR, Mon. FIRING from a speed- ing car, a gunman last night shot dead a fishmonger as he cycled along Telok Wan Jan, here. It was the first shooting in the Kedah capital since it was declared a white area last year. The victim. Sin91 words
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155 1956-01-03 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Selangor Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association today rejected the nomination of Mr. Douglas Lee, son of the Federation's Minister for Transport, Col. H. S. Lee,- to the state branch committee. The working committee of the Selangor M.C.A.155 words
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Article152 1956-01-03 1 A BRAZIER Of Ipoh P.W.D. won the first prize of $3,000 in the Shell Company's three-day Malayan motor rally which ended in Sinpapore yesterday. He drove a Citroen 15 and lost only 1.0 penalty point. Runner-up wad W. R. A. Wyllle. also of Ipoh,152 words
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Article146 1956-01-03 1 Try —and win a prize "\WHAT do you understand by democracy?" is the subject in the Straits Times' essay competition for young Malayans. If you are under 21 years old. get on your thinking cap and write down in not more than 1 50 words your answer tr this question,146 words
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Article24 1956-01-03 1 MALACCA, Mon. Throe hundred delegates from various parts of Malaya are attending the annual Methodist conference, which opened here this afternoon.24 words
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Article176 1956-01-03 1 Abused his official position 9 JAKARTA, Monday. rpHE Indonesian Supreme Court today found a for- mer Minister of Justice guilty of abusing his official position and sentenced him to a year's im- JAKARTA, Monday. rpHE Indonesian Supreme Court today found a for1 mer Minister of Justice guilty ofUP - 176 words
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Article41 1956-01-03 1 CHICAGO, Mon. Robbers early on Sunday bound nine employees of the Chez Paree. a popular supper club, and took receipts from the club's New Year's Eve business which, police said, might amount to as much as $50,000. AP.AP - 41 words
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Article34 1956-01-03 1 NEW DELHI, Mon Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, has sent a message to the new independent state of Sudan, welcoming the people "to the family of free and sovereign nations. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article29 1956-01-03 1 SAARBRUECKEN. Mon. The first freely elected Saar Parliament since the war today elected Dr. Heinrich Schneider, Nationalist leader of the pro-German Democratic Party, as its president —Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article162 1956-01-03 1 Guards repel hungry Reds IPOH, Mon. Alert Home Guards on patrol in the notorious Brinchann New Village, Cameron Highlands. drove oil a terrorist gang on a New Year's Eve food forage The six guards, armed with shotguns, were near the south gate of the village when they were fired on162 words
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Article45 1956-01-03 1 KUANTAN. Mon.— The road between herr and Sungei Lembing was flooded by heavy week-end rain and is impassable to all traffic. The water is 10 feet deep at the Paslr Kemudi bridge at the 16 \*z milestone and is still rising.45 words
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Article36 1956-01-03 1 LONDON. Mon. The British Film Producers' Association and the British Actors 1 Equity Association today agreed that actors working on a film should be paid a minimum weekly salary of £30 (s2ss).— Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article28 1956-01-03 1 ROME, Mon. Italy will issue four special Olympic stamps on Jan. 26, opening day of the Winter games at Cortina D'ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites.— Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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414 1956-01-03 2 PATRIC!A MORGAN - PATRIC! A MORGAN Singapore's live-work-relax blueprint ready after three-and-a-half years By Shocks in it for some landowners rr\Ui closely-guarded secrets of Singapore's Master Plan, first full-scale attempt at orderly development of the bland, will be revealed today. The blueprint scheme of how414 words
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Article67 1956-01-03 2 LONDON. Mon.— The Post Office announced yesterday that it had lost a mail bag full of stamps worth K. 34.000 (S290.000). A spokesman said the bag was sent from London headquarters to a branch office in West London on Dec. 19. It n«>ver arrived. Because ofAP - 67 words
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Article, Illustration55 1956-01-03 2 Three new towns -with all the mod. cons. A "GREEN BELT" skirting the city area and separat--5 ing it from rural districts will be one of the innovaE tions in the Singapore Master Plan released today. 5 Straits Times artist. Peng, in this drawing, shows some E of the changes55 words
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Article136 1956-01-03 2 T-H-O-U SHALT NOT... —that goes for H-bombs too, says Canon LONDON, Mon. A canon of St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday decried possession of the hydrogen bomb, even as a deterrent, and said that it was inconsistent with Christian convictions. He disagreed with a recent statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury thatAP - 136 words
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132 1956-01-03 2 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Mon. —The arrival of the New Year had a silvery glitter at one hotel here on Saturday night. The management gave each visitor nearly 18,000 of them a newly-minted dollar. And a satin bag filledAP - 132 words
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Article198 1956-01-03 2 Fists raised at Embassy blaze OTTAWA, Monday. RUSSIAN officials hampered Sremen here night and one even struck the fire chief during a blaze which broke out on the top floor of the Russian Emb.. Despite pleu by flremer. and police to evacuate the building, EmbassyAP - 198 words
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Article53 1956-01-03 2 VERY MANY HAPPY RETURNS MONTREAL, Mon.— Someone looted a Montreal jewellery store's outdoor showcase on Christmas Day. Now all the loot a silver bowl, wine glasses and several silver brooches has been returned. Mr. Eric Ohman, owner of the store, said there was a note with the goods, reading: "HappyAP - 53 words
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81 1956-01-03 2 After boos a new Miss France by popular demand NICE. Monday. A MOROCCAN-BORN beauty. Gisele Charbit, became Miss France, 1956, yesterday by popular demand. Miss charbit, an 18-year-old native of Casablanca, was chosen by 500 diners at the smart Palais De La Mediterranee. It was her second trv in threeUP - 81 words
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Article33 1956-01-03 2 WASHINGTON: Prisoners are co-operatin* with a team of scientists in a research project aimed at improving the effectiveness of the Salk polio vaccine The volunteers have their .sentences cut as a reward. —A.P.AP - 33 words
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Article34 1956-01-03 2 SAARBRUCKEN: The three pro-German parties in the Saar have come to an agreement after two weeks of negotiations to form a Coalition Government at the last possible minute before the newlyelected Parliament meets today.34 words
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Article34 1956-01-03 5 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY:.. Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, 38, fell to her death from a second floor apartment early yesterday when she rushed to a window to watch the New Year celebrations and lost her balance.—A. p.34 words
