The Singapore Free Press, 20 June 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE Ka, V\'~'« SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICL 10 CENTS.
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    ARMY WILL QUIT s'PORE HOMES BY 1 OCT
    441 1 THE Free Press understands that the military au- thonties yesterday issued instructions m Singapore that all civilian accommodation occupied by the army is to be vacated by 1 October. All units are expected to be m tents or hutments by that date.
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    GROMYKO SUBMITS ATOM PLAN
    137 1 GROMYKO SUBMITS ATOM PLAN NEW YORK. Wed. Sovie: delegate. M. Andrei Bwa >:k0 «*aMne before the tumic Energy Committed a plan for inter- a "onal agreement forbidding and use of atomic destructive purposes destruction of *ta of atomic bombs. ■»s for punishment of the agreement. delegate submitted ai ed text
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    WAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION
    35 1 WAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION war damage Malaya by Mr. Mr g L **>- Leicester) Hag. Colonial Secrethe Commons that the Claims Cornhaving London July to establish •m preparation for tne chairman who arrive m Malaya sports Reuter.
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    GIMSON GETS ARMS POWERS
    341 1 GIMSON GETS ARMS POWERS CIR Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, told the Free Press this morning that he has received special powers from the Colonial Secretary Mr George Hall, to deal with lawlessness m Singapore, m answer to his cable to the Colonial omce a fortnight ago. The Governor proposes
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    MUFTI IN CAIRO
    32 1 CAIRO. Wed It was officially announced today that the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has turned up at Cairo and been summoned to the paiace by King Farouk UP
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    LEST WE FORGET
    34 1 ihis is the immortal rlaque m Batavia wh "c'i honours British Commonwealth service peopl* who have died m the N. 15.1. See picture story m pasc 3. Army Film Unit picture.
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    DALTON DEFENDS OUR TARIFFS
    138 1 LONDON, Wed. [\R. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, assured the House of Commons today: "I have always been m favour of Imperial preference. lam not one of those who seek to sign away Imperial preference." Dr. Dalton said the Government favoured maintaining im- port licences
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    Louis Knocks-out Conn In Round 8
    963 1 fF I nun* 4ii. 4u v, NEW YORK Wednesday. C mi My BroWn Bomber des P U his years of mrfitary service, knocked out challenger Biliv Conn m the eighth round of their 15-round iSt uSUt tJ retain the heavyweight championship of the workL
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    100 LOST IN NAZI DUMP
    82 1 TLAMES raging through under- ground ammunition dumps at Haenigsen, 15 miles north-east of Hanover, were approaching tne greater part of the remaining artillery ammunition to complete the destruction caused by by an explosion yesterday, which occurred 70 feet underground m the former German dump m
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    58 1 'Freak' television 199 miles away DERFECT television reception from Alexandra Palace was reported to-night. Torqaj 199 miles a* ay on a standard set m a house on the cliff top at Babarombe Bar. The BBC say that this instance is a "Freak." The North Coun'ry of England is expecting to
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    RUBBER TALK IS ENDED
    126 1 Free Press Correspondent. LONDON, Wed. THE Anglo -American negotia- tions over the price of rubber have ended. A communique will be issued at the week-end, but nothing sensational is expected. Reuter reports that an increase m the price of rubber may be as much as 4d.
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    VISITS MALTA
    38 1 The cruiser, Devonshire, arrived at Malta yesterday from Egypt, with the heir apparent. Prince Mohamed Ali. aboard. The Prince who is a cousin of King Farouk is to visit England, says A. P. from Malta. ?::>m
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    HEADQUARTERS MAJOR MISSING
    393 1 HEADQUARTERS MAJOR MISSING TEL AVIV. Wednesday. k NEW kidnapping outrage m Palestine m /I reported m a bulletin issued by the Palestine police authorities which says- "An important British official at Palestine Army headquarters, Major Chadwick, is reported to have disappeared. He ha s not been seen since 1 p.m.
