The Singapore Free Press, 29 April 1948

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  • 21 1 The Singapore Free Press L4RGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA j SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 PKH t H' i h> IS
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  • 309 1 S.F.T.U. UNDECIDED ON MAYDAY Unions hold meeting Free Press Staff Reporter ALL police leave on May Day has been cancelled, and there will i>e a general standby, said Mr. J. C. Barry, C.I.D. chief, m a statement this morning. The Singapore Federation of Trade Unions meets later today to decide
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    24 1 r jo 1 1 for* AirIda end A At rue he me: Then hr m South r i)iind-the- world er at t^ur years old.
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    34 1 Dt*i,ite thu royal command this little pig did not run all the way home, m fact, for some minutes he actually defied the King. "Farmer George" is seen herding pigs at his Windsor piggery.
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  • 108 1 Lend lease may be revived WASHINGTON, Wednesday, i secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, 1 aid today that the State Department was conn the nrovision of military lend-lease to the nations of the Western European Union. thai] declined to give any other informal proposals to carry out President :i\s promise
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  • 29 1 The Hon. Andrew Balfour. 11-year-old son of the Earl of Bal^our. was shot dead on Tuesday night while cleaning a sporting gun. A .P.
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  • 71 1 LONDON, Wednesday. fUDGMENT was reserved toJ day by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council here m an appeal challenging the rights of the 22-year-old Ah of Sissendi to possess the €500.000 estate of Sissena m Oudh. The hearing, Ich lasted 13 days was ned to
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  • 50 1 A bill to outlaw the "poll tax" a payment required for j voting m a national election, stiU enforced m seven southStates was sent to the U.S. Senate ye-ten'.ay by its Rolet Committee. The tax Is i nu nsure aimed at reducing the Negro vote.— Reuter.
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  • 126 1 Free Press Reporter SINGAPORE Harbour Board wharves were worked 'at maximum capacity this morning, when a record turn-out of about 4,000 dockers were loading or unloading the cargoes of 23 ships. **Tnr wharves are now full, md new ships cannot dock Ktil othen have left," said
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  • 101 1 VHERE were no new Con-; 1 firmed cases of polio up to 10.30 a.m. this morning. Four new cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total to date to 25. The Tanglin Swimming Club has been closed as a precautionary measure. It is understood that the
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  • 70 1 MANILA, Wednesday. THE Philippines Consul Gene- ral m Hawaii, Modesto Farolaui, has appealed to Fill pino scientists to help solve the reo:nt mysterious death of some 40 Filipinos m Hawaii, which have puzzled poll<e officials and sciestLfl.-. men. In all instances the victims succumbed between midnight and
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  • 69 1 lVee Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. »THE strike of dock labourers I at Port Swettenham continues. Eight hundred labourers arrived at the docks this morning, but they did no work. Three ships loading rubber at Port Swettenhain sail- ed yesterday without com- pleting their loading. Another ship,
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    36 1 Tugimam, 30-year-old Indonesian labourer, is wanted by the Singapore police m connection with the bojnb outrage at a Deli Street coffee shop on Tuesday evening, $1,000 reward is offered for information leading to his arrest.