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Article26 1956-01-03 5 PARIS: The condition of the French music hall star. Mistinguett, 82. who was once the toast of two continents, was reported grave again last night A.PAP - 26 words
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Article24 1956-01-03 5 NICOSIA: Secret talks In Athens and Nicosia during the last six weeks have failed to find a settlement for Cyprus, political observers said here.—Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article28 1956-01-03 2 BUMP IN FLIGHT— 5 HURT BRIDGETOWN. Barbados: Five passengers aboard I British West Indian Airways plane were injured last niRht when the aircraft encountered unusually strong air cur-28 words
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Advertisement16 1956-01-03 3 Hfc'jjfll IfeS^l H^fcJ| BI^MB Here, there everywhere IN THE FAR EAST (jcuHtda INDONESIAN AIRWAYS mattery road.16 words
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Advertisement141 1956-01-03 3 No more famous street 1 DI CC A rill I I Y I IvLAI/l LLT No finer cigarette 9f j y- 1 'Qt. Iglfro^B i«*Kf tin cicaaiiii or fihf ouAIiTV ■■iflK^ld^HlEliSSfiSi '-t i SIM' FRESH FROM LONDON JHf against Ml PRICKLY HEAT Ml ECZEMA mB and all other B TROPICAL141 words
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Article302 1956-01-03 3 WINE AND WOMEN ELECTION DEFEAT FOR NO-TAX NAPOLEON? __f OR M. MENDES FRANCE: EXPERTS AGREE HIS CHAMES ARE VERY GOOD PARIS, Monday. .g pRANCE went to the polls today to elect A' a new National Assembly all the experts edit ted a victory for M.Reuter - 302 words
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Article59 1956-01-03 3 JERUSALEM, Mon. An Israel Army spokesman said last night that Egyptian troops in the Gaza strip area directed machine-gun and mortar fire at an Israeli patrol yesterday. The Egyptian attack was in support of an Egyptian force which had crossed the border but was drivenAP - 59 words
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Article47 1956-01-03 3 JAKARTA, Mon. Six Vampire-jets, the first Eng-lish-made fighters for the Indonesian Air Force, will be ready for test nights by January 15. They are being assembled at an air base near Bandoeng, Java, and will be flown by crews trained in England. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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56 1956-01-03 3 TO MY PRIVATE SECRETARY: $3m. TAX FREE < HIIACiO. Mon. Mr. Alfred Forrest. an insurance com- N < \ecutive, has left rtarv more than vjnon.ooo after taxes. Mr Korrest was president of the North American Accident Insurance Company. He was a bachelor MKs Hazel Boostrom, 48 was his private secretaryReuter - 56 words
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Article89 1956-01-03 3 MILLIONAIRE BEFORE HE WAS 40 MONTREAL, Mon. Sir James Dunn, the Canadian ting, died yesterday at St. Andrews. New Brunswick 81- One of Canada's most fabulous millionaires, he was a ::iond of Lord Beaverbrook, the British Press magBoth men had endowed New Brunswick— their native province with large ol money.AP - 89 words
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Article64 1956-01-03 3 LOITOON, Mon. Sir Winston Churchill is returning to the south of France for a further holiday about the middle of this month, it was authoritatively learned here. The date of his departure from London has not yet been fixed. It is likely 'he will stay inReuter - 64 words
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Article44 1956-01-03 3 BUENOS AIRES. Mon The Argentine Government announced yesterday the arrest of n more followers of I former President Peron for exile or imprisonment in bleak Patagonia. They brine to 136 the number of -trouble makej-s." to be south.— A.P.AP - 44 words
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Article48 1956-01-03 3 BERLIN, Mon.— The newspapers of Red China completely changed their faces 2ii N w Year s Day the offl M Last German news ser- i vice reported yesterday from Peking. The traditional vertical order of letters is now printed in horizontal order from left tonight.— A.P.AP - 48 words
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Article, Illustration27 1956-01-03 3 M. EDGAR FAL'RE, the Prime Minister and leader of the rifi;h twins Radicals, who faces an uphill battle in the national elections. A.P.AP - 27 words
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Article176 1956-01-03 3 'LET BULGANIN AID PEACE Labour chief on Mid-East arms LONDON, Monday. T*HE leader of the Labour Party, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, A will meet Sir Anthony Eden tomorrow to discuss arms shipments to the Middle East and to urge that Russia should be asked to help maintain peace between Israel andReuter - 176 words
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Article103 1956-01-03 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. WHITE HOUSE officials were sceptical about the new summit meetings suggested by the Soviet Premier, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin yesterday in reply to a list of questions submitted by an American television correspondent. But Marshal Bulganin's statements were described here as remarkably mild andReuter - 103 words
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Article54 1956-01-03 3 Boat capsizes 5 lost MANILA, Mon. Five children were missing last night after a motor excursion boat capsized in the south harbour here. Fifty-four other passengers, most ofthem mothers who had brought their children for a pleasure cruise to celebrate New Year's day, were picked up from the half-submerged motorUP - 54 words
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Article44 1956-01-03 3 NICOSIA. Mon. Terrorists threw a bomb at a British military patrol car in Limassol last night the first terrorist attack of 1956. There were no casualties. British Commandos cordoned off the area and detained several Cypriots for Questioning.— Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article22 1956-01-03 3 LONDON, Mon. Moscow Radio announced yesterday that Moscow and Peking are now linked by a new direct railway line.— U.P.UP - 22 words
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Article139 1956-01-03 3 TOKYO, Monday. OFFICIALS today reported the death toll from a mob stampede at a New Year's Day temple cereI mony reached 144. The number of injured was estimated at 75 with the total likely to increase. Friends and families carried away many of the InjuredAP - 139 words
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Article61 1956-01-03 3 LONDON, Mon. A health officer at Basford, Northern England, has warned parents that if they allow children with whooping cough to mix with healthy children they are breaking the law and can be prosecuted. He said whooping cough was the most serious of the common childhoodReuter - 61 words
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Article22 1956-01-03 3 PARIS. Mon. France entered the New Year with a population of 43.430.000 compared with 43.115.000 on Jan. 1. 1955— Router.Reuter - 22 words
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Article156 1956-01-03 3 IXDS ANGELES, Mon. A 29-year-old mother of four children died today after being brutally beaten and raped by two teenagers on bail from another rape case. Police said Nazario Gonzales 18, and Jerry Garcia, 19, admitted the crime. They have been charged with murder. The156 words
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Article, Illustration165 1956-01-03 3 Marilyn to star with Sir Laurence 111 'THE SLEEPINB PRINCESS' LONDON, Mon. SIR Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe are to be teamed up in a film version of "The Sleeping Princess." The film will be directed by Hollywood's John Huston, who made "Moulin Rouge" and "Moby Dick." Miss Monroe will165 words
