The Singapore Free Press, 10 January 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.367. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    U.K. MOVING FORCES TO MID-EAST
    404 1 U.K. MOVING FORCES TO MID-EAST Tension grows over Israel LONDON, Monday. AMID heightened tension following Britain's v firm n protest to Israel over the shooting down of five R.A.F. fighter planes on the EgyptPalestine frontier, British warships and troop reinforcements were moved to the Middle Kast yesterday to back up
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    HEAVIEST JAN. RAIN FOR 56 YRS
    42 1 HEAVIEST JAN. RAIN FOR 56 YRS I r Preys M it! Krporl»r Tq ar re th R station at 9r lor A! i X re? ye inert tes has it six JB any 8.1 Sir cd 3 ever to fa. one da-
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    CRISIS ARRESTS
    28 1 A of the Malayan vn.: d an tnemta r vi tne farmer **«t 4 the Bfc bour Labour Ur ed under Ih' atioas HB s. «i
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    'TREASURE' BID
    28 1 ■?air. hami>frpc! operations H trw r Stamford an Road i his me s{ «hr- Municipal lab a new hoi h ior the •*tr li fxptc i>«.
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    SOLDIER DETAINED
    24 1 P 'ed i Ceylonese •ok hours after he hac i«s4 shopkee I*, Woodlan of knife. and n the till per on Salur
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    27 1 Heavily armed soldier* guard 'the tomb of Czechoikia's I'nknotcn WarWr Rudolf Seeman, an Minuter p t\ a nreath ■:r orcve m the Old Town Square.- A. P.
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    'ITMA' STAR DIES AFTER OPERATION
    211 1 'ITMA STAR DIES AFTER OPERATION 1 LONDON, Monday, lytll! F: millions of ITM A -It's That Man Again) radio fans were laughing m their homes yesterday at a recorded repeat of Thursday's broadcast. Tommy Hundley, Britain's top radio comedian who made that programme famous, lay dying m a London nursing
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    109 'SCREENED'
    26 1 Singapore police screened" 109 persons m a security check m the Bedok and Telok Mata Ikan areas during the week-end. All had identity cards.
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    Labour plans for more state control
    166 1 LONDON. Monday. VWTIOXAUSATION of the chemical industry, some N branches of insurance and the distribution of agricultural produce may form part of the British I .ibour Party's programme for the 1950 general election. A SCCttOO Of labour I has been seeking to inthese men
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    36 1 Picture. Maulana Abdul Alim Siddujui, rioted Muslim leader, wh6 is the pair on and founder of the All -Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, speaking at the opetihig of the Society's $12,000 building at Gepla-ig yesterdui> Free Press
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    City Council to debate cement deal
    136 1 City Council to debate cement deal Free Pre^s Stall Importer THE Singapore Municipal 1 Commissioners will hold a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss whether they should buy Japanese or British cement. The purpose of the nvettni Will also be to confirm a .'onimittee decision last week, acceptine a tender
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    ROBBED OF $300
    31 1 Three Chinese robbers took '0 m cash and jewellery a cue occup tnts of a house Ah Hood lioad at 11.30 night. Tv o Chinese have .jen detained.
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    4 missing after sea picnic
    183 1 4 missing after sea picnic Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Europeans, one L Chinese and one Malay are missing following the breakdown of a motor launch carrying a picnic party of 28 to Pulau Sebarok yesterday. Mr. J. E. Jacques, a member of the American Consulate staff and Mr. Roddy
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    28,740 tons of tin allocated
    63 1 LONDON. Monday. THE Ministry of Suppiy announced yesterday interim allocations by the Combined Tin Committee of 28 740 tons Of tin metal for the first half of 1949 Allocation^ are: Australia 230 tons: Canada 1.770; Denmark 290: Egypt 70; Finland 110: France 4.540. India 1.830;
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    26 1 The Duke of Windsor drives off during a match he played on New Year's Day at the Golf Club de Mandelieu, near Cannes.— A. P. picture.
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    BEVIN'S P.S. FOR DELHI
    40 1 MR. Frank Roberts, principal private secretary to the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Bevin, will leave Britain shortly for India to take »ip his new post ss British Deputy High Commissioner, t was learned m Londoa yeserday.
