The Singapore Free Press, 13 September 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA T SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 194? PRICE 10 CENTS
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    33 1 picture. Under heavy sniper fire, Dutch infantrymen, using rubber assault boats, swarm across the Tjitaroem River near Bandoeng m Java before the "cease fire" ordered by the United Nations Security Council. A. P.
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    GOVT BACKS CUSTOMS UNION
    471 1 The Empire as a free area ;.i n.i ipproval for the idea of a British J[. -j, tostons union was seen m last Cornin r e"e^t^n by Sir Stafford Cripps of the Gi nitni cx P° rt programme. Addressing j^' < ut management and labour, Sir
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    Bid to Save 62 injured in ship explosion
    46 1 Bid to Save 62 injured in ship explosion 1 ■7. I from i- i men liner ..I. pie w 32 miSS- a Be St am c ra >I I the i md rth thing Ls ao I uhen t wax up. was hex v. lands Reuter
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    KING'S PLANE IN CRASH
    19 1 KING'S PLANE IN CRASH ;z ;ht ol rryii .r s led on ivina i߻a ft n--1' lea > badly Reuter
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    5,000 Pathans invade Punjab
    364 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. FIVE THOUSAND armed Pathans crossing the Indus at different points from tribal territory are reported to be converging on Cambellpur, West Punjab, to avenge massacres of Muslims m East Punjab. Some 200 of them were taken home m military lorries after being surrounded
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    SACK MURDER IN S'PORE
    58 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police are investigating a "sack murder" case which occurred m Tessensohn Road yesterday. The body of a male Hokkien hawker was found at 11 a.m. yesterday only 30 yards away from his house. The dead man had been stabbed m various
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    CREECH JONES ATTACKED BY W.I. COLONIES
    138 1 MONTEGO BAY, West Indies, Fri. MR. Arthur Creech Jones, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was the target of a day-long attack on British colonial policy by representatives of seven British West Indian colonies at the Carribean Conference for Closer Union yesterday. Opening the
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    13 NATIONS TO STUDY EUROPE CUSTOMS UNION
    116 1 13 NATIONS TO STUDY EUROPE CUSTOMS UNION PARIS, Friday. A 13 -NATION study group to examine the possibility of a western European customs union will be established m the near future, the French Foreign Office announced tonight. It will consist of all members of the 16-nation European economic committee now
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    AUSSIE MILITARY MISSION IN NEI
    108 1 3ATAVIA, Friday. KiOUR Australian Army officers, L led by Brig. Lou Dyke, who arrived at Sourabaya today from Australia to assist the consular mission m the inquiry into the cease-fire order, are expected here tomorrow. Australia is the hn>l country to answer the request from
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    GANG KILLS CLUB PRESIDENT
    71 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. rpHE President of the Keow Mm JL Athletic Club m. Serdang village, about 12 miles from Kuala Lumpur, was dragged out Gf the Club last night by five armed Chinese and shot dead on the roadside. A Malay police
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    AMERICA FACES PRICE CONTROLS
    260 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. A SPECIAL session of the United States Congress may have to thrash out the controversial question of renewed export, price and other controls before considering action to implement the Marshall plan for dollar aid to Europe. This prospect is being discussed by officials here,
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    S'PORE TOLD MUST SAVE ELECTRICITY
    232 1 S'PORE TOLD MUST SAVE ELECTRICITY Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE must use less electricity from Wednesday for *3 some considerable time, or the supply may be rationed. Because of the necessity of installing rehabilitated machinery at St. James' Power Station there will be a reduced supply from Wednesday between 6
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    U.S. USES MORE NATURAL RUBBER
    88 1 THE U.S. Commerce Department reported yesterday that consumption of natural and synthetic rubber m the United States declined m July to ***** long tons compared with 85,109 tons m June. July consumption of natural rubber accounted for 51.4 per cent of the total as compared
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    35,000 MINERS STILL IDLE
    70 1 DONCASTER, Yorks, Friday. UOPES that the Yorkshire coal strike and its accompanying threat to Britain's industrial recovery would collapse with the promised return to work of miners, at the key pit of Grimethorpe were set back today, when 35,000 miners remained idle. Uncertainty over the terms
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    Arab nations prepare to resist UNO
    202 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE foreign ministers of all Arab League States will meet m the Lebanon on Tuesday to discuss what joint action to take concerning the United Nations Palestine repor., Emir Peisal, the Saudi Arabian Foreign* Minister, disclosed today. The Emir declared that the
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    U.S. GENERAL DIES
    26 1 Ueut.-Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, (86), Commander of the United States Second Army m the nrst world war, died m New York yesterday. U.P.
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  • FEATURES..
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      14 2 The daughter of actress Kay Sedriil^e, Melissa Cameron, receives "modelling" instructions from her mother.
