The Singapore Free Press, 18 June 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, SATI RDAY, JUNE 18, 1949 PKM'E 10 -IN!
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    HATTA ACCUSES DUTCH OF DELAY
    292 1 HATTA ACCUSES DUTCH OF DELAY May put it m U. Jy. hands BANKA, Saturday. J HL Republican Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, and President Soekarno said yesterday that if the Dutch kept delaying the return of the Republican Government to Jogjakarta it would be better if it did not go
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    JUNIORS GOT NOTHING
    19 1 JUNIORS GOT NOTHING porter nior officers 1,000 ith*' living, riate junior 'ived next the The I I I the
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    Russians halt flight to West
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    BANNING THE BOGIE MEN
    14 1 I a and rated night ::act-••-•ould ods i anc its
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    Berlin root of Big 4 deadlock
    222 1 Berlin root of Big 4 deadlock PARIS, Friday. IT was learned today that the Russian refusal to guarantee the Western powers unqualified access to Berlin was the major reason for deadlock m the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers. Authoritative sources said that the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky,
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    STRELING TALKS
    23 1 India's Finance Minister, Dr. John Matthai, is leaving India on June 21 for talks m London on India's sterling balances.- A.P.
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    Cavity by cavity
    57 1 A CARDIFF court settled down yesterday to a cavity by cavity account of a dentist's work on 680 teeth. Harold L. Bevan, 33-year-old dentist, was accused of obtaining £308 by making false claims against the National Health Service. The Service pays dental and doctor bills under Britain's
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    KAILAN COAL FOR SHANGHAI
    60 1 COAL is being shipped from the Sino-BritLsh Kailan mines m North China to the ports of Shanghai and Tsingtao, Peiping Radio reported last night. The broadcast said the Government was paying tor ihe coal, shipped free of tax, m wheat which the mining administration will m
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    H.M.S. London in Singapore
    82 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rE 10,000-ton British cruiser London was met by three R.A.F. Spitfires and escorted into the Straits of Johore on her way to the Seletar Naval Base this morning. The cruiser fired a 13-gun salute to the flag of Rear Admiral C. Caslon,
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    GAMBLING ARRESTS
    57 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Thirteen Chinese were arrested by Singapore police yesterday for gambling at "pak-kow" m a house m Telok Ayer Street. Banishee came hack Free Press Staff Reporter One Chinese was arrpsted under the emergency for being a returned banishee md a gecret society gangster. Another
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    BANDITS BURN K. LUMPUR BUS
    124 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. BANDITS burned out one of Kuala Lumpur's two: double-decker omnibuses last night, 4£ miles outside town. The bus, which was close to its outer terminus, was stopped by armed bandits. There were no passengers. The driver was ordered
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    BERLIN REDS LIFT A BAN
    50 1 AT.Tjjgn traffic from Berlin on the International highway to Western Germany was proceeding normally yesterday after Thursday night's four-hour disruption by Soviet border guards. Allied vehicles passed through Soviet check-points on the 104-mile Berlin Helmstedt superhighway without the special Soviet passes demanded on Thursday.- U.P.
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    Tin output during May
    63 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Federation last month 1 produced 6,128 long tons of tin ore concentrates, the Department of Mines reports. Over half this figures (3,826 tons) was produced m Perak. with Sela \gor second with 1,637 long tons. Negri Sembilan produced 151 long tons.
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    Illegal immigrants
    39 1 The Filipino Under-Secre-tary of the Interior. Sn. Marclano Rogue, said yesterday that more than half of the 20 Chinese who landed illegally a few days ago m Quezon province, Eastern Luzon, have been apprehended by the constabulary.
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    BUCK ON WAY TO SPORE
    141 1 BUCK ON WAY TO SPORE LONDON, Sat. FRANK BUCK, of "Bring 'em back alive" fame, landed In London yesterday on his way to India and Malaya to collect wild animals and reptiles. I am now on my first expedition since the war to India, Malaya and Singapore, looking tor what
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    Manners in the studio
    71 1 STUDIO audiences of the British Broadcasting Corporation are learning etiquette. The BBC. has issued a pamphlet of instructions to audiences, the gist of which is that the ideal studio listener sits on his hands and smiles, but not out loud. The instructions say: "Do not la
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    Tin plate charge
    34 1 A MONTREAL metal dealer and his business agent pleaded Innocent m court yesterday to 53 charges of illegally exporting tin plate that later found Its wav hphind the Iron Curtain. U.P.
