The Singapore Free Press, 27 July 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA g,,gf SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1948 PRICE 10 CLMS
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    1 million for Malaya's 'Varsity
    323 1 Grant made from Colonial Fund Free Press Staff Reporter THE British Government has made a £1,000,000 grant towards the cost of the University of Malaya. The grant is subject to the presentation of an approved building programme. Speaking to the press this morning the Governor
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    Planters led jungle sweep
    217 1 There were no incidents* he operation, no shou j were Ami and no arms were j found. Bui among the pri- j soners. of whom there are about thirty m all. are several important suspects "We combed a thoroughly bad area," a police official said this
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    MOKE PALESTINE POLICE COMING
    284 1 MORE police officers from Palestine are expected m Singapore shortly, said Mr. George Thomson, Public Relations Officer, broadcasting from Radio 1 Malaya last night. Mr. Thomson said the regular police force now numbers over 3,000 officers and i men, and the "specials-' are approaching the 650
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    ew mail train schedules S'pore-K.L.
    12 1 ew mail train schedules S'pore-K.L. tjore p.m rontin? for n for xsengers
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    MALAYA'S RICE
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    Inniskillings leave Friday
    90 1 THE First Battalion of the Inniskilling Fusiliers, who have been ordered to Singapore leave Hong Kong on Friday, an approaching typhoon permitting, m the troopship Lancashire which is due to arrive today. Excluding the advance parties already m Singapore, the Battalion consists of over 500 officers and
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    S'pore to get film of Olympics
    197 1 S'pore to get film of Olympics |£ALAYa is already working 171 lot Uie 1952 Olympic Games, Jocelyn de Souza, chef-de-mission of Malaya's one-man Olympic team told Reuter m London last night. Mr. De Souza arrived by air j last night with Mr. G. Evans, president of Penan* Amateur Athletic Association.
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    LIFE SENTENCE FOR ACTOR
    50 1 BERNARDO Anzures, 21--year-old Filipino movie star, was twice sentenced m Manila yesterday to life imprisonment for killing his leading lady, Lilian Velez, and her maid. Judge Oscar Castello of Quezon City Court also ordered Anzures to pay the he:rs of his two victims (US $2,500 each.
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    For whom the bell
    58 1 DR. Stuart daddock of Uol>v»orthy (England) summoned the Rev. E- Rayle for ringing his church bells "at the frightful hour of 6 a.m." He said bell-ringing "at this frightful hour produces such a ra*re that my physical health is m danger, and such wicked thoughts that
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    MAN DIES AFTER ROAD ACCIDENT
    41 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A 51-YEAR-OLD Chinese carpenter. Than Sek, died at the General Hospital last night following an accident between an R.A.F. truck and an R.A.P. ambulance at the 6& milestone Yeo Chu Kang Road.
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    32 1 AJR- John Laycock, Singa- pore Legislative Councillor, yesterday received a death threat by post. The letter, written on red paper, contained a bullet. Mr. Laycock said he did not take it seriously.
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    26 TERRORISTS KILLED IN WEEK
    181 1 Free Presa Siaff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TWENTY-SIX bandits were killed, 17 were captured and ten were wounded m various police and military operations against Communist insurgents m the week ending Friday last, the Federal Legislative Council was told this morning. Giving these figures the
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    QUEEN'S" BIRTHDAY
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The acting Singapore Master Attendant, Commander L. P. Lane, has requested the masters of all vessels m the harbour to "dress ship" on Aug 4, the Queen's Birthday.
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    U.S. Army can't help Malaya
    175 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. rE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, has asked the United States Army through the British Embassy here to put some of its surplus arms m the Far East at the disposal of Uie Malayan authorities. This could not be done because all U.S.
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    BERLIN: THE CRISIS TAKES A NEW TURN
    264 1 LONDON, Monday. SOON after the Western Powers had today countered the Soviet blockade of Berlin by banning the movement of goods by rail between the Soviet roue and Western Europe, i^ was announced that the 0 ernment had cancelled the foreign affairs del«.
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    GANG CHIEF ARRESTED
    89 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese, Ng Chia Boh, be- J lieved to be the head of the "108" gang was arrested by the Singapore C.LD. yesterday as a member of an unlawful society. Police who went to arrest Ng m his house m Boon Teck Road
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    5 'CRISIS' ARRESTS
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Four Chinese and one' Indian were arrested under the Emergency Regulation.^ In Singapore yesterday, bringing the total under detention to 78. Several previously held have been released.
