The Singapore Free Press, 20 May 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Jfe SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 fKM it itx S
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    RRAB GUNS BATTER HOLY CITY
    358 1 RRAB GUNS BATTER HOLY CITY Jews on verge of surrender AMiMAN (TRANSJORDAN), Wednesday. TWO columns of the Arab Legion had tonight fought their way to within a mile of the Jewish held new city of Jerusalem. The northern suburb of Sheikh Jarrar fell to one column while the other, driving
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    Britain backs US on Russia
    150 1 Britain backs US on Russia I LONDON, Wednesday. Foreign Office, after hesitating today expressed its complete the U.S. State Department m Russia*! offer to talk "peace" with d Stai told a news conference that Brite :\e American arguments for not are a direc: settlemervt with basis suggested m the StalinWall
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    Soldiers In taxi 'struggle'
    45 1 Soldiers In taxi 'struggle' It Mill Krporter I I nang >terday how with two who. he althrottled" April 5. evidence rton n Smith (of who are •5 minliHin oring m- run- alted mm> purse. passed a said, he iad there vhich !5f :ng out. ling.
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    UN will not act in Palestine
    150 1 UN will not act in Palestine LAKE SUCCESS. Wednesday. BRITAIN and China today rejected the joint U.S.— Rusisan demand for immediate action to stop the war m Palestine. Britain's delegate. Sir Alexunder Cadogan, pointing out that the Security Council could not determine tie aggressor, told the Council that his government
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    43 1 Sabu U to r< *v.m to India to make a film financed by Indian capital. Victor Stoloff, Columbia director, is expected to produce the film, the title of which has not been selected. It will be made against a background of modern India.
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    54,768 DIVORCES
    14 1 BiMA^n granted 54.768 divorce decrees m the 12 months ended April 30.
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    Lincolns on bombing trip tomorrow
    139 1 Lincolns on bombing trip tomorrow Free Press Staff Reporter w 17H3UR Lincolns of No. 97 r Straits Settlements Bomber Squadron will make a I flight over parts of Malaya and Sarawak tomorrow. Leaving Singapore m the early morning, they will fly I to Perak Island, 70 miles west 'of Penang.
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    'GUNS HIDDEN ON ISLAND' CHARGE
    215 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese and .a Malay were charged m the 1 Seventh Police Court yesterday wi f h possesion of four sten guns, 11 sten gun magazines, a Japanese automatic pistol. 3.800 rounds of 303 and 1,430 —.rounds of .38 ammunition. They
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    Autumn Look not so New
    69 1 I^HL report of the British Fashion Industry Association 1 on autumn styles shows that the exaggerated New Look is on the way out. Manufacturers base th**ir designs on this report. Padded hips are out of favour, shoulder lines will be rounded and sloping, and mid-calf
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    JOHORE SMALLPOX
    22 1 Four fresh cases of smallpox are reported from Pontlan. These bring the total number of cases the state to ten.
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    PRINCESS SHOCKS SCOTS CHURCH
    118 1 THE General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland and the Scottish Association of the Lords '©ay Observances Society have protested to the Prime Minister because Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a race meeting and a night club on Sunday during their recent
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    'EXTRADITION PAPERS NULL'
    74 1 A DEFENCE plea that the extradition papers were not m order was made m the First District Court yesterday m the case concerning two former members of the CID m Siam whose extradition is sought m connection with a murder charges. The men are Capt. Chipe Chai
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    NAN CHIAU REPEATS THE DOSE
    320 1 NAN CHIAU REPEA TS THE DOSE Free Press Chinese Correspondent I TNDER banner headlines, the Chinese Pit --s m r m? nU gapore this morning published the Govern mi* warning against "offensive references'' to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek as the head of a friendly Government, the Nan Chiau Jit Poh m
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    GIRL KILLED BY LORRY
    61 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A NINE year-old Chinese girl, whose father died m a road accident two years ago, met the same fate yesterday when she was knocked down by a lorry on the 11 i mile, Bukit Timah road. The girl was crossing with another
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    8 DIE IN RAIL CRASH
    22 1 The deathroll is now at least eight m the wreck of an express train near Melborough, Yorkshire.
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    "TOTE" TAX YIELD
    28 1 Tax on betting through the totalisation at Britain's greyhound racing tracks brought the Government €2.041,515 during the first three months this year, the Treasury announced.
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    EDITOR SHOT
    32 1 Nai Surindr, editor of the pro-Communist Siamese daily "Siang Thai" (Voice of the Siamese) was shot and seriously wounded by an unknown assailant near his office m Bangkok last night
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    Rice ration to be increased
    243 1 Free Press Reporter rS rioe ration for Singapore and the Federation will be increased m the near future, the Free Press learned this morning. It has been made possible by greatly improved shipments from Siam and Burma. The stock position here is regarded as satisfactory.
