The Singapore Free Press, 19 May 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA y SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY,. MAY 19, 1948 fKM'i 1 n> «:kms
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    NEWS AT BAY IN TEL AVIV PLAIN
    350 1 NEWS AT BAY IN TEL AVIV PLAIN 3 Arab armies converging AMMAN (TRANSJORDAN), Tuesday. FIFTY thousand Jewish troops, supported by artillery and tanks, are concentrated m the coastal plain around Tel Aviv, temporary capital of Israel, awaiting decisive battles with the five Arab armies invading Palestine, reports Reuter. Three Arab
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    ARABS FLAY U.S. MOVE ON ISRAEL
    149 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE legality of United States recognition of the "illegal proclamation" of the state of Israel was questioned today by Faris El Khoury (Syria) when the Security Council resumed its discussions on Palestine Asking whether the U.S. delegate could justify his Government's
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    Legion storm in to Holy City
    188 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. it n are tonight m occupation of the <ii city of Jerusalem which they er I field gun barrage on the Jewish :>ondent with the Legion writes: old city through St. Stephen's Gate w the Arab Legion as Arab guns :>h quarter,
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    29 accidents in 24 hours
    48 1 29 accidents in 24 hours 1} tafl Reporter 1 town 6 i dawn t di were accid m rian w; ictured I ween a' ".he B t British Army m i to hos- m gash m his < m umped o Kma m 81-. t- I c. in- m
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    ORCHARD RD CRASH
    19 1 Stall Reporter an was x:\ by a motor I o'clock She was adrm] Hos- i m
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    ROBBED OF $120
    26 1 Free Pres^ Staff Reporter A CHINESE was robbed of $120 m cash and valuables m Gentle Road by three other Chinese last night.
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    Jap flew Pacific as stowaway?
    112 1 REDWOOD CITY Tuesday. A 23-YEAR-OLD Japanese Sagara Miyagaki, is being held for an immigratior investigation. He is suspectec of being the first successfu sti waway m a trans-Paciflc plane. Found "acting suspiciously' aboard a Pan American plane a few hours after it had landed on
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    SAWMILL'S $2 WAGE OUT
    113 1 Free Press Staff Reporter lI 'ORKERS at the Kirn Hock ff Cheong sawmill, who siruck yesterday, said this morning that their wages were being cut from $3 a day to $1. "This is too drastic," said one of the men's leaders. Men loading timber into lighters
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    35 1 Part of the crowd of relatives outside the Police and District courts compound m South Bridge Road, where the trial of 88 men on secret society charges is being held. Sentence will be passed today.
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    TWO HURT IN EXPLOSION
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter An explosion m a house m Garden Street at 9.15 p.m. yesterday injured two Chinese. They were both taken to hospital by the Street Accidents Ambulance Service of the Fire Brigade, which resumed operations on Tuesday. The two men, one of whom
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    PETROL FIRE: 8 DIE
    38 1 Eight people died on Monday night, when blazing naptholene sprayed by an exploding 5.000-gallon tank set fire to an adjoining building of the Koppers Company Tar and Chemical division plant at Kearney, New Jersey.
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    CHINA GETS 2 U.K. WARSHIPS
    83 1 PORTSMOUTH. Tuesday. A TRADITIONAL ceremony will mark the transfer here tomorrow of two British warships— the cruiser Aurora and destroyer Mendip— to the Chinese Navy. They will become the Chungking and Lingfu. The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Cheng Tiett-tsi, is travelling from London to attend the
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    CHINESE ENVOY
    20 1 The Chinese Government has appointed Kan Naikuang, at present ViceMinister for Foreign Affairs, as first ambassador to Australia.
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    MORE 'CONNIES' TO CALL HERE
    115 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IJRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation have purLi chafed five Constellation aircraft from the Irish company. Aer Ltafe, for use on the London-Sydney run via Singapore. This will mean the replacement of the Hythe nylng boats. The aircraft cost £315,000 each. One has
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    Steamer from S'pore adrift
    63 1 THE British Naval tug Assiduous was yesterday rushing to the aid of the Russian steamer-Kharkov (10,500 tons>, reported m distress about 200 miles east of Ceylon. The Kharkov, on her way from Singapore to Colombo, signalled her agents that she was running short of fuel. Later
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    Bitter pill for Beecham
    70 1 LONDON. Tuesday. SIR THOMAS BfcECHAM, Britain's most noted and irascible conductor, cancelled a concert arranged for today because there is a total lack of interest" m it. He said that the concert featuring works of four British composers had been planned m tlv belief "that there
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    BANDIT CHASE IN PICCADILLY
    93 1 NINE minutes after an £800 jewel robbery m Cromwell Road. South Kensington, yesterday a police radio car rammed and stopped the bandits' car m Piccadilly and detained three men. The radio car received a call immediately after the robbery and within a few seconds the occupants
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    200 killed in S. Siam rioting
    251 1 BANGKOK, Tuesday. AT least 200 people were killed m recent disturbances m Siam's southern frontier province according to a Muslim member of parliament, Nai Samat laviroj, Who has just returned here from a fact-find-ing tour of the south, on behalf of the Siamese Muslim
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    Dutch queen's palace burns
    73 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. FIRE today extensively da- j maged the central portion of the 16th century i Noordeinde Palace at The 1 Hague. It is officially the residence of Queen Wilhelmina, but she is staying m the country at the moment. Long lines of police, solctters,
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    MOTOR STRIKE THREAT
    47 1 yX)RMAL 10- day notice that r a strike is pending for 225.000 General Motors employees has been filed m Detroit, U.S.A. The strike of 75,000 Chrysler employees entered its seventh day without a repetition of Monday's violence whioh brought out the State police.- A.P.
