The Singapore Free Press, 9 February 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ;y HIM SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1951. PKKK IhN I'ENTS
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    U.N.SMASHES RED PUSHTHREAT
    221 1 Eul under fire: 000 wiped out TOKYO, Kriday. Nations advance m Korea has chopped up a Rt><] force of I and smashed the threat of a Communist counter-offensive River. an said the two-week-old offensive nad killed or of three Chinese Communist army corps and two North n
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    Dragons fight the nerve war
    46 1 Dragons fight the nerve war i KIRK FWTON i t the Free Pres. TOKYO. I riday. s Miik trews advancing on Seoul n rd dragons and fuers on the ls to frighten superstitiuus Chinese war or ii''rvt> 19 mm answer vhfetlss used by tht Chinese m
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    Fakir ends 55-day fast
    70 1 Fakir ends 5 5-day fast Till akir Burmah. a Fr-nch citizen of Indian ancestry, climbed «>ut or .1 glMi box m Turin. Italy, (iaimin,; 1 Dg record and tuo hours. He said b hni beaten by two hours reef d set 3t US Ares by the 1 akif :ill. vat
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    Army breaks rail strike
    5 1 Army breaks rail strike A.P
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    'JET ENGINES FOR GERMANS'
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    Evatt defends accused miners' chief
    108 1 Evatt defends accused miners' chief SYDNEY. Fri. DR. HER3ERT EVA'I puiy Opposition md former General Assembly defended one oj three miners leaders charged over Austi i fc coal The conduct ol the uu ed foil last st 24 hour stopp.n defiance of a G vern- ban was described by G
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    Troops beat off bandits
    96 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. BANDITS who attacked a train m the Mentakab area of Pahan» on Wednesday after derailing the engine and four crash wagons were driven oft by the Security Forces escort. The line is expected to be cleared for traffic today. Another train en route
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    GURNEY HAS ALL POWER NEEDED
    134 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Hiday. on terrorist activity In Malaya, the Secretary foi Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, said m the House of Commons that substantial progress had been made with new measures decided on m December. The High Commissioner. Sir Henry Gurney. had full powers
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    BUTTONS STOLEN
    34 1 A gang of four thieves broke into a godown m Chin ChewStreet. Singapore early yesterday morning and stole two cases of black velvet cloth and dress buttons to the value ol $3,214
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    Taxi set on fire
    25 1 Arsonist flr^d a taxi belonging to the General Transport Company m Nell Road 7.30 a.m. today. The taxi was burnt out.
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    GAS BOMBS AT READY IN ACCRA
    127 1 ACCRA. GOLD COAST. Fri. POLICE armen with tear gas i bombs 5 13 ljOk "P oost.s m Accra gaol to hold back election try to .storm the prison X ame Nkrumah, ol the winning C Peoples Party, held for trying to organise a gen-
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    Night into day in atom-test town
    45 1 Night into day in atom-test town KNTY miics away, the (tare from an atomic test tarns night into day In the .streets of Las Vegas, Nevada. Below, a napalm bomb hits an enemy barracks m North Korea, turnint; it int<» charcoal and ashes.- pictures A.P
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    38,000 eggs cost Britain €820,000
    114 1 38,000 eggs cost Britain €820,000 LONDON. Fn. IN American accountantft turned-poultryman has resigned as head of Brin tain's vast chicken farm m Gambia, West Africa, it was reported here yesterday. Colonial Development Corporation would not comment on reports that Mr. Miilard J. Phillips, resigned while on leave m America. Mr.
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    THE KING HIT BY COST OF LIVING
    209 1 LONDON. Iridav THE HIGH COST of living has hit King George so A hard his savings are exhausted and the government is going to take some £40,000 m expenses ofT his hands, the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, said yesterday. Mr. Attlee made
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    NEVE- DIE IN BLAST
    24 1 d and mor< jured when i ng plant at Si I rday. Propane I I :n a p: cd. U.P
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    New move in Kashmir case
    48 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. JJIPLOMATIC quarters said yesterday that Britain and the United States, with the passible co-sponsorship of other nations, will present next week a joint resolution to the United Nations Security Council aimed at solving the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
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    GIMSON FOR K.L.
