The Singapore Free Press, 27 June 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE V I' SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICL 10 CENTS.
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    Strachey brings back food hopes
    232 1 LONDON, Wed. 91 Qm eve of a statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. dement Attlee, on the possibility of bread rationing m Fo<>d Minister, Mr. John Strachey, arrived back and the United States today with bright hopci prospects m America, ved crop prospects m Canada
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    RUSTLERS DIE IN BATTLE
    52 1 RUSTLERS DIE IN BATTLE Currc-opncent) OS STAR, Thurs. the Baling disChinese had rge numbers of were presumably ol Malay robbers Li ved. came by the cattle across Siam. day niiht villagers bbers came. A •d the robbers ran 10 dead. lit been informed .oner for Kedah, C >n left this
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    AIRPORT FIRE
    57 1 dU-Ul oi scrap j spare parts at yesterday after- igines from the: i- d Geylang Fire! I to the spot! the assistance Ol tender, the fire nder control. »n is ava:lable as h Ri started but one '.i A iinv have been I generated by the I a
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    RAJAH BROOKE GIVES UP £1,000,000 FUND
    469 1 RAJAH BROOKE GIVES UP £1,000,000 FUND LONDON, Wed. THE Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, has decided not to proceed with the proposal for the creation of a £1,000,000 trust fund out of Sarawak reserve funds, income from which was to have become payable to him and his dependents
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    Million Thanks
    9 1 Rajah Brooke who has given up £1,000,000.
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    OR WAS IT OLD AGE?
    69 1 Yound King Ananda Mahidol of S.am, found dead m Bangkok on June 9, died through assassination, accident or suicide, according to the findings of' the Medical Committee of 19 members made known today, says Reuter from Bangkok. The committee included two British, one American a
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    FATHER AND SON ARE EXECUTED
    35 1 Two Danish nationals, a father and son named Juergensen, have been executed on charges of organising subversive activity under the cover of a sports club, says A. P. from Flensburg.
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    LEOPOLD INQUIRY
    21 1 King Leopold 111 has agreed to submit his wartime activities to a inquiry commission, says A. P. from Brussels.
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    FERRY FIRE CUTS OFF STATENTs.
    139 1 NEW YORK. Wed. CTATEN Island was isolated Sf-om Manhattan and Broo_lvn i»om an<" Krnke out again m 36 i 1 The waterfront blaze across] the harbour from the Statue of Liberty spread from a spark from an electric tram ignitipg the paintshop. D-legates to the
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    WAVELL TO FORM CARETAKER Govt
    104 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. THE British Cabinet Mission has announced that the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, intends* "to set up a temporary caretaker government" m the interim while the new constitution is being written for an independent India. The caretaker government will consist of Indian government officials
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    MAN DIES IN HOLD-UP
    102 1 IN armed hold-up and theft of a shark-skin suit that a relative was to wear at his wedding today proved too much for a sick man at Owen Road. Singapore, last night and he died two hours afterwards Eight armed Chinese entered his home at about
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    CHINESE SEAMAN LEAVES £500
    39 1 Vat Ah King, a Chinese seaman left his estate valued at about £500 "for the purpose of finding and bringing up a male heir for me m my native Fukien," says U.P. from New York.
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    AID TO CHINA BILL
    23 1 The House Foreign Affairs Committee has anproved a hill yesterday authorising military aid to Crina says AP. Irom Washington.
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    S'PORE LOAN OFFICIAL
    124 1 FE Loan Bill authorizing the Financial Secretary, Mr. Nelson Jones, to raise a loan of $50,000,000* by the issue of registered stock was passed at the Singapore Advisory Council meeting this morning. "In the first instance it is proposed to float the loan on tan with a
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    ATOM BOMB HAS A DATE ON SUNDAY
    37 1 The Un ted States Navy Department announced last night that the dropping of the Bikini atom bomb has been tentaively fixed for 22.30 G.M.T. on Sunday, says Reuter from Washington.
