The Singapore Free Press, 25 September 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Soekarno forms a 'war cabinet'
    302 1 >bels control ight towns BATAVIA, Friday. v arno has formed an emergil intt to direct the battle i Communist rebels who now n East and Central Java. announced today that the a determined to quell -trained Communist, the Dutch. *:ior-General of Indonesia, c m Batavia
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    49 1 rrincess binrctana Busabong, Prince Achavadit Bi^akut 'centre) and the heir-presumptive to the Siamese throne. Prince Chumbhot Bongseboribatr, photographed at Kallana airport yesterday. They left Singapore this morning for Java to collect the remains of Prince Parabat of Nakorn Saican, who died three years ago. More pictures m page 3.
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    CHANGCHUN TURNS TO CANNIBALISM
    7 1 CHANGCHUN TURNS TO CANNIBALISM ■k I A.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 Ii i »ts_f frorince tpital is confirmed I com pet MRt m Nanking. 1 P Loss of thi> ••Ms Uie entire hines« ■"■■fnt ptriti n north
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    Gent rode to death on a cargo plane
    272 1 LONDON, Friday. A CREW who did not normally fly passenger-carry-ing planes manned the R.A.F. Transport aircraft m which Sir Edward Gent. High Commissioner for Malaya, was killed last July, it was revealed at the resumed crash inquiry today. The York aircraft was
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    The Merchant of Elstree
    48 1 UNITED Artists Film Corporation announced yesterday that Sir Lawrence Olivier's film, "Henry V." had grossed more than 53.000.000 In the Inlted States and Canada since its i opening In April. 1946. The net profit of the J. Arthur Rank film wa« ov^r 51.6?5.000 A.P.
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    Hong Kong fire: sabotage hint
    106 1 HONG KONG. Friday. THE British-owned South China Morning Post, commenting on the three serious godown fires In Hong Kong withU three weeks suggested that they might have been the result of 'sabotage by certain political elements" and demanded a full investigation. The paper pointed out
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    £200,000 FOR GIRL AGED 13
    49 1 THIRTEEN YEAR OLD Lady Anne We:, t worth Fitzwilliam has inherited £200.000 under the will of her father, the Eighth Earl Fitzwilliam, who left £711,--704. The Earl who was a 37--year-old landowner, racehorse owr.er. and sportsman, was killed m an air crash last May,
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    CHILD-BRIDE SLAYER TO DIE
    62 1 DAYMOND Ellison, 37. has been sentenced to the electric chair for stra-.gling his twelve-year-old bride, Imogen. The Greenville (Kentucky) jury deliberated for 20 minutes before reaching the verdict. Ellison pleaded not guilty but did not take the stand. A crowded court-room heard a witness testify that
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    BRITAIN, FRANCE TO TALK DEFENCE
    271 1 BRITAIN, FRANCE TO TALK DEFENCE PARIS, Friday. AN early meeting be- tween the British Foreign Minister, Mr. j Bevin, and M. Paul Ramadier, French De- fence Minister, is "quite possible", but no arrangement has been made, a spokesman of the British delegation to the United Nations said tonight. He was
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    Vital papers in lost plane
    112 1 WINNIPEG, Saturday. It WO high navy officers m a lost U.S. naval plane which was found yesterday after a 12-day search were carrying documents "vital to North American Arctic defence." according to a Winnipeg newspaper. The Tribune. An international force of j5 aircraft and 300
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    BRITISH FAMILIES LEAVE KAREN STATE
    60 1 RANGOON, Friday. ALL British families from the Mawchi mines area m the north-eastern Karennl state have been evacuated British sources disclosed, and j j they are expected to reach I 'Rangoon tomorrow. The Karennl state government yesterday advised civilians to evacuate the I mines area
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    Parliament adjourns
    24 1 Parliament adjourned yesterday until October 25 with a Oovernment pledge that It would be instantly recalled If the international situation required it
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    ONE CRISIS ARREST
    23 1 O. c Chinese was arrested m Singapore yesterday undtr the Emergency Regulations. Total of emergency arrests this morning was 288.
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    'Aim straight' plea as he died
    113 1 SHANGHAI, Friday. WANU Chung Tseh, a prominent Chinese businessman with wide trade connections m London, New York and the Far East, was executed today for bine'- market activiWang, was convicted <»/ black market buying undselling of Hong Kong and I United States dollars and
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    24 1 Lt.-Ccl. T. L. Fox. trabiei of Ecliptic and Leoda, holds a strong hand in' the Singapore Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah this afternoon.
