The Singapore Free Press, 29 December 1951

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v. IMM. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 338 1 Cabinet will discuss I Malaya 's crisis today LONDON, Saturday, THE British Cabinet last night postponed full discussion of the Malayan situation until today because of pressure of other work. This is believed to have delayed the naming of the strong man" that Mr. Churchill is
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    56 1 picture. A JIR1 OF FILM producers and actors who met in Paris to elect a "Miss Cinema 1951" have chosen the young operatic singer, Claude Arvelle. 23 and one can easily see why she was chosen. She wins a trip to Hollywood, where she will be given a chance to
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  • 166 1 s'JB-MACHINEGUN that /v ihoots around corners a perfected at Detroit L at tbe request of g n lighters. itpfa Scma. project enI said the gun was ihioned from a curved bar;::ch fits on the stand-\l-3 submachinegun. It jta bullets at 90 degrees direction. He said
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  • 57 1 A British ship, the Birch, v <->rday picked up survivors of an unnamed schooner whteh capsized m violent storms raging off Britain's a itn and west coasts. Another victim of the storm vaa the 6.711-ton United States motor vessel Flying Enterprise, reportedly m a graye 1 situation
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  • 24 1 A French parliamentary commission will go to IndoChina early m 1952 to study what is being done with national defence money.
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  • 18 1 President Truman returned to Washington yesterday from a Christmas visit to his home m Missouri
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  • 46 1 Drought ana bushflres m Queensland, Australia, have driven bush birds closer to towns and some are feeding m fowl yards. Townspeople have declared open war on crows and hawks. Foxes are reported to have "gone vegetarian" and are eating melons on farms.— Reuter
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  • 119 1 U.S. wants a 'saner' policy in Malaya WASHINGTON, Sat. THE Washington Post said yesterday that the United States was entitled to press Britain for a more enlightened policy m Malaya. Politically, the British task is to win the cooperation of the anti-CommuniSf Chinese m Malaya. This means giving the Chinese
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  • 188 1 ILLEGAL OIL SALES TO BE BLOCKED LONDON, Sat. "THE Anglo-Iranian Oil A Company is planning to intercept oil m transit to any country which buys from the Persian Government while the oil dispute is before the International Court, it #as understood here. Persian Government spokesmen have indicated that Czechoslovakia is
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  • 80 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. CECURITY FORCES killed two bandits m Johore on Thursday. The first one was killed m the Muar area of Johore when security forces, acting on information, found a camp occupied by three bandits. They opened fire killing one bandit. The second bandit
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  • 235 1 PANMUNJOM, Saturday. T*HE Communists hinted yesterday that they would rather break off the truce talks than limit airbase reconstruction m North Korea and a high United Nations source said, "I do not know where we go from here". The only point of agreement at
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  • 80 1 LONDON, Sat. DOLICE cars, fire engines and ambulances raced yesterday to London's Kingsway, a main thoroughfare m the city's centre, where a series of underground explosions blew manhole covers skyhigh, shattered windows and rocked buildings. A taximan was injured when he was thrown from his car while
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    31 1 picture. NOT ONLY MEN ride dangerous machines like motorcycles. At Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia. a bear takes after men ?nd, he seems to observe the rules of traffic, too.- Popper
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  • 193 1 EGYPT WILL GAOL 'COLLABORATORS' CAIRO, Saturday. THE Egyptian cabinet is expected to approve tomorrow a Bill providing for the punishment of any Egyptian "collaborating with foreign troops illegally stationed m Egyptian territory", an official of the Ministry of Justice said last night. The Bill, which, after cabinet approval, needs parliamentary
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    7 1 "Absolute sucker money. George"
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  • 43 1 ALLAN LEWIS, *Vee Press racing correspondent, tips Deep Fields, Munlee and Ra-Li as the best bets at Penang today. TRESPASSER recommends Lady Luck and Binocular. PICTURE TIP and today's course information m Page 7. THE GOING will be fast.
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  • 16 1 A World Muslim Congress is scheduled to open m Baghdad next March.- A.F.P.
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  • 170 1 LONDON, Sat THE Royal Navy announced I today it is sending the carrier H.M.S. Perseus to America to demonsrtate a new type of aircraft catapult to U.S. naval experts. The Admiralty claims the steam-operated catapult, invented by a Naval Reserve officer, "may affect naval
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  • 100 1 NEW YORK, Sat. MISS Tallulah Bankhead's former maid, Mrs. Evyleen Cronln, was convicted yesterday of larceny for increasing the actress' cheques. .The three grand larceny counts on which she was convicted carry a maximum total punishment of seven and a half to 15 years m prison.
