The Singapore Free Press, 15 December 1951

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 1951 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    £ rumours sweep world markets
    132 1 rumours sweep world markets Sat. I mpedonthc ■v nge nerc I" k ving wide- > that the intended to and sterling change I mven I news 1 hat the I £nj nd •as calling I nee i day. I ancial :;s fore I i.o, [he pound vel was unR; „-v
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    Late news
    24 1 ■riii&ii Treasury -ii laic last night rumours oi a forth"••"4 change m the value he pound sterlingr were 1 -t foundation.- AFP
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    UK. DIPLOMAT SHOT AT
    288 1 pechj[charge spying by Embassy emblovees r-yFPH LONDON, Saturday. £ZECH sentries wounded a British diplomat hJLi T"t" lT bassy employee "caught red handed with highly secret state documentsPrague radio announced last night at the e E™b n as^v° b^ N ?J! Gardner Sec nd Secr etary ai
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    New film contest
    82 1 prizes of $25 are among those offered m a contest for filmgoers, details of which will be found m today's film page. You are asked to give your reasons for liking British films, or for disliking them— depending on your tastes m the matter. The J. Arthur
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    VIETNAM HOLD 30 PLOTTERS
    43 1 Vietnamese police have arrested mere than 30 members of subversive movements including two Communist led "assassination committees." They also seized weapons m a raid on the Saigon headquarters of the Vietnam Phuc Quoc Hoi (League for Vietnam's Restoration. > Reuter
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    'LIFE ON MARS'
    25 1 Prof. Tikhov, a prominent Soviet astronomer, claims to have proved that organic life exists on Venus as well as on Mars.- Ruter
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    1-day rail strike in France
    34 1 1-day rail strike in France Fr .ijiimen walked to work m many parts of France yesterday because the Commun-ist-dominated CGT (General Labour Confederation! had ordered a one-day strike of railwayman for wage increases.- AFP
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    ACTOR DIES
    24 1 Mr. Graham Moffat, Scottish playwright, actor and producer, has died at his home m Capetown after a short illness. He was 85
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    48 1 Captain J. P. (j. Bailey conducting the Musical Society m "Messiah" at the Victoria Hall last night. The soloists on the conductor's left are Evelyn de Souza (soprano) and Audrey Boyer (contralto) The performance, to be repeated on Sunday, was attended by Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commis-sioner-General.
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    CADETS'DEATH VERDICT IS 'ACCIDENT'
    158 1 CADETS' DEATH VERDICT IS 'ACCIDENT' LONDON. Sat. A WITNESS told an inquest at Chatham yesterday that a bus which killed or fatally injured 24 marching boy cadets on Dec. 4 was travelling "between 40 and 45 miles an hour." The witness was Lieutenant C. M. Carter, of the Royal Marines.
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    Lyttelton off
    24 1 The Secretary ol Stale for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton tcok off from Hong Kong this morning at 10 o'clock for Singapore.
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    French winning 'Bulge' battle
    57 1 HANOI, Sat. THE French Army claimed last night to have won the first phase of a battle against Vietminh for the Boabinh twlge m the Tonking Delta. The JKftbir.h bulge is m the extreme west of the Tonking delta, Indo-China's vital rieeland area. The' Vietminh launched
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    Doctors may be imported
    154 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T^HE Singapore Government may recruit ex- perienced doctors from abroad on a contract basis to meet the local shortage of staff for its medical plan. The Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, told the Free Press yesterday that the Colony
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    POLICE BATTLE STRIKING SEA MEN
    91 1 HAIFA, Saturday. a ROUT 2UU police wielded fire hoses and Auuncheons yesterday m a battle lasting several hours with striking seamen and more than 1,000 left-wing sympathisers. Twelve policemen were hurt some seriously when a ?000?^n freighter Te Aviv At least eight people were hurt
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    Rita Hay worth is suspended
    56 1 Columbia Pictures Corporation have suspended Rita Hayworth after she failed to appear for work. The actress said she stayed at home because she did not get the completed script of her new picture. "Affair m Trinidad." The studio said that it was advised that she
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    NO JOB FOR RIBBENTROP JR.
    155 1 WIESBADEN. Germany, Sat. A GERMAN champagne company says it cannot risk the notoriety of hiring the son of its former ace salesman— Nazi Foreign Minister Jcachim von Ribbentr The Henkell champagne firm presented the argument yesterday at a hearing of a suit brought by Mrs.
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    THE KING KNIGHTS HIS SURGEON
    77 1 i/JNDON, Sat. J*HE King yesterday knighted Dr. Clement Price-Thomas, who carried out the lung operation on him m Sept. 23. He also knighted Dr. Geoffrey Marshall, one of the doctors who attended him during his illness. Both were invested with the insignia of the Knigh.'
