The Singapore Free Press, 3 July 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE 1 I*l SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICL 10 CENTS.
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    U.S. INSISTS ON JEWS FOR PALESTINE
    435 1 U.S. INSISTS ON JEWS FOR PALESTINE WASHINGTON, Tues. DRESIDENT Truman, m a statement from the While House today, said he was determined lhat the recent. disturbances m Palestine should not delay m pushing forward the immigration of 100,000 Jews to Palestine with all despatch. The statement was made public after
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    LOTHING NEWS FOR FORCES
    135 1 LOTHING NEWS FOR FORCES LONDON. Tues. of clothln? coupons r Servicemen was raised m yesterday. de. Conservative. ExeI, now that the privilege clothes has be^n by th* Admiralty ep would be taken to r. Labour. Leeds CenI ked if coupons could now HKd to the men and wom r n
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    MASARYK IS CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER
    28 1 MASARYK IS CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER 1 ahlv learned that Jan I 'oeen retained as Foistei m the new C t^ cier tne premiership of p Gottwald, says U.P.
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    TORY LORDS AGREE
    68 1 The House of Lords and Government agreed yesterday over the amendment on which the Government was recently defeated by the Conservative majority m the House of Lords. The Conservatives had carried the amendment to the bill nationalising the coal industry making it impossible for any discrimination to
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    Ex-Rajah May Pay Tax
    115 1 LONDON. Tues IF the ex-Rajah of Sarawak becomes a British subject, resident m Britain, his liability m law to the British income tax will be the same as with other British subjects, said Mr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer m the House of Commons today.
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    U.S. plan to keep synthetic rubber
    155 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. AMOVE to retain Government operated synthetic rubber plants pending the formation of a definite policy aimed at making the United States independent of Far Kastern natural rubber sources, is being considered by the Senate Military Affairs sub-committee, according to Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
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    2 MONTHS TO REPAIR LINER
    15 1 Je n a g st two months to repair- Reuter
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    BATAVIA EXPECTS NO CHANGE IN POLICY
    32 1 BATAVIA EXPECTS NO CHANGE IN POLICY First reaction m Batavia to the announcement of the new Dutch Cabinet is that no basic change m Netherlands policy towards Indonesia Is involved, says Reuter.
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    TENSION EASES IN TRIESTE
    166 1 PARIS, Tues. THE United States and Britain today agreed "m principle" to the internat'onalisauon Of Trieste and its environs, but held out for United Nations control of the area, according to U.S. and British sources. U.:. Secretary of State. Mr. James F. Byrnes, and the British
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    The Last Obstacle
    20 1 A tricky part of the obstacle race at Singapore District H.Q. sports meeting Army Film Uvt Picture
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    BRITAIN GOING BACK TO WORK
    185 1 LONDON, July MEW details of Britain's rising industrial output are given m a Government's Statistical Digest for June. The Digest records that while the working population fell from 20,580,000 m March to 2^,427,000 m April, the numbers employed m industry rose from 16,4,30,000 to 16,622,000.
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    DUTCHMEN MURDERED
    105 1 A DUTCHMAN vas scabbed to death last night m Geylang Road, Singapore, and nis body thrown into a dra n near the junction of Geylang Road wiih Joo Chiat Road. Two other Dutchman who alsso attacked last ni°ht are now m hospital. The murder is believed to have
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    A-BOMB DISMAL FAILURE'
    332 1 A-BOMB DISMAL FAILURE' NEW YORK, TuesdPy. pEOKCiF MOORAD, Columbia Broadcasting U System correspondent covering the atomic bomb test m a dispatch from Kwajalcin this afternoon, said that some correspondents considered the test a "dismal failure/ Moor ad, who earlier complained that his messages were being censored, said he was now
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    POLES GOUNTEB POLLING CHARGE
    31 1 Polish Government election officials, accepting V:ce-Premier Mikolajck's challenge of irregularities m counting the el?ct cm votes, announces that the returns will be published for each polling distr.ct.
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    DOWN S. AMERICA WAY
    43 1 The Uruguayan Government announces that it has discovered and smashed a revolutionary plot against the army and police by elements headed by Col Liteban Christi, a former director of military aviation, who has been arrested, says UP. from Montevideo.
