The Singapore Free Press, 28 August 1946

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYAN SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    WE SAIL or STRIKE ULTIMATUM
    426 1 WE SAIL or STRIKE ULTIMATUM Coal ship crew call at Cathay Free Press Reporter THREE men representing the crew of the Sam Trent, a ship which has been detained in Singapore Roads for nearly six weeks while Ministry of Transport officials in London decide what is to be done with
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    MOUNTBATTEN OF BURUM
    57 1 MOUNTBATTEN OF BURUM IMI 1 uui» Mountwho re« t'ivtd a VisMfc.l n ihr KsriiN hi*thda> .i*>nour>, has taken the title of Tise*ort Mouiuhutt« n of Hurn the County of II there is no >>Uf the til? goes to his Patricia EdMBI Vi; toru M-'unlhatten tkt will bnom- Viscountess I antbat:
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    The Mystery of Mountbatten-rd
    110 1 The Mystery of Mountbatten-rd L Frt^ Prtai Reporter J M>. Singapore's Municipal Engineer, was most "h.n the Free Press read to him a hand-out j 1 Air Force Headquarters stating that j Mounthatten Road to the Public is now en*t i hility of the civil authorities. ust bee n approached
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    BIG FOUR TO MEET
    97 1 PARIS. Tues. The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. and the U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. James F. Byrnes, decided last week it would be desirable to hold a conference of Big Four Foreign Ministers to consider all nonorganisational matters connected vnth the Paris Conference. A
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    MAJ.-GEN. RUSSEL WEDS TODAY
    41 1 Major-Gen. G. N. Russell Transportation Officer on Lord Killcarn's staff, and Miss Joss-'--lvne Harvie-Bennett daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Harvie-Ben-nett of Walton-on-Thames. and also en Lord Killearn's staff, are tc be married in Singapore, today.
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    6 MONTHS' COAL DUST SERVICE
    15 1 MR. A. COLLINSON MR J A JOHNS MR. G. READINGS
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    KILLEARN SAYS JAVA 'URGENT'
    109 1 LORD Killearn, Special Commitsionor In South-East Asia, failed to meet r Sutan 6jahrir. Indonesian Prime Ministci. who is away in Jogjakarta. UP. reports from Batavia. The Special Commissioner is returning to Singapore on Friday. He has cabled to Dr. Sjahrir arranging to meet him in Batavia
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    'AIDED NIPS': MAJOR CHARGED
    201 1 LONDON, Monday. A court m&itial in London today heard 49-year-old Maj. Cecil Boon of the Royal Army Servic s Corps pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of helping Japanese while a prisoner of war in Hong Kon^. The alleged offences are said to have been committed
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    INDIA WANTS SIAM RICE PRIORITY
    363 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE hope that the Indian delegation to the United Nations 1 Food and Agricultural Organisation Conference, which opens at Copenhagen on Sept. 2, will take the opportunity to urge the importance of giving India priority in allocation of rice supplies from Siam and
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    EDITORS JAILED
    29 1 The editors of the Royalist newspaper, Ellenikon Aima, were sentenced to six monhs imp/i--sonment here tonight on a charge or insulting Soviet Russia, says Reuter from Athens.
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    BUS STRIKERS WANT 'ACTION'
    98 1 Free Press Reporter I\ESf RIBING answers given by the Singapore Traction Company manager yesterday as "unsatisfactory," a spokesman of strikin r Singapore Traction Company busmen told the Free Press this morning that the men would stay out till something "definite" v/as done to meet their demands.
