The Singapore Free Press, 15 December 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, THIRSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1949. PRK-E 10 CENTS
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    FRENCH INTERN 10,000 CHINESE
    374 1 Pai's men flee to Indo-China ARfirovnir SAIGON, Thursday. ()ts>hKVl.N(, strut neutrality despite reported I Nationalist offers to join up with the Vietnam anm, the French military have disarmed and interned 10,001) Nationalist troops who have so i tar crossed the frontier into Indo-China. The r rench
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    N.Z. pledges co-operation
    5 1 N.Z. pledges co-operation W hbal
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    Commons discuss H.K. elections
    91 1 LONDON, Thursday \IK. Creech Jones. Secretary for the Colonies, ques- tioued m thp Commons yesterday about the pro\ ish>n of a Municipal Council or for elected representati\e» to the Le?islati\e (Ouncil of the Colony of Hong Kon». said he ma anxious to reach a decision as
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    GIVE BACK KURILES,
    29 1 GIVE BACK KURILES, .SAY JAPS ZIAY JAPS 3ay Japs ZpY 7APS 3ay Japs 3ay Japs zsay japs Z?AY JAPS 3ay japs Z§ay Taps ZpY Japs 3a y jhps ftps
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    Woman Red is executed
    62 1 Woman Red is executed TAIPEH. Thura («HENG Yi-mini, an alleged n Communlsi :j?ent nong 11 people who ii a firing squad last SunCheng, alleged to have a member of the ChlnCommunlsi Party since, 1938 arrived In Taiwan two tricl found emplova school teacher. More than 100 suspects i have been
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    Morphine traffic
    26 1 Illicit opium traders m Slam have turned to more' 'i'able morphine trafTUkPolice are combing the countryside for one or more j phine extraction iil
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    JUST A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
    78 1 JUST A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE LONDON, wi d Mr Hector Hughes, (1 ■<.! m the House of i today on incU ihe British de he United Nas General Assembly d i dins equal edu a for rhildre;; <>f iill i r.- m nonterrttoriea w Mi h v Creech Jones r-
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    139 1 BRITAIN objected today to the terms under which the United States proposes to supply her with weapons under President Truman's anns-ior-Allies programme. Sir Oliver Pranks, the British Ambassador, told the Secretary Ol Si ate. fyjr. Doan Acheson, Of Britain's comments and criticisms of the draft of the proposed agreement between
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    WARD PARTY LEAVES CHINA
    51 1 MR AnglU Ward, the Anirkcan Consul-Goneral In Mukden. Mr. William Stokes. vice-consul, and ail foreign employees of the consulate, J sailed yesterday from Taku I Bar near Tientsin. They were recently sentenced to deportation by the Mukden people's court for espionage and assaulting a Chinese workers.
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    Reds are so democratic
    65 1 (IOMMUNIST mt-inbrrs of the pounful Transport and General Workers Union stormed its heai««art*rs m London List night to trj t<> protest to the exeeatlre rt^:»i"M Its lun asiinst Communists boldias office m the I'nion. Polit,- dragged some 151 demonstrators out of tne building and Placed a
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    KOSTOV TO DIE AS SPY
    9 1 L Vice- the be.l
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    'No widespread dissatisfaction in Sarawak'
    228 1  - 'No widespread dissa tis faction in Sarawak CREECH JONES LONDON. Thursday. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, told the House of Common* yesterday that the assassination of the (Governor of Sarawak. Mr. Duncan Stewart, on Dec. 3 was not the result of any widespread political dissatisfaction.
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    HAGUE PACT: INDIES PARLT. WALK-OUT
    144 1 JOGJAKARTA, Wednesday liHIRTY members of the Indonesian Republican Parliament walked out of today's session just before voting on the ratification of the round-table conference agreements reached at The Hague and I the provisional constitution drafted at The Hasuc for the future I'nited States of Indonesia
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    THREE GUNMEN ROB SINGAPORE SHOP
    50 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Thr»'f Chinese. one armed v i i .t pistol, entered a shop In Arazoo Avenue, oil Upper Serangoon Road a^ it was about to close la.st night, and robbed the Chinese proprietor o.* $20 In cash and vT worth ot clgarett
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    CLOSE CALL
    54 1 SYDNEY. UVd 'IMIP total votes ta««t m I the Australian General I Flrrtton Here: Liberal— lJStJtt per cent ountrv Party 424.4 M do prr rent.) labour— VMT-.'.SO-' W.«l p<r cent.) Lang Laboar Party— 30.74."> (0.71 p«-r rent.) -imimiinMs— :i7 IVHi l M: prr cent.) ()th.rs-M(» ill i. MI
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    'Indies must get U.S.
    65 1 'Indies must get U.S. O f win w- ■v;;m, v •m i o TW.-: \>:< siuent of th< ol Trade, Mr Harold Wilson, told the Hovlm of Commons yesterday that the government will not subsidize the British film industry unless i* gets firm assurances that the money "nil] no' be
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    Penang petition
    35 1 Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, I Secretary foi the Colonies., told the House of Commons yesterday he could not yet make a luither statement on Penang's petition for .secession from ihe Federation of Malaya Reuter
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    COTTON FOR INDIA
    26 1 India has decided to allocate foreign exchange immediately for the import of 800.000 bales of cotton to meet the cotton short am- Reuter
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    STRIKE IN ITALY
    18 1 [I ily's three major labour union's yesterday called a strike of 1.000.000 state f>:n!>i()V.<. A.P.
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    ORDER REJECTED
    84 1 I American n Afency iJEIAi irn< d 1 wn i request Comn Government to the W 51 German a i nsidei quant rman i nti 1 ill,* w it Germ v KSMUW Germ w .for j ;roi ;<• auai sl Germ n rable quantity v $1 Germ n
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    10,000,000 MICE
    7 1 bei 10.000.000 the r> A.P.
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    P-51 CRASHES
    22 1 A P-51 I i Ur I Ban J 7 taammmam' Ban i Bandui g rday. Bar: I ed 4 Bar.
