Singapore Standard, 2 February 1956
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Title Section36 1956-02-02 1 Singapore Tiger Standard STANDARD POLICI Jfctt f^T VTn *3l fIM BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 line.) 2400 *TP> f\j J -3Z. 2811 2414 \ol. VI. No. 210 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1956 16 PAGES 13 CENTS36 words
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Article, Illustration61 1956-02-02 1 'Ill' Be Loyal To Malaya' "I pledge my loyalty to the Federation of Malaya..." was the oath taken by these boys of the Methodist Boys' School. Kuala Lumpur, during the Federation Day Celebration held at the School grounds yesterday. Mr. A.D. York, president of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality was their61 words
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Article407 1956-02-02 1 20 Terrorists Ambush, Kill Two 1n... They Got Mac After His Ammo Gave Out Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A European estate assistant, Mr. R. MacVeigh, and his escort of four Police Special Constables today fought a brief but grim battle with 20 terrorists on Kulai407 words
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Article182 1956-02-02 1 ANDREW ROTH - ANDREW ROTH By LONDON, Feb. I— The adoption of the main report tf the defence and internal security committee bv the Malayan Constitutional Conference at a plenary session yesterday, is believed to put Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaya's Chief Minister, in the chair of the council182 words
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Article86 1956-02-02 1 Its Malay In Future Union THE 31.000-strcng SingaFactory and ShopworkUnion has decided that meetings, at all levels. I* :n future be conducted lia Malay. I s :retary. Mr. C. V. Devan rnkx-.r told The Standard that U ugh the Union is pre- inantlv Chinese, it was Hmded that Malay should86 words
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Article131 1956-02-02 1 KADUNA. Feb. 1 (Reuter) The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived here by air today for a visit to the Moslem northern region, which covers two-thirds of the vast Nigerian Colony. The Royal couple will spend three days in Kaduna. capital of the region.131 words
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111 1956-02-02 1 Russians In S. Africa Told: 'Quit' CAPETOWN, Feb. 1 (Reuter) South Africa has asked Russia to recall her envoys from the Union by March L after receiving evidence that they cultivated subversive elements and carried out Communist propaganda, the Government announced today. Russia established diplomatic representation with South Africa in111 words
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Article60 1956-02-02 1 PARIS. Feb. 1 (Reuter)— M Guy Mollet. the newlyinvested French Premier, presented his Cabinet to President Rene Coty at the Elysee Palace today As he left the presidential Residence, the 50-year-old Socialist told reporters that the first Cabinet meeting of the new "Republican Front Government60 words
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Article17 1956-02-02 1 SIR Hubert Mouldsworth, 66. boss of Britain's nationalized coal mine industry, died yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article63 1956-02-02 1 CALCUTTA. Feb. 1 (UP)— New demonstrations against the Government broke out here today. A group protesting the merger of the neighbouring States of West Bengal and Behar paraded through the streets carrying anti-govern-ment signs demanding the resignation of the Congress, and the State legislature. A large63 words
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Article68 1956-02-02 1 SYDNEY, Feb. 1 (Reuter) —Hopes of ending Australia's nation-wide dock strike were raised today when the Government and trade unions agreed to meet at a roundtable conference on the eight-day-old stoppage. An invitation to the conference In Canberra on Thursday was issued today by the Labour68 words
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Article237 1956-02-02 1 EXPERT CALLED IN WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Reuter)— The British and United States Foreign Secretaries today called in Admiral Lewis Strauss, Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, to discuss joint atomic policy, including the possibility of limiting hydrogen weapons tests. Admiral Strauss joined Mr.237 words
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Article87 1956-02-02 1 REDS CRY: HOLD THAT SABRE JET HONGKONG. Feb. 1 (Reuter)— Mr. Con O'Neill, British Charge D'AfTaires in Peking, todav forwarded a demand by the Communist Chinese Government to the Hongkong authorities requesting the detention of the Chinese Nationalist Sabre jet fighter and its Chinese pilot who made an emergency landing87 words
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Article53 1956-02-02 1 FOUR unknown persons attacked a Singapore schoolgirl. Woon Soon Teck, 14. with sticks and bottles last night at her home in Joo Chiat. Woon was seriously Injured, and admitted Into the General Hospital. Woon's mother said that at the time of the attack she was53 words
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Article34 1956-02-02 1 SEOUL Police announced the arrest of "an uniformed man with forged papers" who boarded a Seoul-Pusan train shortly after South Korea's Communist-hunting counter-intelligence chief was ambushed and killed on Monday. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article58 1956-02-02 1 HONGKONG, Feb. 1 (Reuter) Hanoi Radio alleged today that Royal Laotian troops crossed into North Vietnam on January 26, attacked North Vietnamese border guards and plundered several Vietnamese villages. The Communist broadcast claimed that Laotian troops killed two North Vietnamese border guards, seized a quantity of58 words
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Article31 1956-02-02 1 THE Soviet Minister of Culture, Mr. Nikolai A. Mikhailov. left by air yesterday for Britain for talks on the expansion of cultural co-opera-tion between the two coun- tries. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article21 1956-02-02 1 SINGAPORE Police detained a Chinese Middle School student last Sunday under the Public Security Bill. Police declined further comment.21 words
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Article107 1956-02-02 1 HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 1 (Reuter)— Marie Tsien. 25--year-old Chinese-born actress, won a divorce here after claiming that her husband, Mr. Ernest Tsien. now living in Vancouve. Canada, wanted her to "behave in ac- cordance with the ancient to report to him by telecustoms of obedience of phone107 words
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547 1956-02-02 1 Standard Staff Reporters THE THREE grenade attacks on the Singapore Police by killer gangs on Tuesday night were carried out to boost the morale of the Communist rank and file, swell their depleted funds and intimidate the Revealing this to The Standard yesterday,547 words
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Article, Illustration90 1956-02-02 1 Amah 's Throat Slashed AN ATTRACTIVE Singapore maidservant, Teo Meow Eng. 23, was found with her throat slashed and a knife wound in her abdomen in a house in Upper Serangoon Road yesterday. A bloodstained kitchen knife was also found near the outstretched right hand of the girl. She is90 words
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Article22 1956-02-02 1 CAPT. William Judd landed at Cairo airport yesterday on a non-stop flight from Paris in his single-engined sports plane. U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article46 1956-02-02 1 THE THREE Chinese school students detained by Singapore Police on Tuesday night soon after a grenade was hurled into Geylang Police Station were released last night. Police Secretary. Mr. Peter Clague, said there was no evidence to convict them with the incident.46 words
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211 1956-02-02 2 Federation Day Message To Youth KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Officer Administering the Government, Mr. David Gray, told thousands of schoolchildren throughout the Federation today that the responsibility of shaping the country lay on their shoulders. Su will have to work hard to211 words
