The Singapore Free Press, 11 January 1949

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Nrt. 17.368. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1949. PRICE 18 CENTS
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    16 1 FSAFSAFWRW I Mary Brind daughter 5 Patr.CK Srtnd. ivho th hr parent* m the Free Press
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  • 116 1 THE HAGUE. Tuesday. THE X L.M. Constellation which was detained last week at the Arabian airfield of Dahran, on the Persian Gulf, while flying to Batavia. has been able to continue its journey, it was announced here yesterday. The aircraft, which left Holland a week ago
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  • 422 1 Chiang escape plane ready NANKING, Tuesday. THE Communists claimed today that the three Nationalist armies trapped South-West of i Hsuchow have been "completely wiped out," thus releasing 16 Red columns to join about ten armies already poised for a general assault on the vital Nanking-Shanghai area.
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  • 257 1 Israeli attack is not going to UN LONDON, Tuesday. ITAJN will continue massing air, land and sea within easy reach of Israel, but will make mi protest to the I nited Nations concerning the ti!»ij down of five RAF planes by the Israelis. British diplomats said here last night. drop
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  • 48 1 Free Press Staff Reporter |N one or the longest security check-ups to date, Singapore police took six hours to 'screen" 800 people (500 Chinese, 200 Indians and 100 Javanese) In areas around Alexandra Road yesterday. All had identity cards, and none were detained.
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  • 187 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE Singapore Master Attendant, Comdr. C. P. Lane, is taking sworn statements from survivors of the Kian Peng, a Singapore ship which was machine-gunned by Dutch planes at Pekan Bahru on New Year's Eve, an official of the Economic Affairs Department told
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  • 183 1 New C-in-C arrives in Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter I*HE new Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Station, Vice-Admiral Sir E. J. Patrick Brind. arrived m Singapore this morning by the Canton with Lady Brind and their daughter. Mary. Admiral Brind who succeeds Admiral Sir Denis Boyd as commander of
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  • 102 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MALAY soldiers. Volunteers < and Boy Scouts, Ceylon Muslim troops and the crew of the Pakistan frigate, Zulnqar will take part m a procession m Singapore today to mark the anniversary the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed. The procession will start at
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  • 21 1 The cost of repairs to the White House has jumped from an original estimate of $1,000,000 to $4,000,000.
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  • 57 1 FOl'R armed robbers yesterday escaped with more than 300,04)0 rupees (U.S. $100,000) from the headquarters of Tata. India's biggest industrial organization m Bombay. The money, In cash m four boxes, was being taken to Tata's mills for payday. The robbers arrived by motor-car, calmly held up the
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  • 55 1 ONLY 46 per cent, of British households have bathrooms, a Board of Trade survey disclosed yesterday. Thirty-five per cent have portable bath-tubs, eight per cent, share bath-rooms with other families, and three per cent, have a bathtub m the kitchen. Twelve per cent, of households have no
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  • 33 1 A RECORD number of donors gave their blood at the Singapore General Hospital this morning. The volunteers were 25 medical students, who started their j clinical year last week.
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  • 21 1 Hollywood comedians were shocked at the news of Tom,my Handley's death and all paid glowing tributes to him
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  • 149 1 LONDON. Tues. 'THE Times, m an editor. al yesterday, urges the Western Powers to consolidate defences against Communism cr the Middle and Far East. "The day i< overdue whei. the Western Powers should <^n*< t into ful cons '•pMnn to concert their policies m
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  • 294 1 U.K. may alter view on Indies WASHINGTON, Monday. DRITAIN is expected to make considerable changes m her attitude toward Indonesia and to press for liberal Dutch concessions, as a result of a week-end conference between the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. and Dominion representatives, according to Washington diplomatic sources. It
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  • 70 1 I ABUT, to raise President Truman's $75.000-a-year i salary will probably be taken up by Congress this week. Whether it will come as an outright salary increase remains to be decided. Democratic and Republican leaders agreed that Truman should get more money, but they are divided
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  • 32 1 The Vampire Jet, which took off from Singapore this morning for Hong Kong, landed at Saigon at 8.39 a.m. It took one hour and 57 minutes to reach Saigon.
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  • 28 1 A memorial service ior Allan Mitchell Blake murdered headmaster of the Serendah Boys' School. Beton^or, was bp\d yjsWdny m S*\ Pancras mnsh church, London.— A.P.
