The Singapore Free Press, 3 December 1949

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    14 1 The Singapore Free Press ARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1949.
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    POLLING OFF TO A SLOW START
    414 1 Singapore votes today IVTUr I ree p ress Staff Reporter j:\ IHh first half hour ot the opening of the polling station at the Singapore Municipal j building, voters arrived at the rate of one a! minute as polling began m the election of
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    BUDGET BILL FOR COUNCIL
    4 1 BUDGET BILL FOR COUNCIL
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    Masked gummen steal £17,000
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    BOOM IN CEYLON COCONUTS
    7 1 BOOM IN CEYLON COCONUTS fghrgh htjtjty A.P.
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    DISARMED, IF OVER BORDER
    111 1 PARIS. Saturday. L'KAME will apply the appropriate rules of international law should any retreating Chinese Nationalist troops enter Indo-China, a French Foreign Office official said last night. These rules, he said, require that troops withtwing into the territory of a country not at war .11 be
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    MANDORE KILLED
    17 1 Bandits abducted and killed the mandore. Kaj«pan Nair, of i Yniis Peng estate yesterday. I <
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    Soviet exports
    15 1 manganese and rital war mi j ioi more furs m ier.- A P.
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    British trooper to take Dutch home
    150 1 AMSTERDAM, Saturday. TIH 9.189-ton British troopship Dorsetshire has been chartered by the Dutch for the repatriation of Dutch troops m Indonesia. The Devonshire has often been m Singapore on the I'.K.-Far East trooping run. The Dorsetshire, which has accommodation for 545 passengers, will leave
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    69 1 picture. SIN(iAPORES St. Andrew's Society held its annual dinner and ball last night. Here, drinking the toast to the King are (left to right) Mr. A. A, Ewin*, Mrs. C. F. Smith. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. Officer Administering the Government. Mr. C. F. Smith, rhieftaiu of the Society. Mrs.
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    Simon II in training
    63 1 A KITTEN named Simon II has gone into training for A the job of mou>e-eater on board the frigate Amethyst Mm wa« ffiven to Commander Kerans of the Amethyst ft. iX£ Place of heroic Simon I. who died on Moniv from wounds suffered m the shelling
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    CHURCH SAYS 'LET JAPS EMIGRATE'
    130 1 TOKIO Fr: rSEI NEWS life official organ of the Catholic irch m Jaoan. tod iy or I members of the United Nas to give Japan more territory or emigration rights to 'rt war waged by "hungry nations against the aggression of selOsh wealthy powers." Th"
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    S-E Asia talks in February
    69 1 LONDON. Bat. THE Burmese Foreign Minis- U.E Mawne. ievealed m London last night that a conference of South-East Asian countries concerned with the defence of their democratic Integrity and sovereignty was likely to be held m February, ci Oei In Indjvi o/ 'he Philippines. The
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    JORDAN BACKS LEBANON'S 'NO'
    44 1 JORDAN has approved Lebanon's decision to refuse a British request to allow the Iraq Petroleum Company to send oil from Tripuli < Lebanon* refineries to H:\ifa. The Lebanese reply to Britain is exported t" be deliver ed f-arly next week. Reuter
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    CATALINA CRASHES AT BANKA
    78 1 CATALINA CRASHES AT BANKA THE HAGUE. Fri SIX peopie. Including two British pilots, were kiiled when a Catalina flying boat crashed loday m Muntok Bay, Banka Island, m the Rhio Archipelago, south ol Singapore. The flying boat was cairying out "nautical reconnaissance when It crashed while coming down to alight
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    War shipping pool discussed
    54 1 Tu!k; continued ves'erday between officials ot five European nations. Canada and the United States on how best to pool and operate ocean shipping :n thf 1 event of v:ar. The id Iks began on Wcdne day The live European countries represented are Britain. Belgium. France, Denmark
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    MALIK ILL
    32 1 The Russian Foreign Minister, Mi Andrei Vishinsky, saci yesterday that he cancelled plans to sail yesterday m the Mauritania because his Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Jakob Malik, is ill A.P.
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    JEWS END 17 YEARS' EXILE
    55 1 THE refugee ship Ulster Victory, carrying 640 passengers including 420 Jews from China, reached Cape Town yesterday on her way to Palestine. For many passengers, this Christmas will represent the end of wandering which started m 1932 when the Jews left Germany to make a
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    TALKS WITH BURMA
    34 1 The Overseas Trade Minister, Mr. Arthur Bottomley. and the Burmese Foreign Minister, Mr. U. E. Maung. made final plans m London yesterday for a commercial treaty between Britain and Burma. Reuter
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    U.N. defeat for Britain
    226 1 NEW YORK, Friday. npHE United Nations General Assembly today beat down a British-led colonial power opposition and adopted ten measures designed to throw more light on conditions of the world's non-self-governing: peoples. Britain has already announced that she will not tolerate anything which she thinks to
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    Lewis's best bets
    83 1 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Today. BEST bets for today's races here are FLAREPATH. (Rare t>) LADY KALANG (Race 2) and SINGING BIRD II (Race 8). Strongest tip on the course this morning was for Lady Kalangr. Soltara (Race 7) is fancied by stable connections, while Frog (Race
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    Arms flow to Europe to begin
    127 1 WASHINGTON. Sal. THE U.S. Defence Secretary. Mr. Louis Johnson, returned from Paris yesterday with an over-all defence phin to permit the early shipment of U.S $900 millions m American arms to the other North Atlantic Pact countries Mi. Johnson, who was ac- companied by
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    Movie Ball Special
    73 1 Til E SINGAPORE FREE PRESS today publishes a four- page supplement about the Rotary Club's Movie Ball m aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. The Club has sold the advertisements, proceeds of which go to the Endowment Fund, and a special sub-committee has been responsible
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    NEW YOUTH CORPS
    31 1 President Syngman Rhee of i South Korea said yesterday that 200,000 members of the j "Home Guard" would soon bo organized as a "Youth Pro- tective Corps." Reuter
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    Franco-polish talks
    25 1 Despite the present tension between France and Poland, the two nations are arranging for negotiations next month on a new commercial treaty A.P.
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    ETNA ERUPTS
    22 1 Masses of molten lava poured yesterday from a new crater m the side of Mount Etna. Europe's highest volcano.- A.P.
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    FOREIGNERS QUIT
    18 1 All foreigners cf the Kotloon Kongt branch cf the Chinese Maritime Cus\'.)ivs have decided to resign.
