The Singapore Free Press, 19 December 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press. LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA y 17.53 i SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949. PRICE 10 CENT
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    RICE TO COST MORE
    27 1 RICE TO COST MORE Ifl '11. sue per cent. *he price kcc next ibortagc Ktuctloo cievakia- ed on Burmrac a win I wo\ i i ■nn A.P.
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    INDONESIA 'NORMAL'
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    VATICAN READY
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    HATTA BECOMES U.S.I. PREMIER
    321 1 HATTA BECOMES U.S.I. PREMIER Inner Cabinet appointed V^ BATAVIA, Monday. i\LWLI -ELECTED President Soekarno has designated Dr. Mohammed Hatta to be the Prime Minister of the newly-created United States of Indonesia, report* Radio Jogjakarta. He has also appointed a four-man inner cabinet, who will select the remaining Cabinet ministers, the
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    NEW TALKS ON KASHMIR
    151 1 NEW YORK, Monday. PEN. G. L. McNaughton. of Canada, has lost no time m trying to implement Saturday's Security Council decision on Kashmir. The Council nominated him. as it.s president, to afer with the representatives of India and Pakistan With a view to finding 'a mutual
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    It wasn't in the book
    85 1 Time Satui itoj v ::0 a.m. Plmce. —Vu toria Theatre Uccusion: Rehewsa! by the Singapore Repertory Theatre of 'Gaslight.' FjVNTF.R, flushed and happy. j Mr. "Bunny" Salvrrson. local business man. with I <r,f bottle of champagne. He embraces one of thr cast. Mi*s Annette .More,
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    Woman fights armed rubber
    91 1 I rer Pr<s N Mali Ki-purtrr V SINGAPORE H htl.v cut the flng .1 r< bber In the si tftt ra he Tai C tin Sti R ad earls n nan i >u n till bron-.fr rufcind to h«i nc»p, when she M-r-,- rd b I
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    11 BANDIT AGENTS HELD
    42 1 Free Press Staff Reporter EIGHT suspected bandit food suppliers were arrested and three others detained when police searched ftOO houses m the Endau Settlement area yesterday. During operations m Hie Kulai area recently seven band!' ramp? wer^ discovered.
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    New Red thief
    24 1 Politburo member Niki'a Khrushchev has been elected secretary oT the Central Committee of the All -Union Communist Party In Moscow- U.P.
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    TOKIO NOW 4th
    17 1 Tokio's population has climbed back to 6.019.133. making it the worlds fourth city. Reuter
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    Family row kills five
    67 1 EOVE people «m killed parly yesterday ill Aracatllba T (Brazil) when a ne*ro tr.v».i» exterminate a local 'imilv placed two time bombs m the family's residence. J Vlmmn exploded killing one child Then a police CMMMISet eSS 3 the hous. followed by several others m an
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    MAO REGIME FACES BUDGET DEFICIT
    98 1 MAO REGIME FACES BUDGET DEFICIT HONG KONG. Mon. IMIK Chinese Peoples il eminent In Peking tares a budget deficit equivalent approximately US$6OO--000.000. according to a Chinese report. f report said the Communist authorities will attempt to cover this deficit with Issuing "People's Vicv Bonds." which are expected to bring m
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    46 1 Malaya Hall. London centre for Malayan students m Britain, was opened by the Durhes.s of Kent on Dec. 12. Pictures show (top) the Duchess being welcomed on arrival. Bottom: Thr Duchess admires the saronjf of 2nd Lieut. Ismail bin Haji Zainul Ahidin of thr Malay Regiment.
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    JEWISH AIRLINE
    21 1 The Israel Aviation Company yesterday officially inaugurated its regular air services from Lydda to Rome, Zurich. Pari.s and London.
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    TOYS FOR EUROPE
    29 1 Hie American Legion ha*; started a campaign to .send a whole shipload of toys ti» Europe to b»* distrioutod Through an American relief ncy.— A. P.
