The Singapore Free Press, 28 February 1956
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Title Section19 1956-02-28 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Tuesday, February 28, 1956. Price 15 Ct*19 words
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Article83 1956-02-28 1 A ll H ™en aboard a big B->0 Superfortress bomber died i\ yesterday when the plane crashed o.n a farm near Dayton. Ohio. Two were civilians. The plane exploded and burnt after crashing between a barn and a farm hom.\ botli oi which burnt toA.P. - 83 words
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Article125 1956-02-28 1 lihe permanent secretary to the Singapore Ministry of Health. Dr. R. H. Bland, today warned hospital attendants they would ickeri on the spot if hey took money from -itients. Dr. Bland said if any tatientfl were victimised by he junior stall they should nee inform the sister125 words
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Article, Illustration94 1956-02-28 1 WONG Ah Moy, a 19-year-oki spinster, has been reported mlfff*Tij| from her home m New Market Road. Singapore, since Saturday "Chap Goh Meh" eve Ah Moy was last seen leaving her house dressed m a floral-patterned "sam loo" and carrying bag on Saturday evening. Her father,94 words
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Article, Illustration224 1956-02-28 1 Dancing Smiths are baffled by contest ban THE "Dam-ins Smiths"— Corporal J.W. Smith of RAF Seletar and his wife— are baffled. They had entered a dancing competition on "Forces Ni^ht" sponsored by the Raffles Hotel on Sunday but were told they had been banned from competing. Mr. J. Mathiasen, assistant224 words
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Article40 1956-02-28 1 Mr. David Marshall, Chief Minister lor Singapore, lelt Geneva by air last night on his way home. The Chief Minister has been resting In the Swiss mountain resort ot Aross for the past two weeks. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article70 1956-02-28 1 ARMED MEN RANSACK WOMAN'S HOME Four men carrying a pistol and knives entered a house m Keong Siak Road, Singapore, last night and robbed a woman of $1,329 worth of jewellery, .some fountain peiio and $45 In cash. The woman, Wong Ah Yoke, told the police the uang entered the70 words
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Article47 1956-02-28 1 Persian troops have subdued a rebellion by elements dI Javanroudi nomad, c tribes on the Persian-Iraq border after a 21 -day engagement, a general stall communique revealed m Teheran yesterday. Most of the rebel C tains were seized and a lewtribesmen were killed. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article27 1956-02-28 1 Gurkha police and reserve unit this morning continued their search for arms stolen from the army depot m Kranji. Singapore, during I the week-end27 words
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226 1956-02-28 1 Week,s holiday cruise for Queen and Duke THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will have a week's cruise m the Mediterrant m m the 4.000-ton Royal yacht. Britannia, next month. Buckingham Palace announced last night. It will be the first time that a British sovereign has made a MediterraneanReuter - 226 words
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Article319 1956-02-28 1 EDEN LASHES OUT AT K AND B No social junket m U. K. NEW "tougrh line" with Russia by Sir Anthony Eden has created an entirely new climate for the April visit to Britain of the Soviet leaders, according 1 to diplomatic quarters m London. The Prime Minister pulled noReuter - 319 words
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Article72 1956-02-28 1 $6,000 gem theft in Singapore rIEVES la.st night broke th P showcase of a jeweller's shop m High Street. Singapore, and got away with $6,000 worth of Jewellery. The shop belongs to Mr. K. M. Oil Mohamed, a City Councillor. Necklaces, wrist-watch-es, gold pendants and diamond rings were stolen. Mr.72 words
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Article30 1956-02-28 1 The Singapore Rubbor Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade. March shipment, at 94% centa seven-eighths of a cent ab >vr yesterday's closing! price.30 words
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Article108 1956-02-28 2 RED SNEAK ATTACK IS BEATEN VTATIONALIST defenders li on the offshore island of Matsu beat off a group of Communist Chinese vessels approaching under cover of darkness early yesterday, it was officially announced m Taipeh. In a communique, the Matsu command said one Communist ship was possibly sunk while the108 words
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82 1956-02-28 2 BRITAIN LEADS WORLD IN SHIPBUILDING Merchant shipbuilding m principal countries of the world on Jan. 1 totalled J 17,820,545 gross tons, the i Shipbuilding Council of America reported m New York yesterday. This compared with 11.249,389 gross tons at the beginning of 1955. While Brita*n led all other nations with82 words
