The Singapore Free Press, 28 October 1948

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    19 1 The singapore free press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948. PKU l i" < ms
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    Egypt's forces broken, say Jews
    44 1 trael claims tal victory AVIV, Thursda the > "Operaen the back of \.r the Israeli .red yesterian :an htfng >\?d or to g force before ever m major .on cos j and :re< -c* do :ned the be•n a A.P
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    28 1 Lord Fi Lord (righ ing the Scroll from Lord Louis Mountbatten. when he iorary Freeman of the Worshipful Cornpar r ights at a Mansion House y in London.
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    Ultimatum by Syria
    8 1 In the Soviet Zone Reuter
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    Giant German police force
    181 1 Giant German police force BERLIN, Thnrsda GSir Brian Robertsifh, British military iid yesterday that Russia is building a "formidable and unusual" German police force "of a distinctly military character", equipped with mortars, armoured cars and machine guns. II mated its strength at 2U0.000 men. •rganised and armed to deal with
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    MALA YS WILL PROGRESS
    151 1 MALA YS WILL PROGRESS Hees-Williams LONDON, Thurs. THE Malays "would astonish the world m the progress which they would make m the next few years," the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. D. R. ReesWilliams, declared yesking after a meet D Onn bin ntrt h Iscusj t tya Before
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    23 1 Armed men of the Republic Guard mine near St. Etienne. The strikers had barricaded the pithead and dej for more than a week.
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    F/Sgt Rickard still missing
    84 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE was no news tl rning of F/Sgt. John j J. Rickard, the RAI who disappeared after giving evir Ninth Police Court generator inquiry. It was a week ago tonight F Sgt. Rickard was last Changi RAF Station after his return from
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    RANCE PROTESTS
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    GUARD FOR TRUMAN
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    WOMAN HELD UP
    17 1 .eld up a In a pri.igoon at 10 o'ck* Q and th of cloth.
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    BANDITS AMBUSH ARMY TRUCK
    111 1 Free Pres> MaiT Reporter armed with automatics and riHes lired 1 n a party of soldiers being driven, m a truck, Peng to Bukit Paloh Estate, yesterday and wounded a British lance-corporal. The N.C.0.. lance-corporai Walsh, was slightly wounded m the lower part of the body.
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    Red amis from P.I.
    13 1 -eg yesterday. < •serCTal > be was travelling on, the U.P.
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    BLUNT EDGE OF BRITISH WEDGE
    66 1 I A CTING Premier of Victoria. A Mr I J. G. McDonald has •iounced that the Victorian is to protest •n of the word h" from the title of the British Commonwealth of ns. The change ii v.ould be the thin end of the wedge
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    STOP PRESS
    24 1 aircraft en to Tokyo crashed last it near Edmonton, Ali, reports A.P. The Id'-d that fir>t mes>d that there were some fatalities."
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    Bill to recall war veterans
    104 1 LONDON. Thursday. A BILL to allow the Army and the R.A.F. to recall time-experienced regular servicemen m an emergency was presented by the War Minister. Mr. Shlnwell, and formally read for the first time m the House of Commons. The Bill's purpose is to make
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    Ml That Glitters...
    36 1 New one-cent copper coins which appeared m Shanghai on Monday have disappeared. Petty brokers, known locally as "yellow oxen," bought them up and sold them to copper dealers at 290 per cent profit.
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    Stern Gang Trial
    39 1 Members of the terrorist Stern Gang will be put on trial by a military court m Haifa today under a law outlawing the Gang, passed after the assassination of Count Bernadotte. United Nations mediator, says Router.
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    Four Reds arrested
    44 1 SINGAPORE polite last night arrested four Chines* at I.onmff 3 Geylan- Road. They are suspected of being Communist* and are believed to have had a< ess to arms. They were arrested under tl »c Emergency Regulations. Detainees this morning totalled 306.
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    Door still open, says the West
    154 1 Door still open, says the West PAKIS, Thursd I~^HE three Western Foreign Ministers made what diplomatic circles considered a conciliatory move towards Russia when announced they would leave the Berlin d< idiot the agenda of the Security ouncilwere not at present taking it to the I Assembly of the Vnited
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    30 1 B Cojumun. :he Inn Republic, haran\g a crowd m Jogjakarta before he gave the order to revolt. After early successes the uprising was \ed and Muso is nou- m hiding.
