The Singapore Free Press, 6 January 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 16 742 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1947. PRICE 10 C'ENTa.
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    BATTLE RAGING IN PALEMBANG
    314 1 BATAVIA, Sunday DITCH gunboats are reported to be shelling Palembang from the Moesi Ri?er. The Indonesian Premier, Sutan >jahrir, announced today that street fighting has broken out n that centre of American and Dutch oil interests m southeast Sumatra. The Premier, declaring that the situation m
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    'I MADE FALSE STATEMENT'
    138 1 'I MADE FALSE STATEMENT' Mutiny Trial Free Press Stafl Rep-rl.r AN admission that the statement he gave m Batavia was a false one wa> made by Naik Abdul Aziz, I-AJ4.C attached No. 2 Indian Transit Camp, this mornin?, when the General Court Martial at Bukit Tunah, Singapore, resumed. Seven Indian
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    SHIP HITS A MINE
    63 1 LONDON, Sun. THE British steamer 'Harbcrion' s'ruck a mine m the Aegean Sea on Saturday and one member of the crew was killed, according to a message from Athens. A Greek destroyer and a British ship were reported to have gone to assist the crippled Harberton.
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    DYING SOLDIER 'TURNED AWAY'
    236 1 I iN Army tnree-ton lorry on its I way from Nee Soon Transit ..p to Singapore Docks carry- ing release and repatriation men embarkation on the Queen of on Saturday was m•- ilved m an accident with a Royal truck driven by a civilian jyed by
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    WAVES SWEEP OVER ISLAND
    100 1 HONOLULU. Sun. A PACIFIC storm today caused "iant waves to crash over the P^mvr- Atoll md great rinmagej was done to cr Vi A'rvand The hortii-east coasi, ol Hawaii iwa* badly battered yesterday but !no new damage was reported to- day. The stormy seas inundated I
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    TERRORISTS BOMB TROOP TRAIN
    357 1 CAIRO, Sun. THREE bombs were thrown tonight near Galyub, about eight miles north of Cairo, at a train carrying British troops from Cairo to Palestine. Eleven soldiers were injured, three of them seriously. The train immediately halted and the injured were taken to hospital at Benha.
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    43 DIE IN ONE PLANE CRASH
    83 1 Nankins, Sun. THE Chinese Ministry of Communications today grounded all Chinese domestic airlines for one week, pending investifation of a series of crashes. The order for suspension is the direct result of a disaster near Tsingtao today when a CNAC plane crashed killing all
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    The Test MOKRIS BOWLED AT 155
    81 1 The Test MOKRIS BOWLED AT 155 ALTHOUGH losing three wic- tei& m the 90 minutes before lunch at Melbourne this morning m th? filth day's play m the thira Test Australia gathered anotr.er 92 luns to make their total 385 for »?ven wickets at the interval. I They rre now
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    SCOREBOARD
    101 1 AISTKAUA ISI INNS^-MS ENGLAND— IST INNS— 2SI M STRAJ.IA— 2ND INNS. Banes c Evans ft YmrMmy it Harris b BoAscr iss BrMlmao c a.n4 b Yardfte? 4S H>— rt b Wright •Oiler c UtnuDMd b Yan»«r McCooJ c Eraai Bifaw 41 Johnson ran out Tallon not oat M I.indwafi
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    SUGAR HOPES DOWN
    31 1 Java's sugar production this year is not expected to exceed '25,000 tons compared with 20,000 tons last year and over 1,500,000 tons m 1939. says Reuter from Batavia.
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    MONTY IN BERLIN
    31 1 Field MarshaJ Montgomery arrived m Berlin by air from London yesterday, says UP. He said that he hopes to see Marshal Stalin v hen he goes to Moscow
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    MPs SAY 'LET'S QUIT GREECE'
    343 1 As Britain Talks Romance.... LONDON, Sunday. rILE the British Press debated the eligibility of Prince Philip of Greece, whose reported romance with Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, has become the subject of much discussion, the British Parliamentary delegation to Greece tonight recommended the
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      'Mother's darling' to pay girl £175
      101 3 ted to be the t haird: S3 ring judg- WUcock'a j he had j H-inley ver a had < was 1 jon b 3 X.C ad- peri Ml of years i. ss Hanley'a h:usc d tea w.th her. iv living -.m the ::t fiancee.
