The Singapore Free Press, 12 June 1948

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948 I PRICE 10 CEMS
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    [anberra to debate 'white' policv
    400 1 [anberra to debate 'white' policv Evatt calls us 'extremist 9 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph Chifley, is to confer with the Minister of External Affairs, Dr. Herbert Evatt, on the possibility of a Parliamentary debate on Australian immigration policy as affecting South-East Asia countries.
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    'Price tag or else' orders
    195 1 'Price tag or else orders Free Press Staff Reporter THE Food Control Department yesterday issued 1 direct "price tag or else" orders to Singapore market retailers. The Deputy Food and Price Controller, Mr. A D. Butler-Madden, called in 30 Municipal market retailers who hitherto had not price-tagged their es and
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    AL WELL POLICY SOUND': SHAHRIR
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    Wal Base man Truck by jeep
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    Malayan Reds quitting
    28 1 The Police Chief admitted rcmd Communist activ~n Bangkok, where Red :ty is still largely confined to secret society meetings subversive work among labour groups- Reuter
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    SWIFT SEIZURE
    21 1 is nationalised :icaliy all its mines, oili and other natural rejes by a bill presented to without warning. U.P.
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    RUBBER OUTPUT
    23 1 rid production of rubber pril was 127.500 tons, the r Study Group has reel. The April consumption vai 110 000 tons.
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    LEG BROKEN IN FALL OFF BUS
    44 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A 22- year -old Hainanese, Goh Yin Foong, fractured his right leg when he fell off a moving trolley bus in Kallang Road near Kallang Bridge yesterday. Goh was taken to hospital by ambulance.
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    PASSENGERS FLEW WITH'TYPHUS'MICE
    113 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. I TNKNOWN to the airline, ten typhus-infected mice U were carried in an Australian National Airways passenger plane that arrived in Melbourne from Sydney this week. They had earlier been flown from the Medical Research Institute in Kuala Lumpur to Sydney, via
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    C-in-C KILLED
    18 1 David Marcus, supreme commander of the Israeli forces in Jerusalem waa killed in action on Thursday.
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    The Count urges a truce
    33 1 Count Folke Bernadotte, peace emissary of the United Nations, wearing the uniform of the Swedish Red Cross, discusses the Palestine "cease fire" with Israel's Foreign Minister, Moshe Shertok.
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    He waited to be arrested
    73 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BARELY two minutes after receiving an alarm, two Singapore Fire Brigade engines sped to Chulia Street about 11.30 last night to find a Chinese leaning calmly against the alarm box. After questioning, Mr. E. Roxburgh, the S.F.B. officer in charge, handed
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    FORTY DEFY JURONG QUIT ORDER
    119 1 FORTY DEFY JURONG QUIT ORDER Free Press Staff Reporter MORE dismissed workers of the Jurong Chua Guan Hong rubber factory left with their belongings yesterday, but 40 others are still defying a management "final" warning to quit today. About 30 had left with their families previously. A management spokesman told
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    C.I.D. ARREST 11 INROUNDUP
    87 1 C.I.D. ARREST 11 IN ROUND UP Free Press Staff Reporter AN official of the Singapore Harbour Labourers Union, who uses three names, was one of eleven Chinese arrested by detectives of the Singapore C.I.D. yesterday. The S.H.L.U official, believed to be the acting president, was arrested at the Union's premises
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    200 WALK OUT OF H'KONGCHAMBER
    181 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent HONG KONG, Friday. PLANS for the formation of another Hong Kong chamber of commerce, distinct and separate from the existing 40-year-old Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, are being discussed by dissident members of the Chamber. Promoters of the proposed new organisation
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    PLANTER SHOT AT IN JOHORE
    70 1 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. WHILE travelling from Masai, near Kota Tlnggl, to Johore Bahru yesterday, Mr. Hill, managir of the Han Yang Estate, was shot at with a Sten gun. He escaped unhurt. Mr. Hill made thi* report to the Johore police, saying
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    'Vital to Malaya & friends'-CG
    276 1 'Vital to Malaya friend s'-CG New defence line-up NANKING, Friday. AT a Press conference here, the Commissioner- General, Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said that while the main base of the British Pacific Fleet will remain in Hong Kong, the appointment of a new overall Commander-in-Chief of British naval units, with
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    100,000 DAYS LOST DUE TO STRIKES
    382 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE lost 102,222 man-days through 14 officially-notified strikes in the first five months of this year, involving a total of 20,269 workers, states a Labour Department review. Only one of the strikes is still unsettled. This involves 300 Chinese gold
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    Masked men in jewel robbery
    65 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FUR masked men three of them armed with pistols, walked into a house in Upper Cross Street, in the heart of China town, early yesterday morning and robbed the woman occupant of $400 worth of jewellery. The woman was forced into
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    TOWKAY HELD UP
    41 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The towkay of an attaD sundry Roods shop at the 7th. mile, Ylo Chu Kang Road, was held up yesterday by four Chinese, two armed with pistols, who took away $18. In the till.
