The Singapore Free Press, 29 June 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA no: ***** SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1949. PKIC'E 10 CENTS
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    BETTER NEWS ON DOLLAR 'CRISIS'
    266 1 BETTER NEWS ON DOLLAR 'CRISIS' Hoffman is cheerful LONDON, Wednesday. fREASURY officials last night discounted the view of pessimistic financial quarters which predicted a possible political crisis as a result of Britain's economic difficulties. Yesterday afternoon, British banking interests proposed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, that
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    TWO DIE IN SEPTIC TANK
    116 1 TWO DIE IN SEPTIC TANK I Presb statt Keporter If t s I m I d W from a -i-;^ 1 ■ftod«)P='- n I, B 'he the Tiick I eces- k and -.ours. t of from nd>, B .< country with .ibout of sanl- and the at 180 Ampang I
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    S'HAI-PEIPING RAIL
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    P.I. SLASHES $ IMPORTS
    62 1 P.I. SLASHES IMPORTS PRESIDENT Quirino has 1 Issued an order amending the existing import control regulations with a view to further conserving the Philippine dollar reserve by about i US) $30,000,000 yearly. The new order was recommended by the Import Control Board as a further measure to stabilize the national
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    Protest to UN
    33 1 lORDAN has protested to J the United Nations Security Council against the alleged forcible evacuation by Israelis of 1.500 Arabs from a village m the Samaria triangle of Palestine.- Reuter
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    Crisis hits Zanzibar
    82 1 MILLION clove trees on Zanzibar and Pemba islandA oft the east coast of Africa have been striken with •sudden death" disease. Zanzibar's economy is based largely on the export of cloves, and hundreds of small fa TxTert n S O Told a f e armers at a
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    RIOTS IK CYPRUS
    42 1 Police m Cyprus used tear gas grenades yesterday to disperse a crowd of 150 unemployed who were demonstrating outside the office of a commissioner who had refuse) to see them. Seven of the de-. mon3trators were arrest»d. A. P.
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    FIRST SHOTS IN E.C.A. BATTLE
    152 1 PARIS, Wednesday. IWIS morning the seven-nation Consultative Council of the Organisation for European Economic Recovery meets to fire the first shots m the battle >ver intra-European payments. Britain, represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Crypps, opposes a plan put forward by the
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    Vietnamese released
    92 1 FIFTEEN Vietnamese official* who were arrested by French security police on June 11 were released today at the request of M. Tran Van Huu, Governor of South Vietnam, the Vietnam Government announced m Saigon yesterday. The officials were among 23 people arrested before the arrival m Saigon on
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    500 BENGALIS JAILED AGAIN
    62 1 THE West Bengal Government, ordered by the provincial High Court to release 500 political prisoners detained under their Security Act, has lailed them again under criminal law The Chief Justice, Sir Arthur Trevor Harries, and Justice J. P. Mitter ruled that the West Bengal Security Act
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    BRAVE CHINESE TO BE REWARDED
    150 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore C.I.D. Commissioner, Mr. E. V. Fowler, this morni ig commended the bravery of a Chinese durian-seller, Wheen Teck Heng, and a friend who at 1 a.m. today fought a gunman and took his Mauser pistol from him m Joo
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    DYNAMITE ON RAILS
    30 1 Officials of the Moji Railway Bureau m Tokyo have discovered 130 sticks of dynamite on the rails m Tunnea on the Kagoshlma main !me m Fukuoda Prefecture.
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    46 1 photo. This hunchback aircraft Is the U.S. Navy's new PO-IW (Patrol search plane) on its test fllight at Burbank (Calif.) recently. Electronic equipment is housed m the two humps above and below the fuselage. The plane will advance electronic systems designed for Installation on aircraft.- A.P.
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    CALCUTTA CLASH: BUS ABLAZE
    75 1 CALCUTTA CLASH: BUS ABLAZE CALCUTTA. Wed. POLICE opened fire here yesterday to disperse a procession after demonstrators had set a motor bu» ablaze and thrown crude bombs a' constables One person was killed and six people, including a police officer, were Injured during the clash. The procession, formed after a
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    RED TARGETS
    29 1 POUR German children have been killed by Soviet soldiers engaged In target practice m a Soziet Zone suburb of Berlin. Berlin's Western licensed press reported yesterday. U.P.
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    Last Dutch to quit Jogja this week
    245 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. EVACUATION of Dutch forces from Jogjakarta, Central Java, is "proceeding smoothly, arcording to schedule and is expected to be completed this month, the United Nations Commission for Indonesia announced yesterday. A Republican press release quoted the R epub- lipin emereency Government
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    500 pilgrims leave S'pore
    74 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S second pilgrim ship for Jeddah. the Prometheus, carrying: more than 500 Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, left Singapore yesterday. The pilgrims, carrying bundles of clothing and food for the voyage, were taken to the wharves m motor lorries. I Several
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    COOL WAVE
    43 1 AMASS of cool air swept across New England and Into the New York City area las* night, dipping temperatures as much as 30 degrees anu bringing a welcome relief to millions caught m the grip of a 17-day heat wave.— U.P.
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    N.S. W. Govt. to have show down
    362 1 STRIKE LAYS OFF 500,000 SYDNEY, Wednesday. AS the nation-wide coal strike neared its third day, the New South Wales Parliament began an all-night sitting last night to enact legislation which would permit the State to take over property, conscript labour, and control essential
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    UK railwaymen to go slow
    89 1 DEI.EOATES representing 460,000 British railway worker* have voted overwhelmingly to go slow and refuse to work overtime beginning next Sunday m protest against the State-owned railways rejection of the union's wage claims. Motions m favour of a national strike were ruled out of order by
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    Redsseize Berlin machines
    191 1 Redsseize Berlin machines BERLIN, Wed. THE American and British authorities m Berlin have protested against the seizure by the Russians of machinery sent from West Germany to West Berlin. They claimed the action was m violation of the blockade lilting agreement and sent a note direct to the Soviet military
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    UNMASKED
    49 1 rE Alabama State House of Representatives yesterday followed the example of the Senat? and swiftly approved a bill to unmask the Ku Klux Klan and other hooded groups T t was taken Immediately to Governor James Folsom who was expected to sign It into law without delay.- U.P.
