The Singapore Free Press, 24 May 1947

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAY A SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1947. PRICE 10 GENTa
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    LONDON CUTS KILLEARN
    195 1 LONDON CUTS KILLEARN 20 STAFF OUT: MORE ARE GOING JHE staff of th< s Special Commissioner for South East Asia, Lord R.llearn, is being whittled down, and the Foreign Office is looking at every possibility of Jfefi"; Staff f 54? still further. Menlrs L f c been asking q««tions about
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    MOSCOW ATTACKS EDEN
    3 1 MOSCOW ATTACKS EDEN
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    72 1 M.AJ. General B. 11 Chappel, former commander of the Twenty-Third Indian Drvi&io was among the I.OOfl Hritish Sor ion who left Sipgarore y€s for 'It don by the Irooper Strathna Major General CbappeJ was act nc (iineral Officer ommand ng, Malaya Command. wh°n Lieut Gen. Galloway attended the recent Army
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    LEBANESE DIES IN ELECTION FIGHT
    53 1 yesterday killed one and injured 12 otl ers during an election fight m the Majdelsleom. The moo fought with stones, sticks, and pistols. Feeling runs bitter m the Mount Lebanon constituency where the former president Emire I: by his opposition^ of having cooperated with the
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    BRITAIN TO TAKE RUSSIA PoWs
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    HAREWOOD ILL
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    LEGATION STONED
    139 1 I Viscount Mount-batten, the Viceroy, will put tjiese pi sals, together with the procedure t*> be followed m achieving it, b ind'an leaders on June 2. Muslim League Bef'.-re he doos outline U:e pi an, the Viceroy will ask Mr. Jirmah, the Muslim Lea ider, lor the lost
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    India may split into five states
    41 1 DESPAIRING of achieving Hindu-Muslim unity m India, Britain is now prepared to divide India's 400,000,000 people into at least two, and possibly live, arate and independent states, writes Arthur shon, Associated Press correspondent m London.
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    MAVY SEIZES ILLEGAL SHIP
    87 1 tUSALEM, Fri. A immigrant ship of about 400 tons was interc< pted by the Royal Navy off the Couth coast of Palestine this loon and is being br into Haifa, it wa ftci I i Naval ratings boarded the ship without resistance. Two loud explcsi Jaffa
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    EGGS NOGS
    21 1 The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that Americans each will eat an average of 350 ez-j,s a year.
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    U.S. raises new tariff
    57 1 I nited States House of Representatives m Washington yes--1 terthij approved by 151 votes to 65 the Wool H''l intruded to safeguard l\S. producers against f< reign competition, despite frtvii'iit Truman's warning that such .i» tion might cause refusal by the British Commonwealth Co participate m
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    WAR MEMORIAL PLANS PASSED
    217 1 Free Press Stall" Reports A WAX memorial for Singapore has been proposed lv take the form of a public park and scholarships for higher education, either m Malaya or abroad, to enable the people of Singapore to take an active pax* m the administration of the
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    CSM IS ACCUSED
    149 1 Free Press Staff Reportcj A BRITISH Company Sergeant Major, T. M. Hawkesworth, stationed at No. 4 Special Wireless Regiment, Singapore, lias been charged with "at about 1.45 a.m. on 27 December, 1946, at the 10th milestone, Thomson Road, causing the death of Tan Hamzah by doing a
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    STRAWBERRY CRASH
    22 1 A British Vik: raft carryrawben from I. crash-lac di ;it Croydon at I v.. Noiv> of th/s crew injured.- A.P.