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    Rush of foreign ships from HK to Shanghai
    196 1 HONG KONG. Saturday. WITH the reopening of the Whangpoo River to shipping by the Shanghai Communist authorities after nine days, a number of vessels with cargoes and passengers is leaving this week-end for Shanghai. A large tanker with badly-needed fuel for the
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    Better service for Colonies
    303 1 CREECH JONES PREDICTS LONDON, Friday. IMPROVED service to Colonial territories was predicted by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. Creech Jones, when he spoke at today's final session of the conference of Colonial supplies officers. For nearly a fortnight, these officers, together with officials of the Colonial
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    U.S. attack on meat pact
    129 1 U.S. attack on meat pact WASHINGTON, Sat. rpHE Anglo-Argentine trade X agreement came under lirr yesterday when the Bci i Appropriations Committee rei sumed Its hearing on foreign aid. Mr. Paul G. Hollman. Economic Co-operation Administrator, told the committee that he had no defence at all to offer for that
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    SOVIET: 'NOT ANTI-MUSLIM'
    62 1 rE Soviet dented yesterday m the United Nations that she was conducting an antl Jewish, antl Muslim campaign. India's delegate en the 12--man sub-commlsslon on the prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities. Mr. M. R. Masanl. had quoted several reports alleging that Russia had engaged In
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    BLLGARS PROTEST
    20 1 Bulgaria has again protested to the United Natlong against alleged "systematic provocations on the Dart of ereefci." Reuter
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    'Look-ins' by S'hai workers
    36 1 SHANGHAI workers have begun to "lock m" employers In their ofllces to press demand! for Improved wages and conditions. Their 6<mands have created a labour Situation described yesterday as "'most disturbed.' Reuter
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    Slim calls for Burma spirit
    205 1 Slim calls for Burma spirit LONDON, Sat. FIELD MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM, Chief of the Imperial General Staff and former Commander of the British 14th Army m Burma, called on nearly 8,000 veterans of the Burma campaign last night to give Britain "that leadership you showed m. Burma." At the
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    Unemployment rising in U.S.
    55 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. United States Oovernmei.f economists believe the country's unemployment may go on climbing perhaps to near 5,000,000 be fore recovery factors chor' the rise. More than 3,000,000 pooplt are already out of Jobs. Sta bilizJnp Influences will comt into play later thLs your, r: possibly
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    COMPOSER PHUMIPHON
    41 1 COMPOSER PHUMIPHON pHULALONGKORN sity (Bangkok i tion exercises the other night featured King Phum. Adulde's latest song composition entitled 'That's All" The King's song was plvrn both m modem and m classic style by a choriu if girl student singers. A.P.
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    ARAB ATTACK
    34 1 French pr^ss reports s.iui yesterday that Arab I attacked the French Sabah jn tho TunUian-Trl| lltanlan border >n Thursday bu- were rwith a l)ss of about 30 moil against S i casual"
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      Emperor for a day
      235 2 iN 'he year 1606 a baby named Li was born m the Province of Shensi. His parents were peasants but horoscope said that a t) .on awaited him. When he grew up he been me a bandit, and by the time hf v. as 22 he
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      51 2 picture. This cute little Miss is one-ye-ir-old Christine Consuelo tie Souza, only daughter of Dr. Granville de Souza, of Tan Tock Seng hospital, and Mrs. Dolly de Souza. Christine recently celebrated her birthday. About 30 children were present at her home m Akyab Road to ivish her "Happy Returns.''— Free
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      The spider with motor-car eyes
      161 2  - T he spider with motor-car eyes Rodney F. Cosser Bj R.P.S.. F.Z.S. IN my garden I saw a very active insect, smaller than a house fly, on the \i nee. It was grey with white stripi s, and had eight legs. It was a Jumping, or Zebra, SouIt darted about
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      He found a colony -and earned £10
      116 2 VjJITH 18 men m the little ship Matthew, John Cabot, citizen of Venice, sailed from Bristol, and after 52 days discovered Newfoundland for Britain. Kinij Henry VII. was so grateful fie gave him £20. Now, after 452 years of good fortune and bad.
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      Adventures of Penny & Koni
      110 2 Adventures of Penny Koni Life is full of puzzles for a little monkey at liberty m a strange country, where there are trim gar* dens, fences and hedges, instead of the wild jungle. tn the garden next door he found a funny tree, quite impossible for him to climb. Perhao*
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      Mouse-Deer Stops The Fight
      793 2  -  UNCLE GEORGE by "PUNNING is better than brute strength", said Tiger. He walked backwards for fifty paces, crouched on his haunches, launched himself like an arrow, and sprang, landing on the branch where Ape clung. At the sight of his fangs and slavering jaws Ape gibbered
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      THINGS TO SAY
      35 2 What is the worst weather for rats and mice? When it's raining cats and dogs. Why did the boy stand on the burning deck? Because it was too hot to tit down.
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      TRICK CORNER
      96 2 To make a pinhole camera, remove the lid from a small cardboard box, and paste a square of grease-proof paper m its place. In the middle of the opposite side cut a hole H inches across, paste brown, paper over the hole and put a pinhole m the
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      LEARN TO SWIM
      556 2  -  WINIFRED GIBSON By The Pree Press is starting a series of lessons on swimming to encourage the youngsters here to take up the yport. These lessons whether you are young ur old can be practised indoors. Cut out the lessons and do them daily. Learn to swim
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      WHEN JOHNNY LOST HIS DOG...
