The Singapore Free Press, 11 August 1947

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Article
    TRADE COLLAPSE UNLESS US ACTS
    714 1 TRA DE COLLAPSE UNLESS US ACTS 'Can't wait for Marshall plan dollar talks which begin in Washington this week will be held in the shadow of an impending collapse of world trade. British financial experts believe that unless some action is taken within two months, sterling will cease to be
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    26 1 r r PHILIP u--: ►Ulcers 1 i f C rshttm, i .be i Edinburgh PR!S- r r .v 20, p. P) M.. i" z. n y
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    69 1 picture. A delegation of the National Union of Mineworkers called at No. 10 Downing Street recently for a meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr. CLEMENT ATTLEE, and other members of the Cabinet, to put forward their proposals for increasing UK's coal production. Members of the mineworkers* delegation are (from left):
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    NANKING MAY SEND WARSHIP
    161 1 NANKING MA Y SEND WARSHIP NEI Massacre BATAVIA, Monday. <• 'i-.ernment may send a warship to Indonesia n -n of enquiry and to protect Chinese nationals kin"^ n n victimisation states a U.P. message troni ti* warning by Mr. Ta n Chin-lin, a member Representative Committee in Central Java, >:.E
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    BRITONS WILL GET DRIPPING
    32 1 BRITONS WILL GET DRIPPING Restrictions or. the sale in Australia of dripping in 1 lb. tins have been lifted, so private Individuals may r.ow include dripping in Food For Britain parcels. Reuter
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    148 KILLED IN PUNJAB BATTLES
    93 1 148 KILLED IN PUNJAB BATTLES AMRITSAR, Sunday. ONE hundred and thirty-eight Muslims and two Siks were killed today in five villages round Amritsar, wh^re widespread disturbances are reported which resulted in the Muslim population being "praotically liquidated" in three of these vHlages. Trcops opened fire on the outskirts of Amritsar,
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    50.000 MAY DIE IN INDIA FLOOD
    54 1 CALCUTTA, Sunday. lINLESS food supplies are flown v at once to the flooded Chittagcng area, 50,000 persons face "certain death." East Bengal officials warned the Indian Government today. One unconfirmed report said that boatmen are charging families U.S. $100 to take them a do?en
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    CIRCLES GLOBE SOLO IN 3 DAYS
    201 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. CAPT. William Odom landed tonight at Chicago after encii cling the globe in his converted bomber "Reynolds Bombshell" in little over three days, thus halving the world soio night record established by Wiley Post of 186 hours and 5C minutes. Capt
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    HOLIDAY TRAIN SMASH: 18 DIE
    57 1 DONCASTER, Sunday. rfftiE death roll in the rail crash A yesterday, in which one crowded holiday express train ran into the back of another, rose today to 18 by the death in hospital of one of the 70 injured. Breakdown gangs had cleared both lines
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    SUDAN TO ASK UNO FOR FREEDOM
    101 1 iMiYPT as w^H a* Britain must Quit the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Li which must have complete independence, Sir Sayed Abdel Rahman Pasha, son of last century's fuzzy-wuzzy chieftain the Mahdi, said at Khartoum yesterday. Sir Sayed Abdel Rahman is leading a Sudanese independence mission to
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    Work more, eat less—Attlee
    1403 1 Work more, eat less Attlee LONDON, Sunday. DKIME Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, told Britons in a broad--1 cast tonight that the Government's crisis programme of less food, more work and deepened austerity was necessary to put Britain back on its own feet, even if "our friends in America" adopt a
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    HINDU PRESIDES OVER PAKISTAN ASSEMBLY
    130 1 HINDU PRESIDES OVER PAKISTAN ASSEMBLY KARACHI, Sunday. MR. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General designate of Pakistan, mounted the dais in the old Sind Assembly Chamber today and signed first in the register when the Pakistan Constituent Assembly held its first session here to frame a Constitution for the world's largest Muslim
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    MORE CASES OF CHEATING IN SINGAPORE
    309 1 Free Press Staff Reporter LAST month saw a big increase in the number of criminal breach of trust and cheating offences in Singapore. July Police statistics showed a total of 52 cases against 28 in June. There were 23 cases of criminal breach of
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    $800 TAKEN IN ROBBERIES
    53 1 SIX Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed a Chinese resident of Geylang Road, near Lorong 3, of $700 at 2.30 this morning. A trishaw owner in Duxton Road was held up in his house last night by two armed Chinese, who took $100 worth of
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    HOUSE MAY ACT AGAINST EDITOR
    92 1 LONDON, Monday mOMORROW afternoon the JL editor and Parliamentary correspondent of the London Evening News may be brought to the Bar of the House of Commons because the editor refused to tell the Privileges Committee who were supplying the paper with information about confidential proceedings
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    REFUGEE SHIPS
    39 1 Three British ships, carrying 4,500 Jewish refugees, which arrived at Port De Bouc from Palestine 12 days ago, may leave today and sail in the direction of Gibraltar. No indication as to the destination was disclosed.—. Reuter
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      89 1 ODAIITY GIFTS COLD s" SH« de SItVA v DRCiiARP WTEL H* •w cAoicc couldn't be better than IjjJ^H BATH TOWELS Uor HADi J :S R STRIPE S WITH BORDERS ■H) "\4O a $175 22"x45 M $3.25 W ALSO Jw CANNON 111 SHEETS PILLOW CASES ■-^H^^R made of fine muslin 4
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  • FEATURES...
