The Singapore Free Press, 23 February 1956
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Title Section18 1956-02-23 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malava No. *****. Singapore. Thursday. February 23, 1956. Price 15Cts18 words
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115 1956-02-23 1 Hanging: London keep in touch with Colonies \|R. JOHN HARE, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs 111 said in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government would keep the British Colonial Governments informed of any decision it took about abolishing or suspending the death penalty in Britain. Vlr. StephenReuter - 115 words
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Article, Illustration138 1956-02-23 1 Police pictures scared them XHREE armed Chinese raided part of a house 1 occupied by the bead of the Singapore police homicide squad, Mr. V. N. Ratnasingham, in Kempas Road last night. They left without taking anything when, it is beved thei saw photograph- of138 words
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68 1956-02-23 1 THE TRUSTED CARETAKER OF THE QUEEN 10 ND O N B Lord J Mayor. Mr. C'uthbert Ackroyd, yesterday lauded the Duke of Edinburgh as the Britisb people's trusted caretaker of their Queen. Welcoming the Royal couple back from their Nigerian tour, at a Guild Hall banquet, Mr Ackroyd told theU.P. - 68 words
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Article54 1956-02-23 1 Leftists called in Calcutta yesterday for the bi 1-day strike ever organised against the government to protest the proposed n\ of the neighbouring states of West Bengal and Behar. The strike is to be followed by a series of "civil disobedience" actions until the governmentU.P. - 54 words
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183 1956-02-23 1 A LEFT-WING Labour member. Mr. Stephen Davies asked in the House of Commons yesterday why American consular stall were allowed to search Chinese residents In Hon, Kong 11, they entered the senior department of the Nam Wah Middle School and forcibly subjectedReuter - 183 words
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Article222 1956-02-23 1 NEW BLACK HOLE HORROR 100 held after Sudan riots die in barracks room AT least 160 cotton farmers arrested after a violent week-end clash with Sudanese police died yesterday in a "black hole" army barracks where they had been herded together in one room. The tragedy was admitted "with deepReuter; U.P. - 222 words
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167 1956-02-23 1 Three sons 'freed by Reds' join mum again A 34-YEAR-OLD Englishwoman ran excitedly up the landing steps of a plane at London Airport last night to be reunited with her three sons whom she had not seen since she left them in Czechoslovakia last year. Mrs. Mary Edwards, tall. 34Reuter - 167 words
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Article71 1956-02-23 1 Three British civil aviation officers were committed for trial in London yesterday on charges of conspiring to smuggle opium by air between Bahrein and Singapore. They pleaded not guilty. The' men are George Bellamy, a pilot employed by Sky v. ays. a British charter company:Reuter - 71 words
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Article47 1956-02-23 1 Mr. John Hare. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, told the House of Commons yesterday that he had no confirmation of a report of a breakdown in the present talks in Cyprus between the Governor. Sir John Harding and Archbishop Makarios.— ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article72 1956-02-23 1 The British Government Ls considering changes in the national health law which will extend maternity and widows benefits to wives from countries where polygamy is legal The existing law did not permit the benefits of the national insurance plan to the wives of the West Africans,72 words
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Article48 1956-02-23 1 Soviet Minister of Defence Georsi Zhukov. in an Order of the Day in honour of Soviet Army Day. today called on the Soviet armed forces to "watch vigilantly for the intrigues of aggressive forces and to strengthen the defence capacity of the Soviet mainland."- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article79 1956-02-23 1 THE price of rubber in Singapore this morning opened disappointingly at 96 1 4 cents a pound for i March first grade, f.o.b. buyers, a drop of l 3 4 cents from yesterday's closing price. The drop was attributed to the poor response from the overnight79 words
