The Singapore Free Press, 8 July 1946

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE asdfa SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 HINTS.
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    STATEMENT ON MALAYA TOMORROW
    62 1 STATEMENT ON MALAYA TOMORROW Pii wponrtrnt m rir^t -broke the Colonial Office coa-.->ul?ans m Malaya I iabsf.tution of a or ;he Malayan Hi?h Commissioner MM cabled tr.is to say that it i.s penerulthc Colonial Office firm announi'pment pottcy belore the cohtetl begins m the bi tomorrow-. ted that Sir Tbeodoce
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    NO 'SKYROCKET' PRICES IN U.S.
    128 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. I THE United States hi In thr middle of a period of economic uncerrainty which will not -nd until Congress parses new price control legislation. Th^re has been no wholesale attempt to skyrocket prices tolbwtac *he death of the old Office Of Price
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    GOERING PLOT TO SAVE £12 MILLION
    170 1 GOERING PLOT TO SAVE £1 2 MILLION FRANKFURT. Sun. h A PRE-WAR plot by Hermann Ooering to invent sso.ooo.oou: I 4-i"oOO.obo» m American Indus- try K»< been uncovered by the U.S. Department of Justice Investigations. In his cell m irureiubrrg. Goer- > V; -Jrimifed the scheme. Hrj Ins has aomiiiu
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    UNRRA AT GENEVA
    30 1 Btan of the UNRRA r;<* neld m Geneva ou •.id 01 at P'iris. The ded to avoid cun'.i: peace conference of ID Pj-vU. say: tins ton. A.P
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    WHO HAS A GUN?-S'PORE OFFER REWARDS
    280 1 WHO HAS A GUN?-S'PORE OFFER REWARDS Five Piesa Reporter < i S2OO is heinij offered by the Singapore Lo ;.<i\one ufivinc: information leading to the ,;n\ iition of persons m possession of arms. is issued by Mr. R. 1:1. Foillger, Com- Police, Singapore, and is one of the ng adopted
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    Next General Election
    116 1 MAN( HIvSTER. San. THi: Minister ot Na ional Insurant. Mr. James tinfrths, jnnour.rrd amid cheeis ut a Labour demonstration m Naitekesteff tod.iy that the date of the n?xt general election 1-ad been fixed by the (.overn-. meit as May I, 19". O. •Mv rollea ?»ie. Lord Privy
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    GOVT. INVITES CLAIMS
    81 1 GOVT. INVITES CLAIMS Free Press Correspondent The Government o! Singapore ia prepared to consider claims for payment due on account of goods delivered, or services rendered, to Government departments before Feb. 15. 1942. and for which no payment has yet been mad* Claims should be presented m writing before Aug.
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    Filmgoers Break Up Italian Mob
    220 1 Trieste, Sunday. TEN thousand pro-Italian demonstrators were dispersed by 500 British and American troops m Trieste last night following an organized protest against the decision of ihe Big Four conference on the fate of the city. The troops barred the way of the demonstrators as
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    USSR HOLDS UP PEACE
    127 1 PARIS. Sun. THE Big Four Foreign Ministers will meet twice tomorrow— at a morning session at 11.30, and at the normal afternoon sess on. Their immediate ta<k will be t) restore crder from the confusion which has reigned for three whole clays over the summoning of
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    Conn K.O.'d
    59 1 Jo, louU says 1 »on just as I nlanned alter he knocks out Billy Conn wth a fierce left and rUht to the head m the ei?hth round at Yankee stadium on JlTne 19. This P |c re radioed from New York to lon lon and is the
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    POLES AVENGE RUSSIANS
    46 1 POLES AVENGE RUSSIANS Polish Foreign Office spokesman j General Grocz disclosed in Wai» saw yesterday that the Polish army had killed 34 »nd wounded and captured t p»* n* th° underground f s|.oro r ibH for tf»* H Qt hs of 19 Soviet soldiers, says U.P.
