The Singapore Free Press, 5 July 1947

Microfilm: NL3661
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA .v,. 16^98. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947 PRICE Iff CENTS.
    20 words
  • Article
    DOCTOR'S WIFE SHOT DEAD
    273 1 Incident after Ipoh party Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. U RS. 1. T. Dickson, wife of a medical officer at the Ipoh General Hospital, was shot dead and Dr. Dickson p k -eriously wounded in a shooting incident last ughl in Golf Club Road. Dr.
    273 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    74 1 The Free Press took this picture yesterday when a bulldozer demolished 60 huts on a piece of Harbour Board ground in Trafalgar Street. The (JOO mrn, women ar< rhUchres c laer^ ha« been given several months 1 i lo quit count of the Insanitary condi tions in the village. Last
    74 words
  • Article
    SIAM PLANS TO STEP UP RICE OUTPUT
    131 1 r LONDON. Friday. exports to Britain > rise by 90 per cent. next ten years, accord-ewly-appointed Sia-.-.idor to Britain. Diunam. at an Embassy .Dress :onight, he said: "At ray country is suffer- lack of farm imple--her materials, but us with a supply mplements,
    Reuter  -  131 words
  • Article
    CHINA DESERTERS HELD IN BURMA
    51 1 rE Burma police are holding 200 Chinese soldiers deserters from the reoccupation forces in Upper Burma on charges under the Defence cf Burma Act, it is disclosed in Rangoon. The Chinese Consul-General in Rangoon Is understood to be trying to secure the release of these
    51 words
  • Article
    ACCIDENT CURES HIM OF CRIME
    85 1 ACCIDENT CURES HIM OF CRIME 1 ISBURGH. Friday. HI I* Lander received his (reedao I day IndepenC as i j udge ruled that won. r. have to pay for he committed a^ an am- ddeni turned Hol- ti m a normal boy of 13 -r. r. bber and safe y:hiatrist
    U.P.  -  85 words
  • Article
    U.K. AIR PAGEANT
    33 1 Several new types of civil planes will t>e seen at close quarters by the British public for the first time on Sunday, July 27. rtt a pageant at Elstree aerodrome
    33 words
  • Article
    INDONESIA ORDERS JAP ARRESTS
    94 1 BATAVIA, Friaay. rE new Indonesian Premier Dr. Amir Sjarifuddin, who was arrested by the Japanese for his part in the resistance movement and sentenced to death, has ordered the Republican police to track down and arrest 600 to 700 j Japanese who have succeed in hiding
    94 words
  • Article
    'FLYING SAUCERS' BAFFLE U.S.
    227 1 LOS ANGELES, Friday. THE Los Angeles Daily News said today that the mysterious "flying saucers," reported streaking over parts of the United States, may be the U.S. Navy's new "Flying Flapjack," which had five pages devoted to it recently in the magazine Science. The article in
    U.P.  -  227 words
  • Article
    YARD RECOVERS EMBASSY JEWELS
    66 1 YARD RECOVERS EMBASSY JEW ELS A SPOKESMAN of the Soviet Embassy in London said last night that Scotland Yard had recovered some of the Jewellery stollen from Embassy official last month. On June 2, thieves broke into the apartment of L. Boris Kara, vaev, first secretary of the Russian Embassy,
    U.P.  -  66 words
  • Article
    Austria Accuses Red Army
    235 1 Austria Accuses Red Army VIENNA, Friday. AUSTKLV& *>;me Minister, Mr. Oscar Helmer, today charged the Red Army it Hh "kidnapping" at least eleven persons in the past few weeks. The military commander of the Russian zone, he said, had forbidden police ofiieers to report these cases except ui his explicit
    U.P.  -  235 words
  • Article
    EIGHT INJURED IN V-2 ACCIDENT
    68 1 WHITE SANDS, Friday EIGHT men were injured, two seriously, while preparing the 25th German V-2 rocket for ex perimental firing. The only official word on the accident was a one-sentenee announcement: ''Firing of 25th V 2 rocket was postponed indefinitely because of ttie 'aibire ot
    U.P.  -  68 words
  • Article
    WOMAN AIR ACE DIES IN CRASH
    62 1 MARGE Hurlburt, world champion woman speed-flier, was cilied on Friday when she failed to come out of the loop and crash* d during a July 4 air show. She joined the Flying Hgers aerial exhibition only three days ago. She set the women's #crid
    A.P.  -  62 words
  • Article
    OLD BUT SAFE
    30 1 Driving a 17-year-old car bought for £7 10s, A. O. Hurst, of Bury St. Edmunds, has won a safe driving contest at Burv st. Edmunds, Suffolk.- Reuter
    Reuter  -  30 words
  • Article
    Monty on strong nation
    133 1 FIELD-MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, after secret talks with the Australian Military Board in Melbourne yesterday, told a State luncheon of a fivepoint programme for any nation which wished to be strong in the modern world. His five points were: 1. Strong:
    A.P.  -  133 words
  • Article
    RUSSIANS ARE TOLD 'DON'T GO TOO FAR'
    294 1 LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN today publicly warned Russia that any attempt io intimidate European countries from accepting tba Anglo-French invitation on the Marshall plan would be considered a violation of their sovereignty. The warning came from a senior Foreign Office spokesman. Mr. Bevin, the
    A.P.; U.P.; Reuter  -  294 words
  • Article
    Dominions aid urged for Britain
    147 1 CANBERRA, Friday. THE Australian Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Mr. Robert G. Menzies, advocated that Australia provide Britain with £100,. 000,000 worth of materials, to be repaid in 25 or 30 years without Interest. He declared that, if the other Dominions followed the suggested Australian lead, Britain
    A.P.  -  147 words
  • Article
    TIN EARNS $23 MILLION
    53 1 TWENTY-THREE million Ame. rican dollars have been earned by the production and export of tin from Great Britain and the tin producing parts of the Empire from the end of Lend-Lease until Jane 1947, Dr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of tho Exchequer, stated in the House of
    Reuter  -  53 words
  • Article
    WAYLAID AND ROBBED
    32 1 Free Press Staff Keoorter TWO Chinese, one armed, waylaid an Indian in Carpmael Road, Singapore, last night at 8.10 and robbed him of $2,840 cash and $500 in cheques.
