The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA %o. K.359. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1948. PHK I 10 (BIS
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    City vote: last day for registration
    75 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THOSE qualified to vote n the Municipal elections nave up to midnight today to register themselves at r.he Municipal building Today is positively the last day for registration. Nearly 200 registered last night to swell the electoral rolls to approximately
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    5 STATES FLAY DUTCH
    66 1 5 STATES FLAY DUTCH Indies debate adjourned nr PARIS, Thursday. |Hh Security Council adjourned last night without taking any fresh action on the Indonesian dispute, after hearing the Dutch delegate, Mr. Jan van Royen, give an undertaking that hostilities would cease in Java at the latest by Friday midnight. The
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    Be ready to vote, Onn calls to Malays
    59 1 Free Press Malay Correspondent A CALL to Malays ia Johore to prepare themselves for elections In the State was made by Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Mentri Besar of Johore, in a speech to the Muar Executive Committee of UMNO, at Muar Club,
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    CATCHING FISH
    721 2 A Malayan Bookshelf THE large fish traps that are such a feature of the Malay landscape can be divided, very roughly, into three main types. In the first type the fish are guided by converging rows of stakes into a large enclosure where there is a large submerged
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    Evelyn Waugh's Satire
    390 2 ris easy to Imagine that Hollywood and its streamlined community will whimper pathetically v/hen they read and feel the whiplash of Evelyn Waugh's satire. Worse still, his picture of Filmdom's capital in "The Loved One" spotlights only one star— Sir Franlc Hinsiey. an English sAall-pan actox. who
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    Bridge Problem
    391 2 North-South vulnerable North dealer NORTH 8 AQJ 3 I QQ* 1 4A 6 I WEST CAST *u&t« a j i« n U97C« K t i 0 J Q 10 e ft I J 10 8 I I Qi SOUTH 1111l 9 A AIM The bidding North Ea«t South
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    QUICK LOOKS
    177 2 Maria Marten. The Murckr in the Red Barn. Compiled by J. Curtis, edited by Jeanne and Norman Mac Kenzie. (Pilot Press, Bs. 6d> The narrative of a notorious nineteenth century crime, from which was derived a once celebrated melodrama Far better value for the money than jnost contemporary
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    MODEST MAIDENS
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    Mauriac, Sure Of His World
    484 2 Mauriac, Sure Of His World PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books in U.K. CRANCOIS Mauriac is undo abtedly one cf France's greatest modern novelists. He is also a devout Catholic. Though I do not intend to venture within splashing-distance of the deep and dangerous ocean of theological controversy, I am bound
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      263 2 F.P. Crossword No. 575 i p 7 i2 pp j|§|4 I 15 16 17 I !I^ZIZ "IEZZIi Zt~~ZZ!L~ZiIiL~'Z :1 i '~P~ zi ZBBZ WML- _il ■L -128I 28 Wl\ 1 32 33 M t; tZ "™^||^p mm fflffi 1 1 i'l yy y CLUES ACROSS 4. Established (6). 8. Comparative
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      754 2 JINfjAPORE Market Report; 4.5 BearUl IB- ta:**ee Quarter, bou i.\ e huu .odinumvnb UlMnOOt Bulletin; 5 05 Dar.te about; 9 30 Rad c NtfftNl; S 45 4*>s metres: 41 metres (12 p m Music; 530 Special Dispatch SEAC Theatre; 10 45 Chorale; io 2); 61 metres (6 pm to 745
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      139 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN i'da-. »ou ar» inendh. likeable and !o>al to >our friend* But you are aggressive a* *el! for >ou intend to get *hat you want out of life Those who %v against dis(o\er tliat v.»ur amubi1 1 1 > shrouds an iron determination that will countenance little
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    Squabble over 'Miss Paris' beauty contest
    87 3 Squabble over 'Miss Paris' beauty contest BEFORE THE SLAPPING I] almost a$ much trouble electing beauty i'tf' dot^ in electing Premiers: Mile Juliette 9ht*, 2s chosen "Miss Pars" at a night club n>j "Mis x Cannes." Mile Colette Dereal by halt a point. This happy seen*. above, however, gave way
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    JAP CHILDREN BEING 'SOLD'
    31 3 Arthur, Supreme in Japan. ne Japanese Mini- to investigate :dren were t>j r>! >k?rs into httVf been 11 awaiting A Labour ofte practice b'U was by the
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    U.N. SHELVED-REGIONAL PACTS' NOW
    223 3 U.N. SHELVED-REGIONAL PACTS' NOW Powers adopt new teace tactics pHE splitting of the United Nations into east and west blocs— the most recent evidence was the tnited Nations attitude to the Dutch action in Indonesia— has brought about "a temporary era of regionalism- among the big powers, said a high
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    'MOON' ROCKETS NOW ON TEST
    132 3 'MOON ROCKETS NOW ON TEST I XM7KETS of a type that may be used to reach the moon or to move around the earth like a llite have been successfully operated at a M laboratory near Ohio Vniversity for over a year, i' has just been revealed. S. H L.
