The Straits Times, 28 February 1956
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Title Section29 1956-02-28 1 KRa F n*, v rEB T I FIE P S At rr HWt E P **sS*<>o > The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1956 15 CENTS Hi****29 words
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Article, Illustration123 1956-02-28 1 Statement likely soon THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir Sydney Came. is believed to be considering resigning from his post. It is understod that Sir Sydney has already warned the University Council that he may ask to be relieved of his duties towards the123 words
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Article155 1956-02-28 1 First to give up g^^ end of m,,,,^. So officially they were 'captured' 0Y CALLED OL T POLICE District boss and 5 women [UALA LI'MPUR, -Kle v c n terrorists Mirrendern North Sebmgw loda>. live of them pcrc women. Iky are the first 'Mil-mult is" since the155 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 1 OSAKA. Mon. Japan's wonal Railway Corporation "today U will start surJon Thursday for a 37- tunnel connecting the Honshu and Shi- A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article19 1956-02-28 1 M >n. Prague iav that the P^ Sta-. j ha, feet! flying gmto Czechoslovak* by fMa-equippPd balloons19 words
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Article12 1956-02-28 1 BELGRADE, Mon. Yugoslavia and China established telephone communications today.—A.P.AP - 12 words
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Article71 1956-02-28 1 'PLOT TO MURDER MAO' HONG KONG, Mon— The personal aircraft of Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist leader, exploded and crashed near Peking on Feb. 13, a few hours before he was due to fly in it, the Hone; Kong Times said today. The newspaper said the crash was caused by sandReuter - 71 words
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Article33 1956-02-28 1 BONN, Mon.— Dr. Wilhelm Hass, first West German Ambassador to the Soviet Union, will- lly to Moscow tomorrow to take up his post, the West German Foreign Office announced today.— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article34 1956-02-28 1 GIBRALTAR, Mon. A party of 44 South African men and women, reported missing on a bus trip across the Sahara Desert, have arrived safely at Algeciras, it was reported here today. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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290 1956-02-28 1 Boy, 11, TAKES A 250-mile TRAIN RIDE to K.L. FOR 40 cents KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —An 11 -year-old Eurasian boy from Singapore played truant this morning and took a train ride all the way up here after buying a 40-cent ticket to Johore Bahru. Re is staying tonight with an290 words
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Article147 1956-02-28 1 EXPLOSIVES: BIG LOSS in COLONY Stolen from Ordnance Depot THIEVES raided the ammunition dump at 443 A Base Ordnance Depot, Kranji, Singapore, at the week-end and stole a large quantity of explosives. The police were told that they had taken 120 gun cotton primers and 50 detonators for shells. Civilian147 words
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Article136 1956-02-28 1 ...FULL WEIGHT OF FORCES WILL ATTACK AT ONCE 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. f|IHE Federation's Director of Intelligence, Mr. G. C. Madoc. said today that if the exact location of Chin Peng's headquarters was known it would be attacked at once. Mr. Madoc refuted recent136 words
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Article29 1956-02-28 1 BONN, Mon.— A fire raged for seven hours and caused £4,000 damage in a factory at Oberhausen, West Germany, last night. The factory makes fireproof materials.—Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article29 1956-02-28 1 NEW YORK, Mon.— A huge US$l2,OOO screen collapsed in a drive-in cinema during a rainstorm at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, last night. The film: "The Rains of Ranchipur."—Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article31 1956-02-28 1 COLOMBO, Mon. Water rationing was introduced here today for the first time in several decades to meet the shortage of supplies threatened by the current drought. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article32 1956-02-28 1 RANGOON, Mon— Eighteen Japanese and Burmese pearl divers have been kidnapped by Communist rebels who sacked an island 150 miles south of Mergui, according to reports reaching here today. A.P.AP - 32 words
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Article52 1956-02-28 1 A DETECTIVE fired one round with his revolver during a straggle with a secret society member in East Coast Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Tlie detective was trying to arrest the man when he fought back. The shot he fired went wide. The wanted man escaped after52 words
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Article171 1956-02-28 1 5 I STRAITS TIMES AIR j I CORRESPONDENT I mHE Commonwealth sea and 1 air ewrcise which begins on March 5 will be the largest of its kind staged in Malayan waters since the war. Two carriers, H.M.S. Albion and H.M.S. Centaur, will Join171 words
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Article254 1956-02-28 1 AUSTRALIA and New Zealand are expected to Join in the test to find out if Singapore is ready for i merdeka. Like Britain, these countries are planning to send all-party parliamentary delegations to the Colony to assess Singapore's fitness for independence. But it is unlikely254 words
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Article38 1956-02-28 1 Winners in The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Contest 'S' will receive their cheques today. There was no claim tor re-scrutiny. Details for the next big contest are in MM for February, on sale NOW.38 words
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Article38 1956-02-28 1 LONDON, Mon. A new world record for milk production by a pedigree dairy Shorthorn cow 4,021 gallons in 555 days was claimed last night for one of a herd on a farm near Linby— Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article35 1956-02-28 1 Mr. Leon Comber, a member of the Singapore Chief Minister's Public Advisory Bureau, has resigned A Labour Front spokesman who confirmed this last night, declined to give reasons for Mr. Comber's resignation.35 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 1 KARACHI, Mon— Pakistani Buddhists have launched three months' celebrations to commemorate the 2,500 th anniversary of the birth of Buddha. Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article21 1956-02-28 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.— Five people were drowned yesterday when their speedboat hit a sandbar In the Potomac River, Maryland.— A.P.AP - 21 words
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Article22 1956-02-28 1 LONDON, Mon. The first official Japanese Parliamentary delegation to visit Britain since World War II arrived here today from Tokyo.22 words
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Article15 1956-02-28 1 CALCUTTA, Mon. The 12-member Japanese expedition to 26.658-foot Mount Manasin arrived here today.15 words
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Article29 1956-02-28 1 SEOUL, Mon. The Government today announced the arrest of two "civilian gunmen" and five army men accused of assassinating South Korea's counter-intel-ligence chief on Jan. SO. A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article86 1956-02-28 1 '4,000 ABOMBS' MANCHESTER, Mon. Britain "now has enough nuclear explosive to destroy every large city in the world," the science correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says today. He estimated the stockpile of nuclear material in Britain as enough to make between 2,300 and 4,000 atomic bombs. The correspondent said thatReuter - 86 words