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    Rubber prices
    58 1 4 srhC'lAL Market correspondeni fives the prices of rubber (In cents per Ib.) at 11 m ti*day M foliowst Bayer* 9Hlcr» No 1 K S.S Spot loos* 32^ Fob In Dale* Juiy No. 1 R S.S. 52% 32 M No. Z R.S.S. 3<» l i 11 ',No. 3
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    How To Stop Him Snoring
    810 2 How To Stop Him Snoring WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS..... ("JAN you help me, doctor? It is about a cousin of mine. He Is a married man, aged about 26, a clerk m the Postal Department He snores very loudly when he is asleep. As soon as he puts his head
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    The Chapman Pincher Column
    574 2 The Chapman Pincher Column fO find out what makes the thoroughbred tick and perhaps make it tick a bit faster science has nosed into Newmarket. In Miss G. M. Yule's old racing stable, stalls are being turned into labs and operating theatres. X-ray machines and heart-beat recorders are replacing hayracks
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    IT'S A BIG DRAW
    51 2 This streamlined apparatus is a powerful magnet used for extracting pieces of metal which lodge m the human eye. It is also one of the attractions at the Olympia (London) section of the British Industries Fair where examples of British ingenuity are on view to foreign
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    Round the world in 1\7 sec.
    323 2 Round the world in 1 \7 sec. By THOMAS It. IIENKY (CIRCLING the world m approximately a seventh of si second with extremely low -frequency radio waves was reported to the American Geophysical Union by the Bureau of Standards Physicists. The signals were sent out from the Navy's powerful station
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    UNNOWN
    459 2  -  JOHN LANGDON DAVIES Insulin. .M and B..Penic now another new medical 1 Born m a U.S. research laboratory it* of the world's by to banish one I A 29-YEAR-O LI) American woman, severely crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, lias become the most interesting human being alive IOT hundreds of thousands
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      23 2 WOlC? 0€ATfeJa? Cm+GERS Off <s&4-& zjea^j 'S-rr^ju woox By HAWC AS IHEV CTC? IN AMOEMf TtMEg... OF £\X?K. GOU7CAK) j-J^-JI/^ LiV^v V-^^aTP^V SisK&uE
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    • Miscellaneous
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      106 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR nORN today, moods can become your very worst enemy in life unless you learn at an early age how to cope with them. Yon have a highly artistic nature with a sensitive and high-strung temperament. Your ideals are high and you never will b i satisfied with
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      110 2 everything you get. Being fond of travel, vo'i probably will see a large portion of the earth duiin; your lifetime. If your work is something that keeps you travelling, you will h much happier than if it holds you to a desk job. In fact, the latter If apt to
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    FINAL VICTORY SOON SAY REDS
    292 3 FINAL VICTORY SOON SAY REDS fnrinosa their oin0 in problem the Kuomintang regime in] it a coastal blockade and m i:, i China will not have much| the Communists 9 timetable whole country within area- is generally believed m nger time will be reI aiwan and the North-, my possible
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    37 3 photo. Col. Jose Navarro Morenes. of Spain, who won the individual competition for the Grand Prix de Rome m the 18th International Horse Show m Rome, is hero seen taking a two-pole obstacle with consummate case. A.P.
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    SHE KILLED IN FRENZY AND IS SET FREE
    15 3 SHE KILLED IN FRENZY AND IS SET FREE i 1 r 1 1 i i
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    Punjab inquiry ordered
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    EK TOURIST TRADE
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    MAHARAJAH HANDS OVER
    67 3 THE Maharajah of Kashmir, I Sir Hari Singh, has issued a proclamation that he is aving the state temporarily for reasons of health and entrusting the ruling powers to his eldest son Karan Singh. The new ruler m a broadcast from the Srinagar Radio has appealed to
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    Device revives 'dead' heart
    285 3 TPWO intricate operations one of which has been of help m certain forms of high blood pressure and the other to restore a heart to r.ormal function-rwere reported at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association m Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first operation, described
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    Burma war damage payments
    161 3 Burma war damage payments THE British Government la to make an ex -gratia payment of £10,000,000 sterling to British business interests whose property sustained war damage m Burma. Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated m a written Parliamentary reply. Sir Stafford said the decision was without prejudice to
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    RUSSIA CLAIMS NEW 'FIRST'
    112 3 AS OVI E T newspaper contends that Russian scientists "were discussing" I evolution many years before Darwin. This "is, the latest m a long list of scientific "firsts" claimed by the Russians. Charles Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection" m November, 1859,
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    'THUS FAR, AND NO FARTHER'
    99 3 COMMENTING on the j Vy recent visit of to Mauritius of the Indian cruiser DelhL the London Economist hoped that this and other signs of India's Interest m Mauritius did not "involve anything more than the fri- endly concern the Indian Gorernment has a reasonable
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    MURDER Could not Kill
    2117 3  -  GREGORY BAXTER -«a The story so far Sher- i wood Dexter, U.S. businessman, is shot dead while driving with his daughter Laurette Dexter, near Marble Arch, London at midnight. Robin Foster an artist, sees the tiller run from Dexters saloon to a nearby limousine but is
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      547 3 OiNGAPORE f including selections from Strings; 10.30 Dance musk.; 11 Ml SETWftRK "Careless Rapture' by Novello; 7 Close Down. I signal News; 7.io smga- BFEBS (Singapore) I a ll< Share Market Report; 7.15 „>, Interlude; 7.30 Swing Club-Bill (Including J* B Rela j7 Webb-Joneo Introduce! a gramo- 19. Metres. 25.
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    THE REDS COME TO SHANGHAI
    500 4 THE REDS COME TO SHANGHAI HOW luve Shanghai and its (i.000.000 Inhabitant! fared since the dtj \v;i<» taken over by the Communist armies of M.u» Ifcetang? According ti> the news agencies* thingi are no Wettei and no worse now than irhel the Nationalist were in control and. to the nian-in-lhp-street.
