The Singapore Free Press, 18 September 1946

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA >.». 1' SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Paratrooper is set free
    54 1 sanding m the foreground *n the extivmr* left is l'fi*ate K. [>a»son onv oi the three H>p«-r- a uuitted at the «d of the Mutiny trial at Thr others ictjuiitrd w,r Privates G. ■raham and U William*. The "'jrt> twuiin., i-i reaped ci rtTinuim:- paratroopers -'•1
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    S'PORE BOY,11, STOWS AWAY IN PLANE
    65 1 S'PORE BOY,11, STOWS AWAY IN PLANE 11-year- to boy |j the "d an air- n Sammy plane which from Singa- Ceylon's airand continued aft^r his tag ne sur- commandKtaatsd by the decided to al►Pt him as the t seized awtting 'ncssheatUn on a Katui yake for n J just before
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    FOUND SHOT IN S'PORE
    31 1 ihiouth fee dv o! d a field otl I relay eveniss cut* a»ud man I tit% societv I WU that the i r of ex- thong ar
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    NEW SUIT THIEVES RAID WHITEAWAYS
    265 1 Free Press Reporter Si > Ml. of the customers who will go to Whiteaway and Laidlaw's Singapore store m Battery-road this morning to pick up their newly- tailored suits and shirts will be unlucky. Last night Singapore thieves carried out a well-planned raid on the
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    Has anybody seen this moustache?
    43 1 Has anybody seen this moustache? ACCORDING to Answers. Mr. n A M. Malaithangiar of Malaya boasts a moustache 64 inches long. He is a heavy smoker, and has arranged with an insurance company to pay him £200 if his moustache accidentally catches fire.
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    ARGENTINE RAIL SHARES SOAR
    47 1 LONDON. Tues. MEWS 01 the British-Argentine trade agreement caused a scramble m the Stock Market for Argentine railway shares. Issues were up nearly 35 per cent above Saturday's quotations. Some shares jumped as much as £3. 15s. «DetaiLs jf the Agreement— Pag? 6.)
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    RUBBER PRICE DROPS IN S'PORE
    382 1 RUBBER PRICE DROPS IN S'PORE Free Fress Reporter WHILE most countries throughout the world are prepared to buy rubber at the right price to get their industries functioning again and help rehabilitation following the shortage which developed everywhere m the war years, thousands of tons of raw rubber is accumulating
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    EX-KING FOR EGYPT
    23 1 Nine-year-old Simon 11. deposed King of Bulgaria, left his homeland yesterday for exile m Egypt, says A. P. from Sofia.
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    RICE FOR MEDICINES' OFFER
    188 1 BATAVIA, Tues. HOCTOR Soedarsono, Minister of the Interior m the Sjahrir Cabinet, during talks between the Dutch and Indonesian Republican delegations inquired whether the Dutch would be prepared to help the Republicans with medicines, which are very short m the interior, m exchange for rice, says
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    WALLACE: 'APPEASE USSR'
    265 1 WALLACE: 'APPEASE USSR' NEW YORK, lues. HENRY Wallace, United States Secretary of Commerce, callea on President Truman to "a.resi the new trend towards isolationism and disastrous atomic world war' in a letter, dated July '2i> the release of which U>niglat oy the Department of Commerce was a new move in
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    Woodcock Wins In Round 8
    346 1 KNOCKS OUT U.S. CHAMP From VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Tuesday. THE British heavyweight champion, Bruce Woodcock, fighting the finest fight of his career, struck a great blow for British boxing prestige by knocking out the World's light heavyweight champion, Gus Lesnevich, of the United States m
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    2 MORE BOMBAY DEAD
    42 1 Two persons were killed and 10 injured m Bombay's 17th day of rioting yesterday. The police fired four rounds to quell a disturbance m the Muslim area m which two persons were stabbed but none killed, says U.P
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    U.S., BRITAIN RACE FOR ATLANTIC PASSENGERS
