The Singapore Free Press, 17 April 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I'-"" SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1948 PKICfr i>M
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    POLICE RAID UNION PREMISES
    412 1 POLICE RAID UNION PREMISES Port strike meeting today Free Press Staff Reporter pOLICE this morning raided for the second time m four days the offices of the Chinese section of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union. After a brief search they took away a number of documents. No arrests were
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    UNINTERRUPTED FLOW OF U.S. AID
    191 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. AID under the European Recovery Plan will flow to the 16 Marshall Plan countries and to Western Germany m an "uninterrupted flow," said Mr. Paul Hoffman, Economic Co-operation Administrator, at a press conference on his arrival here from Europe. Mr. Hoffman described as
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    SLANDERS GREET GOVERNOR
    28 1 SLANDERS GREET GOVERNOR >ndent ~:ay. I fae ftsg ol the anjid this iding the 'fleer, re and tropei -eprer pre- t eed ...d he veen lined the j
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    ATOM WAR BY 1953 IF....
    10 1 ATOM WAR BY 1953 IF I"-' the ■«.nce: war A.P.
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    FOOD DOLLARS CUT BY HALF
    164 1 nRITAIV LONDON, Friday. B i plans cut ov «r-all imports from the Western Hemisphere m the current half year by one- fourth and food imports by about half. They will be replaced by imports from the sterling area and elsewhere. Announcing this, the Treasury said
    U.P.  -  164 words
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    BID TO OPEN METAL MART
    114 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Friday. DROPOSALS have been submitted to the Government by the London Metal Exchange, which, m the opinion of the Committee of the Exchange, provide a workable basis for reopening the metal market, the Financial Times learns. The paper understands that the
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    Rationing of power being considered
    95 1 Rationing of power being considered Free Press Staff Reporter RATIONING of electricity of Singapore is being considered. An official statement issued yesterday says that rationing is the only alternative if consumers do not respond to the appeal to keep their lighting at a minimum between 6 30 p.m. and 10
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    NO SERIOUS CRIME
    60 1 Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE was free of serious crime during the last 24 hours said Mr. J. C. Barry, Singapore's CJJX chiof this morning when he told reporters "I should wear white gloves today.' This is the third day vithin the last ten that Singapore has
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    ROPE BROKE
    32 1 THE Russian flag was missing yesterday Irom the FourPower Allied Control building m the American sector m Berlin. Officials explained: "There is no significance— it's only a broken rope." A.P.
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    SMELTER STRIKE: ALL OUT
    210 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE entire labour force 1 at the Straita Trading Company's smelting workers on Pulau Brani was on strike this morning. Half the men have been out since Wednesday, and they were joined today by the rest of the labour force on the
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    N.Y. STRIKE SETTLED
    41 1 npHE strike against the New X York Curb Exchange, which began on March 29, was settled yesterday with a 10 per cent, pay Increase and bonus agreement. The strike against the stock exchange Is still unsettled unsettled. AJ>.
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    'S'pore-bound pilots detained
    83 1 ATHENS, Friday. THE United States Embassy today announced that 37 persons (pilots and crews) !on four planes have been placed under house arrest and are being interrogated by Greek authorities at Rhodes. They have claimed U.S. citizenship. The crews of four small four-engine passenger planes, believed to
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    JAIL FOR RUMOURS
    26 1 Dimiter Gichev, an Agrarian Party leader, was on sentenced to life imprisonment m Sofia yesterday on a charge of spreading "false rumours." AP.