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    NAZI BOYS PARDONED
    27 1 Approximately 1.000.000 German youths will be brought under the amnesty order today m which Nazis undf? 21 will be pardoned, says UP. from Berlin
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      GOAT IN BATTLE OF MALAYA
      695 2 GOAT IN BATTLE OF MALA YA UJHILE 1 was m active service m the Indian Army our Battalion proceeded to Maiaya and halted at Kluang and there we were getimg fre^h mutton daily by sacrificing 15 Australian gcats, writes P. B. Krishnamuithi Rao m The Spe?tator. One day it happened
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      39 2 Todays Pin-l'p: Charming Phyliss Calvert. who co-stars with Fric Portman m the Two Cities Technicolor production "Men of Two Worlds produced by John Sutro and. directed by Thorold Dickinson at Denham Studios. ith Robert Adams m the leading role.
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      BRITISH ART IS BOOMING
      581 2  -  BERNARD DENVIR Few of Britain's tern thousand painters earn a living from their brushes, hut By BRITISH painting is booming. Exhibitions of British ait are atiraciirg attention m both Europe and Anvjrxa. An American collector recently bought five works by younger British painters to give to
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      3 MEN TO TOUR THE EMPIRE
      113 2 THREE men have set out from London or. the first stage of a plan to get Britain the oils and fats she needs from the Empires own resources. The Government has sent them to East Africa to see whether the Colonial Office can go
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      IT'S A MAN'S TOWN
      38 2 A proposal to give women the vote was rejected by 63 per cent n a referendum m Basle. Swiss radio says. Not one of the "A-enty-five polling stations showed a majority for the proposal.
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      Young lovers to show British way of life
      187 2 A YOUNG engaged couple have b representatives of Britain's Youth C show the British way of life to foreipr.^r-fair-haired Audrey Morris, of Askern-<trtt!^ s. and her fiance, Henry Bottrili, steel worker. :r. city's Emmanuel Youth Club. They are going on a fortn
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      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      177 2 'classified advertisements Classified Small* SI per linr Vsr. ("hzrzf M•. Public Notices Personal Domestic S? per line Mm harte Six mxrrm** mar 4* «nn^rix> '«t MverlivßifnU m-» bi MM M irrompMii*4 b* i i tiin^ •nfrmtMn tr»eph«»nf \dvprU .%UuMjrer. 5171 or »t>i« >in«*p<»rt T Prr« C>ril Street I -2*l*** PETER
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      TO PAY 35 CENTS AND EAT TIFFIN
      121 3 ic People's RcsUmnuil started hcl when ihe went for tiffin but 3— thud J ildn't finish thf The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin (■imson, eats a 35 cent meal with >Ir. P. A. B. \lacKerron. Colonial Secretary. You can have a Muslim <;r
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1946.
      490 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1946. •THINGS are looking up m Sin?a- pore sentries and poli.c gucrdi at d imp.;, stoi M -d warehouse--: ;id any other "protected m S.r.tapore .ire to be s/hren powers to shoot people «hj [aili to h?ed their chal- l~n<*cs— and power to
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      More Brick-Bats For Mai or 'X'
      631 4 More Brick-Bats For Mai or 'X' Letters To The Editor AS one of the many Servicemen who take your paper. I have been most interested m the recent articles by Major "X" the Man Who Came Back," and m order ihat civilian readers should not hear only one side of
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      A Voice In The Wilderness
      402 4 rHE outburst of raf;e aroused by Major XV eminently sensible articles just shows what a heritage of stark lunacy the war has left. Many of the letters quite unconsciously bear out everything that '.>:ajor X* said. The writers are at considerable pains to emphasise that
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      90 4 make sen.se at all or a »y cf tfc€ j>o.i:u put forward. We look forward to the waterfront at Bombay, as seen from the Tick-end" of the ship. We tno will hi.ye a rmlle on our faces when we see the Sue^ Canal, knowing that we at least are going
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      THE MAN WHO HAN AWAY'
      173 4 ENGLAND is a place where men 01 energy and a'nl ty a-e required to help the country to recover from the late wj> It has been found that th? '•freshest blood" lies m the doo. of labour represented by demobilised soldiers, who have just as
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      Trash Of The First Order'
      277 4 AT times, it is rather cult to judge whether the articles you print are nuai.t to be taken seriously, or witn a view to the lighter side of life. Forgive us if we arc wrong, but today's article 'The Man Who Came Buci" is presumably
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      383 4 AVKYVAKI) MOMENT. At the labour Party C^nfere' at Bournemouth, Arthur Greenwood cabled on tlie d^gates to sing the "Red Flag," and the organist oegan to play 'God Save The Kins." FDH Mi; ister Mr. Shinwell Mow back to London fro Germany carrying a small pek given to
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      A Job On A Platter'
      112 4 A Job On A Platter' I WOULD be grateful for Just a little space m your column! to convey to Major "X" (if there is >uch a ;vrson) the indignation felt la thi-< Unit at his tale of voc. For what purpose was th'.s nrticle published? To tell the Malayan
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      NEW PARADE FOR HILDA
      118 4 I>r;j»<«: ilise.l aft?r five vea^s m the A.TS, 23-vear-rld Set HI c*a Reran, of B^ckenham. Kent. dcidcJ to iKiome a mannequin She took a t'.ree weeks' course at a manxiv' v ouin school m London. w!^cre she quickly adapted hersrlf to th? switch -c\cr from ui'ifotm
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      19 4 the personal 2ood. I suggest you rcrame bit article -The Man VHo Ka:. Away. OH* F CLEGG. li.t.i'iijonce Carps.
