The Singapore Free Press, 21 December 1948

Microfilm: NL3671
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA rtr SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948. PRltt 10 (KM
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    CHIANG TO HOLD YANGTSE LINE
    264 1 Desperate bid by new govt NANKING, Tncaidaj \> ommunist armies made further fains jr«terday both on the Nanking approaches and m North China, reliable sources m the capital id that Gcneralissinio Chiang Kai-shek had tinally approved a plan to defend the angtse River line from
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    BATANG KALI CONSUL-GEN. ASKS DETAILS
    174 1 Free Press Staff orresponder KUALA LUMPUR. T THE Chinese Consul-Ger r Mr. U Chli. I the kii: 24 Chin Batang on Dec. 12. Speaking to the Free 1 want I at actually hap pened m that locality on thl occas: "1 told the Chief Secretai
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    WINSTON RAN 4th IN POLL
    70 1 MR IX>N «-HURCHIL ifl :a fourth m American f the 10 men they mo idmire, according to m Ami Publ Opinion poll. Answering What man living today 1 any part of the world th; you have heard or rea abou* do you admire most' ra
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    1,297 SCREENED
    29 1 Krre Ptps> staff Reporter SING.\PORt police "scree.:ed' 1.297 people m ::y check.s. yesterday at and early this morning m th^ Bukir Timah. i Kan? and Bukit area^.
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    404 Jap ships idle
    25 1 Four hundred and four pa were tied up m Japaaa the Tokio seamen's strike em erred It* 10' n day yesterday.
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    'No indirect tax cuts yet'—Govt.
    23 1 'No indirect tax cuts yet'— Govt. Pres> Start Reporter annual >ield »c present n *^*n I contemplate i measure reduction of indirect I
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    Empire envoys' status raised
    38 1 n L bas1. ..gh con. ere ranked be: jrs on The position of doyen of be he." c foreign com- prece- der.ee a^s if they had the rank a of ambassadors v hen they
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    GOOD HARVEST
    18 1 A group of Air.r returned .r of Europe* farm lands •he outI years Eurvest good.— UP.
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    STRIKES: PLEDGE BY McKERRON
    160 1 I ree Press THE Singapore Goven the use of the Securi employer m any trade conducted m accordanc Staff Reporter nment will never sanction ty Services on behalf of the dispute which is peacefully c with the law. .> assurance wa^ given by I the Colonial
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    Children had a gay time
    77 1 CONCERTS and dane I almost daily kept V 0 M, layan schoolchildren fro Australia entertained durii their nine-day voyage fro Fr^mantle by the Blue Fur nel ship Gorgon which p port this morning. Th* children, who ha^ c to ipond the Chrii mas holidays with
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    A-scientists 'going blind'
    78 1 A-scientists 'going blind' SEWTOS Tues. s' w£T£i?i4L American scientists engaged on atomic research are going blind apic parently as a result of radin from atom-smashing >n said Dr. Shields Warren, m head of the medical diviit sion of the Atomic Energy id ion. Dr. Warren said about it r,t> scientists
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    Philip: 'We've had launching'
    131 1 LOS DO y T, THE Duke of Edinb ngly referred I Charles, m a speech aboard the new luxury liner Caronui last night as a "la He wa<t a guest on a cruise of tk Pr explain, 'my wife" rould not be present at tl Princes?
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    53 1 picture, If in Birch, wife of Dato A L. Birch of Singapore, chats 'h her two daughters. Shirley (left), and Sheila, who i in Singapore this morning by the Blue Funnel '''P. Gorgon, to spena I \as vacation ■>eir parents. Shirley and Sheila ar jrs at a I (W.A .1.
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    Colonies have vital role
    219 1 BRITAIN S RECOVERY PLAN LONDON. Tuesday. OKITAIN will probably do without 25 per cent, of her Marshall aid next year, but will still face kj the world with £100,000,000 credit balance m Lg ISM This is the over-all meaning of the overnment's four-year recovery plan under
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    YELLIN ACCUSES BERNADOTTE
    86 1 YELLIN ACCUSES BERNADOTTE ALLEGED chief of the Siern Qa ban Yellin yesterday denied on h that he had had any part m the assassination of Count Bernadotte, United NaUons Palestine mediator. Yellin was facing the ninth day of his trial at Acre be- fore an Israeli Military Court on charges
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    SNOW STORM IN N.Y.
