The Straits Times, 16 February 1957
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Title Section14 1957-02-16 1 »»...1CQS£*.,... fit**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1957 15 CENTS14 words
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Article606 1957-02-16 1 'FUNDS WITHDRAWN TO PREVENT GOVT. SEIZING THEM' Money must have been stolen after my arrest—union chief Cash was kept in back room suitcase rrui' oflicials of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Inion had $100,006 in cash in a m( .tal llitcaM at their iieadquarIhi in Middle606 words
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226 1957-02-16 1 A PUPIL of the Bethel English School in Palm Grove Avenue, Singapore, was stabbed and two others injured during a bottle barrage by more than 10 hooligans yester. day afternoon. One Pang Hock, 17. Neo Eng226 words
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116 1957-02-16 1 rVO members of the crew of the Singapore Harbour Board tug Skilful were thrown into the sea yesterday when the tug and the Royal Interocean Line ship Maetsuycker collided. The accident occurred as the passenger ship was being towed into her berth. A strong116 words
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Article60 1957-02-16 1 *****41 ...wins that $350,000 rpiCKET No. *****41. sold X in Johore, won the first prise of $350,000 in the 44th draw of the Social and Welfare lottery, which took place at Alor Star yesterday. Second prise of $125,000 went to a Necri Sembilan ticket. No. *****72. and the third prize60 words
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Article, Illustration17 1957-02-16 1 MR. MATSUMURA (PREMIER'S SPECIAL ENVOY) HAS PEACE PLEDGE FOR PEOPLE OF ASIA MR. MATSUMURA.......W'e are against waf17 words
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Article307 1957-02-16 1 Mystery man from Tokyo flies in T»HE riddle of Mr. x Kenzo Matsumura, special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister, was cleared up in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Matsumura, 74, Is an old friend of the Premier. Mr. Tanzan Ishibashi. 72. They were at university together. He arrived In Singapore yesterday307 words
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Article28 1957-02-16 1 Two boys, Chong Lay Chow, 12, and Lee Kee Kah. 11. were treated at the Singapore General Hospital for cracker burns on their hands last night28 words
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Article40 1957-02-16 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. The Home Ministry announced today that 10 members of Premier Nehru's Congress Party had been returned unopposed to the new Lower House of Parliament. The general elections start on Feb. 24. A.P.AP - 40 words
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Article27 1957-02-16 1 HONG KONG, Fri. Communist cnlna sold a record HK$ 126,000.000 ($63,000.--000 > worth of goods to Hong Kong during January, the Government reported today.— UP.UP - 27 words
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Article49 1957-02-16 1 NICOSIA. Fri. The Cyprus Government said in a pamphlet published today that it was beyond doubt that Archbishop Makarios was the Instigator of the terrorist movement In Cyprus and. up to the time of his deportation to the Seychelles was the overall controller or its operations.49 words
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Article26 1957-02-16 1 NEW YORK, Fri. President Elsenhower has decided to extend his combined zoif and quail-hunting holiday at Thomasville, Georgia, for an unspecified period.— Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article128 1957-02-16 1 RANGOON, Fri. Mr. Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, is learning English, accordIng to China's Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai. Chinese were conservative when it came to learning foreign languages and this was "quite to their dis- credit," he said in a speechReuter - 128 words
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Article231 1957-02-16 1 New relief for diabetics: Injections give way to a drug to be swallowed I^EW YORK, Fri.— A newly- developed tablet for treatment of diabetes has proved "uniformly successful" in reducing the blood sugar level of the most common type of diabetic, scientists said today. The drug,UP - 231 words
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253 1957-02-16 1 A new antibiotic emerges as a possible weapon in fight against T.B. ST. LOUIS, Friday. PROMISING reports have been advanced on a new antibiotic streptovaracin as a possible weapon in the fight against tuberculosis. Its effectiveness agaiiut tuberculosis under test-tube conditions was described as "particularly striking.' Studies indicate it mightUP - 253 words
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Article16 1957-02-16 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. France withdrew about £14.285,000 from the international monetary fund yesterday. Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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Article145 1957-02-16 1 ONLY 100 ON THE STREETS FROM 11am TO 3pm Singapore Trac- tion Company Employees' Union has ordered 200 of its members to operate a skeleton service of 100 buses between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. today. The decision was contained in a letter from the union to the145 words
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Article39 1957-02-16 1 EGYPT DELAYS Slf./. PA( T WKM YORK. Kri— Cnitt-d States. Britain. France and Norway h;ive agreed on lfinp<>rar> arrangement for Sue/ Canal Imt Kgypt refused to lake action until l«rar| evacuates Gaza Strip, diplomatic sources «>aid AP.AP - 39 words
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Article61 1957-02-16 1 A former employee of ai. oil company in Basra, Iraq, pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to attemptinn to kill himself at the Strand Hotel yesterday morning by cutting his left wrist with a sharp instrument. G.M.D. Miller, who was on his way to Australia, was ordered61 words
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Advertisement101 1957-02-16 1 W/ZzsTfAAAAM Do!S»r. Steep? Nature intended all to enjoy complete and peaceful sleep each nipht in order UpiSfc. JjJ to pain strenKth. energy and confidence JfeLj.7 r^*r~^^ > to see them cheerfully through the new S|T^^'/-?Vif day. To some sleep comes easily; fJi/01/^ JT(jt others must take steps to encourage it-101 words
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Article310 1957-02-16 2 YOU CEASE TO BE CHINESE IF YOU TAKE OTHER NATIONALITY RANGOON, Friday. BURMESE Information .Ministry today released the English translation of a speech made by the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, when he addressed Chinese elders during his visit to Rangoon last December. InReuter - 310 words
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128 1957-02-16 2 CAIRO, Fri— A "last minute hitch" has prevented the final removal of the 3,000 ton blockship Akka from the traffic channel of the Suez Canal, a United Nations spokesman reported here today. But the clearing of this tank landing craft loaded withReuter - 128 words
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Article, Illustration93 1957-02-16 2 THE WING COMMANDER WHO VANISHED A FEW DAYS after this picture was taken at a ship's dance, Wing Commander William Chadwlck. 45. (seen with Mrs. Chadwick) vanished from the Dutch line* Willem Ruys, whid was on its way tf> Singapore. A London newspaper report said that Wing Commander Chadwlck was93 words
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Article20 1957-02-16 2 MELBOURNE, Fri.— Heavy rain today extinguished bushftres which burned fiercely in many parts of Victoria yesterday. Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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337 1957-02-16 2 Rockets, brass hats. for the blasting of SPENDTHRIFT SERVICES— A WHITEHALL PROBE LONDON, Fri.— Three severe rockets have been delivered to the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. A Government report says they have been holding vast quantities of stores over and above reasonable needs. Sir Frank Tribe, the337 words
