The Singapore Free Press, 18 August 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 1 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1948. PRICt 10 fLMS
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    Guards will 'restore order'
    10 1 Guards will 'restore order' Coming soon as possible' South-East Asia
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    Rebels capture chief of police
    246 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. OMMINIST insurgents today carried out successful raids into Rangoon and the surrounding area, and m one swift river foray captured Rangoon's Superintendent of Police. In another raid on a suburb of the city, 200 Insurgent sealed off a large area and spent three
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    BURMA NEEDS OUTSIDE AID
    49 1 nc iimi wnr vivt< inuicnt i wtll need outside aid to stem the Communist revolt authoritative sources close the Ihakin Nu Government told Inited States. This source said that the uprising was more serious than is generally realised and was being led by Indian Communists.
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    INDONESIAN PARTY
    28 1 About 3.000 Indonesians and Mala:- ed varitd nment yesterday at dence of Dr. Oetoyo, Indonesian representative In :apore. to celebrate the i anniversary of the Republic.
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    10,000 ARRESTED
    23 1 10.000 1 m India for subveractlvitlea following Gandh. s assassir.-itlon on Jan. officially armour. Delhi had been released by Ju A.P.
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    GUN GANG KILL TAXI DRIVER
    497 1 LONDON Tuesday. DRITAIN is sending a brigade of Guards the country's most meticulously trained fighting troops to restore confidence and order nin Malaya, the War Office announced tonight. About 4,000 men, Guardsmen and ancillary troops/ are expected to sail. A War Office spokesman was unable
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    Five bandits are captured
    95 1 IPOH. Tuesday. SPITFIRES and Beauflghters which attacked a bandit hide-out 35 miles south of Ipoh, wrecked six huts, one of wnich Is believed to have been a bandit ammunition depot as the debris from it shot 300 feet into the air when a rocket struck the
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    CHINA AUSTERITY PLANS MISFIRE
    179 1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. CHINA'S austerity programme appears mysterious t> even to the Executive Yuan which approved it. Peculations by which luxurious living was to be JaSed and use of auomobiles, foodstuffs and nylons sharply controlled still applies on the "h t or miss nattern with even top
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    STOP PRESS
    102 1 KUALA LIMPIR, Wed. A police and military raid on a squatters area behind the hot spring al Setapak, five miles from Kuala I.umpur. yesterdaj resulted m 35 people being detained. Of these five are known to be active Communists, one an important Communist leader. At Seminyih town, 21
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    POLICE INSPECTOR IN ROAD MISHAP
    46 1 A MOTOR-CYCLE ridden Sub-Inspector Angad Singh of the Naval Base Police, was involved m a collision with a trisha m Rangoon Road at one o'clock this morning. The trisha rider and his Chinese passenger sustained slight injuries. The trisha was damaged.
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    FOOD CARGO
    25 1 The 6,956-ton Chupra yesterday brought to Singapore 10.000 cases of apples and oranges, 1.700 bags of onions, and 2,800 packages of frozen meat.
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    ROAD COLLISION
    32 1 A 23 -year-old motor cyclist, Yap Boon Seng, collided with a motor car In Mountbatten Road, near the Happy World car park, at 11.40 last night. He was slightly injured.
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    Tax bliss, he says
    71 1 l)ROPOSIN(i a tax on unmarried persons, a bachelor I member of the Siamese Parliament said that "bachelors spend their money too carelessly and spinsters become too avaricious with their money." Under his plan, the price of single bliss would only be about 20 cents (Malayan) per
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    STORAGE INCREASE CAPITAL
    3 1 STORAGE INCREASE CAPITAL
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    CRISIS ARRESTS
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    Molotov makes vital move
    198 1 MOSCOW, Tuesday. •"THE Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, was be- lieved to have presented an extremely important communication regarding Germany at last night's Kremlin meeting with the three Western envoys, according to some informed Western quarters here tonight. The fact that the envoys wer even less
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    'MUSLIMS WILL RESIST REDS'
    77 1 BANGKOK, Tuesday. SIAMESE Muslims of the southern frontier provinces icill bitterly resist any Communist infiltration from Malaya, according to Khun Chanya Vidharn, prominent leader of the Muslim community m Saradhivas. The Bangkok paper Lak Muang Quotes this Siamese Muslim leader as saying: Lommi the princip!-. the
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    Frame-up, says millionaire
    79 1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. COTTON KING' Teng Chung-ho, multi-milli-onaire who was charged with collaboration when he refused to contribute to the "soak-the-rich" campaign fund, said today it was all a "frameup." Mr. Teng said he had given the Shanghai Procurate evidence absolving him of collaboration charges. He claimed he
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    REPAIRS TO HK STORE CABLE
    62 1 THE cable ship Retriever, which has been acquired by Cable and Wireless Limited from the British Admiralty, will restore the Sin-gapore-Hong Kong cable via the company's new station at Jesselton, North Borneo. Restoration of the MuscatKarachi cable, linking Pakistan with the world system, will be
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    Mystery planes bomb Siam mine
    113 1 Mystery planes bomb Siam mine BANGKOK. SEVERAL were and heavy c:was caused inidentified aircratt bom ed a Siamese gold mine m the Liew disti radhivas province on I morning wording to rts here. An tha: ir>? b •bu; age Belu <h •raft beUevi d 10 be L b carried ing.
