The Straits Times, 7 February 1956
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Title Section24 1956-02-07 1 ft VER A c E DAILY aHTIFIEB SATE EXCEEDS 75,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1956 15 CENTS Untie* 10124 words
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Article626 1956-02-07 1 FELIX ABISHEGANADEN - FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Britain agrees to send all-party Parliamentary delegation to the Colony By MPs will be judges of 'capacity eeling and capacity" of Mr. and Mrs. gapore for independence will be judged II party British Parliamentary delegation c Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, y igreed to send626 words
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Article233 1956-02-07 1 NOW FOR THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE LONDON. Mon.— The London conference between Malaya and Britain concluded its detailed negotiations today. A fuH plenary session met this morning to draw up the final communique which is likely to be issued on Wednesday. The British and Malayan delegates willUP - 233 words
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Article396 1956-02-07 1 Suicide in the shuttered house JHGI^Y-STRUIWJIIMFE TYPEOJHITJIOTE AND GASSED HERSELF T*HE wife of a sea cap- tain barricaded herself inside her home on New Year's Eve with bottles of liquor, typed out a suicide note, and then put her head in a gas oven, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday.396 words
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118 1956-02-07 1 A 39- hour week planned for clerks THE Singapore Govx ernment has drawn up a "good employer" policy to give clerks and shop assistants full protection, minimum working hours and a host of other benefits. The policy, set out in a White Paper published last iiight, announces the appointment of118 words
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Article453 1956-02-07 1 Big changes ahead, says report ANEW Singapore City Council with a totally elected membership and a mayor has been recommended by the Committee on Local Government. The report of the committee of which Sir Percy McNeice was chairman, was issued yesterday. It proposes sweeping453 words
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Article21 1956-02-07 1 SAIGON, Mon. —As a clemency measure Vietnamese President Ngo Dhln Diem has pardoned 165 political and military prisoners.21 words
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140 1956-02-07 1 Girl, aged 4, and boy, 16, among victims Three people died in Singapore yesterday as a 1 result of road accidents. The three were a schoolboy. Soh Siak Choon, 16. a trlsha rider. Soh Bok Heng. 47. and a four-year-old girl, Angela Fatimah.140 words
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Article21 1956-02-07 1 NICOSIA Mon. British troops fired teargas shells on 600 bottle-throwing student in the streets of Famagusta today.— U.P.UP - 21 words
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Article22 1956-02-07 1 TOKYO, Mon. Countess Mountbatten of Burma arrived here today from Hong Kong to visit Red Cross agencies in Japan.— U.P.Agencies; UP - 22 words
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Article, Illustration128 1956-02-07 1 THE'ROSE' IS IN STORAGE BRITAIN'S gift to Singapore, the "Tudor Rose" which was unpacked in the Colony yesterday, has been stored away in the Public Works Department in readiness for its formal presentation by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to the Speaker. Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers. The date128 words
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Article90 1956-02-07 1 Crisis land envoy resigns PARIS, Mon. pENERAL Georges Catroux has resigned as Minister for Algeria, it was officially announced here tonight. Gen. Catroux, who is 79, had previously offered his resignation to the Premier. M. Guy Mollet, in view of the violent opposition of French settlers in Algeria to hisReuter - 90 words
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Article40 1956-02-07 1 Three men, armed with knives, beat up a 42-year-old woman, Lim Ah Kiau, when she resisted their attempt to rob her in her house in Jalan Eunos, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. They fled without taking anything.40 words
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Article, Illustration163 1956-02-07 1 Back to Red China after plea by wife HONG KONG. Mon— Mr. Liv Yung-mlng, a Chinese student who said last week that he did not wish o return to the mainland, today crossed the frontier Into Communist China. Last night his wife-, young daughter and brother arrivedReuter - 163 words
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Article160 1956-02-07 1 Death drama in Malacca C.I.D. MALACCA, Mon.— Detective Serg'-ant Wong Phoon Hun, 35, police photographer attached to the Malacca Criminal Investigation Department, shot and killed himself in his office this afternoon. Workers in his office said I that Wong had complained about not feeling well. At160 words
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Article40 1956-02-07 1 Send in your entry NOW fFHE MALAYAN 1 MONTHLY'S $20,000 Must Be Won Word Contest "S" for January closes on Saturday. You have only five more days left for sending in your entry. Please post v mr entry NOW40 words
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Article40 1956-02-07 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Headquarters Malaya Command here today branded as "wholly false" the allegations that 12 young Malay women had been subjected to •indignities" at the hands of British soldiers during a routine search near Kluang, Johore.40 words
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Article43 1956-02-07 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The 1.080 strikers of Fung I Keong Rubber Factory in i Klang meet tomorrow night i to decide whether they should go on a nunger strike. The factory announced its decision to close down last week.43 words
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Article31 1956-02-07 1 PARIS, Mon. A French Foreign Office spokesman said today there was no truth in a French newspaper report that the Government was considering inviting Marshal Bulganin to Paris.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article27 1956-02-07 1 BONN. Mon. The Refugee Ministry said today that Hugo Reimann, son of East Germany's Communist Party boss, has fled from East Germany.— A P27 words
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Article23 1956-02-07 1 TOKYO, Mon. Four Japanese businessmen will visit Communist China to prepare for Japanese trade fairs in Peking and Shanghai.— A.P.AP - 23 words
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Article312 1956-02-07 1 The big land freeze Bid to beat the speculators T>IGID FREEZING of Singapore land values is recommended in a report to the Government by an Australian land expert, Dr. J. F. N. Murray. Town planning problems and ways of averting disast- rous increases in land values are more acute in312 words
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Article79 1956-02-07 1 AISTRALIAN STRIKE: I Nit IN SIGHT Ml IBOIRNK. Mon. Shipowners today rr>.icrtrd strikers' latrst trims for .settlement <>f Australian dock strike. Prominent trade union leader said later: •This will be end «f >trikr. We will not We able to tarry on." lie added that when executive foum-il ofReuter - 79 words
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Advertisement96 1956-02-07 1 th! J^ctu/ocd Steam o Mat ie J^K^sEgPL Both a Steam and >i_ a Dry Iron. Sole Agents: SCOTT ENCLISH (S.E.A.) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur B^fc i^M^» <jj»gjfr rirtiftwHrfo s/*? v 2. Beautifully styled and excellently finished radio gram. 6 band, 10 valve receiver with tuned RF stage and motoriied band96 words
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Article, Illustration42 1956-02-07 2 The spearmen charge for their Queen NORTHERN NIGERIA PROVIDES UNEQUALLED PAGEANT at FIRST DURBAR HELD by BRITISH SOVEREIGN FOR MORE THAN 40 YL. THE QUEEN, wearing a tiara, drives with the igb. Edinburgh in a gleaming Rolls-Roycp hrtwern rani tribesmen brandishing stfnrdv42 words
