The Singapore Free Press, 8 April 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.751 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 1950. PKICE TEN CENTS.
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    AZIZ, THE REBEL, DEFIES JAKARTA
    333 1 picture. Bid to 'starve U.S. I. forces MACASSAR, Saturday. £APT. Andi Abdul Aziz, 26-year-old leader of the revolt against the Indonesian Federal garrison m Macassar, last night defiantly refused to obey a U.S I. Government summons to go to Jakarta, and added that he would
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    42 1 Good Friday was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church yesterday evening with a mass candlelight burial procession in the compound of the church. Over 3.004 Catholics took part. Picture shows a section of the congregation walking in procession with lighted candles.—] Free Press
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    H.K. GOVT. WARNS SCHOOLS
    33 1 H.K. GOVT. WARNS SCHOOLS KONG, Sat. .ools i b Education i :adents Depart- i to the Illegal of The rdinance unless j or l of i -rvd mainly j schools tn J»nd studen's
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    STOP PRESS
    25 1 rils George md Charles |i be courtd m connection of secret Indo-China. •ilts from deci4ht by Council •ffircis above lonel may be illed.
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    CHEAP BUTTER —OFF RATION
    233 1 Free Press Start" Reporter PINNED butter can now *>c bought freely off the 1 ration m Singapore and cheaper than the fixed price. The Government is to fee asked to deration it and abolish price control. Australia has offered 575 tons of surplus tinned butter, m
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    WANTS TO PLAY, TOO
    20 1 HOLLAND (Mich). Sat. LEON MOODY. City Recreational Director, resigned yesterday "because 1 need some recreation myself."—l.P
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    ROBBED OF CARDS
    29 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Armed bandits robbed 41 people of identity cards at three different estates at the Bth mile Johore Bahru- Scudai Road on Thursday.
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    Key witness kills himself
    73 1 TOKIO, Sat. QUEHARU KAN, 32-year-old student of Greek philosophy former interpreter m a Siberian war prisoners' camp and the most important witness m the "Tokuda Request' case committed suicide by lumping m front of a speeding electric train m Tokio's suburb. The Tokuda request case involves
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    TWO ARRESTED IN JOHORE
    45 1 Free Press Staff Reporttr Police arrested a Chinese under the Emergency Regulations at Kluang and another at Yong Peng. At the sixth mile LabisCha'ah Road, an Indian tapper was stopped by armed bandits and robbed of his identity card and cash.
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    STRIKERS SPREAD
    21 1 Egypt's rash of strikes for iuoher cost of living bonuses soread yesterday and about 4*ooo are now affected A.P.
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    Hula-hula probe
    23 1 The U.S House Un-Amer-ican Activities Committee hopes to find and expose any "fifth column activities" which may exist m Hawaii.- A.P.
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    Troopship on mystery cruise
    327 1 Troopship on mystery cru ise pictures. Free Press Shipping Reporter RAILING under sealed orders, the grey-painted, 8,371-ton Portuguese troopship Colonial put into Singapore harbour yesterday, with 400 African Negro soldiers aboard. Neither they, their officers nor the crew of the Colonial know whether their ship is bound tor East Africa
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    NEPAL, INDIA PACT
    31 1 General Bijay Shamshere Jung Bahadur Rana, Direc-tor-General of External Affairs m Nepal, has arrived m New Delhi to discuss a proposed treaty of friendship and commerce with India.
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    KING TO LEAVE
    24 1 Bangkok court circles said that King Phumiphon Aduldet plans to return to Switzerland soon after his coronation on May 5. A.P.
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    SAIGON WANTS URGENT AID
    177 1 SAIGON, Saturday. FACED with intensified activity by the Vietminh Communist forces, the French General Staff m Indo-China has sent an urgent demand to Britain and the United States for military equipment. The General Staff indicated, according to a diplomatic source, here, Uiat unless aid arrived swiftly,
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    Two Wide Boys
    19 1 I share half your winnings, you share half my losses what could be fairer than that
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    FILM STAR DIES
    34 1 Walter Huston. Academy Award winning actor who missed a party honouring his 66th birthday on Thursday night because he was not feeling well, died m his Hollywood hotel room yesterday U.P.
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    SECRET GUNS
    23 1 The first U.S. arms aid shipment to Italy will probably be secretly unloaded at Naples, Bari or another Italian port. A.P.
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    U.S.I. TAKES OVER
    34 1 The territories of Banjar, Dyak Besar, South-East Borneo, Kotawaringin, Banka, Billiton and Rio have been Incorporated into the Indonesian republic by a presidential decree, the Federal Horr>*» Ministry said yesterlday.- Reuter
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    Best bets for Ipoh today
    42 1 Best bets for Ipoh today From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Sat. If V best bets for today's Jfl races are BABA DEAR. TARA STREET and BROWNSBAY. The going is likely to be heavy. Best bets by Trespasser are: ROYAL LINK and CADZOW GLEN.
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    GO SLOW WITH B.C.G.
