The Singapore Free Press, 3 November 1948

Microfilm: NL3671
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
    18 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Truman takes an early lead
    465 1 Icvv is still favourite \KW YORK, Thursday LngXX f m leading Governor ns m the American Preed m this morning. But tdquarters claimed m the I would win 24 States, —29 more than he the Associated fcaia: B JOO.OOO vo s count: I I South
    A.P.; U.P.; Reuter  -  465 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bth Division remembers 'comrade' Billy Loh
    350 1 Bth Division remembers 'comrade' Billy Loh Free Pre«» Staff Reporter MEN of the Australian Bth ITI Division who wore prisoners of war m Singapore have started a country-wide fund to aid Billy Lo.h, Straitsborn Chinese (pictured at right), and his family, Offers of assistance ire coming m fast. Billy, now
    350 words
  • Article
    Burmese rebels attack oil town
    55 1 RANGOON, Wednesday DURMA rebels yesterday again aj: tacked the petroleum centre of Yanagyat and destroyed property belonging to the British-owned Burma Oil Company, a military communique stated. The communique added that rebel forces also destroyed a bridge near Hmawbi, 30 miles north of Rangoon, interrup.ing
    55 words
  • Article
    U.K.'s BIGGEST CAR EXPORTS
    58 1 THE Society of Motor Manufacturers announced yesterday tha-. the motor industry is now Britain's largest exporting industry. During he first nine months of the year the amounts of overseas currency earned m the three leading exporting Industrie* were: mo \or industry £105 000i 000. cotton industry
    Reuter  -  58 words
  • Article
    THELASTCHANCE SAYS SOEKARNO
    169 1 BATAYIA, Wednesday. EFFORTS to resume political negotiations between the Dutch and the Republicans can logically be said to be the "last attempt to seek a peaceful settlement" m Indonesia, said a spokesman for President Soekarnojfr Jogjakarta yesterday. The Dutch Foreign Minir, Dr. D. U. Stikker. and Republican
    A.P.; U.P.  -  169 words
  • Article
    Carl Hire writ is dismissed
    326 1 Fre« Press Staff Reporter T»HE acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon- Smith, this morning dismissed the application by Mr. S. H. D. Ellas, counsel for Carlton A. Hire, asking that a writ of habeas corpus be issued ordering Mr. F. Q. Minns, A.S.P.. and the
    326 words
  • Article
    Tojo judgment opens tomorrow
    44 1 JUDGES ol the International J Military Tribunal for the Far East m Toklo will begin j reading tomorrow their Judgment on Hld<fti Tojo and 24 other Japanese tried on war crime*. 'the Judgment will take at least 10 days.- A.P.
    A.P.  -  44 words
  • Article
    More B-29's for U.K.
    42 1 juadron of U.S. A.rforc« B 29 Superforta of the 97th Wing took off yesterday for Engwhere It will o**** for 90 days. Other squadron* arc due to leave at 24-hour Intervals until the en .re W.ng 1» transferred
    42 words
  • Article
    Police Chiefs to Meet
    25 1 A meeting of the police chief* oX Hong Kong, Canton arid Macao may take place In November, according to Chinese reports.
    25 words
  • Article
    25 are buried alive
    32 1 Twenty-fly* persons art belUved to have died under a Undsl da of 10 000 cubic meters of rock from Posilllpo Hill after 34 bouM of froltlaa rescue work
    32 words
  • Article
    The Nelson touch
    62 1 A INMOST the entire British Pacific Fleet ig concentrated A m Singapore to take part In reprisals against the Malayan population, the Soviet Trade Union newspaper Trud, said yesterday. British forces m Malaya had been increased to 50,000, it said and were suppressing Malayan workers In "feverish
    Reuter  -  62 words
  • Article
    Cholon Bombing
    33 1 A hand-grenade exploded lit a restaurant m Cholon. a suburb of Saigon, on Monday and wounded 17 persons. Including Mr. CnarlM Biebusch, an Amerioan. who sustained a leg injury.- A .P.
    A.P.  -  33 words
  • Article
    Bloody clash in French mine strike
    128 1 PARIS, Wednesday. 'TWENTY-EIGHT people were injured m a clash A between police and strikers at a coal mine m northern France yesterday, m which rifles, tear gas, grenades and flaming torches were used. The miners were resisting security forces who attempted to take over
    Reuter; A.P.  -  128 words
  • Article
    'SOCIETY' MEN HELD
    23 1 Singapore police yesterday arrested four Chinese alleged to be secret society members. Another Chinese was arrested on a banishment warrant.
    23 words
  • Article
    Thumb prints are popular
    286 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 42 per cent of Singapore's population of A 970,000 have oompleted filling m their registration forms, the Registration Commissioner, Mr. M. F. darling, told the Free Press this morning. Ninety-nine per cent of those who already collected their Identity cards have
    286 words
  • Article
    KU KLUX KLAN RIDES AGAIN
    62 1 WHITE-ROBBED American Ku Klux Klansmen rode through seven central Florida town* m an c lectioneve demonstration last night burning crosses and declaring they were "out to stop the Communist movement m Florida." A Klan spokesman said the hooded riders were not demonstrating against Negroes alont.