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    HUME STRIKE ON: NO PICKETING
    129 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DESPITE a last minute message from the Singapore Trade Union Adviser, Mr. A. Simpson, "to think deeply of possible repercussions," 178 Chinese artisans of Hume Industries went on a strike this morning. The manager of Hume Industries. Mr. C. G. Jenn?r.
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    Drowned His Bride
    24 1 •1 Huard, 27, has been tentenced to death by Quebec for dro-v-iini? his I •war bride m ;he St. Lawrence River
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    Burma battle: 100 rebels die
    20 1 MOi: and ties have been ir. the Government, ther meetings. nnif nt the communiaue Reuter
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    Tojo Is Fatter Now
    30 1 Gen. Tojo v hear his fa' ternational Tribunal late t month Is reported by A P. to be "fatter and younger than before" m Sugamo i
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    5 years for gang robbery
    145 1 MUAR. Friday. HOW a Chinese couple and their three children were gagged and threatened with death wa« told at Muar Assizes yesterday when two Javanese were sent to prison for five years for gang robbery. The accused were Roslan bin Sajud <22) and Abdul Rahlm
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    Leaves for Indonesia
    21 1 The Dutch Foreign Minister. Mr I) W. Stlkker. loft Holland by ah for Indonesia tfcte mornjpf. reports Reuter,
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    African vision
    143 2  -  GRAHAM STANFORD B% 11 HY not a United In I and Africa toI Cecil Rh. dreamed and pe. hope both ad for Afr: IS] H m tl tinent.*" by I I near. f I of th I B ard. I the I> East A E t African uth
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    How the Chinese arrived
    452 2 How the Chinese arrived by a special correspondent WHEN Raffles arrived at Singapore m Jan. 1819 he arrived at a practically uninhabited island, the greater part of which was covered by dense jungle. The total population was some 150, nearly all Malay nshermen, though some authorities say that even m
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    Hail Caesar
    88 2 s I 1 s AGAIN lESAR, l>> Hugh J. Schonfield, Ma< Donald. IS tid. r'HIS third volume ol Mr. I's trilogy the J of the Christian beginnings Is for the more serious-minded lay \d student of early In thl of the rise of th >m comIty and its
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    Bridge Problem
    289 2 N: •■d of! th< cue- bid le. larer or. id to take tlu -irt kiriK kin« and South StU the club fl let two tricks .'h's tfchnlque \va^ not as t have been. The PU inadvisable because, even if it won. declarer would have to win the club
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    CRONIN-AND-WATER
    67 2  -  PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. sight of fairly la.-. blatant men m A. J. Croni new novel, I turned d the I jht-hand corner of th» which I fou I did tht d and fourth; till it o to n. book cost a ..ber of the i
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    QUICK LOOKS
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      185 2 AUSTRALIA lh n m«tr<rODAT 1C A: J 1 1 30 Glbb by Phi I j from I or8.4 i by A. ingle Oi- 8 SC •form. 9 45 Australia To peated); 10 10.15 Australian 1 of Jo. 15 Ught Music. 11 i; 11 15 The n Industrial Scene; 11.30 Australian
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      29 2 ROYA^ A\ArC3jNJC S\A^ w?uN*c?«r? 12 n.wrs an^ c>i^C^Asrcstc? vv —^ou-r ASA WAS. ji^- f v\a^<e^ *^w^ S sr«vr^ a^ \£r •5M.-V? Crv-u wACg...6^tsy7 s^t? ,^^-x C?E9O(TAH V Se^-'E? -a
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      222 2 1IODKST MAIDENS A A fnMr (a "I rfow'l iffind /A nt home!" YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN to. r ife will M matter what etoe, dv" ont Von ?,<> ail «mt f«»r aaj n< w .-n if >ou th- originator. Fortunately, how >ou h lent dist -rimination and able to distinguish
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    NTI-STALIN GROUPS STRONG -BUT SCATTERED
    200 3 NTI-STALIN GROUPS STRONG -BUT SCATTERED I ?s might follow attack on West IS there a Russian underground, working to overthrow the Communist regime? Is there any possibility that counter-revolution might destroy the Stalin government? In the event of war, would there be anti-commnnist uprisings m the Soviet tellite states behind
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    Three Cadts Killed
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    $15 KISS
    91 3 JEKOME Matkey, of Miluuukt'p (Wisconsin), iou J out that no matter how polite you are, you cannot ask a lady for a ki company repairman, appeared m the district court, where Mrs. Robert Adamcxewski, aced testified he asked her to kis s him after beinf called to her
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    RUSSIA'S VAST PLANS TO BEAT DROUGHT
    10 3 RUSSIA'S VAST PLANS TO BEAT DROUGHT ldjklk;dk;k;kekl[pler dml;,r;ek;ke; d,l.m,;merl;kke U.P.