      298 2 CHILDREN here's your O'u-n WORLD SPOTLIGHT JOHNNY HOBSON, of J Waterloo, Sydney, lost his dog. It wasn't much of a dog to look at, but Johnny loved it very much. Its name was •'Laddie." Laddie followed Johnnys brother to the tram and didn't come back
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      99 2 VICTORIA f ,'i THEATRE V July 1 ;it 6.30 p.m. I July 2 at 8. p.m 4\ Pupils of tht Taylor Dance Studio if present Dancing Around the World Tht Toy Shop. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. TICKETS $5. S3. S2. Planat ROBINSONS. ATTENTION TANCLIN RESIDtM SHOP IT VOl M IRI
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      199 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS. 2, Capi- tal of Bulgaria. 5, Very hard BK ■■■p RT~] pTT I To bid, as a price 9, it i* r~~ 6 |Bf~~JH| used for catching animals f? ■■n —^l —^i 11, French verb "to drink. 1 Bl f J 15, He invented a miner
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    MURDER Could not kill
    572 3  -  GREGORY BAXTER. i I I ■rnject being c detec- hides htm :m he disn the r y on ■tfi party Is a •>\g is t>«>ad er I he Ly, isn't i de- confess I'm all at sea abom you and Brett.'* he said "1 It's true
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    BRIDGE: Hazardous Slam contract
    376 3  -  YARBOROUGH By (Colonel G. G. J. Walshe) International match poiat >corlng la being u^eci by the teams preparing for the European confess lr. Parla In July. ThJ» scoring does not correct the -eemkigly unfair Inflation due *o a hazardous Slam contract. In eui otherwise clot>e match
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    56 3 The King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth, m her uniform as Colonel-in -Chief of the Grenadier Guards, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace acknowledging the cheers of the crowd after the Trooping of the Colour ceremony. On the right are Princess Margaret and Queen Mary. The two boys are Prince
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    INTELLIGENCE TEST
    115 3 -RIGMAROLh: \IESSRS. DRAPER Gro- 4 rer Baker and Hatter 4 are (appropriately enOUghJ a draper, grocer, baker and hatter. But 1 none of them is the < namesake of his own vocation. When I tried to find out j icho is who, four state- mevts were made to
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      539 3 SINGAPORE 1130 New News Analysis; (BLUE NETWORK) Dance Muslc 120 close 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K..L. AUSTRALIA at 1 r?^ m 16 19 25 a "d 31 Metres. iuu:\y rODAT 10 News from Kuala Lumpur 1. Programme Summary 1.02 4 00 R »dlo Australia's Sporting Dance music
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      19 3 Solution To Crossword No. 717 EBffSBBBBIBBcW] t^e^sP^oJc|u|l[a^| PMBDIeIf [Etft lb )NIc]E I R |£JL glfi WTfetBlMfNI ID CLARATI QNigj
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      141 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are super-sensitive to cri.ticism from other* and hav i a very moody nature. You are inclined, somewhat, to lean on others. If under the guidance of someone you love and respect, you will always do your best work. If repressed by someone who does
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      158 3 F.P. Crossword No. 718 Jl^l 10 I H dm %M:- «*««> >*■ 14 l5 I _u s-<, £,'#x, §111 11PK> I? 18 19 fo 2i If P~~~ ll_ii_lil_iL 26 27 1 28 mni 32 W~WM'Ti M Mil 34 I 1 II 1 (LIES ACROSS 2 Take for granted (6); C
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 18, 1949. HAD A NICE POGROM?
