The Singapore Free Press, 15 February 1951

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951. PKII'E I.N i IN Is
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  • 260 1 C nese may be taken into armed forces belter arms are to be sent to Malaya and Chinese may be into lhe armed forces, Mr. John Dugdale, Minister of Colonies, told the Commons yesterday. i stion bv Mr, David Rentox, National Liberal, he i urrent pattern,
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  • 30 1 Press SUA Reporter la found In the h»;i>c of Miss last night's murder victim, in i pore About Si, Out) worth of vv re also missing.
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  • 31 1 16 DIVISIONS IN GERMANY BY SUMMER ANKFURT. Th 16 allied i ice both in d fore rican, five Brinch and The 4.000- m Danish unit any may also b? mer U.P.
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    51 1 Mr. Patrick Gordon- Walker, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, makes his way through an aisle of Bamangwato tribesmen at Serowe, Bechuanaland. His mission was to explain what was to become of the tribe and its chief. Seretsi Khama. now in -exile in England with his wife and
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  • 16 1 Bandit killed in ambush Chil in the i'erak yeswere od. 'iv JerK lantan >bbed of and
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  • 146 1 The Coloniail Secretary. Mr James Gnifiths. said shipment., of rubber Irom Malaya to Russia were not above their normal level. There was no evidence to .suggest it was being imported for other than normal commercial uses. He was not aware of any war materials being shipped to Russia
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  • 178 1 COLOMBO, Thins. A SIX-NATION sub-comm to study the form of a turning" organisation Iq rk ol tne com. was set up In Colombo yesterday by the Commonwealt h Consultative Committee lor Economic Development in South and South- a. When the committee moved on to th ond
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  • 18 1 The Security Council meeting on the Kashmir question has-been put back until some time next week- Reuter
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  • 58 1 CHOU: RUSSIA WILL HELP Red China's Premier Chou En-lai. in a radio address -.^rday. said China and Russia were bound by treaty *any necessary steps" to meet aggression. For ten minutes he attacked "Western imperialism" and anv separate Western oeace with Japan He asserted the Communist camp had "inflicted effective
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  • 183 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. THE United Nations Secretary General Mr. Trygve Lie, declared yesterday that the organisation would eventually bring about disarmament "no matter how distant it may seem in this dark and dangerous period". Mr. Lie made the statement at a meeting of a 12-nation
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  • 39 1 COLOMBO. Thurs. QEYLON rubber shippers have received heavy orders from Communist countries in Kurope recently. One Colombo shipper has received orders from Czechoslovakia for the supply of 250 tons within the last six days.- Reuter
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  • 28 1 Israel and Jordan reached agreement yesterday In their dispute over a three-mile stretch of the BeershebaEylath road— lsrael's "lifeline" to the Red Sea port of Akaba.
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  • 128 1 British govt takes over steel works LONDON. Thurs. BRITAIN took its biggest step toward complete state socialism yesterday when the bulk of its great iron and steel industry passed Into public ownership. Steel was the seventh major industry to be nationalized since the Prime Minister Mr. Clement At 1 lee's
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  • 121 1 JAKARTA, Thursday. THE Indonesian government, pressed Dy a staggering national deficit, yesterday banned strikes in Indonesia's vital industries. The nation's deficit this year has so far reached nearly 1 000. million rupiahs. much of it caused by production difficulties rooted in strikes, absenteeism and raw material
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  • 44 1 The United Nations Good Office Committee of three "peacemakers" for Korea was completed on Tuesday when Dr Luis Paddilla Norvo. Chief Mexican delegate, accepted membership. The Committee President i£ Persian Nasrollah Entezam. The other member is a Swede named Sven Grafstrom.- Reuter
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  • 139 1 LONDON. Thurs. Till: price of tin collapsed on the tin market yesterday afternoon, spot falling Km per ton to £1*551 nominal with business in utter confusion. The price of three months tumbled by the sam« amount to t1.495 but there w.-re some 10 tons which
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  • 28 1 I A new faint comet with a relatively low rate of speed h as been discovered by two astronomers in an ooserva f^rv near Brussels.- U.P.
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    32 1 y*r. r. Sayers, of Stockwell Oardens, London, the first Londoner to be recalled for a fifteen-day refresher course in tbe Royal Air Force, displays hi* 'OHMS' letter in his home.