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  • 121 1 PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday. MR. Harold E. Stassen won Pennsylvania's Republican Party presidential primary election today over Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York State. This surprise Win, by a slim but apparently conclusive margin, was interpreted tonight by Mr. Jay Cooke, Mr. Stassen s
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  • 226 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. MR. T. B. Barlow, former chairman of the Rubber Growers Association, m an interview today concerning the Malayan war damage compensation plan, was critical of the fact that after many months of delay the government should have outlined
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  • 76 1 BNB oilfields 1 big output BRISBANE, Wednesday. THE biggest oil-producing unit m the British Empire is now being developed m Brunei and Sarawak m British North Borneo, Mr. J. E. Brown, a Shell Oil Company executive who has just returned from Borneo, stated here today. The Borneo oilfields, he said,
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  • 100 1 LONDON, Wednesday. IN the House of Commons today, Mr. Quintin Hogg (Cons.) asked when a reply would be sent to the formal request of the Judge of the Supreme Court m Singapore, Mr. Justice Brown, dated Nov. 21, 1947, for a certificate of the Secretary of
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  • 201 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE General Secretary of, 1 the Singapore Chinese Journalists' Union, Mr. Y. C. Phang said this morning that nil Union was "determined to maintain the freedom of Chinese newspaper reporters m the Colony." He was referring to a protest the Union has made
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  • 221 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. SWEEPING into action for the first time since Arab-Jewish fighting began, rocket-firing Spitfires of the R.A.F. tonight attacked Jewish terrorist headquarters at Bat Yam, on the outskirts of the Arab seaport of Jaffa, which the Jews claim has surrendered to them after a
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  • 31 1 The Czechoslovak Parliament has approved the nationalisation of all industries and businesses employing more than 50 people and passed a special bill nationalising the Czech Radio Corporation.— Reuter,
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  • 137 1 35 dead in South Siam rising BANGKOK, Wednesday. rHIRTY-FTVE Jea I five police and 30 villagers are reported m the fighting between Siamese police and Muslirnr who have revolted m Naradhivas Proving Southern Siarn. Col. Phya Btrtyanon of the (act-finding < flown to the t r uubled yesterday, nas tel
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  • 64 1 THREE Chinest were tea to hospita as the result of burrs rp» i ed when fire brok<- oat m house m Jalan Sultan Road at 7.30 pjn. The house was par workshop for manula rubber shoes. Two fire enp fire under control wittrn minutes of
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  • 88 1 In the First District ourt this morning. Mr. L P. Shanks acquitted four Chinese, Si Ah Sen, I •••> Kok thai. Sim Goan s. if and Lira Chun Hock, of charges of managing an illegal society known as the Singapore Workers Protection Corps. But the meu would have
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  • 716 2 A Malayan Bookshelf By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TO attempt to trace national characteristics from a study of a nations proverbs it a task that is fraught with danger. On the one hand, it is extremely difficult to be absolutely certain that any oik> "t.ait really is a nat'onal
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  • 484 2 PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. •TALENT is rarely 1 transmitted. Among the descendants of famous artists we find judges, soldiers, distinguished Civil Servants, and have some difficulty m recognising a placid and prosperous baronet with a taste f<-r amateur theatricals as the son and heir
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  • 341 2  - LEWIS CARROIf REVEALEh CHRISTOPHER MARSDEN By TT is always a source of astonishment to English people that anyone except themselves should have heard of Alice m Wonderland." It you 100k even m translation at that strange book, and its companion piece "Through the Lookingglass," you will see that they have
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  • 309 2 gOUTH-8 m I to pro:- ct h.s p play, rs fTequ the oppooeni on wh: irutk. La:: HI r wa y L a D TO i.< pla>vr w.;h a lurk m tht bus!:. fc->u:h did. A U»ad VOUid is.i\c helped declar*: ...vh his k bui W^ y. pel
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    43 2 T A.P. l?-?S Prince Charles. Regent of Belgium, congratulates Barbara Ann Scott, world figure skating champion, followiriy her performance m the Minto Skating Club's skating rente at Ottawa. Canada, where the prince was guest of honour. Barbara has recently turned professional.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 274 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for pie born today. ROKN today you are a per>on of contra:* us m temperament, whi c h mah.es you difficult to understand. Only those very clos»' to you know the real "you". You have a very active and quick mind and know how to
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    • 119 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 wh n to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres In the medium w*wt band and 7.20 megacycles m the 41 metre band From f> 00 p.m to 45 p.ra: from 930 p.m. to 1100 p.m.: 52ti metres m the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles us the
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    • 349 2 IN MALW 1L 1 I': .-r.imrm.' SumMusi Interluae; 12.45 .V In M 6 PraKramme Summary; 6.05 1.- Musi I .d Affairs" 7 Tinif 7.01 Musical InU Ln M I M.. I al Into rludc. AUSTRALIA 490 pm. to 11 15 p m VLAG 1974 metres 15.20 megieycle*; »00 p.jj w-
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    • 314 2 metres. 5.30 night 19.84 cuctro and 49.38 metres. TIII'RSDAT 8 Music on the Air; 830 World and Home. NVws; 8.45 Morning Star; 9 Merry go- Round Melodies: ;b JO Programme Summary; 9.40 j Interlude; 9.45 IT MA.; 10.15 A Song to Remember: 10.30 Neva and EteflM from Thursday's Papers; 10
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  • 277 3 GLOOMY FOOD OUTLOOK FOR CEYLON 'Too dependent on imborts 9 A VERY gloomy economic future for Ceylon, unless her dependence on foreign food was substantially reduced, was foreshadowed by Ceylon's Food Minister Mr. A. Ratnayake, m an address to the Parliamentary Food Advisory Group at Colombo. Mr. Ratnayake revealed that,
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    49 3 -ire. 1. .1 sh trained j f the Arab Legion, I fighting force Arab world, have j the battle 9m Pales- 4 UU sereral large Lt gion camps m r Jan, at Amman, is here. Camps such lw j trt maintained under of Britain's treaty < Kng Abdullah.— I Planet
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  • 89 3 Sac Syrians exoo dismay thai King Tr.. command m the :e. laid Kng Abdullah's p "an. M implc— a now will rtion rhat ia all his rs will permit." hey con- Tran<jordan M as the first sb'p ng into effect his h of Syria. Palestine
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  • 9 3 n Chundrigar. rce Miniaappointed as Ambassador to imstan. A.P.
