The Singapore Free Press, 10 September 1948

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948. PRIO Ml (IA is
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  • 450 1 S Soviet flag torn down BERLJN, Thursday. <I\\ tonight fired into ftW< j after demonstrators ha< t flag during an anti-Corn than a quarter of a miWoi I in Wtd/Otm climbed to the top o ate fiom the British sid< and tore d e beginning
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  • 15 1 ANOTHER U.K. PLANE IS 'LOST' la Lo: sei I' B :r. Qtha p In Reuter
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  • 8 1 <. compared Mate 2££ dd roc 55'
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  • 139 1 HONG KONG, Fri. (CHINESE shipping J clerks here have formed a syndicate to sell Hong Kong businessmen their competitors' trade secrets. The clerks, who are employed by various shipping companies, obtain from bills of lading and other documents details of goods shipped by their
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  • 159 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ■THE pro; tof using a strip of disused road ok the Bulclt Timah rubber estate as a landing ground for light aircrait close to the Slme residence of the Air C-ln-C, I Far East. Air Marshal Sir i Hugh
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  • 177 1 VOTES fur British protected persons as well as British subjects, instead of British subjects and .Federal citizens, is recommended, it is believed, by the Select Committee appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council to examine the Municipal Elections BUI. L^mEba- Committee's report, which includes a nority
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  • 55 1 Free Fress Staff Reporter A CASE containing 700 tub's of morphine solution was seized by detectives of the C.I D. In a house In Market Street yesterday. The case bore Red Crow markings and had been consigned to the British Military Administration. Each tube contained
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  • 55 1 THE BALCONY THE BARBER AFTER a lapse of 11 years grand opera waa heard again m Singapore last night when the Italian fllr.i. "The Barber of Seville," began 1U showing at the Pavilion cinema The management summing up the first day, said this morning that the result waj much as
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  • 81 1 Free Press Staff Reporter UR lan B. Hosseck. exR.A.F. man Injured yesterday afternoon when a Royal Singapore Flying Club Tiger Moth crashed Into the sea at Kallang Airport wu stated at the General Hospital this morning to be "comfortable." The first post-war air crash at
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  • 142 1 Running order scratchings ORDER of running and scratching for tomorroWi race m Singapore are Race 1: Cl. 3. D. 5 6 f Wirra, Dobra. Race 2: CL 3. D. 4. 6f.— California Race 3: Cl. 3. D. 3, 6 f Gay Prattle. Tactful Lady lUc« 4: 01. 3. D. 2.
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  • 50 1 'THIRTY couples will take 1 part m the Mass Wedding to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday at noon, the sixth, to take place In Singapore since the liberation. Owing to the unrest upcountry, only four couples outside Singapore are taking part.
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  • 30 1 The last of the Chinese stalli holders m Manila's market* yesterday gave up their six months* fight against eviction, packed their ware-j and moved out.- A.P.
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  • 24 1 Most Teheran editors havt Joined m a protest against the "violation of the freedom of the press" by the Persian Government,
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  • 107 1 'Acid rain' traps 15 000 islanders MANILA, Thursday. ACUTE emergency has been declared on Camiguin Island following the "acid rains" from erupting Mt. Hibokhibok. An urgent message has been flashed that all available ships are needed for mass message here I available boats I Order Is being main- 1 patrol
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  • 73 1 DR. Girija Mookherji, one of the lieutenants of Subhas Chandra Bose m Berlin during the war, told Reuter m London today that most of j the 27 Indian nationals m the Allied zone m Germany who were members of the Azad Hind Government have asked
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  • 37 1 Britain has replied to Russia's proposal to hold a meeting of the Counpil of Foreign Ministers m Paris today on the future of the former Italian colonies by suggesting Monday as an alternative datoe
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  • 26 1 A lorry was fired on at the 7th mile. Kluang- Merging Road, last evening but the driver was not injured and drove on.