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  • 275 1 SQUATTER ROUND-UP IN SELANGOR Free Press Staff Correspondent RAJ AM;. Tuesday. OOON after four a.m. today companies of the Grenadier Guards cordoned oft* two large squatter areas one mile south of Kajang (Selangor) as a prelude to a big operation to round up the population for repatriation. This was the
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  • 108 1 GUERRILLA OFFENSIVE IN JAVA BATAVIA, Tues. I*HE Repulican underground j radio In a broadcast heard m Batavia yesterday claimed that "heavy fighting" occurred between Dutch troops and Republicans near Surakarta, m Central Java, Sunday night. The radio claimed that the fighting broke out at Kartasura. six miles west of Surakarta,
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  • 32 1 IN several raids yesterday the Singapore C.I.D. arrested eight Chinese for alleged activities m connection with secret societies. Two other Chinese were arrested for promoting chap-ji-kee" lotteries.
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  • 27 1 Thieves broke into the London home of the Marquess of Carisbrooke, cousin of the King, last night and stole a quantity of jewellery.- Reuter
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  • 31 1 The highest temperature ever recorded m Soutn Africa was equalled yesterday m the current heat wave when 125 degrees was registered it Onseepkans, near Upii.. m Cape Province- Reuter
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  • 515 2 By KATHLEEN LYON OIR Stafford Cripps, who, with his easy handling of millions of pounds, millions m loans, millions of exports and imports, has been baffling adults for years, was himself baffled a little last month when hundreds of teenagers handled them just as easily. More
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  • 355 2  -  NOEL MONKS By 'rHE Bamangwato tribe regrets but Mi 6 Seretse Khama, nee Miss Ruth Williams, the 24 -year-old London typist who married the tribe's chief-designate, will not be received m Berhuanaland. This is the outcome of lengthy talks just ended m Sere we m the
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    288 2 YESTERDAY, we saw to* the North -South pair of Geoffrey Mott- Smith's team of four blundered into three cotrump on this deal. West doubled and South made his contract, helped very largely by a series «>f mlsplays by West. In itself this was quite a swine, but it
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  • 416 2 by ROSE ROLLAND IT is an odd fact that historians of dress are now beginning, if not to moralise, at least to draw morals from their retearches. Women do not, apparently, change from short skirts to long because they are sick and tired of their knees, but
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  • 383 2  -  MAURICE WILTSHIRE By IF everything goes 1 according to plan, babies born m the gloomy district of Bloomsbury, London, will, m the fulness of time, form the nucleus of a race of nearsupermerx. From the moment -He baby Bloomsburian challenge* the world with iis first cry
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  • 61 2 MR F Bancroft stipendiary rr. told a 14-year-old stated In her school to have iu*d lipstick-. Salford Juvenile Court are much too young to lipstick. Wait until you somebody With experience teach you how to use t! right shade and how to it on The
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    • 131 2 The Singapore Society Photographer Peter Robinson—at Lloyd Studios 255. Orchard Road Telephone 4424 for appointment THIS EVENING AT RAFFLES HOTEL IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 1 to x p.m. INFORMAL DANCE i from 5.45 p.m. FRANK PICKfORD HIS ORCHESTRA A visit is worth your while THE LATEST
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    • 366 2 SINGAPORE 4&3 metres; 41 roUes 111 P-m--fo 81 flietres (6 p m to 7.45 aa4 9.30 p.m. to 11). TODAY ENGLISH PROGRAMME 1.00 Luuch-tlme m;is c by the Radio Orchestra, 1 30 News; 1.45 Light Instrumental Music; 8.00 Programme Summary; 6 02 Listeners' Post; 7.00 News and Shares; 7.10 Interlude;
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    • 404 2 lar Request; 8 15 News :n Ma'ay; 8 30 Music Magazine. TOMORROW ENGLISH PROGRAMME: 1 Dance Music; 1.30 News; 145 Marching and Waltzing 6 Pro- 1 gramnve Summary 6 02 Childrerr's Corner; 6 20 Radio Orchestra; 7 News and Shares; 7.10 Theatre Organ; 7.30 I alk of The Town; 8
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    • 209 2 p. a». Speaking: 7-30 spurts Rouiiuup; 1 45 Yours lor the Asking- 830 Work! and Home News; 8.45 South Africa v MCC— Thtrd Test Match (Jan. 5); 9.15 Alan Loved ay (New Zealand Violinist) (Jan. 5); 8.45 BBC Variety Orchestra (Jan. 12. 19, 26); 930 Radio Newsreel; 945 Wednesday Symphony:
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    • 187 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you arc a natural executive and no matter how large or small the job, you tend to work toward the managing end before Very long. Farseeinr. energetic, resourceful and even inrentiTe, you have most of the talents which contribute toward making a fine success of
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  • 66 3 rld'S iargest aircraft, •.8 000 000 Bristol Bra- which h to have its tHlem night m the spring. T -craft is tullv presed and has a wmo span 231 'cc! almost twice Britain* largest ber. The rut'lage i± 177 L, des'.oned to carry 100 pa^engers m 'ion to
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  • 51 3 AKtPORT on a £180.000--000 scheme 'o harness the River and other rivers of -he Australian Alps has D to the Federal -rnment. the Prime Mr Chiefly, anReut»T The scheme would divert Bw Snowy, which rises m Souih Wales and *hrough Victoria to rs Btratt and irrlurate
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  • 37 3 cam of Austrian women I Vienna for a series of -catch-can' wrestJ itcha m Italy. The 13 k trained for months beI the closed doors of a f\ r"..*-i-;m and refusk- lisblav their talents A.P.