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    Second theft bid succeeds
    96 1 Free Press Reporter THE $1i,451 daylight robbery m 1 North Bridge Road yesterday was the second attempt to rob Mr. Ng Chak Toh who is partproprietor of a Rochore Road Store. The first attempt was last year. One man was arrested by detectives who gave chase
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    Huge ten cent note racket in S'pore
    166 1 Huge ten cent note racket in S'pore Free Press Staff Reporter QEVERAL thousand •3 forged ten cent nous are circulating m Singapore, mainly m the Ch town area. The notes are clever counterfeits and would escape the attention of most people unless they were on the look out for them.
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    WATER MAINS LEAK REPAIRED
    57 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S water supply, which has been impaired since Monday afternoon by a leaking main 15 miles into Johore. was restored to normal last night. Mr. S. B. W. Williams, the Deputy Water Engineer, *»aid yesterday that the engineers had been successful m
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 The Siamese Defence Minister. Lt-Ueneral Luang Chart Nakorb has tendered his resignation to Premier Songrkram with his two deputies because they are "no longer able to control military discipline."- Reuter
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS Irons, stoves & dresses
      1126 2 AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS Irons, stoves dresses FIRST on my list r this week was NAM KWANG, and; there I found Morphy^ Richards electric irons., The chromium six and, a half pound model v which is A.C., sells aft $21, and there is also a five-and-a-half pound A.C.-D/ C. chromium model
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      'No to a house: 'yes' to a wife
      68 2 WILLIAM STOCKTON, 65- year-old chauffeur-hundv-nian. has been given, under his employer's will, 12 months' free use of a three-storied. 12--roomed detached house m five acres of garden at Uppermill, Yorks. Said he, declining wtth thanks, "I've had my fill of biff housrs.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      946 2 SINGAPORE U 00 ML. to mS pm VLEB Band Box: 6 "> One «*> r ,oa« i« motres 21.00 megacycles: World and Home News: 645 Over From 12.00 noon to BOf p.m. 6^oo p.m. to 11.15 p.m. V LGIO to America; 7.15 Black and 526 metres m the medium wave
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  • NEWS...
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      12 3 I can •nooning i >; her hus*9, the When H i 3 For
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      Parents strike over new headmistress
      34 3 Parents strike over new headmistress 0| upils jo N'orto to see was told: but our otnlng •.:/;l the Mrs c. R pi wel OUCC !n M ■b another IN halrscnooi pro- i it imberlin
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      'LOVELY BUT HOON-DRUNK'
      14 3 'LOVELY BUT HOON-DRUNK' r 1 her. k at but. I s I c U.P.
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      NOT SO BOUNTIFUL
      10 3 Pit- ciesB B m sa hi^h I
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      The Queen defines three Ds
      73 3 I crn- the Queen said: 'I would like to name these three qualities which. I believe, we n?ed. the Three D's': tiie elder brothers, as it were. of the Hires R's. First is discernment the ability to judge between the i false and the true.
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      Still hope for talks on plan for Indonesia
      231 3 Still hope for talks on plan for Indonesia Indonesian Republic does not anticipate collapse of the RepublicanDutch negotiations, as BOOK pessimistic observers predict, is contained m a United Nations Good Offices Committee communique. It reports that the Republic has invited conference delegates to return to Kalioerang m the republic for
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      HANDS OFF, MUFTI TOLD
      79 3 KINO Abdullah of Transjordan ha# bluntly told the Mufti of Jerusalem, to keep his hands off the military and administrative affairs of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee, say Beirut reports. The Mufti had cabled King Abdullah thanking him for the Arab Legion* intervention m Palestine, signing
      U.P.  -  79 words
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      24 3 Cholera m West Punjab has claimed 769 deaths out of 3 145 cases since April 4. The situation is described as "well m hand."
