The Singapore Free Press, 3 July 1948

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    14 1 The Singapore Free Press kMMMtA^i^^^^^»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^teft^^ML^*AL-^ I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948 PRICF m (IMS
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    BUSY DAY FOR STREET AID SERVICE
    14 1 BUSY DAY FOR STREET AID SERVICE B I I* m 1 I X I
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    YOUTH DIES AFTER CRASH
    5 1 YOUTH DIES AFTER CRASH gfhjd
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    M.C.P. man held in S'pore
    42 1 M. C.P. man held in S'pore t'lft Wednesday. June 23. is 41, but three Chinese were released some days ago. leaving 38 under detention 19 In--18 Chinese and 1 Among those recently arrested was the advertising .a^er of a Singapore Chinese newspaper.
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    21 1 Mr. Arthur Deak.n, General iary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, all smiles after Brii had called off their strike.
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    Property sales fetch $465,7oo in one week
    105 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NIN*E blocks of property auctioned m Singapore this week fetched the sum of $4*55,700 One of the buildings which changed hands was the Prankd Building m Victoria; -t. bought by Messrs. Bian Lee Seng Ltd. for the highest price
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    Moree troops ready if wanted
    487 1 Whitehall pledges aid LONDON, Friday. INFORMED Whitehall sources stated today, that Britain will unhesitatingly send military reinforcements to fight guerrillas m Malaya, if civilian or military authorities on the spot ask for them. picture. So far no such call has been made, they said. In
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    U.S. WARNS DON'T LOSE S-E ASIA
    176 1 U.S. WARNS DON'T LOSE S-E ASIA NEW YORK, Friday. PRTUNE Magazine warns m its new issue that if the United States falls to sustain natural rubber prices the western world will lose its last major stronghold m South-East Asia. The warning was made m a report from Singapore by Fortune
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    NAI PRIDI NOW IN SHANGHAI
    61 1 HONG KONG police sources said yesterday that they believe that Nai Pridi Pani«i--1 yong, one-time Siamese premier now a refugee, is now be- lieved to be m Shanghai. They said PridJ, who Is wanted m Bangkok for questioning m the death of the late King
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    POSTWAR PETROL BOOM IN MALAYA
    105 1 Free Press Staff Reporter EVEN with petrol rationing Malaya's petrol requirements this year will be 33 per cent more than before the war. The Standard Vacuum Oil Company's refinery m Sungd Oeroeng, Sumatra is already producing more than before j the war and is expanding
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    Popes gift to Hirohito
    56 1 POPE Pius XII yesterday sent his autographed photograph to Emperor Hirohito, increasing the speculation that the head of the Japanese Royal Family may embrace Christianity. Recently Emperor Hirohito s?nt his photograph to the Pope. The Pope sent his good wishes for the Emperor and Empress and
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    Radio Malaya to move H.Q.
    240 1 Free Press Staff Reporter RADIO Malaya is to move from Hs Cathay Building headquarters to the pre-war broadcasting site at Caldecott Hill, a move that will give the Department of Broadcasting permanent offices and save nearly $4,000 rent a month. The pre-war premises were considerably
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    JAP YEN RATE
    35 1 Japanese sources report that a plural exchange rate for the yen would be fixed this montb and that a single rate of 250 to the US dollar would be introduced by October.
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    Murdered for thirty cents
    189 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. A demand for thirty cents the price of two cups of coffee led to murder being committed by two Chinese m Kajang last night. The police are now hunting for the two men, who shot dead the son of
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    JAVA STABBING
    29 1 It is reported from Sourabaya that an Australian man and his wife, whose names were not revealed, have been found stabbed to death In their Sourabaya home.
