The Singapore Free Press, 11 August 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Hi II SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1950. PRICE TEN rFNiN.
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    G.I.'s RACING TO CHINJU
    347 1 But Reds raid port of Pohang j^MERICAN troops, maintaining their offensive m the south, were today reported to have pushed almost to the gates of the vital town of Chinju. But, on the east coast of Korea, a Communist force this morning raided the American supply
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    Officers kill Red wounded
    237 1 TOKYO. Friday. 1 11 Korean army officers shot their own men .iv to prevent them from surrendering on C miles south of Waegwan. Gls. who stormed the hill where he Communist force which crossed the r were dug: m. said they also saw "the ishing off
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    RED 'VOICE OF LIVING DEAD'
    280 1 RED VOICE OF LIVING DEAD' LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. rHE United States last night opposed inviting a North Korean representative to the Security Council's debate on Korea, declaring that "Communist imperialism" made the voice of North Korea nothing but a 'voice from the living dead' The United States delegate, Mr. Warren
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    Three-part mortar
    76 1 THE North Koreans are now widely using the Russian 120 mm mortar, often substituting it for the 122 mm howitzer. It is allocated m the proportion of six to a North Korean regiment and fires a 35-pound projectile to a maximum range of 6.000 yards The whole weapon
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    Jordan back
    28 1 The Arab League .secretariat announced yesterday that j.-dan has accepted an invitation to attend the Leagues Political Committee meeting m Alexandria °n Aug. 15. A .P.
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    RED PAPERS BAN
    31 1 Two more Communist newspapers were banned for three months by the Allied Hieh Commission m Germany yesterday— the third and fourth to be shut down m a Reuter
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    From R.I. to the University
    220 1 From R.I. to the University Free Press Sta/T Reporter pORTY-FOUR students of Raffles Institution, Singapore, have been accepted for admission to the University of Malaya this year. Twenty of them will be admitted into the Faculty of Arts, seven into the Faculty of Science and 17 into the Faculty of
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    U.S. TAX RAISED
    28 1 The us. Senate Finance Committee hja voted to n.is* corporation income taxe« to v eld about US$l,5OO mil ion yearly, retrospective to July i.— U.P.
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    CONTROLS WANTED
    21 1 Th." American Federation of Labour yesterday urged the immediate establishment of «^ntrn k and "effective U.P. excess profits tax
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    GENERAL SAYS: 'A MIRACLE'
    115 1 GENERAL SA YS: 'A MIRACLE J T. -General Walton Walker, v Eighth Army commander said last night that a his-tory-making manoeuvre has saved Fusan Allied supply port on the cast coust. He said "It icas fl miracle. If the Reds had taken Fusan we would have been destroyed. It icould
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    Anti-U.S. bills: gaoled
    65 1 Ant i- U.S. bills: gaoled DUSSELDORF, FM. A BRITISH Occupation Court at Dusseldorf yesterday sentenced four Germans to prison terms ranging from two and-a-half to seven months for putting up Communist "Yankee go home" posters. On Wednesday and the day before, Britisl; courts at Dus&eldorf and at Cologne sentenced seven
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    IRAQ TO GET MORE FOR OIL
    62 1 Iraq's oil royalties m sterling will rise from nearly 12 shillings to nearly 18 shillings a ton under the new AngloIraqi oil agreement announced m Baghdad yesterday. Under the new agreement, the royalty rate has been raised from four gold shillings to six gold
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    SIR OWEN DIXON
    28 1 Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations mediator m Kashmir who arrived at New Delhi on Wednesday, conferred with the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru yesterday.— Reuter
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    IST U.S. ARMS SHIP ARRIVES AT SAIGON
    148 1 IST U.S. ARMS SHIP ARRIVES AT SAIGON SAIGON. Fri. TPHE sai»- arrival M Saigon 1 oi the first American arms ship and the Immediate start on unloading was hailed yesterday as a demonstrated failure ol the rebel Vi»nminh calls for outright violence to prevent American arms reaching Indo-China. The 8.090-ton
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    12 REDS TO DIE
    36 1 Twflve Communists, members of an extremist underground organisation, were sentenced to death yesterday by an Athens court martial. said. "The United Nations tried to peer through the mists that enshrouded this re-
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    Mac ARTHUR MAY GIVE JAPAN CIVIL GOVERNMENT
    204 1 LONDON, Friday. f'ENERAL MACARTHUR'S preoccupation with the war in Korea prompted speculation In London yesterday that the occupation of Japan miffht be switched from a military to a civilian basis as it has been done in Germany and agreed upon for Austria. Press
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    NOT TRAINING CHINESE NATS.
