The Singapore Free Press, 28 December 1949

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAY A SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1949. PKlft It) IKMS
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    PEACEFUL START FOR FREE U.S.I.
    456 1 U. S. promises recognition BATAVIA, Wednesday. J^ FEW hours after the new Republic of the United States of Indonesia was born, her capital, which has reverted to its historic name Jacarta (Important City), was peacefully asleep under the vigilant eyes of the new military administration.
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    BANKS BACK TO PREWAR
    113 1 BANKS BACK TO PREWAR Mat! Reporter Malaya ipore will re-•'-war hours from Jan. 3. an F\ hange .I'ion an- .ill banks I 3 p.m. Mid :r sn 10 irda Ma .< Its :r.err. Malayan i their pretnnt, bu: thai the worked bosc m ■MM offices. ten har.:.d that •Aou.d co-operate
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    Prisoners attack guards: 3 die
    143 1 CALCUTTA, Wednesday. THREE prisoners were killed and several others, including an armed guard, received bullet injuries, when 21 prisoners being carried m a closed police van m North Calcutta suddenly fell upon their guards m an attempt to escape. The prisoners were being carried from
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    TWO P.C.s KILLED
    64 1 Krpr Press Staff Reporter 'TWO police constables were killed yesterday when a police jungle squad encoun- tered a fairly large force of bandits m a camp m the Kluang district. The bandits fled following sjun battlp wirh the police. An inspection ot the camp showed blood stains
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    PIRACY NEAR HONG KONG
    57 1 ASNfALL Chinese vessel was reported yesterday to hiw been seized by pirates. who boarded the ship 15 miles East of Hong Kong a fin forcing it to halt with machinegun fire from their motor launch. The 200-ton Tak Kee II was forced to proceed to Lin
    A.P.  -  57 words
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    Explosives gone
    22 1 Gammans < Malayan havo reported to police the loss of 1,752 dynamite detonators from their store magazine m Telok Paku. Changi.
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    TRADER MURDER
    28 1 Free Press Staff Reporter An Indian shopkeeper was stabbed to death yesterday by an unknown assailant m his shop m Endau. No arrests have been made.
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    BEVIN BEGINS LONG JOURNEY
    160 1 LONDON. Wednesday. "FIRKD and grey- faced. Mr. Ernest Bevin yesterday set out on his toughest mission since he became Britain's Foreign Secretary m 1945. He left London by the Golden Arrow for Paris on the tirst leg of an 8.000 mile trip to a crucial meeting
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    He broke into jail
    70 1 AI>\RIM. burglar reversed the usual order of things and broke into the Ki-i-hi city jail m Shikoku, getting away with clothing and cigarettes meant to be rationed to prisoners. Kixhi poiirr announced that the intruder bad entrred the jail by <sealin? the wall with the help
    Reuter  -  70 words
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    Party in Jerusalem
    37 1 TIIF Jewish Jerusalem fity Uoven mem Raw <*« rial party yesterday at the Kins David Hotel to hichnS foreign diplomat was invited bMMM who two .ears f bavins ns a part of the building. U.P.
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    TUC support wages policy
    68 1 LONDON. Wed THE British Trades Union Congress said yesterday that the nations economic position is more dangerous than at any other time since economic controls were applied. The threat of widespread unemployment, it added, is also acute. The TUC's General Council, which represents 8.000,000 organised British
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    U.S. arms aid starts Feb. 1
    156 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. IWITED States arms and military equipment will begin moving to Western Europe about February 1. a month behind schedule, it wa s revealed here yesterday. Part of the delay m implementing the USSI.OOO million military aid programme was caused by British objections
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    S'pore greets U.S.I.
    106 1 Free Press Stall Reporter MR. P. A. B. McKerron. Officer Administering the Government, yesterday sent Singapore's congratulations to the Indonesian Government In Batavia on the inauguration of the United States of Indonesia. The message said: "On this great day of the inauguration of the Republic of the
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    VIETNAM TO TAKE OVER
    47 1 SAIGON, Wed THE French authorities In Indo-China will hand over power to the Vietnam Government, headed by ex-Em-peror Bao Dai of Annam, on Friday. Ministers of the new State met here this morning to put finishing touches to the arrangements for the ceremony
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    JEWS FROM SHAI
    19 1 Some 400 immigrant refugees from Shanghai have arrived m Haifa aboard the American ship Wooster Victory.