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  • 209 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. THE U.S. State Department yesterday banned American citizens trom travelling m Hungary and ordered the Hungarian consulates m Cleveland and New York to be closed. The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, announced this move a few hoars after Hungary had freed four
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  • 54 1 Private W.lliam Spcakman of the Black Watch was yesterday awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding gallantry m Korea. An announcement m the London Gazette said: "He collected six men and a pile of grenades and led charge after charge against the enemy continuing even after
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  • Page For Children
    • 1061 2 -when he saw Hian Hui's beautiful manuscript *n.»r DREW! That's Christmas over. I feel quite sleepy and lazy after eating and drinking so much, visiting friends and relatives and entertaining and being entertained. I hope your Christmas, boys and girls, was as happy
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    • 508 2  -  RASTUS *«ri*=-by: HTlif Hewcoiners. witfl some expressions of astonishment, accepted the two rascally-looking "wharf rats" as British airmen, but when the rather grubby "Chinese-" yodtn was presented a,s Miss Barbara Townsend, they accused the others of a leg pull. "Shorty" seemed to nave most to
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    • 369 2 THROUGHOUT her A Canadian visit Prin cess Elizabeth was guarded by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and at the end of the tour the Princess invited her escort to visit England, where they were royally entertained. This invitation was a tribute to all the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 76 2 I JUNIOR CONTEST I R TRY out your hand o n this picture and when you have finished it fill m your name, address and age. and post to Children's Page. Singapore Free Press Cecil Street, to arrive not later than Thursday next. There are four prizes of $5 (one
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    • 200 2 RUPERT and the S0RCERR--5 When the crowd have gone Algy more aboir. :t M Then I'm with mms to Rupert. 1 done care you." cr.es Algy And they hurry whai the others think," he says. °ack to wher they fi«. met But I'm sure 1 saw that saucer thing." jjff
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  • 247 3 LAWYER QUESTIONS WIFE ON DIARIES Its outrageous, says judge Chester from T hush^H decree nisi m ManWaUington, snetred at hJI Wh< saW Mr •"*«<* and regarded h?r 4s a niavth* T^ pleased". plaything to be used as he nature Tre^made ot an unsavoury J?^ -Alexander, who was granted the decree,
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  • 115 3 Forced to undergo operation, wife says Ad mother of ,iuh-olcl boy alN hampton that ;and iorccd her to I operation so i not have a rlru'.uiunas. 40, riv of Creaton Northampton- iwan Docenko, 30 <ry. were committed harged with using iment with intent to the miscarriage ot Elizabeth Docenko. i
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  • 28 3 of the jewels and valuables looted by the Japanese during their occupa,f Indonesia has been bl back by an official Indonesian diplomatic ion m Japan.— AFP
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    6 3 BUCKLEY, YOURE ON KP f
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  • 57 3 Chinese volunteers m Korea have presented British and American troops m the Imjin sector with over' 180,--000 Christmas stockings during Christmas Day The stockings were sent to Allied lines by various ways, which included tying them to kites or floating them down the Imjin River to
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  • 92 3 LONDON, Sat. A PLAN to sell British goods m the United States through a chain of Britishowned retail stores has been turned down by the Bank of England owing to the dollar shortage, says an announcement by Great Universal Store Limited, the large British furniture
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  • 39 3 Hong Kong Chinese manufacturers taking part m the 9th exhibition of Chinese products will present free gifts to all babies who were born on Christmas and Boxing Days at the Tung Wah group of hospitals Reuter AAP
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  • 195 3 She urges cuts in schools LONDON, Saturday. JijISS Florence Horsbrugh, the Education Minister, ifX has urged local authorities to make economy cuts m schools' administration, recreation, and free transport. She has also recommended higher fees for technical institute students. In a circular she asks local authorities to aim at a
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  • 142 3 LEEDS, Sat. J^ HUSBAND m a gramophone" society told his wife "to get out," and gave her money to go to the pictures when members visited his house for a musical evening. "It was explained she did not take the same aesthetic joy m the
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  • 380 3 Both sides vulnerable. South dealer. NORTH OJB 3 2 4b J 10 9 0 WEST EAST 9? 7 6 (y X q OAIO 5 0Q94 *KQB4 A 7 6 3 2 SOUTH 4 A 10 9 10 9 83 2 0 X 7 fi The bidding: South West
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  • 200 3 He loved her —but she was blind LONDON, Sat J± MAN aged 77, with no sight m one eye, stood before a magistrate accused of murdering the blind woman with whom he was said to have been m love. Both had lived m. a hostel for the blind at Bootle,
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    35 3 PRINCE BIRABONGSE of Si am and his bride, the former Miss Cecilia Howard of Buenos Aires, wear happy smiles a s they sign the marriage register after a civil ceremony m the Siamese Embassy, Paris.
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  • 43 3 Oliviers refuse £21,400 an hour Walter Winchell, wellknown American columnist, ha,s reported m New York that Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh had turned down an offer for $60,000 (£21,400) for a one-hour appearance on television during their stay m the United States.
