The Singapore Free Press, 27 July 1946

Microfilm: NL3652
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE So. 16,606. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PUCE It CENTS.
    21 words
  • Article
    HALL REBUKES GAMMANS IN HOUSE
    402 1 'Hands m the till Free Press Correspondent nAn LONDON, Fri. CHARP tussles between Mr. Oliver Stanley and Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams, and Mr. L. D. Gammans and the Colonial Secretary, Mr. George Hall, were a feature of the House of Commons debate on Malaya. Allegations
    402 words
  • Article
    New Tin Price May Be £365
    93 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Wtt •THE Xi :an ial Times, com--1 ment'n? on the remarks of ihe Colonial Secretary m the llt»use of < ommons yesterday, on the oric* of t'n, cletlar?s t;*at Mr. I»aTs statement that kt hored "a wtty favourahl? ti^ri^o'' on
    93 words
  • Article
    M-BOMBED NAGATO SINKING
    148 1 1 -ri t:>e U.S.S. Appalachian. Jap-ixiw>e battleship Nagato m?y be added soon to the toll major war<hins sunk by the ivre pt -inir bomb blast m I nl la.'O>u iv. the N;v,'ato was list!v .wo decrees, today had a f eiTlit nnd one-half degrees vra* stftttftjr increasn?.
    A.P.  -  148 words
  • Article
    TO MAKE PENICILLIN
    14 1 is to begin production nirflliti r>t Peining, says 1 1 Sl:?.n«jhr:
    14 words
  • Article
    AUSTRIA DEFIES RUSSIA
    86 1 AUSTRIA DEFIES RUSSIA VIENNA, Fri. JHE Austrian Parliament yester- j day defied two Russian warn- j ings and voted to include some Soviet-claimed industry m an Austrian nationalization programme. It also decided to seek United j Nations aid to uphold the Pots- dam Agreement, which promised defeated Austria integrity as
    86 words
  • Article
    U.S. makes 9 cars a minute
    46 1 TH£ U.S. motor industry turned out one car, truck or bus every seven seconds day and night during the week just ended, and production still lagged almost 50 per cent, behind capacity, a survey showed today, says C.P. from Detrot.
    46 words
  • Article
    INCOME TAX FOR HONG KONG?
    120 1 IiONG KONG, Fri. THE Hong Kong Government exnects to suffer an annual los* ol £?£oOC > from the abolition of it* ore- war op urn monopoly the S na P nclaTsecT P etary said yesterday, presenting the colony s budget. The colony's total deficit j
    Reuter  -  120 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FRONT PAGE PIN-UP
    10 1 FRONT PAGE PIN-UP Picture by KEAUTY FROM BALI Bert Hardy
    Bert Hardy  -  10 words
  • Article
    Britain exports 240 cars a day
    136 1 LONDON, Fri. PXPORTS of machinery, non-ferrous metals, cutlery, silk E and artificial silk goods, hardware and pottery are pour- ing out of Britain at the fastest rate on record, the Board of Trade Journal reported today. Iron and steel exports have reached the highest
    A.P.  -  136 words
  • Article
    JAP GENERALS FOR TRIAL
    40 1 Lt. Gen. Eikuma Ishida and IMaj. Gen. Misao Uno, formerly IB Burma and 18 other Janansss military personnel. including three colonels, entered, Sugamo prison, Tokyo, yesterday pending charges for beheading, bayonetin* and other activities, «aya U.P.
