The Singapore Free Press, 13 June 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA y, fc*?fc SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    SINKIANG CASE MAY GO TO UN
    278 1 m m m NANKING, Friday. times unabated, with planes bearing ngs still bombing Chinese positions which Outer Mongolian forces ago, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. ehieh, told the legislative Yuan yesterday •ry result re iiot obtained by prothrough ordinary diplomatic charnese Government would consider
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    'U.K. must keep army for peace'
    44 1 md m a urriuned. r Mr A. V. had rti pate I the ably m:- all over n we cannot we must. r full part m building a years of i nder de.irity m unchandefence *.o be area.—
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    EVA PERON FOR U.K.
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    U.S. WANTS U.K. TO SHARE IN AID TO EUROPE
    122 1 U.S. WANTS U.K. TO SHARE IN AID TO EUROPE LONG BEACH Thursday. BENJAMIN V. Cohen, U.S. State Department Counsellor, said today that Europe may need up to U.S. $24,000,000,000 m loans during thp. next i'our years to halt starvation and check the "danger of dictatorships." Mr. Cohen, one of U.S.
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    TYRE DEALERS IN U.S. SLASH PRICES
    40 1 Retail automobile tyre dealers, anxious to unload heavy stocks, are cutting prices of passenger car tyres as much as U.S. $4, to $6, each, a survey of dealers m New York disclosed yesterday.- A.P.
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    WILL GET HIS CIGAR
    44 1 Mr. Winston Churchill surprised his doctors yesterday by sitting up m bed 24 hours after his operation for hernia, reading newspapers and longing for a cigar. And his doctors promised him that he may have a cigar next Wednesday.- U.P.
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    Princes declare independence
    251 1 Princes declare independence M.tt DELHI, Thursday. rpWO of India's most important princely states TravanA core, and Hyderabad, declared officially today lor independence as the interim Government's partition committee beg it its work on details of (tie gindiistanPakistan split. The standing committee of the States People's Conference has issued a resolution
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    SOVIET METHODS FOR BRITAIN?
    141 1 SOVIET METHODS FOR BRITAIN? SIX hundred Labour Party g will discuss m the next fey adopt Soviet methods to incre The groups will study the problems of "Socialist emulation, the establishment and patronage of 'good' factories over bad ones the creation of special orders of merit for achievements m production
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    ARMED POLICE SEEK GUNMAN IN WOODS
    51 1 More than 5o armea police officers aided by dogs, are hunting for a gunman m the woods m Noriolk after a shot had been fired at P.C. Brown of the Norfolk constabulary when he and other officers approached two men whom they wished to
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    ATTLEE ON BRITISH AID FOR INDIA
    113 1 ATTLEE ON BRITISH AID FOR INDIA LONDON, Thursday. rpHE conviction that there will 1 still be a great work for Englishmen to do m India m dealing with social and economic questions was expressed by the Prinif Minister. Mr. Attlee, m an address to the Indian Civil Service Dinner Club.
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    PALESTINE HUNTS LETTER BOMBS
    65 1 The Criminal Investigation De- partment headquarters m Jerusalem yesterday warned Tel Aviv and Jerusalem post offices to watch for "letter-bombs" believed to have been mailed from Italy to high officials of the Palestine Government, according to a reliable Jewish source. The warning said: "Look out for
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    REUTER OFFICE ATTACKED
    58 1 Bomb explosions yesterday wrecked two stores m Haifa, while terrorists, including two women, attacked the Tel Aviv office of Reuters, reports the Associated Press. A member of Reuters staff was struck on the head with a pistol and the attackers took with them two typewriters, a duplicator
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    PRINCESS VISITS PENSIONERS
    58 1 PRINCESS VISITS PENSIONERS picture. Veterans of the British Army \s ire on parade when Princess Elizabeth attended the annual Founder's Day ceremonies at the Royal Hospiial at Chelsea. The hospital was founded by King Cha^.s 11. The Princess is seen inspecting the pensioners. She was i companied by Major Gen.
