The Singapore Free Press, 10 January 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTs.
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    FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE
    42 1 FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE ASTER. Tnur>. vert burned -O rail the r 4irl. Pal :n:ng for :r >m the, I neighbours 4ed back md d'fd m an b rs and t leaving d and the ay. The h^use -d.- R euter
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    69 KILLED IN GREEK BATTLE
    34 1 69 KILLED IN GREEK BATTLE d unda twice Greece n a -npnt force? pat *>o I c d Towards the ntier, leaving 40 I II ffl :o and 25 men of >rce^ wf re
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    SILVER WEDDING NUMBER 10
    40 1 ICn a- to breakfast tomorrow they will find an j antique tea caddy them as a gift tafl of N i 10 Downing I other presents from *he world. i the British Prime Minister Wedding Day
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    DUTCH DENY SINKING
    30 1 rmation Service of the rmy and Naval yesterday knowledge of the •iking of a ship flying ;rs by Dutch gunfire aircraft on December »ys Reut^r from Batavia.
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    37 CHANGI NIPS WAIT TO DIE
    434 1 37 CHANGI NIPS WAIT TO DIE Free Press Staff Reporter YESTERDAY 1 saw m the condemned cells m Changi Jail the 37 prisoners who have been sentenced to death for atrocities men who are passing away the last few hours m w hat sunshine filters through inside the prison, until
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    BURMESE AID VIETNAMESE
    223 1 BURMESE AID VIETNAMESE RANGOON. Thursday. DR. BA MAW, one-time Prime Minister and head of state of the Japanese sponsored Free Burma, and sponsor of i he Mahabama (Greater Burma) Organisation, today advocated all-out Burmese aid for the Vietnam Republic. He said that the supply of Burma rice to France, if
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    OIL PLEA REJECTED
    25 1 The United States has rejected a French protest against the acceptance of new oil concessions m Saudi Arabia by two American companies.
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    ROYAL TOUR PLANS ANNOUNCED
    60 1 The Admiralty Mas announced plans lor the Royal Tour to South Africa, which starts on Feb 10 j Ships or the Home Fleet will j rscort H.1f.8. Vantuard, whicn f will carry the King, to the Equator, and there will be the traditional ceremony of crossing
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    HUNDREDS DIE IN BOMBAY RIOT
    61 1 BOMBAY. Thurs. HUNDREDS of people were injured yesterday m heavy rioting m Bombay and to the north of the city a village was besieged and police opened fire killing lour people, betore order was restored. A dusk to dawn curfew for one w k was
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    FRANCE'S COMPS IRE LOCKED OUT
    47 1 Newspaper compositors throughj out France were locked-out lof their plants yesterdaj by the publishers' group of the National Federation of the Press following demands for another 100 francs a day as a cost of living allowance, says Reuto r from I Paris.
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    SARAWAK OFFICIALS QUIT
    141 1 LONDON. Thurs. THIrfTY per cent of Malays m [he Civil Service m Sarawak administration resigned after receiving a circular from Governor j Ard- n C\ark, askilng whether they; wer,> prepared to accept the] cession of Sarawak to thp British Cr wn. Questions are to be asked, about
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    AT STORE FILM PREMIERE
    30 1 AT S'PORE FILM PREMIERE Muriel Steinbeck/ Australian heroine m "Smithy," at the. Rex Cinema. Singapore, yesterday. She flew from Australia specially to be present at last night's premiere of 'Smithy.'
