The Singapore Free Press, 15 October 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS Eg I
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    King speaks to 'Empire of brothers'
    94 1 King speaks to 'Empire of brothers' [lie world oks to us' LONDON, Frida>. Hi >h Commonwealth as ion>," King George the Dominions, now L •mmonwealth conference, X to play a leading j\{ dinner at BuckE. now made public, come so far to Prime Minister 1 with the souJs. the s
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    NEW CITY' EXPERT FOR TALKS
    9 1 NEW CITY' EXPERT FOR TALKS Free Press Staff Reporter
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    Mook resignation: fears at Jogja
    144 1 BATAVIA. FricL 'THE resignation of Dr. van Mook as acting Lieut- General of Indonesia strengthens Republican fears of future difficulties with the Dutch, said Sutan Shahrir, former Indonesian Premier, yesterda •ribing Dr. Van Mook as a man of strong convict ion*. Dr. Shahrir said it
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    Power supply warning: More blackouts?
    114 1 Power supply warning: More blackouts? ft Reporter PR the ilex the capacity of St. Ja: ;i be reduced by about 3,000 kilowatts and U asked to cooperate by ecoaomj electween 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. 60 as to min;r. blarko-. The Munic:pal Electrical Engineer, Mr. C. C. Payne told th
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    CHINESE REDS IN KEY TOWN
    43 1 CHINESE REDS IN KEY TOWN Chave into key rail centre of -held salient m Severe orted :.eral Fan Han-chieh. Nationalist overall commander m the Manchurian corridor, said m a cable to Mukden that Nation •c 11 a ted from fO( <rnved m T
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    LONGER HOLIDAY FOR HECHT
    47 1 Ondependeru Bn.ograph Exhibitors Association have decided to ban all movies with which the American author, Ben Hecht is associated. Hecht Ls the man who said that he had "a little holiday m my heart" every time a b soldier was killed m Palestine.
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    C.I.G.S. next month
    24 1 eral Sir V n will bii on post of Chief of Imperial General Stall on •*mber 1. th* War Office %n-
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    BURMA TO TAKE OVER INDUSTRIES
    53 1 I*HE Burma Government Is to bt*t up an economic council to advise on Industries to be nationalised. Premier Thakin Nu anting this m Pariament vi\sterday added that Burma would respect the sovereignty of her neighbours and cooperate with them "m the ca.ise of peace, freedom
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    Red 'donation collectors' held
    68 1 SINGAPORE police yesterday arrested six Chinese under the Emergency Regulations, bringing the total of detainees to 292 The C ID. Chief. Mr. E V. Fowler, said two of the men were "subscription collectors" for the Malayan Communist Party. Two others were members of a Communistic organisation
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    P.I. "PREPARED FOR WAR'
    49 1 The Philippine Office of Public Information announced yesterday that the Government was fully cognizant of the crave international situation. It added that the Government was determined that if the ineinatiohal crisis led to a war. the Philippines "would not be taken unnr a oared." A.P.
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    THE WEST MEETS IN SECRET SESSION
    203 1 THE WEST MEETS IN SECRET SESSION PARIS. Friday. DELEGATES of the Western powers met for hours m secret session yesterday to j hammer out their condemnation of Russia's blockade of Berlin. They are still hopeful, however, that one of the "little nations" will present a resolution on which the Secur.ty
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    More Jews for Palestine
    27 1 i m from I Gfrmsni to Palestine rer A.P. Sir Godfrey Mitchell chairman of George Wimpey and Co., who arrived m Singapore yesterday.
