The Singapore Free Press, 17 July 1948
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Title Section18 1948-07-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1948 PRICE 111 CENTS18 words
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Article441 1948-07-17 1 U.S. sends B-29's to Britain Move follows Soviet threat 'LONDON, Saturday. CIX T V Super-Fortresses are winging the Atlantic to Britain, the first of them due to arrive m England this morning. Jet fighters and cargo planes are following. The Super-Forts, will be based m Britain for the time being/Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 441 words
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Article46 1948-07-17 1 1 a B Reporter '•tamed a man after >i the crew of the A.P.C. ib. m connection with the id Chinese bosun of the ni Bangkok to Singapore. said yesterday that the sequel to a quarrel nto Singapore. victim sin kwan46 words
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Article94 1948-07-17 1 APPEAL FOR UNITY IN BURMA RANGOON Friday. THE former Premier of Burma. Dr. Ba Ma*, to- d for unity, calling country "a sick child of threatened with dominaby Anglo-Americans and appeal, backed by ThaBa Sein. leader of the Burma for the Burmese" Party, suggested that the mite to solve Burma'sA.P. - 94 words
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Article48 1948-07-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter At the Muar Assizes yesterday. Mr. Justice Laville sentenced four Malays each to n years' rigorous imprisonment and 10 strokes of the rattan for gang robcry at Segamat last year. A fifth Malay was acquitted on the same charge.48 words
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100 1948-07-17 1 Tedder has hurried talk in Berlin BERLIN, Friday MARSHAL" of the Royal Air l Force Lord Tedder held hurried conferences today with General Sir Brian Robertson, British Military Governor m Germany, who flew from Frankfurt to meet him. The conferences and the entire visit were marked by abnormal security measuresU.P. - 100 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-07-17 1 hampion keeps his title. "Baby" Maurice Sandeyron, France's European flyweight champion (left) covers up as Dickie O' Sullivan, the London flyweight, puts over a punch. The champion held his challenger to a draw.33 words
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Article218 1948-07-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HAILED by two Europeans to attend to a Chinese trisha rider who had been killed last night m a hit-and-run accident, a passing Municipal ambulance collided with an oncoming car as it turned about m Mountbatten Road. It was almost two218 words
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Article64 1948-07-17 1 M ANDREI Gromyko. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister and former delegate to the United Nations, who sailed yesterday for home, tried to evade reporters* questions In New York, savin* several times, "I will not give an interview." Finally, visibly irritated, he said, "Yes, I am glad64 words
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Article63 1948-07-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO armed daylight robberies were committed m Singapore yesterday. Two Chinese, one with a pistol, robbed a Hokkien m a house m Bukit Timah Road of $1,931 m cash and valuables and seven cheques totalling $1,361. In the Lorong 25 market, off63 words
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Article26 1948-07-17 1 Over 100 rice junks have been sunk by Vietnamese insurgents near Cantho, 100 miles from Saigon, m fighting with the French, report! A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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128 1948-07-17 1 Fice Press Staff Reporter MELBOURNE. Fri. F Britain was unable to assert her authority, there should be "an Australian show of force m Malaya." Mr Percy Spender, former Army Minist?r and now a liberal Member of the House ol Re- 1 presentatives. said m128 words
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Article290 1948-07-17 1 Two more held under crisis law Free Press Staff Reporter rO more Chinese have been arrested m Singapore under the Emergency Regulations, the C.I.D. announced this morning, bringing the total now held to 96. Twenty-six have been detained as a result of yesterday morning's comb-out of the Bukit Panjang area.290 words
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Article21 1948-07-17 1 A Chinese Air Force plane yesterday crashed 15 miles west of Peiping, killing all five persons aboard.21 words
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Article92 1948-07-17 1 BRITAIN is expected to buy 22 Canadian four-en-gined air liners to replace English-built Yorks and Lancastrians on 8.0.A.C. routes to Malaya, India and the Middle East. The cost is estimated at about £4,000.000. It means another breach m the Government's declared •'Fly English" policy andU.P. - 92 words