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      Houston Engaged
      512 2 BRITISH STUDIO NEW! DONALD Houston, who plays his first film role m "The Blue Lagoon" which took him to the Fiji T^ands for location scenes, has ani his ~r oor ement to 19-year-old actress Brenda Hogan. They met last year while on tour m the stage presentation of
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      DANCE TIME
      220 2  -  ELIZABETH LEE by TONIGHT over Radio 1 Malaya at 8.20. we shall two new figures m the Tango. However, as each figure is derived from steps which we have already dealt with, they should not nt you with any great The first figure is the Open Promenade, which
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      CREATED BY FAITH
      370 2 BY OUR FILM REPORTER /CREATED by the faith of two people m their idea, "The Corridor of Mirrors" (Pavilion, tomorrow) was adapted from a novel of the same name by Miss Edana Romney and Mr. Rudolph Cartier to Introduce Miss Romney to British films. Because of lack
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      Bridge Problem
      362 2 r J'Hiii v... I trie a Calcutta Suv. ptuka |UM d m Cbioai Hi thl> PUDC was hu\e run m the niughbo of $30,000. so that the d, who found them playing hand were under :re. I a .pado. my's ach w;us takon. c;d S3 uth'i problem was
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      A story of locations
      295 2 I^ROM certain flewr points, it is extremely unfortunate that the movie "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid," was produced m the United States by an American studio. On th- hand, It is ible that no other pror m any other country j have been i: ming the
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      India wants colour
      278 2  -  RALPH DIGHTON By A.r. correspondent PRODUCTION of r colour films m India, where movies heretofore have been limited to black and white, may result from negotiations now under way between Hollywood interests and Ezra Mir. Indian movie producer and director. "We have long wanU make colour movies
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      Tire-ess Tomboys
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      554 2 i^L—— '*M JM W■■*• i mk. m. i SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA Vannee Qua from IZM good to t M p m «0 p m to 11.16 p m VLAtt JE™ *°J A Annw nn< > u^er-« 485 metret m th« nfdlum w»ve 1»74 metre* IS U megacycle*: C V M 5
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      231 2 YOUP LUCKY STAR DoHN today, you have an alert and inquiring mind which wants to be v an-hing out new fields all the time. Original m both thought and action, miv are al*o quick to give expression to your new ideas and are able, m this fashion to be your
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      E.R.P. WILL AID RUBBER AND TIN
      548 3 E.R.P. WILL AID RUBBER AND TIN Marshallplan and Ma lava Free Press Staff Reporter |N the Legislative Council yesterday, the acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. Andrew Gilmo'irl said Malaya's participation m the Europear Recovery Programme would lead to increased purchases of rubber and tin both by the U.S. p.nc European countries
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      Judge criticises bank pay rate
      202 3 Judge criticises bank pay rate Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, appeal by a Eurasian bank clerk Months' imprisonment and a >ingapore High Court yesterday, ued to see that the Chartered Bank :heir clerks $60 a month." Angus Lee. had been found .10 traveller's cheque from i t:on m me way 01
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      4 YEARS' JAIL FOR 'BANDITS'
      147 3 Free Press Correspondent rIPOH, Tueg. 'O Chinese youths who took advantage of public fear of the bandits by attempting to extort $2,000 from a shopkeeper were each sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday at the Ipoh Assizes. The youths— Phang Fook Chin and Llew
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      'EXPAT' PAY PETITION BY POLICE
      167 3 'EXPAT' PAY PETITION BY POLICE Free Press Staff Reporter DRITISH inspectors of th< Malayan Police have forwarded a petition for pensionable expatriation pay to Mr T. V. Cowgill of the Public Service Salaries Commissior. at Kuala Lumpur. The petition, signed bj Chief Inspector R. H. Yorke states that British police
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      HOLIDAYS FOR SHOPKEEPERS
      160 3 MR. John Laycock 'Municipal North East) gave notice m the Legislative Council yesterday that a Bill will be presented at the next meeting of the Council by the leader of the Progressive Party 'Mr. C. C. Tan> based on the Weekly Holidays Act of India, providing a
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      STOLE BANANAS
      30 3 SEREMBAN, Tues.— Wong FooL Sin and Koh lhain Loy were each flned $23 *nd ordered to enter into a four TioMths bond of good behaviour for stealing bananas.
