The Singapore Free Press, 28 August 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press. LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA rs» SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTB
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    Siam willing to seal the border
    199 1 Britain makes tew approach uMha> »lwi by the British Govern- !#< c the border, Reuter reported B i this morning. The request is a re] orta that the British Govide a fresh approach, a high pec said: M The Siamese Government accede provided it
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    TRADE JUMPS $20 MILLION IN JULY
    10 1 TRADE JUMPS $20 MILLION IN JULY i] ter re of
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    2,529 DETAINED
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 L of emertred m *n official m-'-ithi this > -tan is mces popi; P*o«^»at of the coun- A.P.
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    500 BUDDHISTS SLAUGHTERED
    47 1 THE Buddhist Maha Sodnl Society m Calcutta terdav allied that 500 Buddhad been slaughtered by rs m the Ladakh valley. X VAT. The Society called on "all :sed countries" to "take n the name of humanity and civilisation to stoo such diabolical crimes." Reuter
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    82 1 Boys' -day took over the former premises of the Malayan Communist Party m Queen Street. Here, two members of the club proudly display their new signboard outside their new premises. The Communists left the premises and went underground when a state of emergency was declared m Singapore. picture. A happy
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    Von Rundstedt to face trial
    84 1 THE War Office announced that three German Field Marshals, Von Rundstedt. Von Brauchitsch and von Manstein, together with Colonel (general Strauss, will be tried as war criminals by a military court m the British zone of Germany. The four generals were prisoners of war m
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    'LAST MINUTE" PLEA TO NIZAM
    80 1 THE Nizum of Hyderabad has replied to the Gov-ernor-General's "last-minute appeal "to the Nizam, who Is refusing accession with India, to take 'a realistic view of things before it is too late." New Delhi Radio last night claimed that Indian troops had put a "steel
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    172 SCREENED IN TAMPENIS RAID
    83 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rjNE hundred and seventy-two people were screened m a dawn raid today at Teck Hock Village, off Tampenis Road, by a strong force of Singapore police. After sealing off the area, the police ccmbed the village for suspicious characters. seditious literature
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    9 HELD UNDER CRISIS LAWS
    65 1 NINE persons— four Chinese and five Indians— were arrested In Singapore under the Emergency Regulations yesterday. The total under detention this morning was 243. Several persons have been released by the police m the past few days. Two Chinese were arrested by the CID yesterday,
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    COST OF THE TERROR
    68 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE emergency has already cost the Federation $24 million m actual expenditure and liabilities incurred up to the end of the year, the Acting Chief Secretary. Mr. H. P. Bryson. told pressman this morning. There were no proposals to
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    ATTLEE 'IMPROVING'
    35 1 The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. who went to a London hospital at the begin- j ning of the week for treatment for eczema of the feet is stated to be much improved.
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    Prince dies in jail
    28 1 Prince Seif Elhaw Ibrahim, who four months ago tried to seiz* power m Yemen by engineering his father's assassination, has died m prison. UP
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    'Look' behind the curtain
    69 1 COMMI'NISTS behind the "Iron curtain" m Eastern Europe have unmasked a new imperialist plot the New Look. A Bucharest newspaper yesterday described it as an American Warmongers' scheme intended "to ensnare women's minds and subdue them from their fight for peace and for liberation from the
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    Karens warned: 'stop fighting'
    212 1 RANGOON, Friday. THE Burmese President, Sao Shwe Thaike, tonight x ordered Karen rebels to cease fighting m their northern border state, where martial law was imposed yesterday to check insurrection. At the same rime, the Government announced an all-out offensive to recapture the Irrawaddy river, cement
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    SIX WANT TO SWIM CHANNEL
    72 1 FIVE men and a woman will try to swim the English Channel tomorrow if the weather Js favourable. Tom Blower has already swam the Channel from France. His second attempt will be from Dover. Others, who are waiting at Cap Gris Nez m France, are
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    BALMORAL DOCTOR
    33 1 Sir William Gilliatt, Princess Elizabeth's gynacologist yesterday flew from London to see the Princess, who is expecting a baby on October 15. The visit was described by Buckingham Palace as "routine."