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Article71 1956-02-28 1 On woman M.P's wall LONDON, Mon. Police today investigated a "Death to Khrushchev" sign painted in Russian on a Member of Parliament's garage. It was the first open threat here to Khrushchev who, with Premier Bulganin, will visit Britain in April. The sign was found on theUP - 71 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 1 SAIGON. Mon. The Vietnamese Justice Ministry announced today that court officials retaining French nationality after March 1 would be dismissed. U.P.UP - 24 words
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Article23 1956-02-28 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Nlkita Khrushchev has been re-elected First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Moscow Radio announced today. Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article49 1956-02-28 1 HOT TIP— FOR AN ELECTION NEW YORK, Mon. Wealthy Senator John Kennedy used a new political trick yesterday to win a vote for the Democrats. He took a taxi to a high school for a speech, gave no tip to the driver then told him to vote Republican. A.P.AP - 49 words
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Article453 1956-02-28 1 Tengku scraps two ministries I^UALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two Ministries are to be abolished under the Alliance's Cabinet reshuffle and their functions re-allocated to other portfolios. They are the Ministries of Natural Resources and Telecommunications. The Chief Ministers, Tcngku Abdul Rahman, has submitted the reshuffled Cabinet to the453 words
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Article48 1956-02-28 1 MATSC DEFENDERS BEAT OFF REDS TAIPEH. Mon. NationalM itfeafen <>n M.it.su island beat elf group of Cominuni t Chinese veweb approve tains under cover of darkness early this morning, it was officially announced tonight. Exchange of fire lasted 70 minutes. On« Red ship probably snnk. U.P.UP - 48 words
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Advertisement34 1956-02-28 1 ATLAS S. TvbvLwL TtStiinqs HARRISONS LISTER ENC. LTD. S pore Kuala Lumpur Penan? mmßmJPy*^^^ \_J LU LJ \-J fRIIF wm n H W i\ WEIGHT TO HEIGH UP TO 300 LB. Available From Stock.34 words
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Article301 1956-02-28 2 Services help in mercy air dash SAILOR FLOWN NOME TO DYING MOTHER JjyiTHIN five days of being on SEATO exercises in the South China Sea, Leading Writer Bernard Smith of H.M.S. Newfoundland was at the bedside of his dangerously ill mother in North Wales. The Royal Navy, the Royal Air301 words
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Article27 1956-02-28 2 AACHEN, Mon —The Suermondt Museum in Aachen is preparing an exhibition of paintings by Sir Winston Churchill, the first of its kind in Germany.— Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article68 1956-02-28 2 MEXICO CITY, Mon. Two men killed each other in a duel after a quarrel over the right of children to play in the streets of Guadalajara, 280 miles from here. Senor Zcnen Camerena, 74-year-old steel mill representative, was killed by a pistolReuter - 68 words
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Article84 1956-02-28 2 LONDON, Mon. There appears no immediate danger of the sun blowing up. Sir Harold Spencer-Jones former Astronomer Royal, gave this assurance after cosmic explosions on the sun. There was still some sign of a magnetic storm after the great explosion on Thursday, creating a fireballAP - 84 words
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Article8 1956-02-28 2 SANTIAGO: Chile has 12 uranium deposits in Atacama..—Reuter.Reuter - 8 words
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Article14 1956-02-28 2 TEMUCO: A bus filled with Chileans overturned here, killing four and injuring 38— AP.AP - 14 words
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Article12 1956-02-28 2 MANILA: More than 56,000.000 rats were killed last year In Catabato Province.—UP.UP - 12 words
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Article14 1956-02-28 2 LONDON: Scan O'Casey, 71 -year-old Irish play- wrlght. Is recovering after a minor operation.—A.P.AP - 14 words
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Article9 1956-02-28 2 AMMAN: The Deputy Premier, Ibrahim Hashem. has resigned. A.P.AP - 9 words
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Article27 1956-02-28 2 COLOMBO* Clark Gable, James Cagney and Sophia Loren will visit Ceylon soon to make the film of Col. J. H. William's famous adventure story "Elephant Bill."— UP.UP - 27 words
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Article14 1956-02-28 2 HELSINKI: Finland's Finance Minister. Penna Tervo, was killed in a car accident near here.—Revter.Reuter - 14 words
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Article13 1956-02-28 2 NEW FORK "nothii Blrmin yor J■' claimed it he was dedi<-a« the ol13 words
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Article16 1956-02-28 2 Uni ed si ler dH designed t, attack, rath atomic bon El: 1 American A commission16 words
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74 1956-02-28 2 LONDON. Mon The chairman of a discussion programme on commercial television refused to appear last nitht because the subject was prostitution. The chairman. Mr. Kenneth Adam, 47. said: "There was a division of opinion between myself and the I team of the programme onReuter - 74 words
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223 1956-02-28 2 Red peace envoy sent back minus ears TAIPEH, Mon.— A ferocious guerrilla leader named Yang is waging a successful hit-and-run war against the Chinese Communists in the rugged mountain area of South China, Nationalist Chinese sources said today. This leader, identified as Yang TengUP - 223 words
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117 1956-02-28 2 SINGAPORE-BOUND LINER LOAD OF AMERICANS OUT TO SEE THE WORLD S fpHE second luxury round-the-world liner to call at X Singapore this year, the Caronia. is due on March E 16. This is her third world voyage. The giant ship visits cruise ports under "yacht pri- E s vileges", allowing117 words
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250 1956-02-28 2 BITTER COMPLAINTS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL MIX-UP I From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Monday. ABOUT 40 Asian students, including some Malayans, who came to Melbourne to study medicine, have been refused admission to the course. Although they have the necessary qualifications, the University250 words
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Article, Illustration89 1956-02-28 2 SCOTLAND is t»o col men who have spenl long time in the trop" says Captain P<W B 60. who prefers ;i h<>nK the Bast to Ji I nwn cX tryCapt. Bruce, skipper Kimanis. retire from Straits 5,,, ,iiship i" pany nc\t "i""89 words
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Article22 1956-02-28 2 EDINBURGH M sor Norman Feat: burgh Univ( wives here ti.. tW> 3 not have ttomi their kitchen neL time.— Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article224 1956-02-28 3 HANGING, INFLATION-NEW RRQAiveipE FOR SHILLY-SHALLYEIT 'BRITAIN NEEDS ANOTHER CHURCHILL QUICK' LONDON, Monday. fy CRY "We need another Churchill" rose yesterday in a fresh attack against the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden. ociallst newspapers renewed their accu- Eden's leadership is marked by "shabby a ConservativeUP - 224 words
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Article, Illustration47 1956-02-28 3 SNOW NOW— BUT SUNSHINE AHEAD SI o X* n c, Gr e 1 How rds cle Oe«P »now to open the road to the isolated Milage of Court-at-Street. Lympne. Kent. But there Js sunshine ahead for the troops. They are going to Hong Kong soon. Reuter picture.Reuter - 47 words