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      Corner shop
      69 3 as a result of the "less money" currency reform introduced by the Western pouers into their zone of Germany shopkeepers, once the most hated people m Germany because of their "under-the-counter" tactics must now do their best to reinstate them* Kith their customers. Here is one corner shop
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      REMEMBRANCE DAY FUND
      20 3 Day MaThio, c to used s V Of Ud that project v i to i very de-
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      $250 MILLION FOR RICE
      261 3 taining more an<3 more rice for Malaya will be continued pven more vigorously than ever." Mr. Thio said. The price of rationed rice was often regarded by many small traders as an indication of price levels, addod Mr. Thk>. asking Government to consider the possibility of
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      IMPING WEDDING
      30 3 TAIPING. Tues.— Raja Ktchil Sulong, Perak, will be married to Che Wanrafldah, niece of Orang Kaya Mentri, Perak, here on Thursday. The reception will be at Mentri House
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      215 STUDY AT K.L. COLLEGE
      84 3 THE Technical m Kuala Lumpur has now completed its enrolment for 'he new session There are 215 full-Ume student* m attendance a.; the College, A whom 150 are m res 4 denc2 m tne College Hotel m Maxwell Road The Colege is a federal institution
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      PLANTERS OBJECT TO CAMP
      154 3 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. FIFTEEN European planers m the Kuala Langat area of Selangor have declared that they are "strongly against" the establishment at Morib of a camp for dependents of killed and captured terrorists An estate manager told the. Free Pi-ess that they
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      'MEN LIKE SAVAGES'
      246 3 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MR. D. L. Downie, the Eu- ropean manager of Ampai Tenang Estate, Dengkill. ir Ulu Langat, said m the Selangor Assizes today that five ol his Indian labourers, who wen alleged to have attacked him with tea pruning knives on May
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      Rent control to continue
      127 3 DENT control is to continue m Singapore. Moving yesterday that the Singapore Legislative Council should approve continuation of the 1947 rent control ordinance till September 1949. the Attorney-General (Mr. E J Davles) said it had been hoped that the economic problem would be solved within a
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      MAY RESTRICT CEMETERIES
      73 3 [N the Legislative Council yesterday, the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, said 1 the Government might take j steps, after careful consider- ation, to limit the amount of i ground at present used for the burial of the dead. He was replying to the suggestion by Mr. N.
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      WARNING ON RUMOURS
      91 3 ill ALA LUMPUR, Men. A WARNING against the •■enemies who hide m the towns under the guise of lawabiding citizen*, and poison minds with false rumours was given by the Sultan of: Kelantan when he spoke to community leaders at Kota Bharu. "These are the people who
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      SEM TO ASSIZES
      49 3 A 35-year-old Tarn. 3 Ayam Perumal of 70 Syed Alwi Road who wai charged with killing a compatriot with a da pole was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes by the Seventh Police Court Magistrate. Mr A. G Sheares, after a preliminary inquiry.
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      'Dignity' and 'impudence' in aircraft
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      The "Wee-Bee"
      46 6 tiny was m a --an 9arthree uoiMy :rch special:*!*- It has and i 150 Called the 'Wee-bee' flow* oy a ng prone on the n hv a He reaches the -ols through tico arm- It is expected to at- a sveed of 90 m.p.h.
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      The super-Fort
      28 6 Fifty AT.C. carets lined up m front of the Superfortress on Us arrival m Britain give some idea of the size of this huoe U.S. aircraft.
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      Beecham flays 'asinine' Govt. move
      103 6 Beecham flays 'asinine' Govt. move Srnous :tish conductor, said last week In that he con^. the proposal to buy Covent >n. Lon I house was 'just anmomentous piece of on the part of the i Government." Thomas, who Is to conof concerts at oal South African dic!ded: "There can be
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      Cant afford 'British only'
      151 6 rIE Australian Minister for Immleration m a recent speech m Brisbane said ilia Is to survive, we must be prepared to take every suitable nenon of Euroand descent whether British subtects or national or other countries m Europe, the United States of :ra or other dominions
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      GREEK REBELS ARE ON THE RUN
      229 6 GREEK REBELS ARE ON THE RUN 3reak- through traps I 'arkos forces HREEK Government troops following a brilliant break through have cut off General Markos' orces from then- main way of retreat towards \lbania according to despatches from the battle irea. The 8,000 feet main peak of the Grammos nountains
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      U.K. children "healthiest in Europe"
      115 6 U.K. children "healthiest in Europe" JL|RS £DNA Blue. American child welfare expert cow m London think* lhat British children are amoiu the healthiest In Europe. For two months Mrs. Blue. herself a mother has been looking an children In seven -ouean countries. She said: "I think British kids are Just
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      MORE RUBBER FROM N.E.I.