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Article29 1948-07-17 1 Five charred bodies m the wreckage of a converted army training plane, found m Georgia. U.S., include those of a small boy and a baby.29 words
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242 1948-07-17 1 5,000 'Specials enrolled in Federation Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPIK. SaUird VTEARLY 5,000 special constables have been euraMl lN m the Federation so far. Along he Eas, Ci.a-\ t.ie majority of enrolments are those of Mala* In Penang and Province Wellesley, tliere i oeen 1,622 applications up to July242 words
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Article29 1948-07-17 1 The RCA marine staion m Manila early today intercepted a message to all Hong Kong-bound ships to seep a "sharp lookout for a missing Catalina flying boat."29 words
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Article26 1948-07-17 1 A U.S. military court has sentenced Vice Admiral Masashi Kobayashi, to ten years' imprisonment for responsibility for the torture and death of war prisoners.26 words
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Article27 1948-07-17 1 TAXI HOLD— IP A taxi driver who had just taken some soldiers to Tanglin Barracks early this morning, was attacked by three Europeans and robbed of $7.27 words
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Article70 1948-07-17 1 NEW hor»s wUI be the Sarawak Turf Club's big problem next year when raring is reviv d m Kuching. "Chuck-outs M from Malayan racing stables will not be welcome, says Mr. J. B- Archer, honorary clerk of the course. *'It may be that my experience70 words
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Article174 1948-07-17 1 CHIFLEY SEES THE C.G. I rre Press Staff Reporter BEFORE leaving lor Australia this morning. Australian Prime Mil.. Mr. J. B. Chifley. who arrived m Singapore yesterday evening, had discussions with the Commission r G neral, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. It is understood that Mr. Mac Donald flew from Kuala174 words
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Article, Illustration2421 1948-07-17 2 Gloria Benjamin - Gloria Benjamin A SHORT STORY 1 by OUTSIDE, a brass band clashed loudly above hundreds of voices.. A woman fainted and was handed to safety above the heads of the crowds: the radio commentator mobbed his brow under the white glare of the television ligh>s. Inside, as2,421 words
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Article296 1948-07-17 2 £)lAMONDS arc trumps. South leads North and South are to win six of the eight trick* against any defend. South leads club king. tx-n defense Is to ruff with th»* diamond jack aud return a heart North underrufTs th<- first trw with the six -spot, and plays th<296 words
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Advertisement161 1948-07-17 2 THE WAY OF JESUS INII _jgfl[ ':1 n J.'' I mid -air uc:ml _____Fwl^ SO«OAY JULY 18. :X J __k J x <»r hard Bik I ftear Mu^ura- Smt«pl \> I'M M> M i\\\ 7JI PM HOW VOL \N I tl To Ull thr only bridge rv^r j "'m i161 words
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Miscellaneous1126 1948-07-17 2 SINPAPOPP rbos His Orch. from Raffles the Paris Conservatorium with SUNDAY giiivjnrwni. Hotel; 10 15 Cabaret with I La Conducting; 4 8 Musi.- on the Air; 8. 30 World From 12-M noon to ZOf p.m. Hobiiis; 10.30 Rhythm on Ke- with liarek Weber and Home News; 8.45 BBC 485 metres1,126 words
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Article7 1948-07-17 3 NEW SYNTHETIC RUBBER BETTER >- m A .P.A.P. - 7 words
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Article314 1948-07-17 3 Modernise, say miners A USTRALIAN industry is curtailed and rationing of t f f lw tr !«ty and gas applies m several states as a result of the shortage of black coal. wh Re f. entl y the federal president of the Miner's federation Mr.Reuter - 314 words
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Article68 1948-07-17 3 BRITAIN receives aired weather reports from Moscow and the Russian weather service use British weather reports every day, Air Secretary, Mr. Henderson, said at the opening m London of the European Meteorolgical Telecommunications Conference. "Of the forecasts broadcast every day for the past 2\ years before the sir68 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-07-17 3 picture. Count Bernadotte (right) of Sweden with one of his assistants, m the mission of mediation between Jews and Arab A. P.A.P. - 26 words
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145 1948-07-17 3 OHITAIN S mines during 1947. their fust year under i> ownership produced 6,000,000 tons more han m the previous year, but the National Coai d showed a deficit of £23.250,000. Board, m its rer I accounts for the year, has i that145 words
