Singapore Standard, 5 January 1956
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Title Section33 1956-01-05 1 Singapore Standard MNBVCMN,M STANDARD POLICE 2pEL f** VjM FIRE BRICADE CENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 lines) 2400 l\j I 5in 2414 01. VI. No. 182 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1956 14 PAGES 15 CENTS33 words
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Article246 1956-01-05 1 Did. Similar Work In Argentina Due This Month To Assist Sir Sydney THE Bank of England has agreed to allow Mr. G. M. Watson to undertake, with the Economic Adviser to the Singapore Government, Sir Sydney Came, an enquiry into a proposal to create a Central246 words
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Article371 1956-01-05 1 War On 1 -Armed Bandit Starts SINGAPORE Governrr.ent has banned the import of coin or discoperated amusement machines from any source, including the Federation of Malaya. The ban. which came into force yesterday, includes pintables, fruit machines, jackpot machines, shooting galleries and similar machines and components or spare parts. But371 words
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Article66 1956-01-05 1 TECOMAN, Mexico. Jan. 3. (UP) Federal troops took ever control of this Colima State town today m the wake of a bloody political riot m which five persons were killed, several wounded and 36 arrested. Police said the riot stemmed from the efforts of a66 words
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Article, Illustration41 1956-01-05 1 AUSTRALIAN soldiers returning to their base somewhere m South Kedah after their first anti-terro-rist operation m Malaya on Tuesday. They are Pte. Arthur Bradshaw (front) of Swanbourne, West Australia, and Cpl. Lauri Tilbrook (behind) of Leonora, West Australia.41 words
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Article336 1956-01-05 1 'A FINE MESS NOW LONDON, Jan. 4 (Renter)— The British press tfl=~ day generally expressed disappointment that the French elections failed to produce a stable force and form an effective common front against their enemies. Most newspapers commented that the strength at the polls of the336 words
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Article34 1956-01-05 1 RICHARD TUCKER, New York Metropilitan Opera tenor, said on Tuesday he had refused to sing at a concert because advance ads carried a soprano's name m larger type than his. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article16 1956-01-05 1 THE Libyan Government has decided to establish a special office to boycott Israel. ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article66 1956-01-05 1 TWO sisters were admitted to hospital while six others of the same family were treated as outpatients for food poisoning last night. The sisters. Tok Chia Wah, 10, and Tok Yin Wah. 17, are m a serious condition. The family were reported to have had66 words
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Article37 1956-01-05 1 A $75,000 damage suit against singer Billy Daniels was dismissed on Tuesday m the Los Angeles Superior Court when the blonde showgirl who claimed Daniels beat and kicked her, failed to appear m court. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article20 1956-01-05 1 INDONESIA has decided to recognise the young Sudan Republic and send a delegation to discuss diplomatic relations. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article22 1956-01-05 1 QUEEN Elizabeth yesterday named the Right Reverend A. M. Ramsey, Lord Bishop of Durham, to be Archbishop of York.- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article161 1956-01-05 1 NICOSIA, Jan. 4 (UP) British soldiers, helicopters and navy patrol boats moved through north-east Cyprus yesterday m the biggest terrorist hunt since the bloody Cyprus trouble began. It was the second big sweep since Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Governor of this Mediterranean troublespot, warned that161 words
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Article61 1956-01-05 1 MANILA, Jan. 4 (AP) Two army platoons were rushed to tiny Baeuyan Island m the northern Philippines today to protect a terror stricken population from an unknown slayer. "This island has had a series of murders since Christmas Eve and the murderer is still on61 words
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Article20 1956-01-05 1 FILM actress Marilyn Monroe, and 20th Century-Fox studios have signed a contract after a year of disputes. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article78 1956-01-05 1 BOATMAN SHOT AT SEA A SINGAPORE bumboatman was admitted to the (General Hospital yesterday with a. bullet lodged m his hip. The boatman was hit by one of three bullets allegedly fired by an officer from the deck of an oil tanker while the ship was anchored at the Quarantine78 words
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Article29 1956-01-05 1 FRENCH columns backed by artillery and jet fighters last night recaptured Bab Mareklo, a post near the Spanish zonal border, seized by rebels two days ago. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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187 1956-01-05 1 TOKYO, Jan. 4 (UP)— Thailand's Foreign Minister Prince Wan Waithayakon today rated the Communist change m tactics from open aggression to subversion as "more dangerous" for the nations of South-east Asia. The foreign minister, here to negotiate a final war claims settlement with Japan,187 words
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Article73 1956-01-05 1 JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (UP) Thirty thousand persons today started evacuating their homes m the shadow of 8,000-foot Mt. Merapi as the "killer volcano" continued to rumble and throw ashes into the sky. Authorities feared the possibility of a fullscale eruption similar to the one which killed more73 words
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Article103 1956-01-05 1 Ships For Rubber Settlement COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Reuter) China offered to supply Polish ships to Ceylon m part settlement of her debts under the Ceylon China rubber, rice barter deal it was authoritatively learned here. Unofficial estimates place China's debts to Ceylon under last year's contract at £10,000,000. Under the103 words
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Article146 1956-01-05 1 'FUN' CHEQUE WORTH US$7 5,000 NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UP) A state Supreme Court justice reserved decision yesterday on an action brought by a Philadelphia attorney to prevent his estranged wife from cashing a U5575,000 "fun" cheque made out to her 10 years ago. The attorney, Albert B. Zink, submitted146 words
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Article194 1956-01-05 1 PRESS TO EDEN LONDON, Jan. 4 (AP) Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden's waning prestige with the Conservative press hit a new low today when the Daily Sketch advised him either to supply the "guts of leadership" or quit. The tabloid strongly supported Sir Anthony and his Conservative194 words
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Article480 1956-01-05 1 Labuan To Be S'pore's Rival NEWS that Britain has earmarked Labuan as an alternative naval base should Singapore fall into the hands of the Communists will have an adverse effect on the economic stability of this Colony, The Standard was told last night. The latest issue of the American magazine.480 words
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Article38 1956-01-05 1 THE Justice Department said yesterday that notorious Tokyo Rose, who escaped a death sentence but was imprisoned for her World War II broadcasts on behalf of the Japanese, will be re- leased on Jan. 28.— U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Advertisement31 1956-01-05 1 SMEU MOTdROIL Dances take on new delight When the room is Osram bright! I** PBOOUCT Advertisement of THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. (MALAYA) LTD Representing THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.* LTD. OF ENGLAND31 words
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162 1956-01-05 2 AIRPORT TO BE NERVE CENTRE IN NEW POSTAL PLAN SINGAPORE'S International Airport post office will become a modern airmail sorting centre under a five-year postal development plan which is now being worked out. Revealing this yesterday, the Director of Posts. Mr. M. L. Durrant. told The Standard that the creation162 words
