The Singapore Free Press, 7 August 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Jt SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947 PRICE It CENTS*
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    ATTLEE PLAN IS 'NOT BOLD ENOUGH'
    468 1 Dollar mission off to US rXPERTS of the British Treasury and the Board of Trade are expected to leave London m the next 24 hours for vital talks with United States officials. Their aim will be a revision of the terms of the dollar
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    DUTCH 'STILL ADVANCING'
    153 1 DUTCH 'STILL AD VANCING IBATAVIA, Thursday. KIRGE> v ..v the Dutch arc making new advances toward- Ji; Jakarta were made this morning by the epnblican Premier, Amir Sharif addin. He said that ie Republkun Government would move to Sumatra hingtcn last night, the Secretary of State, Marshall, announced that the
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    TWO HOLD-UPS BY GUN GANG IN HALF HOUR
    115 1 TWO HOLD-UPS BY GUN GANG IN HALF HOUR ONE gang of three armed Chinese daringly robbed two houses In Kirn Chuan Road, Paya Lebar, within half an hour last night. The robbers, all armed with pistols relieved an old Chinese couple m a shop-house of about $300 m cash and
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    US AID PLAN INQUIRY IN EUROPE
    136 1 US AID PLAN INQUIRY IN EUROPE WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Al9-MAN House of Representatives Committee will go to Europe to study conditions m connection with the United States economic foreign policy and the implementation of the Marshall Plan. The findings of the committee will weigh heavily when the Marshall Plan comes up
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    US CONCERNED OVER RUMANIA
    99 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rK United State* tavern ment is still "seriou^y concerned" about the suppression of civil liberties m Rumania and has rejected outright as "unsatisfactory" Rumania's reply to an American note of protest against the arrest of Dr. Julius Mainu, Rumanian Peasant Party leader, who was
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    16 DIE IN CZECH RAH. CRASH
    69 1 AT least 16 people were killed and 45 injured when an express train from Prague to Banski was derailed on Tuesday night at Seikulet, says Prague Radio. A communique issued by the Railway Directorate said it was feared more people had been killed and
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    £25,000 HOLD-UP IN PARIS
    48 1 pANGSTERS making a dayu light raid on the Panhard Motor Works m Paris yesterday stole 10,000,000 francs (£25,000) m cash, holding up employees with Tommy-guns. The gangsters escaped In two cans with ttoe money, which represents the week's wages for the factory workers.- Reuter
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    40 KILLED IN TUNIS STRIKE FIGHTING
    131 1 PARIS Wednesday JpORTY people were killed and over 100 injured m fighting which flared up during the general strike m Tunisia on Tuesday, it was unofficially estimated here today. The end of the strike was announced by the French Resident-General m Tunis last night.
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    Soviet 'No' to war brides
    110 1 r£ British I oreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Betin, told the House of Commons yesterday that he had despaired of setting the 15 Russian war brides of British Se*ficetf*€*i atid diplomats out of ftasviftft because of Soviet objections. "1 do not tfefcHl there IS ft hope
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    COMMUNIST BOSS OF HUNGARY
    59 1 Moscow-trained Maty as Rakosi (above), Hungary's Deputy Foreign Minister, is the real boss of that country today by virtue of being Secretary-General of the Communist Party, which, since the coup m May. has dominated the country. Rakosi was a member of the small group m Moscow
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    UK trade union men for Malaya
    304 1 LONDON, Wednesday. ARRANGEMENTS were beinff made for two or three A experienced trade unionists from Britain to visit Malaya to study local labour conditions, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, announced m the House of Commons today. In reply
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    FINAL TALKS ON INCOME TAX
    72 1 rE tax expert, Mr. R. B. Heasman, loaned by the UK Inland Revenue Department to the Governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union to report on the feasibility of levying income tax, is- expected m Singapore tomorrow for final discussions with the Officer Administering the
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    CROWN PRINCE LEAVES
    25 1 The Crown Prince of Hyderabad and Berar left London last night by air for India after a two months' holiday m Britain.