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214 1957-02-16 2 A MILLIONAIRE'S TAX DILEMMA: WHICH WIFE? NEW YORK, Fri. A Supreme Court judge has declined to decide which of millionaire John Jacob Astor/s last two wives is his legal spouse. Mr. Astor had petitioned the court for an early decision as he was due to fill in his income tax214 words
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Article224 1957-02-16 2 THE BRITANNIA 'S VETERANS Each 15,000 hours in the air rpWO df Britain's most senior pilots are in charge of the giant Britannia airliner which reached Singapore yesterday on a proving flight to Australia. They are Capt. John Veasey and Capt. Victor Parker both big, broad-shouldered men in their late224 words
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Article41 1957-02-16 2 TOKYO. Fri. The Foreign Minister, Mr. Nobusuke KLshi, said today Japan would propose to the United Nations that a survey be carried out on the effects of the forthcoming British nuclear tests in the Pacific. Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article37 1957-02-16 2 MOSCOW. Pri. It was announced here that three streets in the Russian capital are to be re-named Street of Friendship, Street of Happiness and Street of Love. They were formerly named for old Bolsheviks. A. P.37 words
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Article25 1957-02-16 2 LONDON, Fri.—Representatives of insurance organisations in 12 European countries have been holding conferences here on the problems of insurance for atomic risks. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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212 1957-02-16 2 NEW YORK, Fri. The Indian delegation to the United Nations described as "completely without foundation" Pakistani allegations that India had been strengthening its forces on the Punjab-West Pakistan border. Reuter. OTTAWA: Canada has no intention of cutting hermilitary commitments to Nato. a Defence DepartmentAP - 212 words
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Article132 1957-02-16 2 ALGIERS TERROR 73 DIE IN A DAY ALGI E R >S A Seventy-th r were Wd h J*S wounded in t h r hours in violent! nected with £?£> alist rebellion French rule. The French «v forces wiped mountain Three i murdered In tl glon. a fa, near Ouelma. throatsAP - 132 words
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Article41 1957-02-16 2 WASHINGTON, Fri— TNavy today announced award of a contract than US$4 million to I General Electric Co for m struction of the tna i bines and sears for the f. atomic powered guided i slle cruiser. -A F.41 words
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Article36 1957-02-16 2 PARIS, Fri. -A 10-hot-strike by ground ner.<onr.c yesterday forced Air Frar--to cancel its European flier.-. Incoming planes were a.: affected, nor the flights c: other airlines. The employees arc askir. for wage increases. AP.AP - 36 words
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Advertisement72 1957-02-16 2 THE CHAMPIONS OF TOMORROW World Champion Wong Peng mBSj mmX Soon imparts his knowledge %Sm f and experience to Singapore's JB I VX I youth as Badminton Coach S»-"3 LgQtf^ V J m the Youth Sports Centre. W wti&fM So his opinions are valued lES V JFrf and his recommendations72 words
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Advertisement52 1957-02-16 2 N J Crossroads 5? Europe <&SIS A £*2Sart9° f Vi ...the STORK OF THE TOWN! When I a BACHELOR FINDS A BABY ON HIS DOORSTEPIS THE LAUGHS ARE BOUND TO COME I THICK FAST...! VERONICA HURST f\Al{f lAN HUNTER I M MCIMAID HCKWITX HkLjl^i^ Jf£^ tmstobk rwrimrk opens I UMlvJfez52 words
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296 1957-02-16 3 SHEPILOW IS SACKED and GROMYKO TAKES OVER MOSCOW, Friday. niMITRI SHEPILOV has been relieved of M Foreign Minister, the Soviet News fgss announced today. His place has on b\ Mr. \ndrei Gromyko. nyko. a former Permanent Soviet Delejinted Nations, is a "Molotov" man— j in the service under the tutelageReuter - 296 words
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86 1957-02-16 3 TWO sailors to rescue of girl with no brassiere poBTsMOITH. Fri. -h -.jilctrs rushed rescue with a m a theatre here ten a chorus ,pl PS> brassiere r.ll to the staee. vitinnal ServiceXl up from the with the rain--Vi and put it round the Vi- year-old blonde son. who ranReuter - 86 words
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Article24 1957-02-16 3 ISBURG. Fri. r, Dng said today v an 87-year Mrs Sannj Excell. helor for 105 I have found iman," ne said.24 words
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Article18 1957-02-16 3 1 170 millionth lIGTON, Fri. A eketrie chart in the Commerce Dedlding registered .nth inhabitant d States today—18 words
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Article24 1957-02-16 3 H Minnesota i, Fri. B ear-old girl was I ttfa last night I fool hish ice statue m at her.— U.P.UP - 24 words
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Article, Illustration51 1957-02-16 3 UTTING ALL her fiery temperament behind it, Italian film actress Sophia Loren connects with a left to the chin of Hollywood film star John Wayne in the film "The Legend Of The Lost" which they are now making on location at Gnadames, in Libya. A.P.AP - 51 words
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113 1957-02-16 3 No take-over of foreign firms: India MADRAS. Fri. rE Indian Minister of Finance. Mr. T. T. Krishnamachan, said yesterday he was against nationalisation of foreign enterprises in India. Addressing university students here, the Minister &aid he found no point in extending the scope of nationalisation to banks or business housesReuter - 113 words
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136 1957-02-16 3 KASHMIR: A 'GO-BETWEEN' MOVE BY BRITAIN NEW YORK, Fri.—Britain submitted to the U.N. Security Council a fourpower resolution calling on Sweden's Mr. Ounnar Jarring to consult the Indian and Pakistan governments on the Kashmir dispute. Sir Pierson Dixon. the British delegate, tabled the resolution on behalf of Britain. Australia, CubaReuter - 136 words
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Article30 1957-02-16 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Mr. Jean Debiesse, director of France's nuclear research said here that France will be capable of producing atomic bombs within three or four years.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article244 1957-02-16 3 LABOUR WINS SEAT FROM GOVT. AT BY-ELECTION LONDON, Friday. r ABOUR yesterday captured the Conservative Government's seat at North Lewisham, London, in a by-election fought over the Suez crisis and the Government's plan to raise house rents. It was the Conservatives'* first by-election defeat since they came backReuter - 244 words
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Article89 1957-02-16 3 At last! The French have a word for it PARIS, Fri. Members of the French Academy, euardia. s of the nations culture, today debated at length on busts. Then with treat solemnity they decided to admit into the French language the word "bustier," defined as "a corset or sheathAP - 89 words
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Article43 1957-02-16 3 COLOMBO Fri.- Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and his daughter escaped injury last night when the cars in which they were travelling separately collided to southern Ceylon. Both vehicles were damaged badly, rjf t none of the occupants was hurt.— A.P.AP - 43 words
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Article280 1957-02-16 3 LONDON. Frl. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £515/16 —3/16 Funding 4% £82 H Wax 34% £73% V4 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4 1/3J Eastern (£5) £7% +1/16 Chartered (£1) 37/6 Hongkong ($i25) £90% INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) M/6 /1% Royal 84/7V4280 words
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Advertisement67 1957-02-16 3 Here is the prize MODEL K22G-8 ~~TH The latest high-quality 8.2 cv. ft. refrigerator built -~^H to the famous Kelvinator Cold-Clear-to-the-Floor Design _~JH| f the §4jf»iM/WM*-€M.'t:€*JW. COUNT THE Ks v COMPETITION LOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 20th FEBRUARY. missed the competition series there's STILL TIME TO X M if you study67 words