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71 1956-01-05 2 Jawahir Goes To New York High School MISS Jawahir binte Haji Ali of Keiantan. Malaya's 1956 representative to the New York Herald Tribune, was among eight Asian youths who started classes yesterday m New York high schols. They are among boys and girls from 31 countries who are participating m71 words
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Article, Illustration24 1956-01-05 2 DR. and Mrs. Sheug Nam Chin, after their marriage m Singapore recently. A reception was held at Sea View Hotel.24 words
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Article242 1956-01-05 2 THE traffic m women, operated by small groups instead of from a central ring between Singapore and the Federation, has so far stumped efforts by the authorities to smash the vice racke This wa s revealed yesterday by the Asst. Director (Women and Girls242 words
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Article40 1956-01-05 2 SINGAPORE Customs yesterday raided a shop m Mohamed Ali Lane and recovered 250 pounds of cigarettes on which duty has not been paid. A Customs spokesman said the duty amounted to $1,600. No arrest has been made.40 words
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Article60 1956-01-05 2 AN OPEN verdict was yesterday returned m a Singapore Coroner's Court on an inquest into the death of an unknown child iound abandoned m a drain m Mount Emily Road at 3.50 p.m. on Oct. 18. As the child's parents could not be traced, there was60 words
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Article46 1956-01-05 2 SINGAPORE'S Transport Commission will be winding up soon and a report submitted to the Governor-in-Coun-cil, said chairman of the Commission. Mr. L.C. Hawkins, yesterday. He told The Standard that except for one or two more private sittings, the Commission has finished its work.46 words
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206 1956-01-05 2 New Plan To Beat 'Pirate' Taxis SINGAPORE City Council plans to seek more powers under the law to crack down on pirate taxi operators m the Colony. Legislation is being drafted which seeks to give the Registrar of Vehicles authority to seize vehicles used206 words
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Article38 1956-01-05 2 A SINGAPORE housewife. See Toh Lin. 57, yesterday pleaded guilty m the Seventh Magistrate's Court to illegally possessing 6,140 sticks of dutiable cigarettes m her house m Sago Street on Jan. 3. She was fined $300.38 words
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Article65 1956-01-05 2 FOUR Singapore youths were remanded m custody after they were charged m the Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterday with armed robbery of $750 from Wang Siong Tiang at Tua Payoh Road, off Braddell Road, on Dec. 11. They were Llm How Keong. Tan Kirn Phong. Lim Soo65 words
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Article43 1956-01-05 2 BORNEO Motors Limited and Orchard Road Motor Company have jointly donated $2,000 towards the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund. Other donations are Eton Singapore Amateur Foo'; .1 Association 51. 963: and Registrar of Vehicles. Mr. B.C.J, Buckeridge 52543 words
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Advertisement121 1956-01-05 2 \offm^ No Legend More Beautiful T rllJ^ 3 j %Hear rm mV l philips I IOHG HSWWI RECOROS i~ &CG Et EEB €EEE EES SM* f'/ff^ff /#if* Mm*4n*tjwmn*!f* m/Cj With Italian assistance T c^ ke^ c R^oft 1 r f_^ 11 the Japanese have faithfully j £^S^oS" 0/ l-i &B121 words
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Article182 1956-01-05 3 Books For Blind Remain Unused JHE set of 70 books m Braille which were introduced to Raffles Library shelves a month s^o are still untouched, Mr. L. M. Harrod, the librarian, told The Stanlard yesterday. jhe books, Mr. Harrod expuiined. were not merely for reference purposes but could be taken182 words
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176 1956-01-05 3 Polytech Go-Ahead Talks Scheduled A SERIES of top-level talks to decide the future of the proposed ?8 million Singapore Polytechnic will be held at the end of this month, a member ol the seven-man Board of Governors told The Standard yesterday. One of the main topics to be discussed, it176 words
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Article35 1956-01-05 3 VIETMIXH President Ho Chi Minh has claimed that the Soviet Union. Red China and India "were united to form an iron wall m the defence of peace." Peking Radio said yesterday. U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article, Illustration100 1956-01-05 3 TRAFFIC along the 9th. Mile. Changi Road, was diverted yesterday as the Bailey bridge m the area was "on the verge of collapse.* The banks of the stream had Slink and a section of the road had slumped. At about 4 p.m. members of the Royal EngineersStandard - 100 words
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Article254 1956-01-05 3 Democrat, Prog. Merger Set For February SINGAPORE may see a new political party emerge before the Chinese New Year. Th>3 Executive of the Progressive Party, at a threehour meeting at the Party Headquarters yesterday, accepted the report of the four-mart negotiating team which had been254 words
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Article, Illustration87 1956-01-05 3 SHY and attractive Torquay born Josephine Ruby Trevorrow, 21, sits for her first public picture with Tunku Mahmud, her fiance, grandson of the Sultan of Johore, yesterday, at Istana Bukit Stulang, residence of the Regent, Tunku Mahkota. Tunku Mahmud, 24, is the eldest son of the Regent andStandard - 87 words
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Article191 1956-01-05 3 MALACCA, Wed.— The Most Rev. Johanon, Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, warned Christians throughout the East that they must be prepared to face great trials and difficulties m the years ahead. Addressing a conference session of the Malayan Methodist Mission at their Tranquerah Road191 words
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114 1956-01-05 3 THE Singapore Telephone Board Employees* Union yesterday submitted to the management, counter-proposais on the wage rates for general and accounts clerks and drawing office staff employed by the Board. It considered the Board's earlier offer unacceptable. The Union's proposals are: General clerks: $120 to114 words
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Article37 1956-01-05 3 THE Malayanization Commission will hold an open session to record oral evidence from representatives of the Administrative Service m the Public Relations Office Conference Room at Assembly House, Singapore, at 5 p.m. today.37 words
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Article240 1956-01-05 3 CAREFUL DRIVERS MAY WIN BONUSES CAREFUL drivers m Singapore may get special bonus awards, if the Safety First Council adopts a proposal by its chairman Mr. A. E. Shepherd. Announcing this at a press conference yesterday, Mr. Shepherd said that a total elimination of road accidents was possible only if240 words
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Article132 1956-01-05 3 Sailor Wants To Quit Life At Sea WILLIAM Paterson, a 35--year-old British seaman, was yesterday fined $10 m a Singapore Magistrate's Court for being absent without leave from his ship, an oil tanker. Outside the courtroom. Paterson told The Standard: "After 12 years at sea now I want to quit132 words
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Article73 1956-01-05 3 Dead Boy's Uncle Located THE uncle of Kong Keng Cheok, the 17-year-old student who was shot dead by a Singapore detective on Monday night will arrive today from Sungei Siput, Perak, to identify the body. Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque. said that Federation Police located the uncle m Sungei Siput.73 words
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210 1956-01-05 3 ABOUT 20 married women teachers will soon come m for a windfall because "someone, two years ago made a mistake m interpreting their service scheme. This was disclosed to me Standard yesterday by the Actin* Deputy, Ministry of Education Mr. V. Ambiavagar. Those210 words
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Article, Illustration105 1956-01-05 3 Youth Is Their Subject AN international youth leader and his wife have arrived m Singapore to discuss training programmes with the Colony's youth leaders. They are Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Lynton who will be m Malaya for one week. Mr. Lynton is director of the Centre for Advanced Study and105 words
