The Singapore Free Press, 30 November 1949
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Title Section18 1949-11-30 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA GFG SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article282 1949-11-30 1 SCAP drops control soon Free Press Staff Reporter FHOM January 1, the export of rubber to Japan will be in the hands of private business, thus the P resent Practice by which .s.I.A.P. orders rubber from the 'Malayan (•overnments who pass on the orders282 words
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Article, Illustration69 1949-11-30 1 Schoolboy cricket XI invited to Australia Simon. *f the Amethyst, tat hero of the British daring action in the Yangtze, died yesterday in quarantine in London of the wounds he sustained in China. The cold weather is l»«*lieved to have accelerated his death. Simon, wounded four times by Communist t.re.69 words
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Article115 1949-11-30 1 PHE Dutch Foreign Minister. Mr. D. l\ Stikker, 1 and the Vice-Premier, Mr. D. R. H. Van Schaik. arrived here yesterday to explain arrangements for the transfer of power to Indonesia. Mr. Stikker said: "If the cordial atmosphere crated at The Hague during the round-table ference115 words
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Article114 1949-11-30 1 PROTECTION WANTED, NOT WORDS FIELD-MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery told Americans in a coast-to-coast broadcast yesterday that the peoples of' Western Europe must be protected against invasion, and not just told that they will be rescued after it." Lord Montgomery, who is chairman of the Western Union Commanders-ln-Chlef Committee, said that afterReuter - 114 words
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Article103 1949-11-30 1 'Prohibition is not censorship' PRETORIA. Wed. MR F. C. ERASMUS. South African Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, said yesterday that the South African Government considered it was its duty to prevent messages besmirching South Africa from being sent abroad and that it had legal power to do so. But heReuter - 103 words
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Article28 1949-11-30 1 A high Saudi Arabian official confirmed yesterday that King Ibn Saud has "willingly responded" to a Syrian request for an Arabian loan of $6,000,000. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article31 1949-11-30 1 Singapore police yesterday arrested five Indians and three Chinese alleged to be secret society gangsten. Another Chinese was arrested on a banishment warrant for being a "habitual criminal."31 words
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130 1949-11-30 1 Labour holds four Maori seats in N.Z. WASHINGTON. Wed. IN A curtain-raiser to today's general election. New Zealand's Maori voters returned Labour candidates for the four Maori constituencies of the 80-member House of Representatives and made history by electing a woman Mrs. Iriaka Ratana. wife of the late Mr. MaruiReuter - 130 words
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Article100 1949-11-30 1 TOMORROW, the Free Press will publish the first of IMre thumper 16-page Christmas Shop Window supple nients in addition to the normal eight pages of comprelensive Malayan, foreign and sports coverage. In the 16 extra pages is something Christmassy for eve?> member of the family-tales and puzzles100 words
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Article101 1949-11-30 1 30 SURVIVE FLAMING CRASH LYONS, Tues. FRENCH farmers armed with axes fought through flames today to drag about 30 people alive from the upside-down fuselage of a crashed Air France Skymaster in which live others died. All but two of th? 32 passengers were dragged out ali\ (i Three ofReuter - 101 words
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Article23 1949-11-30 1 Sir John MacPherson, Governor of riot-torn Nigeria, cabled the Colonial Office yesterday that the situation was auiet in all areas.' ReuterReuter - 23 words
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199 1949-11-30 1 WASHINUTUIN, weanesaay. FUELD Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the British Armv Imperial General Staff, told a press conference yesterday that "we have every intention f h l U rhe H C°h7ne^° n Communists are foolish enough to attac^it we shall hold it.U.P. - 199 words
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Article59 1949-11-30 1 THE Indian Government intends to remove the word "Royal" from the three armed services on the inauguration of the new constitution, the Defence Minister, Mr. Sardar Baldev Singh told the Indian Parliament yesterday. The national cadet corps, he said, had been organised in all statesReuter - 59 words
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Article56 1949-11-30 1 DOLISH security police have I seized M. Guy Auffret, a French commercial clerk, bringing the known total of French nationals arrested in Poland recently to 11. French circles in Warsaw said they had the impression that the Polish authorities meant to detain all Frenchmen inReuter - 56 words
