The Singapore Free Press, 9 January 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v. K.674 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1950. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    BID TO AVERT WORLD WAR III
    334 1 Colombo talks on S.-E. Asia COLOMBO, Monday. jyjAIN problem to be solved at the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers conference, opening: here today, "will be how to avert a third world war," the British Secretary for Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Philip Noel-Baker, told a press conference here
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    POLICE RESCUE DRIVER
    75 1 Stafl Reporter >e driver of a v. as stopped si. 500 by a nmdits at the [tam-Yong 4 p in > imo a n took him re were o and ted by a I by I s ambushed. tat pe bran ih-» v.pon by the \i way
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    Still missing
    17 1 -en found the two m professors, and Dr. n they VI uatain Pio- scientific Reuter
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    Strictest security measures taken
    398 1 From AMJNGTON KENNAKD Free Press Special Correspondent COLOMBO, Monday. /CORDONED streets around the Senate House and strong police guards in the vicinity this mornijig marked the opening of the Commonwealth foreign ministers conference. The conference begins at one o'clock (Singapore time), but the delegates are meeting
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    'EXPEL K.M.T.' SAYS EN-LAI
    148 1 LONDON, Monday. 'riiK Communist Chinese Government yesterday demanded the expulsion of Nationalist delegates from fhr United Nations Security Council, in a telegram to the President of the General Assembly, says the New China News Agency. The demand was addressed to Gen. Carlos Romulo, President of the
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    More vehicles on roads in Singapore
    179 1 More vehicles on roads in Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE had 22.760 more bicycles and 3.055 more I motorcars at the end of last I year than In 1948. according to ngun-s Just published by the Vehicles Registration De--1 partment. Motor-cycles increased by 768 and tricycles by 226. In
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    SHOT IN FRONT OF HOME
    67 1 THREE gunmen ambushed and .shot to death 42-year-old F. Molina, secretary of a Filipino club in Seattle (U.S.A> while he was driving home on Saturday. His car crashed into a telegraph post in front of his house. Police later said that two of the gunmen
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    N.Z. EARTHQUAKE
    17 1 A heavy earthquake shook the lower half of New Zealand's North Island yester- day.— Reuter
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    Jordan recognises
    17 1 The Jordan Government has announced its recognition of the United States of Indo- nesia.— Reuter
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    Treasure was bullets
    79 1 riEAil HIN YENG, inmate of the leper asylum on Pulai: O Jerejak, Penans. out fishin? yesterday morning hail the greatest surprise of his life he found a box of ron siderable weight and felt certain that it was "a treasure chest." When tic pulled it in, he
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    FRENCH CAPTURE OUTLAW
    85 1 FRENCH CAPTURE OUTLAW HANOI. Mon. UU HONG KHAN, the Viet- nam leader who refused to surrender after fleeing into Indo-China from China with 2,000 Nationalist troops, hag been captured by French troops, southwest of Langson. After refusing to disarm, the group fled into the mountains where they were attacked by
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    RIGHTISTS WIN IN MONACO
    53 1 RIGHTISTS WIN IN MONACO '■MIE right wing National X Coalition in Monaco have won 11 of the 18 seats In the general flection for the little state's National Council, with 562 votes out of a total of 736. G The remaining seven seats will be decided Jn a second ballot
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    POPE'S ENVOY
    30 1 Pope Pius XII has nominated Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, as pontifical delegate to the Plenary Council for Eastern India, which meets soon in Bangalore. Reuter
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    Nehru puts off voting
    67 1 IN view of the disturbed conditions in Calcutta and other parts of West Bengal. Pandit Nehru has announced a reversal of his earlier decision to hold a general election in West Bengal early this year. Mr Nehru's former decision was actuated as a solution to general
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    Clash in Cairo
    38 1 Several people were injured when supporters of rival political parties clashed on Saturday in the Shubra district of Cairo, where a byelection is due to take ploco on Thursday. Police arrest- ed six men.- A.P.
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    25 1 The first 73 Arab Christian and Moslem women and children to rejoin their families in Jewish Acre in Haifa bay recently crossed the Israel-Lebanon bordfr.
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    Mao, Stalin come to terms
    274 1 Mao, Stalin come to terms TAIPEH, Monday. \IAO TSE-TUNG, the Chinese Communist leader, L and Marshal Stalin have virtually reached agreement on overall Sino-Soviet relations, according to a Moscow report. An "imuortant" announcement is expected to be made at any moment. Mao Tse-tung has been in Moscow for three weeks.