    U.P.  -  62 words
  • Article
    Malay voice must be heard
    243 1 Malay voice must be heard CNN LONDON, Wed. DATO Onn bin Ja'aiar, Mentri Besar of Johore, who arrived here ten days ago, stated tonight: "I am hopeful that beneficial results will come from my visit to Britain. I feel these results will benefit not only the Malays but also those
    243 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      56 1 I I )B0 ROAD "dtp. 3^ «v«r y night f A cup '•m, *ill h«lp you ffv^^^JJ brain and flP^^Mr 1^ I 'h«condltton« /S^_ m 1M conc«nir«t«d. I I 1 from Natur*'* V'f iocs much I ti o J s riu JN acin i from Malt Milk w n« U
      56 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      63 1 gf yufd hgdfuydfhgd Wo be/ FAVOURITE 3 PLY FINGERING KNITTING WOOL m 10 attractive colours of White, Baby Blue, Baby Pink, Navy Blue, Turquoise. Old Cold, Rose Bloom, Reseda, Maroon and Rust. Suitable for making all kinds of Ladiei* Men's and Children's Outerwear and Underwear. DUO-SHRUNK Speeia' shrunk to withstand
      63 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    PROGRESS IN THE MAKING
    668 2 By Our London Film Correspondent TIME is of the es- sence of the contract as my auctioneer friends say m British film studios today. More and more original ideas are being incorporated m production methods to send output up and :s down. To achieve a saving
    668 words
  • Article
    MUCH ADO ABOUT SAWING
    426 2  -  KATHLEIN LYON T*HE sawyers of theaA treland are sore. Magicians and raagiciennes who have spent half their lives perfecting the art of bisecting women have raised their wand* In protest at the revelations made by the American magician, Mr. his book "Professional Magic for Amateurs." Mr.
    426 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bridge Problem
    346 2 Wfc^ST opened the diamond fclng, cached the ace and continued v.ith a third round Aiiich East won with the queen. East shifted to the club nut en and now de< lar^ r'* problem *a* simply onv oi locating the t^pad* queen It *a» a tinesse he -ould talce
    346 words
  • Article
    Importing Talent
    238 2 HOLLYWOOD REPORTS PRODUCER David O. Selznicfc expects to fly to Europe m January to place certain prominent directors under contract. He has already signed Vittorio de Sica, director of "ShoeShine." The foreign directors be asked to prepare stones, take them to Hollywood for consultation with experts there and
    A.P.  -  238 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    3 2 I I I
    3 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    3 2 I t
    3 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      24 2 ARE YOU A BIRD WATCHER? IF SO WATCH OUR COUNTERS FORTHE FINEST POULTRY IN MALAYA. CHICKENS FOWLS TURKEYS cXtnaapore COIL© SfOfiAM 1%. ORCHARD ROAD
      24 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      44 2 REMEMBRAHC! CONCERT In aid of ih« POPPY DAY FUND RAFFLES HOTfl IN THE P\I.MCOIR T on BUKDAY 7th KOV. wit ft T TITHE. JOHN AN! H M.SEAFOR Conducted by A. BB J Soloisti— MS* G lElßim^i* 1 H TICKETS $2 BOOj^ r^- chad, VAUf]
      44 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      179 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a serene, deep and calm nature which makes people turn to you m times of crises. A leader of men. you rule by kindness and charity rather than by a rod. You apniMl to the higher senses, yet can he imminently practical. You
      179 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      579 2 QINfZAPOBP Background to i; 11-30 us *i!?Sr,.- *»<""* to X); Cl meures (I p.m. to 74* TOMORROW as* pjn to 11). 10.30 Australian Newt; 10.40 Today Records by X, t, 13 i PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH: Cone rt Hal!; 10.55 to 12 Enghgsh Schools 4 with Harry Broadcast; 1 Lunch-time music
      579 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    GRIM PROSPECT FOR BERLIN
    319 3 GRIM PROSPECT FOR BERLIN Meated homes despite airlift QOAL used to come into Berlin at the rate of 5,300 tons a day. Now it comes by air m probably the costliest freight haul m history at the rate of 2,400 tons a day. The difference means unheated homes, shutdown industries,
    U.P.  -  319 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    2 3 hjogihj khjgoihj
    2 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    27 3 Two of the charming Toni t'cins on a goodwill visit to Britain as the representative of a firm manufacturing home "perms"— Air Hostesses Elizabeth and Frances Woods.
    27 words
  • Article
    Britain's grim 'steel battle'
    114 3 THE British Labour Party 1 has oublished a Damphlet declaring Britain's record breaking steel industry "is not as efficient as it could be The pamphlet was issued on the eve of a Parliamentary session m which the Government, bill for steel nationalisation is expected to provide
    114 words
  • Article
    ACAR SAYS 'SORRY' TO BISHOP
    6 3 ACAR SAYS 'SORRY' TO BISHOP i
    6 words
  • Article
    TITO MOVES 900 FAMILIES 300 MILES
    231 3 \IAKSHAL TITO hu> rewarded 900 partisan families from the mountains of Montenegro who fought with him against the Germans, by moving them bag and baggage from their rugged and ren homeland to the fertile plain of Yo.j\ndina, Yugoslavia's granary, 300 miles away. -c is
    Reuter  -  231 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    10 3 .4 r waph o Queen-Mother, Queen Mary, who f$ SI.
    10 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    2 3 A.P.
    A.P.  -  2 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    6 3 I :t :!!tCUve I A.P.
