The Singapore Free Press, 12 January 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE 111 MALAYA No. 17.677 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1950. PKIIF 10 IKMS
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    FRANCE IS READY TO QUIT INDO-CHINA
    512 1 'If Bao Dai requests if LONDON, Thursday. pRANCE announced last nitfht that she is willing "to pull out of Indo-China," menaced within by the Ho Chi-minh Communists and on her border by Red China, but warned that "disorder would then immediately sweep that country."
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    S BLACK MARKET ACTIVE
    71 1 i psa M.iiT Reporter \IARKET prict e d State* increased Singapore .nation and dealers are more than 40 rents more fficiml rate. been an lan nover •ers arp now balnea :n vhl are v l )wer rate in sent direct- vhere they establish a isei which
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    Penang seizes 40!b. opium
    38 1 SANG r ;rs. I yes.erday o 000 worth :ie piers he opium .ceaied near I a mo: or car have md. inced on the veI landed or. Z by ferry i id.- A. P.
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    GALES KILL 35
    13 1 vetc kili- more injured; svept Japan's 1 >• island Kvushu Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    14 1 '.Ved— X >Utf of was declared in 'oast at midnieht hi- Reuter
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    U.S. DEFENCE MEN IN U.K.
    61 1 A MERICAN defence experts A met In London yesterday to plan administrative details of military aid to Europe whicfc is expected to In the transfer of 60 SuperFortress bombers to Britain. The supply or arms for the European Atlantic Pact members will begin as soon
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    ATOMIC COST
    24 1 By June 30 this year the United States will have spent $4,100,000,000 in studying military and non-military uses of atomic energy.- Reuter
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    SINGAPORE SHIP ATTACKED
    231 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. TWO Chinese Nationalist planes yesterday gunned the 1,200-ton Singapore steamer Leon* Bee at Swatow. 150 miles north-east of Hong Kong, according to Chinese reports reaching here. The reports said sh e suffered some damage, but there were no casualties. The Leong Bee, which is
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    No gold strike
    86 1 tI'OKKEKS at the Stand If ard Vacuum Oil reflnerj at Sungei Gerong near Palemhang in Sumatra yesterday demanded a 200 tents increase in pay and a month's paid holiday yearly as terms for railing off the strike which began many days ate. Some workmen said unidentified leaders
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    19 1 fi^n. CarkM Komulo FrrMdrnt of the I'.N. General Assembly, who b ill in New York with an infected throat.
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    PUPPET REGIME FOR TIBEI
    96 1 PUPPET REGIME FOR TIBEI CALCUTTA. Thurs. A 'PUPPET" Tibetan government has been set up In Chinghai Province by the Chinese Communists. Reports from Kalimpong, a township on the border of the neighbouring Bhutan state, said that the Communists have four divisions of Tibetans under military training. Treaty term* have been
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    ITALIAN GOVT. RESIGNS
    114 1 ITALIAN GOVT. RESIGNS KUME. Tnurs. rHE Italian Oovernment, lee by Premier Akide EX Gasperi, resigned lasi night. This followed i Cabinet meeting which dis cussed the resignation following the long drawn oui Cabinet crisis, provoked to the withdrawal of thre* rishtwing Socialist Ministers in October. rhe split gave rise last
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    U.S. customs
    32 1 The US Treasury Secretary. Mr. John Snyder s:iid yesterday that he might re:ommend to the present lesslon of Congress an adlustment of United States Mistoms on lmDorts Irom overseas.- Reuter
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    C.-G. aids Colombo talks on S.-E. Asia
    200 1 COLOMBO, Thursday. VfR. Malcolm MacDonald, the British CommisiTl sionrr-r.eneral for South -East Asia who recently visited Siam and Indo-China, made an important contribution to yesterday's meeting of the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers when they discussed the political and economic conditions in South-East Asian countries.
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    Tasmania seeks Malaya markets
    56 1 TASMANIAN Premier. Mr. R Cosgrove, announced yesterday that a delegation will visit Malaya an<3 the Philippines shortly to try to open up permanent markets for Tasmanlan products, including pears and potatoes. Arrangements had been made with a shipping company to run a regular service Of ships
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    BACK TO WORK
    28 1 Mr. John L. Lewis, the U.S. coal miners leader, yesterday ordered 66.000 striking coal miners to go back to working a three-day week on Monday.
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    QUIRINO X-RAYED
    21 1 QUIRINO X-R AYED President Quirino of the Philippines, who is in Baltimore i USA) for an operation, was X-rayed yesterday. A.P.
