The Singapore Free Press, 21 December 1950

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s i;.%0 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DFCEMBEK 21, 1950 I'KM I UN IMS.
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    32 1 picture ur >I Roem, »rinht> the Indonesian Foreign Minister, t Ktlljns; airport with Dr M Kazif. the Indo-ul-General in Singapore, as he passed thrtush \e*terda\ from Jakartn to The Hague. Free Press
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    KOREA WAR IS LOST-HOOVER
    727 1 'Reconsider US policy 'call NEW YORK, Thursday. \JK. HERBERT HOOVER, the former president of the United States, said yesterday that the In Wed States has lost the war in Korea and warned that an attempt to defend a disunited Kurope would be 'inviting another Korea". Mr.
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    Situation not so dark-ELSENHOWER
    121 1 *THF situation now was not nearly so .lark as it A XKls in the »prinf ot 194 1", said General Kisen- ow it Denver, Colorado. r ur 1 America would ot» united, ho laid. a::ci other would cling to r.er". I am •>iul that America has
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    Orphans flown to safety
    60 1 SEOUL. ThUTS. \-EARLY 1.000 little Korean itreet orphans were flown yesterday to an island off South K away from the combat Bone, in an American pre-Chris< mas airlift operation. Fiffeen twin-engined transport planes were loaded with truck after trick, of the waifThere were 964 in all,
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    Big 3 reply Friday
    96 1 Big 3 reply Friday BRUSSELS. Thurs. THE Big Three reply to the Russian proposal for a lour power conference on Germany will he handed In the Soviet Foreign Ofluvon Friday, usually reliable sources said here today. It will take the form of identical notes delivered by the British. French and
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    SHIRLEY TO QUIT FILMS
    56 1 Shirley Temple, newly married for the second thru 1 told newsmen yesterday that she Id orsake the movies and concentrate on "being a Id wife and mother." The 24-year-old star, who married Mr. Charles Black, 31 son of a utilities company president, last Saturday, had been
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    U.S. SHIPMENTS
    21 1 US shipments to Europe end i the Mutual Defence As nee programme amountI \a US$44 800.000 in Octob- AP.
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    FREETALKS WTTHBONN
    24 1 5 THigh i iven a free i I i r B l perr 0 Oer?rvlcc I my will ke r. crade.— Reuter
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    Malay students star! c'ttee
    23 1 MaK in London i" Bertha b*tMA C ee." ited to be t p ir the I J Her- Reuter
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    BACON COSTS MORE
    20 1 Britain has agreed to pay ;>u percent mors for Danish j tv through Sfntember. 1962, A. P.
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    MISS TRUMAN BIDS
    18 1 The OS Pi nVs daughter. Mi&s \j »aret Tni-.: r long-term contract for •ppear A.P.
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    Battle over bedbugs
    71 1 MK loon P. Walsh of Great Fall Montana, I is Hied suit for USSS.3M damages in the Montana Supreme Court because there irere bedbugs in house rented. The landlord and defendant Mr. drill Frit, hircl. does not contest the presence of th, b«ss. but claims they are
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    The King's consent
    74 1 The King' s consent LONDON, I hurt. BEFORE iirifish rrao|M in Germany can be placed under the coinnuind oi -neral Eisenhower in Ine integrated Atlantic force, certain formal constitutional procedure will have to be followed, a Foreign Office spokesman Hid yesterday. This will include the tonlent of tbe Kinjf. The
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    R.A.A.F. PLANES TO REMAIN
    56 1 R.A.A.F. PLANES TO REMA IN Australia could maintain her present contributions of air squadrons to Malayan and Korea indefinitely and intended to do so, Air Marshal George Jones, Chief of Australia's Air Staff, declared yesterday in Sydney. Air Marsha] Jones had been visiting the Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln Bomber
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    CANADA EASES H.K. CONTROLS
    108 1 OTTAWA, Thursday. PANADA ended her temporary suspension of nonStrategic exports to Hong Kong, a lion? Kong Government spokesman disclosed last night Tnc .suspension of all expon permit* to Hong Kong, Communist China and Korea was announced on December 9 alter the United States action banning shipment
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    Somnambulist killer freed
    70 1 MELBOURNE, Thurs. THE plea of somnambulism :i.s defence In a murder was successful in Melbourne yesterday, for what is believed to be the first time in the Englfsh-speaking world. The jury of a criminal court acquitted Mrs Ivy Muriel Cogdon, 50. of Carnegie, of the charge of
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    U.S. tightens war cargo to Reds ban
    101 1 U.S. tightens war cargo to Reds ban WASHINGTON, pTIUTI. THE U.S. Government yesterday took another step to keep Russia and ot countries in the Soviet bloc from getting soods which might be useful to thpm In war. The Commerce D ruled that Av. nnd planes must not pnload on route
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    War rationing feared in U.K.
    163 1 LONDON, Thursday. UTAH-TIME labour direction, food rationing, and price controls may be reimposed soon in Britain, informed sources stated last night in London. The matter is expected to be considered at a Cabinet meeting next Thursday. It may be necessary for Mr. Attlee to take
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    POPE'S MESSAGE
    19 1 Pi will d< I] 12th Annual Chri ;e to the I on 3 itur- p.m. 21.) A.P.