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    'NEGROES WILL BACK TRUMAN'
    78 1 REPRESENTATIVE William L. Dawson (Democrat, Illinois) said In New York yesterday that "reports indicate that more Negroes will vote for Truman than have ever voted for the Democratic ticket. Mr. Dawson, a Negro, who is chairman of the National Citizens Committee for the election of President
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    Repatriation budget
    29 1 The International Refugee Orlisatlon at Geneva has appro vM budget for the repatriation ted "ttlemenf. of 825, C***0 refugees m the two years ending June 30, 1950.
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    ARMS SEIZURE: POLICE POSED AS BUYERS'
    368 1 iree Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE businessman, Carlton A. Hire, John Roberts, the owner of the S5-ton ye n aa>s Mary, and 25-year-old Mavis Sneli, who accompanied them to Airabu Island, are the thee Singapore dents held by the Dutch authorities ai Tanjong Pinang
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    Terror: Effect on estates is 'negligible'
    173 1 Terror: Effect on estates is 'negligible' KUALA LUMPUR Satur TERRORIST activity has A affected the production of rubber to a "negiigible extent." said the Acting Chief Secretary for the Federation Mr. C. R. Howitt. replying to questions at a press conference m Kuala Lumpur today He added that the fall
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    83 HUKS KILLED IN MAJOR CLASH
    116 1 MANILA, Friday. A TEN-HOUR night battle between Government forces and Communist- led Hukbalahap armed peasants m Central Luzon resulted m 83 killed and an unspecified number wounded, the Manila Bulletin reported today. This, the bloodiest clash so far reported m the Government drive against
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    NEW BERLIN PLAN UNDER DISCUSSION
    98 1 NEW BERLIN PLAN UNDER DISCUSSION PARIS. Friday RE were sign* that the United S Britain and France are v ing on a new plan for handling the d 3erlin. ■jns.ble Western sources si*d that I plan would exclude v mediate appeal for Nations judgment on thr passe In the evei
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    Jail—after a day at the races
    98 1 Jail— after a day at the races Windsor (England*, ERNEST Merryman, aged 29, told the court here today that there "wasn't much peicentage" m being a successful thief. Then he went off to jail for six months. He said that there was no trouble at all m stealing £350 worth
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    The Parrots of Madame Boiron
    2151 2  -  LOUIS STENNING SHORT STORY h I* a little country ace just otside t. Brieuc, m \}\e Cotes-du-Nord, lives a very charming old lady, Madam Boi- ron. r reputation as a l ich supporter of the Allied cause during rhose tempestuous years of Nazi domination and
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    Bridge Problem
    146 2 THERE are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six of the seven tricks against any defence*. SOLUTION S~uih leads heart nine. West covers and North wins to lead 'he diamond nne South play.s ihe king and West ducks (else Sou.h will make two more
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      1126 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, your m- determined fo a nigh de- terest_ are mainly m- gree upon your early edutellectual and you will cation and training, have talents m science as well as m creative litera- "J l he «l*nmental ture. Which profession you KitS,, f SC,eme wl lch
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    Rights of detainees defined
    18 3 Rights of detainees defined -Ill" P :e re- X ii I B I I a I t eimm___*
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    FALL IN IMPORTS IS FORECAST
    738 3 Reasons: unrest, growing stocks Free Press Staff Reporter A REDUCTION m imports, especially of manufactured goods, because of accumulating stock, was forecast by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, addressing the half-yearly general meeting held m Singapore yesterday afternoon.
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    42 3 The next m line to the throne of Siam, Prince Chumbhot Bongseboribatr, being greeted at Kallang airport yesterday by Mr. Richard West, representing the Com-missioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald). Looking on is the Siamese ConsiU-General m Singapore {Lvang Ratanadib). Free Press picture.
