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Title Section25 1956-03-20 1 nBU^ PA■ L V CEHT IMIB SALE EXC EEP S 7'S .0 The Straits Times. Mo*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1956 15 CENTS25 words
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Article241 1956-03-20 1 Merdeka rally riots anger Marihall-h* pledges: I'll crash 'anti-Malayans* 'Yanko youths are not true, decent people of Singapore' merdeka riots at Kallanp airport on laj has spurred the Singapore Govnto an all-out drive against Com-jijni-in. lay the Chief Minister. Mr. David «d the police for a full241 words
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208 1956-03-20 1 SO HALT TO OUR DEMANDS FOR MERDEKA MEYALLSAYIT EMBERS of the NiiL'apore Govand LejrislaLssembly were unimoush yestorthere must postponement 5 ipore 's merb plans because Sunday nigfht's \allanp. 1 Minister. David Marshall. I shall conDld merdeka It is recogthe elements were out to Work of Reds chaos and co- Communists208 words
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Article43 1956-03-20 1 K. Mon. The tali in <HKht N>w York's tern today ads of mo"d on the vast highway system feeding into the city. More than 2.000 cars were abandoned and hundreds of people spent the night in emergency shelters. U.P.UP - 43 words
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Article521 1956-03-20 1 led by the Communists. •But the events at Kallang do not provide any excuse for changing Singapore's merdeka plans." Mr. Chew Swee Kee (Minister for Education): "The incident should not make any difference to Singapore s merdeka date. It was most unfortunate. "I am investigating reports521 words
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Article, Illustration81 1956-03-20 1 ANGELO COLIGRANDE, 12, lies in hospital bed in Milan and counts Hie fingers of a doctor after a successful eye operation. Blind Angelo was able to see again after the transplanting of the cornea of an eye willed by Father Carlo Gnocchi, who diedAP - 81 words
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Article36 1956-03-20 1 Kasanmin bin Joyo. 50, was buried by a cave-in at a City Council rubbish dump at Kolam Ayer Lane, Singapore, last night. He was buried under scrap iron when the earth gave way.36 words
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Article41 1956-03-20 1 JAKARTA. Mon. President Soekarno plans to visit the Federation of Malaya after Indonesia's new cabinet has been officially installed. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, recently extended an Invitation to President Soekarno to visit the Federation A.P.AP - 41 words
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Article32 1956-03-20 1 NEW YORK. Mon— A blizzard, tne worst in seven years, paralysed the northeastern section of the United States today and brought a death toll of at least 95— A.P.AP - 32 words
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Article150 1956-03-20 1 JAIL FOR IRONWHIP RIOTER Held in gang fight AN iron whip, made from a 16-inch motor cycle chain, was found on Chan Hin Pang, 24-year-old fitter, when he was arrested for rioting at Kallang Road on Sunday morning. The whip with an iron knob at one end, was produced in150 words
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Article64 1956-03-20 1 LONDON. Mon. —The Foreign Office has asked Mr. Jacob Malik, the Soviet Ambassador, to call later today, presumably to discuss arrangements for the coming visit to Britain of the Soviet leaders. Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev. The Soviet envoy was to see the MarquessReuter - 64 words
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Article39 1956-03-20 1 LOS ANGELES. Mon.—Carlos Noriega, 29. was booked on suspicion of wife beating after I his wife Esther. 18. complained to police that he beat her and then massaged her f&ce and body with a cactus plant A.P.AP - 39 words
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Article31 1956-03-20 1 LONDON. Mon.— The Minister for State. Mr. Anthony Nutting, today opened a new East-West disarmament conference and called for the replacement of "mutual terror by mutual trust." A.P.AP - 31 words
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Article26 1956-03-20 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Georgi Malenkov, former Prime Minister of Russia, who is here on a visit, today called on Sir Anthony Eden. Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article142 1956-03-20 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. president, Eisenhower aid in a spe-ial foreign aid message" trconpress today that serious risks or apSSslrastill existed in Asia Ed the Middle East He asked Congress to aporove a 1956-57 fore gn m Star? and economic aid programme of almost $4,700 millionReuter - 142 words
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Article224 1956-03-20 1 21 HELD AFTER RAID ON VILLAGE Home Guards fined for absence FPOH, Mon. Special Branch police have detained 21 residents of Simpang Pulai new village, about six miles south of Ipoh. following the terrorist raid on the village's Home Guard post early yesterday morning. The terrorists stole 11 shotguns and224 words
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Article36 1956-03-20 1 AMMAN, Mon. King Hussein of Jordan will pay official visits to Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia soon with the aim oi "unifying the Arab ranks", it was announced here today. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article167 1956-03-20 1 Off-on go-slow at port: 2 quit PORT SWETTENHAM. Mon. The chairman of the Port Swettenham branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, Mr. C. N. Subramaniam, resigned at an emergency meeting tonight after members censured him for calling off the work-to-rule move at the port. This afternoon Mr. Subramaniam decided167 words
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Article38 1956-03-20 1 RUSSIA PAYS IP FOR I.S. PLAN! WASHINGTON. Mon Russia Iw.n paid nearly DHUMM damages i»r destruction ul I.S. Navy planr shot down by Soviet fighters over Brrinc Sen ia>t June. State l»rpartnn in an-nount-rd today. Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article218 1956-03-20 2 MINISTER SEES EVERY CHANCE OF INDEPENDENCE NEXT YEAR CASEY SAYS: MERDEKA WILL NOT AFFECT OUR DEFENCE PLANS From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Monday. THE External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, said today that Australian troops would remain in Malaya even after the country became independent218 words
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Article40 1956-03-20 2 PNOMPENH. Mon. Cambodia's Premier. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, yesterday said he has accepted "in principle" Comm v n Ist China's economic aid and that Red Chinas Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-lai would visit Cambodia in May— U.P.UP - 40 words
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Article36 1956-03-20 2 NEW DELHI. Mon.— lndia's Premier, Mr. Nehru, told the Asian conference of the International Press Institute yesterday that efforts should be made for the proper exchange and dissemination of news among Asian countries. U.P.UP - 36 words
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Article33 1956-03-20 2 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. A former film writer and producer Benjamin (Barney) Glazer, 68, died yesterday in hospital of a heart ailment. He adapted Ernest Hemingways "Farewell to Arms" for the screen.— A.P.AP - 33 words
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Article122 1956-03-20 2 4 dead in PakistanIndia clash KARACHI. Mon. rPHREE Pakistanis were killA ed when Indian troops opened fire in the Husainiwala area of the Indo-Pakistan border last night, the Pakistan Government said today. The Government issued a statement saying: "Indian troops resumed their aggression against Pakistani-held territory on Sunday night byReuter - 122 words
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Article57 1956-03-20 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. four man patrol of the Ist Bn., King's Own Scot tish Borderers, ambushed and killed a terrorist in the Galang Patah area of Johore at midnight on Saturday. He has been identified as Leong Ah Keh. Eleven other terrorists with him escaped.57 words
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Article, Illustration132 1956-03-20 2 DEEP THOUGHT -BY A TOT LADY BLACK, wife of the Governor of Singapore. who is goint to England on holiday next week, paid an hour's visit to St. Andrew's Mission Hospital yesterday. Patron of the hospital, she told the Straits Times she bad wanted to see renovations which are beine132 words
