The Singapore Free Press, 28 May 1949

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    Masthead
    23 1 T h e Singa pore F ree pr ess LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.45.-. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1949. PRICE 10 LtMS
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    K. won't rop film quota
    60 1 K. won't rop film quota m >\\ Sa*. X nut B- sh Go/ernnaent United Eri- which irote 40 ihowini i tan a- Jaroea reply quota irlia- utiii nt hoped the t i prove aa j -.ons j d :ied 'and L .1.. Dow- j I>»an L that ta its i
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    Dlice sergeant shot dead
    38 1 |rt? Pr v Mj.IT Reporter RD Sat. W Police ser- i Ited— Q a i operate was •»n sniper xnris an waa atI camp the mm Chineae who were seriously another was •'covcreo gun
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    LENCE PROPOSAL
    21 1 I neral of NY ions. Mr. x a: Lake that the x k ild open -minute's i:id mcdi- U.P.
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    SALE OF COTTON
    11 1 pe ration xiged mm $12 iivert.l pro- A.P.
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    Russia spars with West
    189 1 PARIS, Friday. THE Soviet Foreign Minister, still sparring with his Council of Foreign .Ministers colleagues, today invited the three Western powers to suggest amendments to his plan for returning to the old four-power rule and control of Germany. That was Mr. Vlshinsky's only answer to the
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    Campbell ends Malaya tour
    150 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Clarence Hart Campbell, former acting Indonesian Trade Commissioner m Australia, has returned to Singapore after a 3 COO-mlle tour of Malaya and the border of Slam to "establish the manufacture of road making materials which m time to come will extend
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    CRUISER IN H.K.
    35 1 The Jamaica ..rived In Hong Kong this mo ning thus bringing the cruiser -strength of the British Far East Fleet up to three, rhe oUer two are the Belfast and th^ London.
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    Ripley's dead believe it or not
    25 1 Ripley's dead believe it or not ROBERT L. Ripley. 55, wiaeIv known for his "Believe It Or Not" cartoons, died yesterday, it was learned U.P.
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    MEW BERLIN RAIL BLOCKADE
    345 1 MEW BERLIN RAIL BLOCKADE Strike ties up line BERLIN, Saturday. rpHE Russians reimposed a total rail blockade on Berlin last night, two weeks after the year-old isolation of the city by land had been ended by four-power agreement.* Soviet authorities announced that for the time being they "would be unable
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    Beyond penicillin
    50 1 A TWO years' search for a rare toadstool contain t an important anti -bacterial substance has ended m \delaide. Sooth Australia. The toadstool was sought by the Adelaide I niversity bacteriologist. Miss Nancy Atkinson, who thinks the substance may attack disease producing bacteria which penicillin will not touch.
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    BANDIT KILLED IN JOHORE
    54 1 ONE Chinese oandit was ambushed and sl?ot dead yesterday by police at Swee Lam estate. In the Kulai area. Johore. He and a .ompaniun who escaped, were seen coming from the jungle at th€ back of the estate. On the body were found a revolver and
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    Viscount dies
    33 1 Viscount Leverhulme. 61--year-old head of Unilever Ltd. died m Minneapolis yesterday. He will be buried m the family vaults at Port Sunlight. England, the n odel industrial _lllage near Liverpool. A.P.
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    BISHOP ARRESTED
    21 1 Bishop Boniface Saver, of the North Korean Wonsang diocese, ha? been arrested by Communist officials of the north A.P
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    MIXED FARMS TO BE TRIED HERE
    178 1 LONDON, FRIDAY. THK Colonial i nder-Secretary, Mr. David ReesWilliams, told Parliament today that mixed farming would be tried m Malaya and elsewhere. "We believe that the colonial peoples are lacking the protein which come from meat and milk from cattle." he said, "We also
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    Chiang to be asked to take over lead
    296 1 CANTON, Saturday. A S defences began going up around Canton, from A where 5,000 people are daily evacuating to Hong Kong and Portuguese Macao, a Kuomintang delegation left by air yesterday to appeal to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to resume leadership. The Kuomintang
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    Federation arrests
    26 1 In the 24 hours ended last night there were 48 arrests m the Federation 33 1n Perak. ten m Pahang and five m Selangor.
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    Indonesia trade talks
    80 1 rpHE Deputy Secretary for 1 Economic Affairs In Sinpore, Mr. T. Van der Gaast. has returned from Batavia after holding discussions with economic officials of Indonesian Government. The talks are stated to have been "exploratory and to have been aimed ht clarification of certain controls including those
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    Taximan robbed of $20 & card
    53 1 Taximan robbed of $20 card A Chinese axi driver reported this morning that three Malays posing as passengers "stuck something hard Into his back' and robbed him of $20. after they had hired his vehicle last night to take them to Sembawa -i g Road. They *lso took away the
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    BURMA REDS SEEK TRUCE
    196 1 RANGOON, Saturday. POSSIBILITY of an early agreement between the Burmese Government and a faction of the insurgent Communists is seen m an announcement ha" the White Flag leader, Bo Po Ku is on his way here to open talks with the Prime Minister. Thakin Meanwhile, it
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    Scots withdraw
    39 1 Scottish University athletes decided m Edinburgh "esi<Tday to withdraw from the 10th World University Summer Games, to be held m Budapest m August, as a protest against political propaganda allegedly associated with preparatlons for the competition. Reuter
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    UNION REJECTS FORD OFFER
    72 1 THE CIO United Autoworkers' Union yesterday rejected a Ford Motor Company plan for settling the 23-day-old strike or two key plants and submitted to arlbitratlon a proposal of Its own. This would have an impartial third party to decide whether the company "has the right to
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    TURKISH GATHERING
    30 1 Eight visiting members of a Turkish Parliamentary delegation yesterday lunched with the Prime Minister. Mr. Attlee, and attended an evening reception at the Turkish Embassy ir London- A.P.
