The Singapore Free Press, 17 January 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N 18.-91. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    EGYPTIAN GENERAL CAPTURED
    376 1 1 000 British troops raid sniper hide-outs DiMTISH troops "captured" an Egyptian general and 160 police when they swooped yesterday on suspected sniper hide-outs near the seeM of last week-end's Tel-el-Kebir battle. Coldstream guardsmen marched off General hammed Abdullah Raouf, chief of police from a s Egyptian
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    'Thanks be' says Farouk
    226 1 'Thanks be' says Farouk CAIRO, Thurs. Mil KING crowds thronged .iiro streets yesterday i a ting the birth of a n prince to King 1 k and his 18-year-old mer queen. |i n g who has three d; l >.ters of a previous s^e smiled and said: i; Hamdul Ulan"
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    U.S. CAUTIOUS OVER SOVIET 'CONCESSIONS'
    318 1 U.S. CAUTIOUS OVER SOVIET 'CONCESSIONS' PARIS, Thursday. THE United States told the United Nations yesterday that the latest Soviet atomic proposals "represent an advance" m Russia's position if the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky's explanation of them can be taken at face value. The U.S. delegate, Mr. Ernest Gross,
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    32 1 picture. GLAMOROUS CZECH actress, Paula Valenska, who is on a cabaret engagement m London sets a new fashion with a lace stole worked as a "sari" into a lace evening gown.- Reuter
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    NEHRU WELL AHEAD
    46 1 NEHRU WELL AHEAD The Indian Premier, Mr. Nehru's Congress (Government) Party wa s well ahead yesterday m the latest results In India's general elections with 447 victories to the Communists and extreme Left candidates' 101. Some 740 results of the 4,000 total have been announced Reuter
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    U.S. SHOULD TAKE CANADA PROPOSAL
    94 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. A REPUBLICAN Representative, Mr. Timothy Sheenan, yesterday urged the United States to annex Canada as an additional group of states or as a territory. Mr. Sheenan submitted the draft resolution to the House calling for the establishment of a five-mem-ber committee to examine
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    EGYPTIAN POLICE IN ACTION NEAR SUEZ
    38 1 picture EGYPTIAN POLICE are seen m action against British troops during a twoday skirmish on the outskirts of Suez. The British brought up four Centurion tanks to clear the position. A. P.
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    BULLET PROOF
    23 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. —A new battle jacket which has stopped .45 calibre bullets at point-blank range wiU be tested by combat troops.
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    Faure will form govt.
    51 1 Faure will form govt. PARIS, Thurs. T<HE RADICAL Socialist Minister of Justice, Mr. Edgar Faure. last night agreed to form a new Cabinet after several days of political consultations. Mr. Faure told the* press after a call on President Auriol that he intended asking the National Assembly for an Investiture
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    CHURCHILL RETURNS TO THE U.S.
    173 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. r3E Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, who returned here yesterday attemoon by rail from Ottawa, is scheduled to address the United StaJtes Congress today. He was greeted at the railway station by the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Oliver Franks, and cheered
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    BRITONS URGED TO EMIGRATE
    39 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Senator Allen J. Ellender said yesterday that millions of Britons should move out of Britain to solve their homeland's problems and gain a better living standard. Senator Ellender said Am- v»«,» «ts\+ "mafoH-
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    No great hurry to win self-rule -MocD
    461 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, Commis-sioner-General m South-East Asia, says m an article m the first issue of "Malaya", the new magazine of the Association of British Malaya: "No one is m _n*Teat hurry for selfgovernment. "The Malayan peoples will
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    They want to be gaoled
    108 1 HPHE warders guarding the GaSre prison near Teheran have found that their job has taken an unexpected turn. Instead of preventing those inside from getting out, they are now defending the prison gates against growing crowds which want to get m. Two days ago about
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    NOW IT'S RUSTIC FOR THE EVENING
    38 1 BERLIN FASHKW DESIGNER, Heinz Oest.rg. ard. presented these new nUfstie dresses at a fashion show m Du ss_ldorf. The cloth for these dresses was made by ™m_. _»_v am IrnAwn S_S LUDrCSa
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    Big Red attack in Tongkin crushed
    180 1 HANOI, Thurs. rVELVE thousand Vietminh Communist rebels were hurled back yesterday with losses described as "terrible" m a savage attack on French defences southwest of Hanoi, capital of Tongkin state. Vietminh losses m the six-week-old battle of Black River have passed the 22.000 mark,
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    Tunisians look for a sponsor
    51 1 Tunisian leaders and news-papers-may appeal to tl~e Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, for a message of sympathy for their national aspirations. The Tunisians have so far found no power willing to sponsor their move to submit the Franco-Tunisian issue ix> the United Nations Security Council.
