The Singapore Free Press, 10 July 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1948 PRICt Itl I'hMS
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    Berlin tension as Big Three act
    381 1 Berlin tension as Big Three act Soviets react to protests LONDON, Saturday. DUSSIA'S reply to the Three Power note on 1 Berlin will be the most critical diplomacy since 1939," the British press agreed this morning. Tension rose again as Russia last night closed the last surface route into Berlin—
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    'REDS MAY BAN SHIPS TO MALAYA'
    153 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent MELBOURNE, Fri. i -OHORTLY, we can cxi >J pect Australian com- mumsta to put a ban on all cargo and transport which mi^rh t help tho.-.e who are trying to beat the Communist plot m 1 Malaya," the Sydney Daily
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    BIGGER RUBBER YIELD FORECAST
    133 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. INCREASED world production of natural rubber x this year was forecast today by the United States Department of Commerce. It estimated production at from 1,450,000 to 1,500,000 long tons compared with the International Rubber Study Group's earlier estimate of 1,391,000. The Department calculated combined
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    Bill for excess expenditure
    79 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A FINAL Supply Bill for i $271,968.95, to meet certain excesses m the Colony's 1946 expenditure, will be introduced m the Singapore Legislative Council shortly. Nearly half this sum is for an excess of more than $118,000 under Public Works extraordinary. Excesses
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    'To show up the world?'
    91 1 WE are investing $5,000,000 m the greatest Olympic team ever. It sails at the end of the month to show up the rest of the athletes of all the rest of the world," announces the Boston (U.S.) Herald m a leading article. "It ought to
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    S'PORE FIRE
    31 1 Free Press StaiT Keporter Two lire fn^ines called to a house m South Bridge Road at mid -day yesterday put out a small fire caused b; electrical short circuit.
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    Indian arrested under crisis law
    43 1 es> Staff R/porter One Indian was arrester the Emergency n« yesterday brings the total under to 65 of whic*i 35 nese. 29 are Indians lit- Malay Hers who were aryesterday u..der the rgency Regulations were sed after interrogation.
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    THIVY LEAVES FOR DELHI
    48 1 MJ A Thivy, Representa- of the Government n Malaya, left this by a Oantas plane >r Rangoon on his way to for consultations with 3 andit Nehru Mr TTvvy who is accompanied by his wife, will take m Indian National Airways )iane from Rangoon.
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    Chinese drive for voters
    259 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWENTY Singapore Chinese community guilds will t part m a five-day drive to get as many c as are qualified, to register as voters m the legislative Council elections. The register is clue to close on July 15. Ten thousand registration forms,
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    GUN DUEL FOR £5,000 PAYROLL
    54 1 THERE was a gun duel In Calcutta on Friday when gangsters shot it out with an armed guard for I payroll of nearly €5 000. The guard was ambushed m a lonely part of the city. He returned their fire, forcing them to flee and
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    BIG COMB-OUT IN KUALA LUMPUR
    98 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. F ARGE-SCALE searches were carried out and road biocks were thrown by the police m Kuala Lumpur last night as part of the security measures taken, following the reported concentration of insurgents m the outskirts of the town.
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    U.S. POLICY IN JAPAN HIT 'Asia will quit Allied cause'
    934 1 U.S. POLICY IN JAPAN HIT Asia will quit Allied cause' NEW YORK, Friday. -nnHE United States should forget about making Japan the workshop of Asia and work instead cm a Marshall Plan for all Asia," said the Philippines Ambassador, Mr. Carlo P. Romulo, m an address here today. In one
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    Court hears how Gandhi was shot
    163 1 Court hears how Gandhi was shot NEW DELHI. Friday A POLICE officer, who said he was only a few paces away when Gandhi was shut on January 30 this year, told the court here how the Mahatma died. The officer, Sub-Inspector j Amarnath of the New Delhi I 1 police,
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    CYCLIST INJURED
    32 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese cyclist, Urn Kirn Chuan, was admitted to Singapore hospital after being involved m an accident with a L.E.P. motor cyclist m Serangoon Road yesterday.