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    DOCKERS ANTI-DE GAULLE
    125 1 MARSEILLES, Friday. DOCK-WORKERS m Marseilles and nearby Port de Bou announced tonight that they would refuse to work on Sunday, m protest against the presence of Gen. De Gaulle m Marseilles for the first National Congress of his Rally of the French People. The Marseilles Dockers* Ur
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    Apologies 'not satisfactory'
    72 1 REPUBLICAN apologies for the manhandling by Indonesians of a Netherlands delegation were described yesterday as "unsatisfactory both m form and content" by a N.E.I Government communique, says Reuter. The incident occurred on Monday when the delegation arrived at Jogjakarta, for negotiations. Raden Abdul Kadir Wirdjoatmodjo, chief of
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    Russians close Vienna airport
    251 1 Russians close Vienna airport BERLIN, Friday. npHE Russians today closed the British and American airfields serving Vienna, leaving 37 passengers from London stranded at the British airfield for the night. The return plane for London did not take off. Russian guards on the roads to the two airfields insisted on
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    JEWS BREAK ARAB GRIP ON ROADS
    348 1 JERUSALEM, Friday. AFTER bitter fighting, Jewish forces today won the first phase m their battle to smash the Arab grip on Palestine's roads by driving the Arabs irom positions commanding the main Jerusalem to Tel Aviv highway. For a week, 10,000 Jewish front-line furl*
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    SUDAN RAILWAY STRIKE ENDING
    42 1 THE mouth-old Sudan rail 1 workers' strike will end tomorrow. It is expected that the workers will accept the Government's offer of wage increases, thus ending the strike which cost the Sudan an estimated loss of £2.000.--000. A.P.
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    NEW SOVIET ENVOY
    24 1 The new Soviet Ambassador to Turkey, Mr. Alexander Lavritchef. presented his credentials yesterday to the Turkish President. Gen Lsmet Ineunu.- Reuter
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  • FEATURES...
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      The Man who knew Women
      2189 2 By JOHN C ALDIGATE IT was nearly an hour after opening time a d Arthur Mornington was hurrying. It had been a lons, dull day a- the office and he needed the synthetic wit of his regular companions m the synthetk Elizabethan lounge the "Georse"
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      Bridge Problem
      91 2 SPADES aic uumps. S»-uUi loads. North and South are to win six of the s?v*^i tricks fgainst any defence. South leads heart which Nun' ruffs. North leads diamonc queen. If Ea.st takes the ace, South will make two diamonds, giving North opportunity to dls card the club jack.
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      268 2 CaUudral; 6 30 Childr Corner; 815 Pr-Rr-unme Summary. Br.cf NWs Summary ABOoancen n.s; 8 18 Rad.o Salon Orch^ra; 9 Spo, h^ Pavurites; S 30 Newt; i.48 Ric'.o Theatre pnsants "ROPE If Patx.ck Hamilton; 11 Las- New.s Summary-; PROGRAMMES IN MALAY; 12 pm. Prt^rammf Sumnvtry; 12 05 Mus cal Er. t»«unnt
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      214 2 Mary; 530 Station Opening, 532 IfUSiC of the People**; 6 Thirty to One; 630 World and Home Newt; 645 Military Band; 7 Mui»c m Miniature**; 7 30 Secrets of Scotland Yard*; 8 World and Home News; 805 Yours for the Asking; 845 Rhythm m ftie Sun; 858 Programme Summary; 9
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      89 2 lAJCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today. DOKN today, you have a searching but rather restless mind. You are much too often controlled by your mood and too Infrequently by toeical reasoning. You "feel" things so keenly that you permit first impressions to govern your original decisions and then,
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      Two Red bases fall to is Govt.
      58 3 Two Red bases fall to is Govt. lay. im- 1 aunun Ontia! On. uarters. "big Hoehten, j mds i VJ-Day. r.ing verged F-iping. .mti- \ed Reds, Fu's as a heart a iraenaJi there v ted i\ :m--ity. buted from d was cap;eng, Red base d iced Yl's I tied to
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      Two Jap war criminals shot
      17 3 Two Jap war criminals shot H u.nese m i ng,* ring rmer genslaiM J K. r.dar- Reuter
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      ARMS SHANGHAI FOR SHANGHAI
      17 3 is on from ~-'O Of ichin- ta for the 1 -363 -hinery U.P.
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      Untitled
      34 3 picture. Wang Chung-hui (seated, holding cane), former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of China and a member of the International Court at The Hague, discusses the National Assembly with newspapermen m Nanking.- A. P.
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      STUDENTS IN PEIPING RESTIVE
      171 3 STUDENTS IN PEIPING RESTIVE PEIPINO, Friday EDUCATIONAL institutions fj m Peiping, with few exceptions such as the CathoFujen University and China University, are still m a state of ferment. culty students of the NaNormal College have organised a "security commit, a^ a safeguard lit violence. The same segment of Tsinghua
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      REPARATIONS ARRIVE
      70 3 REPARATIONS ARRIVE THE seventh shipment of Japanese reparations, consisting of 3.035 tons of Jap and German-made machinery and factory equipment has arrived m Shanghai Unloading and disposition will be supervised by the Japanese Reparations Committee of the Executive Yuan The major portion of the machinery will be allotted to the
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      29 3 picture. Mr Ma Wen-che (left) and Mr. Chen Shih-jui. chairman and spokesman of the "freely-elected delegates" to the National Assembly, having a discussion outside their Nanking headquarters. A. P.