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Article61 1956-02-28 3 RUSSIAN SHIPS TRAPPED ONDON, Mon. T| Antarctic exipj Ob and trapped in ice from Mirny nd two Russian lave v.iruatcrt nd M'ientists MOSCOW Radio Jay. id work at been speeded an imoroveither. -type houses i irly auembl- heating had mcd on in four t were making the id flying tudyReuter - 61 words
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Article233 1956-02-28 3 AND NOW EUROPE EMERGING OUT OF NEW ICE AGE FACES DANGERS OF AVALANCHES, FLOODS LONDON, Mon. pRIGID Europe yes--1 terday took a first cautious step out of a new ice age which killed nearly 1,000 people in a month-long reign of terror. Welcome reports ofUP - 233 words
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Article75 1956-02-28 3 Jan and Cindy fake off NEW YORK, Mon. MISS Jan Wood and her dor, Cindy, took off from California yesterday in m singleengined aircraft on a 30,000- mile world tour. Miss Wood, 34-year-old skier and skin-diver, plans to land at four United States airports, and then ship her aircraft toReuter - 75 words
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Article22 1956-02-28 3 Mon. The r It Trade ComIndla arrived lay to rxplore the I litj of a trade pact i uter.22 words
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Article31 1956-02-28 3 Nt-W yukk, Mon. Mr. Henry E. Crampton. considered one of the world's leadin r authorities on snails, died here yesterday at the age of 81 after prolonged iilness.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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130 1956-02-28 3 LONDON, Mon.— The British Board of Trade has not yet made up its mind to include rubber among stockpile commodities which will be run down in coming months, according to a spokesman here today. Commenting on Press reports that the chairman of the Singapore ChamberReuter - 130 words
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Article393 1956-02-28 3 LONDON. Mon. LONDON stock markets were hesitant and irregular with trading at a low level. There was little desire to extend commitments in view of the uncertain economic outlook and there was a tendency to wait for the February gold and dollar figures. Giltedged responded well to favourable393 words
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Article160 1956-02-28 3 CLENCHED FIST BODY MYSTERY f OND ON, Mon. A 12 gravedigger found the unburied body of a young woman with her nst clenched in death in the centre of Hampstead cemetery. The discovery set Scotland Yard's murder squad off to try to solve what may be the perfect crime. TheUP - 160 words
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Article52 1956-02-28 3 LUCKNOW, Mon. The shah and Queen of Persia who arrived here yesterday by special train for a oneday visit were unable to fulfil most of their engagements because both were slightly indisposed. They had taken anticholera injections at Bharatpur last week and were running slightReuter - 52 words
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Article31 1956-02-28 3 LONDON, Mon.— The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will have a week's cruise in the Mediterranean in the Royal Yacht Britannia next month, Buckingham Palace announced tonight. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article71 1956-02-28 3 DENVER, Mass.. Mon. A man checked into the Coronet Hotel on Saturday night and when he left yesterday the management found these items missing: Two table lamps, a pen stand and pen, a maho- gany night table, an ashtray stand, four sheets, two pjllow cases, two foam rubberAP - 71 words
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Advertisement122 1956-02-28 3 mm I against Ml PRICKLY HEAT Ml ECZEMA —WE and all other TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES BAYER )i BEHN, MEYER CO. LTD., P. 0. Box 2000, Singapore. PATERSON. SIMONS CO. LTD.. Kuala Lumpur, Penang {•SPRING SALE*) BECINS ON WEDNESDAY 29 FEBRUARY j G. RAMCHAND LTD. (AIR-CONDITIONED) 72 HICH ST TEL: 7791122 words
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202 1956-02-28 4 ]i|UAR, Mon.— The achiTl ievements of Tengku Abdul Rahman and the merdeka mission will be lost unless Malayans of all races face up to their responsibilities and pull together. This warning was given here yesterday to civic leaders and village headmen202 words
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Article210 1956-02-28 4 THREAT OF GRATE LABOUR UNREST IF OOVT. DOES NOT ACT STRIKE UNION: HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRM WITH FUNG KEONG BOSSES KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN was told today that his Minister for Labour had 'lacked vigour" in dealing with the owners of the strike-bound210 words
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Article70 1956-02-28 4 Old boys of the AngloChinese School, Singapore, have a plan to raise $10,000 for the school building fund during their dinner on Thursday to mark the 70th Founder's Day of the school. Mr. Yong Nglm Djin of the dinner committee told the Straits Times last night: "Our70 words
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Article54 1956-02-28 4 Old boys of the College of Agriculture, Serdang, will hold a dinner and dance in Kuala Lumpur on April 14 to celebrate the colleges silver jubilee. Graduates in Singapore, who wish to join the dinner, should contact Mr. Tan Peng Gee of the agricultural division, Ministry54 words
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174 1956-02-28 4 $6,00 0 damages for Nanyang lecturer 7 WAS DEFAMED' -DR. HSIONG PENANG, Monday. F|R. S. L. HSIONG, former headmaster of the Penang Han Chiang High School and at present lecturer in chemistry at Nanyang University, was today awarded $6,000 damages for a libel by Chew Soong Seong, proprietor, and the174 words
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Article92 1956-02-28 4 80 to give evidence for police ABOUT 80 witnesses are exptcted to testify against Soon Kuat Seng, receiving cashier of the South Branch of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, accused of misappropriating funds totalling $105,658 on Feb. 6. The prosecution said this in a Singapore court yesterday when the case92 words
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Article80 1956-02-28 4 Mumbo-jumbo or call of the wild? TELLK ANSON, Mon. A 'cow-elephant" was born on the Alpha Bernam Estate in the I' tan Melintang area of Perak this morning. The strange creature a calf with a 6in. trunk and ether elephant features—died an hour after birth. It was white, about five80 words
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Article161 1956-02-28 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Who is responsible for the lights on the Causeway, completed In 1923? For more than 32 years no one bothered to find out and the Johore Bahru Town Board paid the lighting bills without a murmur. Later the Town Council, which161 words
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Article114 1956-02-28 4 Two charged with $50,000 robbery CASH and jewellery worth $50,000 were mentioned in an armed robbery charge against two men in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday. Chew Yoon Thlm, a carpenter, and Chua Teow Ghee, a mason, were alleged to have robbed Tan Ah Keng in Lorong 19, Geylang,114 words
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Article, Illustration59 1956-02-28 4 SWEETHEARTS IN SONG-AND JUST THE SAME IN REAL LIFE TENOR Tien Ming En of Singapore and his fiancee. Miss Chen Yu Shen, a soprano, who sang before 4.000 people at a concert at the Cbinwoo Auditorium in Kuala Lumpur, n sponsore.l hy the Arts Council They hop, J, go to59 words