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    Tinyt premature baby suvives
    161 5 Tinyt premature baby suvives ■wfibrielle McGrath weighed only 26£ ounces he W as born, three months prematurely, Min!l hild is now thriving and early three pounds, and will develop nor,e baby said: "Unless the east 26 weeks, a child's mote. Pregnancy in this days. I know of no other child,
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    59 5 Delegates from 12 countries, after attending the International Fire Conference at Whitley Bay. -Vorthumborland. paid a visit to Fire Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth, London, and made a trip upriver cr. the fire float Massey Shaw. Picture shows Station Officer W. J. Barnard explaining the working of the Monitor aboard the
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    AUSTRIANS REMEMBER RED PILLAGE
    82 5 AUSTRIANS REMEMBER RED PILLAGE j and are will mist without 0 by Russia. -asons why Combjc has been a be a Austria are (a) Uie pjtryis primarily Catholic; 5 itean troops went to fr.i *•< r :.querors, lootx r .:.i and committing -:ice. toaia has been occupied riepast four years.
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    Duleepsinhji is made a High Commissioner
    67 5 Duleepsinhji is made a High Commissioner I •pttiu the cr lead the In order m the fteld of ■q Sri Duieep--ew ol "Ranjl" of ■•*,has been select- G.v^rnment Commissioner In ■ear-old debonair Prince is a former Sussex count v and :Tes pUyei Bit innL :England-A'.:siralia W lit Lords estab- ./f
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    Aussie gesture to Philippines
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    SOVIET ENVOY 'RELIEVED'
    5 5 SOVIET ENVOY 'RELIEVED' K Reuter
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    CRISIS IN TURKEY
    48 5 APOLITICAL crisis of serious proportions developed rapidly m Turkey last ni^ht over the Government's al policies. There were reports that the Grand National Assembly might be called into extraordinary session to cope with what was called a revolutionary movement" by the opposition Democratic Pany. A.P.
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    Plane saved by tennis net
    81 5 A TENNIS COURT net saved the lives of two men when a Moth plane m which they were travelling crashlanded at Treveston, near Brisbane. The wheels o! the plane were caught In the net, which acted as a brake. The pilot and passenger waiked from
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    SMUGGLING ART INTO AUSTRALIA
    93 5 ALLEGATIONS that thousands of pounds worth of art treasures looted from France and American-occu-pied Germany were being smuggled Into Australia were made by Customs officials m Melbourne, it was stated m the House of Representatives m Canberra. A member said it wait also alleged that costly
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    Border clash in Benares
    63 5 BENARES, Tues. riOHT people were killed and several injured m a week-end clash between farmhands and landowners 40 miles from here on the borders of the Mirzapur District (United Provinces) and Benares State. The labourers, after refusing to transport manure, attacked two villages belong--1 ing to
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    FEWER BIRTHS UNDER INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
    172 5 IN countries where manufacturing is extensive, 1 fertility is declining rapidly. Mortality is low and is also declining, and population growth is •moderately rapid", states a report to the United Nation Population Commission meeting m Geneva. Fertility is m countries where there is manufacturing industry
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    Tips plus back pay
    88 5 WHETHER it is better to b« paid m tips from customers or have a tixed wage is a burning question amorxg restaurant waiters m Leeds, Yorkshire. A ft™ haT lust been fined £11 sterling and ordered to payTaek wiSei totalling £1,052 sterling to U waiters b^c^use
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    18 5 Men of the second a £< .*•*«-«<* Z££ at u^ s h r[Cr'n, r er u3t£«VMl M pra.tic, round.-A.P. photo.
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    HAVEN FOR REFUGEES
    56 5 THE Philippine Government has offered haven until Oct. 31 to about 8,000 refugees evacuated from Chtna last December by the International Refugee Organisation, it was announced m Geneva yesterday. The refugees mostly White Russians and Baltic peoples were originally granted permission to stay on the Philippine island
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    Calcutta clash
    48 5 AN Assistant Police Commissioner and seven policemen wpre injured m a clash with strikers earlier yesterday at an American -owned factory m North Calcutta, where workmen have been striking because some of their demands have not been met by the management. The factory remained open Reuter
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    RED STORM IN ASIA THIS YEAR?
    420 5 RED STORM IN ASIA THIS YEAR? Indo-China 's vital role jyESTERN observers give Bao Dai's infant! Vietnam regime m Indo-China a fighting chance to stand before the storm of Communism m Asia, which is expected to break this year. They look with hopeful, yet apprehensive, eyes I on Ihe efforts
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    35 5 photo Prince Juan Carlos. 12--year-old son of the Spanish Pretender, now studying at a school near Madrid with sons of members of Spain's nobility, is here s?rn putting the shot, watched by his school-mates.- A.P.
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  • Article
    BRITONS WHO DIED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    40 5 The remains of 256 British servicemen, most of them alri men who died on Czecti terii- Tory during the war have I been gathered m a Prague l cemetery for reinterment m separate plots A.P.
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  • Article
    Hips-swinging 'immoral'
    56 5 THE Bishop of Nueva Sego--1 via has allied himself wkh shocked citizen* of Uocos Sur, P.I. by declaring hips-swinging Appalachlcola and Calypso immoral. The Provincial board of th; area, which is 100 miles north of Manila, said, however, any fine on the dances will be regarded as a
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    BID TO MOULD NEW GERMANY
    204 5 'Moral rearmament' IYINDREDS of Germans, from Minister Presidents to workmen, arc making their way to Caux-sur-Montreux, Swiss mountain resort, to meet Dr. Frank N. D. Rue h man, the 71-year-old apostle of moral rearmament and "inspired democracy." After undergoing instruction, these Germans will return to
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    Australia welcomes scientists
    107 5 AUSTRALIA is dwpJy en- Ka«ed In scientific research and is keen to link up with all Commonwealth countries. This can be achieved by an exchange of scientific workers, and Ceylon's scientific workers will be welcome m our laboratories m Australia." said Sir David Rivett, Australian scientist who
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    'PLOTTERS' TO DIE
    23 5 Five people nave been sentenced to death by a military tribunal In Bucharest for attempted plotting against the Rumanian government
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    CARRIER TO GO TO U.K.
