The Singapore Free Press, 24 December 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore free press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1948. PRICE 10 TEN I ->
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    INDIA HALTS KLM FLIGHTS
    406 1 INDIA HALTS KLM FLIGHTS Soviet wants strong action FOLLOWING the condemnation ot Dutch military action m Indonesia by members of the rarity Council, India, Pakistan and Burma joined Ceylon m banning all Dutch aircraft m their territories. The regular X.L.M. flight from Amsterdam to Batavia was cancelled last night for
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    Full of Madiun reported
    44 1 Full of Madiun reported B\l AYIA. Fridaj m continued their advance m .1 J md began a new drive I captured Maoek on th e north I. i i>t and are believed to have also occupied pun. last stronghold m Indonesian hands. I Reuter
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    'Bunny rugs' for babes
    11 1 f- RY bab}; j Lonand Plymouth Reuter
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    25 Chinese arrested
    12 1 headq;. c secret $3,000,Inese lottery Chinese and of tickets.
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    27 1 p icture t ana Kaiind Mr Paul a Hoffm i i, U.S E< momic Co-opera-'listrator. at the Gener -inking home. halted reconstruction axi to China. A. P.
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    Shell dump explosion: CID warning
    153 1 Shell dump explosion: CID warning Free Pres s Staff Reporter COMMENTING on the explosion yesterday at the 12th mile. Semba- wang Road, m which four Chinese were killed and two seriously injured, the Singapore C.I.D. chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, said this morning that "th should serve as a lesson
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    55 1 picture Because of a bad foot, the. Chief Scout, Lord Rowallan, made h f inspection of over 2.000 Singapore and Johore Scouts from a trisha at the rally held m hi x honour at the Victoria School ground yesterday. Rover Scout Mohamjned he 4th Singapore Malay Crew, i s seen
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    SUSPECTED REDS HELD
    40 1 SINGAPORE polict day arrested Aye suspected Communists under the Emergency Regulations. They were lour Indians believed to be connected with the Malayan Communist Party. Singapore, and a Chialleged to be linked with tne M.C.P. m the Federation.
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    WET CHRISTMAS FOR SINGAPORE
    127 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE can expect a wet Christmas, say R.A.F. Meteorological authorities at Changi, where the rainfall recorded m the past five days totals 10.09 inches, which is equal to the average recorded for the whole month of December over a period of 64
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    Christmas Holiday
    43 1 THE Free Press will not be published tomorrow, (hristmas Day. Publication will be resumed on Monday. The Straits Times and The Sunday Times will be published as usual throughout the holiday period. The Free Press wishes its readers a Merry Christmas.
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    Old-fashioned Xmas in Bethlehem
    180 1 BETHLEHEM. Friday. a v old-fashiotied Chr mas is scheduled for Arab-held Bethlehem thts\ year. Candles and lamps re-\ pi a omary electric lights m the Church of\ Nativity on Manger Square and other holy places. Return to ancient customs fc necessitated by the war,\ which made
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    NEW AIRPORT CHIEF HERE
    72 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S new civil airport manager, Group Captain E. A. Healy, arrived m Singapore last night on the liner Willem Ruys from Southampton. A former airport manager m Lydda, Group Capt. Healy will serve under Air Vice-Marshal S. E Storrar, Director of Civil
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    1,220 'SCREENED'
    42 1 1, 220 'SCREENED' Free Press Reporter SINGAPORE police m security checks In the S.glap and East Coast road r.reas yesterday and early this morning, "screened" 1.220 people All had identity cards. In addition 122 nous «s in East Coast Village were searched.
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    Sun Fo talks of peace aim
    319 1 NO FOREIGN AID LIKELY' NANKING, Friday CHINA "cannot rely on foreign aid" to obtain the goal for which the Government is fighting," the new Prime Minister, Dr. Sun Fo, told the first session of his new Cabinet last night. He said the "ultimate aim"
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    GIBSON QUITS BANK OF ENGLAND
    68 1 GIBSON QUITS BANK OF ENGLAND LONDON, Thursday. UR George Gibson has re- ligned from his directorship of the Bank of England, it was announced today. Gibson, a former chairman of the Trades Union Congress, was one of the leading public iigures involved m the inv> .is of the Lynske. into
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    Trade up by $33 million in Nov.