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Article350 1956-02-28 4 'Oil companies failed to prove ownership' MR. GEOFFREY CROSS, Q.C.. said In the Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday at the hearing of the appeal by three Dutch oil companies: "There is only one issue in this case. "That is whether the oil companies were the owners350 words
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Article56 1956-02-28 4 ALOR STAR. Mon— A oolice field force patrol yesterday found two jungle cultivation plots in the Kuala Neaninß district, near the Kedah-Siamese border. i One plot was planted «S tapioca and bananas and U other with padi. Two other i with tapiora. p I vegetables had56 words
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585 1956-02-28 5 Semenyih inquiry told og smuggling attempt by tapper JJAJAXG, Mon. The commander of the Ist. Bn., Royal Hampshire Reg i ment, said here today that he personally caught a woman tapper trying to sniuggle some Chinese medicine through the Kachau gate at Semenyih yesterday.585 words
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Article223 1956-02-28 5 7 apologise if there has been misunderstanding 9 I E KAJANG, Mon. A Special Constabulary sergeants denied at today's hearing that he made a jocular re-= mark to a woman tapper after she had been stripped snaked at the Semenyih police station. s The woman, Chan Kwee Lan.223 words
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Article218 1956-02-28 5 LAND OFFICE HAS SCHEME TO GET THE PROBLEM 'CUP OF TEA OFF TABLE' A REPORT on Singa- pore's squatter problem has been submitted to the Government for consideration. Drawn up by a committee of the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing, the report suggests ways of clearing218 words
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Article33 1956-02-28 5 The Air Ministry Local Employees' Union, Singapore, has fPP? lnt ed Mr. A.M. Nair to Z? I* 8 dele ßation to the Air ktry on staff grievance*, Sing **********5 and down33 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 5 Wong Meng, a hawker, told the Singapore Police last night that his daughter. Ah Moy, 19, had been missing since Saturday night.24 words
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160 1956-02-28 5 AN appeal week for the A Children's Aid Society will begin on Sunday with a broadcast by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black. On March 5 there will be a pet show at the Society's hume at 29, Tomlinson Road. Prizes for the160 words
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Article43 1956-02-28 5 The Singapore Seamen's Council which is being set up under a new constitution, will in future represent all seamen's unions in negotiations with the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation. This was decided at a meeting of the Council recently.43 words
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Miscellaneous387 1956-02-28 5 radio malaya Reglona SINGAPORE (»-t wave 6 2m Me4lu« 8 ,^47€^ Ve 34 4 3 9 'jl^J'm™ AM. 7.15 Oplntog Annct.; 7.16 A M '857 and UOB Engufh P^no PlaytimeT 7.30 News; 7.35 A <*rhooU Broadcasts- PM»100 Wlth Music 800 News Head ?nr^ nin- A3O News 1 45 Hot 802387 words
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Obituary59 1956-02-28 6 20 Wurdt Sit (minimum). LEE: Mrs. Lee Kwee Chua (nee Madam Teo Slew Poh) beloved mother of Yang Bak, Keow Seng, Sin Bak and Swee Bak, passed away peacefully at 27, Paya Lebar Crescent on Saturday, Feb. 25, leaving four sons, three daughters, four daughter in-law, two sons-in-law, and59 words
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Article107 1956-02-28 6 10 Horrfj 110 (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Lim Boon Hoe thank all Relatives end Friends for their Condolence end Personal Attendance at the Funeral on 24.2.56. MR. A: MRS. OIAM CHOO 6ENG thank all Relatives and Friends for their Valuable Presents j and Attendance on the107 words
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639 1956-02-28 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 28, 1956. Old Threat, New Guise The warning in the first annual report of the SouthEast Asia Treaty Organisation that Communist subversion is j still a threat to the security of i the region will hardly surprise any of the organisation's members. There has639 words
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Article343 1956-02-28 6 Mr. Sim Beng Seng, a Singapore City Councillor, has a novel approach to Malayanisation. In the name of equality he would, if necessary, convert a local officer into an expatriate officer. At the Council's ordinary meeting this week Mr. Sim proposes to end the disparity that343 words
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Article184 1956-02-28 6 Master Planners and others may benefit from a cautionary note in the interim report of the Singapore Telephone Board. Having bought early in 1954 a site for a new City Exchange, the Board assumed it could get vacant possession before the end of the year, and be ready184 words
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921 1956-02-28 6 P.A. VAN GASTEL - ECONOMIC SPLIT WILL HURT JAKARTA TRADE P.A. VAN GASTEL by JAKARTA, Feb. ©ED AND white flags flew over many public buildings and houses in Indonesia on Feb. 22 to mark the abrogation of the Union with the Netherlands. But what will be the consequences of this abrogation? The Government and921 words
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Article, Illustration842 1956-02-28 6 Is JESSELTON, North S DORNEO, I had told myself, was Just one more of those islands one sees across the E Straits from Singa- pore. Immensely larger, of course, and much farther away, E but linked to Malaya by the irrevocable facts of geography.842 words
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Advertisement656 1956-02-28 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Wordt lit (minimum). GORDON: To Anne and Jock. on Feb. 25th, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a son. ONG: To Greta and Sv -"c Keng on Feb. 25th 1956. at K.K. Hospital, a son. MORPHY: To Paddy, wife of Pat. at J. 8., a brother to Brian and656 words
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Advertisement42 1956-02-28 6 VELOCETTE The Luxury LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE for every occasion. Silent Smooth 'Safe and Economical. IN CUAL COLOURS. (■>W(ll»Ci« FOR CASH AND INSTALMENTS. Sole Agents: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. 133-124. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE-!!. 227. BATU ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR. 24. BEACH STREET. PENANO.42 words
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Advertisement85 1956-02-28 6 i^TheGOLDEM-STAR RADIO Outstanding Features MODEL PEIOIB Beaut f 5 VALVES (fo. Dry Battery Operation* 5 pore Periling Price $200/- Br.ll.antK II Fed. Pciee $225/- *°ie etootl Visuol tuning r of bond<r'f MODEL PEIOI occurao in 6 VALVES AC. Re^ko!^ 90/125-200-250 V Utedom from 0 High grade S pTes21 S T"85 words
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137 1956-02-28 7 HE STOLE FOR LOVE OF GIRL IN JAPAN SINGAPORE court A martial was told that L/Cpl J Robert James Morsely J the Royal Army Ordnani" Corps stole hprausp of His love for l he met J^ her country last .i orimble. defendMorsely's love ituatkm but a lendshlp." Orimble said >t137 words
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Article64 1956-02-28 7 No politics on menu Dinner for Tengku KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An all-community, non-poli-i tical dinner for the Chief Minister I'engku Abdul Rahman, and the Alliance Merdeka Mission, will be held at the Lee Wong Kee Cafe, Batu Road, on Saturday. The joint secretaries-or-ganisers, Messrs. Zain Ariffln and K. D. G.64 words