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    Burglars 'little blitz'
    77 1 A TERRIFIC explosion shattered windows and tracked the walls r\ m central London before dawn yesterday the third anniversary of the first flying bomb attack on England. Early morning workers, acting on warborn reflex, flattened themselves on the pavement and then grinned sheepishly at each other. Later
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    BRITAIN WILL PRESS SOVIET ON HUNGARY
    318 1 BRITAIN WILL PRESS SOVIET ON HUNGARY LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN is not seeking a quariv) with Russia on the iflSfltf of Hungary, hut she will continue to press both Russia and the Hungarian Government for the full information to which she is entitled, said Mr. Hector McNeill. Minister of State, speaking
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    BULGAR REDS EXPEL 23 PEASANT M.P.s
    112 1 BULGAR REDS EXPEL 23 PEASANT M.P.s SOFIA, Thursday. THE Bulgarian Parliament has voted to expel 23 members of the Agrarian Party whose prepared resignations allegedly were found m the apartment of the arrested Agrarian leader, Nicolas Petkiv. The vote was taken after the Speaker of the Parliament produced the resignations
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    JET PLANES OVER SINGAPORE
    54 1 Free Press Staff Repor THE Royal Air Force this uorn--1 ing showed Singapore people the power and speed of uh* two new Gloster Meteor jet-prop j'led fighter planes from the R Station, Tengah. Pilots flew the Meteors o. city m several low runs at mow than
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    ORDERED TO STAY IN
    22 1 Briush military headquarters m Jerusalem last night ordered all tr:ops to return to barracks by 9 pm. Reuter
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      21 1 THE GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO. (Qualified Opticians! 275, South Bridge RdTele, 7236-Estd. 1925 Optician: C Y. Fan, O D.. (Phila iUcioa^Uylil
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      WOMEN'S CLOTHES IN PLENTY
      480 2 WOMEN'S CLOTHES IN PLENTY AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER ,THIS eek mere are more di m town than we have seen for months, ting are the American dreswhich are on sale for the first time today. The cheapest dress m about 500 ia pried at $39.50 and th»
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      21 2 Left: Navy and white shepherd with white '"front" and Byron collar. Kisht: Nai M with heavy white >>ilk collar and tufts.
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      RUSSIA GROWS COLOURED COTTON
      51 2 Russia b allocat four thous 1° Krw approxima- »en hundred Mi r< m ■d. ,tton rias b ly grown m tl ed Stal planning cxperlm< i with •lies from bamboo. nent so far h be* that bamboo ran be pa; 1 lent and ms are .to
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      INFANT SAVER
      242 2 rvfHE United States 1 industry calls attention to a new technique In medicine which, if adopted widely enough the lives of hundr< liiu who die within 24 ho ifter birth, from sufTocation. si -ip "Infai. .ury 8 Thu •he rr I y in h tht now rid. :ncrilUt
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      211 2 W: qnei Dl dub put dumn I i Be I and uruleried the tv cut eomzßunicationa with dv play which would succeed if South hold only two >•> But (hirer won with bis ten, cashed ether trump and lost only a heart, le and a diamond tr
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      FOR MIDDLE AGERS
      111 2 FOR MIDDLE AGERS ORHESPONDENT I ONDON d rs have 1j turned their at c woman d creed that she longer hide her black. Evening goxr. current < all extremely simple cut at least m offer L-ped hem d a r citative appca.-anr evening gewn m g the Norman Hsu arou.sed
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      309 2 ft TH^^^^^r^ I SINGAPORE loe Network 12.W— 2.W p-m —185 metres to tn? medium wave band l.tZ me^acycle^ per second 10 the 41 metre band t> 00— 11 00 p.m. 185 mrtres m th* medium wave band A l.ttS megacycles l*er second m the 61 metre band except (rum 7
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      202 2 25.51 metres 1 1 76 megacv. I3C pm to H. 15 p.m VLC4 VJ 59 metres 15.32 mrsacycles; 10.90 p.m to 11.15 pm VLCt 16. 8? metrrs I?.M megacycles*. 10 GO p.m to 11 30 p.m. Vir.l 15 40 melre« II XI metacTrles FRIDW Light Ndtß Light i U Minor
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      199 2 metres and 4i>.^S metres II > 1- a m. metres. 12 no n .*> p.m. I6JB m«tr*-55. 19.81 met:.s and 5-f). 30 p.m. l'» Si B 'I inetr ni»ht 19 X metres an 19 38 m< r PRIDAI IFTERNOON 1.00 v. dlinesj 1.02 The Week I ,1.15 Sweet and 1.45
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      112 2 YOUR STAR Fortune torecast for people horn to. BORN today, you an- i friendly and happy soul whose versatility and charm briny you many acquaintances You are genera always do your best work when surrounded by those you h It is up to you to select a career, early m
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  • NEWS
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      GLAXO BABY PAYS 45 p.c.
      121 3 FAMOUS for building uunny babies, "Glaxo" has also produced a bonny share boom ill tne Stock Exchange. Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. 10s. shares are over £29, and the com pany announces an interim dividend for 1947 of 45 per cent. In 1933 the shares were 2Ud.
