The Singapore Free Press, 15 June 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA tr^ 190 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1948 PRICfc 10 CKN IS
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    38 1 t z tons of flour into lighters for iranshipment to Malacca, when attempts were made to prevent the loading and police were called m. Special precautions were taken this mornine and the sugar was loaded without incident
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    Perak bandit chief arrested
    222 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. A4O-year-oW Chinese, Lam Choon Wah, believed to be the "military adviser" to the bandit army m the jungles of North Perak, was arrested m Jerantut, Puhang. yesterday and brought to Ipoh, Lam was one of the bandits on the Police
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    'NOT GUILTY'-USA
    26 1 The US. military headquarters at Tokio officially disclaim responsibility for bombin? and sinking 10 Korean fishin? boats m the Sea of Japan last Tuesday.
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    fears Burma going Red
    362 1 Thakin Nu to resign soon WIDESPREAD fears were aroused this morning by reports from Rangoon that Thakin Nu, the Burmese Premier, has changed his policy towards Communism, with the possibility that Communists may be m control of Burma within a short period. The British Government, said
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    ROCKETS ON REDS.
    27 1 Eight Greek Spitfires have attacked the northern village of Lykorrakhi. thought to be a headquarters of Communist leader Markos Vaftades. with bombs and rocketa.
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    NO STEEL PROBE
    29 1 The Briish Supply Minister. Mr. George Strass. has re--1 a Commons demand for _m investigation into the efflcteßCf of the steel industry before nationalising it. U.P.
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    THE TIGERS WILL PROWL NO MORE
    130 1 BANGKOK, Monday. 'THE Tiger Gang for months the terror of 1 the Kanburi district, 80 miles west of Bangkok— had vowed they would prowl no more. To celebrate, they threw a party for a 1,000 guests bandits, Government officials, pressmen, pretty girls, and disguised
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    NEW TRADE UNION
    40 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A trade union of industrial workers employed by the Army m Singapore is being formed. The inaugural meeting will be held on June 27 at No. 331 North Bridge Road at 3 p.m.
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    ATLANTIC RECORD
    28 1 A Pan-American Airways clipper has beaten by 19 minutes the previous record of 12 hours 6 minutes for a flight from Shannon (Ireland > to New York-
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    BUS THEFT FOILED BY DRIVER
    149 1 BUS THEFT FOILED BY DRIVER Free Press SUIT Reporter TWO Chinese who attempted to rob a Kampong Bahru bus, of the day's takings on 1 its last run, were foiled by the driver raising an alarm. The robbers boarded the bus, which was returning to its 1 dopot, at the
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    WESLEYAN LOSS
    19 1 The Rev. John W. Lightley. former President of the Weslayan Conference died m Loeds yesterday, aged 81.
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    THE PROVIDENT
    90 1 Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE nearly all leading European firms have provident funds for their employees, only two Chinese firms have schemes of this nature and no Indian firm has begun a provident fund, said the Colonial Secretary at Question Time m the Legislative Council this morning. Mr.
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    Gang beat up a taxi driver
    81 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T AST night four Chinese ordered a Chinese taxi driver to Henderson Road, where they got out, threw pepper m his eyes, beat him up. took $18 m cash and a wrist watch from him. Then they overturned the taxi
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    PEERESS DIVORCED
    25 1 Lord Stanley, of Alderley. was granted an uncontested divorce yesterday from Lady Stanley, a former wife of Douglas Fairbanks, 3r. He charged desertion.
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    TWO DIE AFTER FALLS FROM BUS
    179 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE woman an expectant mother died this morning following injuries she sustained afVr falling off a moving S.T.C. bus at yesterday afternoon. The woman, Goh Chee Paw, was acompanied by her husband at tne time of the accident. She
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    PROTEST ON NEW GOVT PAY SCALES
    118 1 PROTEST ON NEW GOVT PAY SCALES Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. MEMBERS of the General Clerical Services Association gathered m force at the Town Hall here today to protest against their proposed revised salary scale*. Three resolutions were unanimously passed. The first condemned the scheme as being "most unsatisfactory
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    'Quit' threat by rice dealers
    175 1 'Quit' threat by rice dealers Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE rice ration retailers may decide to out of business if the Government cannot distribute a better quality of rice for the ration. A spokesman of the Government Licensed Rice Retailers Association told the Free Press that many retailers were faced
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    JURONG QUIT NOTICE: 'AFEW MORE DAYS'
    102 1 JURONG QUIT NOTICE: 'AFEW MORE DAYS' Free Press Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Chua rL Guan Hong rubber factory at Jurong told the Free Press this morning that the management would "wait for a few days" before applying for the eviction of 40 dismissed workers who have refused to
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    FIJI DEFENCE BASE
    32 1 Development of the Fiji is- j lands as a British Pacific base was being discussed m the first of a series of talks on Pacific defence at Suva Fiji.