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Article73 1956-01-05 3 A SUMMONS against Capt H. M. Birch, manager of the Qantas Empire Airways. for allowing Raliegh Shalon, a Bangkok-bound Egyptian, to board a plane on Nov. 9. without his passport endorsed by the Aliens Registration Officer, was dismissed m the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday. Raliegh was73 words
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Article22 1956-01-05 3 MISS Hillevi Rqmbin of Sweden. "Miss Universe of 1955." says she may become a citizen of the United States. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Miscellaneous68 1956-01-05 3 Weather Report MINIMUM Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. Jan. 3 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 4. Singapore TIF), Penang (72F). Kota Bahru (72F). Kuala Lumpur (TBF), Ipoh (72F). Kuantan (SJF), Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 pm. Jan. 4. Singapore (83F). Penan? iB6F). Kota Bahru (84F), Kuila Lumpur OOF), Ipoh ISSF).68 words
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Article90 1956-01-05 4 Change Of Name Conference MALACCA. Wed.— A meeting of the Shop Assistants Union. South Malaya, will be held at the Seng Cheong Society. Tranquerah Road, on Sunday Jan. 8. at 10 a.m. to consider changing its name to the Shop and Industrial Workers' Union. South Malaya. Delegates from eight union90 words
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Article74 1956-01-05 4 Trespassed On David By Mistake A STRANGER was seen m the compound of the seaside residence of the Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall m Wing Loong Road yesterday and an aJarm was raised. Policemen guarding the bungalow promptly arrested the youth. But the youth was the son of a74 words
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Article307 1956-01-05 4 PETALING TIN STRIKE ON JAN. 12 $2 A Fortnight Support Pledged KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More than 1,000 Selcmgor Tin mining workers today unanimously passed a resolution directing members of the Malayan Mining Employees Union working m the Petaling Tin Dredge to go on strike from Jan. 12. This resolution was307 words
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Article, Illustration74 1956-01-05 4 Standard ■photo by Mr. Chuan Joon Yeow, a stenographer at the Kuala Lumpur Legal Department and youngest son of Mr. Chuan Khee Khoon of Kuala Lumpur and his bride the former Miss Soh Saw Keng, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Soh Ah Beng ofYong Peng Seong - 74 words
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193 1956-01-05 4 Reason: Political Bias' THE playing of the British National Anthem would result m political bias, said the Pan-Malayan Students' Federation Council at its extraordinary meeting; held yesterday. A resolution was unanimously adopted at the meeting on the issue of the British National Anthem. It193 words
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Article62 1956-01-05 4 MALACCA, Wed. Fifty Chinese recruits are wanted for the Federation Regiment. Candidates must be between 18 and 25 years old, and must have passed Standard Six or Chinese Primary Four. They will be interviewed by Lt. Chong Than Bok at the Meng Seng Charitable Association. Wolf erst62 words
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Article77 1956-01-05 4 WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 (Reuter) A special committee on Civilian Defence has urged the government to pledge greater financial aid to civil defence programmes taking into account the existence of bombs with destructive powers as high as 20 million tons of TNT. The committee headed by77 words
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Article76 1956-01-05 4 WASHINGTON. Jan 4 (Reuter) The United State s and West Germany are expected to open talks soon on who is to foot the bill of $300,000,000 to support four United States divisions m West Germany. It was understood here that officials of the British Embassy are76 words
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132 1956-01-05 4 AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4 (AP) Eleven Dutch witnesses flew to Jakarta on Tuesday to testify there m defence of L. Jungschlaeger whose trial of over 200 sessions on charges of subversion has strained Dutch-Indonesian relations. Chief-prosecutor Sunarjo warned, however, that the witnesses "should be132 words
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Article126 1956-01-05 4 Base Named Little America 5 LITTLE AMERICA FIVE. Jan. 4 (AP) The United States formally dedicated its Antarctic base as "Little America Five" today on a gently rolling desert of endless snow four miles south ol Kainan Bay. At the time of the brief commission ceremony there were only three126 words
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Article67 1956-01-05 4 LADY BLACK, wife of the Governor of Singapore, will name a new vessel of the Singapore Division of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Panglima at a ceremony to be held at the United Engineers' shipyard at Tanjong Rhu on Jan. 14. This new vessel will67 words
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Article33 1956-01-05 4 A WOMAN hawker, Loke Kee, was fined $10 m the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday for displaying penknives with obscene female figures engraved on the -handles on Jan. 3.33 words
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Article149 1956-01-05 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 1243 1242 No 1 R.S.S. Jan. 1245 1255 No. 2 Jan. 122? 123 i Ntov 3 Jan. 1221 122J Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $407! per picul. (Up $1).149 words
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Article35 1956-01-05 4 HONGKONG. Jan. 4.—Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15.34 to £1 Sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,830 to Malayan SI; $0,154 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253,875 to a tael.35 words
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Article181 1956-01-05 4 After The Dogs Barked, Abuses PENANG, Wed. Barking dogs led a member of the Penang Bar to abuse a millionaire rubber merchant, it was stated m the Magistrate's Court today. Marcus Knorpel, a lawyer, claimed trial when he appeared m court on a summons charge181 words
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Article, Illustration96 1956-01-05 5 Whisper Starts Manhunt Murdered SALLEH bin Ismail. 37, a seaman from Tanjong Üban, Indonesia, was tentatively charged m the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court with the murder of a girl, Jauyah binti Salleh. 19. at Upper Aljunied Road at 4 a.m. yesterday Ismail was remanded m police custody till Jan. 11,96 words
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Article274 1956-01-05 5 'Our Patience Is Exhausted KUALA LUMPUR, Wed—The chairman of the Selangor division of the Malayan Mining Employees Union, Mr. Ang Liang Jee, this evening demanded that the claims for better working conditions by the mining workers must be met immediately. Mr. Ang^was addressing a special274 words
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Article, Illustration83 1956-01-05 5 MORE than 200 Assemblymen, Government officials, members of the consular corps, and prominent citizens attended the cocktail party given last night by the Burmese Consul-General m Singapore, (J Aung Myat Kyaw, to mark the eighth anniversary of Burma's Independence, In picture, from left, are the Chief Secretary. Mr.83 words
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Article56 1956-01-05 5 KALWANT SINGH. 19, found his jobless brother, Mohan Singh, 21. hanging m his, room last night and was just m time to cut the rope. They live at 11 h Mile, Changi Road. Singapore. Mohan Singh was rushed to the General Hospital and was56 words
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Article255 1956-01-05 5 PEARS IS 'DEEPLY MOVING' Standard Music Critic LAST night a large and hushed Victoria Hall audience heard Peter Pears, with Benjamin Britten at the piano, m a deeply moving performance of Schumann's song-cycle, "Dichterliebe." There are those who prefer a baritone voice for these songs, and it must be admittedV.F.D. - 255 words
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Article202 1956-01-05 5 MTUC OFFERS TO HELP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Malayan Trade Union Council tonight appealed to both parties to the Fung Keong strike dispute against any action likely to cause "misunderstanding and tension" while moves to effect a settlement were m progress. The working committee202 words