    58 5 THE British Navy's 13.350 ton aircraft carrier Triumph Is to Join the Pacific Fleet based on Hong Kong this autumn, the naval headquarters In Malta announced yesterday. The Triumph U at present with the Mediterranean Fleet A naval spokesman denied suggestions that the carrier would
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    Pictures as aid to speech, education
    225 5 AN almost totally deaf prisoner, who could scarnl) articulate his name, has been taught to sp«:ik read and write by a fellow prisoner, who is serving a life sentence In Goulburn Reformatory. New South Wales, which is m the forefront of experiments m that
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    CHIMNEY-SITTING AS A PROTEST
    164 5 A WEIRD strike against a strike was staged m Tokyo recently by a 42-year-old Japanese m the stiff-collar uniform of a college student, and his young companion. Takeo Sato and his 22 year-old friend. Mitsuo Yazu. climbed on top of a 50-yard-hlgh chimney near the entrance
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    Austrian leaders court ex-Nszis
    239 5 Austrian leaders court ex-Nszis pORMER Nazis, once the Untouchables* 1 of Austrian politics, are now being courted by all three Austrian parties. The courtship is threaten* Inn a long-established romance beween the rightWing People*! Party iQ V and the antl-communlsl Socialists. The Communists, who are more shy and retiring m
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1949 CRUEL TO BE KIND
    609 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1949 CRUEL TO BE KIND MORE austerity will soon be the lot Of folk m Britain and In Malaya too if we play our share m helping the Mother country to weathf r the latest financial storm that has .sprung up. Panic selling
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    38 6 Stra <' P.S.N. ship s.s. Losada Which recently arrived at London Docks, nas thirtyone of the 60 huskies which iuiU take part in the Norwegian-British-Sicedish Antarctic expedition to the Queen Maud Land, tailing at the end of the summer.
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    38 6 OLD SINGAPORE: This phonograph, sent m by a reader would be interested shows Singapore River and Old EUrvborovph I* the seventies. The Free Press is offering $5 for picture* of Old Si sent m by readers and published.
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • Letter
      WHY DON'T OUR CLOCKS WORK?
      426 6 ONE of the conspicuous and familiar prewar sights from Beach Rd. nearing the Esplanade, the Padang to Collyer Quay, the immediate surrounding business and shoppingareas and from the Roads, used to be our Town Clock illuminated after dusk. It has not been illuminated since 1942
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    • Letter
      He Only Advises
      136 6 MY attention hai been drawn to a report m your issue of Saturday, June 18. 1949, under the heading "Lighter Trade Faces Crisis."' Ir this report, it appear that your Chinese correspondent was informed that the "Joint Advisory Board," (actually Joint Consultative Committee for the Lighterage Industry
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    • Letter
      Is Motoring Monopolised?
      426 6 KNOWING the esteem i m which the Smga- pore Motor Club is held 1 throughout the territory i covered by the A. A.M. makes me confident that very few people have read into my article the implication complained of by Mr. Liddell m his letter to the
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      Shocking Prices
      84 6 In Singap. ran ly get an opportunity to compare local prices with those prevailing In the United Kingdom, but when they do they get I shock My wife k priced a little domestic utensil; it was 00 cents On examination of the article she found a little Label
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      Catholic Controversy
      343 6 LD. Henderson's letter m last week's Free Press blames the Associated Press for issuing the news that "Pope Pius XII conferred sainthood 0n...", and casts aspersions on "at least one so-called Christian body "for saying that the Pope claims to be God." Your readers may be interested to
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      Accidents Won t Stop Tim Sport
      278 6 Accidents Won t Stop Tim Sport vyE, the members of the Cosmopolitan Cycling team, organisers of all the cycle races held m Singapore since July last year, would be much obliged if you will publish this letter. Having read "A Cyclist letter published last week under the heading "Don't Race
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      High heeled tactics
      211 6 •pHE art of bus trawll 1 m Si; m the peak hours is to board the bus at the stop befor-- I starting of! point, pur y poods and chatela <-n the ■eat beside jrou and sit m a diagonal position with spnad Wide apart. The bus.
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    Questions On Lottery
    205 6 THE Central Welfare Council of Malaya is to ask for legislation to allow it to run a public lottery to raise funds for anti-tuberculosis and other welfare work. The Chairman. Lady Ncwboult. told a meeting of the Council: "I have made en- quints and have ocen v
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    Lets have a live theatre
    78 6 HOW glorious it would be to open the newspaper and be able to choose a live theatre production as alternative entertainment to a cinema; instead of having to rely on the few scattered productions of amateurs, Surely the forming of a Singapore Repertory Company i.--
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    POST-BAG
    67 6 The tree «'r«'\^ M »-i>.»(t-d to print letters 'rom tc;ii«rs on *«l subjects of t.>i>ic.il .uer»st Letters should I kept as shori as possible. TtMtsc <Ji;iurt with a norn d* 1 plump will not l>« published unless wiiter's n»m« ,uid iMnM tec d»>rlos4Ml to tin l.ditor as 4 mrujtee
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    BOOKIES AND CROOKED RACING'
    566 7 BOOKIES AND CROOKED RACING' Problem before inquiry board Free Press Staff Reporter BOOKMAKING, whether legalised or not, is responsible for malpractices m horse-racing and legalisation would not load to a reduction m such malpractices, the Singapore Bookmakin^ Committee, studying the problem of how to control bookmaking m the Colony, was
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    49 7 pioturt pi.ORENCE Eves and Marian Mahncke of Tacoma, p ?i hl ?*i o S: Who^T vetl ln Singapore yestcrdav In the President Polk on their first trip around the world. They Mid they had saved for years m order to .nake the trip to the "glamorous East." Free Press
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    SAILORS ACT AS TOUIST GUIDES
    33 7 SAILORS ACT AS TOUIST GUIDES pug SUfl »'"P" rt j 100 the Base; Rupertus mkok the first, layed -.rises terfly Raffles :he the poet hen N angi I j an Irlt atch im-
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    GRADUATES GET DIPLOMAS TODAY
    264 7 Free Press Staff Reporter TODAY GO out of 85 graduates of King Edward 1 VII College of Medicine and Raffles College will receive their diplomas at Raffles College from the Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. The whole joint graduation ceremony of
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    37 7 picture. KSIVADAS, a dresser, and Sister K. N. McAllian are seen helping an anti- T.B. expert at the S.A.T.A. clinic yesterday when B.C.G. vaccination began. The expert is seen applying drops of B. C. G.- Free Press
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    TOLD: 'YOU MUST BEHAVE'
    195 7 TOLD: 'YOU MUST BEHAVE' Iree Press Staff Reporter -\N educated Chinese, Tan i t Chee Teck, was told by the first District Judge yesterday that he would "get another chance, but he would have to behave himself Tan was brought to court because his step-brother, Tan Chee Kong, said that
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    TELEPHONE TALK
    45 7 Mr. V. Cockayne of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company will speak on "Automatic Telephones" to the Technical Association of Malaya on July 5 at 7.15 p.m. at the Singapore Junior Trade' School m Balestier Road. The meeting is open to the public.