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Article122 1956-03-20 2 And police arrest dagger gang l VT HONG KONG, Monday. A TAXI driver crashed his cab into a lamp post outside a police station here today after three Chinese passengers armed with daggers had robbed I assaulted him. I three men got Into axi early thisReuter - 122 words
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Article22 1956-03-20 2 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. A Japanese film "Samurai," will be the only honorary Oscar winner at this year's Academy Awards ceremony. AP.AP - 22 words
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Article24 1956-03-20 2 COPENHAGEN, Mon.— Den mark's death rate has fallen by 30 per cent in the past 20 years, says a government report.— Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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297 1956-03-20 2 EDEN WILL FIGHT TO END CHINA TRADE BAN says London newspaper LONDON, Mon. r THE importance of x trade with China for Britain and Hong Kong was emphasised by the Financial Times today. It claimed that the British Government was determined to get the Chinese strategic embargo changed. "It remainsReuter - 297 words
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Article313 1956-03-20 2 SYDNEY. Monday. ESCAPING ammonia fumes exploded yesterday setting on* a raging fire in one of Sydney's major waterfront cold storage plants. All 150 firemen, who fought the blaze under control, were overcome by the escaping fumes. Fifty were hospitalised and the others treated atReuter - 313 words
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Article47 1956-03-20 2 VIENNA: Rndolp Pinkter76, a pensioner here, got everything ready to nan* himself. He fixed up a noose from a nail and put a stool ready under it. But before he could carry out his plan he fell dead from heart failure —Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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120 1956-03-20 2 JAKARTA, Mon. INDONESIAN Commun•l ists are urging President Soekarno to include Communist ministers in the new cabinet. Daring a weekend trip to East Java, the President was met in several places by demonstrations demanding that the cabinet should include Communist representatives.UP - 120 words
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Article173 1956-03-20 2 Took bribe man gets prison CASH WAS TO BUY METAL 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday A P.W.D. EMPLOYEE at Batu Pahat was sentenced here today to six months' jail for corruptly accepting $300 from a contractor a"s inducement to be lax in the supervision of his work. A. N. Oanguli, 55,173 words
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Article123 1956-03-20 2 End-strike talks break down KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rnALKS between union rrX presentatives and the management of the Fraser and Neave soft drinks factory here to end a strike broke down today. Negotiations will be resumed tomorrow in the presence of a director from the company's head office in Singapore. After123 words
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Article30 1956-03-20 2 COLUMBUS. (Ohio). Mon. —Louis Bromfleld the author, died yesterday, aged 69. Bromfleld, who wrote many best sellers, won the Pulitzer prize in 1920 with "Early Autumn." Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article104 1956-03-20 2 MERDIKA IN VAIN Without SECURITY M ERD EKA Wnta branch or fvMeroka alone ultimate object ot "It is only o" u»_ SWB£Sff2 Malaya mSJ' J economic v^^ ax, the work,: Strike talk The !i.. edomi action, but ended happy atmosphere n The general secret the union, Mr r» 7 Karim.104 words
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Article34 1956-03-20 2 GENEVA, Mon national emergeiicv v 0 ance was offered to Lefaafl by the League of I Societies yesterday to 9 victims of the earthqwl there, it was announced '••M —v.p. B34 words
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Article24 1956-03-20 2 LISBON. Mon.-Four :cc ball fans were taken to la pital with knife wounds a "friendly argument" aba the day's soccei Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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211 1956-03-20 2 Enter an envoy with ski-run lims LEANING heavily on a walking stick, Mr. Ralph Harry, newly appointed Australian Commissioner tor Singapore. Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo, limped i into Singapore yesterday from Europe and limped out again this morning for briefing talks in Canberra. He is due back in the211 words
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Article485 1956-03-20 2 Are you content with the way you speak and write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Never has the importance of effective speech and writing been more widely recognised than today. If you can express yourself485 words
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Article219 1956-03-20 3 CYPRUS—ADVICE IS WELCOME 19th British ,ol dier kiM^^ wihie fined $60,000 .jjjjk'i-idc Harding's new 3-point plan NICOSIA, Mon. r|l I MARSHAL Sir f John Harding, Governor of. Cyprus, said vtsterda.v "we would ftlcome" advice from i nitecl States on t(ie vprus problem. but the final decision m tin island's futureUP - 219 words
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Article63 1956-03-20 3 VIENNA. Mon. A joint Kffib drop by Yugoslav and Hungarian planes broke a 50-mile-long ice jam on the Danube yesterday, Radio Budapest said. The ice jam. covering the 1 Danube in southern Hungary, caused the worst floods there i since 1838. Nearly 100.000 people wereAP - 63 words
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Article, Illustration57 1956-03-20 3 A NEW MAP of Cyprus, the terror island. The third largest island in the Mediterranean, it is largely mountainous with an area of 3.572 square miles and about 500.000 population. It has been under British administration sinceAP - 57 words
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Article223 1956-03-20 3 Economic progress certain— Mountbatten BOMBAY. Monday. 4 DMIRAL Earl Mountbatten, Britain's First Sea Lord, said here yesterday that the British Government would welcome a flow of British investment into India so that it could play its part in India's economic advancement. Lord Mountbatten arrived hereReuter - 223 words
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96 1956-03-20 3 Strikers riot in Bombay 40 INJURED BOMBAY. Mon. Forty people were hurt when police and striking workers clashed outside a textile mill here last night. They included three women strikers, two police officers and four constables. The clash occurred after the Communist-led strikei-s held the manager of the mill as96 words
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Article145 1956-03-20 3 BOY'S LIFE SAVEDBY CUT ON THROAT JOHANN E S BURG, Men.— A doctor saved the life of a nine-year-old boy suffering from diphtheria —by cutting his throat with a razor blade, the only available instrument. The boy, Johannes Roux lives in the country 160 miles from Johannesburg. A doctor sentReuter - 145 words
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Article41 1956-03-20 3 LONDON, Mon.— Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, said today that the South-east Asia Treaty Organisation provided a "broad measure of protection" against infiltration aggression and subversion! though he had never claimed It was the complete answer.— Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article37 1956-03-20 3 KLAGENFURT (Austria) Mon— Dr H. Heiner, 74 was married yesterday to Renate Schippek 15. According to local custom, the 15-year-old girl will from now on be called Frau Dr. Heiner.— Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article186 1956-03-20 3 DEI RUT, Mon. v Frightened Lebanese slept in the open again last night, still terrorised by Friday's earthquakes which destroyed whole towns and killed 130 people. Newspapers assured them that the danger was past, but they camped out of doors for the third night186 words
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Article293 1956-03-20 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices 01 selected stocks not Including stamp duty j were LOANS Consols «3^» —J4 Funding 4% M'» War 34' i 73 BANKS Mercantile (£l3'*) M I Eastern (£5) Chartered (£1) 34/9 Honjtlcong ($125) £83 T* INSURANCE Com Un. (uts.) ..83/4'i 2 Royal 19/10W +1/81293 words
