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Title Section22 1956-01-04 1 *v BB c -ijf)A^W^^*.;,Vi! A Si^Xt4AVI. The Straits Times /Hat*/* Nat*"* 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956 it 15 CENTS22 words
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Article275 1956-01-04 1 FELIX ABISHEGANADEN - SIN— GOVT -SPONSORED FELIX ABISHEGANADEN 'IMMORAL LIVING GETS OFFICIAL ENCOURAGEMENT* 100 clvll servants charge: Marriage means loss ot permanent status, so it leads to- J By lift this ban, say local women THK SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT has been »od of discouraging marriage and eneducated women to live in sin. irge is275 words
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Article102 1956-01-04 1 PARIS, Tues. Overworked television cables set the top of the Eiffel Tower on fire yesterday, but Parisian firemen dashed up- its 1.710 steps to save the famous landmark. The firemen had to run instead of ride because the legendary tower's elevators do not work at night. HugeReuter; UP - 102 words
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Article37 1956-01-04 1 SYDNEY. Tues. Freight rates between Australia, Indonesia, and Malaya will be increased by 10 per cent from Feb. 1 by five shipping companies conducting most of the trade on these routes. Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article25 1956-01-04 1 TOKYO. Tues— A United States Air Force cargo plane crashed near Tokyo tonight, but the nine Americans aboard escaped without injuries. U.P.UP - 25 words
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Article18 1956-01-04 1 LONDON, Tues— Earl Attlee, former leader of Britain's Labour Party, celebrated his 73rd birthday today18 words
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Article, Illustration55 1956-01-04 1 SINGAPORE HOLIDAY FAMILIES' 60 M.P.H. DASH THROUGH HAIL OF BANDIT BULLETS— AND THEY WEREN'T HIT ONCE MR. BADER describes the pointed caps worn by the 40 terrorists who ambushed the car in which he, his wife, baby daughter and two friends were returning to Singapore on Monday from holiday. Mr.55 words
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Article466 1956-01-04 1 NAN HALL - NAN HALL By TWO Singapore families miraculously escaped death when 40 terrorists ambushed their car on a main road in Negji Sembilan on Monday. The driver. Mr. Jack Stout, told the Straits Times yesterday he waved to the armed, khaki-clad men as he approached at about466 words
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Article63 1956-01-04 1 Two Reds killed in Selangor KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two terrorists were killed yesterday by a patrol of the First Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, in the Rawang area of North Selangor The patrol had just crossed a river in the Serendah forest reserve when they spotted the two terrorists on a63 words
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177 1956-01-04 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A SPECIAL delegates' conference of the 65.000--strong Government DailyRated Workers Union here on Jan. 15 will consider a resolution calling for a country-wide strike by members if the Federation Government does not agree to a minimum wage of $4. 15177 words
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Article332 1956-01-04 1 FAURE FAILS TO GET MAJORITY: SPLIT HELPS THE COMMUNISTS PARIS, Tues. Political instability in France looked certain today as the count of votes in yesterday's general elections neared completion. Communi. and extreme Right parties gained ground. There was no sign of a working majority for theReuter - 332 words
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Article43 1956-01-04 1 PARIS, Tues.— The state of parties is now: Communist 151. Socialists 93. Near Radicals seven. Orthodox Radicals 52. Dissident Radicals 13. Popular Republicans 68. Conservatives 96. Social Republicans 14. Poujadists 4!). Extreme Right three. Others four. Total 550.— Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article44 1956-01-04 1 2 day 8 in Karachi KARACHI, Tues. Tengku Abdul Rahman, who is due here on Monday next, will stay here for two days, it was officially stated today. He is on his way to London for talks with the British Government. Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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264 1956-01-04 1 PATRICK CHEE - PATRICK CHEE By. A 49-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, Mrs Bryce Beresf ord Fenwick wife of a ship's captain, was found dead yesterday with her head in a gas oven in a house in Joo Chiat Place. Sincapore. Police, who were called to the house late264 words
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Article116 1956-01-04 1 HAUL ON SHIP SINGAPORE Customs officers yesterday seized five sealed cannisters believed to contain about $75,000 worth of opium from the freighter Benveg. They discovered the cannisters hidden in one of the ship's fuel tanks during a routine search for contraband late in the afternoon. Closed cans rhough the cannisters116 words
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Article29 1956-01-04 1 Singapore Chinese bus owners could not decide last night if their bus services should be extended up to Finlayson Green. They will meet again today.29 words
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Article29 1956-01-04 1 The Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, was confined to bed yesterday suffering from influenza. He is expected to be back at Assembly House this morning.29 words
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Article91 1956-01-04 1 Aussies find bandit camp KULIM, Tues. Australian troops operating in the Bongsu forest reserve in south Kedah located their first bandit camp today. But they have still not met any terrorists. The camp had been evacuated about a month ago. There were signs it had been occu- CHURCHILL TO VISITReuter - 91 words
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Article99 1956-01-04 1 pied by 10 men. The elated patrol razed the camp to the ground. No food or documents were found. They found several, police 9 m.m. shells, the remnancs of a previous action between police and terrorists in the area. The Australians went into action yesterday as part of99 words
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Article63 1956-01-04 1 LONDON. Tues. Church authorities said today they have given permission to open a 300-year-old tomb which some people believe contains papers proving Christopher Marlowe wrote the works of Shakespeare Forty members of a church court met yesterday in tiny St. Nicholas Church, Chislehurst. Kent, and decidedUP - 63 words
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Article, Illustration471 1956-01-04 2 TWO-GUN COHEN IS GO-BETWEEN —BRITISH PRESS REPORT LONDON, Tues. A BRITISH press report claimed yesterday that General Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communists are conducting secret peace negotiations. The Daily Herald, official organ of the Labour Party, said in its reportUP - 471 words
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Article58 1956-01-04 2 Mr. Yeh Sul Yen, a former newspaper correspondent, has been appointed Press Liaison Officer (Chinese) to the Singapore Chief Minister's office at the Assembly House. Mr. Yeh, 43, was transferred from the Commission-er-General's office in Phot nix Park, where he served as Chinese editor in58 words
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199 1956-01-04 2 CHAPMAN PINCHER - CHAPMAN PINCHER [~By~ f ONDON, Tues.— An underground network of "atom-proof" fortresses and tunnels built below London to house the Cabinet and other key people in war has been written off as useless. The shelters, which cost millions, could not withstand the blast199 words
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138 1956-01-04 2 LONDON. Tues. THE Home Secretary, Major Gwilym Lloyd George last night granted a dramatic reprieve to a convicted baby murderer only 48 hours after refusing to do so. The Home Secretary reprieved 28-year-old Thomas Bancroft from hanging tomorrow at Strangeways jail. Manchester, and announced thatReuter - 138 words
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Article418 1956-01-04 2 'Squatter pay out too small' EDE ATTACKS GOVT'S NIGGARDLINESS By HAROLD SOH SINGAPORE Progres- sive Party Assemblyman, Mr. John Ede, yesterday said that the Government pay out to the squatters evicted from the Queenstown area was too small. About 266 attap dwellers occupying 400 acres of land in Queenstown are418 words
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Article45 1956-01-04 2 WELLINGTON. Tues. Sir Edmund Hillary, leader of the New Zealand contingent of five on the Antarctic expedition ship Theron now in the Weddell Sea, radioed here that the ship was making slow progress in "heavy close pack ice stretching to the horizon."— Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article30 1956-01-04 2 Recognised MOSCOW. Tues.— Marshal Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, today cabled to the Sudanese Prime Minister, Ismail El Azhari. his Government's recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Sudan. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article193 1956-01-04 2 IT HAUNTED EXILED ELSA UNTIL HER WEDDIMi LONDON, Tues.— Elsa Karlssen has at last broken the 300-rear curse of the Cossacks. Handed down from generation to generation of her noble Russian family, the curse, written on faded parchment, said the last of the line wouldUP - 193 words
