The Singapore Free Press, 27 August 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    AIR EVACUATION PLAN FOR PUNJAB
    311 1 120, 000 crowd into Delhi NEW DELHI, Tuesday. KLCETS t i aircraft and trucks are being mobilized by I lk ii-vtninoiil of India and by Pakistan to rush menaced minorities out of the Punjab. Each govern r U > granting the other all facilities for
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    106 1 A 40-knot yale m Iceland yesterday held up United States airmen Clifford V. Evatis and George W. Truman (pictured above) on their round-the-world flight m two Piper Cub 100 horse-power planes. They had flown 804 miles from Greenland, and xoere due at Prestwick, Scatland, on the next lap. Evans, a
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    FEDERATION IS 'A VICTORY FOR MALAYS'
    86 1 FEDERATION IS 'A VICTORY FOR MALAYS' Fitt Tttss Stafl < pondcnl HI OJi i sday. 'V ILJFIEI rai Ped< rj tti d s ex] tessed ISi Rie ird I nnei md now i London i of Oriental 6: idj s. pbo >- M ran issue ol ji i\ The Federation
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    GANDHI STATUE
    18 1 feet: t," tma Gar .:a. tie of is ider- Freedom i i on ani 1 ur.
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    COAL PRICE UP
    25 1 The National Coal Board told the British people yesterday that •coal prices would be increased 4 I four shillings per ton. A.P.
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    NO RUBBER COLLAPSEU.K. VIEW
    139 1 NO RUBBER COLLAPSEU.K. VIEW Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. AUTHORITATIVE spokesmen of xT. the rubber industry m London cannot subscribe to the theory of a market "collapse" predicted by a Malayan rubber expert, Mr. L. Lipscomb, during his visit to New Zealand. Mr. Lipscomb predicted that the market would
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    BRITISH MAJOR HELD IN BURMA
    72 1 !»TiHE Burma Police yesterday A announced the arrest, without bail, of a British major, C. H. H. Young, under the Peace Preservation Act. They alleged Major Young 'had connections with U. Saw' the former Burma Premier detained m connection with the July 19 assassinations of
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    GOVT SERVANTS URGED TO VOTE
    131 1 4.\* appeai lo Government Servants "to give deep thought to the forthcoming election and demonstrate civic consciousness by registering as a voter early,' 1 has been issued by Singapore Civil Service Association. The committee leeis thai the opportunity to cast a vote, now, open to
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    FOR AUSTRALIA
    17 1 George Formby has left London Airport for a four-month tour of Australia and New Zealand
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    AMERICAS' JOINT PLAN FOR DEFENCE
    166 1 AMERICAS' JOINT PLAN FOR DEFENCE QUITANDINHA, (Brazil), Tues. Al4-NATION sub-committee of the Inter-American confer- ence today approved a United States proposal for a mighty defence zone stretching from the Arctic to the Antarctic and guarded by the guns of all the American Republics. The plan provides for immediate joint military
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    NEW TRADE TALKS WITH RUSSIANS?
    257 1 LONDON, Tuesday. GREAT BRITAIN wanly received reports today that Russia might come to her economic aid, reopening negotiations under which the Soviet promised a million tons of wheat, canned fish and large quantities of timber Sir Stafford Cgpps, President of the Board of Trade and
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    Half of world faces famine
    387 1 GENEVA, Tuesday. THE grim state of partial famine affecting nearly half the 1 population of the world during the coming Winter was predicted today by Sir John Boyd Orr, Food and Agricultural Organisation Director-General at the FAO meeting today. "Next Winter and Spring, many millions
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    FRAU TODT ON TRIAL
    36 1 Frau Elsbeth Todt, widow of Fritz Todt, builder of the West Wall and Reich inspector for defenoe construction, went on trial a tiny Berchtesgaden courtroom yesterday as a Class I Nazi. U.P.
