The Singapore Free Press, 24 January 1950

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1950. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 368 1 'And arrest Cabinet' JAKARTA, Tuesday. hjUBK* WteTERLING, who overnight has become the world's most famous modern adventurer by leading troops of his outlawed "Army of the Heavenly Host" into Bandoeng, has threatened to march on the U.S.I, capital, Jakarta, 120 miles* away, arrest the Hatta
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  • 40 1 ROBBER SUSPECT HELD MatY Reporter \r-old Chin- bawker was tv the Binga•sterday In I b a school thp 7 X -mile Chu Kang Fnda >b tool tees and nga by iwo ukeid mci i D vt>re;day 1 br a > I
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    23 1 SIR MIIKS THOMVS. chairman of 8.0.A.C. who i> due m Singapore on Saturday on a tour of in>pr< tiort of the Far Ka>t.
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  • 138 1 HOY; KONCi. Tuesday. 4 S Sltg— reports told of intensified anti-French Vietminh attacks m Indo-China the official Formosa Central New s Agency claimed that an estimated 200.000 Communist troops were advancing across Kwaßfsl "to invade Indo-China". French sources display some anxiety over the iied mass movement
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  • 26 1 Russia and thp Cooum i appeared to be completion rodav observers OtlatlOfU are rapidly drawing to a r'.ose and an anment Is lmminerr
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  • 92 1 LAGOS Tuei >'ORTHERN tribesmen ul I Nigeria have asjivfM to accept ministerial respoi bilitv m rh^ proposed r s> t Nigerian central "Cabinet Th.s dec!*! m of the North- I crn administration refioo was announced ri) lh€ 50 deletes attending the confer- 1 fence Ibadan Wesi
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  • 26 1 Aboil* 30.000 of the 90.000 IS miners on strike In sof 1 coal mines In seven American states returned to work yesterday Reuter
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  • 127 1 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. {^RESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday unexpectedly called a meeting of America's top military and defence leaders, giving rise to speculation that a decision might be imminent on whether th 0 United States should go ahead with the production of the hydrogen bomb— l.ooo times more powerful
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  • 59 1 Th>- tnm'-week-o!d Bela wan duck-workers" strike lias ended with a tripartite agreemeni stfnfed by employers and the chairmen of the Indonesian Trade Union and the East Sumatra itaie mediation committee The trade union said the solution vaa satisfactory although the "new wage does. not come up
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  • 25 1 Marshal Tito's Gotemmtßi yesterda.v s--| Sunday. Mar 26. j fo r Yu-i 1 .v!y s first election since 19 15. A. P.
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  • 35 1 Mr. J. Brrol, Conservative nu'Mib^r of the British parliamentary mission visiting j Rangoon yesterday expressed |"greai fear" thai potentially rich Bu:ma may .soon become "one vast slum" through k\rk of development.- A.P.
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  • 68 1 CIEOFI RKY MARRIOTT, a Melbo«hi longshoreman. I lost his liberty, a radio and a pistol because he permitted Frank Sinatra's crooning to annoy him. Martott became so annoyed at Sinatra's singin? that he fired i bullet into his radio. The police arreslcd him for poss, »ii
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    80 1 I his liandley Page Marathon I aircraft landed at Kalian* Airport yesterday afternoon and will leave for Batavia tomorrow. It is on a demonstration flight through to New Zealand where the commercial manager of the flight. Ooup Captain A. F. Bandidt. thinks there will be a market for 15 of
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  • 82 1 HK STRIKE SPREADS TO BUSES ftONG KONG. Tues THE Colony strike situation hy.s been aggravated by 2.00U Kowloon busmen starting "go ilow" tactics over the management "s refusal io grant their demand foi H.K.S3 extra daily as living allowance. Tiuiu.-ari'js of bus travellers are affected by the reduced bus lenrice
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  • 26 1 pstern Oem any has re served 19.000 square feel ol space ;it the first U.S. Internationa] Tradf Fair m Chlrigo In August Reuter
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  • 225 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. I'HE British Rubber Development Board has opened a nation-wide advertising campaign m the I nited States to increase the sales and dollar-earning: capacity of British-produced natural rubber. Advertisements are appearing m newspapers and magazines In many major cities as part of
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  • 27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Police and Gurkhas yesterday killed a Chinese bandit sentry m front of a bandit camp m Jemenlah, between Ifuar and Segamat.