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    Loan To Britain: Final Debate
    350 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. THE final congressional debate on the British loan opcn^ in the U.S. House of Representatives tomorrow exactly mh n months two days after the late Lord Keynes and Lord Halifax put their signatures to the Anglo-American financial agreement last December. Both the American
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    ARABS SAY 'OPEN U.S. TO JEWS'
    177 1 ARABS SAY 'OPEN U.S. TO JEWS' JERUSALEM. Sunday. THE Arab High Committee today draiUd l?tter telling President Truman to open the coors ot the White House and America to the Jews, if he is really m sympathy with them and their plight m Christian Europe The committee is scheduled to
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    TALKS RESUMED
    27 1 LORD Stansgate. leader of the British delegation m the Anglo-Egyptian treaty revision negotiations, arrived m Alexandria yesterday afternoon on his return [rom Britain says Rcuter.
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    WON'T BE MPs
    33 1 U. Zasara. General Secretary of the Supreme Counr 1 of Buddhist Monks protested against Parliament's de-t-ision to remove the clause disenfranchising Buddhist monKs md nuns from the Burma Legislature Bill.
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    WOMAN CORONKR
    36 1 Britain's first woman coroi.cr has just been appointed. She is 23-year-old Miss Marry Hollowell. a solicitor at Kecdham Market. n*?.r I: \I.h. Suiloik and her a- ontment is to the post of Suffolk. U.P.
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    V.C. LEADS JEWS IN PROTEST
    66 1 LONDON. Sun. THOUSANDS ol Jews, including 200 European orphans wi /i concentration ramp numbers titooed on their arms, marched rrcm London s East End to Tralalgar Square m protest iptest the Palestine raids. The demonstrators were led by JewLh holder of the Victoria Cross Mounted
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    MOSLKMS CLASH
    52 1 One person wis kr,.- .u\d lorty were injur <4 two <>« them seriously, m a c a^li bet.v the Moslem Brcthern and Ifofdlstt at Port Said says U P The trouble started wu m S:i~i»: Passa el Banna, leader ol Moslem Brotherhood, arrivrct it Port SaM m a
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  • FRATURE PAGE
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      RADIO PLAY ON POET-GENIUS
      195 2 TWO centuries ago, a young boy living m the famous*£nglish sea-port city of Bristol found old manuscripts m litt lt-used room at his home. They had been thrown there by his father, who had brought them from an adjacent monastery, and their yellow pa^es released an
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      DEATH
      41 2 Cap: Caarl >s Will am Bowen MaaI aged 80 y^ars. pa&;eJ away ea.iy this mcrmr.g at tne Uenerai Ho^ptii! me cortege vwlll 1-ave No. 549. Dppat !?*ran?oon Road for The Komar CathoLc Si:e of Bidadarl Cemetery a* 633 pm. today.
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      FASHION BY TELEVISION
      189 2 THOSE missionary spirits m the dres^ designing and millinery world m Biitain who lons to tpach women how to choose rlothes well and how to wear them, see m television n magnificent ooDortunity. They have already begun the lesson Recently, after a current events transmission and a
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      Pacific-Ocean of Peace?
