The Singapore Free Press, 22 August 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • Title Section
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA k.. i«.«* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1946. EIGHT PAGES
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  • Article
    FRICTION WITH RUSSIA GROWS
    542 1 U.S. sends 48-hour demand to Yugoslavia^] LONDON, We^T CRICTION between the Anglo-Americans and the Russians is growing— oyer the question of the control of the Dardanelles, the attitude of Yugoslavia to the passage of American planes over her territory, thf elections m Poland, Soviet action m
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    41 1 Jungles of shrubs abound m the City of London s bomb devastated areas. Some of the bombed sites have been made into gardens and this nicture shows hollyhocks and fig trees growing near Cheapside. Outside this patch the flowers are wild.
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    55 1 _r j Mhan, Speiial t'om-n^ioa-.r fcr South East Asia: td titmmWt m Singapore im i Fairy Co'racthcr: do 1 in.t?d lork Ike en??'*: is now MM to viiit Javx to try to 'r »hat all tfce other Foreign i pconh haw failed to ki>—wAnc>l the P»iteh and !v Indonesians. Meanwhile.
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    V-Bombs For Russia
    85 1 DUSSIAN and German teehni- cians are manufacturing new V- weapons m a number of former German arms plants, which are work'ng at the full level of their present capacity, according to information reaching Berlin from the Soviet o.cupat'on tone, report j Reuter from Berlin. The Russians are
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  • Article
    Bice premier Resigns
    97 1 ECTIR Itporta from Bar.gko the* p- t'T.-r^vor.o to when Lord KUlemra M tribute m l:s neo famine nad.-ost last night for his <uneflorts to secure WUm r iC e for exports to r r>ed yesterday. Tm Pr rn 3 Minister gave as his ?sor.s that he had
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    EGYPY ASKS NEW FRONTIER
    51 1 EGYPY ASKS NEW FRONTIER PARIS, Wed. thf growing group ■Mttnu demanding returns aad territory from m with claims tor lesaes m F nfftn invasion of North cession of the bordei -aracub ar.d Solium. L 2S er pJlnt at today's Paris fcr. Bevin was m j«J»r was: -Egypt claimed r^"'-enoe for
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    a Guardia Accused
    37 1 J T McNarney has Wn Dire^tor General -ar-a of making J 31 allegations forces had the humani- reoa-ation aims of M ELS disposed that Russia- socret"^rtv"^ operNAP hL eU 2* 0f VNRRA." •rom Berlin.
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    POWs CLAIM WAR RISK BONUS
    48 1 Twenty-four seamen have filed a suit m the Federal Court against the Matson Navigation Company. They are asking for payment of $237,000 as war risk bonus and maintenance for three years, wheri they were prisoners of the Japanese, says AP. from San Fransiscco.
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    Girl Scouts
    32 1 Front Page Leader Eight American girl scouts are touring Britain. Daring their stay the five girls pictured above will help staff Girl Guide camps m England, Scotland I and Wales.