    113 1 Free Press Mart Reporter MALAYA'S month rose b llion over the O figure to reach of $305.1 million, b. favourab! 1.1 million Ln O fell to $7.1 million i month, according to official figures. to $156 m Oct' $148,97' m O Of the
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    Mme Chiang's Indefinite stay'
    128 1 WASHINGTON, Thursd MADAME Chiang Kai-shek, who flew here .his month on an urgent mission to obtain help for her husband's Chinese Nationalist regime. ha.^ n up quart era m v. an indefinite st She is nov, g m the Washington home of her brother, Dr. T.
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    Russian ship loading rubber
    51 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A RUSSIAN fn the ■chanik Api. anived m Singapore this morning from Bombu load 4 200 tons of rubber for Odessa. The ship will commence loading at the Harbour Board whanalternoon. i will be the last shipment of Malayan rubbe be t
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      63 1 your «ors* fyou mM mmaa? BUSH iojOHT RADIO Co i (m JL £^3§_. 7///' Children Lfc>> V^ A/ 1 on rile _^_v *%k Ileallh tnerau Waltine mixed 1 erupting, creamy flavour all ita own. and i i«h the body of^the h and energy it md keennesa at work or play.
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      57 1 Wishing Our Patrons A HAPPY X'MAS PROSPEROUSNEWYEAR from SINGAPORE RESTAURAN T 6c BAR 79 BRAS BASAH ROAD McCRAY KOLDFLO DOUBLE DUTY MEAT DISPLAY CASE is a "Salesman" to be proud of. M-W m WM-WM-Wf/-WM-wiamm/ m ß(Kj^^ I m l n_W^4 v and you will get a f better idea of
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    Bridge Problem
    423 2 ■idet vulnerable '•aler (■lag Look only at hand ui.nl you hay« deupon your opening lead voHTH It I KJ 1 I X 3 WJxl L\«*l *KJ:* g 4 3 2 4 v J BOOTH 0A 5 4 A A X The tudditi* Kant J. kW 1 J aa*
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    Bethlehem: the town where Christ was born
    66 2 CHRISTIAN pilgrims will have a long walk from Jerusalem along the ancient southern mud track to visit scenes of the Nativity this year m Bethlehem. Egyptian troops have banned pilgrims the use of the JerusalemBethlehem road: but the Jews have allowed free passage
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    THE LAST DIZZY RUSH
    532 2 Christinas Shopping Guide FREE PRESS WOMAN CORRESPONDENT I EVERYONE does it! J We all leave our shopping until the very last moment and then rush around so fast that it makes us feel quite dizzy: and these notes are the result of so much dizziness and
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      294 2 XMAS GIFTS FOR MEN FOR LADIES it Dressing Gowns Nylon Stocking Silk Pyjamas Formfit Brassieres Morlev White Shirts ST 11 00 S o arf l c4-.il- c_~.4 ci,i-«- Skybnte Panties e,la Sp r t Shlrta Elastic Panties Woollen Mipovers Embd Satin Kimonos Woollen Mendan Trunks Embd Satin Pyjamas American Fancy
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      179 2 RAFFLES fiOTft X'MAS FES'ilVix.^ TONIGHT-XMAS to SPECIAL XMAS *»t I Kers. No\ «'lt MOOR sliuu WESLEY 6 FRANK PICKFORD Diner MORROW- KM Special I icfcert v I I 001 Dineri H m\ SUNDAY 26th Dec. lhe ombined I. Kill I i.• MAKINt li BOXING NIGHT I LO< Din LIMITED ACCOMMODAT.Qjt
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      398 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR TODAY TOMORROW BORN today. It is likely r F° be born <"» Christmas «ho* w *y is an unusual and that you are povscssed rar coincidence and those of more latent talents than whose birthdays fall upon you realize are yOT y ftD t° share m the
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    Radio Malaya Will Give Good Cheer
    620 3  -  NAN HALL BY RADIO Malaya will contribute a major share this year to the general Christmas festivities. Not only will there be continuous programmes throughout the day (beginning at 9 a.m over the Christmas period, but the normal 11 p.m. closing has been extended
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      97 3 Tribute to the Confectioners Art Canadian Forkdipt' W s K*W«4«*l_. CHOCOLATES are now available from most dealers. nnei container insures and renders them particularly Home Parcels. TRAVERSfrSoi^; CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FOOD SUPPLIES i 8 Vs M&± nj Dpi WISHING ALL OUR PATRONS HEARTIEST SEASON'S GREETINGS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW
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      98 3 (The Army'si I Menu CHRISTMAS DAY Morning I Biscuits RRK.XkI \s| Porridge or Cereal Fried r^ .v Baron Kr .id— Butter— Marmalade j Tea or Coffee DINNER Tomoto Soup tst Turl I Bread San I R«>ast Pork and Apple Sauce j tailing Cra -t A Creamed Pota irden Peas n
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      240 3 y _*_«____k. Tat fTmaa*-*! V r Xmatf 1 i i ft |/< H V tat*? A/i/s opportunity 0/ Wishing all Our Patrons a IVry Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year SING APOR E kITaTa LU M PUR P E N A N G _^_a Dunlop truck bus iC SA
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      590 3 Your Xmas Listening QiurAPORF S.E.AC. tl metres '12 p m ,q YniTxl'' 6 p m to und M Ptn toll .nd Prouii.w 3 Echoes :3u tootbaiJ PR ard Melodies I 30 Vvorid News; 1 40 M'MA; 2 10 Prwgtamme Summary; 8 20 S t'mas aoo Station Opening; 602 Thirty omlme--'
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  • The singapore free press FRIDAY. Dec. 24, 1948.