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    U.S. EARTHQUAKE
    13 1 A sharp earthquake shook Los Angeles at 1.4J p.m. yesterday.— Reuter
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    U.K. REACTS TO COMING ELECTIONS
    135 1 LONDON. Thms. industries yesterday O hauled down posters attacking state ownership in Britain for fear of breaking lawi governing the Feb 23 General Election. Other businessmen announced that they planned to go risht ahead yellinar against the socialist government's policy of nationalisation. It was the
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    30 1  -  GEOFFREY EVANS Hv I can lou of kissas written on bits c? o*pp<-. followed by lots ot breaottn o* promtf Oli, mrry dea-. it's ttia •lection campatm
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    U.K. Consulate flag returned
    81 1 LONDON. Thurs. A UN lON Jack seized from the British Consulate at Tamsui. Formosa, by eigftt armed Chinese Nationalist soldiers was returned yesterday, the Foreign Office announced. A message from the British Consul, Mr. E. T. Biggs, said that Chinese militarV police brought back the flag
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    RED SEA VISIT
    22 1 Nine British warships unde* Admiral Sir Arthur Power Commander-in-Chief of tht Mediterranean Fleet, sailcc. for Red Sea ports yesterday
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    GOVT. RESIGNS
    8 1 The Persian Governmeu rrslsned yesterday. Reuter
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    47 1 Th»* mechanics. office boys and others who will study Knirli.sh every evenin* at the first adult English class organised by the httir Panjang Rural District Committee at the (••>vernmrnt Malay School. With them is their teacher Mr. Phoa Hock Sens. He uill be paid by the (iovernmpnt.
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    Great white brother
    59 1 DR. K. USMAN. the Indonesian eHvoy to Australia said at Melbourne yesterday that the new Indonesian Republic considers Anstralia as its "ffreat white brother" because of Australian support in the fight against the Dutch. Austraften ilo'kside workers banned all Dutch shippin? to Indonesia for three years and
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    PERAK PLOT SMASHED
    211 1 Free Press Malay Correspondent THE Federation Commissioner of Police, Mr. \V. V. Gray, yesterday confirmed I'tusan Melayu report that a small underground movement in V»rth Perak covering Taiping. Ounong Sema4*ggo!. PiiMig (ia.jah, Padang Rengas and Jalan Bruas. had I i smashed by the Police. Ninety-six Malays were
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    BOMB INTO BAR
    18 1 Two Eritreans threw a hand-grenade Into a bar frequented by Italians in Asmari yesterday- Reuter
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    OLD CHINESE PASSPORTS NOT VALID
    102 1 HONG KONG Thm. NATIONAUST-ISbLED passsortfl are no longer v.iiid for B :id the Commonv.ea.th countries I > Mr. C. B B Heathrote-Snuth, Political Adviser to the Hon^ Kong Government. He said that poop.e I ing pas-sporis issued b; Nationalist regirpe pi h i Britain's recof
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    Future World Is Terrifying
    908 2  - Future World Is Terrifying JAMES ROSS -By. nKSf.'RIPTIONS of imaginary states, < i\ ilizations, a n <1 modes of life are by no means ;i novelty, us w< srt- from Plato's Kvpub I i c, Mores Ifopia :tn<l Ihe voyages of Pantagruel ;imj Gulliver: hut Ihey have become increasingly popular
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    IN BRIEF
    333 2 Will H HOI SI, h.uuflmf V il:..n. skrftinglon. story ice In a hams S'.onr. 'a ho v\.ts compe lit i: I HCk the renowned Dr Gt lave her thud. Bet'ye. from Ihr Lady on I'lttform one. ii«r Merited, ollins. nej Wi Kempion Park, in an .axe oi nearly
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    EINSTEIN, THE MAN WITH A SECRET
    579 2  - EINSTEIN, THE MAN WITH A SECRET Richard Greenough -By PRINCETON, New Jersey. IT was just another day here for 70--year-old Professor Albert Einstein. At least, it started that way Punctually at 8 a.m., a.s is 1 his habit, the man who believes he has found "the key to the cosmos"
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    A PANTHER HUNT
    232 2 THE TRACK OF THK CAT. By Waller van Illbarg (lark. Victor Gollanrz. A panther hunt is the a"\ simple but tragic and fearful theme of this novel Early in the chase two brothers separate but Arthur Bridge's hone takes fi and drae.s into the edfty the track.
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    'Uncle Tom', Major Poet
    503 2  - 'Uncle Tom', Major Poet GUY RAMSEY By "T H E Cock hi i I x Party 99 surely the most unlikely title for a play in verse has been running over the Christmas week in Hi ighton. On Sunday it is to he produced in America. Its author is T.
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    A QUEEN'S LOVE STORY
    65 2 MAKI ui i»i i i V.utmi Jat oli II 'THIS is M Umei J pha> ed importa: life: nDarnle\ murdered. Rl; seen I las. It is thor s i tensitv. to life t! liar to T\m i death of Dauphin a:. Edinburgh rith srn-ing n there
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      48 2 For Kitchen, Hall or Bathroom figjirrCHOOSE THE f 5 CLOCKS THAT NEED *c^~Jl£m NO WINDING \i7Hr In Walnut cr Pastei O' '0 H 1 A Shades. Round 39^*^ 3.1 Fancy Shape .\4 M centre Seconds I <f Size 6 ins. to Diameter Ciithfc Afcci.t: P©, Bin 8S». ►nv^
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      238 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR L>OKN today, you can be \our capable accuracy, almost tun entirely you are highly impatient different people. You must with those who are not learn to correlate the two similarly inclined. You sides of your nature if vou are reserved, shrewd and ;ir»- to become well- some
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      266 2 F.P. Crossword No. 891 |i I p I „15 I .14 15 '6 17 I a 9 t- is m i5 16 |pT7 ?5 II (I.IKS ROSS 4 Quickly (6» 8 Vrge (7)J 10 imitate .3»; 11 Stu-Iy -3.: 12 Cry out iti); 15 One who carries out (8): 17
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    U.S. TO RETAIN 4 BASES IN JAPAN
    284 3 U.S. TO RETAIN 4 BASES IN JAPAN Minimum defence requirements TOKIO, Thursday. r FHREE air bases and one naval base, together with training areas for four divisions, are expected to be the minimum Vnited.States defence requirements in Japan after the peace treaty. United States military measures to convert Japan from
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    45 3 puuio. 1 I>r. Greae Corrv Diller. one of tbr major rr>earrh contributors to the American Cancer Society, is seen in the laboratory of the institute for Cancer Beseareb in Philadelphia alter she announced the discover) or fumji (tiny invisible plants) grnwiag in caacet A P.