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    CHINESE ANSWER CRISIS' CALL
    75 1 CHINESE ANSWER CRISIS' CALL Free Press Stall' Reporter hi ALA LIMPIR. iv A "PROMISING n p A from the Chinese community to the call made U> the Officer Administering the Government. Sir A!ec Newboult. for recruit* or the auxiliary point ua> reported by the Acting Chi t Secretary. Mr. H.
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  • FEATURES
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      MALAYANS AT H.C.s FUNERAL
      815 2  -  Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By T DOUBT whether until this month a Malay had ever set foot inside the little church of Weston in Surrey. Three of them Tengku Abdul Rahman and Mr. Abdul Razak (Presiand hon. secretary c. the Malay Society ot Great Britain), and
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      43 2 Employees of the Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.. enjoyed themselves for a day when the annual sports and gala was held at New Eltham, tendon. At the end of Jtc day the tricky job of choosing the "Standard girl of 194H" took place.
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      TOPPERS ARE CAPPED'
      322 2 IT was the death of King George 111, m 1820 that led Eton to adopt the top hat. Boys were instructed to wear this garb at the funeral service. The fashion remained, and so Eton has officially been m mourning ever since. Says an aged copy of
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      Bridge Problem
      273 2 1 if you're playing for ting a ag of n a sine* is more than you run r The I of tie h arose because of the play. With ft r-yvaj to.]] decided lead v .1 the an four d s x clubs, four diam one heart and
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      MODEST MAIDENS
      24 2 Tr.tiwi* ■—■■tir«« tl S tatrat Ofc» F I'M 601N6 TO PiAY SECOND FIDDLE IT£ 601 NG TO KE A 816 OI4E. 0
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      JAP SILK or THE 'RopA
      122 2  -  DOUGLS M. ALLEN JR By Tenyu, Japan: JAPAN'S nJ dustry, whicl pre-war ed for 5 export busin< the ropes i ropes. For 80 per OH crucial 58 p. i to the United SC word from th- silk is through time comm<di -eking field, say, h
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      157 2 DIRK KALF Petrosrad— ArnsUriLmi Coiuervatoire (Carl Flesch- Seutik Methods) wishes To Announce that He can now tak<- a Limited Number of VIOLIN PUPILS Also Prepares Pupils for THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC Lom'on) EXAMINATIONS I Lessons at Pupils homes may b*» arranged Please write for appointments. Mo. 4, BOSCOMBE ROAD.
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      60 2 >»*" mmStk J mSfmf HOUSEHOLD flFij ,M MODKI i\ n i Obtainabl* I All HMV Household A; for a period of six Mtmtlu m date aft** 1 E. S. ISAAC CO H*Ce if J kV^k^k^ka^k^k^k^kV. Be Wise, Cowan** for WHITE ANT j EXTERMINATE SER V INSECT ERADICA^ 1 THOMAS COWAN
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      127 2 RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE from 12.4)9 noon to 2 00 p m 485 metres m the medium wave bmd «nd 7 20 me^rvrle* to the 41 metre band from 600 p.m to 1 45 p m from 920 p m to 11 00 p m 485 metres m the medium wave
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      346 2 1 40 Jlrr. B 15 Pncrammr Bun and Anr: 8 20 Ra<i ib; 8 45 At 9.30 V 45 i m Harmony; 11 10 30 T n 11 Last Neva SunuT'.rtrs .me M 'or 12.4 Ifewi m Malay; P < rammc Summary. 6 °5 Mal^y by Rahman r m«> Bifnal;
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      84 2 noon— s p m 16 Sfc metre* 19 ft I metre* and 49 38 metre* S— s 30 p m 19 84 metre* ae>d tf.SI metres 5 30 m dn»ht tIS 84 metre* and 49 38 metres n i bdai 12 station Opening a: gramme Summary; 12 '13 Ir. I
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      102 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DoKN toda>. you have a v strong will, and a lir>, impetuous nature which is oiten governed by a high sensitivity to your environment. This may make you think your life is full of contradiction*.. As a result you have a tendency to go to extremes m
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      IS ATOM BOMB TEST LESSONS
      245 3 IS ATOM BOMB TEST LESSONS msition substantially Improved 9 T WASHINGTON, Monday. HE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission lifted the secrecy on the recent Eniwetok Atoll tests very slightly on Saturday and revealed: 1. The "three atomic weapons of new and improved design" tested at the supersecret proving giounds m the
