The Singapore Free Press, 31 December 1949

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    18 1 The SIngapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    WORKERS DEFY H.K. GOVERNOR
    371 1 Threat to 'tell Red China HONG KONG, Saturday. DISREGARDING the action of the Hong Konp; Government m empowering the Governor to put the colony on a war footing, to meet internal disorders or external attack, bus drivers have started a go slow strike m support of
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    10 S'PORE SHIPS 'SEIZED'
    43 1 >t.UT Reporter >:50.000 and a 300 I by Motor a to have ::ese ana havvater f :heir i request to f B okesF- P oeriod of mn B that Ml —cd i been I Prat rural had be^n placed
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    Cario, Vienna draw
    7 1 ci match at A.P.
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    Bidualt Wins
    28 1 I Premier. M Bidault. yesterday won a vote of ::ee from the Nati< n A nibly. Comand supporters of ral irlea de Gaulle I St.- A.P.
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    Chiang severs Indian ties
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    M.P.s IN BELGRADE
    22 1 A ration of British If P.'s arrived In B yesterday to inspect i post -war re- .:n nrogramme.— A.P.
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    U.S.I. TO ASK FOR U.S. LOAN
    116 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. yHE Indonesian government is expected soon to A open formal negotiations with the ExportImport Bank for a good-sized loan, possibly between I SSSO million and I SSIOO million. A United States official said yesterday that the Export-Import Bank has US$B9O million available
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    ERITREA PRESS BAN OPPOSED
    128 1 LONDON Sat. Rio IHICTIONS Imposed 1 >cally by the British Adn Do the Eritrean press and announced on Thursday go far beyond what :s approved m London. restrictions were anmced m Asmara by the British Political Adviser Mr. B. C A. Cook, when the authoi :ted
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    U.S. retires 2 admirals
    40 1 WASHINGTON, Sa:. THE United States Navy yes- terday announced a shakeup of top admirals that included the retirement ot Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Atlantic Flee' commander, and Admiral Thomas C. Snkald, Eastern Sea Frontier commander.
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    CZECH-PAK. TRADE
    26 1 Czechoslovakia will become one of the main buyers of lute and cotton from Pakistan under a new trad^ agreement between the two coun- Reuer
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    FORMOSA 'PHONE
    24 1 Fcnnosa. last-ditch Island 1 stronghold of the Chinese Nationalist Government, was yesterday linked to the United States by radio teleDhone service- A.P.
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    SIAMESE TWINS
    17 1 A 17-year-old German wife birth to Siamese twins and a single girl. The died.- A.P.
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    Gold in crank case
    57 1 ftUSTOMS agents m Karachi yesteriaj ■> 'ized <0 poum, L of jjold— worth about C2M— bllllg Miiu??lfd into Pikistan In the crank case of an Amn m luxury car. The cold bars were hidden m the eiu?in«» of one of ten irs hro-Tht to Karachi recently
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    TALKS WITH BONN
    25 1 Britain and Western Germany expect to begin financial and trade negotiations on I January 11 m either London i or Frankfurt.- Reuter
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    REBELS ACTIVE IN OIL AREA
    55 1 IMIE British-owned Burmah I Oil Company has announced increasing rebel activities In the oilfield region of Chauk. central Burma Two motor trucks were seized by an armed gang and some workers were captured *nd several shot. Two workers, later released, returned with leaflets signed "Red
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    MORE YOUTH CRIME
    18 1 Juvenile delinquency m lukio has increased more than 50 per cent over lasi /cor. Reuter
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    MARQUESS TO WED
    23 1 The Marques? of Milford I laven and Mrs. Pirrce Simpson will bo married m I ft'aalungion on Feb. 4. A.P.
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    U.S. DEFENCE CHIEFS FOR JAPAN
    78 1 U.S. DEFENCE CHIEFS FOR JAPAN WASHINGTON. Sat. THE UNITED STATES Joint Chiefs of Staff plan to visit Japan early In February the Defence Depart- ment announced yesterday. T announcement came as rnational attention was Lined towards the defence -he Island of Formosa last nghold of the Chil Nationalist Govern:: Hie
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    Java terrorists cut railway
    58 1 A i7-Ulometre stretch of 'he Tjlbatu-Tasikmalaya rail line was broken up by I rorists at ten pointi yesterday, reports Aneta. the Dutch m wt age ocy. The area, which lies east Of Dandunu and where ihe fanatical Darul Islam gangs are operating, is one Java s
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    Chiang to speak
    20 1 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek nake a New Year's Eve brnad•ast to the Chinese people at OMT today.— U.P.
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    ITALIAN TROOPS
    26 1 [tallan F r M >t. Slgnor Carl/ Sforza. *a:d i< rday that Italian securlv troop* will probably U rp rhp pnri i Mar A.P
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    SHAH LEAVES U.S.