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Article241 1956-02-07 2 ENUGU. (Nigeria). Mon.— The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived here by air today from Jos. northern Nigeria, to begin a tour of the rich eastern region of the country. Every available workman in Enugu was mobilised before the arrival of the Royal coupleReuter - 241 words
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Article, Illustration97 1956-02-07 2 Africa's biggest review of the century SPEARS are flourished as mounted tribesmen thunder towards the royal box in the "jahi" salute charge which was the climax of the durbar attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at K.iduna. Northern Nigeria, last Thursday. Massed contingents from the 12 provincesAP - 97 words
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82 1956-02-07 2 Freighter rams tug in Hong Kong harbour two men missing HONG KONG, Mon. The Norwegian freighter Hai Hhg rammed and sank a Government tugboat in mid-harbour last night. Two people are missing. The collision occurred when the 3,400-ton freighter was outward bound for Japan. The tug was towing two barges.UP - 82 words
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Article24 1956-02-07 2 STOCKHOLM: S w edish workers will get a wage increase this year of four per cent—the expected Increase in production. Negotiations lasted nine weeks.—Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article29 1956-02-07 2 PARIS: M. Rene Mayvr, chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community, left by air last night for Washington to confer with President Eisenhower and Mr. John Foster Dulles.—Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article27 1956-02-07 2 VIENNA: The Austrian Government's dissolution of the Communist led World Federation of Trade Unions yesterday will "In no way aftect it s work, said a federation official.—Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article16 1956-02-07 2 LONDON: Sir Horace Evans, Physician to the Queen is making good progress after a hernia opera-tion.--Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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Article22 1956-02-07 2 LONDON: Earl and Countes s Attlee attended the christening of their grandchild, Tessa, daughter of Mr. Richard and Lady Alison Davis. —Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article16 1956-02-07 2 NEW YORK: The Security Council meets here tomorrow to consider Sudan's application for United Nations membership.—Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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Article21 1956-02-07 2 BRUSSELS: Belgian steel worker* have won their campaign for a five day week after long negotiations *lth employers and the Government.—Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Advertisement67 1956-02-07 2 FIAT m outright Team winner in Malaya's First National Motor Rally. The outstanding motoring event of 1955 was the Shell Malayan Motor Rally the first Monte Carlo style Rally ever to be staged in Malaya. FIAT successes in this event were Ist in the Make -Team Award and 2nd in67 words
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Advertisement11 1956-02-07 2 MEUKOW COGNAC BRANDY 4c it jL v £95* t lIS lie11 words
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Article215 1956-02-07 3 10,000 angry Frenchmen yell abuse and clash with police In Algiers Open attack on Mollet a t start of his tour U(,IKHS. Moo.— r r lU !i settlers threw I rotten toi ihe French Minister. M. v Mollet, when he at the war lanorial in the miri-Reuter - 215 words
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Article, Illustration59 1956-02-07 3 AFTER a the five-day "big freeze" which cost 23 lives, a thaw has now begun in Britain. In this Reuter picture. taken at the height of the cold spell which held Europe in Its grip last week, water from the Eros fountain in59 words
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Article136 1956-02-07 3 South Africa gives guarantee to Britain on non-whites CAPETOWN. Mon— South Africa has agreed there will be no discrimination against non-whites at the Simonstowti naval base near here, it was announced liere today, day. The base was transferred from Britain to South Africa under an agreement reachedReuter - 136 words
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Article76 1956-02-07 3 ■-V Mon. Indian Portuguese exit Netarda, on rder yesterday, official Indian J voted by the Press here today. The agency said two people were hurt in the incident which started when "Portuguese armed personnel" crossed the border of Goa, penetrated about 200 yards into IndianReuter - 76 words
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116 1956-02-07 3 Whose holes are they? Squabbling unions cripple shipbuilding LIVERPOOL, Mon— A strike brought on by a controversy OTer who should drill the holes in ships being built here went into Its 12th week today. Mr. Leo McGree, Communist district secretary of the Woodworkers Union, claims that when the material isUP - 116 words
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Article193 1956-02-07 3 Biggest yet defence exercises BANGKOK, Monday. TTHE UNITED STATES and two other SEATO naA tions will conduct this month their biggest defence exercises since the Manila Pact alliance was formed to defend South-East Asia against Communist aggression, the United States announced. The U.S. army, navy,UP - 193 words
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Article145 1956-02-07 3 LONDON, Mon. SEVENTEEN men speaking for more than 3.000,000 people secattered among Britain's Caribbean islands are gathering in London empowered to create a new nation. Their meeting, which opens here tomorrow, is a "final" conference designed to blueprint a British Caribbean Federation. It will include145 words
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Article99 1956-02-07 3 with six men on board ¥>RUNEI, Mon. British Malayan Petroleum Company aircraft and ships are searching today off the coast of Brunei and northern Sarawak for a 50- ton barge, the Lee Lee. missing with a crew of six aboard. The Lee Lee, owned by a contracting firm,Reuter - 99 words
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Article63 1956-02-07 3 LONDON, Mon.— Four rare blood samples from West Falklind Island arrived at Great Ormond Street Hospital here yesterday for examination by specialists. The blood i s from a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare blood deficiency. Samples were sent the 8,000 mile.s to England to seeReuter - 63 words
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Article28 1956-02-07 3 LONDON. Mon.— Traffic accidents took 5,517 lives in Britain in 1955. the Ministry of Transport announced today. This was an increase of 507 over 1954.— U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article269 1956-02-07 3 LONDON. Mon. rpHE WEEKEND speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking for restraint was a strong restrictive Influence in the stoc* markets today. The general picture was one of dullness but the strength of gold provided some relief. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp269 words
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Article23 1956-02-07 3 LONDON, Feb. 6. Cash Buyers £771, Sellers £773: Forward Buyers £754, Sellers £755; Settlement £767*; Turnover: a.m. 35 tons. p.m. 55 tons.23 words
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Article26 1956-02-07 3 LONDON Feb. 6— Spot Jl^d., Mar. 31 '•<!., Apr-June 31d.. JulyBept 29 ,ri Ort -Dec. 25 Sd. Peb'c.l.f. 31' i.d. Mar. c.l.f. 31d. I Tone: Quiet.26 words
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Article188 1956-02-07 3 Strike: 50,000 more lose jobs SYDNEY, Mon. Another 50,0<)0 Australian workers are expected to be dismissed this week because of the 15-day dock strike. About 10,000 are already out of work. Raw materials ror industry will soon be critically short because of port hold-ups. Employers will go to court today188 words
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Article58 1956-02-07 3 LONDON, Mon.— Russia announced last night that she had sent a determined protest" to the United States about violation of her air space by balloons carrying automatic cameras for aerial photography. radio transmitters and receivers. Mr. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, handed the note toReuter - 58 words
