The Singapore Free Press, 7 January 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA K,i. 1T.38.V SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1949. PKM b Hi < l-.Ms
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    'REVOLT' BY CHIANG'S ARMY CHIEFS
    437 1 'REVOLT' BY CHIANG'S ARMY CHIEFS Yangtse line m danger NANKING, Friday. CEVERAL Nationalist field commanders are m polite revolt against Nanking m a silent conspiracy to force Generalissimo Chiang: Kaishek out of power, reliable sources told United Press yesterday. The v revolt is aimed at preparing the way for a
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    19 1 ufcbm■j I Mills. a< passes a m h-*r arrival at Dec. 30 tn ran ■itrt* Mr B-irtrc- V A.P.
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    200,000 cycles for Malaysia
    73 1 200,000 cycles for Malaysia Fret Press Staff Reporter 4N order for 200.000 buy been placed i tie Hercules c of Britain, by T. V Mitchell, of ore. for delivery AT. d largest -d at N :n London. MM from an -n. 4 h'-l! told the Free > 'nia morning that
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    CRISIS ARRESTS
    28 1 .>pecte<] membeis of m Communist a Chinese and an Ini uere arrcdt^ by the i under the Emergency F 09 yeMerday. Emer- i leci 226 thl^
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    Hitler 'a babe' beside Stalin
    62 1 HITLER imj a baby compared uith the Russian gang." said Mr Paul O. Hodman, Marshall Plan Administrator, m New York yesterday, adding, "Russia i\ trying to take over the icorid." Tht- Marshall Plan had averted the. spread of Communism m Europe, he told reporters m
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    ST. ANDREW'S TO ACCEPT IN-PATIENTS
    132 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Andrew's Mission IkM i* pital, m Tanjong Pagar Road is to be deflicated )y the Bishop oi Singapore, the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, at a service to be held at tne hospital on Jan. 25 at 5.30 p.m. The hospital
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    9 killed by Dutch bomb -eyewitness
    142 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 N official of the Economic Affairs Department told the Free Press this morning that the Government was waiting tor comprehensive details before deciding on the authenticity of reports alleging the bombing and machine-gun-ning of Singapore ships by Dutch planes
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    Belcher to see constituents
    86 1 SOWF.'RBY. Yorfcst, Ftf. MR. John W. Belcher, former Parliamentary Secretary to the British Board of Trade and a principal figure at hearings of tne tribunal wnich investigated alleged corruption m British public life, is to be invited to attend the annual meeting of the Sowerby Division
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    FORD SACKS 850 WORKERS
    42 1 FORD MOTOR COMPANY of Canada has announced that 850 employees will be laid off because of curtailed markets overseas. Mr. Douglas Greig. the president, said import and exchange restrictions imposed on dollar hungry nations caused the cut. U.P.
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    REFUGEES CALL ONLY FOR MEAT
    132 1 DECAUSE 100 oJ her 900 Jewish passengers wanted D kosher supplies (specially slaughtered Jewish meat) the 10,000-ton Castelbianoo carrying Jewish refugees from Shanghai to Palestine had to put into Singapore early this morning. They are to be supplied with ;ome kosher chickens by Mr. S.
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    AMMO FROM SEA
    31 1 Singapore police recovered 32 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, 11 shells, and I Bix bombs from the sea in front of S.H.B. Qodown No. 11 during dredging operations yesieraay.
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    GANG ROBBERY
    32 1 Six masked Chinese, brandishing two revolvers, broke into a house m Yeo Chu Kang Road at midnight last night, and robbed the Chinese occupants of $86 m cash and jewellery.
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    'MALAYA OUT OF DANGER'
    209 1 LONDON. Friday. "THE immediate danger to Malaya is over and the situation "is now distinctly healthier" than before the recent outbreak of terrorism, the Economist says, but warns. "It would be unwise to assume that its problems can now be put out of the way and
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    BOMBS FOUND IN LALLANG
    50 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 POLICE corporal yester- day found 10 old bombs m lallang at the site of the new police station m Lim Chu Kang Road. A wedding party on Tuesday found a quantity of other old arms and ammunition at the same spot.
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    U. K. arms for Burma
    38 1 Mr. R J. Bowker, British Ambassador to Burma, said at a state banquet m honour of Burma's independence yesterday that Britain would continue to supply arms to Burma d^snit* 't>i#»- 4mrM shortage. A.P.
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    'No secrets for Russia'—Curie
    94 1 'No secrets for Russia'— Curie PROFESSOR Frederic Joliot 1 Curie Communist scientist working on atomic energy m France, said yesterday he would leave the Communist Party if it ordered him to betray French atomic secrets to Russia. '"If tomorrow should discover an essential atomic >c cret still unknown to any
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    U.N. meeting: Apr. 5.
