The Singapore Free Press, 6 May 1947

Microfilm: NL3659
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Article
    Jobling report 'disappoints' STRIKERS VOTE TONIGHT
    640 1 MR. R K. Samy, President, and the committee of the Singapore Traction Company Employees Union this morning:, expres^l disappointment with the report of Mr. Justice JoMing, which v. as handed to them at Government House yesterday afternoon. There a possibility that the S.T.C. strikers
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    OFF YOU GO!'
    55 1 Free Pres>. Staff Reporter L\ V \TES. ci he^ingrton. Surrey, has a way -^ington Zoo has been to break m suitl:n^ She tackled them all fearlessly and job el turning Mary, the Llama, from BCT pet. Whoops, dearie! It's Im little Willie won't be able to have
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    LEY IS INSANE, WON'T HANG
    209 1 LONDON. Month. ence on Thomas John Ley, the :er of Justice for New South V the Home Secretary, Mr. J. mnd that he was insane at the the barman whom he miswas intimate with his former kdmoor Asylum suffering from •j paranoia. The Home Secretary
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    The SFTU is 'Respited'
    91 1 tte n Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE'S Colonial Secretary, Mr P. A. B. MtKerron, would not comt I da> on his meeting yesterday with representative* of the M tttili.ited unions of the Singapore Federation of Trade I'nionv I spokesman »1 Hie anion representatives said it was agreed
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    29 FLIES FOR RUSSIA
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    S'PORE CATTLE DEALER ROBBED
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    ISLAND MAY CLOSE
    31 1 The United States G v eminent nay close its famous immigration centre at Ellis Island m Ne^ York Efarbour m crder to save the government US$3OO,OOO a year.-
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    USED SUBMARINE
    235 1 for smu<,<;um; LONDON, Mon. A FORMER submarine commander in the Canadian \av was fined £9,500 and sentenced to 12 months 1 jail today for smuggling liquor from France into England after telling the French Customs officials that it was for HMS Vanguard to be used by the Royal
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    Gandhi, to meet Jihhah today
    334 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. MAHATMA Gandhi and the Muslim leader, Mohamed All Jinnah, will meet tomorrow afternoon. According to reliable sources, they will discuss the implementation of their joint peace appeal last month to their followers. Gandhi has criticised at his pra\ er meetings, the alleged
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    U.S. CRUISER FOR SINGAPORE
    51 1 Tiie United States 13.600 ton heavy cruiser Toledo will call at Singapore for three or four days at tha end of this month. The Toledo, carries nine 8-inch guns and her visit will be a semi-clTi-cial one. She is on her way to the Pacifio from
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    26 1 A I.K. fivyod picture that eflects the r<.s m of youth and show* the modern generation can still rise to the occasion m an I merffClK.Y.
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    GUERILLAS HIT TOWN
    22 1 GUERILLAS HIT TOW N Greek guerillas yesterday entered the town of Katerini, southwest of Salonica, and killed four people and wounded five.
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    SOCCER CROWD RIOTS
    29 1 One hundred emergency police yesterday quelled a ri:t caused by Paris soccer crowds who found all tickets for a came had be^n s Id out. Reuter
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    F.I.C. PEACE TALKS THIS WEEK
    509 1 F.I.C. PEACE TALKS THIS WEEK LONDON, Monday. THE French and Vietnam Governments are expected to negotiate this week m an attempt to stop the armed conflict which has been going on m northern Indochina since last December. According to news from Saigon, an early end to hostilities is predicted to
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    SUK'S TRANSPORT NATIONALISED
    72 1 SUK'S TRANSPORT NATIONALISED A BIG Labour majority m tne House of Commons last night secured the nationalisation of Britain's railroads, long distance buses and trucks and inlar.d waterways. m the third reading of th e bitterly-contested bill, the opposition motion to reject the measure was defeated by 300 votes to
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    CHINA GOVT APOLOGISES TO BRITAIN
    95 1 CHINA GOVT APOLOGISES TO BRITAIN LONDON Mm THE Chinese Government MM expressed its regret for the machine-gun attack on a British plane landing Macao on April 13 and has promised to take measure- h stop a recurrence of such an incident says a British Foreign (MTice announcement today. The machiine-gun
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    BURNETT GIVES EVIDENCE
    218 1 BURNETT GIVES EVIDENCE Free Press MAJOR John Burnett, D.S.O. M.C. m a statemt witness box, when his tr:. charge of causing the death a Sikh taxi driver m Sin^a. was resurr. morning, i there could nc been doubt In the mind of his r< tal intelligence officer, t MaeDonald, with
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    GIRL MOTHERS
    53 1 MKy-two British girls of 12, 13 and 14 became the mothers oi illegitimate children m E" n the war year of 1942. Ih<s is discLsed m th P Registrar General's annual statistical review One of every 20 of the babies oor n m England and Wales m 1942
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      7 1 ,p E HSIVE I JEWELLERY -V prices
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      213 1 wfmjjJrAM/O/iO RD. Z^ HEARCAPITQL HI ATM T ay^ Jhe Proper Utiy to take Aspirin and other Pain Relieving Tablets TV>TEDICAL opinion agrees that to obtain the best results, the tablet' xta should be allowed to break up m a little water or m the mouth before swallowing. Indications of their
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  • FEATURES..