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    STORE BANS LUXURIES FROMAMERICA
    308 1 STORE BANS LUXURIES FROMAMERICA Free Press Staff Reporter IMPORTS from America of all luxury foods have now 1 been banned. This first move by the Government of Singapore to help Britain m her crisis was announced at this morning's meeting of the Advisory Council by the Officer Administering the Government,
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    IEFC TO REVIEW RICE POSITION
    139 1 LONDON, Wednesday. TfiHE International Emergency 1 Food Council will meet next month to consider the rice allocations for 1948, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. A. Creech Jones, said m the House of Commons m reply to questions. Malaya's basic rice ration of
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    CHINA-UK TRADE PACT DELAY
    77 1 THE Chinese Foreign Office 1 spokesman, Dr. George Yea, told a news conference that China's counter-draft to the British draft Sino-British commercial treaty had been m the nanda of the British Foreign Office for nearly six months without any, indication of the British views on the
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    DUTCH FIND JEWELS
    34 1 Dutch troops have found the Crown jewels of the Sultan of Siak Sri Indrapoera, a state on the north-west coast of Sumatra, In a coal mine shaft near Tanjoog Enun.— Reuter
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    Trousers On Loan
    240 2 EVERYWHERE, strolling d about on the wtiliflressed marf were a smartly creased pair of grey pinstripe worsted trousers. They and their 2.000 fellows are enjoying a gay London. They are mining few functions m this dressiest season since before the war. They have moved sedately over the
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    With and...
    64 2 Latest creation of Parisian designer Maggy Rouff is a combination evening gown playsuit -swimming suit. The evening gown m white toile is for dancing on hot nights, it has a bolero jacket, bare midriff and skirt with a colourfully embroidered pocket. For playing the skirt is removed and
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    REBUILDING YOUR LIBRARY
    1004 2 REBUILDING YOUR LIBRARY A Ma lay an Boofcshelt BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TT is a common thing 1 m Malaya these days to hear people mourning for their lose books. Those who were actually "m the bag knew all too well tnat liberation meant a return to houses that had
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    OLDEST SLAV HOUSE
    376 2 OLDEST SLAV HOUSE rAT is reported to be the "oldest Slav house" to be excavated m the Balkans has just been discovered during the construction of a brick kiln at Pancevo, near Belgrade. Near the traces of this ancient Slav settlement, excavators also discovered a cemetery stated to have been
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    ART CLASS Between Two Schools
    366 2 ART CLASS Between Two Schools CHANCE puts Nico c.s Poussin m the Loiidon limelight just now. A selection of paintings from the blitzed Dulwich Gallery, given temporary shelter at tte National Gallery, is noticeably rich m works by him. and a first class loan exhibition of French 17th-century pictures m
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    158 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast to! pGdpfe >>>rr tocfij BOKN today, you are«i those happy. effervesce individual who srm«to«p« cheer and joviality wbm you go You are so alive and til-<|L vitality that you must ill sometn n? active todoi'.iß times. Y< v arf hmi (<l ti**H dours ami. as
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      335 2 QUIZ Answers 1. The middle of next week. 2. ''What bloody man is that? Let him report." TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM SOUTH was ambitious m his bidding but was wise enough to go on to four hearts and not leave his partner m an impossible three no- Neither side vulnerable*, trump
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    BRITONS ARE BAFFLED BY THE CRISIS
    484 3 Desperate struggle to live m U.K. THE British economic crisis hits the visitor to London with 1 a terrific impact, says United Press. At first, the desperate struggle to live is hidden behind British politeness and the spirit of "carrying on." One notices it