    44 1 More than 18.000 men spent v esterday digging New York ;t of drifts left by a snowstorm which whirled through -> city and covered r he reets with a 19-lnch blanket of snow— the third heaviest !n ie city's history.— Reuter.
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    FIRE IN PALACE
    32 1 A fire broke out m the I Danish royal palace yester- day. Firemen from 20 enn*s put out ,he blare In i v minutes a- rr«Ha_ .rici watched." A.P.
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    DUTCH NEAR BIG JAVA OIL CENTRE
    255 1 DUTCH NEAR BIG JAVA OIL CENTRE r^UTCH forces continue against virtually no o less invasion" of Republic Sumatra. Dutch marine Tjepoe, the Republic's on force is about 20 miles fi In Sumatra the mat to be the Republicai. radio has been silent sin action" on Saturday mi reported within 45
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    Johore P.C. routs gang, kills one
    62 1 Johore P.C. routs gang, kills one staft «.t respandeat KUALA LUMPUR. 4 JOHORt ing a hou h mile tian-Jera:: i yesierday f.re 1 esc who cv '.arrying a riU The pt i shot dead I Chi c other men no the house and police recovered a 1. rounds of amn
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    STOP PRESS
    97 1 \N American spok m V d last night that the I nited Mates, anuou> tor quick v ouncil action Ml Indonesian fighting. I offered to fly th delegat- Jacob Malik. out of Berlin to Pari.s on v the airlift. The I'nited v took the lead m prepar a
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      30 1 f^5 n \"£w I Christmas Cake USTRALIAN CAKI B AND 4 LB. BeAUTIFULLY I $150 P«r '*> TRALIAN CAKI $1.75 Per tb hITZPATRICK'S POOD SUPPLIES I* 1 5 281 ORDER DEPT
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      30 1 SEASON'S BiST BARGAINS JEWELLERY, SILVERWARE E.P. GOODS. LANKA JEWELLERS.. Batter? R«*4 «ncapor« Hc j K'/.s7i a// owr clients a Very Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year. 3wtAmanL De Luxe %UJlalt
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    How to treat Polio
    231 2 By SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY uHO the best you can, with the upturns you sec." Those were my instructions 35 years ago when, as a young nurse, I stood at the bedside of a little girl m a sparsely settled farming and mining region of AustraTh bent.
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    Gowns Will Be Gay
    19 2 I r ii iB6O ci m der kirts are l a farn h irlene D
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    Bridge Problem
    84 2 oulri Qg aiui which of third club led. :id a diani Dun ,1 rashrri fall of w 1< d if he mmy He n and now I NORI II 3 A I I 1 A I «IM S„ j A > X g .i 4 j X W
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    Change Your Hair Style
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      111 2 CREST is BEST gg 1 IT'S NUT-FILLED! ffi IT'S NOURISHING \jbs EXCELSIOR LTD HIGH I '>' ;1>:l 7// t Singapore S Photographer— Peter Robinson—** Ll()\d Studios I 255, ippointment Clamourous New VANITYS Lovel) American t-.ul and nii Gowns ;incl Smartest Millnuand k rs Penan^ Road HERO^ttV RADBO I 10 x
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      128 2 Pjxh owMs.Gm ff y vi SOW AFtKi, FAMOUS KEYBRiNW AGtHTi THE MOST WELCOMED Clfl A GOOD WRIST WATCH i Watch with G. C. de SILVA BROS I 3, KafTlt -m XMAS 6/frS fOX M£W FOR UO/£5 Dressing < Morlei W ■■■tm Also W I i ilin All of XMAS SAKG4WS
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      131 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR B< >H\ toda> >ou IUTi 1 1 it > thoocht am 1 times h it .md i hi r m .md youi without t thi I to ttid J nil m t v m ih* the politic .il He tk«- .i poll I <• without I itlOtl
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    Something for everybody
    996 3 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING GUIDE k Press Woman jrrespondent the help FTTZPATand De- BAJ U i o new. Tto LITTI art se: that women prefer to be I are ma ies to Dse m s SIN GH D and priced sets for $5.60 to $7.20 was a won of