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    SOEKARNOWILL BE WELL SOON
    49 1 The Indonesian n e igen v. Aniara. quoting reliable sources said that President Soekarno expected to be fully recover from his IHnesa by next w< It said before h*» joes on an offlc the Philippines. <\ earlier tl >nth. Ambolna and other S utfi Molucca! I.s-
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    CAPT. SALTER
    20 1 in« phoi i i n B Un J. 8. C. DS 0 0.8 E, R.N., of r J
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    PATSY OFF ON A NEW ADVENTURE
    415 1 PATSY OFF ON A NEW AD VENTURE By PETES BILL TEARS from the *>ves of I ittle WhiU Hum Blossom' 15 year-old IVitss li trirklt.l down her plump face at KaHang Airport this morning. Patsy, the Chinese girl who wa Guadalcanal eight yen- by UJB M. the S.S. Kuala on
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    Night mail engine derailed
    79 1 I rer Pre.ss Stall K«'pori«T KLALA LUMPUR. THE mgine of the portion oi tin Kuala Lumpur night mail was derailed be nak and <: I.avainight. There were no ties. Bandit! I a rar carrying officials In U takab district of Pi terday morning. 'I. was slightly
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    NEW PROPOSAL FOR GUINEA
    27 1 In foamed Roem uritl bring a new proposal lor < bettlemei future staius of Dul Guinea when he I it Th»- this Wi a»-c
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    London Town Of 200 Years Ago
    671 2  -  PETER QUENNELL AS JAMES IiOSWELL SAW IT k'\ icws "Boswoir* London Journal. 17f>2--1763", which was only recently dis- covered. V EARLY 2UU years A atzo. on a cold November day, a yourm Scotsman from brov Hiijh^ate Hill a smoky I LWI of London \hilarating
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    46 2 The tar! and Countess of Harewood With their baby David Henry George, who iccis born on Od. 21, and is the 13th in succession to the British Throne. The Ec-l was married in Septem ber 1949 to Miss Manon Stein, a Viennese and an accomplished pianist.
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    LOVE AFFAIR OF AN ACTRESS
    395 2 cvbvcbcvbcv T*HE first novel of Tennessee- Williams. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, has the quality of "A Streetcar" —an excel- cut play somewhat travestied in its London production and is worthy to stand beside it Mrs. Stone is a retired and fading actress who
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    FUN WITH PONIES
    109 2 NOT SITU A BAD SUMMER A Story of Dartmoor. Pamela MacGregor-Moms. La timer House. AN agreeably told story for children from ten to thirteen who are fond of horses and like a good adventure thrown in. Three boys and their sister go io a farmhouse on the
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    Books For Children
    815 2  -  F.G. Prince-White (OF ALL ACES) Hy WHEN Christmas is just round the corner, and it s time to choose boS.:s as presents tor schoolboys and girls who v. ill all be expecting something '•really super" I seem to hear them whispgring: "What cheel: for any grown-up person
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    Introduction To Cooking
    108 2 COOKERY FOR GIRLS. Margaret O. Laskic. English Universities Press. THIS originally presented introduction to cookery gives practical advice on ihi cleaning of kitchen equipment, measures, and thods of cooking, followed \r. easy recipes covering soups the preparation of v< tables, fish and meat dU I puddings and
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    QUICK LOOKS
    63 2 QUICK LOOKS Diversion edited h* i Sui vT 3 oh Q fed Am 'ntributors i mm adr, mque of writing scripts, are Sir O Cochran. John BetftmZ i. Robert Hete' s ;^s ;:n1 r aC f Osb.:" Ira ter at kut (indscape, caricature a commentary' n the personal eer of
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      138 2 In time for the Christmas holidays— Pan American cuts Student Fares to 11. S. A. ffmS^Ululk /j j o ONE-WAnKket! Bring your children home for Christmas from school in the U. S. A. or Europe. School rhildren and university students from 12 to 21 years old can fly at Pan
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      191 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR y < pjORN today, originality and lavishness are your major characteristics. You are always startng new schemes, having new ideas and making grandiose plans. You aren't halfhearted about them, either, but expend sreat time, energy and treasure on putting over a project. You would make a wonderful
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      139 2 New Crossword No. 233> T-j--j2-|-p-y-T4- j ~J'J_ jj 23EZSSBT imm^mm&~~~~~~ wm^BBB 3BWK V^SEmt^ LTj M I M" 1 i HiMi^dgot CLUES ACROSS 1. One »nay do this by joining up 'i 7. *****, preßMi 8 it's often a Mt holy (5). 9. He should be expert with i ili. 11.
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    EUROPE HEAVIER ON U.S. TAXPAYER
    143 3 More given in arms aid WASHINGTON, Thursday rr»HF Furopt\in nattona that have had billions of 1 irital «»i' I s help under the Marshall Plan are c ettiiiK ha < "k on their feet. But the American taxpgjcf is n«»\v sending money to Europe at
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    49 3 Ncpalese government and military officers who took part recently in discussions With the Indian Government on the situation in Nepal. Left to right, Mijavn Shumshere .lung Bihadur liana. Foreign Minister; Shin^ha Shumshere, Nepalese Ambassador; Kaisher Shumshere, C.-in-C. NepiItse Army, and behind, N. M, Dikshit. Secretary to the Foreign Office.
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    Togliatti takes 'rest cure'
    46 3 Togliatti takes 'rest cure' ro Togliatti. > v mmunist bv tr lor Wars nij to ;>r M a rest cur* 1 nor T< who was .:ed on two months ago i clot on the brain, said party activity prevented Dg a proper rest in I a Reuter
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    EXPORTS BAN
    24 3 A general ban on exports of til goods to America and fapan ha.> br->n imposed by trade author. t.»*s in Tientsin. Reuter
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    FRIENDSHIP IS RESTORED
    60 3 The newly appointed v igoslav Minister to Or Redos Jonanovic, left I grade by train for Athens in a which the Yugoslav Government and Western diplos in Belgrade hoped would (i full-scale rapproche■tween the two antiComlnform Balkan neighbours. Mr. Jovanovic was app minted after Greece had named
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    British motorist 'best-mannered'
    51 3 The British motorist is the best -mannered In the world, Melbourne City Councillor A. E. Carlyle said on his return from London. "I can't recall seeing a car with a dented mudguard in London; but in Melbourne every third car has a mudguard hanging off," he said.