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      HEAT FROM THE GARDEN
      522 2 HEAT FROM THE GARDEN By A Special Correspondent v CEVERAL plans ara under consideration m the United Stale.; for heating houses with less coal or oil than is now necessary, or even with none at all. Of thee plans, the mos* spectacular is the so-ca'ied "heat pump." This, usos essentially
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      VARIETY NIGHT AT RAFFLES
      143 2 RAFFLES Hotel is staging an "All Variety Night" m the Palm Court tomorrow night m which 22 artistes and musicians will be taking part. The programme is as follows: 1. Raffles Orchestra directed by Joe Speelman with Ben Dudley (Trumpet) and Douglas Cassesl (Drums). 2. Jeanette,
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      A sentence of death
      221 2 "rpHE people of Britain JL were stirred to admiration by the courage of Major Axel Kirby and his bride-to-be, Miss Lilian James, when they heard of their plans to marry, although Major Kirby is slowly dying of an incurable disease, and may have only two-and-a-half years
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      TOO HARSH?
      319 2  -  OTTO REGIN FOOKMAN CHRISTINE INCH Letters To The Editor IT was with deep regret that we read the article "Cocktail Caprice" m your issue of Sept. 8. We consider that it was m bad taste for David Grant to criticize a recital given by music students. It was
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      ART CLASS Cut Prices For Old Masters
      233 2  - ART CLASS Cut Prices For Old Masters Pierre Jeannerat by JJU(jE prices for old masters make news. Headlines m heavy type announced the English auction record of £77,700 m 1926 when Lawrence's "Pinkie" came under the hammer at the Lord Michelham sale. Just over 12 months ago there Mas considerable
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      121 2 SPADES are trumps. South lead*. North and South are to vnn &Y. seven tricks against any defence. South leads the diamond. N^rth wins and returns a low dianvin which South trumps, East discarc;:.. a club. South leads a heart North wins and makes the trump five. East
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      242 2 tytr SINGAPORE Blue Network 12 00— 2.00 p.m. 465 metres m the iiedium wave band 7.22 megacycles per second m the 41 metre band. 6 00— 11.00 p.m. 485 metres m the medium wave band A 4.826 megacycles per second m the 61 metre band except from 7.45 9 30
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      323 2 presents Nicholas; Nickleby 10.30 Sunday Serenade;. MALAY PROGRAMME: 12 p.m. Rengkasan Ranchangan 12.03 Lagu2 Melayu oleh Bin tang; Emas Kronchong Party; 12.45 Warta Berita; 1 p.m. Tamat; 7 p.m. Tanda Waktu: 7.01 Majallah Radio: 7.15 Hileran; 7.30 Warta Berita; 7.45 Lagu2 Dondang Sayang 8.15 Tamat. i AUSTRALIA 4.00 p.m. to
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      274 2 10 p.m. World News; 10.15 Every- > man's Music: 10.30 Great Music j Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; 10.45 1 Australian News; 11 p.m. Australian j Radio Reel; 11.15 Australian on Record A library of Australian Ballads. SUNDAY 4 p.m. Light Music Edith Lorand 1 and her Viennese Orch: 4.30 Australian News;
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      296 2 metres. 5.30-night 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. SATURDAYS 1 p.m. W< rid News Flashes; 1.02 Something for You; 1.15 Fanfare; 1.45 Yankee Quarter; 2 p.m. World News Flashes; 2.02 Yours for the Asking; 3 p.m. What Am I Here For? 3.30 News from London; 3.40 Programme Announcements; 3.45 Bandstand; 4
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      214 2 YOUNGSTERS IT was witfc surprise and disappointment that I read David Grant's assessment of the Foorman Concert held at Haw Par Lodge, Pasir Panjang Road. In his sweeping criticism he failed to tell your readers that among the pianists there were only two adult performers. What to him was merely
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      KOREANS FIGHTING FOR COMMUNISTS
      356 3 KOREANS FIGHTING FOR COMMUNISTS Manchuria HQ statement I PEEPING, Friday. I A BLUNT charge that Russian-equipped Korean troops from Soviet-occupied northern Korea formed part of the Chinese Communist armies was made at a news conference m Peiping by Gen. Hsung Shih-hui, until recently director of the Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters
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      14 3 [has '> /bie points. Here is a beautiful Pei-hai or the North Sea near Peiping.
