The Singapore Free Press, 19 December 1946

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    KING HONOURS VICTIMS OF DEATH RAILWAY
    53 1 ..NCiOCN Thu:~ \L Sir Hubert I >: Burma. a:h m the name ~e m the Thanbyuzyat, '.ower POtt raing those m bu Mini th 1 1 h wa; Fj? ojupaton. about 45 mile^ was the r the railw i > of near'/ Australian and
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    JEI SETS UP NEW RECORD
    29 1 JEI SETS UP NEW RECORD .me t\a mcd ird o: 520 mues Bourget airj:i Airpon. LonI Th- pilo:. d 25. covered ap2CK) miles m 23 i c -ncl.--1 A.P.
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    TO EVADE INCOME TAX
    27 1 lowed away m England were v when knockir m one of the i :.ey wanted to becmw they had no In om° tax.
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    WAR LORD SHOT
    22 1 P'JOO yesterday saw >ne of China's old' xecuted m Nank--quad He was a Japanese sponsor 'm Nanking re Reuter
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    NO NEW BRISTOL
    14 1 of Town and Mr. Lewis l d down Bristol's lor rebuilding
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    INDIANS DON'T WANT THE KING
    50 1 The African National Congress has *ent a message to Kin, Geor-e VI and Queen Elizabeth them not to come to South A r ca while* Son-Europeans there do not enjoy full freedom it .s disclosed at a meeting otmin^ dians at Johannesburg last reports A.P.
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    Anthony Brooke expected today
    292 1 DESPITE an Associated Press report that the Hong Kong Government have barred the departure from the Colony of Mr. Anthony Brooke who is trying to get to Kuching, io content the Sarawak cession, (he ex-Rajah Muda is exu?cted to arrive m Singapore late this afternoon. The
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    MALAYAN WAR STORY SOON
    85 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Wed. THE Director of Public Relations. War Office, Major-Gen. Edgeworth Johnstone, states that it is not possible at present to forecast the date of publication of the despatching by Lt.-Gen. A. E. Percival, then G.0.C., Malaya, on the operations m Malaya between
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    THE TEST EDRICH HITS CENTURY
    266 1 THE TEST EDRICH HITS CENTURY SYDNEY, Today. IN the 90 rjjinutes of play befor? lunch at Sydney to-day m the final day 01 the second Test Detween England and Australia, England lost the wickets of Hammond at 280 and Ikin at 309, and at the interval the total was 316
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    Scoreboard
    73 1 England: Ist. Inns.—2ss. Australia: Ist. Inns.—659 for 8 dec! ENGLAND—2nd. Inns Button hit wicket b Miller 37 Wash brook c MnCool b Johnson 41 Compton c Bradman b Freer 54 Edrich not out 113 Hammond c Toshack b McC'ooJ 37 Ikin b Freer 17 Yardley not oat 1 Extras
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    Later: 346 for 7
    19 1 Edrich b McCool 119, Yardley 23 not i oat. Smith c Hassett b Johnson 2.
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    ENGAGEMENT IS 'PREMATURE'
    173 1 LONDON, Wed. TOE Prime Minister, Mr. Cle- ment Attlee. and his Cabinet have not been consulted about any engagement for Princess Elizabeth, an official source said today, and as a result the reports that she will marry Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark must &c regarded as
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    S'PORE PLANS FREE EDUCATION
    373 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A THREE-point plan for education m Singapore which envisages free primary education through the mother tongue m Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English and will cost $4,100,000 each year, has been drawn up by the Director of Education, Mr. J. B. Neilson, and
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    Railways Bill Passes House
    123 1 LONDON, Wed. THE Government's bill for the nationalisation of inland transport passed the House of Commons last night by 362 votes to 204 and now roes to a Standing Committee before going t o the Lords. The Committee is made ui> c-f about 50 members of
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    U.K. BACKS AUSTRIA
    18 1 Britain has decided to grant relief to Austria after the termination of UNRRA. says Reuter
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    FREEZING BRITAIN CUTS GAS
    151 1 FREEZING BRITAIN CUTS GAS LONDON, Wed GAS pressure m mains serving 6.000,000 people m London and nearby counties was cut by ten per cent today, and officials said reductions were likely to continue through the present cold wave. The cut was necessitated by the low coal stocks, the nonrepair of
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    TROOPS FOR S'PORE UNDER ARREST
    302 1 GLASGOW, Wednesday. QEVERAL soldiers who left the troopship Eastern Prince O before she sailed from Clyde for Singapore last night ate stated now to be under arrest m .Mary hill barracks, Glasgow, says Renter. The Eastern Prince sailed leaving 11 men behind, five had their
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    POPE TO BROADCAST
    25 1 Pope Pius XII, receiving Cardinals on Christmas Eve, will broadcast from Vaiioan Radio beginning at 10 a.m. GMT, says A.P. from Rome.