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    U.K.'s'no' to China demand
    235 1 U.K.'s'no' to China demand LONDON Sal. BRITAIN'S declaration °to the UN. Political Committee yesterday opposing Nationalist; China's request that all U.N. members withhold recognition of Red China, has caused fresh comment m London that recognition will be announced within the next two or three weeks. Voting on Nationalist China's non-recognition
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    Japs to got Burma rice
    52 1 Japs to got Burma rice RANGOON. Bl BURMA and Japan have eluded an agreeing] whereby Burma will shin > Japan the remaining 25.000 tons of rice outstanding from the 1949 quoia. Burma suspended shipments to Japan i Mowtef the Sterling devaluatio commenced negof iat :o:^ whereby Japan Will pay fn-
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    Atom protection
    24 1 Two scientists from Fioiiri. Southern College rep yesterday that they isolated a vitamin m dlnu waste thai protects as atomic radiation.— U.P.
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    BIG NAVY NEEDED
    23 1 The United States have a bigger navy thai before, the Navy Been Mr. Francis Ma I Omaha yesterday. -P> i
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      22 1 M. FLINTER &S. GRINBERb Diamonds Jewellery Telephone 7923 67, STAMFORD RD. CEu Court Bldg, )S' rt. PRICE 10 CENT! DAY ~3 TIGERtBHI
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    Dotograph-Maze for Juniors
    68 2 1 "HE two httl« piys up •bo\«> hay* lost th*ir mother To find her draw connecting lines fiom dot to dot consecutively. t"g:nr..ng at dot 1 and ending at dot 34 Then, starting at the top. i*e if you can And the path MMJ mutt take to
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    Her own Business —at 19
    456 2 Her own Business —at 19 4 NINETEEN-YEAR- OLD girl, granddaughtei of a Scot who married an American gin, is nanaiiny; tiu.uuu worth of b every ear. c i> Eve Melville. whose father is a ran- iii British Guiana who also b 1 Ids tntenor Iwiya for the f-.u--eroment, besides acting
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    Page For Children Massacre Among The Bogodi
    892 2  - Page For Children Massacre Among The Bogodi S. C. GEORGE I By (Ralph Dawson, sent by his firm to New Guinea to investigate the disappearance of Harker. a prospector, suspects "Darkle" Bell and ••Tiny" Evans of foul play to secure a treasure captured from the Japanese by ths Bofodi tribe.
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    A 'Model' Wing Half
    188 2 ti'F have dealt with fttnesi V? and tac!ic> a* ihev affeci the wing half-backa As for coaching, model yourself on the man who stood out miles above us all for his perfect commanAof the art In mv mind s <%c I can see Matt Busby carrying
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    STAMP CORNER
    95 2 '■MILS stamp I* I rum :':.< 1 Argentine where most >l the beef steaks come from. When The country started to develop, her people asked Britain to build her railways Britain built them. Britain owned them And w> carried thousands of passengers free soldiers, sailors, postmen :ind police
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    BOY RUNS RAILWAY STATION
    86 2 ptlhß ROBINS' )N 16, \far*s oici and 4f llin > ail. I. as achieved the a lion of nearly every boy He ruiii a rtal iaiiway itaUOtl I na:o y anyone tiaveli on the 11 stop ai Pc e:i ita lon earh d*v and the EiOOdon
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    BATLEY CARR
    151 2 i .-Be: f\ C Yuik ihire. < he old Oreai northern line fi Leeds *nd Bradford Lo < .iKfflcd. and away dim d'.s'ancp London y m sal yea:. tPe'ei became porter-in* m.i r ge v ~:x people n ii«»> have ra\e..eci from I p'.ucr They board Lbe 639
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      106 2 Another intereiting toy X'MAS TOYLAND j is <.C I i^BKk j^— «v liHH^ IBBA iHBB JIT JHUB MSrH^iMaT^mlL Ihe. The youn B er b °y s and g' r w| H love to J^^P^^t^Pt^ possess a box of LOTTS BRICKS for '**^9&*£> rf^^^^^Ht. rm stone models of Houses Bridges. KOMi^dAMM
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      170 2 Free Press S'J'untay, ]>,- M P COLIMHii BOW f 1 SWAN LAKE BALI F B. (Tcluilkovsk\ i NAILA -INTERMEZZO The London I Efrem Kurt*— I.ES SIRENES— B*:if The Phllhtrmonia O n Irving SONATA No 2INBF! A I Malcvrvnski (Piai;o; PA VANE FOR A DEAD PR CI AIR DE U7MI (Moor.
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    Bad girl from Gib. captured
    14 3 Bad girl from Gib. captured htrh jytj rtytr ngyhj A.P. i mds lour t.
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    WHAT'S ON IN K.L.
    15 3 \TH\\ HfvfM >TAN MMM UESTK IPOH Xl I SEREMEAN j IF-
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    She has to pay
    39 3 M:>s Jewua* A from n burglars stOi*? Jt2B 17a vne had deducted Ml PAVE Ironi employees at her j I establishment m Duke-street, London uas, held liable for It m th« King's Bench D;v:s!on. London.
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    P.I. rebels are on the run
    163 3 mamla. Fridaj VHh Bai.niij.iN political rebellion appears to be dying out m its original territory. Philippine (iovernment forces driving through mountain jungles, have confirmed earlier reports that the main body of the dissidents has dissolved after two weeks of lighting. Constabulary forces have admitted
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    Bridge Hands
    47 3 arc It .rr.p> md Sotrh a trtclu a. d-.Vnce Leads diamond cai n m South dl» ardiag j ib N b lead 5 club, U Baßi s n discard! I ci.amc: Norn r»o clntai i: Ehe club. South keeps tfci d-»--mond discarding and DM ond
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    Flying pudding was grounded
    111 3 CXPORT merchant m I.K. had an Inquiry from their New York a^ent about Christmas puddints made according to good old-fashioned Cn?lish recipes. So." an official oi the firm said, we sent a Slot.. tin of our Old English < hiistmas puddinf ofT at once by BOAC
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    ABBOT— PRINCESS
    27 3 Prim-ess Kazuko. third daughter of Emperor Wf>hito. is engaged to the eldest son of Chief Abbot Kovo Otani. recently returned from the United States. U.P.