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      THE RESOLUTION WAS SHELVED
      85 3 THE RESOLUTION WAS SHELVED BEFORE Los Angeles City Council was a resolution to paint on the wall above their heads Polonius's admonition m "Hamlet": "This above all to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any
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      Japs Speared PoWs Charge
      259 3 Three charges of murder and six of violation 01 the law^ and customs of war describe the ten American victims as unidentified *h efforts to learn their names were frustrated because the Japanese destroyed all records. Lieut.-Cmdr. Joseph A. Regan, the prosecutor, told the Tribunal other
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      SUFFOLK SUGAR
      46 3 MEMBERS of Debenham, Juilolk, Young Farmers' Club have just signed a contract to grow 20 tons of sugar-beet this year, which will provide sugar rations for 12.200 people. It is believed to be the British Sugar Beet Corporation's first contract with such a club.
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      Sixteen Ships Are Sunk
      39 3 Sixteen ships totalling 78,731 tons w re lost m April, compared with five ships of 30.290 tons m April, 1945, when the war was still on, according to the Liverpool I r nder writers Association.
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      LONE BID ON EVEREST
      264 3 LONE BID ON EVEREST BOMBAY. Thursday. P \RL L. DEXMAN, 32 year-old mountaineer ng entkusiftst Li from Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, and a former member of the RAF, claims that he had recently made a sir handed attempt to climb Mount Everest and got within 6, feet of the summit before
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      NAGAS ARE HEAD HUNTING AGAIN
      54 3 THE Naga tribesmen of northwest Burma are "still busy head-hunting" according to representatives of nearby tribal areas attending the Constituent Assembly m Rangoon. No reports wore available regarding the number ot decapitations m recent months but present time, it was said, was "the season for
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      SIAM ENDS MOURNING
      44 3 Official mourning for the death of Kirg Ananda Mahidol a ago has been lifted while cause of death remains a mystery. Ananda's remain s are still m the Royal Palace and no Dlar.s fo r cremation have yet been announced. Reuter
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      AUSSIE DOCKERS IMPOSE BAN
      24 3 AUSSIE DOCKERS IMPOSE BAN I iron d arm ing the "erial m I Eerde. head M dist I I •hin a fortitable to damp-
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      MORE TOBACCO FROM EMPIRE
      63 3 MORE TOBACCO FROM EMPIRE DRITAIN is likely to receive at v least two-thirds of all the Rhodesian tobacco sold this year. This means that Britisn manufacturers will probably import 00.000.0001 b. from Rhodesia, «omcl with 19,000,000 ib 'ast year. The increase follows three weeks' talks at Salisbury. Rhodesia, between Mr.
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      TO DIRECT GREEK AID
      37 3 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee m Washington has j approved unanimously Pre- nt Truman's nomination of! Dwight P. Griswold, former Governor of Nebraska, to the head of th P Greek aid programme.— Reuter
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      WORE STATES APPLY TO UNO
      224 3 the Security revive d for United by Transi ere Ml Usembty m.- late last fee nve, <■■ the Pacific DO I a i umber I as, too. I filed their papers. Finland, Rumania and Bulgaria were expected to follow. Ultimate there will be applima from
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      25 3 An aerial view of the u ullage caused by a tornado m the town <>f Leedy. Oklahoma, D.S.A. Six persons were killed and 25 injured.
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      BIG LIVESTOCK LOSSES DUE TO LACK OF FODDER
      422 3 BIG LIVESTOCK LOSSES DUE TO LACK OF FODDER Britain's Food Supplies Hard Hit r OSSES of Britain's cattle, sheep and poultry were LJ revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture to be so big that the country's food supplies will almost certainly be cut severely m the next six months. The
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      £60,000 GEMS ARE SEIZED
      208 3 DIAMONDS worth £60,000, alleged t<» have come from Britain, have been seized by Belgian Customs men m a now drive against smuggling. The diamonds were found m a private safe m a Brussels bank and will shortly feature m a court trial. Folice say they belong
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      ENGLISH M.P.s MAY BE FEWER
      35 3 ENGLISH M.P.s MAY BE FEWER ..6.D.I I oi I I I I on is am ••_n: BerFiiic; 03 the I electors. h had LJ 355 eats at tnc nlanncd t•> i.ies -523 and 53 WJ
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      £11,000,000 FOR AUSSIE AIR PORTS
      175 3 AUSTRALIAN Department of Works and Housing engineers turned, the first sod on June 4 m the Government's 11.000. 000G scheme to convert Kingsford Smith aerodrome, Mascot, into the greatest airport m Australia. About £5.000,000 will be spent liing m I iver and improving the existing