    A.P.  -  6 words
  • Article
    'Starvation' plea fails
    66 3 Rhyl Through his wife. Mr J agger had booked holiday accomn for eight at the bungalow of Mr. F. W Travis. nue. Rhyl, s. complained d left v. ut paying, said Mr J. H M. Owens < f or Mr. xi 6 the diel But i^e ruled
    66 words
  • Article
    HUNTING—THE— HUNT IN BRITAIN
    230 3 HUNTING— THE— HUNT IN BRITAIN HEADING a hunt-the-hunt campaign m Britain is Yvonne Arnaud, famous London comedy actress and concert pianist. On becoming President of the League against Cruel Sports she said: "There is nothing as degrading as the cruel instinct which still persists m some peoples' sport. I have
    230 words
  • Article
    Ceiling price
    49 3 FIREMEN of the town. Harmony (Pennsylvania) laboriously raised 17.000 dollars and waited two years for their big new fire truck to be delivered. Finally it arrived ei^ht inches higher than the fire station entrance. Now 500 undaunted volunteers are raising money for a new fire station- A.P.
    A.P.  -  49 words
  • Article
    AUSTRALIA'S 'WHALEMINES'
    110 3 AUSTRALIA'S 'WHALEMINES' A COMMONWEALTH fisheries inspector, Mr. F. F. Anderson, declared m Perth recently that staggering profits were waiting to be snatched from Australian coastal waters m whaling, which he described as "gold-mine fishing." Mr. Anderson had Just returned from the trip m northern Australian waters m the fisheries research
    AAP  -  110 words
  • Article
    'GIVE JAPS A CHANCE' CHINESE PLEA
    461 3 'GIVE JAPS A CHANCE' CHINESE PLEA AN appeal for a "hard but just" peace treaty for Japan, m which a resurgence of Japanese militarism will be effectively blocked but the people given "a chance to live", is made by Hu Chiu-yuan, a member of the Legislative, Yuan (China's Parliament) and
    Reuter  -  461 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    63 3 nnn H t °f E in^rgh (centre*. Earl Mountbatten Heft* and the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Frederick Welh WnuJniiSi sil e L juMe dinner the National Playing Fields Association at the Mansion House London. Earl Mountbatten, who ha s returned to sea as Commander of the First Cruiser Squadron
    63 words
  • Article
    Jap 'bosses' power broken
    92 3 THE pov.tr of the Japanese labour "bosses," who merly controlled large bl of men dependent on them for a living, and who became powerful political figures, has been broken. About 600,000 Japanese workers mostly unski! have been freed from control through the enforcement of provisions o:
    AP  -  92 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      98 3 0> M-G-M WL THE FINEST RECORDS FROM M SOUND-TRACK EVER MADE JEALOUSY MY HEART SINGS Kathryn Oray»on MOM* lib YOU CAN DO NO WRONG) LOVH OF MY LIFE Judy Garland MGM 136 MACK THE BLACK Judy Oar land BE A CLOWN Judy Garland G«ne Kelly MOM 137 NINA Gene K*Uy
      98 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1
      276 3 F.P. Crossword No. 528 i_i m i 3 117I 17 I HI 2H m H 30 31 32 P H35 w ~m wT M ,w— liojli 1 CLUES ACROSS 1. Monkey (8). 7, Revolve (6) 9, Song (6>. 11. Pasturage (3). 12. Embrace (4). 14, Fraternity (5). 16, Sunburn (3).
      276 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY,NOV.3, 1948 Russia and Manchuria
    745 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY,NOV.3, 1948 Russia and Manchuria THE fall < :ne ted last the atten...oh could have been given her problems with fit a year or ago. P Chiang that churia is lest is something which everyone can understand, however, and there has been so much about this
    745 words
  • Article
    These strikers play at 'follow the Red leaders'
    644 4  -  JOHN HILL DOUAI BY Northern France. COR three days 1 visited the towns an (1 villages o f France's Northern Basin It is a 60-mlle wilderness of pits and dumps, a monotonous land where normally 210,000 miners produced more than half France's
    644 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    42 4 Princess Mafyaftt. wea uniform o/ Cominan-uant-m-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadets, for the first time, presented prizes at the St John Cadet National Hr»l Aid and Home competitions at Central Hall, Westminster, recently Forty-tiro teams have competed /ur the prize*.
    42 words
  • Article
    Atlantic air-lift
    263 4 BRITISH Overseas Airways have started a big* new air-lift, now that their Constellation maintenance base has moved house from Montreal to Bristol, a distance of 3,000-odd miles. This transfer will produce an estimated dollar-savins £750.000 a year. It will take months to complete. During that time 1.000 people—air
    263 words
  • Article
    KING SOLOMONS MINES?—MAYBE!
    724 4  - KING SOLOMONS MINES?— MAYBE! Noel Monks ZIMBABWE Hy Southern Rhodesia. YOU can get an argument anywhere m the Rhodesias, and even down m the Union, about this place, Zimbabwe. Ever since a hunter. Adam Renders, hot on the trail of a herd oi elephant, stumbled into an amphitheatre of granite-doomed
    724 words
  • Article
    FAITH
    25 4 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and. behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes, 1, 14.
