Singapore Standard, 17 August 1956
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Title Section37 1956-08-17 1 Singapore Standard Singapore STANDARD POLICt Jtt F** VrH *3Z FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 UattT 2400 *TP* J f\j I -3-» 2811 2414 \ol. VII. No. 46 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1956 14 PAGES 15 CENTS37 words
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Article144 1956-08-17 1 EOKA Calls For Truce NICOSIA, Aug. 16 (Reuter) A pamphlet purporting to have been issued by EOKA today announced the terrorist organizaad called a truce. The pamphlet, which bore the name of "Dig- the EOKA leader, said the suspension of all EOKA activities had been ordered to avoid further bloodshed.144 words
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Article48 1956-08-17 1 Japan. Aug. 16 -f*P) Some 100.000 un- n babies will be remember- ir. a special memorial sertA the Myokokuji Budtemple here on Saturday. The foyama Prefecture B .rcaa of Public Health esti--1 that many unborn •> were victims of legal abortion the past nine years.48 words
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Article, Illustration90 1956-08-17 1 IT will rain flowers when Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, declares Merdeka Bridge and NicoH Highway open, this evening. The flowers, which will be showered from a chartered plane, is a token of gesture from the Indian community of Singapore. A guard of honour is being provided byA.P.; Mobile - 90 words
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191 1956-08-17 1 im* m++m mimi'tk^i'm^m w -fri'd* mX LONDON, Aug. 16 (Reuter)— Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister, opened the 22--nation conference on the Suex Canal crisis here today with 1 50 words. They were: "On behalf of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom,191 words
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651 1956-08-17 1 LONDON, Aug. 16 (Reuter)— Mr. John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State, put forward the Western plan for international control of the Suez Canal at this afternoon's conference session, conference sources reported. Mr. Dulles' statement on the Western plan for international651 words
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Article129 1956-08-17 1 Discontent Over Govt. Graft JAKARTA. Aug. 16 (UP) Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo's insecure government today faced growing dissension among top army commanders and leaders of the Moslem Masjumi partv over the issue of government corruption. Colonel Jop i e Warcuw, powerful army commander in the Celebes, today threatened to disobey129 words
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Article179 1956-08-17 1 They Seek To Topple Govt.' PENANG, Thurs.— Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight accused "foreign and Communist elements" of instigating strikes to disrupt the stability of the Federation Government. Addressing a large gathering of UMNO members, he said: "Before Malaya was promised independence, strikes often179 words
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Article121 1956-08-17 1 SAIGON. Aug. 16 (AP) Fcur Communist North Vietnamese, newly attached to the International Control Commission liaison offices, received a hot reception at Saigon's airport today. Stones and insults were hurled at them by a crcwd of about 400 waiting to greet U.S. Gen. John W.121 words
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137 1956-08-17 1 MAN'S BEST FRIEND GEELONG, Victoria, Aug. 17 (Reuter)— A sheep dog raced across farmlands at night to get aid for his injured master. who had been pinned four hours beneath a tractor. The farmer. Stewart Stephens, 25, fell under the tractor when he jammed137 words
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161 1956-08-17 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Four hundred troops, police and aborigine trackers have been airlifted into the MalayaSiam border jungles this week, in the Federation Government's new "get tough" operations against 200 terrorists including Chin Peng's elusive politburo. Thirteen Whirlwind medium helicopters of No.161 words
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100 1956-08-17 1 Airlifted Troops May Get Chin Peng ficance to it although Chin Peng's politburo is said to be somewhere in the area," he declared. The spokesman held that the forces would be used for intensifying patrolling and ambushing of terrorist tracks some of them now being bombed by the R.A.F. This100 words
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Article25 1956-08-17 1 A TWENTY-SIX-MEMBER Japanese goodwill mission yesterday flew to southern Formosa for a one-day inspection tour of nationalist air force 'and naval bases. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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265 1956-08-17 2 Gas Men Walk Out And Ask Lim s Aid EIGHT representatives of the Singapore City Council Gas Department Workers' Union, walked out of a meeting with the Council authorities at the Labour Ministry yesterday. The meeting was sponsored by the Labour Ministry with a view to avert a threatened strike265 words
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Article105 1956-08-17 2 MALACCA, Thurs. Students who recently sat for examinations to be selected as teachers for standard type schools, need not fear of not being considered for jobs, if they failed in their Malay language paper. Chief Education Officer, Mr. F. W. C. Edge, said today. He105 words
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287 1956-08-17 2 33 Policemen Took 'Loans', Court Told PENANG, Thurs. —No less than thirtythree Police officers, including thirteen Inspectors and one Assistant Superintendent of Police were alleged to have received loans from a shareholder in a character lottery syndicate, who became "virtually a victim of blackmail/'287 words
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Article226 1956-08-17 2 police officers, including 13 Inspectors and one Assistant Superintendent of Police were regularly getting loans from the accused," said Mr. Wrigglesworth. That was the position when Mr. E. H. Harries, the Chief of the C.I.D. came to Penang and rightly decided to do something to226 words
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Article297 1956-08-17 2 Colonel Rose From Ranks Of Regiment KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malay Regiment has had many passing out parades since its formation in 1933. But the one held at Port Dickson today was perhaps the most significant because for the first time in its history a Malay297 words
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Article34 1956-08-17 2 DOROTHY Yee Yeng Nam, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Thomson in the Ipoh Supreme Court yesterday, because her husband. Lee Fan Kooi, a former food control officer, deserted her.34 words
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Article128 1956-08-17 2 STORE SAILORS HAVE A NEW GROUSE LOCAL seamen in Singapore are worried' over the recent attitude of foreignflagged ships in employing alien crews when they call at the Colony. Secretary of the Malayasian Mariners Union, Captain Mohamed Said, told The Standard yesterday that this behaviour was a contravention of Section128 words
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140 1956-08-17 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Kuala Lumpur's new million-dollar airport terminal today set a record by handling 148 landings and take-offs. •fhis "every five minutes a plane 1 schedule included the calls of three international airliners and 29 other civil planes besides the operations of140 words
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153 1956-08-17 2 BECAUSE a main prosecution witness had not fully recovered from stab wounds, a Singapore general court martial yesterday had to go to the British Military Hospital to record his testimony. The withes*. Pte. C. J. C. Dunlop of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, testified'153 words
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Article84 1956-08-17 2 SLIM RIVER, Thurs— A 55--year-old tapper, who claimed he smoked opium to cure his stomach trouble was fined $100 in the Magistrate's Court yesterday for possession of 300 packets of opium on July 17. Inspector Michael Khaw, the Prosecuting Officer, told the Court that a detective84 words
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Article24 1956-08-17 2 The next meeting of the Mai ayah Association for Prevention of T.B. Council will be held at the Hotel Majestic, Kuala Lumpur,24 words
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Article33 1956-08-17 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs.— Dr. Peter C. Vaniasingham. Medical officer-in-charge of the -district hospital here has gone on transfer to the General Hospital. Penang. He is succeeded by Dr. Huang Kuo An.33 words