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  • 181 3 r man Constituent Assembly which has <ion since the beginning of September 1 itUl fail to birth to a West German i- A: r four months of labour, a draft text of i 150 articles passed its first reading m the main i-ommittee. til
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  • 68 3 I.EASLD demand tor tin d m M)lder during 1949 b reshadowed In calculat n v irk metal rea built t u-;t>d i television set. With the t .1 output e^iima: 3 000 seus m 1949. tin re'vill be up by f it 3.000 t )ivs
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  • 440 3 CHINESE ANGER AGAINST GOVT. RISES Six cities are disillusioned THIS is a tale of six cities m crumbling China. It is a tale of defeat, anxiety and lost faith m the Government among the Chinese m Peiping, Tientsin, Tsingtao, Hsuchow, Nanking and Shanghai. Hsuchow has fallen to the Reds. Peiping
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  • 349 3 THE six million people of the green little island of CeyKfa have spent most of their first year of indepikicience preparing for the future. Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake concedes that "we haven't accomplished anything startling," but he adds that the ground work has been
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  • 27 3 Tii i Census Bureau, In Washington reports that United States employment reached an ail-time record of 59.500,000 persons m 1948, with unemployment avpraaing 2.050,000. U.P.
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  • 337 3 IN 1948 Italy, faced with the difficult choice between East and West, chose the West. The choice, registered by the majority of Italy's 47,000,000 inhabitants m the General election m April, was confirmed throughout the year both by sporadic municipal elections held all over Italy,
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  • 164 3 KUOMINTANG progressives m Nanking and Shanghai are now organising a movement to force Chiang Kaishek out of power and instal Madame Sun Vat-sen.in his place. At the same time, th United Press learns that Pai Chung-hsi, heading field commanders showing "polite insubordination" against Chiang, had
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  • 186 3 pilE protection of Pei^iiig s art treasures and his--1 torical monuments m the event of the city raring a target of Communist artillery is causing concern. Ma Jeng, director of Peiping's National Palace Museum, believes most, of Peiping's art treasures will be safe as
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  • 148 3 THE U.S. Navy L trying to develop ship engines that are so quiet enemy listening devices will be unable to hear them. The experts have no illusions about building a completely silent ship, but they hope to muffle engine noise to such an extent that it will be
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  • 100 3 A LITTLE wasp from Java I■*1 has just about saved the coconut industry on Saipan and Rota Islands, Dr. R L. Doutt, of the University of California, has reported. When the Americans took over the island during World War II coconut production wa s threatened by
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  • 254 3 OOLICY differences are driving wedge between top Filipino defence leaders, headed by Secretary of Defence Ruperto Kangleon, and their American military advisers. The Advisory Group is headed by Major General Albert M. Jones, a blunt, throughgoing campaigner with long experience m the Philippines and
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  • 48 3 SOVIET secret police yesterday arrested 11 people because they composed a satirical poem abo^t Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl, joint chairman of the Communist -dominated Socialist Unity Party. The arrested men worked m a "people owned" facto/y m the Soviet sector of Berlin.- Reuter
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  • 152 3 f\NE of China's ancient cuU tural institutions. th« Peiping opera, is m for a ivvamping under the Comnunists, said this week's ism; ol the Communist English language China Digest. The Peiping opera cam* la for special criticism fr (< m th« magazine as "a tool
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  • 31 3 A mountain landslide mor»; than a mil° wic^ threatens three sm?ll villages neir Modrna m northern I .1 Many mtd~ntl hav^ alardoned their hcmes m aa\i of the slid
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  • 545 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 1949. A New Bid for Racial Harmony UAIjAY leaders, headed by Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, on Sunday had discussions m Pojung with Chinese leaders btMi the Federation and Singapore m the presence of th« Commissioner-General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald «J. while it has
