The Singapore Free Press, 6 July 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, THLKSDAV, JULY 6, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    THANKS GO THROUGH US. LINES
    468 1 THANKS GO THROUGH US. LINES Point-blank gun bazooka battle sizeable part of South Korea's army appeared to be m full retreat today. Correspondents saw thousands heading away from the battle zone. A headquarters spokesman at Taejon said eight Russian-made North Korean tanks attacked Am erican outposts and at least two
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    Maria appeal continues
    122 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HEARING of tne appeal by Che Aminah against a decision of the Chief Justice* Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, was continued, after its adjournment on June 28. m the Singapore Court of Appeal this morning. Che Am'-ujh'b appeal is against th_- decision of the Chief
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    RECORD $ FIGURE
    22 1 RECORD FIGURE Canada's reserves of goid and United States dollars has risen to a record figure of $1255.000,000 by Juae 30.— Reuter
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    A G.L DIES
    146 1 Within two hours of United States troops going into action against North Korean invaders, an American combat infantryman was killed, the first of this war. The soldier, an ammunition bearer for a Bazooka squad, iras shot through the heart by a machinegun blast from one of two
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    RED AIR FORCE KEEPS AWAY
    212 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. AU S Navy spokesman said yesterday that the virtual absence of Communist air opposition over Korea maybe due to the effective AngloAmerican carrier strikes at ixorth Korean supph baSe The spokesman suggested that the slightness of aerial opposition might mean that the naval
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    No casualties on U.K. ship
    83 1 LONDON. Thur.A BRITISH frigate which was attacked by North Korean planes off the Southern Korean coast on Monday suffered no casualties and only superficial damage, the Admiralty reported yesterday. The Admiral <y am; said that the Royal Nay Ea^t station had signalled: 'On July 3.
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    Jewish right bill adopted
    70 1 JERUSALEM, Thurs. TOE "Return to Israel Bill" 1 decreeing the basic inherent right of every Jew to immigrate to Israel and become a citizen of the Jewish state was unanimously adopted by the Hebrew Parliament In Jerusalem yesterday. Yesterday was the 46th anniversary of the death
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    'HANDS OFF KOREA' CALL
    38 1 Communists demonstrated before the American Consul's office m Sydney yesterday carrying the slogans: "Hands off Korea." "No men for Korea" and "Down with Yankee Aggression." Police arrested one demonstrator and dispersed the crowd. UP
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    TRAFFIC BEGINS
    31 1 Shipping service between Hong Kong and Shanghai has been resumed with the arrival of the British-register-ed vessel Empire Dirk at Hong Kong bringing over 2.000 tons general cargo.— Reuter
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    ...There was a cry of 'thanks'
    428 1  - ...There was a cry of 'thanks' TOM LAMBERT B\ Mt J Press Correspondent t1 m INI ED IS. POSITION IN SOVTH KOREA. Thursday. infantrymen and bazooka squads r h ,,ur battle with North Korean ,tternoon without knocking them American command post early 3 wnpour of rain just as a senior
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    U.S. MILITARY MISSION FOR MALAYA
    62 1 U.S. MILITARY MISSION FOR MALAYA WASHINGTON. Thurs. FEUS Defence Department said yesterday that a military mission will leave by air tomorrow for IndoIfalaya, Indonesia Burma. Siam and the Philipnines to survey the -nature and extent" of American military aid required by those countries threatened by the Communists, Major-Gen. Graves Erskine
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    SMUTS BETTER
    23 1 Marshal Smuts continues to make progress. No bulletin •vas issued yesterday and the doctors said they are satisfied hia condition A.P.
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    Conscription again in Australia
    128 1 CANBERRA, Thuri. THE Australian Defence Council decided yesterday to reintrodiu-e co.npuliOry military training next year, according 10 reliable sources. Approximately 20.000 youths qf 18 wiii be called up for two weeks' military training 1951 when camp accommodation will be available, it was understood. The Defence Council
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    BRITAIN $ RESERVES UP
    37 1 BRITAIN RESERVES UP Britain's gold ami dollar reserves now stand at U552,422.000,000— the highest figure since the end of 1945. the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, told a cheering House of Commons yesterday.- U.P.
