The Singapore Free Press, 11 March 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Li" SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • Article
    RED LEADERS TALK PEACE
    305 1 RED LEADERS TALK PEACE 'Ready for a new bid' MOSCOW, Saturday. pEACE talk is increasing m Russia. Three members of the Politburo, the 'Cabinet' of the Soviet Union, yesterday put peace among the great powers as today's greatest international objective. All three made declarations along these lines m campaign speeches
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    14 1 Countess Mountbatten seen >tepping out of the plane at X u.i l.i I.umpur vesterdw.
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    London made him happy
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    AUST. PLEDGE
    20 1 I N Senatoi Alam, now i ited s I Russia I vs at will be ac one U.P.
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    REV. JARDINE DEAD
    7 1 Indenoo > rle dsor. Reuter
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    Khama to defy travel ban
    252 1 Khama to defy travel ban LONDON, Saturday. rvKFYING the British Government's ban against U his return to his Bamangwato tribesmen, 28- ear-old Oxford-educated Seretse Khama, whose marriage to a white British girl has precipitated a crisis both m Africa and m Britain, plans to leave Britain on Tuesday for his
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    Eat oysters and reduce
    30 1 Eat oysters and reduce Part of King Farouk's reducing treatment at present consists of eating fresh salty oysters from Denmark, from where many casks are sent regularly to Cairo. A.P.
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    PLANTATIONS HIT
    23 1 Directors of estates on Idjen Highlands" In East Java, will probably close down several plantations if the present unrest continues- Reuter
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    Thrown out
    27 1 German Socialist members seized Wolfgang HedlfT. exNazi deputy now suspended, and threw him out of the Parliament building In Bonn yesterday. They then kicked Reuter
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    Malaya R.A.F. awards
    308 1 Malaya R.A.F. awards [C riPOHAL Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad Shah, gunner of No. 94 Rifle Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Malaya, is one of more than 40 officers and men of the Far East Air Force who have been mentioned m dispatches and given decorations for outstanding service m Malaya from June
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    RUSSIA STAGES 15th WALKOUT
    41 1 RUSSIA walked out of yet another United Nations group yesterday, the 15th since the start of the year. It was a procedural body called the interim committee on programmes of meetings of the Economic and Social Council.
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    Siam mission for S'pore
    91 1 BANGKOK, Sat. THE coronation of young King Phumiphon is scheduled on May 5. and an official welcoming delegation Is leaving here for Singapore on Mar. 18 to receive the royal party. The government announcement yesterday followed an official denial of reports that the King* had decided
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    DOCKMEN JOIN FRENCH STRIKE
    45 1 /^OMMUNIST-LED dock\j workers at the great ports of Marseilles and Bordeaux joined the French strike wave yesterday. At Marseilles only 559 stevedores went to work after a mass meeting, organised by pro-Communist union chiefs, had decided on an "unlimited strike". A.P.
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    Police open fire
    26 1 Four people were killed and 11 injured when police opened fire yesterday on a Commun-ist-led crowd In Rajapur village, m Bombay Province.- Reuter
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    NO P.I. VISIT
    23 1 Internal problems are pre venting. President soekarno from accepting m the immediate future an lnvita Uon to visit U?e Pnilippine*.
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    KOREAN-JAP FIGHT
    19 1 Fighting broke out between Koreans and 200 Japanese police In Tokio yesterday. Three Koreans were injured. Reuter
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    SORRY TO LEAVE, SAYS U.S. VISITOR'
    238 1 MRS. Isabel A. Maurer, one of the highest-ranking women m the U.S. State Department, left Singapore yesterday for Saigon on the first lap of a journey back to Washington after visiting United States Information Service offices m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Mrs. Maurer was
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    ASIA SUGAR OUTPUT
    19 1 Asia countries will produce about 8.119,000 metric tons of raw sugar during the 1949-50 season. A.P.
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    Czech revision
    18 1 Czechoslovakia has revised its five-year plan to concentrate on expanding heavy rather than light industry.— Reuter
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    ROMAN APPLAUSE
    28 1 Applause, which could not be stopped for several minutes, greeted ex-Marshal Rudlof Graziani at his trial m Rome when he defended Mussolini's "last ditch" army.— A.P.
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    GRENADE IN THE ROOF
    95 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A PARTY of Johore C.I.D. and military police officials raided a small Chinese hut at the rear of Majedee Barracks last night and found a primed grenade on the roof of the nut. They arrested the owner of the hut. a Hylam.
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    MRS. MORRELL HASOPERATIONS
    42 1 MRS. MORRELL HAS OPERATIONS Free Press Staff Reporter MRS Dorothy Morrell, member of the Singapore Repertory Company, underwent an operation m the Kandang Kerbau Hospital this morning. Mrs Morrell has been forbidden to act again, until after she has returned from leave.
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    Cards stolen
    45 1 Free Pres s Staff Reporter Fifty-one people m various parts of Johore were robbed of their Identity cards yesterday by gangs of bandits. Twenty-eight were held up at the 2nd mile Kluang-Ayer Itam Road and 22 at the 22nd mile Johore Bahru-Pontian Road.
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    Fuchs 'alarms' atom experts
    87 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. /CONGRESSIONAL atom exvy perts who met behind closed doors yesterday to study the damage done by Dr. Klaus Fuchs' reports to Russia said later they were '•alarmed" by what the Ger-man-born atom spy told Moscow. They had before them still ecret parts of Dr.