    39 1 NOT TRA INING CHINESE NATS. The u.s. State Department yesterday denied a Chinese report from Hontr Kong that the United States military mission In French Indochina plans to equip and train 35,000 Chinese Nationnlist troops Intel thero.- A .P.
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    33 1 The production of yesterday's Free Puss was watched by these Boy Stouts from the Ist and sth Troops, Ismail English School, Kota Bahru. They are seen w.iti-hmj; a worker m the process department.
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    He waited in vain at Kallang
    111 1 He waited in vain at Kallang PHE Assistant Trade bmnn 1 Advisor. Singapore, Mr. Alex Simpson waited In vain at Kallang airport early this morning for the arrival flf Mr. F. W. Da Hey. chairman of the icftu delegation to Asia, and three other TU members who v ore expected
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    Alligator at large
    64 1 A FOUR-FOOT Mis** with p t*mpletf of teeth la at large In I akr Geneva. Its owner Mr. Andre Uohlers. said it Mtaged from his private *oo by the edge of the lake several days ag«>. Kp said the annual mijjht live m tue laKff J<* s
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    Royal baby: crowds grow
    196 1 Royal baby: crowds grow LONDON. Fri AS the hour ttrew DC last night lor the birth of a second child to Princess Elizabeth, there was mounting excitement, as thousands of curious Britons crowded m front of Haivi House, the London h«>i of the Princess. With the <; lamer by the
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    Air Service
    27 1 The uuks G«v-; ichai lered D^i. froai KLM Ai to inaugurste a ireitiin Mid senger air teiflue iron: B. DuLrh N< Guinea, I Darwin, Aiutralia
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    The Local Girl Who Made Good
    529 2  - The Local Girl Who Made Good fTWENTY-four-year-old Miss Annie Chang. Local Programme Organiser (Schools) at Radio Malaya has attained her present position by dint of sheer hard work and enthusiasm. She is a local girl who has decidedly made good. She will tell you— and she means it I am
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    'Should Divorce?'
    229 2 Canon Warner is asked A WIFE WRITES: '7 never thought things would (jo wrong after 25 years of married happiness. My husband rhanged^Jowardsmeover two years~agor~rjett~ivme^ thing was wrong. One evening I asked him where 1 had failed him. He looked at vie for ten minutes. Finally he said:
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    3 2 Rhinestone dog-collar necklace
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    Molyneux's Collection
    356 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY By pAPTAIN Edward Molyneux is the only Englishman since Charles Worth (circa 1860) to keep his place m the midst of Paris haute couture. Recently m Paris he showed a really beautiful collection. He has two lines m what he* terms an "Umbrella" effect. This Is
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    'Chmaltz' is the rage now
    179 2 rY tranQuiilv goes op meeting girl and holding hands under the table whether a third world war seems to threaten or not, but not -for years have they done it so openly and unashamedly as at present. Restaurant managers say "chCTialtz" or "sweet music" 15
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      107 2 Be guided by rr/rtj A wise mother lets baby decide about the milk. Lou of energy, steady gains, contented days, peaceful nights these tell her what vhe most wants to know baby is. doing splendidly on Osterndk. The formula of CKtermilk is such that it is most suitable at all
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      521 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today. v»u have extellent capabilities and a brilliant mind. You should develop your selfconfidence more, since you are not always ready to fight for your own convictions. You are something of perfectionist and know how to make the best of your opportunities. Sincere and honest, you
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    ANTI-RED ACTS SWEEP CHINA
    264 3 Sabotage, armed clashes increase wov. ST newspaper reports disclosed that a anZ v o° sa^ ota^ espionage and armed resistMinch?.Hr? Plllg *u ßed China from »«rthernmost Manchuria to southernmost Kwangtung. trurtivp r f S?-^ admitted tha the upsurge of destructive anti-Communist activities is disruoto^Lro^ll^^ *****5 economi
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    Prepare now for Korean independence'
    83 3 Prepare now for Korean independence' NDON, Thura. T TIMES has called on I majority m the Council to prepare I concrete proposals ..b'.iihing Korean mee af:er the fighting. opoMli at this stage dipirational, but ton would offset be Russian propaIsti about Western The Tlm«-j> jre Immediate need. > :o understand
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    58 3 pirtur**. i M >k vits, ''A rk < ity, turns her ifl iv-r body frame> d>hield label i,' with the On>- ountry a> \tw York < MVfl m < priMH > Moskowiti and i ;inetT Abraham with whom i l'd m bu.si»rr»Nted on it Um3 "b^trutted nnr, -non with <-and
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    42 3 pictures. Tap picture shows a i»ai)> tornado gatherini over Yellowstone Park. Idaho. ISA.; Centre, the full bloom of the tornado and Bottom, the fade-away. No damage was reported after the tornado which was ai companied by heavy rain and hail. A. P.
