The Singapore Free Press, 26 July 1946

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    19 1 THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE No. 16, o,">. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 194 G. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    HALL WARNS OF 10d RUBBER
    454 1 HALL WARNS OF 10d RUBBER MPs Debate New Malaya LONDON, Thurs. QPENING the debate on Malaya m the House of omu mons today, Mr. George Hall, Colonial Secretary* said British policy m .Malaya was to bring about a political adjustment which would, through broadly based institutions m which the whole
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    FALL OF SPORE
    116 1 No Inquest LONDON. Thurs. PIME Minister Ckment Attl?e made it clear m the Hou.se or Commons today that the Government did not intend to set up a commission of inquiry into the loss of Malaya and tne Tall Singapore, and all relevant matters. Replying to Labour member
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    ROBBERS FIRE ON POLICE
    122 1 FLJCt Inspector Hanson was fired at twice by Chinese robbers whom he caught m th e act of robbing the inmates ol a house m Geylang Serai last night. Two or the robbers m possession of two fully-loaded revolvers were arrested by Inspector Hanson and his
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    LABOUR WINS AGAIN
    31 1 Th* Labour government last wen its third by-election this week when Mr. Douglas Jay was returned as member of Pa:--1 ament for North Batt:rse*a, says Heut?r from London.
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    G.B.S. IS 90: WONT TALK
    106 1 TEORGE Bernard Shaw celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. In an eggshell-coloured suit afloeted by another generation. Mr. Shaw got his stock and hobr?ieJ nto his spacious garden when 1 came to call, writes Robert Muscl vf UP., mulling over a problem practically unique m his
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    RADIO BLACKOUT FOLLOWS A-BOMB
    144 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Thuro. Ar\DIO blackout— perhaps an aftermath of the atomic bomb te sL_had delayed all transmissionTfrom the Bikini atom bomb test fleet for more than five hours at 0700 hours (Malayan time*. The U S Naval Rad'o station said it was unable to say when
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    Paratroops still under arrest
    248 1 Paratroops still under arrest Free Press Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. HERE are the facts about the mutiny of men of the 13th parachute battalion 6th Airborne Division stationed m Johore about which members of Parliament have been asking questions. The battalion was sent to Muar after arriving from Java, and
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    FLIER EJECTED AT 300 mph
    103 1 LONDON, Tnurs. FOR the first time m history a man was successfully ejected from a jet-propelled meteor aircraft last night, says the Daily Mail today. The man, Bernard Lynch, was shot out of the plane when it was travelling at more than 300 m.p.h. and
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    JEWS' CHALLENGE TO GOVT:'BOYCOTT'
    347 1 JEWS CHALLENGE TO GOVT: 'BOYCOTT' LONDON, Thurs. THE Jewish Agency, an hour after the British Government disclosed new plans for an early conference between Jewish and Arab leaders (including leaders from the Arab states), announced that it would boycott any attempt by the British Government to initiate talks which would
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    TROOPS MOVE TO PALESTINE
    156 1 JERUSALEM. Thurs MILITARY reiniorcements ar* reported to be on their way trom E^ypt to aid m t'.ie increasingly tense situation m Palestin? The recovery- of the bodies of another man and a girl from the wreckage o*. -he King David Hotel brought the toll of dead
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    EMPIRE I AVOIR WILL TAKE RICE TO INDIA
    33 1 The first ship to collect no from Java for India, is expected at Tanjonp Priok. says Reuter !iom Batavia. She is the 9.000--ton Empire Favour.
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    TRUMAN SIGNS RELUCTANTLY
    54 1 President Truman "reluctantly" signed into law the revised legislation re-establishing the Office of Price Administration In the United States. He said he was sending a statement to Congress expressing his views on the new legislation, which critics have said is too weak to stop rising American prices,
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    MARINES LIBERATED
    35 1 The seven US. marines who were kidnapped on July 13 by SO armed Chinese Communists were released on the night of July 2\ unharmed to a special truce team says A.P. from Tientsin.
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    EIRE JOINING U.N.O.
    24 1 The Irish Dail has. by unanimous vote, empowered De Valera to seek United Nations membership for Eire, says from Dublin A.P
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      29 1 Btiv Brt*'*h iJuy tiest. D.iidtJ >i:ipmen 01 SILVER WARE GCLDWARE etc. arf i i I'lUlM m P. H. ÜBNIMII IBUI MLR U > wide R-'i .Hior. TS Nort^ Rrtu;<» {(oad.