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  • 29 3 After being an Wittesden (London) Council's waiting list for 22 years a man offered a flat refused it because "It was too lar from flhe shoos."
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    58 3 picture. f Riding at anchor m the mouth of the Grand Canal at Venice (Italy), the British aircraft carrier Triumph makes a contrast between the might of a nation and the serenity of the Church of San Giorgio (background, right). In background is the island of Lido. The carrier is
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  • 99 3 SOiviE 8 000,000 South Koreans have registered for an election on May 10 as the first step toward Korean independence. The United Nations Commission for Korea, will observe the balloting. It was hoped originally to conduct nationwide elections for a National Assembly, but the Russians flashed
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  • 57 3 POR the first time m the U 5. Supreme Court's 158 years history, one of its members is to have a Negro law clerk. 26--year-old Wiinam Coleman of Philadelphia who will work for Justice Felir Frankfurter. Coleman graduated at the top of the law class
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  • 11 3 m of penicillin m bacTCMed by 800 year. Reuter
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  • 135 3 > I HIK, a silver band and troops turned out \mhe>burv, on Salisbury Plain, to greet Bishop dtop of Salisbury from 1936 to 104«, due to j name plaques on the war memorial. T>v» vicar the Rev. R P. n^ham anrou.ceci. "I am le a
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  • 235 3 TllE Queensland cottoiT-grawing industry shows no 1 signs of recovering from the setback it suffered during the war years. Mr. J. D. Young, general manager of the Queensland Cotton Marketing Board, has estimated that the crnp now being harvested will yield not more than 2.000 bales
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  • 69 3 THE Bishop oi Salisbury. Dr. Geoffrey Lunt, told the Warminster Diaconal Conference: "Out of every 100 babies born m Britain, 67 are brought to our fonts for baptism. Out of the 67, only 36 are found m our Sunday Schools. Out of those 36, no
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  • 140 3 HK WAR CLAIM DECISION 'IS AN INSULT' THE British- owned newspapers m Hong Kong have unanimously criticised the Imperial Government's settlement of the war damage claims. The Post says, "The whole arrangement suggests sharp opportunism It says Hong Kong was a war front and therefore costs of defence and reoccupation
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  • 57 3 I^HE Hainan Island experiX mental station of the Ministry of Forestry and Agri--1 culture reported that it has succeeded m planting quinine trees on the Island. More than 5.000 trees have already grown one foot m height. Quinine cannot be obtained from the trees until they
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  • 72 3 OBSERVING that the bigger offender was the man who helped the thief to get away. the Colombo South Magistrate I fined a witness Rs.4o for glvj ing false evidence. The accused, the sole witness m a case of theft, m his evidence at first, told
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  • 17 3 The Trans-Siberian express connnecting Moscow with Vladivostok is to run again after seven years.