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    Election hint
    55 1 MR. CLEMENT Attle<\ the Prime Minister, went to see the King at Sandringham yesterday, increasing speculation about the date of Britain's forthcoming general election. Political observers, however, say that they do not think the visit necessarily meant the date will be fixed earlier than that generally predicted in
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    S'PORE CHINA BANK TO CARRY ON
    111 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore branch oi the Bank of China announced this morning that it would take orders from the bunk's head office in Bhang-; hai. which is now under control of the Chinese Communist Government. This decision follows the British Government's
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    MONTY BANKS DIES AT 52
    61 1 Mr. Monty Baiil:s, the film director and husband of the British singer and comedienne. Miss Gracie Fields, died suddenly in a train near Sempioni Italy yesterday. He and his wife were on the way to their home at Capri. Mr. Banks, who was 52. was
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    CONSULATE IN HAMBURG OPEN
    53 1 NATIONALIST China's consulate in the British-oc-cupied city of Hamburg was open for business as usual" on Saturday, in spite of British recognition of Communist China on Friday. Mr Hsueh Wei-yuan, the Chinese consul said he had not received any instructions from his Government or from the
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    Goan demand
    22 1 A Goan political conference In Bombay has demanded the unconditional withdrawal of the Portuguese from Goa. Daman and Diu. Reuter
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    Man puts 2 robbers to flight
    157 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A YOUNG Singapore Chinese, Lam Hun Kin. last night fought and chased two robber>, also Chinese, who attacked him and his girl (rii I d at midnight in King George V Park. o men bftd take. a wristwatcii pel D
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    PAK. HAS NEW TRADE LINKS
    60 1 C A HASNIE. secretary to Pakistan > Ministry of Economic Affairs, said yesterday that the agreement just signed by Pakistan with j Western Gei many provided j for a volume of trace reachling i. 40.000.000 per year. That jus: si^:,ed with j Czechoslovakia would l
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    THE BUFFS ARE HERE
    54 1 Free Pr»» Staff Reporter T>V(J B j isil tiu<r">.>...;)-. Lancashire anu Orb.U:. w> ning. I Tiie < merooiai recen the Bun.-, i tau goiii? oa to the Suciah. :> d!i^r!:n;irk:nc i r. i 'XTionnci in sii. i morning 1 .icy Tlie Orbiia. which 1 fiom tlie
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    SPY TRIAL ORDERED
    25 1 Yugoslavia has ordered 13 Albanians ■ceovd of fcp) and sabotage on otden of Rttßten-led Cominform to g9 m trial today in Skop
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    SLEEPING CAR TO TRIESTE
    146 2  -  DAVID LEE *theke is a shortage intern and mm on th( Expn E'.- ta-goer "Sleeping i and novels, and E I i Y i E i\cqv. Ah, if it our Sir S".^fTord I B D f active gave E c-.ep- y THERE i soner ol In
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    Thieves Return £4,000 Gems
    211 2 4 CARDBOARD box arrived in the post he Heswall, Cheshire, home ol Mrs. Marianne Laird. It contained £4,000 worth of the e6,000 jewels stolen from Mrs. Laird the week before. Returning them. the thieves spent <t-\-cn-pence too much on postage. Mrs Laird looked at the f(
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    If a Stranger Annoys You
    591 2  - If a Stranger Annoys You John Kirk Nelson I .shows how you can be j rude politely. j yiSITIXG a wellknown pub. in Soho the other week I w;is charmed by a notice to the effect (hat "Credit is given only h> customers over Go years of age il accompanied
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    11 2 This must be awfully dull for a police officer after bashing."*
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    LEANING Tower is Doomed
    268 2 LEANING Tower is Doomed T*HE days of the leanX in« tower of Pi^.t are numbered. Each year, its foundations subside another fraction into the Tuscan clay. Each year, the marble spiralled tower leanv over just another thirtieth of an inch. Experts are agreed that sooner or later it must collapse.
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    A VISIT TO THE DENTIST
    155 2  -  Ingrid Etter SG^^^rf^^KMfIHIIHBMBBBHBMMHMMtaUB^^MyL^^^ !///;</* I4.WK no reason to n belies Breadwinner :i f^rc :i I e r coward tfian most men. He broiighl back ribbons and things from the war signifying the King was satisfied with general be li.iviour: is always willing to Face mice
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    DEMOCRACY GETS BLACK EYE INMANILA
    390 3 DEMOCRACY GETS BLACK EYE INMANILA National politics hit new low MANILA, Monday. VEITRAL Filipino political observers say a iew low on Philippine national politics has just been recorded in Manila with the "re-marriage" of the warring factions of the Liberal (government) party and the subsequent proclamation jt Dr. Elpidio Quirino
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    47 3 Phot.. I Truman, daughter of the I.S. President, ,r.tti. i'i»rN kiss from Mr. l.auritz Mokhior. Dpcta < ornp.m> tenor, after making hef ->io!i il sinciMf ippc irwn in New York. Many •i'v while enthusing about her dress and i !i-r voire .is "mml in >ize and ran^e." A.P.