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      Special powers for President
      272 3 Special powers for President NANKING, Friday. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY delegates yesterday considered favourably a Kuomintang sponsored move to vest m the nations first president special powers during the present period of national crisis. The action would not increase Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's powers, but would give him constitutional rights of action, at
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      200,000 FLEE WAR ZONES
      54 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. rIE number of refugees fleeing from the wardevastated areas to Shanghai has swollen to more than 200.000. While a large number of refugees occupy accommodation orovided by the authorities, some of them have taken temporary lodgings m the premises of various guild* and even
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      Delegate takes own life
      104 3 NANKING. Friday. I^HE 68-year-old ManJL churian National Assembly delegate, Mr. Kung Hslenyung, committed suicide last night. Mr Kung. a delegate from Sungkiang (30 miles southwest of Shanghai) was found hanging m one of the hotels re>erved for National A.ssembly delegates. A close friend of Mr. Kung
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      BIG CHINESE LOSSES IN INDO-CHINA
      375 3 HANOI, Friday. PIXTY-SEVEN Chinese >3 have been killed and Chinese-owned property valued at 136,001,743 piastres (U5514,800,000 at the present official rate for the piastre), has been destroyed during the past 15 months of fighting m North Indo-china, the Chinese Consul-General at Hanoi, Mr. Kiang Si
      A.P.  -  375 words
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      China gets $50 million advance
      212 3 China gets $50 million advance SHANGHAI, Friday. VARIOUS Government departments m Nanking are studying and compiling a list of supplies that can be purchased with the United States aid, Dr. Chang Kia-ngau, Governor of the Central Bank of China, said m an interview. The list will be forwarded to Mr.
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      Private loan from U.S.
      88 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. A CHINESE report from Nanking claimed that United States businessmen and the Federation of Chinese Chamber of Commerce were negotiating a private loan of US .$300,000,000 to UJ*****,000,000, with which Chinese importers would be enabled to purchase machinery and raw materials m U.S.A. The
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      US. SPEEDING AID TO NANKING
      439 3 Plans rushed m Washington r^ WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States Government is moving fast 1 to put thenewlLS. $364,000,000 China aid programme into effect. State Department economic planners are busily engaged m working out preliminary outlines. Already estimates, showing how the economic recovery programme will
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      22 3 picture A Chinese girl m Nanking seeks the autograph of Tseong Hutuktu, delegate to the National Assembly from Sinkiang Province. A. P.
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      PHILIPPINES ENVOY
      45 3 THE Philippines Minister to China. Mr. Proceso Sebastian, made a formal call on the Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Wans: Shih-chieh. to arrange to present his credentials to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The oresentation is likely to follow the closing of the National Assembly. A.P.
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      BRITISH COUNCIL
      21 3 Miss Lynda Grier has arrived m Shanghai to take up the post of British Council representative m China- Reuter
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      NEW NOTE ISSUE
      44 3 The Nanking Legislative Yuan has approved the issue by the Central Bank of an unspecified amount of shortterm treasury note* xor periods of one. two and three months, bearing face values of i 5.000,000: 10.000,000: 100.000.--,000: 500.000.000; 1.000.000,000 Chinese dollars.- Reuter
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press The Chinese and the Blood Bank
      512 4 SATURDAY. April 17. 1948. SINGAPORE'S blood bank is asain on the verge of insolvency. On and on over a period of two years it ha* been m a precarious position, owing to poor support from a very large section of
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      BOY RULER OF NINE MILLION
      569 4  -  JOHN RODERICK Living Buddha of Limitless Light By A.P. Correspondent KUMBUM LAMASERY. AN this quiet hillside m northwest China an eleven-year-old boy dreams of his lost kingdom m faraway Tibet. This serious child Is the Living Buddha of Limitless Light, the Holiest of the Holy.