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    'MALAYS ONLY WANT SELF-RULE'
    182 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. BUDH SINGH. President of the Malayan Indian Coni gress. told Press correspond--1 ents here, that the Malays have long been characterised as "the gentlemen of the East." and what "they want today is only self-government." He has cdtt 1 ns head of a
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    INSTRUMENTS FOUND IN RAID
    43 1 INSTRUMENTS FOUND IN RAID Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE Singapore C.I.D. I detained three Chinese and one Malay, and seized a number of instruments, ncludlng sextants, binoculars and chronometers. In a raid on an estate at the 13$ mile. S^ietar, on Saturday morning.
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    Last appeal to Big 4 by Chiang
    290 1 NANKING, Monday. I^HK Chinese Government is awaiting replies from the Big Four the I'nlted States, Britain, Russia and France on last-minute memorandums requesting mediation m the civil war. before making another peace proposal to the Communists. Meanwhile, President Chiang Kai-shek began preparations to
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    DUTCH SEEK TALKS WITH REPUBLIC
    338 1 DUTCH SEEK TALKS WITH REPUBLIC BATAVIA, Monday. riI'TCH authorities m Batavia have made tentative *J moves to open unofficial talks with Republican leaders, but have made little progress so far. according to Republican circles, who point out that they are out of touch with their four top leaders, still held
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    TRUMAN TO PRESENT BUDGET TODAY
    80 1 TRUMAN TO PRESENT BUDGET TODAY WASHINGTON, Mon. DRESIDENT TRUMAN will today disclose details of his new budget. Key Democrats who have seen the estimates say the overall spending figure will be around $41,900 million Lhc largest America has ever spent m time or peace. The present rate of spending is
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 The Israel Cabinet, afler a three-hour session, today instructed its delegation to the I/nited Nations to a.sk the Security Council to reI'Ofniv the belligerent .Ni.it iv of Britain. Four missing from a sea picnic party yesterday Here found this morning. See col. .V
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    Benevolent Ignorance
    1051 2  -  Hall Romney I LONDON I LETTER I By TT is too early yet to be able to give you details of the Colonial Exhibition to be held m London next June as pai't of the campaign to remedy the ignorance of the British people regarding the colonies. It
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    172 2 BORN today, yon iiave a krrn sense for business and should foe able to accumulate a comfortable fortune quite early m life, if you give your full attention to the job Since your interests are somewhat divided, there may be a struggle within yourself between strict wmromiifem
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    ENTERPRISING WOMEN
    997 2  -  D. H. DE T. READE By IyOMEN these days have invaded most of the fields hitherto held as "happy hunting grounds for men." but do we realise the unprecedented roles played by the "weaker sex*' m a sphere which males still consider theirs by right and privilege m
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    37 2 The four charming ymng ladies sitting covcly under the mistletoe are the fam- ou s Bristol Quads whu enjoyed their fTSt Christmas party. Reading from left to right, these are the Goods Jennifer, Frances, Elizabeth and Bridget.
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    Duchess And Don Juan.
    174 2  - Duchess And Don Juan. Robert Chyle UIGH 11 Macr: without one o! est ornamei. Franco will be I .*d£ a time at least. m <2 ot his won. Tne Du^h* imprisoned lor a year by court-martial on a cha* of treason, most remark ever to ippi stormy scenes politic*. A
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    Bridge Problem
    259 2 \Y*RIILKG nostalgically I good o'd day* m tin I Bni:iver«T» 1 sue of the Brtdß*- 1 World Magazine. QtaOrvj M Sm'th ixralls tri« team of -four dMi! Lognt no* rump bids were the voT.ie. Rr'd "p-y. h c" rorump? llkt- Smith's were therefor* !••> dangerous, though double r«.