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Article59 1956-02-23 1 Army votes cast in last j week-end's Greek general election have increas?d the overall majority of Mr. Constantine Karamanlis's antiCommunist Radical Union Government and others may increase it still more, an Interior Ministry spokesman said in Athens yesterday. The spokesman said the* Radicals now held 158Reuter - 59 words
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Advertisement31 1956-02-23 1 TPAOE 4 jT jj I MARK ©L» MAM STOUT q NOW AVAILABLE BR IN QUART fl\ BOTTLES AS IA WELL AS flggj] PINTS If*! ORDER TODAY l^j FROM YOUR l^gP DEALER31 words
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Article134 1956-02-23 2 "COUTH-EAST Asia Ls undergoing a revolution £_s far-reaching in importance as the French Revolution," said Mr. Richard G. Casey, the Australian Externa] Affairs Minister, in Canberra yesterday In a major foreign policy .statement to the House of Representatives he said he hoped and believed thatU.P. - 134 words
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Article15 1956-02-23 2 A trade agreement hajs been concluded between Communist Rumania and Japan. ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Article241 1956-02-23 2 DON'T BE SOLD, HE WARNS PREMIER NEHRU INDIA should take professions of co-existence by other nations with more than a grain of salt, Mr. H. V. Kamath, Socialist, told the House of the People (Lower House) in New Delhi yesterday. Mr Kamath criticised Russia forReuter - 241 words
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Article, Illustration45 1956-02-23 2 rIE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black (above) inspecting; a guard-of-honour of Scouts at the St. Joseph's School ground yesterday. Meanwhile Lady Black, who is president of the Girl Guide Association, went to Raffles Girls School Hall vesterday in connection with the "Thinking Day collection.45 words
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155 1956-02-23 2 PLANES SHOOT UP 34 REBELS AFTER SOS BY TRAPPED CONVOY ETLFTY-THREE soldiers and rebels were killed when an ambushed French military convoy. aided by fighter planes, fought off a strong Nationalist rebel attack in Western Algeria on Tuesday. The French convoy lost 19 dead. French mop-up squads found 34 rebelA.P. - 155 words
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Article73 1956-02-23 2 Members of Pierre Poujade's anti-taxation movement blocked action in the French National Assembly again yesterday with a sitdown strike on the rostrum over an election dispute. Jean Lamalle, a Poujadist from the Yonne department (county* launched a filibuster in mid-afternoon and defied a ruling from AssemblyA.P. - 73 words
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Article75 1956-02-23 2 |>RITISH Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will "sound" the Israeli and Arab governments about their minimum conditions for a permanent peace between them during his tour of Middle East capitals next month, diploma- tic sources in London said yesterday. Mr. Lloyd's announcement yesterday that he would visit75 words
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Article224 1956-02-23 2 fTiALKS to weld Britain's X Caribbean islands into one nation neared their conclusion yesterday in London with Only one major question outstanding—the site of a Federal capital. The final report of the conference, which began at Lancaster House 15 days ago. Is due to beReuter - 224 words
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53 1956-02-23 2 PAKISTAN DENIES CAPTURE OF INDIAN ISLAND AN official Pakistan spokesman denied in Karachi yesterday that Pakistani troops had captured an island in Indian territory. Neither had they been involved in any clash with Indian troops, he said. A recent incident on the Indian-West Pakistan border involved police and not troops,Reuter - 53 words
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Article, Illustration24 1956-02-23 2 rwlft th ?**•*?****< if «>' the Indian High miniss...ner,orM,l, M :l t a co.kta.l party given n her honour by Mr. Tandon last night Free PressFree Press - 24 words
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Article26 1956-02-23 2 Four Japanese and a Formosan have been arrested by Tokyo police on suspicion of smuggling narcotics to finance extrenv right-wing political factions.- U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Advertisement51 1956-02-23 2 U ISF I I m mosi imperttwwr La* li tn/tsulr ctmtain*: a urn use ijm isr i&iu. Mg. Mg •n B 0.l Mg mi n C "I Mg. I in P—ttlifMi l Mg. Available at all good dealers and:THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33 RAFFLES PLACE, SINCAPORE CCLw STORAGE ARCADE, ORCHARD51 words