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      UK SCHEME TO CONTROL WORKERS
      358 3 I ABOUR control to prevent workers m essential industries L from switching to jobs of lesser importance is contemplated by the Government for introduction early this year. It will affect 3,000,000 workers, and one aim will be to stop special inducements to entice workers from
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      136,080 EGGS STOLEN
      20 3 A lorry with 136 080 shell eggs from Canada was stolen from a car park m Liverpool.
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      CASE OF THE STIFF JURORS
      92 3 EASI SufFOLK Standing Joint Committee recently considerd the strangest case at the recent Suffolk Assizes- thr case ol the 12 suffering jurors. Alter b?ing confined m th° jury box to try a case which lasted a week, the jurors— nine men and three women —decided
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      FAIRBANKS FILM IN ENGLAND
      84 3 FAIRBANKS FILM IN ENGLAND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr. who is now an Independent producer, has announced m Hollywood his plans for the picture, 'Kni?htB oi the Hound iuo! He will produce the film >« we» play the starring role of Sir Lancelot. F^irbcnks hop 3toma I ull or most of the
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      SCOTS GUARDS RETURN
      20 3 Tho 2nd Battn Scots Guards returned to Windsor from Gc*rmar.y after beinc; on active service since 1939
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      'GAY TIME' WIFE SAYS: MY FAULT
      319 3 'GAY TIME WIFE SAYS: MY FAULT FROM the dock at Winchester Assize Flight Sergeant Alec Humphrey Butcher, 34, looked across at the witness box. There stood his wife, attractive 31 -year old woman, who had been called, against her will, to give evidence for the prose cut ion. "I do
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      LOST DISCIPLE
      39 3 Douglas Birchln, aged ;M). stood m a lire m Brisbane alter saying a Yogi had commanded him to do *o Both his fe?t have been amputated. He said- "i no long r believe In the Yogi teaching.*'
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      MUCH KISSED STATUE
      32 3 In New York, the Statue of Lib-rty is being repainted with a pigment that will noi show .t no; lipstick which women visitors smear all over the statues ta
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      Wife sorry for acts while he was PoW
      140 3 AS Alec Butcher, sentenced sJx months' Imprisonment tor fitahhino- >r- vile Minaret left itho St or lafl. Mr? Buu-hei-ni,i nrptmim 'lend ny ton- into thousands Of BrU^h homes to tell the folly of broken marriage vows "I deserve the stabs from bli
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      RIGHT OF APPEAL UPHELD
      269 3 RIGHT OF APPEAL UPHELD AN apparent anomaly m the law i was revealed when th 3 London Appeal Court upheld a man s statutory right of appeal and granted an application by respondrmt m a divorce action to stay the granting of a decree absolute. Th P case— Lioyd Davies
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      WIFE, 64, DIVORCED
      94 3 A DECREE nisi on the ground of misconduct by a 64-year-old wife with a 69-year-old coresnondent was granted oy Judse Ormerod at Liverpool. The petitioner, John Reiily. of Auphton-road. Birkdale was granted cos's against the corespondent. Charles Edwin 811. of Hartington-road. Liverpool. The wife was Mrs. Ruth
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      RAFFLES INSTITUTION EVENING CLASSES
      144 3 These classes will re-open on Monda*. Jan. 20th at the old Raffles Institution building (Bras Basah Road > The present classes m Radio Engineering. Builders' Quantities. Plumbing. Electrical Installation Work Structural Engineering. Elen; Engineering Science and Elem Eng. Mathematics (providing basic Engineering knowledge). English (aiming at
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      UNION GIFT TO SPORE
      155 5 More Meat For Chinese New Year KreV .Press Staff Reporter Malayan Ihuop will make Singapore a Chinese v Ycai -"jfifi" by allowing an extra 500 pigs into I t!ViN month, making the total allocution 1 1 of this additional pork available he markets, the price of
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      CHINAMAKES PENICILLIN
      6 5 CHINAMAKES PENICILLIN Dm. a* i U.P.
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      S'PORE DOCTORS CLAIM BACK FAY
      156 5 S'PORE DOCTORS CLAIM BACK FAY THE Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of iledMne baa sent a petition to j the Secretary ot State for lies on behalf oi all taej ors and denial surgeons w! the public services of Malay 1- to: j back pay. It was
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      REUNION PARTY
      13 5 Ar former bers of at a reunion tea part: cers r
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      PROF. RANSOME RETURNING
      105 5 As I had b-- n m I r3 iment hat tl Malaya on ive should not bo re-employed me:.- > I vice, the Alumni A Kins Edward VII ■er e of Medicine wrote to g >cretary or State lor the C for 'he n v EUnsome who
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      SERVICE FOR MAJ. SEAGRIM
      306 5 IN the stately cathedral oi Rangoon, packed with a big congregation of servicemen,! Karen and Burmese Christians. the Lord Bishop oi Rangoon on Sunday, Dec 29. conducted a I I special service m memory of the k»te Major HP. Seagrim, G< < 1 Cross. D.S 0..