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  • 24 1 An Indian rice miller, raptured 1° P (> 8U by armed bandits, has been released on payment of a 170.000 rupees ransom.- Reuter
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  • 177 1 BERLIN, Tuesday. I^HE Russians are "still trying to drive the Western Allies out of Berlin", its British Commandant, Maj.-(ien. G. K. Bourne, declared yesterday. He spoke as the Soviet zonal authorities clamped new 'go slow tactics on traffic with the West. Allied policy also
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  • 51 1 Reefs have squatter trouble HONG KONG. Tues. SHANGHAI security authorities claim the capture of a leading Nationalist agent attached to an antiCommunht force within Red China. The a^ent was named as Ch.io Chunu-chun and was said to have been found living among squatters, acnirdnu lo sources within ommunist China.- A
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  • 17 1 The Communists ha\. signed 5.000 workers to take I a n<>-A- census d! Shanghai, A.P.
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  • 80 1 ELECTIONS IN CINEMA COVENTRY. Tue.s. HIVE cinemu were yesterI day granted permission 'by Coventry magistrates to remain open until 2 a.m. following general election night, so that polling results might be screened for the benefit of patrons. Films will be. shown until midnight and then organ music will be played
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  • 52 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A PATROL of 1 2 Gurkhas. A operating m the Segamat area, shot dead a bandit sentry yesterday. A short distance away, the patrol located a camp for 40 people. The patrol found one .303 rifle, six rounds of .303 ammunition,
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  • 28 1 Moroccan rail way men. members of the Communist led C. G. T. Union, yesterday started a 24 hours' strike m Rabat, claiming higher wages. Reuter
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  • 23 1 The United States will open a consulate shortly on Hokkaido and another Later on jn Kyushu The U.S. ConsulateYokohama.- A. P.
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  • 34 1 Free Presi Staff Rfix»rter Gin k.. as jresterday destroyed five lar^e camps which they had found m the Aver Panas arr-a nf Johore. wher€ three days ato they killed 22 band:' 5
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  • 18 1 Prince Bernhard of tin Netherlands arrived at Aruba In the Dutch West Indies rdaj A.P.
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  • 173 1 Free Press Staff Reporter jySCUSSIONS will be held'in the Director of Civil Aviation's office tomorrow morning between Government officials Mid members of aircraft companies m Singapore on the future of Kallang a* the civil airport for Singapore Aircraft compare given the oppori unity to I their
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  • 48 1 Fr«*r PreSf >tafl Rfpn. ,t-f Padang Besai and Butt Kaki was blown by bandns. two ml Padanji B^sar A i .id been yin ihr b k ot a bi and d. A police Pi th« D( tfl wa> i! aa. ben I no knon
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  • 14 1 The Bu M. Va.s-.il KoJarov. died > He v, x A .P.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 57 1 //ie Cleaning haf counts vui convince super iori'v of mric« PARIS rf CLEANING CO. man St S'por«. Food Suggestions FISH GRILLEO PLAICE FILLETS STEAMED HALIBUT GAME ROAST PHEASANT CASSEROLED PIGEON POULTRY GRILLEO SPRING CHICKEN ROAST PRIME OUCK MEAT ROAST PRIME QUEENSLAND BEEF MILK FED VEAL PRIME YOUNG DAIRY PORK HHPATRICK'S
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    • 30 1 WRWER ¥<y*3 to h d if i '/I Po r 1 IiMiMT raim pAR MALA y A u p A NT WORKS ITO »4mf***i SI Mi, DARBY E CO ITI.
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  • 150 2 \IEET the flapper of 1950. c has be^n on the ror some ttaat, but spring's fashions will put her squarely m anguard of the parade, which she a confidently b i hair, sbe it ,r not. York ci 'Signers are ities tl s v I pia
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  • 19 2 An A at B- \y perf< ichinery tor productions* The pp.< pi mid ne! the uorU'i
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  • 447 2  -  FRANCIS MARSHALL IRIS ASHLEY Sketches by WERW By I SOMETIMES MRder if the te~m trrnnu*" didn't spring torn "Betut'en-uyer" rather than from the usuul meceptmnct of the J>l b. X gl. uH v i. v. ezctfi In making cia. designing dothet Ujt i-tu >mu.\' children, and OH ;/>•
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  • 112 2 Bishops Discuss Divorcees THfc oM qnestlm M* I divorced person t>e wed o remarry > church "as tlfaci «s*d l Lpp«'r Houv I Oi. of Canterbury Vl» Krvhup «»f Truro. D. J Hunkin At k pre wroi g Whj ihwrid r*-.- cci inooccni party i 1 iliba Is btttei 1
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    • 141 2 CORSET fc ELASTIC I A\ailahl« k in from 2" to 12" 1 puces moil 65 els. to 83.20 PER \IU> j FR M B()NiN(; I t atln r\oi:r!il WHALE BOM- In lila.k -25 cts. n; MKir I Of 27" Our Haberdashery Oept. First foot [ROBINSONS I RAFFLES PLACE SPORE under
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    • 173 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN t«nl ty, vim can de- velop into that rare roinbrnatmn of the work er and the organizer; the artisl and the business success; the individual of temperament uho know how best to Ht'li/f his emotions for something conslruclive If you do not reach success, you will
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  • 304 3 Foreign policy shift seen I mm SYDNEY. Tuesday. (•OMfcRN is mounting m Australia and" New Zealand over th e southward push of Asiatic commenu" 1 a d th Far EaSter poli!Ual ■ri ra C S W Ye Kovernmenis of these countries down under swept into
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  • 22 3 £GHAM T d dMghttf and .t inf i and 11 and .>h:ilinas and B werp Reuter
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    16 3 i i Janiej Majea pours tea tor eat of his at !l> •> timneri entertained fire •rph.ms.
