The Singapore Free Press, 29 December 1949

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    21 1 The Kingston Daily Freeman. LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s» r SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949. PKM F HI I IMS
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    FRENCH WARNING TO CHINA REDS
    338 1 'Will resist invasion PARIS, Thursday. pREXCH forces m Indo-China will resist any attack on the frontier by the Chinese Red army, warns the French High Commissioner there, M. Leon Pignon, m an article m FranceSoir. France would simultaneously appeal to the United Nations. Referring to
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    FARRER PARK MURDER
    64 1 FARRER PARK MURDER MatT Reporter \R-OLD Singa- Men Chinese, Qg, of Kal- v found injuries .isht last drain m t where he fot a walk ancce. I ir->ld that iltt Qg !n 8.30 p.m. when iit'd by hi -heir whereupon mm had an I said. I frightened. lal -rm Lim's
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    C.-G. RETURNS FROM JAVA
    83 1 C.-G. RETURNS FROM JAVA Pr^N MalT Reporter I South-Ea.-- Alia Mr ild. returned singa; morninf i Jmemri he at- w f har.d--r to the Mr Mar Donald wore bin Jaafar. Mentri *.vh > repr* 1 Hrn PMeradon ot Mr Tan Chin Tuan tented Singapore,' T. va:i der Gaast R Jumabhoy.
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    SHIPS HELD UP
    20 1 Because 1.000 stevrdons refuse to work at night many ships were held up In Colombo yesterday. A.P.
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    PRINCESS BACK
    14 1 'ib^rh arrived ■sterday -he had •Aith her the Duke of Edin- Reuter
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    CARDINAL SENT TO MOSCOW?
    39 1 *|»HE Italian news agency Ari. usually well Informed on Catholic affairs, said yesterday that Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty had been removed from Budapest hospital under heavy guard and may have been taken to Moscow. U .P.
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    CHIANG FLIES lIS SILVER
    131 1 MANILA, Thursday. HUNDREDS of boxes of silver coins belonging to the Chinese Nationalist Government were loaded >esterday into planes at Manilas international airport. Under a heavy guard of soldiers and police, the bullion was being sent to Taipeh. seat of the Nationalist Government under Generalissimo Chiang
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    SPITFIRE IN SEA
    78 1 MANILA. Thurs. A DISTRESS message was intercepted here yesterday saying that a Spitfire aircraft had made a forced landing five miles off Sanmen Island, not far irom Hong Kong. The message gave the position as 22.25 North 114.38 East. It asked ships m the locality to be
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    New Egyptian export ban
    65 1 THE Egyptian Finance Ministry yesterday banned the export of war surplus materials to Turkey, and Greece. Export of such goods was also banned to Arab countries, unless a guarantee was presented by the Arab envoys m Cairo that they were solely for local use. It is
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    POLICE CHIEF SHOT IN P.I.
    61 1 POLICE chief Marcelino K. Medina and several pa-ssers by spectators were wounded slightly when unidentified assailants opened machlnegun flre on Tuesday night at Tanuan. Batangas Province, hometown of the Nacionallsta Party candidate, Dr. Jose P. Laurel. Medina was a leading supporter of President Elpidlo Qulrino.
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    PRINCE ESCAPES
    26 1 The Japanese Crown Prince's villa at Koganel was burnt to the ground last night, but the Emperor's eldest son was not at home.- A.P.
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    2,500 MORE PLANES
    14 1 The United BUtes built about 2.500 military planer riurins 1949.- Reuter
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    In rags, leaves fortune
    68 1 /HIARLES John Sydney Calverlt, of Rowlnn Boßse^CamL den Town, a retired greengrocer, has left 3.000. He \eft t^OOO 3\ per oent war stock to the Ktangate RaptiM Church! London X and the residue to the Sa!Tatk>n '^Tmember of the <. r Rfrx^n Botw« C 'v;rit stived
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    Biggest pearl
    39 1 'IMIE largest pearl ever X brought m by a pearling lugger arrived at Thursday Island recently. Weighing 40 carats, its value is estimated at \:A3.000. The native diver will receive C.VI.'IjO three quarters of its value. Reuter
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    GIANT PANDA WON'T EAT
    50 1 LIEN HO, the London Z(X>'s giant panda, was given an Injection of vitamin B yesterday after refusing to eat bamboo shoots. Lien Ho is not likely to die. say zoo authorities. Sht> was shaky on her legs yesterday but a slight improvement has been noticed. Reuter
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    Missing girl found by S'pore policeman
    193 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IyiTHIX a few hours of the publication of her pic- ture and the news that she has been missing since Dec. 26, 17-year-old Miss Florence Lavinia George was escorted to her home m Palm Road by an auxiliary policeman. She
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    U.N. members fail to pay
    71 1 PARIS, Thurs. THE United Nations Educational, Scientiiic and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said yesterday it is owed U551,685,687 and 26 cents byits members, one of which, Uruguay, has not paid its contribution for three years. Mexico and Poland have not paid up entirely for 1947. Two
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    Malik to head atom committee
    26 1 M JACOB MALIK, chief Soviet delegate to the United Nations Organisation, will become chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission m January
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    ATHLETE KILLED
    31 1 Dr. John E. iJack) Lovelock. 39, the New Zealand born Olympic runner and former mile *vorld record holder, was killed yesterday by a subway train In Nev\ York. Reuter
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    STRIKE IN ROME
    19 1 Transport workers m Rome staged a two-hour strike yesterday to support demands for wage increases. U.P.