    65 1 MADRAS, Sat. MADRAS State, which two years ago took up largescale BCG vaccination, Is revising its opinion on its preventive efficiency and has decided "to go slow" with the experiment. This was announced m Madras by the Health Minister. Dr. T. S. S. Raj an. answering
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    Police lorry attacked
    64 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. AT noon yesterday a police lorry was fired at by 10 bandits from both sides of the Johore Bahru-Merslug Road at the 63rd mile. The truck drove on and was again attacked 20 yards away. The police got out and
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    EXCHANGE FIRE
    30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Kampong guards exchanged fire with ten bandits m the Muar area of Johore on Thursday. The guards found blood trails after the bandits fled.
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    Bus passes bandit fire
    44 1 BANDITS fired at a bus at the 52nd mile Johore Bahru— Ayer Hitam Road yesterday but the bus got through without damage. Fifteen minutes later a car passing the same place was also fired at but managed to get through.
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    BOMB HURTS 6
    21 1 Six policemen were Injured, two of them seriously, by a bomb explosion m a Barcelona police station. A.P.
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    Indo-Pak. talks hitch?
    161 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. yHE Indo-Pakistan Pre- miers' efforts tv reaen a nnal accord to protect minorities and stop the communal rioting are s>till being blocked, it is learned, by the objections of India's "Iron Chancellor," Deputy Premier Sardar Patel Pandit Nehru and L; All Khan held two
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    AUSTRALIAN P.M. SILENT ON MALAYA AID
    160 1 MELBOURNE. rE Australian Prim I ter. Mr. Robert Me!. refused to comment yesterday on suggestions ir the British Parliament Australian help should rw sought m the battle agains: the Communist band Malaya Mr. Menzies. who is on holiday m Tasmania, said he nad not
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    'SACK A-RED'
    27 1 French right-wing papers have started a campaign for the dismissal of a Communismprofessor, Frederick JoliotCurie. from his post ms France's atomic_ energy research head.- A.P.
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    The Egg-And Easter
    719 2  - The Egg- And Easter David Gunston By I HE gmn ggs at. I time la no celebration in*, season To early an egg was the mbol of the univer* of U all-powerful work the Supreme Divinity. re traces m Xtu theology of the Romans, Greeks, Egyp--03 and Persians of the
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    1090 2  -  CAPT. W.E. JOHNS Thunder Over Germany A 'Biggies' adventure by I'rttr Master, a Cadet m the R.A.F., overhear-* two of hi* officer* discussing a hfddro, petrol store m the Black finest. '■t'rnun prisoner has saM it it impossible to And it. hut Teter tells the Air Commodore
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    The floating antique shop
    110 2 HPEN lucky men from various parts of England will be sailing down the Thames soon In a 200--ton launch bound for the South Atlantic. They were picked by a Yorkshire born business man, Louis Langford. who had over 1,000 people wanting to crew his ship, the
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    PRINCE AND PEASANT-BOY
    495 2  -  S. C. GEORGE |3y K«vhid m a Prfn< aho hat evrr>lhin(. fin* rlothr*. a m^tnifitrnt \u-t sr and a ii.<i*'» le livr m. Olhmin i» a poor ujlk/d pra&anl who I* ridinj v:» fcuff«io «h(n he tnffli th« purir Thr* are fvarth alike RASHID could forget what
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      191 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD ILILS At ROSS.— i Fomder r— i p i n —^w if the Roman Empire Compass I* r I BK point. 7. Greek city whose clttiens I h^ "^l ftfie all trained for War. 9. 20 cvu |B 10. Part of a play. 12, Name of five 7
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    U.K. STATE AND CHURCH CRISIS
    284 3 Archbishop has a solution a Tvpiriiiv a- LONDON, Saturday. exist L.h, Z£ middle Way solution EnaSm^.K'S' "•'■•Wislied Chuicb of piiKianct and tne State have been m a condition nf concerned, the two houses of Convocation and the Assembly. Dr. Garbott has now proposed to end
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    U.K.—ISRAEL AGREEMENT
    62 3 U.K.— ISRAEL AGREEMENT BRITAIN and Israel have Deluded an agrefmrnt Mnoothing out financial difj lerences between the two najions existing since Britain I surrendered its Palestine mandate. The agreement, signed at the British Treasury, provides I for a full and final settlement of financial matters outstanding between the two governments
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    No U.S. aid cut
    25 3 A Republican attempt to cut another U*****,000,000 from the foreign aid bill was defeated m the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday
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    MAO IS WARNED
    27 3 A Yugoslav trade union newspaper has warned China of the dangers of cooperating with Soviet Russia m the economic exploitation of it.s resources. A.P.
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    46 3 A three storey house is tarried through th«» streets of Chelsea, Mass. (ISA.) on a Tournamover. This was one of 7i wooden houses which werp moved two miles to make room for a new bridge at Chelsea. The Tournamover. is equipped with Firestone ground grip types.
