The Singapore Free Press, 18 April 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN KALAYA N SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951. PRICE TEN (EM 3,
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    LOST SUB STUCK 200 FEET DOWN
    277 1 Crew signal rescue shits U." La. .\b t KAY, the submarine missing all •>,„, y i > J estcrdav >< stuck on the sea bed 2W feet down 36 miles off the Isle of Wight near the spot where she dived. Si-ik.ls from her
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    RUBBER TALKS TALLING
    52 1 RUBBER TALKS TALLING ti rubber .sumers, will .-oon to Informed d. agree- m teeing s T o pt oreiurn to at United heir prorubber ed world d*leing and >ofc i nq ed d to -•nip- »o break nex r Frar.ce, ■>n. ota 9| Malay.i. h Borne<j ed, while the for
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    PACT FOR PACIFIC
    25 1 PACT FOR PACIFIC ton. Tues. ST of an tripartite between a■ r •ted ngton vp a v threats to her* 'iient with th ipanese Reuter
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    PENGUINS USED AS FOOTBALLS
    56 1 soon as Victoria's Premier heard that penKuins had been treated as footballs and dropped over cliffs by visitors, at Phillip Island pleasure resort, he announced legislation to protect them. Fixing a £100 fine for first offenders, he said no punishment was too severe for a person
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    BANDITS WOUND FOUR
    117 1 Free Press StalT Reporter MR. K. S. Fraser. Manager of Lee Sawmills. Lombong, and a party of police were ambushed five miles away from the mill, m the Kota Tinggi area yesterday. Mr. Fra-ser and three constables were wounded and tak-'n to hospital. Three special constables on
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    M;\\ HFC HEAD
    21 1 President Truman yesterday asked Mr. W. Stuart Symington to become administrator of the reorganized Reconstruction Finance Corporation. A.P.
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    Senator: make war on China
    142 1 Senator: make war on China WASHINGTON. Wed. DEPUBLICAN Ser.iuor Harry Cain je.'.terday introduced resolutions cxiili^ on Congress either to d^Jare war on .he Chinese and Korean Communists or withdraw American forces from Korea. At Lake Success the ArabAsian group has asked the Indian Ambassador to China. Sardar Panikar, to sound
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    6,000 fight Russians
    134 1 ROME, Wed. MORE than 6,000 tough anti--111 Russian guerillas are fighting government forces m the mountainous northern area of Albania, refugees said yesterday. The guerillas openely defied from 6,000 to 10,000 Russian police and military experts, rushed to the tiny satellitr nation last month to squash anti-Communist
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    UK WON'T ADMIT RED DELEGATE
    127 1 LONDON, Wednesday. LORD JOWITT, the Lord Chancellor, said that Mr. Lee Yet-mang, leader of an unofficial Chinese Communist delegation now In Prague, was not beinff allowed into Britain because it was not m the public interest. The delegation had been invited to Britain by the
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    15 1 ILM.S. Affray on surface patrol. Above btf conning tower are the snort' hr- .inff tubes.
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    WOMAN FOUND MURDERED
    39 1 W OMAN FOUND MURDERED The bod" of a 24-year-old Malay woman Chik binte Abdullah, was found m a back lane off Johore Road. Singapore, on Monday night. She is believed to have been murdered. Death was due to asphyxia.
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    On way to Korea
    39 1 A battalion of picked Ethiopian troops, formerly members of the elite imperial guards trained by a Swedish mili'ary mission. Ls en route for Korea with a message from Emperor Haile Selassie: ■Acquit yourselves as heroes.
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    'PRAY FOR SLAVS'
    8 1 £lieJ?Qfi&X v c- ca] 4r^
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    TRUMAN MAKES WAY FOR MacA
    250 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE U.S., Senate yesterday joined the House of Representatives m voting a formal invitation to General Douglas Mac Arthur to address a special joint meeting of Congress tomorrow at 17.4U GMT. President Truman has cancelled a speech he was supposed to make to
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    JAPS FEAR VOICE OF BRITAIN
    179 1  - JAPS FEAR VOICE OF BRITAIN CYRIL AYNSLEY By Special to The Free Press TOKYO, Wed. THE Japanese are showing increasing apprehension about Britain's part m the proposed peace treaty. The Mac Arthur incident has sharpened that apprehension. Although some Japanese believe that the General's dismissal was purely the action of
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    Fashion preview
    50 1 picture. Seen at a preview of new styles to be shown at the Johore Bahru International Fashion show tomorrow and Friday nights: a strapless cheongsum of sleek black velvet worn by Eileen Kuok and a novel playsuit with transparent blouse modelled and made by Cora Danker. Free Press
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    U.N. TROOPS DRIVE
    185 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. ITNITED NATIONS forces started a general attack m western and central Korea yesterday. They scored "big gains" behind two tank infantry columns. The Chinese Communists fled north from the advancing allied infantrymen all along the front except for tht! western end of the vital Hwachon
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    'STOP RED TRADE'
    31 1 TAIPEH. Tues.— A Kuomintang broadcast intended for Chinese m the Federation of Malaya urged them to step selling rubber and other war material to the Chinese Communists, A.P.
