The Singapore Free Press, 16 December 1948

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA GF DFG DG SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948. PKKt 10 ißh
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  • 229 1 SANANASCRIP VALUES: NEW SCALE Compromise 9 proposals Free Press Staff Reporter THE Select Committees appointed by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya to examine the Debtor and (red it or (Occupation Period) Bill. 19 IS, have recommended a "compromise" schedule of the value of Japanese military srrip
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  • 7 1 BURMA REBELS ROUTED: 26 DIE Nt Reuter
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  • 160 1 'Great need for social research' Free Press Staff Reporter "A GREAT need m Malaya, as m other colonial territories, is for a more adequate understanding of the basic social and economic proceases at work," says Pro- nond Firth m his report on social science research m Malaya, published this morning.
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  • 40 1 II vlr. Jam* said day that Gen. Dwlght now Pr»*iident of T\bia University, was still advising leading U.S. officials on defence mat* Mr. Forrestal also announthat the U.S Military MablLshing a cone value of weaDons and their A.P.
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  • 15 1 Ci] has ed Hyderaba an until II i at Lake Success m U.P.
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  • 183 1 SlRROl NDED by numbers of the Royal Family Pr uirleN of Edinburgh, month-old >»»>n Princess I th and second in line to the British thr hristened by the Archbishop of Canterbur Palace yesterday. •Bonnie Prince (I lutifuily throughout the who nursed Princess El: conf. held the Prince
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  • 12 1 EIRE PASSES 'REPUBLICA' BILL 1 tbly d< on April the be- Reuter
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  • 22 1 Thr Ralph I Blumenfeld, Daily Xx London and its ed m 1902 to 1932. who died last July, left A.P.
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  • 19 1 m yesterci. -ep Cey. of the United Nati was the Sovlr nd veto of Ceyl A.P.
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  • 122 1 THE HAGUE, Thursday. I'HI rnment is reported hei h da new note from the United S he Indonesian crisis, making it -he U.S. irtmeni believes it l s possible for the yernment to contini; itions with the Indonesian Republic h the United Nations Comni: d with
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  • 32 1 v x SUM of $66,667 b -)fl/d hi/ to the Kedah iment under the IS6S P Jiang was This total nfs from mber 1941 to May 1, $*****
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  • 38 1 There were ;ualtrhen an explosion occurred on board the British ship Sounad m Japane.se waters a few miles off the port of Kobe, the P. and O. Steamship Company .m London reported yesterday. U.P.
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    58 1 Promin:\ent among Aniiamite guerillas fighting the French m Southern Indo-China is Cao Trieu Phat, a bishop m the Caodaist sect. Phat is Comv sioner for Cultural Affairs m the Administrative Committee of Resistance m South Vietnam, the Frenchoutlawed Annamite guerilla government. Phat, a nonCommunist, is one of the wealthiest Annamite
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  • 99 1 LONDON. Thursday. 4 CONVOY of 20 stl J\ breaking private lorries into London's main line n railway terminus yesir almost 10,000 -nas pai Id up m 10-day stall strike. Railway vans stood Idli side piled packages- including Christmas trees as private lorries were loaded under
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  • 73 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. LAST night a British soldier lying m ambush with a military patrol near Lingga Estate accidentally killed himself with a Sten Gun. Earlier m the day, ten bandits opened fire on the Ledang Bahru Estate «Muar District). The fire
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  • 273 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE I 'nder-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. David Kees Williams, said tonight that terrorist activities are delaying Britain's great plans for Malaya. He was addressing the annual dinner of the Malay Society of Great Britain. "We have great plans lor Malaya and
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  • 62 1 PILOTS of the Penang Flying Club have a new role to play during the present emergency m the Federation. They are now engaged m dropping po rolls on estates and tin miii- sum where m Malaya." At present payrolls artdropped at three ditterent places twice monthly and
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  • 28 1 Thr ed and each b: ntered a houi it dusk yesterday, and alter herding thi mts into a small robbed them 15 m cash and ry.
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  • 20 1 > operate yesterday lllon, a Paris suburb, it was reported to the Primp Min'srPr M Hm.ri Queuille.- Reuter
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  • 19 1 Singapore police "scre< 1.078 people m three security checks yesterday and this Ing. All had identity cards.
