The Singapore Free Press, 8 September 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
  • 19 1 The Singapore free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA M I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1950. PKKE I'FN KMs.
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  • 365 1 HEAVY LOSSES IN BIG BATTLES 65 out of 84 Red tanks 'bagged' [JARD-PRESSED Allied troops last night blunted three Korean Red offensives m bitter, costly fighting. Red commanders, seeking to exploit gains on the critical northern front, plunged lon« lorry columns southward through the lire of naval guns and warplanes.
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    46 1 picture. The British Open Champion, Bobby Locke, bounces golf balls he will use m today's exhibition match at the Royal Singapore (Jolf Club on his arrival at Kalian^ airport last night. Mr. John Day. Traffic and Salt's Superintendent of QANTAS m Singapore, looks on. Free Press
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  • 261 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Friday. I 1 Nations Security Council rejected last a Knssian demand that it order the United i halt air attacks on North Korea. came after the United States denied -:es if indiscriminate bombing and h charges of North Korean atrocities. s n on
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  • 123 1 BRIGHTON. Fri. BRITAIN'S Trades Union Congress yesterday rejected four Communist, candidates seeking election to Its council, including Mr. Arthur Homer, secretary of the Miners' Union. It was the second year :n succession that congr-ess had completely rejected Communists for its governing body. Mr. Homer. a former
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  • 263 1 CUT-OFF BRITISH GET HOVER PLANE AID From FRANK OWEN KOREA. Fri. ORITISH wounded were evacuated by helicopter from the battle area and safely landed near a military hospital at Taegu. the frontline town. A British unit cut off by enemy gunfire across their road communications were supplied by air and
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  • 38 1 While America might seek bases m the fight against Communism. American policy did not have the aim of territorial aggrandisement, declared Mr. G. C. S. Corea, Ceylon's Ambassador m Washington now on holiday m Colombo. Reuter
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  • 152 1 FOR particularly good behaviour and hard work, five girls from the Girls" Home. Pasir Panjang. were allowed to visit the Red Cross Fete at Raffles Institution on Aug. 5. to tee the handwork they lad made lor the Fete, sta'»s the monthly report of the
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  • 35 1 Memorial terrices for Mohammed Ali Jinn a h, founder of Pakistan who died m 1948. will br held m New i vi k ».i 1 1 1 1 w fcAsriirigioii on Monday. Reuter
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  • 136 1 ATHENS, Friday. /"■OSTAS Kefaloghianis was charged with raping a girl he wooed and married on Mount Ida alter kidnapping her as she left a movie theatre m Heraklion, Crete. Costas has had Greece on the verge of a modern Trojan war since he seized Tassoula Petrakogeorgis,
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  • 51 1 Cotton exports controlled The U.S Government yesterday moved to clamp export controls over shipment of raw cot'on and cotton lin•?n to all destinations exrer>: Canada The Secretary oi Commerce. Mr Sawyer, announced he Is imposing licence controls, effective today, at the request of the SecrMarv of Agriculture. Mr. Brannqn. A.
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  • 152 1 THE ADMIRAL SAID 'NO' FIVE TIMES WASHINGTON Fri. 4 DMIRAL Alan Kirk A American Ambassador to Moscow, said "no" five times to the Russians m refusing to accept a Soviet protest note on the downing of a Russian plane m Korean waters. Four times, the Admiral said no politely but
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  • 16 1 Brigadier-General Carlos Romulo. President of t]|e U.N. Assembly. Is suffering from "acute pharyngitis." A.P.
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  • 36 1 The Soviet representative failed to attend the Far Eastern Commission m Tokyo when the 13-nation Allied policymakins body for Japan resumed its regular sessions yesterday after a five-week summer recess. U.P.
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    42 1 This was the headline m today's Straits Times. A quick result iras the cheque seen below: It was brought into the ojfice by a European woman icho wishes to renuUn anonymous. Other offers of money and food also reached the Straits Times.
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  • 32 1 JJUNCJARY'S Communist. Government has ordered many Btman Catholic orders to suspend all activity immediately and leave their monasteries within three months, an official gazette s aid yesterday. U.P.
