The Singapore Free Press, 25 August 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA so. r SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    14 1 Former Federation policemen pictured ai Kalians this morninff before flying to Britiin. Story below.
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    BIG BATTLES ON 2 FRONTS
    237 1 Hail of rockets, bombs on Reds pHK X roan Communists today opened a new attack towards Taegu tanks and infantry and drove South Korean troops from gMrtant high ground north-east of the scene of an earlier failure. :iwhilt\ m the south, the Red Seventh Division,
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    THE iron curtain
    110 1 There is literally an iron curtain m the form of a barred gate which stands on the frontier bridge across the River Araxes, dividing Russia and Iran at the border town of Julfa. Tension along the border has increased since the war m Korea. Photo shows: (top>
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    THEY ALL WANT TO GO TO KOREA
    400 1 THEY ALL WANT TO GO TO KOREA HONG KONG, Fri. FIFTEEN hundred r soldiers have been on their best behaviour this week they have been told that any man who gets his name on a charge sheet would not be allowed to go to Korea. Brigadier B.A Coad gave the
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    MORE MEN CALLED
    27 1 The U.S. Army announced yesterday that 47,000 additional other ranks m the reserve forces would or called tr active duty by November 10 Reuter
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    NEHRU: 'GLEAM OF LIGHT'
    219 1 LONDON, Friday. r pHE attitude of the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit I Nehru, towards the Korean problem was yesterday considered to be one gleam of light against a deplorable background by the left-wing weekly review. The New Statesman and Nation. '"Though unable to "accept the invitation
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    Wage demands 'reasonable'
    56 1 JAKARTA, Fri. THE Labour Minister m the Indonesian caretaker government, Mr. Wilopo, yesterday said that the demands of half a million estate workers In South Sumatra and Java on strike since Sunday for higher wages, were v reasonable." Mr. Wilopo said he would do anything within his
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 hi militan o>cd lodaj mi nival furies unmando r.ud list m ixLuid form--1 the port of 1 h** commandos m fnrnu supply i r.id:i» mstalla- A.P.
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    Red 'refugees' land at Masan
    366 1 From LIONEL CRANE MASAN, Friday. fORTY thousand homeless people camped out las r Ti'ht on the island of Kojo. which is a three-hour b at T r^ e aTonly U half M th S e refuses who have been sistent attacks from the ndge.^^^ m
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    Women heave coal
    28 1 Moic than 2,000 women have replaced men m coalsorting and other surface jobs at North-Eastern Moravian coai mines, the Czech newspaper T.'rinva Demokraciet stated. A.P.
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    TIGER SEEN PROWLING AT PONGGOL
    173 1 A SMALL tigt-r is believed to be roaming Singapore island m the vicinity of, Fonggol. The tiger has been seen prowllng this area lor the past three days and is believed to have approached the beach I lacing Dr. C. J. Paglars j home at
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    Three accept
    29 1 The three Indo-China i States of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have accepted the British Commonwealth invitation to take part m its £8,000.--000 aid plan for South-East \>.a.
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    INVASION BY HUKS
    23 1 More than 300 Communistled Hukbalahaps m the Philippines have landed m Camarines Sur Province by boat from Bondoc peninsula.— Reuter
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    Sugar to go on ration?
    47 1 IT is understood that sugar I rationing m Singapore and ihe Federation will probably start again m the next few Government officials m Singapore and the Federationnave had the question under consideration for some time Sugar is now controlled but not rationed.
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    LORD RUSSELL LEAVES
    37 1 Earl Bertrand Russell, famous British philosopher, who arrived m Singapore yesterday from Australia, left Kallang Mrport for London this morning on a QEA-BOAC plane. Lord Russell is on his way back home to Cambridge.
