The Straits Times, 20 February 1956
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Title Section13 1956-02-20 1 The Straits Times ffaJtttM Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1956. 15 CENTS13 words
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Article201 1956-02-20 1 'lam very satisfied with outcome of London conference 4 C osci:ssions by BOTH SIDES <I feel I did right thing 5 By BILL FISH and PATRI'-'A MORGAN TRIUMPHANT Tengku Abdul arrived in jtanpore l'rom his mission to London at 12.35 thh morning. A crowd of 1,000201 words
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Article, Illustration37 1956-02-20 1 WAITING FOR THE OF THE MOMENT A STUDY in concentration as these early arrivals, who took up vantage points at the waving balcony of Singapore Airport, wait for the arrival of Tengkn Abdul Rahman. Straits Times picture.37 words
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Article450 1956-02-20 1 We must keep up strength 'Give and take' policy Smiling broadly, he said: You have made this possible. Thank you for your support we can make merdc ka a reality. 'Thank you, my friends, for waiting here for me tonight with your wives and families," he added. Asked about a450 words
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Article346 1956-02-20 1 of the commonwealth I am ready and prepared to prove that I am right," the Tengku added. The Tengku said he had to admit that on the question of finance the mission did not get all it asked for, but it had to be remembered the346 words
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Article84 1956-02-20 1 The war on squeeze in Commons LONDON, Sun. A TWO-DAY onslaught opens in the House of Commons tomorrow against the Government's new antiinflation tactics. Mr. Hugh Galtskell, Labour leader and former chancellor of the Exchequer, will lead the attack on the measure, proposed by Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Chancellor, toReuter - 84 words
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Article89 1956-02-20 1 'Trip to Heaven TOKYO. Sun. KATSUE FURUTA. 17 stripped off her clothes and leaped into the Imperial Palace moat in central Tokyo tody. For live minutes spectators watched the naked beauty outswim a policeman in his underwear who dove into the icy water after her.AP - 89 words
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Article40 1956-02-20 1 HONG KONG. Sun. Two men were killed and seven others Injured when a truck loaded with explosives overturned yesterday. The explosives did not go off, but several people were thrown out of the truck UP.UP - 40 words
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Article108 1956-02-20 1 SYDNEY, Sun. A task force of six anti-submarine vessels will leave here next Thursday for "exercises In northern waters," the Royal Australian Navy announced Shipping authorities here believed the ships would search Fijian waters where an unidentified submarine has been reported recently. Later they wouldReuter - 108 words
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188 1956-02-20 1 U.M.N.O. LEADER GETS DEATH LETTER 'You have four days to live 9 KLANG, Sunday. THE chairman of the UMNO branch at Kampong Sijangkang near here has told the police that his life has been threatened. The threat came in a letter he found in the garden of his home yesterday.188 words
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Article71 1956-02-20 1 Midnight roar Crackers greet God of Heaven SINGAPORE shook with a deafening roar of crackers last night and early this morning. A tremendous burst was timed at midnight. It signalled the hour of the birth of Thi Kong (God of Heaven). The occasion 9th day of the Chinese Monkey New71 words
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Article85 1956-02-20 1 Siam seeks trade with China HONG KONG, Sun. An unofficial Siamese mission to Communist China arrived here from Peking today and said they hoped direct trade by barter could soon begin between China and Siam. Their leader said he was confident that normal relations between the two countries coi'ld beReuter - 85 words
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Article74 1956-02-20 1 LONDON, Sun. Eight seamen were believed killed when their ship sank in the blizzard-swept North Sea today after a collision with another vessel. The 2,354-ton London steamer Corchester. took four hours to sink after the collision with a Liverpool ship, the 7,003-ton City of Sydney.Reuter - 74 words
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Article48 1956-02-20 1 LONDON Sun. The Chinese Communist Government will have the biggest display of any foreign country at the international handicrafts, homecrafts and hobbies exhibition which opens here in September, the organisers announced today. Skilled craftsmen will come from Peking to demonstrate traditional crafts from visitors. Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article44 1956-02-20 1 VALLETTA, Sun. The last of the 50 bodies were today recovered from the York airliner which crashed In flames here yesterday on its flight from Egypt to Britain. It was carrying 45 R.A.F. men and a crew of five. UP.UP - 44 words
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Article54 1956-02-20 1 A cyclist was Injured yesterday when he came into collision with a lorry at the Junction of AlkafT Quay and Havelock Road, Singapore Loo Han Beng, 41. a clerk, of Amoy Street, was admitted to the General Hospital with head and body injuries. His condition54 words
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Article25 1956-02-20 1 ATHENS, Sun. Queues formed outside polling stations In working class "suburbs of Athens when voting in the Greek general election began today. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article39 1956-02-20 1 PARIS, Sun. The French and West German Foreign Ministers, Mr. Christian Piner«u and Herr Heinrich Von Brentano, will meet here tomorrow to discuss the Saar and other outstanding problems between their two coun i ries. Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article185 1956-02-20 1 Plan for unity on May Day SINGAPORE'S 82,000 organised workers plan to unite for at least one day this year May Day. The Singapore Trades Union Congress has proposed that their group of 50,000 workers should unite with the 32,000 members of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union, led185 words