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Article66 1956-01-03 3 ROME, Mon.— The Italian newspaper II Popolo claimed yesterday that the Soviet Communist Party secretary, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, had told the Italian, French and West German Communist parties in a secret directive to concentrate on the formation of "popular fronts." According to II Popolo, the documentReuter - 66 words
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Article36 1956-01-03 3 BONN, Mon. West Germany's beer exports in 1955 reached a record postwar total of about 11 million gallons, beer industry officials report. West Germany follows Holland as the largest exporter of beer.— Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article146 1956-01-03 3 FRENCH HAMMER RIFF REBELS RABAT. Mon. DEBELS in the Riff mountains yesterday reeled under the biggest French attack of the three month old uprising. Launched with reinforcements from Fez and other military centres, the offensive ls aimed at rebel forces which cut the main French supply route into the RiffReuter - 146 words
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Article59 1956-01-03 3 Plane in sea all safe RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. —A plane carrying 21 passengers dived into the sea while attempting to land here yesterday. There were no casualties. Two of the people aboard the airliner swam ashore and the others. Including a child, were rescued by a launch. A salvageReuter - 59 words
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Article36 1956-01-03 3 Plane in sea five die ALGIERS, Mon. Five occupants of a French military plane were killed on Saturday night when it plunged into the sea near Algiers. One passenger. a Red Cross worker, swam ashore. -APAP - 36 words
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Article54 1956-01-03 3 WASHINGTON. Mon.— Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, the head of the Indian delegation to the United Nations, is expected to return to New Delhi soon to discuss the Goa question with the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, in view of possible action at the United Nations, according toUP - 54 words
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Article31 1956-01-03 3 TAIPEH, Mon. A slight earth tremor was recorded here yesterday, it lasted for only three seconds. The epicentre was located in the sea 150 miles east of Formosa U.P.UP - 31 words
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Article351 1956-01-03 4 First patrol in the Kedah jungle aims to round up 78 hard-core terrorists Rocket-firing fighters in support KULIM, Monday. Ql'pPOKTKI) by rocket-carrying RAF Vam- pirev Australian troops today moved into tuitions at their new base in South Kedah. It was the first time the Diggers had351 words
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260 1956-01-03 4 'One people, one nation —but NO Rulers' MEMO TO "MERDEKA" MEN-BY LABOUR PARTY PENANG, Monday. I MALAYA is to be a nation, then there is no place for nine constitutional Heads of States, the Labour Party of Malaya has stated in a memorandum to the Alliance "Merdeka" Mission. The only260 words
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Article20 1956-01-03 4 KUALA -LUMPUR, Mon. The Raja Muda of Selangor will open the new Pasar Road market here on Saturday.20 words
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Article75 1956-01-03 4 Cost of the polls: $1125.000 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Federal elections In July last year cost the Government $1,125,222. The report on the elections issued today showed that nearly half the sum was spent on registration of voters. The Government paid $272,375 -to registration staff and $182,254 for preparation of75 words
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Article47 1956-01-03 4 Not guilty plea to court Tan Song Phuan pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to j Chia Hun Meng with a knife on Saturday at the railway station In Keppel Road. The case will be mentioned on Monday.47 words
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Article, Illustration151 1956-01-03 4 THE FLYING YOGI 'I can cure all ills' I IN SINGAPORE. AN INDIAN yogi now in Singapore Las offered to cure any disease that science cannot. Mr. A. V. Meenakshi Sundram, a flight engineer of Hindustan Aircraft Ltd., Bangalore, the man who makes this claim, gave a public demonstration of151 words
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131 1956-01-03 4 Phone union to say 'yes' or 'no' today rpHE Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union will tell the Board today whether or not It will accept a new wage structure for clerical and drawing office staff offered by the company. The Board made the new offer in negotiations with union representatives131 words
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202 1956-01-03 4 IfUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A rebel group is planning to break away from the Selangor Division of the Labour Party of Malaya and form a new branch. The group, headed by Mr S. J. H. Zaidi, vice-chairman of the Selangor Division, today wrote asking the party202 words
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Article43 1956-01-03 4 POLICE FIND WOMAN UNCONSCIOUS RAWANG, Mon. A hit-and-run motor cyclist this afternoon knocked down a woman at the 18th mile Kuala Lumpur Road, lust south of here. Police found the woman, Yap See, 40, unconscious with head wounds. Police have detained a man.43 words
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Article, Illustration295 1956-01-03 4 They live in a silent world T*HE New Year has ushered in a new hope for the children of Singapore's quietest school— a school in which children do not cry and shout like children the world over because all of thpm are deaf295 words
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71 1956-01-03 4 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. npwo masked men armed X with daggers held up a pig farmer's family on New Year's night at Kampong Bahru. Butterworth. The robbers knocked on the door of their attap house and said they were Government servants. When the farmer, Loh71 words
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Article28 1956-01-03 4 IPOH, Mon. Two of premature triplets born on Wednesday evening to Letchumi, 30-year-old wife of an Indian quarry worker, died yesterday in the Ipoh hospital.28 words
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Article72 1956-01-03 4 PENANG, Mon. The secretary-general of the Peninsula Malays Union, Inche Mohamed Isa bin Hussain, has petitioned the Bultan of Kedah to relax the conditions governing the release of the union's general adviser, Inche Chik. Ar- shad, now under police supervision at Baling. Inche Chik was detained under72 words
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Article204 1956-01-03 4 Rules set for $280 mil. hand-out KUALA LUMPUR 1V Mon.- After months of planning, the F. tion Government hn announced the n tions under which rubber estates can get their share of the Federation s $280,000,000 replanting fund. Work on the regulation* which will govern the smallholders" share in the204 words
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Article45 1956-01-03 4 PENANG. Mon.— The Penang Buddhist Association youth circle will celebrate its first anniver ary on Jan. 6. The circle, led by the president, Mr. leoh Eng Soon, will conduct a ervice in the shrine hall. after which there will be games.45 words
