The Singapore Free Press, 7 January 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA CFHFGHFHFH SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1950. PRIC E 10 CENTS
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    CHINA ENVOYS THREATENED
    423 1 Stay at posts, says Peking HONG KONG, Saturday. JHE Communist Peking Government last night ordered all staffs of Chinese Nationalist embassies and consulates abroad to remain at their posts and threatened "severe punishment*' of those who "sell or destroy" government assets or documents. The Hod Foreign Minister,
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    CHIANG 'BASE' 50m. OFF H.K.
    79 1 (fAlchci trom Hainan state that the ilists have built a -new naval base" in the Islands, off the Pearl River. 50 miles southBoni Kong to strengthen the blockade of spokesman said he aoubted 11 ble construction had been carried out, likely that the Nationalists were
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    Cold drugs dangerous?
    66 1 THfc LANCET, the niedi* al journal, urged the British Govern merit yesterday to put unti-histamine drugs —now all the rage in America as a cold cure on its oificial list of poisons. The paper said several British children have died recently as a result of mistaking sugar-coated
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    Consulate open in K.L.
    53 1 > iff I' KUALA LUMPUR Sat rHE Chinese Consulate-Gen-ral in Kuala Lumpur "penf'cj for business as usual this morning. Mr. Li-chen. the ConsulGeneral, told the Free Press that he would continue in office until he received formal notification from the Federal Government about Britain's recognition of
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    S'pore assns to celebrate
    84 1 Fre^ Press Stall Reporter SINGAPORE Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association will hold a song and dance and speech-making gathering tomorrow evening to celebrate Britain's recognition of the Peking Government of China, Mr. Goh Seng Yoke, secretary of th^ Association, told tho Free Press this morning. Next
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    UNO OBSERVER
    19 1 Brig. H. Angle, of Canada, has been appointed chief military observer for the United Nations Kashmir Commission.
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    DIED FROM HEAT
    34 1 Three elderly people died from exhaustion and at least others collapsed from heat yesterday as bush fires in New South Wales drove the temperature over tbf 1 100 Fahr. '.nark.— U.P.
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    NEW GREEK GOVT.
    22 1 The new Greek Premier. Mr. John Theotokis. and his now cabinet were sworn in vesterdav by Kins; Paul.— U.P.
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    HEAVY SNOWFALL
    11 1 Heavy snowstorms swept Denmark yesterday, causing widespread traffic disruption.
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    Judge defends suicide
    58 1 SIR TRAVERS HUMPHREYS. 82-year-old judge of the Kinsj's Bench Division, before the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment in London yesterday, defend M suicide. He said: "I think there is a good deal to be slid for the view that if a man is tired of li f
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    Chiang negotiates for stranded army
    147 1 HONG KONG, Saturday. FHK Chinese Nationalist Government is negotiating with French Indo-China authorities through diplomatic channels for the release of Nationalist troops who retreated into Vietnam territory from Kwangsi, according to Chinese reports. Premier Yen Hsi-shen has announced that these troops, if released, would be
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    RAF CHIEF's SONKILLED
    99 1 COLEBY HALL (Eng.). Sat. ALASDAIR Black, stepson of the retired wartime Royal Air Force chief. Lord Tedder, was killed yesterday in a training plane crash. The 20-year-old youth was a flight sergeant cadet in the R.A.F. His light plane dived into a pasture during a solo hop
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    BANDIT KILLED
    40 1 Fret Pr^ss litafT Reporter A police jungle squad operating in the Kluang area of Johore yesterday had a short engagement with four bandits, one of whrai was killed. The bandits threw a hand grrnade which failed to explode.
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    CAFE COLLAPSES
    25 1 Five Moroccans were killed and four injured when a Moorish cafe at Rabat collapsed into the cellar over which it was built.— A.P.
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    Asia problems have priority
    171 1 BOMBAY, Saturday. IWE British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Philip Noel Baker, said here yesterday that the conference of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers at Colombo, would discuss mainly Asian problems and how best the Asian nations could co-operate with the Western democracies in the advancement
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    S'pore girl robbed
    72 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I $100 necklace was wrench- ed from a Singapore Chinese girl in Ord Road last night, as she was writhing with pain from pepper flung into her eyes. The police said that a Chinese cyclist threw the pepper at about 9 p.m. after
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    COIFFEUR LED TO MURDER
    64 1 A 46-YEAR-OLD Japanese housewife strangled her husband's 34-year-old mistress in a fit of jealousy yesterday, the Tokio police reports. Mrs Yoshiko Nakamura told the police that she had killed Motoko Otsuka because her husband had refused to give her money to have a traditional holiday coiffeur
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    MME. SUN IN H.K.
    31 1 Madame Sun Yat-sen, widow of the "father of the Chinese Republic" and mother of Dr. Sun Fo, arrived in Hong Kong from Macao yes- terday.- Reuter A.A.P.