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    SHOP ROBBED Of $4,500
    46 1 TWO armed Chinese broke into a departmental store m Bndpe Road yesterday mor: at 7.30 and made away with the trays of gold At 8.3r two held up another Chim Bras B.> Victoria f ,f $3. aw h and a fou I
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    MALAYA IS LOSING U.S. DOLLARS
    299 1 MALAYA IS LOSING U.S. DOLLARS Fiee Press Staff Repoiter /^SSUMING that the spot price of rubber will not fall any *i further—although this is a unlikely to judge by cables from New York and London markets Malaya stands to lose an income from its primary industry of about $25 million
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    8 AIRMEN BALE OUT
    58 1 EiuJrlT 01 Id membero oi tne crew of a United States flying fortress which crashed m Nicara^un ped by baling out, says Reuter I from west Palm Beach, Florida. The plane was missing en a flight from the Panama Canal zone to Texas. No news cf
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    RIVAL TO St. PAULS CERTAIN
    130 1 RIVAL TO St. PAULS CERTAIN LONDON. Fri. AMID cries of "shame" m th House of Commons toda\ the Government declined fa give way to the strong pr inside and outside Parliamen against the building of a tiani n w electric power station at 1? tiikside on the south bank of
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    LABOURERS ASSAULT EUROPEAN
    75 1 LABOURERS ASSAULT EUROPEAN Dy the Depanment sub-depot worth", Bukit Timah, resterd morning assaulted a Eui employee of the Depai European, Mr G. A. sustained injuries and at pre* is not serious. pears I ted the Congress t: Municipal sub-depc Mr. Cessford objected. He them to bring the flag down, t
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...
    • Music
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        Last Sunday's Concert
        589 2  - Last Sunday's Concert David Grant by UIGHT youngviolinists pupils of DIRK KALF— made their bow last Sunday when they gave a corcert of classical music ar the Memorial Hall. It is regrettable that the number of people who had come to listen was not larger as the proceeds from the
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        TODAYS BRIDCE PROBLEM
        65 2 couth cashes ace, discarding a diamond from North. South then leads a heart. If West plays pw, North with the king and returns a heart. If West puts up the quee hearts. North plays low. In either cr-se, West wins a heart trick and North is able
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        A MUSIC MASTER
        512 2 MUSIC master Arturo Poscanini, 80 an old Mar 25, around whose career has been spun a network of rumour, legend, fab'e and, sometimes, verifiable stori- b, probably is the best known and most red figure m the Western music world. Age alone might have n.ade him famous
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        BY THE CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN
        434 2 BY THE CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN EVERY Saturday morning m London approximately three quariers of a million children between the ages of 7 and 14 attend their own special performances at cinemas throughout B:itain. They are all members of the thousand Children's Cinema Clubs which enterprising British film magnates have
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      647 2 YOUR WEtK-tNO USTtnIING r 40 In 45 Radio 1 Jiuunru^ 3 00 RadlQ Rhytnm Club g Rhie \rtu-firk F'nfHish 840 Pro^ r;imirt 845 Dive .^eruorK ungi, D Saturday u4O jU— 2.M p.m —485 metres m tminedium wave bjnd 6c 7. 22 meg«c>ci<-> p»r second m the 11 metre band. RADIO
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    • Miscellaneous
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      544 2 QUIZ Answers Taj* ties 3. Jn the time of Alexander the by Dino rates In hon ur of ih>> shipwreck of his bride-to-be. 4 Amunds* n's N rsie. Manet and Monet. he t 4.30 Shoi p.m. Radio SEAC c mpoeer; 8 p.m. N 8 1 "Al 5.30 Thi Hit Parade;
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      78 2 \COMING EVENTS To-morrow, Sunday, at 300 p.m. at the "Little Theatre/ Armenian street: Recorded Recital of CHAMBER Music. including: Mozart. >net Quintet: Beethoven, String Quartet m F flat. op. 111. \t 8.00 p.m at the Union ink Club: Classical (Jramophone Recital, including:— i! i ranck. Symphonic Variations; Sibelius, Symphoii) No.
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      18 2 ZAUN DAP M London, 1 perfonB la;. at I. nd Emanuei F| born at h Mk> born m
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      BRITAIN AIDS CHINE
      596 3 Men trained for reconstruction pus! actiMtit^ of the British Council m China had their origin m the organized visits of some distin.u;;>hed British savants m 1912 and 1943 with ihc special object <>f Making contact with the I imersities of "Free China." then struggling against tremendous ds
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      U.K. RAILS FOR CHINA REPORT
      68 3 U .K. RAILS FOR CHINA REPORT TREAT Britain, m order to U aid China m the reconticn of her main railway supply this country over 40.000 tons of rail equipment, says a report m the Ta Kong F The report claims that the Tial to be given to China ild
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      MONGOLIAN MOVE
      20 3 c ucrnmunist Kadio announced the formation of a -sponsored Inner MunAutonomous Government May 2 at Wan?vfhman Nnrth U.P.