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      168 2 DON QUi: C m trie pock it mv j^o^\yj!j£' an iDiA j- cin i ffi#f rH Chinese New Yea? \i X **ii^ ff I at the Races* on the id f% Beach, m the Bar. at a] the Bal or the Bou- J *ttpr \J doir, Meetings. Club* Hotels, Cabaret
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      325 2 SINGAPORE 48S Metres: 41 metre* <1Z p 2): 61 metres (6 pm to 7.45 and 9.M p.m. U lit. MONDAY ENGLISH PHCL,RAU2*£ 1 00 Danoe Mu^ic; 1 30 Men; 1 ii < /wboy SuQKft. COO Pxtn..mnie 'immar 6«2 U^t Miudc; 6.30 -nr»- M'isic; 7.00 News ajid, 'iare*; 7. It lute,
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      359 2 I 12.45 New* si Kam). 7.JQ tto&mmmt smu--1 mary; 7.05 Esj-pian Swings: 7.30 i Sports Round-Up; 7.4^ Ch'dTenYl Hour; «.15 News m M-lay; 8.30' Orn-n Pervon&l Choice. TVESDAY EJIGLLBH PROGRAMME 1 00 Lunch-time mm c by the R dio j Orchestra; l3 1 Nrvs; 1. 45 Ltfhij Insiruavr:*Al M lc;
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    FAR EAST 'LIVING ON US, EUROPEAN AID'
    371 3 'Ge t down to it 'warning from HK ••'THE honeymoon is over" for Far Eastern countries which since the war have been living "mainly on remittances," from America and Europe, the Hong Kong Far Eastern Economic Review declared m a year-end commentary. Since
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    23 3 brother -:n law. pfcrr, who fac r o\ high trm I tria cc m the :deci 0H to ths G k, 1933 j
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    MOTORISTS' 'PASSPORTS' PROPOSED
    167 3 MOTORISTS' 'PASSPORTS' PROPOSED iVSRSAL < uses an* to b*» drawn ap I k >,i i onferenee iST. ne »>0 r.) *r« »*xj IM m Ihe renc- has J^en jned by :h-» Ui ,i a onr I <"a!Hiard rules i I si*ns. |er for: I and r?-}L...< nuv n vehk mierruUloi
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    Eyes downcast —for gold
    45 3 Eyes downcast for gold I\AILY travellers walk to Gicalia railway station, near Perth. Australia, with their head* down these days. The reason: Lorenzo Mezza and Mick O'Modet jound gold only 200 yards from the station arid are mining L.554.000 worth of gold a day U.P.
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    'Hot brick' insomnia for 55 years
    202 3 'Hot brick' insomnia for 55 years ONE hot brick gave a woman insomnia for 55 I She had been trained by it when, v a little girl, the brick vtl pu f in her bod to warm it when she had a cold. She had forgotten the incident but subconsciously
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    44 3 Salvage workers km a rowt*u boat to reach the doubiedsiker bu s lying m the fttoer Adur. Sussex, alter it had been blown off a bridge during a gale. The bun fell _(J jeet and 14 of the 25 passenger, were detained m hospital.
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    21 3 Princess Elizabeth on her first public appearance since the birth of Prince Charles, seems to be enjoying the Bertram Mills circus.
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    Plastic armour for G.I. s next
    167 3 II there :s another war th»> American soldier may go Info battle like King Arthurs knights, wearing armour. A sample of plastic body armour described as able iq stop .45 calibre revolver bullets was revealed by the US Army to the Textile Square Club
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    39 3 Cart s stacked With empty >>l drums are hauled by Chinese workmen from Nanking airport. Chinese Air Force plant's have been using thousands of gallon* of -petrol u?id oil daily during fighting m the vicinity of tht Chinese capital.
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    BIG INCREASE IN PETROLEUM
    55 3 The United Nations reports from Lake Success that there vere substantial increases m world production of petroleum, electricity, steel, rubber and other vital industrial materials m 1948 Most materials, except lead and tin. are now being produced m larger quantities than immediately before thr war, the
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    U.S. HAS ALMOST 'KILLED'MALARIA
    201 3 U.S. HAS ALMOST 'KILLED' MALARIA rHE United States is on the verge of completely ;ei ims malaria. About three more years use of tlilnsectieide DDT should do it. said Dr. S. W. Sim: <. of the U.S. public health service. Savannah. Georgia, m an interview at the American Asso d
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    Korea claims Tsushima
    78 3 I^OREA would seek to re- rover everything Japan had taken from her, including the island of Tsushima, the Korean President, Mr. Syngman Rhee, has declared m Seoul. The Korean claim to Tsushima, after which the strait between Japan and Korea is named, dates back 350 years to
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    New Indian Legislatures
    48 3 THE Constituent Assembly, drafting a new constitution lor India, has adopted ?.rt:cle s providing for a sin?!" Legislative Assembly In -h<states of the Indian Union. In Madras. Bihar. VWat United Provinces and East Punjab there will be a Legislative Council and a LegUlattve Assembly.- Reuter
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    'PROFITEERS' BACK TRUMAN
    275 3 INHERE were cynical laughs when President Truman 1 opened his recent election campaign with a bitter onslaught against '"the profiteers of Wall Street before an audience of lowa farmers who arrived for the occasion m private aeroplanes and luxurious motor cars The farmers, it was suggested, were
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    TO TOUR PACIFIC
    35 3 THK U.S. Army Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Omar Bradley, plans to visit American establishments m the Pacific, the Philippines and the Far East this spring, provided Congress acts promptly on the defence budget. U.P.