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  • 56 3 NEW DXI HI. Tuesday Physical Laborator> <l to be the largest of its kind m Asia and must modern m the Commonwealth— linared open on the outskirts of the ipital. imposing building, the laboratory s ita main function research on indarda of length, mass and
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  • 41 3 SVDSEY. Tues 4 TKAMDRIVEK u ho a~\ thought he ran down a child lar m hospital for three hour* after a collapse Actually, the tram pulled up within six inches of the chiM. who ran away un- Reuter-AAP
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  • 32 3 FREE BURMA' DRIVE T:ie Burma Democratic has launch^c; a drive lor men and money to repulse the Comnmmst throat o Burma." and set up a strong nationalist government after free elections.— Reuter
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    333 3 Bridge Han d s L^KW n rh* 1 :rn.s expert players tcno^ the strategy of I part-arore bidding Most playen f a«e t(»o much action when f hev should pass. p.i.s.s 'Ahfn they should t» r me E.tst-We.v bidding la thu de««i .< a epical example of good When WtM
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  • 186 3 LONDON. Tuesday. lIMM.S here disagree over whether most husbands f? tell their mate s how mucli rruinoy they earn. But they agree that there are wives who go out to work who do not tell their husbands what they earn. During a health confeience
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  • 19 3 Indonesian President Bbc k.irno is unable ro accept an tat n by ihe Burmese Government to visit Burma Reuter
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  • 50 3 Motok vehicle production 111 the U.S. and Canada this week will total 157.950 cars and trucks, Recording to! a Wards Reports estimi Manufacturers hop*' to make nearly lvooo.oqm 1 1 and if ucks In the US. during the firs quj f this 3 A .P.
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  • 45 3 Miss Judith Coplon. :<c:v> i L r .s Jusi D»'p irtn i worker, ;iiid Mr. Valentine Gubi( i Russian United Na i employee, must stand trial < m spy conspiracy rh irges, Federal Judge Sylvester J Ryan, has ruled I New York Reuter
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    24 3 photo. A Coptic priest casts his vote m the Egyptian general Hrn turns m which the Wafdist Party gained a great victory.- A P.
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  • 102 3 NEW DELHI Mon (CANADA 8 Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Lester i B Pearson is going to Sin-' Kapurn shortly to d.^ e<<»nomic matters with Sin fapore Government officials, j Mr Pearson, wno spent three days m Pakistan before coming here, will visit Ran- goon.
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  • 73 3 ll r K\KV i»f searching for "lost" walker* m InstraJiaa If bush polii e sergeant thinks hik«*rs should be '"licensed" before they are loosened His fggfrttou was made after numerous searches for lost holiday makers in the mountain bush where, he .says, lives of searches are endangered,
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  • 265 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday VI ANY people m Communist China feel that a fl third world war would be preferable to living under the Communists. There is widespread disillusionment and discontent with Communist rule m China, mainly because of the impoverishment of living conditions. There is a
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  • 18 3 M Queni In Huang, A. Bishop m X Ing, ha,» [been irrested by Chinese Com:; Reuter
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  • 87 3 Indian Red hits party terrorism CALCUTTA, Tuet. P C joshi General Secretary of tna ('omniums! Parly of India, bM MCtmd he par'y ]padr«--.ship of "exnteaiiaf itself hi the present day 'eiroiist; Mr Joshi ho has b^en expelled Irom the Cotnmunlft Party, said tha: the Indian CommtinJ Party is rmhtnc headlong
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  • 28 3 WORKERS FROZEN TO THEIR JOBS nioii) i :i of Cfeectu into Prague from ry. The main purpose > «orkeri into the -'/mi they tun hold LndustriaJ p Praeue.- A.P.