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    The Journal Of A Genius
    995 2  - The Journal Of A Genius Peter Quennell reviews new books m U.K. rxur.R REVIEW The Journal of Eugene Delano. A selection edited with introduction by Hubert Wellington Translated by Lucy Norton (Fhaicto.i Press, 215.) A HiiUory cf the Crusades by Seven "Rur.ciman. Vol. I. (Cambridge L' iversi:y Press. 23i I
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    1951 Was The Autobiographers' Year
    625 2  - 1951 Was The Autobiographers' Year Peter Quennell reviews his reviews HPHE winter flood of books has come to an end; the torrents of spring have not yet begun to flow. Momentarily a book critic can gaze around him and recall his adventures and misadventures during the past 12 months. True,
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    1-2-3 Were Sea Stories
    179 2  -  James Bar tlett By WITH the year's V sales figures now sorted out, the booksellers are saying "You can always find people who want to read a 'good sea story". For three books about the s ea are at the top of the list of best-sellers
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    Abbey 'star'
    90 2 One of the best present day Abbey Theatre products is Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty who plays the part of aircraft designer Will Sparks m "The Sound Barrier." It is Mr. Tomelty s first film for some years; he advised and acted *m "Odd Man Out" and has been
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    CANON MONTY'
    86 2 pAN O N Codin Montgomery, the Field-Mar-shals young brother, is giving up his post m the Arctic Circle. He has been there nearly four years, covering a diocese of snow and ice by aircraft and dog-sled. He has been based on Aklavik, 150 miles inside the Arctic Circle,
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    Abbey Theatre was once a Morgue
    494 2  - Abbey Theatre was once a Morgue GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON r -A l i Ireland's Abbey Theatre. By Lennox Robinson. Sidgwick and Jackson. THE Abbey Theatre of Dublin was the gift to the Irish literary drama of a Miss Horniman. If Miss Horniman's block of Hudson's Bay Company shares had not
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      201 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR OORN today, you are frank, sincere and loyal. Yet you are diplomatic and have j the ability to get along with many different types of people. It is likely that your life will be filled with many ups and downs: success and failure; happiness and sadness. Progress
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    GERMANS PROVED UNFAIR
    290 3 They undercut Mid-East trade CAIRO, Thursday. I)M 1 ISH business men m Cairo now have firm > evidence that the Germans are using unfair methods to capture Britain's middle East trade. i representative of one of the largest British orters a man whose standing and good reputn
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    'Pip' man is buried 'on the hour'
    78 3 'Pip' man is buried 'on the hour' MELBOURNE. Thnrs. rE man who invented the radio time "pip" was buried here "on the hour" as a tribute to his idea. He was William Philpott Hallam, 92, former postal department employee. He had always been interested m wire-less and sent the first
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    They urge Govt. to intervene
    55 3 A fall m pepper prices, reported to be caused by foreign speculators, made the west coast Pepper Exporters Association urge the Indian Government; to intervene. The association proposed that the Government should buy spot pepper at Rs. 500 per hundredweight and help to prevent further
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    Vietminh repelled
    26 3 French and Vietnamese troops have successfully repelled Vietminh attempts to cut the vital route No. 6 to Hao Binh m the Tonkin Delta.- Reuter
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    EARRING GIRL
    35 3 picture. THEY CALL Vicky Autier, French cabaret star, the "earring girl" because of her unusual collection of this particular type of feminine adornment. Vicky is now appearing m London for a season.- Reuter
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    They urge Jordan to unite with Iraq
    253 3 CAIRO, Thursday. T»HE tiny, troubled Arab kingdom of Jordan which rules over the Christian shrines •of Jerusalem and Bethlehem— is facing increased pressure for unity with neighbouring Iraq. The pressure is from within the country. It comes from a large number of businessmen,
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    FRANC MARKET IS EXTENDED
    52 3 FRANC MARKET IS EXTENDED gANKS m the French franc area are now allowed to sell or buy French francs on the London money market, the French Foreign Exchange Control Office has announced. This move, resulting from the recent re-opening of the London foreign exchange market, affects both "spot" and forward