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      47 4 One men of Middle sboroucjh, Yorksfiire- bankers, lawyers, engineers, shop tants and labourers hac? been giving up their spare time to provide more amusement fur the loan's children. Theu are members of the Te^-Side Model Engineering Society and hare built a miniature railway m Middlcsborough's, Albert Park.
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      FORMOSA IS PROGRESSING
      594 4 By HENRY HARTZENBUSCH Reuters' Correspondent pOKMOSA, China's island province far from the rumble of the civil war, has become the most attractive area for Chinese as well as foreign investment?. Post-war reconstruction has made more progress there than ai.y other Chinese province and the currency unlike the
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      India follows UK lead
      600 4 By M. M. NERURKAR Reuters' Correspondent MEW India took its cue from Old England recently when her government introduced a Death Duty Bill m the Dominion Parliament. The Bill provides foi" the levy and collection of an Estate Duty on ail non agricultural p o- tperty,
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      74 4 2he rickety ricksha men of India, Burma and China will be looking fur heattl jobs liken a nen Br export noes on the market soon. Invention of a Manchester firm, if is a motor ricksha with a red and cream streamlined body, a wtmdscreem and a li h.p. engine It
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      GREEN POWDER GIVES LONGER LIFE
      210 4 /I green powder which tastes and smells like freshly-cut hay may prove to be the fountain of youth, according to Dr. Boris Bcrkman, Chicago physician and ulant re searcher. Dr. Rerkman told the National Farm Chemurgic Council conference m USA that he b?lieve s that
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      GOLDEN 'SPUDS'
      158 4 AN Irish U d a h ancient g^ld while r ing garden pota Museum i clos i called *:Gi.: "the Th.. side was stud a forts and t. Including a gorget and large bracelets- are v be nUm of eoui existed before the time of Christ OM^lley round
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      UP To DATE DATA ON P.I.
      14 4 UP To DATE DATA ON P.I. I an .1 I I I 1 Reuter
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      FAITH
      9 4 FAITH—I Thf lord b m> niv l I
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      TRADE WITH MALAYA GROWS
      313 5 TRADE WITH MALAYA GROWS Textiles m good demand Free Press Staff Reporter JAPAN is slowly but steadily increasing her share of Malaya's trade. This is indicated by the growing volume of orders placed by Singapore firms with the section of the Economic Secretariat handling trade with Japan. In addition to
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      Chinese jailed for theft
      5 5 Chinese jailed for theft i
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      Indian plans village school
      247 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 SINOAPORE Indian, who wishes to remain anonymous for the present, proposes to build a private school at the 1\ mile Yio Chu Kang Road, at an estimated cost of $20,000. Although primarily intended for Indian children, the school will also be
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      DRAMA NIGHT
      9 5 lr Church Hall. 3ahru, at 7.30 tor
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      BID TO STOP CURRENCY SMUGGLING
      96 5 BID TO STOP CURRENCY SMUGGLING SMUGGLING and black market activities m all currency accepted as legal tender m Siam and Netherlands Indies have led the Government to prohibit the importation into Malaya of these notes, the Free Press was officially told yesterday. This order will not m any way affect
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      3 TEACHERS TO STUDY IN UK
      82 5 3 TEACHERS TO STUDY IN UK FREE Malayan teachers have been awarded scholarships to study m the United Kingdom. They are: Miss Jemiah binti Yacob of Seremban who will study i domestic science for three years; Miss Constance White of Malacca who will take the three-year course for the J
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      U.S. GETS FIRST WOOD SHIPMENT
      249 5 Free Press Staff Reporter *yHK first postwar shipment of sawn timber has just left Singapore for the United States eight tons. The timber was of four varieties kapur, kerning, punah and kempas. Singapore will not export timber to South Africa to be manufactured into plywood.