    40 words
  • Article
    Partition for Palestine
    330 1 THE OOTT DECIDE— WASHINGTON, Fri. MR. JAMBS BYRNES, U.S. Secretary of State a— niirtf tonight that the British Government had approved the Anglo-American Cabinet Committee plan for the part tit— of Palestine. The United States Government is now considering the plan which, Mr. Byrnes said, he wanted
    A.P.  -  330 words
  • Article
    ALLIES WILL QUIT ITALY
    77 1 THE United States S.creiaiy of States. James Byrnes, an-j nounces that U.S. troops will be withdrawn irom Italy within 90 days Irom th e time the Italian peace treaty becomes effective, says AP. irom Washington. Mr. Byrnes indicated that Brit sh withdrawal is also con- J
    77 words
  • Article
    GUN HOLIDAY IN STORE
    53 1 Singapore gunmen toc< a holiday yesterday, only two (gun- j less> robberies were reported. Both incidents occurred m Wallich Street, where four Chinese, j one armed with a kni'e. robbed another of $83 cash and an hour later a Chinese robbed another Chinese of $150 worth
    53 words
  • Article
    REFUSED TO BE MOTHER: DIVORCED
    113 1 LONDON, Frf. REFUSAL to have chiluren now a recognised reasuu lor divorce m Britain. This vital new decision was ::iade t»y Mr. Justice Henn Collins at LeecL Assizes when he ruleu tnat relusal to have marital r?lations without the asc ot con:raceptives v.as a reasonable
    U.P.  -  113 words
  • Article
    SINKING SHIP RADIOS SOS
    62 1 LONDON. Fri. THE steamship Irrawadi haJ wirelessed tor help as it v rapidly smkine m a position latitude 20.15 north longitude 70.58. according to a Lloyds telegram from Colombo wireless station. The Irrawadi is a vessel of 1,243 tons gross owned by the Bombay Ste. Navigation
    Reuter  -  62 words
  • Article
    HEALTH BILL IS PASSED !
    79 1 HEALTH BILL IS PASSED London, FrL THE Labour Government National Health Service Bih. bitterly fought by Conservative members and medicai g oup*. advanced through its hard and final reading m the Hcuse ot Commons yesterday. The reading proceeded without a division vote, after an Opposition move, designed to inject the
    A.P.  -  79 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    FEATURE
    51 2 The British Labour Government maintains th« most cordial relations *ith th- Kra-r Prime Minister Attle? photogT anhed with the l*u»ders of the Br itrdi f o >ir>^w*.U* d M.Ernest Bevin. The Commonwealth I?ad:rs are (from ri^ht to i?:t) Dr. fc\aU <Aj U Nash (New Zealand) and Mr Mackenzir Kin^
    51 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Labour Government is a year old today
    599 2  - Labour Government is a year old today FRASER WIGHTON By •TODAY a year ago, 1 Britain's first majority Labour Government came into being, after a tempestuous^ Victory election which swept Mr Winston Churchill, the wartime Prime Minister, from power, and decimated the Conservative Party. Whilo independent students of the political
    599 words
  • Article, Illustration
    STOCK EXCHANGE AT RECORD HIGH LEVELS
    518 2 AFTER one year ol Socialist Government. *he Stock Exchange is at about record high levels lor both Government securities anJ industrial shares m general though not fof steels and a few other sections particularly threatened by nationalisation, and tbc fundamental, though pi Bed, complaint
    518 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FOREIGN MINISTER EN JO FULL PUBLIC SUPPORT
    573 2 GREAT POWER Conferences marked the beginning and the end of the first year's conduct of foreign policy by the Labour Government. Immediately he came to power, Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, was pitch-forkeJ into the Big Three Potsdam Conference, already half over.
    573 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      22 2 Mdndrdkfi Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya a« .—%BB fQ« Akin N lB^^ V r ri "usr*^ J S m^^t^^^
      22 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      203 2 RADIO MALAYA ft. 8. C. I RED NETWORK from dom to SJSO p.m-"»>> [1 pm and 6.M to 11 pro on 22S 13 »3 metres from 'metres froas ro©» to 2pm on 4.825 —If 3.*> pm. I>N jmesysec In «1 metre band and from mc'rr* 810 M" 1 7.45 to
      203 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • PICTURE
    • Article, Illustration
      SULDIERS GET READY FOR CIVVY LIFE
      116 3 Tbe bi ioh no > is peacetime production. Ihe o: ld's armies made a ♦Utjuci job of destruction. Now is the tim* for all cool mm to start rebttilii** and the Vmy's "Schools for Civw Str^t ar? on top Ine for the task. Pictures
      116 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1946. Safety First
    431 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1946. Safety First t I E i>houic be much safer on the cids ct S:ni£aEK>re m the near urn: 7 anr.? is forbidding officers to .vt vehicles, which will make <>r MaMBUlf evenings on tho ioacir. I; ij i ot that officers are
    431 words
  • Saturday Short Story
    • Article, Illustration
      FELINE FANTASY
      1262 4  -  HEATHER MOORE By THE SMALL BOY lay Jn his cot, watching the flicker of the firelight on the wall opposite. He half closed his eyes and at once his dressing-gown, hung on the brass knob of the bedpost, became a menacing, wicch-iike figure. There was a dark, cavernous
      1,262 words
    • Article
      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      568 4 IJOCTOR Chang Tien-hsi. Chinese Who's Who says he prefers F. T. Chang, new Chinese ambassador to London, is a prominent Chinese jurist and judsre of the Hagtte Int-ernational Court r>: Justice. He is no stranger to London. Born In the Chungsh&n dh-lnct ol anglung province where Dr.