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    'QUAKE DAMAGE
    23 1 Total damage m the series )I earthquakes which struck Japan on Monday was estimated by Japanese police at uss:-;. Goo.ooo. A.P.
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    Red flag is hoisted in HK
    185 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. rilK red flag of Communism was hoisted yesterday over the headquarters of Hong Kong's go-slow str'king tramway workers and riot squads were < ailed out. The Hong Kong Tramway Company halted the workers' four-day go-slow tactics by preventing all trolleys from
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    Fire at the Treasury
    97 1 Free Press Staff Reporter CLERK working m the A Treasury Department on me ground floor of the Government offices felt rather cold this morning and switched off the fan. It was then that tie noticed the lan was on fire and that the flames were reaching
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    Good fishing
    33 1 Two Japanese whaling fleets, vnich caught 128 whales m me first six days m the Antarctic are expected to return In April next year with a catch of about 16,000 whales.
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    HARDING IN U.K.
    23 1 Gen. Sir John Harding, rommander-in-Chief. Far rast Land Forces, will visit lions: Kong trom today to Wecincsdav, Jan. 4. Reuter
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    NEW YEAR TRAINS
    20 1 British railways will run 20 special expresses from London to Scotland for the New Year celebrations. Reuter
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    U.S.I. PRESIDENT TELLS NATION: 'NOW TO WORK'
    278 1 picture. JACARTA (Batavia), Thursday. JWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Indonesians wildly cheered President Soekarno, thunderously shouting their battle cry "Merdeka" (freedom), when he called on the new nation to co-operate m the work of reconstruction. He then cried, "Once free, forever free". The President enjoined
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    EXPRESS TRAIN KILLS TWO
    42 1 A -NEWCASTLE to Grantl\ ham express entering Darlington at about 60 miles per hour yesterday struck and killed two railway plat players They were In a ping of four men doing routine work .-n the main line. Reuter
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    Farouk supports
    32 1 King Farouk has sent assurances to Col. Abid Shishakali. who led Syria's latest coup d'etat on December 19. that Egypt will support his movement to maintain a Republican regime. Reuter
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    Cunard to build huge new liner
    124 1 Cunard to build huge new liner LONDON. Thttl MARITIME rircles said yesterday that Cunard Umm is planning to build a liner, bigger thin the 83.673 ton Qu'-< n Elizabeth, now tfee world's largest, and 1 than anything at present m service. It may be power d with gas turbine engines
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    TIME'S CHOICE
    27 1 Time magazine >■• selected Mr. Winston Ch»ichill, Britain's wartime Premier and loader of the cpporftfton Conservative p U Tho Man Of The Hah Centnrv A. P.
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    JAP SNOWSTORM
    40 1 Tw. .I 1 -js went agrounrt off Japan and four oth* s were misoing yesterday m severe snowstorm. It vas reported to be subsiding after sweeping the coa^nl artas of northern Japan lor th^ )aM two days U.P.