      1037 2  - Pacific-Ocean of Peace? Dr. George Stephens Much to the fore of late has been the question of inland bases m the Pacific. At first hearing, the matter of ownership may not appear to present particular problems, but the issues involved are, m fact, of g*eat importance to the future peace
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      CASH-AND ASK NO QUESTIONS
      246 2 BANKNOTES, watches, rwips and OMtetaa an Ea\st London side street where a ke:i; is held on Sundays. It is a "cash and no qu. ni a affair. The name of "Loot Market" i* often ap: Recently, when an Australian soldier asked to be directed to Cutler
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      THE GIANTS NEVER MET
      61 2 THE GIANTS NEVER MET DURING a x State* b y i iSiiaw, mutual Irieu to arrange a mo the two. each a field, and tbtj I pointment. r Chaplin got U ment. He stood v: rang the bell. \U he had felt quite vhole procure. footsteps coming then pani t
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      156 2 ANGLO-CHINESE PRIMARY SCHOOL 1 >4T Fnrolmcnt O|hiu O.d boys are intormtro lhat appli- ations for idmission m i-H. (Primary I Classes only > will be re> c .cd during I hool hours from Wea.'f-day. July 10th to Friday July 19:n v. the School at Coleman FTeet. AppiK^fon forms may be
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      43 2 mdnflrdKB Exclusive in Malaya to the Singapore Free Press %nM?nlh 5 CS Hf L AN VZl SJ THAT'LL TAKE CA^P''^ I WW-DOOR M IT MAY BE A TRAP, ?h Ul \jij P0ME 1 0F j A> AKE/ H^T^fl UNl0CKED/ *i UT NARDA'S WSIOE
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      184 2 3^,:^':jfti3ffB»^^ 51WGAPORE RED NEIWORW from noon to II p.m and 6.3t to 11 pin. on 225 metres from loon to 2 p m on 4.875 me? sec. m f 1 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.3t f. m. on 4.78 n.«e tec. In 61 metre band CHINESE r.oon to
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      284 2 iUH W vl sn- h /•'s&l-y.:--' a i a Hi *b *^^a^l^^- v _^^^^B .^^^fl eI&^ or.d see thai he ge« his meols in bed dci proncirg oboi/f t«e place yel o<*^»'e. pm. m ews ir. Malay at i .t p.m ENGLISH 1 pjn. to 2 fm. < news at
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      MR. MACDONALD VISITS SARAWAK
      154 3 do\rrnor <i*neral x !a< Donald fiew to Sarawak for thf cereNM v uhj.h th^ li"» realm i -to th»* F.«iipir*. r* i-rr -hcw^ Mr. MacDo Ikin? rast the R.N duard of Honour. Mr. Ma Don v I j erodes the Sarawak river from ihe Ku< hnu
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY JULY 8, 1946.
      455 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY JULY 8, 1946. I THE Singapore Hire Car Asso- ciation objects to our com- ::.er.t m this column the other c.uv welcoming the artion o: :;.e Road Transport Depar:- ..t it. insisting on a standard j o: m?cnanical efficiency beforf i i.eAins (He licences of
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      Japs Leave Rempang With Saluting Mania
      940 4 Bv A Special Correspondent 1 lHE flimsy MUBcoo shelters are must y empty, and weeds ate spieading m deserted vegetable plantations on this infertile Dutch island <ii' Rempang m Rhio Arcti.peiago. bttween Singapore and Java where, tor nine months, more than 100,000 surrendered Japanese
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      347 4 A BAITS APPLE. Into the lap of chubby, burly denial Sir Uona'd Forbes Adam, late British Army Adjutant General, las fallen an applo of a job--th^ C 3 000 a year chairmanship of the British Council wh eh has been vacant for a year. With his generals
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      Widow Is 'Queen' Of Black Market
      327 4 A 30-year-old widow wearing westemstyle clothes and an <ccidental air of insurance to mateh has movtd m &s queen <>f Tokyo's black market. Voshiko Matsudu claims the hiprh office m iru 1 underworld by right of Mfr cvssion. An ex-member oi her husband's jrang
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      ENGINEERS FIGHTMOTH
      113 4 p3R years Britain s Post Offi.e engineers *have r%rr ed on a war a^ainit the moth, the gnib of whk-h attacks the wool braidmt» on the masses or w res m telephone exchanges. In some rosrecU their \mtk nas been a more itAcnlt one than that of the
