The Singapore Free Press, 20 April 1950

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v SINGAPORE, THIRSDAY. APRIL 20, 1950. I'KHfc TEN CENTS.
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  • 479 1 MALAYA PLEDGE BY SHINWELL 'Everything m our power AI VTIA LONDON, Thursday. ()l bSTIONS about Malaya again came up m both Houses of Parliament last night. In the Commons, the Defence Minister, Mr. Kmmanuel Shinwell, said that the military and civil authorities were getting everything* they required for their campaign
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  • 47 1 :\a. Than, i t foreign 1 able to come Red China. a Tibetan v m Calto Red which ie table ptece" sentaUfu of dIIc 'hlna frontier." a leader. T> •>- D Gyalpo. d v'!!owv I I m rith F\ h > b i Reuter
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  • 18 1 receive U3 ECA aid Antta that U5538.0T4.- S*2.l "'OO ir ilucd 3 493 umi- '0.100
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  • 29 1 j| as. con:ay askI Commons ■Secretary ment about which nee had and to return esta -ai the Hi^h r had been asked •his matter.— Reuter
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  • 152 1 LONDON, Thursday. 3KITAIN lakes I >erious view" of the detention by Chinese Nationalist 'Authorities of two British ships which have been running the Nationalist blockade of Chinese Communist ports, Mr. Ernest Davies. Foreign I'ihlt-Sp r! i» N told the Commons sterday. Mr. Day: d thai
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  • 33 1 Moscow Radio said lust night that new airlines will begin a direct service from Moscow to the Far East as far as the island of Sakhalin, north of Japan A.P.
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  • 22 1 Free Wttm ff Reporter Arrests under Emergency Regulations for the week ending April 19 were 83 Chinese and 7 Indians.
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  • 190 1 SULTAN ADMITS REVOLT ORDER JAKARTA, Thursday. rHE Sultan of Fontianak, Hamid 11. has confessed to ordering the rebel leader, Captain "Turk" Westeriing, to launch an attack during a meeting of the Indonesian Cabinet on Jan 24 and shoot three of those present, it was officially announced here yesterday. me Sultan
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  • 87 1 VIETMINH REBELS THROWN BACK SAIGON, Thurs. ReBEL Vietminh forces trying a general action against watchtowers m the north of Bienhoa Province were met with strong resistance and forced io withdraw under shellfire. says a French communique North, C* South Vietnam met v Ua'nt South Annum i thia week to discuss
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  • 101 1 LONDON, Thurs. r I HE Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, is to be aaked m Parliament today whether he proposes to take any action on the offer by Mr. Robert Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, to consider seriously any request Britain may make for help m Malaya. The
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  • 43 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Police and military patrols located a temporary bandit camp m the Kulim area m Kedah yesterday. A track led from the camp to a squatter area 200 yards away where seven men and two women were arrested.
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  • 62 1 The Japanese Prime Minis ter, Shigeru Yoshida, ordem. a probe into Government gi'aft when the suspected ringleader m a 200,000.000-yeri case gave himself up to the police with his beauty queei. wife, "Miss Tokyo of 1949." Police released the beauty queen but detained the suspect Chivichi
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    45 1 SIX little Chinese girls are being cared for m a Goddess of Mercy Temple for Buddhist women vegetarians off Balestier Road, Singapore. Picture shows the house m the temple grounds m which the girls live. Free Press picture. Story and other pictures m Page 5.
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  • 27 1 CIR Hubert Ranee, one time Governor of Burma, arrived from England yesterday and took the oath as Governor and Commander-ln-Chief of Trinidad and Tobago.- Reuter
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  • 20 1 Brest was still partially strike-bound yesterday, an aftermath of riots m which a railway worker was killed. A. P.
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  • 36 1 S*T r,? rr the I>On n d U Vjfnr a s l ;r, t !J l e c pnndp., n.aU.m tO mes lie>.>»n.nt-rolo,>H »nd nurslns sister becomes ">aj" r >^P >'" Reuter
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  • 88 1 LONDON, Thui s. MORE than 3,000 London dockers and stevedores struck work yesterday afternoon, bringing another 7,700 workers out with them and affecting 90 ships loading and discharging cargoes. Nearly 200 transport lorries from many parts of Britain were held up at the dockside.
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  • 74 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TWO people were wounded yesterday when bandits threw two hand grenades into Mantin village, ten miles irom Seremban. One m nade exp;odeJ on th<. Mia m road and the otber explore: ;n from of a barber's shop. A Sp^o.al Cmstable and a Tamil
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  • 41 1 4 BRITISH officer was ±1 slightly wounded when ten armed bandits exchanged fire with a patrol of the lsr Malay Regiment m the Menfakab area of Pahang m Tuesday night. The patrol recovered thr?e packs ana documents.