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Article, Illustration126 1956-02-23 3 DAWN ADDAMS, 25-year-old British film star wife of Italian Prince Vittorio Massimo, will star opposite Charlie Chaplin in bis next film, "The King ir. New York" which he plans to start at the end of April, it was announced in Rome last night. Chaplin whoReuter - 126 words
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146 1956-02-23 3 A husky gunman was captured and his beautiful kidnap victim freed unharmed early yesterday in a frenzied fight outlined by police spotlights on a lonely praii. Pueblo. Colorado. One bullet Bred during the brief battle wounded both the abductor. Eugene C. Hurst, 28, and RobertA.P. - 146 words
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Article47 1956-02-23 3 Britain's active defence forces numbered 779,500, at the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Defence, announced in London last night. Of this total 123,500 were in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, 411.800 in the Army, and 244.200 in the RAF. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article19 1956-02-23 3 The first Russian ship carrying good- from India for Afghanistan will leave Bombay on Sunday. U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article52 1956-02-23 3 ISLAND CASINO PLAN IS THROWN OUT T HF i Man holiday island ol Douglas, mid-way between North west England and Northern Ireland. is not to ha ica ;no. The project commended by the -Hand's visitins industry commission, but yesterd r a tw debate the islands parliament Uhe XjHWtJ<U threw itReuter - 52 words
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117 1956-02-23 3 Union Jacks again over 4 U.S. towns BRITISH Union Jack flags flew briefly over four upper New York State communities yesterday and flag poles were posted with proclamations that the territory had been "repossessed" by the British. The flags waved as dawn broke. A short time later police hauled themA.P. - 117 words
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385 1956-02-23 3 Bishop hits out at Catholics: 'Same claims as Reds TWO outspoken attacks on Roman Catholicism were launched by the Anglican Bishop of Manchester, Dr. William Greer, and the British Protestant Alliance yesterday. rhe Bishop of Manchester made his criticism in a leaflet calling attention t 0 the 400th anniversary ofReuter - 385 words
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146 1956-02-23 3 No-hanging plea is lost by man who killed his baby T^HE last man to be sentenced to death in Scotland before last week's parliamentary vote in favour of abolishing capital punishment lost his appeal in Edinburgh yesterday before the Scottish Court of Criminal appeal. The three judges decided that ample146 words
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Article106 1956-02-23 3 ORITISH prison guards expressed fear for their lives yesterday because of the Commons vote to abolish the death penalty for murder. The Prison Officers' Association announced it had sent the government a memorandum saying the vote caused "disquiet" among its members. Hanging should stillA.P. - 106 words
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Article81 1956-02-23 3 THE father of teenager Shirley Hitching. Bet out yesterday to break up her romance because the boy who loves her —is a ghost. Shirley. a 15-year-old London salesgirl, told a television audience that the ghost, named Donald, makes love to her by rapping on h^r bedroom81 words
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Article169 1956-02-23 3 ROUND-UP OF 115 NO-BUS MEN IS ON Police yesterday began the mast arrest of 115 Negroes indicted for participation in the 11 -week boycott of public buses at Montgomery, Alabama by Negroes. Nin c churchmen were among the first taken into custody. Another Negro leader, whose home wa.s bombed recently,169 words
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208 1956-02-23 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Feb. 23, 1956. Opinion A UNIQUE CHANCE THE Federation Chief x Minister's sense of equity has made him hesitant to issue a call for general mobilLsation against the Communist outlaws. And for this he must be given great credit. General mobilisation would involve sacrifices from208 words
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Article, Illustration912 1956-02-23 4 TREVOR EVANS - TREVOR EVANS by In fifty years I've known all six Socialist leaders— and No. 6 has the toughest job TT is more comfort- ing for the Socialists to look back 50 years than to look forward five years. After all, the past has this consolation. We912 words
