The Singapore Free Press, 16 October 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE fN MALAYA V#. 16.675. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1946 HIGHI PAGES PRICE l< CLNTS.
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    Killearn at NEI talks
    48 1 d killearn is se-n opening the coi.f?renc*» at Bfttavtq be- •*<*■ the Dut<h and Indonesian delegations. On his left is Mtan Sjahrir. leader of the Indonesian delegrat'on. ;>nd on *n» n«bt ar* Pror 1. W Schennerfcorn and Dr. H. J. van Mook, r^nresentingr the Dutch.
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    Wedding ban is scrapped
    74 1 LONDON. Tues. "Hi ioou.ion fn.m today of c manujf bar on women the hone civ 1 service was •wnced by the Chancellor *J* Exchequer Dr Hug«i "D m the House of "Simons t«la^ '»-rif(i women who are au■plj vith the normal &*m of the r employI'
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    CHQ MAY GO TO KENYA
    51 1 CHQ MAY GO TO KENYA I rue 3 t y in East K£\ v.c general headi Sn:.s h icrces m the i J^Jtoisier. Mr. Clement b: aj Q H t Ouse "1 Commons "-,S n time 1 ktft^^^^-ers. Middlß h J"and^ Wlthdraw al Tom tt^^tti ]2f'» Rya among being con-
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    SIAM GIVES BACK 4 PROVINCES
    27 1 SIAM GIVES BACK 4 PROVINCES SSS^^nt yesterrnmenfs -e four dis- Fran:* by 91 I i at Siam J Treaty will not will b e t -'or furRenter
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    NAZI LEADERS HANG TODAY
    379 1 CORMAL official announcement that the 11 Nazi leaders, sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal, were hanged at Nuremburg during the early hours of today, is expected m Singapore this afternoon. The executions were timed to begin at one minute after midnight (Nuremburg time),
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    FOR FRASER'S HILL
    30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. Lord Killearn, the Special Commissioner, who presided at the truce-mak ng meetings m Batavia, Is to harp a short holiday at Fraser's Hill.
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    RAJAH DEAD AFTER PARTY
    91 1 LISBON, Tuesday. THE Maharajah of Chhota- Udepur was found dead m his room at the Hotel Laviz m Lisbon today. Accompanied by the Maharanee and a party of friends be had been to a night-club on Monday night and was found dead when called to catch
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    Java: 'political pact by Nov. 30'
    247 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. THE Dutch authorities hope to reach "basic political agreement" .with the Indonesians on the future status of Indonesia before the end of the next month, the Dutch Commission General announced m Batavia today. This followed the signing of the truce between the
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    MOSLEMS IN INDIA GOVT.
    133 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. rE King has appointed the following representatives, nominated by the Moslem League, to be members of the India Interim Government, it was officially announced today: Liaquat All Khan, Secretary of the Moslem League; J. J. Chundrigar, President of the Bombay provincial Moslem League;
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    AGAINST FRANCO
    35 1 France and Mexico are believed to hav c joined Russia and Poland m opposing the admittance of Franco Spain to the United Nations International Court of Justice says A. P. from New York.
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    MPs HEAR KLUANG TRIAL FLAWS
    336 1 MPs HEAR KLUANG TRIAL FLA WS LONDON, Tuesday. THE War Minister, Mr. Frederick Bellenger, today gave the House of Commons details of the serious irregularities" which, he said, occurred m the course of the recent Kluan^ court martial of British paratroops on a charge of mutiny* "Firstly, he said, the
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    'GEN. WINGATE EXCEEDED HIS POWERS'
    195 1 'GEN. WINGATE EXCEEDED HIS POWERS' LONDON, Tuesday. MR. FREDERICK BELLENGER, War Minister, today made a written reply to Mr. Ernest Thurtle, (Labour, Shoreditch), who asked for a statement on allegations at the cout martial proceedings, last June that the Commanding Officer m Burma had authorised the Imposition of flogging and
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    GERMAN EXPORT BID
    22 1 America Is to Invest several million dollars m an effort to reestablish Germany's export trade says U.P. from Berlin.
