The Singapore Free Press, 16 January 1952

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v i 18,290. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    TEMPLER SPEAKS ON HIS JOB
    453 1 Confident of fullest support from Churchill NEW YORK, Wednesday. QENERAL Sir Gerald Templer, Britain's newly-appointed High Commissioner m the Federation, told a press conference m New York yesterday that the situation there "must be cleared up at once". n He arrived here this morning from
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    Alexander to leave Canada
    85 1 OTTAWA, Wed. VISCOUNT Alexander, Go--1 vernor General of Canada, will leave the country shortly, an authoritative source told 'the press yesterday. An announcement that he had been relieved of his duties as Governor- General was expected from Buckingham Palace. Viscount Alexander was believed to have agreed
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    RAF crews fly Neptunes from U.S. to Britain
    83 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE U.S. Air Force announced yesterday that two Lockheed Neptunes. which the U.S. Navy uses as long-range, anti submarine planes, were delivered to the R.A.F. on Sunday at Westover Field, Mass, and left immediately for England with R.A.F. crews. They
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    CHANGE IN SCOPE OF C.G.'s POST
    911 1 MR. OLIVER LYTTELTON, Secretary of State 'for the Colonies, said at a Press conference yesterday that any alteration m the 3t*ope of >the appointment of the Commissioner-General for SouthEast Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, would be m his own interest. "A lot of barnacles
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    MR. JUMABHOY FOR RANGOON
    31 1 Mr. R. Jumabhoy, Executive Councillor, leaves today for Rangoon by BOAC to attend the ECAFE conference as Singapore's delegate. Mr. Jumabhoy will lead a three-man Malayan delegation
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    TWO WIDE BOYS
    15 1 Now don t get excited, but our nag has hit the front"
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    FRENCH ROSE TO WIN
    53 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent, gives French Rose Hit-The-Spot and Eudora as his best bets at Bukit Timah today. Longshot: Waikiki. TRESPASSER recommends Young Jack and Rising Glory. PICTURE TIP and today's course tips m Page 7. THE GOING should be no worse than on
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    'I CANT TELL'— GRAY
    213 1 'I CANT TELL' GRAY LONDON, Wed. fOLONEL William N. Gray, lurmer Police Commissioner m the Federation of Malaya, who arrived m London by air last night, mused to clear up the Bsysterj of why he resigned uiiile directing the poice campaign against Comr.:ur.i>t terrorists. ■c told reporters at the airpert:
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    HOMES GO DOWN IN BIG STORM
    96 1 HOMES GO DOWN IN BIG STORM LONDON, Wed. WINDS of hurricane force, the highest ever recorded m Britain, hit the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland yesterday and left the countryside looking like a battlefield. Dozens of families who watched their wooden farmsteads shattered by gusts reaching up
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    SHIPS COLLIDE AT HONG KONG
    37 1 The British freighter Inchulva, 1,023 tons, collided with the Chinese steamer Leeming m Hong Kong harbour on Monday night. The collision tore a gaping hole m the bow of the Inchulva. U.P.
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    60 1 CAPTAIN KURT CAKLSEN, of the Flying Enterprise, was presented yesterday with the coveted silver medal of Lloyds. This was Carlsen's last official function before he flew back to America for leave and, later, a new command. Here, (left to right), Mate Kenneth Dancy, Mrs. Carlsen, the captain's mother, Carlsen, his
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    CONSULAR STAFFS TOLD 'PACK UP'
    152 1 LONDON, Wednesday. npHi_ British Embassy m Teheran has sent pre- liminary warnings to nine British consular offices m Persia telling staffs to prepare to leave by Jan. 21, deadline set by the Persian government for closure of the Consulates, according to press dispatches received m
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    PREMIER DEAD
    24 1 Mr. Edward Michael Hanlon, Premier of Queensland, Australia, since March 1948. died m Brisbane, yesterday, aged 64. after a long illness. Reuter
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    TRAPPED IN SNOWBOUND TRAIN
    187 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. f)OG sleds and ski teams battled up both sides of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Monday to try to rescue 226 persons trapped without heat or light m the snowbound streamliner City of San Francisco. The luxury train has been stalled In snowdrifts
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    British open up with big guns
    285 1 British open up with big guns ISMAILIA, Wed. BRITISH artillery opened up with 25-pounder field guns yesterday for the first time m the Canal Zone battles and silenced Egyptian attackers. After heavy exchanges of rifle and machtnegun fire. the British opened up across the Sweet Water Canal and fired ten
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    IKE NOMINATED
    21 1 General Dwight, Eisenhower's name was formally entered yesterday m the New Hampshire presidential "primary" the first m the nation.