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    HINDU AND MUSLIM DOMINIONS
    95 3 HINDU AND MUSLIM DOMINIONS In the two-State India, the Union of India (Hindustan) will have the greater agricultural and industrial wealth, including three biggest Indian cities— Calcutta. Bombay and Madras, as well as the present national capital. New Delhi. Pakistan will have the better irrigation system— in the Punjab— and
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    42 3 i iko has been ::or of the new Management, the Board j-radi B Umdom. He admastcr" of -V fjj for managers rrizr.zyc merit bftr »fl HU xar he j m Arm* General m ncerned m the I c 'i^asicm of v mcJMti
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    TREASON WAS HIS WAR RISK
    56 3 A FRENCH court has ruled that execution for treason may be classified as "a war risk," and ordered an insurance company to pay up. The widow of Jean Boero, who assassinated the French Socialist Minister, George Mandel, claimed that her husband's £300 insurance covered all
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    JAILED AT 101
    25 3 Bay man James, aged 101. convicted of sheep stealing, was sentenced at Capetown to six months' jail, but without hard labour.— A.P
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    FREED AFTER 21 YEARS IN JAIL: WAS NOT KILLER
    131 3 THE State of Pennsylvania gave Frank Harris, a 4^-year-old Negro, a new suit, a five dollar 6iU (255.) and freed him from prison, where he had served 21 years for a murder he did not commit. Walking out from jail, Harris
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    'TIME FAVOURS CHINA REDS'
    390 3 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. f i WAM 9i aitritiefl with time t>n the side of the Chinese ft mnr.ni n' is <ne hi^h American military officer's «nm.ns: >! the Chinese civil war m which there are no fr>n; :>. n> trenches, no air raids or printed casualty k»ls,
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    Neurotic men in industry
    88 3 A STUDY of 3,083 men and women workers m 13 engineering factories m Britain revealed that neurosis caused between a quarter and a third of absence from work due to illness, the British Medical Research Council states m a report just published. The report says that
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    'Emperor also responsible'
    353 3 'Emperor also responsible TOKIO WAR CRIMES TRIAL TOKIO, Wednesday. THE president of the International Military Tribunal for the 1 Far East, Sir William Webb, commented that he did not share the defence view that the Japanese Emperor was merely acting under a constitutional Government "when he followed the Cabinet's advice
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    BRITISH FARES UP
    46 3 In tne House of Commons, the Transport Minister. Mr. Alfred Barnes announced that railway charges for passengers and goods on passenger trains will be increased from Oct. 1 to 55 per cent. above pre-war, that is 16i per cent, over the present rates.
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    INDIA MENACED BY OFFICIAL CORRUPTION
    367 3 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. rthe ere of the historic hand-over on Aug. 15, when India becomes two independent Dominions, a warning off the grave economic and financial difficulties facing the country was given m the thirteenth annual report off the Reserve ttank of India. "But for
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    MINES STILL ENDANGER U.K. COAST
    100 3 ROYAL Engineer bomb disposal squads working continuously since the Allied invasion of Normandy are gradually freeing many miles of Britain's coastline and airfields from mine and bomb danger, reports Renter. In the Southern Command area, where work has been unusually heavy, two squads disposed ot
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    FINNS OUTLAW STRIKE
    29 3 The Finnish Government has decided to apply an "emergency law", banning the nation-wide strike of lorry drivers called by the Communist-dominated Trans- port Workers Union.- Reuter
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    POPE CANNOT SLEEP
    15 3 The Pope who is 71, is suffering more and more from sleeplessness.
