The Singapore Free Press, 2 January 1952

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    This Man Should be a Riot at a Party
    629 2  - This Man Should be a Riot at a Party CHAPMAN PINCHER A report by doctor Charlotte sets Medical men arguing on hand reading, but tbey all ask what she says about then IT TAKES courage to tmggeeA that there is more than a fortune-teller's fun m the lines of a
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    Energy – Giving Drug Must be used with Care
    807 2 Energy Giving Drug Must be used with Care The SINGAPORE DOCTOR says- RAF have banned it A MPHETAMINE (benzedrine) became popular during the war. It kept aircrews alert and abolished fatigue during long nights. Since then, its popularity has increased. Benzedrine like aphedrine belongs to the adrenaline type of medicines.
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    ILLNESSES THAT STILL MYSTIFY THE CLEVEREST DOCTORS
    641 2 FIVE BECOME SICK TOGETHER -OUT OP SYMPATHY?, ASKS BERNARD EATON FIVE smiling children called Woodward lie side by side m a Weymouth. Dorset, hospital today all with practically identical medical history cards on their bed-rails. Within eight days they followed one another into
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    'Living light'
    61 2 GIVING you light firefly .s flow goal of science. It that hundred- mals and some 'living" light. it with chemicals. The chemists wil be able to syir: chemicals and light will becomi Surprisingly th. just on c way 'living light, but a lot In all cases the light
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      269 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today, you have most a highly competitive world: of the solid characteristics do O .J* thc x r m that go to make up the good aaim, imf h i P\* tl n citiaen. You haw a tiigh P"««ttoii of being a little too sense of
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      209 2 Solution To Crossword No. 548 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 1, improving 7, Arbiter. 8. Rig. 10, Dimple. 12 Bait. 14, Hang. 15, Morsel. 18, Tit. 19, Lagging. 21, Gradually. Down: 2, Mob. 3, Retold. 4, Vary. 5, Normans. 6, Hard. 9, Got. 11, Monster. 13. Loggia. 14, Hit 16. Legs. 17.
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    If a man who knew so much could not break free himself—
    642 3  - If a man who knew so much could not break free himself Chapman Pincher •••OF THE 306 KNOWN, DRUG ADDICTS 92 ARE DOCTORS-" Home Office statistics. by 1 1 IS unusual for a 'doctor to call at a newspaper office. The ru ,jkal authorities frown on such direct (flutad tor
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    UP TO 7s 6d FOR SINGLE 'REEFER'
    415 3  -  Lionel Crane by IN the latest available annual report there were 86 convictions m Britain for the possession of Indian hemp. This is 20 times more than at the end of the war but a figure ludicrously inexpressive of the growth m marijuana
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    'BEST PLACE TO SETTLE'
    57 3 Because "living m America was not as good as here," twenty American families recently migrated to Australia. Many of the men had served m Australia during the war. One of them, Mr. E. Gamble, a former Seattle shoe-buyer, said: "I am convinced this is the best
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    SPECIAL SQUADS SEARCH SHIPS
    275 3  - SPECIAL SQUADS SEARCH SHIPS Montague Lacey by TILBURY: A SQUAD of Customs men went down the Thames m a launch soon after dawn. They were a hefty lot. They wore grimy darkblue battledress, and carried sets of tools, crowbars, torches, and periscope mirrors. Every man was an expert m trackina
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    RECORD PRICE
    25 3 A Queensland record price of A £112 was paid by a butcher for a five-year-old cross-bred Zebu bullock which weighed 1.300 lbs. Reuter
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    Bridge Quiz
    455 3 W HEN P&rtner has opened the bidding and the next player has doubled for a takeout, a weak to medium strong hand may create problem for you. Generally speaking, with a strong hand you redouble, with a fair hand that includes a good suit on which you expect
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      117 3 M3lldr3kC /v</ to Singapore Free Press m Malaya -EMM b 2& "RKw!°t"!mTbUT I CAN' 7SEE irSTWGUY SP£U S TH£ nORSEFACE S HARD HEAD HITS rafflj ~~NOTHIN |BB|^^'^flfl^y''\rTT. niiTATUC t^*j^^j\ \|> <\l APPEAQS SUDDENLY AS IP WT^TaTTaHHHHBHI HXDEAIbE x at fll lEawKbT Ix" *f I V *w LE^flfll Kr^^Sßl^Bflw. ad JANE-
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2, 1952. New Year outlook
    731 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2, 1952. New Year outlook 4 FAVOURABLE over- seas trade balance of $1,200 million is likely to be the result of last year's working. A substantial contribution m American currency has been made to the Commonwealth dollar pool. Record profits and distributions to shareholders
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    979 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK. I THANK my stars I 1 I was not a witness m the trial of Tallulah Bankhead's maid or m any other American trial. The only safe place m the courts here was, apparently, the Press section, and I hung on grimly to my seat.