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    GOLD BULLION SALVAGE BID
    104 3 I SYDNEY syndicate's plan to recover gold from th« sunken liner Niagara has been abandoned. The Niagara was sunk by mines 30 miles north of Auckland in the early war years Gold worth £2.400.000 Australian (U557,776,000) was recovered by divers. Bullion valued at £151.000 remains in
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    BURMA BORDER BANDIT RAID
    40 3 TWO hundred armed Chi- nese bandits raided Sinlumkaba, a hill station near the Chinese -Burmese border and seized arms and ammunition from a Government depot, One bandit was killed and several captured by the police. Reuter
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    'Women prefer men with hats' —UK campaign
    221 3 DRITISH hat manufacturers say that their experts have discovered that eight out of ten young women prefer their men to wear hats. So they are going to spend £30,000 sterling In an advertising campaign to convince the four out of five bareheaded young
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    25 3 p- '<id*nt. Harry Truman frsctx hU brother, Mr. J Viv:an T. u.nan. at Kansas City, M saouri. during a rect'tit visit to hU( home State.
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    Greco-Belgium pact
    33 3 A six-month, trade and payment agreement between Greece and Belgium was signed in Brussels on Monday. The agreement covers of goods for a total value of 637 million Belgium francs. A.P.
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    Swiss Nazis jailed
    45 3 Since the end of the war. 102 Swiss citizens have been prosecuted as members of the Nazi fifth column in Switzer--1 land, according to a Government report from Bern. Ninety-nine were iailed for terms varying from 20 years to oix months.- A.P.
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    Show-off pilot hits tree
    71 3 IF the pilot had not tried to show off before his wtr% friend, he would not be n the hospital today, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said of Renato R. Zalameda who circled his Piper Cub at 400 feet over the provincial K.Qh school whert his girl
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    CHIANG'S SON LEADS ELITE TANK CORPS
    236 3 4NOTHER son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, A Colonel Chiang Wei-kuo, commander of an elite mechanized corps built up of American tanks and equipment, is doing his best on the Hsuchow front to prevent his father's administration from toppling to destruction. Security reasons hav^ presented
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    LONDON'S XMAS TREE LIT UP
    75 3 London's famous Trafalgar Square, hub of the Empire, was a blaze of light? for the Christmas festivities. The brilliantly-lit 60-foot Christmas tree on the left was a gift from Nonvay. The fountains were flood-lit, the lights being turned on by a London Sea Scout and
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    CLERGY SPLIT OVER DIVORCE
    337 3 'PHE question of remarriage in church of divorced persons has stirred up a controversy among British churchmen. Divorced persons may remarry in the Church of England only with the permission of the bishop of their diocese. High churchmen, who grant such permission sparingly, look disapprovingly on
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    CHIANG'S PAY IS U.S. $93
    60 3 CHIANG'S PAY IS U.S. $93 SHOWING the sharp decline in the value of the Chinese national currency in relation to foreign currencies, President Chiang Kai-sheks monthly salary plus allowance, under a pay scale approved yesterday by the Legislative Yuan, amounts to U.S. $93. that of Vice-Presi-dent Li Tsung-jen U.S. $46.