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Article80 1956-02-02 2 Girl Clerk Stabbed At Office TERESA Thangasamy. 26. was stabbed twice before a horrified crowd of officeworkers in Fullerton Building, Singapore, yesterday. Mi.-s Thangasamy. a clerk In the Income Tax Department, was ascending the stairs to her office in the morning when she was confronted by a man. He punched80 words
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Article, Illustration51 1956-02-02 2 OFFICERS and ratings of the Singapore Division of the RMNVR turned out in full force for the farewell inspection by Senior Officer Capt. F. E. W. Lammert on board H.M.S. Laburnum yesterday. Capt. Lammert goes on leave in a fortnight's time. Standard picture shows Capt. Lammert inspecting the51 words
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114 1956-02-02 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. State and Settlement Governments in the Federation will shortly recruit 500 assistant nurses under the Alliance plan to enlarge hospital facilities. Ten nursing sisters will also be chosen to assist in the training of the assistant nurses, Dr. R.E. Anderson, Director114 words
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Article31 1956-02-02 2 94th ANN IV ERS ARY THE Singapore Ramakrishna Mission will observe the 94th birthday of Swami Vivekananda, the Founder of the Mission, at its Bartley Road premises at 10 a.m. tomorrow.31 words
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344 1956-02-02 2 'Prejudicial To My Client' A SINGAPORE lawyer yesterday complained to a Magistrate that an English newspaper had committed a "big inaccuracy" in its report on the preceding day's proceedings. The lawyer, Mr. P. F. D'Souza said the misquotation might "prejudice his client in the case344 words
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Article33 1956-02-02 2 EIGHT women strikers at the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, were arrested by the police yesterday for causing obstruction to the entrance of the factory.33 words
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Article104 1956-02-02 2 Murder Charge Amended Mr. D'Souza was referring to the fourth paragraph of the newspaper account of the alleged murder of three-year-old Ee Tai Seng by his parents, Ee Chong Khoon and Pansy Seow. The paragraph reads: sometimes beaten the child 'for days on end'." "This is grossly inaccurate, your honour.104 words
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Article139 1956-02-02 2 Mr. C. H. Koh. counsel for Chong Khoon, asked for his comment by Mr. Choor Singh, said he associated himself with Mr. D'Souza in regard to the matter. At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry the magistrate amended the charge of murder to one of culpable homicide not139 words
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Article, Illustration68 1956-02-02 2 THE newly appointed Public Relations Officer, Far East, for Qantas Empire Airways and 8.0.A.C., Major K C. Harvey (above), arrived by Qantas BO AC yesterday from London en route to Hongkong. Major Harvey was the Army PRO for three years in Hongkong before he retired at the68 words
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155 1956-02-02 2 Ethics To Be Taught In Colony Schools A MOVE to introduce moral ethics in all Singapore schools is now being discussed by a special committee consisting of all religious leaders including several members of the Ministry of Education, the Assistant Minister for Education, Inche Sidek bin Haji Abdul Hamid, told155 words
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Article43 1956-02-02 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Dato Wan Idris the Mentri Besar. entertained a large gathering at a cocktail party at his residence last night. During the course of the evening the Malay Film Unit screened shots of Johore and the Baling Talks.43 words
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Article111 1956-02-02 2 ONE of the few ships to beat the 53-port. waterfront strike which is crippling Australia, arrived in Singapore yesterday with a full cargo of livestock and general goods. She is the Blue Funnel liner Charon, which berthed at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves with about 1 2.500111 words
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Article215 1956-02-02 3 Convening Body Formed A CONVENING committee which expects to establish a Singapore union of unemployed persons has been set up. "The convenors feel that there is urgent need for serious attempts to solve the growing unemployment problem in Singapore and for measures to alleviate the215 words
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Article67 1956-02-02 3 MINIMUM Temperature: From 7..50 p.m. Jan. 31 to 7.:»0 a.m. Feb 1 Singapore* (71F). Penang (7?.F). Kota Bahru (72F). Kuala Lumpur (71F), lpoh (7'JF), Kuantan (G9F). Maximum Temnerature: From 7.:>0 a.m. to 7.H0 p.m. Feb. 1. Singapore (X9F), Penang (88F). Kota Bahru (84F). Kuala Lumpur (91F), lpoh (91F).67 words
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Article171 1956-02-02 3 THE activities of health inspectors are no longer confined to environmental hygiene, but also the promotion of health of the individual and the community, said Singapore's Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, yesterdav. He was speaking to 26 health Inspector trainees from the Federation. North171 words
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Article53 1956-02-02 3 200 Booked In For Army Stint TWO hundred Singapore youths were documented and medically examined for Natonal Service in the Singapore Military Forces during the past two days. They will undergo an Xray shortly, after which they will go for training, the National Service Offi-er Mr F. .1 Bentley, told53 words
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Article46 1956-02-02 3 MUAR. Wed. For possession of apparatus tor distilling liquor without a licence at an address in Jalan Salleh, en Oct. 11. last vear. Chin Kong Swee was fined ISOO or two months' imprisonment by tne Muar Magistrate. Inche Pawan Ahmad, recently.46 words
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129 1956-02-02 3 DR. R.B. Kelley, leading Australian animal husbandry expert, was impressed by the progress Singapore has made in developing the poultry and pig-rearing industry. A retired officer of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Dr. Kelley arrived here on Tuesday on his way to Burma129 words
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Article16 1956-02-02 3 THE Indonesian Parliament yesterday ratified Indonesia's participation in the International Tin Agreement. ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article, Illustration160 1956-02-02 3 A SINGAPORE bandleader. Mr. Cecil Wilson, last night celebrated his 25th year of service as a musician with one management Shaw Brothers Ltd. To mark the occasion, two bands played at the Great World Cabaret last night a 16-piece Army orchestra of the First160 words
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Article, Illustration522 1956-02-02 3 CHRISTINE DIEMER - 'Morning, Miss Kendall, Says S'pore In An Evening Call CHRISTINE DIEMER By "GOOD MORNING/' came the cheery voice ot British film star, Kay Kendall, in a telephone conversation with me at 6.30 last night, all the way from Stratford-on-Avon, England. Pointing out that it was then evening in Singapore, I522 words
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Article169 1956-02-02 3 TWO bailors summoned to show cause why their bail should not be estreated bargained with the Singapore Fourth Magistrate. Mr J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, yesterday, to have it settled onl> half the amount. Lim Ah Yong. tongkang. owner, and Koh Seng Chua. building eontractor. stood surety169 words
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Miscellaneous504 1956-02-02 3 cMlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE UMl^— I Announcements and Programme j^r^^T. r_T J^yii-iUrL summary (Si; 602 Adventure in V I U h'D D IJ 8 f Space (S): 630 Radio Dante Club •S IjW M r* r*V^<iyfc ,S): 6.56 Singapote Share Market WmfS^' Report (S); 7 p.m. News »S); iTr"504 words
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Article153 1956-02-02 4 CLOSING ruoher prices (rents per ih m Slnea pore yesterday were. Huyers {tellers House Ttrms Spot f.o.b. 108 1081 Jan. 108 108* No. 2 Jan. 106V 107 No. 3 Jan. 106 106) Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $380 2 per picul (Down S2i).153 words