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    RUNNING GUN FIGHT IN STORE STREET
    193 1 RUNNING GUN FIGHT IN STORE STREET THE Police believe they have made an important arre&t following a gun duel iaft night between a police patrol and two Chinese gunmen m whicn one ol the gunmen was seriously wounded. A policeman was shot m the thigh but is not considered to
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      10 1 750T06"* PH$ H IW BEX p^to Smdlo m Shactie Club
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      109 1 NEW CHINA 9mm OPTICAL CO New Stock Items at ROBINSONS FOR THE LADIES:Nylon Elastic Swim Suits assorted colours $32.54) Navy Blue Nylon Swim Suits $12.50 Gor Bay Skirts sizes $25.50 $41.50 Shopping Bags from $6.50 $14.50. Leather Handbags good selection. FOR THE CHILDREN:Children's warm coats size*, at to 36 troni
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    CRIPPS EXPLAINS BRITISH TRADE AIMS
    456 3 CRIPPS EXPLAINS BRITISH TRADE AIMS gIXTY spokesmen, representing the British Commonwealth, heard Sir Stafford Cripps define the British Government's attitude to world trade as it affects the Empire at a meeting m London. These talks and an international conference which follows are preparing the way for next year's world conference,
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    39 3 ,1 parade m which the styles of 1896 were contrasted ntk th« creations of I*> 46 took place at the Tvocadero |«taurant, London, recently. Photo shows cycling dress, old md nnr. worn bT Peg?y Ashley (left) and Jackie Daniels.
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    SHEIKS JOIN A LONDON 'SCRUM'
    58 3 UISITING the Victoria and Albert Museum m London to see the "Britain Can Make If Exhibition, the Emir Feisai, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, like everybody else, was buffeted by the crowd. In a short while he and two other sheiks were pushing their way
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    TANK PIONEER
    17 3 Sir W. Tritton, of Lincoln, who built first tank m 1915, has died aged 71.
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    Garden of Memories' is not for sale
    103 3 Garden of Memories' is not for sale i TL>¥ walled-in garden is k *iifc exception to the all-in uctiM sale of the Earl of lifejs Himley Hall Estate— It hMKTmoon home of the betas of Kent— near Dudley. Iwstmhire It is a jarden of memories. fcnuth the trees are two
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    $40 MILLION TO STOP RUST
    114 3 W toes of resear h ar^ being followed by scientist* to U save 'he £40.000,000 v -w Britain spends to proPwnaEd ste I from rust. Pfil ?*ee^ ar: being in.ro'wtiltrtng cooper chro- and r Ick:: tj,^ wiU -^ly aj ord> it- S?» On c )rr^ion
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    AWARDS FOR IDEAS
    31 3 In the 40 years during which the GP.O. has encouraged employees to put forward ideas it has received over 118,000 suggestions and made awards amounting to i: 38.000.
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    PECRUITS BELOW ESTIMATE
    71 3 Army and Produced the expected. Jij Minify of "quiU outlined m t onterafor the Aimy and RAF continues to fall below estimates including 100,--000 for the Army by April, 1917 —the recruiting drive will be intensified The War Office and Air Ministry think the fair test will
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    Ace driver tries out midget cars
    269 3 MAJOR GoWie Gardner, who became the world's fastest small -car man when he did 203 miles an hour m a 10 h.p. British M.G., came to the Paris Motor Show to try out the 2-6 h.p. midget cars put on show by five French
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    LION CLAWS CHILD
    103 3 EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Margarn Colsy, of Verdayne-gardens. Warlngham, Surrey, saved her little brother K:ith from serious injury when he was attacked by a lion m a circus at Warlin^ham. A number of children were atiracted to the lion's cage, md three-year-old Keith was jostled too near. The lion shot
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    5,000 IN PLANE 'QUEUE'
    34 3 All plane seats from London lc New Ycrk arc booked until n xi February. Pan Am°rkan AirA-a:*? announces. fri atiditirn to 7.3C0 ronfii.:-. c' r*sci valient. ui?y have »,.OCO applications.