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Article47 1949-11-30 1 The Government of India has announced the postponement of a referendum to decide whether the French possessions in India shall join the Indian Union. The referendum was originally scheduled for December 11 In the four French Indian colonies of Mahe. Pondicherry, Karaikal and Yanam.47 words
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Article, Illustration68 1949-11-30 1 picture. Peter Thomson, Norman von Nida and Dick Metz, threp ranking professional golfers photographed on thdr arrival from Manila this morning to play at the Island Golf Club this afternoon in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. On the right is Mr. R. Wall, of the Inited StatesFree Press - 68 words
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Article174 1949-11-30 1 HONG KONG, Wednesday. I^HE Chinese Communist Foreign Minister, Chou En-lai, has warned the countries bordering China not to admit Nationalist troops, saying that the Chinese Red array claims the right to wipe out the Nationalists wherever they flee. The warning, says the Peking radio, was addressed174 words
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Article88 1949-11-30 1 RI'SSIAX-BORN proprietor of a Sydney coffee shop, Ivan Kepin, revoked by codicil a bequest he made to the Soviet. Instead, Kepin. who died in June. 1948. left his estate of A £77.323. for which probate was granted yesterday, to his widow and relatives. Kepin. whoReuter - 88 words
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Article81 1949-11-30 1 HONG KONG. Wed. A GOVERNMENT chemist and a police inspector testiiied in a marine court of inquiry here today that the explosion which sank the British steamer Chaksang (928 tons) in Hong Kong harbour on the night of Sept. 7 was due to deliberate sabotage. TheyReuter - 81 words
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Article20 1949-11-30 1 The Swiss Federal Council yesterday postponed decision on establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist Government. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article33 1949-11-30 1 Three Irish leaders yesterday urged the United States to stop all Marshall Plan aid to Britain, until the six counties of Northern Ireland are united with the Irish Republic— A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article21 1949-11-30 1 Britain's nationalised railways, facing a le&s of £20.000.000 thifi year, have asked for authuritv to increase freight charges.— ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article18 1949-11-30 1 The Chinese Reds have imposed censorship on all messages between Shanghai and Hone Kong.— A. P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article143 1949-11-30 1 U.K. move on Red China soon LONDON. Wed. T»HE British Foreign A Office made it plain yesterday that Britain will recognise the Chinese Communist Government in Peking, possibly in January. A spokesman told a news conference he wouid be very surprised if recognition does not come He declined to sayA.P. - 143 words
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Article72 1949-11-30 1 MANILA, V. END of the Balangas upn i was yesterday reporU be in sighi. The Becrelai the Interior, Mr. Bolero h\. j yot, tOid a reporter u expected tho Dating southern Loon pruvnn be over in three or four Earlier a formal mvi was broadcast toReuter - 72 words
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Article58 1949-11-30 1 SPKCIAL Market C urr«>>p....e' ent t\\r% thf pri<rs of ruhf rr iin cents per Ib. i at 11 a .in today as folloMv. No. 1 8.5.1 Spot: loose Hi 1 F.o.b. In bales Dec. No. 1 R.S.S. 46 h 4-i'i No. 2 B.S.S. 45 II No. 3 R.S.S.58 words
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Advertisement132 1949-11-30 1 v^ ililCJIIIIMMIIIU ,.< ;.-.vi/(ej-y- I 0LB 9 C4?ITALJ :l" fc pore. >■" 'IMIIIIIIIIU" for every member of the family «q«" provide* health giving and revital e«t quality. Prepared from Nature n«cdt of active, growing children, by sound nerve* and abundant enrrgv. vear*. 'Ov altine presents perfectly nost dige>tiblc form. Its132 words
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Article, Illustration749 1949-11-30 2 WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS DOES a European ever become fully acclimatised to Singapore heat imd humidity or does he become less and less able to stand the climate the longer he staus? Iff experience suggests a European stands the climate very well— enjoys it in tact—for749 words
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Article, Illustration767 1949-11-30 2 Chapman Pincher's Column VV I IAT makes a criminal so casehardened that he returns repeatedly for more punishment 4 What Iwisi of temperament caused Neville Heath's se\ sadism? What e> il force whips up the fury <>!' lawabiding people to the point where they can Ivnch innocent men? a newly767 words
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Article, Illustration141 1949-11-30 2 A T.V. 'Clapham Junction' ATV "Clapham Junction" now being built 11,000 it. up in the Alps will bring television to much of Europe in about two years. This will be a TV relay station similar to those linking London and Birmingham. The station on the Jungfrau will connect wito others141 words