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  • 64 1 LONDON, Fri. GALES of more than 80 itl per hour lashed Britain during last night sending ships scuttling for shelter. Lifeboats went out to answer distress signals. Mountainous seas battered ships and the storm, the worst of the summer, left a trail of wreckage across
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  • 229 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A MALAY serang, Aziz bin AH, was killed and three Malays and three Chinese seriously injured, when a motor tongkang. Tong Heng, loaded with carbide and formic acid and anchored along the North Boat Quay. Singapore, blew up at 5.1a this
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  • 249 1 We are right in Malaya, says Strachey LANARK. Scotland, Frida\. THHE British War Minister, Mr. John Strache> last A night said that Britain was faced with two alternatives m Malaya developing the country for full self-government within the Commonwealth, or abandoning it to the Chinese Communists. ,Mr. Strachey. who was
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  • 29 1 Giullermo Arcibal. Filipino Chief Government Purchasing Agents, has been ordered to be suspended by President Quirino for alleged irregularity m connection with a million dollar purchase order.— Reuter
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  • 93 1 WHEN the tircf&ft Unicorn, which w as a supply ship tor the Ur. Nations Fleet m Koi waters, returned to the 9 gapore Naval Base thij> morning, her commanding ofii Captain H. S Hopkins. C.B E.. had the highest prai:>< '"the finest th ;r i«s he
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  • 616 2  - 'Miss America Her Vote ADELAIDE KERR By NEW YORK: fTHIRTY years ago x this week American women won the right to vote. And for 30 years, debate has been raging over how well they have used it. They get credit for having reached some of the country's highest public offices,
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  • 155 2 fiRAHDMA Moses is one of the Grand Old Lad.es of America. At 75. when most old ladies are be sinning to think about putting up their feet and takinz It easy. Grandma Moses, who had been a farmer's wife and raised ten children during the oast half
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  • 398 2  -  MARY DELAKE By THE letter is written m a careful childish hand: "Dear April: I hope you won't be going home yet because you are such a help to mummy. Love and kisses It is on* of m:;ny m a London office. the rest are mostly from
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    73 2 At the invitation of King Farouk of Egypt, Paris couturiere Germaine Lecomte, showCd a collection oj fourteen cocktail and evening gowns with jewellery at the Casino of JJeauville. One of the dresses most applauded by Farouk was this draped midnight blue silk jersey ciencig gown with the flag of Egypt
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  • 396 2 'Skinny Can Be 'Elegant (BY CHOOSING THE\ RIGHT CLOTHES BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT YOU are tall and too thin? Well, don't worry. Just bear m mind when choosing your wardrobe that you want to round out your silhouette and cut your height and you will gain a reputation for willowy
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    38 2 Some of the fashions of the 1920s tchich are to be seen iti "They Married a Crook/ the farce ichirh the Singapore Repertory are presenting this week. Left to rightJohn Forbes-SCTiipili, Dorvia Brown, Donna titty and Bob Richards.
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  • 401 2  - BEWAREOFTHIS IN-LAW CANON H.WARNER By A s soon as iiiv husband got a really good job, his mother began to enjoy bad tiealth, and hoic she has enjoyed it ever since! We fiave had her to stay with us twice, each time a dismal failure. She left m storms of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 227 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today you have that rare combination of the ability to achieve material success without losing; your spiritual ideals. You are one who will stick to your original concepts of right and wrong: no matter hcv much you are pressed to change your mind. Once you have
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    • 221 2 New Crossword No« 146 1 MfMM p3Hm cluls Maon 1- f l i« '-f- :r* •-<•.- <:. ...,<■ |r. J I 2ur the ri kic* may not make an gpening (8). 8. The'.r bridge is ■are a propotjtfcai <5). 10. Ev*& outride the Ne^ Tesuanent m short (6). 12, 13.
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  • 335 3 SLE WHERE MEN DO NOT WORK Whites barred from Rapa SYDNEY, Thursday. ITS TRUE about the fabled isle of Rapa— a beautiful island of frustrated women where the outnumbered men don't have to work. So wrote Clifford Kruse, adventurous 30-year-old American freelance writer who died on August 6 m the
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    97 3 Vincent Charles Hitchcock, son of a London jeweller, made his debut m the Madrid bullring recently, but was roundly booed by the Spanish crowd, who considered the former member of the RAF had come up too quickly to Spain's number one bullring-. Hitchcock was tossed into the air by his
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    23 3 s to ihe Armament and Electrical Trades School \t Homr. held m England recently, examine the latest types of radar control search lights.
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  • 45 3 Described as special service agent of the Kuomintanp "Military Investigation and Statistics Bureau." An Plng-kwei has been executed Shanghai by a police Bring squad. Four alleged spies for the Communist Internationale two of them women— have been shot m Talpeh
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  • 45 3 Thr week f:om Bcpt. 14 has b^en designated 'BloodK.i -K-aea-\Veek" m the Philippines. it is expected the n Cross will be able to col .);.<• inits of vhole blood for the use Ol United Nations forces In Korea R uter.
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  • 42 3 The appointment of a Filipino Cardinal which nas never been donp by the Vatican has been urged by Senator Emalino T. Ttrona of Cavil c Province, m a formal lelter to Monsisnor Amidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic delegate to the Philippines. Reuter
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  • 52 3 Communist spies operating m tne Philippines are coordinating their operations with other spy rines m Southeast Asian countries, government Intelligence officials testily before the House Special Convmitt.ee of Un-Filiplno Activities.- U.P. Japanese schoolchildren have presented 4.500 comfort bags to United Nations soldiers lighting m
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  • 127 3 BERLIN, Thursday. i)f Xl IN movie houses are showing fifty years of *film history Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin iteal the show from the Kaiser and Hitler. The film. -'Herrliche Zeiten" (Glorious Times), < of events from 1900 to 1950 which from tragedy to humour so
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  • 144 3 U.K. WIDENS BAN ON OIL EXPORTS LONDON. Thurs. BRITAIN has extended to all Pacific countries her ban on the export of fuel oil supplies from Hong Kong to Red China. A Foreign Office spokesman has said all Britishheld oil stocks m the Far East are being used by Royal Navy
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  • 55 3 gENATOR Robert Tart. Ohio Republican has declared that the Truman administration is like a man who can feel and see but not put together the various sensation and develop a consUteni course of action. He snsjqested that only a Republican Congress could provide consistent action from an
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  • 57 3 Mr. Yao Chunj Miog. Communist chLnas first Ambassador to Burma, has presented credentials to Burn dent Sao Shwe Thaik. The Ambassador had ear r visited the Indian Amba^aaor. Dr. M. A Rau, w k io bcnea d^an of Uie diplomatic corps after the departure of
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  • 36 3 The first, woman who will enter the Civil Service of Pakistan this year is 22-year-Miss Gulzar Bano Kakazal P n.icib who .s' d second In the Federal Publie-Senrice Commission loi civil service A.P.
