The Singapore Free Press, 8 February 1956
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Title Section18 1956-02-08 1 The Singapore Free Press JLargest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No- *****. Singapore, Wednesday, February 8, 1956. Price 15Cts18 words
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Article259 1956-02-08 1 Marshall tells Assembly gINGAPORE'S constitutional talks will start m London on April 23. They will last from two to three weeks. This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, m a full report of his London visit to the Legislative Assembly today. His speech259 words
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49 1956-02-08 1 FIRECRACKERS: KEEP YOUR PETS INDOORS CUKE WO BK S are a JT pleasure to people celebrating the Chinese New Year but they are a terror to animals. The Singapore branch of ib* .R.S.^A- appeals to all owners of pels to keep them indoors while fireworks are being let oflf49 words
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282 1956-02-08 1 7, 000- WORD REPORT ON FREEDOM RE P RESENT ATIVES of Malaya and Britain will In London today sign a plan for Malaya to achieve full independence Within the British Commonwealth on August 31. 1957. Before wfflrring cinema and television cameras TengkuReuter - 282 words
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97 1956-02-08 1 AN INDEPENDENT Malaya wouid need men and women of the highest ability and integrity to liix the top political and administrative posts and to man the professions, said Dato Abdul Razak, the Federation Education Minister at Kirkby, Lanes. yesterday. He said Malayan teach- ers'97 words
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242 1956-02-08 1 4,000 children gate-crash at show for Queen DETWEEN 3,000 and 4,000 Nigerian children clambered into reserved seats at Enugu Stadium yesterday and waited five hours for the arrival of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at a display of tribal dancing. The children, who were due to line the242 words
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Article62 1956-02-08 1 Driver robbed When Goh Keng T 26. drew up at the MacPherson Circus, Singapore. last night, two men jumped into his car and ordered him to drive off. At Thompson Road, they took his wrist watch, gold ring, pen and $12 then pushed him out of the car62 words
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Article31 1956-02-08 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with fir.st grade, February shipment, at $1.00 a pound, five-eight li s of a cent below closing price.31 words
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Article25 1956-02-08 1 Beds, tables and chairs were frozen last to floors of dozens of homes in Vilshofen. Germajiy. yesterday alter the ice-jammed Danube overflowed. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article20 1956-02-08 1 Robert Montgomery, filir and television actor-director promo'' terday tc captain In M u. s. Navy Reserves^- A. P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article60 1956-02-08 1 The Chief Secretary. Mr. W.A.C. Ooode. tolei the Singapore Legislative Assembly today that the British Government did not intend to establish a naval ba*e at Labuan. I Mr. Mm Choon Moni;. leader ol the new Libera! Socialist Party, had asked whether there was any truth60 words
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Article87 1956-02-08 1 Troop s opened Are twice and one Cypriot youth was killed in student riots in Famagusta when according to an onlooker, "all hell broke loose." Students threw a bomb. bottle s and stones at British troops, who used teargas shells, smoke grenades and batons. A BritishReuter - 87 words
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Article64 1956-02-08 1 A FITTER. Tham Yong Wong of the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory m Dunearn Road, Singapore, was mobbed by 50 strikers as he was leaving the factory yesterday. Stones were flung at his car, smashing the windscreen. As Tham Rot out of the car, two64 words
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Article38 1956-02-08 1 Rotate C 'wealth talks -Eden A new sense of the worldwide nature of the Commonwealth would be gained if Commonwealth prime ministers' conferences rotated among Commonwealth capitals, British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, said m Ottawa yesterday.-— U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Advertisement8 1956-02-08 1 Marshall's speech: Pase I in detail Page 2.8 words
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Advertisement16 1956-02-08 1 ff/\> It THINNESS IM /^T 7/ 0F THE I A/ ,/jP SMART A W M W16 words