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    THIS NOSE BREATHES FOR YOU
    277 3 A NEW plastic nose, that does your breathing for vou, has been shown to the American Medical Association. This nose replaces the iron lung and of 'en does the same life saving job. It is a null gadget making an airtight fit over the nose
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    BURMA LAND BILL ANGERS CHETTIARS
    244 3 THE validity of the controversial Burma Land x Nationalisation Bill, is being challenged. The Burmese Government is empowered to take over all arable lands in the country on a basis of equitable compensation, but it is loosely worded, and gives rise to doubt whether it
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    26 DIE IN SOVIET URANIUM MINE
    86 3 26 DIE IN SOVIET URANIUM MINE THE U.S. Military Government s official Qerauutlanguaje newspaper, in Bei lin, Ihe Die Nue Zietung reports the death of 20 Oermans in a coJ'aose of liiatU in a Soviet /on ur<* lium mine. The paper ijid four miners were killed on Sunday and beveral
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    Fred's 'inferno'
    135 3 r/?£D WU4iu§ of Wiy>». Lancashire hut > refoing inferno" in r garden which is approa* hing h:s bock-door ol to; rate of on" foot a u-erk. 't has less than 40 feet to q>. "Frcdi Fire' Bf it hjt torn* to be known— itn(ie r fjround like "Dnn
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    48 Xmas deaths in S. Africa
    63 3 48 Xmas deaths in S. Africa FORTY-i:iGHr I W"i > killed ftßd 15S inir ••«< B Booth Africn 9vw h a < h miis holidsvs :.i fi^li rtO road 3crider> s. drown and riiootlnes. Hea"i-^i deAiii roll wa, m t\\9 Wi"vaier«sri».-r1 "^i people died aid :r>o vh jured. tafidud*nt! .-i<
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    Lion-tamer mauled
    25 3 Lion- tamer mauled Sv ami an Indian h.>a tamer. va< mauled dun if Irs .I--; irtth three ttOftfc -»t K tin B sfa n*ld?r. Reuter
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      77 3 HOHNER "SUPER' CHROMONICA. (Chromatic Harmonica) jig 1 1 n Wi^^l^TSjflflQj^l an id^l solo instrument, capable of playing tune in any key. There are twelve holes— 4 reeds \i blow and draw reeds: giving a range ■gfcH Chromatic Octaves. Fitted with > which act as wind-saving device. Each is -d wi'n
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY Dec. 30. 1948. Housing and the Council
    610 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY Dec. 30. 1948. Housing and the Council 111E Sennett Committee s reoort on Singapore's vast noosing problem was tabled some four months ago. but It has yet to be debated In the Legislative Council. It is of importance that time should be found for this
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    How To Help British Films
    1101 4 SFNSDJFSJGFJSDG DRITISH film pro- dt'etion is going bankrupt again! That is thefactlehind the formation of the Government Film Corporation The creative part of an industry serving 28,000 000 people each week, an industry with an annual revenue of £109.000,000, and so protected by Government legislation
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    51 4 This jet-propelled locomo- tive, which travels at speeds up to 250 milet an hour, is the brainchld of 19-year-old, George Lanwer itger, it Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.A. It is being studied by Lorraine Antopadre at the American Inventors' Exhibit. What happens when the engine enters a tunnel is a matter for
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    Shanghai Doesn't Understand
    514 4 /CHINESE in Shanghai are wondering why the Americans are leaving so hurriedly in the face of rising Communist threat to this part of the country. They are surprised and disappointed. Thousands are sorry to see them go. Others don't care much one way or the other, and
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    FAITH
    24 4 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. i St. Mark, 3, 35.
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    45 4 The little Eskimo girl, with fur-fringed face and corduroy slacks, gives the cold shoulder to an offer of fish from an airman of the United States Air Force, .stationed in '.(w/ra /lerc so much fish on the menv that even the Penguin couldn't care les».