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    U.S. ASSURES PERSIA ON OIL TALKS
    214 1 U.S. ASSURES PERSIA ON OIL TALKS WASHINGTON, Wednesday. T4IE United States has told Persia she need hup no apprehensions regarding the current An!»u»American oil talks m Washington, the Secretary »f State, Mr Dean Acheson, announced ysterdiv The State Department, he said, was full) of reports that Iranian Government tpok had
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    REDS ARREST ARCHBISHOP
    44 1 HONG KONG. Tues—Chinese Communists have arrested and imprisoned the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Haifeng, Honan province, Gretano Dullio, an Italian, according to the official Communist press. The Communists have also gaoled three missionaries serving under the Archbishop All are Italians. Reuter
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    'LET THEM BET,' SAYS REPORT
    51 1 LONDON, Wed. A Government commission on gambling suggested yesterday that Britain should allow anyone over 18 to walk into a bookmaker's office and place a bet. A punter can lay only a credit bet m England. Actual hand-to-hand cash transactions are le^al only on racecourses
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    $100 WAGE RISE
    28 1 BUENOS AIRES. Tu< President Per on has ord< a minimum salary Increase of 450 pesos < about SI no. for all Argentina's 400.000 civil servants. A.P.
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    MRS LAU NOW HAS $805
    34 1 Fr.-p Press StatT Rrp;. The fund for Mr. I Mute, paralysed X iched $B().'> I H P. L $2 X i Chai $5, Ann' $5, In i Britisher $10.
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    Control approved
    20 1 The House vi H tlves y« unanim* roved ;<nd tend export pontrobs i Jun 3U 1' 30, U.P.
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    Goitre: a swelling of thyroid gland
    1221 2 By The Singapore Doctor My mother and sister had goitre and now my daughter, aged 10, suffers from this complaint. What can oe done to cure it? Also, viy son, aged three, a fine, active, healthy Id. perspires projusely* If I do not ?ige
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    Ancients knew all about hypnosis
    400 2  -  DR. CHARLES HILL By SPHERE is nothing very new about hypnosis. The ancients knew how to put themselves and others into a kind of half-sleep, as, for example, by gazing at precious stones and into crystals, and by fixing their gaze on some object and
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    NEW IDEAS IN SPECTACLES
    73 2 LEFT; For looking sideways use this pair of spectacles with a side view mirror. They are to help partially blind persons. Objects approaching: the blind side are reflected by the mirror onto the still functioning uortion of the eye's retina, thereby increasing the field of vision
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    25 000 PSYCHO—QUACKS THRIVE ON US. CRAZE
    726 2  - 25 000 PSYCHO QUACKS THRIVE ON US. CRAZE CLIFFORD HULME They search for complexes neuroses, blockages, anxieties and frustrations, writes A HEFTY plumber working m a friend's house started to pack his tools at three o'clock though the job was obviously unfinished. "I must go now", he explained. "I have
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    Learn How to Relax
    494 2  -  Phyllis M. Costigan By Ij^EW people get the best out of their rest hours ponsequently they are always tired. The point is they never rest properly; they have not learned the art of relaxation. Some people get up tired m the mornings, although they have had
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      53 2 Solution To Crossword No. 329 Across: 1. Plymouth Hoe; 7. Baker j 8. Beret; 9. Spa; 1L Idle; 13. Arabia;. 15. Verdi; 17. Huroans: 19. Ldic; 21. Met; 23. Unite; ,24. Aloof; 25.. Down: 1 Public House; 3, Qare; 4. Tabard:,. 5,. Hor^; 6. Ent|-ance FJrt: J0 t Passe; 12.
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      146 2 F«w Crossword No. 3*o ACROSS 1. Such impudence as one gets for one's life (9); 8. Money makes little difference (5, 6); 9. An alternative to wsod is a great trial (6); 12. This great lake shows Southern Ireland 7 (4); 13. "Where a road ran m the country <7);
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      170 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN toda\ MiU an a: and musual \"u lu\f a diamatK |MI be turned to a'i' 'hostage or screen. I do not take a< tinu up ««vrk. you will be a lm< p speaker and will kn< hold ><»nr audicr tan be an asset m tn\ ou
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    RACEGOER CLAIMED £10,875
    166 3 RACEGOER CLAIMED £10,875 Profits 'lost' m accident BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday. RACEGOER claimed £10,875 at Birmingham Assizes from the owners of a lorry that collided with his car. The claim, he said, was based on estimated racing profits lost as a result of the accident. Tne lorry-owners, F. Palmer and Sons, Rugby,
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    43 3 JON'S I !!O!CE— rto.t-isor Fran:; Doo, ,t Eof mr his piece of Festival sculpture is a roueh-tex-I Model of a woman holding a fish. The sculptor I m associate of the Rry-l Academy, was commis-' to do this work by th Arts Council
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    Cocaine link with U.S.