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  • 799 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: fUE New World will we Iconic a new girl. It expects peal things from 1949— peace at home and abroad, thrift m the budgeting, love and loyalty, and no tantrums. The optimism is, m fact, touching. This time, says the U.S., everything is going to
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  • 576 4  -  John Hall DANKERS have an- nounced m U.K., that they prefer their clerks not to use the new ball-point pens because (a) the fluid used m some models is not durable, and (b) they make forgery easier. The news is welcomed by calligraphists— in the interests
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  • 152 4 PEARLS are still the biggest draw and the biggest disappointment In the pearling industry. In a recent report the Northern Australia Development Committee of the Department ol Postwar Reconstruction says: "Pearls themselves are not nowadays of very great account m the industry, although fortunes were made m Broome
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  • 534 4  - A merica's Plan For Space Ships GOURTENAY EDWARDS by gPA X platform* hanging like liny artificial moons thousands of milt's above the earth are the object off research l>\ U.S. Defence Depart ment scientists. This was indicated oy Mr. James Forrestal, U.S. Secretary of Defence, m his annual report to
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  • 623 4  - WHO ARE THESE MEN? EDWARD BOMAR Today's Profiles By U7HO are these men. Mr. Dean Acheson and Mr. James E. Webb, chosen by President Truman as new Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State of the United states? Six years service m rhe State Department 'tas given Mr. Dean
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  • 159 4 Paw Paws Grown In Britain I'WO exam i botanical i recently been the United King was from the F Gardens at Km where part of consist of th^ of a .seed .•ullectior. change wi\h other gardens thr world. During 194--fruits, both both' open air. rarely or fore seen In Brita
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    • 22 4 ETERNITY RINGS WIDDIN6 RINGS ERGAGEMENT RINGS G«W CIGARETTE CAS£S •1 Urn FLAPJACKS, Etc. U.S.DESILVA 1 lanutactunng Jeweller 1.6 ORCHARD ROAD Tel. 2466
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    • 45 4 FAITH Br >t thrnlon also: foi ihe **on fortieth at an ImM ye think not. SPICK SPA N! START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT WITH A HOME CLEAN t- BRIGHT With Cleaning Materials from SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD *n rtoo» /«-p eve** s-rxeer. TIL 69T0
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  • 102 5 |H Homer Cheng. ese Assistant to ie Secretary lor Chinese m an interview r by Radio _aye as his i ession* of the SI es the Amertl ignorance of i tali *unouni I -jad ".he Spates fa." he said, ""and rushed at how ,vin* m the
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  • 402 5 Constitution drawn up Free Press Satff Reporter A CONSTITUTION calling for the federation of all boys* clubs m Singapore is to be submitted to a properly convened meeting some time this .-no nth. says the Social Welfare Department. This decision was taten at a function held
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  • 28 5 22 DISPUTES SETTLED BY WELFARE MEN ■ttU vttk by ■i re authcr I b« arnvP m dinicabiy m m m B m m- t -slune hst to 6
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  • 90 5 ALUMINIUM Laboratories Ltd.. a subsidiary of the Canadian Aluminium Company, has ceased prospecting for bauxite m the EndauMersing area and has transferred its activities to Batu Pahat. This has been rendered necessary owing to the inadvisabiiity it the present time of sending prospecting parties far into the
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  • 116 5 pictures. Free Press Staif Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The St. Patrick* Society of Selangor will celebrate St Patrick's Day with a ball. New officers of the Society are: President, Mr. B M. O Connell vice-president. Mr W. L Cuscaden hon. secretary. Mr N A J Kennedy;
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  • 256 5 All-Out U.K. help to fight bandits Free Press Start Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. SIR Sidney Palmer, the Federal Legislative Councillor, said today— on his return from England that on. at least, two occasions the Secretary of State for the Colonies had given him the assurance that the British Government would
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  • 117 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SUPPLIES of $5 and $10 currency notes are now coming forward and probably the end of February will see the currency position back to normal, Mr. C. G. Dickens, Chief Currency Officer, told the Free Press. Singaoore and ths fcedera--ion have