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  • 18 1 The second load of American arms for Italy is expected to arrive iin Naples next Saturday.
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  • 200 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE Labour Government's new budget is "inadequate to deal with the fundamentals of our economic and financial position Mr. R. A. Butler, a Conservative leader, said m the House of Commons last night. "This is the budget of a man and a government
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  • 82 1 GL'EST of honour at a conference of 100 professors and students of prehistory m London was a six-inch bust of a man with a little black beard and a snub nose The model was made to show what Stone At;e men really looked like. It was reconstructed
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  • 117 1 MASS VACCINE PLAN TO FIGHT CHOLERA CALCUTTA, Thurs. rHE Director of the West Bengal Goverment'l health .services and the City Corporation neaiih. authorities yes.•rciay announced arrangenenta for mass inoculation against cholera as the incidence of the epidemic showed a steady increase m Calcutta. An oificial communique said arrangements to deal
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  • 74 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Thurs. 'j^HE New Hampshire Board of Registration m Medicine has revoked the license to practice ot Dr. Hermann Sander because "his moral character Is such as to require revocation of his license under law." Dr. Sander has not been allowed to practice since he
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  • 43 1 gANDITS yesterday stopped two buses m Johore state, robbed the passengers of their identity cards and burnt both vehicles. One bus was stopped on the Yong Peng Ayer Hitam Road and the other on the Parit Sulong— Muar Road.
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  • 19 1 Enquiries for 100.000.000 t'ardi of cotton clcth were received from Indonesia by exporters m Japan.- Reuter
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  • 40 1 In the Siliawa area j* day a police jungle squad while checking identity card* m a tin mining kongsi saw an armed Chinese bandit approach them. On seeing the oatrol he attempted to escape but was shot dead.
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  • 122 1 CID watch angry Red's room Free Press Start Reporter aiNGAPOKE Special Branch Police officers last night kept watch outside the Raffles Hotel bedroom of Mr. Ernest Thornton, general secretary of the Australian Federated Ironworkers Association. Mr. Thornton, a known Communist, was m Singapore overnight on his way to Karachi to
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  • 62 1 HONG KONQ Thurs TPHE Canton bui.mnc* oi e National City Bank of New York has been re« tiuned by the Chinese Communists and the occupar. .< told to move out. the Canton British consulate repor The btnk'i Canton i. war. bat tiiree aparini' r.'& ut
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  • 37 1 r n\V(j huntin .11 digging yes:amid the ruins of a t->ur stoiey house m Jaffa wafitt 10 people are still missr. The house collapjed on Sunday, kii ing 13 juring 26 A. P.
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  • 31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A patrol of the 2nd Malay Regiment found and destroyed a bandit camp for 30 persons m the Kuala Lips area of Pahang on Monday.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 586 2 Dead End Kids Of Britain George Murray reviews a book that throw* pitiless light on the still-surviving slums. IF you want lo know where the rush boys and the I k street gangs ionic from, tale d litlh trip with Arthur Collis and Vcra K. lNx)le 1 hey are social
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  • 325 2 1 HIS nl l» l( J X .•!>.!• < »;»!\V\ \IN^I X! V. H (;ould I.er Hut hir n: 1 p and Q;.»rn dtinng -:ral IH XI ARK l»l\M<»M»s y 1. 'hjl Kthrrt II »le. i. Q§ :.d r hP Mlvcttturc in*o wh:rh I \\^n v wn Di
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  • 603 2 vsdfvrfv 'IX)P of the pull for novel-readers m the North of England, m Scotland, and i" Ireland al this moment is Trouble m the Glen, by 71 -year-old Irishman Maurice "Walsh And th« three nonActipn best sellers throughout the country c all war bonks. These surpi .<
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  • 580 2 Great Poet —To Crusty Old Tory v^^^^^^x^xxxx^^FßlC PETERS 2&&&&&-1 outlines the rise and decline of William Wordsworth, the centenary of whose death X falls on Sunday. s IVIIKN on the Yf twenty-third of April. 1850, Wordsworth passed away, death was claiming, not a great poet and democrat, bill a feari
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  • 87 2 r PHI- I H tl community m Prove; which he Sa I their summer At first tN'v r,r>ns foreigners Then It turns out that Papa has an unparalleled pift for funeral orator an i local demand family is dr.the full of incider." by feud> and nvalno flrn.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 13 2 lUd housecoat with tth zipp.. dramatic Kin. crisp and X 8»« cur attraci
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    • 129 2 A ne\s small ;.nd al l roct i v c ularm clock, \\ith 7 Jewel -*~^Sj N Lever movement. it Vi Made and Ciuarante- I I ed h> Smiths English nl (locks Limited. In a variet> of Attractive desi^nv t<shades. Fully Luminous. A Really Practical L Attractive Ci From Leading
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 268 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR JLJOKN on the last day of necessities yourself. the outgoing sign. Your intuitions are exAries, you have tremen- ceptionally keen and you dous conflicting forces m often will find that your your life. It can be an dreams are significant, exciting and interesting Learn to interpret them
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    • 247 2 New Crossword No. 26 C 1.1 ts ACBOBI Favourite temper J. I. Blamed ihe madhouse «6>. T Skt-'chv ■partment? »7. 4v 8 Ranting companion for Mr. Pickwidi \Ve:nh! that will not come back »3>. 11. Shrub to regret .3. Minister but not of State («>. 14 He figures it out.