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    Assam again shaken
    68 1 A violent tremor again shook Upper Assam yesterday, scene of devastating earthquakes for the last week. The town of Sidiya experienced frequent shocks, which jarred the neighbouring railway town of Dibrugarh for four seconds. The great Brahmaputra River, m flood because of the quakes, engulfed new villages
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    H.K. 'aggressive', Reds charge
    209 1 HOXG KONG. Friday. GENERAL Yeh Chien-ying, Communist chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, yesterday accused the British Army, Navy and Air Force m Hong Kong of "planning to encroach upon China's sovereignty." He said Hong Kong must take entire responsibility for all consequences arising from frontier
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    Korea next, not Malaya, say Police
    228 1 THIRTEEN sergeants of the Federation Police Force who are part of a batch of 50 ex-Palestine Policemen to complete their contract m Malaya, flew to London from Singapore this morning on a QEA-BOAC plane. Most of them told the Free Press that they were
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    'Turko' is allowed to stay in Belgium
    333 1 'Turko' is allowed to stay in Belgium BRUSSELS Fri. A FTER a first attempt to deport Captain Raymond Turki Westerlinjf failed yesterday, the Belgian Ministry of Justice said his mm had been re-consiripr»H and he would be al!>.v <l to remain m Belgium. A high official or t;. try said
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    Elizabeth Is A Modern Mother
    538 2  -  INGRID ETTER KK BOTH are doing well The time-honoured news of a happy birth comes from Clarence House. Princess Elizabeth's example must have lifted for many women the shadowy fears and old superstitions which have been associated so lon^ with motherhood. Until the last moment
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    39 2 Shown by Digbv Morton of London at his ncu autumn collection, thi s pirate hat vi black velvet, was designed by Rudolf ot London. The tiro velvet loops hang low over the ears. The dress is by Digbv Morton.
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    COUPLETS
    214 2 INTRODUCING HA BY To proud father: "You do think he's beautiful, don't you? To rich aunt: "See how he's smiling at you |UN as if he knew you were going to be kind to him." To maternal grandparents: "He s just like pictures of pie as a baby. To
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    Dear teen-toer
    384 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY PARIS- At/6 3* IS SO IT U fun to be young m Paris today, where couturiers pay so much attention to the young idea. This is why I have been busy there jotting down some ideas that teen-a^ers might like to copy. If you are growing
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    Bigamy' before marriage
    371 2  -  CANON H.WARNER By A HUSBAND has written to tell me thai he has been married nine months, during which time he has been working very long hours, returning home tired and depressed. "One evening,'' he says, "1 lost my temper over a trittiiKj matter and told my
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      102 2 Trus! f Which milk is besi tor baby Baby shows that baby knows. And the Mgns which a mother sees with thankfulness are iiurdv limbs, steady gains, lots of* energy-, deep sleep. Baby i- coming along wonderfully on Ostermilk. The formula of 1 1 is such that it is most
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      271 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, jou are e\- ceptionally adaptable. Still, your likes and dislikes are strong and, consequently, the conflict between the two parts of your nature causes confusion. Since you are a keen observer of human nature and have a gift for the written word, you might choose
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      294 2 New Crossword No. 134 < 1.1 BS AC ROSS 1 Tii the limi: of my capacity (2, 3. 2 I, 3>. 7 Sq.:;id of (S). 8. So is a fertile spot m dry swio;ndinßs i:> < 9. Recipient of 14 c peii-»iv dips i3-3i. 10. Lock ?iyly both *ays i4>.
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    REDS LEAD IN WAR OF WORDS
    251 3 More positive aggressive n fn^S,o C r 0 eT g Sr PaBanda Une mOre referred tn th.^ 110 for some time Si r Gladwyn Readers of George Orwell's novel 'Nineteen Eightyfour" will recognize the technique easily. It is a technique m which your side
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    SEPARATE THEATY?
    33 3 Russia is planning to conclude a separate peace treaty with East Germany, valid for all Germany, next autumn, the Berlin correspondent of the Dutch Liberal paper, Nieiuve Rotterdamse Courant reported. Reuter
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    32 3 Korean civilians formed into labour battalions, march through a South Korean town on the way to road repair jobs .and other work to facilitate the movement of United Nations equipment. A. P
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    U.S. HITS AT ALIEN 'DODGERS'
    28 3 U.S. HITS AT ALIEN 'DODGERS' been introduced United States Representatives to he deportation of used their non- > itus to evade present are not option m the 5 Reuter
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    MacA. refuses planes
    28 3 Ma cA. refuses planes I hur has reAfrica s offer a >qua d r o n of > for the Korbecmuac he needs pianes rather than i *> stated. U.P.
