The Singapore Free Press, 15 January 1951

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i: SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1951. PKKI IKN IftNTK
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  • 544 1 TALKS MAY END KOREA WAR U.S. military chiefs fly to Tokyo From SKLKIRK PANTON ,l i>--r TOKYO, Monday. <y_l Khl top level talks will open m Tokyo today between raited Stat^ military leaders from Washington and General MacArthiir and his staff which may decide the question: "Are United Nations fortes
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  • 57 1 Floods stop the trains ~> St i IT Reporter la Bm4_9 and m i ol lint*> anil >ni. rain Mil i lumpur ni has been .til further n< N vi Ra Is train which left I isl iu_.ht ■In between Layang lohore. and Sin.re reported to have near l.iy.in,' Bala
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  • 141 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Mon. THREE British O.Rs. and two Chinese civilians, one an 18-year-old schoolgirl, were slightly injured when a hand grenade was thrown by an unknown person m Brewster Road at about 10 p.m. last night. The grenade exploded 20 yards from
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  • 68 1 'Don 't A-bomb the Chinese' MELBOURNE Mon. TWO ou. ol I i.ans think their soldiers and nen should continue to m Korea, according to a v poll. The poll also claimed that most Australian., opposed bing Chinese soldiers m were overwhelmingly against using the atom bomb on China. The survey
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  • 29 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Rubber trees were slashed m the Nibong Tebal area of Province Weliesley yesterday. Latex cups were smashed a.d a few trees cut down.
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  • 59 1 KOREA, Monday. th Korean divisions were reported last to have slipped down a hi£h central moun- miles behind the Wonju front to the main highways In tht Tanyang and ar m the Tanyang area building slowly for two weeks imt r i divisions of ■n
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  • 181 1 FLOODS GO- WITH THE VEGETABLES Free Press Staff Reporter A LARGE section of the vegetable farms opposite the Thomson Road cemetery, Singapore, was swept away by Hoods during the week-end. The squatter families are' asking the Social Welt are Department for help today. An official of the Department told the
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  • 119 1 A LL RAF pilots are br;< A to avoid other nati< territories except when then flight receives prior clearai from the authorities conce.t ed or where there is son standing arrangementthe passage of RAF aircraft a statement from FEAF Hea' J quarters said this morning A spokesman
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  • 24 1 A Colombian unit of 40 officers and 1.903 men will leave for Korea within three months. Rio de Janeiro reported. Reuter
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  • 49 1 The United Sla.es and Russia both received more wool from Australia m the four months from July to October than m the same period m 1940 Britain received less. Exports to the U.S. increased to 25.514,000- lbs. from 21,90<,000-lbs. Shipments to Russia Increased t"> 13.242.000- A.P.
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  • 271 1 HANOI, Sunday. HPHE French garrison m the outpost port of Bao A Chue, attacked by Vietminh forces this morning, successfully counter-attacked with bayonets and forced a rebel withdrawal, it was learned tonight. The French authorities said they had also repelled attacks of two other outposts m
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  • 53 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE search for the missing: Dakota plane which was reported lost over Kota Bahru on Saturday was still continuing: this morning. The identities of the seven missing people on the plane will not be disclosed until it is definitely known whether or not
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  • 63 1 PITTSBURGH. Mon. METAL users m the United States say titanium, the new wonder metal, has one big drawback— it is too scarce. The strong, lightweight material would be known m every household, instead of being practically a military monoooly. if there were enough for all. It
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  • 17 1 The North Korean Communists yesterday released lour American soldiers capuired last wek. A. P.
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  • 30 1 Jakarta Sun. President Sokarno will visit the Philippines at the end of January, palace sources disclosed today. The visit was postponed because of the president's ill U.P.