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    It Seems To Me....
    866 4 THE Colonial Office started something when it decided to quiz the average Englishman on what he knows about the colonies. No-one expected encyclopaedic knowledge, but few were prepared for quite the abysmal ignorance displayed. Of the nearly 2,000 people questioned, less than half were able to
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    He made a snake
    243 4 MAJOR D. M. E. Moreton, ot Radstock. Bristol, walked Into the office of Mr. S. C. Lambert, secretary of the Bristol Engineering Manufacturers' Association, followed by a slow-moving, squirming object that looked like a green snake. Mr. Lambert Jumped up In alarm, quite convinced that it
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    'CITY OF THE DEAD'
    120 4 'CITY OF THE DEAD' hist S Ma-va, of Yucatan the Incas of p eru J beinß ui lombia:. The> tre earn excavation* of a iS "city ancient cem. more U mileS With un! right, protosque sto£ statues of human form? The ar exploring an ancier/ more than i.OOO dweUini hour's
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    Stamp show in 1950
    59 4 Stamp show in 1950 (XHXECTOPS :r. all ♦h* worM rill W l» ed to h^ar Kingdom UieE Stamp Exhibit be odhii. 6 1950 K tot hH ;«arrnnag^ Th.r. hw i ternaticnal twi^ L kind in 1 the pi abandons: nwar An Exwutivi i der the CIM John W point «'d
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    16 BANDITS CAPTURED
    162 5 |\S.Ki:i)AH DPER VTION jrtv Prrs!» Staff i „rr espondent I ,u'L'R. Wed. fINU up sucn the Baling the 16 Rifles accounted ::;s and desnine of their his regiment, with police and ny ot the King's fcahin Light has concluded operation to the the BalingKetil Road, In bandit
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    57 5 picture. 'Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clans' listening to the needs of the children of China and India Heft) and South Africa and Japan (right) from their representatives at a sketch presented at the Christmas party at the Salvation Army Children's Home in Pasir Panjang. The party was given by the
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    ARMY HONOURS MUAR MALAYS
    66 5 <H Abu Bakar bin Ya- haya. District Officer, held an At Home at the M ;ar Club on Tuesday, when presentation of awards pwn the Military were made he Rose bin Ahmed, of Medical Department, and k r.e Alt bin Mu>tupha. pengj ..u of Bukit Kepong,
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    CHINESE CONSULATE WARNING
    143 5 CHINESE CONSULATE WARNING THE Chinese Consulate General in Singapore has issued a warning to the Chinese community against the trickery of certain un- < scrupulous persons, posing as bona fide representatives or agents of the Consulate-Gen-eral, and Issuing "forged overseas Chinese registration cards. The warning stress** that all authorised agencies
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    Commissioner seeks a 'freer hand'
    405 5 Fixing Municipal Rates Free Press Staff Reporter WITH a view to securing for the Singapore MuniTf cipal Commissioners a freer hand in future in the fixing of Municipal rates, and thus be able to provide sufficient revenue to pay for essential Municipal services, Mr. D.