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Article79 1948-07-17 3 CARDAR Valiabhai Patrl. Indian Deputy Prime Minisi m Pariala thk> ..■> offered •ia to Hyderabad state to settle the accession dispute during Earl Mountbatien's v teneralship were user open. The terms offered m talk* which Earl Mountbatten had me Hyderabad Govern"have eon" 1 with him." iared. "NowReuter - 79 words
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Article34 1948-07-17 3 CHINESE CENSI S China now has a popula- j tion of 463.493.418. according! :\e Uiest census figures; revealed today by the Minister of Interior Of the total 242.273J83 are males and 221 219.525 females34 words
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Article53 1948-07-17 3 A« Australian War Cnmes Commission has sentenced two former Japanese army officers to hang. Former Lieutenant-Colonel Kondo Hideo and Lieutenant iwasaki Yoshido were found murder by a cas bomb of Flight Lieutenant A. D of the R.A.F. and Sergeant F. Engelsman of :he Netherlands East Indie*A.P. - 53 words
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Article, Illustration97 1948-07-17 3 AS 3 SEE ENGLAND Jamaican BUY haired Mr. Bostamante, Jamaica's oour leader, said the King was a musi charming person, and made him feel ••quite at home" m Buckingham Pal The Under -Secretary for the Colonies talked for one hour with him yesterday about Jamaica's constitution, which Mr. Bustamante wants97 words
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Article45 1948-07-17 3 Mr Churchill received the lieedom of Aldershot at the DorchesUr Hotel, London. "We can never make our way through our troubles m I the future unless we preserve ithat great a^nd glorious idea of England with all her glorious traditions of freedom," he declared45 words
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Article56 1948-07-17 3 When the Chief Rabbi c the British Empire, Dr Israel Brodit was installed, he said: We must not be dejected of indulging In self-pity or bitterness because th^re are elements m Palestine, whose behaviour is repugnant to the Britten tradition of freedom and fair play. Ttaey are not56 words
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Article87 1948-07-17 3 THE Premier of South Australia, Mr. Playford, after inspecting the workings at the East Mount Painter and Radium Hill uranium fields, said that results fully justified further exploration. A shaft and four adits have been driven into the hillside, and a considerable quantity of ore takenReuter - 87 words
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Article75 1948-07-17 3 DAMAGES amounting to £5,500 were awarded m the King's Bench Division to Mr. Rhys Evans against the Overseas Corporation (Great Britain) Ltd. for wrongful dismissal as managing director and for arrears of salary. Mr. Evans had denied the corporation's allegation that he acted fraudulently m con-•-ctionReuter - 75 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-07-17 3 picture picture. Planet News A. P. A THIS: Pit ponies, on which English mines relied for more than a century, are still used extensively m Australia.- OR THIS: Streamlined, speedy electric mine lo- comotive for hauling coal as used m Europe, and the United States and now being installed mPlanet News; A.P. - 51 words
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Article272 1948-07-17 3 ON behalf of 3,000,000 Uganda Christians an appeal is being made to the Lambeth Conference of Bishops to mediate m a dispute between them and the Bishop of Uganda, the Right Reverend Cyril Stuart. J Mr. Semakula Mulumba, British representative of the Uganda clan chieftains, has272 words
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Article30 1948-07-17 3 Over 50 Jews, including 22 girls, have left Shanghai m i the past two weeks for Pales- tine via Cuba and France to Join the Israeli Army.30 words
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Article115 1948-07-17 3 gRITISH film star James Mason has won a court case m New York freeing him from an agreement which prevented his appearing m U.S. films. A Federal judge held that a j document drawn up m 1946 between Mason and David Rose, former chief of theA.P. - 115 words
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266 1948-07-17 3 /CHICAGO speculators, playing the world wheat market, have effectively prevented any agreement ito reduce the present high prices that impor ing countries have to pay for wheat. This was disclosed m a statement by the British Ministry of Food announcing Britain's withdrawal from the266 words
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Article39 1948-07-17 3 EDITOR- NEWSBOYS Editors of the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano sold copies m Saint Peter's Square wh< n the only newstand open m Rome, nine feet outside the Vatican was forced to close down because of the General strike.— U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article30 1948-07-17 3 Mr. PbU PiraUn one two Communist m?mb( Parliament, has been narred from the United State* He soueht a visa to attennational convention oi US. Communist Par30 words