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    RAMLI ASKS 'HALT SIBU PROBE'
    220 1 RAMLI ASKS 'HALT SIBU PROBE' From ALAN WOLSTENHOLME Free Press Staff Reporter SIBU, Saturday. A WANG Ramli, one of ten Malays facing charges of conspiracy to murder Mr. Duncan George Stewart, the Governor of Sarawak, yesterday asked the Magistrate in the preliminary hearing of their case to request the police
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    Love was locked in
    45 1 AMARRIAdE Mctmet is>ued last October by registrar in Pennsylvania has just been returned, unused, with an explanatory note. The note said: "I am sending you back my marriage licence because the wedding is cancelled and the groom is in jail."— A.P.
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    Janet has leukemia
    60 1 COLUMBUS. Ohio Sat DR. Charles Doan. Ehai the Ohio States C of Medicine and Dtrecto the University Hospital nounced yesterday that Wagner. 3. brought here I mercy crip from Singapore was suffering Ir type Of leukemia Janet entered the L: sity Hospital tor preliminary •o identify her
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    ATOMIC POWER
    22 1 British atomic furn br producing conunen usabl.- power within the "next three or four years. the Government has announced.— Reuter
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      'Blackie,' the Cat, has an Operation
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      The Ceremonial Killing
      1031 2  - The Ceremonial Killing S.C. GEORGE By (Karph Dawson has been sent by his firm to New Guinea to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Harker, a prospector. He joins forces with Patrol Officer Skinner who is hunting "Dixie" Bell and "Tiny" Kvans. They reach the village from which Barker's last message
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      Famous Flights By Balloon
      96 2 i\S June sth 1783. a paper balloon lined with linen, 110 feet In diameter, ill prepared by the Montgolfier brother! and filled with hot air. It reached a £ht of 110 feet. On October 15th of the same year du Rozier, Frenchman.. made the captive ascent
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      58 2 Numerical Word Pictograph ;>X <% 38-41 V\ v 33-37 %%~M 16--IDESTIFY the objects pictured and I the names in the dtamonds c tht ing to the numbers found below the you do this correctly, the 'enters in the of the diagram vill spell nitie ordinary E while thesp same uords
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    U.S. SCIENTIST HITS SECRECY
    324 3 U.S. SCIENTIST HITS SECRECY Security being penalized M O T A NEW YORK, Saturday. OST of Americas top scientists are worried over secrecy. They think secrecy is necessary in military science, but they are divided as to the point where secrecy begins to penalize the security of the I nited
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    Can't replace British crew by Germans
    78 3 HAMBURG. Sat. tton, owner of the British yacht. ine", of London Itat whole of his rew here but his a for a German rejected British said yesterday. quest was denied a -German ships Hamburg can exnly part of their In cases of illness and
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    JAP INCOME TAX
    16 3 me tax on ra will be ligh:ened to It persons In States. Reuter
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    31 3 Photo. I owners in Milan gathered outside the rrirutly to protest increased taxes on l v i:> little bo\ makes a suitable contribution i ombut the higher cost of living. A.P.
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    NEW DRUM EARNS S FOR BRITAIN
    104 3 NEW DRUM EARNS S FOR BRITAIN LONDON, Saturday. \pt* of drum, invented by a Manchester -hop owner, is earning thousands of dollars 111 italn, g pressure rin^ inside the drum, the ewj found on the rim of the drum to tighten it are eliminated Instead of turning sixteen more screws
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    One thing at a time
    55 3 KING'S LYNN, Sat. A 17-YEAR-OLD girl bought a wedding: dress and two bridesmaids' frocks at a year end sale here yesterday. As she paid for her purchases she set her jaw and said to the saleswoman: "Well. I have got the dresses. Now to see
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    No early trip to the moon
    242 3 No early trip to the moon CHARLOTTESVr E, Virginia, Saturday. lIOW long before we send a rocket to the moon? n Some carefully considered answers to this were given here by Dr. R. E. Gibson, Director of the Applied Physics Laboratory at St. John's Hopkins University. He spoke to a
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    Butter did not help
    77 3 NOTTINGHAM. Sat. KKITH WARD, aged one. crawled under the hath yesterday and got stuck. His mother tried to lift the hath but found it was embedded in the cement flooring. She greased Keith with the family week's butter ration and attempted to slide him out without
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    Ex-minister flees Reds
    52 3 FRANKFURT. Sat. MR. Buhumil Lausmann. Czech Minister of Industry, who resigned soon after the Communists seized power in IP4B. has fled to Western Germany. Meanwhile, it is reported that Dr. Jan Belansky. a former seen la ry of the late President Edouard Benes, has been arrested in
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    72 3 This is a drawing of the PSM-1, the first postwar twin-engined flying boat to be developed by the U.S. Navy. Mainly intended as an anti-submarine weapon, it will also be used as a general cargo and utility plane. The design, incorporating a single vertical stabilizer fin, eliminates the conventional "step'
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    TERRORISM IN NIGERIA
    77 3 ENUGU, Nigeria. Fri. A BRITISH political intelligence officer in the Nigerian Government, Mr. John Field, yesterday told the Commission inquiring into the coalfield disorders here, that "terrorist parties" were attempting to disorganise Nigeria. Mr. Field, reading reports to the Commission, said: Specific proposals had been put forward
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    AMMO EXPLOSION
    26 3 Or. r was killed and four others injured on Thursday in an explosion at an ammunition dump on thr Via Flaminla. near Rome.— A.P.