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      'DISGUSTED'
      198 4 Regard^ the imD'es ion I lard baa z.\er\ Ma;or X I nwt i>ay that I am disgusted to think an Engltihtmn v. o has tought lor his country cou4J take ra attitude. he fact tliat people were shabby ard had made aft of others" clo.hrs seems m the Major*
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      A GOOD POINT
      20 4 "fHE M ntfck Is local po| people m B are. v Far I p!e v tried to
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      A HERD PEACE
      19 4 «i c lolk 1.0 1. Yet dened I I re ii a an i hii rti
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      16 4 Q 1 \VI a monari j 2 Whfct i vit^tinn U) B: italics V-i tain recer.th
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      33 4 THE PEKING CO. dill inni Inspect our tftff mnge of: CURIOS JEWELLfcRX PEKING CARPETS JADE tfc IVORY CARViNUS. JLflftfl Svlj.titn of: CAMPHOR CHESTS BOXES •EMBROIDtRED LINENS etc., etc Ho. 81, MM ST. SPORE.
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      24 4 j FAITH There s^o.ild b? no srhum •n t»-c body: bat fhe members shonld have the atame ctre one for another. Corinthians, 12, 25.
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      PRODUCES SURPLUS FOOD CROPS
      274 5 PRODUCES SURPLUS FOOD CROPS Free Press Reporter |Bj »V MORE FOOD campaign m Malaya ha s nroa >urplus of tapioca and sw?et potato, and it is attd that cultivators, especiaUy m Kelanta n and ».c tound it diflicult^and m some cases, impos lispw of their crops. Village headmen are imun
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      JAPANESE ACQUITTED AT K.L.
      84 5 LMPLR. lut'*. d cxc U mem N* Gu y *&s military -g 4.') miiiui?a the W« daj ci 2 It. was charged the death s o! Van der Straa'e wno was ICO-!«o: tali m 1943. be cour c >:.i"eci that In an ko cas^ Mn ed
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      NURSE FACES CHARGE OF NEGLIGENCE
      70 5 NURSE FACES CHARGE OF NEGLIGENCE »ANG, Tv s r thre > ba j Ge r Lvxt-mb r urt tefu 1 i iv tie rcliei r.a.i G. H. C: .:s a E'lia l r a. an Iiwll&c deaths by rvldencc piven oy bow showed th<tt (be rau.<e ot dcarh :<. chlorohydra:e
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      SMALLPOX IN PENANG
      27 5 SMALLPOX IN PENANG 3 Coi respond* v PENANO, lues. ictlcal*) sur- aceurd ng A' Health Otßeef ..v i:-. a statement death has oeen reri several cases have
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      WORKERS PROTEST
      130 5 Free Press Correspondent A KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MASS meeting of railway workers last evening protested against the recommendations by the Cost of Living Committee on the question of allowances. The meeting decided to appoint a committee to approach the authorities urging the revision of the recommendations by raising
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      C.O. AT NEE SOON
      60 5 Once upon a ti^ie but ii's true story a lad ran auav l«rom hn:re to join the Seiiforth Hiffhlanicrs. At 15 he was t ?e fltgcrt Kol^ier at »he Rattle of Mons m the first World War. To'la\, he is ?n as Major J. l> S