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    U.K. LOAN TO IRAQ
    28 1 U .K. LOAN TO IRAQ The British Treasury has granted n (3,000,000 loan U> the Iraq State Railways for the completion of majoi c mitructu 11 proi( A.P.
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    Warships shell 200 junks off S. China
    170 1 RED PORTS TO BE MINED iiit.Mi i\n\(., nionaay. IN their i>id t'» tighten the blockade of Ked China. Nationalist warships are reported to have shelled and sunk many out of 220 junks off Svvatow and Kwangshowan. K\van£tung. after they had refused to submit
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    Only Filipinos can sell...
    75 1 MANILA, Monday. ARREST of Chine.se vendors doing business m Manila's public markets has been ordered by Mayor Manuel de la Fuente m accordance with the Government's policy to restrict public market retail trade to Filipino nationals. At the same time* the Mayor ordered police investigators to
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    JURY DEADLOCk
    37 1 After 48 hours behind locked doors, a Federal jury m Rome. Georgia, failed lo agree on the case- of ten white men accused of flogging seven Negroei oml a new trial Las been ordered Reuter
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    400 Russian subs for Asia
    152 1 LONDON, Monday. THE Soviet I "nion is speeding (he construction of 1.000 submarines, 400 of which are to be based m the Far East, according to the 1950 edition of Janes Fighting Ships, the authoritative guide to the world's fleets. The new Russian undersea fleet
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    JEW FED UP WITH ISRAEL
    32 1 A JEWISH police constable, who yesterday crossed iiuo the Arab section ol Jeru- for Ques' i Hi report* > I I A-. b tsra will I A. P.
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    SPITFIRE CRASH NEAR K.L.
    51 1 Krpp Pres> Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A ROYAL Air Force Spitfire crashed noar Puchong 12 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday A search for the missing pilot is being carried out. The plane was on Its way back to Kuala Lumpur airfield from an
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    TALKS ON S.A. SETTLERS
    44 1 INDIA. Pakistan and South Africa have agreed on arrangements to hold preliminary talks m Cape Town on Feb. 6 to discuss the possible summoning of a roundtable conference on the position of Indian and Pakistani settlers m South Africa. A.P.
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    S.A. strike threat
    30 1 The African Black National Congress, meeting at Bloemfontein yesterday, decided to call a one-day general strike of natives to protest Against "apartheid" (segregation and ttiiite domination.- A.P.
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    OUTLAWS KILL 18
    26 1 The Philippines Coostabuv has lost emhtcen men. ludlng two officers. In an .rounter wiih Moro ou lav.s m ihe hills of Eastern Jola,--
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    Walk-out by student teachers
    177 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 154 Malay student teachers o* Sultan Idris Training College m Tanjonfr Malim have quit thei# college m protest againsfj existing regulations and gone back to their kamoongs. Thi> is the firs,t Ume that student teachers have walked out ot the college,
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    Lloyd in Sydne
    37 1 Tto nrwly-app:nnt< <j i mander-in-Chief ot RA. Bomber Command R'ar-Ac!-mlral Sir Hugn Lloyd. arr.\ 1 In Sydney yesterday. He i five-v eek holiday m A :a before taklnj? up ii post ;n London A.P.
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    NO MORE CEILING
    25 1 Franc: yesterday nounced the end ot reia:; price ceilings on pork m I horsemeat and choice cu.s 01 beef and veal. A.P.
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    ARCHBISHOP BERAN
    21 1 Archbishop Beran. leaJr of Czechoslovakia's 9.000.UU0 1 Roman Catholics, completed *ix months of internment lv his palace yesterday.- A.P.
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    Churchill holiday
    17 1 Ifr Winston Chui Britain on D( c. 29 I two-week holiday <>n thj M Selra,
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    U.S. RUBBER
    9 1 821 ber m 1 1949.- A .P.