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    1,000 HUMAN ALARMCLOCKS
    189 3 LONDON, Thursday. VKAKLY one thousand "knoekers-up appear on the pay-roil cf British railways. Human alarm clocks, the knockers-up work from midnight until eight in the morning, rousing train crews from their slumbers, to see they are on duty in time. In towns where there are bin locomotive
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    COLLISION IN MID-AIR
    27 3 Two Junkers transport nes c Glided in mid air r Tourane lnd<> -China. killinc 30 French troops, the French Presi Agency reported 9 Renter.
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    BUCKLEY
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    Windfall for treasury
    90 3 LONDON. Thurs. A 92-YEAR-OLD man Alexander Sebastian Hash. died in Londun recently without making a will and left an unexpected windfall of £10.000 for the Treasury. Although extensive inquiries were made, no relatives cr distant kin could be found to inherit the nonagenarian's small fortune, with the
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    DULL FITURE
    20 3 American car-makers say they see little prospect of increasing exports of their cars in the near future. A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    256 3 Western Masters Pair Towi !i :unt pliytci in San Fijm- j '■:■>('() this year, ;i.s described by Dou-rlns cj a n In ;i recent Ksue I of Lhe Bridge World M igasine. it Illustrates the disrepute Into fi which has i illen r.v.^d quite cor- rectly) the old
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    TOOTH DECAY
    13 3 Eighty percent of Tokyo's primary school children have decaved teeth. Reuter
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    C'wealth talks on defence
    152 3 LONDON. ThutS. stock-taking of the present serious International situation with the emphasis on collective defence will be the main aim of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference opening in London on January 4. it was learnt from well-informed sources in London. It is expected that Mr Attlee,
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    Tact needed in Germany
    84 3 PARIS. Thurs. THE French Foreign Minister, M. Robert Schuman, said in Paris that Germany's part In European fence must be organised so that no one could seriously interpret it as a Ihrea peace or a breach of the agreements the Allies ii id signed (<n Germany.
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    PLAYED WITH MATCH: FIRE
    57 3 A child's mischief started a fire and burned down 60 houses in a northern Japan village, with damage estimated at 10.000.000 yen I fJ 10.--000 sterling*. The fire broke out in the home of a farmer when a five-year-old child played with a match and ignited
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    'WITHDRAW FIRST'
    31 3 Mr. N. V. Novikov. Soviet Ambassador to India, said In Calcutta that the Russians wanted the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea before peace could be talked. Reuter
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      185 3 in sickness... Jr-j x\ fifty I Daruig tod »ft»r w Uln*« the rich 'J /j+oi^ o*/?/0 body-buildinc elf-ment* in Rcott't jj -^••M Rnnilsion rpst<»re h.'.i!Mi and strenc'h /J/^^t>M in record time And when you are nt Bcott'l Rn ll^Ofl kt+pt v'.i wHI- fivM votj v^orous ■trenftli and help.^ you to
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      313 3 SINGAPORE I BFEBS ISingaporej 4 4,i pm. Programme Sum(Kll i NITUOirK) n t yi 447 prom the London M m Newa from Singapore; Bdifcoriala iBBC; 4.55 Composer of thr Week— a~m-Baens; *.W 12 Programm-s m Malay: 1 p.m. s ei llug Value (BBC 530 Spot The Radio Orchestra; 1.30 Time
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1950. Speed the essence
    223 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1950. Speed the essence SPAR ie Norti Pact powers ii. u i>n. r one. Ucnf. er's U backed b Defend ot tin I dii Lsl his S and tank.--a peao i ime inter- army wta r will cause inj t it think before
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    Hitler men run a new Red Army
    772 4 T^T n Eastern Germany y^ Says~ Kenneth A mes AT live luinutes to eigl very mornn armed sentn the entrance to a white rambling block of Govnment offici s on the outskirts of Berlin snaps to attention and da si ring ol three
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    GERMAN NAYAL POLICE
    36 4 troop of Fust German j Naval Police on parade in Berlin. This force is the marine arm of the I (oMimunist People's £> Police'* and has been >> branded as an illegal, S> Soviet-sponsored army
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    It Seems To Me..
    794 4  -  POLITICO Bv ALTHOUGH we hear A quite a lot about the Colombo Plan and the "popular" version of the report on it— New Horizons in ihe East" in speeches at high leve's. it is extraordinarily difficult to get hold of the whole plan or the shoit
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    Learn sabotage from Russians
    466 4  -  Fred Manor Greek Rebels... t 4444 Reports IV T HETHEK the next Comintorm blow In Europe will be struck in Yugoslavia or Greece is a matter of conjecture. The vigorous training which the escaped Greek rebels are undergoing in the Cominform count lies, however, offers food
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    Textile Men 'Can Sell More In U.S.'