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Article123 1956-01-03 5 Cinema may take 'no' to court Singapore City I uicU'sadJoninrj-six-month-old on a cinema id the Council in ■gi "with a civil suit. in for the proA > 'he cinema, now Katong. told Times yesterday ild consult their s on the Coun- building went the Council first months a*p in :nema.123 words
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Article46 1956-01-03 5 IPOH. Mon. Two mem;ho Federation Rei will leave on Sunday ther military training and. ;irr Company SerWajors Tan Poh Seng. D' Coy i and P. Sabapathy. 24. ("C" i Vac Federation Re- are stationed in the t •-infested Sungei Siput 146 words
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Article209 1956-01-03 5 TPOH. Mon Graduate teachers want Asian education officers to be groomed by an understudy process to fill administrative appoint ments In the Federation's education service This is one "t the points the Malayan Graduate Teachers' will incorporate in its randum on Malayanisa- the Education Department.209 words
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Article273 1956-01-03 5 'Malayanlsed* technicians won't have to look tar to find work Already New Zealand is trying to get our top experts to leave EXPATRIATE technical Government servants in Malaya and Singapore will not have to look far for new jobs if they are Malayanised. Wellington, New273 words
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Article, Illustration72 1956-01-03 5 BRITTEN AND PEARS IN SINGAPORE PETER PEARS (above), England's foremost tenor, and Benjamin Britten, the famous British composer, arrived in Singapore by 8.0.A.C. yesterday. Accompanied by Britten, Pears will give two recitals at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore. The first, will be tomorrow at 8.45 p.m. and the second on72 words
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Article18 1956-01-03 5 John C. Caldwell. the American author and lecturer, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Pan-American Airways.18 words
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Article266 1956-01-03 5 Fine New Year for 50 in a court PAY UP DAY AFTER THE FROLICS HPHE New Year began A dismally for more than 50 people hawkers, labourers, a sailor and two soldiers who appeared in a Singapore couit yesterday on charges ranging from theft to being drunk and incapable. To266 words
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Article58 1956-01-03 5 Mr. Percy Siebold, Executive Commissioner (Liaison), of the Boy Scoute International Bureau In London, has arrived in Singapore. Mr. Siebold, who is on a goodwill tour of Boy Scouts Associations in the Middle East and Asia, yesterday visited the Singapore Boy Scouts Headquarters In Armenian Street58 words
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98 1956-01-03 5 Hundreds watch as girl drowns in sea— and none goes to her aid IJUNDREDS of people on n. Queen Elizabeth Walk, Singapore, watched a girl struggling in the sea about 10 yards from shore on New Year's night but not one tried to rescue her. Yesterday morning, after an all-night98 words
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133 1956-01-03 5 PENANG, Monday. SECURITY FORCES on Penang Island started the New Year with an important "kill" yesterday. PENANG, Monday. SECURITY FORCES on Penang Island started the New Year with an important "kill" yesterday. A patrol on Paya Terubong t contacted two133 words
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Article73 1956-01-03 5 PENANG, Mon. A bank clerk, Mr. Heah Eng Hean, today married Miss Lim Lean Kirn, elder daughter of Mr. Llm Ewe Hock, manager of the Taiping branch of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, and Mrs. Lim Ewe Hock. Mr. Heah, who Is on the Penang73 words
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Article26 1956-01-03 5 The death occurred at Bexhill, England, on Dec. 21 of Mr. O. P. Cuscaden, formerly Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. He was 72.26 words
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68 1956-01-03 5 Hullo, hullo then terrorist opens fire KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A terrorist called out "Hullo. hullo" before opening fire on a patrol of the Ist. Queen's Regiment on Ulu Benut Estate, in the Bengam area of Johore, last night. The patrol fired back and the terrorist and another man with him68 words
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Article44 1956-01-03 5 A fitter, Tang Ah Cheong, 39, was seriously injured in a chopper attack In a house In Duxton Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. He was admitted to hospital with five wounds on the arms and back. Police have detained a man.44 words
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Article61 1956-01-03 5 TODAY: Singapore 2.29 am. (9ft. lln.i 2.10 p.m. (9ft. 7in.); Port Dlckson 9.53 a.m. (Bft. 31n.) 10.16 p.m (9ft.); Penang 3.43 am (7ft. 51n.) 4.40 pm (6ft. 9m. i. TOMORROW: Singapore 3.08 a.m. (9ft.) 3.04 p.m (9ft.); Port Dtckson 10.30 a.m (7ft. sin.) 11.01 p.m. (Bft. 3in i61 words
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Advertisement169 1956-01-03 5 COGNAC n V f° GOOD BRANDY rfust rightl^m Jurt right for good looks and ju»t J£J\T' jßßlwVf Shoes are made in England by mff expert craftsmen. Tied to iSB every pair of John Vh 'ti\flS Shoes is the Guarantee jj Shield— the sign which £U /*-<^^^ ■leans Just right' l169 words
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Miscellaneous420 1956-01-03 5 Daniels And Ben Lyon, 10.30— RADIO MALAYA HHH||H (•Procrmmrae thus marked can ft ('t'-^ 1 1* be received by listeners in M s r L. m^^ SINGAPORE .j. «j (Short ware 62m. Medium wave wave 476 m., 543, 366 m. and 476 m.) p M .i no mckv DiD AM420 words
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Article72 1956-01-03 6 in Word* till (minimum). MR AND MRS. RONALD C. THESEIRA thank all relatives and friends for their kind attendances valuable presents and oest wishes on the occasion of their marriage on 27/12/55. MR. AND MRS. LOH KAM LAX wishes to express their sincere thanks and warm appreciation to all72 words
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Article131 1956-01-03 6 to Words flO I minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day tn the 'Malay Mail* If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. AIR-WICK MIST will eliminate your odour problems in a second. Sold In 6-oz, and 12-oz. bombs by your Dealers. NEMESIS TO NAILBITE and Thumb Sucking— thanks to131 words
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843 1956-01-03 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Jan. 3, 1956. Report On An Election The official report on the first Federal elections, which is published this morning, sees no reason to modify the warm impressions created at the time. The polling went off astonishingly well. There was no major incident on polling843 words
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Article372 1956-01-03 6 The Brothers of St. Gabriel, founders of Malaya's first Boys' Town in Singapore, propose to build another at Kuala Lumpur. It is a splendid idea. There is to be a school, and workshops in which boys will be trained to be mechanics, carpenters, tailors and printers. Farming372 words
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1022 1956-01-03 6 Who will rouse the citizen to defend his real interests? TT was encouraging to 1 receive the support of approving letters and, so far, none against my appraisal of Mr. Marshall's posturings and quaint chase sometimes after the unessentials. Nobody wishes to put the Singapore clock back, but is it1,022 words
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341 1956-01-03 6 'Split- fare* taxis are nothing new PERHAPS I could furnish ■I "Observer" with some information. Why trouble the authorities? Taxis which "take in passengers at split fares" are nothing new. It is an old system. The first time I travelled in one of these "bus service taxis" was in early341 words