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      Reds 'ready to talk peace'
      287 3 PEIPING, Friday. LfTEK two moihii> of arduous travel, mostly on foot or Rmuleback. M. Jack Dodds, 25-year-old Canadian, who L*ith the Coramvnist when they retreated from Yenan I March, arrived at Peiping with a "purely personal imression" that the Reds would be willing: to reopen
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      AT THE OLD TRICK AGAIN
      22 3 AT THE OLD TRICK AGAIN to <; t in ma a A- a( r ,-^tj •-> as as -r Hade m \Tu fit~ n
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      KUOMINTANG FINANCE PLAN
      31 3 KUOMINTANG FINANCE PLAN ■WaS KUO3GNTANG PARTY &c©pt a pro- ramme or ZJ"* lct s through ipokesnin! v> n istraaon o: Prtvjnn,. or :i: [s ati «is, Jri i^s activities A .P.
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      QUITS 'VARSITY LEADERSHIP
      56 3 AFTER holding the presidency of the National Central Political University— training ground of hundreds of Kuomin tang officials— for more than 20 years, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek has resigned. The Executive Yuan approved the resignation and confirmed! the appointment of Mr. Ku Yusiu, at present Shanghai Commissioner of
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      HUGE SMUGGLING
      27 3 Nearly CN5100,000,000,000 worth of smuggled foreign goods have been confiscated by the Chinese Maritime Customs m Shanghai during the first half of this year Reuter
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      42 3 Ten miles outside Peiping lies the Lukouchiao or Marco Polo bridge, which came into prominence a little more than 10 years ago when the first shot was fired m the Sino-Japanese war. The exact date war broke out was July 7, 1937.
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      PROFESSORS TO STUDY IN U.S.
      10 3 PROFESSORS TO STUDY IN U.S. txS^r 1^ bave been U.P.
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      NEW COMMISSIONER FOR KWANGTUNG
      170 3 THE long predicted changes m the administrative and mill-' tary personnel m Kwantung have resulted only m the minor shift of two posts. Gen ,Li Yang-king, Commissioner of I Civil Affairs, has resigned and has been succeeded by Mr. Jim; Chao-yang, Committee Member !of the Kwangtung
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      'CRISIS OVER' IN SINKIANG
      322 3 Skirting the question of Soviet influence m Sinkiane the speaker said opposition faction leaders had nS^epiied to his letter suggesting a programme of uriiflcation m Sinkiang and ending factional st rife. wuon m In the face of continued spora- die attacks by Outer Mongolian troops, the
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      KUOMINTANG PARTY
      12 3 4.000,000 members, according to Gen. Wu Te-chen, Party secre-tary-general. A.P.
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      FOUGHT FOR SAME MAN
      45 3 TWO Hong Kong married women, Chan Jo-hing. 29. and Tse Ho. 38. were fined $25 each and bound over m $50 for 12 months for fighting. The fight arose when the women claimed the same man to be their lawful husband.
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      N.I. CHINESE MAY BE EVACUATED
      118 3 THE Chinese Government may carry out large-scale evacuation of Chinese civilians to areas outside Indonesia m the event of a "grave turn" m Indonesian dispute, Mr. Tsiang Chai-Tung, Chinese Consul-General m Java, told Antara tt^e Republican news agency, after a two-day visit to Jokjakarta and
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      DONKEY CENSUS IS ORDERED
      53 3 ALL district governments m Kwangtung have been instructed by the National Government to submit an accurate report an the actual number of horses and donkeys thriving m their areas, says the Canton Daily Sun. The order stressed the importance of animals during the postwar reconstruction period
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      Foreigners have right to vote
      311 3 FOREIGNERS having acquired naturalised Chinese Phi^T J£ for five y s ars have the ri ht to vote m Chinas forthcoming national elections m October and ft f Mr- Holiington K. Tons, Government Information Office Director at a Press conference m Nanking. fffAfT g a
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      STUDY COMMUNISM, SAYS CHIANG
      86 3 B NANKING. Friday. V order of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, booklets on the Communists, their theories, tactics and policies have been issued to Kuomintang Oentral Committee members with the instructions "study them thoroughly, learn their merits and repuidate their shortcomings'. To match against Communist methods of equalization
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      UK MISSION WILL BE WELCOMED
      276 3 UK MISSION WILL BE WELCOMED THE Chinese Foreign Minister Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, has expressed unqualified approval of the British proposal to send a Parliamentary Mission to China this autumn; declaring that Uie visit will undoubtedly further strengthen "th* friendly relations and mutual understanding that exist between out two countries M
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      1 3 PZAN
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  • LEADER.