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    GRIFFITHS ON S'PORE UNIONS
    143 1 LONDON, Thursday. T<HE Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, said yesterday that no federation of trade unions exists m Singapore when asked why government unions there are not permitted to join a federation. In a written reply to a question by Mr. W. L. Wyatt, Mr. Griffiths
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    Record deaths in U.S. holiday
    62 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. AT least 828 Americans died violently during the Independence Day observance m the biggest holiday massacre m the nations history, a final survey showed yesterday. Traffic deaths alone set a new holiday record 488 over the four-day period. Drownlngs accounted for 168,
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    New status
    41 1 The High Commissioner for India, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, went to Buckingham Palace yesterday to present to King George VI his new letters of commission as .he representative m the United Kingdom of the Republic ol liidia.- Reuter
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    'STATE OF WAR'
    21 1 The Indonesian Cabinet was reported yesterday to have declared a "state of war and siege" m the Moluccas.
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    To fight, if attacked
    58 1 THE Chinese Nationalists said yesterday that they will fight despite President Truman's cease-fire request if the Chinese Reds attack any of the few small islands the Nationalists still hold along the mainland. A Nationalist spokesman said, "If the Chinese Communists launch any offensive against government positions,
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    MPs did not bother to vote
    200 1 MPs did not bother to vote LONDON, Thursday. JFHE Labour j<\ eminent won wvcr- whelming support from the Ho of Commons last night o.i its decision .to help the I'liitrd States put Immm the South Korean invasion. The House wa^ so solidly behind the government, except for a pacifist members
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    STOP PRESS
    61 1 A group of Kus.Min huili North Kortan tanks whi< swept southward after i violent 90-mmute clash American anti-tank gunners were tonight i m a villa*? ju>t ahead i»( the main body of Amer troops. Bazooka trims ready tor the "kill" joined the battH amid the mounds I graves
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    The Englishman-Modern Sphinx
    691 2 The EnglishmanModern Sphinx PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m u.k. •A. \l an authentic Festival of Britain ever en> ry:es from the mysterious muddle that at present shrouds the fest ai-site it should in- ide a small but imposing pavilion dedicated to the British Character. In the eyes of far
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    QUICK LOOKS
    92 2 Thr Stars Bear Witness, by Bernard Goldstein. (Gollancz. 16s. >. A terrible and moving account, written by an eyewitness, of the tragedy of Warsaw Ghetto during German occupation. With a Feather on May Neae, by Billie Burke. < Peter Davies. 12s. 6d>. Theatrical autobiography, gay, good-natured, uninhibited, icfth
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    119 2 Great as leas the role of Britain's Allies, history will record that Burma was liberated by the famous 14th Army, comprising nearly a million men of many different nationalities, mostly British and Indian, and commanded by General "Bill" Slim, noiv Chief of the Imperial General Staff. In such a country
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    A GOOD EXAMPLE OF COLONIALISM
    537 2 A GOOD EXAMPLE OF COLONIALISM LESLIE HAYNES reviews an impartial survey. IN these days when so many books are wrtten and speeches delivered criticising the treatment meted out by Britain to the peoples of her Colonial possessions it is refreshing to lind a a impartial writer who his something to
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    Province Wellesley Looks Back
    958 2  - Province Wellesley Looks Back J.P. Blackledge 150 YEARS AGO TOMORROW -By- HISTORICALLY, 11 Province Welles lev formed until July 7, 1800, part of the ancient kingdom of Kedah. In that year, however, a treaty was negotiated between Sir George Leifh, as Lieutenant Governor of Penang, and the Raja Mnda of
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      44 2 LUCKY STAR DORN today, your love of literature and art is outstanding and jour ability will bring you m contact with others of similar tastes. You are the type to lead same intellectual group or salon. Being quick to seize opportunities when they appear.
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      181 2 you should find the road to success early. Having the gift of beta* able to speak m public, you would make an effective lecturer or political speaker. Although you are stimulated by the activity of urban life, you are fond of the country and should pirn to spend week ends
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      295 2 New Crossword No. 91 CLUES ACROSS 3. 7 A savage summons, by Jack London <4. 2, 3. 4>. 8 A pcem on 13As return m Russia <6> 9. Freedom, for the tenant who wishes to stay on (7). 10. My hesitating claim to a fur 13. See 8 (.3). 14.