    100 4 4MONG tfie potential American markets for Rrvtish J^ods is the supplying of luxury coflin linings, says a report of a British Textile Marketing Mission. The mission, which visited the United States under tin auspices of the U.S. Economic Co-operation Adminig- saya many oj
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    HOMES FOR SMALL MAN NEXT YEAR
    210 5 HOMES FOR SMALL MAN NEXT YEAR Negotiations on building plan Free Press Staff Reporter ']HK scheme proposed by the Federal and Colonial Building Society to help people with modest incomes buy their own homes without paying anything down may be put into operation in the middle of next year. This
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    63 5 pictare. Sgi. Mai. It E. II cks of the OHQ Signals Regiment hu?s his two daughters, Emlyn (le f t> and Anthea on their arrival at Kallang airport yes te rday with their mother by BOAC Argonaut from Britai n < Mrs. Wrks rnd the two children were among 16
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    U.K. XMAS CALLS BOOKED OUT
    130 5 Free Prr-^ Mill Reporter TfLEFHOXI calls from re to the I'nitjj Kinfdom during the ,onnnr < Kristnias and jj^ tear KaftMß, are fti!U hi.okrd Reck ns; »f these calls Yt'W a ft* s ***<» U t inquiries had hern pu'lr wkaf \mgmL M.^t of the
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    SCHOOLS WANT BAR LIFTED
    79 5 I nrcaa Stall Reporter icre E location Department is considerB? is made bv the management comitaytrc Chinese Hi«h School and Njnvari:; < i liool for permission to accept s n?xt year. i Frcv i hat renretwo schools with the Depa: for perfflissien to a^v >t boai
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    Child dsnjsrs do wsll
    148 5 SINGAPORE children won applause at last night's recital by Maucircne Y o's School of Dancinv al the Victoria Theatre. It is amazing how these young children managed to remember their steps but they did and danced well and obviously enjoyed themselves A star amongst th?m was
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    Bick from U.S. visit
    87 5 *T AM very v really impressed by the civic consciouness of the American people, and their friendliness to other peoples is something which Singaporeans can follow," says Gerald Pillay. who returned to Singapore yesterday after a real flying trip to the United States. Gerald was a
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    250 miles through bandit country
    233 5 Free Press Stair Reporter TWO hundred and fifty rni'es through bandit country on a pushbike— not a very gratifying prospect, but one whfch faced two lads who have arrived in Singapore after cycling irom Kuala Lumpur. Rover scouts D. G. Piyasena and iwvong Kim Kong
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    APPOINTMENT
    17 5 C \v. D. Hughes, M. D MRCF., has be n appoHite ai honorary consul to Gcn<
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    Don't blame me, says McNeice
    247 5 Don't blame me, says McNeice Free Press Staff Ke sorter yilK Singapore Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday disclaimed responsibility for the water and light rationing enforced on residents of the government quarters in MacKenzie Road. "As far as the Municipality is concerned it supplies electricity and water
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    'Lights off' as penalty
    105 5 'Lights off' as penalty Ere«» Press Stall Reporter RATIONING of electricity is enforced bv the Singapore Municipality on two si its labourers' lines, the Free Press was informed yesterday. There is no restriction on the supply of water. The lines affected are the Municipal Transport Centre quarters at Mount Emily
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    MAIL
    63 5 Surface mail is ixp ed Singapore today from G Britain, N. Ireland, Eire. Europe. North and West Africa. Wesl Indies, Egypt, Ceylon. Eastern Australia, Terempa, M<dan and the Federation. T atesl times for posting surface mail the G.P.O. today are: noon '.or Palembang) Pjambi. North I Borne i Labu
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    H.P.cars system proposed
    268 5 Free Press S! :1T Reporter instead oi lending to their em ees for \ht purpose of buying rnotorcj or motorc; Sin Munici] Comm". have been advised tha should acquire the rvehicles and sell them ;o I staff on a hire purcha bas.s. In this way, the Co
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    $5,000 FOR K.L. ELECTIONS
    33 5 $5,000 FOR K.L. ELECTIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Provision of $5,000 for th° Kuala Lumpur municipal elections next year was approved by the Commissioners today. It was contained in a supnlementary budget for $62.--058.
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    NEW DIRECTOR OF U.S.I.S. NAMED
    287 5 NEW DIRECTOR OF U.S.I.S. NAMED Mr. Elmer N< x \vton. now head of thp Far Eastern Service of the Voice of America, has been appointed Director of the United States Information Service for Malaya, succeeding Mr W. Henry Lawrence. Jr.. who is being transferred to a new post in Formosa.
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    TRIGER SHOW UP BEST ON TRACK
    728 7 Dark Brocade also pleases From ALLAN LEWIS PBNANG, Thursday. jMtHKiER (Healey) was the most impressive worker this morning, when the outside of the course proper was again opened for fast work. Trigger did useful pace work, then' brushed home the last two furlongs in
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    SERVICES, CIVILIAN RUGBY XV's
    182 7 SERVICES, CIVILIAN RUGBY XV's THE final round of the H.M.S Miilaya rugby competition v ill take place on Saturday. Combined Services are almost aba to go on to the final January but Saturday's ".ame on the PSfedmng against Sn.oapore Civilians will t rtheless, be Interest*!!*. Last time when these tiro
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    Tempest back in winning form
    337 7 rpFMPFST (Woods) was an attractive worker this A momins. when he appeared to be «oin* better thin NeroUa (Spencer) at the finish of half a mile 57 the last 3 r in 39 I 5. Tempest ha, improved considerablv since his two races at Singapore
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    S.C.C. held lead
    143 7 IN a game dominated by for--1 ward play, Singapore Cricket Club held lead to defeat Chasers on the Padang yesterday by nine points '(three tries) to six Ury and penalty.) Ground conditions put an end to attempted threequarter attacks, although an occasional gcod run was seen. Chasers
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    N.S.W. XI v. M.C.C.
    123 7 N.S.W. XI v. M.C.C. JyTEW South Wales, having lost their wicket keeper through the retirement of Stan Sismey, have chosen the young Newcastle keeper. Qssis Lambert, for the return match against the M.C.C. opening at Sydney on Dec. 30. Lambert was In the New South Wales Country Districts side which
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    KEEN RUGBY AT WOODSVILLE
    60 7 KEL.N rugger at WoodSViile yesterday ended in St Andrews School defeating Anderson School rlpoh> by eight points (goal and penalty goal* to nil. Daud opened accounts for the Saints with a penalty goal in the 25th minute. In the second half. Long Putih dived over for
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    BUSINESS HOUSES F.A. OFFICIALS
    53 7 qiNGAPOEE Business House! K Football Association, at iti inaugural meeting yesterday, 1 1< tht> foDowinf officials: Mr. W. c. McKean (president): Mr. H .Twist (vtee-pres.) Mi. r, Oosniall <hon. sec); Mr M. Tv.:: (bon. trt-as.); Committee members Messrs. G. I> Silva, H. Wanchers, P. Micklethu.iHe and
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    BROOKS v. SANDS
    32 7 BOY BROOKS, triple cham pion 01 the Orient, and Dave Sands. Empire middleweight champion and Australian triple champion, are scheduled to clash in Melbourne on Jan. 12. A. P.