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Article38 1956-02-20 1 BLIZZARDS RAGE ACROSS BRITAIN LONDON, Son. Handred.i of gnow»loni>n battled to dear main roads of ice and snow today as fresh blizrards raged cross Britain. K>nt, Norfolk, Suffolk and Yorkshire all badly hit.— Renter. (See Fat* *>Reuter - 38 words
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Article190 1956-02-20 2 ~FROM OUT OF THE CLOUDS COULD COME 'DISASTROUS' DISEASE EMERGENCY SAFEGUARDS UNDER EXPERIMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE rapid development of international air 1 travel gives a new urgency to the risk of yellow fever in Malaya, says the head of the Institute for Medical Research190 words
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Article26 1956-02-20 2 MUAR, Sun. Unofficial members of the Muar Town Council for 1956 are Mr. H. N. McLeod, Mr. K. Kathirvalu and Mr. K. M. M. Taha.26 words
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74 1956-02-20 2 SEARCH IS ON FOR A NEW WONDERDRUG MALAYA is spending about $1 million a year on antibiotics penicillin and streptomycin are two of them for use in Government hospitals and clinics. But the annual report of the Institute for Medical Research published today says that some important disease germs are74 words
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Article80 1956-02-20 2 SERIA, Sun. The Brunei Government has issued a warning to the public in the state not to subscribe funds towards the People's Party of Brunei which is claiming affiliation with the Party Raya'at (People's Party* of Malaya and seeking to establish itself in Brunei. The partyReuter - 80 words
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Article47 1956-02-20 2 Lion escapes for stroll MEMPHIS, Term., Sun.— A lion escaped during a circus performance in the city auditorium here, strolled out of the front door, circled the block and was captured by its trainer as it re-entered the building. The audience of about 4,500 remained calm. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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Article48 1956-02-20 2 PARIS, Sun.— A 31-year-old former taxi driver went to Jail because he loved taxidrivlne too much. Andre Daniel admitted to police that he stole five taxis in a week "It was love of the job that drove me to it," he said. Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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101 1956-02-20 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Some types of cuttlefish, a popular food among Chinese and Malay nsherfolk on Penang Island, may be poisonous. Scientists from the Institute of Medical Research were called to investigate an outbreak of suspected fish poisoning at Batu Maung, a small fishing101 words
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Article, Illustration46 1956-02-20 2 SIKH demonstrators, led by an armoured "warrior" seated on the bonnet of a tractor, parade at Amritsar during the Congress Party annual convention. They were demanding an indepedent Sikh state. Armed police prevented a clash between the Sikhs and Congress supporters.— AJP. picture.46 words
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Article168 1956-02-20 2 CAR-DEATH ACTOR ON OSCAR LISTS James Dean- "East •f Eden" star HOLLYWOOD, Sun. rpHE late James Dean, killed in a car crash last year, was last night nominated for an "Oscar" as the best film actor of the year. The nomination was made for his suspensecharged performance in "East ofReuter - 168 words
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Article40 1956-02-20 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Tanjj Cheng, 51, a labourer on South Malaya Pineapple Estate, was fined $300 or three months' jail in the pontian Sessions Court today for moving 15 tahils of vegetables without a permit at Pekan Nanas.40 words
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Article168 1956-02-20 2 THIN LINE Mamselle's new look is weighed and found wanting PARIS, Sunday. MEDICAL authorities today warned French women that they would have to lose about 40 lb. and risk falling ill if they wanted to have the thin silhouette i decreed by Paris fashion dictators. According to the new fashionUP - 168 words
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Article81 1956-02-20 2 BRUNEI, Sun. riTHE Municipal Board here X has launched a public campaign to make Brunei town "the cleanest town in Borneo". Board officials are touring the town advising shopkeepers and householders how to improve the look of their premises and surroundings. Refuse disposal has been steppedReuter - 81 words
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249 1956-02-20 2 DUSSELDORF, Sun Germany's four-lane autobahn, which were terrorised a few months ago by robbers, will soon be patrolled by special police in fast Porsche sports cars. A group of 40 expert drivers will man the radioequipped cars, which are capable of reaching 110 miles249 words
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Article50 1956-02-20 2 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun.— A quarrel over a sardine cost a man his life here. Knives flashed when a group of picnickers got into an argument over who should have a leftover sardine. Amancio Ferrelra, 52. was fatally wounded in the stomach. Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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134 1956-02-20 2 1, 700 mph mystery object over Park RIDDLE OF THE WINKING RED i/ G PARIS, SundaAN unidentified object, twice as big as airliner, hovered over Paris on Friday q! dar men at Orly airport reported. They said the object showed up on their radar screens at 10 p.m. They estimatedReuter - 134 words