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Article38 1956-02-02 4 ABDUL Razak bin Joned was fined $15 in the Second Traffic Magistrate's Court yesterday for driving in a careless manner at Farrer Park which resulted in a collision with a. motorcycle on Oct. 25 last year.38 words
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695 1956-02-02 4 GANGSTER TESTIFIES AT MURDER TRIAL 'He Whipped Out Two Daggers From His Hips A SELF-CONFESSED gangster, Cheong Poh Wing, stood for two hours in the witness-box at the Singapore Assizes yesterday and recounted events that led to a street murder. Cheong was testifying for the Crown at a hearing in695 words
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Article340 1956-02-02 4 Some Are Quite A Mouthful NAMES of roads and streets in Singapore should be simplified in future. This opinion was expressed by several Standard readers yesterday. They felt that names given to streets should be simple enough for everyone English as well as non-Eng'.ish speaking340 words
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Article, Illustration38 1956-02-02 4 MR. AND MRS. Amir A Mallal, who returned from Britain on the Corfu yesterday. Mr. Mallal. a former Anglo-Chinese School student, has completed a course in mechanical engineering in plant and earth equipments at Leeds, Yorkshire.38 words
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Article, Illustration347 1956-02-02 4 OPEN Air Cinema Operators in Singapore have a grouse against various Government departments. Spokesman of the Singapore Open Air Cinemas Organization, Mr Maurice Ang. complained that small cinema exhibitors frequently find themselves in "great difficulties, not only in paying entertainment duty to the347 words
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Article75 1956-02-02 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government has permitted the display of the Ceylon National flag at homes and business premises throughout the Federation on Saturday Ceylon Independence Commemoration Day an announcement by the Assistant Commissioner for Ceylon in Malaya said today. The announcement said that there will75 words
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Article38 1956-02-02 4 A MAN returning home after night duty at 3 a.m. yesterday was waylaid by two thugs along Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, and robbed of $102 and a watch. Police later detained two men.38 words
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169 1956-02-02 4 MALACCA, Wed. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. J. W. Sweetman, today urged the students of the Anglo-Chinese School here to be prepared to compete with youth educated in different systems from theirs when the country gained independence. Speaking at a Federation Day rally169 words
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Article85 1956-02-02 4 Main Trunk Road Open To Traffic KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tht main trunk road to Singapore was opened to traffic today as flood waters subsided at the 121 and 124-milestones Johore-Segamat area. Police reported that the water level at the 121st mile was down to 13 inches and falling rapidly At85 words
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Advertisement391 1956-02-02 4 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS OPENS TODAY! rATLJ AV^r 11a.rrw, 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 mA I lI A I __ffi^ and 9.30p.m. .Aia-cowpmowED m. >3400 r^kVx "MEN!. ...WHAT ABOUT s SEEING 'A DOG'S A LIFE' FOR A 'ffiwi mt CHA^ GE? WILDFIRE, the all-talent J&*\ E DOG STAR in M-G-M's M V ▼^W391 words
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Article205 1956-02-02 5 FINGERS WAG AT DAVID MARSHALL Remember Us? Says Opposition OPPOSITION leaders of the Democratic and Progressive Parties yesterday attacked Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, for his. claim that "I am the Government/' In a joint statement. Mr. Lim Choon Mong (Progressive) and Mr. William Tan (Democrat)205 words
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428 1956-02-02 5 LIBERAL SOCIALISM CAN BE EXPANDED Tan Tells Forum At University LIBERAL socialism is a fluid form of socialism which could be expanded and, if necessary, amended to conform with the changing requirements of the times in order to give the people the benefits they need. This was said by Democrat428 words
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Article62 1956-02-02 5 SEREMBAN, Wed.—Lightning killed a 33-year-old woman named Salli. and injured three others at the labour lines in Bafla Estate. Tirot. 6J miles from here in Labu area, today. Her two-year-old daughter. Angela and another 10-year-old girl. Muniamah. were taken to hospital with facial injuries. Another62 words
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161 1956-02-02 5 A SAUCE merchant pulled into a car by armed robbers while walking along Bendemeer Road. Singapore, at 11 o'clock last night, was stabbed and robbed of all the money, he had en him. The merchant. Teo Seak Bian, said he had just passed161 words
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Article, Illustration209 1956-02-02 5 WHERE'S MY MOMMY (sob) Nil ME-YEAR-OLD June clutch- d her doll at the Paya X. Airport, Singapore. y 'iesterday and cried and c ried. Shi > dashed about everywhere I >ut her parents Mr. and I 3rs. William Skeggs were n ot to be found.209 words
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536 1956-02-02 5 QUARTER OF SPORE URBAN PEOPLE OF S'PORE URBAN POVERTY ONE-QUARTER of Singap (ore's urban population li ve in poverty, says the r. 3port on the Social S nrvey of Singapore, li 953-54 published jesterd.*y. This survey was undertaken b> the Department of S( trial Welfare towards the er ni of536 words
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Article28 1956-02-02 5 THE Minister for Communication and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, will open the "Israel Today" photographic exhibition at the British Council on Feb. 19 at 5.30 p.m.28 words
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Article277 1956-02-02 6 'Act Of Kindness' Ends The 16-Day Strike THE 16-day-old strike by 9,000 industrial workers of the Singapore Naval Base ended yesterday. The men will return to work this morning. The Admiralty gave permission to the two evicted families to live with friends inside the Naval Base277 words
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241 1956-02-02 6 MALAYA IS STILL PLUGGING AT IT LONDON, Feb. 1 (Reuter) A plenary session of the Malayan constitutional conference yesterday adopted the main report of its defence and internal security committee but the Malayan delegation has come up against a wall in their241 words
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199 1956-02-02 6 LOOKING at a beautiful painting on a calm and bright sunny day is like touching a piece of fine Sung porcelain. and quite unlike that of holding a lady's hand. With this experience. Mr. Lee Siow Mong. chairman of the Singapore Arts199 words
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Article40 1956-02-02 6 MUAR. Wed— A taxi driver. Er Chaw Lock, was fined $15 by the Muar Magistrate. Inche Pawan Ahmad, recently, for carrying one passenger in oxcess at Jalan Omar Parit Jawa on Nov. 5. last year.40 words
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Article302 1956-02-02 6 Whats Your MCP View?l By RONNIE DUCLOS Standard Staff Report dr GERALD De Cruz may not be accepted vi the Labour Front Party as secretary -organizer unle 1 u\ he changes his mind about recognizing the Malayan Communist Party. Mr. De Cruz, former Malayan302 words
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Article, Illustration45 1956-02-02 6 photo MEMBERS of the Apokayana Expedition bnsy with their maps and equipment a r the residence of Dr. I. Polumin of the University, where they are staying. From left to right: Pierre Pieffer. Georges Bourdelon, Peter Heise and Guy Piazzini (leader). StandardStandard - 45 words
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Article88 1956-02-02 6 3 Countries Offer Scholarships THE Governments of the Philippines, Burma and Turkey, are offering, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, scholarships and educational facilities to students of non-self-governing territories. A circular by the Singapore Ministry of Education to all heads of Government departments stated that these offers were88 words
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Article31 1956-02-02 6 THE editor of Malayan Homes and Gardens was inadvertently reported to be Mr. Wong Teik Hong. The name of the editor is in fact Mr. Neoh Teik Hong.31 words