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    U.S. SALES DROP
    22 1 American manufacturers' ales fell m April of the owest level of the year. They totalled $16,900,000,000— 11,200,000,000 below March.-
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    DUTCH SAY FIGHTING IS SPREADING,
    258 1 DUTCH SAY FIGHTING IS SPREADING BATAVIA, Saturday. GUERILLA activity m Central Java and m Sumatra is increasing and a further trend toward Communism m the Indonesian fighting groups has been noticed, according to the weekly Dutch military survey. The Republican guerillas are using the DutchRepublican standstill agreement as a lever
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    U.K. court releases Eisler
    98 1 U.K. court releases Eisler LONDON, Saturday. GERHARD Elsler. Germanborn Communist removed at Southampton from a Polish liner on which he had stowed away m New York, was discharged yesterday when the United States application for his extradition failed. Sir Valentine Holmes, representing the American Embassy, told the Bow Street Magistrate
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    FILIPINOS DIE IN AMBUSH
    49 1 UNKNOWN tommy-gunners killed at least seven Filipinos In a -highway ambush near the United States Clark Air Force Base last night. One American airman and three other persons were wounded m the holdup of five cars near the airfield 50 miles northwest of Manila.- A.P.
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    BOAC PAYLOAD UP
    42 1 BOA C PAYLOAD UP During the first three months of 1049. 8.0.A.C. carried a total payload between the USA. and the U.K. of 330.367 kilos. compared with 272.942 kilos m the first three months of 1948 an increase of 21.4 per cent.
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    Rubber prices
    58 1 V SPLCIAL Market cotre*pondenl gives tbe prices of ruhi.rr (In cents per lb I al 11 a.m '"day M follows: Boeert s* nera. No. I R S S Spot loose 33 U% F.o.b. m bales June In 1.1.1. 33 i tX% No. t r.s.s. m% U\ No. J
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      DEATH VALLEYS
      277 2 T*HERE are m parts of Java Death Valleys caused by poisonous gases from volcanoes. -ere nothing can live, neither bird, nor beast nor I seci; but if lt were not for r m volcanoes Java could rut support Its swarming p oulation. lie traveller, approaching E by night,
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      Things To Say
      101 2 Where does this plane "o?" asked the small boy at the airport. •lt goes to Australia m ten minutes." "Coo. I didn't think even could go so fast as x" Why did the flea flee? Because it had to hop I*. Why is the sun cruel? Because
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      Puzzle Corner
      72 2 PUT a mirror upright on a sheet of paper. Then, opposite one corner of the mirror and near to it so that you can see It -n the mirror, draw a cross. Draw another at the opposite corner of the mirror bnt a little farther away. Take a
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      THREL CHARACTERS IN A STORY
      34 2 A nother character la a pop. ular children** story win ap> M yow tako pencil and. starting at dot L draw a eonmmmmjmp fron dot to dot con ••entirely.
