The Singapore Free Press, 27 January 1950

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA > 11 11' 1 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950. PKH'E 10 CENTfc
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    AY APPEAL TO UN, SAYS USI
    255 1 Dutch army accused NEW YORK, Friday. JMIE newly-created United States of Indonesia yesterday announced that, should the Westerling revolt m West Java expand, the 1.5.1. would take the case before the Tinted States Security Council. This winning, issued by Ihe 1. 5.1. spokesman here,
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    MALAYA TRADE RECORD
    28 1 MALAYA TRADE RECORD MtlT Reporter m Ifala X countries a :v--o*er the by 544.625.006 reign trade also rose 14 00.000 irn ihe ft ci by j N 1151
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    U.S. PERSIA PACT
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    Auriol attacks Indo-China lies
    82 1 PARIS, Friday I'M. French President, M. Vincent Auriol. jrcsierdu> emphasised the French Government i determination to ensure that supplies reach the French forces fighting the Vietmlnh Insurgent* In Indo-C hina. The Presideir.. speaking at a press luncheon, protested against what he described as false reports about
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    'NO POLITICS'
    9 1 ep poserni H ish general 23. A.P.
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    Protest to Siam
    15 1 inisi Ci«>proteti I i Sxam against I rr.al'ivatmem and I Chll Reuter
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    MR. P. SPENDER GOES HOME
    72 1 Iree Prp.» Staff Reporter IHE AU»I I Mi:. Exemai Affur.s. Mr. Percy Spender, Who has been log with the Commissioi i General. Mr. Malcolm MacPonald. a; Bwki: Serene f< ti t pa>r lew days. left Singa- nore this morning for Anstra:a He attended the Com
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    Ambush suspects
    29 1 The Philippine Constabulary Is holding four suspects m the Jan. 17 attempted am- bush of Maior-On. Mariano. Chief of Staff of the Philippines armed forces A .P.
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    LORRY BURNT
    32 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Bandltl m the Mersing area of Johore held up and burned a timber lorry yesterday They took the identity cards of the driver and his assistant.
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    60 1 pic tun*. „,.ir M.rk V iIM n Ist r ?x»mtx»r which will bpgii trials In lomonou piclurrd t«da\ it the i i t\, \V *UU«n' TheMirli V h»M b*>en »*nl here following th- o-ssful trials of Hi Vampire Mark 1 which jjeieui *.i u4 Uovvn Usl veal ta Uu Far
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    If there are ghosts, why not fairies?
    237 1 Free Press Stall Reporter TEARING I holiday from Municipal drains and Legislative Council bills, members of the Singapore St. Andrew's School civics class yesterday voted fairies into existence. Catcalls, boos and cheers rang out as each believer or unbeliever made his or her
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    Is it an atom bomb?
    63 1 A STRONOMKRS all over the world have been asked A. to keep a close watch on the planet Mars as a result of report*, of a "terrific explosion' there on Jan. The reported explosion pushed a grey cloud 60 Mitel m the air and the
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    71 1 lit: h t rntcrtl tnirnt m the r «>i- m of songs and dance.s were given at the buffet dinner at India House grounds last night, when 350 Singapore Indians played host to an equal number of members of other communities Picture .shows some of the dancers m dv. poses
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    U.K. BETTING BACKS LABOUR
    56 1 i oddd on the Labour to win the genera] •tlon Vvb. 2i short* iterday. v.- Dougia- Stuart, one ol biggest bookmaker! m 'old r 'porters I idy s':' 1 at irin§ labour since the party a 4 m b irlte two weeks ago. Mr. Winston 111
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    NEW GOVT. FORMED
    23 1 perl Ann v i he had sue- a tri-party binet and i present the to the Presidem today.— U. P.
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    RED VIOLENCE IN INDIA
    132 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. pOMMUNIST violence m Bombay and an assassination attempt on the Nizam of Hyderabad marred the countrywide celebrations marking the inauguration yesterday of th e Indian Hfepublic. The principal ceremony marking the breakaway from the British Crown was held at Government House- yesterday morning,
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    PEARSON ARRIVES
    110 1 PEARSON ARRIVES Free Press Staff Importer MR LESTER B. PI ma i's Foi tarj ved In Sim tday the >mra nweall ference with Mr R W MayI Mm >:• r "i teries. will be lunching rtt sir Patrick McKerron. Ofdcer-Adminlstering tiie Oovernnn nt I Singapore, today Mi ild Fi P
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    JUNGLE SQUAD KILLS BANDIT
    73 1 Irer Press Stafl Reporter ONE bandit was shot dead by .< police jungle squad In the Tmnjong Malim area of Selangor yesterday. The squad surprised the bandits m the cook-bouse of a camp Another bandit was j shot and wounded but managI ed to escape. The
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    U.S. official here
    44 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Mr. Philip B. Sullivan, Labour Adviser to the U.S Deipartment of State, arrived In Singapore this morning on his way back to America Irom the first Asian regional conference of the International Labour Organisation held m Ceylon.