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    Hong Kong bypassed
    44 3 The Ta Kung Pao of Shanghai m a lengthy analysis of Hong Kong as a transit port said that during June the colony's trade with the Chinese mainland showed considerable decline as Chinese merchants were bypassing thr colony m exports abroad.
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    Reply on date
    33 3 Britain's recent reply to E^ypt on sterling balances Was concerned mainly with the date on which Britain would be able to enter into negotations for a definite lnnff-term settlement.- Reuter
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    Chinese affected
    36 3 Overseas Chinese m Korea suffered heavy losses as the result of the civil war, according to the Managing Director of the Kung Kwa Daily published m Seoul, who arrived m Hong Kont? recently Reuter
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    JAPS LEAVE KOREA
    25 3 JAPS LEAVE KOREA ..v- arrived at Ja island, from Kor^a, abcard Stat< X Tokuju to a repj."t a IB Tokyo. Japans -■•ans the war Reuter
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    S'hai hopes for global flare-up
    55 3 S'hai hopes for global flare-up A Hong Kons» newspaper reported that the people m Shanghai were hoping that the Korean war would develop into a global flare-up for wiping out the Chinese Communists and their Rjssian comrades. It said the hope is spreading among the populace, caught m desperation against
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    NORWAY HAS TOO MUCH BUTTER
    206 3 OSLO, Thursday. RWA¥, alter more than 10 years of severe t.i-r new has too much butter. During the years of the German Occupation. ttion uas seldom honoured m full and the i housewife thought herself lucky if sne tie margarine. the shops are bulging with
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    Hire-purchase is cause of boom
    220 3 NKVV YORK, Thursday. HIRE-PI'RCHASE of goods, or consumer credit, as it is known m this country, has been one of the main factors m producing the boom m the I'nited States. Relief from the high war-time level of taxation, been so small, and prices for
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    Tramways union not recognised
    48 3 The Hongkong Tramways Company ha> withdrawn recognition of the Left-wing Tramway Workers Union as a !--:i:imate body representing the company's workmen. Both the chairman and vice-chairman of this union were deported by the Hongkon<* Government early this year after a 49-day tram strike. Reuter
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    Students to study U.N. work
    53 3 Students to study U.N. work University students of n\A \y nations have formed m South Australia a United Nations International Youth Fellowship group to study all aspects „i United Nations work. Representatives, aged 15 to 20, from India, Siam, Malaya, China and European countries, recently held their first meeting at
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    Shops re-open
    29 3 Agreement is believed to have been reached m the week-old Israeli shopkeepers' strike against the re-introduc-tton of cloths rationing and most shops are expected to A.P. p'-open
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    H.K.-BUILT CAR COMPETES
    59 3 H.K.-BUILT CAR COMPETES The first motor vehicle built m Hong Kong was given a trial run recently. It is a bip diesel job and, so far. Is without body or driver's cabin. The vehicle- -It will be a truek competed In Hong Kong's first post-war motor car rally. It finished
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    Bridge Hands
    317 3 With Kast-\SVst vulnerable »ad 60 ou score, you. North. ha*« the following hand 4k A J 6 <? 5 3 0 A Q 10 t ♦J 7 4 The bidding West North Ka«t Soalk 1 N.T 20 r Puts What do you bid? "DECAUSE of the part score.