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    The Sinagpore Free Press Improvident Fairy of Singapore
    869 1 The Sinagpore Free Press Improvident Fairy of Singapore ORD I'm ro Fairy GodL mother") Killesrn, the special (Food) CommIssioner for S.E. Asia, who broadcast from Singapore last night on the rice crisis m Malaya, Singapore, Sarav/ak and Borneo, offers the people little but a diet of sweat, toil and tapioca,
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    Egypt: talks break down
    291 1 Egypt: talks break down F NIGHTS confirmation through the issue of the Egyptian communique from Alexandria that Egypt has rejected the latest British proposals for the treaty revision is recognised by London observers to create a grave situation. It is now clear that Britain's latest move to break the deadlock
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    COMMUNISTS MOBILISE 1,000,000
    121 1 COMMUNISTS MOBILISE 1 ,000,000 NANKING. Wed. WHILE the Commun'sL spokesman emphasised today that the radio appeal for general mobilisation of more than 1.000,--000 soldiers and civilians m Communist areas was "neither an official nor virtual declaration of war" the sensational call to arms has produced a crop of scare and
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    UK Papers 'Grow Up'
    107 1 BRITAIN is to have bigger newspapers to supersede the four -page cai lies which have been general daring the war, says Renter from London. Extra suppli s will be available from Sept. tt. Newspapers will be allowed to print as many copies as the pubic wants
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    7 PARATROOPS BREAK CAMP
    170 1 Hanilcuffed In Court KLUANG, Thursday. CEVEN of the 262 Paratroopers J on trial on a charge of mutiny broke out of the camp m which they were confined m Kluang airfield last night. Tliey were recaptured m the Kluang area m the early hours of this
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  • FEATURE PAGE
    • Article
      50 mph by radio car
      684 2  -  JOHN CLIVE *By r pVO new types of car are among the many scientific achievements arising from World War 11. The first, a car driven by radio, is a proved success and credit must be given to Russia for its invention. The second, a car
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      4 2 today's Pin-Up-Girl POPPY. WILDE
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      Service Allowance Savings are husband's
      216 2 MONEY saved by a wife from a Service allowance and allotment made to her by her husband remains the property of the husband, said Judge Campbell at Cambridge County Court. He ordered Mrs. Alice Rose Flavell, a civil servant employed at the Admiralty, and livii
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      THE STORK IS BUSY IN BRITAIN
      95 2 FE birthrate m Sritaln ls still on the -pward grade. Latest returns from the office of the Registrar General for ringland and Wales reveal that 203,797 live births was registered during the second quarter of this year, the highest recorded m any single three-months'
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      See a man. change into a cat
      205 2 See a man change into a cat the title role m I the Hollywood thriller 'The Catman of Paris, Robert Wilke is a handsome, clean-cut young man __until make -up expert Bob Marks gets to work.on screen Wilkes wUI be a taU evif cat-faced sity calculated to chill the blood
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      BRITISH FUNDS COMBAT CHINA PLAGUE
      108 2 WITH the aid of funds from the British Red Cross and Chinese Government, CNRRA is rapidly completing the reconstruction of the National Epid«-mic Prevention Bureau m Peiping. the greatest producer of vaccines and serunis m China. 900 workers are now engaged on the last phase
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      473 2 -yourluckySTAR Fortune forecast for people born today rU have a persuasive nature and can make others see your point of view. You are a firm believer tftat words can be stronger weapons than bullets, but you're not sn out-and-out pacifist. If words fail, you are quite willing to fight for
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      CANTEEN IDEA GROWS INTO £1,000,000 PLAN
      426 3 CANTEEN IDEA GROWS INTO £1,000,000 PLAN THE big idea was bor none night of the 1943 winter m a forces canteen m the remote Orkney Island of Ronaldshay. A group of soldiers, sailors and airmen were m serious mood. Over their mugs of tea they were discussing a problem common
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      18 3 Prel:j Alia Noni. who is provinT a bi; box office draw m London m M l>on Pasquale M
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      The Nazis IT ALL DEPENDED ON HER
      208 3 The Nazis IT ALL DEPENDED ON HER 33ow!:;g Up J.UriSH war-time mine-lay- .ng secret depended on a girl 'Admiralty. Without knowing exactly what she was coing sh e drew num-ers out of a bag and so decided the ♦xplosive rate of British mines WW waters. This was disclosed to Capt.