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  • 62 3 RUSSIA TO LINK FIVE SEAS The Soviet Ministry of River Fleets said that the canal between the Volga and Don Rivers will be opened next spring linking all the European and Russian seas by a series of inland waterways. The waterways will link the White, Baltic, Caspian, Azov and the
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    • 262 3 XL M 1 ANNOUNCE V 3 NEW SERVICESX RANGOON i FRIDAYS^ 3.00 P.M. 1 TOKYO 1 WEDNESDAYS 3.00 P.M. M^ SYDNEY I DEPARTURE FROM BANGKOK M I SUNDAY 3.30 P.M. M For further details, see M your Travel Agent or M ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES C OPtL 1 FINLAYSON GREEN s^*>^\
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 323 3 QIMPADHPP I Happy World Stadium by Geoff OinVJArUAL I Raymond: 11.00 Rnythra on Re- Programme Summary; cords Dance Music for all tnrdaj Ballroom Bob tastes: 11.30 Close Down. Orchestra; 1.30 lime dD r» CIKt^ADADr Mm; 1.50 Interlude; •>•*>• V#- OINbArUKf. 01 Harmony, 2.15 6.15 p.m. Sports Round-Up; 630 :::mentaries relay
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  • 616 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Dec. 29, 1951. A year of crisis IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the era of hope, it was the season of despair So wrote a great English journalist of a turbulent Europe of other days. A
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    • 228 4 one who has been m touch with events m the U.K and also a^n employer of labour m a small way for the past several years I deplore your 'dig' at Mr. Churchill for mentioning the" harm done by the socialist Govt. One needed not to be
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  • 958 4  - It Is Still 1951 's Biggest Mystery DAVID BURK Files Still Open on Case of the Missing Diplomats Seven months ago two British diplomats set off on an unannounced journey to France which ended m thin air. Their disappearance without a clue is still puzzling the police and security men
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  • 568 4  -  CITIZEN Hill til il T»HERE was surprisx ingly little public reaction to the debate m the Singapore City Council on what Mr. Robertson called the "mulcting of the Municipality by the contractors of the new Pasir Panjang power station. The position which Mr. Robertson had sought to show
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  • 700 4  -  LOUIS Le DOUX says PROGRESS marched on triumphantly through 1951 despite OvTvUnl rVo. Singapore's outstanding event m a year packed with interest and activity, and, indeed, the outstanding event m her annals, was the grant of a Royal Charter making her a City.
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  • 115 5 THE Singapore Municipal Services Union will give a Christmas treat tonight for about 1,000 children of members, at the Union's premises m Farrer Park. Two City Councillors. Mr. S. Jagatheesan and Mr. S. M. A. H. Chishty, and their wives, will help at the treat.
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  • 182 5 MALAYA DOUBLES HER FOREIGN TRADE Exports total $5, 540 million Free Press Staff Reporter j^jALAYA'S foreign trade during the first eleven months of this year is almost double the figure for the whole of last year, according to official statistics issued yesterday. There was sharp rise m exports over imports
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  • 150 5 Bar City staff from councillors he says JJR D. Robertson, Singapore City Councillor, has suggested to the Council President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, Lhat City employees be inducted not to approach Councillors directly for the betterment of their conditions of service-. Nor should Councillors themselves go to the employees
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  • 41 5 Radio Malaya nas just received the exchange programme from the British Army on the Rhine. It will be broadcast locally on Sunday at 3 p.m. The broadcast is specially intended for British troops m the Far East
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  • 183 5 T*HE survey of Singapore by a 20-man learn under x the general supervision of Sir George Pepler, will probably begin on Jan. 15. The chief planning officer of the team, Mr. D. A. Komlosy. will arrive from London on Jan. 5. Another planning
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  • 56 5 PTVtIE cargo ve&sej Bencieucn, A expected m Singaporeon Tuesday will bring eight shipwrecked people. The Bencleuch left Kure on Christmas Day. Two days later, she signalled the Singapore Ben Line office that seven Japanese men and one woman, from a wrecked vessel had been picked up.
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    47 5 picture. MISS THf VI NO VI ".%<••. '^-year-old toMR-ster and sliffe star from Shanghai, singing: at a luncheon party given by her and the Evening Cafe, Great World, at the Capitol Restaurant yesterday. Miss Chu is on a three-month _concprt <nnr nf sinp^nnnrp and the Federation Free Press
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  • 19 5 PORT SWETTENHAM, Sat. Two 21-ton transformers have arrived at Port Swettenham for Connaught Bridge Power Station.