      568 words
  • Article
    'Dream' Shop For GI Wives
    380 4 'Dream Shop For GI Wives I UTHORITIES planA ning shopping facilities for the families of American soldiers due to arrive m Germany after August 1 have given the U.S. Military Governments Community Chopping Centre, already partially m operation m Berlin, a high and probably a n impossible target Located m
    Reuter  -  380 words
  • Article
    New phones out of the old
    30 4 New phones out of the old capidlv wmii ptaee-Ufl i tafai'« Post or ur> wivh TI r-.tr- 91 I telephone year, and 18 Civ out "a^ !'<- This effort with 1
    30 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      57 4 The Tonic of all Goodness "BIDOMAK" Ifaectelered for BRAIN. BLOOD NERVES and that DEPRESSED FEELING. GOOD FOR CONVALESCENT. \IDS DIGESTION. AfYBTITB TMPBOVUL TONES VT THE WHOLE SYSTEM A«ir your c nrmists v Provisioa Store for it. imported by P. H. YEE «c CO., Ninjxpore xmd KaaU Lompnr. Head OSee. 9.
      57 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      169 4 QUIZ 3. The president of Italy i Gasperi. Togli&tti, Nicola Sforxa. Orlando 2. Do you know, at Hrst sight how to tell the difference between— <a) A star. <b a planet? 3. The rst British streamlined steam locomotive was the— "Cock o' the North." "Silver Jubilee." "Prineoß Elixabeth" 'Golden Eaclr."
      169 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    I ONNELL BROS POUNDER DIES
    57 5 ire COOn«H, a fuundcr h- import and export the Conneil Brothers Kth offices throughSnl, died on Urn nighw; 2aj alter a Hires-wrath ta neg Bating o a Ck&oem bojreolt ihipu ma uc« m Sh»nghai. Honsi Manila, Singapore, Tientsin 1 ;tok and Karbin prior to, by
    A.P.  -  57 words
  • Article
    .ill., E,V.C. DAY
    31 5 t. V G Day. Resident! net oj Kedah. will oe iransier to Malacca, ai Commtelonei thcrt'. He will be succeeded t)S B. Venables. writes our i »r correspondent
    31 words
  • Article
    STEP TO BOOST MALAYAN FOOD Df?iVE
    248 5 STEP TO BOOST MALAYAN FOOD Df?iVE 1 Cloth for padi planters Free Press Reporter TO encourage padi planters m Malaya to exert their utmost m the Grow More Food campaign, 250,000 yards of cloth are being distributed to them by the Union Government. In return for grain sold to the
    248 words
  • Article
    HALAYAHAS! RADIO 15! \CK-OUT;
    95 5 HALAYAHAS! RADIO 15! \CK-OUT; yr had a radio black-out >: of yesterday. It must :he atom bomb. but ..jus experts refused >s work and said merely: nothing ccming i :our o'clock, the normal i >rse transmitters could i contact Kuala Lumpur. b-c^an to improve late vming. says Reuter. oi Britain's
    95 words
  • Article
    Govt handles relief goods distribution
    131 5 DUAIJij, pre-war importers of all communities have been unable to come to an a*ree- ment regarding their respective I al orations, Government has de- c'-ded to make its own arrangements for distribution of the large quantities of relief supplies now kept m Singapore godowns. Explanations
    131 words
  • Article
    RATIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS
    203 5 SPECIAL arrangements lor ration cards H ave been made for persons cominp into Singapore who are not entitled to Army or Government rations. A ration card must be obtained before a person is entitled to draw rations ol sugar, rice and flour, and to obtain this the
    203 words
  • Article
    Singapore Welfare Council Inaugurated
    271 5 SINGAPORE Social Welfare Council i s intended to provide Government with a means of utilising the local knowJ»c and experience of the various communities by giving •c representatives of these communities opportunities for xpressing opinions, and making suggestions m connection with the welfare of the Colony,
    271 words
  • Article
    DEMAND FOR FREE EDUCATION
    72 5 DEMAND FOR FREE EDUCATION THE Pan-Malayan Federation ol Indian Teachers, at a meeting held m Kuala Lumpur, decided to request the Union Government to introduce free elementary vernacular education. The meeting sJto decided to request that facilities be provided for adult education for labourers, and vocational training for labourers' children.