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    Soviet Embassy is 'clean': Phibun
    170 1 BANGKOK. Friday. OIAM'S pocket dictator, Marshal Phibun. yesterday gave the limelighted Soviet Embass\ In Bangkok a clean bill of health. Marshal Phibun said his Government was unable to find any trace of "unusual" activity by the embassy, which has been widely accused of dim Communist
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    Twenty arrest
    21 1 Seven Chinese were arrested m Singa, "Sterday being members of unLawiul secrf les. Police also made 13 gambling ai
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    ADELPHI 'BOY' WAS MURDERED
    54 1 THE Singapore C.I.D. Chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, said this morning that police had formed the opinion that Wong Kok Sai, Hylam "boy" found dead m a refrigerator cooler m the Adelphi Hotel, 1 was murdered. "Marks on Wong's neck suggest he was strangled." Mr. Fowler
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    ORCHARD RD. BANK
    35 1 The Carrier Corporation of America announced today that it has contracted to aircondition the new eightstorey building of the Hong Kong and Shanghai being I constructed at Orchard Road i Singapore. x
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    The flight of a jailbird
    205 1 DARWIN. Friday TXSCAPING from Fanny Bay Gaol, m Australia's Northern Territory, a 27-year-old stowed away a plane and. vsina faked pers, reached the United States as an army "captain This was disclosed at the n the Criminal Covrt. Malcolm Char lea Boyle, of Port Kemble.
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    A town will be created
    88 1 c Press SUIT Re porter A en lire new cap.ial city oi the Br.be built at said Sir God^: chairman of Wimpey ai. the well-known contractors who Is on a tour of S East A* Between 500 and 1.000 houses are being put up for
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    Crufts show back
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    I wasn't told the facts: Shinwell
    81 1 I wasn't told the facts: Shinwell LONDON, Fridi: THE War Mi; A Emanuel Shinwell, adtold "the House of Commons last that no Guardsn been sent to Malaya v out having months' basic trainir. In lact he said -or Guardsir. the last t, 67 arrived h 1 1 ,ess than the
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    March Past
    56 1 yen hundred mm of the 2nd KatUlioiw the oldstreara and v .rds will mart h thri Singapore Uunurrow The march begii the junction of B^ndemeer Road and Lavender Street at 9.36 a.m. and continues along Victoria Street. Pulrlase Bridge Road B 4 Andrew Road High < oleman Brid^«
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    What The Girls Thought....
    586 2  - What The Girls Thought.... Nan Hall By COME of the Grade °VII students of Raffles Girls' College have astonished the Education Department's Art Supervisor, Mr. Richard Walker, by their imaginative comments on the wierd and modernistic picture shown here. Several of the com.ts were considered so discerning that they c
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    FASHION SLANG
    156 2 NEW phrases es. Some of them, familiar enough to our grandmother^ <c the r example the teim i hems" which we i natural and hich it is said lally cut on ;oir hich. m case you do know, Is "a severely simple close-fittinK bo^; abov itcillnf, which is
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    TWO-WAY HAT TRICK
    41 2 TWO-WAY HAT TRICK Ibe two i here of the v.une hat ji> topics of Ko*e V.ilois I*;iri> model that can be worn either as a Dutch bonnet or n an ear-covering windy rainy weather tap mrrH\ bj Uttyini the rifeben trimming.
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    Bridge Problem
    266 2 rrHE revoke law Is 01 almost universally A* you know, a p';H\ wh«n he fails to follow su though able to do so. Under the old laws, a could correct a revoke if h« dl»- -vered it m ttme that is, before side had played to the mxt
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    WASP WAISTS ARE THINNER