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    3,800,000 yound Reds
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    Bermen to Mind Babies
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    'EVIL SPIRITS' PLAGUE H. KONG
    141 3 SUPERSTITIOUS Chin. rranging to drive from Hong Kong the evil spirits which they believe have been responsible for the exceptional series of 1 ftres that have occurred this year. has bt least one fire m the rising The total re< deathroll from Ares for the
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    28 3 Britain has .slashed meat purchases m Argentina by more than 40 per cent. Board of Tnuk figures disclose. New Zealand has re-plru-ed Arßentirra as Britain's biggest meat producer.
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    21 3 mad whUe the Muslim held m a London mosque. The m Foreign Minister, S.r Zafarullah Khan, was among those who attended.
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    Young Russians 'must be hardy'
    26 3 I sculpt i -1 idea be be :iber of the be b^tvr dr« h children who and real life were st!i
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    Australia deports commando hero
    181 3 A ved m Australia's "Z Special Force", ret commando unit which landed behind held territory by parachute or submarine, has been ordered to He is of unii He is John Charles Buxton, 27, born of a British father and Turk. .y and nring with an d
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    44 3 U.S. Cot who are to ao on trial i ble overthrow of th at the prospect. Left to Board Member and Or a Dennis, General Secretary Ben jam Davis. Nat National Board cago, National Hoard ?n d Board Tr Cleveland, I I to other
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    HAD GOLD, BUT STARVED
    72 3 A warning against gold hoarding Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo. deputy Economic Supervisor for Shanghai, the case of a Changchun millionaire who starved to death when he could not buy a bowl of rice for 30 ounces of gold. He iaid it was foolish for any gold hoarder
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    15 DROWNED
    57 3 UIFrEEN ni- >■ drownod when the 400-ton Danish yes- sel Carl was wrecked during a i storm off the Finnish coast last night Only one man was saved. He said the ship hit an underwater object and began to sink. Rafts were launched and the crew abandoned ship
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      115 3 FOR YOUR RELAXATION, COME TO:THE TAVERN (European Residential Hotel* (Open To Non-R'^ide, CLOSE TO THE BOTANICAL GARDEN Natural Cool Breeze) Airy Luxuriously Furnished Rooms We Stock Only FIRM CLASS UQUOB& Mr n \t All Hours Ip To 1!J.30 p.m. OUR SPECIAL CURRY TIFFIN EVERY SUNDAY I I Our Coiffeur de
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      Problems of Terrorism
      264 4 A picture of the v. laya tew a on an umnot idr r .-jh programmes oi to b» pat bu difflci: official hi: rv. ;t must be met if there is not t b^ In fact a i pular pi diveriion of money to the fighting of
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    IT SEEMS TO ME....
    614 4  - IT SEEMS TO ME.... Politico By COR a man who used to be President, Mr. Truman seems to be doing not too badly as long as his radio money holds out. Apparently it is not holding out very. well. On Tuesday he was off the air for lack of dollars,
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    Up the mountain side by 'train'
    311 4 Up the mountain side by 'train I \MI I I <>Ol> V l <trrv*v<mdrnt Anun- I n rid n the a tran tid, and It's not a cable car; flnltion that's two cars nds of a rope going up while the r comes down. The 12-ton car begins its ste-
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    'BATTLE OF THE SCRAP'
    735 4  -  V ictor Staines by The Bill to nationalise the British Steel industry is expected to raise In the now session of Parliament a heated Battle of Steel." A "Battle for Scrap" h:i» been Koinjf on In Singapore for the past year This article explains why. fIUIETLY,
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    39 4 A diver from the Port Wing of the RE. Transportation Centre at Marchwood demonstrates the latest edition of the "frog-man" div- ing fi famous by its use m mandy landings It has many advc r the standard diving pare
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    WIPE OUT 'PIDGIN' ENGLISH
    110 4 WIPE OUT 'PIDGIN' ENGLISH VDXEV. l INDER the Trusteeship Agreement, Australia is committed to promote the political, economic and social welfare of the indigenous pop of N uinea. The Australian Minis- oal TerriE. J. Ward with I i I the >1 at I It Ah other; the same pay, and
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    CLOSE WHITE ELEPHANTS
    15 4 What people say abunda: phants ers would 1 pir PRO BONO PHI11>I!