    32 words
  • Article
    A LAMBETH FREEMAN
    30 1 Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, is to become an honorary freeman of Lambeth, his native borough, in which he began his political life. Reuter.
    30 words
  • Article
    URANIUM IN MEXICO
    30 1 Two uranium deposits have been discovered in Mexico. This has resulted in a recommendation for an Atomic Energy Committee similar to that of the United States. U.P.
    U.P.  -  30 words
  • Article
    GIMSON AT PALACE
    43 1 The King yesterday received in audience at Buckingham Palace the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. The King knighted him and invested him with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of stL Michael and St. George- A.P.
    A.P.  -  43 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      20 1 /.,mr ./xcv;k NYLON STOCKINGS 51 Gauge All Sizes Available at per JUBILEE SILK STORE 62, north Bridge Road, PHONE 7732.
      20 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      66 1 M. FLINTER a GRINBERG. Wholesale A Retail Dealers tm DIAMONDS J E WELLE R Y Not available Gold Cigarette Cases of 18 9 carats. Telephone IMS Eo Court Bid* Singapore i^^Vi _j w&\/j Vrai P^^^^^^?'^ r M»"^%.' \L' ''Jim Dtp -fS»^V~~y V '^,#nl mi^ i^ -r' '-j- an ry.^-^^^B IMv
      66 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • Article
      IN SWITZERLAND
      1076 2  -  GORDAN VAN HIEN Music A broad —No 3 by T SOMETIMES feel that happenings so far way can be of little interest, even to the musically starved in Singapore. On the other hand, when I think that quite a steady flow of Malayans are regularly coming home on
      1,076 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      21 2 JEAN KENT, who receives a black eye in her first starring role in the film She is a Good TiTie Girl.
      21 words
    • Article
      COMING EVENTS
      44 2 TO-NIGHT, at 8.00 p.m., at the "Little Theatre". Armenian Street: "Prom." No. 75. TO-MORROW, at 800 p.m. at the Union Jack Club: Classical Gramophone Recital. WEDNESDAY, July 9th, at 8.00 p.m. at the "Little Theatre," Armenian Street Gramophone Recital of "Your Choice/'
      44 words
    • Article
      MUSIC LOVERS
      47 2 f\s Sunday night, in the Palm Ucourt at Raffles Hotel, music lovers will be able to listen to Joe Speelman's "Little Symphony", Raffles, augmented orchestra, rendering a special programme of music by some of the world's most famous composers, including Rossini, Bizet, Puccini and Liszt.
      47 words
    • Article
      NO WELSH CHOIR IN EISTEDDFOD
      609 2 COR the first time in the history of the Welsh Eisteddfod (music festival) no Welsh choir took part in the male voice contest at f the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. A Hungarians' workers choir, formed only three months ago, v/on the tvent in competition wiih six
      Reuter  -  609 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      17 2 Dorothy Hyson, who is to wed Mr. Anthony Quayle, the actorproducer. She is 30, he is 32.
      17 words
    • Article, Illustration
      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      172 2 THERE are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win four of the eight tricks against any defense. South leads the spade ace and: (A) If East keeps the king, South makes the diamond ace; then leads a spade. Now if East leads the heart
      172 words
    • Article
      WELL FED Sinners
      244 2 WELL FED Sinners FROM OUR LON'uov CX>RRESPO\df\t PLUCK'S Orp!, m *M an intei^ stin* curious choice wkh whic v open the Ottynd J(Jli Opera Season. It i S ar. i^ esting cboic 1 Yq aus t r presents one of the g( landmarks in last cf the old and the
      244 words
    • Article
      AT 31 HE FELT LIKE AN OLD MAN
      142 2 AT 31 HE FELT LIKE AN OLD MAN Backache iftet* it Agon) to Stoop This man of 31 PM pWM by kidney troublr Hen Kruschen gave him t after weeks of pain "1 suffered for wt-ek> trouble, and felt like a: though lam only 31 VL do anything It was
      142 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      17 2 QUIZ Answers 1. Helen of Troy. 2. George Washington. 3. Bill Bligh. 4. Men of the majority.