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      62 2 Pcnr.y dec.dcE t'.ir.t she ..ocsn i like Meg. Sl»e hca»s herset o m pt« .irul goes ucwr 10 tne ca. „i You can fjo <ishcc and nlay .vtn ir.e children Penny, »ay» Mrs Tinir.s. Bui |ry not (o have any linriK io do mi t n Meg Ninon She s
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    KNIFE THROWER WINS DIVORCE
    346 3 KNIFE THROWER WINS DIVORCE Cruelty alleged by partner-wife LONDON, Thursday. A KNIFE-THROWER, "a man of very great skill L m his profession" has been granted a decree nisi m the Divorce Court, London, against his wife and one-time target, "a woman of very great courage". Mr. Ralph Norman Noakes (otherwise
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    INSTITUTE
    12 3 An Ansjlo-German nonpolitical, cultural institute will shortly be started m London.
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    3 YEARS FOR 'DR. HUGHES'
    111 3 LONDON, Thursday. ri.E paid £10 10s. a time to see "Dr. Hughes". the coloured man who welcomed them into his ,it tins-room with a perteot bow. He carried tt ions and treated illness and skin com- limed nearly every qualification. But he more medical qualifications
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    9 3 N.iiith Korean troops on their way to the front.
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    But it wasn't
    66 3 THL North Korean naval lieutenant skipper of one of the five motor torpedo boat* sunk by an American cruiser was asked why he failed to return the fire during the attack and why he had tried to run his boat aground. The lieutenant replied: "The gunfire from
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    31 3 The Uthophone, ancestor of (he Xylophone, consists of shaped stones of varying lengths. It is believed to be the oldest musical instruir.«nt m the world, and was found recently m Indo-China.
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    NO CHANGE
    31 3 The condition of Ismai Sidky Pasha, former Egyptian Premier, was reported to be unchanged at the American hospital m Paris where he is suffering from a paralytic stroke.— A.P.
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    'U.S. ACTED UNWISELY'
    58 3 d. I) Ran. C: 0] -d Naon :"S m India. the Un. :t:on m •nat S > should X- /.imping it ireaj or the conn^c--sa and Indobeen ustinable that A taking i-.e world aer3 U any m had not Formcsa it would h rvinn out :ples. It
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    Centenary stamps for Australia
    66 3 Centenary stamps for Australia ANBERRA, Thurs. Post Office September will issue amps to corrfche centenary of mp m Aus- ster-General that the will be worth basic design wiii I from the first J m New Scuth t rla, issuf d }n Sootb Wales de- /es the original colony and depicts
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    HOMESICK GIRL LOST OVERBOARD
    254 3 LONDON, Thursday. OIK THOUSAND miles from (he London she loved Jean Walsh, 20-year-old laundress aboard the liner Winchester Castle, grew homesick. She missed the sights, riie sounds, and the bustle of the East End. The ship's surgeon, Dr. Reginald Cooi>an. gave j her a nerve tonic—
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    WORLD USED MORE RUBBER IN MAY
    153 3 LONDON. Thurs. ADVANCE information on the world rubber p^Fiticnfaa May issued by the Secretariat of the Rubber Study Group shows that boih production and consumption of natural rubber were higher than m April at 150,000 and 140,000 tons respectively Stocks at the end of
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    'SURPLUSES FOR PEACE'
    95 3 MR Chojiro Kuriyama, Japanese delegate to the Moral Re-armamer.t World Assembly, said at Caux Sur Montreux. Switzerland, that any budget surpluses In Japan m future must be used to further world peace. "There will come a time when our country will have a considerable financial surplus." he
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    22 3 The George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge (foreground) which connects the heights of Pittsburgh, one of the greatest industrial centres of the United States.
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    FAKE DOLLARS
    44 3 New fake U.S. dollar bills of $50 and $100 denominations were reported to have been put into circulation m the Philippines by the same gam* which tried several months ago to flood the country with bogus one peso Central Bank notes Reuter
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    Federation for Caribbean
    197 3 LONDON, Thursday. THE Government is "strongly m favour" of federation of the British Caribbean territories, Lord Hall. First Lord of the Admiralty, told the House of Lords. Federation, however, would not be 'foisted' on them, he added. Nor would federation be encouraged so as to force or
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    No decision on Burmah Co.'s assets
    99 3 gIR Kenneth Harper, chairman of thp Burmah Oil Company, has announced that "no talks had taken place" with the An»lo-Iranian Company, has announced on the question of the Burmah Oil Company's assets m India. He was replying at a meeting of the company to
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    CHICKS HATCH IN BATHROOMS.
