Singapore Standard, 11 August 1956
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Title Section33 1956-08-11 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD FOLIC I ***** (5 IfaMtT 2400 #6 M m 1 FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 1 „1. VII. No. 40 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1956 14 PAGES 15 CENT*33 words
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Article173 1956-08-11 1 Rail Strike Called Off And Sack Notes Are Withdrawn KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ~The Malayan Railw^ Signalmen's Union called off its countrywide strike tonight. The 80 signalmen wil] be back on the job at 6 am. tomorrow. The signalmen's return to work less than 48 hours after they walked cut on173 words
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76 1956-08-11 1 BOLD ATTACK ON BRITISH GUARD POST NICOSIA. Aug. 10 (UP)— Rebel Cypriote boldly attacked a British military guard post m the heart of Famagusta this morning. A British soldier and three Cypriot civilians were Injured when a bomb blasted the zuardhou.se outside the Customs area. The guardhouse was a total76 words
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Article21 1956-08-11 1 IN a two-hour surprise clash near Bandung early ye^erday 150 terrorists killed seven government solders, army reports said. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article, Illustration330 1956-08-11 1 JOHORE RULER SAILS WITH A SPARKLE IN HIS EYE &SWm W GANGPLANK i BUT SHARPER THE WIT THE Sultan of Johore, carried his own private joke *about the Alliance gag on his speeches to the last step of the gangplank of the ship which took him to Britain yesterday. ToStandard - 330 words
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Article63 1956-08-11 1 EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 10 (Reuter) The death here of Lady Stratheden and Campbell, Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association from 1949 until she resigned for health reasons last March, at the age of 55, was announced today. She was the first Scotswoman to hold that63 words
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Article47 1956-08-11 1 MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (Reuter) Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, and Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party Secretary, today refused to budge from Russia's firm refusal to hand ever territory claimed by Japan m the current Soviet-Japanese "peace" talks m Moscow.47 words
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Article75 1956-08-11 1 A Minute Jump To Freedom NUERNBERG, Germany, Aug. 18 (AP) Police disclosed today that a 40-year-old Russian woman, being repatriated under heavy guard to the Soviet Union, jumped off a train during a oneminute stop here and asked for political asylum. The woman told police she tossed her baggage out75 words
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Article67 1956-08-11 1 ALGIERS, Aug. 10 (UP)— A strong band of rebels surrounded a native village* m the Constantine area, shot down its defence force, and cut the throats of "several dozen" villagers. French officials revealed today. The slaughter took place near Conde Smendou. 17 miles north of Constantine during67 words
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Article25 1956-08-11 1 MR. Robert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, arrived m London by air yesterday to attend the talks on the Suez Canal crisis.25 words
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143 1956-08-11 1 LONDON, Aug. 10 (UP)— The last Emperor of China is now awaiting his fate m a Communist prison m Fushun. Manchuria, a tondon newspaper reported today. Henry Pu Vi was found by Daily Express man. Russel Spurr. m a grim grey prison m143 words
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Article47 1956-08-11 1 NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (Reuter) The Italian Line today brought a U5525,000,000 law suit against the SwedishAmerican Line as a result oi the sinking of the liner Andrea Dbria on July 25 after being m a collision with the Swedish liner Stockholm.47 words
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Article33 1956-08-11 1 AN Australian soldier was wounded m the shoulder when a patrol of the 2nd. Battalion Royal Australian Regiment exchanged fire with terrorists m Kroh, Upper Perak. on Thursday.33 words
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Article520 1956-08-11 1 Russians May Boycott Suez Talks Unless They Can Bring Their Friends... EDEN IS PUZZLED LONDON, Aug. 10, (UP)-Soviet diplomats said today Russia may boycott next week's Suez conference unless ''many other" nations are invited. They gave an informal clarification of yesterday's Moscow declaration which said Russia is willing to attendUP; Reuter - 520 words
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Article, Illustration131 1956-08-11 1 Stockwell May Lead Battle For Canal LONDON. Aug. 10 (Reuter*) Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Stockwell. 53-year-old veteran of many World War II campaigns may command the British forces now mobilizing m the Mediterranean m connection with the Suez crisis. Informed military sources said his name is high on the list of131 words
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Article118 1956-08-11 1 Longer Trip Fbr Royal Yacht LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)— The Admiralty stated today that the Royal Yacht Britannia will travel round the Cape to Kenya instead of through the Suez Canal this month for Princess Margaret's East African tour. The Britannia after cruising with the118 words
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Article33 1956-08-11 1 LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter) An official strike, involving nearly 50.000 men m the British car industry, was called off tonight after daylong talks between employers and trade union leaders.33 words
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Article193 1956-08-11 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 (AP)— The United States has proposed creation of an international authority to run the Suez Canal with complete control over its use, fees. finances and development. The proposals, set forth m a memorandum, sent to countries which will attend the Suez193 words
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Advertisement23 1956-08-11 1 W WATCHES^f LEE CHAY CO. 00. NORTH BRIDGE RD. SPORE. &HELU WITH n\ CQnHQ. 1 s*P9Jl!?.* The most powerful petrol you can buy23 words
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Advertisement183 1956-08-11 1 GIFTS tor Any Occasion easily solved if you only call at i i T^NOVELT_Ysfo»i 88 North Bridge Rood Phone '33l23 Spore -6 Baak Your Copy .Voir for tomorrow's bumper 32-page Sunday Standard, Malaya's biggest newspaper In tomorrow's issue will begin the series of articles which crime experts all over the183 words
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Article35 1956-08-11 2 BENTONG. Fri. The bestever results m language tests for State citizenship were obtained during the last two days. Some 175 apolicants out of 200 interviewed m Bentong and Telemong Village passed.35 words
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Article310 1956-08-11 2 Lover's Father Objected, So He Shot Him IPOH, Fri. Home Guard Pong See Teik, of Ayer Tawar, Dindings, who shot his lover's father with a shotgun because the father had disapproved of his love affair with his daughter, was today sentenced to death by Mr.310 words
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150 1956-08-11 2 DUNGUN, Fri.— The Minister for Labour. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. today declared that politics should not interfere with the work^ inss or a trade union. "Your issues here are mainly economic." he told the annual delegates conference of the East Coast Mining and Industrial150 words
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Article65 1956-08-11 2 PENANG, Fri.— Tuan Haji I Ali Rouse, secretary of the M.T.U.C., resigned from his trade union office today. "My only concern from now on will be the National Union of Government Workers." Tuan Haji Ali Rouse told The Standard. Tuan Haji Ali Rouse has been connected with65 words
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Article53 1956-08-11 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The four-month-old strike at the Ludhiana Transport Syndicate. Bahau, was today settled through the mediation of Mr. S. C. Law of the PanMalayan Road Transport Operators' Association. The agreement signed today between the company and the employees provided for the reemployment of the majority53 words
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Article59 1956-08-11 2 PENANG. Fri. Habeeb Abdul Rahman, a seaman, collapsed m the Sessions Court today when he was found guilty of offering for sale 36_ pounds of opium m Penang Harbour on June 11. Eflorts to revive him failed and he was taken to hospital. In his absence he59 words
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138 1956-08-11 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Trade unionists who' attended the recent Duke of Edinburgh's conference on human relations and industry at Oxford showed surprise that managements were friendly towards them and only wished to create a feeling of understanding between them. This was the opinion of138 words