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173 1956-01-04 2 RUSSIANS MAKE A NEW BID TO WOO AUSTRALIANS MOSCOW, Tuesday. DUSSIA is interested in restoring diplomatic re- lations with Australia before the Olympic Games in Melbourne next November. She may take action within the next few months, diplomatic sources said. She is also interested in getting back on the AustralianReuter - 173 words
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Article55 1956-01-04 2 —all boys LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, Tues. Mrs. Norman C. Hohenwarter, 26, wife of a postal worker, yesterday gave birth to quadruplet boys in Lancaster General Hospital. Mrs. Hohenwarter was reported to be "doing nicely." The boys, born prematurely, were placed immediately in incubators. They were born at 9.45. 9.48. 9.49UP - 55 words
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Article30 1956-01-04 2 FPIEDLAN CAMP, Tues. Another 15 Germans convicted by Soviet military tribunals arrived here yesterday from prisons in East Germany, bringing the total of such releases to 179. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article37 1956-01-04 2 MONTEVIDEO. Tues.— Luis Batlle Berres. I President, was challenged to a duel yesterday b The challenge, from Washington gwdalope. t< an exchange between his publication El Naclonal ai president's daily newspaper Accion. A.PAP - 37 words
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Article15 1956-01-04 2 BERLIN, Tues. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. British Foreign Minister, will visit Berlin soon.— Reuter.Reuter - 15 words
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Article, Illustration58 1956-01-04 2 Kimono girls to train as Far East hostesses FIVE JAPANESE air girls who have arrived in London to tra n as 8.0.A.C. air hostesses for Far Eastern routes, seen at the 8.0.A.C. rest centre, Sunningdale From left. Takako Shiozawa, 25. Naohik: Sagawa, 25, Mineko Nagawasu, 21 Fusako58 words
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Article88 1956-01-04 2 Her million dollar problem... DUBLIN Tues. MRS. Anna Lockhart leave for Doyk I Pennsylvania, at the md this month still v id whether she will make her home in the United to qualify for a fortune. Mrs. Lockhaifs uncle, 93- A year-old Russell Pickerinz who died on Dec. p three-quarter88 words
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Article28 1956-01-04 2 WTLHBLMSHAVI N The Royal Air Force h misced to v «i bombing on ,l: during July. Augu I September to prote I birds during nesting time.jU.P.28 words
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Article26 1956-01-04 2 NEW DELHI. TUM Prime Mini has sent th.- ings and felicitation n£rnment and pc India" to Premier A. of th. newlj republic of Sudan. L.P.26 words
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Article24 1956-01-04 2 celve the report of Herr Otto Grotewohl, the Prime Mini.' f er, on his recent tour of China. North Korea and Outer Mongolia- Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article15 1956-01-04 2 TAIPEH: Forty-nine couples were married on New Year's day at a mass wedding here— A.P.AP - 15 words
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Article12 1956-01-04 2 HAVANA: A bomb explosion in Santiago de Cuba injured six people. APAP - 12 words
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Article21 1956-01-04 2 LONDON: Britain has called a conference of Caribbean leaders on Feb. 7 to discus* plans for meruinp; West Indies possessions— A.P.AP - 21 words
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Article22 1956-01-04 2 NKW VOKK: picting Britain s tion coach drawn Clydesdale chani horses won a top in the Tourmuin: roms at Pasadena, forma. -A.P.AP - 22 words
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Article14 1956-01-04 2 FKANKI I XT market here cl «£J 700 years of Duying »"<> I bartering. UP.UP - 14 words
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Article58 1956-01-04 2 BONN: Smiling and carrying personal belongings In new leather suitcases, the first 800 volunteers for West Germany's new armed forces reported at their barracks. They will be trained to form instruction companies for 3,000 men to be enlisted in the next three months and 18,000Reuter - 58 words
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Advertisement83 1956-01-04 2 -I^JB i Imml''-' n Ki- of w^. jjjj^^ >gm^ n V" a ¥Qa\ FIAT TO THE FORE A FURTHER SUCCESS MESSRS GEORGE LEE LTD. j SOLE MALAYAN DISTRIBUTORS FOR FIAT CARS Congratulate the drivers and navigators of the only three competing Fiats for winning the First Shell Malayan Motor Rally83 words
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Article210 1956-01-04 3 'A white policy serves us best' AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT ..ELBOURNE. TuejJl ThP Australian External Affairs MinisIr Mr. Richard rasev today told 600 Scouts here that a whit o Australia oolirv served the Jountr/s best interests. R wa speaking to senior and Rover Scouts, several i whom c* me from tne mAReuter - 210 words
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125 1956-01-04 3 700 MANY STRINGS TO IT WASHINGTON, Tuesday. TGYPT has objected to conditions which the World Bank has attached to a proposed 200 million loan for the Aswan dam project, centre of the economic cold war between Russia and the West in the Middle East.Reuter - 125 words
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Article22 1956-01-04 3 HELSINKI, Tues. Party Posters were pasted up across Finland yesterday as the compaign to elect a new president opened. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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447 1956-01-04 3 Labour plan to halt Mid-East arms race 'pointless,' Gaitskell Is told Eden: 'Not till Russian change of heart' LONDON, Tuesday. gIR ANTHONY EDEN last night turned down a Labour Opposition proposal that the Western powers should invite Russia to join them in efforts to restoreReuter - 447 words
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Article116 1956-01-04 3 TOWN MAY BE ONLY 400 YEARS YOUNG EYE, Tues. THIS Suffolk markettown was told yesterday that it may have been lying about its age. Eye has been greening itself for the celebration of its 750 th anniversary. But now it discovers that it may be only 400 years old. AnUP - 116 words
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Article45 1956-01-04 3 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. An army court yesterday stripped Gen. Humberto Sosa Molina, Defence Minister under Juan Peron, of his rank and the right to wear a uniform. The court ruled that he was guilty of "grave faults" in Peronista days. A.P.AP - 45 words
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Article36 1956-01-04 3 NEW YORK, Tues. The Carnegie Corporation's annual report said yesterday that grants totalling more than U556,000,000 were made to 75 educational and research organisations during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1955. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article33 1956-01-04 3 PARIS, Tues. French civil aviation workers, whose strike for more pay crippled air traffic over France for nearly eight weeks, returned to work at Orly and Le Bourget airports today. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article234 1956-01-04 3 'A-BOMB LURKS INHUMAN HEART' AGRA, Tues. T*HE Indian Premier, x Mr. Nehru, said here that it was important to do away with the "atom bomb lurking in our hearts It was out of this atom bomb, nursed "in the bossoms of individuals and more so In nations" that the otherReuter - 234 words
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Article29 1956-01-04 3 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. Authorities have yesterday announced the arrest of the suspected ringleader and 15 other persons accused of being concerned In a subversive plot.— A. P.29 words
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Article, Illustration43 1956-01-04 3 Suharmi shows London Indonesian dances MRS. SUHARMI SENTANI', daughter of the Indonesian Ambassador in London, Professor Raden Supomo, performs one of her native dances for senior school pupils at a lecture and demonstration of foreign dances at the Central Hall, Westminster. A.P. picture.AP - 43 words
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132 1956-01-04 3 Trip to the moon? It's all utter bilge, says expert LONDON. Tuesday. PROF Richard Van De Riet Wooley, the new Astronomer Royal yesterday said that talk about inter-planetary travel was utter bilge. "I don't think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing," Prof. Wooley said.UP - 132 words
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Article60 1956-01-04 3 HARTFORD, Connecticut, Tues.— Mr. and Mrs. Harold Leibman today filed a US$3,OOO suit against Dr Julius Weiner. They said Weiner told them their new baby was a boy. i They complained they suffered "great mental and emotional anguish" when they learned it was a girl afterUP - 60 words