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    MISS ATTLEEPSYCHOLOGIST
    56 1 Miss Jamt Attlce. agej 23. daughter of the Prim- Minuter a few months ago a sectonofficer in the WAAF— has jo ned the s<afT of Fishrondv Mental Hosoital. Pr'stol. as a psyeh<»--logist. *It was mv own idea.' sh*» sad. "I heard this job v s»s goir* and applied
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    Judge is witness at S'pore trial
    274 1 1 ree Press Reporter THE fltry oi I Japanese storm over a "V" sign put up m front of a concert stage in Changi and how he was made to kneel for one and half hours until he "admitted" was told at the War
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    SIAM TO PRESS LNO HEARING
    61 1 SI AM TO PRESS LNO HEARING SIAMESE diplomats yesterdav cha.^ej France with trying to block a very peaceful means or settlement of the Indo-Chinese border dispute and with usin;Veiled threats of military action in an attempt at intimidation. A Siamese spokesman said thu f his government now intended to press
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    KLUANG TRIAL
    55 1 WHEN the Kluang court martial of 262 Paratroopers on charges of mutiny resumed th»^ morning, the Court President announced that the defence submits on mad? yesterday for th> acquittal of Private E. Dawson was disallowed as the court considered there was some evidenc 0 aga nst him Yr?st
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    'JAPS FORCED ME TO BROADCAST'
    82 1 SYDNEY. Tues. fAPTAIN George Guysi, a membee o! the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, was chief witness when the case in which Major Charles Cousens. a former Singapore PoW. who is charged with treason bv alle^dly broadcasting from Tokio later was resumed toaay. Contending that he was
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    STRALIA TRIES MAJOR ON TREASON CHARGE
    1002 3 SYDNEY, (By Air Mail). v *s in the hearing in Central Court in oj a duurfC of high treason against Major ;lus Cousens was Miss Foumi Saisho, in naiist, who identified typewritten copies that Major Cousens had allegedly written V.:\'X\o. ho was sworn by
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    WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT
    150 3 I M AJOR Charles Hughes j Cousens, 43, iormer Au>tra- lian rado announcer, is charged with treason und r an act passed in 1351 duiing the reign of King Edward 111. As a member of the Eighth Division he was taken prisoner when Singapore fell.
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    Jap witnesses live in secret residence
    154 3 SHOULD the living: quarters in Sydney of the two Japanese fitnesses in the case J be d sco- erfd, thf»A w"H be movci at onrc. I ur^o !=a*d tbi> horoi their pro^nt address world rot be m!»d rt known. The two witnesses, M?ss i
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    P.C. Lost His Braces In Beer Battle
    102 3 P.C. Lost His Braces In Beer Battle AS they milled outride the bfer tent at a horse stow in Stourbrdge, Worts, I.OuO ihrsty men Rave Constable Frank Bos worth his most embarrassing job. He nearly lost his trousers. iau l>t in tr*e crowd, he was try'n«j to produce some order.
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    FACTORY HANDS PLAN VILLAGE
    74 3 LONDON, lues MEN and women worker oi Miles Aircraft, Limited, Reaaing. Berkshire have helped to plan a village to be built for them near their factory. In conference with the heads of departments. the workers have designed an old-fashioned village of ultimately 600 hous< .< combining
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    'Channel is no longer our defence'
    247 3 'Channel is no longer our defence' -CHURCHILL "WE can no longer guarantee to the nations of the world that this strip of salt water [the English Channel], however faithfully it may be guarded, will again save the liberties of Europe as it did against Napoleon, and the freedom of mankind
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    UK FORGES AHEAD WITH RADAR
    146 3 THE first big peace-time development of radar navigating systems which made "pathfinder" bombing possible, has just started work in Britain. It puts Britain ahead of any other country in the provision of navigation aids. The system called "Decca" was used on D-Da,y by nine sweepers
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    COAL FOR SCHOOLS
    26 3 Ten tons of coal, found in a cellar during excavations on a blitz site at Bath. Somerset, is being distributed to neighbouring schools
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    Wo Case Against Dawson9 Plea
    341 3 Wo Case Against Dawson 9 Plea Kluang Mutiny Trial Free Press Reporter KLUANG, Tuesday. PROCEEDINGS in the court martial of 262 men of tfc? I 13th Paratroop battalion took a new turn today when the defending officer. Capt. J. F. Rcilly. submitted at the close of the case for the
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    GARMENTS FOR BRITONS
    83 3 LONDON. Tues. MORE than three m llion surplus garments will d I sold without coupons to ,ne public. They consist mainly of underclothes from the services, and include corset. bUts, ranti°s, and pyjamas. Some are already in the snops but a million and a half are still
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    RESORT TOBAN DINGHIES
    161 3 RESORT TOB AN DINGHIES PENARTH, Glamorgan, authorities are lkely to ban the use of rubber dinghies and air floats on the town's beaches This comes little more than 24 hours after the disappearance of 13-year-old Noreen Watling, of Cardiff, who drifted out to sea in a rubber dinghy. Mr. W.