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  • 30 3 Japan's International Tirade and Industry Ministry has announced the 2s' h allocation of import quotas under which Japan will Impori 35.000 tons of A ilian wheat.- Reuter
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  • 14 3 Th^ Japan-India Association m Tokyo is recrultinf 300 Japanese technicians to go to India.
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  • 424 3 IT is a popular rynicism than all one needs m order to pla\ perfect Bridge is that ability to count up 10 thirteen. It has a grain of tru'h m it. but no more Indeed. I think most playerwould play belter Bridge if tluv counted less. Few players
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  • 247 3 VATICAN CITY, Thursday. I>ILGRIMAGES are starting again to the ancient Monastery of Monte Cassino now rising again over the tomb of Saint Benedict after being destroyed m one of the most famous battles of the Italian campaign m World War 11. The discovery of
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  • 91 3 HONG KONG. ThllTS. iMIE iargrst revel built m Hongkong since the war will oe launched on Sept. 12. She is the Butterficld and Bwlrea rargo-passenger ship. S.S. Anshun. The 400-foot long vessel will hftT6 areonr.nodation for 40 first nass passt-ngers with a ril.>piac»'ir.ont of
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  • 20 3 India will send 13.000 Tons of iute to Egypt m exchange t,-r 60.000 tons of rice. A.P.
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  • 183 3 BERLIN, Thursday. and non-nudists are waging a battle for A^ Teufelssee the Devil's Lake m West Berlin. The nudists have established a sun-bathing resort on the western banks of the lake m Gruenewald Forest. It is surrounded by a three-foot fence and marked "off limits".
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  • 36 3 The Philippine Government has notified the Un.terl Naticns at Lake Success that it ii ready to lurnisn a lar^e amount of smallpox and triple va<vines to the unified command m Korea. A. P.
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  • 83 3 RABBIT TURNS ON HUNTER AFTER years of being ruthlessly hunted, trapped gassed and ploughed under. at least one raboir struck bark. Farmer George Anthony While crottfnf one of his paddocks saw a rabbit bolt into a hollow log. He reached m to grab it but the rabbit sank Hi teeth
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  • 64 3 Questions ol repayments pv-war bank cVp;w>: China are expected to be clarified by the Chine.se People I OoTCTTIiIKtit s>oor:lv. The subject was raised at a recent national finance conference heid m PNdnf The whole i^sue no? 11 the taie at which pre-WAT deposits •rill be retunded. OoTinn
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  • 47 3 U.S. crew saves Jap C aptain Braving raging waters, rfew m ambers of tne United Slates v^ss^l Beaver Sta**vv rci tlio cap'aln of a Japanrv barjje from t lie shiD. was about to j»ink alter bein? wrecked by typhoon Jane a», Osaka port last Sunday. Re uter
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  • 63 3 MEMBERS of the newly-created Japanese National Police Reserve Force "must not carry umbrellas while on duty" states one of the provisions m their service regulations. The regulations further prohibit police reserves from *scramblinfc for seats on trains and buses." Other "must nots" are association with 'disreputable
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 248 3 CTMPfIDnBP ."Richard Strauss commemoration OlNonrUACi Programme:" 7.15 News m (BIIJE NETWORK) French <BBC>: 7.30 English Half Hour: News \Far Eastern Affairs.' 484 and 41. t metres. Letter from Britain' (BBC): 8 10 am News from Singapore; -Plain English." 8.15 Thai News !2 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. <fe Talks (BBC):
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  • 531 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Sept. 8. 1950 A date to remember f VES years ago... Sept--1 ember the seventh. mo It had been a cruet day m S-mth-East nsland. and the good folk of Kent. Surrey d London were enloving their respite. i several weeks the >.rens had wailed
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  • 112 4 Ti *l qdUum Kj death, while on her wav home to Bri-ti-n oi Mrs "Cay" Cubbln has saddened those Singaporeans who have worked to keep the spirit of rhe j theatre alive here. Whether as actress or producer, she i ?ave unsparingly o f herself In the days
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  • 1008 4  -  LUDOVIC KENNEDY By son of Captain Edward Kennedy 'R.N., heroic commander of the Rawalpindi, sunk m World War 11, and husband of Moira Shearer the dancer. WHEN the last war broke out I was nineteen. By the time I had finished with it I was twenty-six.
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    6 4 cal-comcdj/ now af toe flex cinema.