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    SINGAPORE CELEBRATES FOR CHIANG
    110 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Chinese celebrations of the installation of Chiang Kai-shek as the first constitutional president of China began this morning. Representatives of more than 500 Chinese associations are taking part m a rally at the premises of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill
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    INSATIABLE
    29 1 Mrs. Sarah Farman of Yarmouth, England, celebrating her 100 th birthday, says her main interest m life is reading about love. She reads several love stories a week.
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    MALAY SOLDIERS SENT TO JAIL
    70 1 Free Pres* Staff Reporier SIX Malay soldiers were svntenced m the Fourth District Court yesterday to terms from two to six months" rigorous imprisonment for stealing over $1,000 worth of nuts and bolts from the military depot m Ayer RaUih Road. A Chinese named Choo
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  • FEATURES...
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      Back the classics
      720 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSELF by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE late Arnold Bennett is reported to have discovered no fewer than one masterpiece every three weeks and one genius every o months, during dayi as a reviewer on a London paper. Of these, report continues, one book and one
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      CAPITAL! LONDON
      593 2  -  PETER QUENNELL reviews a new book m U.K. T AM often astonish- ed that since, judging by the books they produce, most modern novelists suffer from a chronic shortage of material, so few of them should have the courage and the imagination to choose London as their subject.
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      Bridge Problem
      221 2 pLAYING a contract of three notrump. doubled by East, Wect opened hL« lop heart Aj described yesterday, declarer w-n the heart, lost a finesse of the club queen, woo the dub return with his ace and cleared the hearts. But he maue the error of winning East's return
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      74 2 Top: T>n r iC iers of the Royal Signals display team a formation fan uith three h kt^ as a base at Caiterick Camp, Yorks. They are members of a team of crack mot )r-cycivits, which is to tour Br:ic:n a at the Royal Tournament, Olympic Second-Lieutenant R. T. Dimmock,
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      POTTED REVIEWS
      307 2 THE BIG SKY, by A. B. Guthne. ißoardman. 12*. 6d.) American writers, including Ernest Hemingway, have Riven this first novel an enthusiastic send-off. It is certainly a vigorous piece of story- telling, though its pioneer hero. Boon, remains throughout broadly typical, and never quite achieves the stature of
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      UNKNOWN
      95 2  -  UNKNOWN I m a UGUSTUS JOHN, the A only representative ol painting m the exclusive ranks of tho Ord^i Merit, and runner-up -Sir Alfred Munnin^s the Royal Academ> presidential elections, I been hiding his I under a bushel for a i time. The absence of any of his works
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      301 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR I- wrtr.in- iore.a. I for ■ill I »i a'. p t«»d;». »;i the < usp ol tbc ,i vt-r> c of tlie I hi '.f dualiiy ia r.^tnrc that M^niiy Urn tnd M)t ally unco, ;ou ftldo have a md >i t..'' .a i«>r sends ti\e v.
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      321 2 Summary; 12.05 Musical ode; 12.45 News m Mula>; mine Summarj; 6.05 lttlipiouo H ur; 6.30 Musical Inter 7 I une Signal; 7.01 Culture; 7.15 Musical Interlude 7.30 Nous m Malay; 7.45 Musical Interlude FRIDAY l c i His Orchestra; 1.30 1 40 Fodens Motor Works id; 8.15 Programme Summtr\. >-s
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      298 2 10.15 Woman's NeWiieiU-r; 10.25 Interlude Orchestral. S.E.A.C. RADIO SkAC broadcasting from Colombo; Ceylon on the following wave bunds: 8 to 11.30 a.m 19.84 rnotrcs and *19 38 metres. 11. 30-12 a.m. 19. 84 metres. 1" noon 5 p.m. 16. 88 metres 19 HI mitres and 49.38 naetrrs 5 R 30
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  • NEWS...
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      32 3 jj^ j barque Pamir" crouds on Marine/ on her way home from -.v been towed outside the X is accompanied by Me red Me day "s «et« papers and took mdil ashore.
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      BREN GUN CARRIERS FIGHT FIRES
      24 3 BREN GUN CARRIERS FIGHT FIRES in carrier fire engines" under radio against forest fires during tests v which were watched by fire-fight-ry Commission officials.
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      Siam to ban army politics
      182 3 QIN<I when >«>ung patriots, with the supJ ir .if the Army, overthrew the absolute monar chjrf uient Royal house of Chakri and began Siaafc eats m democracy, there have been ur i and a >er e> of coup d'etat. 5 which will be drafted by
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      STRANGE CATCH
      28 3 Discovery of a 50.000-'- -m deposit of jade m Wyoming was reported by M. Hawk, manufaer Hawk and companions made the discovery on a fishing trip.