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      Adventures Of PENNY & KONI
      119 2 Adventures Of PENNY KONI In Borneo, where Konl the monkey was born, it is warm so warm that Koni was born with auite a thin fur coat. He spent most of his early life sun-bathing and basking m the sun, but it was very different for him when ho arrived
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      MOUSE-DEER AND THE MONKEYS
      719 2  -  UNCLE GEORGE By TT was holiday, and Amat, who had been playing m the forest, had found a beautiful green feather. "Where did you find that?" smiled Radin. "I didn't find it. I took it," boasted Amat. 'The parrot wasn't clever enough. He flew to the
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      The King who hid in the Oak Tree
      262 2 TOMORROW, May 29, A is Oak Apple Day and it commemorates two things. Charles II of England was born on that day m 1630 and 30 years later, m 1660 he was restored to the throne after having lived as an exile
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      The Rabbit Won
      291 2 CHILDREN.' here's your own WORLD SPOTLIGHT A LITTLE brown rabbit m New Zealand has won a battle for its life against all the might of the Government Betty, the rabbit, lived m the city, but owing to attacks by local dogi her owners released her m the
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      Stamp Of The Week
      95 2 f T started like ihe hzs* Nights R:.r_as, P* sians. Arabs. Turks, Da, rians, and the tribesquabbled over ?mmua\\ Kings from E .rope .edCr* ades to prctec tlans, ano Bri'.sh ItaMi fought and died tc keep 5 peace. Now. after 2.000 year? n Children of Israel
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      103 2 The Successful Am _v f Ca Mmmm M i^MlS?^BHBBBBmBBB' t/tmffimi'fir^t' *v Ek Jmt& £&Mk P BJ _j£x ./g^jM^JßJ^^ Hllfij i_l 'J% I ■IJ S^l Mm B ■HM^H ~.^l _aJ_ Tf mmt iSm iiH mM m im <____ ssnwm Kh Mammm&Sbm2mmi&^ AUSTIN A-40 DEVON The Successful Austin *A.4o' Devon is the
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      213 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS. 1, St --t--~-t— Peter's original name. 6, PJ Fj JI I 4 Surname of the second m M ■iT'^l P^ command of Scott's Antarc- P— M I tic Expedition. 7, Old gold 'I FI W coin. 9. Part of a skeleton. 11, UJ^— JBL_ The is
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    MURDER Could Not Kill
    944 3  -  GREGORY BAXTER ■m r SherS business--1 dead while fcjj daughter near MarLondon at mtat X F an Met run siioon to a ta but is 5 off the running E Ag tries to stop 5 i Yard is call- i ng. Laurette's :.es that i m
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    INTELLIGENCE TEST
    130 3 NO MEAN j t LEGACY "^'FE.V thit about the 1 m American heiress? asked the Club Bore. "What American heir- ess? "Daughter of a soap I king or something. She has been left" he con- suited his paper 1 '79.235.168:' No one was interested, t But the Club
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    Bridge Problem
    136 3 THERE are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win seven of the e'ght tricks against, any defence. South leads the diamond Jack and North plays the nine. If East ducks. South leads the diamond seven. East wins and leads a club, won by North's ace.
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    More U.K. trains now run on time
    400 3 AFTER 16 months of nationalization more than half of Britain's steam express trains are running on time. It is a pretty good record by the railwaymen's watch the best m many years— the British Transport Commission said, but tarnished somewhat by the fact
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      152 3 Wifiimm- lIJA7A IJL^ ({(Jutt ft Wtief What are the features of the Dunlop FORT* that make it world famous Handit it Feel the deep felted cover. This' »*w new fabric is woven so that 80% of th« A T '~'-^^r^^^^ J^' nap-forming yarn goes on the face of the cloth
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      921 3 SINGAPORE Eatc Smilh, 10.30 Rhythm on Records a programme of dance (BLUE NETWORK) music m the sweet, swing A Latin 484 and 41.7 metres. American styles Emers-emy news from K.L. m tomorrow at 10 a m 19. Programme Su'umai y. 9.02 rODAI Morning Music, 9.30 Latin mimPmT^SmT rs?' mm IS
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      125 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today you have an agile, alert mind which is usually one step ahead of your nearest competitor. This means that if you devote your energies to business you should be able to make a comfortable fortune at an early »ge. You are always anxious to give
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      205 3 Solution To Crossword No. 699 nBSP I NS TE Q Sl SKI ATE I A 5 ARE] A DJQMO M.E N|Mn'E JW] PjiMCB'rAT.E t: 1 Atoji 1 C A M M Q^W tsuPPL i an-Ms! F.P. Crossword No. 700 r~| ITI [TT RH [T"| IT] _B_Jl_||_ll__i._ll 7 8 1 9
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 28, 1949. THE AYES HAVE IT
    673 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 28, 1949. THE AYES HAVE IT AD\OJATES of the principle that advice on family planning shall be available to all who wish it, to the pooi as well as *o those who can afford to pay a visit to their private phys'cians and pay
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    Cold War in the Kashmir snows
    855 4  -  G. WARD PRICE by SRXNAGAB, KASHMIR: J^OW that the Premiers of India and Pakistan have had their short political honeymoon m London, they have returned home to confront the fact that here m Kashmir their armies face each other across barbed wire and mine
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    The Vatican Is Most Impressed
    567 4  -  JOHN TALBOT By VATICAN CITY: rpHE termination of the blockade ol Berlin and the meeting of the Big Four (Britain, United States, France and UJS.S.R.) Foreign Ministers m Paris has aroused keen interest m Vatican circles. Authoritative Quarters here believe that the Foreign Ministers' Conference
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    Singapore Enters For Seremban Sprint
    508 4  - Singapore Enters For Seremban Sp rint G. D. NEEDHAM By JLjUnb news ot the Seremban Sprint has been received from Mr. Snelling of the A.A.M. who was m town earlier this week. The event has attracted countrywide attention and entries are still pouring m from the various clubs and affiliated
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    A ship may die this month
    416 4 OTOEY'RE as simple as a. b. c if you're an atomic research expert and know the alpha beta Gamma Rays. This month Naval and civil scientists started oxper;ment± which may save the lives of thousands of sailors: the Gamma Ray bombardment ol H.M.S. (guinea-pig)
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    Free Press For Free India
    277 4 BANGALORE: THE Indian Press wants the nation s Constitution to qua rantee its fundamental rights. A delegation of Indian newspaper editors will shortly meet the President of the Constituent Assembly to urge the Inclusion, m the draft constitution, a clause guaranteeing freedom of the press.
