The Singapore Free Press, 16 August 1947

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    HOLLAND SAYS 'NO' TO U.N. PLAN
    706 1 HOL LAND SAYS 'NO' TO U.N. PLAN Rejects Council arbitration NEW YORK, Friday. THE Netherlands tonight flatly informed the Security 1 Council that it would not accept United Nations' arbitration m the dispute between the Dutch and Indonesia. Dr. van Kleffens told the Council it had no jurisdiction. The Netherlands
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    MAN RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
    26 1 Pita Stall Btptrtw A...-..r:. .tS fc riddled s i path S IS A\ Hui'd tier Road, at 130 m 1. iq Ital
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    HURRICANE HITS MEXICAN CITY
    17 1 A a: hurricaxw with lea n st near TSam- homes Jrere ■'•red 1
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    CAPITAL BESIEGED
    16 1 Paraguayan rebels claimed they wt-re close to the centre of Asunoicn the capital, yesterday.
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    120 TRAPPED UNDER SEA
    149 1 ONE hundred and twenty-one men and boys are missing and feared dead, after an explosion m the undersea William coal pit England's oldest undersea mine. The mine explosion trapped every working man except a shift worker, who was blown to safety unhurt, but was so badly
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    US SAYS 'NO' TO SOVIET ON JAP TREATY
    111 1 US SAYS 'NO' TO SOVIET ON JAP TREATY WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States has firmly rejected a Soviet demand that the task of drawing up a peace treaty for Japan be left to the "Big Four" Pacific powers —the United States, Britain. China and the Soviet. The American position was
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    G. G. TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA
    59 1 THE Governor-General, Mr. Mai. colm Mao Donald, is expected to leave Singapore by air on Aug. 23 for Australia where he will take part m a Commonwealth conference which opens on Aug. 26 at Canberra to discuss the Japanese peace treaty. Also accompanying the
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    AUSTRALIA WILL CUT $ SPENDING
    136 1 AUSTRALIA WILL CUT SPENDING CANBERRA, Friday. THE Australian Cabinet has decided to impose severe rationing on the Hse of dollars for travel, directed a review of dollar expenditure on tobacco, motion pictures and all imports "of less essential character" and a re-examination of newsprint imports, the Commonwealth Prime Minister, Mr.
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    U.K. to lead world aviation
    91 1 THE British Minister of Civil Av.ai.on, Lord Nathan, predicted m Melbourne yesterday that "Britain will lead the world m aviation when her present anticipations are fulfilled." He added: "We intend to see that British aircraft fly over all the seas of the world and that
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    FELLOWSHIP FOR DR. SANDOSHAM
    108 1 DR. A. A. Sandosham, of the Malayan Medical Service, president of the College of Medicine Alumni Association (Southern Branch) and head of the Singapore Civil Service Association, has been awarded a Queen's Fellowship. Another Queen's FeUowsiiip has been awarded to Dr. A. W. E. Moxeira, also
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    Jewish 'Army' executes Arabs
    337 1 JERUSALEM, Friday. HAGANAH, the Jewish underground defence organisation, announced m Tel Aviv today that it had executed seven 1 Arabs "for brigandism which has been responsible for recent I attacks on Jewish settlements. This is believed to refer to j the blowing up by JewsS of
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    NEW BRITISH FORD
    37 1 The Ford Motor Company announced today that it has started manufacturing a British Ford V-8 model to be known as the Pilot. The price of the Pilot, with Durchase tax, will be £748.- U.P.
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    NEW HARMONY AS INDIANS BECOME FREE
    401 1 NEW HARMONY AS INDIANS BECOME FREE NEW DELHI, Friday. HTHE Dominion of India, as its first official act, appealed toI night for a cessation of communal strife both m India and Pakistan. "Whatever differences we have must be resolved by peaceful and democratic methods," said an Indian Cabinet statement. Tonight's
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    NO MORE CABARETS
    17 1 Cabaret dancing will &c eliminated m gradual stages i& Shanghai as from Sept. 1.
