The Singapore Free Press, 3 January 1949

Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA f*ft. 17.36 L SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
    20 words
  • 93 1 REDS REJECT CHIANG PEACE MOVE New Nanking battle looms THE Chinese Communists, through their North China radio, have rejected President Chiang Kai-shek's New Year peace gesture and again attacked him as a professional traitor and "war criminal." The Red radio said that if there was to be peace in China
    93 words
  • 80 1 GIANT SHIP FEARED DAMAGED SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. CURVEYORS, who inspected the 81,235-ton liner Qur^n Mary, which returned to Southampton yesterday afUr lying aground for 12 hours on a sandbank oft Cherbourg, were not confident that the vessel would be 'passed fit" in time for its mid-day sailing today with 1,7i0 passengers.
    80 words
  • Article, Illustration
    37 1 picture. Mr. L. N. Palar. representative of the Indonesian public to the Security Council, is leaving Paris for New York where the Council Is dve to meet again on Jan. 6 to discuss the Indonesian dispute. A.P.
    A.P.  -  37 words
  • 143 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. THE Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, has called an Asian Conference to consider Dutch action in Indonesia. It is expected that the conference, probably at Ministerial level, will be held within the next two weeks. Announcing the conference, Pandit Nehru said
    143 words
  • 50 1 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are giving up their Riviera home, the Chateau de iaCroe, at Antlbes, in February and intend to live in Paris, it was learned authoritatively in Nice yesterday. They plan to go to America In the spring for four or five months. Reuter.
    50 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 5962 2  -  DAMON RUNYON SHORT STORY by ONE evening in the summer of 1936, I inn passing in front of Mindy's restaurant on Broadway, when the night manager suddenly opens the door and throws a character in a brown suit at me. Fortunately, the character just misses me, and hits
    5,962 words
  • 440 2 1 Hoiti tldO! vulner»oi« South dealer NOKTH |J H 9 K II I I 4b K 9 4 UK a I BAOI a iQlllil VAJHv 3 0 i» x 3 KQJI HOI TH *A S 6 u 0 A JO 4 4» ay J 1 0 7 c
    440 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 120 2 Th* LAST '..a*. ONLY LAST SALE JUBILEE'S CLOSING DOWN SALE PARKER "51" PEN 526.99 SHEAFFERS PEN 531.59 i American I American PRIMKI) LAMBS- CHECKED MATKIN 36" 1-89 TRESS Cloth 36" 1-19 PRINTED STRIPED SHIRTCREPE 36" 1-99 ING 36" 1-10 N?NON E 4 D 5" 1-89 SILVER LAMY 36" 7-99 FLAKED
      120 words
    • 124 2 ||pr FOR LASTING STRENGTH WB AUSTIN 2 and 5 TON TRUCKS Mirngth is built ini«> acr, Austin truck just where it is needed strength in the six-cvlindcr o h.v r engine to meet the most gruelling road conditions l*et JUU details no\t\fron\ strength in the massive springs and the sturdy
      124 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 251 2 F.P. Crossword No. 57? Hi 1 iPI 2 I I 3 I I I 4 I 5 I 6 15 i- 'dm x I I 1 I I I I I W/A WMt CLUES ACROSS 2. Begin to grow (9). 7. Loose (4). 9. Festive (3). 10. Effaced <6). 12.
