The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1950

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press L^ggT AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA n it SINGAPORE, SATI RDAY, DECEMBER 30, 195a I'Kirt I>N I M^.
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    'STORM THREATENS U.K.' -GAITSKELL
    108 1 'STORM THREATENS U.K.' -GAITSKELL Production up 25 1 three years BIRMINGHAM, Saturday. ■'•1. 1., the Chancellor of tlu> Exchequer, siid storms were threatening which might hinder recovery. In productivity In Britain last year was eight uer In the 1a.,, three years it hud been no less than 25 per ,vu>
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    Four Premiers to broadcast
    52 1 Four Premiers to broadcast Jnmonwealtti Prime r s M: Don ik ol Mr. Louis St. Laurent of tda. Sidney G. Holland ot New Zealand, and Mr. Jawa- Nehru oi India -will g.ve 15-minuta lalkl on ttw -ih Broadv-astins Corp i rvic during visit to London for next i c rnmonwe.ilth
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    JUDICIAL REVIEW
    16 1 In Germany v. 1; i ne:;t year I rman war criminalii c cour U.P.
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    VIETMINH ATTACK 8 HANOI OUTPOSTS
    206 1 SAIGON, Saturday. INDO-CHINESE Communist troops have attacked six French advanced posts about 30 miles north ->f Hanoi, the French Army said yesterday. Heavy losses were reported on both sides %he attack was launched after French mobile reserves had intercepted and foiled an earlier attack. In
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    KASHMIR MAY BE DISCUSSED
    64 1 Thr Kashmir problem has led to an exchange of notes between Britain and Pakistan almost on the eve of the Commonwealth Prime Minibten 1 conference due to open n London on Jan. 4. The Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat All Khan. I that the dispute between
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    ARCHBISHOP TO BE TRIED
    17 1 Archbishop Brran ol Pragut br tried m January Vatican Radio said yester- Reuter
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    HOUSE BREAKING
    11 1 Nineteen of housebreaking were reported In !<-> during tb.f w
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    Earlier call up
    95 1 LONDON. Sat BOUT U.OfiO men IK .1 itn old will be railed to register for the armed forces a month earlier than e\p."( ted. The .Ministry of labour and National Service yesterday announced that to meet the needs of the forces the next two quarterly registrations of
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    U.S. bulk buy will cut rubber price
    137 1 WASHINGTON. Saturday VATURAL rubber is expected to drop m price now 4 that the U.S. Government has become the the country's sole buyer and seller. No indication has yel been given of the new price. Trade sources feit certain that the government would
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    'Lock houses,' urge police
    45 1 Frtv Press Staff Reporter HOUSEHOLDERS are asked by the police to lock their houses and leave nothing valuable around when they go out during the New Year holiday. It is during such holidays that thefts occur, a C.I.D. spokesman said today.
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    Best bets for today
    47 1 From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Sat. |t|Y best bets for today's Penans races are JE ANNETTE. POWER CHIEF and RI.VIFIKE. The going will be very fast. Trespasser's best bets are THIRLMERE and JEANNETTF. The ticket MMscr r >xl to theirs won the bis; swoop.
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    AMERICA USES LESS RUBBER
    107 1 NEW YOKK, Saturday. AMERICAN rubber consumption m November declined by 17.75 per cent, to 97,81 ti long tons from the October figure of 118,917 tons, states the Rubber Manufacturers' Association. The decline was attributed to limitation orders issued by the Federal Government to conserve natural rubber.
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    Stone theft plea
    49 1 PETITION to Ihe King. m«u.s writris to. k the minster Abbey, arrived niv> 5 p.ijx'r office the Glasgow I) I The petition ollered t<» r to official k« m>;m; on i<»n(l«t nil..; that I anonj ;ji S ■V I t\ RCWS- 111. l:i'. >• a s«i •<«
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    DALAI LAMA MYSTERY
    81 1 W DELHI. Sat. INDIAN press and government reports last ni^ht alternately fed and discouraged speculation that Tibet's 16--year-old Grand Lama maybe fleeing toward India from Chinese Communist invaders. Dr. S. Sinha. Indian Government representative m the Himalayan mountain reaiin. telegraphed superiors here that tiie Dalai Lama had
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    Leaving Peking
    15 1 .Mr. John Colville Hutchlnson. British Uliarge D'Aflfaires m Peking, will rvtlrp soon. Reuter
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    INDIA ENDS A WAR
    23 1 India will end the state of war with Germany on Jan. 1. 11 was announced m Bonn yesterday. A.P.
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    MORE MINERALS
    17 1 Production of all important mineral* In Pakistan showed Increase! m the first half <:* 19.-)0.- A.P.