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  • 119 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T>E PORTS that a Singal pore white slaver has been bringing m women from the Federation for immoral purposes are being investigated by the local authorities, with a view to securing evidence to justify I legal proceedings. The Anti-Vice Section o) the
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  • Article, Illustration
    54 1 Mr. Winston Churchill bites Hard on his ciuar and grip* the reins as he makes his way to Fontaine (Vanchise) m France, where he is on holiday- Mr. Churchill had been out to paint a local beauty spot and at h§ packed up to go home French friends provided him
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  • 165 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TERRORISTS attacked four estates In Selangor, Perak and Johore, killing a special constable and wounding three other people, including a European manager. Damage to smoke-houses and buildings on two of the estates amounted to more than $20,000. No
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  • 73 1 LIVERPOOL. Thurt. JEERING Communiat sympathiser held protest marches here today outside the gates of the landing stage from which soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, were embarking for Malaya m the troopship Staffordshire. The marchet carried banners. One read: "Rescue poor Malayans." The Guards,
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  • 34 1 Observers on the DanUh island of Bomholm reported yesterday that they had Men an "appreciable force" of Russian warship* steaming eaitward The RuMian* evacuated Bomholm In April 1946 Reuter A. P.
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  • 205 1 Rebels driven ou t of Prome RANGOON, Thi. BURMESE Gove::... troops have reel tured from Commu: led insurgents the str. gic rail and river to* Prome, 150 miles m west of Rangoon, an official communique announced tonight. Loss of Prome is a i blow to the Communists was the biggest
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  • 46 1 MALAYAN COCO NUT OIL FOR INDIA It was officially announced m New Delhi yesterday that the International Emergency Food Council has allocated India 8.000 tons of coconut oil or its equivalent m copra from Malaya and 1,900 to. s from the Nil. during the current year.-
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  • 26 1 Fourteen traffic accident victim* a record number or th.s y—x went to hospital yesterday Two others who sustained minor tnpmies refusd to go
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  • 23 1 Mr Winston Churchill will o« th* guest of the Duke and Duch >« of Windsor at th« French Riviera thlc week-end.-
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  • FOR WOMEN...
    • 321 2 fOVERN MENT control of families was foreseen b£> Mr. Kenneth Walker, consultant urological surgeon, Royal Northern Hospital, London. In a fanciful peep into the future, he told the International Congress on Population at Cheltenham: can imagine when the question of national and world supplies become more
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    • 46 2 IF you have a white suit, have you ever tried wearing a black blouse with it? It looks very distinguished. Should the blouse have black collar and revers, wear these outside the collar of the suit. It will give just that smart touch.
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    • Article, Illustration
      28 2 Tip ill it R«f »t*r«d U S Pi:«ni OOc* "I hat's the only way that dress looks gooil, but you can't stand that u\iy all day!"
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    • 225 2 CyuMMON SENSE as well j as dress sense is needed m choosing an outfit for a holiday journey which involves both boat and train travel. A tailored suit is too heavy. a summer frock crushes with sitting m the train, is at the mercy of
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    • 236 2 THE model showing A styles at an unusual fashion show m London was no slim-waisted beauty, but seemed stout. How did she rate the Job m this highly competitive field? She is a young mother-to-be, with the stork's vioit only a few weeks off, and ihe
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    • 76 2 SPARKLERS HELP YOUR OUTFITS MORE and still more artificial jewels are XL&Ug worn. Ma- pearls deck thej necks of many women at al) functions. Coat lapels portray odd figures and bunches of t •11 made m attractive coloured stones as well as large and wide brae rleis, rings of precious
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    • Article, Illustration
      307 2 'Tlie bidding Ls very likely to be distorted when an expert plays wall a weaker player Both ihe expert and his partner usually are mamuvring so that the expert will become the declarer. This often produces cockeyed, but interesting, contracts m the pro-shmoe games —as it did w.th
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    • 159 2 The useful letter GOOD WHEN COOKED ETITCE, queen of the mdU v e *ebk be very pleasant m a <„ attractive but mild flavour blends other foods. Here are some verefcy?] where lettuce plays a promim nt nartJ the cooked and uncook< < n H Lcttr c and peas French
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    • 134 2 3 it- M OAXI'K A POPI U4R ITS BEEN A LONG LONG TIMI r WHOSE DREAM ARE M| Bin* Crosby < FABCINATING RHYTJ UMI THE MOON I LOVE Haael ScoU (Plane THEM THAT HAS GETS ON THE BUNNY SIDE OF THE 6TRL: The Andrew* Sisters I HAMPS BALTi' BLUES }UM
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 199 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are the t\p e who is only happy when m a state of perpetual motion. This does not always mean muscular activity! It may not matter, whether it is a commercial enterprise or not. just so long it is something which holds your attention,
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  • NEWS...
