The Singapore Free Press, 6 January 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA II CT? SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    DEATH-KNELL OF FORMOSA GOVT.
    430 1 U.K. breaks with Chiang LONDON, Fridav. |)£ATH-KNELL of (ion. Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist China, comprising mainly Formosa and Hainan islands, was sounded last night when Britain broke off relations with the Nationalist Government and President Truman rejected outright all pleas to aid China with arms or military
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    DISQUIET OVER MALAYA
    27 1 DISQUIET OVER MALAYA DOM, > d proMaJ i laid j and I not a that < lid. g p c •d BtatCf was j I app.% "o I Mi
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    300 arrested in East Java
    18 1 N re .>. M people had t>y the Chili p alleg the 1 Reuter
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    U.S. GOVT. DEBT $257-BILLION
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    UNDESIRABLES
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    PREDICTION
    9 1 fcsociatic I year c. 1 1 r A.P.
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    TRUMAN'S 'NO' TO CHIANG
    161 1 TRUMAN'S 'NO' TO CHIANG WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDES"! HUMAN yesterday formally rejected all appe.ils Chinese and American for U.S. military aid to the remnants of the Chinese Nationalist (government on lormosa. Washing his hands off China's civil war. the :fi'-ally that no American armed forces, no equipment and no military advisers
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    JAP TAX DODGERS
    15 1 Japanese tax dodg*-r.s were flrud more thin £120.000 In October alone- Reuter
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    NEW GUINEA 'NO CONCERN OF JAKARTA'
    121 1 MLLBOURNK. t iTFN Sir Thomas Blan u former Australian C-. mander-in-Chief and Ulled leader in the Bouth-Wesl Pacific said yesterday thai the future of Dutch N Guinea now claimed bj many Indonesians waa no concern of the Jakarta Government "What mean.', has 'lie In
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    5,815 PEOPLE DETAINED
    45 1 A TOTAL of 5.815 people were detained In the Federation of Malaya under \h<> Emergency Regulation up lo December 3. 1949. it was announced in Kuala Lumpur. Detainees included 859 Malays. 4,689 Chinese. 246 Indians. 12 Sakais one Eurasian and eight other*.
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    Only Reds remain
    30 1 MORK than a dozen foreign officers of the Shanghai Maritime Customs Service have submitted their resignations. This leaver only eight foreigner! in the service, all Russians.— A.P.
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    26 KILLED IN P.I.
    31 1 Twenty-alx persons, including four Philippine Constabulary soldiers, were reported killed and several wounded in the past two days In clashes In Bntangas (Central Luzon" and Jolo.— U.P.
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    STRIKE SPREADS
    19 1 T»' S d spread yesterday and threatened to paralyse the port and tie up all shipping. Reuter
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    'Formosa is part of China'—Acheson
    159 1 'Formosa is part of China'— Acheson WASHINGTON, Friday. ASHING talk of IS. plans to take Formosa under trusteeship, the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. last night said that Formosa is regarded as part of China. Mr. Acheson, who was amplifying President Truman's statement rejecting Nationalist China's pleas for help,
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    Killed the fatted calf
    60 1 MEMBERS of till* nationalistic Wafd Party >Liu«htf*rpd fatted calves throughout Etrvpt yesterday to celebrate the rt'turn of "Ecypt's prodigal Son". Mustapha Nfthma Pasha. t« power after a six-year absence. T".'»un «r>u<Nsl<MV ih* first calf in front «>f Xihis' n»»'«ril r"-i«'»»ni rt in the !jarde»i ritv, while
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    Discord over future Ruler
    248 1 I ree l*ie>s M:ilay Correspondent |\IFH;Rr;NCF.S with (he Sultan of Trengganu over the question of choosing the heir apparent to the Throne, the future Raja Muda of Trengganu. led Ut the resifnatlon of the .Mentri Besar of Trengganu, Tengku Mohamed ranirlima Besar Pahang. the SiniMpore Malay
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    Back to horses
    56 1 LONDON, Kri fIMII-: Kins his ordmd 1 that the pre-war nistom of f«nvc> ing amhass.idors from their embassies to him in State l.uid.m-. tthrn thov present their letters of credence to him is to !>«• renewed at once, Bik kinslitni Palace has announi'ed. During, and since the
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    BANDIT KILLED
    19 1 I rv Pr»*ss Staff Reporter A bandit leader was killed bf a Mersing police jungle ■quad yesterday
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    1949 CRIME DOWN
    91 1 1949 CRIME DOWN Free Press Staff Reporter *>HERE was an all-round 1 substantial decrease of serious crime In Singapore in 1949. the Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police c.i.D Mr. d. K Broadhurst, told the Free Press this morning. Mr. Broadhurst said that exact figures for 1949 were not yet. available,
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    Wafdists get majority
    93 1 Wafdists get majority CAIRO. Fli. FINAL figures In t lie torsi ballot of Egypt's first postwar election yesterday gave the Wafdist Party 161 Be; uu". of 319 in the new chami be. an absolute majority of three. WafdisU predicted thai ihe puriy would gain another 29 seats when the .second
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    ISRAELI POLICY APPROVED
    49 1 ISRAEL'S parliament has 1 approved Prime Minister David Ben Gurions foreign policy by a 62-28 vote of confidence. Israel. Mr. Gurion said, would not relax its claim on Jerusalem despite the U.N. General Assembly vote to put the Holy City under an inter- national regime A.P.
