The Straits Times, 31 January 1956
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Title Section19 1956-01-31 1 *-y» 1 Q^ r *£l*iMEl£F AX.VI The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1956 15 CENTS Ik*****19 words
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Article406 1956-01-31 1 LESLIE HOFFMAN - LESLIE HOFFMAN Rahman won't get everything he is seeking on the 'plate of gold* after aU Hold-up over that grant and loan From LONDON, Monday. JHKRK were indications at Lancaster House that the Federation "merdeka" i mi^ht not after all get everything it feu isked for "on406 words
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Article223 1956-01-31 1 Marshall says: I may resign STRONG FORCES AGAINST FREEDOM* THE Chief Minister, x Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that "many strong forces' in Singapore were blocking the efforts of his Government to achieve independence. He told the Straits Times thai II the forthcoming London independence talks did not end satisfactorily,223 words
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Article49 1956-01-31 1 Robbers stab woman Two Chinese last night held up and stabbed Wong Siew Yang, 30, behind the Central Police Station, Singapore. The robbers took Wong's $300 gold necklace, but when they tried to take her gold bangles she put up a fight. She was taken to the General Hospital.49 words
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Article36 1956-01-31 1 With Chinese New Year only two weeks away, 200 Singapore butchers are demanding more pay for work on public holidays and Sundays. They began negotiation? yesterday with the Singapore Pork Merchants' Association.36 words
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Article38 1956-01-31 1 ABERGWYNFI, Wales, Mon. Two sisters, Mrs. Phyllis King and Mrs. June Miller, who became engaged on the same day, married on the same day, have both given birth to a daughter on the same day. Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article56 1956-01-31 1 ROME, Mon. The Italian Catholic Action movement has demanded the banning of the Paris show "Folies Ber- cere," due to open in Rome this week. One of the scenes, to which I the Catholic Church is said to have objected, is called •Woman's Hell" portraying briefly cladReuter - 56 words
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Article34 1956-01-31 1 LONDON, Mon.— lncreasing j hooliganism and criminality among Russian children is j causing widespread alarm, a j Soviet writer Mr. Gheorgy Tushkan, said in an article in the Soviet newspaper Trud. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article300 1956-01-31 1 INJURED MAN SWITCHED TO LORRY DISING flood waters at Kota Tinggi, Johore, yes- terday prevented an ambulance from taking a patient to Johore Bahru hospital for treatment. Rajah Gopal, a hospital assistant, injured his eye when a bottle of acid he was open- ing exploded.300 words
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Article, Illustration352 1956-01-31 1 SHARIFF AHMAD - SHARIFF AHMAD he was a widower /©r^/£Jrotfrs By |{"UALA LUMPUR, Mon. lv Fourteen hours after being given up as dead, a 70-year-old Malay housewife of Kuang, 18 miles north of here, recovered and asked in a faint voice: "Where am I?" Her husband, Ayob352 words
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Article83 1956-01-31 1 LABIS, Mon— The Joi horr floods have claimed I their second victim in exactly the same way as the first. The first death occurred on Friday when Mohamed bin Tabir, 25, a watchman on Chan Wing Estate, was swept away and drowned while crossing83 words
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Article34 1956-01-31 1 WASHINGTON. Mon.— Sir Anthony Eden arrived here today for three days of talks with President Eisenhower. He flew here from New York after arriving there this morning by the Queen Elizabeth. Reutar.Reuter - 34 words
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Article17 1956-01-31 1 TAIPEH, Mon. Wang Ting-pel was jailed here for four years for stealing a dog. A.P.AP - 17 words
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81 1956-01-31 1 TAPPER HURT AFTER SHOT AT FOOD CHECK POINT KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A rubber tapper was injured in the leg when a Special Constable fired a shot into the ground at a food check point outside Kuala Kubu new village, North Selangor. this morning. The tapper, Yee Fah Chin, 21, was81 words
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Article319 1956-01-31 1 AIMED at providing the Romanised Malay reading public with up-to-the-moment articles, stories and pictures on Malaya, South-East Asa and other countries. "Majallah Bulanan Malaya," a new, informative and entertaining magazine is on sale today. A special edition of the popular Malayan Monthly and published by the319 words
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Article171 1956-01-31 1 NEW BID TO END S.T.C. STRIKE THE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, made a new bid yesterday to end the strike by the 2.800--strong Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union. But union leaders, after meeting Mr. Marshall yesterday, decided to refer the matter to a general meeting of members. The171 words
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Article30 1956-01-31 1 TOKYO, Mon.— The Com- mumst Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai, said today: "We want peace but. .we are also not afraid of war," Peking Radio reported. A.P.AP - 30 words
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Article21 1956-01-31 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. A.K. a Beckett Terrell, a former I puisne judge in the Straits Settlements, died yesterday. I21 words
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Article72 1956-01-31 1 THERE AND BACK— BY WIRE VIENNA, South East France, Mon. Six thousand people watched a boy of 13 walk across the Rhone and back on a wire stretched high above the river more than 450 feet wide. The boy, Armand Eileano, comes from a family of wire walkers. But hisReuter - 72 words
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Article235 1956-01-31 1 Police arrest 35 strikers r PHE Singapore Naval x Base authorities had talks with union leaders representing the 9,000 striking employees yesterday afternoon a few hours after police had arrested 35 of the strikers. The 35 men who were al- leged to have obstructed vans taking contract labourers to work235 words
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Article45 1956-01-31 1 BONO KON<; COTTON: LONDON PROTEST lON DON. .Mon. Mr. Petal Thornrycroft. President of the Board of Trade, will receiv*- a deputation from Britain's 1 'otton Board to iIMM trading difficulties "caused by high imports of duty-free cloth from Horn: Kong and India." Kiuter.45 words
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Article193 1956-01-31 2 CEO U L, Mon. The commander of the South Korean counterintelligence corps, Ma-jor-General Kirn Chang Yong, one the most feared officers of the Army Was assassinated here this morning by two unidentified uniformed persons. A Defence Ministry spokesman said that when General Kim'.s jeepReuter - 193 words
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Article384 1956-01-31 2 HONG KONG, THE PORT HIGH ON THE WASHINGTON AGENDA Sir Anthony Eden will ask President Eisenhower during their Washington talks this week to agree to a relaxation of the trade restrictions now imposed on Communist China. Britain contends the restrictions are strangling theUP - 384 words
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130 1956-01-31 2 BALTIMORE. Mon. Eyewitnesses described today how "men became beasts" when fire set off a wild trampling panic at a church supper. At least 10 women died in the flaming melee. About 227 other people were injured and several were still reported missing.UP - 130 words
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Article, Illustration87 1956-01-31 2 SIR BERNARD DOCKER, the British millionaire. with Lady Docker at a press conference which he called at the Savoy Hotel, London, to complain about heavy taxation. The 60-year-old head of the Daimler car firm said he was "appalled by the administrative ir- responsibility that has madeAP - 87 words
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Article79 1956-01-31 2 LONDON, Mon.— Soviet explorers establishing a base in the Antarctic are turning their area into a bird reserve, with a ban on hunting, Moscow Radio said yesterday. The radio's special correspondent said scientists were already studying the weather, ice and local flora and fauna round their79 words
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Article25 1956-01-31 2 ABERDEEN, Mon. Two British trawlers rescued nine seamen from a German motorship yesterday as their crippled vessel sank in a Dounding gale.— U.P.UP - 25 words
