The Singapore Free Press, 28 April 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA DFS SF SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947 PRICE 10 CENT*
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    ELIZBETH'S IS AGROUND
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    NAZI DEPOSED
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    11 WINERS DIE
    18 1 doned to of II miners trapped i) ift of the East Malar Quebec province Reuter
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    WAR UNLESS... IN COLONIES'
    52 1 WAR UNLESS... IN COLONIES' I rue in Indochin; e Frer.ch and Dutcl :iationalism is in .re armed an< aroused bitte nu I b Nort! red by the support o Arab world, may upse :i plans foy Tunisia, Algeri; Tension is higl to Casablanca mic improvement mus simultaneously wit! oa] and
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    Penang crushes triad society
    662 1 By Al AN GARDNER Free Pre^ Stall lUp..rhi •THE mystic initiation rites carried out in the dead <>f the 1 night on the lonely slopes of Penang Hiil. ulu-n thousands ot people were being admitted to tht brotherhood of the Ang Bin Hoey one of tht'
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    1,500 JAPS TO QUIT TODAY
    63 1 1 ,500 JAPS TO QUIT TODAY Free Press Staff Reporter One thousand five hundred Japanese, the largest number to be repatriated to Japan und?r the latest South East Asia "move-out" scheme, will leave Singapore this afternoon by the 23,000-ton P and O liner Strathnaver. The Japs were taken to the
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    'Nationalise cars next'
    80 1 MK Richard Crossman, Labour M.P. for Fast Coventry, centre of the car industry, predicted in Coventry yesterday that the .overruiient would some day control the British motor car industry. When coal, electricity and steel are nationalised we shall have the basis of controlling the motor car industry.''
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    POLISHCOAL FOR BRITAIN
    63 1 POLISHCOAL FOR BRITAIN LONDON, Sunday. A GOVERNMENT source said today that Britain expects to get from Poland a quarter of a million tons of coal a year. Britain and Poland decided this in a three-year trade pact. Under ttie agreement, Poland may also export food to Britair. Britain may export
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    HARBOUR LOOTERS AMBUSHED
    383 1 HARBOUR LOOTERS AMBUSHED Leader shot Free Press Staff Reporter ANE man, believed to be the leader of the gang, was shot dead, five were wounded, one seriously, and 12 others were arrested by the Singapore Harbour Board Police early this morning when a mixed gang of Javanese, Chinese and Indians
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    U.K. U.S. GERMAN ZONES TO MERGE
    266 1 LONDON, Sunday. SPECIAL aircraft was sent from London airport today to pick up British Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, in Berlin. He is expected to arrive back in London tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, Lord Pakenham, newly-appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and head of the
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    WHITE HOUSE SECRET' TALKS
    217 1 WASHINGTON, Monda\ PRESIDENT TRIM Ik Id a secret conference at the White House last night with (ien. George Marshall, Cnited States Secretary of State, and EtcpubKcaa sad Demi Party leaders in the United States Conirnss. The conference was officially described as being for the purpose of
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    TRADE TALKS
    37 1 TRADE TALKS SIR STAFFOBD CUFFS right President of the British Board of Trade, is seen in conversation with M. Andre iMnlip, I rrnch delegate, at the I nited Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in (it-neva. Switzerland
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    REPUBLIC
    226 1 INDIA is expected to have first Republican constitution by October 31 this year, according to the deadline fixed in the provisional schedule recommf ed by the Constituent Assembly's Business Committee. The Committee's report and recommendations are likely to be submitted to the Constituent Assembly on Wednesday or Thursday. At
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    3,750 SHEEP, ARRIVE
    62 1 3,750 SHEEP, ARRIVE Close in the wake of tai Australian "food ships" Burnside and Ajax which arrived in Singapor last week, the Blue Funnel vessel Gorgon brought in 3.750 sheep from Fremantle this morni' She also carried a civilian cargo of 300 tons of potatoes and onions, 56 tons of
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    PLANE CRASHES
    20 1 A private plane with three persons on board crashed yesterday near Copenhagen in Denmark. No details ble. Reuter
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    AMBASSADOR ARRIVES
    17 1 Hhe Argentine Ambassador to Russia, Federico Canteni, arrived in Moscow by train last night.— U.P.