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      Worked herder though married
      97 3 THE Rev. W. Bardsley Brash said at the Methodist Conference, Bristol: "It is heresy to say ministers cannot work as well when they marry. I worked far harder after I married." He seconded a motion that ministers' probation time should be cut from seven years to
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      G.B.S.-'HALF DEAD'
      39 3 Mr. George Bernard Shaw, who was 92 on Monday, read his own obituary m the West African Pilot a Lagos newspaper. He cabled the editor: "Your note is premature. lam only half dead yet. Please contradict."- U.P
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      12 3 rh marks the boundaries of Berlin a German carrying v C übject
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      BRITISH FORCES RESHUFFLE
      74 3 T*HE War Office has an--1 nounceda nof ;t Higher Army .rid which will bring forces from the Mediterto Somalia. East md Mauritius under a le headquarters. -ablishment of this wide mimand follows the hdrawal of British troops -tine and is dened to integrate as closely possible the
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      Rationed English losing weight
      192 3 Rationed English losing weight I More get ill now rt' ahead] having a tffioiH ta on tiw phwque »>f the nation. This tart »s |i admitted in the annual report of the Chief J.imexm. ar ended on March 31. were better than c cases and a death rate I timet
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      Rank to film rebels 'end boycott'
      368 3 Rank to film rebels 'end boycott MR. J. ARTHI R RANK— talked a tough audience out of a revolt. He stopped 100 filf.i Allium, representing 3,500 independent cinemas, fTom boycotting his films. i He did not convince them that the Government quota is a good thing. This makes them show
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      Blind, she starts a new life
      162 3 BLIND Mrs. Annie Uren, of, Redruth. Cornwall, left London Airport for New York to join the miner husband she has not met for 30 years. It was Mrs. Uren's 60th birthday. In 1918. a week-old bride, Mrs. Uren said good-bye to her husband on
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      49 3 These children at a Jarge School m Southall, Middlesex, are lucky if they get m 25 days- attendance a year They live on canal barges and go to school when their floating homes call m for repairs or sailing orders. The school is an old barge on dry land.
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      British protest on Haifa oil
      114 3 •THE British Corwul- General, Mr Cyril Marriott, protested formally to the Jewish authorities against reopening of the mainly British owned Haifa oil refineries. He said the protest was lodged on behalf of the British Government, the Iraq Petroleum Company, and Consolidated Refineries Limited. The Jews
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      41 3 ing an a to leader, Palmiro Rome Communis' 's mass m i' thou In the ground is the famous fountain of the Esedra. Left: A huye portrait of carrit >i by their way to my Ma p by o "fifty-fifty" v
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      GUN-GIRL, 17, GETS 4 YEARS' JAIL
      216 3 BRITISH judges la^ week dealt severely with a young man and a wayward gun-gii 1 of 17 convicted of armed robbery with violence. i The girl, auburn-haired uatnenne Kiuoutt, was told by Mr. Justice Pritchard at, the Old Bailey that she was "a j
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      NEW PESO RATE
      23 3 Mexico has suspended all foreign exchange transactions j pending negotiations with the International Monetary Fund ifor a new peso-dollar rate.
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      1,000-to-one chance saves Dutch Ship
      162 3 1,000-to-one chance saves Dutch Ship A THOUSAND to one chance saved the 11 -man crew of i the Dutch coasting vessel Amstelstroom when she hit lonely Lundy Island, m the Bristol Channel, during a "pea-soup" fog. There Is only one tiny beach on the entire island. The 184-ton coaster was
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      'Carden wall' friend is left £100
      198 3 T- YEAR -OLD I n< the ga: elderly Mr. Arth it his lettui ed a firm I ehai friendship ca: when it was announc the late Mr. Arthur 1 retired bar: £20.000. has b to Kenneth "who re>:d» a me as an evacuee during
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      U.S. LIEUTENANT TO WED KURUSU GIIRL.