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    47 3 picture. A demonstration of the new Shervik tractor, which has been specially designed for work on the British Government's East African groundnuts scheme, was held at Bagshot (Surrey), The new tractor, built by VtckersArmstrongs, Ltd. combines certain of the components of the Sherman Mark V tan*.- Planet
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  • 155 3 S.E. Asia peace conference in Ceylon JN response to the demand for the establishment of a South-East Asia Federation and Peace Bloc, the SouthEast Asia Conference for World Peace and International Fellowship will be held at Alutgama, 30 miles south of Colombo, from June 25 to 27 this year. The
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  • 203 3 CANTON PRESS REPORTS Own currency for Kwantung ifWANGTUNG Province may soon havt its ;<vm l\> notes circulating side by side with Chinese National dollar, according to a Canion report. This proposed currency, the report added, Would linked to the Hong Kong dollar (which :s wiihm sterling area) and a realistic
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  • 27 3 U Ba Gaing, Burmese Controller of Immigraticn, has returned to Rangoon after attending talks m New Delhi on immigration of Indians to Burma. Reuter
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  • 74 3 1,200 WRECK VICTIMS ARE RESCUEO MORE than 1,20 of the 111-fated si WanW haw been frum Communist ritcry m Shant ir.j? Pr >. The Fumii.c f Company's si earner cheng is returning Shanghai with the pju. gers. including or. and 300 crewmen. The Wank i the rocks on April 12
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  • 37 3 The Bulgarian Premier, M. Georgi Dtmltrov, said :a Prague yesterday th dent Benes is solidly b the new regime m I \3. kddinc i visit with Dr. Boies h him great satisfaction U .P.
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  • 247 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. April 29. 1948. The May Day challenge rpODAY the Singapore 1 Federation of Trade Vv.. i..s moots to disci; >o Its attitude towards the May Day ban. If the S.F.T.U. ls wise, if it has any II nse of responsibility. it will instruct member unions
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  • 233 4 \7I FAL by th| r remai k birth U and he total deaths ly hough the populs rably. improved record health has been attr.ou gely to un unus diversity of diet, to tl chang- h have bcompulsory for mast Sin •*i ol r shortage. The nutritk valUf
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  • 663 4  - CUTTING DOWN FORESTS CHARLES LYNCH By WITH saw-mills m Singapore closing through lack of supplies and a market for their produce the emphasis m British Columbia is on conservation as lumberjacks prepare to cut another record swathe through the tall timber of one of the world's chief suppliers of lumber.
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    20 4 This Swiss-made kitchen aid, has a small electric motor m the base which grinds, beats, mixes and stirs food automatically.
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  • 658 4  - MEXICO TO ENTER THE OIL MARKET? JAMES PAPWORTH JU Reuters' Conv-pondrnt CI'GGESTIONS that foreign capital m the shape of foreign technical experts and modern machinery to boost oil production may Ik? allowed to re-enter Mexico m the near future are being made m many quarte So however, nc mation has
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  • 503 4  - Battle Of The 5 -cent Fare PATRICK HEFFERNAN Behind New York's Underground By Reuters' Correspondent QNE of the greatest political battles m the history of the city of New York is taking place behind the scenes of a threatened transport strike which would completely paralyse the city of New York,
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  • 278 4 THe smaßest theatre m many, if not m the whole world, has bet n opened m Hamburg. iti audience is limited to 30 persons who an* seated on small ttooll and tfw entire theatre i*> confined to one room iituated m the threeroomed Oat belonging to H^rr Helmut
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  • 34 4 Yea. though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy red and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23, 4.
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  • 287 4  - It Seems To Me.., Politico By THE last ha> not been heard of the "leak" which put i markets wise to the British Government's decision on Malayan war claims nearly twenty-four hourfore the Secretary State made his' announcement m London. The armour Kb the form of a wril reply to
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  • 135 5 ALKS ON FUTURE OF COCOS ISLE >s Staff Reporter lie future of Cocos Island will Singapore at the end of iiUMf, Sir Franklin Gimson, and iho is managing the estate of her <>n her way to England about r stop-over at Singapore, rence and try to settle the the Governor,
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  • 158 5 fHINA 3 largest naval yesv sel. the 14,800-ton Aumee arrived m Singapore yesterday irom Shanghai m the course >f a goodwill visit. Essentially an oil tanker and recair ship. he will load 1.000 tons of oil m Singapore for delivery m Shanghai. The Aumee
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  • 50 5 The grant of horiiorary ccrnmtssiona as cadet officers or the Volunteer Forces has been made to the following by the Governor of Singapore: Mr. J. Thong Sine Ching- Cadet Capta'n, Mr. Johj. Le Prevos'. Cade* Captain, Mr. Tharam Singh Cadet Lieutenant, and Mr. Kwaii Sal Keong Cade* Lieutenant.