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    This Yarn Would Make a Good Film
    206 2  -  PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m IK. |I British film pro timers, m their present rather dispirited and enfeebled condition, can contrive t<> acquire Ihe leiise <»l a reall> imposing ice- here is a ho^k lluil. properly hand led. should pul Ihem im
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    QUICK LOOKS
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    This England....On Sundays
    54 2 This England.... On Sundays INVESTIGATORS t the B have Sol Mass O a who of B I the Brl H i i I to rl B m CENTRA! I OXDON i.iimimnn hoKMllom berause \M Ml BORDER low \s PS t 1 NORTH <>» KNGLANfI hi STRIAI ITIES l\ I XII
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    He Compiles a SLANG-uage
    204 2  -  Geoffrey Winnington -By- yor might sec 1 him m a bus or cinema queue or, at a football match, a tall lean figure, m an <>ld sports jacket and flannels, smoking a battered pipe. He would bi« combining business with pleasure For while his eyes are
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    Author Of The Month—1
    15 2 II Mil lON I'.ki i I OOKHARI i IF 194 D>
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      88 2 I HERE S a mouth i Pi \/pi X >^ I life HACEMEYER TRADING C( SINGAPORE «KUA. Bairns-wear FOR THE YOUNGSTER THAT HAS REACHED THE TODDLER STAGE There jre wmf lovily little chooim.es to* you %f| to pick from, and what an idcjl Crt tor thi youni; mother to receive
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      105 2 Solution To Crossword No. 868 BPIfTP CftiA.T ORI ■p enci lßb Q>ed] RDENT IP u'opplEppr N EA T I YOUR LUCKY STARI Boi!\ lodaj joi m i natural teacher *on have i l"ye of books and i desire for knowledge uhirh goes beyond men person ii acquisit ion You want
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      379 2 F.P. Crossword Wo. 869 aL. C-- —3, i 30 3! p| 32 53 > s 34 35 1 IIIIlllI!]"!" *****11 I I j Pa. i > > uuss 1 I H«j i; Oat) 13 sin |>; ie A n Label -3>. 19 I ■:<'. 21 Push hard mjainsi |i jj
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    BETHLEHEM FACES A SAD X'MAS
    298 3 BETHLEHEM FACES A SAD X 'MAS Refugees, jobless crowd town out work. I The pilgrim traffic that supported the bigger share of the population m the past has dwindled to almost nothing. Contact with '.ne outsiae world ii confined almos: entirely to the Red C'.oso i rucks that cart m
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    146 3 The I'nited States Navy Lockheed Neptune, the largest combat aircraft to be completely equipped for arctic-based operation has hee n successfully test flown m Burbank. California. The Neptune, shown here with 16-foot aluminium skis fitted over the wheels of its regular tricycle landing gear, is based on the design of
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    CLAIM REJECTED
    32 3 tribunal has i ejected claim by the Mir.Federation for a 35-hour •ad of the pTt si 44 hours because the reduction of hours would lead to a of coal Reuter
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    SCIENTISTS UPSET AN OLD BELIEF
    18 3 j wife 1 the were ■:nli- :rom •a. to .-.her i i pizaf
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    Bridge Hands
    101 3 ooraet ace •lub .v b^en rxks rulo«r*ble. deal-r. NORTH 91C41 •A J 3 AAIO 5 4 2 a-:«s a k J 0 1H 6 V» X g M>l FH Q J II I i g 7 OKQI *J < 3 ;:JJing North E«« Soufft W«<» I* 1* rail
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    Problem child
    90 3 PLYMOUTH. Thurs. |U parents of an euht--1 mv .»ld boy told the juvenile court rrcenth th:U he stole a car and dmvp ii into a fence. Then he stole a workman <» dinner and ate it: brokr into a farmhouse and Nome potatoes; has feoea Mnoking cigarette^ MS
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    MALE HUNGRY? GO TO ALASKA
    288 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. I (X)KIN(i for a good strong man to build your life around, sister? Well, if you're a robust, warmblooded girl, don't overlook Alaska. The odds are m your favour there. "Its a great place for a girl to find a husband.", said
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    Israel admits Arab refugees
    53 3 Israel admits Arab refugees SEVENTY-FIVE Arab women and children will CTO6I the Lebanese bordei Into Israel \o be reunited with their husbands and fathers They v ill be met by theii relative-, at Acre and will be submitted to the same medic* ai and customs examination as Jewish immigrants to
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    JAPS INVADE SHIP ROUTES'
    66 3 the first Japanese ship io carry Japanese exports overseas since ihe war th* 5.862-: on Kiyokawa Maru la to leave Kobe on Dec. 15 with cotton goods for Ran goon British shipper! m Tokin complain that the voyage, which they say was approved as a trial
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    Riot over women's rights
    133 3 Riot over women 's rights NEW DELHI. Thurs LATHIS and rifle bulls v.trej brought freely Into play by police to disperse hundreds of demonstrating orthodox Hindus trying to invade Par- liament after the Prime Mini- Iter, Pandit Nehru, had announced the Government was committed to passage of the! Hindu Code
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    THOUGHTFUL
    22 3 The Siamese national anthem piayed by a Burmese orchestra greeted* Siam's first goodwill mission to Burma. when it arrived m Rangoon.
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    RUBBER MAKES ROADS SAFER
    140 3 WASHINGTON. Thursday. I^HE Natural Rubber Bureau has reported (hat J tests eondueted over a six-month period by the Virginia Stato Highway Department showed that a small amount of natural rubber mixed with asphalt considerably improved the safety of roads. It said that comparative tests on wet
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    C'WEALTH COMES FIRST
    84 3 C'WEALTH COMES FIRST LONDON Th>. THE British Government will renew its assurances that ilie Commonv.eaUh conies firs', at t lie Ceylon conference (it Commonwealth Foreign Minlsft ra nezi month* Official sources said that the assurances will come during discussions of the relation of Brussels Tiejiv (Western Union' policies to the
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    HUNGARY UPS DEFENCE COSTS
    50 3 ULNGARY hai Increased IU defence budge? Estimates or national expenditure for T he coming year allotted 2.000.000.000 florins I about f63.Wt.vu: foi national defence 11.7 pereeni of the total budpet This ion Is an increase of 955.000 000 (about £32.860.00<». over Army pxpenditure iv. 1949 Reuter
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    FIRST TO U.S. THEN MOSCOW
    51 3 pAJCI£TAK*£ Prime Mr I.iaf.aai A.i Kiiuii, la likely to pay hi> pla oJAdjU to Wasnmfcion belore t. Moscow. M awaited risit to M<»cov nounreo last June did iiOl rakf 1 p!a BODtli a^ had been widely expected and 'the da ii;iv ye to be f\x*4.