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  • 34 1 The formation of an auxiliary frontier force to patrol the border of Kedah and Perli.s and Siam would cost $102,000, it was announced In Federation Legislative Council thl fi morning.
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  • 311 1 REDS ENTER SUBURBS OF PEIPING NANKING, Thursd., troops entered the north-western suburbs of Peiping this morning and are closing m on the northern gate of the walled Inner cit>. Although within gunfire range of the ancient inner city shrine of Chinese culture the Communists have not so far fired a
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  • 34 1 FIRE ENGINES AT FRASER NEAVE'S 1 y \\o lire engines fror Central Fire Station an.l a call from Fraser and I jes m Trafalgar about 420 am. tnls i as burnfc >c no dainaf
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  • 311 2 A MALA YAN BOOKSHELF By A Special Correspondent CRI Meiianti is the name oi mall am that rises m the hills between Rern:id X: 'ilah iitly fjh i beautiful before linalh Mi se it lley Known to tanah and F ders chief minister. The two took a
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  • 104 2 WRITING hil(1 rt'ii is a i difficult than it ir is D Viys t c r j who n i IHol River Mran^'ly quiet so of f This book aptain villai: lug«>r holid r on Although not j at all breathless. Th» Stolen Jewels, by V
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    124 2 Nottuet fi.lo vulnei at;l« North dealer. N B bid c: club wai a "prrpjir OTU> hfB: jret b one club, he could bi<l .iWid bid bid o' i trump f s t b king for a sue the diamond qu- brought, v up to eght, and J to
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  • 112 2  - Beauty And The Boffin PETER QUENNELL I Reviews new books m U.K. Three to >^O Highway, by Nevil Shute, is a book about a Boffin; and a Boffin, as you may or may not know, is an expression current m the Royal Air Force denoting a technical expert, backroom genius
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    • 139 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR H.N tod h the human mind philosophii al approach to all th** injior pmhienjs of hnmanit] are two of the «uidii i \oiir life. IUJ stli I thoroueh and that jroa t promuL ht!; <)i >od on i lound I equipped to nive a ureat ieal to
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    • 168 2 Or- roMou <xjuest Programme; 6 6 Plaj .nee FraTV m A M. 8.40 N Sunv ioos it Lake b S.E.A.C. 19 81 vi TODAY n Openuis b^d Programme Summary; ll ter Vein; 12.30 fteport Ir lain (recorded "rom »U 1245 Yours loi the World News: 1 4 Programme Sunr tion
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  • 12 3 U.S. MARINES ADVANCE GFH HF FHG md h her ei-Q the 'nanuel.
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  • 387 3 M-PLAN DELIVERIES 'MIS-USED' US accuses UK, Holland, Belgium 4 DISCLOSURE that aluminium sent to Europe A under the Marshall Plan programme has been resold to American buyers has brought a U.S. Government threat to curtail aid deliveries to Britain, Belgium and Holland. The Economic Cooperation Administration has asked the three
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  • 119 3 SENSATIONAL disclosures of the relations between dent Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler when the r was Chancellor, are expected to be made 'he forthcoming denazification trial of Lt. von Hindenburg. the President's son, early m the New Year. mcd per nave involved played a part m
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  • 47 3 I British chemical industry. I cula.vas for' ci by the nt by •he Board <>t Trade, Mr. Harold Wils n inqu:: aould its long-term plans and lines of development, ciation of Chemical inuhad been asked to i report on the lines d Reuter
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  • 231 3 T<HE Burmese Army, Air Force and civilian 1 authorities have combined m the ''biggest ever" manhunt m Burma for the White Flag Communist leader, Thakin Than Tun. On the run since the mon- »n ended last September, Than Tun twice ei.ided capture when Burmese soldiers
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  • 255 3 A DOCTOR'S daughter married an escaped convict not knowing of his past. She thought he was a merchant seaman and she married him under a name he had assumed. Then a year later she discovered his past. She told her husband, Kenneth Thomas, 28,
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  • 39 3 Ml V IN DOBI. the Hun P Ministold P n\ that m Smallholders jram- •'mor< :U Infilt] id Imperialist agents m posts." he said, adding Hungary would draw the Soviet Union *nd Eastern European coun- Reuter
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  • 59 3 WHITE students of che Pennsylvania State College picketed five of six downtown barber shops m protest against their refusal to cut the hair of Negro students. The boycott started after the local chapter of the National Association for Advancement of Coloured Peoreported that Mitchel Williams, a Negro track
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  • 164 3 U.K. composer to marry Argentine girl MR. William Walton, the British composer, who is s to marry an Argentine «irl 23 years younii* r. He was left £10.000. a cottage and a In the will of Alice Viscountess Wimborne. who died I m April, aged 68. His bride-to-be Is 22-year-old
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  • 16 3 John A direcand composer of light died In Marlow, kinghamslv yesterday, aged 74.- Reuter