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Article212 1956-01-04 3 LONDON, Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty j were LOANS Consols £56}6 Funding 4'/c g»% War 3VI 73 13/16 BANKS Mercantile (£I2V4) £4 13/32 Eastern <£5) £BVi Chartered (£1) 41/6 Hongkong ($125) £98's INSURANCE Com. Un. (ut*.) BIT7H Royal 85/4>j212 words
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Article24 1956-01-04 3 LONDON, Jan. 3— Cash Buyers £844 Sellers £845: Forward Buyers £818; Selleis £819; Settlement £850. Turnover a.m. 100 tons; p.m. j 155 tons.24 words
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Article40 1956-01-04 3 LONDON. Jan. 3— Bpot 36 :l id., Feb. 36 :i 4 d., Mar. 36 5 d., Apr. -June 35>«d. July-Sept 33 ',d, Oct. -Dec. 31',-d. Jan. c.i.f. 36' ad., Feb. c.i.f, 36 s Kd. Tone: Quiet but steady. I40 words
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Article, Illustration168 1956-01-04 3 LONDON, Tues. IIfELL, it finally hap- pened to one of those girls with a strapless low-cut evening gown. And the girl to whom it happened had to be Anita Ekberg, the bosomy Swedish actress. The scene was London's Berkeley Hotel. The time was NewUP - 168 words
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Article20 1956-01-04 3 SANTIAGO. Tues. Admiral Kaare Olsen has resigned as Chile's Foreign Minister to return to active service. Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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Advertisement40 1956-01-04 3 bfclsk THROUGHOUT trSriO^^ WORLD Planning a 1957 European holiday? not too early to apply steamship accommodation for next year BE SAFE BOOK EARLY COOKS tTX SERVICE 39, Robinson Road, Singapore T «'ephone ***** Cable "COUPON" Always carry COOKS TRAVELLERS CHEQUES40 words
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Advertisement210 1956-01-04 3 $COLV STORAGE BREAD containi... (vitamin b 1 1 f r i!^JEl 7~T 1 HYdENKALLY WRAPREDj WHITE BROWNMILK WHOLEMEAL VEGEMITE BERMALINE SANDWICH FRENCH LOAF MADE BY COLD STORAGE BAKERIES Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang &joy some MoWf iiiyiii lyons ke cream Its SMOOTHER SWEETER RICHER t___ VISTA VISIOX CALENDAR For 1956 with210 words
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Article196 1956-01-04 4 COLONY'S FIRST AMERICAN SCHOOL T*HE Governor of SinL gapore, Sir Robert Black, yesterday opened the Colony's first American school which, he said, would enable American children living in Singapore to carry on their education without any break when they return to the United States. The school —at Rochalle Drive, Tanglin196 words
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Article483 1956-01-04 4 Mr. LIM: FIGHT THOSE WHO FIGHT ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ANTHEM-TIFF BOYS TOLD: DON'T LET MINORITY RIDE YOU ROUGHSHOD By P. J.JOSHUA yHE Pan-Malayan Students Federation opened its third annual conference in Singapore yesterday with a warning not to let a "small group" use the organisation for483 words
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143 1956-01-04 4 FOR THEM: Less work FOR YOU: Bigger bill SINGAPORE City Council labourers now enjoy a shorter working day but the ratepayer gets a heavier labour bill. Because of the 44-hour week, enforced by the new labour code, labourers work 7 hours 20 minutes Instead of the previous eight hours a143 words
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85 1956-01-04 4 THE No. 1 JOB AND THEN Mr. GRAY SAYS GOODBYE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Mr. David Gray, acting Chief Secretary, will be Officer Administering the Government during the absence in London of the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, who leaves soon for the constitutional talks. After that, he leaves Malaya on85 words
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Article67 1956-01-04 4 Thief sends back empty wallet A THIEF found a wallet in a taxi. He was honest enough to post to the owner all the documents in it but kept for himself all the money —$150. Mr. A. R. Townsend, a sales manager, lost the purse in a taxi on Dec.67 words
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Article40 1956-01-04 4 PENANG, Tues.— Ooi clansmen in Penang will celebrate the renovation of their kongsi premises, Kang Har Tong. in Jelutong Road, on Friday. The ceremony will be followed by a re-union dinner at 7.30 the same night.40 words
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Article19 1956-01-04 4 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Two hundred discharged soldiers and sailors and policemen yesterday formed an ex-servicemen's association here.19 words
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Article57 1956-01-04 4 —man accused IPOH. Tues. A trisha rider was remanded in custody here after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of stabbing a British soldier. Ayub bin Osman, 30, was alleged to have stabbed David James Brook of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with a knife at the57 words
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Article40 1956-01-04 4 Ng Chu Kiang, Ong Chin Hay and Yap Keow were acquitted by the Singapore Eighth Magistrate. Mr. K.C. Chan, yesterday of dishonestly receiving four bags of cement and a rubber hose from Tan Ha Worn on Sept. 7.40 words
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393 1956-01-04 4 T. F. HWANG - T. F. HWANG By But delegates at Singapore meeting can't agree on answer T*HE question of the 1 responsibilities of Malayans in the student community and in national affairs led to a lively discussion when 60 delegates of the Pan-Malayan Students' Federation met in Singapore yesterday. Mr.393 words
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Article22 1956-01-04 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Terrorists cut telephone wires at the 42 1/2 milestone, Tapah Bidor road, In South Perak. last night.22 words
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Article127 1956-01-04 4 SINGAPORE'S Assemblyman, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, yesterday warned the Government of a "mass protest" unless the Singapore Improvement Trust withdrew its decision to increase block water meter charges. In a written protest to the Minister for Local Govern- ment Lands and Housing, Inche T laji Jumat,127 words
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Article, Illustration76 1956-01-04 4 UNDER THE CONFETTI— A RADIANT COUPLE MR AND MRS. LUM CHOONC CHEE smile happily under a shower of confetti as they leave the Chinwoo Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur, after their wedding Mr. Lum, a dental surgeon, is the the second son of Mrs Lum Mun Yoke and the late Dr. Lum76 words
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Article180 1956-01-04 4 Phone men will turn down new scales TTOE Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union will today reject new wage scales offered by the Board for its general and account clerks. The union's secretary, Mr. Peter Scow. said yesterday that the offers were in some cases lower180 words
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169 1956-01-04 4 To write an opera is easy if you have talent IF you have enough 1 talent you can write an opera about anyihing, even a Communist state or a Press cocktail party. So said Benjamin Britten, the famous British composer yesterday. He was speaking at a Press cocktail party given169 words
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Article42 1956-01-04 4 BENTONG. Tues.— Tl F Curzon has been B ed priest in charge of all Catholic churches In we«l ang. He has chosen Eentont his headquarters. Father Curzon spent years in China before go" 1 to Singapore in 195?.42 words
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Article35 1956-01-04 4 Swami Pranavanand.i. monk and philosopher, M giving public lectures on i different waj I hl f. v^ "tell realisation" importance ol pniw tlu Gandhi Memorial Hall. Race Course Lane, at 630 p.m. daily.35 words
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180 1956-01-04 4 SINGAPORE Government servants have a new complaint. They are dissatisfied with the "shabby way they are treated at Government hospitals. Next week, a sub-com-mittee of local government officers will meet to recommend new methods of medical attention. Besides complaining about180 words
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Advertisement511 1956-01-04 4 BENJAMIN BRITTEN at VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Tonight Friday Night lit hi him tils tf on LW 5122 Folksongs (Britten; Peter Pews (Tenor) and Benjamin Britten (Piano). LW 5163 A Simple Symphony (Britten) The New Symphony Orchestra of London (Cond. Eugene Ooossens). LXT 2790 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge511 words
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Article340 1956-01-04 5 NELSON RUTHERFURD - NELSON RUTHERFURD He is second in line to the Throne of Johore: She Is a businessman's daughter By Sultan gives 'tentative approval': Marriage is likely shortly JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. (rftfGKU MAHMUD, the 24-year-old son of the fegent of Johore and second in line of suctM340 words