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    GREEK GOVT. RESHUFFLE
    59 3 ON American recommendation the Greek government has decided to take the Social Democrat Party into the cabinet. This will add 30 votes to the strength of the cabinet m the Chamber of Deputies. Mr George Papandreou, Social Democrat leader and former Premier, has announced that he will
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    Tito tightens border control
    59 3 MARSHAL Tito is moving up troops and reinforcing his garrisons along the Albanian. Bulgarian and Rumanian borders, say reports from Kozani. Yugoslavia is said to have taken this action to counteract similar reinforcements by its neighbours as well as to prevent the escape abroad of Cominform
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    AUSSIES TO BE 'CITIZENS' SOON
    158 3 THE Australian Immigration Minister. Mr. Am mr 1 ralwpll announces that, from Jan. 26 (Australia Day passports issued to Australians would describe U? P holders as -Australian citizens" and also as me noioera „B ritlsn su bjects. Mr. Calwell said the new procedure would conform
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    Secret plans for 'People's car'
    193 3 AN Australian car of French design, at a price within the reach of the average man, is the aim of leading industrialist, Laurence John Hartnett, wartime Director of Ordnance Production and former managing-director of General MotorsHolden's Limited. His proposed "People's car is a small, light
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    GERMANS ARE ANGRY Ruhr protest is ominous
    412 3 GERMANS ARE ANGRY Ruhr protest is ominous TWERE is an ominous sound m the roar of protest from German political leaders over the Kuhr agreement of the Western Allies. It is disconcertingly reminiscent of the situation after World War I. Then a bitter Germany, defeated physically but not m spirit,
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    70,000 Britons to emigrate
    147 3 AUSTRALIA will receive 70.000 immigrants from Britain during 1949, Mr. Arthur Calwell. Immigration Minister, said In a broadcast recently. Another 40.0w immigrants would come from 'Europe and the United States. He predicted that by 1955 tht(wuntry'* populatiou now mote 'than 7.500 000 would r-acli 9.000.--000. and
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 10, 1949. Batang Kali
    731 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 10, 1949. Batang Kali SOME, but not all, of the public concern over the Batang Kali incident has been allayed by official statements which have followed inquiries conducted by the police, the military authorities and a Federal Counsel of the AttorneyGenerals Department From the
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    LittleJohnny,BA, is 3 steps nearer
    859 4  - LittleJohnny,BA, is 3 steps nearer JOHN HALL By T ITTLE Johnny's chanc** of a university education m Britain have £one up three notches while he has been on holiday— if he is a bright oo\\ Notch One: The universities are within sight of the post-war target of 90,000 students. Total
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    FLASHES
    147 4 BUSINESS men who \W tend to v msi t the United Kingdom for the British Industries Fair f Earls Court' and Olympia. London, and Castle Bromwleh. Birmingham. May 2 to May 13). can obtain passport visas free of j charge, m those countries where a charge is usually made,
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    BLACK AND WHITE BECOMES COLOURED
    423 4 VfOVIES taken with black and white film become colour moTies on the screen m a new process developed by Dr. Warren Millais. The colours m his movies look natural, but somewhat pale compared with the colours of present movies. The colour,; you now see n
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    49 4 T'tese black col] shoes were o i show at the prtvicio o; *he Shoe <»n*f f "nther Fair .oat month. The high collar of the thoeg i$ trimmed with slashed calf The Fair will be opened to the pwW c at Olympia, London, on at the end of January.
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    39 4 "Yea, Fellahs, we need more i bells and what about some j lighUV Flapping around with enthusiasm these South African Black Footed penguin at the London Zoo made sure that their festival tree was properip decorated for the occasion.