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    Crash victims found in sea
    47 1 HONG KONG, Saturday. PARTS of unidentified bodies, presumably victims of the July 16 crash of a Catalina flying-boat were found floating m the China Sea near Macao yesterday. Twenty-flve persons were killed when pirates attempted to seize the plane and it crashed.
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    MIDNIGHT FALL OF FRENCH GOVT.
    124 1 PARIS, Saturday. OREMIER Andre Marie's Government, formed on 1 July 26, the tenth French government since the liberation, fell at one o'clock this morning. M. Marie handed his re- f— signation to the President of 1 the Republic, M. Vincent Auriol, saying that irreconcilable differences
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    23 JAPS SHOT BY DUTCH
    46 1 nUTCH tribunals have con- victed 111 Japanese war criminals of whom 23 have been executed by firing squads, SCAP legal section announced yesterday. Among those shot was a vice-admiral found guilty of beheading more than 1,000 civilians m Borneo, A. P.
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    NO TIME LOST
    27 1 The first batch of 14 exPalestine policemen arrived In Kuala Lumpur this morning, and were at once posted to various groups of rubber estates.
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    Mrs. Pandit for Paris
    34 1 Mrs. Panoit. Indian Ambas&ador to the Soviet Union, is leaving Moscow by air on Monday for New Delhi. Prom there she is going to Paris for the United Nations Assembly.
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    M & V MEET THE ENVOYS
    179 1 M V MEET THE ENVOYS MOSCOW, Friday. TCWVOYS of the three Western powers spent three hours tonight at their eighth crisis meeting at the Kremlin with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, who was accompanied for the first time by his deputy, Mr. Vyshinsky. But the communique which it was
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    CHINESE MUSLIMS ARRIVE
    108 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE second and the biggest postwar batch of Chinese Muslim pilgrims— 2o2— arrived m Singapore from Hong Kong thia morning by the Sinkiang en route to Mecca The Chinese are being quarantined at St. John's Island. Mr. Ibrahim T. Y. Ma, Muslim Chinese
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    7 sheep killed in road crash
    75 1 SEVEN sh.e.j were killed and lour lien a motor car driven by a European ran into a fleck m Upper Serangoon Road m the early hours of this morning The sheeo arnv '1 recently from Australia A Malay driver and a Chinese passenger of
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    Eire makes an offer
    31 1 Eire make s an offer Eire's Prime Minister Mr Costello on his arrival m N w York said he was convinced partition of Ireland would end during his five year's office.
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    Bandit terror in Phillippines
    65 1 MANILA 1- ARMED bancs are :o b rorising the people r f countryside in Bulacan. 1 and five Central Luzon. w\ ing from th< is m ten years Price are skyi agencies are ac constabu. to aid in evaci home from reported. ne 300 band ts
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    JAP BAN ON REDS?
    21 1 The Japanese .:nent Is considering a bill to bar Communists from holding public office, report* A. P.
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      A Planter makes good
      586 2 BY OUR LONDON J\AVID Macdonald gives the lie to the old idea that a rubber planter was not very much good for anything else. Macdonald, now 44, spent eight years rubber planting m North Malaya, then decided to make a change. He w nt to Hollywood,
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      'Molly-coddling can be fatal'
      135 2 TWO doctors hav e decided that many old people die from molly-coddling. Dr. E. N. Thomson and Dr. M. Curran investigated the after-care of 318 patients over 60 who left Glasgow hospitals They found that 24 who got up before leaving hospital were confined to bed
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      Bridge Problem
      95 2 DIAMONDS are trumps. B«.>uth leads. North and South ar»» to win all sever, trick* aiainst any defence. South lead* lew hear:. North ruffs and lead* spade. South wins the king and ca«het heatt king. Nr>rth discarding a cub South leads heart and Ncr h ruffs. North leads last
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      ANNAKARENINA