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    The Grim Tragedy of Oscar Wilde
    444 2  -  PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. A elderly acquaintance, was M Oxford m the 'ninelies, oikv aescrjbed lu>\\ ()st;ii- Wilde visited his college to pay brief call upon un undergraduate nriijil><>nr. Wilde, he said, was a la r^e and Imposing per- n vt-ry
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    QUICK LOOKS
    116 2 The Stumhliiu -Stone, by Aubrey Menen. (Chatto L Windus. fts. 6d.i Aubrey Menen i /r.vf n<<rtt. Prevalence of Wit- raised higft hi pi f. H m t for the t- Thii -Ml 'l India to 1 lund to fall i mong a oui rtment O/ r mer(i rid
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    IN BRIEF
    427 2 \ll>- OF THf HI \KI N|.il(.hn Naggerftig*« H.tnn»h Hamilton 8 6 'A m ..r.d cunou^ t of O I I IB pkcinß toT.e pat"::. I their I \»:/W \M> THK HiKHiA II.ION. F.dgar Kir.- Burruujihv W 11 \llrn I a cunou nets Tartan of the I tin- o.
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    LYSENKO'S THEORY IS 'NONSENSE'
    234 2 LYSENKO'S THEORY IS 'NONSENSE' John Langdon-Davies REVIEWS NKW ITTACK ON sOMI I SCUNCI H\ DR. JULIAN HUXLEY, \MOI S KKITISH S( IK.Mlsl IN commenting <m n recent book "Russia Puts the Clock Back' Professor Haldane tells his Communist readers that he has seldom read a book containing more demonstrably untrue
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    A WOMAN WITH A 'CRAZE'
    52 2 A WOMAN WITH A 'CRAZE' uiios tiikrk wmiis b| loui*. <iuldinc. llutihin »«.n. in/6. nm I kdofl iayl i H I m Hi:u.> bill I I she did marry I of Wo, beca was an x .(.h young ma Bui trag< lyed another i her busbai J i ust control
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    The Lost Art of Being Rude
    158 2  - The Lost Art of Being Rude John Kirk Nelson By vow that we have passed the season °f £(>(>(] will towards nun. lei us consider the other side of the medal. Unfortunately, It is the side we sco motfi m the course of any year, and for that reason I
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      79 2 Balloons ■r* i v 'T R H /d^\^ Crack. Dinner and Donee -r-^ 7 57.00 H I Singapore Airport Hotel to J Kallang Airport JL «i? The DIRECTORS MANAGER ami STAFt; of I MEDICAL HALL LTD rvl.n.l lo Hi. ir HV I the c;ki-:i :iim.-«>i i' 1 w aii.l»i.|illi<'iiialia|>|><-»i<l|' I
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      5 2 Solution To Crossword No. 879
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      309 2 F.P. Crossword No. SBO ~~7i j T~] [Tl 7H b c 7 a" j 9 0 11 12 15 14 15 1 16 7p 26 7P 30 51 32 33 T34"}5 w i 111 1 111 1 1 k. (11l B BOSS j Produced (t): 7 Yielded to pressure «4>
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      30 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, you have an agile mind and an active body. You dislike idleness and if things get dull around your neighbourhood, you are just the I
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      126 2 one to get them stirred u\> again You have a great deal of physical courage and will try anything once! You must guard against letting your impulses rule >our life. Be less impatient with those whose minds are not as quick as your own. You must learn to recogni/r that
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    EUROPE LOVES TO GAMBLE
    333 3 Only Holland has a ban ¥M ROPfavc LONDON, Thursday. E RO EA love l gamble and each veaf they t7«?E n i d nS of u dollars on Government-con^ trolled lotteries, football pools an d at the dog races of BrVtiin coun tries with the exception
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    New method keeps ships' hulls clean
    75 3 N ra Scotia, Thursday. bod 1 ossen corA the hulls ol one of the -.us ol shipping •i .scribed here by ida"s naval .loiishment. hod. described as nful, operates m oi magnesium is to the hull. In conh the salt water. .u'. elrc trie
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    DYNAMITE IN X'MAS PAPER
    46 3 DYNAMITE IN X'MAS PAPER n\ MITERS have tried to I dQuarters CIO United auto .n Detroit Police v rt failed because detonator. ■I ■-..> of the wrapped In type irlstnu gift pap^r. D the building's st rway Two fuses to «lYe had been lighted ut A. P.
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    STALIN. H.A.
    14 3 USSR Acaaemy or ltd Boneridemician Joseph grea* il itesl scienn daT."— A.P.
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    ISRAEL PLANS IMMIGRATION
    81 3 MR. Samuel Gold chairman ol the American section of the J< Palestine, left N< v. Yoik on his way to Jerusalem to alt end an Agency meeting on Jan. 12 concernIng nexi years Immigration and colonisation programme. He said that Immigration to Israel m 1950 would probably
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    533 DIE IN U.S.