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      73 4 "Will glasses alone snprnve your Exesigkt?" -NO! (®n@) ProtessiooaJ service* ana technical skills are tbe essential aids to your -seeing ability your visual comfort <\nd efficiency It U foi theae services aad skills- not for glasses alone— that von oay foi your fee "Seek Professional advice— iVof of asses at
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      148 4 FAITH For lam not ashamed of the fospel of Christ: for lt is the power of God onto salvation to every one that believeth. —Romans 1, 16 fcr% *"^^fc W«tffcc at S«rth v. t Jf W mm. mm jfam., P& -'-9 Wa tre P rou d t0 ar-ounct thr JP^
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    Teachers are urged to write books
    91 5 Teachers are urged to write books P MiU> Correspondent .criers *rt en- to ~r:te useful :iie.r »arioua vhich have their >ni. ManusLed by *bes* lilbs F*deraDeoartaMß l Dsid^red ded *n a stateBdoeaUaa De•r ticism {apartment DOUSI pubdepßrtttMßl for ».ivs tnat a *t ng com- %smi puMalay Women's Dacca r.a* aished
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    RETURN FROM TRADE TALKS
    62 5 RE TURN FROM TRADE TALKS Ma_ Reporter r Deputy Seer AfTairs T Van der BaI dis .-sions with i ol the x fiesis -nine to mll :-ade cir-i-ory m r i n held m an i I j obtain clariflr rtain controls pore traders ton i mi mkm it I
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    S'PORE GOES TO THE DEBATE
    709 5 S'PORE GOES TO THE DEBATE Women knitted as they watted By NAN HALL, Free Press Staff Reporter J^O one can say that Singapore people are apathetic to the public weal after yesterday's debate on birth control. As a result of the Municipal Commissioners' invitation to the public to attend, about
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    'RUDEST DRIVER'
    105 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A CERTAIN Singapore .professional man has found an unenviable place ta the diary of a Traffic Branch examiner as being the rudest man he has ever tested for driving and failed. "There have heen others who have argued the point with me and forgotten
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    HIGHER RENT MOVE FAILS
    181 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN application by Mrs. Ra- I chael Jacob Shentop to have the rent of her house No. 177, Marine Parade, Ka- tong, increased from $135 a I month to $350 a month was < refused by the Singapore Rent Conciliation B^ard. j
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    NURSING SISTER
    52 5 NU RSING SISTER Newly-appointed Nursing Sister m Malaya is Miss Louisa Carroll, of Wolverhampton. Trainea at the Royal Cripples Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Birmingham. St. James's Hospital. Baiham. and the Municipal Maternity Home. Grimsby. Miss Carroll has also held appointments at St. Mary's Hospital. Eastbourne, and North Middlesex
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    $40,000 to settle wartime debt
    421 5 Free Press Start Reporter IN settlement of a debt, contracted daring the Malayan campaign by civil and Services authorities, the Singapore Claims Office has paid a total of 340,006 to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the wartime body called the Mobilisation Council. Each has
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    'LAST STRAW' IN RUBBER BREAK
    252 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE cause for the sudden I fall m rubber prices during the past two or three 1 1 days is more psychological I than anything else, says the < weekly rubber report of Lew- s and Peat. Singapore bro- j I
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    GAS STOVES FOR TRUST FLATS
    142 5 Free Press Women Reporter HOUSEWIVES who will occupy the 240 Singapore Improvement Trust flats now being built at Tiong Bahru will cook on gas-stoves instead of antiquated coal or wood-burning fire-pots, I learnt m an interview with Mr. S. C. Woolmer of the Trust, yesterday.
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    Women make better drivers
    490 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE percentage of Singapore learner- drivers passing their tests is very much higher today than last year, one of the Traffic Branch's three civilian examiners told the Free Press yesterday. Usually men argue more than women when they are failed for bad
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    BOUND OVER FOR A YEAR
    114 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CHUA Tong Ngee, 40, an attendant of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Singapore, was bound over for a year by the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R J. C. Wait, yesterday for fraudulent possession of a phial r.f penicillin. Chua was
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    AVIATION POST
    43 5 Mr. L. W. A. Osborne an associate of the Royal Aeronautical Boc:ety and a member of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers, ls joining the Colonial Service as an engineer and licensing >moer m the Department of Civil Aviation m Malaya.
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    WRONG ADDRESS ON CARDS
    28 5 MUAR, Friday.— Five Chinese were eac i mcd $10 oy the Mv* r for failing to report changes of address on their identify cards.