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    Taxi driver beaten, robbed
    41 1 Taxi driver beaten, robbed Free Press Stall Kt-portrr A SINGAPORE Chin 4.tl driver ."»nd robbed by two Euroi Road The attackers d IWljf with ud. which w v later round ibandoned ball a n tlio spot vhcr# the robbery took plav-o
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    U.K. secret £60 million arms plan
    165 1 U.K. secret £60 million arms plan LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S Ministry of Defenn" i> spending £60,000,000 on an arms project which is so secret that it u»H not even talk about it to Parliament Testimony before the House ot Commons select committee on estii mates, made public yesterday, revealed that the
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    Bandits rob, burn bus
    15 1 Bandits rob, burn bus Dl $10,000 «Li armed bandit.s pat I A ;nda t. back
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    SAWMILL ATTACKED
    11 1 tawmlll m tl G area of Negrl s terdb
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    'Not a Decent Hat in S'pore'
    349 2 OVERHEARD a woman m Singapore the other day saying, "I've been looking all day for a decent hat to year for a wedding but I couldn't find a thing. You could punch two large holes m the ones 1 saw and they'd look r
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    If She Eats Olives—Beware!
    538 2  - If She Eats Olives Beware! DENIS DUNN By 4 FEW weeks a^<> Richard Viner I maintained on this page that you rould tell a woman's personality by f he cut of her hair. I submit that it is not her hair-do but her appetite which will «iv«» you a line
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    THE 'OTHER WOMAN' PROBLEM
    790 2  - THE 'OTHER WOMAN' PROBLEM Canon H.C Warner WWWR RW "V|Y HUSBAND is M* very friendly with a girl 20 years his junior, but he says there is nothing more to it. He still seems devoted to me, but will not give her up. Should I talk to the girl, or
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      124 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOHN toda>. >our anibi- lions arc hijeh and nothing short of the top will satisfy >ou You want position and money and knowing one brings th« other, you arc willing to work hard to acquire both. You let nothing stand m the way of your progress and
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    JAPS WANT U.S. TROOPS
    239 3 "Perfect Wish 9 unlikely TOKYO, Friday. THE Japanese want a peace treaty but they would settle right now for a modified occupation which would return most controls to their own government while still i.rovidiug continued American aid and protection. Japanese, when discussing their sincere wishes. always
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    23 3 photo A.P. \ttl. f i nd his w:ft» t-He tinted their iumvrxi,-. r -< *ntl\ with vi^it to \hc i P .id il!> l.undiMi.-
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    Faster planes in near future
    64 3 THC II \(ilK, Friday. HOTEL] ED aircraft with a sjwed <»f >00 mil*«s i!I b*' m sit-iioral u>e for civilian travel i IMV: .inrf planes driven by nuclear M kl -t»»nUt I9C I forecast ol Dr Albert ninistrator of the Royal Air hf rounded 30
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    U.S. AIR CHIEF IN AUSTRALIA
    21 3 U.S. AIR CHIEF IN AUSTRALIA 1 Lt. F O! Morning Sur. rstood tha' r outlined ill strategy a pOHible :na.— A.P.
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    Mowing by radio
    48 3 SYDNEY Friday 'PHIS i* oil Id mean the X start of a n>-\\ n i for gardening husbands f.i« t* d with mowing thr lawn Radio rnxinrfi r Smith is working on plans for a radio-rontrolled lawn mower with the wire MMpmdrd from a balloon.