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      ELECTION DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
      316 6 ELECTION DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED New Ley lon Constitution rpHK new Constitution, which will mark a milestone m the A political advance of Ceylon, with its 6,500,000 population, is to be Inaugurated early In November next with the ceremonial opening of the first House of Representatives and Senate. It confers
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      Carlton House Terrace To Go
      369 6 Carlton House Terrace To Go ON DON S Carltofi House Terrace, a> royalty, society, dip L s and clubmen have known it for over a century, is I Hike fl I ;ilt. rted from will work m 18, T. m requ de all I 1830. I r-squan P r right
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      THE-POOR MAN'S LEFT £25.000
      103 6 THE-POOR MAN'S LEFT £25.000 r rHTY YEAR OLD l Thomas :od upor. a "•poor ma: r years I m Ri and led a the front room was t. on the floor. Thomas Snie: r i> nto that room. He spent all ime sitting on a hard chair m .en. In
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      NEW ARMAMENT CHIEF
      26 6 Trie new Director of Armament Supply to succeed Sir Ro rhirst when h .res on Oct. 1. is Mr G B k. Reuter
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      Adrift on raft for six days
      301 6 Adrift on raft for six days niiii LING on a raft with no water lot si* days, and onh a seagull i<m food m eight days, ten nun v,h-.> escaped from a sinking collier watched ships pass them bj be< Ihei had no ernalling apparatus. I his dramatic story ol
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      MARINES QUIT CHINA
      25 6 The First U.S. Marino DivL numbering some 1,500 men. are Tientsin next week for home after 20 months' In North Chii Reuter
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      SIDELIGHTS ON GERMAN LIFE
      278 6 ONE talks with Germans today and is given son. »n postwar life m that' defeated country, report A P Horn Frankfurt. Her* are some quotations: Student: "A friend of mine sets a food package every 'month from the United States Each package includes two pounds of
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      60 6 The head cook at Buckingham Palace, R Aubrey, showed ways m which Ash b red at th< Royal ■i. ii >■■ monstratioo held at the Ministry «tf Food bnildini m London to Inaacwntlc tlip Ministry Eat M Fish < mpaign. Picture shows the Pa 'icntary Secretary to the Ministry of
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      SHIPS LASHED TOGETHER
      11 6 rpilE Than. with X the Skylark dU had
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1947. Eyes On Russia
      383 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1947. Eyes On Russia c 100 l Vj like providii the sure what his I iaseis:.. nar- i nt has asked I >VI 'S- liTr comnot as 111 I een nmand I r 1 I m, the Se< dt-put Lor Mr. 5 that
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      PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS
      1218 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS THAI UMAX of a meeting of some 60 prominent Singaporeans to form an Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis m Singapore last week, Mr. S. H. PEEK, has been In the Far East for 32 years and a campaigner for better housing conditions for many
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      50 4 JmtriM-; round nine- rrnot- vilH<*. „T '»'»-"^*«»«»niii i iwiiTmrrrr Be rase their mothers live too fat f 'r llI^ !li c^T^rbriitss-beatth*© af. tm h*h;«*. taken to them by the doctoSto ttTSJSIn V r C2n^ s le wrif «^ices are mt caravan. Ihcy also advise moUiers how to care for baoy
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      ON THEIR FIRS START IN LIFE
      142 4 SO successful iuus beei the Government business training scheme for th€ lesettlement of rvice p sonnel tha it reduction to Scotland as a permanent feature of educ. is at pit under consideration. [8 was rovcaled by B dkr L.J. Hailey-Gardmer gional Appointment Officer (Scotland)
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      QUIZ
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      FAITH
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      FIGHTING DACOITS IN BURMA
      332 4 FIG HTING DACOITS IN BURMA I a Burma, where banditry is an industry as traditional it is m the Balkans, British troops are fighting an old and notorious foi the dacoit Dacoi* i completely stamped ou World War Two and it beca: ome ways a pati tic pastirno during the
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      73 5 pictures. The most impressive military parade since the Ja? sur,\ r ceremony was seen en the Padan» yesterday when Sin^a^ore celebriicd the Kind's Birthday. The Sin^a^ore volunteers (abov?), the Royal Marines (lower picture on left) and other Service uniii marched past the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B.