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    Welsh honour girl, 12
    180 3 Welsh honour girl, 12 POUT TALBOT, Wales. Thurs. A 12-year-old African girl has won the hearts of 2,258 villagers near here by learning to speak their difficult Welsh language iv a year. And the folk of Blaengwynfi have granted little Margaret Kama a rare privilege. Margaret, who came top of
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    Arms aid to Persia cut
    73 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. AMERICA has suspended military aid to Persia because the Mossadeq Government failed to sign a mutual security act agreement, a VS. State Department spokesman said The spokesman said the U.S. Ambassador. Mr. Loy Henderson, was having talks with Persian leaders m Teheran and
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    Bridge Hand
    357 3 THEODORE A. Lightner, one of the first masters of bridge and a profound thinker and theorist about the game, has been tinkering with the minimum requirements for the opening twobid. To the average player, this amounts to lese majeste; but, oddly enough, the average player is mare inclined
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    MORE U.S. AIRMEN CO TO BRITAIN
    310 3 MILDENHALL, Suffolk, Thursday. "MILES of heavy new eight-foot barbed wire fence are going up around the growing number of American air bases m Britain, called by Mr. Churchill the U.S. air force's atom bomb bases. UJS. airmen carrying arms patrol the perimeters of the
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    TAXES RAISED
    42 3 The Sudan Government have introduced a bill into the Legislative Assembly providing for an increase m the bus ness profits tax, a tax on doctors, lawyers, public accountants and other professional men and an increased export duty on cotton.— A.P.
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    BUCKLEY
    11 3 IBUCKIEVS THYING OUT HIS NEW SECRET WEAPON r "»> *M _,4*~-
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    Nurse goes in lifeboat to SOS case
    114 3 Nurse goes in lifeboat to SOS case LONDON, Thurs. A TWENTY Seven Year-Old hospital nurse, carrying surgical instruments wrapped m white towels, made a four-hour lifeboat trip m wintry seas to the Scilly Isles m response to an SOS from the little hospital on St. Mary's, 25 miles from the
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      188 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 10.10 Emergency News from K.L.; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; *1.45 2 Dance Music: 6.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; G. 55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "Radio Scientist"; 7.3© Augmented Radio Orch.: 8 "Calling All Forces'* 8.30 "Discussing the Discs"; 9 "Barchester Towers"; 9.30 News; 9.45 "Gnest Artist";
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      134 3 Mdllflrdkfi Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya i ~"T^=gJ I AND THE GUY WHO WENT OUT OF HERE VIC-- THERE A SPYIN HER_j jn i WHAT /J-*==^emngggg: AT ALL. IT S r~~\ C L V_t_y \MtKQiur r-S f_f _fTflf^- J^ i 7 3l_A__y 4^ X__=____r. ____Ti m__-a HUK^trALti
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 17, 1952. Templer's task
    527 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 17, 1952. Templer's task MALAYA eagerly awaits the arrival of the man whom Britain is sending out to direct! the campaign to wipe out the Communist terror and clear the way for progress towards responsible selfgovernment. General Sir Gerald Templer comes without the spectacular
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    Let Egypt Guard the Isle of Wight
    792 4 It's an unreasonable solution to a pressing problem but then the Egyptians don't like our sort of reasoning, says A LEXANDER CLIFFORD PASSING through Rome on his way home to Cairo from the United Nations meeting m Paris, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Salah
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    VATICAN SPEAKS IN 27 TONGUES
    471 4 VATICAN SPEAKS IN 27 TONGUES Mew transmitter carries the voice of the Church ot Rome m a new, all-out, 'air offensive' VATICAN Radio has started a new allout "air offensive" with the installation of a new 60kw short wave transmitter The transmitter was considered a vital necessity for Radio Vatican's
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    FOR HELSINKI
    142 4 •THOUGH the Royal tour X to Australia and New Zealand may prevent he Duke of Edinburgh going to the Olympic Games at Helsinki next year— there will be great disappointment m suporting circles if this is the case he and Princess Elizabeth may be represented there by th.ir
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    It Seems To Me...