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    PUZZLE TO THE REDS
    183 1 Misvv YCRK. Sat. TWO Russian diplomatic couriers spent an anxious hour and-a-half at Idlewild Airport, yesterday trying to find out how a strand of rop? around a diplomatic crate became severed on a flight from Paris. Naksim Melnikov and Fedor Zharkov refused to leave the Customs
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    Japs buy coal from China
    47 1 Three big Japanese steel firms yesterday entered a contract to purchase ***** tons of coal from Red China. The firms, Yawata, Fuji and Japan Steel Pipe, will get the coal from China via Hong Kons; for payment m pounds sterj ti% AFP
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    PENICILLIN PLANT
    23 1 A peniciiiin fac'-ory to produce 3,600,000.000,000 units a year is to be built at Poona with U.N. assistance of £420,000.- AP
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    Cairo envoy, Eden have long talk
    395 1 LONDON, Saturday. FOREIGN SECRETARY, Mr. Anthony Eden, told the departing Egyptian Ambassador, Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha, yesterday that Britain would be ready any time and with an "open mind' to reopen negotiations for a new understanding with Egypt. Amr Pasha called on Mr. Eden
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    U.N. ASKS ARE YOU ASHAMED'
    198 1 TOKYO, Sat. A UNITED NATIONS armistice delegate asked the Communists yesterday if they were ashamed to pass over a list of Allied prisoner^ because it "only poptmtm a handful of names". The Communisls refused to give the xiamt's of prisoners unless the 'United Ma! ions
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    INVITED TO U.S.
    26 1 The Netherlands Prem er. Dr. Wilhelm Drees will Bf to the United Stales on January 11 at the Invitation )f President Truman A.F.P.
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      Learn To Write With Elegance
      996 2 Learn To Write With Elegance I'M so happy this x week boys and girls. Your very kind letters have made me so. I've had letters asking questions and giving answers, letters pointing out my little mistakes m the spelling of some names and. above all. letters wishing me a Merry
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      PEN PALS' COLUMN
      132 2 PEN PALS' COLUMN Phillip* Yang o! 6Z-S. Lorong Limau, Singapore 12. Is 12 years old and he is Interested m collecting stamps, swimming, badminton scouting, and writing friendly correspondence R. Govindasam* ol 209, Tanjong Paga r Road Singapore, is 13 years old He collects plays badminton collects popular English songs
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      The Mystery of the Islands
      913 2  -  RASTUS .v. &^f j s£-js£ss&* ptr *PHE owner ut the A meat hook pulled it m. Cries of amazement showed that this, made of soft mild-steel as it was, had been almost straightened by the shark m its efforts to get away. The Jap fc/azed
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      248 2 JUNIOR CONTEST WIN a prize m our painting contest When you have completed the painting fill m your name, address and age, and Post to Children's Page. Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, to arrive not later than Wednesday next. There are four prises of $5 (one each to a boy
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    DOCTOR WINS DECREE FROM WIFE
    341 3 DOCTOR WINS DECREE FROM WIFE She told him of infidelity THE infidelity of his wife'ZT^mind^of a taJStVVnfl^l^-^ *™5 «£S torn ufferl frnm c D J vorce Court > the doctor, who tutionwlfnlf JJet? et Ue he as m a mental insti SedZt h r nT d w from the suit
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    Parents of quads call off party
    234 3 Parents of quads call off party LONDON Fri TfOR four weeks, since h e be--1 came the father Of quads Mr. George Brown £7-a-week mechanic, had been preparing his council house m Laburnumway, Bromley Kent for the homecoming of the three who survived A downstairs room was turned into a
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    22 3 TODAY'S PIN- IP. Jean Peters, ot 20th CenturyFox has played a pira'e. a college girl and a Mexican spitfire m recent pictures.