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      TAPPING WAGE CUT APPROVED
      77 5 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Thursday. milE Negri Sembilan Planters' 1 Association endorsed the recommendation of the U.P.A.M. that contract tapping rates be reduced by 20 per cent on prewintering rates at an emergency meeting held yesterday. Theft of scrap rubber from estates was discussed and
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      Manila Chinese Is missing
      77 5 Manila Chinese Is missing MANILA Dolioe still arc trying to Lacate Arturo Lt>*\ Philip-pines-horn Uir.t m> businessman and manager of the Equitable I'r.iding Company. 1 he 41 -year (.id wealthy man I.i > i was seen at a Manila nit, r ht Hub on Tuesday nieht. The next day detectives
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      SEARCH FOR MEN OFF PENANG ENDS
      96 5 SEARCH FOR MEN OFF PENANG ENDS *THE Royal Navj and the 1 Royal Air Force have abandoned the search for two men who were seen clinging to floating: wreckage m the sea 240 miles north of Penang on Wednesday morning. The crew of a 8.0.A.C. flying boa\ reported the discovery
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      STRIKERS LOSE Rs.600,000 IN WAGES
      48 5 Th rt strike situatian In Ceylon remans unchanged with 26 000 •rs stll out. I >\r.:a-d the ten-day harrtrtke has meant a loss of nearly 200,000 rupees to the Govment. while wages l^st by the strikers sine May 9 total 600,000 ronees Reuter
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      ICE CREAM-AND PLENTY OF IT
      127 5 Stall Repori ICE cream is m the news. Mr. Dcmindor Santos of the nolia Ice Cream Flant, Ua. is m Singapore to help rehabilitate the ice-cream plarts of the Coid Storage Crenn.cnes And during the four- month period he stays m Malaya, vlr. Santos will
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      GOVT. 'HAMPERS PINE INDUSTRY'
      165 5 GOVT. 'HAMPERS PINE INDUSTRY' Bj tree Press Chin MALAYAN Chinese pineapple of financial aid from the < on export are hampering the r ning industry. Not a single t liberation, is satisfied with its With factories operating m full swing now, stocks of canned pines are piling up, wi.h no
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      'HOUSE FULL' AT FOOD FARMS
      89 5 Free Pre% staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs \|O more SQUatten will oe pov "mitted to Join the Government short-term food production farms m Province WellesJey, the Resident Commissioner. Mr. S N. King, stated yesterday. He disclosed that there were about 630 Chinese and 470 Maliy squatters
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      BIGGER DOLLAR IMPORTS EXPECTED
      291 5 Govt. says: No hard-and-fast rules mn rCe Press Chinese Correspondent traders m Singapore expect a partial res taxation, of restrictions at present m force on imports from the United States into Malaya, ollowin- a memorandum sent to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce by the Registrar of
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      65 5 MR. K. L. JOHNSON, ASP. This Singapore Police officer was awarded the Colonial Police Medal m the King's iday Honorrs INS* BO H.U LEE o of the Sinsraoore Police who was awarded the Colonial PoHee Medal m the Birthday Honours List. SUB !N-JV AIVG AH Xi 1 i of the
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      BANISHMENT ONLY REMEDY FOR CRIME
      36 5 BANISHMENT ONLY REMEDY FOR CRIME remec I I r v pit mceiinj be held m thi Su:2apoD m Fuller the pro Intro vjici may ne spon I mor< t th< n be>tfu en tc a pol.
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      400 ATTEND SINGAPORE GARDEN PARTY
      28 5 400 ATTEND SINGAPORE GARDEN PARTY I f the I I A B. MeI a a I rernment i Gov- louse 1 -WHS. I H MS. Sussex Mr B
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      COCKTAIL PARTY
      19 5 r aU Vl King's tness, i .pore Malayan eer Reserve r Air uy the Band re Regin
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      TEST CASE: APPEAL BEING CONSIDERED
      100 5 Ratepayers Association is considering; an Eunst the decision of the Coanpeasatka Bo*n! ich was brought agafnst th Cafanfl and apartment recently. the test case fund are being a*ked whefavour an appeal and would be prepared ther to meet any future expenses. If the notice of
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      HOUSE IS BUILT IN 3 HOURS
      390 5 HOUSE IS BUILT IN 3 HOURS Government of the Malayan Union is concentrating on the building of houses for those with anal] incomes. To lower the cost, tnese houses are tring mass produced. In Kuala Lumpur, the Town Board has authorised the Building Surveyor, Mr. C. O. Jennings, to build
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      SEALF C.-in-C. GETS K.C. B.
      254 5 SEALF C.-in-C. GETS K.C. B. "THE Commander-in-Chief, South East Asia Land Forces, I Gen. Sir Neil M. Ritchie, and his Chief of Staff, Maf.Gen. H. Redman, are among the several officer^ and N.C.O.s of Sooth-East Asia honoured m the King's Birthday Honours List, published yesterday. Sir Neil, whose honours already
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      MORE LIVESTOCK mm AUSTRALIA IS EXPECTED
      155 5 MORE LIVESTOCK mm AUSTRALIA IS EXPECTED Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE imports of livestock from Western Australia into Malaya averages 4,000 sheep a month, with a mortality rate of one per cent. Because of the very high price that wool has been getting m Australia, exporters have
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      SIAM'S RUBBER
      24 5 In future Siam's rubber exporters need turn, over to the Siamese Government only 20 per cent, of the foreign currency they obtain.