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    £4,501,437 FROM SMOKE
    113 1 Mr. William Johnston Yapp, last of the original directors or the London tobacco firm of Caireras. left £4.501,437, it wa.s disclosed yesterday says Reuter from London. After some personal bequests he left the residue lo charity. I Damages of C 7.500 and costs W awarded by Mr.
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    'Ghost' seen in old almshouse
    198 3 -2$ oi a t?Ji, misty figure," of hands plucking at a I lonian's waist and of moans and footsteps at a 300--otisc at Seymour Almshouses, Langley (Bucks) nvestisated by the Society of Physical Research. cupants of the house, a woman and her daughter, FJißtohave seen
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    BIG-SCALE SMUGGLING TO SINGAPORE
    673 3 C™ m PALEMBANG, Sumatra v^ f DOr nal toten^fcnai trade channels by its re--2 tank, |2 g -/vT Om »l Unks t0 P^Wy owned landing snip lanxs, laden with rubber, pepper coffep nai™ ™i qumine and other riches. M<4t of these °llegallv P e^or£d C^S Ultimately
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    WhereBritain Scores
    77 3 WAR bride Mjs. Joan Milet is b*ck home m Middlesbrough. Yorks, with her Canadian husband because both prefeT England's friendly warmth *o the luxury of Ontario. Canada's all right," said her husband. Sam. "Plenty of food, clothes and all that, but it has nothing to compare with your
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    MIEMOLLER VISIT TO U.S. IS CRITICIZED
    32 3 Criticism ot the decision w invite Pastor Niomoller to the United States was cx P r p e^aoe? Mrs. Roosevelt m her ne*spape. column "My Day"
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    ATTACKED BY BULL
    28 3 Walter Lever. 64, of Sheepwash Farm Freshwater, Isle ot Wignt. wts Uijured when attacked for mtoutes by a bull whicn he r*ared as a pet.
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    Queen helps two lovers to meet
    225 3 Queen helps two lovers to meet 1 T THE QUEEN'S command, an ex-ATS girl's plea has txvn reconsidered and a visa granted to her lover whom she has never seen to enter Biitain to marry her. Jessie Chittenden, 82, of Stdgwick Avenue, Hillingdon (Middlesex), had written to the Queen telling
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    162,000 CARS FOR U.K. IN 1947
    84 3 Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd., addressing the Motor Agents' Association m London said that m 19.57, the peak year before the war. 311,000 British cars were bought m Britain. At the present rate of production,
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    ROMAN HOUSE
    21 3 Remains of what was app.irently a large First Century Roman house has been found at the Long Market, Canterbury.
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    LOWER PAY IS MORE POPULAR
    118 3 SHORTER hours and tptter working conditions are Pltracting hundr'ds of shop assistants into Birmingham's light engineering factories *yen though seme ars losing money by the change. They say th* short hours mean more social life and mak c t worth while. But the drift to
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    COINS CORRECT HISTORY
    81 3 AVER 600 Reman Sir.er coins v found by workmen la a water main on a Great Yarmouth housing estate are correcting local h'story. They hav c already indicatrd that the Roman settlement at Caester is older than generally supposed— they date from Em oeror Antonius. Pius, rebu
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    £50 TO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT
    46 3 To counter the sudden increase n elephant shooting and activity m the local ivory market the Kenya Government passed an emergency Bill doubling the licence fees. These w.ll now be £50 for the first elephant shot and £100 for the second.
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    £8,000 FOR BIRDS
    25 3 Nature lovers nave contributed £8,000 towards an endowment fund for the upkeep of the worldfamous bird sanctuary on the Hickline: Broad. Norfolk.