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      V SIGN AT MOSLEY MEETING, FINED
      200 3 4 MAN* who was said by the police to have made a V at a Mosley meeting at on was fined 40s. at North London Police Court, j The man accused of mak- mg the "V" sign. Sydney Silver of Mayneld Gardens. Hendon. a
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      Big money for whale killers
      243 3 Big money for whale killers SEAMEN of the International Whaling Fleet, slowspoken, weather-tanned men. of whom the majority are of Norwegian descent, are earning incomes which would put a High Court Judge to shame, while whaling factory bosses are pocketing salaries as high as Cabinet Ministers m half the time.
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      THE BEES HAD A BUSY DAY
      32 3 WiiiiiN three minutes Scotland Yard received three 999 calls reporting bee swarms m different London districts Ilford. Crnydon. and Southgate. The Illford swarm was m Beehive-la:
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      FIRST SINCE 1938
      23 3 Oiticial delegates from 41 .nations are m Washington for the first interna.ional Congresses on tropical medicine and malaria since 1933.
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      BOMBERS KILL 103
      27 3 Greek Air Force planes were decisive m a battle against guerillas for possession of two eastern Macedonia villages the guerrillas lost 103 killed. Reuter
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      SOVIET SENDING SPIES INTO JAPAN
      336 3 SOVIET SENDING SPIES INTO JAPAN Seeking Military information JAPANESE Government officials believe that Russia is smuggling Mongols and other Asiatic agents into Japan to gather information on American military activities. Information on the subject was supplied to United Press by Toshio Urabe, assistant director of the Japanese Government's Hokkaido Liaison
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      Record reward for Siam gold
      90 3 THE Government of Siam lias suspended all gold transactions m order to recover the remaining threefourths of the $2,000,000 gold shipment which was stolen m the recent holdup. Police were sent to the north eastern frontiers to block trucks reported to be trying to transport
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      Brought them UNKNOWN alive— with lasso
      156 3 Brought them UNKNOWN alive with lasso /HATCHING big game alive \j with a lasso is the occupation of Mr. Willie de Beer, who arrived m Australia recently aboard the freighter Palikonda. from Mombasa. East Africa. He brought two rhinoceroses, three African hunting: dogs and a baby elephant, for the Taronga
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      Disney is sued for plagiarism
      82 3 117 ALT DISNEY will be deff iendant m a trial for irlsm m a Rome court Signer Piero Santini has brought a suit against Disney Animated Cartoons Company for allegedly plagiarizing his short story used m the film "Fantasia." Santini said that an attempt at
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      CONVOY VICTIMS' BODIES FOUND
      62 3 CONVOY VICTIMS' BODIES FOUND I^HE bodies of some 150 peo- pie, including Gurkhas British troops, and Dutch men, women and children, were reported by Dutch sources today to hav^ bten discovered near a cemetery at Sourabaya. They are bt-li ved to be victims of an attack on a British convoy
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      Joy-ride in tram
      172 3 TWO men stole a tram In Sydney recently and went for a joy-ride. At 3 a.m. the watchman at a suburban depot saw two men hoist the pole of an electric tram, pump the brakes to 40 lb. pressure (a four-minute job), set the points on the
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      Queen Mary to hear yodellers
      88 3 ONE hundred and fifty Swiss musicians will appear at Buckingham Palace for a command performance before Queen Mary on May 26, the Queen Mother's 81st birthday. The players will include 48 fife and tambourin artists, 25 flag hurlers and alphorn blowers. Most of the remainder
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      48 3 The Arab Legion of Trans- r Jordan, British-trained equipped and partly British officered is the problem force m the Middle East. King Abdullah is here seen talking to the Legion's British Commander, Brigadier John Glubb Pasha, and his staff. Left: An infantry man of this 8,000--strong picked force.
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      SCOTS MODERATOR
      23 3 The Rev. Alexander MaoDonad, minister oi St. Columbia's church m Glasgow has been elected moderator of the church of Scotland. U.P.
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      FILM PROJECTOR
      46 3 An Australian firm Mas developed a new film projector which will cost about half that of existing types. For 16 mm. dual film, it provides sufficient volume to fill a larpe city theatre. It will pive a continuous programme without breaks between reels. Reuter.