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      FILM SOCIETY'S VALUED WORK
      1020 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TOE 13th annual report 1 of the British' Film Institute has recently been published. Its contents draw attention to the valuable work done by the Institute, the activities of which are not only of national significance but have gained international importance. It
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      209 2 WEST opened the diamond Ki> and then led the ace *h;o-. South ruffed He led a trump u dummy's king, dropping East's queen. Then he led another trump to the jfctk confirming the bad bre^K. Now he couldn't afford to take hi^ other high trump because it
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      A Judge On Criticism
      549 2 BEFORE the jury in th British High Court awarded £1.500 damages for libel and slander tn Miss Amot Robertson, novelist and film critic, against Me tro-Goldwyn -Mayer Pictures, Ltd., this is what Mr. Justice Hilbery had to say about criticism. Critics: It is not the function
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      54 2 bar— 0I Mr and Mrs. C. W. Field prepare their Uny f°LJSS of the races. Mr. Field is blowing through a pipe to clear a petrel stoppage. One of the model cars is seen off by its owner on one of the races. Sneeds of 75 m.p.h. were peached by
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      BLUE PENCIL ADM.
      188 2  - BLUE PENCIL ADM. GUY RAMESE >c "Vmpathv^ "If 1 h emerge,^ 15s. h. t), Th< fee i for Reai WmiA^tt* son. < 3 C.BJE ChteflJ 1 Censoi d irlng JJ? 1 of th< ei bumai five rk Admuii-Si 1 son nly the il* in its [ays but 2^ ortter. I
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      PERMANENTLY GLAZED CLOTH
      67 2 THE Calico Printers Associa tion has developed a new permanent glaze known as "Calpreta", which means that glazed fabrics can now be used for articles requiring irequent washing instead of merely for bedroom decorations and curtains. A recent test demonstrated that the new process is standing up
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      424 2 I YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune torecast (or Deupte oorn today E»ORN tcda>. your sincere 1 honesty is one of your out--1 s.anuing characteristics. You have a brilliant mind and kntw how to mak? the most vf your opportunities. You would not be one to take advantaee of anyone, however, fur
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      207 2 i Recital by John Brownlee and Browning Mummery; 7.15 Celebrity PianistLouis Kentner; 730 Talk; 7.45 Symphonic Dance Music—; 8 p.m. World News; 8.10 Brass Bands Massed Bands of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces; 8.15 j Composer of the Week— Rimsky Korsakov; 8.30 News; 8.45 Music for Romance Artie Shaw and
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      196 2 HONDAS a* i u »aOON 1.02 Birthday Star; 1.15 Day; Dream; 1.45 Yankee Quarter; 2 p.m World News Headlines; 2.02 Yours for the Asking; 2.40 Pluggin' Time; 3 p.m Composer Cavalcade; 3.30 News from London; 3.40 Programme Announcements; 3.45 Bandstand; 4 p.m. Critique; 4.30 Two- Thirty Special; 5.15 Crystal Staircase
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      19 2 QUIZAns* 1 Th«. B i :'.i-: En£ 't r t* i the toveit I m Gruaranv 2 Quei r- >
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  • NEWS
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      HEMISPHERE DEFENCE TALKS TO BEGIN
      563 3 HEMISPHERE DEFENCE TALKS TO BEGIN Anti-aggression front by the' Americas A 21-NATION challenge against aggression, backed tt by guns, ships and planes, is the aim of the American Foreign Ministers who will meet this Friday at Rio de Janeiro to write an historic hemisphere treaty of mutual defence, says Associated
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      WANTED ALL CZECHS DEAD
      302 3 Goet ing's regret nOttFCKANT Hermann (ioering went to his sell -in Hided I death with regrets Ikat he had 'not been completely nithiesc. md completely exterminated the Czechs and the Jews" according lo records of conversations he had V'ith one i *> tfcncjs during the Nuremberg