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    Politburo is re-inforced
    40 3 NEK YORK. Thursday. •n> to believe that the Soviet itburo hag been brought to its full i i members. •vo members have gl up which rules The rule of the Communist nberA A '">een > 12 A.P. fdgfdsg
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    Error of judgment
    67 3 MANILA, lhurv Vnon.u be kmg mut t her here made an error which landed him in jail. H ihi»r petite Mrs. >hrtaret Cwhteg, Ud\ acrobat. f<»r .1 \i«tini. Krelinjj a tus at hn handbag. Mrs. ushinjj. the Wife of a rurniva! stunt WMW, turned upon hu*ky l.orrnzo
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    GOOD WHALING
    14 3 The Japanese neet :n ti>e Antarctic is gpttlnj i i thij season.
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    Angelika may see again
    24 3 Angelika may see again m a i L IF OLD Am- dumb i_d I them rhat io E_t{la_d -pe she w;li v .«_r Reuter
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    THROUGH TRAIN
    12 3 I mnouncec d of dallj be nd Shangha Reuter AAP
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    FEB. JUBILEE ABANDONED
    34 3 LABOUR Party circles said in London Tuesday thar. because of the imminent gen- j ■n. Ibe Partys jubi- J which was scheduled for' Feb 3. 4 and 5. has been abandoned.
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    DUTCHMAN HAS KEY POSITION
    92 3 DUTCHMAN HAS KEY POSITION LONDON, i AKEI rKD D one world .s k-y hii> and 100.000 trade intries world He is Jacobua Hendiik OlWk, 5J V. ai UP.--i d rxecu:ive [nternai Confetiti-dliori of Free Ttadc Unions ICFTU at the tural scssionj of the antlCummiuiist IntcrnaUona] Bli nei pott la a
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    Clergyman says thais kicked him out
    198 3 KAN (.(KIN, Thursday. 'Til AIL AND is a "totalitarian dictatorship where 1 clergymen may be "arrested, jailed and deported without trial/* said the 77-yeai -old Reverend Karlis A. M. Tennisons. the Latvian Buddhist Archbishop, recently expelled from Thailand. The Rev. Tennisons, who claimed 18
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    A WARLORD JOINS THE REDS
    99 3 A WARLORD JOINS THE REDS HONG KONG, Thurs. exiled Ch jjjc.se warlord En riKoi ii joined the parade ol I N ionalisl Uad joining the Chinese Conununists. He is Lung Yun, former warlord of Yunnan Province, who was ousted after the war b- Chiang Kai-shek. H I Yun say he
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    Dome of discovery
    90 3 Dome of discovery London Thnrs. BtGOEST building o: 1951 Festrral, apart from i me i Hall on the Be i bmk of the Thames, wfll be the "Dome of Discovery" which ;s bt;nu made Ml i.n.st lightning neen ha\>« dfvidf*d to .\.n .i li'-avy ribbon of eopr»*r round the fmmdAtton*.
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    Bridge Hands
    286 3 Pa: .t sp^ia* strategy into competitive biddn-K Tbc dffi-Tders cauauX bas- til*i* competition u;>>u th»-:r own -s fur lame; they nv-st slightly reiax tneir safeguard against jx-naiti^s r--v:i'injr from Ln«-no-p'ar» overca'.Ls. F*r laky ai I 100 mu I bp taken b¥ the ftrM d^Tt-mirr in ara>r prevent ju^t
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    Kitten goes round and round and it comes out here
    109 3 Kitten goes round and round and it comes out here The kitten With 1.700 fives leav> ry which to Shoreditch to King's Cross. London, in a tiny wheel recess. Later it left a pets' hospital ivith a bruised head and a ic ell -bit ten tcnyuc: was taken to I
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    ROME BASHFUL ABOUT PIN-UPS
    158 3 KOMK. Thursday Hollywood beauties blossom forth periodically in movie posters plastered over ancient Roman walls. Next day. like as not, Ihe pin up girls will have prim paper patches over their feminine charms. This sly "battle of the pos- ters"' is generally waged at night, by
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    Does a continent move ?