      368 2 BY OUR FILM REPORTER CIR Alexander Korda has made a film of Leo Tolstoy's famous novel Anna Karenina which is to be screened m Singapore soon. Taking the part of Anna, Vivian Leigh has caused controversy almost world-wide. You see, Greta Garbo played the same part m an American-
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      81 2 Announcing THE OPENING TOMORROW SINGAPORE'S LATEST SEICLENE LAUNDRY 17, DELTA ROAD Phone 6809 Electric Laundry and Drycleaning under Modern, efficient and hygienic conditiont. You will economise and at the uune time enjoy a better and quicker service if you leave all your Laundry problems to u» Our Agento are m
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      1152 2 dfas df asdf sadf sdf sdf SINGAPORE a TKke lt Aw% n3O Uf* v- 5 10 -15 Aim Again; 12 Eight Boys and a! Froa 1Z 00 noon to 204 pin Mu 11^ 1 Juhen Foormaji Orch- Record Sylvia P-ahe. (floprai I 12.15 Composer Cavalcade; metre, m the medium wan
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      157 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Dorn today, the Gods were smiling and gave you a super-abundance of talent. It remains for you. howexer to develop it to Its utmost. Genius may be born, but to be fully appreciated, It must be properly matured, as well. You have a strong will and intellectual
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      GUARDS PREPARE FOR MALAYA
      4 3 GUARDS PREPARE FOR MALAYA
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      GAEK WAR SURRENDERS'
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      1,000-MILE HITCH-HIKE FOR LOVE OF RINA
      145 3 1,000-MILE HITCH-HIKE FOR LOVE OF RINA ing ein Switzerland by rich suitors, lanky Ronald radio of Sussex-gardens, he Ch then walked and 0 miles to see her. ft. off hia i wa! ;k. Bu* .ippy m she xa: a a "really I Ronald once a da- he hart bread ana
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      U.K. tobacco consumption-2 million lbs
      29 3 U.K. tobacco consumption2 million lbs be of ::iore has 1938. rom year ughl •'3O lbs. I £11.600."; Ith n >re j Rho- of this -re reIbs. ..parable 1 1
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      END AUSTRALIA COLOUR BAR
      76 3 END AUSTRALIA COLOUR BAR AUSTRALIA snould allo^convrolled quotas of coloured DeoDle to nter :he Common we Qd should abolish the humiliating dictation test. Anglican Bishop, H. Cranswirk, said recently. Bishop Cranswlck who is chairman ot 'he Australian ionarv Exhibition said the Whi c I Dolicv a? at present Interpreted by
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      SPLIT IN KUOMINTANG PROBABLE
      436 3 SPLIT IN KUOMINTANG PROBABLE 'Conservatives 9 and 'Progressives' NANKING, Friday. T»HERE is a strong possibility that the 50-year-old A Kuomintang Party, founded by Sun Vat Sen will split into two parties before the end of the year, a high party source told the United Press today. The source said Gen.
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      World's oldest pilot dies
      103 3 THE worlds oldest air 1 pilot, John Alexander McMullen. who has died, aged B*. at Hertford, served m the royal flying corps as a navigational instructor during Firs t World War. He was then told by the authorities that he was too old to learn to
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      Tropical kit for Guards
      72 3 Janice 4v7en (Ze/O. seven-year-old daughter of Regimentil Quartermaster Sergeant Aylen of the Coldstream Uuards, ivatches Guardsman A. Osborne of Fulham try on his tropical slouch hat at Wellington Barracks where men of the 2nd Guards Brigade were equipped m preparation for duty m Malaya. Below Heft)
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      32 3 19-ycar-(Olso known as Lydia Marcel) at the '.and villa where it is alleged, a Soviet attempt to kidnap her was thwarted. Swedish Foreign Office later warned the Soviet "leave her m pea
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      'SERPENT' BROKE UP HAPPY HOME
      216 3 rjEMORSE was too great for a woman who admitted > to her husband that she had been unfaithful to him on a single occasion. She eassed herself. The Shrewsbury coroner decided that ICrs. Vera May Ryland. aeeri 3t>, committed suicide while her mind unbalanced. He
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      ROCKET STRIKE
      31 3 The threat of a stoppage of work at Woomera rocket range m South Australia ended when permission was giveu jto four approved union officials jto inspect working conditions. Reuter.