    25 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Fox hunting hullabaloo
    667 4  -  Victor Staines By- UORSY moustaches bristled fiercely and strong stallionlike neighs were heard echoing through the corridors of the House of Lords. The neigns sounded the warning to everyone who had ever sat on a horse. Those terrible people In the Commons were thinking uf outlawing fox
    667 words
  • Article
    COLD STEEL FACTS
    5 4 COLD STEEL FACTS I "1
    5 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      16 4 CARPETS OF dn&j/ica/CfiMv kindly A Wide Range /Votr nn DispUiv at I S fT/tM?QKP SMAQ TZI/:7sss\
      16 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      53 4 New Arrival*- J EVENING CRA* 1 silveb J LAMES BROCADfI t vr DOULATBH 'Expert Dress 48/50, Hiffc Street c Sensational SAIH HOW ON J DU PONT NYLON STjXJI 51 GAUGE, PASTEL I P a r iii a n a 0 42. HIGH ST^E£^^ SWISS WATCHES tfM OFFICE CLOCKS ittriUsb J
      53 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    FLYING CLUB GROWING RAPIDLY
    17 5 FLYING CLUB GROWING RAPIDLY 1 importer iiel an 8j» r'.ing B?!Um r nowi 66 of t i
    17 words
  • Article
    SIX TENGKUS JOIN POLICE
    4 5
    4 words
  • Article
    FINED FOR ASSAULT
    3 5
    3 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    50 5 uS^SJ^M^^tnS^fS^ii ft.**** Sch l Singapore, held a Saturday m honour o] Canon E ftt^S A^LL. n Restaur ™t> Havw World, last month. Upper picture sho^t YtrrL dams f1 w gomg on leave to Australia next Poh HuanChu Chul Pena Swee CanS^K^ '?S' 6): E S° Ah Sik On Koh Chuan
    50 words
  • Article
    REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
    93 5 k^ JJ > p»ws oy v. en. js-.-' •-*35) rh« _tt» lr ion w v bop'i rayers at the Cenotaph. The serrtce will be attended by Goremoc; Gen. Sir N«il Rlt- Air Marshal Sir Hugh Ltoyd, Rear Admiral Ca*lon. Major OenaDunJop; 81r R&lph Hone representing the^ommiislocver O?n?--ral;
    93 words
  • Article
    COLLEGIAN CRITICISES SULTANS
    403 5 'Malays lack education' Free Press Malay Correspondent OPEAXING at the Malay Graduates' .Association dinner at the Adelphi Hotel, the president of the Muslim Students' Union of Raffles and Medical Colleges. Inche Abdul Wahab ArifT, deplored "most profoundly" the attitude of the Sultans to education, saying that "nothing
    403 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FIRST DOCTOR HERE TO STUDY NEW SCIENCE
    193 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THHE winner of the first post-war Queen's A Fellowship, who went to England In 1946 for further studies and to do post-graduate work, has just returned to Singapore. He is 40-year-old Dr. E. S. Monteiro who is attached to
    193 words
  • Article
    Medical Journal
    47 5 The medical journal of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII. to which reference was made In this page yesterday, should not be confused with the Medical Journal of Malaya which is the official organ of the Malaya branch of the British Medical Association.
    47 words
  • Article
    ANTI-T.B. TRAINING
    76 5 TRAINING m anti-tuberculosis methods may be given m Australia to members of the staff of the Federation and Singapore Medical Departments. This was announced yesterday by the Australian Commissioner. Mr. Claude Massey, who said that the Director<ieneral of Health m Australia will be pleased to arrange for the
    76 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    26 5 The boy lying on t! i a dn. carbide exploded m a shop m Jalan Sultan carelessly placed lighted cigar caused the explosion. —Free P r
    26 words
  • Article
    WORK TO BEGIN ON SMC HOUSING
    368 5 FOR WATER DEPT. STAFF Free Press Staff Reporter A NINE-TO-TEN-YEAR housing programme, estimated to cost about $5'/ million, to provide quarters for every member of the Municipal Water Department staff and labour force, has been approved, in principle, by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Work
    368 words
  • Article
    X'MAS TOYS IN SHOP WINDOWS
    206 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE big European stores an already displaying their Christmas toys and trade Is brisk, they reported yesterday. This year, there is a greater variety of toys and better value for the money. A spokesman for one Raffles Place firm said that
    206 words
  • Article
    7 registration centres closed
    158 5 SPECIAL registration centre* for Muslim women only, j are now open m Singapore. They are at the houses, 5. Lorong 37, Geylang, and 167. Arab Street. Seven centres In areas where registration is nearly complete are to be closed. The centres to be closed will not
    158 words
  • Article
    Pepper port will stay open
    162 5 FOLLOWING discussions at Batavia bcU representatives of the Indonesia and Singapore Governments, the authorities at Batavia have decided not to close the "pepper" port of Telok Betong (Lampong) for barter trade with Singapore. It must be clearly understood that this barter business must be conduct*
    162 words
  • Article
    $16,674 FOR U.N.A.C. FUND
    280 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Chinese Cham be Commerce, uu to he end of last month, collected $16,674.57 f rom the Clninese community for the United Nations Appeal for Children Fund. Besides this degree ne is also a FRF.PS. (.Glasgow), or Fellow of the Royal Faculty