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  • 161 1 LONDON, Sun. THE head of one of Britain's largest food canners says that six of the firm's plants will be closed because of a tin shortage. As a result, such canned foods as peas, beans, tomatoes and spaghetti may be-_-_-_-_^_-_U_-_-___. manners are also reported facing
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  • 112 1 GERMAN REDS IN BATTLE GOETTINGEN, Sun. r'O West. German Customs officials were involved m 20-minute gun battle with three Soviet zone policemen at the nearby Soviet zone border today. The West German officials were unhurt and it is not known whether the Communhad any casualties. Customs authorities said the two
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  • 60 1 LONDON, Sun. VIR. Liaquat Ali K. Pakistan Prime Minister, drove from London Cheq' country residence of the British morning, to hold fu ilk:, on Kashmir. Pandit Nehru. Indian P: Minister is alr< adv ip a day with Mr. At Mr. Rober: Menzies, A tralian Prime Minister,
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  • 115 1 MAKCHESTKH IF Ihe Governments did n< pond to the I e-fire proposal m X I the world would did :ot w_Hector MeN <ns de. St ret lord, i Mr McNeil said the ne United Na; Korea plainly had tht val of alm> the Di cratic countries
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  • 79 1 rE first bach new VotunU Constabulary— l 6 I a Eurasian and a Chti from various < linns In 1 sworn m. fingerprinted, p. .ph» i d and ed m t: work at Ute Training School. Thorn; morn.: When they compl six days' training, wh.ch
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  • 12 1 P »lic< -d a of Sungei Siput area ol p
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  • 106 2 "IIOMKS By Mai] "Order* 1 is the la! amoiM hundreds n her; Tiring of the comm< offered them builders the fed house-hunters are ordering their homes by from as far afield as These homes are of the chalet- popular m Austria and Switzerland, and nnese firm—
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  • 1170 2  -  Jeannette By Time marches on AIR. R. S. Formal., who has established his place m history as the unofficial statistician of the personal columns of the London Tim°s published his annual report a week ago. The outstanding: fact is, a* one might ertf>ect, that the readers of Jhe
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  • 56 2 tors alone half a mil? of miniature railway track. All were created h, Rowland 'meU. famous for his cartoons of antiquated branch-line trams iMtgrl firm is building them. Said the firm's ny.nag.ng d.rector last n.g ht "g •£5 ,n w e too fantastic to copy properly.
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  • 782 2 MARGARET SHERMAN PUTS IN— Even the Americans can find some things are done better here UfHY smiuld the '"Americans come to Britain for the Festival? Just look at our weather—and everything". Now that's the sort of remark I'm a little tired of hearing. You'd think
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  • 148 2 BORN today, you are a keen analyst of human nature. Perhaps this is what makes you something ot a seeptie and inclined to look on the dark side of life a great deal of the time. Fortunately, however, you have a good sense of humour and can
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  • 73 2 Moon has 'Pack marks' Al ll i: si of bo aon the ban Sir. the ear: 60.000 lump gouged ou' gest era*Clavils I small. B By tl pact ot enough to mis A SERIOI operation tored of last i solve the cum cauv sound-' Ism small vib:.the torn r In
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    17 2  -  OSBERT LANCASTER h\ ua t II I 'i T f»UT ris f ill r U
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    • 197 2 AH .DEAL NEW YEAR GIFT 111Z STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL yHIS is the first time since 132Pa e$ the Liberation that we 20 Full Colour have been able to produce a illustrations m- STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL on eluding 3 Full < Pag es th* lines of the successful prey oublication The
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  • 428 1 NEW MOVE AGAINST VIETMINH Rebels kept on the run HANOI, Monday. pRENCH Union forces m Tonkin are hitting out with a new "defensive-offensive" against the Communist-led Vietminh rebels. Military observers m Hanoi, fast becoming a "ghost city" for all but the Vietnamese, say that the French aim is to keep
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  • 66 1 kam.oon, Monday, their fourth year of independ.haihlful than hopeful ol what lies ition Communist pted by most as a :ht they largely re- B m rind I BWPP be the Burmese j left, that help pave the •.'.O the ers dray. •en present the icci he
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  • 48 1 ■ASHINGTON. Mon. UJB N.vy Department ed that the tapatrol m the I S.ra.s since Presim's d: m ounced that kept "a vigi)l had r out by surface jy naval r other times by errupied patrol esKai Shek the American decineutralise Formosa Korean war. Reuter
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  • 15 1 :nan Siamese mediaceompanied the Siamese soldiers to I from Japan to asualties— Reuter.