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Advertisement363 1957-02-16 3 Refreshing fragrant. S.C.S. GREEN GOLD LABEL TEA A MALAYAN PRODUCT X-RAY CLUB LOTTERY for members Closing dot* 28.2.57. Join now of S.A.T.A. Membership 50c Lottery Tickets $1/-. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD. LUAENE brings new hair health to thousands! Nut only women but men also acclaim Loxene, the remarkable new363 words
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138 1957-02-16 4 Estate road is a 'death trap 9 residents appeal for zebra crossing rpilE residents of Kampong Silat Estate, Singapore, say the road running through the estate is a "death-trap" for them and their children. Mr. Chan Chiok Shien, the president of the estate's community centre told the Straits Times yesterday138 words
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Article141 1957-02-16 4 OTOOLS and chairs were flung at passing cars during a gang clash between two rival factions in Victoria Street at 2.45 a.m. on Nov. 13, the Singapore Third Criminal District Court was told yesterOf 36 people involved, 16 arrived in four cars said a detective,141 words
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Article45 1957-02-16 4 The Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce will give a dinner party to the visiting Filipino journalists at the Garden Club tonight. The leader of the party, Mr. J. V. Cruz, will give an afterdinner talk on "Aspects of the Philippine Foragn Policy."45 words
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Article23 1957-02-16 4 IPOH, Frl. Tl4 Perak Family Planning Association will hold a St. Valentine dance at the Perak Turf Club sports club tomorrow.23 words
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341 1957-02-16 4 GOVT. PLANS A NEW DEAL FOR TEACHERS TWO IMPORTANT changes are to be made in the conditions of service of English school teachers in Singapore, the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, announced yesterday. They are: ABOLITION of the post-Normal training course; and SPECIAL appointment allowances for Normal-trained teachers341 words
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Article138 1957-02-16 4 —Evidence at $2,000 Colony theft trial A GIRL told the Singapore Assize Court yesterday that two robbers, who had tied and gagged her released her, to prepare milk for her baby brother when he cried. Tan Geok Kuay, was Riving evidence against Lee Pek138 words
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Article29 1957-02-16 4 The unidentified body of a Chinese was picked up from the Rochore River, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He was about 45, sft sins and stout.29 words
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Article32 1957-02-16 4 Four visiting Filipino journalists yesterday called on the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Llm Yew Hock, to convey the best wishes of the President of the Phdilippines. Mr. Ramon Magsaysay.32 words
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Article272 1957-02-16 4 Crackers: Chinese vote is 50-50 CK)R every Singapore Chinese who condemns, there is another who defends the firing of crackers. A raging controversy has been touched off by the Chap Ooh Meh incidents, which resulted in four houses burnt down, three people being injured, and traffic chaos all over the272 words
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Article76 1957-02-16 4 Unable to bear her illness and extreme poverty, a 68--year-old woman killed herself by taking caustic soda, a Colony coroner was told yesterday. Lee Moy was found suffering from poisoning at her home In Woodlands Road on Dec. 9, and died nine days later in the76 words
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Advertisement157 1957-02-16 4 DEMONSTRATION AT THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY V STIMULATE ARCADE BUILDINC RAFFLES PLACE SINCAPORE P KUALA LUMPUR PENANC BORNEC luniiiiiiiiHiiiHiiiiiiiiHiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiii ifsJßßl "First I Have No Mama and No F ow Have Mamaai CeSUmnf Adolphe Menjou Tommy Noonan Rr y hilarious "t"A MIDNITE TONITE miiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiih TAI THEAX KLEW CIBCI I'PPer Seran«c>on Kd., 3157 words
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Miscellaneous205 1957-02-16 4 n Any/v mjTAV tvi 945 Llßht R«"pf: 10 00 Old Time KAUIO MALAYA Ballroom; 10.30—11.00 Modirn Music. •Prorrammec thus marked can be RfiffiOfflZll received by listeners in MaUcca «W«fS»UD»I Short wave 49 ft 41m. Mod. wmve BIIMIAIIADO 476 m., 341 m.. 366 m. and 279 m. WKUAFOHE PJI. M.OO Programme205 words
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371 1957-02-16 5 Alliance talks to align views on merdeka MALAY DEMANDS CAUSE A CLASH SPOKESMEN of the Singapore MCA and UMNO were optimistic yesterday that they could work out an acceptable solution to their differences on merdeka for the Colony. A clash of views arose on Thursday when UMNO proposed privileges for371 words
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Article76 1957-02-16 5 FIGHTING FIFTIES END UP IN COURT IPOH, Fri. Two elderly men, one with bis head in bandages, were told today by the Ipoh Magistrate, Tuan Syed Hussein Jamalullil: "it is rare to see men of your ace fighting.'* Leonjf Choo Sin, 52, and Chin Kow, 59. pleaded guilty to disorderly76 words
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Article36 1957-02-16 5 A Scottish Aviation I"V7in Pioneer staged a demonstration flight in Singapore for the Governor, Sir Robert Black,- the Commissioner General, Sir Robert Scott, and representatives of the local ministries before leaving for Jakarta yesterday.36 words
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Article280 1957-02-16 5 'Film proves interference* fFHE Malayan Film Unit has a film to prove that the work of its camera crews were hindered by Service officials at important ceremonies, the unit's chief, Mr. Tom Hodge, said yesterday. He admitted, however, the MFU always had "the fullest280 words
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Article152 1957-02-16 5 The girls who played truant for a film are spanked T^HE schoolgirls who 1 played truant to go to the "women only" premiere of "Written On the Wind" have been discovered and spanked. Sadly they admitted yesterday that each of them had received a severe reprimand and spanking.152 words
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Article93 1957-02-16 5 LEO AH WEE, an engine driver of the motor vessel Hua Li, who had been acquitted in a Singapore District Court on a charge of causing grievous hurt to Chan Kirn Yam with a hammer on May 16 last, will stand a retrial before another district judge.93 words
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Article32 1957-02-16 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. The Minister for 'Works, Posts and Telecommunications. Inche Sardon bin Hajl Jubir. will open the new post office at Tanjong Sepat, South Selangor on Feb. 23.32 words
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Article287 1957-02-16 5 THE ecclesiastical grant of $12,700 a year, which the Singapore Government is paying to the authorities of St. Andrew's Cathedral, dates back to the early days of the Colony, said the Financial Secretary, Mr. T. M. Hart, yesterday. He was giving the history ■of287 words
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Miscellaneous339 1957-02-16 5 TODAY I Council Quarters, Alexandra Road, INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY I 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. MOVEMENT: Free film show at TOMORROW Tan Tock Seng Hospital 7.15 p.m. POLICE BAND: Public concert, JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB: Esplanade Gardens 6 p.m. Chap Ooh Men dance In aid of SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOclub funds, at339 words
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Article323 1957-02-16 6 Road may lead to end of bandits RAJA MUDA SAYS THE NEW HIGHWAY WILL HELP SECURITY FORCES THE Raja Muda of Perak today opened a new eight-mile long ro a one of the worst terrorist-ridden areas near Sungei Siput and h it would be the beginning of the end of323 words
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Article270 1957-02-16 6 Mai who took vow 11 years ago io ill IPOH. Fri.— A retired 1 Government school teacher. Mr. D. O. R. Peters, 74, was admitted to hospital yesterday after a stroke. Mr. Peters made a vow almost 11 years ago that he would not270 words