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      RADIO VIOLIN RECITAL
      61 5 RA DIO VIOLIN RECITAL Mrs Beatrice B U who played m numerous charity concerts m Kuala Lumpur and m other parts of Malaya before the war, will make her post-war debut on Monday when she will Rive a three-quarters-of-an-hour violin recital from the Kuala Lumpur studios of Radio Malaya. f
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      British Govt to pay for GG's offices
      140 5 Free Press Staff Reporter! •TOE greater part of the: 1 cost of new offices for „ne combined staffs of the 1 Govenior-General and j Special Commissioner m Kay Siang Road will bt borne by the British Government. The site of the premises Is
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      AOC HEADS TECHNICAL CORPS ASSN
      142 5 AOC HEADS TECHNICAL CORPS ASSN AIR Vice Marshal J. Whit- i worth Jones, Air Officer Commanding Malaya, has consented to become an hono- rary patron ot the Special Technical Corps Association, marking the close relationship of the Association with the Royal Air Force. Founded shortly after the liberation of Malaya
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      UNO APPEAL TO CHINESE
      77 5 THE United Nations Appeal For Children has made an appeal to Singapore to do anything it can "spiritually as well as materially" for the under-privilged children of the world The appeal is contained m a letter addressed to the j Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The
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      68 5 If a Mariorie D Mr. C. H. Tan A demonstration of the lati modern ballroom tango Will be aiven at Raffles College tonight by Mr. C. H. Tan. an Associate of National Associate of Teachers of Dancing, London, partnered by Mist Marjorie Dogget* (both overseas pupils of Victor Silvester). This
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      Government urges staff consultations
      337 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH the Singapore Government has announced that it will encourage the formation at permanent machinery for consultation between departmental heads and their subordinates, only employees of the postal and telecommunications service have so far asked for the establishment of such liaison. There
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      CHINA WILT RISE AGAIN, SAYS ENVOY
      176 5 IFEEL convinced that out ol the present political and economic turmoil, China will rise again for her heart is strong and her spirit is immortal," said the Indian Ambassador, Mr. K. P. S. Menon, m a farewell radio talk to the people of China
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      SIKH PREFERS TO SPEAK CHINESE
      87 5 SIKH PREFERS TO SPEAK CHINESE A YOUNG clean shaven Sikh, who claimed to know all Chinese dialects, preferred to have the charge explained to him m Chinese instead of any pother language. He was 21 -year-old Karta Singh, who was charged m the Eighth Police Court with dishonestly misappropriating a
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      AID PLEDGE TO MUSLIMS
      62 5 j THE Muslim members of the Legislative Cou:. Mr. M. J. Namazir, Mr. N Mallal and Inrhe Sardon b::i Haji Jubir. pledged cv rirtance and nippt community a: given m their hor day by tta Muslim Association. Calling members cl all they cou! nnd I the
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      RICE FROM BRAZIL
      26 5 A shipment of B.. 0 Brazilian rire lias r.rr. Singapore by the fl La Cordillera. Tho now being unl^adf 1 In Singapore R
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  • NEWS...
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      MAP OF BRITAIN TO GET NEW LOOK'
      330 6 MAP OF BRITAIN TO GET NEW LOOK' Redivision of counties likely THE map of Britain may soon have a New 1 Look." The redivisfon of England and Wales into new counties is recommended m the annual report for 1947 of the Local Government Boundary Commission. There are at present 49
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      Untitled
      45 6 picture. Under a huge portrait of Marshal Stalin, profusely decorated with flags and with rubber -plant trained around a laurel wreath, Soviet children m a nursery school receive instruction from a teacher who holds up a Teddy Bear as she tells folk stories. A. P.
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      15 6 Mr Harold Hampton his ufe topi aiter cout' t^cngs. Mr. Will Cork, who performed "marriage."