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    FINED PRODUCER
    53 1 Frederick Adolphus Gould, the actor-manager, who appeared at Barnsley Police Court on June 3 was fined £25 and not £255 as stated m the reports at that time, reports Reutcr from London. He pleaded guilty to >re- v. ting a scene that had been riiou lowed by the
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    Hall replies on S'pore riots
    235 1 LONDON. Wed. MR. GEORGE HALL, Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons today that the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, did not think that the recent trouble between Moslem and Hindu Indians m Singapore was connected with the disunity m India. He was replying
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    Govt, to open 35c. cafe in Singapore
    102 1 tree Press Reporter. THE Government m Singapore intends to implement as fully as possiole all trie recommendations of the Wares and lost of Livin; Commi.lee, reported m Page six toda> As a first tangible step, the first Oowrnment -sponsored restaurant for the public
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    TERRORISTS GUILTY
    129 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. THIRTY-ONE alleged members of the Irgun Zvai Leum:, secret Jewish military organisation, were all found guilty b* the military court m Jerusalem today of carrying arms and explosives Benjamin Kaplan was found guilty of an additional charge of discharging a firearrr. There were noisy scenes wh?n
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    VARSITY HONOUR
    39 1 Oxford University yesterdoy honoured Lord T_puis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia, who marched m a procession through the streets with Prime Minister. Attlee and Mrs. Winston Churchill to receivthe honorary degrees of Doctor of Civil Law.
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    'APPEASE' GIs.
    47 1 American Secretary of War Robert Patterson, m accepting 12 of Gen. Doolittle's board's 14 recommendations to eliminate the U.S. army caste system reiterated that the War Department was anxious to appease the GI. but un "array without d would be worthless", says U.P., from Washington.
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      BRINGING BACK THE BANDS
      479 2  -  C. W. SMITH By CAPT. AS you go dow.i the lir.es. of Aldershot's Maiplaquet Barracks you find you self keep.ng step to a military march. Inside the long dark ba: rack-rooms the steady rhythmic grunt of the basfl and euphonium cavorts with the shrill treble of
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      Drummer Boy At 81
      377 2 WILLIAM MOUNT, former Private m the Buffs and now 81 years old, is the only surviving drummer at the Royal Hospital m Chelsea. Although this d^es not entail a great deal of work he is still occasionally called on to give the Royal Sa»vte. and until
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      How the British trade unions operate
      1156 2 How the British trade unions operate SIR WALTER CITRINE, who ha s been secretary general of the British Trades Union Congress since 1926, writes a second article on the trade un.ons m Britain. In the first he described their origin and growth; m this he tells of some of the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      116 2 m£i nOf 3K6 Exclusive m Malaya to the Singapore Free Press I f V*\«- 1 ITHIS DOME MUST BEj I MAKING II I POOL- DOES MANDRAKE THINK I f- y^L A MIND-READER/] CONTACT HE CAN OUTWIT ME? HE^ P WELL-INSTEAD OF ftX y?°* v zj^\. HOW'D HE KNOW f WITH
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      THE 'HELL SHIP' SAILS AGAIN
      207 3 .om row morning th- Empress of Australia— some call her the h*ll vhip— sail; homcw rd bound from Singapore wit 1 i 'r-ons aboard. She c me to Sinpa ere carryiriT 420 rtvs and 131 troops. Picture sows one of h r troops ret: *atio
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  • LEADER PAGE
    • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY JUNE 27, 1946.
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        Black Market Stranglehold
        425 4 A LTH^UGH Singapore importeJ twice as much m May as m April, back market prices are sti.) ruiing and will continue tc rule until the GoVcriUTr?nt take action aga.nst tf c bis men who have turned the Back Market into a vested interest rivaling leg.tlmate buire-s m
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      Disillusion Deepens
      1534 4 The Man Who Came Back (2) Major "X", recently demooLed, now buck m the Army m Singapore, telis how his meianciioly demob leave ended with his lucky day when the Army touk him back. NO, there was *no fun at shows, no fun In eating and no fun.
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      STRACHEY OUT TO VARY DIET
      256 4 STRACHEY OUT TO VARY DIET BR I T a i IfWgter future *o pr n his opponents m j his political Strachey, cons :\.c i way th s ta.l. so j mm describes h m Jrrn Stra:k< behinc him as Johi lower of the S.r i who became th fa.se
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      452 4 MENTIONED. In dispatches, for good services while a pri-soner-of-\*ar m German hands Lieutenant-Commander Rupert Lonsdale, acquitted m April of charges m connect.or. with the loss of the submarine Seal. ELECTED Labour M.P. for OgI* more, Olamoro an |-> a cv election caused by appointment of "Ted" Williams
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    • Letters
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        NO OPERATORS AT REUTERS
        117 4 To the Ediior. Fiess Pa«J_L |N a letter In your issue of June 21st., "P. and T. Wireless Staff, Singapore,' state that "we are being treated as interior to other operators employed by F.E.P.B and Reuters There is a further statement that the staff of the
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        PEN-PALS
        79 4 I have been asked by members of the Bradford (Yorkshire I Castle Social and Shorts club to arrange a correspondence section with Yorkshire members of th« Forres m SEA. C If you will let The "lads know. I should be gr^tlv obligeI have recently left the Forces after four
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      QUIZ
      45 4 £cc if you can complete the names of the authors gi ;hesc five books: 1. 'Sir John Der ng," by Farnol. 2. "Thelma," by Corelli 3 Summer Lightning." by 4. "Spoilt Music," ov Ruby— 5. "Delia Blanchflower." by Humphry I A^-w/rs m Page 6)
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      FAITH
      22 4 lie 'I'at walketh uprightly walkcth sirr ly; but h? that pc .c leCk his ways shall be known. Proverbs, 10, S.