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Article52 1957-02-16 6 An 16-year-old cake seller. Mohamed Long bin Eunos, was shot in the hip in Blakang Mati, Singapore, yesterday morning. Mohamed Long was near I the guard room of the Royal Engineers when a rifle which a soldier was unloading went off. He was admitted to the General52 words
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Article, Illustration71 1957-02-16 6 THIS IS HASHIMOTO, believed to be the only Japanese survivor operating with Communist terrorists on the Malayan-Siamese border. Early this week, his brother and sister in Tokyo sent him a message, airdropped over the border, appealing to him to quit the Jungle and71 words
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Article33 1957-02-16 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Lim Sek Yew, 54, was fined $100 or three months' jail here today for having a pipe and utensils for smoking opium in Batu Lane on Jan. 24.33 words
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Article26 1957-02-16 6 IPOH, Fri. Boy Scouts here plan a big welcome at the railway station on Sunday for Red Indian Tom Two Arrows and his wife.26 words
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Article280 1957-02-16 6 Mr. Justice Chua takes seat ¥AW officers of the Crown and membfrs of the Singapore 4r yesterday welcomed Mr. Justice Chua when he took his seat on the Bench for the first time since his appointment as a puisne judge of the High Court. f280 words
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Article81 1957-02-16 6 Sixteen leftwlng trade unions In Singapore yesterday accused the Oovermelt of not Informing the families of 55 detainees who wele banished on Monday. In a statement, the unions claimed that these families were still in doubt a s to whether their relatives had been packed of?81 words
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148 1957-02-16 6 YOUR FOOD 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' SAYSAUSSIE AN AUSTRALIAN who thinks Malayan food "out of this world" left for his home in Melbourne yesterday after a stay of 10 days here. He took on board the Tjibadak six tins of blachan, his most treasured memento of this country. He is148 words
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Article85 1957-02-16 6 SIR ROBERT WILL BE AT CONCERT I The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black, will attend the second concert to be given by the newly-formed "Muslca Viva" Group of the Singapore Musical Society tonight at St. Andrew's Memorial Hall. The programme will include Schubert's "Trout" Quintet, and85 words
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Article, Illustration131 1957-02-16 6 FIFTY TONGUES (WITHOUT TEARS) Would you like to ir a German or Russian o Swahili, or even one of thi Red Indian languages two months without ieaving Singapore? Well you can i when the world Berlitz School of guages opri. Singapore next Mr. Charles Berlli grandson of MaximillianD Berlitz, the131 words
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Article84 1957-02-16 6 Temporaries to get answer soon SINGAPORE'S 381 Government temporary clerics will know In a week whether they will be given permanent lobs. "They have all been Interviewed by a selection board,' a Personnel Branch spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday He could not say whether all the temporaries would be84 words
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Article44 1957-02-16 6 Wong Hian, of Beach Road, was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday for negligent driving. He was said to have driven a station wagon which collided with a girl at a zebra crossing In Buklt Timah Road on Dec. 15.44 words
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Article57 1957-02-16 6 Singapore detectives last night prevented two secret society gang fights within an hour. At 11 p.m. CID men swooped on Desker Road. Thugs from gangs 32 and 329, wt had massed for a big prot tion racket showdown, fle Shortly before mirii.i from gangs 999 and M57 words
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230 1957-02-16 7 )j a gif<lrate rejects plea for mercy there was none [or ihis courageous officer' PENANG, Friday. n U vH HOCK, a trisha rider, was found 1 ,1,, by the magistrate, Mr. E. A. Long, in today of rioting and causing hurt to fceh230 words
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Article67 1957-02-16 7 IPOH Fri. A man appeared in the dock at the magistrate's court here today wearing no shirt. When tht prosecutor, Chief Inspector Wong, asked him the reason he said he had not worn a shirt for more than 10 years. The man, Cheah67 words
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Article48 1957-02-16 7 The Singapore Government is considering what form its contribution to the Federation's merdeka celebrations programme should take, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday. H e hoped to bring the matter up for discussion with his Ministers at an early date.48 words
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Article34 1957-02-16 7 The Joo Chiat Youth Club. Singapore, will hold its "Chap Goh Meh 1 dance at the Joo Chiat Community Centre tomorrow night. A band will be in attendance. Admission is $1 single.34 words
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Article42 1957-02-16 7 II L'MPUR. Fri. Bulnh Leper Set11] hav e its own Temple within a I hs. revealed in the annual report of the Selangor Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, released today. Plans have already been submitted for approval.42 words
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Article194 1957-02-16 7 Commons queries on Colony expats DRITISH M.P.s are to ask questions in the House of Commns on the future of 170 Singapore City Council expatriate officials, it was reported in London yesterday. The points to be brought to the attention of the Colonial Secretary, Mr Lennox Boyd, are: A REMINDER194 words
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Article40 1957-02-16 7 IPOH, Fri. Negotiations on wage scales and working conditions between t*ie management and the local staff of Messrs. Boustead and Co. Ipoh branch open here on Monday. The talks are sponsored by the Perak Clerical Union.40 words
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Article, Illustration122 1957-02-16 7 SEE YOU later alligator! These Singapore fans of Elvis (The Pelvis) Presley wants to see as many "alligators" as possible at the Victoria Memorial Hall for a hot rock-ii-roll session next Friday. The proceeds will go to the Singapore Children's Aid122 words
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237 1957-02-16 7 MINNS ANSWERS CRITICS TTOE Singapore Traffic Chief, Mr. A. E. Minns, said 1 yesterday that traffic arrangements on race days on the roads to the Turf Club were the best that could be worked out in the present circumstances. He was commenting on the237 words
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Article67 1957-02-16 7 Ng Lok. 50, a pig rearei and poultry farmer, who received permanent disability to his right forearm following an attack on him by three other farmers In Kampong Sam Kongsi, Tampenis Road, on August 3, 1954, was awarded $8,705 damages by Mr. Justice Whitton in the Singapore67 words
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Article37 1957-02-16 7 Although Dr. A. D. Williamson, the senior opthalmic surgeon, has resigned from the Singapore Medical Department under the Malayanisation scheme, he wll remain in the Colony and continue his opthalmic work.37 words
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Article25 1957-02-16 7 The Buddhist Union at Jalan Senyum, Singapore, will start holding a service in English from Sunday., The service will be at 10.30 a.m.25 words
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188 1957-02-16 7 T»HE former Chief Minr ister, Mr. David Marshall, who has been nominated for re-elec-tion as president of the Singapore Labour Front, will face strong opposition. Four others are in the running. They are the present Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock; the Minister for188 words
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Article34 1957-02-16 7 A 12-year-old pupil Lucy Ong, of the Playfair School, Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, was robbed of a necklace worth $50 while she was on her way to school on Thursday afternoon.34 words