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    RAF plane blocks line
    74 3 RAF plane blocks line An RAF York transport plane that crashed recently on the G W.R. line between Oxford and Fairford and brought train traffic to standstill far several hours. The crew of seven all escaped unhurt. A rew tvp* of street lighting is being tried out by the Borough
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      308 3 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAUTY. Applications are invited far filling the following vacant posts m the Registrar of Vehicles Department (i) First Assistant Mechanical inspector. Commencing salary $240- per month, m Special Grade of the Municipal Suboi dinate Officers Salary Scheme, plus cost of living allowance (il) Second Assistant Mecnamcai Inspector. Commencing salary
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      37 3 T ARZAN Rooftop observer By Edgar Rice Burroughs AS JANE GRATEFULLY PETTED HER I M I FROM A ROOF ABOVE KEEN^.I U'.^^SSll IL' '/?i~ P~^ RESCUER SPROUL RETURNED vVHh I t j I E^E5 WATCHED--- >^ -<^ Uy^p^:^ 'J^A\i^i
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    MALAYA HAS NO 'DESERTER' PROBLEM
    336 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MULE more than 2,000 deserters are living sec retly W in Rerhn-w.thout identity papers, ration ca^s or authority of any sort, Malaya has no "deserter IZ blem because there is nowhere Jor deserters to live a nd no means of getting
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    FOOD-BUT THERE ARE NO BUYERS
    109 5 Press Staff Reporter Wllll X the market is flooded at the moment with tins \:m>-surplns vegetables which are selling at between tae-fifth and one- tenth of the of fresh vegetables, they are n«»t popular with the pubmd dealers are finding themselves left with *white elephant"
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    GEN STOPFORD RETURNS FROM TOUR OF BURMA
    80 5 TEN Sir Montagu Siopford. v C -x.-C. SEALF, has just re--om an inspeciion tour »f Service ur.:*s m Burma ComAmorg :he places he visited was the first post-war Officers' n% School. r^e School is scheduled to start ttontag on Jan 19 next year.
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    FILM JOBS FOR MALAYANS
    231 5 HTHE Malayan Union Depaitment of Public Relations, under 1 which the Malayan Film Unit operates, plans to introduce an apprenticeship scheme for young men of schoolleaving age and slightly over, to encourage the development of the film industry m Malaya and to train young technicians m
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    BREAD WASTED
    43 5 With Ceylon's population leading a ship-to-mouth existence, with meagre rice and flour rations, about 1,500 loaves of bread were reported burnt to cinders at a Colombo bakery on Tuesday night as a result of a lightning strike of workers, says Reuter
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    BIG LOSSES ON OATS
    72 5 SINGAPORE importers of oat flakes are reported to have suffered biff losses daring the last few days. The wholesale price of a 168 kati bag 515 and the retail price n about 10 cents per kati, with few buyers. The landed cost Is about 5% per
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    CONCERT AT PAYA LEBAR
    136 5 •THE Pay a Lebar Methodist Church Choir under the 1 directorship of Mr. George Khoo will be presenting a Christmas Candlelight Choral Concert on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 8 p.m. at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church. m Boundary Road Upper Serangoon. The programme Includes Schumann's "Advent
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    EAST-WEST SOCIAL
    35 5 The Singapore East-West Society will hold a social at the V.M CA. Orchard Road tonight at 8 o'clock Fancy dross may be worn. Tickets ($2 for gentlemen are available from ll«t V.M.C.A. office.
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    POLICE AWARDS IN SINGAPORE
    66 5 The award of the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry to the following has been gazetted m( Singapore. Mr. Alexander Henson, Probationary Inspector of Police, Singapore, Che Ja'afar bin Daud Sergeant. Police Department, Singapore, Che Abu Hass&n bin Akoic Sergeant, Police Department, Singapore, Che Mohamed Yasin bin
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    Rabaul Japs for trial in S'pore
    433 5 JAN. 1, 1947, is the scheduled date for the opening of the trial m Singapore of 15 Japs, charged with the ill treatment of Indian PoWs, shipped from Singapore m January 1943 to Rabaul. A party of 1,000 Indian military personnel embarked m two
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    TONIGHT'S TALK
    21 5 The Acting Governor -General, ;Sir Edward Gent, will broadest. \t P. 45 p.m. today on the current political situation.