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      Young Marshal for Manchuria
      87 3 bj Mr. Mo Teh see Marshal (the i... x has rise it the Government might consider Marshal and appoint him to a Man his prestige would be useful against the ..nd a native of Maii- personal visit to an old friend, but c has been entrusted
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      KNEW JUST IN TIME
      147 3 ft narried his m tl of an, but discovered his ;re consummatmarriage. Twenty years before, .A had sold his infant daughter, lelen. his wife died and he was unable to bring her up. He sold b i -pectable but ..ess couple, and a contract :uly drawn
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      IMMIGRATION IS RESUMED
      111 3 THE immigration of Chinese to the Philippines, suspended last November, will be resumed and the full quota of 700 Chinese for 1947 will be allowed into the Philippines from June t"> the end of October. The lifting of the suspension was decided upon following a conference at
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      AIR FREIGHT IS SUSPENDED
      7 3 t I CHIEF
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      ENVOY TO COLOUMBIA
      20 3 The Nanking Government has announced the appointment of Yu Yu-jen, Control Yuan President as Minister to Columbia.
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      GETS NEW JOB
      23 3 Ho Ying-chin, Chief pi Staff has been appointed Chairman'of the Advisory Council ol the Chinese National Defence Ministry U.P. ion
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      FOR 'REDS'
      45 3 FOR 'REDS' Part of a flotilla of 51-thinese junks, lad^n with 2,500 tors of NKRA supplies for Commuaist-contrdled territory m < h na, awaits sailing orders m Tientsin. White cloth liiipcj are for identification from the air. Shipnvnt is enrutc to Lir., hng m western Shantung.
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      MACAO RETURN IS DEMAMDED
      258 3 MACAO RETURN IS DEM AMDED TWENTY-ONE numbers of the Peoples 1 Political Council 1 have made recommendations to Premier Gen. Chang Chun calling for immediate recovery of Macao the Portuguese colony »>n the South China coast. They declared Cfa M should abrogate the Chinese Portuguese treaty and inform Portugal that
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      GOVT. TO STOP SMUGGLING
      137 3 tXTD THE Chinese Government has decided to take "firm action to check the rampant smuggling of goods m South China, which is seriously hurting China's export trade, the new Director of the Secretariat of the Export Promotion Board Mr. Chen Jun-zung, told the Press m Shanghai.
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      WANTS AIR PACT RENEWED
      58 3 WANTS AIR PACT RENEWED THE French Government has ;iporsaohed China for renewal and extension of the Sino-French Air Transportation Agreement concluded last September, according to Dr. George Yen, ViceMinister for Foreign Affairs. The French request said the Minister, was receiving sympathetic consideration. The French were mainly asking for extension of
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      INDIAN SLOOP VISITS S'HAI
      202 3 INDIAN SLOOP VISITS S'HAI MORE than 30 Crunese newspapermen visited tV n sloop Godavan JJWM entertained to luncheon by Commander S. G Karmarka At a subsequent conference Commander Karmarka sad that there was no discrimination, aboard and everyone ate ana lived together regardless religious differences Hindus or Muslims. Expressing gratitude
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      MUST HAVE A NAME TO VOTE
      122 3 OLD-FASHIONED China women who vei had any names of their own except surname of her husband, with now find names for themselves if they want to exercise the right granted them undrr Chinas new constitution. To avoid contusion m obtaining identification cards, the local
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      RICE MOVEMENT FORBIDDEN
      69 3 AT a joint meeting of the Kwangtung Civil, military and party responsible heads, held at General Chang Fa-kuei's headquarters, a resolution was adopted for the complete prohibition of the transport of rice from Canton southward by the Canton-Kowloon Railway a measure to overcome the shortage of food
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      CONTRABAND SEIZED
      37 3 The Canton Customs seized a large quantity of contraband goods, valued at more than $1,000,000,000 aboard a CNRRA vessel m the Pearl River. Two members of the crew were arrested by Customs official. Central News
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      NEW CHIEF OF STAFF
      28 3 Gen. Hsueh Yueh, famed defender of Gnangsha during the Japanese drive on American air bases m China, has appointed Chief-of-Staff by the Generalissimo. U.P.
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      BIG DISCOVERY IS CLAIMED
      68 3 BIG DISCOVERY IS CLAIMED A MAN m Shanghai claimed that ihe has discovered a method to trisect an angle a feat long considered impossible by mathematicians. Declaring that his method uses only a compass an^ an ungraded ruler. Yang Chia-cho has submitted his supposedly astounding discovery to the Academia Sinica.