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    New Lido planned at Changi beaches
    237 1 New Lido planned at Changi beaches Free Pre^s Staff Reporter PINGAPORE may have »3 a new seaside Lid r, at Changi. The holding- <»f Crown laud with a frontage there will be considerably extended by the airport scheme, and a result the Govern:^.* -:t hopes to plan b<-t« i beaches
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    3 JAILED FOR INTIMIDATION
    46 1 Fre c Press Staff Reporter KUALA KANGSAR, Monday. THREE Chinese were each sentenced here to one year's imprisonment for criminal intimidation. One man got an additional six months for resisting arrest. They had threaten^! to injure a workman on the Kati Estate
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    Park robbers out again
    84 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A REVENUE Officer and his girl friend were held up and robbed by six Chinese m King Edward Park, at 9 15 last night. All four of the robbers were under 18 years of age. They got away with $128 m cash
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  • FEATURES...
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      HOW TO SAVE GAS
      716 2  -  Jane Carpenter Household Problems by Vf ANY readers are wondering how they can reduce their gas consumption because they find their gas-bills are really rather startling. One simple way of reducing the quantity used M by remembering always to keep the gas 'fl:ime about level with
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      276 2 DORN today, you have tremendous nervous energy which, at times, is apt to cause you to go beyond your physical strength. You have novel and interesting ideas and want to put them all into operation at once The tine arts, especially music and painting, olTrr exciting carters,
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      102 2 Wheny Cynthia Ann 20, a telephone operator of Newport, Mon., ifas vicked as Candy Queen of Britain by film stars Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim, the Rank Organisation was quick to follow up with an offer. But Cynthia had turned it down. "I prefer home life, viusic and mother," she
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      FIGURE MINDED
      213 2  - FIGURE MINDED ALFRED CHEVAL By OSCAR Verhaeghe, aged 22. lives for figures the numerical variety. Oscar, a quiet young man, starts smiling and gets interested as soon as he sees figures. It is a job to keep him from calculating all day long. Under the patient instruction of a retired
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      45 2 Roller, a model, wean a neiv hair dryer, called turban-ette, which is said to dry the hair m one to tiro hours, depending on the type. It uses neither heat nor electricity, but contains a mineral which cirys by absorption. It comes from New York.
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      Bridge Problem
      261 2 NORTH -South were using the Blarkwood 5 no-trump slam convention. North p response showed one ace. and the chances were pretty strong that this was tho ace of spades, but the early bidding might have been no different If North held five spades to the queen-ten and the
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      Fresh air & music in Penang
      507 2  - Fresh air music in Penang K. S. CHIA By TN April this ye^r, urban dwellers m Penang rejoiced m the return of a pre-war institution. The Municipal Town Band played again on moonlight nights- at the old Esplanade. Once more then can listen t o gay Vienna wait/.-. On wings
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      749 2 SINGAPORE Wednesday SEA.C PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH **.V». From 124>0 noon to 2.00 p.m. 10.55 12 English Schools Broad RADIO SEAC broadcasting from 485 metres m the medium wave cast; l Viva America; 1.30 News; Colombo; Ceylon, on the followband and 7.20 megacycles In .1.40 Tommy Dorsey «5c His Ing wave
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  • NEWS...
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      SECRET TRIALS OF U.S. NEW CARS
      496 3 SECRET TRIALS OF U.S. NEW CARS Those 1 950 motors you will not see ALONG the main highways of the United States, r mysterious cars have recently been seen sweeping m the dead of night. The motorcar manufacturers are trying out their 1950 models, writes Frank Walker, neuter's Correspondent. So
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      COLOURFUL CEREMONY AT TOWER
      31 3 COLOURFUL CEREMONY AT TOWER Field Marshal Lord Wavell inspecting Yeomen Warders after his installation as Governor of the Tower of London. He is preceded by the Kings Keys— Planet News picture
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      153 3 lion is ivportcd to favour ban «>n Japanese students ia] to permit Japanese ntries and seek trade prospect. ho first step last week to go abroad before the c treaty is signed. group 'authorized' UP to accept •appropriate" as to the Japanese to; xipate m inter-Govern-' ment conferenses as
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      Far Eastern textiles interest U.S. buyers
      195 3 FAR Eastern and European fabrics are attracting more and more attention m American textile markets as increasing quantities and varieties are shown. A: the second annual International Textiles Industries Exposition at New York exhibitors of British and Australian woollens, Japanese and French silks and
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      FUEL SAVING DEVICES
      172 3 DISCUSSIONS of car builders at the summer meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers m Indiana (U.S.A.) referred to tests with carburetor systems that automatically feed low or high grade gasoline as needed, and with devices that will step up the volatility of the gasoline by injecting
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      PLANKS CRASH ON ISLE: 5 DIE
      77 3 FIVE passengers were killed when a British Rapide aircraft from Birmingham to the Isle of Man crashed on the southwest coast of the isle of man after overshooting Ronaldshay airport. A second plane on a flight from Barrow m Furness, Lancashire, to the island,
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      REDS UNPOPULAR IN AUSTRALIA
      84 3 IN a recent Gallup Poll on whether Communism should be fought m Australia, the figures were: Yes. 84 per cent; no. 9 per cert; undecided. 7 per cent. Suggestions on how to combat Communism came from more than half those interviewed. They included: Ban the Parly.