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      Faith in A Free World
      326 4 1948 draws to an end m an embattled, d world inevitably there bitter notleery m the traditional itroaa n of reid resolve, "On rarth peace, goodwill toward mthere tin ulence, violence, or the lence. The re i fern lal M destr i individual of a
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    A Christmas Message
    1059 4 From the Rev. H. B. AMSTUTZ, D.D., Principal of Trinity College, Singapore and a minister of the Methodist Church. 'THE New Testament lives and moves m an atmosphere of wonder God comes to men m the humblest way: a stable, a manger, to common peasant people, —THEN
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    Malayan Students Will Have A Good Time
    575 4 M.VAN o\t LtdenU j year! •fered attr. •nore of tin duri ition period. The British council has made arrangements for a variety of vocation courses covering most parts of England. Scotland and Wales. led m a Unive: tel m Edinburgh for a >arly
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    25 4 lou may or may not be having turkey torn but this lucky young man is happy enc th to have obtained one m turkey-scarce Britain.
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    It Wasn't Dull On Pacific] Island
    307 4  - It Wasn 't Dull On Pacific] Island LUCILLE IREMONGER By WOT long ago we were spending our first Christmas together since our marriage, on a small coral iiloll m tlic middle of the Pacific Ocean. There were no shops on Funafuti, no doe tors, no other white people, no fresh
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    FAITH
    20 4 lor unto >"v this day m the Cltj i David a Saviour, which '<• Mirist the Lord. St. Luke v
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    Shattering Sounds ,
    78 4 Shattering Sounds MUSICAL research the Univ nsylvanla have used sound to disintegrate viruses responsible for several tnf< human disea. In experiments conducted at the Johnson Foundation for Medical Physics, the virre subjected to shatng vibr d. mined afterward under an n micr found n up mi Ir component made inactive.
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    44 4 Each November, Adelaide welcomes Santa Claus with a colourful Christmas Pageant. People jammed the streets when the 33 wheel sets and floats marched to the musjc of 11 Dross bands the great day at they sync and b< sand part m, or a ,/'./,.'KLL;
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      54 4 B c Careful to wearing unground Sunglasaea. j *hlch may cause your eye.* to be defective OAUSCH4 10MB /I T^ I SUN GLASSES p© to D*n S** and se^ the modern Irani &j fitted with Genuine P Ban Glasses for Safe and Comfortable v DAH SIN OPTICAL HOUSE! PHONE 6204
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      48 4 FORGOTTEN- 1 lmm DO YOUR LAST MIMTE CHRISTMAS SHOTPIN SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ORCHARD ROAD KEPPEL RD. KATONG NAVAL BAS£ Closing at 6 p.m. tor "Have you m :M_^ Al"*** HMMMj^^^^^^^^^ j /p*f^_»__^ J _1| zxZ. _w P. H, HENOBT I JEWELLER 78 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD S!N6A^>
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    MOTOR SPEED LIMIT IN COLONY
    451 5 MOTOR SPEED LIMIT IN COLONY To be enforced from January a C D P r,n re€ Press Staff Reporter fcFLLD limit of 30 miles an hour m certain areas of Singapore for passenger cars and certain other types of motor vehicles, together with pre-war powers of enforcing traffic control, 7
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    Leper settlement to be extended
    156 5 Free Press Staff Reporter J»Ht visit of the IS. aircraft-carrier Tarawa and each year to five accommodation up to a total of 600 lepers, says Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, m his annual report. The extension of the settlement will be made
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    RADIO STORY
    60 5 Radio Malaya at 4.15 p.m. on Christmas Day will put out a new rt story specially written for Radio Malaya by well-known author Mr. Shamus Prarer who now m Singapore. He will read the story himself. The story. "The Frontier Incident." deals with Christm;* it might be happening
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    'EDUCATE THEM OR ELSE....'