    17 1 The Shah of Iran left New York by air for Tehe- ran yesterday A.P
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    Liaison C'ttee study citizenship problem
    103 1 Liaison C 'ttee study citizenship problem 4 WORKABLE formula for granting citizenship to non-Malayans will soon be reached among comnuinitv leaders, the Associated Press correspondent m Penang reports. The Communities Liaison Committee, now m >n m the island, is understood to have discussed the citizenship issue from two angles:— (1)
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    New Year greetings
    37 1 THE Singapore Free Press wishes its readers a luippv and prosperous New Year. There will be no issue of j •he Free Press on Monday. Jan. Publication will be resumed on Tuesday Jan. 3.
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    Fought boar to save his son
    270 1 tree rress Man nepuner KNOCKED down and slashed by a wounded wild boar which had been pursuing his son. Mr. Lao Tons Lam superintendent of the Johore Leper Asylum and well-known Johore Bahru shikari, kept his presence of mind to reload, thrust his gun
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    Best bets for today
    44 1 From ALLAN LEWIS PEN AN (1. Sat. THE going at today's Penang races will be very fast. Stron? stable J fancies are Knight Gallant. Eddy Frmser and Sk\ streak. Best bets are NESSI S (Napi, MATA HARI and KIVER MOON.
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    SIAM BANS CROSSINGS
    69 1 BANGKOK. Sat. I^o forestall possible Chin Communist nflltration from Indo-China. S:am has J border ci sings by Chini se exa pt by visas. Thailand rm< rly had re- Burir.a and Indo-Chlna to permit border crossings r trading purp >ses. Violators of the n< which has gone out
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    DUTCH NAVY IN U.S.I. STAYS
    71 1 UNITS ol the N Navy will continue to waters around Suj smuggling, say? .i United States of Indoi official statement received In Singapore. The statement has I issued to clarify the U.S.I promulgation ending rights of the Dutch Navy. A* U. 5.1.. there will be
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    PLANE LOST
    26 1 A I Beechcr&ft plane wned by apr [r.do-Chinese company disappeared yesterday t from Dalat. 14 Saigon to Ban jot 55 vi f D.r Reuter
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    Exports of Siam rice freed
    133 1 BANGKOK. Sat. PXPORT of rice to deft-*-'cit Asian counv passes from th e Siamese Government to private hands today, with the winding-up of the International Emergency F Council. Merchu:/^ exporting for payment In United S' dollars will be given ference m permits. The Siamese Deputy
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    REFERRED BACK
    43 1 REFERRED BACK Krr»* Pr«»s!» Staff Reporter Th- S pore IfunJ esterda;. to comrr two earlier approvals of B Queen S '.vkers ter. and Eu T Tin motion 1 back A P Etajah -Pro- said and sen by a private c Ifr R I
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    SHOP ROBBED
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    JAP AIR TRAVEL
    7 1 J. Japanese a.— Reuter
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      Approaching the Tribesmen
      622 2  - Approaching the Tribesmen S.C. GEORGE By Ralpfc llawim and Patrol nilicer Skinmr are trvln* to lind Marker, a pro-pe* Un who li.»s .li-.i|. «n N<w OahM*. Skinner i«* also huntlnjt "OKI*"" Bell and "Tlnv" Evans, two rrtvtkH who arr attempting by foul means to o»»lain a lap—— treasure chest and
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      'SANDY' OF THE C.P.R.
      729 2 'SANDY' OF THE C.P.R. I|R( iBABLY the world's ivelled RabSandy". has spent riding on idian Pacific Railcabot And igh his master. A. R. .riy" McDonald, of don, Ontario, has reI from service, the ral bit si his m Mure than lour y oly a couple > old. the rabbit feed
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      Find Eleven Concealed Children
      37 2 her* Dra ■■<. connecting Imci I up to dot r>o, to dls ••\«-r ihf fii>t iWhfif two num b i»oiJi i Then st.. ly th.mil try to ipot I fa~e? of the other ten
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      Life on a Piratel Isle
      115 2 Life on a Piratel Isle STRING oul along the seaboard <>l Southern Arabia .»t<Ihree liny staging jm.sls. ital links m the F.*s trunk i (Mites lo the Fay East The most remote o\ them is tiny Masirah shaped liki < hrist mas <i .i< kei studded with jagged hills, md
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      81 2 STAMP CORNER IJOEUTSCHLANjJi! CTCLISI pitps :s>:.. y TO* French it \p pi teri an ••?<• a!ni >st ivy afh^r c, Lutes: iirrrra! is a 12-U\: I brotDftteJk-blacfc stamp honour of Jean Racine, the great dramatist, who i h >m 259 neart a riiij starn}) it r.ily an afterthought. tor Racuu
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      45 2 I Canned f mil ORANGE GRAPEFRUIT J H. VAVASStUi- CO. M ITD W* >uh-A t enls: IT.I VW ft I fc\sM jw aq adding mdr how much mom *^V' a Dunrougns onsfs Borneo Sumatra Trading Cc Ms |U Sl\» v Singapore X.a:» L x <J
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      183 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD iLI rS ACROSS— 1 Pint I l r— T :.i -Ariter of fairy- '_J__L__lJH| I Wg, tiles. 5. Cavalry s^ord with. ~^l < '.ur\ed blade 6. "Ca 1 m French _Jbß-_.^B_l__J_l i! 8. Charactei ir. The Old Curio- 4 ,7 •ity Shop. 3, Not very ho\ 10 —^JML_JML_Jb^
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      137 2 W.tJi on* mor* f*a h .c wish left, then, suddenly, Penny MM Ou beloi P#n y My v Penny taken ahopping by her wonderful doll m the fom on »ay« "t nist. 1 wish mother. Her mo ,her, who doe.nt «orld. U can .nd ,hut M ITm'l JSST J^iffSSS believe
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    Quirino will keep an open mind on China
    223 3 MANILA. Saturday M Hpidiu Quirino pledged yesterday Philippines will keep an "open mind" with China while helping to forestall subversive ideas" m the Asiatic sphere We respect the right of any neighbour v his own system of government and h the Chinese
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    Tibel govt. reorganized
    27 3 Tibel govt. reorganized :utta. cabinet has >;-d on face of also uid China. DO a vei 1 1 t will be I by a Tibetan i\ A.P.