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    Two premiers were against abdication
    981 4 By ROBERT BROWN I F the dramatic events which, m 1936, led to the abdication of King Edward VIII from the British throne, had moved less swiftly, two of Britain's greatest statesmen might have thrown their joint influence into the scales m favour of a
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    LENDING RECORDS
    108 4 /GRAMOPHONE record \I lending libraries In the United Kingdom hare multiplied remarkably since the war, especially m and around London Some 15 public libraries m the London area now own or are preparing gramophone sections from which recordings of musk: may be borrowed, not only by clubs and
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    Canada Spends on Defence
    280 4 Canada Spends on Defence CANADA af years of r< peace, finds hersel! volred m the hea*..« spending m her j> time history— and prospect that it will increasing. Gradual reconsiru ot the reg alar forces were torn down of the war. pressure Kortli Atlantic SfiHj for a standaiditaUon lied arms
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    FAITH
    26 4 Let v* hear the conchisioa of the wholr matter Fear G«d. and kerp bi> cHHimandmentß: for thi* the wh«le dvty «f man. EccleclastM. 12. 13
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    SEA PATROLS KEEP AWAY BANDITS
    370 5 Port Police on 24-hour vigil Free Press Staff Reporter ANTI-bandit patrols by the Singapore Marine Police had successfully kept bandits out of Singapore territorial waters during the past six months and had- also resulted m greatly diminished smuggling and illegal immigrant operat.ons, the Superintendent of
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    27 5 picture Trie Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, addressing the gathering at the opening yesterday of the new premises of the all-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society m Gevlana. Free Press
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    S.A.T.A. CLINIC: 10 DOCTORS VOLUNTEER
    129 5 S.A.T.A. CLINIC: 10 DOCTORS VOLUNTEER W: l H the appointment of the first honorary clinical assistant to the Singapore An ti -Tuberculosis Associathe work erf the clinic is mm :-'oing fuli steam ahead. Tlie assistants are of all Tbe doctors who have d their services and »rm the first panel
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    Johore holiday tomorrow
    59 5 Johore holiday tomorrow V TUESDAY has been rte- .ar^d a public hoLday i i J m honour of the.ci .ei Mohamed's b.rthtn Johore Bahru. a pnxfsg: riD start from ihe Bukit Kahrah School padang. beaind the Supreme Court, at #-30 a.m. After going ■through ihe principal streets i hi town,
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    'Brotherhood' call by the Governor
    314 5 SPEAKING at the opening of the $12,000 building of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society m Geylang yesterday, the Governor, Sir Franklin GirasotL, said that m these days when Communism and material considerations were inclined to dominate the world, the recognition of a common brotherhood among
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    ELEPHANTS VALUED AT $3,000 EACH
    161 5 Free Press Start orrrspondrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. rOR the benefit of foreign buyers of some ol Malaya's lesser tnovu exports including sea slugs and elephants Government has gazetted average prices lor the purpose ol levying export uuty. Elephants rate highest In the list at $3,000
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    $22,588 FOR SCHOOL
    99 5 CT. Jwstvn s Institution, Singaporc, last year raised $22,588 by public appeal towards the $50,000 required for the School Science Laboratory and Playing Field Fund. The rund will be used o build a science department for the school, which will also be available for the use of
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    Last sermon by Bishop
    81 5 DESPITE tb^ heavy ruin yesterday morning, a conpielation ot 800 heard the Bishop of Singapore the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, preach his last sermon m Bt Andrew's Cathedral. Bishop Wilson— Bishop of Singapore since 1941— sails m the Oranje on Jan. 28 and will I
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    Wage problem hits S'pore private schools
    565 5 Wage problem hits S'pore private schools Free i'ress Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S private afternoon English schools face two new probelms with the opening today of first term m the New Year. The problems are those of limiting admissions to 40 pupils only In each class, and of trying to match the
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    LORD KEYES IN COLONY
    81 5 TWO recent arrivals m Singapore are Lord and Lady Keyes, who are staying at Raffles Hotel. They arrived by the Empire Windrush from Trincomalee on Saturday. I ord Keyea is here to take up an appointment with the Navy, m which he holds the rank of
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    ART CLASS
    36 5 Th" International Artists Association will be holding its weekly Monday class from 6 p.m. to 8.20 p.m. at the British Council Centre In Stamford Road Instead of at the Medical College ab from today.
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    35 5 ncture. Two Swedish stewardesses. Else-Marie Johanne.sscn and Kristen Btrtmg, who are traveling on the freighter Fernhill m order m see the world. Theti consider the trip as one o/ their most excitina experience*" Free Press
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    6 bandits fall into trap
    110 5 SEREMBAN Sunday. SIX young Chinese, believed to be bandits, have been caught m a military ambush :n the Gemenchen area, north of Tampin, m Negri Sembilan. The ambush was laid by a party of the 26th Field Regiment. R.A.. and a squad of the Fourth
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    S'pore nurses may go to Stockholm
    188 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IT is possible that one or two representatives of Singapore nurses may be sent to Stockholm next June for the biggest international nurses' congress ever held there. A recent Associated Press < cable from Stockholm stated that more than 4,000
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    60 5 picture. Members of the Dynamos Football XI, a Eurasian football team formed by Dr. C. J. Paglar and Mr. H. M. de Souza m Katong. coming out of the Blood Transfusion office after making their donation. Left to right are Mr. H. Don (coach), Dbnald Westcrhout (captain) D. d'Rozario, J.