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    OLIVIER IN PLANE FIRE
    57 1 Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, the British staee and film stars who were flying across the Atlantic yesterday, were unhurt and only a t-^w hours behind schedule after th«* Pan-American clipper m which they first started the jouinev made a pancake-landing with one wing
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      Land 18 months under sea will hear crops again
      1129 2  -  Earl de la Warr By I HAVE lately returned from a visit t 0 H:l!and, when I was g«ven an opportunity of visiting Walcheren. the ls'and that was known as the "Garden of Zt eland" and that has frequently played a
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      'Little bit of keaven near Penang
      367 2  -  0. J. FERNANDEZ By Free Press Reporter OCCUPYING the buildings and site <»1 pre-war luxurious sea-nids Springtide holiday hotel, "St. Andrew-on-the-Sea" s run under the aeg's of th 3 Church of Scotland Welfare as a leave centre U.r British Other Ranks. About seven miie^
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      STRAW-HUT CAPITAL
      502 2 HESSELL TILTMAI, writing m Li.ik.ik, ie..s t:i NANKING, provincial city on the Yangtze River which m the last eight years ha< been successively bombed, captured, sacked, occupied and liberated, has awakened to find itself once more the capital of China and the seat of the Government of one
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      14 2 MARDEN COMPAQ Refrigerating Engine*'?* 82, Orchard Rd P.O. Bom 755 Telegrams: MARDEN. n Sin«ap
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      483 2 SINGAPORE I o p-- lo £2 SSESTT^ RADIO SEAC It's That Mar Aealn. 10 pro Per- m #trei KLl> NfcMVOBK from n»o« to sona i choic pramophent records, Oo 15. Z5 and 2 p.m. and <i 30 to 11 p m on 225 i 0.30 p m. Dan^e Muskr. Jl'Nfc
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      STOPFORD UNVEILS CORPORAL'S MEMORIAL TO N.E.I DEAD
      152 3 C nM!!iiun\\e;ilth who gave their lives m lh« no htri.nds La>t Indies has been unveiled m Uata\iu by 1.1. (ien. Sir Montagu Stopfor;?. Avtins Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia t'ommand. These Army Film I'nit pictures ■>. the ceremony v.h.ch marked the unveilAbove,
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      Singapore Jfr«|Jrfjs£ THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1946.
      515 4 Singapore Jfr«|Jrfjs£ THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1946. PRESSURE on the accommodation tion available m Singapon increases daily as more ant rrore people return to th colony to resume thei- war interrupted lives. In the next few days the de FgqiihKiOQim officers are goins to set the bluest headaches o their Singapore
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      BURMA: A Land Of Discord And Devastation
      1604 4 A CHAPTER m th< n History of Bri tish Burma has jusl come to a close. In th< last week there have been two important events. Sir Reginald Dorman Smith, Governor through the wax years, has gone home a sick man and it
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      594 4 MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE. The m three me n m the wo. Id the people of the United States most admire are Generals Mac Arthur, Eisenhower and President Truman, according to a gallup poll. Winston Churchill comes fifth m top ten U.S. favourites. The also rans Include General
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      A NEW MAN FOR BURMA
      369 4 Governors offers appeared to diminLsh. Not one of the portfolios or any consequence was to be given Interior. Defence. External Affairs. Frontier Areas, and Justice were all reserved for others. The offer was refused as being valueless. From that moment the Burmese Government has pursued
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      QUIZ
      62 4 1. Who hold- weight boxing 2. Name tLo Um< iv >pvvc-ex-manager who riding again 0 3 Has ft c::-k been played at l 4. What i names of Mrs M stock. Mrs Hai Hilton. Mrs singham and ili> whom played Cup trials 1 5. Who is (h.' City Football
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      FAITH
      18 4 Kerp sound «*•'<•:" discretion I s !2 thou walk m safely, and th 4 a not stumble Prove
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      30 4 delightful spot for your *meals. convenient rendezvous and the ideal place to entertain your friends These have nuide SAVOY RESTAURANT CoJlyer Quay, Spore. the most popular restaurant m town today.