    790 4  -  POLITICO YOU walk into what 4 looks like an enlarged prison cell except that it is full of chairs and has a -flat table at one end. There is a buzz of conversation from 20 or so men whose accents are as varied and as informal
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    He Put the Blind in Touch Again With Life
    858 4  -  VERNON BARLOW THE WORLD HONOURS THE MEMORY Of LOUIS BRAOu By. A 100 Years ago there died in^Paris a simple, delicate man whose memory has lived. His name was Louis Braille, and he was blind. So great was his genius for
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    CHECK!
    85 4 CHECK FISH m the seas ra: the coasts of Ba\ soon b e wearing discs" ci. Licat< Ly att i ri to their gills b y th( crafts ship of Midland engin n The discs pari of 1 0 eminent plan movement ol A help marine res arch be linked
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    CITY WANTS LAW CORRECTED
    149 5 'No one can act for elected councillors Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE City Council wants the Governor to cease appointing temporary substitutes to the Council m place of elected members. The Council has decided to recommend to the Government that the provision m the Municipal Ordinance
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    30,000 now in TUC: More may join
    154 5 30,000 now in TUC: More may join free Tress Staff Reporter rrdE membership of the I Singapore Trade ion congress is now 30.000 Five more ons joined last week. Mr s Jagannathan, the ral secretary, said a few re unions may join the Ay-eight of the 107 unions m the
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    MAGISTRATE ENTERTAINED
    60 5 PAR IT BUNTAR, Thurs.— Irene Abdul Wahab bin Abdull ih. Circuit Magistrate. was entertained tfc a teapar v by the Krian and Kulin. court staff before leaving on three months leave. After leave he will go to Perils to take up a new appointment Inche Salleh bin Eekhardt.
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    ANNUAL MEETING
    28 5 The Gadek Padang Sebang (Malacca! Malays Welfare Association, Singapore, will hold its second annual general meeting at 10 a.m. on Jar. 27 at 107, Jalan Sultan.
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    $425 JOBS FOR 3 ASIANS
    167 5 $425 JOBS FOR 3 ASIANS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rpHREE Asian jfinancial assistants m Government service have been offered promotion to the corps of accountants unqualified I The men the first Asians Ito be offered these appointments are Mr. Wong Pak Choy, acting treasury accountant, Kuala Lumpur; Mr. J. A. Buxton,
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    Board welcomes 3 new members
    61 5 IPOH, Thurs. At yesterday's meeting of the Kinta Town Board, Mr. J. M. Brander, the chairman, welcomed three new members, Messrs. J. H. S. Lam, D. G. Jansz and Inche C. M. Yusof. The meeting decided to apply to Government, for an allocation of a
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    TALK ON POLLS
    32 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A talk on local government elections will be given by Inche Isni bin Ismail, Supervisor of Elections, Johore Bahru district, at UMNO Hall on Jan. 20.
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    SERVICE FOR de LATTRE
    44 5 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will attend a memorial service tomorrow at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd for the late Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, who died last week.
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    Don't bar quarrying at B. Timah, he says
    245 5 Free Press Staff Reporter UR, C. W. A. Sennett, managing director of the Sennett Realty Co., yesterday appealed to the Government not to stop quarrying mi n Bukit Timah. Any such stoppage would be a setback to Singapore's housing programme. It would
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    French carrier is in S'pore far repairs
    50 5 picture AMERICAN HELL Divers and Hell Cats on the deck of the French aircraft carrier, Arromanches, which arrived m Singapore Naval Base yesterday for minor repairs. She was formerly H.M.S. Col ossus. She has been carrvinr out duties m Indo-China waters. Free Press
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    Two saw girls from drowning
    78 5 Two saw girls from drowning JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. TWO Chinese girls were saved from drowning on Tuesday by a Malay and a Chinese. The girls were having a bath m the sea along Jalan Silat Tebrau when they got into difficulties. Sulleiman bin Mohd Tahir and Ho Shoa Chin jumped
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    DINNER & DANCE
    30 5 DINNER DANCE About 200 members and guests of the Catholic Students' Society of the University of Malaya attended the Society's third annual dinner and dance at Raffles Hotel last night.