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    French adopt army budget
    72 1 PARIS, Sat. THE French Assernbiiy iast night voted In favour ot a military budget of 740 milliard fanes £750,000,000 sterling. The vote, 416 to 180. referred to the -xpendifure side of the budget and was not made a matter of confidence. The Assembly still has to
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    Most U.S. assets in China gone
    61 1 Most U.S. assets in China gone THK amount of property affected by the order of the Chinese Communists to take over American asset* is considerably less than 5100.000.000. a senior official of the United States Commerce Department said yesterday m Washington. Most American property was seized when the Communists took
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    WINS BEAUTY TEST AT 81
    50 1 When a pensioners* ciation m Sussex staged a beauty contest for women over 76, a great-grandmother ajjed 81 was picked as the entrant with greatest beauty poise ar.d charm. The new beauty queen, Mr< Louisa Alice Mepham, six children. 14 grand-child-ren and three great-grand-children.— Reuter
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    'ALL FORMS OF ATTACK' URGED
    162 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday IF Russia decided on open aggressive war, the capacity to counter-attack was the only effective deterrent, said Mr. John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign policy adviser, last night m Washington. The arsenals of retaliation should include all forms of counter-attack with the maximum flexibility,
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    San Francisco tests sirens
    46 1 San Francisco tests sirens For thf iir>t time ilnce 194: v when San Prancisco was declared no longer m danger of a Japanese attack, practice air raid sirens sounded yesterday. Th° Civilian Delf-nc° Organisatlon b-ing set up testing equipment unused f h»- n lsl seven A.P.
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    10 CYCLES STOLEN
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    I-CARDS STOLEN
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    19 SECRET SOCIETY MEN HELD
    234 1 19 SECRET SOCIETY MEN HELD I ret' Press Still Reporter VINFTKEN people were arrested m th«* j,»n( 24 hours by Singapore police m connection wilti secret society activities, a (ID. spokesman sjj today. Poli<v terday closed th< 8 I because it was "being used lor Utll and for purposes Incompatible
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    Bandit murder in K.L.
    55 1 KUAJ.A LUMPI LAST night m the X Ltmptu urban dl i hree armed < murdered an old mi hut. A tpeciaJ const ai tacked by bar.dit.s m chemor district ol P<i..k on Thursday He was seriously •..ounded. A Jungle squid from a nearby post he firing
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    TWO-HEADED BUFFALO CALF
    24 1 A two-headed buffalo caif born recently tribal Pawaka villa miie.s from PedMWl ie villagers, fri thit ii brii he villa- A.P.
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    PAPAL AUDIENCE
    25 1 U.P. The Popp yestei day re »-d Mr Bt4 phi n B Prim- Mim^<- of Ceylon, i a private :i u'n >■:<>■ Vati. I
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    HORSEOWNER DIES
    15 1 Warren Wright n*r F.H :n racing strirm at his home m Miami B
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      88 1 CHEONGKEE&CO. house lor U,rt- Csrict, of any Dynasty J v Jade and Kaacy Articles Qld KmSroideriet, Art Bbck»»o6 Furniture Singapore, coleman st. a en J jp rv>unJ th»- clo^k f Pn i Tnriag*! ao c*« k»S .ill rtyht. When there* time for it. a T->t-in f>n>yiJe* a welcome break. They're
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      113 1 M. Flimter S Grinblrg i I Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd. S Eu Court Bids,) Vport, I Telephone 7923 WAY TO THE SI I DREAM OF OI.WEN The M"la«"hrino O. B 9H87 VIENNA BIX)OLJ P. BLUE DANUBE f Mayfair Orchestra B *<♦ < SONG OF INDIA INTERMEZZO TbS Bos* on
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      Shooting a Wild Pig
      1419 2  - Shooting a Wild Pig S. C. GEORGE v,mg.,s Midshipman Andrew Christie And his friend Ben N<tfkes ot privateer recently returned from sea, are pressganged on to Naval warship at Plymouth Andrew is now an ordinary seaman The warship sail* tor Calcutta where they join a tlect bound fot Java On
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      47 2 Here is another painting competition. Send m your name, address and age and post to Children's Pa&e, Singapore Free Press. Sin- fcapore. There will be three prizes of S5 each for the best entries. Allowances will be made for different colouring; methods. Closing date Wednesday, January 3.