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    17 4 "It don't take lonx for some o/ Vm to start tl**M*& d l dough ahout. do it,
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  • 214 4 WASHINGTON: ]tf OSCOW is using at ifl least 1.000 Jamming devices to keep the Russian people from hearing the Voice of America broadcast, which carry a "war of truth" behind the Iron Curtain, U.S. State Department officials estimate. Listening posts abroad have identified the location
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  • 410 4 Letter to the Editor OEFERRING to the article under the heading "New Spore Rent Clause Opposed", which appeared m Thursday's paper. I wonder what the sources of information are. After amendment the ordinance will read thus: 14 (1) No order or judgment for the recovery of possession
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  • 546 4  - The 6-Nation Navy Off Korea RAY FALK By Aboard a British Flagship m Asiatic Waters: T»HE Allied Navies x plying m Asiatic waters have been described as one big, happy family, and they are except for a few minor differences. Most important is the tact that the British units under
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    15 4 A beautiful vietc of the fmm us t» h Lcmor* f r om Bclloch, Scotland
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  • 91 4 THIRTY years ago, Mr. B. J. Dejongh, of Rotterdam, began collecting bottles. The bottles were sample bcttles of strong alcoholic drinks, and today Mr. Dejongh has as many as 3,000 specimens. Thff samples come from 38 countries, and are all perfect miniatures of the larger boitlt's on sale
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  • 143 4 THE 1950 Shakespeare Festival at the Memorial Theatre, IftCAt-ford-upon-Avon, is to be extended by four weekji to October 28th By that time the Festival will have run for eight months the longest season ever. John Gielgud and Pegjrjr Ashcroft are leaving Company on September SO. Mr. Gielgud will
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    • 15 4 POPULAR HOUSE < OJ I SPORT CUPS MEDAL!: P. H. HEN3RY, Jeweller < North Krid-r Kd Spore
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    • 52 4 The Perfect Double Curtis Gin and JKeuleri Lime Juice Cordial Sole agents m Singapore and Malaya: COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. KERSHAW CARL ZEISS BARR&STROUD ROSS BINOCULARS HBx 9i lOi k 12i Magnificat > F. J. ISAAOT opt/c/aw ttndertaUn 12. THEAiCAM. RHONE 824 V (f *f tUtß— Plaem.
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  • 326 5 'SUGAR BABY' QUEUES IN COLONY Mothers rush to register Free Press Staff Reporter JJECAUSE they want more sugar, Singapore mothers are queueing up every day to have their babies registered with the Rationing Office m Orchard Road and the Mobile Ration Unit which visits the rural areas. Since sugar was
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    13 5 r rived m Singapore amongst placement troops on the Devonshire yesterday. Free Press
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  • 151 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ■1 year (1950) will show whether m the of iKivment under the War Damage im increase m bankruptcies will take >re. says Mr. \V. G. Alcock, Otlicial annual rem>rt of the Department of iul AasUi>« and Public Trustee. for :he re-; imbei of
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  • 128 5 Survey of handicapped children Free Pres^ Staff Reporter THE Singapore Youth Council has been approached by the Community Service Commi;tee of the Rotary Club With a request that they should consider organising a survey cf handicapped children m Singapore. This is the first occasion on which the Youth Council has
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  • 96 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN important amendment, which will exempt Muslim marriages from his proposed marriage bill, la being made by Mr. John Laycock. the Singapore Legislative Councillor. A new clause to the bill— which seeks to make illegal marriages between two people one of
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  • 46 5 Ong Seng Guan. aged 11. who was said to have been banished for life m May 1940 appeared m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of Illegally entering the Colony m early 1946. He was remanded r^r 48 hours picture.
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    34 5 picture. 7*K. Stank.* A. Miiliitin. A««flcMl Irk -Consul In y«:i«l- ras, and his wife, who passed through Singapore yesterday on the President Harding: after spending their 1 mvp m the United States. Free Press
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  • 53 5 'pHE Sinagpore Malay Teachers' Union is inviting Malays m the Colony to give their views on Malay education at a special meeting on Sunday at the Kola Raja Club. A complete report of the?* views will be submitted to the Committee for Malay Education now sitting
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  • 33 5 To celebrate the renovation of the Royal Singapore Flying Club and the opening of the roof garden, a Chinese dinner, followed by a dance. will be held on Saturday. Sept. 23.
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  • 74 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Vf EMBERS of the Singapore Motor Club will be tested on skilful, careful and cautious driving at a rally to be held on Sunday, Sept. 24, about 9.15 a.m. They will compete for a challenge cup presented by the Automobile Assciation of Malaya
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  • 308 5 Free Tress Staff Reporter yHIRTY dogs have died m the past month from a hard pad epidemic that is sweeping Singapore. These dogs, though under treatment at the Municipal Veterinary Department, were m too advanced j a stage for help. An official of the cienartment
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  • 51 5 picture. pOl'R years old Miranda smiles at the photographer, while brother Malcolm, a»ed 7, eyes the Military Police with respect. They are the children of Capt. D. G. F. W. Maclntyre, Staff Officer, Intelligence. C.-in-C, Far East, who arrived on the Devonshire from Great Britain yesterday Free
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  • 203 5 by TAN KIAN LIAT PENANG. Thursday. WOMEN dentists are best suited to children, acT? cording to the Federation's Chief Dental Officer, Mr. C. F. Mummery. "So popular have our dental nurses become that children are gradually losing their fear of the dentist's chair." he said to
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  • 87 5 Free Press Staff Reporter LANDING tax revenue at Kalian? Airport for the first six months of this year totalled 48 per cent more than for the same period m 1949, it was officially stated yesterday. There was a 16 per cent increase m Inns-distance traffic. It
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  • 123 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MRS. CAY CUBBIN. wellknown m the Singapore theatrical world, died suddenly on the troopship Orbita re-ot-ntly while on the way to England with her husband. Major R. Cubbin. formerly a staff officer m the Education service, GHQ FARELF She came from Manchester
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  • 272 5 Housing co-op. builds for Govt. officers Free Press STtaff Reporter OAVING completed six terrace houses which will 11 be opened on Sunday, the Singapore Government Officers' Co-operative Housing Societv intends to build more houses for its members C3nstruction of 22 terrace houses at Cambridge Road has been planned. Mr. N.