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119 1956-01-31 2 PRAISE FOR REJECTING SOVIET PACT NEW YORK, Monday. \MR. ADLAI STEVENSON yesterday endorsed PreiTl sident Elsenhower's rejection of the friendship treaty proposed by Russia "I think the President's reply to the Soviet Premier, Nikolai Bulganln. is correct," he said. "The United Nations charterReuter - 119 words
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49 1956-01-31 2 BOMBAY: Police fired at a group of people who threw stones at them last night in central Bombay. Two were wounded. Fifteen people were arrested. This Is the first major Incident since last Monday when the city returned to normal after riots. —Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article19 1956-01-31 2 ALEXANDRIA: Four people were killed in a rainstorm that turned streets into canals and closed the harbour and airport.—U.P.UP - 19 words
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Article26 1956-01-31 2 CAIRO: Egypt has asked an extraordinary session of the Arab League to investigate Iraqi charges that Egyptians in Baghdad were recently involved in subversive activity.—A P.26 words
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Article20 1956-01-31 2 NEW DELHI: The Indian Government described as "alarmist rumours" reports that the Taj Mahal was in an unsound condition. Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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Article22 1956-01-31 2 BELGRADE: Yugoslavia may receive an invitation to send a delegation to the congress of the Soviet Communist Party, diplomatic sources said here.—Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article21 1956-01-31 2 CARACAS: A twin englned plane with 10 people aboard is believed to have crashed into the sea near the Venezuelan coast.—A.P.AP - 21 words
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Article22 1956-01-31 2 HONG KONG: A tug is preparing to refloat the Danish freighter BlntanK which ran aground on the Paracel Islands on Friday. —U.P.UP - 22 words
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Article16 1956-01-31 2 PRAGUE: The International Union of Students will hold its fourth world congress here In August.— Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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Article26 1956-01-31 2 KARACHI. Mon. Mr. Harhmarskjoeld, U.N. Secretary General, today called on the Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Mohamad All. for talks which lasted two hours. Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article25 1956-01-31 2 ROME, Mon. Sigtior Silvio Gava, Minister of the Treasury, was reported last night to have resigned in protest against its rising expenditures Beuter.Reuter - 25 words
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125 1956-01-31 2 $456-a-month couple told: You don't earn enough to wed LONDON. Mon. A 21-year-old clerk and his 17-year-old sweetheart, refused magistrates' permission to marry, said they will ippeal "and we may write to the Queen too." Reason for the Croydon magistrates' decision: She is too' young. And they don't have enough125 words
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Article195 1956-01-31 2 A PILL— AND IT'S YUM, YUM, YUM $1.75 it fills you for the djy LONDON, Monday qiHE nearest thing yet to the fiction writer's drea? A of a tablet to replace all other food will b« sale at the chemists today. It is a pale yellow powder which contains every195 words
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Article36 1956-01-31 2 LONDON Mon.— The Queen has approved the extension of the term of office of Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Gairdner as Governor of Western Australia for a further five years from Nov. 6. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article82 1956-01-31 2 LONDON. Mon. Mr. William Pallett, 66. is looking forward to free televiewing until he is 96. For he has been issued with a licence which is dated to expire by mistakeon October 31, 1986. A Post Office official said yesterday that the Post-master-General could revoke any82 words
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94 1956-01-31 2 Mad horse disrupts air traffic for 5 hours SYDNEY, Mon A MADDENED horn ran wild at Maxoi airport here today disrupting air traiiic hi five hours. International an 4 domestic airliners circled the field waiting for the runways to be cleared while the horse dashed madly about the aerodrome. AirportUP - 94 words
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Article39 1956-01-31 2 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon.-B The village of Vila TiqulaH in Maranhao state, eh I its name last week to J nopolis. In honour of Jusc- lino Kubitsch-k. who will cM inaugurated tomorrow as :'re- sident of Brazll.-A.P.AP - 39 words
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161 1956-01-31 3 SOON— ATOM PLANES, ATOM CARRIERS FOR the U.S. audear men: Mew a-weanon. in r *v- .^e, to m,^ tree worid 6reer WASHINGTON, Monday. m ic Energy Commission said today it dm -loping several new weapons which ill strengthen the defences of the free world." begun in Idaho on a stationaryUP - 161 words
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Article, Illustration37 1956-01-31 3 PRINCESS MARGARET at the premiere of the film "Helen of Troy" at the Warner Cinema in London, With her are Lord Cranville (nearer camera) her cousin and Lord Ogilvy. A.P. picture.AP - 37 words
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Article108 1956-01-31 3 T ONDON, Mon. Famous Ld regiments which won fame at Waterloo, the Crimea and the Somme may soon be able to add the names of second world war engagements to their battle honours. The War Office has announced that nearly 1.000 battle honours charting theReuter - 108 words
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Article20 1956-01-31 3 VIENNA, Mon. HungaI !x;:<rts are reported here to have develop- which looks but grows abundance of '-Re uter.Reuter - 20 words
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Article12 1956-01-31 3 Mon. Cornservices were lay on the ninth the assassinatma Gandhi.12 words
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Article69 1956-01-31 3 AUSTRALIAN STRIKE DRAGS ON SYDNEY, Mon. JTRIKIM, men and empty ships were |OV >l> paralysing AusIralia's economy today. 'hf dock strike is in its Some 27.000 dockers Iheir jobs last Sun- ">■ Tin s.iid that they ould n»t return until "«r pay was raised issl i* (ents an hour t069 words
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Article117 1956-01-31 3 Rubber ban: Ceylon not worried COLOMBO. Mon. T^HERE was no danger of ■1 Ceylon's rubber-for-rice contract with China being affected by any lifting of destinational control on rubber exports from Malaya, a spokesman for the Ceylon Rubber Commissioner said here. Such action, however, could have some effect when revision ofReuter - 117 words
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Article46 1956-01-31 3 VIENNA. Mon. The Austrian radio yesterday quoted well-informed sources in Budapest as saying that a former Hungarian Premier. Imre Nagy, had been expelled from the Hungarian Workers' (Communist) Party. After his purge as premier last April. Nagy was accused of Rightest deviation.— A.P.AP - 46 words
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Article23 1956-01-31 3 LONDON, Mon. The Commonwealth Antarctic expedition advance ship Theron reached Vahsel Bay today after a long entrapment in ice.— U.P.UP - 23 words
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Article308 1956-01-31 3 DOCTOR TOLD WOMAN: I AM DRUNK AS A LORD ONDON. Mon.— The kiss that Dr. James Watson Richmond cannot remember cost him £16. It was a kiss on the right cheek of 35-year-old Mrs. Isabella Whitelaw, mother of six children. And the £16 was308 words
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144 1956-01-31 3 GIRL FALLS— AND A SHIP SAILS IN TWO DOWN LONDON. Mon. When the troopship Empire Fowey docked at Southampton last night she was short of two passengers who embarked at Hong Kong. Set. Daniel Young 34, of the 14th. Field Regiment R.A., joined the ship for the homeward journey withReuter - 144 words
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Article273 1956-01-31 3 LONDON, Mon. GILT-EDGED and oils were the bright spots in a very dismal day in the stock markets. Incentive was lacking in the Industrial section and with the uncertain economic situation still the dominating influence buyers were again holding off. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including273 words
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Article26 1956-01-31 3 LONDON, Jan. 30. Spot 31 d., Mar. 31 \d., Apr-June 31Sd., July-Sept. 30d., Oct.-Dec. 29d.. Feb. c.l.f. 31' id., Mar. cj.l. 31',d, Tone: Very steady.26 words
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Article23 1956-01-31 3 LONDON, Jan. 30. Cash Buyers £788; Selerg £789; Forward Buyers £775'j; Sellers £776; Settlement £785. Turnover: a.m. 25 tons, p.m. 95 tons.23 words
