The Singapore Free Press, 2 August 1946

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE i. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST Z, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    IRISH PIMPERNEL IS HOAXING S'PORE
    353 1 IRISH PIMPERNEL IS HOAXING S'PORE A Specia] Correspondent here m Singapore's tightly-parked n is Gunner Stephen Walsh, who must he Army's greatest practical jokers. Since he without leave some weeks ago, this' Irishman proved as audacious and elusive: rW Pimpernel, and practised a series of which amused as much as
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    MAURETANIA SOLDIER DIES AT SEA
    26 1 MAURETANIA SOLDIER DIES AT SEA 'In Lowest Deck Pi IA Ai Sea. I inard White iota s lent early I J rolex- I n Kenl I
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    WHY BAR NIPS AS BRIDES?
    17 1 H the n Lord Nat I M I retl i.er d tese.
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    Churchill warns of India war
    866 1 LONDON, Thurs. THK British Government, said Mr. Winston Churchill m the House of Commons today, was apparently rr-eadv to lea\e 100,000,000 Indians to fall into all the honors of sanguinary civil war compared with which Anything that could happen m Palestine would be microscopic. Mr.
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    MOPE SPORT FOR The singapore Free Press
    101 1 MOPE SPORT FOR The singapore Free Press IRG'HIE Quick, for 20 years a noted Fleet Street sports reporter, now a sporta writer •n the London stall of Army News*apers, alii contribute to Ihe Si 'capore tree Press from tomorrow. We hone to receive 1 is callus fire days week. To-day
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    U.S. NAVY CAN PIPE 'UP SPIRITS' NOW
    28 1 The U.S. Navy disclosed last night that it has legalised the i sale of liquor to sailors outside the United States
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    CHURCHILL SPLITS TORIES
    161 1 LONDON, Thurs. i MR WINSTON CHURCHILL. .>.<'. r o: the Conservative Op- m the House or Com- j as. will at tht next meeting of j the Nati. ia] Union Conservative Associations of Great Britain \e a resolution disassociating Ihe Ooruervathn Party from the Lab ur Government's
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    MORE CAMPS FOR S'PORE
    263 1 MORE CAMPS FOR S'P ORE Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. ADDITIONAL schemes for new temporary accommodation for the troops m Malaya were approved m the !as» two days, and consequently the release of housing sh uiid be further speeded up m the next few months. In making this statement Kn
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    NUNS DIE IN SHIP BLAZE
    220 1 NUNS DIE IN SHIP BLAZE TWEN rY-THREE pass< ngi rs, Including five nuns, In addition to ten of the crew were reported to have perished In the Are on the Duque de Caxias. Brazilian transport ofl the coast of Brazil, says Reuter from Rio de Janeiro. r Lbr fire followed
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    MR CHETTUR MEETS j NAVAL BASE MEN
    52 1 MR CHETTUR MEETS j NAVAL BASE MEN The Na- ..1 base .vrike Ls expect- ed to end soon. A meeting was held yesterday b.ueen representatives o' the Naval Base and Mr. S. K. C tor, Oovernment of India repre- sentative la Malaya, and Mr. 3. P. Oarrel Track Union Advin
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    How lot Get Your Tea Money Back
    105 1 IAvE you paid tea money Il to get a house m toifapore, or have fRRk had *<* pay any other inducemen*: to the landlord to let house, such as paying ttt« cost oi repair I? Do you pay an urrc ..trolled for your
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    GIMSON VISITS KL.
    34 1 S.r Franklin Gimsor. s**. Governor, has gone .7 where •n i "f r- M \m Donald ;i-*d II *an l i t rnor Sir Ed I Is expected tM on Sar.