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  • 69 3 \IRS- ELSIE DOUGLAS 1 j5, won a divorce from Robert Douglas, 61, after she had told the judge of a Neic Year's Eve parly which husband deserted "to n>ay for the poor sUiners' >m he left behind. She testified Douglas spurned alcoholic drinks served at the party,
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  • 155 3 WHEN the R< v. Theophilius a-Harneia preachid. torn a he vicar has •hoir boys The ver nd liat ar, a ma I boredom very dangerous to i Mr. Morcom-Harneis said •There was a whole lot of among the boys I could not see. Matters came
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  • 366 3 RICH REFUGEES 'SKY-ROCKET' H.K. PRICES lIONG KONG is once again the haven for Chinese refugees, who are fleeing from the Chinese Communist advance m the north, as they fled from the Japanese advance m 1937 and 1938. Every ship and several planes daily bri. quota of evacuees. But there is
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  • 29 3 The Calcutta ma court has adjourned until Jan. 3 the hearing of a charge against William Scanlan, Australian jockey. of caus'ntr hurt to 'li* Indian servant.- Reuter
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  • 100 3 300 Jap war criminals stiil to be tried 'THREE hundr In foreign count: War crimes tril :iese have beer, shed In more than 30 abroad by Government, the United Sti England. France, Chi] I pines, the N Australia. In trials thus far d sentences hu I upon 725 Japa. jninals:
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  • 66 3 I'OJO S pi. once again a happy lad. His far j when the name Japan's Pearl Harbour Preas a byword day of the mil I Young Tojos troub fd when his schoolman asked him when he was to be nged. A sympathetic court has granted
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  • 175 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 1948. A Singapore Regiment I**ll- :he f the Colony's own d has bJohn L.. i to be I c Lei Tuesday •uld give m to *nd -heir U l regim In add jrce and Re >ry r.tribut: mill jn— but this t en
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  • 639 4  -  NOEL MONKS By Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia: A LONG-FORGOT-n TEN dream of 1 Rhodes has a chance of becoming r e a 1 i in the £17,1 0 project for a Rhodesia -East Africa railway link. last the landlocked "little empire" in the rt of Africa
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  • 746 4  - IT SEEMS TO ME POLITICO By THE limelight is beating bo fiercely m London on the politicians who wander m and out of the pi ceediL. at Church House that the reflections on commerce are going hu unnoticed. Here, hoy. of the more •hangt Counsel: I Witnest exactly a lie.
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  • 282 4 TOKYO. 'THE Vice President of A Japan's House of Councillors, who stubbornly refuses to wear a necktie continues his one man campaign to eliminate bowing to Emperor Hlrohtto. Jiichiro Matsumoto b m a position of honour at th. loot of the gilded throne a: the
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  • 200 4 WASHINGTO COMETHING like a v revolution n has id shipping lit of a vy shift m bution of a the v,. tern HemisVorld War 11, about one-flfth of i ..igs o: I bul today abu total is under tfa of one i Panama. Ar Honu are now
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  • 7 4 The Pope Changes Marriage Law I Reuter
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  • 278 5 STRAITS CHINESE TURNING MALAYAN Official social science report Free Press Staff Reporter Chinese m Malaya show a limited tendency to develop an individual Malayan point of view, says Mr. Raymond Firth m his report released today on a social science research m Malaya. Mr. Firth, whose investigations was sponsored by
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    34 5 ition 2s Treat to ■i Souza was at the to Robinsons yesG. H C and at he Cabathe Sew World. treat and old clothes Hon -:e Leper Tree Song n Road, Free Press pic-
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  • 8 5 CHINESE 'Y' INCREASING HOSTEL FEES GFH HF H
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  • 14 5 TO STEP UP PHOSPHATE OUTPUT P rter a I "he i -:-up of output
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  • 30 5 Dr. Michael Herbert Watt, head of the International Children's Emergency Fund Far Eastern Mission, hopes to visit Singapore m the next few weeks to discuss the I.C.E.F. programme
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  • 342 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 STUDY of the Malays living m Singapore and the neighbouring islands within the jurisdiction of the Colony is recommended by Mr. Raymond Firth m his report on a social science research m .Malaya. Information is needed about the kind of
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  • 109 5 rE former Burns Philp Marella was handed over m Singapore yesterday aft moon to the agents of her South American buyers. She was sold for £77,000. Now lying m the Empire Dock, the Marella will shortly renamed Captain Marcos and placed under Panaman ian registry. She
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  • 178 5 HUMANE SOCIETY A WARDS 1 ired *ioo S ffte/r pnr£ m f/ie cm Indian labourer had bten overcome by gas m a se-cer manhole at Tanjong Rhu m I year. The In Memonam certificates go to Mr. V. C. Edwards, sub-overseer, and P samy. a labourer, employed by the Singapore
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  • 36 5 KUANTAN, Wed. The returned a •t of death by drowning c Inquest on eight-year-oid Idrus bin Hussin. The boj. Iraother said Idris was playing witb another boy when he fell into a well.