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    DRUG MAKES WOMEN GROW BEARDS
    125 3 DRUG MAKES WOMEN GROW BEARDS gYDNEY .-p bal the new America n dru< Cortisone could jron t)°jrds on women who I They were commenting on It I perimental UK m the I I States lor treating rhei; fever and quoted report--Australian medical i workers m A Women i cortli ar.'i
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      32 3 Things That Matter m HIS LIFE! IRISH HANKIES Bordered Coloured i presentation boxes. *Paris garters I SUSPENDERS For Freedom m Action *HICKOK BELTS various styles and sizes ASSIAMULL S OEPT. HIGH STREET
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      135 3 Model 798 X the MASTERPIECE you have been waitin? Eleven Valves for!! This Philips Radioplayer is an eleven valve sem of Reception down to the philips 1950 range. 11 metre B.(?d magnification Craftsmanship, radio engineering skill and artistic < giving easy tuning* on eight short-uuie inspiration go hand m hand
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      356 3 sdf KUALA LUMPUR N I Ar 930 < f ro- Coi a Fn:. a v 9 Ing I tjona 8 i»0 Forum of Thursday Symph p tttlei 10 00 HapPs A Close BFEBS (Singapore) (iMrtadtof 8.8.r. Belay' IS Metres O, Metres. 31 Ml till -i"d 49 MetreTODAY 4Mt > m
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      126 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. Xl Whiplash pavilion Manhandied ODCON: The Fleet* ;n COLISEUM: Macaacre River. NADBAS' Anggerek Bulan *Ma lay. c ITUAY: Blood is 7Wcl and afysterfbin Romance (C«ntones*- duiiblr' feature). BINI»U8TAN: Kanjan < Tamil CENTRAL: ftddlthan Kan.vu (Tamil) EMPIRE: T Mn MALACCA < APITOL: Woman Hater. SAVOY: Ghar Xl
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Dec. 15. 1949. THE DEFENCE OF FORMOSA
    511 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Dec. 15. 1949. THE DEFENCE OF FORMOSA ONLY pom: of doubt remaiiiiug m the war between the communists and Lhe Nationalists m China is how ,ong Chiang Kai-shek will be able to hold out m his island fortress of Forme Exj d observers, inciuding diplomatic
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    Bulldozers Churn up the Past
    774 4  - Bulldozers Churn up the Past GUY RAMSEY By THE boys with the bulldozers industriously churning up the south bank of the Thames for the 1951 Exhibition are handling their great landdredgers with the precision of surgical forceps —by request. For the earth may well contain items of considerable archaeological interest;
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    'The Finest Flower of British Genius'
    627 4 'The Finest Flower of British Genius' EARL 1 WINTERTON •Father of the House of Commons" pays this tribute to Mr. Winston Churchill who recently celebrated his 75th birthday. IT is, 1 tli in k, appro priate Ibal I, who have been honoured with Mr. ChurchiU's friendship for 44 years a
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    It Seems To Me....
    994 4  -  POLITICO By LONDON newspapers make fun of the ignorance of the average Briton about the Commonwealth. This is a photograph of an envelope sent to this office by a senior member of the staff of one of Britain's most important national dailies. It beats the previous
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    Heroine was 'Glamour' Dog
    152 4 SECRLT of the MtMl the two-year-old experiment of using dyvzs lor police work m the London Metropolitan area is that after training they go into the houses of constables chosen for their temperamental suitability to be handlers, and become pet* like any other dog But they
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    'Wife-Stealers' Should Be Punished
    354 4  - 'Wife-Stealers' Should Be Punished CANON HUGH WARNER s 'o'> YOU can send a man to prison if knocks a child s body about; he goes scot-free a if he ruins its bom steals its mother, twists its mind, and permanently damapec Its 'motional life. Or it may be a won
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    WORLD'S NO.2 TELESCOPE
    3 4 WORLD'S NO.2 TELESCOPE
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    8 NEW S'PORE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR
    292 5 8 NEW S'PORE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR Accommodation for 8,600 Free Press Staff Reporter EIGHTEEN new Singapore Government primary schools are to be built within the next 10 months the Free Press is officially informed. ork on two of them will begin m the last week of this month and on
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    Air visitors arrive
    90 5 r'AIR RBrm md warrant Am& the R >yal A:r Force, guests of i Far East Air Com- Singapore :.iv to study the finer i»f fighter operation ill tenan Their visit is connected w:th .'ions now m ptogWM Brti tfn. tor the delivery Spitfire tv Siam. The Director
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    FOOCHOW M.Y.F. TO HOLD PARTY
    57 5 FOOCHOW M.Y.F. TO HOLD PARTY The Foochow Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a Christmas party m the Church Hall at 90. Race Coursee Road tomorrow night The re-union dinn» r for the past and present members and their friend? will b< *m at 7 p.m. This will be followed by
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    32 5 JOHORE BAHrtU. Wed A j meeiine of the Johore Execu:ive Council, the last for the year, will be held at rhe Dev.an tomorrow when the Regent of Johore will preside.
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    36 5 X<HESE happy boys at I Katong Beach were among thousands of Singapore Malays and other Muslims who went to the sea yesterday to "wash away their sins" m the annual Mandi Safar oerelIIOM v Free Press
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    SIAM RELAXES RICE EXPORT SYSTEM
    142 5 SIAM RELAXES RICE EXPORT SYSTEM PRIVATE merchants m Siam will be allowed to export rice, under the control of the Commerce Ministry. after termination of the Internaj tional Emergency Food Committee on Dec. 31. the Commerce Minister. Maj -Gen Phra Boribrandh Yuddhakit. said m Bangkok. Merchants will export under a
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    Party for new Commissioners
    55 5 The acting President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. T. P. P. IfcNeice, har Issued invitations to a cocktail party at the Municipal Council Chan on Saturday to meet the members of the new Municipal Commission. The Commission has foui nt-wcomers following the election and nomination
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    CHRISTMAS DANCE
    25 5 The Eos Sports Club of the Singapore Social Welfare De- parttnent will hold a Christ- maa Dane- on D<r. 17 at 9 p.m.