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1947. More Boys Clubs Are Needed
      641 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1947. More Boys Clubs Are Needed IN the record low number of cases coming before the Junvenile Court during the month of August, there is an indication that Singapore is beginning to see the first fruits of the constructive campaign that has been
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      WORLD'S MOST LAWLESS COUNTRY
      921 4  - WORLD'S MOST LAWLESS COUNTRY O'DOWD GALLAGHER by THE world's most lawless country is the Holy Land. And you cannot blame the Jewish terrorists directly for all of it except m so far as they have unsettled the whole popuThere are men (and some women) m this strip of a country
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      JEWISH VIEW OF HOLY LAND PLAN
      67 4 Eri Jabotinsky of the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation predicted m New York that British opposition to even a token Hebrew state m Palestine would prevent the United Nations special Committee report on the Holy Land from becoming effective. I Mr. Jabotinsky, who came
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      25 4 Italian women welders at work cuiistructirig a ship at Ansalde, Genoa. There are borne 500 female workers at Ansalde doing important and oj't^n skilled work.
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      SOLID EARTH IS ALWAYS MOVING
      626 4 EVEN on the solid earth, man and all his building^ constantly ride up and down on the waves only a few millionths of an inch high. These waves are one to several miles apart, but travel at thousands of miles an hour. Were they big,
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      FAITH
      19 4 All nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy Judgments are made manifest. Revelation 1 5,4. liner
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      AS A CHINESE SEES IT...
      740 4  - AS A CHINESE SEES IT... T. H. Tan by IT TAKES a lot of courage to admit one's own fault, and credit is due to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for his admission, m a speech to the Kuomintang, of corruption, low morale and degenerating spirit" within the party whose members number
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      20 4 More than 20,000 people went toLord's to see a cricket match on, I part of the crowd looked like. I
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      50 4 QUIZ 1. Are astronomers building large telescopes m order to discover whether Mars or any other planet is inhabited by intelligent beings? 2. After whom was the liner Berengaria named? 3. Who is the First Lady of the Pack? 4. Who were the children of Sekhet? Answers m Page 2.
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  • LOCAL NEWS.
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      ENTRY IN TO COLLEGES
      261 5 Official guide fyrstudents SC .....wf ill* free f** SlalT Xe P orler N ■..>■■ aUofl oi Uw quahfih al requ red for eourn Vjjg Singapore College and Raffles Col- k i m a r port pre"r fbv the S tion Comr._ u:: interviewed ap- foi admission
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      ARRESTED DURING GANG FIGHT
      46 5 ft ,-7V Leng, 19. was 1 fci?":-? Singapore Se-b>c:o-vi f' y j* ter day. Court NS^SjJ^CWat said that f. "V nr «n8 aerated t- ?S n :r Street and far nlawful x X lenceon I" v ::v ask Pd! nd that he
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      STOLEN CHEQUES RECOVERED
      109 5 Police who raided a hut at the 7th milestone, Thomson Road, accidentally found three stolen cheques as a result of which Soh Kirn Seng. 26, was charged m Singapore Second Police Court yesterday ttith dishonest retention of the cheques. Soh was coßYicted and sentenced to four months'
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      85 5 pictures. The 20th child feeding centre m Singapore was opened yesterday a* No. 51 Armenian Street. A group of Chinese women, led by Mrs. Quek Ho Lai Yinq (seated third from right m picture above i, will run the centre. These voluntary social welfare workers will take charge of feeding
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      CONCERT TO HELP JAVA REFUGEES
      203 5 Free Press Suiff Reporter. r collect funds for Chinese refugees m Java and Sumatra, three members of th c Chinese musicians goodwill mission now m Singapore are to stage a grand concert at tho Victoria Memorial Hall on Sept. 27. They are Mr. Jamson Huang.
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      BRIGADIER DENOUNCES RIOTING IN INDIA
      194 5 BRIGADIER DENOUNCES RIOTING IN INDIA Free Press Staff Reporter DURING his stop-over m Singapore from Canberra where he attended Commonwealth talks on the Japanese peace treaty as military adviser to the Pakistan representative, Brigadier Mohammed Sher Ali Khan told Indian Army officers that the riots m India had brought right
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      RAF PARADES ON MONDAY
      112 5 THE anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Monday will be commemorated by a parade on every R.A.F. station m Singapore and Malaya. In Singapore, Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, the Air Commander-in-Chief, Far East, will take the salute on the parade at R.A.F. Station at
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      PUBLIC PLACES BEING 'WILFULLY DAMAGED'
      112 5 rttTTiNGS m Skigapoce'* pablic conveniences are being r damaged a*d stotea to such an extent that it is becoming impossible to replace them, and some of the conveniences may have to be closed, says an official statement. The authorities have appealed to the public to
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      JAP FINED
      66 5 I SURRENDERED Japanese, Oha- wara Jusikuyu, aged 21, kaded g«itty m ttie Singapore rouith Police Court yesterday to theft of 20 handkerchiefs from 223 8.0 D.., Alexandra Road, on Thursday. He was fined $40, or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment. Ohara stated that he was to have been repatriated