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  • 58 3 GOLD-CRAZED TOWN GROWS RAPIDLY Victoria), Wednesday. rattani the gold k will earn r and pererburn, 144 Mt-lbourne, s Klondike. tio. m up 30 solid rth over U.S. rd and Mka ago, ;.;et out- parts of the c to past three :e.uest gold Tr.e town has r epy :o a ■n
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  • 13 3 U.K. HITS BACK AT HUNGARY I Hi b ndon ecent i '.vith- Reuter
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    28 3 photo. iirt of tJif shipment of Atlantic Pact arms !"ided from a I N freighter at Naples ir Communist general strike m trrival of the arms failed. A.P.
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  • 169 3 strange cults flourish mclu O mn S 0U t r h S e e 'bes n S k^.n Sh f re the year rou But there are a lot of off °L h em all c °mmunism irom the tourist routine Sip an aperiflf at practically
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  • 79 3 HONG KONG, Thurs NATIONALIST authorities m Taiwan will give all moral and material support to Prince Teh of Inner MonPekm m hU struggle a S ai nst Prince Teh, who has been leading his Mongolian troops against the Chinese People's Army m the Wulashan area
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  • 17 3 German police reported it 15.000 shells them .vh- been found m a Ham- A.P.
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  • 88 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. UH I normal life for the survivors of mm bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima di <"tt*d i" a report to thp Atomic Energy Com- to be out oi danger now almost plosions Few of the dreaded ?e appeared after the first few
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  • 54 3 CAIRO. Thurs. PRINCE Feisal Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister. was non-committal when asked at a press conference here to define Saudi Arabia's position In the Bast-West struggle are all subject to circumstances" he said. 'We may have something m our minds today and circums may force ill
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  • 38 3 General Wu Te-chen. mem- J ber of the Supreme Council of the Chinese Nationalist Government has pas.s c d through Tokio enroute to Korea. Wu Is on a "goodwill tour" of several Oriental i area?
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  • 28 3 U.S. government-backed experts are soon to invade Britain and Europe m a drive to increase sales of American tobacco, cotton, fruit and dairy products.- A.P.
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  • 28 3 More than 100 British leaders. 77 of them members of Parliament have petitioned i the Greek government to »rant an amnesty to political prisoners.- A.P.
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  • 132 3 PARIS, Thursday. T<HE world's best short story of 1950 is being sought m a contest opening this month m 18 countries. The European edition of the New York Herald Tribune arranged the contest and put up US$5,OOO as first prize. Publications m 18 other countries are
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  • 53 3 THE Dutch Government has Signed an agreement with the Australian Qantas Airways for the transport of 600 Dutch ex-servicemen to Australia and New Zealand. The first Skymaster uncjer this agreement is expected at Jakarta next Tuesday to fly the first batch of ex-service-men to
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  • 29 3 A silver-plated bathtub m which Hermann Goering once bathed has been unearthed by workers digging into a treasure trove buried by the late Number Two Nazi.— A.P.
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  • 37 3 A South A rwayi Vampire jet has set a new record for the Capetown Pretoria flight by doing the 980 miles m 1 hour. 54 mins. at a speed of 515 miles an hour.- A.P.