    100 2  - WASP WAISTS ARE THINNER JUDY BARDEN By T^HE Paris fashions A season opened with an exquisite showing by Marcelrochas, who claims to have invented "pay pierre" and who has offered a wasp waist that will make milady give up not only her before-dinner martini but also the olive. Highlights of
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    MA'S PROD
    25 2  -  Joan Castle Co by MOTHH as rook l' bir with nev. Ok I a ti I Fig B Th: tabl< with half a
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      98 2 (^'^W UIAGINE A (^m IHA 1! < of to P a month! Ami only one of washing soap! At home m England soap is rationed but here m Singapore unlimited supplies available. Our Perfumery and Toilet Department pride m offering quality toilet ku.j|»s bearing such famous names u>:~ Yardle Lvi
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      52 2 I 1,000,000 I SPRING COMFORI WITHOUT A Iy wk +*i -^1 DUNLOP THE I KUALA LUMI I Miftf uei obtiinabU ffom: WHITI '^Jk LATEST COMPtA ARRIVALS p Cf /FRENCH /SATIN BROCADE /a /ew txclusivtdtiiy«l Rings! I SPECIALLY DESIG GUARANTEED 22 CAR I Pr/cc from *30.00 WONG CHEON I j sgj,
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      279 2 RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE I] metres (12 p.m to I); 61 metres (6 p.m. to 7.45 and y SO p.m. to 11). TODAY PROGRAMMES IN ENGLIMI lc by Dors^y brothers; 1.30 News; 1 45 Otto and Regan nan; 8.15 Programme SumSi annoui menfs; 8.20 Let's Go To The 8.30 Friday Prom—
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      224 2 AUSTRALIA Ifl 1!», rooAi 10.0 mWe; 10.43 Pa^t Irom Aubtraiia— A week-end spon by X :iic-; 11 Tun. 1 .1.20 tic for String! 4 Tt fc fair Orchrstin; 4.30 Austral:. Concert Hi .6 So:v nan; 6 15 Maby Wilhflm Backhau^; 6.30 World N with aCus c; 7 m 7.30 Background
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      30 2 Qt Shuu 3 B C Talk; 9.20 .1 36 Tn 10 Austra--10.15 A:. •rd; 10.30 Britis! Rat. 11 15 Rado R 11.30 Australian Altista Peti The Tenor A. p.r.d I
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      73 2 LUCKY STAR DOKN n t v judgment and tm.d. b i c h. when combined with your natural bu^ can brin# >ou ...r^. material success. a are not houe\ paramountly inteirrnakuu money mereh accumulate a fortu rnco and the .ins appeal to you most and v show a certain oriflnatlt)
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    JAPS JUMPER RICE CROP
    10 3 JAPS JUMPER RICE CROP .ir's 1 1 over 6,000.--0.000 bu
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    RIDDLE OF MISSING SALVAGE SHIP
    35 3 RIDDLE OF MISSING SALVAGE SHIP mpletely were i i do 15 i wli"- knew the c MUJI ti "ported K. of the Aqua Queen, tor minesweeper If > c the Nor- amd off the Maldives. U.P.
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    FOLLOW BRITISH EXAMPLE' CHINESE URGED
    243 3 'Go ahead with economic reforms 9 SHANGHAI, (Air Mail). ADMIRATION of the British system of jrovernment < d by Dr. Chen Li-fu, Vice-President Yuan, when he reported to the itive Yuan on his impressions during his recent tour of Europe and the United States. D:
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    5 die in Channel wreck
    21 3 Xl ac crew drowned nd one was saved In \*Mh a British ah p iV.ds Sud.
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    Two-engined jet
    21 3 France's first two-e; I plane cotnp test fl I fence announced yesterday. I jftru Ar- b Dg A. P.
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    Ministry inquiry
    66 3 -tie Minister 'Mr. C. li. Attleei has called for a full judicial inquiry into allegations of irregularities at the Board of Trade. Right: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. J. W. Belcher) uhose run has been mentuned and deft), Mr. Francis Cecil Price, 47-year-old London
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    'STOWAWAY' NURSES WANTED IN COURT
    201 3 asked for instractiu; "He was told to con* the voyage, and the girls were given work cleaning cabins. "When the Fort Bell docked the girls told the immigration authorities they had stowed away, and were allowed to leave the port "TWO Australian nurses who reached
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    14 3 Six of Britain's newly -appointed Customs and Excise search officers m their new uniform.