    27 1 The United Nations General Assembly will convene at Flushing Meadows (New York) for the second half of Its 1948 meeting on Apr. 5
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    Atomic clock is perfect
    158 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. r VHE National Bureau of Standards yesterday unveiled an atomic clock "more accurate than the *tars." It employs a brand new standard of frequency and tine which will never vary as long as the universe exists, The standard is a vibra- tion frequency of
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    Egypt & Israel to cease fire
    218 1 Egypt Israel to cease fire NEW YORK, Thursday. tMiYPT and Israel have notified the acting lj mediator m Palestine, Dr. Ralph Bunche, that they agree to an immediate cease-fire. Last night, however, it was reported that "very heavy lighting" still continued m the Negev desert m Southern Palestine. The cease-fire,
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    65 1 pin ure. MR. JOHN FLETCHER COOKE, former Singapore Police Magistrate, is travelling to New York as counsellor on colonial affairs to the British, delegation to the United Nations Organisation, it was announced m London last night. Mr. Cooke was a P-o-W M Malaya, and once served under Sir Harold McMichael,
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    MEET INDIES ASPIRATION, DUTCH TOLD
    352 1 MEET INDIES ASPIRA TION, DUTCH TOLD WASHINGTON, Thursday. IN a new policy statement on the Indonesian dispute. 1 the U.S. acting Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lovett, said today that he hoped the Dutch Government would "seize the present opportunity to make a concrete demonstration of its intention to satisfy
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    MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS
    39 1 MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN tin shipments from Singapore and Penang for the month of December were 1.753 tons, making a total of 47.194 tons for 1948. Tin shipments for 1947 were 32.072 tons from Malaya.
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    HE HOPES TO LIVE 200 YEARS
    112 1 HE HOPES TO LIVE 200 YEARS LONDON. Friday. DR. MAURICE ERNEST, a biologist who has studied longevity for nearly 46 years. said yesterday that people should live to be 200 years old and he hopes to be one of them. He has 123 years to go yet to reach his
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 In Shanghai this mornins the powerful National Federation of Chambers of Commerce issued an appeal to the Nationalists and t.mmunists for immediate cease-fire, to open place negotiation.* and to all national civic. business, industrial and agricultura associations to send representatives to Shanghai to form a National Peace f'nnsultation
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    Rumoured Romance
    760 2 A WOMAN whose father watched her like a hawk when she was young, and who had no time fdkflnything but dancing until she was 28. is at last having her fling. That woman is film star Rita Hay worth, whose carrent romance with Prince Aly Khan, son of
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    Bridge Problem
    305 2 \^'EST opened the spade thr*; tikxn by East's ki'.jj. E*n returoed a spade and SoutbV jack, covered by West* que*n, was won by dummy's ace. Th* 1 diamond eight w<u led, Eas: playing the «x-spot. Soath ducked and West's queen won. Alter some study. West decid ed ihat
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    A New Ribbon Development
    207 2 UTLON ribbons and lace and many more nylon fabrics are now reauily available. This good news was emphasised a few day* ago at a mannequin display m I which illustrated the special advantages of nylon for fine vnderwear. The nightie which Phipps has sketched here was
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    TARTANS
    80 2 TARTANS never go com- pietely cmt of fashion but this year they promise to have a vogue almost unprecedented since the da{ys when Queen Victoria dressed her children m the Balmoral tartan which Prince Albert had designed when they bought their house m the Highlands of Scotland. The Macßeth.
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    Mind Your Manners And Find Beauty
    537 2  -  NORMAN BARLETT. By WHATEVER biological quirk is responsible for Betty arable's legs, she probably owes part of her pert good looks to the fact that a succession of "her great-great-grandfathers did q t bite too hard on the!r food This is one conclus.on that
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      281 2 7.45 SMiiicsie Ptl4^-u^j±.v Hews: 815 S&mi-nc »BBC); 8.30 News (English) (BBC); 845 Dutch <BBC; 9 Kucr.Ti (BBC); 9 .30 'Burnu-se 'BBC); 945 English: jHeWi Sz Rubber Prices; 10 Light Music; 10.15 NVw Ideas (BBC-: 10.30 riado New* Reel (BBC>; 10.45 Tthythm on Records' from ;Racio Malaya: 1130 News iNews Analysis
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    Destruction -in 3 forms
    45 3 SEA DRAMA U r ino life faefetCi tuo bers of the crew •> d o/i the deck of the m of the i 'an, Argentine teaUter, broke m two as tht aroiina. d not the including I PPCr, >n. ffro O#*€f| f/ie
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    P.I. OFFER TO 6,000 D.P.s:
    101 3 Tnment I the Was:. It Office of the International P ttioa «IRO' U is willing to provide tr nponij haven for disjfi d lr to g to provide i.awi at 6 Island, foi fX na for up fo of 11m 1 ::ngU IRO rhtei expr
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    CHICKS B'EGAN FIRE
    38 3 I BRITISH VSI bride, h*r husband and their young m. and tiuve other per- -a cre burned to death a P farmhouse t* behevvi > haw started hickens upset a kerove on the >nf porch.- U.P.