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    9 3 »ne* m- a: nre I and j Free Press
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    JAMBOREE STAMPS
    91 3 1 THE International Boy] Scouts' Jamboree to be held near. Melbourne from i Dec. 29 to Jan. 9 will be commemorated by a 2.d. stamp rnal and Empire letter ra:e». The stamp will be on sale for approximately two months. The Jamboree, which is to be held on
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    WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS 'Pay compensation through loan'
    333 3 WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS 'Pay compensation through loan' 4T the half-yearly general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, the chairman, suggested that the War Damage Compensation Scheme might be financed by a loan. "Spread over, say, thirty years for the repayment of an interest
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    BIGGER RUBBER EXPORTS
    124 3 THE exports of rubber ror tne i first half of this year amounted to 478,800 tons j against 463.660 tons for the corresponding period m 1947 Of the export. 269.139 tons and 242.493 tons reso?ctively were shipped from Singapore. The imports of foreign rub- ber into Malaya
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    GOVT & 'CRISIS' INSURANCE
    345 3 GOVT 'CRISIS' INSURANCE *PHE Singapore Chamber the (lovernment to tal under the emergency. This was stated yesterday iby the chairman of 'he Chamber. Mr. E. M. F Fergusson. Mr. Fergusson said there were administrative uifficuli cultles m a compulsory scheme such as the scheme Introduced to cover war riskon commodities.
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    PORT HAS MORE GODOWNS
    161 3 REHABILITATION of Slnga- Dore port has continued and godown accon*tmcd?tio*n increased by a fuither 60.000, square feet, reports the Singa- Dore Chamber of Commerce. Further new railway track has been laid and the resur- facinz ot existine roads and quays has continued, and the Empire Dock
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    Copra 'freed': S'pore will gain
    285 3 Copra 'freed S 'pore will gain SINGAPORE'S main customers for copra and coconut oil have been those countries which have not got the gold dollars to buy from the Phillippines, but with the coming "Marshall Aid", Singapore will have to fall m line with world prices, says the Singapore Chamber
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    Estates & mines are cautious in buying
    303 3 Estates mines are cautious in buying DUBBER estates and mines, owine to the unsettled conditions of the country are only buvine or hand-to-mouth basis and keepine their stock- an h? estates and mines as low as possible. This has resulted m a further dulln s? of the market, says the
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      18 3 I m\ QUALITY I I QUALITY I ECONOMY P'ZUELLIG Waaya LTD I%^ Of WIAkKIUAHD ifl '"a j& ,"X
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 25, 1948. Malaya s trade accounts
    746 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 25, 1948. Malaya s trade accounts IN his address yesterday at the extra meeting of the nber of Commerce, Mr. E M. F. Fergusson had iv that will presently call for the mature consideration of the Malalegislatures. He was concerned In the first place
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    The Street of the Houses of the Dead
    1141 4 IN narrow Sago 'Lane which abuts on two of the busiest thoroughfares m Singapore South Bridge Road and New Bridge Road are a number of dark and narrow shop houses where middle class and poor Chinese are brought to die. Reason for
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    Push-button motoring
    222 4 BRITAIN'S first pushbutton car has arrived. Simply by touching a switch near the drivers knee on the latest Austin model— the 90-m.p.h. Atlantic. The canvas hood is made to rise or fold automatically. The switch sits snugly on a little shelf m the door on the drivers side
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    FAITH
    25 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. Psalms 123. 4.
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    OVER MY SHOULDER
    852 4  -  ALEX ANDER BY IjUl.'lNG excavations on a i large building site near Raffles Place, they were busy demolishing old walls a::d arches to make way for the new structure. As one section ot a wall was pulled away. the engineers suddenly paused i.i their work and excitedly
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    HK POLICE PETITION
    43 4 Mr. W. J Edwards civil Lord of the Admiralty, said yesterday that a petition, just been received from the European section of the Admiralty police m Hongkong on their pay nnd conditions of service, w."^ being careful- ly examined Reuter
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    Seen Around
    20 4 "mac Mcculloch, of the Chartered Bank. fa iust playing rugger to keep fit for the next soccer season.