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Article60 1956-02-20 2 PHILADELPHIA, Sun. An international shrine, decked with nags donated by 57 nations, has been dedicated in a small church here as "a house of prayer for all people." The aim of the prayer centre in St. John Baptist Church is "to have people think of all countriesReuter - 60 words
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Article68 1956-02-20 2 LONDON GETS NEW THEATRE administp!:? A City of London square-mile business" commercial section h? heart of metropolitan^ don have approved c v for he city's first Q p theatre in moi years, it will be on a\* site The new bulldin? to be rued the Mermaid Thwt mm be nextReuter - 68 words
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Article29 1956-02-20 2 The Chinese Y.M.CA gapore, will hold a n eih>" tion to show "The Wo*Around Us" at its new m ing at Prinre Edward foiJ on Feb. 25.29 words
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179 1956-02-20 3 670 DEAD AS BLIZZARDS AGAIN LADS CONTINENT LONDON, Sun Lil> Masts again hit frozen Europe yesterday, I bringing more suffering to shivering millions the death toll for the three-week i jterday was ITALY, pummelled by from Eastern Europe. I Hundreds of passenger? were stranded as snowdrifts closed around eight long-dis-tanceUP - 179 words
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69 1956-02-20 3 China gives peace pledge o Cambodia .VO. Sun. Cambodia I pledged to [isputea beby peaceful Premier Chou premier Norodom cumbodia issuient in Pe[ged their v the five enunciated hou, in their broadcast >. .said the I also abide A fro -Asian Id in Bandoeng iden agreed to ontacta beountries. parti-69 words
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Article48 1956-02-20 3 PARIS, Sun. An 85 mm. shell was found lying near the rails in a tunnel about 100 yards from Solferino underground station here. The shell was removed and normal traffic wa s not interrupted. No one could immediately explain how it got there.— Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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143 1956-02-20 3 Mollet promises new deal for workers —The Premier, t. said in a naidcast yesterday Qment would possible to im- of the worker ed ■substantial" (or the lower ::.ment will do compatible with a rigorous defence of the currency. I mean to exclude inflation and devaluation as much as social injustice,Reuter - 143 words
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175 1956-02-20 3 A-bombs on America threat: Russia is 'ready, willing and able' MOSCOW, Sun RUSSIA is prepared to drop A-bombs on the Inited States to the event of a third world war. "We are ready and able," Marshal Zhukov, the Soviet Defence Minister, told y«sterday's meeting of the C om munis tAP - 175 words
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Article, Illustration231 1956-02-20 3 BRITAIN GETS REDCARPET READY nDm LONDON, Sunday. OKITAIN has proposed April 15 as the date for the London visit of Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Premier, and Mr. Niklta Khrushchev, the 1 Sqviet Communist Party chief, it was learned today. Fifty officers of ScotlandAP; UP - 231 words
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Article73 1956-02-20 3 Death stepped in BALTIMORE, Sun. A YOUNG mother and her five children were burned to death yesterday when an oil stove exploded and set fire to their small, two-storey home. Ironically, the father made matters worse by leaving the front door open when he ran out toUP - 73 words
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Article40 1956-02-20 3 PARIS. Sun. Top military leaders and defence officials of the West are to begin a 10-day meeting here tomorrow to study steps to convert the armies of the 15-nation Atlantic Pact to the needs of atomic warfare. —Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article95 1956-02-20 3 SINHALESE v. ENGLISH SHOWDOWN COLOMBO, Sun. Ceylon s Parliament was dissolved last night in a bid by the ruling United National Party to obtain the people's mandate through a general election to replace English by Sinhalese as the official language. The Governor-General, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, ordered the election third sinceReuter - 95 words
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Article19 1956-02-20 3 LONDON, Sun. Moscow Radio said last night that camera-equipped American balloons have turned up over Mongolia.— A.P.AP - 19 words
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85 1956-02-20 3 Margaret conversion: Vatican denies special prayer report VATICAN CITY, Sun— The Vatican today denied that three days of special prayers were being said for the conversion of Princess Margaret to Catholicism. A statement from the Vatican press office was the first authorised comment by the Vatican on newspaper reports thatUP - 85 words
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Article189 1956-02-20 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. mHE United States last A night cancelled its two-day old ban on the shipment of arms to the Middle East, including 18 light tanks for Saudi Arabia. President Eisenhower, now on holiday in Georgia, made the decision at the recommendation of the StateReuter; UP - 189 words
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Article37 1956-02-20 3 AMMAN, Sun.— The Jordanian Cabinet held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss various Arab questions and the result of last week's visit to Egypt and other Arab countries by the Premier, Mr. Samir Rifai. Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article60 1956-02-20 3 NEW ORLEANS, Sun.— The main branch of the New Orleans Post Office was shaken yesterday by a time bomb that was sent through the mails. Two postal workers were injured. Fire destroyed some sacks of mall but it was quickly put out. The explosion, which60 words