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      CHINESE RICE MILL EIRED
      71 6 THE Saigon Chinese Consu- late .said on Thursday that guerrillas have set fire to a Chinese -owned rice mil near Cholon. The loss was estimated at U.S. $250,000. A Consular source said it was tho third Chinese rice mill to be destroyed In the Cholon area
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      PUBLIC SERVANTS TO TAKE OATH
      58 6 PUBLIC SERVANTS TO TAKE OATH THE Viciorian Parliamen tory Liberal Party, which with the Country Party fV.rm.s the State Oabinet. has decided Liat aJJ state public servants slioukl take the oath of aliepiance. The Party decided to Leav< it to the Cabinet when tho antl Communist legislation recently approved by
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      'There'll always be a Pakistan'
      227 6 AS Uh\£ Ifi then IVM a Pakistanian alive there should and would be a Pakistan, the High Commissioner for Pakistan, Mr. Rahimtoola said m London. Addressing the National Peace Council, which links 40 British societies m efforts to achieve world Community and world order, he
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      P.I. TO 'SCREEN' 14 RUSSIANS
      55 6 IKJURTF.LN oCHer Hiii,.sians r living m ditlerent parts of the Philippines will soon be "screened" by the Immigration authorities following the recmt decision of Malacanan Palace to deport four White Russians ;<.«> "undr'sirable aliens." The 14 Russians, according to the Commissioner of Immigration, include a
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      DRINK DEMON DIES
      107 6 '•^TE Chiof Minister of U 'vMOroStaU*. Mr. K. Chent...;iraya Reddy, set fire to :m pffigy of the "drink demon' at a meeting m Bangalore, marking the In- tnxluctdon of prohibition m the Kolar Ooldflelds area The burning of the effigy j was intended to mark the 1
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      Parisians don't know about it
      236 6 Parisians don 't know about it WAR IN INDO CHINA FRANCE is still a4 war although few Frenchmen are aware of it. Thre* hundred thousand French soldiers are fighting overseas, but m Paris, thicefifths of a number of people interviewed on the street did not know that their country was
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      Czech arms going to Palestine
      168 6 riE Bnluh Government has been aware for some ume that quantities of arm* loaded on aircraft m Czechoslovakia under pulice supervision were being secretly flown to the J^wb m Palestine, a Foreign Office spokesman said. He was commenting on a pr» ss report that five
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      Death's daily toll in the Philippines
      143 6 AT least 15 persona are killed daily m Philippine shooting affrays. Interior St-creUry Jose C. Zulueta said. Mr. Zulueta, addressing the police and mayors of Manila suburban area, said three causes are responsible for mots of the deaths: 1 Superabundance of firearms, 2 "Apparent
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      SYRIA CELEBRATES
      13 6 Syria celebrates the third anniversary of the evacuation day. A P
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      YOUTH CLUB BUYS UK FLYING BOMB
      166 6 A BRITISH flying bomb built m 1940, foi tlh i of which the Germans would then have paid (huge sums, has been bought by a Reading V Hub— the Sky Observers Club— at a"pocket money price. The flying bomo I turned down b\ Ministry
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      MAY CUT IMPORTS
      50 6 MAY CUT IMPORTS TTit 4ttftxmliaii Prune ter, Mr. J. B. Chiflej House erf Represenlativ. Canbt^rra ye&ierday, Government had not consi dered borrowing froc. International Fund to bridg. her dollar gap. Australia might have to impose more restrictioT dollar Imports In spite effect of the Marshall Aic Plan on Australia Reuter
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      TRVEL CONGRESS
      27 6 The Third Inu r of Travel tions will bo held m N summer F r I will each tw« d< I to the Congr A.P.
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      COIN AGAIN IN H.K.
      32 6 Bt'toiv the '"rtd i'! th«> Hong Koof hopes to replace live and U I ct'i\\ notes with coins tho small coins will b. ed by 50-cent ones.- A.P.
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      Wedding hoax in London flat
      9 6 Wedding hoax in London flat I t With en
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      She found he 'dead' husban in a tram
      10 6 She found he 'dead' husban in a tram j Reuter
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      AMNESTY FOR 'LITTLE NAZIS'
      6 6 AMNESTY FOR 'LITTLE NAZIS' A .P.