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    Qantas plans new services this year
    110 5 Qantas plans new services this year r£ main new rou; s for development by Qantas during 1949 include a link between Sydney and Hong Kong and preparations to operate between Sydney and Johannesburg, should this route be approved by the Governments of Australia and South Africa, said Mr. W. Hudson
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    C.A. START TRAINING FOR LEAGUE
    594 7  - C.A. START TRAINING FOR LEAGUE CRUSADER Games arranged for three teams By ALTHOUGH the soccer season has not yet i A begun, the Chung Wah Football Club, better I'known as Chinese Athletic, have started serious training m preparation for the Singapore Amateur Football Association League. With 48 players available, they
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    64 7 Koh Eng Tong (above) is of the best-built htlifters m Malaya. In he won a posing corn.' sponsored by the Hsh magazine Health a- d S^ength. His measurem: height 5 ft. S in.: kt, 140 lb; chest 40 m. nmiii arms 15 m; ■t 29 m; thighs 23 m; "4
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    Weight 'too light' for him, but he failed
    614 7 Weight 'too light' for him, but he failed By PETER HILL II AD Koh En* Ton*, the Selangor Chinese Athletic Association's lightweight champion, »pt his balance when doing three normally easy fts at the New World on Saturday his side would robably have beaten Singapore m their weightfting contest which
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    TABLE TENNIS
    55 7 HTHE follow ni? will represent the Ci.inc.u- V.M.C A. at lab!e tennis against We Van* Table Tennia Party un Wednesday a*--730 pm a* 'he Chinese Y.MCA. premises. Lam Puck Choon, T>h Choon P^-ng, lye &x> Bupn, Lav Buong ting. Chcre Kow Thye M BE. R«s<>rv**: T.au Buong Hoo
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    CRICKETER v. GOLFER
    86 7 A golfer successfully defended the magic of his folf sticks \esterday against the arm of a cricketer. Krrtest McLennan, captain of the North Forelands Golf Club, won a freak 18-hole Ifolf match over a former captain of the Gloucester County Club. Beverley I.yon. five and four. McLennan
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    LUCAS WINS
    62 7 P. B. LADDIE LUCAS, 33--y.ar-old British Wftlket Cup p'.ayer, yesterday won ne of Britain's major amateur polf tournaments. Play was for the Presidents Putter by Oxford and Cambridge University alumni. He defeated tho former British amateur champion, Ro?cr We hereri. aged 50. by four and three m an
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    PAU STEEPLECHASE
    49 7 QCEAN Blue 11. the French six- I I .Id whf> has been *>nt^r- d for ttH Liverpool Grand Nr\-lo-a! finished fourth at Pau t France) yesterday m the crosscountry steep!* chaso. over three and one tarfong. H^ rlnhh- *d 12 lengths Vh nd the wnner, Fanny- Reuter
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE POSITIONS
    635 7 LA K. gi (ball p X have been am: a\< ci i 111 >l\ I>M P W D I. F A pt* 3«. 4 141 15 J6 B 21 31 .'> 13 5 7 J8 28 31 arts j i tt 37 n a 8«i H
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    M.C.C. have done well in S. Africa
    470 7 From VERNON MORGAN 1p\ GLAND'S cricketers touring South Africa have J already confounded their critks by their sterling play m that country. Before the tour started it was reported m London that South African sportsmen were prepared to lav odds of six to
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    Keen rugger on Padang
    71 7 pictures An RAF. Chmmgi) defender kicks to touch following a scrum m Saturday's rugger match on the Padang. The S.nyapore Cricket Club won by nine points (two tries and a penalty goal) to three (a penalty goal). The game jcas broadcast by Radio Malaya WELL TACKLED:
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    Yeovil's reply to sceptics
    352 7 YTEOVIL Town's performance m beating Bury m the third round of the F. A. Cup on Saturday was a great answer to those who are seeking to exclude non-League clubs from the competition. Bradford, a Div. II club, played inspired football to humble the mighty Newcastle,
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    2 teams win through last-minute scores
    356 7 IN two of Saturday's leading Rugby Inion games a last-minute score decided the issue. Bath, without the much-discussed centre, M. Terry, who was suffering from a pulled muscle, led by five points at half-time at Herne Hill. However, London Welsh, helped by the wind
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    37 7 LAN HEATH, the No. 1 colle- gia c passer of the 1948 :ootbill season, has s jned a contract to play this year with the Green Bay (Wisconsin) Packers of he rstional profess onal football A. P.