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      FINGERPRINTS
      294 2 'PHIS is how the C.I.D. A obtain tne finger prints of a suspected or a convicted person. The apparatus a police officer uses consists of a polished metal base, mounted on a wood block fingerprint ink and a roller for distributing it on che metal base, benzoline or other
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      64 2 A recent picture of the King and Qi:e?n on a visit to UM siury and :'<>;>: r. the poorer quarters of London. Here His Majesty is talking to child ren on the site of 0 be a new Roman Catholic secondary school. They also visited the site m thy arr\
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      Those New Year Resolutions
      408 2 Those New Year Resolutions Dear Children, I WAS very pleased and a little surprised to receive so many entries for last week's "Contest for Young Artists" competition for, with all the usual exr* foment and fun over the Christmas season, I thought it quite likely that you might not have
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      208 2 YOU.too.may be one oftha r&IUQNS who suffer from VIIAMIWiirtWtSAI •ot/t Nervous. wr -^fc irritable Have iVorry > &*^miML When \on"rc anaemic, fee! nrrvou-. have *t*f>l*m from 4 iitty <pells, no er.erjrv for work or piav, 0«.--i V IK.FLP i« r:.h m lrm t C4MU'% no apprtite. and when your eves
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    U.S. IS WILLING TO AID THE P.I.
    317 3 But funds will be supervised MANILA, Saturday. piIE I nited States apparently is willing to spend dollars to save the Philippines from the threat of Communism. But it is also apparent that there will be no unsupervised pouring out of dollars as was
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    AUTOMATIC SOS IN FLIGHT
    21 3 :ig developed Air n able a pilot m i switch and ->f automatic "SOS." signal tr A.P.
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    31 3 ELECTRICITY flowed for the first time from A^ecroft. power station m Salford, Manchester, on I>ec. 18 m a link-up to the national Slid system. Photo shows the new generator at work.
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    Atom shelter under garage
    77 3 MEW JERSEY Sat. DESIDEIIT6 m Totowa. New Jersey, can now order a built-in atom shelter with their new home at an extra cost Of US$l. 5OO. The' shelter under the garage floor has walls of reinforced concrete eighteen inches thick on the sides and two feet
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    WANT TO LEAVE
    22 3 Seventeen Americans, mostly missionary doctors, teachers and clergymen m the Canton area, have applied for permission to leave. U.P.
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    JOHN WAYNE VOTED 1st
    192 3 HOLLYWOOD, Saturday. IJARD-HITTING, tough talking John Wavne won 11 most votes m the Motion Picture Herald's annual poll of film exhibitors. It has been a long climb for Wayne, He entered films m 1931, but did not make showing m the box office poll until 1948
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    Chinese Reds break century of frendship
    233 3 Chinese Reds break century of f rends hip WASHINGTON, >.nmd.iy. lI 'HEX the Chinese Communists flooded down int Korea t(i shoot American soldiers th"\ halted perhaps only temporarily a century-old inteinational friendship almost unique m world hlsl Lons* before the n iinct U was established the United Slaiworld agreements on
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    Bridge Problem
    143 3 INHERE are no trump* ft leadi North and Souih ji« 10 win six of the seven U against any defence South leads the &pad> qu'.fii. West duok< for if South Is aW« »o lead a s**«*ond round of spad«a West will find it impoasiblmake two discards without g
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    Exams are 'sadistic'
    73 3 S, SYDNEY, Yt\ CHOOL examinations are "the most stupid and sadisti.system ever invented by man," said Mr. (live Kvatt. New South Wales Chief Secretary, m an address to Sydney ricls' hiffh school. "Examiners seem to set out to find out what you don't know. "If they have
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      36 3 COLUMBIA PICTURES frtstlts fe^^ of me yiMZ Ifer^wil Tat/wow tp\\ t\f»«^r 1/ w #^c- ftHK, /Jr~ /T~^^ > TRANS-OCEANIC "THE PICTURE of the YEAR" will Open with a SPECIAL PREMIERE at the TpTrffffl T<^3IGHT at 9.30 p«».
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      181 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore <KI Vb *ii:TW«)KK) 4.45 p.m. Programme; 4.47 10.00 News 10.10 Close down. London Editorials; 4.55 Composer 12.00 Programmes m Malay; o f tne Week— Tchaikovsky; 5.16 1.00 p.m. Programme; 1.03 Dance World Affairs: 5.30 Waxworks MyMusic; 130 News; 1.50 Light ster y (play); 6.00 Indonesian: Music; 2.00
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Dec. 30, 1950.
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      Unhappy birthday
      170 4 1 \RS of catastrophic Wv>r d war and uncertainty .tr>oiit nearly cvi ry Ofu of the problems today facing mankind are the tragic j Xii the birth of 1951 It is a sad bir:hri«hr.-i«iid thore is hardly I r;iv of lieht anywhere to relieve the oom thai 1950
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      Uttermost limit
      201 4 ON THE other hand the failure of China to make m reI the United Nations i Committe? and tne lack of r-ply to the Bi«j Thl •?"> invl.alien to Ri: 3 d scusa all the world's problems, may Just •:i that China and j.e quie.ly COOe< m- their
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      Nearer home
      120 4 home 1951 will not a Krt-at deal of eh* i a welcome. Malain trade ka booming and 19 continue to boom m >1. but m i>pite of optimism m hign uuarttrs there are i. m visible signs that the Communist menace m the Federation is being suppressed. Taking
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    Through the year in Singapore
    696 4  - Through the year in Singapore LOUIS LE DOUX By r PHE outstanding event of the paM year was the outbreak of the Korean war and largely as a result of this Malaya enjovrd a boom. Rubber and tin prices soared skywards— the price of tin reaching a height hitr-trto unknown.