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    1951 WENT WITH A 'SWING' By FELIX
    526 4 1951 WENT WITH A 'SWING' By FELIX 1951 will be remem A bered by Colony jazz and swing enthusiasts as a year m which great strides were made. Perhaps the greatest event was the Singapore Musicians gala anniversary ball on November 12 at which nearly 600 people were present. On
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    Florence Wong has 'Arrived'
    253 4  -  T. S. TAN WINSOME, petite Florence Wong, a Singapore girl, who has been acclaimed m America as "a phenomenal musician", will make her debut m England when she gives a pianoforte recital m Wigmore Hall, London, at the end of next month. A former student of
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    Let's Make An Opera Why Not?
    537 4  - Let's Make An Opera Why Not? PRESIO Music topics by "1 ET'S MaKe an v Opera", Benjamin Britten's entertainment for the young, is being revived m London. Will it ever be performed m Singapore, I wonder? On the face of it there seems no earthly reason why it should not—
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    The Show man with the Baton
    838 4  - The Show man with the Baton CHARLES REID By Sir Malcolm Sargent can beat Sinatra for "appeal' SIR MALCOLM SARGENT, who loves crowds as dearly as crowds love Sir Malcolm, was m his element recently. In a dimmed Albert Hall, with an unswerving spotlight upon him and glowing Christmas trees
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    New records
    250 4 Tchaikovsky. Concerto m D major, Jascha Heifetz (violin* Philharmonia Orchestra (Susskind) H.M.V. DB 9666/9. Leopold Aver to whom the original dedication of this concerto was made had, owing to misjudgwent of the concerto's brilliant possibilities, evaded giving the first performance. Tchaikovsky then rededicated the work to Adolphe Brodsky
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    Teachers benefit
    86 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rraE 100 per cent increase m J. the Government grants-in-aid to Chinese schools m Selangor. approved m July, will be distributed as allowances to teachers and other members of the staff. The decision was taken at a meeting m Kuala Lumpur of representatives of management
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    ARMY NURSES HERE
    30 5 A party oi seven officers and 28 other ranks of QueenAlexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corp is due to arrive m Singapore today by the Empress of Australia.
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    COLONY WARNED: BE DISCREET WITH THIS PRIVILEGE
    213 5 COLONY WARNED: BE DISCREET WITH THIS PRIVILEGE "Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government has been advised to use more discretion m sponsoring import of essential materials m short supply from Britain. Mr. D. Sturrock, Deputy Malayan Agent m London, who Is now m Singapore, is understood to have told the
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    This hole is a danger
    88 5 a DANGER to peoUe A visiting the Singapore Esplanade is this two by three feet hole 10 feet from the sea-front. Tbe hole was made many weeks ago by the removal of a concrete slab over a deep Municipal drain run nine from the right
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    15-inch cigars for Churchill
    106 5 15-inch cigars for Churchill T)ATO C. J. Paglar, Singapore Legislative Councillor, has sent two specially made 15--inch long Manila cigars to Mf. Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, as a New Tear gilt. Packed .In wooden boxes, the cigars are two and a half inches m diameter. Each cigar would
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    LIBRARY OFFICIALS
    45 5 At me aunuai mee un& of the Netaji Memorial Library m Singapore yesterday, officials were elected as follows: President, Mr. John Jacob (re-elected); vice-president. Mr. P. K. Kaimal; non. secretary, Mr. A. P. Chandran; non. treasurer, Mr. V. Krishnan: and 17 committee members.
