The Singapore Free Press, 8 December 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Q SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    UN APPROVES OF INDIES TREATY
    233 1 But Dutch MPs object NEW YORK, Thursday. JHIK (General Assembly of the United Nations yesterday approved by 1 1 votes to five a resolution welcoming The Hague agreement and the forthcoming establishment of the independent United States of Indonesia. The Com m form countries 1
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    GERMAN WAR END STUDIED
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    Chinese gets death penalty
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    Bandits hold up lorry
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    Mr. Chifley denies usury allegation
    92 1 Mr. Chifley denies usury allegation SYDNEY, Wed MR JOSEPH CHIFLEY, AusLabour Pril ster, replying tonight to accusations of having chi Interest on pi dethat apari 0 ol his own al inds i wife'j Mr C meeting m the South Wales conbeing tested by Mr. J T Lang, Independent ur and
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    Brussels as HQ of anti-Red unions
    124 1 LONDON, Thursday. 4 1 IKK formally setting up tin- International Con- ftMlt-ration of Free Trade Unions yesterday morninsi Workers 1 representati\ts troni S3 countries established a ezeeutWe board will) three m its for "Asia and the Middle East.' Executive Board la to meet at
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    GOVERNOR'S FAIR NIGHT
    31 1 GOVERNOR'S FAIR NIGHT Irnor of Saraxjr; Mr Djnr-in Stewart. ha* 1 from the immediate arid r night, it l mornli A spital bulletin i Is 100 ear] rrp- rr.aterial progrs condition
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    GOVT. TO STAY OUT OF FILMS
    71 1 A GOVERNMENT Comml reported yesterday thai ionalisation of Britain's xluctlon would not b< appropriate and that it i n<»t practical :i T present to ik-up the countn ::lm monopolies The- Committee, appointed Board of Trade President, Harold Wilson, to study nomic position ol Brihaky
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    E. GERMANSGET MAY COURT
    50 1 JMIE East German Government followed the example of other east European countries yesterday and established a high court tor crimes against the State. There will be no appeal the judgment ol this rt Tribunals nt this type ted the Mlndszenty tri il- In Budapest A. P.
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    REX BEACH DEAD
    23 1 K»x Beach. 72. adventure novelist and onetime pro-, fessiona! foothill play«* yestorclay shot h^mselt lo doatn i m Florida. U.P.
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    AMERICA'S 'NO' ON RED CHINA
    215 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. I*HE IS. Secretary of state Mr. Dean Acheson, said yesterday that the IS. Government considers it was -premature" either to recognise the Communist regime m China or even to consider the possibility of recognition. Mr. Acheson said at a press conference that the
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    Press saved US from slump
    73 1 TRENTON, CNJ.) Thurv >TEWSPAPERS helped to i avert a nationwide depression this >eir by warning that on* was on its wa\. a Laboar Department official here reports Mr. (Juries 1.. Kofk<- said that as a result of prrsv warnings last sprint;, •'businessmen moved stock and
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    REDS CONTROL TEA INDUSTRY
    49 1 C\ i linportani tea Industry will become :i state enicrpri.se next year The Communist »id 'he "China Tea Company had been brought under the iolnl supervision of the Trade and Agriculture Ministers who had drawn up B oih-v-m; plail tor the jrowing market. U. P.
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    49 1 Mrs. Patricia Stewart, th«wife of the (Jovernor ol Sarawak, was greeted on arrival from London at Kallang airport >estt*rd.iv by Mr. P. A. B. SltKerroti ilYit>. the Officer Adminis Mrs. McKerron. Major M. J (■illiat. representing thr tering the Ciovernmenl. omniissi«»neT-(iener;il. and tptain P, a. Bcslop, Mr. McKerron's A.D.C.
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    New world record
    25 1 .1, World \\M il ace, arrived m NewYork yesterday breaking the record for the round-the-world flight on regularly scheduled commercial airlines.— U.P.
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    NO EARLY THREAT TO H.K.
    100 1 NO EARLY THREAT TO H.K. Alexander l UNDON I M.\ v. Alexander, I p D« :< nee Minister. ind.cated yesterday thai B: tain Bet s no »arly threal to Hmio Kon? but that the troop reinforcements s« nt re when the Communlsti sw»'p: into South China w »uld be kept
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    D.S. TIN TRADING
    21 1 The N' r<i STork Commodity Exchange has approved the resumption of tin futures trading on Jan. 5 Reuter
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    London has Penang plea
    113 1 LONDON. Thurs. IWE Under-Secretary for 1 tiif Colonies. Mr. David Ree.s Williams, told the House Of Commons yesterday that the Secretary for the Colonies had received a petition from the prople ol Penang asking ior .secession from the Federation of Malaya. He said the Secretary for
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    School for blind planned
    80 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Reporting on the progress made In welfare work foi the blind m the Federation, Dr. C P Rawaon. the chief welfare officer, said yesterday that the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind m Johore Bahru was likely to be com- pleted early next
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    MAN KIDNAPPED
    13 1 Bandits stopped a bus m Kedah yesterday and abducted a passenger.
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    The better bitters
    70 1 tOLICE wit"' todaj saariinc -hack at Angwtwa In t Colombia where a peasant iroman cave birth to < nintuplets all boys. So Bint local people wanted to the babies that the police timf to be called to keep ihe*n away. Wedding bells hare wn* W tlmfs this
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    Squatters may hold up TB housing plans
    142 1 Free Press Start Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thursday SQUATTERS might hold up the plan of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis to build a model bonsillf settlement m Kuala LU Thepresident Mr. Khoo Telk Be, told the Co i m Kuala
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    Cause and effect
    71 1 WINNIPEG. Wed MX JOHN <;AKI>. 55-->ear-old postman, was reported m Rood condition today. He was knocked down and hurt m a street incident, and placed m an ambulance. which brok«down. A fire engine was railed to push the ambulance, but got stuck. A polio cat was called
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    Malayan TB film to be made
    178 1 Malayan TB film to be made Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LIMPIK Thursday. 4 $16,000 film on tuberculosis for showing throughout Malaya is to be made by the Malayan Association fQr the Prevention of T.B. "It is a lot of money but there is no better way of getting
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    SPECIAL JAP ORDER
    20 1 Japan's cabinet yesterday Issued a special order compelling farmers to sell '.neir production to the ?nt. A.P.