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Article161 1956-02-23 4 Brachromber - Brachromber __s___«____^ A WIFE in Colorado has obtained a divorce because her husband made her live in a cave full of snakes. I expect that her mother, on a visit, as she crouched on the earth floor, noticed two or three snakes on a bit of jutting161 words
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Advertisement25 1956-02-23 4 <<A WIDE SELECTION) of PRESENTATION; GIFTS I Suitable for All Occasions)! Visit:G. C. De SUVA 8R05.,) "Jewellers" 8 3. RAFFLES PLACE Singapore-! Tel: *****. Y25 words
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Advertisement109 1956-02-23 4 I _s^^^^' WORLD-WIDE. That s the Austin market. That's the conception behind each new Austin. They're all-weather cars. Cars that show their value on the roughest roads. Cars that are at home m any city, any country, any climate. Cars that are dependable through and through The A9O Six Westminster109 words
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245 1956-02-23 5 t problem baffled f i *i the D h y sicii »ts at 1 t the atomic energy e$- X I tablishment a t Harwell. 1,, ut 80 *>oys at Lord X I Williams's Grammar I School, Thame, Ox- I 'ordshire wrote the I245 words
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Article34 1956-02-23 5 The Japanese freighter ffobakasan Mam was standing by the British motor Vessel Carlisle Hay which was disabled and out of water about 265 miles northeast ol Bermuda yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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148 1956-02-23 5 YfRS. June Frape, 21, iTI was married in the snowbound Kent village of Sutton-with-Studdal. It was a white wedding. But under her shimmering wedding gown June wore gumboots. She needed them for the two-mile trudge through the snow-covered fields to the village church. In148 words
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273 1956-02-23 5 HTHEY call it The Secret Science of City Men, and it's gaining more initiates. London bankers, brokers, lawyers and clerks are getting imbers after office hours together in increasing nil for two main aims: 1. -Reduction of the City's more prominent corporations.273 words
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Article107 1956-02-23 5 HOSPITAL SOS TO MOTHERS 4 WEST COUNTRY town facing a hospital crisis issued this appeal to local mothers: If vou are an ex-nurse ana willing to do part-time work at the hospital— the hospital may be able to t after your children The Taunt. in and Somerset Hospital needs 65107 words
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Article66 1956-02-23 5 Then he joined the "crocodile" to church. "For sheer show it knocked those Society affairs into a cocked hat," said the rector, the Rev. Arthur Baker. "A wonderful photograph.." it would have been had the wedding photographer managed to get there. June was dead66 words
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Article109 1956-02-23 5 Somersault 'encores' for police THE travelling showman was being given a drunk test after being in a car accident. He called for a chair. Then, to show he was sober, he put one hand on the back, the other on the seat, and balanced with his feet in the air.109 words
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Article40 1956-02-23 5 The New Statesman and Nation, left-wing weekly review, has become the first major casaulty of the current dispute between London printing firms and printers. It announced last night that no issue would appear this week. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article205 1956-02-23 5 T'HREE Appeal Court judges turned down the plea of a jailed man whose case, said a Q.C., "cried out for pity and mercy." The man: Squadron Leader Ronald John Healey, aged 36, serving a five-year j sentence for wounding his wife. His plea: Let205 words
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Article41 1956-02-23 5 President Eisenhower yesterday ordered the release of 40.000 kilogrammes of Uranium 235 for use in the United States and overseas in the development of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The Uranium Is valued at $3,000 million. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article32 1956-02-23 5 Rotary International yesterday announced in Evanston Illinois, the awarding of 128 Rotary foundation fellowships to outstanding graduate students from 32 countries for study abroad during the 1956-57 school year.- A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article13 1956-02-23 5 A moderate earthquake was felt yesterday at Siena I Italy. A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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396 1956-02-23 5 BREACH CASE GIRL GIVES ENGAGEMENT RING TO CHARITY IN a London court corridor an attractive girl handed over to charity her £855 diamond engagement ring she had worn for nine weeks. A settlement had just been announced in the High Court action Miss Pamela Silvert brought against 34-year-old Mr Ralph396 words