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      AID JAPS' CALL BY U.S. MISSION
      322 3 Recovery essential to Orient WASHINGTON, Wednesday. JAPANESE recovery is vital to the economy of the Orient and Japan can become economically selfsufficient only through American aid and the cooperation of other Asiatic countries, according to a mission of American businessmen whose report was published
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      Bid to close 'wild' oil well
      130 3 OIL experts hope to check within a week the "wild" Canadian oil well m the $300,000,000 Leduc oilfield. Alberta, which has been sprayIng black, boiling oil 30 feet m the air, a Dow-Jones report said yesterday. Struggling through the slime, men working m the
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      NO NATIONAL INDIAN ANTHEM
      72 3 FE habit of some members of Bombay cinema audiences of hurrying out at the end of the performance while a "national song" is being played led the Government to advise cinema proprietors to k*»ep the doors closed during |he playing of such songs. India has no
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      MINISTER TRIED OVERRULE COURT
      232 3 fHE attempt by a Minister to overrule a decision of the High Court by means of a Statutory Order i& revealed m a report iaaued by the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to examine such orders. Th*y call the special attention of the House of Commons to
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      TORTURE CHARGE
      53 3 A BOMBAY man was remanded m custody on a charge of systematically torturing and deforming his stepson m order to make him a "lucrative" beggar. Police said that he had twisted the boy's legs In order to make him into an object that would excite the sympathy of
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      M. DE PARIS' IN DANCER
      116 3 RENEWED agitation against the guillotine as a means of execution may cost France's official executioner nicknamed "Monsieur de Paris," his job. In private life he Is 70-year-old Jules Desfourneaux, who took over the job from his uncle and now lives quietly with his wife, who
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      Indians fight English crowd
      95 3 THIRTY Indians were be--1 .sieged today m two houses In which they lodge m Birmingham. Troubles began outside a public house when other residents made complaints about the Indians. After some fighting, with a crowd gathering, the Indians took refuge behind locked doors m their lodgings.
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      £18,000,000 ORDER
      32 3 Bitain is to get the orders for equipping an £18 000,000 {irrigation scheme on the Riv r Zambesi. The scheme includes a dam three times the size of America's largest.
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      UK 'pocket' ships will show flag
      141 3 BRITAIN'S new "pocket i cruiser" destroyers will be showing the flag to thousands of holidaymakers this summer. Pour of the "battle" class ships of 2,315 tons have cruise programmes m home waters. They are Agincourt, leader of fourth destroyer flotilla. Corunna. Dunkirk and Jutland
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      M-plan aid arrives at French port
      73 3 M-plan aid arrives at French port At Bordeaux the arrival of the first ship load of U.S. aid under the Marshall Plan was marked by a ceremony at lohich Mr. Jefferson Caffer. U.S. Ambassador to France, made a speech. The ship brought 8,800 tons of wheat. Students oj Edinburgh University
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      ARMS AND THE MAN REVISED
      70 3 THE Russians have in- vented a new type of artificial arm, says the official Tass news agency. It is be mass-produced, ex -Servicemen who have lost an arm will be supplied. Great claims are made for the new invention. Tass quotes "one satisfied user*' as
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      HORSE SENSE
      41 3 A Horse- power" rating for officials has b r en adopted by Colchester Town Council. Heads of departments can drire 12 h.p., their d puties and heads of minor departments 10 h.p.. and "other ranks 8 h. p. cars.
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      Purged civil servant denies he's Communist
      240 3 M TKL 3 is not British justice," the latest victim of the English Civil Service purge, Mr. Arthur Prince, declared. "lam alleged to be guilty merely on the word of M.1. 5, although I have denied that I am a member of the Communist
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      The Jews are uneasy in Arab world
      338 3 The Jews are uneasy in Arab world WITH the prospect of Arab-Jewish warfare intensifying m Palestine, the Jewish communities m neighbouring Arab countries are showing signs of uneasiness following a press campaign against them. Little is known m Cairo of the position of the Jews m Iraq, Syria or Lebanon,
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      Bawling kids to the mike
      133 3 THE police at Coney Island. New York' 6 popular seaside resort, are lauding their Bombay counter-parts for an Ingenious scheme which, they hope, will overcome their "biggest headache" during the summer season the thousands of lost children on the island. At a Bombay mass meeting,
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      U.S. BOMBERS 4 FOR THE TURKS
      66 3 THE American escort carrier, Siboney, anchored m the Bosphorus yesterday after discharging an undisclosed number of two engined bombers and training planes for the Turkish Air Force. The carrier, second of three which are carrying planes to Turkey, will go to Izmir on May
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      Girl patient killed near hospital ward
      126 3 Girl patient killed near hospital ward THIEF Inspector Capstick, Scotland Yard detective m charge of the hunt lor the murderer of an 11 -year-old girl at larnwcrth, Lancashire a month ago, is now investigating another murder, 20 miles away, of a thive yearold girl. The seoond girl victim was found