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      BRITISH TYRES FOR DUTCH
      107 4 NOTHING plays a great* r part i~i 11 the lif- of Holland than UK bicycle In normal times h~r straight, flat loads are ideal v su'ted to this form of tr&nsp rr But when the Nazis wcr*» thrown out of the country by tdvancint British Forces
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        TWO RULES MAY CUT ROAD TOLL
        60 4 TWO RULES MAY CUT ROAD TOLL I DURINCr officer wttl m tin? I J .->. Italy. ri£ dlv enfoft i were ;a- That drive v a I b Ihat carrifd The rf a>c I ions aro c confess they v. 'at times. I won<ter there are n are no enforc*
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        Friendly Dispute
        74 4 AS a iv lUAI i with ttm: (II Wha- cap:.. team «2> A i i went I Two pal* j very gratt ;th S InfOTB 1 to settle a fi (Jardi r i:«pr land tram ri« I Nw i too" of r.-!,. «V H»«l nnder h m va
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        'Back-Door' Sales
        53 4 Mrtfoi concerned I t; X ticulari' I only iar« lv I and efor Mle I Kerosrrt- th" ba k-d rmllon-tin. 50 r;ackft< i arettr>s. i: for kMMQM c cVnief Ranta'i P;. ta!i-Sinr;i bPzaar for I There fcie h of evcrv d» smu^plrd Into F rehabilitat i haps— wherra^
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      49 4 V/ jd^L i^jL tB We %r- m I "»u >■ BwpwtMi v.th che uiiusual value *:id Quality DA« SIN glasses and »ilh expert eve examination to cure *our head-F.-n* <n<* ->c st'smings Tr» l>Jh Sia brlive y«u •l^rwber* DAH SIN OPTICAL HOUSE Maftufacluriiu: Ophthalnai*- Upliciaas io. NorTb .;;e Road ST.^apore
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      28 4 FAITH fcvery tree is known by his own fruit. For of thurns men do not sat^er figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Luke, H, 14.
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      81 4 QUIZ 1 Name the famous American general of World War II who competed hi an OivmDiad. 2. Wh ch football clubs have won the F.A. Cud and the League Championship in the same year? 3. How m^nv tines has Great Britain won the f _a c h 1 1 a
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      DANGER OF MALARIA NOT YET OVER
      313 5 Free Prm Reporter v vIM) :ii- not as yet by any means free from J t lC m er ot malaria, as nothing like the pre-war beta reached although a lar^e measure > beca re-established, according to the n;il Health Officer, Dr. W. E.
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      MEDICAL MISSION COMPLETES WORK
      28 5 MEDICAL MISSION COMPLETES WORK l.ovcrn a*nt n t.» Malaya .•i.i to Madras «nt aftci havint I •ted its inisun K.ida> b> hut thr main is uuaiting India (loven-
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      TRINDER TO GO TO JAPAN
      71 5 rtei London b m nun n ENSA m Garrison 13 gjrd.s to Au.->--t r'.pleted a A Hi e:n- Raneoon. from the id n was BQinff but would I ICCCS. He i thoriUes m )1- for ENSAs Welfai C S E t.v programme g FNSA'S irai
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      EXPLOSION KILLS TWO JAPANESE
      70 5 EXPLOSION KILLS TWO JAPANESE ENAIIO, ML knqidq into Japanese I .t- 1 do. nnd Barl-. bin Haii m bi», Mat. all i f I v.win rT an tUmav on C Kroner, Mr. w. r i ■erdi |> t of r due to an a "Z r-aft at t that all
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      Boom in Singapore industrail shares
      145 5 rONFIDENCE m business circles m Singapore is being vL fleeted m the keen demand for industrial shares, seve ral of which are selling at the highest prices ever recorded m their history. Record quotations m the eloslr<r ouyers' prices on Saturday, together with the highest
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      Two S'pore Firms Open Canteen
      254 5 THE first big commercial undertakings m Singapore to do bo since the publication of the recent Pyke Committee's report on the high cost of living, the Singapore Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., collaborating with Mansfield Co. Ltd., are to-day opening a canteen situated on the ground
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      'DOUBLE SEVENTH'
      29 5 m commemoration o. "Double Seventh"— anniversary. 01 MM CNnalnr Went --Chines; shops and resd-ntial quartos m town flew iue 2£Sl^22S flag yesterday. Principal amusement Parks were closed.