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    17 4  -  GEOFFREY EVANS B "Looks like tne <>Url of a war t§ wordt owe* «*#^«i*
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    Successful Air Day
    163 4 was sworn m as Governor of Sarawak. Anti-Bandit Month m the Federation ended officially. The Report of the U.K. Police Mission m Malaya made public. Brigand fighter-bombers began to arrive. Pulau Samboe oil blaze. The Report of the Benham Committee on salaries for Singapore Government servants was
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen.
    770 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. REMARK OUT OF PLACE HARDLY the kind of remark which will endear the Federation to her southern neighbour was reported this week to have been made m Melbourne by Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil. Mentri Besar of Kelantan, on his way back to Malaya from the
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    1950 FLASHBACKS
    55 4 1950 FLASHBACKS Gurkhas fire off a mortar during operations against the bandits m the Federation Miss Violet Shaw and Miss Shirley Lim parade m white satin gowns at the Festival of Chinese Fashion, held at Kaffles Hotel m March. Black clouds rise to the sky from the blaze at the
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    'Gold' men in London
    275 4 r< MEN -Gold Men— of a specially briefed American F. 8.1, unit have arrived m London to begin an international invesUgat:<>n into the activities of a worldwide ring of bullion smugglers. The smuggling orgj ation is estimated to nave spirited more than Stra 4 s $104,000
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    AUSTRALIA IS BUILDING HER OWN SHIPS
    559 4 AUSTRALIA IS BUILDING HER OWN SHIPS By A Special Correspondent AUSTRALIA has at last achieved an old ambition to make herself independent of the Clyde and Tyne shipbuilding yarcs. The achievement has involved years of effort and many disappointments. But the last, step was taken recently when a group of
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    MOVE TO MODERNISE K.K. HOSPITAL
    441 9 Govt. to discuss shortages Free Press Staff Reporter (JfEPS to improve conditions at Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital and to develop it a»i>n£ the limN of similar institutions m Britain m to be discussed by Singapore medical tgtbtrities, th»' Free Press understands. Di the hospital has
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    Three new clinics for S'pore
    174 9 Three new clinics for S'pore I rrr Prr^x M.itT Krp«»rt»r rr«o W M»t*l 1 pore, oeen m Devt fare Fund. Municip :he i .ie funds ear.icie a?iU; of la bera;.~ build- n the £19 m Thr Fund. CM c ma on fund op x main of H wo of the
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    A TRIBUTE
    30 9 ]UK T P F McN< cc, tIM Municipal Piesldent, pak Irib; I uor.ers' meeting to M. E. J Bennpjt. former Sincaporf Com ler, who died In I ek.
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    NEW YEAR PARTY
    27 9 The I ftk Aik Amateur Musical Association will hold houaewanntm party on New Vernc'i Hay m their new club 11 B New Bririse Road.
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    COLONY BIRD MEN WARNED
    147 9 COLONY BIRD MEN WARNED Free Press Staff Reporter T ICENSEES of bird shops m Singapore are ro be warn ed that their licences will be cancelled 11 a further conviction is recorded against them for keeping poultry on the.r premises m contravention of the Animal and Bird Shop By-laws. Renewal
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    735 BABIES
    36 9 gEVt.N hundred and thirtyfive babies were born m Singapore Municipality m the week ended Dec. 23. In the yame period there were 166 deaths. Chief causes of death were tuberculosis «17> and pneumonia H7'
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    S'pore Chinese look to the moon
    347 9 S'pore Chinese look to the moon By Free Press Staff Reporter IT WILL be many more generations before the Chinese will adopt the solar calendar and celebrate their New Year Day on January 1, stated three prominent men Messrs. Yap Pheng Geek, Homer Cheng and Lee Wee Nam when interviewed
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    56 9 MR. Gordon Withell. vne-prt sident of th Canadian sociation of Singapore, presents Mr. Opj; Fnjj Lian, District Superintendent ChinCM Corps 1 and 1 of the St. John Ambulance Brigade with a cheque for $800. This money was raised by the Canadim Association to assist the Brigade m their work on
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    Morals clause opposed
    182 9 Morals clause opposed Free Press Staff Renorter UROMINENT Singapore trade unionists yesterday said that to write a "morality clause" into the Colony's new Labour Ordinance would be a retrogade step. Government labour officials and advisers m drafting the ordinance have discussed whether employers should have any control over the private
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    Crown land rates up