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    MORE RICE FOR BENGAL
    25 3 province ont of > as me: Ice ms I per acre c 5 year. A the I i by .r.ion 8.149.U00 Reuter
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    1,000-YEN NOTES
    7 3 on January n by Reuter
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    U.K. miners back 'wage restraints'
    39 3 DLi-t-UAitb rep; nearly 700.000 Br decided by a to back a 're- on wage claims." Delegates holding 406.000 ted thf* -restraint' policy put forward by the leaden whili J73.000 votes were cas* against Reuter
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    SUGAR TALKS
    21 3 Br. eat Indies r s havr resumed talks Ministry f F d vis on a prupt^sed long contract.- A.P.
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    Swiss watchmakers now work on 'tick'
    147 3 GENEVA, Saturday. walchmaktrs. ulio have made watches do ab(»ut everything that tan be expected of them, are now working on their "tick". In the first place, a watch with nil its cogs and m good working order does not "tick-tock" at all. rta say.
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    58 3 Km? George examines a Korean bible during a visit to th" London headquarters of the British and Foreign Bible Society. These bibles are the thickest printed by the Society, they have more pages owing to the large size of Korean letters. The Society sends thousands of bibles to its missions
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    New lenses to make quicker TB detection
    120 3 SOUTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Saturday. 4 METHOD for mass-producing: new lenses for faster detection of tuberculosis and cancer by X-rays has been announced by the American Optical Company. The new lenses are the Schmidt type, which are borrowed from astronomy. These lenses take wider angles
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    NEW SHIPS PLANNED
    34 3 The American President Lines ii planning to build lour new combination pas-senger-cargo liners for j round-the-world services and may build two large, fast pas- senger vessels for transPacific service.— U. P
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    Fleeing Czechs named traitors
    55 3 /CZECHOSLOVAKS who fled L/ 1 their country after it camo under Red domination have b*»en banished as traitors. 'Since the Commun I over m February 1948. thousands of Czechoslovaks have left their homeland by risky and Illegal border cross and have sought haven m Austria and
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    BERLIN FIRE: 4 DIE
    28 3 F<>ur persons were killed and lour severely injured by a are m an East Berlin department store Exploding fireworks st irt< the blaze. Reuter
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    Bridge Problem
    21 3 > I I RD.%I E n 1 1 two more spad< N 1 N two top I the 1 I
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    FOREIGNERS MAY LOSE S'HAI LAND
    113 3 WASHINGTON. Sat. THE U.S. State Department has made public a translation of a decree published m a leading Communist paper m Shanghai which appeared to open the way for eventual seizure of lands owned by Britons, Americans and other foreigners who have left Shanghai. The
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    COULDN'T DO OTHERWISE
    79 3 A RECENT order by the New South Wales Transport Commission forbidding oversize persons to stand on outside platforms of buses had to be varied to meet the rase, of one man. He is 73 inches round the seat of the trousers and weighs 20» 2 stone. He
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    Britain wants more sergeants
    80 3 Britain wants more sergeants THE sergeant may be cursed m every army, but the British Territorials need 800 more of them. "We have more officers and better quality officers then we had before the war," Major-General G. O. Herbert, chief of Britain's Reserve forces, told the London Rotary Club. "But
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    FOOD EXPERT FOR JAPAN
    70 3 A us. Department of a culture soil conservation expert. Mr Hugh Bennett. probably will £<> to Japan iiext April to help boost food production. Mr Bonnet i believes that Japan's food crops may bo increased by as much as 10 or 15 per cent by protection
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    SOVIETS STRENGTHEN HOLD ON CHINA
    319 3 Advisers enter all spheres HONG KONG, Saturday. r 1 ROWING Soviet influence on China was one of, the most startling changes witnessed by Mr. Chang Kuo-sin, United Press correspondent who j has arrived m Hong Kong, after nine months spent m Communist China. Communist, non-Communist-members
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    ENCOURAGED
    39 3 Despiic some "deplorable" Incidents, indicating the continued existence of some nationalism, Nazism and antisemitism. Mr. John J. McCioy, U.S. High Commissioner m Germany, said recently that he was encouraged by the reaction ntrni>iQ> iVircn i«/.l I dfnts. A.P.