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Article230 1956-08-17 2 Standard Music Critic FLORENCE Margue Won, gave a second piano recital In the Victoria Memorial Hal! last night, the programme comprising works by Handel, Brahms. Schumann, Debussy, Stravinsky and Chopin Madame Margue-Wong. In (both books). Tlie legffiero variations in particular were played with surpassing precision andV.F.D. - 230 words
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453 1956-08-17 2 FINAL VERDICT ON $2 MILLION SMUGGLING FINE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A special interpret!, tion tribunal set up under the terms of the Federation Constitution has given its verdict on the four-year^ case of Aior Star opium smuggler Cheng Siak How. who was iailed for a vear and fined $2,000,000 or453 words
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161 1956-08-17 2 $900,000 A Year For Rail Overtime KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Malayan Railway Administration today signed an agreement with its Junior Officers' Union to award an estimated $900,000 annual y to clerical employees in respect of overtime and "aggregation allowances" ior duties exceeding eight hours a day. The agreement covering staff161 words
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Article64 1956-08-17 2 MALACCA. Thurs.—Exhibitors and workmen were busy putting the finishing touches to the Settlement's agricu.tural show, which ooens at Kubu Plain here tomorrow. Messages of good wishes were received from two air'.in* companies KLM and BOAC. when their planes arrived here. The planes also brought them64 words
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218 1956-08-17 2 Row Over Bed Led To Bottle' Fight, Court Told PRIVATE Kelly Williams of the Education Corps, Nee Soon, Singapore, alleged in court yesterday that he was jabbed in the stomach by a soldier with what appeared to be a broken bottle. "Part of my intestines came out. I caught hold218 words
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188 1956-08-17 2 TB Patient 'A Man Of Straw'-COUNSEL AN unemployed T.B. patient fulfilled a Court order rv "borrowing money to pay frr the maintenance of his or.r-year-old child," a Singapori Court was told yesterday. But the burden was no beyond him. The patient, Lim Ah Hu? J was summoned Jo show c188 words
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Advertisement31 1956-08-17 2 HBP*n^" ->w^V^| BbW^^^^"^*^' .^B/r^ -'^i*^^'-- *^***rt?^nl^l BBr^fcn^THl qV^HB^ Another Milestone Singapore's 8,000,000 Merdeka Bridge To Open Tomorrow GENERAL CONTRACTOR:PAUL Y. CONSTRUCTION CO. 6th FLOOR, ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING, FINLAYSON GREEN, SINGAPORE. 131 words
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Article, Illustration126 1956-08-17 3 MR. K. S. Chang, former Editor of the Singapore Standard, left yesterday on the liner Canton with four of their seven daughters —on the first leg of a journey to the United States where he will settle down to a new Itfe. Mrs. Chan? willStandardpic - 126 words
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210 1956-08-17 3 Public Health Education Council Formed Its Aim: Better Health For All SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, yesterday inaugurated a Public Health Education Council. Representatives from eighteen voluntary associations in Singapore, as well as from the City Council, Rural Board, University of Malaya and Social Welfare Department, attended210 words
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164 1956-08-17 3 Pirate Taxis: 'Big 3' Talks Suggested SINGAPORE'S Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, yesterday suggested a joint meeting of officials of his Ministry, City Council and the Police to consider measures to be taken to bring "black market operation" of taxis under control. Mr. Thcmas told The Standard164 words
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Article, Illustration404 1956-08-17 3 CHRISTINE DIEMER - CHRISTINE DIEMER BY' TWO Doberman pinschers and four Alsatians went patrolling in the ''jungle'' yesterday, on a rubber estate 10 miles from Kota Tinggi, in the first War Dog Trials to be held in Malaya by the Royal Army404 words
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Article63 1956-08-17 3 FORTY members of the Chinese and Indian staff of Shell Company of Singapore have voluntarily taken up Malay, as they realize the growing importance of studying the language. Two classes of 20 members each are conducted by a Malay language instructor, Inche Omar Abdul Ghani. Similar63 words
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Article37 1956-08-17 3 HONGKONG. Aug. 16 Special Standard Service: Closing price of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.00 to £1 Sterling; $6.***** to US$l; $1,887 to Malayan $1; $0 186 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $260.50 to a tael.37 words
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208 1956-08-17 3 GODS APPROVED ADOPTION PLEA, SHE SAYS THE request of a chettiar's wife to adopt the granddaughter of an egg-seller was ".sanctioned by the godi." it was stated in a Singapore District Court yesterday. The egg-seller. Goh Sye Kim said this at the retrial of Kumarappa Chettiar and his wife Tan208 words
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Article23 1956-08-17 3 tee of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will hold Prophet? birthday, which committee told The Standard yesterday that the celebrapremises.23 words
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223 1956-08-17 3 Suez Crisis Holds Up RAF Repatriation Wives May Go But Husbands Have To Stay A CABLE from London has upset all sailing arrangements of Malayan based RAF personnel who are due to return home. Because of dislocation of trooping facilities by the Suez Canal between Britain and the Far East,223 words
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Article64 1956-08-17 3 MISS Violet Sleigh. "Miss Max Factor of 1953," flew back to Kuala Lumpur yesterday after having been photographed by "Life" magazine cameraman, Mr. Philippe Halsman, in Singapore, on Wednesday night. Mr. Halsman and his photo-grapher-wife, Yvonne, left the Colony later for Bali, where he will64 words
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Advertisement125 1956-08-17 3 ENTER TOUR ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, FISH, AND TOUR ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR SINGAPORE'S AGRICULTURAL SHOW I 170 1 classes I '-TO ENTER** 19 CUPS $14,000 PRIZES and 479 Certificates \TO BE WON FREE TRANSPORT FOR j YOUR EXHIBITS. I GUARANTEE AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE All. THE FUN OF COMPETITION AND THE125 words
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Article240 1956-08-17 4 RAZAK WARNS CHINESE STUDENTS True Malayans Must Ignore Red Come-Back Call' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak, yesterday warned Malayan Chinese students abroad that, if they considered themselves "True Malayans-" they should not accept the Peking government's "invitation" to return to China after completing their studies.240 words
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Article, Illustration148 1956-08-17 4 'EVERY LOYAL CITIZEN MUST GET TRAINING' TAIPING. Thurs. The Chief Minister, and Minister for Defence. Tunku Abdul Rahman said here today he was keen that the volunteer movement should be expanded to give every loyal citizen of the country an opportunity lor military training. The Tunku was on a visit148 words
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Article146 1956-08-17 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Kuyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 99k 99i Sept. No. 1 R.S.S. 995 1004 No. 2 R.S.S. 961 96} No. 3 R.S.S. 95 95i Tone: Quiet. S'POKt TIN The price ot (In on the local market yesterday was < *$384i146 words
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Article86 1956-08-17 4 The Muslim party. Ansarul Islam, recently fcrmed in Singapore, will hold a committee meetinc on Sunday to consider what steps to take to get the party registered as soon as possible as a political party. A spokesman of Ansarul Islam tcld The Standard yesterday that86 words
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Article160 1956-08-17 4 3 Meetings But Still No Decision FOR the third time in succession yesterday, the delegates to the Central Methodist Church conference in Singapore were unable to elect a bishop to succeed retiring Bishop R.L. Archer. They cast 14 ballots without reaching a decision. The ballots were cast by delegates from160 words
