The Singapore Free Press, 17 October 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TIESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950. PKir* if:n < i-.m^
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    RESISTANCE BEGINS TO CRUMBLE
    49 1 Pyongyang less than 30 miles uarheads one American the other South Korean shed towards the approaches of Pyongyang in an for the North Korean capital. Red resistance is collapsing niilent with Khe South Koreans said llkjl they had run" for Pyongyang after charging into Siran.
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    16 1 \ir^ j d.imn with the "Fly in i Se^tMum" this Mcnting. Sft* story in BCXI rolumn
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    'Big 4' urged to try again
    103 1 Big 4 urged to try again LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. and Iraq have asked the "Hi" Four" Britain. France, the United states ami Soviet Russia to meet during the current session of the United Vition.s General Assembly and try to res<>lve their difficulties. ;na one Five" was not included he proposal
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    LIVING COSTS UP.
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    Menzies flays Labour Party
    64 1 CANBERRA. Tue3. THE Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Mensies, In a statement on the Labour decision to* cease opposition to his anti-Communist bill, said yesterday: "This must surely be the most abject surrender in the history oi the once g eal Australian Labour party. "The Labour
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    FIELD MANOEUVRES
    12 1 All Isrs 1 hug* fleM manoeuvre! ame? dawn yesterday.- A.P.
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    1,051 RED TANKS PUT OUT OF ACTION
    97 1 1,051 RED TANKS PUT OUT OF ACTION LONDON. Tues. jIIR. AIDAN (rawiey, 1 Parliamentary Undersecretary for Air. said yesterday that United Nations planes had put 1,051 North Korean tanks out of action, .">4O of them beinsj utterly destroyed. Ciaw»ey, from a Fjv Eastei n trip. U N T planes had
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    SCOTTIE DID NOT LIKE TO LEAVE SPORE
    38 1 SCOTTIE DID NOT LIKE TO LEAVE SPORE the f A R. sloner of P pilot, Jimm; Davis Mr D I' b< rton. d B wai H P. J ■r Club pd up hot Company m .1. I tie
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    POLES WANT S.S. LEADER
    51 1 A J> sting the refusal of the Ish a y to hand over Heinz Rein farth. fori er Nazi s s leader, hn.s been received in lon. Relnefarth \a i in Poland for war crimes. A F »reign spota iid the note i o- j studied
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    RUBBER LEAPS. THEN DROPS
    183 1 Ri' RR LONDON, Tuesday. I BBhK yesterday readied its highest sterling price for .58 years, and then broke sharplv In Singapore, and at one time In London Its price surpassed the peak of (he 1925 boom. A Hong Kong order In Singapore, to rover a shortage
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    VIETMINH CUT OFF LANGSON
    116 1 PARIS \j\\ [IN In Indo- lin on the i il re .••(1 N A lor a pos tion I c idj T ind the n of the recent big icesman ■in disc] >sed that all b e:i losl I rd of the garng from tthe He
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    12 1 picture. n tnrcc stowaways, pictured in Sineanore thin morn in".— Free Press
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    ISRAELI ELECTIONS
    29 1 Mr. David Ben-Ourion, who.se Israeli Government resigned on Sunday, y sterday proposed that Israel should have new general elections with a caretaker cabinet holding office meanwhile. Reuter
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    DETECTIVEDIES 5 DAYS AFTER SHOOTING
    100 1 DETECTIVEDIES 5 DAYS AFTER SHOOTING PENANG Tues. DETECTIVE-C O R PORAL Chan Thim, who was by an unknown gunman In crowded Clntra Streei an Penang five da the General Hospital night. Chan, who h id stopp* tor-cycle to talk to a friend last Thursday night, received two shots which seni
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    PARLIAMENT BACK
    30 1 The French Parllameni conies back today from h long holiday to face a serii stormy issues, such as rei arming of Germany and deI feats in Indo-China.- A.P.
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    The 18-carai soup
    50 1 Found in a pUte of vegetable soup: An 18-carat gold en-';■-.sement ring: frith three diamonds *et in platinum. Tinsoup was made from a packet of dehydrated vegetables bought at Greenoek, Scotland. Police traced the vegetables 121 miles i? Lwdca. W«W inquiries will be made at Covent Garden.