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229 1956-01-31 3 'Missus Queen' is hailed in Lagos I AGOS, Mon. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh began their first full day of official state visit duties here today, resigned to African exuberance which sent a group of Nigerians Jumping gleefully into the lagoon. The Nigerians are wildly enthusiastic about theReuter; UP - 229 words
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Article37 1956-01-31 3 For the road BERLIN, Mon. An East German road was drenched in alcohol when 600 bottles of brandy in a lorry were smashed In a traffic accident near Suhl. a East German news agency said here ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Advertisement15 1956-01-31 3 Capture the atmosphere of Indonesia M A/RWAYS Off,,, tart UNK O» CHINA BUILDING .TeL 7»9-»»7/«,15 words
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Advertisement137 1956-01-31 3 MM I against PRICKLY HEAT Mi ECZEMA MS I and all other Ml TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES b aye R )i BEHN, MEYER CO. LTD., P. 0 Box 2000, Singapore. PATERSON. SIMONS CO. LTD., Kuala Lumpur, Penang. Just arrived The world famous Cerman made upright pianos BERNH. MAY BERLIN Established since137 words
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Article24 1956-01-31 4 PENANG. Mon. Cabaret girls here will sell flowers on Thursday and Friday to raise money for the Kuala Lumpur fire victims.24 words
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Article213 1956-01-31 4 A JUDGE WARNS: NO POLITICS BATU GAJAH, Mon. Mr. Justice Good said today at an inquiry into a clash between police and strikers at the Tronoh Mines last April that the inquiry was not a political forum and that he did not propose to allow it to be turned into213 words
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Article148 1956-01-31 4 rpHE Government is not X setting too high a standard by requiring that candidates for posts in Government service must have honours degrees, the Singapore Establishments Officer, Mr. I. D. Fraser, said yesterday. Although candidates for the British Civil Service need not have honours148 words
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92 1956-01-31 4 A LITTLE MATTER DELAYS THE TINY JEANNE PENANG.Mon. The tiny Jeanne Matilde. the ketch due to leave here for England this week, has been delayed by trouble with an even smaller craft. ■Our dinghy, it seems, is too bie to tit comfortably on the fore-deck," said its owner, Lewis King,92 words
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Article26 1956-01-31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. Justice Storr in the Supreme Court today admit!ted Mr. D. E. S. Chelliah to i the Bar of the Federation.26 words
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Article293 1956-01-31 4 ON THE TRAIL OP THE KLANG ROAD MOB (DOPE SMUGGLERS AND EXTORTIONERS)... NOW 'UNSOLVED 9 FILES ARE REOPENED— BIG MANHUNT CONTINUES KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. POLICE searching a large two-storey house in Klang Road, which they believe was the headquarters of a gang of opium smugglers,293 words
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Article53 1956-01-31 4 Armed men rob cloth trader BUKIT MERTAJAM. Mon. Two armed robbers held up a cloth merchant. Din bin Mohamed. at Kampong Belch Dua last night and transferred $300 worth of textiles to their bicycles after threatening him with knives. They also took $10 from him before riding off in the53 words
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Article51 1956-01-31 4 An assurance that the Singapore Workers' Union would always strive to settle trade disputes by negotiation rather than by strike action, except I against "uncompromising employers," was made by the president. Mr. P. R. Williams, at the union's general meeting yesterday. Mr. Williams was re-elect-ed51 words
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Article, Illustration49 1956-01-31 4 THIS HOUSE at the 3i mile Klanc Road was raided by police here last Wednesday after the attempted murder of Police Inspector K. Subbiah. It is believed to have been the headquarters of a cane of extortioners and kidnappers.— Straits Times picture.49 words
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102 1956-01-31 4 Goh Ah Yong, 21, a vegetable seller, and Tan Loon Tieng, 22, a motor mechanic, were yesterday charged in the Singapore First District Court with having under their control 10 subversive documents. The documents were found at No 120 Kolam Ayer Lane on102 words
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Article28 1956-01-31 4 RAUB Mon. Chan Foo Kiong. 19, a labourer was fined $300 or two months' jail yesterday for loitering 30ft. underground in the Raub Australian Gold Mine28 words
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108 1956-01-31 4 An elephant brings terror to 100 tappers KUALA TRENGGANU, Mon.— A wild elephant is terrorising more than 100 rubber tappers in the Kuala Brang area. The tappers are afraid to go to work. The slightest sound attracts the beast in a mad charge. The elephant has wrecked 30 acres of108 words
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Article83 1956-01-31 4 SHAWCROSS WINS APPLICATION Applications to exempt Sir Hartley Shawcross. Q.C., and Mr Geoffrey Cross, Q.C., from the usual requirements -f attending and receiving instruction in the office of an advocate and solicitor before admission to the Singapore Bar were granted in the High Court yesterday. The applications were opposed by83 words
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Article53 1956-01-31 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Central Electricity Board has awarded a special scholarship to an employee, Mr. V. R. Menon, to qualify as an accountant in England. Mr Menon, who will work with the Central Electricity Authority in London, will leave on Saturday. He will be away53 words
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Article152 1956-01-31 4 Pirates: Ships alerted 4 armed men i h speedboat gHIPS and other. sels in the Inner and Outer rJ were alerted to be on the look-ouf-a speedboat with armed men on boaw Search for th< gangsters has been c to the neighbouand^across the 81 The islanders have v. warned to152 words
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Article31 1956-01-31 4 Mr. Lee Siow cipal assistant to the p3 Relations Officer, on "The Singapore ie Council" at tomorrow's h cheon meeting of the Bhp pore Rotary Club at Cai; Hotel.31 words
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70 1956-01-31 4 BOMBS FALLING AND SUCH A NICE CAR, TOO... IPOH, Mon.— A formn patient of the Central Mental Hospital, On: Sing Boon, 24, charged with stealing a rar, told the magistrate's rouit here today: "I did not steal the car. I heard a loud ban: and thought that bomb* were coming.70 words
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473 1956-01-31 5 LIAR, SPECIAL BRANCH OFFICER IS ACCUSED Chief Justice: 'In camera? NO, say it in open court' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday rpHK Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles 1 \latheu. today rebuked a Special Branch officer tor jriving "an utterly false picture" of uhat happened in an ambush at Sungei Long in t473 words
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Article, Illustration93 1956-01-31 5 HEAVYWEIGHT wrestling champion of Japan, Rikidozan, flew into Singapore by Garuda Airways from Tokyo yesterday fit and confident for his "Orient title" fight against King Kong at the Happy World stadium on Feb. 4 The 275-lb. Japanese, who was dressed in a93 words
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173 1956-01-31 5 Man with a chip on shoulder is still trying C'NGAPORE'S only v -and-ehip merMr. Michael still trying for a Piy his wares within city seeing a he questioned the City Council's to refuse d-chip vans perperate at busy had no power V.r. Pillai said, c Frwd and Drue Iment Act173 words
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Article36 1956-01-31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Twenty-eight of the 35 work- Van Leer's steel m factory here went on Krtke today because the ment refused to rer of the employees wcked last week. I36 words
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Article, Illustration70 1956-01-31 5 JOJIANCB which B an ab °v,. the clouds er.ded in \J£**** al Ch K M.Bh. Wh n FU J hn w"ent Uils njarried to Ml Marie Noton. v tlr "jnet in 1953 when F/Lt. Knight was the navigator of a Hastings in70 words
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97 1956-01-31 5 P UT BOTH LEGS IN MALA YA, INDIANS ARE TOLD MAL ACrA M on.— A warn todiam about having Id India Mal »ya and one Mr. t :i!ls bee n Biven by Pr "sidcn. Menon, formei the Alor Gajah H r Mndattoa. such an attitude future bern no Bood In97 words