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    • 34 3 WHAT S ON IN K.L. ■EX: Bond t «lrt Ekvp-i *T%.\ Untah Darat PENAMG Oi t! LIDO: dl-Chiurom 1 X »H\> Ad.en Po- i.lObE: ITINDSOm: aeu E_ IPOH 1 You i '»I>M>N tad MXLACCA
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    • 493 3 NeWSlettei 4.20 Music lor J SINHAPORF BBC» 4.M Composer ol he Week OlfibftrUKL time icon (d 430 News Bulletin. 'Handel'; ft. IS •■Coinm-jnwealfh ■BI.IK NFnVORK ,v BBCl( ,30 T ad m a 4.40 Benrices Concert Ha.l; 4H4 and 41.7 metrev 4 Tne Lady WiU Talk. Top*, of the Day ».W
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  • 602 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan. 24. 1950. FACE THE ROBBER I? N ARMED robbers are ai mirk again. Foiled In Lneil efforts to hold the citizens of Singapore to on by creating an artificial shortage of sugur and charging higher price* for ihe lew katis they doled cut. they
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  • 725 4  - 'Goebbels' of Red China MARTIN ARUNDEL KUO MO-JO, THE ENIGMA xj y NEW YORK: RKI) China's chief propagandist now directing the violent anti-U.S. propaganda m the Orient, is one of the most enigmatic figures m the new Pciping Government. It is widely believed that he is not a member of
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  • 805 4  - THE CABINET SENDS FOR MRS. ROSS J.C. GRAHAM By- AUCKLAND, N.Z. IL'HEN'EVER the neighbourhood folks m Hamilton want to call on someone m an emergency they always say: "Send for Mrs. Ross Maybe, it's a call for an emergency midwife or for somebody to do the washing for a sick
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  • 140 4 ICELAND is planning to compete with Switzerland and Norway as a worldfamous Winter Sports centre Thousands of "Iceland for Ski-ing" notices are now lying m the tourist offices for despatch overseas. With these notices go pamphlets explaining that Iceland's winter sports season is from Januaiy until
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  • 718 4  - Eisler now Serves the Russians JAMES BURKE "WE ARE HAPPY" By PERHART Eisler, who eluded United States police by a spectacular flight to the Soviet zone of Germany by way of England, is now comfortably installed m a high governmental position of the Easl German "Democratic Republic" The Soviets, m
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  • 285 4 Letter to the Editor the Liberation. I O haw been hunting high and low for a house large enough for myself and family instead of having to rough it out m rooms. Having failed hopelessly, m h>se days of tea money. I approached some two years ae:o an
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 18 4 {SPORTS TROPHIES) j IN SILVER l P.N.S. I U. S. de SILVA Jew tilers 106 ORCHARD ROAD I
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    • 104 4 Ifn butterscotch -31--1 JAI S *f«.L« i SON LTO OUHOK i tOUOOfc ■tf^fkJL «IT wgmt WS OR i 2' GB*mw. This is the outs-de ot rhe p* but you must taste wha* msde to realise how del this Butterscotch is Each •s separately wrapped tnd a<e packed m an a-
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  • 292 5 Ready to save crashed airmen JUNGLE rescue team has been f >rmed at R.A.F. Station, Changi, whose work is to track down aircraft which may*have forcelanded m the Malayan jungle, and bring help to the erew r and passengers. Members of the rescue team are
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    22 5 Iv ik>- :lt the I i m Stags- liter of fourI ir .»l\n Kar Kn\ mother. Rochester. b vtorr- the Srlrt.tr k*.»rd
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  • 21 5 Kfporter act) oi .>. I m .iS Hong :-i...-i; man Konx tie t Pf Honi X I rsea-
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  • 146 5 Free Press Staff Reporter tI'KDDING plans for three young couples to join a ma>s ceremony next Sunday m the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, have fallen through because their parents objected after reading about the mas s wedding m the Chinese press. In spitv of the three
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  • 27 5 re will br i fcromoptimw Ml at tbe On-hard P ;id VMCA. tt -1 am tomorrow \nd sel*3ti Aiil ircludaah Robert Shaw Choralr an rriribers
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  • 108 5 THE Japanese Government i> allowing privaie traders to import $400,000 Malayan \*orth of rubber a month from Malaya, accord :ng to information received by Singapore rubber traders. After March. further Japanese rubber purdhtfea :r..iy be allowed. Malayan merchants have already received private Japanese orders for about 1,000
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  • 251 5 Free Press StafT Reporter A LADY who has had her fate lifted looked like a young girl when she sailed from Singapore docks yesterday. She was the Dutch liner Indrapoera, bound for Djakarta and Sourabaya after being completely reconditioned m Holland. The 10,000-ton Indrapoera is
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  • 35 5 Twenty-two-year-old Yusut bin Mohamed. who plead.d guilty m the Singapore Second Police Court to stealing a >rpel trunk and clothing from a bouse m Aason Road, was •day bound over for one 'car.