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  • 140 5 T*HREE members of Malay's contingent to the PanPacific Scout Jamboree m A alii, will broadcast from Ra iio Australia today at 5.30 p.m. 'Malayan Time). The programme at this time msmitted m the 19 metre 1 '15.32 megacycles) will a two-minute message each B Malay. Chinese
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  • 235 5 Sino-Malay goodwill committee MacDONALD AS LIAISON OFFICER Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. T*HE formation of a Sino-Malay Committee to x achieve goodwill and harmony between the two communities, with the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, as liaison officer, has resulted from yesterday's meeting m Penang of Chinese and Malay
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  • 193 5 POLICE COURT PROGRESS SATISFACTORY AT the end of last month, 212 District Court cases. 747 Police Court cases and 26 preliminary Inquiries were outstanding. This, says an official statement is satisfactory as regard* the Police Couru. The Traffic Court L» now only a month m arrears. Private summons cases are
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  • 202 5 Morse signals brought rescue ship \N American Vice-Consul m Singapore. Mr. J. E Jacques, and a Johore planter. Mr. Roddy Chown, reached Singapore yesterday morning after a dramatic 24 hours ■ea following a picnic outing j which almost led to tragedy They wpre picked up after rr.akin? morse signals to
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  • 41 5 The scheme to provide Army physical training instructors for Boys' Homes. Chiidijen's Centres and Boys' Club m Singapore has been postponed by the District Headquarters until Frb 1. when It is hoped to make a s'art with the prograTrme.
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  • 45 5 Eighty orphan children from the Salvation Army will be entertained at a tea-party to b€ held at the Sergeant's Mess, RAF. Station, Sembawang. tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. A film show will be held, and New Year presents will be given to the children.
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  • 50 5 The Commissioner for Road Transport, Federation of Malaya, states that a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour U the limit on any road within any Town Board area 1 m J chore with the exception of Kluang town where the maximum speed it 20 mi.es per hour.
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  • 302 5 SMCspent nearly$39 millions last year THE Singapore Muniei pality spent last year more than $7.5 million above what it budget!* d for. brinpinp the total expenditure so far to $38,767,757. According to u:^ latest revised votes, which the Municipal Commissioners have pamed as Supplemental Budget No. 3 of 1948 a
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  • 24 5 Dunr n mtKr Tak Valley Tin won a total oiculs of *m vmlac I 3t The cost of The rtredg'r through
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    • 168 5 Introducing ...t^m^fu^eHt NEW RADIOGRAM with the M M a a a as wl!/ fj^J iJLj 511PF R H F T PF(F I V F D tncorporated m a polished teak wood cabinet finished !n high gloss mahogany here is a rop value combination console The famous Cossor 7 Valve Superhet
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  • 329 6 Klang estate houses burnt Fre€ Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rH)R 45 minutes last night, two special constables r fought 64 bandits on Bukit Badong Estate near Batang Berjuntai m the Klang area. The constables withdrew into surrounding blukar after one of
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  • 109 6 jnONTSOLLB of Supples. I Singapore, for nearly a jear. Mr. S R Crocker 1« r*. signing at the end of he month— to join a big game rxoHtUSpn to Sam. Mr. Crocker .-aid jrecterday that the party hoped {ti trap t.?ers elephants and .snuk-j tor zoos
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  • 89 6 THE Zuliiqa: a frigate of the Royal Pakistan Navy, arrived m Singapore Naval Bas.' yesterday fo- rettt from Chittagong. The Zultiqar. which car- ri» i i» a complement of 170 officers and men. is expected 'o remain m Singapore for thr^e weeks. Members of the*
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  • 59 6 B.B.C. POST FOR EX-MALAYAN MR. W. R. Reid. 8.8.C. North American representative and former administrative officer with the Malaya Boadcasting Corporation, ia -eturning frcffl New York r.o London for a senior adminismitive appointment with th<8.8.C. it was announced lv.st night. He will be succeeded m New York by Mr. Norman
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  • 87 6 flve people have been strucK ott Uk regihiwi lor we Singapore Municipal elections. After checking, it was found that they were either not British subjects or had no property m the Municipality. The Registrar of Municipal 'Elections, Mrs. Gerald Hawkins, said that final figures would