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    54 5 The Rev. Preston L. Peach, headmaster of the Methodist Boys' School m Kuala Lumpur, is pictured at i party to the retiring Director of Education, Federation of Malaya, Mr. H. R. Cheeseman. Rev. Peach is one of the oldest and bestknow n Methodist Mission teachers m the
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  • 159 5 \|ALAYA. including Sin. t! por--. is understood to been allocated imports KM) metric tens of rice first half of 1949. ill decision was made by rhe International Emergen;y i Council^ Rice CommitmeeUnf In Washington r,n lay. says A. P. na also learned that
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  • 283 5 'More barter trips to Sumatra '—Dutch Free Press Staff Reporter AN announcement by the Singapore Dutch Consulate-General yesterday says that "considerable extension of barter runs to Repub-lican-held ports m Sumatra can be expected m ohe very near future, and thousands of tons of rtibber and copra may become available to
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  • 99 5 Free Pre.ss Staff Reporter MR Raymond Firth who nducted a s research m Mai a report released today, that there is a growing political consciousness among Indiana a body of active Indian i cism of the present and a "very lively, if experienced. Indian I n
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  • 489 6 I Generators case ending today DEFERENCES to a certain "Mr. Smith' who had approached him m connection with generating sets bought from the British Stores Disposals Board were made by David Wolf Ginsberg giving evidence m his defence at the Assizes yesterday. With
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    8 6 Oh Su r Tan ■< m Orchard Road hturday.
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  • 257 6 IIOXTOK, LTD. were called upon to state their 1 defence when the case against the firm alleging infringements of the Finance Regulations, wa>> resumed In the First District Court, yesterda The Judge (Mr. E P. Shanks) ruled that the firm had a case to meet.
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  • 231 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wtdmtmi IN a battle between a Police party and 25 bandits 1 today, the Oflicer-in-Charge of Tampin Poll trict, Mr. B. F. S. Cooper, was killed. Five dead bandits were found after the and policemen who took part reported more
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  • 6 6 PoWs MAY CLOSE DOWN ASSOCIATION I
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  • 72 6 HGJ GHJ THh nr\K aiioutil on i improvements m financial correspondent I i lined and 8 2! x-.g* was r if O? V a* ruppi *d to tilt Pret P special arrangement w:*^ Ptnancf&j Tlmat (Uolcat otbenrisa marked shares art 1 :;atlon Th' iQuotaton* arc deaJen rr
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    • 72 6 mSndr3K6 Exclusive to the Singapore I ree Press m Malaya w y>l \"s}ywtfyiis A L s A W\ i some say sue came: -T~^n JANt Exclusive to //ie Singapore I "ree Press m Malaya f S W- 7^r-r /MISS JANE'-'t TO SIR T.MS STIiDY^- W ggj Js& Tb RF kfp7
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  • 264 7 JOHORE TO FORM SPORTS COUNCIL $20, 000 stadium being planned A MOVEMENT is afoot m Johore Bahru for the formation of a State Sports Council and the construction of a stadium for athletics, boxing soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey and other games. The Johore Sports Council, when it is formed, be
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  • 98 7 IN id-fought hi Match on the P da>% the S.C.C. women's hockej U \m defeated the W.A. V V. by two goals to o not a> °P: ird movements, they pi defence and did well t om- Series Of Raids .ts m th deby
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  • 106 7 S.C.C. XV FOR SEREMBAN l wfrj Seramban to play g- QfinMlin ride oa Saturday was chosen last night as folOecki, Roper. Morris. McInto«h. Oates. Frame. Taylor, Fox. Leach. Leask. Reid. Bar n, Robson. and are not fielding wrongest team as Mcy has been Injured and Rcuai: er and Pennell (are
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  • 281 7 I^HE Singapore Cricket Club Colours defeated the Whites' side by 14 points (three tries and a goal) to three (a try) m a lftenly contested game of rugger on tire padang, yesterday. The Colours possessed a faster set of threes that opened out the