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Article120 1948-07-17 3 NATION TO HONOUR PERSHING pEN. John J. ("Black JacfcT Persing. whose death occurred at the age be buried with full n tary honours at Arlin; ionai Cemetery, m c pliance with a wish which had expressed before death. The body v. Sunday and Mond. public to pay v ,)ectg to120 words
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Article64 1948-07-17 3 U.S. AND FRANCE GET MOST TIN •[•HE Combined Tin Committee has allocated 2> long tons of tin for halt tr This represents "a; per cent of the tions thai can be during U I allocation will be mac September, said the Mi: of Sup;;. Tht United States got more thanA.P. - 64 words
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Miscellaneous27 1948-07-17 3 'ARZAN Easy Prey R y Ed^ ar Rice Burroughs i S&Ja^J GOOM.BO L *j£ >, •j'Jj» iJM VJv y ~t btvek^s TMick with y fciwui U^uu i mmr27 words
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608 1948-07-17 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 17, 1948. Misunderstanding LORD Listowels statement that the Acting High Commissioner was satisfied that the police have adequate forces for the action they are taking against bandits m Malaya has evoked a prompt and satisfactory aial. Sir Alec Newboult -has never expressed any such608 words
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Article1314 1948-07-17 4 SIR DUFF COOPER - SIR DUFF COOPER by THE British are not an imaginative people, but one great feat of imagination is required of them if they are going to succeed m understanding the complications that have arisen m foreign affairs. They must try to imagine what it1,314 words
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Article, Illustration761 1948-07-17 4 Alex Ander - Alex Ander OVER YOUR SHOULDER by TH IS week we've decided to start off by picking on the members of our own sex, for a change. Did you know, girls, that out of every 20 clients of an optician m this fair city one wears a monocle? A761 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-07-17 4 An architect's drawing of th€ proposed Olympic area that Melbourne mil build the 1956 Games.15 words
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Article473 1948-07-17 4 JOHN LOUGHLIN - 1956 Olympiad in Melbourne? JOHN LOUGHLIN By MELBOURNE, Australia, ie preparing to make a strong bid for the 1956 Olympic gam<-s. It bases is claim on the fact tria t the *hree other countries that have taken part, m all the modern Olympiads have each had an award of the473 words
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Article297 1948-07-17 4 S.S. MANIAN - S.S. MANIAN WHAT PEOPLE SAY THE bulk of the population 1 of the Malayan Federation and Singapore are workers. From the very start after the British re-occupation of Malaya the worker has exhibited a keen political consciousness. As proof ->f this fact irajde unions sprang uo everywhere, but297 words
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Advertisement72 1948-07-17 4 {'Will glasses alone improve your Eyesight"- NO! proleisiiunai services ana technical skills are the essential aids to your "seeing ability." your visual comfort and efficiency It is for these services and skills not tor glasses alone that vcu oav for your fee. Seek Projessional advice Not glasses at a price."72 words
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Advertisement65 1948-07-17 4 FAITH Lo. th«se are paru His ways: hut how li a portion is heard of Him? but the thunder power who can understand* SPECIAL ANNOUNCEM!« COW GATE Th€ first post-war shiptmnt has COW GATE I HIMANISIID IBBtfi Supplemental Malted H"* Brestol is an emulsion **U. and concentrated I* Specially recommended65 words
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Article363 1948-07-17 5 •prospects not pod, 'he says Frtx> Press Staff Reporter LiUSE the prospects of the rubber industry r Malays do no l°°k good to him, Malaya's JLr Kinu' r Lw Kon g Chian, head of Prjkr To., Ltd., Singapore, has sold two sbber totalling 800 acres, and363 words
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Article145 1948-07-17 5 LOCAL MAN NAMED JUDGE Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Tan Ah Tah, Commissioner of Estate Duties and Stamps m Singapore, and one of the first Chinese to be promoted from the Straits Settlements Legal Service to the Colonial Legal Service last year, will take his seat on Monday as Second145 words