    52 3 TNCUBATORS m bathrooms 1 and spare rooms of suburban homes are being used m Sydney to cope with an esg shortage. Amateurs are hatching thousands of chickens to sell to house-holders for backyard chicken runs. Regular chicken farmers are perturbed, but they can do nothing about
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    DEPUTY CHOSEN
    34 3 The Dutch Deputy on the North Atlantic Council will be Jonkheer Dr. A. W. L. Tjartia van Starkenborgh Stachhouwer. former Gov-ernor-General of Dutch L Indies and Dutch Ambassador m Paris- A .P.
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    Runner, 5, loses status
    113 3 A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy won a two shilling prize m a children's race m Thornton. Lancashire, and forfeited his chance of becoir.ing an Olympic runner. But little Geoffrey Pearson did not mind risking: hi* "amateur status," because the prize money bought him an ice cream. Children taking
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    Girl wins her baby back
    247 3 Girl wins her baby back OTTAWA, Thurs. MISS Lily Duffel, aged «fc. from London, has just won a two-year figli: to regain her baby boy from a couple who adopted him. Miss Duffell contested the adoption of her two-year old son Frederick Albert, oy Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Martin Today.
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      100 3 Bridge Hands Ktrth-Soutii vu... icoimi V < 3 ran fast A J 10 |K9131 OAQ64 o^2 4J■l« X 10 I 6 SOUTH 0 X 10 H A TN this very "swingy" team-01- four deal, at one table team A's East-West pair had reached the remarkable contract of four spades doubled
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      215 3 the opponents out ot me aueclon und should have added another tat 720 to team A's scorr. .lor a total swing of over 1,300 points on* this one hand. But South grew greedy, oi careless. He won West's spadt lead wi*h dummy's ace a. id decided to use the chance
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      250 3 4.47 "From the London Editorials SINGAPORE (BBC); 4.55 "Composer of the it i Week"— Progofioff; 5.15 'SterEmersencv news from K.L. Ung Value (BB C): 5.30 The at m Adventures of P.C.49"— 11 'The 484 and 41.7 metres. Case of the p a n en idol'; 6 Indo(BLUE NETWORK) nesian News
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 6. 1950. The right to play
    434 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 6. 1950. The right to play VHERI was a bit of luck .or some of Chinai < young people lust Saturday afteri on. At Hong Lim Ureen. the Straits Times Sports Club won h uame with the fenhalese Association 0 lv m the eveni:
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    MacArthur Faces His Supreme Test
    844 4  -  Montague Smith By OEHIND the moves m the war m Korea is clearly discernible the hand of General Douglas Mac Arthur, always an advocate of deeds rather than words Supreme Commander of the Occupation Forces m Japan, he has found himself suddenly at war again
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    THOSE SOVIET 'WAR SCARES'
    440 4  -  JOHN P. LEACOS By BERLIN: THE United States at long last is moving to the counter-attack against the Soviet Union m Germany. It Is learning the hard way how to cut the Russians down to size, and that, after all, the Russians are not giant bogeymen
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    IT SEEMS TO ME....