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Article98 1949-11-30 2 j^KUGS discovered in the past half-a-century have revolutionised medical treatment. Insulin, anaesthetics in the veins (which Id the smothering of the chloroform ma.sk>: the sulphonomidet and penicillin. And l. W come other penicillin-like chemicals also n moulds. There are hundreds of moulds: four I i ready been98 words
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Advertisement85 1949-11-30 2 for HEADACHES and PAIN Palatable sugar coated tablet. Eaten like a sweet. No water required. Does not upset digestion. SOLD By CHE v.-STS AND HIGH CLASS DEALERS Agent* NAINA MOHAMEO 1 SONS LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR MAYNARD CO., LTD. ESTABLISHED 1901 CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS WHOLESALE *0\ RETAIL Phone 6115 P.0.80x85 words
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Advertisement99 1949-11-30 2 'KEPLER' COO UVEI Oil (MM** S WITH I I* ml AIT IXfRAC? N^l ffl? A tUAAOUGHS WILICC-e i Christmas Gifts For The LADIES Perfumes. Cosmetic Sets Nj.r Dressing and Manicure Sets Travel K* Novelty Powder Compacts For The GENTLEMEN Electric Shaves. Ph.l.ps and Rem.n^ Hair Brushes Travel K ;ts Shavmf99 words
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Miscellaneous127 1949-11-30 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR UIiKN todav. \uii have a i:.i\ and rheerfnl personality. Your uit is infections and you can make the whole v. orld seem a i brighter place. Your mind jn quick, perceptive and Very active. You arc usually a tow jumps ahead of the next person and con-127 words
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Miscellaneous158 1949-11-30 2 Solution To Crossword No. 855 QIUIA!N T|IITiVEMMI uMIoHiwATB.LE AIST U P O PJ|O:AR! v Tic rßl ßd u inTc'eH k.i jßa.sjJT^tßa .'l' ni Or t iOl<lcn Cl >'nf Ftnny s Turn »h< policeman picks up one And you said you could pul things Mlhcr takrs oul ol his ocKet. the158 words
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Miscellaneous163 1949-11-30 2 F.P> Crossword No. 856 I f 12 I 13 I 14 bl6 i 'vA'Z?4fa >\ i i. gm v r J| 314 '5 16 17 18 f9 |p 21 22 |S H IT "T? I i^l '^Z»: VIT _I_ S Z S ifc_ 25 IT!! ■■lilt CLI ES ACROSIS 2163 words
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Article323 1949-11-30 3 \ejader ex-Stuka ace BERLIN, Wednesday. fHE old German Stuka pilots are growing restive for the throttle again. They have Parted a campaign to be allowed to flv once more. With the Allies dead set against revival of a German air arm, the campaign looks like323 words
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Article76 1949-11-30 3 LONDON, Thursday, farmer has defied the anger nl fox- hunters and assisted i film that they would have of Cardiganshire, lent his the shooting of the last \e colour film "Gone to Jones and David Farrar. GFDG Dies, offered them his pack, and made a deal.76 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-11-30 3 This i> Prune All Kiian*> chalet in the Bernesr Oberland. Known as the Chalet Theilrr, the former school is being prepared for the winter season. The Prince if now at Lausanne with his wife. Rita Hayworth. waithM for th*> birth of their expected child.44 words
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Article31 1949-11-30 3 i'.e business in Ci»nwhldl is at a standstill. musing widespread un- receding to a source. The cost of <. however, has dropped the pa- days. A b once rest ReuterReuter - 31 words
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118 1949-11-30 3 REDS WANT U.S., SAYS E.C.A. CHIEF THE Chief of the Economic Co-operation Administration, Mr. Paul G. Hoffman, said in Washington that the Russian Politburo is "planning to take over the United States in due course." But Communism's threat can be wiped out. America's foreign aid chief said, if the UnitedA.P. - 118 words
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Article117 1949-11-30 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. RKX: Mr. Soft Touch. PAVILION: The Life cf Riley. ODEON: Ship Ahoy. COLISEUM: Wild Horse Valley and El Diablo Rides 'double featurei. MADRAS: The Vigilant*. CATH\Y: Nav a Jeevanam (Tamil*. HINDUSTAN: Hawai Kathola (Hindi*. CENTRAL: Nilam (Malay*. EMPIRK: Bakta Narada (Tamil). PENANC CATHAY: Night Song. REX:117 words
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Article17 1949-11-30 3 A new liberalised trade treaty between Sweden and Western Germany was announced at Frankfurt.17 words
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Article, Illustration313 1949-11-30 3 y embai jle n-bid c-n his ~.::imum hand. b'i' Bouth'a free r* bid wns or.e i:'.d three hearts wai on ui i. a a three strung i would nclad, but North wa* hardly in i position to bid i. imp f-ii Um a spad-. West opened the ho313 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-11-30 3 This 41 -year-old Viennese zither player. Anton Zaras, was playing his instrument for what he could collect from patrons of a wine cellar in his native city when he was discovered by the British film director, Carol Reed. Zaras' zither music was used for the theme tune of the Orson55 words
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Article150 1949-11-30 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. CURGEONS who want to take life-saving skin crafts from donors no longer have to cope with glue, suotion cups and other unwieldy accessories. A new electrical skin shaver has been developed in the United States that can skim off as muchA.P. - 150 words