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    THE NEW OXFORD
    202 4 Motorists corner AS Lord Nuffield announc- ed m London the introduction of his new models, distributors m over 75 countries began to unpack shipments of the Morris "Oxford." first to come into production. This was the first occasion In the history of the British Motor Car Industry
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    Firewood trade faces disruption
    44 5 (3 tT Reporter tr-old firewood and charcoal street will be seriously >hortage of firewood, with a m price, will result if the s demolition notices on five to the Free at the Muni--0 es which they tuthorities on I DCDFDFDFDFDFI
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    SCOUTS Foil JAMBOREE
    13 5 spondent I G E S oin Oth- Troop. 1 bin
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    MAN & WIFE FINED
    24 5 MAN WIFE FINED tnd and wife Second P< with assisting :nent of chap ji Ow k husband, was fined $750 and his Meng. $400.
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    51 5 ture pic Tivo of the five offices of firewood importers in 7ord Street due for demolition. The dealers claim that if the demolition order is enforced, their trade will be disrupted, and fireivood users will suffer. It has been suggested that the firewood trade should be transferred to Jurong. Free
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    River operations by Devons
    209 5 M the Ist Devons have been making use of propelled and native river craft m an operation against bandit sampans which are believed to have been moving large stocks of food on the Sembrong and Legor Rivers m Johore. uunne this op the s linked ud
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    4 Sultans to be installed in Federation
    53 5 Free Press Ma lav F Correspondent OUR •ns of Kedah ai i Lump: A has b reth cf Sir /b--dul ah, thr?e Ree betded the throne 15. 1943 during the I ese occupation Syed P s as•4s. iltan of Pp: The Of Per
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    TREASURY BILL
    9 5 of $9 75 million Trea> mber 10.
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    TWO CHARGED WITH MURDER
    90 5 Two Javanese, Ismail bin Taib, aged 20. and Saiman bin Noordin, aged 19. were also committed for trial by the Ninth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. E. V. A. Peers) on a charge of having murdered a Chinese. Tan Lav Swee on May 23 m Kampong Tengah
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    MALAY TRADE DIRECTORY
    167 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A2OO-pag? Malay Directory— the first of its kind —has been published by Inche Mansor Abdul Wahab c-f Pt rak Traders iDoh. The book contains articles by Dato Onn bin Tr»Vit Mentri Bsar of Jon ore ond President of U.M.N.0., Dr Burhanuddin President of
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    MALAYAN EXPORTS KEEP RISING
    209 5 Trade balance favourable Free Press Staff Reporter INCREASED exports last month save Malaya, 1 for the third time this year, a favourable trade balance of $28.1 million compared with August's $20 million, according to official statistics issued yesterday. The total volume of trade amounting to $320
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    35 5 Garlanded Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Indian Premier, hugs a little eleven-year-old Indian girl to him after she had presented him with the flowers on his arrival m London. Nehru is attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference.
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF COURT ORDER
    77 5 Kwan Hoi Meng pleaded not guilty m the First District Court yesterday with breaking Into his wife's room at 111, Kampong Soopoo. and taking $20 and a court maintenance order. ASP. Mr. A. H, Frew, procuting, said Kwan had been separated from his wife for
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    Telecoms staff 'disheartened'
    220 5 Telecoms staff 'disheartened yHE revised salary scales recommended for mcmx bers of the Postal and Telecommunications by the Public Services Salaries Commission hate "greatly disappointed" and 'disheartened member's of the services. Recording this fact m its latest issu Telepost', official publication of the Sii Union of P. and T. workers,
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    CHARITY SHOW
    35 5 Th< Singapore has v: a special film show for the United Nations Appeal Fund m the Diamond Theatre at six pjn. D. G. Mohammed n the League the the theatre for the e-.