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    MOLOTOV MIGHT HAVE SAID 'YES'
    259 3 Gen. Marshall tells a story NEW YORK, Saturday. rjEN. George Marshall said m a speech here that the foreign minister of a Soviet satellite state had told him that Russia would have agreed to a Europe-wide Marshall Plan if the idea had been cleared with
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    N. China dislikes Russians
    162 3 N. China dislikes Russians REPORTS indicating that the people of North China are growing Increasingly dissatisfied with the Communist regime and that the initial strld honesty and self-discipl'.ne of the peoples government official* are gradually breaking down 1 are reaching Hoi'i? Kor.p Offlcers of a British bk,ckade-runner returned [from T.singtao
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    WORKERS DENY RIOT CHARGES
    63 3 TWENTY NINE Ethiopian railway workers have entered pleas of innocent to charges of riot and assault against European employees of the Addis Ababa- Djibouti I railway. Forty-three Buropeani u-ere injured m the riots, which took place m August during a strike. Twenty of those hurt i
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    CHINESE ENVOY GIVES WARNING
    65 3 TH E Chinese Dr v. K. wv; Li gton Koo, warned recently that Coi nmnisi domination of Asia would result if China I to 'he Reds. Speaking ai a Rotary Club >n In New York, he iced as fallacious the arguments that "Chi 1.--ntoism might arise"
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    African policy unchanged
    65 3 f rHE Secretary tor the Ci»v--1 monwealtn, Mr Philip N Bak^i' indicated In Home of Commons recently, thai there was no change m the Governments policy fbou; the possible transfer of the Hiph Commission territories Ba<:uiol;\nd. Bei'huanaiand and Swaziland to South Africa. He s.iid British poliCJ remained
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    RED UNION LINK
    20 3 The Australian Waterside Workers" Federation ha.-, decided to join *hp Communistdomln»*4Nd World Federation of Trade Unions. Reuter
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    U.S. APPPOINTMENT
    24 3 Mr Hubert E. Howard. Chicago coal executive, has tK>en appointed Chairman of thf US National Munitions Board, which drafts defence policies. U.P.
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    Turbine-driven cars are predicted
    143 3 rHE motor-cars of 1959 ma> have small gas turbine engines, says Mr. George T. Christopher, president of the Packard Motor-car Co.. m an article m an American magazine. "Although automobiles .i 1 c the u»-^ f\ "i !be far i car of 1959 may not be
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    SHARPENING 'BRAINS' OF ELEVATORS
    76 3 SHARPENING 'BRAINS' OF ELEVATORS 11/ LSTING HOUSE Electric If Corp. has developed a sensitive vacuum tube device to sharpen the mechanical brains oi high speed elevators. The electron!* circuits make thousands ot split-second decisions an hour, directing and spacing elevator cars so they Will be where they are wanted. Th<
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    GERMAN PLAINT
    25 3 German shippers say the Allied directive limiting 'he >peed of Geiman ships lo 12 knots may make th*» ships uneconomical In operation A.P.
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    SINGLE WOMEN HAPPIER
    108 3 ?>-\NGKOK married v. debated with the married on the tubjed "Resolved: Married women are freer than .singip women the Thai Women's Club, and decided single women enjoy more freedom. A manned *.<ma: ipeak I (<M the Lssue p ir.'ed OUI the .aw treated married women as adults
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    Chinese varsity for P.I.
    148 3 Chinese varsity for P.I. I>LANS are now bei drawn up m Manila for the establish men' la (Manila of a "Chiang Kaishek University' for Chinese student refues from Rfd Chiua and j ilso students from South JEast Asia. The proji will probably materialise •arly next year. Prime d Wang l
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      289 3 !^'GAPORE Summary 4oO W.r:d ArTair* AUSTRALIA N tU»>Kh (BBC>. 50U Alfredo G #*w«* '»<*«: metr*< the »>iano, 5 15 i> |f is »> and 31 Metres. UAi Er.glhh' .5». 6.00 9 30 a m. Hite FWm the M V-A5 Programme BBC- y r iR u 10 00 v<1 NCWl to
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      138 3 Solution To Crossword No. 858 F.P- Crossword No- 859 zwyfflffflmA lift' i 4 w B Rj iH B^ CLUES ACROSS 2 Lessen (6> 6 Pare <"4>; 8 Fall slowly (4); 10 Dispenser of .harity (1): 11 Odd (3;; 12 Quieter (3): 13 Speaker^); 14 Lakes 16 Telephone employee (8); 20
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      DIPLOMATIC CHASE
      580 4 DVSSIA. helped by her sat- 1 filites. has started a proI that can only end. unless counter measures defeat her intention, m the i ippearance ol diplomatic relations. What exactly hopes to achieve by her i sniping warfare against imats of foreign couni is not clearly to be
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    Bevin Blundered Over Spain, Israel
    961 4  -  SIR ALFRED DUFF COOPER By IT is one of the soundest traditions m English public life that the basis of foreign policy should not form a subject of party controversy. The maintenance of this tradition has enabled us, at moments of the most violent internal
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    Income Tax Expert Comes To S'pore
    803 4 Income Tax Expert Comes To S'pore PEOPLE MAKE NEWS \N expert on taxation, Mr CHARLES STANLEY McKAY arrived from England last Saturday to become manager of the taxation denartment of Messrs. Evatt and Co.. the S;^"inorp firm of u^rMr. McKay should have arrived three days earlier but the 80.A.C. Constellation
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    Night Clubs Finance This War
    711 4  - Night Clubs Finance This War Milton Marmor ,fgh SAIGON: THIS French city m Asia shuts down nightly al 9 o'clock but its twin city of Cholon, almost all Chinese, keeps wide awake until the 1 a m. curfew. Strangely enough, both opposing Vietnam governments m the civil war m French
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    THE FLYING FARMER
    124 4 WILLIAM Jenkins, slight. grey-haired Welshman. took on a new job when Blackbushe Airport opened near his little farai at Minley. Hampshire. First he was asked if Ills farm could be used as an assembly point for animals that were to bo exported. He agreed. Then he was
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    Johnson, 'Sinner', Speaks...