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      Service Chiefs Visit Rovers
      96 5 3 A POKES Service* Rover Crew, which since its inauguration arter the reoccupation, has counted over 160 members, was visited by Singapore service chiefs on Wednesday night while tney were at work at the Boy Scouts Association H.Q. m Stamford Road The visitors were headed by
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      DROWNED IN RIVER
      64 5 PENANG, Sun. AN unsuccessful attempt to save the life of a Chinese girl eyclst who had fallen into a river while crossing a pontoon bridge was related to the Butterworth Coroner. Lt. Col. DrakeBrockman. on Saturday fit an nquiry held into the death of a 13-year-old pirl.
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      JAIL FOR INDIAN
      50 5 Free Press Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sun.— Seii f ence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was pass?d on Naravan Nambiar. an Indian, by Ch^ Abdul Hamid bin Musti.Dha. m the Segamat District Court, on a charge of imnersonatino a police detective and putting a compatriot m fear of arrest
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      25 Cents For A Meal
      115 5 FOLLOWING on the success of the first Peoples' Restaurant m Singapore, the Social Welfare Department is encouraging government departments to establish their own canteens on similar lines. The first such canteen will, on the initiative of Commander Bailey, the Superintendent of the Prison, be opened
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      EXHIBITION IN AUGUST
      79 5 IN spite of the diffi: <lties of short supply and limited transport, the? Committ^p of the Malayan Agri-Horticul i,ral Association are now m a position to promise the public an exhibition during; the Ausrst holidays m Kuala Lumpur whi h if not ouite on tlie s'-al? of
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      MacDonald at Kuching
      52 5 \t the tarty aboard the s ljopj Alatrit> on the i i;lu of his arrival at Kuchin^, the Gov-error-Cien?ral, Mr. .Malcolm Ma ilonaM, met leaders of the Mala> community, two of >hoin ar»> seen m this pi tare an.on :st the mary dLstinguishtd "ues s. Arniv Film
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      'LEND US YOUR MONEY' APPEAL
      214 5 I END us your money In the :i h that has always been justified— Britain delivers thp noods," said Mi. Nelson Jon?> Financial Secre ary broadcasting from Singapore statio.. c Ra<~ <■ Malaya last ni'i'~* on t«*.« Sin..; pore Government's <*30#0C0C three per i :rn
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      1941 production by December
      292 5 RUBBER PROSPECTS JSy A Special Correspondent COME Malayan estates, it is estimated, arc now produciug 60 per cent, of normal outputs and it is probable that by the end of the year a fair number of these will be approaching 1*941 outputs, but some observers consider
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      ALLOWANCES FOR GOVT. CLERKS
      81 5 Free Press Correspondent PENANG. Sun. DENANG Government servants have accepted and are now being paid their cost-of-living allowances for the perio.l April to June, it is understood. Membrrs'of the local JC S.A while a:cepting the 'Allowances express disaopointmen* at the amount being paid "I: is only
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      Black Market Drive Begins
      83 5 THE problem of the surplus hawker m Singapore is being dealt with vigorous!* as part of the anti-black market campaign. From toda* the pub Lit address vans from the Public Relations Office will be visiting the streets m the prohibited areas warning hawkers tbat they are
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      680 Malayans To Dock In Mauretania
      137 5 A TOTAL shipload of 715 passengers will arrive Singapore by the Cuna» J White Star Jiner Mauretaii.u on July 13. Of this compement of passengers, approMmately 680 are return, i/ Malay, s while the rest WUi disemba here m transt :o other Eastern ports.
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      They Danced In The Nineties
      20 6 lf>.. gaiety girls talk about thtir gay ninety memories ovu a tup vi t a
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      Left £20 to War Office
      74 6 -^11! ICa: IMftre is -0 Hrtiei 1 accai aptaia join ,i> h< >. I |,i->'» I uss.i;. < Ihred i»t S'J.ith Nor\vt>oi, i.u:\. a:4 c;i \1 mmtm* »*ni <* Ki'.h t "<. ea »\ed ridi .v War Derartsoeari i i. abiUhed i ma!. Ik l
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      BITTER PILL
      51 6 A hotel a: C: qrdon, Surr y. h i- rationing beer to one i:t f^r each customer, has barM man fron fiuther ntion Pcause lie arr.\rd v.iih and ruih orCered a piiu but the dv :i paid for c i' t ai.ri drao|{ then. H\ur ir.': aw rc
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      TREASURE TROVE
      28 6 t' r less Roman silver dug up G ircon But. her ploughing »ur jrsan a?o at West Row. Mil'ti!;ali. Snirolk. h»s b«pn ded a Treasure Trove.