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Article149 1956-02-08 2 EDEN HAS TRUCE PLAN FOR MID EAST TIHE British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, yesterday proposed an unarmed, multi-nation force under the United Nations to help oversee the truce m Palestine. He told a news conference m Ottawa that if the 50--man truce team m Palestine under Maj.-Gen. E. L.A.P. - 149 words
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Article21 1956-02-08 2 The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh announced yesterday m Lucknow, it will issue cards to opium addicts U.PU.P. - 21 words
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Article76 1956-02-08 2 SYRIAN police charged a mob of about 1,500 labourers trying to storm government house m Aleppo yesterday. Twenty people were hurt. The police fired above the crowd before order was restored. The rioters attacked the building with stones for 15 minutes m protest against a government banA.P. - 76 words
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Article1682 1956-02-08 2 WAIT 6 MONTHS MORE FOR NEW TALK: MARSHALL ATTACK ON STORE ENGLISHMEN THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, reporting to the Legislative Assembly on his London visit, said: I have the pleasure to inform you that it has now been agreed by the Colonial Office that1,682 words
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Advertisement74 1956-02-08 2 j^r^^ Mr M Z Mr M J^ S\ 4 1 by Rogers K L\ /oSW- lln soft run-proof acetate jl^u,. mi Individually wrapped m f s o^^ jMr\^l^ 1 cellophane, they come to V-" ,^s' In white, black, pink and blue, 1 sizes, small, medium and large. > 1 ii/Tff74 words
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488 1956-02-08 3 Queen drops in at 7, Sunshine Way to meet okolie and wife Anna T^HE address was: 7, Sunshine Way. Garden x City Enugu, Nigeria. There Okolie Ono, a haulage worker, lives with his 25-year-old wife Anna and three children. It is a humble little one-roomed house with green distempered wallsReuter - 488 words
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Article90 1956-02-08 3 Municipal councils, public bodies, firms and private people have written letters assuring the Soviet leaders. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrashchev, of a cordial reception during their forthcoming visit to Britain m April. Tass Soviet Official news agency said m Moscow yesterday. Tass, quotingReuter - 90 words
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Article422 1956-02-08 3 'WE CAN SEND THEM ANYWHERE IN SKIES FOR MET INFORMATION' THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, at a press conference m Washington yesterday reserved the right of the United States to send meteorological balloons over anywhere m the jet air streams, high aboveReuter - 422 words
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Article46 1956-02-08 3 I HOPE TO RETURN SAYS PERON I EXILED ex-President J Peron m a letter yesterday to the Hispanic American Report, a Stanford University publication, prophesied that he would return to Argentina m the very near future. Peron's letter implied that the people would recall him ReuterReuter - 46 words
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108 1956-02-08 3 CUDDLE IN THE PARK KILLED HIS FIANCEE: MAN GOES TO JAIL A SCOTTISH miner was imprisoned at Perth, for three years yesterday for accidentally strangling his fiancee while cuddling m a park. Roderick Mclntosh, 29, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. He testified that he had a few drinks with ElizabethU.P. - 108 words
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Article43 1956-02-08 3 Britain and the United States were reported yesterday m New York to be favouring a postponement of the new United Nations General Assembly until after the American presidential elections m November. Usually the Assembly convenes m September. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article33 1956-02-08 3 President Eisenhower will be host at a White House luncheon today for 12 new ambassadors who have ar Irived m the U.S. since his heart attack last September.— A .P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article197 1956-02-08 3 Crew quits ship bound for China MORE than half of the! crew of a Norwegian ship at a Japanese port bound for Red China will be relieved by new seamen from Hong Kong tomorrow because they refuse to go aboard the ship, the newspaper Asahi said yesterday. The 3,030-ton freighterA.P. - 197 words