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    R.S.V.P. TO THE PRISON
    18 5 R.S.V.P. TO THE PRISON -old teits gibe ieM n«t ifU mv .it jonv to S r^ 3ni ..tr»rr
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    HOUSES ALONE NOT ENOUGH
    126 5 I Press Staff Reporter Singapore Government intro>nunt Bill m the Legislative -of the Improvement Trust, -t ni?ht broadcast on the need .}>m<nt m the Colony and des- >* il toun should be like. m ;r. the most suitable and healthy s:trs. Ch.v.r-n nla%^:ounds should be to
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    UNION MOVE
    35 5 JOHORE. BAHRU. W«4 The Johon 1 Civil Service Association is seeking to register as a trade union, and a special meeting of the Association has bef-n called for January 3 to discuss the
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    Bright future for Malayan timber
    180 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A BRIGHT future for Malayan timber is predicted by the Singapore Forest Officer, Mr. C. Cairns, *ho told the Free Press yesterday that there was an increasing and continual demand for Malayan timber from the United Kingdom and other countries. "The
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    18 5 picture MR Chow Chon* Swee and Miss Polly Wee Gee Hon* who were married In Singapore recently Lid
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    Ming tomb claim in Singapore
    249 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE Chinese student of archaeology, Mr. Han Wai Toon, claims that a tombstone m llu Klang near Nee Soon, is that of a Ming Dynasty Chinese who came to Singapore 400 years ago. Mr. Han has informed the Curator of
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    HAD NO CARD: 9 MONTHS
    96 5 SEGAMAT, Wed. The President of the Segamat Sessions Court. Inche Abdul Hamid. sentenced 52-year-old Phoo Hion to nine months' hard labour for failing to register and take out an identity card. Court Inspector Abdul Rahman said Phoo was irres--1 ted In the course of an
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    GIRL HURT BY FALLING TREE
    56 5 A three-year old girl playing m a kitchen of an attap house at Kampong Wak Tanjang, Geyiung, was injured yesterday morning oy an old coconut tree which fell over the kitchen. The girl was admitted to the hospital with head Injuries The tree was about
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    'LORD MAYOR OF BENTONG'
    86 5 'rAfiNTV-THKKK-x'ar-old 1 L (pi. J. E. N. Nesbitt, of Hull, who is serving with th«* Ist. Kattn. the (Jreen Howards, m Malaya. has written home that he Is known to his comrades m D ompanv as the '"Lord Mayor of Bentong." He was called this after
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    ADVANCE FOR PENSIONERS PROPOSED
    394 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rPHS battle of Singapore Government pensioners for increased cost of living allowances will be taken up again by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated) at the next Legislative Council meeting on Dec. 20. Mr. Lim, who first placed the pensioners' case for higher
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    TAX CUT MOVE IN SIAM
    172 5 JNCOME tax reductions, Involving probable doubling of the maximum amount of tax-free income and lower; .t of some tax percentages, v.ll be proposed this month lo the Siamese Parliament by the Taxation Division, says a Bangkok report. At present the maximum of tax-free income is
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      144 5 J V Z*r X ,^^ttr 5 %V Don't Know \NN WhatSheWants>\< or What He Wants And They Wont Tell Me Ul 4 She may want some intimate gift Some wearing apparel which I could not select for her? He may want ties or shirts which I am completely incapable of
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    31 6 MRS. R E. AHman-Ward. a helper m yesterday's Fla* Day drive m Singapore to raise funds for the L« Court Nursing Home Fund, selling a flag outside John Littles Free press
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    262 6 Free Press Stall Reporter KIALA II MPIR. Wednesday. 'rllF Federation's biggest land development scheme for residential purposes has been finally approved by Government. Work on it bulldozers will begin on Jan. 3. The scheme, costing several hundred thousand dollars, covers 200 acres of hilly
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    Free trade in gold banned in Philippines
    85 6 MANILA. Thuri Tut P kppinea Cent 1 FJ. erduy brou^ii T all lingi aiid transactioi vprnment It orde tiat privt held gold tlier than JewelU be deposited irtth fhe B.n:k. iperrlsc jdon .c\d abroad, ere- a twxien with the proThf >id jio 1
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    78 6 175 SEEK ONE JOB Itp#- Pr»^> M-ifY Keportrr ONI V 2: m of 175 a] k racai r Sii tapore prob i red 1 1 Labour Ml R. P. Bii had b'->-ii eliminated bnf lack <>r qualification! U candid will «o before a sel« ip Lnted b. thr C c
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    N.Y. stocks at new high
    69 6 Tut Ne« York stock Ex- inge hii the yeai i highest price level yesterday I the fourth consecutive day. Most pains were fractions, a 1 hough a few ranged from US$l to US$3. with rails among the best gainers. The volump hit 2.300,000 share* A
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    'NO' TO GOLD PRICE RISE
    77 6 THE Unite! S'.ates Council of the International Chamber of Commerce m New York yesterday rejected "categorically" a *ugßestion that the United States increase the price of cold In a 29-page study of world monetary conditions, the Council fcald. "To raise the dollar price of gold,
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    PLANTERS REWARDS
    259 6 'Tempt bandits to yield arms 9 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. INCREASED rewards would tempt bandit hangers-on to desert with their arms and ammunition, says the Planter, journal of the Incorporated Society of Planters, m its latest issue.* A tenfold increase m rewards paid for recovery
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    LONDON TIN MART CAUTIOUS
    91 6 I <)N DON 1 TliL London tin mark*' turned eautloui at the afternoon tension ye preferring to ice whether Singapore prlcei could b»held after their sensational rise ol tome Straits $12 this 9 rv'ri Spot ea S* to K6lO ins I while three monthi 1 1
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    DELEGATION RETURNS
    95 6 '■\HK Malayan < I 1 c inctl'i deletmtion to the EaM Asian Proiestani Churchea conlereni" In Bangkok brought back with thM i to Mngapora 'he youth lentatlve of 'h»' World Council ol Churchei Miat Jean the Christian youth councils Blnga] and Malaya before returninK to her heaciquart en
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    41 6 la m bl re Main \\har( <;• h V -4 4 -43 «r^l Wh»f( I I T»n'a i- I I mpire I».»ok F T ?fl SUB. 2*' List «b»r( t 44 loda«\ Wharf X.rixaN Bent s. ...<:.. E Sar v .4
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    URGE BIGGER
    33 6 THK graduation class of the (hone Hwa Chinese School, Kengit. Johore. who visited the Free Press on Tuesday Pi<ture shows the lw.\s and girls wat« -hmg uitrk m the eiiKra\iiiK department
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    TIN, RUBBER WORKERS TO REGISTER
    136 6 TIN, RUBBER WORKERS TO REGISTER trre Prrv* StafT Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. W-q. REGISTRATION In plant :nu and m I md li provided come tnt Inninf of next affected rei for the «i rubber. -pa.m. gu ptrcha. lea coconu:. and cocoa, tin minps at which at least 20 worknieu are rtgularly
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    MALAYA'S ATHLETES WILL BE ECLIPSED
    660 7  - MALAYA'S ATHLETES WILL BE ECLIPSED CRUSADER But lifters may gain successes By r pHK CIVIL SERVICE v. Army 1 rugby livtnrr wa» revived this season ilin a lap*** of ten years. Played at Chiswick, London, it resulted m a H j viotorv for Army m a dramatic flnish A feature
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    Recs knock out FARELF team
    83 7 Recs knock out FARELF team I Si gapore Hm-ke> Assoeia-.aarter-final between S.CJLC. tn will meet the Singapore Ihf xmi-final of the i-om-m petition. SRC Reds yesterday beat Q FAR ELF Dy \n their q B I came m the ftrst Irew Clarke and isked md Army were unf a haTlni
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    HANTS BEAT BERKSHIRE
    25 7 HAMPSHIRE beat Berkshire bf i ts to three m Union dbamship h at Reading y ..'ether match United Por.Mnouth beat Chatham Renter.