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    FLIES FOR RELICS
    18 3 The Burm«-St» Premier FhA:<;n Nu. Is flying to Colombo ro bring bark Buddhi^ relici Reuter
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    U.S. fears German pact with Russia
    150 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. IfNITED States High Commissioner m Germany, Mr. John J. McCloy, said here the danger of a possible Western German alliance with Russia is more fearful" than the other danger that Nationalistic elements there will reassert themselves. Mr McCloy. who is home to
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    NO ASSURANCE FROM RUSSIA
    68 3 THE 8.-4 Four ha.- pu' off negotiation! for an i rian treaty for three eeks after the Russians I dizain failed to assure the j three Western powers that they are ready to do business The Deputies of the Big Four Foreign Ministers met for the
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    FIRST SESSION
    20 3 The Parliament of the new Republic of Indonesia v ill hold its first session on February 2.- Reuter
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    'Marry while young'
    55 3 MR and Mrs. Frederick Kasthaush. a*ed 95 and 9.J respectively, celebrated their «M wedding anmvr,>arv m London recently. "I am a firm believer m yount tvnrr****. 1 >a> marry while von are vouny and have your th i Idren while >S are youw' rnough to play with
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    SHIPS LOSE INSURANCE
    62 3 Shipping companiei m, Hon| Kon* predict higher freight rates In Chinese waters as the result of the action of the Shipowners Mutual Insurance Associa- tions m London In Withdrawing tasuranoi cover from shins trading wi'h China One association has notified members thai as fr.»m :o-i day ships
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    Kashmir, Key to problems
    53 3 Mohammed IbraO him. President of the Azad Kashmir Government.' has announced m London he thought the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan was the "key to all South East Asia's problems." If the Kashmir problem was solved then all the other IndoPakistanl problems would be solved
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    BOLIVIA UPS TIN OUTPUT
    103 3 ["HE HAGUE Fii. The latest available figures on wrorld tin Industry published by ;he International Tin Study Group. mk>\v mine production In November 14.300 long tons ol vii m concentrates 'm pa red frith 13 300 m October. The Increase i oue entirely to Bolivia whose
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    Soviets hold up lorries
    91 3 Soviets hold up lorries BERLIN Thura \MILE ol German good* lorr.es vert queued yes terday on the east, side of the Anglo-Soviet zonal border delayed by go a low"' tactics OJ Soviet Offl laJ* Another 120 on the western iid' 1 waited their turn lor th^ new rigorous check-up at
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    KOREA GETS US AID
    22 3 The Economic Co-operation Administration allotted Korea U5564,000 recently for technical costs m Improving electric power services.- A. P.
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    CARGO PLANE LOST
    28 3 A Philippine Airlines cargo < plane with three men aboard disappeared on Tuesday while on a flight from Iloilo.- U.P. The JiipuMfNO Premier. Mr. Shinrru Vushida.
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    $ IMPORTS SLASH TO CONTINUE
    124 3 IMPORTS SLASH TO CONTINUE LONDON. ThIUS. DKITISH financial oflicials v -saying that the Commonwealth's 25 per cent, cut m imports was reviewed as a matter of routine at ihe Colombo conference, yesterday denied that any now proposals or any change m the arrangement had been made ai Colombo. men arrange
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    Red charge
    34 3 unlst-led World v a ol Trade Unions has i Britain. Prance ed States, Hvm Zeaand South Africa with [sing racial discrimina- tion ar home and m their I j colonial territories.- Reuter
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    SNAKES EARN U.S. DOLLARS
    138 3 1)1 KB Friday. JNAKFS look like becoiing big dollar-earners for South Africa. Live reptiles collected from all parts of the Union. South-West Africa and the Rhodesias are already beins< flown from Johannesburg to United States zoos and laboratories, and orders for thousands more cobras, puff-adders, mambas
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    GERMAN RED EVADES ARREST
    55 3 ROBERT LEHMANN. Communist Deputy m thp Lower Saxony Parliament. camped In the Paiitan;r. building Ln Hanover to pvjop arrest by die British author A Br.t.aii Hum Commission court had Issued a warrant for r hp arrest of Mr. Lehmann one of right Commui :>ts i-hargrd with
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    Bridge Hands
    253 3 iiiis lookj like Lhc wtert *'"J >f problem You need only 40 u.iine M why not bid *hiee .spa lei If partner doesn't like i' he can always bid four cluba But if you bid three spades m this situation, you are w i ong The very fa<"
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    26 3 photo. Emperor Haile Selassie of f Ethiopia chats to two of his jroang subjects durinu a party at the Imperial Palace m Addis Ahaha. A. P.