    238 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. THK difficulty of Malay boys securing admission into English schools was mentioned m Council of State by Inche Haji Abdul Hamid bin Haji Fathil. He said that months ago, it was stressed m Council that, for years, great difficulty
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    FOUR MEN KILLED BY SHELL
    119 5 FOUR MEN KILLED BY SHELL I'HREE Chii men were killed. and two gravely injured when shells dumped ln the grass near the 12 miles Road exploded yesterday evening Police found the six n g in a clearing about' it p.m. after being told of the explosion by a Chinese woman,
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    POLICE PROMOTION
    15 5 Police as been promoted to been appointed £W?edi b rh J A Blake.
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    52 5 photo. R.A.F. chddren had wonderful time at a Christmas Party at Changi on Wednesday. It was the beginning of a round of parties for children of airmen stationed m Singapore The Changi party included a cinema show and a visit from Father Christmas. Picture shows the party m progress at
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    12 PAID HOLIDAYS IN 1949
    193 5 AN official list of 12 paid holidays authorised during 1949 for daily-paid employees of Government other than those employed on a temporary basis for a period not exceeding one month was Issued yesterday. The holidays will be a* follows: Jan. 1. New Years Day (Public
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    GANJA STOCK SEIZED
    98 5 SINGAPORE police yesterday police seized a stock of ganja 'Indian hemp valued at $25,000, from a house m Cecil Ftreet The stock, jreighln? ap proximately 5001 b.. was he largest seizure for many years, according *c the police. The hemp was found packed m brown paper and
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    Fisheries Officer
    16 5 Mr. Thomas Wilkinson Burdon has been appointed Fisheries Officer. Federation of Malaya and Singapore.
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    Visiting sailors spent $100,000
    195 5 Visiting sa ilors spent $100,000 Free Press Staff Reporter r rHE visit of the U.S. aircraft-carrier Terawa and her escorting destroyers has enriched Singapore by about U.S. $50,000, ($lOO,OOO Malayan), it is estimated. The 3,000 officers and men all had shore leave during their four-day visit, and each spent an
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    Carols in open air tonight
    98 5 THE Singapore Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual carolling carnival In the Presbyterian Church grounds m Orchard Road tonight. Mr. Eric Wee, President of the Pava Lebar Chapter of the M.Y.F, will d the singing, prayers will be said by the Rev B M.
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    $18 million claims paid by the Army
    194 5 $1 8 million claims paid by the Army THE military authoi m Singapore announced yesterday that claims, amounting to over 518,000,000, m respect of War Department liabilities m Singapore and Malaya left outstanding at the capitulation m 1942, have now been settled. Claims stiil to be settled amount to about
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      112 5 We wish all our Patrons A MERRY CHRISTMAS A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR »M. BRAS BASAH ROAD Hear RaSfles Hotel. jr**' CABINET Specially designed tor tropical jse. _^_^_S_^__Bl^B-9i^E^^i 1 modern method of ■■^■©ne record storage |3-; i _f*> --Eht __3_l »our records tree from _ft__^__^__6H n of our newly Mi T^**
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    31 6 An India among at a party given to children of armen at Changi on Wednesday children ated to a cinema and had 'om Father Christ This R.A.F. p 'he children ing
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    Malaya may get more Siam rice
    143 6 SIAM has today almost three times more land under irrigation for rtci wing than before the war, said the Philippines ConsulGeneral to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Manuel m Singapore yesterlir. Alzate. ln his capacity a_> chairman of the Food and Agricultural Committee of
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    MUSICAL AT THE PAVILION
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    24 6 ;>■< f :/r»' Mr. M. A. Alzate. the PhilipI'onsul -General to ralia and New Zealand. and chairman of the Food and Agricultural Commit" Free Press
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    YOUNG MUSLIMS HALL TO OPEN
    43 6 I*HE Young Meni Muslim Kpbun Übl. Geylang. will ally opened on Sunday pm by ti president M Hall $2,000 and was built b M M ;ded more than 2n md 10 arj B day to adopt the ruit
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    ALL SECTIONS QUIET, STEADY
    135 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Friday. Holiday atmosphere prevailed on lhe London Sleek Exchange yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices Ln most sections remained ly, with few chance. <»f outstanding interest. B al and pai lO\ s 114 it \ll S I INM K\M I I i
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    ASSIZE COURT
    11 6 An .1 be premt 10, at 10 15 a.m.
