The Singapore Free Press, 9 January 1951

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1951. CKKC IKN I'KNTS,
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    US concern over Dutch, Jakarta rift
    29 1 US concern over Dutch, Jakarta rift Tl t to I of ever, is > u t e B i unca would r»o N I by rhe D CO- AD U.P.
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    NEW U.N. BID TO END FIGHT
    422 1 NEW U.N. BID TO END FIGHT No anti-Mao move yet LONDON, Tuesday. gRITAIN yesterday took the view that the non-Communist world can hardly brand Red China as aggressors m Korea until all United Nations efforts to obtain a cease-fire fail. This was disclosed as diplomats reported that the Commonwealth Premiers
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    FILIPINOS WARNED
    17 1 >mo I Seerenulo ned the F thai the lnterextre- and war hovering over us U.P.
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    C'wealth plan Suez defence
    353 1 C 'wealth plan Suez defence LONDON, Tuesday. 4 BLUEPRINT for the defence of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean will, it is believed, emerge from the informal defence talks which some of the Commonwealth statesmen had todaj with the British Prime Minister. Mr. C R. Attlee, and British Chiefs of
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    Century for Miller
    254 1 Century for Miller IfEITH MILLER completed 11 his ctntury m the second over at Sydney today the; fourth day of the Third Test I! and he and lan Johnson continued their unbroken seventh- -wicket partnership j With every sign of confidence, i This was Miller's second Test century. His first
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    U.K. NAMES ENVOY 70 MADRID
    81 1 U.K. NAMES ENVOY 70 MADRID LONDON, Tues. gIR John Balfour, formerly British Ambassador to Argentina, was last night officially appointed Ambassador m Madrid. Britain withdrew her Ambassador from Madrid m 1946 to comply with a resolution by the United Nations Assembly condemning the Franco regime. The Assembly revoked this resolution
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    MALAYA CHARGE DENIED
    132 1 MANCHESTER, Tuesday. y>HE chairman of the Far Eastern section of the 1 Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. H. Stewart, denied at the annual meeting today reports that Lancashire is sending abroad cotton textiles of inferior quality. tie said that early m 1950 Lancashire exporters were surprised
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    Patrol kills a bandit
    63 1 FP Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. 4 CHINESE bandit was killed m an engagement between a Security Forces patro' and three armed bandits In the Grik area of Perak yesterday. The remaining bandits dropped their guns and fled. A police party travelling m the same area
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    KASHMIR NEXT?
    41 1 THE Kashmir dispute be- tween India and Pakistan will, it is believed, be discussed at an informal meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers tonight No details are available about which Prime Ministers will be taking part m the discussions. Reuter
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    Women press for same pay
    103 1 LONDON, Tues. READERS of British unions representing Government workers are to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. early this year to urge equal pay for more than 250,000 women civil servants. Supported m their demand by Britain's powerful Trades Unions Council, who
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    JOURNEY ENDS
    31 1 LONDON, Mon.— The U.S. Republican leader, Mr. Harold Stassen, today ended a flveweek "study trip" of Asia and Africa, on which he will report to U.S. R°nublircvn.- A. P.
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    Cheer from Tokyo
    67 1 THE most optimistic note sounded about the Korean struggle m six weeks came last ni?ht from a Japanese Government spokesman m Tokyo. He said, "The Japanese Government is confident that the U.N. forces will never be driven out of Korea." This statement is m marked contrast to
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    Just a column in the air
    46 1 Just a column in the air 1 1 these t.Tis are the rignt way up then you must he holding the picture upside down for they are all nankin? by their feet and I<>i:n. lite* are the five Yarias mr'k'ng their debut at London's Harrinffay Circus.