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    S.I.T. SPORTS CLUB OFFICIALS
    63 7 THE Sr.iapor? InjpfO'.fn s. C iv ft! Ml g e nera: M.CA- ha d »>' The m*mb*n if >lecttd to rr.anagemrnt rr I M Fras*r >'- W H Smart and .>n sece I M d D !nmittr«- m«rnl»»i> M< O M r> I i I Ftl
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    Snooker results
    26 7 A BROWN of d by 19 1 n 1 John I of >f the :>■• itei s q jrestcrday I Lindrum, of Australia The •<> 18
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    Pulau Brani B.P
    40 7 PUIJiU B.ani Badminton I Pa: hold ife ninth i dinner on Satur- dM at 7 p.m. at Pulau Brani. will ta Ja: Ps f *-30 P m to BUi«ap re memo s and friends to Pulau Brani.
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    F.A. CUP REPLAYS
    52 7 RLTS ol ay'a W A Cup second-round re- were extra time.; Ipswich T I, Phelir*ford v 0 faftei txti \m*> win i Blaclcpool a T Blnrknoo", Newport I County mwt Pori V.^' Ntwport; Iptwtcta iown me*t H»m DnlMd •"> »m The voond-rovmd i o Ifoaley ;>'.a-- w
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    SCOTTISH F.A. CUP DRAW
    97 7 THE draw for 'he t\vs' round i)f the Scottish Football Association Cup, made yesterdftj resulted a5 follows t.*. bn». A. I m Nt,nho»s»i»uir Rllmaiaoil i SUrU»| \lb •«ir.«nr«rr Kalkirk 4 i llklon X Mnthtraell Kjhi Dunirr I I \»r I I bird I mirk I \rbr«a(h
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    IS CONTENDER FOR TITLE
    52 7 RCHIE MOOHK 119 it b I Toledo. be» Leonard Merc* i i| 7 U», of OrtK'ai.u. light N v-na! AaaociaU i ler for ihe x Ught-hca titl* he'd <>• Ittgtond'j Freddie Mills n to* d afwr 30 j wcoadi the hi His h«»<i struck M pit*]
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    League scramble for points
    373 7 rpEAMS engaged m tlie Football League champion- Nhip and promotion races are out to pile up as many points as> possible before entering the Cup tray on Jan. 7. With the season half over, and return games now being staged, the promotion and relegation picture will
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    Badminton hall: Flag Day appeal
    259 7 r HL Bnali 1 badminton championship and UN end of tbe 949 eason an- ing ncide with the 'Flag Day organised by ac Sir Badminton Hail Flaps Will be i D Mjj >well Ihe Singapore Badminton Hall Fund. The jPPJf 1 J> the Committee on
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    Peng Soon, Marjan meet again tonight
    286 7  -  VETERAN H> U7ONG Peng Soon and Ismail bin Marjan ciasn >> tonirht In the Clerical Union Hall when they lead the Mayflower and Useful badminton parties rVs lei tiveh m the final of the Singapore Badminton Association's inter-club championship. Thu is their second mutch
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    Jockey accepts woman rider's challenge
    104 7 JOCKKY Johnny Longden Nesterday accepted the thallenge of a woman rider to meet m a match race on Sunday at the Aqua Caliente race track. Mrs. Wantha Davis 30 the mother of an elfht-year-old boy, has been forced to do all her raceriding ou county
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    STORE M.Y.F. TOURNEYS
    201 7 The prim r« ttw BtagaporslJ District M'houiM Youth J Felloe h.p annual tournament* 1949 m badminton. table-tennis I and cheM will be distributed at > the ClrriMma.s fancy dress social on Saturday a: 30 pjn. at toe I Pays Übt* M V F Ttu twhM of the
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    PRESTON PAYS RECORD FEE
    117 7 SECOND Division football riub Preston North End yesterday paid a record transfer fee of between £26.000 and £27,000 to Sheffield Wednesday, another Div. 2 club, for Inside forward Eddie Quigley. The sum paid for Quigley exceeds by at least £1.(K)O the previous record of £25,000 paid
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    RASC-ACC BOXING
    35 7 THF Royal Array Bcrvkj Corps and Army Catering Corps will hold their annual novices boxing championships ut the Garriaon Qymnasiuir., Tanglta Barracks, on Monday. n,e f r«t bout will brgin at 8 p.m.
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    R.A.F. defeat Navy 12-0 in keen struggle
    288 7 Free Press Rugby Reporter R.A.F 12; Royal Navy 0. I>OYAL Air Force Combined beat Royal Navy b> If points (four tries) to nil m a thrilling, hardfought game m the Singapore quadrangular rugby tournament at Changi last evening. Played under ideal conditions, the
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    Services XV v. Civilians
    94 7 TIIK tolioMiiu will rcpn Npiit Combined S«r\ k n against Civilians at Ku.iU I.umpur on Saturday with thr exception of Maj. Dillon of Johore. and (apt. Mai Donald and (QMS Morse of Perak. all the players are from Singapore. Maj. Dillon (Army: V O Levfeear, s
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    Shell XV beaten by S.C.C. 'A'
    47 7 rjLNGAPOKE i J> A XV .XV :in a line ol r Iby 11 \> I two trim lon tin Pad..: lay. sC C pi iyin« scored vi m the Ea R and Wjftti !r. l >se try v- rU cl by GiUild.
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    US. 'WRITES OFF' FORMOSA TO REDS
    253 8 Intervention 'difficult' WASHINGTON, Thursday. J4IK Secretary of the l\S. State Department, Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday outlined reasons why he believed it would be difficult for the I'nited States to intervene to prevent the fall of Formosa into Communist hands even if America desires to
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    BRITAIN WILL WAIT AND SEE
    132 8 LONDON. Wed THh I reign Under-Ser-retary, Mr. Christopher Mayhei refused m the House of Commons toda. give undertaking Britain j;ild not recognise the Communist Government of China until there was a reasonable assurance that British :-.a:ic and cutitular i.: ..i. would be tied ying to
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    WELCOME ORDER
    19 8 X Qeoi rdered all ships m the Medlttrin to ipllce thf* naalnThe extra rat o^ la] A.P.
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    Bao Dai puts off his trip
    38 8 S £M1 H( B Dai hea I p I r ti;^ >I ad poi I iet nam er, and the ve:nmg tlie re- itiona Vie eigi powei ■> to be con> De SI
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    Big 4 deadlock
    27 8 S> York Au rian treaty L>htwei' reign I Britain. the h lasla I reached complete terday and further v -if postponed Jan m London
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    Power strikers may go back to work
    134 8 LONDON. Thursday. GENERAL afreemenl to end tlie London power f strike which had disrupted transport and industry and blacked out wide areas of the cltj was reached last night. Daylong meetings bet ween leadei s ol 3,000 po* i r it ion workers
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    New headquarter?