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Article16 1956-02-08 3 Burma and Rumania yesterday signed m Rangoon a three-year barter trade agreement. ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article209 1956-02-08 3 INDIA yesterday asked economically advanced countries to expand their technical aid to Asia countries. In a resolution submitted to the conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) m Bangalore, the Indian delegate, Mr. C. V. Narsimhan said the exchange ofReuter - 209 words
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Advertisement84 1956-02-08 3 WHAT'S LATEST AT WASSiAMULLS LATEST HICKOK BELTS IN VARIOUS STYLES WITH OR WITHOUT INITIAL BUCKLES LATEST DOCOMA SHIRTS IN WHITE, TAN, BLUE AND MAIZE. LATEST DESIGNS AND PATTERNS BIN TIES IN SILK, RAYON, DACRON AND NYLON LATEST DACRON SLACKS IN CHARCOAL, BROWN, NAVY etc. SEE OUR NEW RANGE WASSIAMULLS HIGH84 words
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185 1956-02-08 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 1956. Opinion MALAYA'S BIG DAY rpODAY is a great day m the history of Malaya and one for national rejoicing. For today the people of the Federation learned that their country would become independent. The date has been set for Aug. 31, 1957185 words
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2183 1956-02-08 4 School plan to help end communal barriers P.M. RAMAN summaries the report on Chinese education written by an All-Party Committee and placed before the Singapore Legislative Assembly today ...AND MAKE IT COMPULSORY TiHE integration of all English and vernacular schools into one single harmonious whole and the teaching of iwo,2,183 words
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Article76 1956-02-08 4 Members of the committee were: Mr. Chew Swee Kee (Minister for Education) Chairman. Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Minister for Labour and Welfare). Mr. Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat (Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing). Mr. R. C. H. Lim (Labour Front, nominated). Mr. Wong Foo76 words
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Advertisement29 1956-02-08 4 I It means po much more i itogive-orget-\ PATEK PHILIPPE f Watch 5 The finest watch tutr made. Limited atnmal production I H. SENA LTD. f Spore, lYnang Bangkok.29 words
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Advertisement141 1956-02-08 4 ■•*****1 l **********1 l 111 Mlllllllllllllllllliiiiii inn limn iliiiiiiiniiMiiii 1 1 MMIIIIIIIIMIIMMM HUM 111 1 11 Ml; WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE I CHINESE NEW YEAR QUEEN j lIIIIIIH lIIIIMIIII IMIIIIIIIHIIIIM MMII HIM 1 1 M• I 111 I> I MMIM I Qpj GRAND CHINESE NEW YEAR BAIL m141 words
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Article, Illustration1265 1956-02-08 5 Qdelaide Eastley - Qdelaide Eastley BY,. OEST NEWS today is the promise by our Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, that schools will be built in the Colony within the next 22 months providing free primary education for I very child. How much bettei these youngsters will be in classrooms,1,265 words
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Advertisement280 1956-02-08 5 Ask your Dealer for I C igP P 2 POPE SERIES U^^/7 P0PE.7020 Piano Medley No. 117 Charlie Kunz (Stranger m Paradise; Prize of Gold; Cherry < Pink Apple Blossom White; If any one finds this I love you; Under the Bridges of Paris; Open up your Heart and let280 words
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Miscellaneous150 1956-02-08 6 XAMIKAKi: by Lee Falk and IMiil »avi« I \IC/ \> by Edgar Hire Burrou^liK THE SAI> I by Leslie Hiarleri* j \\i; l»> llubbard N£?W BEMEMBER BABY l^l /tW^ >*V //^/>? UttFJe- l/iVE GOT TWbTvES, BUT TWEV "t|^. BUT ME'S A<SCEED t» LAV^ PlCk: V?U UP AT SCBUPPV'S J 7Vi5150 words
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Miscellaneous678 1956-02-08 6 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦44.4-4444*444*4.*****4.4-M f y •<► 1: < I J^/7A .Mf^^ •< y 0 DORN today, you have the soul of <► I| D a wanderer. It may be difficult i[ for you to settle down m any one I spot for long, since you so easily get > II tired of678 words
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Article189 1956-02-08 7 Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 31 buyers 31 a buyers European Ports February 31% sellers 31 sellers RIBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 31 buyers 119a buyer* European Ports March 31M sellers 11*4 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 31 4 buyers 32N buyers 32 sellers189 words