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Article27 1956-02-28 7 The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. has sent through the Indian Chamber of Commerce a |itt of $500 for the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund.27 words
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Article45 1956-02-28 7 A fon:rd $10 note bearing nber E/57-*****2 is to be in circulation eapore. a police spokesi yesterday. Anyone who comes across it is asked to get in touch with A.S.P. Mr. R. C. Hoy at the Orchard Road police station.45 words
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Article287 1956-02-28 7 WEW MOVE ON WORKERS* OUUM FOR BACKDATING DAY OF REST AGREEMENT MINE EMPLOYERS SAY THEY'LL CONSIDER RE-OPENING TALKS IF UNION ASKS FOR THEM T«HF KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. T HE tin mining employers will consider re»aro2S backdating of the "seventh day of rest" agreement to287 words
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Article, Illustration146 1956-02-28 7 Ballet school couple plan to wed IT WAS love at firsi sight for Mr. Vernon Martinus and Miss Frances Poh when they first met 18 months .go in a Singapore dancing school. Miss Poh, a ballet teacher, had returned after nine years' training in146 words
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Article48 1956-02-28 7 Extracts from the works of five popular classical composers will be played at the Victoria Memorial Haji on Wednesday at 8.45 p.m. The performer will be a young Hungarian pianist. Robert Weisz. who in 1949 won the internationally renowned piano competition in Geneva.48 words
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Article80 1956-02-28 7 'WALES FOR EVER' IS THE TOAST "CYMRU AM BYTH" will be the toast at a dinner at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, on Thursday night. It will be heartily drunk as it means "Wales for ever" and the guests will all be Welsh residents attending a dinner in honour of their80 words
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169 1956-02-28 7 They rejected Council offer to stay on FIVE technical expatriate officers of the Singapore City Council, who rejected the Council's offer of permanent employment, will get three months' leave on full pay. But their additional voyage leave, to cover the actual time169 words
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Article47 1956-02-28 7 The Singapore Coroner Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on F. Williams, 51. a chargeman of the Naval Base, who was killed when the car he was driving overturned at the 8J mile Upper Thomson Road on Feb.47 words
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Article34 1956-02-28 7 The St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will hold a farewell dinner for the principal. Canon R. K. S. Adams, and Mrs. Adams, at the Sky Palace Restaurant, Asia Insurance Building, on Saturday.34 words
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Article40 1956-02-28 7 The Singapore Graduate Teachers' Association will hold its annual dinner at the Beafty Secondary School on March 10 at 8 p.m Members who wish to attond should contact Mr. Nrul jini Chiang of St. Joseph Institution.40 words
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Article245 1956-02-28 7 To jail— for crime nine years old OLD LAG JUMPED BAIL: CAUGHT T*HE law has at last caught up with Mohamed bin Haji Abdul Majid. After being at large for nearly nine years he was convicted in Singapore yesterday of offences committed in March, 1947. Arrested last month, he was245 words
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317 1956-02-28 7 ,BUT MINISTRY WANTS PROOF f TWO men yesterday x made serious allegations about the running of the General Hospital in Singapore. THE FIRST was a third class patient in hospital. He telephoned the Straits Times to complain that he had been obliged317 words
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102 1956-02-28 7 TPOH, Mon. Women will have the best of any argument In the union affairs of 600 cigarette and cigar makers in Ipoh. The Perak Commercial and Industrial Employees Union last night formed a section to look after the Interests of the workers and102 words
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Article80 1956-02-28 7 MARSHALL WILL BE BACK TOMORROW TH E Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, who has been resting in Switzerland for a fortnight, returns tomorrow, a few days earlier than expected. This will give Mr. Marshall one week before the Legislative Assembly meets on March 7. He will discuss the Malayanisation80 words
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Article51 1956-02-28 7 IPOH, Mon— The Perak Progressive Party plans to change its name to the Peoples' Progressive Party and become a Federation-wide non-communal political party. A resolution to this effect will be moved at the party's annual meeting on Mar. 14. by Its vice-president, Mr. S. P.51 words
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Article, Illustration118 1956-02-28 7 Police believe American Consulate man lost his balance Yf ORE THAN 10 people were questioned yesterday IT by the police following the 100 ft. death fall of an American consulate official from the Cathay Building on Saturday night. Police believe that the American, Robert Stevens, 30, slipped while118 words
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Article30 1956-02-28 7 Ben Travers, author of "Rookery Nook," "Thark"' and other long-running farces, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Cathay Hotel. I30 words
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Article69 1956-02-28 7 TWO ACCUSED OF MURDER PENANG, Mon.— Two peons, Kassim bin Haji Sahib and Noordin bin Sharif, were charged in the First Magistrate's Court today with murdering Mr. Ong Ewe San, a cashier. Mr. Ong's body, with several stab wounds, was found in his office. United Traders Ltd.. in69 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 7 Two men robbed a breadseller, Chik Sheik Belatusin, of his shirt, $35 and a gold ring, in Meranti Road, Singapore. yesterday.24 words
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Advertisement186 1956-02-28 7 femilv depends on V°" family K V^S Ycu: health and strength mean a f j^Al ■^■^j^ lot to your family. See that your C— rS^sS t die::; nght and good. Take Cod S{£^P~ LwOil daily. SevenSeaS j\^ J .■■::uljr volut in Mfr^V vl K~^i^ik «r.V ou and your family free186 words
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Advertisement68 1956-02-28 7 HUNTLEY PALMERS 111 l ~[jor freghneg^j Look for the pack wirlt the silver lining and be sure of buying only crisp, ovenfresh Huntley Palmers biscuits. Handy lib. size available in all well known varieties including Assorted Creams, Bourbon, Carnival Assorted. Custard Creams. Cem. Milk and Honey. Nice and Table. Mad*68 words
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Miscellaneous83 1956-02-28 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 12 22 a.m. (9 ft. 2 in.) 12.24 pm. (10 ft. 1 in.): Port Dickson 7.58 a.m. (9 ft. 3 in.). 8.17 p.m. (10 ft. 2 In.); Penang 1.55 a.m. (7 ft. 9 in.), 2.26 pjn. (7 ft. 9 in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.48 a.m. (9 ft.83 words
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Article, Illustration107 1956-02-28 8 I Tunics and Pleats, and Camellia Cascade highlight latest British dress designs TUNICS AND PLEATS: A cream and gold tunic dress. It is worm over a pleated skirt and buttoned through on the right side. CAMELLIA CASCADE: Formal evening dress in Chinese camellia design. 1 AFLOAT: Two floating107 words