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    YUGOSLAV MOBS BEHEAD PRIEST
    96 1 ROME, Tuesday. THE Yugoslav Press reported toJL day that 33 persons had been arrested for beheading a priest and brutally beating another m Istria on Sunday. The Yugoslav-controlled ATI news agency said those arrested will be tried by a People's Court. A virtual ban on communications
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    DUTCHHINTAT NEW DRIVE ON JOGJAKARTA
    566 1 DUTCHHINTA T NEW DRIVE ON JOGJAKARTA BATAVIA, Wednesday. DUTCH political quarters m Batavia hinted last night that only the capture of Jogjakarta and the establishment of a new Indonesian government could end the present situation satisfactorily, writes Associated Press correspondent Stan Swinton. The Security Council's action is not regarded with
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    PRINCESS WILL LAUNCH LINER
    58 1 PRINCESS ELIZABETH will I launch the 30,000-ton Cunard White Star liner Caronia at the John Brown and Co. (Clydebank). shipyard on Thursday Oct. 30. A sister snip of the Mauretania, the Caronia is slightly smaller and has been designed for a dual purpose service on the
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      SOMETHING NEW
      923 2 Around Singapore Shops IF you like shopping (and what woman does not Singapore must surely be one of the nicest places m the world to live m these days. There is always something new m the shops I haven't space to mention everything, but here are just a
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      209 2 Whilst Shopping™. [Drop m and have d PORTRAIT taken. ft only take* IS minutes of your time In celebration of our Twelfth Anniversary, we are offering: a 8|" x 6|" enlargement for every pose taken ED EC A E CU ABGE REE \J V* n \J E Tour family and
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      164 2 For Your Choice of Sports cj lit fy a «c \jivc You;Hotspur F'Ball R^ Australian Hock^v R.n Punching Mitte Full Size VISIT BALBIR 6c CO 111 NORTH BRIDGE ROM *r rr X N< tv < MFERS YOU P^J^^j t AjfNOK 809 H x l! ■HHHfIHHHHI -w -r f»« JANE RUSSELL
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      678 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast (or people born today BORN today, vou men have a tremendous amount of energy and seem to know exactly where to expend it to get the maximum of food results. You never indulge in lost motion and everything you do leads toward some definite objective.
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  • NEWS...PAGE 3
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      DROUGHT MENANCE IN BRITAIN
      221 3 DROUGHT MENANCE IN BRITAIN BRITAIN is on the brink of Mi^SdKWtSSLII O of prolonged sunny weather. Drought already «^h. from central and north-east Scotland to luth Scrttad The longest spells without rain so far reported rtp 21 In most places m Great Britain there is no indication of a break
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      UK car export drive in U.S.
      42 3 UK car export drive in U.S. -,-Bnt^ Mr. L. P. I'^ lnltea m uui managing £rf. fh3i T?h/ Austin Motor lorii <;;;' hml Vl i9 les of new returned to Engi T he iWs decbion <l so soon was I Lush Government* Reuter
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      GEESE DOWN PLANE
      18 3 Wild geese holed the wkig of a Skymaster and forced It down at Philade. U.S.
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      SOVIET-U.S. COUNTERCHARGES
      155 3 SOVIET-U.S. COUNTERCHARGES j-fl QgH Hodg< com. m\ndani tli US I roes m r barged that the Russian n n United States•D| mmissj n encourV) g real p tlcians who Z < tttioua activities straeti a li a con- rniDmi saad law and American zone re- r :r nc Se ml
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      BURMA CRISIS 'IS NOW OVER'
      51 3 i- Burma i .o<. v DJ < I SeTd] 1 n July 19 »s v-er, and the con- :r.c G-ver:.-L z: by vigorous Uu B irmes ReL 1 st; L the recent —;i O ver- ms re- n has been isil I minis- < n
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      200 BATTLE BIG FIRE
      46 3 With a rrtrol store of thou- sands of gullor.s of petrol a few feet away, 200 firemen fought a flre throughout Sunday night and rariy Monday at a celanese factory at Spbnclor., near Derby, England. The factory was ulmos: totally destroyed. Reuter
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      U.S. PROTESTANT PADRES RAPPED
      172 3 146 Vatica] ra l t eight American z* recently, w r :?v -d«*r. f rolig •HIT] r-' m two s.serv;itnr,. nas d;s r- frailty and [v -^S US L objectively -paper Osservatore Romano Protestant clergymen, who re not qualified to pass judg>n m that Soviet-dominated and
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      'KILLED BECAUSE OF RADIO ORDER'
      182 3 A SELF-CONFESSED murderer of at least' 35 persons Adjeng, who is held by the Dutch authorities, told a press conference at Bat a via that he killed "enemies" because Soekarno m a radio speech had proclaimed the Indonesian Republic m August, 1945, and had said
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      BOYS BUILD HOUSES
      27 3 Two houses on the Ealing Town Council Estate at Hanwell (Middlesex), have been built entirely by eleven boys, aged between 14 and 17.- Reuter