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      113 3 SITUATION VAC. EUROPEAN Male Clerk required by 3overnment Sales Office. Quallficaions: Integrity initiative; accuracy xperier^c of modern onic< .re, upervision of staff. Highest refcrei. squired Salary according to experu within ranpre of $300 and $375 Apply 52 Barbara Stanwyck 's Greatest Performance! lociay K«ut brans 1.30 -4 6.3<i 'p. M.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. MAY 24, 1947. Big $ Stick
    643 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. MAY 24, 1947. Big Stick •THE Americans ar«? strange friends. Made rich oy two rid wars m which they stood on the touchline. m all. for some five years before joining m the common struggle against the enemies of democracy, they low find themselves the
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    DON'T REMOVE CONTROLS TOO SOON
    765 4  - DON'T REMOVE CONTROLS TOO SOON T. H. Tan By rOST of living and increase constitute about the most important single factor determining internal peace m postwar Malaya. It was the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones himself, who admitted m the House of Commons last week that
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    368 4 CIX J V ■3 ALBERT WARNER Hurstbourne Garden: B. tii from the arm m 191 r 21 md who w :ied m 1014 and v rid War L m India. Bu. ir m which h< d and I ly- }{:< ik. A i uth I m. P.
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    FAITH
    12 4 Th labourer is worthy of his reward. I Timothy: 5, 18.
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    Roll back the centuries
    25 4 m Bc»ua!»^ long ago lovers pipd their songs to their lassies with mis quaint instrument, known a s the stock horn.
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    WILL 200 TONS FLY OR NOT?
    252 4  -  RALPH DIGHTON Tl-. THE largest airplane m 1 the world, a 200-ton. eight-engii* I flying boat, called the H-4, undergoing preflight test t a drydock m nearby kg Beach, m the United Stal Within a few weeks tempt will be made U the p
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      Is law different here?
      139 4 Is law different here? WOULD you lighten a poor misgui(l c d Englishman, or uld 1 say Britisher. It is regard Justice which we Britishers ar< proud of boasting about. On picking up my Free l last Monday 1 noticed a the Ir nt tt is guilty." w having road
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      Who is the male:
      33 4 WE have had film In th I and ded that D the ma the Free Pr H v were right about D thy I.amour: the male Kit-hard Dening. Editor.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      21 4 ©on Iddon^s Diary will Ik 1 resumed from New York when Iddon return^ there from a holiday m I n Jinci.
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      59 4 QUIZ 1. What do the following suggest: (a) Beauvais; <b> Gobelin; (o Brussels; (d) Aubusson? 2. What orator practised with pebbles m his mouth? 3. When was the first lighthouse built? 4. What was the first airship to reach the North Pole? 5. What two famous French painters' names were
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    MALAYS GETS ALL SHE NEEDS
    291 5 7 111 T T Free Press Staff Reporter AN official of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Department, commenting on a charge by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association that "the Colony not being treated fairly with regard to gold dollars/ said: "It is not generally realised that the
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    EXCHANGE HELPS THE JOBLESS
    27 5 R. P. c of S ptembei und and m the n ployed rk, so .-.can register ai Exchange .yes or and Labour and
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    TRAINING FOR EX-SERVICEMEN
    71 5 THI stry of Labour an--1 nounces tha* the last General Business Courses under the Business Training Scheme for sxServicemen will be those starting m September 1947. New permanent courses m Business Training are to be set up m Technical an^ Commercial Colleges under the auspices of Education
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    POOL GALLUP POLL FAVOURS ELECTIONS
    325 5 POOL GALLUP POLL FAVOURS ELECTIONS Press Staff Reporter ted to the Research Group of Singapore's hool show that almost all parents lectorate system m the Colony. The should be ripe for voting d that an elected legislature is a good 193 re] :ied by eupation represented by the parents men.
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    C.V.M.A. PICNIC
    35 5 Members of the Catholic Young Men's Association (Church of the Sacred Heart) are holding a picnic at Mr. Ching Kee Sun's bungalow at Siglap on Monday. Transport cave the church at 8 a.m.