      251 words

  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 827 3 SIW( APHBF BbC-. y.OO Kuoyu «BbC-; 9 J> R« -Eitaoli.-hm^nt N *oi.t er— reQinvjMrunt nest BBC'. 9.45 Er. s :i-.n habUltat.on topics for tht forces; aaetr*«; ii metre* >li a m Ne s Rubber Prices. 10.00 4. 20 Teatim.- Mask Continued to i; SI metre. 6pm to 745 <Desi «i
      827 words
    • 199 3 h'OUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, you are one of those jolly, happy-go-lucky souls whose talents make it too easy for you to get along in life without much hard work. But if you are content to I just get along, don't expect I extra-special success! Cultivate specialization lo one job
      199 words

  • 624 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 3, 1949. The Changi Muddle Tcuoision to abandon the joint Colony-R.AF Cnaimi airport scheme, be- caused "technical difficulties j have made the original project too costly to complete and maintain, phis a m proposal to reconstruct Tengah as a joint-user airfield demand fall review
    624 words
  • 901 4  -  WILLIAM BANKS I'.v JT is not for nothing that the markets of the Arab world and the other countries of the Orient are famed throughout the globe for the quality and variety of their sweetmeats.. For the Arabs, like most peoples of the East, have
    901 words
  • 255 4 HIGH functional efficiency is the keynote of the general constructional trends J in the printing machinery now coming from Britain's production lines In increasing quantities. During the past decade two important factors have influenced designs; firstly, the dawn of the age of colour, and. secondly, the almost
    255 words
  • Article, Illustration
    681 4  -  G. D. NEEDHAM By THANKS go to the Singapore Motor Club for the very enjoyable Rally and Concours d'Elegance which they sponsored recently. The event was well attended by motorists and motorcyclists alike and the morning which opened bright and sunny and remained so until evening— was
    681 words
  • Article, Illustration
    50 4 This miniature Tudor cottage ioas built by three firemen for the new prince. It ha* been accepted on his behalf by Priricess Elizabeth. The cottage is ten feet high, has two outer doors, i ground floor sitting i dom n s t air s carper ivorkshop and an attic bedroom
    50 words
  • 586 4 THE THREE OTHER CHARLESES THE centuries roll away as we give loyal greeting to the baby Prince Charles of Edinburgh, born in direct succession to the Throne of England— and of Scotland. The name means "noble spirited." Some people would apply the description to the
    586 words
  • 200 4 NANA 4 MERICAS new Guppy J\ submarines have come through their first oig Jleet manoeuvres with a record of success i hat demonstrates their position of first importance in the defcnrv of th? nation. In ihe Norih Atlantic recently 16 submarines— eight of the new. swift, efficient Guppy
    200 words
  • 57 4 SIAMS first post-war Premier and leader of fcha wartime "Free Siam" movement. Mr. M. R. Seni Pramoj. is leaving for London on Feb. 4 at the invitation ol the British Council. He will spend about six weeks in Britain visiting British Institutions and observing (,r\ pnvrs
    Reuter  -  57 words
  • 22 4 lie discoveretb drrp things out of darkm^s ..nd bringeth out to light the j shadow of death. I Job. 12. 22.
    22 words
  • 175 4 THE U.S. Bu: Standards ki proaching the ultin in length measun accuracy to .000.000,000.000.005 millimeter, a milli::. is approximately 1 of an inch. Such almost Incompi sible precision L. blf by use ol th» standard <»i h-u~-wave length ol by a form of mercury out of et.ld in
    175 words
  • 93 4 Fighting Lightning THE conquest ot lig.r was he aim ol »x UnenU conducted year In north Idaho's K ksu National Forest. The U.S Forest St. and General Electric teamed up to see if ning. a prime cause of I fires could be s'opped I source by destroying si clouds with
    93 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 11 4 For PROMPT EFFICIENT. r C ♦4 TMI tSCADf PHONE 4-6SB SINGAPORE
      11 words
    • 74 4 2iul Floor--13. Batter v Road! it New Afternoon and Dinner Gowns Can a can cool quickly Now that Barclay's comes in cans, it takcv km time tor cooling. The instant you plunge the can m ice, the beer inside begins to chill. A minute or so later, and you've a
      74 words

  • 391 5 MALAYAN R.N.V.R. HUNTS BANDITS Police patrols Joins Marine Free Press Staff Reporter THK Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve is now at its full strength of 300 members, *ith i waiting list of about 100 more anxious to join and a steady flow of new applicants each w eek. For the
    391 words
  • 36 5 Fun and gaiety marked the yew Year's Eve celebrations at the Tanglin Club, where members and the guests turned up, mostly in fancy dress. These Free Press pictures were taken at the party.