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    FLOOD DEATH
    18 1 An unidentified Chinese youth was drowned whilst playing m flood waters at Malcolm road yesterday afternoon.
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    Only 24 MPs in debate on Malaya
    276 1 Only 24 MPs in debate on Malaya LONDOV iiday. ALTHOUGH m the words of The Times, the impulse behind what the Secrei.uy m Stai the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jonc cribed as a menace m Malaya i reoccur House of Commons last night as close!} measures taken to deal with
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      15 1 aJ^f' v Th* ,tft OA, three hard sets. win or losewhat matters? Relax with aSare-
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  • FEATURES...
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      The Veteran
      2141 2  -  L. GARVEY A SHORT STORY By 1T xras something of an achievement on the part of Stanley Akroyd to graduate m medicine at the age of 21, and hardly less remarkable that he should find himself so favourably placed m the Clinical Research Unit of the Medical Research
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      Bridge Problem
      139 2 gPADES are trumps. Soulh loads. North and South we to win all seven tricks against any defence South leads a trump. West cannot discard a damond. else one run* establishes North's third diamond. If West discards a heart, North does likewise and South loads the heart. North mak\s
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      135 2 j* m% f *> A [VIM —M nS TA «_V ff I_J S W^L^Mmmm^'m^^^mm^M^^WA SINGAPORE From 12-0« noon to 2 M p.m. 485 metres m the medium wave band and 7 20 megacycle* la the 41 metre band From 600 pm to 7 45 p.m.: from 9.30 p m to
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      411 2 RciulU); 8.30 •"String Tirm"; 9 are'; 930 W 9.45 Patrick Forbes and His Orch. from Raffles HoUl; 10.15 i Cabaret w.th Jean Sablon; 10 30 Rhythm on Records: 1 1 30 La*t News Summary. Programmes m Malay. 12 Progranim Summary; ,12.05 Musical Interlude; 12 45 Malay; 6 30 Programme I
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      387 2 SINDAV 9 30 Tunes fr<>m the OpereUv: 9 45 Music m Dance Temp-v. 10 .'all Box, 10.05 Baritone* of Renown: 10 20 Around the, Bandstand; 10.30 Au; tralian News; 10.40 Request Records; 11 Great Mu.sic; 4 Dinner Music; 4.30 A'utraliaJi News; 4.40 Fine Mu.sic; 5 15 Magazine of the Week;
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      152 2 Hour (BBC— Sport and Music On> 16. 49 and 88.3 metr 10.30 Rdm Down the Canyon. 10.45 Radio Dance; 11 30 W News from Ixnidon, 11 40 P gramme Summary SINDAY 8 Mu.su- og the Air; 8.30 Worid and Home News; 8.45 BBC Theatre Orchestra; 9.30 Programme Summary-; 9.45 Shipmates
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      25 2 \9Vjfpn r Cg^^^gg^ COTTOMgCCtt.. MAY »C >^V. V OS'a.m? V VI. T 0009... V vr*V^4*^ V < ">!/—- -t=> 'M" MAY /^A VT 1 CCVAC y, fbom,
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      245 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN toda>, you are a w stexn dLsiiphnarian but yoo are willing to set the example yourself. However. ytHi expect others to follow you and if they don't, you have littlr use for them. You not exactly intolerant 1 the ideas of others you just don't bother
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    REVOLT IN PERU ENDS
    69 3 REVOLT IN PERU ENDS rHE three-day reoeiuon 01 the army garrisons at Puno and Juliaca m southern Peru has been put down comiay reports from Cuzco. It was described unoflicial]y", as a Right wing totalitarian movement revolt, and ended with the flight or Its leaders and the surrender of muti
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      476 3 m h r s behind 'Iron Curtain' nRAGUE has become a city of the drum telegraph, I the grapevine, the whispered rumour. No day passes without some new sensation passing m whispers over cafe tables, or m gossip among the market stalls. Today the presence of American troops was
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      17 3 D;KJEKKEK[PEP nening of the La*nbeth all parts of the p in Canterbury chair of St. Planet news
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      42 3 ugh megaphones and WL hio^ messagd tossed into a !rd the ex- trooper Empire ft of 4^2 hopeful West 1 91 tk work m Britain B uld i»ffer them nothinu r In" is the Jamaicans did not know about r I
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      'S'PORE WAS A MESS'
      86 3 i m the fall of Singa- pore m 194*. Mr. Harry Hopkins. President Roosep '->nal assistant then m London reported to the President that Mr Churchill felt the I i pore business was Mr Churchill considered the whole thing was verj badly handled, and that there