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Article, Illustration76 1956-08-11 2 SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Mahmud bin Haji Yunos of Segamat, Johore. who was sent to Australia when threatened with blindness, is seen with the head keeper of Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo, "Chick" Cody, and two popular figures. the Koala and the Kangaroo after his successful operation recently. The operation76 words
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Article141 1956-08-11 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Malayan Trade Union Council today decided to seek abolition of the nine Sultanates m the Federation. The Central Committee of the Council decided to recommend this step m a memorandum to the Reid Constitutional Commission. The memorandum which will emphasize economic and141 words
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Article50 1956-08-11 2 IPOH, Fri. The Ipoh Y.W.C.A. will be host to delegates from the Federation of Malaya and Singapore m the half yeariy conference to be held at St. John's Hall from Aug. 13 to 18. Mrs. Ba Maung Chain, of Burma, will be the chief speaker.50 words
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107 1956-08-11 2 Prizes For Centenary Celebrations PENANG, Fri.— Silver trophies and certificates will be awarded to the best decorated shops and buildings during the Centenary celebrations of the Penang Municipality m January next year. Clubs, associations and kongsis will be classified under Group A and private dwelling houses of all types will107 words
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Article, Illustration86 1956-08-11 2 MR. D. DINGWALL. lecturer m plumbing at the Technical School. Port Arthur, Canada, flew into Singapore yesterday with his family on his way to Penang to join the Junior Technical School. He is here under the Colombo Plan. This is the first time a donor country has flown86 words
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Article344 1956-08-11 2 CLERK TRAILED HIT RUN MILITARY TRUCK IPOH, Fri. A 41-year-old clerk of works attached to the D.C.RC. Camp here, Mr. Cheang Sck Nam, was today commended by the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, for his "intelligence"in trailing a hit-and-run military truck344 words
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Article, Illustration50 1956-08-11 2 THE Rev. Robin Wood, Commissary of the Bishop of Singapore, installed Mr. Tan Chin Guan as principal of the St. Gabriel's School m Kampong Pan- dang, Kuala Lumpur, m a simple ceremony yesterday. Mr. Tan was until recently a science master at the St. Andrew's School m Singapore.50 words
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256 1956-08-11 2 INSPECTOR HAD NO RIGHT TO CALL S'PORE Court Told BUTTERWORTH, Fri.A police inspector at But terworth had no power o telephone Singapore i stop a man who jumped $10,000 bail to escape o China. Inspector X. Thangarajah. told c Sessions Court today. Inspector Thangarajah j this m a case which256 words
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Article108 1956-08-11 2 MALACCA. Fri. hundred and fifty-six residents here have appealed to the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Mr. Lenng Yew Koh, to allow the Sett v ment's surgeon. Dr. C. Hassett, to remain at the General Hospital on his return from leave. Dr. Hassett.108 words
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Advertisement644 1956-08-11 2 I LAST DAY of our _p t I s C A I F I takmxg ittW AmT^ mmmmmm J m New Shipment of J DACRON j just received. Buy them now at Sale Prices. j ES THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY 2 f AND SAVE. SALE ENDS 6.30 P.M. TODAY. t at644 words
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Article175 1956-08-11 3 They're After Private Homes To Beat Law SINGAPORE vice-operators are changing their venue from hotels to private homes, as a result of the Hotels Ordinance which came into force yesterday. The Standard understands that several hotel keepers are on the look-out for houses m centrally situated175 words
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Article, Illustration227 1956-08-11 3 A SINGAPORE housewife, who is also an airline hostess yesterday took on a new role— that of a "film star." I She is Mrs. Roslind Tan, who played the part of a housewife, m Malayan Film Unit's production "Kerosine," a two-minuteStandard - 227 words
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199 1956-08-11 3 He Cheated Five Dealers Says Charge KOH Kek Leng. 45. claimed trial m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday to rive charges of cheating different dealers of various quantities of rice and sugar, worth $3,058.70. Koh is alleged to have committed the offences within the space of four days, from199 words
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Article33 1956-08-11 3 ONE 'of R.I.D.A.'s biggest projects m the district of Ulu Langat the construction of a ""4.500 suspension bridge, has just been completed. The bridge spans the 80 foot Langat Langar River.33 words
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Article80 1956-08-11 3 HOSPITAL APPEAL FUN FAIR A FUN fair m connection witn the annual appeal of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital is being held today m the grounds of St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. Attractions include pony rides, the famous "Emmett" train, film shows, a display by an Army School team, side-shows, and a80 words
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Article25 1956-08-11 3 A QUEENSTOWN Youth Cluh has just been formed m Singapore's Queenstown Settlement, which will cater to young people of a 1 ages.25 words
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Article32 1956-08-11 3 THERE were 20 deaths from pneumonia m the Federation during the week ending July 21. Perak with 15 cases had the biggest number of deaths of which there were nine.32 words
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86 1956-08-11 3 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A Revenue Officer on duty must not have more than 90 cents on his person, Mr. J. Fudge. Senior Customs Preventive Officer here, disclosed m the Sessions Court yesterday. He was giving evidence m a case m which a Revenue Office. Tengku86 words
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446 1956-08-11 3 THEY TAKE AN UPLIFTING VIEW A RECENT claim made by three international tycoons of the brassiere trade that men "do not really care" for women with over-generous busts—"anything over 38 inches"— yesterday set off a chain reaction from Singapore males. Most of446 words
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Article, Illustration59 1956-08-11 3 Photo by WINNERS of the Johore 1956 "Golden Voice" contest, who will go to Penang to compete m the finals to be held on Aug. 24. They are: First Che Zainon binte Ismail, telephone operator. Batu Pahat exchange (centre); Second Miss Sylvia De'Silva, Muar exchange; (left) and ThirdChew Cheng Tong - 59 words
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Article42 1956-08-11 3 A NEW traffic system along Nicoll Highway will come into operation tomorrow morning. Singapore Traffic Police, announcing this yesterday, appealed to all motorists lo follow the directions of traffic policemen who will be on duty tn guide them.42 words
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Article49 1956-08-11 3 INCHE Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee. former secretary of the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board and assistant secretary (Political) to the Chief Secretary, left Singapore yesterday by PAA to the United States on a Leadership Grant. He will be away from the Colony for three months.49 words
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114 1956-08-11 3 Cocktail In Honour Of Noted Pianist A GREAT part of the Singapore music world was present last night at a cocktail party at the home of the Acting Consul-General for Belgium, M. Gaston Jennebelly, to hcnour Mme. Florence Margue-Wong, celebrated Singapore-born pianist and Professor of Piano at the Luxembourg Conservatory114 words
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Advertisement174 1956-08-11 3 Pedioiiee O BABY CARRIAGES No. 44 "Sunkar" J^V^r-^L t I Gives absolute comfort and m protection, other features lls'*Si__ts''£_!__J___*^'«=___F include soft uphoistery m I iCS-^^^*%is»^ S washable plastic cloth, light ___TA steei t-ome, reversible vl_V handle and han.-brake. §^J *^*W^___%j_!_f^__sr l^k^H^^sr-^^^ As popular ea ever. In attroc- S spoke wheei».174 words
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Article710 1956-08-11 4 LOSES APPEAL BUT HE'S A FREE MAN AmLottery Boss Who Gave Inspector $100 Has Sentence Cut PENANG, Fri. Ooi Phee Keat, a Settlement land owner who operated a character lottery on a "considerable scale," was presented with claims totalling: nearly $300,000 from punters holding winning ticket No. 1018 m a710 words
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Article168 1956-08-11 4 Mystery Posters Flood Penang PENANG, Fri. UMNO circles m Penang are completely m the dark as to who are the organizers of the present campaign for Penang's union with Kedah. Commenting on the action of local Malay elements who have put up posters m the town and kampongs advocating such168 words
