The Singapore Free Press, 18 November 1949

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALS IN MALAYA v i"- 633 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 467 1 UK to ignore U. S. stand? rkFKPiTF i LONDON, Friday. U* J lh str n ff I nited States opposition, the Kritish Commonwealth and other colonial powers are likely to grant recognition simultaneously to the Chinese Communist Government m Peking m the near future,
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  • 229 1 LONDON. Friday. rut British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Kevin, announced yesterday that he hoped personally to lead the British delegation to th e Colombo conference of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers next January. It would be 'a very important conference Indeed,* 1 he said. "So far as we
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  • 129 1 Election in Feb. or March LONDON. Fri. V BRITISH general election m the last week of February or trw> first week of March was thought likely by quarters eloie to the Labour Government yesterday. The Government, they believed, would not (i^.jlve Parliament ah^ad ol Labour* jubilee annual conference, timed for
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  • 31 1 Th«- Uniied Stale> charged before th« United Nations Assembly yesterday tha; Cominform leaders are sot king to "incite and revive their efforts to overthrow the Greek Government. U.P.
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  • 22 1 MALAY A EARNS MORE I V cth rth I part' :res. Asia m oi 'A Hod In- 56 <?2. < 'onooo. I 0.000:
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  • 127 1 HONG KONG, Friday. DR. Hollington Tong. former Chinese Government Information Minister, was barred from entering Hong Kong as a result of the Colony's new immigra tion rules which require consular permits for Chinese entering Hong Kong from points outside the mainland. The veteran Chinese newsman
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  • 34 1 The Dirrctor-Grnerai of rtie International Labour Office. Mr. David A. Morse, will leave Geneva on Saturday for London on the firs! stage of an official trip to India, Ceylon and Pakistan.— Reuter
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  • 21 1 Franc 's Communist-con-trolled Labour unions have Joined non-Communist unions In a 24-hour general strike call for November 25.
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  • 108 1 WAR DAMAGE PAYMENTS IN COMMONS LONDON. Fri. IWL Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, said yesterday that no war damage compensation payments could be made m Malaya until after enaction ol a bill n>w being dratted m the Malayan Federal Legislative Council. In a written reply to Mr. Barnett
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    35 1 picture. Mr. Francis Thomas, President of the Singapore Labour Party. introducing Mr. F B. Oehlers, the Labour Party's candidate for the Municipal City Ward at an election campaign meeting yesterday. (See pajre 5).— Free Press
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  • 86 1 Jap Olympic story denied SYDNEY. 9t MX Harry Alcierson, chairman of the Australian Olympic Federation, yesterday denied reports that Australia had already decided not to invite Japan to comI ppt.»« m the 195« Ohnpic Games m Melbourne The only statement on the subject has been made by the Australian Minister
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  • 43 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The Singapore Anti-Cor-ruption Branch of the C.I.D. yesterday arrested a bus conductor of the Singapore Traction Company lor alleged criminal breach of trust of bus fare. He Is the 19th S.T.C conductor to be arrested this w»>ek
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  • 27 1 All South African air services, except between Bulawayo and Johannesburg and Capetown and Johannesburg, were at a standstill yesterday because of heavy rains.— Reuter
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  • 80 1 t NEW Hong Kong defenv*' road passes several vil lages, which have never previously been served b> road, other than narrow and infrequent footpaths, and villagers were worried when road-building began, as thej < oared they might be attacked at night by dragons previously unable to reach
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  • 198 1 JOGJAKARTA, Friday. r VHK Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) has resolved to ignore The Hague conference results as "not affecting the national struggle," a member of the Politburo Central PKI Committee, who desired to remain unnamed, disclosed to Aneta's correspondent "somewhere outside Jogjakarta." Accusing
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  • 197 1 LONDON, Thursday. ORITAIN'S gold and dollar reserves have continued tfieir upward movement since the end of September, when an increase of £20,000,000 was announced, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps disclosed yesterday. One could not expect such increases to be •tabilised unless and
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  • 59 1 AIILN has hatched healthy thickens from three of nine eggs removed from inside a black snake, it is reported from Townsville (North Queensland). The snake, which was caught and killed as it left the fowlhouse had swallowed the eggs whole, the report said. The other six eggs when
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  • 83 1 RANGOON. Frl. KAREN rebels m the Irrawaddy Delta area have detained Bo Khin Win. nephew of the Burmese Minister for Karen Affairs and Frontier Areas. Mann Ba Sainjt according to an official report reaching here today. Tho report said Khin Win was captured while on "a
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  • 54 1 An Indian merchant. Duhabhje Premjee Jossi, was shot dead by seven terrorists 22 miles from Asmara on Tuesday. The bandits held up the Indian's car which was driven by an Eritrean Muslim. They questioned Duhabhje on his nationality and shot him d-ead Immediately. They let the
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  • 60 1 The F'eoples Bank m Canton yesterday raised the jen mln piao rate for Hong Kong and United States dollars to 600 jen mm plao for HK$l, and 4.000 jen mm piao for US$l against 500 and 3.000 previously. At the same time the Peoples Bank raised
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  • 138 1 LONDON, Fri. <THE KING saluted and decorated yesterday the 270 officers and men of the Amethyst, which made a hazardous night passage of the river Yangtse on April 30 under Communist guns. "By your conduct you haw shown that the old qualiti ••■>
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  • 83 1 LONDON. Frf .'PHE price of tin fell seven 1 during the third official session of the reopened London Metal Exchange yesterday. Spot tin at the close of the morning session had fallen from Wednesday night's clos of £715 to £692.10. With business done at €7Go I
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  • 19 1 The Far Eastern Commission m Washington yestor,. anonuncpd the admission of Burma, and Pakistan n* members.— U.P.