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    Died in Commons
    39 1 MR. James Sinclair, Liberal Party Public Relations Officer, collapsed and d i<*d m the House of Commons Bar on Thursday night as th c Government was winning its confidence vote on the Steel Nationalization Act U.P.
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    SPORTS STADIUM: BILL PUBLISHED
    160 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Sports Stadium Bill, which will be introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, was published m the Government Gazette last night. The Bill provides the necessary machinery lor the establishment, construction, conduct and main- tenance of a modern
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    23 1 The Sultan of Selangor (centre) yesterday i s» te J Kepons village. Selangor, scene of the recent bandit attack on a cinema audience.
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    Today's 3 best bets
    42 1 From ALLAN LEWIS PKNANG, Sat. /GRECIAN Prince, Sheffield ll Plate and Madang are my three best bets for today's races here. The goin* is likely to be very fast. See page seven for latest hints from the course.
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    Borrowing powers
    185 1 The property ol the Corporation and its attairs will be vested m a board consisting of a chairman, a deputy chairman and ten other members. The chairman and deputy chairman are to be appoinicd by t.ne Governor, and of the remaining ten members three Wfll be appointed by
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    Bengal tension easing
    149 1 Bengal tension easing CALCUTTA, Sat. pOMMUNAL tension appeared to be subsiding m West Benpal today, and many people credited it to the three-day visit of the Indian Premier. '?ndit Nehru. Demands for the use of force as the only means of solving the problem of the Hindu minoriiy m East
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    US. mission in Dalat
    55 1 AN A •onomic misciay flew to South Annum to disaid to Vietnam Ex-Emperor Bao T Originally only the mission's leader. Mr. Robert Allen Griffin, and three of his colleagues were to have made the journey. But Vietnam's leaders asked for the whole mission because of the
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    BOMB IN BELFAST
    18 1 A bo.ub < > >ard of Behast police barracks yesterday, slightly m i urine one man U.P.
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    Men cried like children
    42 1 Eight Panamanian sailors. near death from starvation and thirst, cried like children when they were rescued m mid-Pacific after drifting 49 days m an open launch, the captain of the American rescue ship reported m Quito (Ecuador* U.P.
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    FAREWELL TO MR. KALELKAR
    49 1 FAREWELL TO MR. KALELKAR Three prominent Indian businessmen of Singapore, Mr. Jammadas Mehta. Mr. Kanubnai Mehta and Mr R. Jumabhoy. are jointly giving a ocktail party m the Blue Room of the Capital this evening, to bid farewell to Mi. S. D. Kalelkar, Indian Information Officer, and t. <■ wife.
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      Law Comes To Moose Creek
      366 2  -  H.M. Mc KAY A new short serial by *PHE young man stood m the log-cabin's doorway, his scarlet tunic making a fine splash of colour against the sombre background of the forest which surnded that remote dwelling m the north- n Canadian wilds. "Irooper Denii
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      68 2 Girls of the Sir John Cass School, Aldgate. London, on their way to a service to honour the founder of their school. Sir John Cass, born 259 years ago. The feathers commemorate the signing of the mil m 17 IS by Sir John Which provided for the foundation of the
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      21 2 These children are seesawing on a quarter-moon churn Ine of many exhibits m the Farmers' Museum at Coptrtioivn m Sew York.
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      His Job Is To Win Elections
      373 2 YOU have been read- ing a lot lately about the elections m Britain. Perhaps you have never spared a thought for the back room boy of all elections the Election Agent. He is the man who organises a candidate's election campaign. His is a
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      The Magic Sword Saves Omar
      987 2  - The Magic Sword Saves Omar S.C. GEORGE By the last instalment of his serial "The Sword of Iskander Shah. yymi the speed of a shooting star they darted through the air, and ;*t tost Omar recognised the land below him, and came down on the beach where lie had spoken
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      Drivers From Pipe Cleaners
      156 2 Drivers From Pipe Cleaners MANY of you will have had small metal motor-cars, lorries, and Jeeps for Christmas, but very few of these are supplied with drivers, m any case, not with drivers which can cling on when tray c 1 1 m c at speed. With the aid of
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      VALUABLE STAMPS
      154 2 VF.RAL v f St. I ucia which i;t obsolete dtfrtnj 1948 much 111 dema Ofii.n pin M It foi appreciation n;p dealers If you on.: Bud any o! the following i MM The Id I wiih perlora iOij 14 2 x i 4 already c&'augutd at li 6d
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      313 2 'TRUE OR FALSE' QUIZ 1. Henry VII, had eight wives. 2 Mount Etna Is a >l cano m Sicily 3. Lateen If a dead language 4 Asparagus is used 1n paper-making 5. Big Ben Is the name of a large bell 6. A phalanx is an imaginary bird 7. A
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    CAN RED WAVE BE STOPPED?
    261 3 Siam studies the future BANGKOK, Saturday. succeeds better than success in the Far East and this is one of the strongest points in favour of the Communists in this part of the world. Communist expansion could be halted or considerably slowed— if the Democratic nations
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    98 3 Mr. Maurice Webb, newly-appointed Minister of Food— who lost his right leg in an operation four years ago arrives at Church House. Westminster, for the meeting of the new Parliamentary Labour Party with the National Executive. Mr. Webb, whose elevation to amnet office was one of the principal surprises of
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    U.K. PRESS COUNCIL STUDIED
    139 3 LONDON, Fri. DRITISH newspaper owners have received a draft proposal for forming a Press Council m Britain, and are now studying it, the Deputy Premier, Mr. Herbert Morrison, told the House of Commons yesterday. In a written reply to a questioner Mr. Morrison said both the
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    20 CHINESE JAILED
    26 3 Twenty Chinese have been arrested m Sydney. They were stowaways aboard the merchant ship Hindustan and :i be deported to China A. P.
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    Bonus goes into bonds, workers quit
    174 3 HONG KONG. Saturday. DKCKNT arrivals m Hong Kong from Communist Hankow, central Yangtze city, said a general strike was In progress m that city m Feb. and the Communist authorities had been unable to settle it Workers walked off the job because their Chinese
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    May halt influx
    16 3 overcrowded Hon? Kone may halt the free influx of people from China. Reuter
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    New trade pact
    11 3 Austria has signed a trade agreement with Greece.
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    Guilder rumours
    24 3 I Indonesian trade with the United States is being hurt by persistent reports of impend- lag devaluation of the Indonesian guilder Reuter
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    FREE COMPETITION IN RUBBER ASKED
    213 3 COLl.>ißrS, OV> Saturday. T<HE surest means of achieving long-range military 1 security m terms of rubber is through the development of a free competitive American rubber industry. Mr. John L. Collyer, president of The B. F Goodrich Company, told a meeting of the Ohio State
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    Easy to choose
    78 3 NfcW iORK Sat f\S SALE m New York i> new kind ot nighu for American women It is mad* like tent, starlm; out from a few inches wi neckline to six full rard> «f hem a Its supposed advi<nta::<-t are: It is made m one w»> only;
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    LAUREL IS 59
    18 3 Dr. Jose P. Laurel. F j ent of the Japan ore<J Philippine Republic during A.P.
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    HK BUDGET PASSED
    24 3 The Hong Kong Le^islative Council has passed !h*» first readme of the 1950-51 budget calling for a sum of. 5199.051.037 Reuter
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    16 3 Mr inson t manager ni th~ Japan Advertiser died m Dalla« •Texas i 0:1 Tuesda- A.P.
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    Bridge Problem
    150 3 'THERE are n> trumps. I leads Can North and South win fhe of the seven f rlck? against any defence? It would seem that they <an if South leads ace and another spade: then ducks West of a higr diamond. North has discarded cne club on the second
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      93 3 The A-40 Devon Saloon fro/n /oX// -fr- /J^/7 The Austin A.40 Devon Saloon (illustrated above) is being rightly recognised m Malaya as a most economical motor-cai. When you drive an Austin A.40 (10 6 h.p.) you get 35 miles per gallon and so very much roominess for yourself and passengers.
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      534 3 WHAT'S ON IN K. L. REX: Abandoned. PAVILION. I Mis*. Grant Takes Richmond ODBON: Home of the Brave. (O- LISEL'.M: Johnny Belinda. CA- .THAY: Blood is Thicker, and >] Innocent < Cantonese*. MADRAS: Rachun Duaia (Malay). HINIM- >! \N Bari Behen "Hindustani!. CENTBAL: Lahal Ibo (Ejvptian) PENANC KLX: Soun of
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      206 3 F.P. Crossword No. 941 1.1 KS At ROSS 1 Musicians find him just the ticket' ia>; 7 Puts away .-nouph to make up a set (4»; 8 Big company that inspires confidence? <s>; 9 Nervous indication of a romantic ending (3); 10 Sign that means nothing to ordinary people ii>:
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Mar. 11, 1950.
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      COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS
      280 4 AS a week it 1 o spare ment in weighing up and bad il has y beeri le but Astonishing I ual to out to be! I ban we rei < or.- confined Let us in: ihe adi of We all know s and It Eft m
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      CLOTHES AND THE MAN
      172 4 nADIO mai.av AS Forum Of Fhe Air were discussing whether it would be a good thine for all Malayans to drea aliki id this not tend to u:iit° the different rommunitii >4 Gcrrki Hawkins thouph' he remembered i ;>ired recently oi a hundred-or- m similar dr»
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    The Story of a Traitor
    1380 4 1 DR. KLAUS EMIL. JULIUS FUCHS was two personalities-to his fellow Britons a brilliant scientist, shy, good-ma nnerei, devoted to his work; to the Russians an expert spy whose information enabled them to explode their first atomic bomb years ahead of schedule. |)H. Klaus Kmil
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    22 4 Dud -remember during one o/ your clever political discussions m tKe pub challenging a gentleman to a duel Well, here he is.**
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    Call For Colonial Scientists
    589 4  - Call For Colonial Scien tists Trevor Blore By A DRIVE l<> mobi list' Ihe best scientific brains <>{" the Empire for research work throughout Ihe Colonies h;is been started by the Colonial Office. Through the newly established Colonial Research Service it is hoped to have some 400 research workers eventually
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    READY FOR THE COMET
    133 4 PLANS (or the Installation ol Instruments lane. Systems and ground 000 approach at main Anstra airports m readiness Em airliners were well In hand, a Department of Civil Aviation official states, commenting on the projected U1 of a Comet jet airliner Australia late this feai Tenders
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    Aliens in U.S. 'at large'
    17 4 Aliens in U.S. 'at large' M I I I I 1 I A bf < tk>: AY> > N.A.N.A.
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Mar. 11, 1950.
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      Two Muslim tombs
      675 1  - Two Muslim tombs ERIC MITCHELL Written and illustrated by KATHARINE SIM by THERE are quite a number of genuine Mv s I i m tombs m various little known parts of Penang Island and most of them are m some degree kramat In the usual heterogenuous fashion current among the
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      You smoke 4 varsities every year
      196 1  -  claims T. W. WU TIIK ii Ver:* g c Malayan may not cMv to find out exactly how much he wastes m smokes yearly; all he knows is thai he is used lo so many cigarettes a day. But if he ever turns over
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      WHAT WOULD CONFUCIUS SAY?
      651 1  -  KAY SEE asks IF Confucius were alive today, would he have sat through the Fest i v a I of Chinese Fashion without thinking up some choice sayings when the ladies paraded so boldly before him? Or would he have insisted that woman's place was m
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      THEY LIKE THE SOUND OF IT
      282 1 THEY LIKE THE SOUND OF IT JF there has ever been an anti-noise society m Singapore, the probable reason why it no longer exists is likely to be that it has been bawled out. If such a society has never existed, anyone who tried to start one m this noisiest
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      An 'International' Film Hit
      411 2 RUTH LANGDON ON "GIVE US THIS DAY" THERE seems lo hv growing internationalism wilhin the lilm industry. Three bright lights of llu* directing world. Carol Reed, Alfred II itch c o c k and Roberto Rossellini have :ill drawn upon the locales ;m<l people of other
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      They Do Say.....
      441 2  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM Hollywood Gossip by i) VSR LAW FORD S tk si girl, Shannan Douylas. >; loin tii, him to Point Beach this week. Sharman't father Mr Lewis C. Douglas, Ambassador to Britain, obviously (ipj)rort's of the romanct. because the young film actor hat been Questing at
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      SUBMARINE DRAMA
      260 2 i\ idly reminis cent of the recent tragedy of the Snl>marine Truculenl thai the question <>l post poning ils public r\hi bit ion \v;is seriously considered, the new Brilish picture, Morning Departure, has just had its premiere m London. The film was made aboard the Tiptoe, a submarine
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      Forthcoming films
      50 2 New M.G.M. aims coining to Singapore: Caught. Stratton Story, The Sun Conies Up, Any Number Can Play, Gone With The Wind, In The Good Old Summertime, Madam Bovary, That Midnight Kiss. The Three Musketeers, That Forsyte Woman. Act Of Violence, Camille, On The Town, and The Merry Widow.
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      At the Cinemas
      185 2 ATH.W HalUoKiound a Hue i actual war piciure extolling the Jirrop-> o/ the Battle of the Bulge on the Luxembourg-Ger-man frontier, stars are Van Johnson and John Hodiak and 1 'ici is a (A** of little-known bu; exceedingly < '.r-npetent eatelUtes. Pilled viih \vi e-cracka and f.oodhutnour
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      Olivia Does It Again
      200 2 'PHE Heij» ss, ttarring Sir Ralph Richardson and Olivia de Havilland Is a .superb psychoal drama which may mi eople wonder if Olivia will i stop turning m Academy Award performance adapted James Washington Square, :s about i iri h i. uabed bs Hei i Sii
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      Dorothy 'pined' for the stage
      265 2 Repertory Personaliti ci Play changed BEC'AI sK Mivs l><»roth> Morreil ha> beca forbidden by hrr d<xtor to art aicain until after she has returned from l< the Singapore Repertitrx havi had to p<»stporif their perf«»rniance of The> Walk UtM." The\ are to prevrnl instead Murder
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      The Late Brigade
      58 2  -  HARLEQUIN ghghgfghg t the ticktlt-, I hurry ;.p the stc Just ignore the luanaoer, J :1 fie v ~.ry to buy a p* fu ads although thei o* range. Uumble down :ht gang- dark. So-one can A. actors words, isn't it a lark? A'.cV on (Jfcc cn/r^.
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      S'pore artists show talent
      236 3 S'pore artists show talent [fHE Singapore Art Society's first annual exhibition of the work of artists resident m Singapore will be opened Formally by Sir Patrick McKenron today at 5 p.m. In the British Council Hall. It will remain on show daily from 9 a.m. to iV.'tt) p.m. until Sunday,
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      MAMA HAS HER OWN WAY OF PICKING A 'WINNER'
      767 3  -  TAN TOCK SAIK by I?VERY turf-con-scious Mama m Singapore knows that the two things essential to un all-round successful day ;it the races are Ritual ;m<l a Dream. The first, which may mean anything from an appointment with Le Boudoir hair-dresser
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      SLTA to run inter-club tournament
      757 4  - SLTA to run inter-club tournament CRUSADER By SINGAPORE Lawn Tennis Association propose to revive this year the inter-club competition for the "Kleiny" Cup, donated m 1938 by Mr. D. H. Kleinman, one of the finest players here before the Pacific War. The trophy, which was looted during the Japanese occupation,
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      Duggie Smith out of Australian tour
      527 4  - Duggie Smith out of Australian tour Archie Quick By O:\lY Army player to be selected to tour Zealand and Aus..i with the British rugby team this mer. Capt. Duggie h. of the Royal Army Medical Corps. almost certainly not 0 s able to undertake the h-coveted trip. a the Rectory
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      74 4 picture. fl^ J Bedford scrum half of the R.A.M.C. Depot and Training Establishment (Aldershot), receives the hall in a loose scrum in the Army Rngby Cup semi-final against Royal Horse Guards (B.A.O.R. champions). Bedford was outstanding in this natch, whipping out a stream of Ion j and accurate passes from
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      Ex-GI is star of visiting team
      335 4  - Ex-GI is star of visiting team Koh Peng Long By A PLAYER regarded by basketball experts as one of the finest ever seen m Singapore is 23-year-old Jim Turner, sharp- shooting forward of the Arellano University team, now on a tour of Singapore and the Federation. Out of a total
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      'Unigrip method of rescue
      572 4  - 'Unigrip method of rescue GEORGE CREIGHTON ISSSLa^ jit* By ONE 01 tne sirange characteristics of war is the speed m which new ideas are born, while old concepts are reviewed and subjected to intense research, culminating frequently m startling improvements. The art of life saving, and the study of water
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      STRANDED SEAMEN TO BE SENT HOME
      240 5 STRANDED SEAMEN TO BE SENT HOME After weeks of waiting Free Press Staff Reporter pIK 32 British seamen who are stranded m Singapore are te be repatriated to the United Kingdom "as soon as possible". An official of the Marine Department, told this to the Free Press yesterday but declined
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      'The yellow slug' will be grey
      58 5 Ec fresa Stall Reporter minted pipeline the Jchore Causeis been iescrttei by irate writers s is The Monstrous Thing, The Thins rentty as The Yellow Slug— is to be the Free Press was told yesterday. t pipe are he ComT P F e Causee
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      'SAVE WATER' APPEAL
      76 5 'SAVE WATER' APPEAL Fret- Pre^ staff Reporter 'J'HE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has written to Chinese' firms, schools, factories. associations, theatres, hotels and residences, appealing to them to heed the warning of the Municipal Water Engineer and help make the water-savinu drive a success. The Chambers urges ihe Chinese
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      More rainfall stations
      77 5 More rainfall stations Krre Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The setting up of 2.000 rainfall stations m tfee Federation is the aim ol the Drainage and Irrigation Department. At the end of 1948. there were 803 station* und m 1949. 871. Mr P. McNee. the Director ol the department
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      PHOTOGRAPHS TO FIGHT VICE
      129 5 Yrvv Press StafT Reporter IMAGED with the difficulty of identifying persons by their names, Singapore authorities m their campaign against vice are making use of photo- graphs. Apart from detaining young women found In brothels, people believed to be connected with them are photographed. whether or
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      LEAVES STORE
      23 5 Mrs Isabel A. Maurer. ore of the highest ranking women m the U.S. State Department, left Singapore yesterday morning for Saigon
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      MAILS
      36 5 Surface mail l« pcrc today Horn the Fodei- Latest times for posting surface the G.P.O. today are. noon, mdo-Clnna; 5.45 p.m. for. Stem and the Federation; 6 p.m. for Medan and Trengganu ip«-l eels only).
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      Federal exam results better in 1949
      102 5 Federal exam results better in 1949 Free Pros Staff Reporter gUCCESSES m the Deeein- ber Cambridge examina- tion results show a CDnsidrrable increase over ihe previous ft ir'i urea aid an Education Departnv spokesman today There was a total of 1.617 j passes for the last examina- tion compared with
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      DETAINED SHIPS ARE BACK
      148 5 DETAINED SHIPS ARE BACK F.P. Chinese Correspondent 11HE 11 Singapore-regi ed motor fishing boats detained by Indonesian authorities at Buntok month have been re. and have returned to the Colony. A spokesman oi the Singapore Fish Merchants" Association said yesterday that a report on t lie incident was being made
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      NEW HYDRAULIC LAB. FOR FED.
      121 5 KUALA LOIPI'R. Kri. A GRANT of $200,000 from the Colonial Welfare and Development Fund has been approved for the construction of a new hydraulic laboratory for the Federation. The work is being carried out under the direction of the Drainage and Irrigation Department and tenders
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      41 5 picture. THE Flan Officer, Malaya Area, Rear Admiral H. VV. Faulkner, accompanied by the acting Commander of the Malayan R.N.V.R.. Com nnnd<r H. G. Riches. Inspecting a «r«*u p of Singapore Sea Cadets at Telofc Ayer B+siu yesfc riay. Free Press
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      'OTHELLO' IN SINGAPORE
      47 5 OTHELLO (Tan Thoon Lip), (iratiano (Low Peng Hai). Knielia (Ciracia Tay) and lag* (Scow Chens Funs;) m the last act of the Shakespeare play staged at Si Andrew's School hall this w eek m aid of the Katonc Boys' (lub Building Fund. Free Press
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      U.K. MARKET FOR MALAYAN GOODS
      239 5 Free Press Staff Keporter THE Vnited Kingdom is a potential market for p. I A wide range of Malayan manufactures and raw materials beside rubber and tin. the Tnited Kingdom Trade Commissioner m Malaya, Mr. 11. E. MacKenzie said yesterday. Reviewing recent developments m U.K.
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      CONVICTED OF BRIBERY
      73 5 CONVICTED OF BRIBERY Free Press Staff Reporter FOUND guilty on a charge of having received a bribe of SBB. Chief Police Inspector Mohamed bin Sidin was sentenced to one years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $500 by the Singapore First District Judge. Mr H. E EOngdon. On two other
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      11 CASES OF TYPHOID
      38 5 I^LEVEN cases oj typhoid. J none fatal, were reported m Singapore Municipality m the week ending March 4. compared with 17 cases three deaths i the week before. Births totalled 618 Against 158 deaths.
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      ACQUITTED
      34 5 MUAR. Fri— A \v..man Lim Hong Lang, aged 42, was acquitted by the Muar Sessions Court of causing griev- ous hurt to a girl, Chus Seam Ngoh, at Simpang Lima, i Bukit Gamblr.
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      All civil planes for Kallang
      66 5 KALLANG Airport will become Singapore's only civil airport on April 3. subject to final Government approval P.W.D. xperts have „ported that the Kallang runwaj generally stronger than previously thought possible and will be safe for fullyloaded Constellations. Captain Lewis Arr.b: Manager of Qantas-B the only
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      Tiger kills woman
      87 5 Fr»*e Press Staff Reporter DEATH by misadventure was the verdict on a Johore woman tapper who had been badly mauled by a liner The woman and her husband, both tappers on an estate m Plentong. left for work on different parts of the estate m th* morning.
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      SOCIETY AIDS MEMBERS TO CLEAR DEBTS
      236 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pHE Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. is helping commercial employees who wish to free themselves from indebtedness. An indebted clerk may join the society and for a lump sum. not exceeding six monAs of salary, to pay
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      A TRUMPET IN MAIN STREET
      52 5 I re». I'm > s M.ill KepurliT K\.!\M. Sat. A CHINESE musician, hant: (ham Vi. who appeared before the Kajang Circuit Magistrate, Mr A P. Jack, for bloxying a C hines»- trumpet m Main Street. without a police permit. was aduxinished and discharged His Chinese
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      RUBBER SHOE MAKERS ARE WORRIED
      198 5 RUBBER SHOE MAKERS ARE WORRIED FfcM IViSI MafT Hi|»oil.r MALAYAN rubber manufacturers fear that Japanese competition will be very serious. The;, worry is Japanese ihotfc which are about 25 cheaper than the Malayan product. Mr. Shum Yip Leong. owner of one of Malaya's leading rubber shoe iactories. said I yesterday
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      S.C.C.'s PLUCKY FIGHT IN VAIN
      308 6  -  CRUSADER Scrappy game m Senior League By Pulau Brani United 2; S.C.C 1. SINGAPORE Cricket Club, superbly led by Twist, put up a gallant fight against Pulau Braai United m their S.A.F.A. Senior League encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening, but could not avert
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      PRICES DECLINE IN DULL MARKETS
      406 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON, Sat. THE London Stock ExA change ended the week yesterday on a quiet note. Trading was too small to produce a marked trend, and prices were inclined to drift lower In neglected markets. British Government stocks. however, were unchanged apart from
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      London tin
      32 6 In the London tin market, *p'>' I was down 125. 6 d. to 598 15a. buyers and £599 sellers Fuures I were up 15s. Total turnover was ■8") LOi A.P.
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      N.Y. Exchange's loss
      25 6 The New York Strcic Exchnn<e operated at a net loss of VS $590,012 m 1949. The lie! IOM 1948 uas U*****,597. A.P.
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      Lead price down
      20 6 The British Ministry of Supply yesterday lowered Its selling price "for lead by 9 to £88 U.P.
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        305 6 Mandrdke Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m M ill(l^ I I UO,MAMORAK£. I YOU TOOK MY H p i INTEK: ->. yy irii/Lf ft j j /^*^v V y 4 I^VyTJi l --i v q t a qt JANE Exclusive io the Singapore Free Press m l/ r/ fm;
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      EASTERN GIRL MAY SURPRISE IN PENANG
      181 7 EASTERN GIRL MAY SURPRISE IN PENANG Stable fancies for today From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Saturday. i,i rl i rate 1) is a strong stable fancy third and final day of the Penang -priny: meeting. There was also a lot n the course this morning of Our Love v J this
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      If Alfie loses to Brooks...
      22 7 uf mi! maiuksromoter t« fisht +r\ deimpwtt I B 1 r««mpr« a fighl R !":n-la. tor b»
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      Sgt. Huggins beaten after tame fight
      13 7 Sgt. Huggins beaten after tame fight j Pie < Mi tur. J Chant i
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      LONGDEN TO RIDE IN MELBOURNE
      6 7 LONGDEN TO RIDE IN MELBOURNE J
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      1st. SUFFOLKS WIN HOCKEY
      6 7 1st. SUFFOLKS WIN HOCKEY Forneni the
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      Australians field all day
      102 7 AS cr: ed a maieh vince. who scored i 278 foe the loss of nine wic- t (on Stußipi were Th- were c>--17. ba: then ham and Wynne wo uktod 108 nird wick COVt i \r,a,r k M-l Wikoß k LmJ»j Kf»ihi» < H*r»r» b Miltrr
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      TWO-NIL VICTORY
      18 7 s^ :E A- S:ec bCSi Rubber C 1 1 YM C A t 3 »p I
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      R.A.F. SELETAR WIN
      29 7 D A.F Bas* SeieiAT beat R C I ne odil goai :nret I 4*3 Seleiar m a Singapore Amateur Pootbail Asiociauor. Senior Division Le*g\*e soccer Ml
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      Peng Soon wins four matches
      347 7 U'ONG Peng Soon (Malaya), winner or me «v- title last week, won sin«l« and. with Noel Radford. two doubles m the rt^rn Ncottish badminton championships at Aberdeen Ir he second t -and of the 2 .e^ Peng Soon easii> T H B«u.e Ireland! an<i m
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      Today's acceptors
      467 7 DK.I.OW is the card for today, third and last day of, th c Penan^ Turf Club Spring meeting:. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1-2.30: Cl. 5. Div. 2—7 Furs. K)C raster n G«M Poshni 9. (.3 H)0 Eastern Girl Planner? 811 Baroness Bagbv
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      44 7 pjctur«*. Mi^s Aasf Jaiohsen. (I>«*nmark) lost thf All-England uomen's singles badminton title to her compatriot. >lrs. Tonnv Ahn». at Farl s Court la>t Saturday She is seen here reaching for a high return m the match, which Mr* \hm won 11-4. 11-ti A .P.
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      Collapsed on the court
      139 7 Collapsed on the court Pedru 'Spain' collapsed oii 'he court at Cairo yesterday while playing Got- t fried Von Cramm 'Germany m iheir men's singles semi-final m the Egyptian tcfflllfl championships yin Cramm *as leading 6-1 6-1. 3-2 when Massip had an attack of rheumatism m the leg He withdrew
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      Manchester Utd's prospects bright
      243 7 By JIM CHAMBERS \f AM HKSTKR United, after their smashing mid- 'week win against Aston Villa, have drawn out ahead m the race for the championship of the first division of the English Football League. They now lead Liverpool by two point* and, if 'he i
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      BASKETBALL
      36 7 'PHE Arellano University 1 basketball team who have so far been undefeated m their matches m Singapore will come up against their stiffest test when they meet Singapore Combined at the Happy World arena tonight.
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      41 7 piciurr. Cpl. Moorhouse down from a right cross to the head m the second round of his middleweight final against Staff Sft Webb In the FARELF boxing finals at the Happy World Stadium last night. Webb won on point* Free Press
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      Wales all out to beat Ireland
      200 7 Wales all out to beat Ireland 11* ALES will be all out for vicff lory m todays rugby union Internationa; against Ireland because so much hangs on success. Having beaten England and Scotland this season. Wales are all set lor the triple crown --victory over each of the home countries
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      BODCA DRAW TWO-ALL
      24 7 The Chinese E Assoon drew two-all w>th BOD Civilian Association m a Junior league soccer match festerdft] il St. Oeorges Road.
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      2nd wicket stand
      74 7 i^EORGE Popt- t Derbyshire KM and Ray Smith (.Essex) j top-scored for the 'Common- H wealth, each with 85 against the Governor's XI m their cricket match at Bombay yesterday. i They added 13T for the second wicket. V. Mankad wu ;op j scorer for the Governor
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      P. BRANI SOCCER
      21 7 PULAU Brani United will play a soccer friendly against Kada- j yanallur Muslim League it P. Brani tomorrow
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      S.B.A. MEETING
      25 7 The lMh annual meeting of the j Singapore Badmintcn Association I will be held at the Clerical Union 'hall today at 2.30 jun.
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      OXFORD CREW IN FULL COURSE TRIAL
      299 7 ImE Oxiord University boat race crew did their first full course trial from Putney ,to Mortlake yesterday m 20 mini 50 sees. a commendable effort on a fairly slack tide and against a strong head wir.d. Though the time was not particularly g:*>d. It
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        170 7 At me Port o/ Loodoo wet /joe.ooc.ooo worth of tobacco m atoced at a cool even •empetuure m large, air» ware- hotnea. The Port provuo a !i > higr» «pecia"i'<c: «aff who »> Lppert n f» fbe cony carry out rhe nianv operanona prcberaive »e'»K-e oHertc by rrcuircd on rehalf
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        160 7 At LAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEDP CAL1 BOf POINTER pv gar '£«^r ssr Ksr <~-«'»l I Spotlight t.Ml>rn Girl Mb< Ub» Baronn. "VW S" 1 Pl »TE SHEFFIELD PLATE j SHEFFIELD Pt ATE DESERT KING ALPHA Harlem Princeu SUr Prrformer Lady Oh Kent Gra<*fal Spe»r Son Of Ind* <»thfrine Rainbow
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      BIRTH
      19 8 AT PSNANQ Maternity HosDital. on Fridiv M;uch 10. 1950. to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. -son. a -on.
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      UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
      28 8 1 i nre invited tor the ;ffs (or the CniParticulars ran -..'d on iDplication to this <houid be submitted Office not *ater !4:h March. 1550
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      VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY
      55 8 VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY Tru- Qg are required *n d at the Revolver Range. i nson 10 p.m. on Monday 19">0 to be In tructed m tr-e b I I of I Revolver v R 50. 52. 73 «7 89. 98. 101. 106. 121 131. 132. 18G. 322 1133. 1314. 1317.
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      NATURALISATION
      23 8 N herelqF given that 1 Mohamrd -.7 a pore is applvt'or natu -on who hy r.ji' be (ranted ;ned th." i Sing-ipore.
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      ESCAPED P.M. MAY GO TO U.N.
      98 8 KARACHI, Sat. LAIK ALI, escaped exPremier of Hyderabad, may go to Lake Success to for freedom of Hyderam Indian rule. ab Mustaq Ahmed X.: m, formerly Ageni General o: Hyderabad m Paviu;e denying Imow•r of La: Aii's whereabouts. K-Premter was not m Karachi. Success
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      Love keeps a Briton in Moscow
      117 8 Love keeps a Briton in Moscow LONDON, Sat. OVE lor a Russian woman, raiher than politics, caused a Briton to quit his job at the British Embassy m Moscow, the Foreign office stated last night. The spokesman said the Briton, a Mr. Dagiish. left his Embassy job eight months ago
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      U.S. URGED TO BARTER GOODS
      78 8 CENATOR Clinton P. Anderson O told the Texas Cotton Association at Houston that ye had better think about setting up a new trading corporation to handle export sales on a barter basis" to overcome tl~e difficulties of soft currencies, sterling areas and dollar shortages. Citing
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      FORMOSA MAY LOSE SEAT IN U.N.