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    POPPY DAY BALL
    80 5 k GALA ball is to be held at n Goodwood Park H morrow m aid of the Podov Day Fund. The ball will go on 9 30 m ti the following morn.. There will be side-shows, including hooD-la. a compel." a W!. There will be a first
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    Chamber urges 'aid U.N.A.C'
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    College exam results
    61 5 RESULTS of the M Colli Pharmu n are: Quu passes: Kia HE. Hughes, ing ChewLick. The follow: completed the tion: Koh Bok Skng I -utical i Chemistry i Tan Yap (Pharmai Mrs. Ong Bent;' Watt (Forensic Pharmar Passes m Pharmaceutical Chemist Pharmacognosy and Forensic Pharmacy only were
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    27 5 Mr. Yap Pata a, vk, v bringing up the Question of buildings erected on temporary' permits at the Municipal Commissioners' meeting tomorrow. (See Cols. 1 and 2).
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    Fined for trespass
    28 5 CEGAMAT, Llm Kam Cheong was v fined $50, or five weeks' gaol by the Segamat District Judge for trespassing on Chan Kang Sww Estate. Jementah.
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    Amoy order hits remittance shops
    248 5 Free Tress Chinese Correspondent OC ORES of Chinese remittance shops m Singapore and the Federation have been compelled to suspend their service to Amoy and its surrounding districts, following the receipt of a message from Amoy that, on instructions from the Remittances Control Committee, all
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    FERRETS KEEP BANDITS ON THE RUN
    271 6 'Biggest yet 9 operations Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. TN the bi^est operation >et launched m Perak, the Ferret Force, together with other security units, have been keeping the bandits on the run for the past fortnight T O n is d< dto
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    54 6 The Singapore Hawkers' Union is collecting $4 000 he United Nations Appeal for Children. Two Fairs, ichere meat, pork, fish and vcyetablcs he on sale to the puband profits turn to the VSAC Fund, have cd. The first I 'crday at Watt Street, and the second s place today m
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      IRONS, STEELS DECLINE
      170 6 LONDON, Thursday. nee were widespread among J and sU'vN m the London 1 1 l; s Reuters finan< ial correspondent. the Government's plan for nationalisthe industry will be published soon. Ie nervous -^-Ili; >inij lower Rubbers declined and tins were irregular to up «lts spent a qu:e:
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    To Write Of Malaya
    23 6 MR J I A. Frazer. the new nt n Vie- i E ho red m S r.wo back- arrived
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    BROKEN RIBS: FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
    56 6 THE re Cor. be InX n his m the I as they v. :.!ght d Mr .Id summon the Mental H Dr. Brown as witnea It was s1 sup< i riir •nquiry md that it had I pod when the I -vas Ided up The
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    NIEW HOLLAND
    24 6 Holland will ore via Java ports for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on Oct. 31. with a full complement of 155 passengers.
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    Corruption charge: bail cancelled
    72 6 LIN Tian Hong of Race Course Koad. describ* an agent of tlie Polite anti-corruption bl who was charged with corruption m the 1 District Court last Tuesday, had his bail !led erday. ■yj ir. A. ri. I f or lation. LrcumI wmi arges X I of
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    Old man to hang for Sten gun
    30 6 lent A T were seen making a b Into the ac Two of the Dolice constables m the party saw the a an:
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    'Non-Violence' essay results
    72 6 'Non- Violence' essay results i of i the J as folSenior Section It Par; F. X tS Kampong Bui. Jun Pour women (Mr? ck. Loh Poon Lip M. O. N and V. r the Judp The prises will be given away j c at a pu meeting V MCA on
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    FIGHT OVER CHICKENS ENDS IN JAIL
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    Manager 'changed I.O. U. chits for cash'
    244 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent tPOH. Wi THE Ipoh District Judge iMr. B. Ci. Smith) adjourn .1 tomorrow the hearing of the case In which the I mer maj and chief cl< of the Taipinc branch of Wh; Laidhiw stand irged with criminal breach
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      51 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya OLD MAN DR AGORA -\geTs THERE 1 (WE'RE STIICKj NOVEMBER, OLD BhßHSi^P^^ I MEAN FORELOCK-jIN TIME WE /v^T .x^l V HERE, ERJCVGIRL— WHfcN I P&fSffig&A} t I AT OUR WAREHOUSE/ CAM EXPECT J V <T I*\ 6£T MY NEXT ®IS '/I
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    BEST GALLOPS BY SLICKNESS & FLIGHT
    180 7 BEST GALLOPS BY SLICKNESS FLIGHT Today's track hints from XL Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. CUCKNESS and Flight, both doing three furu kmg* m 41 seconds on a yielding track, put m the best efforts at this morning's gallops. Spencer) beat Lovely Bore (Elwhile Flight (Tait) outpaced Desert
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    APPEAL BY D. MUNRO DISMISSED
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    AGE NOT THE CRITERION
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    SERANGOON LADS WIN 7-0
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    HAPPILADS B.P.