    36 words
  • 69 5 To co-operate with new Naval Force Free Press Staff Reporter THE Malayan R.N.V.R 1 desired close co-opera-tion with the recentlyformed Malayan Naval Force, the R.N.V.R. Commanding Officer. Commander F E. W. Lammert. told the Free Press. that ne had disAith the senior officer 1 Force. CommanN tolls, the practical i
    69 words
  • 95 5 FTROL ratiJii^ n Singapore has resulted m a decrease in r.Tmbership of Raffles Librarv. Librarian. Mrs. H. Witt*. There were fewer readers *ast faif than before the war. OthtT causes for the drop-ptng-ol! of o fc-1 on an Many Serrtce personnel are wrera] Bdlei .ty. New
    95 words
  • 119 5 CHINESE TO HELP MALAYS IN NANKING Free Press Malay Correspondent PERTAIN members of the Chinese community have offered help to the two Malay students at present studying in China, according to the Chinese Consul-General in Singapore, Dr. Wu Paak Shing. Trie two students are Raja Nong Chik of Singapore, and
    119 words
  • 49 5 The Hindu staff of the Singapore Harbour Board will observe the Sathurthi festival at the Srco Senuaga Vlirayagar Temple. 19. Oylon Road, today from 5.30 p.m. to j 9 p.m. There will be special! Abishegam <holy bath) and sp< Pooja" (worship) ceremonies and a BMfcal recital. I
    49 words
  • 308 5 ARMAMENT EXPERTS TO VISIT SINGAPORE By A Special Correspondent LONDON, Sun. THE Avro Lincoln from the R.A.F. Empire Air \rmament School, Thor [I, is due to leave Manston, England, on Jan. 18 with a team from the Ordnance Board on a visit to R.A.F. units in Egypt, Sudan. East Africa,
    308 words
  • Article, Illustration
    79 5 Among the As'an students 71OID at Australian universities and colleges are four from Malaya. They are studying for their Matriculation at the George Taylor Coaching College to gain admittance to the University of Melbourne. The headmaster, Mr. A. S. MacDougall, lecture^ a class at the George Taylor College. In the
    79 words
  • 76 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Sun. A FORMER chief cashier of the Seremban branch of the Oversea Chinese Bank was yesterday sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment. He was See Kan Hoe. father Of six children, who had earlier pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust
    76 words
  • 57 5 Cunmittlona in the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer have been granted to I. D. Edwards as Lieutenant, and P. J. I>e Couivy i Bennett .is Sub-Lie itenant. Promotions IMMN been appro' ed in the case si R. S. Tufnell from Lieutenant to acting Lieute-nant-Commander and A. B
    57 words
  • 40 5 A waitress in a coffee shop in Joo Chlat Road, Singapore, was accidentally shot in the thigh by a Chinese extra -constable on New Year's night. The constable, was showing her his revolver when it went off.
    40 words
  • 218 5 ••"THERE is freat need for the study of simple culture of the Negrito and other people, made by Evans, Noone and others, to be continued anil enlarged," says Mr. Raymond Firth, recommending a research among the aboriginal peoples of Malaya. This is one
    218 words
  • 67 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent THE tendency of Muslim women to ape Western ways of living was deplored by the religious leader Abdul Alini Smikki in a sermon at the Joo Chiat mosque. Maulana Abdul Alim, founder of the All-Malaya Missionary Society, is on a tour of
    67 words
  • 83 5 THE High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney is paying his first official visit to Johore Bahru today. He toured the Government Offices this morning, and in the afternc% i, he will visit the General Hospital. Sir Henry will attend the cocktail party at Saujana given
    83 words
  • 81 5 THE aff of the Wharf Accounts Office and their children welcomed the New Year by holding a picnic at the bungalow of Mr. Tec Cunn Choon Pa sir Ri.s on Saturday. The sporting events were under xhe charge of Ng Liang Chiang representative of China in
    81 words
  • 135 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. IIfHITLEY Councils as nego- tiatlng machinery hetween officials and workers 'n all planes of Government service will be the outstanding development in employeremployee relations in the Federation th:s year. Trade unionists, after preliminary suspicion, are reported to have welcomed the councils, which