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    WHAT 10 YEARS HAVE DONE
    51 3 WHAT 10 YEARS HAVE DONE LONDON. Mwilj »ns with a head for figures had a glimpse I happened to Britain during the decade ol numbers was told in hunt packed with statistical tables ter from the national income to s 1 1943 I Slllltip I B. 000 to 50.065 000
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    FINNISH GOVT. IN DILEMMA
    60 3 FINNISH GOVT. IN DILEMMA ■^INLAND'S moderate Social r Democrat Government •>n Frid-.w d» |an a fight for fhile the Foreign 1 >:udy:n2 to not Finland ol harbouring 300 let war ertmtaa] Government faces i pxjssible defeat when Par: >^ets next Tuesday I deb' wages increases •>: 7$ per cent, it
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    HAITI APPEALS TO NEIGHOBOURS
    19 3 HAITI APPEALS TO NEIGHOBOURS P for:. \rnerican Ri»> a special n ol th»American I> m r tendt:d the Reuter
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    Russian rocket
    9 3 I one demounting i platform Of) ircraflac-
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    PAK. TRADE PACTS
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    These women won't get what they want
    188 3 These women won't get what they want NEW YORK. Monday. TWO-HI NDRED and fifty American women newspaper and fashion editors, who voted I'nited Nations President Carlos P. Romuio the "man of their choice." are due for disappointment today. Today they will gather here for a luncheon sponsored by a" cosmetics
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    Pak. social work suffers
    60 3 KARACHI, lion. pAKISTAN Finance Minister. Mr Ghulam Mohammed, told Parliament that bad relations between India and Pakistan had held up .social services in the subcontinent If these issues had not resources of both countries which were spent in Kashmir and places would have been used in
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    WOMEN RULE ON PLANET MARS
    240 3 K Mon here the but husb: by The VOO3 lust uot ited ntiflcally the ladies rn to have M irtian ive birth to ace of una :mlo below Ol the piano traffic Jams. Travel is by transparent vehicles that neutralize ion. There has been no
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    MacA. orders leak probe
    115 3 TOKIO. Mun AS General Douglas Mac1A Arthur announced t!ia r he had ordered an official investigation into how a U.S. State Department document anticipating the fall of Formosa fell into the hands Ol the press, the San Francisco [Howard newspapers commended U.P. correspondent Ernest Hoberecht for
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    TOKIO TO HAVE LUXURY HOTEL
    46 3 TOKIO TO HAVE LUXURY HOTEL The building of an Ameri-can-style luxurious station hotel within Tokio station Is being planned by the Japan Travel Bureau and transportation organisations The Japan Hotel Company. a capital of 10.000 000 j yen will begin work on the! next January Reuter
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    'BURMA ROUND CORNER'
    85 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. RURMA'S Public Works Minister, U Win, said that the situation in Burma had very much improved and "we have decidedly turned the corner." U Win, who arrived here from Rangoon on his way to Delhi, said the Burma Government had already established lines of communication
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    62 3 Miners of Donisthorpe Colliery. Leicestershire, inspect the 15-ton Joy Sullivan "Continuous Miner" imported by the National Coal Board for experiments in British mines. Under American mining conditions the electrically-operated machine can move two tons of coal a minute. It can cut. load coal and move forward in one operation. This
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    U.K., U.S.A. to press charges
    73 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE State Department an- nounced recently that Britain, Canada, and the United States had made another attempt to press charges against Bulgaria. Hungary and Rumania of violations of the Balkan peace treaties. In .similar notes, they requested the three Communist controlled .state s
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    BOY 'WEARY OF LIFE'
    55 3 BOY 'WEARY OF LIFE' 16-YEAR-OLD hi*h school boy leaped to his death from the roof of one of Tokio's biggest department stores because he was 'weary of life." A f»'W hours earlier, police reported the double suicide in a hotel near Tokio of a 41--year-old man and the 49-year-old wife
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    Jap Red hit by own party
    78 3 BUCHAREST, Mon. THE Cominform Journal reported that the Japanese Communist leader. Mr. Nosaka. was guilty of "bour- geois attitude" and was a servant of Japan's "imperialist occupiers." The Journal attacked Mr. Nosaka becau.se of his report to the Central Committee of I the Japanese
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    Bridge Hands
    414 3 THE practical br;.i player i* inclined to sn< er a', doubledummy proble:: :•;>.- '-ruiiii? si: nations uhich io not com** up in actual plav. It U true that declarer Is rarely it)\°. to t el! the location of ill the. c::>:< but sometimes it c 1 happen. Then
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    Sydney paralysed
    33 3 A complete strike ol Sydney's 6.000 waterside workers has now paralysed port activity, tied up SI foreign and inter-gtaw- service ships and threatened to spread generally to the whole Australian coastline
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    Should dogs ride free on buses?