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    34 5 picture WONG AH CHENG, wno lost a leg when the train to Kuala Lumpur was attacked by bandits, holds the cheque for $2,310 which she received from the Malayan Railways as compensation.. Free Press
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  • 115 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter DATO ONN bin Ja afar, of the Federation, and Mr. C. C. Tan. of Singapore, are going to London to attend the Commonwealth talks on plant for eeconomic development m. South and South-Easi Asia, which open on Sept. 25. They will
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 58 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from India. Pakistan, Btam Boutta Mrtca. Australia and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon foi Great Britain. N. Ireland Eire, Europe. North and V. M Atric.t. We*l IndU i i vpt and Ceylon: 5.45
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  • 1850 6  - REGMAR TO WIN GOLD CUP TRIAL TOMORROW ALLAN LEWIS Grecian Prince, Pink Gin and Hurry Up best bets By THK curtain will ring up on Malaya's most important racing fixture tomorrow, when the Singapore Turf Club open their Gold Cup meeting Principal race on the programme will be for Class
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    45 6 pj 1 11 r t. Bobby Locke, the British Open Golf champion, is greeted on arrival at Kalians Airport yesterday by Mr. John Day (left). Traffic and Sales Superintendent of Qantis m Singapore, Sir. H. Rodgers, Slazrngtr representative, and R.S.G.C. professional Douglas McEwan. Free Press
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  • 957 6 f rwo young horses by 1 P a n o r a m a—Coastguard and Printer's Error -will probably fight out the Class 2. Div. 3 race over seven furlongs (less 17 yards) at Bukit Timah tomorrow. The other tH'o .seven-fur-long races for Class
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  • 104 6 JOHORE. BAHRU. Fri DLAYING on a wet and slip--1 pery ground. 221 Vehicle Battalion "A" team beat All Blues by two goals to one m a League soccer match on the Istana padang yesterday Hughes scored the first goal for the soldiers, who crossed over at the
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  • 47 6 The 50-miie Time Trial the Ur th e ent m lne Singapore Best All-RouncW Open Cycling 'competition organised by the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club will Ite he!d on the Uxa Cfca Ean* j Road oft Kith mile Bukit Tlmah j Road at 7 a.m. on Sunday.
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  • 347 6 London Stock Exchan^ LONDON rida INTEREST on the Stock BsduMfC restertf*. specialised rather than general. s latt v im J financial correspondent. The main focus wa N Gilt-Edgeds, which showed rises up to hall mi m the longer dated issues. Coppers and diamonds moved ah- support believed
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  • 47 6 IMC Toweel. v veffht r-ha^ iared unfit by a i ccx-ior fisht the I Muvoloni. Toweel haj to bpfi Follov a -phone <Ti ht. Rec ranged for Sept. 23 date for the com The Italian was c Falrinelli j btntamtlth I on B*v* AP
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 88 6 4 ->"■ s •Z^ V »f I Iff JuH SUNBEAM-TALBOT WINS AGAIN! Once again Sunbeam -Talbot cars have excelled m the h*Pnahonal Alpine Trials or 1950. |u,t examine these results SUNBEAM TALBOT: First and Second -2 litre class First. 2 litre class. Acceleration and Braking Test ALL CLASS CHALLENGE CIP-Best
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    • 169 6 !ffoildr3k6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya v I .VHOA--TIIE BEAM IS FADING. CO I I SACK 0\ THE BEAM 1 /^.-n --\APOA--I SAY, T htßt-- II SACK. TAKE THE NORTH ROAD, r- AGAIN. KtEP nr 1 NAROA-- CT 7>(l AtMANO? MSNAZDA*. GOJJGjJ^TNiARJ KDfiWl! TlPBi J^XsNt Exclusive to
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    24 7 Arthur Ayres on Persian Lord, a lop-class sprinter on which he has scored four victories. Ayrcs relates his riding career m today's Racing Supplement.