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    12 ACCIDENTS —NONE HURT
    64 5 12 ACCIDENTS NONE HURT On New Tear five there were 12 road accidents m Singapore but no one was injured. None of the accidents was serious. Up to late yesterday evening there had been 14 accidents. No one was injured. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Chief of Traffic Police, said
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    YOU CAN LISTEN IN LONGER
    223 5 RADIO Malaya's Indian and Malay programmes are to be extended from Jan. 7 and its English morning programmes from Jan. 21. Mr. Tony Beamish. Deputy Director of Broadcasting, said yesterday that during the school terjms the extension of the Blue Network's English programmes would fill
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    He donates to 7 funds
    98 5 MR. Yeo Jin Guat, gold smith, exchange commission agent and proprietor of Chop Yeo Jin Guat, of South Bridge Road, Singapore, has donated $2,000 to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association. He has also donated $1,000 each to Tong Chay Hospital, Kwong Wai Siu Hospital, the University
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    47 5 MISS MARGARtT Lim U pictured auove MS a im s m the Yuen Court, and Mr. Peter Chans: as a prmce m th- Sun* Court, at a recent rehearsal of the musical play "Union of Hearts" which will be presented at Victoria Theatre on Thursday and Friday.
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    MALAYANS DO WELL AT WORLD CAMP
    127 5 SINGAPORE'S three delegates to the International Older Boys' Camp at Shoreham, will sail from Australia by the Chusan on January 6 and are expected here by Jan. 14. The camp period is over and the boys are now m Long and Lee Wai Ming
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    City to get $1 1/4m extra from rates
    192 5 City to get $1 1/4m extra from rates Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the coming into operation this month of higher charges for several of the services provided by the Singapore City Council, an estimated $1,351,5*00 m extra revenue is expected to be raised The extra revenue, the City Councillors
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    Farmers plan sales co-op
    74 5 Free Press Staff Reporter POTONG Pas:* farmers plan to try out again th:# month a scheme for the cooperative direct retailing of their produce to consumers m the Upper Serangoon Road market, Singapore. Their first experiment m this new market two months ago failed for want
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    CHIEF TO WED SISTER OF GUARD
    50 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Miss Ong Siew Kean. sister of the Kuala Lumpur Home Guard commander. Mr Ong Yoke Lin. and Mr. Ong Kirn Boon will marry next Sunday. The wedding will be at the Eastern Hotel at noon. A reception will be held there
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    TAX CHIEF NAMED
    24 5 Mr. D. H. Tudor. Senior Treasury Accountant of the Federation, has been promoted to be the Comptroller of Income Tax, Singapore.
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    Council to know 7 days earlier
    110 5 Council to know 7 days earlier Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Councillors must now give seven days' notice, instead of three, for tho introduction of a motion at an ordinary meeting of the Council. This is meant to give C u> cillor s longer notice ol iesolution. The Council
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    Study gifts for Indians
    159 5 TWO Lndo- Malayan A^sociation scholarship* worth $500 each are being offered lo Singapore- oorn Indian <><>vs anaei the age ol il kach will cover expenset jf stuoent*- m Government or dideo schools for eight years. The first scholarship begins tndav and thp second In 1960. Ihe
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    STRUCK OFF VOTERS TO BE SOUGHT
    103 5 A SPECIAL etiort to increase the size of the Singapore electorate and particularly to contact the 18.000 voters, whose names were crossed out of the register last year, will be made m the next Singapore election cam- palgn, Mr G. G Thomson. Supervisor of
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    NEO SHOULD HELP
    758 6  -  WATERMAN Spore cannot ignore relay prospects By CIX months; twenty-four weeks, or 200 days of the New Year whichever way you look at it, time is short. Finland is feverishly bustling over preparations for the XVth Olympic Games to be opened at Helsinki on July 19. In
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    SANDEYRON v. ALLEN
    48 6 jyjAURICE Sandeyron of France will meet former world flyweight champion Terry Allen of London m a ten-round fight at the Royal Albert Hall on Jan. 29. On the same card Willie Schagen of Holland will meet Johnny McGowan of England m another ten-round bout A.P.