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    ASK WHAT THEY WANT
    511 3  -  ROSEMARY ARCHDALL but do it an 'efully By THE further ahead you can plan your Christmas shopping* the more likely you are to keep sane. For that last minute rush to the shops, can be fraught Ith such frustrations as to send a harassed mother to
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    NAAFI Cares For Service Families
    107 3 NAAFI Cares For Service Families SERVICEMEN and their families are assured of a bright Christmas this year. The NAAFI Ben Shop. Beach Road, stocked with turk chickens, plum puddings, plenty of t< all kinds of liquor will provide troops m Singapore with the Christmas fare A giant brightly c< Christina
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      204 3 I f fc it C.I ,np I :p m tBB 6 p n ;OKRO\\ se and llsh Pia- 'man; 4 A And his iT y bp '.cstra wll i .ilian News; 4 40 Half Hour; 6.30 World News; p 6 45 Keyboard Serenade; 7 Res Spec cords Seldom Heard; liisic
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    The Singapore Free Press No Room for Complacency
    158 4 The Singapore Free Press No Room for Complacency TUESDAY. Dec. 21, 1948. CJTATI le by miliij v re authorln the progress of the u-bandit campaign during t ::g lnrii the growing During the it Frida: Lumpur conferen either i In ■:d:he Sia Singa o lean <. s fl gn c
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    591 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: TIIK first Socialist attempt to paint the White House red has failed. President Truman, informed by Left-Wingers that his election victory was a triumph for Labour and a mandate for Government controls, has shown the Radicals the door. He has assured business t it has
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    English Villagers Don't Like To Be Planned
    285 4 s that unParli by iwn>ible for "town and country* tek to "plan" ill rural communi:t of existence. The \unpaign against uch proposal* has been aunched by the villagers of Letcombe Basaett, 1.600 acres A Berkshire downland with huddle of thatched and barns, a
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    New treatment for mentally-ill
    193 4 By FRANC ES BURNS OTET pad. tinuoufi bat! ndoned treatmei f< mentally ill at Boston Hospital m Ameri man time n i tun.' loun of v I "To n i rbed thock and surgery, for example. Dow is open half the tin nnd no one ever
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    India To Buiid More 'Dromes
    6 4 India To Buiid More 'Dromes 4
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    WEEKLY HOLIDAYS FAVOURED
    149 5 WEEKLY HOLIDAYS FA VOURED Report for Govt Free Pre^s I ROL pump operati I wts. chemists and empted from closing th under the recommendatii whose report on the weel m the Legislative Councii Nothing m the Bill v ed by the Governm business. Those wh L B re employees no
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    English School Malay Classes
    5 5 English School Malay Classes port*!
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    B.O.D. Major charged with corruption
    250 5 B.O.D. Major charged with corruption \JAJOR Samuel James 1 Morley Gregory, a offlcer-in-charge of the 223 Base Ordnance Depot, Keat Hong, appeared m B the Singapore First District Court yesterday on a p corruption charge. The charge was that he aca motor car valued at from a Chinese. Tan ng
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    SHOW IN AID OF S.A.T.A.
    46 5 f\EAN'S School is giving an I** additional Derforma' of Pet^r Pan m aid of the c gapore Anti-TB. Ass< Funds. It will be giv?n m the V. toria Hall at 6 p.m. on Dec. 28. Bookings can be nti Rob *****).
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    Body Beautiful
    14 5 Body Beautiful 1 comen it X nday Lan. ants for Sai San Wong pictures.