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  • 187 6 House collapse 11 TI NESSES at the inquest on two people who were killed when a house collapsed m Upper Chin Chew Street on Dec. 29, told the Coroner that the house "had not seen repairs for over 10 years." The Coroner, adjourning the inquiry
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  • 124 6 MAJOR-GENERAL Sir Louis Oldfleld. a former General Officer Commanding. Malaya, j has died a week after the J death of his wife, said a Reuter message from London yesterday. General Oldiield. who Wis 0.0.C.. Malaya from 1931 to 1933. was a staunch support- I er
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  • 39 6 Dr Richard Brunei Hawes. formerly Professor of Medicine at the King Edward VII College o! Medicine, m Singapore, was made C.M.G. m thJ New Year honours list. He is now consul'lnc nhvsician to the Colonial Office
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    96 6 The acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, inspecting the Police Guard of Honour at the Ceremonial opening of the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Seen with the acting Chief Justice is Mr. R. A. H. Cowan, ASP., of the Police Training School. The acting Chief Justice said that the
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  • 151 6 SYDNEY. Monday. J»HE former Malayan gue: rilla fighter, Goh Sooi Beng was decorated with the Gilt Cross, for bravery by Lord Rowallan. Chief Scout of th* British Commonwealth, at the final pageant of the Scout Jamboree at Wonga Park u> day. The Jamboree lasted 12 days
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  • 513 6 LONDON. Tuesday. FRIDAY'S upswing on the London Stock Exchange has been checked, says Reuter's financial correspondent. A note of caution and hesitancy prevailed m the markets yesterday, with trading limited and under the influence of the Palestine situation. Prices were generally steady to easier. However, the upward
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  • 186 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH M,,,,dav ABOUT 11,000.000 gantangs <Tf padi mitre than. 1947 yield were harvested m Perak during last year. About 30.575,000 gantangs were harj^? m 1948, compared with 19.094 MMM) gantautv ia |7 This was made possible by bringing under padi
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  • 33 6 7,000 ACRES DESTROYED Xl I»HE NovpPahang acrf X of wet aistrict and I Pekan Ths wa.s itod i Decpmbtr rep-nt 01 iultural Oftv.'er 1 said thai undama througttoui the Btat< most be«»n eompl**
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    • 161 6 m3ndrdk6 Kxclustrp to tlu> Singapore I n><> Press m Malaya a B7S *^BBPWWi I Tr«£ Lightened natives. 4*3 I |^-'^*.r >' c-- \-j I I v-v, ---t -1 1 m 7H£ JUKGLS! IN AfEWMGMNTS ARE THEY TAKING T^t NIGHT AIDERS CIRCLE THE ARE RUSHED TO A CART— THEY HAVE VANISHED
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  • 698 7  - S.CF.A. WANTS COMBINED TEAMS CRUSADER 'Open door' Issue before S.A.F.A. Council By Eastern Province 325 for 6 k<• a S T E R N Province W* made a spirited leply to the Marylebone Pruketing tourists at f> rt Elizabeth yesterday fe.;ci .cored 325 for the h f sbt wickets. occupied
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  • 607 7 From VERNON MORGAN AI.THOI (iH Britain's world-famous steeplechase, the Grand National, is not due to be run until March 26 over the 4 1 -mile Aintree course, considerable interest has already been aroused m this > fir's race by the announcement of the entries m
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  • 38 7 HOCKEY: SUt« hockey trial— SJt.C; G.S.C. hockey trial— S.R.C.; S.C.C. Women S.C.<'- R««by team— S.C.C. S.CJLC. LA Honf l.i m Green; 8.0.D.C.A. v. C.V.M.A.— St. C.eorgr s.R«I G.H.Q. Slf. Rejt. t. Ist Spore Arty. Reg*- Tan*Hn
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  • 96 7 Free Press SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. SINGAPORE Police fully desen-ed their six-point victory oTer Seiangor Police: to their rugger match here this evening. The visitors played a very hard game and were slightly better m their passing and scrummaging. The Selangcr Police, who were without
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  • 68 7 VAN der Meuiea, former lullback for the Selangor ***** XV and the RAJ 1 side, Selangor, is now stationed m Singapore. He turned out for the RAJ. Changi against the Singapore Cricket Club on Saturday, playing at centre threequarter. Van rier Meuien v.ill be an acquisition
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  • 75 7 T'Hfc folio* inf will represent th« Singapore cr>cket Club m a Pen. tangular Rugby tournament match aganst Singapore United to be j played on the S CC. padang W N OwTy: T A. Roper, A. B. W. Penneil. Rodck. S. T. Homer; J. Frame. H. B.