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Article30 1956-02-28 2 Convicted Communist leader Gilbert Green surrendered m New York yesterday as he had said he would, after five years as a fugitive from a federal orison sentence.- U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Article, Illustration62 1956-02-28 2 picture. A SCENE from the Singapore Stape Club's play. "As Long As They're Happy", which will have its first performance m the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight for members of the Services. The play, produced by Maureen Clark, will have its public performance on Thursday. Members of the cast seen h?reFree Press - 62 words
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Article345 1956-02-28 2 WE STAND BY BIG THREE AGREEMENT, SAYS EDEN MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE SIR Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, said last night that he thought the recent statement by Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party secretary, that the risk of war had decreased, was "probably true."Reuter - 345 words
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Article29 1956-02-28 2 Crowds cheered the Shah of Persia yesterday as he rode a richly caparisom d elephant along the bedecked streets of Benares, holiest Hindu city.— A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article22 1956-02-28 2 U.S. Ambassador to Venesuela Fletcher Warren was nominated yesterday by President ELsenhower as the new ambassador to Turkey. U.PU.P. - 22 words
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Article113 1956-02-28 2 'Tell Reds that war doesn't pay' SIR Pierson Dlxon, Britain's permanent United Nations representative, said m Detroit last night that world domination remained the fundamental objective of the Communist powers. He said the objective had "never been disavowed and, on the contrary, li still openly proclaimed." He went on: "ToReuter - 113 words
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Article224 1956-02-28 2 SHE MAY BE IN TOP RED 'CABINET' RUSSIAN women are likely to welcome the election of Mrs. Ekaterina Furtseva. striking 46-year-old veteran Communist, as the first Russian woman to reach High Soviet Communist Party councils. Her election as a candidate member to Russia's "inner cabinet the Presidium—follows a promise byReuter - 224 words
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Article46 1956-02-28 2 Two United States Navy ships were yesterday said to be converging at the last reported position of the Peruvian raft Cantuta to give assistance to its crew of five, including a woman, wno have been adrift for almost three months. A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article126 1956-02-28 2 THE Japanese parliamentary delegation, now m London on a 10-day official visit, is today meeting the Marquess of Reading, British Minister of State, at the Foreign Office. Lord Reading and the eight Japanese parliamen- tarians are expected to have a general exchange of views onReuter - 126 words
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Article33 1956-02-28 2 The Bowater Paper Corporation, Ltd., of London, and the Scott Paper Company of the U.S. announced In New York yesterday plans to form a jointly owned company m Great Britain.- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article46 1956-02-28 2 TWO F-84-F Thunderstreaks flew at an average speed of 670 m.p.h. from California to Virginia on Sunday to set an unofficial record for the first coast-to-coast jet flight without refuelling, it was revealed at Langley Air Force Base. Virginia, yesterday.- U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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128 1956-02-28 3 JJRITISH exporters are "already out-priced" m major export markets, a leading British Industrial! t told a press conference m London last night. Mr. Miles Beevor, managing director of the Brush group of engineering companies, was reporting on a 15,000-mile tour of Egypt Ceylon,Reuter - 128 words
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Article35 1956-02-28 3 Former President Peron of Argentina lei t the U.S. government owned Hotel Washington m Colon, Panama, yesterday. He had been ordered to leave tne hotel by the U.S. Government.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article20 1956-02-28 3 Korean war widows havo been provided with 2»>9 sewing machines by the United Nation- Koivun R< ncy. U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article21 1956-02-28 3 Dr. Albert Eggler, leader of the 1956 Swiss expedition to Everest, arrived m Kat m and 11 yesterd ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article149 1956-02-28 3 Rom ance in Japan then... A 31-YEAR old Japan :i. m Mukai. landed m Tilbury. England, yesterday to marry -old former British soldier, Mr. John D. Hayward. whom :nrl while h<" was m the army m Japan. Mr Hayward, who now work* m au aucrall uc- tory. r«- turned toReuter - 149 words