      17 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      63 2 "Classical Records BEETHOVEN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR Or I HEIFETZ TOSCANIM iu cha.no i MX£t SINGAPORE MALACCA COACHES LIMITED. PASSENGER AND PARCEL SERUCt DAILY BETWEEN SINGAPORE MALACCi DEPARTURE STATION S:Shane Onn Hotel, 3: Be*cb R«: Singapore Tel 4153 Asia Hotel. 93 Bunrai Rava HaUcc Tel 22? PASIS HOTEL Ml \K
      63 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      1054 2 jiuiiAFvJMl- Music form the Operettas; 9.00 aoiH»ct?*»::3i\?; D r"V zo *v:tc di \T AUSTRALIA Famous Concertos Featuring the j Spores and Music (on 15.88 aod G3.3 olue Network works of Johann Sebastion Bach; 9.30 j metres); 9 p.m. March of the Movies; 4.80 D-m. to lI. IS p.m. VLA6 19.
      1,054 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      95 2 VfYf x v/Ui\ LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people horn today BORN today, your versatile nature gives you an opportunity to have an exciting many-sided life. You have the gift of the spoken and written word as well as having excellent business ability. Science interests you and you might also
      95 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • CHINA NEWS
    • Article
      AIRMAN HELPS A BANDIT
      298 3 A. -HINESE life-term prisoner, ling Cben-mra, coovicted as a highway bandit, has established contact in the United Slates with a former 14th Air Force fighter pilot he once laved from the Japanese and who, he hopes, will help him ret out of prison. Lmg appealed several
      298 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      0 3
      0 words
    • Article
      CHINA NEEDS MONEY URGENTLY™^
      518 3 'Everything is at an ebb' CTRICKEN China wants money good money, and u quickly. This fact today muddles the China picture beyond its ordinary complication and confusion. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's frantic, last-minute efforts to obtain more United States loans motivate every government action and stir public
      A.P.  -  518 words
    • Article
      JOURNALIST IS NAMED ENVOY
      120 3 SOME important appointments headed by Dr. Wen Yuanning, member of the Legislative Yuan, to the post of Ambassador to Greece were made by the Executive Yuan. The Executive Yuan also appointed Mr. Yu Wen- ten. Minister to Columbia, to be concurrently Minister to Venezuela. The post
      120 words
    • Article
      NANKING FROWNS ON WAR REVENGE
      170 3 THE parads ol iwo Japanese war criminals through the streets A Shanghai before iheir execution on June 17, which aroused strong criticism from all foreign newspapers there, had a sequel when it was reported that Major-Gen. Le Liang, president of the High Military Court in
      Reuter  -  170 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      72 3 Crowds ef applauding Chinese jam the streets of Shanghai on June 17 to watch Horichi Yonemnra, 53, ami Jim Shiroota, 29, eosdcimitd Japanese war criminals, paraded on their way to exeentkm ground*. The tw# war criminals are standing behind driving cab of lorry tn centre of pictvre with imitation headsman's
      A.P.  -  72 words
    • Article
      TO INTENSIFY CIVIL WAR
      148 3 rpHE Standing Committee of the; 1 Kuomintang Central Executive anrt rental Political Council has 2^h2 intPnS^toe miita^ decided to intensify the military suppression of the Communists, U.P. reports from Nanking. It also resolved firstly, to concentrate the strength 'of the Kuomintang and its junior offsnoot the
      148 words
    • Article
      'RED' ATTACK ON UNRRA RELIEF
      301 3 V?tVLKt strictures against the UN ERA were made by the O Communist relief officials in letters sent to the organi zation last month, but only now distributed by the Reds. In a letter to Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rocks, Director-General of I'XRR dated June 3,
      A.P.  -  301 words
    • Article
      BRITISH AID FLOOD VICTIMS
      37 3 rpilfc British I nited Aid to A China I'und is launching a special appeal to the British people to stive 'generously to help the victims of the disastrous floods in Kwaasttms Province. Renter.
      37 words
    • Article
      MYSTERY SHELL
      41 3 FIFTEEN students of the Youth Hing School in Kweiyang. provincial, capital of Kweichcw, were killed by a mortar shell which landed on the campus from an unknown source, accordinr to a Central News report. Eight students were wounded. U.P.