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    Broome Port of Pearls
    330 4 Australian artist Elizabeth Durack. daughter of a pioneer family of Australia's north-west cattle country, has painted the story of dusty, typhoon swept Broome, pearling port which has provided treasures for the crowns and diadems of the world. She has Interpreted the aboriginal legends of the creation
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    AUSTRALIAN GIRL WITH ABORIGINES
    15 4 AUSTRALIAN GIRL WITH ABORIGINES \1 __j 'il fm form i abor: r i I _r"
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    $27 MILLION POWER PLANT FOR COLONY
    243 5 $27 MILLION POWER PLANT FOR COLONY Pasir Panj ang site approved Free Press Staff Reporter THE biggest electrical undertaking of the Singapore Municipality within recent years —a power station to cost $27,360,000 and meet the probable requirements of ihe Colony for the next 15 years has been given the final
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    $l9 MILLION SEWERAGE
    163 5 A $19,000,000, ten-year sewerage scheme for Singapore, which will provide sewerage facilities for 85 per cent, of •the population, has been approved m Municipal committee. Mr. A P. Rajah asked that priority should be given to the implementation of this programme. In order to find the money
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    Building plans speed-up
    89 5 EXAMINATION of Singapore building plans Ls to be speeded up on Instructions from the deputy Municipal President (Mr. W. L. Blythe). Answering complaints of delay m passing plans, he said yesterday that they frequently passed through several departments dealing with differ- ent aspects of the schemes. Many
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    Johore move to fight TB
    341 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. REPRESENTATIVES from all over Johore, including a large proportion of women, decided, at a meeting today at the Royal Johore International Club, to form an Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Dr. C. H. Williams, m supporting the
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    BLACK-OUTS CAN BE UNNECESSARY
    75 5 BLACK-OUTS CAN BE UNNECESSARY IF each of Singapore's < 35,000 electricity consumers switched off two 60-watt lamps between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. each night, there would be no necessity for blackouts. So said Mr. W. L. Blythe. the Deputy Municipal President, at a meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Blackouts,
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    MASS MEETING
    54 5 A mass meeting will be held lat the old cabaret premises m the New World tomorrow at 3 p.m. to celebrate the 70th birth- day of Periar E V Ramasamy. the South Indian leader and social reformer. Mr. K. R. Thangavel, the i president of the Singapore Draj
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    ELECTRIFIED FENCE
    44 5 A FENCE which can be j electrified at the turn of a switch has been erected around the wooden huts that serve as offices for G.H.Q., FARELF, Jn Tanglin Barracks. "The fence Is merely an emergency precaution," an Army spokesman said yesterday.
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    ISSUED 'DUD' CHEQUES TO WOMEN
    221 5 DURING his examination m bankruptcy m the Singa- !por e High Court yesterday. Kwong Ah Plow, managing i partner of the Thong Slong Bus Company, said that when he found his company m financial difficulties m June last year, he started borrowing money, mostly from
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    Chamber to aid dwellers of Chinatown
    218 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is making representations with the Municipality on behalf of the Chinese tenants of the 89 shop houses along Upper Pickering Street and Upper Hokien Street, who have received notices from the Government to quit
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    GANDHI FLAGS
    38 5 Lotus Club members and women of the Singapore Regional Indian I Congress will sell flags m the I streets of Singapore on Oct. 2. i the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, m id of Gandhi Memorial Fund.
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    TALKS WITH VILLAGERS
    73 5 picture. Discussing a Bukit Panjany problem: the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) was entertained at a tea party by the Bukit Panjang Village Committee yesterday. In the picture (from left to right) are the Colonial Office Adviser on Social Welfare (Mr. W. H. Chinn), the
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    5 to attend Asian leaders' conference
    147 5 5 to attend Asian leaders' conference Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYA will send a fiveman mission to the Asian Leaders' Conference of the World's Student Christian Federation to be held m Kandy, Ceylon, towards the end of this year. The delegation from Malaya has not yet been named, but U.
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    Favourable trade balance last month
    324 5 Favourable trade balance last month Free Press Staff Reporter A FAVOURABLE trade balance of about §20,000,000 was recorded m Malaya's overseas trade for the month of August, m which exports were valued at $167,093,722 and imports at $147,155,081, only the second occasion this year that the monthly trade balance has
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    TEAR GAS BE A TS BANDITS
    155 5 TEAR GAS BE A TS BANDITS IPOH. Fr.f AFTER tear gu_ .ad o I hurled into a cave lust outside Ipoh tfa Police m respirators rushe I n and seized three w»ep ng men. thus ending i mr siege. One of them was Lee Choy. commander ot ti unit of
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      WHY I 'QUIT'