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217 1956-02-28 3 Beer? Not for me thanks, wine please Britain's drinking habits are changing, a government survey showed yesterday. The demand now is for Us* toff and more wine. And of the wines champagne is becoming a "clear favourite." the survey said. Analysing the drinking habits of Britain's 50,000.--000 people the CommissionersU.P. - 217 words
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253 1956-02-28 3 SILENCE, BLACK ROSES GREET RACIAL BAN ON VOTE COUTH AFRICA'S ruling Nationalist Party yesterday m Capetown won a five-year battle to enact a law removing 45,000 coloured (mixed race) voters from the common electoral roll. Having almost doubled the Senate, the government succeeded m putting the bill through its finalReuter - 253 words
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Article, Illustration91 1956-02-28 3 UK GUIDED MISSILE ON TARGET BRITAIN'S first air-to-air guided missile, the Fairey Flreflash, has successfully destroyed a remote -ton trolled target aircraft, the Fairey Aviation Company announced today. The Fireflash launched from Renter aircraft, is designed for the destruction of high performance bombers. It is a ''complex combination of the91 words
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Article24 1956-02-28 3 An Indonesian navy delegation k'd by Rear Adm. R. Subi.iakto visited a rotton mill and a gymnasium In Peking yesterday U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article45 1956-02-28 3 Scientists m Chicago yesday studied j. mass of data collected during a historymaking cosmic ray bombardment oi the earth last week. The bombardment, apparently triggered by a massive "flare" on the surface ol the sun, has ended, the be entUts >aid.45 words
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Article98 1956-02-28 3 DURBAN police yesterday began drstroying acres of dam* plants a powerful dru£ which brought about the massacre of five men last Wednesday. Three European and three African policemen stumbled across the fields of dagga similar to marijuana while on patrol m the Drakensberg98 words
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Article150 1956-02-28 3 ALERT IN CYPRUS AS TALKS BEGIN BRITISH troops stood guard m Nicosia yesterday as Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. the Colonial Secretary, opened talks with Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, on the future of the troubled island colony. Just before Mr. LennoxBoyd^ arrival on Sunday night, Archbishop Makarios, leader150 words
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The Singapore free press TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 1956. Opinion
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Article115 1956-02-28 4 THE theft of explo- sives from the ordnance depot at Kranji is a matter for serious concern... all the more so because it is known that there are Communist cells m Singapore. This is the third theft of explosives In Singapore and obviously further tightening of security measures115 words
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Article66 1956-02-28 4 The Federation Chief Minister has reminded the population of the tasks that lie immediately ahead on the road to merdeka. And m doing so, he sounded a warning that all past efforts would come to naught if the people did not accept their responsibilities as citizens.66 words
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1108 1956-02-28 4 A nation sacrifices to build her future LESLIE F. DANIELLS tells of the Dutch way to win and keep— world markets WAS m the Town Hall of Rotterdam, Holland, the only sizeable central building left standing there after the Germans so mercilessly bombed the city during the war. Since then1,108 words
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Article212 1956-02-28 4 DONALD WISE - DONALD WISE by OIHE thumpity-thump of drums has stopped and there is no dancing. The chill of a Buganda cold war against foreigners has swept over King Freddie's sweltering bana-na-land. Time was- before the British Governor. Sir Andrew Cohen, gave the king the heave-ho m 1953212 words
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Advertisement14 1956-02-28 4 Jk^Hk^D^V mm rf\ PRECISION WATCHES AT MODERATE PRICES (Manufactured by Amida Watch Co., S.A.)14 words
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Advertisement31 1956-02-28 4 ENJOYED BY MALAYANS OF ALL NATIONALITIES S.C.S. GREEN LABEL TEA makes a fragrant and refreshing beverage and it is grown and packed m Cameron Highlands, Malaya. SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE CO. LTD.31 words
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349 1956-02-28 5 She fell m love with a contest official IjARK-HAIRED Mrs Doris Gayson won a "pretty girl" contest organised by a group of seaside taxidrivers. That, said a Divorce judge, was her misfortune. For it was there she fell m love with one of349 words