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    TAKING A LAST LOOK
    30 5 TAKING A LAST LOOK at ip<;re through a porthole of the trooper Strathnaver were these Servicemen. About 1.000 Servicemen left by the ship terday on demob.
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    U.K. TROOPS IN S'PORE PAY TAX
    167 5 U.K. TROOPS IN S'PORE PAY TAX Free Pi Staff Reporter. REGULARS m Une British Army serving m Malaya draw more pay than locally-enlisted personnel lor twofold reasons: firstly, their pay is subject U deductions by British income tax, and secondly, all soldiers serving overseas are trained personnel and therefore and
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    TWO GENERALS DUE BACK
    112 5 THE GOC Malaya Command Lieut. Gen. A. Galloway, and Maj-Gen. H. Redman Chief cf Staff, SEALF, are returning from the CIGS c cc and are due to arrive as follows: Gen. Galloway left U.K. on May 22 by Lancastrian anj is expected to arrive vt Changi
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    Untitled
    77 5 Mr. C. H. Da Silva, former member of the Singapore Legislative Council, speaking at the Christian Brothers' Old Boys Association dinner held recently. S-ated on his left is Monsignor M. 01--comendy, who is to be installed B'shop of the Diocese of Malacca on June 1, and next to him are
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    'WIPF Of IT PAY DIFFERENCES'
    626 5 WIPF Of IT PAY DIFFERENCES S.V.C. Major urges: tree Press Staff lit porter AS long as there are differences m the rates of pay of the locally enlisted personnel and British ranks, (he drive to enlist British -born subjects m Malaya to join the regular force's will not be completely
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    NAMED JUDGE
    22 5 Mr. J. P. Merson has been appointed a District Judge, Singapore, says a notification m the Government Gazette issued yesterday.
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    GOVT. CLERKS FORM UNION
    63 5 The General Clerical Services Association yesterday decided to dissolve itself, its members forming instead the Singapore Government Clerical Services Union. The new union will apply for registration as a trade union. The rules and constitution of the new union were read and confirmed at yesterday's meeting,
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    SINGAPORE IS FREE OF SMALL POX
    206 5 SINGAPORE IS FREE OF SMALL POX Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE has been declaud 3 free of smallpox", a Health Officer said yesterday. This Is the first "all clear" health signal for several months past. Inquiries made showed that no special precautions are beirg taken, nor are they contemplated, to
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    LUTHERAN TALKS
    31 5 There will be a conference Lutheran Christians from I Malaya at the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday Monday. The Rt. Rev. Dr Sandegren, J3ishcp of Tranque will preside.
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    'WE CAN FACE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM'
    193 5 AFTIMISM about the future m the "march towards government m the Colonies, and m economic and social development 1 is expressed by the Secretary cf State for the C Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, m an Empiie Day message: He said: "In our British family. as
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    BLACK MARKET BEASTS THE POLICE
    370 6 BLACK MARKET BEASTS THE POLICE Graft eases cost of living LEGHORN, m Italy, has become a city of unrestricted blackmarket operations, The local black market proprietors have been so successful m selling large consignments of I'nited States military supplies that the local authorities have ffivoi up the fight agaißßt them
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    Untitled
    61 6 COti iv>- us roen ot tkw? Royal Corps of Siffß&b have helped the police to trol Iraffic md course officials j to control st.> ra^eceuall over I I v ur. Chester B be finl irr t^d walkie-talkie i In -v... sicnal iave Iwen used. Hrre b> l S Private Fay
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    JOHN THE CHOSTS POLITE
    55 6 JOHN THE CHOSTS POLITE rrHi- ever walked haunts che Per.k near Haddm£r r on, East Lothian. •me of Mrs. M. Holboui low of a New York rs. Holboum said: "We call ■m. and he a per- gs or ra for all this. She esus that mining op md on which
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    'THE ACTOR" MAKES A COMEBACK
    97 6 'THE ACTOR" MAKES A COMEBACK IJi .KS I'UL.IE, lUSt busy as London's with a crime wave, believe that the cleverest robber of the roaring ities is .staging a come-back. He is known as The A< >bbed disn a uniform. metimes he was a policeman. sometimes a bank messenger, sometimes a
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    WOMAN GOT £100 FOR LOST HOME
    76 6 Because she lost her home "through misrepresentation," Mrs. v Stocker was awarded fclOO damages and costs at Wisbech County Court. Joseph Steward Adams, of Ashtead, Surrey, and his wife of whose house she became tenant m 1940 obtained possession, she alleged, on the grounds
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    '1 LOVK YOU' IN DUST
    69 6 For five days m the mountains of California. U.S.A.. Ernest Steele lay ten feet from a canyon brook, his inn pinned beneath his overturned car. On the fourth day he scrawled an- i his wife on the dusty car bumpvr: "Remember I love you. Goodb
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    £50.000 FOR FAMILIES
    16 6 The '.or the dependants eight Mumbles 'Glamor i life-boatmen closed with over <: 50.000.