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    JOURNEY TO MOON DOUBTED
    28 3 JOURNEY TO MOON DOUBTED LONDON. Sat mwfi to possible tom rocketvttta •ordi Pic- each the It years m a w in Earth and ne pracwould ci all .dmits
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    DUTCHMEN GO TO N.. GUINEA
    11 3 DUTCHMEN GO TO N. GUINEA la to r.ber of va- A.P.
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    NEW KOREAN P.M.
    27 3 President Syngman Rhee of South Korea, has nominated Mr Leep Yoon Yong as Prime Minister following the resignation of Mr Lee Buic Suk. Reuter
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    ATTLEE ON RED PURGE
    109 3 LONDON. Sat. THE Prime Ministrr Mr Clement Attlee. has told the House of Commons that the Government's pi of Communists from the Civil I Service would be -resolutely pursued. He was replvmg to Sir Waldron Smithers. Conservative, who asked ;fy the purge m view I of
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    LEARNING TO BE 'MUMS' AND 'DADS'
    126 3 SIDCUP Kent. Sat. i rp WENTY-EIGHT men and I 1 women are attending a school here Tor professional mothers and fathers. The students will be appointed official "Mums and "Dads" at children's homes throughout Kent if they complete the tough course satisfactorily. The homes
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    FILIPINO ARMY HALTS RAIDS
    50 3 PHILIPPINES army combat teams fanning out Into Central Luzon yesterday halted, at least temporarily, a series of raids by Hammer I and Sickle flag-bearing Hukbaihaps. No reports have been rereived of disturbances since President Elpiciino Qulrino on Thursday ordered the army into the field. A. P.
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    Bridge Problem
    174 3 I DIAMONDS are trumps. SOU tft leads. North and South ai>* to win six of the seven tricks against any defence. South leads diamond quern, then diamond seven. North discarding club queen and West th< 1 club nine. South then maICM two cluj tricks. On the flrsi club.
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    Doctor urges mid-day nap
    214 3 COPENHAGEN, Saturday. 11l MAN beings would live longer and enjoy life more if only they would lake a short sleep during the day, according to Dr. Hakon Geert-Jorgensen, chief of a Danish medical laboratory here which examines 200 people a day. In an interview wiih a
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    U.S. DROPE PLAN
    22 3 The United States has cancelled a plan to givi> a display of American air powerover Bangkok next month. Reuter.
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    Lisbon accuses
    29 3 The Portuguese Govern ment has accused Chinese Communist patrol boats oi violating Portuguese territorial waters near the Portuguese island colony Macao, off Canton. oa March 6.- Reuter
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    TREASON: LIFE
    30 3 Miguel Barcala. convicted of treason for collaboration with the Japanese during the war. In Manila was sentenced to life imprisonment and given a U. 5.55,000. 55,000 fine. U.P.
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    Lawyers to question their use
    106 3 Lawyers to question their use TRUTH DRUGS LONDON. Saturday EADING lawyers fron. parts of the world v. nl cuss truth drugs and detectors at a meet ins of International b~i AnnoCiiu here m July. These are some of the problems they will be asked I decide: Should confessions ob ed
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    'PLOT TO TKAE SERETSE HOME
    47 3 'PLOT TO TKAE SERETSE HOME POLICE have banned i ■cheduled tribal mtk for Seretse Kluu ;>pai ently tearing his A... subjects might attempt the exiled c:. Bamangwato m dpi. authorities British MthortUM said to have discover of Bamangv. n tako BereUe home b\ upon his arrival.— A.P.
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    Funeral homicide
    28 3 Charged with homickl?v tribeanan wai aa Juba i Sudan unon i- gation showed he mi brandishing his spear I enihusiastically th* funeral of 3 relative A.P.
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    U.K. drinks less beer
    73 3 BEEB-MUNUNG Britons are drinking less be< r n..w ada>s. Latest figures show the tountrv's pi mlnriion of the stuff, conditioned by demand, dropped to 1.K31..&H bulk barrels m January. That was the second lowest for anr month m more than two years Analysts say the slump
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      107 3 Solution fo Crossword No. IS I 10 B Mown. 1 4 Bi v I M Om, 13 New Crossword No. 16 MUM heraldry, no' weapons >T. I. 4>. 9. sessed (7). 10. Daniel ma* :s ourdened •">>. 13. Tears WUb t -a IS Ihe finish of the queue »7>. 19.
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      416 3 CTMrfIPHPF 930 Tlme Signal News; 9.45 ATT'sTPATTA SINOAFUKL Rendezvous wrth the Stars-vour TnnAV (BLUE NETWORK, ?^£S££Z3g£^ 930 a.» T °S^.rd Crooks 484 and 41.7 metres. jl dance music m the sweet, <££'. M^Spotllght BjndjEmersency news from K.L. Latm Amentan mingham Orch; Dennis Noble Ift (tenon; 10.30 News Bulletin; 30.40 at
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Apr. 8, 1950 UNPROMISING START
    445 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Apr. 8, 1950 UNPROMISING START \jh [ES GRIFFITHS •.'■>• ol the C la b H«' is le body c i w Cabinet. Ma H.> itart not been < has by h lem, whose \a at last b» he Op> B: itlsh But he will have
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    THE BOY WHO WAITS FOR THE REDS...