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Article528 1956-02-28 8 Christuie - Christuie [ir&~w MONDAY "POR goodness sake come and have a cup of coffee with me," cries Fai Yong today. "I feel shattered." She certainly does look distraught, and I ask her what has happened. "It's that lift." she says, pointing to the building from which528 words
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Article78 1956-02-28 8 rO attractive young Japanese girls stole the show at a preview of the Japan Industrial Fair in Cairo. It was a press affair and journalists toured the various stands until they reached the platform where AM Hasagawan, 20. and Misao Kawamo, 22, were standing. The two78 words
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Advertisement94 1956-02-28 8 "^fiilitt 1 Ooi Kok Hean ift^ SUKtU/ dCUfSU are so delighted that they chose pjg May Ling iLactogen when the time came for Singapore LACTOGEN contains added vitamin A to build i resistance against illness; vitamin D to guard against rickets and iron to protect from anaemia. 9 m^^m FOR94 words
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Advertisement12 1956-02-28 8 C.C.C. Collect six of the* coupons to join the Children't Corner Club.12 words
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Advertisement140 1956-02-28 8 TOILET PAPER D4SINFKTANT JEYES FLUID BATHSOA) secret j \SpK.^ A smart appearance )s M ><s&^ i«. like a tonic. You y^o^%^ look better, feel better and step out with pride and confidence. A KIWI shine is the tenet, but KIWI Ami more than that. Its rich waxes go deep imn140 words
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Miscellaneous332 1956-02-28 8 I 32. Batter some of the fortlflcaStraits Times Crossword ».B\ff-i-^ perhaps (15). 1,1 I-I 1,1 I I 4 I I S I el II DOWN 1 1. Vessel In the waves? (6). 1^!!S "^SS 2 Next contract ends amalj^ 3. Smooth doth, perhaps (4). son Mighty like a river shelter!332 words
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Article, Illustration1601 1956-02-28 9 II Vif gave impetus g to news sense i NEWS as we get it now from foreign correspondents, agencies and a plethora of government information services has become such an enormous growth that it is sometimes hard to appreciate how recent it1,601 words
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Advertisement143 1956-02-28 9 0»rm«n» THIS TRADE Rs\ MARK MUSIC- CONTEHTMENT m A RfCOUD v.^ CHANGIR Avo.lobl. in 2 model* RECORD RACKS Two tizn ov do bit N Hold 30 t SO rrcerdt. CYCLE CARRIAGE (1926) LTD. IMPORTS DIVISION j I K Lumpur HEP INSECT KILLER IjMJH hep) s^ e < P iwered wltta143 words
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Advertisement110 1956-02-28 9 FOR REALLY RAPID RELIEF FROM ACIDITY AND HEARTBURN I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE I PHim" id LIKE CANDY \S^ I THEY'LL MAKE YOU J-JABl Et^K| FEEL DANDY! H SO KEEP m*%^!^W' UP THEM HANDY! Yk PA 47* -f Those natural cork tips. Sfc^^^Kal i as110 words
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Miscellaneous123 1956-02-28 9 Hex Morgan* \t.D- Ordered out VES-P-EASE SEE TO GO, LE<k--BtJT J 111 BE BACK.--N T] i hmthi wuv VOi i WB/^~ Mj9tFJS£ Dick Tracg Spring pistol I IV WE UFTED (T PROM THE T CXJST CAPERJU-X SAMI^TI r rri5TWE SPRING T VE&ANCT" ■f^rr^^^^OlSEE. MR CASKET. USING A PENCIL, AND I123 words
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565 1956-02-28 10 TIN PRICE IMPROVES AGAIN BY OVER $2 IN SINGAPORE By Our Market Correspondent THE unconciliatory attitude displayed at the first meeting of mine workers at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, in connection with the current strike threat, pushed up the price of tin in Singapore yesterday again. The price was quoted565 words
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Article133 1956-02-28 10 March first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 93 cents per lb., til cents below Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cento per lb. were No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers »4-,, sellers 95',; No. 1 R.S.S. March buyers 93133 words
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Article179 1956-02-28 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; February $27 1 8 buyers, $27 5 8 sellers; March $27 7 8 buyers, $28 18 .sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41 sellers; drum $43 3 4 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $132, Sarawak $131, special179 words
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Article37 1956-02-28 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.91 for cash and 5.96 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 16.72 and •ne tad of gold at 259 ft.37 words
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Article121 1956-02-28 10 mOKYO. Mon. The X export target for rubber products for the 1956 Ascal year starting in April, has been set at U5525,900,000 by tbe semi-official Export Council, the Japan Rubber Manufacturers' Association announces. The new target is 23 per cent higher than 1955 exports,Reuter - 121 words
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Article13 1956-02-28 10 TIN: S4O2V, lfI >i. <"P 52.5(D Pk« COPRA v.-. p'cuion,, h,,13 words
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Article80 1956-02-28 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MF.I i., In vest mm: spread with pi Stock E> minings Sllvei higher London m Isa was up 2i i were mwin Art* 1 Loaas 3V; 195*. Loans 3 >,-. Con. Zinc Bank of NS.w Mount Lye.l N. Broken H. Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western Minnie Ampol80 words
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Article74 1956-02-28 10 Ships hing ai Singapore Harbour Hoard or expected today ar( t Katong 45, India 67, v Stullong 11, Maru 15 16, Zuiko Maru 19 20, Bii Ii rampnng N Wall 8, Era.i dus Maru 27 ua c GlenbeK 31 3:: Benmhor 36 3839, Oe.san Independent 4. Tyler 44. Royal74 words
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Advertisement647 1956-02-28 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens. »Ke 17-23. for appointment as Student lnt«rprrtei? Malay and Indian (Tamil Punjabi) Candidates must have passed the School C-.tiflcate Examination with a credit In English and must have a knowledge of > Mala., Tamil/Punjabi as the case may be. equivalent647 words
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Advertisement372 1956-02-28 10 APPLICATIONS are Invited to fill vacancies for Part-lime Instructors in the Balestler Junior Trade School, Evening Classes. Balestier Road, Singapore 12, in the following subjects: 1. Building Construction. 2. Builders' Quantities. 3. Surveying and Levelling. 4. Structural Engineering. 5. Mechanical Engineering. 6. Radio and Telecommunications. 7. Plumbing. 8. Electrical Engineering.372 words
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Advertisement444 1956-02-28 10 NOTICES ST. DAVID'S SOCIETY SINGAPORE ANNUAL CELEBRATION DINNER DANCE 8 p.m. March Ist ADELPHI ROOF GARDEN All Welsh folks welcome. Tickets at Robinsons or P.O. Box B*4. NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that I, QUEK SENG KEE. Managing Director of Yee Cheong Co., Ltd.. Singapore, have applied to the Board444 words
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Advertisement410 1956-02-28 10 NOTICES NOTICE KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL FIVE BELIEF FUND The above fund will be closed on the 29th of February, 1956. A. D. YORK, President Municipal Council, Kuala Lumpur. PUBLIC NOTICE CLOSING OF STEPHENS EOAD FOB DREDGING OPERATIONS BY MESSES. LABUT TIN FIELDS LTD. NOTICE is hereby given that the section410 words
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Advertisement890 1956-02-28 10 NOTICES NOTICE This is to make known that Russell Kulaslngam Proctor alias Abdul Rahim bin Abdullah, Identity Card No. SL *****9 Klg. of the Customs and Excise Office, Port Swettenham, is one and the same person as "he has now embraced the Muslim Palth with effect from 14th December, 1955.890 words