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      81 1 J!«'»!ISSSIUOT fr 4! -A3. HIGH IMW jS:rtGPPC?c- "ROBINSOMS" announce new stoc k arrivals of: FIREPROOF GLASSWARE, I Sill ni IC DECORATIVE POTTERY TENNIS Mis ENGLISH MOSQUITO NETS ENGLISH-MADE WHITE and Additional items Furnim. KIIAKI SUN HELMETS Int Miiitnii F-ifao» arc mbm FOOTBALLS displa,. INSPECTION INVITED iuur Premises will be opened
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      Coal-mining borders on disaster
      1062 2 Coal-mining borders on disaster A report from Australia PUBLIC interest m the perennial troubles of Ihe coal industry has been quickened by the findings of the Australian coal inquiry commission, which was set up more than a year ago, with very wide terms of reference. The chairman was Mr. Justice
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      8s Stamp Sole! For6,oooGns
      223 2 WHEN you have a small area like the British Isles packed with the relics ot teeming centuries oi history, it is not surprising that some off them come to the surface m the most unexpected p'.aces recent instance caused no small excitement among philatelists, and, incidentally
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      War-time science Chinese temples
      473 2 War -time science Chinese temples MRS. DOROTHY NEEDHAM, the Cambridge scientist, recently returned to the United Kingdom on the completion of her two years' work with the SinoBritish Science Co-operation Orrice m China, headed by her husband. Dr. Josepn Needham, F.K.S. These extracts from Mrs. Neeuhams report demonstrate ooth the
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      9 2 EaXclusivo to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya
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      62 2 "ONE OF THE FINEST PICTURES OF ANY YEAR!" LOUELLA PARSONS ALHAMBRA wi ll add something to movie HISTORY '-DAMON RUNYAN. Gary cooper as SERGEANT YORK MAKING HEADLINES HISTORY AUtEADY EXTRACT Real Hero There. Too vvasuinx'ton t" 4,000 Jam Street m Hollywood 'M post. p Sergt. York 9 Premiere _f "ONK
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      262 2 RADIO MALAYA KED NETWORK from p.m. and 630 to 11 pin M metres from noon to 2 m. on I mrs sec. m bl metre band 7.45 to 9.30 p.m. on 4.7. n -Sl metre band P.L I I NETWORK trom I p.m and b p.m. lo II pm metres:
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      YOUNG NAZIS SPREAD NEW TERROR
      344 3 YOUNG NAZIS SPREAD NE W TERROR i underground movements organised by (icnaaa) are upsetting Allied attempts to r»lrr. Tfceac Miti uecial ytlia etne under rile delinquents, and political fanatics, -respondeat at British HQ, Germany. «ntly arrested for organic.;!!:; ts) underground movement m anti-British feeling is particularly I organisations which have
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    • GREYHOUND 'TOO FAST FOR RACES'
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      "Twin Beds Make More DivORCES,
      47 3 "Twin Beds Make More DivORCES Iwin beds partly lo blan. for the rush ol divorces, said .lmi »c Thestger at Taunton, Somerset. "The ekd double b»*d has almost fone out of fashion, thai is iniil> ihi* reason ahj t'.ero mi* now so mani divon es. he s.iid
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      CROWD BOOS DOG RACE RESUiT
      153 3 CROWD BOOS DOG RACE RESUiT lINE hundred men and women 'lambered over flfteen shill- ats round the Judg b>x al White City stadium shouting nt with a photo finish yhound race remit. Kb a result mounted police have h tn put on duty and barbed wire d m i ror
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      LONDON LOSES SEATS
      36 3 London parliamentary seats will be cut from G2 to 40. and L.C.C. seats from 124 to 80. if th e report on the parliamentary reorganisation of London, to be published shortly, is adopted.
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      QUEUE 'CHEAT' FINED £10
      124 3 i LFRED WILKINSON aged 53, of Chapter-road, Willesden, N.W. driver ol a fish lorry.' stole three pounds of hake and four pounds of haddock from boxes on hi.s lorry while m Bil i 1 ngsgate Market. At the Guildhall he told tlft magistrates: "It is true
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      PENNI CHICKS
      40 3 Day-old chicks are selling at a penny each m East Anglian markets. "Give-away prices are due to feeding-stuff shortage. Twenty-year-old (iiliian Webb. farmer F.NSA girl, is Britain's new television announcer. She wa.s st leeted from a dozen applicants
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      She Is Boss In Tokio
      20 3 This Japanese woman has been given a bif control joh ay the Allies m Tokyo.