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    BURMA OATH
    32 1 Five pe< >: n ol.:ypd in Government or associated oflftcps in Rangoon I gather* 5 yosterday morning to swesr loyattf to Burma in the oce ui President Sao Shwe Thaik. Reuter
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    Rubber record
    36 1 RUBBER prices readied Is. 3 1 Bd. spot in the London rubber exchange yesterday. Prices have not boor. higher for 21 ye*.?* and only once in 1948 liave they been so high. A. P.
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    SIBU ACCUSED SAYS HE WAS INSTIGATED
    280 1 From ALAN WOLSTENHOLME, Free Press Staff Reporter SIIU Friday J^OSLI bin Dobi, one of the two Malays charged yc-sterdav with the murder of the former Governor of Sarawak. Mr. Duncan (.eorge Stewart, admitted a statement made in prison that he had been promised help
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    65 1 A Singapore Malay takes to Rambong dancing, the new dance introduced by a team of Siamese dancers from Bangkok, one of whom is seen here showing how it is done, at the Happy World last night. A Siamese version of the Malay Joget Modern, the Rambong. judging by its first
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    BIN IN FOR ROME?
    25 1 British Foreign Secretary Ernest B i Cairu and Romp on his way home from the Colombo conference of Domii VJGJGJ A.P
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    VIETNAM CABINET DISSOLVED
    106 1 VIETNAM CABINET DISSOLVED SAIGON F f]MPEROR BAO DAI resigned a.s Premier ano" dissolved his Cabinet in ttM new French -sponsored sta> oi VtetaaM. The announcement was made in a communique published by the Cabinet. Bao Dai said that henceforth he would devote all h s time 4 dut ies tut
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 Th»> Mal.i*N Rosli hm I)(»tii and Moshidi hin Sidek. who have l> -i. mi trial at Sihu. Sarawak, on tfcargc <»f the murder «»f thp former (i«»vernor o/ Sarawak Mr. Ounctn (ieorit* 1 St<uart. wore th^ morning found Kinllv and MMiienred to df*ath
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    MY HAT!
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    New Traps To Wreck Marriage
    527 2  -  Canon Hugh Warner B\ yyHEN Iwo people have been married Tor ton years <»r more they are less likely lo be seen in llu 1 consulting room of any marriage counsellor. Kither Ihey are miikSui; Ihe besl <>!' Ilieir married life or \\w\ are eager
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    'My Daughter is Crazy on Clothes'
    813 2  -  BERNARD WICKSTEED ADVICE FOR PARENTS WHO SAY Is told: "designing is like wine tasting. You must j not only know if the wine is good hut what it will he like a year from now." HOW FOUR OF THEM STARTED I. NORMAN HARTNELt 2.
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    BICYCLES FOR RAF
    29 2 Three hundred new British bicycles are being Issued to Royal Air Fore* stations in Germany lor off duty m<?c only. 1 eiicnirace unit cycle clubs Reuter
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    WOMAN, 80 SEEKS PIRATE TREASURE
    358 3  - WOMAN, 80 SEEKS PIRATE TREASURE DAR ES SALAAM Hunt on in Seychelles Kenya, Friday. AN old lady of 80 and three Kenya men with a hunch and an old pirate's chart hope they are on their way to becoming some of the richest people in the world. It all depends
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    49 3 photo. The new motor vessel Baagitaae, I9JN tons, seen from the air during sea trials a fortnight ahead of schedule. Built bj John Broun and Co.. 1.d.. Clydebank, for the w Zealand Shipping ompan> the v^^n-I Hill start her maiden voyage to New Zealand on J.tnuarv B€. A. P.