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    STRAIGHT CLARK FOR PAKISTAN
    70 6 "Straight Clark, the Californian tennis player who lost to Frank Sedgman of Australia m the third round at Wimbledon last year, arrived by air m London yesterday on his way to Pakistan to compete m the Asian Championship. Clark said: "There are many young players m
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    SWIM TRIO
    35 6 picture. Left to right: Neo Chwee Kok. Keith Mitchell, Lav Buong Hoo. This picture of three of Singapore's lead* ing swimmers was taken at this season's Sinranore Amateur Swimming Association championships. Free Press
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    Big chance for the youngsters
    391 6 M.C.C. TOUR OF INDIA UNLESS the MCC touring side do a great deal better for the rest of their India tour than they have done so far m India and Pakistan the British public are liable to write them off as failures. This is the
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    INDIA BEATS JAPAN
    25 6 INDIA beat Japan by two 1 matches to nil m the International lawn tennis championships which began m Calcutta, on Monday AFP
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    LEAGUE SOCCER SLUMP LOOMS
    226 6 A SLUMP m attendances reminiscent of the drop m first class cricket gates last season is beginning to hit Britain's league soccer. Those who direct soccer league affairs are beginning to be perturbed and, taking a leaf out of the book of the M.C.C. officials, are
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    S'PORE CAGERS IN FINAL
    29 6 Selangor qualified to meet Singapore m the men's final of the Malayan Basketball Congress when they beat Penang by 53 points to 39 on Monday
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    TV TREAT FOR U.K. RUGGER FANS
    221 6 TV TREAT FOR U.K. RUGGER FANS ORGANISATIONS which refuse to allow their sporting events to be televised because they fear the affect on "gates" may take a lesson from the English Rugby Union who have agreed to the whole of the EnglandWales international being televised. When the match takes place
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    INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL
    80 6 INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL T'HE Paris University Club basketball team on Monday beat Red Star of Belgrade 38 to 28 m the fourth day of international basketbail games m San Remo. The Racing Club of Brussels trounced the Urania team of Geneva 61 to 18 after leading at half time 28 to
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    SPORTSMOUTH LEAD AGAIN
    365 7 Demonstrations mar Rangers v Celtic game £ROWD demonstrations marred the match between traditional Glasgow rivals. Celtic and Rangers, the top game m Scotland's New Year football programme yesterday. Rangers, who were always the masters, won 4 l. Bottles were thrown on to the field after Rangers had
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    Turpin gets the verdict
    547 7 WBv JOHN MACADAM tnd of a year it is the good old British ii c -torn to cast around among twelve months of v and select a sportsman of the year. have cast an eye at the greatness of Stanleyis, at the continued genius and the
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    WEETMAN & REES TO PLAY HERE
    238 7 WEETMAN REES TO PLAY HERE HARRY Weetman, the British match-play golf champion, and Dai Rees, his fellow Ryder Cup player, are now completing their plans for an exhibition tour of Kenya. India. Singapore and Australia. They will leave England by air next Monday for Nairobi, but definite details of their
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    India 85 behind
    236 7 CALCUTTA, Mon. TN reply to England's first innings total of 342 India scored 203 for five wickets at Calcutta on Wednesday. India's overnight score of 65 for no wickets had become 120 for four by lunch against accurate and hostile bowling. India began 227 runs behind with
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    N.S. soccer
    66 7 ritWO "fixtures" have been planned to raise money for the recentty launched Negri SembUan sports equipment fund for all settlement areas m Negri. A charity football match between the Negri state team and Selangor will be played at Seremban on Saturday, Jan. 19. A dance will be held