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      30 1 Ladies* Dressmakers Gents' Outfitters VISIT pKMft Announcement Received Fresh Consignment of BURBERRY'S WOOLLEN SUITINGS m Light Heavy weights Visit WASSIAMULL'S GENTS DEPT, Tailor* Outfitter*. 31,33 High St Spore Phone 3454
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    Europe still has fortified frontier
    419 2 THE new frontier across East Prussia, between Russian and Polish administered territory, is now fortified with trenches and wired gateways guarded by military sentries to prevent smuggling from the Russian into the Polish zone, according to German refugees from the Polish area who have reached
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    Finns reco vering after losing two wars
    1051 2  - Finns reco vering after losing two wars JOHN FREEMAN, M.P. By I 'INLAND, with a total area about as big as Italy and a total population about half as big as greater Lpndon, is suffering from the effects of having fought and lost two wars against a major power m
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    'BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT SHOW
    216 2 'BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT SHOW DRITAIN'S Seen seas Trade, A quar.d, says t: industry is making I rapid reconversion from i peace production, but p transformation is b complete. It is for that Britain is not British Industries I. summer of 1947. so a>. be sure that the exhibits then
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      115 2 I J A'l 1 1 M V fJLO/t£i* OPENING TODAY |fg3|Qggj]||g|£f?^ 4 Shows 130 4 630 930 c•Mrs. MINIVER' -GASLIGHT I—RANDOM1 RANDOM HARVEST And Now I as every throbbing moment, X 8 every breath-taking scene, every WHEP" sS^^ living, pulsating climax, every V w B^^low bit of dramatic action comes
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      81 2 MSUdfflkG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I I HOPE THIS IS TH£RIGH7J I HIM II I WEVE CROSSED THE I I WILLOW II I LET% HAVE ANOTHER LOOK I-^ Whr J ISLAND, LOTHAR. IT'D p J GET ISLAND --NO SIGN OF h TREES, f AROUND. KEEP YOUR!
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      194 2 l\H.UiKj JylALAzA 'By Mr. Nelson Jones. Financial SeereKED NETWORK from noon to tar >' on Singapore Loan and Income tax, 2 p.m and t>.3« to 11 put on 225 100 P- m Palace of Varieties. 10.30 metres from roon to 2 p m on 4.825 P^" N1 nt s at
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    AROUND THE MARBLE ARCH
    143 3 li i.a.DCns around tac .v.arbl,' Arch m London. Somel oJy's always Rot :o rl to srr~ad, and tbcre arc H'.vavs ce'>rle u'ao will s<op ani Isten f only to- the hrn of (Ctttaf a few bcckSng words m. own with Franco' is the call ot cx
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1946. Rooming Racket
    453 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY JULY 26, 1946. Rooming Racket A SINGAPORE ia:ket which bai so far escaped its share of publicly is the boarding boose ramp. la-dyuns relurni:.j to Singapore after recuperating irorn prison and internment camps are considered easy game by unscrupulous uoarding House keepers, who have now
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    'Peter Pan' Hospital For Children
    778 4 By JOAN PENNY IN 1851, a certain Dr. Charles West went house hunting m London. He was looking for a building where he could found a hospital for children; where the causes of their ailments could be investigated and where children's nurses could be trained.