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      British Plans For Sarawak's Future
      316 5 "U/E >l- a -l govern m accordance with the wishes and vVY ttrtnti of all the people of Sarawak. You will find Briti-'i rule kind, thci^htful and helpful. It Wlfl be especially anxious to v.atch over the interests of you young people !>v promoting your
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      $3.000-000 FOR BACK PAY
      73 5 Free Press Correspondent PENANG, Tues. THE Penang Junior Civil S?rvice Association, who have been figh.ir.g for eqiu] treatment with Sinpar>o:e m the matter of salary arr-M'.s for the pre-occupation peri Oil. cill, subject to th? approval Ov the Secretary of State for Colonies paid their salary
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      HOLD-UP MAN FOR ASSIZE TRIAL
      246 5 «T a preliminary enquiry into a charge o! armed robber., Mr. F'lul Storr m the First Court, yesterday, commit ied a Chinese. ian Kay Juay to stand his trial at the next Assizes on two Thames o* committing robbery "l ?ash and personal property from
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      Municipal limits may be extended
      194 5 Municipal limits may be extended THE Singapore Municipal boundary may be extended to include certain areas now under Rural Board control. The question of whether .Municipal boundaries are to be enlarged or not, and if so, how, was one of a number of items which came under discussion at the
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      PEOPLF'S RESTAURANT
      34 5 The next P^orlc's Rcstaurent for the sal? ot 35-ccnt meals is to open ar S?i:g Poh Road, m the Tiong Bahru district. 01 Tu-sday and not Saturday, as had previously been announced.
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      INSPECTOR ON CHARGE OF MURDER
      156 5 INSPECTOR ON CHARGE OF MURDER ALLEGED to have caused the death of a detainee by repeated beatings during the Japanese occupation, a former longservice Inspector attached to Special Branch of trie Singapore Police, K. Vadlvellu Pillay, was on trial on a murder charge it the Assizes yesterday beiore Mr Justice
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      INQUIRY POSTPONED
      60 5 INQU IRY POSTPONED The inquiry into causing hurt charges against P. P. Webb. a Eurasian police inspector, before Mr. H A. Forrer m the Seventh Poiice ?ourt yester'ay was adjcurned till tomorrow when the first part of the prosecution evidence dealing with allied offences m con nee ion with Webb's
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      FULL PAYMENT TO VOLUNTEERS
      511 5 FULL PAYMENT TO VOL UNTEERS Free Press Correspond* ni KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. DATES of pay allowances, and benefits for volunleers m the Malayan Union are announced today. The draft rules m relation of demobilisation of Volunteer and Local Defence Corps to be passed by the Malayan Union Advisory Council ;?t
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      Sir Shenton Heads Overseas League
      34 5 Sir Shenton Thomas Governor of S np:apore. up to tbt Ml February 1942. who was Interned here and later m htanchttrii. has been elected chairrr.:».i o: Pvor soas league.