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    SWIM CONTEST
    27 7 Haw Par Swimming Pool and Tiger Swimming Club will hold an open competition on Saturday at 3 p.m. at their pool in Pasir Panjang Road.
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    Title changes hands
    82 7 DONNfIS Fspionsa won the Oriental featherweight championship from Thrso dei Rocari* by scoring a Afth-roand Uehn'cal knock -out in ;i scheduled tenroind bout in Manila last n»i:ht Fspionsa. weighing 1211b., floored Koojjrto I wire in the th'rd round, but it was no knockout either time. Kos■ria <123
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    Perfect try wins game for Army
    229 7 By CHARLES BRYCE A COPY-BOOK try in the last minute won the day for Army (Singapore) at Seletar yesterday when they beat Royal Air Force (Malaya) ruzxev encounter by six points (two tries) to three (a Three points down in the first half Army
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    Flaming torch at Asian Games
    186 7 Flaming torch at Asian Games A FRAMING torch will be < an; thro: the street 01 Old a i New Delhi on March 4 i mark the opeuing o\ the first Asian Games r the yet -to-be- cons! n; ed national stadium New Delhi. i Guj: if .i i. rwnn*
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    Melbourne stirs memories
    940 7 SECOND TEST TOMORROW From BILL BOWES Exclusive to the Free Press MELBOURNE, Thursday. T*HERE is something about the vast Melbourne arena, with its huge stands and accommodation for nearly 90,000 spectators, which definitely appeals to cricketers. This ground, venue of the second Test match beginning tomorrow, is
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    W. Australia snatch uin
    95 7 W. Australia snatch uin WESTERN Au«".rala their Sneffleld Sh. i match Queensl; at Perth yesterday by 19 runs. Spec, a tors saw a tl lAfl h.JI-hour when Qun land, ncamg 229 ruii> the:: d innings to were d. fur 209 15 minatei left. The t' d v H Aaitralia 257
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    Perak Derby worth $30,000
    31 7 T lor Derby to be run al th« I Easter Meeting has been increased to $30,000 The race is over 15 miles r Class 1 rv I.
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    BIRTH
    8 8 At B.M H. n U cember, t
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    ENGAGEMENT
    20 8 H lIFFIIN K'-nr.e'h F 01 Mr «>i:d i of Si and c at u w. Pei W A tralia.
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    23 8 1 05 p. m I IM, Sophia r t i Pta I IF lhapd j tr v mi i v > < \n r
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    NEW BATTLE OPENS IN W. KOREA
    303 8 NEW BATTLE OPENS IN W. KOREA Reformed North army attacks TOKYO, Thursday. FIGHTING resumed along a 30-mile front in north-west Korea yesterday, breaking the 3-week lull since the Chinese counter offensive pushed the United Nations forces be'ow the 38th Parallel. TT As this danger developed. U.S. tanks and seltpropelied guns
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    23 8 SEA ROADS Twelve hours after the crest of the flood in Reno, California, waves still course through streets in the centre of town.
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    CHINESE RED DELEGATION IN PRAGUE
    108 8 PRAGUE. Thurs. THE Chinese Communist del •i to the United Nations arrived in Prague last nighi where they will stay for ral davs before WOing on to Peking They would make no statement on their mission. Earlier Gen. Wu, leader of the delegation. *>aid that
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    HANOI ASSURANCE
    26 8 General de Lattre de Tassigny, French High Commissioner and military commander In Inilo-China, said at Haiphong yesterday that Communist-menaced Hanoi will be defended.- A.P.
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    Quiet royal wedding
    50 8 OIIAH REZA PAHLEVI of Iran yesterday ordered that no banquets or other celebrations be hHd in ar of his marriage to 18-year-oid Miss Soraya Esfandiari. The Shah asked that any money his subordinates were thinking of sending for such celebrations be given to the poor instead. U.P.
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    1,000 DARTMOOR SHEEP VANISH
    170 8 DARTMOOR, Wednesday. THE rustlers are out on Dartmoor— it is announced that in the last few weeks they have whisked more than a thousand sheep off lonely grazing grounds. Officials of the National Farmers' Union believe this haul represents a £10,000 profit for the rustlers or
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    Seamen fined for desertion
    287 8 LONDON, Wednesday. TWENTY-FOUR seamen, accused of deserting their ship, the tanker Alexia, with all their luggage when she was about to sail from Balik Papan, Dutch Borneo, were ordered to pay fines and forfeits totalling £300 at Ixbrid^e, Middlesex. The men had walked off the tanker
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    STALIN 71
    11 8 Marshal Josef Stalin is 71 years old today.- U.P.
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    Tin prices
    39 8 Closings at yesterday afternoon's session of the London Tin Exchange were: Spot— £l.2so buyers and €1.270 sellers with no business. Three months £1.095 buyers and £1,100 sellers, with business at £1.100. The turnover was 15 tons. U.P.
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    ROISFSON APPEALS
    25 8 Paul Robeson has asked the Federal District Court ID Washington to order the VS. State Department to ctop pr-'writing him going abroad. Reuter
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    BOYCOTT STAYS
    27 8 The Foreign Committee of the French National Assembly yesterday voted 21 to 20 on a Communist motion not to resume diplomatic relation* with Spain.- A.P.