      U.P.  -  41 words
    • Article
      WANTS EARLY PEACE WITH JAPAN
      302 3 'No revenge' Sun Fo PHINA should be prepared to make peace with Japan at the v earliest p— wilili date oa a basis which will guarantee that Japan can never again become an aggressor nation and wiH make her proper contribution to permanent peace and
      302 words
    • Article
      EX-POLICE CHIEF GETS 3 YEARS
      48 3 CHIEN CHUNG-CHAO. puppet Police Chief of Peiping and Tsiugtao during the Wang Ching-wei regime, was sentenced to three years for collaboration with the enemy. Hii, property was confiscated and he was deprived o>t his citizenship rights d"" 1 t^rm nf Imprisonment.- Central News
      Central News  -  48 words
    • Article
      CHINA ELECTIONS
      37 3 General national elections will definitely be held in China tills year and are expected to be completed by the end of September, Mr. Chang Li-sheng, Minister of Interior, told Prp.« rmnf^-pnra in Nanking.- Central News
      Central News  -  37 words
    • Article
      Chinese ship at Nagasaki
      107 3 fME China Merchant Navifat en Company's Mai CM«m, the first skis Jsooa> sisce W^™ vMkC, Mas avf »VCu irSDI Shanghai at Ktegamki. Aboard the ship are 60 vimm: nnsnon uiiiciaxs ana their famfliea. 381 Japanese and 4,230 drums of tun* oil of the Central Trust of
      107 words
    • Article
      MARINES WILL TRAIN CHINESE
      159 3 rE mission of the United States Marines in North China Is now over," Major-Gene-I ral Samuel L. Howard toi<j the i United Press at Tientsin airfield before lie took off yesterday for his new post in Pearl Harbcur as j Commanding General otf the Marine Garrison
      159 words
    • Article
      MISSION COULD NOT LAND
      74 3 A CHINESE Government official disclosed that a Chinese investigating mission sent to Dairen and Port Arthur were kept ei<z'nt days on a small Chinese gunboat off Port Arthur and were not permitted by the Russians to land. The official said the commission was given no opportunity
      A.P.  -  74 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      88 3 m fiorl and security ■Hare protection sunvtt known throughffce M>orZd. ORIENTAL OPTICAL 60. v >i ujrn opticians) 1 0 B«x 387) (Pboae:— 323S A Head Omce— l62, S*ath Mp Road, Branch:— 34B, ui Kridf« Road, Singapore. M j tHEMTO- TONIC /c/ea/ Tonic for the weak. l t.4 It strengthens and
      88 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      43 3 COWS FOR S'HAI rFTY heads of cattle, 44 cows and six balls, procured by UNRRA to improve China's livestock, arrived in Shanghai and were transported in lighters to LLngnan University. The next shipment expected soon will be delivered to Suti Yat«en University. i
      43 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 3
      5 3 fOV WIJI UHW HIM I
      5 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • LEADER
    • Article, Illustration
      Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947. On the Road to Self-Government
      672 4 Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947. On the Road to Self-Government rpHE passage of the Elections X Bill by the Advisory Council on Thursday sets Singapore on the first stage of the road to self-government by opening the way to the creation of a Legislative Council, which, for the
      672 words
    • Article, Illustration
      FOUNDER'S BIRTH & DEATHS
      1433 4 FOUNDER'S BIRTH DEATHS FREE PRESS SPECIAL, CORRESPONDENT AN board a mer- chantman, off the coast of Jamaica on July 5, 17&1, little Thomas Raffles was born. Early in the morning of July 5, 1826, Sir Stamford Raffles was found at the foot of the staircase in his house in High
      1,433 words
    • Article, Illustration
      As a Chinese sees it
      568 4  - As a Chinese sees it T.H. TAN By IT is with i.o li tie sat* 1 facti n thai I news of the an > u drive in Singap r cular the *£6uranc< thattk CID will deal w{ off r/ al'ke, irres :ecfiv. ra position. Cnly last hinted at the
      568 words
    • Article
      SINGAPORE'S CHILD PROBLEM
      1342 4  - SINGAPORE'S CHILD PR OBLEM T.P.F. McNEICE by T HAVE been asked to tell you about the Child Feeding Centres of Singapore and my main object will be to try to make clear to you the division of work between the Government Department of Social Welfare on the one hand and
      1,342 words
    • Letter
      Sweat for Rent
      347 4 "SWEATING:" LETTER TO THE EDITOR IHAVUi read with great interest your leader on Rents, and I think I voice the opinion of everyone who is at present forced to stay in boarding-houses when I state that they all consider they are being fleeced and that the Government
      347 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Malayan scouts not
      344 5 Malayan scouts not going to Jamboree Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE several countries ire sending large contißgents to the World Jamil re« to be held in August at M >:: France, scouts from Malay* will not be representBttnc movement in Ma- Singapore has not yet 3 vered from the effects
      344 words
    • Article
      SHIP FOR CEYLON
      38 5 A JPP Wli: if ave Singapore fo: rm l *osnt> nor about Aug 2 them^i? l^^ 110 wilh to avdi "Sl™ xl yk)n advised t( Offifpr h the Emigration I er Bajelock Road. Singa- i
      38 words
    • Article
      HONOUR FOR S'PORE FIREMAN
      163 5 HONOUR FOR S'PORE FIREMAN F)R outstanding bravery during the Japanese attack on Malaya, a sab-foreman of the Singapore Fire Brigade, Mr. Won* Ah Chens, has received posthumously the King's commendation for brave conduct. Wong performed an act of outstanding bravery at Moulmein Road when a compound house used by Indian
      163 words
    • Article
      16,000 EARN BY RIDING TRISHAS
      394 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE are enough trisha riders plying in Singapore to 1 pedal a string of trishas which, wheel to wheel, would extend from Collyer Quay to the Johore Causeway. The latest Labour Department returns show that, at least, 16,000 riders share 8,000
      394 words
    • Article
      HONG KONG TRADE MISSION TO MALAYA
      166 5 HONG KONG TRADE MISSION TO MALAYA HONG KONG'S textile industry will send a trade mission to Malaya, Duich East Indies, and Siam in late July or early August. The mission is sponsored by the Chinese Manufacturers' Union ar.d will consist o* about 25 members. Mr. Shum Choi-wah, Union president said:
      166 words
    • Article
      BIG DROP IN REMITTANCES TO CHINA
      410 5 S'hai reaction Free Press Staff Reporter A BIG DROP in family remittances to China from n overseas Chinese has led to an order by the Central Bank of China to limit remittances from Shanghai to Kwangtung and Fukien provinces (from which the predecessors of
      410 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      156 5 Forty men and women teachers from Singapore's Chinese schools visited the offices of the Free Press on Thursday -to jet an idea of modern newspaper production. They were shown round the composing: room where "cony" is set by a battery of linotype*. The teachers took a *reat interest in these
      156 words
    • Article
      KATONG YWCA TO HOLD MEETING
      39 5 The Y.W.C.A. Katong Group will meet at St. H' lda's School a: 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, for instruction in art work, design and embroidery, lettering and illumination. New members are welcome.