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    BANDITS FOR MINES
    9 1 Eight hun to N< the A.P.
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    KASHMIR REPORT
    18 1 U N B I on Dec it cum the not t Ui Nations Kashml sion Reuter
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    EMPEROR ROBBED
    12 1 A theft >>: Li Emperor Hlro was discovered yesterday. A. P.
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    Linklater Walks A Tight-Rope
    288 2 Linklater Walks A Tight-Rope i UU"pETER m QUENNELL J Reviews new J books m U.K. J DKADINCi a modern IX novelist's attempt al a fain stor\ is like watching some ambitious member of Ihe audience essay the circus tightrope, or a hiker, heavih caparied, set forth across |ieal bog. He
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    QUICK LOOKS
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    UNDER REVIEW
    30 2 sprll for Old Bom-v by Eric Linklater <Cape 9s Dohii ih»> I mil; Slide, by Tom Hopkinaon (Hogarth Press 7s fid Vtrdid m Mispui, Edgar Lostgarten. (Win- 6d
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    IN BRIEF
    222 2 N ii.lt. 1 t ti 1 111 >l HBI l\r. n|ON, \u >r.e s neighbour i. >"-' i Mm faced nhfii aft«-r -f»r •■»•> n. In iland :o find puta ton -II \kr <tp| UU 3 WON I II .hi < ivh tiapm.tn and Hall IO Mil \K<
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    Those Gaiety Girls Had 'Oomph'
    164 2  - Those Gaiety Girls Had 'Oomph JOHN PREBBLE By PYKRYBOm over the age of t'»o i llCl islus |||C lIKMKHV nt .t Gaiety Girl. Pai l icu lark those who iic\ cr s:i\v one. l)(^ not it h it :> th« i radltion i"\ v to survive. ally our parents I
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    Cupidand the Great
    98 2  -  JOHN KIRK NEI S ON j TREASURE a reproduction <>t the drawing by Jean Bruller called M Love f'oi flic Hundredth Par! "f a Second." It shows two <"ars tell other and proceeding m op;»<. directions On" is dri yen by a young man. oth<-: hv a
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      44 2 ff X Antt' I XMAS /949 XMAS DISPLAY Inexpensive MEDICAL HALL LTD 3 BATTERY RD. ■T t SMITHS I II I II 'ROIXDIEU The Ideal W nil Office*, Factories^ lc« smiths m SECTRIC I lU. PARSONS -^T }fr«-||i,| lf/i«/ It 9 Oh V »r"
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      274 2 F.P. Crossword No. 86* i 1 iMf 1 p I r i, f i T" 9 10*" 12 i i i. j.ji__ g* g 30 31 fe32 -33 5T pl _1^ 1 __-a <\\\+ ICBOSS Prepared ftklo frlm 4 I 8a< I i ♦>• 11 \< 13 Decline i.«>; u
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      158 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR j >KN todaj tour |o\« of huin.»nil\ in i r 1 1 .M.! Mill Ilkr to s«r t s t\ seltinj: .1 fan d«.il I I mm lite. \imi ;irc seldom i .ili\li«(| with surt.ir*' inriirationa You IiU«- i«> gel t«» I he bottom of thing* uui
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      69 2 iiuu older jiid iiMit J mature Iftca »ou Art- ti«iwn. K is mamai to pm < IiiIjIivI, thUME* Hi i«nn. uf enrw, »on rule i prolevsion il .»inp»-l if i..n I .>nd Make it miui litwork! Hithix nmmt ion il .u •'.r«« tapahlr of a slronj: and lastinjj |«»ve M«k»
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    BIGGEST STORY OF YEAR
    282 3 BIGGEST STORY OF YEAR I>KESinFVT t NEW 10RK Wednesday. hi? nrL manis anno n cement that Russia nas produced an atomic explosion was the S pa n rts W of St t°h rV f 949 the °P inio m ail parts of the world except Russia. tmtJl^Si °I l eV
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    31 3 Photo. \or\w4i.in 700-ton sealer. Norse I. K.imm. London. The ship is carr> xvwdi>h-Briti>h scientific expedition »rs m an unexplored Antartic rs of the expedition will establish Qmrrm Maud Land- A. P.
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    Young men blamed for divorce rise
    155 3 B| \ounger. according to figures ,jt!>. In 1947 the age-group pro- ioms was twenty-three, com-itv-fiYC m 1946. the twenty-one age group was years. says the Registrarkew of England and Wales. v < g. cr\airol the 'l 000-stroiiii liarried Women's Association denting on young husbana>
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    'Let docile murderers risit homes'
    21 3 'Let docile murderers risit homes' *ed to After- _ood gov- of "are Mid -mers r --r.^er." :l to s A. P.
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    Sarawak rule criticised
    210 3 Sarawak rule criticised OM. green, commentator •on Far Eastern affairs, wrote m the Conservative Yorkshire Post recently that the murderous attack at Sibu on Mr Duncan Stewart. Governor of Sarawak, showed only tog plainly that local antagonism to the British Government's policy was much more serious than Whitehall had ever
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    £5 MILLION TRADE FORESEEN
    44 3 £5 MILLION TRADE FORESEEN l>. Usman Sastroamldjojo. Republican m Canberra, has foreca&i immedia'e 15.0O0.(Kj0 trade each way between Australia and Indonesia Dr. U;man saici the Aus..jVi ban on Dutch shipping to Indonesia had dislocated the traditional trade relations between Australia and Indonesia. Reut er
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    JAPAN GROWS MORE FOOD
    9 3 JAPAN GROWS MORE FOOD ion m are: tons, uns,
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    Bridge Hands
    332 3 Mo 6? of the d-cla:ei> macU; fo'« sp^aes on this toui anieiu ha:;d kIBMM West's -normal openm* ..i» fourth best club ui.iae It impo^ible to miss. After Bm4 took the trick with 'he viueen *ud i-umed a heart South won. yanked out three rounds of trumps a-;d led.