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Article105 1956-02-08 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 99.25 nom. 99.75 nom. TIN futures February 97 00 bid 97.25 bid 98.50 asked 98.85 asked March 95.50 bid 95.75 bid MarCn 96.75 asked 97.25 asked Anril 95.00 bid 95.25 bid 96.15 Mkjd 96.75 asked TONE:105 words
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Article35 1956-02-08 7 Sarawak spot 31. a'-vaitin? re- ;iO' afloats 30, first half Feb. 29.. Sellers ex-dock. awaiting relent- I Oral half Feb. all 31. M.ilabar Feb. 31,1 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.35 words
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Article23 1956-02-08 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Previous Today N Industrials 8 .57 10 Domestic Bonds 99.09 jg l! fc^k A.ragV 170*6 169.4823 words
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Article109 1956-02-08 7 C'OPK\ Philippines r.i.f. I K./ North Earopeaa delivered u eight per l<,n r>b 0T9 Stralta eJJ. North I iiMMv.m il'.livered weight per long ton I Man M.it. Xpril rOCONUT OIL nude Stints rif IK North K.uropeitn in bulk, per long ton. Feb. MM 0( ONI T109 words
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205 1956-02-08 7 a WORKING PARTY has been set up by the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Communications and Works to speed up the building of r>4 new schools m Singapore by the end of 1957. The Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Bwee Kee,205 words
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Article120 1956-02-08 7 Parson who smacked the bride A CLERGYMAN smacked a 21-year-old bride-to-be m the cathedra] vestry tae she had not been to church often enough, it admitted m a Nairobi court. He hit her 15 times with his open hand, he said. The Rev. Richard Henry Smart, 33-year old preeentoi of120 words
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Advertisement60 1956-02-08 7 j 4 <>£§!<> /O The Premier Departmental Store for f/oif#* I i iiim:se: new yb-:ak i HBorim >i§ vis i A Cooc/ Range at A Cood Price await you I GIAN SINGH CO. LTD. i 30-1 Raffles Place, Singapore-1. Phone *****/6. iMMiti iiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiMiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimn.in association with (i 5. Th<- Arcade.60 words
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Miscellaneous51 1956-02-08 7 j SINCAPORE :HICH TIDES I TODAY: io .11 pm. <> TOMORROW: I.M a.m.l X »nd 1t.49 p.m. FRIDAY: 9 '"> In. uwl} I 11 IS p.m. j SATURDAY: 10.30 a.m. I ISI NDAV: iI.H a.ni and 11.43 pm. J MONDAY: 12.fi I.BU I and 11.40 a.m. TUESDAI 12.21 ii.m.J J51 words
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Article, Illustration1440 1956-02-08 8 PETER CURRIE - WILSON MIZNER First of the Spivs PETER CURRIE by ■IIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3llllllllilllC3llllllltlllli:3IIIIC3lllltlllllllCaillllllllltlC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3llllllllltltC3llll1llllMIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC His rich wife objected to Wilson shooting up her late husbands collection of cuckoo clocks... Once, after a financial argument, she pelted him m the street with money. I picked up eight thousand dollars before I realised I'd been insulted."1,440 words
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Article, Illustration122 1956-02-08 9 To play Jesus us in television series The first attempt to show the life of Christ on television as a sustained narrative begins m the BBC's children's service next month. The part of the Boy Christ will be played by Kichard Palmer, 14, left, who has appeared m other television122 words
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302 1956-02-08 9 IJOUSEWIVES are responsible for four-fifths of Britain's smog, according to a scientist. Every ton of coal burned by the average housewife, said Dr. Richard Scorer a London University meteorologist m a lecture, does about £5 damage to other people's health and property. Dr. Scorer302 words
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Article60 1956-02-08 9 Man, 20, is father of 7 children RED-HAIRED George Mitchell, aged 20, asked for time to pay when Canterbury magistrates fined him €4 with £2 15s. 6d. costs for driving offences. Reason: "I have a wife and seven children." Mitchell, of Reed-Avenue, Canterbury, explained that h married a widow. Tho60 words
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118 1956-02-08 9 WHEN anyone calls "Nurse Clancy" m Bexley Hospital, Kent, there is likely to be some confusion. For there are six nurses named Clancy at the hospital—and they are all sisters. The Clancy nursing boom began m 1947 when Maura, the eldest, joined the118 words