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Article19 1956-02-07 3 TRIPOLI, Mon.— Tunisian Nationalist leader Salah ben Yous&ef was granted asylum by the Libyan Government today.—U.PUP - 19 words
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Article27 1956-02-07 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Shah and Queen of Iran are scheduled to arrive here '>n Feb. 16 for a three-week tour of India.— UP.UP - 27 words
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Advertisement104 1956-02-07 3 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED announces its new Ip I PENSION POLICY iPwL ichich assures you of A MONTHLY INCOME FOR LIFE from the age of 50 or 55 combined with LIFE ASSURANCE PROTECTION and PERSONAL ACCIDENT COVER •fcUjr attractive premium rates with policy holder participating in Malaya's104 words
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Advertisement186 1956-02-07 3 (Against DIARRHOEA A-^ "WORM/ For grownups and children L^^^^m^ I the pain-relieving I Disinfectant of m the urinary I \^r j[[jj passages I (bayerT BEHN, MEYER b CO. LTD., P.O. Box 2000, Singapore j PATERSON, SIMONS CO. LTD.. K. Lumpur Penang ENGLISH .ELECTRIC Lister Engineering LldJ 1955 WORLD CHAMPIONS ON186 words
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Article217 1956-02-07 4 ALLIANCE PLAN GIANT 'MERDEKA' RALLY IN MALAYA'S MOST HISTORIC TOWN TO HEAR TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN NAME THE DA V SET FOR FREEDOM KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. HPHE ALLIANCE headquarters here today completed arrangements for a rally of 100,000 people from all over the Federation to be217 words
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Article64 1956-02-07 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. More than 2.000 old people received Chinese New Year gifts from the management of the Bukit BLntang Park here today. Each was given five katis of rice, one kati of sugar, a tin of milk, a towel and $2. When the gifts had64 words
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Article82 1956-02-07 4 Back again with name cleared PENANG, Mon. MR. Abdul Wahid Mukmln, head of the economic section of the Indonesian Consulate in Penang, is now back at his old post. He resumed his appointment this morning after being cleared by the AttorneyGeneral's office in Jakarta of allegations of corruption. Mr. Mukmin82 words
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Article28 1956-02-07 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Security forces yesterday arrested a woman terrorist suspect in the Rengam area of Johore. A parang and a sack containing clothing were recovered.28 words
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Article68 1956-02-07 4 ALOR STAR. Mon. The Kubang Pasu Development Board today decided to ask Rida to provide funds to build more bridlepaths in kampongs and padi fields In the area. It was the board's first meeting in three years. Villagers were willing to contribute labour, the meeting68 words
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Article225 1956-02-07 4 THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE ELEMENTS PROFESSOR G. W. Davidson. Professor of History at the Australian National University, said in Singapore last night that there were conservative elements in Australia who were still chary about Malayan independence. "The 'White Man's Burden' school of thought still has some225 words
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Article, Illustration76 1956-02-07 4 POLITICS— BY THE WOMAN AT SIR PERCY'S SIDE ADY McNEICE, wife of Sir Percy McNeice. the former President of the City Council, said yesterday that Singapore wives should encourage their husbands to enter public life. She was speaking at a luncheon given in her honour by the Singapore Chinese Ladies76 words
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Article291 1956-02-07 4 Assembly pickets will call proposal 'evil, disastrous* CINQAPORE Chrlstian s plan <3 to stage an anti-public lottery demonstration near the Assembly House tomorrow in an all-out crusade against the proposal to introduce a Government lottery in the Colony. Placards denouncing the evils of a State lottery291 words
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133 1956-02-07 4 Farm people get $38,000 for losses in floods THHE Singapore Government paid out $38,062 yesterday to 213 farming families hit by the recent floods in the Bedok resettlement area. The money was given to rehabilitate farmers who lost livestock and vegetables in the floods. Armed guards A team of Social133 words
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Article, Illustration218 1956-02-07 4 Now Liberal Socialist jtfß. R. JUMABHOY, Independent a« iTI for Telok Ayer, yesterday Joined th blyc formed Liberal Socialist Party. He said he was giving up his independent status in an effort to ensure stable government for Singapore. "A stooge government is worse218 words
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Article101 1956-02-07 4 New party goes to old house SINGAPORE* n, w cal union. u 1( Socialist Party, v.'.'^ moved into th Road headquirt former Pnogres The former Den other partner i,, gave up their meeting p i a < Hean Club. Mr. E. K. Tan. general of the Libe£r? ciahsts, and Mi101 words
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Article20 1956-02-07 4 PENANG, Mon ers in the FecU: meet in Ipoh th: to form the Natio: Cigar Workers.20 words
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350 1956-02-07 5 THE CONVICT CLERKS WHOSE ACCOUNTS JUST DON'T ADD UP The price of part-time in prison: Stolen, 150 yds of cloth and 5,000 needles fHE Director of Audit, Malaya, Mr. H. M. Watson, questions the wisdom of employing convicts as clerks in Changi Prison. In his annual report on Singapore accounts,350 words
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Article37 1956-02-07 5 Mr G. E. N. Oehlers, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, returned to Singapore by Qantas yesterday. Mr Oehlers had attended a meeting of the General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Jamaica37 words
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Article23 1956-02-07 5 KAJANG. Mon. Three new electricity sub-stations are to be built here to meet a growing demand for industrial and domestic consumers.23 words
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Article, Illustration81 1956-02-07 5 STRONGMAN LEE CHI MING (above), a member of the Wong Bong Foo acrobatic troupe. who was injured in a fall while performing at the Happy World. Singapore, on Dec. 29 died in the General Hospital yesterday. Lee was doing a difficult act with Wong Bong81 words
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Article220 1956-02-07 5 Detective too fast for him T\AY TIO KWANG, 19. described as a "young thug" x will spend six months in jail because he mistook a detective, well versed in the art of unarmed combat, to be a rival gang leader. Events leading to Tay's conviction220 words
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Article43 1956-02-07 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Charged in the Sessions Court today with having cheated Juriah binte Dato Paduka Alam of $100 on Oct. 10, Radzuan bin Makam, aged 39, a former petition writer, was allowed bail of $1,000 in two sureties pending trial.43 words
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Article60 1956-02-07 5 A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolboy. Yap Ah Meng. was severely burnt yesterday in an accident in Home Road. Singapore. He was passing a broken down lorry when a cigarette tin full of blazing petrol fell on him. A man who was trying to repair the lorry engine60 words
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Article210 1956-02-07 5 CINGAPORE police working round-the-clock since the Communists flung grenades 1 at three police posts j last week, have closed in on a "large number" of! suspects. Police investigators now know that the grenades were part of a stock which > the British forces left210 words
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Article29 1956-02-07 5 Mr. A. Fraser Brunner, Director of the Van Kleef Aquarium, will be the speaker at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Cathay Hotel.29 words