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    New Yorkers happy
    25 1 New Yorkers yesterday were drenched but happy. The city, critically short of water, had its heaviest downpour of rain since last sprtn?.
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    COMET COST TO GOVT.
    31 1 THE S'lvvrnment's share m the development ot Britain's first all-j^t transport plane. the De Havilland Comet, was £4.000.000, the Minister of Supply. Mr George Strauss, reported yesterday.
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    Free rides on H.K. trams
    65 1 HONG KONG V. JyVKR Since Chrtstn i I j people m Hon-, X b'^n trarellmg m tnum without paying money toeftilfi* tramways workers arc on < "go slow itr;Jc"' and are iLLsin? to collect fart TtßMVmjmai adopted th»'*tactics utter employers r»»--fctted thdr d--.r.ands :<>r imptvwei
    Reuter  -  65 words
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      117 1 XIFNTSIH CARPETS OtD CAPITAL V x \ll IMB KOAD r» o| a good nii{hi« »hat *n improve "V" J^S c to >our omlook on h i>t people find r < up of O**lt in* \v > > ensure tounci* > eep Nt ha* a southing s >^^ r\c» <nd body,
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      116 1 YTRYTDSTURRS Smart women knit their own with PATON BALDWINS WOOLS Quality tclts m knitting wools particularly. Always ask for P fir B" wools. They have a reputation (or reliaMity second to none. They are guaranteed to give satisfaction m wash and weaf. BEEHIVE 3 PLY FINGERING are available m the
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    Advice for a Man With a Paunch
    772 2 I HAVE an unusually large paunch for a I of my age only 21 -a. 1 am very healthy and lead quite an active life. I Ui:vc noticed that sor, vt i friends who drink- beer '.urge paunches bin I do touch any
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    NEW ATLANTIC CONTINENT?
    170 2 m^ME .scientists believe that a new continent may some day rise from the Atlantic Ocean, thus separating Europe from North America, says Professor Hanc Pettcrsson of Sweden •'There arc Keolugi.sts. too." the famed oceanography declared m a lecture at the University la at Los Angeles. "pessimistic igh
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    DOCTOR USED 'DEAD' GLANDS
    118 2 DOCTOR USED 'DEAD' GLANDS ArTEM PT9 I i Into U of 8 vas I I at Ni Brus- I Kul I Of pr« Of rual ctuu In tl i ted tx and is fun Ibuted y QUROBRY la dangeroua beotUM small s\7c and its |m| 11 > c m relation
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    The Earth Warms Up Again
    205 2  - The Earth Warms Up Again ALTON L. BLAKESLEE By the <-arth i s wmrming up auain and 'hat, an American icieiittel says, could mean: A "dark ages' 1 decline for the United SU' and Europe. A chance Tor Russia to become the leading nation, with temperaturthat favour bustling, energetic life.
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      118 2 iff I vSSH I c lie <~utilc iiitX tlic v^cason STURDY limbs, firm flesh and sound bones together with the happiness of abounding health these are some of the gifts bestowed by this famous food. For there is everything your baoy needs m a tin of TOW AND GA r
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      125 2 M fmt/ (ft ML tfufatuL A protection ngn rw H-IMM^ > chil^reo there* goodne» tr family Kep'er corr<i,- a extra energy, extra oourishmem v npt altke. So palatur) c. too. v > r maket 'Kepler' the pe*«»n! »d> i^*" ~ri:pi i:it v COD LIVER OIL /^COOV^^J W T H (TO
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      142 2 Vf M IP LUCKY STAR Doijn iod.iv. >i»u have a ''keen mind and one which is eminently fitted for taking care of minute detail In addition, you can see things on a broad stale Since this is an unusual combination, you may carve out an anasn.il r.ireer for yourself by
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      181 2 F.P. Crossword No. 879 [MM 1 I 3 1 1 I 4 P I 6 ~ZZ_k_ZZOZZZZ 3 —^~Zi~l3 i 8 19^ s^ Ja rif" l^S" 25 Z6 2/ 28 p?9 I W (MIS UKOSS i Porecasi (9>; 7 Oarmenl i4>; 9 Mineral «3> 10 Shell-hole 16); 12 Cl.inK <4'; 13
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    WEAK FAR EAST POLICY FLAYED
    411 3 Tories aim to do better VV INSTONCHI R CHIL^ Zl\ P am W at the British Lab ««r Gown! merit -weak- Far Eastern policy would be a major issue m the forthcoming election campaign. J n h Conserva tive party has devoted several pages ol
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    U.S. asked not to cut price of rubber
    47 3 U.S. asked not to cut price of rubber [BO Wtd. look upon depound amount lped I rubber. nited v.l! not set x^ting way *hat the I Ml Et Brodie. Morowmk Is elation the Associailated i prU tary up a ii omr Com- nlthe rubbvr id not U.P
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    Indies palaces ready for new occupants
    123 3 BATWI Wednesday. t tht- Gsf ci Bin s-Genera] of Indont'si.i .ilav iv the hands of paintrrs and decorators, ilum ready for their new occupants followist>r lit MfClcJfßtj to th^ WfCm RepubIndtoaesia Dutch Arniv guards In Jungle-green n Hint euard with fixed bayonets Rijswijk Palace
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    POLICECHARGE CALCUTTA MOB
    8 3 POLICECHARGE CALCUTTA MOB ."a trfc at aftci to
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    Xmas free fire destroys town
    30 3 Xmas free fire destroys town r v. -man irted thp i Hynciman, la. a (entitled the Fisher. 60. liile, Reci Cross has man a disaster asked for help own.- A.P.