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      PLAN TO REOPEN METAL MARKET
      194 3 MALAYAN tin miners attended a D i1 which the London I Exchange committee's scheme ling the metal market was outlined. r-- t which the Ex- i contemplated would. :ie transition stage not be rket M m the same was understood \;e war lin allocation It
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      Unrest in 3 continents
      81 3 picture. picture BRITISH EXODUS: At Haifa m Palestine a British soldier watches the loading of vehicles m the final stage of evacuation after more than a quarter century of occupation. Withdrawal was completed a month ahead of the dead-line.- Planet News GERMAN PROTEST: Heidelberg University students
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      SIAM ASSEMBLY
      43 3 The Siamese Constituent Assembly will be formally opened next Monday. Draft of the new constitution is expected to be completed within six months- Reuter An explosion yesterday m a fireworks factory at Oberarth Switz* rland. killed eight workers and injured six.
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      Negroes' plea to Democrats
      127 3 OVER a score of Negro organisations m America have demanded a statement from the Democratic Party's National Convention, opening on Monday, on the race issue. "The Party must decide whether it li going to permit bigots to dictate its philosophy and policy, or whether it can
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      11 men and death share small boat for 5 grim days
      455 3 1 1 men and death share small boat for 5 grim days A harrowing story of death and sacrifice when 11 men were swept to sea m a small craft on Juiy 4 was recounted at Manila five days later by «»ne of the six survivors. Brother Vincent Scheerer, of
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      'Australian while policy economic, not raeial'
      134 3 'Australian while policy economic, not raeial' "AUSTRALIA is net only very inter* iin the development of jthe countries m Soutn jEast Asia, but is also desirous of co-opera tirm with them because she recognises that the safety and prosperity of Australia is bound up with South East Asia This was
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      Russian base in Far East
      81 3 YtUSSIA Is IV Industrial the "iron cuilain Siberia, according to C» Walker. correspondent of the c tian Science Monitor, m message from Tokio y day. Gigantic shipyards erected on mat banks, and on what v. once now oil refinen ro ling mills, blast furnaces an.i
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      What made apple fall on Newton?
      182 3 AN explanation of the nature of gravitation ap- pears m Physics, the journal of the American Institute of Physics. It Is the preatest mystery of physical science. The new clue is m some particles of matter, so tiny 1 and so powerful, that they
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      55 3 TARZAN The Master v r Rire B-rmtks 7^-^ B^ rr j9 lAS THE GREAT OEAST PASSED BENEATH THE LIM6 VVHERE TAKZAN '*HVX' TAhTOR."AT TH€ APE-MAN 5 I >^^"~""~~ -^9 I WATTED, THE APE MAN DROPPED LJ6HTLY TO THE BRQAO BACK. "Jfe«i.. I J?v XH£ LARGE 3OLL IW THE LEAv' f'f
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. July 10, 1948. Battle Lines in Malaya
      615 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. July 10, 1948. Battle Lines in Malaya FRG^i a mornani tht itorj oi insu who were 2 tight miles from Federal capital, the revuw oi the situation In the Federation which Major General Bouch.r gave tie pre^ yesterday contained much reassuring information Operations against the
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      Begging in Persia
      289 4 Begging in Persia OEGGING is one of the D most lucrative professions m T It is also one of the b organised. Ewry beggar has an allotted "beat," which he has inherited from his forefathers and he plies his trade unmolested. He pays a percentage of his earnings to the
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      All is not well with Despotism
      953 4  -  by LORD YANSITTART PARIS: ACCIDENTS happen m the best regulated families," runs the proverb. In the Communist family accidents spell death to the offspring of Muscovite parentage. There have recently been a considerable number of casualties, both behind and before the ln>n Curtain. It
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      OVER YOUR SHOULDER
      737 4  -  Alex Ander by CINCE THIS is our first ulimpsa over your shoulder, we feel that we should be introduced. You may have seen us around the city we're the bloke who tries to lo<»k as if we aren't listening to your conversation. We know who you are;
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      What is a British subject?