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    HOW DO YOU STAND?
    350 2  -  Winifred Less By IIOW do you stand In correct posture, your shoulder bone should be over your hip-bone, the hip-bone m line with the anklebone. Yes, it does sound a bit like a variation of that song, "Dry Bones". But, according to Miss Margaret Morris of
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    6 2 "Say -nine furlongs And ninteen yards'*
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    But Heredity Plays Some Tricks
    544 2  - But Heredity Plays Some Tricks BERNARD EATON 'How like her mother... How like his father' By PVERY new picture of Princess Elizabeth's children brings the same comment nowadays: how like this father Prince Charles is becoming, and how like her mother is Princess Anne. But despite these strong likenesses, it
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    13 2 I tell you— with cheese Op 104 a lb. we're 'ruin H. Hartley!
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    Neurasthenia: No Obvious Organic Changes
    885 2 Neurasthenia: No Obvious Organic Changes The SINGAPORE DCKgrOR s@yi THE word "neurasthenia" is Greek for nervous debility. Many psychological illnesses m which there are no obvious organic changes come within tiie meaning of tiie word. Modern medical research, however, believes that there may be slight chemical alterations m body cells
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      131 2 New Crossword No. 56 |j Hl"~'"*" J ~TB ii .HJiii__liiiiH till IS i ps|^ IS IB CLUES ACROSS r 00 I 0 outlooker at Christmas (9). 8, 9. Dickens wrote 25* a JS2i t x® crooge (8 w 10 *n« Wise Men did— and find (4). 12 k to this
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      170 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have the kind of concentration to a single purpose that makes the fulfilment of yonr high ambitions fairly easy to attain. You have a lot of energy, however, and early In life must learn to keep your eye on one thing at a time
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    I don't laugh at NAAFI anymore
    719 3  - I don't laugh at NAAFI anymore J. L. HAYS says MORE STORIES OF HOW BRITISH fROOPS ARE COPING WITH LIFE IN THE SUEZ AREA. Ii \M not so partial tiusc days to all i iosc <> 1 jokes aboul Aiti. From what I have seal of their reinf activities m
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    157 3 Evfk since the days of King Charles II (1660-1685) there have been pelicans m St. James's Park, London. Recently two died and the park was without its pelicans. In their generosity, several Southern states of the U.S. A. have vied with each other to replace the pelicans. Texas was first
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    Danger begins in these black spots
    262 3  -  MONTAGUE LACEY CHAPMAN PINCHER by and F IVERPOOL is the worst port m Britain for drug smuggling. Of the 52 seizures of drugs from ships m United Kingdom ports m the last 12 months, 15 were made m Liverpool. Fourteen successful Customs raids were
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    HE URGES MORE AID TO INDIA
    65 3 United States Ambassador to India Mr. Chester Bowles, said that h e would recommend to his Governmenl a plan for more economic aid for India m the next four years. Mr. Bowles said The standard of living of India will determine the rise or
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    $ million A-shelter for Wall Street
    57 3 million A-shelter for Wall Street The New York County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans to build a million-dollar atomic bomb shelter designed to protect 12,000 people m the Wall Street financial district. Somewhat like a doubleended igloo, the shelter will consist of two-dome-shaped buildings, connected by an
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    THE CURE IS A NIGHTMARE
    860 3  - THE CURE IS A NIGHTMARE Freda Roberts THHE WORLD was a gay place for Freda Roberts— A just as long as it was rose-tinted with a heroin needle. But slowly the sham tint ate away her bank balance, her jewels, and her mink. Then the comforting veil of illusion slipped
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      71 3 Today's Listening SINGAPORE 10 a.m.-10.10 Emergency Ne_s from Ki.; 1. pjn. Dance Music; 1.80 Newr, 1.45 "Lunch Tlme Prom"; 2.15-5. Racing Commentaries' Spore; 6.15 "Nature Club"; 6.40 Radio String Ensemble; 6.55 Announcements; 7. News; 7.15--745 "This Is Communism"; 7.30 "Radio Rhythm Club"; 8. "In Your Mind's Eye"; 8.15 Kenneth Alwyn.