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    U.S. WAR PLANES FOR P.I.
    170 3 rE United States Government has transferred 75 planes to the Philippine Government m accordance with the mi.: r ary assistance pact be two countri MT I s.tysoa of the Ph A my said on his an ila from San Fr? ordnance and gui iter equipment
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    JAPS BLAMED FOR SLOW RECOVERY
    391 3 JAPS BLAMED FOR SLOW RECOVERY 'Won't work 9 say officials THE U.S. State Department is believed to be dissatisfied with the slow rate of Japanese recovery. Occupation officials lay the blame for this on the Japanese who, it is pointed out, have not done all they could to restore their
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    69 3 RAIL CRASH The mount a- n o f d?br;.\. 50 iftet 21 good* < had vU<j up when a rmek tram icas dermiled n>>ar Independence, I.S. Altogether 32 \s left the ra>L* CAR BLAZE Ford Mercury borffej I c charred and twisted ON the 9S9Cmblt line at a Detroit factory
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    MORE COAL FROM U.K. MINES
    100 3 MORE COAL FROM U.K. MINES I^RITISH coal nlntfi mi^ed t:^:r production tar»^t m 1948 by less than 3.000.000 Coal production far .the year was 208.510.500 UMtt or y;i 78 p»-r c^nt of the I'll miir.on tons target. This was 11.673.000 jjrear»»r than m 1947 an hi- 1 CfCSM <>t 5
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    Recruiting appeals
    49 3 Appeals for recruits for the armed forces are to be made m radio speeches by ihe Prime Minister, Mr. At t lee, the Chancellor of the Kxchequer, Sir Stafford i'ripps. and the Foreign Secret aiy, Mr. Bevin, on Jan. 19, Feb. 2 and Feb. 16 respectively- Reuter
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    SUPPLIES RUSHED TO PALESTINE REFUGEES
    166 3 I ARGE-SCALE distribution of food to thousands ol Palestine refugees will begin within the next fortnight, said Stanton Griflis. director of U.N. reliel for the refugees m Beirut. The League of Red Cross Societies, American Friends, ihe tfaaken and the International Committee of the Red
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    HOME FLEET'S SPRING CRUISE
    60 3 11HE battleship Duke of York. with other ships of the Home Fleet, will sail from Portland for Gibraltar on Jan. 31 for a spring cruise. The ships will return home on March 24 and March 25. While at Gibraltar :t is hope 1 that combined exercises
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    DEATH OF 'KING OF FIRE WORKS'
    48 3 DEATH OF 'KING OF FIRE WORKS' fHE 'Fireworks King. 1 Mr. John G. Craig died r^r^ntly. Probably the flrst fireworks showman, he had ejven dlsplay X all over .he world. In the first World War, he invented the incendiary bullet used m the defence against zeppelin raids.- A.P.
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    Ceylon appointment
    29 3 Mr. C. G. Costley-White, of the Commonwealth Relations Office m London, has been appointed Deputy Unlied Kingdom High Commission In Ceylon. It was announced m London. Reuter
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    RADIUM CURE FOR DEAFNESS
    147 3 THE successful use of radium treatment to prevent deafness and as an aid to sufferers of allergic bronchitis and asthma has been reported m New York. Radium. iayi Dr. Coleman Seal of thp Jewish Memorial Hospital m the New York State Medical Journal, is used to
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    Intoxicants
    102 3 '•rwsHEHE is nothing better A than good beer and beautiful girls," says Reg Boyd, new manager of the LUhgow Grand Central Hotel, Australia. He's got the beer and now he's looking for beautiful girls Boyd wants a blonde and a brunette with personality and perfect diction, a high school
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    I.R.O. AID FOR CHINESE D.Ps
    311 3 THE international Refugee Organisation adviser m the Far East, Mr. Denzil Clarke has issued a state- ment declaring that there are now 13,000 refugees m China composed for the most part of European stateless refugees, who had been screened by IRO and found eligible for
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    34 3 King Frederick IX of Denmark condtu f rny the Danish Royal Symphony Orchestra during a recording for th* benefit of *)te United Nations. The K.ng is a keen musician and t q Eg hobbj.