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      KILLER-FATHER WONT APPEAL
      61 3 WRITING from the condemned cell in Wandsworth to lils mother, Mrs. Bertha Seaton of Lnton, England, 25-year-old private Charles W. Seaton says that he has decided to withdraw an appeal against his conviction for the murder of his seven-month-old daughter. A reprieve petition containing 2.500 names was
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      DEARER BREAD
      17 3 The price of bread in France has been more than douW c HO Sunday. Reuter
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      82 3 SKY LIFE IN NEW YORK: Remote from the bustling city of teeming millions below, away from the strident traffic noises and dusty streets, the more fortunate people of New York who live in the luxurious skyscrapers enjoy the peace and the warmth of the sun on the roof gardens. On
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      M.P.'s TURMING TOOTHBRUSH
      143 3 Dl M^t Fcl- languages. >t Madrid L r^-- ta :h e lad fc ieplonn» »k the Buci g^ r and ■~-~,rJ *m b,e n v r I. i- it kt«o i us tooth. brush in existence." (Laughter) Mr. Follick: "I have been a language master. The teeth
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      'SOVIET CANNOT DOMINATE ASIA'
      226 3 WRITING a peace for Japan promises to be sticky business, although perhaps not as sticky as writing one for Germany, writes the Associated Press foreign affairs analyst. The United States started out recently by (ailing for an 11 -nation preliminary conference in Washington or San Francisco,
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      'CUT FRATTING'
      27 3 IJUSSIAN civilians in German cities have been ordered to reduce fraternisation to a minimum and to organise "Russiansonly" compounds to replace their German billets. U.P.
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      MAN SAYS HE IS 'SUPERDUPER'
      61 3 A 50-YEAR-OLD ex-G.1., Chester Maxwell, lost a court fight in Camden, New Jersey, to regain his pre-war job as "a No. 1 superduper salesman."' "The court preferred his former employer's description of him as "a No. 1 superduper ingrate and a drunkard who has dissipated
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      UK PRODUCING MORE COAL
      40 3 BRITAIN'S coal output in June increased 7.5 per cent over June of last year and 1.5 per cent over May of this year. The June weekly average production was 3,851.000 tons, dug by 717.000 miners.- U.P.
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      EXPLOSION KILLS 2
      21 3 An explosion, following a lire at the powder factory near Lisbon, killed two workmen and injured three. U.P.
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      13 3 Office girls relax in this lofty garden 11 storeys above New York't streets.
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      Fishermen's strange 'catch'
      75 3 WHILE out in a fishing boat two fishermen from Pevensey Sussex, "caught" a floating parcel. Inside was a tin box about seven inches long and five inches deep, on which was written "Ashes of the late Henry Robert Murray, cremated at Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan. 16 1939."
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      Rocket range work rushed
      327 3 Rocket range work rushed rE Australian Government is quietly but swiftly shaping the first 300-mile long stage of the British Empire's rocket range in central Australia, but is maintaining silence on the date for shooting to begin, reports Associated Press from Sydney. The site of th e rangehead in the
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      JUGFULS ON THE BABY
      50 3 THE Hon. Mrs. Ursula Brod^ricfr threw two jugfuls of wa'.cr ever her neighbour's six-month-old son, in distinguished Chestersquare. Belgravia. London, because the child was bowline. She denied this at Mar!boroii<riistreet, but the magistrate found her guilty of assault. He fined tkt l £5 with CIO costs.
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      TO BE CONTINUED
      26 3 A 14-vear-oid boy who escaped from a Gloucestershire ipprjved school said on recapture: Tve escaped 36 times before and I'll do it again."
