The Singapore Free Press, 15 December 1948

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1948. PRICE 10 C'KNTS
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  • 350 1 Councillor wants 4 Bns. Free Press Staff Reporter niK Singapore Government will be asked at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Tuesday, to take immediate steps to form a alar defence force of at least four battalions uprising locally-enlisted men, for the defence :lu
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  • 50 1 'he it Rehad asked on Tim pnt ed a ind --ad be the nut- THE HAGUE, Tuesda jte note from the r. Hatta, to the Dutch Q t ed a decree setting up for Indonesia with>utch Cabinet held all-day «i the iote. but made no official Reuter A.P. U.P.
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  • 25 1 for $2,012,830 dafiled by the Lai the leged negligently the DC-6 plane crashed on June 17, 1 and 42 others. U.P.
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  • 21 1 FX)UR i of ui the Party, Indians were held Singapore C.I.D. under --*ncy reg v detentions to--4 this morning.
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  • 72 1 WHEN the Hyderabad issue comes before the Security Council in Paris today the head of the Hyderabad delegation, Moir Nawab Jung, will ask the United Nations to send a special commission to investigate India's conquest The Nawab, who was sacked by the Nizam as the state's
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  • 169 1 Free Press Staff Reporter j'HE earliest date on which the Singapore Municipal Elections Ordinance could be amended to admit would-be vott without property qualiilcations is Feb. 15 next yrar the date provisionally fixed for the first 1949 meeting of the Legislative Council. Confirmation that
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  • 55 1 AS Rushtriy Swayam Sevak Sangh (R.S.S.S.) members demonstrated for the sixth lay, in Madras yesterday the •nment made 27 arrests tn Delhi. The R.S.S.S. is a militant Hindu organisation which banned by the Indian nment after some of Its members were alleged to hav^ ?ither plotted
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  • 23 1 mans will have to see in films or none at all In the Russian-occupied .ince of Thurinyia in fu
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  • 177 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. rHE Japanese Diet voted yesterday to demand the resignation of the entire Yoshida Cabinet because )f the "drunken advances" of the Finance* Minister, 3anroku Izumiyama, towards a woman Diet member )n Monday night. Amid the national uproar hat followed the public •harges
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  • 201 1 LONDON, Tuesday. PRIME Minister Clement Attlee has accepted the retgnation of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Mr. John Belcher, whose conduct is being investigated by a special tribunal it was officially announced toni ??r t Belcher, in his letter to the Premier,
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  • 301 1 DRINCESS Elizabeth's son, who is to be christened at Buckingham Palace at 3.30 (G.M.T.), this afternoon, will be baptised with the full names Charles Philip Arthur George. The Royal baby's title will be Prince Charles of Edinburgh, it was officially announced. Prince Charles' sponsors
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  • 79 1 SINCE the Royal Prince was born to Princess Elizabeth a month ago Britons in all walks of life have speculated on the names, but few, if any, guessed Charles. Most popular in the guessing were George and Philip, both of which were included in the
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  • 97 1 Deaf-mute to offer job to dumb man Free Press Staff Reporter rAN Sing Choon. tin dumb Penang ex-volunteer, nas tot yet come forward to claim ither of the two Jobs offered o him by Roneo's and Mr. F. Bent, managing partner of he Wheat Sheaf Bakery Roneo hope to trace
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  • 63 1 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. 'J^HE South-East Asian A Regional Air Navigation Conference yesterday concluded its four-week session at New Delhi. Some 200 delegates representing 16 countries attend,ed the conference, which was inaugurated on Nov. 10 by the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru. Five technical committees evolved
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  • 35 1 A repair gang digging in j the grounds ol! the Island GoU Club in Thomaon Road yesterday found four partly burlert hand grenades. Police believe I they are relics of the war.