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  • 58 5 I" r«*e Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— I »hOTC Bahru Excise Licensing Board members for 1950 are: the Sessions Court President 'chairman >. the Deputy Commissioner for Labour Johore, vice-chairman the Health Officer. Johore South. lhe Tv>wn Board Secretary Johore Bahru Mr. Lee Ah Soo. Mr. Kuok
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    48 5 picture. ABI7 Flying Fortress with U.S. Air Force personnel landed at Kallang yesterday on its way to Rangoon. Sai;on. Batavia and hack to Manila. High ranking American officers, including the commanding general 13th. U.S. Air Force. M;ij. -General Howard M Turner, were passengers on the plane.- Free Press
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  • 163 5 SINGAPORE will soon have an opportunity of seeing an unusual exhibition of art by Australian aborigine children. The exhibition was first shown overseas at the UNESCO-sponsored Seminar m Rural Education m New Delhi India, from Nov. 2to Dec. 14. It was arranged by the Australian Federal
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  • 200 5 VEHICLES COURT PROPOSAL Free Press. Staff Reporter liHE existing system whereby the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles presides M magistrate m the Vehicles Court to try ca^es brought by his own department, is likely to be changed if the Government is prepared to take over the Registrars magisterial duties The Municipal
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  • 59 5 1 CACHING of Knglish m Vfalav schools has started m Johore at six Malay schools m Muar District, the Superintendent of Kducation. Johore. Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, said yesterday. I h»- scliools are Bandar school. Dumpar Tinggi scho<»l, Dumpar school (girls). Parit Kathi school (mixed).
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  • 300 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r rilE minimum fare of 10 cents for the first mile of travel, charged by the Singapore Traction Co. on their passenger buses, should remain and the question should be reviewed m six months' time, it is recommeded. The recommendation is
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  • 85 5 OCBdall ol the iinfcapoid Kiwi I Members' Leslie for the fWI I i< President. Mr. Herbert Siuin. wce-presidenU, Miss V,Uie LLa, Mi Charlie Neo; hon. <^n. stcreUi> Mr. Ang Ah Yew: ban. frcasuiei. Mr. V. Rajaratniim; hon dkst. treat, Mr. Tan Eng Hin. hon auditor. Mr. Simon
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  • 34 5 FI/r. Lt. William George, leader of the R.A.F. (hangi iimtjlr rescue team, giving a lecture on the team's work to boys of the M ilayan Air Trains. g Corps m Singapore.
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  • 35 5 SEGAMAT. Mon.— Caught I at Batu An am with five passengers m his taxi licensed U) carry only three, driver I Raman Pillay was flned $0 by the Segamat Circuit Magi^- tratr
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  • 182 5 Help for Chinese students F P hinese (or respondent T^HE Education Department is considennu a plan to help Singapore Chinese school graduates who want to sit for the entrance examination of the University of Malaya, an official of the Department said fMtcffd The plan, drawn up alter discussions with local
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 61 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Gi» h i N Ireland. Eire. Europe. North and West Africa West Indlw. Egypt. Ceylon Sibu Java and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail today at the O P.O. are: noon for Indo-China and Poniianak; 5 45 p.m for
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  • 544 6 NURSING HOME CASE IN HIGH COURT Application refused AN application by Mr. J. C. Corera for the appointment of an interim receiver for SurliiiKham Nursing Home, Mount Elizabeth, Singapore, was refused by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley, m the Supreme Court yesterday. Commenting during the hearing
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    46 6 -Photo by I T. GEN. Luanfc Chatrikarkosal. Director-Gen-eral of the Siamese police inspecting a Federation poire -u;tnl of honour on his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur airport on Sunday with other members of the Siamese police mission which is on a visit to Malaya.- Mustapha Ahmad
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  • 82 6 $500,000 IN DEATH DONATIONS THE Singapoi I 1 B Bocl< •>■ slnc< 36 yean out almost $500 000 riej;h doi a Fhe annua be h»!ci on ■vi 31 at the Viet ria M< Hall Singapore. the 9 ciety riad :i iervi md A $l< 528 .1 memberhhip more an ;i