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    WEST LOSING IN EGYPT
    238 3 CAIRO. Thursday. UT.YPT'S neutrality on Korea may be a danger J signal that the West is losing the cold war m Etfypt, according to diplomatic quarters m Cairo. Egypt's break with the Western democracies, even for a neutral stand, would seriously affect the West's global defence
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    Support endorsed
    22 3 The Muslim League's Central Committee has endorsed the Pakistani government's support of the United Nations m the Korean case. A.P
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      232 3 SINGAPORE (BBC); 4.55 "Composer of the (BLUE NETWORK) Week— Liszt; 5.15 'Special Dis--484 and 41.7 metres. J* tc *T (BBC); 530 -London S-u--10 a m Newi from Sincanore- dl Cor »certs M 6 Indonesian: N^wg I2 Ip^Sm21 p^Sm25 r Jn l 2a.y?f SS: ?bSc\ 64 3 °5 Light Music; 1.30
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 11. 1950. Going home
    407 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 11. 1950. Going home COLDSTREAM Guardsman, a fairirom Lan- walked into this office yesterday afternoon, handed us a r poems (one of which is reproduced on this pa je I and reflected bis stay of nearly t.vo years m Malaya Today he is <:oinsj
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    Colonialism, The Old And The New
    997 4 Colonialism, The Old A nd The New This article from the Eastern Economist states "the new (Russian) Colonialism is more subtle than the old" bat it has the same "bitter mark of stranglehold" NINETEENTH century Colonialism has become, it would appear, the proverbial dead horse which continues to be flogged
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    THE STRANGER KING-TO-BE
    552 4  -  JONS FISHER By 4 19- YEAR-OLD StUA dent prince, a stranger to his people, stands on the threshold of the Belgian throne. Baudouin, through having shared his father's wartime imprisonment and subsequent exile, is almost unknown to most of his future subjects. The character of his captivity
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    War Profiteers Are Back
    873 4  - War Profiteers Are Back Clifford Hume I *v ACCORDING to Pre- sident Truman, the trouble m Korea is due to a "bunch of bandits". While heartily agreeing, many Americans are just as mad at another bunch here at home. "Scalping o.ice an honourable profession confined to uncivilised Indians, is now
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    'Learn From Penang'
    114 4 'Learn From Penang' Lever to th- INSTEAD tuallv thei:. Iron C decide on p so idea tod pocket from payers that Municipal ers shuuif. what tli have d( tunu no' h they Mt own p.. i one would ha.'. Singapore k the prerrt.hou> qs the eke Sini a pubh< lov.ed
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      17 4 POPULAR HOUSE Mi SPORT CUPS MEDALS P. H. HENDRY, Jewel!*? :s. NoriJi Bridftr Kd S*p«re. V j
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      265 4 GUARDSMAN'S FAREWELL'j (By a Coldstream Guards sergeant who left Malaya today) The cheering and the music o'er, To each soldier on the jungle We feel the ocean's swell. track, Beyond the stern lies Singapore, Through the very gates of hell; The Coldstreams say "Farewell." With rifle, bayonet, heavy pack. The*"
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    186 S'pore accidents last month
    87 5 m >tult Reporter > while stevedoring, and unloading c for 114 of! ported to the 1 "Labour Depart- i nth. only t-vo fell into the boat m the and was drovrnthei *as crushed es were caust rns and road ..sooner for Compensation .1 cases. infrom
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    MAN, 76, IS GAOLED
    37 5 i M.iff Reporter IPOH. Thurs. TOO KOH, a&ed 7G. jed to four s ment for| ol eight j n, by the Ipoh sident, Mr Cheng, Mr. o coaside record was "ob- i v
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    SAVE BABIES' MOVE BY CITY FATHER
    247 5 SAVE BABIES' MOVE BY CITY FATHER Immunity from diphtheria Free Press Staff Reporter MOVE to make it compulsory for parents to have their children inoculated against diphtheria is to be initiated by the Singapore Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Sandy G. Pillay, at the next general meeting of Commissioners. Mr. Pillay (Progressive,
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    52 5 picture. The new Singapore Training College for English school teachers is the first college of its kind to be opened m Malaya. Picture shows some of the first trainees reading magazines and newspapers at the College's reading room. The College is at the former Anglo-Chinese School building m Cairnhill Road.