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  • 21 1 Four Japanese coastal boa** were reported sunk and 40 missing m Winter's first b!i/« zard m Hokkaido- U.P.
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  • 145 2 MOW visiting Australia \A\ Dr. iiia Mann, the flrst§ bt- appointed n\\ fessor at Oxford Unlver-^ She red m Mel-$ me re- with her^ band. P ssor w. E I "d world ftUth( •mi ancer. <( Pi of Opi\ti:almol-S> i Os rd, charming.^ -haired Dr. Mann is
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  • 386 2  - Accessories After The Fashion IRIS ASHLEY 'VHE French genius for desiy7ii?iy clothes extends itself, naturally enough, to the last detail. Here Francis Marshall has sketched for you some of the "finishing f ouches" ire noticed m Paris. We taw the lady at the top left, fitting m the Theatre \u
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  • 251 2 UORN today. >ou have one of thove allaround, well balanced natures which seems to have been especially smiled upon by the fate*. There is more than a little of the rums m your make-up; a great deal of the leader; and something of the intuitive visionary. All
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  • 174 2 HOUSEHOLD HINTS urtaiu repairs. Dip small ptec€i of similar material In your starch: place evenly ovn the rent; then press v.:th s hol Mm re pan is cornple;Clothes. To aiend clothes i!iVi.-,ibiy cafefully smooth the frnved portion round tear, and place a littl piece ot similar material softned with thin
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  • 158 2  -  ANNE EDWARDS THE World's Best Selling Hat celebrates its first birthday this month. More copies of this hat have been sold than of any hat anywhere m the world more even than the famous Marina Hat, introduced to Britain by the Duchess of Kent before
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  • 77 2 QUOTES ENGAGED MARRIED "I like (he n«w hairstyle. "What on earth have you "You have got a lot of done to y° ur h r n,c- drr.iei. But B°t »ot of nice dres»ea." *lf you cook it I tnnli like "li thfrnny tomato ketchup- -I.M have an even.ng on can
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  • 73 2 RS H Hayes-Willi* A Australia's onlf won m r:cp farmer, runs on? of the! finest properties m the district around Tends In Stm Bouth Wales. She first settled on the property With her husband In 1919. i the State Government opened up the IfurrumbJdcee Irrigation Area, about
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  • 366 3 U.N. PLAN TO END DEPRESSION 58 nations to debate it .onfcrence of Che Food ,"d Ci, Ulnr.l*?.'' r t": iS* """"Sf. wSIiSS The plan proposes establishment of an int«r national commodity clearing hmid v- i 1 lnter the normal commercial trade channels or through government agencies. or mrough FAO experts
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  • 30 3 PLAY THE CENSOR BANNED banned I poet- oners" I lost lines I t or a Pollock itable of i ir with I baa< Patch, Ms hat eountrj named tn anti-Cifch
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  • 39 3 Minus. >' <>( ISEUM; P M H i I I PENANG 1:1 LUI J" >hl •at Lady Carte I IPOH I c OI)E()\: Cl I GRAND: J'S.a jmj I SEREMBAN I MITRO- lATH.%I I MAUCCA r >r.