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      MER—BABES
      36 3 MER— BABES A young woman who wu seen to throw herself into the sea tn an attempt to cofflmK suicide was rescued by a fisherman and brought ashore. Soon afterwards she gave birth to twins.- Reuter
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      42 3 DoriS ill IOVe By Edgar Rice Burroughs NS :c I 2t«c lla Thc MOLE READY ANO PAREWEUS SAJD. TAR2AN fjj&jlj j,SjiJ A.NQ FRANKLIN STEPPED INSiDG ANO aOSCD THE DOCK- %Js£L '[fT/ /n^Sk TC B€6iN THE HAZARDOUS TRIP TO THE OUTER CRUST »^^^tw
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1948. for This Relif
      616 4 MALAYAN income tax legi; lation. if it is amended t the recommendations of tr. Joint Committee whose re port was published yesterda will be a somewhat differer instrument from the Ordi nances which the Governoi of the Federation and
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      Uranium starts a new 'gold' rush
      663 4  -  ROY CARMICHAEL 'Today a lure more dynamic than gold is drawing prospectors ?o sections of Canada's North-West. They are seeking what ail the Governments of the world craye uranium." By CXACTLY 50 years ago thousands of adventurers bitten by the gold bug struggled m
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      Vitamin Secrets
      521 4  -  Alton L. Blakeslee By A.P. Correspondent OCIEXTISTS are beO ginning to lift the curtain of secrecy on exactly what happens to the vitamins you eat and what they do. The new knowledge is Important to health, and may aid m understanding such diseases as rheumatic fever and high
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      THE FIVE JUST MEN
      526 4  -  Lawrence Wilkinson WHEN Mi. Ronald Howe, the Assistant Commissioner, picked up a phone at Scotland Yard the other day and asked for "Anjou 24-20" he knew that what he was about to say about the Farran outrage would set the files rustling m police he; id-quarters
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      57 4 Invented 41 years ago by the late Sir George Julius, an Australian consulting engineer, the "Premier" fully -automatic totalizator incorporates the totalisator ticket issuing machine, which when issuing a ticket sets m motion an amazing series of addition, tLivision and subtraction that record the effect of the bet on the
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      Racing midget cars
      574 4  -  JOHN HALL By MIDGET-CAR racing —thrills, spills, and records at 80 m.p.h.— was introduce by "Sweater Girl" Lana Turner, who broke into her newest honeymoon to give to Britain the sport which is Hollywood's latest rave. Mounted on a canarycoloured Cadillac limousine blonde Miss Turner <Mrs. Bob
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      TODAY'S PROFILE Wants to be 'boss'
      468 4  - TODAY'S PROFILE Wants to be 'boss' MILT DEAN HILL By A.P Correspondent pOVERNOR Thomas VJ E. Dewey of New York state, wants to stand for Pretiident of the United Btatei again. Dewey was beaten four years ago by the late President Roosevelt, who was elected for his fourth tern m
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      Private Colo
      35 4 Private Colo I M ll El Jdta b-, m might Oi V policy as c land. eg;. ar» A proud X A". on I anc A S v io;Whit Auction tirm upo:. for n me:
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      Bill seeks to abolish plural voting
      83 5 Bill seeks to abolish plural voting ..7 Reporter \j iative Amendment) waa read for the Coun- v, is intended '-cts which c has m the present .:e_ reading John Laycock .st I said nt amendabolitior. This could y abolishing d member con- 1 1 rang he argued. i principle. «f
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      5,000 eat at public canteens every day
      68 5 5,000 eat at public canteens every day Ul Reporter Singapore j Depart- c of 5,080; y in its ens. r month n January to < ber— radual im- m i ar. the end of pro- ra and loss ig depreper quarters wed of :ent 1 .ooo.i the! irora presll,ooo I
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      44 5 The Archbishop of New Yor k. Cardinal Spellman, who is coming to Singapore, is seen shaking hands with Mr. Jos eph Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia. Cardinal Spellman is due m Singapore on Friday, and will broadcast from Radio Malaya at 9.45 that night.
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      OLD RAFFLESIANS
      44 5 Will members of the Old Raflestens 1 Association who have not paid their subscription of $1 for the year 1948, kindly contact the Hon. TreaIfl X b Eng P'-n*. e/0. Messrs. Yong Chua Seng, 19 South Canal Road, as soon as possible.
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      'Communists will be checked' GOVT. ASSURANCE
      311 5 'Communists will be checked' GO VT. ASSURANCE fTTHILE it would give every encouragement to the growth of healthy trade unionism, the Government of Singapore "is determined to prevent subversive activities from spreading m the trade union movement," said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, m the Legislative Council yesterday. Sir Franklin
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      ELECTIONS: JAPS ALSO TO BLAME
      141 5 DISBELIEF m democra. distrust felt by persons. who had to register for various purposes under the Japanese, j tag their names on any j lal list, distaste of the ral public for filling up forms and general apathy j were the reasons for the. ish
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      STORE PLANES FOR AUSTRALIA
      61 5 FOUR Royal Air Force planes will be m Australia for Air Force Week, which starts on May 24. Three Sunderlands frcm Far Eastern Command are flying from Singapore. The R.A.F. Lincoln rrom the School of Air Armaments is flying from Britain and will take part m
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      13 5 The jet Vampire fighter which will be on shoio at Tengah on Saturday.