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  • 247 1 NANKING, Wednesday. AS rumours of peace moves swept Nanking and Shanghai yesterday Chinese Communists completed the isolation of Peiping: by cutting the railway to the sea after Nationalists themselves closed the city's airfields. Nationalist territory in North China has now )een reduced to a
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  • 70 1 1 ,500 checked, all had cards Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police 'screened' 1,064 people at a roadblock in Bukit Timah early this morning, and found that all Colony residents had Identification cards and Federation visitors other means of identification. Police in another check yesterday searched Jurong village, north-east of
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  • 74 1 Philip sees news made IMIE Duke of Edinburgh paid his first visit to London's newspaperland last night— and saw the announcement of his baby son's name become the headline news. The Duke tf the office of The Times and after watching the paper in production, -'d the button which started
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  • 32 1 IHiE Costa R. I vernment announ terday that troops sent to the border had "completely defeated" the alleged invaders fiom Nicaragua. Thirty-eight of the invaders captu: A. P.
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  • 325 2  -  Fred Majdalany 'OLIVER TWIST THERE were two 1 men called CharIt* Dickens. There was the funny one who fished characters out of everyday life (which he saw as a huge d glorious pub) and turned into Pickwicks, T and reform hen it y de- the ith nor
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  • 283 2 BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER IT is universally agreed that no better choice could have been made for the Royal Command film performance than Ealing Studios' "Scott of the Antarcti It is a grand picture, d credit to all concerned in its production. The only crll icism
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    246 2 II uj/cih-u uie ntart jack Declarer took home the tricl dummy's ace and led a lav The ten fetched W»st'i ace and West then shifted to club— dtspite the fact that Eas' had dropped the heart seven pi the first trick. A second rounc of mfmps revealed the
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  • 129 2 FILM-struck Singaporeans will member that Malayaborn film star, Michael Gough, has been e here in a number of successful films already. He is soon to be seen again as Captain Stewart in the Archers production of "The Small Back Room" which he is now making for London
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    • 484 2 SINGAPORE I metres; 41 metr*. 12 p m :i metres (6 p m to 13 and 9Si p m to 11). roi>\\ PRO 1 -x!; 9.30 New 19 84 Met I BarKbtard'— The BB ioi>\\ Sutioi oi and Pro -iio dete< by the BBC: 10.30 Dedeast ir-n- 14 ?apore. 210
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    • 152 2 What's On i:\Y .mud. Mystei i (umrdy thriller itelrlnf Pr J aster, \nn Ratherfort and harlfs Butterworth i: iioh .sh«»Hinj;. On Thurv ria\ Letter from I nkmiHii Woman." a r«» mantle drama, itarrini Joan Fontaine and I oaii Jourdan. PWII los v v ii m, I" Of J womaa'i •>t
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    • 165 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BU, all the qualities of thr culminate with yon gi •u l«»\ a jj much to (ram your "rtiii full of f.i< ts. hut rather so that j impart knowledge rs. Tim abilitj maj express '•''lf not only in teaching, but aho in leiturin- writing or program
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  • 59 3 DUTCH MOVE WEAKENS ANTI-RED FRONT Indonesian flare-up feared -d. resu.t from the Nethertan s°<" ve^n'me nt" su end negotiation and opinZ, in ilon diplomatic quarters is th»i it i In events wil. hamper BrUish a^d SuJTnlt™ ...mbat Communism in South East Asia ht, almost ineviSbS s of Southirbances. furl her
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  • 34 3 IMERK I'S Congressmen arc alarmed at reporN that big business Interests are to spend millions of dollar* to block itlon modelled on Britain's gramme. a hca of lants who
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  • 9 3 Iranian wants more pay for Cabinet year and Reuter
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  • 16 3 1 A ary i on w.thout tcher bus nad off: applied A.P.