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    RED OFFENSIVE IN I.C. CRUSHED
    187 1 SAIGON, Tuesday. ImV French Commander-in-t hief, General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, announced yesterday that French forces had crushed an offensive launched by at least 20 Vietminh battalions. Gen. Tassigny. who was rushed to Indo-China to stem t the growing Communis: threat, said that the
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    British naval units for Ike
    72 1 LONDON, Tues. "DRITAIN will include naval units among the forces it will place under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's North Atlantic Forces Command. A Defence Ministry spokesman said the number and types of units hoi not been decided and that consultation with Gen. Eisenhower, v, he
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    SUNSPOT BLAMED
    31 1 A sunspot of moderate is believed responsible for a certain amount of rio tion on cerraln radio circuits, pnrticularly those :rom m W»« Viet PAiitpr mm^^__ _j u|ft*l run
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    Red drive to cut off Allies
    229 1 Red drive to cut off Allies From SELKIRK IWXTON TOKYO, lutsd T \ITED Nations forces were last nijjhi I j t» stem the left hook thrust of Chinese and N«» Korean armies driving: down the ((Mitre Kmc.i 1 an attempt to cut off British and other \llleli withdrawing southwards. In
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    4 MORE S'PORE ARRESTS
    135 1 4 MORE S'PORE ARRESTS JX)UR more people a Muni- j cipal woman doctor, a school master, and two clerks were detained late Imst night by the Singapore C ID. under the Emergency Regulations m connection the distribution of MCP propaganda m the Colony. They are Dr. Maggie Llm of the
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    'White Squaw' is on the Warpath
    471 2  -  Patrick Nicholson By 1a Red Indian Re- iglish 001- tied Inci ruing a n battit to pre- It ii and of Canada's RedAlmgren, m ire. To-day. Red In at r Indian ;>aint I a\ d Red Ii nn Indian with manda. :.\n\-,-Wood. ta An
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    Woman war reporter
    116 2 Woman war reporter IJARGARiTJ Higgins, on man cor:dtrit cover the 0 War is back m L'.s Rumour has it Indouie. attmctiTc Miss rorres- s who °o\ tn on indfi (1 to be m when \he 1 ker, commanFur East ordevtd I X nae, he shouldn't be nd the front." antbc
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    'Luxury Goods We Never See'
    512 2 VO matter what is wrong with the present international situation, it seema that we are not to be denied our share of luxury goods. Well, as Iot>! as we are able to get what we ally want, without t a kins: up much valushipping space,
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    LETTING THEIR HAIR DOWN
    188 2 glamour girls cf Holly- (.and blighted, say many wood are letting their men) the nation a couple of hair dov n Reaction ha.s struck short haircut craze thai j oars ago. Now Jane Russell. n Crawford and many oUier Hollywood names aw •ving their locks to
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    80 2 Emifa Schubi Rome fas,,, i designer, h ~e presents t:ro of his winter creations. Mode' LaUa (left) wears an evening gown With a bodice of black velvet uith silver embroideries and jlowers of ermine sened o?u The conn is of heavy white faille. Model Mafalda 'right) irears an evening dress
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    NEW PARTY FASHIONS
    447 2  -  FLORENCE MILLS By PARTY dresses designed tor the festive season by French couturiers varied a lot m style, but they all had one thing m common embroidery m every shape and form. In addition to the usual run of sequins, pearls, jet beads and mock diamonds, two
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    Did you know...
    109 2 r£HAT an effective and soothing throat spray can be made by dissolving two teaspoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda m a tumbler of water. THAT to press moire taffeta or watered silk, you should iron first on the wrong side of the material and then on the right
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      206 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN mii\ \«>u hivr ture comes up at this i j.r ni\p and. at time, you art- usually astlmes, aj_ nature sured of excellent results This 1M tmnhination with Whin planning a project a tremendous amount of k*»p this in mind. It, will e»ergy makes you a
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      150 2 New C?csswo?f£ Mo. &<H < 1.l ks ACKOBS 1 A manner— like the lone boat? (5 2) 5 !> lv lh 1]( a quid .3). 7. *****0 m architect-ire oV y S o^ ol r l^at is disturbing (5.) 9. Convivial gathering help 1 rtde <6. 5) 11. y O!1
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      41 2 Solution To Crossword No. 246 Across: 1. Batter. 7. Pudding. 8, Olamli. 9, Tellers. 11, Appears. IS, Shrapnel, 17, Pr.rasol, 18, Lilith. 19. Parapet. 20, Sv.s'em. Down: 1. Bagman. 2, Trnmps. 3, Epitaphs 4. Ruses. 5, Idols. 6, Snore. 10. Lega-
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    BRITONS LOOK TO THE PAST
    441 3 BRITONS LOOK TO THE PAST Escape from austerity LONDON, Tuesday. OXDON'S current film idol is Charlie Chaplin, the most popular tunes of the moment were written 20 or J50 years ago, and the newest fashion in men's clothes is a throw-back to the beginning of the century. Fashion experts, decorators,
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    37 3 il\\l WINDOWS !h > corner of the new c— ml .•f the I .ondon South B:ink wHt of lhc Fostiv.il of tin oHt'fN tilt* »ob of a lifetbac lo an enterpri>iui rWmmrT, The Ir.k-work i> f.ned with tiles.