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    ANCIENT HISIORY OF ADEN STUDIED
    172 3 NKW YOKK. Wednesday. \N expedition sponsored by the newly formed American Foundation for Study of Man is tailing for Aden for six months ai theological and |gf liplltfll studies of southern Arabia which, the expedition's leader Wendell Phillips termed, was one of the world's most
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    TAIWAN RECORDS SOUND PROGRESS
    209 3 TAIPEH, Taiwan, Wednesday. TAIWAN, island fortress of the Nationalists, is approaching the end of 1949 with miuh on the credit side of its administrative balance sheet, and when 1950 comes its people will be able to look back upon a year of sound progress despite the
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    81 3 A l\S. Air Force upper-atmo sphere research rocket, the "Aerobee," shoots from its launching tower on the start of its (JO-mile climb. Twenty feet MBf. the rocket is slightly over one foot m diameter, with three flai to provide stability. It is pow red b y a liquid-fuel rocket motor.
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    Rare fruit is back
    62 3 BERLIN. Wed THE Tifrhrer apple' is back on the market m Berlin shops. It is sweet, juicy "Cox's •ranee" that sot the name "Fuehrer apple' under HitIrr because the scant supply wma bousjht np for the Reirhs Chancellery fruit Una. Thi> past summer was the first
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    Japanese have learnt lesson
    84 3 TOKIO. T JAPANESE nanafactaren and exporters have learned tnd will not return to ir practice of patented prcv and flooding foreign markets cheap Imitations. r\ high occupation official pr-- rday. H- nM Of course imita- 1 underselling ar»' practised to some extent by industries of every
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    RADIO SERVICE
    20 3 Ma Arthur's Headbaa authorised the Japan se Government to establish a radio-telephone i) ween Japan and Formosa Reuter
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    They got the bird
    79 3 pMfKBtRY policemen have now got the bird fron»mi keeper Tim Ban hum. It was after *«ai for Ranhams Riding Gate inn But H*n Ihc »ir. and ,u-5s u.ilkin? past heard vx ithin knocked indignantlj .it thr do.»r 'Fre n^ lie s.-rsjeant ask d Banham pointed to
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    CZECH REDS TO CRUSH REBELS
    54 3 11HE Prime Minister, Mr Antonin Zapotocky. said m a Christinas Day broadcast that anyone who opposes the Communist programme m Czechoslovakia will b<- "ruthlessly brought to account." He sd'.d Czechoslovakia has completed a yrar ol "peace and progress" despite Inciting calli from the foreign radio
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    NO P.I. DEVALUATION
    20 3 Govern M I G laderno Philippines Ontral Bank has d^niod tha( pe*o devaluation \s under con«ideratlon A.P.