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      A VOICE STIRRED A NATION
      924 2 A VOICE STIRRED A NATION Hall Romneys London Letter LIS I settle down to write to you on this perfect spring morning it seems to me that I can still hear ringing m my ears the young, firm, clear voice that came over the ether to us from Cape Town.
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      COAL MINES 'LIGHT' UP
      180 2 BRITAIN'S coal mines are to L be fitted with fluorescent lighting, and British miners will then be the first to the a i work m artificial daylight. It will be installed at first m selected pi is m South Wales, V rkshitf and Scotland. Sir Charles
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      275 2 WEST operjed the eight of and East made a very fil sive play by it fusing to put one of hkj honors. Instead, he warned his partner to keep away from 1. by playing the deuce. East's reason fjr making was that he knew the eight-spot was
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      THE TRAMLINE ARTISTS
      170 2 THE TRAMLINE ARTISTS AX I 7|y P/crn* Jeannerat NOW that we ha certained what pons the painter pc m his armoury, it a we ventured boldly more controversial field criticism or appr. Why do artists, ob. Ed and exhibiting craftsmanship, fail to first-rate pictures? they dubbed "acad' mi why has
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      TO END RAIL SNOBBERY
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      1081 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for i ople born today DORN tod i highIv m itiv* mind. are a horn student who lik t am new things for sh°-er joy of discovery. Beii live turn of mind sec the h'ddm moth ai us behin I the of others. Often, v
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      13 2 UUIZ Answer^ l hoi 2. Moscow. 3. L vis IX. 4. Artificial but
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  • NEWS... PAGE
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      Burnett's defence called MAJOR OUTLINES 'FIRE' ORDER
      466 3 Burnett's defence called MAJOR OUTLINES 'FIRE' ORDER Free Pres Stafl Reporter submissions lasting throe and a rs defending counsel, Mr. and the prosecuting officer, Singapore Fourth District rer, decided m one minute that D.5.0., M.C., had a case to meet causing the death of a shootin *as resumed yesterday, ted
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      RACKETEERS USE POST TO AVOID TAX
      474 3 RACKETEERS USE POST TO AVOID TAX Stockings smuggled into UK BOARD OF TRADE investigators m Britain, working m co-operation with Customs and Po-t of Tire official- are watching the activities of firms m the Colonies and m foreign countries who are known to be smuggling inn. fintain nylon stockings and
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      'STOP LOOTING'
      825 3 'ST OP LOOTING What sort of talk was this which he gave you .'--His talk l was a welcome to the island of Singapore and he touched upon many subjects, the political side as well as the military side Did he mention the subject of looting He stressed it very
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      CASH CURED THIS MAN
      51 3 Lying m Salisbury (Wilts) Infirmary, recovering from a serious operation. 78-year-old clock repairer Mr. W. A. Chatfield was very dull-spirited. News came that a football pool form he had filled up before he left his home at Water-stree-, Mere (Wilis), for his operation, had won him
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      HARD AT WORK
      88 3 HARD AT WORK |}OCTORS m these pictures are seen studying anti-mala ia medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, at Bloomsbury. The school has all possible facilities for malaria research. Students come fr m India. China, and trupical parts of the Empire to tak° part m the
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      TROOPS ROBBED GOLDFIELDS
      181 3 TROOPS ROBBED GOLDF IELDS MEW GUINEA mining company officials have informed I' the Australian War Damages Commission that AustrsHan troops who fought on New Guinea gold fields during the Pacific war have robbed the dredges of thousands of pounds worth of gold. Bulolo Gold Dredging Company alone estimates that troops
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      UK WOMEN BUILT WAR PLANES