    1131 4  - THE BOY WHO WAITS FOR THE REDS JAMES E. REID (on the roof of the world) man who had thrust > S Communist invasion threatens Tibet: a Chinese striking-force is nearing her northern frontier. Her ♦blunderbuss" army, 10,000 strong, is inexperienced, and freedomloving peoples elsewhere m the world can do
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    Neden Report 'Discontent'
    492 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR J WAS amazed to read Mr. Kurup's and A.CS.TJ. member's irrelevant and contradictory letters which apueared on April 1. i very much doubt Miat these letters were written with any pertinence to any matter conducive to the wellbeing of the Service workers. The
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    S.E. ASIA'S WAR ON DISEASE
    555 4 S.E. ASIA'S WAR ON DISEASE YESTERDAY was ob- served m most parts of the world as World Health Day. I n the countries of South-east Asia this could scarcely b e a day ot triumphal rejoicing, for despite the valiant efforts of medical men and public health services, the great
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    TACKLING THE T.B, PROBLEM
    463 4 TACKLING THE T.B, PROBLEM ('ontrihuted 1»> I I B Ach iser of th»- World Health Organisation. 'PHE most important thing which everyone should know about tuberculosis is that it Xl m infectious dim* which paw* directly from one person to another Usually the lungs are Uie seat of the Infection.
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      102 4 And approvmfly the audience I all at various times enjoyed the c? wholeso-ne Domo. The kmmm < cook, the scouts, the fc ces On Safari and Shikari it is a ecogti < standby a susiaminj food a t Wh ol c MILK Pc^ ct A COW CATI MOD^O Agents:- JACKSON
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    Y.M.C.A. ART CLUB
    42 5 V M 1950 are: Q. Jacks nmlttee Siah Boev K K pu-turt*. sian Hughes. 1>M tlaught< Social Welfare. 1 lames Hughes. Kalian* m ing welcomed ither. M;*> BaffleCS MM fci Hii\l llation from *pend her sums >inj;apore. Free Press
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    MATRIC EXAM TO GO
    82 5 THE Singapore Education Department announced last t that the London Uni•v Matriculation Examination will be discontinued In Maiaya after June 1951 The last complete London triculation examination be held In January 1951 m the Federation and Sir pore A r.irther examination will be held m June
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    ASSESSMENT RATE MAY GO UP TO 30 P.C.
    233 5 ASSESSMENT RATE MAY GO UP TO 30 P.C. Govt. refuses grant to S.M.C. imiE et Ppew staff Reporter 1 r r at c f assessment m the Singapore Munuipaiitv raised «nl> this year from per cen to 2o per cent., may be raised to P r'h Cent the Mu "'«P«l
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    "Proved right by Mission'
    155 5 Free Pivnn St.UT Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Police Mission's report proved that those who insisted upon an Investigation of the police organisation were right, said Mr. E. D. Shearn president of the Malayan Association, today. It wa.^ clear that *he members of the mission were
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    35 5 There were 620 births and 164 deaths m Singapore Municipality m the week ending April 1. Chief causes of death were pneumonia 1 25 tuberculosis i 24», enteritis til) and convulsions (11).
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    29 5 picture. THE north-hound nightmail train from Kuala Lumpur to Prai wa s derailed early on Thursday between Temoh. and Kampar. Picture shows the scene of the F ree Press
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    CHICAGO INVITES MALAYA
    208 5 CHICAGO INVITES MALAYA Free Ttm Stuff Reporter MALAYA has been invited i to the first United States j international trade fair to be; i held In Chicago between Aug. 7 and 19. One million .square feet of space, consisting of all four of Chicagos largest exhibll tion halls, has been
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    Many don't register
    108 5 Free Press Start Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. PECENT surveys have revealed that a large number of business houses have still not applied for registration m spite of a final warning having been issued, states Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Registrar Of Businesses fo r the Federation m his
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    SOCIAL CENTRES NEED HELPERS
    271 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VOLUNTARY workers are urgently needed at Singapore's 15 Children's Social Centres where about 2,000 needy children from two to 14 years are Ziven a free me*l hv the Social Welfare Department daily. An official statement says that it is felt that there
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    UNION OF COLONY CLANS FORECAST
    455 5 Free 1 ress Staff Reporter 4 DAY may come when a federation of the Chinese clans m Singapore is formed, uniting all as one. This was stated by Mr. Lee Song Chua, president of the Singapore Teochew Lee Mutual Help Society, at a dinner to
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    More listen to radio lessons
    119 5 THE total number of schools m Singapore and the Federation listening regularly to Radio Malaya's schools broadcasts has increased by more than 100 per cent during the past 12 months. Since the beginning of this year alone, there has been an increase of 20 per
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    INFECTED PLACES
    22 5 Information has been received m Singapore that small-pox exists m Anioy. Medan and Sourabaya. which have been declared infected places.