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    321 4 l OOKING FOR WORK.—Gen- eral Secretary of the National Farmers* Union for 22 years. Sir Cleveland Fyfe, is looking for a job. In 1944 he was asked to rel nquish the post because he refused to become the union's political and advisory officer. Since then he has
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    Blacksmith's Son Was Clock Genius
    457 4 CLOCKS and watches by Thomas Tompion are still considered by collectors to be the most desirable of all English timepieces. Born m 1639, he died m 1713 recognised throughout Europe as the leading horologist of hLs day, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. On the
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    Women, Men Beauty —
    137 4 Women, Men Beauty FE average American man is no prize, but the average American woman is a mess, according to Dr. Wilton M. Krogman, Professor of Anatomy and Physical Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He says that Judging by Hollywood standards, Mss Average America stacks up more like a
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    -& money for motherhood
    120 4 money for motherhood PUPPORT for the wo.r.er of Britain comes from Dr. Edith Sumrr.erskill. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, who told the Married Women's *s c o"iat'^n that mothers should be paid for bearing and rearing nildren, whom she described as "the true wealth of the country.** Said
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    'WOODEN WALL' FOR FURNITURE
    155 4 U/AY back m 1940 the Nazi radi« 0 announced gleefully that m a raid on Britain during the previous night -a British warship wa> severely damaged." Although this was true and a bomb had ripped a hole m the hull of H. M.S. Wellesley. it madr
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    QUIZ
    90 4 1. The island of Run is m the— West Indies, Shetlands. Malay Straits. Orkneys, Hebrides Azores? 2. The first dog watch on board ship begins at Noon, midnight. 8 a.m.. 4 a.m 4 p.m.. 6 p.m.? 3. The tax on windows was repealed in— 1797, 1801. 1818. 1837. 1851.
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    Letters LOST HOUSE DUE TO'RAT PRESSURE'
    216 4 Letters LOST HOUSE DUE TO 'RAT PRESSURE' THREE MONTHS ran^d w.;h jdian of Proper; v. Ito rent a hou < a Scotts Road wh«requisitioned. Thi j "X- Japanese pr<. ;i;o charge of thf < After discussiri2 with him we rfpM undertook to take p< 't ay the rental requ and
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    Answer
    117 4 THE pin-up girl uho is CM hcadarhe to the I and his pals is Lir.da Chr i M G M I have an exact c the picture you published am sure, as m my rase. t. poral must have pot Ml I picture from the Daily fcfln February 28.
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    ST SEVERE PENALTY' FOR ARMS
    562 5 ST SEVERE PENALTY' FOR ARMS Free Press Reporter JHE severest punishment compatible with the laws of the Colony will be meted out to those found unlawful possession of firearms after July 31, according to Police sources who are, however, disinclined to state precisely what action is implied by the application
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    STORE CRAVES FOR BOOKS
    45 5 STORE CRAVES FOR BOOKS Japanese occupation denied the people of Singapore of books, and this has created a «ravin» for reading material. In Singapore's bookshops today scores oi men, women and even children can be seen going through the pages of the books and magaiines.
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    Assessment rates may be raised
    148 5 Assessment rates may be raised Free Press Reporter \ijnkr to enable the Singapore Municipality to meet the tost of rehabilitation, the Commissioners have id the Imperial Government for a grant of DO, and at this afternoon's meeting of the <.ners, Mr. John Laycock is proposing a rtion which will prepare
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    UNKNOWN
    28 5 N.iram. Iniian leader, said Socialist Party Ul prepaie for ftk which, he <-ome. "If and C >n?ress Minis- m At that j c the strength governors," he
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    MORE TEXTILES ASKED FOR MALAYA
    117 5 MORE TEXTILES ASKED FOR MALAYA LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN and the Netherlands will shortly request the Allied Control Commission to permit an increased manufacture of Japanese textiles fur export to Malaya and tn»* South-west Pacific. Dutch sources report that the peace-time consumption ol mexp^ns ye textiles totalled 670 million yards, and
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    $150,000 for public restaurants in Union
    156 5 Free Press Reporter THE Malayan Union Government has approved of an initial expenditure of $150,000 to construct buildings for housing public restaurants m Penang, Taiping, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Malacca and Johore Bahru. The plan provides for the simplest form of building attap-roofed and
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    POLICE FIND HIDE-OUTS
    116 5 Free Press Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. FOLLOWING up their arms drive started earlier th.s week, the Penang police yesterday evening succeeded m tracking down two hideouts m Sungei Jelutong, believed to have been occupied recently by a certain Penang gang. Situated within 200 yards of each other, both
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    WELFARE MEETING
    35 5 The inaugural meeting of the Singapore Social Welfare Council will be held at 5.30 p. m In the Social Welfare Department tomorrow when the Governor will speak on the work of the Council.