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    Canada asserts empire equality
    51 3 j)Y her own wish, Canada is no longer officially considered the senior Dominion of the Commonwealth. Tue Go\ fled that Canada fe!t the doctrine of complete equ among Commonwealth ia no compatible eitin r with recognition ol a m country or ol seniority among sister countries.—
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    Climax to Red, Vatican fight
    177 3 WTH CIT¥, FHsUf. TIIK shooting of six workers during a strike dispuf--lin the Italian industrial town of Modvna h*« brought to a climax the rrrr riwrfim str«tTftle between Catholic and <nnmunist f(»rt »s i M Italy. Communists immedi Deniorr.tt Prim e Minister. Signor Alcide of
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    Building plans
    64 3 lO< \\(,ll[n Irf \l v> 100 000. 000 build m.; program nir for Japan, designed to stimuI lat*» tourist trade ha> been annouiued h\ Mr Wolion Bftk^t a l.ox Angelrti architect. Thr proj«*« l. privately rinam ed h> .l.tptn^sr and American inve>tors ral'« for construction immrdi A\r\\ of
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    CURFEW SUSPENDED
    13 3 Gw.c mem has MMpen feu iiiiDosed on A. ra l««S Reuter
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      44 3 WHAT'S OH IN K. L. OttKOA MADKt> (Mr- CtUMtiu PATILION i E\rK\l In- \TH\\ M\L\CCA QC9t Xl LIOO IFOM Vi.Hi.MBAN t ft Vi» rxoroLf \THA* iAJfHUE: ■Id a v i *»EM*KG ODLO.S RtX iido I nda '•IDHE: Thr- UIMISOK: 111 E%*l re c t
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      472 3 SINGAPORE I and l Metre, J» Mov"'" u"^ OSS, lUUAY Operatic Anas; 11.30 News Bui(BLl'E NETWORK) 445 P- m Pi'ogi'amme Summary; letm; n45 close dowu: 4pm 484 and 417 metres. 44 Proni lhe Lon don Editorials'; Mus i C for reatime New Symphony Kmerirencv news from XL <BBC> 4 Interlude;
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Jan. 27. 1950 WAITING, JUST WAITING
    637 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Jan. 27. 1950 WAITING, JUST WAITING 1) NCE Is a virtue that exhibit m Singap. r. not because v is m- I c m our citizens bu* j (iilatoriness of feOflM In lii' r h places forces 1 on H'.ein. Occasionally j thg o.d Adam
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    MYSTERY OF ROCK PAINTINGS
    302 4 PRIMITIVE art galleries m iMe Flinders Rangf-s of South Australia contain rock engravings oldt r than the pyramids of Egypt They represent all forms of life and there are a many of them In som*» regions generations of native artists have been at work, desigi being
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    Kremlin is Bluffing the West
    1017 4  - Kremlin is Bluffing the West LORD VANSITTART HAVE THE RUSSIANS GOT THE ATOM BOMB? says I WAS recently asked to take part m an international broadcast entitled "Peace or War." The question is being asked by everyone, and the answer also depends on everyone that is, everyone the democratic countries.
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    BUT THIS WAS NO BLUFF IN 1944
    639 4  - BUT THIS WAS NO BLUFF IN 1944 WILLIAM WHITE says who i»m «!K an atomic* nnnrrsitH.il he had m l^ningrad a year before thr bomb fell on Hiroshima. NEW YORK: JUST what do they know m the Soviet Union about what once were and still may be our atomic secrets?