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  • 229 1 CHURCHILL SPRINGS A SURPRISE LONDON, Thuisday. MR. WINSTON Churchill introduced a "no confidence" motion in the House of Commons last niffht, challenging the Labour governm* it to carry out its vast rearmament programme. The surprise motion of the Conservative leader came on the heels of the Defence Mmster, Mr. Emanuel
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  • 24 1 Red China has taken ever Yenching University, operated for more than 30 years by America's United Board of Christian Colleges- A. P.
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  • 25 1 French troops killed 70 Vietminh Communists in two sharp clashes around the coastal city of Hue, 350 miles northeast of Saigon.- U.P.
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  • 22 1 Mr. Summer Welles, former American Under-Secre-tary of State, said yesterdav that to rearm Germany would be an incredible mistake."— Reuter
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  • 23 1 ANTI-RED LAW S Drastic new measure, to reinforce the law bar: Communism in South A! were introduced in the Io House yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 69 1 5,000,000 in Red armies tINOTON, Thurs. THE two Senate Comn:: reported today that tne Russian bloc of nations almost .5.000.000 men under oruanized into IT.i divisions, while the Atlantic forces lotal 4.50« men; of which 2.600.000 represent ground troops. The report was distrib by the Senate Foreign R tions and
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  • 264 1 Th p man who won $92,000 Free Prcsv smM I A marital tifl on (Ihihv New Veai I)a> luck** Non- hinese busines* man in Sin pore. He won SM2.7' O. lh«- f.t^ prize of a IdMIM I urf Comb lotterv. Hie ia] a "hi?
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  • 8 1 Mr from Marshal Til U.P.
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    • 29 1 PLATING Wtoltt &uJi* you* (^tjyakij time ifoto (nxq, FISH.' Keep down the cost of living buy fish of fine flavour —that is cheap! COLD STORAGE Cold Storage Co.. Ltd.
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  • 679 2  - Some Death-bed Farewells H.DAY By IF report! arc to be dited, Bernard Shaw's last words were, 'T am tired— l want to c And no man ever d his more tmly. The pity of it is was so weak 1 lapsed into a coma before dealt otherwise uild p_ nably
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  • 478 2  - FIGHTING THE JAPS IN BURMA W. F. JEFFREY by A review of Sunbeams like Swords" THIS is an account of ■■General Wiiigate's second expedition, which was fought behind the Jap lines in Burma. 1944. The author tells in graphic detail his experiences as a captain in that expedition and the
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  • 372 2 FOR FEAR OF WEEPING, Patrick O'Donovan. A personal record of everything the author has seen and experienced during his years as a correspondent in the Far must. BRITISH TEST PILOTS. Geoffre> Oorman. The intimate story of the leading thirty-six Test Pilots of Great Britain: how they came fo
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  • 363 2  - Private Takeo At War HANAMA TASAKI THE IMPERIAL WAY by George Malcolm Thorn.reviews LONG THIS novel is written with a dual purpose: (1) to work off its author's guilt-complex; and (2) to enable Mr. Tasaki to buy a pedigree boar for his pig farm. I do not knovv about the
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  • 300 2  -  JON HOPE By rpHE men who print A the Authorised version of the Bible in England are combining resources to present it in a new r manner, In The Reader's Bible, as it will be called, traditional double-column page form will give way to normal book
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 43 2 Solution To Crossword No. zja Across: 1. Belinda 7 H r.vushes. 8. Lapel 9, Henn.i. in 11. R Uc. 13. Imbue. 15. Con"denc.s. 16. Cognisant. Dowa 1. Blnnp. 2. Libel ac ion. 3. Naugh4. Ashen. 5. Cho'ene 6 Eesayors. 12. Lingo. 14. Bacon
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    • 199 2 New Crossword No. 279 n^^l l_________rr^^^^J^ ..a^^BJ___| r ■a '■■■■f— b^^^_ ______JM Bfl____ I I i a\mT"~ H»»_^__JH _H_ CLUES ACROSS .i 7. its owner nopes that the drewlng mav favour him a 6> •..One does the car even when facing downhill (5, 2) 9 It mav h» »fl on?).