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Article34 1956-08-17 4 MR. Too Joon Hing. the Assistant Minister for Education, will declare open a three-day Food and Fun Fair in aid of the Chung Sin Chinese School Building Fund at Tanjong Malim today.34 words
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Article33 1956-08-17 4 IX the Johore Bahru Magistrate's Court yesterday. Saman bin Othman, a bus driver, was fined $30 or 10 ciays' jail in default for carrying six excess passengers in his bus.33 words
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Article, Illustration116 1956-08-17 4 elected Miss Trade Fair at the 1956 Singapore Trade and Industries Fair, Great World. Dorothy works in a Colony beauty saloon. She was a candidate of Caldbeck MacGregor and Co., Ltd. She polled 6,748 votes to win the title and an electric sewing machine. Miss Yong116 words
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Article94 1956-08-17 4 FED. BAN ON SHARMA JOURNALS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federation Government today banned the sale and circulation of two periodicals published in Bombay by former Singapore teacher and 'detainee, P. V. Sharma. The ban was imposed by Mr. N. Ward, acting Chief Secretary, "by reason of the matter contained in94 words
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Article47 1956-08-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thtfrs. Acquitting 25-year-old Special Constable, M. Periasamy, on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of certain Police equipment, Mr. F. Corbally, President of the Sessions Court, said that there was not a scrap of evidence against him.47 words
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Article36 1956-08-17 4 SINGAPORE Police yesterday arrested three women in raids on gambling dens. Seven men were also arrested during the raids. Policemen on "Operation Dagger" detained 18 suspected secret society men for questioning.36 words
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Article96 1956-08-17 4 FL./Lt. A. Hull of the Royal Air Force, Changi. and Mrs. Hull, won the 1956 Singapore International Amateur Dance Championship held at the Happy World Cabaret last night. Other results were: David Yee and Miss D. Marcello (second), Quah Kay Tee and Miss Jenny Quek (third)96 words
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Article, Illustration54 1956-08-17 4 JOYCE Ee, who will soon join the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malaya, celebrated her 18th birthday on Wednes- day night with a party at the Cathay Restaurant, Singapore. Joyce, (fifth from left), is the daughter of Mr. Ee Soon Howe, manager of54 words
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Advertisement290 1956-08-17 4 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS rATHAY^F^ NOW SHOWING 1 c".?3J 0 5? Ilci.m., 1.45. 4.15, 6.45 3.30p.m. ■■■■BHi TtL MtOO "He Was The Law.... A Relentless Avenger" MIDNIGHT TOMORROW INTRODI (INH J EXfITINC. NEW PERSONALITIES.., Carol OHMART Tom TRYON Jo«ly LAWRANCE •THE SCARLET HOUR" A PAR\MOINT PKTI'RE IV \|nT\\ISION rfn"R^^^|TMN7oß^7»\\ :i am.290 words
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Advertisement305 1956-08-17 4 1 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS STARTS fIAP|TOL.^& am> 45 4 urn dTHE PICTURE TNfIIUTNIIRWSmWHU! ™w««« e«os.con>..."|§»«NlCOlC« \\\\vvwvvw\v\wi A DOUBLE EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCREENING OF "THE AVIMAI WORLD" A LIVING ANIMAL WORLD FROM THE MALAYAN JUNGLE WILL BE ON EXHIBITION LN THE CAPITOL LOBBY TAKE YOUE CHILDREN ALONG. MIDNIGHT305 words
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Article, Illustration7 1956-08-17 5 TWO MORE FOR COLONY CONTEST Here's Teresa7 words
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Article217 1956-08-17 5 Beer Case Put Off A Month THE preliminary Inquiry Into a charge of criminal breach of trust, involving 18.325 cartons of beer took a new turn yesterday when the prosecution asked for a month-'s postponement In view of fresh grounds. Mr. JF.R.N.H. Massey, who is now prosecuting on a flat217 words
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Article30 1956-08-17 5 BISHOP Alexander of Marthoma Syrian Church of India., who is on his way to Jaka.Tta on an Evangelical tour, is expected to arrive in Singapore from Madras today.30 words
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Article26 1956-08-17 5 A SINGAPORE labourer. Tan Nge Ho. 64, fell 15 feet from a building in the Harboar Beard labourers' quarters yesterday and died inst antly.26 words
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Article, Illustration157 1956-08-17 5 TWO latest entrants for the "Ideal Working Girl of 1956" quest, to be held in Singapore on Sept. 1, are Misses Chris Rodrigues and Teresa Attias, (top). Miss Rodrigues, 17, is employed at the Singapore Telephone Board, while Miss Attias, 21, is a teacher in a157 words
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186 1956-08-17 5 WITHIN a month, two warrants were issued by a Singapore Court for the arrest of Richard Sumathibala. The first warrant was issued when he failed to appear in Court on July 16 to show cause why he should not be sent to186 words
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252 1956-08-17 5 LIM STEPS IN AND WANTS TO HEAR UNION'S DECISIONS Fred Waterhouse Co. Strike: SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, who is also Minister for Labour and Welfare, yesterday stepped into the dispute between the Fred Waterhouse Company and its Employees' Union. Mr. Lim met representatives of the management and252 words
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Article214 1956-08-17 5 All Quiet At The Factory EIGHT policemen and an officer stood guard at the Fred Waterhouse factory yesterday morning anticipating trouble from picketers, but it was all quiet. Fifty workers, mostly men, picketed the premises of the factory at 8 a.m. Another 100 workers gathered in the nearby Union office214 words
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Article94 1956-08-17 5 AMERICAN singer and film actor, Frankie Laine, is coming to Singapore to perform for three nights in October. Supporting singers and dancers from America will make up "The Frankie Laine Show." which will cost Mr. Jack Rocklyn. Singapore showman. $70,000. Mr. Rooklyn, who sponsored the "Johnnie Ray94 words
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Article112 1956-08-17 5 CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Thurs. Two Special Constables in plain clothes, got the fright of their lives yesterday when they were accosted by three armed terrorists on the Gunong Brinchang Road. One terrorist aimed his rifle at them, but before he could fire, both constables scattered and fled.112 words
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Article162 1956-08-17 5 Sixty Say They're Not Guilty MEANWHILE sixty striking employees. including 18 women. of the company, pleaded not guilty in the Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of causing obstruction. The strikers were alleged to have intentionally caused obstruction at the entrance to the Company premises on Aug. 15. by162 words
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226 1956-08-17 5 He Posed As Reporter At Sports Meet 3 Months AN ENGLISH-speaking youth, 1 who pcsed as a reporter from an English news- paper at a school sports meet, was jailed for three months for criminal breach of trust of a fountain pen in a Singapore Court yesterday. Albert Quek Kong226 words
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239 1956-08-17 5 DUTCHMAN DIGS UP NEW EVIDENCE AND POLICE ARREST BRITON IN H.K. A MAN came out of a Dutch jail in 1955 with one purpose in mind —to prove his innocence. The man is Franz J. Vahrmeyer, a former Singapore businessman. To239 words
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Article44 1956-08-17 5 PENANG, Thurs —An appeal for used postage stamps for sale in England to augment the Poppy Day Fund is made by the sub-committee for stamp collection. Last year, 70.0D0 stamps were collected and it is hoped to surpass that figure this year.44 words
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Article, Illustration65 1956-08-17 5 MR. R. L. BROHIER, leader of a six-man team of the Ceylon Land Commission, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday after a study tour of Indonesia He told The Standard that the team studied land colonist schemes adopted by the Indonesian Government.65 words
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172 1956-08-17 5 AFTER a scolding from her mother, a 17-year-o!d schoolgirl decided to return to China. She was refused permission to go and later that night she was found to have taken poison, the Singapore Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Hing. was told yesterday.172 words