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    ABOUT ACTING
    1014 2  -  Sir Laurence Olivier by ACTING is an exn hausting job, though few people realize it. Ask any ordinary man if he would like to be a coal-miner, and he will admit that m a very short time the work would knock him physically to pieces. Yet he probably
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    YOUR WEEK-END LISTENING
    1042 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network 12.00—2.00 p.m —485 metre* m tfce »edium wave band 7 22 megacycles per second m the 41 metre band «.00 11 00 pan.— 4Bs metres m me medium nave band 4.825 megacycles per second m the 61 metre band, except from 7 45—9 30
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    RIOTING FOR EXCITEMENT
    306 2 ACTRESS Barbara Stanwyck believes the reason she and her husband, Robert Taylor, started a near-riot recently at a London premiere is simply this: "People m England are starved for everything," she says, "and most of all, perhaps, for excitement." Barbara and Bob. who recently celebrated their eighth
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    HUNTSMAN RETURNS
    47 2 /CLIFFORD Huntsman, wellVj known pianist m Singapore, who has just returned from a visit to Hong Kong, will broadcast on Wednesday at 8.20 p.m. with David Apel conducting. On Sunday. August 24, he will give a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 9 p.m.
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    ROCKET RANGES
    297 2 ROCKET RANGES THE Melbourne correspondent of a Sydney paper repoi ts Commonwealth officials as saying that Amerka may share m Australian rocket experiments. The Australian range fa ten times longer than the American rang c m Now Mexico; the country is Q*t* enabling rocket flight to be easily traced, while
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    187 2 THERE are no trumps. South leads North and South arc to win five of the seven tricks ag»inst any defence South leads diamond sever. West plays the kingr, North discards a club and A. If Weft leads the neaxt ace. South drops the king, now 1 If
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      13 2 QUIZ Answers 1. Mole; Shrew; Hedgehog. 2. Sluys (at sea); Crecy and Poitiers.
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      58 2 Mdndrdkß Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Mnlava 7 "^^n I HE'LL TELL L MANDRAKE'S I I THINK OFTHEBABYS pli| NO/I'VE U\X| THOUGHT -I MAGE OUR TAPTm: rAKh- nc ad no cdca* US WHAT WE KEEN EYES MOTHER/ AH--THEAE I NEVER SEEN o*2 PROJECTION/ 1 I /.X 11 I
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      244 2 fgfddgfdgdfg Fortune forecast tor people born today BORN today, you have a penetrating; mind and a wellcontrolled nature that is capable of seeing things drawn to large scale and then executing them m broad strokes. Although you appear to be very quiet, even reserved, you have inner powers that can
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    China grateful for UNRRA aid
    370 3 China grateful for UNRRA aid ,j- appreciation commending L\sRRA for Ihe comple- i>f its freight car supply programme to Cliina brtii >en! to Mr. Marian Cleveland, Director of the relief n «;rau <n China Mission, from Minister of Communica(jj, Mr Cleveland the Minister scaled: "I thai the assembly of 3,448
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    RAY BAN
    10 3 If md k csriti w n nm't- icorld,
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    42 3 Gen. Wedemeyer is on a factfinding mission to China and Korea on behalf of President Truman. China expects much from the mission m the form of aid to bring about a speedy end to the civil strife m the country.— picture. A.P
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    HE HAS NO MORE WFUL HEADACHES
    32 3 S| Started Taking Salts ras fc i i t hot ftjy betta ten v- a ta Qh tohealtS te --:.c 7-■ ir.d <ri.c C; con:he naa;ruan<i.
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    'INVADED 7 TIMES'
    112 3 THE Soviet news agency Tass quoted a communique issued by the Foreign Ministry of the Mongolian People's Republic as saying that Chinese armed forces had invaded the Mongolian Republic's territory seven times this year. Five of these invasions occurred during June and July with forces of up
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    TWO JAPANESE SHOT AT PEIPING
    37 3 TV O JagAiiese war criminals, Yamata and Houchi alias Yang Yung-chin, have paid with their lives for the crimes commit?d when they were interpreters m Japanese Army during the war m China.