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Article97 1956-08-11 4 5 Traffic Offences $235 Fine SINGAPORE Traffic Magistrate. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam, yesterday described a drunken driver as "a perfect menace on the road." S. T. Mcßath. of the Royal Signals, was fined a total of $235. and disqualified from driving for a year, when he pleaded guilty to five97 words
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Article59 1956-08-11 4 BUTTERWORTH, Fri.— Police here want to trace a military truck which collided with a car at Bagan Luar Road m front of the Butterworth Recreation Club at midnight last night. The driver of the car. an Indian, was slightly injured though the car was a complete59 words
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Article, Illustration70 1956-08-11 4 MR. Hector McCurrach. Musical Director of Harrow, is this year's examiner for the Federation from the Associat -d Board of the United Kingdom Ro\al School of Music. The Malayan music ex- aminations began m Kuala Lumpur on Jr!y 31 and will end on Aug 22. Mr. MeCurrach wiliYong Peng Seong - 70 words
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Article, Illustration88 1956-08-11 4 FIVE delegates from youth organizations m Singapore and the Federation are spending one month m Britain as guests of the Colonial Office. The party comprises: Miss Yeo Bee Hwa (Singapore), Miss Dorothy Sibert (Federation), Mr. Henry Tan Hoaye Gie (Singapore), Mr. P. Wong Tai Chong (Federation),88 words
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Article160 1956-08-11 4 PENANG, Fri. For several hours this morning, the Reid Constitutional Commission heard oral evidence from the Straits Chinese British Association, the Maiayan-born Indian Association, the Penang Malay Association and the Europeans Domiciled m Malaya Association. i The President of the Malayan Chinese Association here,160 words
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Article52 1956-08-11 4 STUDENTS who have passed the final degree examinations of the University of Malaya c_n now submit their applications for the 1956 Queen's Scholarships and Fellowships to the Director of education. P.O. Box 746. Singapore, before August 31. Applications must be submitted on Government forms obtained from the Ministry52 words
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Article80 1956-08-11 4 Planter's Cheque For Hassan HASSAN bin Abdullah, the driver of Singapore millionaire, Mr. Ng Quee Gam, who was kidnapped with his towkay recently, called at The Singapore Standard office yesterday and collected a cheque for $25. The cheque was sent to this office by Selangor planter. Mr. R. A. E.80 words
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Article161 1956-08-11 4 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 RSS Spot (nom.) 102-. 102} August No. 1 R.S.S. 102 i 1022 No. 2 R.S.S. (nom.) 971 08. No. 3 R.S.S. (nom.) 96. 27 Tone: Very steady. S POKE TIN The price of tin161 words
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Article29 1956-08-11 4 MR. A RAJADURAI. technical assistant of the Central Electricity Board. Kuala Lumpur is leaving this week for Britain to take up a three year course m engineering.29 words
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Article401 1956-08-11 5 That's How PPP Describes Govts Policy On Red China Visits IPOH, Fri. The Peoples Progressive Party of Malaya today described the Alliance Government's policy on visits to Communist China as a form of brain control." In a front page article m the Party's monthly news magazine,401 words
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Article, Illustration267 1956-08-11 5 The Mechanical Genius That Hands Out Cash R C B B V, Hollywood's i .jper-intelligent robot m the coming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cinemascope film "Forbidden Planet," is a mechanical genius who "thinks, talks and demands," but Singapore's paper-and-wire equivalent of Robby goes one better —he dishes out cash as well. Before the267 words
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Article70 1956-08-11 5 A SINGAPORE Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. yesterday offered $50,000 bail to Chia Ah Kwee, who claimed trial to a charge of being m member of an unlawful secret society. Chia is alleged to be a member of Sa Ji secret society. He was arrested at 4.1570 words
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Article63 1956-08-11 5 LEADING signalman of H M.S. Terror, Ronald Patrick O'Byrne. 26. was fined a total of $200 and had his driving licence endorsed, m the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday, when he was convicted of three traffic offences. O'Byrne was found guilty of three offences— failing to stop, failing63 words
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Article188 1956-08-11 5 Threat To World Tin Markets LONDON. Aug. 10 (Reuter) The Suez Canal crisis and the possibility of Malayan and Nigerian strikes represent serious threats to the stability of world tin markets, according to Strauss and Company, prominent metal merchants m their monthly review. Roughly two-thirds of the world's tin is188 words
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Article39 1956-08-11 5 NIBONG TEBAL, Fri. Sixty members of the newly formed Junior British Red Cross Unit here were enrolled by Mrs. R. C. Bingham, wife of the Resident Commissioner, at a simple ceremony on the Anglo-Chinese School padang.39 words
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Article84 1956-08-11 5 Summons For Strikers And Boss THE management and *':.king employees of a hair dressing saloon m Upper Circular Road, have received •ummonses asking them to «how cause why they should n°* be bound over for not keeping the peace. Six of the il employees have been on strike for over84 words
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Article60 1956-08-11 5 MAX Meng Tat and Sin Ah Mun were charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with the murder of Ong Ah Huah, near the junction of Kampong Bahru Road and Bukit Teresa Road, at 4.40 p.m. on July 2. The charge was read and explained to60 words
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Article, Illustration14 1956-08-11 5 4VAIUW EYIBYWHUL lARtf PACK 85 owts. MEDIUM PACK 45 cents.14 words
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297 1956-08-11 5 _______.i__ X LA iH_ LL PUR Frf. Emergency restrictions ended for 14,000 more people m Pahang this morning with the declaration of another 712 square miles m the south-west corner of the State as "White." i The two areas covered by the declaration297 words
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Article141 1956-08-11 5 Ministry Steps Into Gas Row THE Singapore Labour Ministry yesterday stepped into the dispute between the City Council and its 400-strong Gas Department Workers' Union. The dispute is over improved conditions of service. Mr. J. D. H. Neill, principal assistant Labour Commissioner, told The Standard that his department has arransed141 words
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Article36 1956-08-11 5 HONGKONG. Aug. 10 Special Standard Service: Closing price of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.12 to £1 Sterling; $6.0775 to US$l; $1,835 to Malayan $1; $0,190 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $263,875 to a tael.36 words
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Article79 1956-08-11 5 MORE than 10,000 people have so far signed the petition asking the Singapore Government to retain the services of an expatriate Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. The prime mover of the campaign, Mr T. A. Simon, disclosed this to The Standard yesterday. He said the79 words
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Article56 1956-08-11 5 CANADA will be supplying $300,000 worth of technical equipment for trade schools m Burma within the next two months, the Canadian Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. Melville P. Carson, said yesterday. Mr. Carson returned to the Colony after a three-week visit to Rangoon and Bangkok. His56 words
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Article132 1956-08-11 5 Five-Point Policy For Malaya LONDON. Aug. 10 (Reuter) A new five-point policy for Malaya has been proposed m a pamphlet on Malaya publish, cd here by the Movement for Colonial Freedom. The Movement proposed as a basis for peace, "that an end be negotiated to fighting against Communist insurgents; that132 words
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Article178 1956-08-11 5 An Assistant For The Aging Dato? KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. An extra ordinary general meeting of the general committee of the Malayan Chinese Association has been called for Sept. 14 to consider whether a chief lieutenant was needed to assist the aging Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. its president. At a general178 words
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82 1956-08-11 5 FORTY-TWO boys and five officers of the First Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade, yesterday, -left for a week's tour of the Federation. They will visit Malacca, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh and Penang. and return to Singapore, on Aug. 18. The tour is to82 words