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    GRENADE THROWER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
    19 6 I •.all shop pm a r»* 1 the makrs use or s to
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    'Carry means of identification'
    13 6 ORDINO to an iterdfl is cotnpl-' art-a c or
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    JOHORE BANDIT WAR INTENSIFIED
    291 6 Troops meet with more success rjPERATIONS against the bandits m Johore district have increased m tempo during the last few days. Patrols of Seaforths, Gurkhas and the Devons have been taking a steady toll of both the bandits themselves and their supporters, and. m many cases,
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    Kilied bandit before he was murdered
    11 6 Kilied bandit before he was murdered IPOH. Th quad bma: I
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    500 welcome Muslim leader
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    APPOINTED J.P.
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      139 6 TODAY 11 1.45 LU 6.45—9.20 WOTE CHANGED IMB •<m\r*'+ JCE_B_Hk__H -_-_v^B-i aJj A aW^f^ aaTmm iiitrodii< JEAN 2c\ PETERS s£ TOMORROVV AT M' NITE I Whole Serial v\ >^ iouisi am 0B —i i M \C C_ I.^OOJmJvU t TODAY a' 11 M WRfc Oliver [V fOSEBT M Iff IS
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      315 6 Mdndrdk6 Inclusive to the Singapore tree Press m Malaya A^l^JWflta^^Lyi/lL*/*^ I WHY 00 YOU HIOE lIbECAUSEOfI I WHERE ARE THE FINE CIOTUtS. I I ANO WHERE ALL GONE —TO 'a.XM^ r^.^r^ -^vr 1N THE g^ouno H the wight gold and jewels I, are THE d HER. ONLY THE TfIAP DOORS
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    HORSE OF THE YEAR TO WIN IN PENANG
    323 7 HORSE OF THE YEAR TO WIN IN PENANG Game Law back at his best Free Press Racing Correspondent t PENANG, Friday. J PICK Game Law, the "Horse of the Year; to win the 8 -furlong race for Class one horses at the opening day's races of the Penang Turf Club
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    US woman champion a stenographer
    155 7 IB? VETERAN I tirst lady «>f badminton is 24-year-«l petite. Ethel Marshall of Buffalo, profession a stenographer. About i. Ethel has won the American impionship on two successive >ns, 'IK t-handed. In the t tournaments m either singles, women's ■n singles, five women's doubles victories
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    Today's Sport
    20 7 8.0.D.1 Khalsa Asm. 8.0 1) ground. Georges Rd. IFR P.C.F Besar stadium Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Farrer Park.
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    Trespassers selections
    81 7 SELECTIONS, by 'Trespasser' subject to scratchings are: CI. I—B>.f.:1 8>.f.: MOVE ON Coral Sea Game Law CI 1, Div. I— 6f.: INDIAN HEATHER Cabaret Billy Carol CI. 1. Div. Z— 6f.: DIAMOND TPIC Elegant Art DRB CI 2 If.: MARCORI Dakota Longchamps II CI. 4, Div. I— €f
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    At least 10 horses not accepting
    128 7 At least 1 0 horses not accepting Eree Press Racing Correspondent PENANG. Frici lI'ITH the dry weather conff tinulng. the going for s likelj ry Arm. Norses have been taken out. but more scratchings are probable. The horses are Courtenay. Dagobert. Heroden. Courtesan. Rima, Mardi Gras. Te Taki. December 26th,
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    GOING HOME
    43 7 ll' A. Smith of the Royal IT Air F ree w< known as a :s leaving for England today by th*' Empin Smith r thr Malaya Cup final m Kuala Lumpur and the S.A.F.A. Cup final at Jalan Besar. this year.