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Article504 1956-08-17 6 j^JALAYA will have as many engineers as she needs in a few years' time, according to the head of the University of Malaya's Engineering Department. Professor C. A. M. Gray. That is good news, indeed particularly as he stressed that Malayan engineering students who are about to finish504 words
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Article424 1956-08-17 6 J^ DESCENDANT of the Brooke family, Mr. Anthony Brooke, is never tired of associating himself With his 'lost kingdom' of Sarawak. He seems to think he can give the people of that colony a better deal than the stuffy Colonial Office. He is unable to live424 words
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Article509 1956-08-17 6 ASTER GUNASEKERA - ASTER GUNASEKERA By THE special cable from The standard London Bureau Chief. Andrew Roth, disclosing that the Peking Government has been puttine out feelers to recruit Malayan Chinese engineers and scientists, came as no surprise when published yesterday. Red China has for many years509 words
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367 1956-08-17 6 Measures For Checking Gangsterism Sir; I would like to express my thanks to the Commissioner of Police for enforcing "Operation Dagger" to deal with secret society men who are a menace to the law-abiding citizens of Singapore. This has proved a great success, as a number of the "bad hats"367 words
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Letter202 1956-08-17 6 Unite Together Sir; I understand that Mr. J.F.L. Cowin proposed to form a new Accountancy association in the name cf Malayan Association of Certified Public Accountants and Mr. A.W. Hodges is forming another society in the name of Malayan Society of Accountants. May I know the basic difference oi these202 words
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Letter81 1956-08-17 6 Internationalize Waterways Sir; Perhaps one way of settling the dispute over the Suez Canal is for the U.N., as World's Organization, to internationalize besides the Suez Canal, the three other waterways equally essential for world's shipping the Straits of Babel Mendeb and Gibraltar and the Panama Canal. Narrow strips of81 words
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Letter540 1956-08-17 6 Sir; Singapore "Cooperator's" letter in your issue of Aug. 6. makes very interesting reading but some of his sweeping statements concerning Cooperative Thrift Loan Societies are rather damaging to the movement. In stating that "the evidence at my disposal suggests that the societies themselves have done little540 words
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Letter99 1956-08-17 6 Sir; Your last Friday's comment "Work— Not Words" is, indeed, very striking. We have heard of so many fiery speeches, dreamed so many beautiful dreams, but witnessed so little accomplishment. Filthy beggars are still infesting our streets, unemployment is on the increase, prostitution rampant, ill-fed and destitute children roaming99 words
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Letter104 1956-08-17 6 Sir; At the meeting of the Government Storekeepers' Union, Federation ol Malaya for South Zone held en Bth instant in Johore Bahru, the Chairman, being unable to persuade the members present to yield to his way of thinking, walked out of the meeting. He seemed to have104 words
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Article1335 1956-08-17 6 Patrick O' Donovan - LEARNING TO BE AMERICAN Patrick O Donovan by* WASHINGTON rpHERE is a large school in i X Washington for foreigners i only. Taxi drivers know it as the Americanisation School. There is one of these in almost everv city in America. For this is the only country on the easy1,335 words
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Article449 1956-08-17 7 Let's Not Complicate Matters, Says Shepilov LONDON, Aug. 16— Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov criticized the composition of the conference on the Suez Canal at the opening session today, but made no move to complicate the smooth procedure of the meeting. Shepilov, aA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 449 words
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Article195 1956-08-17 7 LONDON. Aug. 16 (AP) Egyptian Embassy fnnounced today the number of southbound convoys jgh the Suez Canal is being reduced from two to one a day. The Egyptians blamed the i.lment on "a number of 4n pilots in Europe who have not returned to their at195 words
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Article188 1956-08-17 7 Cowardly Murderers' Strike NICOSIA, Aug. 16, (UP)— Extremists shot dead today the uncle of a beautiful Cypriot girl who denounced them last week as "a pack of cowardly murBullets fired by a gang of unknown assailants killed Christos Pappilaros in Archbishop Makarios Street, in downtown Nicosia,188 words
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Article43 1956-08-17 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 16. (AP) —Red China's Foreign Ministry announced that the Prime Minister of the Laotian Government, Prince Souvanna Phouma, had accepted an in- *tion to Day a goodwill It to Red China on Aug. 20. F- <:ng Radio reported yesterday43 words
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Article33 1956-08-17 7 LONDON. Aug. 16. British freighters and a Greek vessel under charter to a British company were re- rd around the Cape of Good Hope yesterday to avoid trie Suez Canal.33 words
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Article28 1956-08-17 7 ENZWEIHINGEN. Germany. I 16. (UP)—Baron Kons:n Vnn Neur?th. fcrmer Foreign Minister of Germany and Protector of Bahemia. died here yesterday. He was I 82.28 words
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Article28 1956-08-17 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 16. (AP) —George Hale. 56. dancer director of many Broadway musicals including Fiorenz Ziegfeld. Earl Carroll, and George White Shows, died suddenly yesterday.28 words
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Article36 1956-08-17 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 16 (AP) Ca".lin» the use of cosmetics much bother... it's fatigu--1 Italian actress Silvana Jlangano wore none when she met newsmen on her arrival here aboard the liner United States yesterday.36 words
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Article65 1956-08-17 7 CUMBERLAND, Maryland, Aug. 16 (AP) Joe Nyland, 32-year-old pianist, yesterday went into the third day of his marathon stunt of playing the piano 50 minutes of every 60 in a music store. Nyland began his marathon last Monday at noon. He is trying to beat65 words
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Article, Illustration81 1956-08-17 7 photo. lON.V WESTERN ISLES: The Queen, with the Rev. Dr. harles Wait Dean of the Thistle as she viewed the tombs of the ancient Scottish kings, after attending the Divine Service at the historic Abbey at lona. The Wueen with the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess MargaretUP - 81 words
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Article30 1956-08-17 7 IN Italy rather strong earthquake was registered by Triaste geophysic observatory here yesterday. The earthquake took place about 150 miles south-southeast of here, along the Dalmatian coast30 words
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Article163 1956-08-17 7 Line-Up LONDON, Aug. 16 (AP) The heads cf delegations to the Suez Canal conference: Australia Foreign Minister R. G. Casey (Prime Minister Menzics is also attending). Britain Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. Ceylon Sir Claude Corea. High Commissioner in London. Denmark PremierForeign Minister H. C Hansen. Ethiopia Foreign Minister163 words
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Article211 1956-08-17 7 SAYS DANCING-MAJOR LONDON, Aug. 16, (Reuter)— Egypt's "Dancing Major" Saleh Salem said here last night it was "quite disastrous" that such a fuss should be made about Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal "for the sake of £10 million sterling enjoyed by211 words
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Article81 1956-08-17 7 A Murder Case 10 Years Old LONDON. Aug. 16 (Reuter) —A 32-year-old labourer was charged last night with murdering a woman ten years ago on a waste site near London's Regents Park. The man. Adam Ogilvle, will appear in court today. The case Is expected to make legal history. The81 words
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Article32 1956-08-17 7 TOKYO. Aug. 16, (UP) A rolling earthquake shook Tokvo suburbs today at 0916 a.m., but there were no immediate reports of riamaee The tremor lasted for about 30 seconds32 words
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Article28 1956-08-17 7 SEOUL. Aug. 16 (Renter) Seoul National University today conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Nationalist Chinese Foreign Minister, George K. C. Yeh.28 words