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    36 7 picture rpHE G.0.C., Singapore 1 DistriU. Major-Gen I). Dunlop. pictured yesterday at an inspection and pas-sln^-out parade at Nee Soon Barrack*;. Singapore, handing a trophy to the champion recruit. Bum amin bin Haj Din. Free Press
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    G.P.O. service aids businessmen
    211 7 Free Press Sta/T Reporter -THE General Post Office, Singapore, has introduced a business reply card service A person or firm wishing to get a reply from a client without putting him to the expense of paying postage, may enclose m his communication an unstamped reply card
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    HOPEFUL SIGN IN RURAL AREAS
    162 7 THE vigorous and rapid development of the Singapore Rural District Commitee.s. previously called Village Committees, has been the 'most interesting and hopeful feature m rural activities" during 1948, says Mr J. A. Harvey, chairman of the Rural Board, m M" annual report. The hope seems
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    S'pore actors 'are not keen'
    348 7 S 'pore actors 'are not keen' 'SAINT JOAN' TOUR OFF *ree Press Staff Reporter T^HE Teachers' Repertory production of 'Saint x Joan" will not be seen by Kuala Lumpur audiences, because of "apathy" displayed by some of the actors. This was told to the Free Press yesterday by Dorothy Morrell,
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    Studies local government
    56 7 Free Press Staff Reporter DR. Jamei \<- tef Wane, an elected mcml the Bhanfhal City Council, ar;n Sini In the Canton from the Unitrcl Kingdom a: -r to extenilve t BrlUln Unitrd Statei and His visit abroad 1 Municipal In Wane I Shanghai Cl i teen i
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    MUSIC CONCERTS
    15 7 THE the Singapore Mudc C«rcle the Rr:- l will h en July, 1J
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      70 7 Closing time for posting mails at the Pftlembanj Kong and China f.i'o. u to (including Kluang-chow i n Nc surface mail UTlvall expected. Revised postag* rat**. With (fleet from Jjly. po*t lor letters and postcard to Singapore Federation. N. B ara«ak and Brunei will be: Lttten 10 ecntl for the
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      Better tone in gilt-edgeds
      521 8 LONDON, Wednesday. INVESTMENT support with bear-covering assisted the Kilt-edffed section m the London Stock Ex- j change yesterday and, although final levels showed many small losses, there was also an occasional net gain, says Keuter's financial correspondent. Tne gilt edged section ed with a continuation of
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    32 8 picture I UOR-GENERAL D. Dunlop. G.0.C., Singapore Disi>l trid. photosraphed at Nee Soon Barracks yeslrrdiy v »ihi he Inspected 141 Locally Enlisted Personnel who hive eomoleted l'J weeks' preliminary training- Free Press
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    NO MUNICIPAL SECRECY IN PENANG
    243 8 NO MUNICIPAL SECRECY IN PENANG All meetings open to public Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Tuesday, DENANG Municipal Commissioners decided today by seven votes to four that all meetings m committee should be open to the press and public. Mr N Ponnudurai, moving the resolution, described the present procedure as
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    22 8 TNSPECTOR Pennefather. 1 who broke the Javelin Throw record at the Singapore Police Sports, being presented with a prixe by Lady Gimson.
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    70 8 DR W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, reading a message from the Governor of Singapore at the Welcome Home teaparty given by the Australian Commissioner, Mr. Claude Massey. and Mrs. Massey, to the two Malayan nurses who have recently returned to Singapore after participating m the A. IF. Scholarship
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    VARSITY WEEK IN SELANGOR
    156 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SELANOOR 11 to hold a "University Week" and a nag day shortly as part on an extensive campaign to raise more funds for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. Tentative plans for launching this new drive were discussed by a State Working Committee
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    London stocks fall hits N.Y.
    99 8 NEW YORK, Wed. A RALLY m the New York Stock Exchange yesterday ended abruptly when prices dropped as much as U.S.$2 a share. Steel, railway, television and radio shares were particularly hard hit. The decline cilled -fct lea*t temporarily hopes that a ndly from the
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    Husband charged with murder
    208 8 Fre« Press Staff Reporter ALOR STAR. Tut sd.iN A MARRIED woman. Ishah binte Mat Dm. described In the Kedah Assizes today how a ■Pedal i«>i> stable, Abdul Razak, was shot dead after be bad been found m her bedroom. She was giving e\i<l< at the trial
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    LAND FOR SPECIAL CONSTABLES URGED
    114 8 Free Press SI Xl \l 1 Ml OELANGOR will need About settle Its special fiiltllili if the scheme to provide t\\* Used special const abb Sheikh Ahmad told the Frt* P Inche Yakya bin v Ahmad will move a r. tlon suDDortlnK thr i In
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    98 8 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharv** yesterday Igodowns m brackets were: Main Wharf: Dolhu (31-32). Antllochua (38-39). Kampar (40--41). Nleuw Holland (43-43). West Wharf: Canton (1-1). Olenearn (4-s>. President Polk (6-7), Idomeneus (8-9). BenvTackle (11). Surat (13-14). Empire Dock; Benavon (17-18). Senggarang 1 23-24 Serampore
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    THE CONSTITUTION
    28 8 The Constitution ol Singapore has been printed by the Government Printing Office m an omnibus volume entitled 'The Singapore Colony Orders In Council, 1946 to 1948."