    552 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 18, 1949. HAD A NICE POGROM? WHEN you have nothing constructive to say, vilify the other side. That has always been the guiding principle of the .secondrate politician. In the Canberra debate on Australian immigration policy Government supporter! fell back on *he old trick
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    This is the way BCG vaccine has been used
    1000 4  - This is the way BCG vaccine has been used COLIN WATSON by gCG is a vaccine to increase resistance to tuberculosis. It is being flown to Britain and is to be used m a national experiment on British children whose parents voluntarily co-operate. 200 children m Singapore are now being
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    Ban, Ban & Ban
    288 4 Ban, Ban Ban LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONGRATULATIONS v to Mr. C. C. Tan. By ail means ban all Australians from this country let the Federation follow suit. Don't forget the Australian trainers and jockeys and horses too. Don't forget the Australian miners and the planters. Don't forget the Australian
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    Outraged Pride
    350 4  -  S. CHIN' THE initiative taken by Mr. C. C Tan to retaliate agiinst the Australian Government's Immigration policy deserves the support not only of his political party btit also of every Asian regardless ot his or her religion, race or party politics. In a truly awakened Asia the
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    A flower blooms in Russia
    972 4 A flower blooms in Russia 'JHIEKE are lots of children m Russia good children, bad children, ugly children, and beautiful children. And they all are called flowers of life. Let's see how such a flower grows. When a tiny baby he is either m care of his "babooshka" —grandmother (both
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    Something good from Japan
    135 4  -  RAY FALK By TOKYO: ''THE American taxpayer is getting break. He is rectlvliu dollar return on every 15 cents spent at the Japan Air Material 25 miles from Tokyo jamas tactori storehouses supply the 1 plan*' Far E;i I ranging from I DUth Pacific to the
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    NEW SMC PAY PLAN CLARIFIED
    691 5 NEW SMC PAY PLAN CLARIFIED Decisions on allowances Free Press Staff Reporter housing allowance will be paid to any Singapore Municipal employee who goes on to the probationary grade m the revised scale of salaries, according to the third report published by the Municipal Salaries Revision Committee, dealing with conversions
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    DENIES HE STAKED HIS SHIRT
    78 5 DENIES HE STAKED HIS SHIRT stiff ReP^ter h0 is alleged to Jhis shut on W "Stf ne had lost i^Srlnd his founr 'd together .g£ before the S a ailing charge. iju, and j Veerappan, vere a «jame cal ed j 3f c roadside, Varadaraju com- he lad already money
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    BYRIAN CHURCH
    33 5 Reporter for -t 0.000 Syrian Chrl re. hurch has two :aya, f r r h Mamd the other c M -ya. including In Singapore, the at St. 1 chapel for hip.
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    Glamour girls go off the air
    259 5 Glamour girls go off the air Free Press Staff Reporter nnHOSE trim glamour girls of Britain's air service who add to the attractiveness of the scene at Tengah when BOAC aircraft pass through are to know Singapore no more. They are too expensive a luxury. Male stewards are to take
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    Seamen's talks progress
    95 5 YESTERDAY'S talks, lasting for two and a half hours between the Straits Steamship Co and the Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore on demands for better food and rations for Malay seamen, were described as "satisfactory" by both parties. Mr. K. N. Black of the Straits Steamship, told
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    Lighter trade faces crisis
    219 5 Lighter trade faces crisis Free Press Chinese Correspondent *T»HE lighter trade m Singapore has never i faced "a worse situation" than at the present time, a spokesman of the new-ly-formed Joint Advisory Board of lighter owners and workers said yesterday. The volume of lighter trade, he said, had dropped to
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    MAILS
    191 5 Airmails are expected to arrive m Singapore today from the U.K., Aden. Afnca, Arabia, Canada Europe, India. Iran. Iraq Pakistan. Palestine. Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia. Closing times for pof.tlnc airmails at the G.P O. tocav are: to the U.K.. Aden. Africa. Arabia. Canada, Eurooe. India, Iran.
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    S.R.A. report on housing attacked
    321 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE report of a sub-committee of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, dealing with the report of the Housing Committee appointed by Government, is "completely misleading" because it seeks to Infer that the rate of building m the Colony is now adequate to
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    B.C.G. FOR KIDS: NO DECISION YET
    153 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE question of whether or not Singapore s i tuberculosis-free children are to be vaccinated with Is.C.G. anti-tuberculosis vaccine has not yet been decided. The Secretary of the Social Welfare Department, Mr. T. p F McNeice, said yesterday that he
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    DINNER PARTY
    28 5 i The Hign Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, entertained the Rulers and the Mentri Besar of the M;*ay States to dinner at King's House m Thursday night.