    98 3 ROME, Wed. A MAN arrested at the airport m Rome is alleged to have had enough cocaine and heroin 51b. to fetch between £42.850 and £71,420 from New York addicts. Frank Gallacl Is an ItaloAmerican has been a New York Customs driver, he says —and the
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    Half a ship launched
    53 3 The stern of a 23.000-«-on tanker has been launched at the Sunderland (Durham! shipyard of John Crown and S. ns. I td. The yard Is a)t big enough for thp whole ship. When ta%i bow la finished \n Hv2 months thp part, will be ;o.ned m
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    Bridge Hand
    319 3 mg fa w Weal a-s he md. and I can cured him. You've him. of course. i toubit and tell me WydidUenja rtoOH are two of rod boy. did they <»re. > shut him up. id t*O be hid opened And I led his suit r I held
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    SWISS TO HELP
    19 3 Switzerland has agreed to protect Yugoslavia's interests m Budapest if contact should be maie imoossible.— A.P.
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    Girl has mother executed
    153 3 Girl has mother executed HONG KONG, Wed. A CHINESE woman was 71 executed m Chungking on April 11 following a demand from her daughter Miss Chen Kuo-Tseng, a student, that her mother be put to death for being a counter-revolutionary. according to New China News Agency. "Secret agents are not
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    HIS GRINS WERE CUT
    46 3 First prize m the Jamaica Government's first premiumbond draw was won by a Chinese storekeeper Gladstone Chang. He will get only £623 instead of the advertised £2,000. because only one-third of the total £500.000 loan issue was taken up by the public.
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    40 3 DOCKERS' DEFENDER— Sydney Silverman. Labour M.P. for Nelson and Colne, gets a cheer from docker s as he makes his way to the Old Bailey, London, to defend the seven dock strike leaders wio were charged with inciting illegal strikes.
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    Rebels more active
    24 3 Vietminh guerillas reinforced by regular troops intensified their attacks against French posts near Phucyen. about 30 kilometres north of Hanoi, Reuter
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    ROCKET EYE VIEW OF THE EARTH
    284 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. pHOTOGRAPHS of the earth's surface from an altitude of 70 miles have been taken by cameras attached to rockets fired from the U.S. Army's White Sands proving grounds m New Mexico. These pictures, by far the highest ever taken, are being
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    S.A. PETROL MOVE
    32 3 South Africa is considering measures to prevent hoarding of petrol following the strike m the Iranian oilfield from which the country draws its supplies. Rationing is not •ontemplated. A.P.
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    "Declare war urges Senator
    65 3 A resolution calling for a formal declaration of war against "all the enemy m Korea" was introduced yesterday on the floor of the U.S. Senate by Republican Senator Harry P. Cain. Senator Cain said that the resolution was an effort to focus public attention on President
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    Mother under circus ordeal with twins
    129 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. IyHII.p; Siamese twins, aged two, lay on a bed m showground side-stall m Los Angeles, California, their weeping Negro mother stood by uaU-hing visitors pay a dollar for a peep "Oh, I hate this." she rrirc" 1 to friends who tried
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    Safebreakers wasted their night
    92 3 Safebreakers wasted their night GLASGOvV \\'<*d BANK-TEL LEU Jan Meikle opened th> strungloom of the Commercu: Bank of Scotland m Crownitreet, Glasgow, and lound that thieves, had bla through a foot of tfone and 18 inches of brick, Bt«*al £140 m threepenny pi^ < J s. H e phoned the
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    SECRET RADIOS AID ALLIES
    37 3 SECRET RADIOS AID ALLIES Political war-fare against Soviet satellite States has been started, presumably from the West. Leaflets have been scattered over Bulgaria and Albania and secret radio stations are being set up to encourage an:i-Soviet activities.
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    BABY'S SWEET WAS BEETLE
    43 3 Iris, aged 19 months, playing with her mother's shopping basket at her Glasgow home, thought that she had found a sweet. It was a Colorado beetle. Said her mother, Mrs Jane Montgomery: "Iris called 'Sweetie. Mummy I prrabbed it."