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    2 AMERICANS MURDERED
    70 3 Two Americans. Mr. Paul H. Sarles, 36, and Mr. Frank Jirgl, 45. were murdered by unidentified bandits on their farm, 40 kilometres from the town of Botolan, Zambales, m Western Luzon, seven weeks ago. News of the murder has just reached Manila together with a report that
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    Bridge Problem
    187 3 Ht-aris are trumps. South lead>. North and South are to win eight of the t*n trickl against ,inv defence. South leads spad.- king. Ea.st wins and returns a trump. South wins leads the l 'mle seven U"' North t-o run*. North leads diamond to South's king. (If But
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    Oldest dream is being revived
    153 3 NEW YORK. Saturday. VI AX'S oldest dream, an elixir for longer life, was I*l revived at the closing sessions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The new hope came from studies of cortisone made at the University of Utah by Dr. Thomas
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    JAP WOMEN WORK HARD
    272 3 TOKIO, Saturday. rjESPITE their so-called emancipation following- the occupation of Japan, Japanese women have had to shoulder much of the burden of defeat. Destroyed housing, food rationing, shortages, queuing, domestic problems involved in making their husband's hard-won Yen perform the near impossible, have weighed more heavily
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    Beecham sports a Texas hat
    102 3 Beecham sports a Texas hat SOUTHAMPTON Sat. SIR Thomas Beecham prepared to shock staid London when he stepped off the Queen Elizabeth wearing giant 10-gallon hat straight from Texas. "I am going to walk down Bond Street with it to show the English whir a real hat is," he said
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    GERMANS MOVED
    27 3 New mass Iran Ber« mans from East European states into Austria and Gei Will be^in soon vw influx of 45.000 from Poland ;*nd Czechoslovak Reuter
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    9 seamen quit blockade ship
    86 3 HONG KONG. Fri. >JE American seamen and a^l two officers quit the IsbrandLsen line freight.'! Flying Arrow. yesterday rather than run the Chines* >t blockade to Communist Shanghai. Several others said they ab>o would have quit bui 1 cared they would be unaDl" to raise
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    TUGBOATS STRIKE
    13 3 Thirty-eight msboats wrtnt on strike at Biltimorr (USA I recently A.P
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      459 3 Solution To Crossword No. 886 <aitfr APORF H^ey from the Padang: 6.15 945 As You Like It; 10 Vaiioty aiWVjftrunt Dance Music; 7.20 "Fats" Waller; Bandbox; 10.15 Piano Playtime; (BLUE MBTWOKK) 7.30 Bandstand: 8.00 Quiz Corner; 3Q News Bulletin> 10 .40 Or--4XI and 417 metres 8.30 The Adventures of PC.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan. 7, 1950. MIXED VIEWS ON CHINA
    582 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan. 7, 1950. MIXED VIEWS ON CHINA CHINA'S Communists will b» i mb:lant today at their Anl big success on the international stage. President Truman has flatly refused to intervene to save Formosa, last refuge of the remnants of the Nationalist forces, from Red attack
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    'Darkest Africa' Could Turn Red
    862 4  -  G.D.K. McCormick Bv WHO SAYS THE NIGERIAN RIOTS ARE I*ART OF A CONTIY ENT-VVIDE PROBLEM. QHOWINd pains are in the main the explanation of Ihe Nigerian riots, now being investigated by a (Jove rnme n Ia ppoin f e (1 Commission of Inquiry. West Africa,
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    58 4 London's Lord Mayor. Sir Frederick Rowland, took part in the ancient ceremony of hoisting ale garlands outside about 100 taverns in the City of London. Also taking part were the master, wardens and liverymen of the mystery or art of the brewers in the city, and a body of testers
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    Smugglers caves now dance 'halls'
    113 4 Smugglers caves now dance 'halls' HISTORY has recorde I iy In i he 19:h cenSaint Cicir.cn:".> C 60 feet brio w Hill at used ne ol the Duke ol Wel- gamplB^fure that smugglers ran French silks and brandies to the deep caverns. Now the caves ait* to be used f'^r
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    Last Of The Regency 'Bucks'
    408 4 OORTLY, debonair Sir Ralph Milbanke, 42-year-old baronet who lived the life of a Regency buck in 20thcentury Mayfair, was found shot recently in his London service flat. Kriends they called him "Toby"— said he was undecided about his future: that he was planning to spend
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    16 4 films for seven yean ao£ 'Th e vtchesl of Idaho,' in which she dances again. UVCfiess
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    Beauty Specialist is in S'pore
    714 4 Beauty Specialist is in S'pore PEOPLE MAKE NEWS 4 BEAUTY expert is now in Singapore demonstrating to local girls the secret of makeup She is Mrs. ESTHER JOHANSSON who has just arrived from Penang with her husband, Mr. Gus A. Johansson, Sales Supervisor for Max Factor of Hollywood and London
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    'Dangers' Of Socialism
    174 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR YOUR report of a -Warning against the dangers of Socialist principles," delivered to the Malayan Association by Mr. F. J. Woodward. teemf to indicate that he suffers from a singular timidity in face of imaginary dangers, and a singular ignorance of Socialist principles.