    135 words
  • 110 5 KUALA LUMUR, Sun. r |*HE body of one more Chi- net>e bandit was found by the Second Gurkhas who yesterday searched the Sungei Siput-Jalong Road area of the battle between the Fourth Hussars and bandits on New Year's Eve. This brought the total number of bandits
    110 words
  • 202 5 Fr^e Press Staff Reporter ITTORK will begin shortly on the Island Club's new building on a hill-top overlooking the Moßitchie Reservoir and commanding one of the finest views in all Singapore, the Club's President, Mr C. F. Smith, told the Free Press. The club, he
    202 words
  • 105 5 3 BANDITS SHOT DEAD IN JOHORE Free Press Staii Correspondent KLALA LUMPUR Sun A COMBINED Police *nd *r\ military party operating in an area north-east >,1 S^denak. Johore. today dead three bandits. The party divided into iw«i sections. One made a circular movement and saw two bandits running awav from
    105 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 63 5 fhere'i keayw W^fj in a 'l en* 4*llll Abdullt^ i NUMBER SEVEN \\L\ m te Sells' A6l> 1 > 5 ":iscts Pkt of Vo::.;: WW* Jj^^Jt fS^-75 Tin of 50 jg ?sfl A LAace nd FILLiD X-7 *'*l < << i-". cigmrette sp^ally blended tor the Virginia *mokrr trom the
      63 words
    • 53 5 ALL WOOL BAIRNSWEAR For little People of all Ages CARDIGANS IN COLOLRS OF Sk\, PINK, NAVY, RfcD. OATMBAL AND BUTTER ALSO IN WHITE. SIZES 12 TO 32 PRICES FROM 55.00 TO $10.75 JERSEY SUITS, PRAMCOATS, MATINEE COATS IN PASTCL SHADES AND FAIR ISLE DESIGNS. PRICES FROM $5.00 TO $10.75 -J%
      53 words

  • 52 6 VICE-ADM. Si r Patrick Brind has passed through Bombay in the P. O. Steamer, Canton, on hi* way to S.lngapore. where he will take over command of the British Pacific Fleet from Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd. Adm. Brind i^ expected ;o reach Singapore on Jan
    Reuter  -  52 words
  • 278 6 Premier was latest victim T*HE Moslem Brotherhood, the fanatical organis- ation under the bearded Sheik el Banna responsible for the murder of Nokrashy Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, is reputed to have a membership of about half a million in Egypt alone and a record of violence
    Reuter  -  278 words
  • 88 6 r TEEN-AGE girls who never set foot in a car may be the cause of a lot of "jalopy' accidents, according to Mrs. Frank J. Dowd of the Illinois parent-teachers Association. Mrs. Dowd thinks a lot of the reckless driving by the high school set is
    U.P.  -  88 words
  • 102 6 ABOUT 400.000 Italians who once held royal titles which were abolished by the constitution, are organizing on a national scale and plan to lobby for recognition by the Italian Republic. Many influential government and army officers hold ancient titles. It was estimated that the 'Order of
    U.P.  -  102 words
  • 253 6 IjHH'R million out of 5,000.000 men who served in t V British army and Home Guard during the war have not collected their medals. Government offices are overflowing w th most of 20,000,000 war medals and campaign stai s specially minted. Little more than a third
    Reuter  -  253 words
  • 22 6 Sir Maurice Peterson, Britain's Ambassador in Moscaw, is to retire next March when he reaches 60— the normal retiring age-
    22 words
  • 79 6 INDIA may get a loan from the World Bank. A Bank spokesman says there have been "informal conversations looking toward the possibility of sending a fact-finding mission to India." The announcement that the International Monetary Fund has appointed a technical representative in the Far
    79 words
  • 75 6 WORLD famous soprano. Miss Joan Hammond a ill give two concerts in Sydney to raise funds to send an Australian women's golf team to England in 1950. Miss Hammond, a former New South Wales champion golfer, will give the concerts to snow her gratitude to
    Reuter; AAP  -  75 words
  • 66 6 An audition for the film Hasty Heart" at Elstree Studios held by Vmcent Sherman (left) i s attended by ''left to right), Pamela van Dale (Ceylon), Mary Street (Kuching. Sarawak), Amelia Stevens {Jamaica). Pansy Allenby (Portugal), and Mary Yanai (Japan). The locale of the film is a