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    • 113 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a talent for managing people and know how to put forward your own ideas tactfully. Sometimes others think something they suggest is original when actually you are the one who started the whole business! You like to play the deus ex machina bt*
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  • 354 3 POETESS STOWED AWAY ON YAWL Transatlantic trip for two CASABLANCA, Thursday DOETS read other things as well as vei ..t\ That is why Otilia Frayao, 23-year-old Portuguese poetess, stowed away. She slipped aboard the yawl Temptress, belon°--Ing to bearded Englishman Edward AlKird,' when It put in at the Azores. "I
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  • 11 3 TOTAL WAR IN MARCH, SAYS SAGE 19V2 I oineas and Reuter
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  • 39 3 twelve Asian-Arab naUon.s. which tried in vain to arrange i seven-nation Far Ea.st conference Including Peking have announced that they -'have continued and will continue their efforts for a peaceful settlement of all Far Eastern problems."- U.P.
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  • 47 3 ENVOYS SEE ACHESON The French and British Ambassadors in Washington conferred fof half an hour yesterday with Secretary of State. Dean Acheson. on the •.voiid raw materials problem. The discussion centred on plans for organising a pro-->.>_,ed international agency handling scarce materials ceded lor Western defence. U.P.
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    336 3 cm rely I re-.'ionable f Ms double itn e< doesi > give N MM make i, many raaaona d double, he r bid; if doclde, he must South had p ITV I correct bid. therefore is three not rump. Second choice, double. The choice is close. The double
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  • 292 3 LONDON, Thursday. _\LTHOUGH they have started their new session of Parliament with a heavy weight of world affairs hanging over their discussions, Members of the House of Commons have found time to bring up-to-date their list of nicknames. One of the latest additions to the list
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  • 44 3 UN refugee fund low United Nations have fallen far short of goals to raii>e funds to< care for Korean and Palestine refugees, a U.N. Negotiating Committee. The U.S. and Britain have pledged the biggest sums to both funds, said Mr. Coley Smith, Committee Chairman.
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  • 22 3 Restrictions imposed last week on the use of gam and electricity for industry, homes and offices in New South Wales.
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  • 109 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. GENERAL Hoyt S. Van denberg. Chief of the U.S. Air Force, believes that Russia couia push at least 70 out of 100 bombers to United States targets in a determined attack. Gen. Vandenberg said in a signed article in the current issue of
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  • 72 3 Reporters were ordereq mU ol a saleroom of a German bank in Frankfurt when American and German officials opened two mysten* ous case, which may contain ->art of the famed French -lothschild lewris. The jewels of the French Rothschild family, looted in Paris by agents of
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  • 21 3 Kmg Feisal II cf Iraq. panted by a paj y oi 14. visited Naples on his way to
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    26 3 fen^rai MaeArt;-,ur's wax dumr.iv morlelleJ in three nionilis v. ill be on view soon in a inuseuni ;n in amusement centre in Hamburg, (ierunany.
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  • 138 3 LONDON. Thurs. A SCORE of men 00 1 Isle of Tnanet, ancient Island off ihe Kent ma. a.e carrying on the 1.000--year-old trade of seaweed gathering. They harvest the weed from Che 15 miles of sands and deiiv?r its to their farmer ctislomers. Barley and broccoli
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  • 29 3 Pupils to see film of birth THE cap! over JI are shor of ed the fl Lonr. a C ed.. A I If i an ol of 1 Reuter
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  • 29 3 Oil deal 'will solve problems' Con. I affillau i the dollar I oi a»," the romp rnent An announce mi i don said that Oil equality wi' h B-
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    • 49 3 a* r *$<■ Amt^L Did you MACLEAN your teeth today? v-vr- Ifc mt^apa^gmm-—-. Jtv~ffi?-' a. ai_, A\lA\ <0f »v a^ _i_____a» aßft >^a _3B*^ J____ m\y9^^ f^i course I did iV A A. Ammmm. m IBM aV Ammo xCa^k MAn STAfeJC I^^KjS PEROXIDE TOOTH PASTE a\^aaaaal\ AL,,; W ,M> CSQ-
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 184 3 ORE BFZBS [Singapore] n ::me Sum--1 447 From the Lor. 455 Com pt3»er 'e- BBC: 5.30 tr. Graj of his 'BBC'. 6 Indonesian: mes EBt. JO Canton* News <BBC 45 London S udio Concerts; 7.15 Dd Talks «BBC: BBC 9 .mimes 1 Burm *se ■M' Sum--10 Radio BBC 10.15 Time
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY,Feb, 15. 1951.