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  • 183 3 RUBY Thaw and Hla Bell), who nursed American goldlers m the Burma campaign can stay ln America another six months. The girls formally applied for a new visa extension ani were assured by Raymond Hoffeler, acting head of the Newark office of the Immigration
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  • 38 3 THE United Nations Political Committee firmly rejected a Polish proposal that Independence be granted to Eritrea, former Italian colony, l n three years and that meanwhile the territory be under direct United Nations' trusteeship
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  • 31 3 fs to rear Ber- i id's raised 300 re- quired. Says Mr. J. W. Carmirhae], Scottish president of the band association: "We have too many Englishmen m the town
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  • 79 3 MR Michael Stewart, Wai lfl Under-Secretary, roll the Hous^ or Commons of plans for economies m the Royal Air Force and cuts In the Admiralty, War Office, and Air Ministry staffs. Mr. Stewart, deprecating any suggestion that Britain was "leading an armaments' race." said the
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  • 205 3 LONDON Friday. MAN who admitted to the police that he had Am stolen a purse, and offered to repay the money was stated m court to have been innocent t he" SST W WaS COmmitted by a m »»w m No evidence was offered by the
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  • 43 3 HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Thurs.— United States Air Force planes and two Royal Navy frigates were today beginning a million square mile search of the Atlantic for a Superfortress bomber which yesterday landed short of fuel In the sea off Bermuda.— Reuter
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  • 312 3 CHINA, for the past |w. S^i the'world's bluest gold importers, has now reversed the process and there are more sellers than buyers j according: t o market sources here Buyers, The yellow metal, which formerly brought nrir^ ,as high as US$6O-70 per ounce m Shanghai and
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  • 69 3 The L\s. Secretary of the Ann* Mr. Gray has now placed the probable ultimate cost to America of World War J a US$l,OOO,OOO, million. He added that the United States must stay strong to avoid future conflict.. The U.S. Secretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, m
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  • 62 3 The Archbishop of York t Ad Britons that some Americans confuse Brittsh Soriahsm with Communism. "In America.' he said in a BBC. speech, dread of Communism Is very marked This dread is more common and more violent than it is in this country and degenerates
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    297 3 What do you »nd This is situation jn which you have to analyze your paitnei's reason for bidding fix clubs, it should be fairly obvious 'hat after he has confirmed the heart suit by his 'atee, and you have strongly rcbid It by lumping to five hearts, he
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  • 134 3 GOLD-MINER GIVES AWAY FORTUNE FORMER Sydney racing man, 82-year-old Mr. Fred Menon. who made his fortune m gold-mining at the beginning of the century, said recently he had had two ambitions to make a fortune and make people happy. 'I discovered a gold mine m Western Australia which for several
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  • 98 3 SEVEN members of the British Cotton Board headea by Sir Raymond Street, chairman, are to visit the United States very shortly to discuss mutual problems with U.S cotton and textile men. One of the most important subjects to be discussed is the recent growth of Japanese
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  • 135 3 ™n> A u LONDON, Friday. pOR those about to wed, a remarkably frank book En^and. WaS d recentl y th Church of It deals outspokenly with problems of marriage m a way normally associated only with semiar books^n similar themes. Its authon a 46
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  • 129 3 One language 'would be bad' for U.K. k common language is needed to unite Europe culturally but it would be unfortunate if English were chosen— particularly for the English according to Mr. Robert Birley Headmaster of Eton. Broadcasting the third of his Reith lectures m Britain he said: "We should
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  • 63 3 FIVE persons were killed and nine received injuries when a Sopraoaya-Madmn train hit a mine near Kodjokerto m east Java. Dutch officials said. The train was blasted off the rails at almost the same spot where a train from Madiun to Soerabaya struck a mine on
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  • 97 3 THE ...viy gramophone record has been raised to j a high place m Cz*»choslovakla s fivc-yoar music plan. Its job is to bring all classes of music— except jazz— closer to the people. Under the five-year plan I 80 sets of record will h? "produced These
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  • 67 3 A SAN FRANCISCO Chinese couple has delivered a Commander's sword to Arting President Lltsunglm a s a gilt of the Chinese m America The sword wa s said co b« "symbolic of the determination of the overseas Chines* to tight and liquidate Communism and follow the
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    • 444 3 SINGAPORE Marsh; 9.45 Music Through rhe pq UP TS BFEBS (Singapore) BfSQvJ^S TODAY !i n U'7 BBC KH:,v. With thr Quoon's Hull Lirit l i« .m. News from Kuala 19 Motres. 25. Metres. 31. Orchestra 4.30 News Bulletin i!E££?i 12 Pr °B rammes ln and 49 Metres. 440 Words and
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    • 957 4 INDECISION DELAY ONCK favourable to a speedy 1 recognition of Mao TseTung's Communist China Government, all the portents now point to more and more delay. Mr. Bevin, once v ported as m favour of ijaick recognition, a policy UMfct Britain "s financial interetta In China make not only expedient but
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    111 4 The committee even advocated a "National Anthem" the saluting of the j Federation flag, and the banning o! all other flags except at Consular houses. Dato Onn and the UMNO have realised that the full cooperation of all races is indispensable for the building of a Malayan Nation. They recognise
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  • 28 4 Will the writer of the letter signed "Scholar" which appeared m the Free Press of OcL 22 on this page please re-submit his name and address.