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      53 5 THE 55"PAL"I5 GRIDDLE GRILL! wim£ BROILS BAKES s^*3! FRlESiag^ Can be used on top of any stove Easy to watch Saves fuel it Easy to clean it Gives belter flavour MADE OF HEAVY CAST ALUMINIUM AND LASTS A LIFETIME. IDEAL FOR THE HOME, CAMP OR BOAT AND ONLY $7.25 ROBINSONS
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      177 5 MAILS Airmail* are expected to HMN m Singapore today from U*e UK, Aden, Africa, Arab—. On ada. Europe. India, Iran. Iraq. PikJstaa. Palestine. Australia New Zealand, Ceylon. Burma and Medar Closing time tor pot>t_4 arrmaiif at the G P.O. today are: tn the U.K.. Aden, Africa. Arairta, Canada. Europe. India.
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    12-10 VOTE FOR BIRTH CONTROL
    796 6 Clinics to give mothers advice Free Press Staff Reporter RY 12 votes to 10, with three abstentions, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday voted that birth control advice should be made available to parents who seek it at the Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics. The decision was
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    HOW THEY VOTED
    116 6 THE voting at the end of the debate on birth control re-iulted as follows: YES: Mr. S. K. Gaw. Mr. D. Robertson. Mr. A. P. Rajah. Mrs. Robert Eu, Mr P. J. Johnson. Mr. G. E. N. O? biers. Mr. S. F. Ho. Mr. Lane. Dr. C.
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    NEW DECLINE IN N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    144 6 NE W DECLINE IN N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK. Saturday. LIGHT pre-holiday selling und stale bull liquidation m tne New York Stock Exchange proved sufficient to bring a mild decline yesterday and cause the market to challenge the 1949 lows. With the news continuing mostly of a depressing nature, lethargy
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS
    27 6 The Old Rafflesians' Association will hold its annual dinner and dance on June 6 at the Pi luce's Restaurant, Orchard R >ad. at 7.15 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    104 6 SHIPS m port alongside tne Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Kambodla (31--32 >, Bentong (33». Meerkerk (36>. Benarty (38-39), Tegelberg (42-43). West Wharf: Chinese Prince (2-3), Borneo (4-5 >. Tyndareus (8-9 >, Anchises (11), Murena (13-14^. Empire Dock: Plancius (19--20>. Sltsen (2D,
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    Motion to ease house shortage
    249 6 Free Press Staff Reporter. AS their fir st step to check the housing tea money racket m Singapore, Municipal Commissioners passed a lesolution yesterday agreeing m principle to the requisitioning of empty houses throughout the island "m an effort to alleviate the present housing shortage."
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    Rubbers, tins in new decline
    462 6 I London Stock ExchaS LONDON, saturda, A RALLY m British Government stocks better tone to the London stock markets L, day, says Reuter's financial correspondent \S? hesitant opening, buyers appeared for short dated issues and small gains were regiswj Tin and rubber shares, however, declined
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    INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION
    61 6 fl> The fifth 3, 4 are 1 32 243 1024 Hence we have AGE LEGACY IN DOU Under 10 Between j 10 Si 20 100.000 20 30 3.200 w. tc 30 40 24 3 The heires between 30 and 4 (2) But the ftfl number i given
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    SEGAMAT WIN CHEAH CUP
    191 7 Free Press Correspondent SEGAMAT. Fri OEGAMAT beat Batu Pahat by four games to three In the final of the Cheah Cup which was played yesterday and today. Batu Pahat lost the support of Yon bin Mian, who ls on leave. and this made a great difference
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    WALKER CUP TEAM PICKED
    112 7 BRITAIN S team to meet America for the Walker Cup at the Win g d Foot Golf Club. New I York, on Aug. lt and 30 was chosen yesterday as follows: P B Lucas of dandy Lodge (captain). J Bruen of Cork. J. B. Carr of
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    BLANK SPEC FANCIED FOR DOUBLE
    293 7 Latest hints from course Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. gLANK Spec and Singing; Bird II are expected to win again today, the third and last day oi the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting, to provide another double for the Wadsworth stable. They were among
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    Lim brothers share lead
    142 7 pHARI.TK j n and his younger brother, Rudy, lead the Singapore schoolboys chess champlonihtp with six win s each anddefeats. This amazing performance by the Lim brothers is un indication of the powerful brand of chess that is played by the youngsters from over the Johore
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    Turnesa, McCready enter final
    52 7 rE British amateur golf championship semi-finals yesterday afternoon resulted m W. Turnesa, U.S. holder of the title two years ago. beating E. B Milward •England* by tie hoi?, and 8. McCready (Ireland) healing Kenneth Thorn (England at th? 20th. hole. The 3a hntat final tab** rlsz-A
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    THOMAS CUP HEROES GARLANDED
    294 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG. Friday. HEADED by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. A. V. Aston the public of Penang this evening accorded a heroes' welcome to Malaya's returning Thomas Cup team, During their procession round the town members of the team were garlanded. Scenes of unprecedented
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    Today's acceptors
    524 7 L?__uw Rre tne acceptances for today's Penang v races. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race 8. There will be no Double Tote. Mlt I—2 30: CL 4, Div. Z— 000 u-ftu lon— 9. 00 010 Fenton Dawson 8.12 400 Eastern Gold Poslni 8.10 422 Craifmount riannery
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    EUROPEANS SHAKY IN DEFENCE
    274 7 EUROPEANS SHAKY IN DEFENCE Indians 3; European* 0. YESTERDAY'S S.A FA Intercommunity League soccer developed into a struggle betaeen the speedy Indian attack and a shaky European defence. The Europeans were unable to keep up with the fast pace set by their opponents and J S. Chandra had distributed his
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    E. FAMECHON LOSES
    25 7 rN South Wales flyweight champion Jimmy Hogg (112 lb.) outpointed the French boxer, Emile Famechon, (117*1 ib.) m Sydney last night.- A.P.