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    WARNING ON COMPANY OFFENCES
    217 5 Free Press Staff furrier THE Registrar of Companies, Singapore, yesterday issued a waniing on offences under the Companies Ordinance. He says that there are "a good number of people" who have formed limited liability companies under the Companies Ordinance without having the faintest idea of wfrr.t
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      191 5 AN ADDED ADVANTAGE TO ViDOR MAINS RADIO OWNERS ft when POWER FAILS VIDOR RADIO OWNERS s& san still operate their l\ sets by means of a VIDOR VIBRATOR W JV\ POWER SUPPLY UNIT j6£/U suitable for VIDOR *^f RADIO models CN 363, CN 367 and other makes. Sole Agents for
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      117 5 the "English Rose' BRASSIERE t mm l by morley In White Art Silk Lace, with adjustable straps SIZES 32, 34, 36 and 38. PRICE $5.50 ALSO IN Embroidered White Pure lm£vS| Irish Fine Linen. flag day Sizes 32, 34, 36, &38 JUNE 25™ 1949 THF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND
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    VARSITY FUND:
    323 6 Vice-Chancellor disappointed I)R. G. V. Allen, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, said last nijjht he felt bitterly disappointed that so few individuals had made donations spontaneously to the University of Malaya Fund. He was addressing the Southern Branch of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII
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    Less rice for 2nd half
    234 6 Less rice for 2nd half FOR the second half of this year, Malaya has been allocated 224.000 tons of rice 32,000 tons less than for the first half of the year— making a total of 480.000 tons for 1949. North Borneo and Sarawak have been allocated 33,000 tons for July-December
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    CHURCH TO BE REVIVED
    154 6 THE Hakka Methodist Church is to be revived, after 30 years' inactivity, by the Hakka Christian community of Singapore, the Rev. Chow Chee Yee, who has been ap- pointed pastor of the church, told the Free Press yesterday. The church will hold its first meeting and
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    Intelligence test solution
    138 6 ONE of the four quoted statements is truo. (1) Let the first statement be true. Then we have two hatters (Mr. D and Mr. B). So this hypothesis is out." (2) Let the second statement be true. Thea Mr. Ois d; Mr. B is h: Mr. H
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    Prices drift to lower levels in dull mart
    203 6 LONDON, Sat. THE London Stock Exchange was colourless yesterday and, with the trading volume very small, prices were inclined to drift to lower levels, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers were firm while ttni were irregular. lile conditions existed m aH sections for
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    132 6 The quotations are dealers middle prices). LOANS Consols 78 s —5 16 Fund 1960-90 111-2 War IH% 101 13 16 M» ■AIM Can. Pac. (£5) 15* +3 16 BANKS Chartered (£5 pJ/» 10H Hongkong (sl2s> .89 —1 Mercantile (£2s> (£l2 pd."> 24 H R&sterr (£5) T"t INSURANCE
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      321 6 NOTICE In the Matter of GtJAN THONG WINE CO., LIMITED fin 'oluntary Liquidation*. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above-named Company duly convened and held at the Company's Registered Office, Sze Hai Tong Bank Building, Chulia Street, Singapore on Tuesday the 14th of June, 1949, the
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      310 6 Dancing till M'nite Tonight GREAT WORLD CABARET (Where Every Night Is New Year's Eve) Ballroom Demonstration Night j COME J^ COME EARLY I^JM^ EARLY ißlssssß VICTOR ONG 9B SINGAPORE'S A T.D. London) H BALLROOM LUCY EE HE 1948-49 QUICKSTEP end TANGO (ALL THE VERY LATEST VARIATIONS) In Attendance WILSON'S dancing
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      74 6 TODAY! 11, 1.45, «.no, 6.30. »J0 M ft i v j^JB v* j|W tl f r OB British Movietone Newt' TROOPING THE COLOURS TONIGHT at MNITE ft Hold Everything -«JS H£Rf COMES... AW/STROM /U ,Ml TOON STRIPS IN lII> *m Jffi GREATEST ADVFN m ylj/ Tl HK ON AN I
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      34 6 AIHAMii pul r M^J "The BestYt, Of Our Livfc I THE ACAOfft AWAROPICTU«JL Wmntf 0/ II 3 9 1 Mdrnint Mitfe lh\l m, n duMMi soon! mwtTisiiiiisa JSSNrti 1-* incbe*; BOP' brint ■a ne^
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    RODGERS MAY SCORE A TREBLE
    215 7 R ODGERS MAY SCORE A TREBLE Bonnie Grey is best bet Free Press Racing: Correspondent IPOH, Saturday BONNIE GREY was given on the Ipoh track this morning as the best bet for today, first day of the Perak Turf Club meeting. The grey is m peak form and will be
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    Lamotta says 'It was a real fight'
    105 7 DETROIT, Sat. JAKE LAMOTTA is proud 1 and unusually serious about his new world middleweight championship today. He has promised he will stay m excellent shape and plans to keep the title for many years. "I am not going to lie around and
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    Yorkshire beat Worcestershire
    468 7 Yorkshire beat Worcester shire LONDON, Saturday. gCCSTEKSHIRE, In spite of their narrow kfeitty Yorkshire, still lead the county cricket MHons'hip table, but their margin over Yorkshire ill cut to 12 points. Worcestershire have •mm 10 game* and Yorkshire 68 from ines. tingamshire's win over Leicestershire m the ;tme of the
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    Richards has 3 Ascot winners
    72 7 ASCOT, Sat. uscot the last, -:ng, rake, winner of France, the Qu^en Alexanand f the long- jockey four-year-::ura. Drake ngths victory year's wln- favouiUin- at 7-1. b.g prize of the the six-furlong ikes, fell ite. Col. Giles Lodwler, which startat by champion n Richards drew
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    HOLDER IN FIRST CENTRE-COURT TIE
    18 7 HOLDER IN FIRST CENTRE-COURT TIE rt Falken- the HI v tne Ted will be v. tJnlted Ro.ni, Reuter
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    WALKING RECORD
    54 7 LONODN. Sat: Harry Cnurcher of Belgrave Harriers, a 38-yeaf-old London electrician, beat his own world record for the five miles' walk at the White City here yesterday by covering the distance m 35 mm. 33 sec. This was 10.4 sec. better than his own record of 35 mm.