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      32 6 Robert Montgomery's First Picture Here Since The Liberation Today Four Shows ■a v fl| Ajv y^^B 88. CWWiren's Matinees Tomorrow and Sunday 11 A. M. C t r toons— Sports— Co medio;
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      VON NIDA LEADS IN YOURKSHIRE TOURNAMENT
      105 7 VON NIDA LEADS IN YOURKSHIRE TOURNAMENT LEEDS. Thurs II RMAN Von Nida of Australia, H with two rounds of 67 for an :e of 134. led the I.OOU professional golf tournament at Moor Town, Leeds, today. Henry Cotton equalled the cour rd th a round of 66 yesterday but, could
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      12 7 LONDON, Thursday. Rugbj gxw result yesterday: Bradford Northern 24, Batlej 16.- ReuLer
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      CORAL SEA WILL MISS BIG RACE
      125 7 CORAL SEA WILL MISS BIG RACE rrce tress :*>nik'm KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pORAL SEA will not accept icr the main race tomorrow and, as Xi: is a doubtful si it is probable only six horses st the main race. Win the Peace Ls likely to start favourite. This unbeaten gelding
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      W. OF ENGLAND TENNIS
      54 7 BRISTOL. Thursd; CUMAT MISRA of India beat •3 Jimmy Mehta of India 15-13, 6-3 m the third round men s singles m the West of England lawn tennis championships here today. Man Mohan cf India won his third round match, bca' O. M. Bold of New
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      TRENT BRIDGE, BRISTOL WICKETS COMPARED
      380 7 TRENT BRIDGE, BRISTOL WICKETS COMPARED /COMPARISONS, it is said, are odious, but one that has \j caused a topic of discussion this summer has been the comparison of cricket wickets at Bristol and Nottingham. The former has been a bowler's paradise with game; being won m two days, while Nottingham
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      Negri Cricket XI v S'pore
      89 7 Negri Cricket XI v S'pore Free Pr^s rorrc>nondent SEKEMBAN, Thur>.— Negri's team to meet Singapore at cricket this week-end m Singapore has been selected as follows: T. K. Sukui ca:>t.) A. K. Chapman, J. Fdnionds, J. S. i\ Gnrdial Sin^h, Major Day, Major Mcgregor, Partridge, (apt. Alsopp, Yaacofo bin Latiff,
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      LALL SINGH SCORES 69
      278 7 LALL SINGH SCORES 69 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A:; undefeated G9 by I. all Singh enabled the Selangor Indians to beat the V M.C.A. «n they met them at T.. this em the Ys losing by four wickets despite og a useful 137 after batting first. The
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      COLONIALS CRICKET CLUB
      61 7 THE following have been invited to represent the Colonials Cricket Club m a cricket match versus R.A.F., Changi, at Changi on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. W. Ratnayake, L. S. Nathanielsz, C. Thiagarajah, D. Miller. G. Ratnam, *l. E. Delilkan fCapt.), R. Delilkan, E. McHcyzer, S. v.
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      43-YEAR RECORD BROKEN AT LORD'S
      306 7 43-YEAR RECORD BROKEN AT LORD'S F LONDON, Thursday, and S. M. tiruwn set up a new record MkUßesex at Lord's today when ia U d :i haif bous airainst \i»tt in^ham- 306 m which J. DoOj^as and i* V against Nottinghamshire, at Trent ,vn each gave a chance, but generally
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      SCC BEAT JOHORE: SRC LOSE
      37 7 jruket. Club feet Club b? lay. on SR.C. -Jxe Naval c. was I A-L. "■•—44; b da b Silva Hari A 5 b Mercer S. da Suva I <^ida c 5 17;
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      FRENCH HORSES BUCKED IN HUNT COP
      31 7 FRENCH HORSES BUCKED IN HUNT COP batIn- I md he Cud I 8 1. Hunt a furI I 19 2 taken n and oft offered. and Roi 20 1 -n both
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      INDIAN IN SEMI-FINAL 0F KENT TENNIS
      35 7 INDIAN IN SEMI-FINAL 0F KENT TENNIS Thursday. i of India :hird reund DV O. W. by 6-3, G-4, v d tennis Becfcenham ..ave reached X I. Ahmed Johansson of Sw»- semi -finals Choy of China
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      POPE GETS INTO STRIDE
      72 7 George Pope gets into his stride at Chesterfield when Derbyshire played their first home game of the season. On Wednesday Pope took 13 wickets for 50 runs to hep his County to beat Somerset by an innings m one day. A. Paterson, the Scottish schoolbay jumper,
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      Sports Visitors Arrive Today
      546 7 By Our Soccer Reporter TIE sports visitors to Singapore, the Sing Tao Football Club of Hong Kong, and the Mamila Chnee basketball team, are due to arrive m Singapore by air from Manila thiafternoon. The football team wiii be met at Kalian^ Airport by Messrs Koh
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      Seaforths Win 7-1 At K.L.