    25 8 'i he hi adquarters of the tmmunisi [i national Confederation <>f nloni will bo set up m Brussels about mid- I uarv A.P.
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    111 8 DOKS Gen. Mil Arthur think he Mandrake (the wizard*." asked Mr. .Norman Cohen. Secretary of the Australian Fx-P.o.\Vs. Avmm iation. m Melbourne yesterday, bitterly criticising the General's assertion that the Japanese could now he trusted. "As P.o.Wv. we saw the Japanese training their children to kill, and
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    War in five years unless
    131 8 WASHINGTON, Thursday. I\K. Harold C. I rev, (he man who helped develop the U atomic bomb, said yesterday that a third World War. possibly fought with atomic- bombs 1.000 times more powerful than the present models, Is Inevitable unless the democratic nations form a super
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    Afghan offer to Germans
    65 8 X \KI I. lAifbanutaß), Tbnra VKiHWIsTAN plans to riiiniir.nr German refugeci to m this iNoUtt-d i.tud and bai ofT«r*(l H»o Siid't» n (urman lamlliea i.tnd m Afghanis' tan and rqwipnifiit and an opportunity to h»'(<iin. Afghan i Ititem Ihr in\ riiment Mrlirvr<» thr introdtK tion of
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    Hunger strike
    14 8 f the official n of th*> I' Minist* y In ilm U.P.
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    END OF THE ROAD
    21 8 j The famous 32- year-old I trans-Atlantic liner Aqultanla 1 J.s to be taken out of service
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    U.S. $ LOST BY DIAMOND SALE
    21 8 U.S. LOST BY DIAMOND SALE I) Bi I I B: i thai Britain I *>v 7.. •''r.4 by Ni V Reuter
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    16 8 Bri lias propose Ith the Yemen to delimil the Frontier of A orate Reuter
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    50 8 The gleaming lights of lat«\\<>rkini( cargo ships artthrown upward hy thf Thames. as crew and dockrrs work overtime discharging C hrLstmas cargm*v including large numbers of food par<Hs s*-nt h> Britons from all over the world Pietare shows th» p k ship Beavertove from Canada at the Rojal Ihu k»
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    Jews begin shift to Jerusalem
    52 8 Jews begin shift to Jerusalem JERUSALEM W< I nrrra i ng TT Prime Itlnisi Jerui i m Tel I day Urae] rr.ad* I m backiriK up s of I N I G v....;j in*! to Jei Hussein Mufti of the Aral M r i by the United Mi a this
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    12 8 Fon h Mr A K I U.P.
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    BBC shows new television unit
    17 8 IMIF H Bi C rp >■ trans Ft I B b: Encland'i A.P.
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    ITALIANS ASK FOR ARMS
    51 8 ITALIANS ASK FOR ARMS An Italian d. -legation \-> t«rday rcqmsted the British of Eritrea administration to nrruit Italians for the local police force and arm the Italian population to prevent recurring terrorist at them. Them also asked that 6.000 Ethiopians, irho t Italians claim are m Eritrea illy, be
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    STOLEN: ENTIRE ARMY CAMP
    111 8 PARNHAM (Quebec) Chursday DOUCE .said recentl) that some unknown person 1 or persons 1 had raided a disused army camp and carted away everything but the kitchen sink* r terday they revised the report. The sinks were cone too So were window frame* rlring. piping, .shower
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      50 8 1 Healthy p eo I kee P thei r I B -> B/^ BL^^B/ H Mac leaks TOOTH PASTE Macleans toothbrush B^"^^^^^^ J9% It bK: iß)i rf 4^l ■T^BlbbV ARF KM x ksi or MMM^n 1 1"°"/^ < Going on Leave f I THE I STRAITS BUDC** I B Six
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      9 1 Free Press Christmas SHOP WINDOW Thursday, Dec. 15, 1949.
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      CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS ARE OF INFINITE VARIETY
      1247 1  - CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS ARE OF INFINITE VARIETY FREDA WHITTAKER :says v -ti\jl is vlllv ebrated, m ;iiul s Christ' picture feasting sent denial old es il w c s yule log, m 1 1 1 d m but uralI ut>..;:ous :r.*.o |g- oms .-•cd. xere ■.vals part ristnd up man I
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      Feast ceremony is as old as man
      714 1  - Feast ceremony is as old as man MARY IRWIN sdfsdf THE lV;ist is a ceremonial ns old iis mankind. Mythology refers to it as a form of propitiation to deities \\w\\ history iv rorHs Ihp hnnqnel ns essential to good fellowship and greal political results. Earliest civilisations rejoiced m feasts.
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      165 1 f v f Customs of infinite variety have formed the pattern of the Christmas Festival through the centuries. Almost all of them originate m the rites of ancient peoples; they are inherited from the religions and traditions of an earlier age. Changed m form and style with the passing of
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        109 1 Personality Quiz HOW about bringing an old favourite up to date for your Christmas party? Lots of you perhaps know it as "Birds. < Beasts. Flowers and Fishes." Here It it m the guise of a Personality Parade. Given a letter of rhe alphabet and a time limit of. say.
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      Christmas shopping in Raffles Place
      664 2  -  RUTH LANGDON by "J"AKE a trip around Raffles Place and see how the stores have ignored the tropics m their preparations for Christmas. Little's has staged a blixzard m several of its windows with bits of cotton on strings of various lengths. Robinson's has packed
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      It's snow time in Singapore
      332 2  -  D.D. by \\W\\ it v s stinking hoi m Bangkok, it s snow time m Singapore. One o! tin- assets cum liabilities of being a British Crown Colony In Bouth-Easi is thai the population, 85 pt-r cent ol whom have never endured a cold climate,
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        191 2 A MARK OK LMV 1 •^^»»^a««iwii »■> ii [I AC p i;c.t t 6 SUPfRHIT T 496 I f AC Mains. Ufa HIGH I CLASS RECEIVER I FAR REACHING RICIP- I -y, TION fulfils HIGHEST I REQUIREMENTS ml MUSICAL PERFORMANCI MODEL T 505 5 ARRIVING SOOH' >ok Afentt THE MUSIC
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      ITS THE 'INSIDE FEELING' THAT COUNTS
      1012 3  - ITS THE 'INSIDE FEELING' THAT CO UNTS MARY BIRCH ]j£k Round 'f/rM%r£l Jgpßt ii scare/: of f^S*^ €J JHlt.I S T \f,i jv \WE PUBLISH last year's Cilcs cartoons because we feel that m some intangible manner by some felicity of line, expression or situation the cartoonist has captured the
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      No let-up for troops in Malaya this Xmas
      592 3 No let-up for troops in Malaya this Xmas WHILE the forces throughout the Isri tisli Commonwealth of Nations will he celebrating, soldiers m Malaya on Christmas Day will be carrying on the grim tiijit ;iii;iinst the Communist brotßerliness and human mercy. Their Christmas Eve will be spent m constant vigilance
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        198 3 Give a USEFUL present this Christinas! #Hazy your choice of the following: "TIGER" RUBBER PRODUCTS Balloons Tennis Shoes Table Pads Fook Lee Shoes Bathroom Matt Oxford Shoes Door Mats Rubber Slip'ss's Soap Savers Velveteen Slippers Rubber Aprons Hot Water Bottles Cot Sheets Chair Pads Bed Sheetings Water Hoses Floor Mattings
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      120 4 DOXINC Day. December 26, is the day on which gifts of money called Christmas Boxes are traditionally made to servants, tradesmen and apprentice*. This contemporary print shows a holiday crowd on Cheapside, London, m the late eighteenth century. The origin of the name Boxing Day is not at all certain,
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      1643 4  -  Reginald Moore SHORT STORY by NIGEL likul seasonable weather. Krom 1 1 it* broad windows of Ins dining room th;ii Christmas morning he could sec how the snow looked on meadow and coppice, and on Ihe loots of farm houses on ever\ side <»1 the valley.