      39 words
    • Article
      NEGOTIATIONS FOR JAP FOODS
      93 5 VTEGOTIATIONS are continuing il for more marine prociucts from Japan, an ornciai pi the Singapore Economic Affairs Department told the Free Ptpss yesterday. The official said that there must have been some misunderstanding about the size of the first shipment due in a fortnight via Hong
      93 words
    • Article
      MAJOR PROUDFOOT GOES ON LEAVE
      80 5 mHE Deputy Assistant Director lof Public Relations, SEALF H.Q.. Major C. L. Proudfoot, left Singapore yesterday by the Empress of Scotland. He goes on leave to India. On his return to Malaya he will join his own regiment, the Second Royal Lancers, at Seremban. During
      80 words
    • Article
      S'pore port news Hospital moved to Hong Kong
      212 5 S'pore port news Hospital moved to Hong Kong Free Press Staff Reporter W'HEN operations against Japan were being stepped up in January 1945 there arrived in Australia an expert, who got down to establishing a Royal Navy hospital of 250 beds. It was thelO2nd Australian General Hospitai. The expert was
      212 words
    • Article
      COLLEGE FOR MALAY GIRLS
      121 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE hilltop hostel, formerly used by boys of the Kuala Lumpur Technical College, is being repaired and redecorated at a cost of $47,000 for its new role as Malaya's first residential College for Malay Girls. The building is expected
      121 words
    • Article
      MEMORIAL TO S'PORE MISSIONARY
      48 5 A memorial headstone presented by Dr. (Miss) Soo Kim Lan, 0.8.E., has now been erected on the grave at Bidadari Cemetery of Miss Catherine B. Jackson, well-known missionary attached to the Methodist Mission, who died on November 14,1944, during internment at Sime Road Camp.
      48 words
    • Article
      DOGS, CATS BANNED
      25 5 CATS and dogs may no longer be imported into Singapore from North Borneo, owing to the existence of rabies in that territory,
      25 words
    • Article
      Equal Pay For All Labourers
      347 5 Equal Pay For All Labourers COVT UNION ASKS Free Press Staff Reporter PQUAL wages for Chinese, Indian and Malay workers, amendment of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance and no freezing of minimum wages until prices are stabilised are among the recommendations made by the Government and Municipal Labour Union in a
      347 words
    • Article
      POSTAL SERVICE EXTENSIONS
      99 5 Commencing from July 1, 1947, insured tetter, insured box, insured parcel and cash-on-delivery parcel services will be extended to North Barneo. The maximum limit for each of these services is as follows:— Insured letter 551.800: box $1,800; parcel $500: C.O.D. parcel $400. The maximum weight for all
      99 words
    • Article
      STAMP CLUB
      28 5 The Singapore Stamp Club will hold their regular fortnightly social meetings on July 8 and 22 at the Roof Garden of Capitol Restaurant at 5.15 p.m.
      28 words
    • Article
      CAMPAIGN AGAINST SPITTING
      98 5 CAMPAIGN AGAINST SPITTING Free Press Staff Reporter "TO curb the spitting vice in 1 Singapore, 1,000 "Do Not Spit" posters in four languages have been issued by the Public Relations Department to various schools, cinemas public restaurants this week. The posters also remind people that "Spitting Spreads Disease." The slogans
      98 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      64 5 WW EARLY TO SELECT THE BEST FROM THE NEW SHIPMENTS OF CRYSTAL and CUT GLASSWARES XT r« w m- FROM M. OLI MOHAMED Hlgh st Singapore Phone 4508. "THE COCKPIT" CONTINENTAL BAR COCKTAILS WIMES SNACKS Grillroom service by reservation only Sunday momiagt 11 o'clock paliitt tW special tiffbs 7 OXLEY
      64 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      59 5 ACWIC VVEISEAS A IR LINES (s|Am) LTD. HAVE COMMENCED SCHEDULE AMD CHARTER SERVICES A* UNDER: LUXURY DAKOTA AND SKYMASTER SERVICES BANGKOK AUSTRALIA C.K. HONGKONG CALIFORNIA SHANGHAI BOOKINGS FOR AUSTRALIA AND U.K. ACCEPTED ON A WAITING UST BASIS ONLY AT PRESENT WOm ALL DETAILS APPLY BOUSTEAD AMD CO.. LTD. IN CONJUNCTION
      59 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      ROXAS ON ASIA'S MARCH TO FREEDOM
      640 6 Progress of independent Philippines MANILA, Friday. THE Philippine Republic in the first year of freedom from 1 the United States "made great progress in the face of tremendous odds," President Rosas reported to his countrymen today. Before thousands of Filipinos gathered on the Luneta,
      640 words
    • Article
      YOUTH WHO SHOT FATHER JUMPS TO HIS DEATH
      131 6 Pfull view of prisoners at exercise in Durham Gaol, Douglas Robert Gordon, 19-year-old Civil Servant accused of murdering his father leapt to his death from the roof of a prison building. Gordon, arrested at a hostel at Longhborough College, Leicestershire, after a
      131 words
    • Article
      CHANGE OF TITLE
      62 6 A.P. mHE Secretary of State for the JL Dominions, Viscount Addison drove through the gates of Buckingham Palace on Thursday Half-an-hour later Viscount Addison as Secretary for Commonwealth Relations drove out. In that half-hour the King, at an historic meeting of the Privy Council, approved the change
      A.P.; Reuter  -  62 words
    • Article
      FRENCH PURGE 637
      18 6 Official purge statistics released in Paris disclosed that 637 collaborators had been executed in France.