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228 1956-02-28 5 KEATS, the four-year-old black and white cat who should have starred at Sadler's Wells next revival of "School for Father. has been sacked for insubordination. He failed three times at rehearsal to sit still on a 10ft. wall. And he failed (as228 words
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Article160 1956-02-28 5 Mud mud,mud on garden estate TWO hundred families who moved to Swindon, Wilts, from London are j protesting about primitive I conditions on the estate where they are housed. The families were given two weeks to move under a Government scheme to j export some of London* over-spill population. They160 words
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Article290 1956-02-28 5 WIFE PLEADED THUNDER SCARED HER ON the night of the thunderstorm there was a knock at the bungalow door and Mrs. Pauline Patricia Hellard. with a coat over her pyjamas, answered it. Ht husband an inquiry as»'nt. and a friend stood there. "I believe F° u nav <* a man290 words
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Article84 1956-02-28 5 QU IET BRAVERY THE driver and fireman of the 10.32 Preston to Southpori train were severely burned by an explosion m the engine cab as they were steaming out of Heskt'th Bank. But they drove on three miles to the next station, where they were met by an ambulance. VERNON84 words
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Article140 1956-02-28 5 Uncle M a c protests UNCLE MAC M Derek Mrfullough \> known to all children and most grown ups said m his Surrey home, that the 8.8.C. has "humiliated" him. Tor Tncle Mac. who has played Larry the La mh m the radio Children's Hour for 30 years is not140 words
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Article183 1956-02-28 5 They're just dull-experts 1 1VI A G l s T R ATKS who V, lfl deal with child uei;--<-lect cases were given this y, advice: i Don't be hasty when the facts of the case appal you: Don't break up the family if that can183 words
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114 1956-02-28 5 'LOOSE-L IVING' PUTS POLICEMAN IN JAIL F)LICE S<r4cant Edward Arthur Isles, "an outstanding, zealous officer, left the Old Bailey m a Black Maria. He was on his way to jail for 12 months. It was his weakness for women that 5< i nt him there. Loose living, as Judge Aarvold114 words
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Advertisement143 1956-02-28 5 DETTCD f s DEI I En 1/ PHILIPS! J^ffW jtr Philips sets have m Jf outside beauty with inside perfection *j£r Never buy a radio sot with a hollow facadm m J*Q of enormous proportion*. mi EIT 3 *M| You II do better to buy a Philip* mj <J For143 words
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Miscellaneous261 1956-02-28 6 iiASi'DKAKE by Lee talk and Phil Davi« r _> J~ IHE OOESN'T Rf AU2E THESE \1 LOTHAR,GETIN MERE ATONCE.V Njg^ i;"^ X*^ Hy^ INSECTS ARE A HUNOREO TIMES V THERE GOES A TIRE/ y/_ I 3 LOTHAR- )f NO BU6*S GOIN6 STRONGER THAN ANIMALS, /'> LOTHAR HURRY— > Hlis >?J261 words
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Miscellaneous594 1956-02-28 6 iiORN today, you are essentially the O dreamer. You envision great <► things and the stars have given you I multiple talents. But. unfortunately, you are not X sufficiently practical and will ne< d U <> learn that stern lesson U you are to reach your real goal m life.594 words
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Article196 1956-02-28 7 Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 27 buyers 27 4 buyers European Ports March 28 sellers 2T- sellers K TRUER No. 1 RSS cJi. 27 buyers 27 buyers European Ports April 2TS sellers 27 >, sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 28\ buyers 27 7 S196 words
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Article103 1956-02-28 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby Wb nom. 106.00 nom. TIN futures February 104.00 bid 104.00 nom. 104.50 asked March 103.00 bid 103.00 bid 103.50 asked 104. o0 asked April 102 35 bid 102.35 bid 102.85 asked 103.75 asked TONS: Quiet. SALES:103 words
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Article34 1956-02-28 7 M:il.th.ir I ..imponu spot. iwaltIng re> all 32. Sarawak tpoH and await- Ing relea.se 31, afloaUs and Feb., Mar. shipment 30 V.-. Seller.- exdock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.34 words
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Article39 1956-02-28 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 27 Previous Today M Industrials 48.i 66 48f > {)l l .'0 Railn.ids l»i«> 36 159.1*. lit Domestic Bonds *M 93 2. IS I tilitit^ °5 3 2 m.mk^ .•miH>sitf AveragV 1.1. .4 171.i>J39 words