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    SI AM CLAMPS DOWN ON OPIUM
    74 3 OIAM'S opium control pro- j k} gramme, provide* for I reduction of opium consumption from 20 to 10 tors annually with a resultant decrease of 50 per cent, of opium revenue which at pre.se:. t is 115,000,000 ticals The Government is also planning to
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    KIWIS 'ADOPT U.K. CHILDREN
    102 3 I .7ENTY British children £ill travel free i Fanuary to new homes, 13,000 miles away. The children, aged from five t uteen, are the first chosen from amon'j: hundreds of applications urn Zealand Government Adoption Scheme. Bavin. Migra\iry to the Over.I candihelr ind'a blems. realise the
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    Saved from savage tribes
    148 3 •THE crew and passtiigers cf thr 1 crashed Mercury Airlines p: returned to d'ixr.b*? how the dar- ing of their RAF rescuers saved I them from savage African tribes. The Dakota caught lire 150 I northwest of Khartoum and the pilot, with flames raging In the
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    Purge in Poland
    22 3 Party, at mak ng its biggest pmpurg«-. announced yesterexpulaion ul' 612 numbers tHidf-ncVa, aliea i jvnd fraudulent prac- Reuter
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    Nude look
    90 3 A PATENT type of glass intended to enable people inside to see out but which would be opaque from the outside, was used m the bathroom windows of pre-fab bungalows built for Maesteg (Glam) Urban Council. But the panes *ere put m the wrong way round and people
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    £1,085 R.A.F. fraud: A.C. gets 2 years
    128 3 £1,085 R.A.F. fraud: A.C. gets 2 years AIRCRAFTSMAN Gerard Aie Archer, who defrauded the R.A.F. of £1.085 by drawing pay for a myth- squadron, has been sen--0 years hard labour by a court mar; Archer's "Idea" of a squadron" was described In court as the 'most amazing fraud.'* -iuse of
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    Vyshinsky was lying—U.S.
    72 3 Vyshinsky was lying— U.S. A SPOKESMAN of the L\. I ion to the i Nations said yesterday Hussia's charge that 79 percent of US. budget expenrLstic Vyshlnsky distortlr A large proportion of the retary percenta. went to paying pensions back to the Civi contributions to the International Refuge Organisation and
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    'Happiest years from 20 to 30'
    198 3 would be sufficiently occupied after retirement with gardening, gold, reading and travel. Few planned to tak activities. Dr. Chandler said ing fri^n more inn Very few PHE happiest time of lile is between 20 and 3D A according a Syracuse University study coverin* 300
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    13 3 and Russell, 76-year-old philoso; been from drowning icheri a boat tank at Trondhc
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    1,000 Russians now Chinese
    13 3 ;p m thI half of the with "great cat
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    TARZAN
    7 3  -  Edgar Rice Burroughs by The attempt
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      75 3 laffles hotel B > m. m the Lounge 1l cocktail hour kford at the Piano »;ht ■FORMAL DANCE H th V ki}!f:stk\ i FOX SUNDAY i lON IN THK PALM OURT ■the band of m. seaforth ihighlanders •S-SHIRE BUFFMME DUKE OF ALBANY'S ipenw^, ,j. j s. H. Douglas, (ill I
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      78 3 SINGAPORE HAS ACCLAIMED THE 1948 BOOK FAIR TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. In The VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL 10,000 BOOKS TO CHOOSE YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM. ADMISSION FREE "Dover" Stoves No. 8. WOOD COAL BURNING COMPLETE WITH BOILER $190 WITHOUT BOILER $135 "Modern Mistress No.
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Oct. 15, 1948 The Outlook for Rice
    431 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Oct. 15, 1948 The Outlook for Rice f Vi. that of Burma, the becomes the outlook v.son nference last i ;res which meet v: ;r--there were of the ex ded by .i quarter of now to I the 81 a: Q is hoped aler too
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    PEOPLE IN STORE MAKE NEWS
    960 4 PEOPLE IN STORE MAKE NEWS PHAIRMAN of the Poppy Day Fund Committee is Mrs. A L E X I N A ELDER, wife of a well-known doctor m Singapore, whose team of poppy sellers will be all over the town on Nov. 5. To make this year's Poppy Day an
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    Joy Belles
    217 4 AN all-girl orchestra, A which is known as the Chinese Band, is one of the most popular musical combinations among Melbourne dance enthusiasts. nine-piece orches officially called The Joy Belles, specialises m international music, and is the brain child of three ver: Chinese sifter Alma, Lorna and Iris
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    HOW EXTORTIONERS ARE CAUGHT...
    978 4  - HOW EXTORTIONERS ARE CAUGHT... A Police Inspector By IVHKX thifl incident occurred I tioned as a Police ■ector m one of the Headquarter districts m Selangor. OCPD called me into his office one day and showed me a letto tie told me what he told me how he got it.