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      99 3 United Nations Report; 6.50 Prom The Editorials; 7 Sports Diary: j 7 15 Listeners' Choice— Concert < Music; 8 Dance Music— (Gramophone Records) 8.15 'A Manner of Speaking'— l: 'The Dumb Blonde'; 830 The News Home News; 8.45 'The Eighth Plague'— A Battle Report from the AnULocust war; 9.30 Radio
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    Strong as ever
    121 4 rERE was an invigoratingly defiant ring about Lord Ismay's remarks to the Canadian Club of Ottawa. The Commonwealth Secretary said: "Although Britain Is for the moment economically weaker than m the past the British Commonwealth is stronger than ever before. Let no man assume that we are
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16, 1952. 'Go to Hell'
    394 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16, 1952. 'Go to Hell' npHE Social Welfare in- vestigators were not nosey-parkers. They did not put questions of the Kinsey Report variety which would bring blushes w modest cheeks. All they wanted to know was some facts and figures about family sickness so
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    Their Novels are Hymns of Hate
    853 4 Sefton Deimer FINDS A BOOMERANG HIDDEN IN THE PAGES OF A KREMLIN EFFORT TO WOO THE BRITISH WHEN No. 10 of Moscow's fortnightly magazine NEWS which is all m the English language -failed to reach me on time last month I began to feel
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    Comics not SO bad after all
    183 4 highly cclour"ed "comics" may not be so bad for Junior after all. This is th* view 01 a Washington psychologist. Dr. Hanna Cofm. who consWers that the very emphasis on the evilness of the evil characters (and In a comic strip how evil can
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    Those ad libs are Memorised
    514 4 T}o not be amazed or think you are having your leg pulled if any wellknown swing soloist tells you he spends hours memorising his own ad lib. choruses: This is very true. The reason is, once a number catches on, fans expect to hear it
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    NEW RECORDS
    195 4 HAYDN. Sitiio nia Cencertante m B flat major OP. 84. Wsldemar Welslng loboe), Carl Bloch (bassoon), Lee Hansen (violin), Alberto Medici (cello) Danish state Radio Symphon. C7ss___r <FfiU BTOch) HM V: An exquisite and clearly de nned performance where the 'concerting' instruments stand movement. He to heard really
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    40 4 The Director at Music, Royal Marines, Major F. Vivian Dunn, discusses programmes with N.C.Os. of the Royal Marine band thai will entertain Princess Elizabeth and the Dnke of Edinburgh when they go to Austral "a on the S. S. Gothic.
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    A Windfall for Music
    925 4  - A Windfall for Music PRESTO TOPICS BY rpwo lines m the 1952 estimates for the colony of Singapore will be a great encouragement to local music. Under Head 3-Con-tributions and Charitable Allowances of this bulky volume there appears: Singapore Musical Society (1) Purchase of instruments $7,700: (_> Music Hto-U-y. $5,000.
