The Singapore Free Press, 9 August 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Ih.HIT SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    MOLOTOV ATTACKED BY FIRST LORD
    448 1 MOLOTOV ATTACKED BY FIRST LORD PARIS, Thurs. THE Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, was today bluntly accused of filibustering, and the chief British delegate, Mr. A. V. Alexander, who deputised for Mr. Ernest Bevin, charged that the Soviet delegate was trying to keep the peace conference from getting down to
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    Boy flies 3 hours under Dakota
    136 1 DARWIN, Thurs. A mrXVE-YEAR old Javanese boy, who refused to give rt h>> name, stowed away m the nacelle cavity which takes fee retractable undercarriage of a Dutch Dakota aircralt m Knepana aerodrome last night. rived unconscious at Darwin three hours later, rum severe
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    LAWSON: AN OPERATION
    20 1 Secietti; o! State tor Lawson. underwent a ition. His wife reported ration was very sueIP from London.
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    MARTIAL LAW IN INDIAN STATE
    21 1 MARTIAL LAW IN INDIAN STATE as been declared -*al. tmy India., state reports received by Hmalavan foothills. vies here m Lucknow
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    Persia Demands 'UK TROOPS MUST QUIT BASRA'
    137 1 Persia Demands 'UK TROOPS MUST QUIT BASRA' TEHERAN. Thurs. THE Persian Government demanded the immediate withdrawal of Britsh and Indian troops from Basra m a note to the British Embassy here, it was officially announced tonigh* In London, a Foreign Office spokesman said Britain would not comment formally on thf
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    ARMS RAID ON SAILING BOAT
    106 1 THREE automatic pistols and 1 over 100 rornds of ammunition were discovered m a sailing vessel m Singapore harbour by the police last evening. A member of the crew, a Chinese, is under arrest. The vessel arrived from Siam and was lying at anchor m
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    POLICE SEEK MURDER TAXI
    56 1 Singapore Police are still searching for the taxi, 5.1764, the owner of which was shot dead and his body thrown on the road m the Geylang district on Thursday nigiht. The vehicle is an 8 h.p Ford and the Police will be grateful for information regarding
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    DSO FOUND SHOT DEAD
    69 1 WOLVERHAMPTON, Thurs. LIEUT.-Col. Paul Victor Davidson, 61-year-old DJS.O., known to tens of thousands of British and Allied soldiers as the former officer commanding troops m the Liner Queen Mary, was found shot dead yesterday m a small room m which he jived m Wolverhampton. Near him
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    RAF HUNT 'PIRATE' IMMIGRANTS
    195 1 JERUSALEM, Thurs. DOYAL AIR FORCE Lancaster and Halifax long-range aircraft are now being used m British efforts to locate illegal Jewish immigrant ships bound for Palestine. They are flying as far as 200 miles out from the coast. RAF spitfires are continuing their inshore patrols as
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    Miss Pat To Marry
    42 1 Patricia, (Right) 22 year-old laughter of lord and Lady Mountbatten, and her 17 year eld s'sier Pamela. Patricia is io marry 21 year-old Lord Brabourne, General Slim's A D.C. m South East Asia. The couple met m S.E.A.C.