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    WHEAT DEAL FAILS
    27 3 Negotiations for thr purchase by the QoTernment ol India of 400 iX)O t<>ns of Russian wh»>at ha\>> failed b*':iuse the price wa.> too high.
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      15 3 3 Secrets Sleeping Comfort if J Y *lds M os t bmfortabU l Mem SINGAPORE
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      367 3 AT GIAN SINGH'S Si's iP '^r *^^^v& /^^^^^^^^^^^Kl PERFUMES |g ICHINAWARE Colo°n t b T R YARD T DINNER SET r [4 it^iul comprising 57 pieces. TOs\B^ cq R ual| E y a perfect" Jft" il Prke: $5? 5 $et P^ M WORTH. LANCEL ff^ Delicate and *etch.ng N'^r LELONC
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      192 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION Song Of The I=>lar.ds BEX My Own True I C'OLI>H >I Buccaneer. MAI> KAn !>,«:. To The Sea I^. Ship." ODEON: Th? Judge Steps Out CATHAY Tragedy Of A Concubir.e a d Double Fo; HINDUSTAN: Kha CU>. tENTR\I Tamil. EMPIRE: Baa M Pu Tan Sam
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec 8, 1949. BUSY BODIES KEEP OUT
    491 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec 8, 1949. BUSY BODIES KEEP OUT SINGAPORE is quite capable! managing her own tin without having I prying commissions from winch haruiy ■re Singapore Is- nd .s coming on behalf ci :hc United Nations Or- to ■elfrule. 1 > 1 I B it will
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    'Humbug' About The Atom
    1193 4 'Humbug' About The Atom PROF F SODDY. pioneer of atomic science, explodes a few myths m an interview with GEOFFREY WINNINGTON "SPECULATIVE humbug, that's all it is. I am determined to explode these myths about the peaceful uses of atomic* power as we know it lo day." In an explosive
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    'Take your Choice' Marriage
    224 4 'Take your Choice' Marriage IF you want to get mvi ried go to Ethiopia. There you have your choice of three kinds of married life. Warn a wife for two months.' Or the normal kind, for a lifetime? or one uho must remain your wile even after you die? Take
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    19 4 Flyn*, the film actor, and hh fiancee, Roumanian Frtncess, Irene Ghiku, arrive for the Royal Mm show m London.
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    AS THE CHILDREN GROW, SO DOES THIS HOUSE
    131 4 AS THE CHILDREN GROW, SO DOES THIS HOUSE I.\ a coriuT ol !lu sculpture garden at New S'orks Museum of Modern Ait. most ov(IsIi.hIo\\((1 i)V till* ll)(>ni|in([)t;ii facades of .1 hall do/en Deighlioiiring hrownstoiic houses, Blandl sm;«ll lioiiv, whose purit> ol line ,'md precision ol tk liiil place it among
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    It Seems To Me....
    904 4  -  POLITICO By yjyHISKY, or its lack, is just n<m a dominanl topic of conversation among exiled Scots and those o t h c i Singaporeans who claim lo like* the sluff ;iiul who consider Christmas and New Year's Eve might just ;«s well never happen m
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      11 4 Extpfe B.P.deSILVALI? iMCOKPORATED IN CIVLON MANUFACTUR/K JEWELLERS OVER 75 YtMKS Of*iHJTA7tON
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      89 4 DONALD Pff«s CLANCY lOWEKF". PADS BIRTHDAY WALTZ I'HI'RCH BFI.I S ON PI I TWENTY -POl'R H* pf«ty como A YOU KE AlK)h^H;^ I g hX)REVTH AM) FVFR cirvgnriffTS ORCHtSTM DOWN THE OI D ■PANISH Bt I GET UP EVERY M IMAGXNEZ (ÜBM 0 I ITS DREAMTIMF v HAWAIIAN UREHADW \n:
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    $250,000 SEAMEN'S CENTRE HELD UP
    333 5 $250,000 SEAMEN'S CENTRE HELD UP Govt. urged to end delay Free Press Staff Reporter J HE Singapore Government is to be asked to speed up the establishment of the proposed $250,000 Asian Seamen's Welfare Centre, plans for which have already been passed. Mr. M. A. Majid. president of the Indo-Malayan
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    INCOME TAX ON COUNCILLORS
    57 5 KUALA LUIfPUH, v. < d. THE allowances of $500 a month which are now paid to Unofficial members of the Federal Legislative Council was assessable for income tax. said the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult. a f today's press conference. However, expense wholly or exclusively m
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    Lotteries: TB groups to be sounded
    190 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. I^HE Council of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is to ask its branches for their opinions on public lotteries. The branches will be ask'-d [f they support a resolution Lhat the Council should
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    Federation to decide on B.C.G.
    131 5 i Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A DECISION Will have to be made soon on the use o! BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccinatlona m the Federation, the Director of Medical Services. Dr. R. B MacGre^or, told the Council of the Malayan Association for the Prevention
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    DUTCH CONSUL IN SINGAPORE
    28 5 DUTCH CONSUL IN SINGAPORE Mr C den Hollander has j been recognised as Netherlands Consul m Singapore with Jurisdiction m the Federation of Maliiya. Sarawak I mid Brunei.
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    74 5 A ■ewU-ete«tod and the litre* I1M ;";'Y U sit tin!;-Mr. (i. E. N. Oehlers: Mis n^etin. yesterday. K i heesan: The D,puty Municipal President. \my LajCOCk; Mr. K. V J>-"'^- i hishtv Mr. Duncan Robertson; Mrs. Nathan. Mr. A. P. C F j .me! Mr V Pakirisamy; Mr. Sandy O.