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    Window on the World
    275 4 Window on the World SHORT STo^l **COmi Jj Stewart PoweH has the txt m] museum m Souther n p He nyi Rhodesia ries. Ma Mash on a. arc wanted foi the a whole and a •'Bunny t. keen on one, and h, j iaea ol > Cecil Rhodes decided Rh
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    TAYLOR FAVOURS PREMIUM BONDS
    170 5 TAYLOR FAVOURS PREMIUM BONDS 'No case for tax-free loan' Free Press Staff Reporter MR. W. C. Taylor, Singapore Financial Secretary, said yesterday that premium bonds may be the answer to the problem of raising loans for essential public works. He was commenting on newspaper reports that the City Council may
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    68 5 picture. REV. MOTHER URSULA YUNG, Mother-General of Good Shepherd Convents (left), who arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas -BO AC to visit the Singapore Good Shepherd Convent. She is on a world tour of convents and will be m the Colony for two days. Pictur- ed with her are Rev.
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    SHE WILL STUDY DRILL IN BRITAIN
    97 5 SHE WILL STUDY DRILL IN BRITAIN Free Press Staff Reporter TOHORE born Mrs. J Josephine Esther Martin, a teacher at Raffles Girls' School, Singapore, is the Colony's first woman to be awarded a Government scholarship to study physical training m Britain. For three years, Mrs. Martin Tina to her friend
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    Offenders make good
    104 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation Government is tackling successfully the problem of juvenile delinquency, said Major Geoffrey King, Superintendent of the Taiping Boys School, m a broadcast over Radio Malaya on Monday. Major King said that reports were coming m now, showing that the work of the
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    'They're wrong with rouge', she says
    172 5 'They're wrong with rouge', she says \\l RS Esther Johansson, a make-up expert from Hollywood, said yesterday: "Although European women have a greater understanding; of make-up than Asian women they still do not know how to apply rouge correctly/ Mrs. Johansson, whose job is to travel South-East Asia and Far
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    Women teachers: Policy explained
    152 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. R. M. Young, the Deputy Director of Educaifl tion, Singapore, said yesterday that the Department preferred to recruit and train unmarried women teachers because they could be reasonably expected to remain on the permanent service. Married women were torn between 'two
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    New daily for S'pore
    222 5 ANEW Singapore Chinese daily newspaper, the In Shih Pao (literally, Social Welfare News) will start publication early m March In the former Malaya Tribune building at Anson Road. Mr. Liv Vi Chin, the managing director, said yesterday that the initiative In establishing the paper was taken
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    2 to speak at Varsity
    90 5 THE University of Malaya's Historical Society has Invited the Indonesian Con-sul-General, Dr. Mohamed Rasif, to be Its guest speaker on Jan. 19. He has chosen for his subject "The Rise of Nationalism m Indonesia." The talk will be held at 8.30 p.m. at the Oei
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    'Burns' Night' at Ipoh Club
    57 5 IPOH, Wed.— For the first time, the Perak St. Andrew's Society, of which the British Adviser, Mr. I. W. Blelloch, Is the Chief tan, are organising a "Burns* Night" at the Ipoh Club at 8 p.m« on Friday, Jan. 9ft. The function Is to celebrate
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    New wing for hostel
    106 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r pWENTY working girls will have accommodation m the wing the Y.W.C.A. plans to add to its hostel at Fort Canning. Forty three girls, ranging from receptionists to university undergraduates, live m the present hostel Their stay is limited to two years
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    Boots bill is $11,000
    76 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE Federation Government spends several thousand dollars m each State every year on boots .and shoes for some of its employees. In Johore last year, $7,000 provided for the purchase of boots and shoes for the Medical and Health Department was found to
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    300 ATTEND PART
    45 5 Three hundred people, including Legislative and City Councillors and community leaders, attended a dinner Riven by the Singapore Poochow Methodist Church last night m honour of Mr. Homer Cheng Hui Ming who was mw'i- an M.B.E. m the New Year Honours i_3t
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    32 5 -Free Press THERE IS A RUSH to the stoops for the Chinese New Year. Here is Mrs. Ng Keng Siang, a Singapore housewife, choosing a pair of wa xed ducks.- Free Press
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    UNIONS PLAN JOINT STAND
    80 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Trade unions representing the daily- rated employ __s of the Singapore Government will make a joint attempt to have their outstanding claims settled. A spokesman of one of m* 1 unions said that this joint effort was necessary to strengthen their cause.