    • 252 3 U.N.O commi ttee 's warning: EUROPE TRADE MUST RISE FIVE-FOLD TIRADE between East and West m Europe now A 56 per cent, below its 1938 volume must be increased five-fold by 1952 if Europe is to become independent of American aid, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe warns m
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    • 61 3 six months of the plan. Officials have also hinted that European countries are ing the three per cent, interest rate and repayment proposed by EC A as inconsiderate to their financial conditio. WASHINGTON Thursday. recovery programme enters W with foreign grants rising m.:. able loans
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    • 28 3 The new Siamese amoassador to China. Phya Abhibal .laitn. said m Nanking that the Siamese people "do understand and do no: like Communism."- U.P.
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    • 37 3 UVED Hstrlbutora for the whole Far East: ■"UNO CO OKI HARD ROAD. t«4 <*|\(. \IOT?F 48 basses. 80 b•■ can be arranged. Demonstrations home on reg Agents required for the whole Far East
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    • 117 3 MR. Paul Saver, South African Minister of Transport, describes the coloured demonstration at Cape own suburban station last week as Communist-backed propaganda. Hundreds of coloured men and women demonstrated In front of coaches marked "I )r Europeans only" after amending a mass meeting to
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    • 321 3 BANGKOK, Siam. pLASTER models of the Siamese Royal Palace, showing the complete layout of the King's Chambers, will be shown at the Bangkok Criminal Court when the postponed Royal Assassination trial opens on Sept. 29.. The models, complete m every detail with a doll
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    • Article, Illustration
      110 3 Two phases of the war m Greece: A Greek Intelligence officer (right), using a stick as a pointer, indicates the next woman Communist to be interrogated at a rebel concentration camp. The women like the men are given 'courses m democracy' which, it is hoped, will turn
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    • 62 3 MORE than 400,000 Japanese war prison evj> arc expected to sperd yet another winter m Siberian internment camps, according to Japanese press report* In Tokio. Although about 250.000 Japanese have been repatriated from Russia since the fnd of the war. there is little prospect
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    • 241 3 II7ITH their blockade of Berlin the Russians have W achieved one thing they probably never counted upon and which they may some day have cause to regret. They have fanned the flames of German nationalism which m the past have proved dangerous to world peace.
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    • 136 3 THE Variety Artists' Federation, which has 6.000 members! will discuss m London what action to take over recent cases of top-line variety artists being banned from performing on Sundays. Latest instance is a Mayor's charity show m which Vie Oliver (American) was to top the
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    • 144 3 A LOST tribe of Pig* native-, called rs. who buy wives v. salt and can count only up two has been found la I bar .dberg Mou boraering tJ :i-Wcst Africa. Numbcriivthese tiny, i pie cendants of a tribe dm from the Cape
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    • 107 3 THREE days after he #ai to have stolen £I.lo' fifteen -year-old boy arrested at the seaside—Clacton, Easex— with less £700 on him. And he was carrying a ed revolver, it was said at Hanley, Staffs. Juvenile recer cash belonged to a lodger m the boys home, It
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • LEADER...
    • 310 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 1948. Red terror in white Malaya AUSTRALIAN politicians, m and out of office, are prone to say some remarkable things. But Mr. Chifley touched v new low when, m the course of a review of Australian foreign policy, he saw fit In the
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    • 258 4 INDIA'S quarrel with Hyderabad has reached at last a point at which tension breeds tension, and there seems no passible way of reducing the pressure that is leading to war. Neither side can retreat gracefully from the position it has taken up. At the moment, neither side appears to
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    • 953 4 Crisis cable from Walter Farr PARIS. THE crisis m France moves nearer to flashpoint. It has got past the stage where a man such as M. Robevt Schuman, or some othe/ middle of the road politician can hope to cobble-up a patchwork plan that will steer
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    • 26 4 An unjust man Is abomination to the just: and he that is upright m th e way is abomination to the wicked. Proverbs 29. 27.