      567 6  -  SAM COWAN By lIOUGHT hard and long before writing this. But bitter memories die slowly. First, let me say right at the start that I have quit big-time >cccr for ever. Secondly and far more important. I want m this article— to throw wide open the dark-cur-tained
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      HOW THE LEAGUE CLUBS STAND
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      THE DOC DERBY
      565 6 GREYHOUND racing m England is no cheap and nasty sport. Indeed, it's conducted on a very lavish scale— with charges to match. m In the 15s enclosure those who care to make reservations may dine and wine m flist class hotel style and comfort as they watch
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      159 6 TARZAN ESCAPE? /?v E*f/ir Rice Burroughs m -STAY AWAKE '-HiPAM 1~l f— 1 y TMOOUfiH NARROWED EYES TABZAK WATCH__T) l»J Hi '\l^^' I^VE___H aTHEBS ABE ASLEEP '/f^\ COUCHES ANO qO'ETiy. SfcENTiy moved l^frlffc Jf J _^__Hr*^h _^__B^k J_\ \_fl-9^_# _7^fr^. "^^"T. J| i >T\T" /^Lf AX^^BBw i^^^^^ 1 MdndrdK6 Exctusire
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    PUNTERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE OUTSIDERS
    94 7  - PUNTERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE OUTSIDERS CALL BOY Ji By I.v th_ numerous shocks of the first four days, l re looking for the outsiders at Bukit P un L c r \fternoon, final day of the Singapore lM K(*!old Cup meeting £sr«_J J shower lasting quarter of an _n
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    Ecliptic to win despite the rain
    175 7  - Ecliptic to win despite the rain EPSOM JEEP Bi "THE RAIN has mod*. Ecliptic', task m the Gold Cup at Bukit Timah today even more difficult, but the Felstead gelding is m such great form that I _m confident he will come out best it a thrilling finish. If Ecliptic
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    M.Y.F. BADMINTON
    100 7 THE flnali of the Singapore 1 District Methodist Youth hip badminton tournament oe played at the Victoria School Hall. Jalan Besar today a: 2.30 p.m. sharp. The ties are as follows: Seah Yeak Khern Btr. vs. Nea Song Kee Str., Choo Hwee Ltan Sr. vs. Tan Chin Jim
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    R.A.O.C ATHLETICS
    64 7 *pHE first R.A.O.C. a meeting w:ll take place on Oct. 2 at 2.30 p.m. on the 22:3 BOD. Civil an AsGround. The ground s located off s:. Georges Roid mi d mile of Serangoom Road R A.O.C. Units n Slr hore w.ll participate z. In addition to the
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    Hoi Meng hero of C.A. win
    359 7 Hoi Meng hero of C.A. win ■'rilK Chinese Athletes eliminated the Malay Football Association m the first round of the S.A.F.A. knock-out Cup competition by beating them by the convincing margin of six goals to nil at Jalan Besar stadium, yesterday. The Malays were never m it, and although their
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    Daly and Ayton in golf final
    80 7 CHEEKY irisnman rreu uaiy and Scotsman Laurie Ayton yesterday reached the final of the British profesonal golfers' match play championship, played atßirkdale. Daly beat Bill Shankland two up m the morning quar-ter-final and crushed Ryder Cup player Charles Ward •en and .six m the
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    CHAMPIONS WIN 2-1
    50 7 I AST year's hockey league champion team the Singapore Recreation Club, upheld their re- putation wl'h a narrow win over the Rest, a selected side from the I club, m a game played on the padang yesterday. The score was two-one m favour of the charu- pions.
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    ACS WIN SWIM RELAY
    454 7 ACS WIN SWIM RELAY A THRILLING highlight of St. Joseph's Institution second annual swimming carnival held at the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday was the 200 metres interschool medley relay held for the first time m the Colony. Six schools competed and the Anglo-Chinese School had a narrow victory m the
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    IKE WILLIAMS KNOCKS OUT CHALLENGER
    196 7 p_E WILLIAMS successfully de- 1 fended his world ligl tweight boxing title on Thursday nig'nt by knocking Jesse Flores m two minutes and four seconds of the i 10th round of their schedule 15--round bout. Each weighed 134 J lbs. Williams, a terrific puncher with
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    DEATHS
    53 8 SEAH— Harry Seah Teck Guan. of Straits Times Press Ltd., passed away this morning. Funeral at 4 p.m. today from 43. Boundary Rd Deeply regretted. SULLIVAN.— MabeI Eva. beloved wife of Pat Sullivan Cable 6c Wireless Ltd Friday 2.th —Service at Cathedral of Good Shepherd 4.30 p.m. Saturday and
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    RUSSIA BLOCKED IN ASSEMBLY
    298 8 Outvoted on seven items PARIS, Friday. WESTERN-LED majorities smothered Russia's repeated attempts today to throw the veto fight and six other issues out of the United Nations Assembly. Except for two items, the Slav bloc of six countries voted alone against the majorities running from 29
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    'TORIES DON'T CARE-ATTLEE
    70 8 THE Prime Minister. Mr. At'lee. accused Conservative Party leaders yesterday of 'fantastic and irresponsible i misrepresentation" abroad of i Britain's present condition. Mr. Attlee said m a byelection letter to a Labour Party candidate m the Gorbals district of Glasgow that Conservative leaders "do not seem to
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    'FREE INDONESIA' CALL BY BURMA
    183 8 'FREE INDONESIA CALL BY BURMA PARIS, Friday. THE Burmese Minister of Commerce, U Ohn, today demanded independence for Indonesia and French Indo-China and appealed to the United Nations Assembly to release subjugated peoples from bondage. The troubles m South-East Asia, he said, are "m some way due to frustrated nationalism."