    16 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, flew to Kuala Lumpur this morning.
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    GODOWN ROBBED
    15 1 Twenty piculs of rubber stolen from a godown m Benr-h Road last night.
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    Truman backs Hoover plea
    80 1 WASHINGTON. Fi\. PRESIDENT Truman i terday endorsed the appeal of former Republican President. Mr. Herbert Hoover for Congressional approval ot a large United States grant of food to avert starvation m Ind. President Truman w* ed at his prpss conference yesterday to comment on the meeting
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    C-in-C's TALKS
    36 1 General Sir Brian Robertson, the British Commander-in-Chief Middle East, "reviewed m friendly talks Syria's civil and military authorities the general .situation m the Middle East, but neither party asked nor made ;riv engagements* A.P
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    Govt. wins vote on meat ration
    125 1 Govt. wins vote on meat ration LONDON* I ridu> THE Government last night defeated ov ei^ht \<>t an Opposition censure motion all sins, mismanagement of meat suppli< This was the second time m two Ja b administration has won a vote of confident noting was .iOu to 298. d with
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    No plan to use Chiang troops
    82 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. "PRESIDENT Truman i his new s conference terday that nothing had reached him from Gen MacArthur regarding the proposed use of Chinese Nationals; troops m Korea. A reporter asked the President about reports I Tokyo that Gen. Mac Arthur urged such use.
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    Joints go to Parliament
    40 1 PRO'! >I 1N«. k!> ration. .drd Parl i lira! i<M»d iH The aumrn near!;. 1 them cellared p Mis thf natmn truinhl«* on the < <' .u-tion «f the weekh lowest ever level. M <-f |r«"-h meat i>«
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    FOR MEN ONLY.....
    378 2 oulil a hai look n;ore ■nromfortiMc than that bowler? J Pit> those ran la old kther! l\ llou stifl -»nd ■■rot fort •Me tM.it ollar looks Km t that tit- drab° 5 l> that ni -tndkfrrhirf for «r for show? White evils are nil,, hut think of
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    DO YOU KNOW.....
    6 2 I are I
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    Spring Fashions: A Summary
    624 2  - Spring Fashions: A Summary IRIS ASHLEY By WO DAY we bring you the summary of a week's fashion reviewing. Having seen the Spring Collections of LondoJi's << ten Incorporated Fashion Designers, we can give you a concerted report; but, as you know, v not give you fully detailed picv Francis
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    Brave women
    137 2 CIFTEEN courageous women recently offered themselves as victims on the altar of education m order to find out what television is doing for their children. For twelve hour.s a day during one week they endured Western films, puppets, fashion chatter, cooking recipes, news and commercials. They set out
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    116 2 JJOKX today, >ou have been given many important talents and if they are properly developed there are few limits to your potential success. Always show initiative. Don't wait lor others to start something and then follow. If you do this, >ou will never get beyond mediocrity. You
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    BOOKS, BUT NO FAIRIES
    323 2 BOOKS, BUT NO FAIRIES WILLIAM HA MSI 1 1 the story of one Iron Cm Dessau, Soviet zone, Germany. TEN-YEAR-OLD Lore with the yellow plaits bumped into me outside a State toyshop. I muttered. "You're English/ she said. Then she asked me about London. "Is it true that policemen v/ith
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      76 2 r Wholesale Prices pleas* F. E. ZUELLIG (MALAYA) LTD. F 0. SOX 725 SINGAPORE X- X^P A\O SNC r^J have m stork h Ladies" Diamond Wrist Watcher O j from $900j" upwards ft KHALIK Jewellers A 11 The Arcade Singapore. *-> BUTTONS AND BOWS ACCESSORIES < the arcjde Singapore cola