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Article89 1956-01-05 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Union of Plantation Workers today crossed another milestone with the enrolment of over 2.000 Malays from Kelantan to its ranks. This achievement was the highlight of a six-week tour of the East Coast by the union's organiser. Mr. A. Sankaran.89 words
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Article, Illustration141 1956-01-05 5 TWO representatives of the Junior Red Cross m Malaya will leave for Australia today where they will attend a study centre at the invitation of the Australian Red Cross Society. The boys are Ng Wang Kong, who is a member of Link No.Standard - 141 words
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Article88 1956-01-05 5 Soldier Is Killed In Road Crash BENTONG. Wed.— A Malay soldier was killed and two others injured when a military truck carrying six from Kuala Lumpur to Triang somersaulted into a 30-foot ravine at the base of the newly opened Ginting-Sim-pah Pass today. The vehicle was one of five belonging88 words
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Article81 1956-01-05 5 Prayers Of Hope For The Mission PENANG. Wed. Malay villagers m Bagan Dalam. Butterworth. last night held a "sembahyang hajat" (prayers of hope) at the village mosque for the success of the merdeka mission to London. The prayers which included recitations of several selected verses from the Holy Koran, were81 words
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Article84 1956-01-05 5 S'pore Got More Goods Last Year THE total amount of cargo discharged at Singapore "Roads" and wharves m October amounted to 1.010.610 tons bringing the total for the fir.~t ten months of last year to 8.623.450 tons. This compares favourably with the total for Ihe corresponding period m the previous84 words
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Article43 1956-01-05 5 MALACCA, Wed. Police removed a Communist flag this morning near a coffeeshop m the heart of the town here. The flag measured about fourteen inches by eight inches and had five stars stuck on to its red background.43 words
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Article25 1956-01-05 5 A FEDERATION Information Mobile Unit will visit various districts m Kelantan soon to publicize the closing dates for applications for rubber replanting grants.25 words
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Miscellaneous873 1956-01-05 5 Standard cMlmanac Information al a Glance '8 6 ft) 523 p.m. (7 6 ft). of England; 7 p.m 'What's The Children (1959, 16 8(5rrO 7.30 Men ygwjujuMjui^MamiU^-. nnnum p O rt Dickson 12 09 pm (59 ft). Form'?: 715 New Records; 7.4a and Their Music i1!(59. 16.86 m); ■^■jj^*-**™ I873 words
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Article622 1956-01-05 6 THE Communist bandits have lost little time m stepping up their jungle warfare m the Federation following the failure of the "peace talks" m Baling. Terrorist groups, m larger numbers than before, have already shown that they are fully prepared to carry out their leader Chin Peng's622 words
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Article341 1956-01-05 6 'THE Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has advised Alliance Ministers and leaders to insure their lives after the failure of the Baling talks for fear that the Communist terrorists might mark them out for assassination. The Federal authorities are reported to be studying the question of341 words
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Article, Illustration430 1956-01-05 6 JANUARY: Revolutionary flew .plan solves London's traffic problem. France finds new, Government. Dr. Otto John flees East. Revolt m Argentina. Lady Docker refuses to be photographed. Coldest month' for twenty-five years. JULY: First electronic brain sacked because of dangerous thoughts and un American activities. 1430 words
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Article941 1956-01-05 6 ASTER GUNASEKERA - ASTER GUNASEKERA by OPTIMISM is what is required m the new year to see Singapore through the several problems inherited from 1955 and for carrying out new resolutions. It is encouraging, therefore, to be told that the Singapore Police are confident that militant Communism941 words
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Article256 1956-01-05 6 REVIEW OF VIEWS Two Teachers' Unions 5 £JJTUSAN MELAYU is not 2 happy there are two unions among Malay school S teachers and that the two are opposing each ether, 2 The fundamental reason why <■ there are two unions among 2 people of the same pro--2 fession is because256 words
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Letter137 1956-01-05 6 Sir: I received a New Year Greetings card from the President of the All-Pakistan Youth Movement, which includes the following Prayer: "God give us men. A time like this demands Strong viinds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands: Men whom the lust of office does not137 words
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Letter223 1956-01-05 6 Sir: The talks between the Ministers o t the Federation and Singapore with Chin Peng clearly indicate that Chin Peng is fighting a losing war as he himself does not know what he is fighting for. He said that he was prepared to lay down his arms and223 words
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Letter78 1956-01-05 6 Sir: Mr. K.L. Devasar has urged jor the recognition of the M.C.P. I wish he had made this statement before the elections or, at least, before he was offered the nominated I seat m the Legislative Council by the good- hearted Tunk v. Of course, the Tunku had78 words
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Letter166 1956-01-05 6 A TRIBUTE! Sir: May I commend and congratulate you on your strict sense of loyalty to the Crown m using the message given by Her Majesty the Queen m her Christmas Dajj broadcast as the main news on the first page of your issue of Dec. 27.166 words
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Advertisement28 1956-01-05 6 longer-lasting lip beauty nT*^^ upstkkiy max Factor jjj Always creamy, never Its *tay.on lustre won't blot away, won't fade an ay, won't wear away, AT ALL GOOD DEALEHS28 words
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Advertisement34 1956-01-05 6 Are you the "One-Gulp 9 type "ONE-GULPERS/' ////^^tr^ of necessity, c'^^. ir need a beer p^* that is smooth enough to go straight down without hitting the sides of the stomach,, yCU*lsb€TC} oE course34 words
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Article68 1956-01-05 7 LONDON. Jan. 4. »Reuter> The Sterling area's gold and dollar reserves fell by 163 million dollars m December. the Treasury announced today. On December 31. they stood at 2.120 million dollars. DurIng December. Britain paid c at 183 million dollars m loan repayment to the68 words
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Article57 1956-01-05 7 MONTREAL. Jan. 4. (Route/) Mis, Judith Cohen said yesterday she had received I paper? divorcing her from General Morris "Two Gun" ben, former bodyguard to Dr. Sun Vat Sen founder of the Chinese Republic. Mrs, Cohen, the former J litfa Clark of Montreal, said I57 words
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304 1956-01-05 7 Fear Pervades France As Votes Trickle In PARIS Jan. 4 (Reuter)-An atmosphere of apprehension and even fear pervaded today as the late election results trickled m to confirm that the nation is to have an even more "ungovernable" parliament than before. Electors who went gaily to the polls on Monday304 words
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Article39 1956-01-05 7 BUENOS AIRES. 'Jan. 4 (API Fifty-two former Qgressmen accused of trea- d for allegedly handing c. -atonal powers to ex- s;dent Juan D. Peron on Tuesday ordered r j for trial by Federal i ige Luis Botet.39 words
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Article41 1956-01-05 7 CAIRO, Jan. 4 (AP) M irshal Tito, on a 10-day fistt to Egypt, was awarded an engraved medallion by the Egyptian Police Academy yesterday after he had watched a performance by m anted police m the Academj grounds.41 words
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Article29 1956-01-05 7 LONDON. Jan. 4 (AP) Turkish Ambassador. S. H. Urguln conferred yesterday with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd about the Cyprus situation among other subjects of mutual interest.29 words
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Article36 1956-01-05 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 4 (AP)— Mrs. Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, widow of the Italian tenor. Enrico Caruso, left the bulk of her estimated $245.--000 estate *to her daughters. It became known Tuesday m Surrogates court.36 words