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    Flat chests are out
    149 3 Flat chests are out MEW YORK I WOMEN may accept boyish bob the dm hat and the short skirt, bui the corset and brassiere I ciation of America will r< sist to the death a return of the flat -chest t'd illhouetl the "flapper" »'ra So said Mr Harold Kurzman,
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    ATOM BOMB CAN PREVENT BIRTHS
    130 3 NEW YORK. Saturday. pKOOF that heredity changes caused by atom bombs can prevent the birth ol mamniaK ua> reported to tin* American VssoHation for the Advancement of Science yesterd.;\ This proof is part of the first big stud] I ot gamma rays on mammals under
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    U.S. READY FOR DICTATORSHIP
    43 3 U.S. READY FOR DICTATORSHIP The W Herald has reported that the US Defence Drpartmerr I pians for "a rr..l:tarv dlctJ ship" if the capital were Nig knocked out" by air attack The pap- r quo'-d nr <>f Mi- nation* outet&nd i tary lead-
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      43 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. r.%1 II I«'N *n4 iUI ISKI M 9 ManI o\ FhC B. 1 11 I M \I>K Ifl ■i\ ik \i. Laila PCNANG LIDO >TK*: Down A IM« 1.1 B\ OM < tCRSMBAN HI I KOi II J UJtCCA i;»
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      55 3 I AUSTIN TRUCKS for BIG jobs! The Austin 5 tonner, with a body capacity of 4 cubic yards, is tough and built for hard work. It can be relied upon to give excellent service whatever the conditions of load and road. AUSTINS LAST LONGER i |l||^f|^l A i GENUINE SPARE
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      145 3 Solution To Crossword No. 881 fC'H A SlTl| iS E M E]nl7| A >{: I T VBAtC.PQ.S S| ZJfEQ S TJHL^JAJSji j >- ±j aHaHoj|t 1 1 EiUI t eMhuMdMa IS E nH 'LEMC^,U.S:T i 5 Q cip^MfpNjArlE'PJ Crossword No. SB2 1 "I 3 MM l#*f 1 1 X TT
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      542 3 .imi a pr^DC 11.45 Even MWOrtrunL 50fl 2 00 gports AUSTRALIA BLUI NETWORK) 8.15 Dance Muste; 6^30 MetTM LSI and U. 7 metres Children's Pi 7f IJ rffiJ%V l I news from R.I 730 A..i,» r > cc; ftlm tne Movies; •«t If ;i.m "0 Lon V s t A^
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Dec 31, 1949. WE ARE ALL RESOLVED
    304 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Dec 31, 1949. WE ARE ALL RESOLVED v A1 I I w Us] i hjtical i erf j YE HJNCILOF SINGAPORE PfD MALAYA I Ie m not i r AFORE CAR DRIVE! n [PAL ROAD DEPAH I MKN'T N tW I t Is not n
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    1949-The Year it Didn't Happen!
    693 4 John Fisher turns back the 1949 calendar, and finds that the worst never happened... 1 HEREBY acclaim ***** :»s "The-Year-When II Didn'tHappen After All." For nearly twelve months we have been successfully avoiding whal looketl like llu i worst, Stalin had plenty l<> chuckle over
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    RUSSIANS ARE 'TRUTH-PROOF'
    322 4 pAN B HC the truth er to the R linly not according to Major-General Richard Hilton, whose book. '"Military Attache m Moscow", has Just appeared. The c lack privacy m aV.: all >\ 'homes 1 ol the people m Mosc .v 'v »uld, m prai ik»- it
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    OLD YEAR FLASH-BACKS
    185 4 Three outstanding Malayan Zf&% 'or ch I A Special Correspondent vuiiin t iM ■> the >«-.ir'«» evetttl m Urn world :ii. I M IMIE year's outstanding events m Malaya included the founding of the University ol Malaya, the winning of the international badminton trophy the Thomas Cup;
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    A Flying Club Stalwart
    296 4 PEOPLE MAKE SEWS 4 POPULAR member •>!" the Royal SingaPlylng Club. Mr. LAN HOsS.UK holds a passenger-carry-ing licen and who can.' urth m the landing c m- ions, will be leaving Singapore for Australia next week on holiday Mr Hossack took up In 1941 I Ith
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    COMMISSIONERS DEBATE FOR SIX HOURS
    883 5 COMMISSIONERS DEBATE FOR SIX HOURS v lats, exams y promotions Free Press Staff Reporter p one ot the longest and liveliest meetings of the year— extending over six hours— SingaP e i Munic| P al Commissioners yesterday attacked the Municipal Architect's Department, debated the question of examinations for .Municipal employees,
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    23 5 piruirr. Ml> .1 Nil who it llir Air Train- ,i> 1» hut m thr i ..umil Hall. St.im- i,l LiNt nisht- Free Press
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    PHONES FOR ALL IN 1950
    48 5 PHONES FOR ALL IN 1950 I press Stall Reporter UMPUR, Prl HONES for all hem is the ol the i of Teleis, Mr A. ho broad Radio Malaya ment. X v be The he said. X) manual excha: teved bopimprov- > a 5 a: 3 pore 10 24 cost
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    32 5 niHF first English champion do ff to come out East j} ft r T he war. n Alsatian, Walston Sentinel, arrived m SMn ff apore thin week, "ja-^.m ported by Ik. K.nso.