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Article118 1956-08-17 7 KARACHI, Pakistan. Aug. 16. (UP)— A crowd of 2,000 demonstrators crashed through a police cordon and marched to Premier Mohamad Ali's home yesterday to demand the arrest of Police Inspector General Gilbert Grace. The demonstrators, hoping to keep the British-born Inspector-General from leaving the118 words
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Article111 1956-08-17 7 GENEVA, Aug. 16, (Reuter). A decision which will have considerable effect on any enquiries into collisions at sea, such as that of the liners Andrea Doria and the Stockholm, is to be taken at a 21-nation Maritime Conference opening in London from Sept. 19, to Oct.111 words
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Article54 1956-08-17 7 TSU. JAPAN, Aug. 16 (AP) A heatwave is killing off thousands of mother oysters here, indispensable to the cultured pearl industry, the Mie prefecture marine bureau said yesterday. Not since a 1953 typhcon lashed oyster beds off Mie prefecture has the cultured pearl industry suffered so54 words
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Article120 1956-08-17 7 NEW ORLEANS. Aug 16 (AP)— Beatrice Adams, the Bible-reading woman who killed her lover by running him down with a car. entered her eighth-day of fasting in prison yesterday. Dr. E. A. Eigenbrood, priscn doctor, said there was no evidence of malnutrition. •'She's full of pep120 words
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Article, Illustration324 1956-08-17 7 Stevenson Has Almost Won The Day photo CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Democrats pushed Mr. Adlai Stevenson to the verge of a first ballot presidential nominatipn early today and then prepared for a national convention floor fight over the controversial civil rights issue. A group of Northern delegates said they were readyA.P.; Reuter; AP - 324 words
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Article65 1956-08-17 7 BUENOS AIRES, Aug. IP. (AP) Gen. Juan Jose Uranga. arch-foe of Argentina's Provisional President Pedro Aramburu, surrendered last night to a force of more than 200 armed soldiers and policemen. The besieging force threatened to blast Urania's house in a fashionable Buenos Aires suburb unless he came65 words
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Article39 1956-08-17 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 16, (AP) American Bishop Henry Ambrose Pinger, 59. arrived here today aboard the British freighter Shillong after five years in a Chinese Communist prison. He is the last imprisoned American bishop to leave the mainland.39 words
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110 1956-08-17 7 K.K.K. SYMBOL AT IKE'S BIRTHPLACE DEXISON. Texas. Aug. 16, (AP) A burning cross, traditionally the symbol o f the Ku Klux Klan, was found on the edge of the lawn of the President Eisenhower birthplace here late Tuesday night. Police Chief Paul Borum dismissed the incident as the work of110 words
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Advertisement63 1956-08-17 7 nfliiiiii J| y ~^W >I] Pill P KAY WOOD IE J*t±C I DREAM I>IPES W /«U range of these wonderful pipes, beautifully displayed, are in stock. Come and aMJ^Dpis^BwS^ 1 choose from the wide array. j From $10.75 to $37.75. SMOKER'S I^W^^^^^^y^^^j^S REQUISITES I I I I I I I63 words
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172 1956-08-17 8 CZECH SHOT DEAD IN GUN DUEL WITH P.C. SYDNEY, Au&. 16, (Reuter) A Czech was shot dead and a constable critically wounded in a point-blank gun duel in darkness at the coast township of Primbee, 50 miles south of Sydney, early today. They fought on the back verandah of a172 words
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Article100 1956-08-17 8 Three In A Bed Meant For Two ADELAIDE. Aug. 16, (Reuter) In dismissing a woman's undefended claim for divorce for adultery today. Mr. Justice Ross in the Supreme Court said there were some curious features about the case. Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Ross said the plaintiff. Barbara May Fenwick, of100 words
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Article63 1956-08-17 8 PORTRET. Is'.e of Skye. Aug. 16 (AP) John MacLeod the Younger downed a quart of claret in one gulp and proved in the old way he is ready to assume the chieftainship of the ancient clan MacLeod. "It was no trouble," said the 21-year-old Scot.63 words
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Article, Illustration119 1956-08-17 8 FIFTEEN Gujeratis were killed and 200 injured in riots in Ahmedabad, India, during the three-day strike in protest against the merger of the Gujerati and Marathi areas into one electoral constituency, in which the Gujeratis will be a small minority. (Top) Congress House, headquarters of the Premier's CongressA.P. - 119 words
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Article51 1956-08-17 8 JAKARTA. Aug. 16 (AP) Two Communist dominated trade unions in North Sumatra have started a two-day strike on all rubber estates of the Association of Rubber Estate Owners in North Sumatra. The strike involves 100,000 workers. It followed the failure of workers to get a yearly51 words
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249 1956-08-17 8 Abdulgani s Troubles May Have Begun At Bandung LONDON, Aug. 16, (AP)— Indonesian Foreign Minister Ruslan Abdulgani hinted last night that his troubles with the Indonesian army may date back to the Bandung conference last year. Abdulgani arrived here last night to represent his country in the Suez Canal conference.249 words
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Article83 1956-08-17 8 NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (AP) An American television announcer who married an Egyptian girl he wooed by airmail said yesterday that his most thrilling memory of the land of the Nile was a zagarit. The bridegroom, the former Laurence Chaker of Cairo, explained: "The zagarit is a83 words
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Article214 1956-08-17 8 Work Stops In Protest Against London Meeting CAIRO, Aug. 16, (Reuter)— Egypt is today in the grip of a 24-hour general strike launched in protest against today's London conference on the future of the nationalized Suez Canal. Cairo Radio predicted last night the strike would extend214 words
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Article30 1956-08-17 8 JAPAN will send Indonesia US$l.5 million worth of cotton textiles and collect in U.S. surplus raw cotton, by terms of an agreement signed yesterday, the Foreign Ministry 'said.30 words
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Article108 1956-08-17 8 MODERN RED JETS MAY APPEAR SOON TAIPEI, Aug. 16 (Reuter) Brigadier General Benjamin Davis, Junior, Commander of the United States 13th Air Task Force warned here today that advanced types of Chinese Communist jet planes might soon appear over the Formosa Straits. Chinese Nationalists with more advanced type equipment under108 words
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Article69 1956-08-17 8 JAKARTA, Aug. 16 (UP) The American Embassy announced today that four American naval officers were rescued from the Gang Taland Islands, north of the Celebes, on July 22, after they were forced to bale out of their carrier plane. Local residents in the remote islands had reported69 words
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Article71 1956-08-17 8 TEL AVIV. Aug. 16 (Reuter) Two people were injured, one of them seriously, when their car struck a mine on the road to Soeh Boker, southwest of Beersheba in the Negev Desert, an Islaeli military spokesman said today. He said this was the second mine71 words
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Article35 1956-08-17 8 AN increasing number of Italian miners are applying for passports to leave B^-sium after the mine disaster at Marcinelle last week in which many Italians died, an Italian Embassy source said yesterday. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article136 1956-08-17 8 COLOMBO, Aug. 16, (Reuter)— The main roads oi Colombo are being gaily decorated for the arrival tomorrow of Prince Takahito Mikasa and his wife, Princess Yuriko Mikasa of Japan on a 13-day visit to Ceylon. The Galle Road along which the Japanese Royal visitors will136 words
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Article131 1956-08-17 8 Miners Died While At Breakfast MARCINELLE, Belgium. Aug. 16, (Reuter). Forty of the men trapped in Belgium's Bitter Heart mine disaster were killed instantly by a cloud of carbon monoxide gas just as they were eating breakfast, a rescue worker said here yesterday. Some of the dead men, who were131 words