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Article40 1956-01-05 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 4, (AP) The first marriage licence issued this year m the Municoal Buildine went yesterday to Romeo Arnold L. Romeo, a 23-year-old Brooklyn bank clerk. His Juliet is 25-year-old Gloria P. Losego. a secretary.40 words
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Article29 1956-01-05 7 DUESSELDORF. Germany, Jan. 4. (UP)— Former German Chancellor Dr. Joseph Wirth. Stalin Peace Prize winner and advocate of strong GermanSoviet relations, died yesterday. He was "6.29 words
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Article82 1956-01-05 7 NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuter) British-born Mrs. Mabel Morris, 75, who lives m the home for aaed and infirm Hebrews m Manhattan, last night correctly answered the $10,000 question on the television programme, 'The 64,000--dollar Question." Mrs Morris answered a sixpart question on characters m "David82 words
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Article46 1956-01-05 7 BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 4. (AP) For the first time m Argentine history a United States daily newspaper went on sale on the nations newsstands yesterday. The newspaper is the New York Times. The edition is printed m Lima and flown here daily.46 words
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Article, Illustration107 1956-01-05 7 A HOLIDAY crowd m Reynosa. Mexico, had an unexpected thrill when the feature event m a bullfight they were watching got out of hand and the bullfighter was gored A girl taking part m the act narrowly escaped from the enraged bull. The bullfighter wasUP - 107 words
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Article, Illustration68 1956-01-05 7 photo. HERE'S a good trick to teach your dog! But you need strong teeth and your dog needs a good sense of balance. Showing how it's done are German cabaret artist FRANIA and his dog PEGGY, appearing m a Frankfurt night club. They do their actUP - 68 words
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272 1956-01-05 7 Dimming Their Election Hopes MANCHESTER, Jan. 4 (Reuter)— The Manchester Guardian said today that Indian Communists are less pleased about the recent visit of the Soviet leaders to their country than are the friends of Russia elsewhere m the world. The Liberal newspaper said272 words
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Article78 1956-01-05 7 LONDON, Jan. 4 (AP) Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd conferred today with Britain's senior diplomats from the Middle East to rind a way to bolster the nations influence m the area. Mr. Lloyd's purpose m holding the conference is partly to prepare for a top-level examination of the78 words
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Article28 1956-01-05 7 THE Italian Foreign Minister Signor Gaetano Martino on a four-day visit to New Delhi had talks on world problems with Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, yesterday. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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188 1956-01-05 7 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 4 (UP)— Police and Westinghouse strikers battled with clubs and stones here yesterday m the biggest outburst of violence so far m the 79-day old strike. The fierce fighting at dawn left one striker dead with a heart attack, eight persons188 words
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281 1956-01-05 7 Big Party Clash About Those Tanks Sold To Egypt EDEN:' 'I Won't Retail Parliament' GAITSKELL: There Must Be A Debate' LONDON, Jan. 4, (AP) Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden last night rejected British Socialist demands for a fullscale parliamentary debate on the Middle East before he goes to Washington for281 words
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194 1956-01-05 7 U.S. Plans New Strategy To Beat Red Hold On M.E. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —The United States Government has begun a major review of policies and trends m the Middle East and Asia to map ways of checking Soviet diplomatic infiltration and neutralist activities said to be on the increase there.194 words
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Article40 1956-01-05 7 HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 4 (Reuter) Actress Rita Hayworth and her fourth divorced husband, Crooner Dick Haymes, arc being sued for $8,400 here by Mr Robert Eaton, a lawyer, who claims they owe him that amount m fees.40 words
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207 1956-01-05 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 4 (AP) Joe Adonis, Italian-born racketeer, left the United States quietly but m style at noon yesterday. It was a "voluntary" departure aboard the Italian liner Conte Biancamano. but with a deportation order and a jail sentence hanging over207 words
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Article134 1956-01-05 7 FORMOSA PEACE RUMOURS LONDON. Jan. 4 <AP) The London Daily Mail today revived a rumour that Communist and Nationalist China are holding peace talks. The Nationalist Chinese government already has discounted the rumours. The Daily Mail, an independent Conservative paper, carried a dispatch from Macao, Portuguese colony on the China134 words
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Article16 1956-01-05 7 MOST of Calcutta's 10.000 tram workers were on a oneday token strike yesterday.—. Router.16 words
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Advertisement67 1956-01-05 7 4* \sy RALEIGH THE GREATEST NAME IN CYCLING RAJAH 22" Black with rim(B*Sjj&t |F \jt Sports Light Roadster 21" j^BP^Pyii JSSi^~sifck Sports Tcurist 21" Black with ir^^Mf fI m STANDARD n Elack ith ll^^^^^^A'y W* m 9 earcase hub brakes $170.00 v| »U W gearccse, 3 speed hub brakes Sole67 words
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272 1956-01-05 8 They Are Never Happy With What They Have 400 HAVE WHIMS AND FANCIES FOUR hundred Singapore Improvement Trust tenants are causing a "headache" to Trust officials with their whims and fancies. They complain: Our flats are too small; they are too expensive; too far272 words
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189 1956-01-05 8 PENANG, Wed.— A white cockerel's head was chopped off m the compound of the Magistrate's Court today m an oath-taking ceremony. A widow, Madam Chua Sor Hua, made a claim of $500 from a businessman Tan Ah Hin. It189 words
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Article, Illustration59 1956-01-05 8 hoto by MEMBERS of the Methodist Youth Fellowship and the Methodist Wesley Church, Klang took part m a pot-luck dinner and fancy dress competition to celebrate the New Year. The winners m the fancy dress are the Nicholson family dressed as a Dutch family. Picture shows theChing Seng Poh - 59 words
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334 1956-01-05 8 'CPO' IS NO COP-BUT A WOMAN WHO WATCHES HER MAN IPOH, Wed. President of the Sessions Court, Mr. E. A. Peers, during the hearing of a cheating case today, asked: "What is 'C.P.O.' Is it an initial or has it anything to do with the police?" An extract of a334 words
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Article77 1956-01-05 8 Rose Chan Strips In Peace BENTONG. Wed. Rose Chan, the girl who does not worry about what to wear m her business came to Bentong on Tuesday and stripped without raising a riot. She remarked after her show, "The folks of bentong are broadminded. I did not realize that the77 words
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Article150 1956-01-05 8 But... Sleeps In Unease KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A hotel manager today declined to answer questions put to him by a court regarding Chan Wai Chan, better known as. Rose Chan, the strip dancer. Tan Chong Kia, 30-year-old manager of the Mayfair Hotel m Pinces Road, faced a summons charge m150 words
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Article, Illustration39 1956-01-05 8 MR AND MRS. L. T. PUTRA, after their wedding recently at ihc Methodist Wesley Church, Ipoh. The bridegroom is a Town Council Health Inspector while the bridr, the former Miss Juliet Ong Leng Choo, is from Butterworth.39 words
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Article49 1956-01-05 8 BOMBAY, India. Jan. 4. (UP)— United States Ambassador. John Sherman Cooper .yesterday morning formally presented four American locomotives to the Indian Railways at Bombay Central Station. The four were the first of 100 locomotives beins given to India under the Indian-Ameri-can technical co-operation programme.49 words