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      AIR HITCHING
      36 3 to n? mg a !ift hom e by air Ml&^V? 0 RAF men Ja aboard f^ Hamilton Ke were BRti ri tel freighter which 'Ind nl^ 1 for Prestwick. ScotW£S2 to tour North and
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      70,000 MAY GO TO AUSTRALIA YEARLY
      46 3 y*4ay T^V I*^1 agreed PfoooSi' li li c °mmonwealth SotoSi for the admission of eac? yev c^ mgrants to Australia bcrra" r T? ys Reuter 'rom Can. J***d tn .u c confere nce was op**le c pnnci Ple of large-
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      WHEAT USED AS FUEL IN ARGENTINE
      122 3 BECAUSE of the coal shortage, two electricity supply companies m the Argentine have burned more than 4,000.000 .tons of grain under their ooilers as fuel. This would be enough for Britain for 40 weeks. The flgures are given m the annual report of Soflna,
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      LENT THE OTHER WOMAN £31,700
      231 3 AMAN who stated that he made Joans amounting to £31,700 to a married woman between 1940 and 1946, with only an 1.0. U. as security, appeared fcr his public examination m bankruptcy at Liverpool. The loans, which averaged between £120 and £150 and were made
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      When a wife must tell
      62 3 A WIFE who said she did not wish to give evidence against her husband was told by the Recorder at Halifax Quarter Sessions that she was a witness for the Crown and was not entitled to refuse. Arthur Evans. 42. former Rugby League player, plsaded
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      HOSPITAL MEMORIES
      40 3 Hospital memories oi Captain J. H. Johnson, retiring fivm Royal Westminster Ophthalmic <E c) Hospital include a pay scab of £1 a week for the matron, and board and lodsring for the houss surgeon, who got no pay
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      U.K. QUESTIONS POLE BALLOT
      63 3 Tne British government is "concerned to learn" of the "grave irregularities" m connection with the jfolisb referendum on June 30 preparatory to the elections to be held m November. The British note delivered io the Polish Provisional Government and published on Tuesday also expressed concern at
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      GIRLS TOLD: WEAR PIGTAILS
      321 3 A HEADMISTRESS is trying to enforce a pij^aii r;air style foi the girls .11 11 :o 18 at her schcoi "Please send your daughters back from holiday with their hair uncurled and tied back, preferably m two plaits from the youngest to the eldest," she asks
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      TRIED TWICE AND TWICE NOT GUILTY
      130 3 TRIED TWICE AND TWICE NOT GUILTY r»OR the second t.me, a charge against two men of breaking a>* enteric a bungalow with tent to commit a feionv was dismissed, when the case was before Cardiff Quarter Sessions recently. The men, Oeorg* Edward Fisher Jones, wholesale tobacconist, of Broad -street. Barry,
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      Land of plenty faces 'famine'
      238 3 Land of plen ty faces 'famine CEVEN relief groups sent an SOS to New York's Welfare Commissioner as thousands of families faced destitution and soaring prices left the markets packed with meat only the rell-off could afford to buy. Markets were reported "completely demoralised by over-supply while those families the
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      Beauty goes a-walking
      59 3 Four graceful figures, clad m four of Britain's latest swim suits, are seen walking up and down a London street. The costumes were shown at an exhibition of the newest British underwear m the Porchestrr Hill, Queensway. The girls (as they appear m the upper photographs) are:
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      ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER ACTS WITH ASKEY
      39 3 Sheila Douglas-Pennant is now the leading lady m "Follow the Girls," with Arthur Askey at His Majesty's Theatre, London. She is daughter of Rear-Admiral C. E. Douglas-Pennant, formerly on Lord Louis Mountbatten's SACSEA Stall.
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      COUPON INFLATION
      14 3 Forged clothing coupons circulating m Amsterdam, Holland, are estimated at ten million.