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  • 29 3 The Begum Aga Khan has recovered most of the £200.000 worth of Jewels stolon from her m an armed hold-up near Cannes. Southern France, m August 1949
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  • 29 3 The International Bank announced m Washington that it had granted a loan of $18,500,000 to India for furt--1 her development of the Bamedar river valley.- Reuter
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  • 39 3 T*HE number of public bathhouses m Tokio has more than doubled since the end of the war. Medical inspection has revealed that women s bathtubs contain more germs than men's bathtubs m public bathhouses.'*- Reuter
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    55 3 photo. photo One of the largest crowds ever gathered before St. Peter's m Rome saw the Pope give his pontifical Easter blessing "Urbi et Orbi" from the balcony overlooking the piazza. A.P. In New York threap of Ka ster paradtrs and spectators crowded around St. Patrick's cathedral for the annual
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  • 50 3 CHICAGO, Thursday. MR. David E Lilienthal. former Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, has condemned the government monopoly "of all information and know how of atomic energy." He said that monopoly is "the most cock-eyed way to the development of the industrial atom." U.P.
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  • 178 3 WHY CHINA REDS DEL AY HONG KONG, Thursday. DED China is not recognising countries from the West or associated with the West because she has neither the men nor money to fulfil the responsibilities that go with it, a U.S. State Department official just returned from Peking said yesterday. The
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  • 24 3 THE United Nations special representative m Kashmir. Sir Owen Dlxon. is expected to reach Lake Success from Australia m May.— Reuter
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  • 31 3 Marseilles dockers of the Communist-led Union, who have been on strike for 40 days m protest against the French war m Indo-China. have decided to return to work.- Reuter
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    244 3 T*ODAY S 'swindle" hand was 1 played by Harry Fishbein. of New York some time ago. Mr. Fishbein played the hand at three no-trump m the hope of out-scoring those players who tried lor game at hearts. He then found that he had to play the hand m
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  • 44 3 A 1,000- ion the "all dry" artificia/ bour which i i invasion of France, has been towed 9,000 mi'es from Southampton to Banka. the don Daily Telegraph saia. The piermfeet, is now moored as a loading piatform at M" >k
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  • 24 3 Indian will t i r the administration of Chandt gore, the three-square mile nch settlement near Calcutta. on May 2. Reuter
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  • 196 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. MOSCOW has announced m the past half year the deaths of 15 Russian tjenerals and admirals some of them rather young. The appearance of such obituaries so frequently m the Soviet press natural!* arouses speculation m the West over
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  • 173 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. 'FHE first Americans ground wild seeds, ate shellfish and lived 40,000 years ago according to Doctor George F. Carter. Professor of Geography at the John Hopkins Tniversity. This age is twice that generally estimated by anthropologists and would mean that the
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  • 35 3 The American President Lines and the American Export Lines are installing built-in antenna outlets m cabins and staterooms so that passengers may plug m radios and get clear and shortwave reception.- A.P.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 109 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. RLX: Tokyo J e IWVILIOX: Thelina Jordon ODEON: Desire Me COLISEUM: The Fighting Devil Do-s. HABEAS: The Younger Brothers. CATHAY: Mohmi .Tamil). HINDI-STAN: Dillaei. ENTBAL: Life \ENLS: Haririas (Tamil). PENANC < \T11AY: The Heire.ss. RtX: :The Lost Tribe. OUEOX: Give Us This Day. LIDO: The Whispering
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    • 374 3 ggSESsS sa^ajspsftjt /ri HF NETWORK) W P ek .r^^'f^oU -HaviM a board; 11.30 News Bulletin; 4. p.m. 4 C M% N 4OTsri SSS&mfSL^ t rile C tin FOr 4 4 T 0 eat S^ices 30 Corr S t tmmtnej news from K.L. Burn 6>oo Indonesian: News and g^f To 4
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  • 264 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Apr. 20. 1950. THE MAN WHO SPOKE UP 'I* ■:,v L amentary Sec- 1 lo the Brit :-n Mil the Go\ U per* Ira on ne tpe of.po 1 lie Men led i be cap;.. B a x- I -wai 0 B I I a>