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    LUNATICS PLOT ESCAPE IN PLANE
    118 3 IRISH Police. with drawn guns, met an American Skymaster as it landed at Shannon to prevent the escape of 36 deportees, including six criminal lunatics, who plotted their escape while the plane was crossing the Atlantic. The pilot sent a radio message to Shannon a!ter
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947. Rice Crowing— First Priority
    800 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947. Rice Crowing First Priority SPEAKING at the opening of the Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association show at Kuala Lumpur, the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, gave fresh assurances of the Government's determination to foster by all the means m its power
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    WHERE RICE IS LOST
    1036 4 WHERE RICE IS LOST This article on Formosa was written for the News Chronicle by the wellknown journalist and M.P* Mr. VERNON BARTLETT, who has recently completed a tour of South East Asia. TH E harbour of Keelung is a fine deep-water harbour with good warehouses and quays and travelling
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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      156 4 AN article m your issue of Aug. 5 on "The Witch" purports to be a criticism of the Little Theatre Players' production. I have not yet been able to see Mrs. Grant's production, but I promise myself that pleasure later m the week. In the meantime, will your critic
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    THEIR ORGANISATION
    524 4 Principles Of Trade Unionism— 4 This is the fourth of a series of papers by Mr. John A. Brazier, Trade Union Adviser to Singapore and the Malayan Union. ABOUR unions m Britain RJ are of various types craft, "general" and industrial. The craft unions, operating originally on a
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    NEW SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
    233 4 Anew social experiment now attracting inteit>: m Britain is the London County Council's latest evening class course in Parent-craft. There was no particular demand from parents because they are so seldom aware of how much more they might know about children, Xamily life and home running. Now
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    A MID WIFE OF FREEDOM
    1100 4  - A MID WIFE OF FREEDOM Peter Howard by UALF of me is Greek. 11 That is, my better half. She is a daughter of the Isles. It may not yet be universal to tell the whole truth to one's wife. But it is common to be candid about her to
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    12 4 STACCIRINC Mfofworth'f interpretation of the British Government's i»rop»sat to stager »rkin| hours
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      52 4 QUIZ 1. "He thought he saw a rattlesnake that questioned him m Greek." 2. What is the line m "Macbeth" which has been described as the earliest English reference to journalism? ANSWERS IN PAGE Z FAITH 1 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs
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    $3 MILLION TO REBUILD SINGAPORE
    227 5 Frtt? rre>s Staff Reporter furtherance of th c city's Ration programme, m r€ Municipal Commisi ers e approved the jat, expenditure of c,.000 m payment V t ,f supplies and and of services for era were accepted. he sum of $1,852- -he cost of a
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    SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION
    72 5 E than 60Q pictures, drawn f i Qj Singapore school children *rt students, win be displayed fttiPgw Chamber of Com- boa Monday, Aug. li, to Bntrie taclode oil, Jf pastel, black and Chinese >->; 0 and finder I in^s 0 ■>- judged on ■A-* byaCom- Mrs. G.
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    SCHOOL CONCERT
    52 5 ASOCIAL function will be held at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church Hall m Kampong Kapor Road, on Saturday at 4.30 p.m. There will be a programme of short sketches, musical interlude, and vocal solos. All students of Chinese National Language School, old pupils, and tneir parents and friends
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    DISCUSSION ON ELECTIONS
    37 5 MR. G. H. Hawkins, Supervisor of Elections, Singapore, will answer questions on the electoral system put by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek m a broadcast from the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 9.45 tonight.
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    POLICE SPEED BOATS
    87 5 POLICE SPEED BOATS oictures. This new 30- foot high-speed patrol launch, powered by a petrol engine, now lying m waters off Tanjong Rhu, is to be delivered by its builders, Messrs. Tkornycroft Ltd. to the Singapore Marine Police Force m the next tivo or three days. Upper picture shows an
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    AID FOR INDONESIA
    449 5 Indian relief units on way to *NEI Free Press Staff Reporter INDIAN medical units are on their way to Indonesia 1 to assist the Republican Government m relief work, according to Dr. R. Oetoyo, Secretary General of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has returned to
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    SPEED BOATS FOR POLICE