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    POLICE TO RECRUIT 148 GURKHAS
    325 5 Bringing force up to strength Free Press 5 THE Singapore Gov< recruit a contingent Nepal for the Police F< also be recruited from This is to bring up to which, m spite of the mc who have Joined, has rerr year, says the Finance Committee
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    More phones for Police
    89 5 J m of m van 1 hul the hat only $23,000 Is pro- fur the y< -4.368. a •nt of $***** La now reed. The Coin U also passed 1.400 ap; q« subscriptions for Cbanfi P: i»on. This pr.son i ed t< the Civil Oovemment on
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    S.M.C. VOTING: FIRM HELPS
    66 5 k LUSTRATION of voters lor the Municipal elections has been progressing steadily though slowly. Up to last Saturday, a total of 2,434 names were on the Register. A lead has been taken by the Standard Vacuum Oil Company to assist their employees to register. It is
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    TRADE SHIPMENTS TO SUMATRA
    60 5 TRADE SHIPMENTS TO SUMATRA SINGAPORE merchants, wishing to trade with ports m Sumatra such as Sibolga, Pakan Baroe, Djambi and Rengat which are m areas held by tho Republicans, are ngfy advised to get Into touch with the Secrlat for Economic Affairs of the Singapore Government for i redation of
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    Deputy President
    26 5 .1 R. Hill has been ap Deputy Pr< of Singapore Muni )al I loners dvi ing the on leave of Mr. W. L. Blythe.
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    MALAY LABOUR COMMISSIONER?
    186 5 MALAY LABOUR COMMISSIONER? immv v cc Press Mala y Correspondent pit federation Government today favour, more than ever before the employment of Malays on plantations, the Malay newspaper, Ctnsan Melayu. reports. The appointment of a Malay as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Labour is being considered by the Government, and
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    BANDIT HQ DESTROYED
    87 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Monday. ELEVEN huts believed v have been used as th> headquarters of th< i yan Pi Anti-Bri Army' were destroye< the week-end by a com pany of the Kings Owi lahlre Light Infantr -ating west of Puling ;j Batu Gajah district. The
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    13 officers honoured
    89 5 I'HE Franklin terday un\> ChiiK cupa- ~:at Th> unmemoi are: R J B st. Protector of i Pahai. Chan Choon Guan. Inter- preter. Malacca; C. H. Dakers, Protector ot Chinese, Se! and Pahang; Fung Kwok Chan. Interpreter, Teluk Anson; A. W. Hay, Protector cf Chinese, Perak; C.
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      77 5 CHRISTMAS 4JSgL PARTIES tmas Trees JL Tree-Decoration Christinas Crackers Snow Balls jpfii*£? fir Christmas Stocking A Paper Bells if Balls, Rosettes it Metal Foil Decorations for Trees etc., etc., etc. T. M. A. LT D. 3 HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE SHROFF'S CARPETS FRESH STOCK ARRIVED If and Coloured Embossed. Mill Yarn
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      109 5 <^m When It's A Matter /^V^xJIl XMAS GIFTS HP FOR MEN N^H^V WE KNOW ALL THE s^g J^ ANSWERS Let us put you WISE REMEMBER— ONLY 3 PAYS LEFT 1 FOR YOUR XMAS SHOPPING We have large stocks of: Van Heusen Shirts from $14.25 ea. Pure Silk Ties from 4.75
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    Urges Congress branches here
    210 6 Urges Congress branches here Free Press Staff Reporter npilE future political position of Indians m Malaya would be simplified if the Indian National Congress took early steps to implement its decision to establish Congress branches overseas, Mr. R. Jumabhoy. well-known Indian resident, told the Free Press yesterday. Mr. Jumabhoy, who
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    C.G. VISITS ESTATES
    48 6 IMIK Commissioner-lien-eral. Mr. Malcolm MaeDonaM, the Mentri Besar, lohore, Dato Onn bin Jaatar. and the British Ad\ r Mr sleep. >e«terdav toured the Mn.ir and Tanskak district-. of lohort Tbej Kited rubber estales and disiusNrd tin* Current situation with I eminent officers, planters and others.