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    IT'S TEA TIME
    56 5 Singapore's Corps of M ilitary Police are busy men their duties ranging from seeing to it that Out of Rounds Regulations are complied with to imparting; roid sense to drivers. In the hustle and hurry of their work, relaxation is important, and the Free Press cameraman was
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    FINED $100 FOR THEFT
    95 5 M. KARUBAHERAN. described U a clerk at 223 BOD, pleaded cuilty to theft of two carburettors, valued at $51. th? prop:rty of the Forces, and was sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and a fine of $100 or a further one months rigorous imprisonment, m the
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    DOCK MEN RESUME WORK
    141 5 Free Press Reporter QINGAPORES 8,000 dockside tf labourers, who staged a oneday token strike yesterday with the obiectof bringing certain grievances to the notice of the authorities, resumed work today. They had signified their intention to resume work last Mgnt when some of them reported for
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    Govt to explain relief supply policy
    255 5 Govt to explain relief supply policy Free Press Reporter THE Government is issuing a statement toda\, explaining the policy it has adopted m the distribution of goods originally ordered on Government account and now being sold to the public through commercial channels. These goods are termed relief supplies and their
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    'INCOMPETENCE' OF POLICE CRITICISED
    267 5 'INCOMPETENCE OF POLICE CRITICISED rE "utter incompetence'" of the police m their investigations of a murder which occurred m Singapore on Oct. 2, 1945 and th? fact that looting took place after the house had been placed under police guard, formed the subjects of strong comments at the Coroner's inquiry
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    £129,893 PROFIT
    19 5 ANETT pront of £129,893 tor the year ended June 30 is reported by Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd.
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    Check Reveals Pilfering
    88 5 w«'"-ir.r..> i ninese women, n lined the dock of tht Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing 231 tins of provisions valued at S'»00. the property of «3 B.S O Pasir Pan.iang. The fine imposed on each woman was 525 or two weeks' rigorous imprisonment.
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    INDIA NEEDS 2,000,000 TONS OF GRAINS
    187 5 THE American Famine Mission tc 1 India told the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton Anderson yesterday that India must get two million t^ns cf food grains during the second half of 1946 m order to avert widespread famine. Dr. Theodore Schultz. chairman of the
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    NO MORE CHITS
    40 5 There will oe no signing of Chits at Singapore Cr cket Club n he new era. From Aug 1. --ash coupons will b? us?d m th? har. Deta Is m a notice ii our udvertisrment columns' today.
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    DEATH
    50 5 At Kopay, Ceylon, on n.ursday. Juiy 25, the beloved mo i her Jt V Ponniah. Governmeiu Treasury Sing?poi^. HEALTH OFFICER -Dntish) 20 years experience malaria cjutroi and Nutrition Surveys AvailaO'e September to visit Estates. Mines ana other properties to report #nd advisv Post Office Box No. c 64 Singapore
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    HOUSE WANTED
    24 5 WANTKD ->} Chincst .j!lUl> a Ouijm 2 3 bedrooms Joo Chiat Katon,; area prcfeirea P.ease jppi\ to Box No 17 Singapore Fref ss
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    60 5 CarJi Coupons will be introiuc v m August Ist ai.d until further ft will be the only means W po;;r. ;upplies to mcrrib :s m tn* j Ctt*b. Bocks rt Cash Coup .ns iri'J t> a-.n!-cble m the Bar at $5 0 1 p i Bou and
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    Swan-upping In England
    20 6 r.ture shows til > traiJitim.il taaJ s\.an up:;i r. 1 Bttartijg all t'io S.'.ans on the '1 iiames.
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    German restores their sex life
    218 6 *'CE high on Himmler's list cf wanted men, Ludwig GuttL mann is now working miracles m a Buck> hospital He is restoring by manipulative surgery the dormant s»-x liic of k in's paralysed Servicemen. He has SI patients, each .;i\sea from the chest or waist
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    U.K. TO BUY WHEAT FROM CANADA
    531 6 U.K. TO BUY WHEAT FROM CANADA LONDON, Thurs. ITNDER the Anglo-Canadian wheat agreement, the signing U of which was announced m the House of Commons today, Britain will buy Canadian wheat over the next four years beginning August 1, 1946. Britain will buy and the Cadanian Government will supply 160,000,000
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    TREASURE SEEKERS
    40 6 Twenty-eight people have left Miliord Haven for Australia In a converted I^o ton trawler. The journey will take at least four j months and Skipper John Ifci Culton plans to s^ek Coccs island treasure on th c way.