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      GRASS FIRE
      40 5 The Army Fire Service were I rallecf out fcr the first time yesi terday since the firemen of the Singapore Fire Brigade went oi strike last Tuesday, put out a 'small Vrass fire, m Mount Plea- sant Road.
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      R.A.F. Mission
      80 5 The stufT of the RAF Mission to AariraUa and New Zealand In happy m^od as they pose for a picture at the Mission headquarter* at H, Tivoli Place, South farm, Melh-unr. Aus Iralia. Front r.w deft to riffht) Cpl. loan Mann: Flight Officer Pefgie Walt: Air Commodore T.
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      Dutch seize S'pore rubber
      202 5 Free Press StalT Reporter fHK Dutch N.EI (iovernment has confiscated about 27 tons of smoked rubber sheet and 05 tons of hemp, the cargo of a motor vessel J.8.C.1227, belonging to a Singapore Chinese. The vessel was seized on the high seas by a Dutch gunboat
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      AMI C.-IN-C. LEAVES FOR JAPAN
      137 5 AMI C.-IN-C. LEAVES FOR JAPAN THK Air Commander-in Far East, Air Marshal Sir George Pino, accompanied by Roberi Scott. Political Cou t o the Special Commissioner South-East Asia, left by \on; olane this morning for Totto on a Uaison visit to R.A.F. units of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. The
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      BORNEO WANTS AIR SERVICE
      57 5 THE North Borneo Chamber of Commerce is asking the Gov--1 eminent to make representations for a regular mail and passenger I air service between Singapore and North Borneo extending to Sandakan. Airmail between Singapore and North Borneo is almost as 1 irregular as sea mail although
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      STRAY DOGS WILL BE SHOT
      278 5 STRAY DOGS WILL BE SHOT free Press Staff Reporter QEGIXNING next month, the Municipal Voter >.;:ry Hi D partment will launch a campaign for the i: i hi. lest ruction of stray do^s m Singapore. Dog-catchers v.i i out into the streets and hv-lancs, and animals fo:in i with Municipal
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      PHILIPPIM BUYS 80 U.S. SHIPS
      89 5 PHILIPPIM BUYS 80 U.S. SHIPS ritime c tation of i. tr> A Pit to this effect is < Kp< cted >. X as a result cf a conferenx; rec< President Etoi shippins executives which took up the question ot dlstl ing am c various si the 80 surplus the PI.
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      73 3 J^SREAKAiO^SiHffMY^JTMINTS 3Q<X£D LOCALLY TO m*X TH* RirtAdItITATJON Of MALAYA APP^OV^D SY IMt SfNGAPORE MUNiaPALITY. ,-^/e /SnrJ'C*^ A. 250. St«ANOOON SPORE., ■HE TRADE MARK Or QUALITY 3imLna SftNiTARY PRODUCTIONS Fl riINGS \ia;aya i» manutactunng its own Sanitary H c Closets nfc Flush Cisterns Manutav-rureo r rr.any years experience m these line*
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      330 3 NOTICE. ARTHUR C A oi w cARTHUR CO and lato of ERRICK CO has m addition to is own business taken charpe of the ingapore Office of Messrb PEAT :arwick Mill Illlf co charERED ACCOUNTANTS Union Buildie Singapore as from Ist January, *47 and sign* on behalf of that Firm.