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      TWO COUNTIES IN 'BOUNDARY LINE'
      150 3 A BATTLE of the boundaries" between Middlesex and Hertfordshire has beprun with the battle areas stretching 25 miles from Rickmansworth m the west to Enfield m the eas<t. i The counties are fighting each other's claims for extra land and a judgment will be given
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      New look was old enough
      65 3 jVj"\ G. IiiSKS. aged 83. who lives within an hour's train travel of Melbourne, capital of Victoria, visited the city for the first time m 27 years recently, to buy a "new look ouUiit m which to attend hex youngest son's wedding. "And why the
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      Powers near pact on Germany
      166 3 /CONFERENCE quarters toV> day predicted an eariy agreement on the blueprint for Western Germany es the six-power secret talks resumed today. A compromise If expected to emerge before the end i f the wt'*'k on the basic pr.r. pies of both Germany's political Btractnre and
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      'THE VOICE' IS TO WED
      62 3 THE voice that guiu.d thousands of people to the richt •trains at Shrewsbury Rai. Station will say "I will to its most cU roted admi The man who f< A In with it is Ted Millichairip. 4*l--year-old signalman at a neighbouring junction box and his
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      Envoys abroard
      46 3 SIR Mohammed Zul: Khan, Pakistan Foneisn Minister, said that Par had agreed to exchange diplomatic represent atives wilh China. "It tl probable that negotiations will soon commence for the establishment i I lomatic relations with Siam, Indochina. Indonesia. Syria and Iraq, he added.- Reuter
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      38 3 P^ Sharp eyeS f:rf^r /?i^ Burroughs ilTM;a<\. mtMSA r.m.fA^ r-'jr w *IT IS ATAN CHIRAM'S WISH, LETMA.* li^W r^3SB l V/ f il& > i vU;R-V\uR£O SERKiP -THAT >0U MEET I I 11^ If3K\ car%ct R£PL ed \\V^^n\ /^Mft^^i
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 20. 1948. The Palestine War
      362 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 20. 1948. The Palestine War IN their Imaaian oi Palestine the Aruo armits have not yet m-t much more than Jewish guerrilla forces. The battle will begin when the invaders debouch into the Tc] Aviv plain, and the careful pace of the Arab ad.l
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      A Bigger Ration
      217 4 CIOURLS OJ tht rice alloca- I tions for the second half j oi the year* given by the Associated Press are not official, but they are pro- j bubiy substantially accurate. Malaya's total allocation lur the year is put at 425.000 tons. This would appear include the
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      Battle of the 'gongs'
      872 4  - Battle of the 'gongs' JOHN HALL by 12,000,000 WAR MEDALS ARE BEING STRUCK, BUT MANY A FIGHTING MAN WILL m GO UNHONOURED F'KANKLY it is a m i x-u p t h e Great Medal Muddle. Superficially it looks simple. There are 12,000, 000 campaign medals and stars to be
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      71 4 Hetty Hough. 19, und Mark Jackson, 21, both born on the Grand Union Canal, held hands across the gap between their barges for the last time on their wedding morning. They have j lived on the canal, worked 1 on it and passed each other on it all their lives.
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      It seems to me...
      811 4  -  POLITICO BY 4FTER making the usual discount for exaggeration, reports that 6,000 Malays have fled Pa tan i to seek refuge m Malaya are still serious enough. Siamese spokesmen have done their best to conceal what has gone on m Patani, and the great Phibun himself
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      FAITH
      24 4 Trust m Him at all times: Je people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us. Psalms 62, 8.
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      5 4 START OF THE PEACE MARATHON?
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      POLISH 'HELL'
      180 4  -  LARRY ALLEN By A.P. Correspondent 'THE Polish Vice-Pre-x mier, Wladysla Gomulka, says Britons and Americans don't know how Poland fears a new German aggression because they didn't see the horrors of war as Poles did. He told Poles celebrating the "Week of Recovered Territories" m the lower Silesian
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      P.I. MINES NEED MORE CAPITAL
      551 4  -  JAMES J. HALSEMA By A.P. Correspondent Baguio, Philippic MINING, the Philip- pines' most important pre-war industry, is struggling slowly to its feet It is starved for capital. Out of 47 prewar mi only five ire producing regularly today, while from five to ten others are
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  • LOCAL NEWS..
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      $50MILLION 'MINIMUM' FOR HOSPITALS
      642 5 Plan revised to cover 1 0 years Free Press Staff Reporter QVER $16,000,000 of the $50,000,000 recommended for expenditure on Singapore's medical plan would be required for the development of the General Hospital, according to modifications by a special Committee who received the plan. The amended
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      55 5 Guests at the reception held at the Katong Rest House m Marine Parade alter the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Buck Chua. (from right to left) Mrs. T. G. Lee. Mrs. R. Wait, Miss I. Lnn, Mr. him Eng Kican, Miss L. him, Miss Lee Kirn Toh. Miss Alice
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      'Alarming state,' says loan society
      188 5 GOVT -STAFF IN DEBT IBM ||m >tate of indebtedness among GovernI oapltyNi Xl expressed by the committee of upore (W>vernment Servants' Co-operative "and Loan Society m its latest bulletin to members. The report says the society's committee awaits with anxiety the implementation of the recommendations
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      Triad society men jailed and fined
      238 5 lAIL terms and fines were imposed on 88 Chinese, who were convicted of having attended the initiation ceremony of a triad society m Singapore on the night of March 4 5. The District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, passed sentences ranging: from two to
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      Jail sentences on food officers
      67 5 A FORMER Penang state footballer. K. Leembniggen, and another Food Control Inspector, C. M. A. Rodrigues, were sentenced m Penang yesterday to one year's rigorous imprisonment each. Both were found guilty by the District Judge, Mr. M. R. Fletcher Rodger, of having accepted a bribe
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      Gold crown for 'Miss Penang'
      71 5 "lINCLE Cheah," a former U Federal Councillor, has presented a gold crown which will be awarded to the girl elected "Miss Penang" m the beauty contest to be staged next week. The contest the first of its kind to be staged m Penang— will be
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      24 5 Miss Yuen Foo, a Canton barrister, is seen at Sandovm races m England, wearing this striking 'platter' hat m pink wickerstraw and black velvet.
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      RAF 'At Home' Programme Cut
      148 5 IT has been decided that owing to the present outbreak of polio, the R.A.F. topical cinema programme, the Link Trainer demonstration and the radar equipment display will be deleted from the programme of the R-A.F. Station Tengah "At Home" on Saturday. The decision has been
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      Forged petrol coupon in circulation
      59 5 F coloured a m the one, and four gallon i are m circulaFederatiCKL All pclrol pumps to be partiI .1 In the scrutiny se denomina.re tendered to are a poor hould be easily an official perator findinc :;ould take a ration numie tendering it a
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      TRADE FAIR PREPARATIONS
      123 5 ON tiie ten-acre site near the junction of Changi and Geylang Roads, which has been approved by the Municipal authorities for the Malayan Fair of Trade and Industries, lie a huge heap of timber and building materials. When the plans for the Fair now under consideration are
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      Rubber: new plea for 'fair' price
      490 5 Free Press London Correspondent IN a statement accompanying the report and accounts of Kapala Rubber Estates of Malaya Ltd., to be presented at Ms annual general meeting on May 25 m London, Mr. A. H. Doherty, the chairman, says the plantation industry m Malaya
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      MUSLIMS FORM PALESTINE RELIEF BODY
      128 5 MUSLIMS FORM PALESTINE RELIEF BODY Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE Muslims have formed a special Muslim Committee for Palestine to collect funds to be sent to the Egyptian Red Crescent organisation for relief purposes. The committee is headed by the Chief Kathi of Singapore, Tuan Haji Ali bin Haji Mohamed.
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      PETROL EXPLODES
      28 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese youth was slightly burned when the petrol tank of a car exploded m a garage m Sungei Road last night.
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      Hospitals 'cannot cope with demands'
      276 5 Hospitals 'cannot cope with deman d s' Free Press Staff Reporter IF Singapore cannot face the expenditure 1 $50,000,000 for the expansion and modernisation of the Colony's hospital and health services, "then *c must be prepared to say that we cannot y\\ L > -an adequate and reasonable medical service
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      CUT IN BRITISH FORCES UNLIKELY
      496 6 Withdrawal from India and Palestine BRITAIN'S withdrawal of troops during IW7 anc 1948 from India, Pakistan, Burma and Palestine will have a profound effect on British s^W'™ ter total military commitments, though more comnact are unlikely to be reduced. It will make no difference to
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      26 6 picture. Foundations of peace are planned for the United Nations headquarters on this site m New York. The area is being cleared ready for building. A.P.
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      U.S. MISSION IN SIAM
      55 6 THE American Presbyterian Mission has earmarked US$l,OOO,OOO on a five-year programme for the expansion of the mission's activities m Siam. Among projects listed are improvements to the Ameri-can-owned Bangkok Christian College, the Prince Royal College at Chiengmai and the McCormlck Hospital. A new mission hospital will
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      DAUGHTER OF PEER IN LOVE WITH JOCKEY
      202 6 FfcEOPLE m the Worcester- r shire village of Cropme. home of 23-year-old Lady; Joan Coventry, who took her, life because of -an unhappy love affair." knew two months ago that she was broken-] hearted over a man she could never marry. She stopped
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      BANGKOK TRAMS
      65 6 Bangkok's rattle-trap tramcars will disappear from tho streets at the end of 1949, to be replaced by a fleet of modern trolley buses. The tramway system and power plant, operated by the Thai Electric Corporation Ltd., Will pass into the hands of the Siamese Government, at the expiration
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      Brush-In-mouth
      97 6 Sydney painter WEATHER Hawkins. London painter whose ai were paralysed m Lord V. and who had to lam to paint with the brush m his mouth, held a successful exhibition of 36 of his most n. cent works m Sydney recently. After 20 operations he regained enough power to
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      BOOTS HAUNT THE MURDERER
      214 6 THE boots were stout and polkshed so tnat you could see your face m them. But to Norris Andrew Megaw, 21 whose own shoes were patched and worn, they were objects of horror. They were the boots of a man he had murdered. And as Megaw,
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      State airways criticised
      119 6 THE general manager of Australian National Airways. Mr. H. F. Walsh, in a speech in Melbourne, accused the Commonwealth Government of having prevented Australia from becoming a leading commercial aviation country. "Australian National Airways made applications to fly planes to America and China. This was the start
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      Alluvial gold mining in Victoria opposed
      161 6 Alluvial gold mining in Victoria opposed PLANS for systematic gold prospecting m the Castlemaine and St. Arnaud districts of Victoria and the possible inauguration of alluvial mining operations have been criticised by representatives of town planning and other bodies. Mr. Frank Heath, secretary of the Town and Country Planning Association
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      COURT 'GOT OK WITH IT'
      72 6 lA&KED m court wtuther he j A had anything to say about a charge of breaking I a. d ent ring to which he had Dlcaded Guilty, a man at Blackburn said- "You know what you have to do Get lon with it and not
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      SPECIAL US STAMPS
      26 6 United States postage stamps will be issued for the hundredth anniversary of the coming of Swedish pioneers to th c Middle West U.P.
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      VIETNAM MOVE
      39 6 THE formation of a central 1 provisional government for Vietnam is to be discussed m Hanoi today under the chairmanship of Gen Nguyen Van Xuan. Premier of Cochin China, the Agency France Press reported irom Hanoi. Reuter
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      Dieppe raid failure led to D-Day success
      182 6 rE Dieppe raid of August 19, 1942, from which fewer than half the Canadian force of 4.963 returned, was not a total loss. That is the conclusion reached m the official stor; hv published by the Canadian Defence Department. General Staff officers, who
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      27 6 picture Field-Marshal Montgomery after re-ovening ton Recreation Ground on t hr third Day. In one of the most densely London, it was used during the war Planet
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      President takes office in China
      100 6 President takes office in Ch ina APPROXIMATELY 3,000 person-, including dip, r\ matic representatives if 37 nation- will V( the inauguration of China's new MMUttf dent and Vice-Presidents today. Presid shck and V Li Tsu: take offio tern the oath StltU" fore th* country I «ri form n. the welfar
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      Ceylon demands Jap trade
      102 6 CEYLON 15 likely to send a representative to a special conference to be held m Tokio shortly at which the admission of Japan into the iterling area will be considered, state official source m Colombo. Mr C. Suntheralingam Ceylon's Commerce Mini. indicated that a schema to
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      HEROIC FATHER
      29 6 A 42-year-old Connecticut father became ill with d *.:tfaeria. after a futile attempt to force nis own br h through the choked throat of his dying baby
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      Far East Envoy
      23 6 I>R] sent norr. I Gra M Qi tive m th E sion for When Benmte. Mr concrComn sador to Reuter
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      45 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 'WEIL, miS BEATS EVERVThINeAI /""AND NOW THEYVeAI Xl FtEL LIKE A POOrX I /and IDF WOP<:T Ot= rr l« I T^\l fl ßflii-I'VE TRIEO MY Best/ BOTH FALLEN FOR LITTLE ATOM "cAUGHtS AwSeR LIK^TOEM Mil Zir
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      M'SEX TWINS' IN RECORD STAND
      431 7 Compton 252 Edrich 168 |)EMS COMPTON, by scoring 252 not out for Middlesex against Somerset at Lord's yesterday, made the highest score of his career and helped Bill Edrich, 168 not out, m an English third wicket record of 424 unfinished. Comptons previous best was
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      Brown scores another 100
      48 7 Bmn hit his 'dry when t Univer:u>t Church '.c Aussies and keen Blues. ir\H IK9 Ist. Inns. 108 •il ;> Kardur 23 n b i 'Son b S 79 ib* 50 6 53 *1 I 8 »kU. 404 Af»riat ..tiun :e m Sin- Kuala I
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      Blower trains for two-way Channel swim
      165 7 TOM BLOWER, Nottingham marathon swimmer, is training hard for his big attempt to swim the English Channel both ways m July I and the indications are that I given fair weather and fa- vourable tides, he will accomplish this outstanding ieat. His siamina is
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      GEYLANG GAME ENDS IN DRAW
      79 7 PoL.AU Bukom Sports Club held the 19th Air Formai lion Signals to two-all draw 'In a S A FA. second division match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Nani opened accounts for the Pulau Bukom S.C.. Taylor equalisine; the next minute. After the resumption Pulau Bukom
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      Holiday Golf at Island Club
      138 7 Holiday Golf at Island Club 4 flag i\ p. eld on i\ the i BCI B and the c >n, the n by Jack < nd prize T <16> to S. F. Ho s ended on 1 beat the In the women's section. J. Hodgkinson (24) won the first prize
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      Big chance for S'pore boxers
      203 7 Big chance for S'pore boxers f ATEST development In the JL Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's efforts to get the Philippine Olympic boxing team to nght here has been a letter from an official of the Philippine A.A.A. Thi» letter, addressed to Mr B L. Dunsford. hon sec. of the S.A.B.A.
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      INDIANS WIN AT PARIS
      139 7 VTARLNDRA Nath or India s IN Davis Cup squad scored a notable first -round win m the men's singles of the French lawn tennis championships which began m Paris yesterday, beating the Flench international Henri Pellizza after losing the first two sets. Nath won 2—6, 3—
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      Sports diary
      61 7 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I—I. A. v. A. A. A., Jalan Besar; Div. II Tigers v. S.H.B. Police, Thomson Road; R. A. F. IVngah v. Police, Thomson Road; Rovers v. Kota Raja, Geylang; CA. v. Devons. 8.0.D. ground; Div. Ill Tnicorns v. Comd. Depot Med. Stores. McNair Road;
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      ENGLAND BEAT SWISS "B"5-1
      125 7 A REPRESENTATIVE English side treated 10,000 enthusiastic Swiss soccer fans to a delightful exhibition lof football m beating the Swiss 'B" side by five goals to one m the picturesque stadium at Bellinzona m the mountains of Southern Switzerland yesterday. Stan Mortensen, the Blacki pool forward,
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      LUCK AGAINST FAVOURITES
      435 7 Fret Press Racing Correspondent rpHE run of luck against 1. favourites continued at Kuala umpur yesterday, the third day ol the Selangor Turf Club's May meeting when outsider after outsider upset all calculations. Best dividend of the day was returned by Camden who beat Berton and the
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      Returned yesterday
      47 7 Second batch of the Malayan Chinese contingent which returned from the China Games. They arrived m Singapore at 8 p.m. yesterday by air from Bangkok. In the picture is the table tennis cup won by Van Yee Hung, who was placed third m the tournament.
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      Tigers did just enough to win
      485 7 Tigers 3 C.A. 1 TNLEASHING sustained attacks to Rain a three-one yJ lead over the Chinese Athletes m a S.A.F.A. first division league game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The Tigers' Sports Assn. faded away m ihe later stages and did just enough to
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      GAME FOR SERVICES v CHINA SUGGESTED
      333 7 Letter to Sports Editor IT is regrettable to find that not a single game of soccer has been arranged for the Combined Services against the Chinese Olympic team, although I hear that arrangements for a fifth game between the Sino-Malays and the China team
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      S'PORE TENNIS ENTRIES CLOSE TOMORROW
      58 7 'THE honorary secretary of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, Mr. C. K. Pang wishes to remind all intending participants that entries for the S.L.T.A. championships close by the first post tomorrow morning. Those who have not as yet entered may do so by sending their
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      UNITED FAMILY B.P.
      44 7 Member* ar<' reminded that the United Fanily B.P. is holding a dinner party on Sunday, May 23, to celebrate Miss Helen Heng's success m the recent Malayan championships. Thp celebration* will be hold at No. 26 Carlisle road at 4 RJXL
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      Malayans tell of incidents at China meet
      321 7 Malayans tell of incidents at China meet Free Press Stall Reporter MALAYAN Chinese footballers who returned by air to Singapore yesterday i'rom the Chi National Meet m Shanghai expressed dKui»p<»i ment over the sportsmanship displayed by I him teams and their supporters. Swee Lim Swang, vice-captain of the team, that
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      Well-known S'pore sportsman dies
      51 7 TI morning (Sandy i I the late Mr. C. I and Mrs. Clnnf< An old boy School and a r player. Sannv I popular m ip fore the war. Rugby, crtckei and He was an Malayan Br tion and th< The funeral tar: evening at s°o
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      SEAFORTHS WIN
      38 7 Tho nals 4 2 m an S.A.F.A. i Div. I match played a» Barrarks ye t<^rday. The Naval Stores XI trounced the Hnikowyu B.C. 5 the Third I the S.A.F.A League a* St. Gi Road yesterday.
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      258 7 F.P Crossword No. 359 T] [T1 [T1 pn IT"] [T1 wT~W? ~1 "~1 ''''J'\ :>.. r.-:i m||i 7 8 v^9 10 11 "i 2 mm^_ _> W.\l 14 f:ls M wb 16 li lif^ _I_Elk:___lL ?4 53 CLUES A( U<)>> 1. Pohce force (12). 7, Vague (5». 9, Remnant* ]J.
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      GOVT REVERSES ON 3 FRONTS BITTEN 2,000 TIMES
      373 8 GOVT REVERSES ON 3 FRONTS BITTEN 2,000 TIMES NANKING, Wednesday. THE Government today admitted serious military x reverses m Hupeii. Shansi and Jehol provinces. In Hupeh. the Reds have taken Laohokow, with its great stores of fuel, food and other supplies; m Shansi, the town of Linfen has fallen after
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      PLAGUE COULD RE CONQUERED
      74 8 THE fourth international congress of tropical medicine at Washington has called on the United Nations World Health Organisation to rid the world of one of its deadliest diseases bubonic plague. Experts said that the job could be carried out with new medical weapons like the sulpha
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      JOINT FRONT PLAN FOR ASIA, EUROPE
      403 8 JOINT FRONT PLAN FOR ASIA, EUROPE 'West alone can't stop war' SCARBOROUGH (Yorks), Wednesday. THE Labour Party's annual conference today approved a resolution proposed by Mr. Archibald Fenner Brockway, calling on the Government to promote closer integration between the liberated peoples of Asia and Africa and the countries of Europe.
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      37 8 HOME Defined m the Charter of the Toiver of Liberty bu Jama II m 1657. the boundary stones of the Tower ■ndon are beaten every three years by choir boys. Picture shows the procession outside the Tower.
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      Progressives for State lotteries
      307 8 Progressives for State lotteries Free Press Staff Reporter T>Y a vote of 31 to 21, with 14 members abstaining, the Progressive Party, at its first annual meeting yesterday, approved the principle of instituting State lotteries for raising funds for establishing T.B. clinics, sanatoria and abolition of slums. Mr. N. A.
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      CHANG CHUN QUITS CHINA'S PREMIERSHIP
      129 8 CHANG CHUN QUITS CHINA'S PREMIERSHIP NANKING, Wednesday. GEN. Chang Chun, Premier of China's interim cabinet, i m a letter to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to-night stated he could not head the new Government, sources close to the Premier said. The life of the cabinet automatically ends with the new constitution. In
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      HARD LABOUR FOR INSULTING RUSSIANS
      47 8 A U.S. Court Martial at Frankfurt yesterday sentenced Private Robert Olinski of New Jersey, to six months' hard labour for insulting Russian officers and throwing a rock through their window. Olinski also had to pay $50 a month for six months U.P.
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      DAYANG MUDA IN SARAWAK: 'NO POLITICS'
      162 8 KUCHING. Wed. (TiHE Dayang Muda of SaraJ. wak. who arrived here from Singapore yesterday, was welcomed by the people. More than a thousand men and women gathered at Darul Kornia to welcome her. This morning, she paid a visit to the Sekolah Raayat and
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      METAL CHANGE OPENING NOT LIKELY SOON
      139 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. HOPES of an early reopening of the London Metal Exchange have not brightened as a result of the Tin Study Group meeting m Washington, said the Daily Telegraph today. It has apparently been made clear that the Americans
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      Rubber prices
      182 8 SPECIAL Market correspondent irlTes the prices of rubber 11 a.m. today a* follows: Buyers. Seller* Cts. Cts. per lb. per lb No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 43 H 44 Sj No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales June 13 S 44 No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales June 42-
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      NO WAR ACTSHYDERABAD
      191 8 HYDERABAD, Wednesday. THE Hyderabad Government today denied the Indian Government's allegations that the State had committed warlike acts on the borders between India and this State. The denial referred to a charge that Muslim irregular forces from Hyderabad had erected roadblocks preventing traffic between the State and
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      49 8 Mary the lamb, pet of Mr. and Mrs. Futcher, who keep the Onslow Arms at West Clandon, Surrey, likes a sip of beer mild is her favourite. The customers have become quite used to her checking up like this to see that the day's supply is m good condition.
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      K.L. LOTTERY VOTE FIXED FOR JUNE
      314 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. KUALA LUMPUR Municipal Commissioners after a lengthy debate today agreed to wait until next month to vote for or against a public Municipal lottery. The decision to postpone the voting was taken afer the chairman (Mr. H.
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      RE-INVESTING £29 MILLION
      476 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. piLT-EDGEDS gained up to one-quarter today on fair-sized buying orders directed at short-dated securities. This was due to the Argentine rail payout, which made £29,000.000 available for re-investment, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers and Tins resumed their advance. The long-awaited terms of
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      'I did not flee—the Russian held me'
      56 8 'I did not flee the Russian held me' LONEX OOVIE °he had Britisl m the Berlin v clared Russian tish 1; Berlin m Lon was un i said was m r k^pt h Missim Ac J men nor Mih; I fled I Bn:.. Tli hvs B ndon ■c had b«-
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      178 8 DEATH The d^ath occurred this morning of Mr. F. S. Clunies-Ross of IIM Ma'aya Broadcasting Corporation, son of the late Mr. C. Clur.ies-Rass. of Mrs C CluniesUom of Keeling Cocos Islands. The funeral will take place at Bidadari at 5 30 p.m. today. SITI^TIONS VACANT Required for temporary employment m
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