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    NOREEN HOMEAFTER 10 YEARS
    354 5 rrec Press Stan Reporter A GIRL of 23 who has travelled round the world all on her own and seen many ways of life returned to Singapore on Wednesday by the La Marseillaise. She is Noreen Mallal. daughter of a Colony lawyer She has been away
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    1907 drug now used in S. Buloh
    127 5 gULPHONE drugs have now entirely superseded hydrocarpus oil In the treatment of leprosy at the Sungel Buloh settlement. near Kuala Lumpur. In Malaya there are now a large number of leprosy patients undergoing treatment with the basic diphenol sulphone. It has been found
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    CHINESE PUPILS LEARN MALAY
    56 5 Free Press Staff Reporter About 3.000 Standard IV pupils of 38 Johore Chinese schools are now learning Malay for three hours a week. Their instructors are 77 Malay schoolteachers from neighbouring Malay schools. Malay is also being taught to non-Malays m Govern-ment-aided English schools and m
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    APPOINTMENT
    19 5 Mr. H. K. Ashby, Agricultural Officer, Malayan Agricultural Service, has been appointed Senior Agriculture! Officer, Malayan Agricultural Service.
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    To stand for Roehore Ward
    88 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. M. A. A. Rahim Khan, a Malayan-born Indian Muslim, yesterday announced his intention of standing as an Independent candidate for Roehore Ward m the forthcoming Municipal elections. A businessman, Mr. Khan was president of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association
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    'Coney Island' ready by end of this year
    114 5 Frre Press SUIT Krportrr gINGAPOREs $100,000 "Coney Island" the enterprise of an Indian businessman, Mr. Ohulam Mahmood Is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Mr. Mahmood Is applying for a first-class licence for a dance hall, bar and
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    MAIL
    63 5 Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Medan, the U.S.A., Siam, Christinas Island, Australia, Java and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the 0.P.0. today are: noon for Pontianak and Siam (parcels only); 5.45 p.m. for the Federation and 6 p.m. for Great Britain, N.
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    2 Commissioners decide to act
    196 5 TAXI-STAND HAUNT Free Press Staff Reporter rpnO Municipal Commissioners, both Progressive Party members, will bring up before the Commission the question of the taxi-stand opposite the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, following the disclosure m the Free Press of how this parking site is the
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    ADVISORY BOARD
    35 5 The Governor has nominated Mr. Wazir Singh, m place of Mr. Sunder Singh t resigned >. and Mr Teja Singh, m place of Mr. Sarder Singh <resigned>. as members of the Sikh Advisory Board.
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    Dept. sets 'precedent'
    163 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rE Singapore Federation of Government Employees' Union is now taking up the question of union members holding snperscale poets m the Government service. This was stated last night by Mr. G. A. Tessensohn, president of the Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union, at
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    INIQUITY OF A,C,P,F,
    549 5 'Why not let us know the marks?' WHAT objection can Cambridge University have to letting us ka*m the T? marks m School. Certi ficate examinations? asked A. Mahendran. joini editor of the Rafflesian, m agazine of Raffles Institution, m the June issue released to the Press yesterday.
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    PAKISTAN DAY CELEBRATION
    69 5 I r<-f Press Staff Reporter A mass meeting will be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. to celebrate Pakistan Day. rhe meetfng is being sponsored by the Overseas Pakistani LeaJ gue, Singapore. Sunday has been seleod 'as the day for the meeting i
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    RADIO TALK TONIGHT
    37 5 Mr. P. M. Williams Will talk over Radio Malaya at 8 p.m. today about the growth and idea of the British CommonI wealth of Nations as it ap--1 pears to him as a Malayan.