    146 3 LONDON. Monday. DKITAIN is divided on whether dogs should ride 13 free on huses or be charged fares. The National Canine Defence League has a.sked the British Transport Commission, executive body of nationalised transport, either to abolish do«- fares or make a standard nominal
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    Sheep stolen in N. England
    145 3 LONDON. Monday. "rustling" in northern England is ieprhrtaf k^ British homes of thousands of meat rations <\«m y year. Around the Yorkshire and Lancashire moon farmers are alarmed at the growing theftl of their animals which they suspect are being earned in cars to black
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    Yugoslav elections
    17 3 The Yugoslav Government has announced that neve parliamentary elections w.:: be held in March. U.P.
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    GIVE BACK HOTEL
    25 3 Tlv i| 11 tntic Ho* Hamourg. once a British oflirer^' club is lo be hanr^rl bark to the Germans this jrear.- A.P.
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      503 3 •sINCAPORF 100 D<in^ music 10 30 Startler* < Coffee Hour Favourites: 11 Mu-:. aiwonrunt Serenade; 11.00 Close. of the Ballet: U.l» Hasten of the isi !l ind^7 W meUes BFEBS (Singapore) Piano recital by CUud* Arrau. •rsenr news from K.I. RR < \*y\ 11 30 News Bulletin 4 p.m. Mu-a
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      84 3 WHAT S ON IN K.L. OMBOM: ..Mnl.. PWlllnv Kl V Jun^ B: MVI)K\>: Ci.. BfbO Itafe I I-« I I \1 FNTKM t'ATH\\ Btrai ■INDUS I \n i arau MMM oni «>\ Byes Of I ITBAi i^ble K J A PmtrHfl Mpo: Buns Karioil UN: The Span:sh M GLOH l<
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Jan. 9, 1950. IT CAME AS A JOLT
    519 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Jan. 9, 1950. IT CAME AS A JOLT BRITAIN and Malaya stand where ihey did on the question of CommuniauL Unfortunately the recognition ol the Communist regime In Peking as the m fill government of China has caused confusion ci misunderstanding in many minds in
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    Sir Henry Gurney hit the headlines
    1093 4  -  HALL ROMNEY LONDON 'LETTER by MALAYA certainly hit the headlines, us you can see from Ihe above photograph, wli e n Sir II en ry G urney announced in Kuala Lumpur a month's voluntary mobilisation of all available manpower in an all out drive
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    Three Dangers Beset The 'Baby' Republic
    760 4 -GEOFFREYBOLAND menace to the recc-. ited United S!< U Indt ■> COM MI'S ISM. DARUL ISLAM and ADUINISTRATtVE INEZPERI Eh ■THE birth of Ihe new Republic <>! tlu' Inited States of Indonesia, or -to give il iK Indonesian name Republik Indonesia Serikal in arks
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    UNKNOWN
    102 4  -  Ralph Harris By--J ANOTHER round in i bitter political struggle will be fought in Congrea this month over President Truman's toetroversial piugramne of civil rights for negroes in raw Southcm Uhited States. Mr. Seott Lucas <;« Democrat from Illinois i. majority party leader in Hie Senate, where the civil
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    BAN ON FLATS & HOTELS MAY GO
    312 5 BAN ON FLATS HOTELS MAY GO Move to open bungalow zones Fr^e Press Staflf Reporter SINGAPORE'S residential bungalow areas, originally zoned to keep out all other types of buildings, should be thrown open not only to Hats and semi-detached buildings but also to hotels, it is proposed. At the request
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    WALK-OUT ENQUIRY: A PROTEST
    50 5 WALK-OUT ENQUIRY: A PROTEST ol PeninsuTeachers' Kuala r led Iti regrets on ap.nvestigate the in Idris Tanjong I noi Include Malay of r hc ncil te Commisd bj the High ner Sir Henry Gur- Spenser Dato Dal > Hama. under of the ol P< hat a Malay ;on. n will
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    STAFF TRANSFER
    10 5 -Mr S .cher of the Vll has Trinoh.