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  • 131 6 CHIPS a aporc Harbour B wharvi 1 jod m brackets^ -apit: Main Wharf Car!sbad EsaiiK < > Olenorrhy 3^ I Indrapoera (lt-tS>. \v.(kd' (40i. i42-43>. Wni Wharf: Sede A Denor >4-Si lio»gh SUvfrrluud 7i. Rldderkcrh 8-9. 1 rneui city of Coventrj :3-*4 He kM < i.i- 16> F
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  • 117 6 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHOKr: BAHRI Monday. MOKK than 10,000 acres of land m the Sungei Balmnf area. Muar. are being restored to productivity after being spoiled by sea water seepage into drainage canals. The plan costing half a million dollars, is being tarried <»ut
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  • 35 6 NEW SHIPPING MANAGER Mr V V B ii' 'A Singapore m ma| I Royal th« shipping firm, i a Singapore f n Rott Ru li- c Mr T Van Kooten > for H'.Jland In t! F
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  • 32 6 Sevei Eusofl Mohamed I.v I) phm C Si 1 Second P< lee C rt j rsterday to theft of $»i Q vas poM p lentei $250 is ,:.i! d
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  • 187 6 WRWE LONDON i llf day BRITISH Government funds were TtJiMliUj improvement m natioal savings imini t h*- r I week and moved higher m fairl% t yesterday, says Reuters finaiitial orr t sp, l||(le| i Gains of up to five-eighths v wide list of gilt edfgdf
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    • 98 6 NOW SHOWING 11 A.m.. 1.45, 4 15. IS Hi !>.30 pni. ■k^bbif (ireat WaH> Mandarin) "opens 7h(7*sdav i I fiflF I CAPITOL Saturday M'nite Sfc>T a3u "rince M -iEUEMEIIIII HIM ZC> TODAYS B/G DOUBLE 1! I 13 I g !U »V 9jO p in. PLUS FPOM THURSDAY Wind Bms m«u-uuniEo
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    • 66 6 MtW n atlrac^ ve giass will be &\en M r b rce with every four Jo/* F. N. Drinks purcha- J between January 20th an I February 10th. J I Chinese New Year uill Mm be a happy one with drinks fl W that are Famous tor FU PLACE YOUR
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    • 240 6 IV!2ndrdk6 Exclusive to Ihe Singapore Free Pn.<s m Malaya /r-C\ I GOT Mo^£ TATTOOS I lIT WORKED.' THEP.E^ I WE WON'T NAB I I THE VVi^.StR-- I, NEVER MiNO MY P.irr" SONONE ARM OAN J OU^ MAN. AND— A HIM HERE. LET OF THE FIRST ri NAME. GIMME Ofc BinUVSRC?
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    20 7 photo. to Nultuih BHsium jumps high t* avoid a Unarl of France rfurinu tbeir vrestlinc 1 W.isram. P.tris.- A. P.
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  • 70 7 AUSTRALIAN XI ACE DEFEAT runs behind South Africa with Mid -innings wickets to fall m the third m danger of their first defeat by lor 40 yean, The match ends today. ikf .i;iy victory against Australia n 1910-11. Australia has not been :ce losing to England at the -»«ar I
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  • 124 7 *ul IH \UI( Xt Inns. 311 \l >IR\UA- Im Inns TS M'MH AFKMi. K—tmd ituks Rmtu c ft«c*«r* b Lmi«>U 4 «nme k> JoJaM 29 XeJ mm Inh 30 V«k f XdMl b I. !■>■■■■ 27 UUr b Ibil JihMtM iMTttUB C HftMTU k 1. inhmttm 1 U.ULUik M
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  • 48 7 McCARTHY OUT OF IRISH XV JOHN I ..;>, an ending ine;-fonvarci hai arKkatrawn from the rugby team which will I iBOi :n Paris or. Ss'urdaj. McCarthy injured a kne^ i BnaJ I* Hi s pla'-e "»:.i probably be taken by either A. Curiis of or T G Dublin Uv.
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  • 215 7 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Tuesday. MOST impressive workout at Ipoh this wmntißg was by Dark Romance Woods), who galloped two furlongs m i 6 sees. Christmas (Ayres) was next best, covering 2 f. m 27 1 5 sees. Mandarin Song (Ayres) cantfn-ri 2 f. m
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  • 565 7 Best bets for tomorrow From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Tuesday. y^'ITH eight e\ent^, all over six furlong*, the second day of Perak Turf Club's January I meeting offers little variety to racegoers. Howj ever, rating should be interesting, as I cannot see winners being any easier
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  • 342 7 MILLS by a kr.ocfcou: 01 Maxim on points That is how the experts herr size up tonights world hphi-heavy-weight title fight Of seven London newspapers which have made predictions, five pick Mills to win on a knockout, but only one I of the five suggests that
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  • 540 7 Tii ere Bit mt: iden iea ben Duke S4n a; IU-7, and l*ik Wrue* li 10-2 will find the* J to shouklei y j iuici 6 lbs. more Uidu ;*v dad or. Saturday, Khan Uiey Ktxt i j ble wii.h thpir 1 Ifhi Owe.