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      TROOPER ROW OVER SCANTIES
      263 3 THE captain of a troopship, on which the troops' commanding officer asked women sunbathers to wear more clothes, said that m 40 years at sea he had never seen anything like "'such an attempt to turn the boat deck into a nudist colony." Some of the
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      Two ex-officers take pit boy jobs
      323 3 Two ex-officers take pi t boy jobs TWO EX-OFFICERS— a former solicitor and an ex-student have taken up mining and. by hard work hope to qualify for executive jobs m Britain's coal industry. Both are working at the coal face, learning the job with sweat and toil. They have taken
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      HOUSE BUILT IN 30 MInutes
      45 3 HOUSE BUILT IN 30 MInutes Record lor prelab.s is claimed for Cheltenham, where ten alum nium Aeroh houses have been put up m one day by a team of 18 men. One house was up m _<. minutes, ready for occupation m 1 hour 11 minutes.
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      3 STOCK EXCHANGE MEN SUSPENDED
      182 3 THREE leading members of the Stock Exchange were suspended and four others were "severely censured" when too council posted notices which caused the greatest sensation m the City for years. The suspended members are Mr, Reginald Scott Rogers, ol the broking firm oi Keith Bayley
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      IRISH 800 V-FILM
      35 3 A tire-br.CK.et wa._ thrown at ihe screen during the showing of thc film 'Victory Parade" at a Dublin c'neraa. Republican extremists shouted and booed. But the cinemas are still showing the film.
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      FLYING CARS SOON?
      37 3 Helicopters ■tn wmgs which fold ba^k so that the machines may also be uaed as motor-car.s. j may be eoounon •-•l t s In the future, it wai 'ated at a Supply Ministi Conference.
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      LUCKY CHILDREN
      33 3 LUC KY CHILDREN So many eh id ren are r.i. seh.ol because their parents tak» them for day trios to th r -ld c: mitu to ask I r Educat M nistry action.
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      COLONIAL CENTRE?
      20 3 AC 1 H m Loi don ac lUtral centre for the Colon _al Fmnire is to be considered.
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      44 3 TO SIGHT.* MIDNIGHT JUBILEE All The Thrillers, Chillers Cc ij-'d C "rilcrs Comes Tnis ARIOUS FARSE. v U*> THE '2R __EL a.**** FIRST i tei *t? B >WN *TT_». Comedy I l ___MM___W v years AND IT >l_____t____f_ ___f _i_r IS HIS Wtt^^km^y FUNNIEST
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      45 3 You can hou' huzf VALET BLADES Supplies of Valet blades arc again available, enabling yoa to bring into use your Valet self-stropping razor, liiery day a smooth, quick shave and weeks of perfect shaving trom every blade. Vale! BLADES for the Razor that strops itself
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      Just Knock It Off Tho Rent The Singapore Free Press
      563 4 trfIDAY, AUG. 2, 1946 I: E you being fleeced by l\ v»u. landlord m S|ing&--<n*«-.' ha\e alr?ady had a few unri.id words to say about thc idging- house racket, the teamoney r^nip. the te-nant-pay-tiie-rtpa is trick, and the little t
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      ARAKAN VETERANS DISARMED 115,000 JAPS
      1567 4  -  The Story Of Messervy 7th Indian Division By THE 7th Indian Division won fame for itself m the First World War, first m the campaign m Mesopotamia and later m AUenby's great victorious offensive m Palestine. In the late war, doubtless owing to lack of
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      Burma Hero
      23 4 Burma Hero It. Grn. Sir Frank Messervy. who commanded 7 Div. fror 1943 to December 1941, and who is now Ci O.C. MMfcya