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Article65 1956-08-17 8 HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16 (Reuter) Diana Dors, British film actress, has finally completed her first American film and started a week's holiday. But two days of the holiday will be spent in posing for 20 photographers from magazines, newspapers and photograph syndicates seeking to show the new foreign65 words
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162 1956-08-17 8 ARGENTINE OPPOSITION LEADER ARESTED BUENOS AIRES Aug. 16, (Reuter)— General Juan Jose Uranga, Argentine Nationalist opposition leader arrested here last night by troops who besieged his home is "suspected of activities against the security of the State" the Army Ministry announced. It said General Uranga. Minister of Transport in the162 words
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Article92 1956-08-17 8 PERTH, Aug. 16, (Reuter). —Atomic tests at Maralinga. South Australia, could deprive 800 West Australian natives of half their tribal grounds, contaminate the few water holes and affect game with atomic fall-out. Liberal Member, Mr. Grayden said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He asked the Minister for92 words
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Article24 1956-08-17 8 GEXERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek invited members of an Australian goodwill mission to his home in Taipei last nights, for a farewell dinner.- UPUP - 24 words
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101 1956-08-17 8 SYDNEY, Aug. 16 (Reuter)— For the first time television cameras here have recorded the oirth of a baby— a 6 lu boy— but the child s mother has not seen either the film or her baby. Mrs Margaret Rutherford, 31. a grazier's wife, was101 words
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291 1956-08-17 8 Red Army General's Daughter In Moscow Scandal MOSCOW, Aug. 16 (AP) Russia's most sensational personal scandal since the Communist revolution exploded yesterday when the sons of two cabinet ministers were charged with holding drunken orgies with young girls, who had committed burglaries to finance their riotous living. Although no postwar291 words
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Article, Illustration60 1956-08-17 8 Photo. TROOPS file towards one of the British Overseas Airways Corporation 100--seater Britannia turbo-prop airliners. a s they leave Hum Airport. Bournemouth for the Mediterranean. Three Britannias left Hum with troops aboard s the airlift to the Mediterranean began. The airlift is one of the measures beineU.P. - 60 words
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Advertisement99 1956-08-17 8 MORE MILK PLEASE! v w i s **^^^m^^ ft f -"Ko wonder he is eager for more for it's NESPRAY; delicious s^%^- NESPRAY— and so very nourishing V^f*™"™* «!\^^vivP NESPRAY is made from" rich, MV^^2i(s.f^t \u^ I* u^ creani n"!^ from which only OT\ls£a^>^ X\\ lhe water nas becn ext^a«ed.99 words
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Miscellaneous369 1956-08-17 8 cMlmanac Information at a Glance TOMORROW: Singj... -.46 a.m S^L^\tmM m BBC c Sfcl^ A 5.14 p.m. (7 2 ft i 8.8.C. (General Oversea* Service): SBBC JB spm Our Way Of Life- 510 2&Z*^]^^%Y^ S2^J~C: p enang 11.15 a.m (6 6 ft) 1158 From The Editorials; 5.15 Deep jf M369 words
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Article, Illustration394 1956-08-17 9 CHRISTINE DIEMER - Gruesome... but nice CHRISTINE DIEMER says i vER spend a nice, quiet evening at home with a paper thriller that kept you up until all the mysteries were solved? That's Ira Levin's murder novel, A KISS BEFORE DYING transported to Cinemascope De Lux Color, by United Artists, for 100 minutes394 words
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Article, Illustration502 1956-08-17 9 Terry Pillay - Terry Pillay says Michael Myerberg who produced this film, PATTERNS released by United Artists, is not generally well-known to the public, and judging by this latest offering, he does not deserve to be. PATTERNS is a pretentious, offensively moral film. It sets out to tell the story502 words
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Article133 1956-08-17 9 R.G. Pillai - PREMA PASAM is a hit R.G. Pillai ryVLY very few films run successfully for four continuous months in any theatre in India, and Narasu Studio's PREMA PASAM is one. At the end of four-month season in a leading theatre in Madras, the distributors reported, a "roaring business." The impression I133 words
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Article, Illustration410 1956-08-17 9 STEVE NEOH - Debut for Three in THE SCARLET HOUR STEVE NEOH By. r |HREE new stars take their bow... for more than one SCARLET HOUR they love, steal and kill... but all I can remember are just a couple of shimmering specks on the horizon of Hollywood's stardom. Paramount is introducing three410 words
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Miscellaneous189 1956-08-17 9 Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE 7. Arrive at (XV CLUES 8. Related on father's side (6> 1 9. Specified period for which a 1 T~ «-?d useful to <S, g ft.^'Wi'SS".^. ,6, 11 French and the cause of tJS^' convCn n i .h~.l B-h l^i 21- Combined with 9 down il I*189 words
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Miscellaneous296 1956-08-17 9 TODAY'S QUOTATION: "No man is more cheated than the selfish man.'' Henry Ward Beeoher. FRIDAY FOR EVERYONE: Be conscientious in fulfilling duties: use dietary and health discretion. Stay on safe ground; attempt only those interests which have withstood the test of time and experience. Evening: relax, rest: read or write296 words
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Article150 1956-08-17 10 CABLE WIRELESS PROFIT UP CABLE and Wireless Ltd's capacity of the Sin-gapore-Hongkong: route via Jesselton has been doubled, and with the insertion of repeaters in the Porthcur-no-Gilbraltar cables an increased capacity of 50 per cent, has been obtained. The annual report of Cable and Wireless for the year ended March150 words
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Article103 1956-08-17 10 THE Malayan share market generally showed signs of slight improvement yesteruay, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Business, however, was still rather restricted. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buvers Sellers 8.8. Pet 54/- 57/Fraser Neave: Ords. 1.93 1.97 Hongkong Bank (HK Reg) 690.00 900.00103 words
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Article118 1956-08-17 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done Industrials: F N ords. $1.90: Hongkong and Shanghai Bank $885. $890: M. Breweries $2.90; M. Cement $1.62: M. Colls |1.03ft; Metal Box $1.52'.: Spore Cold Storage $1.50. $1.45; U. E. ords. $8.65. $8.70; Wm. Jacks $2.75. Mining: Austral Amal 16/9:118 words
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Article, Illustration148 1956-08-17 10 PAN American World Airicays' vice president Robert B. Murray, Jr., was transferred from the system's headquarters in New York to the Pacific-Alaska Division, effective from yesterday, and will report to executive vice president Colonel Clarence M. Young at San Francisco, the companyannounced today. Mr. Murray's new148 words
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261 1956-08-17 10 FOR the first time in its history, Port Dickson-Lu-kut (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates Ltd's has surpassed 3,000,000 lb., exceeding the record crop for the previous year by more than 200.000 lb. This crop, according to the chairman, Charles Mann, in his annual statement to261 words
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Article41 1956-08-17 10 NEW YORK, Aug. 15. (UP)— Dow-Jones closing averages STOCKS 30 Industrials 511.70 20 Rails 165 73 15 Utilities 70.67 65 Stocks 182.10 BONDS 40 Bonds 94.58 The Dow-Jones Commodity Futures Index (1924-26 average equals 100) clospd at 161.0941 words
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Article127 1956-08-17 10 RUBBER DROPS cent THE Singapore rubber market yesterday slipped below $1 mark closing quiet at 99; cents per Ib. for first graae rubber fcr September ship. ment ($1,002 on Wed.) The market showed no particular trend and was Inclined to be easier despite higher London and New Yorjc prices. During127 words
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Article, Illustration133 1956-08-17 10 FURNISHING fabrics In a wide range of colours are now on display at Whiteaway's stand at the Ideal Home Show. Happy World, Singapore. Visitors will have the opportunity of solving their colour problems at the dis- play stand where advice can be freely obtained.133 words
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Article179 1956-08-17 10 OFFICIAL statistics show Malayan exports of nil* her and latex for July amounted to 75,934 tons, bnrr^ ing the total for the first seven months of this year fc, July exports showed a sharp drop from June when total shipments amounted to 82.218 tons. Shipments179 words