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Article74 1957-02-16 7 QUARREL, THEN A SCREAM PENANG, Fri.— A mother of five, Slow Poh Choon, 32, was stabbed to death in her home in Paya Terubong Road this morning. Siow, it was reported, was attacked with a dagger while cooking in her kitchen. Man detained Neighbours said they heard a74 words
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Article18 1957-02-16 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The Johore Government has taken over the administration of aborigines in the state.18 words
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172 1957-02-16 7 TRADE 'LUKEWARM' TO IDEA OF PEKING MISSION SINGAPORE business circles were lukewarm yesterday to a hint by the Peking Government that it would like to send a trade delegation to the Colony. The idea was suggested in letters sent by the China International Trade Institute to members of the Singapore172 words
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Article41 1957-02-16 7 AKLM airliner with gold worth more than a million dollars on board, made a 30-minute stop at the Singapore International Airport yesterday. The gold, believed to be the property of the Indonesian Government, was being taken to Holland.41 words
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Article51 1957-02-16 7 Singapore friends of the former Archdeacon, the Yen. W. P. W. Williams, who died in Britain last month, will hold a memorial service for him at Holy Trinity Church tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. Before retiring to Britain he had been a missionary for 50 years in Fukien,51 words
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Advertisement113 1957-02-16 7 Pepsodent cleans where other toothpastes cannot reach "you could look around, Hir -ggp^^lj fchina and between your R& "^"^^"Nflj^^^H Mh, you',, see the IS^k I *M y ~'*''-^^K/am US hidden-away I^^^^ Jp^ 1111 u «hpastes cannot reach. fcf'^ilifc^^ vital areas are neglected, B^^^. 1 l^M -"hour food that very quickly113 words
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Advertisement257 1957-02-16 7 Over the Pole Starting Feb. 24 from Japan to Europe -a SAS FIRST AGAIN WITH A NEW POLAR SHORT-CUT! This new route between two worlds is an /^^Z^Sip^^^^ historic event on two counts. It is the j^t fL fastest, smoothest route ever between the Far V JR M East and257 words
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Article258 1957-02-16 8 20 Word, $10 (minimum). EVERY SATURDAY and Sunday Rij&ttafel at g 'The Cockpit". Rinsr ***** for table reservations. MALAYAS BEST RACING Guide appears in the Free Press today. It's indispenslble to all racegoers. SAVE $70 a year by Joining the World Book Club. Write today to World Books Malayan258 words
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Article44 1957-02-16 8 2(1 Word* $10 (minimum). REQUIEM MASS will be sung at Lady of Lourdes Church. Ophir Boad, 6.30 a.m. Monday 18th, for Mri. Joanna Fernandez who died •t Trlvandrum on 2.2.57, mother of Dr. J. T. Fernandei, A. T. Fernandez and F. J. Fernandei.44 words
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573 1957-02-16 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Feb. 16, 1957. Pillars Of Unwisdom Singapore UMNO's demands for constitutional privileges have aroused uneasiness and led to fears in some quarters for the future of the alliance j with MCA and the Labour 1 Front and also for the prospects of next month's London573 words
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Article365 1957-02-16 8 Specialists And Others The question of specialist fees in Singapore hospitals is attracting increasing attention. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew claimed, in the Assembly, that some officers in the service of the Government or the University of Malaya were earning as much as $90,000 a year over and above their salaries.365 words
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Article232 1957-02-16 8 'Not Dangerous 9 "Tigers, although rather frightening, need not be dangerous," says Pahang's Game Warden, Mr. A. K. Robinson. Likewise, Captain Cousteau emerged from the silent world of the Mediterranean with the comforting assurance that it was not suicidal to bump your camera against the nose of a shark. He232 words
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Article, Illustration661 1957-02-16 8 DO YOU BECKON WITH FOUR FINGERS? PVE R V American soldier landing in Britain during the war was given a thorough briefing on how to behave without causing offence. Many of them were even told, in an unforgettable but unprintable phrase, how to treat the tepid beer which the British661 words
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Article, Illustration8 1957-02-16 8 Chan Chee Kow - Chan Chee Kow By KAMPONG CAPERS8 words
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838 1957-02-16 8 By a SPECIAL I CORRESPONDENT) z WHEN you have missed the homeward bus, and the pavements are greasy black with rain a northern city in Britain can be an inhospitable place. Once there was nothing to do and nowhere to go; now there are Indian838 words
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Article90 1957-02-16 8 Straits Times. February 18 1907 IN East Java, a Chinese secret organisation, known as the Three finger Society, ia giving great trouble. It organises faction Hunts, and even resorts to murder. The polite are baffled by its under hand methods, and cannot find out the meeting places90 words
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Advertisement32 1957-02-16 8 CIIMAN MH \mrite Incomparable for visible ink filling capacity, reliability price- worthiness. Ai.-ents &> Service Stations: EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO.. 19. ChulU St., S porr-1. ENC SENC MEDICAL CO.. 8. Ah Quee St., Penanf.32 words
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Advertisement9 1957-02-16 8 Actions acceptable in one country an objectionable in another9 words
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Advertisement270 1957-02-16 8 And tare is a booklet that is O f i timely and instructive MUSIC OF? THE LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, (Rossini Retpighi) Philharmonia Orch. cond. by Robert I DLP. 1012 LES SYLPHIDES (Chopin) Royal Opera House Orch. CARNAVAL (Schum-nn) Philharmonia Orch. cond. by F CLP. 1013 CSBSS^SI SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky): Ex<270 words
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209 1957-02-16 9 MOM? WE MAKE \OTHING LIKE IT, SAY MAJORITY „N V ;i few "very special specially ytf* arc earning medical fees to $90,000 about which complaint* hive been made in Singamedical circles insisted that the earnings of most wore nothing like this s209 words
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Article42 1957-02-16 9 Singapore Yeo n g Chinese School in Club I will soon have a road rossinc patrol as a safety Minister for Communiand Works, Mr. Fran- said this yester- I >■•■ In a written reply to a by an Assemblyman, luir.abhoy.42 words
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Article32 1957-02-16 9 Chief Minister. Mr. V. w Hock, and Mrs. Lim imong 340 people who "tended the Chinese Ladies n annual dinner M dance at Cathay Rcstau- I r^nt. Singapore, last night.32 words
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170 1957-02-16 9 Lim says: We can'j: allow cliques of clasl or race SUIQUES, whether of class or race, cannot be allowed In the Singapore of today, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday. Mr. Lim, who was addressing the flfst meeting of the Singapore' Youth Sports centre's board of management,170 words
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Article20 1957-02-16 9 The Singapore St. John Ambulance Brigade received a new ambulance yesterday from the St. John Council of Singapore.20 words
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Article45 1957-02-16 9 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, yesterday administered the judicial oath and the oath of allegiance to Mr. F. A. Chua, the newly appointed puisn* judge, at the Council Chamber. Government House. The Chief Justice. Mr. John Whyatt was present.45 words
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Article, Illustration19 1957-02-16 9 'BACK TO MALAYA TO WORK AS AN ENGINEER. THEN SHE WILL COME AND JOIN ME' Tengku Usman and Sandra19 words