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  • 147 7 THE Chinese Athletes proved far too superior for V. R. B\;r n.Vs »«.m whexn they defeated by nine goals to nil m MCQQI match played &t J*lai Be-~ir S'adman terda}Left -inside E =-ore 1 f jut r n\s, for his side, mhile Bat M' v
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  • 324 7 F.A. CUP: 4th ROUND DRAW From JAMES CHAMBERS VEOVIL Town, the giant-killers of the English Football Association Cup tournament, were successful m their draw for their fourth -round match on Jan. 22 yesterday. The team, favoured to win the coveted trophy, will meet Sunderland. Sunderland are
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  • 305 7 Singapore Cricket Club B i team deleaved the F^LF j Chang 1 team by 18 point* i three troak and a try* to six (two tries) m a rugger match 01 the dib puda.ig yesterday. Feature ol the gcnv-\ was a brill. ant try
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  • 118 7 RETURN MATCH IN BADMINTON IN a return match played at t«« Clerical Union h*H on Thursday, Harrisons Crosfleld Sparts Crub beat the Cable Wireless Sports Club by games to one. Results (H. C. players mentioned first): Singles: l.im Ong Huat bea-t Oaf Kek Bee 15-2. 15-0; Tan Hock Kirn beat
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  • 33 7 (JABiiIEL SALJARDO scored 17 points on Sunday to lead a team of Filipino Olympic basket- ball star^to a SS-42 victory over the San Francisco Saints. Oriental American basketball champions: A. P.
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  • 24 7 £anada mm MOi about 65 athlctr- n'us 10 officials, to thp 1950 Rv ti h FmpiTp nnm** In Auckland. New Zealand. Reuter
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  • 143 7 1 A HE Singapore Cricket Club. at the annual general meeting of its cricket section 1 last evening, decided to lay down a concrete pitch on the Padang Ben Barnett. the former Australian Test cricketer, who is going home m May, spoke ion the value of
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  • 48 7 pEORQE U Horine. 58. who set a U world high lump record while at Stanford University, has died after a heart attack. In 1912 Horine established a new high jump record of 6ft. 71n. by using the revolutionary "western roll** Instead of the conventional •scissors."— A.P.
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  • 324 7 TTNLESS drastic steps are taken to deal with the problem of alleged drug -taking by cyclists, Britain may withdraw from future world championships and Olympic cycling events. Although International cycling officials have denied that drug taking is widespread on the continent, the National Cyclists
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  • 416 7 By A Special Correspondent yiCTORIA School, Singapore, has had a very busy year m sport and is starting the new term with a determination to carry on the good work done during 1948. Rugby football was introduced into the sports programme last year, while boxing
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  • 113 7 BLACK Tarquin, New Yorker William Woodwards American colt, tops 37 entries for the 1949 running of the Aacot Gold Cup —Britain's most coveted race outside the three-year-old classics. The 2J mile race will be run during the Royal Ascot meeting (June 14— 17>. The
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  • 277 7 SEVENTY-NINE claw four i horses have been transferred to make up Class Five. which will race at the Penang I meeting In March. Forty-two Clas* Three horses have been sent down to Cla^ Four. c The full list of amendments, according to a
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  • 121 7 30 nations join world tourney ENTRIES from 30 nations, including the provisional entry of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, have been received by the International Football Federation (F.1.F.A.) for the world football tournament The list of entries for the tournament, the finals of which will be played m Rio
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  • 95 7 EVANS PADDON. world rhr*v mile sculling rhnmiior beater out of a placo m the Jerseyville Handicap on the MacK f River on New Years Day. Bobby Kemp won the event u» more than his h?v.dicap r>f \2 seconds ovf-r Paddo.i. w*th Jjm Saul and Charle Edwarrii, nni&hi
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  • 555 8 TIN PRODUCERS ARE WARNED picture. Vital decisions during 1 949 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE year 1949 is likely to be a critical year m the tin mining industry and decisions reached may shape the course of the industry for many years to come, says Tin, official organ
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  • 32 8 4 BRITISH delegation is exJ\ pected to arrive In Ceylon 00 Jan. 19 to negotiate about the freeing of Ceylon's blocked sterling balances for current expenditure this year. Reuter
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  • 182 8 TOKYO, Tuesday. GEN. Mac Arthur told Emperor Hirohito yesterday that the occupying powers did not expect him to abdicate to share responsibility for the war, Japanese sources disclosed last night. During the surprise visit the Emperor paid him, the General told Hirohito that his role
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  • 105 8 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN Is confident that her coal exports during 1949 will beat all post-war records and substantially exceed last year's figure of 16,100,000 tons, the chairman of the National Coal Board, Lord Hyndley, said yesterday. The board, which administers Britain's nationalised coal Industry, is determined to
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  • 24 8 Having eaten meat from sheep bitten by mad dogs. 300 inhabitants of the town of Codo, Spain, are undergoing anti-rabies treatment. A.P.