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Article42 1956-08-17 10 OWING to good response from the public, the Ideal Home Exhibition at the Happy World. Singapore, has been extended for another three days. The exhibition was scheduled to have closed- this Sunday. It will now remain open until Wednesday.42 words
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Article131 1956-08-17 10 OUTER ROADS Chunchi. Otori Maru. Paul Rickmers. Stv. South African, Bali. Pres. Filmore. Guntur. Blitar. Kyoto Maru, Atlantic Unity, Fernbay. Sunda, Ferncliff. INNER ROADS Gianng Seng. (Resang, Hero, Pangkor. Cambay, Breeze, Hal Guan, Tong Nam. Salong. Hua Hcng. Hin Seng. Caltex 9. Buana. Tong Leong. Landek Champada.131 words
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Article140 1956-08-17 10 MALAYAN trade in cigarettes has shown an upward trend, both in imports and reexports, according to latest available statistics. Cigarettes worth $33,824,873 were imported into Malaya in the first five months of this year, against $32,788,532 in last year's corresponding period. Re-exports amounted to $9,544,550140 words
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Article134 1956-08-17 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra. August $26* buyers $27 sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $41$ sellers, coconut oil (drums)s44J sellers; Muntok white pepper $129 sellers. Sarawak white $128 sellers, Special Sarawak black $91 sellers. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: Straits mixed copra: August134 words
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Article90 1956-08-17 10 COMPLETE replacement of crude rubber by man-made rubber for the handing of corrosive chemicals is "definitely possible." according to Mr. Clyde O. Delong, president of B. E. Goodrich Industrial Products Company, Akron, Ohio. Until now crude rubber has been in a class by itself for such applications.90 words
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Advertisement658 1956-08-17 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Originating Petition No. 18 oi 1956. la the Matter of Smoke House Inn Limited And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance 1940. ■jVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition was on the 10th day of August. 1956658 words
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Advertisement701 1956-08-17 10 NOTICES SALE OF GOVFRNMENT STORES BY TENDER f TENDERS will be received up ■I to noon on the 31st August 1956 for the purchase of 1475 ammunition pouches. These pouches are made of green canvas, 10" x 10" in size, and closed with a flap with two turn buttons. These701 words
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Advertisement647 1956-08-17 10 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. YUEN FOOK WAH of 28, Ganges Avenue Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a Public House First Class Licence in respect of premises at Yin Toh Yuen Restaurant Bar, 133, Kitchener Road. (Ground floor) Singapore, and that this application647 words
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Advertisement215 1956-08-17 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST rpENDERS are invited for A the* construction of concrete slab footpaths, footbridge over drain, concrete curbs and new drains at the 11 blocks of flats at Princess Estate, Queenstown. Tender form etc. may be obtained 'on payment of a deposit of $100/- which will be refunded215 words
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Advertisement227 1956-08-17 10 YUGOSLAV LINE From Adriatic, Near East India and Colombo to Diekarta and Hongkong. Penong P. S'hom Malocco Spore m..*. TRIGLAV" 18/19 Aug From Hongkong to Bomboy, Aden, P. Sudan. Pert Said, Beyrouth, Venice, Trieste and Rijeka. *v "LOVrFN" i»o?? Malacc* P. Sliair Penan* m.v. LOVCEN 18/22 Aug 23 24 Auo227 words
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Advertisement1077 1956-08-17 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD <c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (1 llnej) (Incorporated in Singapore) (12 lines) TH£ BLUE FUNNEL L NE JjjJl Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON. CONTINENT. Singapore. PatroclM, for Liverpool D SaiU P ham Pe anB ClasROW1,077 words
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Advertisement873 1956-08-17 11 MITSUI pQ LINE S'pore P. Shorn Penan? FOR JAPAN from India Amagisan Maru for Yokohama, Kobe. Moji .....21 Aug Fujikawa Maru for Moji, Kobe, Yokohama 24 Aug 20 Aug Azumasan Maru for Yokohema, Kobe, Moji 28 Aug FOR JAPAN from Continent Hakonesan Maru for Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe via Hongkong 27873 words
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Advertisement668 1956-08-17 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings for Bangkok and/or Far East. Penortf P. Skom S'por* "SUMBAWA" In Port Gdn. 11 1700 km. "PANAMA" In Port 19/21 A«g -JUTIANDIA" 1/3 Sept 4/6 >*pt 7/9 Sept "SONGKHLA" 9/13Sept 14/14Sept 15/16Sept HOMEWARDS Sailings for Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen. S'pore P. Shew Penono "SELANDIA"668 words
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Article, Illustration351 1956-08-17 12 Terry Pillay - Terry Pillay of SKIN, FACE, FIGURE 'By* ]VJRS. Jean Royere, wife of the Consul General for France in Singapore, has a true French woman's interest in beauty beauty of dress, skin, face and figure. Accordingly, as soon as she arrived in Singapore, Mrs. Royere started looking around351 words
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Article, Illustration390 1956-08-17 12 PLAN YOUR TAN Danger Hours For Tanning Audrey Frost TT takes a clever girl to A return home from holiday with a lovely golden tan. You'll usually find her sheltering in the shade, leisurely planning her tan from top to toe, while others swelter in the midday sun. The girl390 words
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Article, Illustration309 1956-08-17 12 GIRL of the Golden Beaches TfNOGGERA "State School in BYisbane, Queensland, is J J one of the viost famous schools in Australia this year, not because it has anything extra-special about its buildings, curricular or pupils, but because it has something extra-special amon a its teachers. The extra-special among its309 words
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Article692 1956-08-17 12 Dior's Changed Look ALISON SETTLE REPORTS ON PARIS pHRISTIAN Dior, who has a pretty wit and great sense of showmanship, recently showed a dress collection full of interesting new fashion themes, stressing full and pleated Dutch skirts, bunching on the hips; pointing a return to down sloping shoulders; announcing the692 words
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Article, Illustration345 1956-08-17 12 Gina Martelli - Gina Martelli ROME. pOR some time now, variations of the short hair style, originated here, have been among the most popular of the world's styles. The "Italian cut" has beea adopted by famous women all over the world —from Gina Lollobrigida to Lady Docker, from Elizabeth345 words
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Article331 1956-08-17 12 PAT DRAKE'S Information Counter "T HAVE a pair of green A chenille velvet curtains that have jaded," writes Mrs. M. M. D., "and 1 icish to dye them the same colour. What is the best way to do it?" It is difficult to dye chenille velvet satisfactorily at home, and331 words
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Advertisement96 1956-08-17 12 COOKING OIL THE AND MOST POPULAR JLatn &oott- products NEWSM SH -ice-fresh,tinglih(j fresh For healthy GUMS HBBWB You'll /ee/ that healthy tingle it tells you that brushing b|^«§§l|^^ I 6 '^»H \iith new Gibbs S.R. Toothpaste stimulates the gums PBrJ^^E^^ to resist infection. S.R- stands for Sodium Ricinoleate %^mHn*^% Ht^/^^96 words
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Article334 1956-08-17 13 Dump Dodgers Out Of Second Place Gianfs Turn The Tables NEW YORK, Auk: 16, (AP)— Johnny Antonelli's strikeout crammed two-hitter out-duelled Don Newcombe and gave the New York. Giants a 1-0 victory over Brooklyn on Wednesday night, dumping the Dodgers out of second place in the National League Pennant race334 words
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Article76 1956-08-17 13 Today's Sport SOCCER S.A.F.A. LEAGUE—DIVA: .Argonauts F.C. vs. H.M Dockyard at Jalan Besar Stadium at ,7 p.m. DIV. 2A: F.K.C. vs. R.A.F. Seletar at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. DIV. 3A: Arsenal S.C. vs. Radin Mas at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m. DIV. 3B: R.A.F., Chnngi vs.. SMB. Police76 words