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  • 12 1 anhad received 1 the Foundation to I P |t>
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  • 101 1 HONG KONG, Mon. a VISITOR from Korea said m Hong Kong the British Centurion tank, which was on the secret list and whose capture by Chinese Communists caused much perturbation, actually was blasted before its capture. The visitor, a British Army man, said the tank was
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  • 43 1 The Irq Australian Prime Mm: l Mr. Arthur Fadden. said m Canberra, that ile the Increase m the sterling areas of gold and dollar reserves was satisfactory, both Britain aUd Australia had growing dollar requiremei r defence eauipment and materials. Reuter
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  • 211 1 JEWS DIVIDED OVER USE OF GERMAN TEL AVIV, Mon. "NO German" decision by the Israel censorship board has revived the discussion whether what some call The Hitler language" should be outlawed m the Jewish ate. One section of the population and the press says "Yes" and demands the ban German
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  • 52 1 Chinese Communist casuals from the Korea war had idled hospitals m Manchuria and the Peking Tientsin area and overflowed Into those In other parts ol China, unofncial Nationalist sources said m Taipeh. Two thousand wounded soldiers had been moved Into on at the end of December.
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  • 406 1 NORTH 4KQUI X J H 0A X 6 (Xl ww KA ?T 7 iitij >? I.j 7 6 5 J 2 SOUTH 4AB 5 3 A 5 07 5 3 *AQ 4 I The bidding. East South Wes. North Pus i* P ft3S }r- T Pass 5* PasB
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  • 89 1 MANILA. Mon. PHILIPPINE customs eutho--1 rities have damped tighter on screening of Chinabound exports on the heeJs of the government's retaliatory economic embargo clamped against Communist. China. As a result, customs officials now exercise rigid care m the granting of expert permits for goods destined
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  • 31 1 A "'strongly worded protest against the raising of PL's export tax on cotton has gone from the International Federation of Ma Cotton Spinners to the Egyptian Finance Ministry. Reuter
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  • 269 1 Strange cures for cold NJEW YORK, Monday. AN untreated cold lasts seven days, while a treated cold can be cured m a week." So runs an old saw. which sums up a lot of the centuries-old frustration of the human race m battling: its most common affliction. There's still no
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  • 57 1 The famed Chinese sch< Dr. Hu Shih. now m United States. 1 n invited by the Nationalist Mm: of Education to become president of the National i University. The post bee a:: ant through the recent death <•; Mr. Fa Hsu mie. held it since
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  • 60 1 YOUNG couples Mteg the k ite al ea< h end ol the Lovers' Lane at Durlev Village, near Southjmp ton. complained to parish counc.iiors up»>i more than the u>ual amount of shot k The cause turned out to be an electrified U erected by farmer Norman Clarke to k<cp
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  • 134 1 BAD EARTH MAY CAUSE DISEASES VIENNA Mon. 4 NEW type of Biolo- gical sh or t 1 v > be at Bad Ischl m U; Austria n n c i direction of Mi V\ Sch&uberger, < i er and his Mr X Schauberser, at expIts theme tion a. d preserva
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  • 15 1 The British Robertson wul piay the the Hoi Indies.' U.P. Reuter
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    • 323 1 GAHG RAID BANK ;|jjgs^r Safe lock Sloan ofjf^^^ jf.V. M l"-" ill li MX SAFE gang raided the Upminster branch 7-ji^^^aSla of the Westminister Bank during the j»ii**«l*Bl«-*B-l_a*_6_*r week-end but missed a haul worth thou- UT sands of pounds because gelignite could not shatter the night safe door. I' ;fffe
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    • 197 1 SINGAPORE BFEBS |Si&u-*»~*e (81.l I* NI.TWOKK) 443 p m Progarmme Sum--935 a m For the Schools:— mary; 4.47 From the london ft T r Editorials (BBC); 5 The Concerto Music &c Movement; 955 Inter- Dverak; 545 Tj-g De bate Conlude; 10 News from Singapore; tinues (BBC); 6 Indonesian: 10 45
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    • 290 2 f)NCE a tl* Bri*^ush housewife gets 10d worth of meat and 2d worth ol corned beef to feed her husband, her cnildren and herself. At x Singapore cinema on Saturday night we heard gusts of laughter when a presented this h. fe contemplating her pitiful ad angrily exclaim;
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  • 1782 2  -  Hall Romney I ONDON I FTTFR l by I CELEBRATION IN SOHO IF evidence were needed al the vitality of the Maiay Society of Great Britain it would have been provided at the gathering of 150 at the annual dinner of the Society
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  • 572 2  -  Donald McCormick By AUSTRALIA is celeri brating her fiftieth anniversary as a selfgoverning member of the British Commonwealth. It was on January 1, 1901, that the six states of the Australian nation were unite d as the Commonwealth of Australia. Thus even then, this
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  • 424 2  -  William By THE first 50 years of the century saw the birth of flying for Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first aeroplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. They were following gliding trials which they and the German Lilienthal had
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    • 41 2 2nd Floor 13, Buttery R<!. Dresses for all Occassions a /€fs\ The EDDYSTONE &§§JQIS 6 MARINE RECEIVER J^4l;^r^ity World Famous for l\rf<» and Reliability Al IN EVERY RESPECT Wkg^Egmm^^ 1.0/230 VOLTS AC/D? 5...A gM „> m. E. NATHAN 25/29. OHCHIBn Pfun BbJC
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  • 448 3 Price rise affects S.I.T. tenants Free Press Staff Reporter JHE big increase m the price of best quality charcoal from $12 to $16 per picul will hit; thousands of tenants occupying Singapore Improvement Trust flats m Tiong Bahru which are not connected with a gas
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  • 28 3 25 YEARS' SERVICE S BADDEJ I perintemient Steamshif > retiring alter seiTM photographed Ualaj drew The 11 .it dinner ghri n n Sataj iners m vn- Free Pre-s picture.