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      PICKPOCKET JAILED
      35 5 Wong Ah Seng, a 22-year-old pick-pocket, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment and eight strokes ot the rattan, to be followed by six months' police supervision, m the Fourth Police Court yesterday.
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      Methodists to elect Bishop
      67 5 PERMISSION has been granted to Methodists m; South-East Asia to call at j central conference and elect j their own bishop. This follows the retirement of Bishop Ed- win F. Lee. The conference, however.' will not take place until some time next year. In the interim
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      Commissionto study public services
      186 5 T^HE Legislative Council, by a unanimous vote yes- terday. approved the establishment of a Public Services Commission to deal with all appointments and promotions m the public services m the Colony. A select committee of the, Council will be appointed to •xamine and report on the
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      RAF EXHIBITION ON SATURDAY
      162 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FOR an admission fee oi $1,1 you will be able to see alii facets of RAF life when the RAF holds an "At Home" at Tengah this Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Gate collections will go to RAF charities. Children
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      EMPLOYERS FORM UNION IN COLONY
      257 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the object of uniting all employers m trade and industry, a Federation of Industrialists and Traders has been formed m Singapore. The Federation, the first of its kind m the Colony, will serve to bring under a trade union employers
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      26 BANDITS ARRESTED
      82 5 TWENTY -SIX arrests have been made since the beginning of <anti-bar,dit operations m north Perak. Warrants have been obtalni ed against 35 others wanted for complicity. "The final result of these operations cannot yet be predicted but they have noticeably restored law and order," i states a
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      COMPENSATION LAW EXTENDED
      68 5 THE provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Amendment) Ordinance. 1947, were extended another year m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The bill, introduced by the Attorney General. Mr. E. J. Davies. was brought into the Council under a certificate of urgency. Three other Bills which had a first
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      23 5 Captain H. C. C. Forsyth, R.D., R.N.R., has assumed command of the P. O. liner Strathmore. relieving Captain D. M. Stuart (on leave).
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      Re-opening of schools postponed
      122 5 Re-opening of schools postponed THE re-opening of EntzI A lish schools m Si pore, originally set for May 25, has been postponed as a precautionary measure. The date of*re-opening will be announced as early as possibk 1 The attention of School (Certificate students is drawn 'to the special broadcasts arranged
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      41 5 Henry Hochstadt, uho plays the part of Macbeth m the Singapore Teachers Repertory production tomorrow at the Victoria Theatre, and Dorothy Morrell, who plays Lady Macbeth. This it the play that students m Singapore are studying for their School Certificate examination.
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      BUS SERVICE
      50 5 THE Singapore Tn. Company will operate a limited stop bus service durth> peak hour of 4.45 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. on the Finir Green Tampenis rm norrow. be a mm buses o: ri stop after leav:n? layson Green wriU be the comer of Lavender S* and Serangoon Road.
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      FELLOWSHIPS TO AUSTRALIA
      247 5 TN addition to the 25 scholarships which Australia proposes awarding to students m Malaya Burmi the NEI, Indo-China and the Philippines the Commonwealth has set aside £30.000 for fellowships and to provide educational equipment m Asian countries which are members of the Initcd Nations Education and Scientific
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      200 MORE JOIN BLOOD BANK
      68 5 MORE than 200 register ed as blood donors at th» hibition booth of the Blood Transfusion Service m the International Trade Fair at the Great World Park. Many telephone inquiries have been registered at the Blood Transfusion Bwftoe, General Hospital, as a result of what
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      UNO HELP LIKELY FOR CHILDREN
      190 5 T*WO United Nations x investigators have come to Malaya to collect evidence of distress among children caused by the war. They are Dr. Thomas Parran, director general of the U.S. Public Health Service, and Dr. C. K. Lakshamanan, Director of the All-India Institute of Hygiene,
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      New Chinese KL Consul General
      84 5 KUALA Lumpur will shortly have a Chinese ConsulGeneral. He will be Mr. Li-Chin, the first Consul-General m the Federation of Malaya. Mr. Li-Chin, a Foreign Office official, came to Malaya earlier this year to make arrangements for opening up extra consular facilities. The present Consul
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      GIRLS URGED TO TAKE UP NURSING
      192 5 SPEAKING from Radio Malaya last night, Sister Shaw Williams, Sister-Tutor of the Singapore Nursing Training School, expressed the hope that the Colony's secondary school girls "will turn unquestioningly" to nursing as a profession. "There are several branches f of nursing, each of them interesting
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      NEW U.S. CONSUL
      22 5 Mr. John N. Hamlin and Mr. Joseph J. Jacques have been appointed U.S. Consul and Vlce-Consul respectively at Singapore.