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Article113 1956-02-28 7 COPRA Philippines c.i.f I K. North Furop«-»n d«*li\«'i»-<l nripJit per long ton |V!>. Mai. (OI'KX. Straits r if. IK North KuroiMMn drlivi-red weight per lon< ton Feb. >fcir<h Mar. April COCONUT OIL crude Straits r.i.f. IK North Kun>|»an m !>ulk. i*>j lonj ton, Feb. Mar. ONI113 words
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Article263 1956-02-28 7 Home taken over on Sundays IT'S a fine how-d'you-do when a man can't get into his own parlour on a Sunday morning because his screen-struck family are shooting a film m it. This is the weekly fate of Mr. Victor Banks, of Tolworth, Surrey,263 words
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Article191 1956-02-28 7 BUS conductor Leslie Brennan has been getting a big fan mail at his depot. Not from his fellow-work-ers—many of them have sent him to Coventry. For conductor Brennan (Potters Bar to Pimlico) is the man who exposed alleged workshy methods and dodges of London191 words
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Article48 1956-02-28 7 Printer's cashier Mr. Joe By water, of Tividale, Dudley, Worcestershire, found two new £1 notes with the same serial numbers m a wad. He said: "As far as I can find out only one previous case has been reported t< the Bank of England."48 words
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Article20 1956-02-28 7 A total of 246 street lamphave been damaged m Wood Street. Walthamstow, London, m the past three months.20 words
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Article99 1956-02-28 7 SON PLAYS PART OF TOP CROOK laboratory assistant for the Milk Marketing Board, and "extras" are office girls Cynthia Bolton, Ann Thompson and Margaret Kirk. Three more scenes- shot between 9 a.m. and lunchtime on Sundays will complete "Unwanted Headline." Afterwards the dialogue and music will be synchronised on Keith's99 words
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Article151 1956-02-28 7 Con. men cash in on new TV deal II'ITH ITV just a TT few days old m the Midlands, hundreds were asking: "Why cant we get good pictures on Channel 8?" The answer m many cases: Confidence tricksters have cashed m on the new service. This is how they go151 words
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Article70 1956-02-28 7 TWO girls -aged 10 months and [our years died m a fire at Caterham Guards Depot married quarters. The fire was only small, but the children daughters of R.Q.M.S. Alfred Curling -were suffocated by fumes. The father rushed to the house from the depot when the alarm70 words
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161 1956-02-28 7 MRS. Phyllis Beatrice Neal, of Kensington, London, wife of wealthy j crane-maker Brian Neal and one of 300 London housewives campaigning to bring down the price of meat is annoyed with the Lord Mayor of London. Mrs. Neal say.s that a fortnight ago161 words
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Miscellaneous54 1956-02-28 7 I SINGAPORE I I high tides TODAY: 12 M p.m.- TOMORROW: l IS am and 1.04 p.m. THURSDAY: I.l€ a.m. g and 1.41 p.m. FRIDAY: 1 M am. and tXZ p.m SATURDAY: 214 a.m B m and 3.06 p.m. SUNDAY: 2.48 a.m. and! 4.00 p.m. d m MONDAY: 3.30 am54 words
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Article, Illustration1381 1956-02-28 8 CURTISS HAMILTON - CURTISS HAMILTON Mil" iini'iiMitniiiiiMiiiiiiimiii nun by I can make Diamonds asdasdasdasd ONE day m 1905 a partner m the great De Beers diamond company and at that time perhaps the greatest technical expert on diamonds m the world watched an experiment m a Paris laboratory. At1,381 words
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Advertisement40 1956-02-28 8 Proper Shoe Care Demands rnllrrii I N (CtfT~O Propert's famous products include /l\zTv everything for the proper care of y^>f shoes and many leather and canvas l^*^-. CREASE REMOVER SADDLE SOAP Wholesale Enquiries Invited. Sole Agents SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG40 words
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263 1956-02-28 9 IT has now all been settled. The "rebel bandsmen of Somersham, a Huntingdonshire village proud of its musical traditions, will play m the band at nearby Ramsey Town, the village's biggest rivals. In the national championships, too. And with the rebel bandmaster263 words
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Article64 1956-02-28 9 WRITAIN'S Lords of the O Manor are preparing to right officialdom which is trying to rob them of their ancient rights, many of which date from Norman Mmes. They have formed a society which will meet at Kirham Manor, near Blackpool, next month to draw64 words
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Article18 1956-02-28 9 Two hundred male nuraea •it St. Bernard's Mental iithall, Middlesex, Will ban overtime from March 1.18 words
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Article136 1956-02-28 9 a SCHOOL gate padlocked to keep out courting couples A means a three-quarter-mile walk through the snow f r And° theU^'parents at Peterborough, Northants are ffif 7 to 11. have to make a detour C^*nT^Te\l S of their M.P Mr. Harrner Nichols have organised a petition136 words