    112 3 Does a continent move WASHINGT- ARE the continent world moving m ercat ships, or were I such movina mass firmly anchored in p Dr. Vannevar H. of Washington, h these questions b rock formations scientists EMBd in h < J of Maryland. His annual repoi that these roeks c i
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    Invisible rays got from new sources
    33 3 Invisible rays got from new sources KARACHI. DR. :i local i He more pr r:ir: pftrtoi B urganic and in<>r star.c i d. Dr. r>i ran i H*» cla m>t cxnmmd J A.P.
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    'FURIES* FLOWN TO PAKISTAN
    46 3 'FURIES* FLOWN TO PAKISTAN THREE F o Britain bj tutan Goi I i through i droni Tu*"x-:^y t to K^. 'I best id i b pafised thruuch Cyprcs la^t week, are part of 60 Purles iv bv Pain and b**:: vn to Karaci;: by Br: Reuter
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    A puzzling fish
    80 3 \KRKAK fi>h. four and a half inch^ htfi» sjj>:irrfl Thursday Island ten-ntly, has (Khfrmm p« frlrd. It Ills a flat back about half M ton* M Mi h*»«l> Karfx-d eds»*» lik..- a stiM«rav and pertm-al fiits »hfii r\t-mi»-d. like a flying fish. Tw« narrow barbs on thr
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      47 3 T'/ie Cathay Restaurant presents INDONESIAN VARIETY NIGHT" Thursday 26th January DANCINC AND SINCINC SY THI FAMOUS KAYUAN KENCHANA TROUPE with Rubiah seven dancers and gamelan > include floor sliow. tnil dinner. *jtay supper, jnd ■I Harry H.ckmcyer s Ban. J[jJ T A It H A N T ajgpp^'
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      119 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L PAV.LION: Tulsa. ODEO.N I Driftwood. BEX: Under Two FUr> C OMSEI M. My Pal Trigger and Code of the Outlaw double feature*. CAT H A Y: Prosperous Future and Everlasting Love <Cantonese double feature). MA- DRAS: Life and Death iManda- 1 rim. CENTRAL: VeUikarlj f Tamil
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      449 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS (Singapore) aSTcSf l^!! TZFSSi BILk NkT\*UKK> for Teatime wirh the Queens 4*l and 41.7 mettrs n '"*•;>■• 8.8 i -lay) Hall Llgnt Orcbealra: 4.30 News »r»« n news from KL 13 \letn-* It Metres 31 Bulletin: 4.40 Acceptances lot at Iff a-m M-tre« and 49 Metre* Saturday's Melbourne
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan 12 1960. THE GENERAL ELECTION
    548 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan 12 1960. THE GENERAL ELECTION MCW*«.\ I i..-:> and ni.niry gays that the ir G vernmeni will I r«* turned r after I >n in Britain oj February lm Bookmakers i;. other mm politic raJ :is or prejudice comes to buv neas tn?-v tix
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    Fear, Emotionalism rule South Africa
    917 4  -  JOHN SWIFT contributes the third tutspoken Commonwealth survey INHERE is an atmosphere of trouble round Ben Macclhui, w hose 10,000ft. pc;ik sits firm like jutting chin in the \;isi Drakensberg Rmige <>l Southern Africa. Ws, there i s Ben Macdhtii here. In South Africa there
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    Leopold Still Waits
    244 4 FEBRUARY 1 is proo:bly the earliest date by which Kin^ Leopold can reign again as Kinu ol ihe Belgians, despite the favourable verdict he received at the elections last June. The reason Is that l le Belgians are so anjdoiu to avoid hurting each others feelings on
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    17 4 A recent picture of the \r 1( Khan in Point- before my Kith the Begum jvi Pakistan.
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    It Seems To Me....
    1023 4  -  POLITICO BY viOW thai we have got over the excitement and disappointment of weighing up the lack of positive benefit in the past year and assessing the giiins made by the debit side of the world's conscience, it is salutorv to look back a hundred years
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    11 4  -  Unknown "Thought of any pood H«* Year resolutions
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    BIG ARMY HOUSING PLAN IN S'PORE
    490 5 BIG ARMY HOUSING PLAN IN S'PORE Quarters for MOR families Free Press Staff Reporter \JARRIED quarters for 324 Malayan Other Ranks are included in a $19,000,000 building programme now being carried out by the War Office on Singapore island. When the programme is completed by 1953. it is estimated that
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    68 5 Free Press picture. !^n (ht»n» Ah Pong, who has been longing to con- with her leasMS for the last 1- years. i s one it pupils and the only woman in the adult class oru.ur.sed by the Pasir Panjanij Rural DiswittfC whiih wa> opened yesterday by Singa- Dim S»r of
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    AID MOTHERS PLAN HELD UP
    231 5 NO FUNDS, NO STAFF Free Pres> Start* Reporter mm the Singapore Municipal infant welfare service nearer to the suburban population, the Municipal Health Department has a scheme for ng lieu siib-t -link's but no action has been n <iue to Luk of funds and staff.
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    ESTATE WELFARE
    46 5 Tr.f Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Associatlon 4ias appointed a com- mittee to formulate proposals for contributing towards pron for estate labourers in thetr old age. It is hoped that any scheme approved by the Council will be implemented without de- lay. the association says.