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      73 5 THIS IS THE STUFF! 1 NO PHONEY I.OVKV. DOVEY mm' r^^fta j f i4> Columbia j fT; i '^^Ktf^-% -%#fetl > I YItP sk. 1 JP*lT**v»^ Technicolor WT I^ll 1] iTjrVv-^ RANOOLFH SCCTT ilJa'iinTr^) olemnforo WJ^S^y 9**hJ9rfirAS- EVELYN MYES z^r<^ A Columbia picture EDGAR CUCHANAN EMBLAZONED IN TLCKNXOLI.: WILD HORSLS
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      PEER WEDS FRUITERER'S DAUGHTER
      88 6 PEER WEDS FRUITERER'S DAUGHTER ■j*HE Earl »J Winchik a u I Nottingham had namcO ul is Agned M ry Conroy, d daughter ol a an fruit merchant :ne: While the tali vas m In Eiv;--e mroy held an I posit :34-yt :tr-old peer, wh iras first Gladys S enyi, Ih'xd
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      28.000 'SCOTS' WILL JOIN UP
      156 6 LONDON. Fri. yffl M.... of Labour. Mr. George Isaacs m answer to Hfltlffn m the Common > the total number called up for I from Scotland during will probably be about 28.030 it is estimated the number to < All^d t'-> In Scotland undrr the
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      0 BELLS AND $16
      121 6 V. d Hour Committee i :> W I M conference I Isk ri Its v. rk on the rention on waces, HlTeni for a mini- o: £16 a month for bt h- Of day on d hip and a modified r< .m <r the eight hour
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      ICING KNIGHTS EX-A.B. ADMIRAL
      282 6 ICING KNIGHTS EX-A.B. ADMIRAL who THIS is the story of Hie orphan, Kanjaniin Martin, went to sea at fifteen and scrubbed decks for sixpence a clay, how he rose from able-seaman to admiral. .how from cleaning lockers and polishing brasses he became the friend of kin«^s. Rear-Admiral Benjamin Charles Stanley
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      FARMERS WANT TO GROW CORN ON RAF DROMES
      126 6 FARMERS WANT TO GROW CORN ON RAF DROMES HALF the land taken from fanners m Suffolk, Englan I, by the Air Ministry for airfield I construction may never be tanned again because it has been earmarked foi permanent use by the R.A.F. it Includes many thousands ol acres of th<>
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      OLD FATHER THAMES HAS ATOM JOB
      66 6 OLD FATHER THAMES HAS ATOM JOB NEARLY a million oj l Thames water win be used day to cool the giant atomic batt< ries that will bo built at :li.> Government atomic research T-a-tion at Didcot Berks Tho .scientists have boon given permission to use thi.s water by the Thames
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      AUSTRIA GETS MORE CONTROL
      40 6 AUSTRIA GETS MORE CONTROL The new Austrian government was graated more authority :»nd control yesterday when the Allied Council signed a revised control agreement. The Austrian* will now be abi' 1 to establish normal diplomatic relations with the United Nations
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      ARETHUSA FOR SCRAP
      30 6 S:x Royal Navy cruisers and five submarines are to be s rapped. The cruisers Include the Arethusa. built at Chatham for £1.500.000 and the anti-aircraft cruiser, Carlisle.
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      Schoolmaster leads attack on food racket
      208 6 A CAMPAIGN i> under way to Mop food racketeering i>v traders In the Last End. of London. Heading the drive m a school-master, Alderman I. M. Vogler, chairman of the Stepney Food Committee and a former Mayor of Slt'j>ru\. One of his first moves
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      10 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Italy. 2, Yugoslavia. 3, King Peisal <•♦ Iraq.
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      UNLUCKY HORSESHOES
      42 6 Tirt-d out 4 lt<"r taking part .:i a, hor^oshoo-thi coni George Kemrne, xti .s: Johns, Eiewfonndlund l*v down to L.'itrr he \v:is found doad. bil i dothine b;.- m f g it U th< ■he fell .i p while sm
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      HE STOPS WARSHIP
      19 6 The n Brit i ble turn- d I ,i vi unc Frew »r Bi it; m
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      STORE BRICK MEN STRIKE
      71 6 FOLLOWING their rejection of an ofl>r made by their employers negotiations have reached a stalemate m the strike of 150 labourers employed at Alexandra Brickwork* Ltd Singapore. The men have been out since last Thursday. They demand a mo P< r cent Increase m wages and
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      Jet Dinghy
      55 6 A British inventor. M» R M. Parkinson, has baHt a et boat r n i 'I Iiis' p' f i r e ih*W* him a.!ji» s ti"K the outboard «ct niotor <♦; li's din-rhy on the Thames in !on;lon. The en-ine weighs S5 pouuda and inns fa* 3
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      Fenny In The Slot Tiffin
      75 6 \yilF\ Ihe I sited states in- (lustry gets hat k to normal, the liunsry and thirst* will he able to g««t food or drink hot or cold to order simply by dropping money m slois oin-opt rated machines will serve heated (hopped meat, frankfurter an'l
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      Women Drive For More Food
      46 6 A HUNDRED BRITISH WOMEN, 1. pn from all parts of the countiy. wn to y U<t meeting m Parliament Squai.. 1. Their complaiu i- about the food cuts. petitj at B Ifini Btn y Tlie U'av. a by Itn I od
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      NO STUNTS IN OUR AIR PLANS
      95 6 NO STUNTS IN OUR AIR PLANS Britain puts reliability ..c comfort ftrjt m its civil imtion pi imn i v :<id Mr I r w odburn. X rliami i Secretary to the M:r.:.:ry of My *If \du want itvnti you may tfaen O'v.-hf-re." told dolr- the b Pn Con- Tbomas.