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    28 5 pictures. MISS Sheila Foster, with t he hells of St. Andrew's on which she will ring out the old year and ring m the new tonight. Free Press
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    Amy calls for Govt. lead
    282 5 Free Press StafY Reporter SUGGESTING m the Singapore Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday that landlords should connect their properties to sewers where possible. Miss Amy Laycock (Progressive- East Ward) expressed regret that the Government had not thought of setting an example by making connections to its
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    BROKE INTO HOUSE
    118 5 Free Press StalT Reporter qn Christinas Eve night Bacha Singh an employee of the Sim-apore Harbour Board, looked his room door before going for a stroll. Returning half an hour later. Bacha Singh found the door slightly ajar and the lock wrenched open. He was m the
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    TRIBUTE TO MR. DUNCAN STEWART
    33 5 The Sin;j;ip*>re Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday stood in silence for a few moments in tribute to the memory of Mr. Duncan Stewart, the Governor Of Sarawak.
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    Singapore lighter rates set
    192 5 Singapore lighter rates set Free Press Stall Reporter FOR the first time m the Singapore lighter Industry's history, a uniform scale of lighter, towing and demurrage charges will shoitiy be put into operation. Finalised draft charges have been sent to the Singapore European. Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce for
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    TO GIVE LECTURE
    46 5 A monthly meeting of the District Society of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries will be held at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. Singapore, next Tuesday at 6.30 p.m. A lecture will be given entitled •Trusts and Administration by Mr. F C. Yap.
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    TO STUDY IN AMERICA
    55 5 22 year-old Singapore student, Mr. Wong Yip Keong, will leave Singapore today m the Oregon Mail for the United States to take up medicine m Glendale Collet. California. A former student of Raffles Institution, Mr. Wong is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Lan Son
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    TREASURY BILLS
    27 5 The Singapore Government ill invite tenders for an issue of $6,000,000 by Treasury Bills 00 Jan. 10. Tenders will be accepted up to Jan. 7.
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    SHE WILL RING IN SINGAPORE'S NEW YEAR
    351 5 SHE WILL RING IN SINGAPORE 'S NEW YEAR Free Press Staff Reporter AJISS Sheila Foster, a member of the Women's 1 Voluntary Service m Singapore, will ring out the old year and ring m the new on the bell s of St. Andrew's Cathedral. She will start rinsing about 11.15
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    33 5 MISS Aileen Gan of Singapore who will leave for Australia next Tuesday to study domestic science at the I nivervity of Melbourne. MM was a pupil of the Singapore Methodist GMi S< hool
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    "MESSIAH" IN IPOH CHURCH
    65 5 "MESSIAH" IN IPOH CHURCH IPOH. Fri.— A recordine of Handel's oratorio. "The M- lsiah.' will be given at the Wesley Church m Lahat Road on New Years Eve. I starting from 7.30 p.m. This Will be followed by camp fire social given by members of the Metho Youth Fellowship. A
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    STORE MOBILE RATION UNIT
    142 5 Free Prrs> SIM KrporU-r NEXT month U .Singapore Mobile rationing unit rill continue its to rural areas to attend on thf j spot to matters m connection v. ith ration cards and >o sa\> :e--ridents In those areas Irom the trouble of coming to a town
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    PARTY FOR BOYS
    29 5 The Singapore Police Boys' Club at Prince Edward Road will cive a tea-party next Monday afternoon. Members i*e ■iked to be there by 430 ».m. I
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    HE RESISTED
    29 5 \FINE of $80 was In 00 36-year-old L:i.^ ng Wung In the Singapore Fourth Police Court for resisting arrest Dec. 10 when found sion of dutiable liquor.