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    Road wardens: duties outlined
    9 5 The duties of traffic war-
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    DENTISTS OBJECT TO NEW LAW
    308 5 Warning to Government Free Press Staff Reporter THE standard of dental health m Singapore >vill be lowered rather than improved if the dental register is re-opened to admit a further influx of unqualified practitioners, warns the Malayan Dental Association, representing qualified dental surgeons m Malaya,
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    YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE
    45 5 AYOUNO People's Service, conducted by the Youth 1 at the Orchard on Sunday at 5 The third Sunday m October has been set asid* ov the rid Sunday School Council cognised by the Pr an. the Church of England and other Chur•rld
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    TEA PARTY
    13 5 In of Huri Raj Mlssic:. toi 12 O^ylanir 4.30 p m.
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    Colony labour force 'stable'
    361 5 Most labour ii directly employed although, In some cases, labour te employed by contractors. These contractors recruit the labourers, pay their wagea and rvise their work. In law they hus actual employer*, but the I have the rights t against the contractors us they against any
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    CRUEL TO TURTLE, FINED
    89 5 A46-YEAR-OI ,1) Chinese trisha rider of Hylam Street, was found guilty of cruelty to a turtle, and the Second M <;istrate (Mr. L. C. Goh) fined him 575 or three weeks ous imprisonment yesterday. Weighing about 100 pounds and measuring four feet hv i\ feet, the
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    KPMRESUMING SAILINGS TO AUSTRALIA
    133 5 KPMRESUMING SAILINGS TO AUSTRALIA I THE Dutch Singapore-Sydney shipping service will resuxv.e WheiJ KP.M.'s tfieinv lla on Oct 28. The only passenger ship on the run, Its first trip and its second trip early m January have already been booked out. It« third trip at the end of March is
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    Scholarships to England
    81 5 LICATIONS for r« Colonial Development ano Welfare Fund Scholarships must reach the Director of Education, P.O. Box 1053, Kuala Lumpur, on forms < obtainable from the Director of Education* m quadruplicate before Nov. 1. Candidates must be eligible for admission to the University or place where they
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    STORE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
    67 5 UNDLR the auspices of the Singapore Association of Teachers of Dancing and supported by the Happy World Cabaret management, th" 1948 Singapore professional dance championship will be held ut the Happy World Cabaret from Nov. 17 to 29. Mrs Elizabeth iL Lee. Fellow 1 and Examine of
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    BROKE CURFEW
    40 5 Four Chinese fishermen I were fined $20 each yesterday lln the First District Court jwhen they pleaded guilty to breaking the curfew regulations. They were found m a boat at 12.20 a.m. yesterday m the Straits of Johore.
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    PRESENTATION
    38 5 Lady Gimson visited the Nan Hwa Girls' School yeaterday and presented a doll and a pram to Miss Lin Slew Shian, a pupil. Miss Lin was a prize-win-ner In a competition at the Government House Garden Fete.
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    Hari Raya pictures
    51 5 pic- turex igapore Malay* of Hari Roya Haii visiting, and among the many places they was Raffle m. Upper picture shows a group of Malay icovien and girls looking into a showcase m the Museum. The other picture shows two a f ood hawker outside the Free
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    DEEPAVALI PUZZLE OVER DATE
    138 5 DEEPAVALI PUZZLE OVER DATE nOUBT about v ac of the Indian Deepavall festival has led t Secretary of the Hindu Association, Singapore, sending a telegram to the Minister of Home Affairs. Government of India, asking when Deeoavali falls. The sender of the telegram. Mr. G. M. K. Sabai. told the
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    LITTLE USE MADE OF ARBITRATION
    298 5 LITTLE USE MADE OF ARBITRA TION Labour chief says Free Press Staff Reporter 'THOUGH complete machinery for arbitration of A labour disputes exists m Singapore, no use was made of during 1947, and little use will be made of it until both parties have been taught that striking does not
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    FRONTIER AREAS WELL GUARDED
    278 6 Bandits hard hit m Johore Free Prm Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday SWEEPS by Security Forces are continuing m the frontier areas m the North, particularly m Sintok and Kroh, and the Siamese DDrder is beinjj closely watched by the Malay Regiment. s at a Pi theG.O.C,
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    RRAISE FOR PLANTERS
    38 6 Mt l»unlop r that ?reat nun. the planters," the way they had i red the stor. wa> they set up .fences is prais be said. t- >pecijil lonstab! id changed I rau letlllMl to trainmen.