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    VISITORS TO BREAK MONOTONY
    1325 2 VISITORS TO BREAK MONOTONY Batu Pahat looks forward to by Alan Gardner Free Pr«ss Staff Reporter has visited Rangoon, Bangkok and Batavia for the Free Press and is now U uring Malaya give us an insight into conditions pievaiing in out own hinterland. DEFORE the war tL little township of
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    270 2 WEST at first, hoping the opponents w I Into trouble. They did— but not so deeply tha himself did not let them out. What would you choose your opening lead on the West hand? Actually. West opened the diami ru\ kin:. Dummy's ace was taken and declarer
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      386 2 SIHCAPORT Blue Network English 12 00— 06 p.rr. ISS metres in medium wave bund i 1 12 dm pir sec nd in th,- 4 1 metre band 00 11 0U p.ni j metro in ih- g midium wave band i jnd m th. bl metre band ei fr m 7
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947. Time To Vote
    606 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947. Time To Vote IT is now more than a year since the principles of a new constitution for Singapore were announced on the restoration o' civil Government to the Colony and among th:sc punpies was the introduction ol a franchise 3-^d elections
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    Good Morning ....
    887 4  - Good Morning Fr ank Owen B y VU H E N did the greatest military giant in history fall? Why, on May 4, 1945, at 6.30 p.m. After that, there was no Germany. But the war was not won on Mils plans of Hanover thit Mav evening two year; ago.
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  • Letter to the Editor
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      POLITICAL
      95 4 WITH reference to your article on RarTes Library, published in Singapore Free Press of April 24, I wish to correct the statement made to the effect that political books by Laski, Strachey, Russell and Huxley are all missing from the library. There are a number o' books by each
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    BRITAIN'S SHOW GARDENS
    233 4 BRITAIN'S SHOW GARDENS THERE canmt be many I people who have not j of the Royal Botanic Gardi Kew. Lou .on. Fur a long time the c Elections of living plants have placed the gardens among great show places of B in; and even in 1942, in the middle of
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    QUIZ
    65 4 1 How may types of flowers are there? 2. For what ar,> the following known: (a) Pelleas and M li- esande; (b> Heloisc ar.d Abelard; (c> Tristan and Isolde? 3. To what sport does Tally Ho apply? 4. What line follows "I thank whatever gods may be?" 5 Has
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    FAITH
    51 4 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble. Proverbs: 4, 19. Library could rearrange its hours to stay open until 7.30 p.m. on. say, two or three n'ghts week, rather more p would be able to use it than is the case
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    10 4 Cutting timber for junk building at Aberdeen, M ing Kong
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    646 4 pi LRLES OSBORNE, California flier, took his plane up to beat the altitude record, brought it down again and found he had forgotten to turn on the altimeter. U7ITH a hundred and fifty toy "lead soldiers packed in his case GEORGE DAY, 49, commercial traveller, of Nevin
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    HONG KONG LEAD SINGAPORE
    407 4 Bl A 1 Ki J PRESS WOMAN CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG, which fell a couple t& months before S ngapore, is at least a year ahead of Singapore in rehabilitation. That is the first impression a visitor receives, and to a large extent it is borne out
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    NURSES VISIT ISLANDS OFF S'PORE
    609 5  - NURSES VISIT ISLANDS OFF S'PORE ROY FERROA Free Press Staff Reporter Healthy mothers, bonny babies (JOVERNMENT Health Department nurses and midwives have attended to 176,806 cases in Singapore during a period of nine-months. Their sphere of operations cover not only the whole of Singapore but also a number of neighbouring
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    BOYS LEARN SEAMANSHIP
    151 5 Kr»< Pre» K*- porter e Singapore Queen Street Bo\s Club v\.l; anship, beginning today, and will from the Marine Police. wH\ enable them to sit for a which will be set up by the Master certificate will einble the holder bin the harbour of Singapore. Those wishing