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    Kashmir: A Reply
    347 4 Kashmir: A Reply PLEASE allow me to bring to your notice a lew inaccuracies and missiatemenis which have crept into your leading article of January 4. You said: 'India's claim to Kashmir lies In the decision of the Maharajah, a Sikh to accede to the Union. On the other hand,
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    MALAYANS ON HOLIDAY PACK SHIPS
    256 5 MALAYANS ON HOLIDAY PACK SHIPS Shortage of passages Free Press Staff Reporter gO many people in Malaya going: on leave have applied for ship passages to Europe that shipping agents have on their hands "a particularly heavy backlog of passengers" this year. Singapore agents of two oi the biggest shipping
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    S'PORE SEES THE HAT
    91 5 Muff Reporter win n Jun. 27 in the MHO bv Mrs. Mrs Geddes a Fashion :-50.- Singapore girls niits, cocktail cost. N hata and evenThp clothes from Paris bv such im- -.ri«»rs as Jean Patou. JaLanvin Schia- Beach Ha: la one of the Paria colihown. extraordinary
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    ROAD TOLL: THE WRITING ON THE WALL
    152 5 Free Press Stall" Reporter THE Singapore Traffic Police now has •pillar" graphs at its Maxwell Road headquarters, showing details of fatal and non-fatal accident* from 1946 onwards. The Traffic Police Superin- tendent. Mr. D. E. Nickels. In his 1949 report says that se-
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    LANE REOPENED
    25 5 Rattan Lane between Race Course Road and Chander Road. Singapore, whicii was closed to through traffic durIng sewer construction work, is now re-opened.
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    Easier marketing for housewives
    284 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r() make marketing less Irksome for Singapore housewives and t o keep order in the markets. Municipal Commissioners propose that stall-holders who repeatedly cause obstruction by spreading their goods beyond the confines of their stalls should be liable to the penalty of
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    MARGINS FOR RICE REDUCED
    314 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has ordered cuts to be made in wholesale and retail costs of handling ration rice. This implements the Rice Investigation Committee which last year studied all [aspects of the Malayan Governments distribution system. The cuts, effective from Jan. 5.
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    ONIONS HIS DOWNFALL
    74 5 ONIONS HIS DOWNFALL I •>!•«• Pr»ss stair Reporter A 27-year-old Chinese, Tan Peng Lee, who was found wheeling a municipal handtart and three baga of onions down Tanjong Pagar Road on Dec. 11, was sentenced yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment on a charge
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    36 5 picture. OIR Pitrick MeK>rron, Officer Administering *h" c;ovO ernnw»n< of si»<:>pi>rp. and l.'d* MeKerron, at thp nrrniiorp of The Thin! Man M the i apitoL VViiii them is Mr. Jack Sharp of Shaw Bros.- Free Press
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    TWO LITTLE SISTERS
    34 5 picture. NISE Chinese girls were admitted to the Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Singapore yesterday. Picture shows two of the new nuns after the ceremony. Free Press
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    Commission asks expert advice
    444 5 RABBIT COMPLEX' HOUSES Free Press Staff Reporter 3IX(jAPORK Municipal Commissioners have decided to seek the views of the Institute of Architects of Malaya on a problem of great importance to local building enterprise: whether it is desirable to permit the height of rooms in domestic premises
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    'VARSITY FUND AT $2 MILLION
    53 5 'VARSITY FUND AT $2 MILLION THE University of Malaya Endowment Fund reached a total of $1,968,830 on Dec. 29. In the latest list, the bu donation is from the Pen. ukoiai Chettiar Community who gave $20,232 and the next largest was a gift of $5,000 from the United Chi nese
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    TUITION TO BE FREE
    95 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'pHK children of all SinJ. gapore Government and Municipal labourers will be able to receive free education in their mother-tongue at St. George's Road School from next «verk onward*. There is no age limit. The Government and Municipal Labour I'nion said yesterday
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    NO ALCOHOL AT INDIAN FESTIVITIES
    205 5 NO ALCOHOL AT INDIAN FESTIVITIES Free Press Staff Reporter TWERE will be no public balls or dinners in 1 Singapore at which alcoholic liquors will l»e served to celebrate the inauguration of the Indian Republic on Jan. 26. This, it has been decidrd would be inappropriate. A 30-man committee under
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    CONSULATEGENERAL CLOSES DOWN
    246 5 Fr»v Pi US Sta licpo. THE Chinese C General tn Singi closed down at 4 p.m. yesl day. following in.str;ictk>r..s lrom the Nationalist F< I Office in Formo.sa and a I licalion from the Sin-: Government thai Britain nLseu Mao TV rnment. The Consul-Gtn'-ral !r Singapore. Dr
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    30 5 Free Press Sta/T Reporter There were 572 btrthf 168 deaths :n Sing.Municipality in the wt k ending Dec. 31 Chief cailM (23). «-!r 20> and pneu 18'
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      47 5 MAILS Surl.ci mail i expected in Singapore today from Burma. India and the Federation. Latest times for pasting surface mail today at the G.P.O. are: noon for Sarawak (except Miri> and Palembanu: 5.45 p.m. for Thailand pnd th.- Federation; 6 p.m. for Hnna: Kong, China and Japan.