      57 3 U.S. LIEUTENANT TO WED KURUSU GIIRL. A SECOND Saburo Komi Japanese diplomat t tiating m Washin. Pearl Harbour marry an Air. Mrs. Kurusu. an Am< announced that her year-old daughter Jaye marry Lieut. Williai son of a Washington DC -paperman. Mrs I White, the former Piu Kuru who was married
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      157 3 TARZAN CO On— Or turn back? By Edgar Rice Burroughs I r^» ____B_H_H_l I"-" "A WOMAN THROUGH THE 7f _d_l _f/ V^R fc__ •*«IE *ERE WA it NO FOR WOLF ANO JPTB&K? JUNGLE FOR MONTHS.* DARNOT f/ J^K X >TjJ_f #f '/_JiH .*%-TARr- '^d v *»r^_^r**? roNTiNueo *tarzan ifw >^MW
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      The Singapore Free Press TODAY, July 27. 1948. Marking Time In Berlin
      443 4 The Singapore Free Press TODAY, July 27. 1948. Marking Time In Berlin >^OT before the end of the j I md perhaps not even then, is there likely to I be any important development m the Berlin crisis neral Lucius Clay's flying ■X to Washington, and the new top level
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      Reinforcements
      251 4 THE official announcement that the 4th Hussars have been placed under orders to move from the United Kingdom to Malaya "as soon as possible" does not entirely conform to the impression which some of Whitehall's spokesmen have been giving in Parliament, but nobody here Is going to bother very
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      THE BLOODY BRETHREN
      1102 4  -  LORD. VANSITTART by THE Russians have now answered the Allied request to end the inhuman block- ade of Berlin. The reply is arrogant, evasive, long-winded m the typical style. Stalin, like Hitler, would ar»ue the hind legs off any donkey that presents itself. Do not let us
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      FAITH
      23 4 The word* of wise men are heard m quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Eccleisiastes, 9, 10.
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      3 4 FORTHfR OUTLOOK: UNSCTLED
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      Britain s 'Gleeps'
      266 4  - Britain s 'Gleeps Maj.Gen. J. F.C. Fuller THE DEFENCE OF EUROPE! [tomorrow: by THESE are the first pictures ol the :.cw atomic town on the Berkshire d sms where 'Gleep' and his big brother austerity Britain's most pampered projects squat their huge bulk behind the most complicated system of protective
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      Time to end this jungle law
      803 4  - Time to end this jungle law WALTER FLETCHER by MP an expert on Far Eastern affa i rs "I OAD-SHED- DING" m the Empire ha? undoubtedly given an impetus to the many elements m Malaya who would like to cut up this rich cake among themselves. Before th c war
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      France new Leader
      26 4 France new Leader IQ DAV S J I I I 11 m 1 1 I I I v _i I I _l H I l l
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      Priority for S'pore
      63 5 s3 CIAL WELFARE m m I-* porter ■inn the the iken i. Singaeligious cvi- -ding .'.erser- b relaI and 1.'..!I the 1 we .pore an be covice. photo. The acting Chinese Consul. Mr. s. Y. Chena sneakinr at a tea party at the Lido m honour ofthe^e%ffatedChU
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      MR.S.C.GOHO
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      Malay women join Police
      228 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Utusan Mefayu reports from Alor Sta r that Malay women have joined the Special Police. Of the 250 Malays who have joined up as special constables m Kedah, six are women. It is believed, however, that these six women are ••searchers,"
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      TIGER BALM KINGS GIFT
      42 5 MR. Aw Boon-haw, wellknown „T iger Balm King," contributed CNSIOO.OOO million towards the setting up Kwangtung children's village. The scheme is said to have been put forward by Madame T. V. Soong. wife of the Governor of Kwangtung.
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      TEACHERS TO BE TRAINED
      99 5 THE Education Department, Singapore, hopes to have at least 50 additional student teachers when the new normal course starts m September. The Deputy Director of Education, Singapore, (Mr. P. F. Howittt told the Free Press yesterday that half this number had been enrolled. Entries will close
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      ON A VISIT
      71 5 MR. James A. MacKay. VicePresident of the National City Bank of New York. m charge of Far Eastern Branches, accompanied by Mrs. MacKay. arrived m Singapore on July 25. Mr. MacKay. who expects :o be m Singapore for one jr two weeks is making a tour of
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      'Help Malaya' plea
      72 5 THE President of the Australian Liberal Party, Mr. Richard Casey, declared m Melbourne that the need to send arms to Malaya was urgent. Australia should not hesitate. Arms should he sent at once, so that Australians and Britons could defend themselTes against Communist terrorists. _i Mr Casey
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      MAKE FULLEST USE OF PHONO SAY POLICE
      568 5 but hoaxers are warned Free Press Staff Reporter HOAX calls and misconceptions of what l is required m dialling "999" have prompted the Radio Division of the Singapore Police, to appeal to the public for a wider, fuller and more responsible use of
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      PILGRIMS GET CONCESSIONS
      69 5 Extensive arrangements for pilgrims have been made for visitors to the Feast of St. Anne, the patronal saint of the Catholic church at 3ukit Mertajam, Province Wellesley. on Sunday. Malayan Railways have granted special permission to pilgrims to travel on -he International Siam Express which leaves Bukit
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      UNIONS PUT PRESSURE ON CO-OPS
      130 5 UNIONS PUT PRESSURE ON CO-OPS MEMBERS of the labouring class who wished to start co-operative credit societies last year were unable to do so because of pressure brought to bear on them. 'There is evidence that many members wish to restart societies, but are deterred by pressure from a certain
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      Ceylon rubber: Demand for tariffs
      161 5 Ceylon rubber: Demand for tariffs A DEPUTATION of the Cey- lon Rubber Manufacturers' Association met the Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries (Mr. C. Sittampalam) recently and asked for several concessions for Ceylon rubber products. The deputation asked the Government to prohibit the import of rubber products m Ceylon
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      OIL MILLS REOPEN
      161 5 Easier to gt coconuts Free Press Chine- c Correspondent SEVERAL copra mill? m Singapore which down some month < due to a steep rise m price of 6OOOOUU now resumed opt;, bringing the number mills m production at sent to nine. Three other mills, however, are still
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      MISADVENTURE
      32 5 A misadventure verdict was yesterday recorded on Saron bin Salim. a four-year-old Malay boy, who died of ~eart failure under an anaesthetic m the Naval Base Asiatic Hospital on June 11.