    • 291 4 the ive Conned. ast Council be c .ed solely ra of this also the :n which lice -)t The people :i be hear J through Ita passin -aid lor the r Singare in Hi ars and m ben and to study t. Count ned pie V grea
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  • 950 4  - KRUPP Toys or Guns Anthony Terry l Now we are back on our feet again' say West Germans as arms king walks to freedom By /\UT of Landsncrg jail where Hitler wrote Mein Kampf stepped arms king Alfried Krupp and ei^ht of his co-directors. They came into lieedom to find
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    26 4 With Sprint, not far away a gardener in England's famous Kew Gardens pushes ahead with preparations for Spring flowers during a break in the cold weather.
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 162 4 VOUR correspondent 1 -PUZZIED' (Free Press January 2G) has raised a jy est ion on Commercial Examina•ls. which 'he Education Department has not vet answered My U and I would be very grateful if the Depart nun: issue a iting whether or not they, will agree to gestion made
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    • 146 4 Sir, T'here is a mistake in the description of the 'teel bridge over Ulu Pandam Road in your issue of Febru8. This bridge had nothing do with the old railway track to Tank Road Station which ran down Bukit Timah Road. The bridge in Question was constructed by Mie
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  • 482 4  -  POLITICO By IUHEN is a piece of chicken merciless? No doubt many people will answer, "When it is unkind to one's false teeth". But to the Chinese, it means the sack. I notice from a recent news item that employers in Hong Kong still use this
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  • 505 4 In Korea a powerful case for the formation of a Permanent Commonwealth division has been built up writes J. L. HAYES YOU begin to realise just what the British Commonwealth really means out here, when you see British Tommies snap to attention before a bearded Indian
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  • 499 4 Treasure caravan escapes down road of gold ...the Dalai Lama rides in a gold and black lacquered palanquin ...writes RUSSEL SPURR THE richest refugees in the world are or. the run. A train of overladen mules, carrying a fantastic treasure, stumble over
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  • 14 4 JEST A MINUTE "Now, here's a Jolly little item about Ihe oost ot living!"
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  • 407 5 WOMAN MC OUT TO FIGHT RISE IN COL Lively debate promised at today's meeting nIK n .L Q *ree Press Staff Reporter Hubert Lu .Singapore's Muninpal Commissioner for West Ward, vsho is out to fight the rising cost of living in the Colony, promises Mime lively discussions and suggestions at
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  • 6 5 P.M.A. talks on single nationality lei
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  • 9 5 CHINESE FILM STAR IN PENANG u reres, as P
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  • 226 5 1 ire Press Stafl Reporter. BADMINTON is to be played on ne-skates in Singapore on an ice-rink to be set up on the .ipilol Theatre st., The stars ot the sport will not be lhe Thomas (up players, but a Danish and Knglish
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  • 362 5 Free Press Stall Reporter SINGAPORE AND MALAYAN soap manufacturers are hard hit bv the shortage of raw materials both imported and locally produced which are necessary to the production of the commodity. They predict a bleak future for the industry if these shortages are
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  • 83 5 Communists— Gurkha Lieut. Kaludass Pradhan at an advance post keeps eontact hv wireless with his The Federal Legislative Council Chamber in Kuala Lumpur is to be air-condi-tioned, expanded, re-decorat-ed, re-furnished and completely re-arranged to meet the needs of the member system. Already $63,000 has
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  • 213 5 THOUSANDS of Hokkiens in the Colony yesterday celebrated the birthday of 'Tien Kong'— God of Heaven— which falls on the ninth day of the first moon, according to the Chinese calendar. Celebrations began shortly after midnight on Tuesday when offerings were made outside their
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  • 175 5 ENTERPRISE BY MALAYS IN PERLIS DERLIS MALAYS have again shown enterprise in launching a general transport company which will operate for carrying local produce from the kampongs and the rural areas. The decision to form the company was taken at a meeting held recently at the English School Kangar. II
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  • 53 5 THE STUDENTS' Association of the Ahyak Sharif! Reli- gious School in Gunong Se- manggol, Perak, will start a drive to collect funds for the University of Malaya, and the proposed Muslim College. Part of the funds, collected will be given to Malay rtudents who are now