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      103 5 SHIPPING IN PORT SHIPS alongside the Singa-,jn. Quuii'i Victory pore Harbour Board PwnJw 2;'-30«. wharves yesterday 'codown-i East wharf: Bhirate '44-. in bra ketS" were: Shrers Wharf: Maxwell Brander Main Wharf: TYoUui 36-37. Today's Wharf Arrivals: Celebes, Hoegh Silverstream .38-39>. '33-34-, Keelo (4l>, Tantalus, Havsbris i4o>. Bencleuch (42-43.. <29-30- Tairea
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    NO LET-UP IN WAR ON BANDITS
    284 6 NO LET-UP IN WAR ON BANDITS C.-G. on Mao recognition Free Press Staff Reporter THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacOonald, said last night that Britain's r »«oenition of Communist China did not involve nv slackening in hostility in Malaya to the Comp nist terrorists "who are the enemies of the MJoi
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    27 6 picture. FILM star Joan Crawford with two of her four adopt ed children at a film premiere in Hollywood. They are 10-year-old Christine and seven-year-old Christopher.- A.P.
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    LOOMING U.K. POLLS HIT STOCK DEALS
    371 6 LONDON, Sat. OROSPECT of a general I election soon has applied a brake to London Stock Exchange dealings, with most operators hesitant and content merely to wait and see. Trading yesterday was niamly in foreign bunds and minings. Rubber; mjt small demand and showed
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    LONDON TIN
    30 6 THE Lonaun Uu market qakti tt>lay .'.n .^ot un- n red at ijBoi 15^. ar.cl ilu nontta a sliade t'asit'r t Id. T\:e turnover wai 145 1)115. U.P.
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    London pepper
    32 6 In thr London !»•';>;>•.' a. -re not I i by if'.: b.ir Singapore w.ts off< black pepper at 7s. ICNL ;ud vhlte at 1 4s but there wa.s no Mtertst U.P.
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    MAJOR CLUBS PLAY IN TODAY'S CUP-TIES
    446 7 Wolves should beat Plymouth From JIM CHAMBERS ENGLAND'S big-time League clubs go into the Football Association Challenge Cup tournament for the first time today, as 61 soccer teams play off 'V2 ties. This knockout competition started as far back as the end of last
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    61 7 pictures. DANGER LINK: A Fulhaiu defender clears from the no.il line during an attack by Ch:irltoii Athletic- mi Dec. 11. in London. BELOW: Charlton's inside-lett. Tom Brown, urn-oust iously handles the ball while leaping to try a header during the same match. The handling resulted in a toul against Charlton
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    Ampon avenges recent defeat
    79 7 i i>I.MO Am pun, diminutive Philippines lawn j its thampion. yesterday reached the men's v filial in the Indian national championships ibad by beating Sumant Misra. India's giant player, in hard-fought five-set match. Wll WOO 8-6, 5-7. 3-6. 6-0. 6-3. thus result of their previous meeting:
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    GALVEZ WINS 1,000-M. RACE
    65 7 IVAN GALVEZ drtfteg a J Ford, yesterday von 'he is 1.000 mil nd »no<t important road race In Buenos A: He covered the distance in 12 tars. 49 mins. 23 sees, at average speed of 3 3 kilometres p^r how lab H Ti.p.h. i Marcos Clam
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    A DISCLAIMER BY PENG SOON
    96 7 Y' in, announced In J.iii. S t v «t 1 .cind to pla> :n the Allland championships, and later ind, possibly the 0 3 A In fairness to I who fOU kindly publish that I k:. nothing whatsi iny such nU WONG PENG SOON BiagapTr.
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    RETURN OF BARNES IS WELCOMED
    323 7 rut: ANNOUNCEMENT of Sid Barnes, famous right-hand batsman and one ot the personalities of Australian cricket, that hp will be available for selection In the TVsts against Ihc touring M.C.C. team in 1950 51. has been welcomed by Australia's sporting public. Barnes has not played
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    Mills & Maxim smallest men on Jan. 24 card
    167 7 Mills Maxim smallest men on Jan. 24 card JANUARY 24. when Freddie j (J Mills defends his World's cruiser-weight championship j against America's Joey Maxim at Earls Court, will be a night of giants. Mills and Muxim, in fact, are likely to bo the smallest men in the ring. The
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    JAPAN MAY BE IN 1952 OLYMPICS
    47 7 JAPAN S I lonal Olympic C i mittee a( Cup, nhagei I Japanese Oljrmplc I I i A letter 1 persona] eral public sentiment Japai He for Japan to make a special cam} tter wai fully represent! the I il C
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    CHESS TOURNEY
    49 7 THIS year's Singapore chess championship will open next Saturday at the Y.M.C.A. It will be played in ten rounds, one each Saturday Entries will close on Jan. 11 Forms and rules are obtainable from the secretary at the Chess Club (at YM.C.A.t this afternoon and Wednesday afternoon.