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    Fashion Girls Rehearse
    78 3 Mannequins who arc to take part m the Midnight Parade of fashion during the guild of British Creative Designers' Ball this month at the Royal Albert Hall, London, had a final rehearsal at the Albert hall. The Parade, m which 150 of Britain's most beautiful fashion crirls
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    REGIMENT GETS 'FREEDOM'
    45 3 THE Cambridgeshire Regiment was given the Freedom of Cambridge at a parade recently m recognition of its services "m the cause of freedom particularly m World War II." A battalion of the regiment was the last to cease flrc when Singapore surrendered
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    300 a week join the Land Army
    101 3 BRITAIN wants hundreds of recruits to join the Women's Land Army m Britain, to take the place of German prisoners whose repatriation speed-up threatens to leave farms short of labour. During the past five months, 14,000 girls have joined. After Lancashire and Yorkshire,
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    ELECTRICITY PLAN FOR SCOTLAND
    137 3 MILLIONS of gallons of water, which now go to waste, a/v to be used to generate electricity m a £4.800,000 scheme at Glen Aflric, Inverness, one of Scotland's best accessible beauty spots. The plan, which has bee n made by the North Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board, is
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    800 FARMS STUDY TRACTOR WORK
    70 3 EVERY time a tractor does a Job, details of its performance will be kept on a special log card on 800 farms. Economic department of the National Farmers' Union is running a 12 months' survey. "Results should help the fanner to choose the best type
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    SALVATION LIES IN MORE COAL
    167 3 SALVATION LIES IN MORE COAL FIVE million additional tons o: coal m the next six months means the salvation of this country, declared Mr. Shinwell, Minister of Fuel, at Nottingham a fsw weeks ago. "That is what stands between us and success this winter.' he said. "That is what all
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    FREEMAN SHAW
    20 3 Mr. George Bernard Shaw, a former member of St. Pancras Council, has accepted the freedom of St. Pancras.
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      45 3 TARZAN Superior Strategy By Edgar Rice Burroughs |AS TARZANS WEAPON BROKE IN '<£, I/jbHWM TW£N TWE -LWSLE LORD S^OWSD FS7I V/ T^O, TROLAT SEIZED HIS ONE 7 3t vJL^CJB TME SUPERIORITY OP &RA!N<S O/eR M&»l (V _*4 /J{W^ /Sfefl ENDING TARZAN Ov£R TaOL^T TdUbT r f^V
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    ANOTHER SHIP COMES WITHOUT CARGO
    266 5 Free Press Shipping Reporter CINGAPORE'S latest addition to her steadily increasing list of "cargo free" vessels is the 22,000-ton "ex-Hell Ship" Empress of Australia which arrived m Singapore yesterday from the United Kingdom, but she was filled to capacity with civilian passengers and Service people
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    10,000 TONS OF RICE FOR MALAYA
    145 5 10,000 TONS OF RICE FOR MALAYA HE Ociober shipping pro--1 2jUI tons M :rom Siam. Nt was progr.iir.med to ship r.re to Malaya. snwer. the two. a total for Sober of 10.128 tons was pro■ued to arrive m Malaya end of October. Owji? to rikct, Burma ■Ik I Bl her
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    SAILS FROM ARMY TENTS
    42 5 SAILS FROM ARMY TENTS -d rroin Pith!n hat W :h the k' -onT irec tTr of Fisheriejj, f^^m the Army Director KBui? r s: for the industry. .'^d hat the cloth ta^L 0( ent age was L make laiJ complete ailing boat^
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    INDONESIANS WILL BE ASSISTED
    18 5 m Dutch KL^W S.TS receive finan recognized Pi»S££ UL -c RepubS •Hencv A:^:a report-
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    INDIAN TEXTILES
    28 5 The nrst ship bringing textiles from India m exchange tor Indonesian rice has arrived m the Republican-held area, according to Republican press dispatches from Djogjakarta.- A.P.