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      MINESWEEPERS BUSY IN S.E. ASIA
      302 5 MINESWEEPERS BUSY IN S.E. ASIA I ask Is Urgent By Eoward Bishop, Free Prws Services Correspoadeit THE Royal Navy i s still busy m the "peaceful" waters of I South East Asia. Twenty-five mine-sweepers of the 7th, 10th and 11th Mmesweeping Flotillas, and a few auxiliary sweepers, are operating off
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      Mac Donald Snares Us Tribal Scots
      177 5 Mac Donald Snares Us Tribal Scots .central of S:nga- the Malayan Union, MnHIWIM. made a m address or welMaU party Riven tag by the Chinese Dr Wu Paak- dace him to Chinese nald said the Con- ad becun his wel- his nati* Q tongue ur.d then 'slipped I rally into
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      Governors In Conference
      77 5 H.- 'SSIONS on matters of rtiaec to Malaya began MMf yesterday between i -mor-General. Mr. MalMa Donaid. the Governor re, Sir Franklin Gim;he Governor of the Union. Sir Edward i ted that a com muni- I b. issued today by the General on the nature Mii-Oonwlu *'ill
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      NORMANDY VETERAN JAILED
      314 5 NORMANDY VETERAN JAILED A BRITISH soldier, who was wounded m action m Normandy, was sent to gaol for 18 months by Mr. Paul Storr m tho First Cou r t, yesterday for selling a Japanese revolver. The soldier. Pte Alexander A. Mcßobbie, of the Bn. Parachute Regiment, stood trial on
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      'BRITAIN'S ONLY AIM IN CHINA IS TRADE'
      95 5 A British goodwill trade mis- j sion is to visit China m Autumn, it was announced by Kir Ralph Stevenson, new British Ambas- sador to China, at a dinner at the Anglo-China Chamber of j Commerce m London, reports Reuter. Sir Ralph said:
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      JAP TO HANG
      26 5 Free Pre.ss Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Tues.— Sasake Saburo, former Teluk Anson Kempe.tai man. was sentenced to death by hanging on atrocity charges today.
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      S.T.C. MADE $170,000 IN 5 MONTHS
      118 5 S.T.C. MADE $170,000 IN 5 MONTHS FIFTY new trolley buses and 100 new diesel-engine chassis as well as 70 Bedford chassis <60 of which are already m Singapore) have been ordered m England for the Singapore Traction Company. While deliveries of the former will not begin until next year, deliveries
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      BURMA EXPORTING RICE
      221 5 BURMA, the world's biggest exporter of rice before the war. is again shipping thousands of tons to needy areas m South-East Asia whose agricultual economy has been shattered by the ravages of war according to a statement issued 'yesterday by HQ Allied Land Forces. South-East Asia. A
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      CASE POSTPONED
      33 5 Owing to a senior member o! the court being indisposed, the field general court-martial, m Singapore, of Major F. r. MethereU, R.E.M.E., scheduled |o* resume yesterday, w*s po'^tPQHjed till. Saturday raornlu?.
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      JAP SWORD CUTS CAKE
      73 5 Ficture At liie re<ei ion which follow* i the tveddinsj of Mr. William Eldiidge to Miss Ann Muriel Purities at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sin arore, on Tuesday, a Jap sword was used to cut the wedding; rake. Mr. Eldridse is an officer of the Department of
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      Says He Was Beaten 'Almost Every Day'
      299 5 THE third and final phase of the prosecution evidence at an inquiry before Mr. H. A. Forcer m the Seventh Police Court into charges of causing hurt against Sycd Hussein Ali Alsagoff, Oliver Ignatius Carvalho and P. Suppiah. started yesterday when witnesses described
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      S.E.A. Defence Council Set Up
      243 5 A NEW South-East Asia Defence Council has been set up m Singapore, it was announced yesterday from Headquarters Supreme Allied Command, South-East Asia. The Council will keep under constant review the defence problems of the area, and direct combined planning on all relevant matters. Mr.
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      CONTROLLED PRICES FOR AERATED WATERS
      80 5 |>RICES of aerated waters m Singapore will bf controlled from June 22. Here are the maximum prices tor consumption on the Dre-j mises. Soda water, 30 cents per j bottle; sweet aerated water. 40 cents per bottle while fruit crushes will cost 50 cents per
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      GUARD TELLS OF MAJOR'S MONEY OFFER
      209 5 Giving evidence at yesterday's hearing, before Mr. Paul Storr, m the ca&e m which Caesar M. Hough ton was alleged to have dishonestly retained 80 second hand carpets belonging to the Custodian of Property m April last. 2 Lieut. E. R Alien stated that
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      MAIL DELAY
      29 5 Information has been received that no mail was despatched from the UJC on June 0 and 10 because of aircraft cancellation and V-Day arrangements, reports HQ, ACSEA.