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    BRITAIN'S AIR 'DUES' TREBLED
    94 6 BRITAIN'S AIR 'DUES' TREBLED DIG increases m landing rees fct D Eritain'i State-controlled aerodromes, announced by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, provoKed immediate protests. These "port dues" of air commerce have teen raised In some cases Dy 300 per cent. Executives of the independent charter companies, the only elen.enr o'
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    RHONDDA MEN 'LOSING THEIR PATIENCE'
    113 6 MR E. TAYLOR. Rhondaa Valley Council surveyor, told a meeting of his council that the Valleyhad been promisee ten factories by the Government, but they hud not yet been started. Plans were dealt with by so many departments, be said, and the chiefs changed their
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    WOMEN JOIN FOR A '48'
    95 6 MEN of 227 R.A. Training Regi- ment suggested that the only way m which soldiers' relatives could get an idea of army l-fe va.s by Staying m camp so the reeiment has given the womenfolk a "48 ht^ur oats in.' Reporting at t^o guard room
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    QUIZ Answers
    20 6 1. In the Hebrides <Scotland>. 2. 4 0 p.m. 3. July 24, 1851 4 Jupiter. Pastoral. Pathetique. UnfinLshed.
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    'Its Just The Sight Of Them Hops'...
    94 6 'Its Just The Sight Of Them Hops'... NO l,cer notues at pubs m the hop garden counU of Kent riia> drive the I. op picKers home and result m an even greater sl.orlase of berr next year. I he hoT i rovvrrs are attempting to obtain a feu harrt Is
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    ADMIRALTY SMASHES RADIOS
    146 6 UNDAMAGED racLo t uipment is be of smashed by the ton n the Liverpool aroa on direct orders frjm the Admiralty and f then sold as salva^r Broken receiving and transmitting .sets which cost from 1130 to E70 Said ore of the iarcest radio dealers m .Liverpool
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    'UTOPIA' RENTS ARE ALL IV
    68 6 'UTOPIA' RENTS ARE ALL IV A town-hip of 2.000 houses is to br built on waste land between Binley and Brandon near Coventry. Th s will be a township with a difference. It is planned to give each resident family a health overhaul and provid? everything parents and children reou
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    YARD RECRUITS FORCES MEN
    49 6 Because men fiom the forces know how to size up friends and enemies. Scotland Yard is anxious to get them into the metropolitan or city police. Three thousand are wanted between 20 and 33 The Yard prefers then recently demobbed or about to take release.
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    DEMOBBED START GARDENING BOOM
    46 6 Newly demobbed servicemen are responsible for a boom in' London gardening allotments A demand for allotments so lat° m the season so surprised the LCC that they investigated and found that almost every request came from someone just out of the force.
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    Bis Smoke Cost Him 3 Shillings
    107 6 Bis Smoke Cost Him 3 Shillings A >ciin2 merchant s.aman r u»-(ncd leethornes. Lams. 1: in£ to bi:y a packet of i i~ai UtN without any luck Then re va:ulpr?tl in 4 o an f nt-itain-n.rnt centra where t!i^ r e was rame with a packet for a II- »Jf>ni
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    THE DOubtful D.S.O.
    53 6 Captain George Jobey 01 t. Durham Li?ht Infantry doesn't know whether he holds a bar to the D.S.O. A former Tynemoutlt -hoolmaster. he won the D °vO at Salerno. Recently he Ifdvcd a copy of the history of his division which states that Jobey received a bar
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      49 6 JANfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 1 wouldn't have^VVime.'-it would\ Kwhat happenedVyou saw'-theH I/i wasn't scared.'-"^ tt^-^V^ HAD THIS HAPPEN I MAKF A BfTteß S^ BOYS? PHAMToMS EEEN A l-GOon GRArinii*?/- r\ I\l IlJ^a' \w V Wl vs M i*m V\^ Ai' Gy c^ptzln Bunkum has
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    SOCCER POOLS' CONTROL SUGGESTED
    224 7 SOCCER POOLS' CONTROL SUGGESTED LONDON, Thurs. o\l\ ontrol of football pools before they get "out v i> suggested at the House of Lords last night rism of Tottenham, formerly R. C. Morrison. I T. for North Tottenham. Speaking on the fin- lid he thought football pools were going to A
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    14 7 lhe Seletar Airmen, who brat an Ann.v s,(»e three-two at Jaian Besar stadium yesterday.