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Letter200 1956-01-03 6 "pUIRPLAY" struck the ■T right note when he suggested that persons who are on the Fedeial Government staff but who are not Federal citizens should be asked to leave on abolition terms and treated Just the same as British or other European expatriates when Malayanisation comes into200 words
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600 1956-01-03 6 TH E Singapore Labour Front has accused Chinese big business of not showing "sincerity and friendship" to the Malays. Let us simplify the charge to "lack of sincere friendship" for the Malays on the part of Chinese millionaires It Is always safe to point an600 words
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Letter511 1956-01-03 6 MANY will regret the new s published in the Straits Times of the death of Major A.C. Smith. He will be greatly missed by a very large number of friends and acquaintances, among all walks of Malayan life. Major Smith was a man of many parts, with511 words
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Letter59 1956-01-03 6 APPLYING FOR GOVERNMENT JO B IN applying to the Public Services Commission for Government appointments in Division II or higher services, an applicant has to attach four photographs to each of the forms submitted. I do not understand And why. In any should the Public Bei Commission keop the photographs59 words
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Advertisement678 1956-01-03 6 I Striht Time* k Free Preu For the to»v»nl«n<« of m*ft- z tl»«r« ou» rcpr«*«nr«tWe at lit. i floor. SINCAPORE COLD STOR- j AGE, ORCNARO ROAD, will n- j I cclve small odv«rtli«mtnM »nd j omwt'i to box nambert. Clouifled adverHMinantt Mr j I ba bandad to: CITY BOOK STORI678 words
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Advertisement50 1956-01-03 6 (Made in Germany) THE ULTRA-MODERN Po'verful Push-Button Radio with Spread-Band Tuning. MOPEL "BRISTOL I" ■^V— m n ljlf^ m^r SPORE b PENANC: $170.00 KUALA LUMPUR $195.00 LESS 10% FOR CASH Sole Agents: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. 122-124, ORCHARD ROAD. SINOAPORE-9. 227, BATU ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR, 24. BEACH STREET. PENANO50 words
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Advertisement119 1956-01-03 6 i<?^ The GOLDEN-STAR RADIO Outstanding Features MODEL PEIOI B £TfS? 5 VALVES venwn *.th a h.gh-fllos. (for Dry Battery Operation) mortcrp.ece <' M r m craft* S pore Penan* Price $200 Brilliantly I lack m^:, Fed Price $225/- Visuol tuning ndicotor on of band»P'«i-"" n O MODEL PEIOI occurocy m119 words
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Article, Illustration568 1956-01-03 7 COURT OF INQUIRY SAYS: NEGOTIATION MACHINERY WAS THERE BUT COMPANY DID NOT USE IT Failure to recognise union started it 'ATTITUDE UNREALISTIC AND DANGEROUS' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rrHE f° urt of in( l uir y wnicn investigated the dispute between the 1 j.' lin>568 words
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Article56 1956-01-03 7 PENANG, Mon. The Kedah division of the union of former members of the Malayan Security Forces will form five branches in Kedah this month. Inaugural meetings will be held on Jan. 8 at Serdang, Jan. 10 at Baling, Jan. 13 at Sungei Patani, Jan. 15 at56 words
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Article62 1956-01-03 7 IPOH. Mon— A corporal •f the Ist Royal Scots Fulilicrs was stabbed in the back of his nock on New Year's K\e night at the Jubilee Amusement Park. David James Brook, 24. was with some other soldiers near the "joget" platform, about 11 p.m. when he62 words
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148 1956-01-03 7 A'SELINDANG' (Malay woman's scarf) was used to strangle Siti Syed Fatimah binte Hajl Abdullah, the Arab woman whose body was found in the boot of a car in Singapore on New Year's Eve, the Straits Times was told yesterday. Police believe that no148 words
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Article352 1956-01-03 7 Prompt traffic controls or chaos, Spore A. A. warn mHE HIGHWAY, offl- cial organ of the Singapore Automobile Association predicts in a New Year editorial a bleak future for motorists, unless prompt and effective measures are started now to deal with the rapidly deteriorating traffic situation.352 words
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Article75 1956-01-03 7 SINGAPORE Traffic Chief, Mr. A. E. Minns, yesterday made an appeal to all road users to co-operate and make the 24-hour safety first campaign, which started at midnight yesterday a success. "Let us all make our New Yrar resolution with the campaign, if we have not already75 words
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Article309 1956-01-03 7 Wind and rain hit sea sports BUT ENTRIES WERE NEAR RECORD THRIVING rain did MJ little to dampen competitors' enthusiasm at Singapore's annual New Year sea sports off Collyer Quay yesterday. But for the incessant rain, It might well have been the most successful day since the sports began in309 words
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Article27 1956-01-03 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Ahmad Said, 20, a Kedah rubber tapper, was killed when he was struck by a car in Ipoh Road here on Saturday.27 words
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Article, Illustration79 1956-01-03 7 ANGRY SQUALLS, BUT MALAY KOLEH CREWS j WERE COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED THRILLS AND SPILLS IN CARNIVAL MALAY KOLEIIS from neighbouring islands provided many thrills and spills in yesterday's Sea Sports as their crews matched their skill against rain and squalls. The carnival of 24 events also included diving and79 words
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Article, Illustration83 1956-01-03 7 TWO POLICEMEN <?ye with disapproval University of Malaya sign which a pre-New Year reveller planted in Orchard Circus four days ago. The sißn, bearing the words "University of Malaya Flats," pointed at Government House. Although thousands of people saw the sign while driving round83 words
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Article, Illustration190 1956-01-03 7 THE MAN WHO WAS A FRIEND TO ALL MR. TAN CHIT BAH, 41, manager of the Great World Cabaret and a well-known soccer referee, collapsed and died yesterday morning in the outpatients' department of the Singapore General Hospital. Mr. Tan had been an outpa tie n t of the hospital190 words
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Article86 1956-01-03 7 IPOH, Monday. A TELUK ANSON businessman died in Ipoh HosA pital last night 12 hours after a car accident. Chew Peng Hong, 50, was fatally injured when he was thrown into the road after colliding with another car during a rain storm at86 words
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Article56 1956-01-03 7 SEREMBAN, Mon.— Senior Asian staff working on estates in the Guthrie's group are seeking annual pay increases in line with those given to Asian assistants. They also intend to ask for servant and transport allowances and for the qualifying period lor long leave to be56 words
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Article72 1956-01-03 7 73 -YEAR -OLD cyclist, Tan Cheng Tiong. was fatally in lured after he was knocked down by a car in Balestier Road, Singapore, en New Year's Day. Tar. died in the hospital soon after ho was admitted. Ten other people were Injured, three seriously,72 words
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Article23 1956-01-03 7 ALOR STAR, Mon. Kedah police today recovered a skeleton in a padi field at Simpang Ampat. five miles from Alor Star.23 words