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Advertisement95 1956-02-07 5 3% CASES^I (12 tot ties **\y of y^ cognac I^^^^^a^ /sM mm IrS^Cf ri Mr. Hennessy will a ..wawwM**! 1 ca on families in easiu M y° ur area before Ife^i^^^L^i^ Chinese New Year. §gg£JE$S he calls on y 9 u 1 ::1 r bottle of Hennessy I ShHEHBPi n95 words
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Miscellaneous459 1956-02-07 5 i *9.30 News; 9.45 "Pipes And RADIO MALAYA Drums' 10.00 Bebe Daniels And Ben Lyon: 10.30 U Juke Box. Programmes thus marked can be received try listeners In ||Hl^^^H^^|^Bi^^^B Malacca i Short wave 19 <v 62m. Medium wave 476 m., 343 366 m and 297 m. tL^Lr. "p^« SINGAPORE i459 words
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Article592 1956-02-07 6 COMPANY DIRECTOR, SUED BY BANK FOR $300,000, TELLS 0F... COMPRADORE WAS PAID $140,000 COMMISSION, COURT IS TOLD THE managing director of the Bin Seng Company Limited, Mr. Chionh Kioh Chor, told the Singapore High Court yesterday that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation had allowed the592 words
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Article, Illustration94 1956-02-07 6 Mr. L can 't be prosecuted: Police Singapore police have told the Labour Front that it cannot prosecute Assemblyman Mr. A. R. Lasarous (above) on the allegations made against him by the Front. The allegations related to incidents at the Front annual general meeting last October during which Mr. Lazarous94 words
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90 1956-02-07 6 A QUIET MAN? NOT KWAI MUN, THE BAD, BAD BANDIT XL ALA LUMPUR, Mini. Quarrelsome Kwai Mun, 41, was one of two terrorists killed by a police special squad 10 miles outside Kuala Lumpur on the Bentong road yesterday. The two terrorists were ambushed on the jungle fringe in the90 words
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Article46 1956-02-07 6 PENANG. Mon. A ruDber tapper, Suppiah Anamali, went on a drinking spree after coming to Penang from Baling to see an Indian film last night. In the magistrate's court today, Suppiah was cautioned and discharged for being drunk in Jelutong Road.46 words
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123 1956-02-07 6 Liquor tax dried up Colony drinkers TtflE tax increase on x liquors introduced by the Colony Government on Nov. 9 last year had a sobering effect on thirsty Singaporeans. According to the Singapore Customs, last month's revenue from liquor brought in $2,691,000. This is $81,--000 less than the January figure123 words
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111 1956-02-07 6 BOOM— BUT NO FAT ANG POWS FOR RUBBER WORKERS KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— The an K packets) which Chinese rubber firms are payinc i staffs this week will be no bigger than last despite the rubber boom. Rubber prices since last June have hwn highest since 1951. when the demand went111 words
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Article35 1956-02-07 6 Sixteen of the 21 cases on the Singapore Assize calendar for this month were yesterday adjourned to the next Assizes. Only five cases are fixed for trial this month.35 words
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Article29 1956-02-07 6 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will take the salute at a Royai Malayan Navy ceremonial parade at the RMN Barracks at Woodlands, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.29 words
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Article118 1956-02-07 6 None knew why flags flew do you? SHIPS of all nations in Singapore Harbour were gaily "dressed" yesterday. Do you know why their flags were flying? The same question was put to several dozen Singaporeans yesterday and not one gave the right answer. "Chinese New Year," said some. "Tengku Abdul118 words
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Article, Illustration170 1956-02-07 6 Police seek aid in Ng killing SINGAPORE police, investigating the brutal murder *-> of Madam Ng Sai Cheng, 60, whose body wa. found alongside a drain in Caldecott Hill on Sunday morning, last night appealed for information whirh might help them to find the killer.170 words
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Advertisement91 1956-02-07 6 LJ2/55 I P^ SamiMth B TO EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS A really smart publication that provides ■~^^m or c recor dirig of many fascinating details baby's birth, progress, christening, first rein N anc actions photographs and family tree < /I) l/Un y Presented with the compliments /Lihr r Iml proprietors91 words
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273 1956-02-07 7 NAN HALL - GROUND'S THE LIMIT FOR COLONY'S WEEKEND PILOTS NAN HALL By J^ SERIES of major setbacks has left the Singapore Flying Club with six aircraft, a new clubhouse, plenty of pupils but unable to fly. The club's president, Mr. Gordon Lowden, said yesterday that, while new pupils are "just crying out273 words
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Article, Illustration78 1956-02-07 7 TURBO-JET Britannia's should be in operation on the Singapore route by September. The authority Lord Rennell of Rodd, deputy chairman of 8.0.A.C. (above) who arrived in Singapore from Colombo yesterday on his way to Australia and New Zealand. He also said 8.0.A.C. planes would land twice78 words
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Article48 1956-02-07 7 The Federation's Director of Museum, Mr. G. de O. Sieveking, will give a public lecture in Singapore tomorrow on "Archaelogical prospects in Malaya." The lecture, sponsored by the University of Malaya Archaelogical Society, will be in the university's Arts Theatre, Cluny Road, at noon.48 words
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Article24 1956-02-07 7 Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, the Singapore Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, returned fom the ECAFE conference at Bangalore yesterday by BOAC.24 words
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Article30 1956-02-07 7 The International Women's Club, Singapore, will hold a debate on "Should women combine careers with the home" at the Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay, at 10 a.m. tomorrow.30 words
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Article138 1956-02-07 7 Tripped up by a magistrate s test rnHE witness room of the 1 Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court in South Bridge Road will not be In use again until it has been made sound proof. Mr J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn. the magistrate, made this decision yesterday when he138 words
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Article71 1956-02-07 7 Teachers accused in dope case BUTTERWORTH. Mon. rpwo PERI-IS teachers, Haji 1 Mohamed Kassim, 30, and Abdul Hamid bin Shaan. 22, were charged in the Butterworth Magistrate s Court today with possessing 33 packets of prepared opium. The magistrate transferred the case to the Sessions Court. Bail of $10,000 each71 words
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157 1956-02-07 7 T EADERS of three Colony seamen s unions want Mr. T. A. White, the Asian Seamen's Welfare Officer, to be their "technical adviser" during their forthcoming wage negotiations with the Singapore Maritime Employers' Federation. They described the talks as "very Important" and said they157 words
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Article54 1956-02-07 7 The first of a series of public career lectures, sponsored by the Singapore Rotary Club, will be held at the British Council hall, Stamford Road, from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. tomorrow. The speaker will be Mr. W. S Stredwick, City Water Engineer, whose lecture54 words
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Article38 1956-02-07 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Choo Sin Moy, 42, a labourer at Pekan Nanas, wa s fined $200 or two months' jail by the Pontian Sessions Court today for moving without a permit 10 tahlls of sugar candy.38 words
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Article197 1956-02-07 7 DR. BLAND BLAMES THE CHILD WIVES Why so many babies die TTHE Director of Medical A Services, Dr. R. H. Bland, blames the very high infant mortality rate among Malays in Singapore partly on the increase of mothers of the age group which hovers between "adolescence and near childhood." These197 words