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    A SISTER DIE
    20 3 Four sisters were k when a house m Jaffa, Israel, collapsed after 24 bouri of nous ra
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    A.A.E. MOVED
    33 3 Britain is transferring Royal Air Force fighter squadrons from the Middle Eastern Command to Asmara and Mogadishu to prevent cs on the return of Bomaliland to Italy early next veai- U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    346 3 This I. and 'n< played m ».,'ii nament b re the t*»n pour difference b€tw««»-n six .-pades and six Dotrump might conceivably be worthy a Rood many match points So'-ith was disappointed when h;< partner's live club rc-pon.se to th« four no* rump bid indicated no aces, bin
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    SUPER-BOMB' IS OLD STUFF
    246 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. npHE "super bomb" which keeps exploding into 1 headlines from time to time is old stuff on paper. As a physicist here said recently: "Ever since man found out he could make a bomb by splitting the nuclei of atoms, he has been fooling
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    NEW ROLE FOR SANTA CLAUS
    61 3 rEN pickets m Santa Clans suits paraded m front of the White House m Washington on Saturday with signs asking presidential pardons for conscientious objectors imprisoned m World War 11. The appeal was sponsored by the Committee for Am- and several other New York groups.
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    MacA. hiding Jap guiit, Reds charge
    160 3 MacA. hiding Jap guiit, Reds charge NEW YORK m THE Con munLst organ. Daily Worker, has now charged m a front page article mat "General Douglas Mac Arthur is deliberately hiding proof that Japan had plotted gem warfare m World War II B m with the article was Tokm story
    U.P.; Reuter; A.P.  -  160 words
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    CABLE LINK-UP
    21 3 j thai telegraphic municationi have bi sumed between Peking :»nl 49 other dtici md tuv of Communist►ied China- Reuter
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    What U.S. women lack
    89 3 AMERICAN women would never succeed m the land of pyramids, an Egyptian aetr»-s. s told reporters on ho departure for Paris after a London shopping tour "lot* much like men." said red-h aired black-eyed aim In Cohen, known to her fans a> "the mouth. In addition
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    Red leaflets poison fish
    85 3 3ELGRADE, Wed. YUGOSLAVIA has disX closed that the Russianled Cumin iorm has adopted a new method of spreading anti-Tito propaganda here by dumping leaflets overboard from boats passing down the Danube. They are feeding the fish with them," Information Minister Vladimir Dedijer told a news conference.
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    ITALIANS FACE SPY CHARGES
    41 3 MILAN police have announced tho arrest Dl seven Italians leaned (H "military esptonafe for an undisclosed Ea.it'-rn European nation. Among those arrested and now awaiting trial are two leading Communists of the Tr»-nto region. rthern Italy.- A.P.
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      116 3 OSCAR RABIN HIS BAND IHE .-HALK^W WAI.TZ JUNE NIGHT I- LEAVE US LEAP SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT F I IT AI L COMFS BACK TO ME NOW SUSY F 23 r. SHINE CHEROKEE v PUT YOUR SHOES ON I UCY I'M BEGINNING TO MISS YOU F 2569 ROSES OF PICARDY
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      121 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. i r\\ ILIOK: King of the Men hi Jo n < H r.ic. iIDEOX: Little Women. COI.ISEI W: O.Of The Yukon, and Ihe Pioneers. EMPIKE: Boga Melar Tamil) i vriiW: Devamanogarl iTamil) m\j>k.\s: Drums AUr.\.i Fbc Mohawk. CENTRAL: :..iu i Tamil). PKNANC OMEON: Bonnie Scotland. CATHAY:
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      502 3 SINGAPORE Orchestra; AUSTRALIA Bl I X NETWORK) 'ou; 8 m Wednndaf Theatre: (> and M( {rrs ISI and 117 metrp.s. 9 .00 Make B- lieve B«llr,iom; 9.4f> 11v h.;:-.-,.. ni news from XI. Negro Spirituals; 10 00 Movie /tat I »it !ll lIIK I I (Ml C lO I.*'1 r
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY Dec 28. 1949. WELCOME TO A NEW NATION
    239 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY Dec 28. 1949. WELCOME TO A NEW NATION IjMR-^r United ig Orga Rep\ >lie Stair > Ind nesla Is now and Independent nations ol t v rid As <-. i ined a Rg 1 1 ■B arly ihi A?! that took s. It Si I
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    Don Iddom's Diary
    696 4 Don Iddom's Diary NEW YORK: JHE windfall from Australia Ikis won American approval for all Ihe British. We are being smiled upon and winked ;it. Christmas carols are being crooned m our s|uri;il direction. If the Americana had masterminded the freeenterprise campaign themselves they could hardly be happier, and any
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    AFUTURE FOR BALLET IN MALAYA IF
    513 4  - A FUTURE FOR BALLET IN MALAYA IF Doreen Pim b\ I Irving t< i ,ii < disc interest m l>nll< t in M.i!;i\;i lliere should \n- l\\( »l»|r( Is m i( w llit 1 encouragement <>t interest m ikincing as ;m ;n I and tinl< Mlllililii; >f ;i M;il;i\ ;in
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    Why Not Gilbert & Sullivan?