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    Round houses to ease shortage
    95 3 FRANKFURT, Tuesday. I \1) houses ar* the solution offered by a 40- rear-old West German architect, Hi*rr Martin rmann. as at least a partial solution to the !>i seni .'ute hoiisinf shortage mud house he iiOs desi^iied and quickiv than the I at i fraction
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    Worry causes heart ailments
    165 3 Worry causes heart ailments LONDON. Tues. A "BRAIN" worker is much A more liable to heart disc than a '"hand" worker, according to Dr. I. M. G. Stewart, of Bristol University. Writing In the current issue of the British medical journal, "The Lancet" he said no one yet really knows
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    SAILORS DESERT
    17 3 > m oul yesterday q.;- »rt two Albania: Russia-bound were ed beiore being pi. fishermen Reuter
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    33 3 Rudy Varju aiui Lee Jenner, 23-year-old harmonica players from Chicago, Illinois, who won the 1.5.50.000 first prize m the Annual Youth Opportunity Programme, rece've their prize from orchestra leader, Mr. Horace, Heiilt. U.S.I.
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    Bridge Hand
    285 3 V7"OU are again invi'ed to sympathise with the rich— m this "use the bridge player who dealt himself ihe bonanza represented by the South cards. Anyonr who is unwilling to latch onio these thirteen cards, deal the real J^ound the table any v;>y t w ey fall, and
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    28 3 ROCKETING OFF A Bitish experimental rocket at the moment of launching from a site somewhere m B.itain. This k> ths (list photograph oi this missile to be* released.
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    BUCKLEY
    10 3 "ITS THE ONLY WAY HE CAN KEEP WARM r
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    MOVE TO CONTROL THE WEATHER
    130 3 MOVE TO CONTROL THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Tues. THE weather, like the atom, ought to be m strict charge of the government, a U.S. Senator said recently. The proposal came from Senator Clinton P. Anderson, former Secretary of Agriculture. He put before Congress a bill which, if passed, would give the
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    Doer increasing in Britain
    69 3 The Forestry Comml sion is to take action against the increasing herds of \*lld deer which have done much dam age to crops and woodlands m rural Britain. Herds of roe, the smallest of the three native species, are roaming the Farnham-Hind-head-Maslemere district of Surrey, only
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    ATOM DEFENCE
    41 3 Dustmen going; their rounds m the borough of St. Marylebone m the New Year will deliver at each house or flat a leaflet on atom bomb defence. The leaflets call for more volunteers for training m civil defence Reuter
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    Blood test for insanity
    237 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. A BLOOD test to determine insanity- whether it be temporary or incurable— was oflVred by I)r David I. Macht, of Sinai Hospital, who has examined the blood of about 1,200 patients. He reported m the Journal of the Southern Medical Association that he
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    AIRLINE MOVES OFFICE
    54 3 The entire treasury o of the Civil Air Transport was moved from Taipeh Hong Kong when 15 CAT staff members of the airline flew In on Sur.> A CAT official" said this move was to facilitate the work of the onlre. The C main base remains however
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    25 3 Dr. Franklin fvy. I chairman of the World Council of Churches, has Francisco for Tokyo. Hf will visit churches m a roui world triD.«- A.P.
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    More babies
    50 3 THE number of "occupation babies' m Vienna was mt reused by 139, to a total of 1.917 during fhe pa^ year, according: to an announcement by the city magistrate. Among the new-born infants is another coloured which increases the number of black babies of the cil three. A.P.