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    Queensland beaten
    70 7 FINE bowling Dy lefthander Alan Walker, who had an aggregate of nine wickets for 72 runs, hastened a New South Wales win by an innings and 199 runs over Queensland m the Sheffield Shield match at Sydney yesterday. Queensland were out for 102 and 176 m reply to
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    RUGBY TOURISTS WIN
    33 7 rE New Zealand Rugcy League touring team beat a representative side from Langudeoc. French Pyrennees, by 23 points to 18 at Toulouse on Monday. Languedoc led 10-5 at halftime, Reuter
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    Belgrade sock(er)
    78 7 X BELGRADE soccer player, who punched a referee m the face, has been tried and sentenced to four months m prison. The player, Boris Avnutankovic, attacked the referee when he was ordered off the field for unsportsmanlike conduct. Borba, the official Communist Party newspaper, commented that the sentence
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    41 7 picture. The coach of the Singapore women's basketball team advises .his players during a break m the deciding game against Perak at Bukit Bintang Park, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Singapore won 36-33 after extra time to clinch the championship. Free Press
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    TOURISTS CALYPSO —REVISED VERSION
    179 7 TOURISTS CALYPSO —REVISED VERSION BECAUSE West Indies' star bowler Sonny Ramadhin tailed to strike form when they won the third Test against Australia at Adelaide the West Indies cricketers changed the words of the Calypso they sang after their 1950 series win m Britain. At a party m Adelaide after
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    TEST SHOCKS CONTINUE
    276 7 TEST SHOCKS CONTINUE WEST INDIES, with eight second innirfgs wickets standing, led Australia by 76 runs at the end of the second day's play m the fourth Test at Melbourne yesterday and a thrilling finish seems certain. Australia lead 2—l mi n the series. Saved from collapse yesterday by a
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    SENSATIONAL END TO C-G CUP RACE
    902 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Winner survived objection From rHE Commissioner-General's Cup race, provided a sensational finish at yesterday's Penang Christmas—New Year meeting. Treasure Ship, who was drawing away at the finish defeated Avalanche by Z\ lengths, but immediately the horses returned to scale an objection was
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    PENANG'S 'MAN OF THE YEAR' TITLE GOES TO OOI
    388 7  - PENAN G'S 'MAN OF THE YEAR' TITLE GOES TO OOI GUNN CHIT THYE By "THAT stout-hearted Penan* bank clerk, 31-year-A old Ooi Teik Hock is without doubt the Colony's "sportsman of the year". Hero of the Malayan Thomas Cup team m 1949, Ooi on his return lost his Malayan singles
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    YACHT CLUB REGATTA
    146 7 r t HE Royal Singapore Yacht Club's annual regatta was held last Sunday. Results were: Dragons: 1 Dr. Browne; Tornados: 1 Maj Blytbe, 2. Capt. Meyers: Airborne Lifeboats: 1. H Mac Donald, 2. A. Ehlert; 16ft Skiffs: 1. M. L. Johnson, 2 E. G Holloway, 3. R.
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    PENG SOON GAVE POH LIM w.o.
    197 7 PENG SOON GAVE POH LIM w.o. LARGE crowd turned up at the Clerical Union Hall last night to see the clash between Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh lim, who lead the Mayflower and Bournemouth badminton parties respectively m the Interclub championship. They were disappointed for Ong Poh Lim won
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    Rugby results
    65 7 U.K. Rusty n salts are Xl «,HY I MON Birkenhead Park IS. Waterloo 11. KIGBT LEAGCE Halifax 18. Rochdale Hornets N J: Salford T. Bw m toil postponed. «;r< „nd flooded: Si. Helens S. Keiffhlv 0. Whitehaven 15. Belle Vue Rangers 0; Wlgan 8. Warrington 5. Instonian* 19
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    BIRTHS
    40 8 DAVIES TO PEG, wife of Dr. L EC. Davies at 10 Orange Grove R~>?(\ on 31st December, a son. JENKIN. TO MARGARET, Wife of J H.P. Jenkin of Tronoh Mines Ltd.. at Batu Gajah Hosp •.<: a daughter Margaret Ann.