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      GAIETY GIRLS HOLD TEA REUNION
      390 6 GAIETY GIRLS HOLD TEA REUNION A REMARKABLE lea party was held m London recently when the chief guests were women of distinguished title who had been on the stage m the old 4 Victorian and Edwardian gaiety girl days. And over their cups of tea they talked about George Edwardes
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      Wife Hears Husband 'Freed' In Death Cell
      298 6 1 WIFE, a^etl 17. with her four-month-olri baby m her /i arm-, v.vrt lo Annlo (iaol. LeecK lo bee her husteful lt»r what sl.e tii uijit wa> the las! lime on the eve of hi> xecution. Hu tect while and stra nei. warders
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      PRE-FAB SITES
      25 6 Mor^ than 700.000 dies for' 'vm merit pro- fabric ?fd houses totalling several million a "res r-n bought fey local authorities m Britain.
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      SAILOK WINS SHOOT
      22 6 Naval gunner, H. Swire. «O.i Ciem Mary's prize at the first M&tional Rifle Association meeting at Bi,iey gince 1939.
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      TELEVISION BAN
      18 6 Si 11 theatres. London. havo i fused to allow artistes und^r i contract to bo televised
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      CAMPS HOUSE CIVILIANS
      44 6 CAMPS HOUSE CIVILIANS The Ministry of Works is tak- ing over more military camps for housing purposes m Britain. Fivp hundred have already been given up by the War Office. On seme. KUsen huts are being usf d for immediate fehoustng of blitz victims
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      BREAD PLAN
      33 6 The London Master Baker j Confederation is addng the government to postpone the bread vat ion! Nt? scbem; for two mon bi to enable the federation to prepare an alternate plan.
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      Monty Puts A Feather In Their Caps
      73 6 LATEST stjle m men s wear »n Britain is a Monty beret with a feather m the tap. Feathers arc! bere s are sold separably. Berets are black, naty blue, bottle sreen, light green and fawn. The feathers are mostly synthetic and rost
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      TAX TOOK £300,000 FROM M.P.
      156 6 TAX TOOK £300,000 FROM M.P. AN M. P. who is also a successful playwrights- Mr. E. P. Smith Conservative Ashlordt told th? i Commons that the Exchequer has taken £300,000 la Enterta.nment Tax from him. He also estimated that the plays o: Sir Alan Herbert «A. P. Herbeit>. member for
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      DEMOBBED MEN SAIL OWN BOAT TO AUSTRALIA
      115 6 QNK ex-ServL-eman tired of VSltu in<? for a passage to Australia, where he plans to start a now life bought his own boat and with a crew of nine other ex-Service people anxious; to get to Australia, is sailing from Pembroke this v.-e?k
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      PIG AND 'WHISTLE'
      25 6 By crooning to a pf« i 15-vrar old office boy won a singing competition In which' he had held a Pig's legs.
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      32 5 *SSI F I E D riSEMENTS 1 Smalls C: Domestic Tin ha.se SB- om^risf .mr line. nl L\ post rr-r.i tun. r I or '^^one Km Mi ng Vc*., vvrit Sir^apore rut
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      74 6 JAN— Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya L /ARE you DETERMINED V---^ P^^" t r* II I r?^ T GO THROUGH WITH/ BUT r U RE N *VJ /BESIDES CAfTAJM\ L THIS CRAZY IDEA >/^--- k^^/ ACROBAT, JANE [V BUNKUM SAW m=\ i-r.V V OF COINING A YOU'VE
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      36 6 QUIZ Answers r.m The lat f General Patton nun in the Modern Pentathlon even, at Stockholm in 19n- 2 Preston North End 1889) and Aston V.lla -(*****: 3 Never- 4 Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador in Washington.