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  • 415 7  - QUEEN VIC DISPLAYS FINE PACE ALLAN LEWIS 3f. m 38 sees, on soft track By SHOWING exceptional speed Queen Vie (Tioa) reeled off three furloners m 38 1/2 sees, this morning on the number two grass track, which was still soft. She kept to the inside of the track .and
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    12 7 "I* lhat Wimbledon? Will you cancel our hooking lor next year* tournament.'*
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  • 172 7 CENTURY first-wicket partnership by the Yorkshiremen, W. Keighley (92) and W. Sutcliffe (st>), gave Minor Counties a good start when West Indies left them to make 319 to avert an innings defeat at Norwich yesterday. but by the close they had lost six wickets. Earlier West
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  • 185 7 DATES FOR the A i-lnciia table tennis teams visit to Singapore were finalised at a council meeting of the Singapore Table Tennis Association held at the Chinese V.M.C.A. last n. The full list of fixture? is: Sept. 14 The Rest: 17th v All-S.: pore: 18th
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  • 64 7 •yHE visiting Hong Kong Chinese will mett the Malayan Chinese Football Association m a return match at Jalan Besar S admm today. M.CF-A.'i line-up will be: Chee Seng <S>: Sai Cheoiiß «Sel.>, Hoon Leong (S>: Hpp Jong <S>, Tiam T>-e (Mai.), Poh Ch'.ew iSel.»; Hoi
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  • 43 7 THE following horses will not start tomorrow. Tara Street, Brilliant Marc. Hot Drop. Bright House. Radar, Trobella. Ladies Flame, Egyptian Queen. Envoy, Piraeus, AtLintas, Kaheen. Blue Print, Jungle Path and Sisteron. Melbury Court and Full Stop are very doubtful startem.
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  • 109 7 ENUL ISK-BRED stayers beat oil a strung French challenge to win the Doncaster Cup with £2.000 added momy yesterday. Miss Dorothy Pagets Aidborough, ridden by Doug Smith, won the two mi!es two furlonss lest, with High Forest second and Die Day, with Gordon Richards up. m third
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  • 46 7 WEMBLEY last night beat Wimbledon by 56 points to 51 m the first leg of the London Speedway Cup final. Tomrnv Price scored 13 points for the winners and Freddy Williams 12. For Wimbledon. Ronnie Moore got 13 and Ernie Roccio 11.— Reuter.
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  • 16 7 EGYPT defeated Greece six to one m a water polo match at Cairo yesterday.
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  • 152 7 gINGAPORE Cricket Club started their hockey season yesterday with a 6-3 victory over StM U Sports Club. It was the first inter-Club game this seasoru Shell started off well In tho first half and scored three goals and were leading 3—2 at the interval.
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  • 76 7 AAM Cup for Motor Club AUTOMOBILE Association of Malaya (Singapore and Johore Branch) have presented Singapore Motor Club with a challenge cup to be awarded for skilful, careful and cautious driving. The Motor Club plan to ho!ri a rally on Sunday. Sept. 24, starting about 9.15 a.m. The extent of
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  • 71 7 T'HE following player? have been selected to represent Raffles In.^ituticm against the Enslish i schoolbqys (who are on holiday ;in Malaya) at cricket tomor- '< row at 2 p.m. on the R.I. pround: Chin Tooa Fook (capt.). ;G. Knshnan. R. Sandosham. Rabinder Singh. K. S. Wulunv.
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  • 142 7 From JIM CHAMBERS BATSMEN held the upper hand m the North v. South festive game yesterday at Scarborough, where the North declared at 283 for seven and the South replied with 284 for seven. The feature of the Hastings festival was the century by Glamorganshire's Emrys
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  • 114 7 UONG KONG Chinese soccer tourists will cancel their proposed tour of Burma, where they were to have played four matches, the Frep Press was informed this morning. The three players for whom they have asked as replacements for the four who will be leaving on
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  • 266 7 4 FTER a poor start m their S.A.F.A. Community League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, Combined Malays defeated the Indians by four goals to nil. Malays could not settle down m the first half and Angullia, their goalkeeper was tested continually. Malays pulled
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  • 235 7 Som Pong Paras fight on Sept 29 Free Press Boxing Reporter T^HE fight between Little Paras, former bantam x and featherweight champion of the Orient, and Som Pong, who still holds the Singapore welterweight title, has been postponed to Sept. 29. The bout w^s provisionally fixed for next Friday, but
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  • 52 7 YESTERDAYS English X League soccer results wen? SL( OXD Di\ ISIOX Swansea T. 4 Leeds U. 2. Div 3, (Southern) Colchester U. 4 Bournemouth 1 Leyton Orient 1 Northampton 0 Walsall 0 Norwich c 1. Watford 0 Newport Co. 2 Div. 3 < Northern > Carlisle, Hartlepool
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  • 101 7 SADDLER v. PEP TOD AY gANDY SADDi^L^. the cfc Ilenger, was today a .-5 on favouriie 10 ivedm world Eeatben from the bolder, v. v hen the Yankee Stadium, K*w V tonight. Saddler knocked P i -t m ff or: >mr n title m October v i the foliorin^ P^^nwtry