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    3 SEAMEN WERE DISILLUSIONED
    361 1 Free Press Stuff Reporter f IFF at seu these days tan be action paci.ed uith adventure providing one knows where to look for it, and, according to thrtf young Australian stowaways who arrived in Singapore yesterda\ from Hong Kon<: on the North Western Victory they knew
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    Murder by electricity
    58 1 For the Mr>t time, it has beca reported that electrocution had been used Ij> North Korean troops to kill their rictiau In Kunchon. 4!<> South Koreans were marrhed uith hands hound to a lons air raid shelter, ordered to lie down and then electrocuted when electric current
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    Council hears Arabs, Jews
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    No equality for Korean Reds-U.N.
    104 1 LAKE Sl(( ESS rursd.iN IniE Economic and Social Council of the United Nations yesterda\ o\»'iwhelminnh voted down a Kiissian demand that the defeated North Korean Communist be jjiven ati »«qu:il voice with South Korea in th<* drafting of a United Nations relief tltd r»h «')>1«--tation
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    U.S. TROOPS FOR EUROPE
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    An Idea (1) Home
    259 2 An Idea (1) Home PRANCES DALE FINDS El me mtiuciuce my 4 married couple of k Sylvia Marriot Douglas lavior. I think vou will enloy 2 them Ite Of their connd broadcasts in Hour" and Ibox." the I s ravlors have a with folk like vou and me i the
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    'French' dresses made in U.K.
    368 2  - 'French' dresses made in U.K. IRIS ASHLEY Illustrations by By REPRESENTATIVES of the Brill holesale dress houses have to pay a considerable fee to be allowed to view the first sho icings of the Paris collectio?:s > each season. Sometimes—as in the case X of Dior -as much as The
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    'SIMPLICITY' SLIPPERS
    79 2 piENERAL news on house slippers is Interest Part Icularly recommended is a "Simplicity" platformwedge corduroy slipper with a little turn-down collar round the top This costs only 18s 9d in lawn light blue. r<d and mid-blue r the lovers nf fashionable tartan then Upper bootee with imitation furcufl
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    Futuristic Fashions
    284 2 A NOTHER American has been launched with a declaration of independence bv Adrian, the aggressively American fashion designer from Hollywood, who stands almost alone in his defianre of the Paris influence In a season when pra-tic-ally every crossroads store in the U.S.A. is advertising Paris copies. Adrian's ailAmerican
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      46 2 W^/9^K^BKm 55*2 if*-* 1 v "vv*Q< ■Boaßdt^^^^^^ontfflflP^^olm^^'* >» R4» *t/m *> B^r^ i OjL."^\^H v^ w ff^ > *^iH P. H. HEN DRY. Jeweller 78. North Bridge Road, Singapore CLAIRE has put ""^oi^l b^^^ j WINGS TO FASHloJ^^^^^^ 1 ALWAYS SOMETHING I NEW At CLAIRES Singapore Cold Storage Arcade.
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      159 2 t&* lit i I V r ha; red beauties. Pcc Blush Rote Lit vcti Crerm Rouge Rouge Compact As a foundation L'g*;t Rosette fat-o-Ocme 11, Batten Road Phone I Protect h your fine things yyLwn You'll <avc Jt" finer fabr:. 1 W witn Lux things, dainty cotton frock^, v.. >
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      215 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOl!\ today, it would seem that fear has been left out of your make-up. You are intellectually independent. You have your own ideas and will carry them out despite any or ill kinds ot opposition. You know where you want to go in life and intend getting
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      142 2 New Crossword No* 179 ■JLTfTTTTTB i I HHaVaHBaVSKS Ha^av ■SHzSff-nai CLUES ACROSS 1. The race has beyun (fi. 3». 8. Pu: me on S legftify In writing (11). 9. 11, 17. Tiibute to good and chatty parrot? i5. 1. 4, 3. 2, 4). 11. See 9. 12. Saucy Rirl. not
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      41 2 Solution to Crossword No. 178 N>! I ||O\ -Uross: 1. Handed. 7. 11. Overt. 12 Neath. 14. 15 One 16. I v. ie Dutch Do^n: 1. I R»d. 14U Axe to Down to i 13. Ho'el 14. See 4 IT. I
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    BRITAIN'S DEFENCE NEEDS
    354 3 'Can't disperse too widely LONDON, Monday. I>KIT.VIN has often been accused during the past few months ot not pulling her weight In international security She was little and late in sending help to Korea, her critics say The reason according to Official sources in London. Is: "You
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    43 3 photo. iraPa Sen England States Kxpress (Boston p.iulnii •!>'" i derailed oil t.tnk rar at t touching «»n m explosion and tire Be- ptTMHw w«*r»' hurt, none critically. An ■ntier -u. i "If w»-d h.id wooden ran I «.>uid i» beea mm iul."- A.P.