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      CONSULATE TO GET $7,000
      78 5 Free Press Chinese Correspodent MALACCA Chinese have decided to donate the balance of the South China Flood Relief Fund, amounting to $7,000, to the new Chinese Consulate to be used for furnishing its premises. The new Chinese Consulate at Malacca is due to open next month.
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      MINES INSPECTOR
      38 5 MR. Reginald Wilcox has been appointed to the Colonial Service as an inspector o f mines m Malaya. Mr. Wilcox, born m London, studied at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Royal School of Mines.
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      Pig rearing areas to be restricted
      143 5 Pig rearing areas to be restricted Free Press Staff Reporter niG rearing, m future will be confined to certain districts m Singapore, and after April next year, no pitf rearing will be permitted m the prohibited aiea.s. These include Tiong Bahru and Kampong Silat, located practically m the centre of
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      3,000 SINGAPORE SEAMEN IDLE
      142 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A BOUT 3,000 seamen, mostly Hylams of the servant IX class, are at present unemployed m Singapore, Capt. F. W. Jannings, officer m charge of the recently-formed Government Registration Bureau for Seamen, stated yesterday. Capt. Jannings believes seamen find difficulty m obtaining
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      $18,000 FOR CEMETERY
      80 5 Free Press Chinese Correspodent MR. Aw Boon Haw has donated $18,000 to the cost of rehabilitating the Hong Eng Tai public cemetery m Singapore. Mr. Aw has also made a $5,000 donation towards the cost of reconditioning the Kheh Community Guild premises m Singapore, of which he
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      Talk on Democracy
      105 5 MR. George G. Thomson, giving the last, of five lectures m Singapore, last night, on "Democracy Accepts the Challenge." said that the ideal of democracy was to improve the scope and quality of life o« its individual cltlz n through a sense of individual responsibility. A democracy,
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      ARAB BLUNDERS: FACTS REVEALED
      488 6 ARAB BLUNDERS: FACTS REVEALED Mud slinging propaganda fogs the truth rE height of reality about war-torn Palestine is beginning to break through the thick clouds of propaganda that overshadow the Arab world. Politicians and generals are trying to blame the Arabs' woes on Britain. King Abdullah is the only Arab
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      'BEST-LOOKING' LODGER'S 6 'WIVES'
      200 6 Try called beat-looking lodger m YorkAn wouldn't have disagreed. Ho conXnr dark, wavy hair. He dressed well, mile, ho .dk. People m Southend-on-* Ididn't know that R Is had committed I five times and served four aoL Nor that he would commit bigamy again. and start
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      PORTUGAL AND INDIA CONFER
      56 6 AN on future of the Portu- oossessioms m Ir. held recently at the ese Embassy m Pans Indian Hitrh sioner m London and the Portuguese Foreicn MinisA spv>kv>man of the Indian assy told Reuter* "There were no decisions or propoA spokesman at the Portuguese Embassy said:
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      FEW INFANT DEATHS
      23 6 am's infant mortality :.d quartt-r of ear was the lowest m history. There were only 31 deaths per thousand births
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      BRITAIN TO GET NATIONAL OPERA
      63 6 THE Covent Garden Opera Ha •.(inn. home of grand opera m Britain since 1847, is to be taken ovrr by the C'..iVt rnment when the present five-year least 1 expires m January 1949. Tin- Government, with the aim of establishing a national opera and ballot
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      RACKETEERS ROB U.K. EXPORTS
      196 6 ROBBERY of Britain's export cargoes has beonne one of the biggest and most highly organic tl crime rackets of 1948. The thefts take place while the goods are m transit from the factories to the fori markets. When packing-cases are opened on reaching their destination it
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      THIRD PARTY CONVENTION
      56 6 DELEGATES who nominated Henry Wallace for the D B. Presidency had to pay to hear his acceptance speech at the Third Party c< tion m Philadvlph. Tlie party has pledged itself to repudiating the M..: shall Plan and "fighting for the constitutional rights of Communists and other
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      GANDHI SQUARE
      31 6 Vargas Square, m the hi art of Kio de Janeiro's theatre and cinema-land. named ex President Getulio as, will be renamed Mahatma Gandhi Squai Aug. 15, Indian Independence Day.