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      The 'G.I.Joe' of Indonesia
      425 3 The 'G.I.Joe' of Indonesia JOGJAKARTA, Tuesday. THE Indonesian "GI Joe" is a volunteer soldier who goes i forth to battle with one month's training, on c suit of clothes that he dyes himself, and neither blanket nor bedrolL Hannan is typical. Until a week ago, h e made 150 roepiahs
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      PEER CHASES BURGLAR
      102 3 DURGLARS who had broken in- to his home at what was formerly the village Post Office Hickleton, (Yorkshire) awakened Lord Halifax when they entered his bedroom and were chased downstairs and out of the house by him. Lord and Lady Halifax were spending the week-end at this
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      THIEVES PICKED THE BESTLIQUOR
      83 3 THIEVES PICKED THE BEST LIQUOR SCOTLAND YARD are making efforts to trace thieves who during the week-end got away with liquor worth more than £3,500 from a bonded warehouse m London. The robbery, which was discovered on Monday, was one of the biggest spirit robberies m London for months. The
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      JAPAN TO HAVE WORLDWIDE AIRMAIL LINK
      105 3 JAPAN TO HAVE WORLDWIDE AIRMAIL LINK IJIOR the first time m its history A Japan will have airmail services with all other countries of H e we i rld when reorganisation of the international mail and telecommunications service is completed by Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters on Thursday. Announcing this on
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      TO STUDY IN STATES
      33 3 Ten professors from leading Chinese universities have beer. awarded cliina Fellowships for study m the United Slates m social science, natural science engineering, and agriculture education and psychology. U.P.
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      LOST 2s.-FEARED TO GO HOME
      54 3 WTiRIGHTENED to go home be.T cause she had lost a twoshilling piece when out shopping, 13-year-old Janet Walker lived only on water for a week and slept out m the fields. Janet, who lives m Jarrow Northumberland, was found by a police constable, after a
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      No totalitarianism in U.K.
      79 3 VISCOL'NT Jowitt, Lord Chancellor of Britain, who is on a visit m New York, said: "So long as you have religious freedom, the habeas corpus and the right of trial by jury, you will never have a totalitarian government m England. The very last thing that
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      FREEDOM OF BOROUGH FOR FIELD MARSHAL
      30 3 Field Marshal Lord Birdwood will receive the freedom of the borough of Twickenham, (Middle, sex), at the borough's 21st birthday celebration next month.— Reuter
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      'ATOM WAR CAVES RUSHED IN U.S.'
      194 3 Giant lab using giant man-made caverns under a mount; m range as the bas e of operations, is preparing super defences underground against a possible World War 111, according to a copyrighted dispatch appearing m ih c Denver Fust, written by Robert Fenwick, Rocky
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      WEDEMEYER 'S 'ULTIMATUM'
      263 3 WEDEMEYER 'S 'ULTIMATUM THE New York Times said m its editorial on Monday that 1 Lieut .-Gen. Wedemeyer's eve -of -departure statement, m which he criticised "defeatism, greed and incompetence" m China, is m effect a "silken ultimatum" to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's National Government that "it cannot expect American aid
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      Both captains were wrong
      76 3 Both captains were wrong CHI SING FANG, captain of the Chinese passenger ship Chikang which collided with another ship and sank m the Yangtze River last January, causing the death of 400 persons, was convicted m the Shanghai District Court of neglect of duty and sentenced to one year and
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      NATIONS NOT READY FOR 'ONE WORLD'
      227 3 NATIONS NOT READY FOR 'ONE WORLD' CIR JOHN BOYD, Director-Gen-V eral of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, m a speech at Montr#ux, Lake Geneva said that although the United' Nations was not the success it had been hoped, specialised agencies like the FAO can be instrumental m bringing about "unity
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      20,000 CHINESE IN INDIES CAMP
      71 3 20,000 CHINESE IN INDIES CAMP TWENTY thousand Chinese flee- ing from Indonesian Republican "terrorisation" have assembled m camps m Central and Eastern Java, Dutch reports said. The reports added that at Medan (Sumatra) the Chinese Consul has resigned m protest at the weak attitude of the Chinese Government stating that
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      96 3 Scores of British troops had a narrow escape when the CairoHaifa train m which they -were travelling was mined by Palestine terrorists not far from Lydda airfield. The terrorists detonated two mines m the track m the path of the oncoming train, which was travelling at over 30 m.p.h. The
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      'NOT QUESTIONED BY THE SOVIET,' SAY THREE RELEASED Gls.