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      HOW REDS SCORE OVER CHIANG
      286 6 HOW REDS SCORE OVER CHIANG /7/»'«^ Communists win over farmers ANE big advantage the Chinese Communists have over the 11 Nationalists in the civil war is that they make a good first impression on people, reports United Press They fight mainly for agricultural areas, where they introduce land reforms and
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      73 6 Britain's newest and biggest flyingboat, the Short-Saro Shetland, u twice as heavy as anything yet constructed in Britain. It is 110 ft. long, has a wing-span of 150 feet and is designed to carry 70 passengers plus a crew of 11. Its cruising ranoe is 4,650 miles at a maximum
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      HONG KONG 'WAR' ON CHINA COAST SMUGGLERS
      108 6 HONG KONG 'WAR' ON CHINA COAST SMUGGLERS THE Chinese Government's allegations that the British'authorities were not co-operatins with the Chinese in stamping out smuggling in and out of China through Hong Kong were emphatically denied in Hong Kong by a Colonial Government spokesman He pointed out that neany 500 cases
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      BOMBUNDER CATHEDRAL
      78 6 BOMB UNDER CATHEDRAL BOMB disposal squads have discovered what is believed to be an unexploded 5001b. German bomb 40 feet under the Lady Chapel, in the north-east coiner of Southwark Cathedral, London. It is thought it was dropped in the 1940 raids. Royal Engineer sappers, assisted by German prisoners, are
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      43 6 Ralph Godsil holds tightly to the top of a •<.... yard at Estherrille, lowa, U.S.A., to escape T; on the loose from a stock truck. The an n chase through the streets of the town and i where it cornered God>il uni I reca
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      NOT SURPRISING, SAYS CORONER
      59 6 A GERMAN war prisoner hanged himself after his repatriation plea was rejected, and the Roysten (Herts) coroner said that it was not surprising, considering the war had been over two years. that P.O.W.s were depressed "It is not for me to po into the merits Or
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      FUTURE PATTERN OF AIR ROUTES
      311 6 PMPIRE flyers who did so much to open the Commonwealth to the air lines in the past will do the same for their future prosperity and intercommunication, said the chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporal ion. Sir Harold Hart ley, in a message to
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      SOVLET-FINNISH TRADE
      30 6 A trade agreement has been reached between Finland and the Soviet Zone oi Germany, providing for the exchange of approximately U.5. 55. 000 ,000 worth of Broods U.P.
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      TOO INTERESTED IN GIRLS ON BEACHES
      146 6 MANY of New York's 483 beach life-savers are showing thom- selves 1 a be more interested in girls on the beach than in the safety of swimmers. Four-life-savers have been dismis^d ind 11 fined in the past few days. Five drownings on guarded beaches
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      'DRIED FRUIT CAN KILL'
      86 6 A DOCTOR giving evidence at a London inquest said it was dangerous to eat uncooked dried fruits without chewing them well. Commenting on the death of Mrs. Agnes Cuthbert, 54, who had eaten an unsoaked, unbooked dried apricot, he said: "Such cases are rare, but unless
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      BACHELOR VICAR'S ADVICE TO COUPLES
      146 6 AT a service for couples married in the last two years at St. Margaret's, Barking, Essex, the bachelor vicar, the Rev. W. F. P. Chadwick, said: "Don't make the mistake that when you have won a heart you have not to work to keep it.
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      Widening rift in Poland
      419 6 POLAND'S Moscow -supported Government, with a vis security police network at its beck and call, is voice i familiar theme in the widening rift betwm Hi [m Njgpl political parties the Workers and the Socialist* reprtsi! from Warsaw. The Government therm is: Utrtonnr resting Socialists connected
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      Atom stat ion passes lost
      48 6 A NUMBER of passes to the British Government 5 secret M tion at Did cot (Berks) are missing TTiey were issaed w who left on week-end leave and did not return Secww have been told by the Ministry of Supply to recover em.
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, AUGUST 11. 1947. One Day A Year
      629 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, AUGUST 11. 1947. One Day A Year f\NE of the main features of v/ the recent Colonial debate! in th e House of Commons was the emphasis which j was laid on the need for greater Parliamentary rime to b^ devoted to th e ;;ffa
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      Good Morning.