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      "Jail for parents, not children"
      147 3 jN many juvenile criminal cases, parents, not children, should be sent to gaol. Colonel J. H. Bray said m Melbourne recently when rej tiring from the Salvation Army on his 85th birthday. Colonel Bray said that 80 per cent of the first offenders given a
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      GIRLS WANT 'GLAMOUR' PAY
      112 3 GIRL S WANT 'GLAMOUR' PAY BEING an air hostess WittJ all the glamour that goes with the job. costs a girl at least £1 a week for cosmetics and nylons. That is what the hostesses of Aer Lingus, the Irish airline 1 company, claim. But they are willing to accept
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      'CANNIBALS IN SIEGE TOWN'
      64 3 THERE have bean 20 airdrops of food a day to the starving Manrhurian city of Changchun since last we k. pro government reports claim. These reports coincide with stories brought to Peiping by travellers of cannibalism m Changchun. Highly placed Pcipins quarters estimate .har. the garrison
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      51 3 The Marquess of Blandford, 22-year-old son of the tenth Duke of Marlborough, arriving at Aberdeen on his way to Balmoral Castle where he was the guest of the King and Queen. The Marquess, a Life Guards officer, was rumoured to be engaged to Princess Margaret whose 18th birthday party he
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      68 3 Aland's "flying housewife" and the mother of two children, shows 1: three Olympic medals won for the SO metres hurdles, the 100 and 200 metres. Only twice before has this feat been bef id never by a woman. Rigid: At the home of Fanny's grandparents. Jan, her seven-year-old son listens
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      Wrong number
      48 3 A 120-POUND burglar made, a bad mistake when he attempted to rob the home of Selsuo Nagata m Tokyo. The householder weighs more than 250 pounds and Is the retired grand champion of Japanese-style wrestling. He threw the burglar for a rail then called the police.
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      Food storage profiteering alleged by MPs
      171 3 Food storage profiteering alleged by MPs A COMMITTEE of M.Ps investigating how Britain's money is spent has discovered that: Excessive profits have been made by privately-owned cold i storage companies, who own the stores m which most of the nations perishable food is kept. Also that Government-owned cold Itores are
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      Students not Bible-readers
      50 3 A CCORDING to two A psychology instructors at the University of Denver, one-third never pray, never attend church or feel "the nearness" of a deity. Religious belief declined as students advanced toward graduation and showed a tendency toward "a more liberal religiosity with increasing years m a
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      U.K. RECORD COAL EXPORTS
      8 3 U.K. RECORD COAL EXPORTS Jl> i i Reuter
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      112 3 §0 AUSTIN 'A4o' 10-CWT. flfl SAVES TIME AND MONEY cS===i Every modern business need is met by this handsome Qet full details .mm from and handy Austin Van. It is speedy, economical to run, and completely dependable even when unusual JL I g demands have to be made upon it^
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug., 28, 1948. A matter of Taxes
      240 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug., 28, 1948. A matter of Taxes DROGRE3SIYE Patty opposiI tion to an inert.. B agapore m the duty tact to creast i J on c all, obviously hi pu >upport. out as there mdica:he G nt increases, tne announced dete o oppose th 15
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      Half help only
      213 4 THE co-operation which Siam has offered Malaya m the suppression of Communist terrorism apparenti less complete than 'er reported. Troops and t>p allowed to is the frontier only after securing specific permission. P imLssion will be granted, explains the Siamese Defence Ministry, each time the British authorities
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      US WANTS STRONGER ANTI-SPY LAWS
      662 4  - US WANTS STRONGER ANTI-SPY LAWS WILLIAM HARDCASTLE By Reuters' Correspondent DEMANDS for stronger anti-es-pionage lavs are increasing m Washington m the wake of the spy revelations blaring from the front pages of the nations press and the melodramatic events at the Russian consulate m New York. At the same time,
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      53 4 :T3 had mixed feelings on I tet of emigrating as they start on their journey 'inada aboard the ss. :ania' from Southampton, Doreen Buxton little satisfaction from her dummy, while 13 months old Maureen Connor of Swansea clutches her lifebelt iciih one hand and raises the other rcith the plea.
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      Reds take over more industries
      545 4  -  RICHARD KASISCHKE Hy A.P. Correspondent TERM A N new* papers and nonCommunist political leaders claim the Rus- ns have broken their promise that confiscation of private industries for socialization in the Soviet occupation zone had ended. rshal Vassily D. Sofcolovsky, Russian com-mander-in-chief, formally proclaimed on
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      FAITH
      24 4 m thou a man that is hasty m hit words there is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 29 20.