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      'GOLDEN VOICED' GIRL, MAN FOUND SHOT
      119 3 'GOLDEN VOICED' GIRL, MAN FOUND SHOT KNOWN as the gin witr. ?ht golden voice," Grace Woodforth, 22. of Toton. Notts .var found by her father alter m all-night seaich shot dead m a field two miles from h^r iurre Near her was Raloa duer.»r.£ham. 31, an UNRRA ofn<*ial h">n from
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      RACE TO SAVE DRIED EGGS
      69 3 TWO tugs sped to save 7,000 tons 1 of British rations m a U *>. freighter which has been awash l n the Atlantic for 48 hours after a collision. On board the ship are 5 464 tons of wheat, 1,720 tons of dried m'lk,
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      MACHINES FOR FARMS IN BRITAIN
      60 3 In the first three months or 1946, Britain produced 6.000 ..actors for agricultural use and 2,872 market-garden types. Theae flgures compare favourably with the 1945 totals of 4,596 and 1.171 respectively. Other types of machinery produced include 922 corn drills, 2,398 mowers and 377 threshing
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  • The Singapore Free Press
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      Slow Justice
      493 4 IN spite of all we learned at mother's knee and f roui Hollywood films that CRIME DOES NOT PAY, it pays to be a crook m S ngapore today Last month Sngapore boasted an increase m the number of prosecutions agajpst Black Marketeers brought by the Food Control
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      BRITAIN'S FOOD FROM MUD
      538 4 AGRICULTURAL production has points of resemblance to industrial production not always recognised. Industrial production is almost entirely a matter of processing. •he raw material of one industry is the finished product of the one before. Cloth, steel, plastics, power all these are an end i one
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      U.S. will pickle its warships
      214 4 AMERICAN scientists have discovered a new plastic which can be spun into a cocoon over perishable parts of her surplus warships, and preserve them indefinitely m webprotective m case they should be needed again. By use of the new plastic it is calculated that ships
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      They Repaired 13,257 Blitzed Houses
      121 4 They Repaired 13,257 Blitzed Houses THE 26th Battalion of Britain's Royal Marines, who, m July 1940, were formed, fresh irom combatant service in.o a "Bits'* repair unit to deal with flying bomb damage m South-East and South-West London, has now been disbanded. Following the assault by Germany's "secret weapon," the
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      £2000 Fot Bible
      118 4 A DEFECTIVE copy o! MUes Coverdale's vers.cn of tl*3 Bible, dated 1535, (the first edition of the pr.nted English Bible of which no absolutely perfect example is known to exist) has been sold m London for £2,000. It was one of the extensive collection of English and
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      FAITH
      21 4 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother: Be of good courage. Isaiah. 41, 6.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      574 4 GENERAL SIR WILLIAM and LADY DOBBIE have returned to Lon<\pn after comclsting a tour of New Zealand and Australia. The General wtU probably find his Gloucester Road hotel a more peaceful place than Malta during the war. As you will recall. General Dobbie was formerly GOC., Malaya,
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    • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      • Letter
        We almost kill you -and why
        627 4 We almost kill you -and why WE are the RASC the men who drive big trucks and jeep 6. etc. t' people who, you say, almost kill you on the streets. Yse, you are right we agree with you; but why walk on the street or cross ln front of
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      still clear mines
      85 4 OUR GOOD HEIGHBOURS AB all ports were heatfi? minei. many large areas and channels had cleared mm. Over 70 vessels and 3.000P^ sonnel have been engage this arduous and danger** work, which has not been complished without loss o* ut Mine-sweeping erew *i from i-.soo hours till
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      QUIZ
      65 4 If you made a date with Pj and she told you sht wouw wearing one of these roses .n. buttonhole, what colour you expect it to be?— (1> General McArthur. (2) Daily Mail. (3) Ophelia. (4) Madam Abel Chatentf. (5) Madam Butterfly. (6) Mermaid. <7) Frau Karl DruschkL (W)
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      DRIVE TO CLEAR S'PORE ROADS OF HAWKERS
      358 5 Free Press Reporter CTREETS used by hawkers and market areas m Singapore have become so filthy that Mr. B. J. Doherty, Town Cleansing Officer, has asked for legislation to clear Utter-spreading hawkers off the streets. Regular police patrols are being made m areas