    300 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rE first two of the Police fleet of 21 new patrol speed boats, now being constructed m the Tanjong Rhu shipyard of Thornycroft Ltd., have been delivered to the Marine Police and are now m use. Finishing touches are now being put
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    DECREE FOR WIFE
    62 5 A WIFE was granted a decree nisi m the High Court m London recently on the ground of the presumption of the death of her hudband She was Mrs. Eileen Hudson Sefby-Walker, of Bromptonsquare S.W. Her husband Mr. Kenneth Seiby-Waiker, was Reuters' representative m Singapore, and later
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    BAIL REFUSED IN THREAT CASE
    67 5 Bail was opposed by the police m the Fourth Police Court, yesterday when a 22-year-old Hokkien, Or.g Kwee Hock was alleged to have criminally intimidated two people on July 31. Ong was charged with threatening Mr. Teo Heck Kwang, m Ansor.' Road, and also with
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    2 SERVICEMEN ACQUITTED
    61 5 Two young British servicemen. J. MacLeod and W. D. James, were acquitted by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the Assize Court yesterday on a charge of robbery. It was alleged that the accused robbed a Malay taxi driver of $32 at Whitley Road on the night of March
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    MALAY LESSONS AT YWCA
    56 5 MALAY classes will be held at the Y.W.C.A. premises, 11 Leonie Road. Beginners' class will start from Aug. 11 at 5.30 p.m. f and the advanced class will be held every Friday at the same time. Those interested may eitner phone ***** or make enquiries at
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    S'pore port news
    240 5 RICE SHIP Aiißl YES Free Press Waterfront Reporter rRE rice— about 13,800 bags of it— has arrived m Singapore from Australia on board the Blue Funnel ship Asphalion. The ship ako has a cargo of 28,437 eases of apples, 13,092 cases of oranges, 6,746 cases of pears,
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    OIL MILL STRIKE IS OVER
    156 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent ONE hundred and fifty employees of the Ho Hong Oil Mills hav e gone back to' work, after a strike which broke out seven weeks ago. The "back to work" order came after negotiations, resulting in the reinstatement of seven workers
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    3 5 DR. R. O£TOYO.
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    Relief goods leaving for Indonesia soon
    199 5 Relief goods leaving for Indonesia soon THE Singapore repKse&t&Uve of 1 the International Red Cross, Mr. Hans Schweiaer, is now arranging for the dispatch of relief goods and medical supplies to places designated by the Indonesian Red Cross authorities. Mi. Schweizer will, at the same time, arrange with the Dutch
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    BURMA RICE SHIPMENTS
    47 5 Mr. W. R. Innes, Cereals and Rice Assistant to the Special Commissioner m South-Bast Asia, and Major P. Young, the Special Commissioner's Transportation Officer, left by air for Calcutta yesterday morning to discuss current and future arrangements for transportation of rice supplies from Burma.
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    CO-OP STORES EXPAND
    102 5 f\S an average the Singapore \J Co-operative Stores Society dealt with more than $1,600 worth of goods a day during June compared with a daily turn-over of $72 when it first started. Within oae year, the Society has grown m membership from IS to 4,000. It has
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    WAR MINISTER WAS ANGRY
    287 6 SEVERE War Office measures have been put m force to punish soldiers m Germany who barter cigarettes for goods and services m the British zone. But War Minister Fred BeUenger angrily denied m the Commons that barter is being used "for immoral purposes." He was answering
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    31 6 rum Star Rita Hay worth (left) being mobbed by admirers when she arrived at Victoria Station m London m the Golden Arrow boat train from a visit to Brussels and Paris.
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    INDIAN ARMY BOR TO GET PENSIONS
    50 6 BRITISH other ranks on the Indian unemployed list, granted emergency commissions, were entitled to pensions under the Royal Warrant on the same terms as emergency commissioned officers of the British service, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Under-Secretary for India, said m a Paliamentary re- ply.— Reuter
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    THEY DON'T WANT PoWs. AS FARES
    170 6 ONDON conductors and clippies are protesting against 12 having to carry German PoWs on their buses. Drivers and conductors at several L.P.T.B. garages have complained to their local union branches. A spokesman at Hammersmith bus garage said: "The men here are very angry. Conductors
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    BABY BORN IN PLANE
    46 6 Mrs. Hazel Rolle gave birth to a baby girl m a flying boat taking her to hospital m Nassau (Bahamas). The plane was sent to fetch Mrs. Rolle from the interior of the island, where she was with an oil prospecting party.