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      TB SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLONIES
      112 5 THE award of two Colonial scholarships m 1946 proved so satisfactory that the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has decided to offer six scholarships this year. The successful holders will go to Britain for six months or longer to study tuberculosis. Th c award
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      HARBOUR CENSUS
      79 5 fINAL instruction were given by Commander C. A. Robinson, Master Attendant to the enumerators for tile harbour census, at the Chinese Secretariat yesterday evening. Nearly I^s registered censusworkers turned up fqr instructions. They were divided into groups, each allotted a special area. At 11 p.m. on Sept. 23,
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      MORE POWER FOR TRAFFIC POLICE
      364 5 Draft law is being studied Free Press Staff Reportere A REVISED traffic ordinance is being drafted m Singapore which wiU give powers of stricter control to the police. These powers will enable the police to impose a speed limit if one is considered necessary. The
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      S'pore port news
      87 5 Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday igodowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Clan MacDougal (31-32). Mount Mansfield (33-34), Chanda (36-37), Longview Victory (38-39), Bennevis (40), Solarium (42-43). West Wharf: Curypylus (1-2), Tewidden (7-8), Mentakab (9). Denbighshire 1 10-11'), Serdang (14), Rimau (15). Empire Dock: Cefnbryn (17-18), Taksang
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      BIGGER 'CO-OP' LOANS
      225 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r OANS m excess of $50 will "be permitted by the Singapore Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society if amendments to the society's bylaws are passed at the half-yearly general meeting to be held m the Council Chamber, Secretariat, on Sept. 17.
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      DECIDES AGAINST JAP TRADE
      41 5 The Chinese Manufacturers' Federation has voted against sending representatives to Japan to participate m the resumption of private trade, but decided to petition the government to relax restrictions on import of raw materials for China's industries. U.P.
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      RUBBER IMPORT FIGURES
      82 5 STATISTICS released yesterday show that rubber imports into Singapore from Sumatra during August totalled 10.988 tons, and into the Malayan Union 2,361 tons. Second biggest supplier for Singapore was Sarawak (2.285 tons), and the others were: British Borneo 729 tons. Brunei 154. French Indo-China 77, Rhio Residency
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      72 5 RADIO FEATURE ON Monday, (Sept. 15, 'Battle of Britain' day) a special feature programme will be broadcast on the blue network of Radio Malaya, Singapore, from 10 to 11 p.m. The programme which is entitled "Battle For Britain" was written by Chester Wilmot 'Nig-hts at the Ballet' which was scheduled
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  • NEWS..
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      UK housewives in battle royal
      240 6 UK housewives in battle royal LONDON, Friday. WOMEN fought on the platform for the microphone at the Central Hall yesterday at the Housewives League general meeting, which ended m an uproar with nothing accomplished. The rowdy incidents started after the chairman, Miss Dorothy Crisp, had told 500 members to go
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      INQUIRY INTO U.K. COAL STRIKE
      582 6 INQUIRY INTO U.K. COAL STRIKE Men, management make counter claims SCARFACE" Otto Skorzeny, former Nazi lieutenantcolonel m the S.S. who rescued Mussolini and took him to Qermany after Italy's capitulation, icas acquitted by a Dachau tribunal of charges of violation of the usages and laivs of toar. It was alleged
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      GI bride cleared of murder charge
      183 6 A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD British G.I. bride, Mr*,. Margaret Poland, from Warrington, Lanes, who shot her husband has been freed by a Florida Grand Jury of a charge of first degree murder. The jury found "no true bill." Hatless and wearing a plain black dress, she
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      CBS 'POOR BUT NOT BROKE'
      118 6 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW has assured his "'friends m New York" that he may be hard up but he Isn't broke. "I'm not what some people would call a poor man," Shaw said m answer to reports that he had given away all his money. "But
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      JEW TERRORISTS KIDNAPPED
      70 6 r A GROUP of masked men, believed to be members of Haganah (Jewish Agency defence organisation) on Thursday kidnapped a youth— the second abduction m Jerusalem m 24 hours m what private sources hinted was part of a campaign to curtail activities of Irgun, Jewish terrorist organisation.
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      $100,000 ATOM CLAIM
      35 6 Vviliiiin F. Martin, of Rossville, I Georgia, millwright at Oak Ridge. Tennessee, the original atom bomb works, is claiming $100,000 I damages for skin troubled, alleg- ed to be due to radio-acti' >
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      HOW TEMPORARY?
      21 6 A Congressman has described it as "incredible" that after two years Washington is still employing 911,119 "temporary war workers."
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      America's 'Skyway No.1'
      104 6 DRIVATE flyers m the United States will have their own coast 1 to— coast highway a 40-mile-w4de strip which the civil aeronautics administration has designated formally for marking as the nations "skyway No. 1." It is a civic project with the Government furnishing advice but no cash.