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    TEH BAGPIPES ARE CALLING
    57 3 LONDON, Mondav >MKN in* world over are beginning to Hear v ba ;nii>- n talttni UIC dans for a freat E linburgh the la>t week of July. 1951. s -some hundred irtans La being Festival ox Britain to show a I Scotland the clan or family
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    DAILY ARRESTS
    22 3 Thi-T'' have be^n almost iups of all-.-underground undup U sroup of 14 National lis peace uud hai during Oct. Reuter
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    American arms reach Saigon
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    U.S. is training Koreans
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    Bridge Hands
    158 3 A I A I J »> 4 f Qlll t I Q A i able East 4 A PtU 4 N T Pus A All PIM VQ Ol hming a -if n '< wbldi tw M >/v well last ilmisl decided to ail to d.v I when hia
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    The Voice causes embarrassment
    165 3 HONG KONG, Monday. TIIF United States Government's Voice of America I broadcasts are causing the Communist authorities in Canton greal deal of embarrassment. II ustening to VOA Is against the law. but many Communist officials tune in regularly \o\hr Chinesemage broadcasts However, they are unable to
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    U.S. still imports them
    23 3 WASHINGTON V. I tru-nt 3.000 pounds of e imported I rclal users in the flrsi n months <>f 1950
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    19 3 •mire :.s popular ion In Japan are newspaper vibscrib. n-r cent radio listeners and 29 p Dl subsrrtb Reuter
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    Muslims and Moors unite In Ceylon
    100 3 Muslims and Moors unite In Ceylon COLOMBO Mun. {POLITICAL leaden ol \h> 40.000 Moors and Muslims In Ceylon have now derided to bury the hatchet and work as on" body for the e of the communli K -i! v ears these two qroups although professing same religion, have been working
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    China has a 'Moscow' 'Varsity'
    58 3 China has a 'Moscow' 'Varsity' Chinese n wspapers in Formosa n-poru'd that i rsion or the Moscow University has been set up in Communist capita] <>r ..ni with 35 Russ :in pr sors and 200 Chinese Com--•a:r >, The English language newsIna Ni p/s" sain 1 (jn'vers lw uld b
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    TO BE DISCHARGED
    35 3 The U.S. Armv has ordered Belfi commanders tn grant dis to members of th»> 'Organised Reserve Corps who have four or more dependants and were callrd t i active duty Individually U.P.
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    HEALING CUTS IN HALF TIME
    302 3 COPENHAGEN, Monday. /M IS and bruises may l>o healed in half the time if experiments now being conducted in Copenhagen by Dr. Henrik Dam. d s .»< .> r r>f vitamin K. are successful. Vitamin K u <:.. loi tn? tlation of blood in other
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    NEW CABINET
    15 3 The new Jordan Cabinet with Said Pasha Mufti as Primp Minis: assumed office.
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    SALT BAN TO GO
    30 3 For the first time In eisht years \hc .Japanese Government's Monopoly Corporation v.ill lift the product io; ban on able saM and ivrmi it.i public >> Reuter
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    ALL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SMILE
    140 3 RANGOON. Mon. A KACHIN colonel in the i\ Burmese army caused laughter in court in Rangoon when he -said he I considered that Dr. Gordon Seagrave v.a.s a n*bei because the doctor did not •mile at him Col Khun Nawng s^vr- the tribunal trying Dr.