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    HAZARE LUCKY WITH THE TOSS
    145 6 India make a good start HAZARE, deputising as captain for Vijay Merchant, wlmc injured hand (sustained m the first Test) was still troublesome, yesterday ihanired India's tossing lurk m Test cricket matches. By winning the toss when the third "unofficial opened against the Commonwealth at
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    Phol has come to the end of the trail
    316 6 FEATHER Time has caught up with Phol Prapadaeng fast. Three months ago, he was a fighting machine today, he has about come to the end of the trail aflet nearly 15 years of boxing. Last night against Jimmy Welch. Prapadaeng did
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    DEATH OF IRISH F.A. PRESIDENT
    77 6 J: Brennan, p nt "J h otball A lion ol [rel md d: I 01 T r da] night Mr Brenn i c of t i Itnown and n r offlclaU In IrePlrst lent r Leagu I I tra .mi v. is s. en t;iry
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      224 6 Mant!rakG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press U(i/ r 1 Ithi^jvasapubucitystunt Ili see. .you are the 1 1 if anybody! \~M(a^T FwJwwIwMfIVi^mBASHPUL *FAKE! THEN, WHO] ELSE ASKS POu iiw^u »ss^ i TO LIFE? j Tl VT'tiS^ t^A *&&*> j JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Ine Pfeij /^l HOPE THERE SHUCKS/
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    HAYDEE TIPPED FOR C-G. CUP
    1319 7 HAYDEE TIPPED FOR C-G. CUP Bright Eyes to win sprint From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Saturday. (H I Day at Bukit (iantong aptly describes the final day of Penan* Turf Club's ChristmasNew Tear meeting on Monday. The Com mis-nofter-GeneraTfl Cup, for (lass 1, Div. 1 horses over 11 furlongs and the
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    Very fast going at Penang
    314 7 Very fast going at Penang From U.I. LF.VVIS PBUHQ Bat rE track for uxiay s ratal ba very fasr and the state of will maiu much difference |Uite a number of horses run I thu» aftaraooa Strong stable rancirs for M., Knuht «,ai!. IM i dd> hwi day. wre -v-J
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    U.K. TEAMS WEAKENED BY INJURIES
    440 7 w— From JIM CHAMBERS POTB ALL'S heavy Chrtetmai programme brought numerous injuries and mo; teams for todays Engli.vn League games will not 5C chosen until managers have had last-minute reports from the dressing rooms. Some of the playersquarters looked like casualty clearing stations this week
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    All the latest selections
    227 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP TALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 PEGGY'S CHOICE THIRTEEN STAR PERFORMER STAR PERFORMER si \R PERFORMER Star Performer SUr Performer Peggy* Choice Maintain Peggy's Choice 2.15 Thirteen Highly Catherine Technique Maintain RACE t SMILING THROUGH SMILING THROUGH SMILING THROUGH PRIM ESS NUFFIELD
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    Selangor Gold Cup meeting
    144 7 nJELAN'GOR Turf Clubs February I meeting, on the- 18th.. 22nd. I and 25th.. will feature ih- OoW| Cup racf over a mlk- and a cm for Cl. 1. Div. 1. horses. The Make vwll be $3,300. A cap will also be presented to the winnei of
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    R.J.I.C. golf result
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU Fr: HTHE Ladies' Flag competition at the Royal Johore Internationul Club was war by Mr> I E. Clampltt
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      1115 7 v- BELOW is the card of events for today's races at Penang. the third day of the Penang Turf Club s Xmas-New Year meeting. The Big Sweep will be drawn r»n nxn> pip^ht I 000 Night Club Heaky BJO 020 Crispian E. C*MBm£f 810 000 lourtenay Bagby 809 000 Skystreak
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    DEATH
    74 8 FR STEPHEN MARWOOD 0 5.8.. at Ampleforth College. Yorks, on 16th December, 1949. Requiescat In Pace. PERSONAL CAN ANYONE recommend a tellable syce married, for European business woman, excellent Quarters. Phone *****. ACCOMMODATION VAC ANT FURNISHED ROOM with breakf and free service, m centre of town, bachelors preferred. Box
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    U.S. RENEWING ARMS AID TO CHIANG
    191 8 U.S. RENEWING ARMS AID TO CHIANG Decision by Truman? HONC KONG, Saturday. COMPLETELY reversing the former ILS. policy of writing off Nationalist China as a total loss. President Truman is reported to have already taken a hard decision to give all aid short of war to the Chinese m Formosa
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    56 8 pi< turr Referee Brfc Dunsford pushes Chal Sitphol aw:iv to the opposite cornet before startim; the COMOt when Boy Karim <Selans,'or) is floored h> Ike Siamese. K.irim w.u senl down nine tirni's ;md l«^t on ;i T.K.O. m the second round of their bout ;it the H.tnnv World I 1,1
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    SPENDING DAY IN CLOLDS
    34 8 SPENDING DAY IN CLOLDS TOKIO, Batur MORE than 100 Japanese, drnined to Hi STeai s day up m the d< up Mount l tomon It i n m of the :i the I U.P.
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    A duck's golden eggs
    79 8 ONK (niton duck will Kiyvnuii >re f oMeit ef fs. When s«i/«tl .it Urn city rmilwmj ttation en roate to Hong KeOf, Ike mih.ippy dink mis found to be oxtrrnnls lir.iw it had several i;old bars, m its stomach. Diuk. now consMenMy liuhtrr. and nold har
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    NAZI EXTRADITED
    13 8 A Bril Lion Trill Ha f I LSI Ft X A.P.