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      73 5 HOI FOB QUALITY. SOUND AND PROJECTION. r-*fi /^r S!T! ELV LAST D Y: A I PHONJ 6309 tCI oa MUST SEE IT! ■tl RANDOLPH SCOTT t./m if J-^ ANN RICHARDS GEORGE Gat>bv HAYES IJBKLIij OPEKI4G *|"~NO GREATER." BIGGER" TO-MORROW I GUERILLA EPIC! Introducing FERNANDO POE. Reliving the HELL THAT WAS
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      24 5 |m •*> 11*1 V vTi I I 1" Jl *^l Ir^ JS B-S^* """"^■■\f S OMFORTABLE X^3ONV£WIENT ""raffles hotel THERE WILL BE NO DANCE TO-NIGHT
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      BIG CUP GAMES START THIS WEEK
      592 7 Safety Measures To Be Adopted LONDON, Sunday. P Football looms prominently on the horizon with the thir\! rour.iP due next week when "big clubs" enter fhe r.:i f I t! tii > t tinie this season. Remembering no doubt Helton disaster, tht Football Association
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      NEW SCORING VALUES FOR RUGBY ASKED
      283 7 LONDON SUN. ACAIX for a revision of scoring values at Rugby is made this week by the famous Welsh inter- national. Wilfred Wooler. Writing m the London News Chronicle Wooler says it is time certain aspects of the j game were re\ised from the
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      SCC PREPARING FOR SOCCER
      347 7 A SOCCER meeting was held at the Singapore Cricket Club at 5.30 p.m. last Friday, when there was a very good number of interested members m attendance. Mr. A. Cromarty, the acting soccer convenor, having his appointment confirmed by the meeting, was m the chair. Mr.
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      S. African Cricket Team Selected
      67 7 CAPE TOWN. Sun. THE following South African cricl.et team was selected on Saturday to tour Britain during the summer: Alan Melville (Captain, Dudley Norse Bruce Mitchell. Athul R'^wan. Tony Harris, Norman Man. Jack Plimsoll, Lindsay Tuckett, John Lindsay, Denis Beubic. Douglas OTCIMtQW. George Fullerton, Denis
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      HORSES FLOWN TO UNITED STATES
      96 7 LONDON. Saturday —First ratehorm to be flown from Britain left London airport today on a Skymastor for California via New York. Strong fancy for last year's Derby. Radio Therapy, and Fast and Fair were amom; the six horsos to make the trip. They have been
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      AMAN WINS AGAIN
      49 7 Kuala Lumpur. Sat.. Tiger Aman outpointed Mirk McKay m the main event at the Lucky World stadium tonight. The fight was slow and disappointing. Aman won most of the rounds, using his left cleverly and scoring many points with constant jabs to the face anH body.
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      Padang Rugby
      16 7 The S.C.C. Rugby XV which beat Negri-Malacca 14 G on the padang on Saturday.
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      LATEST HOME SOCCER TABLES
      747 7 HRsl [t!\|s|(,S SECOND DIVISION THIRD DIVISION SOUTHERN THIRD DIVISION NORTHERN Coals P W D L F A P-^ J5 17 3 5 50 25 37 24 14 5 5 51 36 33 4 3 5 6 52 33 3 1 24 13 4 7 54 36
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      AUSTRALIAN CRITICISES UMPIRING
      271 7 AUSTRALIAN CRITICISES UMPIRING MELBOURNE. Sun. L,X)R the first time during the MUC tour an Australian newspaper yesterday criticised the umpires. Hector de Lacy, Melbourne Sporting Globe cricket expert who has covered the MCC's matches throughout the tour, writes: "Once again unfortunate umpiring decisions have upset what might b<? termed the
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    • Golf Notes
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        RYDER CLP MATCH—A SUGGESTION
        307 7  - RYDER CLP MATCH—A SUGGESTION Dead Soymie By WITH the news that Britain has a: last accepted the American challenge to fight the Ryder Cup thiyear In America comes the interesting rider that two •certs" for the British team on last season's showing —Welsham Dai Rees and C H. Ward are
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        OCEAN RACE RESUL
        59 7 HOBART, Sat— The 33-foot cutter Christina won the 650 miles ocean yacht race from Sydney to Hobart. Tasmania, on Thursday. The sloop Baga and the cutter Morna were second and third respectively. Morna was the first yacht actually to cross the line. All of the leaders are
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        27 7 The organising committee of the Muslim New Year Sports has presented the surplus receipts, amounting to {128.98 to ti.e building fund of the Young Men's Muslim Association.
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      209 7 Last 4 Shows /DAVllir^y phosi\ TODAY f PAVIUMnI ,fgQ5 1-30--4 6.30 9. 30 P.M. 1 s*** 1 -M^il I" f I ANNt^rNN, NOAMJH jt I WlW^ Ji nf• I COUNT BAS/F Opening TOMORROW Sir Alexander Korda's Outstanding Production wA U^r^ Jm Wf^' historic lov« story with th« jy]^^y heroin© of
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