The Singapore Free Press, 14 January 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA > YUFi SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1950. PKKE 10 CENTS
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    HOPE GIVEN UP FOR SUB. MEN
    384 1 HOPE GIVEN UP FOR SUB. MEN Dvina is put under 'arrest LONDON, Saturday. JMIK anxiously-waiting nation was plunged into sorrow last night when the Admiralty announced that hope had been abandoned for the missing men m the rammed submarine Truculent, lying at the bottom of the Thames estuary with a
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    SOVIETS AID MAO ARMIES
    15 1 SOVIETS AID MAO ARMIES nalIsers C< mm an mll i base 100 Shan S I
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    3 CONVICTS RECAPTURED
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    MOTHERS KILLED
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    MALIK WALKS OUT AGAIN
    123 1 NEW YORK Saturday ■'UK Soviet delegate, .Mr. Jacob Malik, last night walked «>ut of th c Security ouncil after his resolution urging the expulsion of the Chinese Nationalist delegate had been rejected. By a vote of six for rejecting the resolution, tgainst, and two abstentions, the
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    Wellington is shaken
    46 1 WELLINGTON iVZ.) Sal II H UM.TON s eitteens fled into the streets Nrstrrd;»\ —filing as threr minor »*:»rth Irnnois set ihunh Iwlls ringing, dishes rlatlering and doorN hanging. No sfjiou.s tenagf was reported oth^r Ihan a lot of broken New Zealand rhinaware. VP.
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    'BERLIS OF THE EAST'
    121 1 'BERLIS OF THE EAST LONDON. S DH. VICTOR PURCELL tor- M.C.S expert on Chinese affairs said m 'iv Con:: ilth and Empire Review yesterda i tha Hong X a ci m the lasl lew months become 'h r "Berlii u f the Fast "On this line lv B: d," he
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    Vietnamese beaten off
    97 1 SAIGON Sat. VILLAGERS .supported by Frer.ch and Vietnamese :roops havf driven off Vietaiinh forces who attacked th* 1 village of Thotang. south-west ol Vinh Yen -25 miles northwest of Hanoi >. a French coramunlqne announced. The attackers left four dead and one mortar behind Anotlur ViPthnlnh attack
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    LOKAW RETAKEN
    13 1 Burma Oove menl troops have reoccwple?! L<»k;t\», capital uf Kmrcnni sates.
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    No formal accord reached at Colombo
    189 1 COLOMBO. Saturday. DANDIT NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, said yesterday that although the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Conference ending here today had resulted m "progressive steps" towards cooperation among the Commonwealth nations, no formal agreements or resolutions would emerge from the talks. Mr. Nehru said
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    BOMB BLASTS IN CALCUTTA
    42 1 A POLICE constable and a civilian were injured m Calcutta yesterday m almost I simultaneous bomb explosions near three city police stations. The polio'- arrctted 12 people and seized some Communist literature m a series of raids Reutpr
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    ROMULO ILL
    22 1 Mr. Carlos P. Romulo Philippines', president Of the United Nations Assembly. was sent to hospital yesterIday with acute pharyngitis. i
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    PETROL SHORTAGE
    23 1 Unofficial sources estimate that 25 per cent of Spain's petrol pumps are empty ts \\v result of ihe current shortage. UP.
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    ACCRA BANS STRIKERS' NEWSPAPER
    102 1 ACCRA BANS STRIKERS' NEWSPAPER Accra. Gold Coast, 8a THE Cuioniai governmeii 1 day took the initia- against a five-day-old gei .ke In the Colon) by banning the strikers -;>er and calling a special s<-ssi"M of the I glslative Coun for January 19. it ike called by the Peopies Convention Party
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    JAP PREMIER PESSIMISTIC
    40 1 PREMIER Shigeru Yoshida .said yesterday that he believed the peac€ treaty termi for Japan will not bp "un favourable Voshida lold a pr^ss con ference that he attributed thii to the Increased number ■if foreigners visiting Japan.
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    FLOOD THREAT
    19 1 Heavy rains are threatening ;i big area of the Middle Western united States with flood damage A.P
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    Expensive milk tin
    52 1 RATEPAYERS at Amer>ha n (Bucks., Utt £:>OO bill t\ because a citizen threw an empty :nilk tin down man-hole. Th« tin blocked the entiiv BjrstcM and the uhole engineering: staff had to work o\er a week-end. The local Council was i«.lj thai the damag:* cost t5OO to
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    32 1 phote. Lien Ho, London Zoo's punt panda, favourite of thousands of visiting children, taking his medicine. This is Lien llo's first appcaram c before the camera since her recent indisposition. A. P.