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    All the Chinese want is-to survive
    338 3 T<HE average Chinese m China these days is not x devoting much thought to anything much except his own future. Events such as the blockade of Berlin, and the showdown between the Western powers and Russia, have long ago faded from the headlines of
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    Woman bandit robs a bank
    109 3 AMIDDLE-AOLD woman bandit .single-handei held up a lar^c- dow.. i rmnch of ih" Bank of America jus; before urn and wifid wiLh about $:.oj'j. er John L. Eobel. 21. :>aia The vun;:.'i» w^il'd m Hne \o resell j.is When her 'urn* a t .<■ handed
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 1949. Hunting Down the Bandits
    574 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 1949. Hunting Down the Bandits HE VIEWING tbe results of the campaign against Communist banditry during the past three weeks, the General Officers Commanding the Malaya and Singapore Districts have this week indicated that there are signs that the terrorist organization is breakin?
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    He 'Bearded' The Japanese
    1193 4 He 'Bearded' The Japanese PEOPLE MAKE NEWS VICE Admiral Sir E. J. PATRICK BRIND, who is expected to arrive m Singapore next week to take over command of the British Pacific Fleet from Vice-Admi-ral Sir DENIS BOYD, is well acquainted with the Far East He commissioned the cruiser Birmingham when
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    45 4 Emphasising the progress m transportation m Australia from the day s of the mail coach, an old-time coach of the pioneering transport firm of Cobt Jr Co., Australia's Wells-Faroo, engaged the interest of the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifiey, when the new Australian car was launched.
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    A NEW KIND OF WHEAT
    522 4 UIGHER yields per acre, more certainty of crops maturing and better bread for the public are claims made for two new varieties of wheat which have been developed m Australia recently. One is Diadem the other has not been named. Diadem was released for general
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    Able-bodied Seaman
    141 4 Able-bodied Seaman So crowds at Bertram Mili s Circus. London. Aneren. the chimpanzee, appears vastly more than competent as tightrope walker, juggler and teatable entertainer. That's the lighter side of life. But Idee all good sailors. Aneren thinks there's nobody like himself to keep his laundry ship-shape. With a modern
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    Japanese art
    62 4 II RECENT exhibition of J* Japanese prints m the gallery of the Arts Council of Great Britain contained ;ibout 80 unusually fine examples from the end of the 17th century to the middle of the 19th. Not only were the great names, Utamaro, Hokusai nd Hiroshige represented ut
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    All he wants is Peace
    688 4  -  SPENCER MOOSA PEIPING THE CHINESE FARMER By THINA has about 460,000,000 people. It is doubtful if more than 10,000,000 of them, counting soldiers and officials of all sorts, are actively involved m the civil war on both sides. The vast majority forms a great inarticulate
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    Leaders Skipped Out Back Door
    149 4 Leaders Skipped Out Back Door QJSILLUS! was the Commu:;; white movemrr/ Pacific Island Malaita, So Islands. v.h( ers "skipprd back door* arrival of I Commissioner corresponderr Islands Monthly. The DCs p stabulary f village a where native movement wen In the smaller found "amb.tio complete mtih towers whirh i ed
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      10 4 P. H. HENDRT JtmHUr 9 78, North Bridfe Road, Spore.
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    'No Surface mail delays' says official
    342 5 'No Surface mail delays says official Free Press Staff Reporter 4 SINGAPORE postal otlicial denies that there is .».ny delay m the dispatch of surface mails to the <mI Kingdom. In fact he says the delivery appears to be better today than before the war when mails left the Colony
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    Chinese and Malays paid for bridge
    107 5 Chinese and Malays paid for bridge M. C:..:.iie In N jr;h Kedih got together d $700 as a contabution to the r->st of recrueting a bridge. Tiiis new wooden bridge has completed at Kuala X fcong, replacing the old one constructed by the Drain■ad Irngation Departt about 20 years ago.
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    CHARITY MUSIC RECITAL
    59 5 pOR th* beoeru o: the inmates tt* RjLmak-^hr.a M^»on a prof amme at IniMMH aad music »Ui be by thf Re:'ann.^urj to lxal Radio 3 at 4 30 p >:cask» :s also to eel Miss S Jau-hter of Mr. R. Re'-h- S:- etiDore Mundpality. Light refre-hnit-nu will
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    Three men hanged in Johore jail
    437 5 SIX days after the Sultan of Johore had confirmed sentences of death passed on them, three men— a Chinese and two Malays—were hanged m Johore Bahru jail yesterday morning. The three men were Lim Ah Tong, Tapak alias Mustapha bin Diolo and Mohamed Redzwan
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    'FORUM OF THE AIR' TO BE RESUMED
    194 5 RADIO Malaya will resiuq|4 Its Forum of the Air on] Thursday. Jan. 13 at 8 p.m I and will'broadcast it regular- j )y each week on Thursday* at j that time. It will be a halfhour programme m which a team of four
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    Entertainment tax confusion
    109 5 r X)NFUSION is being caused \j by jr^anlsers of charity performances not making certain of the basis of their claim (or exemption from entertainment tax or sending m iheir applications too late, says an official statement. Organisers should make early enquiries from the Entertainment Duty Officer about
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    FOR ASSIZES
    45 5 Abdul Majid bin Kadir Hussain was yesterday committed for trial at the Assizes by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate Mr. E. V A. Peers, on a charge of having murdered Gopal m a sundry goods shop on Nov. 22 of last year.