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    22 4 ArrivinQ for a premiere of the film "Sand* of hco Jima" at Hollywood are David Bria n and his wife. Adrian Booth
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    22 4 The south bank of the Thames it being prepared for the 1951 Festno key to this drawing it m the article below
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    Father Thames Has A Face Lift
    472 4  -  JOHN HALL ~By THIS is an interim report on the £(),000,0<>0 that is being spent lilting the face of Old Father Thames m readiness for- next year's Festival of Britain. Main operation is to give new grace to the Old Mans cheek that lies
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    'Hitler' Car For Export
    176 4 PKRMANY S "People's Ca 11 factory— built by Hitler to make German-type jeeps now one of West Germany's for the war In Russia —"is foremost dollar ean.inp centres. From Berlin. Anthony Terry reports that during 1949 the factory produced nearly 50.000 private cars over double the
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    'Marriage School' is Formed
    70 4 'Marriage School' is Formed i divorce I to ever\ r.umber Danes ar« problem The tion wa.- Marnat-'f engager! the prnv home. Cub 14-room hage: ♦he Club i| divorced again m w RKMphei Club men irom 19 the san:t needn tnea dimir: Instead Ciub guar.- i tic circle ol divorce it
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    EXPORT DRIVE IN RUBBER SHOES
    433 5 EXPORT DRIVE IN RUBBER SHOES Malaya seeks U.K. market Free Press Staff Reporter jyjALAYAN rubber shoe manufacturers have started a drive to export more to the British market following the lifting of quota import restrictions m the United Kingdom. Mr. Shum Kwai Hong, Singapore manager of Shum Yip Leong Rubber
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    Penang looks for bandsmen
    29 5 i Thursday p i\>:r.:nisrd about -f ba:i«.ls- m com- v; m at ion rf re M fn«B 'he onte apj i ■\rT-. resigned P c
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    Schools and houses in aluminium
    231 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T»HE representative of a British aircraft company believes he has the answer to the housing and school shortage m Singapore. His answer is aluminium prefab buildings. Mr. C. H. Thomas of the Bristol Aeroplane and Housing Ltd. said t 0 the
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    C-IN-C's TALK ON OPERATIONS
    31 5 Gen Sir John Harding. Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces, will broadit on operations In Malaj'a over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya today at 8 p m.
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    TO PROMOTE CULTURE
    102 5 Free Preys Staff Reporter rjIR Eugene Millington-Drake a retirtd British diplomat, and Vice-President of the Poetry Society m London, is j expected to arrive In Singa- pore by air from Hong Kong ;on Wednesday on a tour to 'promote cultural relaiions. One of the nrst rxponents .of
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    WRONG SIDE OF THE CAUSEWAY
    294 5 the matter. He had also asked for support from the UMNO branch at Johore Bahru. Free Press Malay Coi respondent BECAUSE they live on the wrong side of the Causeway, children of 290 Malay fishermen at r.ofok village, Johore, cannot go to school. The nshermen
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    TIMBER OUTLOOK GOOD
    168 5 TIMBER OUTLOOK GOOD KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. JF Malayan timber prices remain competitive, exports are expected to continue the rapid rise they made during last year. Mr. G. H. W. Flatau, representative of a United Kingdom firm of timber agents and brokers told the Free Press today. Mr. Flatau is m
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    NO CHINESE RED BONDS
    107 5 SINGAPORE S two Chinese banks now under 'lie control of the Communist Peking Government, the Bank of China and the Kwangiung Provincial Bank, said yesterday that there would be no sale of Chinese "Voctorv Bands' 10 the Colony. No bonds have been recelved by the two
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    INSECT PESTS
    27 5 A committee representative of interested Government departments and non-Gov-ernment interests has been set up m Singapore to consider problems of tnaect pests m stored foodstuffs.
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    16 5 MR. Chua Mah Teck and Miss Betty Wee Kirn Neo after their wedding m Singapore yesterday.
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    Main roads to be repaired
    331 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FIVE main roads m Singapore will be resurfaced r by the Recondo and rubberised Recondo processes at an estimated cost of $192,000, under the first road reconstruction programme proposed for this year. Subject to confirmation at the meeting of Municipal Commissioners
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    Ban may be eased for new type taxicabs
    260 5 Free Press Staff Reporter npHE vehicles committee of the Singapore Munici- pal Commissioners propose to issue 100 new taxi licences to anyone who is prepared to introduce the new approved type of taxi stipulated m the Motor Vehicles (Construction and I se)
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    19 5 There were 677 births and 183 deaths m Singapore Municipality m the week ending Jan. 21.
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    PAYA LEBAR OFFICIALS
    76 5 Official-- c: i.. Meth Youh I Singapore. foi Ih» \> I President. Mr. E-.r tte* president. Mr. I I secretary. Ml I I treasurer. \iiSi- Huun 6u (worship and rvao^thSM, Mrs. t AJ>e; world :iif::asri:p Mr. -.< n Teck J:n. comnr ;re i Ivy Chang, culture Mr.