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    MOSCOW CONDEMNS U.S. SPORTS
    187 7 THE I mcnunist youth paper, "Komsomolskaya Pruvda <Moscow). in an article yesterday said American sports are completely commercialised and militarised. It said American sports organisations are preparing "cannon-fodder" and "spies." The articles that even mountain climbing and tourism were "widely employed hy the imperialist circles for
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    COMING BOUTS IN LONDON
    70 7 COMING BOUTS IN LONDON TILBERT Stuck of Pans \a meet Randotf Turpin of Leamington, England. In an eight-round mid in London on Jai The bout will be thr main orting attraction i B Thompson Root r1 European I pionshipi card Baby I ro middle living iii Pari? h j Finch
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    British racing car capable of 200 mph
    172 7 I>KITAIN'S newly designed Grand Prix ear the B.R.M. (British Raeing Model) is eapable o f 200 miles per hour said the Karl of Marsh. It will, he said, block the Italians and Germans from winning all the car prizes in Europe The car.
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    221 VEHICLE Bn. SCORE BIG WIN
    166 7 Free Press Correspondent JOHOKE BAHKI, Saturday. FAKING every advantage to open up the game, ttl Vehicle Bn* were by far the better side and fully deserved their 31 0 victory ove r B.OD. Keat Hong. (Singapore) in a rugby match played on the Ho\al
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    JEC rugby XV have fine record
    309 7 EJT^B JDt^t 3 M H By SHORTLY after the liberation, the Johore Vu f Tollege was fortunate to have two h who were rugger enthusiasts and to Hmm College owes much for the remarkable pcf rcm the game lias made among th" stadettts Ne
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    'Still friends,' Cheng tells UK
    312 8 LONDON, Saturday. THE underlying note in official Chinese Nationalist condemnation of Britain's recognition of Red China wa s that of deep regret over the step taken by the traditional friend of th c Chinese people. This was exemplified by a pledge to Britain uttered by
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    Truman urges aid to Asia
    95 8 Truman urges aid to Asia WASHINGTON, Sat. PRESIDENT TRUMAN called on Congress yesterday to implement his programme for assisting the under-developed areas of Asia and the rest o! the world. In his economic report, following up his State of the Union message of Wednesday, the President asked Congress to do
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    BIRTHS
    74 8 de souza —To Maigueiltc wife of P.P. de Souza, at Knndang K ibr.u Ho^piial on 7th January 1950, a son. Jeffrey Richard. HARLEY. To Jane, wife of F. L. Harley. on 3rd. January 1950 at SincMpcre, a daughter. PRICE On 5th Jan. 1950, at the K.K Hospital, to Lorline
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    ENGAGEMENT
    49 8 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between John Aitken, v Bfl Estate. Masai Johore. tn of the late John Aitken. MR C VS.. and of Mrs. I. M. Aitken. Kirkcildy. Scotland, and Jeac Mary, eide-t daughter of Mr. ;.-d Mrs F A. Hamilton (late Prisons Department, Johore), Leederville. Pertfc, Australia.
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    GOA RAILWAY?
    29 8 Tile Bombay Provincial rnrru'nt is reported to be planning to build a railway line along the coast to link Bombay and Goa. in Portugu- ese India.— A.P.
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    CHIANG DETERMINED TO FIGHT ON
    311 8 CHIANG DETERMINED TO FIGHT ON Formosa revolt warning HONG KONG, Saturday. ALTHOUGH stunned by President Truman's A outright refusal to aid the beleaguered Nationalists and disappointed by British recognition of Red China, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek evidently remains obstinately determined to keep on fighting. Reelin" still from the defeat on the
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    76 8 The Swiss civil authorities have refused to recognise Rita Hayworth's ten-day-old daughter Yasmin as a princess on ground that Swiss law does not recognise any titles other than those of reigning royal families. They hold the titles of Prince Aly and Princess Rita a. those of "ecclesiastic dignitaries" and as
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    PROMISES AID
    33 8 Pro^dont Truman yesterday promised continued American sunnort for Internationa] offo r ts for the rot urn ro Greece of thousands of children removed to East Eurooe during the civil war. A.P.
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    U.S. POLICY OUTLINE EXPECTED
    108 8 U.S. POLICY OUTLINE EXPECTED WASHINGTON, Bat. United Stal s leaden were i y shaping a Far E; Stern policy aimed at driving a v. between the Chinese people and Communist Russia. Mr. Denn Acheson, the U.S. Statf Seen tary, la expected to maki a majoi tement when ho adthe National
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    Warm clothes for Hell
    43 8 TRONDHEIM Norway), Sut TRAVELLERB to Hell hen arc advis«d to take along th<-ir warmest clothing for the temperature there is 40 deR. F below freetinf. Hell. township on Trondheim Fjord, is connected with Trnndhrim hy a lf)-mile railway.— A.P.