      18 words
    • Article
      QUEST IN 'BIG SNAKE' LAND
      159 6 QUEST IN 'BIG SNAKE' LAND IJTVE Adelaide University students have penetrated the 1 mysterious Gammon Ranges, and are testing the most fearful of Australian aboriginal legends. White men have never dared to tackle the Gammons, 350 miles from Adelaide, and long noted for thunderous boomings from impenetrable gorges, heard 20
      159 words
    • Article
      U.S-STH. AFRICA PACT
      37 6 President Truman sent to the Senate on Thursday for ratification a treaty between the United States and the Union of South A ;.<n. The treaty would double taxation and prevent estate tax evasion. U.P.
      U.P.  -  37 words
    • Article
      RAN A BAKERY DURING WAR
      355 6 Berlin's Woman Mayor UfHfcM *rau Luise Schroeder became the first woman Head Tf Mayor of the city of Berlin— and one of the few women ever to hold such a post in any of the world's large citiesshe resolved not to repeat any of the
      A.P.  -  355 words
    • Article
      America's honeyed word
      65 6 IMERICAN slanj is accepted even in the American courts In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it led to confusion. A motorist accused of driving at 55 m.p.h. explained: 'I was 5i in Jff et m J The J»dge said: "A man should not drive that fast to pick up any
      65 words
    • Article
      BRITISH PRESS BEST IN WORLD
      182 6 A TRIBUTE to Uie BrxUsn Press •as paid by Mr. R. A. Henderson, first Australian director of Reuters and chairman of the Australian Associated Press at a dinner given in London in his honour by Mr. Christopher Chancellor, general manager of Reuters Mr. Henderson said
      182 words
    • Article
      What Germany costs America
      498 6 What Germany costs America ris not jet revealed what will be the costs to Kniain anj the U.S. of the »ew bizonal agreement in Germa, which has created the machinery for genuine econo^ fusion. But it-is already known that the agreement 8 limited to machinery, and there is still no
      498 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      62 6 TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW AT 11A.M. CHILDREN'S MATINEE (CARTOONS, ETC. ETC.) LAST DAY 2 P.M. 4.15 63,1 9.15 P.M. BETTY |B^M^< oni OANTf THE MAGICIAN fl k^* <i^—^ m^at**, tjw i 11-2-4.15-ti.4a-!US »T^i^ r^ "^^^^vßE^« I > Ef I 7tK #i^luwbEb s£7fl v 4^^EEE9 s *£3SPM»MBTTnrG-su?w!!koi|BpE^^S MIDOJSf^IT r:,"«HT! You are hereby
      62 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      55 6 Last Four Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30. p. m. Don't Forget It's A British Production! SALLY GRAY ROSAMUND JOHN TREVOR HOWARD itisWsiil Children's Matinee Tomorrow 11 a. m. Tim McCoy in "THE REVENGE RIDER" (A Columbia Picture) TOMORROW You Want Thrills, Suspense, Here It Is! "THE MALTESE FALCON' with Humphrey
      55 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3
      80 6 I TO -DAY f^P 9 a?J- i B |n| IJiM.'l#-t< iwISi Ti-iidliiji m lllCtechnjcuu^^ "iNSPECVOt I Tfiar in^M^ hornwoh ~m |t»NM-G-V UVE) lUt' -^^Td". SSprt at mi 1 I!i/ni}fS >^*!e^> Tocnd Tuncs S x.. s Dynamic D«m.ji ii a.m. CAPITAL ENTERTAINMENT i^* JJ. 4 1C an* ii I CATHAY 3-
      80 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      58 6 JMINC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava X I MUST ASK YOO\ ZgOSH.'^iVC JUST ">^l!^-^^l I j4+~/A*S *L 1 /TO REMOVE THAT SEEN RED TOO. 1 r y^ *nQoie/tf GQeAIAfJ I I red scarf, senorita take a decko at caramba/- J paTiehce, ce/emany starts... I JANE.'— fT WOULD
      58 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • SPORT
    • Article, Illustration
      KRAMER WINS TITLE INFSsS 45 MINUTES
      792 7 KRAMER WINS TITLE INFSsS 45 MINUTES Mottram, Sidwell In Doubles Final From Vernon Morgan WIMBLEDON. Friday. JACK KRAMER, the United States champion, today capJ tared the Wimbledon singles title beating his compatriot, Tom Brown, by 6—l 6— 3 6—2. Watched by the King, Queen and Princess Margaret, Kramer scored one
      Reuter  -  792 words
    • Article
      DATES FOR N.Z. RUGBY LEAGUE TESTS FIXED
      61 7 LEEDS. Thursday. THREE Test, matches to be play••d between the Ne.w Zealand R-^bv League touring team and England next season have been bed by the Rugby League CounThe rirst Test will be at Leeds Dr. Saturday Oct. 4 the second It Swinton Saturday.