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    MORE RUBBER IN FARM MACHINES
    154 3 MORE RUBBER IN FARM MACHINES CHICAGO, Fridu>. nai hinerj of Um future will be quieter, more fortaMf and give longer service because of ni> which are beinj; made in the labora--1 übfoer industry toward the elimination I >; aiiajsj and wear. machinery has grown are still hundreds of nijineereci specifically
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    Bergman refuses to see even milkman
    162 3 ROME. Friday. THE milkman is not welcome any more at Ingrid Bergman's home retreat, according to Associated Press photographer Mario Torrisi. who has been tryinj; for a week to snap her. Three days ago." he said, "the milkman wu.s told not to come back.
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    New window found in the sky
    138 3 NLW YORK b A WINDOW m the nor'h- em sky thai r< hitherto undreamed raj In 'he universe haa been described to the Ame Association for the Advanc< mem of Bcience. This new celestial v is i-. bowl of the big dipper. the constellation
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    View on Japs
    34 3 Only her own folly, or war. can prevent Japan from 1 regaining the rank ot a groar industrial state, says Harold F. Sheets, former economic adviser to General Mar- Arthur A.P.
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    Steel fight is feared
    104 3 Tilh Uniiea Nations Economic Commission for Europe has forec.; 8,000,000-ton European ste«'i surplus in 1953 with resulting "cut throat competition among it s seel producers, it urged speedy International co-orciination :n produftion and prices, dec Aliog UUkt "ihe rhouey spoil! or o b^ .>peni lor cieating
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    59 3 photo PAOIJXA IRMA VANHAMME, 60 in St. Peters Square in Rome after sh.- had arrived on foot from Bru>>e|v in attend the opening of the Holy Year. She left the Bel«i »n capital on October 7, pushing a haby carriage containing her modest luggage and some food. She made the
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    401 killed in U.S. holiday
    69 3 401 killed in U.S. holiday CHICAGO Prl. THE loii from violeir deaths in the United States fiver the three-day New Year's ay has risen to 401 Traffic accidents, as usual a< counted for tiie largest number— 2s3. This was 77 below the figure predicted bv tl e National Safety Council.
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    PROBE ON P.O.W.'S
    27 3 Th" United Stales has officially notified Russia that it is attempting to obtain Further information about Japanese War Prisoners held' bv th« Soviets A.P.
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    Heat from noise
    68 3 I^HK potential heat and power that lie in noises— noise > about as loud as the pop pin of a paper bag may some day be utilized to operate engines or touch off explosions, an American physicist has reported. The shock waves set up by these noises
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    British gold reserves up
    17 3 British gold reserves up N fiord Ci the d it ared B p| uige of s Reuter
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    PARIS ALLOWS REFERENDUM
    70 3 ri^HE Overseas Territory X Commission ol the French ial Assembly has adopted a bill aulhori.sine 'he French Government to o. «anise by decree a referendum in the four French Indian settlements of Pond'.cherry. K trikal, Yanaon and Mahe. Tne referendum will allow I the inhabitants of the
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    LIVERPOOL'S UGLY MAN OF 1744
    65 3 LIVERPOOL'S UGLY MAN OF 1744 THE Most Honourable i*nd Facetious Society of Ugly Fai-ts in Liverpool is exhibitin" a minute book for Janu- ary. 1744. stating that the j then ugliest member was the man with "a shallow complex m s.nd a. stufrkllke '-Tin from ear to ear disclosing a
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    RUSSIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS
    83 3 LAKE SUCCESS Prl DUSSIA was disclosed yester- J clay to have iteclaied that guaranteeing or auman xight.s for individuals is sole!* I domestic matter and has rejected an American plan to d^al with violations on international level. The Soviet rejection t\i c contained in comments asxed
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    Bridge Hands
    393 3 OOTTH baa inadt fie, bid -n O Uibi bo .-.now be bai a v kiood hand If he has d B1 for h^arta you i ;>n pi babl] make a -lam .it dubi, nro\tded the oppoTien's open spade. At tnii point vou don't kn« u What the future
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    West's task in E. Asia
    210 3 LONDON, Friday. rill London Times said that the problem of the Western powers was to prevent Japan. Korea and South-Kast Asia from goin^ Communist and that in the next few- >ears Asia may take Europe's plate as the "greatest threat to peace, and as the
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    New Red claim
    65 3 MOSCOW, Kridav CKIS are a Russian invention, claims the newspaper Soviet Sport Russia is the home of skis From us they spread throughout the whole European and Asian continent Studying drawings cut into cliffs in areas of Lake Onega and the White Sea. scholars established that many
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    Red China honeymoon is over
    154 3 Red China honeymoon is over HONG KONG I SO lar as the rank and Chinese in China are i cerned the honeymoon is ov»t In ihe last three months a;i American correspondent who ha.v jus: arrived in Hong K from Shanghai asked dozer.s of Chinese in all walks of life
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    NO TELEVISION
    15 3 I on pub televj Japan dunr. next months. Lack of m•- FGJFJFJ A.P.