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210 1956-03-20 3 Big troop build-up begins in Algeria ALGIERS, Mon. ipRANCE began pour- ing massive reinforcements into Algeria today after an official announcement that ending; the North African revolt will take priority over NATO commitments for European defence. The French Minister for Algeria, M. Robert Laciste. announced that France would call upAP; UP - 210 words
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Article24 1956-03-20 3 TOKYO, Mon. Japan's coal mines were brought to a complete halt yesterday when 160,000 miners went on strike for pay increase. A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article213 1956-03-20 3 'ONLY WESTERN AID CAN SAVE US' 'JERUSALEM, Monday. MR. DAVID BEN-GURION, the Israeli Prime Minister, said last night that Egypt was certain to attack Israel within the next few months unless Israel immediately received arms from overseas. Mr. Ben-Gurion said the Egyptian-Czechoslovak arms j dealReuter; AP - 213 words
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Article25 1956-03-20 3 MEXICO CITY, Mon.— Mexico's nationalised oil industry opened 18 new fields last year, increasing petroleum reserves by 201 -million barrels to 2,810-million. A.P.AP - 25 words
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Article74 1956-03-20 4 Two ships will take Muslims from Malaya for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year, It was announced in Singapore yesterday. The Anking will make three trips, leaving Singapore on April 14. May 18 and June 21. The Anshun will leave on June 7. The Pilgrimage74 words
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Article53 1956-03-20 4 SEREMBAN, Mon. Home Guards opened Are on police on their way to a gaming raid at Setul. a suburb of Seremban. on Saturday night. The police, in uniform, were travelling in an armoured vehicle. None was injured. One Home Guard, a Chinese, has been detained. He53 words
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Article42 1956-03-20 4 ALOR STAR, Mon. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. was among 400 guests at two feasts given by the Sultan of Kedah and the Sultanah today to mark the homecoming of the Raja Muda, Tengku Halim, and his bride, Tengku Bahlyah.42 words
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Article24 1956-03-20 4 Representatives of 10 motor companies In Singapore will meet this week to discuss a new wage structure proposed by their employees' union.24 words
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352 1956-03-20 4 $900,000 aid— not a cent has gone out GOVERNMENT AMD THE PADK MEfl DISAGREE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Selangor State Government, which was granted $900,000 nearly a year ago to help its padi planters, has still not spent one cent of the money. The reason is the Government cannot reach352 words
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Article189 1956-03-20 4 Party is calm about threat to split IPOH, Monday. T»HE SPLIT threatened by the chairman of the x suspended Selangor division, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, will not rattle the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. J. P. Noel Emmanuel secretary of the Perak 1 division, said today. The189 words
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134 1956-03-20 4 Citizens: Speed it up, says Labour SEREMBAN. Mon. TH E Necri SemMlan Labour Party today criticised the State Government for its delay in dealing with applications for state nationality. Mr. Robert Sinram, its president, said that many applications had been pending for mor* than a year. Some applications had even134 words
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Article23 1956-03-20 4 The Commissioner-General Sir Robert Scott, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at Cathay Hotel.23 words
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Article, Illustration126 1956-03-20 4 Scout chief stoned by thugs MR. Bernard Klnna, a 36-year-old Australian, was stoned in Singapore on Sunday night by a gang of about 60 Chinese teenagers carrying a PAP flag. Mr. Kinna was alone in hio car waiting for traffic lights to change at the junction of Kallang Road anc126 words
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140 1956-03-20 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Federation's 10.000 Government medical and health employees today banded themselves into a national union. The new body replaces the All-Malayan Federation of Government Employees' Trade Unions, of which there were nine affiliates. Mr. Kael Singh of Johore who was elected140 words
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Article21 1956-03-20 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon £h e Hindu festival, Panguni Utthiram, will be celebrated here at the Sri Thendayusrcsjws fa."" 1121 words
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Article60 1956-03-20 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The Federation Government will review the applications of 30 Hong Kong doctors— all but four of them graduates of universities in China— for jobs. The Government will consider their applications together with those from other countries, including India. Germany and the Philippines. There are60 words
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Article62 1956-03-20 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Members of the Yap clan in Selangor today celebrated the 119 th anniversary of the birthday of Capitan China Yap Ah Loy, who was among lh e ear.u-st Jig pioneers ta '"'»<" t0 country. Ma Yap Ah Loy camr to laya at the He62 words
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325 1956-03-20 4 MALACCA, Mon TONG VAN, 3 r an unemployed tailor said here today that he had hoped the Government would give him a job and treat him weil if he told the police that he was a Communist terrorist. He said this325 words
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Article152 1956-03-20 4 P. P.P. backs merdeka, says secretary IPOH, Mon. TWE newly-formed People's Progressive Party of Malaya will not under any circumstances stand In the way of merdeka, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, the secretary, said today. Replying to letters received from Malays Mr. Seenivasagam explained that there had been152 words
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Article292 1956-03-20 5 g sherman to ta M trial on Ul««al po«,e«,ion charge I knock would have set them off: Expert „11 explosives and howitzer shells in a dangerous condition were recovered by the ;I tur the arrest of a fisherman off Siglap j a Singapore Court was292 words
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Article153 1956-03-20 5 gOUT -0 Singapore Front AsCity CounParty execua private conlastlng more lour with the British M.P.s nist threat and Kallang were discussed, ition had a ig with UMNOUnton Alliance party leaders, Inche Abdul Hamid mat. Reds' aim ont meeting the r. Mr. David' the M.P.s had153 words
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Article65 1956-03-20 5 IPOH. Mon.— The Sultan of Pahang and a party of relatives returned to the Federation yesterday after a 10-day > holiday in Siam. included in the party were three of his younger brothers, Tengku Arif Bendahara. Tengku Indra Segara and i Tengku Ismail, and Dato Laxamana65 words
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Article43 1956-03-20 5 TRENGGANU, A .sampan loaded kllrewood capsized in the River during the One of the two men in it. Abu Bakar bin Ku. 25. of Kampong Duyong Kechil. is missing. Th P other man. Salim bin Embong. swam to safety.43 words
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Article68 1956-03-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. In the Sessions Court, here odav Yusuf bin Ckik 33. was fined $3,000. or three months' Jail for trying to evade Customs duty amounting to $422. Yusuf arrived on Mar. 17 b y car from Singapore and told the Customs that he had68 words
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Article48 1956-03-20 5 Ho San Seng and Nah Seng were fined $5 <*<**" a Singapore court vcst.Tday when they pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner by fighting on a five-foot way in Tanjong Pagar Road on the afternoon of March 18.48 words