    37 3 THE United SUtea wound up the three-day Christmas holiday period with at least 533 persons killed m accidents that ranged fiom choking at the dinner table to highway crashes that claimed 371 lives.
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    64 3 Pope Pius XII prays before the Madonna m St. Peter's, a statue reputed to have been painted by St. Luke 2.000 years ago. The Pope celebrated mass before 30,000 worshippers m a ceremony which ended a year of jubilee working the 50th anniversary of the Pontiff's ordination. The mass was
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    MULTIPLE EXCHANGE
    75 3 LONDON. Thur. A MULTIPLE exchange of Indo-Chinese rubber for dollars for Argentine oilcakes for Indonesia has been rooorted by the Corn Trade News. A France-Dutch &tt& m Paris, the publication said, recently sold 12.000 tons of rubber for shipment to New York. The dollar proceeds wer* 1 used
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    Diver finds priceless pearl
    72 3 Diver finds priceless pearl THURSDAY ISLAND. Australia. Thur. THE most unusual peaii lormation ever found m the Torres Straits was recently recovered by a diver here. It consists of two pearls. one weighing 12 carats having a flat base with a coneshaped cup at the top of the dome, and
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    New light car to sell for U.S. $500
    129 3 New light car to sell for U.S. $500 SAN DIEGO. California. Thursday i LIGHTWEIGHT car. which may retail for about I ha s be^ n designed by Mr T. P. Hall, am > in Diego engineer. The car is about the size of the post-war British n has a top
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    SOLDIERS GET PAY IN SCRIPT
    28 3 1) li NT •>: .me. military r to tiiat used m was srart- d vai ,ik»^n m Philippines I s to of loilars A.P.
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    Canton-Hankow line restored
    21 3 Da*rh reaching i A R from Canton .c raileen the v and Han- j be mumcd as I
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    EUROPEAN M.P.s CALL MEETING
    53 3 EUROPEAN M.P.s CALL MEETING THE European Parliamentary Union has called a con termer of about 60 French and German members ol parliament In an effort "to prepare for a Franco-German understanding within the framework of a United Europe.' The conference will be held mi n rkLi nn Jan 7 and
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    REDS END RUG BUSINESS
    63 3 KASHMIR'S brisk trade In colourful Yarkand ru-s has come to an end with Chinese Communist control of Slnkiang Province two months ago. Until recently. Muslim traders travelling by yak and horseback went south through Himalayan passes with thousands of small felt rugs. Kashmiri artisans embroidered bright
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    ENCHANTED SHIRT
    40 3 ENCHANTED SHIRT WHY weren't you carrying your drivers licence?" the New Westminster <Brlt. Columbia* magistrate asked the offender. The culprit explained. 'I was wearing a shirt with r.o pockets" Replied the m trate: "I fall for that. Sentence suspended. —UP.
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    Bridge Hands
    382 3 In this kind the two spade bid by North is a n*C sary he If he bids a 'ncre *m dubs, he is making i wak h:d he cannot rai.se hearts with and he do -s not wa: not rump level by bid'J'iik; To'.r club*. The b»s; solution
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    WIDOW JAILED
    26 3 The widow of a former Lieutenant Colonel of th^ Japanese army has been ar rested m Tokio for illegal possession of 21 Japanese swords
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    North Pole area is 'most terrible sight'
    206 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. ONE of the most "entrancingly terrible sights on earth", says the Rev. Bernard K. Hubbard, is the North Pole. Father Hubbard, known as "The Glacier priest", has spent 23 years m the Arctic. He has just returned to the United
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    CAPITAL SHY OF BURMA
    79 3 MR. Thomas Hughes, former Secretary to the Governor of Burma, has now declared that several assurances would be necessary before Britain put up fresh capital for the development of Burma's resources. In a paper he read to the Royal Society of Arats m London on the
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    'No compromise with Communism'
    56 3 'No compromise with Communism' CARDINAL Francis Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, m a nationwide broadcast, asked "freedom-loving people everywhere** to pray for Cardinal Mir.riszenty of Hungary on the fust anniversary of bis arrest. Cardinal Spellman said: There can be no compromise between Catholicism and Communism. no middle course
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      319 3 cruPßDrtnr Coffee Hour ourites; 11 Radio SINGAPORE BFEBS iSmgapore) Con( ei Hall n3O News Bulletin. BM'r NKTWORK) n( -luclin- 8.8.1 '"lay* '4 p.m. Music for Teatune with 484 and 41.7 metrev Mptrrs ?5 MKrcs n **J*g£ or-r^nr- news from XI. M^res and 49 Metres CPp tanr,. s for Saturdays Melat
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      110 3 1 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. I PAVILION: King Ite I; Men ODEON: Little Women REX: Joan of Arr. COLISEUM: Queen of the Yukon, and the Pioneers. CATHAY: Devamanogari Tamil. MADRAS: Drums Along the Mohawk. CENTRAL: Lalla Majnu lIINDISTAN: Mabaan 'Hindn PENANG REX: So Dear to My Heart ODEON: Bonnie Scotland.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 29. 1949. ATOMS VERSUS FOOD
    260 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 29. 1949. ATOMS VERSUS FOOD D EINSTEIN pi >pound< r ••■lati»itj h tier} I h hardly i have civ k b l phenon ft. with wh;it foundanol prepared t i that to do aln the h end' hails l but man's T Idening the
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    Aussie-in-the-Pub Explains......