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    BACK IN TRAINING
    45 7 pusSJA. tcrnuy champion >'ayer, has arrived back In Sydney fo Ik-gin preparation for ihe Au'lann racw. He bst raced a.i April 3. 194.', -mc. 5 wh.-ii bai uoue s'ud duij fiJ X? <ay. "-(3 at MohpHN brook, N«» i .tv Walee Reuter
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    England and Scotland to hold trials
    400 7 FNGLAXI) and Scotland, who meet m what is perhaps the most attractive of the "home' 9 soccer internationals at Wembley on April 9. are both taking steps to give their near-international players thorough tests. Bearing m mind that two teams are required to tour
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    Rough play, menwarned
    117 7 INJURIES were frequent ir a hard game and the players of both sides were once called together mH warned by the referee a bo. t roujjh play m y?sterda.\ s Rugby League intern i lion. m which Australia delev. rJ France by 39 points to 111. A
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    McKENLEY MAY BE SUSPENDEL
    103 7 McKENLEY MAY BE SUSPENDEL HERB MlK.h. ,y, WOfid'f ri cord hoiuer at 4;»0 mi faces suspension by tm. A teur Athletic Union for all failure to live up \o a p «>;• to race m Australia. Dick Hudson, tecretarf the New Jersey AAU. |M i has a letter frcm v.
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    Sir George Thomas beaten in chess
    108 7 THE International Ciuss Congress champ yesterday at Htn;.i.^ o> N Hc^solimo, France, »iuh Una. a I of §4 points alter or* win*, vtth B. H. Wood, Great Britain, vi round nine Rouna nine beg*;: a few bou after the adjoau.ed MMVQI round game between
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    ANTI-RED ALLIANCE IN THEPACIFIC?
    527 8 Hint by PM of New Zealand OTTAWA, Monday. HINTING at a Pacific defence alliance against Communism, the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, said here yesterday that sucjh an alliance "might have been discussed" at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference held m London late last
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    A-bomb may cause hate of science
    141 8 LONDON, Monday. AN anti-scientific movement might arise as a result of the dangers to human life presented by the atom bomb and possible bacteriological warfare, Mr. Bertrand Russell (Earl Russell >, the philosoper, said m his Home Service broadcast last night. But whatever people
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    Pacific Scout rally ends
    63 8 MELBOURNE. Monday. SCOUTS from Malaya, the Philippines, Fiji, Pakistan, and Nawra were among the 11.000 who struck camp at Wonga (Victoria) yesterday after attending the 12-day Pan-Paciflc Scout Jamboree there. Most of them will apend iome time m Australia before returning home. Before breaking up yesterday
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    THIRD WIN IN 15 GAMES
    102 8 THE West Indies Louring cricketers gained their third victory m 15 matches 'by beating Bihar yesterday by an innings and 98 runs. After declaring their first innings at 445 lor rive wickets, the West Indies dismissed Bihar for 156 and 191 m Was thna a
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    KOREANS DEFEAT HONG KONG 4-2
    78 8 THE Korean soccer team defeated Hong Kong 4-2 yesterday. One Korean player was injured to the first half, and m the second half one Hong Kong player had his leg broken and another was taken from the field with minor injuries. The Korean soccer team
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    INDIAN SOUVENIR FOR WEEKES
    83 8 A TESTIMONIAL fund for Everton Weekes, West Indies batsman, has been opened by the Sunday News of India, leading Sunday newspaper of Bombay. The paper said: None of the famous cricketers of the past, Grace. Hobbs Macartney or "Bradman himself rqualled Weekes' record of scoring five
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    TWO ARMIES ON THE ALERT
    310 8 Tense Kashmir truce CHINARI (KashmirT. Monday. r\VO armies are facing each other with unrelaxed vigilance m the mountains of Kashmir, where the new 10-day-old "cease-fire" order is m effect, while India and Pakistan prepare a plebiscite on the future of the predominantly Muslim state, proposed
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    U.K. rolling stock
    40 8 U .K. rolling stock Twelve per cent, of Britalns rolling stock was out of action for want of repair materials on Nov. 30. 1948. according to figure^ published 'n Geneva yesterday by the United Nations Control Commission for Europe.- A.P.