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    New checks on Chinese travel
    94 1 NANKING, Friday. THE executive Yuan has drafted new regulations by which the Overseas Affairs Commission, instead of tihe Foreign Office, will approve applications of Chinese for travel abroad or return to the homeland. An Overseas Affairs spjkesman described the changes as "only a slight modification
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    Army building new hospital
    81 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Army is building a 200 bed military hospital at Kluang. Building is going well and the hospital should be completed before the end of this year. At present the Army, by agreement with civil authorities m Johore, are occupying 100 beds
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    KEEP GRIP ON S'PORE, U.K. URGED
    292 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent London, Miajr. TH3 group Singapore with the mainland i I unit would mean handing over that vital s.ruu base to the Chinese, and probably to Chimesc Communists. This was the view of Viscount tdi ank (Cons), m the concluding stages
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    Many trade unions close down
    117 1 Many trade unions close down Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, i REPORTS by Labour Department officials from different parts of the Federation indicate that many trade unions have ceased to function since the intr >ducron of the Emergency Regulatioi On routine calls Labour Department inspectors have found trade union
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    'OFF THE AIR'
    46 1 In the London Hi^h Court yesterday. eighl-v ..r-old Brian Tray It* n was awarded £350 for head injuries m a car accidem because he no longer likes to listen v> the radio." Ttie Judge said: "That is so rare he must be ill."
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    STOP PRESS
    58 1 The British Military Governor railed on the Russians early today to open the highway to blockaded Berlin at once, and name a date on which rail traffic can be restored. General Sir Brian Robertson wrote Marshal Sokoiovskv he was ready to meet the Russian commander immediately "to discuss
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  • FEATURES
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      THE EDUCATION OF EINSTEIN CORNFORTH
      2175 2  -  N.C. Hunter A SHORT STORY By "MOW, angel," said \he proud mother. "BOW, precious, tell Daddy What (a— b>2 is equal to." lisped the infant, "minuth 2ab pluth b 27' •There! Isn't he a clever little pet? Isn't he a petsy;e? "Only sixteen months. Jim,
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      Bridge Problem
      245 2 'puiS is a new kind of br d#« problem. The bidding (both sides vulnerable, North de.il. r What do you th:nk Souths hand is? What action should North take? See how close you can come to South"s actual hand. North should bid seven spades Despite th-- feet that
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      MODEST MAIDENS
      166 2 rra4N»rt telescope, bhe could find no *ore saddened him 'It's Beautiful' NEXT day of the Astronomic* Depart:) to Profess, work on Lunar Otofj -.rd ail the Gadget Dep only repeated what hj toOd hiii. poFed of basic slaf and dum and 'But u;..r. ••what c] he cried ar^':
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      827 2 d T ti^i ii n nr Shar.- Market Report; 1.45 Glenn mm>\y 10 30 R.diii' Dowu J\yon, bLNCjArCJKr. His Orchestra; 2 LJgat 9. 30 Tunrs from the Oprattu-s; 10 45 Radio Danrr; 1U 3o From IZjUI oooa to 2Of p.m. music; 2.25 to 6.20 Commentary 945 Music m Dance Tempo:
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      175 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN U>da>. >ou h»t v a line mind and one that is capable of anahzin c problems and offering excellent solutions However, you are rather Ux> retiring for your own be>.t good. You arc the type to sU baik and listen to others. takinf no part mi
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  • NEWS
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      MORE MONEY EVERY DAY IN CHINA
      20 3 MORE MONEY EVERY DAY IN CHINA Business section of the former international settlement of Sharighai ivhich is grapped by inflation.
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      CURRENCY QUEUE FEARS IN S'HAI
      328 3 CURRENCY QUEUE FEARS IN S'HAI Rackets m Chinese dollars DLACKMARKETS, especially m foreign currency AM and gold, continue to flourish m inflation -ridden China m spite of the efforts of the Government Widespread raids on establishments suspected of dealing m foreign currency are carried out almost daily, but so far
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      630 BISHOPS AT LAMBETH CONFER
      153 3 rborj Dr Geoffrey Fisher, :.:;rence of Anglican bishops 330 bishops, among them Episcopal Church of America, andinavian countries, Greek m Cyprus and Jerusalem, e Orthodox Church of Poland. The Archbishop announced the presiding Bishop of Church, of the United would preach m St. Pauls Gathedral
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      PI judge wants Italian settlers
      99 3 ITALIAN technicians and 1 trained farmers will have easy entrance to the Philippine Islands If the effort* of Judge G. B. Guevara are successful. A member of the Philippine delegation to the Milan Fair. he added that he had made arrangements with several Italian technologists
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      "NO HATRED" POLL
      36 3 The Indian Government h agreed to a French suggestion that the future of French possessions m India be decided by referendum "free from pi~ sion and hatred and without internal or external pressure."