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    Mr. Sands' 'swan song'
    149 7 IN what he calk* his "swan Mr. F. C. Sands, retiring president of the Singapore Amateur Football A atlon. yesterday referred to the Association'! open door polio. He was speaking at the annual general meeting of the I iatlon held at lhe SRC. The "open door"
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    Honorarium lor S.A.F.A. secretary
    11 7 Honorarium lor S.A.F.A. secretary jhes I ACCUI i as I i
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    DAILY TEST CHANGE
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    OFFER TO BURNS
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    FORM OF TOMORROW'S RUNNERS
    457 7 JX)LLC i F v. rs at the Pena its of I I IK I r S I Si- FRF I IHI Xl M\N 9.03 203 IMRi-l 001 \Mr I \W 3to CORAJ -I a, > 1\ M 333 MM •14 MO •03 I I VNOR Ml
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    U.K. HOLIDAY SOCCER
    477 7 p^OUXDWING are I for tomorrow FIRsI DIVISION v Derbr Birmingham C. v Newcastle t Blackpool f Huddersfield 1 Burnley stoke (harlton v Preston N r Chelsea v Portsmouth I verton v Manchester C Manchester I Liverpool Sheffield I v Bolton W Sunderland v Middlesbrough Wolves W A»ton
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    'We must have our stadium'
    396 7 *T»HE need of a stadium owned by the Singapore x Amateur Football Association wa s reaffirmed by Mr. P. F. de Souza. a retiring vice-president, at the annual general meeting held yesterday evening at the SRC. He pointed out that as much as $50,000 had
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    Holland's '4 Musketeers'
    72 7 picture, The four Van Klavern boys are fighters: from 41-year-old Beb (right) to the twins, 18-year-old Piet and Wim (first and second from left), with 26-year-old Henk (.third from left), making up the Quartet, Beb i s still fighting m Holland, where he is a champ jon.
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    122 7 AS m the first Test, the v _LC.C won match m Lad terday with the last ball o: They beat Districts b\ their two -da. h. I I twi m r< <>cal siri nd inni: Two Stands The IfC ing easily w]
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    211 8 Planes, tanks m new attacks TIL AVIV, Friday. SHATTERING hopes of an early peace m Palestine, fighting broke out yesterday between Egyptian and Jewish forces along the Negev front, m the south Israeli warships shelled the Gaza coast on Wednesday, it was reported last
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    TOJO CHEERED JAP EMPEROR
    284 8 X t -PREMIER Hideki T< and J Japani th him ent to their deat! for Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese way of life."' Buddhist priest whi panted them to tside the execution chj ir last minir red the <: hamber trnLshed by Shinsho Man buddhist pr;
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    H.K. TRADE IS STILL RISING
    34 8 H\Q KONG -t lv m exceeded tha X X.5153.ImporU up H X $3§.000.000 I X up II X $20,000 .creaces exrai materia X -eased by H EC$3 etroleum A.P.
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    Third highest rubber yield
    216 8 Tree Pre> MafT Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thandj \vr month, estate rubber production tof 34,149 tons, the third highest monthh total year. At the same time. indi< smallholders will establish a new post-* rd nber production by the I .vas 120 t for Octotx only 1.044
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    100 8 MINISTERIAL POSTS FOR SUDANESE KHARTOUM. Thurs. 'THE British Sudan has taken i JL the first step toward comI plete self-government, the Go-vernor-General. Sir Robert Howe, told the first session of the Legislative Assembly here today. For the first time, the Assembly included three Sudanese Ministers and ten UnderSecretaries of government
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    Women charged with 7-yearold murder
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    91 8 FjiORMER Vichy Mlnlsl the Interior, til -year-old Marcel Bernard Peyrouton has been acquited by the French ireme Court ol Chart ng from his member ol the Petain Cabinet The prosecution alleged that M Peyrouton. as Minister the Interior from Aug (i. 1 .940 until his resignation
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    LIVING FOSSIL' FOUND IN TEMPLE
    142 8 NEW DELHI, Friday l A LIVING FOSSIL" has been discovered m the wells of the Hindu holy city i of Benares m the form ol a tiny, transparent, centipedelike shrimp. Dr. B. N. Chopra, formerly officiating Director of the Zoological Survey of India, said that
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    33 8 TBI Queuille toalitio, its battle for I "bringing m the mon. majority Parliament, ijreed that indirect ta\e> should h, A^reemei Assembly's bud: Cabinet h. Queuille whene ;KL;KLKIOP Reuter
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