    17 4 Johnson, 'Sinner', Speaks... T0 T «E En,. w I i V I I 1 NBB r r
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      25 4 The Grandest X MAS SALE is now on simultaneously At the PEKING CO., 81, High St., Spore and YING S i 37, Stamford Road, Singapore
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      65 4 GIFTS O<*e- a mosi a > ou can j!v\a c a^d be "^^-e vo>. IP H de SILVA 45 HICH STREET SiNCAPORE 0 IPOH X LUMP j_ /I crowded A Is he gaining weight is hi* fles' healthy— arc sound bees fo that little body— miniature Happy Mothers all over
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    TUNNEL REPOkI CLEARS WATER ENGINEER
    458 5 TUNNEL REPOkI CLEARS WATER ENGINEER Mr. R Johnson disagrees Free Press Staff Rcnorter THREE members of the four-man committee investigating cessation of work on the Pontian water tunnel, m a majority report to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, have completely exonerated the Municipal Water Engineer. Mr. F. G. Hill. In a
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    MONSOON CUTS FISH SUPPLY
    77 5 MONSOON CUTS FISH SUPPLY I lMtse Correspondent Singapore has been seriously the monsoon season which to a large number of fishing :>nii: «»ne of the chief sources of i.Hiv. fish dealers said yester- terntoiial ootbern Bomatra, also restricted Rshl i, b^ct.s .:s wa'trs to or.iy 12 urn; > bej emphaM^ed
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    NEED NOT BE QUALIFIED
    22 5 NEED NOT BE QUALIFIED QUALIFIED .ought JrtlK'' lifrattea lud^ia .Und m the IsUnds, hive policy i thi> thr im,iuali- t\ «>f thf
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    7 5 Aandwork ,esterd,» after n«.n.-Fr«. Fres s p.cture.
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    29 5 t-re ~HS Mrtha and Tl deaths m the Singapore lp«l ar- a :r. the week Nov 26 M.) cmUM cit-ath were tia 26 pn^u;: enteritis 16
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    Buyers of girl slaves scared
    256 5 Buyers of girl slaves scared Free Press Staff Reporter PROSPECTIVE buyers of "mvi tsai" m Singapore are now less keen to acquire these girl slaves because of constant checking and visiting by Social Welfare investigators who are regarded as their guardians. These investigations are bringing home the risk of ill-treating
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    CLERKS WORK FERRIES
    99 5 CLERKS WORK FERRIES i Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG. Fri. ri.ERKS helped to nun Penang Harbour Board launches today when about 200 ferry worker; went on h three-hour strike m proles' j against deductions from theNovember pay packets. The men. mostly deer hands and lighter labourers returned to work this
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    LECTURE RALLY
    33 5 A lecture meeting on "International Unity through Religion" will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday. Dec. 7. at 5.15 p.m. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. will preside.
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    FESTIVAL OF CHURCH MUSIC
    81 5 Free Press StaiT Reporter QN Tuesday, St. Nicholas Day. there will be a Festival o] Church Miustc at St. Andre"Cathedral. Thr Festival service will includr several veil-known English hymns, "Ye watchers and ye holy one,'' •'Glory to thee my God their nißht" and "Praise to the
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    ST JOHN PARADE
    42 5 Free Press Staff Reporter parade and first-aid practice by the Singapore j Chinese Second Corps of the St. Jo 1 \mbulance Brtgade \vi 1 b held on Deo. 4 m the padang < St. Joseph Institute m at 5.30 p.m.
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    48 5 picture. RECRI'ITS of the Malayan Basic Training Centre marching past m column, at yesterday's passing out parade at Blakan Mati. Standing on the saluting base is Major-Gen. J. M. Kirkman. Chief of Staff. GHQ, FARELF. and Major G. T. Dadson. commanding officer of the training centre. Free Press
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
    102 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR T. P. F. McNeice, acth Municipal President, ha •> betn appointed as a temporary member of the Executive- Council during the abter.CC from Singapore of Mr. W. L. Blythe, the Municipal Fri who is an ex-off.eio n.rrrber of the Council. The Solicitor-General,
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    SCHOOL CONCERT AT GEYLANG
    64 5 SCHOOL CONCERT AT GEYLANG Free Press Staff Reporter TEACHERS of the Geylang Methodist Girls School will give a concert on Friday and Saturday next at the school hall to mark the end of the school year. Two one-act plays "Mushroom Coming Up" and "The Cornhusk Doll"' will be staged. Admission
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    Traps to check women traffic
    315 5 Traps to check women traffic Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police, immigration officers and Social Welfare authorities I co-operating to place >•'■ cles and traps m the way traffickers m women ii children imported for pro* tution or child slavery. This is stated m i Welfare Departmfnt n published last
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    Former SIT chairman honoured
    97 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN honour of the late Mr. L. Rayman. former chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Municipal Commissioners have decided to call their BaJestier Road housing estate Rayman Estate and the road to it Rayman Avenue. Mr. Rayman, who died last December
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    Boy tells of tiger killing
    89 5 Boy tells of tiger killing Free Pres* Staff Reporter ALOR STAR. Fn. CARRIED away into th> jangle by a tiger on Jan. 23. Gan Ah Gnah was today presumed dead by the Baling Coroner. Tiian Syed Mahadzir Fadiak. A 16-year-old buffalo tracker L^e Tour Seng, described how he set out
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      73 5 Surface mail l« «-\pered n Singapore tod' i > ttam the ¥*d. .1tion and India. The latent time^ tt f suilace mail a* GPC are Noon [Of U.SA C iift, i' k. ChrtstBM bluidc, w. Australia. ar.a parodi Cnl> Br;*a;n N Ire'anri E *> F BSopt N A: At-: Wcsl
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    EX-BANDITS ON GOOD TREATMENT
    128 6 EX-BANDITS ON GOOD TREATMENT 'Govt. keeping promise 9 Free Press Stall' Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ■JEWS ot how well the Government is treating: surrendered bandits is through to the fuiga m the jungle. Official details were gi>en today of statements made by three bandits who had surrendered recently. Oti^ bandit
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    NY STOCKS BOOMING
    29 6 NY STOCKS BOOMING T York Stuck Si Wgh In .112 trea Key by rractiona to V t B rently r a Ion?! peace n»w that m gome A P
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    Gilt-edgeds are quiet, steady
    210 6 Gilt-edgeds are quiet, steady LONDON, Saturday. BRITISH (iovernment funds were quietly steady m the London Stock Exchange yesterday and but little affected I>> the announcement of conversion terms concerning lj per cent. Exchequer bonds, says Keuters financial correspondent. Holders arc offered 2J per cent, bonds at par. redeemable m 1955.