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    Six amahs lose $5,000 loans'
    260 1 Free Press Stall Reporter THE Singapore C.i.D. were this morning handed the photo 1 graph of a Chinese confidence trickster who, it is believed, has sailed on board the Chinese Navigation Company's -hip 'Hong Keng" for Hong Kong, with between $5,000 to $6,000 borrowed from
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    DEMPSEY IN NAIROBI
    23 1 I Gen Sir Miies Dempsey, now GOC. M^dl^-East Land Forces. arrived In Nairobi yesterday on an official visit, says Reuter
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    TWO TRAINS DERAILED
    205 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ofvitrai v KUALA LUMPUR. Friday CEVERAL hundred passengers m the two night mail trains kJ^i^T? were u heWu P several hours at Sungei Besi railway station, eight miles out of Kuala Lumpur this morning while a breakdown train cleared the line of' the
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    ROMANCE IN INTERNMENT
    110 1 ROMANCE IN INTERNMENT Divorce speeded Free Prvss London Corrcjpjnder.t T LONDON, Thm HE vacation judge Mr Ju, 'esJrT*?'' tC k an Unusual ««P yesterday U, expediting the decree absolute granted 'to Mr. 11 Yarrow °f Shanghai 10 *nn W Mn L Yarrow to marry Mr Andrr-w Cumming m time ior
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    PILOTLESS PLANES
    38 1 Tte Air Ministry h&s announced 1 w:r^^-controlled targct-olanes will be made of eaca make ol now fighter as it <s brought out. so that antl-aircra:: gunners can practise interce^ modern warplanes at 600 m p h'
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      Gets lost opera after 13 years
      237 3 lit !«»t opera Isthar has been claimed m London, 13 years ■ltd it \\a^ posted, and was delivered back to a man m 4 it Mr F. W. Rudd, manager of a chemist's m ttury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. monttM it was written off. as
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      37 3 Twelve of the ni'oi,!? aboard ihe American airliner s«.ar oi Cairo" were killed when the plane crashed on an island m the River Shannon, m Eire, near the airport. Pictures show the scattered wreckage of the airliner.
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      Witch Charge
      50 3 Witch Charge LMKIMM) \ntunis Pereira arrr>>lfd hv 1. shw*l ia i Ball uitch. and nid at his flat 13 :M a narrow city street tk< ii along too. laurindo refused to be .1 unl< he could take hi- nul with him llegci uitch and owl ar* > If Hfcet awaiting
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      MUSCLE BONUS
      22 3 EcSiex wielding r< weighing 101 b up to b r £a.< concrete slabnd vp 1 will g Id an hour.
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      SOVIET 'SWAP' WHEAT FOR SUCKING PIGS
      57 3 Russia :s to send 120.C00 tons of arheat. 100.000 tons of potatoes, and 5.000 tons of sugar from her Zone m Germany to the British sector of Berlin under a recent agreement. The British Zone w.ll give the Soviet Zone 5.000 horses. 20 000
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      CHURCHYARD MURDER
      27 3 John Mathieson, sentenced to death at the Old Bailey for the murder of Mrs. Mona Victoria Vanderstay m a churchyard, was executed at Pentonville Prison.
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      £407 DEBT FORGIVEN
      24 3 Suffolk Count v Council has decided to forge^ the £407 still t^nar.ce of children evacuated to the arra during the war.
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      SHOT IN BATHROOM
      21 3 PMlippe Felias (18), Lower Belprave Street. Westminster. London. v.2 3 found shot m a bathroom at hb hxm:.
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      Hoaxers sorry send £2
      67 3 Hoaxers sorry send £2 DKAC TICAL jokers who made a hoax gift of a 30in. boi.ze fountain statue to Plymouth m "admiration" for its courage m the blitz, have apologised and sent £2 as a "too inadequate token of contribution." Their typewritten, unsigned letter to Plymouth's Lord Mayor, ouncillor W.
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      FORTUNE LEFT FOR ORPHANS
      40 3 FORTUNE LEFT FOR ORPHANS A::2r providing :or relative a wealthy Cape farmer. Mr. William Wi "iital. has bequiathed the rest; of his estate to the Lord Mayor of I London for bli.z orphans. Their j are about 1.000 m Londen
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      'Shocking moral conduct'
      205 3 'Shocking moral conduct AN ;he ground cl tn aduiiery of her husbard. the Hon. David Mon'agUp dp Bur^h Ken worthy, of Lord Straboigi. Mrs. Denis.. Wymondham K'nworthy, of Dravcott-place. Chelsea. S.W wa.s granted a deere P nisi with costs m the London Divorc Court. The suit was not defended Mr.