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Article, Illustration57 1956-03-20 5 Gurkhas see the jungle from the air. They took their first flight with No. 1 Squadron. Royal Australian Air Force, which has often supported Gurkha units in successful operations against the terrorists. Here Australian air crew and an Army liaison officer show the Gurkhas how57 words
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Article218 1956-03-20 5 PLEADS FOR LENIENCY, GETS LAST CHANCE A MAN who tried to steal two fluorescent lamps from the School for the Blind in Thomson Road last Sunday was trapped by the matron of the school, a Singapore court was told. Latiff bin Sattar. charged yesterday in the218 words
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136 1956-03-20 5 CAPTURED REDS TO HANG Appeals rejected KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A TERRORIST, captured soon after the action in which men of the Ist. Royal Hampshires killed 11 bandits at Sungei Munchok in the Ulu Langat area of South Selangor on Dec. 12, lost his appeal today against death sentence. The Federation136 words
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Article46 1956-03-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Hall Abdul Rahman bin Haji Mohamed Taib, Inche Asmuni bin Abdul Molok. Inche Suleiman bin Mohamed and Inche Mohamed Noah bin Abubakar, have been appointed assistant battalion commanders, with the rank of 2nd. Lieutenant, of the Home Guards in Batu Pahat.46 words
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Article100 1956-03-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. TWE time may now have arrived for the authorities to consider the "urgent" need for putting telephone communications underground, says the 1955 report of the Johore Planters' Association. THs move would reduce maintenance costs, ensure uninterrupted service and eliminate the danger of sabotage,100 words
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Article41 1956-03-20 5 IPOH, Mon. Lam Chik Kee, 23. was fined $250 or four months' jail and disqualified from obtaining a driving licence for six months in the Sessions Court here today after he was found guilty of driving a car dangerously.41 words
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Article30 1956-03-20 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Mon.— The Tsung Wah Primary and Middle School's 55 teachers and 16 committee members attended a tea party in the main school building here yesterday.30 words
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200 1956-03-20 5 Too much of this, says judge PENANG, Monday. A GIRL witness, Ng Phaik Hean, 20, today chalA lenged a police inspector to cut off a cock's head and swear over it that he had not asked for a $300 loan. "If what I200 words
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Article79 1956-03-20 5 1 PENANG. Mon. Bank clerks here will hold an emer- gency meeting tomorrow night to decide what action to take on a letter received from the Malayan Exchange Banks Association. This letter, according to the Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union, has caus|ed "restlessness and frustra- tion'79 words
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Article29 1956-03-20 5 SITIAWAN, Mon Mr. B Rengasamy, a clerk in the district police headquarters here, was married to Miss V Balanagammtl, of Kampar. yesterday morning according to Hindu rites.29 words
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Miscellaneous163 1956-03-20 5 Bl Regional UDIO MALAYA SINGAPORE T«m M^««m AM. 7.15 Opening Annct 716 .3 m an- 29 English Schools v 802 a Date With Music. 100 Lucky Dip. 1.30 p M 5 5 0 ugM Music, 5.15 Iy Rhythm. 2.00 Eng- Hear t 530 Music from the Movie 1, 600 Prog.163 words
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Article33 1956-03-20 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Llm Khye Choon thank all Frirnds and Relatives who sent Wreaths. Scrolls. Senglays and Condolences. paid Nißht-Visltt. Rendered Assistance and Funeral Attendance.33 words
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Obituary18 1956-03-20 6 20 Wori, $10 (minimum). HA.NDLEY: Infant daughter of Colleen and Roger passed away peacefully on 17th March.18 words
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Article209 1956-03-20 6 2« $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mail' if you want to win thai $5,000 word puzzle. VISIT OUR RECORD Rendezvous lor the latest Standard and Long Playing Discs. Robinsons. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. AIR-WICK The wonderful Alr-fresruning discovery Just how to kill indoor Smells, and209 words
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Obituary33 1956-03-20 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). IN CHERISHED MEMORY of M. V. Albert, -.ho pawed away on 20th March. 1948. "In constant thought and silent sorrow" inserted by his loving Wife and Children.33 words
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822 1956-03-20 6 The Strate Times Singapore, Tues. Mar. 20, 1956. Rally, Riot And Reality The riots at the merdeka rally at Kallang told Singapore nothing that it did not already know. Fortunately, as riots go, they were not very serious. No-one was hacked to death with a changkol, and no-one was soaked822 words
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Article338 1956-03-20 6 The Federation Government's proposal to recruit doctors from Hongkong is unlikely to be defeated by the opposition which greeted this suggestion when it was made in these columns four years ago. The objection then was that it would spoil the chances of graduates from the University of Malaya338 words
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633 1956-03-20 6 I READ with interest the speech made by Mr. Tan Slew Sin in the Legislative Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on the retention of Commonwealth troops In Malaya. I am surprised to note that he quoted a quite Irrelevant Incident in Egypt to support his633 words
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163 1956-03-20 6 Below is a selection from the first letters received on the Kallang incident on Sunday. The writers are all Asians. PR the last few weeks your admirable editorial and article writers nave been saying to Mr. Marshall. "You have been warned." How163 words
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Letter102 1956-03-20 6 ACCORDING to the Malayanlsation report, a post held by an expatriate on contract can be terminated and replaced by a locally-qualified candidate. If such a candidate is not available, he may be sought in Australia. New Zealand or Britain. If that fails, the post may be offered102 words
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Letter170 1956-03-20 6 I HAVE read of the playful way the dogshooters in Singapore dispose of dogs there. Evidently, dog-shooters cant differentiate between pets and strays. Woe betide the shooter who enters my compound. He'll never forget It for the rest of his life. During the recent antirabies campaign in170 words
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Letter88 1956-03-20 6 ANE of the best methods of discovering the feelings of Singapore's population regarding merdeka, is to organise the equivalent of a Gallup Poll, and The Straits Times, together with responsible vernacular newspapers, would be doing a service to the community If such a vote could be taken88 words
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Letter104 1956-03-20 6 ONE thing yesterday's events at Kalian* has taught us: That responsibility for internal security must remain in British hands until a strong enough government of our own arises to take it over, and the time is not yet. Gangsterism and hooliganism is too near the surface of Singapore life104 words
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Letter108 1956-03-20 6 YESTERDAY'S Kallang L fiasco Is proof <hat your assessment of "Merdeka Week" was based on a better knowledge of Singapore than Mr. Marshall's. The truth of the matter is that solid acnlevement through hard work would have qualified tlir ..Marshall Government to go to London alone armed with a108 words
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Letter169 1956-03-20 6 |\AVID MARSHALL reU cently stated that there are only two types of people in Singapore: Malayans and traitors. What he meant was that any party which did not follow his lead and firstly take part in the "Merdeka Week" and. secondly, go to London with him would be169 words
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Letter62 1956-03-20 6 I HAVE this very morning torn down the merdeka sign from my garden. After reading about the rally yesterday I can no longer believe we in this place are ready for independence. Nobody has as yet approached me with a referendum book to sign. So I should like,62 words