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    • 843 4 MOST nteresting visitor to Singapore this week without doubt is 31--year-oid JOHN COAST, author, ex-soldier, former Foreign Office employee and now protagonist of the Indonesian Republican cause. Mr. Coasl, an adviser to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the three-year-old Republic at JogJakarta, is m Singapore on
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    • 65 4 Holidays at home is a slogan being adopted by more and more Londoners m these days of restricted travel. The Thames, m its upper reaches and even m the Pool of London, is a particular favourite. Here's a cheerful family scene with Peggy and Joyce Duff
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    • 434 4 RANGOON— A city in the news DANGOON. the capital of Burma, Ls one of the main crossroads of the Bast. Curiously, it has more Hlr.du and Muslim Inhabitants than Buddhist Burmese. Situated 21 miles from the sea. on the muddy Irrawaddy delta, it has risen In less than 50 years
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    • 325 4  -  GRAHAM STANFORD COMMONWEALTH Col4jJ| DOLITICAL fhe- works have begun to crackle over the Eriipire'fc new rocket shoothig-gallery m the stony deserts of South Australia. Whether the first rocket has yet flashed over the 1,200-mile desert corridor that leads to the sea remains a top secret. But it's no secret
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    • 12 4 UKKS m foe H. HEN DRY Jt:zi.vller, It, North Bridge Road, Spore.
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  • LOCAL NEWS. -—- –
    • 408 5 100,000 ATTEND SCHOOLS EN COLONY Big increase over 2 years rree Press Staff Reporter COR the first time the number of pupils m Singapore schools exceeded 100,000 at the end of last year, according 1o Department of Education figures. This means that out of a total population of 970,000 more
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 5 picture. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerrons has been visiting Village Committees m Singapore. On Wednesday night, he visited the Changi Village Committees at Bedok. and is seen photographed with members of the Committee. On Mr. McKerron's right Is the chairman of the Committee, Mr. Tan Kok Ann.—
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    • 25 5 FIRE-CRACKERS BANNED ..ih^TS oi tire-crackers f*Jf be banned from mnounced d*. to impose Ln has been made fol- the prohibition of gffcieker? m the Colony
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    • 14 5 SIX CHINESE HELD BY C.I.D. c- A .rested Is' c ID It tain- Ret>eing
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    • 144 5 PIVEN pea.* M the labour front, our crop for the U current fCM will, for the first time m the histnrv of the company, exceed seven figures, says Mr. Tin Cheng 1 «k k. chairman of the United Malacca td.. m a statement issued with the
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    • 101 5 PEOPLE who bought uckets for air trips at the Singapore Air Display at Kallang. and who were disappointed because some of the flights had to be cancelled, are being given the opportunity to use their tickets on Sunday Sept 12. The flights were curtailed last Saturday
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    • 97 5 TOH Ah Loh, a young A Chinese who tried to sell 48,000 rounds of ammunition to a police informer, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday m the Singapore Assize Court by Mr. Justice Taylor. Another man. Mak Thiji. who said hs had been employed
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    • 139 5 r)ENYING recent char- ges that recruiting centres for immigrants to Malaya have been established m India and Hong Kong, the Federation Government declared m a statement issued m Kuala Lumpur yesterday "It is not the policy of the Government to encourage immigration from India or
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    • 107 5 DETROL ration coupons for October to December can now be collected from the Petrol Rationing Office In Middle Road, Singapore. This applies only to private cars, motor cycles and taxis. Persons not wishing to call personally with their registration book may send the book by post,
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    • 34 5 Half the proceeds of the Taylor Dance Studio recital, which was held at the Victoria Theatre at the end of July, totalling $589.37, has been donated to the T.B. Fur.d.