    336 4  - Why Not Gilbert Sullivan? PRESTO Music topics by yHIS week I I been asked to make a plea on behalf oi the lovers of lighter n: i think they have v The classical music disciple and iho hot rhythm !imd can si mi leir tastes In Sing but what of
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    DID YOU KNOW...?
    33 4 i i i a I I i rt ana go tO\ i THAT I I tn( h i Tli i 1 T i J i I j j i W.W.J.
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    NEW RECORDS
    111 4 EUnhttk Srhwarzkopi „.p rano) singing Mi tradi n.irll alma Ingrata' from Don Cliovanni 1 (Mozart) accompanied by the Philharmonia OnhcMra Col. LX 1210. This Is a fine reeoidinf. L(liis famous aria Mozart p:ethe orchestra v tuotbtr '.soloi.M- and it K s drli-htful tc riMr thr c Miveisations 1
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    Iron Man of Berlin
    6 4  - Iron Man of Berlin UNKNOWN 4
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    FREE STUDY TO GET TOP JOBS
    397 5 bpore scheme for cadets tree Press Staff Reporter (WDETS m the public services of Singapore, under the Schemes of Service presented by a Select Committee of the Legislative Council, will receive free instruction m all subjects m which they are tq be examined during
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    The fruits of Xmas labour
    134 5 it Mil I Singapsrc city went gay over the Christmas tl.t^ the dinks nevv'r ceased to rattle and ith hard work. hardest working crew could have been that 7 Carpentaria, which brought the areo is *»ver to be discharged m tell sea of l t»,
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    GERMAN VICTIM
    14 5 IPOH. Wed. -Mr I Kuh. Fecit rib < injured m ye- i handIpoh
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    New Coloy postal system next year
    248 5 New Coloy postal system next year Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE division of Singapore into 28 postal districts— a s m London will probably com,, into force early next year, a spokesman of the General Post Office told the Free Press yesterday. The scheme, which will help overcome some of
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    GOVT VOTE TO AID ORPHANS
    243 5 GOVT VOTE TO AID ORPHANS Free Press Staff Reporter IMIE Finance Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council has approved a vote of $42,504 to pay for the maintenance last y?ar of Mount Emily Home, an orphanage now conducted by the Social Welfare Department. This is an annually recurrent charge for
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    SEARCH FOR ESCAPED CONVICTS
    159 5 SEARCH FOR ESCAPED CONVICTS Kn-e Press Sun K<-p«»rter IPOH. Tues. NO trace has yet been found I f>f the three members ol j the notorious Green Drag" n Mountain Society who es- caped from Taiping Gaol on rday morning. A widespread search Is going on. The three men were Ch
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    GAVE $85.000 IN PENANG
    146 5 GAVE $85.000 IN PENANG F, I* Chinese Correspondent MR A- Boon H.r.v has given ITI total of $85,000 for various pducatloiial Instituri public bodii Penang since his arrival m Mala.. k from Hong Kong. Of the $85 000 he contri- FH nang, 540.0U0 i> intended for the construction COSt Ol
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    41 5 pictures. GROUP photograph of some of the competitors and guests taken after the Singapore Gun Club's Boxing Day shoot. Below: Mr. F. G. Lundon, doyen of the club, who shot well m the shoot to place m four events. F. P.
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    NEW MAGISTRATE FOR JOHORE
    41 5 NEW MAGISTRATE FOR JOHORE Free Press Stall Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Furs. [nche Abdullah bin Mohamed Assistant Secretary, State Secretariat, has bet-n appointed a First Class Magistrate. Johore, and will .share the work In th»- local Magistrate *s Court with (Jngku Ismail.