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      POLICE HUNT FOR EX-RAF PILOT
      24 6 Scon. N found s a N 'on. Poll bablv may H \M- 11l M KM D i I I
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      59 6 A I H A\IR 1^ ni< v::n "Ml f ->1 OK A lljm-l AT LAST! The Year's S^a! Bo.ik v f Ocean-big Typhoon-violent TNT-terrific.This story of a United States Submarine. her Skipper and hi r OlfwS R mk> pcnts the tinp-r for tho I S*3 2(»r~ that p!ast«M 'l'.»i<> h.
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      38 6 JANE Exclusive In the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 'VPHEW.'-TKE BURNING LAWKS'- ij£s&&*&!&&A \k£> U Jh& Q^E£T/ON OF THE MOMENT V^^^l f LOOK UP >S $*M I V >^i^S WINiDOW AND ATTRACT l^^^^ D a RE 'c/ t^Tl'
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      THESE NEW NAMES ARE SO PUZZLING
      1051 7 THESE NEW NAMES ARE SO PUZZLING All In mGatw ....With George Chisholm pOMING BACK to English sport after an absence of six y summers calls for a rehabilitation course. I look dewn the lust of probables and find jockeys' names like the.*: Oreenhill, Cox, Trent, Clayton, Girdley, McMinn, Durr, Holt.
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      GREAT VICTORY FOR INDIANS
      327 7 (By Learie Constant inc) LIVERPOOL. iFTEK u%u months toll mi n a bitter cold wind the Indian n fiicliUu emerged m their true c>k>urs m brilliant SWh >n«e at LitcffpMl where they gained a great victory ovei* nca<hire. the County champ on ship leaders, by eiijht
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      SUNDAY SOCCER
      26 7 On Sunday the S.C.F.A. will meet the R.A.F Selet?r) at Jr.lan B-sar m a eaT~e In ?id rf t** UftMM Distress and F*:rine Fund.
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      SERVICES RUGBY
      109 7 FE first Scottish trial m preparation for the Inter-Ser-vces Rugby tournament will take place at Jalan Besar Stadum at 5 p.m. to-morrow. Scottish players of all Services who have not yet been contacteo and would like to have a trial are asked to report to Lt-Comdr McLaren, RN,
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      TABLE TENNIS EXHIBITIONS
      107 7 MEMBERS of the Singapore Table Tennis Association w.ll be entertained by Mr. Ynen Kc* Ling of the Tarzan Sports Garden at a tnnction which will be held *r the Great World Amusetrent Park a» fr p.m. tomorrow. AD president* secretaries, and sports captains of nubs and associations
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      ATHLETICS
      67 7 ALL Indians and Ceylones?. including u-ose m the Police Fore*., who wish to take part m the forthcoming Sii.' apore Island \mateur Athletic Association Meet, which vill take place on Aug. 5 at Jalan Besar Stadium, are requested to sen. J their entries through either Mr. B. Dudley, c/o
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      59 7 materialise and we shook the Soviet aces when Botwinnik. the Russian champion and leading contender for the vacant world title, had to resign against C.H. O'D. Alexander, 36-year old Fore gn Office official and present British champion. I wouldn't know, but it is claimed that Alexander played game of his
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      British Open Golf Starts
      137 7 ST. ANDKJIW S, SMtSM. Moo A DISPLAY of ■■plili f* by two c— iptialhulj unknown plajei* ajxd lew scoring b> more seasoned British player* had the oversea chaJ«enre m ch«-c* hi the Ant qvaiffying round th+ British •pen e©!f cbampmaship wbich be^xn here today. Heroes dl
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      ESSEX DEFEAT SURREY BY AN INNINGS
      143 7 LONDON. Tuesday. ESSEX beat Surrey by an innings and 179 runs at the Oval to-day, while Glanwgan beat Leicccter by 188 runs. Scores were At the Oval. Essex beat Surrey by an innings and 179 runs. Essex 597. Surrey 162 frd 256 (Fishlock 57,
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      BRITISH WOMEN BEATEN
      83 7 WIMBIXDON. Tues IN the quarter-finals of the wo- men's singles Dorothy Bundy. United States, heat Kay Stammers Menzies, Britain, 4— 6—l, 6 3. Lou'^s Broueii. United St»t?.s. Jean Nicol Bostock Britain. 6_i, 6—2 M. Osr?orrte. Un'tei S^atf?. heat D Hart. Un ted Stat?s 5—7, 6—4, •—4. The
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      S.C.F.A.BEAT SAPPERS FIVE-NIL
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      N. S. RUGBY
      77 7 (From Our Own Corrr3rx.ndeiit) SEREMBAN Tues 'T^HE Ser^rrban Rii^pr XV vr\]\ A tra%*l to Malacca to meet the 13th Paratroop XV m a garr» of rueen on Stindav T *he Seremb&n team wID h?— G. Pirfo. Lt. E. Dvrini, Capt P.S. Rowlands. Capt. R L. Small I.