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      361 4 U7HFN THOMAS McGAWLEY was marched off to the police station a queue of people six deep and thirty yards long marched with him. They were waiting to buy bananas—a very rare luxury In England now— from McGawley s barrow m a Manchester street, when a policeman, seeing
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      SINGAPORE FOOD OUTPUT IS FOUR TIMES PREWAR
      424 5 SINGAPORE FOOD OUTPUT IS FOUR TIMES PREWAR i l»a\ de >iiion d th? Mount Ilmily I' .m 1 II was ta d d ba'k la the Sin apore i 'MM v'-s yesterday, t uill b~ som? tim. before i pre-tiai re:iuc/\ou. v i'l be open to the public n i
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      S'pore employers to form union
      150 5 S 'pore employers to f orm union \*>~\ I SCIONS wil be held m Singapore shortly be-\-*y .i (.ovt-mment and the various Chambers ot ■■renc lv ui.sider the question of forming assot:n..> <>) vimilar representative hodies to bring un<)luveis with similar industrial or trade at a union would enable employers
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      DAKOTA CRASHES IN BURMA
      84 5 sua RAP Dak i on July to .v at a _'nd. di?s, are ra under rait were h the Dadue, but lies were d cv the Army on i R. T i i I' McGee, n W O w o w R F V. A T
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      CHINESE FINED FOR ARMy GOODS
      45 5 LAM Kuan Seng, who claimed that he was a stranger to Singapore, was convicted v^terday m the Second District Court and sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment ;md a Hne Of $500 for being In possession of mil tary goods.
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      POLICE LOOK FOR STOLEN TYPEWRITER
      156 5 THE Singapore Police have many other problems to solve besides rounding up armed robbers. One ;of these Ls to trace typewriters stolen from commercial houses. Since January last 97 typewriters, adding and calculating machines have been reported stolen. Recent cases were reunited on July 26
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      FLOUR SHIP DOCKING AT PENANG
      127 5 FLOUR SHIP DOCKING AT PENANG A SHIPMENT of 8.500 tons of flour for the people of Malaya will be passing through Singapore today on board the Berwyn Victory which Ls proceeding direct to Penang to discharge 4.000 tons of cargo. The remaining 4.500 tons of flour will be unloaded at
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      Checking up Trishas
      73 5 piCTUBED here are a few hundred Singapore trbhas, some of the thousands which are seeking registration for the second half of this year. Daily they "queue un around the vehicles department, and along Bras Basah Road, Bencoolen Street and Middle Road, waiting for their turn to move
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      RANGSANG ISLAND JAPS TO HANG
      155 5 RANGSANG ISLAND JAPS TO HANG IN sentencing to death by hanging Amari. Okuda. Isamo and Yoshii. four of the accused m the Rangsang Island case, the president of the Court, Lt. Col. E. N Blacklock. said that ihe Court was unanimously of the opinion that there were certain extraordinary circumstances
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      JAP DOCTOR ON MURDER CHARGE
      78 5 THE story of how an Indonesian labourer was used as a live exhibit lor an anatomical demonstration to medical orderlies was told In the War Crimes Court before Lt.-Col. H .E. R. Smith. Major M. C. Fouracrcs and Major S. B. Sahay yesterday when the
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      5 YRS. AND CAT FOR RAPE
      39 5 AN Indian soldier, Pte. Akhram, attached to a Singapore transport unit, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonn.ent and eight strokes of the r.taii at the Assizes yesterday on a charge of rape.