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408 1956-08-11 5 SHORTLY after his arrest m connection with the abduction of a wealthy Colony merchant, a man confessed before a magistrate, the Singapore Assizes was told yesterday. The man. Teo Eng Bee, 27, stood accused before the Chief Justice Mr. John Whyatt, Q.C.. of kidnapping408 words
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162 1956-08-11 5 On 3 Cheating Counts $1,000 Bail SEREMBAN, Fri— Hasbulla bin Kian, 27. former member of the Malay Regiment, was today charged m the Sessions Court on three counts of cheating three shop-keepers of brandy and cigarettes, worth $1,420.27. The Court was told that Hasbulla went to Messrs. Nam Lee Long162 words
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Article447 1956-08-11 6 week's international conference on the Suez Canal seems already doomed to failure. The Soviet Government's full-scale entry into the scene as a supporter of President Nasser's seizure of the Canal has taken the usual Kremlin shape of wrangling for an opening to sway the conference against Britain and447 words
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Article475 1956-08-11 6 'PHE Police drive against secret society mem- bers. gangsters and those who live m the twilight regions of Singapore is cramping the style of these harpies. They are hiding m their rat-holes fearing their tattoo marks will give them away. There should be no hiatus m this war475 words
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Article619 1956-08-11 6 Angela Croome - LURE OF THE ANTARCTIC Angela Croome By PARIS. AUGUST m Paris is usually very hot. This year it is cold. Figuratively, it is far colder, however, about zero degrees. Antarctica has been brought tp Paris. Assembled last week at the Institut d'Astrophysique are delegates from 11 countries, including the United619 words
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Article685 1956-08-11 6 ASTER GUNASEKERA - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA "TJAILY there is mounting evidence of the superlative hypocrisy m the blandiloquence of communal and political leaders who wish the world to believe that the three major communities m the country are the modern version of the famous Three Musketeers "One for685 words
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Article1077 1956-08-11 6 JAMES MORRIS - THE CAFE WITH Two Doors JAMES MORRIS ty THE walled city of Nicosia is bisected by a barbed wire barrier dividing the Greek and Turkish communities rather as the armistice line separates Jews and Jordanians m Jerusalem, and with precisely the same purpose. At one place on the wire, however,1,077 words
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Article482 1956-08-11 6 Sir; The attention of my Committee has been drawn to the attack made on the Tin Mining Industry by one of the Senior Forest Officers, Mr. Collin Marshall, m the Malayan Forester." The Tin Mining Industry calls for the encouragement of prospecting and for more482 words
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Article203 1956-08-11 6 Sir; I read with amused interest that the "Singapore trade unions, social and cultural organizations, will meet on August 19 to formulate plans for a war against strip shows, and magazines and Journals that exploit sex." All this is very flne but if one believes that this203 words
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Article92 1956-08-11 7 TOKYO. Aug. 10 ,Rr uter) Announced as service to mothers of the world, three airline companies here today, scheduled far Aug. 16, 3 n International diaper (hanging competition, m h'u-h Chinese, Japanese md American air hos--<fv will use Chinese. Japanese and American rubies as92 words
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Article204 1956-08-11 7 A Classic For Marilyn LONDON. Aug. 10 (AP) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced tcday it has mdd Marilyn Monroe to play the title role m Lysistr.ua. the classic Greek comedy, on radio. "Miss Monroe." said one of her press agents, "is thinking it over." I -.rata is a play204 words
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Article66 1956-08-11 7 SAO PAULO. Brazil, Aug. ll (AP)— A 15-day-o!d and so far unnamed baby girl today as the winner of the 2 'i.OOO cruzeiro sweepstakes cr^-.vn on the Gran Premio of Brazil horse race. She is the daughter of A*, edis and Maris Asdurian. The baby's66 words
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Article56 1956-08-11 7 WARSAW. Aug. 10. (Reuter) —The Development of Tele\ i- one of the subjects to re dL-russed by a conference of tne International "Jelecommuni--03 Advisory Committee I opened here yesterday. c hundred delegates from 4n countries including Japan. and Pakistan are at- this technical confertaci m the56 words
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Article375 1956-08-11 7 NASSER FORMS 'LIBERATION ARMY' (Merging National GuardA Youth Legions, Volunteers I Shapely Lipsticked Egyptian Women On Training List CAIRO, Aug. 10 (AP)— President Nasser issued a decree yesterday creating a "national liberation army" merging the national guard, youth legions and other volunteers. The decree announced that the new "liberation army"375 words
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156 1956-08-11 7 Eden Another Hitler, Says Editorial CAIRO. Aug. 10 (AP) Cairo morning papers today sharp. y attacked British Premier Sir Anthony Eden for his assertion that President Nasser is not supported by his own people and other Arabs m the Suez crisis. The influential morning paper Al Akhbar called Sir Anthony156 words
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Article25 1956-08-11 7 JAKARTA, Aug. m (UP)— Forty-six acrobats from Red China tumbled into Jakarta today for a three-month tour of Java, the Ce.ehes and Bali.25 words
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Article51 1956-08-11 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 CAP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulle.s said today President Eisenhower called a Sunday meeting with congressional leaders on the Suez Canal crisis because the President "feels very strongly about sharing responsibility with Congress, particularly if there should be any risk of51 words
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Article26 1956-08-11 7 COLOMBO. Aug. 10 (AP) Premier Solomcn Bandaranaike told the Ceylon House of Representatives last night that international control of the Suez Canal is untenable26 words
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Article35 1956-08-11 7 MCYO, Aug. 10 (AP) *een former Imperial JapaAr:n.v officers— including no once fought the Chi••'e Communists— left for Red "■■"•a last night to inspect "*nese forces at the invita- of Premier Chou-En-lai.35 words
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Article, Illustration57 1956-08-11 7 photo. PAINTER Pablo Picasso (left) and French poet Jean Cocteau (right) are embraced by Lilou Paris, a dancer from the "Lido" of Paris, as they watch a bullfight at Valauris. Southern France, on Aug. 5. The bullfight was the third arranged by Picasso, who stipulate thatA.P. - 57 words
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204 1956-08-11 7 Formosa— A Rampart Against Red Hordes TAIPEI, Aug. 10 (Reuter) Nationalist Chinas Premier, Mr. O. K. Yui, warned a visiting Australian Parliamentary mission tonight, that Formosa was a "rampart against the sweeping down of Communist hordes on the Chinese mainland towards South-east Asia and the South Pacific." a dinner m204 words
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Article75 1956-08-11 7 LANSING. Michigan, Aug. 10 (AP).— Nurse Mrs. Elizabeth Berry was near the end of her 9 to 11 p.m. hospital shift when to her horror, her husband and si-month-old son were wheeled into the emergency room. The baby. Michael, died six hours later. The husband, Joseph75 words
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Article27 1956-08-11 7 TAIPEI, Aug. 10, (AP)— Liu Chia chu, Chinese Nationalist Consul-General at Hanoi, died here last Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 57.27 words
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Article56 1956-08-11 7 VIENNA, Aug. 10. (AP)— J Fear of a surgical operation caused an Austrian farmhand to burn himself to death, police said yesterday. While on his way to a hospital, the 61-year-old tractor driver, Johann Milos. placed himself on a heap of straw, struck a match and56 words
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Article35 1956-08-11 7 NEW DELHI. Aug. 10 (Reuter) Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. India's Minister without portfolio will lead t'# Indian delegation to the Condon conference on the Suez Canal, it was announced here today.35 words
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Article28 1956-08-11 7 BARCELONA. Spain. Aug. 10. (AP) Twenty-nine ships of the U.S. 6th Mediterranean Fleet are to visit this port during August, Barcelona naval authorities announced yesterday.28 words
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Article28 1956-08-11 7 OTTAWA, Au?. 10. (AP)— The Canadian Government is considering opening new trade offices m Hamburg. Colombo. Los Angeles and Teheran. Trade Minister C.D. Howe said yesterday.28 words