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Article60 1956-02-08 9 Mr. Jim Baty, the fivefooter who led last June's strike of 70,000 footplate men, has retired after nine years as general secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. He has been ill for a year, but has carried on to the union's age60 words
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Article252 1956-02-08 9 Claim was 'inflated' Judge JURS. MARY VERITE LORAINE, wife of the Queen's pilot on her Commonwealth tour in 1953, put forward a "transparently inflated" claim for furs stolen from her home as the flight began. Mr. Justice Ashworth said this In the London High Court252 words
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Article34 1956-02-08 9 Britain has paid Egypt 256.000.000 from her blocked sterling reserves since the end of World War 11. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons yesterday.34 words
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Article285 1956-02-08 9 IF John O'Connor had sued the magistrates at the proper time he would have got £855 compensation for the 193 days he was in jail That was Mr. Justice Diplock's decision in the London High Court. Mr. O'Connor is now discussing the next step with285 words
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Article121 1956-02-08 9 Teenagers pledge their help TODDY boys and JL their girl friends were among 500 teenagers who were asked m a Dartford. Kent. cinema to: Visit sick people m hospital; Tidy up old folk's gardens; Baby- > sit for married couples. Said the manager, Mr. George Cross: "Young people like yourselves121 words
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Article44 1956-02-08 9 BANNED STUDENT: ATTORNEY WARNS Arthur D. Shores, attorney for a Negro girl student excluded from classes at the University of Alabama after maig rioting, notified the school yesterday that he would take further legal action unless she i s reinstated within 48 hours A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article119 1956-02-08 9 THE last chance for the folk of Cardiff to boast that they buy their fillets of cod from a peeress is over. For Mary Louise, Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry, has pulled down for the last time the shutters of the fishmonger's shop m St. Mary Street,119 words
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Advertisement46 1956-02-08 9 l i rBli!IBI!!!a!!;iBi:;iBi::!Bt:!IBII!IBll!IB!l!!Bl!!!Bi!:iB!l!!B!UIBJi;iB!i!IBIIilBliyB,B B B Wedding Pictures Make arrangements for your photographs to be taken by a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPT. 1-IU-l 10 Cecil Street Singapore This service is only available m Sintfnporc 888. 8888 MM IHfetfMli46 words
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Article, Illustration163 1956-02-08 10 Weekend picture round-up by AFTER hectic day m offkto coping with the City's traffic problems, Singapore's livewire safety-first man Capt. Eric I*. C Richardson relaxes m a City nightspot where a 20 -piece orchestra sets the pace for some lively dancing. With him is his attractive wife Edna163 words
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Article, Illustration216 1956-02-08 11 Oswald Henry - S'PORE STARS, DISC-MEN, HAVE FUN Oswald Henry STARS of the recording world were prominent among those who attended the dinner given by executives of Hie (Jramophone (oinpanv at a Colony restaurant, Cirouped together at table on r left ar,- film artor -recording artist P. Ramlee, recording star Nona Asiah, Norizan216 words
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Article, Illustration1950 1956-02-08 14 JOHN ALLAN MAY - THE PHANTOM LIGHT ON LAND'S END JOHN ALLAN MAY by MANY strange things have happened at sea, but there can have been few stranger than Sub-Lieuten-ant May's experiences m that December of 1941. A journalist with some experience of canoeing, I had stepped for the first time on to the1,950 words
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Article446 1956-02-08 13 DEST sportswear m the world is worn m v Florence. Beachwear that will grace international beaches this summer, casual lounging clothes you will be buying for homewear next autumn, the brightest ideas and designs all are In Florence. Here are some of the attractive Idfta446 words
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Article, Illustration501 1956-02-08 13 NO CURLS FOR CARLA EILEEN ASCROFT REPORTS FROM ITALY She falls for the old floppy debutante hair-do with peekaboo side-bangs A STRAIGHT Jane summer is forecast, at least for the young and pretty. Model girls m Italy are the most hair conscious m the world. Remember when they started chopping501 words