      70 6 THE United BtaU* Commerce Department reported that heavy shipmenu from Indonesia raised June production of natural rubber to 135.000 long tons and world production for the first half of 1943 to 727.500 tons. Malaya produced 348.100 tons, nearly 50 per cent of the total estimated world
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      'MADAME BUTTERFLY'S' HOME IS FOUND
      258 6 AT Nagasaki, Japan, wnicn uirw y^cxio «*v, was nearly blown off the map by an atom bomb the big news today Is that the home of Cho-Cho-Sin, the 'real heroine" of the opera Madame Butterfly, has been discovered. 12 Mlnami Yamate Cho, the address of
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      Birthday wire from Govt.
      90 6 "ifOSr immediate, lH OHMS" was on the buff envelope of the birthday telegram delivered to Mrs. Emma Wyatt. aged 83, of Thetford, Norfolk. She asked the telegram boy tj read U for her. He read: "Heartiest birthday greetings. Having given nine sons to the Army \rith
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      109 STRIKES IN CHINA
      73 6 1 CHINESE Ministry of fcdun cation survey, released m Nanking, says there were 109 sof student strikes afing 18 large cities. Including Shanghai and Nankin*, during the 19 months ending June IP4B The strikes, which cost student* 506 study-days were mostly engineered by tlv Communist "Democratic
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      YANK RETURNS UK HOSPITALITY
      86 6 \k N ix corporal m the US A Army Arthur Gustafson. who usec 1 to park his Jeep In Windmill Road, Halstead 'Essex i when he was In Britain a;d was there given many cups of t*a. has returned with his own "Marshall aid." has brought
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      WORLD'S OLDEST TREE WITHERING
      215 6 GREAT concern, not only I among the Buddhist* but I among the public generally. 1* felt over a turn for the worse In the withering of the branches of the 2.300-year-old Sacred Bo Tree at Anuradhapurt during the last few days. This tree Ls the world's
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      Wife wanted —with money
      67 6 Wife wanted —with money Christopher Baiguini. 60 of New York, the father of six children, has announced he will marry any woman between 40 and 50 "who would understand me and has 10.000 dollars." Employees at Port Sunlight (Cheshire) factory enjoy testing the firm's products and they get paid for
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      EXHUMING 2,000
      44 6 Trieste civilian authont say that the gruesome task of exhuming an estimated 2.000 bodies irom a mass grave i In the Carso mountains will I begin next week In an effort to Identify the persona killed < by Yugoslav partisans In 1945 U.P.
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      U.K. WAGES RISE BY £1,000,000 A WEEK
      36 6 U.K. WAGES RISE BY £1,000,000 A WEEK But prices r, Se IyAGI-S m Britain haw R( le Iln v Tf week m the first arl > *Unprices have kept m front of till!! lt I I I
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      'EXODUS'JEWS GOT TO ISRAEL
      218 6 'EXODUS' JEWS GOT TO ISRAEL ALL 4,500 "exodus" Jews who were interned m British zone of Germany after trying V Palestine from France, have now been smuj Palestine "m driblets," a Jewish organiser of unofficial immigration movement told Re.. A* the Palestine situati changed, .he said the organisers (whose hsadcuarers
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press Wednesday. Aug. 18. 1948. A Warning on Wages
      562 4 The Singapore Free Press Wednesday. Aug. 18. 1948. A Warning on Wages SIX riXA.MVLKX uuwow« o warning to employers it they should not atr.age of c emergency situation to :i wages was well :d. It was certainly more of a warning than a quT Governor did not, of course, exclude
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      NEW USES FOR COLO NIAL MATE RIAL
      1566 4  -  Dr. J. L. SIMONSEIS By Who explains how raw materials m the Colonies such as sugar-cane and starch are examined, tested and put to new industrial uses. WE can regard minerals as capital which, onzc it has been expended, cannot be replaced; but
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      The silent Red on the blue train
      738 4  - The silent Red on the blue train NOEL MONK BY Aboard the Blue Train, Johannesburg Capetown COUTH Africans call this luxurious air-conditioned train "The Zoo Train." That's because it is usually crowded with Cabinet Ministers, M.P.s, diplomats, government officials, and other V.I.P.s, travelling from Pretoria, the Union's administrative capital, to
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      CNAC KEEPS 'EM FLYING
      646 4  - CNAC KEEPS 'EM FLYING JOHN YKNTH B> A.P. Correspondent THE China National Aviation Corporation, the country's oldest and bi*£est air outfit, is making good m tough flying weather. Nearing its twentieth year of service, the CNAC finds the financial ceiling low, economic visibility poor, the clouds m military formation and
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      FAITH
      28 4 Behold I will brine health and MM. and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundant r of peace and truth. Jeremiah. 33. 6.