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    Agreement at Railway talks
    4 5 Agreement at Railway talks
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    Childhood again for these girls
    316 5 Free Press St; 'IN(i YPORE girl prostitu when \ery young to proc into children again under a devised by the Chinese mat Department*! (iirls* Home rtment's lat .la treatment arh coupled with tl during "gratifying n says the erience I In the (lev I C
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    CELEBRATIONS
    40 5 Tanjong P.: ing. Rhio Archlpelago, will be on teie •en day- to celebrate the inauguration of the States of 1' doiM month, said Mr. Mochtar Hoesin Pre^icieTiT of the Hhu» Legislative and F3xecutive incil, arrived In Sinj sapore yestrrciav.
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    BRAINS TRUST
    41 5 brains trust organised by the East-wvst Society, will b#* i I held at the British CouncU Hall at 8.30 tonight Those faking part are Dr. .T IHovsky. T)r Kohl Professor A Oppen- i beta, and Mr P. S. Raman
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    MAILS
    24 5 rth Borneo, Labwua, Brunei vurfuce mail todaj at Ok <• f o land /Jjrceb only. 6 pja for Coca bland and the Fed*-ra ion.
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    MUNICIPAL QUARTERS
    30 5 pictures. THE living: room m one of the flats m the new four-storey Municipal quarters at Monks Hill, Singapore. Kight families have so far moved into the quarters.-
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    Mr. Tan gets a dream flat
    337 5 Free Pres s Staff Reporter A IK. K. H. Tan, a senior clerk m the Singapore A Municipality, is looking forward to the pleasant Christmas he will spend m his new flat at Monks Hill. He believes it will be the nicest Christmas that
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    JUNIOR CHAMBER
    55 5 Free Press Staff Krporler A mating the Junior Chamber of Commerce to be 'held at Washington Care. Sincapore. today a; 5.15 p.n\ Members will discuss ih( draft constitution and bye- laws proposed by \he Interirr Committee. The flection n1 1 the board of directon b manage tlr* Chamber
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    POLICE BAND
    17 5 Ti e X band v. ill it r i form t<«d&v at *1 s> ?v
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    'DON'T MEDDLE WITH S'PORE'
    325 5 'DON'T MEDDLE WITH S'PORE' Free Press Staff Reixirter HOLDING the viewihatSingapor* <ould do without supervision by the United Nations, Mr Tan Chin Tuan, the senior Unofficial member of the Singapore Legislate Council and 1 epresentative of the Chinese Chamber cf Commerce, told the Fite Press yesterday that "unsolicited meddling by
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      67 5 A~.J y HYDALL OUTSIDE HOUSE PAINT ■»?K 7 I N A L L COLOURT MADE IN U.S.A. •P*iß [EKS !«WYER TRADING CO. (MALAYA) LTD. :UALA LUMPUR PENAnG MOVIE BALL PHOTOGRAPHS taki n by a Straits limes Photographer at the Movie Ball be seen at the Straits mes Offices, 104-106 Cecil
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      221 5 A mas Gifts FOR HOME DELIVERY 1949 -FROM U.K. STOCKS f For ffc. Ladies DECEMBER r £fc\E^S A W« can offer A t*9 ■> i\ 10th IK^fe& PERFUMES COLOGME 3JF: -77" JJ //rue (**<* V^-— ACCEPTINC -'f^m^r LAVENDER TI S»*,T N '/^'Ar-CSI PLEASE SEND ,y- JPW from Coty's: per b:ttle
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    'RICH MEN OCCUPY TRUST HOUSES'
    349 6 Rajah attacks S.I.T. rents Free Press Stafl Reporter ATTACKING "hitfh rents" charged by the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr. A. P. Rajah (Progressive South) yesterday declared that it was the rich merchants, and not the clerks, who were going into S.I.T. houses. "The Improvement Trust", said
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    54 6 pit turr RESEARCH workers <»f thr Institute of Medical Research Federation, <trr experimenting on two n» w insecticide* m an «'fTort to rontrol rur.il mal.uk* and these are nov* hrinjf \pra\ed m NVgri Senibilaa Pietnrc slkihn a atejsiber of the Institute's stafl taking hliMid tests m a Kual.i PiLth Xi
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    RECITALS BY DUTCH TENOR
    49 6 D |iTes thu :.:>. \l*te »t thr tonight at tp ia i on i I hursday .\ir Ing ten tiv^ '>• has ing ii ol !h«r lai Europe and irorld tou Uthoin S. Mr. I I Ocnruu Ia I I M B He it beitu npi
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    NEGLIGENT RIDER
    31 6 \u ah Wed bin ad aa fln< d $20 by c 1 ate for riding c negligently H»* ated 1 ki. >ckpd a I jrcilst at the 4' 4
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    Draft rules for new F.O.
    56 6 I > re In Dr. on the s ibcommltU c U m up «t Mlnlf the I iff s the United fl I In loneId 'lw y Presi the In Ofl swn '»p Dr. f> died scl KiiiKc!«.ir. the U Thi latei In 4 sent
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    New pressure on gilt-edgeds
    246 6 D;LKFDFHDFH LONDON, Thursday I)RESSI XI on British funds continued ycitfNtJf and prices shewed losses up to per tent.. sa\> Keuter's financial correspondent. Bear selling was accompanied In some nervous marking down and although the section became steadier m the closing stages, thr undertone remained uncertain. Most
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    A QUESTION OF AGE
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    64 6 SHIPS alongside ihc 6 l*mpore Hjurbouj Board! vharvc i jn rdaj In bl acketSJ wenMain Wharf: Sur it (36». Tobo«ll (40>, Clytoni as '42--43. Beluru '43' Wr^l Wharf: BtU <l-2 Hi (S H H.iv '14' Aspl (15-16 Fmpirr Pot k 8 18. < M »lf--20-. Frederick Clo?*r 121--"•J-.