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      32 4 A delightful spot for your meals. convenient rendezvous and the *l ideal place to entertain your friends These have made SAVOY RESTAURANT Collyer Quay, Spore. the most popular restaurant m town today.
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      GEN. STOPFORD MEETS AIRMEN
      43 5 Darn -tM-ent visit to Java, Lieut. -Gen. Sir Montagu Stoptord, "'.n» Allied Commander, South-East Asia visited Batai id whfre he watched R.A.F. crews servicing a*r t th the General is the A.0.C., R.A.F. AFNEI. Air Commodore C. A. Stevens.
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      New Tyres Stored: Black-Market Fear
      185 5 Free Press Reporter SEVEKAI THOUSAND new motor-car tyres have arrived m Singapore and are stacked m sodowns. Yet no-body has been able to buy them and none of the officials concerned ■Ma irant to talk about them. reason why these urgently-needed tyres have ro f
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      Governor To Unveil Statue Of Raffles
      183 5 •THE Governor, Sir Frankl.n 1 Gimson, wll unveil tr»: statue of Sir Stamford RaSßcs at a c?remony marking ,h: replacement of the statae 01 the founder of Singapo c m Empress Place, tentatively fixed for Saturday, July G, at 3.30 p.m. Invitations to the
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      MAGDONALD SEES MALAY LEADERS
      51 5 MAGDON ALD SEES MALAY LEADERS n Correspondent PcttiAfMi, v\cd. uL.V MACDONALD I Li ward Gent me. Da to laffai ar.d other Malay i jjliica-' talks at 'he idency this afternoon. ire r the discussions '-ted. but it is under- legates from Johorc. Kedah and Penang he invitation of the v
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      MARINES IN COURT
      46 5 c Aith theft of a wristb valued at $30 the a Chinese. Soon Vai house m Jalan Besar ing of June 25. E. D Morrel two Royal mcd trial before Mr. i m the Second Co .rt J a ill be heard today.
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      REPAT CARDS
      26 5 ■bo reau re Rep^-tra-ai apnly with their ohs at the Tn-'^h a premises. No. 6. Race c between 5.30 P.M. I'M. on wee* -s
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      S'PORE HAS MORE MUTTON THAN IN '39
      476 5 S'PORE HAS MORE MUTTON THAN IN '39 But Still A Shortage Free Press Re porter SINGAPORE is importing more mutton on the ho. if today than pre-war, but there is still a shortage. Reo- sons are that Singapore, and Malaya generally, are cut off from their other sources of livestock,
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      Malaya To Get Ceylon' Tea
      44 5 An allocation of 600 tons of tea has been made available to Malaya from Colon and import licences will be issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore, up to a total of this quantity against firm offers.
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      Major Denies Allegations Of Fraud
      322 5 Major Denies Allegations Of Fraud lIAKING his detence at the I field general court-martial m Singapore yesterday, Majoi I F. T. Metherell. R.E.M.E..1 denied all allegations of fraudulent intention. Major Metherell is facing five charges of fraudulent conversion of motor vehicles parts a^d bicycle accessories entrusted U. his care, while
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      K.L. KEMPEI SGT. TO HANG
      149 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. SGT. NISHI, dreaded member of the K.L. Kempeitai. was sentenced to death by hanging ov the military tribunal m Kuala Lumpur this morning. The court found Nishi lty of ill-treatment and tonure ol civilians and causing the d*ath
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      NEW TROOPER
      37 5 LONDON, Wed.— The former German "Strength-Through- Joy" luxury liner. Potsdam, reeommiss'oned last month as a British r roonshin, is to be turned ncr *n the P T O nrobab v for the Singapore-UK service- U.P.