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      20 8 «eep on the road between Ke ndal and Kirkby Stephen. They are returning to the fells for the summer.
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      The Millions Who Served
      114 8 IN a written reply m the Commons, Prime Minister Attlee said the number of men and women who served m the armed forces of the United kingdom during the period from September 3. 1939 to May 1. 1946 were* Men:— Royal Navy. 964.000: Army. 3.927.000: Royal
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      POLICE FIRE ON INDIAN RIOTERS
      188 8 POLICE FIRE ON INDIAN RIOTERS BOMBAY. Tues. THE oolice again opened fire on the crowds m Ahmedabad when, according to an official communique, "further trouble began here at mid-day with more cases of arson, looting and stabbing The orgy of stabbing, looting and arson followed the HinduMoslem clashes yesterday. m
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      SHOT KING: ARMY Drs WONT SAY
      253 8 BANGKOK, Tues. TWO physicians reported that accident was the most like';, explanation of the death of King: Ananda of Siam. On.' favoured suicide, two others said it was either murder or suicide. Two British Army and one Indian Army physicians rofrained from expressing an
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      B.B.C. TO IMPROVE RADIO IN EMPIRE
      396 8 B.B.C. TO IMPROVE RADIO IN EMPIRE LONDON, Tues. MUCH closer collaboration with the Dominions and India and the Colonies m developing and improving the Empire services of the British Broadcasting Corporation is recommended m a Government White Paper published today laying down the policy for broadcasting. Other leading points are:
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      OFFICER SHOT AT CLUB
      60 8 Maj. M. S. Cronie. a British officer, was shot dead while dining In Pegu Officers' Club with a Junior Commander of the Women's Auxiliary Corps. India, when a man anpeared on the veranda^ outside the dining room and fired two shots. An Anslo-Indian sergeant of the
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      PARLIAMENT TO HEAR FOOD FACTS
      148 8 PARLIAMENT TO HEAR FOOD FACTS LONDON. Tues. COMPLETELY new facts and figures on the wheat position will be niven by the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey. when the British Parliament tomorrow diocusses the decision to introduce bread rationing, according to informed sources. Mr. Strach°y will speak twice m the debate
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      COMMAND AXES HALF STAFF
      137 8 DRITAINS Western Command i The Northwest District <headD has reduced the staff of us; quarters In Preston) will cover static headquarters, and yestrr- f rom the Scottish border southday all the sub-dis;ricts m the I tQ cheshlre The Midwest Command were dsbanded and (hpadouartor at shrews
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      FREE PRICES HALT AID
      204 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. IN the absence of price control, the U.S. Government haj now stopped buying wheat and meat lor export to iam ne threatened countries. Department oi Agriculture officials said today. British officials stated thoi British purchasing contracts were made on a long-term basis and would
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      INDIA MISSION RETURNS HOME
      71 8 LONDON. Tues- The Cabinet Mission which returned tonight by flying boat Irom India, received an enthusiastic welcome at Victoria Station. London. The Secretary of State for India, Lord Pethick-Lawreiuv. said: 'The consiitution-makins machinery is now m process c: being set up. and we have every reason
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      PALESTINE
      105 8 (Continued irom page one) Jewish Agency, Mr. J. L. Fishman, who since Saturday has refused to eat until his colleagues are released, is still maintaining his hunger strike. A search is going on for the 24 of 54 Jewish detainees who escaped from a British camp on the Sudan
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