      121 3 UK WOMEN BUILT WAR PLANES BRITISH WOMEN during the war did almost every job m aircraft building, the Air Ministry spates m an account of British plane production called "Aircraft Builders." Women at one s age exceeded fifty per cent, of the labour m engine factories. At the peak period
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      HORSES STOLEN FOR DOG MEAT
      93 3 FARMERS at Guildford. Sur- rey. have alleged to the thai fake gypsies have been touring Hhe countryside stealing horses and selling them to feed greyhounds on unlicensed tracks. The Oxted and Guildford branches of the National Farmers' Union are collecting evidence 01 the tla Som°
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      LONSDALE SALE
      16 3 Sale of Lord Lonsdale's collection at Lowther Castle. Penrith realised £10,000 m a day
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      COBBLER'S GIFT REJECTED
      39 3 COBBLER'S GIFT REJECTED A Swedish shoemaker won £7.500 m tftie national lottery— and offered it all for the erection of a statue to Peace m a local park. But the city council has turned down the offer as "undesirable."
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      POISON FOR LOCUSTS
      23 3 Poisoned bran is being used to kill locusts which hav P invaded Cyprus m greater numbers than j ever before.
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      49 3 TaTxanfae^fsctfy 53' Edgar Rice Burroughs ■S^MMMMmWr^ !sSmy W_ m, C^V. "^^*\A|| \Um%'^^J[ J He x -^v k^ Ca'^>^ //^Mii "^^l STRAINED TO THE BS=A~ f" f iW V^^^T -"BUT NOT BEFORE THB^» t\-^rr SiREAviSD IN TERROR M jffSr^aVw^ APE-MAN'S KEEN EARS HAD w %.-Wi;r. /^ilt^^ CAUGHT TM£ DISTANT SOUNP.
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  • LEADER.
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1947.
      504 4 Mr\ Garrett 2. »HEN the Singapore Government issued a statement on Saturday night officially confirming the news m the Free Fr. > m the day that Mr S P. Garrett, the Trade Union A had resign- the statement, after pressing "appreciation of
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      PEACE TREATY WITH JAPAN
      670 4 PEACE TREATY WITH JAPAN General MacArthurs Proposals tor An bariy GENERAL Douglas Mac Arthur's recent proposals for an early peace treaty with Japan were based on long range planning to avert a possible crisis m Japan should American aid be curtailed harply or cancelled. Highest sources m occupation headquarters, interested
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      WAITED 37 YEARS FOR A TELEPHONE
      170 4 IN 1910 Mr. John it. V made his ilrst appii< 10 the British Post Office to phone. Now he has just got one fitted to his Wastwater Ho. el, at Wasdale Head, m a remote district of the Lake- England. Naturalist societies for the
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      45 4 Men who were nursing orderlies m the Forces during the war a re learning to bath, fern* and change babies at Booth Hall Infirmary, Manchester, as part of a n intensive MK-jeaf cotnc to qualify as nurses. They spend one month m the children's ward*.
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      TALES FROM TANGLIN
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      STATE TO CONTROL FARMS IN BRITAIN
      295 4 STATE TO CONTROL FARMS IN BRITAIN June Ist BRITISH agriculture, under emergency government direction since 1940, will be placed under permanent ontrol by June 1. An important phase of the English Socia. planned economy, an agricultural proposal promises stable prices for luce of British agriculture, requiring m turn the rnment
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      QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH
      79 4 QUEEN'S BIRTHDA Y THIS MONTH WHEN; through tla don there i ment among the i and For nified, white-haired worn n inside it as Qu Mar/. On May 26 tl. Queen Mary v her 80th birthday. She was born toria's childhood sington Palace E as 1 1 d. blue-eyed Due
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      440 4 FAITH— Take ye heed, u.iteh md pray: for ye know not when the tim< iarl 13, 33. A. vent to a making with UiA. a. ti hich tinental flans tor i:50,00u. Now pto save the sight of his films will cost up to £500.000. PI ER FIM B t two
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      37 4 QUIZ 1. What ia a di 2- In what foreign city are tube statins decorated with works of art? 3. What king of France was' •■ailed St. Louis? 4. What is ole margarine? Answers on pa^e 2.