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      38 5 MAILS Surface ma.: > Singapore today f' n: Jfe the Federation Latest time> lor posi in* s> I mail today M th* GP.O. «i*: noon for Snr^w..i; except I Pal«Tnb<uig. and P»n;iandK |tf p.m. for tl,«- p.m. fo: M
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    48 6 picture. I." »l I" Win 111 Health Organisation nurses on their way hi HniMf! and Sarawak to assist m developing a mother and rhild health programme, pictured m Singapore \rslerda\. Left t« ri<ftht: Miss Hulda Wcagcr, >li>s olive Warren. Miss Ida Simmons and Miss Tauline Scanlon. Free Press
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    MALAYAN INDIANS GREET NEW
    369 6 Mac Donald pays tribute Free Press Stall Reporter INDIANS throughout Malaya yesterday <ele- brated the proclamation of their country as a republic. There were ma>s meetings, flas-hoi>t-injd ceremonies and holidays for workers and children. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, told a mass meeting
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    Gilt-edgeds in fresh decline
    314 6 LONDON, Friday. pROFIT-TAKING m Briii>h funds reversed Ihe receni up Irend t* Ihe gilt-edged section In the London stock Exchange yesterday and brought losses ol up to three-quarters w\ cent., says Reuter. The check administered tc funds created caution and hesitancy m other domestic issues. Industrials
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    N.Y. TIN PRICE
    36 6 r THK Reconstruction Plni Corp y»*.vprd ;•._<■ reouc^d '.h<* selling price of <rad«» A t::i Ctfti to *<5 coius (UBl a pound 0 mpf"! the pr.cf* of Btraita tin for immediate delivery A. P.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    112 6 SINGAPORE SHIPPING SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday brackets) \v» j r<-' Main Wharf: Btaovat Dj'.rak 31-3-. President van Buren <33--•<4>. Benvorlirh 1 38-39 > E i4oi Yale Count) '42-43--\\>>t Wharf: Enin:r«- He IS A- n-7 Bantam t g.fl Tvit us nil H I Kmi»irr Dock: M IS
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    CHESS RESULTS
    112 6 RESULTS the ■tcond round of thp Sin i >"?<* < l:cs.s i ha:: slii^ rere 1> Inn Kok Ann k>i H c.tri ptM Ifobancd Yauin > bi Ktong Chin Bug <o<: ::prirf Ann ill oi Mail Br-i.^ CiMa-. (1); T.iv Kl.fr.ft Hong <2> N G Smgh n>- M
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    LONDON TIN
    41 6 'T'HE London Un ma *m |ti fcstwday jm>" tin vaa un{Ml at .599 |0i b: 1 iiui ask-r) Ninety d«v [uturca ciospd up 12.- M with £.SR? h:d and £^83 Mi tsk-ri Turnovei v o Rn tODI A. P.
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    Barrier positions on Ipoh straight
    565 6  - Barrier positions on Ipoh straig ht ALLAN LEWIS CONTROVERSY REVIVED By TWO of the rates over (he straight ttMUg la>t I Saturday were won by horses drawn on the agfler side of the track. This again revived the <ontro\er^N |of the outside of the Ipoh straight course favouring the horses
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    18 6 T Ie» Vcrfc Stock I d iad 1 all i 1 11\e close was i Reuter
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    JIMMY BOY TO WIN AGAIN
    2140 7  - JIMMY BOY TO WIN AGAIN ALLAN LEWIS Selections for tomorrow By IPOH, Friday. pERAK Turf Club's January meeting will conclude tomorrow with a programme of nine races. Main events will be for Class 3, Div. 1 horses over nine and six furlongs. Both races have a very open appearance. The
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    33 7 pitture. ANDKRSON Britain s representative m the pole vault event at the British Empire (iames. clears the bur at 11 ft. during training at the Raffles Institution cround on Wednesday.- Free Pres s
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    Weights for Grand National
    132 7 W eights for Grand National PRINCESS Elizabeths horse. Monaveen, will carry 153 Ibo. m the Grand Naticr steeplechase to be run on the Am tree course on March 25 This is 10 lbs. more than he earned when he fell at the 19ih fence when leading m last Spring^ Grand
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    Friendly badminton
    52 7 THE following will represent T.e I D*-p*»rtmeiu m a triendly game o! bad:: B i .rday. at 3 p m a' rhtMunicipal En/inetr Mi P I lah Chye Toon H Hu.den. 1 w^** Stan Qfctn -p M•• b Kuriß, DHMd Kang; Tan Che Yong. Yeo Joo L;rr. L:ew