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    179 7 jizf favourites 0 three races U.I.AN USWIS da) of thrilling sport with nl big dividends m most Ipoh yesterday, the second ik Turf lub's Deiemher called on four the winner and once m response he tee He 125 for a place t nd h_
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    133 7 rrHK (uiiunonwealth cricket team yesterday played PaK.s:a»i t'r.iversiiies to a, Hr last match m .stan, a game m v. iiich batsmen triumphed. .w seemed mtbie, a large crowd turnip yesterday morning, and -rnpiy rewarded by fonnancea of Place I and Worrell the i bom |Murticipattn a
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    SCC XV keep unbeaten record
    209 7 SCC XV keep unbeaten record THE SINGAPORE Cricket Club overwhelmed the Royal Navy In yesterdays quadrangular tournament rugby to win by a goal, two tries and four penalties «23 points* to a solitary try. S.CC. therefore are still to be beaten In the competition and from ail indications they destined
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    79 7 Army beat Police 32- 10 1 m \rr i foi Comblned Police by H2 point mpson R'^ri jrester laj Arr s irx( l goals by P .r\ d• bi their me and I I ••i tvici I Walker an 4 v Botl 1 a re converUd by Ma] r it
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    206 7 Ceylonese-SRC in fine draw Onk of the aeaaon'a best hoc- k*\v games so far this season was seen m yester- day's return hockey fixture between Singapore Recreation I Club and Ceylon Sports Club which ended m <i one -all draw on the Patiang. Earlier, m their fin>t nwtlng SRC h.td
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    36 7 picture. IMKKK. wine-forward for S.C.C. tries to ucl a kick to touch m yesterdays Singapore Qoadrangalar TMraanral match against Navy. Watkins (No 2), left wins for Viw makes an attempt to deflect the kick— F. P.
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    30 7 PLAYING before uiotnn record crowd if Swedish tootbailtrs I a r*hng display at Calcutta I lew. ay m oe.iUrg an AU-B-"*al team one Roal to nil. Sve; Persson <o-rs.— A.P.
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    BIG SWEEP
    86 7 YESTERDAY'S bis iweep results, drawn on Kace 8 at Ipoh were Total Pool: $320 280. Ist No. 41«U82 ($99,091). 2nd. No. *****7 •549.545. 3rd. No. :nr>So <$24.772K Starters '52."::)2 t-ach) Nos. 3357U1. *****1. *****3, *****2. *****2, !">1777, *****2. ESSnt, !XJ'»93. r— iOlltitn prizes sI.OUO each): Nos. *****8. *****4,
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    Half-mile queues
    225 7 Then weit queues over ball mile long at bu>. slops us fai ar.i a* three miles from Uie ground; there wa.^ a conti' uoiu beavMotail block of traffic Iroru Urn c.»* u;j to rotier.ham ili^h Ri*.'. hoc the sctne<s a* the total! 1 adequate White Hurt !.>.■ <
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    52 7 JOHN BROMWICH Bill Siri--Aeil Fnu k Sedgman i Jarotlat Drobny Entered tMe leml-flnala of the Victoi tr>. nls on Tueaday. Sidwell be:i; Colin lonp I-* 5 6-1 5-7. 6-3. 6-3: Dtobny bt-at I Adrian Quist 6-2. 8-6. »-2: .<tKJmnan >)pai Gi-M>ri?e Wor j fi-2, 6-2. 8-6—
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    YESTERDAY'S IPOH RACE RESULTS
    596 7 The second day ol the Perak Turf Club December meeting at Ipoh yesterday was one of upsets, featured by Carolina's win to pay $189 for :n. the highest dividend 00 record this year. Above Allan Lewis reviews the day's raring Results are published beieunder m brief:
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    Mandarin Song does winning gallop
    301 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS H> AI AXDARIN SONG was this morning's best viork«r when the sand track was used lor fast work at I poh. the grass training track b^in^ open only to slow work. There was not much fast work for a T morning, but I
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    75 8  -  F.A.O. CHIEF WASHINGTON, Thurs. T<HE Director-General of the 0 N Food and Agriculture Organisation, Mr Norris Dodd. said the 16-day conference had done little more than express i r > sympathy for the millions Ol people m need of tond. clothing and housi N (illegal i
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    127 8 JAPANESE DUMPING HITS U.S. PATTERSON New Jersey Tn AMERICAN businessmen i with b niptcy be>-iu^e of the dumping" of mliilons of dollars worth ol goods into the United Btat( t, said Congre man Edward J IfcEwan, pxecuiive vice-president of the Grea>: Patterson Chamber of Commerce, urging Oen Arthur yesterday to
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    83 8 IyMM.KSS. hurtless. vihrationless tooth drilling ha*« arrived. An American professor of dentistry. Dr. Kalph Summer, of the t niversity of Michigan, annoum inj? this new advance to Montn-al dentists yesterday, drsrribed it as one of the greatest a< hirvements of the prof»sxi«»n for man> years. He said that
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    194 8 BANGKOK, Thursday. I\K. S. Leung, who for 40 years Mipenised V.M.C..V work m China, told tfie t'ast Asian Christian Conference In Bangkok yesterday that "the Communist regime had come to stay m China and that Christians were compelled to romp to Rrlps with it just
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    168 8 U.S. EX-ATOMIC CHIEF SAYS— WASHINGTON, Thursday. I lEUT.-GEN. Leslie K. Groves said yesterday that Russian spies "under the direction of the Russian Embassy" tried to steal I'nited States atomic secrets while he was wartime head of the super-secret atom-bomb project. The retired General Told
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    REDS TABOO CHRISTMAS
    77 8  -  BERLIN Thurs. Ml s I ion of Christmas .ind the Chrbl hild is now forbidden in schools in Ki!s>iau-o< upi«d Provim thf Working otninitt)*- of Socialist Ttathtri lh«Tr haTini dr- id»*d to fttoUsh rtluiou> N»r«tiin»Mt.ililirs" in hool Christmai ctlthrmttons. I hf trathers rul»d thai C hristm.i* mmici
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    13 8 World wheat production m! 1949 Will be above the 1935-1 v.ryj average. A.P.