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    SOVIET REPAT UNDER WAY
    170 3 THE repatriation of Soviet citizens from China is under way with the scheduled departure tomorrow from Shanghai of the Soviet motor vessel, Ilkitch, for Vladivostok with 650 families, aggregating more than 1,000 persons. This will be the first repatriation of Soviet citizens m China taking advantage
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    SHANGHAI RICE SCANDAL
    55 3 THE Shanghai Police are investigating Chinese reports that four U.N.R.R.A. eir ployees m Shanghai sold 800 piculs of rcliel rice on the black market. The police indicated that more than four were involved m the alleged embezzlement, m which the stolen rice was sold at black market
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    'PREPARE TO COMPETE IN WORLD MARKETS'
    183 3 MR. CHIEN KUAN-SAN, Legislative Yuan member, urges that China should cease wrangling over the re-opening of limited trade with Japan, and instead prepare for com petition m world markets after the signing of the Jap peace treaty. He recommends that: Firstly, China should protest
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    CHIANG UNABLE TO VISIT MANILA
    88 3 GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAIU Shek will not be able to visit the Philippines at the present time. Mr. Chen Chih-ting, Chinese Minister to the Philippines who is now m Nanking, extended to the Generalissimo an invitation from President Manuel Roxas. Chiang, however, expressed regret that his
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    SURPLUS GOODS FOR CHINA
    53 3 A SPECIAL committee for handling United States surplus supplies which will be transferred to China has been established by the Ministry of National Defence. Mr. Shih Pei-hung, commander of Shanghai Harbour Headquarters, and Mr. Yang Chi-tscr Director of the Military Lab-..-Bureau, were appointed chairm and vice-chairman
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    SPECIAL INQUIRIES BY WEDEMEYER
    302 3 Sth. China 'separatist 9 movement lIAVING visited former Jap-controlled areas m North China and Manchuria, and at present on a tour of Formosa, Lieut. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, U.S. special envoy, who is on a fact-finding mission to China, will visit Canton to investigate the reported "separatist"
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    UNRRA HELPS WAR-STRICKEN FARMERS
    135 3 UNRRA HELPS WAR-STRICKEN FARMERS MORE than 115,000 tons of UNRRA fertiliser have been received by ONRRA for distribution to war-stricken Chinese farmers. UNRRA has tentatively allocated 238,711 tons of fertilizer tc China's agricultural rehabilitation programme. The shipment* are exj>ected to be completed before September. A total of 62,950 tons, which
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    STEPPING UP CLOTH OUTPUT
    115 3 A CHINESE Government plan to encourage home production of cotton piecegoods by financial aid to Chinese manufacturers was announced by a spokesman, of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He gave an assurance that there was no possibility of the dumping of Japanese piecegoods on the market
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    123 3 It is estimated that a million Chinese are threatened with death by starvation before the fall fiarvesis this year, according to UNRRA -field surveys, which list the food scarcity areas as those marked m solid black on this map. UNRRA transport facilities have been mobilised to rush aid to famine-stricken
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    'MIXED POLITICS WITH RELIEF'
    75 3 /CERTAIN high officials m Kj UNRRA's China office said privately that the suspension of the shipment of relief goods to North China war areas which chiefly hit Communist-held areas badly mixed politics with relief. These high officials vigorously protested at the decision to suspend relief shipments
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    TREATY TO BETTER TIES WITH SIAM
    135 3 THE belief that the conclusion of a trade treaty between China and Siam will further cement friendly relations between the two countries was expressed by the Chinese Ambassador to Siam, Mr Li Tieh-seng, m a statement before his departure for Bangkok to assume his
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    GAY LIVING IS CRITICISED
    46 3 THE National Economic Council, discussing Premier Chang Chun's proposal for a nationwide thrift campaign m line with the general mobilisation, criticised the "luxurious living 1 of Shanghai residents. The Council formed a committee to work out measures for launching the movement.— U.P.
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    CHINESE LOSSES IN PHILIPPINES
    58 3 DROPERTY and other material 1 losses sustained by Chinese nationals throughout the Philippines during the war amounted to U. 5.5 110,35 4,243 half of which were m the city of Manila. This was made known by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce m Manila, which undertook the
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    HONG KONG AIDS FLOOD VICTIMS
    70 3 THE relief authorities at Kweilin have acknowledged the receipt of CN5500,000,000 m public donations from Hong Kong for the relict of flood victims m Kwangsi. A sum of CN5400,000,000 was received from Tung Wan Hospital and the remaining CN$lOO,OO0 r OOO from other public organisations
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    BIG DAM FOR NTH CHINA
    184 3 A THREE- YEAR project calling for a dam to curb the flood waters of th^e Yung Ting Ho— I largest river m North China and I cause of scores of catastrophies for centuries has been mapped iout. The Yung Tin^, Ho runs almost parallel to
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    SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR UNO MEN
    50 3 SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR UNO MEN rpHE Ministry of Justice m L Nanking has sent to various courts specific instructions on the privilege to be enjoyed by United Nations personnel stationed m China. These include virtual diploma tice immunity and freedom from taxation. Customs levies and import and export restrictions. A.P.