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Article74 1956-02-23 5 A FATHER carried his four-year-old son down a rope of knotted sheets when fire broke out at their homo in Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, Kent. Then the father, 42-year-old Mr. Francis Walter, got a ladder to rescue his wife and eight-month-old baby. Another son. aged74 words
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Advertisement115 1956-02-23 5 Oriental Silverware Tea and Coffee Sets with Trays, Cigarette Cases, Cigarette Boxes, Ash Trays, Cake Baskets, Trinket Boxes, Spoons and Condiment Sets, Silver Filigree Ware, Bracelets, Earrings. Pendants, Necklaces, Brooches, Rings, etc. LANKA Jewellers, (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINCAPORE-1 PHONE: ***** f SPECIAL REDUCTION INDIAN WOOLLEN115 words
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Miscellaneous462 1956-02-23 6 MANDRAKE by lbs* Falk and Piiil Davi* j 7^\\^^' J j Cv *m,\ (i^^__T_^ VJM-^*^ ?J, I^-- EATING MY 70U6W 4/?A10fl/ carpenter )S. P^fca^^~^^^ m THE^-^ 1 7^ HOUS£/ X U ORN today yoU have an expansive ItJ 3 Ju^ paiming. 1 Y«»u probably will b. J happiest if you462 words
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87 1956-02-23 7 Police fuss over those S'pore films was error A Singapore police fuss over the screening of a number of documentary films by the Chung Cheng High School Old Boys* Association was due to a misunderstanding. The Film Censor, Mrs. Cynthia Koek said this yesterday in explaining why police at first87 words
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Article195 1956-02-23 7 LONDON. Feb. 22. Previous Today ,i IHU.K No. 1 KSS c.i.f. 28 buyers i buyeis European Ports March 28' t sellers dUBBKB No. 1 KSS cJ.f. 27 4 bll] buyer. European Torts April 28 seilers sellers .i ni.i K No. 1 KSs j>pot 29 buyers 28 4195 words
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Article110 1956-02-23 7 Feb. 22. Previous Today >PR\ Philippines c.i.f. F.K./ North Furopean delivered »Hght prr lons ton Feb. Mar. $179 sellers $178 sellers DPB Mr.iils c if. I K North I uropean delivered weight per I, i£ Un Feb. .March £64', buyers £64', buvers ,un £65 sellers £65110 words
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305 1956-02-23 7 LMFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Mr. John Lawrie Brown made a noise like an electric motor horn in court. The magistrates at Dronfleld, Yorkshire, were startled. "1 should just think they were/' said Mrs. Brown. "It's horrible." Mr. Brown, of Hall-lane, Leeds, had pleaded not305 words
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Article247 1956-02-23 7 A LONDON bus driver told a court that there was a "feud" between bus and taxi drivers in London streets. He was Charles Henry Hartley. 45. who was alleged at London Sessions to have overtaken a taxi driven by 18-year-old Mathew Manning by passing247 words
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Article153 1956-02-23 7 FILM MAN'S WIFE LIED, SAYS JUDGE FILM director F r a n k Gordon Worth, with two Other men, broke into his own living-room early one j morning. He found his 27-year-old wife Jean asleep in a bed with Mr. Kobie Westone, said Mr. Justice Wallington in the London Divorce153 words
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93 1956-02-23 7 I'm no crook sobs Violetta to customs VIOLETTA ELVIN, beautiful, dark-eyed Sadler's Wells ballerina, wept at London Airport as she exclaimed: "I am not a crook!'' She had just been questioned for nearly half an hour by a Customs man about things she brought back from Stockholm. Violetta explained: "In93 words
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244 1956-02-23 7 That vacant seat in the Commons is now standing joke IN mid-Ulster there is no difficulty in getting a candidate to stand. The difficulty is in getting one who can sit. This crack came from Mr. Chuter Ede, Labour's former Home Secretary, In the Commons. Members pressed that the Bill244 words