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      The Rubber War
      73 4  - The Rubber War GEORGE TUCKER By A.P. Correspondent yyHAT is happening m the rubber i. dustry today? At beginning of the v when natural rubber was m short supply, man-made rubber, a was then, was introduced. Few people thou. more than an expec. Now they arSome rubbennen natural rubr, become
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      HOME TB CURE SYSTEM TO BE EXPANDED
      503 5 Official policy is outlined Free Press Staff Reporter Lr^tem of following-up all T.B. cases when Uave hospital m an attempt to finalise t itnunt at home will be further develop;*! s clear m a T.B. policy statement v's meeting of the Singapore the
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      GOVT WILL CONSIDER PROPOSALS
      237 5 GOVT WILL CONSIDER PROPOSALS School for fhe over-aged THE new Education A Finance Board will consider proposals for the education of overage children who could not be admitted to the primary schools m Singapore. This statement was made m the Legislative Council yesterday by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, m
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      TEACHERS TO BE TRAINED
      87 5 ANEW three-year training course for Malay school men and women teachers who ha\ not been to the Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Malim. or Malay Women's Training College. Malacca, will begin shortly m Johore. There will be 17 centres at which more than 500 teachers will
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      Govt. clerica examinations
      84 5 THE Johore general clerical examinations will be held shortly at Muar, Segamal, Batu Pahat and Johore Bahru. The Division A examination for which tru j re are 40 candidates will be held on Aug. 21 and 22. The Division B examinations, fur which there are 144 can
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      DR. F.C. BENHAM
      46 5 Dr. P. C. Btnnam, Economic Adviser to the CommissionerGeneral, left Penang 'yesterday with Mrs. Benham and theli daughter for a short holiday m Europe. Part of their holiday will be spent with Mrs. Bcnham's parents m Prance. Dr. Benham will return tn November.
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      Social security: Council demand
      293 5 Social security: Council demand 4 N assurance that the Government will give the "closest attention to the question of providing social security by legislation for non-Government employees was given m the Legislative Council yesterday by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. Andrew Gilmour. Mr. Llm Yew Hock (nominated Unofficial) had suggested
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      Vice-Chancellor for University
      127 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Secretary of State has been m close touch with j the University Council for i Higher Education m the Colonies concerning the appointment of a first ViceChancellor of the proposed University of Malaya. Making this statement m th? Legislative Council, the acting
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      New tankers for Shell Company
      119 5 AT Swan Hunter's Shipyards on Wallsend-on-Tyne. the keel hag been laid for *h- the first of three new 28.000-ton tankers the largest yet constructed In Britain. The other two tankers of this ronnage are to b« built by Harland <« Wolff, and by Cammell Laird.
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      JAIL, TERM IS SET ASIDE
      62 5 A sentence of three weeks' rigorous imprisonment passed by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr F. B. Oehlers) on a former Municipal employee named Abdullah bin Yunus for criminal breach of trust of a bicycle was reduced to a bond of $50 by the
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      'WILL USE POWERS WITH RESTRAINT'
      56 5 r3E powers contained m the Emergency Regulations PDvering authority to requlsiton motor vehicles will be used with the same restraint and the same consideration as has hitherto been given to members of the public. This was the assurance eiven by the Attorney-Gener-al (Mr E. J.
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      MISADVENTURE VERDICTS
      42 5 Misadventure verdicts were given by the Singapore Corol ncr (Mr. Choor Singh) yester- day on Noordin. Zain and Hassan, three Singapore Harbour Board labourers. They were killed when a sling loading rubber Into the Marine Leopard on July 30 snapped.