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    $10,000 WEEK
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Welfare Week In Mersing raised $10,000 Most of the money will go to widows of policemen ..A-.ci i,y bandits.
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    HITCH HOLDS UP EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS
    132 5 OWING to a hitch, the proposed exchange of veterinary officers between the Singapore Government and the City Council has been held up pending further consideration. The Council's Health Committee had recommended that the City's Deputy Veterinary Surgeon should he seconded to the Government Veterinary
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    Owners must pay to drain Katong
    192 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A $300,000 ponding scheme to reduce floods m the Singapore Katong area may be started shortly if owners of property m the Grove estate area agree to meet the cost. I The City Council's Public Works Committee has agreed to
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    YWCA to appeal for funds
    123 5 YWCA to appeal for funds Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Y.W.C.A. plans to appeal for funds from Feb. 18 to March 15. Chairman of the Finance Appeal Committee, Lady Fogarty, wife of Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, C-in-C Far East Air Force, said yesterday: "We hope to raise $30,000
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    Labour against site of stadium
    182 5 'PHE Singapore Labour r Party general council is to study Government's plan to build a sports stadium at Telok Ayer basin, Mr. P. M. Williams, party secretary, said yesterday. But the general council is expected to oppose the building of a stadium m this area.
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    Govt 'no' on holidays
    79 5 T'HE Singapore Labour Department said yesterday that shops must close one day m the week and they were not allowed to have two holidays m the week m order to have two consecutive weeks without a holiday. An official said that shopkeepers could vary their closing
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    Seamen want a speed-up
    42 5 The Pakistani Seamen* Union is to ask Singapore Government to expedite the •iDening of the welfare centres for th«» seamen m the Colony Secretary. Asabh Miah. said yesterday that Pakistani seamen m Singapore are facing acute accommodation difficulti«s
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    SAPPERS XV FANCIED
    383 6 Rugby final this evening THE fighting form displayed by Singapore Engineer Regiment this season makes them favourites m this evening's Singapore Base District final of the FARELF inter-unit rugby competition for the Fraser and Neave Cup. Their opponents m this match, which will be played at Tanglin
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    TEAM RECORDS
    40 6 This is how the two teams reached the final: S.E.R.: bt. 200 Provost Company 15-0; bt. RJS.M.E. 3-0; bt R.A.S.C. "A" 6-3. Nee Soon: bt. Q.H.Q. "A" 13-6; bt. G.H.Q. "B" (walkover); bt. 19 Air Formation Signals 14-0.
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    49 NOVICES FOR FINAL STAGES
    295 6 S.A.B.A. TOURNEY Free Press Boxing Reporter NOW that the area eliminations are over for the Singapore Novices' amateur boxing championships the preliminaries and semi-final events will take place at the Police Training School on Jan. 21 and 22 with the finals being fought at the
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    The Springboks reign supreme
    506 6  -  PETER LOVEGROVE By THE Springboks' narrow but merited victory over England at Twickenham, close on the heels of their success at Murrayfleld, Dublin and Cardiff, has set the seal on South Africa's claim to be the worlds champion rugby country. Just over three years ago they
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    DANGER MAN
    48 6 Capt. Phillips of the Singapore Engineer Regiment, a man Nee Soon Garrison will have to watch today. One of the trickiest centrethreequarters m local rugger, he also has a splendid kick. Phillips gained two penalties against R.A.S.C. m the semifinal, giving his side a 6-3 victory.