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    • 158 5 Fre c Press Staff Reporter ■TWO Raffles College graduate members of the Social Welfare Department, Mr. Moni Sundram and Mi ion Keng Swee, left by the Carthage for England yes'.e- !my Mr. Sundram told Free Press: "I am naturaily excited about my trip.
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    • 396 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. QIR Henry McMahon, chairman of the Oriental Electric and Telephone Company m a statement circulated with the accounts for the annual meeting: on Sept. 29 refers to the setting up m Singapore of an advisory board, so that the
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    • 55 5 I^HE Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual concert today. The concert will be repeated on Wednesday, at 7.30 p.m. at the Wesley Social Hall. The concert is m aid of charity and the Methodist Youth Fellowship Fund. The programme will consist of musical items, songa,
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    • 75 5 - Cent sense is oeing aevelopsd by the Singapore public who are discarding one cent notes m favour of the new coins. Silver coins are also more common, though still not as much m evidence as m the Federation. The Currency Commissioners have plenty of coins and
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    • 309 5 RULES tOR TRADING WITH DJAMBI T*HE Trade Department of the Indonesian Office m J- Singapore last night announced regulations relating to the export and import of goods into Djambi area. The regulations state that only recognized merchants and companies are authorized to trade with Djambi area, while a guarantee m
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    • 164 5 FOU R-ACR E CAMP FOR SCOUTS Free Press Siaff Repou r FOUR acres of land adjoining the seafront at T Mata Ikan. Changi. will to developed into a camp s: the Sixth < Arrow > Group b«. y scouts when sufficient fund's have been collected The scouts were given land
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    • 19 5 The fft- for an Indian pm| has been raised to Rs equivalent m Malayan being $6 50.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • NEWS...
    • 76 6 Egyptian swims Channel Nn^nn Abdel El Rehim 41-year-old Egyptian Army N.C.0., swam the English ChannT^ 17 hturs 33 minutes. He was one of three Egyptians who made the attemptthe other ticc failed. Fahmy Attalla, who is yright* congratulating Rahtm -longer than his successful compatriot -24 hours-end was sight of St
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    • 101 6 A YOUNG man caused commotion at the Central Bank of China recently when he presented a 50 gold yuan note for cashing. As notes of such denomination have not officially been into circulation, the app» armnce of a crisp brand new bill surprised the bank employees who
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    • 311 6 CHINA'S FOOD REDUCED BY FLOODS ONE of the wettest summers for decades, with attendant widespread disastrous floods, has cut deeply into China's food production. Mr. Tso Shun-sheng, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, estimates that the food output m Hunan province —known as the "Rice Bowl" of China— alone will be
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    • 42 6 $h Hassan Hammed, icho was taken from the sea exhausted after seven hourt' swimming, lies icrapTped m blankets m the bottom of the accompanying boat. He is being fed by Colonel Dr. Mohammed Sabry of the Egyptian Army, the official coach
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    • 68 6 THE cost of carrying coal to Berlin by air U £2 10s. per 1001 b. or £56 a ton. Figures of the amount of coal flown into Berlin are seBut Berlin's winter need* are assessed at 5.000 ton* of coal daily. About half that amount
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    • 325 6 U.-S.— SOVIET IN 'SLANGING' BOUT THE latest name-calling contest between Radio A Moscow and the Voice of America is being fought over the plight of miners m the respective countries. Radio Moscow quotes the Russian magazine Slavyane is saying: "Jim Perkins, of Clover Fair Creek, Kentucky. ;lves In a $9
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    • 73 6 Adelaide police have conflicated a mouse trap, which was not iu>ed to catch mice. It was baited with sweets Instead of cheese, to catch children taking food from a family ice-Dox. Police said that the trap which was left baited m the ice-box, was strong enough to
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    • 333 6 THE Ceylon Citizenship Bill, which raised a stormy 1 debate m the Ceylon House of Representatives, has been pushed through all stages. When the bill came up for debate before a crowded house speakers from opposition benches vehemently opposed it. They described the