      532 4  - What is a British subject? GEORGE MURRAY By COON after World War 1., when I was serving m a Portuguese tramp steamer, it was the custom of the fo'c'sle haivls to doff their c; when they spoke to the Portuguese captain. One day a full-blooded Jamaican Negro took a cup
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      FAITH
      48 4 For a man also knoweth not his time: as fishes that are taken m an evil net. and as the birds that are caught m the snare: so are the sons of men snared m an evil time, when it falieth suddenly upon them. Ecclesiastes 9, 12.
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      RUBBER FUTURE DOES NOT LOOK GOOD
      593 5 RUBBER FUTURE DOES NOT LOOK GOOD Free Press Staff Reporter THE future of the rubber industry m Malaya "does not look good," Mr. Lee Kong Chian, managing director of Lee Rubber Co., Ltd., told the Free Press yesterday on his return from a world survey of business conditions. He said
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      82 5 Dr. Wang Chung-hui. who has taken over the duties as President of the Chinese Judicial Yuan. Dr. Wang comes from Kwangtung, where he was born m .882. He uhis graduated from Yale University m 1905. He sewed as President of the Judicial Yuan from 1928 until 1932. From 1930 to
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      Malaya closing north frontier
      308 5 rrpe Press MaJT Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Friday. iijii«| himself as "horrified" when he i diM* «o measures had been taken by the P pnt to t l«»^e the northern frontier to illegal JJ m(• Malaya District, Maj. Gen. y her saki were now being taken,
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      STOLE GRANDMA'S LIFE SAVINGS
      36 5 STOLE GRANDMA'S LIFE SAVINGS Tnban Magistrate lay sentenced a Id Malay youth. Mat r. Abu Bakar. to six jf the rattan, youth pleaded guilty to cash and jewellery it 5640. the life-savings aged and blind grand-
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      'Triads not to blame for disturbances'
      117 5 "*T»HE triad societies of Malaya are, generally A speaking, not to blame for the disturbances now taking place m Malaya. They are not big enough," said the Assistant Secretary to the Chinese Secretariat (Mr. G. W. Webb). Mr. Webb said this m answer to
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      WARSHIPS DUE NEXT WEEK
      47 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent nPWO Chinese warships. A Llngfu and Chungking, are due to arrive m Singa- pore on July 13 and are expected to remain m port for a Tew days. The two ships— gift of the British Government—left Portsmouth last month.
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      MORE MONEY FOR CHINA FLOOD RELIEF
      9 5 dent how Foobe-
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      Drugs for TB patients
      5 5 Drugs for TB patients DL;K';EK[PE[P
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      INCOME TAX APPOINTMENTS
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      S'PORE TELLS SIAM 'We won't take low grade rice'
      458 5 S'PORE TELLS SIAM 'We won't take low grade rice' SINGAPORE has received about 5.000 tons more *C grade and pulot rice than the Colony need have taken, Mr. A. W. Nicholson, Secretary of the Joint Supply Board, told the South-East Asia Liaison Orticers' conference yesterday. 'While we were prepared to
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      Turf Club man jailed for tote tickets
      106 5 Turf Club man jailed for tote tickets CTATED to be a head labour- er of the Singapore Turf Club. M. Vadevellu, was acquitted by the Second Police Court Magistrate, yesterday on a charge of the theft of 100 place tote tickets, worth $3,000. on Nov. 22 last, the last day
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      GENT-MAN OF CHARACTER
      393 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Friday. ITOE Times publishes two appreciations of Sir Edward Gent. A.8., who describes Sir Edward as a man of character, says it was not an easy thing m 1914-18 war for one who was*not a soldier by career to command a Regular
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      $2,500 FINE FOR GAMBLING
      69 5 AT Seremban yesterday, Ngan Ah Lok was fined $2,500 or 12 months' hard labour by District Judge Mr. Rhodes for assisting m t-he management of chee-fah on May 1, at Mantin Village. The O.C.P.D. Mantin Inche Mehat bin Ismail said he raided a coffee shop and
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      2 MONTHS FOR FALSE REPORTS
      48 5 VEO Huay Leong, a middle- aged Chinese who yesterday appeared before the Second Police Court Magistrate, Singapore, on a summons oiiarge of giving false information to the police cotncerning payments he had made to certain individuals, was sentenced to two months" rigorous imprisonment.