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    Russians Seek Football Affiliation
    79 7 Russians Seek Football Affiliation Mvi hour* 1 hurs. IgT X a has indirectly > a 'filiation with ration internagje df lootball Associations) tio-al development three-day FIFA pea I and Cze hosloi a jont fommunicathat Russia was mn the federation I indicated its ti r?crive Russia to await formal from the
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    TO BECOME TRAINER
    38 7 LONDON, Thurs. DOBERT Jones. 43-yc r-oldOOJ- key. who had ridden a winner every English classic race except the Derby, is retiring from ridin? at the end of the season and is becoming a tra ncr.
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    TENGAH CRICKET XI
    43 7 T^HE following will represent the RAF. (Tensrah) at cricket acainst the Colonials at Tengah on Sur.dav. starting at 11 am. Wellinzs 'capt\ Lure. Stead. Loom. James. CrofT. Davies. SiHhrook. Cooper. Piper. Smith. Twelfth man: Hawkes Umpire. F'Sgt. Talk; scorer. Johnson
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    UNKNOWN
    33 7 r Own Correspondent IPOH. Thurs. accepted Selangors lnr a State cricket fixture •rpur on Saturday and M selected the follow- ita fCaptV Nalliah. E. Yone. S?!vanava>tcher. Capt. Martin. BMjMI Singh. Daniel. 1
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    INDIANS AND CLUB CRICKETERS MEET
    278 7 GUILDFORD, Surrey, Thurs. ON a wicket which Merchant described during a luncheon speech as like that of Brabourne stadium m Bombay, India contested an enjoyable one-day match with the Club Cricket Conference who batted confidently against somewhat formidable odds to a draw. Merchant had declared
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    PETRA BEATEN
    54 7 PARIS. FRENCH lawn tennis championships, m the semi-final of the men's singles Majcel Bernard, beat Yvon Petra, 5—7 6—2 fi— 3 5—7 6—2. In thf* women's singles semifinal M ss Margar t Osborne beat Miss louise Brough 7 5 f,_3. Miss Pauline Betz beat Miss Porothy Bundy 6
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    THREE-NIL VICTORY FOR R.E.
    79 7 THREE-NIL VICTORY FOR R.E. MEETING R.E.M.E. base work- shop m a game of soccer at McNair Road on Tuesday. 16 EM Coy, R.E.. won by th.v.c gor.ls to nil. The R.E.M.E. defence stood up well to consistent pressure from the B.E. forwards, but had to admit defeat m the end.
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    COLONIALS
    91 7 THE following will represent the Col- onial? at cricket against the RAF. (Tencrah) at Tengah on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. A E. Delilkr.n (capt.>. U C. Delilkan. R M. Delilkan. C. Colling, W. Ratnayake: L.R. Nathan iels7, L. Nu^ara. D R Miller. P Kennedy. Matthews. Albert, Ariyachandva, L.
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    ROCKLITES TO VISIT BATU PAHAT
    62 7 ROC KLITES TO VISIT BATU PAH AT THE Rocklitrs Sports Party v;ill travel up to Batu Pahat to play soccer and cricket during the August Holidays Members are askea to not fy Mr. D.C. Swyny. 14. Lorong "M" Teluk Kurau Rop.d by Aug. 1 if ihey are willing to travel
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    TEXGAH SOCCER XI
    39 7 THE following will represent the I RAF. (Tengah) m a game of nercr against the Singapore Chinese ootball Association at Tengah toninrrow: Roberts: Griffiths. Broadbcnt: McWee Loom, Sillbrook: James. Watson McManm Smith. Smith. Referee: Cpl- Cr"
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    J.B. SOCCER
    59 7 TN ft soccer match played at Johore j 1 Bahru yesterday 60 PTC (Ten- h) 3 b?at Johore Customs by three •oals to two. The Tengah team w~re rv.^-n by two froals. scored In r,r*t half, till 13 mir.;t~s b«tow IW rrd when Perks scored Hire- roMs to
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    LATE GOAL GIVES AIRMEN VICTORY
    271 7 ALTHOUGH an Army ftfecer team meeting the R.A.F. <Seletar> at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday scored within the first two minutes of play, they were beaten by three goals to two, the Airm°n scoring their winning goal four minutes from the end m a thrilling finish
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    LEADERS SET BIG TASKS
    227 7 LEADERS SET BIG TASKS County Cricket "I LONDON, Thurs. IN spite of the fine bowling by Eric Hollies who on Wednesday took ten wickets for 49 runs, Warwickshire were beaten by seven wickets by Notts today m the only match that produced low scoring m the County cham- pionship games
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    TOTE BETTING ON DOGS TREBLED
    124 7 LONDON, Thurs. L ONDON greyhound racegoers k bettec nearly £70,000,000 on the jotali'ator on the greyhound tracks m the London area m 1945, a to.al over three- times greater tnan that for 1938, the last complete year beJore the war. These (touts «vere compiled Dy
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    POLICE WIN 9-3
    29 7 THE Police hockey team bt at a scratch team from the K"e- s by nine goals i to three at the Police Depot ground J yesterday.