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Article74 1956-01-31 5 LONDON. Mon.— A resolution that the Chief Ministers of Singapore and the Federation should have recognised the Malayan Communist Party at the Baling talks was defeated by 42 votes to 17 at Malaya Hall here last night. The resolution was debated by Mr. Lan Page and Mr.74 words
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Article125 1956-01-31 5 Malacca plans a great welcome KIALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and other members of the merdeka mission to London are scheduled to return on Feb. 17. No plans have yet been made to welcome them. The secretary general of UMNO,125 words
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249 1956-01-31 5 NOBODY WILL PUT UP $1,000 FOR HIM GANGSTER, who was described as "the terror of the New World area." was jailed yesterday by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. J. M. De-vereux-Colebourn. I Produced in court to show cause why he should not249 words
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Article29 1956-01-31 5 MALACCA, Mon.— The National Union of Printing Workers, which met In here over the weekend, will appeal to members for gifts for the Kuala Lumpur fire victims.29 words
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Article25 1956-01-31 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. About 2,000 schoolchildren and representatives of youth organisations in Selangor will take part in the Federation Day parade on Wednesday.25 words
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Article193 1956-01-31 5 'MERRY 5' ARE ALSO FREED THE Indonesian Gov- eminent yesterday released the 10,641-ton British tanker San Leonardo after detaining her at Pulau Samboe for five days. This detention cost the tanker close on $50,000 In demurrage. The Indonesian authorities "held" the San Leonardo, after five members193 words
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Article26 1956-01-31 5 MALACCA, Mon. The Perak branch of the National Union of Printing Workers was formed during yesterday's session of the union's annual conference in Malacca.26 words
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Article54 1956-01-31 5 SEARCH FOR TWO FISHERMEN PENANG, Mon. Marine police today joined in the search for two Malay fishmen missing since Jan. 14. Yahaya bin Hashim, 28, and All bin Sa'ad, 31, left Kuala Sungei Pinang two weeks ago to fish in Kuala Kurau. They have not been seen since. Also missing54 words
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Advertisement113 1956-01-31 5 The best brandy conies from Cognac. The finest Cognac come from the j |3 Grande and Petite Champagne Jgfc=A districts in the centre of Cognac JEs[ls=^=^k All Remy Martin V.S.O.P. Cognac o^BL is made from grapes grown ff^* il^Sii*i^=k exclusively in these two f j jJ^^Egl^Sfe areas That is why113 words
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Miscellaneous417 1956-01-31 5 Bebee Daniels and Ben Lyon; RADIO MALAYA >^^j-g^ *Prorrammem thus marked can II J/ J»J f |1 1 Lj 1 I be recrived by listeners in JKX^^^^^^l^^^B Malacca. Short wave 49 62m. Medium SINGAPORE wave 41ta. MS. 366 m. and ghort w ve 6 m Medlttm waTe 297 476 m.417 words
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Article, Illustration459 1956-01-31 6 Christine - WHAT A LIFE! STATISTICS IN THE BUS Christine MONDAY ALTHOUGH I buy nothing at the sales I do get a moment of intense enjoyment. Walking past the millinery counter, I see a youth of 18 or so, a Malay, holding in his hand a hat in white straw, decorated with459 words
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Article160 1956-01-31 6 LIKE every where else in the world this city is busy with annual sales. The larger shops are clearing stock by the bale and everyone seems to be leaving; the shops happily clutching something at bargain price. Not only are the big shops clearing stocks to160 words
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Article, Illustration18 1956-01-31 6 Thm new dress in white, black and turquoise "cttick-en-toof wool is by Pierre Billet, of Paris.18 words
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Article203 1956-01-31 6 A PRETTY; girl who divides A her time between skiing and playing a clarinet is in Britain's team for the winter Olympics in Cortina She is Jocelyn WardropMoore, attractive 22-year-old brunette, who won the "personality of the month" title ln a British movie magazine poll in 1954.203 words
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Article610 1956-01-31 6 BABY'S milk teeth are already formed in the gums at birth and are, therefore, affected by the mother's health and diet during pregnancy. If this has been good Baby will have strong, healthy teeth, but if it has been poor Baby's teeth will decay early.610 words
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Article, Illustration43 1956-01-31 6 A COCKTAIL gown in Chinse green delustred satin, worn by British film star Janette Scott. By the time Baby is two and a half years old he should have cut all his twenty milk teeth, but the interval between the43 words
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Advertisement164 1956-01-31 6 K^ H Ooi Kok Hean V? Jt V Alor SMr fk *^W. sunny d&(fsA in the lives of these little ones, |w mmmS^^ Wl I for they are simply bursting with fWm Just to look at them explains ?K fl&t'^Mm Wr why their proud and happy parents y I are164 words
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Advertisement107 1956-01-31 6 HANUFACTUteO BY 7H€ MAKEK *m Of TH€ FAMOUS OC edar LIQUID POUSH WETMOP J usfs f ee2e Ip^ hands n«v«r B™B to^ch water! 1 REFILLS ALSO AMLABL€ I AT ALL LEADING STOMS* I PANTEEN The fust N'itannn ll:nr lonic with Panthcnol Made in Switzerland Prevents and remove j*^B jfc^. dandruil107 words
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Miscellaneous355 1956-01-31 6 87 Can I be friendly? (7). Straits Times Crossword "aaa-'sfc.-'ftf 29 How to make a claim (7). T 1 I I Uv.vvJ I I I I I t DOWN 2 3 4 iH :> 7 8 1 Assemblage of reds (7). SB§ I 1 j 2 Book of O.T. (or355 words
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Article261 1956-01-31 7 Government «aya.-.n,o»«e« negligible': But farmers estimate cost at $100,000 ftedok committee set up to 'find out truth for ourselves' fHK Singapore Government sent out three 1 itams yesterday to assess the flood damage ,t Bedok. And representatives of some 5,000 farmers rtected by the floods261 words
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Article43 1956-01-31 7 A Singapore magistrate y ordered Foong Choon to be sent back to Kiuang to face trial on a cheating charge. Foong was alleged to have cheated Cheah Tan Kirn of $500 payment for a juke Dec. 5.43 words
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Article332 1956-01-31 7 A stare, so he flung a chair DECAUSE he resented being stared at, a Chinese soldier who was sure he would one day be an officer struck his senior and threatened to kill him Signalman Yeo Ah Teck, 21, of G.H.Q. Signals332 words
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Article39 1956-01-31 7 A decree nisi granted to Ray Singleton, a city Council engineer, dissolving his marriage with his wife, Irene, on the ground of adultery, was made absolute by Mr. Justice Whitton in the Singapore High Court yesterday.39 words
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128 1956-01-31 7 NEW BID TO EVICT THE P.R.O. ANEW effort is to be made to evict the Public Relations Department from the Singapore Assembly House I When the Assembly meets on Feb. 8. Mr. William Tan (Democrat Tiong Bahru) will press the Government for information on128 words
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Article37 1956-01-31 7 Vatlnan alias Tenah bin Bidari pleaded guilty in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday to a charge of stealing 14 pieces of steel frame fencing at Nicoli Drive on Sunday. Sentence was postponed.37 words
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Article36 1956-01-31 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The Sultan of Johore has donated $5,000 to the building fund of the new St. Joseph's School which is to be built at Jalan Larkin on land donated by the State.36 words
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Article80 1956-01-31 7 The President Hayes, second of American President Lines' new fast round-the-world freight ships arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage. And here she met the President Monroe, a passenger ship of the same line, also on a round-the-world trip. The freighter had been trailing80 words
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Article, Illustration75 1956-01-31 7 'Hello said the General's wife to little Zaini MRS. TULLOCH, wife ol Major-General D. D. C Tulloch. G.O.C. Singapore Base District, yesterday opened a new Malay families' welfare centre at Kampong Tulloch, off Clementi Road. This centre will serve about 1,300 families of the six units stationed in Singapore. The75 words