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    96 6 p. :;>k Hvdio 113 R lt».l W nEtrtop. IU IS BheU iut*.< S IS M 'ill iuu HI UIUI!« 11 la S I.inggl I 2 20 I 13 ?4 1 TINS 4 15- 4-43 3 9 «3 M i S. X:: <8 B 3 8 Tron !"■->
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      326 6 Mdndrdl(6 Exclusive to the Singapore tree /V< rr I Nakda is still wzz^-jrrri] I JJ^got the Hit) Moot manopa^l n"^""—- ——ZZ~-mi- Z i/r'Fl^ 1 KIO^THANKS L --IF THAT DAME "^^v^>>^ KIO 6LQVE KID YOU FELL NEAR THE U MINUTES/ TO >rt)U, J HADN'T PUT THE ".?> Jlt AT ME INSTEAD
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    Hockey star
    111 7 |)OROTHV Mcl %W Whos* elerer stick work. and goa (getting ability oniributed m no «malJ mea^urf th» wmmm of the Singapore < rirket lub's hockrv team this Now an insMe-right forward. Dorothr played at centre-half when at school m H«.n« Ron* m 19X4. She -presented the Central Brttfeh
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    PULMAN LEADS
    18 7 a| puy \e.uerdav| i.eir 1 i he World' ;..«rr.nir heat John; .ed Horace l.'.ndrinn by IS
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    Karachi-Sind XI out for 150
    266 7 I THF Karachi-Sind XI were all out for 150 on the opening day of their match against the Commonwealth cricket team at Karachi yesterday, and by the close of play the Commonwealth had scored W for two wickets m reply. c home team showed three
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    3 GOOD RACES Spithead may score today
    262 7 3 GOOD RACES Spithead may score today From ALLAN LEWIS mntm IPOH > Saturday. J[HKLK good outsiders for today's races here are Belita, Spithead and Polish Bride. Belita, who has come down a lot m the handicaps, was a strong tip on the course this morning. There W u S
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    WALCOTT v. TEN HOFF
    33 7 THE American heavyweight boxer. Jersey Joe Walcouj will meet the German chamI pion. Heine Ten HofT. m GerI n^any next Soring sports j officials said In Stuttgart' yesterday.—A P
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    DALCROSS DOES BEST GALLOP
    209 7 DALCROSS DOES BEST GALLOP From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Saturday. BEST worker at this morning's track work at Ipoh was Paltr— I (Bagbv). who is not accepting toda> but is expected to go to the post for her second run at the meeting. She clocked 41 1 5 seconds for three
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    VON NIDA IS TOO LATE
    57 7 NORMAN Von Nida i.s not I defending his Australian pt..f>sM«m<*l golf champion Oiip as he returned 100 late from Singapore With Peter Thomson he played here on Wednesday. The Australian open coif hampion. Erie C'remin. wan eliminated jesterday. Kelvin Nagle beat him two and one.
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    CROWD CHANGED THEIR MIND
    60 7 V\"E dia not d»-se:ve io lo>f was tht or !v .-.lat^men' by •!> -t»d-lookir.R members r»f Italv'a ii»i socc-i team on they aim Milan from london ?e»--ier<lav. '1 n«« national team lu«i m thpir maun witli BTltai ■ti Wednesaay A Lhousaod v more soccer fa"< waiti-
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    LAYTON TO FIGHT BHUPINDER
    36 7 TV I avion, 'he Am< wrestler who last v.-eek defeated Kma Kong, will ftgh* Prince Bhupmder m ihe main boul the Great World arena toni«?h f There will be 'hi-* supporting bouts
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    VICTORIA START WELL
    30 7 VICTORIA l:an scored 133 loi bf ili.- i y e of p'av on >.. Ural day i>t thpir SlwfßeW Shield match attain-; Soutii Au»fraiin at Adflai'if jreaterdtj i
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    LIVERPOOL MAY IMPROVE RECORD
    523 7 rrom JIM H %MBEKS L SPOOL'S record run 01 (•met without being iten s l:k» iy to be impr«»v-j ed upon as the leaders of the| ton of the English -oall I »-agu- Portsit h today. •:v UrOßf d however, will need to at its best
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    OUTSIDERS FOR IPOH
    272 7 All the latest selections I I ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER I EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 SYLVAN LASS THE RAVEN SYLVAN LASS THE RAVEN ,ST QUENTIN «a Si" Keith Sylvan Lass Sir Keith St. Quentin Sylvan Law vw Thf Raven Wonder Bird My Bachelor Sylvan Lass
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    Today's acceptors
    789 7 OEI.OW are the acceptances for today, the first 13 day of the Perak Turf Club December Meeting. The Double Totes will be on races 3 and 4. 7 and 8. The Bis Sweep will be drawn on race 9. 003 Dalcroas s 09 KACE 9— «O0: CLASS 4.
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    AUSTRALIANS ON THE DEFENSIVE
    247 7 f rHE Australian touring cricket team were dismiss--1 ed yesterday for 235. their lowest total of the tour so far, by Western Province, who replied with 12 for one wicket by close of play. Against a varied, steady attack and Shrewdly placed field, the Australians, sheltering
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    POH LIM v. HOCKLENG
    168 7 By VETERAN ONG Poh Lini. the Irish i champion, will face his second severe iest since his return from Europe tonight. when he opposes Cheong Hork Leng m the first singles tie of the inter-club match between the Marigold and Eclipse parties Poh Lim will turn
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    56 golf stars play in Cairo
    124 7 56 golf stars play in Cairo RYDER Cup BOlfer Alf Padgham and France < M DAllemagne led 'he field of 56 golfers from seven nations m the first qualifying round of Egypt's International open golf championship at Cairo yesterday Both had a three under par 70. Twenty-eight pai.s 'eed ofT
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    P.W.D. AND KHALSA WIN
    160 7 TWO ma'cnes m :np Singapore Hockey Association's knock -ovr tournament wen played -.••si^rday. resulting n Pubic Works Department beating Customs B In a Brri round fixture and KhalM AsBociatlon rilmin»tint ?.n?apore Harboui n> Into he ■emi-ftDj At UK BOD |TOUU George's Road Customs had ihe better
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    SZECHUAN LEADERS JOIN THE REDS
    428 8 500 Jap pilots m Formosa? HON(i KONCJ, Saturday. DEFECTION of several top Szechuan provincial military leaders is blamed by observers m Formosa to the swift collapse of Chungking and the trapping of large Nationalist forces between the fallen emergency capital and Yungehwan. 50 miles to
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    Priest says he spied for Russia
    175 8 Priest says he spied for Russia SARAJEVO, Sat k BLACK -BEARDED RusiY sian Orthodox priest. Aiexei Knshko, the alleged leader of a Soviet spy ring inside Yugoslavia, p.eaded j guilty yesterday before the Sarajevo district court of spying for the USSR. Krbhko was the first ol ten Russian defendants m
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    HOLY YEAR STAMPS
    18 8 A new senes of Vatican nips will be Issued shortly he Efoiv Year.- A. P.