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Article222 1956-02-28 9 It won't do for businessmen BUT THIS CAUSED CHUCKLES T"!HE directors of the British Industries Fair *have banned from their trade bulletin an advertisement by a Mayfair club. Said the club owner, Mr. Leslie Botibol :"I was told that they do not approve of clubs." But later business men were222 words
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Article, Illustration69 1956-02-28 9 picture. > If winter comes can < spring; be far behind? The snowdrops push- j > ing bravely through > with the thermo- J meter registering 10 > degrees below zero say the spring is coming but that ther- mometer seems to > have other ideas. If it I isPopper - 69 words
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Article271 1956-02-28 9 rrHEY wkere still laughing about the smartest fox m the world m the West Riding of Yorkshire —The fox that had the craftiness, cunning, and cheek to wait until the hunt went by and then go following after. It happened when the JBraham Moor271 words
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Article118 1956-02-28 9 1 A BOY of 16, Jose V l\ Callcgo, has jwst \> t killed Spain's biggest- <► known wolf. Some of H the country's finest <» hunters had been after J; it for years. It measured Bft. 4 m. from nose to tail, was <> 10118 words
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Article123 1956-02-28 9 BRITAIN'S film censors have banned "Day of Triumph." an American picture showing the figure of Christ and His impact on the ordinary people of His times. The film was made m colour at a cost of £178.000 m a replica of Jerusalem built into Topangua Canyon.123 words
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Advertisement122 1956-02-28 9 V i^S °b^ ain yo^" 1 bargain U i_ m MIKIMOTO peaHj, MIKIMOTO PEARLS <oltow thew pl i j/ESBSSL instructions NOW! JP*^ Resident* of Singapore fOR ONLY arK^ P^nang write to l«»ver B^otherslMl Ltd. do9^ &6A O Box 1844. Singapore. HkJL^ M^~ Federation resident* 5^ if I -^pply to Lever122 words
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Article, Illustration341 1956-02-28 10 WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF A 'QUEEN' Rij;ht: TnusiKil flew of Ihc (fauM unard liner Queen Mary is obtained from above bf the occupants of the Miller 128 helicopter seen flying over the ship as she lies m the King George V drydoek at Southampton The QueenReuter; Popper - 341 words
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Article, Illustration211 1956-02-28 10 Devised by the General Electric Company's atomic experts, this safe (above) is used for the studying and storing of radio active materials. The safe is alston cylindrical installation into which 780 "hot" samples are suspended on large horizontal discs mounted one above the other inside a six-footPopper - 211 words
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Article, Illustration53 1956-02-28 12 Looks dashing doesn't he? The K»"y^ ol keeps his ears warm, too. This is Billy, the London Zoo's dingo puppy copin* with the cold weather. The puppy now three-months-old, was born at the too. Dingoes" They're the wolf-like wild dogs of Australia —and that's just where Billy must wish heReuter - 53 words
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Article528 1956-02-28 12 ifPvior Blaxhatn talks to a man liviny m thy shadow at €>vil A FATHER sat by an empty cot m a silent Birmingham home last night A _and told me of the disastrous shadow that black magic has cast aCr °lt frightening, fantastic story528 words
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712 1956-02-28 12 Marry in haste and you WILL repent Uy a Sperial Correspondent MARRY m haste, repent at leisure." runs the old saying. And like most old sayings, it has more than a grain of truth m it. Marry m your teens, and you reduce your chances of lifelong wedded bliss. In712 words
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Article, Illustration397 1956-02-28 13 CHAPMAN PINCHER - Is ANY dog worth all this care? CHAPMAN PINCHER A provocative and personal report by ,)O you realise how v the advances m oedlcal and surgical science are being used 'o help not just sick )abies or men and vomen but dogs and ats? The trend has been growig for397 words
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Article, Illustration506 1956-02-28 13 SUNNY GIAM - Malayans intend to win more honours SUNNY GIAM m photography reports A HUNDRED, and twenty outstanding pictures, carefully selected, are on their way to the Photographic Society of Great Britain. The prints are being submitted by twelve local lensmen sitting: for the Associateship "examinations" which take place on April 10.506 words