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    57 3 and Irian bride, Theresa Siegal, eloped across Europe. Alex met hi^ briuas a soldier he was billeted mily in year i later iscided thai the girl marry r .4USHt' was turned back at the frontier but slipped acros s at night. They dei to eloi The r ;ge. By rctlthe
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  • 53 3 I^HE Japanese Opposition introduced its no-confld-enee motion in the Diet steering committee, making the dissolution of the Diet certain. Government and Opposition agreed on the no-confidence motion some time ago to enable the Diet to be dissolved and a new general election to be held
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  • 278 3 THE North Atlantic Defence Treaty will be aimec not only at forestalling aggression from outside by Soviet Russian forces but will provide safeguard: against any internal seizure of power by Communist: within countries signing the treaty, according to th< Washington correspondent of the Montreal
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  • 124 3 Romeo 'sang for his freedom Up'E-KILLER Graziosi, the ex-Rome Radio pianist sentenced to 24 years imprisonment a year ago. turned his dulcet voice on his Kaolers for a change. It worked all right. They were, they say. "bewitched." So they asked him home to supper. Idea: To Rive piano lessons
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  • 26 3 D i ian Dp* north of A7- rba jan on the brate its 1,500 and the A the ctv are beinf re- A. P.
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  • 79 3 CEYLON'S NEW MACE IS 'MAGNIFICENT' VHE mace which the House J of Commons has au: -d four hand i to Ceylon's House of Re sentatives is <>: 18-carat gold and sapph It is lour feet long, and design was im architecture o! the temples of Ceylon. Tl. mentation lotus. magnificent
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  • 81 3 pyuiKiLSare beiny Walton Prison. I into the mystery of the man who robbed the Raol. Mr. J. A. Dennett. I -nor at Walton, told >f the probe at Liverpool a convict admitted stealing three pairs of shoes fror prison on the day of his discharge. The
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    • 244 3 mSllffr3kG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya XT' J< \A r£tf^9 -2'J •'•> :.?STIONS ABOUT II I YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I I WE'RE NOT SATISFIED. WE'RE Li _3fc- —^^^viJßu rT^Tn THIS lS A BAD PLACE FOR \/*i STILL CURIOUS. I =T~ "•^^l k^ FOR hr. vVE
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  • 374 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY.. Dee. 15. 1948 Apathy Over the Franchise A LJ rested i.. civic re and band stalwarts i pm J for majority In t. Commission have disapOT the .rkabie n the put. in U weeks main before the c!< elec- will be little bef in a
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  • 738 4 LIP A «;TTY, Philippines. 11l AN Y thousands have flocked to this old cathedral town in Southern Luzon in recent weeks to see what they call the mystery of the rose petals. They all believe that a miracle has been wrought. There are many optics
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  • 195 4 CWITZERLAND is fighting v desperately against e German Invasion— The invaders are wild pigs. Hordes of wild pigs from the Black Forest are fl> the attacks of hungry ans and crossing S id's northern frontier. Swiss farmers complain that in the agricultural districts of the canton ot
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  • 141 4 AN unusual but significant Industrial pact has been signed whereby Britain, Canada and the United Statree to standardise the j ordinary screw thread. The agreement will make machine parts of British or American manufacture interchangeable, an impossibility for many years because the angle of the threau screws, bolt*
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  • 502 4  -  ROBERT MUSEL By j'hil mastermind isn't always a figment of mystery fiction. Scotland Yard is worried by two of them at the moment Behind the grim wal. I the Yard. overlooking the Thames, all the resource* ol scientific crime detection are boing used to trap two
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    67 4 A pathetic, straggling line of Arab refugees passes along the dusty road from Jerusalem to the Lebanon carrying their meagre belongings with them They have been driven from their homes by Jewish attacks in Galilee and now they swell the estimated half million destitute Palestinian Arabs. One of the last
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  • 180 4 AMERICAN astronomers are about to begin all-out effort to determine the size and nature of the universe. If everything goes ly they v. e some" exciting to talk abo\: six months or so," Dr Edwin Hubble, of Mount V. report' of t: Dr Hub!: wh ies
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  • 546 4  -  CLIFFORD By ••CXOSIS" is wha it is all aboutthe little w o r < which rises and fall; like a ping-pong bal on the waves of ever Cypriot conversation and which meani Union with Greece." "Enosis" is fundamentally the reason wh] Lord Winster, the Socialist peer who
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  • 194 5 China gets scrap from ex- Jap ship Staff Reporter HHMon Japanese ship, Horaf M>ized at Tanjons Rhu by prize at the liberation of j^ beinif used in China for the agricultural implements. S. Yin, manager of the :\y, which is breaking down scrap is being sent to a Chinese or
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  • 41 5 13^ l r s :^e in 48 S*Qoqs p«r such •n* to k 1 IS and buses will revcek d»j*. Oxipona •<i on pre»ent«tion €4 reflstratlon card. B»y also forward their pewt. -a stamped and m tnvt loped.