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    50 YEARS OF COLD COMING
    207 3 50 YEARS OF COLD COMING BOSTON. Tues. HPHE unusual weather m x the U.S. last autumn, is merely an introduction to about c v years of colder climate to come. How much »ugh so that farmers should be rifrht ay.ays tha <ms will the next 2o Enough so should be
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      156 3 QfMniiPORF °t the Week-Rimsky-Korsakov; OlWOnrunti 515 Commonwealth Survey (Bill MTW(»KK) (BBC); ">.30 London Studio Con--10 a.m. News from Singapore; certs. 6 Indonesian: News <fc Pro--12 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. grammes (BBC); 6 30 Cantonfse: The Radio Orchestra; 130 Time News <BBC): 6.45 Music from Signal News; 1.45 Dance Music;
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan, 9. 1951. Room ,or advice
    356 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan, 9. 1951. Room ,or advice L'M. ess the Internaratlon oi Unions hurries on nUon tv ablish a branch *apore, it is -40: rm to find little to and st. Our trade unions are izoin£ ahead I prohablv faster than is em nost adviS' nd
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    997 4 Don Iddon's Diary rpHE bigger i snow now playing is a revival —"The America-First Follies.'' The stars are Herbert Hoover, exPresident of the United States, and Joseph Kennedy, ex-Ambassador to Great Brita:n Colonel Lindbergh is expected to join the cast soon. us the-. me show I -o except that the
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    For the lazy reader
    125 4 "^TALKING" books, formerly made only for the blind, are now being manufactured for invalids who j feel that they cannot support the weight of the baoks the* are reading. This latest development inevitably an American one —has been made possible by extra-long playing records turning at
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    HOTEL ASTORIA, PARIS
    234 4 T'HK Ka'ser picked out the Hotel Astoria as a cosy spot from which to watch the victory parade of his goose-steppers. He had to cancel his booking But the hotel that was the last word for Kaiser "Bill" is considered outdated for Eisenhower. Captain Ed Minton, of
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    Same old World !
    178 4 Same old World AT the turn of the halfcentury the same old world presents only a slightly changed aspect. The same old troubles of man's misunderstanding of man still exist. On January 1 half-a-century ago there was trouble m China. The Boxer rebellion was taking place Today the man m
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    A WAR BY PROXY IN KOREA
    733 4 A WAR BY PROXY IN KOREA Until I hear of a "Chinese Air Foree 9 m action I view the new flare-up with less alarm than Mr. Bevin, writes UH3R the Chinese Communist invasion of Korea and the new crisis this has caused, I blame one main cause: the all-too-open
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    5 4 n!;;-:?'':;"^i^??^ > c^^-ison. ,mhr W p.^',
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    SEFTON DELMER
    100 4 SEFTON DELMER ALREADY there are signs of wavering resolution among some of the Atlantic Pact Powers. In Oslo, for instance, influential voices are being raised that Norway should turn away from the West and join the Swedes m their Scandinavian neutrality. Yes for the moment things look good for the
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    RUBBER TREK IS GROWN IN U.S.
    306 4 QN a back road at P a r a m v s. New Jersey, fifteen miks from New York, the Hevea or rubber-pro-ducing tree is being grown successfully. Under scientifically guided conditions that closely approximate the hot M»d steamy climate of the jungle. 1,000
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      10 4 SILVER Christening Presents U.S.deSl"'/a Jewellers 106 ORCHARD RD. PHONE *****
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    MUNICIPAL MEDICAL AID SCHEME
    305 5 Free treatment for employees Free Press Staff Reporter 4 MEDICAL benefits scheme, which will pro\ide free medical treatment for not Singapore Municipal employees but their lies ma> be implemented early this year if plcte agreement can be arrived at between Municipal Commissioners and their staff a*
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    C.-in-C. VISITS INDO-CHINA
    51 5 TENERAL Sir John Harding. Commander-in-Chief Far I Land Forces, left Singapore yesterday for IndoChina After meeting the new High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief In IndoChina, General de Lattre de Tassigny. he will visit Tonking on his way to Hongkong H( ka expected to be away for about one
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    Public must aid Youth Council
    504 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 CALL for more people who are interested m youth work to come forward and assist the Singapore Youth Council m its work was made by Mr. Leslie Rayner, President of the Council, on the eve of his departure on long
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    'No' to new speed limit