      Reuter  -  61 words
    • Article
      Irishman Wins Open Golf
      297 7 tiuiixAius, Friday. PED DALY. 33-year-old Irishman, won the British open gull championship here today, with an aggregate for 72 htkfl of 293. He had led with 73 and 70 for 143 at the start of the day, being four strokes ahead of his nearest rival, but
      Reuter  -  297 words
    • Article
      BRITISH CREW TO CONTEST HENLEY FINAL
      253 7 BRITISH CREW TO CONTEST HENLEY FINAL HENLEY ON THAMES. Friday. AMONG xi: Henley finals which t\ wfl r- decided on :he Thames n '.v. hum is arousing eenei Interest taan the final of Grand Challenge Cup for tween Deltsche Club of land and Jesus College, Cam- M>d the single Diamonds
      Reuter  -  253 words
    • Article
      TEST MATCH DATES IN SOUTH AFRICA
      56 7 TE ST MATCH DATES IN SOUTH AFRICA I dates during the England Save 6 f :h Afl "ica next winter faed as follows:— 2 !S 17 18 19 Durban i 4 H 28. 29 at Johan- 0 4 3a t Cape Town. k l u 15. 16 at Johannes- i
      56 words
    • Article
      COLONIALS' CRICKET
      63 7 r2 followirg will represent the Cololonials at cricket against RAP. Tengah at Tengah on Sunday, starting at li a.m. W. Ratnayake (Capt): A. F. Fernando. L. S. Nathaniels, A. ThiyaRarajah. D. Miller. G. Retnam. S. Nagaiah. E. Mac Heyzer, Bradshaw. R. Delilkan, S. Ferdinann-:. F. P"nc;hara. A. E.
      63 words
    • Article
      GLOUCESTER BEAT DERBY
      119 7 LONDON. Friday. GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Lancashire \J and Nottinghamshire were winners in County cricket championship games ending today, Scotts weir: At Bristol, G!ouc3sieryhi:e Ucat Derbyshire by two wickers. Derbyshire 292 and 151. Gloucestershire 289 and Secondly 155 for eight. At Swansea, Glamorgan vs. Warwickshire, match abandoned. Glamorgan 283 for
      Reuter  -  119 words
    • Article
      NOVICES BOXING
      60 7 A Notices Boxing Tournament is being arranged by the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association to be held at the Happy World stadium on October 10 and 11. Those eligible to enter will be anyone who has not won any open amateur boxing competition to date. Entry forms will be
      60 words
    • Article
      PROBABLE JOCKEYS AT IPOH TODAY
      305 7 Free Press Racin? Correspondent IPOH. Today. rftHE following are the probable 1 jockeys for today, the final day of the Perak Turf Club's meeting; RACE ONE: The Pathan, Flannery; Maintain, Wahab; Lobau Lady, Wadsworth; Martini, not decided; Bon Ami, Spencer; Campanile, Woods; El Alamein, Lewis;
      305 words
    • Article
      SNAKES AND LADDERS IN THE LEAGUE
      949 7 Soccer Notes By Our Soccer Reporter A VERY intriguing game of snakes and ladders is being played among the six leading teams in the S.A.F.A. league competition. The positions as they stand today are quite different to what they were last week, and by
      949 words
    • Article
      Bryson Elected SOSC President
      797 7 Bryson Elected SOSC President Free Press Staff Reporter rS Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Rryson, .was unanimously elected the first President of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council at a general meeting held yesterday. Fourteen others were appointed to the Committee of Management and this was the only item
      797 words
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 1
      160 7 Weekend Sports Events TO-DAY Cricket: S.R.C. v 223 BOD, S.R.C, 2 p.m.; S.C.C "A" v CSC. "A," S.C.C. Z p.m.; S.C.R.C. v General Hospital, Hong Lim Green, 2 p.m. St. Andrew's Old Boys t Non-Benders, Woodsville, 2 p.m. Soccer: B a n k a S.C. 8.8.D.M.5.. Medical College, 5 p.m.;
      160 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 2
      145 7 FREE PRESS FIGWORDS r solve the puzzle put letters instead of the figures so that the words may bs read across and down. Where the same figure occurs more than once, the same letters must, of course, be used. Best word to start with this week is the last word
      145 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    LIMITING ATOM ACTIVITIES
    102 8 NEW YORK, Friday. THK French delegate to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Francois de Rose, in a world broadcast, reported today that the commission will favour a quota system to limit each country's atomic activities. This, he said, "would be a compro-. mise between the
    U.P.  -  102 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    108 8 A Chinese woman, with her child tightly fastened to her hack, is seen rummaging among ike debris of her hut—ene of the 60 demolished by a bulldoser on a piece of land in Trafalgar Street, Singapore, yesterday. Six hundred Chinese, Malays and Indians have been living in these huts which
    108 words
  • Article
    BEATEN JAPS SEE ALLIED MIGHT
    229 8 the reviewing s^and over which fluttered the flags of the 11 nations which took part in the war against Japan. Some 109 high-ranking officers and diplomats of Allied Nations stood behind Gen. MacArthur.- U.P. a rd 8 TOKIO, Friday. CSN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, dressed in shirtsleeves
    U.P.; 8  -  229 words
  • Article
    M.A.H.A. EXHIBITION PROGRESS
    178 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. PREPARATIONS are reported 1 well In hand for this year's Malayan Agri-Horticultural Exhibition, which is to be held over the August Bank holidays at the Coronation Park. Kuala Lumpur. The organisers state that entries are pouring in, and they anticipate
    178 words
  • Article
    1,300 TO RETIRE IN UNION SOON
    240 8 1,300 TO RETIRE IN UNION SOON Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rE total number of Government pensioners in the Malaya Union will pass the 10,000 mark at the end of this year. This number will include the 1,306 who are retiring soon retirements "mostly accumulated" during the occupation
    240 words
  • Article
    MORE FOOD IF THEY VOTE
    69 8 SPANISH housewives will get ration credits for voting in the Sunday plebiscite in Madrid. Spaniards have been notorious for abstention from voting in the past 11 years, despite the threat of penalties applicable under a law dating back to 1907. The penalties have rarely been
    69 words
  • Article
    Truman warns the 'dictators'
    378 8 CHARLOTf EVILLE, Virginia, Friday. PPEAKING at the home of Jefferson Davis in observance of 3 Independence Day, President Truman today criiicized Russia for refusing to join in the Marshall plan for the rehabilitation of Europe. He spoke of dictatorships that block the way to world peace.