    72 words
  • Article
    ARMS DEALING CHARGE
    60 5 On thr Ground that Jamil bin Ilaji Ismail, an n.AJr.C. driver, had been an ato ?nl fr.im l: unit for about a mqnth, bail wai opposed wh^n be appeared before Mr. Paul Storr In the Diitrit'c Court yesterday and had a charge of dealing m firearms explained
    60 words
  • Article
    ROBBERY VICTIM CATCHES THIEF
    221 5 DHESENCE cf mind and inmel dUate action by a Chinese, Leo Ah Boon, resulted to the arrest of one of three robbers within half an hour of their robbing Ml Lee m his housa m Joo Chiat Terrace on Tuesday jnorning. Ihree Chinese, two armed with
    221 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    63 5 Here are photographs of the Services Dancing Team which will be competing at the Happy World Cabaret only 28, 29, 30 and 31. The dancers are: Sen. J. Stevenson and Miss Siti Amenah (picture* on top of column M, and from left to right: LAC Sampson and Miss Lily Them.
    63 words
  • Article
    'LEND MONEY TO GOVT OR BE TAXED'
    280 5 THE people of Singapore have to chose between lending money to the Government for the rehabilitation of Singapore or be -taxed, said the Financial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. Nelson Jones, m a broadcast talk over Radio Malaya last night. "If you lend the money
    280 words
  • Article
    ASSESSMENT CEILING IS LIFTED
    112 5 ASSESSMENT CEILING IS LIFTED THE Municipal Comm:s.s. oncers yesterday passed an amendment to the Municipal Ordinance whereby the limit placed on the consolidated rate of assessment on property of 20 prr cent, removed. This vouM net affect the imqrovemen > rate or i:v rprr cent. Mr. John Laycock, In proi
    112 words
  • Article
    Royal gifts to Malayan nurses
    150 5 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Friday. REPRESENTING 600 internees who were devotedly and heroically nursed by Eurasian, Chinese and other nurses m Malaya during the first year of the Japanese occupation, Mr. E. N. T. Cummins, on July 31, will be presenting Princess Elizabeth at Buckingham
    150 words
  • Article
    ARREARS OF PAY
    35 5 It has been decided to pay arrears of salary to March 31. ICH2, to all those Asiatic Government ofilccrs who wer3 not piid an advance of two mcnihs salary m February. -1941*
    35 words
  • Article
    AMBON CAMP JAPANESE TO HANG
    194 5 SIX sentences of death by hanging and two of life Imprisonment were pronounced at the War Crimes Court yesterday vu en all thirteen accused m the Ambon case were convicted. Of the res- one was sentenced to '5 years* imprisonment, three to 10 year* anc
    194 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      77 5 AUMM WRESTE.IMG jff^ 3R2iiT WORLD O 7OKIGH* g5 /*4 l. \dinu wMinwr Ot THE i AB I AST A -TIIS HOME Off Blii fe» CtKXURY PRESZKTS GARSIDE J !\MOIS YORKSHIRE STAR Venus 1 3A SISMGH i v I I mN9 iKRROR OF lMti:UK> J X THA3MAN v$ SAILOR MUSKET V
      77 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      28 5 SIR ALEX. KORDA'S GREATEST TRIUMPH! IT'S THE Next Cig Show at the CAPITOL BOOK NOW— IYI 181 ROBERT m POIVAF Clyrt's Jo^.s Am Todd. RolaiJ Cilvcr ALiXAHDtH KOROA
      28 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article, Illustration
    Monty Is Back At Work
    32 6 'd-v^-nal i.o.d Montgomery at bis desk at the War Office. w>r^ he lias succeed rd Field Marshal Lord Alan- ooke as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
    32 words
  • Article
    Li. gets 5 yrs for bigamies
    260 6 ON i,.... b es instituted by t:ie director of Public Prosecutions m a move to "make the seducer pay" an Army officer who seduced three women by pretending he was single, and who also committed two bigamies, was sent to five years' penal servitude
    260 words
  • Article
    Bride Ran From Church
    65 6 I\APHNE Ealfs aged 18, a shop assistant, of Staines, wanted to marry L.Cpl. Norman Hopper R.A.S.C. but was so shy she didn't want any close relatives or friends to attend the 'ceremony. She slent at her cousin's house so that n ighbours would not see her
    65 words
  • Article
    BOBBY SWEETHEARTS ARE VETTED
    59 6 Girls who wish to marry pol ce- men m Buckinghamshire consta- bulary must produce 'references" before their wedding day to prove their good character." Their bridegrooms-to-be can then submit names to their Chief for approval That says Austin Day, a former Police Constable, is why PC*,
    59 words
  • Article
    ATTLEE REFUSES AMNESTY