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    Service families for S'pore
    491 1 Service families for S'pore Free Press Reporter TWO hundred Service families will be arriving m Singapore about the middle <»f September, to join husbands serving m Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Pcmtng. while some are destined for Burma Command. Military authorities m Singapore assei i that no claim will be made
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    STORE HOSPITAL 'BOYS' STRIKE
    317 1 Free Press Reporter MORE than 500 Indian and Chinese servants of Singapore s three biggest civilian hospitals the General Hospital. Kandang Kerbau and Tan Tock Seng went on strike f hi£ morning following the refusal of the Singapore Medical Labour Union to which they belong to
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      He has seen 16 War Ministers come and go
      726 2 Last of the 'Robin Red-Breasts' MOST mornings at tiatfpast nine a tall resplendent figure m a blue frock-coat and trousers a shiny black top-hat, and a gorgeous scarlet waisc-coat, strides down tin s'.eps cl the main entrance to the War Office
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      NO JOBLESS MEN IN COVENTRY
      110 2 NO JOBLESS MEN IN COVENTRY COVENTRY has no vnemployment problem. On the contrary, there are vacancies for several types of labour. The cycle trade shows a remarkable revival, local firms having had to turn down many hundreds of orders because of their inhabiliy to produce within the specified time. To
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      BUCKS HAS YOGA SCHOOL
      424 2 A group of young girls sitting cross-legged on the floor intently watching the movements of their instructor, bending and stretching, stretching and bending, might lead a passer-by to believe that a physical training class was m progress. If he watched for a while, however, he would
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      58 2 7th CATHAY ANNIVERSARY NOW SHOWING 11 a.m. 2.00, 4.15. 6.30 t Betty and John to Dazzle you with Romanes and Rhythm! Carmen and Cesar to delight you with Latin Love, Laughter and Lyrics! TONIGHT "AND TOMORROW MIKNIOHTDotty m a Sarong' Love and Fiery Ac on an Exotic South Sea Island
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      460 2 AUGUST TAHIO MALAYA 7.30 p.m. Musical Theatre of the KfcD NETWORK rrom noon to teriude. 8.40 p.m. Speaking to forces 2 p.m and 6.3« to 11 m. on 2.^5 overseas. 8.45 p.m. M-loay Hour, i^ metres from noon to 2 ?m. on 4.825 p.m. City of Birmingham Orchestra. rues sec
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      ATOMIC CAR HOAXER JAILED
      518 3 'Inventor' Fooled Fuel Minister With His Uranium Energy Car AN ingenious old fraud who talked a lot about heavy water, and uranium and claimed to make a car go 1,000 miles on atomic energy for sixpence has been found out. John Henry Wilson is his name.
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      RADIO KILLED CHILD
      21 3 Radio set electrocuted John David Pointon, aged two. of Macclesfleld, Cheshire, when he went behina it to play.
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      MADE IN MOSCOW
      39 3 iv -h»* lat «>t Russian style m motor cars now m produ lon at the Z's works. Moscow^ lt M HrM cvlird r engine registering 140 h.yv. a^d is built m the most modern streamlined mode
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      It's Never To Late To Mend'—Judge
      66 3 It's Never To Late To Mend'— Judge *v K-ycat-cJI con\»«i. was iiiid tar'y one morning :i a hottle of stout on the ...»n of the h>u-e from which haj >to en it, i- Mfifr f oo late to mend," iJtfl K»-e» toll hi-n at Kfhs>ut > Ses-kn> "Why t» rearh
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      WIVES ARE 3 WEEK WIDOWS ON VOYAGE
      73 3 WIVES ARE 3 WEEK WIDOWS ON VOYAGE CU a 400 Br.ti>h men who from South as war volunteers from Tilbury reLly they slept m r?amwhile Iheii wives had hree-week voyage m: •ar-o!d 12,405-ton Ta.r.3nusband* were separated froir. r wyes and childre-i at meals. I men. both officers, vho are majority,
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      ARMY COUNCIL IS NAMED
      45 3 of ihe new Army QCU are:- J. Lawson, Secretary lor Lord Nathan. Parl amenI' rider-Secretary for Warnha] Viscount Mont- Gen. Sir Richard O'Con- -Gen. Sir Daril Watson; 'acting Lt.-Gen.» Smpson. Maj.-Gen itemp Sir Sidney C. Kirkman: J. Bellenser and Sir Eric
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      JET RAGING CAR
      19 3 Car engine-dr.v i j"t help acceleration will 1 on record bids next v=ar ractaf motoris* Wilbur
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      BUNGALOWS TABOO
      29 3 *s a m 9.-W V.» ••••T oungaiows n i Lanes must jp v theii owners m -I 1 be removed vac 1. They were built. me i^ars
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      Dr. FISHER VISITS U.S.
      14 3 Canterbury Fisher, is visiting <d the Un ted States .tii.
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      2 generals among 44 Japs charged
      299 3 'EASTERN BELSEN' CASE THE "Eastern Belsen" was how Lt. Col. C. H. Withers Payne, the prosecutor, described the military section of the Outram Road Gaol, at the trial yesterday of 44 Japanese, including two Major-Generals, on a charge of illtreating and neglecting prisoners m
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      SALVATION ARMY No. 2
      23 3 The Salvation Arm> is to have an American. Commisioner John J. Allan, a New Yorker, as its second in-command.