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    Overseas issues are in demand
    130 8 LONDON, Saturday. THE last working day of the year m the London Stock Exchange jresterdaj brought a u.i\«- of speculative Interest t<> overseas Issues, s.i\s Reuter*i financial correspondent. <.;■:...: J..; n Ml I>. middle prtew Jt I special tmnsaowiii *tl n^ F'lna-claj Timea lOnlm IUWfIIW
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    Fell off train unhurt
    48 8 XX( SStLS, Sit VI OIK-VKAK (III) boy fell «fT the BrussrhB^nN* express jrestrrdaj whil»- it w.^^ Iravellini .it >"> nip h ind < i|»»<l iih >mln .i fi v\ s t .it i l»i-s The Juid had been pl.o Int ■it h i f|"i.r h iiidli
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    NO COMEDY FOR THE HUSBANDS
    183 8 NO COMEDY FOR THE HUSBANDS home. Saturday. 'PUREE hundred Wivefl at Monte Flavin, m the Sabine Hills, broke off marital relations with their husbands m a modern real-life version of the cla Lirrt'K roineuy i.yMMiina. In Aristophaiu play, written around 411 8.C., took an oath of chas 11 j men
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    Great famine in Red China
    138 8 HONG KONG. Saturday. RED CHINA, from Peking to Canton, is m the grip of a famine which has so far reduced at least 50 million people to starvation or near starvation, writes i hang Kuo-sin, United Pi CM staff manager Ul Nanking who has just
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    H.K.-S'hai rail link to reopen
    64 8 H.K.-S'hai rail link to reopen HONG KONG. Sat. Hong kong will again :i With Shanghai when the ChekiangKiangsl railway. Unking the Shjuaghal-Hangchov r.... resumes operation on N r*j Day Through ti the Canton-Ha ••ilresumed Thursd C authorities m i Ha link South China vith the" Tangi by land m rtiallj
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    BOYD-ORR HITS AT U.K. GOVT.
    53 8 DUNDEE, B*l LURD-BoYD-ORR. the 19-i N tx ...t 1 rid 1 I board prodoc- Pointl:.. n| rtnl I on. .:r.p»-d at trom Ar.\> un- I that 1 Urn world shorta^'' of •ddi not In prowlnK monkey nu'.s ir. I Afnr.i bui I a "*(jrld expansl'):!
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    N.V. STOCKS
    31 8 AFTER New York Stock P r.illi«»d mildly m the the incluv.r:;il a-. new 1949 peak. G.iins ranfing to U 8. $1 liberally distributed tzlnt? groups came The ■lu^d firm
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    LONDON TIN
    25 8 THE but then with r sh.irplv >;p t' 11:0 Bpol el< actionally let £CN 7«. Id. and U C 1 ~T 13s.— U.P.
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    MISSION WILL BE UNOFFICIAL
    13 8 G. Ma A mj i U B tofl but
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    NO DISPUTE ON RELIGION IN KASHMIR
    18 8 MPU HUNG i n m I X tllct over N X I
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    KLM deny error
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Dec. 31. 1949.
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      The shrine of the seven sisters
      432 1 Written and illustrated by KATHARINE SIM \yer Hitam v <>r Penang arming coun- While I was the little t there, people ing to and Ihe river; Iherc l» >\s bathing m pool below ;i grove and 1 1 ki n v through <>L- m
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      JUST TO KEEP THAT OLD HARPY AWAY
      1219 1  -  MARA ZYWOLT by Jl is always being brought home lo us women thai we should, and must, lake an interest m our men's hobbies, no matter what it happens to be. Yet nothing is ever mentioned where men should take an interest m
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      When Mr. Wong goes to town
      426 1  - When Mr. Wong goes to town KENNY KAYE by THERE will l>c plenty of "vainseng" tonight :it the many nightspots m old Chinatown. For ils thousands of habitues Saturday night is their night out to relax and enjoy themselves. Th c monstrously crowded streets, the unending rows of openboxed shops,
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      Ring Out the Cliches!
      374 2 NEW YEAR HOPES— I SAYS RUTH LANGDON A HAPPY Now Year il would be, indeed, if the producers of films would casl away their bagsful of cliches and make a resolution to leave them with 1949. It would be pleasant to sit through a Him m
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      They say that....