      120 3 rpHREE American soldiers, reJ. leased unharmed by the Russian military authorities after 12 days' detention m the Soviet zone m Korea, said m Seoul that guards with tommy-guns accompanied them constantly but that they were not subjected to close questioning. The
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      4 3 S£ rid OPTICAL CO.
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      76 3 VICTORIA THEATRE I THE STAGE CLUB, SINGAPORE I PRESENTS I "A SOLDIER FOR CHRISTMAS" I A COMEDY tf Y REGINALD B^"WITH TONIGHT AT 8.45 P.M, TICKETS OBTAINABLE FROM ROBINSON'S, J^E?^ PLACE < TEL 5894 EX T. 4) OR FROM VICTORIA THEATRE (TEL. 6826) AFTER 6p!m^ fflZ* Lamps, Std. Portable Typewriters,
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      39 3 TARZAN Taut nerves By Edgar Rice Burroughs T H6 IMPACT OP SCONDER'S BUllLET I jMlFFBSBHSSPrlBWKBBl I IN ABJECT TERROR TH£ &G, MB^^^^^a iTORE^ THE LIMB J-OOSE FROM ITS ;|H7 /J^HPHj j| Hit SLICKER^ PLEP TO TH£ SAF£TV^ j SB
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1947. Income Tax in the Councils
      705 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1947. Income Tax in the Councils IT is not easy to predict what the next move will be on the income tax front, following the rejection by the Malayan Union Unofficial members of the resolution proposing reference of the Heasman Report to a
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      JAPS
      364 4 By DENIS WARNER Reuter Correspondent i NEWCOMER to A Tokio cannot fail to be impressed with two overwhelming currents of opinion, common alike to many SCAP and Japanese officials. The first is the acceptance of the inevitability of another war; the second, preoccupation with Japan's position m world strategy.
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      FAITH
      27 4 Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called ....endeavouring to k<*ep the unity of the Spirit m the fond of peace. Eph»sJw. l, l —3
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      STILL CRY 'BANZAI'
      466 4 physically or morally after the withdrawal of occupation forces. Many competent observers, who hav t > watched the occupation since its first days believe thp decision to retain the Emperor system and the ready acceptance of Hirohito's warinnocence are directly attributable to this fundamen-al distrust of Russia.
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      WHY FRANCE IS WORRIED
      661 4 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TN spite of the fact that France accepts the principle of Europe's economic interdependence, she, has her own plan as to how this should be brought about. While nations may be m perfect agreement on ne necessity uf economic collaboration-, they might
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      Two Years Of Food Shortages, Unless...
      736 4 THE food position of the world is today no better than it was a year ago, and, unless measures are taken t provide the war-de-vastated countries with agricultural equipment fertilisers, and other requisites for the harvest of 1948, a severe food shortage will last
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      A-PROOF PORT
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      64 4 QUIZ These questions are taken from yesterday's Free Press, See if you can answer them without back reference. 1. What is the name of Spore Communist Party Leader who has just died? 2. The United States claim to have broken the world air speed record. What was their speed? 3.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      POLICE WARN MORPHINE PEDLARS
      273 5 POLICE WARN MORPHINE PEDLARS |ht||» I Doctor explains injection risks -cc Press Staff Reporter -j g the Singapore CID, Mr. R. C. B. Wilt- shire a > warned that an operator of a".■■■. n was liable to a fine of $10,000 or three I'^1 as imprisonment or both, and a
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      Mr.F.B. OEHLERS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE
      101 5 Mr.F.B. OEHLERS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE I Bernard >r the iird P lice appointa the end oi ;n the Ml X M week ■;dv law ty. pre--1 t the Oehlf ra an ..-■ore fulfilled tion to I ..>- ITS ;ged ?^r- r yean a▼i n g be worka rk m re a
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      PROGRESSIVE PARTY
      17 5 PROGRE SSIVE PARTY Party, mil ed i Mr Ge k Or S. H AlRoben Pr B m
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      BRITISH LEGION PRAISES MALAYA
      551 5 I pOPPY Fust, a journal issued by the British Legion (Haig's i Fund) appeal, m i*s latest issue, pays a tribute to Malaya lor her "very- fine effort" m raising 116,695 during Poppy Day last year. 'I he journal devotes a full page to Malaya s
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      NEW ELECTORAL OFFICE
      74 5 A N Electoral Information Office i\ and Central Registration Office will be opened on Thurs- day. It is situated or. the ground floor of the Fullerton Building, to the right of the main entrance i to the General Post Office. j It will be open daily from
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      AIR CADET M.O.