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...
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      LIVES AGAIN
      571 6 Films m Singapore try Our Film Reporter QPENING today at the Cathay is an Eagk Lion (Hollywood) production called Repeat Performance, n m which Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie and Richard Basehart star. It is a romantic drama concerning a woman who gets the chance to re-live the most
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      Bridge Problem
      233 6 ASSUMING that the doubU: caUed for the Irud of the suit bid by dummy (which conventionally it did). West opened hi* too heart. Dummy's queen won and a low club was led and finessed— the queen falling to Wests kin*. West returned a club and South had to
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      All Community Affair
      472 6 THE Teachers Re- pertory production of Macbeth/' opening tomorrow night at the Victoria Theatre is an all community affair. This is probably the first time that members of so many races have come together on a Singapore stage for a full length production of a Shakespeare Play.
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      23 6 Screen Star Joan Crawford and her children, Christina, eight, and Christopher, five, look at a painting of Christina done by artist Zoe Shippen.
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      11 Tongues—635 Kisses
      252 6 11 Tongues 635 Kisses pkEANNA Durbln, who JLfin her 11 -year nira career has sung m seven different tongues, says her native language. English, to one of the most difficult to sing. Currently she is singing "Pace, pace, Dio Mio" m Italian for Universal-Interna-tionals film "Up m Central Park." She
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      OLIVIER'S 'HAMLET
      223 6 By A Special Correspondent [ET me begin by saying that I was more moved by Sir Laurence Olivier's film of Hamlet (which had a royal premiere last week m London) than by any stage production of the play that I can remember. Cinema highbrows may say that ft
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      36 6 ManaraKe Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pres* m IHala-a JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press it, Malaga feroS rs^rv V°* E Yoo! y\ XVQUR TEMPER* y V^,^ f !.SnUc E I PLEASE DOU'T F.6HT OVERvfi
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  • SPORTS...
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      In Singapore today
      87 7 Singapore will have a special welcome for t&ese three Malayan footballers when they arrive m Singapore this evening with the China Olympic team, who will play two games here during the first stop-over, against the Singapore Civitians on Saturday and against the Malayan Malays on Sunday. YEAP
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      Selections by Call Boy
      62 7 Selections by Call Boy I lONS hv tall B*y for iMiIKL are: VKII LIBERTY 1..., in Pel vn.MOI NT First In Xh- Pa than i MX-riTY i am clot Idea kmnMION LADY hnndrr Kinx Mace L M\RTIM m Tfeld L t \IK WEEK I ,»»i-lv Borp i mdrrrlla iin MMT
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      FOX'S STABLE IN DEMAND TODAY
      984 7 Likely to have more winners From EPSOM JEEP FRAINER Fox's horses are again m great demand 1 at Kuala Lumpur today, the third day o f the Selangor Turf Club's May meeting, and the Singapore trainer, who has had nine winners m two days, is
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      Crowd invades the pitch
      65 7 Crowd invades the pitch 111 rt^suii for control m ties on the ;.t invaded .rened a m a the >ut of a forward iba tes of 11* of the yot i X T by the reft ett, and An d the Me T the faster ridt tm: eac ia when
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      JOCK SCOT WILL MISS DERBY
      23 7 JOCK SCOT WILL MISS DERBY I* at V yesurday 'ock Scot jH V I the ■1 said CUmo. f I rhance at Reuter
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      EDDIE MILLER TO FIGHT CLAYTON
      27 7 EDDIE MILLER TO FIGHT CLAYTON is leaving I to v Empire champion, for ha* bt-^n p: .1 Qfht with the holder. I he beats Clayton. A.P. A.P
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      DENMARK BEAT EIRE IN DAVIS CUP
      78 7 DENMARK beat Ireland three two d th» second rouii'l of the Davis Cup (European PM«) m Dublin yesterday. Leading two one when play r>«ran. Denmnrk made sure of victory when P. Nielsen rw>»*t C. A. Kemp 6 4. B—6.8 6. 6—3. In the final
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      BATTERY XI WIN
      49 7 The Ist Malay Coftft Battery soccer team gained full points when they met the Customs Sports Club m an S.A.F.A Div. 11l League fixture yesterday. The Battery XI scored two goals without reply. Yesterday's Div. II fixture between R.A.F. Sembawang and Base Group RE. was postponed.
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      M'sex win race against time
      530 7 THE brave recovery of Sussex after following on set x Middlesex the surprisingly big task of making 220 runs to win m three and quarter hours at Lord's yesterday, but another century by Jack Robertson, his second of the match, enabled the champions to win
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      Chinese return from Shanghai
      45 7 THK first group of the 1 Malayan Chinese contingent which participated m the Seventh China National Olympic Meet m Shanghai are due to arrive at Kallang Airport today by P.O.A.S. Dakota plane. Another batch of the contingent is expected here tonight.
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      Athletes were too good
      186 7 C.A. 6; Spore Civil Service 0 j ('IVINO their opponents a lesson I m teamwork and constructive play, the Chinee Athletes beat the Singapore Civil Service by six Koals to nil m a third division SA.F.A. leaKiie soccer mntch played at St. George's Road yesterday. Only
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      BROMWICH ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
      42 7 John Bromwich, Australian tennis star, arrived by ship m London yesterday to play m the Wimbledon tennis championships, to stay m England until August. He will play m several British matches before Wimbledon start* on Juno 20.- A.P.
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      CSC MAY DROP OUT OF CUP CRICKET
      548 7  - CSC MAY DROP OUT OF CUP CRICKET CRUSADER ARENA BY PLARKE Cup cricket after- maths are invariably full of criticism of the performances of the Rest and this year will be no exception. It is. m fact, a vintage year for the critics who will be given more fuel for
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      SINGAPORE BADMINTON DRAW ON SATURDAY
      81 7 'THE draw for four Junior events, the men's Junior singles and doubles and the women's Junior singles and doubles, will take place at the Clerical Union hall on Saturday at 2 p.m. A total of 120 entries was received for the men's Junior singles, 61
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      Daly provided superb climax
      519 7  -  ROBIN By R.A.F 4, Army-Navy 4. COMMANDO tactics of the combined Army a*id Navy team lightning raids which seemed to develop from nowhere came within seconds of defeating the R.A.F. m yesterday's Malaya Cup Match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Superb climax to a thrill-packed match was
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      Turpin knocks out Murphy in Ist round
      163 7 niCK Turpin <Lamiiigcon) won the British Empire middleweight title when he knocked oui the boldei Boa Murphy. New Zealand first round of a trhed 15-round contest at Coven rv City football ground f Herday Murphy did must ot the fighting m the first
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      Odds cut on Derby favourite
      138 7 •piiE odds against My Babu, favourite ioi cut to 5 2 at t: rfta V ctoria Club, London, last r My Babu *as aurt.-d at 3—l at ,4h« previous callover Of the n.iio hcmi offer c night, three were Fnncn. 'Love owned m nertnershio v\
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      371 7 Sports diary IH r IllT S A.F A. League, Div. I— C A. v. Tigers, Jalan Bes&r; Seaiorthi t. GHQ .Mgoals, Gilman Barracks; Div. II Pulau Bnkom S.C. r. 19 \w Formation Signals, Gey Ian?; Div. Ill— Haikowya S.C. v. Naval Stores XI. C. VMA. ground. (All games will start
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      U.K.—CEYLON £ PACT
      63 8 U.K.— CEYLON PACT rpHE British Treasury anx nounced details last night of a pending Anglo-Ceylon financial agreement under o^k 0,5X itain would release £3.500.000 of the island's blocked pounds to cover its 1948 sterling deficit. An additional £4.000.000 of the blocked pounds would be freed a s a working balance
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      It was passion not politics Washington
      151 8 It was passion not politics Washington WASHINGTON. Tuesday MOSCOW and Washington disagreed again today— this time on whether it was passion or politics that led a young United States Army Sergeant to desert hi s post at the American Embassy m Moscow. Tass. the official Russian J£!£ wncy. claimed that
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      U.S. AND STERLING
      43 8 Denying that the Uniu-d States would impose a unilateral policy on sterling problems m relation to European recovery. Mr. Averell tfarriman, Marshall Plan ■oving ambassador m Europe said that the United States would seek a "mutual" solution with Britain Reuer
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      LABOUR ULTIMATUM TO UK INDUSTRY
      319 8 LABOUR ULTIMATUM TO UK INDUSTRY 'Cut profits or be nationalised 9 LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE National Executive of the Labour Party today served a virtual ultimatum on monopolistic private industries m Britain to reduce profits or face nationalisation. The warning was sounded by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh
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      18 8 HOME Snug m the side of a hill at Marshgate. the little chapel stands amidst glorious Cornish landscape.
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      Politics 'danger to trade unions'
      380 8 Politics 'danger to trade unions' Free Press Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. IVARXINGS of the danger of politics spreading m the trade union movement and of the lack of organisation among unionists were voiced by Trade Union Advisers m the Federation today. The Trade Union Adviser m Perak, Mr.