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      HE FIGHTS FUTURE WIFE IN COURT
      133 6 A MAN "fowgbt" his fiiUwe wUe at the West Kent Quarter Sessions. They were rival barristers m a case, as they have been doeenc of times m recent years. Miss Dorothy Knight Dix aged 37, afterwards, "we hope to go on fighting after we
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      FOR HIM ALONE
      33 6 A man brought a young lion into Pretoria and tried to sell it m the street. He Used it. but it growled when anyone else approached. No one would buy.
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      'PEOPLE OF NEW ARE AGAINST REPUBLIC'
      218 6 'PEOPLE OF NEW ARE AGAINST REPUBLIC' S*LTMMIM(E*Y Ott HAMID Alkaris, Sultan of taMiuuk w that two-thirds of the Netherlands^ T it million people would like to see the indoL?* <^ Government replaced by a Federal i S esian **ml the United States of America, reports f****** correspondent from New York
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      STRIKE OVER A HORSE
      55 6 rnWENTY NINE YEAR 1 OLD Willie Rees, haulier at Brynhenllys anthracite colliery, Glamorgan, didn't like it when they changed his horse and gave him another called Briton. He not only didn't like it, but he refused to work. Anod another 236 men on the morning shift
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      SCHOLARSHIP MEMORIAL TO NAVY VC
      105 6 A SCHOLARSHIP ir. memory of Lieut. Thomas Wilkinson; V.C., is to be awarded annual a to a cadet of the British training snip Conway. Lieut. Wilkinson, an oid boy of the training ship, was po^tfiumously decorated last December for attacking Japanese convoy m February 1942.
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      RELUCTANT 'IKE'
      36 6 Gen. Dwxgiifc Eisenhower i>^id on Thursday that he "strongly deplored" tormation of "Drai^ Eisenhower for President" organisations. He declined to answer any "hypothetical quesuoiia on whether he would accept a party nomination. A. P.
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      SUPPORT FOR ARABS
      32 6 Mohammed All Jinnah. Gov-ernor-General of Pakistan has pledged support for the Palestine Arabs from Moslems of both Pakistan and India m a telegram to the Mufti of Jerasa Reuter
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      SHANGHAI RADIO BAN
      62 6 SHANGHAI RADIO BAN In: rma >n Offiw "ii«?^B c< nference that the suspeaa» the En^ish language P r °Pjß hai K2& du< 'o !a^ure Kif^K with *':> M:nLstr> o: ConiaaW thai the suspaisksi w« al^B b^cau.-- >f iTi< rule r **f^B En^teh Langiufe propsw Dr T however c.y. -^B 24
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      CAROL'S WEDDING IS LEGAL
      48 6 HI r>: izuian draw d the legalM mama* <N -x-K::.? OP Run i 1 Magda w», K. it Jan r: w bedside > remony t^^ hof ipartmen: *-J Lup s was .-•':;^i wit! In 24 b ther i thal ba T-. und i V '•-5
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      KUOMINTANG REFORMS
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      PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR
      51 6 Nirzi Upiiiam.. first itntiattador of Pakistan, to th? Unit d States, arrived m New Yirk faplane on Thursday. Ht declined to comment on the imn H w India but s:tid he believed 1 appointment would lead to Ed d!y understanding between r. is* an anc Unit:d State. A.
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  • SPORT.
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      SOUTH CHINA OPEN TOUR TODAY
      502 7 Strong Malay XI As Opposition By Our Soccer Reporter rhina footballers, who arrived by air from rBE soutn l day W in open their three-game Singa--1 Ban^ ok >.„„ t th e All-Malayan Malays at Jalan Besar v»!* k off will be at 5.15 p.m.
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      Lawton To Lead England Attack Versus Belgium
      239 7 m(V 3 ci:a.:::bers V »h is at odds f*** the Chelsea club** reI ;an transfer ha* L J as centre-forward for X which is to play t- "~r yyernational soccer >n Sunday, Sept. b, re,ara,d as lucky' Dt ernat «al cap as for,
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      PLAYERS WIN BY INNS
      30 7 Is >• si( relay n Ch ntl mi n by an nd 1 r :n> Gk ntlemen 01 i rth, left-ann som. rour for 71 Players Reuter
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      BASE GROUP WIN 2-0
      38 7 WP l G 9 H E. beat the B C;r r.T.:ar. s by two W I I i mm f soccer W On Rad on m~~'-- WM mid botli goals m'" r.r:-: hall I
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      24 7 t: the Old Jo- too htj «fl] be held *«Ph*S kD tOdaj at 2.30 lir: B Dllllßf rd hu con- i t^e meeting _z-
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      Bradman Will Play Against The Indians
      85 7 ALTHOUGH Don Bradman has n intimated that he will be available for Test matches against India during the coming season, he refused to discuss the possibility of his travelling to England next summer. Yet the decision of Bradman to accept the appointment as a
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      Cotton Meets Von Nida On Sept 24
      112 7 IN what must be regarded as the match of the golfing season Henry Cotton, captain of the British Ryder Cup team and holder of the British matchplay championship, will meet Norman Von Nlda. the Australian who has proved the most successful professional golfer
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      MARSHALL B.P.