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    PILOT DIES IN CRASH
    46 5 PILOT of the Royal Siamese Air Force was killed at Tengah. Singapore, on Tuesday when the Spitfire he was flying crashed on landing, Air Headquarters. Mala>a. announced yesterday. A court of inquiry is being held to determine the cause of the accident.
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    INCREASE IN SINGAPORE SUICIDES
    160 5 INCREASE IN SINGAPORE SUICIDES A big Increase in the number Ol suicides last year. 141. compared with 98 in 1 1 J48 is disclosed in the annual rep the Singapore ner. Mr. \v. *j. Porter There were fewer deaths on the road 103 in 1949 and 1-0 In 1948». and
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    HongKong Bank dividend
    41 5 SUBJECT to audit. 'lie i7 Hungkony and Shanghai Banking Corporation's final dividend for the year will De £3 a share free of H',ng Kong Corporation profits tax. Written off bank premises $3,000,000 (H.K.i. Carried torward approximately $5,300,000 iH.K.i.
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    SHIPPING LIGHT
    52 5 THE Subi Ketehil shipping light off the Sumatra!) coast, which on Jan. 3 was reported to be operating on reduced power has now been restored to full capacity. The light, under control of I ihe Sumatran authorities, i^ an unattended light It was restored to normal on Jan
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    Barbers agree on set rates
    100 5 Barbers agree on set rates Free Press Chinese Correspondent barbers have decided to end competition by fixing uniform rates of charges for three different grades of barber shops and limiting working hours to eight a day. barring Sundays. This decision was readied at a joint meeting of barbers and barber
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    48 5 Free Press Press p iclure. MR. "On*? Say Yeo, secretary of Pasir Panjanu Rurml District Committee, speaking yesterday at the opening of the first adult English class ©rganfaed by the committee. On the left of Mr. Oim is Che Marian Wok. a member of the Rural District Committee.
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    CHAMBER FORMS INNER GROUPS
    182 5 T. P. Chtaese Correspondent liHE general committee ol the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has adopted a proposal to form seven sub-committeea on which the 51 trade associations which are members will be represented. The trad< groups to be ?v--pointed are: European and American Commodities Group,
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    LATE FOR CHRISTMAS
    54 5 Free Press picture. ONE hundred men of "A" Company Ist Battalion Green Howards emerged from the jungles of Kerdau. central Pahang. last week and got down to catching up on Christmas when they returned to base at Bentong. Picture shows some of the men taking a drink
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    LICENCES TO BUY JAP GOODS SOON
    286 5 i Free Press Staff Reporter pHE Singapore and Federation Governmeuts hope to begin licensing Japanese imports into Malaya early next month under the 842.000,000 (Malayan) share allocated by Britain to this country, Sarawak and North Borneo for the year ending June 1950. Imports to
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    Community centres to be set up
    268 5 Free Press StaiT Reporter r pilK establishment of four community centres in Singapore part of the approved Social Welfare Five-Year Plan is expected this year, the acting Secretary of the Department, Mr. T. Eames Hughes, told (he Free Press yesterr "v. These four centres
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    ASIAN NEWS BUREAU
    76 5 ASIAN NEWS BUREAU I ire Press Stall Repurt" r THL P..: hi Alliano plan* to 31nfap uln« P in hi th< ■it nev. Isian character Mr W K- editor in T<>k -nAsia Newspaper A I I now In Sil I rancemenui I be set up Mr W<- said A i
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    Indonesians on way to Peking
    194 5 Indonesians on way to Peking Free Ptaua Malay Correspondent DELEGATION oi nn.e members of SOB.SI (Central Organisation ->f All-Indonesian Labo including two women. rived in Singapore I Jin. Bin the Tjibadak 1 their way to Peking v x Hong Kong. They I the next di In a statement in s.