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    6 3 MK. VVl.\>J<»> t IK Kl Mill
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    Clerks go home in lorries
    56 5 Clerks go home in lorries ionies pled for hhe yesterday afternoon taking office workers home to Seranjoon and Katong areas the trip costing 30 cents per person. However, these lor ries afforded, little relief from the general inconvenience caus ed by the strik; of Traction Company employees, one of whose
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    27 PICULS OF RICE SEIZED
    54 5 27 PICULS OF RICE SEIZED y -.n^apore El tfilanct Eft r>icuLs I* K :.ie train P |mj yesterL_ revenue E llar< Cji -a into K K cooped I L^ .adc of C found E^ ide up a E in *a l H- tinder IbCff boxes. -ve;.Hl :i< There ■B m.d
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    CONFIRMATION SERVICE TODAY
    22 5 CONFIRMATION SERVICE TODAY In the Rt iglaa Horsi^y. iay a^.ci condu«-- at St. is evening > M con. j .r.. to r>e enterthc
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    TWICE ROBBED
    9 5 a s^arc A m Kuala •In ays
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    LALLANG FIRE
    9 5 ill in the Hut I The out
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    SPORE DOCKSIDE THEFTS KEEP POLICE BUSY
    380 5 SPORE DOCKSIDE THEFTS KEEP POLICE BUSY Free Press Reporter A BIG number of pilfering cases are reported to the Singapore Harbour Board Police each day, and an average of three lorry-loads of stolen goods is recovered from the thieves each week. The gangs which get away with the goods are
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    RAF HELP IN SEA RESCUE
    251 5 RAF HELP IN SEA RESCUE SIX RAF aircraft carried out an intensive search over many miles of ocean for lifeboats filled with survivors from the merchant ship Mount Douglas Park, which sank off the Andaman Islands last week. All the boats were eventually located and the seamen from the abandoned
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    DR. EVATT IN SINGAPORE
    86 5 DR. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon on his way back to Australia from the Paris Peace Conference. The Governor-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, flew specially from Penang last evening to mset Dr. Evatt and to talk on what are described
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    STORE RURAL BOARD MEETING
    26 5 The monthlv meetirg of the n ural Board will be h-ld on aesdav. Sept. 11, in the Lcmd Singapore, at 10 a.m.
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    L.D.C. BACK PAY
    33 5 Approval, has now b?cn received to make advances aga'ost ba^k pay to members of the Local l»efenrc Coro?. Singapore, Registration will ccmmcnce on Friday, Ausr. 30, at S.S.V.F. Headquarters, Singapore.
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    INDIAN SENTRY JAILED FOR ROBBERY
    75 5 INDIAN SENTRY JAILED FOR ROBBERY IN Indian soldier who robbed two Chinese while on sentry duty was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the second Singapore Assizes yesterday. It was brought out in evidence that the accused, Jamna Das. held up two Chinese near Clemenceau
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    ESPERANTO CLASS
    47 5 As from Sept. 2 an Esperanto Evening Class will be con^urtei thiice weekly from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at the Hou Chio Public School. 897. North BridTo Road. Singapore. Anyor vho is int-er^ted mav cont? rt the principal d thi« school for further information.
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    MORE WAAF ARRIVE IN SPORE
    344 5 T-HE latest WAAF volunteers to^ reach Singapore straight from England all agree that] iheir introducl on to overseas service In South-East A- ia £3pec ally the three-weeks voyage In the Emprrss of Scotland— \ws wonder! ul. Of the 21 now ma-tanned girLs, nearly all hive
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    MALAYA PLANS CENSUS NEXT YEAR
    200 5 Free Press Reporter |T is officially stated in Singapore that a country-wide census next year is "quite likely." The last census was i n 1931 but the war Mas changed the population considerably, and there is now no check on the number of people living
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    HERRINGS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC SALE
    279 5 Thirteen thousand cases cf herrings have teen distr buted to dealers by Messrs. Simf Darby and Co.. Ltd Joseph Travcrs and Sons. Ltd.. Guthrle and Co., Ltd. for sale to the public at 45 cents p:r tin. Tea has been distributed to dealers by S.me
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    MUSICALCONCERT ON SUNDAY
    84 5 Free Press Reporter CHINA'S leaclng tenor, Mr. Wu Paak-chiu, brother of the Chinese Consul-General, Malaya, will sing at a concert which will be held under the patronage of the Governor, Sir FrankLn Gimson, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday at 9.30 p. m. Mrs. Wu Paak-shing,
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    OPIUM CARRIER SENT TO JAIL
    49 5 A 35-year-old Chinese. Yew Ngai Nee, was sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisr>n::ien t by Mr. Paul Storr in the First Police Court yesterday for possession of three pounds of opi-um. The opium was found in the false bottom of a rot an basket.