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      65 2 BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME I ♦■♦■♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦44+++-+-< I For PERFECT HAIR CUTTING X £T STYLING including our CRf AM O/L WAVf Consult Miss Vicky I MICHELLE BEAUTY PARLOUR 4 13. Battery Road Singapore SMOOTHER 'Ok 4 fSJ^ .dM TAMAV THE SOAP OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN jf 4 r^~— -i— A beautiful Jrt*>
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      90 2 Kew Crossword No. 274 i I J 1 J I 11 ES ACROSS l Houm... made of s »i d mice 9 8 Extreme sea-soldkr m (U); Whip th.:r puts you In a knot (5); 11 Ii ypu »s>; 12, Keep the roast from burning (5r Ition for which he
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      32 2 Solution To Crossword No, i 73 Acioss: l. Chart red. 7. Candlepower 8. P,e\..so;i. 11, traceable.! 13, Headiag lamp. 35, Be Down: Concentrate, 2. AH. 3,; Topside. 4, Ro-Aing boat* 5. Dart
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    £20,000 AWARD FOR BREACH
    408 3 £20,000 AWARD FOR BREACH Suit against estate dealer LONDON, Friday. jy|RS. Helen Lilian Dunhill, awarded £20,000 damages for breach of promise, left the High Court. London, after the verdict and said: 'Now for a holiday— a few days m Paris, I think It will be be better to leave England
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    SIGNAL OF 'LOST' PLANE MISTAKEN
    43 3 CAIRO, Thursday, .};,,> i ftfik yesterday heard the signal A \-> He mistook it for "SOS"— the interlips and dir."at't over a Eastern I rranean !or a "missivlan I feted by and .ori- Lstake 14 to f> beS in i
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    BUCKLEY
    15 3 -SIR THFY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW If THEY CAN BUY SOME WAR BONOS' M
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    LETTUCES AND THE M.C.C.
    51 3 An Wit fruit and vesman In Sydney :iad no trouble sell •es since the English >m arrrived m Aius...i. His favourite call tfc Is: Fine lettuces sixpence earh hearts like Freddie Brown's". Freddie Brown. Captain of the English side, is a favourite with Australian ■t fans.
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    11,000 M.P.H. PLANES SOON
    102 3  -  Lord Douglas, chairman of British European Airways, said at Copenhagen there would be no piston-engined aircraft m air transport except for short flights m ten years. Lecturing at the Royal Danish Aero Club he said the piston-engine was already obsolescent. H P added: "It will not
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    A BRONTE FOUND
    30 3 A water-colour painting by Charlotte Bronte has b^eni found by Mr. Walter Watson, of Dewsbury. Yorkshire. It was m a 60-year-old brassbound box belonging to his father.
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    DEPRECIATION
    18 3 I irl Booth. thy Di:ved a i Qt I R mrdy r Is. 9d.. X re an
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    BLIND TYPISTS
    30 3 Blind girls are being recruited as typists by the U.S. Government. It tried 30 as an experiment. which was "highly successful." Salaries ran?e from £883 to &9u: yearly.
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    Captain denies using funds
    248 3 Capta in den ies using funds ALDERSHOT, I riday. pAPTAIN Cecil W. A. Murray, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, said to a court martial at Aldershot: "I never at any time used Army funds to pay my betting debts." It was alleged that, while having cure of the account of
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    Queue for housework training
    145 3 LONDON, Fri. TWO British Government- sponsored National Institute of House- Workers, has reached a crisis. It can no longer accommodate sill the applicants who want to undergo the domestic science course there. There is training capacity for 350 people at nine centres. At least 1,500 diDlomas
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    Message from ....
    27 3 Message from TWO carrier pigeons caujht m Egypt had metal discs engraved with the one word "Moscow." Both pigeons have been sent to police headquarters at Cairo.