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Advertisement58 1956-01-03 7 SevenSeaS PURE COD LIVER OIL v<^ ~^^^ri/) il I n S s na| the invalid 5*J \*z&£ back to health bottles containing 6. 8 or 14 fluid otincts. Also capsules in jars containing from SO JACKSON CO.. LTD. GaPqr e KUALA LUMPUR. IPOH. PENANG. JESSEITON N.B. fik 7 HEATER it58 words
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Advertisement60 1956-01-03 7 HUNTLEY PALMERS Tjor freshness] gjSffytwM and be sure of buying only crisp, oven- fresh Huntley b Pjlmers biscuits. ■utwkmm H ndy Jib. site available in all wellknown varieties including Assorted Creams, Bourbon, Cxrnival Assorted, Custard Creams. Ccm, Milk and Honey, Nice and Table. Made by HUNTLEY PALMERS LTD. {fie first60 words
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393 1956-01-03 8 PIERRE C. FRALEY - IT MAY BE MOTHER'S FAULT IF BABY IS CRYING PIERRE C. FRALEY By 1 Soot* P. Sham Parana Gdn> 31/32 Hongkong. Bl Kama 5/ Jan In Port 13/14 Jon 9/12 Jan 7/ Jen L Saigon, Kobe, 15/16 Jan 14/14 Jen 12/13 Jen ST ASIATIC CO., LTD. t. for SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES393 words
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Advertisement256 1956-01-03 8 New MACLEANS CLEANS TEETH WHITER THAN EVER BEFORE The whiteness-meter proves it Teeth cleaner and whiter than ever before. KEEPS TEETH HEALTHIER— SAFER FROM dccavi And that means healthier, too. That's today's Brush your teeth with New Macleans and greit news see them getting whiter. And notice the Macleans have256 words
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Advertisement168 1956-01-03 8 ■F|j7 1 The first Vitamin Hair Tonic (I I with Panthenol \f fl '--I Made ln Switzpr and |fc, y^^i^^ Prevents and removes m^>- \s/§£k Reduces loss of hair Stimulates hairgrowth va?A- i^M s °f tens nalr f°r the daily &VASM dressing and brings about a fpcling of freshness Panteen168 words
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Miscellaneous292 1956-01-03 8 Straits Times Crossword H l2 H ls tt m "iT 19 20 H| 21 22 ACROSS 10. Erstwnne steamship or rallL A crafty cflaXt (12). way (5 7>. 8. Plant of integrity (7). 14 Solid ground? E»fter not (5) 9. What 14 is used for (7). 15. London river which292 words
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Article, Illustration44 1956-01-03 8 SEEN on the Embankment in London a foretaste of Spring and a reminder that rainwear is becoming more and more elegant. This weather-proof coat with cape collar is named "Sophisticate." It has a half -belt and side pleats. Reuter picture.Reuter - 44 words
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Article247 1956-01-03 8 The way to use perfume MAXINE RANCH advises on DERFUME has been the most popular gift this past Christmas. Almost every woman has received some in one form or another. Either expensive bottles of French perfume, costing well into the $50 per ounce class, or solid perfumes or even the247 words
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Article525 1956-01-03 8 IytOST of the large ITI towns are well supplied with kindergarten and nursery schools but some mothers find transport difficult and some, quite justifiably, think that the danger of infection outweighs to take it In turns to run the advantages gained by sending a very525 words
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Advertisement185 1956-01-03 9 I 4L' I FREE of CHARGE ONE MINIATURE one bottle purchistd from NOW till Hth February, 1956. ■SERRAVALLO'S TONK i/,r Idval S<>a*onat Wiiitt* t»r Irvry body I OWI X I ij{rf£/ttu>of u/atc*£A 17 JWLS 0* GENTS and LADIES. m FtiLLSTEtL. ROILED dOlfc m AND dOLO TOP. <g K Obtainable from185 words
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Advertisement149 1956-01-03 9 Look*. AT THE WORLD WITH CLEAR. BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL EYES THE DAILY USE OF JUST A FEW DROPS OF $|§fW EYE-MO DOES WONDERS FOR YOUR EYES For the pore enjoyment of smoking the whole world votes dn Maurier first and < vg& foremost, for the coolness, the fl ivour. S^H the149 words
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Miscellaneous137 1956-01-03 9 Hex Morgan. 3M.D. Usual situation EjTuv JneL «mm\ I H. REX M m JkL ™°U BH I <v fl° T TO A. "Ji^L SE£NI MEB |seB<XJSLV WBONrj i SHE UASN'T BEEN •OlLoWlNSvl |td XE jone > B^s^^n/^fl'f STOP Off mo see WEE S j~?* 0m > Iwith aaelissa, tsy instbuctons—137 words
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Article, Illustration1677 1956-01-03 9 STRAIT TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Gallows avenged Gaiety Girl shot by mad lover A TAXI cab skidded violently to a halt outside London's grimy little Fenchurch Street station at midnight on September 28, 1912. The door was wrenched open. Into the street reeled a tall and beautiful woman, blood pouring fromDaily Mirror - 1,677 words
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Advertisement425 1956-01-03 10 NOTICES WANTED Wanted to rrnt first class warehouse on Singapore Inland. Approximate T.onn square- feet. B«ply with fall detail* refardinc rrntal. location, site and type of ronstroction to Singer Sewing Marhinr Company. P.O. Box 650, Singapore. THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA Messrs. KENNEDY BURKILL CO. LTD. having resigned as Secretaries425 words
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Advertisement694 1956-01-03 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED from Male Federal Citizens who have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday, for appoint- ment to the Postal Clerical Service. Salary scale: $137.50 x 7.50--152.50/175 x 7.50-205/224 x 14--336/352 x 14-422/ Vacancy Bar/ Special Grade $462 x 20-562 plus COLA at appropriate rates.694 words
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Advertisement729 1956-01-03 10 NOTICES PERAK TURF CLUB JANUARY 1956 MEETING FIRST DAY Jon. 14, 1956 Sot. SECOND DAY Jon. 18, 1956 Wed. THIRD DAY Jon. 21, 1956 Sot. Usual $1/- Unlimited and $2/- Cash Sweeps are now on sale at the town office. There, will also be the $2/- Treble Tote on each729 words
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Advertisement819 1956-01-03 10 NOTICES PUBLIC APOLOGY We deeply regret an error which has been made In the Illustrations appearing on the birthday of Prophet Muhammad and Vesak Day Holidays In the printing of our wall calendar for the year. 1956. We have corrected the error In our later printings and have done our819 words
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Advertisement565 1956-01-03 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P. Swct. Penang Frcm; Anna Bakket tailed 7 |an 9 |an 10 |an Ogeka Bakke 10 lan 9 Feb 11 Fcb 12 Feb 24 f Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Mar 7 Mar 8 Mar565 words
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457 1956-01-03 10 By Our Market Correspondent WHEN the final statistics for Malayan trade are available for 1955 it will probably be found that last year Britain, despite an increase in the purchases of tin and rubber by the United States, was Malaya's best customer. In457 words
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Article168 1956-01-03 10 THE Asia Insurance Co. Ltd. held its 31st annual general meeting on Saturday. In his report to the shareholders the chairman. Mr. Tan Boon Khan, stated that the company had another successful year, having an overall increase in profits for the financial year ending168 words
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Article37 1956-01-03 10 On the free exchange market In Hone Kon« on Saturday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.81 (or cash »nd 5.86 for T.T. SUrlinc was quoted at 15.30 and one Uel of fold at 25337 words