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      Cheaper sea freight seen
      197 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OHIPPERS m Singapore are closely watching the action taken m the Cnited States against the Far East Conference and member shipping lines to break the alleged monopoly of the cargo trade. A recent Associated Press report stated that 18 foreign shipping lines
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      Australia's bid for Far East markets
      233 5 Australia's bid for Far East markets "The Chinese Government is very much concerned about the outbreak of violence m Malaya," said Mr. Lira Kheng Lian, Deputy Director of Overseas Affairs Commission m Nanking, upon arrival at Singapore by plane on a private business visit. Mr. Lim (right) is seen with
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      Savings accounts that didn't exist
      390 5 TOURING the occupation period, many payments to Post Office Savings Bank depositors had been made m the United Kingdom, India, Ceylon, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa on the strength of the Savings Bank pass book and, m quite a number of cases, without
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      ON EDUCATION COMMITTEE
      60 5 Until a University is established m Malaya, a member of the senate of Raffles College and of King Edward VII College of Medicine will sit on the Singapore Education Committee. The Education Bill, approved at yesterday's Legislative Council meeting, states that when a University is ming. two
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      AIRLINE WANTS ASIAN PILOTS
      326 5 AIRLINE WANTS ASIAN PILOTS Free Press Staff Reporter THE Traffic Superinten- dent of the Malayan Airways, Mr. D. E. M Fiennes, said yesterday that the airline wanted a number of trained Asian pilots for its service. Malayan I is at sent advertising m both Malaya and Hong Kong for pilots
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      MIL MOON DAY
      23 5 The full moon day, wh.cli falls on Wednesday, Aug. 18. will be t<>d at the BudIVmpit, 263. 0.-ram Road. Singapore
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      49 6 ALHAMBRA Tel. M 99 OPENS TODAY at 3.30 and 8 p.m. onl> Gemini's latett and greatest rontrihation to thf screen "CHANDRALEKA" The film took 3 yearn and 3*. million rupees to make! All Hlni-foers wilf thrill at this bewildering spectacle of breath taking beauty. SONGS— DANCES (IMEDY AND ACTION!
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      LINDWALL EQUALS RECORD
      869 7  -  Bill Bowes trom And England face defeat yi no rain stopped play m the firth Test at tne TT Oval yesterday, England, with three wickets m hand, still required 159 runs to avoid an innings defeat. An impossible situation. Once again the Australian pace attack proved far
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      Veterans were too clever
      59 7 Veterans were too clever p^ v of aoccw 3 reaper* ten rhey atioo A* I i play game, the r to rans. I i sina; the v >■ it :r..-< s I .pa B^^ tsat y..\T'*d with the i through pi for I idt by pkyI I Itcs Score 1
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      MALAYS BEAT KRANJI 1-0
      16 7 MALAYS BEAT KRANJI 1-0 Kranji al m -.1 a. ere Id -\i h part a leg
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      Scoreboard
      106 7 ENGLAND— Ist. inns.— 52 AUSTRALIA— I*, inns 3 89 ENGLAND— 2nd. Inns. Button c Talton b MUler 64 Dewes b LlndwaU Edrich b Lindwall Compton c Undwall b Johnston Crmpp b Miller 9 Yardley not out Watkins c Hassett b Rln* 2 Evan* b Lindwall g j Extras v
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      U.S. athletes win eight events
      248 7 U.S. athletes win eight events STRONQ American athl«tics team, including a number of their Olympic representatives, had a very successful day at the Internal meeting which began lr Prague yesterday. Of the nine events decided the d Sates athletes won c: b the long jump being the only one m
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      Liang Chiang to compete on Saturday
      102 7 Mr. Chew Keng Ban, hon. treasurer of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, who Is \)ma as M^retary on behalf of Mr. J. S. de Souia who Is In London, told the Free Press this morning that thf Singapore hurdler Ng Liang Chiang, who reprt-s*nted
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      134 ENTRIES FOR K.L. RACE MEETING
      316 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent entries. H >RSES (LASs ONt Fir^ Run. s' a 'urt »nd second run 6 furs: A: m»] Biliy Carol, Backpool B. -sh. Cabaret (late Kin* Hal), IMrabert Double Palrwood, GamcborouKn. •'s Skin. Kashm'.ri Song. Kinder Gold. Llttfc Ned, Lucky c.