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      12 5 COMING TO THE PAVILION %4^ -JOYCE CAREY s^^^^^B^^^^^ CYRIL RAYMOND > *o«vioiM» «at
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      139 5 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LTD. PRIME AUSTRALIAN BEEF FRESH FROZEN The following cuts ot Prime Australian Beef are no*- on sale at our Orchard Road Depot and ««ne of the market* m Singapore:— Rump Fillet (whole fillet* only) »1 6<* p« Ib. Rump Steak 1-10 Sirloin wilh Bone 1 00
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    UK EATS 16 p.c. LESS THANIN
    211 6 JUOST people m Britain would say they wen* eating less of everything today than they were m 193J» But the accompanying diagram, based on official statistics, shows that, taking 1? main items of the normal diet. Britain is consuming more of 10 ol them
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    DOVER TANKSK
    43 6 Geiman prisoners, diguing into tr.e white cliffs of Dover have readied the first 10.000 gallon »*-trol tanks from which it was .r.?d to flood the English m:\el apnroaches with a sea I f.r.me if Hitler had carried out i;-6 invasion threat.
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    COMEBACK BID
    42 6 Kate Carney. 75-year-old variety star who first hit the headlines 60 years ago as an Irish balled vocalis\ is engaged to marry a man we;;-known m turf circle on the eve of her come sack tour of the music halls.
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    Drunk in charge of invalid chair
    89 6 Drunk in charge of invalid chair MAN with a broken back l v. huh makes him a permanrnt invalid was accused at Chesterfield of driving his mo or invalid chair while under the- influence of drink. He was fi^orre irrbe.t Stone, of Lower HI ley. !t was staed that Stone's
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    HE CATCHES SNAKES-AT 5s. A TIME
    161 6 DOUGLAS BESSANT, 26- year-old demobilised soldier, has taken on one oi the most dangerous peace-time jobs he could ti"d catching poisonous snakes m the New Pores! lor zoos. His price list !s: Adders and vipers < poisonous* ss. each; other snakes and lizards, 2s.
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    POLICE 'MIDWIVES'
    40 6 Two married policemen acted as doctor and midwife at the oremature birth of a boy to Mrs. Ethel findley, of Hornscy No aortor wa^ available and the nolicemen were called by a neighbour, and child ire doin.'x well.
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    SEAMAN'S WIFE TOOK FURNITURE
    183 6 IURS. VERONICA VAN ASSEX, a seaman's wife remem- re that whon thr X we^e married her husband saidWttfc all my worldly goods I thee endow." She took it liteimUj and took the furniture, too. when she left him to live With her mother. Willaci Albert van
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    The Rhine Army's Secret Families
    337 6 W r -t'- R Parliament dot about the ban on P n v* r ldlers marr > in fi: German girls, there is no doubt about the feelings of many of the oops themselves. They want the ban lifted. P At a filling station, of
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    AID FOR CHINDITS
    79 6 THE golden Chlndit badge of the 1 famous Wingate Burma Force < above) will soon be hanging m almost every public house m Britain, according to Brigadier W.D.A. Lontaigne, successor to the late General Wingate. Any ex-Chindit who requires help m settling his nost-war problems will know
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    QUIZ Answers
    50 6 1. Jackie Paterson 2 Eric Langton. 3. Yes, Kent v. Sussex June 9 and 10, 1«73, 4. Kay Stammers. Jean NicVl. i^reda James Betty Clemen's, Pcgfy Scrlven' Betty Batt. Mary Whit marsh 5' Major Frank Buckley. '1 <n> y fs No, it is open to all chall «n«ceers.