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    FOUR AMERICANS IN LONDON TENNIS FINALS
    196 7 LONDON, Sat. If R. SCHROEDER, Ameri- can favourite for the 'Vimbledon title, and Gardner Mulloy (U.S.A.) entered the fi al of the London lawn tennis championships yesterday. Schroeder beat South Africa's Eric Sturgess 4—6, 6—2. 7—5. It was definitely Schroeder's hardest match since he
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    AITKEN MAKES BEST SAVE OF SEASON
    609 7 R.A.F 1 Johore 0 A PEACH of a drive by Thomas five minutes from time gave R.A.F. a solitary goal win over Johore m a Malaya Cup fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. But for Aitken's brilliance, the game would have been totally lacking
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    IPOH RACE CARD FOR TODAY
    606 7 IPOH RACE CARD FOR TODAY THE card of events lor to--1 day's races at Ipoh is given below. The double totes will be on races three ard four, seven and eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. RACE 1—2.15: CL. 3, DIV. I —6 FURS. 000 Highly
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    DANIELIL WINS SENIOR T.T.
    179 7 RAMSAY, (Isle of Man), Sat. UAROLD Daniell, on a Nor- ton, today won the senior Tourist Trophy race on the famous Isle of Man circuit when he covered seven laps of 3734 miles course In 3 hours, 2 mins. 18.4 sees, to the average 86.928 miles
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    N Zealand win after a fight
    202 7 N Zealand win after a fight SOUTHAMPTON, Sat. 'T'HE New Zealanders hit 1 Up 109 m 30 minutes to win their match against Hampshire here today by 'seven wickets after the county had scored 409 In 'their second inn m highest total a??ain>t the tourists this summer. Hampshire were out
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    OFF TO HENLEY
    47 7 The Prlnotown IU.S.A University crew, winner of the Inarms Challenge Cup m 1948. 1 ft Uxi.\y on lto way to Britain 'o defend the honour it won last year. Six of last year's eight will be rcnipeting at Henly Regaita thl* year A .P.
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      131 7 Today's Sport SOCCER: Malaya Cup, Negil SembUan v Singapore Sereraban. COMMUNITY LEAGUE: Army v Navy Community Xl— J, Besar. CRICKET: S.C.C 4 A" v C.S.O. "A"— S.C.C.;' Christian Bros 0.8.A v A.C.S OB A Evan Wane shield)— S.C.R C I.A. v R.E.M.E.— I.A.; Raffles Inst. Past v Present R. 1.;
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    CHINA REDS MAY INVADE INDO-CHINA
    348 8 CHINA REDS MAY INVADE INDO-CHINA Kwangsi now threatened HONG KONG, Saturday. WITH Chinese Communist military operations n evidently concentrated on Kiangsi Province, it is believed that the Reds are temporarily holding up their drive on Canton with the object of pushing westward through Kwangsi to French Indo-China m order to
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    Ark search will be 'top secret'
    100 8 Ark search will be 'top secret' GREENSBORO. (U.S.A.), Sat. FEAR of Communist sabotage is causing a 61-year-old bible teacher to veil his search for Noah's Ark m secrecy. Dr. A. J Smith, dean of a bible school here, last winter announced he would seek the ark on top of Mount
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    54 KARENS KILLED
    86 8 RANGOON, Sat. FIFTY-FOUR Karen rebeli were killed when the Burma Government Army ambushed bands m the Pegu area north of Rangoon, Burma Army radio claimed last night. The rebels fled north leaving the dead behind. In a clash m the upper Chind- i win district of Northern
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    BIG SPY TRIAL IN POLAND
    66 8 rE biggest spy trial m post war Poland will begin m Warsaw today when Adam Doboszynski, Polish f cist organiser, is charged before a military court with treason and espionage. Doboszynski, who fled to Portugal and then to Britain In 1939, is alleged to have
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    India relief stops
    21 8 The British Red Cross Society's refugee relief mission to India and Pakistan has stopped for lack of funds.—
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    Bombay freight surcharge
    91 8 LONDON, Sat. A SURCHARGE of 25 per cent, on all shipping freights from the United Kingdom and the Continent to Bombay will be imposed on and after June 30, It was an- nounced m London yesterday. A spokesman for the conference of British, Indian, Belgian, Dutch and
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    'FIGHT V.D.' PLAN
    17 8 The second World Health Organisation assembly yesterday adopted a "flght venereal diseases" plan. U.P.