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Article, Illustration51 1956-02-20 3 THE QUEEN and the Duke of Edinburgh laugh at the antics of two little boys during a 5 gymnastics display at Ibadan on their re- cent tour of Nigeria s The gymnastics display was the highlight of a rally by 17.000 childE ren. A.P.AP - 51 words
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Advertisement140 1956-02-20 3 for Wonderful Reeoption and True* to-lifo reproduction iisten with a aM Tim* j F«ltuTho/lHcautiieet+GuaAA*tlut j Announcement:=== j A New Shipment of 1956 Models Arabella Radtograw, a limited ■P«btr off j their ,1s equipped with a Tape Recorder, will bo arriving in a few days. Powerful NordMende Dry Battery Set will140 words
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Article, Illustration633 1956-02-20 4 After one week the craving is gone ALSO... PHYSICAL JERKS AND TEA THREE TIMES EVERY DAY TEA ON BENDED KNEES I By COLIN LEICESTER fHE voices of 2,000 ex-opium smokers, who have been rescued from the grip of the drug by FAITH alone, will633 words
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Article63 1956-02-20 4 Air Vice Marshal, Sir Arthur Longmore, vice-chair-man and head executive of, the Imperial War Graves Commission, arrived in Singapore by QANTAS from Sydney yesterday. During his brief stop in the Colony he will visit the war cemetery at Kranji. Sir Arthur will later fly to Hong63 words
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Article244 1956-02-20 4 "VO politics," agreed 11 members of Singapore's Tiong Bahru community centre when it opened in 1951. But since then, according to its chairman, Mr. Teo Seng Bee, it has been turned Into a political recruiting centre. And the culprits, he says, are his own committee244 words
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67 1956-02-20 4 Live crocodile (value $86) was stolen story in court KLANG, Sun. r'O men were charged in the magistrate's Court here yesterday with stealing a live crocodile. The court was told that the crocodile eight feet long was stolen from a house in Bukit Kuda Road. Those charged were Ibrahim bin67 words
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Article20 1956-02-20 4 JOHORE BAHK I The annual meet D I johore Bahru Rotary -I will be held on Tuesday. I20 words
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Article184 1956-02-20 4 Closer ties in Malaya, Austral* PENANG, Sunday TIHE Federation's Adult Education plans to exchange students with Austral Heah Joo Seang, the associations president, s night. "It is only through cultural ties that Malaya and Australia will be able to understand each other better," he told 12184 words
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Article69 1956-02-20 4 Stripping probe resumes K. LUMPUR KrE injuiry into "str.?--, allegations by new! agers at Semenyih in Selangor, will resum, tn row at the couri Loud speaker installed i n the cou-v today. Thousands of V neighbouring rjlstr pected to pour into the -oi tomorrow fo r the itaittf inquiry. But69 words
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Article91 1956-02-20 4 IPOH, Sun. cal Association of Ma.ii Perak branch, reported "sound financial position 1 1 its annual meeting held i the Ipoh and Town Council chambers day. Mr W. H. E. Whiteiffi was elected chairman, 4 Tuan Sycd Noor secret? Mr. A. D. Thavarajah ts surer and91 words
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Article54 1956-02-20 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Heng Kiaw was sentenced In the Sessions Court here today to seven months' jail for unlawful possession of 24 katis of scrap rubber. He was seen by the assistant manager of kelan Estate, riding, away from the estate with the rubber54 words
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Article34 1956-02-20 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Tan Ldan, Wee Soon and Liew Kew were fined $100, $300 and $350, respectively in the Sessions Court at Kota Tinggi today for possession of opium smoking apparatus.34 words
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Article57 1956-02-20 4 CHIEF KA THI'S ACTION CALI The Chief Kathi of Singapore, Haji Ali M. S. Salleh, yesterday criticised the InterReligious Organisation as a movement that has become "most inactive." He thought that Singapore and the Federation take immediate steps OD the recent Rome of Catholic prelate lim diplomats w united front57 words
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Miscellaneous435 1956-02-20 4 At The Piano; 10.00 Asian Club; RADIO MALAYA <^j»j~| *Profr»mmes thu« marked can be reecired by listeners la Malacca. ■■H Shortwave 49 .nd 62m. Medium SH|CAPORE wave 476 m., US* S6«m. and 2t7m. i»««w«m^w»^< PM.«8.67 and II.M English Schools Broadcasts: 1.00 Monday A.M. 7.15 Opening Annct.; 7.18 Matin**- «iin N«.,-435 words
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Article, Illustration1010 1956-02-20 5 What I think about Technical Education T. KOH (18 Yrs.) JALAYA is it ls followed by cul- -Ji advancement ana economic prosperity, to my mind, what Malaya needs most is not a hoard of doctors or lawyers, but a constant stream of technicians. Men who would drain "Z. vet unir.naoited1,010 words
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Article, Illustration317 1956-02-20 5 CHOCK FAH HENC (16 Yrs.) IPOH J^S a Malayan citizen of tomorrow, I strongly uphold technical education. Malaya hat a steadily increasing population to feed. Thus we must know how to step up Hie yield per acre of crops by the use of better seeds, improvements in317 words
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Article113 1956-02-20 5 ANY feeling that the younger generation of students are inclined to look down on technical education is dispelled by considerable enthusiasm shown for technical education by the overwhelming majority of the competitors. In fact, a great many of them were inclined to plead the cause of technical education113 words
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Miscellaneous149 1956-02-20 5 #l#*.v 3Morgan 9 MM. Pub drama JO^^PW I I B^B^BM^ Jft II T^Trifflßy S^ VTt^ Mm\ JM^^^^/' '^^J^mmmWß^^^^^^^^^^^mmmW^mml \mmmM//'''''' \i\ —^^^^mm jwk^^^g^ J mUlml U I f^^Ji |AbK\ Dick Tracy JVeu> horizons r~BETTER SEND DOWN A "j I MEANWHILE. MUMBLES. WITH I f I CANGO TWEOA LaNrT™ 1 PMCTTOGRAPHEP WITH149 words