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    400 FINED FOR FIREWORKS
    101 3 400 FINED FOR FIREWORKS HONG KONG. MORE than 400 people were arrested during Chinese New Year holiday negligently letting oft firecrackers, discharging ilrv kworks without a permit a: d for gambling m hotel rooms or on the streets. At least 240 persons, including 88 youngsters of whom three were European
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    Canon (84) Mas careless driver
    59 3 Eighty-four-year-old Canon Francis Samuel Porter-Payn-ter, of Trumpington-road. Cambridge, was fined £3 at Cambridge for careless driving, and was disqualified from driving until he has taken a test. He pleaded not guilty and said he had been driving for 42 years. His car was m collision
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    ARE STARS GROWING TOO OLD?
    44 3 ARE STARS GROWING TOO OLD? NEW YOUK Fri. Are the Hollywood growing old and do pale? Brains <ol tl. idio duce acBob Hope l John MKJ I But wha 1 ithful i b DC actr 40 lord. M Ibort. c iruci Bette Duni Tl.
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    Librarians to be war PROs
    95 3 LONDON I S^HOULD war com< of i librarianix- ictinc a.= "informal i under Britain g Civil fence Or on Many of the librarian* haw already b asked to play such a rol the civil defence Dflan beet it Ig it'lt that librar: UM similar ofticialb
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    SPAINISH ENVOY
    47 3 Duk-- Migut'i Primo Rivera ha.s been accepted b the British Government Spanish Ambassador to don. according to usualh liable sources m Madrid is the son of th^ late eraJ Miguel Primo d»» Rivrri and brother of the found the* Falanse Moveni<*nt Swinish ta.srist Party. Reuter
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      199 3 mSndrdkß Exclusive to the Singapore Free Prvss m Malavn |"4 LITTLE MAU WAS LOSING HEAVILY. COULDN'T PAY Of F HIS DE&I-So\ \ThE HEXTOAV-HE SHOWED ME J HE CAME NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, BUT HE OFFERED ME HALF-INTEREST ItJ HIS GREAT SECRET." tci imc tup I WHY NOT? 17 ALL HE COULDNT
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      80 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singaporej (lil.l'E NETWORK) 4 17 Ptotn 10 a.m. Nt'ws from pen 12 Proerammes m 1 pin The Radio Orchestra's lunch-timp concert 1.30 Time Signal w~ Newt; 1.45 Dxnce Bane rence Welk Orchesira G Pi v- 'Bl gramme Summary; 6.02 Pop': i Children'! Prone; 6.3U The l> ville Ensemble;
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 9. 1951 Doctors & symbols
    297 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 9. 1951 Doctors symbols a CHILD aas ciud m *V we his pare rf -fl not iincl a doc t o r He had illowed a m a f kuehing seed. His parents went cut to look lira doctor. There v. as one near
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    In Hong Kong: common sense and confidence
    1434 4  - In Hong Kong: common sense and confidence G Ward Price "Commonwealth Exhibit No. 1' By HONG KONG: IF there Is one place I should like to see reproduced life-size at the Festival Ol British "British Commonaltta Exhibit No 1," it is Hong Kon Here you have the British nial spirit
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    11 4 "This story about a woman pilot m Korea has started something."