    988 4  -  POLITICO By AFTER more than a week of American air attacks, the North Korean tank force seems to have suffered negligible losses. Many people are surprised at this. When they first read of Superfortresses and jet rocket-firing fighters m action, they had visions of shattered armour
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    Why A Film Scene Was Cut
    139 4 REGARDING the -drastic" cut m "ALL THE KING'S MEN" (previewed m yesterdays Free Press"* may I tender the following comments: The shooting scene representing 52 ft. was deleted because the Censor, m his letter of banning, was apprehensive that such portrayal "might encourage some
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    120 FLATS FOR CHINATOWN
    286 5 Building work to start soon Free Press Staff Reporter PRELIMINARY work m building three ninestorey blocks of flats for the Singapore Improvement Trust on a site between Upper Pickering Street and Upper Hokkien Street will begin at the end of this month. The foundations of the
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    Committee man to quit party
    157 5 Kree Press Staft Keporter pi ENCE of opinion over nominations by \ibe Pi ye flirty for the next Singapore >l unll dions at the end of this year has led committee members. Mr. Chong Thutt ring his resignation from the Party. The will so before
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    Trade union 'bogey'
    154 5 F P. Malay Correspondent AMOVE to register the Federation of Malay Teachers' Association under the Trade Union Ordinance support by some of its leaders, is not favoured by Malay teachers m Kedah. the Utusan Melayu reports An official of the Association told Utusan Melayu that most Malay
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    MAILS
    54 5 Surface m.iil ll rxpected m Singapore today from North India, Pakistan jyui the Federation. Latest times for posting' surihce mail at the G.P.O. today are. noon for Pontianak. Hong Kong. China. Japan. Great Britain. N. Ireland. Eire, Europe. Nortn nn.i West Africa, Wosr India. Egypt and Ceylon, 5.45 p.m.
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    38 5 The Indian Association, Singapore, will give a farewell tea party to the Indian Representative m Singapore, Mr. J. A. Thivy, on July, 14, at the Victoria Memoria Hall, on behalf of th€ Indian Community m Singapore.
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    TIN EXPORTS
    20 5 June exports of tin metai from Malaya totalled 7.644 tops, an lrcrea*? of 1517 ton? over M?*y exports.
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    SLIM WATCHES JUNGLE TRAINING
    159 5 SLIM WA TCHES JUNGLE TRAINING LMELD Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the r Imperial General Staff, yesterday visited units m North Malaya. Flying to Butterworth from Kuala Lumpur, his party included {he C.-in-C. FARELF, Gen. Sir John Harding, Majro-Gen. R. E. l T rquhart, GOC Malaya District, Col. J.
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    Singapore bauxite search abandoned
    169 5 Free Press Start Reporter VO Government lease and very low-grade bauxite x^ these are given as reasons for abandoning a scheme for bauxite prospecting at Kranji by a Canadian firm m Singapore. An official of the firm to.d the Free Press that It was found hardly
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    BOOK GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
    86 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FORTY books on library administration and technique were presented by the United States Information Service to the University of Maiaya this week. In addition, the Univt Library received from USIS 21 titles of paper-bound pocket editions on American literature and a copy
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    Unions await delegates
    103 5 SINGAPORE labour circus are eageriy awaiting the arrival of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions delegation which has started its tour to survey the position of trade unionism In Asia and the Far East. There is no information y«'t about the date of its arrival here.
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    52 5 picture. Ml i A.- ;i \KY. Australian stafC actress of musicals including "The Merry Widow.' and "Follow the (iirls" who arrived m Singapore yesterday by Q.E.A.-8.0.AC. Constellation. She is returning to Australia after signing a contract to take part m a pantomime "Cindrella" to be staged m London at Christmas.-
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    STOLE FROM ARMY
    35 5 Abdul Rahman bin Bangkok, 45. was fined $100 m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for stealing 63 terminals and a length of aerial wire valued at $167.50 from a military depot.
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    CASH TO CHINA
    27 5 Family remittances from Malaya to China totalled $1,234,439 m June. Of this. $956,203 was from Singapor. and $278,236 from the Federa tion of Malaya.
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    MCA BRANCH FOR S'PORE
    72 5 MCA BRANCH FOR S 'PORE Free Fress Staff Reporter A MEETING to form a Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, and to appoint a provisional Working Committee will be held tomorrow at ZHS. Middle Road at 11.30 a.m. The M.C.A. President, Daio Tan Cheng Lock, has sent circulars to
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    Settlement plan delay queried
    245 5 Free Press Staff Keporter QUERIES about the development scheme for the Malay Settlement m Singapore and the delay m forming a "Management Committee" will be tabled by Inche Sardon (Rural East) m the Legislative Council at the next meeting <,n July 18. He wishes to know
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    D-Day ship is here
    190 5 the s.s. Oieneani which claims the honcm- of -ving landed die ftrsl Biiush soldier* m Kormandy en D-Day hus arrived m Singapore. The 10.000 ton vessel, which was built m 1938, was to be used as a commercial passen-ger-cargo vessel but was reconverted for duty as
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    CLERKS' MEETING
    49 5 The fourth annual general meeting of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union will be held at the Union's premises No. 172-A. Rangoon Road, on July 8 at 2.30 p.m. The annual dinner will be held at the same place on the same day at 7.30 p.m.