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179 1956-01-04 5 $29,000 rubber seedlings destroyed M'OH. Tues. Rubber M*dlinc>- valued at 529,--400 uill he destroyed by the Porak Agriculture Department because there is no demand for thfm. The itate Agricultural Mfetr, I>r. W. N. Scott. „,1.0 -lid that 1,750.000 seedlings had been produ<eri for this year's replanting programme in Perak. I!179 words
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Article56 1956-01-04 5 Mr Chonp Hvree Ling, pre•laent of thp Singapore Chinese Bas Owners' Association, who last month signed a new wage agreement with the workers 1 union ending the 42-day lock-out, was vestordav re-elected president ior this year. J*l chon is manager of hip Green Bus Company56 words
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Article38 1956-01-04 5 The Singapore Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga. will open a maternity and child welfare centre at the 17% milestone Lim Chu Kang Road, alongside Ama Keng Police Station, at 5 p.m. on Jan. 10.38 words
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Article61 1956-01-04 5 PENANG, Tues.— An 11-year-old Chinese boy died today after his bicycle had collided with another ridden by his friend in the Penang Botanic Gardens. The two boys were coming down a steep slope when their bicycles crashed. Both were removed to hospital. One61 words
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Article65 1956-01-04 5 CHILDREN'S BOOKS ARE ON SHOW Three hundred books for children, ranging from fairy stories for the very young to career books for teen-agers, are on exhibition at the Raffles Library, Singapore. The exhibition, which opened yesterday, is being sponsored by the British Council. It will be on till Jan. 14.65 words
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Article58 1956-01-04 5 BOY FINDS FATHER HANGING An 18- year-old boy yesterday found his father, Chong Lai Choon, 42, hanging in the bathroom at the Lee Sawmills in Lavender Street, Singapore. Sawmill men rescued Chong when his son shouted for help. Chong, a timber kepala, was admitted to the General Hospital where his58 words
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Article35 1956-01-04 5 PORT SWETTENHAM. Tues. —The police here are looking for a Malay who borrowed two rings from an Indian friend for his wife to use at a wedding, and did not return them.35 words
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Article161 1956-01-04 5 NOT ALL STRIKERS MAY GET BACK THEIR JOBS l/UALA LUMPUR, Tues. A new problem faces the 1,000 workers from the Fung Keong Rubber Factory at Klang who went on strike nearly five weeks ago. The snag is that the company may refuse to reinstate all161 words
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Article, Illustration53 1956-01-04 5 THESE MALAYAN SCOUTS were guests at the Brighton Scout Hall, Melbourne, Victoria. They returned the Brighton hospitality by singing Malayan songs they had prepared and which they wiil repeat at the Pan-Pacific jamboree at Wonga Park. Victoria. Their leader, Horace S. Maria, is53 words
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Article239 1956-01-04 5 HUSBAND, WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED rpHREE PEOPLE were wounded, two seriously, after 1 a man armed with two meat choppers ran amok in a house in Kerr Street, Singapore, yesterday af terI noon. The injured were a hawker. Ng See Khim, 39, his wife, Toh Ah239 words
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Article106 1956-01-04 5 TENOR IS HURT IN ACCIDENT TAN PENG TUAN, a tenor of the Wesley Church evening choir, who has been cast for the role of Prince So- True in the Island Players' operetta "Princess Crysanthemum," was injured when the door of a taxi hit his motor-cycle near the junction of Victoria106 words
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Article47 1956-01-04 5 Negappan Reddy pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Thomas Glory, with an axe and hammer, at the Singapore Harbour Board quarters in Nelson Road, on Monday. He was allowed bail.47 words
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Article41 1956-01-04 5 The Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, has sent a congratulatory cable to the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Sir John Kotelawala, who was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's New Year honours list. (semi-flnals) C.W.A. Room41 words
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Advertisement178 1956-01-04 5 Vauxhall value... greater than ever for 1956 I kiw Ft* rums ...new smiKi... *ew colons I Take a good look at the good looks of the new I Vauxhalls The wide-view panoramic rear window and the slimmer windscreen pillars are new. New too are the glossier finishes— in a wider178 words
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Advertisement248 1956-01-04 5 PA.4T-S UPSET STOMACH? HEARTBURN? GAS? Give instant relief! Any time you overeat, re- That way. you re always member this you never fof fast rehef _no know when it's going to 3 matter when or where acid cause upset stomach, gas. indigestion comes along. As heartburn or any other a248 words
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Miscellaneous367 1956-01-04 5 rel House. 10.00 Take It Prom RADIO MALAYA H^io > 3o i n i Oooa^Mu^ (•Programme thus marked can I •T«J Ttl iL»| :^HB be rrrrived by listeners in I Malacca.) Mf^B Short wave 49 62m. Medium wave 476 m., 343, 366 m. and 297 m. SINGAPORE P.M. *1.00 Wednesday367 words
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Obituary59 1956-01-04 6 70 Words $10 (minimum). PEACEFUL on 3.1.56 Peter Michael, son of Major Mrs. R. J Minjoot. Funeral Bldadan 6.00 p.m. 4.1. 56. CUSCADEN: At Bexhill, Sussex on 21st December. George Percy Cuscaden, 1.5.0., aged 72, formerly Deputy Commissioner of Police, F M.S. and eldest son of the late William59 words
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Article85 1956-01-04 6 to Words $10 (minimum) MR AND MRS. TAN SWEE WAN wish to thank all relatives and friends who attended their son, James's funeral, sent wreaths, condolences and gifts. FAMILY OF THE late Mrs. Lee Cheng Van, nee Madam Lay Ouat Neo, thanks all friends and relatives for their wreaths,85 words
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Article294 1956-01-04 6 20 Words HO (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mail" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. ADELPHI HOTEL Grill room entrance Doris Geddes newest Little Shop with charming gifts. Jewellery, accessories, etc. PAIN DOES NOT smell, but consciously or otherwise past experiences are recalled294 words
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753 1956-01-04 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Jan. 4, 1956 The Master Plan It is exactly four years since work began on the Master Plan for the development of Singapore. Last year publication was held up oy the failure of the old Legislative Council to freeze the price of land, an obstacle753 words
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Article475 1956-01-04 6 The French elections unfortunately seem to have solved nothing. Although the complete results are not yet known (and there are also the uncontested thirty Algerian seats) it is obvious that victory lies with no-one. The political instability which has plagued France for forty years will continue. This was475 words
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Article, Illustration688 1956-01-04 6 Mr. Marshall's personal success must be backed by results T<HESE are momen- tous months for Singapore. Between now and April, its government must decide precisely what it wants from the Chief Minister's next visit to London, and how to get it; the British Government must decide how far it is688 words
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1175 1956-01-04 6 By JOSEPH ROTBLAT, Professor of Physics in the University of London at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. rfHE recent Russian test of 1 a nuclear bomb, claimed by them to be the biggest exploded so far. has again brought to the fore the question1,175 words
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393 1956-01-04 6 rpHERE was a letter In 1 the Straits Times to which I should like to call the attention of your readers, especially this paragraph: "In my own personal opinion, it would be a Rood thing if the British are encouraged to393 words
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Advertisement474 1956-01-04 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Words $10 (minimum). BURNS: At Tawau on 31st Dwember to Peggy and Oeorge a son Angus Praser. HAWSON: To Doreen Hugh at Kandang Kerbau Hospital a daughter on Ist January 1956. FRASER On Christmas Day at the Zachary Merton Maternity Home. Rustlngton. Sussex to Anne, wife of474 words
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Advertisement38 1956-01-04 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY A COLLECTION DELIVERY SERVICE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AT KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN for the collection and delivery of goods and parcels forwarded and received by rail. Consult your nearest Station Master or Goods Agent for further particulars.38 words