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    SHEW ANTS TO MEET GHOST
    80 3 LONDON. Sat. HAUNTED Blenkinsopp Castle, Northumberland, with its chain-rattling White Lady, has a new owner— 3o-year-old Miss Joyce Peart, of Newcastle. Miss Peart will breed dogs, chinchilla rabbits, mink, and pigs there. The ghost of the young bride of 600 years ago? "I want to
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    It makes them feel worse
    83 3 m übicago, where they have the highest tram and bus fares m the United States Us 2d. flat), the Transit Authority tried a new "laugh a day" campaign with joke^ printed on the backs of the tiCk B e o2- San^vhere tor dinner tonight? Secretary:
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    Razor attack on wife in court
    184 3 LONDON, Saturday. ROBERT Blaekshaw, listening to his wife giving evidence supporting her petition for divorce, leaped from his seat and slashed at her with a razor blade embedded m a piece of wood Locks of her hair fell on the reporters' table. Twenty-year-old May
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    Bridge Problem
    283 3 While you still nave youi thumbs over those East-West cards, de- cide how you'd play for ten tricks i ag:alii3t the most damaging pos- sible .cad— the queen of diamonds, j Writing about this hand m The tindge World magazine. Jerome J Scheuer ot Boston points out that
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    BUCKLEY
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    'COOLED OFF'
    38 3 Colonel frank Pancake, commanknt of the famous Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, was a ery angry man for the 900 cadets rrith< •"O* run" 1 T »,»<"'-* oacked them off on a lon^ "cooling off" route march
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    U.S man is Afghan's hero
    135 3 U.S man is Afghan's hero KABUL, Afghanistan. Sat. A SANDY-HAIRED Arkansas planter has introduced common garden hoes into Afghanistan and they are paying off with a fivefold cotton crop m the rich valleys bordering Soviet Russia's militarised frontiers. William W. Dickinson is now the hero of Afghan cotton growers. Here
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    COMICS UNDER FIRE
    56 3 "Comics" are under heavy fire. Dr. Frederic Wertham, a leading New York psychiatrist, told the Joint Legislative Committee to study the publication of comics, that they encourage brutality and racial hatred, and push the sales of dangerous knives among children. He urges that no child under 15
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      124 3 Radio SINGAPORE lUiipm programme Summary. 1.02 Saturday Ballroom Jack Fina Orchestra the New yorkers- 130 lime Signal News 150 Interlude: 2.00 Album 4.15 Southern Serenade- 500 Pro. erammes In Malay: sramme Summary: 6.17 l ren-s Programme: W 7 a 0 r 0 me His Pennsylvania^. JJ» Time Sienal News: 715
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Dec. 15. 1951.
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      Safety first
      349 4 OIR Henry Gurney has not died m vain. On that tragic day when the' High Commissioner fell before a stream of terrorist bullets there were grounds for supposing that his life might have been spared had security measures been tighter and protection more adequate. No risks were taken
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      Too few Scots?
      196 4 "A n Irishman a heart is x\ nothing but nis imagination." once said George Bernard Shaw, himself an Irishman This may explain why an Irishman m Los Angeles. Paul Donavan. has reacted so strongly to a provision m the will of Mrs "G. 8.5." He says Mrs
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    National Service Man Must Be Encouraged
    1175 4 iwi t l-^iJ^_^IV^ a\ I I I v^ Vr IM t%.Cf" taC^ I lv/i^ Many more regulars are needed, says Lieut. Cen. Sir Brian Horrocks REEDING to persuade one National Service man m every ten to become a Regular soldier, the Army has been
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    Around Singapore By CITIZNE
    479 4 Around Singapore By CITIZNE T^HE Governor's no- mination to the Singapore City Council of Inche Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid, who is an official of the Malay Union, has taken many by surprise, particularly as it has coincided with a request by the Malay Union for representation on the
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    Red arms speed up report
    317 4 collected from the Iron Curtain countries* 1 during the last few weeks indicate, that Russia is speeding up her war potential m at least two of her satellite states. m Rumania a vast underground airport is being built near Lugoj while the country's entire oil
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    IGDLULUARSSUIT for holidays
    588 4  - IGDLULUARSSUIT for holidays JAMES WHITE By 'THE PLACE OF THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL IGLOOS,* THE CAPITAL OF GREENLAND TRAVELLERS m search of a holiday off the beaten track will soon be able to visit Igdluluarssuit. This is "the place of the big, beautiful igloos", capital of a country which for two
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    Trying for treasure
    125 4 Trying for treasure _V txerman saiv ge firm has announced it will be the next to try for the legendary fortune believed to be aboard a Spanish treasure galleon sunk nearly 400 years ago m Tobermory Bay Salvage operations held last summer by the Royal Navy, on behalf of the
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    Cease Fire and Stable Door
    198 4 Cease F ire and Stable Door i) A j kfetffc] << v ott3 K wsm ap s >) back to lv year of ;cp g comparison. To 1939 t-c <;> milestone >car that mari^ S the end ct m era. t< curtain mcrrcnt cf a pr.ac of history trte pctnt
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    BLACKOUT AREAS
    10 5 Following areas are iai)le to a* Factory. Cressonlte.
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    PLEA FOR MENTAL CLINICS
    262 5 Many students need treatment, says professor Free Press Staff Reporter CHILD guidance clinics to deal with mental HI health, common among students m Singapore, should be established as soon as possible, says Professor E. S. Monteiro, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Malaya, m the latest
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    32 5 SSfVP* OLD Li AH {ES^il* 1 Mcc Mee. and Jjw Pft parcel at the r£K£!* c Rotar y Clu t-linstmas Treat for s,<#>o boys and girls at the New world Park yesterday.
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    UMNO TO HOLD NIGHT FAIR
    80 5 BUTTERWORTH," Sat. THE wife of Tungku Abdul Rahman, UMNO president, will declare open the "pasar malam (night fair) organised by the Province Wellesley UMNO Kuam Ibu (womens' section) on Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. The fair, held under the patronage of Tungku Abdul Rahman, is
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    BACK TODAY
    37 5 Mr. Lyttelton will arrive m Singapore this afternoon and will have discussions with the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. He will spend three or four days m the FVderat on befor? returning to r-ondon.