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      HUTTON COMPARED TO VIC TRUMPER
      990 7 HUTTON COMPARED TO VIC TRUMPER j c °r& e Chishohns Sports .Letter A ESS F Uch lhat was t0 ,on g a running track that was too short caused two unusual Vorkilrl teS^fe 0pened the batti against Yorkshire Denis Smith took the first over from Mnailes and scored two 4s.
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      BIG HENLEY EVENT WON BY BRITAIN
      128 7 NLEX Sat. I vbteh in-luded i uth and PrinBritain ovtr- < rhallen~e m I ...._<,„.. p L^at>der eight .1 lengrr. m the Cim the major, ana r I on the Swiss stroke. Waiter HL His 18Kritz nad a hard a J.i?k Bradley, 'Sze of
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      TEST CRICKET IN JAMAICA
      42 7 TEST CRICKET IN JAMAICA lamaica. Sat. I nidad drew m Test wiih the and 196. Jamaica •yen. Jamaica Te^: las: month o lose the present day when rated play until went ail out for closing half-hour 30 to reach their wickets to
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      Women's Champion
      12 7 Women's Champion Miss Pauline Bete, who won tbe Wimbledon women's singles title.
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      WIMBLEDON: U. S. TAKES 4 TITLES
      235 7 WIMBLEDON: U. S. TAKES 4 TITLES WIMtJLEDDN, Sat.HEADED by golden -haired Pauiine Betz, California's sun-tanned tenuis brigade swept through to four championship as the All-England Tournament wound up its first post-war fortnight before a crowd of 14,000 includ'ng the Queen Mother. Miss BeLz started with a straightset 6 2. 6
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      BOLTON CRASH AFTERMATH
      427 7 LONDON, Sun. lECHSLATTONI ECHSLATTON to bring big lootDall grounds under the L control of local authorities and to make "gate-crashi g" a punishable offence is among the recommeziuations ul K. Moelwyn Hughes, K.C. m his report issued yesterday on the disaster at Bolton Wanderers ground m March,
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      CAMBRIDGE 201: OXFORD 99 FOR 3
      301 7 CAMBRIDGE 201: OXFORD 99 FOR 3 LONDON, Sat. Cambridge University scored 361 in their iirst innings at the i Her- varsity match at Lords, Bar tie tt taki g 4 for 12. Oxford's score is 99 for 3. County cruxet scores art: At Leeds, Surrey first innings 167 (Witts 61,
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      Penang Plan To Import Horses
      41 7 Free Press Correspondent T^HE Penarv Turf dv*> has drawn up a subscription scniir.e for the Importation into Penang of 25 Australian griffins at $1,500 earn but so far. it is understood, the rrcponse has been lukewarm.
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      WATER POLO LEAGUE
      52 7 EFFORTS are being made by the Inter-Service Sports Committee to promote a water polo league for both service and civilian teams. All civilians teams m Singapore are invited to participate and should forward their narticulars (> to the Secretary, Inter-Service Snorts Committee, HQ Singapore District, not later
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      THRILLING SOCCER AS CHINESE WIN
      349 7 R ALLYING splendidly, the Singapore Chinese Football Associate n scored three CGft«J &JPca^h lr it Lim after a s,c> plc s arc* evenly contested first half fi Ue\i t: c*Ro\al Air Force < v^lHan by U vee goals to one m i fajt, acd exciting
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      13 8 <§.h-.e British lard sirls hnsv sowing *u?ar heet m a Sussex field
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      RUSSIANS SEIZE WORKERS' HOME IN VIENNA
      162 8 RUSSIANS SEIZE WORKERS' HOME IN VIENNA Vir.NNA, Sun THE Socia!»>i n^spapn Arbtiter /eitnn;. m an ed torial tod.iv asserted that the *»©\iet I'nion bad assumed ownership oi thr historic workers home m Vienna along with almost evr rv ot ler wo-k.rs home m the Russian tone. The paper said that
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      LONG-TERM INDIA PLAN ACCEPTED
      126 8 LONG-TERM INDIA PLAN ACCEPTED BOMBAY. fc>ui» THt All-India Congress Committee fomght rat fled rhe derision by the Executive of the iMd.an National Congress accepting the British Cabinet Mission "s «'>n3-term uronosals for Inda's :itutional future while re-J-vting the interim proposal. Ihe ratification wa^ carried by 9M votes to 51 Muhatma
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      FILIPINO FREEDOM IS 'INFERIOR' STATUS
      35 8 LONDON. July 7. The London Sunday Times, yesterday, declared the American form of independence graxiTod To the Philippines was 'radically inferior" to the indepen c m a British dominion. UP.