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Advertisement50 1956-01-04 6 Indoor games are more exciting When they're played by Osram lighting! oouct Advertisement o/THt CENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (MALAYA) I Representing THE GENERAL ELECTRICCO^LmOF^ yillllllC3IIIIIIMIIIIt]IIMIIIIIIIIC3TllVllllllllC3IIIIIIIMIIIC3IIMIHIIIII"l HWtIMHI I C 2<^KJk l^Cll^ Ltd. I 7 2nd Floor, 13, B«tt«ry Road tXnnuul Clearance Siilv Commencing Wed. Jan 4th 1956. DRASTIC REDUCTIONS. iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiimui iijiimiiiiiiiciiiiiiiiMuiMiiiiiiiiiiiiHiii"" 150 words
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463 1956-01-04 7 PATRICIA MORGAN - PATRICIA MORGAN THESE SPECIAL CAR PLATES ARE FOR DIPLOMATS ONLY-BUT ANYONE COULD BUY THEM B* NOW STRICT CHECK WILL BE KEPT ON ISSUES qTEPS to prevent L unauthorised people putting Consular Corps plates 00 their cars are being taken in Singapore. stringent463 words
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Article196 1956-01-04 7 Arms expert: Explanation mere conjecture Bomb exploded too soon: Open verdict recorded U'HY a hand-grenade should explode prematurely the faces of three soldiers, killing one, remains a mystery. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. v t A!< xander, said yesterday that he could find no evidence why the196 words
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Article133 1956-01-04 7 Methodists meet for annual talks MALACCA. Tues. A TOTAL of 125 Methodist ministers and lay leaders from 50 churches and 65 schools in the Federation and Singapore are attending the 61st session of the Malaya Annual Conference at Wesley Church here, "to re-study their work and programme so that they133 words
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Article46 1956-01-04 7 KULIM, Tues. A pretty pirl tapper. Cheah Seu Lan, 18. wept in the Kulim court today after she had been remanded i n custody on a charce of possessing supplies Intended for the use of terrorists at Junjong new village en Dec. 18.46 words
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Article30 1956-01-04 7 Yip Yew Tong. 28. of Klang Road, Singapore, who was found suffering from poisonin? In his house on Monday afternoon, died soon after being admitted to the hospital.30 words
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Article60 1956-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The new church hall and porch at St. Martin's Church, Headquarters, Malaya Command, will be opened on Jan. 15 by Lieut.-Gen. sir Geoffrey Bourne. Director of Operations. The hall and porch will be dedicated by the Rev. T. J. C. Roberts in60 words
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Article, Illustration161 1956-01-04 7 Such a surprise for Irene INSPECTOR IRENE LEE SAW LENG. 32. above t widow of a policeman who was murdered by a Communist gunman in 1951, has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for meritorious service. Madam Lee. who is undergoing training at the Federation Police Depot, in Kuala Lumpur,161 words
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Article118 1956-01-04 7 LONDON, Tuesday. DR. ONG BAK HIN of Malacca is to appeal to the Judicial committee of the Privy Council against a decision of the General Medical Council that his name should be erased from the Medical Register. The G.M.C. disciplinary committee found him guilty ofReuter - 118 words
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Article61 1956-01-04 7 Balbir Singh, Atan bin Ahmad and Hamzah bin Jan Mohamad were charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday with being members of an unlawful assembly which assaulted a detective corporal, Mohamad Aslam, in a coffee shop at Changi Road, on Sunday. No plea was recorded61 words
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Article57 1956-01-04 7 Ho Hei Seng. 46, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with causing hurt with an axe and a chisel to Tang Ah Cheong in Duxton Road on Monday evening. At the request of the police, the magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, sent him to57 words
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Article35 1956-01-04 7 PENANG, Tues.— The Penang trade fair, scheduled to end tonight, has been extended till Sunday. The fair attracted record crowds this year when a "Miss Trade Fair" was elected for the first time.35 words
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Article58 1956-01-04 7 TODAY: Singapore 3.08 a.m. (9ft 304 p.m. (9ft); Port Dickson 10.30 a.m. (7ft. 51n.) 11.01 pjn. (Bft. 31n.); Penang 4.17 a.m. (6ft 71n > 5.28 p.m. (6ft. 51rO. TOMORROW: Singapore 3.49 a.m. (Bft. 81n.) 4.06 p.m. (Bft. 31n Port Dickson 11.11 a.m. (6ft. 61n.) 11.58 p.m. (7ft. 61n);58 words
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Article74 1956-01-04 7 Three soldiers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, A. R. Hewett. 23. K. Walsh, 20, and A. S. Ward, 19, were charged in a Singapore court yesterday with assaulting Ng Kee Choo and with searching his pockets in an attempt to rob him in Ridley Park in74 words
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Article43 1956-01-04 7 PENANG, Tues. The case in which W. H. Davy, Butterworth branch manager of a soft drinks firm, is charged with causing hurt to Peggy Cheah, former usherette In a cinema at Batu Ferrinhi last June, will be heard on March 8.43 words
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Article31 1956-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Shum Peng Kwan, 42, of Sungei Besi Road, was today fined $250 for possession of two tahlls of opium and smoking utensils. He pleaded guilty.31 words
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Article73 1956-01-04 7 WHO IS THIS GOOD SAMARITAN? MALACCA. Tues. Malacca police are trying to contact a European who brought Mr. D. G. E. Taylor, a planter, to the General Hospital here on Sunday evening. Mr. Taylor was unconscious with serious injuries but his conditfon today was stated to be improving. The police73 words
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Article48 1956-01-04 7 Mohamad Ghows was charged in Singapore yesterday with having wrongfully confined Elias bin Samsun in a house at Paya Lebar Road on Dec. 2. Mohamad also faced another charge of dishonestly concealing $158.15 belonging to Elias. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail.48 words
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147 1956-01-04 7 Safety first drive ends —SO accidents, but it was below average THE 24-hour safety first campaign in Singapore ended at midnight with 50 cases reported. The daily average is between 60 and 70 cases. Of the cases reported yesterday, only one was classified as "serious." This involved a five-year-old boy,147 words
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Article200 1956-01-04 7 -SAYS THE PRO-SULTAN UNGKU KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE leader of the Johore Malay National Association, Ungku Abdullah bin Omar, said here today that the Alliance's "Merdeka" mission to London was really a "menderhaka"* mission. The mission was unconstitutional, he said, because it was against the Rulers' will.200 words
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Article, Illustration69 1956-01-04 7 SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. Mr. John G. Ritchie, (above) who has assumed duties as the head of Special Branch, Malacca. He is the first Asian to hold the post. He was in charge of Criminal Investigations for two years and was awarded the Colonial Police69 words
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287 1956-01-04 7 CIN GAP ORE and the Federation police are still trying to trace the relatives of a 17-year-old schoolboy, Khong Keng Cheah, who was shot dead in a scuffle with a detective in Singapore on Monday night TTie shooting occurred at the Junction of Victoria287 words
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89 1956-01-04 7 Union sends 4 to press its claims KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A FOUR-MAN delegation from the National Union of Factory and General Workers leaves her? for Singapore tomorrow to negotiate with the head office of Fraser and Neave on claims for wage increases The claims were submitted by the union last89 words
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Article39 1956-01-04 7 Didn't pay his wife jailed Llm Cher Chay was sentenced to one month's jail by a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday for fatting to pay monthly maintenance of $50 to his wife. Lim said he could not afford to pay.39 words
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Article, Illustration138 1956-01-04 7 THE OLD GIRLS IN NEW PLACES KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —Miss Lilian Brake, 72, retired as headmistress of Ashford School. Kent, last year and set out to see strange places. "But everywhere I went," she told the Straits Times today, "I encountered f amlli a r faces." in New Zealand, Australia138 words
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Article36 1956-01-04 7 Lim Goh Buay, of Upper Serangoon Road, who pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to holding on to a moving lorry while riding a bicycle in Serangoon Road on June 3 last, was fined $10.36 words