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  • 59 5 r ytiE CANE has been banned from girls' schools in the Federation. From yesterday, corporal punishment of the Federation's 180.000 girl pupils is prohibited. New regulations published in the Government Gazette state, hoicever, that boys can be caned with a light cane "on the palm of
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  • 366 5 Dept. heads told 'budget more closely UNSPENT SMC VOTES Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER INQUIRING wh> m"re than $1,430,00(1 marked for special cit\ prm. •< ts last p*m* Wa\m, n<»t spent, Singapore Municipal Commissioners have agreed to allow most of the money to be r<* \<>t»-d this year to enable
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  • 119 5 MC's GIVE UP MORS POWERS nOWEK to act all S employees, im uhether tl pernio been nicipal rriiti Ann Committee in the of these delegated will, houci ei have to reported to the full bodi Commissi The Committee ortgtna wen to take disc, action in respect of permanent staff only
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  • 14 5 IS PAH to train I specially sel towin Th turo of
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  • 36 5 Foreign and local valued at $180,000 will br hibited at a trade fair to be held in Penanp early this year. The organiser of thp fair i^ Mr. I .using Cheah
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    • 105 5 CALL IN AND SEE THE Co 1 1 irv A Mtw ur rtk ftyr fke nu*n aJrtnit Tcmnv INEXPENSIVE OF GOOD APPEARANCE NICKLE PLATED ENGINE TURNED as Illustrated $12.50 A fy II Nickle Plated $11.50 I Skin Covered $14.00 _tli£2^^ Black Laquer Cilt Embossed l| ___T___F_B Engraved map of Malaya
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  • 786 6  - ROYAL NAVY TO FIELD 6 TEAMS CHARLES BRYCE By Z)a^ sfr'// the star forward THERE will be plenty of soccer at tne iwai 1 Base this season, but talent available wil be largelv dependent on visiting ships Football is one of the most popular sports at the Base and 1
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  • 74 6 INDO-CEYLONESE TENNIS TOURNEY T»HE Tenth All-Malayan Indo-Ceylonese tennis championship tournament bo held during the Easter Holidays at Kuala Lumpur. There wil. be ten events They are: men's singles, men's handicap singles, mens doubi veterans doubles. women's singles. lunior singles, men's handicap doubles, mixed doubles. women's handicap singles, and veterans' singles.
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  • 32 6 YESTERDAY'S UK. Rugby Union lesulis mere. Hospitals iup first Roond replar: University Collece Hospital arms Cross Hospital 6. V.her match: United Services nam 11 nwtUmd Services mouth IT Reuter A.P.
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  • 212 6 FULHAM arc London's last hone for the F.A. C up. Yesterday they gave one of their best exhibitions since gaining First Division status and towards the finish overran their neighbours, Chelsea in their fifth-round replay at Craven Cottage, which they deservedly won three-nil. The two
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  • 71 6 EDDIE Thomas, British and Empire welterweight champion, will challenge for the world title if he defeats Italy's Michele Palermo in their European championship bout at Carmarthen, Wales, on Monday. The present world welterweight champion is Sugar Ray Robinson. Lamotta is the present world middle-weight champion.
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  • 29 6 Louis Skena. French flyweight champion, will deputise for Honore Pratesi against Britain's Teddy Gardner in a ten-round fight at astle next Monday. Pratesi has influenza.— AP
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  • 149 6 MR. Jock Whitney's Grand National entry. ix-year-old Arctic Gold, gave a superb display of jumping to win the £2,000 Great Yorkshire Steeplechase run over three miles at Doncaster yesterday. Arctic Gold, starting 5-1 against, beat Lockberbie, a 7-1 shot, by five lengths with the
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  • 49 6 AIRDRIEONIANS beat Morton two-one in their second-round replay In the Scottish Cup soccer competition yesterday. Reading beat Norwich City three-one in an English League Div. 3 (Southern* fixture. This match had been postponed on Saturdav because Norwich were then engaged in the F.A. Cup. A.P. Reuter.
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  • 307 6 From MURRAY ROSE WHEN manager Jake Mintz bellows that Ezz.rd Charles will M fight 'em all," the talkative little guy is not joking. Whi'e Jake has been shouting the praises of the heavyweight champion, co-manager Tom Taimas has quietly been menoeuvring backstage to line up
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  • 198 6 F. A. picks 17 for Australian tour THE Football Association yesterday announced the names of 11 plavirs who will tour Australia in the summer. This is the first time an all-profes-sional team has been selected to tour Australia. They are due to leave England on March 7 and return on
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  • 40 6 PLAYING with thirteen men. R.A.F. Changi went, down by six points <two tries) to nil against Nee Soon Garrison in a rugger friendly at Nee Scon yesterday. Carey and Wharton scored unconverted tries for Nee Soon.