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        245 4 tr The shop for you and your children to buy everything .you require for your hobby. Feed your fish m a clean wholesome manner with our specially prepared fishfood PARAFOOD." Cure their illnesses with our medicines. We simplify the science of fish so that the young and the old can
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      THE STORY OF HOW THE 'SONG FROM HEAVEN' WAS BORN
      1282 5  -  FRANCIS MUSGRAVE by EVERY man, woman and child throughout the Christian world knows the "Song From Meaven though every nation has given it a different name- »n Britain and America it is known as "Silent Night. 1 Written on Christmas
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      1148 6 Lars Christmas Tree a tale~oTthel far north for the children j;.\Cll year on the Saturday before I Christmas Franz Bischof, who lived some distance away on the borders of the great forests brought Christinns trees to sell m (he city streets. He had become a wellknown figure, almost :is traditional
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        182 6 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Philips New Standard jH I PRICE: i I P $180.00 \SS/§3&f^^^^^ 0N EASY I t X M j J?0l/A/£> TH£ GLOBE W/r/f PHI fI PS Lm us j'w*' j r J'v Philips Rjdiepfaytrx. A HANDSOMELY DESICNED 5 VALVE RECEIVER WITH BANDSPREAD ON SHORTWAVE BANDS. RIMLOCK AND ALL CLASS MULTIFUNCTION
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        86 6 m cwocoiAfis >-ZZ*& GUTHPJE i Z j Special Seieeiiom <>f— I SHOES AND HANDBAGS > I for I CHRISTMAS SEASON > > Call dt your pi > Footwear Dca > I KIAT SHOES CO > l\ STAMFORD ROAD, > ll J We also undertake Shoes a^c > made to order
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      The East will celebrate with the West in our Singapore Christmas
      1674 7  -  T.C. KOH says \SL Round theWorid I yHBR tit search of y THE spirit of Christmas is capturing more and m Ore the hearfs of the People of Singapore. I his has been evident ever since the end of
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        158 7 /w chz/st/has\ 3^^** complete) /fat Tieafr G# MANDY I a sr//HMATm pmK Of (%?<#/#£ HfH TRAVERS I SOHS tTP. T J&^ i "Thank Acoustic Science for Hearing v_ bear clearly :ti»n at todal M* Hi Aid Specialist V THE DEAF AID EMPORIUM l««i Mavnjrd Building •J 11, Baftery Road. Tel
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        120 7 rz| QJkJz*" UvVVOURITE^n braljJd A/ ways at your service CHRISTMAS GIFTS g 1$ i™ Srad vowr A'/zijj presents Jrom >v DULFAKIR'S 9 v?S WE HUE AN A*MAZING SELEI I lON X OF GIFT BOOKS CHILDREN'S BOOKS f >*J AND ANNCALS. IOM SMITHS AND l^ 4 CAI.EVS CRAC KERS AND STOCKINGS,
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      A Christmas Card
      6986 8  -  CHARLES DICKENS CHARLES DICKENS CHARLES DICKENS By By By St&VG XhsPCC^^^^ THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT In easy state there sat jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing torch, m shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held up, high up, to shed its light on
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      175 8 Bob Crjfchit. clerk to Ebcncxcr Scrooge. Peter Cratchit a son of the preceding. Tim Cr.itchir 'Tiny Tim j cripple, youngest son of Bob Cr.itchir. Mr. Fcxxiwig. j kind-hcjrtcd jovial old merchant. Fred. Scrooge s nephew. Chost of Christmas Past, a phantom showing things past. Chost of Christmas
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        182 8 TnfcrfcKrtvl gn+E m A liift that will give years of service, and be a perfect reminder nlways of your expression of esteem for her, MORPHY-RICHARDS AUTO-CONTROL SAFETY ELECTRIC IRON SANDILANDS BUTTERY CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANC f THINK OF i l vor.vc; axd old f I ////;> .4/./.
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        65 8 '^1 111 Ifl :^^yCM AH PARFUMS CHANEL PAR roN v tviiltJ j Xmas Sale I A^oif On Simulto With a »<de and varied dM lowly makes HM I THE NOVELTY STORE eBB NORTH BRIDGE RD. V y 1 SPORE TEL 3123 CRYSTAL EPN.S. v > SILVER TABLE <* WARE. GENTS
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        85 9 P. 25 JCIFT THAT SAYS k' MADE IN ENGLAND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR SS.C WARMING PLATE c table or s deboard to .'c lufficfent to keep T I **ry artractive appliance ii e~d bra' ard of moulded indicator lamp to give visible plate is on circuit. -BLE FROM ALL
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        119 9 TIGER SI ?J|\ Alt THE TIME GIVE //-^y%^ tk*»U I I V* C s^^^rJ^S ALLTHETIME /^^x TIGER I m^^\ ALLTHETIME I there's always CHRISTMAS TIME I I\IEK i>^ LARGE SMALL LAST MINUTE SHOPPING WILL ALWAYS DISAPPOINT YOU Select your j COLD SILVER Cj I El S today mm tm* Although
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        283 10 (fil^g [CHRISTMAS GARRARD "RC.65 AUTOMATIC MIXER-CHANGER. Plays Eight Records of 10' 13 or mixed >J In any order. SulU any Radio Set. For At <j Mains only << PORTABI.K MODE! TABLE I>K 11AK Z\* 2 CONSOLE DX LUXE UtSM i.\ Id D I <>R six M»>N iii^ 7. M. A.