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      INDONESIAN PLEA UNKNOWN
      6 3 INDONESIAN PLEA UNKNOWN I- :V Reuter
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      CHINA HAS 3,000,000 REDS
      73 3 CHINA HAS 3,000,000 REDS THERE are more than 3,000.--000 Chinese Communist Party members, the North t] radio has reported. The report was contained a directive to Party branches on the 27th anniversary. The broadcast also told Chinmunists how to cele- Double Seventh." marking the outbreak ie *.ir with Japan at
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      Legislation in Rome to outlaw vice
      33 3 u.->ands of years of hisbc v thuut ''legal* houses of Jj Packard, New York Daily w > I W I m and I I I I I bnl-
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      CRUB ON U.S. REDS
      24 3 Repre i c Richard M. i Washington a' lf^islati')n to rurb munlsta '"vfry be introduced n Congress returns next tnuary.
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      Childless women get new hope
      95 3 Childless women get new hope picture Experiments which will briny hope of motherhood to sterile women are being completed at Cambridge University by a young Australian. He is Mr. Desmond Dowting, ju, wno, wortctng with Dr. J. Hammond, Director of the University's Animal Research Station, believes it will be possible
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      Grim German lesson
      258 3 DEOPLE watch the news on the currency reform m Western Germany with the interest of doomed men. interested In the fate of those who precede them to the gallows. Despite official reticence or denials, people arc convinced that the Chinese national dollar is due for replacement With
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      JEALOUS WIFE IN CIRCUS DRAMA
      159 3 real-life drama oX love and jealousy was enacted m a travelling circus m a Toulon suburb. The cast: Marctl Wehrly. who conducted a shootfcrig gallery. His wife. Maxie, known a.s The Carbine Queen." Th ir 14-year-old daughter Bmexmlda, a bareback rider. One morning, while most
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      61 CHINESE MUST OUT SIAM
      34 3 61 CHINESE MUST OUT SI AM THE Siamese Government has ordered the dei-ort-ation of 61 Chinese, alleged Communists, detained after a recent round up. The deportees include schoolteachers, labour leaders. businessmen and editors. Reuter
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      Crystal ball didn't tell the fortune
      109 3 A spiritualist and a prospector with an electronic locator joined m a hunt for £280,000 worth of gold bars at Johannesburg (South Africa). Searchers believe that the gold was buried m the grounds of Johannesburg Jail during the Boer War. The treasure hunters dug
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      PRIESTS ARRESTED
      30 3 The Hungarian Ministry of the Interior has announced the arrest by political police of four Roman Catholic priests, including the secretary of Catholic Action, for "inciting against democracy."
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      MARKS ARE 'RATIONED' IN GERMANY
      68 3 MARKS ARE 'RATIONED' IN GERMANY pictures Germans wail (upptrj ut the food office to exchange 60 marks for 40 m the reformed currency. Lower: Two German girls who successfully crossed the Russian border into the British zone are helped through the barbed wire by a German policeman after the halting
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      S.A. CHURCHMAN ON COLOUR BAR
      78 3 WRITING on the colour problem. Dr. W. Nichol Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church m the Traiisva'al. said that a solution should be found which received the support of the great majority of voters "so that it will not ltehUy be revised.' Dr. Nichol appealed
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      Russians execute 'tortured' officer day after return
      214 3 Russians execute 'tortured officer day after return THE Russians have executed Lieut. -Colonel Ta&oev 1 central figure m the sen«atirntl kdn: pp rg story according to the Berlin correspondent o» ihp French newspaper France Soir. The correspondent, Kurt Reist, says tha^ 1 was shot 24 hours after the British Lad
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      Schools fear Egyptian law