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    RAF TRUCK THEFT ALLEGE
    60 5 In the Fourth Police Court yesterday, two Indians Abdul Jalil bin Hamid. and Govinda Samy were charged with theft of a" three-ton Ford truck belonging to the Air Ministry. The truck which has been missing since March 4. is still untraced. Both the accused were employed
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    Combined R.A.F. XI
    27 7 Combined R.A.F. XI iR \K MH-cer team which met the S.C.I' .A on Sunday at the Stadium and we N leading four-two when the same was abandoned.
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    Malay Football On Organised Scale Again
    52 7 •Hi: >!aiay Football Assotia* hold a general rcetin- a Mm I^tana KamKi; (.flam on S«»pt 1 at 2.30 pi Th* Malays lit now endeaHirin? to fri back to their re »ar f«>«. t :> *t l standard and iery iTun is boins; made to
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    COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS
    112 7 COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS DON. Tues. :ncs drawn where N •inghamm\ '-ting an I -day were Somerset. •••k shire, r Kent bowling who took innings second. SurX 499 mpton 235. 122» and 'Barling 60 ar.d 3*5 <E A B la, Bennett tershirc beat 'ice.tershire tv 5 for 44' 'Tompkins l 2..
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    TODAY'S STADIUM SOCCER
    487 7 'International' XI To Meet Seletar VERY properly, the Combined Y. M. C. A. soccer side that meets the R. A. F. (Seletar) in today's soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium is international in composition, with six Englishman, three Chinese, one Indian and o»ic Scotsman. No less proper
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    FINE DISPLAY BY N'HAMPTONS
    314 7 FINE DISPLAY BY N 'HAMPTONS By "Potter" Northampton 3; R.NA.S 0. THE Northamptonshire Regiment gave a sound display ol football on Sunday evening at R.N.A.S. Sembawang where they defeated the Naval side by three goals to nil. Throughout the game the Army side were always masters of the situation. With
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    ROAD WALK RACE FOR OLYMPICS
    221 7 STOCKHOLM, Tues. \T the meeting o! the International Amateur Athletics Federation the joint NorwegianSwedish proposal for a road walking race over 25 kilometres in the Olympic games was accepted as was their proposal for recording world championships for 15 and 25 kilometres walking. The Finnish
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    TRIX CHALLENGE CUP
    288 7 BOAT No. 9, skippered by Mr. Hill-Reid won the Trix Challenge Cup for "C" Class following Sunday's races at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. Both "A" and "C" classes were got away together at 10.30 a.m. in a good breeze which was blowing from the south-east, this
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    GREAT INDIAN VICTORY
    295 7 GREAT INDIAN VICTORY Merchant 181 SOUTHEND, Tues. ONE of the most thrilling finishes of the tour gave India a single wcket victory over Essex here today, the last wicket pair scoring the necessary runs and getting the winning h t in the Hast over of the match. From the start
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    SCOREBOARD
    128 7 Essex: 303 and 201 for three decl. Ind a: 138 and 370 for nine. INDIA 2nd Inninfs Mushtaq Ali b Bailey 7 Merchant lbw R Smith 181 Modi c Pearce b Taylor 65 Amarnath b P. Smith 6 Mankad b P. Smith 5? Mohamrd st. Wade b P. Smith
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    Well Saved
    39 7 Smith, the Combined RAF. goalkeeper, leaps op to gather the ball of a corner kick taken by the S.CF.A. in Sunday's game of soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium which was abandoned when the Airmen were leading four-two.
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