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226 1956-01-31 7 COLONY INSURANCE MEN SAY 'NO' pHEAPER insurance policies for non drinking drivers are unlikely to find favour in Malaya. Insurance men and spokesmen for motorists' organisations in Singapore said yesterday that accidents Involving drunken drivers made up only a small percentage of the226 words
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Article21 1956-01-31 7 The Singapore Family Benefit Society will hold Its annual meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow21 words
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Article175 1956-01-31 7 FOR THIS FIRM, PRAISE BY UNION TWE Islay Kerr Local! x Employees' Union in 1 Singapore, last night said that the management's approach to itt demands for better service conditions was "constructive and re- alistic." The union's general secretary, Mr. S. Dragoon said: "The progress we have made so far175 words
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Article32 1956-01-31 7 Vladimir Jarkoff was fined $10 in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday for behaving in a disorderly manner, by shouting and stopping cars at Lavender Street, at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday.32 words
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Article32 1956-01-31 7 Quek Vow poh, a five-year-old boy, fell ten feet from his house in Aljunled Road, Geylang, Singapore, last night and was treated at the General Hospital for abrasions and bruises.32 words
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Advertisement125 1956-01-31 7 There's none better than a DONSON YpuT] get really grateful thanks J!W\ when you give a Ronson lighter >(R^^^^ Pr-icess, feminine version of fiP(W^^^jj|^^^r^ the Standard lighter shape. You car. see other lovely Ronson "^fc'yyr Ronson Adonis. Slim as a fine KHM>as watch. Choice of finishes. Ron**. Flo lim Standard.125 words
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Advertisement250 1956-01-31 7 For the pure enjoyment of smoking the whole world votes dv Manrier first and Tjß*" fornmost, for the coolness, the flavour, the satisfaction of the finest Virginia W& tobaccos. All this plus the extra pleasure of smoke from which heat and harshness have been soothed away by dv Maurier's r250 words
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Obituary32 1956-01-31 8 20 II "i 1/. flu (minimum). a BECKETT TERRELL: On Jpnuary 29th, peacefully after a long Illness Arthur Koberweln. beloved Husband of Aleyne and adored Father of Sally, Billy and Ann.32 words
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Article189 1956-01-31 8 20 Worit ZlO (minimum) MR AND MRS. M. STANISLAUS thank relatives and friends for valuable sdfts, good wishes and 1 t on the occasion of our marriage on 18.1.56. NAKANJAN SlNciH and family. B.itu Gujah. th&nk relatives, friends for attending the funeral ot their mother Maciam Inder Kaur. cremated189 words
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620 1956-01-31 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Jan. 31, 1956. Policy For April The decisions announced by the General Council of the Singapore Labour Front after its closed meeting on Sunday amount really to a vote of confidence in the result of Mr. David Marshall's December visit to London. When Mr. Marshall620 words
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Article322 1956-01-31 8 Bedok River is no surging Hwangho. In fact it is not much of a river at all. Yet the Singapore Government might be struggling against the raging torrents of a mighty river to judge by its unsuccessful attempts to control floods in Singapore. It is certainly not really322 words
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Article210 1956-01-31 8 Malayanisation has become such a controversial and at times distorted issue that the University of Malaya's advertisement of two particular posts in Britain is bound to attract comment. The University is inviting applications for appointments to the Chair of Malay Studies and the Chair ot Chinese Language210 words
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Article, Illustration818 1956-01-31 8 rROM time to time it 5 becomes painfully obvious that I must tidy my desk. And I am not ruthless enough to throw S away all the news items I have collect- ed there in the hope that one day they would fit818 words
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Letter129 1956-01-31 8 THE WAY TO LOWER STANDARDS TttlE public of Singapore A should be thankful that the Malayanisation Commission has a doctor as its chairman. He at least will know how important it is for the common man that our hospitals and clinics should be well run. I am an Asian Sister129 words
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Letter119 1956-01-31 8 VILLAGE WITHOUT WATER village undergoes x very much hardship in Retting good drinkir.e W at ?K- water in most of the wells is bad. and it were not for hr!D from the military and police in dry seasons the population would go dry. I am chairman of the Village Council119 words
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Letter104 1956-01-31 8 THE statement In your editorial of January 24. about the Malay Union is misleading and calls for correction. Your statement was: "The irony of it is that the one Slnh»^c>"e political party, other than ifcc Malay Union, which sulscrib r s completely to Tengku Abdul Rahman's conditions104 words
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334 1956-01-31 8 LAST week I went to my son's school in Singapore to see the principal at 8 a.m. in order to be at my own office by 9 a.m. On arrival I found no one in the office. After waiting for 15 minutes I334 words
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Article950 1956-01-31 8 B. LUMSDEN 3ilLi\E discusses recent tetters on 3Matayan pronunciation IN the correspondence on the subject of the Malayan dialect, no one has so far put forward a definition; and before we decide whether it is a good thing or not we should at least know950 words
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Advertisement667 1956-01-31 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 2* Wordt ll* (mimm«.*i; ELLIOTT To Elizabeth and John Elliott on the 17th of January at Kuala Trengganu a daughter. 20 Wordt SID (minimum). TEH-TAY The engagement between Richard Teh Hong Plow and Judy Tay Sock Noy was announced on Saturday 28th Jan., 1956. ;n Words $10 (minimum).667 words
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Advertisement31 1956-01-31 8 HI FI 3-D RADIOGRAM WITH 3 SPEAKERS MODEL "RIO iO SPORE PEXANG: $720.00. KUALA LUMPUR $825.00. LESS 10% FOR CASH Sole Agents: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. S'PORE K. I.UMPUE PENANO.31 words
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Advertisement112 1956-01-31 8 I \^k MODEL 928 for all-dry 1 M if batteries \*r Modem as the mitute with 8 nlws, 5 waveband* (2 fully bandspra-^ R.F. amplifier itage and push-pull model PE9JB output— Model 928 gives fir grcaw r. P d 0 EESSa sensitivity and select^. Ma*.c Fed. Pr,«. $310/- t r112 words
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Article, Illustration678 1956-01-31 9 COMPENSATION WHEN mArs™ VTrm r CHANGED- EVEN D? THERE'S NO MALAYANISATION OANKS TELLS JOBS COMMISSION: Debit break in careers -credit cash, please What about men with local wives? WORE THAN 500 expatriate officers in Singapore's public services :he Malayanisation ission last night, feared >ut678 words
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Article, Illustration244 1956-01-31 9 And a report is ready TTHE committee appointed by the Singapore Gov- eminent to study the question of local government turned in their report yesterday. A copy of the 62-page report the result of 21 meetings held over five months will be handed to244 words
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Article60 1956-01-31 9 r-ar>ore Chief Mm Mr. David Mar- be asked to deMalayan" a term significance in :r:meni's Malayamoves at the gislative Assembly •n Feb. 8. I The query comes from Mr. John Ede. a Progressive Assemblyman, who also seeks a definition of an "expatriate." Both "Malayan" and60 words
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Article46 1956-01-31 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Fund for relief of the Gombak Lane fire victims has topped the quarter million dollar mark. Today's donations total $12,671. The Minister for Labour Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, gave $500. The fund now totals $256.--78446 words
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Article59 1956-01-31 9 School for nurses is closed JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. T<HE regional training school for nurses in Johore Bahru has closed and the sister tutors have been transferred to Penang. Nurses will be trained in Penang, which is also the centre for dental nurses. The Johore Bahru school has been closed because59 words