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Article31 1956-08-11 7 NEW YORK. Aug 10, (UP)— The Aluminium Company of America and the United Steel Workers' Union signed a threeyear co-strike contract yester 7 day ending a nine-day strike.31 words
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Article34 1956-08-11 7 SANTA MONICA. California. Aug. 10. (AP) A six-pound daughter was born yesterday to singing star Rosemary Clooney, wife of actor Jose Ferrer, m St. Johns Hospital. The baby was named Maria Providencia.34 words
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Article164 1956-08-11 7 CUSTOMER DRANK ?6 MARTINIS AND DIED 1 DAYTON, Ohio. Aug. 10 (AP) A husky, 25--year-old man won a $60 (Malayan) wager that may have cost him his life, coroner Dr. Robert E. Zipf disclosed yesterday. Dr Zipf's deputy. Robert A. Clark, said Louis164 words
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177 1956-08-11 7 AHMEDABAD, Aug. 10 (UP)— Police fired today into rampaging mobs protesting against the Indian Government's decision to include Bombay City m the bilingual state of Maharashtra. One person was reported killed and another injured, bringing the toll to 13 dead and more177 words
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Article, Illustration91 1956-08-11 7 photo. MMMMMM Thousands of Egyptians 1 of all ages volunteered C m the youth legions to 5 5 receive military training and be ready to "repel 5 any aggression" against Egypt which may result 2 from the Suez Canal I j crisis. First to receive 2 2 theirA.P. - 91 words
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Article80 1956-08-11 7 CANBERRA. Aug. 10 (Reuter) Australian aid under the Colombo Plan for development m South and South-east Asia >n the next financial year will be £A4,700,000 the same level as last year, an authoritative source said today. The source said the cabinet's decision was a triumph80 words
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Article36 1956-08-11 7 JOHANNESBURG. Aug. 10 (AP) Twenty thousand African women, some m tribal dress and others m smart European clothes, converged on government headquarters, m Pretoria yesterday to protest regulations requiring them to carry identity' books.36 words
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Article90 1956-08-11 7 LONDON. Aug. 10. (AP)— Esther Williams today ordered a new and tighter fitting bathing suit after the one she was wearing slipped off her trim figure before several thousand people. Performing her act at Wembley Pool, Miss Williams dived m. felt a strap pop and90 words
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88 1956-08-11 7 QUEEN TO SEE 'INVITATION TO THE DANCE' LONDON. Aug. 10 Edinburgh Film Festival authorities announced today the Queen has chosen to see "'lnvitation To The Dance" at the festival performance. The Queen will attend with the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret on Aug. 20. This will he the first88 words
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Article76 1956-08-11 7 LONDON. Aug 10. (AP*— The death of Mrs. Dimitri Mavroleon, 40. race-horse owner and prominent figure m British social life, m an automobile accident on the FrenchSpanish border was reported by her family here yesterday. She was a sister-in-law of Basil Mavroleon. Greek ship owner who76 words
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Article158 1956-08-11 7 SIMCOE. Ontario, Aug. 10 (AP)— A little girl, frantic with terror yet helc* fast by a foot jammed m a railway crossing, was killed yesterday by a speeding passenger express locomotive Elizabeth Stefan, three, had been walking with tobacco farmer Andy Szahoda to pick158 words
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Advertisement93 1956-08-11 7 TO ENSURE J you get the best I 2L- jmorphyrichards from your /^^mtw^ 1 /^fgp IBON Wjjl TOASTER ol*^or HAIR X W^ DRYER j have it serviced by Bn electrician" take it to t he new n p T a, i y framed for r h *l I Kichards equipment93 words
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Article, Illustration85 1956-08-11 8 13,000 Scouts Attend Jamboree KARUIZAWA, JAPAN: The 13.000 Japanese and foreign Boy Scouts representing 12 countries participating m the four-day Fourth Japan Boy Scout Jamboree here, march past Crown Prince Akihito during a review. The Crown Prince is seen standing under the canopy (m white suit, left) accompanied by JapaneseUP - 85 words
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Article106 1956-08-11 8 UNITED NATIONS (New York). Aug. 10 (UP)— Britain charged yesterday that Cypriot terrorists murdered 17 civilians and wounded 11 m Cyprus during July. A British delegation spokesman made the charge m a statement replying to a Greek assertion that Britain "will have to answer" at106 words
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217 1956-08-11 8 He Hasn't Slept A Wink For 30 Yrs. MANILA, Aug. 10 (UP)— A father of nine m Mindanao, southern Philippines, has been awake during 30 of his 40 years and is willing to give away all his worldly goods if only he could go to sleep. Mabiano Geonzon, who works217 words
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425 1956-08-11 8 16 Nations Discuss Ban On Nuclear Weapons NAGASAKI, Japan, Aug. 10 (UP) Delegates from 16 nations today, discussed worldwide campaigns to outlaw nuclear weapons, bring relief to Abomb victims and win world peace on the second day of the second world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs. On their agendas425 words
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Article69 1956-08-11 8 FORT BUCKNER, Okinawa. Aug. 10 (AP) Sverre Holth, Canon of the Singapore Episcopal Church, who was evacuated from, a Norwegian ship off Okinawa, underwent a successful emergency abdominal operation at the U.S. Army Hospital here, the Army said on Friday. A U.S. Air Force crash rescue boat evacuated69 words
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Article159 1956-08-11 8 East Sumatra Strike JAKARTA, Aug. 10 (UP) Railway and telephone communications m East Sumatra halted today as 3,300 employees of the Dutch-owned DeU Railway Company went on a two-day strike. The employees, members of the S.B.K.A. Railway Workers Union, were demanding a 30 per cent increase159 words
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Article110 1956-08-11 8 NICOSIA, Aug. 10 (Reuter) An explosion which shook Nicosia just before dawn today was found to have come frorrl a time bomb at a forces clufci where two other time bomoi exploded last night. The pre-dawn explosion was m the garrison club. It caused slight110 words
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Article112 1956-08-11 8 TOKYO, Aug. 10 AP>— Police on Thursday arrested three ultra-nationalists who claimed they were planning to blow up the United States Embassy here. I The three members of the right-wing "Japan Volunteer Army" and "Anti-American Rangers" were held on charges of illegally possessing dynamite112 words
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Article70 1956-08-11 8 CAIRO, Aug. 10 (Reuter)— Egyptian newspapers reported today that Dr. Savves Lcizides, a member of the Greek Parliament and the Cyprus Ethnarchy's representative m Athens, who has arrived m Cairo, had assured the Egyptian authorities that Cyprus would not be used as a British base for hostilities70 words
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Advertisement124 1956-08-11 8 We invite you to a Volkswagen o m^—mmw mm W mm^ m^m^\! l^r^'^mwm\^mmYm^^m\^ i> wmmmmz^n^j*^^^^ammiMAt^'^^^ ■i 4f___^*^__r ~**mmm r_^mm^ffr^ < _i.t_"^_^^ -._if<_E GREAT -4 CWy*** r* GINE A re aR ___L__--4 CHAMPION MOTORS LTD. 304 ORCHARD ROAD I ALAN TICA. SUNGEI BESI RD. SINGAPORE TEL: ***** -nd KUALA LUMPUR. TEL:124 words
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Miscellaneous1081 1956-08-11 8 Standard cAinxanac Information at a Glance IB mmimmmmmml ~m)?2^m^+JZ 63 915 P-m- Big Combo 1130 mm m ww%wmrj^ Sl Prisoners of The Casbah I.M.Y-fA.DTrolfiiT TAIPING 11.30 am. s<*»ljroLUfM"Kiwi!V» LIDO: Semarah Pari: 10 a.m. 12.30. MOINT PMXMItf D^rlc fM'v S~ > RFV-&,SS? im» 10 am REX Fon Sai Yoke Ve W1,081 words
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Article225 1956-08-11 9 r\T course, you are going to learn to swim when 1 3 high tide this week-end. Everyone should know how to swim, for health, for plea«ure and for safety. If you are a beginner, the first important step is to overcome any fear of the water. Should you already225 words
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Article, Illustration524 1956-08-11 9 Lu-lu Cat meets a friend Lilian Lizard QNE day, Lu-Lu the Siamese cat was lying m the shade of the} house, feeling .rather lonely. Pom-Pom the poodle had taken his mistress for a nice long walk, and Jane was at school, and when Lu-Lu went into the kitchen to talk524 words
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163 1956-08-11 9 Stories for Children by Nurse Kathleen funny little chuckle (you didn't know lizards could chuckle, did you?) "Oh," the squeaky littlo voice said, "don't worry about a little thing like that. I was getting a bit tired of that tail anyway, getting too long for its body. I'll just grow163 words
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Article205 1956-08-11 9 Give Them Wings Change one letter m each word below to make an animal that can fly. Tbe answer to No. 1 is BEE. 1. See. 11. Wash. 2. Fry. 12. When. 3. But. 13. Crate. 4. Bark. 14. Turn. 5. Ten. 15. Pull. 6. Pinrh. 16.205 words