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    ENGAGEMENT
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    "ORANJE"
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    27,000 JAPS STILL IN BURMA
    46 5 surrendered personnel g repatriation from Burma total 27,000. They wi] to Japan by the end of May. f the surrendered personnel are helping in rehabilitation and co: irojects. and a me is now being worked *e Japanese prisoners with ir.— Reuter
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    RAIL RESTORED
    53 5 c mmunications be-Dutch-h e ld Padang Sumatra's west coast) ard t^e Republican interior of the h have b e en <iis:upt?d for months on account of hostilities between the Dutch thp Republicans, has now red althoueh the lines are temporarily only cperated Government prrpcses, the Republican r.ews agency,
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    CYCLONE HITS LOWER BURMA
    49 5 CYCLONE HITS LOWER BURMA CIVE thousand nouses were des- troyed in and around the harbour town of Ye, in Lower Burma in a cyclonic storm last week, according to a report received in Rangoon. The cycl3nio storm struck 28 villages and lasted five-and-a-half hours. The casualties are unknown.— Reuter
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    AID FOR FARMERS
    70 5 MALACCA, Saturday. IN accordance with the scheme to encourage and develop Malacca's agricultural resources the Government is now selling implements of first quality at rock bottom prices to peasant farmers. Agricultural implements are now on sate at all agricultural efnees throughout the settlement Prices range from $1.50
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    RICE LOOTING IN HARBOUR HAS ENDED
    118 5 RICE LOOTING IN HARBOUR HAS ENDED Free Press Staff R p >rter DICE pilfering in the Singapore harbour has piactically stopped, as a result o: the vigilance of the Marine Polk No report has b fi en received by the Police of pilfering duJi g the loading and unl^adin^ of
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    TRADE COMMISSIONER
    69 5 Mr. A. D. Azliar. till r e cently Deputy Finarxial Adviser (Communications), has been appointed Government of India's Trrde Commissioner in Australia. Before he proceeds to take up his now appointment, ih^ will visit important commercial centres in India. Down a greased pole comes a Mahratta. .This picture
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    NEI STILL USES 'BANANA' NOTES
    53 5 Japanese currency, which has been dead sin-ce its abolition, lately found a new lease on life and was exchangeable at 1,000 Jap to 35 Netherlands Guilders on the Batavia black market. The Japanese currency smuggled to Sumatra where the rate to Netherlands Guilders was one
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    CONVENT SCHOOLS CHIEF ARRIVES
    325 5 From A Free Press Correspondent EXPECTED from Japan today is the Rev. Mother St. Berthe, Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus, after a tour ot convents in the Far East. On Dec. 22, last year, the Reverend Mother St. Berihe. landed in
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    These dogs go fishing for food
    352 5 These dogs go fishing for food BELIEVE IT OR NOT Free Press Stall Reporter AN extraordinary story, with a Malayan background, which would pn.iKibh find a place in Ripley'g "Believe It Or Not" series, concerns (he fish-hunting wild dog< „f Pulau Sudon?. an island inhabited by Malay fisherfnlk. ten miles
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    AFPL VICTORY
    42 5 With the exception of six Communists, the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League and its supporters secured all the 202 seats In the Constituent Assembly, for which election returns were received in Rangoon yesterday. Eight reports are still not available, says Reuter
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    33 5 The United States Information Office will give a film show to members of the E'ist-Wt-st Society on Thursday, May 1 at 8 30 !).m. at the Y.M.C.A. in Orchard Road, Singapore.
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    NO BAN ON I.N.A. MEN
    118 5 NO BAN ON I.N.A. MEN DEPLYING to a question in the (intral Assembly, Mr. Masarrat Husa n Zuberi, Secretary of the Commanicatkms Department, inrii( ated that the persons belonging to postal and railway service who happened to join 1..VA.. while in Malaya, might be re-empl ;yed, txc:pt such of them,
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    TRAINING IN K.L.