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    UK TO EXPAND UNIVERSITIES
    189 6 UK TO EXPAND UNI VER SITIES JN England only on*.- man »>i woman m 1,913 goes to a imiveisi y; m WaL i on< m 741 m Scotland, one m II L And m America the figure is hi 125. These statistics given b\ L:>rd I inrl^iy. Master of BalHol
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    SCIENTIST'S SERVICES REFUSED
    85 6 k D ,S. G>v rices of Professor Otto Hahn German scientist who first split the uranium atom, has refused by ttie author ipl€d to a is that unless th( Ie and techn i tihe British z stopped. will never become supporting. authorities think toat Hahn will attract
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    SWISS GIVE HOLIDAY
    28 6 Thirty-five children, sous daughters of British doctors killed m the war. are to haw a threemonths' h liday m Switzerland as quests of Swiss doctors.
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    25 6 Cl OND wedding day picture of Mr. E. R. M TIiOTM. 0 I"t .ntiuw r. Bristol, and his German brid a Anna H^emann.
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    PARACHUTIST TO BROADCAST
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    LIGHTHOUSE TO LET
    22 6 The lighthouse at Sutton Bridge. Lincolnshire, pre-war home of Peter Scott, artist son of the explorer, is to l^t.
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    HE BOUGHT PONY CAN'T CATCH IT
    199 6 MR. JAMES TAKRANT, ol Bermondsey, bought a bay pony six months ago and, off and on, I n cha him ever since. The pony is roaming the Kentish i. defying all efforts to capture him. Last news of him was that he was seen
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    Wrong idea of stop and go'
    75 6 kli X questioning v tiumbcf of chiMfM with EMM tojS at a rt Birkenbead "safety first" (biiioa, .t policeman fosnd the tr»vs had \>m\ taken front a neicliho uririg store He left the model trarti* 1 centre h*' was demonstrating to make inuuiries there.
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    MAJOR RE-WEDS GERMAN
    42 6 MAJOR RE-WEDS GERMAN A m f ii f<* the i JU* actress Ull Major Edward **> 25^ camp near I> Britisj, v? beet, lifted L"^ O never by the G. vited hr. fed on.;. At thAiiJia 11. sißhi. cause I m marnal Then >,
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    Church seeking new powers
    242 6 WIDT n«u powers Koc ecclesiastical courts t<» exercise greater tii-< piine over the d 1 .nd laity are re nunck-il m thf report of i hurch of England commission which has fust been published, and which will be di^-i! hv Convocation. Among the new courts proposed
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    BATTLI NAMES FOR UK LOCOS
    18 6 BATTLI NAMES FOR UK LOCOS w ctaij 01 anu Railway locomotive Britain* 1 mr will be Churchill." "Lord
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    FARM VOLUNTEERS
    12 6 ovir Z3,00a peoj red to help Bi farms this year.
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    TO TEACH SWIMMING
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    CAMP FLIES
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    FENLAND HELP
    16 6 Five thousand articles of clothing sent from Canada being distributed to Fer.land flood victims.
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    FARMING STUDIED
    32 6 Pupils of the senio r class at Grasmere village school. England have d" th,, near-t--side Farm and par- of schoolwork of visits to th P fanpractice of agricult are studied.
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    MOORE SAVES DAY FOR R.A.F.