    614 4 G. Ward Price CETS SOME OPINIONS ON THE LABOUR DEFEAT DUBLIC opinion at popular levels is besl perceived m pubs. These m Australia are even more austere and uncomfortable than most British bars. There's a damp, generally oval, counter across which patrons of the saloon and public departments
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    MENZIES MAY FOUND PACIFIC PACT
    555 4  - MENZIES MAY FOUND PACIFIC PACT G. D. K. Me Cormick By DOBERT G »rdon M- Australia No. l. citizen la a champion of impunity. H e still prcf( to refer to the British I *her than the C tnmonwealth A new look." he t d once, "cannot be undeciCo(;d unless
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    U.S. SCHOOLS NOW ADMIT NEGROES
    58 4 U. S. SCHOOLS NOW ADMIT NEGROES R.t. i.ii egregatlcn will end In Bast St. Louis < Illinois* public schools on Jan 30. Mi. s Bernlce Qoedde, president ol the city's Board ol Education, announced. Thi s means mat Negroes will be admitted to public schools for the l\r>,\_ time m
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    It Seems To Me....
    447 4 copr AFTER trying to co|>e with all llic fiendisli alphabetical spawn of the United Nations Organisation's committees, the newspaper reader is now bcfii^ Ik(li\ ill ed xv i l 1 1 the <><l<ltsi portmanteau words thrown up I>> the struggles of Europe U» escape from the
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    Pharaohs Had A 'Circus'
    8 4  - Pharaohs Had A 'Circus' UNKNOWN I m T
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      15 4 Exquisile B.P. de SUVA LIP i\CCRPOB*7ED IN CEYLON) MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS OVER 73 YEA*$ Of REFUTATION
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      56 4 I VICTOR SILVESTER AWD HIS BALLROOM QRCHESW tfBREKO I CARACABA" .1 N D 1 \K\U lOONA- CAi: m CAPMENCHI «i (ACT \CP\RSn a: 6 BRA HUB In i CHOPIM N»^(- I I RKI S NGAPO^fc GIFTS N Oil can a'wa\and be SU \C rrr^zS. P. H dTsiLVA 45. H!CH STREET
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    'THE WORLD WE WANT'
    37 5 pa litre. X.l.im Ftiward llo- > with Mr. t |ri tl.ind. .111 it ytiliiJij'i homr <»f th«* I .f lllT.ll. Ml v Ml .m f svi* Ibr Mibjn i ««t I \\> \V.inf Free Press
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    CLUB LEADERS RE-ELECTED
    15 5 CLUB LEADERS RE-ELECTED >talT R»p«»rtrr t' I p*s S ing a is an t L:rv.