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    How to be Happy Though Married
    477 2  -  Ingrid Etter By WAKE up with the reeling that this h A Day That Matters It is The Day is another wedding anniversary. ll»s the Breadwinner forg 4 ten? Lie. eyes tightly closed, working up righteous Indignation... best years or life, small Pudding qoeoeing,
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    NEW 'PIPS' FOR THE INDIAN ARMY
    199 2 NEW 'PIPS' FOR THE INDIAN ARMY By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT r rHE Indian Army is to have new 'pips' after India becomes a Republic on January 26. The British badges of rank, the Royal Crown ami the four-pointed Star of the Order of the Bat ii are La give way
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    Caracas Thrives On Oil
    313 2 Caracas Thrives On Oil BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN CARACAS, tlu capital of Venezuela, cocks crow M midnight streets have no names, but streetcars have. Even broken-down Ionics #> in for religious slogans such us The Lord will provide.* 1 Here you hiss for a waiter. Shacks made ol packing
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      172 2 F.P. Crossword No. 572 i§ 20 ~~T\ h'\ L L^ j .1 i^tf 53 I Ei p j\3 f"^ 1 I jrg p(l.lf> ICO^v 1 J 1 1.1 11 ■<< J Multitude B>; 9Ni 61 I Sun o! none) >3»; 13 Bkl i 4»; II Dpi 16 Self '15». Bon
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      150 2 Solution To Crossword No. 871 [^MS.O N A T AjHTfJB i SVsp(EW M 53,: ORIa P kiJM BcMpJ|pM.galoc ie a s^'^ojßlq c p m YOUR LUCKY STAR I^OKS t »»ii > urn nfl and unii.rn nut differ quite v idel\ m Ihe e\ pitwKin and Me <>f \our talents, Khftch
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      46 2 thing m v liv h >ou are inteiestrd. k*SSJI worst lendenr\, perhap*.. is to K*-\ -nnr tratk nund Lcmn to relai a little more. tmir id<als ATr high; wnir ethics elear-«ut Your ability to hold to an ambition is strong Simcss and happim-vs rlmsjH '•<■ j ours.
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    Popular hero was admiral at age of 29
    28 3 Popular hero was admiral at age of 29 lion ng frier.chy between H 1 about the Century I 1 :>.iei; Si B I v to N i I
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    HARD THINGS SAID ABOUT CROONER
    57 3 LONDON, Monday I -j.ti nkk things m public about the >la.T fair's basement Mirabelle Kestaui 'on-street They were opposing (he i tlion for a renewal of its music before the L C. F«blk ontrol meeting. He's terrible." "He's I Ulo] i I .se. I I
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    Breaks silence
    52 3 Abdul Krim El Khafun.. ft *ran Riff leader In hi.s pubhr aodress since xile 24 years ago has declared m Cairo that the peoples of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were ::y to resume the armed sruggle for independence if peaceful means failed to tolve the North African problem
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    U.N. FACES BIG COLONY TEST
    299 3 Old world bloc is challenged Before it was over: 1 The Union of Boath Africa walked out of a meet- ing of the trusteeship commit f e m,i n P rote st against what its delegation called M ho»tll< spirit of other delegates 2 A
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    Price of Popularity
    94 3 < OPF\HA<;f:x. Mon. DXMSH hmcn and butchers have exper>ii, f 'd a Midden change of popularity following the recent abolition of mratrttioning and controlled prices. Soaring price* tor-pedo-d thf esteem which th,> hut. h'-t enjox'd ainonhis wown rustomer> and almoxt turned "farmfr* m!i» a word of abuse.