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    Singapore to have a French week
    294 5 Singapore to have a French week Free Fress Staff Reporter NEXT week li Frencn m Singapore. From July 10 to July 16 there will be French plays, films, exhibitions and musical programmes, all presented by members of the Alliance; Francaise, m ccmmemora of the birth of the Fr-n-. :i Republic
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    Banned film passed
    63 5 Free Fress Staff K< porter r3E Singap E><»<trd last night decided > release for public exhi a British film. "The B i Lamp." banned several ago by the Film Censor. Mr Jack Evans. The Board decided one scene showing ;he k\ inp of a policeman should be
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    GRAVENEY HITS 201 RUNS v. SUSSEX
    553 6 GRAVENEY HITS 201 RUNS v. SUSSEX Big score by Yorkshire YESTERDAY'S highest individual total m county cricket championship games came torn Tom Graveney, who made 201 of Gloustershire's 383 against Sussex at Worthing. This was Graveney's highest score ever. He scored twice as fast as his colleagues and 84 of
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    Pierre routs Lancashire
    272 6 WEST Indies bowler Lance Pierre took eight Lancashire wickets at Liverpool yesterday for 51 runs. If he had been rested for a spell he might have taken aii ten. The pitch was dry. which enabled Pierre, whose previous figures m the tour were three for 172, to
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    S.C.F.A. practices
    39 6 S.C.F. A. practices SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association practlcrs In preparation for the s.a.f.a InttT-Community Leagur frill be held on Tuesdays and Fridays 5.15 p.m. at Fairer Park Practices will start tomorrow. Mr. Rong Ngim Djin will be the coach.
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    110 6 (Continued from Page Five) Went Ward and are jrm sure that they will not vote for me?" In his reply to Mr. Cheng, Mr. C C. Tan says that "the member was not chosen because of his association with S.CR.C. or any other club but brcause of
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    Prices more irregularly
    441 6 Prices more irregularly London Stock Exchange LONDON. Thursday. I NY desire to broaden business at the start of r^ Ben trading: m London Stock Exchange yesterI was checked by the situation m Korea, states X ut?r's financial correspondent. Caution and h >:tancy were again uppermost m all sections, and m
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    'VARSITY XI TO PLAY SCHOOLS
    98 6 jjNIVERfeiTY oi Malaya cricket XI will havj a tryout before leaving for Honj? Kong o n Sunday with the University's hockry. badminton and tennis teams. They will play Singapore Combined Schools on the Raffles Instio ground m a whole-day match tomorrow. The Combined Schools XI
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    PRASERT CARRIES K.O. PUNCH
    304 6 PRASERT CARRIES K.O. PUNCH QNE of the most beautifully v buiit Siamese boxers ever to "invade" Singapore, and one who has the same broad I shoulders as Sompong, fights practically on the same lines I and carries a knockout punch m hii right hand, wound up his training yesterday even-
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    U.K. MONEY
    27 6 Tlie Hong X tlf'i money pxch q erday were: HKi>-. id ncr one U.S. d; ;:ar. HKSIS.SS per tterll HK$3O4 per tael of gold.— UP
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    CHANGES IN S.A.F.A LEAGUE
    434 7 CHANGES IN S.A.F.A LEAGUE More games for junior teams Free Press Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association, controlling: body for soccer m the Colony, decided at a meeting of their Council last ni^ht at the S.C.C., to make se\eral changes m the 1951 season with a view to brightening up
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    Lees gains lead in British Open
    34 7 Lees gains lead in British Open >rubby 1 led v British at two I 69 per- c other I BriI the :id the B I par TO. the up B m i i A.P.