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    73 6 fdsgdsg nSESIDENT <»f Italy Uriel K.inaudi <ritht» coneratuI lite> Vittnni. Kmiinuplr Orlando, the only survivor «>f the Ric F«W of Versailles, when the latter was Heitrd President of the Italian National Press Federation at Rome Thr S^-xrar-old former Premier was Merted to his in-* oflire hy at -rlaniation by the
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    Flag ban lifted for Indians
    224 6 Fre" Press Stall Kcporter INDIANS in the Federation and Singapore may fly ''the national flag of India on their houses and business premises on Jan. SS, the day of the inauguration of the Indian Republic. This v.as announced in an official statement issued ft*- a
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    RECORD POPPY DAY RECEIPTS
    112 6 nnHE chairman of the Sin-.i--1 pore 1949 Poppy Day \ppeal Committee. Mrs. F. J. Kemlo. announced yesterday a nett profit of $72,985.52. This Is a record for Singapore and is more than $20,000 a'#ove the total for 1948. Total receipt last year were $73,602.07 and expenses
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    GRAY REVIEWS BANDIT WAR
    349 6 949 killed, captured Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FEDERATION Government spokesmen today announced successes secured against the bandits during 1949 and also details of enrolment of volunteers for the Malayan People's Anti-Bandit Month. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. N. Gray, said that last
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    95 6 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday igodowns in brackets* were: Main Wharf: Langlescot <33-3-36 >. Bencruachan 1 38-39 Bidor (41), Tegelberg 1 42-43). West Wharf: Carthage (l-2>. Orbita «4-5). Bendoran (6-7). Mongolia (11), Glengjie 13-14). Ftnpire Dock: Mandeville (17--18 >. Katong (23-24), Tantalus (27--2 8». Myrmidon
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    31 6 pi v title rjl.\c;.lPOßK CHINESE »5 souths doing an Ind«»i!< -si:in dant<- at thr M.tvlair .Musi* :il and DraMfttfc Association > ct'lthration. of Britain's Ttemgmktion of Communist hina on TtKsd.iv Free Press
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    6 PRIVATE SCHOOLS CLOSED
    95 6 6 PRIVATE SCHOOLS CLOSED Frrr Pr«ss StafJ Kiporttr s;ix private ci.inese schools in Sil been closed by the Education Defar to comply with requireR tant Director of Educatio y«t« rrtay. i] for 340 pup] oe closed by cu!. lon of the building. Watson-Hyatt said that one si hool for 40
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    LONDON TIN STRONG
    38 6 LONDON TIN STRONG The London Un m irki raa strong festerday Si*) 1 -.n vu :p SO i:d and Ninety-day futures ri>se C2 ?s 6d £583 5s bid and 1:^81 lOs r\skf*d Total turnover was 8j '(-us A.P.
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    Uncertainty in the markets
    303 6 LONDON. Thursda\ IN sympathy with the f«Mf«l uncertainty o\<r the result of the general election, in February, trading in the London Stock Exchange ><st<rriav iM small. Most markets were colourless with British Government stocks barely steadv around previous cl<»sing l v<l s mbmbm\bc-\\bc However, hopes ol
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    Britain's Malaya trade
    74 6 Britain's Malaya trade THE Unit K Comm; pore. Mr said In a Dr Malaya tradMalaya 1 s tain I to mainta.T. flow of gooc. to Mala> be the best lor poor ra« i manufac* In the Hon i UK lion differ Britaii Ma i. in/s v,.-' H. in reco. T!
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    Two killed in crash
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    N.Y. STOCKS
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    VOLUNTEERS READY FOR ACTION
    99 6 /\\i: hundred members of (h. Miu "^1 orps liaison Regiment have been tin and are ready to participate in aiw mo anti-bandit campaign in \\w Colom l" Watson-Hyatt. Commanding Oflicei ment. said yesterday. "Since its revival about I month! ago. marked proffress had been made by
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    ONLY 4 OF ARMY-NAVY SIDE LEFT
    508 7  - ONLY 4 OF ARMY-NAVY SIDE LEFT CRUSADER Break-up of 1 949 crack team Bv JUST as Army Were the "Team of the Year" in Singapore soccer, so Army-Navy were the outstanding side in the country last season, although the plum, in the fqrm of the Malaya Cup, went to Selangor.
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    79 7 CRICKET touches being coached Vn masse' for mass cricket coaching that is the novel experiment which ha< recently started at Alley n Court Preparatory School. Westcliffe. Essex. The aim of the course is to train men and women who will coach England's budding cricketers and coach them in the large
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    WOLVES BEAT PLYMOUTH
    410 7 WOLVES BEAT PL Y MOUTH FA. Cup 3rd. round replays in tl»ird-ri>und F.A. Cup replays produced IN for nearly 300.000 fans yesterday after•rhen thr anticipated (in some quarters) home failed to materialise. were sufficient surprises to proi home wins, while four away sides were in the stipulated 90 minutes. At
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    HOGANAND SNEAD HE
    134 7 BEN HOG AN and Bam Snead rie<j for first place in the US $15 000 Los Angelas open golf tournament on day The play-off was to have taken place yesterday, Hogan's dramatic comeback in competitive golf on Tuesday was barred only oy the brilliant last round of
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    So Flannery did break the record...