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  • 135 7 I^HK Singapore Recreation Club suffered their first hotkey defeat this season when they were beaten by <»ne goal to nil by the Ceylon Sports Club on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The game was play< produced a standard en m Sing: (1 at pare and or key
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  • 18 7 m a jew ork m. The phot i be I for the first tone at
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  • 123 7 XC IBRAHIM In cr day 'lub of India He was 118 had two fl] -gs wick The West I the perfect batting pitch was very poor, while the lield!ng was b r. But it was obvious r er the the recer. touring team were treating the
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  • 71 7 rTHE Hawaiian welterweight, Robert Takeshlta. knock B Boon, former Brtlsb lightchampion, m the third round of an exci*i:ig b< on Tuesday night. floored Takeshi ta four the first round and once out Takeshita came back with a two-fisted body attack which floored Boon. Th« *vme
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  • 37 7 T»HE New York Boxing Writers' Association voted the ghtweight champion. Ike Williams, m tnributed most to boxing th» yew. ight bouts during the year. He r the Edward Neil Memorial Trophy :e annual di U.P.
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  • 121 7 JOE Louis approved a round-robin tournament to select a chaK :i!s world heavyv listed six na Conn, Gu? c Woodcock tournament should not have more than four contenders. He was inclined to leave out Lesnevich and Woodcock. For the first time since being knocked out
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  • 40 7 GHGF HGF GFGFHGF her Thoma* < union team are Joern Skaarup *right). tr.ple Dan ■n, und Preben Dabehteen. This picture < ■i at Denmark' I Ich against S n 9-0, of thi ne iinal next rrn Copen- A.P.
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  • 140 7 ENGLAND will play thre<» men Den to international cricket lrr the h: match starting In Durbar today. They are Frank Mann. < aptain of tho touring M.C.C. team; Rolaird Jenkins. Worcestershire spin bowler, and R. T. Sin hard hitting Notts amateur man. England's team will be:
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  • 62 7 MARCEL Cerdan of France, the rid middleweight boxing charri! New York by plan yes'.erc peird Christmas a'« home. He has been panic-, boxing exhibitions m the United Cerdan said he planned to return to the U.S. m February and would probably defend hL atle m
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  • 179 7 LATEST BOXING NEWS Board releases Savold's purse "THE British Boxing Board of Control yesterday A freed American heavyweight Lee Savold's purse for the fight on Dec. 6 which he lost to Bruce Woodcock on a foul. The Board's rules required it to delay the payment, estimated at $5,000 cash, until
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  • 76 7 MAXIE Docusen, 30 old U.S. lightweight, stands on the threshold of a big-time boxing careev today after beating Manuel Ortiz veteran bantamweight champion, m his first bout with a nationallyrecognised boxer. Docusen mauled and punched his way to a unanimous ten-round decision over Ortiz m the
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  • 20 7 THE rugger match bet* 1 1 Cha.igl and the Polk* y« day was cancelled as there waJ heavy Road area.
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    • 24 7 ua'MbrA i Today k V OF II UKICA k -THE RCA 400' b 'ROJECTOI ■TT IN PROJECTIO! IIHAN COMPANY If XMAS WtmEREi *^^BL" Vx
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    • 64 7 PREVIEW i4EXT MONDAY, at 9.15 COLUMBIA Wl Me <jwoft&t Low Sio^L U\ [00 I4&MA I feHAVWORIH FORO The Rusk that will be the toast of the party or that fe^i hasty snack Delicious served with meats, all kinds of tinned and potted fish, eggs m fact, with anything because of
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    • 44 7 Today's sport \iral Base Lakes' Hockey Clnb— SR( B. Police r. KhalM Asa.— -nson Rd.. Sliell -tariw Park; R N II M > BirminghamNaval Base RI'GBT: S M B RF I Johore HQ. Sab DUtrkt— Raebarn Park. >pittires v H.M.P. I i Canning 3 p.m.