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    24-hour party for welfare children
    325 5 I- rt*<* Press StalT Reporter UIWDKEDS of children from two Singapore Social Welfare homes, the Mount Emily Home for boys and the Yorkhill Home for girls spent a Christmas which lasted for ZA hours. I: began on Christinas Eve when all the children were given
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    OIL MILLERS HARD HIT
    261 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE coconut oil millers are finding it difficult to continue large-scale oil milling because of a world preference for copra instead of coconut oil. Lack of demand for coconut oil has forced three of Singapore's largest mills to suspend operations until bigger
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    RECORD ENTRY FOR MATRIC
    65 5 RECORD ENTRY FOR MATRIC A total of 218 entries have been accepted by the Singapore Department of Education for the matriculation examination of the Univer- j .^ity of London which will begin on Jan. 10 at two centres, Victoria School and St. Andrew s School. This is the largest group
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      114 5 ONE MAN TELLS 1 ANOTHER- You Bet It's Good It's VAN HEUSEN" VAN HEUSEN: Shirts I" a white with two collars. V| VAN HEUSEN Sh.rts 3fe jB In plain colours and stripes 9* 9/ With attached collar, and Long II^PT sleeves. VAN HEUSEN Country Brand Shirts. In white, with attached
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      89 5 I W M Wf4, *I«A% M] n J UOtr J VTTTM JUGAH. SALT AND QdJ 7 00 a NALT EXTRACT THIN -7 Ab TOASTED INTO CRISP READY MAT-NOURI/SUINGi? SUSTAINING Wholesale Prices On Application SoU Agi nts INf=.APOr>c "nil A IIIMP^B PPMAM McCRAY KOLDFLO REACH IN REFRIGERATORS Hf fp" IP iJIB
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    The clue of the Judas thief
    1152 6 The clue of the Judas thief 4LEC de Antiquis had Ik'cmi dead Iwo weeks and he was still unavenged. I sal and wondered: "What next?" I had given Ihe order for Harry .li n kins to go free. I knew the arrogant young "King of Borstal" wus one of those
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    Short story held over
    32 6 D( r. |a pressure «»n r thr regvlaf MTednesda) short st»»r> bai hrrn hrld mrr. It will :ipp»ir m Ihc Mlft' /mr vf«tion (»f thr Krrr Pn-\> «>,, siturd.i*
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      158 6 STARTS TODAY! ii-i.4.-.-i-«::o-!>.ji) fa? 4u MTi TECHNICOLOR SAT. M'NITE I m\ r^ il- lntfru.iti«»n.il prf •nt'. EXPOSE OF I !lf X\ m nH I IN< KM \KI HX^F I) ON Ii \l < \^r > 'ABANDONED' M.irrnii hi NM> 0 RCEffl f.\lt STORM STARTS TODAY! 11l JV4 lr»d«»nfNi.i\ \u 1
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      29 6 ■■■■■■riiiiii i SAVE YOUR RUSH; HAVE <M BRI \M \*l AND II II AIRPORT HOTEL BEFORE LEAVING BY /.IR j SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL LTD Kallan>! Airport i yy y
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      177 6 m3nor3K6 Kxclusivv l<> thy Singapore I roe Press m Malaya p~ |sL» T S.r'A.f -*n -one Uit isn't/I I shorty's still im that case/ :«£y c-peseo 1 I--II .OCS.''? /.-AT 00 HITiSNT/ 'hC VVRONG ONt TMt C l MAO WffATf JbTkf MUMMY U£AOTM -i FME /?£4t/V WM\ MIT/rvc r-_. 1/
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    RECORD CROWDS RUSH TO SEE UK SOCCER
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    PERAK WOMEN WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
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    Empire XI beat Governor's XI
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    S. Africans follow on
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    THOMAS CUP PAIR BEATEN
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    RESULTS
    218 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. Football League results were emcum ir\(,iK MRM MVtMON J'^"* 1 ManchrMrr I \*lon ill* W,,|v,s i Hlarkp.M.l Kurnlry l>rr »>» 4 Kiriniiith*m I Julham ivrru.n l.ivrrpool hrlv,., i M.iruhrstrr t I Huddr r stirl.l Mifidlr^bro' I N>hi astir II I'urlMiiixjlh I h.irll.,n v SundrrUnd I VV.R A
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    U.K. RUGBY
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    22 7 A tore than go mcml guesta attended tin v dinner of the SingaYoang Chinese Amateur Weightllfting Party a1 Kefl Road last ni»iht.
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    Weights for 14 races at Penang
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    Sharkey gives his views
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    Fine gallop by Mata Hari
    182 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS From PENANG. Wed. MATA HARI .Jones i did the best workout here this morning, running 3f. m 37 sees., while Star Performer showed up better than Our Love (Jones), covering 3f. m 39* sees. Flying Arrow II <J. Donnelly) cantered on the second
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    U.S. money to aid Jap shipbuilding
    33 8 U.S. money to aid Jap shipbuilding TOK!O W-d (ifcN DOUGLAS MAC I ARTHUR. Su;v Commander hi rt innounc< I n aid 1 $L' 4 >.) to h»-lp r»-b tlld i I fi coma Reuter
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    SHE LAUGHS AT RUMOURS
    20 8 pONCHITA G ASTON slngef Philippine Pi Q "Thcwe are (ocslp nunoarg like m thr U. P.