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    Social A.P. held to draw
    195 7 IN a Junior B Group 1 league fixture played at Geylang '< Stadium yesterday, the Serangoon Association did well to hold the Social Athletic Party, a more experienced side, to a two-all draw. Serangoon surprised the crowd !by scoring first through centreforward Roy Neubronner who
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    PAKIR, ONG BEAT FAY AND LOW
    89 7 VADI and Khamis, Singapore men's doubles tennis champions, will defend their title next week against A. O. Pakir and Ong Chew Bee. Both pairs won their semi-finals matches m the S.L.T.A. championships yesterday. Khamis and Yadi beat Paul Clerc and N. S. Wise 6-2.
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    GREEN HOUSE B.P.
    91 7 pREEN HOUSE BP. will meet United Youth BP. of Johore Bahru In a return badminton natch tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Fohore Bahru. The following will represent jrreen House 8.P.: Heng Boon 3uan, Chou Sui King. Chou Choon King. H:ng Kwang Hock. Loo 3eok Chuan. Heng B>->n
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    GLAMORGAN FAIL TO SNATCH WIN
    452 7 GLAMORGAN FAIL TO SNA TCH WIN fEORGE Mann kept their county cricket champion- ship game alive yesterday until the last minute at Lord's by declaring when Middlesex, after gaining a first-innings lead of 96, had made 52 for three wickets m 35 minutes. Glamorgan went for the task of scoring
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    BARTHELOT HITS CENTURY
    101 7 free Ere_ >>all tti purler JOHORE BAHRU UtiUt A. BARTHELOT /esterda> I the distinction of bcir.e tiie first batsman to icote a c for The Johore SHefeV Club Pm season. TLe match was r.?a.;\M Sub-DLitrict who MR bratc. oy 120 tens m a one-if»nir.g> game. When the
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    OXFORD BEAT N.Z. TEAM
    105 7 fTHE New Zealand touring team suffered their first defeat yesterday at Oxford by the University. It is interesting to note that that last occasion a touring side m England was defeated by a University XI was m 1927, when Cambridge gained a five-wicket victory over the
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    Record accepted
    56 7 rE International Amateur Athletic F-deration has announced the acceptance of the world record of 16mln. 55.8 sec. for by the relay race (4xl milei set up Swedish club team Oevle at Gotenborg, on Aug 27. 1948 The previous record was field by another Swedish club team. Brandkarens. m
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    Middlesex keep lead
    139 7 a first-inninfs lead orer Glamorgan, Uie champions, at Lord's kept Midmlesex at the head of the county cricket championship table, a fine win over Derbyshire broufht Surrey, who are a fame m hand with four played, to within oar points of the leaders' total of 41. Northamptonshire,
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    BRITISH PAIR IN FINAL
    136 7 nTHERE will be an Anglo-Ameri-can final m the women's doubles m the French lawn tennis championships as a result of yesterday's matches. In the semi-finals the seeded Americans. Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont and Miss Louise Broucn, beat Miss Joan Curry and Miss Jean Quertier of Britain
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      76 7 Today's Sport soccer fla«af %sm P, v Malacca .1 Be»ir LE AC, Ut SOCCER J r B. Grp 1. AAI v nr M SC Geylang CRICKET: S.v I C A —Farrer Park: S.t VMC.A. •S.C.C: S.t R.C S n S.C.R.C: Raffles .afl >hell S.C— R.i. st taflii»> i Ng, Joseph's
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    S'HAI AWAITS IRON CURTAIN'
    453 8 Foreigners all safe SHANGHAI. Saturday. WITH the completion of the Communist conquest of Shanghai and the capture of the last Nationalist bastion at Woosung, and the escape of the Nationalist evacuation fleet with an undisclosed proportion of the original 200,000-strong garrison, the large British, American and
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    17 DIE AS VOLCANO ERUPTS
    103 8 17 DIE AS VOLCANO ERUPTS Popayan. Colombia. Sat. SEVENTEEN University students scaling the 14,000— foot Purace volcano, were killed yesterday when the snow covered mountain erupted suddenly after 50 years of Inactivity just as they neared the crater. The eruption came without any warning. Two students had dropped behind the
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    5,000 DPs SOON LEAVING P.I.
    94 8 MANILA, Fri. THE 5.000 White Russians and stateless European refugees who were brought to the Philippines from ChUvi for temporary settlement by the International Refugee Organisation are reported to be preparing to leave Guinan Island for other lands where they may make their permanent homes.