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  • 1123 4  -  CLIFTON REYNOLDS (X S H- S TIIK Rev. Thomas Robert Mallhus, a Ihoufl li t- fill, liberal curate, worki n in li i s study ;it Alb ii r y. Sur r e y, years ;il;<>, lirst pill his li n g e r ujMui the
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 379 4 HIGH S.I.T. RENTS: A NEW PLEA J is I ICE Please" and "Aries* 1 have well i" a .'t on the S IT. rental. The cur: (nt rent av< ith per nut only ridiculous, but tndalous. *ag< arnei I I i tncuit v ii v nit t this payment pi
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    • 336 4 a headline In a reet-nt Free Press "'China ends old wedding laws/ 1 There follows an account of now laws proclaimed from Peipinp making illegal concubinage, child marriages, marriages arranged through go-betweens and de•reeing various other rights and prohibition*. Husband and wife sliall have equal
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  • 255 4 BY POLITICO tfALAYA has got the Siamese ri*mwouk ppmplelely wrong. At least the Bangkok Post s;«\s so after reading reports m Singapore papers übouf the wriggles, tickles :irui pinches thai #> with the version popularised by touring troupes here. Apparently nothing could be further from tne
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 16 4 Cxijuisile 4* Xf $IUl£(/y B.P.deSILVALIP iMCCROOZATiD IJH CEYI ON MMUMCTIMM JEWELLERS OVER 73 y£4*J Of BEPUTATfOM
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    • 61 4 iiniii,.iimuc:nniiiiim[3i THE RAY ELLINGTON Qt on Parlophone Records van i homi on c i didn i know rra E DICE 6 HCK LITTLE 80-P PMH lHt lUhFF FIVE (HTTfi KAim E DB] FOR BA E VOl" CAN I QLD X; BOPPT SOXEH S i iti.f MU ;'IT na rHRifiTMAa rroKT
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  • 350 5 CALL FOR CHEAP HOUSES IN S'PORE Revise building laws'—S.R.A. J ho, r°" th e need for Providing more tion nit 5 l '> Ratepayers Asso.iano« m its annual report out o-d tl -m,^" 'u l the present -hopelessly The revision of the build- rorp Ing bylaws should be regarded matter
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 5 pit'iurr (i Kami ir»il the \uv from Miisaporr un- Uion vrsh r Mr II R rr\> i\i\t- i i r x who u\*-{ h Free Press
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  • 63 5 YOUNG British police who put .t Mm! ivun lit machine-gun out n with a sjrenade and a 10 rained a patrol n IU leader was killed ist ni ht cited m the r gallantry •ds. They were lan Lewis Campbell. thumously j'x w.u-d rhr Modal and Bint
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  • 123 5 Free Press M.ut Reporter n provided b> the Singapore Govern financial assistance to Chinese verna--4a Uiin fear is intimated to be barel] :n- t t rxpeiiditure for the fir^t hall' o d yes by U tan (Chinese) Mr R. \v Watson the on the r
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  • 21 5 Singapore Traction panv bus driver. Bay Nath Pandt-y. w»a yesterday MSnted on a charge of negM;,nt driving, causing the court
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  • 154 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPI'K. Wcdesday. UNOFFICIAL members of the Federal Legislative Council today unanimously expressed the opinion that the manpower available m the country should be mobilised, trained and properly equipped to shoulder the responsibility of restoring peace and security. This formed part jf
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  • 292 5 Free Press .Malay Correspondent 'PHE Kedah Government intends to ban the entry into the State of any organisation or commission whose declared purpose is to find out whether the prayer niches of mosques m the State face the right direction: that is. m t lie
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  • 25 5 The Deputy Municipal President. Singapore, Mr. T. P F McNeice. has been appointed to act as President of the Municipal Commissioners.
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 5 picture. SIR Patrick McKerron. Colonial Secretary, speaking at the opening of the V's Men's Mount Erskine Bo)\s C'lnb m Singapore yesterday. Dr. C. J. Poh. chairman of iht- V's Men's Association, h on Sir Patricks right Free Press
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  • 176 5 Malays head list of volunteers Vf ALAYS head the list of members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps with Zts oiTicers and men, the first quarterly report of the Corps shows. Chinese, with 69 oflicr. s■ —^^—^ZZT j ana men tome second, and Eurasians are third with 31. 1 There are
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  • 31 5 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce will be held on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the G. H. Cafe. Mr. Hardial Singh will preside.