    119 9 Free Press Staff Reporter pEES foi the use of Crown land m Singapore for growing foodstuffs. fruits, coconuts and rubber or as prawn ponds, will be increased from next year, it was announced last night. The new rates will be based on land values; two per
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    S.M.C. PRIZE CLERK
    106 9 MR. Thomas Warn, a clerk m the Singapore Municipal Secretariat who recently came first m the examination of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries, was yesterday presented with his certificate by the Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNelce. Mr. Wain recently received the Sir Cuihben Grundy Medal
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    Motion to relax S.I.T. rules withdrawn
    868 9 Singapore Municipal review Free Press Staff Reporter SjjINGAPORE Municipal 'ommissioru»r> called their month i\ meeting yesterday a comparatively tame one— although for a hru I instant some hard words were thrown, hard words which the President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, said could he
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    Govt. action on school deplored
    266 9 /AN the adjournment of Mm Municipal Commissioners' me» Ing yesterday, Mr. C. J. F. Es^ hlunMy th.it he fttfftUflj deplo-ta the attitude of the Singapore. Government m dispossessing the Rmal English School of its premise. "Government ha: no right tot;.k< any steps which BjUgM result
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    BACH CONCERTS NEXT MONTH
    72 9 THE Bach Bfoenu nary c i i s m nirh were to I bHi held 03 Dec 12 I 13 will now i- m i lie Victoria M< Hal 9.15 p.m on Jai 4 Pvrehaai n «>f i.»r :he concerts on Dec 13 14 will find
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      18 9 ■HP-- '-V *i)) V V ishing all our Customers a Prosperous Happy New Year ROBINSONS SINGAPORE K. IUMPUR
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      44 9 MAIL Surface mail i> rrpected In Singapore today from North India. Pakistan, Western Australia, Uu? U.S.A. ;md the Federation. Latest times for posting surface nail at the G.P.O. today are: noon for Indo-China, Jakarta ant: Bourabaya; 5.45 p.m. for Siaii. .Hid ihe Pederatk n.
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    ECLIPTIC, RAJ MAHAL TO WIN CUPS
    786 10 ECLIPTIC, RAJ MAHAL TO WIN CUPS Four 0 'Clock may not start From ALLAN LEWIS PEN ANG, Saturday. POMMISSIONER-GENERAL'S Cup is the attraction on Monday, when tho Pen an g Furl Club conclude their Christmas hieing carnival. Though a disappointing field <>t only about eight or nine will lace the
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    Sir Tristram will go one better this time
    1073 10 Sir Tristram will go one better this time TRISTRAM, who finished second to Ncrolia on the first day, should take the Class 1. Div. I race over 7 f. on Monday. The field will be weakened by snatch m irs. I Si i Tiistram is penalised 5 lb. The da:
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      408 10 BIGGER BETTER A h ir.d ed yea i luvc pasted once Lond»»n\ fi r grc.lt eichibiiion. For tome time wt have beci planning to celebrate this a r b\ 4 Fesiival displaying every aspect of British life. B particular, we arc nuking the IrM Bntish Industrie* Pair an occasion tor
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      224 10 m3ndr2k& ExcluHiw to the Singapore Frei Press m Malaya X 1 ,^j SO--THIS IS HOW THAT VWCIk M I OUOL HOW DID YOU I I'LL TELL YOU] KNOW/ HE H^O TI Hmm. 7M£ MOST ..^B^l USAPPEAREO FROM this ROAD SET THAT FAPVi- «J NOTHING' J AFiREBOMBIN MYSTERIOUS r NOTHING TO
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    RAIN MAKES GOING PERFECT
    773 11 Jeannette most fancied From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Saturday. HUE track for this afternoon's racing here will be very fast. An hour's steady rain yesterday afternoon has livened up the track. Horses working on the outside portion this morning were getting a lot of help from it
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    Nutter no match for Quentemeijer
    350 11  -  CRUSADER By PAWING like a btar. with his head poised. Tommy Nutter, a former sparring partner to I.cc Savold, mad« I perfect target for Hank Quentemeijer m Singapore's first heavyweight professional bout m 1") an it the Bappj World arena last nifcht. I came as
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    Today's trial for R.A.F.
    89 11 Today's trial for R.A.F. no: >• march on 1 Pad ween Sin- Club and RA liould be j I the 1 idncea 13 re- n the Sir. i en In action, will > prove j b ore next I ii the i I Seletar. C I Darroch v He ured
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    ASIAN GAMES
    21 11 c president S D .oare Olympic C moil, will lenient on the fter a meeting m il on Thursday.
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    Frost again hits rugby
    77 11 SLVERE frost m the north of England has again interfered with today's Ruby Union and Rugby league fixtures. Several games have already been rancelled or postponed. The Div. 1 soccer game between Newcastle United and Portsmouth may have to be abandoned because of the Irozcn ground.