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    Mr. Chang Chuan Fu
    20 5 Mr. Chang Chuan Fu has been appointed to act as an Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Singapore.
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    RADIO TALK
    47 5 JJr. Frederick Ben hum, economic adviser to the Commissioner General and former Professor of Commerce at London University, who has Just returned from leave, will broadcast his impressions of Britain, both cultural and economic, on the blue network of Radio Malaya tonight at 8 o'clock.
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    Pre-War Stamps
    31 5 It is officially announced that all pre-war postage stamps issued In Singapore and the Federation of Malaya before Oct. 1, 1945. will not be valid after April 1, 1946.
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    MALAY ART EXHIBITION
    147 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent MALAY ariists m Singapore and the Federation will xhibit their paintings the British Council Hall In Stamford Road ftnder the■Jbpices of the Singapore taluy Arts Class, says Liche Mahat, head of the Singa)jre Malay Arts Class. The exhibition will last for four days starting
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    PASSENGER VEHICLES TO BE LIMITED
    421 5 Decisions taken by Municipality Free Press Staff Reporter A LIMIT has been introduced by Singapore Municipal Commissioners on the number of taxis, trishas, tricycles and trfsha riders that may be registered, Mr. W. A. M. Watts, Registrar of Vehicles, told the Free Press yesterday. From
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    52 5 Dutch champion, athlete, Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen, ■winner of three Olympic gold me&qls, is pictured with one of the many bouquets she received on her arrival at Tengah yesterday. She is on her toav to Australia, and it is possible she may perform here on her trip back to Holland.— Frt-e
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    LOUD DOUGLAS COMING
    95 5 MARSHAL of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of KirtlGsidc will arrive by air at Tengah tomorrow from Australia where he has been the guest of the Australian Government and the Royal Australian Air Force. On arrival. Lord Douglas will be met by the Comman-der-ln-Chief Air Command.
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    LAST SERMON BY BISHOP
    65 5 The Right Rev. J. L.I Wilson will preach lor the last time m Smsapore next j Sunday. At 10.30 m the morning the Bishop will preach at St. Andrew's Cathedral and at 5.30 p-m. at ihe Presbyterian Church. The Bishop wiJ have a series of engagements
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    MALAY GIRL TO STUDY CANNING
    42 5 f^iHE Arfah blnte Mohamed. \\j a student of the School iof Domestic Science, Johore Bahm, has Joined the Canning Factory at Johore Bahru. She Is the first student of the the school to join the 'canning industry.
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    MORE RICE FROM BURMA, SIAM
    363 5 MORE RICE FROM BURMA, SIAM CIAM exceeded her 1948 iice export esiimate by 42,000 ions, and Burma also exported considerably more rice than v as at Me time expected. Reporting this to the meeting, which opentd yesterday m Cathay Buildin?, of S. E Asia Liaison Conference, the Foreign Affairs Deputy
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    Women bus conductors
    90 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent One of the biggest bus com- nies m Kedah has begiu. to employ women ticket collectors, the Ctnsan Meiayn reports from Alor Star. A Malay and two Chinese womrn have been employed ky the company, and initially they are working on buses plying m
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    616 BIRTHS
    43 5 There were 447 more births than deaths In Singapore m this week ended Jan. L- 616 births against 169 deaths The infantile death rate for the week was 73 05 per 1.000 births which wa* 12.10 lower than the previous Peek.
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    Onn meeting Chinese leaders
    167 6 Onn meeting Chinese leaders Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. GREAT importance is attached m local political circles to an informal meeting which Penang Chinese Federal Councillors will hold on Sunday with Dato Onn bin Ja'afar and other Mentris Besar. The Commissioner-Genera) Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. is expected to be
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    ROAD MISHAP
    63 6 ROAD MISHAP A Ceylon -'se dispatch, rider wa s slightly injured m th.s accident which took place m Orchard Road opposite the Pavilion yesterday afternoon. The collision took place when the taii wan turn no into Emerald Hill Road. The dispatch rider icas heading ior the town from the direction
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    RUBBERS UP ON BUYING
    539 6 LONDON, Friday. AFTER being idle for some time, rubber shares were m demand on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, and prices rose on active buying. Tins shares were irregularly higher. Institutional ruling of medium and long-dated storks resulted In firmneM In the t>iit-edged section and rises
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    RULING BY KATHI IS UPHELD
    435 6 RULING BY KATHI IS UPHELD tree Pri'ss Staff C'orrespondrnt MALACCA. Thurs. MUSLIM kathl'l finding that a wlft* was not entitled to maintenance was upheld and a later order by a magistrate granting maintenance was set aside m the Malacca High Court today. This was the effect oi the reserved judgment
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    SECURITY FORCES KILL 5 BANDITS
    300 6 SECURITY FORCES KILL 5 BANDITS Successful raid I on hide-out Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI'R, Thursday ONE Pahans and four Johore bandits uer« v| lll( dead by Security Forces yesterday. Two M tfce bandits were killed on an estate near Kota Tin two were shot dead m sweeps m
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    PRINCE AXEL
    19 6 KUAIA LUMPUR Thurs P: \\el of D- r.rr.ark. n.a::agof the I C>, let Ipoh for Pe-ang :>_day.