      1196 4  - Good Morning Frank Owen By The song is ended, but the Melody lingers on I AST week was L Crisis Week M for the Prime Minister. I say was because ior the moment his crisis is over. The crisis of the Nation has yet to come. If Socialist M.P.s believe
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      CANADA'S FIRST TRADE FAIR
      322 4 OVER 600 firms throughout the world have already indicated their desire to exhibit at the first Canadian International Trade Fair, to be held in Toronto May 31 to June 12, 1948, according to Mr. Paul Sykes, Canadian Trade Commissioner in Singapore. Although the September Ist deadline
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      FAITH
      19 4 IThe earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory off the Lord. if ABAKKUK 2. 14.
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      LABOUR-MANAGEMENT CO-OPERATION
      952 4 LABO UR-MANAGEMENT CO-OPERA TION Principles Of Trade Unionism-7 This b» the concluding article on TnJb* Unionism prepared by Mr. John A. Brazier, Trade Union Adviser to Singapore and the Malayan Union. THE tact that the main condition in securing effective production was the consent of all those engaged in an
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      45 4 QUIZ 1 What two important measures, introduced in the first session of the 1945 Parliament. were designed to strengthen the Government's control of financial policy and investment? 2. Who was on the throne of U.K. when Romeo and Juliei was written? ANSWERS IN PAGE 2
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      No hope for the poor, says Aussie
      433 5 INSIDE INDONESIA' THt „h tr u u ««t Indonesia where, he alleges, the ■mMfem ConniMf i has turned a once joyful nation (n»vui «»f beggars, u* given by an Australian seaman, Mr UUhb Dawkins, who worked aboard a ship playing be- wttrn Singapore
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      WOMEN TO AID INDONESIANS
      63 5 NUMBER of Malay, Chin< stand Indian women formed an organisation on Saturday in Vne premises of the Singapore Women's Federation to co-ordinaie the efforts of the various associations in giving aid to the Indonesians The meeting was addressed by Miss Kadia who had just arrived from
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      STERLING AREA DEFINED
      44 5 S TERLING AREA DEFINED rS£M rlmg «^4 :"V f; the United r Fridas v"- Gazett€ Issued &"%Nl7S!£ dnv terr^ory' fcfcali j; h v^ n a mandate on 1 > r h 01 Nations! theßn-; J^nsjordar 'r u <t r L-aq and a<Js c! and Faroe
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      City to be cleared of junk heaps
      309 5 *Te« r*re**> Stan rceporter A SINGAPORE transportation company from today will engage in the task of clearing scrap and junk heaps lying j all over the city. The firm's representative said that the Municipality had already authorised his company to begin j their
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      MRS. P.M. ROXBY
      28 5 Mrs. P. M. Roxby, who has been with the British Council in China since 1945 is now in Singapore on her way back to England
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      From England
      60 5 j The four children of Chief i Inspector C. Vv*. Such, prosecut- ing officer of the Singapore Fourth Police Court. They returned to Singapore 1 from England by the Scythia on j Friday. From left to right, they I are: Charles Allan <14/, Michael I Brian (8). Pamela
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      100 5 At a special luncheon held recently in the Longbridge i Birmingham) Works of The Austin Motor Co.. Ltd., silver plaques irere presented by Mr. L. P Lord. Chairjnan and Managing Director (second from left* to representatives of three overseas austributors of Ai'stin cars commemorating the 25th anniversary of their association
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      REFUSED TO ELL
      48 5 REFUSED TO E LL fOHORE BAHRU. Sunday.— For J refusing to sell a tin of conc -nsed milk to a customer, Ng Jee har. a local shopkeeper, was today fined $100. The magistrate. Sheik Abubakar. ordered the 15 tins of milk found in his shop to be confiscated.