    24 5 FOUR Girl Guides from the Muar Girl (Sultan Abu Bakar Girls are attending tre Malayan Gui training course in Kuala Lumpur
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    'SAFETY FIRST' SONG
    286 5 'SAFETY FIRST' SONG "THEME song of Smgapoj--1 Safety First Week, which will b? held from May 12 io May 17, has been written by Mr. Hugh Boudew, n of the English Section of Ra io Ma aya's sch ol broadcasting division. The song will b? used in the cabarets and
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    INDIAN TRADERS TO VISIT GERMANS
    51 5 The C ..,-i.t oi India jntr::d to a;. fir a iim numbir of Indian busin to visit the Joint U.S. B.: Zone in Gf-rmiry. with a vi w to opening up trade wi'h country. Owing to accomrrrdation difficulties, the period in Germany will to a
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    WAGE DATA SOUGHT
    142 5 WAGE DATA SO UGHT THE Joint Wages Commission is endeavouring to collect information as to the ra:es of pay of all of daily-paid I'bour ar.d, with this end in vi w. is requesting empLy.rs a d others to supply information r garding the various and allowances drawr. by prisons ii
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    265-FT CHIMNEY TO COME DOWN
    100 6 265-FT CHIMNEY TO COME DOWN TH> of Burry Port 1 marthenßa He&wp built br T der. on part of the n. Uon ne to be earned out the foreshore of the Bay en established. :he huge new steel j tir-d tinplate works to be built m The d has beta
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    PYTHON KEEPS RATS AWAY
    209 6 PEOPLE who want to rid their homes of rats are advised bv an American expert to <ret themselves a python. But he v. trns, if a man takes a python into his home, his wife mav leave along with the rats. rd H. Pope, curator of
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    BED PERFUMED FOR MURDER
    54 6 S: at v. I soaked a bed wi h before murdering his ng her The I Abdul K: that 1. Mrs. -band dead on :i bed in their edding v. -red thai bad n the bed in in flamrdict Indian murdered his id then commit ed
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    WANTED FOR DEAHT
    30 6 rt Duboise. sentenced to death for murder, sat co.lmly in electric chair for fifteen Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., while workmen repaired the power line He was then executed.
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    TEST-TUBER BABIES EXPERTS REPORT
    549 6 TEST-TUBER BABIES EXPERTS REPORT T$ it wvoti£ Of vis. fit? RESULTS of the first big discussions by doctors, Churchnun and psychologists on the newest of great human problems are now to be published. The problem: Is artificial insemination of human beings morally right or wrong? It was discussed by thirteen
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    VIRGINIA WATER IS DRAINED FOR SAFETY
    129 6 TO m v 1 read ftoodini hrough the possible break-up of the erfalla at ti of the hill above Virginia Water in Windsor Great Park the lake has boon drained. Repairs are not possible at the momerr and the artificial lake— the of i's
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    MONTY SEES SON TRAIN
    200 6 D\TII) MONTGOMERY, aged IS, parading in the real rank of a company of the 57th Training Regiment, I i the centre of attraction timing the I I U> (\ork .hire) Camp of his lather, Field Marshal Viscount Mont gomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. h
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    TWIN WEDDING RINGS FOR MEN
    45 6 win" weddl *<->r the bride, cne for the bridegroom, are the latest idea, and some of them h pair lew at the British Industries Fair. "It's an adaption of an old' Swedish custom," an official of National Jewellers' Associa- .said.
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    She gets the right job
    87 6 4 WOMAN who wants to be alone ha.s !x»en appointed I le rt teacher at a school in the Ardnamarthan aroa of Argyll, one of Britain's loneliest districts. Sh" is Mrs. Agnes R. N >ar. 44. No one else applied for the job at Kinioch.
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    TOUCH GOING
    26 6 A man who escaped from Newquay, Cornwall, police station in his s'ockinged feet, was picked up t ht twenty miles away s -ill shoeless.
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    ISLE OF MAN RACE
    17 6 The Isle of Man may s^age a race for light cars in August.
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    Nazi girl-slave turned eriniinal
    247 6 THE crime-story of the life of 29 -year -old Ruth Han^n. a 1 Norwegiftfl girl who became a slave worker for the Xazi> and who Ml smuggled into Britain in a ship- (aft wbs revealed at Vrk Quarter Sees* i She was jailed for six month?