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  • 9 3 H. M.S. 'UNICORN' J V N I H N
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  • 280 3 Free Press Staff Reporter THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY has reiterated its policy on 1 promotions to the senior service of the Singapore Municipality. •The Progressives will adhere to the accepted principle. Mr C C Tan its president, told the Free Press, "that while recruitment to the
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  • 18 3 Su: Si. Aie* Island and I La:mail P O noon for land. Eire Euiop China, f only
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  • 15 3 Lt. C P Fo N been appointee the Malayan N the COic T
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  • 127 3 EDUCATION FOR ADULT CHINESE Fret* Pres* Stafl Reporter "FEN Chinese adult classes will be started shortly by the Singapore Chinese Conference as a preliminary step towards wiping out illiteracy In the Colony, the Free Press understands. Each of the classes, which held thrice a week, will provide adult education me
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  • 209 3 Free Press Staff Reporter OECAISE the rules prohibit Singapore Municipal employees from using their newly-opened holiday bungalows at Telok Mata Ikan, tlu facilities provided at the centre have not been taken advantage of to the extent expected, Municipal Commissioners were recently informed. They are
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  • 105 3 THE BISHOP of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H.W. Baines. this morning invested 33 boys from the senior classes of St. Andrew's School with prefects' badges m the school chapel. Bishop Baines was performing the installation of new prefects of the school for 1951. Each boy, m
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  • 158 3 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Little Theatre Players made a good attempt at "Men m Shadow", a play about the resistance movement m France during the last war. at its first Singapore performance on Saturday night. The play is a routine job of allieo heroes and German
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  • 168 3 ITNDER the Management of Frantisek Bubla, the Ballet headed by the star of the show. Dagmar Beranckova, is due to arrive m Singapore about Jan. 17. .c other members of the Ballet are Alena Vttasckova, Varmila Havelova and Renata Fidrova. Their nationality is Czeehoslovakian, but they
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  • 37 3 SINGAPORE FLOODS picture. YESTERDAY S flood m Orchard Road. While Malay youths sport themselves m the foreground, others help to push a marooned car to dry ground. Prince's Restaurant can be seen m the background. Free Press
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  • 62 3 THE first session of the criminal Assizes for the new year opened at the Singapore High Court this morning before Mr. Justice Evans. Tne opening was preceded by a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral which was attended by the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. the Chief [Justice,
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  • 250 3 Free Press Staff Reporter "THERE are 200 itinerant barbers left m the Colony, according to Mr. Kua Teck Meng, representative of the Liasion Committee of the Barbers Employers and Employees Unions. Most of them operate m Tanjong Pagar, Rochore Road and Lave, der Street.