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  • 351 6 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 REPRESENTATIVE team from Singapore may be A S ent to compete at the All-England badminton championships next year. Mr Lim Chuan Geok. president of lhe Singapore Badminton Association, told the Free Press yesterday that, provided funds were available the
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  • 9 6 Arthur dai.ahar cßet£na] Gren>, Southern Area W
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  • 104 6 QLOUCESTERSHIRE is he latest English county cricket club to report a profit for last season, despite the bad summer. Gloucestershire showed a balance of £1.471 on the season's working after taking £1.474 for their match against the West Indies team. Because of the bad weather, aggregate
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  • 64 6 REGIONAL RACE MEETS SUGGESTED ■Ptv i list Ra< Th. pore an in thr S< Pen fiioilai t cut <i stat'on t** r Own, be i transport k^ j,,--meeting mrnt thori the su; callv. Th< (t|\ hr llmmmf Aamrrir prop«»v n_ (onnfcred. bus M chairn... Racine ioa, t«M thi Free Pn-vv
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  • 49 6 BURMESE BEAT NAM WAH 6-2 THE Burma team which had been chosen for the forthcoming Asian Games beat the Nam Wah Sports Club Soccer team from Singapore by six goals to two at Rangoon yesterday. The visitors who arrived yesterday will play another three matches in Rangoon. Reuter AP
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  • 28 6 U. S. FOOTBALL Notre Dame sprang a surprise when they beat Saint Louis biy 77 to 70 in a game of American football at New York on Tuesdav.
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  • 144 6 London Stock ExchaS mmmmammmmmmmmmmm LONDON i T*HE Stock Exchange jtmVtrt account on a quietly firm tkOU financial correspondent. j> British Government st initial dullness and closed firm a: small gains in industrials. The market in steel shares was much quieter than of I and with the
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  • 97 6 F.A. SAYS 'NO' TO U.S.F.A. pOOTBALL Association England i has "reluctantly" declined to play a home-and-home series of international matches against the United States. The United Stales Football Association recently suggest ed that the matches be plaved this year and in 1952 The FA. says It has already had a
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  • 50 6 INDIAN Recreation Club IsXI to play a friendly socce: game against RE ME. XI on Saturday at Farrer Park will be ie lee led from the following Narayana. A Rahim. Veloo. Gam. Nadarajah. Kalimuthu, Dutta. Param. Ally. Krishnan Osman, Salahuddin. Moorthy. ELashid, Bala. Muthiah.
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  • 737 7  - BALLROOM DOES SMART TRIAL ALLAN LEWIS By Cambridge also impressive gALLKOOM, who is engaged in the race for Class 1, Div. 3 over six furlongs on the second day of the meeting showed a return to his best form when he ran three furlongs in 38 seconds, well on the
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  • 617 7 tion to his chances on Saturday v. hen he was gong as well as Abbeystead (Percival) to run three In 39. River Patrol, who is «.;p a division tn his race, will appreciate the drop in weight from 9-3. Assize (Ayres) went leisure!. over half a
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  • 75 7  - 3/4 MILLION AMATEURS IN U.K. SOCCER ARCHIE QUICK r rom ke a refreshing douche of cold water to it t!u>re are three-quarters uf a million peting in amateur football in England Ml 1)00 clubs. For the sake of the record, registered professionals. rman Ackland, the amateur luthority, points out that
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  • 79 7 W F CHANGI del- lub Ind two corners to :i the women's seven-a--side hockey final on the Pad.! The only goal of the game d bv ACW Syrett In K A F Mrs Pi Kerr. Sgt. Dowdeswell Set Haines. A. C. W aCh I Mrs. Eyre:
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  • 93 7 CHICAGO. Weci Jake La v ho defends his world middleweight title, over 15 rounds. here tonight, weighed 4 1 2 lbaS. heavier than rm dialer, Ray Robinson, world welterweight champion, at lhe official weigh-in today. M -a scaled the exact middleweight limit of 1601bs. B_>:h
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  • 11 7 •is h.t\e bapen Uss 3 lass 4 < 5—
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  • 71 7 1 i horses have ifled by the /association. 1. six in other in M Class 2 ve Berubah have been current Slnnurse* arte: Marlin: The Potentale *<J -Peradventure. Reward^ °a y SSa3SW?aTO bag by Majesty Nabma«lat< Baaneno. bag. oy i bah-Qu-n Ottar; Sealed Order* <laU Admiral)
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  • 208 7 Free Press Rugby Reporter OOYAL Engineers played .h^J^.J;^-^ K c;„„ a u i n a rugger friendly at Gillman Barracks v tpfdav The Sappers- forceful pack kept Signals ai H^fpnilve for long periods and good placekick tag w»rith 0 e s S co P re, which