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      U.S. WARSHIPS FOR THE 'MED'
      113 8 rpHE United States Navy A Department has confirmed that 29 American warships will conduct major manoeuvres m the Mediterranean during June and July. Vessels taking part will b»in two groups. One of 13 ship* will include the 45.000-ton battleship Missouri and the new 45.000-ton aircraft
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      RED SUCCESS ON YANGTSE FRONT
      148 8 The strength of the Red *uiv.ca m we i-aonokow area is placed at more than 25 000 —ample for a dash south- < ward across the Yangtse River or south-westward toward the virtually undefended Szechuan border. This sudden victory gives the Reds control of the
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      ChineseCabinet quits today
      107 8 NANKING, Tuesday. THE resignation en bloc of Chang Chun's Cabinet will be handed to the State Council tomorrow. An official source said today President Chiang Kaishek will accept the resignation on May 20. and, on the following day, send the renomination of Chang Chun to head the
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      Two for trial on $35,550 charge
      126 8 Two for trial on $35,550 charge Free Press Staff Reporter TAN Seng Ann and T. P. Kuppu^amy, two postal clerks allege d to have ch< ated the Postal Ottlce Savings Bank of sums totalling $35,550 were committed for trial at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They were each given $10,000 bail m
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      Soviet fails to return Japs
      101 8 TOKIO. Tuesday. r»EN MAC ARTHUR today told the Japanese that the Soviet Union had taken advantage of only a fraction of the shipping oifered to repatriate Japanese prisoners of war from Soviet -occupied areas. Official American estimates of Japanese still awaiting repatriation from the Soviet
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      They fought at Mafeking
      120 8 U7IIITEHAIRED "soldiers of the Queen"— survivors of the Maf eking garrison and forces which relieved them 48 years ago— pinned rows of medals to their chests yesterday and went to London to celebrate the anniversary of the famous occasion. Only three were veterans of the siege
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      CALL FOR MUFTI IN PENANG
      130 8 CALL FOR MUFTI IN PENANG Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Wednesday. MUSLIMS m Penang and Province Wellesley had long felt that a Muslim should be at the head of their religious affairs, Dr. K. Mohamed Ariff, told the Settlement Council at its meeting yesterday. Dr. ArifT urged that a Muslim
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      DISPUTE OVER JAP PRISON CAMP DEBT
      191 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. 1 SALE allegedly arranged m a Japanese prison camp reached the courts today when United States Army Captain Harry T. Simpson Jr., brought a suit against Antoj nio M. Ulrich for $5,100, which Simpson said was due to him for goods
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      OVERSEER ON THEFT CHARGE
      57 8 Free Press Staff Reporter Eric Jansen. age 29. Eurasian overseer employed m the Royal Engineers workshops, Malaya District, was charged yesterday m the Kuala Lumpur District Court with stealing 105 bags of cement worth $504 from the railway goodsyard on April 12. Jansen claimed trial and
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      'GET BOY FRIEND TO PAY THE BILL'
      299 8 BATAVIA, Tuesday. A N anonymous satirical commentary on the plight of women civil servants m the capital of the Netherlands East Indies has provoked a libel suit by one civil servant against another. The complainant, an official of the Batavia Housing Authority, commonly
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      SHARP DEMAND FOR RAILS, OILS
      418 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. HPHE new hi^h levels established on Hall l x Street during the week-end found immediate reflection m the London stock markets today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. There was a sharp demand for those issues which have registered good gains: Canadian
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      Rubber prices
      75 8 I SPECIAL Mart* correspon^em j+rw the prices 1 rubber a* 11 a m. Udxy M fotow* Buyer*, r tHm%. <*• <-*• 1 8.5.8. Spe/* N.TE.B.S. f-" 1 m bales Jmk 44 |#l Tone of mark*: Firm SINGAPORE CHAMBfiB OF COMMUU'i: The Singapore (\utb« of Oommetce Rabb«r IwnU>tein prices
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      Special Indian cotton for Japs
      40 8 fPHE India Government has X granted special permission for export to Japan of 50 000 bales of "prohibited varieties" of cotton. Permission is tiie result of efforts of a trade delegation of Japanese businessmen. AJP
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      UNKNOWN
      22 8 WA (T men Is IT* I k I Just i( A Wh I Oi Wavy -£i h ference m^nt w--711 vl
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      29 8 The United States aircraft carrier Valley Forge, un.ch paid a goodwill visit to Singapore a Jew weeks ago, is seen here sailing up the English Channel, headed for PorUinoi'h.
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      N.Y. STOCKS SHARP
      22 8 one .y over Urnftrrt d<v r*ng*v I m thr« P i I 3tls n ci The rv *tt im
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      $11,000 CLAIM PARCELS TO
      121 8 OED Cross comfort parceLs >. of war m Singapore dun: a never reached the men but wt i o3 Japanese commandant of ti Mr. A. J. Braga m tin t Court yesterday v- Mr. Braga was arguing an appeal m which a hotel runner, named Govindu.
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      50 8 STORE HIGH TIDES Today: 7.31 ajn; 8 30 p.m. Thmrs.: 8 4.5a.»; ••Span. —WEATHER— Mainly Fair \y i ATHKK report for the next 24 boon compiled by the K-A r Fair, local isolx'rd thunderstorms m late afternoon Wind: North. 8 knots. Temperatures: Ma*. 92 dec mm. 75 dec. Rainfall: Nil.
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