      257 7 Seaforths Win 7-1 At K.L. Free Pres^ Staff Gomspi ra^. Nt KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday SI'PERB play by their wingers and aI! round good combination enabled the Seaferth Highlanders' touring boccct side to trounce Malaya Command Headquarten t y seven goals to one on the podMg this evening. Six of the
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      CRICKET AGAIN AT HONG LIM GREEN
      98 7 j npHE Singapore Chinese Recreaj tion Club will play their first game on their ground at Hong Lim Green since the liberation on Sunday when the Ist h j Regiment will be their guesio. The IS.C.RC. team will be; Gan Kee Tian. cheah Kirn
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      SCHOOLBOY TAKES 14 FOR 14
      111 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. FOURTEEN wickets for fourteen runs was a Selangor schoolboy record set up m a two-innings match here today by Munusamy, a young Methodist Boys' School student. Munusamy helped his team to an innings and 60 runs victory over
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      AMERICAN WINS WOMEN'S GOLF
      174 7 AMERICAN WINS WOMEN'S GOLF GULLANE. S MRS. Mildred Zahartas, A can women's won the British women's til Gullane. East Lothian, I today when sh e beat Miss Jacqueline Gordon, Middlesex champion, by fiv c a-^d four In 1 s final. She thus became American ever to win nnd has equalled
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      NON-BENDERS' TEAM
      35 7 The 'Non-Benders" vs. 2nd P. S^aforth Highlanders at 2 D morrow at Gillmsc Barracks: 1 Lci.'ssius (Caot.V C. Ma c sey. Lane. Maj. G. Mackay. J.E. Jeans, H. B. N C F Staur.-
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      I.A. CRICKET XI
      60 7 The following wiil pi .ci for I the Indian Associatioa against R.E. Singapore at the Gap on Sunday, at ■11.00 a.m. Players are requested to meet at Balbir Co. at 10.00 ajn. N. Abbashoy (Captain^. Choor Singh, Gurdial Singh, Wazir Singh, Selauan Singh, S. Ratnam. P. Partha^aratliy
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      301 7 Todc/a Sports Evenfs Singapore Olympic and Sports Council meeting, Council Chambers, 5.15 p.m. Singapore Amateur Swimming Assn. meeting, YM.C.A, 5 30 p m. Sing Tao Football touring team arrive at Kallang airport from Manila. Expected time of arrival, 3.30 p.m. Ffee Psress Crossword No, SJS ill CLUBS ACMMM 1. Mac
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      17 8 Summer <»riH'N to the HilLs of Birse. A view <>r < lochnaben, ScotUtnd (Aberdeen Evening Standard Picture).
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      Red link with Arakan revolt
      308 8 LONDON. Thursday, Uncle] Secretary for Burma. .Mr. Vrthur Henderson, taid the ilmun oi ommons Loda} iH.it documents found m th< possession t>i C Sein Da— reputed leadei of the move* inifii m Ar ik.in for separation *<\ Arakan from Burma after his arres( revealed connection
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      U.S. MEDIATION IN N.I. MOOTED
      66 8 -STERDAM. Friday. rU i "i States Government is said here to have offered or m the deadlock between the Netherlands Government and the Republic of Indonesia over th^ future of the East Indies. Meanwhile, m BatavLa, it is reported that Britain may be a possible
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      SCOTLAND SEPARATION WARNING
      119 8 SCOTLAND SEPARATION WARNING LONDON. Thur* AWA N that sections of opinion m Scotland were c6na breakaway from the .m the -rds today by several I n amei. for a S kirk said by centralised control the Iv I f md th t own pr peer. U I endorsed the Earl
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      JEWS PLOTTED BEVIN'S DEATH
      49 8 BRUSSELS. Thursday. PLAN. sinate Mr. Bevin, Bi to have taken him I to England at the end m April, the Flemish-la Brussels n< that memb- I which n made on Belgian n the last lap oi Mr cental jourMr. Bevin. however, flew direct •mm Germany
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      16,500 DESERTERS
      22 8 About 16.500 d n the three Servic a are still unaced for. VLsount Addison told the House of Lord,. Reuter
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      MALAYA'S VOICE AT 'HUMAN RIGHTS' TALKS
      116 8 MALAYA'S VOICE AT 'HUMAN RIGHTS' TALKS LONDON. Thursd Mr; than 80 o.> i i from 13 different countries, Including M :it PUI tOUCI 1] submit to the [nternaon Human Rights which tomorHavin i Qcement of freedom m all hinds" the con: will dcv to discussion on civil liberties and the
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      THE KING OPENS TOURNAMENT
      30 8 THE KING OPENS TOURNAMENT rpHE X ned thf 57th R A Tournament at Olyn. lay It is the first time this inter-. services display has been since before the war.