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    IMPROVEMENT IN GILT-EDGEDS
    125 8 LONDON, Thursday. OVERNIGHT new high levels on Wall Street not only helped sentiment but encouraged some bear covering in the Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuter's financial correspondent. Gains were widespread with gilt-erigeds oneeighth to one-quarter up, while among industrials useful improvements were shown by companies with armament
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      94 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charter* HERE iSST.o. \\O~ v£"--B^T tk-5 \aIDOR MLL ALWAYS YbEUS\E \NE. ['ELA'NE.Yi 5^A w LBE aC^<r^— J NO CLUE TO WHAT) SCOTLAND YARD CHAPS BE GRATEFUL TO YOU J PR: NCE .-< THESE AjNO ON IT \NYSEt-F. -i— "/BLEW UP YOUR PLANE <*/ HAVE BEEN BUZZING
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      Masthead
      7 1 Christmas Magazine Thursday, December 21, 1 950
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      THE WORLD-WIDE BOND OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
      854 1 THE WORLD-WIDE BOND OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Wherever Britons have gone to the farflung corners of the earth, they have taken the 'old country's' Yuletide customs with them, even where a scorching sun and cloudless shies seem to have little in common with the 'old-fashioned 1 scenes depicted on Christmas
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      Ihe road to Berhlehem
      101 1 Ihe road to Berhlehem 1.h.1111-.l) slim 1 < u Hi uttl iTlls.ilt in, v < I isll ills I .l( I lls.ilciii of Iho < monies hiking place in the lilt*. i \\r\U\ !;n I I t h<* Christmas i alem i i B of Mar I I i i
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        66 1 I IN THE OTHER PAGES Hf. STORIES P' Feels 5* letective story by Cyril Hare ZSugge 3 T by Fra -:> II r jr. .9 c/ <"■ J >* i», nth. •vampire story to E. F. B I !Be Clmr »ttk Tricfc* and be F far U y X| 7Vzr
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      A new Christmas detective story specially written for the Free Press
      1672 2  -  CYRIL HARE by AT CHRISTMAS tunc we gladly greet Each old familiar face. At Christmas time \ce hope to meet At th'old familiar place. Five hundred loving greetings, dear. From you to me, To welcome in the glad New
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        120 2 singapore Airport Hotel Ltd. KALLANG AIRPORT SINGAPORE For Reservations Phone 3351 CHRISTMAS EVE: Special Dinner Dance SB.uO Non Diners $300 Dancing from 9 p.m- to 1 am. BOXING NIGHT: Special Duncr Dance 57.00 Ducof i'ovn 9 p.m- to 1 amWfVV y EAR'S EVE: Soeckl Diner ft Dance $10.60 Mm Diners
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        278 2 c for LAUihS «OR^MF; N 2 Perfumes Uhoad i^ /rklv g o, ly 1/l s j*«« I Lau de Itourjois < *V c Cologne VtlCt fc 3 NNorth S»iavi,m Brush* J r* CosiiKtic Contour* Hair Krashes If g Cx>f frets Miilot li <ilron j Gift Sets 5 g M7ll, J
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      SISTER BESSIE
      1397 3  -  Cyril Hare bv r V t I q •d tO I I char on the difl I D r I black f i I his P I I he v I she pres'i^d qui. v i noisy lining from her I A he Timothy t' 1 ?rrnr pari
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      The stolen kiss
      1059 4  -  K. S. CHI A CATHERINE KNEW SHE WAS PLAYING WITH FIRE WHPn SHE STARTED THE FLIRTATION WITH HER HUSBAND? FRIEND. BUT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS TOO MUCH MARRff;n TO BILL TO LET IT PROGRESS BEYOND BOUNDS THAIS. UNTIL SHE FOUND OTHERWISE by CATHERINE Lim knew she was
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      MRS. AMWORTH
      3866 5 T™ s which Bram Stokei i pal rn once and foj h national novel "Diaculd. an excellem :ample of the type, so don't read il a E. F. HENSON, the author of this story, was a son of an Archbishop of Canterbury. He wrote an enormous amount of
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        82 5 JW rA^ WOWWH i»;7io chooses everything vUh Uu greatest care It's the tobacco that counts USffiX/ JOHN PLAYER SONS ENGLAND *WUUHIk s*/ jl- fill A ST/AiULAT,W PRtNKOFGUWiy The Ritmeester-way of burning THU MAJOR KING B^*v SELECT OF f^P JUNIOR CIGARS l^^T ONES SOLE AGENTS: TOH BROTHERS P .O. BOX MSI
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        251 5 pattern on aatin f W ,/V' br?«/;' hcrmered he v «cc i h tiro- Z^^S tone lily e models of KI J t Ttg IK'jHHS rerj/ compre- w^^t&^dfj&^^WM wr worth Ram. "THE DELIGHT OF SMART WOMEN" A choit t of n tzii Occasions at leading j< TRADE ENQUIRIES TO MONTOR
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        267 6 rose <;o\\\ shop'" 1 21. STAMPOMI tOAD, Sl\«, A o|lt I• I EXCLUSIVE* 8 881^ EVENING AND COCKTAIL GOWNS FOR x'mas AND new year OWN MATERIAL HAW IP IN \M STYIB i w Special > X'MAS 4ft j Bargain J NYLON STOCKINGS. BKAbbltkhS, LINEN Anu t NAPERIES. HANDKERCHIEFS. SILK LINGERS
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      MRS. AMWORTH
      2068 7  -  E. F. Benson by irom Faj- 6> iog came j ibi one to -> i to 3, m j to asked. wint you first of all to in watching Jus 1 ensuring that she < ome near him. .:aally I want you to in tracking ths ■,v!i in
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      'TO THE WOMEN OF SINGAPORE'
      365 8 'TO THE WOMEN OF SINGAPORE' Stop abusing Singapore women, says JANE BROWN and she proposes a toast 'Constructive criticism should be accepted but let there be an end to cheaply sensational abuse for which it is difficult to find justification. 9 IT seems to be the fashion, nowadays, to abuse
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      What an unholy way to spend the festival!
      970 8  -  LORNA GRIFFITHS says THK old yaw is (1 yill g. Its life spun is nearly over hut instead of sinking into a dignified slumber nnd passing peacefully away, ii raves and protests like an old man determined not to accept the inevitable.