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    RURAL WEST POLLING TOMORROW
    117 6 RURAL WEST POLLING TOMORROW IyJLLINU sta 1 I Island of open tomorrow at 7 un, and at Dm. The two polluik ..s fjr ands. one at Puiau Brani and the oiher at Pulau .1 open at r a.m. aj:d close at 7 d.ih. Tlie following Uig stations. Pasir Panjan^ Pan
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    FORCED DOWN
    49 6 I ret> Presa staff (om'spondtnt KUALA LUMPUR. CAUGHT m a heavy raincm while flying to Kuala Lumpur this I ing, an Army Auster made forced landing small padi field at S X pur. The pilot. Capt R.P.F. Warner of the Royal Artillery, was uninjured b was damaged
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    COUNCIL MEMBER
    24 6 J Mr. R. P. Bingliam, Ccmmi*--1 doripi' of Lfcbuur. hax been apmember of apore I C-)unrll who post as Director of Education.
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    Death, jail after necklace quarrel
    132 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thursda A MAN who fatally speared one of a group of people* who jeered at him when he quarrelled with his wife and daughter at Koptsan was today ■enten^ed to two years' rigorous imprisonment. Before Mr. Justice Storr m the
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    TO EXHIBIT PAINTINGS
    44 6 Saptohuddojo, 21--year-old Indonesian artist, ig holding a one-man ex- F- ala Lvmpur next week. "Suptv" as he is more popularly called, thit young Indonesian studied art all on f In :tiy an $t, "Sapto" is an ac ■i and a good
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    Emergency cuts juvenile crime
    240 6 4 > a retail of enforcing the Emergency Regula- tions. juvenile delinquency is on the decrease m Singapore. The Secretary for Social Welfare (Mr. T. P. F. McNeice) said yesterday "Boys seem to be afraid of getting involved with the police m case they are classed
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    TRONOH PAYS 30 PER CENT
    94 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON Thursday. TRONOH Mines »s paying a 1 final dividend of 12 per cent, for 1947. the net prorii being £53.400. The company ha* already paid i dividend* of 754 arid 10 per cent, on account cf 1947. and an Interim
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    IRONS, STEELS IN DEMAND
    330 6 London Stock Exchange I ONDON, Thursdn JKON.s and itoeif were m demand m the London Stock Exchange today Keuter's financial correspondent. Buying, prompted by hopes of good compensation payments m the event of a nationalisation, resulted m several sharp advances. Other industrial group> ■gher included Tab
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    Fete gets $25,000 for the children
    160 6 LADY Gimson, President of the Singapore Committee for Handicapped Children, states that the fete In Government House grounds last Saturday m aid of Singapore's handicapped children is estimated have raised more than $25,000, when all expenses c been paid. In addition to cash donahe
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    Appeal dismissed
    33 6 Appeal by Mr Jose Cobarro against the' degree niai granted to his v.ife daughter of the ex-Rajah of Sarawak be ground of hla adultery, was dismissed In the ApyCour :\rion recently.
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    Monaghan for U.S.
    7 7 Monaghan for U.S. NEW YORK, Friday. A.P.
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    A HEADING DUEL
    27 7 picture. amatt.. nal. pea r sey) and Madon jump to head the ball m iron A Cup quarter-final. Kota Raja icon 1-0.-' Free Press
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    Costly mistake by Seng Quee
    281 7  -  CRUSADER By UAJifi vwucn naci been expected to be a thrilling struggle was spoilt by frequent infringements, and weak finishing by the forwards. diet on Footbt-. Nation Cup quarter-final i and Chinese Athletic. :o he frr ally len the ■•c had to pull them .olations
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    6 fights at Happy World tonight
    43 7 r pONIGHT'S 'junior boxing pron lion at I Happy V. Itm bouts. Two six-rounders head the oill They are between Littl" R and Nelson ri B and beti Yuurrg n Sak. mgn Xißhtbouts b four two-minute rounds.