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Article97 1956-01-03 10 NEW DELHI, Mon. Indian Import policy In the first half of the year will continue the previous half year's policy according to an official source today which poin'.s out that advantage wfll be taken of an Increase in industrial output to save India foreign exchange on some ItemsReuter - 97 words
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Article107 1956-01-03 10 rE U.S. Comrr.em ment has annou more new syn* natural rubber was c during the first 11 n 1955 than in any p year. Consumption totalled tons. 25.7 per cent D 1,113.815 tons consumer the first 11 montlis New rubber cODUmpl vember was 134.7* I compared107 words
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Article22 1956-01-03 10 Trkka hag declared an dividend of 3d. per share pert of the year ending M payable In Enpland on Jan22 words
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Article, Illustration556 1956-01-03 11 Christine - Christine by nu: vißcus COMES HOME MONDAY I TACKLE the louvres in Jane's bedroom window shutters, which are very dirty. They are missed out ln the daily cleaning because there are wires over them and presumably Amah takes it for granted that •he can't reach them. It556 words
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Advertisement1105 1956-01-03 11 >405 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. T.n »4i» (Inc-iwoted m Singapore) (12 lines) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE X? D*» fl a "i h Ports to lood ond discharge corgo W& S LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON I CONTINENTAL PORTS JAILING* »o bmgopore Due Soils P. S"hßm Penano 1 9W,\\ Jo lmn 9 J#1,105 words
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Advertisement995 1956-01-03 11 EAST ASIATIC LIME SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA ft Aden, Pert Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg A Oslo "MEON.A" Gdn, 5 '?.730 IT™ ""I°° x BSTC::..TO*i 15/1 IJ U/1 J £°!l! Londoß (Possengers only) Gdynia Passenger accommodation Is available for Eurepa SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U.K./CONTINIMT Snore P. S'hom Penong INDIA" for995 words
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Advertisement1017 1956-01-03 11 SngTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD", L 7 r SINGAPORE (Incoporated in the United Kingdom) J LINES SAIUNGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penang •BENREOCH for London. Rotterdam G.I 3/14 Sails J Jon Direct arrives London 27 Jan BENCRUACHAN for London, Homburo 10/1 J ion BENMACDHUI for Liverpool,1,017 words
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Advertisement1224 1956-01-03 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** ELLERMAN «k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINK LONDON, M*V";"OTTERDAM, IOJ AH<J|LIS( $AN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER "trS'cor-Aj ™\XJ? *<«>«»' "Tm."., o'"^'0 •CITY OF PERTH SUNKYVILLE Spore P. S'hom Penang c r ar pcnnri "•'c {?"nu., 19/21 J M/ J B -»%t% J.« Jan1,224 words
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Article, Illustration809 1956-01-03 12 COMMERCE LEADERS LOOK AT 1956 indications that consumer demand for rubber will be greater than ever, another year of good trading for 1956 is forecast by Mr. Ko Teck Kin, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Although he could not809 words
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Article182 1956-01-03 12 BEAN-SPROUT growers in Singapore are continuing their industry in the Rochore and Geylang areas, where the wells used for production of the towgay were once the subject of stormy controversies, three and four years ago. These wells were condemned by the City Council as a182 words
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264 1956-01-03 12 IN a statement on the Borneo Company's expanding activities in South-East Asia, the chairman. Mr. C. Akers. told shareholders at the company's annual meeting in London that parallel with the company's developments in other parts of the world it has considerable capital commitments in264 words
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Article263 1956-01-03 12 JOHORE'S BIG NEW BISCUIT FACTORY MALAYA will in future obtain the bulk of its biscuits from Johore where the biggest bis- j cuit factory in the Federation has recently been opened in Johore Johore Bahru. writes Mark Foenander. The factory which has been built on a 17 acre site is263 words
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Article304 1956-01-03 12 ($67,984,0811 1951; and 124 "gj tons $81, 855. 195 1950 Exports of crude coconut oil for the whole of 195") n contrast are expected to their highest levels sir Korean war boom. Exports of the oil werr M 827 tons ($65,156,600) 56.600 tons "$53,833.13?, 66.212 tons304 words
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Article132 1956-01-03 12 MORE than 20 nations have been nvited ko take part in the comlnn second Colombo Plan Exhibition to be held in Colombo, from February to March. 1957 The exhibition will be on the pattern of the previous. one held in 1952. but on a much larger scale.132 words
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105 1956-01-03 12 A FAIR for the display of heavy and light industries will take place in Hannover, Germany, from April 29 to Ma; 8. The fair will embrace an 1 exhibition area of 2.300,000 sq. ft. Together, with a big range of German consumer goods, there105 words
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Advertisement159 1956-01-03 12 1 bBL JI San Francisco <—»"''«„„.,... r GENERAL AGENTS MALAYA MANSFIELD t CO..LX SINGAPOPE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG CRAVEN A' for cooler smoking Cooler to the taste! The tine tobacco fives you the coolest, richest smoking that you've ever known. tiSSSffiKLV Cooler to the throat and lips! fTfiTpjW The clean cork159 words
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Advertisement41 1956-01-03 12 t for your next SHORT LEAVE^ r visit /bsK^ mmr% A ONWARD L* I FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY I TO YOUR USUAL TRAVEL AGENT OR 1^ MALAYAN AIRWAYS LTD. I THE 351H somL t VIELFaREjP|^ DRAW AT MALACCA ON 4-2-5 B41 words
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200 1956-01-03 13 Recs are spending $1 20,000 on new look for clubhouse -THE SINGAPORE Recre*- tion Club, one of the leading sports clubs in the Colony, plan to renovate and modernise their present clubhouse on the padang. The SRC. committee have accepted, with a few alterations, a set of plans and designs200 words
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631 1956-01-03 13 VERNON MORGAN - VERNON MORGAN By LONDON, Mon. IN spite of the great strides made by British track and field men and women over the past few years Britain is still one of the most backward of athletic nations in the matter of tracks. There areReuter - 631 words
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Article73 1956-01-03 13 A soccer match between Scotland and England will be played at Bukit Chermin, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on Friday. Teams will be: SCOTLAND: W. McLellan: D. Munro J. Diamond: J. Cacavan. J. Simpson, G Williamson, T Oswald. W. Waddell, R. Rae. W. Mclntyre. R Caldwell.73 words
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295 1956-01-03 13 A FORMER All-England champion will be seen in action wnen tne Singapore Harbour Board Boys Club hold their third annual boxing championships at Keppel Road at 8.30 p.m. on Friday. He is 19-year-old John O'Callaghan who was an All England schoolboy champion for295 words
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Article100 1956-01-03 13 Jack Fingleton - Jack Fingleton By- SYDNEY, Mon. A USTRALIAN cricketers A Keith Miller and lan Johnson are among New Year's Honours recipients, each being made a Member of British Empire. Harry Hopman, captain and coach of the Australian Davis Cup team, receives a much higher hon- our, being100 words