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 86 7 I JliS IS W M LADY rf.wSk THEY MARRIED A CROOK at the VICTORIA THEATRE TONIGHT SATURDAY at 9 p. Bookings at ROBINSON'S Phone 5894 Theatre Box Office from 7 p.m. Phonp 6826 LAST NIGHTS AUDIENCE WERE IN HYSTERICS. SEE THIS GRAND COMEDY TODAY. :i Shows 2 6 30.9 30
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 68 7 Today's sport SOCCER: Malayan Chines? v flon? Kong Chinese (rrturn jamf| at Jalan Brsar sUdinra: Community I gr. tie: Sin^a|M»rr l)i^t. (Army) v Koya.l N»w at Tan-lm; Basinrss House A: Mala van Publishing Hse. v Sime Darbj at < flane; Bas. Hse. B: Guthrie v Or.i-n-Ul Telephone at V.M.V Junior
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  • 51 8 ANOELL: On Sept. sth. m I cd. to Daphne (nee Whyatti. of F. L. Angell. a son. FITZGERALD: On 6th Sept., t Bimgsar HospiMl, K.L., to Fndhi. wife of J Fitzgerald, a son. KILN'ER: On 7.9.50. m Singaj>ore. to Pam (n- e Peckett) and John Kilner. a brother for
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  • 29 8 MR ROBERT GOONTTNG anc children thank all relatives and friends for thrir kind expressions npathy and attendance al the funeral of the late Man Gt:i!h r rrr.ina Gooniing
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  • 448 8 Slights on U.S. Army BERLIN, Friday. rHE campaign to prepare for the rearmament of Germany now getting under way is quietly resurrecting the military spirit which was supposed to have been buried five years ago at the end of World War 11. The German man-in-the-street is today
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  • 124 8 MUSCOVITES GET ANORIER WITH U.S. MOSCOW. Fri. I^HE destruction of a Soviet bomber m Korea Bay was the biggest topic of conversation among R'issians m Moscow yesterday, and resent,ment against American leaders appeared to be rising. Feeling has already been running high against the United States, especially over the bombing
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  • 32 8 The Big Three foreign ters, meeting m New York next week, are expected to approve a new increase m itrength of West Germany's 90 000 police force.— Re ut er
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  • 126 8 JAKARTA. Fri. The cabinet ol the Hen Indonesian Republic laid down a nine-point programme at its first session yesterday. First, the government will prepare for a general election to he held as soon as possible. Second. consolidate and improve government apparatus. Third, achieve i'Vernal security; fourth,
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  • 109 8 (ontiniK^i {rc»m p ife lifted before any payment was made under the War Damage Schemes, a number of bankruptcies might result, becau.se pre-war debt? would b'vomo payable While lost properly has not been re-; placed m the abs^nca of I compensation for war da- ma Re. The number of
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  • 23 8 Bern Hi da was alerted today for a 140-mties-ao-hour hurricane expected to «wepp the island within 12 to 18 U. P.
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  • 33 8 1 KAFFIC m RenfiHd Bireel, «.n»' of Glasgow's main thoroughfares, was held u\t lor 15 minutes while a policen.an tried to capture v ilurk which had wandered from a nearby market.
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  • 27 8 Yesterday's quotations on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: HK $6.30 per U. S. dollar HK515.50 per pountl sterling HKS.WO Der lad nf omM U.P.
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  • 261 8 NEW YORK. Friday. |>EOPLE a mile and a half away from a hydrogen bomb when it falls will be rendered bald temporarily by the radio activity, states Howard Blakeslee. Associated Press Science Editor. The new bomb will have all the radio activity of the A-bomb, plus its
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  • 171 8 TAII'EH. Friday. LM>RMOSA'S former headhunting; aborigines m the densely- forested mountain interior have solved a problem far more serious to them than Communist invasion a shortage of wives. Tribal chiefs m conjunction with the Formosa Government authorities on Wednesday announced provisional laws to check
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  • 112 8 F.B.I. ready to arrest 12.000 Reds WASHINGTON, Fri. THE Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, was reported yesterday to have told Senators that his agents are ready to arrest 12.000 dangerous Communists if a war should break out with Russia. A member of the
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  • 104 8 PARIS. Fri. FRANK Bchwi torney for Gerald Daynet, the younii American school teacht: who was involved m a hotel room brawl with his s relatives over custody three -year-old ci said yesterday that a court hearing was due today. BchWtftl *a!d DftjMl had sem his family
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  • 68 8 FLOOD THREAT TO TOWN Th d Inhabitants oi Sadiya. India, were preparing to fit I*'1 a: any moment yester- day irom the threat of milions o: tons ol floodwaters unleashed by a bursting dam 70 miles to the north-pa The dam m the Ric River which is a tributary of
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  • 219 8 'I was talked into it' i I Sequel to tearful wedding j SAYS WOMAN HOLLYWOOD. Friday. MARGARET O'Brien's mother has gone to court to begin her case for a divorce from bandleader Don Syluio because she says he talked her into the wedding against her will. Hollywood is expecting the