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    League leaders should win
    331 11 From JIM CHAMBERS MIDDLESBROUGH and Tottenham Hotspur, riding hUh at the ton of the First Division of the English Football League after the spate of Christmas ho'iday sames, should maintain their positions t etc la v They are at home to Burnley and Charlton Athletic respectively.
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    CROYDON AND TOMTOY IMPRESS
    456 11 PROYDON showed that his v race on the first day has improved him by slipping over three furlongs m 37 sees, on the outside of the course proper this morning. He was ridden by Walley Bagby and anpear^d to be doing his work fairly well. TOMTOY
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    All The Latest Selections
    248 11 ALLAN LkWIS TRESP ASSER EPSOM JEEP <\LLIIO\ hHM| K *2 C 13 5?*?!!i SE M\MUSE MA~MI^» HVOfoVV NAMISI rvlii ci Evening Star Evening Star Evening I h <hoY Evening Star Greetings r,, Mami>e H. aline U \(jt 2 i i 2.45 SHU nf SHEFFIELD PLATE IK
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    TODAY'S CARD
    582 11 HPHE following are the acceptors for today's races at Penally, third day of the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year meeting: RACE 1—2.15: CLASS 5, DIV. 3—6 FIRS. 1 104 \lamuse Charles 9.00 2 320 Nachtegaal Little 8.13 3 140 Greetings J. Donnelly 8.03 4 402 Rosaline Wahab 803
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    Useful tryouts for U.K. soccer
    245 11 BRITISH soccer, which has undoubtedly fallen away from its former high state m international competition should benefit greatly from the lasge number of international and club matches against overseas sides to be played during the Festival of Britain next yearj Many lesson^ should oe learned
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    Horses not accepting for Monday's races
    83 11 THE following btffWi will not be arccptim; for Monday's races at Penans: NO REGRETS. KINDKK GOLD. BIG SURPRISE. PENDRAGON. HAKKIKK. PERMITA DORMEZ. TRIGGER, CONTRACT. VASCO DA GAMA. BALLROOM. ALLWORTH. BILLY CAROL CABARET, DANGER. OUR DELIGHT PKTIRI < i: FLOOK Ml()V\ KIM) GARDS AND HALREAI
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    DEATH
    10 12 a .1 d« of Port Dk kacn, I T'
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    BIRTHS
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    AMERICA RAISES ARMS AID EXPORTS
    197 12 Most still goes to Europe WASHINGTON, Saturday. THK United States has sent more than 725,000 tons of military equipment abroad this year under the Mutual Defence Aid Programme, an official said yesterday n Washington. Major General Stanley O. Scott, programs director, said the How ut
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    STONE WAS OLD SAFE
    68 12 LONDON. Sat Scotland Yard detectives were Ashing In the Serpentine, about a mile from Westminster Abbey. anxious Londoners stood on its bnnks. Their hop^s turned Into disappointment when the object near a bridge spanning the Serpentine, believed to b the lost Stone. turned out to be
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    Belgrade 'not to yield'
    239 12 Belgrade 'not to yield BELGRADE, Saturday. 1M!i: YUGOSLAV, Foreign Minister, Mr. Eduurd Kardelj, charged yesterday that Russia and Communist China are "aggressors" threatening world peace. But, he said, "We will not yield". Mr Kardelj, m a speech to the Yugoslav Parliament, described the Soviet government as "an antidemocratic bureaucratic and
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    'Fugitive' from son
    40 12 POLICE who investigated when a man wearing handcuffs walked into a tavern near Washington reported yesterday tnat the "fugitive from justice was just a man who was unable to unlock his son's Christmas present of handcuffs. U.P.
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    ROEM ON WAY TO JAKARTA
    103 12 THE HAGUE. Sat. DR. MOHAMMED ROEM. Indonesian Foreign Minister and leader of the Indonesian delegation to the Dutch-Indonesian talks on the future political status oi West New Guinea left here lasi night on hi* return to Jakarta. He was accompanied by members of the delegation
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    15 years for warmongers
    70 12 WARSAW. Sat, A SENTENCE of 15 years for "warmongering by word or deed through the press, radio, cinema or any other means" will be imposed under B new law which was passed yesterday by the Polish Parliament. A warmonger is classified by the new law as
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    It's all quiet in Mukalla
    124 12 LONDON. Sat. THE Colonial Office .said last night the situation WM now quiet In Mukalla. Had hramaut where a gun battle took place m the Sultan > palace on Wednesday. The Sultan *as interviewing members of the National Party when a disorderh crowd of their
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    CABINET MEETS
    39 12 President Truman's cabinet met yesterday and heard a military report by General Omar Bradley. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and discussed the geographical location of new steel and aluminium plants In the United States. A.P.