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      ACQUITTED ON RASH ACTCHARGE
      130 5 ACQUITTED ON RASH ACT CHARGE MAJOR I. A. McDonald, estate manager and a former ember of Force 136, the underground organization that was parachuted into Malaya betore the liberat on. was acquitted yesterday by the Dstnct Judge, Parit Buntar, on a charge of causing death by a rash id. Earlier
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      AMMO FOUND AFTER CHASE
      114 5 AMMO FOUND AFTER CHASE One .45 revolver and one i^.ind of 45 ammunition were recovered by a radio patrol m Victoria Street at 10.05 p.m. last n'ght. One of the policemen m the radio patrol car not.ced two Indians walking along the five-foot-way and one of them appeared to have
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      Buddhist Ceremony
      20 5 New-Moon Day celebrations will be held at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple. 96 Outram Road, tomorrow at 7 p.m.
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      S'PORE TO ISSUE £50 MILLION LOAN
      248 5 THE Government of S.ngapore is 1 to iosue a .50,000.000 Loan. A Loan Bill to authorize the Financial Secretary, Mr. Nelson Jones, to ra se tins money wm be brought before the Singapore Advisory Council when it mecs this morn ng. nnnlied m TUf
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      LIVING COST ALLOWANCE PROPOSED
      1750 6 Govt. Labourers And Clerks Will Benefit A COST-OF-LIVING allowance for Government servants M the Malayan Union and Singapore is recommended by the Wages and Cost of Living Committee, whose report was published last night. The committee recommends payment as from April 1 of a temporary allowance
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      12 6 QUIZ Answers 1, Jefferey. 2, Marie. 3. Wodehouse. 4, Ayres. 5, Ward*
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      154 6 /TftTIMII (LA HIIINT AIR-CONOiTIOHEO S^ 11 a-m. 2.00, 4.15, 6.30 {> fcj| THE HOUSE FOR COMFORT. EVERY AN ARMCHAIR ftl GRAND PREMIERE TODAY! Again you will say "This is her best!' 9 Exciting! a only Durbin can be. Gay!... As Thrilling Romanco Should Be. MmWmwmW m^rnf l_^P 9 W |^^^#Ty
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      37 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya VjFi \\VV\N\I I ""Me Me otter two crooks is deposited" at tte 6ank^ V^r^-%=^% *"*P watch over Jane Bllllgr —and P/ug takes the gy/n JP*»*- fl m I
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      LIVELY BATTING BY THE INDIANS
      395 7 NORTHAMPTON, Wed. ..j Northampton on the County ground to-day, the 1 lr iket tourVts br.tted first after Merchant, who i.i the side, won the toss and had scored 310 tor :u\ >cxcn wickets el the end of the day's play. hanseU was m brilliant form
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      U.S. MATCH FOR FREDDIE MILLS?
      50 7 U.S. MATCH FOR FREDDIE MILLS? NEWARK. New Jersey, Tnes. CHARLIK haney, (167 lbs.) of Bahimore, knocked out Steve H> uk of Newark m the fifth rour.d of their fight and immediat ly matchmaker Bade (ulnan w^ try m? to match rhane\ ?.nd Freddie Mills, the Briti-h I ruiser\%eisht champion. -AP
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      I. A. CRICKET
      53 7 FE will repre:ent the Association at cricket I ieugan at Ten^h at Sunday. p K Bnastaran, gh. Hussein Shan, I Ctoar Slrgh. Dhorma tim Mewa Stagb. L) K. iL .r» Mallal. Aboas^rioy. d Mathew3 Abraham. Pj n:ee: at 111. Noiri 3 9.jj a.m. Id j Chandy: Umpire
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      SCOREBOARD
      76 7 INDIA IST INNINGS s£££u, Clark b Bobm^D WS«* 3 Bafees not out MMT i t t 8 Nlmbalkar c NeveU b Merrttt Sohonl b Merritt 7 Banerjee not out Extras 21 Total (for 7 wickets) 31t BOWLING O. M R. VV. 29 6 60 1 Clarke Js 4 67
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      LONGEST SHOT
      30 7 ...>rtTLA. Tnes. THE raider. Amadeo. paid lor two .pesos the largest payra.?ht ticket m PhilipradHB history. Amati 50 oesos for a place, .s worth roughly $100 Strain A.P.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      47 7 ..di will oi paid tor the ..< and oth-v records, the he Singapore Harbour irin? the Jaianese oc.r.^apore. or toi informato the. reentry of such rds 11 ens n this corn ctxr J r r^sed to t*e S?cretary Harbour Boaid. Tanjong 25th June 1946.
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      Opening Of Royal Ascot
      23 7 The finish of the Gold Vase on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting on Tuesday lasv week.
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      FAVOURITES WIN AT WIMBLEDON
      482 7 WIMBLEDON, Wed. THERE was another mixed bag for enthusiasts who visited the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships today and by dodging about the various courts they were able to see many of the world's best players m action. Dinny Pails did not give them value for their
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      WELSH RUGBY TRIAL
      38 7 .The final Welsh Rugby odal m preparation for the Services international jßwgby tourrnment will be held on the Seletar aerodrome to-mort-w at 5.30 p.m. All whe participated m the last trial are asked to attend.