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      HE WAS A WEEK-END'HUSBAND'
      133 6 HE WAS A WEEK-END 'HUSBAND' JIN ex -Army captain l*. with his bigamous "wl at week-ends and with his legal wife for the re^i of week The man. Frank Embury Davison, 38 i ntenced to two years' Imprlsoi for bigamy and false pretences at Sussex Assizes, at Dowes. Mr. C.
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      On his tail
      96 6 PC. Arthur Wright, who jumped from a car into an empty governess cart bouncing behind a runaway horse battled for two :nd a hatf miles as the horse raced through the streets of Bill Top (Staffs. The horse refused to stop. Then P. C. Wright had a
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      BBC order: "Sing more British songs"
      244 6 BBC order: "Sing more British songs" TOE iiiic. has written to I band h r proTh n has the backing i o: Track stat< Perfo mint Right Society luncheon: "We mu>t take a-".d play everyti. rican m preference to British compositions merely because it is American.*' The BBC 1 action
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      WOMAN'S PITY LED TO TRAGEDY
      296 6 •yHE tragedy of next-door neighbour! Mrs. M and Lester William r found shot dead recently at OuHon Broad, v after a cruising hoiidiv woman's pity for a man who lived alone. Mrs Bnstow lived with her husband, Sydney, m Lynd-hurst-road, Chesham, Bu When she learned
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      SOVIET JAILS TERRORISTS'
      22 6 SOVIET JAILS TERRORISTS JHE S Berlin gang of m V "s in prison by a B alleged led ncke the U P
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      Wouldn't steal, so was ostracised
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      62 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya HE *"ST HAVE ToBVIOUSLY HAD^KfoRELOCK WAS ALWAYS I 1^ I DONT "THINkN I YW S NOT FORELOCK I'M BEEN A POWERFUL) AN INSTRUMENT-) HANDY WITH A TIN~ W HE'LL GET FAR, W /WORRYING ABOUT INSPECTOR'- 1 MAN TO BREAK /THE EDGES
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      YARDLEY'S TEST PROBLEM
      862 7 YARDLEY'S TEST PROBLEM To declare or not to declare From Bill Bowes TK) declare or not to declare, that is the question A question which Norman Yardley will be required to answer this morning, for England with two wickets still standing, are exactly 400 runs ahead of Australia m the
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      aboard Scoreboard
      25 7 aboard Scoreboard s m 93 'I 5 13 4S8 t0 j T i i 's 15 p^ ,-oail. 3 I W KT J f I
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      ENGINEERS WIN BY ONLY GOAL
      73 7 A SCK.VPPY g-oue *j*s S"tr. when the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association lust man- j ag-ed to n gUter a *oal to beat Katon* Fura^.ani, m a S A F V second division game on the padang yesterday. Only -Ve-ning f> ature m the came was
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      Malayan trio go shopping in London
      137 7 Malayan trio go shopping in London last morning buying souvenirs London were Chu Chee Senc, goalkeeper, Chia Boon Leong, inside-left, both of Singapore, and Yap Cheng Eng, left-winger from Penang, who are all members of the China Olympic soccer team. Boon Leong said that like the other Chinese teams and
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      Badminton ties for weekend
      246 7 '•THE following ties m the Singa--1 pore Badminton Association's Junior tournament will be played off at the Clerical Union Hall this week-end: SATVRDAY. at 2.15 p.m. Singles: Wahab Sarkawi (Mercury) v Chia Chin Song (Eclipse); Suadi b H. Tahir (Perhimponan) v. Neo S"ng Kee (Mayflower); Ng
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      Grand Prix in form again
      200 7 Free Press Staff Reporter GRAND Prix 11, looking fit after a swell, showed some of his old form when beating Airmail m a three-furl gallop m Penang this morning when horses entered for th<^ Gold Cup meeting, which starts on Saturday, were givrn fast work.