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    Vieloria School Win badminton
    10 7 Vieloria School Win badminton H t>ih I.IIIM :.eofc 15-4. br
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    Param shows Fine form
    210 7 INDIAN Recreation Club le- feated Singapore Recreation Club by five goal* to one Jn an S.A.F.A. Senior League soccer game at the JJalan Besar Stadium yesierday. The game- was a completely one-sided affair from start to finish. Param. who was easily the best player on the
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    186 entries for S'pore races
    802 7 186 entries for S 'pore races 4 TOTAL of 186 horses-75 m Class 1 and 111 m Class 2— have been entered for the Singapore Turf Club's threeday July meeting on July 15. 19 and Tiie:e will be eight races on the first and second nays and nine on the
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    Lamotta asked to reveal his weight
    133 7 Lamotta asked to reveal his weight THE middleweight champion, Jake Lamotta. has ieceived a Ne'v York Boxing Commission telegram, orderins him to "step on the BC&let* 1 to-morrow anc; leveai his weight. Lamolta has iteudfaitlj refused to make public his lirJe defence agaiiisi Tibriio Ilitii of Italy at Madison Square
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    Thuraisingam Cup for Johore A.A.A.
    90 7 Thuraisingam Cup for Johore A. A. A. Fre»* VfcWl M;ifT Reporter JOH ORE BAHRU. Thurs. "TiATO E. C. C. Thuraisingam. rhe well known Kuala Lumpur sportsman, has presented handsome Challenge Cup and replica to be completed for at the Johore Amateur Athletic championship meeting to be held m Johorr Bahru
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    LATEST WORLD BOXING RANKINGS
    289 7 c National Boxing A. .on quarterly rankings list Joe Walcott and Lee Savold as the logical contenders for the heavyweight title held by Ezzard Charles. In the middleweight division Ray Robinson is rated No. 1 challenger with Italy's Tibeno Mitri second. Australia s Dave Sands third
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    Sedgman states amazing rally
    829 7 riEBONAIR Budge Patty and Never say die' Frank Sedgman won the men's singles semi-finals m the All-England lawn tennis tournament yesterday before a wildly-clapping centre-court crowd of more than 15,000. Both men played brilliantly, but Sedgman's hectic five-set duel with Jaraslav Drobny of Egypt stood head
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    Women's golf
    64 7 The Royal Singapore Golf Club'l women's competition for July (Stroke* played on Monday resulted m a win for Miss J. Taylor m I "A' Division with a net score of 35 1 2. for Miss M. Ackres m "B"' Division with a net score of 34 and for
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    Malayan tennis tournament
    62 7 Entnts for *h:s yt-ar II tennis rhampionthlpa to be held m Kuala Lumpur irom Autru.st 3 to 7 close by the first post on Saturday. July 15. These should be addressed lo Mr. V. Rajaratnam. c o Dept. ol Social Welfare. Kuala Lumpur, accompanied by entry lees
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    B.O.D.C.A. win
    67 7 Playing or. their own ground yesterday. BOD. Civilian Association beat GH Q. Signals by goals to one m a soccer friendly. The scorers for B O.D. were Chve Hee and Crong G:n Tan while Buddy Jones scored the Signal's only goal. The pame of cricket between St. Andrews
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    Fast times at this morning's Ipoh gallops
    266 7 Fast times at this morning's Ipoh gallops Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. nASHFUL Beauty (Mawi), Trufine (Flannery) and Blank Spec (Jones) were the best workers »t this morning's track work. All three docked 3K seconds for three furlongs In individual workouts. The going was fast. Bashful Beauty finished luh
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    Badmintons eliminations
    132 7 IN elimination contest will be held on Sunday four of the competitors I i Singapore to the Mali. j badminton championship be held at Ipoh during August holidays Singapore is allotted entries, but five were received for the men's singles. Th«- > gapore Badminton Association has exempted Wong
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    Week-end cricket
    147 7 W eek-end cricket n S C cr:< the ra k» nd we:— v. < iW«'m* S. < C C < urday frorr. 2 pm:-R Qdram <c\ i bingham. A. C. Sh-^arai:. N B. i- singham. Velautham. TL: Thevarajan. K. Sinnathamb\ lakrishnan and Thamby K.A.I, selrtar :n the I tourney on
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    STATE TO TAKE OVER BRITISH STEEL
    82 8 THE British Government is still determined to carry out steel nationalisation m the present Parliament but it may delay the full operation of the Act already pressed for some months, according to political quarters m London yesterday. The Act authorising nationalisation was passed by