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    H.K. RIOT CASE: NO VERDICT
    97 5 A JURY comprising of three Hong Kong Chinese and four non- Chinese yesterday failed to reach a verdict m the case against Ramzan Syed, an emergency unit constable, charged with manslaughter. The case arose from th* riots m Hong Kong on Oct. 26 when Wong
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    S'PORE PLANS RADIO QUIZ
    229 5 S 'PORE PLANS RADIO QUIZ Free Press Staff Reporter IN two or three months' time, your telephone may ring and a voice say, "This is Radio Malaya. What do you think about the programme now being broadcast?" With the installation of new transmitting equipment to take the place of that
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    MR. J. FARWELL HURT IN GUN DUEL
    72 5 Free Press Correspondent. ALOR STAR Wed The European -officer, who *as shot on Monday m a running gun duel with gangsters m the streets of Padang Besar, is Mr. J. Farwell. Immigration Officer, Padang Besar. He is making good progress m Alor Star
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      9 5 MADE! IN ENGLAND STHITHE BEST CIGARETTES IN THE WORLD
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    ENGLAND HAVE UPHILL TASK TODAY
    695 7 From Bill Bowes SYDNEY, Wednesday. mtiTH tlv wicket playmg surprisingly well for the fifth day If of thi> second Test, to-day's cricket at Sydney was the most attractive and interesting mi n the present The Australian score was advanced to 659 for eight brfore Bradman
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    Scoreboard
    160 7 ENGLAND IST INNS— 255 AUSTRALIA IST INNINGS B*™« c Ikin b Bedser 231 Morris b fcdrirh c Wasbbrook b Edrich 7 «*«rtt cUmpuo b Kdrich 34 c Evans b Smith 49 Bradman Ibw o Y*t*ley 234 McCool c Hammond b Sznitfc 1* Taflon c A b Hrifht 3Q Freer
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    TODAY'S SOCCER AT STADIUM
    57 7 •fHE Second Div <Crasskeys> I touring team from Johore will play their second match today when they meet the strong Singapore Chinese Football Association to-day. Having shown good form m their first game on Monday m which they beat the Seletar Airmen four-one, Second Dlt. are
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    GOOD ENTRIES FOR PENANG RACE MEET
    194 7 Free Press Correspondent PENANG. Tuesday. EXCELLENT entries. totalling 68, have been received for Penang Turl Clubs Xmas-New Year meeting Dec. 26 and Jan 1. There will be seven roes each day with fee New Year Cup r*c> for the best class on the last
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    EDRICH OUT
    17 7 Edrich oat lbw to McCool after scoring 71 runs m England's first innings at Sydney.
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    ALL BLUES SHOW BETTER FORM
    594 7 By 'Winger WHEN the Singapore All Blues side went out to meet the Navy on the Padang yesterday m their Singapore Rugby tournament match, they had apparently learned some lessons from their previous game m which they lost 37 8 to the S.C.C., due chiefly
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    All Blues' Trial On Sunday
    70 7 FINAL choice of the side to represent Singapore m the All Blues Cup semi-finaj due to be played at Singapore on Dec. 28 will be made following a full trial to be held on Sunday at the Police Training School 5 ro u nd Players
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    CHYE HEE IN FINE FORM
    338 7 CHYE HEE IN FINE FORM By Our Soccer Reporter THE afternoon's rain and the consequent slippery conditions did not prevent the Catholic Young Men's Association and the Chinese Athletes from joining battle at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday m their soccer match m aid of the Chistmas treat for Singapore's poor
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    FRED DAVIS BEATS BROTHER'S RECORD
    119 7 BLACKPOOL, Wed. FRED Davis, brother of the world snooker champion Joe Davis. i made a snooker break of 139 her^ this afternoon when playin;: against his brother. This is one point higher than Joe's world record. After examination oi the lable by Harry Myers who
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    F.A. CUP REPLAY RESULTS
    39 7 LONDON, Wed. FOOTBALL Association Cup second 1 round replay results to-day were: Queen's P.R. 2; Norwich 0. Ipswich T. 0; Walsall 1. Stockport 2; Halifax T. 1. Wre^ham 3; Lincoln 3. (after extra time) Reuter
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    INDIAN CRICKET
    74 7 i BOMBAY, Wed. THE rest of India, (280 and 268). beat the Indian touring side In England, (179 and 356) by 13 runs m the second trial to select the Indian team for next year's tour of Australia. In the tourists' second innings V. S. Hazare made 113,
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    S.C.C. BOWLS
    29 7 Opening of the temporary bowling green at the S.C.C ml) take place today, weather permitting, with a match between the captain's and the vice capi tain's teams.
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