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  • 500 4  - Malaya Needs A Common Culture PS MARKANDAN changed into one? Can goats and cattle be changed into one?" This analogy is completely illogical. We human beings are not to be compared to poultry. We are above the animals because we have a brain we have the capacity to think, to
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  • 718 4  - CONGRESSMEN DO WELL ON 'EXES' Cliford By WASHINGTON. WHENEVER a friend from abroad comes to Washington I show him over the Capitol just to see him turn green with envy at the lavish provision America makes for its legislators. Every member of Congress, whether Senator or Representative, receives a salary
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  • 802 4  - Why Pandit Nehru visited U.S. RODNEY CAMPBELL By E leanor Koosevelt tiirnea I o w a i" d s her dis tinguished guest, the kindly grey-haired man m the long black coal and white hat, smiled m (he way a country mother would smile at the visiting minister, and said:
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  • 113 4 NEW YORK: UfHEN General Mac Arthur abolished the floor prices of Japanese textile exports m Tokio, he calmly disregarded the advice of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (who is supposed to be his civilian superior and outraged the American domestic textile industry.
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  • 415 5 BOOM IN MALAYAN PINE INDUSTRY Big foreign demand Free Press Staff Reporter FOREIGN demand for Malayan canned pineapples has increased to such a point today The industry had also recently received inoniriPQ from Australia, Egypt, Morocco and^Hong KonzPlaces which had shown no great interest m Malayan pines before, he said
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  • 53 5 Men P lan lot S'pore schools ment k v rear 1 ear I of a ed to r sn.ooo who (0 to the 01 a training N.OOO ion F llate I -xpenand as Year childlit a Plan ti umber s ill he i i De- v. ho I luce an
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  • 9 5 Ii Da eosophl- i lfbrated at the
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  • 272 5 picture. Free Press Staff Reporter PUREE Chinese families consisting of seven adults and nine children are still living amidst the ruins of the first floor of two shophouses m Kallang Road which collapsed as a result of a taxi collision on Nov 5. One other
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  • 47 5 Wan ant-Officer D. William pleaded guilty m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday to careless driving and was fined $15. He said thit although he misjudged the distance between himself and a bus with which he collided. he "could have been further >n the left
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  • 74 5 INHERE will or a b!^ rally of all cono'rnod uirJi I Mala\an pinrapple indui Nov. 22 at the JoJujirRoyal International Club, when the Central Board of Pineapple Packers. Malaya, will hold a cocktaii party to bid bon voyage to Mr. C E Courtcnay. Adviser to the industry,
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  • 34 5 Commissions In the Maiayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have been granted to D. S. E. Evans as lieutenant; and S. Castles, I. N. M. Campbell and Abdul Hamid bin Sulalman as sub-lieuten-ants.
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  • 213 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN pineapple packers are appealing to the iT .Inhere Government to lift the ban on the export of fresh pineapples from Johore into Singapore on Sundays. The ban was affecting principally the Singapore canneries, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 5 picture. THE cast of Singapore production of The Winslow Boy, photographed at rehearsal: (back, left to right): Veina Longdcn as Katherine, Patrick Slattery as Dickie, Elwyn Peers as the father, (front, left to right): Derek West as the Window Boy, Mrs. Aiken as the mother. Free Press
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  • 157 5 Victorian laws in Singapore picture. MR. Francifl Thomas. Prem lident of tIM Labour Party of Singapore, addressing a gathering ai »n i air elections campaign Dsiihousje Place yes \jy rifienioon. said the Labour Party's principal objective u'as amendnifnt of the building laws of the city Stating this m reply to
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  • 24 5 Mr. Oregr F^llclano. who If organising a Junior Chamber of Commerce m Singapore will broadcast f^o^n Radir Malaya at 7. 10 tonight.
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  • 307 5 Ed area*; we cannot build them m scattered areas." The Chairman suggested that a monthly charge of $2.10 should be next considered by the Board. Mr. Gallstan asked if it could be possible to introduce a sliding scale of charges, »3 for the rich.