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  • 83 5 Mafaftj < orrr.tpondt'iit T Party is making preparatk hold its fourth annual congress early next month, the Utusan Melayu reports. The Congress will be held in Singapore on Jan. 1. 2 and 3. Inche Karlm Dzafflr. c man '.ngapore branch of the MNP. has been
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  • 35 5 picture. Workmen breaking up the 16,000-Jon former Japanese ship, Horai Maru, off Siglap. The s crap is being sold to China, where it will be used for makina farmina tools.- Free Press
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  • 156 5 F. P. Chinese Correspondent SEVEN sago mills in Singapore may cease operations by the end of this month. If the demand for their products does not Improve. The demand has fallen to such an extent that the mills are producing only to meet forward deliveries contracted
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  • 203 5 CNAC DEFERS STORE FLIGHTS DM. AIM. of the situation In China, the China National Airways Corporation (CNAC) has postponed the inauguration of their SingaporeShanghai service which had been scheduled for Dec. 9. The Airways office in Singapore is now awaiting advice from its Shanghai headquarters. It is, however, hoped to
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  • 138 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent "I AM completely opposed to the move now being made to restore Penang and Malacca to their pre-war stai said Mr. Tan Cheng Lock in an Interview with the Utusan Melayu. Saying that Malacca Is onefortieth of the area of the :eration, Mr.
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  • 99 5 Wants 'better food trade' A 13-y :-old t)OJ Fo Ue, Mr M. H MacDougal, j end him to nentl Road Boys' H and not to the Salva* Army Boys' Home. Koh said food at th menti Road Home and he could learn a trade there. He was handed over to
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  • 41 5 Two O' wrnment En schools in Johore hav I cently bought 16 m.m. sound projectors. They are the English College, Johore Bahru. and the Government English School. Kluang. both of v will sho* ional films to their pupils.
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    24 5 Gr Writt-rs' As. Sinre will hold boon Yuen Restaurant on Dec. 13 15 p.m. A view frovi of the South Winds Hotel.
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  • 33 5 A woman named Ng Oh was fined $150 by the Second e (Mr. R. W. P. Rule* yesterday for abetting the management of chap Jl kee. Inspector Noordin bin Talib cuted.
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  • 122 5 TWO hundred people travelled 16 miles from Singapore last Sunday to attend a house-warming party at a new holiday resort for Singa>re—the South Winds Hotel t Taiijong Balai. It will be general public this Saturday. J Some went by car, along Jurong Road and then
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  • 460 5 MECCA PILGRIMAGE REPORT FOR GOVT Committee looks into grievances Free Press Malay Correspondent A REPORT on the grievances and difficulties experienced by pilgrims to Mecca is being completed by the Malay Welfare Council for th< Colonial Secretary, Inche Dams Sharif, Secretary of the Council, said in an interview. The report
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  • 130 5 PROTEST ON NEW TRISHA CONTROL F. P. Chinese Correspondent OINOAPORE trisha riders. oncerned over the bylaws passed at a special meeting of Municipal Commissioners on Dec. 8, are submitting their protest against certain provisions, particularly those in respect ot p fee, dimensions of trishas and passenger limits, and wearing apparel,
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  • 80 5 IT was officially an--1 nounced yesterday that 70 per cent, of Singapore Government servants have received their rs of pay. Of da :nment s could r arrears of pay before Chris Othe: Government Ua.s pu> ahead as qt;. to get ed. he said. There were
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  • 162 5 HAZARAT NOOR, a young northern Indian, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Jobbling, in the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday. Hazarat was found guilty ot the murder of a Chinese trolley bus conductor. Chua Chwee Bock, on Feb. 19, at the corner of North bridge
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  • 48 5 Within five days of receiving a War Office telegram Hating that his presence was required at the bedside of his son ng dangerously ill in Kuala npur from wounds refrom bandits. 57-year-Mr. Cyril Hawksv rh, of >h o ipy, p i-on-i'rent, has arrived by air.