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    Colony is short of honours men
    127 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is short of honours graduates to teach post school certificate classes, Mr. Cheong Hock Hai. senior master of St. Andrew's School, said yesterday. "We need men to teach English, mathematics, economics, geography, and history." he said. "We hope that
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    They want to study English
    52 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. JJUNDREDS of Malay girls m Johore Bahru want to learn English. Three classes for teaching the subject have been started at the Domestic Science School, Johore Bahru. The classes are held m the afternoon except on Saturdays when the> classes begin m
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    YMCAs to discuss work in Malaya
    144 5 YMCAs to discuss work in Malaya Free Press Staff Reporter DELEGATES from Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh and representatives of the World Alliance of Y.M.C.A.S will attend the V.M.C.A. Malayan Council Conference tomorrow at the Singapore V.M.C.A. Mr. Rowland Lyne, general secretary of the Singapore "V," said yesterday, "The consolidation of
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    A BIGGER DRAW
    20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. More than 78,000 people visited Taiping Museum last year, 26,000 more than m 1950.
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    INSURANCE FIRMS DID WELL LAST YEAR
    135 5 TURNOVER m Singapore m insurance business of all types fire, marine, life, workmen's compensation and oth€rs were better last year than m 1950, Mr. Maurice Lee, an official of the Tai Ping Insurance Co., said yesterday. Mr. Lee, said that this was partly due
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    WHO TO GET THE HOUSES IS PROBLEM
    188 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SHORTAGE of quarters for senior officers of the Singapore City Council is posing a problem for Councillors. The problem: Should all Council quarters be placed m a common pool for allocation by the Housing Committee, or should quarters built
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    He comes with royal wishes
    232 5 He comes with royal wishes LT -GEN. Sir Otto Lund, Commissioner-in-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, who la arriving m Singapore on an official visit on Jan. 27, will bring with him greetings from the Duke of Gloucester who is Grand Prior of the Order of St. John. Sir
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    Bishop to lay foundation
    113 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DISHOP R. L. Archer will lay the foundation stone of the Methodist Foochow Church, Singapore, m Race Course Road on Jan 26 Chinese New Year's Eve. Rev. Kao Jih Eng, pastor of the church, said yesterday that invitations are being sent to
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    BIG RUSH FOR DRIVING LICENCES
    160 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE is a big rush for provisional driving licences m Singapore. About a hundred people have been applying every day for the past two months. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Singapore traffic chief, said yesterday that the rush might be due
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    28 5 THESE THREE BRITISH seamen left their ships on New Year's Eve, and came ashore. Next d_tv they were paid off. Yesterday, the Singapore Immigration Depart- i_ Ik. -P-nlnrtTT
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    POH LIM, MARJAN WIN
    372 6 -But they had to fight for every point By NETMAN nNG Poh Lim and Ismail bin Marjan last *mght retained their Singapore men's doubles beating Cheong Hock Leng and Loong Pan Yap m straight sets. It was a stroke for stroke snd smash for smash affair
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    Russia's icehockey bid
    84 6 RUSSIA has asked for permission to oiter a hockey team m the winter Olympics at Oslo next month, Dr. W. G. Hardy, of Edmonton, a director of the international Ice Hockey Federation announced" yesterday. Dr. Hardy said the Russians requested membership of the federation. He suggested to
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    CLOSE FINISH
    26 6 -rree Trafale-r (T___k). on the overhaul!,* Lu««er ™°T*!JF t £2ZJZ° taMkt thrilling finish to win Baee» by a n<_* at Bukit yerteMW' Free Press
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    Brilliant finish sees Abbotsford win
    630 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS By ABBOTSFORD came with a well sustained run over the last two furlongs to take the main race at Bukit Timah yesterday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting. Splendidly ridden by Len Fry, Hit The Spot, looked a certain
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    N.Z. SPORTS CLUB OPENS IN LONDON
    195 6 By The Sportsmen r j*tiKKE is a welcome addition to club cricket m the South of England a London New Zealand cricket club. The club will play as a wandering side. Already many firstclass New Zealand cricketers have promised support. They include Test players
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    59 6 Twenty-year-old Lim Ah Soo, the Penang badminton player, will be leaving at the end Of this month on a Federal Scholarship to study veterinary science m Sydney. He will be away for five years. Ah Soo hit the headlines when he beat the Thomas Cup player,
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    JAKE SEEKS TITLE BOUT
    46 6 TAKE LAMOTTA. former world middleweight champion, has signed to meet Norman Hayes of Boston m a 10-round fight m Boston on Jan. 28. Hayes recently outpointed Robert Villemain. Lamotta is aiming at a title shot against world lightheavyweight champion Joey Maxim.- A.P.