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Obituary59 1956-02-20 6 20 Worit $ld (minimum). •CHE NOORDIN BIN OMAR passed away at the Oeneral Hospital on the night of February the 17th, after a long Illness. He was for over thirty years Chief Clerk In Malayan Motors Workshop and his passing is deeply regretted by his many Friends and Associates.59 words
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Article202 1956-02-20 6 20 Word, Sit (minimw.). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. GLORIA KIDD— For Facial and Body Rejuvenation. Robinson Co.. Raffles Place. Tel: No. 5894. HAVE YOU TRIED "Gin-Pom" Drink? Recipe: Two Fingers Gin and one Bottle "Green Spot202 words
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617 1956-02-20 6 The Straits Times Singapore Mon. Feb. 20, 1956. The Task Ahead The exigencies of travel yesterday postponed the triumphal reception which the Federation had prepared for its Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. He spent another night on almost foreign soil. Today the Federation will extend its welcome, and will publicly617 words
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Article346 1956-02-20 6 Not A Dumping Ground For Duds What do our young people think of technical education? The winning essays hi our contest, published in another page, give some of their views. One heartening feature is that, among the younger generation at least, the traditional antipathy towards technical education is breaking down.346 words
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Article213 1956-02-20 6 Now that the Singapore City Council has discovered it must change its regulations before it can compete unfairly with the retailers in the sale of air-conditioners perhaps it will have second and better thoughts on its scheme. It has been proposing to take away about $300,000 of business213 words
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1898 1956-02-20 6 Good quality television in Singapore is impossible for years HENRY W. KOLLER, By Author, lecturer and critic who has written for and about television in many countries. Singapore's entire approach to the idea of television is amateurish, says this American authority. rpHE Legislative Asx sembly has decided, wisely I think,1,898 words
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Letter90 1956-02-20 6 WITH the present de- mand for Malayanisatlon, it is high time the Federation Army authorities took appropriate steps to Malayanise their clerical staff. These nonMalayans not only reduce the chances of em- ployment to local youth but also create a dissatisfied army. The present nonMalayan employees should be90 words
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382 1956-02-20 6 HENRY W. KOLLER - MAJOR TASKS OF THE ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST TH E FEDERATION'S Merdeka Mission to London has accomplished Its alms. It has won selfgovernment and a target date for independence. Tengku Abdul Rahman and his Ministers must now settle down to much hard work. The practical problems which face the382 words
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Advertisement52 1956-02-20 6 mufti i will visit KUALA LUMPUR on Saturday, 25th February and Monday, 27th February 1956. Appointments for eye examinations STORCH BROS. LTD., 37, MOUHTBATTEN ROA^ Always Milder Better Tasting fr\ Cooler Smoking I I h\ l A 'ffl s CHESTERFIELD Ava.lable at: TONG AH COLD STORACE -j 14, Jalan Ibrahim.52 words
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Article210 1956-02-20 7 FASTER, MORE FREQUENT SERVICES WILL BE WTRODUCBD SPEED TRIALS PROVE THE UNES CAN TAKE IT ENGINEERS who have just completed a series t o f (rain speed tests are convinced that 60 -iles-an-hour rail travel in Malaya is possible. Ie Railway Gazette announced yesterday that I210 words
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Article59 1956-02-20 7 Rhodesians drive off bandits KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TROL of the Ist. Bn., Rhodesia Regiied with a gang in the Kluang i .Johore yesterday. rief exchange of ban lita fled. found two camps. In one of Msns that ists had been fcremeal before they rbod by the patrol. recovered a •ood.59 words
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Article15 1956-02-20 7 Ities to Communrists or the security ■■Acn reported in in the last 2415 words
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Article44 1956-02-20 7 KAJANG. Sun.— The KaJ&ng Town Board has appointed new committees to improve the administration of the town. The new committees will deal with health, hawkers, traffic and street lighting, buildings and town planning. Previously there were no separate committees for these.44 words
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Article47 1956-02-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Chonp Chwan Leng, a tapping contractor, at Ayer Manis Estate, was fined $60 in the Magistrate's Court here today for failing to pay the December contribution of $290 in respect of 29 of his labourers to the Employees Provident Fund.47 words
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309 1956-02-20 7 CINGAPORE'S China- town was in fever of excitement yesterday after a 12-ft. python was found in a monsoon drain in Cross Street.' The huge reptile was first seen at 11.30 a.m. a significant hour. Chinese superstition has it that a309 words
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197 1956-02-20 7 Police clerks sign up with Govt. union THEY, TOO, WANT MORE PAY MORE than 100 Singapore police clerks have Joined 3,000 Government employees in a bid fox more pay. They decided at a weekend I meeting to become members of the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union. The union197 words