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Article147 1956-02-07 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Another row is brew ng iptween the chairman of the Labour Party's Selangor division, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, 2nd the party's Kuala Lumpur branch. The Kuala Lumpur branch te to meet on when its chairman, Mr. 8. S. Nayagam. says, Mr. Tan147 words
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Article25 1956-02-07 7 The Ramakrlshna Mission. Singapore, has received a gift of $100 from the Singapore Naval Base Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.25 words
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Advertisement342 1956-02-07 7 You g& *h e finest on Pan American!) ®Dlfi(!sQj©Sfl} ACROSS THE PACIFIC For reservations, call your Travel Agent or Phone 2412 Mansfield A Co., Ltd., Ocean Bldg., Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang X^ Vtw fIL. WORLD'S MOST HMMf ilMCDrri/U EXPERIENCED PAN AMtn/CA/Y AIRLINE I -fH WRINKLES? £-z ly tylpJ& DOES WONDERS342 words
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Advertisement79 1956-02-07 7 s^Pf f B r*eU HvtiteCC Jewelled movement xW: xs^ >^^^I^B *^S for more effective cooling Sjr Improved speaker unit— Write for full details to: H. A. O'CONNOR CO., LTD. Laidlaw Building, Battery Road, Singapore- 1. MALAYA'S LEADINC CINE SPECIALISTS INVICTA WORLD FAMOUS SWISS WATCH Over a century of watch making79 words
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Miscellaneous30 1956-02-07 7 High tides POTt Dlckion 3.36 a.m. (6ft. 4ins.) 3w p m 1 5ft sta> Penang 1107 am. (4ft 81ns.) 10.38 p.m. (sft. 91ns.). TOMORROW: Singapore 7 M ffTapin. (6ft. 311^.).30 words
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Article285 1956-02-07 8 20 Word* (10 (minimum). lOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mall' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. YOU MAY LOVE Onions but what about the smell? Surely you've heard that Air-wick will fax that Try it today. MADELINE S FASHION NEWS. Classic styling in day-wear285 words
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Article97 1956-02-07 8 M Hortfs $1* (mUdmum). MR. AND MRS. I. E. HAM. Th.mk Friends and Relative* tor Best Wishes, Presents, Telegrams, congratulatory messages and attendance at their wedding. AII.EEN. JOHNSON and the of the late Mrs. Wong Chee WH <Nee Madam Chan Yin Ivlngi thank all relatives and friends for their97 words
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642 1956-02-07 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 7, 1956. Television Doubts Television for Singapore comes up for discussion at this week's meeting of the Assembly. Acceptance will be sought of a motion proposing that television should be in the hands of a single licensee, who would operate the service under Government642 words
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Article367 1956-02-07 8 Comments by the Committee on Local Government on multi-lingualism in Singapore local government bodies should give pause to even the most devout babelist. This was no impartial inquiry. The committee was instructed expressly to "find a way by which the business of local government might be carried on367 words
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Article163 1956-02-07 8 Singapore will feel as pleased today as Mr. Marshall was yesterday when he announced that the British Prime Minister has agreed to send to the Colony an all-party delegation of Members of Parliament. They are coming to assess the capacity of Singapore for self-government and early independence. The163 words
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1911 1956-02-07 8 Four district councils in scheme which marches with Master Plan The Report of the Committee on Local Government, reviewed by ALLINGTON KENNar School for legislators TOHE resolution of the Legislative Assembly which called for inquiry into local government in Singapore made it quite certain in advance that the committee's conclusions1,911 words
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327 1956-02-07 8 I DO agree with Mrs. B. Lumsden Milne that Standard English pronunciation is the aim of everyone interested in education. as English is the most widely spoken language in the world. but I cannot agree that this is the aim of educational bodies ir.327 words
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Letter171 1956-02-07 8 TNDIANS who are too poor A to afford cabin travel and have to endure the miseries of the deck, will doubtless welcome the five Indian parliamentarians who are to Investigate the conditions of deck passengers and recommend better facilities. This, however, is not the first time171 words
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Advertisement464 1956-02-07 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 WordM $10 (minimum). LIGORY: On February sth 1956 at K.K. Hospital to Mary Alex, wife of Ligory. a so"DE RIDDER: To Helta and James on 6.2.56 at Batu Gajah Hospital Perak. iwln boy and girl. (All well). COLES: On sth Feb. at General Hospital. Johore Bahru to464 words
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Advertisement93 1956-02-07 8 jMUIOHNER In order to encourage Piano Accordion playing In this country, Messrs. Hohners have drastically reduced the prices of "Hohner Student Series" Accordions as from Ist February 1856. New prices are as follows:— STUDENT lIM 26 keys. 12 basses $165.00 BTUDENT IVM 26 keys, 32 basses, 3 couplers $215.00 STUDENT93 words
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Advertisement24 1956-02-07 8 Indoor games are more exciting When they 1 re played by Osram lighting! Advertisement o/TMfc GENtRAL ELECTRIC CO.. <*•• Representing THE CENEKAL ELECTRIC CO- LTD24 words
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785 1956-02-07 9 CHIA POTEIK - CHIA POTEIK THE MATA-MATAS QUOTE A MALAY PROVERB WHICH SAYS: By KEEP THE 7 TOP MEN 9 PLEA Till spokesman for ink and file i Singapore Sub-Inspector :,.kar bin Ali. a Malay prothe MalayaniI ommission Jit to explain n's attitude a l H785 words
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Article129 1956-02-07 9 'WAITRESS CASE' MEN FREED Defence not called PUR BRITISH airmen charged In a Singapore court with robbing a waitress of $41 at the old Kallang airport, were acquitted yesterday. The airmen were Norman Alger 30. Arthur Wass 27. Robert Gillen 25. and D. E. W. Jones 19. All are Leading129 words
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Article40 1956-02-07 9 A sauce factory labourer. Loke Weng Yew, 34, was found dead with a stab wound in the neck in the bathroom of a house in Tan Quee Lan Street. Singapore, yesterday evening. Police do not suspect foul play.40 words
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227 1956-02-07 9 Education Council accused: You're twisting the issue SINGAPORE'S Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. yesterday said the Malay Education Council was twisting a purely educational matter into a political issue. He was referring to what he termed a "mischievous" statement issued by the council blaming him for the trouble227 words
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Article40 1956-02-07 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Khoo Chew Bok. a clerk employed by the Seelong new village council, was jailed for six months and fined $200 in Sessions Court today for misappropriating $48 belonging to the Council.40 words
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102 1956-02-07 9 Robbery gang use same ruse again-get off with $1,000 TX>R the second time in r five days, four armed men yesterday used the eve-of-C hinese New Year ruse of delivering presents to carry oat a robbery. The gang got away with about 81,000 in cash and jewellery from the house102 words
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Article24 1956-02-07 9 New water meters which will replace the block meters for 7,000 Singapore Improve ment Trust flats are due In the Colony soon.24 words
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Article, Illustration242 1956-02-07 9 The SVC -flashback to 1860 BLACK OPENS HISTORY *'I>ORE EXHIBITION WATCHED b> a suard-oi-bonour of Raffles Institution Army cadets dressed in the colourful green, red and black uniform of the Singapore Volunteer Corps of the 1860's the Governor, Sir Robert Black, yesterday cut the tape to open the "History of242 words