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    To the moon in 4½ days
    232 3 1 PARIS. Monday. yOOM to the moon in an atomic rocket in four and a half days? Laugh if you like, but some 60 scientists from eight nations are dead serious about the trip. They have organized the International Association of Astronautics to pioneer
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    Nehru joins Committee
    68 3 Nehru joins Committee NEW DELHI. Mon. J^HE Indhtn Prim*- Mil, A Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. I to join tr.r WorkI ing Committee of Cong] cecutive of tht* party In r in India*. thf» Con^: Resident. Mr Purshottamdas I Tandon. announced last a constitution <>i the nmittee. irhicn tnally hav- nounced Immediately
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    66 3 photo Members of the Tibetan delegation which is in New Delhi for negotiations with the Chinese Ambassador on the future relationship between Tibet and China. Mrs. Yap Shi Sey. (second from left) eldest sister of the 16-year-old Dalai I ama. the spiritual a /id temporal head of Tibet, recently arrived
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    Whips for superman
    93 3 FjHM'K Sydney -ni.tdr s!u< k-whips J i-t lon^ in- "i--thirk al the heaviest pj i and impsrimt d»wn t« i quarter of an inch, with two -fool I'u^w and i thrt-r-foot hUe srikf <«* i 1*11'" !ii'.<' IMI l> for London. They were orJtrrd t>\ i fur
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    Britain to get cheaper legal aid
    106 3 N the <'xp O Ing into Brit land advice bill put Into < on < i 2. T offers the bulk ol Brit population full anrial ,nri C Exc ptloni md r, lib^l. breach ol It It fxp"C f "cl I P'.r. ar Originally
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    Disillusioned Czechsdesert
    31 3 Disillusioned Czechsdesert HOF. GERMANY M m. FOUR d' :r.anv 3: the Hof ot%\n G fd They QUOtfd ti fins ttial had bl n ;i b r •:id h*»:i If A. P.
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    INDIAN APPOINTED
    13 3 Dr R ijah B Manll b .1 v In* [Council U.P.
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      227 3 •i 'r '''I %F ah dH ttV^&, jIK BUCKL E YPL AYEP HAL F BACK FOR A/OTRE DAME LAS! VfAl?" QTfirjAp/^pp 'BBC»; 4.5^ Compo' ol the oinvsnrwnb Week— Ch«pa*; SIS Common(Bl.l'r NKTWORK) i Expectations— 6: 'The Princess wealth Survey (B3C>. 5 30 Great a.m. Newt from Singapore; V v ih
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  • The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 1950.
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      The acid thrower
      68 4 RE are few wild is so completely to maim 'eatures ramper I i will not at)ite. n s i in liberikind si iy*s acidn a in a Sinet. of a I I Ma- :>nn- I S some of his be Bu; .ation t& in j r.ay be
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      EXCHANGE
      34 4 1 1 tie Prime and particularly to obring r B [ht.il de- 0 >■'. obbe lon<_; de- eople le n..;io:is. I .rn? A.s.i ice of they -'lose supply I and ;i th^ir oi)po>i;on to
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    Britannia s Sea Tradition Is Flagging
    782 4  - Britannia s Sea Tradition Is Flagging JOHN HALL r rHE pi had a vacancy for a Junior In the office of his shipping company he spotted a like y young fellow m a typewriter, asked him if he would l:k ?a. The reply was quick: "What's the i ;1 b
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    26 4 Dietrich, who hat brm catted the "most alamorous veteran" of HoUyicood, arrived in London recently from Paris. She wiH make film "No UlQhway? starring James Stewart.
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    725 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: OPEN the door, Jakob, and let the British in. I g*n talking to Jakob Malik, but Andrei Vishinsky is also welcome to listen. The two Russians are singing "Peace, Perfect Peace," but they are also trying to split the British and the Americans. Mr. Malik
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    RUSSIA: THE NEXT MOVES
    501 4  - RUSSIA: THE NEXT MOVES R. BROOMANWHITE Says the tables have turn- ed m Korea. The problems ahead stand out clearly enough. The West must build \il3 forces in V Europe sufficient strong to make the Soviets pigeon-hole any plans for striking in that direction. That means big efforts. It also
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      14 4 WEDDING GIFTS In SILVER OR EJ>.N£ U S de SUVA Jewellers 106, OaCHAHD RD.