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  • 416 5 SHLU men on trial 'FHE case for the prosecution, m the trial m the District Court of four members of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour rnion. charged with the management of an alleged illegal society, the Singapore Workers' Protection Corps, closed yesterd.iv. Abdul Karim bin Abdul
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  • 247 5 Smuggling off Karimoen Island Close watch is maintained Free Press Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Netherlands ConsulateGeneral m Singapore said yesterday that the authorities on Karimoen Island off Singapore are doing their "very best to prevent smuggling," and because of Dutch patrol activities, smuggling is believed to be
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    58 5 Patrick Forbes and his band, who will make their bow to Singapore tonight as the new dance band of Raffles Hotel. The new ballroom of the Hotel opens tonight, with a gala threenight season. Listeners to the BBC will remember Patrick Forbes, as Britain's No. 1. Hawaiian guitartist, who broadcast
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  • 246 5 CAMPAIGN TO CUT PRICES AN appeal to all Government i officers to shop "where I Ihe prices give the best j value lor money" is contain- 1 ed m a circular issued by the i Colonial Secretary to all Government departments. The circular states that, as an aid m reducing
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  • 72 5 THE following have btxn appoiti:<ed to the Medical Council of Uie Singapore and of the Federation of Malaya: Dr. Khoo Pen*: Setig (m place of Dr. w. G. Evans), Dr. J. Herotn (re-appointed). Dr. M. A. Gabriel (m place ol Dr. Wu Lieti Teh). Dr. I. S.
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  • 24 5 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Civil Service Association will be held at the club premises on Friday at 5 p.m.
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  • 161 5 BANJARESE TO DIE FOR MURDER Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AT the Selangor Assizes today two Banjarese, Tuhalus bin Saasa and Othn m bin Johan, were sentenced to death for the murder of a Chinese shop assistant at Kuala Selangor i last November. Both men were found guilty of
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  • 160 5 THE Clmicsc M*4St, Yong 1 Man Se«n, who recently painted, eight picture^ of j Malaya'^ industries lor the i Industry and Commerce D.?parimant. lor display at I'he Malayan stall at the British Industries Fair to be held next month m London, will hold an exhibition of about
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  • 264 5 New ballroom opens tonight BBC guitatist for RaffL 5 Free Press Stall Reporter AFTER weeks of reconstruction and interior decoration, the new ballroom ol Rattles Hotel is j holding its gala opening tonight, the first of a thn- night programme. Coinciding with the opening will be the first performance of
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  • 51 5 True following iiavc been elected to iShe Sin^apor^ Bar Ccmmittee for 1948: Mr. 7 C. Cobbet-t (chairman >. Mr E. R. Kock. Mr. D. X Wai- j ters, Mr. N. A. Mallal. Mr. C. C. Tan, Mr. Ahmad bin'; Mohamed Ibrahim, Mr. R Bas^-ell and Mr. J. K.
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  • 17 5 Mr. W. A. Kirk 'has been appointed to act ayS Director 01 Public Works, Singapore.
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    19 5 picture. Madame Chiang Kai-shek signs an acceptance of the -man-Jap of the United Nations' Children's Relief Committee. A. P.
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  • 347 5 THE Manchester Guardian, m a leading article yes- terday. said: "A number of recent speeches show South Asia is groping towards a new political organisation. Pandit Nehru, addressing the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has urged a closer strategic and I economic
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    29 5 picture. The Chinese Consul-Gen-eral, Dr. Wu Paak-shing, presenting the flag to Mr. Lien Yin Chow, leader of the Malayan contingent going to Shanghai for the Olympic trials. Free Press
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  • 403 6 HE WENT BACK TO JAIL IN A BLANKET Polish jailbreaker recaptured STANISLAW ZBOROWSKI, former Polish soldier, looking very tired and with a cut eye, pulled a blanket about him and walked m stockinged feet from a Chelmsford, Essex, court back to a guarded cell m the jail from which he
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    34 6 picture. Robtrt Magidofl, American correspondent expelled from Russia on charges of espionage, and his Russian-born wife refresh themselves with a glass of fresh orange juice after their arriivil m Berlin, from Moscow. A. P.
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  • 56 6 US LABOUR LEADERS CHANGE MINDS V/|R. Philip Murray. PresiItl (lent of the CIO, ajid high officers of the CIO United Steel Workers Union are to sign non- Communist affidavits under the TaftHartiey labour law. Mr. Murray, also president of the Steel Workers, refused to skn affidavits last year because the
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  • 49 6 TWELVE people were killed and 20 injured whw bandits att mpted to hold ud Hankow-bound train of the Canton Hankow Railway. Th« b&r.dits opened fire when the trala near d the villas of Ying Tak. Guards will m future be put 011 all trains U.P.