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    Hunger strike at K.L. college
    199 1 Free Press Stafl" Reporter PROTESTING against the quality of food served to them m their hostel for which they paid $35 a month, 102 students of the Technical College of the Federation last night went on hunger strike. They rose m a body from the
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    Slept too soon
    83 1 Slept too soon \N Hd»*rl\ uom.tn who il\\;t>\ takes a sJrepin« draught before Hying, took one too soon at London's Northolt Airport yesterday and fell into a sound sleep m the departure louiiKe. She was taken m iar to the airport doctor who revived her m iimr (o board the
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    PEKING ASKED TO CLARIFY
    101 1 PEKING ASKED TO CLARIFY LONDON Sal BRITAIN yesterday sent fresh instructions to Mr. J C. Hutchinson, BritUh Charge d 'Affaires m China on arrangements to establt.-h diplomatic relationg with the People's Government of China m Peking. don diplomatic qu Mr. Hutchinson was instructed i the British Cbtu m Peking Mr.
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    RUSSIA SACKS BISHOP
    39 1 RUSSIA SACKS BISHOP A HCHMANDRITE Leonid. head of the Russian Church Movement m Jerusalem and outspoken critic oi Russia's United Nations support for the internationalization of the Holy City, has been ordered to resign and return to Moscow. U.P
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    STRIKE STILL ON
    26 1 The East Sumatra mediation committee yesterday conlerred with Medan'l shipping companies m an effort to end the 15-day-old Belawan dock workers' strike. -Router
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    SAAR PARLEY
    30 1 Mr. Robert Si'human. French Foreign Minister, arrived m Western Germany yesterday to try to settle Franco-Gor-man disagreement over the future of the Saar, which has rich coalfields. Reuter
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    BAN REMOVED
    35 1 Egypt Is reported to have notified foreign shipping companies that she no longt r objects ti> vr s& Is railing at Egyptian ports if they have been or are bound f or Ii
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    10 DIE IN GLIDER
    27 1 Trii studci.' paratroopers killed when a glid»-r training plane crashed \esterday afternoon n« i ar the U.S. Air Force base at Lawson -A.P
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    Reds bar wounded soldiers
    147 1 Reds bar wounded soldiers HONG KONG. Sau ORITISH and Commit--13 nisi Chinese frontier guards wrangled her« last night when British police tried to return 100 wounded Nationalist troops from Hong Kong territory to China Officials denied that there had been "bonfc cident." They admitted, hoy thai the Communist* ha fused
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    Churchill's promise
    76 1 LONDON MR WINSTON COURCHILL Iw promised yesterday to bring back* a Britisl. pue "on which the sun nev ■< if his Conservative win the February 23 gene-.i election He said. I th. i time we had a net p I ment We have a grea of a new
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    FOUR TENGAH AIRMIN HURT
    42 1 FOUR TENGAH AIRMIN HURT Free Press SUfl R^portti FUR airmen were In when a compressed a exploded at R.A.F It n gah yesterday. One of had his left arm amp at the Military Hospital Two of the Btea i I >r Injui
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    EVE FOR AN EYE
    28 1 Ai least seven Fiv m Poland were known vIcrday to be the la timi ol PolaiidV "eye for I ejn hoitace wariare w«ih France
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    MEXICO LAND OF BURIED TREASURE
    375 2  -  CECIL CLARK -By- I r Did are to b t < believed, den treasure of fabulou> worth must lie und aim every I I yard Of Mexico. I lost urtunes, nd even their rching for The Moctezuma, %xayac it), Cuauhtemoc n:id for the hundreds of
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    HEARTHE'TALKING HOOK'
    225 2 HEARTHE'TALKING HOOK 'riiF: "talking book" has arrived m Singapore and any boy <) V girl who is fond of fairy stories, music and coloured pictures should persuade his or her >) irents to obtain one. The "talking bo >k fl con sists of a targe iMcklybound book with aDout coloured
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    Page For Children
    777 2  -  S.C. GEORGE Prisoners Of The Karuli ,J..ilph iJawson has bcCfl WB| by his firm to New Guinea to Investigate the ■jrterhmi di>appcaranre of llarker. a prospector. He joins hNtI with I tirul (Minor Skiiiler who is hunting Dixie' Bdl and Tin> I \ans. They reach the village
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    Desolation Farm
    145 2  -  H.M. Me KAY I A new mystery by THROUGH the curtain of rain sweeping across the drearywasteland. Tom and Mary saw IMMl MM I. swing tnm DesolaI Farm nMI ramshackle lorry But though lie must be^n well awa: the two children, sea Iv 30 yards from I the
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    Vast River Plan For Australia
    7 2 Vast River Plan For Australia Tlv Riv<