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      Controlling Traffic
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      104 applicants for 100 places
      48 5 104 applicants for 100 places 0r ..arRsHIP vacancies for Tiff **hm<* iiian dubs m Singapore. fLn allotted as follows: U been alioucu 1;«» Hub '-00 varanhrS **a« h.« »P--led. w.m.Un flub 'to °P*n n T g Cfill- IM vacancies m\m 'ipplic*nts but no t than S KAF members
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      LADY GENT ARRIVES
      101 5 PENANG, Wed. EXPRESSING "especial interest" 6 m welfare work now going on m Malaya. Lady Gent, wire of the Malayan Union Governor, said m an interview today she was looking forward to knowing this country and her people. Lady Gent arrived from the United Kingdom by the
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      POLICE RAID RIVERSIDE HAWKERS
      92 5 POLICE RAID RIVERSIDE HAWKERS Frie WiUm Reporter I police carried out a raid on .ilong the east ik I On Singapore Rivtr ber Cavena.h and Elgin Bridges .:'rriay he cor i large number re seized and i. Three large stalls apJn the emkmtßt close to Cavenagh E .-re completely demolish-
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      SHIP LISTING AFTER FIRE
      86 5 SHIP LISTING AFTER FIRE t bbb Jtf vCs^-1 Bansiu LMaru Bi 3. which is on fire b off Tanjon? R^'u, took irUier list \mU meht and was I a: an angle cf 45 degrees port. lie nternal structure of the till smouldering and is te kept under constant obserts \ty
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      MURDER CHARGE EXPLAINED
      49 5 ~arge of murder was explained to 2«-year-old Sharif! bin Shah, ip the Third cc Court yesterday alleged that SharifT PI the death of Mohamad f a house a: Market Street nil 2 accu^d was remanded m wy and th e case was postW tv! Aug. 28
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      BRITISH OFFICERS MAY BE TRIED
      154 5 Pl Anr.y officers under m Singapore and Pjj Wl\ connection with *^&J?to the Treasur ase of Batavia. hltbe,^, CoLrtmartial^lI r !^ion of the trial Batavia dunn R*&!£ affair also a N om^ neaform^Kem. a^ Hiroshi air.arat; Aklra Nomura, _vi* eged have con r *45 22?°2
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      S'PORE TRAFFIC COPS LOOK SMARTER NOW
      140 5 S'PORE TRAFFIC COPS LOOK SMARTER NOW 1 SPECIAL, ration of drill from Government lm..- ..ed stocks has given Singapore j i^iifflc poLcem back their pre-war white uniforms. oiou- ouincient for uniforms for the —0 nic^ .onn the Traffic Corps has been supplied by Police HQ Stores, /rhicn also designed the
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      SHIP MOVEMENTS
      50 5 IN SINGAPORE ROADS E. Sealiawk, British, 309 tons: from Pangkor Aug. 20, to Pulo Samboe, date uncertain. E. Pacific. British, 750 tons: from Sibu Aug. 20. destination and date of ceparture unknown. If. Seascape. British, 309 tens: rrom Batu Pahat Aug. 20. destination and cla'e of departure unknown.
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      ARREARS OF PAY
      39 5 Members of the disposal of trie dead section of A.R. P. claiming arrears of pay up to Feb. 15, 1942 should report to the Registrar of Births and Deaths. Authority has now been given tor payment.
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      9 5 Tbe *E»pres mt Scotland' which is due here tomorrow
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      Malayans 'Mercy Ship Returns
      153 5 rC war m the Pacific was responsible for the renaming of a one-time luxury liner— often referred to m shipping circles as the "Queen of the Pacific" which arrives m Singapore tomorrow ia the role of a trooper. She is the 25,000-ton Empress of Scotland, formerly
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      'I'D STILL BE GIVING SHOWS AT 90—'
      157 5 "pOO, dear me," said Tommy Trinder at the Adelphi- Hotel yesterday, "somebody must have read the Singapore Free Press. When you told your readers that I was at a loose end m Singapore I wa* deluged with letters frDm Servicemen who want me
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      £1,000 offered for BMA stamps
      120 5 £1, 000 offered for BMA stamps A VISIT to the post office has brought prospects of a small fortune to a Chinese philatelist m Ipoh. The collector, Chong Mun Siew, purchased a sheet of 100 British Military Administration 25-cent stamps. They cost him their face value $25. Examining the stamps,
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      CONVENT SCHOOL TO REOPEN
      46 5 A NOTHER Singapore institution familiar to residents of Katong for over fifty years, will soon be functioning again m its old location. The Katong Convent and School was de-requisitioned early this month and returned to the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus.