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289 1956-02-02 6 Four Frenchmen Set Out For Apokayana FOUR members of the Apokayana Expedition of 1956, which is sponsored by the French Museum of Natural History, are now in Singapore en route to the Apokayana Plains in the Indonesian Borneo to studs the language and life of the wild headhunting Kenyas. Leadei289 words
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Article45 1956-02-02 6 A SPECIAL pras r er meeting for Ceylon Independence Day will be held at the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylon Road. Singapore, at 7 a.m.. on Saturday. The Assistant Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya and Singapore, Mr. C. Gunasingham, will be present.45 words
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107 1956-02-02 6 His Throat Was Slashed, Court Told A CITY Council labourer. V. Vairappan. yesterday appeared in the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court on a preliminary inquiry into the death of a friend. V. Kulanthavelu, whom Vairappan was alleged to have murdered at Mackenzie Road in the early morning of March ft. Vairappan107 words
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Article110 1956-02-02 6 SINGAPORE'S Paya Lebar Road will be lit as soon as the City Council decides whether or not to widen the road. This was told to The Standard by the City Engineer. Mr. G. Edmond. who was commenting on a letter from a resident of110 words
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Article, Illustration73 1956-02-02 7 A NIGHT out at London's "Celebrite" in Bond Street are two members of the Malayan Merdeka Mission and their friends, from left to right Mis s Sylvia Yong. Dato Razak (Minister for Education). Miss Yong Siew Kuen, Mr. Law Jooi Kwee and Dr.73 words
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207 1956-02-02 7 Government Offers 20 Per Cent A CHINESE woman who holds the key fro a buried treasure estimated at more than $4,000,000 has been offered 20 per cent of the loot by the Singapore Government. But the woman, who refused to be named,207 words
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Article124 1956-02-02 7 Malayan Whale Skull In UK Museum THE Curator of the History Se tion of the British Museum has expressed appreciation to th: Malacca Museum for the gift of a rare whale's skull recently. The skull is the only specimen of its kind in Britain and one of the very few124 words
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159 1956-02-02 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The cause of the death of 22--year-old Yacob bin Osman at a fun fair park on Dec. 24. 1954. was due to a leakage of electricity. Raja Zainal bin Raja Sulieman. Chief Electrica: Inspector of the Federation, stated in the Supreme159 words
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Article44 1956-02-02 7 LEE CHONG SAI was committed to the next Assizes for trial in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge of being in possession of 245 counterfeit Indonesian rupiahs on Aug. 19. 1955. Bail was allowed in the sum of $10,000.44 words
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Article41 1956-02-02 7 MALACCA. Wed. More than 500 members of the Malacca branch of the Malay Students Union of Malaya met at the High School this afternoon for a get-together. Federal Councillors Abdul G ifar Baba and Dato Naning addressed them.41 words
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Article26 1956-02-02 7 THE Slim River District Boy Scout Association wil] hold its annua! meeting at the Methodist English School. Tanjong Malim. on Wednesday, it is announced.26 words
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189 1956-02-02 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Alliance Municipal councillors last night attacked a ruling empowering Government to put up buildings in towns, regardless of whether or not local authorities approved ol their design. The attention of the Council was drawn to this ruling when it tried to pres189 words
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Article, Illustration75 1956-02-02 7 THE new Kowloon General Hospital, xchen completed in 1960, will be the biggest of Us kind in the Commonwealth. This picture of an artist's impression shows what the 13-storey main block will look like when built at King's Park, Koxcloon. The hospital will have 1.275 beds75 words
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Article310 1956-02-02 7 GOVT. HAS PLAN TO EXTEND MIDWIFE SERVICES The Rich Should Leave Hospitals To Poor Women' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Government* will shortly introduce a new code of conduct for midwives with a "have your baby at home" campaign for expectant mothers, Dr. R. E.310 words
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Article155 1956-02-02 7 Chinese Go Their Own Way THREAT TO UNION KUALA LUMPUR Wed. The first tangible threat to the 40,000-strong National Union of Plantation Workers was seen here today with the launching of a Pan-Malayan Union of Chinese Rubber Workers. The new union, which wants to cater exclusively to the 100,--000 odd155 words
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Article106 1956-02-02 7 2,000 At Youth Week Rally PENANG, Wed. An impressive youth rally, watched by more than 2.000 people at the Esplanade this morning marked the close of Young Citizens' Week in Penang. The Resident Commissioner, Penang. Mr. R. P. Bingham, who inspected the parade, told the youth it was important that106 words
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Article94 1956-02-02 7 THE tollowing have been 1 elected officials of the Telok Anson District Boy Scouts Association for 1956. President: Mr R. J. Morton, vice-presidents; Mr. A.A. Russel, Rev. Brother Denis, Captain G. E. Gee. Raja Hidran bin Raja Chik Abdul Hamid. Mr. Woo Saik Hong, Mr. Wah Keng94 words
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Article42 1956-02-02 7 A TOTAL of 51 entries have been received in the AllMalaya Koran reading competition. The contest sponsored, by the Lower Perak Muslim Welfare Committee, will be held during The Chinese New Year holidays at the Government Rice Mill. Teluk Anson.42 words
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Article, Illustration39 1956-02-02 7 photo. AIR Commodore M. F. Calder, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who arrived in Singapore yesterday aboard the Corfu from Britain. Commodore Calder Is taking up a staff appointment with the Air Force Lumpur. StandardStandard - 39 words
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Article37 1956-02-02 7 HONGKONG. Feb. 1 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.77 to £1 Sterling; 55.8775 to USSI; $1,840 to Malayan $1; $0 146 \o one Indonesian Rup.ah, Gold $255,125 to a tael.37 words
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Article88 1956-02-02 7 Reward For Mobsters KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Federation Police are planning to offer rewards for information leading to the arrest of five gangsters responsible for the shooting of Selangor Contingent's crime specialist, ASP K Subbiah. last week. The Standard was told that the "inducement" to the public together with particulars of88 words
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Advertisement362 1956-02-02 7 BLADDER TROUBLE and its World- famous Pt^GS'V Remedy L^LyM 1 1: there is scalding W 1 and tha onne shows Caaabg i a sandy sediment, 1 your kidneys ars J HT'- 4'■ .h-.rkinjj thev es- aawt^i r_, 'l aenaaJ duties. Your v^»^^^ 1 KJ {rood health demands that these two362 words
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Advertisement252 1956-02-02 7 GERMANY'S LATEST 7956 RANGE OF LLOYD 600 A /jIIIILX Solve your transport problems with the I LLOYD 600 cc C 1 kA H Q I Its air-cooled four stroke engine to- I I wl. I gether with its famous front wheel drive unit, enable you to average astounding cruising speeds,252 words
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881 1956-02-02 8 Singapore TIGER Standard 8th Anniversary •THE birth of the Federation eight years ago, was preceded by tumultuous events leading to the hurried abrogation of the Malayan Union. Four months later it was beset with the Emergency— the evil familiar which it is still trying to exorcise. This Emergency, apart from881 words