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    DRIVERS GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL
    29 6 DRIVERS GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL 'ORES idod "he able I id and teach .'»00 EngDt of f M ibra en and adur new i was but f\o had bi
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    RADIO STAFF TO HOLD DANCE
    47 6 t >ore b*- holding a bu:' and dance at I Hotel on Thursday. D**c. m 8 pii m. na be flex veral popular I AdmlMlon charges will be S5 i I Inclusive of supJ T obtainable at I Radio Malaya. Cathay BulldI
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    ALWAYS HAVE CARDS READY'
    43 6 ALWAYS HAVE CARDS READY' J'HE deputy Mr O R Li\ -rday appeal^! public to have identity ca: n and ready for In6; a' road blocks lasl f!C ng until a> them p «v has b»*d by thl^ In the pxst. said Llvett. c
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    Blowing up dynamite
    83 6 Th Amu/ Capt. W. C, Harrison and r D. 11 right I tfte des! tion of a large stock dynamite m an old Quarry off Bukit Timah Road. Capt. Harrison ts inspecting a coffin 'her bearing a box of dynamite, and Major Cook, inspe Ordnance officer, FAR
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    Pre-Christmas trading is small in all sections
    216 6 fhdfgdf LONDON. TV LI'ITH the approach of Chrlstm >'ndmce on the London Exchangi showed slg iecline and tradi:. lons was small. Th» bowere >r cilt-edgf Jated it Foiiowing w«r« »h« cioc.na aiddlt pr!c«i of i«iect«a stocki j supplied to th» Fret P-»-« by
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    S'PORE MAN NAMED IN ARMS TRIAL
    130 6 Carlton Hire I gives evidence Free Press Staf TANJOI A MR. HOUGHTON i/ were needed f Malaya owing to the 1 A. Hire, giving evidence t Americans charged witi Indonesia without author! The Dutch judge M fT •rrespondent NG PINANG, Monday. *Id him thai
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    90 ARRIVE FOR X'MAS HOLIDAY
    6 6 90 ARRIVE FOR X'MAS HOLIDAY VI
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    APPEAL FOR BOOKS
    3 6 APPEAL FOR BOOKS
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    HOSPITALS BOARD
    41 6 *Id him thai the 'or defence purpn. Emergency, said < oday at the trial of i\, h Importing: gui^ ity. x. Justice F W( asked H arms ed. they ha wn from Ma g^ilsed ]>\2a instead ot to an IndoneUU
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      124 6 f X STARTS TODAY li.-, L» «M ».ji PSTHE PICTUBES ITB. GORDON HARKER BAYMOND LOVELL Pr 1 JEAN KENT PHILLIP FRIEND FINLAY CURRIE j h» iDrt TODAY II m 11 MORROW \1 M Oliver mm BOIERI NEWTON K^_ f illl MfU lAT WtlSI fJIW'I I SMUUM >*iiir >• iam tomtm
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      112 6 m3nordK6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya LIA I PEOPLE BE SO HAPPY SEEM&J I >/>«iL£.O/ IT'S ME/ I I I tf(/r r//£fl£/S NO ANSWER" I OH BOy/MEl|yfS» ]V |^GlN L G BR^Si£l|«HLi^iiiH ?^^//^^f^^lVwl JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya grGOOD HEAVENS!— \^IF I NIP
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    EUREKA DOES BEST GALLOP
    52 7 ota retains Iboh form 'respondent PENANG, ruesday. and Edmund Dantea Hop at this mornX for ihe I car Meeting ran three furlong \d finishi: nrm d Still At Her Best j pie KnUht tion 'E. D High i»KB I I i How up abaret to i
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    'Mr. S'pore' contest
    6 7 'Mr. S'pore' contest I Free Press
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    A.G. WAS THE BEST'
    5 7 A.G. WAS THE BEST' l
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    Malaya tor Empire Games
    62 7 MM \V\ in.iv take part m the British Empire les to be held m ad m 1 At a committee meeting of the Singapore Amateur Athletic \ss.n ution last di.si that m invitation has been :<> take part m the fame "All efforts uil! t>«- made
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    INDIANS v. B.M.H.