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    BRITAIN TO MODERNISE AIRLINES
    338 6 BRITAIN TO MODERNISE AIRLINES Tackline 7. 000 9 000-a-year 'muddle rS British Government has now announced its first move to deal with the air muddle which is costing the British taxpayer £7,000,000 a year— the deficit of the State airline* Two committees are to be set up: (1) to find
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    MINERS HOSTS TO HIROHITO
    69 6 SWEATING miners of Joban coal mines m Japan were hosts to Hirohito on Tuesday— the first time m history that a Japanese ruler was entertained by mine workers. The sweating, flush-faced ruler encouraged the miners to produce more coal. The miners, who usually wear briefest gee-strings
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    106 6 There was a happy sequel to a war dogs' parade at Wcmkicy Stadium, London, when "Rifleman Khan." Alsatian winner of the Dickin Medal (Animals' V.C.) and the soldier he had saved from drowning at Walcheren. Holland, Cpl. J. Muldoon. late of the 6th Bn. The Cameronians, met after the show.
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    BRITISH ATOM PLANT DELAYS: INQUIRY SOUGHT
    109 6 A HOUSE of Commons committee on estimates has recommended the immediate investigation of delays m the construction of Britain's atomic energy research station at Harwell. The committee reported that members "have been much disturbed to learn of serious delays which have occurred and, they
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    HIROSHIMA PROGRESS
    54 6 If the people of Hiroshima progress as much m the 'ways of democracy' as they have m the reconstruction of their atombombed city, the "effect on Japan will be beneficial and enduring," Lt.-Gen. H. C. H. Robertson said m a message on the eve of the city's second
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    INDIFFERENT TO HEDY LAMARR
    155 6 HEDY Lamarr, Czech-bom film star, was granted a uhorce from British actor John Loder m Los Angeles after complaining that he was "extremely indifferent" to her and that his attitude made her nervous and ill. She said he would lie on a couch, take a drink
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    105 6 CATHEDRAL OF MILAN UNDER REPAIR Repairs are proceeding on the Famous Cat) suffered bomb damage during the war. The call ktehlSa back to 1386, holds 40.000 people and has an m! > OTm0 Tm feet, being second m size only to St. Peter's tn Rom vttom* and roof are adorned
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    242 6 Negro youths sent to 'chair' "TWO Negro boys James Lewis, aged IS, and Chirie I Tradell, age 16, were electrocuted at Woodiilii Mississippi, for murdering: their white employer Thousand? of appeals from all over the T.S. for clemency were rejectei by Governor Fielding Wright, of Mississippi, a^ outside interference." The
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    THE THINGS THEY TAKE HOME
    134 6 THE THINGS THEY TAKE HOME OVER half the otfaots, a* sets, tnd ftrtiflfltsJ silk swt iings imported into Great Bn» between January ard April «J year camp m At btflW f private travellers This is repeated In the Bow: Trade Journa] which says «J domestic rad: recdftoMj (brought from abrtfcd
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    NOT FOR ENEMY STATES TO SAY
    67 6 rE British Foreign that Britain to recent Sovie f n Aes.aoj th c Russian "> :< ;'f: rfv countries should not J^ggi treaties unt! si] have approved -em M Tlie spokes::-, s&a g British noLe n f no former en.-;-;—..^ m a posit; or.