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    REDS PREPARE TO SHELL HAINAN
    289 8 REDS PREPARE TO SHELL HAINAN picture. Chiang sends warships HONG KONG, Wednesday. AS the Chinese Keds began lining up heavj A fttlM on the South KwangUMf coast preparatory to shelling Hainan Island, 12 miles opposite, the Nationalists began mining Hainan Strait while concentrating "a (omparati\ely large fleet" of warships to
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    Tito improves his defences
    127 8 BELGRADE, Wednesday. 4 "MASS movement" to strengthen Yugoslavia's anti-aircraft and air raid defences was asked m the Yugoslav parliament yesterday as Marshal Tito charged the Russian Communist Tarty with "dangerous deviation." Marshal Tito said m a press Interview that if tin of Russia's non-Marxist ideas were
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    SHUT SHIFT VILLAGE
    54 8 SHUT SHIFT VILLAGE toku). Wednesday. A VILLAGE i x otei 100 acres ka ihiftlng In the wake of Monday s of q N i• In northern Japan, which yesterday rocked the Yoi: and Tokto rsons are dead and 2^*> h \v- tIM larg^i'. have Ihr X t 101 bulktlng m
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    AIDING STUNED CHILD TO GROW
    121 8 NEW YORK. Wednesd QOME success is reported In the first tests ol the vitamin B-1J to make children mow. B-12, discovered two years ago, has been successful In relieving pernicious anaemia Sci« nc< >vi the American Associatioi I the Advancement of Science, .says that, tlter
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    Papal message
    17 8 !X I I Chi H lys, I ed lo "i when hi I B A.P.
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    Foreigners back m Jan business
    130 8 TORIO, \\ri\n<*4mf I^HK Japanese (i«>\ n -nment will i^sue a iecree today, under (it*n. MmArthurs dirrction. p<-r--miitinc foreign residents to npplv for perillittioil 16 engage m business activities, such as banking. Insurance, transportation and public utility enterprises, and m professions, such as law anil medicine
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    Cracker kills two women
    62 8 NAPLES, Wrd I led to death whm hiiuirrds of persons attending thr traditnm.il Christ mas Midnight Mass m th<small rhurth of Ternioli urrr thrown into panic b] a hretrackrr s.t otT l>\ a >ear-old (tirl. Thr Hrrrrarkrr srnt up a rrd flamr and onr of thr
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    40 8 EFFORTS lo extend the N-'^ York S'ocit Kxcfaanf *i earllef advance were om.sidcrably handicapped \tsterday by a rather steady oO* Ol lorroctue profittaking Limited prcaurc during the afternoon caused predominance of in-isUy fractional a( .i barely steady i
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    PROFESSORS STRIKE
    18 8 Profesaon <-f Tokio Univrrsity have decided to start a hunger strike to demand year-end bonuses.— Reuter
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    Former Syrian Premier to form Cabinet
    78 8 Former Syrian Premier to form Cabinet DAMASCUS, W»-d liHh Syrian CoOftltU< Assembly yesterdAf I resignation Pr«-.s!d«r.t-' Hasl Att it (.:i Ifond ij K. Ai i former Prime M .■xp"' »fi to form a I X A > ask< i Cablnei but failed i lUfi X tttl tbf a: c fa
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    Politics and baldness
    72 8 RKiIITIST polititi.ms are more inclined to baldness than those of the left, according to Monsieur Jules. official bAtbtr of the French National Assembly. M Jules, who estimates he has cut the hair of about .1."» per cent, of the Deputies during the war, reckons that the old
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    No Xmas tree, so Red major shot up cafe
    27 8 A PER ed up I U Hr.i. Othf v report The rq -1 m an '■'n arniv U.P.
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    Army Withdraw
    17 8 One batta B N- indJ Army a: imi have b :x»d to New Guinea Reuter
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    HOUSE BURIES 4
    15 8 A u< ihe entire a borne Lg fo-ir aliv. Karrr I A.P.
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    Merrymakers die
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