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  • 149 5 Gilmour is economic chief again THE Singapore Secretariat A of Economic Affairs will get back its former chieif, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, as from Jan. 1. Mr. Gilmour, who is now officially the Colony's Financial Secretary, but is with the Commissioner-General's Office on special duty, returns as Secretary for Economic Affairs
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  • 163 5 Aviation petrol up J pHE price ot aviation p?trol i m Singapore the Federaj Uon and Borneo will be increased by seven cents per gallon from Jan. 1, the Shell Company announced yesterday. This wili be the second in- crease m two months the i price went up by 10
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  • 146 5 Fress Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Social Welfare Department yesterday welcomed the formation of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Mr. G. B. Richards, Assistant Secretary of the Women and Children's Section, said: "The formation of such a society would stimulate pub- lic conscience
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  • 276 5 These men bring a new weapon A NEW weapon is lo be used m the war against bandits. It is the pan-a, a two-foot cuttinr weapon. t The weapon will be used by men of Yao and Angoni fighting tribes of Central Africa who are on way to M.laya. The
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  • 23 5 The Ceylon Tamils' Association, Singapore will hold a Christmas and New Year social today at the Association's hall at Handy Road
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  • 50 5 The Hindu stall of the Bin. jgapore Harbour Board will have the "Sathurtbi" festival [conducted at the Sri Sanpaga Vinayagar Temple, 19 Ceylon j Road. Katong, on Mondaj from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The J programme will Include i i special "abfebeEam" and j pc Dja ceremonies.
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  • 93 5 IV P<-ess Staff K*f4et DECAUSE bi ycle th< rta m Bin 'apore ueon I crease, i cm D spok oian jrest< relay warned cycli i n>i to leave their machines unlocked In bu f treai <j! ths ci-y. He said U vai pi I ibla
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    42 5 TWO LITTLE HAJIS. Haji Marican (fcffi ard I, is brother JafTar Marican, sons of Sam A!i Marie an of Kuala Lumpur, who retur'vd lo Malaya from Mecca recently. They were iway for frur menihs and staved for 1 one menth m Mecca.
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  • 605 6  - NEO IS 'SPORTSMAN OF YEAR' CRUSADER He swam to fame overnight By Chwee Kok, Singapore's Olympic hope, is the unanimous choice for the honour of Malaya's "Sportsman Of The Year". In fact he is the country's sportsman of the decade, and if he comes off at Helsinki next year, he
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  • 215 6 MATTHEWS SAYS 'NO' TO MAXIM UCK Hiirey, Mft-agei uf J Hsxtj Kiel Matthew 8 last ri^a. rejected the Interim i Ma: EjXi^g Club's uitiiv urn that The Seat le slugger mcc. iighi-he?.vy weight i... inpicn J~ey Maxirp -.ur.ey said he sent a teleg.M.n jj A! Weill. IBC matchi.-.".:?: saying: Gate
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    7 6 .NEO CHWEE KOK "wonder boy
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  • 247 6 The planter from Perak.... MALAYA'S youthful motor cyclist A.E. Reggie Trevor is Perak's "Sportsman of the year." This 25-year-old planter from Sungei Siput has carried all before him, ever since he took to motor racing about four years ago. Reggie as he is popularly known m
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  • 52 6 The Rovers S.C. team to meet ihe I.R,C at Jalan Besar Stadium this evening for the V. O. Chithambaram Memorial Challenge Cup. will be selected from the following: Eng Hoe. Skinner. Dollah, Teow Keng, Morton, Suppiah, Lim Swang. Kee Seng. Avter Singh. Boon Kirn, Guthrie, Chek Kang,
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  • 44 6 KL'GBY: R.A.F. Tengata v Signals at Tengah; R.A.S.C. v Naral Base at Nee Soon; Naval Base v 323 8.0.D. at Naval Base; S.C.C. v Navy at S.C.C.; S. Johore R.F.C. v R.N.A.S. (Semb.) at Sembawang. SOCCER: Rovers v I.R.C. at J. Besar.