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    COLONY REPERTORY MAKES GOOD START
    524 5 VEO-GEORGIAN attempts to recapture on the stage the mixed sentimentality and brutality that filled nearly ;ill Victorian literature have a murky fascination of their own. Aut'ior and players alike have to tread the perilous tightrope between forcefulness and burlesque: if they stop short of real
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    Farm plan to help war victims' families
    276 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 POILTKY and vegetable farm is to be built in Singapore by the Far Eastern Kelief Fund Committee for the rehabilitation of war victims' families in the Colony. Construction of this project will begin as soon as a suitable
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    28 5 picture Mk and Mrs. J. luMifld who were married <»n Saturday .tt the Koni in atholic Church. Tanglin. Mr. Tuiln id ia with Mala van Airways. Lloyd Studio
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    1,700 BODIES TO BE DUG UP
    48 5 1,700 BODIES TO BE DUG UP IPOH. Suit. gXHUMATION of about 1.700 bodies from the Chinese cemetery in Gopens Road, which is "part of the the new Perak resiy. will begin on Jan. 10 under the supervision of the Kwangtung Association. The burials took place during the occupation.
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    NO RICE FOR BANDITS
    79 5 NO RICE FOR BANDITS THE closure of ricv mills in Negr] Sembilan recently is aimed at cutting possible food supplies to the bandits, the Ifentri Besar of Negri Sembilan. Dato Abdul Malik, told \he Kuala Lumpur Malay daily. Majlis, in an interview. Datu M.i lk was commeni in", oil the
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    Brighter rural areas
    76 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T^3K the first time since the liberation, some of Singa- pare's rural areas will get electric street lighting this »ar. The areas are Bukit Timah village. Bukit Panjan:;. pper Serangoon, and some stretches of Pasir Panjanu nd East Toast Roads. The Municipal Electrical
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    HAINANESE FLEE TO SINGAPORE
    371 5 After eluding the tax collectors Free Press Staff Reporter OELATIVES from Hainan of Singapore Chinese who have settled in Malaya after coming from that South China island have beon flocking into the Colony during the past week. The Norwegian-owned Hoi Wong, believed to be the last
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    ON TRANSFER
    22 5 Johore Bahru. Sun WAV. Neil] has been transferred from Segamat to Johroe Bihru. where he will be State Operations Officer.
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    'Stop war' appeal
    113 5 'Stop war' appeal Free ft— Slafl I. porter FLIGHTY thousand llainanese in .Singapore. through the Singa:»o,. Kinichiew Association. \«sterda> appealed to the Chinese Nationalist military authorities to stop the war with the Chinese Communistv They rallied the fo.;r military and civil administrate appointed b> the Formo» 1 Government. The cable
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    HE MUST WEIGH ALL HE EATS
    82 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \IOHAMED Haroon. a 56-year-old Singapore A^* Malay, must weigh all the food he eats in future. He is a diabetic and has to live on a special diet to ensure his recovery. To help him rigid diet .< commen e
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    429 FOOD AND PRICE OFFENCES
    95 5 429 FOOD AND PRICE OFFENCES Frer Press Staff R^porttr TINES totalling app: mat< v 5^3.500 were ar by i. :e cow:: a< i action agal off< under the Bii s Food and P < trol P Con trolled commodi ill th? COUTi which were confl; I ")3 115 k: I
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    PRESENTATION TO SULTAN
    16 5 A" .i Aim.-. the SulU F Peral Sir H 1 1 SO I
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      39 5 MAILS Surface mail la expected todaj in Singapore irom Thailand Sarawak lexcept Miri), and the Nfteratkm. Latest times for posting surface mail today at the G.P.O. are. noon for Trengpanu (parrels only* and Pontianak: 5.45 pm. for the Federation.