    412 7 So Flannery did break the record... By ALLAN LEWIS WITH the object of settling the Flannerj -Billet controversy, I have been delving through the SR calendar for 1919, the year in which Rube Billet rode his 56 winners. Last season Frank Flannerv rode 56 1 winners, s o there is
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    18-year-old in Welsh XV
    95 7 18-year-old in Welsh XV t- j^. i Htaatai «'i VHsk tfjni i.i BM 'i Km la* Ruc^v i i ..>n baler- iti h it I v ukfnhim lan I iMsea i «>i iw;h'. b; K- •;> 1..D-N Newpwrti. I'.ledu- I M..1- -,> i!iji«>. i *■»>[ |L t'lM'tf < irdiff i
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    U.K. RUGGER RESULTS
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    AMPON SCORES EASY VICTORY
    80 7 TOP-RANKING foreign players mowed down Indian opposition in yesterdays preliminary round of the North Indian lawn tennis championships in New Delhi. The tiny Filipino Felicisimo Ampon beat India's Sayeed Hayee. 6—l. 6—l. while his compatriot C. Carmona beat India's OP. Gupta. 6—4. 6—l. Philippines' Raymundo Deyro
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    14 ENTER CHESS CONTEST
    71 7 r riiL" Btngaporc Cbesi Champl i 1 Bhlp has attracted 14 entii.s Orst round will be played ...ay at i poo. "I 11 Y M.< Dm drav bel Ikma G Sii Chin Bng; Lee Chin Quan v. Una cm m v. lim Muhd. Yaesin v. I
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    Boxing invasion of Singapore begins today
    99 7 FIVE foreign boxers will be in Singapore within the next two weeks. First of the batch is AlAe Bands, the Australian welterweight who arrives at Tensah airfiHd this afternoon. He will meet Bobby Njoo at the Happy World arena on Jan. 20. Next M
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    R.A.S.C. School win boxing
    178 7 'T'HE R. A. B.C.* School with at*, wo:; rhe Inter-unil trophy in the annual Individual i- iid Inter-unit boxing champkmshlpi of thr R.A.B.C. and th€ Armv Catering Oornc held tin barn i ht.* Brigadier w J r .i" the pnzr Ita were ll\weight: Syr Din bin
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    TOMMY BROWN TO BE TRANSFERRED
    73 7 •TOMMY Brown, most exX pensive player on Chartten Athletics bocks la scheduled to be placed on the transfer list. Brown, who cost Charlton 9.000 sterling when he signed from Mlllwall in October 1948. is dissatisfied at being play d out of wing-half position. He played
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    Innings victory for Australians
    57 7 'THE Australian erlekeien beat Eastern Province before tea yesterday by an innings and 39 runs dismissing the home side in their ■eCOOd inning (or J42. at Port Elizabeth. Wfth first ttUlingl Ji't.t'.s of 281. Eastern Province n.id scored 94 for the loss of one vickct thr
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    Chasers beat SCC "A" 10-0
    166 7 THE Bngapore Chaser*, diet veil to defeat the B.C.C. A' team by 10 points (two goal*) to nil in a rugger match played »i Farret r.irk yesterday. NaumofT scored n Uy f<T 'ne Chaaen midway through <he flist ball Which Gould .-omened. In the second
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    Stoke City offer
    29 7 CTOKE CITY are miking effoits to sign two new forwards and have approached Wolves with an offer for international centreforward Denis WUfthaw who lives in Stoke.
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    PULMAN WINS
    26 7 JOHN Pulman beat Peter Mam (South Africa) by 23 frames to 14 in the News of the World £1.500 snooker tournament In London yesterday.
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    LIGHT-HEAVY CHAMPION
    32 7 picture. SGT. DAWBER (986 Coy. RASC) who won the lightheavyweight championship at the inter-unit boxing meet between R.A.S.C. and the Army Catering Corps at Tanglin barracks last night. Free Press
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    In South XV again after 10 years?
    283 7 SUTTON'S COMEBACK BID By E. PETERS 11/ING Commander A. G. Sutton. captain of the R.A.F. Seletar Rugby XV who represented the South in 1940 against the North in their annual fixture, has hopes of bein^ selected to represent the South this year. Sutton.
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    SPURS AFTER NEW RECORD
    87 7 rOTTLNHAM H ball Second Divisi< n 1 oa the tr r the Dumber < I I Spui s;\e 1< beaten, bm ttM another eight equal Th:- p I the season. Their unl from Sep'. II Tottenham Us i add" of their 22 league then, thf-v h«v<
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    Devons proveno match for SCC
    219 7 Devons prove no match for SCC THE Singapore Cricket Club XV had a field day yesterday when they romped home by 31 points (two goals, six tries and a penalty) to nil. against a weak and untried Devonshire Regiment side who were having their first game in Singapore, in a
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    TO RIDE IN INDIA
    28 7 ROBERTS, a jocxey riom North Of England, lei: b^ jresterday for India, where he accepted a letainer to nue rhmne •he next two months.
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    U.S. aid for S.-E. Asian coffee
    119 8 U.S. aid for S.-E. Asian coffee WASHINGTON Th«n A TECHNICAL aid programme financed by the United States lu develop coffee production In SouthEa*t Asia is ptoposed by Representative M. G. Burnitrtft. West Virginia Democrat. The legislation he has introduced would authorise President Truman to provide the assistance upon request to
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    SHARP DROP IN 1.5.-CHINA TRADE
    52 8 ITNITED STATES shipments U to China have declined sharply since Communist control spread there. They dropped to U.S. $300,000 In October. compared with U.S. $700,000 in September ana U.S. $9,600,000 in October 1948. This Is only a fraction of the U.S. $22,800,000 monthly average In
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    MME. CHIANG HITS U.S. 'LIES'
    345 8 Mr. Acheson under fire? HONG KONG, Thursday. REGARDED widely as a direct attack against l% the U.S. Secretory of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and his "no-aid-to-China" advisers, Madame Chiang Kai-shek said yesterday that the American people had been deceived about China "by propaganda beyond anything
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    No U.S. deal with Russia
    87 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. rHE United States yesterday reaffirmed Us policy of not making any direct deal with Russia to settle "major problems of peace and war. In a carefully worieci staterm-nt. a State Department .spokesman declared that the U.S. h ready and eager to discuss all
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    35 8 photo. Col. Adib El Shishrklry who Ird thr coup against the Syrian army high command l.ivt month and proclaimed himsrlf rom-mandrr-in-chiri. >iibb^kIry. who is 48. is opposed to plans for a Syrian-Iraq union. A. P.