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    SAILOR SLAPPED GENERAL
    87 3 rMWARI) BUM Jr., 26. a KJ I'.S sailor told reporter* that the Nav\ look r.» action against him f<>, r peatedly slapping an r Force general and ru him off to police headquarters as a "Coinmiin As far ay I ;nn < on rt ed. the in<
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    BUCKLEY
    17 3 BUCKtE Y HAS THE BEST PIN UP V) GIRL OF THEM AIL VWm a* mmoammm 'I
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    SURETE CHIEF HAD 'CONTACT
    33 3 The chlel ol Nationa —M. Bcneaux, will ed on Wednesday allegation, maintained a fri ndshl a man who la si var involved m the robb the B<^um Aga Kh.
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    CHOOSE HIS TIME
    26 3 While a judge ad...- student audj* burg (Michigan i h on "crime and [•»•< a thief broke m M i ofßoe i!; d A.P.
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      80 3 M^nrlfSkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya "■mAri mi a rouHOßm.'ncnici I 1 1 hejao he passeo away, stbange. I I Suoowit A TiitPAme nainMAHOMHi" WITH OLD THiMN, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THERON IN IMAGt APfitAH! ntmm /m> msth> of m coumiot-mam." ages, he was a wonoerfui maw-J
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      191 3 Radio SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 10 a.m. Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur; 12 Programmes m Malay 1 p.m. Heinz Alexander At the Capitol Hammond OrganCapitol Restaurant. Singapore; 130 Time Signal News; 1.45 Lunch-time Prom; 5 Programmes m Malay; 6.15 Programme Summary 6.17 Young People's Programme; 6.35 Entracte— A Piano Interlude; 6.45
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18,1931. Shortages and priorities
    417 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18,1931. Shortages and priorities SI among the poli-tically-minded of Sin•jore who believe m o*l, steady prowill nnd cause ticing m the of the new. ktated Legisla- m v sterckiy. way ible but a deacon p* six, m the I Chj mber as popu--1 ives.
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    French Reds on the Attack Again
    917 4  -  Henry Thody By THE Communists have launched their spring offensive m France. Strikes are blossoming out quicker than the boulevard horse-chestnut trees. The battle for Fiance, 1951, is on. The Communists v. the Rt\st, Fortunately for the West, the struggle is not so one-sided
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    17 4 You stick to your football pools, this must be filled »n fcv the HEAD of the household
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    45 4 K>ra Vayne. tho soprano, who wa.s flown from Barcelona to s:Hg at th? Albert Hall when Sarah Menkes. the soprano originally billed to appear, was taken ill on the Stage m Borne. Here Kyra is practising; an aria from "The Force of Destiny" by Verdi.
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    A mystery colonel writes
    335 4  - A mystery colonel writes Anthony Terry By \S Western Defence speeds up, there are signs that the Russians are beginning to woo the Germans again m real earnest. During recent weeks thousands of former Wehrmacht officers m West Germany have received personal letters from someone describing himself as a former
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    11 4 Juoy uariand after her triumphant firtt-evcr appearance *t the London Palladium
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    New Records
    394 4 Bach Concerto m C Major for two pianos played by Edwin Fischer and Denis Matthews with the Philharmonia Orchestra. HMV. DB 9573—5. Most illusive of all recording qualities, balance and perspective, have here been brilliantly secured. The result is mbst satisfactory. The contrast of piano and strings, the
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    It Gets Better and Better
    589 4 It Gets Better and Better PRESTO ON LOCAL MUSIC nnal totting up of accounts has revealed that the recent Festival of Music was successful beyond the dreams of the organisers. The profit was well over $3,000 and this after payments to the soloists Bobesco and Genty— that were by no
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    Vera-EHen Fred
    46 4 w I I I shared In Ti The rit neetint stars and Pi Freed, following from Ei f B views on the first teaming the pi previous reviews on ture m the they praLsf the ftnesi As pi years and demant:peat P f two.
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    SHOP ASSISTANTS WANT BETTER DEAL
    312 5 SHOP ASSISTANTS WANT BETTER DEAL Labour party aid to form union man r i Press Staff Reporter 'ir. Colony s shop assistants will soon be able lo light for a better deal m their working conditions when their union, plans for which are now being considered by the Singapore Labour
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    SPORE'S CHILL MOVEIE STAR
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    ACCIDENTS TO CHILDREN
    111 5 J£UALA LUMPUR Municipal Commissioners have decided to recommend lo the Education authorises a sencme whereby accidents involving school children migh bo avoided. The Municipal President, Mr. H. T. W- Osw'll, said at fc Traffic Committee meeting yesterday hat he would ask the Education Department if school dismissal
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    Red Cress officer gets new post
    117 5 KNOWN to hundreds of service men and women who have Bd througb the R.AJ 1 Hospital ■t Chan :i durinp the past two veara, Mr?. Elizabeth Shiel. St. Tobn and Red Cross Welfare er, roc«c on long leave to New Zealand within the next
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    COMMISSION
    24 5 The Governor has been pleased to grant a Commission as Pilot Officer m the Malayan Air Training Corps to Mr. B. W. Hawley.