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      N.S.W. POLICE JOIN \TRADES COUNCIL
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      53 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /well, i've got bobhartv\^ 1/rr's Time drew •■Besides, i mustn't! /what arf yol^em^-oh- fr i^c?Vi^rI O ?ST^ IN I WILLIE W <>OLLEY ip FORGET I'VE GOT TO V^DING, W.LUE'I NEiTMER, REALIV! oZ HIM ALONE 7— HE* l^aJ f^ WEE I SE
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      KIRRA-FAIR WEEK CLASH TODAY
      623 7 KIRRA-FAIR WEEK CLASH TODAY Several side bets taken mni? ir Om PSOM JEEP It is still difficult to forecast who will start n VO d U emlnd Ut t£^ Sl* Week wiU &*A m^re m aemana. The going remains ennd mi n ot rain last night. Strongest course fancy this
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      selection by "Call Boy"
      17 7 selection by "Call Boy" N. i all Bay \n Praan< MSB R KINO \-r\R LOT UU \SCE
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      MacDonald Bailey has hip injury
      13 7 MacDonald Bailey has hip injury he does with :ot<l i 200 metres Reuter
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      AUSTRALIANS HAVE FULLPROGRAMME
      54 7 TR \I ricketers who will be touring jmmer, arrived on board the it Tilbury yesterday. I R. -hopIht to r.en's m to •r.esare is and cup M L :J Major of London Ls eruertainins the I .lians t a dI d TilCfl will haw a full day
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      Standard in Ceylon high
      76 7 DKADMAN told cricket writers, soon after the Australians arrived at lilburg Dock yesterday that he mm* a^-eeably impressed at the hi?h standard of critkft m Ceylon today. He thought the standard of cricket m that country compared very favourably with India, except for the few outstanding
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      I.A. TABLE TENNIS
      68 7 •THE following Indian Association 1 players will meet Nestle Anglo-Swiss Company at table tennis today at 2.30 p.m. at the Nestles' premises at Cantonment Road: S. Suppiah. D. Suppiah. S. K. Thomas. Sardool Singh. G. H. Gosaim. S. R. S. N'^idu, M. Sivam and Somasundaram On Monday
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      KID WEE BEATEN
      41 7 Before a packed house m Culcutta last night Kid Wee. Malayan light-heavyweight b(\\er. \cM on a point's decision to A.A. (Baby) Arathoon. India's amateur heavyweight champion. Wee. conceding a stone, had the advantage of height and reach.- A.P.
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      TWO FOOTBALL LAWS REVISED
      282 7 THE hope that the Federation Internationale de Football Associations would serve the ideal of peace be- ween all nations, was expressed by Wladimir A. Sranatkin. a Russian repre- j ;entative, who attended the "xecutive Committee meeting Cf FIFA at Amsterdam yesterlay. A communique issued yes■erday said
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      FULHAM SCORE AGAINST SPURS
      32 7 Shepherd, Fulham outside left (centre of picture), is seen just before scoring m the game against Tottenham Holtjmr's on the Spurs' ground m April 10 Fulham won twonil.
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      PERSEVERANCE BROUGHT REWARD
      1253 7 PERSEVERANCE BROUGHT REWARD Malaya's Olympic Footballers Free Press Staff Reporter THE three Malayan Chi--1 nese fbotbal|ierß, selected to play for China m the Olympic Garner, Singapore's Chia Boon Leong and Chu Chee Seng, and Penang's Yeap Cheng Eng, have all got one thing m common they aiv among the most
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      King Kong fights Aussie tonight
      157 7 JJUNGARIAN wrestler. King Kong, makes a re -appearance m tonight's wrestling programme at the Great World when he fights Gerry Visscher of Australia. Visscher is noted for his rough tactics and it will be interesting to see whether they would have any effect on th«
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      Silver Lining in top form
      334 7 By CALL BOY OLACKPOOL and Silver Lining, among the earli 13 out, did one of the best gallops at Bukit In., i this morning when the second track was used for f a>t work and the third track for cantering. The going was good. Blackpool
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      ATHLETES BEAT S.C.C.
      166 7 4LL out BK of the ofliwde A. ruling was adopted by the 1 S.C.C. m their soccer gatr.e atainst the Chinese At hi yt&terday m the First D sacn. S.A.F.A. League pi Desp'.te this, the C.A. v. n t l e game by three goals nil On
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      149 7 i? Crossword Mo. 361 pT~ :\i f|| 4 I |6 |7~|~~[ i^_i__ 59 I LI 1 LIL> ACROSS Skill i 11. Eye (3). 12 Musicai girl '8> 17. Follow doarty «3». is. 21. Wife (4). 22. Pale (4). 24. I -;T Fowl i3>. 28 Fitung <3). 30. Brn :J <S).