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  • 92 7 "FIGHTING makes men stupid it is a silly business to have your head punched according to Dr. Stratford Sheldon who conducted a post-mortem examination on Sydney boxer Clarence .Michael Lynch. Lynch died after winning his four-round bout at Leichardt Stadium recently. Dr. Sheldon said when a
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  • 237 7 r rHE following are CK. soccer fixtures foi Saturday, Reuter A February 17: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Blackpool v Derby County Bolton V Liverpool Charlton v Sunderland Everton v Chelsea Fulham v Portsmouth Huddersfield v Middlesbrough Manchester C. v Wolves Newcastle v Sheffield Wed. Stoke v Burnley
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    30 7 picture. W R.A.F. Changi, the women's seven-a-side hockey champions, and the runners-up Singapore Cricket Club (dark shorts), pictured before the final on the Padani; jCJaUfala. Free Press
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  • 281 7 A I STKALIA and Victoria skipper, UndSttj Hassett. turned down a suggestion from Denis Compton that thev should co-operate to ensure an interesting finish during the final days play in ihe M.C.C. Victoria match at Melbourne yesterday,, Ihe match emVd in a tame draw. Victoria
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  • 95 7 pULL Till, Fifty Grand. Rimfire and Independence, all winners at the recent Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup meeting, have been promoted a class— from Class 3 to 2. Melbury Court was sent up a class after her fine showing against Rimfire when carrying topweight. The following horses
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  • 104 7 S'pore BHFA League I ree Prcj Koccei Kfp«n SINGAPORE Business Bom I i e -.ne fixtures u ill sa, ranged that the) vv 1 not clash *i:h the s\ I i ior I n .tines. Ifr < McKean, h< of the I I i< I There 1 of 111 n
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  • 54 7 The Singapore \m.ii n i ball Asstaa iatiain laam ta» t Comhin«d IsrvfetS .a( I Besar Stadium on Si > (h» Beai \'mm MrGi <-giUo« Ilin Wfii_ Minlhv Ur- 1 Param. Boon fi Boon I.eatng. .limm> Tan. K***aM*r\*"H r n l^oiit. Ki.k I'raiw Pia.rreds v ill p.)
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  • 41 8 V< >>] TEN r is nni •>•■". f r ■a von of Mrs. -Kleinman and i Thdratrrr and M \m Florence >n. voungest dau M Tt and thorp 1.2 51 rHI >NO JTT SIN. hon-r Chens I ■i elder of Mr K>h
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  • 39 8 Counsel for Dr. Gordon Seagrave has appealed to the Burmese High Court to set aside the American medical ionary's conviction for high treason on the grounds that the case has not been proved "bevond reasonable doubt." U.P.
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  • 44 8 |?O\Y. an ci^ht-year-old racehorse, who has never won a race, fell in his first steeplechase at Windsor and vanished. Search parties could not find him. lust Before dusk .Major Sneyd. the trainer, found Foxy. grazing contentedly near the mile starting gate.
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  • 128 8 \TA MARGHERITA, ITALIAN RIVIERA. Tl.i. THE R I and Italian premiers ended their 3I conlerenci day witli declaration that Europe LSI unite in the face of hos- ea which are at temptj to divide the nation. In a join' communique. Mr. Rene Pleven. the French
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  • 118 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE official Yugoslav Kadio is having a lot of fun easting jibes at Stalin and the Cominform countries. A Belgrade commentator said: "Moscow— Pravda reports a fire broke out the night before last in the Stalin Commissariat. Stalin Street, north of Stalin
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  • 24 8 Nearly 70.000 coal miners in Belgium's southern coal belt went on strike yesterday for a five per cent, wage Increase. U.P.
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  • 264 8 MORE TROOPS TO GO TO GERMANY £16, 000, 000 for arms reserves LONDON, Thursday. DRITAIN will increase her army in Germany from three to four divisions said the Defence Minister, i\lr. Shinwell, yesterday in the House of Commons. The Cabinet has decided to sperm more Lnan £16.000.000 extra in the
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  • 218 8 LONDON, Thursday. FESTIVAL of Britain visitors will be able to gaze on Charles 11., Queen Elizabeth, Queen Anne, William 11., and Lord Nelson, all dressed in their original clothes. And they will see, too. the oldest stuffed parrot in existence -the pet of the Duchess of
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  • 74 8 'NO' TALKS ON JAP REARMING Mr. John Foster Dulles, Pn\>. Truman's Spe Envoy in the Far East, said in Canberra yesterday he had no discussions at all" m Tokyo on rearming Japan I do not think the world was ever even mentioned," he added. Asked about aid for Japan, Mr.