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154 1957-02-16 9 JUNGLE HUNT FOR 'MONSTER' OF PAHANG KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. CTEWART WAVELL, Radio Malaya's "Jungle Jim", is planning to enter the wilds of Pahang shortly to try and locate a Malayan "Loch Ness" monster. The monster, a huge ani- 1 mal of reportedly prehistoric proportions. Is said to lurk in swamps.154 words
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88 1957-02-16 9 Mercy (light 'copter to HG's rescue IFOH. Fri.— An R.A.F. Sycamore helicopter of 194 Squadron today made a mercy flight to a jangle landing zone in the Cameron Highlands to bring out an aborigine home guard, seriously ill with a high fever. Flight Lieutenant Peter Clarke took off for the88 words
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302 1957-02-16 9 I'll marry Sandra this year —Tengku Osman f ONDON, Fri.— Tengku v Osman, 24-year-old grandson of the Sultan of Johore, announced yesterday that his long delayed marriage to a London secretary, Sandra Redman, 18, would take place this year. Tengku Osman said: "I shall go home to Malaya soon and302 words
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168 1957-02-16 9 SINGAPORE'S millionaire rubber magnate, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, last night described the reported recommendation of a 60-cent-a-lb war on synthetic rubber as "absolute nonsense." The recommendation Is I believed to have been made In a report by a committee of British experts appointed168 words
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Article64 1957-02-16 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A terrorist couple from the Selayang Sungel Tua branch in the Kepong district of Selangor nave surrendered to a police area security unit post In Selayang, eight miles, from Kuala Lumpur. Ah Leong, 32, and his wife, Ah Cheong, 30, walked into the64 words
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Article34 1957-02-16 9 The Malay Association of Singapore, which is affiliated to the Singapore Youth Council, will hold an extraordinary meeting at the Youth Council premises at 145 Orchard Road, Singapore, at 2 p.m. tomorrow.34 words
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Article256 1957-02-16 9 'Rival Umno' plan in Penang BUT 'MALA YS' WOULD BE 'MALA VAN' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THHE President of the 1 Straits Chinese British Association, Penang, Mr. Heah Joo Sear?, may form a new national political party if he fails to persuade the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance to change its policy and "take256 words
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Article191 1957-02-16 9 ALOR STAR, Fri.-" ..>.•- ing are the results <;i tt\o 44th Social and Welfare lot tery draw: FIRST PRIZE ($350,000). No *****41. SECOND PRIZE ($125,000): No *****72 THIRD PRIZE ($50,000): No. *****88 FOURTH PRIZE '$25,000 each): *****37, *****74. *****10. FIFTH PRIZE ($lO,OOO each) *****58. *****32. *****10.191 words
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Article, Illustration268 1957-02-16 9 In wheelchair, he meets his doctor's plane ABDUL WAHID BIN BABA— the constable who was crippled after being shot in the spine by a Communist gunman in 1950 propelled himself into the Singapore Airport yesterday morning, parked his wheelchair at a spot overlooking the268 words
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Article100 1957-02-16 9 THE CASE OF THE SOUR GRAPES Shabul Hamid, 32. overcome by hanger, stole a bunch of grapes from a refrigerator near a stall in the Paya Lebar airport, a Singapore court was told yesterday. But the grapes were soar. The stall had been unattended for some days because of Chinese100 words
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Advertisement122 1957-02-16 9 *NM D,n,,t» i beaut.ful fS^SESllijSii named oi»w-Chi«n. o« th* houwhold I' J*"~ Wor,, w, n() Minuter of Education. j °OOOOOC "ron, from bung murptd by I ijL £ftl£).| %t «*h». long Chun. She I A J-8 Mi 4, 1 i «t ■•"'•d lia* Poh_, youn general -J lupport.ng h,m-and then122 words
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Advertisement115 1957-02-16 9 WALL'S the I tastiest sausages you can buy Tender, meaty Wall's Eg flj/BBMt/f^m Sausagesl Mmmm! what a V dish to set before a hungry m H family. And the tempting j JwMtfjywt] f 1 smell of golden brown I LJM|)||VJ J Wall's Sausages sizzling in the frying pan promises a115 words
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225 1957-02-16 10 AS one who has great respect and admiration for Mrs. Shirin Fozdar in her lonely fight for the betterment of Muslim women, I am disappointed that she should resign herself to a rather hopeless attitude. This stand is not shared by her Muslim sisters of225 words
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Letter41 1957-02-16 10 T think Mr. S I. O. ALsagofl has fully clarified the position that a Muslim should take in observing the Koran'js law of inheritance, and definitely every Muslim in this country will support him. AHLI SUNNAH. Singapore.41 words
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Letter54 1957-02-16 10 MANY Form 111 students are unlucky. They have to leave school even though they have passed the Lower Certificate of Education Examinations. No wonder many parents criticise the Federation's education policy. What can Form 111 students do these days? Will the Federation Government accept them for54 words
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Letter173 1957-02-16 10 Work harder for more pay rpHE Singapore Clerks' L Employment BUI if passed by the Legislative Asbly would certainly hit hard many employers. I welcome the Government's policy trying to raise the standard of living by cutting workIng time to 39 hours a week. Everybody likes working less for higher173 words
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Letter85 1957-02-16 10 DATO Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, president of Party Negara, has said that the admission of Indonesians into Malaya is the only way to safeguard the Malay position in this country. It is earnestly hoped that other politicians will not follow his way of thinking. Otherwise all85 words
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Letter163 1957-02-16 10 A NEWS item (S.T. February 6) headed "Crazy monkeys upset in war of the Garden." prompts me to offer a suggestion to the Selangor Game Department. A common red monkey's habit of clenching its fist is one which can bring about its d o w n f163 words
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Letter110 1957-02-16 10 T refer to Mr. Kandiah's letter on certificated teachers (B.T. February 14 I agree that certificated teachers have practical training, but Mr. K indiah forgets that they are sent to classes to observe and learn from Normal trained teachers. The certificated teachers have to attend a110 words
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108 1957-02-16 10 Mr. Chua is not youngest judge SINGAPORE'S new Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice F. A. Chua, who is 43 years old, is not the youngest man ever to be elevated to the High Court Bench in Malaya. The late Mr. Justice Percy Julian Sproule. who retired as Senior Puisne Judge, and108 words
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Letter252 1957-02-16 10 THEY ARE JUST AS GOOD 'THE doubts aroused by Mr. x Kandiah's letter (S.T. February 14) must ue clarified immediately. According to him, the Teachers' Training College absorbed the best candidates who were not only carefully selected but who also possessed high initial qualifications. It must be pointed out that252 words
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Letter69 1957-02-16 10 T am just an ordinary tax payer of Singapore, belonging to the middle class group of wage-ear-ners. I should like to express my appreciation to the Singapore Teachers' Union for calling off their proposed strike. I have four children studying in Government primary schools and you69 words
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Letter29 1957-02-16 10 T read with uneasiness the demand for special rights for Malays made by Singapore U.M.N.O. Why special rights for a particular race? WILLIE SANGSTER. Singapore.29 words