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Article96 1949-11-30 3 A WOMAN who once exchanged the vice-regal lodge in Dublin for a beauty parlour has just been appointed Ireland's first woman diplomat. It was in 1932 when her husband had been forced to resign as Governor-General of the Irish Free State that Mrs. Josephine McNeil, who had beon96 words
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Article39 1949-11-30 3 The U.S. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, which builds the B-36 bomber has designed a transport tha'. .can cany 100,000 pounds of 400 armed men from bases in the Eastern U.S. non-stop to England or Western Europe.39 words
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Article305 1949-11-30 3 BENGAL POLITICS BENGAL, Wednesday. MR. Sarat Chandra Bose, "stormy petrel" of Bengal politics, has renewed his campaign for leftist unity, to wrest India's leadership "from the present reactionaries." Mr. Bose's latest drive is to form a "United Socialist Congress" comprising "existing socialist, leftist and progressiveReuter - 305 words
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Article151 1949-11-30 3 nOVERNMENT scientists in U.K. have begun i long-delayed research to find out what makes meat tough. It is not so simple as it sounds. Ex- j perts believe it may be ten to 15 years before all the answers are known. The "tough meat" problem has been151 words
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Advertisement81 1949-11-30 3 4 Christmas I For Special Nights BOOK NOW Eve: 2-*th December until 2 a.m i 8 Day: 25th December and Dance S 6 I N.sjht: 26th December Ext until 2 a.m 8 i Eve: 31st December <r until 2am 1 $12 _LY BOOKED I Night: Ist January 1 and Dance81 words
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Advertisement158 1949-11-30 3 W*: 30MBSHEU Q ~/yf CHINA WARE Extra Large Dinner Set for eight persons. 57 Pieces. Z Price: $57.50 a set. Delicate and fetching in design. $18 Pieces. Price: $39.50 a set. MEN S SOCKS 6, STOCKINGS Craftana all wool Price: $2.00 per pair. SOCKS in Rayon. Sizes: 10" to, 11]158 words
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Miscellaneous152 1949-11-30 3 I RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE Iftll'fc NKI WOKK> 484 and 41.7 metres. BaMffCWWJ news, from K I at 10 a.m roo/11 I iron; Klialfl I MDDiir- 19.53 F* the Sch'»l> Lets Join in. World History, Singing I Together 3; 12 Pro^r?mmrs m Malay; 1 p.m. IWMC RUSk Jot Reicliman Orchestr?: 1.30152 words
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Miscellaneous156 1949-11-30 3 7.15 The Scot ish Dance Urdu tra; 7.30 "Singing for You;' 7.40 American Jazz; 8.00 Wednesday Playhouse; 8.30 Light Music; 9.00 The Spice of Life; 9.45 Negrc Spirituals; 10.00 Movie Magazine; 10.30 ,4usic for your Dancing. 11.00 Close. BFEBS (Singapore) (in i« ii u.t Be. 19 Mitres. 25 Metres. 31156 words
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Miscellaneous182 1949-11-30 3 AUSTRALIA ib 19 »j and 31 Metres TODAY 10 30 a.m. News Bulletin; 10 40 Coffee Hour Favourites; 11 Composer of the Week; 11.20 Two Piano Recital; 11.30 News Bulletin; 4. p.m. Music for Teatim* with George Melachrino and nil Orchestra: 4.30 News Bulletin; 4.40 Service Conceit Hall— London Studio182 words
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443 1949-11-30 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30. 1949 PRISONS, BUT NO BARS SINGAPORE La no! the only placr taking an Interesi In it- m and In wa alum with offendi S Advis Council on the Treatmei Rehabilitation of O: has been studying the Scottish prison m d has just issued443 words
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Article491 1949-11-30 4 CLIFFORD HULME - CLIFFORD HULME By WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT TRUa MAN'S famed grin i< broader than ever since his recent Democratic victory in a Senate by-election in New York. The issue was. "Do von want :i welfare state?" Labourites, Liberals and Democrats joined in a major it} verdict ol491 words
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Article568 1949-11-30 4 \i.\v I comment on a?1 some points In your leader of Monday? You remark that "so far Singapore's Municipal voters have not had much of an issue bi them." A- its public meetings, Labour has always essed that votes given for Labour are votes for a568 words
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Article, Illustration909 1949-11-30 4 PRESTO - PRESTO Music topics by "gINGAPORE must have an orchesIra" \\;is a remark often heard during, ;mhl immediately after, the visil of lht Bafa- i,i Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Now thai Ihe Festival is liecoming ;i distant if pleasant, memory it's nol tieard so often. But the909 words
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Article367 1949-11-30 4 Mozart Symphony No II (Mupiter) in f Major ;»v i.m Vienna Philharmonic feebestra conducted by Karl Boh in II M V C. ::59-6^>. Tliis is now the best recej Una of Mozan's crowning glorv —his last and greatest symphony. in performance it b perhaps equalled by Beccham's recordirw367 words