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      83 3 TARZAN Man against beast Edgar Rice Burroughs J S*** I I L'* 5 A FOOTBALL BLO'6k7FJ§ U .^^W^v |A5 TWEENRA^EP LION WHEELED 1 I -S^? BACK, HE BOWLEP OVEfc TO6 i r<^ l^^ Jk y\ J TO ATTACK, TAR2AN DfSOOVEREI!) LvX^j^sS^ —~r-r— tezoa&Js Man-eater. "H/s knife was 6one. j SEEING
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947. The Boycott & the S'pore Elections
    579 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947. The Boycott the S'pore Elections THE complete boycott of the elections for the new Singapore Legislative Council called lor by Putera and the AllMalaya Council of Joint Action as part of their campaign of protest against the White Paper constitutional proposals for
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    HON. OCCUPATION
    1212 4  -  Vernon Bartlett by M.P. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NEWS CHRONICLE TN the old days the Japanese would bow as they passed the Imperial Palace. Those days have gone, possibly for ever, and the members of 'the Imperial family are having the time of their lives. They can now
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    QUIZ
    91 4 1. One important class of i mammals is the Insecttivora smallish animals adapted to a diet of insects. Can you name three members of this class common to Britain? 2. Edward the Third had a very Ions: reign; He was one of those chaps who had war on the
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    HUNGER
    297 4 COME food experts predict that if population keeps increasing, within oO years or less many more of the world's people will go hungry. There is widespread nunger now, and there alwoys has been. But at the moment there probably is enough land to produce enough food provided problems of
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    38 4 These two girls hope soon to become commercial air pilots. The> Passed their "A" Licence some time ago with the Women's Junior Air Corps and are now out for "B" licences which will enable them to carry passengers.
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    OLDEST CITY ON EARTH?
    663 4 OLDEST CITY ON EAR TH? THE sandy wastes of Southern Iraq, where evidence of the biblical flood was reported found m 1929, now have given up ruins indicating to the Iraqi Antiquities Department that Babylonians knew much about Architecture and religious ritual nearly 6,000 years ;igo. Remains of a large
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    FINAL
    376 4 Letter to the Editor REGARDING the letter m the Free Press of Aug. 17. by Tom Frost—may it please be noted that this was written without reference to the Stage Club and should be regarded purely as Mr. Frost's point of view, as his letter was not sanctioned by,
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    INDONESIAN ATROCITIES
    172 5 7^« K^A X^ answers Jog] a ess Chinese Correspondent T\y All KEE, Malayan Chinese leader and JJ li {he wartime China Relief Fund brganisaa interview with me on Jogjakarta's t" n im for support said: "I sympathise with m their fight for independence, but I ption to the
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    JB NURSE WINS SILVER MEDAL
    61 5 :h marks m the J"» B-- examina- v* ra irded a silver MdM^D Rg Wai Heng »w at m ,ia award- i it i runction K **oreßahm General Hospital. r^ mo, rd j^^ waww boo* Rt-sident BMonef 01 Johow Mr w Wbnted the r presented
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    GUARDING FISHERIES AGAINST JAPS
    39 5 v w.«. W THE Pacific fisheries conference will meet m San Francisco on Sept. 8 and 9 to discuss safeguards tor the future of American fisheries under any peace treaty with Japan. A. P. i
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    'STOP THIS SLAUGHTER' APPEAL BY CHINESE
    334 5 'STOP THIS SLAUGHTER' APPEAL BY CHINESE From Central News Batavia Bureau. TWO million Chinese m Incto--1 nesia demand full protection of their lives and -right io live, said the President "of the Chung Hwa Tsung Hui organisation m Java m an ap peal over Batavia Radio. The broadcast, directed to
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    VARIETY NIGHT
    53 5 A MALAY Variety Night wUI be held at the Happy World Stadium on the occasion of Hari Raya Pusa on Aug. 18 and 19 at 8.30 p.m. There will be a cempetition on Malay national costumes and a women's dress parade. A number of radio singers and musicians
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    GOVT GETS NEW MUNICIPAL PLAN
    152 5 Free Pretss Staff Reporter THE recommendations of th e Singapore Municipal Commissioners on the future constitution of the Municipal Commission made behind closed doors have been forwarded to the Colonial Secretary. The Municipal President, Mr. L. Rayman, toid th c Free Press yesterday, that it
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    S.H.B. STAFF PRESS FOR BACK PAY
    156 5 I A DELEGATION Of eight mem- bers of the Singapore Harbour Bjard Staff Association had an interview with the acting Chairman of the 5.H.8.. Mr. P. A. T. Chnnies. on Thursday. Among items discussed were the questions of back pay and the high cost
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    BOOK EXHIBITION
    67 5 MORE than 2,000 British books were on display at the ex- i nibition which opened yesterday j at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The exhibition was opened t>y j the Officer Administering the; Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron j The exhibition will be open daily from 10 a.m.