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      OVER YOUR SHOULDER
      600 4  -  Alex Ander By Seen Around AFTER two and a n half months of courting Mr. "Sandy" Sanderson of the S.H.H. Auxilia ry Police and Mi Rusty Wakefield of the A.T.S. got secretly married at 11 o'clock on August 20 at the Singapore Registry Office. We met them
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      37 4 Typical of the solidarity between the British and American navies m the Mediterranean is this pic- Tare showing, m fur, the United States Ba'\Far oo irith the Bi cruiser Euryalus m background. They aatr t m I
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      He Aided Digger PoWs
      500 4 By ROY FERROA QXE day this week, a patient from the T.B. ward of Tan Tock Seng hospital went home for a few hours to see his wife and little daughter: he was celebrating his birthday. This is the same Billy Loh who. six years ago,
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      53 4 IMA 1 Mi This cheery little optimist at face the future with courage is t COW GATE h*f men we shaH need. If natural feeding is impossible or kn^i» able, l>~ your baby. too. t* h« Food and equip him with boat for the coming years c |ld A^enu mi
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      First Johore crisis death sentence
      312 5 First Johore crisis death sentence Free Press Stai* Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Friday gRE srKU nine days ago at Yon* Peng Estate on t ot being m unlawful possession of lNfr ami ammunition. 30-year-old Tang Ah Lot ai d sent enced to death g w s the hrst death sentence m
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      $120,000 reward
      44 5 lent R. Fri. (.overn- rewards (or into the nent ter♦>rs of the >t P.irt>. be rs m the of the London Parade as of the chief v ayan is < huah of the V on? lh X Dm•n talias N Lan >oon Moke
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      Traction Co. franchise
      22 5 itagea of pared the public .ssed. resolution ■.ion 'eps iuce and use of re." ire to be pal Presl-
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      ON LEAVE
      76 5 Major P. O. M t Curly) Lee left yesterday for »re United Kingdom on leave Hon Secretary of the Johore Crictn Cub and the Johore Civil Service Club. Major Lee has done much to promote sport In Johors Bahru. He wm c: >(i to dinner at Johore Bahru
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      AUSTRALIAN WIVES HAPPY IN THE KAMPONG
      1130 5 AUSTRALIAN WIVES HAPPY IN THE KAMPONG Free Press Woman Reporter IN white high-heeled shoes I stepped gingerly 1 over a foot bridge of rotten planks leading to a Malay house one of the many, which jostle for room with the junks and sampans of Rochore Canal. I was looking for
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      Barter steamer brings rubber
      207 5 T« r f\ Pres Chinese Correspondent HE first barter ship— the Hong Thong— on trial hL UI1 qa O akan Baroe has retu ™ed to Singapore vvith 80 tons of rubber and other produce from Sumatra. The agents said the trial could be considered a success.
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      Less blackouts in 2 months
      96 5 4 T a meeting of the MunirV cipal Commissioners yesi terday. the Deputy President. Mr. W. L. Blythe. said he expected that the 10.000-kllo-watt generator sent to U.K. foi repairs be back m operation within two months. An Improvement In the Singapore lighting position can
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      ANNUAL MEETING
      24 5 The anr.nal general meeting of the Singapore Buddhist Association w 11 b« held at 263 Out ram Road »t 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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      The whole kampong watched....
      301 5 Free Press Woman Reporter IN the jour days since her arrival m Singapore froih Sydney, Mrs. (Phyllis) Amat bin Osman, 29-year-old Australian who came here to live m her Malay husband's attap hut, has settled down to routine domesticity m a Keppel Harbour kampong. Yesterday morning
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      115 VACANT BUILDINGS
      71 5 XHERE were 115 vacant pre- mises of all types m Singapore at the end of June this year, according to a report by the Municipal Assessor. Thirty-six vacant flats and 34 vacant bungalow and compound houses topped the list Other dwelling and shophouses included one terrace house,
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      LOWER RENT REFUSED
      77 5 THE application of Malayan Theatres. Ltd.. Singapore, to the Rent Conciliation Board to fix the rent of the Theatre Royal. North Bridge Road, at $1,000 a month— a reduction of $1,500 a monthwas refused by the Board yesterday. "We are unanimously of the opinion that $2,500 a
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      PROGRESSIVES TO CELEBRATE
      57 5 THE Progressive Party cele--1 brates its first anniversary at St. Patrick's School m East Coast Road tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The programme includes discussions and jwimming. soccer, cricket, badminton. che?s and other games. Those who are Dartlelpatlng m the *oorts are asked to come
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      S.H.B. MEMBER
      17 5 Mr H. J. Payne has been appointed to the Singapore Harbour Board for three years
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      BOUND OVER FOR CHEATING
      151 5 pLEADING guilty to criminal I i breach of trust and cheating and begging for leniency saying he had turned a new leaf, a Chinese, Tan Chee Teck, was bound over by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) yesterday. Tan Chee Teck claimed he was ruined
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      KIWI LEAGUE
      23 5 Until the new library-room is opened. Kiwi League members may meet at 141 b Devonshire Road every Saturday from 8 p.m.