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    BAN ON METALS ROCKS STOCKS
    137 12 LONDON, Saturday. THE Government ban on certain uses of zinc, copper and brass caused slight irregularity m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, stairs Reuters financial correspondent. Motor and paint shares were marked lower, but plastics emerged from obscurity on buying encouraged by the possibility of
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    DRUG SENDS PAIN 'OFF ON CLOUD'
    66 12 DRUG SENDS PAIN 'OFF ON CLOUD' WASHINGTON, S A pain morphine subs d that •■pai: 1 just floated away on has been developed S Army. The d hasynthetic made from nit riles, cheap common chemicals. It is the equivalent of morphine In quantity In relieving pain, and is not scarce.
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    Indian Reds expect arms via Tibet
    92 12 Indian Reds expect arms via Tibet JAMMU, Kashmir, Sat. INDIAN Communists plan to capitalize on the exed Chines? Communist upatton of Tibet to create havoc along India's northerr, border. a secret Communist party document I circulating m Jammu dis--1 closed. The document instructed Communists to organize guerrilla bands m backward
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    Plea to German Socialists
    69 12 BONN. Sat. THE West German Chancellor. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, yesterday appealed to the anti-rearmament Socialist opposition to bury party differences and agree on a bipartisan foreign policy to meet the "hard and serious decisions" taring the West German government. In a statement, Dr. Adenauer's government announced
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    30 YEARS A VICE-CONSUL
    34 12 The British Vice-Consul at Pmdmng, Sumatra, Mr. H. Levison. has died at the a»e of 73 m Megawali hospital. Mr. Levison was Vice Consul at Parian^ for 30 years. Reuter
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    NEW POST FOR JUIN
    34 12 General Alphonse Juin is expected to be appointed head of the French Army and deputy to General Dwight D Eisenhower Commander of the North Atlantic forces m Europe. A P.
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    New submarine jeeps ordered
    39 12 Willys Overland Motors Company has received a US 563.000.000 order for waterproofed jeeps for the army. They look like ordinary jeeps, but have intake and exhaust snorkels and can be driven while completely submerged A.P
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    H.K. MONEY
    26 12 Yesterdays closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: HKsfi.OO 5.92 per U.S. dollar. HK515.40 p<T pound sterling. HK5305.5 per tael of gold.
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    Hungary calls in cars
    48 12 HUNGARY has introduced petrol and oil rationing and ordered tar owners to sell to the State at a fixed price. The order said: "Only prominent figures of political and social life, doctors, engineers, Stakhanovites. scientists, artists and writers" could apply for ratkin coupons. U.P.
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    TIN PRICES
    38 12 Closings on the London tin market yesterday afternoon were: Spot- €1,155 buyers and C 1.160 sellers with no business. Three months- G 1.095 buyers aand i: 1.100 .sellers. with business at £1.100. Turnover 15 tons. U.P.
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, December 30, 1950.
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      'Ring out the old, ring in the new'
      869 1  -  LORNA GRIFFITHS by TOMORROW NIGHT THE BELLS WILL PEAL AGAIN ALL OVER THE WORLD. SENDING OUT THEIR NEW YEARS MESSAGE IN THE OLD FAMILIAR CHIMES. Th ing bells! ming bells! Ho> V a tale their Of lh cnid home, art-: tet time
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      WHEN THE DEAD ARE INVITED BACK
      644 1  -  BEDA LIM by IN several eastern countries the festival of the New Year is also a festival of the dead, when Ihe souls of the departed return to earth to banquet and niake merry with the living. Sir James George Frazer describes some of
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      The undoing of Chin Loong
      777 1  -  ANN BORGARS FREE PRESS SATURDAY SHORT STORY by PHIN Loong, mid-dle-aged, moonfaced, and pearshaped picked his gold-filled teeth with a wooden tooth-pick as lie concent rated on ttie amount of tea money he could obtain for his new house. It was rather isolated and, being
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      A Chaplin secret
      149 2 A Chaplin secret REGRET viiicfa Charlie Chaplin Is keeping lay: The aame of the British tjirl who may ur with him m his new :i. "Li: It". ng this thousand is a r. She has the part oi a rising fO bf not a member of the Ballet. .rd of
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      Elstree made them famous
      108 2 I^LSTREE is going on parade for Festival A big new programme is to be announced soon. In tion. a 70-minute film is already m production telling "The Elstree Story." T iiree years ago Associated Brit ish > ud:o s ut Elstree "then known undt r another
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      JOAN FAWNS, FRETS
      119 2  - JOAN FAWNS, FRETS FRANCIS ROGERS 1 FIND that American films geld im achieve that depth of human for which they :i stri the kind humour and pathos often beaut it inly porI m. say, Italian or V -.rich (Urns. KKO BOKN TO BC r. \i> mint to the is a
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      A 'Western' in a Brand New Guise
      483 2 lAN GRANT previews "Bitter Springs*' and "Annie Get Your Gun. /OUTDOOR films have for too long been a Hollywood monopoly. We hay? enjoyed many very t;ood films about Cowbo.,s and Indians and have been bored by a g,ood many others. It is difficult
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      BETTY HUTTON IS AN ATOMIC 'ANNIE'
      306 2 BETTY HUTTON IS AN ATOMIC 'ANNIE' THERE is nothing subtle or insinuating about Betty Hutton. She wins hei audience by direct assault tactics and at great cost of energy and endurance. In "ANNIE GET YOl'R GIN" (coming to the Cathay there are times when one fears for her blood pressure
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      at the Cinemas
      143 2 < \PITOL: "Treasure Island. Him of Robt-i-t Louis Su Schoolboy classic, is memorable for a performance by Robert Newton at Long John He plays tins popul ,1 villain with tremendous relish and goatO. Production by Walt •ey has many Imaginative touch* s. Bobby Dnscoll (4 th< boy.