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      America returns German pictures
      90 3 Fj^IFTV FOUR world famow wrought back to United on display at Munich yesterday with a, »hal l-H more will be «n. The 200 paintings, wortli millions of dollars, weiv taken to the United States m 1945 for safe keeping "I am proud to be able to
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      GUESTS FIGHT AT WEDDING PARTY
      104 3 TWO guests quarrelled at the elaborate wedding reception of Mr. tand Mrs. James Anth,cny Maiming vi a Wahin#ton club. Soon, nearly all the him- dred guests were In the brawl BottLee. glafisea and sandwiches were tJirown Then, m his wedding gear. I the bridr^room hit
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      HONOUR GANDHI
      60 3 MODEL IMAGE rHE Ceylon' Indian Conhfia build a model village In memory of Mahatma Gandhi on 500 to 1000 acres. Agriculture and home industries would be organised on collective and co-operativv lines. A training centre for the workers is also contemplated. Propagation of Gandhi's ideals of truth and
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      SHIP CAPSIZES
      59 3 rpWENTY passengers and 200 1 huge baskets of vegetawere thrown into water but rescued by sampans and nearby junks when the small wooden motor vessel Hfiii I.- capsized as it was n Hong Kong. T)p -heaviness was said by to have been the ca 1 v declared the
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      'No crime to be a Communist,' says HK judge
      314 3 "TIE'S not a criminal type m the ordinary sense of the world not like the boys who steai. He is a Communist obeying- an order, as he has frankly admitted, and being a Communist m Hong Kong is not a crime."
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      EXTRA FOOD FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES
      154 3 EXTRA FOOD FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES THOSE who have been se- lected as Olympic "possibles" are feeling extra pleased with life and glad they are athletes, for this week they have received chits from the Food Ministry entitling them to obtain cxi tra rations for training m Britain. These coupled with
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      14 3 picture Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, arrimnn at Paris this month. A.P.
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      ASSETS FOR SPAIN
      25 3 The U.S Tiejuuiy has removed a stven-year-old embargo against the withdrawal of about £15.000.000 m Spa-nish-owned assets m th° United States A.P.
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      Australia bans U.S. luxury cars
      58 3 AUSTRALIAN Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator Benjamin Courtrice, said that licences were being refused for import from dollar areas of all goods which could be made m Aus- tralia, or bought outside the dollar area. Ban on American luxury cars has been extended. These,
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      Send a man who knows Maiaya —ex-P.o.W.
      130 3 Send a man who knows Maiaya ex-P.o.W. THE Victorian Lducatum Minister. Mr. Kent Hu who was an Eighth Division war prisoner, declared that "a senior Federal Mm with necessary authority and knowledge of the East shou.d go to Malaya immediately to re-establish amicable relations." "The Federal Government" he added, "is
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      EIRE TO SEEK PARTITION END
      66 3 IRISH Govwill visit London on V. nesday m prove a major eiTort to trade toed tor :;d 01 par* > Ireland The delegation including Lh Prime Minister Mr A. Costello, and the Mi- of Agriculture Pinanc* Foreign Affairs, may p: an •nd of the partition,
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      U. N. may be asked to let Japs emigrate
      271 6 U. N. may be asked to let Japs emigrate •THE influential magazine "Oriental Economist jn I an article has suggested that Japan present a petition to the United Nations asking that Japanese be allowed to emigrate to the sparsely-populated world areas. Tin- migration, tfue magazine *aid, should be at the
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      "Go to work" pleas fail BRITAIN'S ANTI-TRAMP CAMPAIGN
      361 6 "Go to work" pleas fail BRITAIN'S ANTI-TRAMP CAMPAIGN BRITAIN has started a drive to persuade her growing population of tramps to forsake the open road and become useful citizens of nation where every extra workers counts. But H is doubtful whether the campaign will succeed. From next month, hoboes wanting
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      BITTERNESS AT SALE OF AJAX
      68 6 MR. Winston Churchill, m London. a1 the weekend, spoke bitterly of the sale 1 ol the cruiser Ajax to Chile .aid of the "sense of indignatlon which will be felt by I British men and women liv- ing and playing important I parta m the
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      Courtesy 'tons'
      42 6 THE courtesy campaign started by Dartmoor convicts to gain extra summer privileges, particularly more sport, is petering out through lack of support and ridicule by newcomers to the jail. A small group of convicts began the campaign three months ago.
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      U.K.'S RECORD STEEL OUTPUT
      70 6 STEELWORKERS of Britain In the first five months of this year have achieved an all time production record. So far they are beating the Government target for the year by more than 500,000 tons. The White Paper figure set by economic planners was 14 million tons
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      PURCHASE TAX CUT IN BRITAIN
      58 6 DURCHASE tax reductions that will cost the Treasury an estimated 16.000.000 this year were announced by the Treasury's Economic Seer tary, Mr Douglas Jay as the result of Increased suppli' i Reductions Inoiude many household articles and cut the tax on governments from M 2
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      DENTISTS AND
      60 6 HEALTH SCHEME BRITISH dentists may not take- part In the new ual Zenith service if a rCbomxnem .ition to thta by the council (^t th< British Dental Association is acci pled. Mr. Edward Samson, president of the association, said the action followed thr i\ of the Minister of
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      U.S. FLOOD SURVIVORS RESCUED
      49 6 U.S. FLOOD SURVIVORS RESCUED A survivor of the disastrous Oregon flood is passed to safety by a human chain formed across a bridge of debris and wreckage after the swollen Columbia River had rushed through a broken dyke and virtually obliterated Van-port City. Several hundred inhabitants are feared drowned
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      Inquisitive' callers 'swamp' exchange
      147 6 DKPLY BY-TELEPHONE has been banded m Birmingham after rush of calls that swamped :he city's \o}< phone exchange. Six hundred people tried to] <et one number given m a local newspaper advert i ment. The switchboard operators worked at top pressure. The advertisement promis- «d thai
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      39 6 With the figure of the Klement Gottwald an,: ground, a woman voi Slovak general election I one blank, the other witl ouring the Government carding the blank. Rof the Government, the election of all MCrec] able to note horn
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      NEI massacre trials soon
      124 6 TWENTY-FIVE Japanese war crimes suspects, including a former General and an Admiral, will leave by ship early next month for trial at Medan, Batavia, Macassar, and several smaller cities— for the massacre by bayoneting of large numbers of captured Allied prisoners. The wartime Chief of Staff
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      'PARADISE ISLE' OVERCROWDED
      91 6 lERSEY. the forty-five J square mile "paradise" m the Channel Isles, where cigarettes are Is. 4d. for twenty and income tax la 4s. m Lhe may ban or restrict] new settlers. Reason is that the island la getting overcrowded, and its acute housing problem made worse by
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      THE 'WAVY' GUARDS
      45 6 Dressing by your right! Ttu -thin at the wrsaJ of the Trooping of the Colour ceremony later banned owing to fears thai iould T scarlet uniforms, was thin and red- but it uas not a line a> the a learly i h
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      84 6 rE London I :ha: Ruand engineering effort to bu and fastest and Courtenay Ec tion editor, said knforn on two new type Soviet planes "jolted RA>^ chiefs He described the pla: four -jet heavy bombt r c signed by Ilyushin i single -seat single Jet n search plane w;ih
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      PRIYERSCURED POLIO BOY
      64 6 PR IYERSCURED POLIO BOY CURE boy. admitted to .sullen: irom paraljsti and be! dy.: aimed by the R«.v C. W LT Of St James tin I "Practically all respiration had a M Wl Lpp laid "Suddeat the identical time I prayers were being offered m church for the child I
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      ANTI-VODKA DRIVE
      60 6 A "Special Committtf f Fighting Alcoholism' is v ing a camp Ing Pi! Thr Commit thrrc Is entirely Too murJ. vodka b tn# drunk m Poland Tlio state monopolf on sale of vo<ir i and «plrl Lnta Cor 26 per ecu total national r« venue is. r. club.^
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. June 15, 1948. A Banishment problem
      381 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. June 15, 1948. A Banishment problem THE increased powers given to the police m the Federation m regard to banishment, together with the probability that the Federal Council will strengthen the banishment ordinance to make possible the deportation of British subjects, raise the question of
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      The big car ban
      200 4 IIfHILE the new restrictions i f f on the importation of cars rated at.more than twenty horse power are not specifically aimed at any manufacturing country, m practice they amount to a ban on American models. It will not be a popular step, and the way
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      DON IDDON IN ENGLAND
      938 4 DON IDDON IN ENGLAND if S m j. vJG_^f Wis f tEjj^^y l m^fif?*yi HEAR BOB,—Con*J tinning my letter; You would find' Britain a country of bewildering contrast, as I have done. During the day you are struck by the shabbiness and obvious sacrifice as you walk the streets of
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      Soldier To Soldier
      358 4 Soldier To Soldier *pHE Commanding Officer had an un- I pleasant task. He had to tell 46 of his warrantofficers and NCO's that they could remain m their own regiment and be reduced m rank or go to other regiments and retain their rank. Of the 46. all but four
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      31 4 Sgt. (Jeo. Murphy, D.C.M., M.S.M., was a colourful figure as he strode m Old Market Place. Nottingham. He is a Chelsea Pensioner and claims to be the oldest living Irish Guardsman.
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      50 4 Fifteen girls picked from all the London units of the Women's Junior Air Corps went down to Els tree Herts airfield for their first flying tests. Willing hands wheeled out the Auster light aircrajt and each had a 30-minute trip. The best six will ao an to become trained pilots.
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      FEAR DRIVES REFUGEES TO AUSTRALIA
      527 4  - FEAR DRIVES REFUGEES TO AUSTRALIA JOHN TALBOT B> FEAR is the dominating factor which lias driven tile 800 refug< ci and displaced persona now on their way to Australia aboard the American troopship "General Stewart," t 0 sevei completely their associations with Europe and seek a new life m a
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      621 4  -  Guy Ramsey by THE spearhead of the Arab League m the field is the 10,000-strong Arab Legion of Transjordan, commanded by a British officer who has 36 subordinate British officers under him. These 37 Britons are not soldiers of fortune, taking foreign service as Guy Fawkes did m the
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      FAITH
      19 4 lam the Rood shepherd the sood shepherd ffiveth his life for the sheep. I St. John io, 11.
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      Off-season food crops 'valuable'
      259 5 Off-season food crops 'valuable' IN the last fallow season, more than 1.000 acres <>! land m Malacca were planted with off-season crops mainly by Chinese farmers. The exportable surplus of vegetables during the peak months April and May was estimated at 5.000 to 6,000 tons per month, representing a valuable
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      ASIANS MORE INTERESTED IN RELIGION
      169 5 ASIANS MORE INTERESTED IN RELIGION THERE is an increased interest m religion throughout the Far East which can be measured by the devotion of missionaries and the sacrifices they make for their fellow men," said Cardinal Spellman when he and his party returned to New York by air from a
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      N.Z. AIH FORCE OFFICER HERE
      57 5 \IR Commodore S. H. Wallingford, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, arrived at Tengah yesterday afternoon from the U.K. en route to New Zealand. During his stay m Singapore, he will visit Headquarters, Air Command. Par East, where he will be the guest of
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      AMOK STABS MAN TO DEATH
      49 5 A MALAY Saad bin LembtK porU d to have rur amok and stabbed to another Malay, Hussuin bii Nik Teh. at Binjoi village, i few miles from Baling Saiid wai disarmed by < fcampong headman and another Malay. He was hande^ over to the police.
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      'Keep calm.' Malays told
      118 5 IMaff Correspondent IPOH. Monday. IF Mentri Besai Perak. DaU> Pangiima Bukit r List ni?ht appealed to the m dwteg the present Mate of >n and not to Se misguided j aled to the Malays to pay sUon of labour. i nlities. If the recent manifestation of
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      'SPEND WISELY.' SAYS THE GOVT.
      436 5 'SPEND WISELY.' SAYS THE GOVT. New allowances and inflation Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE Government servants have been warned against falling victim to the "highpressure salesmanship which might be expected to exert itself to relieve them of their hard-won earnings m view of the one month's advance which most of
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      50 5 Yesterday morning's heavy rain m Singapore caused a tree to crash dotcn on several squatters' huts m Selegie Road, trapping and injuring seven Chinese, two of them children. They were extricated by firemen and police and taken to hospital suffering from multiple injuries. Here are tioo pictures of the incident.
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      'WEED OUT UNDESIRABLES' SAYS CONSUL
      120 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THE Chinese Consul. Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, has warned the Chinese community m Malaya to make an early effort to expunge "undesirable and harmful elements" from its midst. He told an Ipoh audience that he was pained to
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      DIED LOOKING FOR FRUIT
      116 5 Free Press Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Monday. A BRANCH of dry twigs, a bamboo pole and a coconut were produced m court to bear testimony to the deaths of two padi planters, the inquests on whom were held before the Buttorworth coroner, Mr. S. T. Stewart, today. Desa
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      RABIES CASE
      22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The State Veterinary Office, Selangor. reports that another case of rabies has been confirmed m Sabak Bernam.
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      EUROPEAN ON THEFT CHARGE
      65 5 EUROPEAN ON THEFT CHARGE BAIL of $50 was allowed to R. A. Sawyer, a 26-year-old European, who was produced before the Fourth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. R. J. C. Wait, yesterday and charged with theft. It was alleged that Sawyer stole a red lamp belonging to the Municipality from Orchard
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      SCHOOLS PLAN FOR TAMILS
      173 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the object of educating all Tamil children and at the same time liquidate illiteracy among adults, the Tamil Education Society has been formed In Singapore. The society will grant scholarships <lo Tamil children to attend English schools. The society will select
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      FAREWELL GIFT
      30 5 A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was presented to Mr. K. P. K. Menon during a party to bid farewell to him. Mr. Menon is leaving for India shortly.
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      U.K. EXPLAINS PARCELS TAX
      349 5 THE volume of goods arriving m London by parcel 1 post seven million parcels a week makes it impossible for the British authorises to differentiate between trade and gift parcels if the huge weekly mail is to be kept moving at a speed which will ensure
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      117,256 tons of rubber imported
      101 5 117,256 tons of rubber imported COR the first five months of this year. Malaya imported a total of 117,256 tons of rubber, chiefly from Sumatra. In May alone, Singapore imported 19,655 tons, and the Federation 3,065 tons— a total of 22,720 tons, or a thousand tons less than m April.
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      New air route in Far East
      103 5 A REGULAR Skymaster service between Australia and the Far East will be opened by Cathay Pacific Airlines as soon as the Australian Government gives its consent. This was stated by Captain Ivan Holyman, Managing Director of the Australian National Airways, which has joined with
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      30-MAN ATTACK ALLEGED
      71 5 TAN Cheng On, a 22-year-old Chinese was charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with being a member of an unlawful assembly and hurting another Chinese. It was alleged that on June 12 Pang Chin Yee and two friends were m Park Road when the accused and
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      70 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malam A CAN HARDLY WAIT A Kt'S NOT ONLY Th?> 1(^1 WONDFR IF THEY'D V 3 /'gOODNESS.'-THATS TO HEAR THE RESULT J WHOLE FUTURE OF LET ME HAVE A PEEP/P MUTTER COMING OUT—) IB| M OF THE TESTS, Vi f ATOMIC POWER,
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      At Lord's
      22 7 R. W. V. Robins and F. G. Mann (the captain) go out to resume a Middlesex Innings at Lord's recently.
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      Scoreboard
      117 7 ENGLAND Ist Inns.— l6s At STRALIA Ist. Inns.— so 9 ENGLAND— 2nd. Inns. Hutton b Miller 74 Wash brook c TaUon b Miller 1 Edrich c Tallon bI. Johnson 13 Compton not oat 154 HardsUff c Hassett b Toshack 4S Barnett c Miller b BUI Johnston 6 Yardlcy c
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      UNKNOWN
      910 7 Miller made a serious mistake From BILL BOWES I?NGLAND batsmen, m bad light, struggled of the day at Nottingham yesterday, fourth day of the first Test, and at close of play, with four wickets m hand, had saved innings defeat by one run. Denis Compton played one of the
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      Britain will meet Sweden in Davis Cup
      150 7 JTALY Sweden and Czechoslo- vakia yesterday jomed Britain m the semi-finals of the European aone Davis Cup tennis eliminations. Brita.n had reached the semifinals with a four to one triumph over Holland. The British wll play Sweden series. Italy and Czechoslovakia will meet
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      Result in doubt until the end
      312 7 S.R.t 1 Malays 1 IN a S.A.F.A. firM division match played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, m which the IflOie remained m doubt until the end, the Singapore Recreation Club shared points with the Malays, oach >ide -coring once. The match can be divided
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      29 7 m**r«*i r rf M' a has I -ed at vtrv I meet m m I be a its I I ft; of Wm our I b i .ams
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      TEN GOALS IN PADANG SOCCER
      316 7 C A.I. 7 Rukom S THE Chinese Athletes proved too good for the Pulau Bukom Sports Club when they met m the second division of the SAPA league on the SRC. padanj? yesterday. The Athletes won seven-three after leading by four coals to two at
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      Praise for Yardley
      133 7 AN Australian comment from the Nottingham Test match praises Norman Yardley's genorosity m allowing Neil Harvey to substitute m the field for Ray Lindwall. reports Reuter from Sydney. W. J. O'Reilly m the Sydney Herald said, after mentioning previous substitutions allowed by English captains m recent years:
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      MAYFLOWER B.P. WIN FOUR-TWO
      108 7 |N 1 very keenly contested and thrilling match, played at the Clerical Union Hall, thf Mayflower BP. defeated the Perhipoan Stia Club by four carries tr> two. The results are follows: (Mayflower B.P. players mentioned BrstO: Tan Guan H<>ng beat Suadi 7—15. IS 4. 15—9; Lav
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      DURDEN SCORES 5
      45 7 rHE Division one league game between the R.A.F. Seletar and the Seaforths played at Seletar yesterday ended m a six-two victory for the Airmen. Durden scored five goals for the Airmen while Pearson scored one. Murray scored both goals for the Seaforths.
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      Test probables again do well
      395 7 rpHUNDERSTORMS curtailed play m some of yesterday's County cricket matches which, with one exception, were featured by sterling bowling performances. The exception was a double century stand by Alderman and Smith for Derbyshire for the second wicket. Among the best bowling performances were those by
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      HWA YEW B.P. GET 6-1 VICTORY
      143 7 In a frk ndly badminton i played on Sunday, the Ha a B P. beat the Milky Lads Pftrtf by 6 ptfßM to I. Result?: (H«l Y> m players mentioned li: SINGLES: Chua Kee Ifeng beat Lim H^ng Suan 15 0. 13 2: Soah
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      REFEREE CHALLENGES A SPECTATOR
      312 7 RAKING exception to an ugly remark a Singapore league soccer referee, challenged a spectator at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The spectator, however, refused to reveal his identity and the game went on after an interruption of half a minute. The incident followed a yell for hands by
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      Ecliptic may win again
      477 7 Free Press Racing Reporter ECLIPTIC should follow up his Ipoh success m Penang tomorrow, the second day of the Pen^nj Turf Club Summer meeting. The Fels'ead geldins; scored cleverly over the mile and quarter at I poll. winning the race two furlongs ou*. His track t«
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      ECLIPSE B.P. TE»M FOR TOMORROW
      37 7 THE (oUowing have b c to repre BP apain>t BP. at the Cl n rir:il 1 p.m. tomorrow: Chrouc H WhaKeat. Woe Lye Beng, Wx Ah M n and Loh Ban Cheng
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      237 7 F.P. Crossword No. 411 i '~y\2 13 j i |4 ~W~ L^ _ii i!_ 5 10 mw m fW: iMM 14 15 u #v .> HIT Wt> ~"> K. ffi ill |j if-\ '^ft* tv.</.'/\:/; I I I I I I i 1 CLLES ACROSS 2. Boggy (6). 6, Was
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      GERMANY. 5 POWERS APPROVE PLAN
      407 8 GERMANY. 5 POWERS APPROVE PLAN France may decide today LONDON, Monday. *^IVE of the six powers have now approved the London agreement for a West German Government and for international control of the Ruhr arsenal, and the British and American commanders m Germany today discussed with German officials the question
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      397 million Indians live primitively
      175 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. RE -DISTRIBUTION of the listing wealth m India m HiM merely mean redistributing poverty. Mr. S. Lull, secretary of the Indian Labour Department, told a preparatory conference of the International Labour Organisation at the University of ••■mia. Be said the Indian Govcrnit
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      Red threats to S'hai, Nanking
      230 8 Red threats to S'hai, Nanking SHANGHAI. Monday. A COMMUNIST fleet of troop-laden seagoing junks, said to have totalled 100 vessels, attempted a landing on Saturday ni?ht at Nanwei, about 30 miles across the Whangpoo River east of Shanghai, m the district generally known as Pootung. A large seagoing junk can
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      STORE HIGH TIDES
      15 8 HIGH LOW Today 5 46 p.m. Wed 539 am.; 643 p m
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      'CHINA RULED BY ONE MAN'
      125 8 NANKING, Monday. OPPOSITION leader Huang Yu-jen told the Legislative Yuan today, m a bitter speech which hearers interpreted as an attack on President Chiang Kai-shek, that China's military affairs, the Government, and foreign policy were "monopolised by one man and one family." iMr. Huang, who
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      TRUMAN'S JIBE
      55 8 PRESIDENT Truman hurled a new challenge at the US. Congress yesterday to get busy "right now" on price controls, housing, and half a dozen other vital problems. "They still have time," he said, 'and if they haven't time, they ought to take it." He received the greatest ovation
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      DEWEY POPULAR
      28 8 Final American public opinion poll before the Republican nominating convention shows that Governor Dewey has regained from Mr. Harold Stassen leadership m popularity amons Republican voters
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      TOJO VERDICT END OF AUG.
      109 8 TOKIO. Monday. I^HE 60 persons, including translators and typists, appointed to translate the verdict of Tojo and 24 other major war crimes suspects into the Japanese language, will begin their period of confinement under guard between July 1 and July 15. it is learned. Once
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      MORRISON'S APOLOGY TO CHURCHILL
      144 8 MORRISON'S APOLOGY TO CHURCHILL LONDON. Monday. •THE deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Herbert Morrison, tonight apologised to his archenemy of politics. Mr. Winston Churchill, for inaccurately saying yesterday that he continued to draw £2.000 a year as leader of the Opposition even though he was "more often absent than present" m
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      34 8 One of Puntianak's main "thoroughfares" is this canal, which cuts through the town and carries nearly all the business of exporting rubber, forest produce, timber and copra. One of the chief buyers is Singapore.
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      BETTER TIES WITH U.S.S.R: CZECH AIM
      206 8 PRAGUE, Monday. PROM the balcony of Hradcany Castle tonight, Mr. Klement Gottwald, who has assumed the Czech presidency, told a large crowd that his country was now truly democratic, and declared that the Czech Government would further develop and guard its alliance with the
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      ANTI-STRIKE MOVE
      44 8 The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday secured an injunction to halt temporarily an American-wide strike of maritime workers. Four sailors were reported drowned when three barges and a launch sank m Bombay Harbour as the 1948 monsoon broke with 60- mile gales.
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      THEY ADOPTED A WHOLE VILLAGE
      137 8 CHERBOURG. Monday. MR. and Mrs. Girard van Barkaloo Hale, of Santa Babaru. California, who adopted an entire devastated French village, arrived nere today m the Queen Mar> en route to visit their ward. The Hales became the god- parents of the village of Maille, m
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      Nanking to seize Chinese assets abroad
      184 8 NANKING, Monday. A PROPOSAL for expropriating individual Chineso holdings abroad, now pushed beyond the drafting stage by legislator Chien Kwan-san. will soon be formally presented to the Legislative Yuan— China's Parliament—for approval, it was learned today. Individuals with foreign holdings, which, m the United
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      SHARP FALL IN BURMA SHARES
      568 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday. BURMESE issues were a weak feature of the London Stock Exchange today, the statement by the Burmese Premier, Thakin Nu, that his country "wanted to follow Russia" having led to precautionary marking down, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Burmah Oils fell
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      Rubber prices
      172 8 A SPfcCIAL Market tuiitipimai I ffecs the price* of robber a» 11 mm today M foOotrv: Buyers. Setter* CU. Cto per tfc. per •> No 1 ft .8 S. Spot looa* 44-, 45S no i R.S.S. roe> m bales Jane 4SU 45*. So 2 B.S.S. tut m hairs
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      Press probe report by 1949
      145 8 THE Royal Commission oil the Press after 41 sittings m 14 months, during v.hich they have heard the testimonies of more than 100 of Britain s leading editors, publishers and journalists. ha* begun to prepare their report on the moral health of the world's largest
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      FOR GERMANS
      17 8 Tobacco for 20.000 million cigarettes is being bought for the British -American zones of Germany.
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      216 8 A LL of the Palestine from A Holy Land experienced i and a half months. The Israeli Govt complying with the lmweek armistice. Disai' over the question for Jerusalem's 90.000 The truce commit Jerusalem to frame a to the United Nation*, tor. Count Folke Ben on the Jewish refusal
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      174 8 AfKNOWLECMENT Mr Mrs. Lee Cheng Hock A family sincerely thank all friends relatives who sent wreaths, messages of condolence attended the funeral of their eldest son. Mr. Lee Leng Thong, student of College of Medicine. Singapore, who died on 116 48 at G.H. after operation. ACCOMMODATIONS VACANT THE ANCHORAGE 32A,
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      40 8 —WEATHER Cloudy WEATHER report for tbe next 24 hours compiled br the RAP.: Cloudy with occasional showers at first, followed by bright periods. More showers tomorrow morning. Wtnd: Southerly. 5 to 10 knota. Temperature: Max. 85 de*., nrin 75 dqg.
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