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Article880 1956-02-02 8 f\N TUESDAY morning a group of students in the Malay secondary class at the Siglap school demonstrated in front of the office of the Minister for Education and five of them went in deputation to tell him that the education they were receiving was880 words
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Article501 1956-02-02 8 Sir: When Mr. K.M. Byrne, the chief spokesman for the local staff, referred to the recruitment of demobbed British Army officers into the civil service in preference to uni-versity-qualified local candidates, Mr. J.D. Higham, the Director of Personnel. Singapore, challenged him to produce evidence.501 words
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Article387 1956-02-02 8 Kids' Stuf£ "A report by the authorities who run our naval canteens shows that the Navy's cry Is no longer 'Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum*, but rather 'Yo ho ho and a bottle of tuberculin tested milk'. It's a fact. The staple drink387 words
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Article487 1956-02-02 8 Quicksands Sir: Aster Gunasekera's article warning the domiciled Indians against being deluded by the impression created through the T1.M.N.0. M.C.A. M.I.C. Alliance should be taken to heart not only by Indians who had fondly heped that they were going to be treated equally, justly and honourably by the487 words
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Article70 1956-02-02 8 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT poration in Singapore. This together with the Singapore Polytechnic could be appropriate bodies for the proposed Supervisory and Training Association to co-operate with in their training programmes. I think that Singapore employers have seen the writing on the wall and are getting together for the70 words
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420 1956-02-02 8 Sir: A recent report says that two out of every three marriages in Kelantan end up on the rocks. This shows what type of "homes" the Malays in that state have. Family break-up there is, indeed, a record. But this is not the420 words
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Article171 1956-02-02 8 Sir: Here are two or three questions and answers on the subject of "who is. or is not, a Malayan?" in addition to those submitted by S. Ramachandra. If you are a datok, whether or not you have been presented with a "songkok" you are a real171 words
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Article270 1956-02-02 8 Sir: The Chief Minister of Singapore declared: "I am the Government and I am here to enforce the will of the people. If there are traitors who seek to sabotage the mission, they will not prevent me from doing my duty..." Either the Chief Minister is living in270 words
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Advertisement68 1956-02-02 8 A new look of complexion perfection! JSvSLcREME PUFF* 7—asa^ 6 max Factor moutwooo Magical blend '^^BBslr iJ Bi jfi I creamy make-up sJ*?T\y base ond powder jiw m *iS safe' rTalsT k V-r^ i Wmk&s& <?EmW aPP'ied with iust 1 s* a BB£&W^LjKBmMWy rnc fc,,, 0 f g ouft. No68 words
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Advertisement32 1956-02-02 8 Are you? the **Mm More m Wor .tie I'm Driving type This type invariably drinks under protest end usually under the table, but always insists on o fine beer VCWslKnrt| of course32 words
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Miscellaneous11 1956-02-02 8 "How sad for yon lo lose all mWEwb these pets, Colonel."11 words
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255 1956-02-02 9 Eden Hopes For Talks Between Dulles And Chou WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Reuter) Sir Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, was understood yesterday to have expressed the hope in his Washington talks that Mr. John Foster Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, would be able to arrange a conference with255 words
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Article213 1956-02-02 9 Cyprus Bill LONDON. Feb. 1. (UP)— Minister Anthony Head yesterday it is costing '.n more than a half mil.oa dollars a week to keeD ish soldiers in terroristCyprus. 10 Die In Crash CARACAS. Venezuela. Feb. 1. (AP) Venezuelan officials said yesterday all 10 persons ting four U.S. citizens aboard213 words
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Article90 1956-02-02 9 BANGALORE, Feb. 1 (Reuter) The Economic Commission on aid to the Far East will meet here tomorrow to study a Soviet suggestion on Industry and trade in the region. The Soviet suggestion has been recorded in a report to ECAFE by the organization's special90 words
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Article32 1956-02-02 9 PEKING radio said last night that the "people's antiaircraft guns" shot down twe Nationalist planes and damaged another over the mainland coastal area on Jan. 29 and 30 respectively. A.P.32 words
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186 1956-02-02 9 WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (AP) —A group of about 20 internal revenue agents are going 1 1 this week to help U.S. -.3 overseas to file their ral income tax returns. Cn-r.missioner of Internal R. C. Harrington said B announcement. the will arrive some186 words
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Article31 1956-02-02 9 DR. Otto John, former West German security chief, must remain in jail pending completion of investigations of whether h* committed treason, a West German Federal court decided.— Reuter.31 words
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Article, Illustration36 1956-02-02 9 PARIS fashion designer LAAD SIMKO steps from fashionable Saint-Philippe-du-Roule church with his bride, model DANA ROUSSIN after their wedding. The bridegroom is the designer of his bride's gown.- photo. UPUP - 36 words
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239 1956-02-02 9 'Super Insects' That Can't Be Destroyed GENEVA, Feb. 1, (AP)— The United Nations World Health Organization warned yesterday that the emergence of disease-carrying super insects resistant to all known insecticides may cause a world wide health catastrophe." Dr. M. G. Candau. of Brazil.239 words
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Article114 1956-02-02 9 POLICE QUIZ SINGER NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (AP)— Singer Billy Daniels was questioned yesterday after a man was found shot and wounded outside a Harlem Bottle Club. No charge was placed against DaniNs. Negro star now appearing at the Copacabana Cabaret on East 60th Street. The victim. James Jackson. ?3,114 words
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Article55 1956-02-02 9 WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 I (Reuter) President Eisenhower has told Republican Congressional leaders he planned a special message to Congress asking for a relaxation of immigration laws. Senator Styles Bridges, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said Mr. Eisenhower told the Republican leaders yesterday that he soon would55 words
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Article43 1956-02-02 9 BRISBANE. (Reuter) A tree snake blacked out 14 Brisbane suburbs by crawling on to a power-house transformer and causing a short circuit. It was the last thing it did. The 19.000 volt shock killed the snake instantly.43 words
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Article76 1956-02-02 9 LONDON. Feb. 1, (Reuter)— The House of Commons was eleitrified on Tuesday night by an accusation that the British Broadcasting Corporation showed political bias in its Welsh regional service in favour of the Welsh Nationalist Party. Mr. David Llewellyn, a Conservative former Under Secretary76 words
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Article61 1956-02-02 9 Russia's Big Loan To Afghanistan LONDON. Feb. 1 The Governments ot the USSR and Afghanistan yesterday issued in Kabul a joint communique on economic collaboration between the two countries. Moscow Radio announced. According to the communique the loan will be US$lOO.--000.000, repayable within 30 years. It will be used for61 words
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Article190 1956-02-02 9 JAKARTA, Feb. 1 (AP)— Competent private commercial sources here estimated today that about J 1,000 tons of Indonesian rubber has gone to Red China by apparent diversion of cargoes consigned to London or Gdynia, Poland, by Polish ships. The sources estimated another 20.000 tons190 words