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Article155 1949-11-30 4 Alan Humphreys - GREEKS KILL A CANARD Alan Humphreys j ATHENS: AT nine o'clock every evening the concealed lights i\rc switched on round the dance floor of Athens' glossiest openair restauranl and the eight-piece band i)l:j>s its fust number. For the next four hours, with brief intervals, the band plays fairly new French,155 words
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Advertisement15 1949-11-30 4 Modern j Jewellery h EUROPEAN CRAFTSMEN I j H. SENA, LTD J BANGKOK, PENANG, SINGAPORE15 words
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Advertisement32 1949-11-30 4 W" PPI2E MEDAL KfAiT'- fi- I CALDBECKI C^, HEAR /7>K Gene M ft «ECAL" l I THE UM F on I I A IHiOKFN PK* I r a pool i a I32 words
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Article, Illustration470 1949-11-30 5 UNDERTAKERS AND HOAXED pit'ture. Wreaths for a chief clerk Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE doctors, tndesmen, undertakers and photographers have been hoaxed over the last two week-ends by an unknown person who has been telephoning them instructions in the name of a Municipal chief clerk who knew nothing about itFree Press - 470 words
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Article17 1949-11-30 5 Petition on travel to Hong kong in i H V. j oi I ana I- H K17 words
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Article40 1949-11-30 5 A LABOUR Party meeting \o introduce Mr. M. P. D. Nair. the party's candidate for the South Ward, who is contesting for a sear on the Municipal Commission, will be held at Bpooner Road, at 5.30 p.m. today.40 words
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Article, Illustration225 1949-11-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T^HE Deputy Treasurer of the Singapore Municipal- itv, Mr. K. J. O'Dell. is investigating the number of dependants of Municipal officers and is gathering other details in order to estimate the cost of the proposed medical benefit scheme. A questionnaire sent225 words
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Article50 1949-11-30 5 The mobile rationing unit will cominue to visit rural areas in Singapore throughout next month. The unit Will visit Ta;npenis tomorrow morning and Lorong Tai Seng in the afternoon. On Friday it will call at Nee Soon and Seletar. and on Saturday, at Pasir Pa:jang '7 m.s. I50 words
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Article199 1949-11-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 PROPOSAL to raise Singapore Improvement Trust rents wa s officially announced yesterday. A statement said that many of the Trust properties were let at rentals which included 1 monthly service charge for the supply of electricity, water and conservancv. j199 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-11-30 5 picture. VIOLET, Vivieauc and Dorothy Shaw dancing the Polka, one of the items on the programme at the Victoria Theatre last night when pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio gave a ftUMe recital in aid of Poppy Day I'uniis. Free PressFree Press - 41 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-11-30 5 picture. PENNY MORRKLL. Juniper Foo and Maureen Teo (left to rifcht) who will perform in The Tin Soldier, a dance tale which will be presented by the Fine Art of Movement Academy at the Victoria Theatre on Dec. It). 17 and 18. Bookinus at Robinson's. Lloyd StudioLloyd Studio - 48 words
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Article276 1949-11-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE and Federation officials will discuss on Friday the framing of a common policy in regard to the distribution of the Japanese goods import quota. The discussions are expected to concern the division of the $42,000,000 worth of Japanese imports among276 words
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Article78 1949-11-30 5 SHORTAGE of trained teachers In Kedah was stressed in a letter of the Malay Teachers Association to the Secretary of the State recently. Utusan Melayu reports. The Association said that there were very few Malay teachers in Kedah who were graduates of the Sultan Idris Training78 words
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Article248 1949-11-30 5 Drive on squatter areas Fre e Press Staff Reporter T<O bring full control by the administration to the Jungle's edse. the Johore Government is organising a concentrated drive upon all squatter areas throughout the State. An official statement issued today says that this is being done in order to deny248 words
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Article19 1949-11-30 5 Mr. George Eugene Verrall has been granted a commission as acting sub-lieutenant. Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.19 words
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Article87 1949-11-30 5 Parcel! are due in Singapore tomorrow from Britain. N. Ireland. Eire. Europe, Egypt, N. a:d VV. Africa, Wist India and Ceylon, while letters as well as parcels art' expecied from Slam, N. Borneo Lobuan. Brunei and Mui. Noon is the latest G.P.O. time today for posting mail to Eastern87 words