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    Malayan loan weakens
    4 8 Malayan loan weakens r
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    Fingerprint South A Phone Call Spelled Death In A Royal Home
    576 9  - Fingerprint South A Phone Call Spelled Death In A Royal Home BIRCH by Chief DetectiveInspector Sydney S. Birch was for years second m command of Scotland Ya rd's F i ngerprini DeDArtmenf of the YARD T 1 i He I m- nI II I I I H I I I
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    31 9 S MADE SIMPLE: Thin* of a number, double it dtoide root. While you are doing it, a machine <V f n I<?S rr raitina lor more In another cathode ray screen.
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    THESE MEN ARE VACUUM CLEANED EVERY NIGHT
    489 9  - THESE MEN ARE VACUUM CLEANED EVERY NIGHT GEOFFREY WINNINGTON by pORTY workmen A London's Royal Mini will soon be "v a c i! v m cleaned" every night. Specially-d eslgned machines will suck gold dust from their clothes, for they are the members of the team of coiners who this
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    Cyprus has beaten its malaria menace
    685 9  -  J.L. HAYS by piIIST lliing that happens to you when your plane rolls a stop on the sunbaked runway of Nicosia airport: You get \\i II and truly "D. I). T. Ed" by a p<>kerfaced (.'ypriot m a khaki drill uniform and a blue
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    81 9 TO PHOTOGRAPH THE HE A\ through eyepiece of "The Big S rich-wide icope companion tj the 200-inch Palomar Mountain Observatory I esc >pc now under construction m the United Statts. This telescope will be used to make a four-year, photographic surrey of the heavens which will be compiled into a
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    RED RAG TO A SPANISH BULL
    653 9  -  MARY IRWIN by IT was the sunniest of Spain's sunny days when we entered Madrid. My two companions and I were caught up instan ll v m the excitement which was spreading like a contagious m lection through the city. In our halting Spanish
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    NEW OFF-SIDE LAW TRYOUT
    670 10 NEW OFF-SIDE LAW TRYOUT Plan to improve forward play By IVAN SHARPE AS most of the present-day followers of the Association game have not seen real football, the efforts of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to recover lost standards by trying a new off-side law m this August's public practice
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    Contrasting styles
    55 10 pictures. Contrasting styles are displayed by these two high-jump competitors m the Johore athletic championships held last Friday m Johore Bahru. Top picture: Victor Lai (Johore Bahru). who had difficulty m getting a imp on the sodden turf and was unplaced. Lower picture: Cheah Cheng: Han (Segamat), who
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    NEW RACING RULES IN NSW
    77 10 ITNDER new racing rules announced by the Australian Jorkey Club (Sydney;, stipendiary stewards In New South Wales will, after July 1, control beta made on horses called into line but subsequently withdrawn from a race. Under exiting rules, punters lose their shakes automatically. The new
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    Malaya loses sports official
    412 10 I>Y the departure for Ceylon yesterday of Mr. F. C. Cooke, Malaya loses one of her most energetic sports officials. As president of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya, Mr. Cooke has been largely responsible for the revival of the Malayan athletic championships, which will be
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    John Then was a Hastie 'find'
    672 10  -  KEN JALLEH Malayan soccer stars ...14 By lOIIN THEN, Singapore's Malaya Cup soccer captain m 1936, was a protege of a former S.A.F.A. president and coach, Mr. R. L. Hastie. While watching an inter-school match m Bras Hasan Road, Mr. Hastie noticed the manner
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    Huddersfield sign Burke for £16,000
    144 10 IMGOLST tr-i-sfer deal of Uie J > fax >VM completed last we^k. when Huddersfield Town sur.ed Roimic Burke. Manchester United "s reserve centreforward. at a fee reputed t-o be In the retrion of £16.000. Burke, who joined M United from Luton m 1940. was unable
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    TRACK RULES WHICH NEED REVISION
    543 10  -  HAROLD ABRAHAMS Us RECENTLY I spent two days at a meeting of the Rules and Records Committee of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, engaged on the ta^k of reedlting the rules for track and field competitions. As many of the rules are over 40 years
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    U.S. WOMEN'S GOLF
    19 10 r ou i Jame>on i Mkd I I the 1 v folf championship a —A. P.