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  • 175 5 pEHIND the killing of a Malay Communist U rist, who fired at a patrol of the Malay Regiment last week, lies "the dramatic story of devoted patriotism of an inhabitant ot the village of Batu Kurau. As a staff sergeant u! Malay Regiment was passing
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  • 38 6 REMBAN Tuesd Chin se bandits iop Lang village rSerem b a n to llect their daily newswalked into an h and were shot forces PC. Hurt -"re at:ned d and fell off. were
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  • 55 6 Kl \.M VN 1 TWO >oung tigers dang--1 their forep from the one wire noose greeted the setter of the tr.tp near the KuanUn drome on a recent morning. The most he had expected was one wild boar. Special constables were nlled to shoot the
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  • 39 6 .4/ The Chic ma drama 80 1 aisHfionar'- a. ah« a':. king a kr.lef n h> making love to her. The rum •nds as sh« clmba from a cab and marches t ■^s Into a
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  • 22 6 H.M.3. Belfast, described as B Lin's most modern cruiser, passed through Singapore last week en route for Hong Kong.
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  • 139 6 I^HE prosecution pected to end today n RA F gei the Singape: Court. Witness lay .n--cluded the general manager for Shaw Bros. Ltd Mr. Tun Kee. who told Mr. S. II D E1I&S. defence courusel for rmen, that he had ted that Ginsberg aid supply ri the
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  • 326 6 Free Press Staff Reporter A CONFISCATED Communist printing press has A been installed in Changi Prison— in place of the one the Japanese removed— to resume the prison s pre-war work of assisting the Government Printing Office in simple Jobs. Seized by the
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  • 63 6 LONDON, Wed. DRTTISH nment k) resisted an I in London SI Renter's financial coi pondent. Trading in all mainly the result of .ling of p .3 in being of the account. Rubber shares v. changed to lower and tins declined. Ind 1 •s and aff**ct' >
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  • 31 6 IK. H. I). Mundell. defending in the Singapore First submitted that there v law or 'ii fact. He said that the B."N: which his clients mce Regulations
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  • 55 7 IMIE crack United 51 three -year- old. Citatn.n, winner of the triple rown thi> leaMß, has been injured and will not race Santa Anita this winter, rding to a statement f-rday by the Santa Anita racecourse authorities. Citation hud been entered ral of the big events in
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  • 65 7 r Singapore Cninese Rt over the Nee Soon lay. of the game w i fine dtplay by the C coupled by the m of Hon Yam and Kee Pow who shared Pepper, the Nee Soon goalkeeper i good anticipation and saved his slde from a heavier deThe Chinese
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  • 227 7  -  MALCOLM ISHER By THE attraction in novices' boxing is the fact that here at least one can see keen, honest-to-goodness spirit, with no Quarter expected, and certainly none n. outstanding performances, from a pect. by men who are practically what th< rings lack in lal
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  • 68 7 |TO' vho were tm Loud -a Olympic Games are to compete In an athletics meeting In Indo-China Jan. 10 aad Feb. J5. The French Athletic Pcdcrat.on y«st«rday i p«nnissioti to ahny. Francis S Jean Veruica and Ignace HeinB make the tour are not yet decided as
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  • 20 7 D'Org.Li one of Prance's lea :ien and winner Europe I rspftper L'Edoou* stft ■.1 yt#- Reuter
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  • 29 7 r d. having broken through the S.C.C. fullout to take at goal in yesterday's hockey _n the Padancj \r my won 3.l.— Free Prc
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  • 196 7 ENGLAND SIDE FOR WORLD TOURNEY Taking part for first time JF a decision made provisionally at a Footbal Association Council meeting in London thfi week is carried into effect, England, for the firs time, will appear in the world soccer cup com petition. The next tournament, the final rounds of