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    Stage show at Capitol
    82 5 Grace Lim. afco mazurka at the dccice cital at the Caiptol T at 6.30 p.m. on Se^t This El the first fuU-i stage show at the Capitol since the war. ,c ??<- -stallutionoi the S. tain, the management the -first step m re-equ< the stage uith
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    DRY TRACK WILL SUIT CLYNOR
    822 6 DRY TRACK WILL SUIT CLYNOR Cup chances reviewed From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Friday. THE Penang (iold Cup, over 11 furlongs, and the Penang Cup, for top-class sprinters, will be the draw at Batu Gantong tomorrow, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club's August Bank Holiday meeting. Scratchings will again
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    41 6 picture. Sgt. Hangar of No. 2 Flight of the RAF. Regiment receiving; the inter-Flight sports cup from Air Vice-Marshal F J W. Mellersh at yesterday's passing-out parade at (hangi. No. 2 Flight were winners of the Inter-Right sports competition. Free Press
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    Texas, Gold to score
    438 6 Texas, Gold to score his brilliant form m the race v\ n by Miss Nathan on the first day I am not looking beyond Gold Medallist for the winner m the Class I. Div. 2 race over 6f. tomorrow. He finished only a neck behind No Regrets m that race
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    Form horses best in CI. 3 races
    554 6 Ij^OKM horses should score m the four Class 3 races at Penang tomorrow. Below I revi Class 3, Div. I—61 6 i-urs. I •-> \irmail. Kincia and Aiad J.;«". Ixen her here. mail, minnet t>f I-).'- 1. ria^ d 8 lb. for Kanda,
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    Raub Australian Gold output
    134 6 OPERATIONS at the mine are proceeding satisfactorily and production is t xpected to Increase steadily. says a ciruclar to sharehold. n issued by the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Lid. The Buktt Roman Section has been dewatered to below No. 4 level. Nos. 2 and 3
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    66 6 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— ln key match of the Lower Perak Cricket League lor the G M Johnson-Hill Challenge Cup Amonians defeated the Police by 23 runs this week-end. The scores were: Ansoniari3 54 (Lee Eng Cheong il5 not out Oon Khor Hong 11, ,S. G. M. Shanff seven for 27
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    Quieter, fail in turnover
    278 6 Quieter, fail in turnover HJHG JHG LONDON •pHE London Stock Exchange yesfe, A followed the pattern of the prni (lli that the turnover appeared to be rmthei s there were fewer outstanding bh> Reuter's financial correspondent. The main business conrentrater: shares and there was a pood deal ol those issues
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    Ray Robinson is still champion
    193 7 QIT. \K RAY Robinson retained his world weltert championship on Wednesday with a i wound decision against Charley Fusari i capacity crowd of more than 30.000 people m t < velt Stadium. people Robinson weighed in at 147 pounds and Fusari at 145 The champion
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    45 7 photo WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION. Dado Marino of .lulu accept* the cheers of the crowd after his 15 .d. Punch-packed decision OTer former chamoion Allen of London, at Honolulu stadium on Auk < ho. referee, is at left. Marino's manarer Sad Ichinose, Is at right. A. P.
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    Today's sport
    45 7 BOXING: naahj M Tawan at Happr Woi Id. 9 SO((tR: Snr Lft: 8.(M1.(.\ t R.A.F. Chan^i at Jalan Brsar; B«s Hse. A: StanTac v Sime Darby at Grylang; Straits Times v Breweries at 8.0.D. ground. TENNIS. ¥31 V and Tan-lin Club tournaments (cont. >.
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    Evans will not play tomorrow
    123 7 QODFREY EVANS, Kent and England wicketkeeper, will miss the vital fourth and final Test match against the west Indies, commencing at the Oval tomorrow because of a fractured thumb. The injury occurred while Evans was batting for Kent against Middlesex at Canterbury yesterday. He was
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    Sidivell m semi-final
    102 7 Billy SidwtL mvJ?™*^* Bernard Destremau Eg>T>ts Jaroslav Drobny and Gorrfried von Cramm of Ger--2* ny >; e ««-d a y reached the sem -finals of the men's singles m tne Hamburg internaUonal tenni« championsh ps Sidweil beat Herald o Wei« of Argentine 6-4. 7-5. 6-2. Destremau defeated
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    County cricket results
    191 7 £LOSE of play scores m yesterday "s English Count" Cricket championship matches were: Al Hastings. Butex 404 for 7 declared. Surrey 227 for 9 (Constable not out 57 Surriri'e 55> At Derby, Okmrnlnrtiiie 475 for 7 declared. <Your>4 149, WilRon 62> Derbyshire 231 for 7 At Manchester,
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    Locke due here next month
    79 7 OOBBY LOCKE, holder of j D the British Open g If title, leaves England by air >n\ Sept. 4 for Singapore on hli way to Australia. Negotiations axe under way for Locke to eive an exhibition during his brief stay m the Colony. The venue
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    NEW TRACK, FIELD MARKS
    91 7 NEW TRACK, FIELD MARKS THE Intern i'nr,;.l An Athletic Fed-rA ton aniiounc-ed wtentey the rccept mcc ol the following world records for nO cud field events. 100 Metre*:— lo J sc k s. by H -"'veil of ihe United S. ai.es, jointly ~h&red by Lloyd Lebeach of Hur.M^ -13 sees,
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    Johore Police win
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU Fri TN an evenly-contested game 1 the Police defeated Catholic Young Men's Association one-nil m £c second round oi the Soccer kaena. The goal wa3 scored tbe second half by Bakar.