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      PARATROOPERS IN PIG HUNT
      103 5 MEMBERS of the 13th Para- chute Battalion have been .nvolved m the last few weeks m a series of bloody battle? not with human beings but with wild pigs wh eh have been causing widespread destviction among foodcrops m south Malaya. Civil author-ties had been endeavouring
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      SEAC AIR CHIEF LEdAVES FOR UK
      73 5 Air Marshal Sir George Pine. Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, South East Asia, left by air yesterday for England where he will attend the half-yearly conference m London of Commanders-in-Chief and a meeting of the Imperial General Staff. He will also be received m audience by
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      INTERNEES THANK RAF OFFICER
      147 5 IN a farewell address to Wing Commander Thomas Stuart Tull. D.5.0., O 8.E., through whose courage and resourcefulness hundreds of RAPWI lives were _aved. Dr. Loze, a Dutch official at Bandoeng spoke m appreciation of W Cdr. Tull's untiring work an Java Before his return to
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      Rubber output quotas abolished
      294 5 THE PRE-WAR combine of Far Eastern rubber producers, which controlled 90 per cent of the v orl J natuial rubber, has passed forever from the international scene. With it. says Sir Gerart^Clauson, British Assistant UnderSecretary of State for the Colonial Office, goes the system of unilateral
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      SINGAPORE GUNMEN GET 3 Yrs.
      138 5 SINGAPORE GUNMEN GET 3 Yrs. TOUR Chinese. Tiu lang Ger r (32), Tan Jiak Choan (33 1, Choa Cheng Koang '40' and Ten Gek Ti (26. arrested m consequence of the police raid m Kampong Minyak at dawn on July 4 v each sentenced lo three yea rigorous imprisonment and
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      15.000 Chirks By Air Weekly
      42 5 15.000 Chirks By Air Weekly IMPORTATIONS of Australian day-old chicks by air to Singapore have been stepped up m recent weeks, and it is expected that nearly 15.000 chickens petweek will arrive rpgularly by Qantas Bfinff boats. start ng early next month.
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      64 4 QUIZ 1. What are these things?: Antimony, Rayon, La". 2. What do these phrases mean Buying a pig m a poke. Canard. Rift m the lute. 3. What are the "Fine Arts"? 4. What is a person's normal temperature. Answers on Page 6. FAJTH Thou hast set all the borders
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      155 4 ALL ROADS LEAD TO jg£| HAPPY WORLD BOXING '^*'^|^jßb_^| Amateur Cruiser- Weigh; Cham- _W iMMt M I^lH^ati^^'-'-ji Ml-England Cruiser- Weight ritle M jL 1? lk Xl Robinson Won 37 X'? lis hi 3rt*# \J^W^ 'v_S%^ -appearing m Singapore for iVe 'mßT^^G**^ jTmmThall. t^JSsNP 1 mm m: JIMMY BIRD I eat
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      46 5 VICTORIA THEATRE THE STAGE CLUB PRESENTS ITS FIRST PRODUCTION FOR THE PUBLIC THE SHINING HOUR A DRAMATIC COMEDY TONIGHT TOMORROW RIGHT AT 8.00 P.M, Tickets $2.00 Sl.oo 50 cts Obtainable at Theatre Box-office. Phone 02 18. Open 10 a.m.— l p.m. t p.m jg| pjn. DAILY.
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      WOODERSON'S GREAT RACE AT WHITE CITY
      773 8 All In The Game From George Chisholm LONDON. (By Air Mail.) IT is only seven weeks since the Derby was run at Epsom. Yet punters ;-.re alrec.dv backing a horse at 6 to 1 to win next year's Derby. The horse they all want
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      JANE
      10 8 Excliisive to the Singapore Free Press m .Malaya 0
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      Bruce Woodcock Has Yorkshireman's Grit
      497 8 Home Sporls Joltings LONDON, (Special Cable) BRUCE WOODCOCK, British heavyweight champion, who beat Albert Renet (France) by a knockout m the sixth round for lhc European heavyweight champion--uo<j M{l u 0 sqjou "-jp.-vw sjq) .iajs_i[_ui.[\; iliqs caster. When he eventually retires there will be no
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      RECORDS
      39 8 Sydney YVooier.on and W E. SI V l. h His of Holland (right* fighting it out durin-j their thrilling three-mHes ra'-e at the White City. Woodcrson won by four yards, both men breaking the record for the rare
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      MCC INVITES SMITH & POLLARD