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Article42 1956-01-31 9 DUNGUN (Trengganu) Mon.— A Government English school is being built in this East Coast mining town. The building will cost $80,000. At present, 86 pupils are having their English classes in the afternoon at the Malay Boys' School.42 words
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Article43 1956-01-31 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Dr. E. D. C. Baptist, head of the Botanical division of the Rubber Research Institute here, has been appointed director of the Rubber Research Institute in Ceylon. He joined the botanical division of the RH.I. here in 1937.43 words
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Article121 1956-01-31 9 A 'FACE LIFT' FOR A PARK SINGAPORE will have a *J rural seaside promenade with, in addition, swimming facilities, when the Rural Board completes a "face lift" for the Pasir Panjang park. The Board is calling for tenders for its $70,000 development plan which includes a new playground for children,121 words
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Article66 1956-01-31 9 Singapore's Second District Judge, Inche Ahmad bin Mohd. Ibrahim, yesterday acquitted Chong Sek Ling of a second charge of attempting to extort $300 from stripteaser Rose Chan on March 2 last year. Chong had previously been cleared of a charge of extorting 20 complimentary tickets from66 words
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126 1956-01-31 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A claim for special and general damages filed by a Malay couple for the death of their son, Yacob, who was electrocuted, was heard here today. Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, for the plaintiffs, Othman bin Awang and his wife. Raja126 words
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302 1956-01-31 9 Why this discrimination against rubber? asks Hay KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Sir John Hay. a leader of the Malayan rubber industry, today urged a standard rate of tax for all industries in the country. He said: "It is undeniable that at the present time Malaya Is302 words
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Article96 1956-01-31 9 AFTER MALAYA achieves independence, shareholders in Britain are unlikely to agree to the transfer of British companies to this country, said Sir John Hay. They would not transfer the head offices of companies 8.000 miles away because they would have their dividends taxed at 14s. 6d.96 words
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Article49 1956-01-31 9 TELUK ANSON. Mon. Fifty-one people from all over the Federation and Singapore will arrive here on Feb. 11 to take part in the All-Malaya Koran reading contest during the Chinese New Year holidays. The contest is sponsored by the Lower Perak Muslim Welfare Committee.49 words
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Article42 1956-01-31 9 Hoi Boon Kwang. a Naval Base worker, pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of possessing dangerous weapons a bearing scraper and a length of chain loaded with shot on Friday at the Naval Base42 words
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Article74 1956-01-31 9 A SEARCH is beins made for a Malay or Vietnamese girl to star with Sir Laurence Olivier in a film to be made in Saigon This was announced in Singapore yesterday by Mr. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, an American film producer on his arrival from74 words
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Article35 1956-01-31 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. More than 60.000 ballot papers used In Selangor in the Federal elections last year were burned here today. They had been stored for six months as required by law.35 words
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216 1956-01-31 9 Skipper who shot boatman is fined CAPTAIN W. T. Scott. v master of the 10,700--ton tanker, Caltex Sydney, who was commended by the late King George VI in the last war for bravery, was yesterday fined $150 in a Singapore court for shooting a boatman in the thigh. The incident216 words
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Article27 1956-01-31 9 TAIPING. Mon. A Chinese New Year Eve dance has been organised by the Chinese Recreation Club on Feb 11 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.27 words
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Article58 1956-01-31 9 Three youths, Seah Ah i Khoon, Foo Gck Zin and Tan Kirn Chuan, non-members of Singapore Turf Club who at- tended last Saturday's meet- ing at Bukit Timah. were I fined $5 each yesterday for wilful trespass. Two membership discs, v.hich were seized by the police, were58 words
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Article38 1956-01-31 9 A six-year-old boy, Mnhamed Shariff bin Abdul Majid.'was drowned in a well In Lorong 28, Geylang Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He fell into the well near his house while he was playing.38 words
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Advertisement92 1956-01-31 9 Your health and strength mean a f l^>k^"; ,-^7 l« to your family. See that your A^Hj k iiti ts nght and good. Take Cod Tss*4^r" I Liver Oil daily. SevenSeaS JV\J Pure Cod Liver Oil it Nature's finest food. flK^*^\ of particular value in at^ ii mJ\. **ptng you92 words
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Advertisement113 1956-01-31 9 HUNTLEY PALMERS tor iresnness «§3****S§ I- 00 or th e P'ck wil »•>- silver lining Of"«»y*'' JmHl inc j be turc of buying only critp, oven■■wn freih Huntley a Palmcrt biscuit*. ■HBUMNnaa Handy Jib. tiie available in all well known varieties including Awortcd Creams, Bourbon. Carnival Assorted. Cintard Creams. Gem.113 words
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Article, Illustration197 1956-01-31 10 IN 1955 the Federation of Malaya estates and smallholders produced 637,--463 tons of rubber, a rise of 9.34 per cent on 1954, making it the best yearly output since 1950. As shown in the above graph 1955 was the fifth best year of rubber197 words
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Article64 1956-01-31 10 There is a possibility of tin being found on Escot division of Escot Rubber Estates Ltd. at Tanjong Malim. The chairman has informed shareholders that, subject to the results of test boring proving satisfactory and the necessary mining licence being forthcoming from Government, the company is64 words
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Article43 1956-01-31 10 Malayans are invited to attend the Business Efficiency Exhibition to be held in the United Kingdom at Birmingham between February 20 and 25. The 40th Physical Society Exhibition of Scientific Instruments will be staged in London from May 14 to 17.43 words
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Article, Illustration214 1956-01-31 10 COPRA EXPERT VISITS COLONY AN expert on copra from the International Association of Seed Crushers paid a short visit to Malaya from Britain last week to make an on-the-spot investigation of the local copra industry. He was Mr. H. D. Howard who is making a study of the methods of214 words
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461 1956-01-31 10 JOHORE has large areas of land suitable pineapple cultivation and the Government is at the moment considering several applications for developing new pineapple estates. In addition Government Is planning the development of a large area for smallholders to cultivate on a461 words
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243 1956-01-31 10 MALAYAN PLANS AIDED KEEN demand for diesel engines can be expected to continue as more development projects in Malaya come into operation, an official of a British diesel engine company said in Singapore yesterday The official, who arrived here last week is Mr. T. L.243 words
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Article, Illustration224 1956-01-31 10 BECAUSE of the high costs of production in Australia, and latterly the waterfront •tribe, certain goods from that country are now being priced out of the Malayan market. This is the view of Mr. Herbert P. Weidmann, manager of the export department of224 words
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Article, Illustration244 1956-01-31 10 Warren S. Lockwood optimistio I ■EXTREME optimism about the future ol natural rubber was expressed in Singapore on Friday by Mr. Warren S. Lockwood, former head of the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington. Mr. Lockwood said this year was going to be an extraordinarily good one244 words