      133 3 OVER 300 of the 900 pupils at present attending. th»English Mission College, established m Cairo since 1924, will be dismissed next term. This is the immediate result of an Egyptian law. I main provision of which "that no private school may teach its pupils a religion
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      Spare rod-and husband
      111 3 PSCHIATRIST Dr. Isaac X Frost has warned British parent! that caning girls can gravely affect their future married life. Uirls between U and la have a s^nse of the sanctity Ofl tht body. he said. "If their father or master beats them, th y tend to ae-
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      WHEN WAVELL HELD THE BABY
      86 3 YESTERDAY'S instalment m Colliers Magazim the memoirs of Harry Hopkins, persona: assistant to President Roosevelt alleged the British Chiefs suspected a "'Rausevelt tri(\; to shift the responsib when Genera] S:r Arc? Wavell was appointed Allied Supreme Commander ir. South-western Pic: fie a* time of the
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      NO RAIL STRIKE
      40 3 In Washington. Justice T Alan Goldborough has mac> permanent his order ba. any railway strike. The injunction stated: "To permit a strike at this time would create an extreir.r situation, which sock not required to tolers AP
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      93 3 TARZAN Question v Rdear Rice Burrou-ths '/Il N k//jfj- WfC^^ If v\, J^TS^-v-^^^ »J^ t 'Sw N T^ ER w tW> f J l-'.v^Cj? I^l <NOvv NC?»v THAT X3U ARE \.<Al V%/<// V^ißl 1 I ---'/fir KJEVE.'HESAIO. iteiii I /-,>'- s lV\\V^ -RRKK 5M£ ACVM—E3 J %TVVi| B I o^t
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 3, 1948. Crushing Terror
      664 4 BETWEEN June 16 and June 29. a total of 19 persons re killed by terrorists m the Federation of Malaya. But the n i taken by Government have had ir eMtct, declared the i.ister of State for Colonial Affair*, Lord
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      How Marshall aid may affect Malaya
      1018 4  - How Marshall aid may affect Malaya HALL ROMNEY hsgfhs FREE PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT LONDON, Fri. ALTHOUGH it is not known whether Malaya is one of the colonial territories, which have indicated acceptance of the Marshal) Aid agreement, it is clear that Malaya is m a position to influence the extent
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      War of nerves
      112 4  -  SHOW ME ONCE WITH not evtn the slenderest hope of being able to hold Soviet-tn-circded Berlin m the event of an attack, the Western Powers are straining every nerve to rush by air all manner of supplies to the Western-held sectors of that city. In this connection
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      WHAT PEOPLE SAY
      496 4  -  GEORGE G THOMSON 'Parliamentary Lords IT is a pleasure v) tx.* corrected by one whose prime interest ii the correotnesa of the picture tA a subject which he is interested The printing of "baronets" for "bu an error, due. however to ha^ty cheeking rather than faulty memory.
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      SHE TELLS THE FUTURE
      360 4  -  PAUL K. HOGUE By TN April 1946, astro- loger Hellene. Paul drew up a horoscope of Joseph Stalin, she forecast that m 1947 the Russian leader would suffer ills of the throat, kidneys and gall bladder. But, she said, he would throw these off and Jtad
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      Clerks CoL?
      145 4  -  PHOENIX I HOPE the appeal made by the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers Union on behalf of clerks will not fall on deaf cars. Can the Government be persuaded to show its interest m clerks not m its employ by asking commercial firms to adopt a scale of
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      150 YEARS OF ART
      277 4  - 150 YEARS OF ART JOHN TAUIOT Is> Reuiei-s' Corrwpoiichut ARTISTS and art enthusiasts from all over the world who visit Venice this summer, will he able to see there one of the finest exhibitions of representative art over the past 150 yeai The 24th International Exhibition of Art, opened m
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      FAITH
      23 4 Truly the li«:ht i s swett. and a pleasant thins it i> fur the eyes to behold the sun. Ecclesiafctea, 11, 7.
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  • LOCAL NEWS.. . .