    280 3 U.S., BRITAIN RACE FOR ATLANTIC PASSENGERS NEW YORK, Monday. THE United States and Britain are racing to get their superI liners America and Queen Elizabeth back into the North Atlantic passenger trade. The fact that the British stored the Elizabeth's furnishings m various places around the world when war broke
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    Navy to watch the birds
    31 3 Navy to watch the birds SWVJWS •ftjrri fa to »rt of bird. and t.» carry connected th, Royal Pr.,n>it,on of b tre mi- h a i, ..II boal. a new field
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    MPs TO VISIT JAPAN
    79 3 CESERAI. ur Supreme (f\ the Allied baa invited a ftfeftficr. of rive members of tke House of Commons to visit japan m the second half of The delegation will )t the following:— G La:^ iStaly bridge [jfc. Lab Lt -Col E M. and Faimouth. Mr M
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    YUGOSLAVS TO TRY KLEIST
    48 3 Z Kteist, combe German I Belgrade on i; to bo handed Yugoslav, at Yugoslav Goas a war 01 1940 Kleii. break-through year 5 comOerman advance ts oilfield. r\ the Untied Commission rtfd of war London Df war camp n on Monday. tie wffl be
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    1.500 mph PLANE IS SOUGHT
    48 3 E :-man. Air I Frank Whittle, the German fur Britain on job as tech. on engine design to the ControlAir. at the -mcern himseU v h wort m at of gas turfaster- speed or more hour of "athodyds' opulsion units *n hour robot
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    DIED SPYING ON COUPLES
    30 3 I 10 say that M a result of ■^veiling on H J Jef- M the resumed tend on Cyril BrJf: 21. a railV »i ?-:rd Ecd-roxl.
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    CORNWALL HAS SAFETY PLAN
    88 3 A £750 000 emergency harbour for merchant ships caught m bad weather m "the sailors* grave"— a 100 miles strir; of coast which includes Land's End is planned by Cornwall County Council and the Corporation of St. Ives. Mr. Edwards the Town Clerk of St. Ives.
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    Air hostesses train over London
    124 3 Air hostesses train over London I lying 3,000 feet above London, four 'Star Girls' air hostesses of British South American Airways took their seventh, and final, course of training: before going: on operat'onal duty on the route to Argentina. The four were the last of 30 now employed by the
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    SIX HARRY JACKSON
    25 3 Sir Barry Jacksoi. is to be director ot the Shakespeare Merr.orial Theatre at Stratiord-on-Avon as well ls director ot the festival company.
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    616 mph man
    47 3 Group Captain Edward Donaldson (an ex-Malayan) of the RAF. became the fastest flyer m the world when he set up a new air record of 616 m p h over the twelve-miles course off the south co*st of England. Phot > shows Group Captain Donaldson.
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    Dole recipients rise to 30,000
    175 3 Dole recipients rise to 30,000 ALTHOUGH there is still no sign Of widespread distress or unemployment after a year of peace, the annual report of the Assistance Board, published m London, reveals that what distress does exist is m the same old areas Souiii Wales and the North-East Coast, which
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    CHILDREN TAUGHT ROAD SENSE
    69 3 "Safe-tv Sam" the Metiopolitan Police parfect pedes rian :s Lading Lonaon's post-war "visual" read safety d.monst ration for school-children. la real life, "Safety Sam" is Police Constable J. Rodwell The playgrounds of schools are used for demonstrations. They are ritted up with reai traftic signals and
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    DESTROYER LAUNCHED
    14 3 Scorpion (1,980 tons), the Navy's fourth all-welded destroyer, was launched at Corns
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    NOT TO BE MERGED
    17 3 8.f1.C. s West of England region will not now be merged with Mid.an'-
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    BIGGER RATIONS
    22 3 Hop pirki is are to get a biJfcM hi cad al'owan^ 12 small leaves a v/? c .k [Of tdilltS.