    U.P.; A.P.  -  378 words
  • Article
    CHINA MOBILISING AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS
    381 8 Chiang's plan is accepted NANKING. Friday. £lterial resources to step «p tbe Gownmeat puwtrve cam P **The m^^ Council, wbifch is the highest polky-ma*ing a**** howe*r> caltod the pwnitife «n?« Kti tT aiß^! Cfcmminists the "campaign agamst open rebellion against the State!" The EzecntiYe Yuan
    U.P.; Reuter  -  381 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    55 8 These two Fiiijjino women in colourful So« a ,j*n} brought, in X Filipino liag made of ice-cream in red, ■■■.hitcaad blue at an Independence Day celebration in Singaixtrr >«$«. daj. They are Senora Queenie Soliano Duphein ri^hi) aad Senorrta Paeita Thtma. Their shapely winded jacket m 4 starched pineapple fibre
    55 words
  • Article
    THE PERFECT NURSE
    33 8 A gold medal tor beta* th*jperfect nmse has been presented to Nurse E J Hutchinsoo, of Kilrea, Northern Ireland, by VteeAdbriral Sir Patrick Brtnd, President of the ROT*I CoUete.— Renter.
    33 words
  • Article
    CIGARETTES CHARGES: TWO SENTENCED
    279 8 CIGARETTES CHARGES: TWO SENTENCED Free Press Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. TOR possession of 024,000 cigarettes which might reasonably b suspected to have been stolen or fraudulently obtained, two Chinese, Liang Huay Joo and Ng iin Yew, were sen ceiled to three and six months' rigorous imprisonment respectively by Mr. T.
    279 words
  • Article
    INDIA WILL BE FREE IN 6 WEEKS
    258 8 INDIA WILL BE FREE IN 6 WEEKS LONDON, Friday. LORT> LISTOWHv Secretary State for India, made It clear today that India wffi be completely Independent on August 15. He was M/irAygitvg ATpn^rit^n. and Empire journalists on the India Bill which was published in Parliament this morning. It was a bill
    258 words
  • Article
    3 NEW LAWYERS ADMITTED
    94 8 Free Press SUui C >.. tent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rriHREE new members were adJL mitted to the Malayan Union bar today by the Chief Justice. Sir Harold Willan. They are Mr. R. W. P. Peters, Mr. Padhmaraja Seenivasagam. of Ipoh. and Mr. Kim Chwee Chia, of
    94 words
  • Article
    REX CINEMA
    39 8 Tiiis is the last day of screening at the Rex Cinema of the technicclour film "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" with Betty Grable and Robert Young. Tomorrow the Rex Cinema will show Laurel Hardy in "A-Haan'.iii£ v.e will go'.
    39 words
  • Article
    END-OF-WEEK TONE BETTER
    476 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, i da\ f|\ (he Slock Exchange today, in the absence <>t i mM U influence, the trend of the markets as a whok mm erned by Gilt-edged securities which experienced a« nu marking down, producing an all round dullnex*. bin n» tually recovered
    476 words
  • Article
    RUBBER PRICES
    101 8 A SPECIAL Market correspond* gives the price* of rubber i 11 ajn today as follows: Mr lb oer I No 1 R.S.S. Spot No 1 R.S.S. fotJ in bales July tl No 2 R.S.S fob in bale; July No 3 R.S.S .od la baJeo July M H Tone
    101 words
  • Article
    HOLLANDSCHE SCHOOL
    28 8 HOLLA NDSCHE SCHOOL Kinderen. *rf borer, ii -^L, (een en weertig) Augustus a. s. tot <« klas worden tocpt'.;r.< i Aanmelding vooi I Hoofd der Schcx Orange Grove Road
    28 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY
    42 8 Tenders are invitee "®j5 i of 60 inch Nomina! Sizr s Pipes. Coupling Joinu^ ft Sp the Water Departmn; Tender Form and Sp* Municipal Secretariat Room No 2 .-sjft Tenders cl se 4 tr vN u I7th September, 1 94"
    42 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      95 8 WEA THER Bright periods, isolated rains WLAirifcK report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the R.A.F: Fair with bright periods; isolated showers late Ibis aftarnoon. Wnd: Light southerly. Sunset 6.40 p.m.; sunrise 6.33 p.=t. Moanrtse 8.22 p.m., moonset 8 41 a.m. Temperatures: Max 85 dec > 74 deg. Relative
      95 words