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    Non Sing Kwaiag at Cathay tomorrow
    146 5  -  MAUREEN MALLAL by S tpore i s D.rec'cr of t c t'mi to ed by D s m as c taent- be go \s school at present because of Ihs "*ute shortage of schoo's and teacners here. Shut out by the school gates, he
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    SINGAPORE YOUTH COUNCIL BIG PLANS—BIGGER TASKS THIS YEAR
    386 5 SINGAPORE YOUTH COUNCIL BIG PLANS— BIGGER TASKS THIS YEAR Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Youth Council has big plans this year to help and improve all its member organizations m the Colony. The tasks that lie ahead of the Council were outlined to the Free Press yesterday by Mr.
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    Somthing new in Colony's history
    286 5  -  MAUREEN MALLAL By r\l RING yesterday morning's formal opening of the second elected Singapore Legislative Council, the attention of nearly everyone present was drawn to Mrs. Vilashni Menon, when the only Independent rcpresei 1 itive and the first woman to be elected by the people
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    APPOINTMENT
    38 5 The following appointment of Instructor to the Malayan Naval Force ha s been made by the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies with the approval of the Board of Admiralty: Roland Bettls Bowden Chief Petty Officer Writer.
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    'UNMITIGATED LIARS'-JUDGE
    89 5 'UNMITIGATED LIARS'- JUDGE Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers dramatically sopped a murder trial m the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Couit yesterday and discharged the accused without calling for his defence. "In my opinion," said the Judge, "the prosecution wiincsses except for the police wi;nessfs are a Rang of unmitigated liars who have
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    Geographical film show
    59 5 rE lolloping geographical film.s will be presented by the Ycung Men's Christian Association tonight at 8 o'clock. '•Wordsworth Country"; "Arkansas" < technicolor "Ice Patrol"; "St. Paul's Cathedral"; "Historic Death Valley"; and "Mara through the A^es" (technicolor). The lart named is not only spectacular, but authentic. AdmLssion is
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    B.C.G. COURSE
    38 5 Two Perzk medical learns, each consisting of a doctor ai.d :wo nurses, will shortly undergo a special course m the B.CG-anti-T.B. vaccination technique at Pmang whefe the Wr-rld Health Organisation are conduc ing a training course.
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    ADULT EDUCATION -FOR CITIZENSHIP AND THE WORKER
    212 5 ADULT EDUCATION -FOR CITIZENSHIP AND THE WORKER Free Press Staff Reporter MR Harold A. Shearman, VicePresident of the Workers' Education Association ol England, is expected to arrive here from Sarawak on April 21, the Free Press was told yesterday. Mr Shearman is to give two public lectures m Singapore during
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    COUNCIL CEREMONY
    89 5 MRS. VILASINI MEKOX, Inpendent representative and the cnly elected woman member of the Singapore Legislative Council signs her name after taking her Oath of Allegiance at yesterday's ceremonial inauguration of the Council by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson- S anding on her right is Mr. YV. L. Blythe.
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    COLOURFUL OPENING OF NEW SESSION
    406 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AGAINST the colourful background of a gallery, packed with fashionably dressed women, military and naval figures m smart uniforms and sombre civilian clothes, the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, formally opened the Colony's Legislative Council yesterday. This the second Council
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    East-West society
    34 5 A talk on "Some Impressions of Indonesia uill be given by Mr. J. W Goodwin at tomorrov. weekly meeting of the Eas;-We t SocieLv at 8.30 p.m. m the British .1 Hall.