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  • 50 6 A Siamese official mission is leaving for London shortly to bring to Bangkok ashes of the late King Prajadhlpok. ur.oie of the ptesenj tv > (King Bhumiphol Aduldej. King Prajadhipok, who abdicated the throne n 1934 and settled down m England, died iin 1942.- Reuter
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  • 146 6 THE ejection of a pneideot of t}ie Sikh Akali Dal Party has been postponed. This has t>^n d< i.e. it ii said, to avoid a clash between rival candidature to the presidervtship. Ifiurter Tara Singh and Sardar Amar Singh were proposed for the leadership of the
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  • 271 6 BRITAWS highest legal i authority, the Lord Chan- i cellor, Lord Jowitt. said on I Tuesday that he was not m I favour of suspending the! death penalty. He was opening a debate m the Hou^e of Lord.s on a bill which includes a
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  • 63 6 Portrait of an angry ma n John L. Lewis, boss of America's coalmine victed of criminal contempt m Federal LHstn Washington, scowls as he lea'^es the court by hearing the verdict. He was fined 5 900 am Mineworkers' Union was fined £350,000 Just Goldsborough held the mineworkers' chief pu. sending
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  • 192 6 IF THE Jerusalem electricity supply fail> the shortage of fuel oil or from any <• provision is to be made by the Jordan hwi' works to bring li^ht and ix»wer to the city. The Palestine Electric Corpora operates the Jordan dam plar.t. has agreement with
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  • 44 6 IHit. i^u suon >■ the with Mr i Ji Hon>f of < oi'.i.'iid WMk b> a trouD of Mr Kd» IHI of pr the decision d< tth p« :ia.'t\ J. He will ask t.i to dr<ide a'.oui i thrm without d-
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  • 35 6 HIMMLER STAMP FETCHES £100 AN BUUtt beart. Henrich Hi Gestapo rh:pf has to "a member £100 The Him:. printed tow. the war whc-. i brr wi..g to ins:. lers to r were never offi Reuter
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  • 80 6 fTiHE Associated Chambers of 1 Manufacturers of Australia has sent a letter to the C monwealth Govornmcnt ask- ins that the greatest dlscretion he exercised In dealing with the numerous requests for import licences made by importers as a result of tindevaluation of the French franc.
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  • 52 6 MEKTHYR TYDFIL (W^les> wMI non have iv i of bomei r- letting if they can bo provided v gas or electricity. anclHoc T. Lloyd told the housing comml 1 nearly 80 houses had already b-. completed except tor lightii He suffetted an appea; Ministry of Fuel
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    • 69 6 JAINt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava S^^^ BF OfSmbr^ KILt. 0 T^ AT HAS ifBUT TORTUMATf IN IUL\ WZ\Of AMNFSIA SO MUCH ,< LvT HI M AT A LEAST UNTIL YOU J/ POSSESSION OF OWE \Tl\ MY DEAR M JMSNT HEALTHY// IS MY CAME THE. ONLY
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  • 458 7 NDWALL PASSES HIS 1st TEST Aussies open tour sedately liuixiwimnnint were all out 233 and by close of play the Australians had scored 10 for 0 on the first day of their three-day game on Worcestershire's picturesque ground yesterday. The most pleasing feature of the day's play from the Australians'
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  • 139 7 CCOTLaND beat, Belgium by two 0 cjoals to nil m a aoecer inter national before 80 000 spectators at Harupden Park yesterday hcoriner a fjeal m each half. The weatiier was cold and 3how- i cry. and heavy ra:n m the afternoon has made conditions favourable
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  • 74 7 The. following have been selected to play cricket for the CV.M.A. (0.L.L.) against the Indian Association on Sunday at 2 p.m. at St. George's Road: W. Ponniah. A. P. Victor, S. V. Dass* F. C. Campos, S. V. Ferrer, D. M. Peters, K. Louis. J. C. D'Souza. J.
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  • 28 7 Inns. I I H» >ii K'/Ml n b Miller 1,: lohmo* 15 .hnson 1 3 m j »58 I MR VV 1 10 0 Inn». d Toshack.