    214 6 ATTLEE REFUSES AMNESTY Forcei Question Time ANSWERS given m the House of Commons to Forces questions were: ARMY and RA.F. detention sentences are automatically reviewed after six weeks and again at intervals of not more than six months with a view to remission, mitigation or suspension. There has been a
    214 words
  • Article
    B.O.A.C. SEEK YOUNG PILOTS
    59 6 8.0.A.C. is looking for pilots ana radio officers qualified tor civil aviation flying. So far a search for young single men to fill well paid jobs has been m vain. The reasons for the shortage seem to be the slow rate at which Ex-R.AJ*. flyers are
    59 words
  • Article
    STAKING CLAIM
    25 6 CEVERAL families of ex-service-men who found their homes abandoned at an anti-aircraft guns te at Sheffield are already stalling claims on army huts.
    25 words
  • Article
    BAOR MEN TELL WIVES 'STAY AWAY'
    285 6 BAOR MEN TELL WIVES 'STAY AWAY' AN overwhelming majority of 8.A.0.R. troops m Herford Westphalia, have decided that Germany is not a healthy or happy place for their wives and famiJies. Many nave advised their wives to stay m Britain. Consequently the men are not worried by an official announcement
    285 words
  • Article
    Raf DRESS UP FOR U.S. TOUR
    245 6 Raf DRESS UP FOR U.S. TOUR I|> PHIS, said the men with the ornately-brassed caps and !,e breasts covered with fruit- -iilad (medal ribbons) "is going Ito be the swankiest show that j the RAF has ever done And magnificently turned out. i the first half of a Lancaster bom*»er
    245 words
  • Article
    Racketeers 'go to the dogs'
    181 6 MOST people know that there is money for somebody m dog-racing, but just how much money changes hand* has to bi teen to be believed. What began a.* the "pool man's rare meeting" is now the medium of cim'p^ratively heavy betting by hundreds of thousands
    181 words
  • Article
    FORSES WILL GET RAPID DIVORCES
    89 6 THE Law Society hopes to dls--1 nose of all outstanding Service divorce cases within the next two years, a time limit suggested by the Lord Chancellor A staff of solicitors is undergoing three months' training In the Divorce Department m London for work a t
    89 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE TAXIS ARE CHEAPER THAN LONDON
    38 6 SINGAPORE TAXIS ARE CHEAPER THAN LONDO N fONDON taxicab fares may rise from the present 9d. a mile t2 ls before th of the y?ar In Singapore yellow top fair price taxis charge the eauivalHit '-'id. a mile.
    38 words
  • Article
    QUIZ Answers
    47 6 not. J. "Silver Link." 4 Eleven 5. Hyperbola, a geometrical term' m?n C t rbOle n exa^™ted statement; macrocosm, the whole 7?m iS o PP asite to microcosm a httle v:orld. often applied to man nhn« Wa regarded by anicent tt wS rS aS an
    47 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      242 6 NOW SHOWING Telling one of the Most Enchanting Love Stori^ Ever Brought to the Screen Set to Rhythm LavgkZ and Glamor of Hollywood's Most Spect acu l Technicolor Musical Triumph. Actual Atom Bomb Explosion Pictures. IThRAHOVST SEWS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT i A Reckless Beauty Defies the World for the Excitemer.:
      242 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      68 6 IANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I j L^V^ I /if those boys always 1 I AfesAuAi/e, Captain Bunkum I^TTjNiB VO^S^L^^- K S{ >**yl NEWeA^2^»< ALIKE, MAYBE THEY'LL) fas ost tAaC^Me^M 1W TUU UKOFPEDME /X^ Z*S\ I VttStlM FALL FDR .JAKIP Aun <J I '*>s**<. tna^/s, i*r
      68 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article, Illustration
    KENT DEFEAT LANCASHIRE
    496 7 Yorksh Ire Somerset Game Abandoned N_ LONDON, Fri. U alteration occurred m any of the six leading positions m the County championship table as the result of matches that finished today although the leaders, Lancashire, were defeated by 153 runs by Kent. Kent always appeared to be
    496 words
  • Article
    Civilian XI For Holiday Cricket
    97 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Singapore Civilians against the umbincd Services m a cricket nvitrh to bs played on the S.C.I', padang over the August Bank Holiday week-end. Saturday. Sunday .'nd Monday, play starting at 11 a.m. each day. A. C. Growder
    97 words
  • Article
    BOY ANDRE GOES DOWN FIGHTING
    188 7 3lerv Williams, Boxing Editor, Sporting Globe) BRISBANE, Friday. jVM Andre, flyweight champion of Malaya, weighing 8 st. Ib, lost on points to Stumpy But ell (8 st. 3 l i lb). flyweight champion of Australia, over 12 rounds of j jilting at Brisbane Stadium to-night.