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    Farr had to 'beat' critics first
    1075 6  - Farr had to 'beat' critics first TED BROADRIBB k- .■w^^y^^ff^y^yf p^ Mm by I SHALL always be proud that I managed Tommy Farr whefi he took a crack ;it Joe Louis Tor the w o i I(1 heavyweight title. I shall always be sorry thai we did not sec eye
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    U.K. rugby results
    286 6 SATURDAYS U.K. Ku.b U«g and Union results v.»tc: KK.RV LEAGI F H,:>y 10. Warnnc'on 9: Bell Vue H 3. Salford 5; Bradford N. 0. Cast 1. -ford 19. Bramli-y 5. Hull Kingston R. 13: FeatlvrMone R. 7. KHghley 20; Huddersfltld 25 I Hull 14. litigh 3. Hin
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    Many surprises —and goals
    547 6 FA* CUP 3rd. ROUND A HEAVY crop of surprises and goals marked the third round of the Football Association Challenge Cup tournament on Saturday. This is the round that brings in the aristocratic teams of the first two divisions of the English Football League. It is
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    Snooker Results
    48 6 PEORGE CHENIER .Canadm bent Peter Man> <Souih' Africa by 37 frames to 34 In' their world snooker ChanpiCMtalp quart* r-final a* Scunhorp.- on Saturday In Ixindon bidnty S:nith <Dor.nuAerl beat John Pulman < Exeter > by 20 frames to 17 In the Nenof the World £1.500 tournament. Reuter
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    Cup replays this week
    75 6 r I liif'l dranti O matchr* m thr third round of thr F. A (up will bp rrpla.wd this »«-<k. Ihr dat<*> h«iiiK: \V«dn»sd.i> Jan 1 1 Middtakbrougti \nU»h Villa: l.i\«rpiM»i v. Rptkluirn K WVvt Bromit h Mttion v C .trd.lT f-ulham harlton s«»uthampt<m I Nor
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    Halves do well in trials
    68 6 Halves do well in trials C»INAL t: r EnglUh, Scottish ru domino games. The ;rs seh< d Bftturdi In the Ei Twickenhaj land b« half-bu J. Rim me r full-bark Hoi well enough will be game If \v at Cardiff U a they alreac. badiy Wales beat man on rcputa
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    Krian loses Ee Yong
    16 6 KRIAN r t N cnrK r<*u H K- i A k> I
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    MRS TODD WINS THREE TITLES
    141 6 \IK^. I\U Todd. t<»urth mwkttlf I Hlt< ■> (eiiniN star won thr«f titlr> in \\\< I national championships at Allahabad I i»llofria| her win with >liss (iussu- Moran in th, m nfn* double^ final on Saturday Mrs. T<»dd jrcsterd the singles ;«nd. with Drai;utin Milk
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      232 6 MdndrdKß Exclusive to the Singapore tree Press in Malaya I iSl\ W^**J^==4 INO HARD PEELINGS. THE OjSrOMSI I BU7 1 DION'T U YOU PASSED TV.O II I STIU SAY IT WAS A I I SHUT I OUR INTENTIONS W£A£ OFFICIALS OOANYIWING. WjMMi£S THROUGH r^EAT IDEA LOOK AT UP' r^L^^^^^TiOlTM ttUi^
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    FOO HEE JONG NOT GOING TO ENGLAND
    354 7 FOO HEE JONG NOT GOING TO ENGLAND But Hoi Meng consents pOO Hee Jon^, who together with Lcong Hoi Menjf was to travel to England under a supposed contract with Leeds United, a Second Division English football club, is not availing himself of the opportunity of going to England by
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    'England plays too much cricket'
    299 7 From VERNON MOKG.W nv 1951 cricket nmmi is still some distance iwiv ind the attention of the British sporting public thinking more «f stccti Cup-ties, which £o t Into stride dorini the werk-end. la an unusual amount of tnmcr game at th e present the
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    Scottish XV v. France picked
    74 7 THERE ii-.f Sdittish R«t kq L 1 1 n side to meel Piano w Niurrayfleld, Edinbureh n« x 1 S da?. The team is: Hi: it 11: D. Smith, R Macdonald; I) Bloan. r Drummond; L. Aruce Lockhart, I) vtrard J. Dawsoo, J. Aberrrombie. G.
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    CEYLONESE TEAM ARRIVES IN PERTH
    54 7 •\TEMBERS of the O viun con- 1 Ungent lor Um Eknpire Games wasted n<> tinio m iavin» worki uts when they arrived in Perth yesterday in thp limr Orcades. j The runner Duncan White j strained a leg muscle durio| training but the Injury was
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    F.A. CUP DATES
    63 7 pjEPIAY dates for Ibc third round F. a. Cup tin drawn yesterday are as follow Wednesday Jan. II: ftfkkDesbroueh v As^on Villi. i\rrpooi v Blackburn Rovers: West Prnmwirh Albion v Cardifl f Pulham v Charlton Athletic v Northampton: Wolverhj n Wanderers v Plvnunrh Prrston North End v
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    188 7 SCOTTISH LEAGUE QCOTTISH Football League Btandi3 iny.s after yesterday's matefcei LEAGUE pWDL F A p Hit* rniana ik IS l 2 H3l Ran| IT 13 2 2 35 1' i Heart* 19 13 l 5 fn 24 2". Dun< It 10 6 S 38 21 26 20 9 6 535
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    R.A.F. TEAM v. FRENCH XV.