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  • 73 5 rpHE Kuan Yin I.ao (God- des s of Mercy Temple) m Kemaman Road off Balestier Road. Singapore, where six little Chinese girls are being cared for by Buddhist women vegetarians until they can earn their own living. The girls do light work such as floorsweeping. washing and
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  • 397 5 ORPHAN GIRLS GET SUCCOUR IN TEMPLE Free Press Mail K.puiui 9 £JIX little Chinese fcirls. irlM l ifW m«| three to 11 years, are tofhu befog tared far m i Singapore temple for women vegetarians dedic; 4 to the Kuan Yin, the (ioddo, ol Mercy. J is m Jalan Remain
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  • 27 5 Boys' club work lauded I- •f> Pi < -v 54* i R QPEXING V > M« I I I rick 1 p- i C Mo i The I D
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  • 31 5 I*K! the lulry C< Hall th m :i be he man ol commlfeloK P H. I a to COl BB the hay. rusiome T public b<>«. ff)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 2847 6 Successful Fed candidates RESULTS of the London Chamber of Commerce (Autumn) Examination held m Malaya last year have been announced. Below are the names of successful candidates from the Federation. Certificate Stage KEDAH SHORTHAND: Victor Khoo Sin Up. pa.vs with distinction; Tan Khim Beng. pass. PENANG ARITHMETIC:
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  • 22 6 fbvrfbvfb picture. Marlenne Kooy. Ann Hoe. Vivienne Shai- V a l*ri« Gaw. Goh Soo Kirn and Marilyn Boy ton.- Lido
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  • 146 6 Budget causes disappoin tmeni LONDON, Thurv! pHE budget was received calmly but i disappointment by the London BUefc I yesterday, says Reuter's financial corn nl Brewery, tobacco and )il shaiv lower at the opening and shewed 1< 2s. 6d. Disappointment VII expressec of relief on beer and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 48 6 THK HK.HSPOT IN THK IMM LOI SBl R(iM%> CAREEI A GLO\MN<. PI.XI OKM \N« I f HKR POKTKWAI is A NASTEBTIECI OPENS TODAY AT THE J aid roNDiii Phone «W3 PI.KASK NOTE ONI.V THKKF RM>Wfi MIU 2 6.30 9.30 p m [V JoaNofArg I£|!S§' INGRID BERGMAiN I *3
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    • 216 6 IVi3llur3kC Exclusive to the Singapore free Press m Malaya -Nf'SAiowfA 'o 1 fit Uev a seAT mister? < ANOAOOL.r. ..TATION WAGOM 00 BUT *VAiT. r*3 HA/.' MAVV- MAW 'r^ 4-^^N." ONV ON^GfTTiN'Off.pp^i-, ,i^M HUNDRED -f" 00/OURJTur^- [YEAH. I \.'V^i M.LES FROM j fed f^ iS^-A -X SsQii-"'*^-* >^fc' JANE Exclusive
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  • 409 7 AMBASSADOR AGAIN BEST WORKER This morning's K.L. gallops From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. NEWCOMER, Ambassador (Charles), was again the best worker on the training track here this morning, when he ran three furlongs m 40 J sees. His time for half a mile was 55 sees. Evening Star (Jones)
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    20 7 picture. trte, on I^:' iddl *.*«*»»t champion. Orient triple chamDion Rn.'ii l hls fight gainst _____J^^jrom^Maguire SnV mm" Free Press
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  • 43 7 Acceptors for 2,000 Guineas N final acannounced 00 Ginr.H one mile WednesF'.ame w. .sh View, aer, BUboroush, Empire. Full Gunner. Eclat. .-.r Barsam. ilen Road. > Blue Book Fastrtft Masked 1 000 Guineas iHM) Guinea* NeuK\ 26 Air H.t\T. Ban9mi SanJinks Upper Tambara Heri
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  • 16 7 S.C.E.A.. KOTA RAJA 'A' DRAW esc Engftt* by r A >• eNen- kJ 1 mats 1 DataOMfl,
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  • 383 7 of thin Ju Z i^ lre Ua v*u n Sa turday-and one «r k *»H be playing: on his home pitch The luck of the draw has gone against them on this opening da\ of the season. Mr I h p a >' ers
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    34 7 (R\KI^VI\N HhRBIMirON, with hi^ trophy *ft»-r winum- |l»e wp'tcrw^mhl npioiiship at thf X KM E. b »\iru tournament hrld at I tie <ir.»\#Hall. Sh»-ph»*rds BilsH l.on<i.in recently. Army News Army News Service pit turt*
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  • 49 7 ill team beat Burope by mt jo two :n the Golden Qkyvc tournament at Chicago Siadum or. Tuesday niyhr Aen 16.00Q VfttchCd the bo\:::jj lie United Btai v un only one E* fnd four 0r*«l m tlu wriet. whirh was started m 1931 Reuter
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  • 199 7 T 1 X h CMANGI latardaj H A P Sgt. =ner .C»pt I I Speocef r Lt. Douaidson. w O I h AC. >ui.dj» Ceylon B.C n.a'ct. p Lt. Vaughan, n. Sgt. HutGarfaUh. Cpl. Cal;ls Cpi Shori. LAC Sinhalese XI riUD Jno XI 801 l ..id Jv Oeo;,PunfC
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  • 68 7 Aust. sprint star to run in U .S. MARJORIE JACKSON. 18- ear-old Australian sprint star Who broke the women's world record for the 100 yards dash, left Sydney yesterday for the United States Miss Jackson, who ran the 100 yards m 10.7 sees, last month, plans to run In Los