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Article29 1956-01-04 7 The Band of the Ist Bn., Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens daily from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.. Sunday until Jan. 22.29 words
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Article63 1956-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The chairman of the Selangor Division of the Malayan Labour Party, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, today called for the expulsion of the vice-chair-man. Mr. S.J.H. Zaidi, for trying to form a new division in the state. He has called an emergency meeting of63 words
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Advertisement89 1956-01-04 7 RELAXA-TABS I CALMS THE NERVES PROMOTES HEALTHY SLEEP find a source of absolute relaxation and •thing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring *fulness and tranquility to sufferers from nerves ming during the day and promoting peaceful 1 tural slumber at night! Whether you suffer I *°"7, anxiety, grief, overwork, excitement89 words
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Advertisement131 1956-01-04 7 Are you the "One-Gulp" type "ONE-CULPERS." 1 1 C~ of necessity A^'t^N f"""^ need a beer 7 that is smooth enough to go straight down without hitting the sides of the stomach. (curlsWq V^^^v/ o£ course Does your diet provide sufficient vitamins? t Ensure consistent and reliable vitamin intake regardless131 words
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Article, Illustration188 1956-01-04 8 CHIA POTEIK - Master Plan a challenge to the future CHIA POTEIK NEW HOMES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS and CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE In THIS DARING PATTERN ot DEVELOPMENT By CINGAPORE'S Mas- ter Plan, full details of which were disclosed for the first time yesterday, proposes exciting development over the next Hi years. By 1972188 words
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Article14 1956-01-04 8 Rebuilding of 30,000 houses in the city centre. Reduction of the city14 words
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Article374 1956-01-04 8 THE Master Plan presents a challenge to the people of Singapore, said the Minister for local Government, Lands and Housing, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. opening the Master Plan exhibition yesterday. The challenge, he said, was that "v should lay the foundations now so374 words
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Article128 1956-01-04 8 population from 340,000 to 290.000 the surplus 50,000 to go into new houses elsewhere. Reservation of 44 acres of land for more schools, 11 acres for clinics, post offices and other services, 170 acres for open space and 58 acres for industry. More land will128 words
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Article77 1956-01-04 8 Three new towns will be built on 7,000 acres to house 200.000 in 40,000 homes. They will be: Woodlands, 80,000 people on 3,000 acres; Bulim, 85,000 people on 3,000 acres and Yio Chu Kang, 35,000 people on 1,000 acres. The new towns will also have sufficient land for77 words
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Article52 1956-01-04 8 Existing villages will be expanded and new villages developed to accommodate 47,000 more people. New attap settlements will be built for 178,000. District centres will have post offices, labour exchanges, health clinics, libraries, community centres and other facilities in selected towns and villages. Roads will be Improved and new52 words
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Article136 1956-01-04 8 Poly will be at Telok Ayer SINGAPORE'S multi- million-dollar Polytechnic will be built at Telok Ayer Basin with a new school close by. The siting of the Polytechnic and the new Government buildings is shown on a model of the waterfront area up to Kallang at the Master Plan exhibition.136 words
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164 1956-01-04 8 JN 16 years only half of the 1 people now living in the centre of Singapore will still be there. The Master Plan proposes a redistribution of the population, which will reach 2.000.000 after 1970. so that more people will live164 words
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124 1956-01-04 8 One way of beating that bottleneck: Planners consider the helicopter TWAVEL by helicopter between the city and the suburbs is a possible development in the future transport of Singapore. The Master Plan report, published yesterday, says that a careful watch will be kept on whether this means of transport will124 words
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Advertisement186 1956-01-04 8 jLn •••this keyboard is IT "n the two-row keyboard, evew finger has 'C l^ to look fief. Which means that you gain /N. rnormously in time, pnerp\ and accuracy. f^"^»k *-T^JiBfc#E^ I^H'Wt^r^i^ni^iW S easy to lrarn t<K> < w>n the g reen «st A >^\ l .^W i^^i^i^ novice can186 words
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Advertisement138 1956-01-04 8 Here is tbe Ideal gift for any man Gillette Superspeed Shaving. M 'ft the world's Gnest shaving system. feg^ It's smooth, eauy. luxurious. tii'.r him a Gillette 'Rocket' Razor Set. J He'll than* ynw —every day for years I The Rocket Set tt a really exciting present I with a138 words
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Miscellaneous261 1956-01-04 8 Straits Times Crossword I* I p I I [7~| FT"! TTT [T~| 8 9 111 7 >»vv" *^»fc*i jwa^ i LtA m*m! '^s^ i 16 i|| ,7 lilLI v Z ACROSS 13. Their place Is behind bars 1. Whisky, brandy, and rum? (9). (8, 7). 14. Relative has an article261 words
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Article, Illustration1396 1956-01-04 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Unknown girl made fashion the cancer of the age She brought nvu m industry to France I NEVEI has the world seen such a fashion-mad, luxury-loving, foolish and extravagant era as the ..Revolution France of Louis XVI. Hi* beautiful, frivolous young queen, Marie Antoin(i i maniaDaily Mirror - 1,396 words
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Advertisement321 1956-01-04 9 ONET COLGATE DENTAL CREAM HAS THE CLINICAL PROOF that brings new hope to millions for Ik® and Night Pwtection Against lboih Decay! Actual ust by hundreds of people has proved the long-lasting protection of Colgate v/ by leading dental authorities -for a full year KSf *|l|™ —proved this protection won't321 words
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Miscellaneous143 1956-01-04 9 Jite.v 3Morgan 9 $i*D. Seeing Melissa THOUGHT YOu" H, VEjN L t B °f^-r*' LL US P TIENTS JQPOESN'T UKE,MEUSS*^J J YOU TAKE MV SLOOP BLOOD PQESSURI Iwi I COLJ 3 WAVE BEFN DPA.3 f 1_ < ~~^^^P fff^l I \B'\^M /raVY\l I PER. L'^-E. IVE J WONPEK MOW JM143 words
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404 1956-01-04 10 AKRON, Ohio: Tues. PRODUCTION and sales of rubber products in the U.S. during the coming year may approach levels nearly as high as those reached In 1955, the industry's record sales year, Mr. John L. Collyer, chairman of the B.P. Goodrich Company, and Mr.Reuter - 404 words
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Article144 1956-01-04 10 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.26> 4 per It>. down 1 7 cents on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was easier. Closing prices in centa per Ib. were: No. 1 R S.S. Spot I o.b. buyers 126 (Norn.). sellers 126V4 (Norn.):144 words
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345 1956-01-04 10 SHARE MART OPENS YEAR FIRM IN INDUSTRIALS By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market yesterday got off to a good start for its first day's trading in 1956, the especial feature being the firmness of industrial counters. Twelve industrial quotations were altered and only one— that for Metal Box345 words
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Article352 1956-01-04 10 I The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "The local share market opened the year on a very firm note for industrials. Tins were also better with a few exceptions while rubbers were quietly steady." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Consolidated Tin Smelters 30s.352 words
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Article145 1956-01-04 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association mnde the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all ([uotatlons to *100) New York: buying air mall: T.T. 32 15 16. O.D. 31 1 16. 90 days 33Vi credit bills. 33 5.16 trade bills. Canada: buying air mall: T.T. 33. O.D.145 words
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Article66 1956-01-04 10 KARACHI:— The Pakistani Oovernment will Issue licences for the Import of 211 Items during the January to June shipping period under a new Import policy announced here. The Items to be imported Include Iron, steel building and engineering material, book* medicinal products and drugs. Five Items.Reuter - 66 words
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Article94 1956-01-04 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or rxpectrd this morning are: Frankfurt 1 2, Palmetto Mariner 45, Silindoeng C.P., Drente 67, Denbighshire ti 9 Teiresias 10 11, Benreoch 13 14, Tantalus 15 16, Soestdyk 18, Oesan Maru 19 20: Senggarang N. Wall 6, Sumpitan N. Wall 9,94 words