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      'GANG' HOLDS SWAY IN U.K. JAIL
      158 3 /^N inquiry is being held by the Prison Commissioners Into serious charges 1 of indiscipline among long-term prisoners «n Parkhurst Prison, near Newport, Isle of Wight. An experienced prison officer described the position as "the most fantastic I have ever luiown." A detailed report
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      PLEADS FOR WIFE WHO ERRED
      196 3 A r i.ng soldier who returned] rom India to find his wife had cold ap> his home and gone, with his two children, to live with anoiher n.au, pleaded with magistrates net to cciid he: to prison. But. though the husband himself had brought the
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      HER 7 SONS WENT TO WAR
      49 3 HER 7 SONS WENT TO WAR A proud woman m Britain is— Mrs. E. Miles, of Pluckley, Kent, chosen to present souvenirs to the village's returned Servicemen Seven of them are her sons. Front-line PlueJcleys's record: Ninety went to war. ninety came back; much but only one villager killed.
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      ESCAPE 'KING' IS IN' FOR 5 YRS
      254 3 ESCAPE 'KING' IS IN' FOR 5 YRS A CHICAGO-BORN soldier who once need UMMIf irow handcuffs m a British court while policemen sat eacL side of him, escaped a dozen times from military guards and prison cells, and committed a series of armed hold-ups m Durham, was at Leeds Assizes
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      'CRUEL' WIFE BIT HUSBAND
      105 3 A HUSBAND who complained that his wife attacked him with a poker, a bread knife, a bowl, an axe, a shoe, a broom, or by kicking him was granted a divorce at Edino f J r J.!i on the ground of her cruelty. Tne husband Is
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      POLICEWOMEN MAY MARRY
      62 3 MARRIED women may become 111 regular members of the police force and will be allowed maternity leave, under new regulations. Women already m the Force will not haw to resign on marriage. Miss Juanita Frances, chairman ol the Married Women's Association, welcjmed the order and said: "We
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      JITTERBUG EXPERT GETS FILM JOB
      63 3 Fame as a film actor has been thrust on Bruce Ralph, of 'utney. London, a carpenter, tall, dark and nineteen. Film director Carol Reed saw h m jitterbuging at Hammersmith Palais and signed him up —to teach British film "find" Kathleen Ryan, to jitterbug, and
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      SHE DIED TRYING TO BURN BREAD
      142 3 SHE DIED TRYING TO BURN BREAD |iEAR that she might oe O\>I" covered wasting oreau cost the life of tfettrwls Partridge, aged 19. ot Vai-kyrie-rcad, Wallasey. secretary to a film of contractor*. On her first day m me cnarg~ of the office during the abseiu-e on holiday of the propricto.
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      49 3 London s v.om.n police are to be issued with the new strait uniform shown by the right pol cewoman 'mannequin.' The new turic has padded shoulders and breast pockets like the uniform «orn b* America's women police. The other policewoman m the picture is wearing the present style uniform.
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      CHILDREN LIVE IN ARMY CELL
      191 3 CHILDREN LIVE IN ARMY CELL FPSRT Bight Oliver Fian'."^ baths his two children -v the guardroom at F°nhain 3u. racks, near Newcastle. Then he carr e^ them into hi* cell and the door clangs U) v. til morning when three-vear-oia Violet and ncarly-two Luke Ai:thony parade beside their fattier lor
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      BANK CLERKS STRIKE
      16 3 1 r >oo ba;:k r 'erics hm«| ->een on strike In Nor\h«rn Ireland
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      148 3 HAPPY WORLD BOXING *t 84s pm SLINDAV lith AUGUST 1916. MR MATTHEW d" SOUZA PRESENTS \N ALL-ACTION PROviRAMME OF BPITISH SCPVTCES vs THE RKSI BRITISH SERVU FS vs. THE RESI R H. PANTOM LILMJ 6x3 M MA(JRI«^L FOX 8 j>o t JACK BIRCH (R.E.M.IL o x 3 M NAI SO.A
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUG, 9, 1946. Like To Buy $15 Coat For $35?