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    S'pore wants more Chinese policemen
    291 5 S'pore wants more Chinese policemen Free Trtss St. 4 4 '.vepoitn IN order to enlarge the number of Chinese m the uniformed branch of the Singapore Police lokc. the Commissioner, Mr. X b Fcmlger. hai transferred a squad of 21 Chinese from the Special Constabulary to the regulu forte. These
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    CONCERT BY GIRL GUIDES
    109 5 CONCERT BY GIRL GUIDES Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE 11th Singapore orl 1 Guides will stage a rariety concert at th<- British Council Hall on April 12 and 14 at 7 HO p m The programme will include mv tm dance number;and sketches and a one-act comecLv entitled "The Eternal
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    US 'floating fair' for Singapore
    153 5 THE American which is no« tx Ing i fitted m l m American Ind fair around the world about Jon* and bably will dock and tilt vember Til* >Hv be n ibl< t<> V< pre-war m its p. nai A new DT| bit ion Ships
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    JOJORE COLLEGE OLD BOYS
    40 5 JOJORE COLLEGE OLD BOYS JOHORE BAHKI ftl Boys of thf 1 English College il a met held at the \u-« k < to revive the Old B* tion. Dr Ismail bin Atviul Rahman v. and Mr C I< I Ikd ent
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    TOO MANY BUND HOLES AT 'ISLAND'
    658 6 Enjoyed playing here, says Rees Ry V Special Coric^poudent I) VI REES, the top-ranking British golf professional, told the Free Press yesterday tlat he enjoyed playing at the Singapore i ourses those of the Island Club and R.S.Ci.C. He criticised the Island Club course,
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    Fine exhibition by Sidweil and Brown
    230 6 SINGAPORE tennis enthusiasts saw a sample of 1 Wimbledon trnnis at the S.C.C on Thursday, when Geoff Brown and Hill\ Sid II played an exhibition singles match. Sidweil. who won 7 5. >> 2. showed himself to be one of Australia's most promising exponents
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    HARRIS BEATEN
    77 6 ARIC \itn Vhft ot Holland c«I Britain i Rc| H wurlii pri'Jevsidiial champion, m a speilal COOtMt over n\e ma ch**s OQ PiJd.ty at the Internationa! cycling Meeting la London. Vhpt icored 9 p<j»nts to 7H for llatih. Jan I>crkcon of land VII last of the thre COmpetltors
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    BEAUMAN FANCED TODAY
    316 7 BEAUMAN FANCED TODAY Heavy going at Ipoh From ALLAN LEWIS DF4I may IPOH, Saturday. IJhALMAN, newcomer who had his first outing m the country at the last Kuala Lumpur meeting, was strongly tipped on the course this morning to win the third race here this afternoon. Beauman ran very well
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    Counties trying out new talent
    284 7 I lios of >oung blood is a necessity if i rioket is to produce a team capable of two or beating the Australians m the i encouraging sign therefore, to see that Yorkshire, Joint winners of the coun- .< season are setting an example •hance.
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    Cricket cancelled
    7 7 match aej!r*t oadang today. is
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    Dave Sands arrives this afternoon
    180 7 QAVE Sands, mlddieweighl boxing chjimplon of the British Empire, is scheduled to arrive Qantas BOAC uircraft at Kallang airport, at 4.35 p.m. today with his manager-trainer, Tom Maguire Snr Boy Broots Orient triple champion, who will flght Sands at the Happy World arena next Friday,
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    Liverpool regain lead in Div. 1
    236 7 tiTHOIGH there was not a complete root Dan AlTHOlOti l ?fpn«ri a nrf yesterday League programme m En^undvete^^ ti« n problems- of thrills rewarded Biggest upsei occurred to Manchester United who crashed at home to Birnnngham City beneath whom In the table there is
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    Perak Derby prospects
    27 7 SPECIAL review* of Mon- j dav s Per.ik Derby' b> Allan Lewis and "Alleynian' appear m page 'our of today's Free Press Saturday Magazine.