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      GOVT. LEAVE QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL
      255 5 GOVT. LEAVE QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL p re€ > Staff Reporter auction over-worked Government mi n who cannot take I Lv they have earned because of shortage I j^jn, taken up by Mr. C. C. Tan I West) at the next meeting of I until on July 13. Is it correct
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      U.K. TRAINS MALAYAN SCOUTERS
      5 5 U.K. TRAINS MALAYAN SCOUTERS I
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      37 5 picture. Captain Andrew Blom, s kipper of Stanvac Singapore, tne Standard-Vacuum tank er, is seen with a picture of Singapore Harbour present ed to him yesterday by the acting Colonial Secretary, M r Andrew Gilmour. Free Press
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      Billion-dollar oil project
      177 5 Fro Press Staff Reporter WITHIN a year of the re-occupation of its Patembang refineries at Sungei Gerong, Standard Vacuum is today producing more than the pre-war maximum of 45,000 barrel* a day, and by the end of this year, H is hoped to produce at least 60,000
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      H.M.S. MALAYA GIFTS STOLEN
      97 5 THE plaque and pictures presented to the battleship, H.M S. Malaya, which is now being scrapped, were burgled from a store m Alexandria, to which they had been sent m September 1939 for safekeeping. Thi made m the House of Commons by the Financial Sec tary
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      122 5 I Ruyul Elec- tncal and Mechanical r require a jcr of h cally-enlisted men as military tradesmen, have re-openrd recruiting m Singapore and the Federation. Photo shows some local men under training. Men are required for training as vehicle mechanics, fitter*, electricians, driver mechanics, armour' ers, welders, coach-painters, instrument mechanics,
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      TAKUAPA TIN YIELD
      25 5 June output of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging wa.i 655 piculs of ore. valued at $95,500. Production cast, was estimat- ed at $60,000.
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      MR. D. CHELLIAH
      27 5 Mi. David Chelliah. eldest son of Dr. D. D. Chelliah, of Singapore, has been successful In his inter-laws examination held m London last month.
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      JAIL FOR ROWDYISM
      87 5 ROWDYISM football matches had an echo m the Singapore Fourth Police j Court, yesterday when 19I year-old Low Tuck Chung, was sent to jail for 14 days. He pleaded guilty* to the charge of disorderly behaviour at Jalan Besar Stadium last Wednesday. A.SP., Mr. Dale, said Low
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      $260 MILLION TO COMBAT T.B.
      174 5 DREMLIMINARY plans for a 20-year flght against tuberculosis m Australia have been made at a conference of State and Federal Ministers m Melbourne. The talks ended on Wednesday. The Federal Minister for Health. Senator McKenna, said after the meeting that his Department would pre- pare
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      S.M.C PLANS BUNGALOWS
      345 5 HOLIDAY CAMP Free Press Staff Reporter CIX holiday bungalows and a two-storeyed clubhouse at Telok Mata Ikan, 11 miles from town, have been planned for the junior staff of the Singapore Municipality to implement the principle, approved earlier this year, of establishing holiday bungalows for the employees.
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      TAKE PART EN GOVT.-BY VOTING'
      235 5 TAKE PART EN GOVT.BY VOTING' LETTERS from constituents to their representatives m the Legislative Council are not only received by the Council but are also studied by special committees set up by the Government. This was stated by Inche Sardon bin Jubir (Legislative Councillor, Rural East) m a broadcast last
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      DAYAK CABLE TO ATTLEE
      44 5 DAYAK CABLE TO ATTLEE The Dayak Association of Sarawak and the Malay National Union have sent a joint telegram to the Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. appealing to the British Government "to revoke their imp< rialisiic policy and to reour independence under Brooke rule."
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      14 LEAVING FOR KARACHI
      136 5 Frve Press Staff Reporter AFTER three years of ser- vice, helping to maintain the vital link of cable and wireless communications with the outer world, 14 Anglo Indian youngsters, "imported" into the Colony by Cable and Wireless to supplement the acute shortape of trained cable and
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      $24,000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF
      76 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MORE than $24,000 was collected m a day by the flood relief committee of the Foochow Community Guild for the relief of refugees m Foochow district. Already $50,000 (Hong Kong currency) has been remitted to Hong Kong for the purchase of food
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      Untitled
      28 5 Mr. A. V. Benjajield. Welfare Officer of the Singapore Municipality, who has submitted a plan for a holiday camp for Municipal staff on the ea.st coast of Singapore.
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      DAYANG MUDA
      46 5 THE Dayang Muda of Sarawak left Singapore for Kuching yesterday on a brief visit. The main purpose of her visit is to open an arts and crafts exhibition and sale of work, organised by the women's branch of the Malay National Union of Sarawak.