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    Arrested For Speeding In Speed Test
    97 8 Arrested For Speeding In Speed Test HARTFORD, CONN., Thurs A helicopter easily won a 51--mile ra wth a car and j. lockherd Lodester to decide t*e fastest mod? of transportation over short distances. The hfl'copter covered the r»l miles bet.te?n the t'nifd Aircraft Corporation's Sik°rsky plant m Bridgeport. Conn, and
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    BRITAIN WILL MAKE 'SWISS' WATCHES
    44 8 British and Swiss watch manual cturers have reached an a^rcerrent. which has the approval oi the Swiss government, on the delivery to Britain o! Swiss watcnmaking equipment for the development of the British watch industry, reports Reuter irom Bern-
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    MASKED MEN IN HOLD UP
    68 8 FOUR masked men, all armed with pistols, robbed a Tamil Hindu of $1,000 cash pnd JcweUerv m Thomson Road. Sngmpore, at 7.30 p.m. last nisht. At 5 oclo:k this morning, six Chinese, tw) armed wth j.is ol robbed a Chins? v om n of $317
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    ARMOURED TRAINS PATROL V YANGTSE
    38 8 As a safeguard against any Chinese Communist crossing oH the lower Yan^tz? River !rom the north, the Central Government has instituted armoured train patrols and increased railway vuards, reports A. P. Irom Shanghai.
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    NAZI MACHINE TOOLS SHARED
    152 8 T BRUSSELS, Thrrs HE inter-allied reparations agency today announced the first allocation of German cr.mtal equipment as ren? rations Tn? United Kingdom has been awarded certain tools retired m me manufacture of bri^makin? ana equipment and cth^r makrr e tools ncp ded for lbs rehaSSSS5 1
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    SULTANS, GOVT AGREEING ON NEW MALAYA
    344 8 SULTANS, GOVT AGREEING ON NEW MALAYA Free Press Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ON the committee of advisers set up by the Malayan Union Government, the Malay rulers and the United Malay National Organisation rests the task of filling out details of the political, legal and financial structures for what may
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    BRITAIN, US.AGREE ON GERMAN ZONES
    233 8 BRITAIN, US. AGREE ON GERMAN ZONES T R^ LONDON, Thurs. fit British (abinot decided today to accept the American proposal to merge their occupation zones of Germany from the economic standpoint unless a new four-power agreement on a centnl administration of (icrmuny is reached during the next seven days. A
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    NEHRU BACK IN KASHMIR
    91 8 PANNDIT Jawaharlal Nehru. President oi the Indian National Congress who was detained m Kashmir last month when he entered the State m defiance ol a ban. arrived yesterday m Srinaga. Kashmir capital He will assist m the defence oi Shei!; Mohammed Abdullah, leader of the agitation
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    U.S. ADMITS AIR FAILURE
    57 8 The United States yesterday acknowledged its iailure to obtain an international aviation agreement my multilateral a- tion and announced it would seek agreements with individual countries. The State Department said that the U.S. had decided to withdraw from the international air transport agreement signed m Chicago
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    HOUSE DEBATES MALAYA
    789 8 Continued fiom Pag e 1 Fronch Indo-China as was allowed them by the Joint Rubber Committee m Wa. s hLigton *v a rrico not less than fourteen p j me a pound Iree on board. Th?. Brikista Government had undertaic^n to buy all the rubber required for
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