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    NATIVITY PLAY IN SINGAPORE
    54 5 NATIVITY PLAY IN SINGAPORE Krrr Prr>s StalY R»-p«»rter P' nines excellent kg by a cast ol 27 and by .i 13-member choii I ol ■TiltCove, f N f P 91. Andrew's C la*; tit. .11 be tiighi .i- 7 o c.urk A( anted by I. Lee Warner. is produced and
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    WELFARE NEEDS OF STAFF STRESSED
    494 5 Report to City Commission aat j. Free Press Sta(T Reporter A^. lndlc atlon th at welfare work among the Singapore Municipal staff is a continuing responsibility of the Municipal Commissioners is given m the report of the sub-committee appointed to make recommendations on the duties
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    Youth 'envoy' will tell New York
    331 5 Free Press Start Reporter V Party was given m Singapore yesterday m honour of Sved Adam Edward Hogan-Shaidali. the 1. -year-old Malay youth who will represent the Federation of Malaya at the New York Herald Tribune Forum for High Schools m New York City
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    Girls do not keep up with the news
    166 5 r'ree Press Staff Reporter |>K(\\rSF Singapore schoolgirls do not keep up with the news and are shy when facing the microphone, they have been beaten m the interschool quiz run by Kadio Malaya. Miss Rhona Connery, who organised the contest, made this
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    32 5 MR. If— I P«B| Sin and M iss Nff Gum Heonf who w.-re married m Singapore list week. Mr. Lrong is the vJcr-presidcnt of ilie St *.nl honv's OM Boy.' Association Tons
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    $1.171 FINE ON BUSINESSMAN
    58 5 $1.171 FINE ON BUSINESSMAN Free Pr<'» sum Reporter JOHORE BAHRU Wed Abdul Hamid bin Talib. an Arab businessman, was lined SI 174. or four months' imprisonment, m the police court today on ach v n I attempting to evad»- customs duty on im sarongs and 31 rolls ol ribbon. sarongs
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    HAD NO CARD
    47 5 Free Presi Stall K«-p<>rter Arrested m the Singapore Harbour Board area on Christmas Day because he had no identity card and no permli to tnter the area. 19-year-old Abdul Rahman was sent, need to a month's rigorous imprisonment m the First District Court yesterday.
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    HAWKERS INHERIT SKILL
    237 5 HAWKERS INHERIT SKILL Free Press Staff Reporter TENANG, Wed. AFTER a two-month random survey of hawking m Penang, the Settlements Labour Office has found that most hawkers have inherited the trade from fathers or elder brothers, from whom they have often learnt to prepare a special dish with great skill
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    MAILS
    38 5 MA ILS Sui fa i nail i i xpected m j Singapore today from Thailand and the Federation. times posting surface mail tod:t\ n\ the Op o. ooon foi !.<•. p.m. for Kuingchow i Hoi }h<w > ami the Pederation
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    Promotion problem to be discussed
    241 5 Promotion problem to be discussed Free Press Staff Reporter AN important point on which hinges future stuff promotions m the Singapore Municipal service is due to come up for discussion among Municipal Commissioners ;c their meeting tomorrow. This is listed m the ager i as "definition of seniority m Municipal
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    GLADYS LAMING
    26 5 We regre; that by I the photograph m Pn" Or. the Free Pn m I D.r. 24 v given ;i< D^ r< k Md
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    21 5 lii transit from Australia for delivery In London is an Anson aircraft, which landed In Singapore yesterday afternoon.
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    118 5 Free Pres* Staff R« porter THE organisers of the S: pore Trades Union C mess and ;he Sinp. \Vi rkers* Trades Union C egotiating to form a united central trade union buciy embracing all catej of i mployees' unl Announcing this y. i
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    FORM GUIDE FOR THIRD DAY'S RACES IN PENANG
    4150 6  - FORM GUIDE FOR THIRD DAY 'S RACES IN PENANG ALLAN LEWIS Compiled by PORM guide, compiled by Allan Lewis, Free Press racing correspondent, for Saturday, third day of the Penang Turf Club Xmas-Ncw Year Meeting, is given below. CL. 1. DIV. 2—6 Furs. NESSIS 9 00 WON .Ten started* 24-12
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    U.K. soccer fixtures
    224 7 I U X lootp w from Salur- lesciay. Jan. l >a 1 1 Mil t— i>n 1 v Kirmmiham t ulharn \W-t Krum A. t vrrloa I r »r m I Mini hrslrr I M.(lllr>kr»U|h l»«rfcw v X..1 M KU<kp....l l>l\ l>l«>\ I Mvi KU. kfturn I
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    BABA WENT FASTEST ON TRACK
    320 7  - BAB A WENT FASTEST ON TRACK ALLAN LEWIS From Bu t Grazing was most impressive PENANG, Thursday. JJEST workout on the Penang track this morning was by Baba (Bagby), who covered three furlongs m 37 3/5 sees, but the most impressive horse was Grazing (J. Donnelly), who went very easily
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    FORM GUIDE FOR MONDAY
    30 7 FORM guide for next Monday's races m Penang. together with Allan Lewis's review and selections for Saturday's races, will he published m the Pree Press tomorrow.