    242 7 MOORE SAVES DAY FOR R.A.F. Chinese rail To U Early Lead •ur Soccer Reporter B the Singapore league soccer com pet iand the Chinese first selection played 5 *>tbail at Jalan Besar Stadium rinnng by four goals to three |o move he league table with 11 peats from md the
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    DAI REES WINS GOLF TOURNAMENT
    216 7 Brilliant Final Round XII MARNOCK, Frida DM REES. the young British international, won the first prize of 500 guineas m the Daily Mai! professional imament on Barassie course here today when the rounds were played. was 68. ig by es fron the with Fred Da;-
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    ALL COUNTY GAMES END DECISIVELY
    55 7 ALL COUNTY GAMES END DECISIVELY LONDON 4 intj games ending .y were dec Wlddle- .re and Essox winning by 234 r I declared, v. ire 134 I ich, t>eat 219 'V- j .rm off--326, rd. Essex beat Somerset Essex 260, Somerset x second ags 210. 63, the m W. 3.
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    TEAMS FOR CLARKE CUP CRICKET
    133 7 TEAMS for the 19;h annual 1 Clarke Cup cricket match starting at 2 p.m on the S.CC pa dang today are: A. C. GROWDER C APT S.CC.) J. B. LECKIG W. X JAGGER (S.CC.) F O BATES -MBINED CHANGI). J P. PE ARSON (S W.
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    31 7 Mss T: n W c Trek mikes the vv inning jump m the uig C:';ei>g Chinese High Sclio^ I \t' letic meeting he'd at Jalaa Be ar stadium o n Sunday.
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    KING'S HORSES TO RUM IN GRAND PRIX
    38 7 KING'S HORSES TO RUM IN GRAND PRIX LONDON. Fri. r esty's horses, Blue Train and 0 ire 18 accepters for me F De Paris to be run aSi Sur.da-. B nd Prix n- was jemonora m 1921.- Reuter
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    KEENS LOCKED BY RHEUMATISM
    6 7 Lasted Years
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    CORRECT WAY
    54 7 CORRECT WAY G. S^ Watson, the Leicestershire all-rounder, shows the c direct ua> to play a defe -sive stwke to a ffO cd length ball pitched 01 the wicket Note the lift of the bat, arms close to the body and elbow pointing towards *he bnvler. Watson bats first-tvicket down
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    BIG HOLIDAY SPORTING EVENTS
    323 7 BIG HOLIDAY SPORTING EVENTS DIHrrSUN, like Easter and th< n August Bank noliuuys, h one of the biggest week-ends foi bport throughout the country i beginning to-day, interesting events will be held m Singapore and all the main towns on the inland. In Singapore we have twe pie-war fixtures 01
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    ECHELON SOCCER XI
    38 7 THE rig will represent GHQ 2nd Echelon m a soccer match versus 19 Air Formation Signal Regt: at Nee Soon at d p.m. today: Farrell; Rachel, Wilkinson; Roper. Chapman, Aicock, Burton. Sharpe. Quarry, Jones, Bryce.
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    SPORTS TALK ON RADIO
    35 7 Mr. P. F. d? Souza, barrister-cf-law, and the well-known sportsman, will give a talk en the subject cf "The Importance tie Sinapore O'ympic and Sports vcr Radio Malaya at 8.13 tonight.
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    ALLIED NATIONS GAMES IN SEPT
    124 7 ¥Vm LONDON. Friday. INDIA, the British Dominions, 1 Belgium, Czechoslovakia Denmark. France, Greece' the Netherlands Norway and United States are beins invited to take part m a competiiiou for tha Britannia sheld t 0 be held m this country during the Battle of Britain week
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    YOUTH MUST BE SERVED
    987 7 Soccer Notes By Our Soccer Reporter pit time has ccme when youth must be served increasingly A m Singapore* civilian soccer sides, and I say this with particular reference to the Malays. This week we had the ca^e of the supporters of the Malay team and
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    Rain Washes Out Tourists' Match
    79 7 Rain Washes Out Tourists' Match LILAVY continuous rain, which gui« ki> saturated th^ pitch at Oxford, prevented an% play tafej m the South Africans' match against Oxford University, and the gram? was abandoned as a draw shortly after midday. Oxford, who overnight had lost two Wekets for 19 runs. needed
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    SAYAJIRAO NOW SECOND FAVOURITE
    234 7 SAYAJIRAO NOW SECOND FAVOURITE LONDON, Fri. WITH the Derby still a fortnight away, there is every prospect that Tudor Minstrel will start as odds on favourite. This tendency was reflected m i the callcver tonight Quoted at [13 8 last Monday, fudcr trel found support at 5 4 ard, after