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  • 510 6 A USSIES RETAIN DA VIS CUP WITH A SEDGMAN WIN AUSTRALIA yesterday retained the Davis Cup when they beat the United States by three matches to two m the challenge round at Sydney. The United States, trailing I—2 after Thursday's doubles, levelled the tie by taking the first of yesterday's
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  • 89 6 j^FTER a lapse of 30 years, the Penang Amateur Athletic Association will be holding a cross country race on Feb. 3. The last race was run m 1922. For next February's revival event a five-mile course will be 'chartered, starting and ending at the Corner Club
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  • 23 6 J^ SOUTH Australian swimming club has planned a 50-mi* relay pool-swim as part of its New Year's Eve carnival. AAP Reuter
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  • 132 6 U7HETHER o r "cattle, pretea n holders, can han» Dn to th< trophy for another v. ;i very much a lor Probably they may find consolation m recall.;. t Aston Villa, whom the m th? nex 4 round it and lost it urtthii days of
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  • 141 6 pERAK, the favourites, were L pipped m a last -quarter rally by Singapore women. who scored a 27-26 victory over their opponents yesterday at Kuala Lumpur m the All-Malayan basketball congress. The two sides will meet again tomoycow night. Another win for the Singapore women will give
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  • 839 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Sharp showers, but going should be fast From 5 D k C P €lds m for CI 5, Div. I 6 X— but he is sore to start a hot favourite Other good wagers should be Munlee m Race 5 and
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  • 92 7 "[_'P o anu including uecember 12. fiity entries had been reMtved for the 1952 summer Olympic Games *r, be held *t H'Mnki. They are: Sweden, Belgium. Yugoslavia, Britain, Prance, Puerto Rico, Peru. Australia, Persia, Uruguay, The Dutch Antilles, Gold Coast Panama Jamaica. Switzerland United States of
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  • 163 7 ''TO expedita the conclusion, of the SBA championships, some games will be played off during week-days m addition to 'he weekend ties. The following games will be played off next Tuesday and Thursday: Tuesday at 7.15 p.m. Interetefc, Bournemouth PP. v. MayHover BP. Tournament
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  • 134 7 KHALSA CONCEDE SEVEN A MAKESHIFT Khalsa Association hockey team conceded seven goals to Singapore Recreation Club m a friendly match on the Padang yesterday. In reply Khalsa scored one goal. Recs went ahead m six minutes through Andrew Clarke. In the 11th minute a short corner resulted m Barker netting
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  • 78 7 The Indian Test ciicketer 8. W. Sohoni, will play as a professional next season, for the Lancashire League Club at Rishton (near Blackburn). The club last nighr sent a cable to India confirm) ne Sohoni's appointment Sohini, who is 33, toured England m 1946 and played m
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    7 7  -  McLeod By Solution On Monday
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  • 181 7 ALLAN LEWIS TBESFASSEB EPSOM JEEF CALL BOY POINTER K*««*l sSH» FIEII>S DEEP FIELDS DEEP FIELDS DEEP FIELDS DEEP FIELDS 2.30 Kelvin wSSH Santana Princess Bea« **f* "forks? S^idfSSJ* Stung flame of the lady luck ii 305 MtlS. 5*"?? Tfce SMf»i^ FOBEST Wonder Lad Jjyftekn »y"M LawlyLsekn
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  • 189 7 JAPANESE F. Nakano on Tuesday beat India's No. 2 Dilip Bose m the quarterfinal of the International Lawn Tennis Championships at Calcutta by 6—l, 4—6, 6—3, fr— s Nakano relied on his excellent flat forehand drive. For the final two sets, Nakano, who
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  • 53 7 rDAY at Ipoh the Malayan Indian Sports Association's annual Thlvy Shield hockey tournament will start and will continue over the weekend until Monday. Teams from Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan. Penang and Malacca wffl compete. Fixtures for today are: Negri Indians v Selangor In-, dians. Penang Indians
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  • 75 7 STRAiSUb goings-on m Derbyshire junior football. When Ilkeston Men's Welfare blitzed Awsworth Athletic 22-1 every member of the winning side scored including goalkeeper Shields who took a penalty. But his feat is overshadowed by that of goalkeeper J- Webster of Ripley Lads. He was injured m
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  • 66 7 HIS GIFT TO AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC FUND ROB Poingdestre. four times runner-up for the British amateur boxing title, and grandson of the bare knuckles fighter Jem Mace, has given A £2,500 to the Western Australia Olympic Pond. After a A£45,000 win on the Caulneld and Melbourne Cups, Mr. Poingdestre who migrated
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  • 372 7 Bengal's batting poor FERE was little excuse for Bengals sorry exhibition of batting against M.C.C at f Calcutta yesterday. The bail occasionally lifted but never dangerously. The batsmen i just did not like the pace. Even IX. Chatterjee, who 1 stayed while wickets were > falling, drew away a little
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  • 121 7 BENOAl,— lst Tnm.: 188 MCC— l«t Fim*.: 342 (for 8 d«el.) BENGAL— 2nd Inns. Bose b Riderway Datta lbw Ridrway 9 N. Chatterjee lbw TattrmaH 5* P. Chatter** lbw KUgwmy 1 Frank hit wki. b Uiffway 11 Vayudu b Shackleton 0 R»y c Paole b Shackleton 0 Khanna b
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  • 166 7 NORTHERN rugby sejecWfe have been forced to call upon a new naif-back combination from the one originally chosen to represent Northern Civilians against Northern Services at Koala Lumpur today. With Carren and Meikle of Perak both unavailable, Bennett of Selangor and Pestana of Penang haw been brought
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    • 574 7 gELOW is the race card for today, third day of Penang Christmas-New Year mcc ting. The big sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. RACE 1—2.30: CLASS 5, J °°J S2L Ab s? oFT 6 Hi v\*\r 9 a riTDc 7 00 Northmond Straker 8.03 UIV. s—bfUKd.5 bfUKd. 8 030
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  • 74 8 BARNARD: To VICKI nee Bratfshaw, wife of Capt. R. E. Barnard, RE, the. gift of a son, 20 h Dec. '51, at 8.M.H., Spore. DODWELL: At the Maternity Hospital. Penang, on 26th Dec., to Doris, wife of G. C. Dodwell a brother for Ann. Michael and R -hard. FORSYTH:
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  • 66 8 THE marriage has been arranged an* will take place m 'February b tv;een Captain Patrick Winter. PcDfc Guards. Soecial Air Service Rrtfroenk and Miss Pamela White, c r r-aodell Hill. Singapore. THS en«»r»o:ement is announced b- <v-en Doctor Tan Tiah Khoo, MB of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chin H-an.