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      Netherlands qualify to meet Britain
      153 7 THE two preliminary rounds of the Olympic soccer tournament were decided m Loncl >n yesterday. At p i rtsmouth there was no doubting the Netherlands superiontv over Eire, and their 3— 1 win earned them the right to meet Great Britain m first round proper
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      MILLS WINS WORLD TITLE
      1170 7 Gus Lesnevich outpointed r»REDDIE Mills, 29-year-old British lightheavy- weight champion, became the world champion when, before a crowd of over 50,000 people at the Whfte City Stadium, London, last night, he outpointed Gus Lesnevich of America who had held the title for seven years. Lesnevich, his
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      Olympians bask in sunshine
      108 7 OLYMPIC competitor; terday rejoiced Kb hottest day m Eneiand since Aug. 18 last year. becM means ideal conditions c running tracks for fist t In a temperature of H grees fahrenheit the was being continj-i. and watered vesterdnv aj competitors looked on ba m the sr/:sh:ne.
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      Young takes 6 wickets
      413 7 Young takes 6 wickets JACK Young:, the Middlesex left arm slow bowler, who was omitted from the England team at Headingley, played a big part m the dismissal of the last six Lancashire batsmen m 80 minutes yesterday at Old Trafford for 100 runs. Although the new ball was due,
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      104 7 Crossword No. 447 F! I M 4 Hs TO I >~_ l__ yiM ;jm 1 WMI a UJIJI |r ii r l" i ..1..,. frifti i i »-«-_4 _r '^Sff_ a zr la Ft "^H« i j^tm rff ti^J L- Sh^ MIS \< RO>S »>>. 9 Difficulty <6». lit Drugged
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      BIRTHS
      37 8 To June, wife of D. Redman. at Kandang Kerbau. on I a daughter. MOFFATT. on July 18th at ick Hospital. London, to Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cornelius, the gift of a son
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      DEATHS
      117 8 Mrs. Lee Sen* Chong (nee Gan Nio) the beloved mother of Miss Katherine Lee Geek Choo. passed away peacefully at SingaGeneral Hospital, on July 24th. 1948, at 1 am Medan paoer please copy VDAM CHOONG AH CHOW —Beloved mother of Mr. Fang B B'-^n proprietor of "Sintit" The N
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      13 8 Purr riks I lent j i kid night visits rrce durmg 1
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      US. AID FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY
      333 8 US. AID FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY Stepping up production PARIS, Monday. A JOINT Anglo-American advisory council will be created m the near future to improve the productivity o* British industry. It will be composed of employers and trade union organisations m Britain and the United States. This was announced at a
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      UNO to hear of kidnapped Britons
      174 8 UNO to hear of kidnapped Britons LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. BRITAIN will raise the Jewish detention of five Britons, recently abducted m Jerusalem by Irgun Zvai Levi— l terrorists, m the United Nations Security Council tomorrow. Sir Alexander Cadogan. chief British representative. ipeeted to ask the Council to approve a resolution
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      Aussie help in Malaya
      277 8 EVATTS LONDON TALKS LONDON, Monday. (-CONSULTATIONS between the Australian Deputy Premier and Minister for External Affairs, Dr. Herbert F.v.itt, and the British Cabinet will touch on all aspects of the international situation likely to affect Australia and the British Commonwealth," said an Australian spokesman here today.
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      MGM WINS LIBEL ACTION APPEAL
      83 8 THE court of appeal m London yesterday allowed the appeal by Metro Ooldwyn liayei Pictures against an award of £1.500 damages to a film critic. Miss Aniot Robertson, m an action f or MM and slander. Miss RoberLson, a novelist, had brought the action because
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      Malaya will figure in UKBurma talks
      130 8 LONDON, Monday. ffiHE Burmese Foreign MinisX ter, U Tin Tut, who arrived m London last night, is expected to discuss the situation m South-East Asia, including the Communist rising m Malaya, with the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. An official Whitehall source said later
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      All beauty contests 'inmmoral'
      114 8 All beauty contests 'inmmoral' DISHOP John J. Swint of v Wheeling. West Virginia (U.S.A.). has announced that ihe will excommunicate any nolle girl of Wheeling who takes part m a beauty contest. He called modern beauty pageants 'totally pagan" and "absolutely immoral The Bishop made nil ment m confirming reports
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      Truman's price control bid
      103 8 11HE Republican-controlled 80th Congress yesterday prepared to reject President 'Truman's emergency request for meat rationing and limited price controls. But the Republicans are worried about inflation and the smashing impact of high prices on the oresidn campaign. Although Truman called the emergency session for j consideration
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      DISARMAMENT U.N. GIVES UP
      90 8 DISARMAMENT U.N. GIVES UP THE United Nations, al two years' of debate yesterday gave up /or the time being any further effort to draw up a scheme for general disarmament. The working committee of the Disarmament Commission at Lake Success, by a vote of nine to two (Russia and the
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      LOCOS' FOR SUM
      28 8 A Siamese trade mission m Tokio is to negotiate the purchase of an estimated $15 million (U.S.) worth of locomotives, passenger coaches, and freight cars.