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Article86 1948-07-17 5 Pree Press Chinese Correspondent. THH New China Weekly, 1 published by the Chinese Communist propaganda organ, the New China Agency, has ceased publication owing to the present emergency situation which, it says, "nas rendered continued publication difficult." The weekly wa* first published m Singapore three montns86 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-07-17 5 The Tseng brothers as Gaucho Serenaders m the variety concert held m St. Joseph's Institution hall m aid of the Church of the Sacred Heart.25 words
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Article221 1948-07-17 5 Jtffow 3/ti^ Jambol one of them IIINE road names m the rural areas of Singapore were approved yesterday. There arc three new roads m Sembawanß district, and six m the Pasir Panjang area. The three new roads at Sembawang are Jalan Ulu Seletar at the 10*4 milestone.221 words
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Article129 1948-07-17 5 OPPOSITION to the military authorities remaining m possession of the Pasir Panjang Park for another 18 months was voiced at the Rural Board meeting yesterday. The Army's application to remain m occupation came up' for consideration. The chairman Mr. C. W. A. Sennett explained129 words
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Article89 1948-07-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A GENERAL meeting of workers employed by the Singapore Harbour Board has been called for this afternoon. A spokesman of the Board informed the Free Press this morning that the meeting would £robably decide on a new labour union for the Harbour Board89 words
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Article429 1948-07-17 5 REPLYING to Mr. Kenneth Seth, Mr. A. J. Braga, the Singapore lawyer, said yester- day that he had condoned j several offences by his wife and refrained from taking j action because of his great love for his two children. He was afraid that any429 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-07-17 5 BEN BARNETT, the former Australian Test cricketer, arrived m Singapore yesterday with his family on the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon. He is seen here with Mrs. Barnett and their two children, lan and Ross,34 words
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179 1948-07-17 5 RACING AGAIN IN SARAWAK NEXT YEAR RACING will be revived m Kuching next year when th« first post-war meeting of the Sarawak Turf Club will be held on a new track. The racecourse Is now being re-made and only small stretches of the old track are being incorporated with the179 words
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Article196 1948-07-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE police raids m the Singapore rural districts would be greatly welcomed by the law-abiding residents of these areas, a leading member of the rural community told the Free Press yesterday. He said that increased raids would go a long way toward196 words
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Article249 1948-07-17 5 WHY NOT RECRUIT MALAYANS? AT a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday, Mr. Chin j Chye Fong made a plea for the appointment of a suitablyqualified local candidate to fill the post of assistant Executive Engineer (Rural) m preference to recruiting a man from abroad, to whom expatriation allowance would249 words
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Article65 1948-07-17 5 /COMMISSIONS m the MaVj layan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have been granted to W. K. Foster, D.S.C., as Lieutenant, V. P. Coughlan as Lieutenant, E. P. C. Blunt as Sub-Lieutenant, and J. Hooper as acting Sub-Lieutenant. The following promotions m the M.R.N.V.R. have been approved: Lieut. A.65 words
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Article111 1948-07-17 5 A STATEMENT issued by the central office the Automobile Association of Malaya records the Council's "deprecation" of the manner with which the military authorities had t^afll applications m respect of cars requisitioned m 1941/1942. Certain shop-keepers m country districts will be asked to allow members of111 words
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Article314 1948-07-17 5 5 woman among bandits killed AFTER withdrawing iwice bec; us 1 were outnumbered, a I man special assault sqiad of the Selan^or C.I.D beat off a large group of insurgents near Kajane; 15 miles from Kuala Lumpur, yesterday, killing 11 bandits, five of them women. Among the killod was LavA.P. - 314 words
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Article431 1948-07-17 6 Public schools 'hog* the coaches By A Special Correspondent COR a long time it 1 has been evident that there are 'too many lukewarm lilies m British sport. We lack faith, fire and fanaticism. The blimp-brain-ed excuse that "we lose like gentlemen" no longer deceives anyone. The431 words