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    INTER-PARTY BADMINTON
    94 10 SINARAN Serai Badminton Party beat Black Arrow B.P. 4-3 In a friendly match at Geylang Sorai. Singapore. Results (Sinaran Serai players being mentioned first*: M. Khambi beat Omar Awano 15-7, 15-3; Vat Hasan beat Ahmad Latlf 15-7 15-10 Hashlm lost to Osman Awane 6-15. 7-15: M. Khambi and
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    Indonesia is sending over strong team
    189 10 IIIKiI.M. by adx.u., Chinese ioccer ban du< for live games against a very strong one. Tin p trip hv plane, eotupri* The' manager ol th( Four, of Banl nrsui The other offl and Oei Khik The gf>alk is Bin^ v sentod the Netherl Indies
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    INTER-SCHOOL TABLE TENNIS
    17 10 INTER-SCHOOL TABLE TENNIS HYUH GFBJH H G GHUH KHK HFGF GHDFUIH FGHFGHFGH BG GFJK UI GUID GUIH
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    ROXY B.P. TEAM
    21 10 THE to B P. In a lrieud: match a. B.P. on nidi W irld I A. Rab R
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    HEDDLE'S HORSES DO WELL
    433 11 Th is morn mg 's track gallops n^lr rre^ c Press Racing Correspondent JJAPPY Traveller (Stirling) and Indian Heather (Mr. Benn), from Heddle's stable, did the best workout at Bukit Timah this morning, when they ran half a mile m 54 seconds and three furlongs m
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    26 11 picture An RAF. forward attempts a header when tackled by two Army defenders: an incident m yesterday's Community League soccer. Army won I—o.1 0. Free Press
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    Schubert takes 6 HKU wickets
    29 11 Schubert takes 6 HKU wickets 24Kong und ap- I •;id I 1 vho lost ors X 36 ithy, Into to Kullasaten Unlver- from had hen p... led this Raffles
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    10 11 the 1 tould be Olympic 1956 Reuter
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    Games boycotted
    12 11 I 1 ill be ent hat m A'Or»f Reu ter
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    R.A.F. deserved draw, but lost
    349 11 District (Army) 1; R.A.F 1. rated, the R.A.F. Combined, m their first Wrarance m the S.A.F.A. Inter-Community "jwat.laliin Besai Mariium last evening, put up linst the Singapore District (Army). s defence, m which Jeffries, Riley outstanding, did very well to hold Army torwards, but m
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    WORCESTER SHARE LEAD
    119 11 WORCESTERSHIRE, deth- roned from the leadership of the county cricket championship table by Yorkshire m the series of games ended last Friday joined their rivals m the lead as a result of the matches ended yesterday. Worcester took first Innings points from their drawn match against Gloucestershire
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    Today's Sport
    53 11 Soccer: S.A.F.A. Inter-commu-nity League, Chinese v. Ce>lonese, Jalan Besar stadium. Junior H. Group 1: Tuan Mong Old Boys* Assn. v. Seranfoon Assn. 8.0.D. ground; Junior B. Group I: Singapore Airport S. C. Borneo Motors 8. C. Geylang Stadium. Tennis: V.M.C.A. tournament. Cricket: H. K. University t. Combined Colleges,
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    16 QUALIFY FOR CUP GOLF
    114 11 rE R.A.F. Changt Golf Club held it^ first major mooting during the week-end. wh?n 40 members competed m the qualifying round of the Captain's Cup. over 18 holes. The best 16 scorers qualified for match play. Qualifiers were: WO Stevens (60) W/O Court <64). Sgt
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    Hiahest total for June
    64 11 HUTTON scored 66 m the second Test yesterday to pass the highest aggregate on record for the month of June, which was 1 193 by Herbert Suicllffe, also of Yorkshire, m 1932. Hutton accomplished this when 46 yesterday and now requires 68 runs to pass Walter
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    Creditable feat by New Zealand
    381 11 rpHE three-day second Test match between England x and New Zealand ended tamely In a draw at Lord's yesterday. Final scores were: England 313 for nine declared and 306 for five; New Zealand 484 Every credit must be given to New Zealand for gaining a
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    201 11 ENGLAND —ist Inns SIS (for 9 deol.) NIW ZEALAND—Ist Inns Satcliflte c Compton b Gladwtn 57 Scott c Edrich h Compton 42 Ha die* c Robe.tson b Hollies 4S Wallace c Evans b Hollies 2 Donnelly c Hatton b Yoanf 206 Smith b Hollies 353 Rabone b Hollies 23
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    SCHOOLS TEAM v. H.K. 'VARSITY
    99 11 THE Singapore Combined Schools cricket team to play the visiting Hong Kong University side on the Raffles Institution ground on SaturI day at 2 p.m. has been chosen as follows: Ong Bcng Bee, (St. Andrew's, capt), B. Ross (St. Andrew's), D. Keyt (St. Andrew's), P.
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    MANKAD THRILLS LANCS CROWD
    109 11 ONE of the best crowds of the season was present when Vinoo Mankad, Indian Test player, played lor Castleton In the Wood Cup at Oldham, Lancashire, yesterday, .u a Mankad went m with the score at 77 for one and he received a great ovation. He
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    Henley Royal regatta opens
    76 11 HENLEY Royal Regatta opened yesterday In brilliant sunshine with 24 preliminary races m the Ladles' Plate, Thames Cup. Visitors' Cup and Wyfold Cup, necessitated by the unusually large entry. It was the first time the regatta had been extended to five days. Lady Margaret, Cambridge, favourites
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    BADMINTON WINNERS
    63 11 Pictured with the Base Commander, R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East), Seletar, are Tour of the competitors m the R.A.F. civilians' annual badminton tournament finals held at Seletar on June 25. Seen, from left to right are: Azit Hassan (doubles champion), Idris Wahah (Singles and doubles champion), Air Commodore
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    ONLY 2 HORSES CONTEST RACE
    91 11 rvIABLERETTA, a two-year-ly old owned by the Aga Khan, who beat her solitary opponent to win the July Stakes at Newmarket yesterday was given a betting quotation by a wager struck about her a f^w mlnutei before the off. This was a stake of £1.000
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    3 Class 5 horses are promoted
    139 11 rpHREE Class 5 horses— 1 Caravan. Greetings and Kia Ora— have been promoted a class following their fine performances at the last Ipoh races. Latest amendments to classification of horses were announced by the Straits Rac- ing Association yesterday as follows Transfers: from Class
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    Men's doubles holders eliminated by U.S. pair
    404 11 Men 's doubles holders eliminated by U.S. pair pHF biggest upset m the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships yesterday was the defeat of the holders of the men's title, the Australians, John BromwicJi and I rank Sedgman, by the unseeded pair, Budge Patty (1.5.), and Eric Sturgess (South Africa), m a
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    R.A.F. Civilians badminton
    99 11 FE R.A.F. civilians' annual badminton tournament flnala were played at Seletar last Saturday. The Base Co:nmander, Air Commodore H. J. O. E. Proud; and Mrs. Proud were present. The tournament was organised by the Civilian Joint Welfare Committee, R.A.F. Base, Seletar, under the chairmanship of the Civil
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    Wimbledon results
    261 11 FULL results of yesterday's Wimbledon tennis were: Men's doubles (fourtn round) R. Gonzaies and f Parker (US.) beat O. CucHll and M del Bello (Italy; 6-3, 6-1. 6-3; U. Mulloy and T. Schroeder (U.S.) beat A. Mot tram and O. Palsh (Britain) 6-2, 2-6, €-3, 10-8; B. Patty
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    Island Club golf
    44 11 TUt I monthly mi >mpetition result* Stabiefnrd Dh H. Tooke '4' Bor\'oy i 7» 3r»" A) 34' < 8. X < 187 Division i r M 4» 37' 4 E V '13) 35 H R. 8. T (15) 19 Th- H F Jones.