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Article36 1956-02-23 7 Two Dutch companies have just entered tenders to build an oil refinery in Syria. British, French and West German lirms and the Czechs and the Russians already are competing.- A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article30 1956-02-23 7 Herr Heinrich von Brentano. West German Foreign Minister, reported in detail to the cabinet in Bonn yesterday on his two-day "friendly" discussions in Paris on the Saar. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article27 1956-02-23 7 Canada has been invited to send a joint militarycivilian team of observers to* Britain's atomic tests off the coast of Northern Australia this year. U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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Advertisement114 1956-02-23 7 ___*^-^__G_\ JSS^^Kx, ne success leads to another for the JftfcSSy* "Solveig" was the winning yacht on her /Tjffi&flKC arrival at Hobart. rm w&Ssw&T\ Following closely on the memorable X^^Tr^^J Atlantic crossing by Movado, this Latest //r\ lf J_l«fc_ experiment confirms the indisputable mTfL -JILo^^RV superiority of Movado's waterproof and wft114 words
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Miscellaneous55 1956-02-23 7 >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦♦♦ X SINCAPORE j HIGH TIDES t TODAY: 10 12 p.m. X TOMORROW: 9 10 a.m. and 19.52 p.m. X SATIRDAY: 10 10 am and 1122 p.m. X SINDAY: 10 59 am J X and 11.53 p.m. 4 MONDAY: 11 IS a.m. X TUESDAY: 1 .22 a.m. and 12.24 p.m.55 words
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Article, Illustration497 1956-02-23 8 It's a poignant, and important, moment in a day of moving scenes as John Aguh, a blind leper, talks to the Otieen he cannot see (above) during the Royal visit to the Oji River leper settlement, Eastern Nigeria. Old John, his lace scarred by the disease,A.P.; Reuter; Popper - 497 words
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Article, Illustration1716 1956-02-23 10 JOHN JOWETT - The Prince with the pale eyes... JOHN JOWETT DID IT HAPPEN? Another story to keep you guessing. The answer will be given tomorrow^J by John Jowett, original!/ intended for the timber trade, preferred the theatre and is now a well-known actor, broa dca ster, no ve I ist and ploywright.1,716 words
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Advertisement16 1956-02-23 10 DID yesterdays story— 'THE MAN FROM THE PAST," by Louis Hagen-actuallv happen? The an•wei Is FES16 words
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Article, Illustration958 1956-02-23 11 William Hickey - William Hickey was window-shop- ping down the Charing Cross-road at a quarter past three the other afternoon when I saw Princess Margaret walking with three friends through the crowds. The friends: Billy Wallace, Judy Montagu, and Mrs. Michael Brand. The ihiin m t r958 words
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Advertisement104 1956-02-23 11 but Doctor, _S«l why does 'Disprin' yD^ilw^Rfl relieve pain fl £i wl^'tew so quickly? SEE IT DISSOLVES! Dispnn tablets really dissolve, instead T_to It Disarm Tata H S«i of breakin U P ,lk "*>« P™ remedies. f(\ Because Dispnn dissolves, it is more 1 rapidly absorbed by your body, and104 words
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Article, Illustration86 1956-02-23 12 picture TMSrAL hobby followed by film star Betty Grable is collecting blouses, and she has a large wardrobe of them In all styles and materials. One of her favourites is this trim, tailored shirtstyle pink and white candy striped one she is wearing here. It has stiffenedReuter - 86 words
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Article, Illustration357 1956-02-23 12 n lloth sides vulnerable North dealer vvrHAT would you bid on the North hand? When this deal was actually played. North bid two no-trump and South raised to three. A club opening from East reduced North-South to a single stopper on their combined holdIng. and North was unable357 words
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Article180 1956-02-23 12 Meet the Boulevard Girl... BELLA, Bella Bal-: main. The collec- j tion which Pierre Bal-; main showed in Paris last week is so feminine that even the gentlemen of England could not complain. His theme is Italian. He uses the sunny colours of Southern Italy mimosa yellow, pomegranate red. Florentine180 words
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Article711 1956-02-23 12 It's exotic— it's Oriental Harem hemlines, mandarin necklines, kimono sleeves, sashes and colours... I DOROTHY ROE, reporting on the fashion trend in New York, says- SLIM is the line, light is the weight and wandering is the waistline of America's 1956 spring fashions. New York designers are unanimously agreed onA.P. - 711 words