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Article, Illustration696 1956-03-20 6 s HAVE for many years I*■ believed, and still I believe, that any peo- pie has the right to I govern itself. "There are periods," I come mented yesterday in an article written be- fore the Kallang riots, "when naif tionalism becomes a 1 religion696 words
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Advertisement535 1956-03-20 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Wonti I/O i minimum). ROOK: At Penang Maternity Hospital on 18.3.56, a boy. Both well MACHIN-COOKE: On 19th March, 1956, to Barbara, wife ot Prter Machln-Cooke, at Penang Maternity Hospital, a daughter. JO Wort* fin I mint mum) KO NG The engagement was announced on 17-3-56 between535 words
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Advertisement86 1956-03-20 6 UKULELES. The popularity of Ukulele* la phenomenal. With Its deep and sonorous tone, there is hardly a Hawaiian Orchestra playing without a Ukulele. Here are several models from which you can make your choice. 3411 Moulded. Blue Moon. 8.50 3415 Wood, with pictures. $10.50 3416 Wood, polished. $10.50 3418 Gaboon86 words
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Advertisement40 1956-03-20 6 THE &G.C. Wtf REFRIGERATOR Spore 0 r $516 List Price Itss 5% for CASH Hire Purchase 1 2 Monthly PjymcnU of 24 Monthly Payments of Advertisement of THI CENERAL ELECTRIC CO Representing THE CENERAL ELECTRIC CO JDOAJVS COUCH MIXTURE fffr40 words
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140 1956-03-20 7 public are 'splitting' on tax dodgers pE vERAL people have idy responded Singapore Income Tax Department's old appeal for pU t): assistance in combatting tax evasion. r >mptroller of In- lX Mr. G.T. Holloaid yesterday that ad been an Increase formation supplied dodcers since the I have come into our140 words
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Article49 1956-03-20 7 Riot charges two on bail swee Hock. 36. and ir Yong. 27. were bail of $3,000 each i -narged in a SinI uri yesterday with inlawfal assembly i ..:;st'd hurt to mem- police force at the i rally at Kallang on .aimed trial. The ig postponed to Mar. J49 words
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119 1956-03-20 7 Malayan heads Secretaries Institute A MALAYAN has for the first time been appointed chairman of the Singapore Association of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries He is Mr. IVL N. Menon, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London. At the annual general meeting: held at the Roof Garden of119 words
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Article31 1956-03-20 7 Miss Irene Kohler, one of Britain's leading pianists, will give a recital sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.45 p.m. on March 29.31 words
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Article352 1956-03-20 7 WS BACKpiQ nyg STOPPAGES. HAS SENT CLAIMS TO THREE OTHER FIRMS —UNTIL WORKERS GET HIGHER WAGES, BETTER CONDITIONS THF \ui- IKIl K li A^ A L UMPUR, Monday. T WorkT' Ul V? n o( factory and General strikes ir.^' r WhlCh 18 nOW backin fi352 words
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Article101 1956-03-20 7 A 12-man delegation from the Singapore Employers Federation, meeting the visiting British Parliamentarians at Raffles Hotel yesterday emphasised the importance of trade in Singapore's future. Their meeting with the M.P.s lasted about an hour. Lr.ter, Mr. A. S. Balfour, acting president of the federation, declined101 words
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Article45 1956-03-20 7 A private of the Royal Signals Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman. 21, was accidentally shot dead outside the guardroom of the signals camp at Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore, on Sunday morning. The rifle of another soldier went off during a dismissal parade.45 words
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Article104 1956-03-20 7 Woman was too smart for cheat AN impostor betrayed himself when he called on the woman caretaker of a Chinese association one night to collect the "empties' ordered from a shop. In a Singapore court yesterday, Chia Hock Seng pleaded guilty to cheating Wong Cheng Foon. the woman, of 53104 words
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Article85 1956-03-20 7 Singapore Marine Police are appealing for any one who can give information or identify the decomposed body of a Chinese man found in the swamp of Lam Hoe village near Sungei Buloh at about 8.30 a.m. on March 9. The man was between 38 and 4285 words
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Article50 1956-03-20 7 A taxi driver, Ang Kirn Kow. who appealed against an Assize Court conviction and sentence of five years' imprisonment for unlawful possession of explosives, was cleared of the offence by the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The court quashed the conviction and allowed the appeal.50 words
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86 1956-03-20 7 KCALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, leads a small goodwill mission to Siam for two-day visit next Monday. He will be the guest of the Siamese Government. It is expected that when he meets the Siamese Premier, Field Marshal P h86 words
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Article, Illustration166 1956-03-20 7 MINISTER'S PRAISE FOR RIOT POLICE j Crowds were not provoked A TRIBUTE to the A police who brought rioters under control at Kallang on Sunday night was paid yesterday by Mr. Francis Thomas, Singapore's Minister for Communications and Works. "There was no rough or provocative behaviour at any time by166 words
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Article83 1956-03-20 7 BRIGADE IS PRAISED BY BOURNE KUALA LIPIS, Mon. rpHE Director of Operations, J. Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, today congratulated the officers and men on the headquarters staff of the 18th. Infantry Brigade for the part they played in the war against the Pahang terrorists. The brigade headquarters is being moved83 words
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149 1956-03-20 7 —DEFENCE COUNSEL TELLS COURT A SHOP ASSISTANT, convicted yesterday in the Singapore City Court of being a "pirate taxi" driver was described by his counsel as a man who had helped solve the traffic problem during the recent bus strikes. Lee Joo Kia was149 words
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Article23 1956-03-20 7 About 70 delegates from Singapore will be attending the All-Malaya Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute at Ipoh from April 19 to 24.23 words
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Article39 1956-03-20 7 Officials of the Singapore Shooting Club for this year are: President: Mr. Lee Cheng Teen vice-president Mr. E. P. Chea; hon. secretary: Mr. E. Wee; hon. treasurer: Mr. Choo Ewe Kwee; Meld captain: Mr. Wu Bah Chee.39 words
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Article47 1956-03-20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A lawyer. C.G. Gould was today acquitted by the First Magistrate's Court here of inconsiderate driving. Gould was originally charged with dangerous driving along Pahang Road on Nov. 5. but the charge was reduced at the end of the prosecution case.47 words
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Article308 1956-03-20 7 Legal Adviser replies to defence counsel in rice case KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Selangor Legal Adviser, Mr. P. G. Clough, said in the Sessions Court here today that the public proScutor had done his duty by charging two merchants w y ith defrauding the Federal308 words
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Article, Illustration299 1956-03-20 7 LAST CARDS IN S.C.B.A. FIGHT FOR RIGHTS PENANG, Monday. fHE president of the Penang Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, said today the association held two trump cards in its fight for the recognition of the- Settlement's British subjects. Mr. Heah who was299 words
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Article95 1956-03-20 7 NCO fined $400 and disqualified IPOH. Mon LANCE-CORPORAL Terence Evans 19. ot the 15/19 Hussars, was disqualified from driving: a car for two years and fined $400 or seven months' jail in the Sessions Court here today on two charges. Evans pleaded guilty to driving a car without a licence95 words