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Article67 1956-02-08 13 ANEW menace arrives for the family friend. In addition to the snaps, the colour transparencies, and the movies, he may now have the tape recorder. Tape-recording companies m Britain report that half the hundred per cent increase m sales over the past year is due to sales67 words
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Article73 1956-02-08 13 PLAYWRIGHT Sacha. Guitry.—l must be getting old. The women I meet now invariably look younger to nje than they really ire. Fifty three yearold novelist Georges Simenon A writer M HI||tIIIHIIIIIIHIHII'IIfTt has nothing more to say after the age of 40. If he is clever he73 words
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Advertisement39 1956-02-08 13 ■N- 1 I l« I Iff Iff jjf H» That Is what Roman women will be wearing this I irini llillllll 11l Mini lIIIIIIHIIIMIIHIIIHHIIIIIMIIIMIIII wi^P«;inß This casual outfit is m P«* s f (k linen, trimmed^ with white pique.39 words
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Advertisement61 1956-02-08 13 When you become Hie happy V**^; owner of a CYMA you will Ml Hs>^ggg^'^\\ earn the admiration jf all your jl Ij friends. Your watch, magnificent v\ m workmanship and splendid VVe« v\^rC? m reliability, will be regarded 2^^r everywhere as the ultimate |K2^—'"^ auHiority m time-keeping. y T^^^Elr^/^ OBTAINABLE61 words
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Article, Illustration898 1956-02-08 14 It might still be worth accepting a peerage WITH ALL THAT COMFORT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, SAYS WILLIAM HICKEY— I WENT to a party at the House of Lords the other day. Though peers are impoverished and the stately homes are open at half a crown a time the898 words
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Article, Illustration395 1956-02-08 14 North-South vulnerable ISorlli dealer NOWADAYS, it Is no Kreat novelty for a team of comparative unknowns to stumpthe experts In a short team-oX-tour match. It happened with considerable frequency during the National Team-of Four Championships at Chicago One reason was the improvement m hand valuation due to players'395 words
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Miscellaneous278 1956-02-08 14 CUM ACROSS 1 Etch, possibly, part of an 1 Chase hornet as a last re- *l* c sort at sea perhaps (5-6) 6 Dlan a. the film star, re--8 Remembers a good deal (.5) L urns without some money finally (3) 9 Drama to feature a Spani- ar d (7)278 words
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Article, Illustration1447 1956-02-08 15 DAVID LEWIN - DAVID LEWIN By 4? ...^?......^?.r^. < < gether m these post months, I saw off his iife^.iike a film nN the day before he died I lunched with Sir Alexander Korda and his beautiful wife Alexa m their apartment m Millionaires' Row Kensington Palace-gardens. There were just the three1,447 words
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Article70 1956-02-08 15 HIS MONEY AND PHILOSOPHY Korda was weaJthy. He put his money m property (a house m Kensmg- ton Palace-gardens, a villa In France), m paintings (his P^vate coUection would by worth around £400.000), m his old films. He probably died a millionaire. Yet he said: I suppose m films the70 words
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Advertisement27 1956-02-08 15 RICOHFLEX Q-XSlfi^? 1 Colour-corrected f/3.5 l<.ns J B iCy synchronised shutter v Full-sixe brilliant screen /^•fes^^ Fl A O'CONNOR &CO., LID, I .tidlaw Hld«.. Batl.iv Kd S'porr.27 words
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322 1956-02-08 16 BOAT RACE CREWS WILL BE TWO OF HEAVIEST THIS year's Oxford and Cambridge University crews will be two of the heaviest on record when they meet for the 102nd boat race encounter on the London Thames on March 24. At present both crews are in the building-up stage, training onReuter - 322 words
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Article, Illustration90 1956-02-08 16 He learned to ski at four PHIHARV IGAYA, the j ■Xy wiry, 130-pound m Dartmouth College ski champion who took part m the recent r Winter Olympic Games. Igaya learned to ski from his father who v operates a ski resort m m p Japan. He first started m ■to90 words
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Article527 1956-02-08 16 DUCALD LIVINGSTONE - DUCALD LIVINGSTONE 'MANAGERS SHOULD BE JUDGED ON RESULTS... By j Manager of Newcastle until the week-end. Here he tells the inside story j of why he ended his contract. I •••■•■■■■••••■••■■••■•■■•■••■i I HAVE been driven out of Newcastle hounded out if you like. Why?527 words