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      RIOTING IN DACCA
      31 8 HtportS from Dacca, the second city of Bengal, said yesterday that tbe city was "m a state of pani following Hindu and Moslem clashes, says U.P. lioiu Calcutta.
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      BRITAIN LET LENIN STARVE MOSCOW
      323 8 BRITAIN LET LENIN STARVE MOSCOW LONDON, Sun. THE Russian newspaper Izvestia, m an article quoted by Moscow radio, said today that while the British once allowed such emigrees as Marx and Lenin to starve m London, ''influential Englishmen" now offer "love and generosity" to emigree Poles. The article said Gen.
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      A-Bomb Smashed Coral Sea-Bed
      231 8 Aboard the I'.S.S. Appalachian. Sun. Till', atom bomb smashed the coral bottom of Bikini lagoon 100 feet below the surface of water. This was one of the many unexpected blows struck by the bomb released on July I. These blows make it appear certain that nrviis
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      EIRE BUYS 3 RITISH CORVETTES
      167 8 EIRE BUYS 3 RITISH CORVETTES r IRE'S small naval lorces witli a personnel of only 4jO are being .strengthened by the purchase ol three corvettes from the British, writes Reuters Dublin correspondent. The corvettes will be used lor fishery protect. on and lho old gunboats will probably be .crapped. Until
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      'Armed Intervention'
      108 8 'A rmed In tervention The Communist Central Executive Committee, m a statement on the "Double Seven" war anniversary heard m Shanghai over Radio Yenan. today demanded that the Chinese government return to the United States all lend-lease equipment and decline the services of the United States military advisory group". The
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      SENTENCED TO DIE
      32 8 Doerae Sztojay, Hungarian premier during the German occupaton. and four members of his cabinet, were yesterday sentenced to death by the People's high court, says U. P. from Budapest.
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      GONE TO THE DOGS
      21 8 Over 5,000.000 was invented in 4 the tote at Walthamstow. London. greyhound stadium m the past year.
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      RECORDS AS LANCS MEET INDIANS
      327 8  - RECORDS AS LANCS MEET INDIANS Learie Constantine By MANCHESTER, Sat. THE Indians are hoping histoiy will be repeated when the match with Lancashire continues on Monday. Merchant and Mustitaq AH played out time on Saturday evening and if they can strike form quickly they may save the game which on
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      MEXICO POLLS WITH GUNS
      181 8 MEXICO CITY. Sun. THREE people were wounded by gunfire, at least 10 others were beaten by clubs at San Luis Potosi, and a crowd opposing the candidacy of Miguel Alemans was dispersed by rifle fire m Mexico C.ty toddav. m the first violence reported In Mexico's
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      FIRST U.S. SAINT
      48 8 The bells of St. Peter's basi- I lica and over 400 churches m Rome rang out on Sunday to pro- claim the addition of the nanv of Mother Frances Xavier Cab- nm. first north American Sa.nt i to the list of saints of the' A.P.
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      STILL ON THE TILES
      31 8 Although the European war I iSfL.'S?" OVOr for 13 months IUUOO bomb damage repair workers are still li\ing m Ministry of', l Work* hostels m London. I'
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