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    Stalin town
    10 3 I a i\ed ;ts "a:ne I ["own Reuter
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    To meet arms drive
    20 3 British arms factories are tnn to turn out weapons and equipment m Britain's rearmament drive. Reuter
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    Jap ships idle
    17 3 Three-quartci .> of a million tons of Japanese vessels have StaS*US. to carry and Reuter
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    INNKEEPERS HIT BY OLD LAWS
    208 3 |MTS .ru m ed hundreds of°SS^Whlfhmen terrorised the roads are worrv"ne the t -il.lv keepers of Britains inns. a official of the Brewers' Society said "the has come to a head following a customers linl__TheI in 1 __The judges found the inn- weeper naoie for
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    REDS PLOTTING REVOLUTION'
    58 3 REDS PLOTTING REVOLUTION' General Council of the )-strourf Trades Union sa In London yester■cused Russia and the rm of plotting world through the Com- ioa of other cciunroh of events had comlusion -tha coun r ries where a exists the and the Com- UlDf them for n activities m c
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    Red paper banned
    27 3 United States High n has banned the Communist paper Volfcszeitung nonths. bringing to :oei of Communist tined m Western and leaving only ermtinc. Reuter
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    73 Chinese Reds desert
    66 3 TAIPEH, Thurs. PRO-NATIONALJST reports alleged yesterday that Ti Communist air force personnel had deserted their posts at Canton. Most of them, it said, had formerly served under the Nationalists. As a result of these desertions, about 120 other Communist air force personnel had been transferred from
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    LASTED ONLY 20 DAYS
    55 3 China's domestic airline service, which rhe Communists inaugurated on Auy. 1 with great fanfare, lasted exactly 20 days. The Chinese Postal Administration has announced the suspension of airmail deliveries to South-west China because of a "temporary suspension of the civil air service" to that area, according
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    First British troops leaving
    47 3 First British troops leaving Britain's first troops for Korea, consisting of the Ist Battalions. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex Regiments, will probably leave Hong Kong tc-morrow. The troops are to be transported by Royal Naval ships, including the aircratt-carn^r Unicorn and the cruiser Ceylon. Reuter
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    Nat. official dead
    23 3 A prominent NalionalisL official. Mr. Wu Chung Tang, former Secretary-General of Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters, has died m Hunt? Bong.— U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    208 3 The suggested bidding East Suu:b West North pass 10 I >as s INT Fass 3 0 J'» 3 3. NT All P*a* x*^ i mi re«p md one -A a vi one not rump, but this should not affect the final contract which involved a safety to keep
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    India's lost gold throne
    166 3 NEW DELHI, Thursday. IS India s fabulous peacock throne under the seas? Renewed interest m the 300-year-old priceless treasure has been aroused by a report from Durban that attempts are made off the African coast of Pondo-land to recover from under the sea "the gold and
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    JAPAN EXPORTS MORE COTTON
    48 3 The Japan Cotton Spinners Association reported That exports of cotton cloth and yarn during July totalled 98.--600,000 square yards and 3,073.000 pounds respectively. These figures compared with the previous month show respective Increase? of 9.939.000 square yards and 919.000 pounds, the Association said. Reuter
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    U.K. PLAN PRAISED
    34 3 The Marshall Aid Administration m Washington has hailed as "progressive thinking" the British Labour Party's proposal for a world plan of mutual aid to succeed the Marshall I».*i m 1952. Reuter
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      206 3 w k^^T^t Week" Brahms; 5.15 -Special < SINGAFUKL Dispatch (BBCc 5.30 "London J mna MrTUDRK^ Studio Concerts"; 6.00 Indone- < f.l l iNtx»wiMv; sian News and programmes < 484 and 41.7 metres. (BBC); 6.30 News m Cantonese < 10 a.m. News from Singapore. (BBC); 6.45 "All the Latest"; 7.15 j
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Aug. 25, 1950. Singapore T.U.C.?