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Advertisement104 1956-02-28 13 iffi^Vliffiffl One success leads to another for the §fkJ\^aw "Solveig" was the winning yacht on her iSSftwommr arrival at Hobart. yjpPffw^y i Following closely on the memorable vV*!*77 x^^ Atlantic crossing by Movado, this latest ir 111 V^K experiment confirms the indisputable m/** V v.oo'O superiority of Movado's waterproof and104 words
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Article, Illustration2139 1956-02-28 14 NORAH LOFTS - NORAH LOFTS FACT OR FICTION? Did this story really happen? All the tales m this series COULD be true-but can YOU sort the fact from the fiction? Tomorrow the answer will be published. by minium"! ¥>LESS THIS HOUSE is t> the latest book by No- rah Lofts,2,139 words
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Advertisement113 1956-02-28 15 ORIENTAL SILVERWARE Tea and Coffee Beta 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. S PORE-1 PHONE: *****. ORATOR WATERPROOF gP^'porc: $55/113 words
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Article, Illustration1354 1956-02-28 16 'Grandma' Katie - IT'S TOO JOLLY COLD TO BE COLLECTING AWARDS 'Grandma' Katie —says [ftWlcMu HUU^] A CHIPPED enamel kettle sang away on the gas-ring. A white lace handkerchief fanned the scent of lavender round the first-floor bed-sitter. And the gentle old lady who has been chosen the film actress of 1955 sat1,354 words
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Article, Illustration166 1956-02-28 17 DI'MMIES usually test new device* before humans us* them, but In a turnabout U»t at Edwards Air Force Base In the ISA. this dummy was readied to duplicate an ordeal already survived by man. The dummy is shown bring lowered into the cockpit of a rocket sledg? from which It166 words
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Article472 1956-02-28 17 ANE astonishing actfellow who moves calmly, quietly across the Hollywood scene— he's done so for the past quarter of a century without tempest or temperament is Robert Taylor. Bob is happy about his career: takes any picture given him by studio and does no472 words
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Article, Illustration372 1956-02-28 17 LENDER cumulative scoring. the entire resuJt of a team-of-four match may be decided on one swing hand. In this deal for example, the potential swlnp was 3,720 points when vulnerable slam was bid, and might have been made each way of the table. West at the first table372 words
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Article, Illustration353 1956-02-28 17 LEONARD MOSLEY - SHE'S A FELINE WITH A FUTURE LEONARD MOSLEY WHEN I was nine years old and living m Lancashire a sleek, hungry and extremely compelling cat-on-the-prowl used to slink over our garden wall, mew at me until 1 opened the door, and then tease, scratch, purr, and nuzzle a saucer ot353 words
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Miscellaneous230 1956-02-28 17 iH Hl^^l b^il H B 9 91 I I B^ m! KB CLVKS ACROSS 4 Crushes the peel inside (6). 1 a towering noise? (5). 5 nukes a final at--4 Does it supply an Ameruan g a copy ,9). kitchen with petrol? (7). Aniusemont come n at 8 A male230 words
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Article1178 1956-02-28 18 GEORGE WHITING - The greatest da y of their lives GEORGE WHITING DATE: August 6, 1955, PLACE: Ellis Park, Johannesburg. OCCASION: The first rugby test... it was Morgan's match -uiiimiiiiiiiiiii mm mmß I \V< Xli rmghj wizard f 1 II 1 >BOIH. V\ has had many »r«-at j j days. Hiil our day1,178 words
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Article, Illustration390 1956-02-28 18 riOUR members of Manchester United's F cup-winning team of 1948 are now In charge of League clubs. The latest is Charlie Mitten, who has joined Mansfield as player-manager from Fulham. The other three are Johnny Carey (Blackburn Rovers >. Jack Rowley (Plymouth Argyle)Reuter - 390 words
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Article191 1956-02-28 18 Red China 'mystery' soccer team A TOP-NOTCH Communist Chinese "mystery" team which has yet to make a public appearance, will be a strong contender at the coming Olympic Games m Melbourne, sources m Taipei predicted yesterday. The team is bein* kept under a cloak of secrecy, but is under hardU.P. - 191 words
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Article39 1956-02-28 18 f|MIE opening batsman of J. the Sydney University team knocked the wicketkeeper unconscious while making a mighty hook shot during a cricket match I against Melbourne University. His bat caught the wicketkeeper behind the ear.39 words
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Article, Illustration1706 1956-02-28 19 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS FACE by RACE by BACK SIAM RICE FOR A DOUBLE LOCALLY trained La Ronde and Masterpiece will probably provide the finish of the main race. Class 2 Div. 1 6F. at Penang tomorrow, the second day of theFree Press - 1,706 words