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Article38 1956-08-11 9 AN old woman went into a rT-V. draper's --hop m Copenhagen, Denmark, and asked for a new hat. "I buy all my hats here." she said. "WE STOPPED SELLING HATS 25 YEARS AGO," replied the assistant.38 words
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Article48 1956-08-11 9 A NEW YORK psychologist is organizing a "STUDIO OF COMPLETE FREEDOM" where customers may smash dishes, throw vases, tell off the boss or just talk about anything they like. There trill be tiro puppets, one male and one female, for visitors to scream at.48 words
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Article376 1956-08-11 9 with LANE HARD up for small talk at cocktail parties? Run out of tasty gossip for eleven o'clock coffee? Mention "dieting" to almost any group of people you meet, and you'll hardly be able to get a word m. Practically half of the people I meet at376 words
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Advertisement248 1956-08-11 9 The world famous family ot TIGER medicinal products i /____S__v> '^^s_te»_ *TBffV|"_.''"' J* f/__f_3____l ._^__fi^ *ts9^_r^f*_____. CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache Stomachache, Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache, Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL WORLD FAMOUS RADIO KEN W TELEFUIMKEIM LATEST DRY BATTERY248 words
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Miscellaneous84 1956-08-11 9 l.Cut out-f shapes If ke this from THIN ONBOARD. mtb r* l mmmftfg Cut across necks IJ on dotted lines \W ~.then hinge \W necks back onto j I heads with ADHESVETAPE. JH \y^~- PUT lAPE ON BACK 3. Number necks 10 5-31 and give them to the side of84 words
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Miscellaneous30 1956-08-11 9 Yesterday's Solution r c^^i£f^ c id^i___H__j^___j^l fy'vyj/f c j_r jf |j?m >|n<<rf I^ U 8888-*BI JB s BI^ Z .f^] i\c\f \%\#\Tmwlty\/*r^E\ l^lf-l/' /H^-H^Ttm"/ j^i^-l'f w|g| Another Puzzle On Monday30 words
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298 1956-08-11 10 S'pore Can Expect Wide Range Of Indo-China Products MISSION RETURNS WITH CONTRACTS SINGAPORE could expect a wide range of products from Cambodia and South Vietnam next year, the leader of the unofficial trade delegation to those countries, Mr. Tan Keong Choon, said on the mission's return to the Colony on298 words
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Article, Illustration111 1956-08-11 10 MALAYA can expect more varieties of Gevaert photographic films and paper m the near future. Mr. N. Verbiest, the export sales manager of the Gevaert factory said m Singapore. Mr. Verbiest, who flew into the Colony from Antwerp by the KLM for a fortnight's study of the111 words
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Article31 1956-08-11 10 UNITAC, LTD. announce the following July rubber crops: Malaka Pinda 118.700 lb.; United Malacca 128.324 lb.; Aver Molek 29.240 lb.; Leong Hin San Ltd. 44.000 lb.; Nyalas 38.--174 lb.31 words
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Article473 1956-08-11 10 Consuming Marts Short Of Rubber THE rubber market closed before the long week-end on a steady note with no particular indication of any urgency to buy. according to the weekly report of Holiday. Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd. On reopening on Tuesday. New York was found m the meantime to have473 words
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219 1956-08-11 10 THE Singapore Government should consider carefully all the practical aspects and implications of the proposal to provide protective tariffs for local industries, says Mr. Shum Kwai Hong of Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works, one of the leading manufacturers m Malaya. He was commenting on the219 words
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Article133 1956-08-11 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: August $26 buyers. $27} sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $41 sellers; coconut oil (drums) $432 sellers: Muntok white pepper $123; Sarawak white $122; Special Sarawak black $36. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: Straits mixed copra: August $265 buyers.133 words
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Article71 1956-08-11 10 THE world's largest cargo vessel— the tanker Universe _r ea x, er—was launched m Kure by National Bulk Carriers. Official Transportation Ministry figures listed the tanker as 815 feet long, 125 feet wide, 61 feet 3 ins m depth, gross weight 42.500 tons and deadweight 83.90071 words
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Article37 1956-08-11 10 MALAYAN Exchange Banks Association* buying rates to merchants yesterday were* Canada 32 (T.T.). 32 1/8 (OD 32 i/\6 credit bills and 324 trade bills (90 d/st) Selling rate: 31 5/8. Other exchange rates remained unaltered.37 words
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Article, Illustration102 1956-08-11 10 More than 3.000 cigarettes have been given away by The Malayan Cigarettes Manufacturers Ltd. to customers who called at the firm's stand at the Great World trade fair now going on m Singapore. The firm i s now launchin a a publicity campaign for its "Hallo",102 words
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279 1956-08-11 10 ONE of the most important advances m the ship, ping industry m the past ten years is claimed to have been originated by the Insurance Company of North America. It is a new method of ship stowage for crepe rubber, called "onend" stowage.UP - 279 words
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Article119 1956-08-11 10 THE industrials section of the Malayan share market were steadier with prices about unchanged, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday. Tin and rubber shares were quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Ords. 180 1.90 8.8 Pet 52/- 55/Metal Box.119 words
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Article83 1956-08-11 10 MAIIAYAN sharebrokers yesterday* reported the following business done: 88. Pet. 54 'A\: Gammons $1.92*. $1.90: Jacksons $1.32 i: Breweries $287.: Robinson ords $1.45; Cold Storage $1-45, $1.47_; Jacks $2.75. Ampat 7/8; Austral Amal 16/9 cd- Berjuntai 24/101. 25/-; Hong Fatt $1.13: X- Kamunting 6/6; K. Kampar 30/3.83 words
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Article115 1956-08-11 10 OUTER ROADS Chunchi. Estrella del Amor. Astafa. Procyon. Kota Agoeng, Anking, Aksaut, Sakensk, Sanana, Asphalion. Asdar. Aung Thetsa, Wheatfield. Plancius, Naera, Azov. Lotorium. Baud. INNER ROADS Aik Leong, Taype. Lampong. Hong Ming, Banganara, Tong Hai, Hibiscus. Hua Li. Giang Bee. Kah Kheng, Mainihine, Hua Heng. Resang, Marudu.115 words
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Article45 1956-08-11 10 NEW YORK. Aug. 9. <UP) Dow-Joones closing averagesSTOCKS: 30 Industrials 51 9 04 20 Rails 170 0 0 15 Utilities 70 95 65 Stocks 183.67 BONDS: 40 Bonds 94 79 The Dow-Jones commodity futures index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 159.34.45 words
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Article, Illustration81 1956-08-11 10 The function was held on Thursday to enable the Dominion's recentl> appointed Trade Commissioner, Mr. R.G. Hampton, and Mrs. Hampton, to meet the guests. Standaj-dpic shows Mr. Hampton (left), greeting the Chief Secretary. Singapore, Mr. W.A.C. Goode, who was among the guests. MORE than 100 businessmen, members81 words
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Article156 1956-08-11 10 Rubber Up On Better Sentiment SENTIMENT m the Singapore rubber market has changed for the better yesterday following the favourable reception of the British Prime Minister's speech, first grade rubber for August shipment closing very steady at 51. 02 J per lb., a rise of one cent on Thursday. Prices156 words
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Article226 1956-08-11 10 THE Singapore Polytechnic proposal to ofj employers' schemes for training office and factory workers was welcomed by local Chinese businessmen. Mr. Tan Siak Kew, the chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, observed that many firms had been sending their local staff overseas for training.226 words
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Article87 1956-08-11 10 Japanese Apply To Mine Iron KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Federation Government has received several applications from Japanese IndustriaJists for authority to revive the iron-muting industry m Johore. The Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry. Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said here today some of these appli 1 cations concerned87 words
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Article14 1956-08-11 10 THE output of Jimah Rubber Estates Ltd for July was 30.300 lb.14 words
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Article25 1956-08-11 10 AN exhibition of light machinery made In Japan will open on August 20 at the Japan trade centre here m New York.25 words
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Advertisement621 1956-08-11 10 NOTICES In The High Court Of The Colony Of Singapore Island Of Singapore Companies Winding-Up No 5 of 1956 In the Matter of UNITED CONTRACTORS LLMITED And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance, (Chapter 174). NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for the winding-up of tbe abovenamed621 words