    482 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Aug. 25, 1950. Singapore T.U.C.? FOR the third time since the war, a move is afoot to form a Trades Union Council m Singapore. A Trades Union Council, or Conpress as it is called m Britain, is a central organisation for all trade unions. It
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    European Union Has A Home Now
    836 4  -  ALEXANDER CLIFFORD By" STRASBURG: THEY were pulling down the scaffolding round Europe's first Parliament House. They were polishing floors, cleaning windows, moving m furniture, and hanging pictures. Engineers, festooned with wires were fixing telephones, loud-speak-ers, radio circuits, and two-language translation earphones. Bars and libraries
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    16 4 Betty Grablein"Wabash Avmtie" now at the Capitol icith Victor Mature eyeing her appraisingly from the doorway.
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    19 4 Projcssor V. A. Golubisov, head of the Russian delegation at the World Power Conference of engineers held m London.
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    Dog Owners 'Misled'
    189 4 Letter to the Editor I am very much disturbed by the statement made by Mrs. Clemons as reproduced m the Free Press of Tuesday. Maybe Mrs. Clemons has experienced and qualified advice on the effects of tropical climates on dogs from U.K. and Australia. If Mis is
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    Verdi Founded This Home
    492 4  -  GILBERTO FORTI By MILAN: T*HE applause has died away, but the music of yesterday's great concert halls echoes faintly on in a quiet home where famed musicians of the past still sing and play and teach. There are 70 forty men and thirty women passing the
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    Aboard a 'Mercy Ship' Off Korea
    748 4  - Aboard a 'Mercy Ship Off Korea Ralph Izzard tells the full story of the first float ing V.A.Ds. is the story of a a 50-year-old debt of gratitude to America &nd how it is being repaid. The story begins back m 1899, when a group of American ladies m Britain
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    THE BALTIC 'NERVE WAR'
    135 4 JUST one month kfter Russia claimed 12 miles of territorial waters m the Baltic, and the right of Baltic countries to clasp the entrance of this inland sea to non-Baltic nations, Ralph Hewins, writing from Stockholm, says that there has been considerable British and American amphibious
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      16 4 POPULAR HOUSE toi SPORT CUPS MEDALS > P. H. HENDR Y. Jeweller 71. N4M-lIS Bridge Rd Spore
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      69 4 £n Remind me to ring COLD STORAGE CATERING About our party 5376, isn't it? They did Mary's party so m everyone thought her catering wonderful anc she did was choose the menu and say how rr; people she'd invited. They estimated the cost for her, did everything; even provided the
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    Theatre's use to be studied
    161 5 Theatre's use to be studied f p r „s Staff Reporter Municipal Com- > :e to set up a **||L« to consider and v.tndations for g* Victoria Thearial Hall and Stadium by c public. n of this cctn•ed because are enes m deal••ons for the ratre. hall and iced charges
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    640 BABIES
    11 5 Mfl births and ..pore Munl)l death were d tuberculosis
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    COLOEY AID TO LAUNCH ELECTIONS
    397 5  - COLO E Y AID TO LAUNCH ELECTIONS KHOR CHEANG KEE Penang fears 'tidapathy' By DEN \NG will h. ™NANG. Thursday. fe&'is^wSK^sara^ Mr. Hammett said there *as no Indication at present ?L£ rg j* ni ed Parties being formed" m Pcnang He expected that independent candidates, for a .start, would set
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    11 5 MR. H. G. Hammett, Pre sident of the Penang Municipal Commission.
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    26 5 picture. |yjK HENRY HOCHSTADT. teacher at Geylang English School, who has returned to Singapore after studying speech training an ddramaties m Britain on ship. Free Press
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    WAR DAMAGE
    17 5 Mr. J. D Mead has resumed duiv as a member of the War Damage Commisscn.