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Article243 1949-11-30 5 NO GLAMOUR TO IT, SA YS MRS. EU tree i*r«-ss staff Reporter MRS. Robert Eu, a Singapore Municipal Commissioner, said last night that "if one is honest about the work of a Municipal Commissioner, one has to admit that there is no glamour about the whole business.' 1 "In fact,"243 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-11-30 5 picture. MR. Chamber tloan?. a Chinese harmonic* expert, who arrived in Singapore from Horn; Konq yesterday on his way to London where ne has an engagement with the 15 IkC. Mr. Huang will be heard over Radio Alalaya tonight at 9. IV Free PressFree Press - 44 words
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Article67 1949-11-30 5 I •ec Prcsv St.ifV k: porter JOHORE BAHRI THE presentation of c to the Sir Ism R Crew was Zaharo School Johore Bahru b Commissioner. s 1 bin Ismail. This was toll m\ b> presentation to members 'he same crew of war ribb by the Dlitrlct67 words
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Advertisement74 1949-11-30 5 RADIOGRAM can be had on fhe Easiest Terms Ask: COMMERCIAL TRADERS 11, 2nd FLOOR, BONHAM BUILDING IT TO CHARTERED BANK BLDG Ttl: 6688 THE MITrThOTeT KILUNEY ROAD TEL 719:5 IN(.\P()RE S QtJm AND MOST POPII \r f()KTS OF CALL LICENSED UNTIL MIDNIGHT DINING ROOM AND BAR OPEN TO NON RESIDENTS74 words
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Advertisement82 1949-11-30 5 FURNISHING FABRICS ffegp? RICH MATERIALS j^yjj^ffo^lW^ I RAYON WOVEN 48" $5.50 vd. BLUE. RUST, GREEN AND BEIGE FOLK WEAVE 48" $2.95 vd. ROSE, ONLY WOVEN TAPESTRY 48 $5.50 yd I BEIGE, BROWN ORANGE CHECK DLSIGN BELGIAN FURNISHING 48 $2.95 yd. j BEIGE, WITH ORANGE STRIPE. SINGAPORE -KUALA LUMPUR PENAN C^82 words
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Article, Illustration1617 1949-11-30 6 The case of the starving poet I by FABIAN of the YARD THE thief crouched among shadows, his pockets bulging with stolen jewels. His heart lhrobl>ed like a septic thumb. It was August 25, 1933 Distantly, Big Ben struck 2 a.m. The thief was in one of the top galleries1,617 words
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Article96 1949-11-30 6 I\l L to pressure on spaie. U the regular Wednesday < short story has been held \over. It will appear in the ni4<.izine section of the Free Press on Saturday. trict. I lia>a left a suitcase of more n .^prctable clothes In a public lavatory. I96 words
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Advertisement127 1949-11-30 6 CAMffOU OPENS TODAY 11. 1.45. 4. 6.30 0.30 p.m. f frJ [Jnoid Too EDW*?D Svali... "BLACK MAGIC ORSON" WELLES NANCY GUILD vaiEnti'na co?tesi r :i. i-: r .f t n ■> j i n».« v.»i* 2T IQ~ CONOIT I ONEO I Phone «9«S OPTING TODAY FOUR SHOWS 4 tM ii127 words
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Advertisement163 1949-11-30 6 GARRICK TODAY*! CCYLANC 3 SHOWS Phone ***** 3.15 6 30 u 1 *> p.m E^>T>t's nws* Refreshing Pkrturt Sub-titles! HOBB m *****1" (or -uw roMO««ow "CH ANDNI RAAT IMIIOniieTHJSSITYOnwSiY^Don^r^ (uJer tit aatpicn of ItlaixJ CW> 4 Ait EXHIBITION ROUND BY N. VOI NIDA DICK MET! (AatrJU) VERSUS PETER THOMSON DOUGLAS163 words
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Miscellaneous160 1949-11-30 6 M^fldrSkG Exclusive In the Singapore Free Press in Malaya I I IT'S GETTING P WE'RE W THE I I I1 1 Mffrt I Hll 1 1 1 1 11 Mil 1 I 111 gfl|flnißl^^_l SO COLO-- g^ STRATOSPHERE THAT'S Tke EARTH J^ <&4$%Z %J STANDIN6 MA PUDDLE J)j\p|c Exclusive to160 words
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Article, Illustration434 1949-11-30 7 ANYTHING FOR SAYS METZ Mimm »i »»pUined t- ini uhich ih \friia last p,, Hired with his >- >l.irsaret chtn of „trk <outh R.iilwM>s in the n hoiiNf. Johannes-rr-'W piclure 4 golf 'pros' play here today \yilXl\G to do handsprings, anything, for Di«k g M°.t/ aUSe Th is was telegramA.P. - 434 words
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Article180 1949-11-30 7 lhim. the American Negro from Paris, t Jack l.ondon. former British heavyit.n. in the first round of a contest 1 rounds at the Empress Hall. LonUs\ n.uMt Wilson weighed 3 st. lib. lighter uiMii uh«» turned the scale at 16 st. 6 lbs. stReuter - 180 words
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Article71 1949-11-30 7 rHK Indian Cricket Board ol C nti I yesterday :ed the India XI to play nwtalth crick- n in V. i due .n Bombay "n Dec. l'>. Tht- team will be: Vijay Merchant (captain), Vi viee-captaln), M. K. tri Ruasl M«»di. Dattu <ar. H. R.Reuter - 71 words
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Article43 1949-11-30 7 SID Barnes, one of Australia's finest batsmen in recent years, yesterday announced his intention to return to big cricket next year after a season'* rest. He said he would be available for Australia against England Australia next season- Reuter AAPReuter; AAP - 43 words
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Article273 1949-11-30 7 From JM K IKOST LJEAVY-JOWLED Jo I |h< 1 buMnes-man who can't itaj from Ui nn(nnj von! that, he is not a comeb. because fc und '•xi'.ibiticn bi But hampijn said, be (H;uld be i a intle scrap "in, maybe six to right v.tfK.v" advU.P. - 273 words
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Article25 1949-11-30 7 THE Singapore Chinese Recre.' tion Club beat the Singa purCricket Club two-nil in a frlendh game of hockey on the padan« yesterday.25 words