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592 1956-02-02 9 NEW PREMIER NEW BID TO UNIFY EUROPE Mollet Wins Leadership Hands Down PARIS, Feb. I— M. Guy Mollet, 50-year-old Socialist leader and former schoolmaster was last night elected premier by a big majority to lead France's 22nd postwar Government. It was officially announced that M. Mollet was voted Prime Minister592 words
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Article149 1956-02-02 9 LONDON, Feb. 1 (UP) Indonesia may be next target of Russia's trouble offensive in Asia. The Kremlin has just signed a big economic aid agreement with Afghanistan. Similar deals were discussed with India and Burma. And Indonesia appears ripe for Communist diplomatic intervention ]<?ft open149 words
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168 1956-02-02 9 LONDON, Feb. 1 (Reuter)— Britain's National Society for the abolition of cruel sports has sent a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, asking him to define the Church's attitude on fox hunting. I The letter, signed by the Society's chairman, Mr.168 words
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Article129 1956-02-02 9 'Soviet Blast May Come This Year WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UP) Senator Henry M. Jackson warned the Senate today that Russia may fire a 1,500-mile ballistic missile this year and upset the balance of world power. Jackson was the lead-off speaker for a group of junior Democrats who believe Russia is129 words
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Advertisement83 1956-02-02 9 0 give, A 7^ Band e she f 1. \^^^%<L* -sA See'that your children get a BSSS -^^r f '^£y 1 good start to the day. Make I V \rlsta i-* it Blue Band for breakfast ten JKV^rv s v l morrow. Blue Band provides ZJ V wy cnersy-giving fats83 words
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Advertisement66 1956-02-02 9 *ff? QUALITY Ay is a convincing salesman \E\ Fi Jfl F^ Furniture of good fR«i craftsmen V Jvr/YL "^^o l^f™ "r only furniture of C^|l-\.i/ 114 m ]> lasting value and /W^&tLj- i^j^L JC W^^^ We are specialists in the design and manufacture of both period and modern furniture to66 words
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Article, Illustration80 1956-02-02 10 photo. THE Queen smiles as she receives a bouquet from four-year-old Foleshade Lawson, as she sits with the Duke of Edinburgh during ceremonies on their arrival in Lagos. On the Queen's right is the Oba AdenijiAdelet 11, Supreme Lord of 300,000 Nigerians, who read aU.P. - 80 words
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106 1956-02-02 10 RIO DE JANEIRO. Feb. 1 (UP) Juscelino Kubitschck. who ran errands barefoot as a boy to help his widowed mother, was inaugurated yesterday as Brazil's 18th President. U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and special envoys from 60 foreign countries attended the colourful106 words
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Article42 1956-02-02 10 NEW YORK. Feb. 1 (AP) Intelligence reports in Damascus say Haj Amin El Husseini, the ex-grand mufti of Jerusalem is "the man behind much of the anti-British rioting and general unrest in Jordan." Newsweek magazine said yesterday.42 words
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212 1956-02-02 10 ...AND WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE AMMAN, Feb. 1, (Reuter) The Jordan Premier, Mr. Samir Rifa'i said last night: "It is not our policy to join the Bagdad Pact." He was speaking in the Jordan Lower House of Parliament after the Bagdad Pact212 words
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71 1956-02-02 10 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Feb. 1 (UP) Russia yesterday formally announced its rejection of an American proposal to open meetings of the United Nations General Assembly with audible prayer. Soviet delegate Arkady A. Sobolev said in a letter to United States ambassador Henry71 words
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237 1956-02-02 10 PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1. (AP)— The mother ot 22--year-old Doris Jean Ostreicher. who arranged the abortion which led to the girl's death, was freed yesterday by a judge who said the memory of the tragedy would be "substantial and overwhelming punishment." Shortly before,237 words
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361 1956-02-02 10 AND A LITTLE BOY WHO GAVE HER THE BIGGEST LAUGH LAGOS, Feb 1, (Reuter) A little Nigerian boy made Queen Elizabeth laugh here last evening when he kept on bowing to a line of news photographers instead of giving her a posy of flowers. For six-year-old Olubunmi Jibowu, who is361 words
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326 1956-02-02 10 DITCH THE ORNATE STUFF, GET MODERN Kremlin To Architects MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (Reuter) Economy and efficiency rather than beauty and style, are behind the Soviet Communist Party's oider to architects to stop designing grandiose and grotesquely ornate buildings. The "new line" in architecture may lead to the appearance of some326 words
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Article25 1956-02-02 10 TWO U.S. Navy destroyer! wili be transferred to the Republic of Korea today as part nf the mutual defence assist^ U.P. anre programme-U.P. - 25 words
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Advertisement587 1956-02-02 10 AJHimSEWrN QUICK- FROZEN FISH I sea-fresh and delicious! I Fresh as the moment they were caught. All this delicious tastiness J X is brought to you by Birds Eye. They don't have time to get X I travel-stained or tired looking. Immediately the fish are landed at A I the587 words
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Advertisement37 1956-02-02 10 TO-MORROW is REMNANT I HURRY! DAY 1 SALE I p^_p^p-#%^ I ends j in DRESS I SATURDAY I Feb4h j FABRICS ?i\\VV\\\\\\VVWWVVVVWV\\\\\\\\\w£ All prices drastically reduced ...NO LOWER PRICES ANYWHERE! RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE TELEPHONE ***** (5 Line*)37 words
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Article, Illustration1467 1956-02-02 11 AEjEjAN NUNN i4[A Ys CANADIAN revelations of spy ring. Nunn Moy hands over uranium samples. 200 dollars for "Alek." He fails to keep i London rendezvous. Arrest and confession. Pleads guilty and refuses to name associates. "My contribution to safety of mankind." Judge says,1,467 words
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Article972 1956-02-02 11 Letter From INDIA FROM the first it was admitted on all hands that the reorganization of Indian States was a knotty problem. But in practice, however, it has turned out to be a veritable jig-saw puzzle, four months of interminable negotiations have brought us nowhere. We are still in suspended972 words
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Advertisement107 1956-02-02 11 I /y Every wise :mm i mm 's fT^oh£r motorist I *™I^^K/ kno ws yr m^// when replacement parts become necessary exact duplicates I are best that's why I jr i DA DTC Ani usi for j r 111l IH YOURFOBD <* till rj^^». t > MADE RIGHT^I!gSgPFIT RIGHT <107 words
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Miscellaneous271 1956-02-02 11 STANDARD'S Crossword Puzzle pn pjpj j K 9 9B ll' I' W* IE sEt\ BBS <H^fl BffjL_ p BL— aßl BBBBRi m 9 Bfl BE^ HSB K2n I I I I RRj I Pm —^i r^ f ril'KS 15 Cushion with foot coverage? .^o^a-- 17- Th smell to Sambo? (7)271 words
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Article, Illustration221 1956-02-02 12 DESPITE rising costs in labour and materials in Britain, manufacturers there are making a determined effort to stabilize their prices for fear of being priced out of overseas markets, said Mr. Brian H. Jones, director of J. L. Morison, Son Jones, London, said in221 words
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Article60 1956-02-02 12 17NITED States Steel Corporation, the world's greatest steel producer, reported in New York a record breaking 1955 net income of US$37O,--197.625, equal to U556.45 a share. The previous record was $271,500,000 or $4.72 a share in the World War I year of 1916. on theA.P. - 60 words
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Article, Illustration20 1956-02-02 12 THE U.S. Agriculture Department announced the commercial export sale of 184.797 bales of surplus U.S. Govern-ment-owned upland cotton.20 words