      31 5 Dr C. J. Paglar has been appointed medical adviser to No. 1 Group of the Malayan Air* Cadet Corps and will assume an honorary rank of Wing Commander.
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      S'pore port news
      189 5 NEARLY 1,000 Service men and women and civilian passen-j gers are expected to leave Sin- gapore tomorrow afternoon by I the trooper Scynthia for Colombo, 1 Bombay and trie United King- I dom. The Scynthia arrived m Singapore this morning from Hong Kong. Passengers lor Colombo include
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      Two cinemas to quit premises
      523 5 AN appeal by the Estate and 1 by the Fourth Police Mag sion of two Singapore theatre.* borough was dismissed by t] Murray-Aynsley at the Supren The appellants were ord within seven days. At a previous hearing, it wa^ stated by Messrs. T. W. Ong
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      VACANCY FOR COWGILL SCHOLARSHIP
      194 5 VACANCY FOR COWGILL SCHOLARSHIP FULL, details are available from Mr. G. G. Thomson, Public I Relations Officer, of a vacancy for the Cowgill scholarship, m i September 1948. i The scholarship, tenable at Durham School is worth £60 J year for the whole of a boy's 1 school life subject
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      JINNAH SENDS GOOD WISHES
      85 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OFFICERS of the Pakistan Army m Singapore, who recently celebrated the inauguraton of their Dominion, have received a message of good w'.shes from Quaid-i-Azam Mohamed Ali Jinnah, Pakistan Governor-Ger eral. Mr. Jinr.ah's message rends: "Your telegram of good wishes from Muslims m
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      14-YEAR-OLD TO BROADCAST
      85 5 i TONIGHT at 8.20. the Guest Artiste with the Radio Matava n- is David Ng This 14-year-oid schooio&j present, on a short visit to Singapore. In spite of his youth, David Ng shows a technique and feeling m his piano flaying which would be remarkable ia a
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      ON A NEW VENTURE
      93 5 A recent picture of Mr. and Mrs. Run Run Shaw, who are now in San Francisco. Picture shows from left, Mrs. C. R. Skinner, Mr. Run Run Shaw, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Rose Lim, Mr. Skinners assistant, and Mr. C. R. Skinner, pioneer of the 16 m.m.
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      INDIAN CHARGED
      67 5 An 18 year old Indian named Anthony appeared before Mr. H. W. Nightingale, yesterday, charged with the theft of a tie. cigarettes, spectacles, a first aid dressing and cigarettes from No. 1 British Transit Camp. Nee Soon, on August 25. Anthony pleaded guilty to stealing certain of the
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      TOURING SCHOOLS
      43 5 (THE Bishop vl Singapore, the Rt. j Rev. J. L. Wilson, has appointed Mr. Dong Chui Sing as the Diocesan Secretary for Schools. Mr. Dong left Singapore last night on a fact-finding and inspection tour of all Diocesan schools m Malaya.
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      S'PORE TO MAKE COLOUR FILMS
      242 5 NEW PROJECT Free Press S AN innovation to the film 16 millimetre technicolo will be introduced m Singai year. For the purpose Shay Ampas, off Balestier Road, An official of Shaws v way for production of 16 ni existing studios at Jalan Ai For a.
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      NIGHT SAFES: 'THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR'
      113 5 NIGHT SAFES: 'THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR' BOTH during the day and a night, armed police guard inside and outside the bank en sures complete security to thos< making use of the night sale faci llties of the Hongkong Shangha Bank, an official of the bank o told the Free
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      560 CLERKS ASK FOR ALLOWANCE
      262 5 560 CLERKS ASK FOR ALLOWANCE FIVE hundred and -ixty one clerks employed by' 'lie [Singapore Harbour Board yesterday petitioned the acting chairman. Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, to recommend a three months' salary payment ;to them at the next mee.mg of the board and to grant meanwhile a more reasonable
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      99 5 WX Start his PEP AND ENERGY -V/ V t(\ ARE VITAL f// //if^ FOR SUCCESS /^T There is no better way to J| supply extra stamina than /'i by a healthful breakfast of fl^Q nature's energy food Quaker Oats. Whole grain oats are abundant m natural protein, carbohydrates and I
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      NEWTEAM IN COMEDY
      515 6 FOLLOWING their success m Gainsborough's "HolidayCamp," Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison, who were acclaimed by British critics as a brilliant new comedy team, are having a special script written for them by Mabel and Dennis Constanduros, who were responsible for the dialogue m "Holiday Camp." The story
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      25 6 Cigar-smoking, eccentric "Lady Daubany" is the part played by Rene Reddish m the Stage Club comedy "Soldier For Christmas" which starts at the Victoria tonight.