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      MALARIA: MALAYA TRIES OUT NEW DRUGS
      116 5 MALARIA: MALAYA TRIES OUT NEW DRUGS toctors optimistic Staff Reporter TAMPIX, Monday. ated on the main Singaporea> route, I met Uxtaj a group fc ho are busy testing out a new t!y to make a significant contriauainst the biggest scourge m Hon effective the drug can be m being assessed
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      159 5 Twenty Japanese N.C.O.'s, soldiers anJ civilians sailed Jast week frtm Singapore for Sai?on ab.?ard the French naval :iuxiliarv vessel La Cha-ante \ll recent arrivals m Sin?ap rj from T;.ki 3 aboard the I) i warn, th-v are wanted m Sais db for vacationing m connection with massacre of the garrison
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      TROOPS DONATE TO KOBE MOSQUE
      57 5 TROOPS DONATE TO KOBE MOSQUE N response to an appeal for donations to repair a mcsqu >c, which was daa uring the war. Indian troops m a pan, Irrespective of caste and re^d, are donaring generously. The estimated cost of r e nairs about 70,000 Yen and a comlittee of
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      25-cwt vehicles de-controlled
      250 5 ONE step towards de-control of motor vehicles is an agreement between the Singapore and Malayan Union Governments thai future imports <>f commercial vehicles and chassis with a carrying capacity of .15 hundredweight (P, tons) will not Ik- dealt with by the Vehicles Priority Rnanlfl J All intending
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      INDIAN IS NAMED BRIGADIER general STAFF
      191 5 INDIAN IS NAMED BRIGADIER general STAFF THE first Indian officer to hole a high stair appointment h a Command Headquarters, India will be Brig. Kalwant Sir go Commanding 114 Indian Infantry Brigade, wh e n h e takes up the post of Brigadi e r G Steff. Northern Command, iah
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      ROTARY ADDRESS
      22 5 Mr. T. H. Stone will address tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club He will speak on "Safety First
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      POLICE LEND GUNS FOR 'BOAR WAR'
      253 5 POLICE LEND GUNS FOR 'BOAR WAR' IN Pahang, small holders use Police guns by a rota system m the drive against wild boar. During March, 4,000 rounds of shotgun ammunition were received for issue at 15 cents each. Village hunting parties are organised as part of the anti-pest drive. Considerable
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      $486,030 SAVED
      17 5 Sake of Vfctory Savings Certl- U ficates ud to April 29 amounted 1 to $486,030.
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      YACHT club PLANS COST $49,000
      206 5 YACHT club PLANS COST $49,000 r>L.ANi> have been made by the Rcyal Singapore Yacht Club for rebuilding the old Clubhouse a-d servants' quarters and restoring tst of the clubs prem ses grounds at a cost of $49,000. The plan includes restoring th* rounds and tennis courts into heir pre-war condition,
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      50 5 Vevasa en Saturday, <even members of C-S.E. who «cmpleted a successful t ur with play "Out and Abaut, playing to the Singapore garrison, left for I'ang.on for a t ur oi Burma. The C.S.E. member, were George Clarkson, Gail T.asiic, George Campbell, Ben Diidlej. Feggy Dawson, Doug. Casse-ls and Jeanette.