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Advertisement347 1957-02-16 10 Why suffer torture relieve PRICKLYHEATtodayi Whenever you wash or bathe, use v^^S^^Ef^A Johnson's Prickly Heat Soap. Let ita jC-~zo^[^Mm cool medicated lather penetrato y^---r^ M?\ the pores for a few seconds before C— '^afi'vft you rinse and dry the skin. Then \^ZZ^' dusi freely with Johnson's Prickly ,~tfi ""'■■^fh Heat347 words
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Advertisement139 1957-02-16 10 Once a dv MAURIER smoker. always a dv MAURIER smoker dn Mfturler created tho exclusive filter tip cigarette Elk' which allows only the full J^nRW flavour of fine tobacco **C s^V^j|k blending, and in flavour. w\\ViA\\vHh|^"'^ |m dv Maurier know how to lK^l^^S^|j| jl pack their cigarettes in W\^HHHHHIi| well-made139 words
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Article, Illustration1422 1957-02-16 11 when tough Harry Keppel fought a duel STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE XHK Royal Navy frigate Raleigh, last pure sailing vessel ever commissioned, had just struck an uncharted pinnacle rock in the approaches to Hong Kong and was sinking by the head. Captain Keppel. in command, had ordered the foremost main-deck1,422 words
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Advertisement102 1957-02-16 11 I il(^ ~S\ 1j 1 I Eosizr to dean I Lower maintenance cost Speedier installation Coyer, brighter co/ours I longer wear Sj 5; r.HniOH COAD. HNGAPOM Tel: ***** -***** Ush Lumpur Pcnan» most dangerous H TOUGHEST MAN ALiVE V A M ■DANE CLARK ■t atiiayJOMQRROW Jn gnnrt so MANY wu102 words
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Advertisement200 1957-02-16 11 §MAKTM£N... I I m ,ii. rilM <^yJ choose VBlue Gillette! I Blades m ue G*N* tte blades have the B/^^^"tJv\ sharpest edges in the world, ■I«vl6*»* ntS anc cac 1 b' ac te i* of the same «V \u superior quality. Used in a \Mj\^^i Hrn Gillette razor they give200 words
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Miscellaneous155 1957-02-16 11 Hex Morgan 3M.D. Seriously wrong Dick Tracy 'Forgive me 9 ■■■^HfIHHHH I^ALL RCMT-SOIVi HEADED 1 fSHE NEVEP NOPRIED T JO6 IT I <NCW l BAILED? I \bbKHJ■i^^^^l I RDR -HJE CHAIR-OWN JUST ABOUT ME BEFORE. 1 Ym' PAILED TO DENOTE WSJ KEEP HER OUT O£ HERE- A WHY DOES SHE155 words
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695 1957-02-16 12 ALL SINGAPORE MARKETS END WEEK ON QUIETER NOTE By Our Market Correspondent ALL Singapore markets yesterday were quiet with drops in the tin and rubber prices, a nominal copra price and sellers again predominating on the Singapore Share Market. On the Singapore Share Market yesterday there were no violent falls695 words
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Article406 1957-02-16 12 fTTHE tension which was 1 very evident last week has relaxed with the consequent quietening down of the rubber market and. the narrowing of fluctuations, report Holiday. Cntler, Bath ft Co. Ltd., in their current review. The technical position which was causing anxiety has now been satisfactorily406 words
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Article152 1957-02-16 12 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b, closed in Singapore yesterday at 88 H cents per lb., dawn oneeighth of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing price* in cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88%, sellers 88 7152 words
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Article135 1957-02-16 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; Feb. $28 buyers, $28% sellers; March $28'; buyers, $29 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 v sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $103. Sarawak $102 (both unchanged), special Sarawak black135 words
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Article74 1957-02-16 12 Layang Robber Plantations Ltd. recently sold 403 acres of their estate at Mengkibol for approximately £7,500. Of the area sold 275 acres are under rubber, but the chairman, Mr. Harry Townend. says the rubber was old and lew yielding. In view of the difficulties In supervising74 words
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Article65 1957-02-16 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks AeaacUrton made the following change in its rates to merchants yesterday (aU rates to $100) Selling; T.T. or 0.D., ready. Belgian Francs -1627. I On the free exchange market In Hone Keog yesterday, the U.S. douar was quoted at 6.14 Vi for eaah and65 words
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Article76 1957-02-16 12 United States will produce 146.585 passenger cars ihis week against 147,163 last week and 128.202 In the same week last year, according to the Industry publication Automotive News, in Detroit. The magarlne predicted the cumulative output for 1957 will this week for the flrat time exreed production76 words
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Article43 1957-02-16 12 Sedrnak Rubber Estatea have announced In London a Anal dividend of 12 Vi per cent, less tax making 174 per cent for year ended October 31 on reduced capital. The net profit was £22.931 against £40.178 after taxation of £41,700 (£53,600).43 words
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Article74 1957-02-16 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS active with B.HP Coles reconii: overs on tnc today. Prlr*. s although mosi Minings »-f;. while silver |< mer. Loans wen 1 Loans B Loans 3v, Con. Zinc Bank of N.s.w Mount Lvel; N. Broken Hill ,S Hill 50 Mount Morgan Western Minirii; Ampol Ex Oil Search Aust.74 words
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Article176 1957-02-16 12 Ships lying alons-ide ■> gapore Harbour 11,,, expected today art Idomeneas 4 5. Tai Bait 67, Cantor. B Bcnvrackle 13 14. Mindoro 18 I asn Pahepa N. Wull 1 'Wall 9, Mari'dv 21 Maru 23:24. Lipis 2> Gorgon 27 2H I 2530, Celebes 3132 Mataram 36, I Nantes176 words
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Advertisement572 1957-02-16 12 NOTICES GLENEALY PLANTATIONS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) INTERIM DIVIDEND NOTICE IS HERTOY OTVEN that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend of 15 cents a ahare, less Singapore Income Tax. payable on the :sth of March 1957 to shareholders on the Register on the 4th of March 1957, in respect572 words
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Advertisement1252 1957-02-16 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Examiner, Inland Revenue, Salary: $324x14-362/ 420 x 14-618 plus COLA. Pensionable. Qualifications: Applicants must be Federal ClUsens and must have attained their 20th but not their 26th birthday and must have obtained the Pass Degree of the University of Malaya or a Diploma of Raffles College or1,252 words
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Advertisement856 1957-02-16 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS* VACANCIES IN SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT SERVICE X MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: (a) MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICERS. Salary scale: $820 X3SA- 1030/1100 X 40 A 1420 pjn. Applicants should possess medical qualifications reglstrable in the United Kingdom and must have had one year's post graduate experience. Selected candidates will be required to856 words
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Advertisement300 1957-02-16 12 NOTICES I AUCTION SALE OUTSTANDING SINGAPORE PROPERTY To be held In onr Dale Eta— Nos. 4 4-1, Collyer Q—r on TUESDAY, 19th FEBRUARY 1957 st 2.30 pjn. No. 4 PEIRCE DRIVE Freehold land and compound house. Total area 80,866 aq. feet WITH VACANT POSSESSION (Messrs. Drew Napier. Solicitors). For Particulars,300 words
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Advertisement384 1957-02-16 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANAOA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS iO DAT* Sailing San VaiKoaver Francisco Voore iwer fenjn Anna ttakka 18/20 Feb 21 Feb 23 Feb H Elisabeth Bakke 12/14 Mar 15 Mai Ciertmrf Bakke 23 Feb 9 Mat 8/10 Apr 11 Apr 13 Ap, Accenting Cargo tor Fremanrl*— calling CetaWor384 words
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Advertisement1289 1957-02-16 13 I 5 MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. T.h 4 i» Incorporofod in Singapore) dj ii-,., THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE £°J«> "//uVIItPOOU^LAJftOW; LONDON T eONTIMIMIXt" MR?s Smgopor* ©o^o. Mb 1i F.b 22 F.b J3/2* F.b j^g O l Fab 2* Mm Mar 4/ Mar Mar Mo. IS Mar 14 Mar 1$ pit'ea1,289 words