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    93 5 Two Jap generals Lieut. Gen. Mataguchj and MajGen. Kawamura arrived from Japan at Changi airfield, Singapore on Oct. 9. Gen. Matagucbi was commander o f the 18th Division of the Third Jap Army whi.h fought their way down the Malaya Penr'nsula to Singapore. The troops unler his command committed atrocities
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    WD MARKS MUST BE CUT OUT
    64 5 fERTAIN WD vehicles on loan or hire to civilian firms or purchased by them are still marked with War Department BMA numbers, states a communique. Such markings are causing a certain amount of inconvenience to the police, and to the drivers of the civilian
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    SUSPECTS ARRIVE
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    Christmas Isle mutiny trial soon
    333 5 Christmas Isle mutiny trial soon A BRITISH Army court-martial soon will re-open one of the ugliest chapters m the Pacific war the long-secret story of Indian troops who, m 1942, mutinied and murdered their British officer and NCO's on Christmas Island, A.P. reports from Batavia. Eight of the alleged mutineers
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    BILL AIMS AT STOPPING CAR STRIPPING
    198 5 BILL AIMS AT STOPPING CAR STRIPPING A BILL which will be introduced into the Singapore Advisory Council tomorrow provides for an increase of the maximum penalty for theft to seven yeais prisonment and fine. Under the present law persons who commit theft of a moti r vehicle, bicycle or vehicle
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    BARBERS MAY CUT CHARGES
    222 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE are signs that, over- charging on hair cuts m Singapore will soon be curtailed. The lead has been given by barber establishment'? which, formerly, did "high class" business and boasted and exclusive clientelle. Indian t>arber shops, which predominate m Singapore, have
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    Union will issue savings bonds
    284 5 AN official statement from the Malayan Union Government states that Victory Savings Certificates will be available for the small investor m the near future. This will bring the Union into line with Singapore, which decided, at a meeting of the Advisory Council last week, to
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    MINISTER TO PHILIPPINES
    49 5 MR. L. H. FOULDS CB.E-, tusl British Minister designate to the Republic of the Philippines, arrived m Singapore this morning aboard the Empress o! Australia on his way to Manila Mr. Fcrulds is an old res*Jhr.t ol Manila, having been Con&u! there from 1925 to 1936.
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    SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC REPORTED
    196 5 SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC REPORTED THE Malayan Union Health report issued last week stated that for the week ending Oct. 5, 159 cases of small-pox were reported from Trengganu. It has now been established that this epidemic is confined solely to a small isolated area m the coastal district of Besut near
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    50 LUNATICS AT LARGE IN CEYLON
    72 5 MORE than 50 inmates of the mental hospital at Angoda, Colombo, have escaped and many are roaming the countryside. They include homicidal maniacs, murderers and dangerous criminals. The escape came when 600 attendants of the asylum walked out m a body during the midday
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      75 5 fffrthtr Kepart Thuncl* i- Is A possibility A.r t'omm*«4. **SL 'iSnlt f*ir orer n»U *t '^^.iiernoon apart from thunder -stonm iVirth. It wiU b* f«r s cT^nd .'SJhI »^h to soolh"t. ««b*i•» P m tod J JVim at 61« i^*" tomorrow. *L^«n r^ at four minutes ton-^ht and srts *t
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      447 5 SPORE GETS 900 TONS PHOSPHATE Free Press Shipping Reporter MALAYA'S grow-more-food campaign will benefit considerably with the arrival of 900 tons of phosphate* from Christmas Island. This cargo is being unloaded from the Islander which is coming alongside 1 1 < j Harbour Board wharf today. Christmas Island, which is
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      20 5 ADVISORY COUNCIL A meeting of the Advisory Council will be held tomorrow, at the Municipal Councu Chamber, *t .00 a.m.
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    34 7 n Kreni v o.tr.ed by M. F. R. Schmitt, winner of Nl taiies at Asc °t »n Saturday. This Rri-ht Nf«s was second and Britains champion racr d.sribed as "The Race of the Century-"
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    Australian XI To Meet M.C.C.