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  • 141 7 WHEELER, tne Army leftinside, stole the spotlight in yesterday's hockey match against the S.C.C. on the padang. The Army won by three goals to one, Wheeler being responsible for two goals. Besides his good opportunitlsm. Wheeler displayed exceptional speed and ball control and it
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  • 96 7 BRUCE Will probably defend his British Empire and European heavyit championships against Freddir Mil: rid lightfht champion, in London on June 2. 1949. Promoter Jack G rday met the b managers. Ted Br^adribb for and Tom Hurs* ioock, to tal terms which hi pen air. Solomons
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  • 49 7 Nw and 19 t Ictoria by tight v In Sheffield Shield crick' concluded ye<terc: Scores: NSW. 507; W. Au 241 and 247 (Undwail four for 55); Victoria 436 and 79 for Queensland 285 and 227 < I r 13, 'an Johnscn three for I Reuter A.A.P
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  • 288 7 VKWS that four South American professional A^ golfers are visiting England for an extended tour next season is pleasing to British golf for it will add to the international interest of the season's events. With a Ryder Cup match due for the late summer
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  • 314 7 THE luck of the draw for the third round of the F.A. Cup has undoubtedly gone to the First Division clubs, for 12 of the 22 are at home, and in only three instances do premier teams clash. It would, therefore, be possible
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  • 357 7 Sisters are contenders for beauty title TWO pretty Chinese sisters will onc e again be competing against each other for the title of "Miss Singapore 1948" at th e New World on Saturday and Sunday nights. Both the girls, 25-year-old Adeline Ho Lye Ton and 16-year-old Patricia Ho Lye Ying,
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  • 57 7 r^HE Custonu rugger XV against ::bewang tomorrow at Sembauang will be chosen from: Hon Leong, Crossal, Karim. R'xilck. Ramley. Cheng Kee, Eksan. Gani. Leach. Bates, Maby, Sc!by. Roulle. Klllck, Slew Lian. Aziz, Hassan and Yusofl Nawav.i. The same team will play the K Raia Club
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  • 43 7 M.P.H. v. F. N. THE Malaya Publishing House I team against the Fraser and Neave XI at Parrer Park today at 515 p.m. will be: Hakim, Yakm, Bujang, Daud, A. Jabar, Tubt, Aziz, Oman, Dollah Hi Ahmad (capt.). Hamid, Jummat Referee. Mr. Daeim.
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  • 77 7 rIE team to represent the Spitfires in a friendly game of soccer tomorrow at Port Canning against the Royal Military Police will be: Teo Heng; Wun Mahmood, Eh Bin, Seng Chiang, Daud. Kim Hian. Syed Ali Rex Lie. Kenny, Leyman, Ibrahim Fall; (capt Reserves: Dollah HamJd. Dutta, S.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 49 7 Today's sport HOCKEY: S.R.C. t. C.S.C— S.R.C.; Victoria School v. Customs Farrer Park. S.C.C women t. WAAF— S.C.C. RUGBY: S^C.C. Ist. v. S.C.C. M A"— S.C.C; Nee Soon Garrison RF.C. v. RAF. Tengah— Nee Soon; R.A.F. Changi v. Police Thomson Rd; R.E.M-E. Base Y\ Shops t. G.H.Q. Sif. Reft.
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  • 622 8 l £l,ooo not f for contacts' LONDON, Wednesday. ISAAC WOLFSON, 51-year-old millionaire chief of the £36,000,000 Great Universal Stores, who gave evidence yesterday after the Cabinet Minister, Hugh Dalton, before the tribunal investigating alleged corruption in Government circles, denied that £1,000 which he had paid to
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  • 12 8 a military pro, C anv political or- Reuter
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  • 50 8 ITALO-SOVIET TRADE PACT k THREE-YEAR Italo-Kus- sian trade agreement, calling for exchanges of goods totalling $1,000,000 annually, was signed Jo Mos- 1 cow on Dec 11, it is announced In Rome yesterday. Another agreement for j turning over 33 Italian warships to Russia was signed at the same time.- U.P.