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  • 361 8 U.S. WILL OPPOSE RETURN TO WARTIME RELA TIONS Churchill's visit to America WASHINGTON, Saturday. MR. CHURCHILL will meet strong resistance during his visit to Washington next month to any proposal to -revive the wartime type of AngloAmerican partnership which has been allowed to lapse during the postwar Truman administration. If
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    35 8 THE LORD MAYOR of London and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery were the guests of honour at a Bertram Mills Pre*Circup Luncheon. In the picture Viscount Montgomery shakes hands with "Billy The Chimp" at the Luncheon
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  • 15 8 The British Legation m Beirut was stoned yesterday afternoon by Communist, sympathizers.— A.F.P.
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  • 70 8 KARACHI, Sat. DAKISTAN Prime Minister, Mr. Khwaja Nazimuddin yesterday opened a giant new arms factory at Wah, near Rawalpindi, which is expected to be one of the biggest m Asia. The factory, which is being built with the aid oX British and American machinery and
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  • 22 8 M. Georgi Zaroubin, Russian Ambassador m London yesterday paid a courtesy call on Mr. Eden, the Foreign Secretary.- Reuter
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  • 25 8 The U.S. Army yesterday estimated enemy casualties m Korea until Dec. 17 at 1,546,--868, an increase of 19.970 over the last estimate.- A.P.
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  • 146 8 'Long-haired music' enjoys a U.S. boom NEW YOKK. Sat. Wall Street Journal will have you know that America is more than a land of "be-bop, jazz and jive." In the U.S. this year, "longhaired music." symphony, opera and ballet entertained over 30,000,000 people who paid $45,000,000 to hear it. the
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  • 37 8 Reds near IndoChina border Dsuaiiy reliable French sources at Saigon said yesterday about 150,000 Chinese Communist soldiers were near the Indo-China border. Some Chinese technicians were reported earlier to be working with the Vletminh m Indo-China. Reuter
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  • 23 8 A joint extraordinary session of the House Senate at Buenos Aires yesterday issued a law ratifying ttie Japanese peace treaty. UP.
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  • 225 8 DUSSELDORF, Sat. A Soviet rifleman m East Berlin drank vodka to give him the "Dutch courage" to escape to the West. The soldier, 24-year-old Sergeant Nikolai Ivanovich Shutov, left it late, for his three years' service m Germany was nearly over.
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  • 395 8 LONDON, Saturday. T»OM ROBINSON said m Darlington: "Ta-ta, my love, I'll see you soon." His wife Ada said: "Ta-ta, lovie, don't be long." And this week at Waterloo Station, they met again— after 42 years. They were both 29 years old when
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  • 19 8 A Tibetan autonomous region had been established m the Tung Teh area m Chinghai province.— AFP.
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  • 99 8 TEHERAN, Sat. SHOUTS of "long live our heroic friend, Soviet Russia" the Communistic Tudeh party announced m Teheran yesterday it would take part m the Persian elections for the first time since 1946. The Tudeh party will run 40 candidates mostly from the northern provinces
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    • 67 8 ;I^fi^ RUTH pHHROMAN *^m woman tv «MflHsV i^v 111 BROS. Nightly at 7.15 9.15 p.m. Today: "BORDER G-MEN" Tomorrow and Monday: "RAIDERS OF SAN JOAQUIM" plus! "RUSTLERS' ROUND-UP" lfil fc'l j J iff if n wet (illlliii i' iff nil S/MPUF/fD FULLY Al/TOAfAT/C F/GUR/NG CS^fffJJ^l >04. AOBIMSON %OAft 1 Wi
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    • 207 8 BEST QUALITY AT LOW PRICES K5 ffl 8 j LI SENG MIN CO 1 I 6 North Bridge Road, Singapore ft' Wishes all Customers and Friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year No. 332, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD j SINGAPORE. 7. TEL. ***** A wide range of all POPULAR CAMERAS and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 139 8 New Crossword No. 547 CLUES ACROSS 1, Fleet Street race-horse establishment? (5-4); 6, Tubal Cain was an instructor for such a craftsman (5, 6); 8, Is returned to Eve m holes (5); 10, With topping finish like St. Paul's (5); 11, So the characteristic spirit is is here (5); 12,
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    • 53 8 Solution To Crossword No. 546 Across: 1. Rahere. 4, Epic. 8, 17. Unless. 9, Bologna. 10, Down to earth. 12, Bottle-green. 15, Utilise. 17, See 8. 18, Salt. 19, Vertex. Down: 1, Roundabouts. 1, Halfwit. N3, Rebut. 5, Pig. 6, Coach and six. 7, Floe. 11. Re-elect. IS, Lair. 14.