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      'WE LACK PATIENTS NOT DRUGS'-DOCTOR
      195 5 rHE ..an Union is shorl ."g a country-wide •amp. inst yen e rej -es. V. D. specialist. Dr. W. C. diamond, m a statement to the 5, r e fer s to the incidence of rarious forms of nereal ILseaseS. During the Japara^e occupa- there
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      69 KILLED IN JAP WARSHIP LONDON REPORT
      233 5 69 KILLED IN JAP WARSHIP LONDON REPORT •THE "appalJintr war crime by the Japanese involving t he 1 murder of 69 B/itish seamen, is disclosed m a writttn answer given m the Commons by the British Minister Transport, Mr. Alfred Barnes. A British motor vessel, Behar, was sunk by a
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      NEW AIRLINE FOR STORE
      105 5 THE Siamese Emba m Washington has announced the establishment cf a "Pacific Overseas Airlines ol Siam, Limited" which will start w >k;y flights between Bangkok and United States West c?a«t on May 20. Forty-four Per c v ri cf the Company's capital is h-ld by American
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      STEADFAST CLUB OFFICERS NAMED
      66 5 Sir Han Hoe lam and Mr. J. M. Fraser have beer, elected pati of the Sure and Steadfast Club. Other office bearers are: President, A. M. Cherian; Vice President Kok Putt P^l), Hon. S:c. Lim Som Chuara Hon. Treasurer Quck Khye Kee, Hon. Sp Secretary Andrew
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      266 5 WELFARE FI M) Contributions to tb c I j Welfare Fund up to Apri j amounted to $322 091.43. SH l v HOM VACANT WANTED experienced M. T. Storeman. Apply by letaer to Box No. 46, Free Press. SINGAPORE. MALACCA, COACHES' LIMITED. PASSENGER ANT PARI EL SER\ DAILY BETWEEN SINGAPORE
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      S'PORE BUS STRIKE
      1467 6 S 'PORE BUS STRIKE lo bhml recommendations RECOMMENDATIONS made by Mr. .Justice Jobling for the settlement of the Singapore Traction Com- strike arc contained m a letter which has been sent bj the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, to the Geperal Manager of the Company and to the
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      GERMANS HELP TRAIN SOVIET FORCES
      677 6 GERMANS HELP TRAIN SOVIET FORCES Captured Nazi generals find ki LED and inspired by I leld Marshal von rauJns and (ien eral Seidlitz. both of whom were captured at Stalingrad, members ef the SekUiti Corps, known during the war as the Moscow Free Germany ommiitee. mom hold key advisory posts
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      LONDONERS ARE FORGETFUL
      58 6 LONDONERS ARE FORGETFUL LONDONERS wer forgetful they were m he year b Between them th articles on London Tra vehicles, includa 34.000 vi than m 1945 8.000 bun 5,000 i 51,000 of g) 20,000 single glove 18 000 more; Walking sticks bi sand. cards and 4.655 cl book People ai
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      GLIDERS TO COMPLETE
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      BOY 'TECGOTHISMAN
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      47 6 a ik. .i BEL*!* -lla BHn r DHO'UC'lli I R'.«a* j'x.- "*"SsKr^ COMING! 1 he- Men called him Mr. Br< rnnnro UfDiUil But to the (.trls He v isanova: p^' i \l (This picture was the m ™m he -noun m Allied n IJ^Mf Occupied Europe.) '^^1
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      80 6 jAp4 fc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaga fS^// 2f /we CANT KEEp\ tf /m e t /l{\'OUß FRIENDS HAF !k-.:.>pva. r-A-xrc /^//,^^c^c IIP wTH Pi J d&l CONF, FRAULEIN, BUT X s purposes --eric -they both/ Z/\Ct £/-{C 3t JSjA 0 «n lovace hf A~;~^ people sft
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      98 6 I Free Press Crossword ho I m^m^m^m m^m^m^m\——~~^^ <8», 10. Waterfall or cascade po South American Republic <4). all. 15. Enclosuie m which I 22. A slipper used m th, Ea-^' supply any defect In a jury (5), 24 1. A teller, for instance (7, 3 1. 3. An estuary
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  • GOT HIS.
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      MAN
      227 7 I~ II IBM ma yielville Hits Ist Century Of Season i,iaiv r.ni Tjl\, .von. aith African captain, not only hit tun >f the tour but also the first of Uei seasons hen materially helping LekcstarAire by ten wickets here Saturda sore of 71 to 104 Chief scoring strokes m
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      VON NIDA TOPS DUNLOP GOLF SCORES
      17 7 tt Brand- i and I kmal; j on the over tayed
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      PAULINE BETZ TURNS PRO
      6 7 PAULINE BETZ TURNS PRO are Reuter
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      JACK LONDON WINS IN 2ND ROUND
      8 7 JACK LONDON WINS IN 2ND ROUND ome- U.P.