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    GOVT. BUYING BACK LAND FROM ARMY
    195 5 Rcfepe-ers' report PtoC Press Staff Reporter 'pz/tf Singapore Goiernv. is buying Imck >c ■> iC f the land 'he Army acquired at tht Gap m B suit of representa': I made by the Rat, 4.5--sociat ton's annual t which vill be tabh I o:j
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    Barracks win 2-0
    29 6 ■JOYAL Navy, Keppel Barracks, defeated Bukit Timah S.C. by two gcjals to ill m a Third Division B" ocrer fixture at Geylang yesh *ml<; tvpi»o c/mrpH
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    VARSITY CUP SOCCER
    120 6 VARSITY CUP SOCCER WORTH will meet South m a soccer match on the University ground m Bukit Timah today for the Keith Memorial Cup donated by Dato C. J. Paglar, which will be competed for annually. Players of both teams will receive medals. Datin Paglar will give away the prizes
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    90 hours on the trail of a cabbage
    1074 6  -  FABIAN by of the YARD yyilEN the phone rings m a police CM), office it might be murder or somebody reporting the then of a handkerchief from her backyard waslvline. But the polished squad cars purr out. Detectives, bulky shoulders hunched under
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    S'pore's child movie star
    384 6 S'pore's child movie star (Continued from Page 5) But so far Sing Kwang has not Deen spoiled as I noticed when he came skipping into the room where we sat talking. There was intelligence, bright humour, and a certain amount of strong will m hi s face, but not any
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    LOUIS MAY FIGHT SAVOLD IN JUNE
    78 6 A FIGHT between Joe Louis and Lee Savold, recognised m Europe as world heavyweight champion, may be staged outdoors this June Harry Markson, Managing Director of the International Boxing Club, said m New York yesterday that the match was being discussed From other sources
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    SUSSEX TRAINING 200 YOUNGSTERS
    338 6 From ARCHIE QUICK A f ARYLEBONE Cricket Club's General Survey of Coaching, which looks and reads like a Government White Paper, is being: acted upon by at least one county. In Sussex the authorities have got down to teaching the young idea with a commendable thoroughness
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    ABERAVON BEAT EXETER 8-0
    32 6 Aberavon beat Exeter by eight points to nil m a Rugby Union fixture yesterday. In a Rugby League match Belle Vine Rangers beat Liverpool Stanley B—3. A.P Reuter
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    Why footballers want more wages
    293 6 THE football clubs of England have set their faces against any increase m players' wages. At a joint meeting of the Football Association, Football League and the Players' Union m London last week, the representatives of the Players' Union were told of the opposition, and
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    After 2 more titles
    160 6 After 2 more titles UARD HITTING Don Cockell. 22-year-old British and European cruiserweight champion, hopes to make a fortune with his fists when he has given up boxing. Don, who has already bought a hairdressing business m Waybridge, Surrey, intends to become a masseur when his fighting days are over.
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    Pulau ßrani win one-sided game
    195 6 T.8.A.: Ga:.' D M. Cha* Suppiah. k.., dra. N G Sa P. Da vies j Free Press Soccer Reporter Pulau Brani 4 Tami| s WITHOUT undue exertion, First Division ?f Pulau Brani United, stored their s ,v,l eiffht games by beating Tamil Brotherh., tion four-nil
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    ISLAND CLUB FOURSOMES
    32 6 •isb r TSLAND foursome, won by W Mrs Tapper 69 Follcmm. returned E Tapper Jarr li« W. McMullan B Scaly md R 14; Mi 13', and X T I
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    S'PORE PLACE BET SYSTEM FOR K.L
    204 7 S'PORE PLACE BET SYSTEM FOR K.L Bigger dividends to outsiders From ALLAN LEWIS rwniv KUAL A LUMPUR, Wednesday. 1™ h committee of the Selangor Turf" Club has adopted the system of place betting that ias been m force at Singapore and Ipoh for some time past. During the last few
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    BLINKEY
    9 7 find the joker icho ylued my saddle. J"
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    Many Class Two horses not running
    70 7 Many Class Two horses not running XI IN LEWIS R. Wed. rS among two fiel roils for day of the ib April itc are: i»nder Lad, house. Wild •n»*. Pineus, Fifty independAtom A?e. he" only .mong the do i"i Heddle -)bs. 3 fa-^r mi tr.. The Dr»ncer loi h Ude
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    ALLEN CUP CRICKET
    26 7 UNIVERSITY of Malaya's inter Faculty cricket match for the Allen Cup will be played at Sepoy Lines on Sunday, starting at 10.30 a.m.
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    YESTERDAY'S U.K. SOCCER
    47 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. soccer X results were: Knglish League, Div. 3 (Northern): Oldham Athletic 0. Crewe Alex 2; Rochdale 3. Lincoln City 0; Southport 1. Halifax Town 1: Tranmere Rovers 1. Hartlepools United Scottish League "A" Division: St. Mirren 3, Motherwel] 0- Reuter A. P.
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    Mannion out for 2 weeks
    86 7 U7ILF Mannlon. MidriiesTf brcugh and England inside forward, underwent an operation on his right jaw on Monday night. Manhion was injured after 12 minutes of the EnglandScotland international football match on Saturday. He was removed to the Queen Victoria Hospital m East Grinstead for the
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    8-nil trouncing
    36 7 ORIENTAL Telephone and Electric Company trounced Sime Darby S.C. by eight goals to nil m a Business Houses League soccer match on the Padang yesterday. Scorers were Lsmail '4». Ahmad '2> and Salim «2».