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      ARMY TEAM FOR A.A.A. MEET
      277 7 IT Is hoped tha: many civilians as well as members of the services will visit R.A.F. Seie ar on Saturday to watch the bcs. o the Colony's athletes compete m the Singapore representative athlete team championships to be held on the R.A.F. sports ground at
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      Five Counties in title race
      567 7 SURREY'S BAD LUCK THE race for the English County cricket champion- ship became even more intense as a result of the matches ending yesterday. Derbyshire and Glamorgan head the table with 148 points each, but Derbyshire have only two games to play, whereas Glamorgan have
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      NAVY, A.A.A DRAW 2-2
      289 7 THJI Navy and the A.A.A. drew two-all m a fast and thrilling first division league soccer ma*cn at Jalun Besar fwtfday. In the first round Navy had beaten the A.A.A three nil. yesterdays mutch was a game of fluctuating fortunes. The A.A.A. almo-t monopolized play m
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      Unknown golfer leads field
      83 7 j^N unknown pint-.-.ize assistant golf professional. Allan Poulton. came out of the rain yvstorday to take the lead n th>- first round of the News Chronicle €1.500 golf tournament In Br.ghtor. Poulton, last player to finish m the big field, shot C 8 an the 6.G16
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      BRITISH WINNERS
      30 7 R. D. Burnell (stroke) and B. H. T. Bushnell, the British pair who won the Olympic Double Sculls final at Henley, receive their medals, from Mr. Sigfrid Edstrom.
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      SCOTTISH SOCCER
      19 7 T7AST Stirling drew one-all with Alrdrieonlans m a Scottish "B" division league soccer match Dltfed yesterday. Reuter
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      Ex-Griffins in favour today
      551 7  -  EPSOM JEEP From EX-SINGAPORE griffins are m favour for this afternoon's races at Ipoh m the second day of the Perak Turf Club's August meeting. The going will be very good. Kaiser.ne, a winner on the first day, was tipped on the course this morning as
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      Selerfions by Call Boy
      301 7 (^ELECTION'S II B,r" (or toda> v i i an Rare 1: AIK<Y\I I Blur omet Ratti Race 2: FLYING 'OT» Yam Nerj R*ce 3: WIN MI Laurir K<rr Race 4: BADGES v r Keith Vounj! Zulu Bat* 5: POWT.R UIKF Man Goodwill Rare 6: RKKSMKAI) I
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      241 7 F.P. Crossword No. 466 W 2 LLJ 3 LLf f I 6 ZBZBZBiLIL" 16 ZiZiEZ~Z Z Z H 8 W' p^" 2s 26 *i 1 m fn y (MLS U KUSS 2, Finished (9). 7, Ona of the oats (4). 9. Poem (3) 10. C (6). 12, Short out.ng (4).
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      BIRTHS
      39 8 Al KASDANG K.rbau on 16 August a son Charles Mirhfc. to FliSbeth and Guy Huttcn. H coicg well. .VI.EV To Dome. trill L L:r.viev. Postal DcpartTient t Malacca General Hospital on 16 3/48. a da'^hter. Dinah N 1
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      'PALESTINE DPs. FIRST OR NO PEACE'
      422 8 'PALESTINE DPs. FIRST OR NO PEACE' Zeenauoiie tells U.>. AS fighting flared up m Jerusalem today, with the Arabs claiming that "several hundred" Jewish troops were killed, the Inited States Secretary of State Mr. George Marshall, received an urgent message from the Palestine mediator, Count Bernadotte warning him that the
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      March into Hyderabad if necessary'
      82 8 March into Hyderabad if necessary' MADRAS. TM Kf. ft SPECIAL armed police I on the the i. ibad fronli I instructed by the Indi. j cross nuo aad, if necessary, to catch :s. It was reported official yrmed Hydera- swooped on L<ze 32 milei from B> zclay night. The tired
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      India's terms on Kashmir
      140 8 NEW DELHI. Tuesday. IT is learned here that, while tion to the United I Kashmir truce proposal has not yet been communicated. India Is ready to accept a "'cease-fire" provided all Pakistan troops and "raiders" are withdrawn from Kashmir and Indian forces are allowed to remain
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      WVS FIGHT FLOODS
      41 8 The W I luntary Service is Roing Into action with rope and buckets In the led areas of south Scotland and with experience pained m the disastrous Fen floods are helping housewives to restore order to their hon
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      Village 'saint' well after 'death agony'
      122 8 Village 'saint' well after 'death agony' VERONA. Tuesday. MISS AlXonslna Ghini, 28--year-old Italian village "saint" who predicted her own death after midnight of the Feast of the Assumption (last Sunday), Lfl nlive and well. After a period of apparent "agony, AlXonsina, who is I to have wounds like ti. of
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      Shot in mid-air pilot makes safe landing
      85 8 Shot in mid-air pilot makes safe landing OSLO, Tuesday. FE pilot of a Norwegian eh piano was atby his pas.^ ger m mid-.ilr today. The pilot, though w< un m the Deck, safely landed n the sea i. Morten, and aLso re^-ued his attacker from drowning. The pilot lost consciousness