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      518 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS (Singapore, TI>I)U •BI.Lt M/nVOKK) v K 10.30 a.m. Newi Bulk-tin; 10. 40 454 and 41.7 metres "> 'noin- B.IV< «!a.>) Li«ht Orchestul. 10.45 Sports i4 news from K I 'IS Metres '!5 Metres 31 Page— a revi?w of week-end Bport at 10 a.n». Metres and 49 Metres by
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 1950. BEAUTIFUL BUT DAMNED
    463 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 1950. BEAUTIFUL BUT DAMNED I r-PITE of jrsteria uaong the belatcd last-ditchers in thr United S nox». < tnoing r.u; v/holeheartedly i favour of every help to K .--hek in his (ie--IC€ of Formosa, there :> Ihood of direct eci States military inkoo
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    Wanted,—New U.S. Policy For The Far East
    891 4  - Wanted,— New U.S. Policy For The Far East MILTON MARMOR points out the significance of next month's meeting of U.S. diplomats in Bangkok. BANGKOK: JUST what should America do about the Far East? That's the immediate problem before United States diplomatic chiefs of missions in East Asia who meet in
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    BRITISH CARS ARE EVERYWHERE
    514 4  - BRITISH CARS ARE EVERYWHERE Courtenay Edwards By v r uu realise Better me vast export scope of Britain's motor industry when you see British cars bowling along foreign streets and highways. You realise, too. the tremendous American competition with which our manufacturers are faced. During the four-day, 12.000-mile journey I
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    17 4 Princess Mar mm cutting the cake at a party givem to tks "Not Forgotten" Association for ei-Servicemen
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    Turkey is now Key to the 'Med'
    656 4  - Turkey is now Key to the 'Med' William Courtenay By~" A NEW conception of" Empire, and indeed world, defence, is arising in the Middle East due to the changes in balance of power alter the victories and defeats of World War 11. The elimination of Japan as a major naval
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    Britain may Televise to Switzerland
    146 4 'PHE ingenuity and techA nical skill which gave Britain world leadership in television may make Switzerland the first Continental country to have general television on the British model and. incidentally, with programmes supplied by Britain. Aocordin* to Hugu Kuranda, Zurich correspondent British experts consider It
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    Twelfth Night Tonight
    131 4  - Twelfth Night Tonight UNKNOWN fix r NIGHT is Night speaking th service Bhoi sunset on J fifth (ye«t "First hany" the real I F >r some obscure however. Janu sixth I recogni Twelfth N end of Um I ing— the I is time to serious busi: life der taken doui
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    GIRLS TAKE VOWS TO AID POOR, SICK
    431 5 GIRLS TAKE VOWS TO AID POOR, SICK Ceremony in S'pore today Free Press Staff Reporter Chinese girls who have arrived from Shanghai will dedicate themselves today to the care of the aged poor, sick and homeless of Singapore. They are novices who will participate in the taking of the vows
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    23 5 irmine mrrts —a BCCSC from i. me put on b> >ft Plaxrrs workshops emit the British \liliil \-\indra. m U>d!v»sday pi 1 staff.
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    Delegates to I.L.O. talks
    34 5 •IPUR. Thurs.— delegates to naJ Labour Or- en« in Kuala Lummn Isslonr Mr R G D ctor of Co- T S Carey: a the Malayan Employing mining .son and leprtsfiititlfi.