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    OLDEST WARSHIP IS SUNK
    138 8 OLDEST WARSHIP IS SUNK PORTSMOUTH. Sa POIR explosive charges b> i hp buitotn out of the 152--fear-old wooden warship I:i. )lac:ib.e yesterday and sank In 36 fathoms m tl ih Channel Th- Irn placable was the forme French battleship Duguaj rrouln and was the oltl^ m the world kng of
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    GREEK ELECTIONS
    16 8 Thr f. k Gene; a! E><;:on will d»- h^.d April 15 or 16 A.P.
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    Man's life in a nunnery
    62 8 FjiLUSIVE Augusts Fariaet itaeribed by the Swiss J police as a confidence trickster who escaped from prison recently, is fast becoming a legend. One source >aid that Farinet. disguised as a nun. had been living m convent and narrowly escaped capture when, m spite of
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    Catholics accuse U.K. Government
    202 8 LONDON Saturday. VHt. Koman Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales yesterdaj accused the (iovernment of trying to gas the Church with a veiled threat to cut off all state financial support for hurt h schools A spokesman for the Ministry of Bdur ed that the Catholics
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    War criminals to be pardoned?
    66 8 r pHK Wesi Qermao Minuter 1 oi Justice iias disclosed >* his government will ask for genera] pardon for German war criminals now ienrlng sentences m the United States, War Crimes prison ai Landsburg The Minister. D: Thomai Behrery. told newsmen thai "sentences passed m
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    Tin 'buffer' stock rumour
    174 8 Tin 'buffer stock rumour LONDON, Saturday. DETAILS of the new tin scheme are gradually becoming known m spite of continued official secrecy. Messagps from Brussels say that the tin control plan put forward by the International Tin Study Group calls for a •'buffer 1 stock of metal. Brussels reports .say
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    Trim ankles: a warning
    104 8 LONDON, Sat 4 1 KIM .ink!, may he attached to a terrible i'inp«i Ihi> tip to courting < ouple s mi> Rivfii yesterday b> Mr. A J Bravshaw. general Kcrctarj of the National Marnaßr (.uidaiur ouncil. who s.i id that this ill one of thr reasons
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    Zilliacus Walks out
    67 8 Zilliacus Walks out LONDON v M* Konni Zilltacus, Independent Labour member of Parliameir yesterday announced his resignation from the pro-Sovie- Brirish Peace I Commit U Mr. ZUUaciu saJd the erecutive of the Peace Committee had "landed themsel* m hooele.ss contradictions and confusion by making a case against the anti-Sovie' anti-Communial
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    CURFEW ENDS
    25 8 Curfow In the Athens area ended yesterday. This was the first step m switching the country from martial law to peac conditions. Reuter
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    WORLD BUYING U.S. GOLD
    72 8 A MOTHER L.S »:>1 n drop m th<> DnKc4 t> oi g<.ld durtng th«> iu-t has been wportod by ih. R serve Boai d This decline, the la:geii: In weeks, continued an outtlow oi gold that began shortly attti the wave of foreign currency devaluations touched
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    Rebel'MP to oppose Attlee
    154 8 Rebel' MP to oppose Attlee I^HE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, is expected to be opposed m his Walthamstow, Essex, constituency at the general election next year by Mr. Lester Hutchinson, one of the group of Labour members of Parliament recently expelled by the Labour Party Mr. Hutchin.son .said he
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    $ FOR U.S. RESEARCH
    87 8 FOR U.S. RESEARCH WASHINGTON S. A MERICA is to hpend at>j it I/\ US$2,OOO million on :ti I scientific resetted programme. Including a a and military, m t.-.o c .:> fl year Jr>tj\ S'eelmtr. BftUtOft] BD" orcj^a'o: <jf tIM S'i»-n*:rtf Adir.i- fion &«.;d m day at a e-~Vr.ce lad that
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    CZECHS JAIL 250 PRIESTS
    62 8 I^HF. Vatican Hi yesterday that -5u I prit'sis had b< i D cently des; Communist Pres:d*-n\ Mr Klemerr Q wald's prorr.ise or an i The broadcast bramcd to ihoslovaJda m ..guc ailed Mr Oottf decn c.» ram I- sa:d tr loads of pr> i were seen
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    ARMS SHIP IS AGROUND
    51 8 ARMS SHIP IS AGROUND T^E Hoi i freight Ari uti trrylnf 75 Slirplu* IS Army tanks to Formosa a.\d cargo of roal roi Japan. ;r.d m a fop on Bantu Rosa i:ornia Three US Co as- C cutters and a tug sped have pone to the ass] f the ship
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    106 8 n, p,,.« i thlf former Japanese baa the Paclttc have petitioned 0 become p£sse£fois of the Unit.<d Stab Native leaders pre« request ai Ponape, Tap baipan the most populous or the western Pacific islands administered by Mie UM under United Nai •ship. rh« Congirmmu
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    22 8 Fire badly damaged the Naples Telephone Exchange yesterday. About 4.000 subscribers will be cv' off tor a month A.P.