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Article172 1949-11-30 7 niSMissiNG Orange Pr*»e State and Basutoland yesterday for 131 in their second innings, the Australian louring cricket team won bv an innings and 139 inns at Bloemfonvin. Free Stats had followed n after replying with 135 to •he Australians' score of *>'C5 for ;i decUrett.Reuter - 172 words
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Article65 1949-11-30 7 SHB Police take cup §.HJ3. Auxiliary Police beat Singap >re Police by tl to two In the final ol Lbe Police triangular soccer nament yesterday. After the match Mrs. E. V. Fowler, wife of the acting Commissioner of Police, away the trophv. With this victory SUB. Auxiliary Police became the65 words
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Article246 1949-11-30 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOII, Wednesday. LONDON (Bagby) did a winning gallop when he beat Bonnie Grey (Turner) over half a mile 54 4 5 seconds and the last three furlongs in 41 4 5 on a heavy track this morning. Rain fell throughout yesterday. Only246 words
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Article157 1949-11-30 7 (^irls 1 Sports Club sprang I a surprise in the Singapore Women's Hockey Association seven-a-side knockout tournament yesterday when thev beat Singapore Cricket Club women's second string by three goals to one. Mrs. Ruth Pennefather (2> and Miss Winnie de Souza scored for G.S.C. and Miss S157 words
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Article283 1949-11-30 7 IT'S no trick at all to turn the average girl into a first-rate woman wrestler, according to pretty Virginia Bonner of Omaha, Nebraska. "AH you've to do is make them forget they're ladles." *h r said Miss Bonner. a one-time first sergeant in the WAC's,U.P. - 283 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-11-30 7 A.P. picture. An action picture showing Clyde <" smackover Scott, Philadelphia Eagles halfback. <oing through for a ten-yard run and a first down in the National League American football game against New York Bulldogs on Nov. 20 at Philadelphia. F.agles won 42—0A.P. - 44 words
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Article533 1949-11-30 7 PETER HILL - PETER HILL WEICHTLIFTINC RANKINGS By rHE condition stipulated by the Singapore and Olympic Sports Council for final inclusion of Thong Saw Pak, 26-year-old Colony lightweight amateur weightlifting champion that he passes its qualifying mark of 715 lbs. in a re-trial on Dec. 10533 words
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Article64 1949-11-30 7 Kuala Lumpur, Wed gELANGOR Chinese Recreation Club, triple champions of 1949 who will meet the Indian tourists in a charity soccer match on Dec. 3. have strengthened their side by the inclusion of Boon Seong of Singapore, Kah Chonu of Penane and Poh Chiew and64 words
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373 1949-11-30 7 Italian bookies take England to win today ENGLAND will start warm favourites today t o beat Italy, holders of the World Cup, in the football international on Tottenham Hotspur's ground, London. Even the Italians apparently do not think they have yet overcome the tragic loss of several great international playersReuter; A.P. - 373 words
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Article42 1949-11-30 7 'T'HE East Java women team bent the N Girls' School by 30 pon. M last niKhr The \i;ito!>' men's team the Thor Kw; nR s;df by Si 'o 22. Both ma'che.s look oiac«- ai the Happy World Stadium.42 words
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Advertisement104 1949-11-30 7 A Fi»i M I JJi.f LAST DAY! 1.1) iH. I 1") A, S" n nm. foe!*?? TOMORROW f I?\MPA(i!N(i UN Of Frnntii r I *fe I BffllMßW B Let— LIFEGUARD M I Li K f raise your child d fe K 35/36 Medeiros Building Sport 5 LIFEGUARD MILK CO., Telephone:104 words
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Miscellaneous51 1949-11-30 7 Today's sport GOLF: Exhibition at Island Club by von Nida, etc. 4 p.m. HOCKEY TOURNEY: Chi nose v 223 B.O.D., St. Georges Road. HOCKEY FRIENDLY: R.A.F. Seletar p Varsity, Bk. Timah Rd. RUGGER: Scotland v Rest, padang; R.A.F. Tengah v Seletar at Seletar; Police v S'p° r^ Engineer Regt. Thomson51 words
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Article42 1949-11-30 8 FOKtIFSI On Nov. 23rd. at n o MnriA »if* of lan h'cr. To JtUM, wife «'l b Malacca, on 24ih mb Charle? Kelvin, veil. '.VAT To louise, wife of ftfowat, M.C.S. on 28th nber, I94i'. Bl Bris'ol. EngItl teonod -■on (Michael42 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-11-30 8 TH> ENGAGEMENT is annul nc?d detween Mr. Lim Fook Hoy, 3rd son of Mr. A: Mrs. Llm ng of Kuala Lumpur, and Miss i So < Thing. eMttt daughter if Aj Mrs. lai Kwok Sun ol Ipoh.37 words
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Article380 1949-11-30 8 Kwangsi army in big push HONG KONG, Wednesday. AS the Nationalists yesterday abandoned their emergency capital at Chungking and pro-L-laimed Chengtu the new seat of government, it irat reliably reported that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek would resume the presidency and lead the Nationalist resistance. Partially balancingReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 380 words