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    CHURCH ADOPTS HAMM
    24 6 CHURCH ADOPTS HAMM Parishioner! M Church. Battersea, Lor. "adopted" the pan occu, zone of GThe London congr sending paper* and cio hißg the .rishioners
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    BEACH DIGNITY
    20 6 To preserve :hc of the beach. Lowestoft Council has fused to let toy windmills and whelks be sold.
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    SWANS FOR DUTCH
    17 6 Colchester will send a gift of six swans to Zwolle, its adopted Dutch town.
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    HUNT IS HARD ON OLD MEN
    183 6 OLD men with lank grey hair and drooping moustaches are being shadowed by stran ind actually :ried off to police stations in New York. I; is because of the search for wealthy recluse Langley who lived in eccentric fashion with his invalid brother Homer
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    HOLD THAT TIGER
    34 6 Saffron Waldcn Council has agreed to refuse Jhe use of the common to circuses with wild animals, "for fear that lions and tigers might escape and run amok in the town."
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    GREEK GIFT
    25 6 The Greek Government is mak- ";g a gift to the children of London of 1.000 cases of oranges and 1,000 cases of lemons.
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    MORE WORK PROVIDED IN ENGLAND
    6 6 MORE WORK PROVIDED IN ENGLAND i
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    S.AFRICANS OPEN TOUR ON WEDNESDAY
    55 7 S.AFRICANS OPEN TOUR ON WEDNESDAY This Season LONDON, Sunday. wicket < should provide more el season which, having hapunent's midweek sport ban, gets r 1 30 when the South African i three-day match with Worcestershire. I of the Marylebone Cricket Africa a Sportsman's Club -n he said he al wick
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    JURONG S.C. WIN
    38 7 In a match played at Jurong yester- day. the Jurong Sports Club 'second ig, beat 68. E.U. The club scored' I ins for 10 wickets, in reply to 54 j runs by the army side.
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    COLOURED BOXER BEST BRITISH HOPE
    138 7 COLOURED BOXER BEST BRITISH HOPE N'DON. Sun. E hcpo Bruce Woodcock i is undoubtedly R.inired ce his c seen in a ..ner. Bt nned lipible for r.ips. ..■■ly that the colour question, following criticism s, may be discussed :he present ban c decision of the British og Board of Control
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    ROLLESTON WINS
    54 7 T club's April Bogey comrhe week-end. tor W. L. Rolleston a score ie of the n <8» 2 up; V all square; B. W :3) aH square; K. S. Murray a:.: Lim 800 Yan (16) 4 G. S. Patterson <18) 4 down: j T. Y. Chia <12) 5
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    223 BOD NETBALL
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    BURNLEY KEPT THE BALL TOO CLOSE
    252 7 BURNLEY KEPT THE BALL TOO CLOSE From Vemon Morgan LONDON, Sunday. pHARLTOM MMetic won the F.A. Cup final for (he first I* time in their history, beating Burnley by a goal scored by left-winger Chris Duffy in 24 minutes of extra time after a replay had seemed certain, at Wembley
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    BOD CIVILIAN ASSN. SOCCER RFSULTS
    126 7 223 BOD Civilian r -;dinn Wire. 22? BOD by five coals to nil in a friei match at the St. Ooor<"-ro-\(\ si Despite the margin the Indians fought bark extremely hard, but were unable to score. Scon Osman (2), Zamzam <1) Lopez (2). BOD l
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    TIGERS WIN
    44 7 Seen together m this picture an 1 the members of the Ist Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders water- polo team and the members of the Tisei Swimming Club, who defeated them by three goals to two at the Haw Par Swimming Pool on Saturday.