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Article98 1956-02-20 7 Two jailed for armed robbery Two men. Sob Chin Hock and See Seng Klan, were found guilty of armed robbery in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Soh, now in prison for armed robbery, was jailed for seven years. See, was jailed for four years. Another man, Tan Kok Yong, 18,98 words
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Article49 1956-02-20 7 The annual conference of the Sarawak Government Forestry Department will be held in Kuchlng tomorrow. There will be two days of discussions mainly on departmental organisation and routine. On the last day. Feb. 23, senior forest officers will visit the proposed national park at Bako.49 words
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Article45 1956-02-20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. About 200 employees of Wearne Brothers here have formed a branch of the Selangor Chinese Clerks and Shop Assistants Union. The branch which Is divided In two sections clerical and mechanical held Its first general meeting last night.45 words
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Article23 1956-02-20 7 One thousand gallons of beer for Australian troops stationed in Penang arrived in Singapore in a Qantaa sir freighter yesterday.23 words
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Article, Illustration31 1956-02-20 7 Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, the Federation's Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs, who arrived back in Singapore yesterday after attending aan ECAFE conference at Bangalore, India.31 words
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Article55 1956-02-20 7 The management of the NAAFI in Singapore will meet its employees' delegation today for further wage talks. Sixteen demands were submitted by the NAAFI local employees' branch of the Singapore Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union The union's secretary, Mr. Ang Liong Sing, yesterday said that only55 words
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Article44 1956-02-20 7 KUCHING, Sun -The nrsl Borneo inter-territorial malaria conference wiu be held here on Wednesday and Thursday with medical chiefs from Sarawak and J*o™ Romeo and World Health ofgaSatSn representatives ta The ß Governor, Sir Roland Turnbull, will open the conference.44 words
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Article42 1956-02-20 7 KUALA SELANOOR, Sun.M r C.R.D. Danby was re- elected president of the Kuala Selangor Social and Recreation Club at the annual meeting yesterday. Others elected were: prSdent.RajaßastamShahrome- secretaries. Mr. Y. R. vrJnon and Mr. G.S. Joseph; Sure*. Inche Yahaya.42 words
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109 1956-02-20 7 ROW IN LABOUR PARTY LEADERS EXPELLED KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The chairman of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. 8. Nayagam, was today expelled from bis post by the Selangor Division executive committee, because he issued, statements to the Press criticising the Selangor Division. The executive109 words
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Article248 1956-02-20 7 FORCES LOOK FOR A PIN-UP GIRL She could be in Malaya 'THERE is likely to be a x sudden growth of beauty- consciousness among British women-in-uniform in Malaya. It's on the cards that Wrens, Wracs and Wrafs will pay special attention to their looks in the next few weeks. Especially248 words
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Article124 1956-02-20 7 1,200 form parents' association MORE than 1,200 parents of Chinese middle school students In Singapore have formed an association "to promote the spirit of friendship and mutual help among themselves". Madam Woo Chye Tang, chairman of the preparatory committee, said at a press conference last night that the association would124 words
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Article40 1956-02-20 7 A lady's gold watch was found in the $2 seats of the Cathay cinema on Saturday at the 9.30 p.m. show. The owner is asked to contact Mr. A. R. O. DHose at B, Kou Chuan Avenue, Katong.40 words
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Article25 1956-02-20 7 Mr. Lee Kah Yee, a special grade postmaster at Buklt Mertajam, is retiring shortly after 30 years' service in the Malayan Postal Department.25 words
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Article128 1956-02-20 7 Pay talks deadlock over 5 cents WAGE talks between representatives of the Singapore Charcoal and Firewood Dealer s Association and their employees have reached a deadlock over five cents. The 250 workers, who belong to the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union, want to be paid 45 cents for carrying128 words
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157 1956-02-20 7 Settle claims, Govt. told PEONS WANT PAY RISE KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A SPECIAL delegates' conference of the Federation Government Services Staff Council today urged the Government to settle the waee claims of nfflcft boys and peons. A resolution passed at today's conference said office peons were the lowest paid Government157 words
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Article130 1956-02-20 7 Strikers to greet the Tengku KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. STRIKERS from the Fung Keong rubber factory at K lang will demonstrate with protest banners when the Chief Minister, Tengkn Abdul Rahman, arrives at the Kuala Lumpur airport tomorrow. The National Union of Factory and General Workers has organised this demonstration to130 words
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Article66 1956-02-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Mr. Hong Sup Jhung, a South Korean welfare worker who is touring the Federation on a United Nations scholarship, spent a busy weekend in johore Bahru studying the various aspects of welfare work Among the places he visited were the Princess Elizabeth School66 words