    188 words
  • Article
    BIG UPSET IN FRENCH TENNIS
    313 7 BIG UPSET IN FRENCH TENNIS PARIS, Fri AS the result of todays play m the French lawn tennis Championships at Roland GarrOo Stadium. YVon Petra. French champion of Wimbledon, and his felloweountryrr.an. Marcel Bernard will meet the South American pair, Enr.'co Moror. of Argentina and Pancho Segura of Ecuador The
    313 words
  • Article
    Y.M.C.A. MEETING
    51 7 \LL members of the V.M.C.A. of Sirgapore are requested to attend r special meeting at the V.M.C.A. Tennis Pavilion, 97, Bras Basah Road. en Thursday, at 6.45 pjn. M\ He a land Lyr.?. gcner.-l £c r tary v nt'd we'eome the oppocttmttf cf mecttnc memben cf tiii ajs
    51 words
  • Article
    U.S. Challenge To Airborne Turned Down
    128 7 LONDON, Thurs. r. J. E. Ferguson, owner of Airborne, winner of the English Derby has turned down a challenge to run the horse against Assault, the Triple Crown winner m America the Kentucky Derby, Prrakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes and Prince Chevalier, French Derby winner.
    128 words
  • Article
    248 ENTER FOR A.A.A. MEETING
    136 7 248 ENTER FOR A.A.A. MEETING A TOTAL of 248 entries r-as been i received for the Singapore Island Amateur Athletic meeting to be held at Jalau Besar Stadium on Monday. Aug. 5, starting at 3 p.* m. Preliminary heats will be worked oil next Wednesday and Thursday as follows: WEDNESDAY'S
    136 words
  • Article
    ROCKLITES
    68 7 The Ru^kiiles '"B 1 cioc^r tcara whl play St. Patr;c!:\s Institution m a r turn game of Wcj&bt ai 5.1") p.m. toc ay. Tvv team v ill be selected from the following: -Srng Fcj. o. i-.uir.kr:shna. It. iSubrielo. la.: Lng Chia, Guan, Chew Eng, Kanr!2:aoabai, Ramachandra, Sundrum. Jaafar, Yew
    68 words
  • Article
    IMPRESSIVE DEBUT BY 1947 DERBY CANDIDATE
    336 7 LONDON. Fn. •THE Maharaja Gaekwar of Ra- roda's two-year-old Sayajirao. tor which the Indian Prince paiJ ihr record price of 28 COO Guineas last year as a yearling, made *n impressive debv.t In winning tne Will Sommera Plate run over six furlongs at Hurst
    336 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      162 7 THE FULL SENSE OF JUSTICE. TIENT WAITING FOR EVIDENCE BEFORE NIBBING YOUR MAN! ft* ik R v fll^N wmmofL VZj YNH ?s q »i 1 a s^rrll 0 I Üb/ rr-:,tcst TRIUMPH? i tftfMERS' AbVtHTURfToF THE «f^T^^| ijTM 1 m TECHNICOtOR i po AfiToM f 1 ERROL FLYNN ALEXIsSMITH g^
      162 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      386 7 \OHFICATION. Notice is hereby given that the following agreemfnt has been signed and agreed upon by both parties m the presence of the witness, The Singapore General Labour Union on the 24th day of July, 1946:— 1. For China Goods: szy/25 a ch&J plus demurrage of $9/75; lor other goods
      386 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3
      528 7 CG U ZTEA3 Co., Lt! rEL 5J61-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LINE Samsetie troni tl la port Prometheus rotn LJi IMM An*. t Pavien^rr* ami eargv wcepUo to t'l Hs»c»st Md Shanthai as sppwlunMm ifln BORNS PHILP LINE Devon from Australia G 1 3 Maretta from Australia la Port Sam i
      528 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Ceylon Holds 'Cock And Bull' Ballots
    91 8 Ceylon Holds 'Cock And Bull' Ballots THE Ce>lun State (oumil has passed m all its stag's a b"ll to altpr the nulling system m Ceylon md to make provision tor thr nl i»in^ of symbols, sue. 1 as cork*;, hulls or mammoths against < andi a f es names on
    A.P.  -  91 words
  • Article, Illustration
    HOME...