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      83 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD (11^ v BOSS. V «heep. 3. O-; SOLUTION 'hiii tin .y< »;o>s 2. Lit i Ihtnips b:ts,n X Mountain :fl 7 Mur I Re:nbr;.!idt. 10. rparattni Fun.;,,- roni SSSf 01 J*' Be? v> •X>;., is the Spur \m DOWN. 1 (Ion::,! Spring 12. Gem s-onr j-Hintv Poga 4
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    CHINA REDS' BIGGEST PROBLEM
    194 3 CHINA REDS' BIGGEST PROBLEM Painting Russia as a friend HONG KONG, Saturday. #y\F big problem facing the hinese Communists m thfir programme of building a totalitarian China i> how to Soviet Russia t<> the Chinese people. I Some observers nsider this a basic problem A dt mocratic per- who had
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    Rubber igloos stay up by air pressure
    43 3 \KKMN Ohio. Saturday, gloos M| t -n.nuh to cover a It-room known .i> rarionx-s are boint; niudr h\ le Tire and Rubber Company t<> house installations the I >. Ur Force. m U up to 100 mile,
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    Pak. bans US book
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    CANTON FINES
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    RUSSIA'S NEW FILM STUDIO
    49 3 RUSSIA 'S NEW FILM STUDIO MOSCOW 8 CONSTRI CTION has I M a [production capacity length colour-sound pi annuail: '..io» S .ay- built m the ni< t> i enln Hills overthe M>» o\» F tern ap- aches 1 th< ipil far 1 i the 26-store: Eiping ii::: on. of
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    New Cairo government
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    KREMLIN DEFIED
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    Bridge Problem
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    U.K. proud of 1949 aviation
    92 3 U.K. proud of 1949 aviation LONDON. Saturday. OKI TISII aviation could be proud of 1949 after several years of disappointment. Flight, weekly magazine published by the Royal Aero Club, reviewed the year m glowing terms. High spot came m September, said Flight, with maiden flight of the 1 30-ton tubo-prop
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    AUST. TOBUILD JET BOMBERS
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    VIAN HEADS HOME FLEET
    18 3 ADMIRA! Vian In tl A Rhodi H Home I K•. lie v be- I
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    PROTECTION BILL.
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    57 3 photo Oni' pengnin looks on haifheartedlj while his pals look completely bond .v a landIng craft pats ftsbMv >npplies for 14 Austr.jlian scientists and explorer* who havi* been living on windswept Heard Island ••> the Antarctic f«»r the past 12 months 1 h<* m^n are earning out nritncr resparrh on
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    Uranium find
    12 3 pEOLOOICAL I ue I t>j the Caj land Oei I
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    He flies to work
    74 3 h XK il! S!l W" r-i ||H> P. t T1 oj i\v lan i of Illinoi* M brrakfasi at Jiiv homr m < bampaicn. luncii h* !m i-t, .mri iinnrr m Sprin- field. > II iv •uurj m tintr f-.r R X Hr nv.s „ti. „i
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    REPORT ON ASIAN FARMERS
    53 3 i R. ie level woand Of culliva'nrs' I achieved by a gene: of proriu icoordinc a repori Issued here on of Primary P: reisers m The rej been pn Labi R N i In i i repr 1 Con prov 3 The I to flu f
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    CZECHS ACCUSED
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      137 3 The 4 -40 Devon an:.'... 1 (j. y..in i ?r^iMMMn' r f Trom The AUSTIN A4O 4-door Devon Saloon is powered by an overhead valve engine of 1.200 c.c. Its stylish modern line, incorporating reat opening doors with can cealed hinges and running boards, is matched by an equally refreshing
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      82 3 Solution To /ord No. 892 iil^ SPL AC'EDj S"J Ag^J B^Sf^M'-jR? ALLY P. Crossword No. 893 jI; 2 3 14 5 J6 CLVCS v K Predooa stone j i 2 Pau ill i 7); 24F 28 Favourir. (3) 34 Free/-.' »S>: 3« An| I H Acted aa iuImIIIiiU i i
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      48 3 WHAT'S ON IN ILL P W II li\ I) >M«\ m ioa < i F MF'IRF HNfK\i HINF>1 I W IPOH M S |:l B1 *>*'l ,N SEREMBAN PI 1 MJ I KUPUI < IFF I PEN\-C l;i\ CATHV1 ODEON I IIM> WINDSOR LOB1 \i \if -rr« MALACCA > IVOI
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      526 3 BturADnDC 19m); 3.00 Indian Programme 9.49 As You I :k. It; 10 Variety aliMvjHrwn£. |g i Bandbox; 10.15 Piano Playtime, Hill IWOKK) me (O 4 J:I 10 30 NeWa Bullr lr 10 4u Or K r mptr.'s fr°m tiie Padang chestral; 10.45 Singers and Their JM .inn ii. murt. 7.20
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan. 14, 1950. SLICHTLY OUT OF STEP
    505 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan. 14, 1950. SLICHTLY OUT OF STEP EVfcßi shop assistant, resirant waiter and cook. and dBNM attendant m Singapore has since New r's Day been entitled to days holiday a week Some firms are obeying the Weekly Holidays Ordinance, but. as Mr. R. P Bingham.