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  • 377 7 PHK Lrnpire (>ames look like being a complete "sell l out" and a financial success. Nearly £37.000 worth of tickets ha\> been sold, and an plica tion^ are I still Hooding. There are constant (jfc v* «»u(<idc the tick.-t nflic^s. Athletics hold pride uT
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  • 403 7 Joh ore 8.-uiRC. Tuea. 2\ <■ li-jseh coEtTesie<a ganir lit. ME. Base, [Of nt- second ;:;> HBHaa\ cifffat-ed Soulh i ft K.h C al ri^iby by ei^hT ;^K,:r/ t la >ai and a By) to lUM We* The match wms piayed at Joborc Bdhru cm Sunday. <
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  • 35 7 .1 Evans won Ihe r«-play of the Ivsikl Cubs I finirji n-.ixed tanomes jnolf r.. Thf:: .r(c< v. 94- i: j 7P Misa C. i• nd 3 T. [brahim Koored M-14: 80. j
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  • 102 7 P washer "Belgium) and v. Ceraik, self-exiled < '.<••:". -,t stetttay won the men's doubles title m the AllInctta hard court lavn bennfc championships at ICstdrai They beat Ihr British pair. G Paisli and Oakley. 6-4 '10 8 9 7 i:: the final Mrs. Piil
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  • 90 7 Jagir Singh to fight champion J\(.IK SINGH, the Ipuh Sikh boxer, wbo is at present m Australia with two Siamese boxers, Chai Sitphol and Louis Dejsada. will hare the stiffest trst sm lar m his c«ir«T. *lxn he •neets Bernie Grant, featheruei;;h( champion of Australia m MHhourae «n Feb. 2.
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  • 69 7 THE Rinpupr.T* Adi Aaanrtaaaoc a to held k m rompeutiaD li flat liappy World oc Feb. 11 *ad 14. A nmice ai one "viM. prior u> ibr I h&b i»pv«»r seal io». '^mwfcate, opec. jt o^ier ootep« tmem equir£>nt to hut of the** 1 n
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  • 46 7 ('EYLON Sport* dud ed for the final of I c Horkcy As k B i I b -'«M»ed ill tbC "Tst 99 j Best Forwards i ntut tod l Hfmt f. C 9b P be lair IP*iii«»- Honf Hi <- on: 3-
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    • 11 7 1 9 1 1 j -OMPANV -V Tfi697Q 53 r^mPEa Gnsbwg
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    • 191 7 TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION! II YOU are interested m picking up 20,000,000 IN GOLD THEN COME TO THE CAPITOL to-morrow The clues are m the picture a violent but true story of jealousy, murder and buried treasure. LUST FOR GOLD actually happened! It's based on the historical records of
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  • 59 8 ill Tj Margaret, wife of I Pinter mi Kandang Kerbau I il. Sin«Apore. on 22.1.50, a, Ronald. Both well. -UF A" Carolus Hospra! I Mary Louise and John of a son on 1950. ENO IGBMDfI EKGAOKMENT is hereto en Ng Sze Sen^ of Segajn&l Police Office, .md: Hung For.i*.
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  • 73 8 hi WORTHING. Enkj-K.-rieMok Ernest Minns H.tr.d::::^Te: 2nd Bate Royal Rer 1914-25 and S S F> i ltSft-99. J A McLAUCHLLN. of Jja>>sfh E<-a;«\ Kuala Pilah and Siranra-»r. Scotland, suddenly on IfM Intcnrti Seremban DEEP[ I REGH'JI nmmmet Urn dMtil of our President Director. Mr. Oe: Tjong Hauw. at DJakaraU
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  • 276 8 S'hai, N'king bombed HONG KONG, Tuesday. AS Nationalist aircraft dropped 500-lb. bombs on Shanghai. Amoy, Foochow and the forward Ked invasion base on the Liuchow Peninsula, the Nationalist fleet yesterday heavily bombarded the Chekiang coast at Chapoo, 45 miles from Shanghai. Chapoo, on Hangchow Bay,
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  • 88 8 'JAPAN IS READY'— YOSHIDA TOKIO. Tuf.> SHIGERU YOSHIDA. Japai. > Prime Minister, told hi.-, peon'.e yestp.ciay iha r Jap^ii itanda on the threshho! I of national resurge; Next big prub.miv he Hi] were conclusion of a peacttreaty and the development of "mutual trust" which would 'o •"concerted action DJ lemocradn
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  • 61 8 TOKIO T AN alert restaurant was credited yesterday [with the arrest ol a 22-year- old model accused ol robbing artists after posing fin in the nude. The model Mis* Hats i Kawafuchi, sought by i>>lic*' foe several days, stepped Into jburban restaurant and j was Immediately
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  • 54 8 r pHE Parliament ol I 1 will pasi resolution this week formally noting Jerusalem m capita] of Israel and requesting the Government to rush the completion of new government offices there The United Nations Trusteeship Council will b<>i£' deliberations over a statute tot the internaUonali.sation of Jerusalem
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  • 91 8 (COMMUNIST Madame Sun Vat-sen declared yesterday. j "Progressive countries today have two choices before them. One choice has m it all the brightness of day and all the warmth of the sun— the Soviet Inion. The other is like a wintry night with all its coldness