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    Joe Louis to fight on Jan. 6
    83 7 toe louis, fanner world weight champion, who has b»rn boxintz exhibition ma'.i'h.s all over the country sine* his retirement, yesterday signed for .six-round exhibition match ;igain«t Willie Bean. Los Angeles Negro, on Jan. 6 In th« Hollywood It giun Stadium. Matchmaker B.uon von
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    Perak women gain another easy win
    203 7 T»HE Perak women, who became champions at the x recently concluded All-Malayan Chinese basketball championships gave another fine display at the Happy World stadium last night when they easily defeated a Rest team by 53 points to M. In the men's match, Singapore, the
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    Jollilads soccer
    44 7 ads played lhr«t soccer Chrbunai holidays Or. Dt-c 22 Ibej wtn n by HMS Unicorn In nil at Gry'.ing Stadium On Cl. D«3 drew w.jh Tanjong Eiro fo-al: at S**>tar and on Boxir.g Day drew with Singapore Harbour 1 M* XI three-
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    Hogan plans a comeback
    96 7 THE 0 S golfer. Ben Hogan. who was seriously Injured m >it last February nun < i unit back m champion- 1 ship Rolf Hogan has Icfl for :iu- west mast of the United States to attend three tournaments m the Professional Golfers" Association winner tour—
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    Manager of golf team named
    56 7 r PHE former A. n woman c!:*mp;on fcfiM I.co Wray, ol N>-v South Wi tt haa been appointed empUtn«m vomen i team to tour Britain :n ItSO. Mrs. E. J. Gowing. also of New South Wales, has been appointed vue-captttin. T!>' team la scheduled Fneland
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    Gunners beaten
    27 7 Royal Milit; n PoUc« *•< 'he Singapore Gunneis (blakan Mam 15-nil m a fJBOm of piawd at OUlnian jrettenlay. rM r 1 erne from five trlci
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    DEYRO LOSES TO BOSE
    141 7 DEYRO LOSES TO BOSE RDEYRO 'Philippines*. was eliminated from the men's singles m the Asian lawn tennis championships at Calcutta yesterday. In the quarter-finals Deyro lost to the Indian Davis Cup player. Dulip Bose, by 6—4. 1-6. 4-6. 3-«. F. Ampon and C. Cftimoua Philippines! reached the '■r.v.ilirials of the
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    BOY SOCCER STAR INJURED
    87 7 SUFFERING Crom chest injuries raufttl with a gun while out *hoo»h.K A'.lan Samuels, 16. of Sketty. Swansea, lormer Welsh schoolboy murnat: ball-r was -fated yesterday to be m a cnfiral ronditirn m hospital. Sami;el<; rrnwUd a considerable distance liefore he collapsed. II was bettered that the
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    South Africa caught on tricky wicket
    210 7 South Africa caught on tricky wicket picture. CAUGHT on a tricky wicket at Ellis Park Johannesburg, yesterday, South Africa were skittled out for a second time and lost the first Test to Australia by an innings and 85 runs. Following-on on Tuesday 276 runs behind Australia's first innings total of
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    AMATEUR RACING BACK TO STAY?
    442 7  -  From ALLAN LEWIS PEXANG, Thursday. DENANG Polo Club held a most successful amateur race meeting on the Bukit Gantong racecourse yesterday under the auspices of Penang Turf Club. The am9feT#s put on a very good show, and if this is a sample of what Malayan
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    Johore rugby XV
    72 7 JOHORE BAHRI v. T'HE return rugtqr natcti m the nM B. Malays cono< I *n the S'.r.ta;) >v Bcr\kw« Johore will be played I urday on the Joborc Civil s< p;-.dang. J< hor« w:ll be n b\ J. L C Dillr-n Cpt <. D. Da:rock. m- Weigh,
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    GLENTORAN WIN 6-0
    25 7 GLENTORAN WIN 6 -0 Glentoran beat ClifUm\;lle 6 o m an Irish League fixtuie j day. The fixture had btfii pos--poned from Dec. 10. Reuer
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    89 7 4 T V ;he So la I A'l 5; Ing v c Qm the year 1«j50. P..t: and An? Chwe- Ba pratfnti llntti Ang k Ctowee, Y*o\i Ch Of He re d. Teo Kirn S« 8f Sim Ah P..:l h< D Goh K-r hon. aa s
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    19 7 The S;::t..p<>:< Women's H Asscx-iition iruil to ix pia>> I I •he Padanp tc>. tm I celled.