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97 1956-02-28 19 IJOBBY BROCATO romped to an easy .six-lem-th victory \n the U*****,000 Santa Anita Handicap over a "Ule and a quarter m Arcadia. California, on Saturday. Turk's Dtlluht VU second aJid Honey'l Alibi third. Swap*, tawt yeai'6 Kentucky Derby winner, and a strunu f.ivoui'ite forReuter - 97 words
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Article102 1956-02-28 19 EMIL Zatopex. Czechoslovakia's triple Gold Medalist m the 1952 Olympics, won his first race m the 1956 Olympic year m Prague yesterday. He covered a frozen crosscountry course of 8.300 metres m 26 mm. 49.6 sec. Zatoprk finished less than 20 metres ahead of a102 words
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Article71 1956-02-28 19 I^NGLAND'S team to play Scotland In the Rugby Union International match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, on March 17 Is the same it that chosen for the postponed game with France laM Saturday. Team la: D. Allison, P. Jackson. J. I Butterfield. L. Cannell, P Thompson; M.Reuter - 71 words
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Advertisement23 1956-02-28 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET \<-e Band of Singapore with L MISS SALOMA the Malay ".Marilyn Monroe" <)O<> Rinf ***** for Table ResrrvatinnN23 words
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Article256 1956-02-28 20 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS THIS MORNING'S GALLOPS AT THE PENANG RACETRACK....by yATOPEK who ran 3F m 39 well on the No. 2 track at Pcnang this morning, was the best of those timed. Quite a number of horses worked m the dark. It was impossible to time256 words
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Article93 1956-02-28 20 THE U.S. Lawn Tennis As- sociation announced yesterday that Hugh Stewart and Tony Vincent have been temporarily "grounded" because they played m European tournaments without permission of the Association. Both will be ineligible for! further play until they get I permission from the Association, said HaroldA.P. - 93 words
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Article, Illustration43 1956-02-28 20 JOHN RUTHERFORD. 26, became the first Western Australian cricketer to represent Australia when he was chosen for the Test tour of England He is a sound batsman and m the season before Test selection scored four successive centuries m inter-State Sheffield Shield cricket.43 words
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140 1956-02-28 20 •pOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD David X Strong won the R.A.F. Seletar Golf Club's 18-hole cross country comiiHition with a score of 90-24 6C. Runner-up was Sat. J. Graham ith 86-18-68. after a count back with C'Terh Wilkins and MiI Richards. The ball sweep was won140 words
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189 1956-02-28 20 Pakistan umpire 'ragged': Apologies MR. GEOFFREY HOWARD, the M.C.C. cricket tour manager, issued a statement last night saying that Mr. Idhs Keg, the Pakistan Test umpire who was Tagged" by M.C.C. players m Peshawar on Sunday, had accepted his apologies and regarded the incident as closed. When shown the statementReuter - 189 words
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Article38 1956-02-28 20 TN a Third Division (Southern) section football leamie match. played under floor 1 hts last night, Reading, at home, lost to Colchester 1-3 The match was postponed from Feb. 4 owing to bad weather.38 words
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Article236 1956-02-28 20 T'HE Oxford University crew to 1 meet Cambridge University m the annual boat race on March 24 was announced yesterday, fortnight after Cambridge settled their rrew. The composition of the crew WM delayed until the Oxford President. J. G. McLeod. Australian from Sydney, wasReuter - 236 words
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Article119 1956-02-28 20 VTEWCASTLE United remained favourites for the Football Association Cup at a callover at the Victoria Club last night. Odds of four to one were offered against Newcastle, eloseby followed by Tottenham Hotspur at nine to two. Tilt lame prices were quoted for the two teams a119 words
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Article68 1956-02-28 20 HOCKEY SENIOR knockout final: Police v Iniversity, S( padang. SO( ER Sinrapore v King's Own Scottish Htiiderirs, Jalan Brsur stadium. INTKR Sv IIOOL: Trade School v Hartley. Haiti?? Road; Anglo-Chinese v Victoria. V.S.; St. Joseph's v St. Andrew's. Bra*, Basah Koad; Boys Town Raffles, R.I. PBftNDLY: Maxwell Blur68 words
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Article131 1956-02-28 20 'P'HE touring West Indies cricketers beat Central Districts by 147 runs yesterday after the home .side had put up a good fight on a spinner's wicket m WunRanui. Set to get 374 run.s in 360 minutes for victory. Central Districts were all out for 226 anReuter - 131 words
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