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    New Dominion for C. Africa
    74 3 LONDON, F.. B-. :n discus form> of r.o^ei political Onira! Africa ories of Nyasuiand and the Rhodesia* with represent.*'. v*>> of Northern Rhodesia an I N*va-;aiancl. t her.ever they desire Parliavas told. A meeting In February y' :ia Fall>. ariended by tbt Prime Ifinbtcr of
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    POLES CHARGE 4 FRENCHMAN
    82 3 FRANCE has .uv: been charged with attempting I to strike a; Poland 3 industry by planned sabotage m me s'.a'e coal mines and see.l plants, when tour French 'nationals accused of spying! appeared before a military tribunal m Wroclaw. The accused, three m- n and a
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    39 3 Bamangwato tribesmen, complrte with tamp stools, arrive at Serowe to attend the inquiry into the suitahiliU of Seret.se Rhama as a ruler for them. He married a London typist Mivs Kuth Williams, and so of the tribe ob.jrt t.
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    Postman coerced
    40 3 Hamburg papers reported that Western German post- men nave received a certain -quota" of Communist papers to distribute every day Letter carriers vho fail to c'u. ribute mough papers are charged with "sabotage the naoen said. A. P.
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    An 'Unknown' saves people from gallows
    124 3 London High Court Justice says British Judges have been deprived of the power to fix the final sentence m map? British murder cases. "In aim case of a murder which \m not premeditated, the Home Secretary grants a reprieve," Su Allied Denning a I
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    Bridge Problem
    297 3 In a book called "Winning Trick." written by Jwhn Brown on- of Englai.ds leading i: inalysta, and iliustra^d by mniunerab> bridge hand.* the.et '> 'iltt. Tlie bcok concerns .self alrno>i entirely wttii play of the cards but an ocra-ional diagram of the biddaig tenrei to point up diffei
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    'Red blow at Tito soon'
    66 3 MX Philip Motley head <>i the Russian Institute al Columbia University. has declared that there was chance thai Russia would invade Yugoslavia within six weeks He made the statement In [dress before the Foreign Policy Association. He .said tx-weeks prediction was on the fact that
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    Uranium find
    28 3 Mr Alphonse Dufran*-. Deputj Minister Cor Mines m Quebec, has now confirmed reports of thf discovery oi uranium deposits In Th f county <>r Portneuf.- U.P.
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    15 Pacific nations to meet next year
    291 3 NEW DELHI, Monday. I 4 CONFERENCE of 15 countries m and around the A Pacific region will be held m India m December I*s#, to discuss the international consequences of the postwar nationalist movements m the Far East. The meeting: will be the
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    FRENCH INDIA REFERENDUM
    72 3 pRANCri and India have not ye l fixed a date for the referendum to decide whether the four Ptench setUenients m India shall stay In the French Union or loin India, Indian Embassy officials said m Paris. Tentative date for the referendum In Pondicherry. Karikal, Vanoan and
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    BICYCLES FOR R.A.F.
    29 3 Three hundred new British bicycles are being issued to Royal Air Force stations m Germany for off duty use only, to encourage unit cycle clubs. Reuter
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    ANXIETY IS CONTAGIOUS
    247 3 CHICAGO. Monday. ANXIETY is highly contagious It spreads v» subtly, two California psychiatrists say, that you can catch it merely by listening to voice recordings of persons m that state. Psychiatrists get it from their patients Bfebief catch it from their mothers. Animals contract it from humans
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    U.S. testing new 'multistage' rocket
    108 3 WASHINGTON, M American experimenters ham disclosed that 'li^ beeri testing a I missile which* they iv)p° will rik the present kets. The ne« design auUiI Ur. presumaWy using a combination <>i or mor«' roi Icets I off at I. bai been iwrt'. i(' A- ranges
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    IF MAO WHY NOT HO?
    81 3 |)H LLON BOUTRIEN, a A Mao r- nuembfr of 'he French Party's left-wing. has railed tor French recognition of Ho Chi 1 1 leader i I the Vietminh hi-do-Chinesf autonomy m Dr. Bou'bicn, aao: special congress of French Socialist Party, said: The government is about
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    INDIA UNAWARE
    47 3 THE Gu Dfl <■• ..It ent t for a losed Sou'hI I nur do the» r .der the 'formation of v such urn., i f»>. mo 1 the present *v cm Prime Minister Nehru -^id m reply to << Question m f h<» I Indian Pa* [lament.