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    Jockey had sweep ticket, barred
    76 7 marked yesterd r the Cambridgeshire I N 'untry colt, "sterope. I rds or g Scottish >ld him •w of the on one I ed Th» m lub fined Charlie rke, who rode the B tl Tara. m? made what Stan- going a fui i two
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    Army XV had more stamina
    363 7  - Army XV had more stamina CRUSADER By Army J 3pts.; Singapore Tinted XV 3. CHASTER and more thrustful play by their thretr quarters and better stamina of their forwards helped the Army to a convincing victory over the Singapore United XV m the opening fame of the ti\t -cornered rugby
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    Overwhelming hospitality
    75 7 'IMIK touring English tric 1 X keters have found hospitality so overwhelming In Capetown that they had had to ask for a postponement until the end of the tour of a planned day's entertainment by the Royal Navy at Simonstown. The entertainment irai planned for yesterday, but the
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    BILLIARDS ENTRIES
    15 7 EUEf ttvJ memU bers of the Chinese Swim Club, 1948 .n Suridty O
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    B.C.L. TEAM WIN
    20 7 IHiE Borneo Co.. Ltd.. ttram beat the merit Printing Dept. XI 2-1 rday In a return match.
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    Good goalkeeping by Ah Chio
    320 7 ■RACING a team which was superior m the attack as well as the defence, the Singapore Chin* Recreation Club went down to a four-nil defeat to the Singapore Recreation Club m a first-team hockey encounter on the padang yesterday. Although the Chinese lost by such
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    Sovereignty destroyed
    2 7 Sovereignty destroyed
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    Breasley hurt in fall
    18 7 THE I by a Cup B I Phoibos v pring enraaement* n. Reuter AAP
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    G.S.C. HOCKEY XI
    56 7 playing -ipore Cricket i first- team fixture today at 5.15 p.m. on the S.R.C. Padang. The following w 11 represent the Club: Doris de Souza. C Phipps. Mrs. L. If. Pennefather icapt), E. Barker, A. Mary de Sou. E. E. Ebert, Wirm.e dc uza. Mary B< a
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    68 HORSES ACCEPT
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    3 CHANGES IN ENGLAND'S TEAM
    90 7 Tto meet v Purk on i Ireland by Wright of Wolverhampton. j who gain captains the will be at left-half msti right-half, allowing Ward of be Incl with Cockburn excluded. Shacklcton of Sund« is preferred to Pearson at mThe team is: Swift i City) goal;
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    STRONG MCC XI CHOSEN FOR Ist GAME
    124 7 STRONG MCC XI CHOSEN FOR Ist GAME THE M.C.C. tourists open their South African cricket tour tomorrow by meeting m Province at Capeand the attitude with which they are approaching the tour is shown by the fact that th possible team ha. ted. The team is: F. t 'Middlesex*. R.
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    TO PLAY IN PENANG
    27 7 From Our Own Cwrciptwleiit TAIPING. The hockey ar. teams of X:: Edward vn School Ti annual v be E turday and the b
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    Tyson settled the issue
    359 7  - Tyson settled the issue MALCOLM USHER By ¥F the soccer fans m Malaya drink a toast 1 tonight following the 3 l suck Kuala Lumpur over 390 M.I (Seletar) m the X.A I (Malaya) inter-unit Cup final, then a name lik< be remembered is Maurice Tyson. For, although Tyson did
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    R.A.F. TROUNCED
    20 7 V STERDAY S U X soccer ihbury: Football 9 RAF. 2 Al •l Ifartni abrldae Uni- A. P.