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      3-TON ANCHOR RECOVERED
      43 5 THREE -TON tarhrd to a 90-foot has been recoveied from the sea near Kusip 1 m the Quarantine A: The anchor which tent stockless npe is similar to those carried by 4,00 is and probably wa> ped during the war.
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      FOR TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES.
      37 5 FOR TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES. /CHARGED with armt-c V> robbery, an 18-y» Chinese. Lim Kirn Hai. of I Market Read, m the 6 por<- Seventh Pol.oe Corrt. yesterday nitted to stand trial at the next i Assizes.
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      'Russia not stockpiling rubber'
      220 5 LONDON, Friday. DISCUSSING the Russian buying of Malaya rubber, the Daily Telegraph says the evidence that Russia has embarked on a stockpiling programme like the United States is inconclusive and, on the whole, negative. Even if Russia's takings this year amount to 100.000 tons they would
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      RURAL BOARD
      23 5 The Rural Board meeting originally scheduled for Jmy 15 has been postponed to July 16 at the Land Office 10 am
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      Public service questions for the Council
      284 5 Public service questions for the Council Free Press Staff Reporter QUESTIONS regarding the establishment of a Public Services Commission m Singapore and the functions of Village Committees have been submitted by two Lnofficials m the Legislative Council. Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated) and Inche Sard« n bin Jubir (Rural East).
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      GOVT 'NO' TO EXTENSION OF SEVICE
      107 5 THE G has said "No" to the request of the Singapore Rural Boaid that the Board chairman C. W. A. Sennett. should b his period of service i i when his duty termi' Ootr-ber this yar. The reply regrets the Government's inability to alter
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  • SPORT
    • SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
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        BIG BET BUSINESS
        573 6  -  JOHN HALL BY CROM the moment the 1 telephones start buzzing on Monday mornings with bets for the 2 o'clock until the last race at the dog tracks on Saturday night Britain's punters "invest" £20,000,000 backing their fancies m horses, dogs, and football teams. That is the
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        IMPROVING YOUR CRICKET
        53 6 Tlii: BcMsSMUI matters a lot m cricket. And so do hands. The man who is KoiiiK to help hi* side m the Held must pofaa* his hand* as though someone is going to pour gold into them. The hands you se? axe Bill Kdrich's, and they can
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        36 6 traiia's magnificent John Bromwich <leil> and his 20-year-old vartn-r Sedgman m play aciainst the American pair, Frank Parker and Bob Falkenburo went on to win the final by beating Tom Broivn and Gardner Mulloy of America
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        ARCHIE TALKING Mow lie is a spectator
        553 6 ARCHIE TALKING Mow lie is a spectator FRED PERRY is back m C England for the first time m twelve years. He Ls playing a series of professional games with the Frenchmen, Petra and Pelizza, m the provinces but the greatest kick he has got had been to walk through
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        37 6 Johnny Bulla (right) the "gimt" Anwrican golfer who went round m 74, gives a paiyful slap to Norman Von Nida (Australia) who had just returned a score of 71 during the British Open Golf Championship at Mutrfield.