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    Every citizen to be coaxed to register
    99 5 *TOE Straits Chinese British Association will try to get every Chinese who takes advantage of the relaxed rules for British naturalisation to register as a voter, Mr. Lee Kirn Chuan said yesterday. Chinese who do not know English are now eligible for naturalisation
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    Party for new Councillors
    92 5 THE. Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimscn, and members of the Executive and Legislative Councils are among those who have been invited to a party which the President of the City Councily, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, is giving this evening m the
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    PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COMPETE
    56 5 The Photographic Proprietors' Association is sponsoring a photographic competition at a picnic to be held on Sunday at the Lam Soon Villa. Singapore. Local singing stars will be present at the picnic to be photographed. Hock Cheong and Company a firm dealing m photographic equipment, is offering
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    SHE'LL STUDY IN THE U.S.
    82 5 SHE'LL STUDY IN THE U.S. Miss Roberta Ho, who is taking part m tonight's piano recital by the pupils of Mrs. Lucien Wang at the British Council Hall m aid of the V.M.C.A. Swimming Pool Fund, will be leaving the Colony at the end of the month for further studies
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    GOES ON LEAVE
    22 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat— Dr. P. S. Raman, acting Pathologist, Johore, has left for India with his family on leave.
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    28 5 picture. TWO BEWILDERED CHILDREN, who, with tneir mothers arrived m Singapore yesterday on board the Sirdha^a when Kurkha. returning from leave brought their 'families with them Free Press
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN PLANS TB COLONY
    141 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DLAWS are being completed for a tuberculosis at Morrib, Negri Sembilan, where patients suffering from an advanced stage of the disease may live by themselves A report on the project was tabled on Thursday at a meeting of the Council of the
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    MASTER PLAN BILL TO BE RUSHED
    118 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE bil' empowering the Singapore Improvement Trust to carry out a survey, of tt*««A*Aa«w« Oobn« The City Council President Mr T P P. McNeice, said yesterday he had obtained the Governor's permission to move the Bill through all its staees
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    264 flats will be ready in 6 months
    108 5 264 flats will be ready in 6 months Free Press Stiff Reporter THE Singapore Improvement 1 Trust has called for tenders for the construction of 264 fVas at Kirn Tian Road m Tiong Bahru. The flats, estimated to cost $1,750,000, are expected to be completed by the middle of next
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    GIRL WINS STUDY GIFT
    109 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A 15-year-old girl, Teng Yeu Sim, yesterday received a scholarship awarded by Maha Bodhi School. Singapore, for the brightest student. This entitles Teng to a year's free education. Miss Pitt Chin Hui, the principal, said at the prize-giving ceremony at the close
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    THEY SEE -AND WISH
    50 5 picture THREE BOYS look excitedly at the latest naval model on display m the Toys Department of Robinsons. Perhaps Santa will put these models m their stockings on Christmas Day. The boys are from left to right: Jeffery Smith, Carl Pestana and Christopher Carvalho. Free Press
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    Rice yield may be raised 10 p. c.
    173 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. EXPERIMENTS for improving padi varieties started m 1947 have been so encouraging that it may be possible to increase the average yield ot rice m Malaya by ten per cent. This would add 50,000 tons f to the annual
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    Students to be fluent by speaking
    154 5 Students to be fluent by speaking Free Press Staff Reporter CTUDENTS m Singapore English schools are to b^ persuaded by their teachers 10 speak only English at school. Mr. R. E. Ince, Senior Inspectors of Schools, said yesterday. This would improve their English, he said. Boys who do not speak
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    20 5 SEGAMAT. Sat— Mr. V. G. Mabin, manager of Bukit Siput Estate. Segamat, leaves next week for New Zealand on retirement.