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      64 4 for Grown-ups and Children alike ox SWEETBREADS There wa\s of cookmg Ox breads. You can gi bta;se them, ser butter and lemon white sauce, or make a special dish with musfOx Sweetbreads a^e Ml digested, nourishing, and i cellent for children too. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., I e
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    HOUSING COSTS TO BE CUT
    281 5 New design for S.M.C. quarters Free Press Staff Reporter f]( ON ()M\ -minded Singapore Municipal Commissioners, on the Municipal Finance ommittee have asked the Municipal Architect, Mr. I). Rae, to re-design the proposed six-storeyed block of offices and flats at River alley Road with a
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    50 5 picture. n.»ld> UP a booklet prepared by Q>^ Familv \>N«»tiation Singapore. The boi>kl?t, h And hinese. presents the case for n'hoovl. Dr. Tan was addressing the Y.W ,i il FftaigllUy lub yesterday on the Ij Hm ah l Association On her rhurrh. president of the Fortni?hily i lub. Free Press
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    Ex-bodyguard is disappointed
    96 5 Ex-bodyguard is disappointed I'r, -s MatT Kt^iorter a rich i hincsc who once had jn in Shanghai and who took a no China to Burma to escape the returned to Singapore after a i to l«>ok [or a iob "because the Ka n ***** 1 n re v\ .is plenty
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    57 5 l%j*i- »V. L. S^rtkC *.hv Sin? :>ore C'oloni-! Sri r >worn in as Officer Administertaf the Government a* (;overnment House yesterday morning following: the departure to Fngland of the Governor, Sir Franklin (iimson. The < hief Justice, Sir Charles Murray Aynslry, administered the oath. On the extreme risht is Mr.
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    NEW DUTIES FOR WILTSHIRE
    77 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THK Deputy Commissioner of Police, C.I.D. Mr It C. B Wiltshire spent yesterday at the Central Police Station, Singapore, unierstudying the Commissioner of Police, Mr. K E. Foalger, whom he is relieving at the end of the mnoth. Mr. \ij;el Morris, Assistant
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    MUSLIMS IN S. EAST ASIA TO CONFER
    103 5 I ice Press Stall Reporter 4 CONFERENCE ol M r\ missionaries throughout h tst Asia will b»- held at the end of Decemtx r >r< d bv All-Malaya Missionary So This was decided at of various Slngapon at the All-Malaya nary i lang.
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    $200 FINE
    22 5 For assisi ng In the manHi of a chap ji ki lottery Low Wee Chor, ag< rday fl 0 i
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    Planning for safety
    74 5 PENANG. Mon. A Junior Safety F rsl Council of schoolchildren will be set up a the Governini appr< The proposal was made to •ho Settlement Traffic Advisory Committee by its secre- Mr. Yeoa Cheang Seng, committee decided to the opinion of Senior Inspector of Schools. The council
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    MONTH'S GAOL
    19 5 A P. Kandasamy, was yesterday in the I irth P '-need to imprisonment of nn electric fan.
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    TEACHERS STAGE 'RICHARD'
    194 5 Free Pre-s Stuff Reporter SINGAPORE Teachers' Re-e^jss^ssfs-ss •.n Shakespeare's "Richard II" last night before ludience of .students at the •hers Training College. The scenes containing no plot development were omitunfortunately Rt the cost haracttr build-up and. in Act I Scene I. the beginning of the conflict between
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    50 5 i.*v AKli vents his rage on on the living John of Gaunt a scene from the Singapore Teachers' Repertory production of "Richard II" last night. Left to right: Claude Doral (Northumberland), David Lyttle (RichI ard), Barbara Munn (the f queen), Seow Cheng Fong (John of Gaunt) ind DouRlas I'rquhart (York).