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    The Shadow Over S.E. Asia
    1291 4  - The Shadow Over S.E. Asia ANDREW ROTH £>y QUESTION is haunting SouthEasl Asia. The same anxious query is put by reserved British officials m refugeecrowded Hong Kong and guerilla-speckled Malaya. It even occupies the thoughts of prominent Filipino politicos strutting around m their immaculate sharkskin suits Harassed Indonesian officials cogitate
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    'JUNGLE JOHN' IS THE HAPPY HOST
    700 4  - 'JUNGLE JOHN' IS THE HAPPY HOST G.D.K. McCormick liy WHEN the Twentieth Century dawned the only remarkable thing about young Don Stephen Senana vake was that he had the reputation of l>eing the schoolboy who had never passed an examination. Today, at 65 years ol age. he is Prime Minister
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    Rubber Expert is Optimistic
    581 4 Rubber Expert is Optimistic PEOPLE MAKE NEWS AFTER spending five months among the rubber plantations m Malaya and Sumatra trying; to improve the output and the quality of latex for his company, Mr EUGENE M. McCOMt, Technical Director of the Plantation Division of United States Rubber Company, will be returning
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    FORMOSA HAS TRAVEL RULES
    10 4 FORMOSA HAS TRAVEL RULES and Th< rep plying brt« \AP
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      13 4 YING'S CAMPHOR-WOOD CHESTS TEAK BLACK-WOOD TABLES CURIOS LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS 37, STAMFORD RD. SINGAPORE.
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      58 4 Vtke kome ?""or your Comfort anc n»op>«- c I milk from the meadows, purified •>■* t centrated. with only the water removed I c the water yourself and drink de milk at all times and under an* ro i knowled|e that it is absolutely safe FULL CREAM MILK POWDIi An
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    SAFEGUARD FOR COLONY CLERKS
    298 5 SAFEGUARD FOR COLONY CLERKS Check on alien job-hunters Free Press Sta(T Reporter j^O ensure that Singapore's local-born will not continue to be deprived of jobs through the arrival of immigrants m search of employment, particularly as clerks, the president of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, Mr. Lim Yew Hock,
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    Bigger output of shoes
    19 5 Bigger output of shoes .:i Report*! preX new :i double Bata •ade t of the I Pacific I es-
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    ADMIRAL HERE
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    S'PORE LECTURE
    38 5 Sir E;icen ltUllngton Drake will address \he members of the Alliance Francaise at 930 p.m. on Feb. 2 m the Victoria Memorial Ball. The lecture was originally planned for Jan. 30 MR lIM YBW IlOi X
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    PAYMENT FOR SUNK SHIP
    205 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Lim Yong York, owner of the 167 -ton Singapore vessel. Kian Peng, which was machinegunned and sunk by the Dutch-Indonesian Air P«T€C at Pekan Bahru on Dec. SI, 1948. while engaged m trade, is to be paid compensation. Mr. Lim is
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    ENGLISH FOR MALAY GIRLS
    93 5 Krer Pros M.iM !t :»»rt»'r ALOR STAR I TO i Engli h h branch of UMNO n special class* .>> m Alor Sungcl :.(i Kulim. Subject to the approval ol naJ authorities, 'he first of these classes will •■ii' d at Sungel Pal tnl Inche Hassan,
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    MALAYAN SCHOLARS TO GET U.N. AID
    139 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent Y|K. Simon Polak, chief of the United Nations 4 International Children s Emergency Fund, Thailand Area Division, now m Penang, will go to Kuala Lumpur on Monday to discuss with the Government how best to use funds made available by
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    BANDIT MONTH IN JOHORE
    54 5 JOHORE BAHKU. Fn Ml G L Oreig, State Agricultural Officer, who has been appointed Johore's organiser for the People's Anti-Bandit Month, plans as a first Step to appoint district representatives ip lp In ''I 0 organisation. Several Europeans from Sr.i^apore have expi>:ssed willingness to assist m
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    Goodwill— in figures