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Article, Illustration46 1956-02-23 13 picture. There*! nothing like a Mauser hat to make the British winter seem shorter, even though it's not ret sprint; in Europe. Pink roses, with all the warm appeal of sunn? days, deeeraiei this summer beater in pink organza, designed by (iina Davies of London. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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391 1956-02-23 13 A new rord is about to be unveiled T*HE British Ford Motor Company's new hush-hush models withdrawn at the last minute from the Brussels New Year motor show- may gel their first public viewing this week. For the last month, Ford engineers have been testing four new Americanstyle Sedan.-, atA.P. - 391 words
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Article114 1956-02-23 13 PARIS taxi-drivers, never a very tranquil band of brothers, are raising a rumpus about an unusual come-back of the black market. It arises out of a Paris by-law laying down that taxLs may only wait "on the rank" in various parts of the capital for fares on payment114 words
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728 1956-02-23 13 Vibration-free motoring in 2 years' time HARRY C DRAKE reports that the gas turbine car is nearing the mass-production stage T*HE gas-turbine car is A now within sight of commercial production. The last great design problem is yielding to inventive genius. Now there remains only the practical issue of translating728 words
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Article, Illustration1204 1956-02-23 14 LESLIE THOMAS - LESLIE THOMAS by FOR the tenement folk of New York's East Side it was the big day of the summer. It began well, it was warm and seemed to indicate a fine day. Crowded families in the grey haphazard slums were astir before the sun had1,204 words
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Article216 1956-02-23 14 OEOPLE in Britain 1 under no necessity to use old cars will applaud the decision of the country's Minister of Transport to make compulsory tests of vehicle efficiency. But events will probably prove that the decision is no more than a sop to the216 words
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Miscellaneous262 1956-02-23 14 (I. IKS ACROSS 5 Not entirely a failure fj>. 2 Sadie understands a little H A sh <>rt railway from the (5;. east (5). 5 From N to Z? (.4). 10 s P*ak with hesitation finally 7 Most of a Czechoslovakia!! l s)i city (4). ll Concerning wages perhaps 8262 words
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688 1956-02-23 15 TEDDY WALTHAM - DON'T SHOOT THE BRITISH REF! HE'S BETTER THAN THIS LOT Or JUDGES TEDDY WALTHAM By Geaeral Secretary of the British Boxiag Board of Control who defends the British systea of refereeing despite I_m uproar following the WulcriiiaiiXamlun fight decision. g()XIN(i is under fire. Clitics say the British system of contests688 words
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Article, Illustration48 1956-02-23 15 GRAM) National entry Wise hil d, who j showed his stamina by running second to Lin- j well in the Mildmay Memorial Handicap Stee- j plechase at. Sandown Park recently. Here he is j out for exercise with his j jockey G. Milburn astride, i48 words
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462 1956-02-23 15 OXFORD'S BOAT RACE CREW HIT BY ILLNESS AN unprecedented run of illness has dogged Oxford I niversity during training for this years boat race on March 24 and at this vital stage of preparation, the Oxford president has not yet been able to announce his crew. While the Cambridge Uni.ersityReuter - 462 words
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Article125 1956-02-23 15 PLOT TO KIDNAP REFEREE Til E hi*h spirited students of Durham's colleges planned to kidnap referee George Tatlock. of Bolton, when he travelled to take charge of the F.A. Amateur Cuptie between Durham City and Norton \Vood>eats and hold him to ransom. The 1,100 students were holding their annual "rag."125 words
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Article34 1956-02-23 15 ALEXANDRA Foot ball Team beat University of Malaya 4-1 J' l il friendly mat e li at Bukit Timah yesterday, Hamid i Kum Honi Wan I lor Alexanand Maurict Khoo for .ty.34 words
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280 1956-02-23 15 Class 1, 2 and 4 for Bukit Tim ah March Meeting THE Spring Cup over a mile, worth $6,000 in stakes and a Cup, for CI. 1,. Div. 1 horses will be the main event at the four-day meeting of the Singapore Turf Club at Bukit Timah on Mar. 24,280 words