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    A matter of prestige
    100 6 |**niGNA!~T lumbUngs rumias a result cf the report m yesterday s paper or tne Malayan Scouts 3rd XV defeating a G.H.Q. side G.H.Q "A" the report said. It turns out that the "A" t-am was a very "A" team, made up from scratch and containing only
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    ORTIZ KO'ed IN TWO ROUNDS
    52 6 "PR2NCK bantamweight champion Emile Chemana defeated Sparvard Manuel Ortiz m the pecond round of a scheduled 10-rcund bout m Marseilles on Thursday night. Ortiz was downed after a ser es of left and right hocks which threw him outside the roDes where he ffu counted
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    14 S'PORE MEN IN SERVICES XV TODAY
    483 6  - 14 S' PORE MEN IN SERVICES XV TODAY CHARLES BRYCE The 'outsider' is Martindale By ALL-Malaya Civilians meet All-Malaya Services m the annual rugger classic this evening on the Padang. With the exception of wing-three Martindale, the team opposing Civilians will be the Singapore Combined Services XV. The match should
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    THE GOTHS SET AN EXAMPLE
    301 6 Free Press Soccer Reporter WELL done Gothenburg! The Swedes have left this Colony, but win, lose or draw they showed us how soccer should be played. True they failed miserably m their early outings, but what struck most was their clean soccer no frayed tempers,
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    Today's sport
    70 6 KLGC.LK: Civilians (Malaya) v Services Malaya) at Padang; Varsity v Technical College at Sepoy Lines; R.A.F. (Seletar) v R.N.A.S. at Seletar; R.E.M.E. v R.A.O.C. at Alexandra; R.A.F. (Changi) v S.C.C. at Changi; G.H.Q. FARELF v R.E.M.E. "A" at Tanglin; R.A.F. (Tengah) r GHQ Signals at Tengah, 223 BOD
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    AUSTRALIA NAMES DAVIS CuP TEAM
    39 6 The Australian Davis Cup team for the challenge round beginning at Sydney on Dec. 26 was announced as follows: Frank Sedgman. Ken McGregor, Mervyn Rose and lan Ayre. Harry Hopman is non-playing captain.- Reuter
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    JOE KOed WRONG MAN
    108 6 JOE KOed WRONG MAN TAIPE^. Sat lOE Louis knocked-out the wrong man yesterday. Chang Lo-pe stuck his chin too close while the exheavyweight champion was shadow-boxing and was knocked-out. Chang, a petty officer m the Chinese Nationalist army, had been scheduled for a brief exhibition against Louis. He didn't make
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    HUMEZ IS READY
    24 6 Charles Humez is ready to go to New York to meet world welterweight champion Kid Gavllan for his title m February.
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    RETURMNG TO U.S.
    33 6 Hcii:> -A_.^.-_^. United Airlines representative m Sydney, said yesterday that he had booked space aboard i British Commonwealth Pacific Airliner to take the U.S. Davis Cup back to Ame- U.P.
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    British boxing takes a count
    226 6  -  JIM CHAMBERS By LONDON, Saturday. ORITISH boxers started the year with bright prospects indeed. But the top notch mitt slingers have had a bad time and right now there seems to be slender chance of any improvement. Just look at what happened to British champions.
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    Timing gear for S.M.C.
    154 6 ordered two special electric eye* timing devices so that splitsecond timing can be obtained m all motor spo.t evens run by the club. 52L n e n MOU t0 IJ lac machines -tnej will cost the club $400 eachwas made at a meeting held at the
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    ROTHERHAM MAY TASTE DEFEAT
    168 6 ROTHERHAM MAY TASTE DEFEAT THERE may be changes at the top of the second division, where Rotherham United lead by a bare point from the two Sheffield clubs, United and Wednesday. Rotherham visit Nottingham Forest, who are nicely placed m the league standings, and good enough to beat the leaders.
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    ALL-INDIA MATCH CANCELLED
    96 6 F>Ai v ,^.i cj yesterday's foi .ball match between the All- India tourin; side and the Singapore Business Houses XI from taking place. The (round at Jaian Besar Stadium was flooded. People who paid at the gate ran recover their money from the City Council Treasurer's office
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    UNKNOWN
    63 6 OPrXJiAL Ar t-i-i^e t&egUQ£ilt 2nd XV dejected Rcyal Air Force Changi "A" by five points (goal) to three (try) at Changi yesterday The wet conditions made good handling difficult. France. Changi wing-forward opened accounts with a try which Bevan failed to convert. In the second session Capt. Williams punted
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF RESULTS
    40 6 Competition piayea at tue Island Cluo last Suodav was a.s follows:— •'A" Division: Mrs K. Smart 81--15 66 Mrs Cavanauh 91 II =80 B" Division: Mrs, E Burrett »9 r2 67. Mi'-s B Rhoades 106-3? -73k
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    FROST & FOG THREATEN U.K. SOCCER