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  • 35 7 THE Malayan Chinese Football Association meet the Combined R.A.F. at Jalan Bo^ar Stadium today. The SA.F.A. first division league game between Chinese Athletes and Malays which was fixed for today has been postponed.
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  • 26 7 ackpool beat united 1-0 I ManI«^ '1 and m to d yes- v. o 1 s 3 T. 0 1 2 r 3 S rth» 0
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  • 9 7 1v ::amred a knockout on la
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  • 470 7 Three goals in last 5 mins Spore Civilians 2 M.C.F.A 2 EXCITEMENT and thrills galore were packed into 1 J the last five minutes of the game between the Malayan Chinese football team for the China meet and the Singapore Civilians at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The match ended m
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  • 153 7 Dockyard 1 Air Sigs 1 ftJAVAL Dockyard drew one-*ll With 19 Air Formation Signals m the second division S.A.F.A. .r'io sofer match played at G- yl.'-ne Stadium The first half of the garr scorelesfl and comparatively All. After the Interval the Signals prea— d and \>
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  • 142 7 I I UCK urn With the Naval Stores Department yesterday when they defeated the Unicorn Sports Club three-nil m a Division 111 S.A.F.A leapue soccer match, played at St. Georges Road. H Stores' first goal came off 1 a free kick 15 minutes after the urt,
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  • 185 7 I ('EYLON Sports Club cricket teams for the weekend: A- nst police at 2 p.m. on Sat. i 1 Mv at Depot: will be: V. R. I Sabapathy (CaptJ S. Yogarajah. i S. Nagiah. Dr. K. S. Retnam, T. Rassip. G. Fernando. J. Rajah. fV Ambiavaeavar S.
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  • 355 7 (From Vernon Morgan) THE 2,000 Guineas. the first classic race of the 1948 flat racing season is fell to thej Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda* 'My Babu. French-bred son of < Dj^bel who won til is race eight years ago. after a thrilling race with Col.
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  • 53 7 Bukit Timah Finishes These pictures, from top to bottom, show the finish of the first three races at Bukit Timah yesterday. Fizst. Happy Lass winning from Scarlet Tiger and Lusan Maid: second, Rochdale romping home ahead of Affable and Port Star and third, Silver Jupiter coming through to beat Gold
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  • 724 7 Class, a four-year-old dark bay gelding by Gay Balkan, became the biggest money spinner m Malayan Turf history winning for his lucky owner, Kee Kongsi" (Mr. Wong Wing Kee) of Kuala Lumpur, something like 936,000 m stakes and added money. He passed Courtenay's total
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  • 433 7  -  CALL BOY By OEATING stablemate Tollana by two lengths ov«»r three furlongs m 37 1 5 sec, Wince Colin did the best gallop at Bukit Timah this morning when i t work was done on the second track. The gotef v m easy. Trainer Neil
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  • 79 7 T lattsat add: burl? ;n Ls "Pr Bhu Pmder. a 260-p-»u:id. r wh< come* Punjab. Pinder arrived In Si oci April ?3 after a sum of Ind: America. He debated the S:.; wrestler. Lain P- In Calcutta m the mm thro minute Th^ -Pri-p.ce" will Gerry
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  • 446 8 COLONIAL OFFICE EXPLAINS WAR PAYMENTS UK commitment is maximum Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. A COLONIAL Office spokesman confirmed that the estimated deficit of £10 million sterling under the War Insurance of Goods Scheme will be met from the total of x"5 millions for Malayan war damage compensation. The
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    25 8 HO^'E PICTURE FOR SINGAPOREANS An unusual photograph of the Padanp with the Singapore Cricket and he clock tower of Victoria Memorial Hall m the background.