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      'BEG PARDON, SON'
      299 6 BEG pardon, son," said the man slipping by Sir Aubrey Smith at Denham Studio. Sir Aubrey who is over 80 blinked. "Did you say 'son' "Certainly," said the man testily. "I said 'son. I've got a son almost your age." And off he pattered to the set
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      Protest to Mr. Attlee
      389 6 AFTER a crisis meetA ing m London, the executive of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association "parliament" of 4,500 Bri- tish cinemas posted a letter to Mr. Attlee protesting against the new 75 per cent, tax on Hollywood pictures, and asking him: "Is it your deliberate intention to
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      BLUE SKIES
      447 6 TWENTY-eight li- ving Berlin songs, including four brand new tunes, are being featured m the film "Blue Skies," Cathay, September 2. Berlin is one of the most prolific songwriters of modern times and this Paramount Technicolor film contains more of his melodies than any other of his previous,
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      37 6 James Mason and Kathleen Ryan rehearsinc lin»-> for the "Odd Man Out" which is now showing m Sinsap.*^ 10 1 Kathleen Ryan, a newcomer to the screen. *a» boro w m 23 -years -old and red -headed.
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      234 6 WEST opened the heart king South took the trk-k with tlio ace and led a low club, intending to finesse the diamonds. But when West's club king appeared, he took dummy's ace and returned the heart ten. West won and returned a high heart (not good defense)
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      14 6 Last Four Shows Today 1.30 4 6 30 9.30 p. m. TOMORROW O'ivia DdSfiand
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      140 6 Md(ldrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya "They lived m a cottage m* *Segrid was tired of the I [That very night the king YES,PRINC£SS,YOUR BROTHER I MMoIT/kaFa™ Sm S ruH^nuc SAlD >lU £NOUNC£ £D S F*'° AD WAITED TO MARRIED A COMMONER, r-J Innu AG0 > CUDDLES
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      21 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Mr. Lim Ah Liang. 2. 650 m.p.h. 3. Professor Auguste Piccarfl. In a submarine sphere called a bathyscaphe.
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      45 6 What Oi CATHAY (IVo c.i^s, urn sWinj REX: You Never Lovely (Cofcimbia. I pm PAVIUON ToUehfeo,, (Paramount 130 pm Thttr ALHAMBUA Top y rpewt Mulligan M.mofram ;pa today J I BlI.Ki Ndimnga Pg( 1.30 p.m Thursda> CAPITOL Til! The Clouds ft"" By M G-M UtjLiJj
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      GOING HAS IMPROVED AT K.L
      242 7 GOING HAS IMPROVED AT K.L Sheffield Plate A Strong Chance press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. tppears to have recovered quickly from i^st y p s rainstorm and, with little possibility of further n h r v. he second day of th Selangor Turf ■/l jmrusl meeting, will be only
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      Soccer Referees' Examination
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      MALAYS WORKED HARD FOR A SOLITARY GOAL
      693 7 By Our Soccer Reporter MALAYS 1 CHINESE JUNIORS 0 MAKING their first appearance m the S.A.F.A. league soccer competition after their fasting-month lay-off, the Malays had to struggle very hard to beat the Chinese Juniors m a game played at Jalan Besar Stadium
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      SING TAO WERE WEAK ONLY IN SHOOTING
      250 7 LONDON, Tuesday. WHILE the football of the Sing Tao Sports Club of Hong Kong is well up to top-class amateur standard, it is difficult to realise after their display against Dulwich Hamlet m the opening match of their British tour that the Club
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      U.K. FOOTBALL FIXTURES
      200 7 foot- ir pools v Rotherham U. M 'X, i IG Hlli C. v Accrington i hester c 5!25!!f! v Lincoln i rranmcre v Chester t- v Rochdale C v Halifax T. SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP "A' DIVISION Aberdeen v St. Mirren Qut-en of South v Motherwell r Morton
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      MIDDLESEX VIRTUAL COUNTY CHAMPIONS