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    BIG UMNO RALLY NEXT MONTH
    195 5 THE United Malays Nationalist Organization will hold a four-day general assembly at Johore Bahru from Sept. 2 5. The meeting will be opened by the Sultan of Johore who is expected back from Britain soon. The Sultan will also present the U.M.N.O. flag to the
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    S'pore port news
    102 5 S'pore port news SHU'S aiongs.de tne Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m bracket) were: Main Wharf: Canara (31-32), Marine Snapper (33-34), Devonshire (36-37); Norden (38-39), Mawai (40), Thalatta (42-43). West Wharf: Euryades (1-2), Empire Colne (3), Marella (6-7), Merlimau (8-9), P and T Explorer (10-11), Bidor (12), Strathnaver (15-16). Empire Dock:
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    BUDDHIST TALK
    45 5 Under the auspices of the Malayan Vegetarian Society, there will be a Public Lecture by the Yen Lokanatha, on Ahimsa on Sunday, Aug. 17, at 4 p.m. m the Buddhist Lodge, 17. Kirn Yam Road (off River Valley Road, near St. Nicolas Flats).
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    U.S. AIR CHIEF
    22 5 General George C. Kenney, Commander of the United States Strategic Air Force, will arrive m Singapore on Aug. 27.
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    JOHORE CHURCH SEEKS FUNDS
    64 5 TO make the parish of St. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru, self-supporting, an appeal 1 will be launched to the Christian members acid well-wishers for $1,000 a month. The meeting also proposed to place a memorial m the church to perpetuate the names of all members of
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    Scouts to help census
    102 5 SEVENTY-EIGHT Scouts from the 10th Singapore Troop of St. Andrew's School under Assistant Commissioner Dong Chui Seng have come forward to assist m the taking of the census m Singapore. They have already begun to go round their districts m the Rural Board Area to check
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    New Dutch trade rules in fortnight
    243 5 A DUTCH representative left Singapore yesterday by air to participate m high-level discussions m Batavia with a view to resuming trade between Java and Singapore. The official, who will be away m Java for a week, will discuss among other things the question of
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    AUSTRALIA WILL TEST OUR TIMBER
    321 5 A USTRALIA WILL TEST OUR TIMBER Free Press Staff Rep 3r 30-TON shipment of Malayan timber, A which has been sent from Singapore to Australia, will be a test shipment and help Australian timber merchants to decide whether they can use the Malayan product. If so, Australia wiil become a
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    YWCA PIONEERS' HOLIDAY CAMP
    91 5 THE Y.W.C.A. Pioneers, owing to the holidays and their camp, will close their activities m Singapore for a fortnight. Their holiday camp will be held at the Bungalows "Hythe" and Salcombe" and the girls start off on Monday, Aug. 18, by the 7.15 morning train. Among
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    BEVIN TO CONFER WITH MARSHALL
    671 6 Vital discussions m Washington 1 1 is now considered probable m Washington that the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, will visit Washington some time this autumn to work out last-minute details of the Marshall Plan for aid
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    INDIA CHIEF JUSTICE
    30 6 Sir Harilal Jekisondas Kania has been appointed Chief Justice of India m the place of Sir William Speiis, now Chairman of the Arbitration Tribunal m India Reuter
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    Britain Best For Long
    77 6 COR health and .long life the climates of Great Britain and Ireland, are best m the world, writes Sir Adolphe Abrahams, physician of Westminster Hospital, m the August issue of The Practitioner. •The atmosphere is relatively dull, with but small amounts of direct sunlight and sun-heat,"
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    DOGS GO BY AIR
    33 6 Twenty-five dogs, on the way to families of Americans stationed m Germany, were the only passengers m a Pan-American Airways Skymaster which landed at London Airport from Frankfurt. Reuter
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    WIFE MUST PAY HER HUSBAND
    148 6 k WIFE may not spend her husband's savings on clothes n when they have agreed to keep the money for their future home, decided Judge Tylor, at Bow County Court, London He ordered <* teacher of ballet dancing, Gwendolyn Doreen Allbon of Sherring ton-avenue, Manor