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  • 90 5 A SALE of work o! articles made by the children m the children's social renjres has been organised by Mrs. P. A B lUoKerron and the voluntary workers to <ake place In tne British Council Hall, Stamford Road, between 3 nd 6 p.m. tomorrow Included In
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  • 420 5 FOOTPRINT Of BUDDHA TO GO TO U. S. Free Press Staff Reporter VIR. B. I. P. Uutthinara, a former Buddhist monk lT who now supervises the Buddha Gaya Temple on Racecourse Road, hopes to exhibit his precious mother-of-pearl representation of the sole of Buddha's foot m New York. The re\
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  • 125 5 Didn't stop: sentenced THE taikong of a srr.^ll motor cargo vessel who failed to stop at the Quarantine Anchorage while coming into Singapore was sentence. > to three months" Imprisonment m the Singapore Fim District Court yesterday. It was stated that fch« vessel, carrying a crew of rtv* men including
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    • 40 5 HmmnHß L tters and parcels are due m Singapore today from the ChriMmas Islands and ObOOi Islands ratct times for posting at the 0.P.0. today are: noon— for Pontlanak, Sibu. Hong Kong. China and Japan: 8 p.m.— Sarawak (except Mirii
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  • 262 6 Half costs of Emergency Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. BRITAIN will jrive £3,000,000 towards the Federation of Malaya's defence and security expenditure next year, equal to more than half the estimated costs for the purpose. Last year the U.K.'s contribution was
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  • 100 6 STOLE A PEN: YEAR'S GAOL KUALA LUMPUR Thur.s A 30-year-old Chinese. Lai Wei Lan, who admitted four previous convictions was today sentenced by the president of the Kuala Lumpur sessions Court. Mr D. M X Grant, to 12 months rigorous imprisonment, to be followf\ by 'wo years police supervision, for
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  • 136 6 SETTLEMENT of Dyaks as padi cultivators is contemplated by the Sarawak (>overnment which is to receive £84,456 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. The Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mt. Arthur Creech Jones, has approved m principle the grant for padi cultivation
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  • 133 6 Free Press Staff Reporter r pROOPS on Pulau Brani X will not bf« allowed to discharge sewage into the »<-a decided the Singapore Rural Board yesterday at its monthly met ing. The application by Commander L. P. Lane, Master Attendant, on behalf of the thousand odd
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  • 347 6  -  VETERAN By rilh Katies of Thailand have come, they have seen and they have learnt. They certainly learnt a good deal during their stay m Singapore, and they are learning still more m their games against the Yoong Yoong Club of Kuala Lumpur and the Sent;
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  • 347 6 [London Stock ExchaS LONDON fry. A LTHOUGH most sections moved hither i A the London Stock Exchange appeared driving force, reports Reuter s financial tH tk d dent. British Government stocks wen beinir k m initial dealings but this was thought I an overflow of Wednesday's
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    • 88 6 gAa<v* NOW SHOWING 11-1.45. 4 >, M) and 9.30 p.m. WARNER BROS: w H If MurninK Show I'omnrrow "SONii OF S( HKHFRAZADE" In Technii-olor SUNDAY M'NITE Yiuv H\u Films present JftA HEARTS AFLAME" In Mandarin NOW SHOWING 11-1 4*. 4 „:<« A nd 9.?0 m iff c DCILSIN COMMAND! x
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    • 108 6 THE BEER WITH A KSCK Abß HW MRv fjMj^^— av^Hß m A// Good Bars «O^^/' one/ Restaurants Sole Agents Malaya BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO LTD SINi.«P SELLING OUT FAST ORDER NOw! MALAYA COMES TO LIFE STRAITS TIMES PICTURES 1949 The purple green of the vegetation on the slopes Penang Hill
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    • 257 6 SINGAPORE SHIPPING SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday tgodowns m brackets! were Main Wharf: Mount Daw* '33--34 Bentong i37>. PalopO 1 40 > Sitsen »4 1 > W>«t Sangom (1*1), Nieuw Holland «4-f>.. City of Chester 8-9 > Herefy;ri.-htrt «11». Or'-sxos .15-16^. Empire Dock: H**m'.and «17-18 V Admhal
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    38 7 picture. \V i) o d b v m Scotland's renire-half. beats Trevor Ford (nearer camera), the Welsh rentre-forward, m a tusvlr for the ball m the international soccer mutch at H.tnipden Park. Glasgow, on Nov. 9. Scotland Reuter
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  • 101 7 RAF Seletar win 6-0 AN Wednesday ai RA F Base Seletar. :he Base XI bfat RAF. Kuala pur 6 0 m the first lea the RAF Malaya Intercompetition. The ground was partly lugged at the beginning uf r he game .ir.d oonseball control was non-existent m half, when 8 a'larkir.?
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  • 38 7 A\RGE crowd jf ut dergraduates atid schoolyesTerday saw a scra'ch .v XV bPaien by six I :\vu penalty goais> to In game of ru«;by with Raffles Inst!^ut!on oh the RI. ground. Paul was the pr
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  • 304 7 BOD. Civilians I; RAF (Changi) 0. OPENING the score four minutes from half-time and netting again midway In the second session, 8.0.D. Civilians surprised RAF (Changi) at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday m the Singapore A.I-.A. (up semi-ftiial/ qualifying to meet Kota Raja, holders of the
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  • 429 7 |>EROSTAN OUT OF MAIN SPRINT No Regrets also may not accept PLROSTAN, who won m his first start m the HmmlflSjJf 4 "S* Timah on Wednesday, and Jimmj Martin s three other new horses— Park, 1 heatre and Moncade— will not accept (a the six-furlong sprint for Class 1, Div.
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  • 126 7 WEST INDIES AGREE TO 5-DAY TESTS r FHE Welt Indies Cricket I X Board of Control had agreed To a suggestion by the Marylebone Cricket Club that the four Test matches between England and the West Indies tourists next season aid each be of fh>- days' duration The Test matches
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  • 77 7 jVIL world cycling cham--1 pionships. which were held In Holland m 1948, showed a I net profit, of more than ilb\oOo. which is claimed to be a record m the histoiy of the International Cycling Union In announcing this yesfc I day the Dutch Cycling Union
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  • 33 7 JACK BRADY. 54. who trained such boxers as Tommy Loughran. Lew Tend- \pt and Barney Ross, dl^d of a heart attack at the Naval Hospital. Philadelphia, on I Wednesday U.P.