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    • 948 1  - My most hectic New Year's Eve ERIC MITCHELL THERE must be •iKm v Malayans w ho would not hesil (o accept a chal gg to tell the best story on the subject, Mv Most Hectic New ear's Eve* 1 And, no bt such stories ill hike some bent /.wver. if
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      183 1 bee-line for the phone. The military police sent a lance-corporal. He took one look land did exactly as I had done before him— ran for the phone. Reinforcements arrived m the form of a sergeant and four others. He also went to the phone. And so
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    • 945 1  - The Sea Dragon's Rouenge JHE old story-teller rocked too and fro on his [launches as he plied his age-old profession. His eyes were nearly closed and his mouth moved expressively beneath his long, gray, drooping moustache as ho told his tale. His claw-like hands waved descriptively m occasional emphasis, rythmically
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      • 96 1 i mj i x 7^ I** 0 fiyf t ajaa affl "BF 1 3 ili n I f« r s I tun ill 111 I k 1 Yes— MACLEAN BRAND STOMACH POWDER^ 'v^^^^B Toickly relieves indigestion- Keep k>< e always handy and take a dose whenever you are troubled by
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      • 31 1 Give her 0 liixurious ALL NYLON MISS SIREN &P^ IOP OOttOm Available m White Pink Sizes: 32 to 40 EXCELSIOR LTD. 66. KICH STREET. STORE -6. PHOUE 3161 > a. 1 i ■> ■> ■<'"■*•■■■
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    • 312 2 WHERE was a slight balance of entries m favour of British films. The contest provided an illuminating insight imto Singaporeans' attitude to films and to British films m particular. There was agreement on several points.; that British films were too "British" and too highbrow
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    • 144 2 BOBBY DRISCOLL, who wa s so good as Jim Hawkins m "Treasure Island." is to speak the part of Peter Pan m Walt Disney's cartoon film of the Barrie play. Kathryn Beaumont, the little London girl who gives the voice to "Alice m Wonderland." is
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    • 987 2 ETHE $25 prizewinners were C I PHILIP CHOO of 207, Queen Street, Singapore E ("Why I like British films") E Eand TAN CHIN KIAT of 179, 5 River Valley Road, Singa- 3 pore ("Why I dislike British Films"). E Consolation prizes were Ewon by ROSALIND LIOW, 3453-C, East
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    • 315 2 T*HE SINGAPORE ARTS THEATRE'S next play will be Ibsen's "A Doll's House", which will be presented at the Victoria Theatre late m March. It has not been performed m Singapore. This was one reason for its selection; another was that it is a famous play worthy of
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    • 79 2 AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl with striking dark features who is still an R.A.D.A student is arousing much interest out at the Southall studios, where John Baxter has her m an exacting emotional part for "Judgment Deferred."' Joan Collins got only a smalj part m "Lady Godiva Rides Again"
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    • 436 2 WOMEN are illogical, intuitive, incredible creatures. We all know that. But surely eyen they do not behave quite as ridiculously as some Hollywood films would have us believe. We are all acquainted, for instance, with the girl whose love increases m direct proportion to the
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    • 194 2 "•POM Brown's Schooldays" x (Capitol), the film of the famous book, devotes half its length to stressing the sadistic horrors of an English public school of the last century and the remainder to extolling by implication the virtues of religion and rugby football m building up that
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      180 2 "Slop trying to sing like Sinatra, people will think Vm Ava Gardner," cipice to tell him she believes m his innocence and is promptly insulted for her pains. Undaunted, she continues the pursuit. It is only on the wedding night that she has fears that her
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      • 115 2 CAPITOL NOW SHOWING 11-1.45-4-6.30-9.30 Mi IN Wmm In TECHNICOLOR WtfS Disney's "Real Life Adventure" FEATURETTE m TECHNICOLOR "NATURE'S HALF ACRE" REX TODAY 11 a.m.. LOS, 4. 6.30 A 9.30 p.m. t TONIGHT M'NITE J£ ncHMB cmi"' y&k\ AUDREY TOT7BJ "pay/i/on" Popular Matinees at 11 a.m.. 1.45 4 p.m LAST DAY
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      • 135 2 Vs^r w Kxf>tl< Bf l|: mm SAM!A CAMAL y:. I 1 A /TJb?' j Trfwrf I n r r I w <urs(iic r ;i 1 UMHOCK DIAMONe ami 60LDSM ?He? We Specialise m the LATEST DES!C\ t ->nd DIAMOND JEWELLLK 620. North Bridge Road. Singapore TEL: 4247. n i q
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    • 912 3 voKTH, East, South lJ West? A 'white' Now Year, or tropical temperatures? Indoor parties, or outdoor picnics which is it for you? Wherever \ou are, the year's end luis come, bringing its junketing and merrymaking. The food and the decorations are traditional.