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Article30 1956-02-07 9 BATU GAJAH, Mon. The Dato Panglima Kinta, Tuan I Haji Mohamed Eusoff, was elected patron of the Malay Village Headmens' AssociaHon, inta. which was formed j here yesterday.30 words
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Article84 1956-02-07 9 PRIEST, 63, DIES IN MALACCA MALACCA. Mon. rE Rev. R. de Souza. 63. a parish priest of the St. Francis Church in Malacca, died this morning after a three-day illness. Mr. de Souza was born In Malacca. He was educated at St. Francis Institution here. After leaving school he worked84 words
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Article146 1956-02-07 9 T^WO COMMUNIST documents, advocating armed A rebellion against the Malayan Government, were found on Ng Hiap Kiang, 21. when he was searched at the Holland Road police station, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Mr. J. W. D. Ambrose, the judge, jailed Ng for146 words
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Article56 1956-02-07 9 The Public Relations Officer. Mr. G. G. Thomson, will represent th e Singapore Government at the Asia Far East Travel Commission and Pacific Air Travel Association conferences In Tokyo from Feb. 12 to 18. Mr. Thomson is chairman of the working committee considering th e establishment56 words
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Article28 1956-02-07 9 The Gan Eng Seng School Camera Club will hold Its first exhibition of pictorial photography at the school hall in Anson Road at 5.3d p.m, today.28 words
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422 1956-02-07 9 NELSON RUTHERFURD - TENGKU: WILL HE LEAVE THE COUNTRY? NELSON RUTHERFURD By Marriage-ban women worry JOHORE BAHKI Monday. 4 NEW CAUSE for trepidation has come to Johore Bahru U.M.N.O. women, now engrossed in a movement which is against mixed marriages in Royal circles. A similar movement, led by a mystery aristocrat, Mrs. X,422 words
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Advertisement78 1956-02-07 9 is the drink is the Scotch Efitti refreshing as Scotch Whisky. 'k 5Ei You can drink it short or V^l^ p k f^j long, as the mood takes you, f^*^p W but whether served neat or Lf r*M V* Scotch is the friendliest drink fW i/i of »U- Hive a78 words
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Advertisement80 1956-02-07 9 Are you? the "just-to-be-Sociable" type The man who y^"^\ SOCIABLE" .XQW^V^ has remarkable /h4?ifr~^t L -J-n staying powers \^^^\Jll~-T^[*\ and invariably XV J becomes a (7 -Us^*«y S member of \i /^\l that select Ifc J^T group known ul r''*.^.; as "the hard \J core". As a v~j Ljl Man80 words
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Article388 1956-02-07 10 MONDAY T BUY a word game this afternoon in which you have to form words going up and down the scoring board. Tom and I have a couple of games tonight and find to our astonishment >tt is half past eleven by [the time we have388 words
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203 1956-02-07 10 WOMEN who have good figures can show them again, thanks to the fitted lines and 19th century revival of romanticism in the overall fashion trends established in Paris last week. Old-time features include roses caught in looped ribbon belts fastened to broadbrimmed picture hats203 words
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Article, Illustration35 1956-02-07 10 PLAY SUIT WITH TRIMMINGS Most girls' ambition is to own a mink coat but Jill appears to be satisfied with a pair of mink trimmed undershorts spun with gold and mink trimming to her playsuit.35 words
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370 1956-02-07 10 VI ANY mothers seem iTI to find the question of a diet for their two to five-year-olds quite a problem, for at this age the child has left behind his baby diet and yet an aduit diet is not always suitable or370 words
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Advertisement296 1956-02-07 10 MODELLED WRAAF HATS I iiiiii I I Jennifer Stuart-White models this brocade evening gown cleverly trimmed with looped braid. Jennifer rvho now lives at Changi was formerly with the photographic unit of the WRAAF and was chosen to model the service hats brought out three years ago. She now hopes296 words
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Advertisement285 1956-02-07 10 Not a shadow o[ a doubt i k withKptex Now comes packed in pearl-grey boxes i WM i v I S More women choose I KOT E X than all. other I sanitary towels. I I J Wi^'JzM Wf" 1 "t //mm What more can you do before baby comes,285 words
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Miscellaneous259 1956-02-07 10 Straits Times Crossword ?J 2 U 3 U 4 U a 'J 6 UTTB 1_ M M 10 1 JIIM" I I I I m g p ia^ l""g tj f i a is li M ia i i^ M rg^ BJ^ w 1 27 I I I I IJI_I_IJI_i_I259 words
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Miscellaneous12 1956-02-07 10 C.G.G. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.12 words
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Article, Illustration1594 1956-02-07 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Dickens expounded English character to the world POSSIBLY the greatest of the English novelists and certainly the best known is Charles Dickens. His house in Doughty Street, Holborn, Central London, is almost like a shrine, a purple plaque on its red brick wall, a veritable museum1,594 words
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Advertisement181 1956-02-07 11 THIS ~=JBLlJ^f^ BRINGS -Po\y&2U you MUSIC-COMTEMTMENT jt RECORD Jtfmj CHANGER r.v\ RECORD RACK w o sizes Hvmlable to <V 60 rrcords. L— 1 ,[CORD F sttDLE I Age DIE CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. OtRAL IMPORTS DIVISION) ip,.n- K. Lumpur I BALL PEN cunc7to#/\ j'/ RETRACTS I I n !cAUTOMATICAILV/181 words
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Advertisement297 1956-02-07 11 MY CONSTIPATION WRRIES ARE OVER! I ALWAYS TAKE Milk of Magnesia Because It proi'idcs more com*&f<n^=^Kk plat* relief than sincrr-puiixtsr ■»^iT ir 1~~~ L ~a«rS> laxatives, -*hirh have no effccl on j^w^sEl the acid indigestion that usually j^s "^^B accompanies constipation. Kor •m« Milk of Magnesia rrlii-M". j fp-^4- both297 words
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Miscellaneous80 1956-02-07 11 Hex Morgan* 3M.D. So comfortable kg j^f flflfl^^TvJflflflflflr W I MbVbQI I X^ak^fJHdP,' Aft Bflflflflßßflflß^^^flflflflflflflßr BB A Dick Tracy Old tutor ■■■■■aVI f-rviE YgOCX?.' MAC LET MEN fIS IT POS9fc3LE THE PRESEN f] t il 11 11 11 ILL fJF I H T^TTT^^r^Bßrr vnTTA\ KIDS WAVE TWOSE 1947 '^MUMBLES" IS80 words
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547 1956-02-07 12 LAST MONTH'S TIN EXPORTS WERE JANUARY RECORD By Our Market Correspondent perhaps a minor factor, Malayan tin exports in January played their part in depressing the present price of tin in world markets. Tin exports in January are usually higher due to the seasonal shut-down of the Pulau Brani smelter547 words
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Article219 1956-02-07 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: Quiet and dull conditions prevailed in all sections of the local share market." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Federal Dispensary (rights) 48 cents; Fraser and Neave ords. $1.77-; Gammon $2.35 (odd lot). $2.42 't (overnight). $2.40; Georgetown219 words
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Article143 1956-02-07 12 February first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.07 ■"■i per lb., up one cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. bu\ers 101%; sellers 107 T No. 1 R.S.S. February143 words
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Article83 1956-02-07 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exrhanjer: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet;. FebI ruary $27' i buyers. $27% sellers; March $27 -n buyers, $28' i sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40', sellers; drum $43 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $133. Sarawak $132. special Sarawak83 words
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Article80 1956-02-07 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Willem Ruys 1,2, President Buchanan 45. Bradeverett CP., Phemius 67. Olga Maersk 89. Peleus 1 1 Cambodge 13,14. Glenartney 15 16. Singapore 18. Kota Baroe 19 20, Petallng N. Wall 5 to 7, Rawang N. Wall 9.80 words