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      BRITAIN WILL BE TOLD
      205 5 BRITAIN WILL BE TOLD SAVING vre was "still quite a bit of Ignorance ol your country m Britain and j a lot of ignorance m the world at large," the Director of Information Service! m the I Colonial Office, Mr. K. W. Blackburne, said: "As a r< of my visit
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      DE-CONTROL OF BUILDINGS
      46 5 A LETTER h~s t the C Singapore, by t Rate; Assoc:a". ing that all industrial premises rented at $150 per month or more should be decontrolled as m the Federation. Alternatively the tion urged that premises let on ing five years should bcontrolled.
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      SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
      621 6 Olympic retrospect By A Correspondent of The Tina DV great good fortune the sun, after sullenly withdrawing itself for too long, shone once more for the last clays of the Olympic Games at Wembley. It seemed mbolic of what Lord Bughley has since callin his farewell on
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      7 YOUNG MEN TO WATCH
      235 6 By A Special i'orspondent QNCE again Australia k< m the urn and the j>< morteim on England's middle-aged cricket The old and the Ith their memo: Jessop, MakeHobbs, Larwuod, ad Verity young men, the embi Sutcliffes, the stripli Tat. r aid i who I Pat
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      ENGLISH TURF CLEAN UP
      290 6 OACEHORSE doping on 1V B scale that ha r a million pour a gang m the 1 itha has a uncovered as a suit of "incidents' at recent meetings on the llsh Turf. i arc being taken by the Jockej Club, the R. horse Owners' Association
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      SWIM BOOM
      260 6  -  K. S. CHIA By WfITH the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association championships scheduled for Oct. 23 at Singapore, swimmers both m the Colony and the Federation are getting into training again. The S.A.S.A. tourney is regarded by Malayan swimmers as the most important event m aquatics and swimmers winning
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      OUTSCHOORN SCORES 110 NOT OUT
      495 7 OUTSCHOORN SCORES 110 NOT OUT Bats brilliantly for 160 mins. Ticore^Tonn't" 0 1 laddte Ou^choorn, who Surrey strengthened their chances of taking runners-up position m the championship table by scoring a good victory over Northamptonshire who are seeking to avoid •g last m the table. Yorkshire also improved their position
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      Lord's crowd sings for Bradman
      94 7 Lord's crowd sings for Bradman t cricket crowd wm t *zL »n l gnmnd »t f7\i ,^>t*rd»^ s m»kh fa, Don Bradman I^T-H^PP* Birthday f lolly Good I* cimr «ut on the **> 4 (l*r his wml Loxton, jfT|o»^s had «ppear«L llr birthday b »tpui« up the :,d by an
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      New wrestler in today's card
      10 7 New wrestler in today's card s debut I Riiaj two
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      27 7 The hockey match between the Ir.dian Olj-mpic team and a German combination will not take place. The game was originally scheduled for next Tuesday at Frankfurt. U.P.
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      TODAY'S U.K: SOCCER Arsenal v United top attraction
      312 7 TODAY'S U.K: SOCCER Arsenal v United top attraction year, look good enough to pick up two more nome points from Burnley and two of last season's strugglers to avoid relegation. Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers, may grab the maximum from Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool sadly miss redheaded centreforward Alf Stubbins.