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      QUESTION IN COMMONS ON MALAYA TB
      248 3 QUESTION IN COMMONS ON MALAYA TB Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. QUESTIONS will be asked when the House of Commons reassembles on Jan. 21 on the imposition of income tax lif Malaya, and the incidence of tuberculosis m this country. The questioner will be Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams (Lab., Croycion,
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      ENGAGED TO BRITON, SAYS 'BLACK ANGEL'
      226 3 CAIiMEN MORV. 'Black Angel 1 of the Ravcn.>brueck lie il camp for women, on tiial for alleged atrocities, told the Court at Hambirg that she was engaged to a British Army captain. Ifory. who wa.s L-a!'i'.'d The Black Ang?i or The Monster by worn»
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      DEALS WITH NAZIS OVER SUEZ CANAL'
      130 3 DAUL DE LESSLPS. whom .a- ther built the Suz Canai. been arrested by the IV police on charges of having I to destroy the canal. He is also charged w.ih havn.tr tried to sell shares m the canal t*> German barking interests and wi'h
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      WOMAN FIGHTS CAR BANDITS
      58 3 THREE car bandits a*'acied Mrs. Doreen Page. 22-ycar-old assistant cashier a f. the Par.: Cinema. Hither Green-lane. Lewisham. London, as she carrying part of the days takings <4o th^ manager's office. Mrs. Page struggled and j the men fled. Later police stopi ped a car at
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      BIRTH
      22 3 BATH—To Rosemary wife of Vmau Bath, of Singapore, the gift of a (taught*:-, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital I on Jan. 10.
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      Gets $5,500 a month
      73 3 VI R. Michael Milm-Wat- son, aged 30. former K.N.V.H. sub-lieutenant and younger son of the late S«r David Milne-Watson, Bart., has been appointed Governor of the London Gas light and Coke Co. at a salary oi about V 11.'.000 a > ear. His father, who died
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      KILLED JAPS WITHDARTS
      196 5 KILLED JAPS WITH DARTS AD-HUXTING tribesmen who fired poison darts hrougfa blow-pipes in -the jungles to kill Jap inproved to be 'marvellous soldiers' as members a bands during the final stages oi the war Major Tom Harrison told the Royal >♦ 1 Society meeting m London a few days ago.
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      TOP SECRET
      38 5 N .\l\ i* tarrying i o i a personal ironi :.-ul :>imo S. -shck m» President The letter was hand--1 M u t the airfield wa* addressed Truman from (iovernment its \t re no* revealed. U.P.
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      H.K.JAP WAR MEMORIAL TOGO
      77 5 H.K.JAP WAR MEMORIAL TOGO wr g X Qg Telegraph re[l thai demolition k I on the haifi Japan* monument r neron which was d to commemo- ."tory o v^r Hong I i per said the mo- erected by Chinese k >.aye labourers, of t 1 1 estimated "several k died
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      INTERNATIONAL CLUB: MEETING ON JAN. 15
      58 5 T has agree< its no .r.jership ana ws to embrace all the proposed Inter.r.mittee of üb. appointed met on several rinally decided "h the Island be a meeting whic. open to an; on Jan 14 G.H Cafe m Sir-sa-"-e WiU gfrt a ectiTities, and
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      STORE CATS FIGHT SHY OF RATS
      326 5 tree Press Staff Reporter EXPERTS have found that one of the reasons why there are so many rats m Singapore is that cats are afraid of them, and will not give battle, but there is no danger of a plague because, fcr some unexplained
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      EIGHT PRO-JAPS TO DIE
      55 5 THE High Court m Shanghai announced that It hnd •■■card 735 collaboration cases m 1946. E ght were sentenced deafik 21 sentenced to life imprisonment and 43 were given more than 10 years' imprisonment. 4"8 givcii less than 10 vicars and 6t 'were a qujtted. About
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      VAGRANTS MAY BE MOVED FROM STREETS