    437 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUG, 9, 1946. Like To Buy $15 Coat For $35? gapofl Government may I .t oe entirely successful m iis campaign to control k r ices out the anti-black market 3 „aa is doing a good lob m at i^a.st one direction by following ods
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      G.C. Island has its problems, too
      1128 4  -  Victor Thompson By A MILE outside Valetta, capital of Malta, G.C., is an underground temple which was chipped by flint tools out of the solid rock nearly three thousand years before Christ was born. Dr. Paul Boffa, who will probably be Prime Minister of
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      ROOKS NOT ROOKIES
      93 4 Rooks and not rockies are now the rage m the ultra fastionable West End. Dishes prepared from rooks are enjoying a new popular tv m smart London restaurants. Thus the none-too-ade-quate meat ration leads to a copying of the habits of our forefathers, who greatly favoured look
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      QUIZ
      92 4 1. The emblems represented on the reverse side n* Britain's (a) a farthing and (b) a bronze Threepenny Piece, have a certain symbolic significance. What are they? 2. George Bernard Shaw was 90 recently. In which ti his playi do we meet with (a) ft professor of phonetics, (b)
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      THE KEY TO THE WORLD
      14 4 "Malta has seldom been out of the world's news."
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      367 4 Jf. J. C. PARIS, the French Minister-Councillor at the French Embassy m London has a very high opinion of English hospitality. Recently h e and his wife were planning to visit their daughter, who is at school at Hay wards Heath. They booked rooms at a local
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      This was too late for war
      457 4 A WEIRD picture of the war of tomorrow with infantrymen armed with 57--millimeter cannon instead oX rifles, and heavy-weapons companies armed with 105--millimeter howitzers instead of machine guns and mortars can be drawn as a r^suT. <n current research by the American Army Ordnance
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      How Forces Fed Us
      210 4 OUR GOOD NEIGHS Cl rto 1 A} rii supplioi we < ported into Malay:, I Services, with the i R of very small MBo ported by private prise. Service imports the civil have contii since 1 April, but diminishing scaV. sine Colonial Office is now ponsible.
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    NEWS PAGE
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    £8,000,000 PLANT FOR CHINA
    69 5 IN the first concrete step to raise tt c Chinese standard ot living through production, Mr. William Knox, president of the Westinghouse Electric International Ccmpany, disclosed today that he vac concluded a 20-year agreement with the China National Resources Commission to design a piant to provide
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    MILITARY POLICE DANCE TONIGHT
    84 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Sir Montagu Stopford, Acting Supreme Allied Commander. South East Asia, Major Gen. Denning and Major Gen. and Mrs. L. H. Cox will be among the distinguished guests to attend the Military Police Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    Mr.M.J. KENNAWAY
    31 5 Mr. M.J. Konnaway of Escot Estate, Tanjong Malm, will be returning to Malaya by the Oranji this month tvith Mrs. Kennaway, accompanied by the Misses Elizabeth ana Philippa Kennaway.
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    SINGAPORE SUPPLIES SEAC AND JAPAN
    335 5 SINGAPORE SUPPLIES SEAC AND JAPAN Free Press Reporter TOURING Base Ordnance Depot which supplies Malaya South-East Asia and Japan with milimilitary equipment, I passed through a vast area of 500 acres of rubber land m Kranji, from which tons of military equipment have been lost through outright lifting." This is
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    CINBODIAN ATTACKED TOWN
    104 5 CINBODIAN ATTACKED TOWN m agency rej hat 550 mcii t :y, wearing j icked the vn or" Siemreap r rrontier on y P uter report .r he celebrated T of Angkor Vat, 2 province of v claimed t a hen under provinces of t| i BattaofUf were < -h Indochina
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    UNKNOWN
    93 5 r'i) issued m ir points out that> m .10 a by the m i" i ensure a; ■r ol supples A ?.cV -market that there "iificulties m 1 t# .v efficient J «H Uon can or.ly I 1: matt careful tail. all Govern- I I ies will be b
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    18 5 flare UMmb* in^apore. these children v meal uhen the Free Press cameraman started by the 8.M.A., are continuing.
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    VIKING AIRLINERS FOR INDIA
    70 5 rE first of a fleet of six Britishbuilt latest type Viking airliners, constructed at a total cost of £250,000 for Indian National Airways, left Heston airport for India, yesterday. The champagne christening ceremony was held at the irfleld by Lady Runganadhan. wife of the High Commissione
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    SEAMAN GAOLED
    36 5 Abu bin Osman, a Malay quarter-master of the steamer Draus. was sentenced to three months' imprisonment m the Fourth Police Court yesterday, for the theft of $90 from a woman passenger. Wong Hong Chong.