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Article, Illustration58 1949-11-30 8 f.en. Vavsily I. Chuikov. Chief of the Russian Control Commission in Germany, returns the salute ot American guards as he arrives at a reception given in Berlin by Mr. John McCloy. I.S. High Commissioner in (iermany. The reception was given in honour of Mr. Dean Acheson. I'.S. Secretary of State,A.P. - 58 words
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Article229 1949-11-30 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. lIUKALDING a more powerful atomic bomb, the 11 U.S. Government last night announced plans to make a new series of atomic weapons tests at Eniwe- tok Atoll, in the Pacific. The tests, it was stated, are to determine the efficiency of improvedA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 229 words
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Article134 1949-11-30 8 NEW YORK Wed. a NSWERING Mr. Andn-i aA Vishlnsky'i charges that the United States had "girdrd the globe with some 500 military bases" in preparation With Britain for war ftgnifft the Soviet Union. Mr. Warren Austin, the chiel American delegate to the United Nations. yesterday134 words
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Article36 1949-11-30 8 Mr. Aubrey Eban, the Israeli delegate told the United Nations yesterday, that 100.000 Jews in Jerusalem would form a new underground force to resist any plan for inwr national government of the Holy City.36 words
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Article30 1949-11-30 8 The United Nation* yesterday announced that Israel and Jordan had started direct neg itlatlons aimed at establishing a single demarcation line between the two zones of Jerusalem. U.PU.P - 30 words
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161 1949-11-30 8 Asia's place in World Trade Union LONDON. Wed THE diaft constitution for the new Trade Union International to b° consi- dered by Uie Free World I abour Conference wns introduced here yesterdav by Mr. Arthur Deakln, genera] secretary of the British Tin sport ami General Workers' Union. Among its aimsReuter - 161 words
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Article81 1949-11-30 8 UK ASSURANCE TO INDIA INDIAN Finance Mi:. Dr. John Mafthai. anI In the Indian ParliaDU crday that he had received "satisfactory :'^urar.ce.s" from the Bri'ish Governmen: about India'i ing balances. "I am assured." he >aid. "that there is no Intention ot taking any unilater u action, that the agreeme:. recentlyReuter - 81 words
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Article54 1949-11-30 8 West decides bombing tasks MJitary chiefs the 12- lantlc Pact nations agreed vesterd&y (> n a gtrategic plan tor the defence, of the whole North Atlantic area. Informed sources *»W the United States was assigned the role ol inter-continental bombing and Britain and France were made responsible for medium andU.P. - 54 words
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Article35 1949-11-30 8 Si" Be r u'^al Narasing Rao. India's permanent delegate to the United Nations, yesterday signed on behalf of his government the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article30 1949-11-30 8 Japan's Prime Minister, Shigeru Yo^hida. said yesterday exaction of reparations from Japan by the Allied powers had been eased "more than I had expected at the beginning." A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article128 1949-11-30 8 New T.B. cure in 6 days PHILADELPHIA, Wed DOCTORS yesterday reported the development of a new "wonder" drug, Neomycin, which effected a complete cure of tuberculosis in six days after all known drugs hud failed. Only two patients, b.j.li men, have been treated so far with Neomycin which is aA.P. - 128 words
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Article50 1949-11-30 8 Av H:!am •i> > 20 i Hongkong 15 3 l\K>h '15 -i 25 PCtmunttng •'> < 9 6 i I«ondon Ord 4 4 •van .5 -I 23 9 8 9 B IfalafMi '5 22 —/I S K:r:'.t '5 njr '5 10 Pttallnc 2: 18 Best 1" Tavoy <2 K50 words
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Article50 1949-11-30 8 fREAT Britain exported rr. coal in October than In any month since the end o! the *ar. British exports totalled 1.588.000 metric tons, representing 43 percent which is an increase of more than 170.000 metric tons over the postwar export record set up In September. A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article74 1949-11-30 8 AMKMBEK of the Indian Constituent AfllMj in New Delhi complained that prohibition enforcement oillcers in the Kast Punjah are taking the wrong attitude towards their job. He told the Assembly of several cases where prohibition police had drunk illicit liquor they were supposed toA.P. - 74 words
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Article265 1949-11-30 8 [London Stock Exchange) uosoON, fredncMajr. 'FIIKKK was a strong and healthy market in British Government stocks yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. Persistent investment support from institutions was partly responsible for rises of up to two points in long-dated stocks Buying revealed market shortage of supplies and265 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-11-30 8 HIGH TIDES Today: ~.1.'> a.m. VJM p.m Tomorrow: 7.5" a.m. K.34 pni12 words