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      SCFA EXPLANATION IS ANALYSED
      454 7 Lefter to Sports Editor HPHE intentions of the Singapore Chinese Football Association may be good, but every time their officials make an utterance, it sinks them deeper m the quagmire. The report of their Council Meeting m the Free Press yesterday is no exception. What are
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      Reg Harris beaten
      102 7 TIIK two British cyclists, titleholder, Kef Harris, and Alex Bannister were beaten yesterday at Amsterdam m the. semi-finals of the world amateur sprint cycling race. (i holla (Italy) won the title, beating SchandorfT (Denmark) m two straight heaU m the final, the margin being one lenrth m
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      YORKSHIRE RECORD
      81 7 A READER. Pte. L. B. Came, wants to know how many iines Yorkshire have won th« County cricket championship. Up k> the end of la&t season Sforkshire had altogether played L5ll games n th* County cham>ionship of which they had won 787, lost 216 and drawn POB. The
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      27 7 The King and Queen will receive the Australian and Scottish cricket t^ams at Balmoral on Sunday, Sept. 19. The two I teama will stay for tea. Reuter
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      WEAK KOTA RAJA XI BEATEN
      296 7 i 'PHE Singapore Harbour i A Board Auxiliary Police did well to beat the second j division champions, the Kota j Raja Club, two-nil m a scrappy second division league j game played at Jalan Besar stadium, yesterday. The result was no surprise as Kota
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      Physical Training
      17 7 Women's Auxiliary Forces doing a physical training demonstration during the recent Royal Tournament at Olympia.
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      Favourites to win at KL today
      783 7 From EPSOM JEEP ptNTERS are going solidly for the form horses at Kuala Lumpur today, opening day of the Selangor Turf Club's August-September meeting, and I expect to see favourites score m most af the rac.s. The weather is fine and the going remains
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      G.P. HUGHES IN TENNIS FINAL
      64 7 BEATING, C. Balas and C. Ozgenel, (Turkey) 6—o. 6—2. 6—o, one handed H. Redl and F. Weiss of Austria yesterday qualified for the men 1 doubles final In the Istanbul International tennis championships. They will meet G. Patrick Hughes, Britain, and L. Stalios, Greece who
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      PAKISTAN TEAM TO PLAY IN BELGIUM
      34 7 QUTCLASSED m 3russeis yesterday by India's Olympic team, the Belgian National Hockey XI will play two matches against Pakistan m Ghent and Brussels today and tomorrow respectively. Reuter
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      Selections by "Call Boy"
      70 7 by Call Boy fo* today's K.L. races are; Race 1: SKYM ASTER Rendova Oaklaw Race 2. HAY DEE Red Trd Merry Miller Race 3: SIR GALAHAD Marcheta Zarina Race 4: PRINCE EUGENE Bow Legs Fine Stream Race S: GOLD STREAM Sir Fresco North weU Race MFRRIF.L
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      U.S. OLYMPIANS RETURN HOME
      100 7 ONE huncred and sev< eight United plates Olympic athletes came b terdmy to the louder York harbour cel^b: since the return of the soldi fter the war. In tiie group aboa: ington were 31 mf dal winners. The liner was escorU iiarbour by two boats. A
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      104 8 WIJESURIA-DE SILVA T h e engagement is announced of Roy son of the lat€ Mr. J. P Wijesuria of Mrs. Wijesuria ot Kuala Lumpur to Lena Gwendoline, elder daughter of Mr. H. B de Silva of the Royal Singapore Golf Club, and the niece Jf Mr. H. A. de
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      32 8 Owing to the sudden death of Mrs Guy Heriot, the marriage between Peter Rice and Patricia on September 4th has been r.ed but will take place a date to be notified
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      DEATH
      20 8 Died at the General Hospital. P.nar.g. on the 24th August. 1948. DORIS NUTT. wife of Reginald N Telol \r
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      PLOT TO OVERTHROW CHIANG
      272 8 Malaya held to be menaced NEW YORK, Friday. THE overthrow of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and a patched peace or a Communist breakthrough to South East Asia and Malaya, is predicted m the September issue of the non-official United Nations World magazine. Its editors, one of them
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      U.K. UNIONS DEMAND PRICE CUTS
      144 8 U.K. UNIONS DEMAND PRICE CUTS LONDON, Friday. A CALX, to the Trades Union Congress General Council, to ask the Government again to take vigorous action to implement its policy of reducing prices and controlling profits, was made today m a statement issued by the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union.