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Advertisement354 1956-02-28 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US PACIFIC PORTS— iU QATb Sailing Arriving Ssn Francisco Spor* P. Swet. Penan? hrn Elisabeth Bakke sailed 6 Mar* 11 Mar 12 Mar Cjcrtmd Bakk* 7 Mar 6 Ape 8 Apr 9 Apr Kristin Bakk* 18 Ape 18 May 20 May 21 May Anna Bakk*354 words
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Advertisement1052 1956-02-28 11 MANSFIELD d« com LTD. THE BLUE' "womSSL LOfE gJT 18/ Mar T P oo. I Dublin Mar 2 Me, I ""JW JJ« II <•££, -jllond. London Mar u> v^ Mar 11 Marl] SIT 11 ]'/H ARRIVALS from U.K., CONTINENT 4 USA Fr uK p rr 8 '£-«3te S2S- ft/Co* n1,052 words
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Advertisement949 1956-02-28 11 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA »j -IMWA- «^?°i/7 i? 01 ryyßtu!) "kimJ^. it/J^Mar 21/22 Mar 11/14 M.r SAILINGS FtOM SCAHMNAVIA/U.K./COHTINEHT "IAMOA" ,or Bongkok. P0 "faStria*' f^B^^k 0 27/U /M "Z 25 Soigon, Hongkong, Manila, THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. 8 SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTIM lil^ilX? 1 KUALA LUMPUR PORT PENANG949 words
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Advertisement962 1956-02-28 11 bS.no THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD SINGAPORE ilncorporoTed m the United Kingdom) J LINE] L SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTIHENT PORTS MHO. for London. S#P SWI Rottetoom 4/1 S Mar —^tliniie 4 Am ■ENVENUE for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Homburs 7/1 J Mar 14/14 Mar 17/18 Mai •MHMOCH for London. Uttor/SAn MMiißlMilMto962 words
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Advertisement1083 1956-02-28 11 McALISTER tic CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: 2*361 BfilBBJIAll *k BUCKN ALL KLAVENKSB LINK LONDON NAVtI ROTTERDAM LOS AN «LES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, SIATTU 4 VANCOUVER ond for UiA., North Atlontie Porti A «"P»'»9 earae ferCaiitral ft South end Canada and via Colombo America I CITY OP POOHA CA D1,083 words
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Article287 1956-02-28 12 BUT IN BORNEO IT NETS PROFITS NORTH Borneo is "cashing in" profitably on re-ex-ports of Indonesian and Filipino copra, writes Bill Campbell. Between one-third and a half of the Colony's thriving copra export trade its third largest industry is based on these re-exports, Customs officers estimate. Besides bringing the North287 words
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255 1956-02-28 12 A major crisis faces our local copra trade THE dwindling of Malayan exports of copra due to continuing stiff competition from the Philippines is causing grave concern to the Singapore copra trade. Last year's exports showed a drop of 43.9 per cent compared with 1954. The total value of the255 words
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Article, Illustration125 1956-02-28 12 $1 million Colony housing plan gets under way WORK will begin shortly on a $1 million housing estate to be developed on a site off the 6th m.s. Holland Road, Singapore. The project will involve the construction of 60 houses of three different designs to suit would-be occupiers. The area125 words
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Article87 1956-02-28 12 A business executive of a leading American concrete piling company is due in Singapore on Friday for a market survey of development projects in the Federation. He is Mr. Henry C. Boschen. vice-president of Raymond Concrete Piling Company, who is flying in from Bangkok. Mr. Boschen87 words
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Article, Illustration243 1956-02-28 12 A REPRESENTATIVE of a leading British pen manufacturing company who arrived in Singapore last week said more and more people in Malaya had become "penminded" after the war. He said his company re- garded Malaya as one of its important markets and was hopeful that243 words
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Article, Illustration208 1956-02-28 12 MALAYA is regarded as an Important market by a leading British firm which manufactures stamping and counting machines which are being supplied all over the world including the Iron Curtain countries. The head of the company, who paid a visit to Singapore last week,208 words
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Article, Illustration216 1956-02-28 12 PESSIMISTS in the tin market who thought the price of tin must eventually fall may yet be confounded, said Mr. J. D. St. C. Olliff-Lee, a director of A. Strauss and Co. Ltd., the London metal merchants. Mr. Olliff-Lee, who is on216 words
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Article100 1956-02-28 12 Statistics released by the depa. tment of Trade and Customs, in Jesselton. show that I the favourable trade balance for North Borneo in yean 1955 amounted to $17,250,000 1 against $3,000,000 for 1954. The value of Colony exports rose by $27,500,000 over the previous year"s100 words
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Advertisement221 1956-02-28 12 San Francisco GENERAL AGENTS MALAYA MANSFIELD COL™. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG (just rigirtbdk Just ncht for good looks and just j^Rj right for value, John White W^T Shoes are made in England by jSM ■xpert craftsmen. Tied to igß •very pair of John White^K Shoes is the Gu.ir:uuer^B |HT. I221 words
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Advertisement220 1956-02-28 12 DAIUT EXPENDITURE qQMLY $n,lS c c c n blcV,y wilt butj you ike best FOOD PRESERVER OH THE MARKET JK4»*V^««zt?Gyt of ccHtise 7r l_ IS* ii Quality Service See Your Authorised aflfjeefi/z#«.««T£aufe Dealer or contact THE EAST ASIATIC CO, LTD. ['"MOfOßisfsl 1 jS*7^*\ Now prefer... \(vunw) BATTERIES! i [»«»P«>rJ j220 words
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421 1956-02-28 13 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP TURF JOTTINGS BY fkISTRIBUTOR, one of Shaw Stable's best money-spinners, came to Malaya with no previous racing experience. Bought as a yearling for about £500 Australian (about $3,250), this Le Grand Due gelding came as a two-year-old. He soon made the grade and421 words
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308 1956-02-28 13 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Monday. "WE are just going away to see ir we can have a fT good time," said Australian tennis champion Lewis Hoad today before leaving with his wife, Jennifer, on a world tour a millionaire could well envy. Experts308 words
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Letter91 1956-02-28 13 TN your report on Friday, Feb. 24 about the annual general meeting of the Singapore Motor Club, you used the words and therefore racing activities will continue to be confined to road rallies." With respect I would like to point out that road rallies are in91 words
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Article29 1956-02-28 13 Seletar Junior "B beat Alexandra Junior F 1-0 with a goal scored by T. Wllshaw in their Services lr'.er-school Junior soccer league g*me at Seletar yesterday.29 words
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Article75 1956-02-28 13 MANILA, Mon.— South Korea beat a Manila Chinese selection 2-1 before a 6,000-crowd at Rizal Stadium yesterday. Larry Chau gave Manila the lead, but the Koreans replied through Woo Sang Kwon and King Hong Woo. On Saturday, Korea beat Phllpplnes 2-0 In the first of75 words
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120 1956-02-28 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. TVEE newly formed X Pan Malayan Women's Hockey Association are to invite a Hong Kong women's side to play some matches in Malaya. This was decided at a meeting yesterday of delegates from Singapore, Negri SembiUn. Perak and120 words