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    Sino-Siamese trade falls
    91 8 BANGKOK, Friday. THE present volume of trade between Siam and China is less than half pre-war, according to Mr. T. L. Yao, Adviser to the Commission on Overseas Affairs of the Chinese Government. Mr. Yao, who is visiting Bangkok this week, blamed "governmental restrictions and controls" for
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    Arab Legion guns drive Jews back
    122 8 TEL AVIV. Friday. HEAVY fighting broke out today m two places between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with both sides using artillery. An Israeli account said that the Arab Legion attacked and captured a hill near Midya— called Mcdiin m the days of the Maccabees—
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    INDIA BACK TO RATIONING
    70 8 INDIA is to impose control of grain prices and distribu- tion by October, 1949, when 70.000,000 people will come under the rationing scheme, Mr. Jalramadas Daulatram. Minister for Food, announced yesterday. Announcing the plan to impose the control gradually over all food grains, he told j
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    'WE WON'T ATTACK' BRITAIN—MOSCOW
    45 8 'WE WON'T ATTACK' BRITAIN— MOSCOW MOSCOW Radio said last night that "nobody ls going to attack Britain." The commentator. Mr. Vinogradov, maintained that the British Government's newly announced demobilisa->low-duwn was unjustified He said it would mean "fresh hardship and sacriflce"_ for the working man. A.P
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    ARMS SEIZURE
    67 8 (Continued from Pape 1). Mr. Fowler told the Free Press that he could not ci. close the names of the Irishman, two Englishmen and the Eurasian who have been arrested m connection with the arms ring m Singapore since the seizure of the arms and the arrest ot
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    Rubber prices
    110 8 J^ SPECIAL Market correopondent fives the prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) at 11 am. today as follow.: Buyers S.llers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot. loose 4 Fob. m bales Oct. No. 1 R.S.S. 43 n US No. 2 R.S.S. 41 H No. 3 R.S.S. 39 'J, 40
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    NEGRO WHITE SLAVER HELD
    55 8 The US. Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday arrested Rex Ingram, 53-year-old Negro actor and film star on white slavery charges. Ingram was accused of transporting a white girl aged 15 from Sallna. (Kansas) to New York for immoral purposes. He played the title role In Eugene
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    'NO GOVT. WEAKNESS IN MALAYA'
    242 8 LONDON. Friday T^HE Secretary of State tor Colonies. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, denied charges m the House of Commons today that Government "vacdilation and weakness" has hampered the drive against the Communist uprising In Malaya. "We are taking the offensive and we are breaking down
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    France paralysed by token strike
    265 8 PARIS, Friday. FRANCE'S industry, communications and transport were completely paralysed this afternoon when five to six ryiillion organised workers downed tools promptly at 4 o'clock m answer to the two-hour general strike call of the major trade union federations. Observers said the stoppage, m protest
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    Priests in plot to kill Peron
    185 8 Priests in plot to kill Peron DISCOVERY of a plot to assassinate the Argentine President, General Peron, and Senora Eva Peron, has resulted m the arrest of 12 people including a former American College Professor and three priests. Police Chief, General Arturo Bertello, says the plot had been traced to
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    TRADING IS RESTRICTED
    383 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN'S new defence measures, including the formation of an army emergency reserve, restricted trading: m the London Stock Exchange today, sayi Keuter's financial correspondent. Although there was no sign of pessimism, prices were generally inclined to be easier. This was mainly due
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    FINED £5,000,000 —THEN HANGED
    57 8 FINED £5, 000,000 —THEN HANGED B IBRAHIM Ades. an active Zionist agent, wa* hanged publicly In Baghdad yesterday. His dead body remained hanging for two hours u:.til removed by his parents. Ades was convicted of buying British Army surplus arms and of smuggling them to Palestine Jews. The richest Iraqi
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