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    K.L. TO CATER FOR CL. 4&5 HORSES
    738 6 r£HE Selangor lurt Club's Gold Cup meeting on January 26. 28 and Feb. 2 will cater not only for Class One and Two horses, as provided for m the programme originally, but also for Class Four and Five horses. Entries for Classes One
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    SAPPERS WIN TAME GAME FOR K.L. TRIP
    546 6 SAPPERS WIN TAME GAME FOR K.L. TRIP S.E.R 1? Nee Soon. COLOURLESS rugby, but it took Singapore y f neer Regiment into the concluding stages atf Fraser Neave Cup for FARELF Inter-unit petition. The Sappers now travel to Kuala I v ,rr to meet Malaya District's champion ru^bv U J!^
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    105 6 SOME British protest. lawn tennis player, m seeking greater i_-.rieper.c_. from the Lawn Tennis Aa ciation. The latest move is aformation of a proCesooaa club fmt which members^ is by invitation Organiser is Major T>c M_man, who ls rein:;,- iron: ::<■ hon. secretaryship ol '.he Professionals'
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    BEST ARMY BOXING SO FAR
    884 7 BEST ARMY BOXING SO FAR and Kelly 's hair was ruffled Free Press Boxing Reporter ROYAL Army Ordnance Corps boxers gave a fine display of ringcraft at Tanglin Barracks gymnasium last night on the occasion of their annual individual championships. For the capacity crowd of Servicemen and their families present,
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    PTE. ROSE SAW RED
    136 7 PTE. ROSE SAW RED PTI l!l'.il>. the promising KgM heavyweight who r gmjOj outpointed Singapore pi. trie t champion Pte. Ellison, took the full co. Nt m the first round of h» fight against Pte. Rose last night. c haps if Rose had been a litt> more eaperieaeed he would
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    Results of yesterday's Cup games
    144 7 Cup third round replays: 1 ekbura Rovers 2. Notts Forest I Chester 1. Chelsea 1 (after extra umei; Derby County 0, Midc thorough 2; Everton 1, Leyton Orient 3; Gateshead 3. Ipswich Town 3 < after extra time); Swinrown 0, Cardiff City 0 (after extra
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    India picks test team
    113 7 India picks test team INDIA, one down m the series, has announced sweeping i tngea for the fifth and final TV igatßai Eneland starting m M tm m Feb. 6. P.- n ml the players who were the side which lost the fourth irv Kanpur have been dropp- Thej are
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    THAI TOURISTS LOSE 14-0
    43 7 T- i Kugoy Union :uurir_g were beaten 14 0 by 1 ihnca at Thames Oitton. I -erday. Though giving away con_iderab.e weight m the set scrums, sained possession frequently rben the ball came loose *sre fast and elusive. Reuter
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    PICTURE-TIP
    7 7 Solution to yesterday's pic-ture-tip Hit-the-spot. v
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    KICK AHEAD BY SAPPER
    48 7 picture. Singapore Engineer Regiment fullback, Lt Horn, dribbles clear as a Nee Som Garrison attacker tries to gather the ball in* yesterday's Singapore District final of the nFARELF inter-unit rugby contest played at Tanglin. The Sappers won by 17 points to nil. Free Press
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    Barkway ends course today
    350 7 DAY Barkway, British A. A. A. coach, yesterday for three hours gave practcal and theoretical demonstrations m the technique of hurdling, long jump, pole vault and high jump to more than 100 athletes and athletic officials at the Victoria School ground. When it all ended Barkway
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    Malaya District rugby final
    80 7 yHE Federation final m the FARELF inter-unit ru„_er competition lor the Fraser and Neave Cup will be betwesn Malayan Scouts (Special Air Services) and 40, Commando (Royal Marines). Commandos qualified for the final by beating Malaya Signal Regiment by six points (a drop goal and a
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    HANDICAPS FOR SATURDAY
    353 7 gFLOW are the weights for Saturday, last day nf the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting: CL. 2. DLV. I—6 F. Fairy Tale 9.00 Tryas 8.11 Marcher Lords 8.10 Trafalgar 8.08 Rising Glory 8.08 Ice Revue 8.07 Hit-the-Spot 8.05 Modest Flutter 8.04 Bella Marie 8.04 Royal Dream 8.03
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    24 7 Midland Counties. 8. South Africans, 19. Old Paulines, 14; Thai touring team (Siam) 0. United Services Portsmouth, 25; Aldersliot Services, B.— Reuter
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    SEDGMAN GIFT
    19 7 rpHE fund for a wedding present for Frank Sedgman's financee, Miss Jean Spence, now totals £5,188, A.P.