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    GOVT. MAY GO INTO FILMS
    98 3 GOVT. MAY GO INTO FILMS TWELVE labour MPs, now writing an unofficial report on the British film industry, will urge the Government to make pictures m State-owned studios and to show them m State-owned cinemas. They do not want the Government to nationalise the industry but just to go into
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    U.K. IS MAKING NEW WEAPONS
    90 3 IN a broadcast on election policy, m which he spoke of Commonwealth defence, Mr. Chifley. the Australian Prime Minister, said that weapons known as "guided project les" were being made jointly by his country and Britain. Australia, he said, had offered her largest ammunitions factory
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    90.000 REFUSE REPATRIATION
    94 3 THE four Allied missions In Vienna have sent an agreed message" to th:ir Governments on the subject of displaced persons m Austria. This, it appears gives the total number of such people as 430.000. Of these about 90,000. mostly from Eastern Europe, refuse to r-turn to their
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    'NEW ARMY' ESTATES
    27 3 Children'! playgrounds and ultra-modern hous s are included m plans for th c first "New Army" housing estate, at Dreghorn infantry ua'rrng centre. Edinburgh.
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    BEES DIE
    20 3 Death of thousands oi bees an 01 th Yorkshire moors mcy c du3 to starva^on following bac .veatner.
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    BUILDING BEFORE REPAIRS IN U.K.
    137 3 MR. ANEURAN BEVAN, British Minister of Health, ha* directed that new miouses must come before repairs to existing property m U.K. Licences for non-es-ential repairs and maintenance are to be further curtailed. Mr. Bevan said: "There is a shortage of craftsmen, particularly bricklayers, r.nd, although
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    Reunion on Britannic
    49 3 Sq. Ldr. J. Par o 1 of lI. Q Air Command. SEAC, and his wife and their daughters Kathleen deft) and Doreen (righfl). Their reunion was on hoard the Britannic which broueht the first Service families to Malaya, dockns at Singapore* last Friday. Free Press rbo*os;raoh.
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    BUILT OWN CAR DEPOT
    144 3 CAPT. F. N. HEWITT and Capt. H W. Gosden. both now demobbed from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Eng neers. have started business m a garage and car repair dep H which they built themselves m London Road. West Croydon They worked together m the motor
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    Civil defence to study A-bomb
    256 3 DRITAIN'S Civil Defence is being adapted lo mttWt: measures against the atom bomb. Specially selected Civil Defence Officers are being given the latest avai able details on the world's newest weapon of destru tion and how to combat its effects. Lectures have already been given
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    HOUSING SHORTAGE
    27 3 To help relieve the housing situation m Portsmouth and Gosport, quarters m ihe garrison barracks arc to b> ofTrred to wives and families of soldiers.
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    BROTIIKRS MAKE A PLANETARIUM
    97 3 BROTIIKRS MAKE A PLANETARIU M WHAT 15 believed to bo the first planetarium ever to be constructed m the Br tish Empire has been made by two brothers m Paddington Mr. D. Bartlett and Mr. J. K. Bartlett. It demonstrates the position of the stars at any time. It can
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    PEER DELIVERS THE MILK
    60 3 rOR two houri cad, u^y. Lora T Digby. who It a DeputyLieutenant of Dorset, takes round milk and produce from his farms to the villagers of Cernc Abbas He told the Daily Mail Uibt he had been doing the ronnc 1(* seven months. When his as
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    S'PORE FOOD IS SMUGGLED INTO JOHORE
    243 5 S'PORE FOOD IS SMUGGLED INTO JOHORE tree Tress Reporter t ne** rom the snul gS lin S front" is the ontrolled-price foodstuffs manufactured 1 imported into Singapore— at big profits m 1 y\ of .Johore. Manufacturers and imrLmsehes have seen the products they have Singapore on sale m Johore at
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    V.M Gibbs For AF Transport Cemmand Post
    36 5 V.M Gibbs For AF Transport Cemmand Post .ilk Niv Li air rt*« l^ S,n 5-th-^ ;v v I J stall V paty M-'ur 1 r and T>r msl* v\ith bird Ti.liri! F«TC«, Bmind. SMlfc-E*Si N l
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    AVY HUNTING K. PIRATES
    14 5 c o: d to a large- Vkiili of a 60
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    Disposals Board Singapore.
    20 5 Singapore. M r.A-.rs > ■---..i-v and mm *:nder. i: 1 H.Q p.m seal,r T.nder pS Board *>■ r- xm.