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    DEATH
    59 8 MR. HU HWA CHU, manager re Dispensary Ltd., aged 69. l<i>-ed away peacefully on 28th I mber. 1949, at No. 15 da i Lane off Simon Road Uppeff Serangoon. He tanw ::d 5 sons. 1 daughter and 1 grandchildren to mourn hU Cor'eze will leave his residence at 5
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    HAINAN INVASION FLEET BOMBED
    315 8 Heavy Govt. air attacks HONG KONG, Thursday. NATIONALIST bombers struck yesterday at targets on Liuchow Peninsula, South Kwangtunff, where Red armies are preparing Co launch an amphibious invasion on Hainan Island, 12 miles off the mainland. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters claimed that many hits were scored
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    43 8 President ol the Nit i i Am elation < r can Shipping. Mr. Fr.i/. r A Bailey tald jrester 'lay m Washington it w."i'r< "dangerous" (<> al'^w Japan to rebuild ln-r m.r«'hant Beet 10 compete for the commerce of othrr r n.s Reuter
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    World is drawing closer —THE pope
    189 8 World is drawing closer THE pope VATICAN CITY, Thurs. ON the morrow of terrible experiences, a longing is awakening m *he most serious minded people and among all nations for a drawing together and spiritual brotherhood." Pope Pius XII said yesterday. The Pope, who was speaking to the 40 members
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    PAX. FIRM ON HER RUPEE
    60 8 INDIA Pakistan are both wiihr.R bold 1 <-n dillerencs ar;.s;r.g ottt <f devaluation 1 the Indian nip*-f m 8 ted In the P mpr.' f :iy Trade between the iwo Ml it a Hands ..I. m wh> v t tv-n .'-d. PakUian. ho»f.er. ti.** rl«tr
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    THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER
    51 8 THUS FAR AND NO FURTH ER JAPANESf strip-tease s:.o*i won abo-jt the morale md n of their pei for men ordered itrtp-teAM r::> strip thus far and no furl!. Th*y art* required to n crn strip- tease v and thH mi ruled that the dancing girls v have to dance
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    39 8 pRICES In Wall Street yrstord:iy wnu to gains rangir^ to U.S. $l. Rails were quite prominent In final dealings. However, some Wall Street circles feel that the chances ol an important year-end rail v are dim Reuter
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    36 8 r PHK London tin market eased up yesterday. Spot tin uas down £2 10s. to £602 10s I'hree months fell £1 2s. 6d. to £581 bid £581 10s. asked Sales totalled 83 tons. A.P.
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    He wants to improve bananas
    133 8 He wants to improve bananas PORT OF SPAIN < Trinidad*. Thurs. THK chief of the Madras Banana Research Station. Mr T Gopalan Nayer hopes to reduce the varieties but Improve the quality of Indian bananas after his two months' visit to the Coll Tropical Agriculture here. "The problem is to
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    Would-be mother's appeal
    128 8 Would -be mother's appeal PAH A PRETTY >• ar-ol I A r.. an woman, Mn J cabled to I I y and I- P YinA riole asking them to cot together and mak he bab: ifd to a dancer, whom she <• ago la Nf\» York. Mr P -> dancer
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    U.N. TO STURY CHINA CHARGES
    78 8 U.N. TO STURY CHINA CHARGES rpHE United Nations Little X Assembly du»* t<» meet on Jan 16 li expected to tackle Nationalist Chinas charges against Russia referrod to it by th« General Assembly for continuous i xaminat:on and study.' The Little Assembly 'Int. rim •wnmittt'i'' is also empowered to brint;
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    Vain gin sacrifice
    75 8 'pHK < Tew of the !7!-ton British ship Ilohaba, adrift m 1 the Indian Ocran. used their last bottle of Christ ii ts sjin m vain hid to jjt't their engines soing Thr converted former landing ship was on the way to Chittagonic, Bengal for use as
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    NEW JAP. STAMPS
    15 8 Five Japanese overseas airmail postal stamps will be Issued next April. Reuter
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    TIME FOR TIGER, SAY JAPS
    122 8 TIME FOR TIGER, SAY JAPS TOKIO. Thursday. JAPAN begins the Year of the Tiger on Jan. 1 J without a single tiger In the country. All zoo tigers were destroyed by their keepers during the wartime fire bombings. Tinerloss zoos ben will honour the animal anyhow An exhibit Is being
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    14 8 Indkt's first government sponsored shipping corporation will b«> Inaugurated parkin January Reuter
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    'Lucky Baby', declare Aga Khan followers
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