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      ANGLICANS RAP COMMUNISM
      196 8 LONDON, Tuesday. rHE Anglican bishops of five continents after five weeks of secret deliberations, tonight condemned the "cruelties, injustice and lying propaganda" of Marxian Communism. The Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops, In the most Important Anglican Church document published for the last 18 years, also called for
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      'HAPPY FAMILY LIFE IS VITAL'
      139 8 LONDON, Tuesday. A HAPPY family life Is an indispensable basis for any Individual, said Prof. Eduurdo Krapf, Argentine representative at the International Conference on Mental Health, now meeting m London. Prof. Krapf, who presided over today's meeting, said It was appropriate that this problem was
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      Had £420, he stole 8d peach
      141 8 Had £420, he stole 8d peach GERARD Xnimia Maglll Micßryun, VhO WW time private secretary and political adviser to Sir HaJah of Sarawak, and played a key role In the cession of Saik. wn.s itAfl&d at Bowstreet (London) recentlj to have had £420 In bll posseshe stole a peach valued
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      He was surprised
      155 8 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. MAGISTRATE Mushe Goldberg today hit out at "irresponsible and inaccurate" reporting m the Hebrew pre.ss of yesterday's hearing of espionage and other charges against two Britons. Mr. Frederick Sylvester and Mr. William Hawkins. Both men arc officials of tne Jerusalem Electric Corporr.tior, aiui are two
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      JOGJA WARNING TO DUTCH
      73 8  - JOGJA WARNING TO DUTCH Jan. 1 or by. 'IndependencM A NETHERLANDS Gow n fu «**y A The Hague toda>. annoum vi« tIT- '^ul Indonesian negotiations would b< lth «IW, and that possibility of an umed shg^l eluded," coincided with a f^ii. ,1 nesian President Soekarno l|) yii%| karta. m^tJ^p Declaring
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      CHINA ASKS MORE ARMS
      78 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. pHINA asked America to speed up military supplies for h^r armies fighting the Communist guerrillas when the Chinese Ambassador. Dr. Wellington Koo, had a 30-minute interview with the U.S. State Secretary, Mr. George Marshall. China was the principal buyer of surplus American war material
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      'LEAVE THIS GIRL ALONE'
      269 8 Swedes tell Russians IO( hHOLM lv 4 SWEDISH "Kosenkina case. invul\ii A old Russian girl, is de\ eloping m Stock closely followed by the Swedish Foreign Office. I story has caused a sensation m Sweden. The Soviet Embassy m Stockholm has asked that the pirl be
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      BROODED OVER DUNKIRK
      33 8 Thirty-five year Old Samuel Mercer, former soldier 13 J 2 years service, gassed himself while still brooding about the "tragedy of I kirk." a London Cor at the inquest yesterday.
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      HUNGARY TRIAL FOR NEWSMAN
      5 8 HUNGARY TRIAL FOR NEWSMAN T
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      MONTY'S 'BE READY' WARNING
      179 8 BLACKPOOL, weanesaay. CHIEF of the British Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery warned Britain that she must be "ready and prepared to face sudden attacK by an aggressor." Calling for 150,000 reserves to back up Britain's defences, Lord Montgomery said the world was existing now
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      ROYAL ROMANCE?
      48 8 THE 22-year-old Marquis Of Blandford wbON name has been linked romantically withi ncess Margaret— was en route to Balmoral Cattle, yesterday as the guest of the King and Queen. It was presumed that Lord Blandford would remain at Balmoral for Princess Margaret's 18 birthday on Saturday.
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      MARKETS ARE FEATURELESS
      440 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. FEATI'KES were almost entirely absent m the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuters financial correspondent. Once again the trading volume was negligible and share prices m the industrial and oil sections showed small declines. Rubbers were lower, while tins advanced. British Government
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      Rubber prices
      135 8 A SPECIAL Market ■m i ripißJai rives the prices of rabbet at 11 a.m. today v follows: per I* per Ib Bayer* gutiwi CU Cto No 1 R.S.B Spot loose 45*; 46 No I RS S roD In bales Sept 45*« it No. I B.S.S. fob m bales
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      122 8 mSr A j ENGAGEMENTS Tt* engagement h Hunouncec be^. WiUiam On 8 and Mia CM ■>■ nsarna«o is announced between ncktn. vounjjest son of i and Mrs M. l < rs I l ;n r I > j y J OF CONTINENTAL FO€ i quo as P VAN M Cf
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      54 8 GREAT WORID m On 18th. 19th 0 20ih Aug. M present special atti kind for Singapore DEVILS' FESTIVAL (Mtfc. 15th Md 16U. .ftl-e Mm* m^ Special attraction Scenes of the 18 Hells. 10 Paper- works of the X Different kinds of P the dead «H PUPPET SHOVV from that seen
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