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    LICENCES FOR CHILD ACTORS SOUGHT
    203 5 LICENCES FOR CHILD ACTORS SOUGHT Free Press Staff Reporter ]yjORE than 20 entertainment troupes m Singapore have so tar applied to the Labour Department for licences under the new "Children's Charter" for 150 child actors to perform m the Colony, the Free Press was told yesterday. This flood of applications
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    GEN. URQUHART TO STAY AS G.O.C.
    62 5 GEN. URQUHART TO STAY AS G.O.C. R. E. I'rquhart, now temporarily commanding Malaya District, is to remain permanently with the title of General Officer Commandin? Malaya, the War Office announces. Brigadier R. C. O. Hedley, who was to have succeeded Major General I'rquhart m October, will instead assume appointment of
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    VACCINE DROPPED FROM SKIES
    208 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WHAT might have turned into a grave smallpox epidemic m an isolated town v*.p m Borneo was averted recently with the help of a Singapore-based X A.F. Dakota and crew. A native c;aft plying from the Celebes landed a s.ck member of
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    62 5 piciure. THKE*' hun:lrc I vvomen an.l ftirls m Sto££pore iwii take part m the Y.W.C.A. Fla? Day on Saturday S?pU 2. la this picture. Miss D. C. Greene, («ener:: l secretary) Mrs. R. E. Foulper (president) Miss Gladys Goh of the Blue Triangle Tea Room, Mrs. Dennis Murphy and Mrs.
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    'Britain should quit Asia'—Russell
    303 5  - 'Britain should quit Asia'— Russell MAUREEN MALLAL By OERTRAND Russell said m Singapore yesterday: "I think that Britain should withdraw gracefully from Asia, as she did m India, and not wait to be driven out m the event of war. "In this way goodwill would be won and a neutral
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    4 PROBATION OFFICERS
    61 5 Free Pits* Staff Reporter poUR officers of Singapore's Social Welfare Department have been appointed probation officers under the Children and Young Persons Ordinance, it was announced last night. They are Messrs. F. J. M. Briggs, Tan K?y Hai, Patrick Mun Tung Leong and Sim We? Lee. Mr.
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    Singapore may change rice ration system
    179 5 Singapore may change rice ration system 9 Free Press Staff Reporter nnHE Singapore Government may introduce a new system of rice rationing m the Colony following complaints by the public. Several alternatives to the present system are now being studied by the government, the Deputy Food Controller, Mr. A. D.
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    TRADE MISSION
    31 5 An Indian trade delegation to promote trade relations between India and Indonesia, is expected to arrive m Singapore, during the second week of September, on their way to Jakarta.
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    TALK BY M.P.
    28 5 Mr. Tom Driberg, M.P., and journalist, will broadcast from Radio Malaya at 7.12 p.m. today. Mr. Driberg is m Singapore on his way to Korea.
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    Malay study group
    92 5 AN Institute for the Study of the Malay Language will be formed shortly m Singapore. This was decided at a meeting held at Palembang Road by the Singapore Malay* Teachers' Union and Malay writers. Inche Mahmud bin Ahmad, chairman of the literary section of the Union, said
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    MESSAGE FROM PROCESS
    74 5 rHE following message has been received by the Governor of Singapore from the Secretary of State for transmission to the President, Municipal Commission, m connection with the Commission's message sent some time ago to Princess Elizabeth. "Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth desires me to convey to
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    Playground for Tiong Bahru
    195 5 Playground for Tiong Bahru A NEW children's play- ground m the Singapore Improvement Trust housing estate m Tiong Bahru is likely to be built shortly It will be on the vacant land between Eng Watt Street and Ouan Chuan Street. A site has also been agreed for a post office
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    Conference on children
    154 5 EXPERTS on handicapped children are likely to participate m a conference for the Far East region to oe held towards the end of this year m India. Dr. J. F. Bulsara. Far Eastern representative of tlie Division of Social Activities of the United Nations, who h^s returned
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    MR. J.D. HASKINS
    37 5 The Chief Justice ha^ proved the appointment of Mr. John D?w Haskins. Asfi^tant Commissioner for Labour. Singapore, to be a Commissioner for Oaths for so long as he remains Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Singapore.
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      41 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected In Singapore today from Siam, Medan and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: neon for Palembang and IndoChina: 5.45 p.m. for the Federation; 6 p.m. for Sibu and Djambi.