    99 5 THE Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee has turned down a suggestion by the Singapore Association that a special committee should be set up to consider the speed limit m the Colony. To the association's proposal that varying speed limits should operate for different types of vehicles,
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    Your house must be a home
    245 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pHE HOME is the house plus the community m x which it is situated, said Mr. A. C. Kayanan, the Chief Planner of the National Planning Committee of the Philippines and a delegate of the IT.N.l T .N. Tropical Housing
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    111,172 CYCLISTS IN SINGAPORE
    42 5 Latest vehicle figures issued by the Municipal Registrar of Vehicles show that Sin'? a- pore has 11U72 c ect! MX DON AID, i ins director of Ir.i^r and NVa^v eg beet l?« -.n'n mii sln'mwi.. on!' vi five
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    War in Korea brings gold, jewel 'boom'
    228 5 War in Korea brings gold, jewel 'boom' Free Press Staff Reporter TiHE SECOND half of 1950 was a "boom period for A many leading jewellers and goldsmiths m the Colony. It was their first bright spell since the liberation. They attributed the "boom*' to the u:g jump In Malaya's tin
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    ELEPHANTS ARE ANTI-EMERGENCY
    92 5 ELEPHANTS ARE ANTI -EMERGENCY Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. WILD elephants m Negri Sembilan are very anti-emergency. The loud explosions from air strikes, the bangs from mortar batteries and the continual moving backwards and forwards of jungle squads is interferring with their peace and quiet. The noise and
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    Higher wage demands for Mechanics
    160 5 Higher wage demands for Mechanics Free Press Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES of Chinese engineering firms m Singapore will meet and dis cuss. with representative the Singapore Chinese Mechanics' Association tomorrow evening, higher wage demands by employees of all Chinese engineering firm*: m the Colony. Demands for more pay were made to
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    "THE ETHICS OF HEAD-HUNTING"
    65 5 Mr. Tom Harrisson. Government Ethnologist and Curator of the Sarawak Museum, will give a lecture m the Oei Tiong Ham Hall. The University. Cluny Road. Singapore, on Friday. Jan 12. at 6.30 p.m The title of his lecture will be 'The Ethics of Head-Hunting". The lecture
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    Back From Leave
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. L. F. Coomber, ASP formerly attached to the CID Headquarters, Federation Police, has returned from home leave and is now attached to the Johore CID.
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    University Dance
    31 5 MALACCA. Mon.— V:ie Malacca Settlement University of Malaya appeals committee will hold a dance m aid of the University fund on Jan. 31 at the New Capitol dance hall.
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    Municipal chief going on leave
    142 5 Municipal chief going on lea ve SINGAPORE'S President. Mr I. P X MeN i on long lea-. I month, uiil bo affeeud by ernment n ilthoupi) officers ol' the Munieip. will be unaffected Mr. of the Malayan I Ser rvlce the Municipality, h:. abide by all pen riKi gulations ii
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    MUSLIM ADVISORY BOARD SECRETARY
    31 5 His Excellency the I nor has bee pif-av-d to point Che Abu Bakar P^wanchee as Secretary of the Muslim Advisory Board ivith effect from Jan. 5, 1
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    MAIL
    49 5 Surf: -r,- n < xpt-ct^d tn Singapore t<fj from 0 d Eire. Europ*-, Norlh and W< v- I, En*P' th^ D Hong Kong. Chi— and i ration. •inifs f<n posUnfl *v m^il «t the G.P.O ?<>dHV arenoon for P*>< Burma and Poi, p no. E tn :'nd ih» Kederati
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    3 TIRED BOWLERS PLOD ON ALL DAY
    927 6 Australia gain useful first-innings lead From BILL BOWKS Special To The Free P*-^^ Tu^ y *T end of the third days play m the third Test at Sydney yesterday, A \.7ralia. with lour wickets t« fall, were leading Kn^land by 72 run' n
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    47 6 A left-foot kick m an attempt to clear by Police goalkeeper, Low Hong Hee. Vilvaratnam University of Malaya) is on the ground after making his drive m yesterday's hockey match at Police Training School ground which the Police won by three goals to two. Free Press picture.
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    ALL-INDIA TITLE
    59 6 ALL -INDIA TITLE OVEN Davidson i Sweden VOO the AU-IndH hard couvU tennis men's tingles title •v Bomb.iy yesterday when h? Fred Kovaleski of the United SUtet 6—l. 3—6. 6—4. 4—6, 6- 2 m the final. In the mixed doubles semiftnals, Dorothy head i d J N Mehta beat Kovaleski
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    Tattersall, Statham to reinforce M.C.C.