    21 8 The banks of Rydal Water m summer mak« n cture that will appeal to all lovers of the Lake District.
    21 words
  • Article
    FORCES TO GET REVISED ALLOWANCES
    192 8 LONDON, Fri. THE War Minister. Mr. Jack Lawson. m the Commons yesterday announced the revision of lodginj and ration allowances for the Forces as from July 1. These were: Lodging allowance a composite allowance is nonissuable at the following daily rates, general officers (and equivalent
    Reuter  -  192 words
  • Article
    ALLIES ACT OVER JAVA EVACUATION HOLD UP
    203 8 THE Allied lone. Netherlands East Indies HQ are taking a serious view of the stoppage m the evacuation of internees from the interior of Java, and the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Sulan Sjahrir, will be interviewed on thi s subject tomorrow, the Allied spokesman
    Reuter  -  203 words
  • Article
    SWEDES BURN WHEAT
    290 8 Farmers m central Sweden are burning their wheat because a parasite is destroyine it m the iields, reports Reutor from Stockholm. and Mr. Rees-Wllliams replied sharply: "No." and went on to allege that those who committed i suicide during the slump jumped Into ;he sea He asserted
    290 words
  • Article
    'BRITISH PUT DUTCH IN INDONESIA'
    191 8 BATAVIA, Fri. "WITHOUT British aid, not one DuttK soldier could have landed m Indonesia, and it is only with British aid that the Dutc.i are now occupying various areas," declared Mohamed Hat- ta, vice-president of the "Re- publican Government" m a radio address. "Let us
    U.P.  -  191 words
  • Article
    JET 9 MILES HIGH
    22 8 A Meteor jet aircraft Dying near Gloucester yesterday reached an altitude approximately nine miles, reports Reuter from' London.
    22 words
  • Article
    HEIRS LOST £557,066 BY TWO DAYS
    71 8 London When Gaspard Oliver Farrar. 85 year old bachelor of St. James Square, died, he left 1.072.C00 on which 783.000 death duty are payable. He died on April 11 the day after the new finance bi'i raising death duty from 52 pei cent to
    Reuter  -  71 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    242 8 natlng the various authorities and representatives of the various countries with a view to seeing whether the food situation can be eased. "There is no question at all that the Killearn organisation has done a most usetul work but there is a clear mark of distinction between Lord Killearn \s
    242 words
  • Article
    MARSHALL FLIES IN STORM
    230 8 Bid to end civil war m China NANKING, m GEN. GEORGE MARSHALL flew to Ruling today for a conference with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek under circumstances which suggest the flight was made m an effort to halt the fighting which is rapidly spreading toward a full-scale civil
    A.P.  -  230 words
  • Article
    WORLD CUP SOCCER IN 1949
    188 8 WORLD CUP SOCCER IN 1949 LUXEMBOURG. Fri rITR Football Associations of the United Kingdom < English. Scottish. Welsh and Irish) and the Soviet Federation were all admitted to the International Football Association at the Congress here today. The Soviet Federation's desire to join the international organisation was announced by the
    Reuter.  -  188 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      187 8 ALHAMBRA "uo^l^ B<K)K \(>nv BEST SOUNO IN TOWN l h -l- <^. WATCH THAT REACTION WHEN A 16th.CENTURYCHOS| \\a, w •OHTFiLLY ItSTOIICAL! AISOLim i Alv IYSTEiICAI! TOTAUY MILARIOOS RICHARD GREEN I h^.an, c profesur PATMCIA KEDIMA (but d^ 0 akf [JJJ^ rn££\' MOi)(*t to >cy£ Hrec?ded By UNIVERSAL NEWSREti SCOno
      187 words