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    ENGLAND WIN GOLF
    32 11 CNC.i AND and Prance s-»nt -i.x ringtfl matchi terday to «ivo British ami .fers a five to four Victory m the two-day international I tournament at Dra 1 A.P.
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    Worcester baulked by late rally
    545 11 IyORCESTERSHIRE were deprived of victory over f T Gloucestershire m the county cricket championship yesterday largely by the efforts of Wilson and 21-year-old Milton. This pair stemmed a collapse after half the Gloucestershire side was out for 80 runs and they were still ten behind
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    FUKIEN PORTS BEING GIVEN UP
    336 12 Comeback by Gen. Chiang? CANTON, Wednesday. AS the Communist iorces strengthened their hold on Fukien Province, home of a large proportion of overseas Chinese, the provincial government yesterday ordered the removal of military supplies from Foochow, the capital, and Amoy, evidently preparatory to abandoning the
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    71 12 me first olh'rial yacht racing m the heart of London since 1840 occurred when more than 60 craft took part m the Kanelagh Sailing Club diamond jubilee regatta held over the historic King's Reach— between Blackfnars and Waterloo bridges. Picture shows some of the yachts racing on the Thames while
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    NO FOOD OR WATER FOR WEEK
    127 12 TOKIO Wednesday. A 70-TON lapanese fishing boat which has been missing since the typhoon "Delia" struck Japan more than one week ago has been found off Cape Ashizuri. on the southwest tip of Shlkoku. Seven survivors of her crew of 20 were still clinging
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    'Reds arm satellites for war in 1951'
    278 12 NEW YORK, Wednesday. CHARGING that Russia is arming all her satellites m violation of the various peace treaties and that she is engaged on building up a satellite army of 1,850,000 men, a former Hungarian Finance Minister, Mr. Nicholas Nyaradi, warns m an
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    BACK TO WORK
    66 12 I ONDON dockers who stop- ped work m sympathy with striking Canadian seamen decided on Monday to go back to work yesterday, but not to unload any Canadian snip. Minister of Labour, Mr. George Isaacs, told the House of Commons it was "intolerable" that Britain's trade and
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    UNIONS TOLD TO QUIT
    78 12 THREE leading Pakistani 1 trade unionists declared yesterday that all the workers organisations of Pakistan "have been forced to dissociate themselves" from che Asian Federation of Labour. The declaration, contained m a letter pinned to a notice board m the United Nations Headquarters. Geneva, was signed
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    Fraus are getting fat
    78 12 TWO years after hungrily foraging; the countryside for food, Western Germans are shopping now for reducing pills, corsets and girdles. Military government figures for the American zone confirm that the average weight of Germans has increased as the food situation improved. The average weight for women
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    JAP LOCOS FOR SIAM
    54 12 A first shipment of locomo- tives and other railway equipment valued at several million dollars is now being loaded at Kobe for Sinm This is the first of 14 shipments for Siamese railways Japanese engineers may be snt to help instal the equipment, an Allied official
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    This year of grace
    88 12 SIX swimming instructors left their jobs when Negro children tried to use a Washington bathing pool which had until recently boen restricted to whites. The District of Columbia Recreation Board announced it wa? withdrawing all Its voluntary life guards from swimming pools because of the controversy
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    More troops for Indo-China
    45 12 A BATTALION of Algerian Riflemen left Algiers yesterday for French Indo-China m the 7,175-ton steamer Turckhelm Over 4,000 men of the French Foreign Legion have left Oran or Algiers during the last four months to fight Vletmlnh autonomists In Indo-Chin». Reuter.
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    S. Africa to press Indian repat.
    174 12 CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. THE South African Government plans as a longterm policy to reduce the Union's Indian population to a minimum, the Minister of the Interior, Dr. T. E. Donges, said m the Senate yesterday. The Government's short-term policy is to increase restrictions, and
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    Canton attack on West
    193 12 Canton attack on West CANTON, Wed. A BITTER attack on the United States and Britain by a Nationalist Government spokesman with the blessing of the Ministry of Defence and, presumably the Prime Minister, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, yesterday put the Government on record as blaming the two Western Powers "for the
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    Goanese issue disclaimer
    107 12 rE Go an Association, Calcutta, has written to all Indian newspapers dissociating Ooanese from the so-cal-led National Congress of Goa which met at Belgaum under the leadership or Mr. S. B D'Silva recently. Mr. D'Sllva's organisation has demanded that Goa join the Indian Union but the Goan
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    NEW SIAMESE CABINET
    60 12 MARSHAL Phibul Songkram, Siamese Premier, yesterday announced a new Cabinet ariose formation is required by the new constitution. Marshal Phibul himself) holds three ministries: the| Premiership, Defence Foreign. The Defence and Foreign are regarded as caretaker posts pending the loction of suitable replacements of resigned Ministers.. The
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    INSURANCE RATES DOWN
    48 12 INSURANCE RATES DOWN Institute of London UnX derwriters last night announced a reduction m shipping risk cargo rates for voyages to India arid Pakistan from three shillings to two shillings and sixpence for £100. Sixpenny reductions have also been made for coastal voyages In India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
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    'RIZAL REPENTED AT THE END'
    151 12 MANILA, Wednesday. A VENERABLE Spanish Jesuit priest, Father Joaquin Villalonga, declares that Jose Rlzal martyr to the cause of Philippine freedom from Spanish rule, broke from Free Masonry and returned to the Catholic fold m the last hours before his execution. The 81-year-old priest, who
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