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    EXCITING END TO TEST Crowd cheered every run
    147 7 EXCITING END TO TEST Crowd cheered every run y IX one of the most thrilling finishes ever s€£n m Fesl match, England snatched a win by two wickets ofT the last ball m the first Test against South Africa at Durban yesterday. The crowd, ch< run and every fall, jumped
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    BEAT HONG KONG COMBINED
    9 7 pondent THE .untec tn Clue
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    THESE HORSES WILL TOP WEIGHTS
    62 7 w mdino < .nted hi 5. H< i He has a "paper .van s their 1. moral it not actual winner thi Abernant has not been m his r, by beati Go I pu: I 'md Tri 1 at! Gimcr St.. "-tied to 3 61b
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    Hawthorne to miss Dec. 27 fight
    13 7 §TAN H.\WT: Ha*v .-d an I i
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    S'pore table tennis team lose thrice
    30 7 'rilK Singapore table teni i< I On D uriii Oi Ying beaten on i ording t« rrived. to the Kit < I .tuma'.i J La
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    Scoreboard
    183 7 MM ill \I UK A— lst. Inns. 161 ENGLAND— Ist. Inns.— 2s3. SOl m \KKI( 2nd Inn*. E. Rowan r ompton b Jrukins 16 Mynru. i Watkins b Wright 4 Miti hell b Wright 19 KIHH c b Bed.ser 32 Wadr b Jenkins 63 c Mann b Bedser 48
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    48 7 n the toss, but lost the All Blw to Sclangor m Kuala Lumpur last Satt 19—6. Mr. G. W Somenillc. who ing the coin while Abdul Rahman and Larry Carroll, the captains of the Sinyar All Blues tea- look on <rted tff ban with the Neari Ah 31
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    ROVERS UNLUCKY
    25 7 .'.an tar, Mon. ra hock. very unlucky to lose one- s Polici Tlie -d the better of the exbut the forwards fa led
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    LEADING SCORERS IN U.K.
    94 7 LEW F.A. Cup ai I petitions ai LEAGUE— DIVISION I 14 Mcir (B 13—1 11 M 'burn 10 Reid (Portsmouth), C field U 9 Rook Birmingh. D< < M B LEAGUE— DIVISION II 1 11 RJ (B Q;. W.» 10— 9 E LEAGUE— DIVISION 111 1
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    GURKHAS LOSE AT HOCKEY
    64 7 Johore Bahru liond X mber of Gurkha v. watched a keenly-conl hockey match between the Indorse and the 1 10 Gurkhas, OD the Railu 1. There was no scoring m the first half but early Harb&n Singh oper.t. < g for the Indo-Oeyi" A few mini;-
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    PENANG CHINESE TO PLAY HERE
    10 7 c soccer I ball A
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    NOTTS MAY LOSE £12,000 STAR
    48 7 i day from one of I I B for pad I to Burnley 11 weeks ago. Brown «t id he was n< the Nottingham club, which did not agree with his <^ I tartics. He was dropped from i first xi last Saturday.— A.P.
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      7 7 may fight fc m London OWS ITO
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      212 7 THIS EVENING AT RAFFLES HOTEL IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 7 to 8 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p.m. FRANK PICKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA ART EXHIBITION PAINTINGS BY AUGUSTO MARTELLI X'MAS FESTIVITIES XMAS EVE SPECIAI XMAS D!V\tR BALI Crackers, Novelties Christmas Cai Diners >n dinen XMAS NIGHT SPECIAL
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    SHAWCROSS UPHOLDS CIVIL SERVANTS
    554 8 'Can 't say same for Ministers 9 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, who had ruthlessly examined the witnesses before the tribunal probing allegations of corruption m Government circles, submitted m his closing speech yesterday that "there had not been a shred of evidence suggesting
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    Argentine-U.K. meat accord
    66 8 ARGENTINA Dfl su: bO Bnta she > to be settled to "mi lsfaction." The Argei. (Mi his count' this end when he saw the Foreign at the Foreign Offl< day. Delay In deliveries of meat which had been causing anxiety to the Food Ministry was the principal
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    Jap leaders will be executed
    90 8 TON, T. BY a XiX-to-one vct^, the 1 U.S. Supreme Court decided It had nosot a^idf the m-n--and 24 other Jap by i\ Mlllt last a brl^f un^ satisfied that "the .nal 'enctng the a tribunal Dut had m. Douglas Ma I Doomed One Jud
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
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