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    81 8 Dutch Major-On. F. Mollinger (left) is seen turning over control of a large area of Central Java to .'.{-year-old Indonesian Republican officer I.ieut- 01. Slamet Kiadi {tight during a ceremony at So*--rakarta. second large>t m m Republican areas captured by the Dutch almost one >ear .i. I nder a I
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    26 8 Bulgaria tits withdrawn J from the World Health Organisation following the load ol the Soviet Union and the Ukraine last February.- A. P.
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      12 1 Christmas SHOP WINDOW ONLY 17 DAYS TO GO Thursday, Dec. 8, 1949.
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      THE CHRISTMAS TABLE OF OLDEN DAYS
      726 1  - THE CHRISTMAS TABLE OF OLDEN DAYS W.F. by m i other cusI s Ihe mous turn to subjecl i -Ills <>t feasting !»i ijlitv Of nk lhai is n<\ if some rich lords I the r d ned beng the come. v Ol acean ice, par- s accom- -n i
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      Pagan customs still survive
      860 1  -  M. WESTAWAY by THE mediaeval Lord of the Manor kept open house for his re- I tamers over the Christ- mas season, and the Yule Log was the centre of their festivities. It j was brought m with i much ceremony on Christmas Eve. to make
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      Pantomime—the children's Xmas delight
      991 2  - Pantomime the children's Xmas delight PETER PENNYLESS 6> PANTOMIME: 4t An English dramatic performance ending with transformation scene followed by broad comedy of clown and Columbine." Thus goes the official dictionary definition of a Christmas show that is peculiarly British. Like everything else, however, dictionary definitions can get a little
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      PICTURE CAME
      122 2 rtVUS party game requires I a tion on the part 0} the host or Cut out as many pict from newspapers or ma<jazinei as you uhh The more you cut out the longer will be the game The pictures must be of •known people people uho arc conxtar.t'y
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      The glass and the coin
      225 2 The glass and the coin VEAT tricks with x^ quite simple apparatus are always a source of fun and laughter at parties, and they command attention and admiration at most other times. Here is an effective item which calls for nothing more exacting than 20-cent coin an ordinary drinking-glass with
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        354 2 EGYPTIAN (LAME) HALL 171. KOCXAJDXXJLT*. lOKDON TO-OAY AT 3, TO HIBHT AT 1 Eighth Month Emphatic Succeaa Two full Performance* dail, <tt 3ft 8 GRAND PANTOMIME i>- >~m-.' VwH mffrmtm^r W tW gf*«l tt-l llh*. Ai^ OLD BNOWBAXL F.r». tfi^in r-i,. fiyj^i n SKELETON OF PROF PEPPERS GHOST f, r
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      1774 3 THE LEG IN THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING I ♦/i gruesomel short story I: hy t Atasdair 11 /on I Campbell (U'RRASHIiLUSH, my Aunt Una's house, lay about half-a-mik back from the great sickle beach of Killanachan Bay, just on the edge of the wil-low-fringed stretch of marshland from which it took
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      37 3 THIS picture of Loch Katrine lying ruffled by a gentle breexe beneath Ben Venue will probably bring a touch of homesickness to Scots who I are spending their Christmas away from their native land picture. British Council
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      1275 4  -  W. T. JONES B, A tale of pirates and the I Spanish Main for the I children. I "OAIL HO Sail on the starboard Im)\\!" Tom Cornish, the red-haired cabin boy of the merchant ship. Ocean Pride, was helping the conk m the galley when the look
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      1032 5 DONALD MOORE selects some C/i ristmas reading A s CHRISTMAS comes closer we begin to look round for those more easily read books which, we feel, will be acceptable iJs presents to our friends during the turmoil of the con ventional Christmas. To
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      13 5  -  Bert Neyland by *7nMF DOWN COMRADES, SflNK CLAUS IS WAITING j
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      Uneasy truce in the land where Christ was born
      873 6  - Uneasy truce in the land where Christ was born R. BROOMAN WHITE by |N THE land where Christ was born, fighting has subsided into an uneasy truce. Silence reigns over the scene of tragedy, the curtain is •drawn and our attention is turned elsewhere. But this is not the end
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      55 6 rpHE Lincoln <Nebr 1 City Hall has finally B Dta Claus the i ler At one c venerable One by moved and ihe last of the 16 vs.vs taken out I I :n:n In recent years they had served only as a place to hang stockings
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        52 6 /i Cross-Word Puzzle r 7 S~\l 7 /Oi '11 /br r/z£ O/a^r Children a Vied m cricket 4 7 Frozen water T 9 Flies upward. XI 13. Despite such pluck it is unpleasant QrcCfZ^2&&V \vi Vegetables some run m scarlet. Jf llgk* I 1 21. A good ship is this
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      975 7  - 14 GLASSES OF CHRISTMAS CHEER MARIE GOUGH prewed by\ CHRISTMAS ap-f PCOaches rapidly. Weeks ago lood parcels for less fortunate people abroad sailed away on the Corfu. Christmas cards complete with six cent stamps are now completing their amphibious journey to friends and relatives overseas. Arrangements for parties at home
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      115 7 I ONDONERS m Malaya will remember with nostalgic affection this scene of the Pool busy with shipping and Tower Bridge m the background. For generations. this has been a favourite spot for Londoners many of whom delight m resting on a seat m the shadow of the Tower and watching