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197 1956-02-08 16 British referees in South America to have bodyguards POLICE bodyguards are being supplied at matches for British referees on contract to football associations in South American countries. The British themselves laugh at any suggestion that their professional duties on the field are fraught with any undue danger. But incidents willReuter - 197 words
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Article, Illustration43 1956-02-08 16 photo. LEYTON ORIENT goalkeeper Welton dives and a team-mite on the goal line jumps to try and head the ball away, but the shot from Birmingham outside-left Murphy goes home to score his team's second goal m the FA Cup fourth-round match ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article36 1956-02-08 16 SWAPS, winner of last year's Kentucky Derby, has been withdrawn from next Saturday's $90,000 San Antonio Handicap and may also be taken out of the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap, on Feb. 25. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article183 1956-02-08 16 THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM... SANDYGATE Youth Club have already clinched the championship of the Burnley (Lanes) Youth League, and with the remarkable goal aver* age of 200 goals for and less than 20 against! They are unbeaten this season and one of their victories was by 53-0. T R AVELLING183 words
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Article, Illustration409 1956-02-08 17 11,000 ANGRY FANS 800 RESULT TxKITAIN'S Peter Water- man retained his unbeaten record last night over former world welterweight champion Kid Gavilan of Cuba a s a 11,000 crowd at Harringay arena, London, booed and stormed it the verdict. The Association Press card gaveReuter; A.P. - 409 words
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162 1956-02-08 17 VERY little change was shown m the prices quoted on Monday when a caliover took place of the surviving V.A. Cup teams. Most teams were backed I mainly for small sums and j Newcastle, with the price j -htly clipped from 13-2 toReuter - 162 words
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Article61 1956-02-08 17 kUSTRALIA'S cricket team to tour England this summer will be announced this afternoon. The selectors Sir Donald Bradman, Jack Ryder and Dudley Seddon uill meet m Melbourne this morning and tcill hand the names of the chosen 17 players to the Australian Board of Cricket Control.Reuter - 61 words
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216 1956-02-08 17 f 1 HANOI and Police soccer V teams met m a friendly m.itrh at Changi yesterday and a keenly contested game result- eri m a 2- 1 win for the Police. after Chanel had held the lead at the interval. Changi had much the216 words
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Article, Illustration60 1956-02-08 17 WITH Burnley K<MUkeeper McDonald crashing to the icy turf, the ball soars into an empty net from Chelsea outside-left Hlunstone (third from right) to score the first goal for the Londoners m their F.A. Cup replay. Background, right, Chelsea's outside right Parsons throws his arms up In jubilation. The matchReuter - 60 words
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Article30 1956-02-08 17 MIDDLESEX Hospital beat St Thomass Hospital by three points to nil in their second I round Hospitals Rugby Union Cup tie ;tt Richmond Athletic Ground. Limdon. yesterday30 words
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111 1956-02-08 17 -DECISION TODAY SINGAPORE Cycle Racing Association I will discuss two special items on their agenda, at the annual meeting to be held at S.A.F.A. clubhouse. Jalan Besar today at U. 30 p.m. One is the possible 1 inclusion of a cyclist as part111 words
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472 1956-02-08 17 Kardar and Wazir put Pakistan on top in Test IJAKISTAN were m a good position to force victory 1 over the M.C.C. "A" team at the end of the fourth day's play m the unofficial second cricket test m Dacca yesterday. With one day left for play M.C.C. were 103Reuter - 472 words
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Article54 1956-02-08 17 RAIN prevented play <>n the fourth and final day of the Sheffield Shield crick« t match between Queensland and Victoria m Brisbane resterday. The match was abandoned* with Quernsland eaining first Innings points. Rojfi also washed out the third day's play. Scores Victoria 203. QueenslandReuter - 54 words
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Advertisement25 1956-02-08 17 IoCEAN PARK] HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET Ace Band of Singapore S with < Lj ~'w MISS SALOMA the Malay "Marilyn Monroe' _oOo— Rinf ***** for Table Reservations.25 words