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      UNO ultimatum to the Jews
      183 8 HAIFA, Friday. THHE I'nited Nations m the first of a series of ultl- matums to both sides In the Palestine dispute today demanded that the Jews withdraw from the strategic ridfC <>t Tel ArnuUha, south of IMtHWj f by noon on August Si. The cable
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      Japs to hang: 'ate U.S. fliers'
      88 8 FIVE i have bet-i. tenced to be hanged. and 13 senter. £ing from three to 25 years by an American military commission m :ohama for having viviI iptured American and p;\ f pn their flesh. Eight defendants were acquitted. A nurse, Shizuko Tutsui. the
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      PRIESTS AS 'SPIES'
      30 8 Tlie Czech police have arrested a Dominican abbot anc ten others including severa priests, for "smuggling traitors" abroad and delivering documents to a foreign espionage service." U.P.
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      CHASTITY DRIVE: 1.000 HELD
      116 8 CHASTITY DRIVE: 1.000 HELD ROME, Friday. ALICE campaign for decency on beaches, dance floors and reached its climax today with the installation of powerful searchlights on the beaches of Fregene, near Rome, to spot scantily-clad night bathing parties. Police reported more than 1.000 arrests at Ostia beac 15 miles west
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      'WOULD DESTROY ALL MANKIND'
      326 8 WROCLAW (Poland). Friday. MANKIND'S existence is threatened, says the aTI United States Third Party presidential /spirant, Mr. Henry Wallace, m a recorded speech broadcast to the current Congress of Intellectuals here. Wallace's speech was brought by' a former U.S. til Attorney General, Mr. John Rogeer. Mr
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      Rubber prices
      129 8 SPECIAL Market ccrrooondi n fire* the prue» of rabbet «i 11 a.m. todaj v follows: O*i Ib. o*» ib Buyers BetJer» No IBSI Spot ><»©»♦ 44 7 4 UM No I X S •> for m bairn Srpt. 41 MM No. I K.S.S fob m b«l« Sept. 12',
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      China Reds ready for big drive
      216 8 SHANGHAI. Friday. MORE than 3,000,000 Chinese Communism regulars are preparing for a full offensive m a three-front assault against Government positions m Manchuria. North and Central China m September, according to official Chinese government sources. The Red objective is believed to b? to carry
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      59 die in U.S. heat-wave
      50 8 AT least 59 peopU have died n from i wi k-lont licat m th^ Unit?c: The temp a r3ture rope to 100 sixth succes-w-rciay m the t and Eastern sections of the country. In Ne* Tort Bureau received a record number of >ne calls— 772
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      London Stock Exchange MOST SECTIONS IRREGULAR
      354 8 London Stock Exchange MOST SECTIONS IRREGULAR LONDON. Friday. irregularity developed m most sections of the London Stock Exchange today, but price changes were small, amounting to a few pence only, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Tins and Rubbers continued to advance. Gilt-eel owed an occasional loss of 1 /16 th, but
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      Australian £ change?
      95 8 Australian change? SYDNEY, Friday. AN announcement of an adjustment on the value of the Australian pound probably to parity with sterl'ng may be made over the week-end, it is believed in business circles here the Sydney Sun financial editor said today. The move may come from London, which would enable
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      43 to die for espionage
      153 8 BELGRADE, Friia T*HE Croat Supreme Court m Zagreb today pasted death sentences on 43 members of the i torrorist tstachi organisation who were found guilty of spying against Yugoslavia, the Yut news agency reports Meanwhile, the Yugoslav Governmeiv protested to Hungary for her attacks on
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      $50 MILLION GIFT
      23 8 The U.S Dover- is to give the Philippines $55,000,000 to rebuild i'.s war damaged schools, hospitals and ot rnment buildings.
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      NEW BERLIN RIOT East-West rift widening
      87 8 NEW BERLIN RIOT East-West rift widening AS screaming demonstrators tod/!' V Fri^v A City Hall for the second ms\"7««^ rising Commu.iist-led drive to f. n* ho «W the pro-Western Berlin City th^ otij. 1 move from the Soviet lb J y guarantee its protection. This mm f Ussia ns did
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      PAKISTAN ARRESTS
      38 8 PAKISTAN ARRESTS DA ELEVEN Indian p by East B (Pakistan^ an Indian s1 d shooi the Padmar I tried for at* s announced h> i The p launch E launr i and arrested th rnment about dett: Reuter
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