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    TWO LAWS ANP THE SOLDIER
    841 4 We have trust m our courts IN KOREA ROBERT FARGIE, > 29-year-old R.A.S.C. f driver, of Check- heaton, Yorkshire, wAs > sentenced last week > to ten years* imprisonment jor the manslaughter of a Korean teacher. He was ordered to be I discharged from the
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    THEY KEEP PEOPLE WELL
    220 4 IN the lush setting of rolling lawns, golf courses and Dridle paths of W h i t ii Sulphur Springs, West Virginia U.S.. a group of modern minded doctors are working out a health theory. It is a clinic to Keep well people well, instead of
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      23 4 j SUPERB COMBINATION of DESIGN and CRAFTSMANSHIP IN JEWELLERY OR SILV ERW ARE j P. H. HENDRY, j 78. North Bridge Road SINCAPORE
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      34 4 ARTIE'S HEADLINE J MM' lit cater for nil the COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Stoi>.^ <■■ I »^H_ DIAMOND CIM R«" s I HI #n -J2? VARIOUS DESICNS m Dfatuond and Platinum is. P. h. deSiLY^J
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    GOVERNOR CALLS ON NEW C-in-C
    39 5 GOVERNOR CALLS ON NEW C-in-C X OF SIS I r.inklin Ginii«ptcthii a llniiour at \dllniisr >esterday returned the call i -in-< Vir V i^t \dmiral thr N sr <-m Russell. Boii Ml the .irr. It. md Admiral Press picture
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    COUNCIL ELECTIONS: EARLY REVIEW
    315 5 Progressives have chance of majority T»HK nniT *v c Pree Press Staff Re P» r ter J wt i lUUI m the Singapore Legislative Council elections m April for he nine elected seat* will be mainly between Progressive Party :«nd Independent candidates, although the Labour Party
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    $1-MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT
    60 5 $1 -MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT More than one million dollars worth or road-making equipment is cmoing to Malaya m the next three or four months, practically all from America. xr T J? e Chief Se cretary, Mr. M. V. Del Tufe. confirmed yesterno a grant of $410,000 'U.S. had been
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    APPOINTMENT
    25 5 IX to Syed A. M. Alsagoff J.P., has been appointed to be a member of the Advisory Committee with effect from Feb. 4, 1950.
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    NEW CULT PROMISES PARADISE & HOURIS
    281 5 NEW CULT PROMISES PARADISE HOURIS j^ NOT H E R new religious cul:. which guarantees aradisc and hoifris" for followers, has sprung up m the Ulus this time In Kampong Plong. Mukim Ulu Nerus. m the district of Kuala Trenggann. The new cult requires that its followers should undergo a
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    He thought Singapore were 'cold' By PETER HILL
    396 5 He thought Singapore were 'cold' By PETER HILL tree Press statY Reporter FOR NINE days after his arrival m the Colony, Franlisek Bubla. Czechoslovakia!! ballet impresario, thought Singapore audiences were "cold." He doesn't think so any longer, He is convinced we can be warmhearted when we want to be. The
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    HAI HSUAN SALT CARGO FOR SCAP
    207 5 The 8 ,500- ton cargo of salt with which the Chinese vessel, Hai Hsuan, has been stuck m the Outer Roads for the past year, may soon be transferred to another ship for transhipment to SCAP m Japan, the Free Press understands. Negotiations to
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    HOMES FOR THOSE WITH MODEST INCOMES
    399 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CONSTRUCTION of the first houses to be built m the Colony under the Federal and Colonial Building Society's scheme to provide homes for people with modest incomes, will start shortly, Mr. John Burgess, General Manager of the Society told the
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    JOY-RIDE PILOTS NOUQAY FLYING
    38 5 M»:v NO* Hi MM I a pilot of the Knal i t umpur I b, n ho I »ut S#§ mil^s itvrtac the luo(1 |j (hi neve N*u k »>n ftjr-fMti m Kualt I.unipur.
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    DMS to raise subject with medical council
    235 5 Doctors' use of Red Cross symbol Free Press Staff Reporter rjR. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, Singapore, h.is pi unused to bring befote the Medical Council this week the problem of h«w illiterate people m the Colony are expected to find
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    Trade fair next month
    129 5 AFAR EAST Trade and Industry Fair will be held at Towner Road, Singapore, from March 16. Organised by the Far East Promotions Company, there will be over 170 stalls for the display of Malayan products, engineering equipment and arts and crafts. The manufacture of Malayan products
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    CONSUL RETIRES
    25 5 The French Consul In Kuala Lumpur, M. Schalbart. head Planting Manager at Socfin Co., Ltd.. leaves the Federal capital next month on retirement.