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Article35 1956-02-20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor divisional chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, has been granted leave until Mar. SI on health grounds. The vice-chairman, Mr. Hassanuddin shah, will act for35 words
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Article62 1956-02-20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— More than 200 Indian barbers from all over Selangor attended a civics course here today. They were told by the State Information Officer, Mr. J. Hackett: "You do more talking to the public than anyone else and you can explain Government policies to your62 words
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Article66 1956-02-20 7 The Singapore Minister for Communications Workers, Mr. Francis Thomas, yesterday appealed to the Colony to follow the example of Israel "a nation that shines like a star in the darkness of the 20th century." Mr. Thomas was speaking at the opening of an "Israel Today"66 words
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Advertisement176 1956-02-20 7 To Bette i Nee Kean) a' X.X.. on Prbruary 19th -Both well. GRAMPIAN SOUND EQUIPMENT MODEL 111 /A 2. EH iS'pore Price). i^B-'v*' Less _^^JBpßsn_B_3l_MpsN (or >! 'Ml _L GARRARD" 3SPEED RECORD CHAN6ER "f 1 eloped to meet the very exacting requirements bi e Electric Gramophone is needed. tional Authorities176 words
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Miscellaneous93 1956-02-20 7 The weather MIMMI N TKMPERATUKE: oo Feb. 18 to 7.30 a.m. 74 degrees, ta Bahru 73. Kuala 74 Ipuh 73 Kuantan 68. JUXIMI M If MPERATURE: •c 7.30 p.m. on Feb. 19): Penang 89, Kota uala Lumpur 92, Ipoh 84. CIIN'UI.: 730 a.m. to 7.30 ■v 19>: Singapore trace, Buiru93 words
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540 1956-02-20 8 Gloom over bank rat EFFECT ON MALAYA MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW By Our Market Correspondent DT Saturday morning: a gloomy atmosphere began to pervade the Singapore Share Market, as operators grasped the significance of the extreme anti-inflationary measures including the raising of the Bank Rate, which Britain announced towards the540 words
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Article328 1956-02-20 8 fHE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period February 11 to February IS: INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Pets. 44s 3d, Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. Ms, Fraser Neave Ords. $1.80 to $1.83% to $1 80. Federal Dispensary328 words
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Article664 1956-02-20 8 rE following fully rerivised list of share quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Broken* Association after their last meeting on Friday:— IXDl'STBIALS Barer* Mien Alex. Brickwork* Pref 100 1M Or<U. 1M 1.0» Atlas Ice 11.00 (buyant B. B patrol tt/- B 11 Trustee. 0.M 4 M664 words
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Article225 1956-02-20 8 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED /COMPANIES operatinr in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS LTD.: a balance dividend of ZVt'/r, less income tax, on the T/o non-cumula-tive preference stock for year ending March 31, payable on May 12 to members on register April 21, 1956. The register will be225 words
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Article423 1956-02-20 8 COMMODITY REVIEW UHRST effect of the raising r of the Bank Rate in Britain in the commodity markets was to push the rubber price down almost to below the dollar level, for the first time for nearly a year. On Saturday morning the price was423 words
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Advertisement739 1956-02-20 8 NOTICES NOTICE We take pleasure to inform that our omnibuses will as utu.il operate our r.ervice from Changi Point to Capitol Theatre (Union lack Club) with stopping for alighting and boarding at our Company authorised bus Stops along the route to town. The fare of 5 cent* per mile will739 words
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Advertisement741 1956-02-20 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Cltlaens to Ml a vacancy for Pharmacist In the Medical and Health Department, Kedah. The appointment is on probation for one year with timescale salary of $314x14-352/420x 14-518 538x18-700 per mensem plus Cost of Living Allowance. Candidates should be above the age of741 words
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Advertisement827 1956-02-20 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PETAUNG JAVA AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT OP (1) CLERK OF WORM; (2) TECHNICIAN IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION SECTION Applications are invited from Federal Cltiaens for the above posts. Applicants for (1) must be between the ages of SO and 40 years, must nave experience of the construction of surface water827 words
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1095 1956-02-20 10 ALLINGTON KENNARD - Chinese spirit- median cults in Singapore ALLINGTON KENNARD By CHINESE SPIRIT MEDIUM CULTS, by Alan I .A. Elliott. (Royal Anthropological Institute, London. 18s.) INHERE is not much question that Mr. Elliott's study of Chinese spirit-medium cults in Singapore breaks new ground. Although it is hardly possible to live in Singapore1,095 words
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774 1956-02-20 10 THE BIG PUZZLE: WHERE YOU SLIPPED UP rpHE names of the prisewinners In the Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must -Be Won Contest "S" were announced in the Sunday Times, yesterday. Here are observations on what the judges thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult774 words
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Article116 1956-02-20 10 A ROSY REGENT'S-EYE VIEW MEMOIRS. By Admiral Nicholas Horthy, (Hutchinson, 255.) ADMIRAL Horthy. now eighty-seven, was Regent of Hungary for a quarter of a century and one of the few men living who knew the Emperor Franz Josef well. He has used his recent post-war years of exile in Portugal116 words