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    LIT BONFIRE, TAPPER FINED
    93 6 tree Pre>s orrr-sp<md<-ut BEGAM A TAPPING X- p^la <id Bow San^. Siput E^»tatf. v. S'-gamat S' with violating 1 1 few It via- we another k» p ar.d pru;. of t! S.:-50 p m n I> A speciai fire and c 1 The;. con^tab. X v
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    FOR FIRST TIME
    30 6 PEN'AVC. Thurs For the nine since the VI ice vill be he S: Georgi's Church thil rk the opening ol th^ •vice will precede o Supreme Court.
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    FOOD SHIPS FOR DJAMBI
    235 6 TWO "mercy" ships with food, clothing and medical supplies will soon leave Singapore for the Sumatran ports of Djambi and Pekan Baroe, where many Chinese are reported destitute through recent Dutch action against the Indonesians. Om> source says that 800 of the total Chinese population of
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    NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR
    68 6 PENANG. Tnursday. The Federal Legislative Councillor Dr. Lee Tiang Keng has been appointed a member of the Executive Council. Dr. Lee succeeds Dr. Ong Chong Keng, who was murdered on Sept. 1 last year. Dr. Lee Is a nominee of the Penang Settlement Council on the Federal
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    BLOOD DONORS
    35 6 S.nee the beginning of the year over 100 have enrolled c given blood to the Blx>d Transfusion Service it was announced yesterday Th*> filter number have been Malays: 14 w» re Chinese. i
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    ONE OF EVERY FOUR HAD T.B.
    143 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG. Ttwrs. ODT of 500 CMei examined at PenaMg's new T.B. clinic, only 25 per cent prov- I ed to be 'positive The Municipal Heaun Officer and hon vcrrtftry of the Penang Anti-T.B. Committee Dr. W. E. Graham said this
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      171 6 MdlidrdkC ExclMain Singapore Free Press m Mnlayn WF ■'7 1 [LOTHAA. L -JTHtY VOLUNTEERS] --IF NO VGIUNIEEBS LO^hA- A'ffii GOKG I FA W Ml _bJ YOU'RE NOT THE »«IGHT RIDERS WAITING, TOWN 'MS iS TO V THOSE PEOPtt WILL 6E LEFT OUT- GOING TO H COME EACH MONTH DESTROYED. TOO.
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    Arrival at Tengah
    32 7 Arrival at Tengah p.cture. Fl i-JToia, Dutch athletic champion and ri<7/if> bei»i7 in*<?rri<>™f by Mr. David g t f /Jadio tfutaya on f /i«r arrira/ by Constellafi ai Tengah yesterday. Free Press
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    Herself, kids and husband
    531 7  -  NAN HALL fanny Blankers-Koen talks of By CTEFPING down from the Constellation aircraft at D Teneah Airfield at 1 p.m. yesterday, the worlds champion woman athlete, Fanny Blankers-Koen, exilaiined m Dutch: "Ach! It is good to be able to Kick my long legs" Holland's wonder athlete,
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    6 WEST INDIES PLAYERS ON SICK LIST
    180 7 6 WEST INDIES PLAYERS ON SICK LIST Unable to field full team THE West Indies will not be able to field a com- plete side against the Bihar Governor's XI m the three-day match starting at Jamshedpur to day as six of the side are now on the sick list.
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    24 7 picture. S.r Stanley F. Rous, secretary of the Football Association (England) since 1934. He became a Knight Bachelor m the New Year honours.- Reuter
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    Named 'Woman Athlete of 1948'
    60 7 MRS. Fanny BlankersKoen. Dutch housewife who won three individual titles at the London Olympic Games, was yesterday named tne "Woman Athlete of 1948" m the annual Associated Press sports editors' poll. The golfer. Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaoarias ot Denver. Colorado, who has held the A.P.
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    91 ENTRIES FOR GRAND NATIONAL
    92 7 NINETY -ONE horse 6 are entered for the 1949 Grand National Steeplechase to be run at Aintree, Liverpool, on Saturaay, March 26. The total entry i.s two less than last year. Only two previous winners of this gruelling four miles and 865 yards' race the
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    3 NEW 'CAPS' IN WELSH XV
    72 7 •INHERE are three new "car>3" 1 In the Wales Rugby Union team to meet England at Cardiff on Jan. 15. They are E. Colemau. A. Meredith and R, Cale. all forwards The team is: F. Trott. K. Jones. J. Matthews B. Williams. L. Williams.