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      FORD CUTTING CAR PRICES
      75 8 LONDON. Friday. rpHE Ford Motor Company A today announced immediate reductions m price* m line with the British Government's campaign against inflation and bid for Increased exports Prices of cars. IflaTiea and tractors for export will b»» cut by from £7 to £18 from Monday. The
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      THIRD CZECH REFUGEE PLANE
      71 8 A CZECHOSLOVAK Government plane, fleeing from Communist rule, landed on the airfield m Bavaria on Tuesday morning. The pilot of the light training plane, who was the only occupant, surrendered to the German police. He gave no information other than that ha was a refugee. It
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      TWO SAVED FROM GALLOWS
      389 8 TWO SAVED FROM GALLOWS Lords agree to 'no hanging' LONDON, Friday. rpwo convicted killers— a Gypsy and a ship's A steward— were saved from the sallows today by a dramatic announcement m the House of Commons. The Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede, promised commutation to penal servitude for all murderers
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      41 8 I tie Bk-inch moustache of George Hoffman gained him the title of "Prime Handlebar" at the South East Asia Club. Kensington. London. Condition of Club's membership is a "graspable" moustache. George won the title btcaust of his moustache's "texture and balance."
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      COMMON GRAVE FOR 30 CRASH VICTIMS
      44 8 COMMON GRAVE FOR 30 CRASH VICTIMS The 30 passeng' rs and who died In the Constellation alriir.er disaster at Shannon airport Eire, on Thursday morning are to be buried today m a common grave as it has been Impossible to identify the bodies.— Reutcr.
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      Reds winning in Shantung
      202 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. ONE of the fiercest battles of China's civil war was raging today at the railway stronghold of Weihsien, m Shantung Province, where the heavily-outnumbered Government garrison disputing every yard of the Communist advance into the city. All reports admit that, m spile of heroic
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      Mr.QUIRINO BECOMES PRESIDENT
      144 8 Mr.QUIRINO BECOMES PRESIDENT MANILA. Friday. MR. Elpidio Quinno becomes President of the Philippines tomorrow succeeding President Manuel Roxas. who died on Thursday night of a heart attack. Mr. Quirlno, Vice-President and Foreign Secretary under Mr. Roxas. who Is himself suffering from blood pressure and is under close observation by his
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      H. WAUGHS TO PAY 25 PER CENT
      380 8 Free i res> Financial Correspondent SHAREHOLDERS m Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd., 3 to get a final dividend of 15 per cent making 25 per cent. for the year ended December last. The accounts, Issued this morning, show that the company earned a
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        VERY SMALL TRADING
        439 8 LONDON, Friday. r[E forthcoming Italian elections cast a shadow over the London stock markets today, and the actual volume of trading was very small with many brokers leaving early, says Renter's financial correspondent. Rubbers declined and Tins were irregular to lower. f Despite Inactivity. price levels remained
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        N. Y. rubber
        38 8 rV YORK crude rubber futures yesterday closed one to Ore points higher. Offers were: May 22.20 cents (U. 8.); July 21; Sept. 20.55; Dec. 20.35 bid; No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet* 23U nominal- A. P.
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        Rubber prices
        129 8 A SPECIAL Market r urrespoodem gtree the price, at robber at 11 am today as f.*Oow»: Bayers Mfci Cts. Cts. per Ik per ft No 1 EJI.8. Spot loose Cm 41 4 No I B.S.S fob in bales Mav 41 41 S No. 2 B-S-S. too tn bale*
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      39 8 HilMf BuUt 14M-IHS bY John de Vere. 13th Earl llVlTik •0 Oxford and Lord of the Manor of La ham. and Thomas Spring, a merchant, the Church of Saints Peter and Paid dcmtnate* the architectural be of Lavenham, Suffolk.
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      2,000 NAME CHIANG FOR PRESIDENCY
      94 8 NANKING Fr*da>. T>RESIDENT Chiang Kftl 1 &hek was today nominated by more than 2.000 National Assembly delegates as candidate for China i constitutional presidency while the President of tlv Judicial Yuan, Dr Chu Chene the only other name oroposed. receive d negligibl* support. The election
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      'WILL YOU.....?' COST HIM £50
      52 8 'WILL YOU..... COST HIM £50 4 MOTORIST, stow the police tn Paii. England, yesterday, thought anything worth trying n a marriage proposal 'This is going to be nasty tciU you marry me, darling?" he asked the policewoman He was arrested covt fined him tfif took away his licence fo* five
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      330,000 armedmen stand by in Italy
      21 8 330,000 armedmen stand by in Italy I I I -3 At hy ;;j 0 J i I U.P. Reuter HJ A.P.
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      TALKS ON KASHMIR
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