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      Traders Are Hard Hit
      108 5 Free Press Chinese Correspond nt DUSINESS m all parts of the Federation ha< r> < i O hard hk by the current wave of violence, say -i Chinese trader, who has just completed a tour of <( ie principal cities m the peninsula. H« mM iii.it
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      Coffee shops may get sugar
      81 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE coffee shops may get a monthly allocation of sugar from the Government m the near future. Food Control authoritu-s have asked representatives of the Coffee Shop Owners Association if they would accept brown sugar. The Food Control D. partment is
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      U.K. GETS 8,000 TORS OF SCRAP
      165 5 U.K. GETS 8,000 TORS OF SCRAP Free Press Staff Reporter ■THIS morning, a >• I gian ship, the G. I I sailed from Sin^si i with a load of 7,000 of scrap metal to aid tain's drive for raw mi rials. Last week-end ship, the Euryades, sa: with, at least
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  • SPORT..
    • SATURDAY SPORTS PAK3ET
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        MEN OF THE WEEK In quest of a cup
        729 6 MEN OF THE WEEK In quest of a cup ADRIAN Ql l a m years (35) >). He tied the Cup team m 1933 it m quest ol Cup each year until, h John Bromwick, Jack wford and I, Australia n< d the trophy United States In 1939. A leg
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        INEARNEST
        111 6 UTirH 6ft. 6in. as his Olympic quali lying high jump target, ex -Grenadier Guards subaltern Dick Fisher. now on demob have. ha<i a daily round m search of fitness that would reduce most ordinary people to exhaustion. Dick travels from London to Windsor, then to Aldershot, then back to
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        A lazy, amiable giant
        269 6 A lazy, amiable giant By GEOFFRKY SIMPSON, IN a pleasant wooden house m forest country beside a 15-mile-long lake sits an amiable giant, who, if he had the energy, might have made last week's world heavy-weight boxing championship a black-verse-white fight in;td of an all-Coloun-d one. I paid w< ek-end
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        IMPROVING YOUR CRICKET
        42 6 BILL EDKiril the Middlesex star, demonstrates the straight drive. Points to note: Left foot well forward to the pitch of the ball, with left wrist and elbow "leading" the bat into the shot and into the straight follow- through.
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        16 6 Awthar Singh leading the field m a one-mile cycling event at a Singapore tournament last October.
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        PROS AND CONS
        326 6 CONTROVERSY if raging V^ behind the scoru < <>i county cricket clubs m England at their ban on their players taking part m Sunday benefit matches. Somerset put the cat among the pigeon when they told their players they must not participate m games or benefit of
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        SPEED KINGS ON BIKES
        579 6  - SPEED KINGS ON BIKES KEN JALLEH By VET another group of sportsman m Malaya is ambitious for Olympic fame. Malaya's speed kings on push bikes are not to make a bid for international fame and they are not sparing the wheels on the road to the 1952 World Olympics. Today
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        PARAGON
        137 6 JOHN SMALL was Don J Bradman, Denu Compton and Keith Miller m one. "He must stand as the best cricketer the world ever produced." one newspaper urote o] him. Outside his home m Pcr -cld (Hants) was the sign: Her* lives John Small Sells bat and ball. And will
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      504 7 Great recovery by Falkenburg OT AGING one of the finest recoveries seen m a final for years Bob Falkenburg, 22-year-old six feet two Calif ornian, yesterday won the men's singles at Wimbledon, beating John Bromwich, Australia's 30--year-old ambidextrous player, by 7 5, o—6,0 6, 6 2, Falkenburg staved off
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      Cotton wins open title
      101 7 HENRY Cotton. Britain's best known professional, won the British open golf tournament yesterday with < ore of *84 at Muirfield. It was Cotton's third British open title. He won it m 1934 at Sandwich. England, and again at Carnoustic. Scotland, m 1937. Cotton, presented with the
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      22 7 Ikt WiU.ams will defend h.s world lightweight championship va nst Beau Jack m Philadelphia oo July 12. Jack to former bghtvcifht champion.
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      CHINA XI: STALE OR TEMPERAMENTAL?