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      'STILL TOO MUCH DELAY AT DOCKS'
      586 5 Singapore importers complain Free Press Staff Reporter T)ELAY in getting cargoes cleared after arrival at the Harbour Board and along the city's waterfront in general is causing Singappre importers heavy expense. The chairman of the Port Emergency Committee told the Singapore Chamber of Commerce
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      CYCLIST CHOKED BY OWN TEETH
      76 5 PFNANG. Sunday.— A cyclist who nad been knocked down by a hit and rur. motorist received first aid trom three schoolboys over ihe week end. He was found lying on Dafco Kr^mat Road by a Chung Ling High School student who. on examination, discovered two
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      SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION OPENS TODAY
      186 5 SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION OPENS TODAY A WIDE range of paintings and drawings by schoolboys will be seen at the Mxth Singapore Inter-school Art Exhibition, which will b e opened today at the Chinese Cham ber of Commerce. The Chinese Consul-General. Dr. Wu Paak-Shing, will officially declare open the exhibition at
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      49 5 picture. Passing through Singapore on his way to the United States is the Ven. Loktnatha, Italian founder and leader of the World Buddhist Mission. The Ven. Loktnatha is travelling to U.S. through Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila and Honolulu. In U.S. he will preach and establish Buddhist centres. Free Press
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      $50 million loaned to Govt for rebuilding
      93 5 $50 million loaned to Govt for rebuilding THE Singapore Governiru nt's second rehabilitation loan, totaffing $25 million, has been iully subscribed. The w-an, which bears three per cent, interest, is repayable betveen 1962 and 1970. A first loan floated by the Singapore Government last year also of $25 million was
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      RUBBER EXPORTS UP IN JULY
      48 5 MALAYA'S rubber exports during July 1947 jumped about 8 000 tons compared with June. July exports totalled 70,525 tons: June 62.542 tons. Singapore shipped 41,228 tons; Malayan Union 29,297 tons. Biggest buyer was the United [Srates < 37,278 tons), with UK. second •14.334 tons).
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      TO STUDY IN US
      48 5 PENANG. Sunday— Twenty Chinese students from the Chung Ling High School have joined American and Chinese universities. Ho Pak Weng, one of this year s graduates, is now studying medicine at San Francisco. He is a son of the well-known auditor, Mr. Herbert Ho.
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      MR R.B. HEASMAN
      36 5 Mr. R. B. Heasman, the income tax expert, who has spent the past two days in Singapore on official discussion, left Singapore by plane yesterday for further official discussions with the Colonial Office.
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      RAF CAMPAIGN MEDALS
      122 5 Former members of the RAF Special Technical Corps may now claim campaign medals to which are entitled in respect of their war service. Members of the Corps who served during the Malaya campaign of 1941-42 will normally be entitled to the 1939--45, Star, the Pacific Star and
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      Concerts In Aid Of Katong Boys' Club
      236 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN a drive to raise funds for the Katong Boys' Club, the Stamford Club »ati association of graduates of Raffles College) and members of the Club will be presenting a series of four subscription concerts to be held a.t
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  • SPORT
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      SCC CRICKET TEST MAY BE REPLAYED
      636 7 Rain Curtails plav Yesterday x^EKS m v^ierday's Test" cricket match between ling. Pi nd mi Australasia, which was washed out by rain, are a a i,>r replay within the next few weeks. The game Pf pjaved <m the Singapore Cricket Club padang uwaiisfactorily in
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      EDRICH OUT OF TEST TEAM
      47 7 tandaj F tor the flltt m today Butlei j d K -I u rfa man BiU Edrith ls a 01 3 tat decide n i Bi rt rd i> r x s nci -mbc P. f rthf played R emon r<M Reuter
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      County Cricket Positions
      61 7 T N > .1. Jl; flu Can nclud- I Reuter T i- d p ls 176 i a I -ts 104.71 I"■ 78. I 'J 26 J4 W 73 '■9 05 '5.48, 88 I M 20 m 2 03 1 n is L in f n j
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      Opponents For Flyweight Title Named
      166 7 Opponents For Flyweight Title Named LONDON. Sunday. fjillE British Boxing Board of A Control announced yesterday that it would recognise a bout, between Dado Marino of Honolulu and either Rinty Monaghan of Ireland or Maurice Sandeyron of France as a world flyweight title match. Sandeyron, European fly weight champion, was
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      SCOTTISH LEAGUE SOCCER RESULTS
      115 7 LONDON. Bun. The Scottish soccer season opened i yesterday when the following games were played in the League Cup com- petition "A" ntrrston Mother* ell 4 Queen of South 0 St. Mirreo 0 Aberdeen l Palkirk 5 Partick T. e Queens Park Morton l Dundee 5
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      CLUB CRICKET RESULTS
      492 7 A NINTH uieket partnership between Duclos and Armstrong which added "9 runs helped the Singapore Recrca- fan Club to beat GHQ SEALP by one I wicket in a game of cricket played at Tanelin yesterday. Scores were: GHQ SEALF Major Fraser lbw Schubert 0; Capt Hunter c
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      DUTCH GIRL TOPS 4 SWIM RECORDS
      130 7 NEW YORK, Sunday NETHERLANDS swimming champion the 2ao yards breast strQte Nel Van Vliet. made a smashing m 2 min. 5.63 sec. at Lido beach in debut yesterday when she broke lour an outdoor saltwater pool. existing United States records in smn.- i Miss
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      TEAMS IN "TEST"
      51 7 Members of the English and Australasian cricket sides which met yesterday on the S.C.C. padang assemble outside the pavilion to natch the burning of the Ashes before the match. The Ashes (remains of a batting glove) can be seen in the bottom right- hand corner of the
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      HOCKEY WILL BE HIT AGAIN THIS SEASON
      290 7 yHE standard of hockey in Singapore this year may be greatly affected by the lack of playing fields as it whs during (he last season, according to Mr. Raymond Minjoot, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Hockey Association. He told the Free Press yesterday
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      TEST CRICKET FOR CANADA?