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    S.M.C.-GOVT DISPUTE OVER LOAN
    142 5 S.M.C.-GOVT DISPUTE OVER LOAN A DISPUTE has arisen between the Municipal Commissioners and the Singapore Government over the interest on a temporary loan of $7,714,285.70 from the Government. The interest at two per cent per annum amounts to $383,035.33 for the period July 4, 1946. to Dec. 31. 1948. There
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    HIGH POST FOR JOHORE MALAY
    79 5 AFTER holding the appointment In an acting capa- city since 1939. Haji Mohamed j bin Haji Hassan has been promoted and confirmed as Chief Health Inspector. Jnhore. He is the first Asian to be given the senior appolrr "rn*. Dr. J. Cameron, Health Officer.' Johore
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    22 5 picture. Santa Claus icith the staff and patients of the diphtheria ward in the Middleton Hospital in Singa pore. Malayan Photo Supply
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    VILLAGE CHIEFS SEE McKERRON
    183 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent 1 DELEGATION itrpiesenting village chiefs in the Rural East area, headed by Inche Hassan Maskam, interviewed the Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, and the G.0.C., Singapore District, Major Gen. Dunlop. at Telok Paku. Changi, last Sunday. Mr. McKerron assured the ('.elevation
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    GOVT MAKING HOTEL PROBE
    474 5 Committee is being formed Free Press Staff Reporter CTEPS are being taken by the Singapore Gov- eminent to set up a special committee to investigate the hotel position in the Colony and to make recommendations for a better control system and a differentiation between a bona
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    S'PORE SEAFARERS' BOARD MEMBERS
    58 5 Members of the Seafarers' Admin, rtratlon Board, Singapore, are the Commissioner o" Labour to be Independent Chairman; and Mr. J. P. Field. Mr. D. 8. Carmichael, Cap*. S. BadUeley. (nominated by Singapore Chamber of Commerce) and Mr. M. A. Majld. Mr. K. C. Huang, Mr. S.
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    Pastors to go on transfer
    105 5 THE New Year will ?ee some 1 transfers in the Mnhodist Churches of central and north Malaya. Rev. J. W. A. Kadirgamer, who has been pastor of the Methodist Tamil Church, Kuala Lumpur, for the past two years, is being transferred to Klang, where he
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    SHOP-HOUSE COLLAPSES
    43 5 This picture icas taken after a portion of this Upper Chin Chew Street shophouse collapsed yesterday morning. About 70 Chinese icorkwomen occupied the house, and eight of them, trapped under debris, were rescued by police and ambulance men. Free Press picture.
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    Dr Au for Aust.
    129 5 DR. Au Kee Hock, a medical officer in Government service, has been selected by a Singapore selection board for a Senior Fellowship in research or further training in 1949 offered the Colony by the Australian Government last October. Dr. Au has specialised in ear, nose and
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    Bigger exports of rubber to Hong Kong
    108 5 Bigger exports of rubber to Hong Kong Free Press Chinese Correspondent MALAYAN rubo^r <tiipmein«; to Hong Kong have shewn a steady increase in FMtftt months. In November. IJM tons of Malayan rubber vras exported to Hong Kong 4 n cord so far this year. The bulk of the rubber shipped
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      215 5 YOU couldn't describe it... unless you co me and see it The New STREAMLINED DIORAMIC CLOCK Delicate colour and rhythmic movement, taken from nature's most extravagant magic, combine to give you the delightful experience of mid-ocean beauty in all its glory. The schooner with its pitch, and roll, the fascinating
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    NAAFI X'MAS PARTY
    64 6 NAAFI X'MAS PARTY There was fun and paiety at the Christmas Party and Dance given by members of the Inspectors Mess, NAAFI. Victoria Bank, Pasir Panjang, last Sunday erenino. More than 100 gue%tt attended. Music for the dancing was played by Trevor Mac and his Boys froin the Mount- batten
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    BROOKE TO C.G: 'LIFT BAN ON ME'
    327 6 BROOKE TO C.G: 'LIFT BAN ON ME' TaE ex-Raja Muda ol Sara- wak. Mr. Anthony Brooke, hai applied to the Commis-.slan?r-General. Mr. Malcolm Ma.Donald. to have the ban on his en'ry into Sarawak, N >rth Borneo and B-urei. -d. ban on Mr Brooke's entry I. Sarawak has no-A be-n in
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    PRICES UP AS BEARS COVER