    73 7 R A F. Mai to play the Pten h hit on nt Jaian i>< -.ir J.m 18. ...wI a C. Smyth (Seletar) P,O eui Sqn -Ldr. WaU F o Murray (all three ol nd (';>: Hobba i s. Pi -Lt. Dillon i and tcrunihalf yp-
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    Pancho walked out on him
    87 7 Free Press Correspondent JOE RODRIGUES, the Mexican featherweight, uas left alone in the ring in the seventh round of his iicjlit with Kid Punch o at. the Bukit liintano Park, Kuala Lumpur last night. Pancho walker] out of fhc ring because lie said tliat the
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    Keith Miller scores 131
    73 7 KEITH MI! I ER m »n i century in South Ifrica y day when he hit 131 In ti.trallans' Orel Inning* totai ol 4.8 against the Bast Z Poi Qlzabeth. At dose of play E scored 12 without loss. Scores In brief were. An 418. (K.
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    Noor beaten in U.S.
    47 7 pEORGE HENIER (Canadai Vj g|sQoo() added money of s^n Pa squid Handicap over 8 1 furlong* at Santa Anita on Saturday. Noor (Longdeni an importaU n from Ireland iraa second ;»nd Ponder third. The winner's time was l rain 4.1 4/5 sees. A.P.
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    RECORD ACCEPTED
    33 7 The International Welghtlifting Association has recognised Ingemai Franzens lift of 87.5 kilas as a world^ middU-w eight single-arm recorn Franzen established the new mark iji Bodcn < North Sweden* last month Reuter
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    COMMONWEALTH XI IN STRONG POSITION
    227 7 COMMONWEALTH XI IN STRONG POSITION 'JiHE Commonwealth touring 1 team were in a strong position after the second day's play in their fourday match against East Zone in Jamshed- i pur yesterday. Obtaining a lirst innings lead of 61. the touring team had captured throe East Zono second innings wickets
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    Som Pong to retire soon
    279 7 Som Pong to retire soon 'rilH latest local boxing news is contained in a letter from welterweight champion \ai Som Pong to Singapore promoter Kazak. A fortnight ago Kazak wrote to Som Pong enquiring if he would be willing to stake hi s 147 lh. title i" fight against the
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    Italian wins Grand Prix
    99 7 NT 1 I'lOl \[l I, ol I the Cl'. I K\ a 1> in Bu» r.os Aires from cr; ationaJ tk Id. Me covered i 90-mile course in oi I -■;k ed Ol u second In 18 minutes Hi 6 to iod BUCCi Of A: In
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    Pahang in meet
    48 7 Free I'rcs* orre.spondent raub. lion. The Patiang Hockey Association has announced that Pahan^ will definitely take part in the Quadrangular Hockey Tournament bo be held at Kuala Lumpur on January 14. 15 and 16. The other States taking part will be Selangor. Perak and Penang.
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    Rainbow B.P.
    71 7 Following weir elected ul the Rainbow Badminton Party for 1950 at the part; s annual general meeting held recently President: Mr. R. G. M vice-president |fr. Has: an Ifahal; hon. secretary: Mr. V. Pereira. Hon. Sports Captain: Inche Suleiman bin Jaffar; assistant: Mr. R. L. S. Maniam; hon.
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    7-a-side meet increased interest
    361 7  - 7-a-side meet increased interest E. PETERS WOMEN'S HOCKEY REVIEWED Bv 'pHE ressuscitation of the Singapore Women's Hockey Association last year after a UkffWT <»t i than seven years and the introduction t<i Ukt I < <i of the seven-a-side women's hockey knorkcut competition have been mainly responsible for V e
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    Sports stadium for India
    98 7 (^REPARATIONS ai. \u.\\ complete for the 1 1 »u iul.it ion -stone laying ceremony of thr National Spurts St idium in Now Delhi h> Prime Minister iVtndit fawaharlal Nehm. •n .l:»u. If. Mr. A. S. I),- Hell*, secretary of the National Sports Club of India. told
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    Malayan wins Sussex title
    55 7 Fp 1., (boons of Penan*: Jm won three titles in the West Suss badminti n championships at Littlehampton. uhirh (ontlutiiri yesterda>. He won the singles. took the nien doubles title wilh E. J. hoont; (Malax a), and captured the mixed doubles title with Miss Q. Allen.
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    SERVICES XV: A SURPRISE
    46 7 \l In tl B I N! I I I ich R Al nth I Ai > -i.Cil. W 'H.A lAimv H N i F A R *v BivtlTf- 'K A h P O Tan "RJ .R.A> \V Cdl A < 'R.A I RAF. Ch
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    Auto racing in Bangkok again
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    N.S. Ceylonese win
    17 7 Pariu Ro Freque- Kir; Its A few i) ral De C i the wan..