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    GHQ SIGNALS PLAY FINE SOCCER
    252 7 GHQ SIGNALS PLAY FINE SOCCER K FTER opening the score early in the game, Cosmos were overrun l>v G.H.Q. (Signals) in a friendly name of soccer if tlan IY-,tr Stadium yesterday and were beaten five one. Alihougii no trophy w; :e, it was one ui the best gai at the
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    SCC DEFEAT SEAFORTS
    180 7 SCC DEFEAT SEAFORTS The Singapore Cricket Club Ist Bn. Seaforth Highlanders by 88 runs in a match played on the Padang yesterday. sec. Leckie lbw Smith 11; Noon c Provis b Lockhart 5; Ederton c Gloag b Robertson 34: Nicholson b Davidson 49; Heaney c Provis b Robertson 4; Dreyer
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    LANCS WORTHY WINNERS OF COUNTY RUGBY
    141 7 LANCS WORTHY WINNERS OF COUNTY RUGBY LONDON. Sun. LANCASHIRE were worthy winners of the County Rugby championship defeat Gloucestershire by 14 p ints (one penalty goal, and two turee a penalty goal.). They were the belter team throughout in all departments than Gloucester. La 1 .ids were better need iviid
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    Aussie Test Players May Get Bonus
    177 7 Aussie Test Players May Get Bonus LONDON, Sun AUSTRALIAN rrukcters feet that their £40 for T \.t matches against England this summer was not enougn. In view of record gat^a ttey leel that som<? pate money should come ba,.k to them in the fo.m of a bonus, and the New
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    FOOTBALL RESULTS AND TABLES
    1047 7 1 I I I 49 48 I I I I I I DIVISION Bradford 2 Tottenham 11. 7 5 Notts y o Chesterfield 1 Newcastle U. 0 am 0 Southampton 0 ster C. l vv. Bromwlcb l Town 1 Coventry C. 1 iral] l Swansea T.
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    SPORTS
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    FAFFLES WIN ALLEN CUP
    455 7 FAFFLES WIN ALLEN CUP Criekef Result s 4 1/THOUGH they icught back courageoiLsly in (heir second r innings, the Medical College could not avert defeat by eight wickets at the hands of Raffles College in the 13th annual cricket match between the two colleges which was played over the weekend
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    SENEVIRATNE 55 SUNDRAM 3-20
    385 7 PHRIST c Benervira > not vr out and S.K. Sundlam took wickets for 20 run,, in i victory by 88 runs over R.A.F. Selstar yesterday Scores CEYLON SPORTS CLUB S. Yogarajah c Mason b Snea 29; L. Wijiaweera run out 1; S.K. Sundram c Wellings b
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    SWEDES SUSPEND 18 ATHLETES
    29 7 STOCKHOLM. Sun. THE Swedish Athletic Association has MFpendad 18 Athletic I lenders jh the South of Sw< charges of 9emi-professionalisro :n cc nnrction with A
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    CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICE TODAY
    196 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICE TODAY k Special Market correspondent <?ives the prices of rubber at II ajn. today as follows: Bayers Sellers Ka I I prt loose 4314 |9 N ?oJ* RSS M r« ii v fob in bales May Ko 1 R.S S "tot in bales May 41
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    50,000 SEE A SAINT ENTHRONED
    99 8 50,000 SEE A SAINT ENTHRONED ERRAT 'Spain;, Sun. I CROWD of 5 Catalan s todav bered at famous Montserrat Abbe-, see the black wooden image of their Patron Saint, Our Lady of •serrat. enthroned on gold silver ..incent throne cost t of £110.000. Cur Lady of Montserrat has the Patroness
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    SUITES LUNCH with GOV-GEN
    110 8 SUITES LUNCH with GOV-GEN THE two visiting Sultaus from the Malayan Union Sultan Abu Bakar of Pohang and Suli Ibrahim of Kelantan, will be the guests of the Governor General, Mr. Malcolm Mn^Donald, at a luncheon at Woodneuk, Tyersall, today. The Sultaiii who arc on a three-day "health trip" to
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    V-2 scientist to wed in U.S.
    301 8 V-2 scientist to wed in U.S. FRANK! I RT, Sunday. A GERMAN radio engineer who htijxii u* develop the ■t\ German 2 rocket bomb before the war began is to the United States next month to marrv an American woman whom he first met in I**3o, when he was in
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    31 8 H< >>IE PICT R 11 S [KALIANS T\\e proximity of Darling Harbour Wharves to the City od Sydney itself is clearly seen in this aerial view of Australia's great seaport city.