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    R.A.F. SELETAR WIN HOCKEY
    19 7 i R a P Beletai *(< f M.i.. a R A F CfeU A i pecan
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    RACE WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    355 7 U'FH.HTS for all nine races on Saturday, the last day of the Perak Turf Club's January Meeting are: I IM\ I—B hurs Kir .4 9.M m 00 \en \rr^e 1.13 Hull Hit Blue KjWI HO9 M.indjrm |«a| liutine H.»B Helen The Fifth 8.07 Spithead B.OT Krnturkv
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    BIG WIN FOR VICTORIA SCHOOL
    102 7 VICTORIA SCHCX)! A team trounced ChOOB School by 14 -fulls nil Ifl an Intel kool nateli pi tved n tn Viatiwia ficlM«« rround J The i&me wnlcn proaucea little thrilis. was a mmplete!v one-sided affair Ri^ht from tne start to the final whistle, the Victorians
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    Craigmount impressive
    120 7 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Friday. IMIK going was very good X this morning when horses went out for training. The best workout was by Craigmount iMauii. who r.in 3f. m 131 sets. Windsor Laddie (Mawii ran 3f m even time- Spear Mirth <('harle>) did the same. A/ad (Turner*
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    U.K. DRIVERS WIN TESTS
    84 7 JJRITISII drivers Sydney Ailard and G Wmrburton, won the braking and acceleration testj of the M Car.< I were lylni serentb a tier points for 'he 2,000-nr.ie run and the had been computed B drivers however, win ihe premier award In the general ohi.wn"cation as all
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    IN SEARCH OF NEW LAURELS
    44 7 photo. DANNY MARZANI. 23-year-old American steeplechase jockey and his wife who arrived m England recently. Marzani hopes to secure a mount m this year's British Grand National. He won the American Grand National last year and m 1948.- Reuter
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    Burmese team for Hong Kong
    44 7 k TEAM of Burmese footA bailers will leave Rangoon on Feb. 14 for Hong Kong to pla> three matches against Hong Kong teams. The Burmese team will receive H.K. 536,000 for the three matches during Chinese New Yrar A.P.
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    Mills plans to become manager
    92 7 Mills plans to become manager T*ED Broadribb. Fredd.e Mills' manager, sa^d yesterday that the fOrmer world light -h«-. weight champion, mfttht become a fieht manai Mills has plenty to !i\He is estimated to have £30.000. besides having interest m a restaur.. Joey Maxim hurt F Mills more m at first
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    EAST MIDLANDS WIN 28-8
    33 7 EAST MIDLANDS beat North Midlands by 28 points to 8 m a county championship Rugby Union match at Bedford yesterday. It was a crouD I decider replay Reuter A.P.
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    MEMENTOES FOR HOCKEY TEAMS
    86 7 MR C. J<4TUIG.T Slligh J pnrfdnM of N B. H m K-iatioii hrt^ prtMttM -6 j pewter beer mv, 1 h v. South hockey m.«t<-h vhich is oeiriK played S-.>fi. ,<r. <i. .S;iturd»y. The mugs will be given a*«,y after the match to the 22 M
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    'JAP MENTALITY MUST GO'' -TURK
    263 8 'JAP MENTALITY MUST GO'' -TURK Serious fighting to start soon SOMEWHERE IN WEST JAVA, Friday. PAPTAIN Paul Westerliag, commander of the anti-Republican "Heavenly Host" army, told pressmen yesterday that his only ultimate goal (was to purgt? the Republican army of its "Japanese mentality and help create a >table army for
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    39 8 photo. Stinu' 40,000 Chinese Na- i tionalist troops fleeing from Kwangsi Province are reported to have been disarmed and interned m Indo-China. Picture shows Nationalist troops being sprayed with D.D.T. powder m the Mong Duong camp m Vietnam.- A.P.
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    BURMA HAS HAD IT, SAY BRITISH M.Ps.
    124 8 LONDON Fri IMIE rive memben of British Parliamentary delegation! to Burma returned to Ixmdon by ai r last nigh! convinced that Burma would not be able ro bear much longer the loss ol wealth and hear* expenditure caused by civil war All the
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    11. DARLING DEAD
    11 8 Reuter Mr H». Id Darling I 65 A.P.