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Article154 1956-01-05 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A young housewife, Aminah binte Haji Said, told the Second. Magistrate today she heard a youth say that he was out to satisfy his pMsff I on her and axing her husband. Aminah was the complainant m a case m which154 words
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143 1956-01-05 8 CHINESE bus companies m Singapore will run a temporary service from Finlayson Green to other parts of the city from tomorrow. The Chinese Bus Owners' Association yesterday decided to apply for temporary licences from the City Council to operate the services. A spokesman of143 words
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214 1956-01-05 8 A WAY FOR CHINESE TO ACQUIRE LAND KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Should new villagers show that they are prepared to settle down permanently, the Kedah government will grant them permanent leases to the land they are tilling, Tuan Syed Hassan Shahabudin, the State214 words
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Article, Illustration88 1956-01-05 8 THEATRE MAGNATE »\\\\WW MAWWtvt* AUSTRALIAN theatre J magnate, Mr. Eric Ed- 2 gley. who is at present > m Singapore on a busi- j 5 ness-cum-pleasure trip, i Z hopes to bring an inter- national variety show here about the middle of J the year. J Mr. Edgley, who is88 words
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Article66 1956-01-05 8 FRANCIS Jerry Paglar. 22, an employee of Qantas. Singapore, was assaulted by three Indians at Tampenis Road, while returning home on his motorcycle, at 10.30 p.m. last night. Paglar, who received cuts on his left eyebrow and upper lip, was treated as an out-patient at66 words
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Article36 1956-01-05 8 LONDON, Jan. 4 (UP) An anti submarine plane that can dive at 330 miles per hour or circle its prey at 60 will go into service m Britain this month, it was announced yesterday.36 words
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Article176 1956-01-05 8 I WANTED TO BE FREE PRISONER PENANG, Wed. A man detained for alleged robbery escaped from police custody because no one was watching him, the Magistrate's Court was told today. Lim Chee Tong, alias Lam Chee Tong, 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of escaping from the custody of the176 words
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Article32 1956-01-05 8 A CHILD, Mohamed Yu?of bin Suleiman, 3, was fata^y injured when he was Involved m a collision with a vsn at Muthuraman Chetty Roac Singapore, at 7 o'clock la^t night.32 words
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Article32 1956-01-05 8 UNITED STATES Air Force Secretary Donald Quarh s said m Hongkong yesterday that the Chinese Commun: t could not conquer Form'^ and expressed doubt they would even try. U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Advertisement215 1956-01-05 8 the greatest Morris m Morris History THE "QUALITY FIRST" T^Si /SSSi JwSs\ /SSSSk 2 6 LITRE SIX-CYLINDER DJ/fl M| |JUI H/il Mi a spacious luxury car with Here are the highlights of this great new finish. Loads of room for luggage m Morris New 2.6 litre B.M.C overhead- spacious rear215 words
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Article1048 1956-01-05 9 's dream of the ktst of space is closer to reality r he United States 1c c d plans to an instrument ped, m a n-m ad c during the Inter" :on a I Geophysical v r ,1957-1958). One of icorld's foremost ket experts, Willy describes m1,048 words
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Article, Illustration94 1956-01-05 9 This is an artist's drawing of a man-made satellite envisioned by German-bom Wernher von Braun, who now lives m Huntsville, Alabama, and works for the U.S. Government. One of the world's foremost rocket experts, Dr. von Braun dreams about i space station 1,075 miles up from the earth, from whichA.P. - 94 words
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Article1844 1956-01-05 9 Letter FROM INDIA HIGHLIGHTS: Visit of Madame Soong Ching-Ling Communist Steel for Indian factories Agitation over States Reorganization BN.,MBN,. TF there is a Chinese version A of the Indian concept of "Bharat Mata" we would readily, acclaim Madame Soong Ching-ling as a living embodiment of "Cheena Mata" (Mother China). The1,844 words
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Advertisement73 1956-01-05 9 TVie world famous family of TIGER medicinal products v^3B^it'^lk^'«K ;^SBsftfiirA I CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache, Stomachache, Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache, Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL VWvvvivvvvwvvvvUvvvvvvwvvvvv^^ IBWrcflfHwa) //T"^ 'iE5> All bedrooms air-conditioned with barhroomi vf-^-|g^^ telephone: luxuriously furnished. I73 words
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Miscellaneous330 1956-01-05 9 STANDARD'S Crossword Puzzle L/>l ipo 11. Susceptible to building a 25. Saint torn and fleeced? (8) L/I-Uto French island (8) 26. Endues when followed m ACEOSS r^ An iL o r(6 m we fi££-VU i A penny worth ten asses? 14. Quite unbelievable (10) nmvM 18. What the spider did330 words
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Miscellaneous36 1956-01-05 9 /y\ U U f[ I "Last night I went to the flicks with my boy friend we hugged a little, then we kissed a little, then we discovered something we weren't sitting next to each other!"36 words
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Miscellaneous9 1956-01-05 9 "Well, you told me to bring my best friend."9 words
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171 1956-01-05 10 THE National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd. will begin further expansion plans costing some S3 million m six months' time, Mr. E. L. Brisbin, the company's managing director, said yesterday. He returned to Singapore yesterday after a four-month holiday-cum-business trip of the United States, England171 words
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Article146 1956-01-05 10 THE rubber market m Singapore was easier yesterday first grade rubber closing at $L 24! per lb.. a drop of li cents on Tuesday. QUOTATIONS opened lower yesterday on lower overseas advices, first business being around $1.25. a drop of 1* cents on Tuesday. The146 words
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Article435 1956-01-05 10 SURPLUS OF RUBBER THIS YEAR Bureau Predicts Excess Output HTHE January Bulletin A of the Natural Rubber Bureau m Washington yesterday predicted that world production of all kinds of rubber would exceed world consumption by 150,000 tons, which it called "a relatively small surplus" which would go into over-depleted stocks.Reuter - 435 words
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Article122 1956-01-05 10 IN the first three quarters of 1955 there was an increase of 6 per cent, m the volume of U.K. exports. An outstanding increase was by the chemicals industry which raised the value of its shipments by 14 per cent. In the main metal-using trades there122 words
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Article50 1956-01-05 10 THE Indian Government has decided to continue free licensing of the export of the following chemicals this year: acetone, aluminium oxide, aniline and alkylated am/.: aisenic sulphide, calcium carbide, caustic potash, dibutyl phthalate and dimothyl phtha> late hydrogen peroxide, litho* phone and cadmium lithophone, phosphorous, sodiu :i hydrosulphide.50 words
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Article41 1956-01-05 10 NEW YORK, Jan.. 4 (UP)— Dow- Jones closing averages: Stocks: 30 Industrials 485.78; 20 Rails 162.21; 15 Utilities 63.73; 65 Stocks— 171.70. Bonds: 40 Bonds 98.13. The Dow-Jones Commodity Futures Index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 152.91.41 words
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Article133 1956-01-05 10 German Car Output Hits New High TWO top German automobile manufacturing companies announced m Frankfurt they produced more cars m 1955 than m any previous year since the war. The Opel Company at nearby Ruesselsheim said that it turned out 185,340 cars and trucks last year, a gain over 1954.AP - 133 words
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Article21 1956-01-05 10 AUSTRALIAN whales were thinner and one inch shorter last season than the season before, reports the Australian Whaling Commission.21 words