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    GREAT BRITAIN XI WANTED
    316 6 From AKCHIH. «JICK rO important Items are being discussed among football dubs for inclusion m the Football League's annual general meeting minutes for eventual submission to the Football Association. The club's proposals are nothing leas than the abandonment of -B* International matches and the grouping of
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    SCOREBOARD
    123 6 Tasmania Ist. Innings 223. West Indies Ist. inns.— 436 for 3 declared. Tasmania 2nd. Innings Morrisby b Ramadhin 21 Thomas st. Guillen b Stollmeyer 48 Davidson lbw Ramadhin 12 Richardson b Ramadhin 3 Newman c Worrell b Goddard 7 Schmidt c Guillen b Atkinson 16 Goodwin st. Guillen b
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    THE FLAME FOR ALL TO SEE
    61 6 THE FLAME FOR ALL TO SEE T»HE traditional flame will burn 1 at the top of a 220-feet tower m the stadium during the Olympic Games at Helsinki m July. It will be visible far beyond the boundaries of the city. A special steamer may ferry Olympic visitors between Stockholm
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    West Indies bowlers in fine form
    292 6 rkISMISSING Tasmania for 170 m their second 1) innintrs, West Indies won the second match played at Hobart, Tasmania by an innings^ and 43 T pvevionS West Indies nad scored 436 runs for three wickets declared m- reply to Tasmania's first innings total of
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    Queensland win easily
    100 6 QUEENSLAND scored an easy r victory over Western Australia by an innings and 102 runs m their Sheffield Shield match at Brisbane yesterday. Final scores were: Western Australia, 83 and 165: Queensland, 350. When play was continued yesterday Western Australia required 188 runs to avoid an innings
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      75 6 Today's Sports Fixtures RACING: Bukit Timah, 2 p.m. RUGBY: Nee Soon Garrison v Singapore Engineer Regt., Tanglin Bks., 5 pjn.; RAJ. (Tengah) Naval Base, Tengah; R.A.F. (Tengah) 2nd XV v Naval Base 2nd XV, Naval Base; R.A.F. (Changi) v R.A.F. (Seletar), Changi; RA.F. (Changi) 2nd XV v R.A.F. (Seletar) 2nd
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    All the latest selections
    266 7 I ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER CHINA TOWN MR. SUPERSTITION MR. SUPERSTITION FLYING SPIRIT MR. SUPERSTITION m m Sorar of Sarawak "J* 11 SP"* Chin 'own Mr. SupersUtion Flying Spirit \ir. Superstition China Town Spear of Sarawak Academy Award China Town Klt e2
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    PEDIGREE A HOT TIP FOR TODAY
    1189 7  - PEDIGREE A HOT TIP FOR TODAY ALLAN LEWIS Sunstream for maiden win By PROMOTED to the top division of Cl. 3 after 1 his convincing win on the first day, Pedigree should complete a double m the fifth race at i; i kit Timah this afternoon. He will probably start
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    PICTURE TIP
    6 7  -  MacLeod By Solution tomorrow
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    Sparring partner drops Toweel
    104 7 Vlc Toweel, world bantamweight champion, was knocked of hit feet for the first time m his professional career during a workout m Johannesburg last night. Toweel who defends his title against Peter Keenan, British champion, m Johannesburg on Jan. 26, was having a fuHseale workout before
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    TODAY'S CARD
    1270 7 A CCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's races are given below. The double tote will be on Races Six and Nine, and the big sweep will be on Race Eight. The following have been scratched from all engagements: Jack McGinty, Horizon, Brecongill, Loveset, Ceasefire, Cardinal Puff; Rupert, Persian
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    Poh Lim,Marjan tipped to win
    109 7 Poh Lim,Mar jan tipped to win /\NG Poh Lim and Ismail bin Marjan defend their v men's doubles title m the Singapore. Badminton Association's championships tonight at the Clerical Union Hall and they are tipped to retain it. On the other side of the court will be Cheong Hock Leng
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    BOXING TONIGHT
    24 7 FINALS of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps individual boxing championships will be fought this evening at Tanglin gymnasium commencing at 8 pjn.