      68 7 TORONTO, Monday Canada hope to enter the arena of Test match cricket In 1049 and tdvvards this end their authorities have planned a three years pro. gramme in an effort to develop talent. An inter-provincdal tournament was part of the plan and this ended during the
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      ESMERALDA GOLF
      30 7 Spok&na, Washington, Sun Hereman Kesler led 64 quartifiers la, the US$lO,OOO Esmeralda open golf tournament with 134 for the 36 holes. Ben Hogan was second with 136. A.P.
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      KAY MENZIES WAS ONCE RANKED No. 3
      238 7 KAY MENZIES WAS ONCE RANKED No. 3 Spotlight On An Ex-Champ LONDON. Sunday. MRS. Kay Menzies (Kay Stammers), who has announced her impending retirement from competitive tennis after 17 years in the game, was one of the "glamour girls" of British tennis. She first gained promineno* as runner-up in the
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      AGA KHAN CUP FOR BRITAIN
      119 7 DUBLIN, Sunday. CONTINENTAL military v teams were oflt of luck a-t the international -military jumping competition here yesterday when the Aga Klugi Cup, coveted trophy for military jumping at Dublin horse show, was decided and Britain won after a magnificent performance with only 19 faults.
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      Three 100's In M'Sex Innings
      345 7 LONDON, Sunday. MIDDLESEX batsmen dominated the county cricket pro. gramme yesterday, when they ran up a huge total of 537 for the loss of only two wickets against their neighbours, Surrey. Robertson 127 and Brown, who was unlucky to be o.t when two short of
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      SING TAO PLAYERS IN BRITAIN
      117 7 LONDON, Sunday. SIX Chinese amateur footballers dressed in smart blue blazers and grey flannel trousers arriv ed by BOAC flying boat at Poole marine airport today. They were the first contingent of the Hongkong Sing Tao Sports Club team, and during their twomonths stay in
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      S'PORE TURF REVIVAL IS WELCOMED
      278 7 S'PORE TURF REVIVAL IS WELCOMED Free Press Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. FS President of the Penang Turf Club, Mr. Lee Toon Poon, welcomes the revival of racing at Bukit Timah this year because Singapore oan giv e a lead to other turf clubs in Maitya. Mr. Lee said today that the
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      AUSTRALIANS WIN 5-0
      48 7 MONTREAL. Sur. Australia completed a five-nil sweep in the Davis Cup tennis series against Canada yesterday as Oinny Pails and Geoff Brown won the last two single match. Pails defeated Brindan Marken 6-4. 6-3, 6-2 and Brown whipped Henri Rochon 6-3 9-7 6-2. A. P.
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      239 7 Free Press Crossword No. 166 CLUES ACKOS& l. Measures of capacity each equal to a quarter of u bushel <s>. 4, Famous ancient Greek lyric poetess and authoress of "Unrequited Love" 7, Region of intermediate state; abode of souls of unbaptised infants, pre-Chris-tian just men, etc. (l>. 8, Recommi'taJ to
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      32 8 HOME FOR CANADIANS Fine roads climb to alarming heights through impressive mountain scenery in Jasper JftuJ*. Mt. Kobson, highest peak of the Canadian Rockies, and Mt. 9JOi Cavell tower in the background.
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      GANG SHOOTS UP JEW CAFE
      112 8 JERUSALEM, Sunday. TWO Jews were killed and seven others wounded seriously tonight when a group of about 20 armed men dressed in military uniforms attacked a cafe in a TelAviv suburb, according to an unofficial source. This incident came after the premature explosion of a
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      DOLLARS FOR BASE?