    280 words
  • Article
    New tenements in Geylang
    99 5 New tenements in Geylang QNE of the few tenements w to be seen m Geylang will be a four-storey buildinx with 31 rooms when it is completed early next year. This block, sited m Lorong 19. is intended to give housing to the suburban residents a£d is being built for
    99 words
  • Article
    GIFT FROM INDIA
    24 5 The Government of India has granted Rs. 15.000 to the Ramakrlshna Mission at Singapore for constructing a dormitory for Indian orphans
    24 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      34 5 bpu GOWNS for the RACES. pE2=T *m un i Nattjil-lill 1 1 1 S*^_ Raffles Hotel. iu P pRMITE DAMAGE T-£ You HOME, f 3F CAZZ'fSL." o**0 H '»Dto PIACeS fK^OQIKAWoAMAamtA mo*T Tim I
      34 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      43 5 THIS IS A BIMINI BUTI 0\ IT'S GLASS! IT'S HANDMADE Irs Exclusive!!! 1.25 each 1.50 AT iN 6 APOne *kOALA lUMPuft PtNAHt SPECIAL DISPLAY OF NOVELTY DISHES READY FOR COOKING AT FITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES 6046 ORCHARD ROAD TELEPHONE ORDER DEP T. 528 1
      43 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    55 6 picture. The final item "Bali Galomgan" (a ceremonial Bali dance), m last night's Malay show at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore. The concert was m aid of the Malay Students' Aid Organisation, Malaya. The concert was designed to illustrate Eastern culture, and was organised by 'Pancha Warna,' under the direction of
    Free Press  -  55 words
  • Article
    TWO AMBUSHES BY BANDITS IN SAME AREA
    275 6 Five killed Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TN the Tanjong Pisang area, north of Kuala Lipis, Pahang, a Malay Regiment convoy was ambushed on the track which runs along the railway line. Three privates were killed and two wounded. The convoy,
    275 words
  • Article
    NEW FEEDING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN
    188 6 NEW FEEDING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN MOUNT Erskcine Children's Social Centre was formally handed over to the Social rare Department by the Arr rday morning. rly 200 children were present at the Ann Slang Hill site to which the Maxwell Road centre was moved. Lady Glmson. wife of the Governor of
    188 words
  • Article
    ROAD DEATHS INQUEST: MISADVENTURE
    125 6 ROAD DEATHS INQUEST: MISADVENTURE I Mr. •'.-rday held the deaths n Tlte, 43--branch .md ;d ChinMr I into a trolk-y--it m the early hours of 13 m Upper ScranK 1 id. <und mdd sitting outside house 150 yards from the scene of the accident She died m the ambula: the
    125 words
  • Article
    Federation raises whisky duty
    244 6 Free Press Staff Reporter WHISKY importers In the Federation of Malaya are now paying $1 a bottle more. New import duties yesterday raised the Customs tax from $75 to $87 the case of 12 bottles. A Singapore Customs official yesterday said that his Department had received
    244 words
  • Article
    165 Ib. opium in tanker
    64 6 IN a routine search of the Dutch Shell oil tanker Paula on Monday. Singapore Customs Officials found 163 pounds of opium worth $66,000 on the Illicit market hidden In the forepeak tank. The ship's carpenter has been arrested. The Paula was on her way from
    64 words
  • Article
    NO INQUIRY INTO LOSS OF LORRIES
    217 6 NO court of Inquiry into an apparent loss of four lorries from No. 2 Sase Radio Repair Depot, Payar Lebar. was held while he was m charge of the Depot. Squad-ron-Leader C. E. O. Tomkins. told the Ninth Police Court Magistrate, Mr E. V.
    217 words
  • Article
    Russian ships load rubber
    45 6 Russian ships load rubber Two Russian freighters berthed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday to load 14,800 tons of rubber at Singapore and Malayan ports for Black Sea ports. The General Chernakhovsky will lead 7.800 tons while the Vtoraja Platilettea w'll take 7,000 tons.
    45 words
  • Article
    The wittiest film yet
    169 6 .4 7 THE CIS EM A "WITHOUT Love", wi. opens at the Pavilion tomorrow, is perhaps one of the wittiest comedies that Hollywood has turned out. Spencer Tracy, a brilliant scientist who has been dlslllustloned In love, and Katharine Hepburn, ai: embittered widow, are thrown together
    169 words
  • Article
    LIGHTS, WATER MAINS IN 1949
    69 6 LIGHTS, WATER MAINS IN 1949 ■APORE Improvement v Trust quarters built since the war are without individual water and electricity .supplies bee a ushortage of mains, an Im- The shortaj water and power reaching the Trust estates, the largest of which is m the Kirn X Road, Balestier area \ssurances
    69 words
  • Article
    Johore ban on Malay waitresses
    118 6 Free Press Malay Correspondent (GOVERNMENT depart\J merits m Johore Bahru are considering ways and means to prevent Malay girls from becoming waitresses m restaurants and cafes, the Utusan Melayv reports. The paper quotes official sources as saysng that discussions have already been held by the
    118 words
  • Article
    ALL SECTIONS ARE QUIET