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Article134 1948-07-17 6 WIMBLEDON CENTRE COURT SNAPS: A new o; the men's doubles (top left) icon by the Australians. John Bromwich and F. Sedgman (further from the camera', who beat the American parr, 7V n Brown (making an overhead and Gardner Mulloy 5-7, 7-5. 9-7. Queen Mary m the Royal box134 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-07-17 6 Washbrook has played at and missed a ball ow the off stump from Toshack a faint snick has exultant roars from Tallon and first slip; Washbrook waits for the fateful lifting of the umpire's finger an incident m the second Test at Lords46 words
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226 1948-07-17 6 By COUKTCRAFT THE Singapore Badminton Association is out to r<?--1 capture its past glory when the Colony was foremost m Malaya. Plans are m hand to make this year's Singapore badminton championships he greatest m i*s history. In addition to the open cluimpionships, three226 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-07-17 6 Bill Edrich, famous England and Middlesex star stntes the right way to hold the bat. The forby the thumb and first finger of V sho dd be m line— as shown— with the of bat Thumb and forefinger of the right hand are way between the offside61 words
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Article316 1948-07-17 6 By SYDNEY WOODIRSON FS world's grea.est sporting festival. Games, is almost upon u<. How 10 h?ar them condemned as bringing bickering and squabbles. Left to the there would be none of this fuss and for from experience when I bat the compe first thoughts are to316 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-07-17 6 and 880 Olympics 1.. vith a broken ar, was beaten Now retired ning. ht14 words
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Article50 1948-07-17 6 pIERRE "MONATANE of Franc* Thorny England I liter's P ligbtwxight championship Whit. udiwr. en The 15-round b and cha:;< the world light Ivaty- Dauthill- m-.: appear m bout a^.^ Promoter Jack Soiomons «alr that all but 142 of the 46,000 seats had been sold A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article11 1948-07-17 6 Scramble is on for Louis tittle ■I 1 I 1 A.P.A.P. - 11 words
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Article603 1948-07-17 7 BETING WILL BE EVEN IN BIG RACE off best again A_ By CALL BOY A \u seven horses well fancied m one of Uie most open Cup races m Singapore, and betUnff is certain to be evenly spread out m the Si quarter Singapore Cup race at Bukit Timah today,603 words
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Article79 1948-07-17 7 The learn to represent the Kadayanallur Muslim Leapue Youngsters against the RAF. Stletar second team at Sole tar today w.ll bo selected from th«> foilowing players: S A Hu.ssain, S.S. Ibrahim M.N. Syed. S.A. Kader Oil, V.O. X J. Samat, M.N. KnlanUry, S A. Ibrahim. S.M. Shaik Mohamed,79 words
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Article56 1948-07-17 7 THE following will paty for the Oriental B.P. against the HappUadl B.P. m a return rr.at^h of svven singles and two doubles at the latter's court today at 4 p.m. sharp. Tan Quan Hong. Peck Seek Ben* I.im Ong Huat, Teo Kok Ong Bong Soo. Koh Beug Loh56 words
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Article37 1948-07-17 7 Petition wins the Eclipse jpu'.vear-old L- W m 0* F .4-- I ft and I <r r. this >:rei The Indian hammer thrower. eh. arrived m London yesterday by air to compete m the Olympic Games.— ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article670 1948-07-17 7 IT is now almost certain that the England selectors, when they meet tomorrow, will bring back Len Hutton to open England's innings with Cyril Washbrook m the fourth Test which starts on Hutton s home ground at Leeds next Thursday Any doubts they might haveReuter - 670 words
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Article188 1948-07-17 7 GUIDO Ft rrucini of Italy successfully defended his I European bantamweight title I at Belle Vue. Manchester, last i night against Peter Kane of England. Kane, retired at the end or the nfth round. Kane who had trouble I making the weight, was bleeding from a cutA.P. - 188 words
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Article205 1948-07-17 7 CALL BOY TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP POINTER ,Vl V O N FLAREPATH FIREMASTER OKLAHOMA FIREMASTER RACE 1 Firemaster Flarepath Firemaster Flarepath KIRKMASTLR Demaratus Oklahoma Flarepath Demaratus FLYING BOOTS DECEMBER 2«TH DECEMBER 26TH B!( KSMEAD RACE December 26th Ricksmead Power Chief December 26th DECEMBER 2fiTH M—c Comet Plain205 words
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Article1026 1948-07-17 7 BELOW are the acceptances for today's Bukit Timah races. The Double Tote will be on races five and eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.00: Horses Class 3, Div. 1 Mile --0 Empire Rose J. Donnelly 9.00 M/s A. C. Simmons R. A.1,026 words