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    FIRST AID TO BE TAUGHT
    51 5 The St. John Ambulance Association of Singapore will start a new first aid class in English for men and women at 5.30 p.m. today at its headquarters at Stamford Road. A home nursing class in English for women will be started at 5.15 p.m. on
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    Our mosquitos can't take it
    177 5 Our mosquitos can't take it Free Press Staff Reporter VO mosquitos resistant to DDT have so far been found in Malaya, according to the Director of the Institute of Medical Research in the Federation, Dr. J. W. Field. Dr. Field was commenting on a report from Washington that strains of
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    'I WAS TERRIFIED' SAYS MRS. BRITT
    306 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IMIK world-famous Australian jockey, Edgar Britt, 1 and his wife, Mrs. 4 Tibby H Britt, left Singapore this morni i? after an overnight stop on their way Australia. This is the first time that Mrs. Britt has had a chance
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    Ministers due in Singapore
    95 5 THE Ministers for External Affairs of Australia and New Zealand will pass through Singapore tomorrow on their way by air to Colombo for the Commonwealth Conference. They will stay In Singapore overnight ana leave for Colombo on Sunday morning. Durine their stay. Mr. P. C. Spender
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    CEYLONESE IN JOHORE UNITE
    91 5 JOHORE BAHHL". TtIUTS. DELEGATES district d lons in Johore have formed an All- Johore Ceykmese Association. At a meeting In Batu Fahat, draft rules were passed. The following were elected u office President. Mr S C Mac lntyre; vice-president. Mr. A Vaithinglam; hun. secretary, Mr. K.
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    UNKNOWN
    35 5 All applications for admission t primary i Glume. i»i Government and aided Eng lish schools in 1951 should be submitted between April I and June 30 this year, says an official statement issued yesterday.
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    A GREAT FILM COMES TO SINGAPORE
    338 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WHAT makes "The Third Man" <at the Capitol today* such a great film is the vividness with which superb photography, sensitive acting, imaginative direction and the strangely apt background music of the zither, have combined to recapture the atmosphere of
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    ON TOUR IN PACIFIC
    54 5 picture Ml*. Norman Kark, who is on a 30,000-niile tour through Java, Bali, Australia and New Zealand, arrived in Singapore last nU r ht from the United Kingdom by 8.0.A.C.-Qantas aircraft. Mr. Kark is the editor of the Courier, Bandwagon and Today, three monthly magazines produced
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    GIRLS PINCH AS THEY DANCE
    153 5 THE RAMBONC ARRIVES Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 300 people watched at the Happy World last night while Siamese girl dancers sang romantic songs to their male partners airj pinched them when they felt like it The Siamese Rambong, joget modern's rival, had arrived
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    SERVICE IS RESUMED
    65 5 Af er a suspension three months, the Federation and Singapore i> ustal authorities have resumed the olubb"d packet service to ports in Hainan and Formosa, Mr. D Smith. Controller of Pasts in 8 ipore. told the Free Press yesterday. Through rhls service. Malayan Chinese will be able
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR GOODS REACH S'PORE
    294 5 CHINESE NEW YEAR GOODS REACH S'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter SHIPMENTS of Chinese New Year fare— pit svi\?d duck and eggs, sausages, oranges, salted vegetables worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are flowing into Singapore from South China. CtiteOK New Year falls on Feb. 17. Two ships, the Sunny ville
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    R.S.F.C. praises woman pilot
    79 5 Free Press Stall iteporter THE latest progress report ol Royal Singapore Flying Club pays a tribute to Mrs. Mary Baxter for being the first woman pilot since the war to obtain a club passenger carrying permit and also for i having entered every Club I competition
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    SOCIAL CENTRE
    36 5 The Singapore Social Welfare Department has acquired a site in Siglap for a social oentrr and a community hall This will be the second social centre tor Singapore. The other is at Joo Cnlat.
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    'MESSIAH' A SUCCESS
    161 5 rxTHA Kating at St An- die's Cathedral las! night could not accommoCaie all who v. anted to hear «he Singapore Musical Society's perfonnance of HandePs siah" and some s'-Alwart 1 Btood for over two hours This enthusiasm for the gn a* oratorio was well rewarded If the
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      91 5 SLIPPERS for comfort and warmth during leisure i^^ hours ahout tin* houso or for the bedroom Rlaek and Pink Slinghaek Quilted Sli|M»er<. n* illustrated. Size* H to 7. Sizes also a\ailal>le $10.50 p:«ir Ouilted Slipper- uith cuhan berlfl and open haek-. Colours: Red, Blue. (»reeu and J'ink. \l>o in litaek.