    418 6 mngf LONDON, Wednesda "THE three-week trading period m the London 1 Stock Exchange came to an end yesterday, and ;>.tssing was marked by quiet conditions m all sections. s.i\s Keuter's financial correspondent. Rubber shares were unchanged while tins were irregular to lower. Iron and steel shares
    418 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    3 6 Merr, the M
    3 words
  • Article
    U.S. experts maY help Malaya
    53 6 Free Press Staff rjisc I m I possibility of Amen< Malaya to assist m expand raw materials I This is suggested by a report that the Colonial Office and the American F Co-operation Admlr are *s vo seei new glc ray The D ralg and
    53 words
  • Article
    $3,000 FINE FOR LOTTERY
    4 6
    4 words
  • Article
    BOUND OVER
    3 6 nh
    3 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      168 6 f^^fAi» i ieofio<Tiowfe' NOW SHOWING! 11 a.m.. 2. 4.13. 6.30 9.15 p.m. BRITAIN 'S Perfect COVE TEAM m a M|a ROMANTIC Onna NEACLE Pa*!* B (f WALLS Preceded by Br.md New issue of MARCH OF TIME" "TEACHERS 1 CRISIS* I R E JT| PHONt 4U4? TODAY! 2 pm 4.15. 6.30
      168 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      23 6 —i LAST pi DA y l rf I |^g i ki\ I) 6f TIE L Internatiotu "iiiEAIHA^BRA"^' R^^fjL^ I Cifsli b^ i^br Preference
      23 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      61 6 Jj\NE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya f\ HAVENT HEARD FROM NAI BETTER GO ALONG^ IThuLLO/- SOMEBODY^)! JW P^FJR: T| GEORGIfc YET FRIT 2 ~R> THE WAREHOUSE SENT ME "THE DAILY "S Fn*flSi»^f!'* 1 AND THIS IS THE DAY AMD SEE WHAT'S J V ADVISER"— HOLYHEADS V S>
      61 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article, Illustration
    Badminton team feted
    27 7 -Picture by ngapore entertained the Merry dale Badminton Party of jng Res w Wor grow Vhotoaravh shows member* of both var: Y. C. Lee
    Y. C. Lee  -  27 words
  • Article
    Two lessons from visit of Merrydale
    110 7  - Two lessons from visit of Merry dale CRUSADER g i any 01 nuaia Lumpur I but their double victory m v ;nd Marigold, proved iepartments of the game the '.ing, have much to c The Selangor players, few mJ c doubles, where '< lults gave them many 111.. .Mi over
    110 words
  • Article
    RSGC to spend $20,000 on reconstruction
    186 7 RSGC to spend $20,000 on reconstruction THE Royal Sm^apor e Gol Club proposes to pend au additional $30,000 ii; the rec»J» true--1 nes and other A mot jo for expenditure will be put before the meetn* to b« held at the cluttxMce on Ifov 10 at S>3 p-m. Tb* report
    186 words
  • Article
    SHACKLETON WILL BE CONSIDERED
    58 7 LEONARD Shackieton. £20.050 is* de forward. almoat cer■»o :o return tj the Engatid learn whl^ Wales at Villa Park, .am, on Nov. 10. H* win probably rn>)«ce Siank7 'cd. Shackk-U)i. highest -priced bailer, was dropped after England's Denmark. that his crossfield placing and long passes down
    58 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    25 7 ey"\ Sleigh \rightv now a trainer congratu"key Frank Flannery for breaking his 23-year-old record of 5L' one season at Monday's races oi Kti ila Lumpur.
    25 words
  • Article
    "FINANCIAL FLOP"
    21 7 pORMER I Cup player. Uixxnj P -astle aat his rr.erican "pros" Jacfc rvrarcer, P> a 'tuua^ a! flop' UP
    UP  -  21 words
  • Article
    LATEST TIPS FROM K.L COURSE
    223 7 LATEST TIPS FROM K.L COURSE Batti II will win again From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. Today. gATTI 11, Nachtegaal and Lovely Bore were the three strongest stable fancies for tod:»y s races here. The weather is fine, but the soing remains yielding. Two good outsiders are Catherine m the nrst
    223 words
  • Article
    Indo-China v. Malaya games for amateurs
    173 7 THE proposal to arrange inter -regional sports contests between Malaya and Indo-China was commended at a meeting of the committee of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council held yesterday, presided over by Mr A. Gtlmour. Mr. Guy Horlin. president of the Sports Committee of
    173 words
  • Article
    GHQ FARELF XV v. ASIANS TODAY
    86 7 THE QHQ FAKEHF rugger team to pity th* Singapore Aalans on the Raffles College ground today at 515 p.m. will be: Maj. Lewis; Ciaft«man King, Maj Connel, Capt. Holland, Cap*. Carey; Capt. Lesl c Jane?.' L Cpl Usher; Oapt. Proetao-, QMSI Gibson. Capt. Tavern*:,.
    86 words
  • Article
    Mannion sets limit on transfer fee
    295 7 Il'll F MANNION, blonde -haired soccer »tai\ has gixen Middlesbrough Football Club oilicials a problem by announcing that he will not be transferred to another club at a fee of more than £12,000. Middlesbrough, which plays m the First Division of the English Football
    A.P  -  295 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE BADMINTON FIXTURES
    137 7 SINGAPORE BADMINTON FIXTURES r JHE following matches m the Singapore Badminton Aasoon chajnplon«htpß will be played at the Clerical Union Hali Rango-^n Road: Saturday. Nov. 6, at 1.15 pm Commercial Houses aemi-rina] She'l Sporu Club v. Cheong Koon Seng Co, Ltd. Tournament comm.ttee member m charge: Mr. Mchaal Tan. Wednesday,
    137 words
  • Article
    PRACTICE CANCELLED
    31 7 THE SC.C. women's hockey practice arranged for to morrow bas been cancelled. The next practice will be held next Monday. Players are requested to bring white and coloured shirts.