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Article88 1956-01-31 10 Captain H. M. Birch Oa n tas Empire Airway"™: manager for South-East tl) has announced that arrant merits have now be, to introduce an addittorii Super constellation freqS ?oute Sydne y /L °ndo Q n ei 5! This will increase the tota frequency of Qantas BOAr flights88 words
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Advertisement191 1956-01-31 10 f^/LET US PLAN YOUR TRIP UJI CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME BY Pax Americas World Airways GENERAL AGENTS: MALAYA MANSFIEID CO.IS. SINGAPORE KUALA. LUMPUR PENANG pa6-so Jus» neht for good looks and just jmS^^ am right for ralue, John White Uf^ Shoes are made in England b>" Hy expert craftsmen. Tied to^jß191 words
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Advertisement52 1956-01-31 10 AbdullV\ NUMBER SEVEN Jim VIRGINIA CIGARETTES Federation Price 45 cents. SMGAWti PK/C£:~ TH F Difl F% F -<-^'vjPl m^^tf^ l rr m MM Wm rAf i/l. memm^i OF HOLLAND L^^£\ x^ RADIOS I|| dial lighting iflowl BCOBOBI y ■h <>f the battery. Sole Agents: m^ MACLAINE STOKVIS (M) SINGAPORE KUALA52 words
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Article, Illustration1463 1956-01-31 11 Flopped in 18 jobs— Hit jackpot in Tarzan stories Turned his craft into big business N 1912, a worried, 37-year-old family man named X Edgar Rice Burroughs sat down in a Chicago flat to try his hand at writing fiction. He was broke, with a wife and three children toDaily Mirror - 1,463 words
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Advertisement274 1956-01-31 11 Modern SANITATION r-^L AREAS THE irCEM DISSOIVEHATOR at2JtMS chemically -lie solution Into the soil. is not available MUNICIPAL I C re Attractive illation $400.00 one drum of dissolvent H ,,U TOILET PAPER. ,1 PESOL\-ENT HTH TANKS I- -s h I Eaiten Ltd. i. nk Buildinc, an, Trl: ***** sTrsavallos TONIC274 words
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Advertisement185 1956-01-31 11 L00k... AT THE WORLD WITH CLEAR. BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL EYES THE DAILY USE (^^>^L OFJUSIAFfW ;pP^T DROPS OF EYE-MO DOES WONDERS FOR YOUR EYES a^atSSu^^^^a^ril^ minoi iiloiw "dlß»»W~^^^^aW"a<4^ alfcB»»Pa»aBB»«(iK W l '*"^"aW Saloon,,. Convertible... op Traveller... '^^^•JJSJJ s^™****aaaßa^h 7 Lauraa^aavaV yfl^T MiNoa coHvimu O^lll \.llw B Three versions of the famous185 words
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Miscellaneous149 1956-01-31 11 Hex Morgan* MM, A moment alone /rw QU^ECEKTWNjB P^THSTS fc DISWPOIMXMfiBfOIVLBE PEBPECft**4 ILL SEE vot)^e*>/' 7S M O RSANI w l I yOu HAVE U UIP.US lIT SEEMS I COULD W»WE^^^ B*Pr*Y TO HAVE MS I JOMOKROW, [i{ SEE VOL) SOR A I •ftNO now, Da. wobsants Vpneijvonm^or lavtonm selected149 words
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214 1956-01-31 12 ALL COLONY MARTS OPEN WEEK ON DULL, EASIER NOTE By Our Market Correspondent ALL Singapore markets opened the week yesterday on a dull and easier note with tin down 12} cents and rubber by two and threeeighths cents. Tin was quoted at $388.87$ per picul and February first grade rubber214 words
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Article341 1956-01-31 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All sections of the local share market were slightly easier." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser and Neave ords. $1.80; Gammon $2.45 (odd lot), $2.47 12; Malayan Breweries $3.50; Metal Box $1.67 12; O.T.E.C. 82s. 6d. (odd341 words
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Article136 1956-01-31 12 FVbruary first grade rubber buyers, f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at $1.08 per lb. up a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was barely steady. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyer* 108%. sellers 108- 8; No. 1 R.S.S. February136 words
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Article76 1956-01-31 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Tegelberg 12, Boissevain 45. Chuoh Maru C.P.. Tamesls 67, Monkay 8 9 Glenroy 11, Benvrackle 13 14, Mataram 15 16. Orestes 18, State of Madras 19,20 Giang Seng N Wall 5. Segamat N. Wall 8. Petaling 2176 words
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Article167 1956-01-31 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchance: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; February $27 buyers, $27 sellers; March $27 T 8 buyers. $28*1) sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $40* sellers; drum $43Vc sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $134, Sarawak $133, special Sarawak black $93 (all varieties down $1167 words
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Article83 1956-01-31 12 TOKYO, Sat. The Japan Rubber Industrial Association announced export contracts of automobile tyres and tubes concluded during 1955 totalled 9.125,500 U.S. dollars against 4,988,257 dollars the previous year. Value for export shipments is estimated at nearly nine million dollars. High exports are attributed by the Association83 words
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Article93 1956-01-31 12 Our London office reports that advice has been received from the Jeram Rubber Estates agents in Malaya that the Selangor Government has at last agreed in principle to the alienation to the company of approximately 700 acres of the Sungel Buloh Forest Reserve adjacent to Efflngham Estate. After93 words
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Article114 1956-01-31 12 THE Financial S 1 stated that ther?* tention of maki. ling converts, "Meanwhile, howev£ 1 •suffers all W d^,,^ near convertibility pean Payments Lm country which has cent of each n gold," this nev "Before 1955, sentatives in i> opposed the plan for app: lltyReuter - 114 words
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Article28 1956-01-31 12 On the frer neb Hong Kong yesterday. dollar was quoted cash and 5.89", for T.T. Sterling was quoted at '5 83 one taei of gold a;28 words
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Article31 1956-01-31 12 Shareholders of 8 I Dredging having approve J amended offer made I ber Estates for the I mining rights, the necesaryajl are now bein K taken I I transfer.31 words
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Advertisement56 1956-01-31 12 jointing of this type of cable J Ps&ffis* can be acquired in a few days." s" **""J^swa^ For this purpose Hume Indus- V ===C^«— /mt&SEftijS^ 'tries will give j free adequate ||ik instruction Jf desired.; PYROTHIfraEPRGDF ELECTRIC CABLE HUME INDUSTRIES (F.E.) LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PRAI THE gijTH SOCUL t56 words
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Advertisement889 1956-01-31 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS art Invited from Federal Citizens or eligible for same, age 17—23 for appointment as Storekeepers In the Telecommunications Department, Btores and Workshops. Kuala Lumpur. Qualifications: Must have passed !%rm HI or Form IV In an English School. The salary scheme Is: Form 111 $100x7.50— 115/137.50 x 7.50889 words
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Advertisement736 1956-01-31 12 NOTICES BERJUNTAI TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim dividend, the twenty-fourth, of two shillings (28.0 d) per share, less income tax at the rate of thirty per cent has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the register at736 words
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Advertisement332 1956-01-31 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving San Franckco S'poce P. Swet. Penam hsas* Ogeka Bakke 10 |m 13 Feb* 19 Feb 20 Feb Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Mar 7 Mar 8 Mir Gjertrud Bakke 3 Mar 2 Apr 4 Apr Anna Bakke 7332 words
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Article, Illustration14 1956-01-31 14 THREE WHO ARE LIKELY TO GO KENNETH DONALD MACKAY LAN DAVID CRAIG JOHN DRENNAN14 words
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Article932 1956-01-31 14 JACK FINGLETON PICKS HIS AUSSIE TEAM FOR ENGLAND BUT BRADMAN CO LIKELY TO HAVE OTHER IDEAS SYDNEY, Mon. ALL and sundry here are choosing their cricket team to tour England this summer and none are more vehement in their choice than those who have932 words
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Article185 1956-01-31 14 DUBLIN, Mon. IRELAND have made two changes in their rugby union team to meet, England at Twickenham on Feb 11 from the side which was beaten 14-8 in Paris. J. R. Kavanagh (Wanderers* and N. Feddis Landsowne i re- place Kennedy (Collegians) and Cunningham in185 words
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Article, Illustration46 1956-01-31 14 NEALE FRASER, former Malayan triple tennis champion, in action durine the current Australian national championships. Fraser. who lost to the eventual champion Lew Hoad in the men's singles semi finals, won the mixed doubles title with Miss Beryl Penrose. (Report on the finals in Page 16).46 words