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  • 281 3 Free Press Staff Reporter INSTEAD of the estimated deficit m the Singapore Municipal rate fund of $1,500,000 which was bu.l£etted for last year, the Municipality has |om d \%m financial voar with an estimated I 56.000,000. Tlus is partly because votes allocated to the various departments
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  • 87 3 FLYING CLUB JOY RIDES POPULAR I < ibi Stall l:< .jort.r 1112 Club pi 1.901.22 fiymg tlO! completed '25 hours m average per month hou: The r total flying hou ber of 13( 20 boon un^ ry. though would h en highei for actical of t. of the riots and
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  • 590 4 OVERSEAS BREEDERS FOLLOW UK Move for better thoroughbreds LONDON, Monday. PLANS are being made at Newmarket for the 1 resumption of courses of instruction for stu£men this year. This marks the continual on of an experiment begun two results of which were more successful than Had been believed possible. The
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  • 547 4 picture LONDON, Sunday. SATURDAY'S final Irish Kutjby Union trial at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, proved a disappointing affair The Probables won by 13 points (two -.nils and a try) to nothing but the exchanges were often scrappy and good back play was at distinct discount. It looks
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  • 257 4 REMARKABLE success of the Third Division, which provides 11 of the 32 clubs left m the fourth round of the Football Association Challenge Cup, has revived memories of Millwall's wonderful run m 1936-37. In the season Millwall became the first Third Division team
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  • 106 4 Penalty goal decides A crowd of 40.000 saw France get of? to a good start la the International Rugby Union tournament m .•'ris or\ Saturday with a 14—12 win over Scotland. At half-time the score was sixall. Jean Prat kicked a penalty goal and Luceen Mias crossed tor a try
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  • 18 4 Singapore Motor Club are planning to hold a sprint meeting on Feb. 18 at Lim
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  • 33 4 pvBR n s I the the Live Con I men spring. The t> clubs MIW some hop They p: Their pro.:: bourg a Paris and Co fleet to n
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  • 520 4 Arsenal back in form, trou nce Middles brough From JIM CHAMBERS ARSENAL, m trouncing Middlesbrough on Saturday, showed no weariness after their Cup replay against Carlisle United on on Thursday. Their forwards worked beautifully together and m Lewis cracked m two grand goals. Even before the usually slick brough attack
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  • 37 4 \V HA think ol Indi< m 20 \> with the d Le* sent to toui 1 r>d the Er.i 1 The < me 1 will be R finished his m E i of the this
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    • 232 4 MSlldr^kß Prelusive to the Singapore Irei Press m Malaya «"3 «VAS A lIT WAS THE ONLY II NO LUCK. THEY GOT AWAY. I PLEASE II NO TICKING SOUND. II MANDRAKE r__ > >-^-B-MC~ v -T, GREAT PLACE D PLACE.' HE'S THAT NOW LET'S OPEN THAT rf DO. I'M IT'S NOT
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  • 667 5 SINGAPORE MUCH BELOW FORM First draw m rugby finals By A Special Correspondent SATURDAY'S final of the H.M.S. Malaya rugby competition at Kuala Lumpur, which ended m a draw with both sides scoring six points, was by no means a classic game. As might be expected, both sides were keyed
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  • 125 5 i 111-.OW BANG, goalkeeper of ihe Chinese mming Club water polo team, winners of last s Singapore Water Polo League, told the Free s \esterday that he has decided <o retire from tme and devote his spare time to coaching. Bang, who ia an
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  • 23 5 •spondrnt IPOH. Mon. wn. ra- j mIdle and _.iin at the \->i/<« round the hind the stands Perks Count and cantering
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  • 425 5 Representative, but not the best SOUTH TEAM PICKED Free Press Rugby Reporter HTHE team chosen by Southern selectors for the A annual North v. South rugby encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium on Jan. 27 may be a representative one, but it is not the strongest side the South can produce.
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  • 64 5 BOBBY Locke. South African holder of the British Open Golf Championship won the Stag £1.000 match play tournament at Johannesburg on Saturday with a comfortable ten and nine victory m the 36-hole final. I eke beat his leilow South African, Jock Verwey, over whom he showed
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  • 102 5 I stround chess championship THE draw for the first round of the 1951 Singapore chess championship, which starts next Saturday at 3 p.m. at the V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, is i white mentioned first*: Kione Chin Eng v. N. F Clcw.r; J. C. H:ckey v. Jerry Goh. N. G. Singh v.
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  • 56 5 Th .re re; ulta of the Chinese Swimming Club Billiards Competition which l t?oen completed: ut English <3» B;ill Open Championship: Winner: Tan Guan, Runni r-up: X: h Khoon (ii) 3 Ball Handicap: i'ier: Choo Kirn Chwee. B.ill Open Championship:— Winner:— Teo Siew Sun. Runnerup:—Koh Ha:. Khoon. <iv)
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  • 38 5 Ihe M.ifigi.ld Badminton Parly will hold a dinner at the seaside of Mr. Wee Thiam Slew, 357 East Coast Road <8' t mile> on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. to celebrate the 16'h anniversary of the p.