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    PETROL SET ON HIKE
    46 1 Free Press Staff Reporter r LIVE charcoal thrown from a coffee stall in Boon Tat Street at noon ftfter- day ignited a two gallon tin of petrol in a drain. The fire was extinguished before the i arrival of the fire brigade.
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    STOP PRESS
    67 1 All chief police officers of Settlements and States along the west coast of Malaya have been summoned to Kuala Lumpur for a conference with the Commissioner of Police today. They will hear an outhne of the action intended to be taken in the present emergency. Mr. H. B.
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  • FEATURES...
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      UK ballet is on its toes
      757 2  -  NORAH ALEXANDER by AN ballet: There was a time when the first essential to success was to have a Russian or a French name. If you had a name like Blogova you were automatically considered Slightly be "tt-r dancer than someone named Blogette. And
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      The Non-Mip Tie Knot
      69 2 How do you tie vnur tie over, round and through. If so, you are a four-in-hand tieknot wearer. And the four-in-hand knot usually works adrift. If you follow the above diagram (which shows each stage as you would see it in a mirror), you'll end up
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      Seams to be straight
      70 2 Anita D'Ray. one of the stars of London's Windmill Theatre, checks up on the straightness of her stocking seams. She doesn't have to get up and twist around to look; if the three neat rows of stitches in the tops of her nylons are central, the
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      Bridge Problem
      142 2 gPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South are to w;n all six tricks against any defence. South makes the five and three of trumps. North discarding the diamond nine. South leads club king to North's ace. If East keeps only one heart. North leads the low htart;
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      ROYALTY IS FENCED IN'
      432 2  -  RUSSELL LANDSTROM By A.P. Correspondent DRITAIN'S Royalty, fenced in by an array of dos and don'ts", might well covet the little fellow's freedom. Guided by one of the world's strictest conduct codes shaped by tradition but revised as ideas change Britain's first family is the least
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      King at Royal tournament
      87 2 KING Oorge, with tht Queen and Print- garet, on Thursday the opening of the R nament at Olympia It was the first puulic a.p:icc of Princess the King Queen since her attack c. measles Earlier in the day the traditional ceremony ot trooping the Colour vai
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      Maddening noise
      55 2  - Maddening noise SAUL PETT By awl A.P. Correspondent MOISE can boil an egg, kill bacteria, seriously aflVct di tion, raise brain t sure, thicken the ear drums, stiffen small bones, drive mad. This I am told various sound ex; Maybe your day quiet; mine are lull c,\ I I I
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      72 2 <L tr *«-vL Pa/s are QuaterDays I i-il GIVE YOUR YOUNGSTfR DAY-LONG ENERGY WITH A BREAKFAST OF QUAKER OATS Crouing children need the cHts so abundant in nature t »on.'. Ouaktr Oat*. Vi hole -<;rain oao ar. #1 natural cereal source o* clem normal, rualtnv growth hydrates and Vitamin Ot.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      102 2 IYOUR LUCKY STAR I BORN today. >oii have more than one individual's share of dog?ed determination Once vuu get your mind set on something, nothing will do but that you achieve it. no matter how long it may take. If hindrances out in their appearance for a time, you may
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    • Miscellaneous
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      220 2 miiMm*ia*ummomoi7R SINGAPORE From 1240 noon to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres in the medium wave band and 7.20 megacycles In the 41 metre band From 6.00 p.m. to 7.45 p.m.: from 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: 526 metres In the medium wave band, and 4 825 megacycles to the 61 metre