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        138 8 I GET THE BEST CHOICE OF ij YOUR X'MAS PRESENT m SZIZi ;;j;; It:::: Please Call At ijai i EVERFAIR CO., :::j: 83. NORTH BRIDCE ROAD, SINGAPORE TEL. 4123 :::r. MR WHY SHROFPS CARPETS for x mas? AN IDEAL GIFT A THING OF UTILITY Brandt: AGENTS SHOWROOM: Branch: 139. Oatn
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        308 8 g^, X'ntas Qifts \/wl% for S very body j fO« fH£ LADIES: Perfumes, Cosmetics, Hair Brush* J iV«w//.v Compacts, Gift Sets, Dressing Sets, Manicure Sets. j FOR THE MEN: Gift Sets, Shaving Brushes, Hair I Brushes, Electric Razors, Travel Kits. I FOR THE CHILDREN. Kiddicraft Sensible Toys, Baby (lift i
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      The christening robe
      2095 9  -  BEE WICKERSON by WHAT WAS IT ABOUT MARY CROFTS CHRISTENING. GOWN THAT STRUCK THE DOCTOR WITH HORROR AND MADE THE CHRISTMAS BELLS SOUND TO HIM AS A MOCKERY AND A MENACE? 0110l I after 1 had qualified my jock wrote and asked nir if 1 wo'iM r:irc
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      The holiday spirit is back in Singapore
      792 10  -  MARIAN WELLS by The calendar shows a fiveday holiday stretch affording Dad an excellent opportunity to take the family for a change somewhere. COME 50,000 Sin gapore sc h op Ichildren are slipping into holiday mood but dads will noi be free till
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      Average Briton will have a hard Christmas
      372 10 Average Briton will have a hard Christmas p()K the average Briton, Christmas this year will mean more austerity than lasL Behind an appearanca of luxury and plenty, rising: prices are causing a lightening of belts which must result in less lavuhly loaded tables and more utilitarian gifts. So, while shops
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        101 10 —AN IDEAL GIFT FORX*MAB OVtKitAS TOBACCO CO. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR MALACCA ♦v.v.v.% TELLY CO. v.vv-v f\ The House of most > \l !>.V Special X'mas Gifts > "l^Vi for Babies Underwear Foya *Jl Carriaftea Tricycles etc, (Inspection is Cordially Invited) 377 North Bridge Road. Singapore, Telephone: 31 35 *♦^^^%^^^^^^^^^^v.v,^^^^^ ■•^v.^v^v^^^^^v^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^♦
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      SUGGESTIONS FOR A BRIGHTER TREE
      582 11  -  FRANCES DALE by Last minute ideas for improving the appearance of the Christmas tree and the Christmas table, as well as a glimpse at gifts that people at home will buy. are now putting finishing touches to Christmas decora* tinns. ;m<l I offer :i fVw
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      CHESTNUT STUFFING
      103 11 TIKRE'S a suggestion for making use of chestnuts as an appetisstuifing for the n. goose duck, or tur\ey you will be cooking /o- the Christmas er. 1 lb chestnuts. in each chestnut, hem l tablespoonand bake in a ■4 F. Vs. '>crn. peel off the and inner ski^s
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      Malaya feels the Christmas spirit
      753 11 KAY SEE finds that despite the different religions and races in this country the festival of Christ's birth brings an atmosphere of cheer and goodwill to all communities. IT'S a gtv.it feeling which the festival of Christ's birth engenders in every one in Malaya. It
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      CABARET NIGHT
      1227 12  -  John K. Jones The girl was a reincarnation of Cleopatra herself and I began to understand why friend Mark committed suicide. A girl like that was worth anybody's life." by ()l'R table was sandwiched between three others, all occupied. I hauled out a chair for Sylvia on the
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        240 12 I GIFTS o7 VALUE! To Be Given F Q F j Away Im E EL- TO ALL CUSTOMERS: WITH THEIR PURCHASES China &ta£ts j 79, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 1 TEL. *****. J —4 From Ist Dec. 31st Dec. only f "SNOWHITE" CANDIPOP CANDIED POPCORN Specially Prepared 6 s Packed in
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        176 12 CHRISTMAS (UFTH Select your X mas presents DULFAKIRS Wfc riAVt AN AMA2INC AUCTION nc r BOOKS. CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND ANN,™? TOM SMITHS AND CALEVS CRACKERi STOCKINCS. LETTS' AND COLLIN v t XMAS TREES. OECORATIONS nvAINS r WRAPPINC PAPER. CREPt paper M. MOHAMED DULFAKIR CO 46 H.GH STREEI SINGAPORE 6 LCJU^SEIS
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      The captain's eleventh lost Christmas
      1207 13  - The captain's eleventh lost Christmas FRANCIS ROGERS by The captain was th inking of home and Christmas when the SO. S. came. To change course would mean the el eventh time he had not been with his family for Christmas and might hazard his ship and the forty lives aboard
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      LONDON IS FULL OF CHRISTMAS SHOWS
      541 13  -  Jacques Puteau by PUTTING aside gloomy thoughts of internationa] tension and returning "austerity" at home, Britons art once more preparing to celebrate Christmas with all its traditional entertainments. First on tne list are, as ever, the pantomimes, that purely English form of spectacle which
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        154 13 x 'Jo*' torn" Wt&s%S/ a 'MS& I I f m Ml HJi \\\m v I^l /^P fl R F U HOUR'S ..E.TELS CO'S TRADING SOCIETY r *JJXGAPORE KUALA LUMPUS PENANG DONT FORGET! size:- 00^^. Use World- fcVJQw-.- 5^ 12 IPW/1 wide famous ]i^rrr~~ l^^^,] I Ip£m*i For taking your snap-shoirs
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      He 'invented' Father Christmas
      622 14 He 'invented Father Christmas It was a reserved professor of theology who first equipped Santa Claus with a sleigh and eight reindeer and revealed how he entered locked houses by going down the chimney. BARELY one hundred years have elapsed since the first appearance of Santa Clans as we know
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      ITALIANS FACE LEAN FESTIVAL