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      Masthead
      16 1 Movie Ball Special Sipplement De ±-L Contributed; printed and distributed gratis by the Singapore Free Prem
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      A SLOW PROCESS
      581 1  -  DILYS POWELL Shakespeare on the screen l.< *said tint i s Ihe dis--5 I is m so late po&sibi\o Shakesthai 1 imw ger for S ■m ia the varis Of ere was. In the sound g of the M :v Picklea ribI *.ure talkin of ::iedy." me
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      The magic isle in your town
      284 1 THE THEATRE is a beckoning island m a world tormented with hurry and cares. Only a step and you have come into a place as far as any palm fringed, flower scented atoll of the blue South Seas, into an atmosphere as soft as
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      MOVIE BALL TO ENRICH VARSITY
      473 1 MOVIE BALL TO ENRICH VARSITY THE Movie Ball will become an accomplished fact next Tuesday at the Victoria Memorial Hall, and the University Fund will become the richer by many thousands of dollars. The Organisation of the Ball has taken many weeks of hard painstaking work by an active and
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      University has three objectives
      151 1 THE University of Malaya officially came into being on October 8 m a ceremony full of colour and dignity. Malaya's University has three alma. They are the search for truth, the dissemination of learning, and the spread of education. A university must be tne to follow
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      MOVIE BALL PROGRAMME
      75 1 The programme for the Rotary Movie Ball Is: 8.30 p.m. Dancing to Macace's Band, R.A.F. Seletar. 9.30 Danny Danford and his Capitol Ballroom Band. 10.15 Auction of O.E.C. Radiogram. 10.30 Dancing to Danny Danford's Band. 10.45 Parade of stars and film titles. 11.15 Parade of prize winners
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      The early days were exciting
      427 1  - The early days were exciting CECIL HEYWORTH by YVHIiN one wants to talk about the early days of film making it is extremely hard to know where to begin. Today one talks about producers, directors, actors, actresses, cameramen, technicians, continuity girls and all the other technically qualified people, who are
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      Freedom of the screen
      236 2  - Freedom of the screen ARTHUR M. LOEW by (JEW'S International Corporation is an organization with interlocking commercial and cultural responsibilities. Commercially, like all corporations, we answer to a board of directors; culturally we answer to the world. From Montevideo to Melbourne, from Calais to Calcutta, from Baghdad to Buenos Aires,
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      FILM PIONEERS DO IT AGAIN
      380 2 <k JMiK Pioneers of the Industry 91 is a phrase that automatically comes to mind when one talks of Warner Brothers. Since 1003 when they distributed 'The Great Train Robbery"' Warners have been known and res pected through the years for their coinage m pioneering,
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      THEYARE BACKED BY LOYAL STAFF
      300 2 THEY ARE BACKED BY LOYAL STAFF nURING the past 14 years the business foresight and sagacity of Joseph M. Schenck and the production genius of Darryl F. Zanuck, two of the founders of 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, have put that company on a sound operating basis. In fact, ever since
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      Paramount Rose From Bankruptcy
      445 2 piRSf thing every business morning, Barney Balaban, the President of Paramount Pictures, Inc., skims rapidly over list of :i hundredodd checks. These HENRY GINSBERG. When he was a Manhattan schoolboy he wrote such a moving and intelligent* criticism of the school system that the Neu York
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      402 3  -  ERIC MITCHELL .4 short story by ,;;i 1.1.1 dyI Hi.- murky „,„>, S sve-ck»-small. bed elulohkc the Iself. le, and the who He held few suntirough They about c hide id the I spoke. v. anypiuful. rei *:th I .<:ir>n nne- I ant I h 1' rupt. John.
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      It's a pig's life on board ship
      1022 3  -  TAN TUCK SAIK bv I WATCHED him from the bridge of the landing-craft ns walked up the boarded-up gangway with slow dignity, ;is it he resented being hustled by the coolie the first Bali pig we were importing to Singapore. He was an
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      THEY MEND THEIR SAILS IN S'PORE
      360 3  -  RUTH LANGDON b> AT the bend of Connaught Drive at the extreme end of the Padang, a group of Bugis sailors may be seen almost every day repairing the torn sails of their prahus. Every morning a different group of these sailors come m
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      BERLINERS USE 6 CURRENCIES
      88 3 BERLINERS. who ha\- the Iron Curtain running across their Piccadilly Circus—the Potsdamer Platz have recently achieved a firther unenviable plahn ro fame. They are using fctx different kin as of money, which are circulating m their shops— British. American, and French Occupation money. Russian Zone marks.
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      Soccer no easy living for players
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      Sporting chit-chat
      549 4 'THERE is every likelihood of a definitely fixed season for soccer next year. Not only has the Singapore Amateur Football Association laid down m its proposed redrafted rules that the season should be from March 1 to Oct. 31, but the Hockey Association has voiced its protest at
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      Standard of amateur game declines
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      Former players as referees?
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      Champion lifter was weakling in school days
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      27 4 \^T 7\ inn// pqv JHHSIQN fort itfuewts S A FIT I y KS |L^ a*ui LONG Lift TKE QUNtO* RUBBER CO. (MALAYAN tTO. SINGAPORE, Hli I |„|i
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      Masthead
      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magagine Saturday, Dec. 3.
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      Light—Founder of Penang
      506 1  - Light— Founder of Penang KATHARINE SIM Told and illustrated by A NUMBER of books have been written about Stamford Raffles— founder of Singapore—but I believe there is only one as yet about Francis Light, founder of Penang and therefore of the first British settlement m the Malay peninsula. It is
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      R.A.F. DRIVES ANOTHER NAIL INTO BANDIT COFFIN
      796 1  -  W. KINGSLEY ORD by t green 1 like three A US men usly to bell S vent 3 Of m a of I yen, euv- crate atic wen :.g for the sound of the bell. Again the Dakota tilted and the bell rung
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      Monastery on top of a mountain
      141 1 F^ROM his travel diary m Greece. Keith Butler sends a story of a monastery on Mount Athos which he describes as one of the strangest places m the world. A 30-mile long mountainous tongue of land jutting into the Aegean Sea just east of
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        69 1 11 HY IT IS DIFFERS S T /^^s It is tru* C*li6rnb i design mode 6r Uisur* f I iTiaterwl .3 first" ydt V. griimj Arc *.V»ublr s*^ f <-r c hcJ.t>lleJ and re-. Mmvd at pomfs at stram i m Button.* are ?cu»n 4o skuj on, button holes *^J
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        139 1 MANILA when you fly Pan American's SLEEPERETTE' way v YOU LEAVE Singapore at 1 2 30 noon Flights every ...reach Manila by 9:30 that night. Thursday to En route you've really rested That's the man |l a beautyof Tan American 'sS/^/* the Yo||r choke of all-comtort chair lounge that makes
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      C'wealth Wants U.K. Films
      759 2 MOST of the countries m the Commonwealth want more British films not fewer— and there are reports of •'consternation" at the possibility of a collapse m the British film industry. Correspondents report on the reception given to British films as follows. In CANADA British fllm s
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      Ambitious Ava
      59 2 AFTER yean Of trying Avt Gardner Ls new a big name at M.G.M She leaves next March for Spain and England, where she will aopt^ar m "Pandora and the Plying Dutchman" She will star opposite Jasnei Mason, who she sayi ls a "dreamboai." She says he is the
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      THIS 'ROMEO' WEARS WELL
      280 2 T*HE Cathay Theatre 1 is to be congratulated on its coming revival, "Romeo and Juliet." On e might even call it a requiem, for three of the great actors m the play are no longer living— Leslie Howard. John Barrymore and Edna May Oliver. Shakespeare's great
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      at the cinemas
      242 2 At the Capitol:— In "Black Mafic" Orson Welles is Cagliostro the 18th century gypsy who us*d his amazing hypnotic powers to achieve his own evil ends. Prom "The Great Balsamo". performing feats of magic m a travelling fair, he becomes Count Cagliostro at the French court where
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      GORDON HAS STAGE-FRIGHT
      301 2 pORDON JACKSON. young Scottish Him star, who passed through Singapore this week on his way back to London from Australia is as sincere and unaffected as the characters, he invariably portrays (writes Ruth Langdon). He has not seen his most recent films, Floodtkle the played a farmer's
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      Praise for Greta from Marta
      147 2 Praise for Greta from Marta film star. Man Li Toren. has returned to Hollywood after malting a film m Italy. She was able to fisli Napli Rome. Capri. Florence and Pompeii Wherever ghe w**nt. she added reporters Attempted to compare her with her felh)w Swedes. Ingxiri Bern man and Greta
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      They Say That...