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  • 28 5 Ezzard Charles, who retained his heavyweight title against Lee Oma on Friday will next defend it against Jersey Joe Walcott at Detroit on March 7.- U.P.
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  • 1039 5 "DOOTBALL League standings after Saturday's matches are as follow FIRST DIVISION Brentford 26 8 5 13 34 52 21 Chesterfield 27 5 10 12 27 41 20 Swansea T. 25 9 2 14 34 51 20 Luton T. 26 5 9 12 29 40 Vj Bury 25
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  • 45 5 picture Brian Statham. the Lancashire fast bowler, obliges a St. Joseph's Institution admirer, Anselm D'Almeida, with his autograph at Kallang Airport. With Roy Tattersall, another Lancashire bowler, Statham is on his way to Australia to join the iniurv-deoleted M.C.C. team Free Press
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  • 189 5 NEW HORSES CATCH THE EYE I ree Pre** Kat nig Correspondent IPGH. li ASSIZE, a nicel) portioned na\ b Trial, attracted much tent ion when he v taken out on the training track at Ipoh morning. He looked a *ood sort and should not be long m ftndli I form
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  • 78 5 TATTERSALL and Statham. the Lancashire bowlen who are joining the M.C.C. team m Australia, left Singapore by plane this morning. They were met yesterday by Mr. Jack Smith (Singapore Cricket Association* and Mr. Ken Gould (Singapore Cricket Clubt. both Lancastrians, whose guests they were last night
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  • 77 5 MADRAS Governor's XI, following on against the Commonwealth on the second day of their match at Madras yesterday were still 79 runs behind, with two second-in-nings wickets down at close of play. Tne Commonwealth team declared their first innings closed at the overnight 319 for
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  • 31 5 JSLAND Club Lady Captain's Prize. Golf competition, played on Friday, was won by Mrs. J. Jantzen <25» with 43.1/3. nan Davies '17 and Mrs. J. Morri17' I with 44.2/3.
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  • 90 5 THE second annul mpionship Shoot m the history of will take pla< day Jan. 21 at the R hore International Club Jobore Bahru. The si c afternoon. It la expected that v] of 30 archers will be i ing for the cha which shall be valid 1
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  • 286 6 EX-COMMANDO CAUGHT WITH GOLD Asia smuggler ring suspected KALGOORLIE, Australia, Monday. nVIDENCE suggesting widespread gold smuggling E between Australia, India and the Far East has come to light m the police court at Kalgoorlie, Australia. Patrick Finneyf described as a journalist and an ex-Commando holder of the Military Medal, nleaded
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  • 108 6 TOKYO, Sun. UNITED Nations naval gunfire held off Communist troops while salvage experts worked on the wreck of a Thailand corvette. The Prasae. which went off the Korean coast while attacking Communist shore installations just north of the 38th Parallel. The team was called off yesterday
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  • 42 6 The British freighter Chanpara has reached the crippled Italian immigrant ship Liguria, m the Indian Ocean and was yesterday standing by to tow her into Fremantle, about 450 miles away. The Liguria carries 1,000 D.Ps. lor Australia. Reuter
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  • 147 6 SHEFFIELD, Monday. E<VEn time Walter Marshall passed by the win- J dow, he stopped, looked at it and felt very annoyed. For six months ago Walter. 44. of Brightstreet. Sheffield, was fined £10 for smashing the window. He claimed he was not the man who broke
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  • 70 6 PHILADELPHIA. Sun. NINETEEN people were believed killed today when a civilian OC-4 Skymaster plane crashed at the airport and burst into tlamPol.cc said the plane. Natl Airlines L.ne from Newark (New Jersey with 25 .board, missed the runway at the snow-swepl airoort and caught fire. One
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  • 81 6 HONG KONG Airways. operated by Jardine Matheson Company, the oldest British firm m the Far East, has cut down its flying personnel leaving only two crews for flights to Formosa and Japan. S r-.l months after Brii nition of th* 1 Pefcing Government m January the
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  • 35 6 The first trade agreerr.or,' between Switzerland and the Republic of Indonesia providing for an annual exchange of goods to a value of 30.000.--000 Bwisa francs < U557,000,--in each direction was d at Berne. A.P.