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Article228 1948-07-17 7 Winning goal came on time THE Rovers Sports Club, the league leaders, had to battle their way against stiff opposition unen they met the G.H.Q. Signals m an exciting S.A.F.A. first division league match played at Jalan Bfs.ir stadium yesterday. The Rovers won two-one. Right from the kick off,, the-228 words
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Advertisement22 1948-07-17 6 Ought To See This ure, It's Different 'i A Trrrific Ending" Sunday Express) xS phone: bqO3 Today Four Shows 2_415 6.30—9.30 p.m.22 words
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Advertisement199 1948-07-17 6 WORLD CUSS WRESTLING TO-NIGHT At 9p w fk HAPPY WORLD COVERED STACiUM B INTRODI (ING THE WORLD FAMOUS TIN JAB TK.I WHO HAS JCST COMPLETED A SCCCESSFLX TOIR \I-I OVER INDIA A WHO IS ON HIS WAY TO AfSTRALI ZEALAND A AMFRUA. HE HAS FOUGHT OVER 710 CONTESTS— WON CTB199 words
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Miscellaneous54 1948-07-17 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya yes. you've set youra t( well, that letsN /they're so exciTed\l you always V^^ I NAMES ON THE SCROLL I t^^ ME OUT.' 21 I ABOUT THEIR JOINT f COME FIRST VOF FAME. MY LAOS. 1 2 utot*^ DISCOVERY THAT Tmcv'\/c54 words
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Advertisement14 1948-07-17 7 RA CES. SURE WINNERS TUBORG BEER AND HENNESSY'S BRANDY N SALE AT THE BAR14 words
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Advertisement100 1948-07-17 7 I TRUCK AND BUS TYRES >^Jl' Extra Experience -^Ct^^ makes them extra tough >k ust w^tch the way Dunlop Tnt and Bus Tyres >-tano up to wo Conditions The^r extra performa r j^ > is proof of the value of extra V experience' the unique D. >w factor which results100 words
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Miscellaneous206 1948-07-17 7 Sports diary SOCCER: Malaya Cup: Armjuid Navy Johore JaUn B«sor SUdium; S.A FA. Dlt. IU: I njcorns v. Ist. Malay Coast Bat.ery— McNair Rd.; R^Vs.C. Training School t. Spore Dlst. (W> RIML- US C. fTOund (All ram«s wiU start at SIS ATHLETICS: Singapore A.AA. championship— SßC, 4.3* p m FRIENDLY206 words
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Article, Illustration423 1948-07-17 8 CEASE FIRE BEGINS IN JERUSALEM Arabs, Jews heed UNO THE Israel Government and the seven-nation Arab League have agreed to an immediate "cease fire" m Jerusalem m compliance with the United Nations order threatening sanctions. The Jews have also agreed to the second part of the UNO order for aReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 423 words
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Article106 1948-07-17 8 U.K. secret weapon is missing LONDON. Friday. COMEWHERE m a British railways good** siding lies a truck containing what is believed W> be one of Britain's most revolutionary secrets a jet ensine for tanksFor 54 days this engine has been lost and th. War Office, Air Ministry. Ministry of >upplyReuter - 106 words
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Article34 1948-07-17 8 A daughter. Annette, to Mr Mrs Van Der Linden, at mpur. on July Isih. ISHERWOOD —At Kand a n Krrbau. on Jv.lv 16th to Bixabetn r wife of R J Isherwood. a daughter.34 words
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Obituary44 1948-07-17 8 TANG On Thursday 8 p m. Mrs. Tang Hon of 26 Jalan Jail Kuala Lumpur. Bht leaves behind her husband. six son*, one daughter and eight srandrhildrrn Tb« cortege will leave the house for the Cantonese Cemet'rv at 2 p m on Saturday.44 words
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Article55 1948-07-17 8 '■'me central committ' the Gret'k Communist Party declared jretterdaj that the Communist -lod gutrrllias killed and wounded more than 1,000 Greek Army forces m northern Greece. The Communist radio said that the Gr vernment "has again rejected" proposals of ffuerrilla General Markoe Vnftades to endA.P. - 55 words
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Article189 1948-07-17 8 TOKIO, Friday. OEFORE Tojo tried to commit suicide m 1945, he a final message urging the Japanese people to await patiently for the chance to rise again. He also accused the Allies of betraying their own ideals by using atomic bombs which, he said,U.P. - 189 words
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Article270 1948-07-17 8 T»HE Israeli army, which before the truce had been reeling back before the Arab armies, had by yesterday completely reversed the military position with sweeping successes, including t«<» capture of V:iTf»r^fh :inrf Tireh h Greatly strengthened dur- j ing thf recent lour week i truce, theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 270 words
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Article147 1948-07-17 8 Indians kill 50 in Kashmir NEW DELHI, Friday. TNDIAN Army troops fighting 1 m Kashmir counted at least 50 enemy dead after a battle south of Tithwal, 60 miles north-west of Srinagar, last Wednesday, an Indian Defence Ministry communique said tonight The Indian troops captured a hill and took five147 words