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    CHINA WANTS MORE AID FROM UNRRA
    187 5 THE Chinese delegate. Dr. C. N. L'u wh3 passed through 1 Singapore recently, at the plenary meeting of UNRRA conference m Geneva yesterday urged that the United Nations should include humanitarian work as an integral part of its functions, preferably m its social and
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    IOR CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY
    149 5 IOR CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY A PRELIMINARY inquiry was held yesterday m the Third Police Court, into a charge of armed gang robbery against an Indian soldier, Abdul Lalif bin Munshi Abdul Aziz. It was alleged that On the night of May 10. Abdul, entered the room of Mrs. Moira
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    LAYS WREATH
    29 5 Dr. Wang Shu-chieh, Chinese Minster of Foreign Arfairs, today j laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier under the Paris Arc de Triomphe.- Reuter
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    GOV-GEN. URGES MALAYAN BROTHERHOOD
    280 5 TO make a success of their efforts, young Malays, Chi.iese. Indians, and others should work m close friendship together, recognising a wider- loyalty than that of their separate rac'al communities—the brotherhood of all true and pood Malayans," says Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. the Governor-General, m a
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    Pioneers' Sports Meeting
    125 5 A FEW days ago, 21 Group Indian Pioneer Corps beta their sports meeting at Delta Road Pioneer Camp m Singapore. Prizes were distributed by Col. T. B. A. Evans -Lot. be GCE, Deputy Director of Pioneers and Labour. HQ., ALFSEA. r f i-*» light of the events
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    DEPRESSION HITS CANTON CITY
    345 5 P ANTON is now m the doldrums, with the first brief »w f\j war boom over. The first indications of depression re seen m the shipping trade. Motor vessels, and Cln *c junks converted into "houseboats" towed by launch, s wer* among the first to feel
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    Three missing in Penang
    128 5 Three missing in Penang Free Pr.-ss orres>po:«Jcnl NPI4M2L Wed. k FISHING fleet headru b> a Japanese converted trawfc* struck a mine oft lcluk Kamiar early yesterday morn.n^ resulting m three fishermen missing and two others mv.i '.i out of a total complement of 40. Two hoats with equipment valued at
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    MINED SHIP On WAY TO S'PORE
    81 5 A FTER lying m Penang harbour for almost three weeks. The Ben Lomond which struct a ntinein the Malacca Straits is now on her way to* Singapore for repairs. The vessel which to being towert to Singapore by <wo nrvnl tups, l^ft Pernne on
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      56 5 VICTORIA THEATRE THE GAIETY PLAYERS. (NO. I BRITISH TRANSIT TAMP) Present to Services and Civilians "BIRD IN HAND" A Three Act Comedy On Monday, Tuesday Wednesday Aug 12th 13th 14th at 8 p m. I Tickets: 52.00, $1.00 50 ets Obtainable At Theatre Box Othce Op-n: 10 a.m. To 1
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      GLAMORGAN, GLOUCESTER WIN IN TWO DAYS
      636 6 LONDON, Thurs. WICKETS affected by the rain helped Glamorgan and Gloucester to score two-day victories m their current County cricket fixtures, Glamorgan beating Derby by an innings and 115 runs and Gloucester beating Hampshire by 70 runs. Derby were all out for 40 runs
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      France Prepares For 1947 Tennis
      96 6 PARIS. Mon. French Tennis Federation official said today that France has declined invitations to send a team of French tennis players to Argentina and other LatinAmerican countries because of the necessity of going into early training for the 1947 season. The official said the Tennis
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      QUIZ Answers
      35 6 1. <a> A Wren (our maHoftt bird), (b) Thrift (the Sea Pink). 2. <a> Pygmaliovi. <b) The Devil's Disciole, (c> Major Barbara. 3. (a> The National Coal Board, (b) Nine, (c> Lord Hynslley.
