THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950.
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INDONESIA
INDEPENDENCE PROBLEM
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By Osbert Lancestor
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What's in a name? For one thing, plenty of confusion. Indonesia for example. One of the first bits of trouble to arise in Java after the transfer of sovereignty from the Dutch to the Indonesians re- sulted from a name.
The problem is how to spell the new name of Batavia, the capital city. Here are some current choices: Djakarta, Jacarta, Jakarta, Djacarta, Jacatra.
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SPORTS-MINDED PRINCE Crown Prince Akihito,
16, practises one of his favourite sports, archery, at the temporary palace outside Tokyo. In addition to shooting arrows, the Prince is also adept at swimming. tennis and horse-riding. He has followed a strenuous athletic programme for several years.
BIGGEST HEEL-On behalf of the feminine villains of the movies, actress Andrea King, in Hollywood presents movie meanie Dan Duryea with a gold-plated heel to symbolise his selection as the "Hollywood Heel of the Year." Of course, the award concerns only his film roles, and has nothing to do with the actor's privato life.
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hours in the sea off Harwich in hops, English barley-malt, cane any considerable quantity of fruit November 1940 when the sugar and oyster extract makes until they are 10 years old, and nutritious they take 20 years to reach full destroyer in which he was ser-
bearing. ving was sunk.
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The Riddle of the Red Domino
I'LL TAKE WHIEPER TO THE HOUSE-BOAT CLUB.SHE'S STILL DRUCKED, THE POON, DEAR CHILD MUST BE SPARKO THE SIGHT OF
A BRAWL!.
WYE FIGHT CANNONS WITH KHINES-YBE?
ROCKS ON THE BEACH
Chris London la wearing
more than $2,000,000 worth of diamonds at Miami Bench. From the fabulous
Rumanian collection of Princess Eristavi-Tchicherine, the tlara alone has 550 perfectly-matched diamonds. It is obvious that the guards brandishing tommy-gun and pistols were
necessary.
PLENTY OF COFFEE IN FRANCE—Brigittee Massif checks stocks at 鼈 wholesale coffee distributors"
the last of Was warehouse in Paris. Coffee
rationed items in France.
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HUNTRESS. Sharon Saunders, a model, has arrows - but no bow, The same couldn't be true, if the word were spelled bean, for anyone as pretty as Sharon:"
TO OPEN ANCIENT SCROLL-Scientists at the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University decided after two days of study that it was safe to open this 2000- year-old scroll. It is expected that the task will take six months to complate. Studying the historic document, which is believed to contain the oldest Old Testament text in existence, ure John Coolidge, left, director of the Museum; Mar Athanasius Y. Samuel, Metropolitan of Jerusalem and Hashemite Jordan, who delivered the scroll to Barvard, and R. J.-Gettens, chief of Technical Research at the Museum.