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Article41 1956-02-07 12 The following January tin outputs are announced: Rahman Hydraulic 515 plculs: Sungrl Bldor 1.047 in ■u!.s; RrnoriK Tin: Jlngang 1.006 plculs: Rafta Mine 801 plculs: Surcri Klnta 58.S plculs; Ipoh Tin (Purhnng Sretiimi 317 plculs; Pahanc Consolidated 200 tons.41 words
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Article93 1956-02-07 12 Investments although saies range on trie loaay. Prices i minings mam speculative oils out sughay easier. were a.so slight ,y were more acme ar. firmer. Loans 3V- IBM- Loans 3V t l»M- 58 Con. Zinc Bank of N.S.W Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hiii so Mount Morgan Peko93 words
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Article16 1956-02-07 12 BOfGAPORI RI'BBKK ••>• (up one TIN: 5371 (down 62 i „n s COPRA: Plcul (unchan'i,,.di,16 words
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Article84 1956-02-07 12 The Malayan txchang, Association made changes in i s on Saturday:— London: selling TT n. 2.4 1.32; buying air mail TT 5 32. O.D. 24 3 16. 30 45 dst 2 4 38. 60 dst 90 dstor 3 m D or 4m st 2 4 2132, 180 ds--684 words
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Article13 1956-02-07 12 January rubber Crops me' Kuala F.eman 117,5001 b Bnw 57,5001 b.13 words
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Advertisement636 1956-02-07 12 COMPANY MEETINGS HUME INDUSTRIES (FORMERLY HUME PIPE) (FAR EAST) LIMITED. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN MR. M. R. SWAIN. On the recommendation of the Board of Directors of Hume Bast) Ltd.. Humes Ltd of Australia, the holder of all the Ordinary Shares in Hume ies i Far East) Ltd.. comprising in636 words
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Advertisement292 1956-02-07 12 Singapore, and in 1955 were the successful sub-contractors to Messrs. Paul V Construction Company for the manufacture of all prestressed concrete components for the Kallang Basin Bridge. Many other bridges are now being built with Hume prestressed beams, both In Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Another successful and wellknown292 words
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Advertisement871 1956-02-07 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS at Kuala Trengganu. Candidates for appointment must be, age lft— 22, Federal Citizens or eligible for same and must have passed Form II In an English School. Knovledge of Colloquial Malay is required. The basic salary is $115-$250 p.m. Applications on Form Gen. 147. obtainable871 words
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Advertisement508 1956-02-07 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS AREINVTTED from Federal Citizens for appointment as (a) Fisheries Assistants and (b) Junior Fisheries Assistants In the Fisheries Department. Qualifications for (a) Cambridge School Certificate preferably with a credit in General Science; must be under 23 years of age; ability to converse fluently in Malay. Qualifications for508 words
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Advertisement814 1956-02-07 12 NOTICE **F I> rtNUtl* DISSOLUTION OF MERSING CINEMA CO. JOHORE. NOTICE is hereby given on behalf of Kan Kong Yean, Chen Cheong Woh and Kong Yee Plow and Chal ling Sing that the partnership business now subsisting between them trading under the style or name of the Mersing Cinema Company814 words
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Advertisement385 1956-02-07 12 ■m— MunßWinniMiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiMimii— KNUTSEN LINE orient service EROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swer. Penan? FIMMR Ogeka Bakke Sailed 13 Feb* 17 Feb 18 F-b Elisabeth Bakkc 4 Feb 5 Mar* 7 Mar 8 Mar Cjertrud Bakke 3 Mar 2 Apr 4 Apr 4 Apr385 words
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Advertisement1041 1956-02-07 13 I#l 3405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. T.i, l4 i* IHE BLUeVuiweL LINE "™T .^-fTor Tpooliaosao* F.b 9 Fab 11 Jffi ft J}^ h IV2I M 22/ M 9O r L >•« m/2> F.b2./2- M^ I* Fob 28 Mar 4 Mar 3/ 4 "or M., Mor AX**" <rr"°l d Mar 1 Mor1,041 words
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Advertisement1119 1956-02-07 13 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA ror Aden, Pert Seid, Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, C.p.r.hogen, Gothenburg fc Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penang ..h^i.*" 01 9/ Fto (Powengers only) ««> 2 HDIA 2 1/ 4 Mar E r LANDIA 10/12 Mor 13/13 Mar 14/15 Mar 71 1 11/12 Mor 11/14 Mar1,119 words
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Advertisement1038 1956-02-07 13 HKngTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTDTi^r SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penong BENALDER for Hamburg, Rotterdam, Liverpool hi Pert •ENAVON for London, Rotterdom, Hull 14/1* reb 10/13 Feb 19/20 reb -BENMHOR for London, Rotterdam 24 reb/ 4 Mat Direct1,038 words
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Advertisement1174 1956-02-07 13 McALISTER tfc CO.. LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLERMAN «t BUCKNALL I KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE fc VANCOUVER "^jTr"^' N iTtL A V? > 7 tl<: K! Ort Accepting cargo for C.ntrol fc South ond Canodo and vio Colombo America CITY OP OTTAWA1,174 words
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Article, Illustration340 1956-02-07 14 [jUME Industries (Far East) Ltd. are to give Malayans a chance to subscribe capital to the company which has become one of the biggest manufacturing concerns in the country. To enable Malayans to take a financial interest in the company, stock will be340 words
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Article, Illustration210 1956-02-07 14 AN AUSTRALIAN HOPES TO SELL US MORE BUTTONS AN Australian plastic manufacturer said in Singapore last week he was optimistic about the future of button sales in Malaya as more local women were becoming fashion -conscious. The manufacturer was Mr. Cornelius F. Ney, whose company in Sydney supplies buttons of210 words
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190 1956-02-07 14 A DELEGATION from the Federal Association of German Industries has left West Germany for a goodwill tour of the Far East and South-East Asia. The aim of the mission is to intensify mutual trade relations already existing between Germany and Eastern countries by making190 words
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Article333 1956-02-07 14 With higher Colony buildings FIEMAND for lifts can be expected to expand in Singapore because the increasing pressure of population is resulting in the building of skyscrapers, said Mr. B. P. Hutton. a director of a leading British lift manufacturing company. Mr. Hutton, who has333 words
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221 1956-02-07 14 A CLOSE of season report from London reviewing 1955 work on rubber in roads states that excellent progress has been made in Britain in developing the newest of all road surfacing materials-rubberised tar. First tried out experimentally in 1953 it came on the221 words
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Article, Illustration203 1956-02-07 14 i $100,000 firm has been established in Singapore for the manufacture and fabrication locally of electrical switch gears, fuseboards, lighting fixtures and appliances. The company, Malayan Engineers Ltd., has appointed Mr. Ken K. Spurr, an electrical engineer and lift specialist, as its managing director. A203 words
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Article60 1956-02-07 14 Mr. Richard T. Delow has been appointed general manager of Malayan American Plantations, Ltd.. a subsidiary of United States Rubber Co.. it has been announced in New York. Mr. Delow will make his headquarters in Penang. He succeeds Mr. Vincent Madsen. who left in November to60 words
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Advertisement264 1956-02-07 14 fbpuialidi BOTH m,hc TECHNOLOGIST mi Both exemplify SERVICE as their paramount motive. Th e Technologist with his specialised skiII— LUMLEYS icith the unbiased advice and supervision that only an insurance broker can give. EDWARD LUMLEY SONS (malaya) LTD. Kelly I Walsh Building, Raffles Place, SINGAPORE MM *****/7 ***** Whiteawoy Loidlow264 words