    348 6 SGKSGSG LONDON. Thursday. \|OST sections of the London Stock Exchange benefltted from small bear covering yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. .Trading, however, was generally very light and appears likely to remain so during the remainder of the present account, which ends on Jan. 4. Rubber
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    EXCHANGE RULES TRIAL: JUDGMENT TODAY
    1603 6 EXCHANGE RULES TRIAL: JUDGMENT TODAY Charges against Montors THE District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, at the conclusion yesterday of the 1 hearing into charges alleging violations of Exchange Control Regulations preferred against Montor Limited, reserved judgment until thta morning. At the hearing, the Public Prosecutor said it was illegal
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      269 6 mdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya x-^i v.fe^ifrH \Mandhake uses J we: will I -*Aho spirits I /r\ n lamo i will I >t f^ J?^ HIS FAMOUS SUMMON FROM THE f*%\a BECOME A H \f iAM LOTHARSTRIENO. AND YOURS. /MASS HrPWOTV MONSTERS UPP£fl A/A-* V--> V
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    PERMITA DORMEZ IN FINE FORM
    346 7 PERMITA DORMEZ IN FINE FORM Did best gallop this morning Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. pERMITA Dormez (Brosnan) did the best gallop at this morning's track work when he ran three furlongs in the good time of 36 3/5 seconds on the outer strip of the course. On this
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    Rise in SCC membership
    102 7 IG at the annual s I meeting of the Cricket Club last Mr. A. Gilmour. the referred to the subncrease in memberparticularly the large vounger generarcembership. however. nine less than bes\ir he pointed out. .Imour revealed that s were being establishment r. Gallery f urnMalayan timber
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    Inspired by picture in magazine
    254 7 4 PHOTOGRAPH in the British Health and Strength magazine which won him a certificate for posing launched "Mr. Singapore 1948" on his body-beautiful campaign ten years ago. In that year 1938; 15--year-old Harold de Castro was a straggling employee in a Penang firm. Educated at
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    RECS SHARE 6 GOALS
    68 7 RECS SHARE 6 GOALS THE RE.M.E. hockey XI did well to hold the Singapore Recreation Club to a three-all draw on the padan^ yesterday. Scully opened the scoring for the Recs, but the R E.M.E equalised through Habib and took the lead through Hackaday. The Club levelled the scores shortly
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    TO START TRAINING
    32 7 piGHTER THOMPSON. European lightweight ooxing chaxnpic n will start training on Monday at W.nctor for his lii-iound fight on Jan. IT in Bimir.sjham against Josef Areys o. Belgium. A.P.
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    50 7 i^tJ: ararr übout lo be destroyed after it had tr*r)i!"d i i Everbnyht ana alien, breaking its right 'or dry in the seventh race at Pcjiancj on Monday. Jockey Stilling who was on Radio Beam, was taken to hospital. With back to the camera is train er Yong Thau Yin
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    English coaches in demand
    187 7 English coaches in demand |7<ORTY-FIVE old-time Engr lish footballers are today working as foreign coaches, The F.A., which is still receiving requests from foreign countries for coaches, named the following as the most Important Jobs held by exEnglish footballers: Czechoslovakia Tom Sneddon (S. K Bratislava). Denmark D. M. Neville (OUense
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    Race results at a glance
    465 7 VESTERDAY'S Penan:? rnce results rvere: RACE ONE 1. STAR RANGE Sit, S7 t. ALPHA $7 3. C VIHKRINE $10 Won by 2. 1. neck. Tim*- 1 min 12 1 5 «ec Ca*h Swiep: No. 635 |SMB|j 4M ($263); 18 ($146). Martvn i|!6 each): Nos. 567:
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    Manerva springs big surprise
    242 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent TRAINER "Doc" Rodger s landed one of his typical surprise packets with Minerva (late Prince Vimala) at Penang yesterday. A seven-year-old by J. R. Smith, Minerva has hitherto proved an expensive failure, dropping from class two to class four. dul me norse
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    26 7 Competitors at the Singapore Gun Club's Boxing Day shoot held at the Buklt Timah range. Second from right is Col. Seston, honorary secretary of the Club.
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    Changes in SRA classifications
    162 7 LATEST amendments 10 Strait^ Racing Association classification of horses are: Transfer*: from c'ase 1 to cla&s 2 Tiber; from class 2 to I—Glorify;1 Glorify; from class 2 to class 3 Entertainment, Double Ten, Valiant Prince. Gold Chain, Kandy Kid. Votrlx, Vanguard. Abby Kay (iate Val's Pick).