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    MEATH IS BEST BET FOR TOMORROW
    2733 6 MEATH IS BEST BET FOR TOMORROW Prospects for Ist. day at K.L. From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. INTERESTING racing should be the order of the day tomorrow when the Selangor Turf Club open their three-day August-September meeting. Scratching^ will not be heavy, leaving fairly large fields to face the
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    46 6 i picture. The 26th Field Regiment soccer team which beat the 2nd Scots Guard 2-0 and qualified for the final m the the FARELF soccer competition for the "Arjny" cup. The game was played at the Rifle Range Road ground. Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. Free Press
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      Caution after PM's warning
      397 6 LONDON Frid^ /CAUTION and hesitancy m the London stock E changed yesterday followed the warning by the Prime Minister to trade union chief* O f grave international crisis facing Britain. Business m all sections was small and In c O m instances the trend was to
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    H.K. MONEY
    23 6 'pHE following were day "s q Hons Kong Money L HK56 .32 per HKSIS 50 pc: ing HK5300 ocr taei U..
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    EXETER DOES PLEASING GALLOP
    476 7 EXETER DOES PLEASING GALLOP Going remains good m K.L. From ALLAN LEWIS PXFTFR 1 1 K V A H LUMPUR, Friday. J^XbIKK (Jones) drew attention to her pro- S P«^ tomorrow, when she ran three furlongs ?J\i SeC n S n the No 2 rass this morn- eT f ent
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    31 7 picture gOBIN W\RDEN\ onf of s in England 1M h iayteg m Singu>ne of the eleven took part m the r t harapionships xM at the Maai (lab yes- Free Press
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    64 7 Following I K. are football results: KNGLISH I.EAC.IK SM OND DIVISION Hull A. Harnsley 3: Queen* P. K. I, Softs Co. 6: Swansea 1, Sheffield ltd. West Ham 2. I ii lon 1. THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Harrow I, Halifax 0; Carlisle 3; Gale*head 0. THIRD DIVISION (SOITH)
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    Non-starters tomorrow
    37 7 >* OX- STARTERS for toI morrow's races at Kuala Lumpur are: Blue Eyes, Totland. Port Star. Skystreak. Result, Hyptria. Lightening, Why Worry. Rio Grande. Huh Port. Chita, and Duke San Agoko is a very doubtful starter.
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    ESSEX TAKE LEAD AGAINST W. INDIES
    149 7 FINF spefl of fast bowling by Trevor Bailey help- to accomplish a splendid feat at Southin taking a first innings lead of 16 er the West Indies tourists who were dis- r H3. eemed assured lead when and Jeff 104 for the -nip and
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    5-1 win for F. & A.
    164 7 5-1 win for F. A FRASER and Neave Sports club swt-pt through to a five-one victory agaainst Sime Darby Sports Clu'o yesterday m a Business House "A" League game at Geylang Stadium. Sime Darby opened the scoring through Hessein e.irlv m the n:s; half, but from 'hen on QMtar forwards
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    H.K. FOOTBALLERS DUE TODAY
    36 7 'T'HE Hoof BOBg Chineie socc?r ream, d-e to play m Singapore. left Hongkong m a specially chartered International Air Tra import plane this morn::\K mid are due to anne at Kalthis evening.
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    Heavy rain mars County cricket
    277 7 1 1 KAVY widespread rain again played an important part m the County cricket championship. Championship leaders, Lancashire, had to wait patiently yesterday while the ground staff at Old Trafford tried to dry the pitch which had been waterlogged after Wednesdays rain. A start was
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    18 7 "It's easy! One of the horses m the parade nodded to me I backed it. and it won.'