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    Wage-fixing urged for the Far East
    127 8 COLOMBO, Friday GOVERNMENTS of Asian countries have l»em urjcrtl to establish wafe-flxinf machinery "to protect the worker and to ensure that Increased productivity i s reflected In wage earnings' This recommendation waa unanimously approved yesterday by the Asian Regional i nference of the International
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    ADMIRALTY ISSUES WRIT
    82 8 LONDON. Kri THH ADMIRALTY announced last night that it had issued a writ for damages In T .he High Court against the owners of the Swedish ship Divina which was m collision with the British" submarine Truculent m the Thames estuary on Jan. 12 The Truculent sank
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    Boy seer vanishes
    95 8 YOUNG bootblack-tuined-6eer Miguel Annidilla. who predicted the end of the world for Jan. 23, failed to appeal m a Manila court yesterday to face four charges ot blocking traffic, disturbing the peace, collecting contributions for charity without a permit and handing out prophecies for prophet. MtfUATa lawyei
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    Tokio engagement
    32 8 Tokio engage m en t F^MPEROR HIROHITO ha* J announce^ th»* vn^agetnont of his second daughter. Princess Kazukn to form »r Pr-pc- Fadai Takatsukas i >m »f a his orli Shrine.- Reuter
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    14 8 largc-scalo reciprocal exports between Pakistan Mid Fapar has beec announced i- X chl Reuter
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    Formosa vital, say military
    151 8 U.S. LEADERS "DISAGREE WASHINGTON, Friday. IH)P I.S. military leaders disagree with the I.S. State Department view that Formosa is of "no strategic significance" to America. They hold that the Chinese Nationalist No. 1 bastion, "m the hands of enemy" would vitally affect I.S. defence strategy. This
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    GREEK OUTLAW SURRENDERS
    53 8 'pHE right Wing outlaw. i George Kamarineas for! lwh<Mf capture, dead or alive. I 'a reward of 30.000 000 drachma!, had been offered, surrendered at Kalamat police station on Wednesday night. Fifteen members of trie wanted mans family, who 1 had been h*»ld on charges of eoncvHlins
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    Italians for Africa
    19 8 The first Italian troops to ic;ive lor Somaliland will sail i from Naples on Tuesday.- A.P.
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    THE HONEST CABMAN
    60 8 lIX \(>() I v \|KS GRACE dp WITT ,fl hid hardily alighted from .1 taxicab with her hushand. Frank, when noticed h«*r pur^,. containing is sin.noo fewellerj w.ts missing II *-r husband called thr poli( <•. Knt Cabbj Odd> \lshurv win .ilr»:td\ on his ut\ back to
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    37 8 photo. Drift* lik? thk bloi ked many road* »h«u rmnn: hliz/ard hit pa>t»*rii Washinfton. halting this hu> mar tht* I4ah«-Wa»hinston Stat«« line alxuit 18 inilr> past Sp«»k.»n»>. MTashlngtan. Hundreds of c*rs mete sUIIrd m thf arf:» A.P.
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    JAIL SENTENCE IN TORSO CASE
    122 8 LONDON. Friday. okian HUME. 30-year-old self-styled "Flying ■*Bmuggler M was sent to prison for 12 years iiere yesterday for being an accessory after the fact m the murder of car dealer Stanley Setty. Hume, an RAF veteran was charted with the murder) of Betty, a
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    Seaplane in a sewer
    60 8 'pHRKK cleaners, walking through >c«prs underneath 1 Buenos Aires streets a mile from the River Plata, rubbed their eyes yesterday when they came across an undamaged seaplane. It turned out to l>e a plane which had crashed and sunk m the river last Sunday. It is
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    More Siam rubber for U.S.
    74 8 More Siam rubber for U.S. WASHINTON itk THE Uni'ed States impor'ec 660 386 ton s of natural rubber m 1949. according preliminary statistics reported by the US Department of Commerce Thf> 1946 tu'al 735 340 UN I Malaya, as usuai was the main source of rubber, supplying 47.1 per cent,
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    Nancy asks for 'justice'
    24 8 hung kon 1> NANCY V the D: Sun Fo ex-P son ol Di I I previori H.K.J law) U .P.
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    TO PLEAD FOR AID
    24 8 s.jutii Korem'i National As sembly will send three members ti) U\e United States to urge tor i-ontlnu^d American I A.P.
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      51 8 HIGH TIDES loduv: 4 U am. 1.11 pin lotnnrtnw: 5.0'! a.m. «..>T p.m THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris j j I^^T^Nw /AND :O w.*i -DiEE a'\ 1 ]/'by T*.S t iMI TUSK SHOULD BC "V] j I HEM i t*S»s «^»v 1 '^**> LEX .1 9v ABOUT t M£ VVT
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