      289 9 MCC INVITES SMITH POLLARD LONDON, Thurs, THE Marleybone Cricket Club has invited Dick Pol--1 lard, Lancashire, and Peter Smith, Essex, to accomPc»ry the Engioml team to Australia. Fourteen men have now been chosen with two or three more yet to be selected. Pollard, who was singularly successful m the Second
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      Return Fight .. Vancho Tomorrow
      54 9 Return Fight Vancho Tomorrow .> i m van boxer m |V m U men Billy r m a retara WUj -1> ii Melbourne Stadi- Blffcl according k»n received from t Rim Im yester*"Viitr'u'r Khoon who fights v tr i under hus full j Kai Khoon. Hill his t,r*t ri;ht on
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      LOILS MAY FIGHT IN HOMETOWN
      62 9 LOILS MAY FIGHT IN HOMETOWN YORK Wed. like Jacobs is declskm of d Tami Mau. sal to sh ft oat lrom th? Leac _a hone- bai Ja robs" pro- b_ ut m extranet? of NY* York the for.h?omin-j en i"--^i.lerins st ol ah Louis' due to tht fact the hero
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      SOMERSET IN STRONG POSITION
      147 9 SOMERSET IN STRONG POSITION TAUNTON, Thurs, COMER SET, scoring 506 for six declared, and dismissing one Indian batsmen for 29 runs m the second innings are m a strong position m this match against the Indians which ends tomorrow. Scores were: SOMERSET— Ist INNS l.cc run out 76 Gimblett c
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      VOLLEYBALL
      57 9 Thf following will renresen t the V.M.C.A. at Vol_\v-Ba!I against the Heng Hwa Association on the Tennis ground at 520 pm. today. Au Tat Chu. Vow Wan Sung. Chia Kok Leong. S. A. Durai. Lim Nnt Sionp. W-M Boon Hai < Capt V Tang Sock Wai. Leonard Chung Lee
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      CHANGI RAF WON WELL
      179 9 From F Sgt. PALK (Tengah*. 1 A DOPTING first-time tactics. R.A.F. (Changii ran out worthy winners by two goals to nil wher they met the Tengah Airmen m a game of soccer played at Tengah on Wednesday. The Changi airmen scored after ten minutes when Smith,
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      NAVY BEAT SELETAR AIRMEN TWO-ONE
      296 9 I rum Sgt. Slipper (Seletar) ON a hard, uneven pitch the R.A.F. (Seletar) were beaten by two goals to one by the Royal Navy. Sembawang. m a game of soccer played on the Naval ground on Wednesday. The game did not produce the usual high
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      FORMER AMATEUR CHAMPION FIGHTS ON SUNDAY
      317 9 FORMER AMATEUR CHAMPION FIGHTS ON SUNDAY r PO coincide with the August Bank Holidays, a strong card of six fights has bern drawn up for Sunday s professional boxing at the Happy World stadium Heading the bill is Jimmy Hall who. making his first appearance m the local ring, takes
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      INDIAN WINS 3 MILES FINAL
      228 9 SHOWING improved form on his last run m the Army Athletic Meeting last month, Hay. Harpool Singh from 223 Base Ordnance Depot, with a remarkable burst of speed, carried away the honours m the final of the three miles flat race which was run on
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      Sgt. Garrington Says Goodbye
      80 9 SGT. T. Garrington, the popular soccer referee is leaving for England shortly. He has sent this farewell message to his friends m Singapore: I would like to thank the local civilians and Forces football teams for giving mc the privilege of rcfereein* their games. "The standard
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      S.R.C. TOUR
      27 9 A .-!i,n,.i|i'';c nciirouiiii viuu ers visiting Kuala I umpur this week-end are reminded to be at the railway station at 6 p.m. sharp this evening.
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      54 8 QUIZ Answers 1 A bluish -wh te, crystahne metal, 6.7 times heavier than water. Artificial silk made from either cotton iinters or wood pulp. Resinous matter deposited on certain trees by small insects 2 Purchasing a thing without seeing it. Untrue newspaper article Breaking off of friendships Muse, painting, sculpture
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      37 9 NOTICE As from Ist August, 1946 Mr. R. B. B. Donnpll has been appoint. d the Manager of Merrs Lyaii i_\_:t af No 4A DA.?r.:.;.a Street, at v.ii:ri* address the business of this firm is __-.!~fc c.-i.t.'ueieu.