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    DEATHS
    55 8 RAMDHAS Ida Cecilia Ramdhas Nee Paul beloved wife of Francis Ramdhas passed away rea~efully at 168 East Coast Road oi the Ist January 1952. Funeral will take place Bldadarl at 5.30 p.m. 2nd January 1952. CORNELL: On Ist January, Car!a Marie Macdonald, baby daughter of Commander Mrs. W. Gordon
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    U.S. MAY RESUME BUYING TIN FROM MALAYA
    376 8 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. PT is reported from Washington that Mr. Stuart Symington, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, is being urged to resume tin purchasing and, m the words of the Financial Washington Correspondent, thus get himself off the unpleasant hook
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    NUFFIELD'S CAR PRICES RISE
    25 8 NUFFIELD'S CAR PRICES RISE One of Britain's leading car-makers, the Nuffield Organisation, yesterday announced price rises which will make cars from £40 to £110 dearer.
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    Graft takes over in China
    355 8 HONG KONG, Wednesday. CORRUPTION, which the Communists claimed was the sole prerogative of the Nationalists, is spreading m the ranks of the Communist hierarchy now guiding the destinies of the Chinese people. Evidence of growing discontent over this state of affairs is shown m a
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    Pilots get honours from King
    172 8 Pilots get honours from King LONDON. Wed. CAPTaAIN OSCAR B. Jones, who flew Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh over the Atlantic for their Canadian tour last autumn, has been made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Squadron Leader Horace Nash, who piloted Princess Margaret to Italy, Princess
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    INDIA'S CASE
    31 8 The United Nations Political Committee, resuming its sessions at Paris after the Christmas recess, will today debate India's complaint against South Africa on the treatment of Indians there. Reuter
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    JAPS FOR PAKISTAN
    20 8 The Government of Pakistan on the north-west frontier is contemplating the employment of Jananese industrial experts.- A.F.P.
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    HE WILL CHALLENGE DIAMOND MONOPOLY
    224 8 DAR ES SALAAM, Wednesday. THE diamond output of the fabulous Mwadui mine x m Tanganika can now be sold anywhere m the world m competition with the world diamond syndicate. The sales agreement between Dr. John Williamson, main owner of the Mwadui mine, and the
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    Truman least popular now
    58 8 The Gallup Public Opinion Institute m New York has reported that President Truman's popularity has fallen to an all-time low. The vote of approval declined v from 29 per cent, two months ago, 32 per cent, three months ago and 69 per cent, at the start
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    CONCERT BOOKINGS
    45 8 Tickets are now on sale at the Victoria Theatre box office for the International Variety Concert, which will be held tomorrow and Friday at the Victoria Memorial Hall m aid of the True Light Church fund for aclinic and kindergarten at Jalan Besar.
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    U.S. BUILDING BIGGEST EVER DESTROYER
    116 8 U.S. BUILDING BIGGEST EVER DESTROYER CAMDEN, Wed. r J HE latest U.S. destroyer is the largest ever built by any navy. The 5,500-ton Norfolk to he christened shortly, Is the first of a new line of destroyer leaders. She will carry every submarine detecting and destroying device known to American
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    Inverforth resigns
    18 8 Lord Inverforth, B*B, has resigned his post as President of Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited. Reuter
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    Nancy— 'no Maharani'—goes home
    188 8 Nancy— 'no Maharani goes home LONDON. Wui. fOLDEN-HAIRED Hollywood starlet Nancy Valentine 23. who went to India to wed the Maharajah of Cooch, Behar, arrived here yesterday neither a Maharani nor Miss Valentine. Miss Valentine said: "I am not legally the Maharani but I am also not Miss Valentine. I
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    AFTER THE CRASH
    59 8 picture THIS IS A closeup airview of the wreckage of the twoengined airliner which crashed into the shallow Elizabeth River, New Jersey, recently, taking 56 people to their death. The plane had taken off from nearby Newark Airport only a few minutes before on a flight to
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    Played the lead
    47 8 MRS. IAM fiiOON TECK, who played th e lead m Lady Precious Stream which was produced by St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association m aid of St. Andrew's Building Fund. There were full houses at each of the four performances at the Victoria Memorial Theatre.
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