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      KOLAPORE CUP IN LONDON
      105 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. RUMOURS that there could be no Junior Kolapore Cup Shoot at this year's Bisley meeting because the trophy was blieved to have been lost after the Jap invasion of Malaya, have now been contradicted. It has been officially revealed that
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      Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
      77 7 THE following will represent the V.M.C.A at cricket against the Australian War Graves Unit at Changi at 2 p.m. on Saturday J. P. Chrysostom (capt.). Di. V. Xavier P W. 1/arsh, 18. Suratta, V.N. Pillai Cecil Wong. 'Jheong Thiam Slew, M.C. Schubert, Tan Guan Hong, Tan Guan Kiat.
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      CHINESE ATHLETIC WIN TWO-ONE
      360 7 C A 2. Johore Bahru L MEETING string opposition,, the Chinese Athletic team made better use of the opportunities that c*me their way to beat Johore Bahru by the odd goal m three m an r x dtuiir and evenly contested football match played at jSin
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      YORKSHIRE 40 FOR 5 v GLAMORGAN
      384 7 YORKSHIRE 40 FOR 5 v GLAMORGAN County Cricket LONDON Wed. 1 COUNTY Cricket championship games starting to-day were chiefly notable for the following performances: Fir^t Denis Common scoring 73 not out for Middlesex against Warwickshire, has at last reach- ed his 1.000 runs for the season Second. Alec Bedser, fr»sh
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      SECOND TEST TRIAL
      184 7 LONDON, Wed. IN view of the forthcoming 1 England cricket tour of Australia, the holding of another Test trial match ten days before the second Test ma'ch aganst India, which begins on July 20, is significant. This will provide the selectors with an opportunity of trying out
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      DEATH
      46 7 TAYLOR— On 26th June 1946 at the General Hospital, Singapore Norman W. Taylor. 38 years, of Messrs Guthrie Co., Ltd., beloved hus'.and of Barbara Taylor. The funaal a ill take i lace ft the BiAaCari Cemetery at 5 30 i p.m. today *T \i 1946.
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      56 7 SUNDAY S0« 3VHE 1946 jff|| fm nri v!c- HAPPY WORLD 8.45 P.M. i^M *~1 MR S, uS PRESENTS THE YEAR, BIGGEST BOX-OFFICE ATTRACTION f^V TEDDY tEK *v «1 .V (BRITISH K.O. KING OE THE R NAVY, J^^j S O M P O N G Ih«hBßbi m Eo n.er ,47 lbs
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      HOME.... WAVELL TELLS HOW 30,000 BEAT 130,000
      531 8 HOME.... WAVELL TELLS HOW 30,000 BEAT 130,000 LONDON, Wed. lIOW Indian and British troops under Gen. Sir Archibald II Wavell, as he was then, defeated a vastly superior force of Italians m the Western desert m December 1940, is described m a despatch to the British Secretary of War, whim
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      Newest battleship is obsolete
      315 8 Newest battleship is obsolete LONDON, Wednesday. THE VANGUARD, Britain's latest and greatest battleship, recently commissioned, was made obsolete by the atomic bomb before she went on her trial runs, according to the Xaval Correspondent of the Sunday Chronicle. The huge battleship's total cost was £12,500,000, but to have stopped work
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      ROBERT DONAT SUED
      25 8 ROBERT DONAT S UED Robert Donat, the film and stage star who was married In 1929 and has three children, is being sued for divorce.
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      The Army Has New 'Walking Out' Uniform
      132 8 CROWDS who wali-he J a contingent of troops march f.o.n Wel.i;:gton barracks to liuckin»ham Faiace m London yesterday got their first glimpse o* the proposed new •number o.ie a;ni) 6NM approved by thj War Office for ceremonial oe asions an J for walking-out.
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      RAJAH GIVES UP A MILLION
      276 8 Continue from page 1 fact the Rajah gave up the idea of the £1.000.000 trust fund lo^« before he went 10 Satv*ak *eplying to Mr. OUv*r Stanley. Corwi.auve. who asked if the Rajah, having ceased to be ruler of Sarawak would be liable to British
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      OVERCROWDING IN CARRIAGE' HOME
      59 8 *„~n Downha m, Norfolk, a family of 13 are homehunting because, the Coun- 5L hJ t ve decid ed that their former home of two railway carnages is overcrowded Fourteen of them, all under 21 years of a?*, live on one coach, while the parents and
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