    171 6 I>OY Tattersall, offspinner, and Brian Statham, fast^medium, both of Lancashire, have been invited by the Marylebone Cricket Club and have agreed to join the M.C.C. party m Australia. This follows a request by Freddie Brown, captain of the tourists. Earlier yesterday Brown made a telephone
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    JAPAN, GERMANY IN DAVIS CUP
    57 6 Germany and Japan, who re-admitted to the Internationa] Lawn Tennis Federntioj last year, have challenged Australia m the 1951 Davis Cup competition. India is also among the 13 nations who have so far chaUerun a. The othprs are: South Africa, Britain. Yugoslavia, Austria, the Netherlands.
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    Argentine side in demand
    78 6 gUROPEAN football associations are queueing up to get the Argentine team, which plays England m UKFestival of Britain programme on May 9, to visit the Continent. Ireland have asked for a game the French Federation have suggested a match six days later, and the Spanish and
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    7-A side rugby
    40 6 The SCC. se\en-a side Rugby competition *ill start on Monday Jan. 29. Entries should be sent to the lion, secre.aiy. Rugby section, SCC. Closing date January 20. The competi'ir-n is open to all civilian and se: «idrs.
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    Drinks or a truce
    106 6 I ESLIE AMES, captain of the Commonwealth cricket team now touring India, niet the Xawab of Pataudi, former England and India 1 Test cricketer, m Delhi and it cost him a round of drinks. Both Ames and Pataudi are members of the Kent Hoppers' Club, a
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    Industrials still rise
    114 6 ___JE___S a LONDON, lutvi T AST week's upward movement m j, equities on the Stock Exchange v\ yesterday, states Reuter's financial corr**spom Although buying was more selectiv. to favour shipping shares following gooc press references to these issues, textiles steels. Gains were numerous and generally well held
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    S. AUSTRALIA FIGHT BACK
    39 6 BF! CJOUTH follower. Queensland's I for two ffifld Shield n With one d alia lead eight vuck. Graeme H rounder, sco: ir^lia's I. i followed serond made 6» Bouth A wickets for Ccl: Reuter- AAP
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    ENGLAND XV SELECTED
    31 6 LWQLAND S R tO IT' Jan. 30 w follou s E Woodruff (Ha fcrd pool Umvt; I. P Q Rir. .R.N i finny Robnd P R hrath- Reuter
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    U.S. CREW ONCE MORE BEATEN
    33 6 U.S. CREW ONCE MORE BEATEN UNIVERSITY row on Sunday at An the third time by Australian eiarr The A ahead neck-and-neck New Zealand The Au*l the America- I bury < Games .1 tenure A.P.
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      72 6 MdndrdKS Fxclusire to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya --rggr^r-JZIH ly^:J H !^'fe.^ [Mo^°°w^A^ CL °^j [~^y^,^, oua BOt |j JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava AH±=S S? I'LL BE GLAD TO SE6 DEAR^WI 4S Sh£ LOOKS OUT taflPt/i'^A v 3i *V*^' ''"i' ";-\v a old
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    Europeans selact strong XI
    28 7  -  PENALTY BULLY a will omRe I Eurohoc key .laved on 18. V. k l J g this 1 1 .me Bf c>f deI J
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    SCC AND CHINESE CLASH TODAY
    253 7 SCC AND CHINESE CLASH TODAY Semi-final of SHA tourney Free Press Hockey Reporter Q\K of the season's best games is, anticipated m today's semi-final of the Singapore Hockey Association's knockout competition on the Padang between Singapore Cricket Club and Singapore Chinese Recreation Club. The teams are well balanced, and much
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    DRAW FOR F.A. CUP 4th ROUND
    137 7 jllh diau v.is made yesterday for the fourth round of the Football Assot/ation Cup competition. The bea will be played on Saturday, January present holders of the Cup. have not yet led their third-round engagement against nited. match last Saturday ended m a draw
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    48 7 KEITH HOLLER, the first batsman to score a century m the present Test series between Fug land and Australia. He entered three figures this morning when (-♦ntinuiiu his «£venthuicket partnership with Lin Johnson. Report of tod.t\ s p' U iv m the third Test is m pi*e one.