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      187 3 |^A VIEW HOTEL mi Dinner X Ball Balloons trackers tits rle Dinner $7 5t Extension to K. >r ..moo. effected onl> «gains( payment 'M\(. < onrert A thicken Curr^ Tiflin 'MM. Cfiind X'mas Concert b? fallan t Mornun and his Orchestia Dlnrff ■trwd on the Lawn MV.i; Concert Speriaf Lunrbron
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      169 3 SINGAPORE tX4 and 41.7 metres. Tarnev news from XI. at 10 a.m. TODAY 10. a.m. Newi lrom Kuala I limjoo Programmes m Malay; 100 p.m. Monday Matinee— Duke I Ellington A JubUairea: 130 Time Siena 1 A- New*: 1.45 Cowboy S'mK.v 6 Programme Summary: 602 Light Music; 6.30 Hawaiian Melodies:
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      158 3 BFEBS (Singapore) (I niliidm;; B.B.( Relay) M Metres. 25. Metres. 11. Metres and 49 Metres. TODAY 4.45 p m. Programme Summary; 4.50 Interlude; 5.00 Health Intelligence Bulletin: 515 'Life m Britam- <BBC»: 5 30 "The Man m Black (7): 'The Beast with Fi\'e Fingers'; 6.00 Indonesian: News programmes 'BBC-; 6.30
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      171 3 of the Ballet: 11.15 Masters >i the Piano Lili Krauss: 11. 3 C News Bulletin; 4 p.m. Music to: Teatime: 430 News Bulletin. 440 Services Concert Hall 5.15 Talk: "Australian Scene 5.30 Composer of the Week— Franz I.iszt 5.50 Talk; "Agricultural Bulletin"; 6 Sonata Recital Hensen Violin Sonata, t;.30 Overseas
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Dec. 19, 1949. Who sups with the Devil...
    571 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Dec. 19, 1949. Who sups with the Devil... ON the HUM day that Mao Tse-tung arrived m Ifosi t« pay his respects to Stalin and'to be witness *.o tne "profound and firm friendship between the i.. eat peoples of China and j'ne Soviet Union," Traicho
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    U.N. and Colonies: Why Should Britain Object?
    1777 4  -  HALL ROMNEY ILONDON LETTER by BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN 3 A view from Cart Hill near Belfast LONDON: 1 foretold a week or two i\£ih mid ;is Mr. Allington Kennard Ikis since confirmed m his cable from \~\kv Success, a first-class row has developed m
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    'Iron Curtain' Hides an Unhappy World
    614 4 'Iron Curtain Hides an Unhappy World Pamela Matthews reviews a book by Vernon Bartlett DROFOUND disillusionment i v the keynote of the conclusions reached l>\ the well known Hiilish Liberal minded newspaper comments tor, Vernoti Bartlett, just returned from tour of countries *V:jM of the iron curtain." Mr. Bartlett. who
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    TEACHERS WARN ON SCHOOL EXPANSION
    354 5 TEACHERS WARN ON SCHOOL EXPANSION Quality must come first 9 Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE "agreeing heartily" with the Oovernmerit policy of establishing more schoolsTn he olony to cope with the demand for eduVamn the Singapore Teachers U nion emphasises that m any such expansion "quality should not be sacrificed
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    38 5 THE Duchess of Kent chatting with Mr. W. A. ward. Malayan Agent m Britain, at a tea party after the opening of Malay Hidl (student centre) m London last week. On her left is the Sultan of Johore.
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    MORE REVENUE FOR SELANGOR
    93 5 I l'r»'>N Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR. Monday. with however, increased exper>onal emoluments and other h.irges. and a cut of more than uil expenditure are features o f MMlfel estimates tabled at this «»t the State Council. ti Of tht baciA HMnMM tabled with -he i
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    2,588 SOCIETIES IN FEDERATION
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. L>Y the end of November. 2.588 societies had been registered m the Federation under the new Societies Ordinance, the Registrar of Soi cieties (Mr. J B. Preniis* re--1 vealed yesterday. During 1 November application* were received iroin 127 societies.