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Article145 1956-08-17 13 RESULTS of the August Monthly Medal stableford "A" Division of the Royal Singapore Golf Club-. WINNFR: J. C. Hutcheson 37 2.3 I ttJS 8: OTHER ARDS: E J. Rres 26M0J 36A: D. H. Clendon 32 4.3/8 36..T8- K M. Wilford 29 7 36: GO. Cruickshank 29 6.1/8 35.1/8;145 words
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Article169 1956-08-17 13 PUBLIC WORKS Departmrnt Sports Club entered the final of the SGSFA knockout competition when they beat Malavan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves by the odd goal in three at Farrer Park yesterday. The winners led 1-0 at half time. N'avv had two good chance? in the second half169 words
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Article715 1956-08-17 13 EDIN PETERS - TIGERS ARE VIRTUAL CHAMPS EDIN PETERS By Beat Amicables In Key Match TIGER Sporting Association maintained its unbeaten record in this year's Singapore Amateur Football Association Div. 1 league when they scored a 2-0 victory over Amicable Athletic Association at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. This was Tigers' tenth win in715 words
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368 1956-08-17 13 Man Who Introduced Water-skiing To Colony Says By ROGER YUE GIVEN an "even break," 14 year -old Singapore school girl Phila Mae Wong will become the world's woman water-ski champion in 12 months. That is the prediction of Mr. Ashley Cooper, the man368 words
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Article133 1956-08-17 13 Ceylon, Indon Net Stars Here Malayan Lawn Tennis Association's inter-port tennis tournament which starts in Singapore on Monday will conciude on Wednesday and teams •representing Ceylon. Indonesia. Thailand. Vietnam, and Malaya are expected to take part. Mr. Chua Choon Leong. President of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association told The Standard133 words
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Article76 1956-08-17 13 AU entries for the lAAA Pg. PW Annual Athletic Championships 1956 clo^e on August 18. and must reach Mr. Suaran Singh. 4f>. Grove Road. Penang by this date. There are 4 Open events at this Championships, namely 1 Mile Flat (Open to all): 4x440 yards relay (Open to76 words
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Article70 1956-08-17 13 Match Rained Out MANCHESTER, Aug. 16 (Reuter) No play was possible here today in the Lancashire versus Australians cricket match, owing to heavy rain throughout the nij?ht and again this morning. Yesterday, when the game began, rain restricted play to 105 minutes during which the Australians lost seven wickets while70 words
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Article23 1956-08-17 13 SERANGOON M.Y. and Rajaji Sports Club battled out to a scoreless draw in a SAFA Div. 3B league at Geylang yesterday.23 words
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Article74 1956-08-17 13 THE following were elpcted as office-bearers of 3 BODCA. HQ Branch lor the coming year in their 10th Annual General Meeting held on Aug. 14. Chairman Mr. N. S. Nair (reelected); Hon. Secretary Mr. K. Ramasamy (re-elected): Hon. Treasurer Mr. Lim Khye Kee (re-elected); Committee Members:. Messrs.74 words
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Article22 1956-08-17 13 LEE To Guinevere wife of Maurice S Lee. a son. Anthony Dudley Maurice Youngberg Memorial Hospital on 15th August. Both well.22 words
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Article28 1956-08-17 13 IF you require more penpals to drive away your loneliness, consult Alliance Penfnends Service 19-A. Robinson Road. Singapore. P. O Box No. 2429. All enquiries are welcome.28 words
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Advertisement841 1956-08-17 13 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATJONS VACANT 4 PPLICATIONS are invi'ed lor appointment as Postal Clerks. Applicants of either sex must have attained their 16th birthday and not yet have attained their 23rd birthday. Qualifications -j Malayan School Certificaic or other qualincaion of equivalent or higner rade. Salary Scales: (i) Male 152.50 X841 words
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Miscellaneous144 1956-08-17 13 Lil Abner By Al Ca PP I ""I" > I I WONDER K VOU MIGHT AS 1 R G HT NOW HE IS 1 WGHTf. f 1 //x^^j _<- >v J NCT'V WHEM HE'LL A WELL FORGET PRnBABLV mrir' 'db^T /nOOMAVEA EXACKLV. BE-S'GHr-ll HIM. V.ERE >, *Rl^nP :<WUE A n144 words
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Article724 1956-08-17 14 WINDSOR LAD - Marcelle Does A Sizzling Workout WINDSOR LAD Winding-Up Gallops By Hi/ ALA LiMfiK, inurs.— MAKt/tLJLfc, ni ana fresh after a lay off, put in a sizzling display at the training track this morning when she covered three furlongs in 37 2, 5 sec. without any apparent effort. With jockey Cracknell724 words
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Article89 1956-08-17 14 LONDON. Aug. 15 (Reuter)— Results of tonight's Scottish Football League Cup matches were: Airdrieonians 1 Motherwell 3 Ayr 3 Third Lanark 3 Berwick 0 Cowdenbeath 3 Brcchin 3 Alloa 1 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 Dundee 1 Raith 0 Dunfermline 2 Queen o'S 1 East Fife 2 Aberdeen 189 words
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Article47 1956-08-17 14 Setia Java beat Kebenaran Sports Club by three goals to two in a SAFA EXiv. 3B league at Farrcr Park yesterday. Setia led 2-1 at half time. Madon. Mahmud and Zainnl scored for the winners while Kassim and All netted for Kebenaran.47 words
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Article34 1956-08-17 14 BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 16 (Reuter) The Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Rugby Union team heat the Be'.grand Club of Argentina by 17 points to eight here today, after leading 6-0 at halftime.34 words
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Article, Illustration54 1956-08-17 14 CEYI.ON Amateur Athletic Association's team of seven athletes for the Malayan AA A. championships flew into Singapore yesterday. They were accompanied by their American Coach. Mr. Brayton Norton. The Ceytonese **ave been unduly delayed. They are expected to five a good account of themselves in this meetStandardpic - 54 words
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Article, Illustration583 1956-08-17 14 Malayan Games Open Today, But Ms Wot Well In Spore Camp PENANG, Thurs.— Athlete Number 289 is still missing unadvised. This is the number allotted to Singapore's Teng Pei Wah, Malayan record and title holder of the women's 80 metres hurdles. And this583 words
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Article171 1956-08-17 14 Robins Dispels Doubt LONDON. Aug. 16 (Reuter)— R. K. V. Robins, the former England cricketer and a member of the M.C.C. committee, denied tonight allegations of discrimination against Freddie Trueman. the Yorkshire and England fast bowler, who has not been picked to tour South Africa this winter. The allegations were171 words
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508 1956-08-17 14 PENANG Thurs F rom British Borneo may come the bombs' calculated to shatfer a poplar theory that Singapore and Federation athletes are superior t0 *I£Sffis3r 33b i Sr. C £s'er of the Borneo team (cornprising three territories North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak) Quietly508 words
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Article, Illustration555 1956-08-17 14 Big Game Slated For Ball Players SINGAPORE'S first big Softball game on Sunday features an all Japanese squad* against Bob Lindh's AH-jStars on the St. Joseph's Institution ground. Warm-ing-up j; scheduled at 10 a.m. 'Play Ball' at 10.30 sharp. U.S. Consulate will provide the three umps. The Japanese are in555 words
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Article221 1956-08-17 14 Fun Fair To Raise Funds THE Singapore Hockey Association will hold a massive fun fair sometime this year to raise funds to send the Colony's national team to the Olympic Games in November. At the annual general meeting held yesterday, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, who was once again elected221 words
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Article265 1956-08-17 14 PENANG, Thurs.— With the Malayan singles champion, Ong Chew Bee, a non-entrant, R. W. Ferdinands, the Ceylonese champion is seeded No. 1 in the .Malayan Tennis Championships scheduled to commence here on Auir. 23. Th% draw indicates that the Lawn Tennis Association of Malava expects the265 words
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Article229 1956-08-17 14 PENANG, Thurs. Malayan athletes for the Olympics will be chosen on their achievements at the Malayan Amateur Athletic Championships to take place at the sports stadium here on Friday and S?.>urday. This was emphasised by the Resident Commissioner. Penan?. Mr. R. P. Bingham. who is also229 words
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