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    Siamese spending less
    83 8 THKRE has been a sharp slump m cinema revenues m Bangkok this year. Film exhibitors say the main reason for the 30 to 40 per cent, drop is that people have less money to spend for entertainment. Political disturbances may have kept away some filmgoers, but exhibitors
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    MORE FOREIGN AID' DOLLARS
    77 8 A $5617.*****0 (US) foreign i\ aid appropriation aimed at strengthening the United States m dealing with the Russians was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives after President Truman had pleaded for "adequate" funds. Most of the deep cuta previously made m the bill by the
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    MAURITIANS IN 'MUTINY'
    56 8 A COMPANY of Mauritian Pioneers were placed under guard In Na'robi at the British East African Army base, yesterday after refusing to obey orders because they alleged their repatriation was two months overdue. The East African Command said that there had been a delay m shipping which
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    RECOGNITION MOVE
    25 8 The Korean Embassy announced that the Chilean Government yesterday accorded Korea de jure recognition—the first Latin American country to take such action Reuter
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    ENVOY IN ISRAEL
    25 8 Mr. Alexander Knox HHm British Minister to Israel, yesterday presented letters of credence to Dr. Chalm Weizmann President, nf T*. rael. Reuter
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    Vatican angered at Rita's wedding
    444 8 CANNES, Saturday. A SHADOW has been cast over the wedding of J» Muslim Prince Aly Khan and Catholic Rita Sayworth by a Vatican City report yesterday that tita is liable to excommunication from the Catholic Church because of her marriage to a "heathen." Disclosing that
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    Cocktail 'Ritaly'
    109 8 CANNES. Saturday. r* VESTS at the Prince Aly U Khan Rita Hayworth wedding reception here yesterday pronounced as excellent a new cocktail, "Ritaly," specially concocted for the occasion. One guest described the drink as a "zippy mystery of vermouth and chartreuse." A nose count of the guests showed
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    JAP CRIMINALS 'GO TO SCHOOL'
    35 8 JAPANESE war criminals are going to school to learn about democracy. Fifty-seven courses are being offered at Sugamo Prison m Tokyo and of 1.000 prisoners more than half have enrolled.
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    More food can halt the Reds
    191 8 OTTAWA, Sat. f ORD BOYD ORR, v former DirectorGeneral of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation suggested at Ottawa yesterday the construction of a strong world food organisation to halt the spread of Communism. Speaking at a luncheon given by the Canadian Government
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    3,500 dockers strike in U.K.
    105 8 LONDON. Saturday. POUR hundred troops draftT ed into the West country Eort of Avonmouth last night egan to discharge a cargo of 11.000.000 bananas Irom the strike-bound steamship Bayonoa. This move, coinciding with a threat by rallwaymen to cut a vital London to Scotland link
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    U.S. PLEDGES AID FOR P.I.
    83 8 ALLAYING Philippine fears, the United States Ambassador. Mr. Myron M. Cowen. said over the Government radio station that the United States was prepared to back the safety and growth of the Philippines "as long as we are welcome m this country." "Americans.' the new Ambassador
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    N.Z. EARTHQUAKE
    24 8 The most severe earthquake for some y?ars rocked Dunedin and many other places m Otago iNpy Zealand* v__ nr. day.- A .P.
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    INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
    190 8 INTERNAT IONAL INCIDENT ISTANBUL, Friday. E_PT_EN thousand Turks yesterday staged their r third large demonstration against the Greeks m two days and relations between the two countries have not been worse since the 1922 war all because a Greek referee ruled legal the doubtful goal by which an Italian team
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      136 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris .^wi CA»\ I I />ou'u «TVx wowim'T mam rt too I /iv for a #uop Vy' tm Mtf ii V afti \Ami owr 1 TiaSl MM J,,NVKTO«. TH,, TNI IW Wni) TtY, J (CM COON SOW, JIM AT 1* HtflKT fyT YX* Yl* SSptf TfrlM
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      12 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 11.37 a.m; 10.56 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.15 p.m; 11.25 p.m.
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      Masthead
      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magzine MAY 28, 1949.
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      Trade unionism has come to slay in Malaya
      533 1  - Trade unionism has come to slay in Malaya T.B. TAN by i\ usl war Malaya, 1 where the intro- [jon of trade union has been subject of much discussion and contraiiul the activitradc unions have been regarded wilh approval and res11,\ some, hut with x.ition or hatred s nb\ others,
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      Away with the 'spit fiend'
      876 1  -  K.S. Chia by OINGAPOIW has embarked on a campaign against spitting. So m the near future you will be able to walk along a street quite confident that you will not become a victim of a "spit fiend* 1 Spitting is by far the filthiest
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      THE WORM THAT DESTROYS SHIPS
      568 1  - THE WORM THAT DESTROYS SHIPS Peter Hill by JF YOU look hard enough at the wooden pillars of any pier that has been standing for some time that is a pier which has not been specially treated with chemicals you will see small wormlike grooves m the wood. Sometimes if
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      THE RAT AND I
      602 1  -  Kenny Kaye by 1)0 NT believe it when people tell you that rats are harmless. They are not. On the contrary, they are the most exasperating of creatures. I should know. I practically lived with one for nearly six months In the end I killed him.