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    Rotary offers advice on careers
    251 5 Rotary offers advice on careers i Free Press Staff Reporter r r() help young people in Singapore, who wish information, advice or guidance in the choice of a career, the Vocational Service Committee of the Singapore Rotary Club is prepared to give personal j interviews to inquirers at n o
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    171 UNIONS IN FEDERATION
    92 5 Free Press SiafT Reporter KIM. A I I MPI'K, M< n INHERE were 1« 1 trade unions registered in the Federation it the end of Septemlwr. states Mr (i. H. Summerfield. the acting Registrar of Trade lYions Federation of Malaya Total membership of all unions and
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    Hamlet—with a Malay accent
    294 5 Hamlet— with a Malay accent Free Press Staff Reporter FJETAILS of a Singapore stage production of 17 "Hamlet' in 16th Century Malay costumes have been worked out by Mr. David Lyttle after a year's intensive research. The play, however, will not be produced until next year. Shakespeare a chara will
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    Errors in jobless register
    209 5 Errors in jobless register Free rYesi Stall Reporter REGISTERED unemployed people in Sinpanore forget to inform the ployment Exchange O H;r when efforts or v hen they the city, or wlium not notified, have canned accuracies in the I unemployment I To correct I Stew v ill he nrion" the
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    Move to form new union
    60 5 Free l*r«-vs staff Reporter IMi£ Ex •he A:r Minis': Staff Union has resolved encourage th e 4.000 daily-: voi Air Mil in S:ngapo: r own paid ai> v. in :on to sts M* mbership of AM.LS.U is only open tc VA.d staff A .g of
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      91 5 ADD IOO^O ENJOYMENT TO YOUR GARDEN WITH THIS CAY GARDEN SUITE CONSISTING OF 4 FOLDING CHAIRS With stout canvas scat and back. Steel Frames. 1 TABLE With 29" Diameter Top all ttcel. 1 SUN SHADE Wjfh Wafcrproof Canvas top on solid steel frame. 52.9 D. OO t rtcd easily adjusted
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    YOUTHS PREFER C.I.D. WORK
    238 6 YOUTHS PREFER C.I.D. WORK They got idea from books Free Press Staff Reporter A LARGE number of young men, on graduating from the Singapore Police Training Centre, prefer working in the C.LD. to any other branch of th? Police Force. This was stated last night by Mr. W. J. Parks,
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    31 6 Boy Karim (rifbi), who is fighting Baby Jackson at the Hippy World Stadium on Friday, sparring with Baby GMsenaß at the CT.M A last evening Report in pa S e seven.
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    Another bright innin«s by MCG
    157 6 THF M.C.G apa in played bright cricket at Perth yesterday in dismissing the Western Australian C<Hta XI for l#3 and then scoring 2.19 for two. Whether thf are successful in the Test series or not thev will be an extremely popular and attractive side in
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    S.A. INVITES N.Z. TEAM
    51 6 'piE New Zealand Cricket have been ln\ Iti i «l a team to ir Soul:; I 5-54 s a f!"--ctsi :i at a receni meetIng dl the South African Cricket B^rd If the 'our ma •a ill be the fisi! 'o the by ;i New Zealand
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    EMPIRE XI WIN EASILY
    49 6 C COR ING 118 ii cri tourk Baroda by nine ickeU a! Ban rdav dtsml ed for 204 io min--1 i: h hid i l J in (I knock. P. Worrell I e Wesi I rnmonm in this match, took 'our second-Innings rickets for 34
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    SCOREBOARD
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    LATE BUS LOST GAME
    95 6 IpOUR University of Malaya hockey rived to find their team I >wn Inst RAF. Chang! at Chan?) yesti TiiPir bii> md, although four -tib- brought In for thp first 15 minutes. SiR Oi ml and w>bb scored for Chitiui. Davis, in g »al for <". ived
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    GONZALES BACK AT HIS BEST
    178 6 pANCHO Gonzales says he has fully recovered from las* winter's disastrous professional lawn tennis tour with Jack Kramer. Now he wan is a r nan re to prove it to the world. The bit. strapping 22-year-old player from Los Ang< has regained his self-( onfldenre
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    HAT-TRICK BY NEWCOMER
    45 6 Q«.C.C Women's 2nd 1. XI won their fust game tnla season, against Women's Air Force 2nd XI on the Padang yesterday The score was 3-1 A h irmed by the 8( C centre-f< Barbai es, a newcomer i for W R A
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    Stock prices on upgrade
    120 6 [London Stock Exchange] LONDON. linsddN II'ITH the turnover restricted by the approach of end of account, last dav today the Stock I I change began the week on a quiet note and with scattered small changes in prices These however, were general. y to bet and
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    CUP REPLAYS
    14 6 YESTERDAYS repUy« in the I Chill* b Hamlet IB rd 7, A.P.
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    62 6 I is Angel Hrpo. uiio loNt u> J.Kk Dempf lj h.iik in IfSJ in what mam r\|>erK think w mosj exciting boxing Match in historv bel I)enM>NeN iras the i;rr.»trsl of nil heavv*. although .'°e Louis iras a (Treat fightei the Ail 1924
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    Boy jockey's mount gets good support
    8 6 Boy jockey's mount gets good support H Reuter
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    ADMIRAL DOES BEST GALLOP
    586 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Today's Penang track work Bv PENANG, Tuesday. ADMIRAL (McPherson) again drew attention to the improvement he has made since he won at the last meeting Kuala Lumpur when he went with Egyptian Queen to reel off three fur- j longs in 37 3 5
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    34 7 picture. MOTHERWELL'S GOALKEEPER. Hamilton, smothers an Ayr United attack, while two Motherwell defenders block United's Gallagher (No. 8> during their Scottish League Cup semifinal match played on Oct. S Motherwell won 4-3. Topical Press
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    Techs unbeaten
    40 7 e maintained their unj beaten record t; ion when M School 6 l In a hockrv n.. played In the MJi ground Uiis endram wu outf ur iroate. A n:i<-'y Occident occurred late in H idln received ad.