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    RAGE COURSE CUP GOLF
    71 7 play, the <5) E C. V Liat (16; 6z J. v. 2.55: M. C. t J. C. I. K. T. R. I <9> D A 3.10: S K. S. A 3.15: H. G. S 3.20: G. Tcvrasley (18 16) B 3 25: 3.30: C J. A.
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    AUSTRALIANS BEAT LEEDS 15-2
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      169 7 DOORS OPEN DAY I Mr t'OMMi S PM DU AINU p.m v;\kp AT TH! HAPPY WORLD ?K FRIDAY, 29TH OCT. 1948 THE FIGHT ALL ARE ANXIOUS SEE. COME EARLY TO AVOID THE Rl SH. JIMMY WELCH (RAF 10 x :i MiN GOLDEN ROY v The Bo > Uitn i% UULULH
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    BIRTHS
    53 8 SLOPBV— 2S :h October, Alexandra Military Hospital, tc Susan, John Sloper, a daughter, i TO Pearl and Freddy Edwards I ft* X.X Hospital on 26th October, a daughter, Frederica. Both grand Leiruter Nursing Homo Dublin, on October 22nd. to Ida (nee G.-ehan) wife of I. J. Dover. Malayan Police
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    MARRIAGE
    34 8 The marriage will take place at 530 p.m Today at the Presbyterian Church. Singapore, of Edward W. V Johnstone. Pahang Consolidated Company.. Ltd.. of Tayport Fife. Scotland, and Margaret Lind- odh, Fife Scotland.
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    DEATH
    22 8 BRADDELL— At Folkestone on Mth, 1948, a*ed 87 let Ida Nassau, daughter hi lat« John Roberts Kirby Essex, and Thomas D-;
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    BIGGEST BATTLE RAGING IN MANCHURIA
    265 8 BIGGEST BATTLE RAGING IN MANCHURIA 'Resign' call to Chiang, SHANGHAI, Thursday. THE biggest battle of the Chinese civil" war between 250,000 Nationalists and 250,000 Communists has been raging for the past three days m Southern Manchuria, pro-Government reports disclose. Upon the outcome of this battle m sub-zero weather depends the
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    A lonely Utopia
    82 8 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. JJSBUAIA, the worUTs *J most southerly and lonely town, yesterday increased its population by 50 per cent, but there was no housing problem the new citizens brought their own homes with them. Six hundred immigrant*. mainly from the north of Italy, landed, forming part
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    U.S. POLICY IN FAR EAST: MP's WARNING
    108 8 U.S. POLICY IN FAR EAST: MP's WARNING LONDON, Thursday. A LABOUR MP., Mr. John Paton, yesterday accused British ministers responsible for foreign affairs of "getting into an attitude cf defeatism" m the Far East. "Our policies appear to have taken the line of a passive acquiescence m the do- minathig
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    Strikers call for coal blockade
    101 8 FRENCH TRAIN SABOTAGED PARIS, Thursd 4 TRAIN carrying miners m the vanguard of the back-to-work movement m the M-day-old coal strike was derailed yesterday near Marseilles, holding up tratfie for five hours. Government charged sabotage. ter the Communist-led strl had called i :nen and railway
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    Empire share in move to save peace
    143 8 LONDON, Thursday. "■■•HE Comm on wealth counI tries are giving tremendous reinforcement to the movement by which, I still believe, war can be prevented and peace established," the Minister for Commonwealth affairs, Mr. Philip Noel Baker, said here yesterday. Mr. Noel Bak*r. who
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    U.N. assembly to adjournmoving to U.S.