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      238 9 Famous A. Vm M. Product FAMOUS PLA YOUR— smooth. full, rich, delicious, gives extra fragrance bouquet. CHARACTER from choice tea leaves. ECONOMICAL— you use ices "Durbar" per cup— it's so rich tn flavour. A. V. IL Abul Kasim Brot. 79. Choon Guan St., S pore. Phone 4476 Stockists: CHIDA FRANCIS
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    33 10 10. est Kow, g|ii?.x, r-casaut st a^irlnr: villa:-: c on the ftiagc of Ashdown Ko^st. It con-ams a number of oli half -timbered houses which were one? use. I as hunting lodges.
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    Mating Wears Flannels Now
    86 10 MM Si*, a Burmcs? bo> a-ed 14, who became a mascot vi R.E.M.K. when the Jans killed hs parents has started a .rosh life m south- w^st London. When the time came for Warrant Officer Henry Murfett tv leave Burma, he had grown so fond of
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    POLICE BREAK GANG FIGHT
    96 10 DIYAL gangs of Chinese fought a' battle with guns and bottles! In River Valley Road, Singapore, I re.ay afternoon until the t arrived ar.d caused the I |S 1 1 disperse. a' China arretted near ttie] kC had a loaded revolver which I recently been fired.
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    ANN WIITES WALK OUT AT PARIS
    44 10 ntirt Viet Nam i AnnaRepublic delegation walk I the vonferer.ee room ar I of the Par..-, ple- ■.rom seiskm had been called to quest on at Ui union ree Indo-Chinese provinces iv Tonkin, Annam and Cochin Chi. a.
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    U.S. SUGGESTS WAY OUT OF
    425 10 PARIS, Thursday. AMERICANS at the Peace Conference today speak of a United States "bWcfge the gap" plan to end the Pans meeting dispute over majorities, which is looming up over the conference like the 17-day wrangle over 'he veto at San Francisco. The United States
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    PoW's PASSAGES COST $100,000
    62 10 PoW's PASSAGES COST $100,000 TO cover the cost of return passages to Malaya of rep triated prisoners-of-war and civ. lian internees and their families who would not under normal conditions of employment, be provided with their passages by their employers and for passages to evacuees overseas whose home ties are
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    CHINESE AMBUSH U.S. MARINES
    218 10 SHANGHAI, Thins. ONE HUNDRED U.S. marines, travelling m convoy, were ambushed south-east of Peiping by 300 Chinese On RmRR* day, according to an American Army lieutenant who was I with the convoy. The U.S. Marine Corps announced today i that four Chinese were killed, as also
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    COLLEGE TO GET I $600,000
    75 10 COLLEGE TO GET I $600,000 I MEMORANDUM setting out the financial pos. tion oi Raflles College ar.d requesting an advance of $600,000 to enable the College to re-opfen was tabled at a recent meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council Finance Committee lor consideration. After discussion, the Committee j recommended
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    123 10 Free Press Reporter IS from midnight last night, the Road Transport Department, Singapore, ceased to lunc- tion and the department resumes its pre-war designation of the OiTiee of the Registrar of Vehicles, a deoartment oi the Singaporo j Municipality. A recent announcement stated that Mr. W. A.
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    MAW SET FHEE
    30 10 Dr. Ba Maw, former head of the Japanese-sponsored government of Burma, will be set tree when he arrives m Rangoon from Tokio. reports Reuter from I Rangoon.
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    149 10 NEW YORK Thurs. CIAM'S "declaration of Intent! m to file an application for membership In the United Nations" was rejected by th? Security Council sub-committee today. Siams membership therefore may be delayed unless the Bangkok government hastens to send a formal application because the I j
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