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  • 335 8 'Nazis raising their heads again' Clay BERLIN. Tuesday. v V/I -MINDFD German nationalist groups, underground since the overthrow of National Socialism, are beginning to raise their heads again, warns the I .S. Military Governor, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, m his monthly report to Washington, Issued here yesterday. Gen. Clay say
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  • 25 8 I EE-LI On Monday. Jan 3. 1949. of Tsu-Hsuen. to Ruth, t.i- eldest daughter of Mrs. T M. Li. of Shanghai, at Ta:peh. Taiwan.
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  • 150 8 VIENNA, Tuesday. jytORE THAN 11,000 Austrian Communists with military training have been organised to "serve as a special task force if they are needed by the party," Austrian intelligence officials alleged m Vienna yesterday. The officials said they had the names and extensive details
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  • 123 8 'Russia shifts from war to peace economy' MOSCOW, Tuesday. SOVIET Russia has made a major shift from war to peace economy with the aim of lowering retail prices, the Soviet Journal of Economic Questions reports. Wartime subsidies have been virtually ended, the Journal said The State increased wholesale prices and
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  • 74 8 THE London Daily Mirror yesterday reported a circulation of over 4,000.000 copies and claimed to be the first newspaper m the world to achieve so big a net dally sale. Circulation increases became possible again ut week when the Government lifted newsprint restrictions. The Daily Express
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  • 172 8 HOLLYWOOD, Tuesday. jyjOVIE Actor Robert Mitchum and two co-defen-iTl dants were yesterday found guilty of conspiring to obtain possession of quantities of the drug, marijuana, and were ordered to appear for sentence on Feb. 9. A laughing, yelling crowd greeted Mitchum as he walked from
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  • 129 8 m A BPKCIAL Market oorracpoo dent givea tb« prices of rabbet (Id rfnis per lb.) «4 II a tn mmU« There are 4.500,000 Catholics m China "more than thert are m Ireland." according tc i ins of Boston.- U.P. M follow* Barer* Seller* loose 37H 9fH f.o.b. m
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  • 149 8 CHICAGO, Tuesday. J SPECIALIST m the problems of old age, Dr. Edward Sieglitz of Chicago, said the average' Imerican woman will ,pend eight years of her ie. as a widow. The average American 'oman marries a man who 1 is five years
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  • 447 8 Special powers against squatters STOPPING AID TO BANDITS Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A MENDMENTS to the Emergency .Regulations vest m the Federation Government and Police powers from today to* detain en bloc and to repatriate the inhabitants of squatter areas known to be actively assisting the bandits.
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  • 31 8 YORK, (Maine), Tues. A RETIRED farmer, Charles Plaisted, who ceiebrated his 100 th birthday yesterday, said humanity was inconsistent because "it won't let roostert but it will let men." U.P.
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  • 72 8 MOMBASA, Tues. DQRT authorities announced I yesterday that over 13,000 tons of military stores and equipment were expected here this month. An officer m charge of military movements said the equipment was mostly from the Middle East and was destined for the new "arsenal" at
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  • 34 8 President Truman yesterday formally submitted Dean Acheson's nomination as Secretary of State to the Senate. He also submitted the nomination of Budget Director James Webb to be Under Secretary of SWte Reuter
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  • 122 8 I^HE Sir.ga; V™* mint r. i terti 1949 will PI w&tk of PHw the nament will b> bayj Clerical Ur. Mm be open to aJ] N n'oi ton part:'-> ifl R Singap-T- Ma thzl Assf>ciat reg| The tournan );1 pris*» the cort singles and eroJ Isingloi and
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  • 135 8 World Bank mission to India WASHINC AN Int< rk loan is by a dec -j to send a WKL sion to tad The misi A. S G H M director I dia tomorruu m New Dei: Announc: day. the cfi j^H bank Mret used to h BjH mi^ht bt He
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  • 21 8 fndias Ambu United States <mm Rama Rau. is being governor of the R I 3f India In Jun«- U.P.
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  • 143 8 MELBOURNE, Tuesday. 1 VOYAGE to Australia n aboard Britain's new 3(>000-ton Orient liner Orcades costs just over a penny a mile— a sixth of the cost of air travel the chairman of the Company, Mr. J. C. Ceddes, said here yesterday. Mr. Oeddes arrived her*
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