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    LONDON DOCKERS BACK GLASGOW
    89 8 A LONDON, Sun PFROXIMATELY 2.000 London ™> H te^ dOr s J> nd lightermen yo.ed today to strike immediately In support of a six weeks old iut of Glasgow dockmen of London officials said their action migb affect the loading and unloading of about f2oSt^fTs SOme
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    WALLACE STATES 'BRITISH ARE WARM- HEARTED'
    135 8 WALL ACE STATES 'BRITISH ARE WARM- HEARTED' NEW YORK, Sun. UENRY WALLACE, former Unit 11 ttes Vice-President, arrived in the United States by air today fr:m his visit to Loi and other I tpitais, unced that he will Presi rence in Waahin( i tomorrow afterno at broadcast M y 1.
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    EXCUSE WAS FRENCH
    31 8 A Frenchman told a London traffic court on Saturday that he had speeded in his car because a "rare and glorious burst of sunshine" had exhilarated him.— U.P.
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    Dear Argentine wheat
    99 8 gitllAlN is buying wheat from th^ Argentine at £35 17s a ton compared with the Canadian price of £20 2s. and the Amo- < «m price til is., says the London Daily Telegraph, basins its hiuires on an inUrpretati :n of Board of Trade accounts. Mr Jonn
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    TERRORISTS COMBINE IN PALESTINE
    437 8 TERRORISTS COMBINE IN PALESTINE Jf RI SALEM, Sundav. THE chief Jewish terrorist organisations in Palestine, the Stern Gang and the Ergun Zvai Leumi, are now working under a single command, and have issued pamphlets slating that they have no intention of observing a truce while the United Nations study the
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    STASSEIN ENDS EUROPE TOUR
    321 8 STASSEIN ENDS EUROPE TOUR !.O.\JH).\, Sundav HAKOklt STASSEN, Republican presidential aspirant left for the United States today for a series of political speeches after an inspection tour of the political and economic conditions in 17 European countries. He and his two aides !<n,k ofl from Heathrow Airport aboard an American
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    INDONESIA MAY GET AIRLINES
    30 8 The Premier oi Sutan SJahrir, .said at J tv that Indonesia was Inves- Ing th. ting p?rate In Oth< r J •tiating the purch A .P.
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    'BOYS' BOMBED CONSULATE
    56 8 COPENHAGEN, Sun. Danish polic e said today that they believed that "mischievous boys" planted a home-made two-pound bomb i n the cellar of the Russian Consulate in Copenhagen. The bomb exploded last Thursday. It did no damage. A similar small firework bomb exploded on a Russian diplomatic
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    ATOM SICKNESS OFFICIAL SECRET
    125 8 MANCHESTER, Sunday THE Official Secrets Act prc- vented Mr. George Tuii vice-president of the C? Workers' Union, from telling Manchester health authorities today all about why he believes atom research workers are becom- ing sterile. "It is .still ecret list." said. "'Just before I came received,
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    EGYPT SEEKS BORMANN
    125 8 I \IRO, Sundaj. POLJCI lean king hotels and watching airports through out Egypt, fallowing receipt of a signal from Scotland arc! that Martin Bormann, Hitlers Deputy Fuehrer, may bt in ftiro, states a senior Security official in Cairo. ReporK thai Bormann has been arrested in Kgypt are
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    RECORD FLIGHT
    27 8 The Air France airline company yesterday established a record by flying a Constellation airliner from Gander. Newfoundland, to Paris, in seven hours 43 minutes Reuter
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    TO DISCUSS GURKHA RECRUITS
    59 8 TO DISCUSS GURKHA RECRUITS n TATTVES of I India and Nepal. wiK next Wednesday U) future soldi Gurkha voluni a have served on in the British Indian Armies in two world inesday's con:, will take place at Katmandu, capital of Nepal, a-n tode] State. A British Imperial Gene:, '-sentative, Major-*.
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    UNO TO HER ARAB CASE
    122 8 UNO TO HER ARAB CASE Arabs 1 proposals to set up a commission as of the Jewish Agency to secure represents lion n tn e Unj Nations Assembly, according to an 'Arab League Secretariat sta i ment issued last night giving the Arab Stateh' attitude to the special Palestine session
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