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    YESTERDAY'S RACE REVIEW
    512 7 (Continued from page 6) Rapid Red finished fifth after a slow Start. Late run win "DLACK VELVET put up a fairly good performance to win the fifth race. Well back early, he unwound a brilliant run m the straight that carried him to a two-length victory. Black
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    CLICKITY CLICK DOES BEST GALLOP AT B. TIMAH
    296 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By rPLICKITY CLICK (Woeds) was the most impressive worker at Buk.t Timah this morning when he went better than Newmarket, with Epsom Derby (Spencer) about three .lengths fur/ier back, at the end of half mile m 55£, the last three
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    S'pore race meet may be extended
    114 7  - S'pore race meet may be extended ALLAN LEWIS By SINGAPORE trained and Cl. 2 horses now m the colony will not be able to m_ke the trip to Kuala Lumpur. Malayan Railways informed the Singapore Turf Club yesterday that through traffic to K. L. will not be resumed for at
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    PAKISTAN MOVE TO BOYCOTT
    81 7 THE Sind Karachi Olympic Association recommended that Pakistan boycott the 1952 Olympic games m Helsinki because the International Olympic Committee accepted Israeli's participation. The Executive Committee,, of the Sind Karachi Olympic Association on Tuesday passed a resolution embodying the boycott proposal which, it was understood, was
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    JOE LOUIS WINS AGAIN —v. P.G.A.
    159 7 JOE LOUIS WINS AGAIN v. P.G.A. PORMER world heavyweight *T boxing cnampion Joe Louis has won his fight to become the first Ne-ro to play m the San Diego open golf tournament which begins today. The decision to accept his entry as an invited amateur was announced by Mr. Horton
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    MEL BROWN TKO'S JEAN STOCK
    31 7 MEL BROWN TKO'S JEAN STOCK middleweight boxer. Mcl Brown, on Tuesday night defeated Jean Stock (France) who retired after the eighth rcund of a scheduled ter -round fight at Antwerp.- A.P.
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    'GOVT MUST BUILD A STADIUM'
    220 7 IT i s stated m the annual re--1 port for 1951 of the Football Association of Selangor that the Council has considered the matter carefully and is of the opinion that it should be the duty of the Government or of the Municipality to erect
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    BIRTHS
    37 8 MO WAT. TO SHEILA, Wife Of Ronald, a baby daughter 15th Jan. West Country Estate Kajang. BENNETT. On 16th January 1952. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Rosamond, wife of Dr. Vincent B_ ane.t, Muar. a son.