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    • 1437 3  -  Brenda Dawson THE Feast of the Holy Innocents on Dec. 28 is now completely overshadowed by the Christmas and New Year festivities. Except m Church calendars. the day passes almost unrecognised. If we feel any sympathy for the innocent children whom Herod is supposed to have
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    • 665 3  - Colourful legends accompany the 12 months J^OW that we are coming to the end of another year, we are looking out for new 7 diaries and calendars. Few of us realise that as we run through our modern calendar, we also run through a series of legends of ancient gods
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    • 57 3 THE Australian Gov< rnment will issue three postage stamps to rommcmorate the Royal Visit next y^ar. The stamps will be 3'*d U r Empire postage. 7^d. foe foreign letter postage and 1/6 lor oversea^ mail. The 3f d stamp will portray Princess Eflizabeth and the others
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      • 188 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint Suernmf Lamme Day, RKO livuood If you apply about mb the amount of lipstick iilv do, that will probably rhc correct amount. Most women are wasteful m their applicaI of lipstick. You shouldn't M remove a large and com- wasted surplus of this beauIJ a:,!. Try originally
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      • 68 3 for Developing Wedding photos eft. Consult: M J^/ILIiMnMBUM SMUKMt 111 «b!0 I— ami i •aMii— mttbimi »m^^m— j^— t i •~-t^i»bb' Sole Agents: WOO HING BROTHERS t NC^ PC k I l JALA LUMPUR. PCNANC SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. i I SINGAPORE i PACKING CO., LTD. lor PnEr EKENCE
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    • 1093 4  - S'pore is in the swim NEW DELHI FEATS INSPIRE By E. PETERS OrORT which has made most headw;v mi n the Colony this is swimming. Proa! of this is the growing number of swimmers and the excel! Nt showing of our aquatic representatives ai the rirst Asian Guinea held m
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      420 4  -  By NETMAN IF sheer determination and fighting spirit go to make up a World champion then that title, without hesitation, should go to Oot Teik Hock, Malaya's Thomas Cup hero. Who could ever forget the vital part he played In bringing the Thomas Cup back to Malaya.
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    • 80 4 HE A VY WEIGHT POSER lIEAVY WEIGHTS Johnny Williams and Ray Wilding may one day have to fight each other. Meanwhile, they train together. It Is a sensible and practical move, but one not always favoured by British professionals. Her© it often seems to oe though© desirable to keep potential
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    • 223 4 WHICH COMES FIRST? CLUB OR COUNTRY From THE SPORTSMAN TpPERMOST m the .minds of thousands of Vfootball supporters today must be this question: "Why are players, picked for international matches against a continental power, allowed to risk injury mif a ue notches four days before the big event?" The learn
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    • 121 4  - The fighting bank clerk By LEFTY A BUNCH of bullies m his home town m the Philippines San Juan Rizal made Little Nene, Singapore's featherweight champion, turn boxer. It all did not end there, however, for Nene was eventually "kicked out of my home by the old man", as the
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    • 309 4  -  ALL-ROUNDER By A WORD of commendation for Army Royal Signaller Brian Clase, YORKSHIRE and England cricketer, was made by Len Hutton, the Yorkshire and England opening batsman, when reviewing the county's proswets at a recent meeting at York. Of Close Hutton said "He is
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    • 325 4 and ever since he has free- slinging leather LITTLE NENE not interested either a; that time. But it all began. when Nene and his schoolboy gang went to a boxing match m the city. A substitute was urgently needed they will find one mused Nene, but
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      • 570 4 as. i^p^% m a m, B mm jt V AT am ma^am aaa\.K ma^^ Jamv A 4 I LES PAUI (GuiUr) with MARY HELEN O'CONNEL EDDIE GRANT— Hammond organ 5 FORD CL***** Would I love you CLI33TS Goodnight I: 3 CL***** How high the moon Gi *> s v Heart
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