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      Death threat to Gandhi judge
      80 8 ATMA CHARAN, sp judge m the Gandhi assassination trial dl m the court m New Delhi that he received an anonymous letter yesterday threatening his life. Mr. C.K. Daphtary. chief prosecuting counsel, said: ••Then- had been a numher of such letters m the past" The
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      TORCH IN METZ
      29 8 THE Olympic Torch arrived m Metz last night ahead of schedule. It was due to be carried into the Duchy of Luxembourg soon after midnight.- A.P
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      24 8 The bodies of more than 60 drowned boys and girls were disclosed m the backwater of •floods m the Tovoma prefecture of Japan yesterday
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      ANTARCTIC: UK WILL NOT YIELD
      77 8 ANTARCTIC: UK WILL NOT YIELD LONDON. Mull. BRITAIN'S position regarding the Antarctic poxst-s--skrtLs remalni unchanged krrw- pective of any steps by 1 Argentina or Chile to alter the present status. This statement followed a report today of Argentine .plans to proclaim officially Its possessions In the Antarctic by Aug. 1.
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      C.B.S. has fiery birthday
      43 8 LONDON. Monday. FIRE destroyed the tiny railway station at George Bernard Share's home of St. Lawrence (Hertfordshire) today his 92nd birthday. Fire engines from nearby towns tried m vain to save the station. Shaiv remained at his home.- U.P.
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      MOST HIT WARSHIP
      48 8 The U.S. battleship i Nevada. Pt ari Harbour victim and survivor of two atom bomb blasts, is on her last mission— 3s mile trip to des- j truction. The battleship will be used m a highly secret four-day test of the Navy's newest non-atomic weapons.
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      INDIES DEADLOCK REPORT TO U.N.O.
      143 8 NEW YORK, Monday. 'PHE United Nations Committee of Good Offices, 1 which has been trying to help the Dutch and Indonesian Republicans reach an agreement on a United States of Indonesia, has informed the Security Council that negotiations "appear to have reached a deadlock." The
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      'Oppressed women'
      87 8 'Oppressed women GENEVA, Monday. rTHE Soviet Union called today for full political and social rights for women throughout the world. Unsmiling, black-bearded Soviet delegate, Professor A. P. Pavlov, told the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council that "only m Russia do women have full equality
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      JAP 'SO SORRY' NOT GOOD ENOUGH
      240 8 U.P SYDNEY, Monday. SEVEN members of Australia's House of Representatives shook hands with Emperor Hirohito m Tokio last week and the action is still rocking Australia. The Australian Parliamentary delegation and Emperor Hirohito have been roundly denounced by a .steadily increasing section of the
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      TITO-U.S. PACT?
      37 8 Marshal Tito diSCUSSI Yugoslav participation In I Marshall Plan told ex-Got nor Culbert Olson of California m Prague that he would welcome a trade treaty with the United States "with ;>nv oolitienl conditions i U.P
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      TINS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
      454 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monti. EVENTS on the London Stock Exch totaj proved very quiet and rather uninteresting. Reuter's financial correspondent. The late »mpr-> ment seen m last week's markets was not folio? through and the buying that took place toria> mainly due to short-covering. Rubbers
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      'ALL MUST HELP,'SAYS GOVERNOR
      67 8 'ALL MUST HELP, 'SAYS GOVERNOR free Press Staff R-n^ APPEALING for public uppiT r A merit's efforts to main; ln the t_ Colony, the Governor, Sir l^nus "The Government cannot dl °V_ guarantee peace, life and pro "Singapore is quiet bur alert to prevent violent be <4mnrir. "*JI I I
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      Rubber prices
      154 8 A SPECIAL Market rorre&ponden give* the price* of rubber d 11 a.m. today as follows: per Ib. per ft Bayer* Setter* Cts. Ola No. 1 E.S.B. Spot loose 44) No. 1 K.S.S. too ta bales Aug 49 No st S > for m bales Aug. 4** No s
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