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Article131 1956-02-28 13 WANOANUI. New Zealand, Mon. rpHE touring West indies crickex ters beat Central Districts by 147 runs today after the home side had put up a good fight on a spinner's wicket here. Set to get 374 runs in 360 minutes for victory. Central Districts were allReuter - 131 words
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Article33 1956-02-28 13 SAINT nazaire. France, Mon. Gerhard Hecht, of Germany, retained his European light-heavy-weight boxing title here last night when Charles Colin, of France, retired in tbe 13th round of their 16-round fight.33 words
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335 1956-02-28 13 PESHAWAR, Mon. I PAKISTAN, with eight wlckeU x In hand, need only 18 runs to win the third Test match here against the touring M.C.C. "A" when play is resumed tomorrow alter today's re&t day. The scores after three days' playReuter - 335 words
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Article114 1956-02-28 13 PRAGUE. Mon. EMU. ZATOPEK, Czechoslovakia's triple sold medalist In the 1952 Olympics, won his first race in the 1956* Olympic year here yesterday. He covered a frozen cross-coun-try course of 8,300 metres in 26mm. 49.65ec. Zatopek finished less than 20 metres ahead of a field of 39Reuter - 114 words
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Advertisement370 1956-02-28 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE It Word* SS Min Box St tt: txtrm. BLAUPHUNKT E8 MM-Cine 1.9 lens $100. Piano Accordion "Cructanelle" 48 base $200 0.n.0 Box Al7lO. S.T. BUY YOUR FAVOURITE Records after tearing them on Pye Hi-Fi For every long playing record purchased you get Free one 78 rpm370 words
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Advertisement206 1956-02-28 13 X_ (TnflUQft .^jMBI FISHING NEiHR&i| The Fisherman's long dream I now has come true at last. I It's cftmUaa FISHING NET that has realized it* •ccause I 1. It brings you larger ca refits than conventional rypvf of net, particularly in the case of an Amllan gill net. 2. It206 words
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Miscellaneous498 1956-02-28 13 Cat alone dottrd lines •••■••<• nmm j I TUESDAY Straits Times > j WORD PUZZLE 'SS 1 j Cv» out and pin with other coupons. Potting instructions appear below, Name sr I 1 Hh [n I g I e [sy nu in TlwT I CH TH miss »k tmaa x^^ttß498 words
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769 1956-02-28 14 SPORTS FRONT Match should be resumed FOR THIRD YEAR, NO SING APORE NEGRI CRICKET FIXTURE SEVERAL DEPARTURES LEAVE GAPS IN COLONY TEAM By Our Cricket Reporter TVIE first cricket •I matches have been played to herald the opening of a new season although it will be another three weeks before769 words
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Article31 1956-02-28 14 R.A.F. Signals beat Seletar Dynamos 5-2 in a soccer friendly at Woodbridge yesterday. Slavin (3) and Colquhoun (2) scored for Signals and Erskine (2) for Dynamos.31 words
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470 1956-02-28 14 By J. A. BAIN rIOSE great sportsmen, the Fijians, have played their last rugby match in Malaya and are soon to leave us for their homeland. In the world of sport, as in the infinitely more important theatre of the470 words
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370 1956-02-28 14 By Our Soccer Reporter TIHE FIRST DAY of the Singapore soccer season on Sunday, when League runner s-up Tigers beat Marines, League and Cup champions, brought S.A.F.A. officials face to face with one of those problems they have never been able to tackle successfully370 words
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Article147 1956-02-28 14 ROYAL AIR FORCE right winger Ibrahim may play for Singapore against the King's Own Scottish Borderers in today's soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium, kick-off 5.15 p.m. Chong Mun, Tigers' winger who was the original selection, was injured in Sunday's match in which Tigers beat Marines147 words
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Article, Illustration76 1956-02-28 14 BERNARD S. ARNOLD, of Port Dickson (right), receiving the Fastest Time of the Day trophy from the Raja Muda of Perak at the conclusion of the Simpang Pulai Hill Climb at Ipoh on Sunday. The trophy was presented by the Sultan of Perak for F.T.D.76 words
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217 1956-02-28 14 POLICE AND VARSITY MEET IN SENIOR K.O. FINAL TODAY ffHE SINGAPORE hockey season will officially end when the senior and junior .finals of the Singapore Hockey Association's knockout competition are played today and tomorrow The senior final, between Police and University, will be decided on the S.C.C. padang this evening217 words
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Article69 1956-02-28 14 Fourteen year old David Strong won the R.A.F. Seletar Golf Club's 18-hole cross country competition with a score of 90--24 66. Runner-up was Sgt. J. Graham with 86-18-68. after a count back with C/Tech Wilkins and Michael Richards. The ball sweep was won by Sgt.69 words
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Article73 1956-02-28 14 Wales and West Country were beaten by The Rest of R.A.F. Seletar by nine points (two tries and a dropped goal) to three (try) in a rugger fixture at Seletar yesterday. v The Combined side took the lead just before the interval with a try by73 words
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Article22 1956-02-28 14 Nets practice has been arranged for Non-Benders every Wednesday, beginning tomorrow, at the Singapore Recreation Club as in the past.22 words
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Article188 1956-02-28 14 SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad, Mon. GEOFF ELLIOTT, the stocky falr-halred British pole vault champion, went record-chasing In the two-day Southern Games which ended here yesterday. Elliott Britain's main Olympic decathlon hope, set a new Trinidad all-comers' record for the dtscus with a throw of 123 ft. Bin..Reuter - 188 words
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269 1956-02-28 14 MOK SIN PIN - MOK SIN PIN By ttu±u Singapore Amateur swimming A.ssori x meeting last night decided to reco'mr Singapore Olympic and Sports Council SJ pore's water-polo team, the Asian chanW sent to the Olympic Games at Mpihn J 'on$ pore's i l consld er269 words
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209 1956-02-28 14 LONDON. Mon. A TWO-MONTH mid-winter break in the English soccer season has been suggested to improve the standard of play and help bring back the "missing millions" of spectators. This proposal, by crack First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers, will be considered by theReuter - 209 words
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Article105 1956-02-28 14 NEW YORK, Mon. ULU SCHMIDT, of Sweden, beat fellow-countryman Sven Davidson 6-1. 6-3, 8-10, 6-3 here yesterday La the men's singles final of the United States indoor j lawn tennis championships. Davidson, top-seeded overseas player and winner of the title in 1954, was firm favourite in the105 words
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Page 14 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous64 1956-02-28 14 HOCKEY SENIOR knockout final: Police V University. SCC padan*. SOCCER Singapore v Kind's Own Scottish Borderers, Jalan Besar stadium. INTER-SCHOOL: Trade School v Hartley, Hartley Road; AngloChinese v Victoria, V.S.; St. Joseph's r St. Andrew's, Bras Basah Road; Boy's Town v Raffles, R.I. FRIENDLY: Maxwell v Blue Rovers, Balestier Road;64 words
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