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    Youngest preacher tours world
    138 6 Youngest preacher tours world Seven-year-old Rene Martz, America's youngest preacher, who is on a world -preaching tour, has just arrived m Britain from Australia. Picture shows Rene, who sings hymns and songs m six languages, reading from the Bible to her first English congregation at West Bromwich, near Birmingham. An
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    20.000 BCOF MEN IN JAPAN
    44 6 UALF of the 20.000 British troops remaining m Japan by the end of September will be Australian personnel, states British Military Headquarters m Tokio. The British zone comprises 20,--000 square miles, over five prefectures with 11,000.000 popula tion.- Reuter
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    DEAD BOY ON ALTAR
    32 6 The body of a new-born boy was left on the high altar of a church m Rome, with a no'.e signed "Your mother," and saying, "God will understand."'
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    Germans still fight Allies
    188 6 CABOTAGE is growing m the British zone of Germany. Germans attack troops and civilians m daylight. Men of an underground gang put on British uniforms and drove away a lorryload of rifles and ammunition from an Army vehicle park m Hamburg. Then an attempt was made
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    BRITISH GOODWILL MISSION TO INDIA
    44 6 THE Indo-British Cultural and Goodwill Mission to India m London, will sail for India next Friday on the Empire Windrush The membtrs will contact all the leading religious and cultura. organisations m Bombay. Madras and other big cities.— Reuter
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    BIGGER ROLE FOR WOMEn IN POLITIC
    307 6 BIGGER ROLE FOR WOMEn IN POLITIC WOMEN must take a much more aclh c and political life of their counirv. and ZIV^ bring about the realization of th c Marshall i N Madesin Phillips, president of the International nfe hr C Business and Professional Women, told \v n (ra 'r,2
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    N.I. EURASIANS ACCUSE THE INDONESIANS
    132 6 THE Netherlands Indies Eurasian Society at Batavia has sent a message to the Security Council of the United Nations Organisation appealing to the •Council to consider the "actual situation m the territories presently ruled by the Republic, and the mentality and activities of terrorist, robbing
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    DENIS COMPTON'S GREAT BID FAILS
    370 7 DENIS COMPTON'S GREAT BID FAILS Middlesex Beaten By 75 Runs 1 LTHOUGH Denis Compton played a great fighting innings t\ of 168 today, he could not prevent a Kent victory by 75 nins over Middlesex, who hav e thus lost the advantage of a game m hand over Gloucester and
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    Sing Tao Begin Training
    20 7 n>\i Fridaj S hoJac ?1 üb. m h'lefl md CH«c through r tuill thetr h Sill
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    SCHOOL PUT UP GAME DISPLAY
    138 7 SCHOOL PUT UP GAME DISPLAY 1 |4 i :.",ry, E w~- a ft H. m ft Bird ft ft i ugh t at ft ft l s ft H c board I!( B; 1: B ting be B 3 before 3 bowled j I B\>K BEAOQI \!MI.KS I. X on
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    AUSSIES LEAD TWO-ONE IN DAVIS CUP
    153 7 MONTREAL, Friday. I AUSTRALIA'S crack doubles, J. A Bromwich Rfid Colin Long, defeated Czechoslovakia's Jaroslav Drobny a"Hd Vladimir Cernik, 6-2, 6-2, today, concentrating their attack on Ceroik. This victory gave the Aussies a commanding two to one lead ir. the most important match of
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    TEED OFF 3,333 TIMES IN ONE DAY
    61 7 TO win a bet that he could get down m one at a 135-yard aole. golfer Michael Buchka. of Webster Massachusetts teed oft 3,333 balls m one lay Starting at 8 a.m., he did not yive up until dark, but he lost his
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    BRENTFORD OBTAIN CHARLTON PLAYER
    64 7 LONDON, Fri. rMMY DAWSON, a forceful, sturdy, inside forward was transferred from Charlton to Brentford for a fee of just under £6.000. He will play m a Brentf:rd trial game tomorrow. Brentford hope that Dawson «1D be able to form a new right- I wing with
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    ROBINSON'S GESTURE
    41 7 RAY Sugar Robinson, welterweight champion, has signed tor the first of three non-title bouts for the benefit of the mother of the late Jimmy Doyle, w.ho died from ring: injuries after a" Cleveland fight with Robinson Inst. .summer.- U.P.