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  • 7 7 Nominations for 1951 classics I 'I by
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    67 7 .4- Three Sheffield United defenders (on the rirht m striped Jersey!) watch Eddie Bailey drft). the Tottenham insideleft beat Herbert Parkin (No. 3). the Sheffield left back 4 spUt serort latr« Ball* stammed the ball \nto the n*t* to score one of Tottenham's seven goals. On the At «nj R>f.«M»
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  • 64 7 NIMBUS TO BE SYNDICATED THE English Derby and 2 000 'Guineas Winner, Nimbus, a hree-year-old colt by Nei:rco (•lit of Kong, is to be syndicated, according to Mr A Oleni.ster. husband of the owner. Nimbus is to stand a f a I Newmarket stud and the dlc&tc is expected to
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  • 24 7 MR D De Rougement said last night that his horse. Royal Highlander, would not run m the Manchester November Handicap tomorrow
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  • 39 7 picture. PfcSl/" iV l0 !f C «choslovakia> watches Miss Leena Sports drnrn*" K a r ceful P° s <>" Ice at the nition^T' Richmond (Surrey), where the international senior fUure-skatinir comni»titio» f«r ntnon i« m progress Reuter
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  • 438 7 By ARCHIE QUICK QIN(i a song of Arsenal! The old Glamour Boys of Highbury are right back hitting the headlines, and it must be placed o n record that they are doing jit with the much-decried team with which they started the season so badly. Their
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  • 34 7 "V'ESTE'RDAYS RUgbjf Union iesui'.s were: County Championship matches: Leicestershire 0. North Midlands 6; Warwickshire 11, Es^ Midlands 3 Othn Makh: Oxford U i^ersity 12. R. V. Stanley.. s!d*» 9.— Rputei A. P.
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  • 78 7 Single goal decides A SOLITARY goal scored by P. Prnnefather gave Police Sports Club victory over S.C.R.C. In a hockey match at Hong Lim green last evening. Messrs Guruial Singh and Chom; Kow Tine refere- d and 'he tearr.^ men: rvllce: Hong H*>e Cooke. Sanderson: Rahman. Vellupillal. Cheah. Sunrlram. Pennefather
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  • 55 7 Invo Philippine former Da- vis Cup players. Raymunao Deyro and Cesar Carmona. are leaving next month for New Delhi, to represent the Philippines m the Asian International :ennis tourney, scheduled for Dec. 22 to Jan. 1 and the All-India series, which may be held from
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  • 48 7 Johore Bahru. Thurs Ko'.a T.nggi, meeting Johore BmIU I today, drew with the Cus'oms at Hotkey after leading two-nil m the first half Ismail and can scored Ko'a T.nggis soils. Jani opentd the scoring for the Customs m the second half a!ter which Ahmat equalised
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  • 35 7 ALL delegates to the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation are requested to attend vhe organisation's annual general meeting at 208. Queen Street, ai 2.30 p.m. on Dec. 3. 'no! tomorrow as previously stated
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  • 57 7 S S Brinnes beat S S. City OChester by £ye goals to two m a friendly game of aocrer played on the 223 BOD ground af Alexandra yesterday. Hall scorrd four times for tne 'vumei'3 and Travnor go! one just bffore the intorval For the Ciry O'Chfester.
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  • 296 7 r r\VO British fighters who are being groomed for February dates with American opponents appear to be a long way from ready. In winning the British welterweight title on Tuesday night, Eddie Thomas, a choir singing coal-miner from Wales, qualified 1 »r a bout
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  • 104 7 ■"p|O not ihcse NH A. boys ever newspapers?" This was promoter Solomons' indignant r< yesterday to the U S National Boxing Action's threat to sirip Fr Mills of his world heavyweight title unless defends it within 90 d; Said Solomons: "I liavi Mills and Joey Maxim air-
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  • 47 7 'J'HE Welch Regim. -m. whirh kaj stationed m Singapore shortly j after the Liberation, defeated an R.A.M.C. <He refold i XV by 01 points to nil In an Army ru| I cup-tie at Brecon recently. This is a record score m \u Army cup match
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    • 34 7 5.1.1. V. DINNER *T*HE 19;h Anniversary dln- 1 ncr of the Singapore Table Tennis Association will be held at the S.C.FA. clubhouse at 10. Farrer Park, on Saturday Nov. 26. at 7 30 p.m.