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    INHERITED FOUR SLAVE GIRLS?
    129 8 WASHINGTON, Saturday. THIS is an absurd and purposely malicious story," x the Egyptian Embassy here said, commenting on a report that a Chicago businessman had inherited four Egyptian dancing girls as part of the estate of his Egyptian uncle, Mr. P. B. Aristophron. It is "in
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    ATLANTIC DEFENCE
    27 8 The 12-nation North Atlantic Pact Council announced yesterday that it had approved recommendations for <,he over all defence of the whole North Atlantic area. Reuter
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    S'pore affliction -and its causes
    157 8 S'pore affliction -and its causes IF a person suffers from that "tired feeling" despite sufficient sleep, the main cause is his sense of insecurity, says Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur, of Stanford University, writing In the journal of the American Medical Association. A tired reeling and nervousness major affliction in Singapore
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    A CZECHS EXECUTED
    20 8 Four Czechs convicted of high treason and attempted assassination of government officials were executed ves- terday.- A.P.
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    U.N. move on China awaited
    108 8 U.N. move on China awaited NEW YORK. Sat. MR. Trygve Lie, United Nations Secretary-GentTal announced yestt-rday that the United Nation! would take no action to accredit Chinese Communist delegates until the various United Nations bodies had decided the matter for themselves. Declaring that each body wd-s "master of its own
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    SIBU TRIAL
    137 8 Continued from Page 1 It was stated In e>ur that ten accused u» the Malay youth movemrnt. PPM uhich was purely ;jnlittCftJ an to promote a:.!i-cts<-: n fee':nf in Sarawak. The chief accused. \w:.r." R.mli bin Mnh-im.d I>1:. 33 vmi eeneral-secr-and was in the Cu from 1 92:»
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    KASHMIR NOT ON UN AGENDA
    68 8 THE United Nations Security Council is meeting next Tuesday, but the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India is not on the agenda, p-s had generally been expec f ed. Instead, the only item listed by the Council President. Dr T. F. Tsiang. for discis the
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    Grateful immigrant
    70 8 .^iOU CHAN, who arrived in Amenta by steerage from O Canton 23 years ago and is now a prominent New York restaurant owner, yesterday donated U.S. $1,500 to Columbia University to establish a scholarship fund for deserving young Chinese men. "It is a small token, indeed." he said
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      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, (an. 7, 1950.
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      Malaya's lamplighters carry on
      293 1  - Malaya's lamplighters carry on SIMPANG LIMA by i tricity penes ihe-Uta" incandescent gin to illustreets of iibya, the old village sigh! [•lighter and is. slowly Iv, like the a ;>! swift, disafipeai the Malayan and there in g of the way still posts of and their ::::ng lanndtng like >?ls
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      MATCHES FOR MAN IN THE STREET
      380 1  -  MARIAN WELLS by j irs agi an ising busi- ietor real' several I imported I were being collie ilv by the I* ng smoking n hut also by I household in Here was Me necessity with some and thought be supplied Today his match-fac-tory
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      FUNERALS THAT SOUND GAY
      610 1  -  P. L. KOH by IT is Sunday. The decorated cars sweep down Singapore's streets, bravely Haunting their trappings of gold and purple Mocade and gaily coloured streamers. In the cars sit a band of smiling young men. dressed in orange and blue, sounding gongs, beating drums,
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      TROPHIES BY THE DOZEN
      61 1 BADMINTON player, Mrs. Betty Über. has won so many cups and titles in 25 years of championship play that she has lost count. Mrs. Über is the wife of a Midlands mill-owner, who is also an international player. They won the All England Doubles Championship In
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      Budget right for a happy new year
      632 1  - Budget right for a happy new year LUCY TAN by THIS great throbbing city of Singapore provides an ideal hunting ground for resolutions to follow in the new year which is now before us. With the seasonal orgy of reckless spending over, it seems fitting for me, a Federal emigrant
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        132 1 You con fly by Clipper* ROUND THE WORLD from Singoporc BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO You fly westward to New York vi* Bangkok; Calcutta, Istanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward to San Francisco or Los Angeles via Manila and Hoooluju. Whichever route you go, you
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      Carol Reed Starts on Next Film
      689 2 Carol Reed Starts on Next Film By Our London Film Reporter POH months past Carol Reed lias been searching for a subject for a film which will maintain the high standard set In his "The Third Man" and "The Fallen Idol." Nos an easy task. After skimming through hundreds of
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      1949 Weddings —and Divorces
      368 2 HOLLYWOOD I AST year was Holly■J wood's "marryingesP year. Also the "Divorcingest." Never has there been such a terrible turnover in filmdom matrimony. Most sensational of the marriages came on May 27 when Rita Hayvorth and Aly Khan exchanged gold rings In the town hall of