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    S.C.C. RUGGER
    27 7 The rugger section oi the Singapore Cricket Club arc holding a 'Heeling at 5.15 today m the Cricket club to dec; officials for the season.
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    OVER.....
    39 7 E A STII N COMMAND ATHLETICS: Sgt. V. Kilgallon, Irish Guards competing m the high jump itn.il at the Eastern Command later-Unit Athletics Championships at Colchester. This event was won by the Irish Guards. Army New* Service Picture.
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    Warwick lead West Indies
    291 7 A SIXTH -WICKET partnership between A. V. Wolton and R. T. Spooner, who put on 123 runs m 100 minutes, was chiefly responsible for Warwickshire paining: their first-innings lead of 128 runs over the West Indies touring cricket team at Birmingham yesterday. Warwickshire were all out
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    PENANG'S LINE-UP FOR TOMORROW'S MALAYA CUP SOCCER FINAL
    620 7 PENANG 'S LINE-UP FOR TOMORROW'S MALAYA CUP SOCCER FINAL Below are thumbnail sketches of Penang's Malaya Cup team who will meet Singapore m the Cap final to be played at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. This is the second time since the inception of the Malaya Cup soccer series m 1921, that
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    SCOREBOARD
    192 7 V\l>l IMIII |>r. INNS: I' 4 W \K\\tl KMiIKI IM. |\\N Cirdnrr c W.irrrH b Pirrr* X Ibumpsea t Mti.imnrt b Jonrx Ij Our C K*e b Uerr*a M Ord Jrr>.trail b Jonp« l»<.lirr» rb» ViVm.n. :t VVoltun b I'itrrr t*t not out tv; KurdAr b .l«.nr» 5 Prit,
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    Katong Sajarajah win Junior 'B' title
    135 7 KATONG Sajara.jah became champions of the Junior B league yesterday when they defeated the Cheerful Lads by one goal to nil at Jalan Besar stadium. Kataug Bajarmjali were ai better balanced team, prominent among them beini Dollah and Ali bin Suniijan In ihe defence
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    Sebastian v. Tawan fight on
    95 7 TONIGHT'S boxing at the Happy World, featuring: Flashy Sebastian and Tawan. is on. Tawan was to have arrived m Singapore yesterday from Bangkok, but missed the plane. He is arriving here If, s evening. The Singapore boxing Board of Control has agreed to the fight
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    PENANG CUP
    111 7 Continued Page 6 Remit* i h left on Uie same D the i hOEiSI he raced with on as a- they have been dropped ia veJghJ Be b iuU nicely tro m tf| be given a good show. What of Re»;mar" Thil ne\rivmer won very easily o\«.: KfCD
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    BIRTH
    20 8 WILSON: To Peggy, wife of D. O. Wilson, a daughter, Carol.. Baeaa, at Kandang Kerbau Hos- on 10th August.
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    U.N.
    76 8 ontinued irum Pajfe 1 puised by the Soviet Union is the kind of peace that ensues when the innocent victim lies dead and still. If law and order are to be established m the world community there can be no temporising with defiance of orders of the Security Council
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    GIRLS RITUAL MURDER:4 ACCUSED
    376 8 GIRLS RITUAL MURDER: 4 ACCUSED Doll used as spirit medium GEORGETOWN, British Guinea, Frida A LBERT KING, one-time "altar boy' m the Cumfa Spiritualist Church, described for the judge at Georgetown the form of service used by the cult to conjure up spirits. He was giving evidence m the trial
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    I Soviets' fire [bomb charges 'ridiculous'
    160 8 I Soviets' fire [bomb charges 'ridiculous' BERLIN, Frl. 'THE United States High Commissioner m Berlin. Mr. John McCloy, yesterday bluntly gave the lie to Communist chargrs that American aircraft had dropped incendiary bombs In the Russian Tone of Germany. Mr. McClov termed the aim ition as '"ridiculous." He told a
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    Briton may be mediator
    88 8 Briton may be mediator LONDON, Fri. 'THE Foreign Office yester--1 day indicated that British envoy may discuss a Greek-Yugoslav conciliation m the course of a visit to th? countries soon A spokt* smau said that Mi Ernest Davies Under-Secretary Tor Ft>reiJ?n Affairs, will visit Yugoslavia ami Greece 'on holiday and
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    INDIAN POLICE KILL RIOTERS
    50 8 Fiw persons were killed and 27 Injured when police tired on a mob m Gwalior, central India, yesterday. The mob attacked police p 1 us noting broke out after th»police fired on a siuden's' pioc» Mian earlier. Tlie siluation m reported to be "gruvr htie A.P.