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    RIOT INQUIRY COMMISSION
    50 5 The Commission of Enquiry into the Singapore riots, consisting of Sir Lionel L' as Chairman, with Capt. H. Studdy, C.8.E.. Mr. J. H. Wenham. J.P., and Mr. J. R. Williams, of the Colonial Office, who will act as Secretary, are expected to arrive m Singapore tomorrow afternoon
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    Symbol not necessary
    133 5 In,. Ptesi SUfi Report* r A PRIVATE Mfjlul pnM titioner said h<> li.m! found, from experience, that very feu p«'oi»i pended on ihe Rod m.w as a symbol by which th«v could recognise (fee m«iltcal profesvfon. "There ma> hf i»n«- or two ca^«s of sin h lamraiK
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    'WOODBRIDGE' HOSPITAL
    14 5 The new f Singapore Men la. v- Chu Kang .< "WO BRIDGE H
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    FOUR O'CLOCK BEST BET IN GOLD CUP
    732 6 K.L. WINNERS Will defy 9. 11 impost From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THOUGH only eight horses have been handicapped for the Selangor Gold (up, the field lacks nothing m quality. The <*<rld U«P is the main attraction tomorrow, last day of the
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    Horses not accepting
    294 6 FOLLOWING horses will not start tomorrow: Spithead. Golden Grove. Uninsured. Kew Gardens, Avalanche. Billy Carol. Empire Rose Park. Texas. Moneade. Baroda Prince. Black Velvet and Wellington. Tara Street is a very doubtful starter. The weather here remains fine. Th* ffoinjc for tomorrow's racing should he very iiood
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    Uninsured out., Ondine to score
    266 6 Penang, where he finished last of 11 starters. He could not possibly be considered on that showing. Selections: \s*. ONDINE 2nd Tomtoy. 3rd Trigger. Outsider: Pink <iin. TOMORROWS Class I, Div. 1 sprint should again provide an interesting race, with Ondine, Trigger, Tomtoy, Rigoletto. Pink
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    K.H. IP WINS IN MANILA
    96 6 ALL SIX foreign entries, including Hong Kong's Ip Koon Hung. won their matches m the opening round of the Philippine National Tennis championships yesterday at the Rizal Memorial courts. Manila Ip. who is also Singapore champion, was given a hard game by V. San Augustin
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    Printer's Error also to complete double
    473 6 r^LASS three horses will provide three races over 5J and 9 furlongs at Kuala v Lumpur tomorrow. With strong fields likely to face the starter m each event, these races should provide thrilling: sport. Printer's Error, who won with plenty m hand m the
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    30 SKATING STARS IN SPEED EVENT
    142 6 THIRTY top-ranking skaters 1 from 11 countries are entered for the 45th world speed skating championships to be held m Davos tomorrow and on Sunday. Germany and Japan, making their first post-war appearances, are among the countries competing, Ger- and Tsuneo Sato. Other countries
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    Nothing could save England
    401 6 FO U RTHTESTROUT From BILL BOW I Special to the Free Ire«» ADELAIDE, n AT 3.20 this afternoon, when Johnson knurled A for a pair," Australia, with 140 mm v r f for play, went to a comfortable 274-run England m the Fourth Test at Adelaid*
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    SCOREBOARD
    57 6 Australia— .?7] aril i dccl. K.njjl.u.d- I KGLANDHuttcn c sub. b Johnston 'ibtook li.w i Simpson c X:.Johnston C'omptnn b l, i, vpard H.u M TattrI »..hns»n Warr b 1. I Wright not *ut Brown ■fcmM 1 BOH I i Lindwall Miller Johnston Johnswn Burke Byes If, Irshvm J,
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    39 REFEREES FOR S.A.F.A. LEAGUE
    420 7 39 REFEREES FOR S.A.F.A. LEAGUE rs ol llie it' rting > lion (I m ihc Happj Back I Kok istrn. (hi\ •m! Loh bin Press FathulKarib 'A XI withdraw Free Press Soccer Reporter THIRTY-NFNE referees are available when the Singapore Amateur Football Association opens its 1951 League competition on March
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    ADDUL RAHMAN COACHES SPURS
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    THE TEST
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    Vexed problem for U.K. soccer clubs
    243 7 Froni VERNON MORGAN DEESENCE of "foreign" football stars la League and tlub matches all over Europe is a \ery vexed problem. There are nothing like as many of these In ,iand (there are virtually none In Scotland) as m a country like Italy or
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    Boy breaks swim record
    22 7 SYDNEY, Tim. BRY Dark AusDight 0 the Australian d which the old and m 3mln. with Reuter A.A.P
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    Army boxing Finals today
    39 7 ALS of the Singapore A Base District <Army> individual boxing championships will be held at eight o'clock tonight at the Tanglin Barracks gymnasim. Major General Dunlop. COC. Singapore Base District will erive away the prizes.