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    KINVARA DOES GOOD GALLOP AT K.L
    321 7 This Morning's Track Notes Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. A HEAVY mist hung over the Kuala Lumpur racecourse this morning and it was not possible to time any of the training gallops being done by horses entered for the Selangor meeting which
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    SECOND DAY'S WEIGHTS
    177 7 FOLLOWING are the handicaps for a further four races to be run off on Aug. 27, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Aug. Meeting: Horses. Class 3, Div. 1. 6 Furs. Air Gee 9.00 Gaygag 8.02 Tretes 8.12 Assail 8.02 Prince Charlamingie 8.00 Colin 8.11
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    VERY LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMP
    116 7 Meet very light weight ohatnpion, Laurie Mapuire. Laurie's main difficulty m training is to find enough, sparring partners of his own weight. For Laurie claimed by his dad to be champion of the world for his ape is only five years old. Laurie has a determined
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    Rowan Skittles Gloucester
    525 7 LONDON, Friday. 'THE South African tourists beat Gloucestershire today by 138 runs. Major honours for the victory belong to Al'iol Rowan, who flighted and turned the ball so well on a wicket which assisted this type of bowling that he took seven for 47, which was his
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    C.S.C. BILLIARDS FINAL
    33 7 THE Final for the American billiards championship at the Chinese Swimming Club between Wong Soo Tong and Tay Kwee Liang will take place at the Club-house at 7.30 p.m. today.
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    BOWES TO RETIRE
    38 7 LONDON. Friday.— W. E. -Bill' Bowes, Yorkshire and England bowler, will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the current season. Bowes. 39 years old, was prisoner of war m Italy and Germany- A.P.
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    C.S.C. CRICKET TEAM
    66 7 I*HE following will represent the Cey--1 lon Sports Club against 223 8.0.D. at Alexandra at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Players to meet at junction of Outram Road and New Bridge Road at 10 a.m.: R.V.S. Sundram (captain); S. K. Sundram, C. Senevlratne, N. Balasingam, A.D. Ponnampalam, T.E.N. Rassip,
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    Yardley May Miss Test
    290 7 LONDON, Friday. ENGLAND may be without her captain, Norman Yard lev, for the fifth and final cricket Test against South Afriri, beginning at Kennington Oval tomorrow. Kenneth Cranston will probably lead England if Yardley is unfit. Yardley developed a slight touch of fibrositis when scaring 177
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    COLLEGES MEET CHANGI TODAY
    65 7 THE combined Colleges of Singa- pore which sent up a strong cricket team up-country last week to play matches against Malayan Union teams will play .^.eir last fixture this season r-;alnst a combined Changi XI over the weekend. The fixture— a two day affair— will start
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    Further Ties In Badminton Titles
    217 7 FURTHER ties m the Singapore Badminton Association's junior and veterans' championships are: SATURDAY, AUG. 50, 2.15 P.M. MEN'S JUNIOR DOUBLES: S?ah Yeak Khern Ng Cheng Hua (Marigold) v John Loh Isaac Goonasa (Jacques): Kenneth Nonis Harold Desker (A.A.U.) v Chan Mun Kit Robert Yap (Useful);
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      250 7 Weekend Sports Events Soccer: S.A.F.A. league, R.A.F. v Indians, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5 p.m.; Malaya Cup Veterans meeting to form Association, G.H. Cafe, 2. 15 p.m. Cricket: Combined hangi v Combined Colleges, Changi, 2 p.m.; S.C.R.C. v S.C.C, Hone Lim Green, 2 p.m.; SRC. v Rocklites, SRC. 2 p.m.; S.C.C.