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    EDEN SAYS PACT WITH AMERICA 'IS SATISFACTORY'
    421 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden said yesterday that a formal announcement will be made soon of a British-American agreement on raw material suppliesArriving by plane from New York, Mr. Eden spoke of the agreements reached after talks between President Truman and
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    NEW SOVIET RESTRICTIONS
    48 8 The Soviet Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that foreign diplomatic personnel would m future not be allowed to travel more than 25 miles from Moscow. I__e new travel restriction also barred foreign diplomats from more than a dozen cities m addition to those previously banned. AFP
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    TEN JAPS SOUGHT ON GUAM
    185 8 TEN JAPS SOUGHT ON GUAM GUAM, Thurs. A SMALL group of Japanese holdouts from World War II evaded police patrols yesterday and the authorities considered the oi->adcast_ng of a surrender appeal from a helicopter. A search for the group, estimated to number 10, narrowed to an area where fresh footp_lnts
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    DYNAMITE IN BANK
    42 8 A burning fuse attached to a flye-tech stick of dynamite under a chair caused a panic yesterday m the Bank of Ceylon Colombo. There was a general scurry for safety until a bank official put out the fuse.- AFP
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    Bowles asks aid tor India
    88 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE UJS. Ambassador to India, Mr. Chester Bowles, yesterday suggested to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a four-year $1,090 million programme of economic aid to India, but the chairman, Mr. Tom Connally, promptly snapped n rm against it" Mr. Bowles stressed that the
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    POINTED FINGER
    45 8 POINTED FINGER SARDA& H. S. iViALitv, new leader of the Indian delegation to the United Nations at ri.?ht, listens while the Jfiun Sahed of Nawanagar, a fellow delegate, slicasca a point m one of the Committee rooms at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, A.P. Reuter
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    First Jap king was a Chinese
    350 8 HONG KONG, Thursday. AN old Chinese legend has it that a Chinese first colonized Japan and new an eminent Chinese historian says the legend is a fact i Japanese historians do not .agree but Professor Wei Ting-sen told a local high school audience that
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    59 8 THIS IS a member of Vienna's traffic police with a camera and flashlight issued to all members of the accident squad. The idea is that any accident, its locality and contributory circumstances (such as bad road conditions and visibility from the driver's point of view) can he recorded within minutes
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    32 8 LONDON, Thurs.— Three red double-deck buses as authentic hits of London as tiie Tower Bridge—will he shipped to the United States m March ior an 8.000 mile "Code fo Britain" tour.- A.P.
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    MORE SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS
    55 8 .The National Federation ol American Shipping said yesterday that the United States merchant fleet is facing increased foreign competition. Fourteen countries which had no merchant ships before World War Two now have a total, of 2,071,300 deadweight tons. Even landlocked Switzerland now owns more
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    Talal in Italy
    34 8 King Talal of Jordan and his family landed last night m the southern Italian port of Brindisi on their way to Borne and Switzerland where they will spend a holiday AFP
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    U.S. CASUALTY
    26 8 The TJJS. Defence Department announced In Washington that American battle casualties m Korea total 104.--383, an increase of 299 since last week's reports- U.P.
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    NATO MEETING
    12 8 The Atlantic Council would meet m Lisbon on Feb. 16.
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    IT'S STILL DEADLOCK IN KOREA
    179 8 IT'S STILL DEADLOCK IN KOREA TOKYO, Thurs. NEITHER the prisoners ex- change nor the ceasefire supervision sub-commit-tees were able yesterday to break the deadlock m Korean armistice negotiations. The United Nations Command said the prisoners subcommittee made no progress at two sessions lasting nearly five hours. The Allied announcement said
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    France pays tribute to Marshal de Lattre
    146 8 PARIS, Thursday. HPHE body of Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassiffny x former High Commissioner and Comtrtaiid^inI^' ,ay m state at Invalides Chapel yesterday after a reqniem hifh mass at Notre Dame Cathedral. Last nitfit it was taken to 2 P^l^^^L M is
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    24 8 Twenty Cambodians were injured yesterday whta a inine exploded under a totin while if wm passing over bridge about 43 miles northwest the CatrfbSEfcnjapi*
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    THE PACIFIC FORMS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
    252 8 THE PACIFIC FORMS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION HONOLULU, Thursday. VIGHTY-three delegates from 14 Pacific basin areas yesterday signed a compact forming the Pacific Area Travel Association— an organi ization to promote travel m the Pacific area. The delegates also elected an executive council and an advisory council. 1 On the executive council
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    Tins better in London
    70 8 LONDON, Thurs. Industrial share prices on the London Stock Exchange were sharply depressed yesterday by large new issue proposals. Imperial Chemical Industries is to raise £20.--400,000 and Associated Electric £6,600,000. Other leading companies are believed to be m the queue fqr new money. There was some
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    She lived a legend
    108 8 She lived a legend LONDON x. Apwe-TEAa-ou)^? grandmother read k a nurs-ry book s^T boy who would tv, l_r 4 five days and d r d f( p then the pirl herself rp f nd to eat. rpfu *<t She had made a h. the boy and cop.e d h
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    HONG KONG EXCHANGE
    25 8 HONG KONG EXCHANGE Yesterday's closing QUf tlons on the Hong v f T money exchange were- ne*? HKS6.S6* (caih,; hk£«. tahil of gold HKS32IJ U.P.
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