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    64 5 THREE Singapore Malay sisters who are going to Egypt tomorrow for religious studies were given a farewell pi party by Malay women leaders on Saturday. Picture shows the sisters. Che Sa'adah Suhaimi (extreme left). Inche Sa'idah (third from left) and (he Kamaliah (extreme right). The party was held at the
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    Anti-bandit floodlights in Kajang
    30 5 Anti-bandit floodlights in Kajang p.«rliT s I i MJM X >lon. I r«ff »n t Kajang lie? this i „\,-d by iimi approvide •pit it l k ci MM pipeline
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    CHILDREN MAKE MUSIC
    285 5 Fttt Pres> Start Keporter OVER 30 pupils oi the Singapore K:ir Eastern I Music School. their ages ranging from lour to 13. took pan m the annual school concert at the British Council Hall yesterday The first and concluding items were a Sarabande and Prelude m D
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    SCHOOL FUND
    39 5 The Christ Church Parish Council. Singapore, is arranßIng a charity show "M*»la M m Hindustani at the Shirin Theatre on Dec. 21 at 6 p m and R. 30 p.m. In aid of the School Building Fund.
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    PADI PLANTERS TO GET HELP
    127 5 KUALA LUMKJK. MOD T^HE SelangOl State Finance Committee has approved $90,400 for extension and encouragement of padi planting m Pasir P&njang and Sungei Leman areas of Selangor. Other items of supplementary expenditure approved by the committee during thp year were: $39,150 to carry out general
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    Tenancies not affected
    249 5 SIT. RENTS INQUIRY tree Press Staff Reporter sub-committee of five appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Improvement Trust to investigate the question of high Trust rents and the possibility of obtaining Government grants will not concern itself with an examination of existing tenancies, the
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    DECISION ON HOUSING ALLOWANCES
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    Y.M.C.A. XMAS PROGRAMME
    206 5 A fancy dress party, magic and film shows and a picnic are included m the Sin^.pore Y.M.C.A.'s Christ mas programme. irv following Is the pro-: a mn it Dr-. 21 at 8 p.m. A Chrlstma-* dlr.ner and parJy together with the We- lev Guild. Admissi ,n by
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    Better phone service for Johore State
    240 5 Better phone service for Johore State tree Fress Staff Reporter JOHORE HAH HI Monday. fNDER plans to improve the telephone service m Johore State, automatic exchanges have been installed m most Johori- towns, replacing handoperated exchanges. Telecommunications officials said today that the department had reached the stage where rehabilitation had
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    'Tighten laws of marriage'
    115 5 ALOR STAR. Sun. pEGISTRATION of %U SiaIV mese marriages and divorces m Perils was urged m the State Council today by Tuan Shaikh A!i Tajuhid. an unofficial member representing Siamese residents m the State Pointing out that S.^ marriages were "not properly carried out." he said
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    SULTAN'S FAITH IN FUTURE
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    50 5 Burtaec ma.l hi \pe. 'Ed .r. Smpapore today .':o:i T!. 'A except Mini. Gre^i In. N. lr«- Eire, E-or- i* E^VPt N W A!r:ca W*-m Inures, and Uip Fed*-; anon. I a lest times !o. p^s':: ;t»day at :h«- OP O are for Pontianak and f p m Federation.
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    785 6  -  TED BROADRIBB Icy Berg slammed Mushy down to defeat —By IN these <i;iys of crowds il's difficult t<> realise Hint Ihere were I cw v i Khan 2,000 people m London's Royal Albert Hall Ihe nigh I I refereed Ihe loughesl contest I o\ er had
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    Riggs ranked U.S. No. 1 'pro'
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    224 7 NEWCOMERS SHOW PROMISE ON TRACK Fenang official training begins From ALL HORSES out for trail first day of official 1 oming Penang meetin; york on the inner gr exercise on the sand ti importations were wo looked a promising lot. Star 0/ India date Ta:*.. looked very well wh sand.