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      at the Cinemas
      179 2 At the Cathay A film in .Mandarin produced in Hong Kong, A Fisherman's Honour, is the tragic story of the struggle? and poverty of a Chinese fisherman. Beautiful Li Li-hua ana her lover Tao Chin lighten the grim ftackiioun'i with theii love affair. There nr.> txcelten* sub-ritles
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      BRITISH FILMS ARE A PROBLEM CHILD
      538 2  - BRITISH FILMS ARE A PROBLEM CHILD NICHOLAS DAVENPORT By THE Him industry, is Ihe problem child of Ihe Board of Trade. It is always gclting into (rouble. II ran stand up on one li 1^ the cxliihi tion side >. hul not on the other i the production side) so
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      The Ten Best Films Of 1949
      370 2  -  FRED MAJDALANY B> 1041) «M a bad 1 year Of the .'KJO(xld iilms seen, most dickered WCtom the surface of the "»'»<! leaving no more sens than they deposited 00 ihe screen. More people stopped eoing to the pictures regularly and went only to
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        669 2 \GR UESOME-OR JUST\ i J /I _J I iB^B^B "/OBSESSION," which is j^H&f "^sl*23 I I I I coming to the Pavilion WBH I I cinema on Thursday, is the Wmk l^^^^^B I I "i^lvlS story of a doctor's attempt ffl^^ I L^lWlfeS^B to commit the perfect ninr- Wm2m&& .flSl^BB
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      THE GODS TAUGHT MEN TO DANCE
      685 3 ri )i>.\\. in the new cultural context \m\u\ the ancient vsical ;irt of Indian ing, like ;mv iei contemporary n coming into its own N<>\\ the quest x for the true Indian n with motifs new styles, but Ihoul compromisIhc traditional technique and spirit
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      9 3 :Y SAY THE TROPICS GROW ON YOU AFTER ATtliE
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      Bells through the years
      482 3  -  BEE WICKERSON bv (i LA DSOM E sound Ikis been in tlu* air. The bells of Singapore have been ringing for the festival of Christinas and they have speeded the Old Year on its way and welcomed in the new. Bells have been runs: down the
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      SNAKES MAKE THE STORY
      800 3  -  E.C. JANARDANAN by CTORIES ABOUT snakes are always fascinating, whether Ihey relate to the tiny Egyptian asp with which Queen Cleopatra killed herself, or to the 30-fool gianf hamadryads that are fond of chasing planters about In Ihe Johore rubber estates and ji ngles. That such
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      Sick folk had their moment of cheer
      503 3  - Sick folk had their moment of cheer P.S. MARKANDAN by yyiHLE well to do folks were busy with year-end preparations, and spring cleaning their homes for the much looked forward dote: hundreds f >f others who were less fortunate were having their share of the 'peace and goodwill' that Christmas
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      What to do when you get into difficulties
      1029 4  - What to do when you get into difficulties GEORGE CREIGHTON By WHILE it is true thai the greatest insurance against loss of lite by drowning is the ability to swim in iieep water, it is also \\uc that newspaper obituaries often read: "the victim was known to have been a
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      AUST. TEAM FOR N.Z.
      79 4 AUST. TEAM FOR N.Z. THE Australian cricket Board of Control has announced a party of 14 piayers lor the tour of New Zealand beginning in February. The player* are: Bill Brown Queensland, captain*, P. Rkiinga (South Australia, vice-captain i R. Howard. J. ■1, K. Meuleman and D. Rin? 'Victoria*, S.
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      First Asian to head NSFA
      322 4 By a special correspondent IK. Lim Kee Siong of x Seremban has had the singular distinction of being the first Asian to be president of the Negri Sembilan Football Association. Mr. Lim has bee i acting m president since Mr G. B. Folliott went on
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      WHY INDIA IS SUPREME AT HOCKEY
      815 4  - WHY INDIA IS SUPREME AT HOCKEY R. SATAKOPAN by- NEW DELHI: HOCKEY, introduced here in the 19th. century, has attained its highest standards in this country, where competitive team sports Were almost unknown before British rule. India has been world hockey champion since 1928 Hockey today draws larger crowds than
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      PASSING OF A GREAT MILER
      362 4  -  ARCHIE QUICK I^RAIL. crinkly-hair- rd Jack Lovelock, the greatest mile runner of his age, who fell to his death beneath a subway train in New York City recently, was a New Zealander who won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. In his first term he
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      Pickworth for British Open
      40 4 OSSIE Pickworth. Australia's greatest post-war golfer, will compete in the British open championship i his year. Pickworth won the Australian open in 1946-7 and 1948 and was disqualified last year for a technical infrine*- mrnt. Reuter-AAP
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      Big advance in Malayan weightlifting
      259 4  - Big advance in Malayan weightlifting PETER HILL By rpHERE are Just over A 1,000 weight ''iers in Singapore and about twice that number in the Federation. These keen sportsmen are members of a movement which started in Europe many years ago through such renowned strong men as Apollon, Sandow, Saxon
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