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  • 170 8 COPENHAGEN, Tuesfcav pRITICISM of the Australian people's racial prejtl- dices and insularity by their Prim*- Minister. .Mr. R. <;. Meniies, stressing that large-scale migration is vital to the existence and growth of that Dominion, coincided with a bitter Danish attack here against the "master ran'
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  • 22 8 I.t -Gen Len Beyers. Chiel [of fne General Staff ol the [Sow'h African Defence F\>rer. has ivsienod.- Reuter
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  • 196 8 U.S. to speed aid to Asia WASHINGTON, Tuesday. pRESIDENT TRUMAN'S emphasis m his annual tax message on smoothing the way for expanded U.S. investment m Asia was interpreted yesterday as another indication that he means to speed action on his "Point Four" programme foj; assistance to under-developed areas. The Presidents
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  • 64 8 1MI! church should t.tk< leadership m lighting racial prejudice and settling tensions between labour and management "even if it costs us popularity and income.'" the Very Key. Sidney K. Sweet, dean of i lv im Cathedral (Fpiscopah at St Louis, told the national convention of the city
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  • 114 8 Four held for 'murder' of Mao's brother HONG KONG, Tues Four lormer Nationalist •,<■;. i.s have been ai i ei ed for In seven "murder" al Mao "fte-tung's brother In Slnklang piov says a Peking repo They have bopn sent to Sii kiang for trial. responsible i<>r t li*- death
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  • 22 8 General Carlos P. ftomulo, President of the UN. Assembly, is slaying m Waltei Rof(\ Hospital. Washington, because •>( physical exhaustion.- A.P.
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  • 72 8 GENEVA, Tuesday THE World Health Organisa--1 von have no dealings with "non -governmental tional organisations" which Impose restriction* b.i>«d on political, religious, racial, economic social beliefs, the Executive Board decided here vo.sterdav. By iU foui the P-s^.h; reaolutkm agai;:s- Ing ')JJl(irt) HaMons with atioiu Rcpi ntatives •>:
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  • 128 8 im A 4 TOKIO. Tuesday. P\\o sons «i former Japanese cabinet ministers returned to Japan with the latest croup of wmr prisoners repatriated from Siberia— one sworn to hpcomp a Communist and the other denouncing the Russians. Kx-Utut Tadaahj ii^az.^. son of the former War Mini
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  • 57 8 THE wesl German Ministry for All -German Affairs declared In memorandum issued yesterday that politically the Saar should not be separated from Western Germany, but should be included In the West German Federation as the 12th member siale. Economically, the Saai .should remain closely ati ached
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    43 8 pnoio Texas cowboy Cliff Clary herds a group of wild goats driven from thickets of uninhabited Parramore Island on Virginia's eastern shore. Several hundred goats were penned by Clary and his assistants and are to be shipped to various ranches m Texas.- A.P.
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  • 94 8 'NATIONALISE INDUSTRY' I.L.O. TOLD MUWARA ELIYA. Tues QUCCESSFUL long-ierm economlc planning for Asia was not possible under privaie enterprise. Harnath Shas'ri. general secretary of the Indian Trade Union Congress told the Asian regional conference of the 1.L.0. hero yesterday He .said: The time ha* come when every Asian country should
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  • 58 8 MEW YORK. Tu»'b £UBSIA walked ou t another United Nations rday In a yenerai boycott protesting against the presence of Chinese Nationalist (ie.- This time ii v Economic and Sock.: Councils commit governmental orgai This midi I r.i. of lt I Ni the Russians have boycotU
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  • 23 8 Jap tamed more 97 pre-war 1 two membert of ►ion So, v ho sp ■m on i fact-finding I i Reuter
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  • 99 8 THE Island Club Gold Medai golf competition will be played for m conjunction with the January Medal on Saturday and Sunday. The following have qualified Ul play for the Gold Medal W. H. Percy-Hardman. T. B Sim. J. A. Chippindale. Lokf Wan Tho. Lim Bo Yam. N. S
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    • 198 8 When you brui>h >ojr hair <r >ou notice that it is soft as utll a perfect position yet \Mthout a trace There's nothing like Brylcreem tor look sought after fc And Brvlcrcem doer» n fH^B Its pure mineral oiN tone up I >i and help promote luxuriant iQp < There's
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    • 60 8 HIGH TIDES Today: I 3f»a.tn: !.3»pni. Tomoriow: S 07a.m. l.l4pvM. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris "T" f*° Wi TH£ HELP A 1 rr"'^ l T?5!!? l^3ll fTo^TN /ANOWHCHf \1 < p rTr=l I SC-EN-C5 SAX-iT ASO A^P yM/ZJWt Xr v /^HATA I HAVf v^£ 6€£N /> V «^|BL «v 5
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