      166 5 VAGRANTS MAY BE MOVED FROM STREETS Ai a mse.int oi the committee! of the Singapore Silver Jubile Fund held m the office of tii Department of Social I Welfare on Jan. 9. the chairman, Mr. V. F. F. McNelce mi rmed members that there was an accumulat on of about
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      MAHRATTAS DO GARRISON DUTIES IN S'PORE
      576 5 MAHRATTAS DO GARRISON DUTIES IN S'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter JTNDER the gaunt shadow of Changi Jail, r/hcre hundreds of Japanese prisoners arc awaiting their fate for war crimes, men of ite 6th. Battalion of the Mahratta Regiment Light Infantry stand guard the first infantry regiment ever to take ovtr
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      Guarding Haps
      10 5 Guarding Japs era and awn «*1 1 h Bsttallan !N!ah-ai».-
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      MOTHERS OF THE YEAR
      191 5 PHILIPPINES' "outstanding mo.hers". hers" have just been selected. For "meritorious scr--1 vice to the country." Mrs. Rosario Acuna Picazo. mother of Presi- dent Roxas. and Mrs. Mercedes Llancs, mo 1 her of the late Josefa Escoda Llanes, noted social J worker and an outstanding i member
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      CHURCH SERVICES
      31 5 Sunday Services at the Singapore Community Church, 120 i^lcstier Road will be as follows: 11 am. Cantonese; 4 p.m. Sunday School; 5 pjn. English, Rev. C:cil M. Jackson, speaker.
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      UNRAREPATS WILL BE QUARANTINED
      138 5 UNRRA REPATS WILL BE QUARANTINED Free Press Stall Reporter AS a precaution against the importation of meningitis into Singapore, all future arnvuLs of UNRRA repatriates from j China will be quarantined IB St John's Island. The-y will only be allowed to j pioceed to their destinations at I Singapore or
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      149 3 ArTER CONFINEMENT. I Üb'i Herto. Herb-Tonic. and Obat Priok The perl I health ar<» T LIM COMPANY M PManp Street. Singapore -d 1 Just Received' SMAWI 1947 DAILY MEMO I»f-K P^DS WITH STAND Complete Price $6 W eaeb A.. School Books Statonery etc Printing Rosaries Relig»ous Goods etc a PZTER
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      33 3 BY SPECIAL REQUEST TO-DAY AT 6.30 9.15 P.M. ..«-x» >k y\ 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4.1$ pi I vA V Columbia's A^^^v Bay WAKMLV ArPLAtDLD Bl A Dl>l Nfil IMiLD ALDIENCE LASI EVENING
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      35 5 '■Mi»KKOVS N «>l!l||H THEWAY^ OF GLORY' USPcd THEY DAZZLING K3K*- SPECTACLE! toVE 2 SISTERS' W'lßi n "m an*? 1 b etty 6RABLE fIjRLD AFLAMi. and JOHN PAYNF >TH TIIKIR SONGS! JUNE HAVER IMD/^GHT TOMORROW— WtK
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      121 5 Th* H«IJ for Sound Quality Projection f Hold That Laugh Cy|k*mbr/a 11-2-4.15-6.30-9.15 eTI PHONe 6909 Xl HOLD EVERYTHING! LAuHEL <c HARjlp/ XB4CI DANCING TO A SCHOOL OF LOVELY GIRLS (WOW! Laurel Demonstrates Secret Weapon a Flawc-throwing Cannon with ahct results! vSfe W^S^) nttUll VX TRUOY MARSHALL hMMiiT 11 n»• yp'
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      EACH SIDE HAS WON 7 TIMES
      1201 7 Annual Rugby Af XX. To-morrow FIRST ASIATIC PLAYER South Fancied In 15th Encounter By 'Winger' TO-MORROW'S Rugby classic at Kuala Lumpur between North and South is the 15th of the series, the first "big" match to be played since 1941, and a "decider," for
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      Barth To Lead S'pore Side
      139 7 F>ee Press Hockey Reporter r \Pi)KF: S hockey XI to meet Negri Sembilan 6n SaturI the padan«z was selected yesterday after the ttiird among possibles. R. H. Barth will captain the hIH I very strong forward line. 'xc »»f Vanderputt, left extreme, who, inclined to
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      STORE HOCKEY XI
      60 7 S'POREE HOCKEY XI CINGAPORE hockey team v. j Ncgri Sembilan on the padang tomorrow isf F Sgt. Guilfoyle; R. H Barth t <Cjpt.) F. Ji:trkf»r: S. I*. Williams, G. Clarke, E. Doraisamy; D. Ross, Vijerrtnam, A. Clarke, Abdul Karim and V. Vanderputt. I Reserves: V. N. Pillai, Condr. i Oxford.