    120 7 Perth, Tues. pEORGE Robinson, Western Australian captain, will lead the rombned team including four iUte players against the Marvleboners, starting on Oct. 17. The state players are Barnes. New Sooth Wales captain, who is a trilliant batsman and played m the Oral Test m 1938,
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    EVENTH WIN IN A ROW
    42 7 EVENTH WIN IN A ROW Cricket O C.C'c 3d alsc Score: MMM I b J imms o RfclUfft- i b. Jr»rrc? M «--hr. on Fran r3l X rry < m rook I, 27, KtXTy LuC--j v b Rieb; I t b I I-
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    OME FOOTBALL TRIKE POSTPONED
    40 7 KDON, Mon. i tat. Ik English led to mute ■ton o: of U: :-aily J* between the Players Mjr Thursday next. If PJ? its for J^n ca n be made at this w.lj b* ,1^ I
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    C.C. RUGBY XV
    25 7 fcXj*** 11 the SCC C team to play :he 13th Btj" be: K***J DM seward; L^ r^v. j A ireiy> --'•son EC.
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    CARDINALS WIN BASEBALL SERIES
    9 7 CARDINALS WIN BASEBALL SERIES National base- OShjp ft^iS- -nth
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    FRENCH CHAMPION DETHRONED
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    N.R.A. SILVER MEDAL FOR STORE SHOOT
    193 7 N.R.A. SILVER MEDAL FOR STORE SHOOT A WMCf fill SJ?.A. shoot was held on Sunday, when the stan- dard Bisley shoots for the first stage of "The Kings' 7 were fired. these are two sighters and seven rounds each at 200. 500. and 600 yards. Prize winners were: 200 500
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    32 7 Yardley dives for the ball at silly point off. Dick, tl*e H'CM AiistraJ an Colt, is *i*j>o i:a*sman and Gtab the wicketkeeper. Voce is m the slips and Bed&er m the foreground
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    LAST FIVE MINUTES DECIDE CUP GAME
    709 7 By Our Soccer Reporter T£-;*-F- Rase Hq 6 Sullan 4. HE S.A.F.A. Victory Cup knock-out competition could hardly have had a more rousing kick-off tha n provided by yesterday's opening tie at Jalan Besar Stadium m which K.A.F. Base Headquarters beat Sultan by six
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    No Police At The Stadium
    167 7 JJOT a single civil policeman 11 only 20 odd feet of a barrier erected m a raTe fit of purposefulness over the weekend was at Jalan Besar Stadium (under Municipal control again) for the first competitive soccer match m Singapore yesterday for the first time
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    25 7 pic- ture. Goram, Army goalkeeper, deals with a corner kick m Saturday's stadium soccer m which the Second Div. Crosskeys beat Army two-nil.- Free Press
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    CHANGI AIRFIELD 'A' TEAM WIN
    183 7 pHANGI Airfield A" XI defeated Central Communication OftVe Dockyard by 49 runs m a cricket match at Changi on Sunday. Scores werec.c.o. Lee b Booth 7, Sveer c Millman c BooUi 3, Taylor c Millman b G&lletlv 0, Hall b Booth 5, Jones b Booth
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY
    35 7 ALL S.R.C. hockey players a:e reminded that entries for tiic chub's six-a-side tournament cicjo at 5 p.m. today. Mr. R. Minjoot, the convenor, can be connoted at the Municipality or at the club
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    Cotton Sidesteps A Challenge
    475 7 Archie Quick's Sports Parade LONDON, Tuesday. WITH good and bad fortune breaking even I consider Bobhy Locke, South Africa's champion, is the on!v gclfer outside the United States with a chance of beating Hcr.r v Cotton. he never comes i?*>s de circle. To. ton 3 gr.at
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    Yesterday's Winners
    14 7 picture The R.A.F Base Headcn&ricrs' soccer XI, yesterday's cup-tie winntrs.- Free Press
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