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    JOLLILADS' SOCCER XI
    36 7 THK c been E to play foocball for the J Ir.ds Athletic D GHQ Signal Regiment on at Jalan Besar Sith Ghani, Murugaj hud. Suppiah. M r Osman. Tod ag: OD :e£:i cancelled
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    SWIMMING ASSN ELECTS DELEGATES TO COUNCIL
    204 7 IN order thai ild be repre- sented at next Tuesday's foundation m pore Olympic end Sports C -uncil. the Amateur Sv tion was revived at a n: the V.M.C.A. lact night. Mr. R. Lyne, I president and Mr. G. H- Kiat were appointed to
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    S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    124 8 CITY NEWS— k special Viarkei con -t ?ives the prices of rubber at _H_ a.m toda> as follows: Buyers Stihrs Cts. oer Ib. oor tb looso Nu 1 R S.S. fob m bales M q R.S S fob m b,Urs tot m bales Ma* Tone r»f
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    London stocks
    24 8 ON I re the as m Oils with Rubb<s dull •ss and Coot ray. There was m Foreign Rails which regular.- Reuter
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    Silver content less
    76 8 CANBERRA. Bat. -THALIA is taking much of the silver out erf k« coins to pay back the 11 000.000 ounces of silver owed tc ihf Drifted States. Minister. Mr. J B. :unn*r yesterday a bill m thf- House of Re; yes to au p of tlie silver
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    Rubber Futures
    51 8 nRTTO ku NEW YORK > Sat r«KLI>E rubber futures yesterday .-losM V' 8 points higher to 5 point* lower. were 47 sales contracts sing quotations: Sepl 15 go S 'v. P 61 P oll l December March 1485 bld Number one i*bhed smoked sheets Csoo' ir> cents U.S.)
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    33 1/3% DROP IN RUBBER
    369 8 33 1/3% DROP IN RUBBER We r f Jy Spore Share Report THi; ooiia£a£ m the price of rubber throughout the week is 1 a serious bk)\v to Malaya, reports a Special Market Correspondent. Yesterday the price fell below ;>0 cts. per lb., representing a drop of 33 1/3 per
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    KILLEARN
    134 8 (Continued from Pag' question from Mr Eendi Si: wart (Liberal National, £a*t File), who asked how many people seivcd on Lord K'Jlearn'a :i m South East A^ia, row the numbers were divided Europeans and non Eui?r;. who paid the costs (>J thi rart. and how 1 rates ol pay
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    GERMAN PLANTS GO TO ALLIES
    7 8 GERMAN PLANTS GO TO ALLIES Industrial U.P.
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    HONOUR TO STAR
    10 8 le French-born of the French "U U.P.
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    UNO BLANKS THE YUGOSLAVS
    405 8 »,n ii i- GiONEV A, Friday, pi 11 nation Balkan Investigation Commission toda 3 l formally signed the report to the United Nations Bo ity CoOTdl recommending that the armed bands violating the Balkan front, er> should I, nsidered a menace to world peace Subject to
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    MASK AND PISTOL LED BUITENZORG COUP
    174 8 MASK AND PISTOL LED BUITENZORG COUP BUITKNZORG. Friday. THL oomic of>era coup d'etat, complete with a 'Tritm A Minister,' wearing a mask and waving the f»n|y pistol f owned by the plotters, and a new technique m counter J revolution by picket line, which mixed Builenzorg for the Soudanese Peoples
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    29 8 The Spirit of Spring m Kent Gardens, is 22 year old British film ftctrese Ingrid ivfrlbi Forest. A career girl, she likes riding, tennis, and is fend of Sian
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    Burma to have Socialist Govt
    120 8 RANGOON, I THE ANTI-FASCIST Peoples'! m U Bur. l which won the recent efeeliotw, and < 95 per cent of the rotes m the Coosl unanimously adopted the draft constitution unri Burma would be a Socialist w Party's com perts- on Ju and put> Bun:
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    ARMY HOLDS AT HOME
    26 8 ARMY HOLDS AT HOME The Army held an At j; sh<.v< the pubii< the t many weapons and taken during the At partner icing a halann,
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    SPY COMMITS SUICIDE
    18 8 Hi He was 17 nd ii is und< n ha -k to i eek. Reuter
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    COMMONS ADJOURNS
    12 8 The House oi teradiourm-. tsun until Tuesday, June 3 Reuter
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