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Article134 1956-02-02 12 THE rubber market in Singapore rallied strongly towards the close when the quotation for first grade February shipment was $1.08 per lb., a rise of half a cent on Tuesday. Disappointing advices from overseas caused the market to open uncertain at one cent below the previous day. first134 words
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778 1956-02-02 12 Good Rubber Demand In Early '56 Foreseen By A Special Correspondent THE first few months of this year should see record demand for rubber and a continuing shortage both of natural and synthetic varieties. This seems the unanimously held view of traders in three continents. The year 1955 closed on778 words
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Article251 1956-02-02 12 TOP-FLIGHT industrialists from the Federal Republic of Germany are expected in Singapore later this month in the course of a goodwill mission to South-east Asia and the Far East. The mission will be headed by Mr. Fritz Berg, president of the' Federal Association of German251 words
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Article32 1956-02-02 12 THE phenomenal expansion of industries in West Germany has put the country's export trade in the forefront among tne world manufacturing countries. Picture shows a typical postwar factory in Germany.32 words
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Article110 1956-02-02 12 ALL sections of the Singapore share market were quiet yesterday, with upcountry celebrating the Federation Day. Prices w T here changed were to lower levels. Sharebrokers yesterday reported the following price changes: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Seller; Con. Tin Smelt: Ord. 29/- 30'Gammon 2.40 2.4.1 Straits Ship 12.70 12.90110 words
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Article83 1956-02-02 12 SINGAPORE sharebrokcrs vesterday reported th e following business done: Fraser and Ncave ords $1,7 71; Gammon $2 42): Hammer $2.80 overnight and today Hongkong Bank $927 cd: M. Cement $1.67): Singapore Cold Storage Sl 61 1 Straits S'ships $12.75; Straits Traders $26.75, $2650: Straits Times $2 7783 words
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Article23 1956-02-02 12 THE 35th Bordeaux International Fair, the first in 1916. will open on June 10. The fair will last until June 25.23 words
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Article113 1956-02-02 12 OUTER ROADS Steel Chemist. Olga Maersk. Lucky Carrier, Taipooyan. Caltex Bengkalis. President Hayes, Spondilus, Bellorusa, Castle Harbour, Fernfield. Caltex 93. India Mail. Saban Maru. Retriever. Hamburg. Batoebahra INNER ROADS Mengganti Bahru, Helikon, Lipis. Pangkor. Tong Leong. Paserang. Hin Cheong. Kimanis. Stia, Belaga.-Kim Heap Huat. Prospector. Admiral Vernon,113 words
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Article, Illustration213 1956-02-02 12 Better Packing Boosts Apples From Tasmania TASMANIAX apples are now considered equal to the best in the world because improved method- of packing and presentation have enhanced their reputation. This is the view of Mr. C. R. Kimber, managing director of Producer Suppliers Export Associate Ltd., Tasmania, who expressed the213 words
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Article140 1956-02-02 12 PRODUCE PRICES 7 SINGAPORE Chinese Pr* duce Exchange noon c prices per picul yesterday were: copra Feb. $27) bu $27, sellers; March $27i buyers. $28) sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $40) sellers, ooconul oil (drums) $43J sellers: Mo* tok white pepper $134 sellers, Sarawak white $133 sellers. Special Sarawak black M140 words
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Article53 1956-02-02 12 LARGEST in Europe ard second largest In the world, a new blast furnace recent. y began operations at Port Talbot. Wales. It has a hearth diameter of 29ft. 6:n. and can produce more than 10.000 tons of iron a week IU height is 242ft. and Its construction cost53 words
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Advertisement718 1956-02-02 12 NOTICES TRADE NATIVE TWIST TOBACCO TENDERS are invited for tht supply of sixty-seven (67) tons of "26's Native Twisi Tobacco" to be delivered tc the Official Representative Department of Territories Sydney. Delivery to be made as linder: Twenty-seven (27) tons during June. 1956. Twenty (2D) tons during September, 1956 Twenty718 words
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Advertisement398 1956-02-02 12 TENDERS INVITED SUPPLY OF COOKED FOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE. KUALA LUMPUR. TENDERS will be received at the office of the Principal. Technical College, Kuala Lum- pur for the supply of cooked food for a period of 6 months I commencing from 20th February, 1956. Schedule of meals and menus can be398 words
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Advertisement594 1956-02-02 12 Estate of FOO CHEE TWEE, deceased. PURSUANT to Section 29 of 1 The Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59) Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the Estate of tht abovenamed deceased late of No. 20 Lorong 33 Geylang. Singapore, who died on the 24th594 words
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Advertisement106 1956-02-02 12 N.Y.K. LINE S'pore P. S'hom Penang ARIMA MARU 10/13 Feb 14/15 Feb Genoc, Marseilles, Tangier, Casablanca, London Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg. ZUIYO MARU 26/28 Feb Aden Djibouti Massowo, P. Suean, Jeddah, P. Said Alexandria, Beirut. Lot taku Piroecus. AWATA MARU 9/11 Feb 7/8 Feb 4/6 Feb Hongkong, Manilo. Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama.106 words
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Advertisement962 1956-02-02 13 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD ec CO., LTD. Tel- 2415 •gg THE BLUE FaJNNELUNE I Singapore Bellerophon for Holland U# SaiU Pslmw Hamrxieg IXiblm 6 Avon- mouth r j.,,. Automeo-on for Liverpool' c! |i/32 lit I'L feb 1 a-vrrhu, tor Crvaroool to 8 feb 9/, 11 Lycaon^tor Marse.lles Liver- F b F962 words
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Advertisement830 1956-02-02 13 »u> iiiu j.iurMiti\. rt-iiruary iyjo a S c mm EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA Foi Aden, Port S»rd. Genoa, Antwnp, Rotterdam. Homburg. Copenhagen, Gothenburq ord Osie i'pore P. S'hom P.nong "LALANDIA" 9 9 Feb (Passengers only) xx) INDIA" 28Feb/2Mar 3/4Mer xxx) "SELAHDIA" 8/10Mar 11/llMer 1 2 1 3830 words
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Article, Illustration47 1956-02-02 14 ATTLEE WEARS $1,400 ROBES EARL ATTLEE, wearing rcbes he hired for the day at $27 a day, is seen at the House of Lords recently when he took his seat for the first time since his elevation to the peerage Peer's robes cost $1,400 to buy.- -A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article, Illustration49 1956-02-02 14 SILHOUETTED in this picture On the left, Hillevi Rombin thoughtfully studies the world that has been her oyster since she was chosen "Miss Universe of 1956." The statuesque Swedish beauty, in Washington to publicize a movie, sits on the sill of her hctel room window. -U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article, Illustration52 1956-02-02 14 A GIGANTIC weather balloon soars into the clear sky over a U.S. Navy Base in Jcpan at the same time as the rising sun. This is balloon number one of the Navy s ambitious "Transosonde Project", designed to furnish hitherto unavailable weather information to all nations o* theUP - 52 words
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Article, Illustration35 1956-02-02 14 Members ot the Ist Battolion, Highland Infantry, leaving for troubled Cyprus where onti -British feelings are high. The Highlanders are seen marching to the aircraft at Blackbushe Airport, A.P. Hampshire, recently.A.P. - 35 words
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Article, Illustration48 1956-02-02 14 A SPECIAL picture of Crown Princess Beatrix with her mother, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. The princess came of age on Jan. 31, her 18th birthday. The birthday was celebrated quietly, beccuse she was preparing for her fmol high school examine- tions. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article, Illustration38 1956-02-02 14 SIMILAR in appearance, but different in temperament. are the Kiffers *J*??J^^~s^L2 :,^Z""oL%o ,o their heads! Th, getting good marks at school without leuing quads are left to right Dorothee, Elly. Riny and Man lUP).U.P. - 38 words