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    Best gallop by Friar's Last
    181 7 Best gallop by Friar's Last pRIAKS Last -Harper' did the best gallop on the Ipoh trai-k this morn.. running half a mile In •>4' 2 sees, and the last three furlongs m 39. Other workouta were: Rivrr .Moon lAvres' three :i". 44 Shaw ford \\,:t\dO' 43. Grand Priv 11 (Mawl)
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    YMCA ties for today
    138 7 THE following aie todays; ue* m the V M CA. tennis tournament. Mrnt open singles: I.itn H-«-Chin v Capt. J L, Whitmore Men> open doublet: Arthur Lim and Gordon Lim v S. A. Da wood and A. O .B Pakir. H Kami* ana I. A. Abagoff
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    TOWEEL MAY FIGHT ORTIZ
    43 7 TOWEEL MAY FIGHT ORTIZ THE South AJiican governuieni 1 mtf allow Manuel OriU, world bantamweight boxing champion to ffcht Vie Toweel. the Empire title holder m Johannesburg, on May IS provided Ortl« agree* u> invest 10,000 part of hi* r»ur*e m approved securities
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    Navy win
    101 7 ROYAL NAVY delta ted RAF. Changi by three goall to uue r. a Senior League soccer match pJtived al ihe Nasal Ba.«e on Thursday Aftei a scuttles* fiist bftlf, N*v> opened account* through Bcr;v off a centre from Long. Five minu'e 4 latfr ;x»nn tcont '.wo quick Koalb
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    Tulloh not riding this afternoon
    323 7 OLIN Tu Huh will not be ruling at todays races. He complained of severe pains m the ribs after j taking out Perostan for track work on Thursday morning. He was X-rayed and was found to have two ribs badly bruised. It is doubtful that
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    Koroschenkos last bout here
    122 7 FOLLOWERS of Emil Koror schenko will see the brawny Czech wrestler m his I last bout here at the Great i World tonight when he battle* the giani Hungarian grappler. King Kong, over ten rounds. Koroschcnko. who was unable to continue his previous flght with King
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    R.J.I.C. GOLF
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. IN the final of the Royal Johore International Club golf championship (men's section* C. J. Lowe beat X L Bedlington. This is the fir*t time Lowe has won the title.
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    SCHOOLBOY HITS 125 FOR CEYLON
    267 7 A HARD-HITTING partnership of 114 between Kelaart and the 18-year-old schoolboy Jayasinghe enabled Ceylon to muster an impressive first -inninps total of 329 against a Pakistan Combined Universities at Lahore yesterday. Young Jayasinghes polished innings of 125 included 13 fours and is the highest recorded
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    All the latest selections
    239 7 ALLAN LEWIfI TRESPASSER EPSOM JETP CALL BOY •ACE 1 DEAR SMILING THROUGH DEAR ELEGANT ART SMII.INi. THR'H < H Rustle Dear Rustle A*rot VaU Elegant M 3(- Smilint Throu<h Ascot Vale 6miling Through Dear I»e*i i 1 RACE 2 FATHER RYAN ROYAL LINK COLONY ROTAL LINK
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      583 7 Today's acceptors IJELOW is the card of events fof todays races at **Ipoh. Double totes will be on races three and four, six and seven. The Biir Sweep will be drawn on rare eight. |DmM a*. 804 111 .lack. Kace 1—2.30: Cl. 2, !>»"*"* p.oo Div. 6-6 F Race 5—4.30:
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    BIRTHS
    33 8 TRAP To Greetje. wife of Meijer Trap, at Surllngham Nursing Home a sister to Jan. 7.4.50. TUPNELL: At Penang. on 4 4 N, to Elizabeth, wife of R. S. Tufnell. Maiavan Customs.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    32 8 CHE ENGAGEMENT is anr. an ced be' ween Mr. Lee Hee •on of Mrs. the lae Mr. Lee Kim Siang and Tan Sif^w Choon iter ot Mr. isd :ar. Boor cnoe.
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    ACKNOWLEGDEMENT
    50 8 THE HON'BLE Mr R. Jumaar.ci Mrs Jumabhoy wish 1 o t: lends for their very nd letters of conD r^cei\td here and occasion ot thr r <ort. Mr Ameer■rvy. BSc. to M B A. at Bom:v 10*h March 1953. it owing to m- and telegrams are unable to send
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    SINGAPORE BOXING ASSOCIATION
    86 8 The Annual General Meeting of he Singapore Boxing Association will be held at the Happy World on Wednesday, 12th, April. 1950. •t 5 15 p m AGENDA: 1. To read and confirm the Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting. 2. To receive the Annual Report for
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    HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint BY may fector gr
    89 8 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint BY may fector gr Hollywood You'll be ovfr looking one of the greatest lipappeal bets of all time if you don t try applying a coral-tone lipstick shade m an application at lea%t two oi three times thinner than you \c ever tried tor any other lip-doing
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    HK CHINESE RECOIL FROM THE REDS
    243 8 Chiang regains popularity HONG KONG, Saturday. INDICATIVE of the disillusionment of the Chinese people on the mainland and overseas m the Communist Government and the strong nwiag back to the Nationalists, all neutral Chinese newspapers here gave banner headlines to Gen. Chiantr Kai-shek's (rood
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    55 8 A specially-constructed n eighteenth century dray drawn by two massive Shires liitched tandem m period harness. toured the streets of the City of London m a double anniversary celebration. The occasion commemorated the 200 th anniversary of "The White Horse" pub and the bicentenary of the opening: of the Whitebread
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    'SULTAN'S PLAN TO GRAB GOVT'
    171 8 JAKARTA, Saturday. I 'HE Dutch news agency \neta said m Jakarta 1 yesterday that it had been informed **on the best authority" that Sultan Hamid <>f Pontlanak, Indonesian Federal Minister without portfolio, had planned to take prisoner th«« entire Indonesian Cabinet. The Sultan WU arrested
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    BOMBAY'S EXAMPLE TO WORLD
    83 8 BOMB A Y'S EXAMPLE TO WORLD BOMBAY. Sat. PRESIDENT Rajendra Prasad has inaugurated complete prohibition m Bombay State with a call to the people to set a noble example not only to the rest of India but also to "nations of the W I 100.000 people squatting en the sea
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    Two different women in fire
    82 8 LONDON. Sat. 'pYVO women among many 1 persons caught m a blazing three-storey hotel m Bloomsfcury. London student quarter, behaved differently m the emergency. One. despairing, leaped naked to her death, wMIe the other keeping her presence of mind, .saved herself by edging her way
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    12 states keep women silent
    66 8 1 2 states keep women silent LAKE SUCCESS. Sat. WOMEN do not have the legal light to vote Ct hold public office In a dozen countries. A survey for U.N. Coirnlsion on the Status of Women listed the countries as Colombia. Costa Rica, Egypt. Faltl, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Hashemite Jordan.