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      'We still need tapioca,' – Lord Killearn
      316 5 'We still need tapioca,' Lord Killearn possible steps were being taken to hasten deliveries of rice from Siam and other countries to Malaya, which would have sufficient, stocks to last until mid-September, sad Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner, South-East Asia, m a broadcast from Singapore last night. Lord Killearn paid a
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      MAJOR OFFERED TO MAKE PEACE
      137 5 rIDENCE* tiiat Maj. Charlrs Cousens. on trial m Syan y, for high treason, offered to fly to Australia from Japan for p?ac2 negotiations was gvn by a Japanese woman Fumiko Saisihi, an empjcyee of Tekio Raco. Maj. Cousins, who was a r.?ular broadcaster m Singapore
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      "I HUMBLY APOLOGISE," -ACCORD
      180 5 A DMITTING he instructed his subordinates to beat up a detainee m order to extract a confession, and that he was ailing on orders of his Japanese superior. Hussein Ali Alsagoff apologised to the court yesterday for his actions. He was giving evidence belore Mr. Justice
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      79 5 T A TONG RESTAURANT BAR 18, Chulia Street. Singapore. TeL 4303. PloMe come to as for BREAKFAST TIFFIN DINNER We cater for Parties at our RESTAURANT or m Your Home. DELICIOUS EUROPEAN AND CHINESE DISHES Prepared by expert Cooks? Best Uquers Available. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Classified Smalls Wl/- per line Mm
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      RONNIE JAMES' OPPONENT IS TOUGH
      555 6 Archie Quicks Sports Parade LONDON, Mon. I MET Ike Williams, the American Negro who is accepted as the world lightweight champion by the National Boxing Association that is m New York and New Jersey states, over the week-end when he arrived m London for a
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      Brighton Glasgow Cycle Race
      66 6 Brighton Glasgow Cycle Race Sixty -one cyclists started from Brighton (Sussex) on the first stage of the 532-miles Brighton -Glas otv (Scotland) race organised by the British League of Racing Cyclists. Entrants are from England. Scotland, Australia and Poland. The race was m six stages of one day each, the
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      INDIAN CRICKET IS ON UP GRADE
      535 6 From Learie Constantin, LONDON. W» RAIN which has dogged the footsteps of the Indian 1 ever since they arrived m England it was point rain when their captain Pataudi got out of his aim reaching England turned the final Test into a dr play
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      'NO COMPLAINT ABOUT CAMP CONDITIONS'
      336 6 'NO COMPLAINT ABOUT CAMP CONDITIONS' MUTINY TRIAL Free Press Reporter. KLUANO, Wed. GIVING evidence at the Kluang court martial to-day of 262 Paratroopers. CJS.M F. W. Tuffs of "B" company, 13th Para Battalion, said that a private whom he had warned to behave on parade, told him, "It's quite alright.