      40 8 Radio Moscow said that the French had been given to understand that new loans from the United States would depend on the willingness of France to cede a naval base at Bizerta to the US Navy. U.P.
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      MP ON 'SECRET' HOSPITAL AT NAVAL BASE
      646 8 Malaya's food medica I needs IN its one-day debate on colonial affairs, the House of Commons was told of a "secret" hospital at Singapore naval base, where workers "are allowed to die quietly." It was organised unofficially by Naval officers "because they could
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      63 8 picture. Twenty people were killed and more than 500 injured when the Norwegian Liberty ship Ocean Liberty blew up in the harbour at Brest, Brittany, France, with a cargo containing 2,500 tons of nitrate of ammonia. Many fires were created in the town. A scene of desolation followed the disaster.
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      GREEKS SEND SOS FOR US MILITARY AID
      145 8 GREEKS SEND SOS FOR US MILITARY AID ATHENS, Sunday. THE Greek Government asked the United States to rush military equipment after a spokesman 01 the General Staff reported that Bulgarian troops were believed lo be moving towards the Greek border. The government delivered an eight-point memorandum to tJ>e United States
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      CZECHS SEEKING FRENCH ALLIANCE
      56 8 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, anxious to v secure a watertight system of defence against any future German aggression, hopes shortly to add an alliance with France to those she has already concluded with Russia. Poland and Yugoslavia, Foreign Office officials in Prague hope that an agreement will be signed
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      ITALY ARMS FIND
      48 8 ITALIAN police, seeking arms caches, found a completely equipped French armoured car in working condition in a nearby village. Arms and ammunition were found hidden by a dozen farmers believed to be loot taken from the ammunition deoot at the end of the war.- U.P.
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      UK FIRM WON'T SELL TO USSR
      169 8 LONDON, Sunday. j A CCORDING to the Sunday Disi\ patch, Mr. Richard Stokes, Labour MP for Ipswich, has j banned all trade between his firm. Ransome s and Rapor, Ltd., the largest manufacturers of mechanical excavators outside of the United States, and Russia, on
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      GRO WING UNREST IN FRENCH INDIA
      195 8 PONDICHERRY (French India), Sunday. HESPITE more than 200 arrests and armed police patro.s, the mass "Quit India by Aug. 15" demonstrations continued in Pondicherry and the four other French establishments. It is reported that volunteers from other part* of India are aiding the campaign.
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      WAS PRINCESS POISONED?
      340 8 Crown Jewels Epbberj BERLIN. Sunday. THE Russian authorities will be asked u> make a iuii 'mA gallon into the death of the ex-Kaix i OMeorl Prints Hermine von Schoenaich-Carolath, whaac ieatti on Thu^i at Frankfurt -am -Oder is now reported to havt ben caiwcp poisoning by thieves
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      52 8 ASPKCIAL .Markrt (orrtsps* gives the price* of nitntti 11 am toda^ a^ follow?: Oi ft jK>r r> |i»o 1 R.S.S *po< loo^ No 1 R.>.S ior in hale? Aari!*t No 2 RSS M in bales August No 3 RSS ft in hales \u«um Toa<> of Market
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      DR. KUNG FOR U.S
      22 8 Dr H B Km I noffOiJ Premier and Pinanct left Shanghai N«» i«* tettUy morning American clipper- Reuter
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      63 8 FRAMED PICTE Large Assort** at 30% Reducti" TW/5 H/.£^' KELLY WALSH I* Booksellers >" iWBr Raffle Pi»< ""^> chase w Army Food*"* j ir Ho» J Ftui: Dn car*J Coffee G!-'- hb&Z Si i> 2 These lilt ?-\v pore S H Mt\& Pa^ir Par.jar, and will -y v^ permits b
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      68 8 j WEATHER Occasional showers WEATHER report for the next 21 hoars compiled by the S.A.F: Bright periods with occasional thundery showers. Hind: South -easterly, light or moderate, but squally in showers. Sunset 6.43, sunrise 6.55. Mocnrise 2.18 a.m., moonset 1.27 p.m. Temperatures: Max 88 d«£. P., rain. 74 deg. P.
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      16 8 SINGAPORE TrDES High Low 444 pm 8.2 ft 1019 am 4.7 ft 1135 pm 3.3 ft
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