    350 6  - FROST FOG THREATEN U.K. SOCCER JIM CHAMBERS By PROST and foe threaten today's < di >- W especially m the London area Vher.* 11 <ari playing areas were no fit for n i" c m <*t </«? week. peru > er J h A quick thaw would help out a
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    NOVICES BOXING TOURNEY
    83 6 NOVICES BOXING TOURNEY Associttiw chami to be Jan. 21 22 d 2' draw well over !0 cording to b irie non. gt&i I r For me Qn ptenAtp rffl are competing ship are: Army Royal 41 N. xv and Poiic comMMu. r asked I s -wo repr lor earn c;
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    SWEDES LEAVE
    33 6 photo. Gothenburg the Swedfsh football team, photographed before they left Kalian? Airport yesterday for Sweden "We may return to Singa- pore next year," said their coach, Mr. John Mahon. Free Press
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    U.S. get into Davis cup Final—with ease
    320 6 U.S. get into Davis c up Final— with ease iVi^BOuRNE, Sat. fHE United States yesterday beat Sweden m the Interzone Davis Cup matches here to meet Australia for the Cup later this month. Ted Schroeder and Tony Trabert won their double yeserday beating Lennart Bergelin and Sven Davidsson (Sweden* by
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    "THE KID" WINS IN SNOWSTORM
    86 6 J-[ARD-PUNCHING Harry Kid Mathews of Ser.ttle, W?shmgton. extended his winning streak on Thursday night with a quick second-round knockout of Art Henri of New York Ciiy m a scheduled 10-round heavyweight bout. The 178-pound Matthews scoring his 13th knockout of the year. U ver round
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    BRACK WORK BEGINS IN PENANG
    446 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS \fis»re Ship 3 In 361/5 ftffll PEN ANG, "Saturday. I SHIP Ritfng Bo > an <* Avalanche I candidates for the Commis- (up, the main race for the W'V.7 Club's Christmas New Year V; L f d the most attention this mornW"2^ training
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    Colony's chances bright
    111 7 Colony's chances bright Foang Seong Cup THE Fcong Seong Cup 1 Malaya's Thomas Cup final between Penang, the holders, and Singapore, which starts today at Penang, should produce all the thrills the shuttle game has to ofTer Singapore's chances of bringing the Cup home are brighter than ever. This Is
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    PERAK AND THE GOTHS
    73 7 A little more than $20,00 was collected m the two soccer sames m which Perak Amateur Football Association played against Gothenburg and the AllIftdia side on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. In the first match Sunday, the collection was 9.100 out of wfeich nearly $8,000 was
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    Moroney hits 106 for N.S.W.
    57 7 Moroney hits 1 06 for N.S.W. MELBOURNE Sat.— JacK Moruifv discarded Australian opening ]est batsman scored 106 and helped New South Wales to score 313 for seven wickets arainst Victoria on the opening day of the Sheffield Shie.d match here Yesterday Moronev did not *lye a chance durXSe ISa^nst Victoria
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    HEADER FAILS
    20 7 Picture. Chester United *oaltoeper Manchester UniP»v. I match at Hiehb»rv ast Sat«4ay by tiiTef A2 to one FOX
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    S'pore invite' defeat today
    263 7 Why ,x ee Press Soccer Reporter HY isn't Singapore putting its strongest team out today against the All-India tonrists at Jalan ■ss^'iM? c $r y is only invitine defeatup today is: Yew Chang; Chong Kum, Teow Keng; Vass, Harith, Hrn Weng; Sharif Madon, Ah Hoe, Awang
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    HOCKEY UMPIRES TESTED
    174 7 HOCKEY UMPIRES TESTED A rajpranott Bianteffion of candidate umjMre.s lor me Sr--a pore Hockey Association was held last night at Raffles Institution Tins was the first time that such an examination has been beld m ffingaOnly 17 of the expected SO candidates turned up for the «xainination but it is
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    GOOD START BY INDIA IN TEST
    500 7 rpEAM selected for the second Test against India suggested that England were willing: to sacrifice runs m an effort to force a win. At the close of play yesterday, opening day of the match, India had made 286 runs for the loss of only
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    Ipoh Ramblers for Penang
    54 7 IPOH, Pri:— Rambters, one of Ipoh's strongest soccer and hockey combinations, will travel to Penang during the week-end for four games. Tomorrow, Ipoh Ramblers willmeet Penang RamMers at soccer on the Dato Kramat ground, while Ipoh Ramblers "A" will meet Penang Malays at hockey on Sunday
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    LOUIS FOR H.K.
    30 7 Joe Louis will arrive m Hong Kong tomorrow from Formosa for a brief visit. He will leave by air for the United States the next day. A.P.
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    18 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar. win play the English College at hcckey m Johore Bahru today.