    66 words
  • 239 6 UNCONFIRMED rumours of a "black market' in streptomycin have come to the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said Dr. Henry Welch, chief of FDA'S Penicillin and Streptomycin Control Division. Which said that recently some persons in the U.S. were purchasing the drug in
    239 words
  • 27 6 Dr. Albert Einstein, world renowned physicist. has undergone an abdominal operation in New York to correct a long standing, but not malignant, condition. U.P. I
    U.P.  -  27 words
  • 335 6 ABDULLAH KING Abdullah of Transjordan gave these opinioi on Mr. Winston Churchill, President Ham Truman, the late Benito Mussolini and Stalin in a interview with the Amman Correspondent of th Egyptian weekly newspaper "Akher Saa. MR. CHURCHILL. He is ;an extremelj' clever man. He did as
    Reuter  -  335 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 148 6 REX PHONE 4*42 LAST 4 SHOWS 11 a.m., 2.30. 6.00 9.15 p.m. Whol* Serial! W/WUKUi fOKS> J^^ A^ LOW OHM TOMORROW! REPUBLIC HITS ROY ROGERS in MAN FROM OKLAHOMA" Plus m^m'iTl IT SIMPLY SPARKLES WITH FIN! tS PHONE bQO3 LAST FOUR SHOWS 2. 4.15. 6.30 9.30 p.m. Allied Artists Presents
      148 words
    • 131 6 HURRY TO SEE THE FILM THAT IS CREATING A FURORE! ON NEW YEARS DAY IT SH ATTEKKI* ALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS! HAYWORTH IS jfiHHl^^^fe. TOREADORA6LE U Xl rER Uj tJ J win< in 1 1 RITA HAS NEVER CSfP I GIVEN SUCH A PERFORMANCE yfit f
      131 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 176 6 Mdndr3k6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya ~1 I NOW MY PEOPLE 1 1 Hmm, THIS I 1 --ENSLAVED ALL THE MEN-- I I BUT WHERe"iTsheTFvERY~H| <± WEAK ANO APRAIO QUEEN 15 PROBABLY PUT THEM TO WORK WHERE --NOWHEPE/ mm^M ONCE THIS WAS CAPITAL Of GREAT -LIKE RABBITS/rU
      176 words

  • 194 7 Weekes and Rae avert collapse 3ATSMEN had to struggle for runs on the third day of the third Test match hetween India and the West Indies at Calcutta During the whole of yesterday only 188 runs were scored for the loss of 11
    Reuter  -  194 words
  • 15 7 BELGIUM AND SPAIN DRAW j d to tn. Bared h be■ntritfl ball d back i
    15 words
  • 26 7 q p.aus invade Man la thl«; ueek i i Agement in I -*h;ch U d--i Hont Kong team 5 2 on SGSGSGSG. A.P.
    A.P.  -  26 words
  • 16 7 I J- ch *B -earn dt-ftattd Brti^h C mbi.T^d S rugby in Lyons v-verdav A .P.
    A.P.  -  16 words
  • 304 7 UF.ST INDIES— Ist Inns. Kit- Ibw Bant-rjee 15 O. Atkinson b Banerjee 0 .»lt ott c Banerjee b (ihulam Ahmad M E. Uivkt\ c b (ihuUm Ahmad 162 V. Gomez b Mankad tC G. Carew Ibw Mankad 11 J. Goddard not out 39 I C'hristiani c A b Banerjee
    304 words
  • 183 7 4 MINOR collapse soon after lunch saw England lose the wickets of three of their best batsmen. Washbrook. I Crapp and Compton. in th" *hird Test at Capetown in Saturday Crapp and Compton were iMwiiwfd inside four balls and then Washbrook vai I beaten by a
    Reuter  -  183 words
  • 52 7 I'H£ Australian touring Rugby League team beat Carcacsanne by 13 points to eight yesterday. The Australians will go straight home in February Instead of via the United States. i Now playing on the Continent, they will return to England for more matches before leaving.— Reuter
    Reuter; A.P.  -  52 words
  • 287 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent PERMITA Dormez (late Gay King), a seven-year-old chestnut gelding by Coronation Day, is undoubtedly the fastest horse imported into Malaya since the Pacific War. His triumph in the P. and O. Challenge Cup for top-class sprinters at Penang on Saturday was
    287 words
  • 66 7 MiiS. Fanny Blanker* Kovn Dutch Olympic and world champicn. arri*. cd in London by air from Am^tirdam yesterday on her way to Australia. Mrs. Blankcrs Kocn, a OTipanied by her husband, n -um< s her journey by air today. She is to compete in tne 200 m*tre?>
    Reuter; A.P.  -  66 words
  • 147 7 f^OLINS PRIDE beat Sn Artor by 1 /600th oi a second, or an inch and a quarter Melbourne's closest photo-finMl decision, apart ::»m a dead-heat in -he Hopetoun Handicap at Caulfi>ld on Dec. 28. The jud*e used a Igntljr~ Jnsr elnss to study a seconU print