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      45 7 Today's sporf HOCKKY Singapore Women >• Veterans, padani:; S.R.C v. >I< dioal Ser I'niun, fladiinj;; BOIM'A v. REMK BOD. ground; R V.I SHetar v C.HO S%nalf at Stlctar. KUC.BY: S C f C A' v. Kova' N mv on )»<'l.»nß. GOI«F: !v' t omen's medal (strobe).
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    MRS. CHIANG SAYS WORLD WAR NEAR
    529 8 Mr. John K. Mitchell, a worker in an aircraft plant in Dallas. Texas, adjusts the exhaust pipe of his "jetmobile" at his home. He has fitted a jet turbine and a ram jet engine to his car. Mitchell says hi.s car tosts only half
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    RECOGNITION
    12 8 D.nmark has recognised the nt'w United States of In- dorifsia A.P.
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    Won 100 bottles of wins
    58 8 ONE hundred bottles of old Sardinian wine left Rome yesterday by air for Cyprus the result of a bet lost by the S.irdinan High Commissioner, (Jen. Pietre Pinna. The (ieneral had bet the (iovernor of Cyprus, Lord Winster. that his island would first win its
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    Peking 'silly,' says P.I. spokesman
    166 8 MANILA, Monday. |}ISBfISSING tli e Communist Peking: radio charge of oppression of Chinese in the Philippines as "silly." a P.I. Government spokesman asked yesterday, "Why. then, do they wish to immitrate In such large numbers?" The Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Felino Neri, said,
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    Britons most avid readers
    230 8 Bui-row XKW YOKK Monday. KITONS read far more newspapers than an> other people. They take 600 daily newspapers per 1 000 people, followed by Australia with 425, Sweden 405 j I nited States 357, down to China with ten and India with live per 1,000 people.
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    Israel to build 4 new towns
    57 8 NEW YORK. Mon. fjtOUK new towns will be built in Israel this year to house one hundred and twenty thousand homeless immigrants, an Isr.u-li official, Mr. Seliij LabUnker, said here. lie said that 50.000 htMII would h e constructed in the new towns, each
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    Italian bandit leader killed
    67 8 PALERMO. MOD jn -i 60-minute gun b. I e With Sicilian outlaws on ihe Selice river, police yt day killed Calogero Girogio, one ol bandit chief Gin!: chief lieutenants. Police said ho was <•■ with 11 murders, several armed attacks against the police, thefts and kidnappings.
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    Africa resumes peanut planting
    46 8 nLANTING weather has re- turned to Kongwa. Britain's East African groundnut centre, after a week of heavy rains preceded by a month of severe drought." So far this season 16.000 acres of sunflower and 4,000 acres of groundnuts have been planted. Reuter
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    Wafdists deny link with Reds
    57 8 CAIRO. Ifood ri'AD Sirat^ Etdin Pasha." 39- year-old Grnoral Secretary of the Egyptian WTafdlsi Party which won last welection, ha.s denied any link between his party and Cummonism Siras Etdin qualified nil his statements by saying that party** plans were 'nil upon the Kins askinp
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    Catholics stone 'heretics'
    75 8 ROME Honda A GROUP Of Protestant evangelists said they were stoned out of Castel Gandolfo. summer home of Pope Pius XII One of the proup charged thai Cattkolie "priests :s«*d Uxe people apainst us." TtM cvancelists are An. members of the Church ol Christ who hate been
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    KING GUSTAV ILL
    15 8 King G u.slav of Sv. 91. if suffering from a septic A.P.
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    NEW YEAR BABY THREE TIMES
    116 8 CAMPBELTOWN (Scotland), Monday. AIR. John Irwin. a coal miner from the remote iTI hamlet of Drumlemble, walked into a newspaper office here yesterday and announced: "I have got a story worth printing." He said. "My wife, Marion. rare birth to a nine-pound daughter on New
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    FINNS OBEY REDS
    24 8 Finnish police have arrested a number of the 300 persons whose extradition as "war criminals" had been demanded by Russia. Reuter
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    N.Y. PEPPER
    44 8 THE Ne* Vwk pc>pprr i ,arfcet m somewhat quiel-r a.s- -ok after co.isiderablo business on the opening of the N'o.s Tear, .folt buyers held ofT on Indian offeriujjs at strong price*. r., dt aslder the supnlv uosiiinn VT unti' Man :i.- U.P.
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