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  • 271 8 Compensation plan tabled Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. /COMPENSATION up to thirty months' wages has been recommended by a special Federal Committee as payment to the dependants of civilians killed by terrorists during the emergency. The* full compensation scheme recommended by this committee
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  • 29 8 INTY-SIX killed WAen la of tnbian Lansa Company crashed near Bogota, tnbla this morning. .rly crashed m ne failure. The dead include 22 Reuter
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  • 72 8 SECRET OF U.S. BOMB-SIGHT GIVEN TO REDS •ING I UN. Th INFORMATK I c of uer of i Activil The m: documentary form. but. important." Id not say who had given was of America's pi Bombardiers and on were that they would not its details to I d at all
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  • 152 8 c.MRO, Thursd rilh' Arab U »uncira attitude toward I proposed union ib Palestine with Tru Jordan under the rulership of King Abdullah a: to be softenin It was officially announced I"if It is the wish of the Palest: the League will not object. The Council
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  • 53 8 DUTCH LIFTING BLOCKADE ItHE Ind tradt- representative m Washn announced lay thai ih« Dutch have tentatively agreed to alleviate the blockade of the Indonesian Republic to permit two-way trade involving goods valued at approximately U.S.SIOQO,--000. The Dutch reply was made m response to an Indon< slan request through the US.
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  • 44 8 India and Pakistan* have reached "a substantial measure of agreement" on many outstanding differences m a nine-days' inter Dominion conference just ended m New Delhi. Announcing this yesterday the Indian Commonwealth Relations Ministry said the problem of Kashmir was not discussed. Reuter
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  • 225 8 Free MulT Correspondent Xl ALA LI MPI K. Thurs.i ryuv. Select Committee appointed to examine -»nd r«*p()rt upon the detailed constitutional pro ot the Carr-Saundera Commission on nniversitj education In Malaya has recommended that the councils of Raffles College and the Kins Edward VII College
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  • 39 8 DIET SCANDAL 'RECALLS WAR BEHAVIOUR' TOKYO. Thursday. ADIt :nber ypropo.vd a nationwide ban on drinking of any 'lolic b< Detwee ii the boa and 10 p.m. This was I a bo i. drui I nday n Iding. U.P. A.P.
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  • 15 8 Rl I h by bunal at I i •rs f>l Reuter
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  • 95 8 ME. Thurs. I^HE trial ot tour Jap.. Generals charged yf Allied pn'kers, relay. rtant Sumatra since the Ja; capitulation. hundred Allied PO.W. 5 1.000 civil internee* and 5.000 worker^ died under the command .)f the Jap sth Army. Tlv d are Lieut. -Oen.
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  • 40 8 An armoured vehicle of the 4th Hussars seen patrolling the 51-miie road between Kuala Lumpur and Tanjong Malim. It was along part of this road that bandits around Rauang staged amand proclaimed a patrol is maintained.
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  • 90 8 A SPECIAL Market orreM dent eivp* the price* of rubbei \ln cent* per Ib at U i m tod«> as follows: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.SS Soot IOOS* Fll I) m hali-s .lan No. lUJ tLSJB No. 3 K> TMM »f markei l..»>irr. M\(.\rOKE (IIAMBLK OF COMMERCE Thr
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  • 35 8 TRAMV. C .pted y< by a one-day tok> strike called by Stx nd ununist dominated lab- 1 our unions. Police charged with lathis when striker- ructed tramcar traffic and :>le Reuter
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  • 44 8 Attorney-Gen's hint of action on contact men THi: Tribunal ii 1 Government i I final witne lti j J I one or two The >i-day-old m I fore this I Tl I said I men), d I 1940 Report on Wulkan H U.P. Reuter
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    • 227 8 FNGAGEMFN I V \P-YEO. Engagement took 19th between Yap Seng .est son of Madam Yeo late Mr. Yap Olm I Yeo Peck NtO. *est daughter Madam Ooh ..m Bock. KR CIA— On 15th December, :{>>spital. after a short aged 77. *tdow late W. J. Garcia and v H G* SITI
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