    83 5 Goodwill in figures I r l»i!--s m t IT Reporter STATISTICAL proof that CbrfetMai i> \\\r sea.stm oi uouduiil is contained m the Social Welfare Dfpart-nu-nt's report on f:in»il> dis patea m Singapore. .Voting (h.ii tht*r«' wrrr ft'Wpr such di.sput«*s m December than m November, the report s:i\s the decrease
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    58 5 pictir A BRONZE plaque was presented yesterday to Singapore Motors Limited by the B. F. Goodrieh (S.S.) Company Limited m recognition of 10 years' services xml business association. L ooking at the plaque are Mr. D. F. Ress (left) of ih c Goodrich Co. and on the ri Mr. Robert
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    CHILDREN LIKE GIRL 'DENTISTS'
    159 5 PENANG, Fri. I k long-term scheme to set up a team of one dental officer and five dental nurses m every clinic m the Federation was outlined yesterday |by the Chief Dental Officer, 1 Dr. C Mummery, addressinu the northern division of the Malaya Branch of
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    NO BUSINESS FOR SIX JAP FIRMS
    189 5 Free I'rt-ss StafT Reporter V<> Singapore firms have come forward to re-esta-blish dealings with the six Japanese firms which operated m the Colony before the war. It was announced last week that the registered office of these firms had been set Up m the
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    49 5 picture. RELEGATES from the Far v East and the Inited States 10 the annual conference of the Far Eastern division of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, now m session m Singapore. The conference opeiud on Jan. 4 and will end today. More than 40 delegates wvre present. Free Press
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    NEW COLONY AIR SERVICE
    88 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AUSTRALIAN National Air- ways head office m Melbourne have advised their Singapore office that Air Ceylon will operate one service a month through Singapore to Sydney. Australian National Airways are the managing agents for Air Ceylon In Singapore Previously Air Ceylon mr
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    HANGARS MOVED
    33 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fn. Two hangars from an r.af airfield on Singapon to be moved to Kuala Lumpur as mal shops for pla: which the R F Is u.^iii" oi ODei a
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    Smugglers' tricks in Malaya expesed
    231 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SMUGGLERS m Malaya arc hiding opium m hollowed out medicinal roots or baskets of v. I, fish, cosmetics m loaves of bread and elUMdv m water melons. These ruses In the "never-ending bat He i I wits" between smugglers and revenue
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    HABIT TO CHEAT CUSTOMS
    60 5 HABIT TO CHEAT CUSTOMS I ree Pi Staff Hep >r r piE Federation C. (r of Customs. M: I pie whi it the Customs "sh whenever possible I attitud m a broadcast R;idio Ma!. iboakl b stery to me "Anybody on the mor< h mben of the eoi prf iis
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    MAILS
    13 5 Ti I mail toda<. I i 45 D.m s and f> v
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    TUITION FOR 90,000 CHILDREN
    112 6 TUITION FOR 90,000 CHILDREN Colony 's fiveyear plan Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government will build 18 schools I year t«»r five yean and use them m double sessions, which moans that 36 schools will be added to the existing number each year. Id ngs come under the aye-year
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    ILLICIT SAMSU
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    BISHOP'S VISIT
    19 6 TAIPING, Frt. The Bishop of Singapore will vistt Ji 28 tnd fun fair In aid A-! I
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    PRICES LOWER IN MOST SECTIONS
    183 6 I LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE 1 LONDON. Sat. PRICES m most sections of the London Stock Exchange drifted lower sterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. general de< I a w .is h i i 4 105 > \v H M\ n I fi nd) 9 n i
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    42 6 picture. UOHN Burmi'NO AmteasadW m London, held reception m Londonderry House, Park Lane, to celebrate the second anniversary of Ihe creation of th< Krpubhi Of Burma on Jan. 4. Future shous I Ohn Mr \ttlee on his arrival at Londonderry House. A.P.