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  • 122 8 LIE TESTS FOR U.S. SPY RING SUSPECTS WASHINGTON, Tuesday. HOUSE of Re investigators said loday hey may ask the key figures in the 'Pumpkin Communist spy to find out who gave t papers to an ex-Communist. Mr aker Chambers. Microfilm copies of the papers were found on Chambers' farm. The
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  • 234 8 BERLIN, Wednesday. /CONVINCED now thai the Western Powers are prepared to go to war if necessary over Germany, the German leaders of Berlin and Trizonia are now openly calling for revival of the (ierman army to back the Western Allies. In Bonn, where a
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  • 320 8 Free Fress Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SOME of the orphans of the Serandah Boys' Home their superintendent, Mr. V M. Blake, shot in li is study and his bungalow set on fire by bandits on ."Monday night Near where Mr. Blake's skeleton was found yesterday
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  • 52 8 I.mpuTiani iu educate .an boys because girls "ran things later on." the North Waisham {England* Education :er, Mr. W. O. Bell, declared yesterday. He told North Walsham High School girl s that the moral principles, the happiness and the character of British husband s depended on their
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  • 17 8 utioued from pare 1) i ran i old Mrs. T(^ i**por aiso ner har.c U.P.
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  • 39 8 VBill to ma vice men in the British serve 18 nv ir<>m Jan. 1, 1949. by the Houj As it had air through the Comn. bill only requires the King s formal nt to become law.— Reuter
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  • 171 8 HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday. A JEALOUS rage over a broken romance yesterday drove beautiful, blonde actress. Patricia Styles, to shoot her former flance and then herself, Hollywood police believe. Nathan Sugarman. her wealthy 40-year-old ex-boy-frlend, was wounded in the shooting which took place as he and the 25-year-old
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  • 107 8 A SPECIAL Market corre*pondent l?et the prlctt of rubber (In cents per tb.) al Ham todm at follows SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber of Com. merce Rubber Association*, noon 1 prices yesterday were, In cents per lb.: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot. loose 38V 4
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  • 165 8 fAii^KSON, (New Jersey), Wednesday. ANTHONY Navarino is 30 years old. but he still believes in Santa Claus. He had no job and no money; bills were piling up and the gas and electricity !iaa been turned off, hli .amlly faced a miserable 'hrlstmas.
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  • 114 8 ARAB RIFT W|hEk, t DISCLOSURE that contact ha> Israel and Transjordan a peace talks coincided with the iercn nations of Ui expected to meet Transjordan from the L» The Secretary-Gen Pasha, referring to th» Az^ approval of fusion with Abdullah, told tl "only an isolated incidei. u
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  • 32 8 LONDON THE Chan< had been her e> > had ncy. he adc co-operation vas He was replying in P., to Mr. Oliver C: re. Con>ling Thunab. Reuter
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  • 5 8 ECA FOR COPRA DODKLDK A.P.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 331 8 BUtTH* REYNOLDS To Joyce, wife of p W. Reynold* on 11th Decemb#r at Honekong. a ton Both > LOCKYER— On DtC. 7. '43 port Dickaon to Pauline, wife of Major E. A. W. Lockyer. The Ms lay Regiment— a son. TO LILIAN, wife of doctor E 9 R. Alfred, at
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    • 86 8 BOOK TOKENS KELLY WALSH lit RAFFLES HOTEL THIS EVENING AT IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 7 to 8 pm. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p FRANK PICKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA ART EXHIBITION l-AlMlv.s HV AUCUSTO MARTEUJ XMAS FESTIVITIES XMAS EVE SPECIAL XMAS DINNER tW* Cncktrs. Now I ker«B»[j*» <
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