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    MOORE SCORES THRICE IN 3 MINS
    715 7 RA-F. Beat Recs In League Game By Our Soccer Reporter xV 6 S.R.C 2 *TORMIN(i effort m the second half which brought three A X mi n as many minutes— all scored by centre-foruard 4 h el oed the R. A.F., harvesters of the
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    ECLIPSE PARTY WINS TWICE IN KUALA LUMPUR
    263 7 THE Eclipse Badminton Party of Singapore played .two games at i Kuala Lumpur over the Bank Holidays, beating the Lok Hwa B.P. four-three 'and the Mayville B.P. six-three. j Scores m the game against Lok Hwa were (Eclipse players first): j SINGLES: Chia
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    N.S.W. CRICKETER SIGNS FOR LANCASHIRE CLUB
    42 7 COLNE Wed:— Lancashire allrounder William Alley of New South Wales has signed for the Colne Lancashire Cricket League the next seasor. at a €550 fee. Alley is a lefthand bat and a leftarm swing Dowier Reuter
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    INDIAN ATHLETES
    65 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Indian Athletes at soccer against 61 RASC on Saturday. (Players are requested to meet at the Farrer Park Bandstand at 4 p.m. for transport) O. M. Angullia, A. Rahim, S. R. S. Naidu. Krishnasamy. Mahalingam, Appavoo, Ssrtfcar. Jamal, Thangavelu, Paul
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    KENT'S BIG SCORE AGAiNST MIDDLESEX
    182 7 KENT'S BIG SCORE AGAiNST MIDDLESEX London. Wednesday. \RBUH ha Kent opening bat. z.iy.r.g bis highest innings this wuon— lM was .nainly resBOBdbb for Kent re<2is:erir£ its highest so. re against Middlesex, joint leaden m the county cham- oship A: Canterbury, Ken: vs Middi?--m Bad Ist inr.ir.es 423 for 3 IFagg
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    CRANMER'S 90 MINUTE CENTURY
    252 7 CRANMER'S 90 MINUTE CENTURY I BrAMiNGHAM. Wednesday. I ifIOLENT hitting by Peter Cranmer, J county captain and England rugby j •county captain and England rugby inj international, took Warwickshire's Ist innings score to 330 after a moderate i start against the South African cricket j tourists here today. South African
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    39-RUN WIN TO RAF BASE HQ
    162 7 \FINE 59 by opening bat. C. Bird enabled R.A.F. Base Headquarters to score a 39-run victory over the British Military Hospital at St. George's Road on Saturday. Scores. BASE HEADQUARTERS Bird b Ozorio 59; Chinnery lbw Ozorio 5; Swift b Ozorio 12; J; nkins
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    ROYAL SOCCER MATCH
    29 7 THE English and Scottish football leagues have decided to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Vlo'intbatten with a representative Match between the Leagues.
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    ECHELON TEAMS WIN TWO GAMES
    450 7 nHQ 2nd Echelon SEALP achieved a U comfortable victory by 158 runs over the Royal Welsh Fusiliers m a game of cricket played at Johore Bahru on Sunday. Echelon batted first and it was not until the score reached 54 that the first wicket fell,
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    CHINESE v RAF
    122 7 These pictures show the Combined R.A.F. and Penan g Chinese Recreation Club cricket teams which met m a wholcday match at Hong Una Gree» yesterday. The game ended m a draw, the Airmen just failing to force victory m a race against time. Ihe Penang Chinese batted
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    MORE RUNS THAN MONEY IN TEST CRICKET
    554 7 Players Ar en 't So Well Off rAT sort of money do English Test cricketers earn? Thou sands think they make a fortune out of this sort of thing. They don't. Considering the box-office value of our top-of the bill players, the money
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    Indian Soccer Side To Play In Penang
    331 7 MALAYAN Indian soccer players will make their second appearance as a team when they play two games m Penang this month. The Penang Football As. sociation has Invited the Indians to play two games m Penang, against the Penang Chinese on Aug. 23
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    I.A. CRICKET TEAMS FOR WEEKEND
    168 7 THE following will play cricket for the Indian Association against the Seaforth Highlanders on Alexandra Barracks Grund on Saturday. (Players are requested to meet at Balblr Co. at 1.30 p.m>: Choor Singh (capt >. Rasiklal, Gurdta! Singh. S. Ratnam. Ravilal N. Mehta. C. Senevlratn*. D.
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    Cricket 'Test' On Sunday
    74 7 England and Australasia will meet m an all. day cricket •Test" on the Singapore Cricket Club Padang on Sunday. Names of the players to represent Australasia were announced yesterday. They are: C. Massey, B. Thome, W. Cults, F. Homer, C. Bell. N. Coleman, K. Graham, K.