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    The gun-toting Filipinos
    80 8 ONE out of every 50 Manikins carries a gun, according to the Manila Police Department, which blames the high rate on unchecked influx of provincial folk. Unsettled conditions m central Luzon make the carrying of arms necessary. Police Chief Antonio Ganibi said that, of the 30,000 guns
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    Foiled with a sandwich
    60 8 PONTIAC (Mich.), Sat. POLICE are searching for a gunman who entered the home of Mrs. Russell Caughell and demanded money but took a ham sanduxich, instead. When Mrs. Caughell told him she had no money, he accepted her offer of the ham sanduHch and ate it
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    KILLED PAL FOR HIS MONEY
    147 8 MARSEILLES, Saturday. t^RENCH police concentrated their nationwide search m this Mediterranean seaport yesterday for a man who they believe is carrying the hackedup remains of his best friend m two suitcases. The hunt was moved to this area following reports that Sigmund Mazia, whom police
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    Violent Arab protest against handover
    178 8 CAIRO, friaay. A PALESTINE Arab higher committee oflicial A reported today that violence broke out m nort Central Palestine when a Jordan mission arrived there on Wednesday to turn over part of the area "iUagers m the Nablus-Tulkarm-Jenin triangle, solidly held by Arab forces during
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    SUB. WITH ROCKETS
    101 8 NEW LONDON, (Conn.), Sat. THE US. Navy Under-Secret-ary. Mr. Dan Kimball, said yesterday that a new type of submarine wsis being developed to launch gu:ded missiles. He told the graduating cla.s at the submarine base here that this "high speed deep-running" underwater warship Hill have far sweater
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    US asked attitude on H'Kong
    114 8 US asked attitude on H'Kong LONDON, Sal. BRITAIN has asked the United States to define its attitude m the event of a Communist attack on Hong Kong, according to a usually reliable source m London today. It was authoritatively imderstood that future of Hong Kong ha* been one ol the
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    TALE OF CLOCK IN COURT: NEW VERSION
    145 8 TALE OF CLOCK IN COURT: NEW VERSION TARBORO. (N. Carolina), Sat. ATTORNEY I. D. Thorpe, a bit redfaced, waa unhappy with a human clock yesterday. Questioning Joe Buliock. a Negro witness, concerning a traffic accident, Thorpe asked: "How long was it after the bus passed after you heard the crash?"
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    'WAR' ON CZECH CATHOLICS
    175 8 VATICAN CITY, Saturday. THE Catholic Primate of Czechoslovakia, Archbishop Josef Beran, is under house arrest on orders of the Moscow -directed Czech Government, which has thrown 3,000 of its political opponents, including many priests, into concentration camps during the past half-year. Vatican circles fear a repetition
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    Cricket tells temperature
    65 8 NEW YORK, Sat. THE discovery of a cricket m New Mexico that can be used as an Insect thermometer to give the temperature to a split degree has been disclosed here. To tell the temperature. you count how many chirps this cricket emits m a period of
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    N.Y. stocks improve
    65 8 NEW YORK. Sat. rE New York Stock Exchange nnishcd irregular yrsterday after mildly Improved bidding In s<Tne sect tins— notably rails, rubbers, motors and oils— had enabled thplr earlier losses to be reduced or replaced by fractional gains. With the approve hint* tveek-nul trading Incentive fM at
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      The 'Hello' girls of Singapore
      954 1  -  •i L »tir \I i i 717 Story by NAN HALL Photographs by aged signal as soon as I dial D." ■'That means that there is eery heavy traffic nn the 'nbers begin n'.ny with 'five: Will you please keep on trying." A. LR spending
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      MEN, TOO, ARE CAREFUL ABOUT HAIRSTYLES
      612 1  -  T.C. KOH by VOl cannot forget him for long, for it' you <!<>, your friends who may take objection to your unusual appearance, will most certainly remind you of him. I refer, of course, to that Indispensable person the barber. During the occupation, hair-cutting
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      Getting the bird is their hobby
      1521 1  - Getting the bird is their hobby KENNY KAYE by (JETTING the bird the right kind of bird is the bobby of some people. And the right sort is usual ly a canary or a Malayan dove. To these people the trill of a canary or the coo of a Malayan
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      Danny Kaye: Close-up Of A Phenomenon
      279 2  -  JOHN G. DRUMMOND FILM PREVIEW the stage and start peeling of! those veneers until you get at the people underneath. Sometimes it takes a little longei than others, sometimes there are n few more venters to remove, but, Whm you finally get down to
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      Paternal Love
      280 2 By Our Film K^porter rpWO American stars went to London to make a film of an English play "Edward, My Son" (Cathay, next week) and Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr do very well m it. The story Is of a man who cannot do enough for his son
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      Do Teachers Love Ham?