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    'Sevens' ragby
    43 7 RESULTS of yesterday's games m the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side rugby competition were: R A.F Tengah bt. R.A.F. Changi three-nil; Royal Signals "A" bt South. Johore eight-nil: G.H.Q "A" bt. Royal Engineers A' six-five: and R.A.S.C. "A" bt, Green Howards nine-nil.
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    R.A.F. ANNUAL SHOOT
    429 7 The annual shoot or tne R A.F «F.E. Small Arms elation has been postponed to May 24—27. The final day's shoot, on May 27. will be followed by the prize distribution at 5 p.m. Kampong Bahru. Netaji Muslim P.C.. Marine Dept., Ho\st>urs, HQ. 32 Coy. R.A.M.C. Bukit
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    Elbow operation
    49 7 THE Derbyshlv and England pace bowler, Leslie Jackson, was yesterday informed at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary that he will have to undergo an operation to his elbow. He has displaced a small bone and this caused his early return from the Commonwealth party's tour of India. Reuter
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    J.E.C., 'Varsity draw at chess
    142 7 OHORE English College did J well ti; draw with University of Malaya at chess 15 boards m a match at rower Hall last Sunday. As the University were a more experienced &ide th< irmunce of the schoolsboys was really creditable Each Rld< d 74 points.
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    Costly errors by Europeans
    376 7 Free Press Hockey Reporter OOOR DEFENSIVE tactics m the later ktages of play cost Europeans the game when they met The Rest m their second post-war annual hockey match on the Padang yesterday. Spotting the loopholes m the European defence, the fast and wily Rest forwards
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    Two mishits in Worrell's century
    84 7 Two mishits in Worrell's century IN m < rl g his fii m monwealth Indi dropped pinath at ink: from a ball b> i by who failed to m when V. Worrells I ing day's play terday m the J Test was 116 m 144 including IT f< Oin Oim
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    48 7 STADIUMS. Lid vwll O the British middi champion, Randolph Tir a puarantei- for Empire title fifch? wit Sands m Australia. Announcing; hU night, Sydney Stad: manage i Harry Ifillei "Sand.s i.s Empire chair; 10 the British Boxine B lontro] can hardlj to Sane A. P
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    12 7 NEWPORT BEAI OXFORD 21-3 >l m v 1 Th< Uni\ I Reuter
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    SPECIAL LAWS FOR ARMS DRIVE
    291 8 War controls to be reimposed LONDON, Friday. (SPECIAL Lmergenev powers given to the British (iovernment during the war are to be made law tor the nations new rearmament drive, it was revealed yesterday m London. Parliament will be asked to approve a new bill permitting
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    152 8 [ujndonstockl EXCHANGE LONDON. Fri. < THE defeat of the opposition censure motion on the 1 Government nationalisation of 1 steel removed the uncertainty that had been overhanging the market in the last few and brought firmness to many sections vyesterday, i states Reuters financial
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    80 8 o I B. lid m O terdi ot N the 38ih Parallel m n they reached it. jliould be treated "with I ion said he hoped Collective Measures Committee of the United Nations would "proceed very care--1 beljre making any mmendationa over sancagainst Communist ■.a.