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    BRITAIN'S FLYING EASTER
    120 8 LONDON, Sat. T ONG DISTANCE Easter holiday trips sjeem the fashion m Britain this weekend. From London's Northolt airport there were twice as many pip flying to the Continent or to Scotland and Ireland as last Easter. British European Airways are running 332 services from London during
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    CLOSING DOWN
    10 8 New Zealand k- closing its legation m Moscow
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    WILL TRY AGAIN
    29 8 The Flying Bixbys— Dianna and Bob— took off last night for Toklo determined to try again soon to smash the record for a round-the-world flight. A.P.
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    Declaration of death
    55 8 A SPECIAL U.N. conference at Lake Success has approved the creation of an "International Bureau for the Declaration of Death to clear up the chaotic situation of millions missing after the war and now believed dead. The bureau would issue internationally acceptable death certificates which would enable
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    REDSKIN SPURNS U.S. MILLIONS
    129 8 WASHINGTON, Saturday. HIEF Katchongva of the Hopi (Sun) Clan told the U.S. government yesterday that it could take its U. 5.590,000.000 and go to blazes. The Redskin chief came here a week ago to protest against the hydrogen bomb, which he regards as an abomination to
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    Flying hotel is ready
    40 8 KKISTOL. Sat. BRITAIN'S flyin* hotel" —the 130-ton Brahaxon designed to carry 100 passengers non-stop between London and New York m seven hoars has now completed all her major testing trials and is ready for long-distance flights.
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    Few in Way of Cross in Holy City
    188 8 JEKI SALEM, Saturday. IN an air of uncertainty which hangs over the future *of this ancient city, a small group of Christian pilgrims knelt yesterday to pray at the stations of the Cross on the way to the Church of the Holy
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    'MERCY' KILLIR
    22 8 Bob Mohr. aged 30, of Pennsylvania, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by "mercy killing" of his cancerstricken brother Walter.
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    ANTI-RED DEPT.
    14 8 The Egyptian .government has set up a special department to fight Communism.
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    WE SHALL WIN IN MALAYA Griffiths
    226 8 LONDON, Saturday. r pHE Colonial Secretary, Mr James Griffiths, said m the House of Commons on Thursday night that it was going to be a tough mr- m Malaya, 'but we shall prevail m the end." Replying lo a short debate on the Malayan
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    U.S. threatens to stop aid to S. Korea
    68 8 U.S. threatens to stop aid to S. Korea 1<" S-Hi^H pHE U.S. State Department ha. w V 1 ultimatum to hold national elections stabilize her economy or lose \nn n i The U.S. Secretary of landed the Korean Ambassan.lohn Myunj? Chang, such h n ruesdav and a iranslation I A
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    JAPS RETURN GOLD
    24 8 The Japanese Government ■has restored pold valued at US$6B3 000 to thr Chinese Nationalist representatives In Tokio under Allied orders Reuter
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      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, April 8, 1950.
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      Sea Pearl Monastery
      174 1 i SIIAIX never how we "God's Tanjong All thai you s Penang the main Election of v jiid some ild ings Bui hidden s of the is the temple. had wontme. Then nig along sn ni o: led pun* boat beach. must be a ye reached vere
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      Written and illustrated
      128 1  -  KATHARINE SIM man who had thrust a the spot ~a yean or more llsht priests sheltering Km that it c for a it day when burning hive visited rod always ii > a tiny he gre^n of .val nighf.H m a cloud of the sandy ucked with
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      HE WRITES LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
      735 1  -  KHOR CHEONG KEE tells of a 40 years hobby nVKK 12,000 ion tributions to the mess m Uic past 40 years— thai is the record of Malaya's most prolific writer of "Letters to the Editor", L C L of Penang Among the best known
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      MONASTERY PAVILION
      14 1 The Mahjong Club at Tanjong Tokong, Penang a sketch by Katharine Sim.