      401 2  -  RALPH DIGHTON By 'TWERE is probably A more unadulterated ham m the average schoolteacher than anyone suspects. Many topnotch actresses have some schoolteachlnx m their background. from Maude Adams to Ann Sheridan. But that doetnt mean the schoolroom is a «?ood stepping stone to the stage
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      A rival couple may appear
      462 2 A rival couple may appear BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER IT is being said m British film circles thai the Anna NeagleMichael Wilding partnership which (Kis tablished itself firmly m popular favour is a result of the series of j^iy romantic films prqduced by Mr. Herbert Wilcox, is threatened with
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      Amber was red for Peggy
      149 2 pROM "Forever Am- ber" to a female dillinger. That is where three years In Hollywood have taken a little Irish girl named i mins. It was thr« I first met Pr^gy m an ottice at 20th-Fox, wh- r*> -.he w.is to play Kathleen Winsor's lr<
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        128 2 What's on CAPITOL. Return Of October a fine little story about racehorses and love and fortunes. Pretty much what the punter dreams about on race day. Stars: Glenn Ford and Terry Moore. Midnight: Mexican Hayride with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. CATHAY: A Peasant's Tragedy in Mandarin with English sub-titles.
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      HORNING IN A LITTLE RIVER VILLAGE
      538 3  -  MARIAN WELLS corner on stands lage which picturesque ,f its own. ,unline marketI i i flank theml 1 I up 1 r r is make are X 'he the sampans 'heir fish In to iting •men •ring y has- by fish, and voices are
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      Wanted—a church
      285 3  - Wanted a church by P.J. Joseph 'JMIE Syrian Christian community m Singapore is arranging a two-day programme of Indian dances and variety items at the Victoria Theatre next weekend to raise funds for a $40,000 church m I'pper Serangoon. An autonomous body, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, traces
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      SCOTS MAY FOLLOW CANADIAN EXAMPLE
      432 3  -  independent fishermen m Scotland, and especially m the Western Isles, may soon follow the example of the ScottishCanadian fishermen m Nova Scotia and form Fishermen's Cooperatives, Angus Mac Donald thinks. This grandson of In-verness-shire fathered Canada's Producers' Cooperatives and nursed them along to success m
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      The sleuth who hunts thunder
      545 3  -  GUY WALLER by \yil!A a Plymouth farmer found a body m one of his fields n few mornings ago, :i call was sent out to Britain's strangest sleuth and 'he solved the t;isr without moving from his office, .'U)O miles ay The farmer claln against
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      seeking the cuckoo's guilty secret
      499 3  - seeking the cuckoo 's guilty secret BERNARD ACWORD by FT HR mi absence of nine months the cuckoo is again cuckooing (and perhaps cuckolding m Europe. Though the cuckoo has become an object of affection, and romance, it was not always so; m 1490 8.C., 3,439 years ago, Moses publicly
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      MALAYA NEEDS A SWIM ASSOCIATION
      169 4  -  By K.S. Chia iyHEN the Singapore Swimming Club h fid a last Easter, which the Singapore aid Penang Chinese Imming Clubs were id, a number of tmers, both Europ m and Chinese, sugted t hat the gala lid be turned into an [i »ual aquatic
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      Last day for Junior tourney
      786 4  - Last day for Junior tourney rrODAY is the last day tor entries to be sub- milted lor the Singapore men's and women's junior singles and doubles championships which are expected to take place m the first week of July. A- usual the men's junior singles and doubles are expected to
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      SPORTING, Chit-Chat
      728 4  - SPORT I NG, Chit-Chat THE Sum Pong Newell fiasco would have been avoided had there been judges and referee Eric Dunsford has himself to blame for officiating without them. Judges sit on two sides of the ring, opposite each other, and they would have hoard the gong and the controversy
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      Bookies fear these punters
      126 4 TWELVE punters, ages ranging from 18 to 25 years, are said to have made £A30,000 m betting on Sydney and adjacent greyhound meetings over the past three months. Tlie punters come from Mai" land, north of Sydney, and their plunges have been mostly on dogs trained
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      CHESS DUEL
      84 4 I\R. Lira Kok Ann and Tay Cheong Aun lead Singapore Chess Championship for the Lim Boon Keng Cud, each having won all nine games so far. They are to meet m the next round. Chow Wai Nam shared the lead wivh them until he lost to Tay Cheong
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      Umpiring is hard work
      425 4  -  By Denis Compton DO you ever give a thought to cricket's forgotten men— forgotten that is except v>hen they make a mistake, which isn't often! I mean those walking clothes pegs m the middle— the umpires. They're a great bunch of fellows and do much to
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      266 4  -  by Raymond Glendenning A WORLD title fight m private. with thousands watching it on television screens This is one of the ideas I discovered revolving m promoter Jack Solomons's mind during the week. May sound fantastic, but it is not far removed from actuality. Why not a world
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      THE SHINY BALL IS DEADLY
      299 4  - THE SHINY BALL IS DEADLY By N.W.D. Yard ley SO far m mesa m wo have diBCUfl the different I bowling and the blerns of the I we come to tho qu. of tha urn of the i ball. It plays BUCh ant ties thai r will til In new
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