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      434 2 9.45 08. Pat Purbefl ic His Orchestra from Rallies Hotel; 10.15 Cabaret with Turner Lay Out i. 10.30 Rhjthm on Records; 11.30 1 Last News Summary: PROGRAMMES IN MALAY: 12 Pr gramme Summary; 12.05 Musical Interlude; 12.45 News in Malay; 6 Programme Summary: 6.05 Musical Entertainment by HMV <fc Columbia
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      358 2 night we Dance Half Hour of i Dance Music; 8.15 Worlds Great [Music; 8.30 News; 8.40 News i Summary from United Nf\tit ns Orgaiusation at Lake Success; 8.45 Special BBC. Show; 9.15 Talk; j 9.30 The Screen Presents Hit^ i from the Latest Releases; 9.45 Radio Reel; 10. News; 10.15
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      237 2 cade*; 12 noon Hand made Music*; 12 15 The Radio BEAC Show: 1245 Yankee Quarter; 1 World News Headlines; 1.02 Yours for the Asking; 2 World News Headlines; 202 Programme Bum- tnary; 530 Station Opening; 632 Mumc of the People**; 6 Thirty to One; 630 World and Home News; 645
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    MORE POLICE NEEDED IN LONDON
    239 3 MORE POLICE NEEDED IN LONDON liorality falls, says police chief COR London policemen, 1947 was "a year of con--1 firmed difficulty," says Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Harold Scott in his annual report. Strength at the end of the year was 15,035— 4,730 below nominal establishment, more than that below real
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    Court move to identify headed white woman
    63 3 liTicials. accompanied by flying to Celebes, the nine the graves ot a ree American fliers. lIKOMITO ACCUSED M l\\ DODGING Tukio newspaper. Mimhas accused Emperor I tax dodging. >er said tax officers d the Emperor's in---8 250 yen. but ise of an "order
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    'REPRIEVE' FOR S.A. INDIANS
    70 3 'REPRIEVE' FOR S.A. INDIANS DOCTOR T. E. Donges. South African Minister of the Interior. said that the now nationalist government would not proclaim the second chapter of the Asian Land Tenure and Indian Representation act ol 1946. which would allow Indian representation in Parliament. The first part of the act.
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    Malan has scist aims'
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    SEDSBURN TWO UNION JACKS
    6 3 SEDSBURN TWO UNION JACKS 1 I
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    21 3 picture. to Palestine bf General Sir Alan -.wham as he sailed -n Haifa on relinquishing 0/ High Cominis- j .sioner.- A.P.
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    'HUMANS' ONLY
    29 3 Pigs, oheep and calves are tM barred in buses on the Hebridean island of Lewis. traffic commissioners having decided that the buses must b*> for humans only.
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    23 3 picture, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh saluted by British military policemen as they leave the Embassy church in Paris.-* A. P.
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    HINDI HAD NO WORDS FOR IT
    106 3 INDIA'S Constituent Assembly is expected to meet on July 13 to adopt a constitution for India The Hindi translation 01 the draft constitution is expected to be ready by the middle of June. When the assembly meets this time both the English and Hindi
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    'Entertainment mad Aussies' says judge
    124 3 'Entertainment mad Aussie s' says judge A US'IR ALLANS were becom- ing "entertainment mad," the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir John Latham said recently in Melbourne. Too many people thought they were educating them-selvt-s by listening to the radio and watching picture shows, he said. They
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    'I'm Mexican '-British millionaire
    441 3 'I'm Mexican '-British millionaire NO BAIL IN £250,000 TAX CASE HAROLD ALDRITT SQUIRE, the Walsall hardware millionaire, was refused bail by the Mexico City court which is hearing the British request for an extradition order against him. The British authorities want him sent home to answer charges which he denies
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    SHANGHAI'S JAPS
    41 3 The Japanese colony in Shangnai now numbers 1,011, according to a police bureau report. The report said that of the total there were 445 working for various industrial organizations as technical experts and the remainder wtre "Just ordinary citizens."