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    15 ambushed 200 bandits
    160 8 ASMARA, Thursday. 4 FEARLESS British police inspector from Cardiff, Wales, is being hailed as the first big hero of the war against pro-Ethioman Shifta bandits m Eritrea. He is Inspector P .C. Webb, former gunner, who won a D.S.M. m 1938 when as a Shanghai police
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    Petain wins fight for a new trial
    139 8 Petain wins fight for a new trial PARIS, Thurs. r F*HE attorneys tor Marshal 1 Petain. head of Vichy France, under the German occupation, won a victory yesterday In their right for a new trial The Marshal, now 94 years old. was condemned to death after the liberation. The sentence
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    10 8  - JEST A MINUTE GEOFFREY EVANS By "Nasty-looking clouds Asain to-day
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    Hit by Bible: boy lost eye
    186 8 LONDON. Thursday. BECAUSE his teacher threw a Bible at him. 17--11 year-old Leslie Charles Still was awarded £2,500 damages at Kssex Assizes. Thr Bible hit his left eye. and the sight of it was lost. His counsel said that it happened when Still was
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    Cyanide gases 40
    81 8 A PACKET of cyanide gas got into the engine room of the 10,55'J-ton immigrant liner Cheshire at Birkenhead yesterday, dropping dozens of the crew m their tracks. More than 40 men, most of them Indian seamen, were taken to hospital. The Cheshire fumigated before sailing for Australia
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    Senate cuts aid expense
    56 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE Senate Appropriations Committee was reported yesterday to have voted only $10,000,000 for President Truman's Point-Four programme for aid to backward areas of the world. A reliable source said that the group also wrote restrictions on the use of the money. President Truman asked
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    23 8 Cat naps m comfort will soon be possible at Wesley to be cushioned with inches Church, Melbourne. Seats are of non-slip sponge rubber.
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    U.N. TO ACT ON DRUG TRADE
    64 8 THE United Nations Economic and Social Council has decided to call an international conference at Geneva for Aug. 14, to plan action against the illegal drug trade. The major drug producing countries (India, Persia, Turkey, Russia and Yugoslavia), and the major drug manufacturing countries
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    ATOM MONOPOLY 'NOT JUSTIFIED'
    342 8 ATOM MONOPOLY 'NOT JUSTIFIED' .U. S. secrecy too costly NEW YORK, Thursday. AM R. David E. Lilienthal former chairman of the iTI United States Atomic Energy Commission, states m a newspaper article today that he is convinced the American monopoly of atomic industrial "know-how" is no longer justified and should
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    39 8 NO PASSAGE German youths who attended the Communist Whitsuntide rally m East Berlin found difficulty m returning to thtir homes m West Berlin. West police are here barring the MJ nl a contingent who have refused a medical examination.
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    FIRST U.S. ENVOY
    17 8 Mr. Donald Heath, first United States Minister to Inrio-China, has arrived In Saigon- Reuter
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    'NO DISGRACE TO BE OLD'
    298 8 DIBLIN Thursday. AIRS. Violet Van Der Elst, who Is 67, turned to Mr. Scan Hooper, X.C.. during a suit for slander m Dublin High Court and said, with breaking voice: •It is no disgrace to be old." Mr. Hooper, counsel against her m the action,
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    Tin prices level up
    84 8 LONDON, Thurs. FE tin market again resorted to identical prices for both spot and three months, but the prices were higher and the turnover, at 105 tons, was fairly good. Spot rose £2-1/2 and good months £2 to the common price of £613-1.4. The closing prices
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    Bandits take pay-roll
    65 8 CALCUTTA. Thurs. FIVE aimed bandits escaped easily with the 60.000 rupees pay-roll of the N Carbon Company factory m Calcutta yesten As the Italian -wagon with the pay-roil approached the factory the b. ;ped the car. The driver i\\\d the five company einoioyees m the car fled.
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    Home after 25 Years
    45 8 Home after 25 Years HENRI ORLEANS. Count ot Parll Pretender to the French throne, rettm France yesterday after 25 years" absence The 41 -year-old count, accompanied by hu wife, the Princess Isabelie, had been living m exile m Portugal, i They have 11 children. A.P.
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