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Advertisement287 1956-02-07 14 £4rV%li^l#tf%!^F%fTOf%!FVt#UWTO)>^o i f4rv>>fnv\O#)> 5 I I CHAMPAG:, OF COGNACS 1 I v*> < a t I I "^_J| Choice of Connoisseurs Sole Agents: I fy KIAN GWAN (malaya) LTD. I SINCAPORE ::KUALA LUMPUR PENANC |j <| MtTCM THI COLOUR Of rOOR CYCWEAR >■■ TM TMC COSTUMI QT TOon CMCgB /v^/^^7^^^^287 words
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Advertisement327 1956-02-07 15 OF INTEREST j TO ADVERTISERS} I, N KUALA LUMPUR, iPOH PEMAMB i T(lf bNfl fimet for handing rl««iricd Advertisements to j IW ofr.cc V Kujl. mour Ipoh and Penang for ct.on .n the following of rhc Straits Time, j H .15 follows: Penang3p.nl., Ipoh 4 p.m. Kuala Lumpur 5 p.m.327 words
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Advertisement409 1956-02-07 15 ACCOMMODATION V tCANT U Ward, SS (Mln.)-Box it ct.. .xtra. N« OH r25 E BA HRU "^o SU,rey rw»?T c T Houses All Modern Conveniences Immediate Occupation Reasonable Rent Apply 71 Jalan Ibrahim. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY self-contained 2 Bedroom Furnlshe£ Flat. River Valley Road Family preferable. Box A 1403." FURNISHED DOUBLE409 words
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Advertisement433 1956-02-07 15 ACCOMMODATION WANTED it Word. $S (Mln.)— Box St ct.. extra. CEYLONESE STAFF OFFICER reouires lodging in Christian Home. Able to help children in English Latin all Mathematics. Box A 1431 S.T. WANTED by European Bachelor. 2 Bedroom Unfurnished Flat or half House, Tanglln or Holland Road area, preferably for Occupation433 words
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Advertisement435 1956-02-07 15 DANCING 10 Word, lit (minimum). DnUg 1 month. It Wordt tiJt (Mm.) TRY DINING In our Patio at the West Point Garden. RAFFLES HOTEL Nightly Dance and Floor-Show from 9 to 12 pjn. DANCE In the Open Air 8.30 to midnight. Best Food. SU^apore Airport Hotel. SEASIDE RESORT. Paslr Rls435 words
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Advertisement889 1956-02-07 15 VEHICLES WANTED |2* Wordt IS (Mln.)— Box St rta. extra. REQUIRED NOW! 1951/2 Bulck, PUt Marvellette or 1952/3 Austin, Morris Tourer, in good I condition. Reasonable offer accepted. Contact ***** please. HOUSES LAND FOR SALE M Wordt SS (Mln.)— Box St ctt. extra. VACANT POSSESSION. Kuala Lumpur Ampang Road. Completely889 words
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Advertisement850 1956-02-07 15 FOR SALE 20 Wordt %S (Min.)— Box St tts. extra. 32 TEAK FOLDINO chairs for garden party $4 Each OEC cooker 3 plates excel, cond. $150.-5« new English buntings large lot $70. View 75 Devonshire Road. SIX VALVE MARCONI Radiogram with 3-speed Oarrard Automatic changer In polished teak wood cabinet.850 words
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Advertisement494 1956-02-07 15 /1^ I O ®®(D 0 I ®o /Olivetti Divisumma I Printing Calculator Adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides, gives credit ba- lance, and prints its own record of the calculations. Capacity 10/11 columns. Sole Agents Quthrle A Co Ltd use /ISNL cough Emm MIXTURE /Wyff iff rf+Mm ii l ta 4CIP494 words
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Article176 1956-02-07 16 a. tiie fine badminton they played. Yet Doiu 19-year-old Robert ana Kew fiian are players who seem destined to make their iiiaik for Malaya in i:' >s and destroy the hopes of the challenging nations. There is a great temptation to enthuse over these fine young players. Temperamentally, they176 words
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420 1956-02-07 16 RAF Tengah, who have had a good record in previous Singapore seven-a-side rugby competitions, were eliminated in the preliminary round on the padang yesterday. Naval Base beat them 8-0. Other teams to go out before the first round, which starts tomorrow, were Seletar "B" G.H.Q420 words
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Article47 1956-02-07 16 LONDON. Mon. Results of today's Football Association Cup fourth round replays: Scunthorpe U. 1 Liverpool 2 (after extra time); Burnley 2 Chelsea 2 (after extra time). Liverpool now play Manchester City at Manchester In the fifth round on February 18. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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Article157 1956-02-07 16 NINE players from the South and six from the North will represent AllMalaya against the Fijians In their floodlit farewell rugger match at Singapore's Jalan Be^ar Stadium on Thursday Feb. 23. The side, to be captained by Beringer of Singapore Combined Services, comprises five Singapore157 words
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Article647 1956-02-07 16 We're safe for years Leow THOMAS CUP COACHES ARE IMPRESSED BY ROBERT AND KEW SAN THAT WOOD SHOT RULE KEPT MAKING ITSELF ODIOUS By The Sports Editor riOMAS CUP player Ooi Teik Hock is beaten by internationally unknown M. Sadali of Singapore Thomas Cup player Ong Poh Lim is ailing647 words
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Article, Illustration46 1956-02-07 16 TEH KEW .vAN (forground) and Urn Say Hup who won for Penang the decisive final doubles of the Foong Seong Cup Challenge Round against Singapore in Singapore on Sunday night. They beat Ismail Marjan and Omar Ibrahim 17-14, 15-11.— Straits Times picutre.46 words
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Article444 1956-02-07 16 WEIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting, are: Cl. I,DiV. I— l M South Pacific 9.00 Bearer Bond 8.13 Zabaglione 8.10 Little Pappa 8.04 Nazakat 8.03 Barakat 8.02 NVwr A Blank 8.01 Three Rings 8.01444 words
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Article17 1956-02-07 16 Singapore Recreation Club cricket team will have n.-.. practice every Tuesday and Thursday startIng today.17 words
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395 1956-02-07 16 EPSOM JEEP - MON SABREUR AND PAPPLEWICK RATED HIGH IN TIMEFORM EPSOM JEEP By YfON SABREUR (late Venetian God) v.nd PappleiTl wick, two classy newcomers who will make their debut in Malayan racing at the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup meeting, were both rated at 109 by Timei form last season. Mon Sabreur,395 words
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Article141 1956-02-07 16 DUNEDIN, Mon. WEST INDIES beat New Zealand by an innings and 71 runs in the first Test here today. I New Zealand, starting the I third day's play at 158 for six were all out in 73 minutes for 208 They made 74 In their first innincs141 words
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216 1956-02-07 16 T*HE Silver Gray badminton racx ket, bearing the autograph of Malaya's greatest badminton player and coach, Wong Peng Soon, Is expected to be on the market before the end of this month. The first consignment of six rackets manufactured at Playfair Works by Gray's216 words
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632 1956-02-07 16 A CHARGE that 75 percent of Singapore players were under the influence of bettl wu.s made by Junior Clubs' delegate, >j r Sattar, when he strongly opposed the n send two former Singapore captains— |i a Omar and John Then- for a632 words
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206 1956-02-07 16 How much should the Press be told? OHOULD minutes of* g committee meeting the Singapore Amateur W ball Associat on he r*if In full to the «o relea This nmtloo yesterday's S.A F.A < Ing after a mem be: Services haa obic on yesterday's The item was "to con*. ,during206 words
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Article161 1956-02-07 16 INTER-STATE SOCCER FOR YOUTHS An inter-state youth weca quadrangular, sponsored by me Singapore Amateur Football Aw> elation, will be held tlu> year in Singapore during April. The three Federation state tan still to be decided by the Sup pore Schools Sports Council S.AJ.A. wJI be responsible lor tt travelling expenses161 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous77 1956-02-07 16 RIGGER He v c n-a-side (preliminary round): St Andrew's "B" v All I Whites; Blakang Mati v Police -H\ (First round): Nee Soon v Police '.Vj Sclctar 'A" v R.E. "A", all fame* on padanc. SOCCER Intrr-school: Victoria v Bartley Secondary VS ground; A.C.S. t Beatty Secondary, A.C.S. ground; St.77 words
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