      300 2  -  Michael Roddy Hollywood Gossip by I MARVEL at the energy of women m Hollywood In addition to running a house, having jamilies. and a career, some of them are heads of successful businesses Maureen O'Hara now own*, three dress shops Jonn Crawford oicns three big blocks of
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      U.S. Actors play British roles-why?
      393 2  -  Our London Film Reporter By PRESENTATION at the Royal Command film performance of the Hollywood version of Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga", with Errol Flynn as Soames Forsyte, has revived criticism of the practice of employing American .actors to play wellknown British characters. Gregory Peck is the
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      SIR CEDRIC TARZAN
      70 2 Sir Odric Hardw.cke i» s this story about hi* c^.auf!fur: The driver, waiting to lake the British actor home from the studio. watched Sir Odric make hi<? final Hfl for the day. In this scene Sir CedrftC was shown scaling a steep mou ntainb.de After they were
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        169 2 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint j *>~nm 9 KATMtrM CIATSOM. «M>-« HOIIVWOOO-tf r— U niiiwll) ab.idiiti «<l •> I ft| iftffcHy *c*—d t»««r< 4'i»iii tm*d tktm d«« > w*r« r««.»^« .."«f*m T p* mt inn *4rk*> Mm ttpt— :»»»<■«.— ■■■«i»n«d mm ifcim c»««<«i»>ty <«♦'• it»«<t»l i* ad Km* lit* mri|i AaM* <
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        146 2 SEA VIEW HOTEL I MAS EVE S-JS i m I (MAS DAY IOXIN6 DAY mokms( a i lEW YEAR S EVE Pnzr* i m rj fhMr M l.'f^»r\ ...drw la'Bd. •rdrr i« rt>Nur* v m IEW YEAR S lAY viorm\< M i« 1 ADELPHI HOTEL: mm I MAS EVE KpHli
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      Disney started by selling newspapers
      499 3 Disney started by selling newspapers FOLLOWING the usual "success formula"— though he didn't know it at that time—Walt Disney started by selling papers. It was not comfortable work. He had to get up at threethirty every morning and deliver papers tin six. Then he hurried home for breakfast and went
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      UNIVERSAL STEMS FROM PIONEER DAYS
      252 3 UNIVERSAL Pictures has a history stemming from the pioneer days of the industry. The company was formed under the title "Universal" m 1912, when Carl Laemmle amalgamated Bison 101, Nestor, Powers and several other organizations, including his own Imp. firm. He founded Laemmle FUm Service
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      U.A. fetes its 30th anniversary
      247 3 IJNITED Artists is celebrating its l\()\\\ Anniversary this year, and it is fitting that this historic birthday be dedicated to Arthur W. Kelly, executive vice-president, whose vision and lea dership have played a major role m the development of the Corporation's foreign organization United Artists
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        135 3 C -y~~^ production of B ZOWMn- 1 1 iI'HE ALLYSON-PETER LAWEORD I OIIEN Elizabeth TAYLOR LA 1 AS AMY J V I IANET LEIGH-MARY ASTOR JW I ROSSANO BRAZZI %^^r |R > a MGTVYN LeROY PRODUCTION BRV An M-G-M Pictuf W SiR C AuBREt SV:TH I JBII RY DAVENPORT iB
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        37 3 I At the Victoria Memorial Bail Dec. 6th. Proceeds In aid of Iniversily Fund. I MovleBaMM i Tickets at $15 Double, $10 Single, obtainable j n^^ j;ii/i Gong" Arthur Rank. Chairman of London Films Sir Alexander Kord*.
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      NO ORDINARY JOB OF ACTING
      323 4 NO ORDINARY JOB OF ACTING T IKE the famous violet born to blush unseen, Hollywood keeps to itself a number of "party acts" which are guaranteed show-stoppers, but which probably never will be filmed. One such routine is Hetty Garrett's hilarious imitation of her husband imitating Al Jolson. The husband
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      Goddard obliges the men again
      267 4 BATH TIME for Paulette PERTAINLY one of the most delect nhle scenes thai can assuage the tired male eve is thai of lovely Paulette GoddariJ dunking her celebrated and shapely elmssis m a bathtub. Paulette will be obliging the male population of Singapore soon when
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      CATHAY STRIKES OIL
      377 4 r iriK with thi Movie Ball, where the Cathay hope g to coin money for the Malayan UnivrrMty Endowment Fund fti their Champagne Bar, they have struck oil for :he;r Christmas holiday attractions. During the festive season l f'?LJ are scre(mn "TULSA" a sa«a of the olltteldi
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      A LONG A WAITED NEW PRODUCTION
      256 4 J)AVII) 0. St'lznirk's long-awaited production "Portrait of Jenny", which is rated one of his finest films since "(ione With The Wind", has a production record which exceeds m scope any ivcnt film release. The picture, starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton. Ethel Barrymore and other
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