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    EUROPEAN MATRON SHOT
    121 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE European matron oi the Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Mrs. D. N. McDiarmid, received shotgun injuries while standing outside her office m the hospital compound, yesterday evening, when a Sikh watchman employed at the British Re^ I stores fired, it is
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    POLICE-SERGENT CHARGED
    40 5 ALLEGED to have corruptly obtained the sum of $2,000 m April last at the Empress Hotel from Chui Ho and a woman, Leon^ Cheok Eng, a detecti.ve sergeant, Yong Ai San, appeared yesterday before Mi. Tan Thoon Lip.
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    SUGAR CASE
    41 5 Lee Ngoh Wong claimed trial m the Fourth PolW Court yesterday to fraudulent possession of 37 bags of sugar valued $282. He was remand€<J In doUo* custody for 24 hour» and thr case postponed to Sept. 18 for mention.
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    BOON SAYS JAPS TRUSTED HIM
    272 5 LONDON, Tuesday. COLONEL HALSE, the prosecuting officer, cross-examined Major Cecil Boon at the continuation of his court martial about the allegation m one of the charges that Boon had communicated to the enemy information relating to documents found m the possession of William Joseph BucAley,
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    INDIA CUTS RICE RATIONS
    160 5 FACED by increasing deficits m grain deliveries, the provincial governments of Bengal and the United Provinces have reduced their rice rations, and Bombay Presidency may follow suit shortly. In Bengal, the ration has been cut from 12 ounce? a day to eight. In the eastern United
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    CARRIER AT TANGIER
    46 5 The American aircraft-carrier Franklin D Roosevelt, accompanied by a destroyer, arrives at Tangier today for a five day visit At the invitation of the local authorities Her air group consisting n'. approximately 120 planes will fly ove' the city, says Reuter from Tangic.
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    Flying-Fox For Meat
    43 5 An ad&itfoa to the meat sunpu of Singnpo'-p is found m the ttvinc-fmr. Indiam trap o>ittftfoxes with nets during the fruit season m Singapore a* shown m this picture. Live flying-foxes find a ready market at S3 to S4 each.
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    Nazi Victims May Claim
    136 5 TH E Control Office for Germany and Austria announce that arrangements have been made which will enable persons resident m the British Commonwealth and British citizens elsewhere, who have claims m Tespect of property of which they were dispossessed by Nazi persecution or discrimination to forward
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    WOMAN JAILED FOR SOLICITING
    58 5 MALAY woman, Jinah binte Baba. charged with persistently soliciting for immoral purposes m the St. Andrew's RoadConnaught Road area, was yesterday sentenced to three months' simple imprisonment by the Third Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Byrne. She said her husband had been taken away by the Japanese
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    INDIANS ON CAMERONIA COMPLAIN
    167 5 INDIANS ON CAMERONIA COMPLAIN rE Government of India has asked the Madras Governments to obtain statements from passengers on allegations of ill-treatment oi Indian passengers on board the liner Cameronia wlvch recently arrived at Madras from Singapore. Mr. R. K. Banerjee of the Indian National Congress mission for Malaya said,
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    STORE PoWs UPSET JAP PLANS
    206 5 'THROUGH a secret underground organization, British officers m PoW camps m Singapore were able to upset Japanese plans for a strong Japanese sponsored Indian National Army, it was revealed today m the War Crimes Trial. British colonel, Cyril Wild, War Crimes Liaison Officer m SouthEast
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    STOCKINGS IN PEACH CASES
    119 5 TWO hundred and sixty-four pairs of Nylon stockings found by Customs agents m Hong Kong m a shipment of peaches from San Francisco to an unnamed Chinese movie actress are held m San Francisco und r a Federal Court order. A Federal judge ordered them to
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    18 5 In Pcrafc. Chinese v ge table gardeners arc increMsirij* their acreages and paying particular attention to sweet potatoes
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    DANGER SPOTS ARE LIGHTED NOW
    277 5 Free Press Reporter rP-LINE priority with Municipal electrical engineers today is the restoration of Singapore's street lighting. Since the Commissioner of Police wrote a letter to the Municipality pointing out that most crimes of violence take place m dark, badly-lighted streets, the provision of an
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    FORGED $10 NOTES IN CIRCULATION
    208 5 FORGED $10 NOTES IN CIRCULATION FORGED $10 Malayan currenc/ r notes of the green issued dated Jan. 1, 1935, and bearing the head of King George V are reported to be m circulaMrn. There noes bear Serial Nos. B A3 C 0772 and C 2 ***** The two no*e.s arp
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    C.M.O. THANKS THE G.O.C.