      328 7 WITH an easy victory by eight wickets over Surrey at Lord's yesterday. Middlesex hav e established themselves very securely at the head of the County cricket championship tables with 224 points against 204 by Gloucester, their rivals, who failed to collect any points from their drawn
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      ECHELON BEAT JOHORE C.C. BY SEVEN WICKETS
      251 7 ON a batsman's wicket, GHQ 2nd Echelon FARELF defeated Johore C C by seven wickets at Johore on j Sunday. Johore batted first and could only score 90. The main feature of the ini nings was the display of the Johore State player
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      INDIAN IN LAST EIGHT
      67 7 GHAUS Mohamed won his way into the last eight of the New Maiden lawn tennis tournament with an easy 6 l, 6 l win m the third round against R. Y. Lee, a Chinese player who could offer little opposition to the easy excellence of the
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      Chinese Miss Two Chances
      61 7 The Malay goal has two early escapes m yesterday's league soccer at the Stadium. Top picture shows Jatfar, the Malay goalkeeper missing a centre by Kee Siang, but Wee Eng had overrun the ball and could not score. Picture below shows another goalmouth scramble m which
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      LITTLE BUSINESS ON THE LEGER
      126 7 INTEREST m the St. Leger is still I very quiet and no bets of any consequence were noted at last night's callj over on the race at Victoria Club. London. Prices of the four leading candidates have not changed for the past three callovers but
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      BRINKMANNS WIN
      107 7 Playing their first badminton match since the revival of the Club, the Brinkmanns S.C. defeated the Engineers* Dept., branch of the Municipal Services Union by three games to two at the Brinkmanns indoor court at Grange Road. Results: (Brinkmann's players mentioned first): Teo Thuang Bak lost to Seah
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      21 ENTRIES FOR THE SAFA CUP
      397 7 By Our Soccer Reporter TWENTY-ONE teams have been entered for the Singapore 1 Amateur Football Association's Cup competition, and it is hoped to be able to play oft some of the first round ties m this knockout tournament early next month, probably before th
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      PLIMSOLL ROUTS ESSEX
      299 7 PLIMSOLL ROUTS ESSEX A GRAND two-hour spell of bowling by Jack Plimsoll, leftann medium fast bowler, enabled the South Africans to fain a surprisingly easy eight wicket victory over Essex at Southcnd yester- day. Play started yesterday with the teams level, Essex having wiped off the first innings arrears of
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      PULAU BRANI SOCCER XI
      55 7 The Pulau Branl Football Club will mret the Seaforth Highlander? Ist XI today on the Punlu Brain pround. The following will represent the Pulau Brani Football Club: Cpl. Hill; Sgt. Green or Clewlow. Abd. Rahman Jr.; Kamis, May. Jordon: Ahmad Yusof. Main Wearing. Samad. Awang Gabos
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      Derby County Beat Burnley 2-0
      48 7 RESULTS of U.K. Footballl League games played yesterday are: FIRST DIVISION Burnley 0 Derby Co. 2 THIRD DIVISION (North) Oldham 1 Rotherham 5 Southport 1 Lincoln C 1 SCOTTISH DIV. A. St. Mirren 3 Aberdeen 0 IRISH GOLD CIP Distillery 3 Bangor 2
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      S.A.O.B.A. MEETING
      43 7 S.A.O.B. A. MEETING A MEETING of the rugger and hockey sections of St. Andrew's Old Boys" Association will be held at the old school hall m Stamford Road at 5.30 p.m. on Friday. All those interested m either sport are invited to attend.
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      105 7 Free Press Crossword No. 177 CLUES ACROSS 1, Breeding horses (9). 7, Piquancy (4), 0, New York island (9) 10 Selfopiniooated person (4). 11, Staff (4). 12, Plant wkb aromatic seeds (7) 15. Eferaburi to the political capital of this country (4). 16, 100 000 rupees >4, iS^tSStt^' W P
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      20 8 U*llf A reader submitted this picture of St. Michael's ni/lflC Square, Ashton-Under-Lyne for the benefit of other Ashtonians m Singapore.