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    • 102 6 iy|iA£L> classes arouse nntft- gonism between buys and girls, and cause disciplinary problems, says a former Eng- j lish high school headmaster. "When I was headma.svr of Kirkcaldy High School I parated the boys and girl.:, and the disciplinary problems disappeared overnight, saia Dr. F. M. Earle,
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    • 170 6 DR. LOUISE PARK, a woman police surgeon, spent 15 minutes testing a wrestler who was suspected of being under the influence of drink whfle driving at Salford (Eng.). Then she went on talking to him, and kept him under observation for another half-hour. To the man's counsel,
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    • 209 6 'HORSE- WHIPPED BY ACTRESS'S FATHER-STORY for your fa of the v r m back a a-.iijfl went on I and hp was In the U Dt: duced J.i "I vi There" /^J A LLEGATIONS that Horace I a company director and Westmii U ;*H^ cillor, took his fllm actress daughter
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 95 6 JANE Exclusive to M<> Sin/arapnre Free Press m Malaya 0 KrOME AND KISS THEN KVOU SEE, SIR, IT'S POPULAR^ /"buT I ZINK IT<S ZE PW^^ 1 S* I FAA I OUS MANNEQUIN.'-y WtTH THE PEOPLE EVEN 1 /SENORITA 'OO IS POPULOUSR <=^ SHES DRESSED IN THE M IP THE EXPERTS
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  • SPORTS...
    • 55 7 Yorkshire honours Bradman N tM—tf the Aus--0 tralian captain, was a^» hff honorary mem■J*iJhi Yorkshire Cricket Jy Jj v n, ir horough yes■svs nd s■ W bowled v% hi le Barnes ian 50, both S| honoured by the Bradmun 0 latt- for me of the I p t»» pla >fv
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    • 15 7 K^iraiia r Cup finish No De oi the n r- Reuter
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    • 2323 7 SKY MASTER, FAIR WEEK ARE GOOD BETS Prospects for S 'pore races By CALL BOY OKY MASTER, who ran a third and second at Kuala U Lumpur, and Fair Week, who ran a second and fourth at Ipoh, appear to be the safest bets m a difficult card at Bukit
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    • 152 7 By Call Boy LJORSES from th. Hobbs 1 sable made thtir first appearance at Bukit Timah this morning. The nrweomer Meath who ran a fourth m his only star* at K.L. last week, did three furlongs m 43 2 sec. without being extended. very fit. Slickness
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    • 35 7 r*LOSE of play scores yesterday m the East v. West match being played at Kinga'on East 392 and 304 for 8 (Todd 107, Pawsorr 51). West 294 (Cooper 53, Crapp 77).- Reuter
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    • 35 7 CHELSEA WIN 1 —0 R. Dicks (Middtea borough, inside left) beat s Armstrong Chelsea) after a duel for the ball m the U.K. first division Football League match at Stamford Bridge which Chelsea won one-nil.
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    • 62 7 JUt annual soccer match between the two Padang Clubs, S.C.C and S.R.C. for the Clarke Shield, will take place on the S.C C ground at 5.15 p.m. today. This game will be of considerable interest and a keen struggle is expected. The S.C.C. are the present
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    • 176 7 Malays field New players, win 4-1 POUR goals, two scored m each a half, enabled the Malay Football Assocation to score a clear win over the Royal Navy m a division one League flx/ure at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, the Malays leaving the field victors four -one The game started
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    • 84 7 G. Crossley won the Senior T.T. motor-cycle race at Douglas, Isle of Man. yet-torday :>n a Triumph machine w;th an average speed of 80.6 miles per hour. H( covered six laps of the 3< mile course m 2 lirs. 48 mm. 50 sec. The senior
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    • 44 7 YESTERDAY'S U.K. Football League results are: Second Division: Queens Pant Rangers 0, Cardiff City 0. Third Division (Southern): Notts County 9. Ipswich Town 2; Swansea Town S, Leyton Orient l. Third Div ision Northern Hull City 3. According Stanley 1: Reuter
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    • 241 7 IN the final of the R.A.F. (Malaya) inter-unit cric-ket-knock-out cup competition played at Seletar on Tuesday, Technical Wing. R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Seletar), beat Equipment! Win* by 22 rur.s. Air-Commodore G. P. H. Carter, C.8.E., presented the Cup to Technical Wing and also medals to both
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    • 34 7 E. Hollies, the Warwickshire and England leg-break bowler has withdrawn from the MCU team that will tour South Africa this winter Pecmae of knee trouble. His substitute has not been announced- A.P.