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    S.B.A. FINALS THIS MONTH
    128 7 re 1950 Sillpore badi mpionbe played of! ai iaj lan 1 I at 7.50 p.m.: b final Bou 1 B P R i^xve B.P. official. Poh Kirn Loh; reteiee Klan \\>JnesdA>. Jan. 17. it "..10 p.m.: Wong Prnt: np Hock nglea I cow Km-. Fatt (Useful
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    Poor finishing rob REME of victory
    208 7 QHOWING a preat improvement on their last k encounter. R.K.M.E. went down to Singapore Cricket Club "A" in a rugger game on the Packing yesterday by ei^ht points (goal and a try) to three (penalty goal). the R.E.ME, fifteen had shown better finishing, the
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    105 enter for Army boxing
    164 7 105 enter for Army boxing KI'ALA LUMPUR. Mon. pORIY entries from the Roya Marines serving m Malaya have b^en received among the 105 contestants for the Army Individual boxins eompetiUona to be held the Chinese Ass mb'v Hall, Ku;>la Lumpur, on Jan. 24 and 25. Arrangements for the public to
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    JAYA STIA WIN
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon- In a friendly badminton match played over the wee'-c-end Java St'a BP. Lumpur. trounced H:»ppy-Go-I urkv B P. by six gamfl to one at Ka:
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    STOKE WIN REPLAY
    21 7 Stoke City beat Port Vale by one goal to nil m their FA. Cup third-round replay yesterday.- Reuter
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLFERS TO PLAY IN U.K.
    87 7 JjHH'R Australian professional golfers may tour England during the coming season. The team is likely to consist of Norman von Nida, Ken Nagle and Peter Thomson and they are expected to leave Sydney m April to play m the rich tournaments of the English
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    7 NEW HORSES CLASSIFIED
    260 7 i OEVEN new horses have been classified, according to the latest list issued by the Straits Racing Association. They comprise four m Class 2 and three m Class 3. They include Restriction II (Class 3), re-named j lifter one of the greatest pre-war sprinters on the
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    13 countrie joining 1st Asian Games
    105 7 THIRTEEN countries have so far decided to participate m the first Asian Games to be held m New Delhi \n March. They include Iran, Syria. Afghanistan. Ceylon. India, > Burma. Indonesia. Japan, the Philippines and Siam. Lebanon and Nepal are expected to enter the
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    SELANGOR CRC CELEBRATE
    77 7 SELANGOR CRC CELEBRATE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— Fitty men and women members of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club celebrated their 1950 soccer \ic(cries during the weekend with a picnic at Port Dlckson. The .Chinese were champions m the senior division for two successive years. They, however, lost to Tamalkins m the
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    Getting ready
    49 7 These eight would-be Blues of the Diomedes (Cambridge University Rowing Club), are up bright and early to train. From Fnderwood <cox), rowing order is: Dean, Clack, Sharpley, Debenham, MaePherson, Crowden, L. Bethune and Mack! in (bow) all In training for the 1951 boat I raee. Fox phofo.
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    Dyson men to coach Perak
    97 7 IPOII. Mon. TWO of the six Dyson-trainea Athletic coaches for Perak. Messrs. Ung Khek Cheow and low Cliooi Beng. will supervise the Perak Amateur Athletic A&socla- tions training cour c^ which wiC begin on Feb. 12 on the Anderson School ground.. This was among the
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    U.K. TENNIS AT LOWEST EBB
    422 7 By ARCHIE QIICK THE lowest ebb m all sport m Britain has been reached by lawn tennis. It is not so much the overpowering: quality and quantity of American women and Australian men as our own complete lack of a Fred Perry or a Dorothy
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    Police snatch 3-2 victory
    440 7 Free Press Hockey Reporter gY virtue of their three- two hockey win over University of Malaya, at Thomson Read yesterday, the Police team will meet G.H.Q. on Thursday m the Singapore Hockey Association's knock-out Competition. A victory will mean entry to Saturdays semi-finals Against Singapore Recreation
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    'Footballer of Year' dead
    71 7 TOOTBALLS 1 Year' U I >Aho died on of Koi' BelecUoj ncr of the a: the Football ciat. i nuunccd festerda McGrane. organisation. TitiH. captain v team, went to Korea us cond Ik -vinft his graduation from the VM Military Acad« n j ai Point last
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    REFORMING NEW ALSATIAN CLUB.