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Advertisement234 1956-08-11 10 EXPECTED TODAY S_? fas A MM3 SYD/DARWIN 8.05 a.m. Malayan Airways MLI2I KL/MAL g 3 da A GA372 JAK 1135 am. Malayan Airways MLIOI PG/KL 12.45 pm. SSL S&S AMS/BKOK 1.15 pm. Q=n III SfS! LON/BKOK 1.50 pm. §n A r SSS SYD/JAK 230 p.m. OAC 8A963 HONGKONG 335 pm.234 words
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Advertisement802 1956-08-11 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. l,t 33*23/*. 265*1/4 mahmmam mmmgt THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE HOtTM AMERICAN SERVICE T. Halifax. Monfr.aL Bostoo. New Tork, ialtimore. Philadelphia 6 Cult Pott*. P- Slum Penang rOLVPHIMUS *29A. t /4 Sept 5/6 Sept 7/8 Sept ANTILOCHUS 9/14 Oct 15/16 Oct 17/1S Oct Centers option to proceed802 words
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Advertisement1083 1956-08-11 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 118 lines) ilnco»poi_t._ m Singapoi.) (12 lints) Shying Jjjj. BLUE FUNNEL L NE tea.., Cm Oept. Uinats option to proceed via ethei ports to load and dischait. cargo SAILINCS te LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENT Singapore. Maron tor Avonmouth b P,M Liverpool C1,083 words
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Advertisement922 1956-08-11 11 MITSUI |J) LINE Spore P. Shorn Penonp FOR JAPAN rrorr Indio Fujikowo Moru tor Moji, Kobe, Yokohama 24 Aug 20 Aug Axumosan Maru tor Yokohama, Kobe Moji 23 Aug Amagison Maru tor Yokohama, Kobe, Moji 25 Aug FOR JAPAN trom Continent Mogamisan Maru tor Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe via Hongkong 12922 words
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Advertisement750 1956-08-11 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soiling* tot Bangkok and/or Par last. Penong P Sham S'pora "PANAMA" 12/14 Aug 15/17 Aug 18/20 Aug "SUMBAWA" 17/20 Aug "JUTLANDIA" 1/3 Sept 4/6 Sept 7/9 Sept HOMEWARDS Sailings tot Genoa. Antwerp. Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen. S'pora P. S'hom Penang -SELANDIA" '9/20 Aug 21/21 Aug 22/23 Aug750 words
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Article66 1956-08-11 12 THE Chinese V M CA.. Sin_rar»ore. invites entries for their first annual badminton championships to be held next Thursday-. Friday and Saturday. Entries close on Monday .r.d the draw for the championshios will take place at the Association's premises at 530 cm. on the same day. The66 words
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Article, Illustration110 1956-08-11 12 Dr. J. F. Lopez - Dr. J. F. Lopez. kg MEET St. Joseph's Insti■>.'s crack 4 X 110 yards relay team which recently won five Singapore interschools relay races in a row. From left to right: Douglas Xonis, Hilary de Souza, Ivor Klassen and Wong Hong Whye. This team has the distinction of having clocked110 words
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Article27 1956-08-11 12 KUALA I.UMPUR. Friday— Selangor PWD Sport* Club will meet their counterparts from Pahang m the annual cricket ma-ch on Sunday on the Cheras Road erour.ri.27 words
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Article99 1956-08-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The seventh annual athletic championships of the Selangor Chinese will be held on the Coronation grounds here on Saturday and Sunday. More than 147 athletes are taking part Entries include Chong Kok Wat. state sprint and jump champion. Lee Kah Fook. Scow99 words
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Article38 1956-08-11 12 RAF. Tengah trounced Jollilads 7-0 m a SAFA Div. 3A league soccer match played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. Scorers for R.A.F. Tengah were Clooney 2. Temper ton 2. Cartwright 2 and Menzies.38 words
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184 1956-08-11 12 Poor Finishing Cost PWDSC This Match KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Selangor Chinese Athletic Association (Chin Woo) gave a sparkling display to beat Public Works Department Sports Club 3 l m an exciting Football Association of Selangor division one league match on the Taylor Road ground today. P.W.D. had an even share184 words
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75 1956-08-11 12 High School Win Schools' Badminton MALACCA. Fri. After a lapse of three years, the interschool badminton tourney which resumed last week, ended up yesterday with High School as this year's champion. In the deciding fixture. High School edged Anglo-Chinese School by three games to two. Results of the infer-school badminton75 words
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Article50 1956-08-11 12 KAJANG. Fri. The sixth annual athletic sport? of the Ulu Langat District Combined Indian Schools will be held on Sunday, on the padang starting at 10 a.m. Athletes from 20 schools will take part m the meet. Five challenge cups have been offered for the competition.50 words
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Article178 1956-08-11 12 DETROIT. Aug. 10. (Reuter) Oshio Oyakawa won the final of the men's 100 metres backstroke m one minute 5.2 seconds two-tenths of a sec-ond faster than his own Olympic record m the U.S. Olympic swimming trials here last ni^ht. Oyakawa, of Hawaii, holds the world 100 yards178 words
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459 1956-08-11 12 Austin, Kesavan Misman Ali Are Fighting Fit THE boxers of 30 Bn RAOC will have a lot to worry about when they meet the Rest of Singapore on Aug. 24. At SABA'S trials last night, Colony boxers Austin Dunsford, V. Kesavan and Misman Ali showed that they are ready to459 words
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Article207 1956-08-11 12 SINGAPORE Kerala Samaiam will hold their annual athletic sports m connection with the Onam festival celebrations on St. Joseph's Institution ground on Sunday. Aug. 26 at 2.30 p.m. The meet, which is open to Malayalees m Singapore. consists of the following events: Boys, Div. "A"207 words
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Article, Illustration78 1956-08-11 12 THE Base Accounts Office, Royal Air Force Chanai Tua-of-Wnr Ton™ fully represented the Royal Air Force against the Navl 2nd __rm« fJ_ m «5 w^T**on Saturday, Aug. 4 during the Combine? Services vs l" Civilians 7on Son S n The trophies are the Inter-Serrices and Singapore Police Tua of Z78 words
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420 1956-08-11 12 Strong Selangor Schools Team For 'Tri' Athletics KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor Combined Schools, reigning champions, have picked a strong team to take part m the inter state schools athletic meet between Selangor, Malacca and Negri Sembilan on the King George V School ground at Seremban tomorrow. The Selangor team includes420 words
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Article, Illustration128 1956-08-11 12 TWO French bachelors, James Baudry. 32, and Rene Monteau. 37, will brave the elements including the Suez Canal crisis when they make their holiday trip to France m their Citioen 2 CV. Baudry. General Secretary of the French Chamber of Commerce m Saigon, and Monteau, a chemist, left Saigon on128 words
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Article55 1956-08-11 12 Calling For B 'ton Entries IPOH, Fri.— The Perak badminton championships will be held at the P.B.A. Hall from August 15 to September 9. Entries close on August 20. Intending competitors are asked to send their entries to Mr. Toh Goay Tat c/o Radio a nd General Trading. Ipoh. Entrance55 words
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Article, Illustration52 1956-08-11 12 Photo by LL7 Weng Kee. 51-year-old Perak Government Pensioner who won three titles at the 1956 Tennis Tournament recently concluded at the Selangor Coast Club, Klang, is pictured here with the trophies he won. He took the Men's Handicapped Singles, Veterans' Singles, and Veterans' Doubles partnering D. H. Gahan. LuiLui weng Kee - 52 words
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Article189 1956-08-11 12 No Special Centenary Race PENANG. Fri.— A suggestion that the Penang Turf Club be approached to hold a special centenary race was turned down at the fourth meeting of the Municipal Centenary Celebrations General Committee held here recently. The President of the Penang Turf Club. Dr Lee Tiang Keng, stated189 words
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Article79 1956-08-11 12 HE NETS 2 GOES OUT TAIPING Fri —Senior Leas <*• champions REME made favourites for the honours m KO soccer competition fo: Bayley Cup yesterday when they eliminated Kilat Club 3-0. They showed fine ball control and combination m the first ha I to score two goals througn Foster "and79 words
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Advertisement215 1956-08-11 12 Enter TODAY for PEPSI-COLA "TEST YOUR SKILL CONTEST" OVER 6,000 Each'of our'vehicles will be "carrying a transparent plastic case containing Pepsi Colo bottle tops Each case is guaranteed to X contain the same number of these tops. The object of the com- petition is for each competitor to examine a215 words