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      P.I. TO TAKE OVER TURTLEISLES
      186 8 P.I. TO TAKE OVER TURTLE ISLES A .NiLA. Friday. THE Philippine Government announces that it now is ready to assume jurisdiction over the small group of Turtle Islands low-lying coral chain about 20 miles north of Sandakan. British N Borneo, which the United :<iom has agreed to cede to th-
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      U.S. TARIFF MAY WRECK TRADE TALKS
      390 8 U.S. TARIFF MAY WRECK TRADE TALKS Marsha II warns on wool bill WASHINGTON, Thursday. MR. GEOEGE MARSHALL, IS. Secretary of State warned Congress today that m accepting: the propQfl to impose tariff' on wool imported into the I nited St it might "stymie" the International trade conference now meeting ;t
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      17 8 KAJSDKFJOIASD lillv of U\e WK b Findini CNOCommis i uildine of which this wctun terreru I A.P.
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      TO PAY U.S. FOR MANUSDEFENCES
      201 8 .-lAijr.nivA, Ihursday. A SOURCE close to the Australian Government said today that Australia would pay the United States for American wartime installations on the Australian-mandated Manus island, but that the amount will "not be very great**. An understanding was reached <>n Manus during the AmericanAustralian
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      Law degree for Bevin
      100 8 WIHKIIH.I lhursday. rjPHt. British I Sta ntary 1 Mr i.i i! Berin, wha to uc.'k delivering milk at age irhen be wanted to go to college ra made an honorary DoctOl Dl I iWI UI I bs Cambridge I ni\ Public orator \V. X I (.uthrie
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      France Faces Another StriKe Today
      128 8 France Faces Another StriKe Today PARIS. Thurs. TH: I n railway strike ended 'oday but several hundred üblic utility empi throughout the country will strike for 24 hours tomorrow m an Hate von on wage bonus denial. rikers will include street ige d. city hall employ* ad law but the
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      NEW SECRET WEAPON
      131 8 [JRITAIN and American confidently .live to the atom bs an Eve.. ing News disp from Auckland, New Zealand. The dispatch quo.cd Pi T. D. J. Leech, described as No. 1 scientist on the n i joct, as sayL g that, by compari■■■tt o atom bomb is a
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      FOUR ELEPHANTS IN SKYMASTER
      69 8 4 STRANGE cargo left Bangkok i~v by the Pacific Airways Skymaster for America y v It consisted of a collection of wild and pet animals and birds including four elephants, two bears, a score of monkeys, pythons and cobras, one leopard, a panther and scores of
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      MARKETS IDLE BUT STEADY
      123 8 MARKETS IDLE BUT STEADY Lopirfon Stock Exchange 4\S the Lor; prevailed m the under financial correspoi. provided a weak moved narrowly. T but litt. I by a 10 p». pared tax paid a Anglo-Ira, changed on mpany K. ;!:r> cl I But for Far Eastern which gave way, I Similarly
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      SWEDE KILLED BY RUSSIAN
      41 8 SWEDE KILLED BY RUSSIAN A OMMUNIQUE from the Aus- trian Ministry of the Interior m Vienna says that the assistant j head of the Swedish aid to Austria crganisat'.on, Dr. Arne Karlsson. was killed by shots flred by a Russian sentry.
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      8 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY I Ac v I
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      34 8 xc night VICTORIA THEA T E Commeiic»ng Monday 3 June FOR SIX NIGHTS OMJ BOOKING: KOBIVSONS. RAFF! I Til No OR AT nOS rill \TRF ON THE N OPEN TO BO: w 0 r
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      85 8 WEATHER Clear, i»r<g!u Ujl THER fin t.H the n.ii M M hours compilfd by th,. X \F: ;r throughout with lonjj brhrht periods. W'.r.d Ughi south-easterly. S«M«I X.39 p.m., sunrise 6 28 m M ..>nrise 206 am., moonset 1 I p m taiparMttrcs: Max. 91 5 dejf., 11.l leg H'-Litn«-
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