      320 2 T hey say that.... Hollywood gossip by SHEILAH GRAHAM TUF Shah of m n was a dis- appointment to the Hollywood glamour gals. On Ins one big night here, h>danced uith hit sister at the Cocoanut Grove Then h<called Carl linsson to his table to congratulate him lor his swell
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      CENSORS WARN: 'TOO MUCH SADISM'
      293 2 CENSORS WARN: 'TOO MUCH SADISM' By- Our London film reporter FILMS are getting 100 brutal and s.ulislic m the opinion of liif British Board of Film tensors, w hi( li lus w urned |>i <> ducers, Britisli and American, that il inlends to ucl drastically if uniit 1 essary ioltiur
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      at the Cinemas
      217 2 At the Pavilion— 4o.ooo cUM t whiskey come to the "dry" Highland island of Toddav m '.Vlii-kev (.alore upsetting a Uw staid Member* of the town nnd Riving others rip-snortint» time. Such well-known actors :r Basil Radford. Joan Greenwood Gordon Jackson nnd Wylfc Watson take part m
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      Stop These 'Comedies'
      488 2 NEW YEAR HOPES— 2 SAYS lAN GRANT WIIKX a British TT film is very 'British' its appeal outside Britain is often limited even when it is from ;m artistic point of view a finished production. Good though "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "Passport to Pimiico" were it
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        166 2 SOME Kraut m- v^ 7 A/A' THE WEDDING OF I.ILY VA.u IN ALL THE WORLD Steve Conway. v,itt. o A TUNE FOR HUMNTINr; IM A-COMIN A-COUN Hoagy Carnuchael, and Vie Shoen and H I'M DURANTE OF THE AT STAR! OFT EACH DAY Jimmy Durant*» with *uh Orch. directed HOUSE IN
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      RED BADGE OF COURAGE
      394 3  -  RUTH LANGDON By f|NE of the most eye-catching bits of n that Singapore Us lor the newf hut is lent by the shui women m bright red headSamshui women work o^ men. cart stones, load •ad trucks, carry tear up cement nta and shoulder to and
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      The shark angered him
      49 3 BAUSE he v .ha shark for da: ing hi> r: Te:\ -••raid. 25 a D d singh divers knife. He was ou: fishing fr ha friend when he ■...irk break nk aged F::zserald <:iife and sv c knife into :::ute? blood fror. .11 over R
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      An American visitor says to Britain: 'Thanks for the memories'
      744 3  -  PAUL GALLICO by WHEN one lakes one's leave after a long and pleasant stay, it is the custom lo thank one's hosts. When this falls beneath your eye I shall again be on the high seas, homewardbound for America and
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      Tai Pak Kong
      251 3  -  A. S. LEE by i order m earn promotion and gel rich, people- m America and Ihe West go m for specialised training, hut the majority of the Chines* 1 hen* <lo nothing of the soi 1 hey pray to l;n i an j Kong, the <I<><l
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      SMOKE DREAM
      723 3 JJKHI3ERT walked clown the narrow street, his fingers twitching nervously around the cuffs of his sports jacket as his eyes scanned the sides of the street for tobac»'iists' He had wandered far off the beaten trackhe was somewhere m Soho now, he wasn't quite sure where, but there
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        102 3 y/^f/^an elects: v/ashing machina for every home L/ So quit k ..< -i^r^ 1 s» ever •^^r"^*^' nine I imp*: I c: t I CEd?> 1 fimction of the V taken by old-fasl.u.r:-od methods. V gentle with l I Suit, home. HIRE PURCHASE TERMS AVAILABI E fj MADE BY W^
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      S'pore swimmers, be on guard
      391 4  -  GEORGE CREIGHTON By f |"::K Sir.uapore Per- nt Saf< ty First discussed at last meeting the problem i number of lives lost ng along t lie nys Changi, Ea>- ici Marine :th a view b< dy has I Safety First made t I and C
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      Leach will defend title
      36 4 A STRONG the t J ci V I Nhu;. n ci M \uj Belglun Gtoori R RoP Alex lirh of th< I it c Rj saar are i to forward entries v-
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      National calls on players
      233 4 "pIIK question whether 1 club blteresti or international interests should ItSTe major importance finds CMltrastißl answers from Portsmouth and Newcastle United. The Lord IMayor of PortI mihiiilli. Alderman John Privett, who is also vicechairman of the Football Club, said they had an offer to tour Argentina
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      Champion of champions
      90 4 Many people will iuu remember Peter Gotz a a tine of Rreal repute m the world for two decade* a hamplon of chain- i Alhairl nent i In 21 minutes to becor: I r!d Ilfhi In 1910 r the Ootl I ti r.\\ of the pi D
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      MELBOURNE PLANS FOR 1956 OLYMPICS
      617 4  - MELBOURNE PLANS FOR 1956 OLYMPICS RONALD SEDSMAN ■By MELBOURNE, a l--4?I though It .still has six years before it m which to prepare for the world's greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, is already making plans for 195 G. This will be the first time that the Games have been
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      Colony cycling had busiest year ever
      322 4  -  EDIN PETERS By IJEVER since the introduction of cycle racing m Singapore m the early twenties has the spoil had such a crowded programme as this year. The numerous races run this season have contributed greatly to the popularity of cycling. Th e year
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      How bowler learnt spin
      12 4 JACK. IVERSON VI er v by .is a
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      Lessons of season
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