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      QUIZ Answers
      39 6 1. (a) Bright crimson, (b) Very dark red, Cc) Salmon p nk, (d) Carmine rose, (c) Pink with yellow centre, (f) Yellow (g) White, fh> White with red stripes, (i) Crimson with white eye, (J) Flame pink
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      227 6 1 111 l Latest Stock Arrivals at I ROBINSONS Cutlery Canteens Cutlery Knives. Forks, Spoons Gold A Silver Cigarette Cases Ladies' Fancy Flap-Jacks Gent's Wrist Watches Ln; lish Made V nnb Badminton Racquets H Lnelish Made Tennis Net* Shuttlecocks Ocedat Mops A Polish j Ronuk Polish Aluminium Kettles ROBINSON Co.,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      71 6 J A N Exclusive to 'the Singapore Free Press m Malaya mWmmmm's-'^'-MTyy mm. AW \Mm -m% flr yy^v\l_^y^¥A^^^^Bß_B M^" IFL V«-"« 'j w .^^^A^T _^V i > \^B T^ m\\ i _H^B(r^?i-^s_fiP^^s^W^^B B^*^2_^s I -■'-.•Efe'-'rj? __K/W B llj fl _*^s^w^^^&"" B B^^r w^w B* ™*yON I 1 L^^^____k_^___.________to__l tm^M^ v^^B
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      CHINESE DEFEAT R.N.A.S. 3—1
      355 7 CHINESE DEFEAT R.N.A.S. 3—1 Hifi 3, Iv.N.A.S. 1. HE Singapore Chinese Football Association did not have T to piav their best game to beat the Royal Navy Air Ser- ire i Sembawang) by three goals to one m a charity game \\occer at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It ltt however,
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      ENGLAND SOCCER TEAM CHANGES
      83 7 LONDON. Wed. HOI AT 10 Tarter has dropped out of the England team wrsus Scotland on Saturday ©wins to a paled leg muscle. His plat is n taken by Don WeW» Charlton inside forward, but whether he plays ins de Wt or inside pght will be
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      SCOTTISH SOCCER
      77 7 LONDON. Wed T«±*>'« I ottsh football results rrrf: DIVISION frltu Hearts Z. falivk 0. Ranger* 5. Hitonun 1. !vde Linurnotk l. Hamilton 1 Hotben»ril 2. Aberdeen 2. third Lanark 1: Morton 1. Tvutk Thi tie 4; Queens Park 0. KOTTKH B DIVISION TAM round Cap Übi._n Rjve-s 1;
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      C.S.C CRICKET
      44 7 represent the fcylon Sports Club at cricket against the St. Georges Road m Sunday:— P.R. Sabi.p;\thy. -Capt.t. E. Dorai■f' K 'S Retnam. P. Van Rooyen. V P.::a:. 9 X Sundram. A. Viie- W P.r.r.iah. U.W. de Silva. I Tha.-nbira] and S. Yo^arajah
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      DEVONS ENTER CUP FINAL
      60 7 Free Press Reporter IPC d THE 9th Field Regiment R.D.Y. entered the final of r he Malaya Command Cup soccer competition by v.rtue of a narrow three-two win over the 7th division signals at Kuala Kangsar yesterday. The Gunners ill meet the winners of the RoyaJ
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      STADIUM SOCCER
      36 7 The K.A.F. Tengah goalkeeper, Roberts, just tips the ball over the bar for a sr>ecta?ular save m the soccer match m which,' Tengah and the Indians drew one-all at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday.
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      S.C.C. CRICKET
      46 7 The following is the S.CC. cricket team to meet Headquarters, Singapore District, on the padang on Saturday, starting at 2.15 pjn.: W.K. Jagger, J. Luff, G.K. Stein, J.C. Reeves, H. J.C. Tinker, P. Plrkins, E. Bishop. J.J. Healy. L.R. Poole. D. Rees. J.B. Potter.
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      RECORD ROUND BY WHIT COMBE
      160 7 BRIGHTON, Wed. REGINALD WHITCOMBE, British open champion of 1938, with one of the finest rounds of the season spread-eagled the field with a record breaking 66 m the first round of the News Chronicle £1,500 golf tournament at Hollingbury Park. Whitcombe, with machine-like golf, took
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      EDRICH 6 WICKETS IN 6 OVERS
      422 7 LONDON, Wed. DOWLERS generally predominated on v drying wickets m County cricket today. William Edrich, chosen for the tour of Australia, routed Worcestershire with fast-medium bowling for Middlesex, dismissing six for 14 runs m six overs. Herman with offspinners now requires only two for
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      O'Reilly To Miss Tests
      110 7 SYDNEY, Wed. W. J. O'REILLY, Australia's famous bowler, announced to-day that he has definitely retired from Test cricket because of m- damaged knee which he felt wonld Mt stand np to the hard work demanded In Test cricket. Becaase of this knee trennlr O'Reilly had accepted
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      S.R.C. TEAMS
      85 7 The S.R.C. will play a "Home and Home" cricket match on the padang on Sunday, starting at 10.30 %jxl: The team will be: Leijssias XI: T. Leijasius, (Capt.) J. Anchant, B. Barker, A. Clarke, J. de Souza, L. de Souza, R. Hoffman, S. Hope, R. Perry, P. Pennefather,
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      V.M.C.A. SOCCER
      24 7 FE Combined V.M.C.A. teat 209 Squadron (Seletar) by six goals to cne m a game of soccer played at Thompson Road yesterday.