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    Australian boys have stiff task
    95 7 A ustralian boys have stiff task V SHIELD CRICKET \u>tralian schoolboys meet the ifeteed Schools' team m the Willow match to be played on the mm. they will find a side equally ifl which scored I big win over them tpore Combined Schools 1 sjde d m this miniature •'Test"
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    REVISION OF STUD BOOK
    56 7 MR A Yuilie, keeper of iTI A rallan Stud Book Tised to ban the .>n of foals produced semination purpose of the ban, of the first complete rein of the S'ud Book for riy 100 years, is to ensure A Itlng authorised bay. brown grey, and
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    ALFIE SANDS IMPRESSES
    224 7 i l Fll Sanda i> the t;ot)ds. Althouffh he wen! two rounds with Sarban Slnfh, a much slower lighter, jresterday'9 workout at the Happy World artiia proved that Sands can hit. has a \ariety of punches, is fast jhh\ will g;iY« Bobby Njoo a rough time on
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    Wong Buck Lee fights tonight
    52 7 ONG BUCK LF Cl ('olonv from Mr..: Wed: toI iiight vi he:: he Fhe Phanton In I the pro«r>iinmp Buck lehe will And opponent, wlv last bout d a h.ird man tc bo. <ipportini? I Bta i Nactotttam; ah Bey v Ma.«que: Oeor^e Lean lair
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    U.K. looks forward to Peng Soon
    146 7 U .K. looks forward to Peng Soon MX H A. E Scheele. sec re I?1 ary of the Badminton Association of England yesterday that English badminton circle^ were very pleased to hear that Wong Peng Soon, champion of Malaya and Singapore, would be competing m the All-Erw iand championships In
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    COLOURS TO M.C.F.V. TEAM
    97 7 COLOUR S TO M.C.F. V. TEAM PRESENTATION ol .r Malayai Chinese Fou ba] Assot la n team, I which la leaving foi I X ay, will take piace (»nn Loo (!';b 70-1. Club s Monday Ho Ho Biscuit v he same Lime hand over the challenge y for een the
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    LEAGUE TEAMS HIT BY INJURIES
    584 7 L LAG IE football is being reiied m England today but everal teams will be feeling the effects of mid-week replays :n the Football Asoclation'i Cup games Liverpool, who head the First Division of the Bnglish League by two points from Manchester United, were involved
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    WEIGHTS FOR FIRST DAY
    474 7 IFOH, Saturday. WEIGHTS for next Saturday, first day of the Perak Turf Club January meeting, are: (I 3— Div I— S«,l Bte»k 3p*i I liutinf X It Flarepalh I Itlanta* I li- -;n in< H<mii« I I Lack] i<>m itelgiutn v I SpMrUghl I Silver star
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    45 7 'LOSE ol play srore.s m the Nt-w South Wales •>. south Australia Sheffield Shield cricket matcli yesterday were: 8 Australia W4 <L. Michael 12. Tom Brooks four for 20, Alan Davidson three for 26 Nh W 178 for five <G. Cartel! 57).— Reuter
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    589 7 j MALAYAN TURF TOPICS From ALLAN LEWIS pUKAK Turf Club has definitely decided to call its SI O.OOO race, at the Easter meeting. "The Perak Derby." I think the Club has missed a good opportunity to again lead the way by naming races to perpetuate
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    HE FIGHTS TONIGHT
    30 7 picture. WONG BUCK I.EE, the MO-lb. Chinese wrestler from Hawaii who will fight The Phantom m the main event at the Great Wojld arena tonight. Free Press
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    NEW INVASION BID BY REDS SMASHED
    228 8 Chiang's airsea onslaught BONG KONG. Saturday. MASSIVE Nationalist air and naval attacks yesterday on the mainland coast opposite Hainan are understood to have broken up a fresh invasion attempt, but guarded admissions indicate that Red commandos are infiltrating m increasing numbers into Hainan through
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    52 8 photo Im U Jnhniiv Graves, < nnfeder.ite veteran of th»- I Civil W\r. li>ten> to the radio on hi> HKSth birthda> m HifinsTille. Missouri. Johnnj Is the onl> •ecvpant «>t i statf*-run Civil War \ett-rin^ home there except for fhr« < i ll W.tr »idow>. all y«iuns>t«*i> of le» than
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    Congressmen want Formosa showdown
    99 8 WASHINGTON, Saturday pONGRESSIONAL foreign policy loaders yesterday decided to call the IS Secretary of Defence Mr. Louis Johnson, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Omar Bradley, to give their \iews on whether the island of Formosa should be defended as 1 strategic
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    Purge looms in Russia
    32 8 Purge looms in Russia NDON A- [DESPREAD new In I io'Aei by tr.e Kre: In'i rday c th< 1 The ceaih p»>: be 11 i a.se rs 1 j U re IHMTI
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    Heavy trading in Wall St.