    5 8 REFORMING NEW ALSATIAN CLUB. Ad
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    'HONOURABLE PEACE' -TRUMAN
    139 8 'U.S ready; but no appeasement WASHINGTON, Tuesday. IHtESIDENT Truman said yesterday that the United Stales is ready to negotiate honourable settlements with Russia but would not engage m appeasement In Union n. tc Congress, he called fur a three-point programme to counter )n. I :halRussia enId m
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    RED CROSS APPEAL
    83 8 GENEVA I l( i T*HE P of the I:. I I Mr. Paul R had asked the North Korean mment for permk to fly to Pyongyang. H: cabled ?r> North an ForeiuTi Minister Par Heun Youii?. is "to exa: the problems of prisoners war on both sid<
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    QUAKE IN TOKYO
    27 8 A fairlyq strong earthquake rocked the Tokyo area early this morni-nt*. setting the city's taller buildings swaying continuously for nearly i 30 seconds- U.P.
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    MENZIES ILL
    21 8 The Australian Prime Minister Mr. Robert Men HI with influenza and unattend the conference :mnon wealth Premiprs rday.- A.P.
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    Trumancall welcomed
    95 8 DEMOCRATS and Republicans m the U.S. (unprtss yesterday fnickly suppcritci President Truman I general proposition that the United States mu-.t be made strong enough to meet any threat from Soviet Russia. Administration Democrats generally applauded the message as "powerful." "uplifting** and "magnificent,* 1 while Kepubliiins and Southern Democrats
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    COURTESY CALL
    30 8 Lieut -Gen. Sir John HardCommander m Chief British Far East land forces, paid a courtesy call on Gen. Do Lattre De Tassigny, French High Commissioner m Indci Reuter
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    READY TO TRADE
    60 8 Turkey is ready to resume her "traditionally good" trade ions with Germany, the Turkish Minister said vpster- A.P. SECOND MADEMOISELLE— Line K-iiaud >:-year-old Cabaret sinter from Armcntirres. Prance rehearsing for a television broadcast In London When British troops m France first heard her sin X 11 years
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    ABDUCTED STAR LEAPS FROM CAR
    143 8 HOLLYWOOD,* Tuesday. |>RETTY Shirley Collier, 16-year-old "Shirley Temple of South Africa/ was abducted by her rejected suitor, but escaped by leaping from the youth's speeding: car. Martin del Campo. 23, forced Miss Collier, an actress from South Africa, into his car or. Sunday as she
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    H.K. MONEY
    29 8 Yesterday's quotations on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: H.K. $6.05/0.06 per US dollar. H.K. $15.40 per pound ster ling. H K. $338 per tael of gold.
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    "Hostile camps 'puzzle Asia'
    287 8 "Hostile camps 'puzzle Asia LONDON, Tuesday. THE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. D. S. SenanaA yake, said yesterday that the great nations could break the vicious circles of balance of power, fear of insecurity and the armament race by sacrificing some urestUe and privilege. In a broadcast. Mr. Senanayake said
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    'Super' carriers for U.S.
    144 8 'Super' carriers for U.S. WASHINGTON, Tues. THE U.S. is to increase A its navy and air forces substantially. The Under-Secretary of Air, John McCone, announced yesterday that the Air Force will be expanded to mr»re than 84 groups within 18 to 24 months. Meanwhile In the House of Representatives a
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    Iran ends U.S. contract
    95 8 TEHERAN. Tues. THE Iranian Government has terminated a contract with American experts to help .supervise the nations sevenyear economic plan. Dr. Mohammed Naha. managing director of the plan, said Iran's contract with the Overseas Consultants Inc. was terminated by mutual consent on Jan 1 because of
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    THIRTY DEAD HUKS FOUND
    50 8 The bodies of 30 kiilod Communist Hukbalahaps including a pregnant woman have been recovered by the authorities following operations by Government forces Thursday and Friday m V area between the Cavite town of Maragondon and the Batani>&s municipality ot Nasugbu, it was reoortVd m Manila.- Reuter
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    The Test
    206 8 Continued from Pa?p Six now fair same. Johnson, m pa tteaUr, hit them hard and rllh the si ore at :>lO Brown was compel led to introduce i omnlon into the aitark. Johnson m a little more than ar. hour cracked up SO run*, bu 1 after Bedser.
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    33 8 PEOPLE whc picked up thr phone i„ Luton. Bedfordyou' m^icT daJ ,aSt **m n>ade me love radi^; „neSS ld,nadc rnUct beiw^n phone aid radio rela yserv.ce wires, phone (fefci explained
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