    43 8 PARIS Tl. Ul vdjourn the I Assembly on E bt r 10 and to i rk about I of ->'■ Pol: at n. try and iy subjt. lnclur!. X at« irol di.sarn:an:i the Kashmir qu nX to Reuter
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    'Must be from within'
    202 8 'Must be from within EMPIRE DEFENCE m,~ WDON Thur THE Commonwealth Parliamentar\ x agreed yesterday that the main d< the Commonwealth has to be a (ommoi v defence rather than any other regional or ation." A communique issued last the conference, which has been discussliii: wealth affairs since Oct. 19
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    New Morris 8 at car show
    129 8 LONDON. Thursday. THOUSANDS of London cr* A got a look at the latest streamlined British. American. French and Italian motorcars yesterday at the opening of Britain's rlret motor exhibition for 10 years The most noticeable development is In body styling Gayest car on n
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    AID TO FRANCE HELD UP
    71 8 AID TO FRANCE HELD UP THE Economic Co-opentivc Administration yes erday temporarily suspended turther recovery grants to nine European nations including nee and I aly until they conclude loan agreements w.th the United Stat<\s, probably early nex week United Kingdom and Iceland which already have concluded loan agreements i ECA
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    Bribe probe: Attiee and 'a certain alien'
    83 8 ILONTX T HE Prime V Mr At the Commons the a •ribunal to allegat.ons of bribing i arges "centre i of a c< Churchill, qpprompt urged M.P > dul^ ..ss.d or the wide dlff ncr parate investigated. added that the fin :on by
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    Two lovers hanged
    80 8 AN. Thursday. CAFAK MAKHTARAZE. 23, was hanged here yesterday for knifing and killing his father and beheading his step-mother and une-year-old step-sister. When arrested. Makhta: had asked to be hanged, father, influenced by my step-mother, prevented me from marrying the girl I loved," he said. In Teheran's
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    SHE KNEW WHO WAS BOSS
    56 8 SHE KNEW WHO WAS BOSS "TING Premier Atth 1 tiny 12-year-old torrier slipped out of 10 Downing Street and sot mixed ud with I the feet of ministers arriving 1 for a Cabinet. me?tins. Perspiring police chased her ud and down. "Call Mr. I Attiee." an amused bystander sußgest-d. "Tini:"
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    Jap Car Imports Ban
    27 8 Japan may prohibit imparts of «n cars except as models on B ba.S i; Ol Which tO imnrn»« I ■l^nur. 'miauo. savs Reuter
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    Fin In Phone H.Q.
    26 8 I were oat of aft<r a f 4ro at' th« no heac TlU' fire caused damage <..-na:<-d at c 600.000. says Reuter
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    WARNING OF RED THREAT IN INDIA
    153 8 roMAiUNiSM is a poten 'it is bound to gather rapidly developed indust and the standard of liv Indian Ambasador, Sir I YORK. Thursda »nger m India and unless India is rially and agriculturally mR raised." warned the Senegal Rama Rau, here Addressing the Overseas
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    Rubber prices
    107 8 BnCIAL Market correspondrnt firm the prirci of rubber >n rents per lb a| 11 am today as follous Buyers S« Xo. 1 R S S >pot. loose I 1 i) B, m l».il«s Oct. No. 1 K.S.S. H N*. S K.S.S. 19% 40 No. 1 3K«., Tone of
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    CAFE DINERS ARE TRAPPED IN BLAZE
    36 8 When an Adelaide garden cafe crowded with diners caught fire yesterday four members of the staff were burned to death and six nju red. Many had to jump to safety.
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    REPARATIONS
    53 8 The United Stsues. Britain and France have agreed to a full review of reparation allocations of German Industrial plants. A joint statement, released by the U.S. State Department, made it plain, however tha.; Britain and France have rejected the American request for a temporary halt m dismantling pending the
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    The suspicious Russians
    158 8 PARIS, Thursday. IRS. Eleanor Roosevelt, analysing what is icrong icith East-West relations, told an American Press Association luncheon yesterday, "We cannot get the Russia7i6 to trust the rest of the icorld. We cannot even agree on a safeguard for all of us." "When I was engaged on
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    Headman saw the quins
    93 8 KHARTOUM, Thursci THE religious headman the village of Tebeib m the Blue Nile province confirmed that a Sudanese nomad woman had given birth to quintuplets at hi? village but it was considered doubtful whether they lived. He said he saw the live babies himself, all boys.
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    18 8 The Japaoe&e Welfare Miru reports that 1.088 Japanese died of sleep. ng sick :lng tbe laM summer epid:
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    Greek Reds set B.B.C. man free
    13 8 A MR Kenneth M BBC Bfclk; Reuter
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    Bigamist lived with his four wives
    17 8 not pay to $«z none oj lived m man: i A.P.
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    GERMAN IS CHIEF IS SET FREE
    52 8 I He blitzed u-,1 REMBI TOE man who blitzed 1 «2-year-«ld Field-M W yesterday acquitted of N> T court here and set fm He wa -time »ndor Legion" m Uh The tribuna. commanders, four Marshal who ror.:.-. armies m Ru and p: I Reuter
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