    31 8 V YORK S 1' N-w V g Ex- 3] thr I .r S I neral US$l tt pc red In «'n n T irnovw wms R-
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    24 8 VINO PAlI (V. ye>- v-ciav signed an electoral Law reducing the nui iti m the General Asaemblv from 354 to 2^o UP
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    Boy's adventure in 50-ton ship
    52 8 \KBKO\IH (Scotland), Saturday 4 14-YEAR-OLD schoolboy, John Guthrie. irho under cloak of darkness sailed alone from the harbour here m a s#-ton fishing boat was yesterday picked up exhausted m the North Sea. midua\ between the British and Norwegian roasts F< beer searching for th<
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    HE PREFERS TO EAST
    56 8 HE PREFERS TO EAST THE Indian S Jayaprakasb Narayan idpd tobegL .dpfin :t B-jmbay ra'her than that illing a ezpla itl b> Narayan 1 the Prime Minister Pandit Nehru. He is seeking redress for Indian postmen's wae° They want, an Increased cost of living bonus. 'for 25 days while n
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    U.N. SESSION ON ISRAEL
    18 8 U .N. SESSION ON ISRAEL MR T G- tie United N Liona had b< olutlon I tlona T
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    MILL GUTTED
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    Cigarette kills twins
    74 8 PANIC-STRICKEN mother dr«»un»»d bet i\*m hah\ «irl> m a b.ith tuli whrn fire broke out m their tiny home m Murrah 'I'tahi. Mrs. Kathryn Wrathall grabbed the ten month-old twini when fire was started near their crib by a di>iard ed ciearette. placed them m a water-filled
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    FOUR SAIGON NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED
    30 8 FOUR SAIGON NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED /.GUN S THh Vie formation yesterday iuspended until furthei Vietnamese nevsen published here I were .id harm agrt--cognisec I r.e J*n 9 daj lei r to
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    WHERE CYCLISTS IGNORE COPS
    72 8 DUOX i Prance B imcyclists here can now ignore v police whistles ordering U em to st >* of •al appeal court ruling tl at vehicle Erratic whistles of COP I 1 failed to stop n that becau^ public pi tppeaJ the Larouoe F said a
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    Indies states may unite
    74 8 DJAKARTA future 4 BILL for liquidation of the IC autonomous mem- her >tates of the I'nited States .1 Indonesia N to be prevented to the 1. 5.1. Cabinet -oon by the Home Minister. Mr. Anak AfOni it wm Mlicialh di>c!«yesterda% A karta S i Id 'hat
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    29 8 R.F.C. CUTS TEN PRICE FU RTHER WE* YORK THL PI Corp yf O A UM 1 10.76 por:e I'SJ 4 leal* «*ek L ilack kM I E r p
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    RATIFICATION FIRST
    38 8 The six-nation of the I k»i irusteeship Council :n Geneva provisionally decided Italy's 10-year administration of Somaliiand should begi" after a trust agreement ha< been ratified by the Ge: era! Assembly and the r Parliame -Renter
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday* Jan. 14, 1950.
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      The top of Lemon Grass Mountain
      312 1  -  KATHARINE SIM itten and illustrated by its f|NE WOUH think that the girl— I she existed who ml worked m and yel swore I never heard i ih !Y:ik must sed insu 1 lime To Iha I mountain's i satisfying!} 1 lul shape, she
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      YOUNGEST MAGICIAN
      99 1 YOUNGEST MAGICIAN BLUE EYED Christine Thelma Payne. of Brighton, claims to be Britain's youngest magician. She is just six years old. Christine became interested m magic when an aunt took her to a meeting of the Regency Magical Society a year ago. Now she is star turn at concerts all
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      WILBUR STARTS A HOBBY
      641 1  - WILBUR STARTS A HOBBY JOHN P. WRENCH Bj IT ;ill started with ;in eft?! A crocodile's egg, brought from Kampong Kuala Aur by one <>l the R.A.F. Flight's Auslers :m<l lovmly placed m nice lx>\ of s.md t<> hatch m Ihe sun. The crocodile-in-em-bryo was christened Wilbur; his birthday carefully
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      'Budget idealism is difficult'
      591 1  -  K.S. CHI A A HUSBAND ANSWERS LUCY TAN by jyjAXY a man has his sanity sold for a budget to enfold all his expenses and yet keep the semblance of a balance sheet. I am not quoting from Shakespeare I am merely feeling a little off
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        129 1 MANILA when you fly Pan American's SLEEPERETTE' way v YOU LEAVE Singapore at 1 2 30 noon Flights every ...reach Manila by 9:30 that night. Thursday to En route you've really rested! That's the MANILA beauty of Pan American' sSletperette, the v^..» i a chair lounge that makes Sie/per^n! flying
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      Michael, Anna Top Poll
      371 2 Michael, Anna Top Poll By our London film Reporter rpHK annual starlinding poll organised on bohalf of the Motion Picture Herald has voted Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding the greatest box-office attractions m British cinemas last year. There is almost as much satisfaction over their .success as over the tad
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      Jean is 21 this month