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    47 8 Prime Minister Holland of New Zealand, leaving President Truman's office after a courtesy visit yesterday, told reporters: "I just happened to say that we are not seeking any gifts or loans of any kind and the President held up his hand and saluted me." A.P
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    100 8 Volunteers attached to "E Division are reminded that the next meeting is at 5.30 p.m. on Monday. 12th February. at Orchard Ro^d Police Station. The Foundations of Economics. History and theory m the analysis of economic reality. By Walter Eucken. $12.60. Economic Policy for the thing Man.
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    TROOPS OFFERED
    24 8 Four thousand Amboinesc soldiers of the former Netherlands Indies army yesterday offered their battalions to join United Nations forces m Korea. A.P
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    25 8  - JEST A MINUTE GEOFFREY EVANS 8 1 Oi. Dad! Mum says you cant afford to be there now the cost of sleeping has gone 4ip!
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    £50 AWAKD FOR AIDING POLICE
    155 8 £50 AWAKD FOR AIDING POLICE LONDON, Friday. 4 REWARD of £.~>o should be paid tr .m Ipswich 41 man who was shot In trying to stop two escaped Borstal youths Mr. Justice Hallett ordered at Suffolk Assizes. He made the order under a section of the Criminal Law Act of
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    Beards off if jailed
    71 8 ATHENS. Fri. OKIESTS of the banned i Old (Julian) Calendar, if arrested by police m the future, will have their long lair and beards shaved off. The Greek Orthodox Holy Synod yesterday advised the Ministry oi Public: Order that it supports this routine police measure. The
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    29 8 Mr. J. J S Garner acting Under-Secretary* of State m the Commonwealth Relations Office. ha s been named Deputy High Commissioner fir the United Kingdom m Incihi.
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    Till price up by £25
    50 8 Till price up by £25 Tin prices writ marked up sonu day morning's n, but the market nevertheless was quiet. There was no business In spot, which closed up £27-1 2 -1 2, while Throe months, on a turnover of 40 tons, gained £25 to close at £1.417-1 2 -UP.
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    Minister turns shop assistant
    240 8 HELP FOR DISABLED GROCER LEEDS, Friday. OISINESS has boomed for Leeds grocer Arthur Forder m the past three months, although he is ill and unable to leave his bedroom. A dozen new customers have registered each week at his st*re m Queen's Road, Leeds, Yorkshire, takings
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    'ROSCOE' FOR ELIZABETH
    88 8 Thi Hurvard University undergraduate magazine, the Lampoon, has awarded a Roscoe to film star Elizabeth Taylor -as the most objectionable ingenue m films m 1950. The Lampoon said she gave the worst female performance of the year m the "Conspirators" with Robert Taylor. The editors said blandly
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    NEW ENVOY
    18 8 Dr. Otto Wilhelm Winter, the new Swedish Minister to Madrid, presented hi s credentials yesterday, Reuter
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    50 8 A L L th< \n 8 ,w£ ublicans m Me »ton Mowbray. Leicestershire (pop. 10.000). went to Leicestershire Assizes ReasonA man accused of stealing a bottle of whisky said he bought it m a Melton public house. So the licensees were brought to court to be questioned
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    99 8 BRUSSELS, Fri. PANADA is giving Belgium the equipment for an infantry division, the Ministry of National Defence said yesterday. In Ottawa, the Canadian Defence Minister. Mr. Brooke Claxton. said that the Cabinet had approved the sending of the equipment which had been recommended by the Standing
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    289 8 Continued from Page o City ward. If he comes m the Progressive candidate will not have an entirely lree run. Pro are understood to be m a s I oli a:sJ m The Raton.' and Baiestier wares contested by their nominees. Mr Thio Chan Bee and Mr. John ck.
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