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  • 63 7 (i\JS Lesnevlch, former work; *JI light -heavyweight champion, may go to Germany to fight th» German light-heavy-weight title-holder. Cunnv Rux. This was ciiiscicKsed yes erday by S. James Friedman, a New York promoter Friedman is m Frankfurt to arrange a bom beiween the German
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  • 62 7 Palmer to captain Leicester CHARLES H. Palmer ha* been granted special permission by the Marylebone Cricket Club to play for Leicestershire m the film cricket season. Palmer, former schoolmaster and Worcestershire amateur, took over the job of secretary to the Leicestershire County Cricket during: the Winter. Leicester announced yesterday that
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  • 136 7 •pHE recent lour of a Commonwealth cricket team lo India. Pakistan and Ceylon, piuved such a success that a second one has been arranged for next Winter. Confirming this yesterday George Duckworth, th.c forme: Lancashire and England player, who will again manage the team, said
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  • 58 7 pORMER heavy pion Jo c Louis left New York by pla;.H on Tin night for R!o cie Janeiro. Brazil, to begin an pxhlbi'on tour Louis Tvas accompanied by till maifaKer Marshall Miles. hil r ra!!]p:-.M,rr.;.;p Seamon and the five sparring partners wh «II ,ipvx\"»r aaainst
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  • 186 7 JPANTON. 1 1 Glenbei with a round of 67. led the Meld of 137 at Uk end of Uk roiind of th«r Sih Kin£" £1.350 professional <2 V st.oke play goH tournament on the Moor Park se, Ru-kmansworth (Hu..shlre), yesterday. Two strokes behind cam-
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  • 226 7 INDONESIANS GET ANOTHER DEFEA T INDONESIANS went a step further down the ladder 1 yesterday when they were defeated S— o by the Tigers m a Senior League game at the stadium. Tieers did as they pleased. The Indonesians could not put their attacks m order and hey never got
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  • 41 7 picture. AL PHILLIPS, (left) former British Empire and European featherweight champion, parries a left hook by Ronmr Clayton. British and Empire title holder, during their in-round contest at Empress Hall on April 11. Phillips won on points.— sport General
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  • 411 7 4 S the Ncfii Sembilan v. Juhore match has been postponed, Singapore's first game In the Foonf Seonf Cup badminton competition will not take place until June. Singapore will meet the winners of that match to decide the Southern section finalists. Malacca are not competing, so
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  • 71 7 Iron Duke takes City Suburban ]yjR G Gibsons Iron Duke von the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom -Surrey yesterday after a photofinish with ihe ComU De Cham bu re .< Roc Dv Diable Mr E Charles' Jacobite I i third Twelve ran B^tf.n^ s—]5 iron Dukt 6 Roc Dv
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  • 157 7 Six changes in Scots team SCOTLANDir *^am to play Switzerland Hampden Park, Ola DCSt Wednesday show jphanges from the combination beaten by Fr* Saturday. Two men v». it tional football Duggan, tht Hf jlti of Midlothian eentr* half, and outside-right Collins Ci isgow hav t r> »ini^ forward, it, oc.c-
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  • 44 7 YESTERDAY S U X I |IM ntnlti *eit Injlish lyfagvt Tbirtf Diviaima <N»rthern i C'r»e Alexi:. Donc&-ter 2 Scottish LMMPB, I>m Bs Qiiffns Park 4 Alk» A. hi* ie 2 Other Malrhe*: «k I>rbv County Leeds United Wo!vf! hamptor. Wande; Reuter
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  • 39 7 YESTERDAY'S Rugby results were: Ab*rcarn 0 Newbridge > s. ford 8. Torquar AU I < n Abbct f Sonifr« 3 Rugby eford 7. Oldham 5 l^igh Barrow 0 Wigan 33. v iS Salforc 3 B 5 W 23 Reuter
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  • 47 7 The follow .n^: tiu\t k>e« "prewnr thf Colonial* .»:*in»i the SCC on the paf day Apr;l 23 F Cbopard P o«- X W cvak« H Shfch M Sh*. O WcxKlford D Millet J H >» O Fernanda* A Feri,».u f Woif v Wcodhull P Mil >ih-
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  • 54 8 FAPEN-MATHAI: The engagement is announced and the marwill take place on the 24th April, at Mavelikara. Travancore. ra Mary, elder daughter of Dr J| Mrs. k. Eapen, of Kluang. Johore. and T I. Mathai. of Indian nria! Service, and son of Iff A Mrs. T. Thomas Mathai. of the
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  • 43 8 KAVANAGH POSTER: The rrarrase of Kevin Francis, son of Mr. A- Mr J. H. Kavanatj'i of Olton. and Teresa Mary, .1.1 ut- Mr. A: Mrs. H Foster of Cannnk Staffordshire. took on 14:h April. 1950. at the CfWnl of the Gcxd SH^pherd
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  • 103 8 1 <■■ MRS. V SARAYANAMUTTOO of No. 988. Windsor P .1 Ipoh. thank all friends and who attended the mar- of the^r daughter, sent pr»:sontN anr 1 greetings and to all renri-red MOGER wishes to ex>incere appreciaNilful and kindly a that her late husbanr the hands of th< >r-.