      568 7  -  CRUSADER By pONSISTENCY is not one of the China Olympic v^ xKctr team's virtues. In five games during their two fUU to Singapore, they have contrived to give such vastly different performances m consecutive sanies tha t fans are wondering whether the players re temperamental
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      AUSTRALIANS WIN AGAIN
      164 7 rE Australian cricketers marched on to their 16th win of the present tour yesterday, b&atins Surrey by 10 wickets at the Oval. But they had to wait longer for victory than the overnight position suggested. Surrey resumed their second innings -with six men out only five runs
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      GRIFFINS IMPRESS AT B. TIMAH
      238 7 By "CALL BOY" THE Singapore griffin, Pilgrim's Way. did one of the most impressive gallops at Bukit Tirrah this morning when holding class three horse Hariman to a head over three furlongs m 38 I's sec. The going was good Azad. another griffin, returned a
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      Louis down
      42 7 Louis down Louis goes down on one knee for a count of one m the third round of his fight m New York last Friday against Joe Walcott, whom, Louis knocked out m the 11th round to retain his too rid title.
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      Test cricketers return to form
      407 7 rpHE return to form of some England cricketers, particularly Bill Edrich, must be heartening to the England Test selectors after his dismal display against Australia m the second Test. Edrich's big hand m Middlesex's innings victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge may prove the means
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      Selections by Call Boy
      77 7 SELECTIONS by "Call Boy" f«r today's K.L. races are: Race 1: A IBGALE Scholar Batti II Race 2: fiFESTRING Caravan Madang Raw J: DEVON Huron Jaunty R**# 4: ALL BOLONTT Charity Eastern Girl Rare 5: THE PATH AN Victory Star Go* Race C: DISTINCTION Ev*Tbrifht Ra«e
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      JOHORE'S WIN PUTS N.S. IN GUP FINAL
      341 7 Free Presss Correspondent DOGGED by misfortune before the star t a.s a n-ult of which Jivhore had to take the field with a team tfriat included five substitutes, the home >iile surprised everyone by playing inspired football to deltal the R.A.F. two-nil on
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      Airport Oregon the best bets
      660 7  - Airport Oregon the best bets EPSOM JEEP From 1 AIR Port and Oregon were given as the best bets on the course this morning for this alerrmt races at Kuala Lumpur m I'ne fi^al day of Selangor Turf Club's Summer meeting. The gv.u.i remains very good. Airgale looks a good
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      The linesman walkd off
      21 7 The linesman walkd off THKtL th< and a field I half. On two j Yik. i r;*:ht v :m» P O
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      137 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya fSO THATS THE REASON^ KjA— THERE SEEMED NO^ /ONE MOMENT Rirr\wHATA«rw.TffrPf|/w»|r? of your hostility to me, y oThlr reason why you if neither You f You had The Jhe QUEsTiowrD me PROFESSOR? AMD You f SHOULD MASQUEKADE AS HOR I STOLE
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      MARRIAGE
      44 8 The weddtn? will place today at 430 p.m. at St. Andrew's Cathedra*. Singapore. between .ird Georie Whittington. only son of Mr. Mrs. F. B. WhlUn of Harrogate. Yorkshire, and Ma-:or. Hasrall Law. only daughter of Mrs. M. B Law ol Edinburgh and Singapore.
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      40 8 In evei lovin* memory of Mary 4th March. IM*she rest In Peace. A Requiem Hi«n Mass will be held at CatboU rch Katong at 6 am. on Monday. sth July. Friends and relatives are reg i^'*od tc attend.