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      RUGBY UNION
      25 7 LONDON. Thurs. Rugby Union rej suit: County championship Moii- mouthshire 3. Glamorgan 0; Other match: Aldershot Services 24. Army Trial sid* 9- Reuter
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      S.C.C. CRICKET MEETING
      21 7 1h? annual cncket meeting of the jSC.C. >ill be h-Id at the club at 5.30 p.m. this evening.
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      WIN FOR KRAMER
      54 7 HONOLULU, Thursday.— Stopping over m Hawaii on their return from Australia with the Davis Cup, Jack Kramer defeated his cup partner, Ted Schroeder, 6-2. 6-1 m a tennis exhibition match today. The two then teamed to beat Hawaiian doubles champions Chin Sunn and Clavton Banham m a
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      Played In 1941 Match
      6 7 Played In 1941 Match M. PESTANA
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      TOMORROW'S LINE-UP
      152 7 The teams for to-morrow's game will line up as followsNORTH SOUTH Cheong Foong Chin (Tenant) F S<t. E. Twissel (R.A.F.) Tai Swee Kee (Perak) D. M. Seward (S.C.C.) G. Deacon (Penang) G. Llewellyn (Army) 11. O. Bennett (Selangor) W. K. Grirv- (S.C.C.) P. Bayle (Selangor) S. Scrinc :.N.)
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      82 ENTRIES FOR GRAND NATIONAL
      141 7 LONDON, Thurs. IT WAS announced on Thursday that 82 horses have been entered for the Grand National, the world's premier steeplechase, to be run over the gruelling Alntree course at Liverpool on Mar. 28. Prance, which grabbed many majoi prizes during the English flat racing
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      Pancho Confident of Beating Mckay
      481 7 By Our Boxing Reporter KID PANCHO, who turned out to be the most popular c: ♦be five Malayan boxers who visited Australia recently, will have his first fight since his return to Singapore at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday night when he meets South
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      M.C.C. Tour Of New Zealand
      95 7 \((hl\M) NFW ZE4LAMJ, Thurs. The MCC tour m New Zealand depends o n the success of their efforts to eet a r transport, said D. F.. Wanklyn, Chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council, on his arrival at Auckland today after seeing the third Test
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      BRITAIN PREPARES FOR WALKER CUP
      198 7 LONDON. Thurs. PHE annual tournament of the Oxford x ana Cambridge Golfing Society for the President's putter will open tomorrow at the Rye golf course m Sussex. Cyrii Toliey, lormer amateur champion, and Raymond Oppsnheimer, t»u members ol thj Selection Committee, who will help to
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      158 7 BOXING HAPPY WORLD SUNDAY 1 2th JAN. '47 tOMOTEB KOW KIM UN OPtLNS THE NEW YEAR WITH A BUI BANG MRST-HAND CATCH-WT CONTEST KID PANCHO £fo WHO CRKATED BRIIiIAM I>t &&&-JS& PR£S^ION IN AUSTRALIA WITH *tt HIS son STOP FIGHTING v >^^ >~L MICK McKAY Pf Jy M* %s M'IENTIFIG
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      38 7 FROM AUSTRALIA To ENGLAND, EUROPE and BRITISH OC( I i'IED germa: CHOICE OF 11 PARCELS To save you worry, loss of time and money BOOK YOUR MONTHLY ORDERS WILLIAM J. BERNARD Union Building p^ e s o Singapore
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