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    IST DAY'S WEIGHTS FOR PENANG
    278 7 FOLLOWING are, weights for nest Saturday, the fin* «ay of the Penang Tnrf Club's Christmas-New Year meeting: CL. 1, DIV. 1. F. Pink Gin JW No negrHß «-13 Bert Bet W-l Rai Mahal B.OS Ladies' Flame H. 05 Technicolor 8.02 Good Gamble B.OJ Tudor View
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    Tourists hit back in Perth
    372 7 WEST Indies started ff badly against West Australia at Perth yesterday, losing three wickets for 48 runs by lunch, and were all out m their first innings for 151. In the 35 minutes that remained for play, the State fared even worse, being 19 for
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY'S 'MESSIAH'
    268 8 MUSICAL SOCIETY'S 'MESSIAH' T»HE Singapore Musical x Society sang Handel's "Messiah" at the Victoria Hall last night under a new conductor, Captain J. P. C. Bailey, and their performance was given a warm reception by a lull house. It was not without deficiencies, the most noticeable being lack of power
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    52 8 MR G. CASI RAJAH. Hospital Assistant. Kuantan, thank all friends and relatives who, attended the funeral of his wife, gave various forms of assistance and expvtwrd condolence. MR MRS. B. KAPTEIN-SETH wish to thank all those on the occasion of their marriage for thHr most useful gifts and kind
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    DEATH
    40 8 MR. NG BOON KHTJAY. aged 72. former Chief Cashier of Shell Co.. Ltd., Singapore, passed away peacefully at his residence. 486-B, Upper Serangoon Road. 7i Milestone, on 13.12 51. Funeral at Upper Serangoon Church this evening at 4 pm
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    SILVER WEDDING
    20 8 SOMES-BAUCKE: At Wellington. N Z.. on 15.12.26. by the Rev. E. J. Orange. Bernard Macdonald to Alison Margaret.
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    SCREEN STAR'S HUSBAND IN 'LOVE' SHOOTING
    451 8 SCREEN STAR' S HUSBAND IN 'LOVE' SHOOTING Film agent 'broke mm my home^ HOLLYWOOD, Saturday. WALTER WANGER, the film producer, was yesterday ordered to be released on US$5,OOO bail after being arrowed for shooting a handsome, dark-hair-ed actor's agent because of the latter's alleged attentions to Wanger's wife, screen star
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    KATO REVOLT ON DEFENCE EXPENDITURE
    134 8 PARIS. Sat. BELGIUM led a revolt of Atlantic Pact nations against increased defence expenditure, when delegates of the 12 NATO nations met here last night. They met to consider a report on rearmament drawn up by their "three wise men" committee. Belgium rejected a recommendation
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    Malaya: 'reflection on Britain'
    202 8 LONDON, Saturday. TTHE progressive deterioration m Britain's affairs m the vital area of Malaya is "at once a menace to our national well-being and a grave reflection on our statesmanship/ Sir Clive Baillieu, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company, said at a dinner of the Institution
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    SINGAPORE DINNER PARTY
    60 8 picture About 320 guests attended a dinner last night given by Shriro (China) Ltd., Singapore, m the Tai Tong Restaurant. Happy World. Seated from left to right are Mr. J. Elias, Mr. Lim Keng Sin, Mr. George Verrall, Miss -Pijpe, Mr. Tom Roper, Mrs. Roper, Mr. Jack
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    Charges against U.S. to be heard
    273 8 THE United Nations General Assembly last night voted to include on its agenda, Soviet allegations of "aggressive actions" by the United States. Voting was 55 to nil, with two abstentions. The Soviet charges referred to "the aggressive acts of the United States and its
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    London paralysed by fog
    98 8 London paralysed by fog LONDON, Sat. A SILVERY fog— a real pea soup-er paralysed the biggest city m the world yesterday. All aircraft were grounded and none could land. Shipping stood still m the great port. Seme vessels dropped anchor m the middle of the Thames. Millions of workers were
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    Killer sought
    39 8 Italy's Chamber cl Deputies yesterday removed the parliamentary immunity of an absent Communist Member of the House, Francesco Moranino, and ordered his arrest on charges of killing seven partisans durin^ the last month of the war. A.P.
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    Choice for Vatican
    28 8 President Truman said yesterday he will send to Congress m January his nomination of General Mark Clark as first American Ambassador to the Vatican. Reuter
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      199 8 New Crossword No> 536 i 1 ACROSS lm St P a piece Mta toe enu rch (10); 8. A novel finish we aL like (5, 6); 9. Not often; it isn't well done (4); 10. Hes got it inborn perhaps (6); 11. The Cossa c k'» not got the sack
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday. December 15, 1951.
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      THREE MALAYANS GO ON A VITAL MISSION
      422 1  -  ROGER YUE Singapore bo^s will learn about friendship among nations at an International Boys Camp 'm Australia. by 0 the Gorgon I puileil away from grilia. it Cdoo3 young [Jflß3 vital youth three are on their other young J i£ai Malayan is doing,
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      9 1 Street scene m Kuala Lumpur.— Photo by Birte Steincfce.
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      Long distance radio was born in England fifty years ago
      427 1 Long distance radio was born in England fifty years ago MARCONI AND HIS UNITED KINGDOM ASSOCIATES PROVED THE MATHEMATICIANS WRONG AND WITHIN A YEAR SET UP A TRANSOCEAN RADIO TELEGRAPHY f^j l_j JTi V L V_^ Ji JUST over 50 years ago this month the exact date was Dec. 12,
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      10 1 ~WeLnt camp Ampan 9 S ctan g or^oto nirtr. steinc*.