      287 14 MANY Italians face a lean Christmas, with wine almost the only festive commodity that is hotli plentiful and cheap. The war in Korea, expenditure oi\ defence and the 5.000,000 pilgrims and tourists who have invadea Italy this Holv Year have combined to send many urices soaring
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      LONDON FULL OF CHRISTMAS SHOWS
      128 14 (Continued from Pagt IS) M. Barrie'j "Peter Pan" will be seen for the 46th year ar the Scale, with film star Margaret Lockwood in the name part. An old favourite, "Where the Rainbow ends" will have a new glorified production at the Stoll. At the
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      Be clever with tricks & you'll be popular
      494 15 Be clever with tricks you'll be popular JIIK oldest hobby is in a g i c, or legerdemain, sleight-of-hand, eti Since home, sweet home was commonly a cave, men have been awing and amusing each other with tricks suggesting 'he employment of siiper natural powers. All actually are the simple
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        193 15 5 MESSRS. MARICAN I SONS J 74. ORCHARD ROAD 3 SINGAPORE. 9. f(J WHOLESALE RETAIL 1 NEWSAGENTS, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS. V. i S V\7.r/i ft i4/i ///<•'• Customers, Patrons S$ </,W ///t- General Public, h j o^ VV/7 Merry Christmas and g if o^ Bright and Happy g WK W* 5K
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        177 15 "HAPPY LANDINGS' ,A^?!a/7^ FOR "XMAS ,*y/^ y4/VD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS h MW^ OVfRStAS AIRUMf^jiaTTTg) v) /< !^V^* 7^ f~$J Mm f^ U\ f( ILET SCAP C* f A MfH X%A% i§§H LUX TOLLET SOAP THE BEAUTY SOAP OF THE FILMSTARS The Fingers of a Typist... recognise perfection in the VekionJ"
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      'There might he something in it'
      1504 16  -  ERIC MITCHELL EVEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO DONT BELIEVE IN GHOSTS A3 A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE SOMETIMES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ADMIT by LMU)M tune immemorial Christmas time tins been the traditional occasion for the telling of ghost stories Though mere are many famous Christmas
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      JUST WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
      54 16 1! HATS goiryr- rn is a drew* act. What kind of act is for you to find out by completing the dotograph. With a pencil, start at dot 1 and draw a continuous line from &oi to dot ton** utivel \intil dot 44 is reached.
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      TIPS FOR TEA TIME
      182 16  - TIPS FOR TEA TIME Frances Dale by STILL with an eye on Qhristroos. I offer these sustentions for holiday tea-tables: SARDINE ROIXS Use your scraps of Wt over paltry to make tnev savoury tea-time 'TUDor-i. Roll out the pa#try Cut" into strips two inches, and three inches long Df» the
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        61 16 TIO PEPE THE WORLD'S FINEST DRY SHERRY i iwGRkJa mm Sole Agents:THE EASTERN AGENCIES (1946) LTD. Singapore and Branches For fine designs in interior decorations I quality furniture and high class joinery work Consult I COMFORT FURNITURE CO., ft s si 130, Victoria Street, Singapore Tel. 3597 4 f l^jjil
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      Every guest his own barman
      581 17 MARIE GOUGH SUGGESTS A VVAGONLOAD OF CHRISTMAS CHEER r\THKK hristnujs st;irtr«l Hie drop pj^H in racket A hrisimas hnve and it becom i habit *.ih cxcrxoiu' It Ms become a habit from the modest partaker oi a h iSS of port «rvj Bmfgt of Christmas
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      THE LIGHTS
      177 17  -  MARIAN WELLS by THE LIGHTS, the lights, the varied lights, Now twinkling bright and far They dance and shimmer in the night Now sink like the falling star; The harbour ships, the steamer lights. And glides the glow-worm sampan blade, But brighter yet the glaring lights. Of hawkers
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      What Xmas means to me
      484 17  -  CHING CHONG A NON-CHRISTIAN EXPLAINS by T AM nut j Christian hut there is one Christmas I will ;«lways remember fbr it helped to straighten out my life for me. Though What happened did not change my religion, it changed my outlook and brought such
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      KATHLEEN HICKLEY tells the story behind an old nursery rhymes
      833 18 There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe; She had so many children, She didn't know what to do. WELL, I'm suit you have neyer met anyone who lived in a shoe, so, perhaps, you would like to
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      546 18 A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION I'VE NEVER BROKEN W. A. CLARKE says that this business of 'starting the year right' is a lot of nonsense. MANY years ago 1 started ;i new year with n single new resolution. 1 have never broken il since and it looks as though I never
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      TONGUE TWISTERS
      61 18 Could a good cook cook goose good? Tris threw blue beans in beaten butter batter. Slick slender sdim saplings. Sleepy shorn sheep sold by sheriffs. WHAT WORD? T*HERE is an 8-letter word A which has the letters KST In the middle, in the beginning and at the end
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      MY RESOLUTION
      139 18  -  Kluanger by Here's a brand new resolution I shall make on Sew Years Day. I'll attend an Institution, Where I'll learn to speak Malay. First Vll learn the verb I To Ada' Which they use for 'Have* or Be*. Then I'll look up 'Daripada' In my small dictionary.
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      Twelfth Night marks the end
      653 19  - Twelfth Night marks the end BEE WICKERSON by January 6 marks the conclusion of the Christmas season. Formerly a day of feasting and drinking, it is today fast losing its popularity as a day of special rejoicing. COON it will be "Twelfth Night ni^iin and time to denude ouv houses
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      10 19 Thebest of Christmas and Seic Year ici.hes from Ann Blyth.
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