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  • 61 8 Blacksmith gave blood to woman MRS X: patient Hospital Lone for a vvrv nu caused trans: In several com for a week donor, was sta to be main., provement m Mrs. Hal! i transfusion donor, a E smith. Mr J M. one person In 2 the typ<> ol b Search
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  • 37 8 ZINC PRICE UP BY 21/2 CENTS Zinc Jun hart cents i U S terday m th»- N ket. bark to I pound po>* reached m N and hfid vi Ttie pi basis Demand greater thai recently.- A.P.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 361 8 Strait- „nes Free Prest to* fh* convenience ot ad> itcrtisers. our Representative at Ist Floor Singapore Cold Storage Orchard Road. will receive small advertisements •nd answer* m hot numbers PERSONAL MR MRS WALKER of tlv: House Inn. Cameron ncls, will be on leave m the UK. until early December. Meanwhile
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    • 150 8 I ROYAL PORTABLE "Mogic" Morgin '>iinatei furr»biing. No fuss, no fret click, P it's set' c Many ofber exclusive Ro>ol features make > iroy Magic YOUR f Portable Tvpe^riter C Sold guaranteed by a 1 9 Service e>tabi'shed 40 1 >sars m Malaya. 1 SP.H.P. ¥raß L E i S
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    • 171 8 RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT GAY REVELLERS CLUB DANCE EXTENSION TO lam. TOMORROW EXTENSION lo GALA RACE DINNER BALL BY REQIEST THE NOVELTY 'CHINESE INTERLUDE" j featured by CASTILLO'S ORCHESTRA "ROSALIE" SI NDAV SPECIAL ATTRACTION ERIC COATES LATEST COMPOHTIox THE 3 ELIZABETHS with SPECIAL SCREEN EFFB S played by RAFFLES 21 PIECE
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    • 35 8 HIGH TIDES T«>«i;t\ I i I an: "T.iiK J n.. Tomorrow 10 OS m; S.lM|i.i,' THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I L L— -j J?° vr A3OUT nae J PROFESSOR .^^^S^- -s :/vM\^ 5 -i
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  • Free Press RACE-FORM Special
    • 7 1 Free Press RACE-FORM Special Friday 8. 1950.
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    • 1213 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS r Singapore tioM Cup is :in iii tradition to m racegoers as bourne (.'up |s stralians and lVrl>\ to English Previous to I ihe race was \ym :is the C P. > vp after :i secretary <»f Singapore Turf first
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    • 117 1  -  I racA rr/. i l iiia ?r:/.' Hove huge folmounl on Battleship. Ayre >• Gold Cup mounts. Tulloh is to take the 0)i Battleship Ayrzs not accepted a jmouni but there io "<> doubt he ivill be astride one of the I didat-Pe-uar ;oc>r;/ Tom;,nj Farthing had tfte
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    • 205 1 |>\ST winner* of th« Sinfapor* Cold (up since 19SS wer.-: 192* ROWBOAT 7 13 1934 FIKSOLK 7.2 1935 BKSTLOT 8.11 1936 COCKFEN 7 1! IJ3T BLIL HEim 7 5 1938 r.OLDEN GUMPS! 1.13 1939 COOLTIPT 9.U 1940 MYSTIC MUSK 7.H 1911 CiRAND PKIX I.M 194 X LEODA
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    • 304 1  -  TRESPASSER says VEXT week's Singapore Gold Cup race is the most open for years. The weights will not be known until Thursday but, judging by current form, a close finish is anticipated. Never since the resumption of racing m Malaya after the liberation have so
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    • 137 1  -  By A RTHUR AYRES needs no further introduction to Malayan racegoers. Arthur is probably the most travelled and the most successful jockey to come to this country since the war. He has ridden successfully m Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and was the leading
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    • 4751 1 IN 1930, at the age of fifteen, I was apprenticed to the late Adam Skirving, private trainer to Dr. Syme, who raced under the nom-de-plume of "Mr. S. A. Rawdon". As you will know, Adam Skirving was one of the "Grand Old Gentlemen" of the
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 8745 2  -  ALLAN LEWIS Compiled by FOLLOWING is the complete form guide for the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting, with details of the last three runs of all horses entered for the meeting. sNOWI OWL II 22-7-50 Spore 9-5 Div. 1: 2nd i'l
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      • 45 2 El DONT HESITATE J I C T^^ 1 y hu iwt— cJXJW*' 7 B S lOUSTEAD 4 CO LTD X MANY FLATTERING SHADES. ■afiiMi^*jM;ii:nii^i ai «N«»»O«| -Til H|M 1 1 LEElnirw^^ 1 1 STOCKIST OF ALL HIGH CLASS WATCHES 5-A CHANGE ALLEY SINGAPORE Tel: 334S
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      • 81 2 ri!E AUSTIN A^9^S^#^ I J hn^i!, hC aa c th is Aus tin Sports Convertible is RECORD-BREAKER— holding 63 American stock-car speed and distance records (established a t Indianapolis T.S.A. on April 19th. 1949) The A.90 has a 90 b.h.p. overhead valve engine, power-operated hood and dooi windows, and every
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      • 18 4 \«i^s7 >J »'4 f SS r^s (J I V *s? a~~ r^Tim AmZawm I x ST^ u SSY
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      • 105 4 ETERNn-MfiTIC /-7/? si SLLh WINDING k W/r// BALLBEARING Steel, Waterproof From SI 80 SOLE AGENTS 16 (OUTER QUAY SINGAPORE 7 KODAK >nci or. >a-r»e n as used .n t^.e photcame r a. wh.rh evrv Race Day n and m^f c pf o^ H i i KOD--Insst on KODAK "The film
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