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      44 5 MAILS Surface m&;l is expecea today in Singapore from Eastern \ustra- l:a. India and the Federation. Latest times for porting sur:ace mail today at the G.P.O. are: noon for Kelantan i parcels 5 45 p.m. for the Federation. 6 pm. for Sibu and Java
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    MALAY OFFICERS GO TO SANDHURST
    236 6 MALAY OFFICERS GO TO SANDHURST New military training plan Free Press Staff Reporter THE Federation Government, with the agreement of the War Office, has decided that future Malay commissioned officers in the Malay Regiment will be trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. The first two cadets. Sergeant Abdul Manen
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    45 6 picture. \§K. B. K. S. NAIDI', who is mimicking Malayan birds for recording, is seen at his audition with Radio Malaya yesterday. Beside him is Miss Margery Morris who is producing the programme "Professor Shrimpwhisker's Adventures" in which the imitations will he used.— Free Press
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    Knights of St. John
    80 6 LONDON. Thurs. 'rilK KING has sanctioned 1 thp appointment of Sir Franklin (JiiiiNOii. the (iovernor of Singapore. Sir Henry Gurney. the IIi?h Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, and Sir Kilph Hone the Governor of North Borneo. as Kniuhts of the Order of SI John of
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    Drama festival in Singapore
    304 6 SINGAPORE'S youth drama and music festival the first of its kind— will be held for a week at tht* Victoria Theatre beginning from May 23. The Singapore Teachers' Union is organising the [estiva] "because It believes that the foundation of Malayan drama and music have to
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    HAJI HAD A GUN, SENTENCED
    57 6 HAJI HAD A GUN, SENTENCED TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Convicted on t^vo amended gea of possession of a >glin and live rounds of 12-bore cartridges "i'liout a Licence at Sungi Manik, Haji Ismail bin Haji Alias, was fined $250 or five months" ri!oroua Imprisonment on the chnrge and $25 or on?
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    77 6 'INHERE wrii B toi:!:iiiiatjon of the upward trend at the opening of the Htm York Stock Exchange yesterday with all sections participating in the buying i ash. rhe demand Blackened! and moderate profit-taking was suffl-i-nnt io reduce the rnarkrt around midday to mostly fractional advances on the da\
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    BUS SERVICE
    16 6 Malacca. Than -A n*w bus service has itarl d beMasjid Tana!i and I Oajan
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    Owners of fishing boats warned
    252 6 pOLLOWING the reported seizure by Siamese and Burmese authorities of ten Singapore fishing vessels, the Singapore Fisheries Department has warned all fishing tat! owner* in the Colony against infringements of the rights of the two countries in their territorial waters. Boat owners have been told,
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    A CHAPLIN CLASSIC
    199 6 'rut: re-issue ol Charles 1 Ch iplin'a The (ioid Rush eh is showing at the P;Uon should eontradiPt any] it r iv opinion about the genius j of Chaplin b> Ing a thing of the past inci his "id silents passe. Instead of the once tedious sub-titles,
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      112 6 BALLROOM RESTAURANT Points to note- 1. Business lunch served daily in Air Conditioned Comfort $2 50 2. In the evening dancing to Danny Danford and his Orchestra 3. Our a la carte menu is now at your service in the evening 4. Tea Dance every Saturday from 5-7 p.m with
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      92 6 SINGAPORE SHIPPING V^iUPS alongside tho Singapore Harbour Board ves yesterday (godowns in brackets 1 were. >I.<in Wharf: TroillU 1 36-37 >. Shverstr.'am <38-39i. Rajah B 1 40-41 Bencleuch »42--fV«al Wharf: Wa.. Knight 11- Brad'-ver^t^ <4-s>. Bnarty o-7 Tjlpanas "8-9'. P\rrhu.s 1 13-14). t.mpire Dock: Tabian 17-18 >. Charles MrLeod «21
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      385 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today you men and clinrd to be gullible and women may differ rather take «*vervthin^ at face in thf that I<>u ;i mak«- of vour talents Both ing fooled part of the time have a spiritual quality and Both of you should have a definite feeling
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    Busy year for S.R.A.
    250 7 STirVITS Raring \-MMituon, thr runtrollin^ intdy for Ihr Mala van turf, has li.ul i>usy fMU furmulatint; u pnlii for (lir betterment of the »i>or!. (ritii ism h.»> nmu ii-. u.tv lo; some of its derision*, but it has been rorrect to date in v%ha« it did
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    1949 BOOM YEAR FOR MALAYAN TURF
    855 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Great feats by Man O 'War and Gaucho ■y M AI UAb IJ J9 season will go down a* the boom year in racing. Many records went by the board during the twelve months, inng which all connected with the Sport of
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    The Horse of the Year
    39 7 The Horse of the Year picture. >Ir. Chun Siew Cheung I»*ads in Bright Bye* (Jones) after the inarr's smashing victory in the main sprint on the list day of thr Penang Turf Cluh Chri.stmas-New ITemi meeting- Scoop's Amateur Service
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    Time to increase race stakes
    580 7 RACING clubs throughout Malaya must have had their most successful year for some considerable, if not for all time, as members' unlimited sweeps reached record-breaking proportions and course cash sweeps remained at a high level. Despite this, there was no notable increase in advertised stakes.