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    43 8 pic Lorries and taxis were at a premium yesterday, when Indian Muslims m Singapore engaged as many of them as were available for going through the streets of Singapore en route to their meeting' ground m celebration of Independence Day. ture. Free Press
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    S'pore Indians & Muslims celebrate
    291 8 S'pore Indians Muslims celebrate Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH yesterday was not an official holiday* all Singa pore seemed to be m festive mood when the Indian com- munity celebrated the birth of the two new Dominions In ion of India and Pakistan. i From The outskirts of the town
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    TRIED TO SELL AMMUNITION TO POLICE
    153 8 TRIED TO SELL AMMUNITION TO POLICE AN Indian who attempted to sell 2,000 rounds of ammunition to a party of police was yesterday sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brown at the Assize Court. He was Gulab Din, who was; charged with being m unlawful gDssession of
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    PRINCESS WAS THRIFTY, STONED
    60 8 PRINCESS Miriam Patente Potenziani, member of an old Italian noble family, was stoned yesterday by blackmarket dealers m Rome when she paid less than one cent for a three-cent box of matches. J The princess, who was accom- panied by American officers, was taken to hospital
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    HUNDREDS AT BUFFET PARTY
    92 8 HUNDREDS of people attended the buffet party given at the Sea View Hotel last night by Mr. J. A. Thivy, Representative of the Union of India, to celebrate the birth of Dominion By the time the last guest arrived, Mr. Thivy, who met and shook hands
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    LONDON HEAT WAVE
    41 8 The mercury soared to 87 degrees Fahrenheit at the Air Ministry roof m Central London at 4 p.m. yesterday. Normal for day was 70. A weatherman said April to August has been the hottest spell since 1933. U.P.
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    UNITED EUROPE DRIVE
    29 8 Mr. Winston Churchil. wartime Prime Minister, was named chairman of the United Europe Movement Executive Committee m a list of Committee officers issued yesterday. A. P.
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    GERMAN PRINCE ARRESTED
    183 8 BERLIN. Friday. A GREY-PAINTED open lorry today bore the coffin of Princess Hermine, second wife of the late ex-Kaiser, from Frankfurt for burial beside the Kaiser's first wife m the family vault at Potsdam. Chief mourner was the Princess' daughter, Princess Karoline. Prince Ferdinand, brother of Princess
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    TRISHA OWNERS ALLEGE EXTORTION
    170 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. T'RISHA owners m Malacca have asked the police to investi--1 gate incidents of alleged extortion attempts on members of their association by certain officials of the Trisha Riders' Union. This was disclosed by Mr. Tan Cheong Guan, president of the
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    WORLD GREETS THE TWO INDIAS
    1082 8 Flag raising at hake Success NEW DELHI, Friday. AMID ceremonial pageantry the governments of the new dominions of Pakistan and India took office today, en couraged byHhe news that religious rioting-oxcept m Lahore iitji-c Quhsidins* Amone world ceremonies m honour of the new domimoiio, none
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    S'PORE BOOK EXHIBITION
    45 8 S'PORE BOOK EXHIBITION I The Officer Jkdi.i, v ing the G Mr. I I ran, is gee* examining one o1 the 2,000 Br I the exhibition which he opened a: v. I yesterday. Looking >?ri is Joanna '1 c, who crranaed fh^B hibitian.- Free Press
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    GILT-EDGEDS MOVING UP
    431 8 London Stock Excha&«J LONDON. Fndav ALTHOUGH there was less general activity on tfes A Exchange today, they were, nevertheless, supplied i plenty of colour by the market* for SottUi African poldi and British Government securities, says Reuters fin correspondent. There was fairly widespread local buying of gold
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    S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    54 8 A 11 am «W gjjtrf 01 No 1 X j. n.! i i i i r m ii, bate No 2 X s > C !f"in MM S 'P' no i «*j mi m hairs sept Ton.- of tions d m i w ere Wf^ No
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    BATAAN COMMANDED TO RETIRE SOON
    60 8 Gen. Jonathan Wainright, 64. imprisoned by the Japanese after he had surrendered the American forces on Bataan, Philippines, announced yesterday that he would retire from the U.S. Army at the end of this month after 45 years of service. His announcement came at the end
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