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Article83 1956-01-05 10 NEW IMPORT MOVE IN SINGAPORE THE Singapore Controller of Imports and Exports, Mr. W. H. Walker, has announced that the imports of meats, carcass, hides and skins of oxen, buffaloes, sheep and goats, will be removed 'from Open General Licence as from tomorrow. The carcass includes bones and offals but83 words
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Article121 1956-01-05 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Jan. S27J buyers. S27§ sellers. Feb. $275 buyers. S2BJ sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $40i sellers, coconut oil (drums) 54.3J sellers; Muntok white pepper $142 sellers. Sarawak white $141 sellers; Special Sarawak black $101 sellers. Singapore Copra121 words
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Article36 1956-01-05 10 BRITISH coal production dropped more than two million tons during 1955, the U.K. Ministry of Fuel reported. Total production was 221.570,400 ton s in the past year compared with 223,619,--800 m 1954. APAP - 36 words
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Article27 1956-01-05 10 A CONTRACT worth about £250,000 has been won m open international competition by a British firm to carry out an air survey m Iran.27 words
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Article143 1956-01-05 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done Fed. Dis. $3,50 overnight; Fraser and Neave ords. $1.75 to SI.BIJ, Gammon $2.55; Hammer $2.70; Breweries $3.40; M. Cement $1.62*; $1.63: M. Colls $1: McAlister 53.22J: Metal Box 51.66 i: OTEC. 82/-; Sime Darby $1.95 to $1.97 J. Straits143 words
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Article117 1956-01-05 10 MALAYAN industrial shares were again the feature of the shares market yesterday, and this section continued to be very firm. Tin and rubber shares were quieter and inclined to ease. Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday reported the following price changes INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fed. Disp. 3.48 3.53117 words
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368 1956-01-05 10 FAR EAST SHOWS SMALLEST RISE IN WORLD TRADE NVB,NV THE Far East has shown the smallest increasr mi n both exports and imports m the period since 1937 which has seen world trade rise to more than three times its value at the beginning of the period. That is among368 words
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252 1956-01-05 10 Non-Tyre Rubber Products Sales Up SALES of non-tyre rubbei products have, m the aggregate, increased even faster than sales or tyres since the end of the war, according to Mr. Thomas Robins, Jr.. president of Hewitt-Robins, Inc. Mr. Robins who was addressing the Rubber Manufacturers' Association annual general meeting m252 words
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Article, Illustration415 1956-01-05 10 New Functions For Australian Plywood MANUFACTURE of plywood and veneer m Australia promises a great future. The introduction of new timbers and manufacturing processes has been successful, and several novel uses have been found for the new types of plywood being made. One Australian company claims that its plywood sheets415 words
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Advertisement621 1956-01-05 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Assessment for the year 1956. Rates doe for the Ist half-year 1956. /"OWNERS of property are re- minded that rates for the Ist half-year 1956 are due and payable m advance without demand at the City Hall m the month of January. 1956 Notice is621 words
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Advertisement525 1956-01-05 10 Fhe Town Boards Enactment (FJM.S. Cap 137) Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council. notice IT IS proposed under Section 1 144 of the Town Boards Enactment, to amend the Aporoved Town Plan No. B 3 (Gc^ettf Notification No 2846/ Sli of the Tcwnship of Ipoh oy altering the zoning of Dart525 words
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Advertisement204 1956-01-05 10 NOTICES THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, 1940. 0 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Companies Windlns-up No. 5 oi 1955. In Re: HEDDLE CO., LTD. SALE BY PUBLIC TENDER THE Official Receiver invites tenders for the purchase ex bone of the liquor stocks of the above204 words
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Advertisement23 1956-01-05 10 N.Y.K. LINE Aden, Djibouti, Massawa, P. Sudan, Jeddah, Suez. P.Said, Beirut, Alexandria, Lattakia, Piraeus, AIZU MARU Singapore 9111 Jan. The BORNEO Company Limited23 words
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Miscellaneous107 1956-01-05 10 SHIPS IN PORT WHARVES Frankfurt 1. Palmetto Mariner 4, Drente 6. Denbigshire 8. Teiresias 10. Benreoch 13, Tantalus 15, Soetadijk 17. Gesan Maru 19. Benveg 21. Silindoeng (coal plant). Leneverett 23, Rebeverett 25. Clydebank 27, Meonia 29, India 31. Atreus "3. Charon 35, Billiton 38. Islander 40, Carthage 42. Benavon107 words
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Miscellaneous51 1956-01-05 10 Bentong. Segamat. Auby. Song Be, Perlis, Hong Tat. Caltex 93. Lipis. Hin Cheong. Senai. Banjoewangi. Tong Seang. Larantuka, Scudai, Lucky Trader, Kimanis, Manihine, Resang, Peterzwei, Tong Hong. Torina. Timor. Hong Eng, Resang. Sedenak, Senang, Reneng. Tung Song, Leksula, Tong Leong. Larut. Reinhard, Giang Seng. Bidor. New Susana, Salong, Mahathevi, Serdang,51 words
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Advertisement782 1956-01-05 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT /SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Annrerf), Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen. 3othenburg and Oslo. Spore P. Sham Penang ♦xx) "KAMBODIA" 14*/ IS Jan 16/16 Jon 17/18 Jon x) "LALANDIA" 8/BFeb xxx) "INDIA" 28F«>b/2Mar 3/4 Mar 5/6 Mor x) Cells London (Passengers only). xx) Calls Gdynia.782 words
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Article, Illustration54 1956-01-05 12 Best Actor Actress ABOVE- Anna Magnani, the Italian actress, and Ernest Borgnine. chosen as the best actress and actor of the year by New York film critics. Miss Magnani was ricked for her part m "The Rose Tattoo." Borgnine starred m "Marty," which the critics chose as the best filmA.P. - 54 words
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Article, Illustration24 1956-01-05 12 RIGHT- British film star. Dirk Bogarde. who has been voted the biggest box-office draw m Britain of all the world's stars.24 words
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Article, Illustration45 1956-01-05 12 FILM POLL PICKS JIMMY GRACE ABOVE: Jimmy Stewart, chosen as the most popular star, and Grace Kelly, runner-up, m a poll among American film exhibitors. Miss Kelly appears m the first ten box-office stars oi the year for the first time. APAP - 45 words
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Article, Illustration53 1956-01-05 12 ABOVE: The United States navy released this picture m Washington, last week, after it had been published m Naval Aviation News, an official navy magazine. The magazine said the picture shows passengers being transferred from a Soviet W. Class submarine to a Hound helicopter. No further detailsAP - 53 words
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Article, Illustration102 1956-01-05 12 BELOW: Smoking away like a chimney is Ismail Gundogdu. the only son of a Turkish family living m Istanbul. And Ismail is two years old. When he was one year old he smoked ten cigarettes a day. His father beat him to get him out ofAP - 102 words
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Article, Illustration80 1956-01-05 12 RIGHT: The tales of a man who lived independently of civilization m Macedonia led to the discovery of 60-year-old Christos Goutas who lives m a cave m the hills of Asvestochori, (Greece). He has lived m thi s fashion since 1941 when he was wounded by theUP - 80 words
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Article, Illustration65 1956-01-05 12 ABOVE: Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) greets a smiling President Tito of Yugoslavia, on the latter^ arrival at Cairo's railway terminal for a ten-day visit to Egypt. President Tito has arrived m Egypt after concluding a state visit to Ethiopia. H» travelled by ship toUP - 65 words
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Article, Illustration38 1956-01-05 12 RIGHT: Erna Coveli, 21. of Durham, is the girl "rescued from a fire." surrounded by "firemen." at a rehearsal for the Chelsea Arts Ball at the Royal Albert Hall. London, on New Year's Eve. APAP - 38 words