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Article71 1956-03-20 7 A soldier in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Gordon Edward Nelson, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with assaulting and robbing Wong Cheok Yew of a wrist watch on Sunday. It was said that Nelson committed the alleged offenre on a five-foot way in North Bridge71 words
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Article49 1956-03-20 7 IPOH, Mon. A patrol nf the 4th. Bn.. Malay Regiment, put three terrorists to flight after an exchange of fire In the Tapah district of South Perak on Saturday The patrol found a terro rist camp nearby and recovered food, medicine and equipment from it.49 words
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Article159 1956-03-20 7 ROW OVER SINGLET LED TO DEATH A CARPENTER'S apA prentice, Wong Boon Sin, 17, was accused in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday of the murder of Koh Show Yee. 23, a fellow worker, in a carpentry shop in Orchard Road on Dec. 21 last year. Mr. J. F. Mac William.159 words
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Article54 1956-03-20 7 Nee Jok Kee pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of breaking into Ec Hai Kok s house at Kampong Sireh at 2 a.m. on March 18, and stealing $9.30 and an Identity card Bail was not allowed and the case54 words
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Miscellaneous76 1956-03-20 7 High tides TODAY Singapore 2.23 a.m (8 ft. 8 In.) 3.48 D.m. ft. 9 In.); Port Dlckson 10.10 a.m. (6 ft. 7 in.) 11.17 p.m. (6 ft. 9 In): Penang 4.11 a.m. (5 ft. 2 ln.i 4.36 p.m. (S ft. 9 in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 3.08 am (8 ft. 4 tn.)76 words
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Article, Illustration40 1956-03-20 8 Cherry Hilton (left) and Mary Coker, London models, are displaying the latest Spring hairstyles. They are modelled on the theme "The Slope." Cherry is wearing a crown which came from the Vienna Opera House.— Paul Popper Photo.40 words
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Article, Illustration648 1956-03-20 8 A face-lift for our wall masks MONDAY r»OR the last two days I have been forbidden Jane's bedroom because she has a birthday surprise for me. hidden in her doll's house. "Oh. dear, I shall burst if I don't tell you what it is." she remarked yesterday. "I do wish648 words
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Article350 1956-03-20 8 ELIZABETH POH i - ELIZABETH POH i By AS more ana more Malayans travel u> tk I for training and other reasons t I feel that conditicns of life for the t f Asian when away from home should k I First, the cold. It is so hard I350 words
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Article, Illustration34 1956-03-20 8 A Berlin fashion den gi (t has created this ne,nL for his nmmer collection The skirt oi new silhm' ette m this cocktail ires, is less rich in material than in grace.34 words
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Article89 1956-03-20 8 SHOI'LI) you dye or lint your hair whui its colour lades r pm dull? That derision, of NBM, is up tn \ou One of Stacapnri beauty .shops h;tv >omt latest samples ol liquid rinse, which is sr i- mpermed and last through six washes The colours89 words
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Advertisement202 1956-03-20 8 Eaby doesn't cry now Tender baby skin soon becomes inflamed and sore. And that leads to tears and trouble Stop soreness and chaf#ing with Johnson's Baby Powder. Use it for your baby at every bathtime, and whenever you change his nappy. See how he loves its silky softness and how202 words
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Advertisement104 1956-03-20 8 nil tf^^ /o^. yT-and what f a difference I and for realty bad colds the new v. handif ANDIES They look and frrl likr llnrn Thre Iliiiknrsscs of luprr Mifl u^ur. linn V Miichrd and squarr, hamh ANDItS arc nuclr for hard blowing— »T. MMIW HILLS LTD, LONDON. I IT.104 words
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Miscellaneous403 1956-03-20 8 «JllClllO 111 I It? D VtflUddWUlU 26 Noble relative competent to follow on in time HO) l.i I, I I, I ii i.i i mm— > a 7 Thomas, promise a complete ***** RssSs change (13). (W DOWN \?M 1 ■V^ When some people are grate111 tH «H I V^l4c>403 words
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Article, Illustration1523 1956-03-20 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Serajevo mystery murder I set the world aflame A warning that was 1 not acted upon I ON JUNE 28, 1914 Europe was basking in a glorious summer that was to end an epoch in her history. Never within the memory of man alive had Europe1,523 words
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Advertisement152 1956-03-20 9 J^A\ I BOOKINGS I l OPEN AT: I Itfainsons Wiastn's Sifipjre Cold Stirigi \W World Offiet ■cm Floor: $10 .vcicrvcd: Ctiitrc Gallery: 6 S« Gallery: 3 Scots Now On S«l« V«. SSI 3O for parttcuof party concession. 1 :ts nimm 2t »<nc« AM I Z SMtMt NI«NTir 5 Germany 4^^.152 words
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Advertisement304 1956-03-20 9 PA. 47 A -49 MY CONSTIPATION i WORRIES ARE OVER! I ALWAYS TAKE Milk of Magnesia v<^/^j^^fcL B^auso it provides irce com. Ar^ IM Kn pl«t« relief than single ptirposp Jl^IC n laxatives. which have no c ffit <on ill Wr^ f\ the acid indigestion that usually jn^L^^^Sß accompanies const304 words
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Miscellaneous217 1956-03-20 9 Hex Morgan* J#.H. Trying to help "^f^^^ltS&fjlgSy TuCVPC TPVtMr-, I I THEY WMTT TO KIU. ME. LEA/ V YOU'RE S»CK, WkD.' I FtwEVPE OMMM6 ifcCH, LEV VOUXL BE *.LL <~~ TO H gLP ypu MEBt I you WOTCH /IN K FEW SECONDS YOU NEED HELP/^/ I I TCX.D YOU THEY217 words
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615 1956-03-20 10 TIN SHARES FIRM ON SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE feature of the Singapore Share Market yesterday was the firmness of the tin section and eleven counters improved in quotation. This follows the removal of the immediate strike threat following last Friday's decision to submit the dispute in615 words
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Article149 1956-03-20 10 April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 97** cents per lb.. down threeeighths of a cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was dull. Closing prices In cents per lb. were: No. l R.s.s. Spot f.o.b. buyers 98, sellers 98',: No. 1 R.S.S.149 words
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Article87 1956-03-20 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; March $27 T buyers, $284 sellers; April $28^; buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41% sellers; drum $44% sellers. Pepper: quiet but steady undertone; Muntok white $126. Sarawak $135. special Sarawak black $95 (all varieties87 words
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Article83 1956-03-20 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Mellskerk 213, Esan Maru 45. Pakhoi C.P., Glenartney 6,7. Mataram 8 9. Borneo 11, Demodocus 13 14, Idomeneus 15 16. Ettrlckbank 19 20. Sen«garan« N. Wall 3. Slruta N Wall 5, Petaling N. Wall 7 to 983 words
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Article162 1956-03-20 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the lollowini; changes In its rates to merchantyesterday (all quotations to $100):— New York: buying airmail; T.T. 32 15 lfi, O.D. 33 1 16. 90 days 33 1 4 credit bills, 33 516 trade bi11.,. Canada: buying airmail; T. T. 32 15162 words
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Article23 1956-03-20 10 WASHINGTON Mon. The United States Agriculture Department today estimated world rice production in 1955-54 i AugustJuly) would be 275.002.800,000 tb.23 words
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Article102 1956-03-20 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS TNVEs™^ I ihoiifn I inrm on i he s today. In most inter, reaching in. «S rt« of l*.9d. o-nV I steady and loans I .Loans 3V; iot« I Loans 3.,'. iffiL^sl Con, zinc 13M ;)8 J3:;t I Bank of s V I Mount Lyell h N. Broken102 words
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Article49 1956-03-20 10 The F.astrrn K in^ that the net p r ofy ended December 31 making a total n broußht forward c! HatJ* 1 S annual tr\er-:. April 18 when the towt? 1 recommend a I rate of ss. per ,-har^ tax at the rate of 8^ y V49 words