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Article48 1956-02-23 15 MANCHESTER City and Sunderland entered the quarter-finals of the F.A Cup competition yesterday. In their fifth round reManchester City beat Liverpool 2-1 and Sunderland beat Sheffield rnitcd 10 Manchester City will now meet Everton and Sunderland are drawn against Newcastle on March 3 ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article22 1956-02-23 15 R.A.F. Seletar Saracens beat Seletar Greyhounds by 14 poin' 1. three to nil in a n. match at Seletar yesterday22 words
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Advertisement34 1956-02-23 15 OCEAN PARK I HOTEL'S i FAMOUS QUINTET < s I x Are Band of Singapore S; with >S 4#"W << SS sMs < v SS << 1 /MISS SALOMA the Malay >> "Marilyn Monroe" << >< Ring ***** for Table >) Reservations.34 words
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399 1956-02-23 16 ALLAN LEWIS - Senorita again shows winning form in 3f gallop; going is soft ALLAN LEWIS FINAL WORKOUTS FOR SATURDAY'S RACES AT PENANG by OENORITA (Ransome) again showed winning form this morning at Penang when she was going a little better than Firebird (West) to run 3F In 38 3,5. This was the399 words
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246 1956-02-23 16 BOXING BOARD TAKES REFEREE GREEN'S LICENCE AWAY WATERMAN-GAVILAN FICHT UPROAR THE British Boxing Board of Control yesterday withdrew the referee's licence of Ben Green following an enquiry into the decision awarded to Peter Waterman (Britain) against Kid Gavilan (Cuba) at Harring ly. London, a fortnight ago. In a statement theReuter - 246 words
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Article72 1956-02-23 16 PHILIPPINES lightweight champion Leo Alonzo (131 3 4 won a 12-round decision against Siam's Omsap Laemlapha (131 3 4 to retain hLs Phillippines lightweight title in Manila last night. In an earlier fight, Larry Bataan (122) substituted for Emil Tinde and outboxed SS. Somkiat (125) inA.P. - 72 words
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Article321 1956-02-23 16 piNAL positions in the Singa- pore Bo ion's league competition lor the M are: DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts. SRC. 11 9 1 1 26 6 19 C.S.C. 11 7 1 3 24 16 15 Chang! 11 7 1 3 17 16321 words
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Article193 1956-02-23 16 "VIPv. Green appeared on Itl British television last night and made a statement. Describing the stewards decision as a "very drastic one," he said that he was certain referees could cairy on after the age of 65 (the age now laid down by the 8.8.8. of C.193 words
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104 1956-02-23 16 Carole (1 6) is world figure skating champion MISS Carole Heiss, 16--year-old skater from New York, won the women's title in the world figure skating championships in West Germany. She beat her compatriot and greatest rival. Miss Tenley Albright, the world and Olympic champion into sec- ond place, thus reversingReuter - 104 words
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Article45 1956-02-23 16 ■■■■■■■■■.I RUGGER Malays v Fijian*. Jalan Besar. 8 p.m. SOCCER Inter-school: Balesticr Junior Trad* v Victoria. V.S.; St. Patrick's v St. Joseph's, St. Patrick's; Beattv v R.1., R.1.; Friendly: Rajaji S.C. v Gurkha Police. Farrer Park; Indian Brotherhood v Farrer Juniors. Farrer Park.45 words
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Article134 1956-02-23 16 i M-CW ZEALAND have made lour changes from the side beaten Tuesday at Chrish hurch i for the third Test against West Indies which begins in Wellington on March 3. Henry Cave, medium pace bowler, who was captain in the first Test atReuter - 134 words
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247 1956-02-23 16 NEWCASTLE United took full points from their Division One league match against Portsmouth at Portsmouth last night, winning by two clear goals. But it was an unique match in that it was the fir.^t league game to be played under floodlights, and the victory247 words
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Article, Illustration5151 1956-02-23 1 FOLLOWING are the horses entered for the Penang Turf Club February/March Meeting:. CLASS TWO ACROBAT SCRATCHED: 4-2-56 S'pore 90 6f. a 2 Div 1 Track heavy. LAST) (12 atarted) 29-1-56 Spore 8-3 lm. (HudM):i) Cl 2 Div. 1; Ist Bright Eyes II 8-4- 2nd. Rice Mill5,151 words
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Article, Illustration3165 1956-02-23 3 IfOM.VVWiOrj ITAI IXTH I froI- H. 1-11 ■S. FOIRTH 14 m ►■t 5 Dn < 2r,d Pr- II ft-* CHT Ira'K good E*M R"« 1 Lartedj 28-12-55 p Cl 5 Div 3; Ist. H. reaul v 2r.c; .scope •^0 3rd Munlee &-0 I l/l I rack very3,165 words
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