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    CEYLON TO SET UP STUD FARMS
    129 7 £EYLON Is interested in Aus-tralian-bred racehorses and Australian photo-finish equipment. Sir John Kotelav ala, Ceylon's Transport Minister and an official of the Ceylon Turf Club, at present in Melbourne, ha-i been prevented by illness r o.n visiting ttM races, but staff members inspected the
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    Interport cricket with H.K. resumed
    538 7 Interport cricket with H.K. resumed THE YEAR IN REVIEW By THE SPORTS EDITOR 'TWERE was nothing notable about the 1948 cricket A season in Malaya apart from the resumption of the interport series with Hong Kong. Singapore, however, did not play Shanghai, and it is hoped that the triangular tournament
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    S. African gesture to cricketer
    67 7 AS a gesture to Roland Jenkins, a Worcestershire cricketer, playing in the Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, the Committee oi South African Food Parcels for Britain Appeal is r o send 100 gift parcels for needy people living near Jenkins' home in Worcester. The
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    South Africa in danger of defeat again
    347 7 COUTH Africa are in danger of suffering their second defeat in the Test series against England. They were dismissed in Johannesburg yesterday in the second Test for 315 in reply to England's first innings total of 608, followed on and were 28 for
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    ISLAND CLUB RESULTS
    251 7 'pHE December Stab', c lord competition tf Uie Island Club. Singapore held over tiie week-end resulted in a win for S K Gaw in the "A" Division with a score of 39 J v points and the "B" Division being won oy N. S. L m, who
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    YESTERDAY'S RUGGER
    123 7 I'HE Pplice gained a 5—3 victory over the R.E.M.E. in a rugger match a£ Thomson Road yesterday. Brazier crossed over for a try for the R.E.M.E. early in the second half. ShelmenJine touched down shortly afterwards for Maphuz to convert. At Tanglln Barracks the GHQ Signals trounced the
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    S.C.C. XV TO PLAY POLICE
    54 7 THE SC.C. XV agaiaM 'he P at rugger on Saturday a s p.m. on the padang will be: M* t Intosh; Homer Mclnr< y. H-rnei' Roper. Frame Taylor. Fox Puph I task. Gue«t. Rodall*. Nf eui Morrs. Tuck' r Resirv. o. The game will b"
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    UK NOT INTERVENING IN MID EAST
    510 8 'Invasion' of Egypt by Jews LONDON, Thursday. POSSIBILITY of British armed intervention under the Anglo-Egyptian alliance, consequent upon the reported entry of a Jewish force into Egyptian territory, is discounted in London, it being learned that only an armed Jewish patrol had crossed the
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    INDONESIA
    165 8 1 oniinued im.n Tmg* 1 t on hopes before the act goes too far. we will hav*. wh-.n it ciir.es before you again and in luturt case* a little more dec s>afc and a litt!- more good mm and a j little more mora! courage Faru El-Khoury Bw <
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    57 8 photo. A uciCtC'nmeut Of U.6. Fourth Marines, part of the reinforcements sent to the U.S naval station at Tsingtao, to protect American life and property there, in seen staging a route march through a suburb of that Worth China city. Shantung Province, of which Tsingtao is the major port, ts
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    U.S. DEFENCE CHIEF SEEKS MORE POWERS
    193 8 WASHINGTON. Wednesday THE U.S. Stcretary of Defence Mr. James Forrestal, urged today that his powers be strengthened to speed up the unification of America's armed services and to end inter-service contention. He also called for the appointment of an over-all hf>ad of the joint
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    More welfare work among children
    232 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday 4 CONCENTRATED effort to give effect to the Children s Charter will be the keynote of the Federation Social Welfare Department's plans next year, said the Chief Social Welfare Officer, Dr. C P Rawson. in an interview today.