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Miscellaneous164 1956-02-20 10 a 24 It varies geographically, ta s. Straits Times Crossword usSSws a_->^ cooductor does (5^ 3i 4). HHHHJ I I I I I 1 Airman's demand for applause |k] |1 3 Deceived Edward about some 8 j I IO I 3 Whither old sailors were bound ll t^HI I I164 words
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Advertisement833 1956-02-20 11 TENDERS P.WJ). TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class "C" and above registered Contractors will be received by the Settlement Knglneer, Penang up to 3 p.m. on 22nd March, 1956 for the erection j of Administration and Class Room I Block with lavatories and covered way for New Girls' Primary School at833 words
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Advertisement94 1956-02-20 11 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDER ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Waterprooflnu of Reinforced Concrete Street Lighting Columns. Forms from Electricity Department (Room 109). CLOSE NOON —9.3.56. CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS REGISTRAR OP VEHICLES DEPARTMENT: Supply of licence plates, badges, etc. porcelain enamel on steel. Details from Registrar of Vehicles Office. Middle94 words
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375 1956-02-20 12 MOTOR RACING got off to a good start when eight records were broken In the Singapore Motor Club's half mile sprint at Lim Chu Kang Road yesterday. Freddie Pope, winner of the 1953 Johore Grand Pr.x, broke three records the day's best performance.375 words
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Article135 1956-02-20 12 SYDNEY. Sun. VfISS LORRAINE Crapp beat a the world record for the women's 440 yards freestyle here last night for the second time in two days. Clocking smin. s.9sec. to win the Australian championship in the North Sydney Olympic pool, she bettered the smin. 6.7 sec.135 words
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452 1956-02-20 12 ANOTHER DISMAL WEEKEND FOR SINGAPORE HOCKEY THE Singapore hockey A team came to the end of their worst season of representative games for many years when they were beaten 1-0 by a bustling Perak team at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. On Saturday the452 words
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592 1956-02-20 12 By THE SPORTS EDITOR IMS APPOINTING news for Singapore soccer fans is that football's j twins, inside forwards Aw Boon Seong and' Chin Boon Leong, are not keen about playing for Singapore this year, j Both were invited to attend yesterday's first training session592 words
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Article48 1956-02-20 12 LYALLPUR, Sun— The M.C.C. touring team beat Punjab Cricket Association here today by an innings and 29 runs. Punjab. 168 behind on the first innings, were dismissed for 139 today. They had scored 100 in the first innings to which M.C.C. replied with 26848 words
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Article50 1956-02-20 12 Boys' Town scored a 9-1 victory over St. Joseph's Institution of Johore Bahru in a friendly soccer match at Bukit Timah yesterday. Boys' Town scored through Lai Sun (3), Teng Van (3), Gordon, Eng Hock and a defender who beat him own goalkeeper. Abu Bakar replied for Saints.50 words
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146 1956-02-20 12 Breukelens again top trainers at KL meet rFHK VAN BREUKELENS fol- lowed up their recent Bukit Timah successes at the Gold Cup meeting at Kuala Lumpur. Marinus and Rinua sent out eight winners,* Rinus topping the list with $11,560 In Garnet Bougoure was streets ahead In the Jockeys' list with146 words
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Article34 1956-02-20 12 Balestler United beat Rajajl Sporte Club 4-3 in a friendly soccer match at Farm Park yesterday. Poh Thong (3) and Cheng scored for BUestier. Syed Osman (2) and Kumarasamy replied for Rajajl.34 words
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Article1024 1956-02-20 12 Man. United 31 18 6 7 63 42 43 Blackpool 30 16 t 63 46 36 Wolves 30 14 5 11 68 53 33 Sunderland 29 13 7 ***** 33 Burnley 30 12 8 10 43 38 32 West Brom. 30 14 4 12 441,024 words
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Article309 1956-02-20 12 EPSOM JEEP - GOLD CUP FAREWELL FOR LARKIN EPSOM JEEP -JOTTW6S- By ENGLISH Jockey Eddie Larkin had a grand send-off present when he won the first of the season's "classics" the Selangor Gold Cupon seven-year-old Muffin Man at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Larkin, who has proved an exceptionally good jockey in long races,309 words
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Article149 1956-02-20 12 LONDON, Sun. ONLY IS flrst-class Rugby Union matches were played In England and Wales yesterday due to the icy weather ana rock-hard grounds. Yesterday's Rugby Union results were: Inter-servlees tournament: Royal Navy v Royal Air Force, postponed to April 2 (ground unfit). ClubReuter - 149 words
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562 1956-02-20 12 NEWCASTLE IN A LUCKY WIN OVER STOKE Five clubs in quarter-fin^ LONDON, Sun. NEWCASTLE United's fabulous luck in the English Football Association Cup continued yesterday when they scraped through into the quarter-finals by beating Second Division rivals, Stoke City, by 2-1. Stoke were not in the least over-awed at meeting562 words
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Article105 1956-02-20 12 LONDON, Sun TWO OF the F. A. Cup fifth round ties which were drawn yesterday Liverpool v Manchester City and Sunderland v Sheffield United will be replayed on Wednesday. The other drawn match, Blackburn v West Ham, will be replayed on Thursday. The following league fixtures, which105 words
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Miscellaneous27 1956-02-20 12 HOCKEY 8.H.A. aaator knockout enp competition (quarter-final) I.A. r Wanderer*, pMUnf Inter-school: Pali— t A.C.8., Outran Road Friendly: Maxwell F. T. t. MMHrt Emily F.T. Fairer Pmrk.27 words
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