    31 words
  • Article
    AMATEUR BOXER SUSPENDED
    59 7 AMATEUR BOXER SUSPENDED POB GALLOWAY. Britain's :ond string bantamweight against Sweden m the teur bjxing match at Wembley on Friday, has been suspended by the Amateur Boxing Association Oal!oway w.l. 1 be out of boxing for three months. His suspension came as the result of refusal* to fight picked opponents
    A P.  -  59 words
  • Article
    BIRTHDAY GIFT TO JOCKEY
    227 7 ••iHOPE mum and dad have I listened In to the broadcaft" vu the first comment of apprentice Jockey Ray Neville after he had ridden the 66 to 1 outsider. Rimflre (7.2). to victory m the Melbourne Cup at Flemington yesterday. Nevelle. who celebrates his 16th birthday
    U.P.  -  227 words
  • Article
    RUGBY RESULT
    18 7 QXPORD University and Cardiff drew m a Rugby Union fixture yesterday. There was no scoring. Reuter
    Reuter  -  18 words
  • Article
    Picking winners: new theory
    328 7 From GEORGE BOWEN THE Japanese Professor can have his system oi peering into horses' eyes for pickIng the best. A racing editor m Baltimore (U.S.A.) would rather look at the race results. "I'm an optimist, not an optician." said Edger G. Horn m commenting on a
    A.P.  -  328 words
  • Article
    "Trespasser"
    62 7 Selections by Race I— SCHOLAR Colour Patct Vivacious Race HAITI II Lilac Time Feramtralatoi Race S— DEVON Jaunt Air?mle Race 4— SUNNY VALLEY Azad Craigmounl Rac* S— MARTINI Rang? Ra Lady Rath Race 6— JIMMY BOY Nachtegaal United Pisces Race 7— PILGRIM'S WAY Winnipeg Lovely Bore Race B— IRON
    62 words
  • Article
    Today's Acceptors
    623 7 RACE L M5: CL. 4. UIV. 5, 5' 2 FURLONGS. 000 Vivacious Tk-t 9.06 000 Technigoe Posnni 9.04 010 Spur Wing Piannery 9 03 400 Catherine Bagby I 200 Scholar Lawkr 9 000 Crevenishau&hey 8.13 000 Sir James Jeffers 8.03 004 Colour Patch Mawi 7.05 000 Cottage Qneen
    623 words
  • Article
    DENMARK LEAD 4-0
    141 7 Thomas Cup FJENMARK won all four matches when her European zone firstround Thomas Cup badminton tie against Ireland began m Copenhagen yesterday. A small, but enthusiastic, crowd watched the Danes play what was m effect only a practice match. Best maich of the evening, and the only
    Reuter; A.P.  -  141 words
  • Article
    DISPUTED GOAL UPSET WALES
    111 7 I übe goal aru^. M^*r Parti, uk *a*i umt wa-tu releroe D«vey J^jixweii cMmd "Tbe b»il came to \ery .ix goaitoeepf-r C 1 kE-JcJtt-c k (knrn aod «ny at least a foot from I grabbed it and v beer lucky to «iak.- the «a»t I say
    111 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    CHIANG'S SON ASKS TO BE PUNISHED
    306 8 CHIANG'S SON ASKS TO BE PUNISHED New China inflation SHANGHAI. Wednesday. AS prices yesterday spiralled from 500 to 1,500 per cent, higher than the abolished ceiling prices —heralding the collapse of Government efforts to halt inflation— the President's son, Major-Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo, m a written statement, apologised to the people
    Reuter; A.P.; U.P.  -  306 words
  • Article
    MALAYS'VOICE
    63 8 MALAYS' VOICE Continued from Page 1 uld be t-.stablLshed on as n a footing as conceivably ble "It b on thli basli that I can look upon the Uiture of entirely In I itself ts h Brl•neflt of both. I .all sect 'on of people In Malaya today and c
    Reuter  -  63 words
  • Article
    A GOVERNOR NABS PRESS CAMERAMAN
    121 8 OAKLAND (Cal), Wed. riOVERNOR Earl Warren of \J California started off election day yesterday with a squabble with a press cameraman, who had photographed the Republican v;ce-pres4-dential candidate In his voting booth. Mr. Warren burst angrily from behind a curtain and collared the photographer after
    U.P.  -  121 words
  • Article
    Rumanians Jailed
    34 8 A military tribunal m Bucharest has sentenced 12 Rumanians to prison terms ranging from 19 year* to life on charges of plotting with American and British agents to overthrow the* Rumanian C*>v#mment.
    34 words
  • Article
    Can't shut me up, says Vyshinsky
    224 8 PARIS, Wednesday. THE Belgian Foreign Minister, Mr. Henri Spaak, l yesterday rebuked the chief Russian delegate, Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky, for an "insulting speech" m the United Nations Political Committee, of which Mr. Spaak is president. But Mr. Vyshinsky was unmoved, retorting, "You cannot shut
    Reuter  -  224 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    31 8 The Government of India has raised th» ceiling prices of all ips of raw rubber by 12 rupee* i 100 pound* m response to titer** demand for higher P l ices.