    95 5 THE Chief Medical Office*, 1 Singapore, has acknowledged his deep debt of gratitude to the G.0.C., Singapore District, and his officers wno made available Army personnel for work m the hospitals during the strike and to the mary civilian volunteers and sea secu's who. along with
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    NGLAND'S QUEST TO EGAIN 'ASHES'
    473 7 of ten years, another team of wil reach Australia to resume fees." Only three members of .1 Australia before. They are who were members of G. O. led to regain the "Ashes" that and his men m the Summer of r i s Match' KSC
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    HOME SOCCER
    41 7 LONDON. Tues. r PO-DAYS football results v.-ere: ENGLISH LEAGUE First Division Blackburn R. 1 Arsenal 2 THIRD DIVISION (North) Rochdale 1 Oldham A. 3 RI'GBY UNION Falmouth 5 Swansea 25 SCOTTISH GLASGOW CVP (Semi-final) Clyd? 2 Rangers 2 Reuter
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    LOUIS-MAURIELLO FIGHT EXCITES LITTLE INTEREST
    146 7 NEW YORK, TU€S. THE world heavyweight championship fight tetween Louis and Mau-iello at the Yankee Staa:um tomorrow night is failing tc arouse modi enthusiasm and pro- moter Mike Jacob? now thinks h? will be lucky if the receipts total 0.000. Ho attributes this lack of
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    AMERICAN KEEPS WORLD TITLE
    38 7 Ike Will ams, world's lightweight champion, gets to worn on Ronnie James British champion, m the fifth round of their recent fisht at Ninian Park, Cardiff. Williams knocked out James m the ninth round.
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    BATES GETS 122 FOR AIRFIELD XI
    320 7 From P. Lewis. PLAYING at Macpherson Road, Changi Airfield beat the home team R.A.F. Paya Lebar by 113 runs. Changi Airfield batted first and. after Gaunt had been dismissed early m the game. Marsh joined Bates and they took the score to 151 before
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    ALFSIGS BEAT ROCKLITES
    221 7 ALFSIGS beat the Rockiites by three wickets m a game of cricket which had an exciting nnish, Alfsigs passing their opponents total after extra time With three wickets m hand. Scores were: ROCKLITES A. Urn c. Bend .ill b. Sunderland 15 W. Galistan b- Degg 22 E.
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    GRANDSON OF KNUCKLE FIGHTER MAKES GOOD
    597 7 Archie Quick's Sports Parade London, Sun. WHILE he sat at breakfast with me Stan Hawthorne, the new Cock of the Lightweight North, told me his plans for the future. This slim, gentlemanly boxer whose crinkly nair, slight toothbrush moustache, quiet voice gives him the
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    S.C.C. Rugger Fixtures
    101 7 CINGAPORE Cricket Club will open their rugby season with a match on Oct. 5 against Singapore District. An early practice came will be played on Sept. 28. Other fixtures arranged up to Nov. 12 are as below: Oct. 5, vs lI Q. Singapore District (Army); 8, vs
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    BRITAIN LEADS EMPIRE
    166 7 BRITAIN LEADS EMPIRE Professional Golf SOUTHPORT, Tues. THE first big challenge golf match m Britain sinc^ 1938 opened today on the Southpcrt and Ainsdale course— scent of Ryder Cup rivalry between America and Britain pre-war— when the home professionals. Dai Rees and Charles Ward, opcoscd the Empire combination Bobby Locke.
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    23 7 London Tucs. The Soviet Ch^ss team defeated the United States 12^ to 74 m a dual match that ended Monday. Ma-cow Radio reported.
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