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Article20 1956-01-04 10 SINGAPORE. RUBBER m Ih. (down l| cfntsi TIN: $406,121 "n. picul (uj,- ILM,). COPRA: $27.(i2J picul (down U|20 words
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Article120 1956-01-04 10 Singapore Chinw Prcd^, change: noon prices per p terday were: Copra: January $27", v. $27\ sellers. Coconut $40'j sellers; drum $43', t Prppf: quiet with no ported; Muntok white $14-) t wak $142 (down $2 special Sarawak bl.i Singapore Copra fcMehik p.m. prices: Straits January $27 I sellers;120 words
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Advertisement658 1956-01-04 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL APPOINTMENTS The Wellington City Council directly controls all the Municipal functions of the City. Service with this Corporation offers excellent opportunities for gaining valuable experience In all branches of Municipal Engineering and Administration. Existing plans for the development of658 words
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Advertisement779 1956-01-04 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SHIP OFFICERS VACANCIES occur from time to time for officers holding the following certificates of competency: Ist Mate of Foreign-going ship 2nd Master of Home Trade ship Mate Ist Class Engineer 2nd Officers holding these certificates and available for employment should register their names and addresses at the779 words
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Advertisement584 1956-01-04 10 NOTICES FRASER ft CO. ANNOUNCE that with effect from Bth January 1956 their telephone numbers will be changed: From 5241/5 to *****/6. BERNESE ALPS MILK COMPANY PLEASE TAKE NOTE that our Milk Department is located In the Asia Insurance Building 6th Floor. Telephone Nos. ***** *****. F.E. ZUELLIG (MALAYA) LTD.584 words
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Advertisement244 1956-01-04 10 SHIPPING NOTICES mv. "MAETSUYCKER" Berthed 29.12.55 SHB Gdns. 8/fl. The general survey of all damaged packages will be held on Fri., 6.1.56 no further surveys will be held after this date. N.V. K. P. M. Agents: ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES. m. "STRAAT SOENDA" Berthed 31.12.55 SHB Gdns. 6/7. The general survey244 words
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Advertisement551 1956-01-04 10 KNUTSEN LINE-orunt service FROM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P. Swet. Penan; FrcmiAnna Bakket Sailed 8 |an 11 Jan 12 |an Ggeka Bakke 10 lan 9 Feb 1 1 Fcb 12 Feb Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Ma> 7 Mar 8 Mar Cicrtrude Bakke 3551 words
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Advertisement1108 1956-01-04 11 l4 os MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. i.n litt '*>' ln S.ngopore) (12 lines) ££T THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE X*' D*»" r ports to lood ond discharge coroo v 10 u-ERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS SAILINGS to Singapore °f.. M .So' 1 fc Sham Penong G 33/34 J.n 4 J.n S1,108 words
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Advertisement1097 1956-01-04 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 'or Aden, Port Said, Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg 4 Oslo .„> ..u,—.,.,, SPore P. S'hom Penong MEONIA" Cdns 29/30 KAMBODIA" u/u j aß ij/15 j. w u/17 Jan LALANDIA" 7/7 Feb "INDIA" as Fob/ 2 Mar 3/ 4 Mar 5/ 4 M.r1,097 words
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Advertisement1013 1956-01-04 11 buTdIngTHE BEN LDfE STEAMERS LTD", 1 SINGAPORE (Incoporoted in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Panang ■BENREOCH for London, Rotterdam 6.13/14 Sails S Jan Direct arrives London 27 Jan BENCRUACNAN for London, Hamburg 11/14 Jan BENMACDHUI for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Hull 15/20 Jen1,013 words
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Advertisement1197 1956-01-04 11 MoALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** ELLERMAN <Sc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE ROTTERDAM, LQS AN6ILES> AM ,p.ANC.SCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTU VANCOUVER "Tml7i«. C#ntrOl S th •CITY OF PERTH SUNNYVILLE S pore P. S'hom Penong p c<hnm Pcnonq "-c {T"u. h" /21 Jon /M Ja "°-v* J-» 6 )an1,197 words
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Article, Illustration730 1956-01-04 12 Teddy, Golly and the fairy doll adventure into space THE THREE TOYS MAKE A FLYING SHIP AS the nursery clock struck twelve Teddy opened his eyes and looked round the room. Rosemary was already up, busy with the sewing box Teddy and Golly had given her for Christmas and was730 words
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Article, Illustration330 1956-01-04 12 I HAVE received a letter from Abdul Aziz, of 2 Mosque Road Tapah. Perak. asking if I can put him in touch with someone who will exchange some Hawaiian stamps for either Malta. Borneo, or British Isles. Abdul has about two thousand three hundred330 words
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Article277 1956-01-04 12 QUIZ FOR STAR GAZERS MANY of our readers have shown a considerable interest in astronomy and have asked me all sorts of questions. I wonder how many of the answers you remember? Here is a quiz based on the information you have been Riven in the past Let s see277 words
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Advertisement159 1956-01-04 12 W~~77 fHUM Thanks to yeast-vite Take Yeast-Vite to-day and get nd ot that nervy feeling. Rich in Tonic B Vitamins and c??JtJfcfc stimulating caffeine, it makes you feel better in no time. Calmer. Less easily upset. Also \|*^O~ k^^PV^ soothes away headache, neuralgia and MjFs^""^*3iip rheumaucpains.GetsomeYeast-Vitcto-<fay. f JVjH /likS^ YEAST-VITE159 words
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Advertisement398 1956-01-04 12 EVER LASTING FISHING NET: THE KURALON FISHING NET i W» IntroduCß th« n*w lyntheflc fibr« Kurolon N«i which It rop d'y gaiftmj popularity in Jopon. THE KURALON FISHING NET ho% olrwdy been octually put to use In Japan to bring about the rationalization ond new succe»» to foheff en. This398 words
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Miscellaneous194 1956-01-04 12 Six prizes for this crossword Dear Boys and Girls. Here arc the six winners of our Santa contest Heng Mci Yong, c 0 Beauty Photo Studio. 82 Bukit Paniang Village, Singapore 23, Mehrun Siraj, 127 Middle Road. Singapore 7, Auyang Van Hui 25 Prince Charles Crescent, Singapore 3, M. Narendran,194 words
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Miscellaneous121 1956-01-04 12 holiday. 10, A soldier's outfit. 1 1 Character in The Wind in the Willows. 13. Cutting instrument with a toothed edge. 15, Tia- of Russia called "the Terrible". 16, Mars, Earth or Venus, for example 1 8, Ornaments of frills formerly worn round the neck 19, Oldfashioned cooking-stoves CLUES DOWN.—121 words
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787 1956-01-04 13 pO IKB EDITOR, Dear Sir TO) S\N the subject of the VJ school examinations conducted by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, you said correctly that the changing of certificates can wait, but you mentioned the objection that university dons eight thousand miles away787 words
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Article142 1956-01-04 13 INSTEAD of installing pub■l lie telephones on a shelf protruding from a wall, it would be better if telephone booths were built. Under the present system it is very difficult for a person to find a public telephone as a matter of urgency. The yellow sign which Is142 words
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Article179 1956-01-04 13 IWAS shocked to read that Tengku Abdul Rahman has no intention of creating a single nationality for all the people who owe undivided loyalty to this country when the UMNO general assembly met here in Kuala Lumpur. We nave now and then heard our Chief Minister shouting at179 words
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Article51 1956-01-04 13 rE Rural Board have raised the assessment of the houses in the Serangoon Garden estate in spite of the protests sent in by the residents. No reason was given. Is It to meet ministerial pay? We have had the increased liquor tax. What next, Councillors? A. T. LOW.51 words
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Advertisement453 1956-01-04 13 ijij^iiil^^^^^^^ ■sSIFIED ADVIRTISI- A! 4 Ad»trtii«menH to on the following IMJ£ I MMODATION VACANT Bol it et: axtra. MM < Roehalie One double vacancy Tel *****. i.IABLE HOME in rd flat offered to elm. Box A 7670 S.T. i- 17 Scott* Road. rant** suigie ince longbath board. Tel. *****. I453 words
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Advertisement543 1956-01-04 13 TITIION it Ward, Si (Min.)— Box it ct: txtra. HIGHER CAMB. Post-School Cert. Maths., Econ., Eng., Hist., Latin., Sub. <fc principal levels. Classes 6-9 p.m. C.V.M.A. School of Com.. 8, Queen St. YOUNG DRIVING INSTITUTE one of the oldest with highly recommended European and Asian Instructors $6/- hourly success Assured543 words