    31 words
  • Article
    The tell-tale footprints
    65 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. that his 31- wife ivas having an affair with another man, Simon Beloff, 66, said he spread lime on the pavement outside his house. When he returned later, Beloff told the District Judge, he found footprints "size nine or ten" leading up the stairway and
    65 words
  • Article
    'Stalin dreads war'-Shaw
    244 8 'Stalin dreads war '-Shaw LONDON. Wednesday. PEOROE BERNARD SHAW v says Marshal Stalin has his hands full running Russia's domestic affairs and "obviously dreads nothing more than another imperialist war." The 92-year-old Irish playwright expressed his views In the Communist Daily Worker. "Stalin's frank and exact words last week were
    A.P.  -  244 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    45 8 photo. Danish girl swimmer Greta Andersen (m white jacket), Olympic gold medallist, finds talent m another direction selling coffee percolators m a Copenhagen department store. She likes her job so much, she says, she has decided to abandon her plans to swim professionally.- A. P.
    A.P.  -  45 words
  • Article
    REDS SWITCH ATTACK To N. CHINA
    59 8 REDS SWITCH ATTACK To N. CHINA Bid to take Taiyuan SHANGHAI H edn FOLLOWING up their Mai 1 Communists have laum on Taiyuan, the capital of Nationalists are rushing Peiping m a desperate bid t Nationalist reverses m t Nationalist planes co! Red-occupied Mukden and I attacking the retreating to
    A.P.; Reuter  -  59 words
  • Article
    'No peace parleys,' says Israel
    204 8 PARIS, Wednesday. ON the eve of the United Nation* Political Security Council meeting, tomorrow, on the Anglo-Chinese Palestine sanctions resolution, Israeli Government at Aviv has emphatically denied rumoun that peace talks are taking place between Israel and Transjordan. Rumours that peace talk* were taking place
    A.P.; Reuter; U.P.  -  204 words
  • Article
    Candidates the first to vote
    292 8 NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE Republican Party campaign manager said that early reports on the polling indicated that Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York would be elected President of the Inited States by an overwhelming majority. Republican sources m all parts of the country reported
    292 words
  • Article
    WHAT IT'S ABOUT
    80 8 4 MERICANS are casting /I their votes for: 1. The President and VicePresident to serve from January 1949 to 1953. 2. One-third (32 m ben) of the Senate, and 432 members of the 435-strong House of Repre3. Thirty-two State Governors, and State and local officials. The main
    Reuter  -  80 words
  • Article
    An Archbishop raps Britons
    226 8 LONDON, Wednesda THE people of Britain were criticised by the x Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril F. Oarbett, yesterday for commonness of adultery, decline In honesty and increase m crime. "Divorce court* show adultery Is so common that it Is hardly recognised blameworthy except by those
    UP.  -  226 words
  • Article
    Rubber prices
    102 8 SPECIAL Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) v 11 am today as followBuyers S«"[!n> No. 1 B S.S Spot. loos* j F. 0.8. m bale* Oct. No. 1 R.S.S. 39 No. X KS.S. 38' s 38H No. 3 R.S.S. MH 36% Tone of
    102 words
  • Article
    Gold, Opium Seized
    34 8 Customs officials at Amoy have seized 42 gold bars aboard the TJitjalenglca and 145 katties of opium aboard the Hang Kong which arrived m Amoy on Sunday from Manila and Singapore.
    34 words
  • Article
    Peru Reds Outlawed
    25 8 The Peruvian Communist Party Governmpn; of General Mautl has b«en outlawed by the new Government of General Manuel Odria. says A. P.
    A.P.  -  25 words
  • Article
    DANNY KAYE IS NOT HAPPY
    234 8 LONDON, Wednesda DRINCESS MARGARET sat on the very edge of her chair and leaned on the railings of the royal box while Danny Kaye was making animal noises at a Royal variety performance at the Palladium Even the King, self-con-sciously drawn back In hla seat,
    U.P.  -  234 words
  • Article
    Destroyer of Lidice arrested
    59 8 Destroyer of Lidice arrested HAMh FRMER L; was arrested In Bi> arste: end Bremen Dolice rei^ day. Ed r... carpt ere. According to the Lach Is accused of b*ing responsible for th# complete ci^and kUllng a] anU a« reprlsa tlon of the German c Lach waa taken to Rlesp-'* ternment
    U.P.  -  59 words
  • Article
    Labour Party hints at more nationalisation
    43 8 LONDC r 1 of Lar. next Parliann He was replying to bate m which had c: the G persisting" m a pol the grave international The Iron and Stee' tionallsation Bill, he said, ,reat na h Reuter
    Reuter  -  43 words
  • Article
    NO MARRIAGE SAYS RITA
    6 8 NO MARRIAGE SAYS RITA kl U.P.
    U.P.  -  6 words
  • Article
    Mass Education Plan
    3 8
    3 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      206 8 BIRTHS To Katharine, wif« of Peter Ball at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 31.10.48. a daughter. To Ana, wlf« of Peter Norman of Shell Company Malacca. j»ught«r Patricia May or Sunday list October. 1948 ACKNO WLEDOMEN T The family of late Mr Bong Kirn Shin wish to express their heartfelt thanks
      206 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      24 8 RAFFLES HOTP Tonight From 7 to 8 th THE COCKTAIL H0l» with Frank P> and from 9p INFORM VI IN THE BALL* Frank Pickford
      24 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous