The Singapore Free Press, 18 March 1950

Microfilm: NL3681
Total Pages: 12
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I l:; SINUxiFOHE. SATliRl>AV H MARCH 18 H 19». rttlCE TEN CENTS, B
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    Siamese hold Nat. officers
    119 1 Siamese hold Nat. officers >Ter Frets I "tr* =siMiti<1 j cil BANGKOK. Sal T h HE Siamese Q*pulj Pohce ChM- M^J Geii Plum Shiyano^H gaid yntcrtlav thai IullL Chinese NaUofl&Lid omnortbtra border of Siam flPnJ w^re arre&t^d 1n th? town TJUsiadlt Tht*v will be dcporttd taChln* Thr- tuuz riJtlCfL 1
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    NOEND TO GERMAN WAR
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    40 DIE IN SINKING
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    -THOUGHT WAS SPY': NEWSGIRL
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    BANDITS BURN JOHORE STATION
    185 1 Kempas raid last night 1* E^j ■> 1 fret Prcis Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHR[\ Salurdiy. ARMED i Ltidifrf humid doivn Kem^ rail*a> st&tin-n sfven mile* north of Jotam itfthru, a< kbout leu oclofk last nighl—an hour plltr ih^ nftrih mini lr-u.ii! had pai.^ed through. The Slaliim
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    WHEAT DEAL
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    Polar for U.S.I.
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    FRUIT FOR U.S.
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    ESCAPED WITH AMERICAN AID
    140 1 ESCAPED WITH AMERICAN AID i\ American bua hntvtm*!! ninwtl MfBi was J rnainh j^p- i-m'mi* r lh*- f^^l^r of Hi* fnrnn^r PHmf MSnktw ul B^dtrAbjrF Mir [*fc fHM i India lo fakiman un HJrth 4. aji '>rtif3aL Indian worcf -iild >eslfrday_ The jvaun^ r*vfa]td that Msr Lalt *U_ armed i
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    PEKING ASKS U.K. BACKING FOR U.N. SEAT
    98 1 PEKING ASKS U.K. BACKING FOR U.N. SEAT I LONDON. Ha' DIPLOMATIC i^ih-l-^*. dit- Ittd F*klni Cwmurtftlj* h.S .aaJEtd la T BrIMih backing lor L ,'lu cJiJm lo Ualitd N^tlo-na f t 4CRt imdl fijium K4 All^lO tflntii Up Htaldldi 4 IJUht daplpnu.Hi ftfi^tnoi *rr| c ikel? ro- rrmaTfi feutE^i duwci
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    20 HURT IN RIOT
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    H.K. imports 5 suspended
    56 1 HONG KO^O ht Hitiiori "4 I Ln T*1«n h*v^ iri^n* F-i usiport Lcen^ci fnr H pen NStlClllIlU hrrr irr >.i.a tJ br r^k^n fav aiirpris^- jnd n^c t^*>w */*i* j ch* j T c l~i-^- *4^ptnaian ik ofiLt llw bu \s f^t»nfd tn ipp.^ Hi h>
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    EX-MAYOM KILLED MAN
    61 1 EX-MAYOM KILLED MAN muff tf<™* v 1 u a ASUPRfMF jiW Mj Ltjn ]"-u r ffuL y rt mm >r |bU[ £Ll!]"J Of ihE 'n-i "*-J -s1!- 1rr nf iiipfikd J-bn-n H^rKlnnr>n_ c]rj rcpt '?r oTDitfB by runniihu him iLii* i •a li h rttnroi-rir E?ut D*L*tl^\1 h Z .1
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    AGA GIVES £3,000
    23 1 id nianb ift.uon tmAJ l Enimiun io bt built tn H*lJ. rnb_ tCrmra —AP i j i rob- fcenjj A.P.
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    ELECTION PUT OFF
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    MARGARET OUT AFTER ILLNESS
    34 1 MARGARET OUT AFTER ILLNESS If fOTEiuaB Ironi an hubuI 35l* waa well --n -1-1? n> Lta^t bv ear yrM^^dtT fat Roja] Lodifl. WlndMr whEie in* will ap^nd tYie- wftft-wnt j»ltr: -hi- ttLnpr and O"e*n
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    THREE ESCAPE EXECUTION
    63 1 D inluc 1 Jb BrUr«- Mr GrtVJ]]f DtW LLifc jfdnrrd 5 to 1 1 r-P" I niTJrscinm'nt tht I dfrich H4t4IEa pi£*rd r?Q twn Eiri^P'ans a n j an En1 trrftn Tor Bin^H n& a£id hAdvthrowing 1 Th* cri*r^4-s ajsinsi ih+^ra (alined Ennib>> -ti VLa b5rtniSn Dn
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    AUSTERE LIFE IN UK TO GO ON
    95 1 AUSTERE LIFE IN UK TO GO ON LONDO>" 5*L THE n^ff J wrt Minwr^i Mi i 1 Uufftn tt>bb "old ""Li* I Ac-mL prwf pLHlI?rrnLf :LlH hL4 fc rtJ^T in Hi!ta fc m rttfm. honrtr, that iftEi* rR F -Lonlna 'F/ITix l-« tbr Muwi'^s *«J J O-^frncnen- ftAJ fli-H i
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    SEDS SWOT IN CANTON
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    Courage & Actor best
    32 1 Courage Actor best lh>l fl ILUM LIWI8 BbST Irttv for Lfd*/"i rtifl irr tOLRMJE II. 1.«*A n-iuMdi-i* art ii 1 1-: i =m uid I'Ki^ PAlbUE Srr PW |B| I bacfc hml*.
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    Chinese besiege French fort
    206 1 ■DNb KONCi. Saturday. j -IS[-i >t_ CommUdUl jutrSILifi havt slirrtfqnded i J Franco -Vietnam fort nf"T Hi* Kwarigtl hojdrr and prc»*ni*d ll *Uh a H surrendrT-or-pfrj-|th H ulLlmalum, rhr frrncli Krwl Ajenc^ wport* from ThLj mLariiatlun&l Lnculeflt ]i» ruiAc-Lded wllO idLvovery by Fremrh recnnnalssati^ i]rcraTt of
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    SHIP SAILINGS TO BE SECRET
    56 1 THR U^i-lue Depart n^UI ff lEifnL in lutuie wi]T w'UihoJd from th* fhPfraa fill Jnf i intt H1&P rr-KiH-d-LtxE depaHurta and fr|raTi]u (hf atllua CU«*£Efl ]K j'njhnLng the NwL]t>naU^I bL^t- aCp_ t T]le nt^rtor of Ibripi oaid < lids mi^iujt has btra takm ELLS lci+siiujT
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    FIRE'S 'DAY' DAY
    31 1 i i h s L uni ujlj Id rhrauufcioui lUr** y*aterda.v r n[ LnU>*5i^atlni ]]qiL(A «H p hannt-l and Si labile hdow?: r- ■^lj\.jjrl RailldT i j Reuter
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    THIEF IS IDENTIFIED
    69 1 ftUHBOUn fci TE1E Bnsum Jh(4 Dam yn-fl-n-rd&v ld€niiPl^d ri-anroLi flanni Dnnsf ihfr Ran? *ho hr^ci her acifl' rtie As* K^l up and sloir h*r jt^tlj tjIhhI £215.flm n«*r Wl^f L 3.ai nv t>noLc*r4iph (:am fh^M or sis hclri hE« n* a]:^ed juemkwn ot th* B^ng Her Ko'tdtar
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    Rebels loot rice stocks
    78 1 Rebels loot rice stocks TH£ AirLcuhtliraL MIHirtiT 1 Mr Kbm Ua.ina tnte yfs>""3ay iflitJ ]ame DttV Ln r iftfl\ith Hurma hi.Tt De*n dff1 !nudtd of rLn#: rtarkv Ihrn^jgh ]ODU"K Wi tHirJlLtlR &T rrtieJi i Wlm Icll thE 7Ll]ft&i>L( 1«T ]KLl*"' ior their two M*M i ThE SJInlaiE-r. wbu? Jiaa com-
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    US making 'terrible new war weapons'
    176 1 Mi VS. Df truer Sr^-rti nitf -u mj* that 4 I developing trrrlhlf nfff 1 make all like present MMi Hp save IIhiiWKAI U "rplenLJe^ily piarautitK m t sramnie Tfn keep abrp&gl CHICAGO, Saturday -ffcar>, Mr_ Luuls Jolmsun. Hiifirlriji sclent bis nq weapons of
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    Footballer in hospital
    60 1 p| II Raport Okltt Club kob.L- pwrpci. Vfti afljuULed Li> Oan- Ll fn] H^isfpl 1 j-i lust iilfth 1 aflt' I T |Lh B cmta nsatcti G^r.Lor Tj-j-k"fu? 4Ka:ni^ RAT Brt#t»T-at[' d H^hrftidM Irfi the P-h-ld f Ih? first halt *nfcL ±n U)]vr Lj i tu Lib
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    PATIENCE, SAYB LIE'
    105 1 PATIENCE, SAYB LIE' LAKE BtJi/CXflti Sftt Mk Trjai^ me unu^d K^ll UP &4 1 rrLa_Pr- O*h ■ml v^iLETday c»utUra*d I pttlBHt m fflwrU to h**l fht birirti jn th» WOTLJ out cil Ruula \tiii tirr ComSn1 Mr Fie k'IJ lui *t**Li jjriao, Li>]lJertrL*t "Tr i±kt ciuw_ "P*| I Ni |F.
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    P.I. READY FOR RED TROUBLE
    102 1 I UANLIA. *n.1 J ptlC Pl^]'.TOLnP» Artnj TfrtLE, C i 1 Fhfci t CMiiniumrt Ltivt-| bjijtl ot F^Tni n*a WLLL ll*l I Ji*te witJi wriou* diTiE*r iu Lhc lni*r-i^ fterurLtj of i^rH1J4 a*n ta'U^i DiMia* d*- 1 I p«tT rlnef of htafl *>r ttLf I
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    ORINAWA BASE
    12 1 "HMtiiKi to d^elop lr^ oa^e at! OUttin IsLaTvl. JOD pftij
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    HK EUROPEANS GOING TO SHAI
    34 1 AHOU1 1 1M Europ^n "^s wni*fi frnQl IltHla E«l aaJ] oia ttif U 3 LId*i t^n^i-il Gwrfoti lar flhunKM^hi of th«n ire filPUL** ol uiitLl FTiLfcLrniF^^ at? mpLl*bL* A.P.
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    MATTRESS KILLS 6
    19 1 11J_~ L 3 1 L Lj L.r_' X&Xf P'V TT 'flr# Lri a Horth CarnUiilL lalL-
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      65 1 Diamonds m Jewellery 1*11 Tiltphona 7923 j 67. Stamford Rd [U C«i BUi,) s '*-^_4 H wmmmgm Tfi Famous m uj W///////WP I ;i^^M| III 1 WMMmM I TIGER BBLm Se/ /ire /o /ie«e/f W *t .t! r j- J liorfrt **e? t« In itt *L* fl J r it
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      25 1 M.FIiNTER&S.GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery Telephone 7923 67, Stamford Rd., (En Court Bldf,) S pore. 1 iililiigl Tl.e Famous House WJ W Komedy iffl m frr Iri
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      Light That Never Fails
      467 2 rr»v\O of the Wonders of the Ancient >r!d were the Colossus oi Rhodes and the Fharos of Alexandria and both these immense buildings, constructed more than two thousands years ago, were lighthouses. The Coloswai destroyed by an earthquake fifty years after it was built but the
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      Law comes to Moose Creek
      285 2  -  H. M. McKAY By "ALL RIGHT, Regan," Galloway announced heavily, 'I'm your man. I might have known the Law would catch up with me sooner or later." Trooper Regan looked at Gwen and Johnny, and their stricken faces awoke his sympathy. Without a word he
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      120 2 HE/2JF are Brifa and Axel, who come from Dadarna, m Sweden. Brita is holdino a Swedish flag. Do you know what colours to paint it? She is wearing a handwoven apron, striped m many colours, and a fur-lined leather jacket. Axel is carving a horse. One is already finished. Can
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      Raki, the Lonely Giant
      1234 2  - Raki, the Lonely Giant S.C. GEORGE By a new short story IN the days when the giants were dying out on Earth there lived on the green slopes of Mount Ophir m Johore (he biggest giant of them all. His name was Raki. He was so tall that when he
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      Stamp Corner
      137 2 rR the past ten years the 2s. and ss. stamps of Bermuda have been on sale with perforation 14; but on February 16 the Crown Agents for the Colonies released a new printing of these with perforation l'i\ x 13, and purchase of them is strongly recommended at
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      MYSTERY 'LAKE' OF MID-AUSTRALIA
      569 2  - MYSTERY 'LAKE' OF MID- A USTRALIA C.M. BRAIR By pOUR hundred and fifty miles due north of Adelaide, capital of the State of South Australia, and much the same distance South-east of Alice Springs m the centre of the continent, maps of Australia show a large lake— Lake Eyre. But
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      46 2 ii LAST DAY I YOUR I LAST OPPORTUNI T V WASSIAMULL'S 31-33 HIGH ST. SING A! "<t 7/ie ENGLISH ELECTRIC F years Capaci^ R evaporator |B-1118-I^k J Easy Moncan be a Diftribu.o" I Sim»po'« 7^ |ohore. UNITED K ADIO CO. 111, ORCHARD ROAU S*NCAPORI TIL 3^
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      164 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS.— I, Santiago is the capiial of this American fi [2 ~J3 TH^BB^ republic. 6. Range of mountains hJ mm JB^ lying between Hie Rhine and pH ""^J"" Rhone Valleys, f, It revolves _I_I_I_JBHH 81 round the earth. 8. French city fjfj r "T| built on several
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      19 2 The cwntr of tht caft whtre Penny Funny's parents and Jean't mathcr Koni has Marl a ns.so frcm tha
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    JAP TREATMENT FOR LEPERS
    223 3 Pitiful condition m Australia former a SYDNEY, Saturday. 4 hOKMLR Australia,, war prisoner, Mr. Frank H X den ys Austr alia' S treatment of lepers is ?TO than What hhote ot Japanese prison Mr. Gladen. a Sydney free-lance writer worked on newspapers m London and America
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    POCKET RADIO TO GALL DRS.
    32 3 POCKET RADIO TO GALL DRS. OOENSX, Denaart a: day. m locml hosi a.led :o the busing sign n i"i ra« made Ls techi bofpttml'sl He. I .re trtm doctor* Id b A.P.
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    32 3 photo. King Leopold's supporters used aircraft before last Bunday\ voting: on the King's return to encourage Belgians to vote "Yes". "Oui" and 'Ma" stand for "yes" m French and Flemish respectively.- A.P.
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    Ancient Carthage to attract U.S. $
    78 3 Ancient Carthage to attract U.S. UtTHAGE, French North Africa, Saturday. N 1 1 DO/IKS are snorting where Hannibal walked I briiu ancient Carthage out from under the IB attraction for American tourist dollars n! Plan 3 mission to France has put money for manpower irvthe hands oi French protectorate, to
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    WOMEN LABOUR
    63 3 Eight thousand Czech women will be employed as waiters tram drivers, and white collar workers to replace a similar number of men being assigned to factories m the Ostrava-Karvim district. Czechoslovakia* largest coal region A. P. photu of l.dmhur^h dames with Mrs. A. Bohha thr nt-jii of th»*
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    MORE ARRESTS IN BOMBAY
    50 3 r FHREE knife attacks and 81 A arrests were officially reported m Bombay yesterday on the fifth day of disturbances m that. city. A dusk to dawn curfew was imposed m a new area of the city but the curfew m another area was lifted A.P.
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    GOA REPLY
    29 3 The Portugue.se Government will reply soon to the recent communication from the Government of India on the future of Goa and other Portuguese possessions m India Reuter
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    PAPAL ENVOY
    26 3 Pope Pius XII yesterday appoint^ Monsignor George de Yong Dardoye. Titular Bishop of Mischia. Apostolic Internuncio to the United States of Indonesia. A. P.
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    INDIAN NAVY
    24 3 Commodore G. Barnard. R.N.. yesterday assumed command of an Indian naval squadron at Bombay, relieving Commodore H. N. S Brown. R.N. Reuter
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    Homely advice from 2,500 B.C.
    172 3 CAIRO, Saturday. pVEN the ancient Egyptians had arbiters of fashion to list the do's and don'ts of etiquette. Archaeologists have excavated and deciphered three ancient manuals on manners, one dating back to 2.850 B.C. Most of the advice holds true today— although the ladies might
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    Chiang's dagger
    33 3 pORMOSAN tribal chieltains yesterday piesented gifts to Gen Chiang Kai-shek. Including a dagger. An inscription said, "this dagger strikes like thunder and Lightning. Use it to slay the Communist devils." A.P.
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    ALGERIAN VISIT
    19 3 Tiiirty British warships have arrived m Alg?rian pprts following joint British-French manoeuvres m the Meditena- nean A.P.
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    FORMOSA GOLD FOR H'KONG
    48 3 pORMOSA has shipped over 40.000 ounces of gold m the past 10 days to Hong Kong, where the price is US$3BO higher. The Nationalist authorities, who are reported to be m need of ready cash, are estimated to have 4.000.000 ounces of gold Reuter
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    Bridge Problem
    135 3 flubs are trumps. South leads I North and South are to win all se\en tricks against any defence. South leads trump to North* Jack, West discarding a heart. North leads heart queen, East to.t ig and South ruffs. South leads last trump. North discardI ing a heart and:
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    PRINCESS ENDS OLD TRADITION
    230 3 TOKIO, Saturday. DRINCESS Taka. daughter of the "Son of Hea\< r r the Emperor Hirohito. will end a 2.600 year-old tradition of the Japanese Imperial dynast wh'-n she marries a commoner m May The bridegroom-to-be. 26-year-old, thin and bespectacled Mr. Toshimichi Takatsukasa today earns thirty shillings
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    846 ACCIDENTS
    22 3 Hung Kong mo?' .ad 846 traffic accident s la ynar. causing 417 casual- but only fnu r dea** > A. P.
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    S.E. ASIA MEETING URGED
    127 3 S.E. ASIA MEETING URGED WASHING lON. Sat. DEPUBLICAN B iV William Know: yesterday urged Pi dent Truman to m; a meeting b< foreign mini Australia and the 90 East Asian republic consider a non-a^ sion pact and a security programme against communism. He told the Se meeting should be «i
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    S'HAI SCREENING
    21 3 Th*» Sha; are scre^nint fell ChlfT applicants l«->r rx: essmen pledge^ to sub.> v lory bond> bKorp leaving Reuter
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      36 3 'jjW BRAND, HE HO HONG OIL MILLS (1931) LTD. y* STREET TEL: 5911 5913 WOO HING BROTHERS Brid«f Road Singapore Tel 41 19. »s of Swiss Watches. !i make* «»l '"^v s|Hire part« and accessories. SOLICITED.
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      41 3 \\\\\\\\u\\\\\u|i||i! <toiPffil "mm//. XSMMWV PRODUCTS 7&>JJ '>'/// •^F 3 PRODUCTS bear A Name that you can TRUST WHEN YOU ASK YOUR CHEMIST FOR PHARMACEUTICALS I ASK FOR SQUIBB I Sole Agents SHRIRO (China) LTD. izzr r^^ T [^m^ RAFFLES PLACE TEL. 4850
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      29 3 Solution To Crossword No. 946 QUAR TER P^^ S B rj st atorbnF *aMleMsad r d^lpjisjßLaM 7 i Ma£E rture N T Ml| 3£^t UN T Igrassholpp c RJ
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      470 3 F.P. Crossword No. 947 Jf Jlu r jjßß| B^Hl CLUES »:<»-- -1 Ihe strengtn oi a dead aan'i wlahes? «9» 7 School at note i 4) 8 It may go to a lady 'a. head <5; Put the baby m this part o( the age '3' 10 Cunning piece ot
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 18, 1950. THE FIGHT FOR TRUTH
    654 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 18, 1950. THE FIGHT FOR TRUTH y^,CeJSTS and screams of denunciation from tre south-east European satellites of Russia about the work of the British and l.Vted States information o.^ces m their countries c me thick and fast, and h".ve culminated m d blunt r*miest
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    Holy Year Need Not Be A Flop
    910 4 ROME: A YOUNG man with a wind burnt fnce, a stnfT m his hand, ;md a rucksack on his back plods his way dazedly through the flittering hurly burly of Home towards St. Peter's. In the churches, amid the musty shadowed swirlings of
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    A STAMP 'FIND'
    81 4 The discovery of a United States stamp valued at £750 will help a Melbourne woman to buy a home. She will offer It m part payment for a house. A stamp dealer discovered it while looking through the woman's collection It Is a 15-cent brown and blue
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    9 4 'Are you sure this new Amah is experienced, dear."
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    GOOD YEAR FOR SPEED
    536 4  - GOOD YEAR FOR SPEED Courtcnay Edwards -By TTS going to be a vintage year— a royal year for motor sport m, Britain. A calendar of events more exciting than anything yet seen m Britain has at the top of the bill the first Grand Prix de l'Europe ever staged m
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    Enterprising Tamil Mentors
    469 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS A SMALL, new but unimposing Tamil school was officially opened recently at Maxwell Road. Known as the Umar Pulavar Tamil School, it was built by the Kadayanallur Muslim League m Singapore with donations from different nationalities MR O. M OSMAN. Supervisor of the league
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    36 4 Princess Elizabeth is introduced to Borish, 10 -month-old badger during her visit to the Severn WUd Fowl. Trust at Seimbridffe, Gloucestershire. Centre is Commander Peter Scott, son of the explorer, and an expert on otrd life.
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    WHY TEXAS IS PRO-BRITISH
    273 4 DALLAS. Texas. q^HERE are four rea- sons why I am going to spend several days m Texas. First, it is so biu that it takes several days to get more than a fleeting glance at it. Second, according to Hollywood and other reliable sources, Texas is
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      18 4 ITHE PEKING CO., 81, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. J ;C*M?HORWoodCHESTs! Slack w«ed Tables;; YING 37, STIMFDRD ROAD, j CINGAPORE.
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      16 4 CLIFFORD SAYS THE POPE'S BID TO "TtfRN TOURISTS BACK INTO PILGRIMS" HAS FAILED AND EXPLAINS WHY.
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      137 4 V^t. there you are old boy- and what i-ck 1 N make that pudding for tonight and perhaps an icecr«f* follow. I could do with half-a-dore- c »cv if I conH get them, but really you seerr so popda p no*-« However, come along, it a nice c 4 you
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magajine Saturday, March 18, 1950.
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      Oldest Chinese temple in Malaya
      751 1  - Oldest Chinese temple in Malaya K.S. KONG by \yiTll a history which dates back to almost two hundred and fifty years, the Cheng Hoon Tcng Temple m Malacca can unquestionably be claimed as the oldest Chinese temple m Malaya According to the inscription on the tablet put up by the
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      THEY DO THE ODD JOBS
      378 1  - THEY DO THE ODD JOBS A.S. LEE by c \<i APORE'S »wn abounds l! types of <x!d job itinerant who rattles of assorted tkea the area, and open your rrand- father chests, or provide you new keys out of old ones for a song For leaking pots there is the
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      LONE SOLDIER ON A 'SPREE' ARMY STYLE
      355 1 THIS is a sorry sort of tale. It's not only got a sad ending, it has a sad beginning. It started with the realization that I would have to stay over for the week-end at an Officers' Leave Centre up-country. Sure it's a
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      by JACKSON HEIGHTS
      260 1 a crampy automobile to whisk them away again. rE band, at least, was m good humour and m fine form. The place began to fill up with elegant newcomers and with the resident husbands and wives, one or two looking as sheepish as if they weren't really
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      Tock-tock mee man
      89 1 Tock-tock mee man COAliiTlMtrf m ttif atmosphere oi T.. or Tiong Bahru. and v m Chinatown, one oc( > ally comes aero s a p holding a piece n! stem and knckin-i i. v^ short bamboo >ii"ic: tock; took. 4 m a tango-like temi>o He is a m>-.- ieiier. like
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        16 1 LATEST MEN'S AMERICAN SWIMMER FASHIONKNIT I y 3k Sole Agents:EXCELSIOR LIMITED 3 6HlGH STREF.T. TEL 3161
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        134 1 You con fly by Clipper' ROUND THE WORLD from Singopore .^E^li H^r^ BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCESCO You fly westward to New York via Bangkok,' Calcutta Istanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward to San Francisco >r Los Angeles via Manila and Honolulu. Whichever roun vom
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      'Queen Victoria' To Be American
      725 2 STORM OVER MOTE By A Special Correspondent A N A merica n actress playing our own Queen Victoria —why. its ludicrous. This sort of thing cannot be allowed to go on f Thus, the indignant general secretary of British Actors' Equity, which has protested to
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      MALAYAN IN NEW PLAY
      136 2 MALA YAN IN NEW PLAY IIALAYA-born actor Michael Gough has taken another step along the path to success m Frederick Lonsdale's new modern comedy "The Way Things Go with Glynia Johns. It i 5 not very lons since Michael scored his first London success, also m a Lonsdale play. But
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      CENSOR OBJECTED TO WHISKY
      629 2 CENSOR OBJECTED TO WHISKY By OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER |\ENKIS Price, who has already had some experience of the needs of the censorship m the cutting of The Bad Lord Byron, is having to make alterations m his new picture. Murder Without Crime d on the play that tl^e Singapore
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      at the Cinemas
      59 2 sS^^SttSS mm«. «3 lwnntaK^SteM^ ai?flh?^rS n ?S?m"^ PAVILION— Train cf Fvenfv (see col. 7). M— MJ—^ rF£^T^F heuf SSt^m XK h «band (Joseph vS.*, J^hi 2 a Brktn^ btusinessman (David fZatu i«. an ahmr sr%»ewniß« prises for Inveterate Western f^ Once agai* right uu th« form of
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      NOEL COWARD 'SPOTTED' PHIL
      371 2 REPERTORY PERSONALITIES— 4 |>HIL Guard, who is 21, was born m Rochford. Essex. His education was erratic He moved from school to school, from Chatham to Chelmsford and South end and "loathed them all He claims he learned nothing. Phil tried le galvanize lethargic fellow students
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      Film 'Landmark' is Revived
      460 2 Film 'Landmark' is Revived RUTH LANGDON review* the films that U*l»pwc will nee mmmi A RBVIVAL of CITIZEN KANE la coming soon to firtngaport, People may remember this film aa Oraon Welles' first actor-director effort and nig most successful work of art to date. Made 10 years ago by the
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      HOW TO BE WICKED
      87 2 m»u want t sivr vent l« 1 tir pasMonv go lo thf cinema and leurn how. the Rrv J Fisher He rx plains: "Masters and mistresses of the art of break ing the Ninth and Tenth Commandments walk arrow the screen, with steady poise and knowing
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        77 2 A wonderful bunch of hits from the sweetheart c! son; DINAH SHORE MA CURLY HEADED BAB\ I>F*R HEARTS AND OKKI "V 1 VO SILHOUETTES COAX ME A I ITTI.E BIT I THROUGH A LONG AND M IHOUBAND VIOI.INB <F 'i I KOKOMO INDIANA 1 STEPPIN' OV T WITH Iff H'
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      Max Factor would get a shock in S'pore schools
      376 3  - Max Factor would get a shock in S'pore schools LUCY TAN Us il iH AT great mas ■ih of modern Bub? up, Mj\ Fmlot s n Malaya and any Chinese is m hool be must r himself for t! u IngKfSl shock of Ihc modern v (tors not exist Ik
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      IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE BALD
      595 3  - IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE BALD KENNY KAYE declares high <<»st of *>ming ..ikl the s< days .ire man) ;i nitre n wondering plunge tr* not Ko go tl eat deal to nomg bald. .ng the I feeling save on hairou don't have rough your se perfumed is i hich
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      They miss the real thrills of life
      662 3  -  ERIC MITCHELL by Englishman's home is his rustle. If that is (he case, it must be a pre-fabric-aled one, for when he travels abroad he always lakes it with him. Kven if they shocked convention by parading m their birthday suits, an Rnglistiman
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      NO LIONS ON SINGAPORE
      432 3  -  PAUL S. MARKANDAN THE COLONY'S NAME JS MISLEADING by J OFTEN wonder why this overpopulated, underhoused dusty, noisy, commercialised, prosperous city was ever named Singapore or 'Singa-pura'. \>inga' m Tamil means lion and 'pnra' m Malay is city I'^nce 'lion city* Authoritative sources state that lions
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      THEY WANT NO CHARITY
      356 3  -  KENNETH TAN by AN OLD man his legs wreathed m bandages owing to scalds, yet managing to fry ami sell *Itoay-teow \\;is approached for alms by ;i healthylooking young man m better attire The old man looked up at him and spat "What! I earn to
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      Brazil is ready to play host to World Cup teams
      967 4  - Brazil is ready to play host to World Cup teams C.R. Escudero By aiKAZIL is almost ready to play host next June to la contenders for the world's soccer championship. Fmlishmen and Swedes are expected m th° vanguard due m Rio d^ Janeiro a week or so :id of the
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      Bob Skene pays tribute to Citation
      676 4  - Bob Skene pays tribute to Citation ALLAN LEWIS Hy r FHOL'GH Noor won the Santa Anita Handicap (U.S. $100,000), the honours of the race, according to Bob Skene, went to Citation, who was conceding the winner 23 lbs. and lost by only a length and a quarter m the record
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      U.K. Army XI for Berlin
      247 4 A BRITISH Army soccer team Is to play m Berlin for the first time since the war. Th.H Army side is to meet the Belgian Army m Brussels on April 26. and will then travel straight on for a fortnight's tour of the rfAOR. Games
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      Advanced American methods of release
      576 4  -  GEORGE CREIGHTON By 'THE greatest factor responsible for the successful rescue must always be dependant upon the guard's ability to free himself from the initial clutch of the drowning person. The danger m making an approach to contact must never be minimised until a 100
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        63 4 REFRIGERATORS IfFAectrieal or Kerosene *perat*l Madeis) RADIOS (Mains flf Buttery Models) and RADIOGRAMS of Leading Makes are on display at VAN HIN'S I SHOW ROOM 136 ORCHARD RD. we also have on Display Automatic Record Changers •Vacuum Cleaners •Floor Polishers Cookers Air Conditioners All Electrical Appliances Electrical Accessories •Lamp Bulbs
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      MAILS
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      29 5 I th- St. O.sue he Ked DrtMM (iriur.il left to P2III T.injf. 16. and 17. Thosr the General m mi 1 tl— •v' h twice 1 -^v ro ronrbildrfn.
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      MILLION MORE
      29 5 BECAUSE of increments and payments of arrears on such increments, the Peiiang Municipality's expenditure on salaries and allowances last year exceeded the I^4B figure ay over $1,000,000.
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      Protest against taximeters
      353 5 Protest against taximeters Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Hire Car Association, Taxi Owners 1 Association and Taxi Drivers Union at a joint meeting yesterday protested against the proposal for compulsory installation of taximeters by June 30. The proposal is contained m the Municipal Hackney Carriage Bye-laws 1950 which will
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      THE WRONG ROAD-BY 'MR. RIGHT'
      240 5 THE WRONG ROAD -BY 'MR. RIGHT' Fire Press Staff Reporter A CAPTURED Tamil bandit who was formerly the vice-president of a Singapore trade union In a broadcast last night described how he became a Communist, his life m the jungle, and why he now rejected Communism. After attending a trad?
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      Housebreaking
      39 5 FOR breaking into the house of his former wife. 29- i year-old Ahmerf bin Mohamed Zin a private with the Royal Artillery Blakang Matl. was sentenced yesterday m the Singapore First District Court to one year's rigorous Imprisonment.
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      Girls have no time for glamour
      258 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MISS Mary Randolph and Miss Eleanor Koontz, two pretty young secretaries attached to the United States Technical Assistance mission to Malaya headed by Mr. R. Allen Griffin, have just arrived m Singapore by air from Salmon. This is the first
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      AUSTRALIA IS 'MORE HUMANE' NOW
      179 5 THE Australian immigration policy appears now to be administered m a humane i manner and devoid of the unpleasant features which characterised the action of the former Australian Labour' Immigration Minister," says j the annual report of the Singapore Progressive Party. The report says that
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      ON LEAVE
      33 5 JOHORE BAHRU Fri.-Mr. R. C. Edyvean. Controller of Posts, Johore, leaves for the United Kingdom on furluugh next week Mr V. I, Smith of the Singapore Post Office sue ceeds him.
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      STRICTER ELECTION LAWS HINT
      304 5 Canvassing at booths attacked HFree Press Staff Importer J* HE Singapore Progressive Party may seek legislation banning canvassing for votes at entrances to polling stations m future elections. This possibility 1b indicated m the Party's annual report, issued yesterday, m which the Progressives' political rivals, the
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      Anti-T.B. drive in Kedah
      111 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent AN intensive anti-tubercu-losis campaign will goon i be launched by the Kedah I Government m the outlying areas. A medical van complete with X-ray equipment will visit kampongs and small districts throughout Kedah to carry out X-ray examination I among the people. The
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      Cricket as aid inexam.
      208 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 GOOD innings or a I iple of goals would hep a schoolboy to get promotion under a plan proposed In trie MpJayan Educator, organ of the Singapore Teachers* Union. The editorial m the latest issue of the journal sugg* that "it
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      NEW SCHOOL OPENED
      108 5 Fre« Press Staff Reporter MESSAGES of goodwill v c sent by the Commission-■r-General.*Mr. Malcolm McDonald, and the Officer Acminirteriiiß the Government. Sir Patrick McKerron. on occasion of the official opening of Um?r Pulava r '■vhwol m Maxwell Road yesterday. A group of local v nt i -Elected
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      COPRA EXPORTS
      48 5 Malaya exported $y 4'3.b3t worth of copra 114^1343 ions* hi January, an.-i inported $6 019,731. \'orlh (11,382 67 tons', accord.) g to official statistics. Cocorut exports am*' to $60,605 There BQ Imports. Exports of coconut worth $4 356.497 '4.455/.2 tons> and imports ItMjl I <214.51 tons»
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      Answer to Malaya's squatter problem
      304 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FHE final answer to the squatter problem m Malaya was the elimination of the squatter as such and he emergence m his place of a happy and contented Malayan Chinese settler, said the assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Perak. Mr. J.
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      60 5 picture. SIX-YEAR-OLD Chan Chum Tee, an abandoned child, listens to the story of David Copperfield read to him by Peter Wong, 14, a student of St. Joseph's School, Singapore. Tiny Chum Tee is an orthopaedic tubercular patient at the General Hospital. Peter Wong regularly reads to convalescing children at the
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      PORTRAIT OF A SQUATTER
      94 5 WHAT is a sQuatter? This is hew Mr J. L H. Davies, assistant State Sec- i retary for Chinese Affairs, Pcrak, defines him: He is a Chinese living on and cultivating land to which he has no right at all or whose only rig^t is a
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      BROOKS WAS THE MASTER
      275 6 bands beaten but not disgraced \LFIK Sands rould not escape from the long: left arm of Boy Hrooks and for 15 rounds of their Orient middleweight championship fight at the Happy World last night, the triple champion jabbed with his left, completely outhoxed the gallant Sands
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      U.S. BEAT SWEDEN
      23 6 'rHL United S 1. from iharpty last nl| tO b 1 In the o; ice hot key London. A. P.
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      U.K. TEAM WIN
      30 6 |O H.»nn Kon| In ita fir>t pearaitce m Manila on Tharsdav night OUtp] 'hp TermliuU Athletic by fOftll to two m a fast and thrillingg game U.P.
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      South African XI 49 all out
      320 6 'TIIK Australians opened the last match of their South African tour m Johannesburg yesterday by dismissing a South African eleven fo r 49 lowest total registered against the tourists. When bad liyht brought play to a premature one! they had replied with 137 for
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        360 6 v-^^*^^i r t^^ SPfC/At R4Cf W/GHTS DANNY DANFORD HIS BAND ,M**JL A i T#*g^gft <-3g£v iiS^ISl I SPF.C.AL MID-WEEK RACING ATrRACIION RAIIDAAAA 9 DCCTA3IDAUT PATROnTp. EASE NOTE THAT THI M^ thurs. 23rd. march N^:jr Pr ;r BALLKUU/W& KtSTAUKANT RES R E J7 KV n M r D T A H
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        283 6 Mdndrdkß Exclusive io the Singapore Free Press m »/r,/ f/; JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m \j ui(lx r^WHATS TMAT, INSPECTOR r-^l/YES, WE WAVE REASON TO^S V... SO DONT GO V... WfeLL.T- So* "\1 I YOU CAN SET MY MIND M BELIEVE HE WAS KIDNAPPED V LOOKING POR
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      202 7 SDFGSDFGDSFG Ui VN LCWM \EV\S i II > rd-liip I >KY !\t. HOPE k PBDiCI I UC Us iion TRESPASSER BOOKLAW II (•olden News Amusement. \Ol R LORDSHIP loiiand Noble Light BROWN BROCADE I nless Skyscraper li\KH\M Mayfjir 1 amelia riIER'S PRIDE Sweet Memory I*oli>h Bride
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      EIRE WIN SOCCER
      21 7 EIRE WIN SOCCER I .land jres:he m Ire--Leagu? reDublin [ng by a M T^o the League :o their nead a Reuter
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      T.B.A. SOCCER
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      S'PORE POLO
      70 7 rpHE Singapore Pole Club ajU hold a tournament lor the Mackray Cup at the Polo ground on Wednesday, Mar. 29. Play will start a( 5.30 p.m The Mai-kray Cup is a recovered $U ill challenge trophy to bf> competed for by regular paying j members of the Club.