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    17 7 Mitchell out of Test XI meet real nniin i J. J. -iMe md t Nfl. > H »ur-
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    120 7 "pHRKI American hor*-s bave been rioiruna:ed to *he m tliree of :he major Entiisn races ne« summer. Log* Eagle, an Ainencan-ored four-year-old owned by WUliam Woodward cf New York. was futered m the Ascot Gold Cv.p and at mile-and-a-half Coronation V at Bpscm on May
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    393 7 U.K. SOCCER ROUNDUP^ of the four divisional leaders won m Saturdays English Football League programme. Liverpool and Notts County were beaten away, while lottenham Hotspur and Doncaster Rovers dropped home points m games they were expected to win. Hof r r play in eir
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    727 7 U.K. SOCCER LEAGUE TABLES LONDOM B £•00: ba l« I* c ..^v Reuter P W D I- F 9 2 17 22 < n W. 21 9 9 3 36 2 Ma -1 8 H II >v »22 2€ Sunderiard 21 9 o 39 J4 M D*rbvC J J IJJgg
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    33 7 picture. THE NEGRI-MALACCA rugger team who were defeated 11 3 by Johore m a H.M.S. Malaya tie played at Johore Bahru on Saturday. D. Goodsir <capt.) is standing m the centre. Free Press
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    3 RUGBY TRIALS ON SAME DAY
    255 7 L\N(i!.A\D. Scotland and Wales all held Rugby Union trials on Saturday. So well did everyone play m the second England trial at Gloucester that I the selectors will be faced with a ditTicult task m choosing the team for the final tryout. Probables defeated
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    256 7 SATURDAYS Rugby Union and Rugby League results were: RUGBY UNION Fini Scottish International Match Scotland 11. R^st of Scotland 14. Second Enfliah International Trial Probables 13. Possible 6. Second Wetah International TriaJ Probables II Pos-«ib'?s 3 (Job matches: B.acicheath 13. Richmond 11; London Scottish 5 Bir.<erihead Park.
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    COOK SAYS 'NO'
    22 7 'THE W. h id on 8 I rejected .^cr^:-.- > to return v Enj rod •>■ Involved I -r tri ...ns
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    BIRTH
    20 8 )LAM To Betty, wife ol j. Beadbun, F.Z.S.. 1.0., ■.a Di- i<- Kinrara Bo»--p on 16th Dec., a son.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    99 8 ENGAGEMENT is an- 1 i .ced between Miss Annette the daughter oi Mrs. J. N. W.t.nwright and the late Captain Colin More, to COL. Salvesen. son Mr. M«. > C. E. Salvesen. jurgh. Scotland. IM-CHFW The engagement v .s announced between Eng Kwan < i!erbert>, eldest son of Mr.
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    37 8 CHAN KOK SENG— Age 67 Sat 17 ::Md Leaving behind >jns. 5 daughters, 1 ado- Pod daughter. 3 daughters-m--I>* 3 sons-in-law 3 grandsons -> and 1 nephew .r.ourn his loss. Funeral today i M, for Coronation Rd.