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    STREETS UNSAFE FOR GIRLS
    156 6 STREETS UNSAFE FOR GIRLS BECAUSE giils are being molested m the street, property damaged and schools and cinemas broken into. Paddington wants more policemen on its streets and is go- ing to the Commissioner to get them. Its Council has decided that after Councillor Hayward had alleged to them that
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    VILLAGE HAS THREE MMs
    76 6 COUTHAM (Warwick!), a village of only 1.500 people, has three Military Medal winners, all decorated for bravery m France after D Day. All three are now back home. Sergeant Alan Ready <24>. single, was a parachutist Now he is a fishmonger again. Corporal Leonard Woollev <29>.
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    GOOD REASON
    59 6 The village of Broomfield near Chelmsford. Essex, was to' have had a piped supply of water. But the villagers do not want it. They say their own well water is so soft that they need hardly any soap, and the eompl?::ions of their girls are the best m
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    KILLED BY MIRROR
    36 6 At an Oxfordshire inquest it was stated that Mr. Chattel L Kayser, a North Stoke solicitor wa.s killed by an electric shock from an electrically illuminated shaving mirror which was not properly earthed
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    LOVE OF FLOWERS
    29 6 Love of flowers led to the drat'of David William Sherman 5 of Hectory-road. West Bridgford Notts, killed by a train We gathering flowers on the embankment.
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      149 6 CRAND PREMIERE TO!?AV Morgan's Creek will keep you guessing right un t crowded exciting fiv* minutfs when the funr i picture climax ever screened is unravHlrd M sale The lafT week.' You'll roar! you'll laugh: and srream when you see the miracle that r *^m<£m ATS M\i**^^ V I^9 V.
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      SEEDED PLAYERS FOR WIMBLEDON
      266 7 LONDON, Wed. UfWSGS in the draw for the Wimbledon lawn u te nni> championships, which begin next Monday, ue rc 'mmti today. Not one British player is seeded in the men MUftai event. The seedings are: Men- Singles: Number one, Dinny PaiLs of Australia, r <>f
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      WILL STRETCH ENGLAND SAYS PATAUDI
      153 7 WILL STRETCH ENGLAND SAYS PATAUDI By Learie Constant nc LONDON Wed. THE Indian cricketers attended the tea and reception given m their honour by the East India Association at India Gallery of the Imperial Institute at South Kensington. London today. Major General Sir Fredrick Sykes. President of the Association, pave
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      ROYAL HUNT CUP RESULT
      175 7 ASCOT. Wed. Hunt Cup was won Friars Far..-v second, while d Sixteen ran. started 15-2. PootfU both 100-3. 7-1 favourite i Race and Careless i .vai an easy lengths ahead of I hs m front of hi Pooifiv. It was tSM of ths five .•..:.zs and
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      NAVAL BASE CRICKET INDIANS BEAT TERROR
      188 7 AFTER dismissing theU opponents for 96 rune the Indian Association jar- Jaa srr- &~Z ISreV for 11 trere main* responsible for th* Terror's low sscore 15S-5? ME «V ck runs to bis credit Scores were: B.MS TEBR«* Sayner c S. Singh b Dharmaraj 2;
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      Woodcock Brothers
      29 7 Bute Woodcock, Britain's heavyweight champion, starts out wi h his brother, Billy. from Dom astir for Haningay Stadium where Bruce outpointed F reddie Mills on June 4.