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    23 7 YESTfcKDAY'S Rugby Union results were: County championship: Middlesex 24 Kent 8; Monmouthshire 3. Glamorgan 11. ..Other match: Gloucester 6. Army Reuter
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    AMATEUR BOXING
    21 7 IRELAND'S amateur boxing team will meet Italy In *wo tournaments m Dublin or Jar. 28 and Feb 4- A.P.
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    A.L. T. A. MAY ACT AGAINST BROMWICH
    142 7 SIR fforman Brookes, presi dent of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, said m Me .bourne yesterday that the Association ivould have to consider taking disciplinary action against John Bromwich, the Davis Cup player, fo- "outspoken and tactless press statements." Bromioich stated m Sydney
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    30 7 picture Roy Bentley, the Chelsea centre-fortcard, after jumping forward and heading for goal m the Div. League match against Birmingham City on New Year's Day Chelsea ivon 2-0. A. P.
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    50 events in U.K. golf
    208 7 THIS coming week-end many of Britain's best amateur golfers will compete for the President's putter m the annual tournament of the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society on the windswept links of the Rye Club, Sussex. Then a lull and m late March the Britsh golfing
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    COMING BATILE OF 'WOODEN SPOONISTS'
    311 7 COMING BATILE OF 'WOODEN SPOON ISTS' INTERNATIONAL football has receded temporarily into the background m Britain. The next match is m March between Ireland and Wales. Both these countries have been beaten by England and Scotland. Their ambition is to avoid bottom place m the championship. Far greater interest will
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    Gallery plan held up
    77 7 A RRANGEMENTS to proA vide a Malayan Gallery furnished with Malayan timber m the new M.C.C. War Memorial Pavilion at Lord's are beinc held up because the M.C.C. cannot obtain the necessar> permits to build. Two types of Malayan wood Scppetir and dark red Meranti were
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    Chess Federation for Malaya formed
    405 7  -  DR. LIM KOK ANN By T*HE Malayan Chess Federation was formed during x the Christmas holidays as a result of discussions among representatives of the Singapore, Penang and Selangor chess clubs. It is proposed to hold the first M.C.F. Congress m Penang during the Easter
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    Transfer fees may soon top £30,000 mark
    555 7 By A Special Correspondent OF all the sports m circulation English League football is probably the craziest and most fantastic. League fare might be the greatest public entertainment m the world, but it's nothing more than a big-time business. Andrew T. Davies. a
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    R.E.M.E. PILE UP POINTS
    89 7 ADOPTING A th< RE ME gapore Cricket Club "A' €V by 33 points th^ tries and a p n:i. rh t (a penalty* m i get on the P idii.y Smith tthr-e*. Br. sh Breakwell scored tri» first half. Rigta c Braz:< r.s v.y. Edwards i
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    Johore moves welcomed
    104 7 Free Press Correspond** n< JOHORE BAHRU F SPORTS circles h*Ci me the decistonj tan»*n al pesterdajr* c r am vent'd by Mi S F. H l).\\ the i^rmation ot tn« posed Johore SpotLb Oo and the building of a itmttii for n .sporty at fohore Bahi The
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    SCC WOMEN BEAT A.T.S. 8-NIL
    57 7 I*HE Singapore Cricket Clufc women's hockey team had an easy time when thej met the A.T.S. <Tanglln) on the Padang yesterday, winning by eight goals to nil. Dorothy Still netted tive goals m succession and Reec added the sixth m the first half "McCaw and
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    BIRTH
    17 8 HFADLY: On Jan 6'h 1949. Eungsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur, to Joyce, w.f- "f Derek —a fon.
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    DEATH
    31 8 OLDFIELD. On Jan UC at Manar. Hamp hire. Milliccnt wife of Maj.-Gen. Sir icuis Oldfield. K.8.E.. C.B G D.5.0.. (formerly <,oc Malaya*. mother of Ita j P. de C. Hamilton.