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    NOT WISE, SAYS HAVENGA
    82 8 MR. N. C. HAVENGA. South Africa Finance Minister, said yesterday that "with world opinion against us" it was not wise or practicable '•at the present stage" to take away any of the rights given to non-Europeans. That was "nc of the main reasons why he, as
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    ACTOR KILLED
    33 8 One actor was killed and three others injured yesterday whil". on location in Frascati, Defti Rome. A live bomb expi >ded during the filming of a b ittle scene. A. P.
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    47 8 This nrw sink-bath, designed in Holland for families with little living-spare, can be u.srd as a sink, a children's !'»tii-tut> a font h.ith and. for a shower. Adults can either sit or stand in it. Built between two walls it has add. (1 strength.- A. P. photo.
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    Supreme court for Commonwealth?
    81 8 BOMBAY. Thursday T*HK Commonwealth plans to establish a supreme court to settle disputes among the member countries. Mr. V R. Bent;en. a barrister who specialises in Indian appeals to the Privy Council, told the Bombay Evening Star on arrival here from London that practical steps toward
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    Returning today
    19 8 Mr. Winston Churchill Is flying back to England today, weather permitting, from liis holiday in Madeira. Reuter
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    REGARD OFFERED
    35 8 Ttie Chase National Bank in Hong Kong has offered a reward of 2.000 Hon« Kon« dollars lor information leading to the arrest <t "v oi the six men *ho robbed -a Monday.- Reuter
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    FRENCH BONUS
    25 8 The French Cabinet decided yesterday to give a cost of living bonus to state employees earning less than 1.5.000 francs a month. A.P.
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    Shocked Vicar's wife
    48 8 WHEN the Kidderminister art master. Mr. R. W. Mason, exhibited in the town's art gallery two paintings of te women, including one of his wife, the local vicar's •vife, Mrs. 11. G. L. Roberts who is 39. described them as •filthy, abominable and disgusting."- Reuter
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    ITALIAN RKD HITS GOVT.
    61 8 About 200,000 Italian workers yesterday heard Communist leader Palmlro Togllatti brand the Italian Government as "assassins and murderers" in a violent funeral speech at Modena over the bodies of six steelworlcers. He charged the Christian Democrat Prime Minister. Mr. Alcide De Gasperl. with "direct responsibility" for
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    64 8 The British research ship William Scoresby, which sailed from the Thames yesterday on a ten-month expedition. Scientists on board will mark whales off Western Australia, make a survey of the Benguella Current, a cold stream flowing north along the coast of West Africa, and try to catch specimens of the
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    Babies wail no diaper
    51 8 LONDON. Thurs. I ON DON shops reported J an acute shortage of babies diapers \e>terday. One textile store told a lon* line of mothers with walling babies: "No diapers in stock." A leading manufacturer blamed devaluation and the resulting high price of cotton for the diaper
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    Nehru urges better life
    91 8 Nehru urges better life COLOMBO Thurs. I>ANDIT Nehru, the Indian Premier, told the Commonwealth Conference in Colombo yesterday that standards of living must be raised and states in South-East Asia must be given national status if Communism is to be stopped. It was agreed that •»eonomkassistance would not be <
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    HIGH TIDES
    13 8 Today: 4.19 a.m. 4.4? pm Tomorrow S.lt m m 6!3 pm
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    SO VIET MEDICINE IN FAULTY STATE
    123 8 IN contradiction to the often asserted Russian 1 claims to be first in various medical fields, the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that Russia i s suffering: from shortages of medical equipment, poor quality dru^s, and faulty distribution, i "Little factual data
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    U.K. Jap trade normal again
    220 8 LONDON, Thursday. ALL remaining restrictions on normal trade between Britain and Japan liave been removed, the Board of Trade announced yesterday. In Tokio it was announced that Hong K Government officials and Gen. MacArthurs trade advisers will meet this week for discussions to expend last
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    225 WAFD SEATS
    31 8 Egypt "a nationalistic Wafd Panr had 225 peats' in the r.«w 319-4* at Parliament n final remltM a!t^r I second ballot In coa tuendes were announced I Reuter
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    KOWLOON FIRE UNDER CONTROL
    49 8 KOWLOON FIRE UNDER CONTROL HONG BRITISH B a fire u* 6.000 hut dv 1 Chinese m yesterday of homele.s> the star control ea.. First flgun homeless b flre brigatf the figure and 25. w, 'B* possible total. The fir* wind. Sdgi hUtorir a small Chinese .«*»YeTetrn t v Reuter
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    U.S.I. Parlt. to meet in Feb.
    25 8 U.S.I. Parlt. to meet in Feb. THK FUve i Th? n the U B I I UTti i Af offlck, n Java Central <»• A. P.
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