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    R.E.M.E. rally earns draw
    273 7 R.E.M.E. rally earns draw PARKER CUP SEMI-FINAL 1; RE.M.E I. DOTH teams played themselves to a standstill m yesterday's Parker Cup semi-final soccer match at Rowcroft Sports, ground, Aver Rajah Road, between Royal Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. After extra time, which contained as many thrills as the
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    Penangteam for S 'pore
    88 7 SIXTEEN players and officials comprising the Chung Linp High School basketball team left this morning for Singapore where they will play a scries fo live matches. The Uam is managed by Mr. Wons: Yong Nien and captained by Yrap Shien Sien. Another baske ball team. the
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    JIMOR TITLE FOR YAU
    48 7 YAU Meng Fai. last year's Selangor Chinese Recreation Club tennis champion, won the V.M.C.A. junior utle yesterday, He beat Gordon Lim 6--1, 6—3 m the final. H. Kamis qualified lor the men a singles final when ne beat Low Kee Pow 6—l. 8 -6.
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    M.O.R. LEAGUE
    46 7 IN a M.O.R. League soccer match at Tanglin yesterday, 21 Guard Unit R.M.P. beat 75 Coy. RA.s.c. 4-1. In the second half, L Cpl. Adam scored two goals and Pte. Adnan got the other two. Sullen scored 75 Coy.'s only coal from a penalty.
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    Penang Indians win at cricket
    248 7 Free Press Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR Tues. BOWLERS were right on top m the first cricket match to be t>med at Parit Buntar this season when the Krian Indians met the Pomim Indians. The match resulted m a win for the visitors by 17 runs. Bowline
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    Today's sport
    26 7 SOC( LR: S'pcre A 1 v Ro>al Saw at Stadium; Eurasians v R AF (Malaya) on padanc Tfrirndly): Bh. J* Marine Dep S %«%x
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    Ready to clear
    38 7 Picture. Pulau Brani goalkeeper Aw had Jaffar f ete ready to this shot m yesterday's First division L?aßue game at .lal.in BesaV Pulau Brani beat Tamil Brotherhood Association by four ffoals to nil. Free Press
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    P. Brani well ahead
    156 7 PULAU Brani, favourites for this year's S.A.F.A. First Division' League championship, took their total of points to 14 yesterday by means of four-nil victory over Tamil Brotherhood Association. In eight outings they have lost only once, by a solitary goal to Tigers, and as they have
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    HASSELL IS HELPLESS
    47 7 and picture. Hassell, Hull City right-back, stands helpless as a shot from Smith, the Queen's Park Rangers' inside- right, enters the net for Rangers' third goal. Queen's Park Rangers won this English Div. two League soccer match by three goals to one Sports General
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    Foong Seong Cup games next month
    230 7  -  CRUSADER By MR. Wee Kirn Wee, honorary secretary of the Singapore Badminton Association, yesterda> wrote to the Negri Sembilan B.A. requesting it to select a date for their Foong Seong Cup (southern section) fixture. The southern section ties must be completed by the end
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    Poh Lim's service criticised .
    109 7 Poh Lim's service criticised /\NG Poh Lim's peculiar style of service save cause for criticism from Joern Skaarup, the Danish champion m Copenhagen yesterday. "He did not serve from below the hip," Skaarup claimed. "The shuttle went m a straight line from about the height of his chest." "Nonsense," replied
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    Singapore 'A' v. Navy today
    92 7 Singapore A' v. Navy today SINGAPORE A meet Royal v Navy at Jalan Besar Stadium today, Teams are: Xa v y: Mutton; Ward. Jack: Rober son. Slutchbury, Herbert; Ruffel, Day, Gibbons, Thompson. Grant. Singapore "A": Narayanan (1.8.C.); Veloo (IRC.'. Johan (Fathul Karibi; Balen (BO DC. A.), Hoon Leon*? iC.A), Ismail
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    Chew Bee lost ten games in a row
    66 7 ONG CHEW BEE. Malayan lawn tennis champion, was beaten 6-0. 6-2 by Tony Mottram, Britain's No. 1 p!ayer. m the second round of the Cumberland Club's tournament at Hamp.stead yesterday. Mottram won the first ten games, going to 4-0 m the second
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    Ford S.C. Win
    24 7 FORD S.C. beat Imperial Chemical Industries by three goals to two m a Business Houses League match at FamT Park yesterday.
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    TWO-ALL DRAW
    17 7 T WO- ALL DRAW QOLICE S.A. drew two-all 1 with Indian Recreation nut 1 i«.»»» i— r»-
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    BIRTHS
    73 8 LA. PCBT: To Rosemary, ■wife of P;ul Lamprecht. at the K.K. Hospital, on April 18th. a son. J«bi warn Albert, brother to Christian *nd Barbara. BELLERS. At Kluang on 4th April '51. to Wendy, wife of Capt P. O. V. Bellers. 6th Gurkh Rifles, a sister for Penny. Cavolii
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    DEATH
    19 8 REUBEN* MANASSEH MEYEI: J.P. 3rd son of the lat« Sir Manasseh Meyer, after a brief Illness In London.