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    SIAM REFUSES TO ATTEND ASIAN PARLEY
    482 8 'Yes 'so far from 6 of 20 nations NEW DELHI, Friday. OF 20 countries invited by India to a conference on Indonesia, to be held m New Delhi on Jan. 20, Siam is the only nation to have declined the invitation. Six countries have
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    59 8 Former Queen Wllhelmina. who will receive a pension of U. 5.5152,000. 5152,000 a year under a bill approved yesterday by the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. The Second Chamber approved the bill yrionths ago. Only three Communists m the First Chamber opposed the bill, saying the amount KMM too
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    43 8 picture. A view of part of the building at Kay Siang Road which will house the Com-missioner-General's staff and the Far East Defence Secretariat. The building which will cost the British taxpayer $1,300,000 will be occupied towardsthe end of the month. Free Press
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    BEECHAM RAPPED FOR CRITICISM
    224 8 BRISTOL, Friday. TWO big men m British music have rapped Si Thomas Beecham on the knuckles for his bitte remarks about the management of London's Coven Garden, the national opera. Sir Thomas. the most volatile and one of the ablest British conductors, told the annual conference
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    CG's new offices almost ready
    275 8 A T the 24th meeting of the South East Asia Liaison Officers' conference m Cathay building yesterda>. Mr. Patrick Scrivener, Foreign Affairs deputy to the Commissioner-General, said that the CommissionerGeneral's new office premises m Kay Siang Road is likely to be occupied before the end
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    Two died after ship fire
    130 8 A MALAY member of the /\crew of nine of a motor tongkang was fatally burned and a Chinese is missing after the craft caught fire and sank off Pulau Tembelan, Indonesia, on Dec. 30. This was told In the Singapore Coroners Court yesterday. Survivors told
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    Atlantic Pact to be signed in 3 weeks
    257 8 PARIS. Friday. THE Atlantic Pact, linking the I'nited States and Canada m a military defence alliance with the five Brussels Treaty Powers, will be signed by the end of January, it was learned from usually reliable diplomatic sources m Paris last night.
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    30,000 arrests in India
    50 8 NEW DELHI. Friday THE spokesman of the Home Ministry yesterday estimated that 30.000 members of the banned Hindu Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh organisation have been arrested since early December. Some of the arrested persons have been released on pledges of good behaviour, the spokesman added.- A.P.
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    No plumb 'wicket' for Compton
    238 8  - No plumb 'wicket' for Compton JIM CHAMBERS. By DENIS CpMPTON. England's outstanding Test matrh batsman, has scored many centuries of! all types of bowling But the Lords Day Observance Society is now planning an attack unlike anything Denis has ever met from Australia's Ray Lindwall or South Africa* spin ners,
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    UK RENEWS PLEDGE TO N. IRELAND
    177 8 LONDON, Friday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, yesterday renewed his promise that Northern Ireland will remain m the United Kingdom despite Eire's withdrawal from the British Commonwealth. The pledge was made at a meeting with Northern Irelands Prime Minister, Sir Basil Brooks, who
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    'Comedy of Errors' is Racy Show
    197 8 'Comedy of Errors' is Racy Show I^WO sets of twins so much alike that, they confuse the whole of Syracuse, not to mention the wife of one of the twins Is the theme of Shakespeares "The Comedy of Frrors which was presented by the Litle Theatre Players last night. Slow
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    Life of adventure in RAF
    124 8 LONDON, Friday. AIR COMMODORE L. H. 1 Howard Williams suggests that the R.A.F. should bid for Britain's young men with an offer of "a life of adventure i amid the rigours of the de- i sert and the Arctic wastes." "Promise them," he writes m
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    Fund For Children
    23 8 The sum of U. 5.5 112.500 has been raised m the Philippines for the United Nations anneal for children.- A.P.
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    RUSSIA HITS AT U.S. OVER JAPAN
    187 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. DUSSIA yesterday protested against "undemocratic action" by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander m Japan, m forbidding strikes and collective bargaining by Government and public workers, alleging that this was a violation of the Potsdam agreement. The Russian Ambassador and thief delegate
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    Supporters of Truman rush in with bills
    266 8 Supporters of Truman rush in with bills WASHINGTON i day SUPPORTERS of Democrat President Truman both Houses of Congress gave a quick r< -5p his sweeping "second Fair Deal" proposals »>•. j mn X diately submitting legislation to put sonir into effect. They have Feized on the President for a
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    Football boost for religion
    69 8 LONDON, Fndai 4 BRIGHTON Anglican clergyman attributecreased church attendc to the rise of the Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club to second place m the Third Divis.on of the English Football League "Collections have doubled, worshippers sing more heartily and. I believe, choir boi/A behave and
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    Rubber prices
    88 8 SI'K I W M»tkn cord<nl j»»e« th* prhe* of In rrntf per Ib i *< 1 1 a 3» fnllimt lone of nurkH strad^ v| WOK* tHA.MKi PMHM Ihi v,ng*p«r# ("himtw mere* Rubber Astoria*' price* vrxtridat per Ib Bii-c mam No I X > S Sprt ItHfcsT 3
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    REVOLT WARNING IN S. AFRICA
    140 8 DURBAN. Frtd THE President of the South African Inc gress, Dr. G. M. Naicker, warned Bou yesterday that, unless white opinion and granted the legitimate demands of the? population, the Union might be turned In! Malaya. Indonesia or Vietnam The abolition of all colour bar
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