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    U.N. aid asked for Macassar
    69 8 JAKARTA, Fri riE Indonesian government :::cia!ly announced yesterday tha; it had asked the Uni'cd Nations Commission m Indonesia to help m preventing further danger to the Indonesian people and foreign Macassar. Five senior military officers of the conimisMon yesterday flew to the ?cenp of rerent
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    LAKE SUCCESS AND GOLD
    46 8 The gold price m Hong Kong fluctuated narrowly throughout yesterday morning, but buyers entered the market m the afternoon when newspapers published Lake Success despatches of the American delegate's attack on the President of the Security Council for his obstruction methods.-- Rcutcv-
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    Government warns the tin market
    187 8 LONDON. Friday. THE Ministry of Supply warned dealers on the London tin market yesterday that they could not rely on the Ministry for further supplies to meet export commitments entered into by members. Tin for forward delivery closed m the afternoon at the all-time high
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    GIRL'S CRIES WERE STIFLED
    249 8 LONDON, Friday. A FATHER put his daughter, tight, on a settee, covered her head with cushions so that her screams could not be heard, and beat her with a buckled leather belt, while her stepmother looked on all for stealing a piece of candy, a policewoman
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    19 8  -  GEOFFRY EVANS H -It's atl rlftK lor you— you don't hay« to rmts* your hat> 'iniMIIIIIHIWItlllllHlimillll«ttilimilWI!!!M!lllillltlt
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    Her mother said wait
    79 8 BRISTOL, Fri. Sixtrnnv- ar-old Wendy Dunn-Mills tuok a two-mile taxi »ide into Bristol at 2.30 a.m. Outside a fashion shop the pat a cushion on the pavement and went to sleep. At 6 o'clock the manageress Rave her a cup of coffee. At 9 o'clock Wendy
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    Leopold bill passed
    30 8 The Belgian Senate has |WHCII the bill delegating the powers of Kine Leopold to his son. Prince Baudouin, by 121 votes to 22 with 23 abstentions.- U.P.
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    Schuman on steel plan
    120 8 STRASBOURG. Fri. THE French Foreign Minister. If. Robert Schuman. in an t to convince the sceptics" on his coal-steel pool plan, told the European Assembly yesterday that the new authority to run the poo. would be the first example of supra-national Institution "As far a* I
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    Warships in Beirut
    18 8 Six U.S. warships, i by the heavy craiter arrived m Beirut yesterday <>n a visit
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    Stalin's language
    48 8 HOW OW, Friday. OTALIN »-»ys m an article m the journal Bolshevik: "One day the whole world will speak the same language. It will of course, not be (ierman, Run sian, or English, but a new language embodying the best elements of national and zonal tongues."
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    H.K. MONEY
    27 8 The following were yesterday's quotations on the Hong Kong Monday Exchange HK$6.3l per U.S. dollar. HK515.70 per pound sterling. HK$3l6 per tael of gold,- U.P.
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    N. Koreans lose 84 aircraft
    114 8 G'-n. IfacArthur'fl Hq. Fr! r pHE United States Air Forosaid yesterday that the Kortll Koreans had lost 84 aircraft destroyed on the ground or m air duels >: the war be^an An Air farce colonel > that the Far East Air Force— Including carrier b.
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    The car and Mrs. Franklin
    75 8 LONDON, i U7HEN the question of damages for tl, "up of Mr. Thomas William Franklm made car was discussed at Salisbury yesterday, it was pleaded that th, Franklin had nothing to do with it. It was also ruled by the juderancour which Mr. Franklin might
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    Boy with the bright blue eyes
    118 8 A NEW ZEALAND aMr. HekKT The: has written to the Vicar of S\ Martin-in-the-Fields. Rev. Patrick T. Ashton, oflerirg to paint Knottier po: of his four-venr-old r,on 1 re.'ice, who died tvo year.s ago. The vioar iad his wife have searched London for thee
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