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    At KNOWLEDGMENTS
    165 8 CAPT. MRS. F. L. GARDNER thank all friends and relatives for their messages of sympathy and flornl tributes. MR .v MRS. T. H. MILTON DE SII VA thank relatives and friends who attended their weddin' tnd snt presents on 14.4.51 THE FAMILY of the late Madam Ec Chye
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    UIC APPROVES U.S. ADMIRAL
    281 8 U IC APPROVES U.S. ADMIRAL Atlantic C-in-C not contested LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN has always agreed to the choice of an American admiral to command Atlantic defences under the Atlantic Pact, it was stated officially yesterday m London. The choice of an American wks the unanimous decision of the 12 Atlantic
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    THEY OBJECTED TO OVERWORK
    190 8 Workers collected for boss, then— MANCHESTER, Wednesday. OEFORE the superintendent of a road transport depot m Manchester, England, left for another depot, his staff collected $40 and arranged a hot-pot supper m his honour Before they had time to hold it, the employees at the superintendent's
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    West makes new offer
    146 8 THE Western deputies made 1 new proposals last night m an effort to arrange a foreign ministers conference to ease world tension, but Russia's deputy. Mr. Andrei Gromyko, said they did not go far enough. "However," explained a Western official who was present at yesterday's meeting.
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    PEER TO QUIT GERMANY
    240 8 PEER TO QUIT GERMANY LONDON, Wed. LORD Russell of Liverpool, Deputy Judge Advocate General of the British Army of the Rhine, is to hand over his duties and return to England at the end of this month, the House of Commons was told yesterday. He was involved on March 31
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    Fish 'gasped for breath'
    91 8 LONDON, Wednesday. 4 DESCRIPTION of how fish m a river came up to the surface "gasping for breath" was given to >i court at Methwold, Norfolk, by a fishing board inspector. A public analyst, Dr. Solomon Greenburgh, said the fish were suffocating owing to a lack
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    'ROUTINE' TALK
    29 8 The American Ambassador m Moscow. Admiral Alan G. Kirk, yesterday called on the Soviet Vice-Minister for Foreign AlTairs. M. Valerian Zorin to talk on "routine matters." Reuter
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    18 8 A record profit of Rs. 347,000 was made by the Ceylon Government on rubber trading last year. U.P.
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    Banana voyage
    74 8 WU Chung-ho, 35-year-old Formosan dockhand, fell asleep m the hold of the Nationalist steamer, Ti Chiao at the north coast Formosan port of Keelung. When he awoke, the steamer was on the high seas bound for Yokohama, the hatch was battened down and >Vu was surrounded by bananas,
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    CABINET SAVED
    33 8 The Italian Chamber of Deputies last night overwhelmingly defeated a Communist and Leftwing Socialist attempt to overturn Premier Alcide de Gasperi's recently reshuffled coalition Cabinet by 308 votes to 154 Reuter
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    GOING HOME
    21 8 A shipload of 400 American soldiers the first to leave the Korean war left Tokyo yesterday for home. A.P.
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    DOCKERS' JURY FAILS TO AGREE
    169 8 DOCKERS' JURY FAILS TO AGREE LONDON, Wed. THE trial of seven unofficial dockers' leaders at the Old Bailey was adjourned till today after the jury had failed to agree on a verdict on the principal charge last night. After retiring for nearly four hours, the jury found them guilty of
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    Wall Street recovers
    114 8 Wall Street recovers NEW YORK. Wed THE New York Stock Exchange recovered its equilibrium yesterday after retreating initially under additional corrective proflttaking and some selling attribute to the softness of Government Bonds Good corporate news contributed to the better tone together with the failure of technical considerations to result m
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    REDS LOSE
    27 8 The Communist Party suffered heavy losses m tri Finnish Trade Union Council elections getting only 65 seats of £22, compared to 130 m 1947 U.P.
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    West accord on steel, coal
    100 8 PARIS, Wed. SIX Western foreign ministers yesterday reached final agreement on the Schuman Plan to pool most of Western Europe's coal and steel production. They will meet today to approve the final text. The formal signing ceremony was scheduled for tonight or tomorrow. The exact
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    MARKET FEELS SULPHUR DEARTH
    171 8 LONDON, Wednesday. •pND account profit-taking checked recent buoy- ancy m industrial shares and the market paused at slightly lower levels yesterday, states Reuters financial correspondent. Sellers were also encouraged by official warning; of the consequences of shortages of sulphur m the United Kingdom and by the
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