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      HEART-CRY OF A CLOWN
      159 2 r\O you remember the amusing Russian anarchist m "Twiiy Draws a Horse" and the funny Swiss waiter In "The Perfect Woman?"' David Hurst who played both parts, and nearly "stole" both films is finding life far from funny these days. "I thought things would begin to
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      EPICS ARE SO EXPENSIVE
      294 2 BY OUR LONDON FILM CORRESPONDENT r*O you recall that Hollywood economy cry a year a&o? The distressing accounts of studio chiefs being down to their last limousine apjece, stars rent ins: out tneir swimming pools, production budgets cut m half? Here are some Interesting sequels to
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      'Samson' Will Bring the House Down
      338 2  - 'Samson Will Bring the House Down MAUREEN MALLAL says SINGAPORE will love I Cecil B. DeMille's 'SAMSON and DELILAH", (coming to the Cathay). It offers everything Singapore expects for entertainment heavy drama, rich technicoioui lavish settings, beautiful clothes dancing seoiiences, a straightforward plot, i 'the eternal triangle' and twe sure
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        108 2 J ■J#% s^^ ■•B i_^ I I»T B ;OV AT fl v Itl I 'ml*!* m /SARSARAR iMbNTX^K s Mp <»« J I >fC 7R "> M J^~^l AND BRANCHES^^ 7 LTD. (f^Vy^f S^Jl \j 7 B^^mP^ f\\ rC- N lead the wvjy m mock' \S /■■■^^^^-•'rt \J MSI HerC
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      WHERE GIRLS LEARN TO BECOME USEFUL
      696 3 JIIKRK is school m < ievebmL I s |o which simli'iiis sgu for half:m;i;lcimu half-trade i lining. This is llu.l me Aildsinis Vocai 'I ■> Hrhool. id clothing iMuny kinds women v their own :m but for ell v day bf make t<>r them
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      Peg's kisses cost $130 apiece
      688 3  - Peg's kisses cost $130 apiece W. A. CLARKE by America has devoted a good deal of study to the gentle art pi kissing and Hollywood has a machine which does it better than any person could. AMERICANS never make any secret of the [net that everything is done on a
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      Raffles, the talking bird
      408 3 From the Bangkok Post WHEN a friend of ou r s out m Bangkapi began boasting OI his talking mynab bird the other night, we s;it quietly for a while listening. When the time was right, we took over. We told about the mynah that Carveth
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        98 3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 8. Orange Crovc Rd.. S'psrc. ot Christ. S< m Mass USA Services Sun m 5 HkISTIAN SCIENCE Sun,: a.m. I Meeting on Wed lan i and 1 7 <: m Readmj? Room Open Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, 5 30-7 D m Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-1 1 50
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      CIVILIANS WERE LUCKY
      745 4  -  CHARLES BRYCE DSNANG and Singa- pore Civilians will >x! month m the I] of the H.M.S. t Competition to be pla r Kuala ;!h had a m their Mi make II Pa Qaturd had to i i unike he anott' S < i Inng mlnu I their
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      Singapore golf is forging ahead
      1019 4 Singapore golf is forging ahead By A Special Correspondent THIS year was indeed h significant one for Singapore m the realm oi golf. It would not, I think, be untrue to say that it has seen a greater increase m the popularity of the game than m almost any other
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      1950-A YEAR OF HEADACHES
      404 4  -  Archie Quick By STANDING on the threshold of the New Year, what do we find footbaii produced m 1950? First of all-head-aches for the selectors m all countries. The England side has been changed and changed In an endea\oar to obtain a winning combination—and Jrgo-Slavia came
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      Ill-health brought fame
      466 4 Sports personalities— No. 8 ILL-health set Capt. W. R G. Hutchings of G.H.Q. FARELF on the road to success m the athletic world. He was not a keen runner at school, but developed a liking for the sport while m the Army. In every Regiment, Garrison. District,
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