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Advertisement1065 1957-02-16 13 ■J^saf AoT* aY P^aaai B»»^^^'aSS^^e^^Bß^^a^r^^^^Bß^^^^B»^^i»»^^waß^^^Bn SBB^^^a^Bß^^aSjaß^^Bß^^i^^Bf^JaJ EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Penong P. S'hom S'pora U/1t Frt If 20 21/23Feb DCTtjuofc only "PRETORIA" M/M ft-* "PANAMA" e_a> ZW/aU TW9 "SARGODHA" Z Z 11/12 Mar "MEONIA" 21/23 Mar 24/2S Mar 24/27 Mar Bangkok only HOMrwARPS SAILINGS1,065 words
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Advertisement1039 1957-02-16 13 union THE BEN LDfE STKAMKRS LTn TCL BUILDING B»B*B1 A>IX«BS. BlAAflajllS AtaVU 2)171 SINGAPORE (Incorporated m the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO UJL ft CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Fenang BENMHOR for Liverpool, Hamburg 20/24 Fab 25/24 Fab 27/73 Fab BENVRACKII for London Hull 20/22 Fob Rotterdo* S3 Fab/1,039 words
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Advertisement1162 1957-02-16 13 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL. No.. ***** BLLEKMAM BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND ond tor U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargo tor Central ft South and Conodo via Colombo America CITY OF POONA s p N "ham Ll S'pora P.1,162 words
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Article160 1957-02-16 14 NO 30 Battalion, RAOC qualified for the semi-finals ol the FARELF inter-unit boxing championship when they beat 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers by six "routs (16 points) to four (14 points in the Singapore Base District final at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. RAOC. will160 words
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Article114 1957-02-16 14 rE FARELF Rugby Cup will stay another year in Batu Pahat, this time with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. The X.0.5.8. won the trophy by beating 7th Hussars, the Hong Kong champions, by nine points to nil in the final at Hong Kong on114 words
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Article422 1957-02-16 14 TENGKU REGRETS 'DISSATISFACTION' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. UK ADS of sports organisations in the Federation today decided that the government's appointment of Mr. Herman de Souza as chairman of the Merdeka Celebrations Sports and Games committee should be cancelled. At a meeting called by the422 words
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Article233 1957-02-16 14 TEACHERS HOLD CEYLONESE BOOS and abuse followed yesterday's drawn Singapore Hockey Association's senior knockout match between Ceylon Sports Club antl Teachers Union on the padang. The match was a postponed secondround fixture from last week. An angry crowd, ap parently dissatisfied with two decisions, directed233 words
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Article84 1957-02-16 14 PENANG, Fri.— rE Organising Committee of the 1956 Malayan A.ACri. championships held in Penang last August netted a profit of $7,166, according to the accounts announced today The president of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya. Mr. E. M. MacDonald had written to the organising chairman.84 words
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Article72 1957-02-16 14 Victoria School beat Raffles Institution by 3-1 in their Interschool soccer match played on th* R.I. ground yesterday. Wee Seng Pah, Wong Sze Kong and George Chia sclred for Victoria, and Shek Merit; f»r R.I. In other friendly matches played yesterday Anglo Chinese School beat United72 words
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Article99 1957-02-16 14 13 TEAMS TO CONTEST YOUTH LGE SINGAPORE A.P.A. Youth Competition committee yesterday rejected the application of Perhinponan Stia Club to take part In this year's competition because they were not from a recognised youth organisation. Thirteen other applicants were accepted for the competition which is scheduled to start on Feb.99 words
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Article97 1957-02-16 14 COLOMBO. Fri. RESULTS in the Asian Lawn Tennis Championships which were oontinu I »re today are: Men's sir ■1. Second round: Chu Che'. rt\ r:hiaa) beat N. Gibson ...jst..i 3-6. 4-6, 8-6, 8-6, 6-4; R. W. Ferdinands (Cey.) beat Wu Sheng Kang (China) 7-5, 1-6.97 words
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286 1957-02-16 14 THE Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund, launched with a donation of $5,000 by the former Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, in August 1955, stands today at approximately $500,000. stated Mr. Hugh Savage the secretary and organiser of the centre, in his report to286 words
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Article216 1957-02-16 14 MERDEKA GAMES AS TRIALS FOR N.B. WHETHER North Borneo will send a team to the Asian games in Tokyo will depend on the performances of their athletes at the Merdeka Games in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 5-7. North Borneo A.A.A. have decided to use the Merdeka Games as trials for216 words
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Miscellaneous389 1957-02-16 14 RUGGER: Sinjtapore Cricket Club's seven-a-slde semi-final* and final, padang. Friendly: RAAF v RASC. Ten R ah. SOCCER: SOBFA Senior Leacoe: P and T v Police "A", Sertngoon Road; MRNVR T Marines Farrer Park; STB v Customs. Farrer Park. C TimAr I rApriif/\vJ 27. One who contrives .n go OTIaITS limeS389 words
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Article148 1957-02-16 16 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER (are 1 .15 KHANDI STAR Coffee Exporter Illustrious CINEMA 111 Illustrious Qulny KHANDI STAR Illustrious Saucy Kate tace 2 .45 GALLANT TURK White Heather Today Showing TODAY SHOWING King's Prophet Fairy Flotsam FAIRY FLOTSAM Gallant Turk Today Showing tare 3 1.15 INDECIDED148 words
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379 1957-02-16 16 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By HE IS BETTER BY ALMOST A STONE IN SECOND RUN AFTER Marigold, it is Pizarro's turn to have a crack at the post-war Malayan Turf record of five-wins-in-a-row at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Tnrf379 words
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Article1228 1957-02-16 16 Race 1 2.15: Class 2, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 079 Qnlny 4y Franklin 5.13 Mr. Kwlk Hobbs 2 652 Khandi SUr 7y Bougoure 8.11 Urn Chong TJoa 3 666 Clnem* in 5y Oeyer 8.07 Shaw Stable Martin 4 509 Rice Mill 8y Posner 8.06 Mrs. Yong Thau1,228 words
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Article395 1957-02-16 16 BLUE ICE IS THE CHIEF DANGER BALKAN Arab attempted to make all the running over a mile with 8.7 last week. Right up to the final' furlong he was travelling like a winner. White Heather and then Blue Ice passed him in the closing stages.395 words
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Article463 1957-02-16 16 FIRST DA Y'S SECOND A GOOD SHOW lADE SPRING passed J nis first stamina test last week when he came with a smooth run in the straight to finish second with 7.11 (Larkin riding 2 lb. over) to Undoubtable over a mile. This five-year-old has463 words
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Article342 1957-02-16 16 TAKE THE 'TRUK' TO DEFY 9.05 THE Class 3, 9f trophy 1 race may well develop into a battle between the two topweights. Gallant Turk (9.5) and White Heather (9.2). My pick is Gallant Turk. This T'.irkhan five-year-old was sent over l^m. at Kuala Lumpur a fortnight ago after only342 words
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260 1957-02-16 16 SOUTH AFRICA 234-4 IN FOURTH TEST JOHANNESBURG, Fri. A SECOND wicket stand of 112 by Trevor j Goddard (67) and John Waite (61) helped place South Africa in a sound position on the first day of the fourth cricket Test against England here today At the close South Africa were260 words
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162 1957-02-16 16 pOPACABANA, a game second over a mile last week should go one better in today's main race the Bukit Timah Cup over 9f for Class 2, Div. 1 horses (Race Six). Nine furlongs is more like his right distance. In May last year162 words
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