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      CHERISH YOUR IDENTITY CARD
      664 1  -  KENNY KAYE What is your most prized possession? \yiIAT is the most prized oossession of the raan-in-the-street today? If you -isk him, he will give* you this ready answer: "My identity card." Nothing is more precious to a man than that bit of green pasteboard which
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      HOLLYWOOD FAMILIES
      93 2 MARK STEVENS. 3-year-old son Mark Richard, wife Annelle, an j poodle Punch Jr LINDA DARNELL and her 18 -months-old adopted daughter Lola Her husband is cameraman Paverell Marley RICHARD WIDMARK, with his wife Jean and their 4-year-old daughter Ann. Jonathon Peck. 5. visits his father GREGORY PECK for
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      For 'Charm' Read 'Cussed'
      211 2 For 'Charm Read 'Cussed Ruth Langdon previews "The Bmz«a (harm' lomuiK to Singapore. THE Saxon Charm starring Robert Montgomery as Matt Saxon of the fabulous (harm is an unusual lilm rather bewilderuiy -good mi n sports, bad n others. Robert Montgomery as (he central character has an interesting role. He
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      AN ESSAY CONTEST
      88 2 gHAW Brothers are opening an essay competition for the women of Singapore and the Federation on April 10. The woman who writes the best essay (of 150-200 words* on "My Favourite Dress" will receive as a prize, the beautiful evening dress worn by Susan Hayward m her
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      'REP' TO GO ON TOUR
      75 2 T H^ Si lg:apo ertory < om Pany «s producing an alIrote B L^ W SCC lhe Dlay prHly WP as Shakesp«re A»J hlS t WIU P lean an ♦'a'""* 1 John Forbes-Semoill n^htl?S ntlO^ ndtheao diem;e ho around m?iK5. h° r CUf In will
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      STORY OF AN 'OOMPH' GIRL
      430 2 Repertory Personalities— 7 IJAKBARA Kno x--19 Marshe, Singapore Repertory's oomph rfirl has had a career as varied, colourful and dramatic as the theatre itsell. At 16. Barbara was a qwi. little gul going to an extremely proper boarding school Then ber father went bankrupt, her
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        173 2 Ltd. Now Showing A New Collection of WmMm Su!t s 278 Orchard R ad uvcufdwortfi A KatwJ engine furneW devigp «f ki— lowtri t«riix-» round lhi» < with (eollc laprrinf r.l^r Manufactured by n. P.»RK ;<* lo SHRIRO (China) Ltd.. ELKINCTONS SOZ./D HANDLE CUTLERY CANTEESS m LANKA JEWELLERS 20. Battery
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      THEIR NOISE BRINGS PEACE TO THE DEAD
      355 3  -  KOH PENG LONG tells how it's done \OISY ;itmoshere is intencreated every s night from ock to well v it Borneo iit'n ;j band of vu: Chinese, memIhe Ijan Li tolenl Assonii nit-t to rehearse At loh ko khclT* s drum music i>lj\
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      I GO ON MY FIRST TRIP TO THE EAST
      1069 3  -  BENJAMIN F. MACKAY 94 years of rich adventure by 1 WAS now 18 and getting l.S.si:> a week for waiting on customers af :i phut* called The Gol d c n Eagle m San Francisco. Some mighty lough people used to
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      THEY'RE EXPERTS IN FUNERAL MUSIC
      98 3 >■ Sixty -year-old Tay Hee Chai playing a Chinese clarinet at the Two. Loh Ko practice. He has been playing he instrument for more than 20 years Beside him v a W aang instrumentalist. Mr Tay'B eyes are open, pleating ?hMthe is blowing a short
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      A departed soul speaks to Mr. Chua
      523 3  -  A.S. LEE by fHINESE believe that if there is f a ni i i y tribulation they can con fact ancestors m the next world. Many modern Chinese invite mediums to summon the departed spirits of their parents when they need help or
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      Indian Heather to win the 'Perak Derby'
      1084 4 Indian Heather to win the 'Perak Derby' Allan Lewis reviews chances THIRTEEN horses, representing the iK'st of the stayers m Malaya at present, will go to the post on Monday for the "Perak Derby", the richest race ever to be run m this country Three months ago, when it was
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      10 starters for 1¼-mile race
      367 4 \IADASARI and Abby A>l Kay will not start. leaving a Held of ten m the Class 1 race over a milt and a quarter on Monday I have narrowed the field down to three— Happy Quadrant. Pat's Fancy and Arctic Lord. Happy Quadrant was uni
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      Four O'Clock II is the logical choice
      1515 4 Four O'Clock II is the logical choice Says ALLEYMAX 11 f HAT the Perak Turf Club committee ran hope to gain by calling the race for Class 1 horses over 1J miles the Perak "Derby* is quite beyond my comprehension Perhaps the committee is under the impression that horses can
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      'Swimmers, on guard' series
      34 4 'Swimmers, on guard series OWING to pressure of space, the 15th and last article m tbr "Swimmers, on ffuard!*' series by George Creighton has been held over this week. It will appear next Saturday.
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