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      LOVE IS BLIND
      2469 1  -  RAE MARCH A Free Press Saturday short story by ■pHE house party at Tanjong Bungah .was a great success from Mei-Ling's point of view. Kvvee Peng helped her married sister and rich brother-in-law to see to the comforts of all the guests. When the sun streamed m
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        117 1 .\o, pu puiat as the game is, it is ];ed by birds generally. Joey, the budgerigar, advocate of the game. Here he is d mouth and about to score with a table tennis ■■:hs old and owned by Mr. S.E.Lark. Clapton, East London. INDIGESTION f/^ Relieved By ■CONE DOSE 1
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      New Film Contest
      197 2 WHAT do Malayans TT think of British films? .The Free Press is offering two prizes of $25 for a competition to find out. One prize will go to the best entry on: Why I like British films The other prize will go to the best entry on
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      Let us seethese U.K. films
      315 2 Let us see these U.K. films IT was with astonishment that I read m your film page that apparently the Singapore cinema moguls have decided that the public will not see that excellent film "The Guinea Pig" and the LinklaterUstinov "Private Angelo. I should have thought that a few of
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      Another Case of Hope Deferred
      326 2 1 AM as keen a Bod Hope fan as anyone but a few more film's like "LEMON DROP KID" (coming to the Cathay) will cure me for ever. I have been saying this for the last three films but this time 1 am beginning to
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      It's Alice in Disney-land
      358 2 g X^JOl OBBkBB^ .»BK V MBl OWtJBL^B» I npHOSE of you who have read Lewis Carroll's "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" and who want to see the film (Capitol) had better face up to this m advance: you will not see the story-fantasy as you have imagined it
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      BEAUTIFUL 'SHORT'
      53 2 Another Disney film, "Nature's Half Acre", will be shown with, 'JAUce?. and it makes tlje sartpon look; ..vulgar by, wmpariaon for Half Acrt*' x together with the most skilful "mating" of image and musical accompaniment have brought home the tragedy,; pathDSj beauty and humour of rthe natural world
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      Britain Loses One More Star
      334 2  -  CECIL WILSON SATURDAY MAGAZINE GLYNIS JOHNS MAY FOLLOW JEAN SIMMONS By fLYNIS JOHNS, the busiest girl m British pictures, has finished work at Pinewood studios on' "The Card," the fifth film she has made m 12 months. And after that there is Ho knowing when
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      H'WOOD'S 'UNKNOWN'
      160 2 H'WOOD'S 'UNKNOWN' A ltd Jean is still JEAN Simmons, now at work on "Andrccles and the Lion" after nine months m Hollywood confesses that she finds life m the film capital a little overwhelming. "Once you leave the studios m London the city swallows you up," she said. "You are
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      Why not British?
      57 2 Claudette Colbert's selection to play the role of a planter's wife m the British film on Malaya which director Ken Anakin is to direct, has aroused violent controversy. It is felt there are many British actresses <Greer Garson and Vivien Le»?h a mong them) who could piay
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      A NEW and CHEAPER METHOD of BUILDING
      611 3 A XEW siruclural method m building has been utilized to build an entire college m San Antonio. Texas. The system consists of pouring concrete slabs on the ground and elevating them into place. When the trustees of Tri mty College, with 1,400 stuiT\
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      Why not do your own dressmaking?
      938 3 If Singapore women will put their spare time to creative use. they'll see their tailors bills come down. JT is not to be wondered at that the high prices charged by the dressmake/s and tailors have caused many Singapore women to prefer to do
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      Who'll be the new champ?
      633 4  -  ALLAN LEWIS MULLEY OR TULLOH I By OIVALRY between K% leading riders Athol Mulley and Colin Tulloh to be champion jockey of Malaya for 1951 highlights the end of the season racing. The Penan* ChristmasNew Year meeting will decide the issue and I will not
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      BOY HALIM TO STAY AMATEUR
      312 4 By ROGER YUE BOY HALIM, Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's 1949 flyweight champion, yesterday put an end to rumours that he was planning to turn professional. "I have once said that I will not turn professional, not for the time being anyway, and I intend to
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      MCC shock UK county cricket clubs
      363 4 By THE SPORTSMAN ITERE is a sad blow for county cricket. MCC have notified the 17 first-class counties that they are unable to make any distribution to them out of thr profits of the 1950-51 tour of Australia. Each country received £850 after the
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      Ladies, those extra pounds bother us too
      808 4 Ladies, those extra pounds bother us too Says PAT MURPHY LADIES, when on the dusky fringe of night and day you plan once more before the mirror the rigid regime of diet tMat will trim the figure to still more boyish proportions, halt all processes of thought for a moment
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      HUNGER MADE HIM BOXER
      519 4  -  RALPH MODDER And today little Tanny (Aim m is a real champion By Fi 1 he hadn't been broke while attending a fiesta m Danao, Sibu City, shortly after the surrender of Japan, Tanny Campo, flyweight champion ot the Orient, might never have won fame m
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