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        168 7 measurement; correct measurement <i* c W correct v >?•<>«. HH I Photo shou s our *1m& I perjjiiision from our IP* if. rJ S pore (Opposite Liberty Cabaret* .uf.ful CARPETS for the restive Season opportunity tor you at SHROFFS m of Carpets are on display jmm convenience any time D.fween
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        157 7 tp... Guessing Came j «4IS gam€ needs no skrM or knowledge it is sheer g«es*work Display a series of objects whose number or weight Christmas 5 M rty guests mutt guess and write dow«. 1 One peint is allowed it each correct guess, or (if none v correct) for the
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        28 7 PPii PB» PRODUCTS WILL GUARANTEE I AND A 1 Very HEAL THY New Year j Sole Agents: SHRIRO (China) LTD. j 26-1 RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE Tel 4830 I
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      A Christmas Carol
      4312 8  -  CHARLES DICKENS By StA vfi TVivo THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST WHEN Scrooge awoke it was so dark, that, looking out of bed, lie could scarcely dis- < tingtrish the transparent window from the < opaque walls of his chamber. He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness
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        105 8 I FESTIVE CHEERS I WITH I /j H *j 3 OONT HESITATE/ n nac v n j I J IOUSTEAD 4 CO LTD Bf J \nd Fru nds I sw< i //u« A Jiwi I GENUINE RIJST-TAFEL JAVA RESTAURANT j i Jd advise you to mmkt J! early ho<~>kinns I
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      'Graveyard of War'
      324 9  -  RODNEY CAMPBELL by AS WE approach Christinas iit a lime when international bodies squabble and light, who "atom bomb* 1 is v frightening household phrase, and when the world is living an uneasy truce, it is cheering to see what is going on m a "Gravevanl of
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      LIST OF CHARACTERS
      172 8 Bob Cratchit, clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge* Peter Cratcliit. a son of the preceding. Tim Cratchit ("Tiny Tim"), fl cripple, youngest son of Bob Cratchit. Mr. Fexziwig, a kind-hearted, jovial old merchant. Fred, Scrooge's nephew. Ghost of Christinas Past, a phantom showing things past. Ghost of Christmas Present,
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        8 9 Stave Three will appear m our next supplement
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        52 9 BRIGHTEN YOUR CHRISTMAS s^ with -m SEAGERS GIN LO n oo H BOLE AGENTS: HENRY WAKiH 00 LTO BDiGAFOUE, PKNANC KUALA UJMPII, IF»OH PARFUMS CHANEL -r. j PAR I S CDstnSutors tcf Ma>ava CRAFTON LABORATORIES. LTO 208 Collyer Quay Singapore m i BUY QUALITY GOODS I Li H^^w 'ill M
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      THE MARTYRDOM OF KING WENCESLAS
      1107 10 R.H. Bruce Lockhart tells a fascinating story of the Czechs' national hero IN the British Empire and m the United States of America, t4 Cood King Wenceslas is the most popular of all Christmas carols. Yet the carol is Protestant and modern. Wenceslas, or* the
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      ARMY LAUGHS
      14 10  -  Bert Neyland by [MNDKlF Mm BREAKING lit IN itf SEXPeNTINE THIS OH^STMAsH
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      Eurasian children's treat
      165 10 Eurasian children's treat THE Singapore Kur.. Association *ill hold Its annual :M.en's Christmas Treat at St. Joseph's Institution or. Dec 26. It Is planned to tain 1.000 children. The treat will comrnt a*. 330 pm and balloons and crackers Kill be distributed A stage show. i?ames stalls. play-ground toys Including
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        96 10 KSi CHARACTER MODERATE PRICE FOB TAILORING ITS BEST RODNfil HiM >l J BAT1 9 £RY ROAD J SINGAPORE 1» HO.N I. «:^««»h iiAAd WE SELL £2 JSL WE SERVE 1 RADIO bALES DEPARTMENT 2 RADIO SERVICE DEPARTMENT 3 FURNITURE DEPARTMENT -l ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT •3 DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL RECORDING
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        144 10 SPECIAL MAKE Vln'."?'" COMPLETE OUTFITS Si2CS 2? fr< K750 VIOLIN SHAPED CASES Covered calico or Rr violim case mm mtmmJr s" 00 THE MUSIC TRAdTng CO 163 Selegie Road Sin^ap T tor th, WORLD FAMO'J^ ANT,PETROFandHASEEGER^K 0 c a A MARK OF UMVERSAI =r ••.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.■.•.•.•.■.•.•.•.•.•••.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.■.......•.•.•.•.v.v. An IDEAL Christmas CHt! PORTABLE
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      Prince Charles is growing up
      467 11  -  AMY LANDRETH by every line afternoon the smallest of Royal entourages can be seen leaving Clarence House and making its way, at its own leisurely pace, towards Green Park m the heart of London. It consists of two soberly uniformed nurses, a detective, a shaggy
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      'Kangaroo' for a party
      132 11 HERES an energetic kind Of game called 'Kangaroo'— to warm the Christmas party up. Lay out for rows of thin, light sticks. Place the sticks about t apart and have as many as the room will permit. Select a player for each r. w. At the
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      123 11 Now he Is rapidly reach- ing the toddler stage and has t more little-boy clothes, j Elizabeth has had a minia- ture wardrobe made for him and a matching shoe cup- 1 board to tone with the pale blue of his night nursery. But already his parents t have been
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      BRITISH XMAS WILL BE LEAN
      572 11  - BRITISH XMAS WILL BE LEAN MARIE GO UGH by shortage of A material things will mar this Christmas m Singapore. For weeks the shops have boon displaying and advertising ihe most delectable Christmas \':\\v :m<l we ;«iv urged to order lurkeys, hams, tongues and pios. Store shelves groan under the