    Reuter  -  147 words
  • 64 7 QILJP Bose ranked No. 3 in India, won the men's singles title M ;he Indian lawn tennis champion =hips a*. Calcutta yesterday, beaing Sumant Misra. who is ranked Mo. 1, by 6—3. 6 3 B—68 6 in the Inal. Both Bose and Misra wtrc member? cf India's
    Reuter  -  64 words
  • 115 7 pictures. Beside London's Christmas Tree (tight) members of the Malayan Thomas Cup badminton team and their nonplaping captain, Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, admire one of Trafalgar Square's new fountains during their lookround of London on Dec. 28 the day after their arrival. In background d the
    A.P.  -  115 words
  • 620 7 OOTTOM clubs fop the first and second divisions 13 showed their teeth in Saturday's football league programme, defeating clubs well in the running for honours. Preston North End, at the foot of the first division, beat Newcastle United, second in the table, while Lincoln, at th
    620 words
  • 436 7 1948 SPORT REVIEWED By THE SPORTS EDITOR •'PHE year 1948 might be decribed as one of rude awakening for Malayan hockey. Those in charge of the game suddenly realised that it was time something was done to start preparing for entry in the Olympic tournament of
    436 words
  • 108 7 VICTORIAN racehorse trainei are to have their owr. Oe.. voJ nt fund. The Victoria Racing Club tm a fund v.hich provides for jo< requiring assistance but trail have nothing of that nature a. a j v. ill a-k the race clubs to pu' me ting a
    Reuter; AAP  -  108 words
  • 27 7 |TRANCE N. ha\> been Invited to p«-. n a women's fated) I ■thlctic mitt at the Whi« London, on Auk. 20. 1949 A P
    27 words
  • 441 7 Don Bradman deserves his knighthood By MALCOLM ANDERSON F|ON Bradman knighted in the New Year's U honours came to Sydney, Australia, as a gawky country youth, and through his cricket prowess reached a pinnacle of world fame on which he conversed with Kings and attained riches. The fair-haired son of
    Reuter  -  441 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 57 7 AiiiambrA LAST DAY 1 l"> p.ni 4 !">: ','> i ;> m Ua r Bt«R. "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" in T.t' ol n TOMORROW! Here s all the Fun You Want! HARDY A Ep /jk^ 1 SHIRTS OF QUALITY AND STYLE f'O HARROWS LTD A *B£R m a n
      57 words
    • 96 7 La > i-i m^ I* 111 I f{ >\&M LIQUID W*©\ SHAMPOO BAY RUM HAGEMEYER TRADING CO., (mum LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG I 'SOUTH WINDS" HOTEL TAN JONG BALAI. JLRONG. PATRICK FORBES— GEN: MANAGER. SPECIALITIES. Hawaiian Bamboo Bar. 1 Open-Air Dance-Floor In the Palm Terrace HorseHiding Archery Excellent Swimming.
      96 words
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 516 8 To decide on Atlantic pact WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States' new Democratic 81st Congress opens today a six-month session which may prove one of the most momentous in the country's history —one that is likely to affect in some way or other the lives of
    Reuter  -  516 words
  • 7 8 SGKSGKLSKGL A.P. U.P. Reuter tiations.—
    A.P.; U.P.; Reuter  -  7 words
  • Article, Illustration
    47 8 picture. Outram Road School boy Scouts held a gay New Year's Eve party at the school, which wan attended by many relatives and friends. All smile s at the party when a Scout is detailed to spoon ice-cream into the mouth of a girl guest. Free Press
    Free Press  -  47 words
  • 58 8 A SPtttAl Maikei r. dent fives the prices of rubbei (In rents per lb ai II a oa mmU* t« folkm*: Ruveti Srllcri So I K n > Spot loose 36*» 3T F.o.b. in bales Jan No. 1 R.S.S. 36^ 4 37 No. R.S.S. BfH 35 No. 3
    58 words
  • 78 8 ■pHB 1948 "Horse of tho Year." C tat ion, tops a list of 32 nominees for the US$lOO,OOO Santa Anita Maturity Race over I<4 miles on Jan. 29. Foreign nominations include Charts 8. Howard's Brit 6h horses, Nathoo and Noor; Mrs. John P. Adams' undefeated South
    A.P.  -  78 words
  • 117 8 LONDON. Sunday. WORLD production of natural rubber in November totalled 133,000 long tons, and consumption 127,500 long tons, the International Rubber Study Group stated today. World stocks at the end of November were estimated at 760,000 long tons, the same as at January 1, 1948.