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        61 10 X 9 MAS SALE TOYS ft SPORTS j GAMES y] STATIONERY BLACK CAT BOOK CO 363-5. NORTH BRIDGE »AD SINGAPORE Phone |l 88,,|■ I :""^L SANTA BRING LATEST f5? new:- Kiir In S GREAT CHINA OPTIC A L ca 334 NORTH BRi: ts>i_ON STOCh f BRASSIERES. GENT'S LAD) HEADS. CHILDAND
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        233 11 ood 5 Newest! A Gift Within A Gift! "f^^^"^ GIFT OF GLAMOUR Vil*^ 3^^ sH e WOULD CHOOSE FOR HERSELF JIIKE-W SETS i^^ i ;^s^ V ln Beautiful, USEFUL Plastic Cases A4 '-^'^'*'c o^' \S^ >;r V^ r^ that can be used later as I V JPT? /^S^^ Boudoir Chests;
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        382 11 m^^^^ /if s x J% if l^L \^^^r~ 0 1 1 OyS to delight the children! *Tt "BRITAIN'S" FARM MODELS H y^^^^^^^^^ Build > our own tO Y farm with I HAY RAKE: $2.75 FARM ROLLER $1.95 HORNBY TRAINS I TTJ M. 0. GOODS $7.65 PASSENGER $7.90 13® MI GOODS
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      106 12 A TURKEY farmer of Frankfort. Illinois, m mid west United States, is shown using a mechanical turkey picker, a machine designed to eliminate the tedious process of picking the feathers from the birds by hand. After being given a low temperature scald, the birds are held against a revolving dru.n
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      532 12 TIILIU will In- no si.(»i lagi* <»t turkeys m Ihf United Stales i"i Hie Christ in. is lrsli\;il Nils year, the turk production ot 4i.u00.00u birds, according to the irtment ol Agricul- the second largest m United St. history, rhe record waa set m
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      411 12 marie c& gives sonic useful him tmhowtoprepatictii and serve your Christ Preparation pLVCK the femtben, then singe the turkey to remove Hw small hairy feathers. Draw the sinews, and cut oil the feet. Cut off head, make an incision along the bark of the neck, separate the skin
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        358 12 mm S#P#C/#xv S^ >/ WILLIAM TEMPLE HIS LIFE AND LETTLKS By F A iREMONGER. Dean of UcrJJeld $12.00 (25/-) A famous boigrapty of a famous Archbishop. CHRISTIANITY AND COMMUNISM B, Jol. C. Bennett 3 60 i 7 6) me author believes that Communism as a faltn !s a compound of
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        8 12 Stave Four will appear m our next supplement
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        155 12 *d. j \x r y v9l i 4 iM Vl jc" Wk. Do you require beautiful CARPE". coming festive Seison Here is an cp. SHROFFS Latest selections ot C:rpets arc Pay a visit at you' convenience M twe on week days kttwi 5 am. to §IHIIR[<O»iRIF§ 1 47 (ford K«»ad
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        134 13 HLJt^^^ y If i '^^A%me to REMEMBER j; I yri I 9! cliprri if B^^^^ Wt^ mm Hf"^^™ ip^k ZLEN SHOES I noAe ///<> iWca/ <?5 .V/iio« Present i i 4^ 4 oes of red and willow Children's white canvas sandals of PAROVK I "PAROVKA I" with special rubber ii
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        217 13 AN ATTRACTIVE RANGE WISS WATCHES 5 Time told faithfully Winners of 450 Awanls > ii7//i beauty \&L*Si\ Finest quality Excel lent style j a Choose and give a magnificent modern "Girard Perregaux" for enduring satisfaction m m m J I Trade enquiries to: F Explore this Christmas through I Mullard
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      Sweet temptations for your party supper table
      556 14 Sweet temptations for your party supper table pOR those who prefer something lighrei than plum pudding 01 want to give extra sparkle to a party supper table, BRENDA LLOYD suggests these sweet temptations. Charlotte Russe INGREDIENTS— i pint lemon jelly (packet jelly or made with gelatine and i sweetened lime
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      294 14 1"HIS Christmas, Singapore mems who haven't the patience or the imagination to plan festive meals or novel buffets can sit back and let the can-opener do the work. For there is scarcely anything nowadays that does not, from a gastronomic an^le, emerge from a tm
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        158 14 U^ffl^^^^ NO CUTTING^ /WK^^T^ N0 PIERCING I A l^^T^ DRAWS EASILY I Available m Handy Flat Tins of 10 Cigars. GULDEN VLIES CIGAR WORKS. TUBURG, HOLLAND Sole A^nts L E. TELS Cr COS TRADING SOCIETY, SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR PENANC This Him Star's I \i?^^^T Hi until Seerei yJ> l^^m for
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        128 14 MAYNARD Co J WHOLESALE AND P-. "*4 SeeourXMASSHOWni ELIZABETH ARDEN P«OOOCfS COFFRETi TRAVEL BA GIFT SETS MALAYAN PfVm* VVAPf PERFUMES AND COStttflCfc MORNYYARDLEYS REVL 5 LI CREPE DE MARS U ROLLS RAZORS AND VICEROY DRY StyJ WIDE RANGE OF COSMETIC BAGS MAM; SETS. COMPACTS. POWDER BOfc.i s l' y DESIGNS
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      CHRISTMAS ALWAYS BRINGS BACK MANY MEMORIES
      897 15  - CHRISTMAS ALWAYS BRINGS BACK MANY MEMORIES ERIC MITCHELL by CHRISTMAS 1949 has a significance other than the perennial giving of presents, parties and the merry whirligig of Yuletide festivity. It is exactly one decade since Christmas of 1939— the first war-time Christmas. Then, for the first time m twenty years,
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        99 15 Yo u are sure to i e the receiver i// ma k c y our XMAS GIFT CHOICE the varied stock ,li*f>lay at your mtpular jeweller v 11. de SILVA STREET, SINGAPORE MPIR AND IPOII DRENE of thp Stars P JTMrn I.\KI I LOCKWOOD ■jtivs (toes id hctp you to
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        105 15 W//.47 FL\ER GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS than this "HIS MASTERS VOICE" RADIOGRAM 5 Valve Bandsprcad F-^^^^^^^^^^^^^B Radio I I HIHI^IjIUHII^I Fully tntpicalised. ffWHCffiSffj^B /■/<// automatic record >/^ for cash. HL Kfl V Liberal Hire Purchase jfete^n^ 7 erm.t. MODEL 5303 Available from all tut koritfid tim l\ or from I W»
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        156 16 I^4 V B n IB* I luliT Oil TOp Brylcreem keeps the hair healthy as well as smart. '^^%BB^ tyfo Brylcreem puts neie life into Dry Hair. Jylfi^^WA Brylcreem contains no gum, soap, spirit or starch. 9 |^^^j Men m (he public eye know the value of a smart appearance,
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