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      RELIABILITY TRIALS FOR TOMORROW
      219 6 The Army brings bacfc motor sport to Malaya tomorrow with a series of motor-cycle trials, organised by the Second Division and to be held at Hind, near Johore Bahru. Twelve teams from the Division and eight teams from Singapore District will De competing. The motor-cyclists will
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      Ten Wickets For One Run At Tanglin
      213 6 Ten Wickets For One Run At Tanglin AMAZING cricket was pUjcd at Tanglin when the Rest of H. Q. Alfs a met and beat Alfsca H. Q. Ceyloncse by 12 runs. These were the scores: Rest Ist innn°s, 20. Sgt. Colling 10 wickets for one run, the last seven wick*
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      STORE'S OLDEST CRICKET FIXTURE TO BE RESUMED
      691 6 STORE'S OLDEST CRICKET FIXTURE TO BE RESUMED IT will be mere than ever like old times on the padang on Sunday wh^n the Singapore Crcket Club and the Singapore Recreation Club resume their cricket fixture which has for a period of nearly 80 years held a prominent place m the
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      HOLLIES BOWL WELL v INDIANS
      293 6 SCOREBOARD Warwickshire Ist Inn-" nine dccL IXDl4—lst INNS Mu>Uq All lb» H MedJ b Holli- tnnanath b Holl»» Mrr hant not o•♦ Harare not out ttum LONDON. ThurFrom LEARIE CONSTANTINF THERh was only two-and-a-half hours play to talk aki m India's match with Warwickshire as
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      Chinese Athlete
      26 6 The Chinese Athletic Association soccer team uh-rh i.^t to the Northampton* on Wednes lay. The Athhtrs leaf oru to Penan; and Kuala Lumpur to-morrou
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      25-MILE CYCLE RACE AT K.L.
      113 6 25-MILE CYCLE RACE AT K.L. THE nrst b:g Hi event rim was held at Kwrti Lvi Sunday whrn took part m a »-m start race over an w m Sydney Gard*\. W rmer W X Singapore Isl-nd war winner of Round -Mie -Is land i winning time wa. 6 3
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      WOODCOCK EUROPEAN CHAMP BUT...
      961 7 WOODCOCK EUROPEAN CHAMP BUT... riT.' m the Game From George Chisholm lOKVCI U<X>DCOCK, of Doncaster, is now European he ht boxing champion. Nobody outside the Kril r of Control knows why he should be granted > unding title because when they labelled a match Dm British champion and Al Renet,
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      SCORES FASTEST CENTURY
      31 7 A new picture of Bill Voce, who has been selected to tour Australia m the winter. Last week Voce scored the fastest century of this season for Notts.
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      SCFA LOST FIVE-NIL AT SEREMBAN
      164 7 SCFA LOST FIVE-NIL AT SEREMBAN Free Press (orre.pondent SEREMBAN, Aug. 6. DLAYING their best rr.atch of th e season here yesterday 1 the Negri Sembilan Chines? Pc- creation Club defeated the Singa- j pore Chinese Football Association by five goals to nil The Negri Chinese HUM demonstrated that they aie
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      British Athletes Confounded All
      667 7 Archie Quick's Sports Parade LONDON, Wed. pONFOUNDING critics, the public, themselves and the v Amateur Athletic Association, British Athletes triumphed over France m the White City Bank Holiday International meeting, before sixty thousand spectators, by 72 points to 7. Superiority m track events laid the foundation
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      231 6 VICTORIA THEATRE THE STAGE CLUB presents Murder Without Crime A Thriller m Three Acts. on •JO-NltaiT TO-MORROW NIGHT at 8.00 p.m. rillltl- Ittt fHI 50 cents. duiii.Vp at Theatre Box-Office, op-n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 2 p.m. to 1 30 p.m. Daily. Is?ILL IM THE NEWS! ITS THE WORLD-BEATER
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      526 7 BOUSTEAO&Co.,Ltd. TLL 5161 -2 LLOYDS AGK.MS GLEN LINE Samsttte from IK G 15/ 10 Prometheus from L K. m fort ClenafTarir from IK Doe Ang. ii fassrn*-r» ami earro a* ceptro ie L T .K. Hongkong and 5> nan thai a» o p port o nit *r* •jfffi BURNS PHILP
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      72 7 v Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press iti Malaya ii U v^"^!l H I t^^^w^PHEW/- 1 SHALL /CAPTAIN BUNKUM -VS'ES, AN^VwHAT'S UP, S TfeLL CAPTAIN BUNKUM, V MOST TELL /OLD FRIEND) JANE? A?\ x \f BUT VTMiMKfNG) BH telSr MY NERVE WON'T < (YOU -OH!— A OF YOUR S 7
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      HOME
      27 8 »n aerial virw 01 C rawiev Sussex, cart of the Crawley-Three 1> ridges area on the Sussex-Surrey border announced as the site of a satellite town.
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      Dunkirk Port Open Again
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