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      MAGIC WITH DICE
      235 11 IT IS always impressive to be able to *uess names or numbers or cards that can apparently be known only to a single I person or a confederate group. Here is an excellent trick of that kind, carried out with dice of the usual sort lie numbered
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      Australians spend it in the open air
      88 12 |ipil!ira42^ €J Hft I S I\\lW S >-» Under While the tradi "°™i EnShsh tam,iy is still popular. more and more Australians e3cn year eni°y their turandchnstm«PUdd.n< ,ut of door, Chr.stmaj Eve m Aus move to the beaches, the hii>sandco.untry.Iccnt;(ev $€a f(?ns of
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        146 12 .^b> .^b^l f m^K^^r v^^^ k I L j_Vj^-. B^ .^t^ .^B^r rMA^^^ W^JfVvM^^^^^C^^^B^^ •EMBROIDERS GOODS f' tf v WOODEN CARVINGS f^^^^JtA 7r \^HL' 5 iXiJHrill^k^MM^SHHßl^K&H^SiflllllilfeL^tf^llß^^iMßßK^' Uninn rmnnninrnii oTnnr I I M I II li 111 V II II r lII\J II L I LJ llv/ILJ L. I I w
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      Billie wanted to be a Christmas angel
      2091 13  - Billie wanted to be a Christmas angel Elizabeth Berridge A SHORT STORY by PEOPLE say thai Billie is like me. Well, I'll not dispute Hi;it she has the same sorl of uplifted nose, the same fringe, the same inability to keep still that I had as a child With this
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        161 13 !C3iiiiti!iniic.Hiiiimiiic_iiiiiniHiiuiiiHimiiic]iii!P. v MASTER'S VOICE Radiograms Celebrity Reproducer gift to the family > 5 hi I L_________l ___L t- ~c4 E mre a Christmas mjtchless listening 5 s MASTER'S VOICE' r>i all authorised dmltsi the Sole distributors U .>TRit A CO MALAYA LTD JOHN LITTLES BUILDING oPgg J ORE TEL. 7030
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        125 13 Make your Christmas Ji j MERRY MUSICAL x MEMORABLE 4&TW* Occasion for ail P. H. HEN DRY. 78, North Bridge Road Singapore Tel. 7-1. 1 Multard Radio world explorers SBBB9SSS¥ r "B THE RADIO MARVEL I M 1 "Douhlf 9 \a\w as^S^^^^< I.' waveband Doutile Super 1..( (ash 1.4^ 10',
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      10 QUICK QUERIES
      126 14 10 QUICK QUERIES For the children 1. Why it the inside of anything bound to baffle you? 2 Which of all animal* ar« most inclined to be cold? 3. What word of five letter* hat only one when you take two of them away? 4. Why it a fountain a
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        213 14 Yours Truly 3/i& yvlamzin& /or Tbwtvcne/. Vol. 1 No. 1 rDrr BUMPER DECEMBER 1949 t M\ Kj £j CHRISTMAS NUMBER YOURS TRULY is a monthly publication unprecedented m Singapore; a magazine to suit all tastes, a long awaited amenity among the diverse communities of this Colony's cosmopolite. The first issue,
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        328 14 *^^P BBPB Yh« twin <rt«i conctal a tang frcm the iparkluig |R H^I^^BKw dX frosty bought btlov i Thes- little bottle brush tree$ make chirminf mantelpece decora" useful, too uli^ fc F> °TTLK BRUSHES, fee* hand v iS tWIStcd douWe t0 nearly into somc oi l^ e f-anaily*8 sweet ration
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        140 14 THE NOVELTY STO, E I 88, NORTH BRIDGE RD I SINGAPORE Phone 3123 I HAND CUT CRYSTAL 4? I GLASS, E. P. N. S. A i AND SILVER WARE >>* GENTS' LADIES' V v s CAMPHORWOOD CHESTS Sp«,,l Ord f r, pronp... Now On Simultantouily PHONE 336* /a^ IIM B
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      CHRIST WAS BORN IN A TIME OF PEACE
      928 15 by the Very t Rev. W. R.; INGE,formerly j| Dean of St. I Paul's 5 fHE two most popular festivals of the Christian year are Harvest Thanksgiving and Christmas. The former is not recognised by the Church at all, because our harvest
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      Singapore shopping
      22 15 I Part of the big display of Christmas presents to I be seen at Mohammed Dulfakir s in High Street.
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      What books should we buy for children?
      758 15 asks Marie Burke JHERE whs once a littlr girl who was asked ii she would like to be given :i lx)ok for Christmas and she suid: "No thank you. I have book!" So they gave her a doll instead and she broke it.
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      ARMY LAUGHS
      11 15  -  Bert Neyland by i j v ..;;5TM/\S TREES. MAC"
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        233 15 .gtyou will be proud to own I 1 If Bush of London, England a a highly polished two-tone I highly sensitive and very ecavcfj and its tone quality M the BUSH Bi-focal tone Bush feature For those to jJio reproduction .s of real tmend thi' latest Bush product knee BUSHiRADIO
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        337 15 &&&f&?&ttv&ttz &\S£?f\o!\f^r y^b^^^^^i^ The shop for you *nd your children to buy everything you require for your hobby. Feed your fish m a clean wholesome manner with our specially prepared fishfood PARAFOOD." Cure their illnesses with our medicines. We simplify the science of fish to that the young and the
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        60 16 U 1 DISTILLED y 1 y LONDON, i jswullKUUNb A***™ BORNEO a INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION TORSION BAR SPRINGING INTEGRAL CHASSIS BODY DETACHABLE CYLINDER BARRELS and FRONT WHEEL DRIVE i NOW AVAILABLE ihe "LIGHT FIFTEEN" saloon THE NEW 22H.P. "SIX CYLINDER" Sole Agents: THE EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD 69-79 ORCHARD ROAD
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        177 16 m jZLIWI make the ideal £Q f/ s jlfen i "OXFORD" shoes of boxcalf. Men 's "0\ 1 (,U\y leather quarter lining, leather while nubuc insole, bend outsole, heel with <>r black box rubber toplift. Welted. lining, leather h v at I Price* Singapore $17.00 Federation Sl^.oo Sincaporc SIBINI Men's
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