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    Menzies seeks referendum
    248 8 CANBERRA, Monday. MR. R. G. Menzies, the new Australian Prime Minister, faced with the complicated job of desocialising the partially socialist State, plans to ask Parliament for a law requiring a popular referendum on any future proposals for nationalisation. His views* many of which were made known
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    Banquet for Ward cats
    71 8 Banquet for Ward cats TOKIO. >lon MKS. TOSIIIKO UCHlyama. uifr of the Governor ot kanagana prefecture, js preparing an honourable banquet" for Mrs. Angus Ward's four t.it> dur to arrive toda> m J.i pa n \n president of the Kananwi brain h of the Sotiet> for I'rrvrntion of ruelty to
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    More Africans for Council
    48 8 mi. Sa etai oi 8 t >• foi the Colonies haa > changea In I Ive Council whereby the number <>f Afiiod.i\ mnnbers v ill b*' Inert o eight. Tiu'v wni bf appointed on a provincial ba.si.-,. boiiiij Fleeted by i lie four provlnriu) councils. Reuter
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    NOT INVITED
    29 8 p pHE British Foreign Office la unaware of any invitation having been given to Burma to attend the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' conference at Colombo next month. Reuter
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    GEN. CHIANG BREAKS WITH BURMA
    189 8 GEN. CHIANG BREAKS WITH BURMA Warning of Red rule m Asia HONG KONG, Monday. THE Chinese Nationalist Government m Formosa yesterday severed diplomatic relations with Burma following Burmese recognition of the Chinese Communist Government m Peking. The Nationalist Foreign Minister, Mr. George Yen, announcing the decision, said he was "amazed"
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    44 8 photo. Spectators on horseback wave a greeting to one of the competitors m the 6,809-mile round-Argentina motor-car race the world's longest. Of 120 competitors only 22 finished, many having been knocked out on the stretches m the Andean mountains on the west coast.- A.P.
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    More pay and less tax—Shawcross
    111 8 More pay and less tax— Shawcross BRIGHTON, Monday I IK. II I H wages should be paid to etlicient pro- ducers m industry and income tax rates might be revised to permit the productive workers to keep i more of their earnings, the Attorney-Cieneral. Mr. Hartley Shawcrotl told a labour
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    Mao, Stalin study next Red moves
    81 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. J.JOW tar and now should Far Eastern Communists now seek power be>ond the borders of China 1 Th:^ n b\ US State Department officials as one ol the important question* b< d by llju 1 and M Anoth< r r»-d by M
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    STALIN, THE SCIENTIST
    31 8 :i;e Soviei Academy <,: j Sriei.tes. has announced Soviet science had created an I nic weapon tJder S'.a wort lime 1 QUll I r of '^isis and dl A.P.
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    23 8 i\l m I live by Thi y .uo on the Lakeland v. to Tokobai d return to Italy A.P.
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    96 8 'American men treat their women best' HOLLYWOOD. Mon AMERICAN v omen untreated brier than the vonien of I ::rr na* the World, Mya Miss F. ence Many. (Verb -born acu who has lived and worktuntrlei American *omfr. shr t, t;*: 'hf- ittmtkNß k they «ho <". b'i'. 'h^ 1 many
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    ONE YEAR PACT
    12 8 Hungary arid Albania h.r. signed a one-year trari»agreement. A.P.
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    GROWING ATOMIC FRUIT
    81 8 GROWING ATOMIC FRUIT CHICAGO Mon QCIENTISTS In charge of a v garden growing atomic fruits at the Atomic Energy Commissions Argonne National laboratory, near Chicago, hope soon to gain knowledge that v. ill make man live longer ami br more free from rii.sease Fruits, mm forbtddon fed to animal.* and
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    CHORUS GIRLS AS PICKETS
    55 8 CHOR US GIRLS AS PICKETS LONDON S m»1 charming j picket i.n» 4T ch< i girls who would ni i v. rk (>m ol bus" ,itt»-r settlement of a d r ct>nt r.i T girl had been t m ployed by M.G.M foi I tie I I marchniK around and
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    CLERKS RIGHT TO BE COAL
    28 8 CLERKS RIGHT TO BE COAL Bl I M and Salesnv lost nv.irh Ol thru p. suits and *afai 1 |a< kei are srllinri better thai lummei wear.- A.P.
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    78 8 A Scottish school teacher has left Sydney almost penniless for home with his wife and two children, declaring he had been 'grossly misled" by Australian immigration officials about housing. Mr. James Buchanan, who arriyed in Sydney ui Kuk said that officials at Australia House in London had told
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    16 8 1 Bni.iia h.u agreed to buy all of Australia! owm sugar surplus until 1952.
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