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    SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF
    382 7 THE Singapore Chinese Association will hold a council meeting at Farrar Park at 8 p.m. today. S.C.C. practice There will be a practice match for S.C.C. hockey players on the padanjf on Tuesday at 5.15 p.m. Players arf requested to bring white shirts as well as
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    Straight from the shoulder
    35 7 picture THAI SITPHOL. the Siamese- bantamweight (left) about to cross a right to the head of Young Roberts during a workout at the Happy World arena yesterin action soon. Free Press
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    MALAYANS IN QR.-FINALS
    123 7 MALAYAN badminton star Tan Jin Eong joined his countryman A. Piruz m the quarter-finals of the Cricket Club of India championships yesterday by defeating G. P. Shirke of India. 15-6, 15-4. Piruz qualified for the quarter finals on Wednesday with his overwhelming victosy of 15 3, 15
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    DRAWN GAME
    47 7 ON a rain-soaked ground, the Police and Cosmos drew one-all m a second round Johore League soccer match yesterday. Cosmos opened the scoring m the first half through Ismail. The equaliser came off a corner which was headed m i by Ismail, for the Police.
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    RUSSIANS DISPUTE RELAY RACE
    637 7 Squabble lat Games or SSI A held its long lead m the unofficial point score of the European Track and Field championships yesterday after a turbulent day m which me: t officials strove hard to avoid an "incident" that might mar the Soviets' first venture into
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN 2-G
    22 7 •Tlie Kiwi Member! lost to the V.M.C.A team d m a friendly soccer m.eh pt V.M.C.A. ground 1 ..<-' Tuesdrv
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    BIRTH
    20 8 WILLIAMS: To Joan, wife of Captain ,7. G. Williams, at 8.M.H., a boy. Richard John, on 23rd August. 1950.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    34 8 THE engagement is announced between John Lyall, son of Mr. k Mn, H L. Mason, of Crowborough. Sussex. and Kirn. daughter of Mr W. Cardiff Murof Guernsey, and the late M Man Murray.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 8 DR. MRS S. SATHIAH. Dr. Mrs. V. Rajaretnam sons of late H. M. Hoisington thank all friends relatives who •cnt wreaths messages of con".cc at the bereavement of (heir mother Mrs Hannah Sundram.
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    Mermaid for £28 a week
    236 8 WEMBLEY, Friday. ]^INETEEN-year-old Joan Thomas prefers life m the water. She has been swimming round the world from Ohio. Now she is at Wembley. She is one of the girls m the new Aqua Parade which opened at the Empire Pool. She earns £28 a
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    Shell 'em in the vestry
    127 8 LONDON. Fri. /CHOIRBOYS are rebuked Vy by the Rev. Leslie Garrett, Vicar of Winterton, Lincolnshire, m his parish magazine. He says an address by the Bishop of Gnmsby, the Rt. Rev. A. I. Graves, was inaudible because: 'There was so much rustling of sweet papers,
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    WOMAN, 62, NOT TOO OLD FOR CRIME
    334 8 WOMAN, 62, NOT TOO OLD FOR CRIME Career began m 1909 LONDON, Friday. WHEN is a woman too old for crime? The point arose at the London Sessions when the acting chairman, Mr. Laurence Vine, had to decide what sentence to pass on 62-year-old Mrs. Jane Hughes, of Christchurch-road, Streatham,
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    25 8 FIREWORKS— The market district of BalikeMr, Central Turkey, after the blaze which began m a fireworks shop. The damage to property is estimated at U553.000.000.
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    MEDIATION FAILS
    16 8 British attempts to reconcile Greere and Yugoslavia have failed, reliable sources said yesterday. U.P.