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Advertisement285 1956-03-20 10 MANUFACTURED BY THE MAKERS TH€ FAMOUS O-(edar LIQUID POLISH li i I fill It pU 111 I I \\J I Pm SPOM6S MOP .tdr/-/our j FEfJLLS ALSO AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING STOWSS^ BOTH 4U4 the CIVIL ENGINEER and JunttmA Roth rrrmphfii SERVICE as Ihrir paramnunt motirr. Th, (nil Engineer with285 words
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Advertisement818 1956-03-20 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS IT IS HEREBY notified that the salary scale for the posts of Female Assistant Nurses, Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Ram- butan published in the Straits Times and Singapore Standard on 17th March 1956 is $100. 107.50/ I 130x7.50-220 p.m. plus COLA at I current rates. APPLICATIONS are Invited818 words
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Advertisement682 1956-03-20 10 NOTICES NOTICE THE NEGEI SEMBILAN CO-OP. STORES SOCIETY LTD. (to mnMatten) In exercise of the powers con- I (erred on me by section 42 (1) b of the Co-operative Societies Ordinance No. 33 of 1948. I. K. M. Nayagam the Liquidator of the Negrl Sembilan Co-operative Stores Society, Ltd. hereby682 words
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Advertisement693 1956-03-20 10 TENDER WOODEN PACKING CASES FOR SALE BY TENDER 1. Borneo Motors of 68/70 Orchard Road, offer for sale wooden packing cases of various sizes, ex shipments of cars and commercial vehicles received from Canada and U.K. 2. These wooden packing cases may be viewed during normal working hours upon application693 words
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Advertisement454 1956-03-20 10 K.NUTSEN LINE orient service 1 f ROM CANADA/US. PACIfIC PORTS— 30 DATS Sailing Arriving S»n Francrtco S'por* P. $«•«> »«H Elisabeth Bakke In Port li Gjertmd Bakke Sailed 9/11 Apr 12 Apr Kristin Bakke 28 Apr 28/29 May 30 May JIM,, I Anna Bskke 1 2 May 11/13 |un 14454 words
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Advertisement977 1956-03-20 11 UNION ojMsrajs tJifJM f till aMBAlfffiPC V I*n T 1 t J BUIIDfNG»*»*» a»«jlf aUUVat STBAIHBHaV ItXV ***** SINGAPORE (Incorporated In ttw United Kingdom) 8 UNES SAIUNGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENT PORTS S'poro I*, rhom Panong BENREOCH for London Rotterdam 26 Mar/ 5 Apt 9tnm wUmi IbsHw 27 Ape BENALBANACH977 words
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Advertisement1205 1956-03-20 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** BfJ4WptAW aj> BOCKNAU KLATBMBM UMB LOHDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. "«^t?* 1 I^'cSSviß HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUvIR ond for UAA^ North Atlantic Ports #w i twl ond Canoda and via Colombo aibiiiii CITY Of POONA iOU t^ I VIUI Pmnono P 'JE JZTL. >•£.'/»1,205 words
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467 1956-03-20 12 JPOH is now experiencing the biggest ever building boom in its history with construction work having begun on a number of housing projects worth a total of $40 million. Small rubber estates and vacant land which had been undeveloped for years, are467 words
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Article, Illustration194 1956-03-20 12 ITALIAN TYPEWRITER MAN IS CONFIDENT AN executive of the wellknown Italian office machine manufacturers, Ing. C. Olivetti and Co., S.p.A., said in Singapore yesterday he was optimistic of future sales of the company's products on the Malayan market. The visitor. Mr. G C. Calderoni, who is the company's sales manager194 words
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Article299 1956-03-20 12 A BANK CHIEF LOOKS AHEAD PC a generally optimistic review of conditions throughout the Far East countries, in which the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China operates, the chairman of the Rank gives a detailed assessment of the prospects of each. Discussing Malaya, the chairman, Mr. V. A. Orantham,299 words
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Article, Illustration326 1956-03-20 12 |>URMA has an ex- portable surplus of 1.8 million tons of rice this year, said Mr. Lee Tye Toh, secretary of the Singapore Burma Trade Association, who completed a market survey tour of the country recently. Mr. Lee* said that the average price of326 words
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Article57 1956-03-20 12 Special excavator equipment supplied by a worldfamous British manufacturer, is now on its way to British Borneo for operation at the Seria oilfields by the British Malayan Petroleum Company Ltd. The machines will be used for mobile operations. They have been equipped with attachments for the handling57 words
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Article33 1956-03-20 12 Mr. R. V. D. Kirby, export manager for Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Export Co. Ltd. is on a short visit to Singapore to study the situation in Malaya and the Colony.33 words
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229 1956-03-20 12 SOAP manufacturers in the Federation of Malaya last year produced more soap than their counterparts in Singapore for the second year in succession Official statistics show that production of soap in 1955 amounted to 287,000 cwt. in the Federation compared with 254,000 cwt.229 words
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Article92 1956-03-20 12 ANEW British structural material, which is fireproof and water resistant and unaffected by alkalis, mild acids and non-abrasive cleaning compounds, is to be tested by Malayan Railway for making carriage ceilings. The material known as panelwood, is hardboard with a tough heat-cured melamine plastic coated surface. It92 words
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Advertisement170 1956-03-20 12 v San Francisco GENERAL AGENTS MALAYA MANSFIELD C CO.LX SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Use i "FREON" air conditioner for any size From the smallest room air conditioner to the largest industrial refrigeration system you'll Bnd that you get longest, most efficient, trouble-free performance with Dv Pont "Freon" fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants.170 words
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Advertisement252 1956-03-20 12 I YOUR CAR NEEDS.... w tVftRIA BATTER| ES EASY START| NG BETTER pqwp2 I Upcountry Distributors: i P h Motor, ut Hock Ye« Htn Co.— J. Bahru. Ban Hon t IHmm Hon« Co..— Kloinc. Soon Hrn, <„ Mlr U *~»^J Sftamat Storn A»rnrr— Sr*»mat Nan V.tnc Eont Bonr Co.— Bata252 words
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Article210 1956-03-20 13 Probables, riders for Lincoln LONDON, Mon. PORTY-SIX probable starter*. x with Jockeys, for the Lincolnshire Handicap, first big event of the English turf season, to be run over one mile (at 15J5 G.M.T.) at Lincoln on Wednesday are: Trouvllle (W Rlckaby); Talc of Two Cities <W. Nevett); Turk's Blood (D.Reuter - 210 words
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Article35 1956-03-20 13 LA LOUVIERE, Belgium. Mon. AUe Voorbij, the Dutch swimmer. equalled her world record of lmln ll.Ssec for the women's 100 metres butterfly when she won the event at an International meet here. Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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843 1956-03-20 13 CLAUDE RICHARDSON - CLAUDE RICHARDSON By LONDON, Mon. TWERE may be a royal 1 victory in the Grand National for the first time for more than 50 years when the world's most testing steeplechase is run at Aintree, Liverpool, next Saturday. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,Reuter - 843 words
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294 1956-03-20 13 ROBERT ELPHICK - ROBERT ELPHICK By LONDON, Monday. 'THIS year's Oxford and Cambridge annual inter- university Boat Race should provide a thrilling finish next Saturday if practice times are any criterion. Only a week ago, the Cambridge crew— the heaviest in the history of theReuter - 294 words
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Article63 1956-03-20 13 BAKERSFIELD. California, Mon. Archie Moore, world lichtheavywelgnt champion, beat Frankie Daniels on points over ten rounds in a non-title bout here last night. The fight provided a good workout for the champion for his title fight with Yolande Pompey (Trinidad) In London on June 5. Moore'sReuter - 63 words
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249 1956-03-20 13 EDINBURGK, Mon. TWO amendments to 1 the laws have been accepted by the International Rugby Football Board. The amendments, concerning the penalty kick and offside following a knock-on, do not come into force before next season. If, when a penalty kick is being taken,Reuter - 249 words