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      AIRBORNE DEADHEATS IN ST. LEGER TRIAL
      214 7 NEWMARKET, Wed. TKE Derby winner, Airborne, could do no better than share a deadheat m the St. Leger trial, the- Stuntney Stakes, run over one and a half miles here this afternoon, much to the disappointment of his admirers for the St. Leger for
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      OSLO GAMES SENSATION
      172 7 OSLO GAMES SENSATION OSLO, Wed. THE Congress of the Inter- national Amateur Afc&tetcs Federation had a dramatic opening toflay when after formal opening speeches, the Belgian delegate, M. Hermes, demanded that the Italian delegates present should make a declaraf on that they were attending as representatives of a reformed democratic
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      ENGLAND TEAM MAY PLAY IN CEYLON
      138 7 COLOMBO, Wed. rE England cricket team on its way to Australia may after all play a match m Colombo, according to the latest information received by the Ceylon Cricket Association. There was keen disappointment early this month when cricketers heard from the Secretary of
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      HOME CALCUTTA QUIET: 440 DEAD COUNTED
      264 8 HOME CALCUTTA QUIET: 440 DEAD COUNTED CALCUTTA, Wednesday. DURING the three days of the Hindu-Muslim rioting 3,200 casualties were reported m the hospital The dead totalled more than 444. These figures were revealed yesterday by an Indian government spokesman, who added that the situation continued to improve and m the
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      25 8 ii.Li is the ivy-clal house a* Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, where George Bernard Shaw, who recently celebrate d his 90th birthday, lives and still works.
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      U.S. RESTORES FOOD PRICE CONTROLS
      130 8 U.S. RESTORES FOOD PRICE CONTROLS WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S three- man price de-control board has ordered the price control vo be restored on livestock, mea:, soya beans and cotton seed products. The board also ruled that dairy products and grains must remain free of control. Meat subsidies will be continued
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      DUTCH MAY CHANGE NEI SERVICE LAW
      41 8 A bill to modify the article m the Dutch constitution whereby members of the land forces canmot be sent to the N.EJ. without their agreement has been submitted to Parliament, says Reuter from the Hague
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      DEATH
      71 8 HG SIAX KUAN. M.8.5.. C.H.. p^>sed away peacefully at the age of 81 yeare at his residence No. 15$, NeU R.w Singapore, at 5.45 nm. on Wednesday. 21st August. 1946. H: left b?hind him thre« son*. Dr Ho Siu Khan. Ho Slu Pen:* and Ho Su Pan. two daughters.
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      AUSTRALIA RECALLED TROOPS IN TOBRUK
      340 8 LONDON, Wednesday. INSISTENCE of the Australian Government led to the withdrawal of the beleaguered Australian troops m Tobruk and their replacement by fresh forces while the Germans lay at the gates of the desert garrison, it was disclosed by FieldMarshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief. India,
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      U.S. SEEKING AZORES BASES
      108 8 LISBON. Wed. A United States diplomatic mission is m Lisbon for negotiations with Portugal for permanent bases m the Azores. Negotia ions started six weeks ago and are m a critical stage. The crux of the present situation appeared to be that Premier Dr. Antonio d*.
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      PRINCE OLAV HONOURED
      29 8 Crown Prince Olav of Norway was awarded the Croix de Guerre of France m the court of honour of the Invalides yesterday says A.P. from Paris.
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      PU-YI SNATCHED FROM AIRFIELD
      161 8 TOKYO, Wed. 1 RUSSIAN plane swooped down on the Mukden airfield to se.ze Henry Pu-yi from the Japanese as they were flying him to Japan by 'force' at the war's end, the former Manchurian puppet revealed for the first time at the war crimes trial today
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