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179 1956-01-31 14 MELBOURNE, Monday. AUSTRALIA'S most famous horse race, the Mel- bourne Cup, will be run this year on November 17—11 days later than the traditional first Tuesday in November. The Chairman of th e Victoria Racing Club. Sir Chester Manifold, said that his club179 words
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Article138 1956-01-31 14 BUENOS AIRES. Mon. STIRLING MOSS, the British racing driver, won the City of Buenos Aires 1.000-kilometre sports car arrant ~-'x here yesterday in a Maserati. Ihe c over 106 laps totalling 625 mile*. Is counted towards the 1956 world sports car championships. Moss. 26. and co-driverReuter - 138 words
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511 1956-01-31 14 Visitors to Olympic Games can still get seats, lodgings MELBOURNE, Mon. I^HE general belief that visitors to Melbourne at the time of the Olympic Games would be too late to secure seats and lodgings was described as a "completely erroneous impression" by the secretary of the Olympic Civic Committee, Mr.511 words
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Article74 1956-01-31 14 DUSSELDORF. Germany,; Mon. Miss Brigit Klomp. a 15-year-old German swim-1 mer, failed by only one second here yesterday to equal the women's world 100-metres freestyle record which has stood since 1036. Bu^ Mis.s K1 °mP m I second inside the German cord also set lnReuter - 74 words
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Advertisement224 1956-01-31 14 /TM Laboratory tctts conducted I /x^^jpS? i witll •clentific skill and Hrict New MACLEANS %>Jp CLEANS TEETH WHITER |Po&.J THAN EVER BEFORE Ikl T. Aft eeth cleaner and whiter than ever before. And that means healthier, too. J^e«ffir^ w *-^wji% i jMm^^i^iik* l^y*^ aaa great news ■Pl'S. I 1^ Macleans224 words
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Letter235 1956-01-31 15 Spare time study YOUR Editorial on "Part Time Study" has drawn for the first time the attention of the public to the need for greater numbers of local people to qualify for higher positions by spare time study. But your statement that young people will not avail themselves of the235 words
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Letter542 1956-01-31 15 npHE people of the small 1 but peaceful little village of Kampong Boyan, Taiplng. have been given a severe blow as a result of a most disastrous decision hy the Perak Government lately. Owners in Kampong Boyan of property and land were Issued grants by542 words
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469 1956-01-31 15 Sir.*.. TO THE EDITOR.. Dear Slr.»#>] T*HANK you for your cdiX tonal condemning the North Borneo Government Paper No. 34 as unfair. As a taxpayer I feel that It is only right that some explanation be given to the North Borneo taxpayer469 words
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Letter205 1956-01-31 15 rPHIS country seems to A "do" something to people. The appointees of "experts" appear to suffer from a type of brain depression, while the "expert" becomes subject to a. swelling of the same organism. I came to the above conclusion while listening to the Radio programme205 words
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Article156 1956-01-31 16 SPORT SF RONT field event athletes to Melbourne knowing full well that they would not survive the qualifying round for a place in the competition proper; that they would not. in fact, get within a respectable distance of the qualifying standards. The International Amateur Athletic Federation lays down these qualifying156 words
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369 1956-01-31 16 TIHIRTY Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps bex came the first team to win the Anchor Cup twice when they retained the trophy last night in the Singapore inter-unit Army boxing championship at the Badminton Hall. They beEft G.H.Q. Signal Regiment by 20 points369 words
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199 1956-01-31 16 TTHE Singapore Hockey A Association's invitations asking players if they are able to make the trip to Indonesia have met with a poor response. The S.H.A. sent invitations to 32 plyares nearly three weeks ago and so far only 11 have replied.199 words
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Article148 1956-01-31 16 'THE Singapore hockey team will begin preparing for theli return match against the Federation with a practice game on the S.R.C. padang tomorrow. The Colony team will meet Federation on Feb 19 and on the following day play Perak, whom they have not played this season. Both148 words
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Article87 1956-01-31 16 JOHORE BAHRU Mon.—Singapore Indian Recreation Club won the Sinniah Pillay Cup when they beat Johore Bahru I.R.C. 2-1 here yesterday. The match bad a thrilling finish, with Singapore scoring the deciding goal In the last minute. There was no score in the first half. Singapore took87 words
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Article986 1956-01-31 16 'UNFAIR TO FIELD EVENT ATHLETES* CHARGE IS ABSURD THE OLYMPIC IDEAL CAN BE CARRIED TOO FAR By The Sports Editor FIE OLYMPIC IDEAL, that competing: is the important thing, not winning, can be carried to absurd lengths. It would for instance, be ridiculous for Singapore986 words
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Article, Illustration100 1956-01-31 16 JOHN I.ANDY the great Australian athlete, crossing the finishing line at the Melbourne Olympic Park on Jan. 28 for another under four-minute mile the first in Australia. Landy, who holds the world record for the event with 3min 58sec. returned 3min. 58.6 the second fastestAP - 100 words
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305 1956-01-31 16 BRISBANE, Monday. rITENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Lewis Hoad achieved the first of his four 1956 lawn tennis objectives when he won the Australian men's singles championship for the first time here today. In the final he beat the reigning champion and fellow Davis CupReuter - 305 words
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Article135 1956-01-31 16 CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, i Italy) Mon. SOVIET RUSSIA, with the biggest number of competitors, hold a commanding lead in the unofficial points table after seven events in the Winter Olympic Games being held here. With 51 points, they are 25 points ahead of Austria who have 26.135 words
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Article37 1956-01-31 16 A meeting of senior clubs affiliated to Singapore Amateur Football Association will be held at SAFA club house on Sunday at 5 p.m. The meeting will elect this year's delegate to SAFA council.37 words
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Article16 1956-01-31 16 STOKE-ON TRI Stoke City beat Leici in their Football A fourth round replaj16 words
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254 1956-01-31 16 LONDON. Mon. fHARLTON Athletic, favourites for the English Football Association Cup. will be at home to London neighbours Arsenal in the fifth round on Saturday, Feb. 18 after which the cup competition will be reduced to eight teams. The draw made today isReuter - 254 words
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266 1956-01-31 16 DOYAL Electrical and Mechani- cal Engineers drew 5-5 with Singapore Cricket Club "A", each scoring a goal in their rugger match on the padang yesterday. The match was evenly contested on a waterlogged pitch and both teams were handicapped by the wet266 words
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299 1956-01-31 16 Little Psalter and Ramsbury work well on heavy track By EPSOM JEEP f ITI LE PSALTER and Ramsbury hand track pretty well at Bukit Timah morning. Little Psalter, with Max Cn came right away from Prince of Lalit.i of a 3f. gallop in 40 1/5. Ramsbury. ridden by Jock Wilson,299 words
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Article124 1956-01-31 16 Strike will hold up horse feed [JOTTIWSJ pE clock Btrik traha may haYS repercussions on V Malayan Turf tJ year. Mala Import ov< worth o oi from An, Most of the bl ever, hay stock of hi there is no danger. But trainers fear longed strikn ralian dock "feed" position124 words
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147 1956-01-31 16 A KUALA LUMPUR secondary school teacher and coach Is observing swimming and track-and-field coaching techniques in the United States, thanks to the friendship of a U.S. coach he met in Kuala Lumpur and a grant from the Asia Foundation. Lim Hock Han, of 5147 words
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Miscellaneous28 1956-01-31 16 HOCKEY S.H.A. senior knockout: Ceylon Sports Club v Navy Nomads, G.S.C. ground; Junior knockout (replay): RAF Xengah v S.R.C. Greens, padang; Friendly: B.A.F. v Singapore Cricket Club, padang.28 words
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