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Article, Illustration62 1956-02-02 14 ONE of the most dangerous regions 'in Algeria today lies between the Constantine ond Philippeville, and more parti cularly half-way between the two, around the village of Ccndes Madou, where the chief ot the North Constantine rebels, Ziroud Yousses, wcs born. Photo shows: Soldier guards water fountainA.P. - 62 words
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Article, Illustration77 1956-02-02 14 Life On The Edge OF War Peace THIS is one of a series of pictures issued by the Israel Government to illustrate life in the villages along the demarcation line between Israel's Negev and the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip. The pictures were made at Nirim, a Kibbuti (collective settlement) founded inA.P. - 77 words
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321 1956-02-02 15 Today, America's Bob Perry Takes The Court NEW ZEALAND'S Davis Cuppers will visit Singapore for a series of exhibition matches next month, Mr. Chua Choon Leong, President of the Malayan Lawn Tennis Association revealed yesterday. The MLTA chief said that the New Zealand team321 words
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239 1956-02-02 15 PENANG, Wed. The Penang selectors caused a major surprise today by leaving out Lee Hoo Chye in the singles when Penang meet Singapore, the holders in the challenge round of the Foong Seong Cup badminton competition to be played in Singapore this239 words
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Article30 1956-02-02 15 BEATTY Secondary School won their friendlv soccer match 3-0 against Teachers Training Collece at Victoria School ground yesterday. Scorers were: Chew Thiam Huat. Abdul Kadir and Ahmad Manaf.30 words
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92 1956-02-02 15 Aussie Coach Turns Down SASA Offer SYDNEY. Feb. 1 (Reuter) Australian coach Frank Guthrie said tonight he had refused an offer to coach the Singapore Swimming Association team for this year's Olympics in Melbourne He said tho offer gave him a 'free hand' in preparing the Singapore team of four92 words
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87 1956-02-02 15 First Clash For School Soccer Rivals VICTORIA School and Rafl'les Institution keen soccer rivals meet again today, in their first match of the season. Raffles, who are out to avenge their two defeats oi 1955. have today the advantage of playing at home. But the Victorians are still a strong87 words
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Article101 1956-02-02 15 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "B" defeated the Saints XV by 15 points (5 tries) to three (penalty) in a rugby match on the padang yesterday. Club led 6-3 at the interval. Tries were scored by Galbraith and Baker respectively. Club were again on top in the second101 words
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Article66 1956-02-02 15 RAF Seletar yesterday put RAF Changi out of the interStation Cup hockey tournament with a first round 2-1 win at Changi. Changi a goal ahead up to the 50th minute, looked all set for victory when Seletar suddenly turned on the heat and two quirk goals66 words
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Article43 1956-02-02 15 LONDON, Feb. 1 (Reuter) Results of today's two football Association Cup, fourth round replays were: Chelsea 1, Burnley 1 after extra time. Sunderland 2. York City 1 Sunderland meet Sheffield United at Sheffield in the fifth round on Feb. 1843 words
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Article37 1956-02-02 15 RASC trounced RAF Seletar Greyhounds 23 points (4 goals and trv) to nil at rugger at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. RASC tries were scored by Boyles (3) Forster and Vosawalf. Mcßay converted four.37 words
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Article24 1956-02-02 15 KING'S Own Scottish Borderers beat RAF Seletar Saracens by 9 points (penalty and two tries) to nil at rugger at Seletar yesterday.24 words
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Article61 1956-02-02 15 Today's Sport HOCKEY: Friendly— Police Sports Association vs Dutch Club at Dutch Club; Junior K O Match— S.C.C. vs R.A.S.C. at S.CC. SOCCER: Friendly Springdale Sports Club vs HQ. Singapore Base District at Farrer Park; Victoria School vs Raijles Institution (Ist and 2nd XI) ot R.l. TENNIS: Exhibition matches at61 words
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172 1956-02-02 15 Chinese In Junior K.O. Semi-final A HATTRICK by former Singapore forward Swee Lim Swang helped to put SCRC through to the semifinal of the SHA junior knockout tournament yesday. The Chinese beat Ceylon S.C. s—l at Balestier Road. Attacking from the bullyoff, Chinese opened the score in the fifth minute172 words
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Article64 1956-02-02 15 Farrer Park Friendlies AMICABLE Athletic Association Sports Club beat Alexandra Football Team 4-0 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for AAA wer e Yong Kong<3> and Weng Kee. In another soccer friendly, the Singapore Base District defeated the Indian Brotherhood Sports Club by 3-2 Scorers for64 words
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Article, Illustration203 1956-02-02 15 IF Sonny Chia is the only living Chinese lightweight who is a main e venter in the world today, on Friday nigbt, he will be out to prove that he is also the only local boxer in Malaya today FIT TO FIGHT AT203 words
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Article350 1956-02-02 15 STOP THESE ONE-SIDED TRIALS... TODAY, I join a growing number of Colony hockey fans who think that the Singapore Hockey Association would do better daisy-picking than team-picking their 'She Loves Me She Loves Me Not' method of picking teams for their trial matches are becoming350 words
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Article212 1956-02-02 15 TWO goals each by Pat Sewell and Neela Rajaratnam featured yesterday's Singapore Women Hockey Association's first trial match of the season on the Singapore padang. Pat and Neela, the former Selangor sprinting star, were in great form and their goals gave Colours a 4212 words
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130 1956-02-02 15 Colony Meet Pakistanis Again, Sunday SINGAPORE will meet the Pakistan Navy in a return hockey match at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday at 5.15 p.m. In the first match played about three weeks a^o. Singapore were lucky to hold the Pakistan Navy to a I—l1 1 draw. Sunday's match will130 words
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Miscellaneous344 1956-02-02 15 Li'l Abner By Al Capp W^^^^tiX^^^^T^ v Ir^^CAIN'TFO'GITITP/.0 i^^G^^^iSl^^VlJ^h V& X 8-DOLi^HV.EDDIN' AN'V.E|j irSuJeeSaM S^^f H^P BlN S)^ 8 .v** a V*o* l gotta give *em ome *Vs* Alley Oop By V. T. Hamlin l^l^lltjf^^^ HP WA^ M! lgT I IJJJ<^. HC S TA J1 T f^ P *B"Sy"«v^' 'V344 words
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Article, Illustration1564 1956-02-02 16 WINDSOR LAD - SHOESHINE BOY SHINES CASH CHEQUE PAYS OUT WINDSOR LAD ANOTHER DOUBLE FOR GARNET BOUGOURE Bv CHAMPION jockey Garnet Bougoure landed a grand double at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting when he took the main six furlongs sprint events for Class Two and Three1,564 words
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366 1956-02-02 16 Two First Day Winners Earn Promotion BRIGHT EYES II a runaway winner at Bukit Timah last Saturday, has been transferred to Class One from Class Two. according to the latest SRA amendment list. Another clever winner. Royal Worlington 11. has earned promotion from Class Three to Class Two. Other transfers366 words
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Article997 1956-02-02 16 TOTAL POOL $325,877 Ist Prixe: No- *****4 ($146,644) 2nd Prize: No. *****2 73,322) 3rd Prize: No. *****6 40,734) Starters ($3,133 each): Nos- *****3, I *****9, *****4, *****1, *****9, *****6 I *****2, *****8, *****9, *****9, *****4, I *****5, *****7. Consolation ($2,444 each): Nos. *****6, I *****7, *****5, *****7,997 words
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652 1956-02-02 16 A TOTAL of 144 horses— 83 from Class One and 61 from Class Four has been entered for tbe Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting on Feb 11, 14 and 18. Following are the entries: HORSES CLASS I. Ist Run 2nd Run KF652 words
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