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      THREE 100s IN COUNTY GAMES Fishlock 170
      228 7 THREE 100s IN COUNTY GAMES Fishlock 170 LONDON, M ALTHOUGH the South African capAlan Melville, won the race .ir of being the first to score a century m the English cricket season, i closely followed by son of Oxford University, Robn of the MCC and two Surrey >ck and Parpcr.
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      SCHOOL SOCCER
      18 7 ST. JOSEPHS Institution defeated the St. Andrew's School by five goals to nil at soccer yesterday.
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      CHANGI AIRMEN BEAT MALAY REGIMENT
      833 7 CHANGI AIRMEN BEAT MALAY REGIMENT PLATING on Saturday, Combined Changi defeated a Malayan Regiment XI which had travelled down from Port Dickson. The Regiment side butted first and totalled llf> after being 32 for 6 and 67 for 9. For Changi, S/I.dr. Leggett returned good figures of fou. i ket-keeper
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      ISMAIL MARJAN MALAY BADMINTON CHAMPION
      346 7 THE Singapore Malays' Badminton i Championship titte for this year was won by Ismail Marjan of Mtrhib- i bah Badminton Party, when he beat Ahmad Mattar of Mayblossom m the final of the Open Championship of the Malays' Badminton Tournament played at the Hill Street
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      SPEEDWAY CHAMPION
      20 7 SPEEDWAY CHAMPION \u- Duggan. Australian Speedway champion, m action at Harringay during his first race for Harringay against West Ham.
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      U.K. FOOTBALL RESULTS
      58 7 LONDON, Mon. Today's football results were: Scottish League Division A: Aberdeen 2, Morton 2. Rugby Union: Bridgend 6, Cardiff 12. Llancllv 16; Pontypool 8. Additional Rguby Union results on Saturday: Middlesex seven- a side tournament at Twickenham, semifinals: Rosslyn Park 16. Royal Air Force 5; Richmond 10,
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      BAKSI PHONES WOODCOCK
      47 7 BOLTON. Mon. Joe Baksi phoned Bruce Woodcock i today to say "I'm sorry," apologizing for breaking Woodcock's jaw m their recent fight, and they made tentative i plans to meet later this week. Bak;i j phoned after attending a miners' rail.? i here.- U.P.
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      DID NOT CONCEDE A GOAL IN 7 YEARS
      1240 7 DID NOT CONCEDE A GOAL IN 7 YEARS Answering Your Queries Scottish Clubs reat Record By The Sports Editor h QUESTION asked last week by Dvr T. Kennedy: What Club won 30 successive matches m league football? set me browsing through the old records looking for the greatest sequences of
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      Army Meet Chinese I Today
      314 7 Army Meet Chinese I Today \rniy me?t the Chinese first selection (the junior team m a SA.F.A. league came at Jalan Besar Stad.un; to4*J Ih \rmv team will be: Henderson; Hindle. StewnSen; Lloyd. Rigby, Xi tenner; Paynt r, Ha Watts, Smyth, Shaw. Maxwell, star wing I is nursing an injury.
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      KING'S HORSE SECOND IN DERBY BETTING
      162 7 KING'S HORSE SECOND IN DERBY BETTING LONDON. Mon. J. A. Edward's Tudor Minstrel and the King's Blue Train, two leading Beckhampton stable candidates for the Derby, represent the combintd betting chance of 11-10 xids st them. Tudor Minsti of the Two thousand Guineas, backed -at 11-8 to win £3.000 v.
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      BELGIUM WINS 5-0 IN DAVIS CUP
      45 7 BRUSSELS. Mon Belgium defeated Luxembourg five matches to zero m the first round of I the Davis Cup eliminations, completing a clean sweep by winning *hf j final two sing'.es matches before 600 spectators at Leopold Club today U.P.
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  • NEWS, LATE
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        S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
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