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    RITA MAY WED ALY IN SPRING
    252 8 LONDON, Monday. -PREDICTIONS are being made of the marriage m Spring this year of Rita Hay worth and Prince Aly Khan, who are spending a holiday m the same hotel at a Swiss ski-ing resort, and whose reported i romance brought bitter criticism from
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    Dress styles for health
    63 8 MOSCOW. Monday. RUSSIAN designers have been told to forget extreme fashions. Styles for the mass consumer are needed instead. The senior State Inspector of Trade m Moscoiv, Mr. V. Syrev, writing m Trnd. .says that the artistic council of Moscow's biggest department store recently considered 672
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    Pro-China group
    146 8 A a will have several abl* advocates on Capitol Hill during the pratmt session of Congre.-g. a Kroup of Republican senator having already lined up behind Chi.u. aid proposals of former Ambas p»dor William C. BuUltt. Republican Senator George W. Malone, who recently finished a tour of the
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    NEW SOVIET ENVOY
    25 8 Mr. Artimi Federov. newlyappointed Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan, yesterday presented his credentials to King Mohammed Zahir T. s« teported from Kabul.- Reuter
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    'OLDE ENGLISH' DRINKS FOR U.S.
    244 8 LONDON. Mon. IN an old mill m a remote part of Cornwall, near Penzance. Col. Robert Gayre is at work with secret recipes for bottling potent draughts that made Britain a nation of Empire builders. Some of i these drinks have not been made tan
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    US may change foreign policy
    230 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. OPPONENTS of Mr. George Marshall and Mr. Robert Lovett, U.S. State Department chiefs whose resignations have been accepted by President Truman, are expected to press the State Department to reverse itself on several major foreign policy issues after the new chiefs. Mr. Dean
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    Italian tribute to Britain
    68 8 A TRIBUTE to Britain's "severe and stoical effort to obtain recovery" irai paid by the Italian Prime Minister. Signor Alcide de Gcsperi. speaking m Fiiglish at a limcheon here yesterday given ?;z honour of a British Parliamentary dele(fation visitinQ Ita'iy. Proposing the toast. Signor de Gasperi
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    Rubber prices
    53 8 A SPECIAL Market coire*pon. dent gives the price* of rubber do cenU ptilh, m Hi m tncUi at follows: BdTtr* S'llrr* I**** 37' t J7', r.o.b. m bale* Jan No. 1 R.S.S. 37', 37', No. 2 R.S.S. 35 4 3C No 3 R.S.S. 34 s 34., Tonr of
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    BID TO END KAREN REVOLT
    49 8 DLANS to end the Karen 1 disturbances m Southern Burma are now being discussed by Burmese military authorities and Karen leaders. This follows the weekend meeting between the Burmese Premier Thakin Nu and Saw U Gyi. president of the Karen National Union 1 A.P.
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    $60,000 insurance
    164 8 About an hour later, the Rtxsary. which had been ordered to leave port at the same time, picked us up from shonv" The Rosary called at Siak and Sungei Api on one night each, and Mankalis and Tanjong Pinang on two nights each, before setting out for Singapore.
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    German steel workers' plea to Mr. Truman
    92 8 FRANKFURT. M PRESIDENT TRUMAN 1 been a^ked to kUn .n the Allied militur\ to dismantle one of U steel plant s In the Rul i the Bochumer V plant at Bochum Dismantling o! brought to a ha.t Im State niplc> dismantling tema the
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    ERUPTION SUBSIDES
    31 8 The eruption of Id m Hawaii appeared to dying down yesterdii thp weMward flow of lai stopped but lumbling I from tU crater indicat volcano might erupt a. A.P.
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    U.S. AIR ARM TO MEET ALL NEEDS
    211 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. THE objective of the U.S. 70 Group Air Force programme is one that will give the nation, by 1952, an air arm capable of meeting instantly 'whatever international crisis that may be forced upon this country," says the Secretary for Air.
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    DUTCH RAID S'PORE SHIP: NINE DEATHS
    409 8 DUTCH RAID S' PORE SHIP: NINE DEATHS Free Press Staff Reporter AN attack by Dutch aircraft on the 170-ton ">u\ Kd pore ship, Kian Peng, off Pekan Bahru, Sum on New Year's Eve was reported by the skipper ot tl, e ship, 44-year-old Kamurridin bin Mohamed v},,, arrived m Singapore
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    TRIED TO ESCAPE WIFE
    75 8 PITTSBURGH, Monday. I WAS just trpmg to get I auay from an argument icith my wife." Gilbert Digpmv. 55. told police uho found \him hanging from a roof ledge, three storeys up. icith his mfc clinging to his urists and keeping turn from xng. Police rescued
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