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    'MacD. MADE S'PORE'S CUP WIN POSSIBLE'
    282 7 'MacD. MADE S'PORE'S CUP WIN POSSIBLE ]l|R. C. C. Tan, the Singapore Legislative C.v ITI cillor, said at a victory c?lebrat on of the Singapore Foong Seong Cup team last night t. at credit for the Colony's triumph over Penang shut Id go to Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Camm ss
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    Valberg at Barkway's class
    201 7 Valberg at Barkway 's class OAY Barkw.y. B_i.:sh AAA. coach met his former world Olympics rival. L;oyd Valberg, yesierday ai Vie 0 School. V_lb:r<_. who hO-d s th. I.lalayan record for ihe hop, step and jump 45fi. Jin. met Bark way for the fl Bt lime yesterday since 1948. ia
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    BIRTH
    21 8 SALT: On January 15th, 1952, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to DOR FEN (nee Hynes), wife of "Nimak" Salt, a son.
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    MARRIAGE
    23 8 THE marriage took place between Ms Tan Sock Cheng and aft. Qi: .he Hup Swee, at The Registrar of Marriages today 16.1.52.
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    35 8 PETER TAY LEE SENG passed away peacefully at General Hosp., Sin .pore, on Jan. 15th. at 9 a.m. Lea.es behind widow, 3 sons and 3 daughters. Funeral will take place on Thursday for Bidadari.
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    Dynamite to silence witness
    182 8 Dynamite to silence witness DOTHAM, Alabama, Wed. *pHE authorities charged a 18-year-old farmer's son yesterday with dynamiting the home of Mrs. Bedell Grant to prevent her from testifying m a moral case against his friend. Bill Ervin, Jr., confessed shortly after his arrest that he tossed a dynamite bomb on
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    Govt, barriers hinder travel
    78 8 HONOLULU, Wed. pACIFIC area travel conference delegates here were told that the Pacific basin cannot hope to compete with the rest of the world for American tourists until government barriers to travel 'are reduced. T.L. Eliot, assistant vicepresident of the American President Lines, said that entry
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    VOYAGE IS RESUMED
    65 8 The British-registered 5,000--ton freighter Admiral Chase which had been adrift m monsoon-whipped seas between Colombo and Sumatra since Saturday, has resumed her voyage to Hong Kong with the restoration of the towline with the tug Caroline Moller The Admiral Chase broke adrift when the towline snapped while
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    RFC 'CARETAKER'
    42 8 It was announced m Washington yesterday that Stuart Symington, a t President Truman's request, has agreed to stay on as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation while the Senate considers the nomination of Mr. Harry McDonald to succeed him A.P.
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    NEW BELGIAN GOVT.
    30 8 King Baudouin swore m Belgium's third successive all-Catholic government at the Royal Palace here today. Premier is Jean Van Houtte, Finance Minister m the previous government. Reuter
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    56 8 picture. LADY LOUISA CATHCART, aged 4, as a South Sea Island beauty, and Henry Ha wks worth, aged 3, a pirate, were among the guests m fancy dress at the annual ''Blue Bird" party organised by the junior section of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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    STALIN MA DE CHANGE IN POLICY ON A-PLAN
    340 8 PARIS, Wednesday. MARSHAL STALIN himself gave the order for Russia's sensational switch m its atomic policy, Byelorussia told the United Nations yesterday. The whole Russian peace plan, including the surprise atomic concessions, "flow from directives of Josef Stalin"- the Byelorussian delegate, Mr.
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    CZECHS QUIT
    14 8 Czechoslovakia has resigned from INTERPOL, the 38--nation police crime detection organisation.- Reuter
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    HOPE ABANDONED FOR 46 SEAMEN
    168 8 SEATTLE, vVed. THE COAST GUARD search commander said yesterday that he doubted 46 crewmen of the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania would be found alive. Commander Ross Buliard said the weather over the stormy North Pacific during the last five days led him to believe that the
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    PRINCESS AT HUNT
    57 8 Two press photographers help Princess Margaret down from a three -foot wall from which she watched the meet of the Buccleugh Hounds. The Princess had driven through a sndW-storm from Bowhill, the Duke of Buccleugh's home, to the meet at St. Boswell's Selkirk, Scotland. More than 2,000
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