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Article36 1956-03-20 13 AUCKLAND, Mon.— Miss Marrlon Roe, of Hamilton, lowered her own New Zealand women's 100 yards freestyle swimming record here by i tenth of a second last night with a time of 58.9 sec.36 words
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Article56 1956-03-20 13 PALMERSTON NORTH, N.Z.. Mon. West Indies finished their tour of New Zealand here today by beating New Zealand Colts by an Innings and 35 runs with more than a day to spare in a threeday match. Final scores were: West Indies 321 for eight declared;Reuter - 56 words
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Article20 1956-03-20 13 BRUSSELS, Mon Belgium and Holland played a scoreless draw In their hockey international here yesterday. Reuter. x JReuter - 20 words
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Advertisement172 1956-03-20 13 FOR SALE >• Word. 15 (Him.)— Box St «rtra% READY MADE DRESSES. Special for Easter. French, English and American. Large selection. On Sale till 28th March. Rest House, Seremban. MALAYA Japanese Occupation SUmps: All States. Handchops, Dalnippon, Kanji, Redcross etc. Catalogued Gibbons £15.000. Guaranteed Genuine. Box A 2149, S.T. ALL172 words
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Advertisement167 1956-03-20 13 FOR SALE 2* H'ora'f $S (Mi*.)— Box St c<». extra. EASTER SALE Great Reduction for Dresses. Smart Hats all at Half-Prlce. Rose Oown Bhop (21 Stamford Road). ONE CARRIER CONSOLE room air-cocuUtlonar. 1 hp. type 5 ID2. Seen by arrangement Kuala Lumpur. Please reply Box A 8284 8.T.. K.L. MISCELLANEOUS167 words
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Advertisement511 1956-03-20 13 a i^^WORD PUZZLE hi Cut atone dotted liu.t .^7%*.... j I TUESDAY i Straits Times' I WORLD PUZZLE *VV Cur out and pin with other e»upom. Potting initructioni appear below. I Name .....'.A... m^ m^ mm Address Z.....X. 2 1 1 ITIOI fill in I ~?JBj>"^ly!ljHi MISSING I z Tifciir^r511 words
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Article249 1956-03-20 14 RAOC enter Caldbeck Cup s-finals rE 30 Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps team entered the semi-finals of the FARELF soccer competition for the Caldbeck Cup when they beat REME 3-1 at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. R.A.O.C. will now meet the winners of the 1/2 Ouikhas and 2,10 Gurkhas in the249 words
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Article56 1956-03-20 14 The Blacks scored their second successive victory when they trounced S.H.B. Police 7-0 in a friendly soccer match at Keppei Harbour yesterday. Police lost 1-0 in the earlier match. Blacks, who led 2-0 at the Interval. scored through Chuan Seng (4). Cng Choon Tlam56 words
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Article436 1956-03-20 14 WEIGHTS (or all TT eight races on the second day, March 28, of the Singapore Turf Club March-April Meeting are: TVcora 8.11 Premiere 8.10 Mener Spinner 8.09 Triwalla 8.09 Strong Beam 8.08 Coffee Exporter 8.07 Jetty 8.06 Hopsasa 8.05 Narooma 8.04 Arch Side 8.03436 words
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Article243 1956-03-20 14 SELECTORS MEET TOO EARLY AND PROVIDE MANY SURPRISES SOUTH WUjL HAVE THEIR BEST CHANCE OF A WIN THERE is usually some x element of disagreement with selectors who put up a team, but the North side announced yesterday to meet South in the annual243 words
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Article442 1956-03-20 14 problems, the main one being connected with getting leave, but the selectors might well have decided on the nucleus of their side such "certainties" as Walker, Cheow Teik. Sivagnanam, Kho on Leo n g Gurucharan Singh, Coombe and left the rest of the team to be picked after a442 words
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Article20 1956-03-20 14 The Singapore Rifle Association will hold a Spoon Shoot at Buklt Timah on Sunday, starting at B.IS a.m.20 words
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188 1956-03-20 14 WHERE is no stopping the Police even without their crack centre-forward Awang Bakar who is still on the injured list. Playing their fourth S.A.F.A. senior league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, they scored their fourth win and the player who deputised at188 words
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Article405 1956-03-20 14 WEIGHTS for VY Saturday, Brat lay of the Slmapore Turf Clab's March/ April meeting, are:— HUNTER MEMORIAL STAKES CLl,Dlv. I— 9F. Bearer Bond 9.06 South Pacific S.11 Dantesque 8.11 Euphrates 808 Barflenr 8.07 Never a Blank 8.06 Adelaide Star 8.05 Muffin Man 8.0* Golden Dolphin 8.02405 words
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281 1956-03-20 14 MARINES chunky inside-right, Ibrahim Mansoor, hit peak scoring form when he got i\ve good goals for Singapore "A" who beat a Junior Selection by 13 goals to nil at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Ibrahim got going after the Interval, which was taken at I281 words
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Article25 1956-03-20 14 The Jlgoro Kano Kwai. of Jakarta, bag asked ilie V M.C A. Judokwai to arrange an inter-port judo contest between Singapore and Jakarta.25 words
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Article91 1956-03-20 14 RAF Tengah. playing their first S.A.F.A. league match, beat Radin Mas Ramblers 5-0 In a Div. 3 A encounter at Farrer Park yesterday. Anderson (2), Menzles, Na&h and Cart wright scored. Pachitan, newcomers to the league, beat Perhlmponan Stia 5-1 at the M.F.A. ground. Mohd. Salleh (2).91 words
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Article34 1956-03-20 14 BIRMINGHAM, Mon. Aston Villa, bottom of the English first division Football League table, beat Burnley by two goals to nil in a rearranged league match at Villa Park here today.34 words
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Article70 1956-03-20 14 A challenge cup, in the name of Mr. T. W. Hinch, a former Principal of the ACS., has been presented by Mr. Chan Jan Jee. President of the ACS Old Boys' Association, for the Annual Past v Present cricket match. All old boys who wish70 words
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Article300 1956-03-20 14 TOE FARELF Individual boxing 1 championships will start at Tanglin tonight with 59 Army boxers from Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore competing for the nine titles. The preliminaries and quarterfinals will be decided tonight, the semi-finals tomorrow and the finals on Friday at the300 words
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Article580 1956-03-20 14 By EPSOM JEEP SEVERAL promising newcomers will make their debut in Malayan racing at the Singapore Turf Club Easter Meeting at Bukit Timah. Among them is Cinema 111 (late Wordsworth) a winner at Ascot as a two-year-old. A chestnut by Dante out of Tidworth580 words
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Article37 1956-03-20 14 PARTINGTON HITS UNBEATEN 54 Singapore Cricket Club A w R.A Blakang Ma;: In a friendly crlckt Blakang Mat! n SCC 155-9 dec!. I no) R O. Marks 33. R Hflrti 4-35). R.A. 36 iN. Woods Cooper 3-n».37 words
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Article18 1956-03-20 14 The Sln.;;'pore C. Athletic Federation Singapore observers to 1 journe Gia reached the $21,000 mark day.18 words
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Article126 1956-03-20 14 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania. Mon. H'HE Australian Crloket XI who A are to tour English this summer showed much better form today in gaining a commanding position over Tasmania on the second day of their three-day match here. Tasmania need 323 runs in their secord innings forReuter - 126 words
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Advertisement23 1956-03-20 14 BEST FEATURE: I OF /MODERN DESIGN 2 FAMOUS SINCE flBr) Gamble ma.nsp^ SOLE AGENTS l/ff/l^^ ARCADE BUILDING RAFFLES PL p. O. BOX 3»323 words
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Miscellaneous144 1956-03-20 14 HOCKEY Singapore v R.A.F. Singapore, G.S.C. rround. SOCCER SAFA leaftiv, Div. 1; Chlneae Athletic v SUr goccerites. lilin Besar. Div. 2A, S.C.C. v Kinta Ranters, padanr. Div. 38, Blue Rovers v Setia Jeva, Cie ylang Windsor Bovers v Bedok Sports Club. Farrer Park. INTER-SCHOOL: Anrlo Chin se School v Victoria,144 words
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