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  • 29 6 Fides, the Catholic News Agrncy sponsored by the regation for the Propon of the Faith, announced m Rome that there are 40.000 Christians m Tcraoi U.P.
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  • 99 6 LONDON, Sun. J^bTIMATED deaih toll for Britain';, 'flu epidemic by the Sunday press r.?n into thousands. These estimates, howe\ were counter to official Istry of Health reports which gave total death as 4.38 for the week ending Jan. 6 m the 126 'great towns." Lurid reports
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  • 75 6 UNIT CONFINED TO BARRACKS An entire British unit m Fast Africa— the Second Command Workshops R.E.M.E.— has been confined to barracks until the end of this month some of its men have "beating, up" a European police officer and African civilians. Fines totalling £19 10s were imposed on four men
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  • 61 6 MRS. Joyce Eleanore Pic, 23 -year old wife of a FreeFrench seaman, was granted decree nisi at Sydney from Albert Maurus Pic, 32, on the grounds of "constructive desertion." Her husband, Mrs. Pic claimed, had threatened to carve the Cross of Lorraine on her face with a
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  • 184 6 VATICAN CITY, Sun. A VATICAN source connected with the excavation of the Roman Cemetery beneath the Basilica of St. Peter said Catholics must bear the moral conviction that the bones of St. Peter have been discovered near the apostle's tomb. At the border of
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  • 49 6 BAGHDAD. Sun. ONE person was killed and 24 injured, some serious!v when a bomb was thrown m Masouda Shemtob synagogue. The incident occurred when a number of Iraqi Jews were on their way to get a olane to Israel. Police opened an inquiry immediately.— Reuter
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  • 108 6 LONDON, Monday. FAMILIES m converted Army huts at Hambrook, South Gloucestershire, suffer so badly from cold that housewives sometimes put their feet m the oven, Sodbury Rural Council was told. A housewife at the camp, Mrs. Ada Parsons, said: "The only time my feet aren't
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  • 29 6 Sabai Abdel Rahim, a 26--year-old member of the International Fencing Association, was accidentally killed m Cairo last night while taking part m a local fencing competition. Reuter
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  • 27 6 Hongkong is shivering m a a cold spell which on Saturday brought the temperature down to 41.3 degrees Fahrenheit—the coldest day of the winter. Reuter
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  • 183 6 LONDON, Monday. AT 10.15 a.m., the passenger train was due to leave the station. Promptly at 10.15 it left— without a driver, or a fireman, or a passenger aboard. With a .iiort and a hiss and its crew panting along behind it Locomotive No. 7269 clanked
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  • 41 6 The Burmese government has announced the surrender of 200 Communists at Gyobyu the site of Rangoon's principal water supply. This is the first group of any Communist force to surrender since the Red rebellion began three years ago. A.P.
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  • 107 6 LONDON, Mon. MORE than 300 people took part m an antiEisenhower demonstration, called by the ex-service movement for peace, m Trafalgar Square. London vest relay. Their secretary later laid a wreath on the Cenotaph inscribed: "In memory of the British men and women who gave their
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  • 38 6 Italian ambassador m the U.S. i s to confer with Secretary of State. Mr Dean Acheson. today. The envoy expected to make an Important statement on Italy's contribution to the defence ol Western Europe U.P.
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    26 6 IMPERIAL SPEECH— HaiIe Selassie. Emperor of Ethiopia, addresses the people from the balcony of his palace at Addis Abab* on the federation of Eritrea with Abyssinia.
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  • 54 6 GEORGE B death r deaf, obsesses less fea ruptcy. gone.*' That is hou for 3 described bin lished y. Miss P... Years witl 1 Shaw In hi patient vi I valiantly lurry to say a) >efore the ci The gre;.' on Nov. 2 I'nce,
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  • 45 6 PRINC'I the lorn. >f the Egyp\.. flneeri and Vavy and 1 1 nihtary .tand tr:a. m inns scand-ii •eport issued I h* Public Pro* In all 13 pear, cnarged d Italian Mon for during I and n. state funds" Reuter
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  • 13 6 The Italian preparlni cord with J tradr f)00 00<i Minis Reuter
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