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    UPSETS ARE EXPECTED AT IPOH
    549 7 UPSETS ARE EXPECTED AT IPOH 4 races over straight run Free Press Racing Correspondent AN a heavy track students of form may just as well throw race form overboard m the four races over the straight course at Ipoh tomorrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club October meeting.
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    Transfer market again active
    364 7 4 SUMP of famous soccer clubs has started the transfer ball rolling afain and bir names and big: fees are being bandied about from club to club. Apart from the outstanding transfer case of Wilf Mannion, Middlesborough and England inside left, who recently announced his decision
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    POLICE TEAM
    49 7 r PHE following iiav c b< H AO. C P T 8 Kick-ofl (t 5 p.m. C. I. Sanderson fi^O man; Insr \CI H ASP. Shelmerdine; ASP Thomas, Insp. Lauienc, ACI mail. APO. Noble. 6 c Jaman, APO. UcCully, APO Bentoo, c I. Rap. Tb;i Tek Kirn.
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    34 7 V LRUAYS UK SU:' Rugby Union county i K_shre 25. Notts. Lincolnshire and Dert>\ Rugby Union county q Conrwall 9. Glamorgan 12 Rugby League Australian tour: St. Helens 10. Australians B.— Reuter
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    SIMS CHANGES HIS MIND
    11 7 JUI o id l«g-bi ex rici m
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    MILBURN WANTS TO LEAVE
    113 7 JiUnd'i :.aforwai to leave his present N d ask n i for last Saturday, wants to consolidate his place &< successor to Tommy Lawton In the national Football League team. Donaldson, too. is not a to phforward and he will not be fied with i am.
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    BIRTH
    65 8 RH AURE. Wife Of daughter. Ann ,apore 13.10 48 Or ATB On 13/10/48 Ma "lam Koh Neo. wife of the late Mr. Teng. aff^i 92, at ncr 163 Surin Avenue, Upper ::>joen Rd. She leave 3 behind 3 daughters 1 adopteddaughter, 1 son-in-law, 6 daugb- several grand axid (jreat-gTand
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    'KEY TO PEACE LIES IN THE EAST'
    214 8 Bevin on new, great bloc LONDON, Friday. THE key to peace for the next hundred years lies m the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Pakistan, India and Ceylon, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told the National Manufacturers' Union at a luncheon here
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    TWO MEN ON £2,500,000 FRAUD CHARGE
    94 8 TWO MEN ON £2,500,000 FRAUD CHARGE JOHA TWO mer ma directors of the Union Goldfleldi. N Stephen Erleigh and J were committed for rrial by the maK»strat€'s court it John ne* burg yesterday on 64 charges of theft fraud and xmtrav?: f the I panics A Th* amount *ivolved m
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    'Peace, war decision next year'
    171 8 'Peace, war decision next year' FRANKFURT, Friday. THE Chinese Foreign Minis- ter Dr. Wang Shlh-chieh. said last night the world still has "one or two years more" to avoid war. "Many of the countries which might march either on the road to recovery or tuni to Communism will make the
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    US 'DEAL WITH FRANCO SPAIN AGAIN MOOTED
    58 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. on a p< 3 United States "deal" Franco Spain has been revived here with the disclosure day that the Director c U.S. Central IntelliAgency. Rear-Adm. Hillenki now m Madrid. Both CIA. and the State Department spokesmen have refused to speculate on
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    Berlin before Austria
    13 8 me nrUTTupied ptalks with Russia while the I A .P.