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Advertisement513 1956-01-04 13 EDUCATION 20 Word, Si (Min.)— Box it ets. txttm. A FEW VACANCIES available to Btudents from Primary to Form Two in both Morning /Afternoon Sessions Chunghwa Institution, Short Street. LOC EXAMINATION B-keeplng and Accounts all stages Question papers with Answers 1947 to IMS also T/Wrlting question papers available from T.513 words
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Advertisement911 1956-01-04 13 VEHICLES FOB SALE it Wtrdt $1 (Mix.)— Box St ct: txtra. FOR SALE, DE Soto Saloon In excellent condition. Price $1,800/Owner buying new car. Apply Box A 7638. S.T. M.o. 22,500 miles, condition good. Quick sale neceasary. Apply: Farmer Klalosi Mess, Orange Orove Rd. Tel: 2801 Ext. Ml. 1963 VAUXHALL911 words
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Advertisement572 1956-01-04 13 NOW... the greatest Morris In Morris History The 'Quality First' 21 LITRE SIX CYLINDER fSEI /^SSI fSSI /^2S] KWUISIP a spacious luxury car with Here are the highlights of this First" f.nish. Loads of room for great new Morris: New 2.6 luggage in spacious rear comlitre B.M.C overhead-valve partment. Roadability,572 words
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533 1956-01-04 14 THE past year on the A Malayan Turf was again a remarkably successful one for Irish bred horses, which won several trophy races of the first importance. Champion horse of 1955 on the Malayan Turf was Jackie's Kuda. This Irishbred chestnut colt by Coup533 words
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Article76 1956-01-04 14 A hockey triangular will be held in Singapore tomorrow. Friday and Saturday between leading Malay hockey clubs of Singapore, Malacca and Johore. Teams participating will be Johore Bahru Malays. Banda Kaba Malays of Malacca and Latlfl Wanderers Association. Fixtures Tomorrow: Latifl Wanderers vs. Johore Bahru Malays at76 words
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Article38 1956-01-04 14 NEW YORK. Tues. Hashim Khan (Pakistan), holder of the British Open squash rackets title, won the United States Open championships here yesterday, beating his younger brother, Azam, 18-16, 12-15, 16-18, 16-4. 15-9 in the final. Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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257 1956-01-04 14 MITCHELL A NOTABLE SECOND TO SHAWS By EPSOM JEEP SHAW Stable are again by far the highest stakes winners for 1955 on the Malayan Turf. But more remarkable perhaps was the success of Mr. T. V. Mitchell who, with a far smaller string of horses, comes second in the owners257 words
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275 1956-01-04 14 THRILLING LAST- MINUTE RUN BRINGS CROWD TO FEET From OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT LONDON, Tues. A SCHOOLBOY'S dream came true for young Tony Todman (son of Malacca's Municipal engineer) at Richmond yesterday when, in an unofficial boys' rugby international, England beat Scotland by275 words
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176 1956-01-04 14 IPOH MEN WIN SHELL RALLY WITH LOSS OF ONLY ONE POINT A BRAZIER (driver) and P. H. Stewart (navigar% tor), with the loss of only one point, won the main prize of the Shell Malayan Motor Rally held over the three-day New Year holidays. They won the first prize of176 words
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Article426 1956-01-04 14 CASH prizes worth $17,000 and trophies worth $1,500 were given away to the following winners: Winners in the seven classes ($l,OOO for first, $500 for second) were: Class 1: F. J. Heathcote and F. R. Henn (Morris Minor) I; P. Mills and R. Bleasdale tDKWi 2.426 words
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87 1956-01-04 14 PRAGUE, Tues. EMIL ZATOPEK. triple sold medalist at the 1952 Olympic Games, will compete in the 10,--000 metres and the marathon at this year's Olympic Games in Melbourne. This was announced today by the Czech news agency, Ceteka, quoting from the New Year editionReuter - 87 words
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Article192 1956-01-04 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. AS expected, the Ist Bn. Fiji Regiment scored another big victory when they thrashed Selangor United by 35 points (four goals, five tries) to nil at the T.P.C.A. stadium today. United played stubbornly to the end, showing some good tackling and192 words
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Article65 1956-01-04 14 LONDON. Tues. Results of Rugby Union and League matches played in Britain yesterday were: RUGBY UNION Rosslyn Park 8 Fetteslan Lorettonlans 0: Bally mena 9 Stewarts College P.P. 25; Northern 8 Leicester 11; Watsontans H Swansea 0; English Schoolboys 8 Scottish Schoolboys 6. RUGBY LEAGUE Leigh 665 words
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212 1956-01-04 14 Chinese net 4 to oust SRC 'Blues' CINGAPORE Chinese Recreation v Club "A" moved into the second round of the Singapore Hockey Association's Senior Knockout competition with a 4-0 victory over Singapore Recreation Club "Blues" on the padang yesterday. The t.\o teams were in direct contrast. Chinese fielded a side212 words
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Article33 1956-01-04 14 In the quarter-final of the Tamil Festival soccer tournament Indian Recreation Club beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 5-0 at Parrer Park yesterday. Scorers were: O. Doralppan < 2) Pallanlappan, Krlshnan and Bala.33 words
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273 1956-01-04 14 From Jack Fingleton. SYDNEY Tues. KEN MACKAY, the twenty-nine-year-old Brisbane insurance clerk, today took his overnight score of 175 to 203 against New South Wales In the Shield game here and has now become a "hot" tip for this year's tour273 words
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Article114 1956-01-04 14 Trailing 2-1 at half time, Singapore Cricket Club played well in the second half to beat Laufl Wanderers 3-2 in their friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. Wanderers opened scoring In the ninth minute through centreforward Mansor who scored with a magnificent shot from the114 words
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Article65 1956-01-04 14 MELBOURNE, Tues. South Australia scored 196 for nine wickets declared when they began their Sheffield Shield game against Victoria here today. The first two days had been lost through rain. The declaration was made in the hope of snatching a quick Victorian wicket In the closing65 words
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Article24 1956-01-04 14 The Malay Sports Association will hold their ninth anniversary celebrations at 62 Lorong K Telok Kurau. at 7.30 p:m. on Saturday.24 words
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181 1956-01-04 14 BENARES, Tues. INDIA have made three changes 1 in their team to meet New Zealand In the fifth and fin il Test, starting at Madras on Friday. C. T. Patanar (wlcketkeeper>, O. Sunderam and M. Ghorpade have been dropped and N. S. TamhaneReuter - 181 words
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195 1956-01-04 14 ALLEN'S 3 GOALS SURPRISE THE CUP HOLDERS LONDON, Tuesday ALTHOUGH yesterday's soccer programme largely a Scottish one— it being a tradition? Scottish holiday— thnre were some important c in the English league particularly among uom clubs. A major surprise was the home defeat in Division One of Newcastle, the Cup195 words
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Article133 1956-01-04 14 DIVISION ONE Bolion 2 Huddersfleld 2 Man. City 4 Portsmouth 1 Newcastle 0 West Brom. 3 Sunderland 1 Wolves 1 DIVISION TWO Blackburn 2 Notts For. 2 Mld'brough 1 Port Vale 1 DIV. THREE (NORTH) Barrow 0 Grimsbj Chesterfield 3 Gatesheid 0 Carlisle 4 Bradford Hartlepools 1 Oldham133 words
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Article40 1956-01-04 14 Todays results: DIVISION "A": Hibernian 1 Clyde 0; Aberdeen 7 Stirling Albion 0. DIVISION "B": Dumbarton 2 Hamilton Ac I: sin nrarr 2 Forfar Athletic 2; East Stirling 1 Stenhousemuir 4 (fixture brought forward from April 28).— Rtuter.Reuter - 40 words
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349 1956-01-04 14 Man who beat Hungarians is 'no threat' MANAGER rE crack Hungarian dk tance runner. Sandn Iharos, does not expect hi, athletic career to be ham pered by the ankle injury received while comp-Une iInvitation ran bourne and 8 month. Iharos flew Into the I Joi QanUs-BOAC jreste four other member349 words
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Article80 1956-01-04 14 JAKARTA. Tues. TWO badminton players from Indonesia have been invited to participate in a world tournament in Scotland next March, it was announced today. The Scottish Badminton Union has invited Ferry Sonneville and Eddie Yusuf of Indonesia to join the tournament which will be held in Glasgow'sUP - 80 words
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Page 14 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous68 1956-01-04 14 RIGGER Naval Base v R.A.F. Chanfi. Naval Base; Tonga h Nomads v G.H.Q.- Trngah: S.C.C. "A" R.A.A.F.. padanc; Royal Signals Nomads v S.C.C, Signals ground. HOCKEY Friendly: C.S.C. v Khalsa Association, Balestier Road. SOCCER Friendly: Alexandra F.T. R.AJ.C, Farrer Park; Tamil Festival soccer tournament: Indian Brothers Soccerites v RaJaJI 8.C..68 words
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