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        IDOL OF THE PAST
        473 6 A Sydney newspaper columnist ha,* just x learned the old lesson that you will run into trouble if you run down the idols of the past. He remarked, after seeing a refilming of Les Darey's last fight, tha t he beli»-wd at least four Australian middleweigrhts
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        Not so good as before
        124 6  -  KEN J ALLEH BY "THOUGH the standard of Mai;. football is high pared with the countries we have v i ed, Malayans do I play as well as their compatriots who met us on the way to the Olympics at Berlin m 1936," Lee Wai
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      DIVIDENDS ARE EXPECTED
      439 7  - DIVIDENDS ARE EXPECTED CALL BOY Final hints for today's races By CONSENSUS of opinion at Bukit Timah this .n^/i! 11 1^^ that form would b y the boar d and that there would be several big dividends this afternoon, first day of the Singapore Turf Club's summer meeting. The going
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      29 7 I Amateur Athletic Association), ned the use of shoes as he contested eat of the British Amateur Athmpionskip* at White City Stadium n by Australian P. J. Gardner. 1
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      Britain one down in Davis Cup
      111 7 THE two European Zone semi- finals m the Davis Cup Competition opened yesterday- aiid everything points to Sweden bid Czechoslovakia meeting m the zone final. In Stockholm. Sweden gained a 2 o lead over Great Britain. whJ m Milan Czechoslovakia led Italy 2 0
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      Bromwich beaten in Paris
      78 7 gERNAHU Destamau, French Davis Cup player, sprang the surprise of the day m the International invitation lawn tennis tournament which be»:an m Paris yesterday by beating John Bromwich. the Australian ace. m straight sets In the first round of the men's singles. Destameau won 6 l.
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      DAI REES WINS IRISH TITLE
      52 7 Dai Rees. the British Rjder Cup player, yesterday won the Irish open golf championship m Dublin with a 72 holes aggregate of 295. He finished two strokes ahead of Norman Von Nida. the Australianwith third place shared by Arthur Lees and Max Faulkner each with
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      TEST HAS SWUNG ROUND
      232 7 Australia now struggling From Hill Bowes I I eighth wicket partnership I pton and Bedser which realised m, enabled md to recover from the E^e of early Ki!>men and their first innings of it Manchester yesterday realised I tenth Test match century of fth hundred against
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      Riza Bey fights newcomer
      59 7 Riza Bey fights newcomer ALI RiZA BEY tops the bill at the Great world today ,when he meets Arjan Dass j the newcomer who made such ;an impressive debut last week when defeating Curly Connors. George Zbisko and Prince Bhu Pinder clash m the main supporting bout, while Tony Ramano
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      JOCKEY LANSDOWN IN ACCIDENT
      44 7 JOCKEY Lansdown was involved m a motor accident at 2.15 p.m. yesterday at Grange Road, when his motor car collided into the rear of a military truck. Landown was not injurt-d. but the front of his car was slightly damaged.
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      TODAY'S CUP SOCCER
      173 7 THE Southern section of the Malaya Cup competition will come to a close today when the Royal Air Force meet Negri Sembilan at Jalan Besar and Singapore take on Malacca at Malacca. The results of today's gamr are not of vital importance as Negri, having won all
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      U.K. URGES CAUTION AS WAR RAGES
      423 8 Count's report is awaited 4S large-scale fighting broke out m Palestine yesterday on the expiry of the four-week truce, Britain instructed her representative at Lake Success to caution the I'nited Nations Security ncil against 'any hasty action" m the Holy Land. In Washington, the
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      SENATE DISSOLVED
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      PLANES BOMB RED BARGES ON HUANGHO
      104 8 SHANGHAI. Friday. GOVERNMENT aircraft sank U 25 Communist troop-laden barges on the Yellow River (Huangho) m the past 24 hours as Nationalist forces continued their pursuit of the Red armies fleeing from Honan Plain. Battles are racing tn the area bounded by Hsuchow, Shangshui,
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      Berlin 'siege' hits transport
      80 8 BERLIN. Fri. WEST Berlin was almost paralysed today, with al tram and underground sorviccs closing down, at 6 p.m as the British, French anc American sectors enterec their third week of "siege." Practically the whole industrial life of the w< 'Tn sectors faced complete shutdown today,
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      13 8 SIIVER V.'l-1 DING R oar the 10th. J: at edrml Spore.