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    50 YEARS OF PETROL LEFT
    123 8 BIRMINGHAM, Fri. A BRITISH fuel expert asserteci last night that the world's petroleum reserve will last about 50 years it present production rates. Dr. Alexander Parker of the British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, made that statement m a lecture sponsored by the British
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    CHURCHILL IS WOUNDED
    78 8 Randolph Churchill, war correspondent son of Mr. Winston Churchill, was back m Tokyo, last night writing a story on Korea despite a log wound. He refused to be admitted to hospital m Tokyo after being evacuated but sat up past midnight preparing his report Looking rather pal*\
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    TRUMAN WILL NOT PREDICT
    54 8 President Truman said yesterday he could not predict with certainty when the Korean war will end. He made his observation at a news conference after a reporter noted that the Secretary of Defence, Mr. Johnson, had expressed a belief the war will be ovnr m six
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    Los Angeles Reds to register
    113 8 IX)S ANGELES. Fri. 'pHE Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has adopted three ordinances requiring the registration of all Communists living In or travelling through the county The. ordinances were believed to be the first of their kind adopted by a county. Failure to register
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    Bathchairs
    57 8 'IMIE London County Council has drawn up, a new set X of by-laws to give whoel-chair invalids the chain cto visit cinemas and theatres more freely. Stringent laws hitherto forbade invalids and cripples from going to places of entertainment like normal people, but the National Association fo r the
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    FILM ON LIFE OF AGA KHAN
    209 8 PARIS. Friday. pi ANS for a film version of the life of the Aga Khan, to be made m technicolour on a million dollar scale/ were outlined m Paris yesterday by film producer Alexander Salkind. Salkind. 29-year-old Mexican disclosed that he had Paul Muni
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    SMUTS ABLE TO LEAVE BED
    49 8 Field-Marshal Jan ChrisTian Smuts; ill with a light attack of influenza, got out of his bed yesterday for the first time m three days. The 80-year-old statesman spent a restful night and early yesterday tackled a stack of correspondence waiting m his office. U.P.
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    £100,000 won in Austin ballots
    222 8 £100,000 won in Austin ballots MORE than 100,000 has been won m ballots by employees of the Austin Motor Company since the firm's incentive bonus scheme, based on the previous weeks production figures, was introduced m March, 1948. Prizes of as much as. £7so have ebeen won, and one m
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    22 8 AT HER FINGERTIPS— An encyclopaedia unh meal index to simplify electricity terms the inventor. Pierino Berrouioli of Milan t,, hi> ter Mar?herita
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    Adenauer has UK sympathy
    55 8 LONDON. Fri. 'PHE British Government X yesterday threw its support behind the demands of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Western Germany for greater security. A Foreign Office spokesman expressed "Britain's full sympathy" with Dr. Adenauers I anxiety about the danger to 'West German security by thf growing
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    Spain for U.N.
    40 8 The question of admitting Spain to United Nations specialized agencies m addition to lifting the diplomatic embargo against the Spanish government has been placed on the provisional agenda tor the General Assembly meeting on September 19. U.P.
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, August 25, 1950.
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      BUMPS, BRUISES AND LAUGHS....
      2387 1 The Phil Tankard story DHIL Tankard's ambition as a youngster of 14 was to be a successful jockey. H. "Pop" Sleigh, Phils uncle and "Bluey" Sleigh his cousin were, at the time, having success as a trainer and rider, respectively. This was further incentive for young
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      129 1 Popular official passes 'VHE Selangor Turt Club has lost tne services of a popu'ur official by he sudden death, on Mori' Aug. 7 last, of Mr. Mn•Zu. tne tni Clerk ie cow Muthu teas a very > p n la f I jocuho ata fi d ■•i. all f n
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      Prospects for 3-year-old free handicap
      1057 1  - Prospects for 3-year-old free handicap Allan Lewis By IVHAT are the pro- spects for this year's Three-Year-Old Free Handicap 9 This rare is usually run at the Singapore Turf Club's November meeting. Last year the race was cancelled through lack of eligible candidates. The situation is vastly different this year.
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      Form guide for K. Lumnur race meet
      9513 2 Form guide for K. Lumnur race meet Compiled By ALLAN LEWIS BELOW is the complete form guide for The Selangor Tur Club's August meeting. Details of the last three horses entered for the meeting are given. HORSES CLASS 3. ADMIRAL (late Admiral's Leffend) FIFTH <Etg;ht started) 8-7-50 Ipoh 3-6 6F.
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        47 2 v.v. x-.:^ -'v: L^mp^hlW W^ A KISS FOR THE WINNER— Three-year-old pony, Marshmello, gets a kiss from its owner, ten-year-old *laud?tt« Hallam. of Canterbury, after winning a first prtee for the best pony m its class at the Westsate-on-Sea (Kent) Horse Show and Gymkhana on Aug. 15.
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