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      'Rent Board not court'—Counsel
      516 8 'Rent Board not court'— Counsel Earlier at yesterday's proceedings. Mr. Goho was cross-exam-ined by Dr. C. H. WithersPayne, 'for Mr. Kingdon) on the comments allegedly made by Mr. Goho in his letter to the Bar Committee. Mr. Goho was asked: Is it true that other lawyers consider Mr. Kingdon a
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      LEGION NEEDS FUNDS
      33 8 Lieut-Col. Gordon Larkin, chairman of the British Legion, stated in London that this year's Legion income is estimated to be deficient of €250.000 to m- p! ex- I nditure.- Reuter
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      CHAMPAGNE FOR PRINCESS' PET
      54 8 i USTERITY-CONSCIOUS London Airport police have disclosed, without comment, that Princess Achraf Pahlavi, twin sister of the Shah of Iran, had ordered a twicedaily diet of chicken and champagne for her pet pomeranian, Tutti Frutti, which she wasn't allowed to take along on her passenger plane
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      TROOPS ON IRAN FRONTIER
      139 8 TEHERAN Tuesday IRANIAN and diplomatic officials were Investigating reports today that "10,000 Barzadhl and Kurdhi tribesmen, backed by the Red Army" had gathered in Russian Azerbaijan on the north-west frontier of Iran "This may be anoth er move in the Soviet war of nerves vn the
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      CAIRO PARADES 'THANK RUSSIA'
      291 8 CAIRO. Wednesday. CAIRO did nor respond to the Nokrashy Pasha to observe Anglo-Egyptian Treaty peacefu force under the Police Chief, S "Thank Russia" demonstration i appeal by Prime Minister c the 11th anniversary of the ully. During the day* a police Selim Zaki Pasha, broke up
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      COMMISSIONER FOR FR. INDIA
      119 8 j PARIS, Tuesday. THE establishment of a French Republican Commissioner in the French Departments of India became a decree today by a publication in the French Govern- 1 ment's Journal Ofliciel. The appointment, said the journal, would be made by M. Vincent Auriol, President of the
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      COMMISSION URGES ELECTED MINORITY
      835 8 COMMISSION URGES ELECTED MINORITY Secret session Free Press Staff Reporter THE future Singapore Municipal Commission should 1 have 27 members— nine to be elected by wards, line nominated by the Governor after election by •epresentative bodies and nine nominated directly by he Governor. No Commissioner has suggested that he whole
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      MEMORIAL SHIELDS
      33 8 '^::^^::•^::::.^:::^^^:s:v::^::^^:•:•^:•^ Major D. Teichmann, D.5.0., who lost both sons m the war, made nearly 200 small memorial regimental shields which he has preS6 n^* sr tn ivirartc ix/Virt Irwet sons.- Reuter
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      50 8 States Strategic Air Force, Gen. George C. Kenny (left) with the News Chronicle special correspondent in South-East Asia, Mr. Dickson Brown, with whom he is staying in Singapore, and Air Vice-Marshal J. D. Breakey, photographed at Kallang airport yesterday when Gen. Kenney arrived from India on a round-the-world inspection tour.
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      EX-NAZI PRINCE GRANTED BAIL
      103 8 PRINCE Ferdinand of Schoen-aich-Carolath. stepson of the ex-Kaiser, was granted bail by a British summary court m Berlin on a charge of falsifying a denazification questionnaire. He had been kept m custody over a week, because, the judge said, the question of property was involved but
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      COURTEOUS BUSMEN
      10 8 London busmen are launohine a courtesy campaign Reuter
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      TUDOR II CRASH STILL A MYSTERY
      228 8 total flying time of 130 hours ana had its necessary safety for flight certificate Certain modifications had been made, including to the elevator controls since the j plane's previous flight last Aug. 13. I The chief designer, Mr. Stuart i Davies. who survived the
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      UNLOADING OF GILT-EDGEDS
      442 8 UNLOADING OF GILT-EDGEDS London Stock Eveh»^ rE gilt-edged section on tl the drying up of buying i left prices but little changed < cial correspondent. The bull in this section while elsewhei The Kaffirs market was firrr throughout with small local ant Cape support uncovering some bear positions. Revival of
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      S'hai prices jump
      13 8 j PICE:- tJ S J m ,M I —AP I
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      110 8 STORE RUBi PRICES TOi STC< IU Market i.-n«[jß n lives the P ri(^ of 1 11 a m toda? as follo«« v. 1 r s.S -ex- 11 I loos, nominal Ni, ||il HI I ■v ktlN V -P'« I So 2 R.S.S ">b m h..!<- v -nt j N«, 3KS
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      91 8 WEATHER Long bright periods WEATHER report for the next 24 j hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Long bright periods with a chance of isolated showers this afternoon and to-morrow morning. Wind southerly, 5 to 10 m.p.h. Sunset 6 40: sunrise 6.31. Moonrise 3.26 p.m.: moonset 3.44 p.m. Temperatures Max 1*0
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