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    Nazis active again in British zone
    127 8 Nazis active again in British zone HAMBURG, Friday. 'FORMER numbers of Hitler's Storm Troopers have r formed small groups to carry out subversive activities m the British zone, an authoritative source id In Hamburg yesterday. One of these activities is ntimidating of witnesses who have to give evidence against former
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    LOWER VALUE FOR FRANC
    48 8 PARIS, Friday. HIGHER exchange quotations for the French franc terms of sterling, Belgian ics, Italian lire and other n convertible currencies are expected m usually wellinformed Paris financial clrcto be fixed < the X-(nd. The object of iid be to <• liable trench ix:o currcn•d.- Reuter
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    HE CRIED WITH JOY
    80 8 NAPLES, Friday. /N YENT OR Q. Vassena'* 12-foot pocket submarine," which sank eight days ago m the Tyrrhenian Sea off Capri Island, was raised yesterday by two Italian navy tugs. Vassena, who tried to commit suicide when hi* submarine sank under heavy swells, witnessed the difficult
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    UK, China want Israeli report
    254 8 BERNADOTTE MURDER PARIS, Friday. DRITAIN and China jointly called on the Israeli Government today for an early report to the Security Council on its Investigation of the assassination of the Palestine mediator, Count Folke Beraadotte. The Council adjourned without taking a vote on their resolution.
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    I HATE the ENGLISH -GRAZIANI
    68 8 I HATE the ENGLISH -GRAZIANI ROME. Friday. CX MARSHAL iolfo v c. with interrupted the Prcs: HUt yesterday, shouting, '"Stop your qu< trying to kill tn< ludge v,;us atteni; (r .dence the >f Defence m MusNorthern H the own "The real drare thi them will a em." rched*" imder German
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    NEHRU AS EASTWEST MEDIATOR
    171 8 LONDON, Friday. yili: veteran British Socialist, Mr. H. N. BraUsford, suggests that the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit .faw.th.irl.il Xehru, should mediate between East and West. "Pandit Nehru stands between two worlds," Mr. Brailsford writes m an article In I the Left-wing weekly, New Statesman and Nation.
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    Rubber prices
    167 8 J^ SFKCIAI Market oorr^pondent fives the prices of rubber (m rents per Ib. I at 11 am today m follow*: Ton* of market Quiet and >li;htl\ easier. SINGAPORE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association^ noon prices yesterday were. In cents per Ih Ton* of
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    'SPY' TO APPEAL
    39 8 rHEDERICK William Syl- vester. 32-year-old Bri- ton sentenced m Jerusalem last week to seven years' imprisonment for broadcasting inlormation useful to the enemies of Israel, will appeal I In the Israeli Supreme Court, on Nov. 1.
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    4 LOVERS, FRIEND IN SUICIDE PACT
    89 8 NEW DELHI, Friday. r ri:y thwarted romance of x two Hindu sisters resulted m the suicide of five persons at II amir pur. m the United Provinces, yesterday. The tv n-agc daughters of a local barristt c refused parental permission to marry two students
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    King Gustav better
    20 8 Ninety-year-old King Gusto\ Swot! influenza, ha ly to preside at today's mo. of his Privy Council U.P.
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    General strike threat in Italy
    112 8 PARIS, Frid THE French Government last night intensified its war on food price profiteers as the Communist led strike front crumbled further with a return to full normal rail traffic throughout Faster: I Meanwhile, m Rome yesterd labour leader, Giuseppe di Vitt to call a
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    Hitler, Eva arc to bo tried today
    80 8 Hitler, Eva arc to bo tried today A GERMAN court is trying A Hitler a "m offender" und^r 8 "nazift.ation laws. H liable to 10 fears' trnprU Alii ::d:ng j property from the canfi* property, which has 200.000 marks li palac** at Obersalrburg, now i of rub kbaad »r 9000
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    Yoshida new Jap Premier
    86 8 TOKYO Frlda MR. Shigeru Yosh ht--ITI Wine leader, nas been elected Prime M by the Japanese Diet, more than half the members i m abstained f: Seventy-year- old. Mr shida was Prlm« Minister m 1946 but his Cabinet resianed a year later m ron with the
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    'CHIANG NOW REGAINING INITIATIVE
    55 8 'CHIANG NOW REGAINING INITIATIVE SINCE the Communist oft 'dn Government forces b\ '^^t units for massive assaults upor Ked d<kJ 8ei H gradually regained the m it Government military spok» told V ference here yesterday. pfK He said so far the Nat: heavy blows" to Comxr. and Shantung:, while <
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    JEWEL THEFT
    15 8 BRITISH p mernbElizabeth about the di^app* £2.000 v by Lad---ship ar from t>
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