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      Korda plans a galaxy of stars
      622 2 CIR a\lexander Korda is planning the biggest cast of stars ever to be included m a British film for a colour production to celebrate the 1951 Festival of Britain. The theme of the picture will be the Festival's forebear of a hundred years ago
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      She's The Screen's Parrot
      367 2 U7HEN you think of parrots m Hollywood you think of Dorothy Lloyd. Miss Lloyd doesn't look like a parrot. But she talks like one m any language. She is one ji HoLvwcod's best bird Imitators, and parrots are her speciality Right now she is outth:. words
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      ST. JOAN'S HUGE PROP. FIGURES
      345 2 OACK of "Joan of Arc," Sierra Pictures' Technicolour production for RKO Radio release, starring Ingrid Bergman m the title role, is a mass of data that is record-breaking m an industry of broken records. After the formation of Sierra Pictures, a corporate trio composed of
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      Record Review
      227 2 MAM'ZELLE ANGOT Ballet Suite. Ac L 2 tLecocq arr. Gordon Jacob*. Royal Opera Hcu.se Orchestra Covent Garden, conducted by Huso Rignold. iH.M.V. C 3845 46) (Four Parts) Three great talents went to the making of the ballet Mam'zelle Ansot. Leonie Massine constructed a fascinating choreonranhical sequence for the
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      Types Who Go To Cinemas
      570 2 By KENNETH TAN DIFFERENT peru sons with different minds differ over any one cinema-pic-ture they see. The humble denizens of the stalls, opine scantily whilst the Tuan Besars and their mems m the dress circles would argue lengthily— say, for example, whether the action of
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      New film to be made in Hong Kong
      245 2 THE British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, which has been taking V.l.P.'s m its stride ever since VJ. Day, will play host to qui^e an array of stars from the Hollywood firmament m September when Otto Preminger. famous Twentieth Century-Fox producer-direc-tor, starts
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        283 2 on Parlophone Records MEXICAN SERENADE SILVER HAIR AND HEART OP GOLD RQ ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG I'M IN LOVE WITH VIENNA LOVE SERENADE DONT BE CROSS rq SERENADE (SchubertBY THE SEA RG 2(* 1 DOVE (LA PALOMA) BENEATH THY WINDOW (O SOLE MIO ..Roj^ NONE BUT THE WEARY
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        194 2 What's On IF you have not seen "Hamlet" you do not know what all the controversy over the film is about. Hollywood awarded Sir Laurence Olivier an Oscar for his part m it and plauded the film as rating the best for the year. Nearly every country m the world
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      'So Now Horace Is Selling Grape Fruit'
      1754 3  - 'So Now Horace Is Selling Grape Fruit' TAN CHYE SENG SHORT STORY (With apologies to Damon Runyon) by J H Horace Wft s \o mc one day I with the tale J s disgusted Kth love. Not only E ;u UJ he sees it Xi:;K i: m almost every Kh.
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      WHAT DO THEY THINK OF THE NEW VARSITY?
      1181 3  -  T. C. Koh by THE University of Malaya is steadily taking shape and large sums of money will flow m to make the institution the pride of Malaya, and those who know the value of a university applaud its creation. But what
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      Singapore's fish farmers
      464 3  - Singapore's fish farmers MARIAN WELLS by AN industry as old as the wall of China is carried on m those sandy depressions nestling m the folds of uplands m Singapore's countryside. Like his painstaking ancestor who introduced the carp into the enclosed water lying on his fields, the Chinese farmer
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      MALAYA'S BEST-EVER BADMINTON MATCH
      611 4 IN terms of dollars and cents next week's badminton exhibition match between the Thomas Cup team and The Rest is a $10,000 programme Fo'- that is r he figure the Singapore Badminton Association hopes to get from admission and advertising fees. But, the Association is not
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      Raymond Glendenning on sport
      288 4 Raymond Glendenning on sport ANEW Lawn Tennis season focuses the spotlight on an old incurable—the foot faulter. Not so much on the man who puts his foot on the line or who jumps as he serves, but the one who improves his position by at least a yard as he
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      SPORTING Chit-Chat
      461 4 SPORT ING Chi t-Chat COR more than a quarter of a century the Malaya Cup has been the most coveted trophy In Malayan soccer competitions From the inceDtion of the competition up to 1041 Singapore Civilian team had been the most successful, with Selangor a close second. Seldom had the
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      HOW TO DETECT 'THE CHINAMAN'
      651 4  -  N .W.D. YARDLEY By (CERTAIN words and expressions are used when talking or writing about bowling which I must explain before discussing bowling tactics. SPIN Implies that the ba.. revolves quickly during flight. The ball is made to rotate by the bowler's lingers, reinforced by
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      Golfers who will never improve
      342 4  -  HENRY LONGHURST By HEARING a man who has only recently discovered the game of golf holding forth on the beauty of what I should have thought to be a comparatively ordinary course, I fell to marvelling at the extraordinary variety of experience offered by this
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