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  • 33 8 Ltftwing Socialis' Riccardo Lombard] warned the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome \esterday that in event oi an armed conflict with Russia, civil war would break out in Itmly. U.P.
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  • 32 8 Eleven intellectuals and 44 workers of Curregio, -near Reggio Emilia, are reported to have resigned Irom the Communist party, following the example of Communist Deputy Valdo Magnan.- A.P.
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  • 51 8 American diplomats in India, Pakistan and Ceylon will begin "routine discussions of mutual interest" at Muwara Eliya, Ceylon, on February 26. Mr. Georg McGhee, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and Southeast Asian Affairs, who is now in Turkey, will attend the meeting-
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  • 76 8 Mao sends delegation to Moscow HONG KONG, Thurs. RADIO Peking said yesterday that the Chinese Reds had sent a delegation to Moscow to discuss "the United States rearming of Japan and Germany." It said the delegation, headed bv leading poet and propagandist Kuo Mo-jin, will attend a meeting of the
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  • 118 8 BERLIN. Thi;. HTEST German leaders last f J night cold-shouldered a new Communist '"no condition" proposal to unify Germany. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his leading opponent in West Germany, SociaJ--Ist leader Kurt Schumacher, joined forces to attack a speech by East German Premier Otto Grotewohl. Adenauer
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  • 45 8 Britain's new representative in China, Mr. Lionel Lamb, has left to take up his post in Peking. He will replace Mr. J. C. Hutchison. Britain's first representative in Communist China. Mr. Lamb is travelling via Singapore and Hong Kong. U.P.
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  • 26 8 Yesterday's closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange HK55. 99 -6.03V2 per U.S. dollar. HK515.35 per pound sterling. HK5321.875 per tael of gold.
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  • 25 8 Mr. Jacob Malik, chief Soviet United Nations delegate, made his first appearance at Lake Success yesterday after an illness of several weeks.- Reuter
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  • 45 8 A^JRS. Deona Dennc, of Cleve land, Ohio, was granted a divorce yesterday on grounds that her husband William had bought 13 cars in the 11 years of their marriage life but often failed to feed or provide for her- U.P.
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  • 59 8 RALLY-AND BE BANNED Foreigners risk Immediate expulsion from France if join a banned demonstration the Opera today. The Cabinet threatened foreigners with expulsion within 24 hours and state servants with dismissal if they should take part in a Communis: planned demonstration intended to rally former German concei. tion camp inmates
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  • 53 8 Mr. Kenneth Younger. Minister of State, denied yesterday in the Commons that the British Government was writing off the situation in Tibet. He had been Invited by Mr Fitzroy Maclean, Conservative. to make a statement on Tibet, but said he had nothing to add to an
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  • 38 8 CHILDREN FIRST Korean women set out along the railway tracks on foot, after loading: their children and possessions on a railway g:oods wag:on during: the refugee flight southwards a_nd away from the advancing: Chinese.
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  • 168 8 END OF AN ENGAGEMENT LONDON, Ih ursday. ■YANCER June Berryman, of Dorset Court. Dorsetstreet, London, sobbed in Blackpool C ountv Court when her former fiance sued for the return of their £67 engagement ring:. But William Tomlinson, aged 22, ot Blackpool, may not Ret the
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  • 91 8 TOKYO, Thurs. THE Japanese Prime If 1 Ifr. Singer u Y has told the American A bassador Ur. John F Dulles, during their re conference in Tokyo Japan's economy would permit her to re-arm now. Mr. Yoshida told the H of Councillors j the present police
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  • 26 8 Wellington port employers last carried out their threat to suspend all dockers who refused overtime work in accordance \w:h their i_n" .is ban Reuter
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  • 45 8 Arming only if Germans want to J p I troo* for tl Euro; themv such fi tarv r Ac i es incton He also attack or threaten United ward su bee: N riean Korr i Korea Arms for Pit licv undc: mav Mr A U.P.
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  • 13 8 U.S. HAS 29 FEWER SHIPS The rtne tank- l_s few A N A.P.
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