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    Australian horses have done better
    421 7 UERFOKMANC'ES of the new importations, in Malaya indicate that Australian horses are generally far in advance of their English rivals. Those which recently arrived from England have not been up to the standard of the earlier importations and are much inferior to those racing in
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    'I want Sands absolutely fit'—Njoo
    138 7 'I want Sands absolutely fit'— Njoo WHEN Bobby Njoo was told by Promoter Razak that his light against AIM? Sands, scheduled to take plsc? on Jan. 13 had been postponed to Jan. 20. because Bands will not arrive until Jan. 12 Bobby was disappointed. He said he would now have
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    Rugby League Cup draw
    135 7 r rHE draw for the first round M Ue Rugby League Cup mad* :n I^eds yesterday as follows: Barrow Hull: Hunslet v V. S.iint Mar.es Lancashire or Worslev Boys Club Lancashire Sa:nt Helena Hi -fax: L^eds v Leigh: Biamley v Feather<ttonp R d v Cardiff: Bwintao
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    MITIC BEATS INDIAN CHAMPION
    168 7 DMITIC. Yugoslav inter- national, sprang the biggest surprise of the dav in the Indian national, lawn tennlfl championships at Calcutta yesterday. He -beat Dilip Busp, India's No. 1 and recent winner of the Asian title, in the quar-ter-finals of tho men's singles. Mitio won 7-9. 7-5,
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    'Leong, Foo for UK' talk peters out
    457 7 'Leong, Foo for UK' talk peters out By THE SI'ORTS EDITOR l>\ now it is quite apparent that Singapore's F<M Hee Jong and Leong Hoi Meng will not be lying to I'nuland to join the English Second Division soccer club, Leeds Tinted, following the contradictory statements by feeds officials and
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    Spaniards win again in Manila
    42 7 I In Its final appeal ani i Ifanl Hong Ko; it picked side b goals to nil. The Hong K team was rompo I Chinese, \\iih two Br: one Portuguese piayer. The Spaniard.-- scored goals in A.P.
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    Women's hockey
    19 7 Singapore hockey leam v pore Kockev vi Jan. 9 on the :e O.< r.tt Club Parian* evening
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    OFFER TO CHARLES
    30 7 IVORLD heavywi champion Ezziird Chan< beea offered a &35.000 gw by Pon!?nd (U.S.A.) I promoter, lex Salkeld to his UMo m Portland i mr i r A.P.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    96 8 MAJOR MRS. C. GIBSON. Katong, ho\r pleasure in announcing the engagement of their daughter Mary Barbara, r i Theodoru.* aMsai son of Mr. a- Mrs. M.\tho: of Amsterdam. IHE ENGAGEMENT is ant ."ced be* ween Colin, only son A; Mrs C. Atkinson, of r vis. Yorkshire. to Patricia only
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    BIRTH
    23 8 MACLEOD On sth January. 1950 at Bunysar Hospital, Kuala I umpur, lo Jean, wife of W. M. MacLeod, a daughter, Caroline Ann.
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    HAINAN, FORMOSA A WAIT AIR RAIDS
    333 8 HAINAN, FORMOSA A WAIT AIR RAIDS Dim-out for two islands HONG KONG, Friday. AS the Nationalist air force stepped up its bombing of the 4,000 Communist craft massed off Liu chow Peninsula in a bid to hamper the imminent Red invasion of Hainan, Gen. Chiang Kaishek yesterday ordered precautions against
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    50 8 photo For the second time in five years the West Berlin Hall of Justice lost its roof when fire of undetermined origin destroyed the new roof completed only a month ago. The top of thp building had been open to the weather since fire bombs rained down on Berlin.- A.P.