    Reuter  -  117 words
  • 54 8 ABOUT 50,000 bales of cotton and a large quantity of cotton seeds valued at more than a crore of rupees (about £750,000) were destroyed yesterday in a fire at a Karachi Port Trust yard. It took firemen, using 15 flre engines, five hours to bring the
    Reuter  -  54 words
  • 280 8 SIR Malcolm Campbell, British car and speedboat racer he once held the world speed records for both was "a real gentleman and a real sport" said Mr. A. B. Jenkins, dean of American speed and endurance races, at Salt Lake City yesterday on hearing of Sir
    U.P.; Reuter  -  280 words
  • 331 8 'All quiet now in Kashmir NEW DELHI, Monday. AN Indian Army spokesman reported "all quiet" on all fronts of Kashmir and Jammu State yesterday and that the 4i cease-flre M agreement between India and Pakistan, which went into effect at midnight on New Year's Day, was being strictly observed. The
    Reuter; U.P.  -  331 words
  • 78 8 NEW YORK. Monday. jsrasl's 1,300,000 imm have made their greatest progress toward recovery since the end of the i second World War. the Joint Distribution Committee reports. In a year end review, the J DC a relief, resettlement, reconstruction and operations agency, disclosed that it appropriated
    A.P.  -  78 words
  • 160 8 And then the newsmen walked out PEIPING, Monday. A MAN calling himself Sun Shao-ching invited re- prcsentatives of all Chines* papers in Peiping to lunch yesterday promising an exij tremely important anI nouncement. To 15 newsmen who r««pond*d. |Ban read a prepared statement: 'I have carefully studied Chiang Kai-sheks New
    A.P.  -  160 words
  • 190 8 TOKYO, Monday, i JAPANESE fortune tellers J are advising all to be very careful and cautious this year because it is a year of I the ox. According to ancient signs, this is a year of preparation and the foundation for building. There are 12
    U.P.  -  190 words
  • 146 8 VIETNAM P.M.: 'PEACE BY STAGES' SAIOON Sunday. /*EN. Nguyan van Xuan. \I Prime Minister of the provisional central government of Vietnam, said hert today that ht hoped a precise definition of Vietnam's status In the French Union would result from his coming visit to France. "No military solution is possible
    Reuter  -  146 words
  • 144 8 CANBERRA. Monday. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph B. Chifley, in a broadcast said Australia's defence programme had been placed on a long-range basis to plau for all eventualities and warned against any idea of an Isolationist policy for Australia. Mr. Chifley added In
    Reuter  -  144 words
  • 103 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. pOMMUNISTS and Red spies A* have penetrated so deeply into the Government that the $17,000,000 (U.S.) loyalty I programme u only a "feeblt defence," says a pamphlet published by tht Home Uni American Activities Committee. It saya. "Communists have spent the past
    U.P.  -  103 words
  • 365 8 10,000 ARABS TRAPPED TEL AVIV, Monday THE Egyptian warshipt which shelled Tel Avi\ »q New Year's Eve were pursued bv Israeli m units and, in a running fight yesterday, on e of Egyptian vessels, believed to be a mine-sweeper. »<m hit and damaged, the
    U.P.; Reuter  -  365 words
  • 100 8 LONDON. Mon THE King, who has been confined to Buckingham Palace since his illness over a month ago, will leave for Sandrlngham, hi.< country residence, next Saturday, accompanied by the Queen. Court circles said the an- j nouncement meant that his doctors werp so satisfied
    Reuter  -  100 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 426 8 BIBTHS NELSON— On 28th December 1948 at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, to Kathleen. wif« of Major t A. Nelaon. RASO— A son. STEPHEN To O«rry. if CKm-n-U wlf« of Oapt. MA.O. flUph'en. the S^aforth «»hljndjr.. I 5 th« BMH. S"por«. on 30 D«0. son. ENGAGEMENTS Th« engagement U announced between
      426 words
    • 68 8 vC/» FLORSHEIM Wassiamuirs 31-33. HIGH STREET SING\FO3E MR. LEE SWEE CHENG HAS BEEN ADMITTED PARTNER OF THIS FIRM AS FROM Ist JANUARY 1949 FRASER CO. Stock. Share Exchange broken Union Building, Singapore 5 STCII FILING CABINETS TIL t970 L J Tfl -J 1 VK \y >| I,W fc*miliHMliMliiPH»» V/ ju-day
      68 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous