The Singapore Free Press, 17 June 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I rretr SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948 PRICK HI CENTS
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    Perak seeks state-wide special powers
    322 1 Perak seeks state-wide special powers Council meets again inK.L. Free Press Staff Reporter THE Perak Government this morning asked the v Federal Government to declare that a state of emergency exists m the whole of the state. Yesterday's ordinance affected only two districts, Ipoh and the Sungei Si put area.
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    Johore murder: more arrests
    74 1 Free Pre^ Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. ANOTHER three Chinese, one a woman, were arrested last night at Layang Layang village m connection with the murder of a contractor Mr. Chad Poi at Ulu Remis Estate last week. They are to be charged with abetment of murder.
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    46 REDS ROUNDED UP IN K.L.
    112 1 46 REDS ROUNDED UP IN K.L. Free Press Staff Reporter Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. FORT Y-SIX Communists, men and women, arrested tn raids on two Communist:on trolled newspapers last j night, will appear m court later today. Police have not revealed what charges they vffl face. They were rounded up by
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    ROBBERS GET A GOLD RING
    86 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A 47-year-old Chinese wo- man and her daughter, living at 5V 2 mile Thomson i Road, were robbed of a gold riig by two Chinese armed with pistols at 1.30 am. today. The robbers knocked at the house and shouted to
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    Ipoh murder victims buried
    95 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE three Europeans who were murdered by Chinese gangsters m the Sungei Siput district, near Ipoh, yesterday morning, Mr. J. M. Allison. Mr. I. D. Christian and Mr. A. E. Walker, were buried at Batu Gajah. yesterday afternoon, the Vicar of South
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    FLYING CLUB SOCIAL
    27 1 The first monthly social and cocktail part was held :at the Royal Singapore Flying Club last night. More than 70 members and guests attended.
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    PND DEAD IN SMASHED CAR
    39 1 I porter \rmy of Adam Road about 200 yards from the junction of Lornie Road It was badly aamaged H^ was found alone m the tr. with multiple injuries to head neck and chest
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    JAILED SEAMAN: TRUMAN PLEA
    54 1 *pHE Italian wife of Walter 1 Seiferle, US. seaman sentenced by a Singapore court on Monday last week to four years' Imprisonment for carrying a loaded pistol, has made a direct appeal to President Truman, says a United Press report. Tony Bickley name in lights on
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    Price check in markets
    173 1 Free Press Stan Reporter yttk Food Control Department will make "snap. checks" of all Municipal and private markets to see if retailers are price tagging their goods. The warning that licences would be liable to cancellation, as soon as legislation making price tagging compulsory was passed,
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    TINNED BUTFER RATION SCHEME
    169 1 Free Press Staff Reporter APPROXIMATELY 16,000 rice card holders m Singapore will be able to buy tinned butter at a reasonable price regularly from next week with the introduction of a tinned butter rationing scheme by the Food Control Department. The public will be able to
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    Given bail on death charge
    94 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BAIL of $500 waa allowed to Lawrence Franciscus, a j special constable, who was charged m the Second Police i Court this morning with causing the death of a boy. Richard Morif-i by a negligent act. Fr&nciscus was alleged to! have
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    FIRE IN CHIMNEY
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A chimney fire broke out m a house m Lorong 34 about 1 30 p.m. yesterday. An engine from the Singapore Fire sade extinguished ih n lames.
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    22 1 Assistant Professor of Asian History at Chinan University, Shanghai, Mr. Su Chien-ying, is m Singapore enrolling overseas Chinese students. Free Press picture
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    THE INFLATED
    88 1 rpHE cost of living for Officials recruited from overseas has more than doubled, states the Singapore Annual Report for 1947. "One of the big factors has been the increase m the wages of domestic servants, but there are few items m the European budget, from motor cars and
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    KOREAN DESERTION
    25 1 The Russian-controlled radio m Korea asserted yesterday that another South Korean Coast Guard cutter had deserted to the Koreans m the Soviet zone.
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    SEAMAN SHOT AT COFFEE STALL
    157 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A 37-year-old Chinese seaman, Ng Ah Keng was shot m the stomach and arm yesterday while having a drink a- a roadside coffee stall at 14, Blanco j ENVOY TO INDIA Lieut-General Sir Archibald Nye. new Governor ol Madras, is likely
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    Police are now free to act
    326 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. EMERGENCY regulations governing two districts m L Perak and two m Johore, published late last night. giv« the police wide powers of arrest, impose the death penalty for the possession of arms or explosives, and forbid the
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    WHITEHALL IS SATISFIED WITH GENT
    285 1 WHITEHALL IS SA TISFIED WITH GENT LONDON, Wednesday. IK the House of Lords today, the Minister for Colonial Affairs, Lord Listowel replying to Earl Howe, said: "We are entirely satisfied that the High Commissioner m the Federation of Malaya, Sir Edward Gent, is taking energetic steps to cope with this
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    Women plead for arrested husbands
    124 1 Women plead for arrested husbands Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN Tang Hin and 18 others, charged with committing mischief by fire on Senai Estate on June 1. were again remanded m custody at Johore Bahru Magistrate's Court yesterday, three women with babies m their arms ran forward to the dock
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    TWO ARRESTS ARMS SEIZED
    66 1 TWO ARRESTS ARMS SEIZED Free Prev> Staff Reporter ACANTONESh and Indian were arrested night m connection with the seizure of two hand gren.i by Inspector Abdul Azi7 c C.I.D. from Tan B»> Terrace oft Pasir Paniang Road Thii> bungs the total 01 hand iren^des and detona' recovered to 18 each
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  • FEATURES...
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      Anthology of the East
      712 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Fashion features m the country should be confined to the pretty and practical Horrqckses made this enchanting peasant frock for Jean, witn>drawstring neckline and sleeves, m a sparkling white cotton, splashed with swirling crimson lilies, worn by British film
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      93 2 Twenty young men who voiced "no effice sftool for us" when thtry left the Services have spent the last two years learning all about trees. There have been no failure on the first forestry course for ex-RAF officers and men at Huntlry Manor, Glos. The puptls have to thank a
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      160 2 BORN today, you have an active and forceful mind which, whn combined with an innate or ginalitv of idea, gives you more than a rood chance at fame and fortune. However, you d<» have an easy-*o4ng streak m your nature and a deep love of all humanity.
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      QUICKLOOKS
      194 2 AN OUTLINE OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE, by Nikolaus Pevsner. (Murray, BXSJ A building is not merely a protection against the elements a place to worship or make money in even an Ideal Home; it is also an expression of the human creative spirit. This sympathetic and learned study of European
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      Bridge Problem
      329 2 AS described yesterday, East put up a killing d«fmce. He v.on the opening spade lead uun the king «nd returned a club; then he ducked the club return from dummy, won toe second heart lead with the ace and stopped any ©ossible squeeze by returning a spade. It
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      Other's
      108 2 QTH E R peo] dreams are seldom very interesting. But I made an rxccption for the middle-a£» d actor who ono told me that, during the previous night, after supper at the Garrick Club, he found himself taking the title role m a brand tragedy called "Han. His performance,
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      PRIZE WINNERS
      427 2 MR. H. C. Wells, a former president of the Australian Miners Federation and once widtlyknown as a Communist, has appeared as a lOCcessful author. He is one of three who shared third-prize m a no-vel-writing contest conducted by the "Sydney Morning Herald." Mr. Wells, who is 40, was
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      24 2 CCn\c»_c-k_v ncvc3sr rrs crc-a:^H' \%"^Ov_rr &*Ot=** nk3L. MTO TMC A -<l/*- U BtFORE T i/'s£\ I crcscEfsr-TTV' j I M gt% M BAC< "4
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      704 2 nf»in»n/^nr nouneements; 8.30 Friday Prom— ,9.05 Wurlitaer liiU-rlude; 9.15 SINCiArUKL I Symphony; No. 5 by Sibelius; 9.30 Peter Dawson Sings; 6.30 Austra•v- i* M M A 9aa 'News; 9.45 T*lk; 10 Swing Club; Han Artist* Perform: 9.45 Talk: From lZ4f noon to z ;.w p.m. J0 3Q Music; n IMI
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      GANDHI MURDER TRIAL
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      U.K. PORTS 'OBSOLETE,' SAYS REPORT
      320 3 U.K. PORTS 'OBSOLETE,' SAYS REPORT 'War damage unrepaired 9 BRITAIN'S ports are handicapped by unrepaired war damage and obsolete equipment. To put them right a big programme of capital expenditure is required. This is *he main conclusion of the Ministry of Transport's Working Party on the Turn-round of Shipping. Their
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      Case deferred -by white ants
      79 3 PRIVY Council Judgment m a dispute about frontiers between two West African tribes, has had to be reserved because of white ants. The Council Judicial Committee adjourned m February for a study of historical documents at Kumasi. provincial capital of the Gold Coast province of
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      LEAVING ECAFE
      35 3 Pakistan, a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, has applied for membership of 4he new Regional Commission proposed for the Middle East, and will leave Ecafe.
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      Nationalists to 'woo' peasants
      308 3 By Tom Masterson. A.P. Correspondent TSIAN. HE Government has opened an all-out campaign to win over support of the peasants m. its tit against the Communists. I saw evidence its new policy being put into effect during a rive-day tour into eastern Kansu and southern Shensi
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      DANUBE TALKS
      33 3 Ihas agreec to call a meeting of th« Big Four and concerned to jut regulations for shipping on the 1.725-mite long c, Europe's main waterway from Austria to the Black Reuter
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      ARGENTINE BARTER
      27 3 Algfntlßc is seeking to her dollar shortage by barter agreements with naB of the Soviet bloc, sterling area countries, and with r South American nation*
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      'Re-married' —by appeal court order
      160 3 1 DIVORCE Court of Appeal —first ever constituted m Britain— has 'undivorced" a woman and remarried her to her husband. Mrs. Marion Everitt. of Bridge Hill Farm. Blackhill. Co. Durham, had been single since July. 1947. when the decree was made absolute, although she had
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      MINISTRY THANKED
      57 3 Back from Hongkong on a hospital ship with his convalescent aircraftman son, Edward. Mr. E. J. Nichol. of Dartford. Kent, went first to the Air Ministry to say "thank you.'" By flying him the 8.400 miles out when Edward had meningitis. Mr. Nichol says. the Ministry helped him
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      QUEEN'S COLLEGE HAS A V.I.P.
      74 3 A YIP. (Very Important Person) recently visited Queen's College, Cambridge. She icas welcomed by the President of the College, Dr J. A. Venn and ZOO undergraduates. She watched studenU rehearse "As you like it" tn the cloister court of the College. It was the first
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      N.Z. car cuts: "confession" of failure
      80 3 N.Z. car cuts: "confession" of failure APPOSITION leaaer S. G. 11 Holland attacked the New Zealand Government's plans to lestrict buying from Britain, stop further imports of British cars, and renew most of the £24.000.000 British loan, instead of repaying it. Finance Minister Nash s policy is a confession of
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      19 3 Flood waters threaten industrial 'buildinas at C'u' Washington where plans were made to families during the Columbia. River breakthrvuyn
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      CHINESE ENVOY
      105 3 Mr. Kan Nai-kuang, previously Chinese Charge d'Affaires has been appointed first Ambassador to Australia. Soldiers of the Arab Liberation army cover the road to Southern Palestine from the roof of the railway station at Jerusalem. They have a Bren Gun (left), a French mortar (centre) rifle and heavy
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      BOMBAY STORM
      57 3 A MONSOON storm lashing the Indian coast sank two ships 150 miles from Bombay, on Tuesday and 14 persons are believed drowned. A 1,158 ton freighter, the Kalmarsund, was wrecked off Vijayadurg, but her crew were saved. Train services to the north and east were restored after a
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      MURDER WAVE SCARE IN D 'MARK
      244 3 A MINOR wave of murders is worrying the Danish police. A total of eleven cases has made front page head-lines m the national Press since January. Five j of them are still unsolved. Most sensational was tne discovery of the bodies of a well
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      RUSSIA MUST BUY
      47 3 RUSSIA will have to buy "a wider range" of goods if Anglo-Russian trade is to be further developed, President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson, said. The Russians had now welcomed the British invitation to resume the talks m London soon.- Reuter
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      China 'soak the rich' bill soon
      282 3 CONFIDENCE that the "Soak the Rich" bill wfcich V' provides for taxing foreign owned property and United States dollar assets of both Chinese and for-eign-owned business will have an early passage I predicted to United Press today by Legislative Yuan Member, Liv Pu-ting, the
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      'Don't let the effeminate wear kilts'
      219 3 'Don't let the effeminate wear kilts' KILTS may be all rigi. m^n's wear m the Scottish highland! and even m the Army, but m Government offices, well. The Government hedged In the House of Common* whi-n a r .-tired Scottish colonel wanted to know whether there was any ban on
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      12 3 INSECTS IV[R SURVIVE a W«f 4CT/ON, |lT BttNToEAfIT K^G ACTION L x
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      41 3 M EZEKIEL SONS Estd. 1916 "~3 t"4^»QOAUFBD OPTICAL PRACTITIONER.* *Z 13 Battery Road Singapore Sight Jesting by API VI /MEM Phong 7hM i^ HOTTEST DAY u'/tyn AMSTEL "a ueafth BEER. of cheer" HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (MALAYA) LTD, SINGAPORE* KUALA LUMPUR •PENANi,
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 17, 1948. Murder Makes Its Challenge
      620 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 17, 1948. Murder Makes Its Challenge FIVE killings m a day is a challenge to Govern- j ment that can be met only i by the ruthless exercise of extraordinary police powers. The measures already announced, added to though they were last night, will
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      It seems to me..
      956 4 by POLITICO IUALAYA'S Com- munist gangster war has taken the country right back to the worst days of twenty years ago, when the Kuomintang and the Communists fought for supremacy after Chiang Kai-shek had turned against the Reds. It was Singapore that was the battleground then,
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      2 4 AMERICAN ROPE-TRICK
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      UNEASY CORONETS?
      939 4 By G. 6. THOMSON (Broadcast from Radio Malaya) THE political parties m the United Kingdom have failed to solve by agreement the one outstanding problem of their system of Government That problem is the House of Lords. No parly is satisfied with either the membership or the powers
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      FAITH
      26 4 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life St. John 10, 27, 28.
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      HANGING: MY VIEW
      952 4 By THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, DR FISHER IN view of some cri- ticisms of what has been loosely called "the attitude of the Church on this matter [of capital punishment], I wish first under three heads to say what, m fact, I believe the attitude of the
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      146 4  -  UNKNOWN By TWENTY-ONE B tish Army offu seconded to the A Legion have just }> recalled from Pa tine. But 16 British vc teers (and as they <it not seconded from British Army our G< v emment has no pow recall them) are with the Arab Legion and Glubb
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      COLONY'S FINANCES SOUND
      443 5 COLONY'S FINANCES SOUND Official review Free Press Staff Reporter piE financial position of the Colony of Singapore ajt the end of the current year can now be safely said to be one of solvency. This opinion is expressed by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B, McKerron, m his annual
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      72 5 Capt Peter Heslop of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers is seen pinning a buttonhole to Mrs. Cox, wife of the GOC, Singapore District, at a cocktail party held m the Singapore District Officers' Mess to bid farewell to Maj. Gen L H Cox and Mrs. Cox. Gen. Cox is relinquishing the
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      Coroner orders constable's arrest
      291 5 AWRENCE Franciscus, a Singapore special constable who fatally shot his nine-year-old nephew was found guilty of negligence by a coroner's jury yesterday. The jury decided he should be tried before a criminal court and the coroner (Mr. K. K. Oon) issued a warrant for his arrest.
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      NAVAL EXPERT FOR AUSTRALIA
      104 5 THE man who planned the successful carrier strikes against Japanese bases m Sumatra and Java m 1944 h&s arrived m Australia to advise on defence preparations. He is Commodore Guy Willoughby of tiae Royal Navy, who is to take up the post of fourth naval member
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      Man, wife told to keep peace
      166 5 PENANG, Wednesday. THE District Judge, Mr. M. R. Fletcher Rogers, today ordered a Malay couple to sign a bond to keep the peace for six months. The wife, 35-year-old Warteh binte Din, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to her husband. The husband, 65-year-old
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      CHARITY SHOW
      44 5 THE Junior Committee of T.N.T. (Spare time and talent enterprises) raised $1,000 for the charity variety show "Bundles for Britain," which they staged at Government House on Tuesday night. The money will be divided between T.N.T. and the Children's World Community Chest.
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      India to pay claims
      93 5 I fiewDelhinote I v x I ..nections H ment H .:.derI tbihty for I aiding I supplies W -red to b&i I before the w ilet IV v.unique X *iVi "At I the tfcne of the partition. B tkre was tnejement I Dominions m *ill pay
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      NEW SMC MEMBERS
      30 5 Two new Singapore Munii cipal Commissioners have been appointed by the Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson) They are Mr. Duncan Roj bertson and Mr. Sandy G. 1 Pillay.
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      DJAMBI SHIPPING
      130 5 THE Dutch Consulate-Gen-eral at Singapore has issued a statement to clear up "some confusion" regarding the closing of the port of Djambi. During the period June 16 to June 30, no new sailing permits will be issued by the Harbour Master at Tandjong Pinaiv to vessels intending to
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      FILIPINOS TO CELEBRATE
      102 5 THE Filipino community m Singapore will be celebrating the second anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4. As the day falls on Sunday, there will be no special services at the Catholic Cathedral. Singapore Filipinos are expected to attend the 8 o'clock mass at
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      'Giving power to the masses'
      399 5 'Giving power to the masses' Adult education Free Press Start Reporter ADULT education can be a great political force, capable of trans forming a whole city by raising every political issue on to a different plane. Professor T.H. Silcock told members of the Singapore Rotary Club this yesterday when he
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      New power sub-stations to be built
      118 5 rNDERS have been accepted by the Singapore Municipality to the total value of $50,000 for the erection of two electric sub -stations and the rehabilitation of the building and quarters of the Armenian Street sub-station. The two new sub -stations 1 will be at
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      EMERGENCY POWERS IN FOUR AREAS
      194 5 EMERGENCY powers have been declared m 1-1 force by the High Commissioner m the Ipoh and Sungei Siput police districts m Perak, m the Kluang and Muar police circles of Johore, as well as at Kulai and Plentong m Johore. These essential emergency power regulations.
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      Help the Police, says leader
      109 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN appeal to the people of Singapore to come forward and co-operate more actively with the Police is made by Inche Sardon Jubir, (Legislative Councillor, Rural West). Unless this is done, bribery, intimidation, and robberies will continue, he says. The Malay
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      $100,000 FOR COMBINED ORCHESTRA
      182 5 $1 00,000 FOR COMBINED ORCHESTRA Free Press Staff Reporter THE Municipal Commissioners have confirmed U decision agreeing, m principle, to proposals for a combined Municipal and Radio Malaya Orchestra. They will be putting a provisional item m the 1949 Municipal budget of $50,000 a* contribution to the cost ot forming
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      MR. McKERRON OFF TO U.K.
      94 5 MR. McKERRON OFF TO U.K. THE Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A B McKerron. will leave by plane today Britain following urgent m of the deterioration m wife's health. Mr?. McKerron left S pore for specialist treatment m Britain some weeks During Mr. McKvrron "s absence the Secretary for Economic Affairs.
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  • NEWS...
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      RUSSIA FINDS ASIA A SAFER BET
      296 6 RUSSIA FINDS ASIA A SAFER BET Economic aid could curb Reds DEVOTING its first leading article on Tuesday to Communism m Asia, the Manchester Guardian says that the news from Malaya and Burma is especially disturbing. What these parties lack m size they make up for m energy and perseverance,
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      37 6 Field. Marshal Lord Montgomery at the unveiling of Nuneaton icar memorial, near Birmingham. He inspected a detachment of his old regiment, the Royal Warwicks and another from HM. S. Gamecock ivho brought their masco',. a fighting cock.
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      Siam King's death: new arrests soon
      101 6 Siam King's death: new arrests soon THE Siam Police said that new arrests are expected m the two-year-old mystery of the death of King Ananda Mahinol of Siam. Investigation were concluded this week, and a report was handed to the public prosecutor. The King was found dead on June 9,
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      Appeal to youth
      117 6 The programme would be no more than mild socialism. I It might nevertheless out the Communist machine m control of Asia. The young Asiatic sees on one side middle class parties which he regards as olrt- fashioned, which are controlled by old men and which accept as
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      Reds won't win in China, says former U.S. envoy
      186 6 i |?ORMER United States ambassador to Russia, Mr. William C. Bullit on his return to Washington from a six weeks visit to China said the present Chinese Government appears certain to survive the conflict with the Communists. He said the Government,
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      CHINESE RELIEF
      44 6 Madame Sun zat-sen, widow of the founder of the Chinese Republic, announced l thai her China welfare fund has just completed 10 years of relief work, chiefly among under-privileged children "upon the principles of helping people help themselves and non-discrimination m distribution."
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      SHOTS FIRED AT AMERICANS
      39 6 SHOTS were fired at American civilians from the Soviet-occupied side of the frontier between the American and Soviet zones on Monday. A Korean interpreter was wounded. The North Korean constabulary are believed to be responsible.
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      TACTICS AS IN EAST EUROPE
      118 6 IF Western Union and the Marshall plan build a wall against the Russian advance m Europe, the Russian machine may reverse m its tracks and move back towards Asia, comments the Manchester Guardian Moscoic may decide that it is foolish to risk destruction by gambling
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      Plasterer's mate wears old school tie
      112 6 WEARING his old house tie. ex-public schoolboy Bar- rett Stembridge. 19. reports every morning for work as Lofty, a plasterer's mate, on Kensington London* bomb repair job. Barrett, 6ft. 4in. tall m his working boots and cap. smiled dustily and explained the secret of
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      U.K. RACING TAX
      23 6 The Hour Kon<> Jockey Club paid the Government HKSI--530.272 m beUin» antf entertainment tax for thp "na^i. fiscal year.- A.P.
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      24 6 picture First woman ever to tutce the Chair m the House of Commons is Mrs. Florence Patron who recently deputised for the Speaker, A.P.
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      PRICES SOAK IN SHANGHAI
      81 6 DESPITE the efforts of the Central and Shanghai Government to keep the price of rice, a new record oi 11.000.000 Chinese dollars a picul was reached. At the same time prices of soap, cigarettes and other commodities climbed nearly 40 per cent m the day, with
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      19 6 photo The King acknowledges cheers of the race crowd at the Derby. He is seen with Princess Elizabeth. Reuter
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      GOTTWALD'S INSTALLATION
      58 6 Mr. Klement Gottwald as the new President of Czechoslovakia m a ceremonal session of the national assembly In Prague Castle. It is expected that Antonin Zapoteck, acting as Premier, will present the Government's resignation to the new President and that a new Cabinet led by Zapotecgy will be
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      CHINESE TRADERS OPPOSE NEW TAX
      208 6 T^HE Chinese Chamber of Commerce, one of the strongest and influential commercial organisations throughout China, has joined foreign organisations m a strong protest to the Legislative Yuan against the enactment of a proposal to set up a special business and assets tax. The Shanghai Chamber
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      China move to reform laws,
      98 6 DETAILED investigations into certain aspect* of Chinese law have been started by the recently-formed Judicial Survey Group, headed by Dr. Roscoe Pound, the world-famous American Jurist. The matters under study are reported to include improvement of jails and reformatories and implementation of prosecution and trial.
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      PRAISE FOR INDIA'S WOMEN
      130 6 PRAISE FOR INDIA'S WOMEN MRS. Ambrose N. Diehl. President of the National Council of Women of the United States, said, at the end of a round the world trip, that women of India have more influence than those of other countries. "They have a more intelligent understanding of their various
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      500 men on boat: West Indians seek work in Britain
      95 6 rnVE hundred West Indians are 1 Britain m search of work and t| saillII k of Labour, Mr. George I h m the Commons that he j Uf -s nui sent the men," or what n, kn ij when they
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      131 6 4 N Ironical feature ol this States Presidential electio: licans. while confident of gainii after nearly two decades out the same time nervous about of losing control of the S. i The Republicans Rained a majority m the Senate m the 1946 Congressional elections Such an achievement automatically made
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      59 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya D OFTHE^I I R^HT^'^ sLAB. AFTER ALL/ jQ^ \MY DEAR* '^VJ o R^ P ie>L FOR l SEwT Hl OUT MYSELF'SsT "iSffl --^---L^--_-r--*#fc^ )1 SABOTAGE.'— MUTTER.'-/ ThAT 1 iTTLE BANG 'WAS '^IBtfFl^^'^W v"^°° TAWAY JUST f <f SIMPLY. VN EXPERIMENT ct
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      WILL NAME ROUND SAYS LOUIS
      408 7 WILL NAME ROUND SAYS LOUIS 'Fitter than for a long time From Joe Louis, special to the Free Press WITH six days to go before my final defence of the tf heavyweight title against Jersey Joe Walcoit a* the Yankee Stadium on June 23, lam thoroughly happy about the outcome.
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      Tussle for the ball
      36 7 picture. R. Barth (S.R.C.) and Siang Eng (A.A.A.J m a keen tussle for the ball at yesterday's S.R.C. -A.A.A, Ist division match at Jalan Besar. which the Recs won two-one. Free Press
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      Glamorgan batsmen dit double centories
      112 7 Glamorgan batsmen dit double centories ish j i mpionJ" mated for tach k^. nd who ban a m his I the L re bel kwmrd f t out I play, k fouri has L uree I Mtiig For lead rugp'.--- he lead ibove I f L i I i. f
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      Hassett hits his 3rd 100 of the tour
      178 7 Hassett hits his 3rd 1 00 of the tour HELPED by timid batting, the Australians put out Northamptonshire for 119 at Northampton yesterday. The tourists ended the day s cricket by cracking the County bowling hard and often In scoring 260 for four wickets, placing themselves m a position to
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      Scoreboard
      201 7 NORTHAMPTON— Ist. Inns Brookes c Me Cool b Bill Johnston 0 Oidtield b lan Johnson II Barron c Hassett b Loxton 18 Timms b Loxton 3 Nutter b lan Johnson Broderick c Haaaett b lan Johnson 8 ChUdes Clarke c Harrey b Kint 8 Direcha c Harvey b McCool
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      DETAILS FOR SULTAN GOLD CUP SOCCER
      253 7 rpHE annual competition between Inter-State Malay soccer teams for the Sultans Challenge Gold Cup this year, under the Auspices of the Malay Football Association of Malaya, will begin its preliminary mufches a week after the Hari Raya Puasa. The tt"ams are aoned r\3 follows:
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      MASTER VOTE WINS FOR SECOND YEAR
      320 7 From VERNON MORGAN 4 N English horse, Master Vote, stole the limelight when the Royal Ascot meeting was continued yesterday before another great crowd, for this m e- year old gelding did what no other horse has ever done m winnig the Royal Hunt
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      EIGHT RUNNERS IN ASCOT GOLD CUP
      59 7 PROBABLE runners with jockeys for the Ascot Gold Cup running over two and a half miles at Ascot today are: Roi De Navarre (C. Smirke). Arbar (C. Elliot), Cadir <R. Poincelet). Whiteway (W. T. Evans), Bayeux (M. W tliandersh Gype <F. Rochetti), Querido (R.
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      Race results in brief
      121 7 RESULTS m brief of yesterday's Penang races are: RACE 1: TOTLAND, $12 and $5; Wonder Bird. $5; Advantage, $6. RACE 2: GOLDEN SLIPPER, $117 and $19; Harvest Moon. $7; Fenton, $13. RACE 3: ELEGANT ART, 19 and $6; Edrtiond Dantes, $8. RACE 4: ROYAL BOUNTY, $27
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      TWO PENALTIES SAVED TIGERS
      352 7 J^ MORE thrilling game of soccer has yet to be seen at the Geylang Stadium than that played yesterday between the Malays and the Tigers. It was a second Division league fixture and it ended m a draw, each side scoring four times. Each team took
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      USEFUL B.P.
      58 7 FE following have been selected to represent the Useful Badminton Party m a friendly match with the Mayflower BJ>. at the Clerical Union hall tomorrow: Teo Boon Enpr, Chan Mun Kit, Abdul Malik. One: Kirn Sens:. Chin Tham Swee, Mi-sses Mary Voon and Rose Soon. Reserves: Alwee bin
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      Earth's goals gave Recs 2-1 victory
      444 7 S.R.C 2 A.A.A, 1 THE Singapore Recreation Club have to thank R.II. 1 Barth, their sharp-shooting inside right, for giving them a two-one victory />ver the AmicaWes Athletic Association m a first division S.A.F.A. league soccer match played at Jalan Besar yesterday. Barth 's
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      Punters had mixed bag
      316 7 Free Press Racing: Reporter HUNTERS had a mixed bag m Penang yesterday, the I second day of the Penang Turf Club's summer meeting. Golden Slipper and the griffin, Raffle, upset calculations but Toiland, Elegant Art and Crispian were winning favourites. Golden Slipper made it a pillar-'
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      China team to stay fortnight in Singapore
      520 7 China team to stay fortnight in Singapore By Crusader TTIIE China Olympic soccer team will spend a forl--1 nigh* m Singapore m their second stopover here instead of a week as originally planned. This nas become possible following a decision to exclude Rangoon from the team's itinerary. The China team
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      37 7 fefetd 111 i .ur.ent vt all skin Injuries and ps and insect bites, to cases of flesh «**»a bad legs and foot sorrs fe 7am Buk L WORLD-FAMOUS HHBAI OIHTMIMI |^**i^^ <M«ora<ii«#rf ft— from An n*t fa*
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      257 7 F.P. Crossword No. 413 IlililLl p! t L _p!! __lii I 2r JSF 827B 27 ILii 31 S— 30 _0Z X 5T J^f_ j§_ CLUES ACROSS 1, Applauding (8) 7. Severe trial (6) 9. Vehement speech (6). 11, Period (3). 12. Decorate (4). 14. Declined <5) 16, Tackle (3). 17,
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      DUTCH REIMPOSE NAVAL BLOCKADE
      275 8 DUTCH REIMPOSE NAVAL BLOCKADE Negotiations suspended BATAVIA, Wednesday. THE Dutch have without warning reimposed their naval blockade of Indonesia, which they had partially lifted last week. This move followed the Dutch suspension earlier today of the talks for a political settlement m Indonesia which have been going on with a
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      3 8 ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN
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      Arabs say 'Peace if no Jew State'
      206 8 LONDON, Wednesday. leaders told Count Folko Bernadotte. the United Nations mediator on Palestine, m Cairo today that the Arabs' basic conditions for peace m Palestine were! 'no partition" and "no Jewish State." This was disclosed by Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of j the Arab
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      BRITAIN PROTESTS
      22 8 Britain has made representations" to Rumania over the arrest and detention of Mr. Alexander Evans, a British oil expert AP^
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      Strike wave in Europe, U.S.
      357 8 Strike wave in Europe, U.S. PARIS, Wednesday. /w STRIKE WAVE is spreading over Europe and the I'nited States reminiscent of the Communist-inspired "cold war" last winter. In France, following a clash between military security men and rubber factory workers, the labour picture is beginning to resemble the general strike of
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      'FRONTIER GANDHI' IS JAILED
      138 8 'FRONTIER GANDHI' IS JAILED PESHAWAR. Wednes. rE Gandhi" of the NorthWest Frontier Abdul Oar Tar Khan, who was arrested by Pakistan authorities yesterday, was sentenced to- m day to three years' rigorous imprisonment for frontier crimes and inciting the people 1 to rise asainst Pakistan. i Gar Tar Khan, a
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      GERMANY: FRENCH PLAN REJECTED
      159 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States and Britain have rejected French suggestions that negotiations be reopened on the six-power recommendations for self-government m i Western Germany. The plan has been approved by the United States. Britain. Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. France is the only nation that
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      Memorial for INA war dead
      87 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. THERE is a proposal to erect a monument to those "martyrs who fought and fell m the struggle for freedom under the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose m the year 1942 on the IndoBurma front." This monument will be situated near
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      MORE CZECHS ESCAPE TO U.K.
      87 8 TWENTYONE Czechoslovak refugees arrived at a British Air Force station yesterday m a Czechoslovak Dakota i plane m which they had esi caped during the night. Among them were two women and two boys one aged eight and the other 14. It was the second
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      EIRE TO ASK FOR ULSTER
      56 8 rr»HE Irish Prime Minis r A Mr. J. Costello, told a presj conference m London thai his Government wanted fail food prices from Britain and unification of Northern Ireland with Eire. With five Cabinet Minisi ters, he will meet a team ol British negotiators headed
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      Flight at 1,700m.p.h.
      124 8 Flight at 1,700m.p.h. WASHINGTON, Wed. rE U.S. Air Force plans to send its Bell Zone rocket plane hurtling toward 1,700 miles an hour m a new series of high altitude speed tests beyond nature's sonic wall" that strange, and until last year, unexplored region of speeds faster than sound. Capt.
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      24 8 CAPT. L. D. GAMMANS, an ex-Malayan, and MP for Hornsey, who raised the question of the banishment of British subjects m the Commons yesterday.
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      Australian MPs to visit Japan
      111 8 CANBERRA. Wednesday. A Parliamentary delegation v to leave for Japan on July 2 to investigate prospects of Australian-Japanese trad 2. the Australian Army Minister. Mr. C. Chambers, announced today. "Recent significant moves to re-establish certain Jaoa- j i nese industries make impor- tant an Australian
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      Escape from Flying Fort
      102 8 ASMARA Wednesday. NINETEEN persons, including 12 Italians and five Americans. parachuted to safety from a U.S. Army Fly- uig Fortress during a sandstorm over the desert m the vicinity of Dharan. Saudi Arabia. The plane left Asmara yes- terday. The Flying Fortress :aptain and one of
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      SIR ANNAMALAI CHETTIAR
      55 8 RAJAH Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettlnad. Madras one of the wealthiest men m Southern India and a noted philanthropist, has dlod at hte home m Chettlnad. A banker and merchant with extensive business interests m India. Ceylon. Burma. Malaya and Cochin-Chlna. Sir Annamalai Chettlar was interested m
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      RICK DUMPED ON MARKET
      67 8 1 ARGE scale rice riots m two towns caused the Shan«»--1 hai food authorities to dump a huge quantity of rice on the market to force down, prices. A total of 6.000 piculs (17C lb each picul) of Government rice was being sold at the official
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      GILT-EDGEDS ARE FIRM
      554 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. piRMNESS m British Government securities marked the start of the new trading period on the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuters financial correspondent. Leading rubbers were unchanged and Tins declined further. Small buying was spread throughout the list and lifted prices by
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      Rubber prices
      132 8 A SPECIAL Market oof rejp»n4*nt A five* the price* of rubber ai U am today m foB©w«: Buyer*. Setters CU CU per B>. per It No 1 R.SS Spot loose 45*. No 1 B S.S. fob m bales July 45*« NO 2 ESS fofc m bales July .44
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      Chile survives in Antarctic
      86 8 LONDON. Wednesday. THE British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevln, told the House of Commons today that Argentina and Chile had not withdrawn from their position m Antarctica. Wintry conditions made It almost imi>ossible to assess exactly the present position but it was known that the two
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      STATE GAS NEXT
      47 8 The House of Commons last night defeated an OpI position motion to reject a government bill to nation- alise the gas industry by 340 votes to 190 STORE HIGH TDBS HIGH LOW 1 TODAY 7.M a.m.; 7.34 p m FRIDAY 8.27 am 810 p.m.
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      CHINA UNDECIDED ON RUSSIA
      147 8 NANKING Wednesday. THE Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Shieh-chieh, testifying today before a secret, session of the Foreign i Affairs Committee, declined j to state that China's foreign policy was absolutely antiRussian. He said it was true that Russian policy was assisting Communism abroad but he
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      448 8 Free Press Staft Correspond I* LONDON lv/ [N the House of Commons lodav ,f" r I lof State for the Colonies. Mr Arthur i **J mentioned the possibility of v.sine I fisht lawlessness m the Federation ohT.SH Speaking on the outbreak of v' ft i yi I Federation, where
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      163 8 America to start on June 21 ThP decision followed a breakdown of wa?e negotiations. IK jf m Vl 1 3 ull t;iK I MS TOOKfc— To Joan, vtfc of Harry TDoke. Bl X K. Hospital, on 15th Jure IP4B. a daughter. VANESSA. TO PAULINE, wife of D. G. Jackson, on
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      105 8 RICARDO p3 the International Dam s APPEARING mUBSI at RAFFLES HOTEL also INFORMAL DANTF Il> l **J PATRICK FORBES HIS ORCHESW Admission to Non-din*'^ >1 4l VIEW STOTEI DINK os HH MtWlt gAWM-I«»y Af J am, LUMM MIBIVRI 'r 111 Hl— Wl«PWft»^ JULIAN FOORMAN JAZZ SYMPHONY CON<» Book No. SUNDAY
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      30 8 WEATHER Fair WEATHER report for Uk next 24 hoars compiled by the BAP.: Fair today. Showers tomorrow moraine. Wind: South-easterly. Temperature: Mm. 8« d«*.; mm. 75.2 deg. Rainfall .01 m.
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