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      39 8 Part of the wreckane of the RAF. transport plane m which Sir Edward Gent met his death. Wreckage of the RAF plane and of the Sue Cloudmastcr.withu it was m collision, crashed into wooded country m Middlesex, near Northolt.
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      TRAIN CRASH: 20 KILLED
      40 8 TWENTY people were killed and 11 Injured when a Yugr train recently crashed into a freight train m southern Serbia. Among the victims several 7ugosl&TS who had 1 from Al v during the past week.- Reuter
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      TOMMY TRINDER IN DIVORCE SUIT
      42 8 Tommy Trinder, popular British comedian, was order!ed to pay C 1.000 damans I and the costs of a divorce suit to tho husband of a blonde showgirl with whom he was alleged to have committed adultery.- Reuter
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      WHITEAWAYS COMPLETE REBUILDING
      211 8 Free Press Start Reporter LONDON, Friday. A DDRESSING the annual IX meeting of Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co. Ltd., today, the chairman, Mr. J. E. Percival, said that with the reopening of the Ipoh premises, it could be said that the rehabilitation of the company's branches m Malaya was
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      'Generals win or hang'—Monty
      91 8 'Generals win or hang'— Monty PARIS. Friday. FIELD Marshal Montgomery, Chief of the British Imperial General Stall, declared today that a* a result of the Nuremberg trial of Nazi leaders and generals "the waging of unsuccessful war li now a crlir. lit France be OH run again by a foreign
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      U.S. POLICY HIT
      195 8 Continued from Page 1 th« policies of the metropoui*n powers In the Par East. Mr. Romulo add* d. "The terms of application of the European recovery plan now trive her a chance to wit* the slate clean and at the sanr* time advance the cause of freedom
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      SMALLPOX
      14 8 A Palembanß report says that a smallpox epidemic Is spreading In Southern Sumatra.
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      Rubber prices
      64 8 A SPECIAL Mark* cMiiMymtom A ftr« the ptkM <* ruthm a* II i n today a* toO»w»: per Ib. per fb Bayers. Se*lec»OU. Ct». No. 1 RSS. Spot loose 474 4'N No 1 RSS. fob m bale* July 47 47*, No. 2 RSS- loin bales July 46', 4*t*-*
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      SINO-SOVIET PACT NOT BINDING'
      126 8 PEIPING, Friday. A LL existing Sino-Soviet agreements, such as the A treaty of friendship of 1945, and the Dairen, Port Arthur and Changchun railway pacts, were nullified long ago by Russia's own actions, the Chinese Vice-President, Gen. Li Tsung-jen, declared today. t Gen. Li, said that,
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      OLYMPIC ATHLETES ARE WELL FED
      178 8 LONDON, Friday. THE 5,000 Olympic competi- tors m London will sleep between sheets and run on full stomachs, the British prumised today. The housing and catering manager for the Britisli Olympic Organising Committee, Mr. Stanley J. Briault. at a press conference assured the 61 competing
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      RUBBERS IN NEW ADVANCE
      443 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. THERE was hesitancy m most section* of the London Stock Exchange today, brought about by Palestine developments and by disclosure concerning the domestic coal position, says Reuters finant ial correspondent. Rubbers continued to advance while tins were irregular to lower. South
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      29 8 QN the N.!w York SVock Exchange yesterdny, business occasionally quietened but the riarket easily maintained around noon levels and closed firm at the day's beot levels.- Reuter
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      'Blasted land'
      98 8 TDK 10, Friday rj^HE Supreme Allied Com- mander m Japan, Gen Douglas Mac Arthur, today received a letter from Takuo Tanaka, Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture It read: "In Japan everything had gone with the nd during the war but now felicitous democracy had dawned on the blasted land
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      MANUS ISLE 'FRICTION'
      38 8 WASHINGTON US. Government. confirmed tod:.-, had I Aust nesc on th< ;n thy Soul three Government volvcd m t i surplus. The United Sia. maintain a smal force on Manus Chinese have conmoved theif purcha.^
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