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    Sport claims seven lives
    74 7 took seven lives in l3 Mexico last week-end 110 people were injured! A nding snowstorm ■•> climbers aseend--387-ft. Popocate--10 to attend a Mass -ine banners of motmring dubs of North and h America and European -d. ten srri--15 n ipf i and -.^0 suffered T^.^ Mass
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    Changes in Scottish XI
    31 7 I'HERE art- two cl due n the S r XI I i H C i Rangers B :\ace I Ci B< Md WPS .nd neainst En?- Reuter
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    Walkey v. Shaw has big fight importance
    362 7 I/II) \Valke> and Basil Shaw are training with such seriousness that it makes one wonder whether there will be a title at stake when thev climb through the ropes to face each other over 10 rounds at the Happy World this Friday. I
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    RMP XV could not hold lead
    386 7 RMP XV could not hold lead Free Press Rugby Reporter POOD place-kicking and forward rushes by Singapore Cricket Club "B" rugby team resulted in an 11—8 victory over Royal Military Police on the Padang yesterday. Military Police led 3—B at halftime, but they were not able to keep up their
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    £***** fee for Potts
    75 7 IjiVERTON, an Knßlish j Football league dab. \esterday paid about VI for Harry Potts, an inside-forward from Burnlej < lub. The transfer fee was the highest in the history of both Hubs. Potts was originally due to go to Blackpool, but he turned down the deal
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    POLICE UNABLE TO FIELD TEAM
    65 7 Yesterday's hockey match op■'.'Cii the Police and the Y.M V feil through because Police c-ould not get up 11 players to take the Held. Members of the Y.M.C.A. XI. who turned up at the Police TrainIng School ground, were disappointed when a police officer, who
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    IPOH A.C.S. BEAT POLICE XI
    100 7 IPOH. lion. THE Ipoh Police, last year's hoc- j key league champions. I g t h'<; yep 1 'f when they lost by two-one to the Anglo-Chmese School "A team this evening. The Schoolboys played fast hockey ami made good use of tcoring ,;;es against
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    HOCKEY OFF
    46 7 The friendly hockey match between BOD. and P.W.D. scheduled for yesterday at the St. Georges Road ground was cancelled. rpHE Singapore A.F.A. Business Houses league championship will be decided between Oriental Telephone S. C. and Tig* Standard S. C at Jalan Besar stadium today.
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    U.S. win weightlifting
    59 7 THE United States won the 1350 international weight- lifting championship on Sunday from Egypt, the defending champions. John Davis of Brooklyn clinched the title for the United States in winning the heavyweight title by totalling 1,117.5 lbs. for the three lifts press, snatch, clean and Jerk. Second
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    Saw Pak did not compete in Paris
    152 7 Saw Pa k did not compete in Paris Free Press Stair Reporter THONG Saw Pak of Malaya did not compete in the world weight lifting championships just concluded in Paris, according I -Jest information reaching here. In a which gapore. Saw P.. he had not $300 which Amateur Welghtliftinc Fed
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    Badminton fixtures
    108 7 SINGAPORE Badminton As^ocia- tkm'fl tes for the weekend to be played off at the Clerical Union Hall are:: S\ URDAV, al 2.30 p.m. Junior In«er-<.lub: Shell BX time B.P. >\ omen's Singles fFtaal) Holon Hpiic M: s Chionh Hiok Chor (LucKy >l \!> W. at 9.:;» A.m. Junior
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    $23,651 NETTED
    41 7 QROSS gate receipts of the i Indonesian soccer tourlsts 1 six matches in Singa- j por? totalled $23,651. of: h the tourists 1 share of 25 percent was $5,912. Government entertainment aok $6,276, while Municipal rates amounted to $3,138.
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    T.P.C.A. WIN
    32 7 From Our Staff C orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR I TPCA. beat Sel Mala: N b >' five I two in the Belangoi AF A. Cup tie played on tin i ground li
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    6 8 IRMSR: On <. O b CremaOct.