      83 7 AT the general meeting of the Marshp.ll Badminton Party, the following were elected office-bearers for the current year: President. Mr. Han Tew Hong; vicepresident, Mr. Scan Kirn Hock; hon. secretary, Mr. Yeo Kian Yam; hon. i treasurer, Mr. Hoon Hai Yik; hon. auditor, Mr. Goh Kirn Puay; sports
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      U.K. FOOTBALL FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK
      429 7 »PHE following are U.K. football fix- I tures for next week: MONDAY FIRST DIVISION Blackburn v Blackpool SECOND DIVISION Coventry v W. Bromwich Sheffield W. v Bury Tottenham v West Ham THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN) Port Vale v Watford THIRD DIVISION (NORTHERN) Halifax v Hull
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      Heading Practice
      34 7 picture. Mansjieia l own piayers Queue up for heading practice on a machine constructed by secretary-manager Roy Goodall and trainer Jack Clough who look on with assistant secretary Jimmy Warner. Nottingham Journal
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      STOKE MISS GENIUS OF STAN MATTHEWS
      350 7 From Archie Quick CTOKE City, nearly English Football League first division champions last season, won't admit it, but they are certainly going to miss the genius of Stanley Matthews. There is no sort of substitute for the superlative man who has gone to Blackpool.
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      Leger Probables And Jockeys
      249 7 nOLLOWIWG are the probables and T jockeys for the St. Leger last of the season's classic races for three-year-olds to be held over one and three quarter miles at Doncaster today, Sept. 13. at 2.15 p.m. GMT: Sayajirao. Edgar Britt; Compressor. Michael Beary; Tsar. Charles Elliot;
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      More Swimming Records Broken
      244 7 rO world records and two European records were eclipsed when the European Swimming Championships were continued m Monte Carlo yesterday. Alex Jany, brilliant 17 -year-old French sprint champion, broke the world record when he won the men's 400 metres free style championship m 4 mm. 35.2
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      Bagby To Ride Three Winners
      499 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Today. npHE weather was very clear this morning and the going should be very good today, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's September meeting. The strongest course tips were Edmond Dantes, Constance and Kashmiri Song. Jockey Bagby is
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      OSBORNE INTO SEMI-FINALS
      170 7 WIMBLEDON champion, Mls» ff Margaret Osborne, went a step nearer to completing the double when she entered the semi, finals ol the women's singles m the United States Lawn Tennis Championships whioh continued at Forest Hills, New York, yesterday. In the quarter-finals she beat Rumanian champion, Madame
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      Con Balasis Meets Corbett Tonight
      93 7 ANOTHER good wrestling programme has been arranged by Promoter Razak at the Great World Arena tonight. The main event of the evening is between the Greek-born Australian, Con Balasis. and Jim Corbett of the RASC. In Corbett. Baiasis will face the rr.ost scientific British wrestler
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      YEARLING SALES REACH NEW RECORD
      53 7 NEW WORLD record for any yearling sales was set up at the Doncaster yearling: blood stock sales thie week. The total aggregate for the four days was 597,725 guineas for 326 lots an average of 1.833 guineas. The previous record was 539.280 guineas at Newmarket
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      217 7 Today's Sports Events Soccer: South China A.A. v AUMalayan Malays, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m. Cricket: Ladies v Gents. S.C.C.. 2 p.m.; S.C.R.C. Rocklites, Honr Urn Green, 2 p.m. Badminton: S.B.A. veterans' and Junior championships, Clerical Union Hail, 2.15 p.m. Wrestling: Con Balasis v Jim Corbett. Great World, 8.45 p.m.
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      HOME...
      18 8 HOME August was the annual holiday month forJßlackpool and above is a typical scene on the crowded beach.
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      BISMARCK GEMS STOLEN
      77 8 BISMARCK GEMS STOLEN HAMBURG. F.iday. *"HT priceless Bismarck family je.v?Ls have been stolen from [be Bli3storf esta r^ mansion of prince von Bismarck m Schles-W:g-KcliLt:n. near c Russian ton? frontie-. The German poi::e believed attempts were b lug made to sell the jewels m II mburg's black marke*. Seme ol
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      MARRIAGE
      31 8 The marriage of ftfr. J. Oo:nan of the J-::;r: Broai a ting S^utioo. brother of Mr. J. o. Tha-akan. will taie (dace at Chattannoor, Travancore. bo Monday. Sc-n. 13. 1347.