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    • 581 7 From E. D. MEYER OERHAPS the greatest sensation m Malayan q 1 this year has been Negri Sembilan's entry U,r the first time m 25 years into the Malaya (up soccer final. Twenty-five years ago at Seremban, m lh< year of the competition, Ne^ri held n
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    • 252 7 F.>*. Crossword No. <J3J II 12 I 13 I |4 I |5 I |6 I 7 8 II F B II 12 ZBiEZ"" 14 5 15 L !L~"Z""Z 11 30 ris IP ■_lLll_iZli_l__ CLUES ACROSS 1, Inspection <12). 7, Field-work (5). 9, Sauce <O U, Hone (4). 15, Coal worker
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    • 19 8 WIGGINS. —At 8 l^ornie tw Singapore, on September 9th. to Kathleen, wife of J. C. Wljrelns. a daughter.
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    • 70 8 LSE-YUSN. me engagement was announced on Sept. 6th 1948. between P. S. Lee. son of Mr A Mrs. Lee Kam Seng, to Miss Allot Yuen daughter of Mr. Mri. Yuen Chan To. Th« engagement Li announced between Joan Helen Oladya. only daughtor of Mr. A Mrs. V. T. O
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    • 42 8 CHEW-TAN. On wea.. Btn sepi •4« Mr Chew Kirn Tee 'Charlie), eldest son ol Mr. Mrs. Chevr Keow Bock of Messrs. Keng Le« do. Ltd.. to Miss Tan Cheng Kwee Neo (Mabl«). only daughter of Mr ft Mrs. Tan Soo Jin.
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    • 23 8 Oibba, John Henry. ag*i au. -w Harper. Oilflllan <te 00.. Ltd Kuala Lumpur, on Bth September, at Buntrsar Hospital, following an oneratlon
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    • 164 8 INDIA VERY SHORT OF DOCTORS NEW YORK, Thurs. f NDIA'S 400,000.000 people are 1 served by only 47,400 doctors compared with 150.000 doctors for 130,000.000 In the United States, Dr. Hilda M. Lazarus of Vellore said today. Dr Lazarus, principal of the Christian Medical College and leading obstretician and gynaecologist,
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    • 35 8 The United States has bought over 25.000 tons of British rubber at a coat of more than £2.500.000 with funds Britain placed at her disposal m return for Marshall Plan dollars Reuter
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    • 358 8 1 50 DEAD IN HYDERABAD ATTACK Foreigners to leave today NEW DELHI, Thursday. ONE hundred and fifty people, including three women, were killed m an attack by Razakars (militant Muslims) on the village of Behrampalli, southeast of Hyderabad on Aug. 26, according to a delayed report received today by the
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    • 318 8 LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN'S organised trade union movement, meeting m annual congress at Margate (Kent), tonight endorsed the General Council support of the Government's "peg wages, prices and profits" policy on condition that the Government acted more vigorously to reduce prices. The decision was reached by
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    • 87 8 TWO British psychology report that Intelligence tests show that Jews generally are smarter than Gentiles. Dr. A. N. Salaman, told the annual convention of the British Association of Scientists that among foreign Fellows of the Royal Society of Scientists there were about 10 times as many
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    • 52 8 A BRITISH De Havllland aircraft U believed to have exceeded the speed of gound, about 720 miles an hour, m recent high speed development trials. It was announced yesterday. The plane wai a De Havllland 108. a tailless aircraft with the appearance of a
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    • 31 8 rorty-nve-year-oia empress Nagako was placed tenth m a beauty poll held by the popular Japanese magazine "Hanashl." First place went to Japan's leading movie actress. Setsuko Hara- U.P.