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    NEW TURK CABINET
    27 3 A new Turkish Cabinet has been formed with Hasan Saka continuing as Premier. Seven of the 15 Ministers are drawn from the old Cabinet.
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    Turn plane seats, save life in crash
    261 3 HUNDREDS of lives have been lost in passenger airliners because the seats face the wrong way, U.S. aviation medical specialists say in a report just published. British Supply Ministry experts responsible for the design of Britain's airliners support them. If passengers faced the
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    300 smuggling craft caught each day off Japan
    311 3 WIDELY circulating rumours in Tokio that a *r:*r of smugglers was operating between Japan and Formosa with recondiUoned submarines have cau^;d a sensation. The submarine rumour was regarded ui 4 h some sceptism; but the Japanese people Here astoni^iied to learn tlie
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    Uhmese fears of forced conscription
    135 3 Uhmese fears of forced conscription MERVOUSNESS am ,rg l.r Chinese population m Ti,ingtao mourned a^ soldier. > rounded up able bodied civilians and tcck tlum t > unknown destinations. It was alkged civuarwere taken to fill rmo among the Nationalist div\ sions which are below I thirds of the a
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    FEDERATION AIM IN WEST INDIES
    181 3 IMPORTANT discussions on the future povernmeir Aof Trinidad, have taken place in London between Lord Listowel, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, and two leading members of the island's Legislative Council, Mr. Albert Gomes and Mr. Leonard Hannays, K.C. Their visit coincides with the Colonial
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    Bible mystery
    59 3 A Bible found ooen in thr hands of a British officer killed in North Africa has returned to Britain G reman pastor Herr von Seek who is serkinv relatives of the owner On the flyleaf of the Bible are writt— "tt B~n from his ever loving wife Betty.
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    GERMAN OIL
    56 3 GERMAN oil thmroi hav» dropped sharply in valusince the publication of th six-power London a through tear that German oi: fields near the Dutch borut-t might be included in thf territorial adjustments men tioned in the agreement. The area claimed bj Netherlands includes Em^ land, the site of
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    cl}c§manporfirTrc|3itss SATURDAY. June 12. 1948. Dr Evatt and the Free Press
    589 4 cl}c§manporfirTrc|3itss SATURDAY. June 12. 1948. Dr Evatt and the Free Press IT la still difficult not to sympathise with Dr. Evatt, ..a's Minister for Exnal Affairs, who must fool the account which Mr. CalweU opened when he ordered the expulsion of Malayans who settled down in Australia at the end
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    Wagon-wheel odyssey
    1198 4 5. Africa 1834 BY NOEL MONKS TN the spring of 1834 there set out from South Africa's Cape the greatest of all treks, the trek of the Voortrekkers (those who went before.) It was composed of Boers, their women, their children, their worldly goods, and their bibles. No
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    1948 trek goes on by
    328 4  - 1948 trek goes on by Graham Stanford COR more than three 1 years now a great new trek ta South Africa has been going on. Thousands of young Britons, with their wives and families, have pulled up their roots in their home country to build a new life in South
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    JEWS DENY 'HOLY'BOMBING
    87 4 JEWS DENY 'HOLY' BOMBING A JEWISH Agency spokesman claimed that the Jews had neither damaged nor occupied any Christian or Moslem holy plaee In Jerusalem unless it has first been used by the Arabs as a military base. He was answering charges by the Christian Union of Palestine that Jewish
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    Libretto to a P.S.
    147 4 The music spoke of torrents bold, Of hills, and valleys bosky. We thought it fine till we were told Twas written by Tchaikowski. 14 Stop!" "Stop!" we cried in accents shrill "Stop all that Red percussion. Would you our finer feelings kill With music by a
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    Postscript to the C-G
    73 4 AT the end of the Commissioner -General's broadcast from Radio Malaya last night in which Mr. MacDonald attacked Communism— a listener telephoned the station to ask the name of the composer of the symphony which was played immediately at the end of the talk. "Tchaikovsky," said
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    Man's 3 biggest killers
    609 4  -  PATRICK CROSSE By Reuters' Correspondent DOLITICAL pro- blems will play a small part in the deliberations of the 73 nations whose representatives meet in Geneva on June 24 to plan defence against the world's greatest killer diseases. Delegates will be told when they assemble that each
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    CULTURE IN INDIA
    83 4 CULTURE IN INDIA THE silver jubilee session of the Indian Historical Records Commission will be held in Delhi In December at the University of Delhi. Invitations have been sent to eminent historians and archivists all over the world to attend the conference. An exhibition of historical records, documents and coins
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    FAITH
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    UNION ASKS 100 pc PAY INCREASE
    32 5 UNION ASKS 100 pc PAY INCREASE I o^ l I perl ides I MuniB K m omI udyI I I ild be 100 I of acy I j .in K re- the
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    BACK FROM LEAVE
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    'Cowboy stunts' by special PC
    314 5 LAWRENCE FRANCISCrS, a special constable, whose nephew was fatally shot on June 2 at his home with his revolver, used to show children cowboy stunts" with his revolver. Micky Morrier, the dead boy's elder brother, said this yesterday at the inquest on Richard Morrier. Micky
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    Ceylon troops: court martial
    71 5 ON Monday ten Ceylonese troops of the Royal Pioneer Corps CCeylon), will appear on a court-martial, charged with mutiny. The men are from "G" Company, No. 5 Group of the Corps. The charge alleges that at Ayer Rajah Camp, Singapore, on May 8, they joined in
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    FIRST AID CLASS
    58 5 Seven doctors have volunteered to give lectures in Chinese dialects and Malay on first aid, home nursing and child welfare. T^iose who wish to attend are asked to send their names as soon as possible to the Hon. Secretary, St. John's Ambular.ee Association, office of the Director
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    NELSON RD-CLINIC
    31 5 NELSON RD- CLINIC In addition to ttie usual hours, the Social Hygiene Clinic in Nelson Road is now open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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    'Princess' houses for Farrer Park
    197 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE building of three-storey-ed flats out of the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund should proceed immediately on a site in Farrer Park, with blocks facing north and south, the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Committee has recommended. I About half ($400,000) of
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    RAFFLES GRADS TO MEET
    80 5 RAFFLES GRADS TO MEET A GRAND one-week rally of Raffles College graduates from all over Malaya is being arranged for August as a last reunion of graduates before the College loses its identity j in the University of Malaya. A programme is being drawn i up including lectur.es, discus- j
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    CHARITY SHOW
    81 5 The Gr at Waltz will be screened at the Roxy Theatre tomorrow at ll a.m. gate r otipts will be donated to the St. Joseph's science laboratory and playground rehabilitation fund. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, chatting with the Representative of the Government of India, Mr. John Thivy,
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    WORLD BROTHERHOOD IS THE AIM
    166 5 THE Singapore Dodge of th? Theosphical Society in Cairhill Road has a wellequipped library or a thousand books dralinn with many aspects of life and living The Secretary, Mrs. H.B. Moorhead. told the Free Press yesterday that the Sirsapore Lcdg? t day has 0 members
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    RING FORCES UP PORT CHARGES
    370 5 Mystery force Free Press Staff Reporter DEHIND the recent attempts to prevent light- ers from loading flour at the Singapore waterside lies the story of the widespread operations of a ring whose aim is to keep handling charges at this port on the high side.
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    IMMIGRANTS JAILED
    27 5 Four Chinese illegal immlI grants were sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprison- men; each in the First District Court yesterday. They will then be repatriated.
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    GUIDES OH PARADE
    47 5 As in Singapore, the King's birthday in Kuala Lumpur was highlighted by a parade in which troops, civilians and youth movement units took part. Picture shows the High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Edward Gent, inspecting a contingent of Girl Guides at the parade.
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    ROAD DEATH: ARMY DRIVER FINED $300
    164 5 ROAD DEATH: ARMY DRIVER FINED $300 A MAN in charge of a motor vehicle is like a man in possession of a loaded gun and he is bound to exercise a certain amount of vigilance in handling it," said the Third District Judge, Mr. A. V. Winslow, before convicting an
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    Union backs inter-change of employees
    166 5 THE Bulletin, official publication of the General Clerical Services Union, sup* ports the lnterchangeability of Government Clerks. The Bulletin states: "Today we have a fear that the G.C.S. is not as general as it was originally meant to be. "It is nothing abnormal to be
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    SALVATION ARMY
    24 5 Up to the end of May. $18,833 has been donated to the Salvation Army in response to its annual appeal for funds.
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    August school holidays cut
    198 5 TO make up for time lost on account of the p«lio 1 outbreak, Government and aided English sc-honi* in Singapore will close only for a fortnight, instead if the normal four weeks, for 4 he August holidays. This decision was taken at a met ting o
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    RAOC OFFICER DISMISSED
    126 5 IT. W. J. Mten, R.A.OC who was due to leave Army in October, i day found guilty and disn. ed from the Servic. general court-martial at 223 I BOD, Alexander R« aJ. Tbe sentence is subject to confirmation. He was charged with improperly accepting sums of money
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  • SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
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      MAN OF THE WEEK Ball boy makes good
      439 6 MAN OF THE WEEK Ball boy makes good TROM ball boy to champion that is the record of Malayan tennis star S, K. Yadi, a Malay who has won more championships in 1 By KEN JALLEH Malayan tennis than some of the foremost top rankers "in the country. And he
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      TENNIS TOPICS
      247 6 THE shortage of topclass British team's players is beginning to worry the AllEngland Club. They report that entries for the Wimbledon championships have been received from 20 nation^ but that those from British players have shown a sharp drop. British tennis setandarch have slumped ;us a result of
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      Horses to sheep
      306 6 AURIE Meenan, aged 33, *f who has been Australia's leading jockey over jumps for nearly a decade and who \a considered to rank with the be** Australian jockeys over jump* for all lime, plans to retire at the end of the racing season next September. Mrenan has
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      6 6 BLUE PRINT Or A RACING MACHINE
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      THE FIGHTING TURPINS
      411 6 FASTEST selling item in the English town of Warwick today is a neat badge inscribed The Fighting Turpins n and showing a boxer in a fighting pose. The model is middleweight "hope' Randolph Turpin, but -to the followers of the coloured War- wick warriors the figure can
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      HE REALLY LIKES IT
      75 6 TIL DODDS. America* champion miler, is contemplating running in two races. 300 miles apart to day. He has been invited to compete in the New England Championships at Boston, and in a New Y T ork meeting on th« fcame day. As the Boston race k
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      EUROPE SOCCER LEAGUE
      13 6 EUROPE SOCCER LEAGUE 0 froi na.tou: of a. cna: 1 <: FA ".j I
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      58 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava 'what-.'-you/yes-on papers/and now i've oot Y\ say—is this"NJ /but he' \/sodo i'— and^ •miHK you've I and tomorrow that off my__^- what You call thinks he's I i'u. TfeLL you for sSOLVED-T^AweU PUT IT To < V CKSK-\-£Z PLAYIMC ThE OAME,
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    Scoreboard
    13 7 Reuter nun- 130 i. m, ft W I t00 9 1? 1
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    Surrey win by one run
    31 7 j» un in C unty 1 by i beat d 119 4 I T I m, >omiTuTi'^^in beat H.unpMe' i >rthI I I 106. I Reuter
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    REX BADMINTON PARTY WIN
    30 7 i<i at Rex by I 1 i— l6; Lam +—15; 3 e Hin o beat Koh Kee and .v j i -> [5—9 Bong seah 5 4
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    AUSTRALIA GET FIRM GRIP ON TEST
    1084 7 AUSTRALIA GET FIRM GRIP ON TEST Lnglandfigh ting for a draw From Bill Bowes r\OS Bradman, scoring his 18th Test century 'against England, was helped by Lindsay Hassett to give Australia a commanding lead against England at Nottingham yesterday, second day of the first Test. After losing four wickets for
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    I. A. CRICKET TEAMS
    138 7 T'HE folluwing will play cricket for the Indian Association against G.H.Q., Signal Regiment FARELF at 2 p.m. tomorrow on the Thomson Road Ground (Players are requested to meet at No. 50. Market Street, at 1.15 p.m.): R. Sitharam (captain). Ibrahim Isa, Dr. M. Abraham. M.U. Patel,
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    Selections by "Call Boy"
    64 7 by Call Boy for today's races are: Eace 1: NEPTUNE Four Diamonds Spring Up Race 2: SIR LANCELOT Wonder Bird Lovely Bore Race 3: KIMBOLTO3 Port Star Kimberly Race 4: DEAR White Socks Race 5: EGYPTIAN QUEEN Skystreak Inspiration Race 6: ADVANTAGE Sylvan Lass Royal Bounty
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    BRITAIN LOSE DOUBLES
    143 7 \yiNNING the doubles match at Birmingham yesterday, the Netherlands rrtiucied Great Britain's lead to two rubbers to one in their quarter-final European tone Davis Cup tie. Britain had won both the smiles on Thursday. Result of yesterday's mat<rh was: Hans Van Swol Sc Igor Rinkel beat Tony
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    The newcomers were unnerved
    558 7  -  COURTCRAFT BADMINTON NOTES By IF the standard of play in the opening games of the 1 Singapore junior badminton championships last weekend was not up to expectation, the fault was due to the poor opposition offered in the majority of the matches. There was an absence
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    Brother gets brother
    41 7 An incident in the recent Middlesex versus Lancashire County match at Lord's i hen the English Test Cricketer, W. J. Edrich, was tumped by his brother. E. H. Edrich, the Lancashire wicketkeeper off a ball from M. Hilton.
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    Rodgers' horses in demand
    774 7 Rodger s horses in demand From EPSOM JEEP "PRAINER Rodgers' horses are in demand in Penang today, opening day of the summer meeting, and he is expected to saddle three winners with Egyptian Queen, Sir Lancelot and Neptune. The going remains very firm. Three other of Rodgers' horses who look
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    U.S. head 2-1 in Wightman Cup
    97 7 THE United States yesterday led Oreat Britain by two rubbers to one at the close of the openlne day's play in the Wightman Cup contest between the two countries' best women lawn tennis players at Wimbledon. Britain's win yesterday wa* her first in the
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    C.Y.M.A CRICKET
    54 7 The following have been selected to represent the Combined C.Y.M.A. against the S.tt.C. at the St George's Ground at 2 p.m. today: G. Woodford (capt). R. Perry, M. Leong, M. Swyny. J. Oalitan, J. de Almeida. J. Martens. J. de Souza J. de Silva, V. Dass. FerUX, W.
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    Yadi Scores Great Win
    515 7  -  COLRTCRAFT By THE hundreds of tennis enthusiasts who gathered to 1 watch the Yadi-Chin Kee Onn singles encoun.tr in the Singapore Lawn tennis championships at Singapore Cricket Club yesterday saw what was undoubtedly the finest and most thrilling duel in Singapore's postwar tennis. Neither player gave
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    Zale knocks out Graziano
    40 7 Tor.y Zale, the uncr regained the world'* midd. weight title by knockine R'X'by Graziano just a^ he predicted he would, in the third round of th r ir third enooux.ter at Newark. Jersy on Thursday nijrht
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      146 7 F.P. Crossword No. 409 rn jz is i4. 1 is ijT" 5 1 16 l LCLS ACROSS Kernel (4). Approach <6) 11- Con3>. 14, E.Tier?rency craft (4). 16. Assistance (3). 21. Before (3). 22. Tardy <7>. %MJ 3' 27. Sequence <3>. 28- Leng-a-ai »3>. 32, stop (4). 34. Low (3).
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    GRIM WARNINGS ON AID SLASH
    367 8 Quickmilitary support urged WASHINGTON, Friday. REPUBLICAN Senator Arthur Vandenberg, a leading presidential candidate, urged the United States Senate again today to plan speedy military and political support for European nations joining hands against possible aggression. His resolution, which he had proposed earlier, "to strengthen United
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    Peers and rabbits
    133 8 LONDON, Friday. T>RITAIN'S peers have lost what probably was their only chance in history to trap rabbits on the redcarpeted floor of the House of Lords. Lord Amulee, a Scottish surgeon, passed a new rabbit trap around among the peers. He wanted the trap legalised. He said
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    DOCTORS ACCEPT HEALTH SCHEME
    321 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. >FHE council of the Malaya branch of the British Medical Association, at a recent Kuala Lumpur meeting, is understood to have accepted the Malayan Health Service scheme proposed by the Government. They agreed that the principle of two "parallel
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    200 DEAD IN MINED STEAMER
    173 8 200 DEAD IN MINED STEAMER AALBORG. Jutland. Friday. BETWEEN 150 and 200 Danes were killed early today when a mine sown in Danish waters during World War n blew up the 1,668-ton passenger vessel Kjoebenhavn en route from Copenhagen to Aalborg. The ship carried about 400 passengers and crew members.
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    202,000 DPS. FOR U.S.
    24 8 The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to let 202.000 homeless Europeans enter America in the next two years- A.P.
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    Bevin may quit Foreign Office
    262 8 LONDON, Friday. AN announcement today from the Foreign office, that Mr. Ernest Bevin will not seek re-election from his present constituency in the 1950 general election, has revived speculation that Mr. Bevin is about to retire from active politics. A Foreign Office spokesman explained that
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    NEW 'PERIL' FOR ELBOW-BENDERS
    156 8 TOKIO, Friday. UNITED STATKS Army doctors warn occupation forces of a new evil of drink skin rash resulting from too much leaning on freshly -lacquered bars. The medicos say the new "occupational disease" is a skin rash like poison ivy, produced by contact with urushiol, a
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    65 8 picture The B-17 Flying Fortress, "Goliath" of World War 11, takes on a "David" role as it flies below the mammoth wings of the 100-ton B-35 bomber. Dwarfed by the wing-span of the giant new craft, the Flying Fortress can be considered almost a medium bomber now. This striking contrast
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    ROUND THE WORLD IN ONE DAY
    94 8 NEW YORK, Friday. ROCKET experts say that the feat of the X-l rocket plane travelling faster than sound may be the spark to send man around the world in 24 hours. The cracking of the supersonic wall by the X-l, they say. might well
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    ATOMIC CITY MENACED
    114 8 PORTLAND (Orej. Friday MEW dyke breaks along the swollen Columbia River today resulted In extensive flooding of lowly ins: outskirts of Portland City and. in Washington State, the atomic enere^r city of Richland was threatened. The new Portland flood resulted in ten miles of rich lowland area
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    Phibun rapped by S'hai paper
    92 8 THE influential Shanghai Chinese daily paper Shun Pao yesterday demanded that the Chinese Government take effective steps to check the alleged "anti -Chinese" movement sponsored by Marshal Phibun Songgram is allegedly sponsoring in Slam. The paper said Phibun's measures, including wholesale arrests of Chinese residents
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    ECAFES 'NO' TO MALAYA
    58 8 rE United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) decided at Ootacamund (Madras) yesterday to keep Shanghai as temporary headquarters for its Secretariat, turning down offers of temporary headquarters made by Malaya. India and the Philippines. The ECAFE accepted an Invitation to hold
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    COAL WARNING HITS MARKETS
    427 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. rrHE warning given by the Minister of Fiiel and Power that the achievement of Britain's coal export programme is in danger brought dullness to the London stock markets today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Tins and rubbers declined. Losses of a few
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    Rubber prices
    221 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fires the price* of rubber at 11 am. today m follows Buyers. Seders Cta. Cts. per Ik. per Ib No. 1 R.S.S Spot looae 44 4 44 No 1 R.S.S. fob In bales Jane 44 1* 45 Hi No. I R.S.S. fan in bales
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    GOVT. TO HOLD ON TO N. CHINA
    219 8 NANKING, Friday. rvENYING that the Government planned to abandon North China to the Communists the new Prime Minister, Dr. Wong Wen-hao, told the Legislative Yuan today that the Government was rebuilding China from the Yangtse Valley southward, as a vast reservoir from which
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      40 8 —WEATHER— Showers WK A THttt report for the next 24 bows compiled by the 8.A.P.: Occasional showers early afternoon followed by long bright periods. Fin* to-nirht. Farther showers to-morrow morninj Wind: Mainly southerly g— l2 knots. Temperatare: Max. tl oe*.
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      18 8 STORE HIGH TIDES HIGH LOW Today: 2.52 p.m: BSSp.ni. Sunday: 3 SCpjß. 8.54 ajo. 8 55 p jn
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