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Article37 1948-07-17 8 Seven United Stale, soldiers and six Japanese have I arrested In Tokio following a large-scale robbery of United States Army clothing and a battle m Kobe In which vii American counter-intelli-gence agent was wounded.37 words
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Article97 1948-07-17 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. AT least two people were killed and n serlou&iy Injured m a itrect battle her? tonight between police and rioting soldier*. Thi* is the mast serious m a week of disturbances. Many more were feared trampled to death m the confusion as sirensReuter - 97 words
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Article78 1948-07-17 8 PHILIP PIRATIN (Communist) told the Commons yesterday tha r Britons could still be out m the stocks for Sabbath under the Sunday Observance Act of 1625. "Th< re Us hardly one of us who does not on some Sunday or another profane that law he said.U.P. - 78 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-07-17 8 picture. Major-Gen. C. H. Boucher who is G.O.C. Malaya, cam* to Singapore to meet Mrs. Boucher, who has just arrived from England OrientOrient - 23 words
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Article46 1948-07-17 8 \MR. Winston Churchill's ITI ever present cigar won fJSL ciose action from policemen yesterday He walked towards his plane mouth, flouting the strict PoUce edged up, craned thtir necks, and finally decided everything was all right— the cigar was out A. P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article51 1948-07-17 8 Jamaican Labour leader, William A. 3ustamante yesterday distributed over 200 bananas, half a dozen botof rum and 10 lbs. of coffee to working class people In London's East End. Bu^tamante stopped his powerful American car m Commercial road and stopped traffic while distributing his gifts.A.P. - 51 words
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Article32 1948-07-17 8 Six RAP. Jets, the first to cross the Atlantic, have arrived at Mont Joli airport. 35 miles from Montreal. The Dlanes will make a ujodwil! tour of Canada and the United States.32 words
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Article459 1948-07-17 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. ASIIAKP fall on Wall Street, as revealed by overnight advices, combined with the Berlin crisis, caused a setback m the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices m all sections were marked lower, but there was no pressure459 words
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Article128 1948-07-17 8 A SPECIAL Mark* LiunpinifiH girtt the prices of rmafcer at 11 aja. today m tmUmwu: per m. Mib. Oto O* N«. 1 188 Bpmi N«. 1 ft. 8. 8. ia bmim Ao«. 4l\ 4T\ N«. t K.B 8 toft im bate* Am« *«S 4«S M« S 8.5.8 CM128 words
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Article122 1948-07-17 8 aiahila, Friday. THE Commission struggling to revise the Republic's civil code Rot along fine until it came to the questions of divorce and women's rights. Then, a group of women lawyers and social leaders began Hocking to lb« hear- ings with so Mnct ideas of their122 words
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Article106 1948-07-17 8 THE radio operator or L*>ard the William Carson, i on Monday flashed a is mutinous" signal. was cancelled sh i wards. Is now reporter: i hare fallen aboard N I radio signal has since I received from the Cars- mystery surrounds event--1 board The Dutch &U-.U.P. - 106 words
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Article223 1948-07-17 8 TOGLIATTI IN GRAVE STA TE AS Italy's Communists returned to work yesterday under the Government's threat to employ armed force, the situation remained tense with fre^h disorders reported m various cities and the conditions of the wounded Communist leader, BflfKT Falmiro Togliatti, said to be becoming worse. It is nowReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 223 words
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Article168 1948-07-17 8 China asks for Manchu ports DEMAND ON NEGOTIATIONS for UieH?^ 1^ 11 Soviet-occupied Port \rthur u<2 continuing:, the Chinese PnmJT v* nd D *ife Wen-hao said. He deni«^ SK 1 I*.1 i* 1 of the Legislative Yuan 'that ftH***Sl blockaded the sea along u>* -Ji **N^ adding that China wouldReuter - 168 words
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Article44 1948-07-17 8 BATAVIA Friday HOLLAND is moving the .^quarters of the D Navy m the Indies from Bata--1 via to Sourabaya "a5 soon as possible," it is announced Before the war. Sour:* kl the larp st na m the Indies. I U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article9 1948-07-17 8 US Negroes win court injunction I I- m ReuterReuter - 9 words
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