      263 8 FORMOSA MAY LOSE SEAT IN U.N. New move next week HONG KONG, Saturday. AS the embattled Nationalists grimly continued their air offensive m a bid to stave off the threatened Communist invasion of Hainan and Formosa, a Lake Success report said the IN. Secretary -General Mr. Trygve Lie would move
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      X-ray will decide twins' fate
      152 8 X-ray will decide twins' fate WYNYARD (Tasmania). Saturday. fTRSKINE "Oscar" Smith father of Siamese twins born head to head last Saturday, said yesterday that he would refuse to consent "mercy killing' of the infants who appear to be otherwise perfectly normal. Smith a 42-year-old timber ruUf-r. i aid he would
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      GENTLEMAN ROBBER
      59 8 SYDNEY. Sat. j^ 'GENTLEMAN bandit.' wearing a black satin hood over his face, said "Thank you very much, Madam, this v, ill do" after she had surrendered £8 to him m her home. She told police the young j man was armed, had a cultured accent and conducted
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      U.S. admiral's charges
      98 8 NEW YORK. Sat. ADM. Louis E. Denfeld charged yesterday that his removal from the Navy's top 'command because of his views on armed services unification means that national defence •is "controlled by political appointees instead of Congress." The former Chief of Naval Operations said he was "fired"
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      SHAH GETS DEGREE
      25 8 The Shah of Persia, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, yesterday received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the University of Punjab. Reuter
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      SHOOTING DRAMA IN A COURT
      97 8 JOHANNESBURG. Saturday. AN adultery damage suit ended dramatically m Johannesburg yesterday when the plaintiflf shot the defendant m the foyer of the Supreme court and then committed suicide. Albert Glucksman was suing Joe Greeberg for £8,000 for alleged misconduct with his wife. Greeberg admitted the
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      EXPLOSION KILLS 4
      24 8 Four people were killed and several injured m Cairo when the distillation apparatus of a laboratory producing pharmaceutical drugs exploded.— A.P.
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      Record Malayan Jan. tin output
      242 8 THE HAGUE, Saturday. TIN production figures so far known for January place the Malayan output at 5,180 tons a new postwar record, says the International Tin Study Group. The report adds that world production of tin m concentrates increased from 14,200 lon^ tons m November
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      She got 800 proposals
      54 8 ADELAIDE. Sat. PRETTY. 24-year-old MarI garct Jarrett of England, who admits she is impulsive, got 800 marriage proposals after she wrote the Lord Mayor of Sydney asking him to find her an Australian husband. Her English fiance had jilted her. She has come to Australia to
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      Bevin to rest
      27 8 The -Foreign Secreatiy, Mr. Ernest Bevin, is entering hospital for rest and treatment this week-end. He will be back at work next week Reuter
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      Iran-Soviet border
      28 8 Martial law has been declared In one area on the Iranian-Soviet border where 50 Turkomans and Persians have been arrested for espionage and "subversive activities." A.P.
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      Jealousy a compliment
      54 8 MR. Justice Edwards said m the Sydney Divorce Court that being jealou s of a woman wa s the greatest compliment a man could pay her. But he granted a divorce to Daphne Banfleld. 38, because she complained her husband's jealous conduct was affecting her health. "That's
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      OIL FIRMS' PLEA FAILS
      93 8 RANGOON, Sat. THE Burmese Supreme Court •erday dismissed the application of three British owned oil companies for a writ to prohibit intervention j by the Industrial Court of Arbitration on the dispute between themse. and Central Bruma oilfields workers. The companies the Burma Old Co the
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      HO CHI MINH 'MOBILISES'
      40 8 QOMMUNIST Ho Chi Minh's •Democratic Republican Government" has signed a degree organising genera mobilisation m the parts of Vietnam which it controls. All citizens, aged between 18 and 45. may be called for military service. A.P.
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      TEA PRICE CUP
      30 8 Indian tea buyers are demanding a "minimum" increase of four pence a pound m the contract price of tea sold to the British Ministry of Food. Reuter
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        212 8 FOR SALE •STAR" Binocular 7 x 50 r er. coated ens. almost r.ew. ig rheap for $120 or near- r to P.O. Box 807, SinI TUITION ICAN KINDERGARTEN nafionalitieo. age 3 y i-6, c. art. dancinj? lessons, alpha- -4 c r.<: Rise. Tel. DATING. COOING. MARKING oft CANCELLING m^ FULL
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        270 8 /^//an electric washing machine i for every home y k ceven the smaileft4> -^p So quick .so —*w gentle .so th> trough Now tor $250/- you can be rid of wash- day drudger\ for k^^^ price of the now f^^^t^^"' Hxiver Elect nc Wash- tng Machine th« J most imports
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        50 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 2.45 a.m. 4.19 p.m. Tomorrow: S.SO a.m. £.25 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris S3HBBKJffi!£^BSfffe^ f^ 1681 1/ sant 'me just went out td )I f" I -/tmisiSv^s v-13 the bacterial) ]f^^^^ WJ^fX F J g ;r^ BJY sC^^ CMA^AONE >/ JjigSl WARFARE STu^-ASD M£«6"S n, C
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