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Advertisement1064 1956-01-03 13 OF INTEREST TO ADVERTISERS; R KUALA LUMPUR. ,POH PENANG r.mcs ro, handtngj Advcrf..«ncnMto offl£Cl Jt J i Ipoh aid Pc««"« I ,n tht following I *mz s its T>met ..low.: Kuala LumpuT 5 p.m. Straiti Timei CU»'fi ed Advertitement j Service. Tl 11 lON I et,. extrm. STUDIO Every Social1,064 words
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Advertisement640 1956-01-03 13 When- Quality coun {s ft p*YS 9-° io th r/^ nc J s DAIFUKI R*7 on Filament Yarns; Bright Semi Dull (From 30 to 300 deniers are available in Skein on Cone) SUIKO R*y* n Staple; Uncrimped Brißht Crimped Semi-Dull (all Deniers Cut-Lengths are available in each type) Span Rayon640 words
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Article174 1956-01-03 14 To Colony youths from Sir George A $2,150 COURT THE Singapore Youth Sports Centre will have a basketball court built, equipped and maintained by a rift of £_.">() ($2,160) from Sir (ieorge Thomas, donor of the Thomas Cup and former president of the International l> ad minion Federation. Sir Thomas174 words
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Article155 1956-01-03 14 Hoad beaten by Fraser for title ADELAIDE, Mon. NEALE FRASER. a lefthander, stamped himself as a new force in Australian lawn tennis when he defeated Davis Cup star Lew Hoad in the final of the South Australian state championships here today. Fraser, who brought off some incredible shots particularly inReuter - 155 words
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Article124 1956-01-03 14 KUALA LUMPTJR Mon. SELANGOR United will have their toughest task of the season against the Fljlans on the T.P.C.A. stadium at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow. United, one of the top club sides In the state, have been hit by Injuries and three of their star men are124 words
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624 1956-01-03 14 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP RUNNER-UP TWICE-CHAMPION IN THIRD YEAR By rARNET BOIGOURE has been third time lucky in his bid for the jockey championship on the Malayan Turf. After two near misses in 1953 .and 54, this brilliant Australian Jockey finished right on top of the jockeys'624 words
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Article26 1956-01-03 14 Straits Times' racing Correspondent, EPSOM JEEP, was the most successful of newspaper racing tipsters during 1955. His first selections won in 105 races.26 words
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824 1956-01-03 14 VERNON MORGAN - VERNON MORGAN By LONDON, Mon. ONE of the biggest surprises of the 1955 sporting season was reserved for the dyinp days of the year— the i selection of Gordon Pirie as "Sportsman oi the Year" by the British public. Pirle, noted British distanceReuter - 824 words
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Article218 1956-01-03 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "A" drew 3-3 with 14 0 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force, scoring a penalty goal to a try in their rugger match on the padang yesterday. Forward play was prominent and the airmen had a slight edge over the218 words
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Article53 1956-01-03 14 MIAMI BEACH. Florida. Mon Mike Green, of Miami Beach, ending a long string of upset, victories for John Skogstad of Coral Gables Fla.. won the Junior Boys singles title of the Orange Bowl Junior tennis tournament yesterday. Green, the second ranking junior in the U.S.. defeated Skogstad 6-1,AP - 53 words
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169 1956-01-03 14 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Mon. QUEENSLAND'S solid lefthanded batsman. Ken Mackay, enhanced his claims for the tour of England this year, when he made a splendid century against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield game today. With this he has become Queensland's highest169 words
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Article163 1956-01-03 14 Landy 's first run in 12 months MELBOURNE, Mon. IIfORLD mile record holder John Landy will return to competition after a break of more than 12 months in a special carnival here at Olympic Park on Wednesday. Landy will meet Lon Spurrier of California in the half mile event. TwoAP - 163 words
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109 1956-01-03 14 Two titles to Althea at Asian tennis meet CALCUTTA, Mon. \IISS Althea Gibson, the American Negro tennis player, won two titles yesterday in the Asian lawn tennis championships In the singles final shf beat Japan's Sachiko Kamo by 6-3, 9-11, 6-2 and in the final of the mixed event sheReuter; AP; UP - 109 words
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Article82 1956-01-03 14 HORSES transferred by tho Straits Racing Association after the Penan* Turf Club's Christmas-New Year meeting are: Prom Class 1 to 2. Battle Creek. Slrdhana and Zatopek. From Class 2 to 3: Dlnna Forget. From Class 3 to 4: Balkan Chevalier. Cliona Sporter, Entertainer, Flaxley Green. Alpine Knifrht.82 words
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Article71 1956-01-03 14 Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet the holders, Indian Recreation Club, in the quarter-final of the Tamil Festival Knockout Soccer Tournament at Farrer Park today. Recs. the holders fur the last two successive years, will select their team from the following: Narayanan, Karunakaran, Supi piah, Sathaslvan, Oh.mi.71 words
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Article34 1956-01-03 14 ZURICH, Mon.— Swiss cyclist Rene Strehler beat the world record for ten kilometres (about six and quarter miles) when he clocked 12min. 39.55ec. in a special attempt here yesterday.34 words
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260 1956-01-03 14 MCC BOWLERS EARN FIRST WIN IN PAKISTAN KARACHI. Mom THE TOURING M.C.C. cricketers gained tin win of their tour of Pakistan hero today «h P they beat the Governor General's XI, a trim near-Test strength, by 74 runs. Final scores: M.C.C. 163 and 174; General's XI 135 and 128 The260 words
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Article40 1956-01-03 14 RAF. Seletar boat R.N.A.S. Sembawang In a rugby friendly at Seletar yesterday by 11 points (goal, two tries) to three (penalty). French scored two unconverted tries, and Bowen another which Pape convered. Sandall converted a permit,- for Sembawang.40 words
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Article139 1956-01-03 14 IPOH, Tues. I THE 12/13 Infantry Workshop R.E.M.E. sustained their first rugby defeat in their 13th outing i when they went down to Perafc Asians by 11 points (goal, try and penalty) to three (penalty) on the padang today. The Asians were holding theii second rugger139 words
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215 1956-01-03 14 CALCUTTA "NDIA and N< drew the fourth Test bore today Final India 132 and 438 for declared; New Zealan I and 74 for six. India declared their innings before tea lead of 234 runs ovc Zealand. At tea the New Zeal215 words
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Page 14 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous91 1956-01-03 14 KI'ALA LIMPI R RIGOER: Sclangor I'nited v Ist Fijian Infantry Regiment, T.P.C.A. Stadium, spm HOCKEY: S.H.A. league, Dlv. 1: Selanfor Club v T.P.C.A., padang; Div. 2: Young Men's Sikh Association IS v V.M.C.A., YMCA SINGAPORE HOCKEY: S.H.A senior knockout: S.R.C. "Blues" v S.C.R.C. 'A', (V. Ramalingam and F.S Davirsi. padang;91 words
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