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Article, Illustration46 1956-01-05 12 BELOW: President Eisenhower, with his brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower (m snorts) at the naval base at Key West, Florida, last week, after arriving for a short holiday. The men behind are reporters. Key West was a favourite resort of President Truman A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article, Illustration83 1956-01-05 12 BELO\V: Miss Maria Paz Blanco, left. wa» chosen "Miss Aviation" and Mrs. Luisa Mauri Roses, right, "Mrs. Aviation," during the Aviation Ball which closed the 7th Philippine Aviation Week at the Manila International Airport recently. Miss Aviation is a 21-year-old employee of the Muzak Company,UP - 83 words
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530 1956-01-05 13 WORDS OF WISDOM FROM ONE WHO KNOWS By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— ln spite of the great strides made by British track and field men and women over the past few years, Britain is still one of the most backward of athletic nations m the matter of tracks.530 words
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Article238 1956-01-05 13 THE STARS PROVE TOO COSTLY I. AWN tennis stars from overseas can expect leaner tunes m England next year. > hundred and eighty i -nent and other tennis gfßciala asreed almost unani--0 alj m London that seldom a the stars worth the heavy npemea they demand. -\eral secretaries said they238 words
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Article, Illustration220 1956-01-05 13 UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE WITH FATHER ALLAN DICKIE** LITTLE BOY WITH BIG MUSCLES IMAGINE being: able to throw dad over your shoulder, or even out of the window, when he frowns at your school report. It can be done, and five-year-old Allan220 words
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626 1956-01-05 13 Louis In Big Trouble Owes $1 mil. In Taxes NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (AP)— Dollars nearly five million of them rained down on Joe Louis during his career as heavyweight boxing champion of the world. But Joe, now sadder and wiser, somehow lost sight of them and lie tells m626 words
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183 1956-01-05 13 NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (AP)— Horace Ashenfelter. America's Olympic 3.000-metre steeplechase champion, said yesterday he didn't "think" he would defend his title m Australia this year. Ashenfelter admitted to reporters that his probable passing of the Games had nothing to do with his job183 words
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Article399 1956-01-05 13 LONDON, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— One of the biggest surprises of the 1955 sporting season was reserved for the dying days of the year the selection of Gordon Pirie as the "sportsman of the year" by the British public. Pirie, noted British distance runner, was not rated by399 words
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Advertisement434 1956-01-05 13 CLASSIFIED ADS ANNOUNCEMENT PANTOMIME Reme'fi TheaJ- tie. Ayer Raiah Road, Jan. 9;h, 10th. 13th 14th at 830 p.m. Jan. llth C.30 p.m. Ticktes S2 51. 50 and $1/. Tel. LMIO cxt. 486. SITUATIONS VACANT I ADY SECRETARY required -L" soonest by leading Singapore firm for work at managerial level. Minimum434 words
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Miscellaneous199 1956-01-05 13 1 i-t r -fort*/ I 1 1? 3 1/Vu A^nJou'T pmm ir Y.i promised nou anT\ ■^1/ iy)^ :<> i^ J.V, bv^Sl-MjSSlCllf^ GIVEI )^BOOVJEDDING, OLD J FIHISHtD.X-JX S^^al »s nyl^ftX going to promote POSES IftA&JiW J^^^P THET *BOO a lf^~>^ 1 ONE MO MATTER >OP THE WORLD'S l\ X*ifcg> l199 words
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Article, Illustration105 1956-01-05 14 TEN English racehorses, worth about £10,000 arrived m Singapore on the S.S. Benavon yesterday. Among them was three-year-old Mallard half-brother to Phil Drake winner of last year's Epsom Derby. The horses boarded the ship m London on Dec 9. They are expected105 words
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Article, Illustration21 1956-01-05 14 thVrhHa«,^ nnis at p *nans on Saturday, last day of tfte Christmas-New Year meeting.21 words
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Article32 1956-01-05 14 MIAMI. Florida, Jan. 4 (AP) Prince Morvi. an Australian thoroughbred, arrived at Hialeah Park yesterday after a, journey covering 16.900 miles to prepare for a winter racing campaign.32 words
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Article50 1956-01-05 14 R.A.F. SELETAR trounced Nee Soon "B" by 26 points (goal. 6 tries, penalty) to nil m a friendly Rugby match at Nee Soon yesterday. Scorers for the Airrren were Morgan (1); Mawley <2>: Russell (1) and converted (2>: Rose (1) and converted one penalty; and Elliot (1).50 words
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Article184 1956-01-05 14 Naval Base Edge Changi NAVAL Base beat R.A.F. Changi by 11 points (goal, 2 tries) to eight (goal, try) m a friendly rugger match at Naval Base yesterday. The match was keenly contested and it was left to- tfcfe Changi airmen to open the score early m the match. Anderson184 words
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249 1956-01-05 14 Seletar 'C' Take A Trouncing From Nee Soon NEE SOON trounced R.A.F. Seletar "C" by 22 points (2 goals, 4 tries) to 9 (2 tries, penalty) m a friendly Rugby match played at Nee Soon yesterday. Nee Soon started the game off very well. Their threes were very fast and249 words
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1096 1956-01-05 14 Schedule Of Racing First Day: Class Four Div. One: 5 Fur. Straight and 81 Fur. Class Four Div. Two: 5 Fur. Straight. Class Five Div. One: 6 Fur. and 8i Fur. c. M An ass f iv Div Two: 3 an <* 61,096 words
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Article77 1956-01-05 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Kilat Club strengthened their position m the Selangor Hockey Association Div. One League with a smashing 3-0 win over Seiangor Malays at Gurney Road today. Malays played with 10 men throughout and for the major part of the game were forced on the77 words
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Article73 1956-01-05 14 SINGAPORE Women's Hockey Association has accepted an invitation from Selangor Women's Hockey Association 10 take part m the pentangular tournament to be held m Kuala Lumpur from Feb. 24 to Feb. 26. This was revealed by Mrs. Olga Aeria, secretary of the SWHA who said that73 words
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Article30 1956-01-05 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "A" beat the Royal Australian Air Force by nine points (try. 2 penalties) to nil m a friendly Rugby match played on the Padang yesterday.30 words
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Article, Illustration118 1956-01-05 14 NORMA CHAPPELL. leading member-bowler of the women's section of the American Club, has been popularly named as "the most consistently high bowler of the year." Wife of Howard Chappcll of the Goodyear Orient Co., Norma took an active part m organizing the first women's bowling league competition118 words
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Article, Illustration493 1956-01-05 14 BILL FUNK - TUKANA HAS MAKINGS OF A CHAMP BILL FUNK THE MAN WHO TRAINED O'NEAL SAYS: By TO an average boxing fan, ''Terror" Tukana is just another fighting Fijian with c "killer instinct." But to Ben Termin, the men who trained Eddie O'Neal for his fight agoi nnts t Rocky Graziano, m493 words
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Article143 1956-01-05 14 SATURDAY'S CHILDREN. 'Ed by Mary Lou Mitchell meet Pin-Ups m what is regarded as the crucial match of the American club Women's Bow. ling League Competition on Saturday at 2 p.m. Saturday's Children, represented by Mary Lou Mitchell, capt: Lucille Levin Dorothy Bridges. Ros e143 words
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Article301 1956-01-05 14 Mrs. J. Norton who won the MacKenzie Cup was Uiesented with the trophy by Mrs. T. King, the wife of th- Station Commander of the Royal Air Force. Seletar auring the New Year Day golf presentation awards. The following are re December winners and301 words
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Article17 1956-01-05 14 ARMY beat Police Association 1-0 m a 6 hockey match at Sc Road, Singapore yesterday.17 words
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Miscellaneous23 1956-01-05 14 HOCKEY: Triangular— Latiff Wanderers vs. Johore Bahru Malays... Farrer Park. Junior Knockout S.C.R.C. "B" vs. R.E.M.E. "B"...Serangoon Road: R.A.F., Seletar "B" vs. R.A.S.C....Seletar23 words
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