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  • 190 8 DENVER, Thursday. MEDICAL authorities clashed yesterday over the efficacy of BC(i, the vaccine which one of them had said granted immunity up to 90^ when administered en masse to the population of Japan. "You can't eradicate tuberculosis with BCG or any other immunization". Dr Harry Corper,
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    40 8 Gales and rain made it a miserable Easter in London until the theatres, cinemas and other entertainment spots opened. Picture shows part of a half-mile-long crowd outside Madame Tussauds watching a street entertainer stand on his head on a bottle
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  • 70 8 A CONFERENCE of speakers of Japan's 46 prefectures i\ voted yesterday to petition the American authorities m Tokio for the return of the Kurile islands, the islands, stretching from north-east Japan to Russia's Kamchatha peninsula, were given to the Soviets at Yalta. A resolution approved by
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  • 79 8 BOMBAY, Thui I ONE person was killed and five others injured when police opened fire ou reluin'.-^ irom Wesl Pakistan m. a displaced persons caoip m Bombay on Tuesday. The hi m« followed attaelc* by ;t refugee crowd on police who had gone to the camp
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    47 8 Ibe I :iir« r.ift-t- irri«r Boxer, iwrr leen In H<»u^ Konf hirbmir. i s due t<> vi>it Sui4 »P<»r»» at l\\r end of this month with tun U.S. destr(»>«*rs and a M«»i oiler. The Btier. irhicta curries a complement of K."» aircraft, was commissioned m April 1945.
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  • 193 8 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday rj.NE of South Africa's greatest legal and financial dramas neared its climax yesterday whe n Mr. Justice V Lucas started reading hi^ fndgment m the New Union <ioldfirld>; case Erleißh, joint managing directors, have since last June n standing trial on W
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  • 104 8 LONDON. Thurs A 100-mile raciio "fence vn- circling London will soon be completed m a n^w police scheme to cut Ranu; crime, which has risen to an unprecedented height during the few months. Radio masi j will rise m widely-spaced areas In the countries
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  • 55 8 Russia opposes Holy City plan UUSSIA hab told the United Nations the > opo *ed to the internationalisatior statute for Jerusalem aa drafted by ship Council R not present when the statute tpted by the TnisU CouncU m Geneva on I U 4. because the objected to the presence of
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  • 29 8 Three-year-old R a n d v Hollyfield. choking from a peanut lodged In his throat has arrived m San Francisco from Tokyo for an emergency operation. A.P.
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  • 89 8 INDO-PARK. TRADE PARLEY KARACHI, Thurs fJIGH Indian and Pakistan Civil Servants met here yesterday to seek a basis for resumption of IndoPakistan trade, which has been virtually at a standstill since devaluation Delegations headed by Mr. Mohammad All. Secretary-Gene, a! to the Pakistan Government, and Mr C C. Desal. Secretary
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  • 18 8 A passenger train the 'ita Fe Railroad w., deralled yesterd:iv. Lnjuf 12 d 'sons after str'k'ns r»
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  • 325 8 Fighting spreads as Peking claims gains HONG KONG, Thursday. NATIONALIST jubilation over the severe mauling on Monday of the largest yet Red invasion force which landed on Hainan has way to anxiety as reports indicate that, despite 100 Government \vnrplanes and 20 warships guarding the
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  • 33 8 All troupi i.i tin 1 I' S Berlin garrison v teruay going through a new tnti-riot drill to lest their speed In reaching hypothetical Berlin trouble spots with 'ins cear- A.P.
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  • 96 8 CARDIFF. (Wales), Thursday. rHE British Council of Churches demanded yester- day that the British Government oppose any lon In its territory. form of racial discrimina The Council, m a formai ■hit ion by Dr G. F. FUher. Archbishop of C uitorbury. accepted the Government's explanation for tho
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