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    NEW YEN RATE
    51 8 A>:ngl»* exchange ratp will b<" ttxed for Japan by March or April. Prime Minister Shigeru Ynshida predicted yesterday. A special committee to investigate problems associated with the fixing of the rate will be set up early in the New York with the Prime Minister Reuter as Its
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    Speed limit to be enforced
    232 8 Speed limit to be enforced Fre« Press Staff Reporter DI'LES made under the Road Traffic Ordinance, which comes into force in Singapore on Saturday, impose on vehicles a general speed limit of 30 miles an hour in built-up areas, and empower a Deputy Commissioner of Police to compound certain minor
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    REDS EXPLOITING RACE PREJUDICE
    172 8 REDS EXPL OITING RACE PREJUDICE ATLANTIC CITY, (N.J.). Wednesday. OENATOR-ELECT Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota 0 Democrat, says "the Soviet secret weapon in Asia is the United States' basic intolerance of coloured people" and Soviet willingness to us e the efforts of all peoples Mr. Humpnrey. who was speaking at the
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    Tarawa in Columbo
    29 8 The U.S. aircraft carrier' Tarawa, and the destroyers, j Hawkins and Dennis J. Brad- ley, arrived In Colombo yesterday. They will stay until 1 Jan.— A.P.
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    Water God cult 'cures' in Japan
    117 8 TOKYO. Thursday I SF LA T I OX HAPPY I Japanese ire flocking to a new religion that allow* a believer to -mortgage" hit tickmes x and then lose the BteeM when OviizuQaini Sawa < "Honourable Water God"' obligingly foretime* m the gage.'It is
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    U.S. USES LESS NEW RUBBER
    58 8 pONSUMPTION Of new rubber in the manufacture of t3 r res and tubes in the United Stales totalled 158.899 ton* in October, the U.S. Commerce Department reports. It was the lowest monthly consumption since July last year. Of the new rubber used in tyres and
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    Rubber prices
    172 8 A M'tL IAI Market coric*)> u dent give* iht prli of rubber (la cents per Ib.) u II mm ukl*> M follow*: Bayars Seller* No K.5 .6 Spot loose 3«'« MS .eb in balM Jan. No. 1 R.S.S. $«S l«», No 1 R.S.S. im 3JS No. S R.S.S.
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    INDIGESTION CANCER SIGN
    114 8 TAMPA, f Florida*. Wed. I^HE slightest fc^jm of Indigestion that occurs repeatedly may be a symptom of lancer of the stomach, i a lecturer at the Southeastern States Cancer Seminar. EN^ry adult 45 fmn old and over la a candidate for emPCOt <>»' the s'omach," Dr William
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    £40,000 for P.M.'s widow
    87 8 THE Egyptian Cabinet has 1 decided to make the widow Of Nokrashy Pasha, the Prime Minister who was assassinated on Tuesday, a grant of 40.000 in addition to a monthly pension of £150 and free education for hrr two children. The new government has launched an
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    U.S. factories for Britain
    62 8 NEW YORK. Wed. IMFTY U.S. manufacturers F are negotiating with the British Government to establish factories in Britain, according to the American Machinist, a trade publication. The magazine said about 25 involve extensions of existing operations, 29 are firms which have British sales offices but no
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    9 Japs to hang for A-bomb reprisals
    175 8 TOKYO, Thursday. The US. Eighth Army Military Commission yesterday sentenced nine former Japanese Army officers, including three generals, to hang for the murder, in August, 1945. of 33 captured American airmen—crews of Superfortresses who were b3headed after some of them had been used
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    GERMANS ATTACK RUHR PACT
    271 8 GERMANS ATTACK RUHR PACT JHE French Council of Min ilL Urs^ 1 satisfaction" yesterday the s v noted »iu> agreement for an international Ruhr IK?* dr^t Germans of all political parties i lo^ but as "disastrous." Hl "<kmi,ed A French Cabinet comiian.iqu, said was in accordance with th e by
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    Fire Aboard Tankers
    25 8 United Siate.s Nav\ Minion Dolores and X 35" were damaged by g fire early yesterday a Standard Oil Company dock* A .P.
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    'China Reds can march into Korea'
    7 8 'China Reds can march into Korea' A.P.
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