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    • 23 8 A Polish military tribunal has sentenced a woman journalist to six years imprisonment for wartime collaboration with the Nazis. 1
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    • 50 8 KING, QUEEN AT BRAEMAR GAMES Fine weather favoured the visit of the King and Queen to the Braemar (Abeideenshlre) gathering yesterday. About 30,000 spectators and the traditional Brciemar greeting of a blast of motor horns from hundreds oi cars and coaches parked round the arena welcomed them on arrival.— Reuter
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    • 21 8 J^ BPECIAL Market correspondent five* the prices of rubber (In cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m. today a* follows:
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    • 137 8 i be Miijapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon price* yesterday were, In cent* N. Y. stocks QN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, sellers renewed their activities and leading issues soon registered new low levels for the day which, together w:th yesterday's decline, erased earlier
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    • 22 8 Canada will soon enter the trans- Pacific airline service, terminus Hongkong, with four Canadian 40-passenger planes reports U.P.
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    • 189 8 Chif ley accused of 'watering' firms' shares CANBERRA, Thursday. MR. Joseph Palmer Abbott, a Country Party member, today charged Mr. Joseph Chifley, the Australian Prime Minister, m the House of Representatives, with agreeing to write up shares m Metropolitan Cement Limited to very inflated values. He charged the Prime Minister
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    • 91 8 India may get Security Council seat AMOVE to elect India to the Security Council m place of Syria, one of the retiring members, Is expected to develop at the General Assembly m Paris. It is felt that the fact that India last ye"ar voluntarily withdrew m the contest for the
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    • 43 8 A Washington report that Russia had ordered $43,0J0,000 worth of machine tools from the British firm of Craven Brothers (Manchester) Limited. Ls described as a "comuiete fabrication" by Mr. J. L. Lockland, the firm's secretary and one of its directors.
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    • 175 8 CHANGHAI'S economic en- t orcement campaign reached brass band parade stage yesterday. Down the Bund, then along Avenue Edward VII two bands were playing, while other marchers carried Dennants and banners describing dire consequences for violators of the new economic regulations, and played the
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    • 386 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday. WITH the exception of Thomas Tilling stock, which rose sharply on active dealing, the general trend on the London Stock Exchange today was dull to easier, with little business passing, says Reuters financial correspondent. Rubbers were lower and Tins unchanged. Following
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    • 288 8 NEW FRENCH COVT. PARIS, Thursday. M HENRI QUEUILLE, 64-year-old Radical Socialist deputy, told President Vincent Auriol tonight that he was ready to form a new government. He will present himself before the National Assembly on Saturday for investiture With the exception of the Communists, all parties
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    • 168 8 Russians fire on Berlin crowds Continued from p^ The Br;;. lim the a&>, tnce bu?fl nanded that :<utt2 JH :ary per*. 'orm pa: lonour a Jhould be wlti -wii^fl Me»nwh^> i Sraudecburfrer 4 The Bumim stoned Ju, *Jje TL^l :ldent n and B lurrounaec Ji [tones were th A Ru^ia-
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    • 164 8 GENEVA. Thursday SAYINO 'Britain will not accept any internau control over her colonies. The people of the colonies -l.cm- •elves would bitterly -esent It" Britain today opposed the i Indian plan for lncie«ising; United Nation* supervision of colonial administration. Britan's representative, Mr. Fletcher-Cooke, said
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    • 30 8 Food prices ;r. BijPj have dropped 30 per (mm other necessities tidm clothing are down 18 per from the level I ve the Biamese Mm; merce re; —^j
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    • 354 8 IN MXMOBIAM In loring memory of my husband the lata Fred Starr, died 10th September 1947. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. 8s Mrs. Chan Hln Ch»ung thank all friends and relatives for Ihetr good wlahes. useful presents i aid kind attendance at their iparriage reception and dinner on he occajion of their wtdding.
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    • 62 8 RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT FROM 7 P.M TO 8 PJi THE COCKTAIL HOUR In the Popular New Lounge vith FRANK PICKFORD at the pi and from 9 p.m. to midnu INFORMAL DAN< In the BALLROOM. Ml sli PATRICK FORBES HIS HBCHESftI TOMORROW—RACE NIGHT EXTENSION TO IA.M Going on Leave? KEEP IN
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