      99 2 ff-.W Simmons will be .1 n January 31. Britain's most promising star began btf film career m 194*. Since then she has appeared m 12 films. Her favourite part was that of K>tella m '"Great Expectations" <1M46) which first won her world fame. Her favourite
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      A 'Howler'-and A 'Classic'
      674 2  - A 'Howler '-and A 'Classic' LAN GRANT IT took the Singapore Him Censor eitfhl hours lo cut out Hie most g lar i n g inaccuracies t r <> m "Malaya One is tempted to say it was a pity ho took all that trouble. \\> misht otherwise have se<*n
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      104 2 HKKK ;irr some «»f tin- houlfiV 1 ia ".Mala>a thf Singapore censor thought you should not see: lames Stewart saying of Malayans, "The\ Mire iik«« their firewater Producer* had not id out that Malays, as- Muslims, art not allowed to dnnk spirits Ihr hoistiiu of the
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      'HITCH' MUFFED THIS ONE
      322 2 'HITCH' MUFFED THIS ONE \LL truces of the old master of suspenae, Allred Hitchcock, woefully absent from his latest production. Under Capricorn. H. cock fans will find it hard to believe that this ponderous, slow- moving, cliche-ridden film is the work of the same man who produced Rebecca. Notorious, and
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      S'PORE WILL SEE ITALIAN FILMR
      306 2  - S'PORE WILL SEE ITALIAN FILMR Ruth Langdon piLMGOERS will be delighted to know that three Italian film masterpieces will be m Singapore m the near future. They are ShoeShine. Open City and the *948 Academy Award winner, Paisan. Mr. Kiat. the distributor of Italian films m Singapore, says that lnere
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      60 2 r |V/£ Alli/Mi c Fran*. 1 ft bringing (he French film, "Le Q'>ai des Orfevrttt* to the Victoria Memorial Hall on Tuesday The background of murder mystery :h music hull and is peppered with >uvet a^ a bored v and Siuy Delair <fl f f are stars. "L
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      253 3  - Where East and West meet on equal terms BEE MICKERSON by drives or s .bout the eta of v shopping c sees clusIhe s!w«|>- young m ver and mlng the footpath which she marked off m squares With two or three companions the game was soon under way. One of
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      25 3  -  MARIAN WELLS the 1 ay irld d. led h dart 1 of' the E i a V y l t Puck to me
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      276 3  -  SIMPANG LIMA by IT .ill happened years ago m a house m Seremban. Stones started t';illin^ from nowhere, bottles crashed ui^iinst the w;j|ls. money began to disappear, and gentle raps on doors heralded a period of nuisance th;it drove the inmates t close to ficiizx
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      SCHOOL FOR FROGMEN
      84 3 SCHOOL FOR FROGMEN rpHE Royal Marine Amphibious School i: E -d consists of a numb- units under individual commanding offl In underwater warfare and raiding parties. Two units are here illustrated. One is the Small Raids Wire, who ar^ I I for shallow nnderwati mainly attacking shipping with limpets and
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      THE 'CON' MAN HAS NO CONSCIENCE
      549 3  -  KENNY KAYE by JHEY'D rob you t'\('ii if you were d<A\n and <»ut. for confidence tricksters have no conscience. Aimed with a glib tongue ;m<l utterly ruthless m their choice of methods to rook the unwary, they tell many lales and usually gel away
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      15 3 N. GUINEA WILL GET OWN STAMPS I I i between the D-;- c lew c
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      998 4  - Bubbles mark the spot... GEORGE CREIGHTON Swimmers, on guard!— No. 3 By I'l is a popular beliei that a drowning person goes clown three times before finally disappearing into oblivion, whereas, m fact, many of those who drown go under the surface and no part of their bodies shows above
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      870 4  - Finns prepare for Olympics BOB LINDSAY By 4 LTHOUGH the 1952 Olympic Games are still about 2^ years away, the Finnish orgaire already plan- tu rope with 40.000 foreign visitors and 100 Finns likely to on the capital festival The will run from 19 to Aug. 3. 1952. the tickets
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      410 4  - Signals fancied to keep Cup PETER LOVEGROVE By fancied to retain the Army Rugby Challenge Cup, the star-studded Ist, Training Regiment Royal Signals (Catterick) proved much too good tor the 2nd Training Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps m the fourth round of the competition last week at Aldershot. The Signals
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      600 athletes gather for Empire Gam
      284 4  -  WILLIE BRETT By— VTITH only three weeks to Rp before the Fourth British Empire Games open, a record entry of more than 600 athletes from twelve countries are assembling at Ardmore. 23 miles south of Auckland. New Zealand The countries represented are Australia Canada.
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      15 4 Seven-day cycling marathon ■hi 1 Gla Racir.y tend* days and th time tr. Hincr arr:
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