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      Army boxers take honours
      201 7 Army boxers take honours picture A RMY won the annual r\ inter-Services boxing petition at the Royal Naval barracks Seletar, last night. They scored 11 points against Navy's 6even and R.A.F.'s five. This was Army's Dd successive victory. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. gave away the prizes. The full
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      Sind-Karachi start well
      190 7 A STOLID century partner ship by All Muddln and Anwar Hussain for the second wicket enabled the Sind Karachi Combined XI to pile up the impressive total of 241 for four wickets when their three-day match against the Ceylonese tourists began m Karachi yesterday. Winning the tos*,
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      Today's acceptors
      1096 7 OO n Race }r~ 2 00 -Class 3, Div. 5— 6 F. 5 Yrs. I"T If Tulloh 900 Mr A Shaik Ahamad Martin Marcher Lords Lawler 900 "Felstead Stable" Fox nsn v t m Lansdown 8.13 Ms. Shaw Bros. Ong Spencer Son *S w Mawi 813 "Goodwood Stable"
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      COURAGE OR ARCTIC LORD TO WIN TODAY?
      536 7 COURAGE OR ARCTIC LORD TO WIN TOD AY? Equally fancied for main race By ALLAN LEWIS gPECULATION was rife at Bukit Timah this morning regarding the chances of Arctic Lord and Courage m the main race today. They appear to have equal support and I would not be surprised if
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      Draw vital in today's Lincolnshire H'cap
      219 7 From VERNON MORGAN r UCK will play a big part In deciding the winner m -*of today's Lincolnshire Handicap, first big event of the 1950 British flat-racing: season. The draw for places at the start of this "dog lejr" mile is always a vital
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      60,000 at semi-final
      194 7 AN all-ticket crowd of ininr than 60,000 is assured lor today's F.A. Cup semi -final between Chelsea and Arsenal on the Tottenham ground. Chelsea are quietly fancied to beat Arsenal, against whom they have an impressive record m Cup games. However, their inside-right. Jimmy Bowie, has I
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      S.C.C. ATTACK FAILS
      202 7 S.C.C. ATTACK FAILS MAKIM> chances R.A.F Selpained full points at the pense of Singapore Ci Club In their S.A.F.A Be League match at Ja»ar Hi Stadium last evening S.C.C. were beaten I Out they would nave witn at least a counie il nad had a better bet w I Hagon.
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      Dejsada outboxed in Brisbane
      47 7 F.P. Brish.tt>r> fV>rresonn<f*nt LOUIS DEJS A D A 13 lbs > the Siamrse featherweight boxer, was no match for the Queers fighter. Jacky Ryan <B— l2- 1 it Brisbane Stadium night. Dejsada took a beating and could not see opt th* 3 sixth round.
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        59 7 .> CHUEN SUN KNITTING FACTORY HONGKONG. I 1 VICTORIA THEATRE I TONIGHT at 9 p. m. f and for SIX days I SINGAPORE REPERTORY I PRESENTS I PHIL GUARD JOHN FORBES-SEMPILL f IN 1 MURDER WITHOUT CRIME Tomorrow 6.30 Matinee and NIGHTLY at NINE I from MON. to THURS. 1
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      2,000 JAPS FOR INVASION FORCES
      384 8 A iding Red 'Steel Corps HON(; KONG, Saturday. fWO THOrSAXD Japanese military* engineers, artillery men and tank personnel form the hard core of the Communist "Steel and Iron Corps'' now waiting on Liuchow Peninsula for the invasion of Hainan, it is reported here. The New
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      TIN: NEW CONTROL ATTEMPT
      91 8 LONDON. Sat AN attempt to regulate the world supply of tin will be made when the Internationa; Tin Study Group, afprepaiation In London, gels down to business m Paris on Monday. .>• year the 'production of tin was about 160.000 tons. This was about a third
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      SHORTAGE REVOLT
      61 8 BUENOS AIRES. Sat poUR officers of the armed forces and nine civilians have been arrested m th* suppression of an attempt to overthrow the Bolivian Oov--rnrnpn; The Government blamed 'he outlawed National Revolutionary Movement for the disturbances and said Labour agitators had conspired to start a revolution, taking
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      WESTERLING TALKS HITCH
      54 8 WESTERLING TALKS HITCH THE US I Charge d/Affalrei :n Singapore. Mr. Oetoyo, has arrived m Jakarta to re- i port to his Foreign Affairs I Ministry on the Westerling affair reports Aneta news agency It it staled uha: negoci«uons between the U.S.I and iht B:!--ush Government /or extradition of Wesierling
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      LABOUR M.P. (MAJ 613) DIES
      51 8 LABOUR M.P. (MAJ 613) DIES Mr. Adam MKinlay. who won the West Dumbartonshire Scotland, constituency for the Labour Party at the general election last month died m hospital yesterday after a heart attack His death will cause a byplection m West Dumbartonshire where he had a ioritv of ftis vnt»i
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