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  • 19 8 FERNANDEZ: On 17th Nov., VH", at Seremb.ut Hospital, to Rajamah, wife of L. A. BungH Buloh, a son
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  • 56 8 ODF.NI.Y on November I2th, f>»i his return from Java, H. J. h am, lat« Ntlai and Soebang, (i rwother of Bertram Wilin'vi and Sir Ernest Adams, C.B.E. C^SE-FRIC L.. suddenly at S 'bury. Wiltshire, on the 7th. 1949. Formerly of The i Trading Co.. Singapore. loved brother of Isabel
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  • 391 8 CHINA RED ARMIES NEAR CHUNGKING U.S. Embassy being closed HONG KONG, Friday. fighting raged 100 miles north of Chungking and Red columns approached to within SO miles of the Nationalist emergency capital, the U.S. State Department announced that the U.S. Embassy m Chungking was being closed and would follow the
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  • 55 8 L>:\ J.H. Van Royen, the N< rlandj n presentatl the round-table conference at The Hague, which set up the new Independent Indonesian Union, will attend the Security Council meeting at Flushing Meadows today when the Council will receive a .special report on the conference submitted by the Unned
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  • 88 8 HONG KONG. Fri. THE defection and grounding of China National Aviation planet m Honu Kong is costing tit** (•< impair, U.S. $950,000 m revenue monthly, Mr. W. L. Bond. Vice-President of the PanAmerican World Airways, said yesterday. Pan-American owns 20 per cf-nt
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  • 27 8 The Pope y e arned that fear of war would grip the world as long as one nation used force to reduce rs citizens to slave- U.P.
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  • 193 8 Churchill pleads or Germany LONDON, Friday. \|K Winston Churchill urged the British Government to lose no time m bringing Western Germany into the Assembly of Kurope when he spoke m the Commons foreign affairs debate last night. Saying 1950 would be a critical year, he bit tori v attacked the
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  • 73 8 WASHINGTON, Iri. 'pilli chairman «f th<« JL r.S. Atomi< Energy Com mission. .Mr. I>avid Lilienthal. has warned dcfenee planners that Kussian po>s«'s>ion of the atomi*weapon makes more nTgenl an otihial decision on the dispersal of Ciovernment buildings out of r.n^e of the atom homl). He vnleed
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  • 75 8 'J'HE New York Stork > yesterday continued technical recovery. Accompanied b|" some Increase m \olume. pricc-s showed |alna Ol mostly up to U.S. SI or nu>i« lit the afternoon. while the main body held around ra-.i^' pvaks. a few issues managed t<> extend early gain* The iruuke*
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  • 25 8 India's Prkrtp Minister Pandit Nehru, says that prospecti of American Investment m India appear much brighter as a result of his United States tour. A.P.
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  • 23 8 Newsweek magazine report thai the U.S. Den rtmenl plans to finish a drmfi of the Jaoaneae treaW b- Jan I.—
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  • 96 8 WHAT Czechs nerd are more dignified marriam the newspaper Lidova Demokratie (People's Demovr V: y marriaife which begins merrily, usually ends sad y. it Rrmly told a woman writer who had suggested of a the P Av a c Maria r Sh Uld UnR l Heddill^ »SS3
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  • 149 8 ANKARA, Friday FHK lurkish Government last night ordered the arrest of three opposition deputies, following disclosure of an alleged plot to assassinate President Ineunii and overthrow the government. Those arrested were Osman Bolukbashl and Puat Ania. both members of the National Party Executive Committee,
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  • 62 8 D X L G I U M '8 Coalition Government was threatened with a serious spill yei day ovt-r the proposal to put the return of King Leopold to [a national referendum. Tin* Liberal Party, which had always Joined ihe majority ConservatlTe Social Chris* Party In
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  • 65 8 riEBINGEN iCcrmany). Fri SCHOLZ KLINE, Hitler's top Nazi women*! leader, was convicted ><'>terday of being a major Nad offender but «»he ffll set free from jail. The German court, which sentenced her to 18 months m jail, held Mi it she had already served
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  • 204 8 •WIIKN STALIN DIES' RICHMOND (Virginia), Friday. r rilK I \S. Marshall Plan Administrator, Mr.' Paul 1 Hoffman, said here yesterday that the "majorities" In countries conquered by the Kremlin were bound some day to reassert themselves, "perhaps at Stalin's death." m Ho said that,
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  • 84 8 LAKE SUCCESS. Fri I rrilE United Btatei and the 1 s nrlet Union were pictured yesterday by Philippine delegate as "two giants 111 ;< c mtest with n<> holds burr, d Mr Salvador Lopez the Philippine delegate, told the 1 United Nations Political Committee that
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  • 78 8 VIENNA, itl. RUSSIAN troops, yesterday established a road block on the highway leading to an American alrbase at Tulin and demanded special passi b from American personnel The alrbase is located about 20 miles outside Vienna m the Russian occupation zone. U.S. headquarters b> fan trying
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  • 174 8 PARIS, Friday. pOUCE said yesterday that three young French 1 servicemen have confessed that they beat Edward de Muralt. 41-year-old Australian-born Paris representative of the British Federation of Industries to death with their fists after he had Riven them an early morning sightseeing ride around
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  • Free Press RACE FORM Special
    • 8 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, Nov. 18.