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230 1956-02-08 18 ALLAN LEWIS - Cold Cup possibles Tanah Bijeh, Fair Weather in smart gallop ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR TRACK REPORT.. .by TANAH BIJEH (Franklin) and Fair Weather (J. Donnelly), two of trainer Hobbs' Gold Cup possibles, worked strong- ly on the No. 2 track at Kuala Lumpur this morning m preparation for their engagements230 words
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Article65 1956-02-08 18 The Fijians will not field their strongest line-up m the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby tournament. For their opening match today against Changi -B" kick-off 4.45 p.m.) they nave given places to some of their lesser known players, although both Domoni and Naidole will b^ there.65 words
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Article42 1956-02-08 18 SOUTH Australia took first innings points by 69 runs m their Sheffield SMeld match against Western Australia which ended m Adelaide yesterday. Final scores were: South Australia 409 and 203. Western Australia 340 and 63 for two.42 words
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Article39 1956-02-08 18 Victoria School beat Bartley Secondary School 6-0 m their opening inter-school soccer fixture at VS ground yesterday Wee Seng Pah scored a hattrick. George Chi a, Yusoff Dalib. and Charlie Tan scored a goal each39 words
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Article67 1956-02-08 18 RUGGER Seven-a-side (first round): Fijians v Chan*! KO .S.lt. "B" v Nee Soon Wagoners; R.N.A.S. v S.C.C. •D" R.A.A.F. v R.E.M.E. "A"; X 0.5.8. "A v Signals "A", all games on padang. Friendly: Naval Base v R.A.O.C. RAOC, Tengah Nomads v Nee Soon, Tengah. SOCCER Friendly: Alexandra F.T.67 words
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66 1956-02-08 18 Fast bowler Crawford changes mind PAT CRAWFORD, New South Wales' 22-year--1 old fast bowler, announced, yesterday that he would stay n Sydney and be available for selection for the Australian team to tour England this year. Only four days ago he said he would not be available and intended toReuter - 66 words
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Article59 1956-02-08 18 'npHE famous Yugoslav field JL and track woman champion, Mira Tuce, has been deprived of all her titles "as she 'ias changed her sex" after an operation. Belgrade's daily paper, politika, reported that, at the Medical Faculty of the Sarajevo University, a successful operation was performedA.P. - 59 words
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Article32 1956-02-08 18 EAST Lancashire Cricket Club, of the Lancashire] League, last night announced that they had signed Hugh Tayfleld. the South African Test off break bowler, as their professional for next season.32 words
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167 1956-02-08 18 BLAKAN MATI ROUT POLICE IN 'SEVENS'; SELETAR 'A' OUT BLAKAN MATI scored the biggest victory m the currnit SCC seven-a-side rugby tournament when they eliminated Police "B" by 16 points (two goals, two tries) to nil m a preliminary round tie on the padang yester- day. Blakan Mati led 8-0167 words
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314 1956-02-08 18 WEBSTER AND SALTIL TO FIGHT IT OUT AGAIN I DTE. WEBSTER (RAOC). en--1 tered the final of tbtttnfft- pore Base District Individual boxing championship* at Tanglin lust nk'ht when he out- i pointed Cpl Winning (G.H.Q Slgs.) m the lightweiuht semi- final. It was thp be.st fight of the night314 words
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219 1956-02-08 18 SINGAPORE Recreation Club won the Padang Cup when they beat Singapore Cricket Club by two goals to one on the SRC ground yesterday but they might have easily left the field winners by a much wider margin. Recs were 1-0 in219 words
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Article154 1956-02-08 18 JESSE OWENS - JESSE OWENS SAYS JESSE OWENS, star athletic performer of Americas 1936 Olympic team, believes the United States will win all the events from the 100 metres to the 800 metres and "most field events" at the Games this year m Melbourne. 'We have theReuter - 154 words
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Article78 1956-02-08 18 'T'HE draw for the >ixth round A of the Scottish Footbnl Association Cup to be play» Feb. 18 is: Kilmarnock versus Queen of the South; Ea.st Fife or Stenhousemuir versus Clyde or Dunferline Athletic; D/.idee United or Dundee versus Rangers; Partick Thistle versus Brechin City Aibroath.Reuter - 78 words
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