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      CYCLE POLO FOR BRIGHTER SPORT
      504 7 |T may seem surprising to read m the middle of the summer I that Arsenal are meeting Crystal Palace at Selhurst Pr.rk and the Spurs are playing Chelsea, but that is happening this summer m England, writes Graham Selkirk. This is nothing but a new
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      ANOTHER TEST TRIAL
      121 7 LONDON, Tues. THE following statement was Issued after the meeting of the Advisory County Cricket Committee at Lords today: The request of the Board of Control selectors that an additional test trial match should be played on July 10, 11 and 12 was agreed to, subject to
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      ENGLAND LACKS FAST BOWLER OF CLASS
      358 7 IF there is a young man m England who can bowl with real pace and accuracy for long spells without tiring then there is a job waiting for him right now— in the England team. That is the lesson to be read from the
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      FIELD REGT. HELD TO 2-2 DRAW
      274 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMi'tJR, Tues. IN a keenly contested football inoUri played on me Kuala Lumpur Padang thus evening betore a law crowd, the IJ4 Field Kegiment snared four goals with the Selamior Chinese Recreation Club. The Field Regiment led two-nil at
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      KENT SHOW IMPROVED FORM
      226 7 KENT SHOW IMPROVED FORM County Cricket LONDON, Wed. KENT gave a much improved batting display today during their two and a half hours of play against Warwickshire. The experiment of trying an opening partnership of J. G. W. Davies with Todd proved most successful. R W. Robins was m two
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      TABLES
      141 7 Reuter Latest positions m the championship table are: IST INNS P W L D NR L D Pts. Lanes 9 6 1 0 2 1 0 76 Yorks 8 5 0 1 2 0 1 64 Worcester 8 4 3 0 I 1 0 52 Gloucester 8 4 1
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      Y.M.C.A. TABLE TENNIS
      49 7 The following will represent lie YM.C.A. at table tennis igainst the New Democratic fouth League team at 103-A \moy Street, at 7.30 p.m. to-day. SINGLES: Wee Swee Lee, Ang Sam Guan, Soh Teow Keng, Fung 3uan Swee, Sim Soo Juay, Toh 3hune Chee. Fung Guan Chye.
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      TABLE TENNIS ASSN.
      36 7 A Committee meeting of the Singapore Table Tennis Association will be held at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club, New Bridge Road, on Friday at 5.15 p.m. All committee members are requested to attend.
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      410 7 tfOUSTEAD&Co.,LId. TEL 5161 2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LINE~ Gtenofte dor June 21 Low for IK. Nelews from llt G. 7 Uischai R m S faascager* aad ear*© *cc<-pu* v, VM. Ho net on C Sta*maaJ M ap»T<nnitw> oflfrr BURNS PHILP LINE Baexeaar from tasiralia part Sailing? Ur Sydney »rry n«
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      HOME....
      15 8 H-rslmonceux Castle, Sussex, which is (o become the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
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      If It's Laughter You're After
      30 8 I'ommy Trinder, sir British comedian, who disembarks at Singapore today and opens a season at the Garrison th-atre tomorrow, pictured being Kissed by Frances Day.
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      'DON'T MOVE INDUSTRY' STRIKE
      124 8 'DON'T MOVE INDUSTRY' STRIKE ROCHESTER, Wed. FIVE thousand workers m the three Short aircralr factories at Rochester, Kent, who staged a walk-out and march yesterday afternoon against Government's plan to move the industry to Be fast were back at work normally today. The leaders had appealed to them, "for the
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      GOVERNMENT TAKING OVER N. BORNEO
      468 8 GOVERNMENT TAKING OVER N. BORNEO LONDON, Wednesday. IN announcing m the House of Commons today thai agreement has now been reached between the Government and the directors of the British North Borneo (Chartered) Company, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. George Hall, said it was hoped it would
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      84 8 Cont nued from next col. h !pft a XK d f^ c rowd gas P ed Co *hot a left but took a left hook on the jaw Lou s landed another left to the ,aw S?ot I SE d C nn>g Chln Mtin ciin tn »h I e Jab
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      'THIS DANGEROUS WORLD-SMUTS
      448 8 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. rENERAL SMUTS, South African Prime Minister, told the U Union House of Assembly today that if differences amoig the Foreign Ministers on Italian settlement persisted a very grave issue would arise. A new division mi^ht start In Europe which might have very far-reaching effects on
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      Britain Foregoes Claims In Italy
      76 8 Britain F oregoes Claims In Italy PARIS, Wed. British Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest Bevin told trie "Big Four" foreign ministers' conference yes c: day that Britain nas ready to give up all claims to reparations from Italy providing the other countries did the same. A similar offer was made on
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      COAL FOR EUROPE
      37 8 U.S. Government coal experts said America hopes to ship 1,250,000 tons of coal to Europe by the end of June and raise the coal to 1,500,000 tons m July says A. P. from Washington.
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      WEST BORNEO RUBBER BOOMS
      205 8 B ATA VIA, Wed. THE production of native rubber m the western division of Borneo has shown a steady increase since February of this year, according to a survey of the NEI rubber position by the Batavia daily "net Dagblad." It is expected that before the
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