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    39 8 O-LEE: rhe engagemer." en Mr. T'o Kim r aO n of Madam v Meo and the hv t Mr. Ohrx)n of Singapore, to F betto Ie« Swee Choo. th- t of Mr. and Kip Koog of Kuan* an.
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    31 8 I>\VIES CRETCH hi St. K u.i Lumpur. >"><> Glyn. sen of J. B. Davi'-s ot nd, to of Mr. A H Chief Inspector of M 0 of M :J M r
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    HE GAVE GORING PHIAL OF POISON
    173 8 HE GAVE GORING PHIAL OF POISON 'Didn't deserve the gallows' BERLIN, Tuesday. OETEK Martin Bleibtreu, 29-vear-old Austrian journalist, has sworn under oatfi that it was he who shpped Hermann Coring the cyanide plnal and L enaWwl him to cheat the gallows. Grinf committed suicide IB October 1946. 75 minutes bef.re
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    51 8 ADMIRALS MEET Adniinl i Sir Patrick Brind. nimnuin-dpr-in-rhipf or the British Fir Lust station is greeted mi arrival In Toky« from Sinfapore kj fcear-Admiral (.t-orue k. Menderaen, cotnmandrr «»t the I.S. N.»^% flfot :iir forifN in .Lip:U". and Sir \lvar\ (..ismuir. tluti of |he I uit»d Kingdom litisori mission In
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    12 8 n Treaty, Welling- Qovernaii Immi- Zealand A. P.
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    U.S. HAS NEW RUBBER PLANT
    122 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. •SIGNIFICANT progress" had been made towards the production of natural rubber at reasonable prices, reports the U.S. Agriculture Department. The Department's scientists who have been trying for years to clear the way for the development of a "living stockpile" of natural rubber in
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    DOGS WITH A SENSE OF TIME
    81 8 v LONDON, Tues. MR. Bob Smith, a postal worker, is being tempted with offers of up to £50 a week if Mil appear with hi* talking dog Rita on the. variety st citje. Rita, a two-and-a-half-ir-old Aisation. can toll the time and do simple
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    SHIPS SHELL AMBON TOWN
    30 8 DADIO AMH< »N* ling A k v: Indone d in ber** of cirilt n i The b: laid thai some 50 rtielb n ind pita!.— U.P.
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    U.S. to pay for French army
    76 8 WASHINGTON T 'THE United Star, tentatively approved the broad outl i i) increase her ai my in rope from seven to ten divisions by the end of 1951, the US. paying par! of the bill. The U S S Mr. ivan Acheson, was reported
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    H.K. MONEY
    28 8 Thf Following were yester lay's official closing prices on Hong Knii» Exchange HK56.25 per U.S. dollar. HKSI6.IO por pound sterling. HKS232 p««r tae] of gold.— U.P.
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    Suckers for jewellery
    35 8 JEWELS fastened to tlie bare skin fcj the surtion principle promise io becWMC the New York fashion this winter. Any woman baying them gets a guarantee that they will not fall off.
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    27 8  - JEST A MINUTE GEOFFREY EVANS i< A n»c<? litne anerr.ocn in ih« country.' you said, and you go and lose the return tickets n this little lot
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    JAP COTTONS SELL BETTER IN H.K.
    154 8 HONG KONG, Tuesday. lAPAN lias replaced India as Honjr Kong'g foremost supplitr of cotton piecesoods. according to olliiial statistics published in the Colony. In ttu ports from India it compared with 0 7 from Japan. By August* h importj I while arrr It yards
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    66 8 LONDON. Tue r pHi: British Home Secretary, Mr. James ChuU r E said lay that defence against the atom bomb was possible. n II" told a press conference that British research Into the Ign of atom shelters has reached an advanced stage, and that Instruments had
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    40 8 4UATERS of Um Southern (liim i a secret which the Admiral! v > Discovery II isNeekin?*. Soon she will be out again, to enable the scientists and make up her complement whether the whaling industi Reuter
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    63 8 HOLLYWOOD. T I ?JABU. the 'Elephant B o said could not have b; with a British ballerir. timed mat n<* lather of her child was handling rim". Testifying in brought a by dan> :ida Jul;> that lions instinct w:. us for human have
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    15 8 MOHAMED Si I I •'m the S i p r U.P.
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