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      Kedah bandit chief arrested
      292 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Siamese Police have handed over to the Malayan police a man believed to be the leader of the bandit gang that ambushed a motor-convoy on the Kroh -Klian Intan road m northern Kedah on Wednesday, morning, killing 11
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      JAIL FOR LAWYER
      42 8 Lieut. Kaneichi Koike, pre-war lawyer, was sentenced to four years hard labour by a Military Tribunal m Tokio. He pleaded guilty to contributing to the unlawful killing of nine American airmen shot down ovor Formosa m 19-15.- A. P.
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      NEW U.K. MEAT CUT
      24 8 Canadian meat exports to Brifain have been cut as the result f a national strike of packing hou*" workers. Renter.
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      IT'S AN ILL WIND
      17 8 Crisis sign m London shop window: "Belts tightened three holes for sixpence. U.P.
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      U.S. accuses Russia over Greece
      162 8 U.S. accuses Russia over Greece WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S State Department to--1 night published a White Paper on "The United Nations and the Problem of Greece," which accused the Russians of 'thwarting the clear-cut will ot an overwhelming majority of members of the Security Council." The White Paper accused Bulgaria,
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      PAN-MALAYAN TEACHERS' UNION
      99 8 PAN-MALAYAN TEACHERS' UNION KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. rE Malayan Teachers' Union was formally inaugurated at Kuala Lumpur this evening. The resolution which resulted m its inauguration was moved by Mr. G. van Geyzel. "If there has been wrong use of trade unionism by those who are m the movement now." he
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      KENYA BASE FOR MILITARY STORES
      74 8 THE British Government has de- cided to use East Africa as a reception base for evacuated stores from Egypt and India, it was announced m Nairobi. Work on road rail communications between Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and Mombasa, the principal port, is to start
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      FRENCH ASKED TO LET BAO DAI RETURN
      231 8 HONG KONG, Saturday. UEETNAM delegates here have f asked ex-Emperor Bao Dai of Annam to return and head a Vietnam Government m IndoChina although they are not satisfied with the proposals for a settlement made by Mr. Emile BoUaert, French High Commis- sioner.
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      U.K. BID TO PREVENT PERSIAN UPHEAVAL
      621 8 Why oilpact with Soviet is urged LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN, m an effort to prevent a Soviet-engineered upheaval m Persia, where Russo-Persian tension has been heightened by the movement of military forces on both sides of the frontier, has informed the Teheran Government that it
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      74 8 Paper "snow" floats down into Fifth Avenue, m traditional New York style, as a detachment of ths American Legion from Santa Clans (Indiana) march past during the Legion's annual parade and convention. It was estimated that a million people watched the parade. The Legion turned the week's convention into a
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      TO LEAD IN LONDON
      33 8 Film actress, Mac West has left New York for London m the Queen Mary to play the lead m "Diamond Lil" at the Prince of Wales Theatre. A. P.
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      SHIPPING LINE SEES 'BOOM' IN FAR EAST
      128 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday. THE American President Lines, ioresee&ng a great flow of passengers and cargo across the Pacific m a coming "industrial revolution" m the Far East, is planning to restore its fleet to the pr&war total of 20 vessels. At present the
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      INDUSTRIALS DOWN AGAIN
      506 8 London Stock Exclu^ LONDON Frw». A FTER a dull start due both to internal aud'eSS certainties, steadier conditions v- sloped on %i Stock Exchange around midday after whi h bitiw*!! away even further with a marked <av.)osiuun to a^ Stafford Cripps' statement n > Reute* s fin*
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      TERROR GANGS HAVE JUNGLE HIDE-OUT
      276 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KLUANG, Friday. SOMEWHERE m the jungle between Kluang, Ayer Hitam. Yong Peng and Paloh, m central Johore, is the hide-out of a terror gang who, a fortnight ago, ransacked 23 shops m the village of Batu Lima on the Kluang-Ayer Hitam
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      27 8 s. iMi r (t M Ott. s, hv> for J („mmrr« BjJ perl* v R" > fof ft N f 5* °«n ba!« g^^>
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      12 8 SPORE HIGH TIDES Today: 10.36 a.m.; 9.39 p.m.Sunday: 11.01 a.m.; 10.30 p.m.
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      66 8 WEATHER j Thundery f fjCTL.vrilLlt report foi the next 24 I m hour* compiled by the RAF.. Local thundery showers at first, becoming fair then fine. Wind south-east* r!y to southwesterly, squally at first, then light. Moonrise 5.53 a.m.; moonsei 5.27 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 91.2 def.; Rainfall: .11 m. Relative
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