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    RURACS'TRIP TO U.S. WAS AUTHORISED
    118 7 BUCHAREST. Wed. MONSIEUR Paul Razush, President of Rumanian Lawn Tennis Federation, said on his return here from Paris, where he watched the French championships, that the two Rumanian players, Vinicius and Magda Rurac, had left for the United States to compete m Forest Hills championships
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      313 7 Free Press Crossword No. 164 u_j ■■pi HH hHHHHHp^I I I Ha iH ■Bpo CLUES ACROSS 3, Fish served by. the daily help (4). 6, Sound of merriment thai conveys some expression of TMsgust 9, Is most loving, but there's a spot of bother before getting ring,C7), 16, Someone will
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    29 8 The village of Shere, between Dorking and GuildHIIMF 'ord, one of Surrey's prettiest Tillages, is delight■lirifih f^fly pia^ between the White Downs and the woods towards Abinger and tlolmbury.
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    'Brooke should apply again'
    258 8 'Brooke should apply again' LG*ttH>N, Wednesday. QTATING that he cewM net say when Mr. Anthony Brooke, former Baiah Muda of Sarawak, would be allowed to land m Sarawak, the Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, however, pointed oat that "Mr. Brooke is still open to make an
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    UK TO CUT FOOD, IMPORTS By £144 MILLION
    1253 8 Attlee plan to meet crisis LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, announcing a new series of austerity cute m one of the gravest government pronouncements since Britain went to war m 1939, called upon the nation today to fight a
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    46 8 I .re. Japanese surrendered personnel carrying per n a i Q€cr m M(4l and buckets board the Choran Mara m Sin re HarhownZ terday for repatriation to Japan. About IO.( lapant e"«r!« dered personnel remain m Singapore and m -c-/s,,fl! end of this month. Free Press
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    BROTHER OF U SAW HELD FOR PRISON PLOT
    254 8 RANGOON, Wednesday. UNO GYI, ex-Premier U Saw's brother, was arrested last night alter the police raided his house. According to the Burmese Press, he was suspected to have been plotting to influence the prison authorities for the ex-Pre-mier's escape. It was officially
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    USSR SEIZURES IN AUSTRIA: UK PROTEST
    129 8 USSR SEIZURES IN AUSTRIA: UK PROTEST VIENNA, Wednesday. SIR George RendeL chief British representative on the Austrian Treaty Commission, today made a strong protest at a meeting of the Commission against the Soviet action m seizing Lobau oil refinery, the largest m Austria, which he said the British Government regarded
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    TRUMAN FOR BRAZIL
    35 8 President Truman has accepted an Invitation to visit Brazil m August or September. He will fly to Rio de Janeiro for a three-da; visit and return aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri— AP.
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    PRICES UP ON SUDDEN RALLY
    542 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON Wednesday. JUST before midday today, for no evident tangi reason, there was a sudden reversal of the donward trend on the Stock Exchange and this rally p. sis ted until the close, reports Reuters finanea correspondent. After a dull opening, most
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    TALKS ON FRENCH INDIA
    133 8 I PARIS, Wenesday. THE French Cabinet today decided to discuss the future otf French India at their next meeting on Aug. 8. A French-Indian nationalist meeting at Chandernagore, one of the five French establishments m India, passed a resolution calling for a general strike br_Aug. 9
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    S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    108 8 I SPECIAL Market correspond fives the prices of nm* 11 am today as f«U«*i: 1 Ml >poi a ML I loose No 1 R.S.S rot m bales August No 2 R.S.S N* s m baJes Mew( I No. 3 R.S.S t*' m balw Aurim Tone of
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    42 8 The c .,<; >■, Colonies, Mr L e r told Mr Wi Vb'S'''^ Bury) that a l y nt i*>j Bauer, a ted "If J to Malaya r sr>;, economics cX rut y ings had been Governor o( L _Rei^ for his obatTTatwnj;
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      54 8 WEATHER Sunny with showers fVEATHES report for the next vf 24 boors compiled by the R.A.F: Sanity periods with occasional showers. Wind: Sonth-east, light or moderate. Squally m showers. Temperatures: Max. 59.8 de*-, mm, 75 deg. SINGAPORE TIDES Hirh LOW 1.16 a.m. 9.6 ft 7.40 a.m. 1.8 ft 2.05pm, B.7ft
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