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      SOVIET BID TO HALT FOOD FLIGHTS
      341 8 Interference is alleged LONDON, Friday. COINCIDING with Allied reports that the increasing Anglo-American air shuttle to Berlin was defeating the Soviet land and water blockade, there are allegations of Soviet interference with the radio beam used by Allied pilots flying m food. President Truman
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      Germany to aid Europe in 1949
      92 8 Germany to aid Europe in 1 949 BERLIN. Friday. THE U.S. Under Secretary of the Army. Mr. William H. Draper, predicted today that ext year will tee many playing a real part m European recovery.' Food crop prospects, coal and industrial production had all improved, m Berlin there w» r<»
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      French ships strike-bound at Marseilles
      149 8 PARIS, Friday. FRENCH shipping was at a standstill m Marseilles today after a strike call by the Seamen's Union, which is affiliated to the Communistdominated Confederation of Labour. The seamen are supporting crews of four ships of the Compagnte Oenerale TransAtlantique. who walked out on
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      Chinese attack U.S. Jap policy
      126 8 SHANGHAI. Friday. [TNITED STATES policy fa Japan came under heavy fire again today when 390 promLnmt Ctdneae In Shanghai and Peiping, m Dent m ttie Ta Kung JP**>. leading Independent Chinese daily, charged the United States *it*i Ytitfrhanded unilateral actions contrary to the directive a
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      300,000 MEN IN HONAN BATTLE
      179 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. THE big battle of Honan Plain increased m ferocity today as several fresh Government and Communist units joined m the fray, swelling the number of men involved on both sides to around 300,000, with the Nationalists claiming that, m an engagement south of
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      DUTCHDENY NEW ACTION IN INDIES
      186 8 DUTCHDENY NEW ACTION IN INDIES THE HAGUE, Friday. AN the eve of Holland's genv era! elections, m which one of the main Issues will be the whole constitutional question m Indonesia, the Dutch Prime Minister, Dr Louis J. M Beel denied that I the Dutch had decided to renew military
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      Chinese money not going to HK
      260 8 HONG KONG, Friday. JF there is still substantial flight of capital from 1 China, say business circles here, there is not much evidence that this money is coming to Hong Kong, where the money market is tight and there is little idle capital. With
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      RAN 250 MILES IN 71 HOURS
      50 8 RAN 250 MILES IN 71 HOURS AN Argentinian marathon runner. Joaquin Guenvro. set what he claimed is a world record when he ran non-stoD for 71 hours and 20 seconds. Almost overcome by sleep. he was ordered to stop by a physician. He ,had coy^ah approximately 250 miles.- A. P.
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      GREEKS FEAR OUTSIDE ATTACK
      235 8 ATHENS, Friday. THE Greek Government is i planning to call up immediately all persons eligible for military service "for Greek diplomatic reasons." it} is learned here. This new call-up "for diplomatic reasons" is interpreted to mean t hat there is a possibility of armed action involving
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      After the knock-out
      31 8 joe Walcott being assisted to his feet by Referee Frank Fullam, after his knockout fry Joe Louif m the 11th round of the championship fight m New York.
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      U.K. migration: 'drastic' plan
      62 8 THE Australian Premier, Mr J. B Chifley, is believed to be taking to Britain today a long-range emigration plan which would reduce the British population drastically and mean the establishment of new industries m the Dominions. The plan, now under consideration m Canberra would entail action
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      E.R.P.-dollars: Anglo-U.S. agreement
      145 8 E.R.P.-dollars: Anglo-U.S. agreement WASHINGTON Friday. k TEMPORARY u..cicrsUuidn ing on the relationship between the European Recovery Programme and the operations of the sterling arta lias t*en reached beiwcen American and Britisli ottlcials A nnal decision wiil await report o.i the f fusibility oi "tracing' European Recovery Programme dollars m the
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      TOBACCO OUT
      22 8 The British Board of Trade has cut tobacco purchases by one- sixth for the next two months to save dollars.
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      TIN SHARES IN NEW ADVANCE
      405 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Frid IN the absence of any developments m Berlin extremely idle conditions prevailed on the I.on< Stock Exchange today and prices of British ment securities and leading industrials t move lower, says Renter's financial correspond Tins continued their advance, (however The
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      50 8 rpHE Secretary-Gen, ra| lf th > Al *o. Pasha, said tonight ih a „h U 3l proposals of the I mi,,; iU F^W Fo&e^Bernadot,^ had t^j The United N 1 Trygve Lie, told prrhe hoped for an cx 4 if no final settlemen* '-h Thursday, when the i Reuter
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      HYDERABAD AIR LINK CUT
      31 8 INDIA'S bad wn day m a pected gun rui Pakistan by air 1 D cancelled service. In Hyderabad, ment has order suspend the ex'La:. Indian currency. A.P.,
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      118 8 J^ SPfcciAl Markai earretpoD^c ffvat Ike price* af rabbet 11 U>*at m foOew* SINGAPORE CBAMBEB MMKE( Thr Sißcaporr Cham»>(outfrrt Eabbtr Ansonai ion's nooa prices. yr«trrda> lJuiw w, rr hi crnts per Ik No. 1 BJS.S. Spot lo©>r iwinil 4«S 4<K No. 1 R.SJS. f.«.b. m bales Jnly MV,
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