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Article307 1956-08-11 13 BENAUD HELPS ROUT WARWICKSHIRE BIRMINGHAM Aug. 10 (Reuter)- A fine spell of legbreak bowline by allrounder Richie Benaud, who took six wickets for 31 runs, helped XT Australian cricketer, gain their third victory over a county side here toEy when tta beat IVirwickshire by an innings307 words
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Article47 1956-08-11 13 LUMPUR. Fri.— The i were elected members Arious Games at the Youth Section sports I held here today. Sorrfr: Mr. K. S. Thesan. frirket: Mr. M. S. Navaratnam. Horkfv Mr. Victor Durairatnam' Badminton: Mr. R. Tharmarajah' Tiblp Tennis: Mr. TharumaChess: Mr. VV. W. Raja-47 words
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Article177 1956-08-11 13 LONDON. A»g. 10. (Reuter)— Cr "<e: results: M Nottingham. Nottinghambeat Derbyshire by four Derbyshire 162 and .econri'.v l-s-^B. Nottinghamshire M secondly 146 for six. \t Hot*. Sussex Somerset i- t vn, abandoned be0. rain. Somerset 394 for red and secondly 154 yen declared. Sussex 205 econdly eight177 words
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Article97 1956-08-11 13 Boiteux Recaptures Record PARIS. Aug. 10 (Reuter) Jean Boiteux. of France, recaptured the Men's European 1.500 metres freestyle swimming record here today with a time of 18 minutes 25.2 seconds on the first day of the French Swimming championships The official European record is held by Sandor Zaborsky, of Hungary,97 words
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208 1956-08-11 13 LONDON, Aug. 10 (AP)— The President of the Channel Swimming Association yesterday described a decision to ban Egyptian swimmers from the mass English Channel race as "thoroughly bad and one that is likely to hold up British sportsmanship to ridicule." Baron Freyberg, who won the208 words
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Article961 1956-08-11 13 JOHN COTTRELL - JOHN COTTRELL by [F the greatness of an athlete is to be measured only by the permanence of his records, then there has been no greater Olympian than the American Negro, Jesse Owens. After more than 20 years, he stiil holds the world record for the961 words
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247 1956-08-11 13 BROOKS REDLEGS STAY RIGHT IN BRAVES' SHADOW NEW YORK. Aug. 9 (AP) Brooklyn and Cincinnati staved right m Milwaukee's shadow with afternoon victories on Thursday while the National League leading Braves took on St. Louis m a twi-night doubleheader. Milwaukee went into the twinbill with a 1 1/2-game edge over247 words
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Article156 1956-08-11 13 Schoolgirls Crack US Swim Marks DETROIT. Aug. 10 (AP) School girls Carin Cone and Sylvia Ruuska and collegian Richard Fadgin joined m the wholesale destruction of American swimming records yesterday In the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. In the first three qualifying events of the day m a driving rain at156 words
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Article29 1956-08-11 13 BELGRADE. Aug. 9 (Reuter)— Yugoslavia beat China 4-0 m a soccer international before 30.000 spectators at the YugoslavArmy's Partisan Stadium here today. Yugoslavia led 1-0 at halftime.29 words
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Advertisement511 1956-08-11 13 CLASSIFIED ADS ANNOUNCEMENT AMOY CANNING SOY Sauce is known for its high quality and nutritious value Obtainable at 118 Cross Street. Tel: ***** or other Groceries. SITUATIONS VACANT VACANCIES exist at Royal Air Force. Changi and Seletar for Probationer or Junior Observers m the Air Ministry Meteorological Service. Successful candidates511 words
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Miscellaneous179 1956-08-11 13 \W\\ Abner By Al Capp •ffi^-~-==/-_^_--jj_g A\ 7 AM^-^NJ I AOH.HAPPVOAV.-r- k I 111 I If/. I V •_P^W'^_£//^___llL U SAFE, BUT J pr^U* AH KIN SEE WHUT^) .gg^ Wi ;l [Alley Pop By V. T. Hamlin The Heart Of Juliet Jones By Stan Drake W^-\^^^^^*^^^ ll MR. HENRI 6RCVE_tJ179 words
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Article, Illustration363 1956-08-11 14 Now Is The Time To Come To SAAA's Aid By Our Athletics Reporter FOUR days to go and the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association is still m need of funds to send their 67-strong contingent to Penang for the Malayan Games. r- In deciding to make the journey by bus. SAAA363 words
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Article, Illustration77 1956-08-11 14 Singapore's Mary Klass. m training with a bandaged foot (spiked accidentlv during a race recently) is .confident that it would not be a disadvantage at the Malayan Games next week. And she aims to accomplish the sprint 'double' her heart is set on. Watching Mary getting ready to tram are77 words
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Article53 1956-08-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR. FridayAfter trailing 2-1 at half time Selangor Sikh Union mflde a grand second half recovery to Seat Selangor Club 3-2 m a frie-.dly hockey match on the parang here today. Scorers for the Sikhs were Mohmdcr Singh. Manmohan Singh and Sukhdev Singh. Nunn Edmonds netted53 words
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Article219 1956-08-11 14 Awang, Hurt In Collision, Is Out A NOTABLE absentee it the Singapore Cycle j Racing Association's an-, nual 50-mile massed- 1 start road race to be\ held. on the Gap circuit, at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday will be Sulaiman Awang, the recent win-, ncr of the All-Malayan 1 64-mile road219 words
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Article38 1956-08-11 14 PENANG, Fri.— The band of the First Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, will play m on both days of the AAAM championships on Aug. 17 and 18 at the Municipal Sports Stadium.38 words
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LETTERS TO THE SPORTS EDITOR
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Letter316 1956-08-11 14 t While Litters Stay Behind... Sir: I have read with tnterest the story of INSUFFICIENT FUNDS for the weightlifters who are going to Indonesia. The thing that really beats me is that why m the world must four officials join the team for Jakarta. I cannot316 words
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202 1956-08-11 14 He Misses The Point Attacks A Miss Sir. Ex-Athletes letter m your issue of the Bth instant was most disgusting. In reply to "Choose Right" who calmly stated facts to prove that three girls Misses. A. B and C were better than the selected candidate Miss S. "Ex- Athlete" writes202 words
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237 1956-08-11 14 To Percy The Goals To Colony The 'Sixer' Singapore 6 Johore 0 PERCY Pennefather scored five goals— including a hat-triek when Singapore hit Johore for a 'six' m yesterday's inter-state hockey friendly on the Indian Association ground. I Ground conditions were not conducive to good hockey, but the players overcame237 words
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Article, Illustration619 1956-08-11 14 ALF Gover - ALF Gover csys front London WE have retained the Ashes but we haven't won the Test series yet! So I hope there ls no experimenting with the England team against Australia for the Final Test at The Oval. I understand the double act of Tyson619 words
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242 1956-08-11 14 At Last, Indons And Europeans Break The 'Duck' THE Europeans and the Indonesians broke their 'duck' m the Singapore Amateur Football Association community league yesterday. They played a two-all draw to score their first points m the competition at Jalan Besar stadium. Yesterday's match was the sixth for both teams242 words
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Article44 1956-08-11 14 NANYANO Siang Pau. Colony basketball champions, take on the visiting Mm Sin quintet from Taiwan m an exhibition match at the Singapore Badminton Stadium, at 8 p m. today. On Thursday, the visitors downed the Tuan Yoong cagers by 64-56.44 words
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Article21 1956-08-11 14 Singapore Hockey Association will hold their annual general meeting m the Singapore Recreation Club at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday.21 words
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Article199 1956-08-11 14 WINTERDRINA, winner of the D.R.B. 'Cup at the recent Penang meeting, has been promoted from Class Three to Class Two, according to the latest Straits Racing Association amendment list. Other transfers are: TRANSFERS From Class 3 to Class 2 HONEY BIRD. From Class 3 to Class 4 GEIFANG199 words
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Article150 1956-08-11 14 I DARUL Afiah scored a convincing 5-1 win over a -Dockyard "A" team m a SAFA junior euptie at Balestier Road yesterday. Darul Afiah. who led 2-1 «t half time scored three more goals m the second half without getting a reply Darul Afiah opened accounts through150 words
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Miscellaneous75 1956-08-11 14 SOCCER SAFA LEAGUE— JUNIOR CUPTIE: F.K.C. vs. Kota Raja at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m.: St. John's S.C. vs. Badan Kesenian at Geylang Stadium; Police "A" vs. Asion A.C at Police Depot. Div. 2A: CA. "A vs. Y.M.S.A. at Jalan Besar Stadium at 4 p.m. CRICKET FRIENDLY: S.C.R.C vs75 words
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