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  • 288 8 21 PRO-NEMNI MPs WARNED I ONDON, Wednesday. THE Labour Party tonight expelled Mr. John Platts Mills, a Left Winder who was one of (he instigators of a £uod wishes telegram to Pietro Nenni, leader of the Italian Socialists supporting the CommunNts m the general election. Ofticial
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  • 82 8 PARIS. Wednesday. rr\HE Paris conservative X paper Le Monde tonight published an unconfirmed report from Madrid that Gen. Franco's 21-year-old daughter, Carmen, had secretly married a doctor "well known for his monarchist ancestry" against her father's wishes. "This impulsive act by Carmen has upset the plans
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  • 153 8 Chinese Vice Presidency: 2 left in race NANKING Wednesday. TEN. Li Tsung-jen today received a plurality m the National Assembly ballotihk for China's Vice-Presi-dency. The vote paved the way for a filial vote tomorrow between Gen Li and Dr. Sun Fo. Gen. Li received 1.156 votes. Dr. Sun. 1.040. and
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  • 53 8 FIRE touched off by explosions In a chemical factory plant drove more than 1.000 workers out of four factories m the south east area of London yesterday. Firemen from Kent and Croydon called m to help the I-ondon lire brleadrs put the blaze under control. There were
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  • 180 8 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. IlflTH powerful Communist forces poised on the f f outer perimeter of Mukden for their now imminent all-out attack on the city, the Government is sending further reinforcements to Chinhsien, Nationalist base between the Great Wall and Mukden. These forces will be airlifted
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  • 317 8 'Nohanging' law not If or colonies!; LONDON. Wednesday. THE bill to suspend the death penalty for murder for five years does not apply to British colonial dependencies, the Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs. Mr Christopher Mayhew, told questioner m the House of Commons today. The question whether or not to abolish
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  • 138 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE U.S. Senate War In- vestigating Committee alleges that the Arabian American Oil Company overcharged the U.S. Navy $30,000,000 on Its war -time purchases of oil. The overcharging was attributed by the Committee, m a report to Congress, to the company's "avaricious
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    35 8 Although she is only jour y t -ur.\ entered the Sedbergh Musical Festival and place. Maeve who can play tie p:ano and veil, uxls determined to enttr the Festival a seven-year-old brother had done so.
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  • 84 8 BOSTON. Wednesday. TIIK Methodist Committee for overseas relief said i that church aid to European and Asian countries, including those under Soviet influence, cannot be withdrawn because "conditions are too desperate." The statement is contained m a report to the Methodist Church General Conference,
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  • 246 8 Ap_. arc invited for irshipa to enable selected students to reetrtt fVterlI m India or the I Kingdom The necessary expenses of the j >C 3 of -study, including a I allowance, will be met by the Government and the candl-A-ill b*> reiuirei to enter
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  • 87 8 LONDON, Wednesday. YUGOSLAV authorities have refused to return the body of Lieut. John Burke, who was shot by Yugoslav frontier guards last Sunday, and barred British officers from talking to the murdered man's wife and f-!low oinc-rs. who were arrested. The Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin,
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  • 75 8 ROME, Wednesday. ABOUT 500 Italian carabinieri and police raided Milan's Communist quarter of San Giuiiano today and s ized 60 rifles, two machine guns and many hand grenades. The raid, carried out m 40 I lorries accompanied by ar- i moured cars, was m anticipation
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  • 54 8 The Ci ek community m Egypt was report' d last nie;ht to be rushing to banks and withdrawing money m a-ti-j cipation 01 compulsory regis Uation of all Greek-ow I 1 1 übroad In tioid and foreign exchange. They are reported »o have withdrawn over £300 000
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  • 30 8 Jugoslavia has rejected a United Nations appeal for the establishment of normal diplomatic and good neighbour relations with Greece. The appeal was previously rejected by Albania and Bulgaria.-
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  • 158 8 WASHINGTON Wednesday. THE House Un-American 1 Activities Committee approved unanimously today a bill to allow the criminal prosecution of Communist Party officials and to expose party members a». d fronts. The bill may go to th^ House of Rcpres ntatives next week, Under the bill,
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  • 165 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesdax A FIRM start was given today to the new tra. A period of the London stock mark Reuter's financial correspondent. This period includes the Whitsun holiday, will be of three duration. However, Rubbers were down and irregular to lower. Early
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  • 47 8 NEW YORK V. A "DEFINITE for aidinp pov children, cxpet I and adolescent! bt' launched wit! eki by the Ind: I Committee of the I" i tions appeal for the Com iv Mrs Banna] here toe. "The May 16." .<he only after U I
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  • 16 8 Hyderab Premie tells Ind 'handso Mir I I I I I I I I PTORI I
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  • 107 8 SPK lAL AUrfcet > orrrspofid- l r*ve« tbe prir«* of 11 a a. toAay m f«*km^ p^» itNo. 1 R^^ &p* low 41 4* N* 1 B-S.h t«H In bales May 42 No. t B~fi.S f«t m bales May No 3 R.S.S roe m bales May Tortr of
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  • 18 8 The German i Party is to cha:. I will be known M P.-oples Party ol
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