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    • 1254 1  - Dark Brocade Blue Eyes are good tor a double tomorrow POINTER r|» Xi ||is. loi Ins runV va\ victory <>n isday. '^'k Brostill lias .hi "litnee ol ug tin lass 1. Division 1 sprint torow, last da\ <>i the Siigipore Turf Club Winter Meeting. His s1 1 "ni; c s
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    • 909 1  - $100,000 training centre planned TRESPASSER b) Free Press Staff Reporter 4 $100,000 private train- ing establishment is to be built at the Bukit Timah racecourse by Mr. J. A. Spencer, the well-known trainer, a* soon as his plans for its construction have been approved by the local authorities. This venture,
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      • 58 1 tceling of restfulness throughout U >vie. Worry and anxiety have given A plac, to relief and cheerfulness BABY is ON COW GATE NOW h<m All chuckles and chubbiness increasing sound bones forming in g with health, happiness and vitality. J CANT CAY M CCW GATE" J YET, BUT HE LOOKS
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    • 3752 2 Form guide for tomorrow's races Free Press Racing Correspondent JJEST form selection for tomorrow's races at Bukit Timah is Lord Frederick. This ex-Singapore griffin has no early pace, but has a strong finish and this will stand him m good stead over
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      • 192 2 r=BURBERRYS'=r I J^ TOPICAL AND WOOLLEN I 9^L HOME WEI6HT TWEED I I MR TUXEDO SUITS 599.50 I Wk DRESS SHIRTS 513.50 I BLACK SOCKS S 225 BLACK AND MAROON BOWS S 6 HARROWS LTD. I 7 ORCHARD ROAD Telephone: 4800 I UNIVERSAL CO. AERATED WATER FACTORY 511-6 J.tUfi Kunos.
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      • 160 2 BEETHOVEN— Symphon> N Op. 125.— Felix W< Vienna Philharmonic Orche? LlSZT— Pianoforte Concerto No Malcuiynski tPian Orchestra eoadueted by Waltei JOHANN STRAUSS— Voices Sungr by LILY POVS RAVEL Concerto for Left Hi«rd Casade«us < Pianoforte ?rc the l Orrhe tra conducted bf Bu X UU RAVEL— Bolero m 4 Part.s
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    • 1029 3  - Has handicapper over-rated Grazing? ALLEYNIAN By (jKAAiwu is rated by the handicapper as the best importation to come to Malaya since the P"rtwl lifting of the S.R.A. ban, for he was alloted joint topweight of 9.7 m Wednesday's s.x-furlong sprint for top-class horses. y v »t razln 8- however, did
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    • 96 3 heavily year-eld shed an t EtaadLast n r nej 7f.), had a saddled ;h i ■nan sprint sf i recalled on New t Mark Btaket also Gfj. tame day" h tebiU on B v ap. abably /ear-old In By Hidfciftffl Imp.l from the champion
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    • 23 3 No 5-day meets next year I be no five-day 1 n Malaya >8 to list by 'he itioa Impose •on•n the R Bclal
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    • 913 3 CONTINUED FROM PACE 2 run-in good effort, considering Koing; b*st on fast track. ,01 Merlin 8.12: 10th to Bright HOUM o'.or 6f on Saturday with M In w div., led into straight, fad.d away m la*t furlong; I'M but one to Toboggan over 81 at
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    • 246 3 DERHAPS no racing official m Australia has such 1 a comprehensive knowledge of modern courses and their appointments as John C. Reilly, secretary of the Melbourne Racing Club. Recently returned from a six-month tour, during which he inspected tracks m many countries, Mr. Reilly
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    • 260 3 By TRESPASSER THE Three-Year-Old Free A Handicap, scrapped this year because of the poor quality of three-year-olds m training, will definitely be revived wxt season, according to a turf official, and will probably be run e:\rly m the season instead of the Winter Meeting This will
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    • 243 3 Don't throw away your tote tickets BECAUSE of the carelessness of many racegoers, who unthinkingly throw away winning totallsator tickets, about 12 men— most of whom do not bet net about £A3.000 each year The men attend every race meeting held m Sydney. After each race, they walk about the
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    • 956 4  - DERBY WINNERS DO NOT ALWAYS MAKE GOOD SIRES R.H. MORTIMER by fjMlli prestige that surrounds the winner of an Epsom Derby is such that his value as a potential sire is immediately increased by many thousands of pounds. Before the war he would be retired m course of time at
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    • 578 4  - Money-making trainer- jockey combination TRESPASSER by A FEATURE of the current race meeting at Buktt Timah is the success of the trainer jockey combination of Yang Thau Yin and Arthur Ayrcs. The Chinese trainer heads the list for the first two days of the meet with four winners, and all
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    • 339 4 The Horse and the Jockey Letter to the Racing Editor A RACEGOER writes to the racing editor posing the question: "Which is more important—the horse or the jockey?" Incidentally. he himseli give s The answer. He says: "After careful consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of bo:h sides, I give
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