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    America warns the Russians
    158 8 HANDS OFF YUGOSLAVIA' LONDON, Friday. AMERICA Irttl oppose any Soviet aggression against Yugoslavia, Mr. (ieorge V. Allen, U.S. Ambassa-dor-Designate to Yugoslavia, told a press conference in London >esterday. •Yugoslavia.' he added, "is clearly threatened ai the prese i* time if we are to listen not only
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    Scorched earth in Chungking
    51 8 THK Radio alleged that 77 people were killed near I arsenal ui Chuni when li was blown up by treating Nationalj Five thousand houseg ;ir the arsenal were damaj pd. The Nationalists saiu' to have demolished a power plant and radio broadcasting .station in the el
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    'Ike' as man of this century
    71 8 NEW YORK. Kri. (lEN. DwifM I). KisenI hower in nominated yesterday as the man of the half century by Brig.-(ien. Carlos P Konuilo. President of thr IN. (ieneral UaemMy. (•en. lloimilo drs«rilud 'Ike' ax i man who has saved not only this century but
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    'USSR atom blast for tomorrow'
    132 8 LONDON. Friday. rill man who predicted Russia's first atomic ex plosion said vrsicrday there will be another one midnight on Saturday in Soviet Asia near the Sinkianc border. A magazine editor, mi Kenneth de Courcy, also laid there are indications the Russians are now ahead
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    DIES IN JAIL
    28 8 Mili'ao Bessa, 51. one of Portugal's Communist leadera died yesterday in the Lisbon prison infirmary .while awaiting trial for secret Communist party ac- tivities. A.P.
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    N.Y. resumes tin trading
    143 8 N. Y. resumes tin trading NEW YORK. Friday. rWINTV-MNi: tout! aits resulted from the first day's dealings in tin on the New York commodity exchange yesterday after eight years' wartime susl>< nsion. The London tin market clost-d flnn yesu-rday with spot, unchanged at £601 15s. and three months £1 higher
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    U.S.I. PETROL
    35 8 Australia Is seeking petrol fr m the sterling a'-> ami would welcome more from Indonesia if this could be arranged, Ifr. Percj Spender, Australian Minister for External Affairs, said in Jakarta yesterday Reuter
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    GREEK GOVT. RESIGNS
    40 8 I*HE G Premier Al D ligned the ChU f of Si quit kki b. a Foreign Minister Allegedly hxd brlittlcrl Mm lt'ad^rsh'p of the Qreek Arm King Paul .alfly accept pd Mr. 1 r' n signation U.P.
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    ALL TIME LOW
    23 8 An all \.rA*> low tern] I ture of 51 degrr« s bekn* centigrade was r»en:ded ves- terday in Sueden- A.P.
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    AUST. IS KINDER TO IMMIGRANTS
    181 8 JAKARTA. Frida> PHK new Australian C.overnment will administer the white Australia policy in a more liberalminded and move humanitarian manner." Mr Percv Spender. Minister for External Affairs, said here yesterday when explaining that all parties in Australia were united on the economic necessity of keeniiiff
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    Jap import control seen
    88 8 TOKYO r ASC'AP official warned business men planning to import goods Into Japan for I resak for dollars to proceed cautiously In the face ol impending legislation. Mr. CaMn Verity, dei ol SCAP s economic and iclentiflc section, said. To orolect the hn- as well as
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    Israel's call to Jews
    61 8 A PROMINENT Israeli politician has sent out a rail l<» r\ 1.000.000 more Jrwish immit;raiits to help his country resist the "second round" which, he says, is planned by the Arab states. Meir (irabovsky, majority whip in the Israeli Parlia ment. told a Jewish conference in
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    India as No. 1 in Asia
    61 8 MKUHM RNL, Kri >fEW ZEALAND'S Fcrelga I Minister. Mr. K. W. Doidge, slid in an interview here >r>terday that it remained for India "to challenge China for leadership la Ami' ;in Western influence thrre was apparentl\ at in end. "In this role. Pandit NVhiu
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    MERCY DEATH CASE: NOT GUILTY PLEA
    97 8 MERCY DEATH CASE: NOT GUILTY PLEA MANCHESTER, <Nev Hampshire), Fn. DR HERMAN SANDERS pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder here yesterday for the so-called "mercy slaying" ill an incurable cancer patient Trie Sta'e agreed to bli frcdon perciine trial lindor coniuruunce of his U.S. $25,000 bail
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    PRINCE AT BEDSIDE
    26 8 Prince Alv Khan spent nearly all day yesterday at the bed.side of his Wife, Rit;i Harworth with th»« couple's week-old baby. Ya.smin A.P.
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    HAND-OVER PLANS
    21 8 Official London quarters said yesterday that it was planned to hand over Somali- j land to Italv before April
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