The Singapore Free Press, 4 December 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA KJDLJGJLKJ SINGAPORE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 4, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    NANKING FLIGHT SPEEDS UP
    314 1 NANKING FLIGHT SPEEDS UP Chiang calls more armies nruii m N ANKI^G, Saturday. Communist and Nationalist armi* are manoeuvring for the fateful battle north of Nanking the mass evacuation of the capita and is rapidly increasing m tempo Hundreds of thousands of people are rushing to get out of the
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    Berliners don't Want city split
    154 1 Berliners don't Wan t city split BERLIN, Saturday. the Russian-engineered and of their capital city. n m the Western sectors are »ye. m tomorrow's municipal whelming rejection of Com■■and tnd alongside the Allies •st the R i campaign rally were again manhandled last night an major incident was narr< averted
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    King's X'mas broadcast
    81 1 LONDON Saturday. K/.VG GEORGE who is 'ering from an ob■i to the blood ciri m one leg, will broadcast to the nation and -nonwealth at 3 p.m. on Umas Day, a s m prei years, it was officially announced last niyht. No indication was a m the
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    P.I. budget forecast
    21 1 Pmlippine budget cornis forecast that the PI national budget for the p need at around 0.000 pesos." A.P.
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    CONGESTION HOLDS UP B.O. R. TRIALS
    206 1 CONGESTION HOLDS UP B.O. R. TRIALS AN official statement, issued by the Public Relations Department m Singapore, gives congestion m the courts as the reason for the delay m bunging to trial three British servicemen at present m custody. Questions were asked on Wednesday m the House of Commons about
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    Stanley rivals Danny Kaye
    302 1 MOST FAMOUS MAN IN UK' LONDON, Saturday, rill! most famous man m Britain today is A a bland, confident little alien named Sidney Stanley whose personality has intrigued the whole nation. Day by day m the past two weeks his photograph has stared from the front
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    34 1 The Guards m training. Here, Guardsman Hugh Dunbar iright) and the officer m charge of his platoon, Lieut. Mac Donald Buchanan, inspect one of targets used m their training for jungle warfare. A.P. picture.
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    Gen Carlappa to be Indian C-in-C
    77 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. THE Indian Army will be completely controlled by Indians before the end of 1948 with the appointment of Gen. K. M. Cariappa senior Indian officer, as Comman-der-in-Chief for India. A high Government source said that Oen. F. R. Bucher, the present
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    Britons worried by 'scorch' policy
    206 1 SHANGHAI, Saturday. ORITIStf and other foreign business interests m Shanghai, considerably worried over possible extension of the Nationalist scorched earth policy, begun m North China, are actively agitating for a reafflrmation by the interested powers of their determination to stand by the interests m China
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    PRESS BARON LEFT
    49 1 lORD Harmsworth. former 4 Liberal M.P. for Droitwich and for Luton, left £524,678. He was former chairman of Associated Newspapers and director of Amalgamated Press. He was the son of the late Alfred Harmsworth and brother of the late Viscount Northcliffe and late Lord Rothermere. Reuter
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    'IL DUCE WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY'
    162 1 ROME, Saturday. BUT for Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, Mussolini would still be alive today, It was said yesterday at the trial of Graziani on charges of collaboration. The former partisan lead°r. Mr. Riccardo Lombardi, now Secretary-Gen ml of the leftwing Italian iallst Party, told the
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    Masked, armed men rob dealer
    54 1 THREE masked Chinese armed with revolvers surprised a Chinese ftsh dealer while he was sitting outside his house at Yio Chu Kang Road last night. They relieved him of $85 from his belt. The men then went into his house, and after a search took
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    CRISIS ARRESTS
    17 1 Singapore police arrested three Chinese under the Emergency Regulations yesterday, one an alleged arms dealer.
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    TO ADMIT INDIANS
    40 1 The committee of the International Socialist Conference (Comisco) decided at a meeting m Clacton, England, yesterday to admit the Indian Socialist Party to membership. Comisco is to met again m Copenhagen m i April next year. Reuter
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    Cunningham praises 'Ike' for 'Crusade'
    110 1 LONDON, Friday. A DMIRAL of the Fleet, Lord J\ Cunningham, said that Gen. "Ike" Eisenhower'* "Crusade m Europe" breathes '•respect and admiration and affection for the British people and for his British colleagues." "I cannot imagine how anyone who reads Gen. Eisenhower's book without preconceived
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    U.K. 'PUBS' MAY OPEN LONGER
    123 1 LONDON, Saturday. A PROPOSAL to extend hotel and public house hours and to introduce the principle of local option throughout the country is likely to be made m the House of Commons shortly. It t 6 understood the first may be announced by the Government
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    FIVE HAD NO CARDS IN RAID
    50 1 FIVE people had no identity cards when police "screened" 152 people m a security check early today at a village m the north-west of Singapore island. They said their identity cards were not with them, and have been asked by police to produce them.
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    Govt 'No' to City Fathers
    258 1 Elections Law Free Press Staff Reporter •THE Singapore Government has turned down the recommendation of the Municipal Commissioners to amend the Municipal Elections Ordinance to enable wouldbe voters without property qualifications to register on the electoral rolls. In a letter to the Deputy President of
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    ISegro in bus starts 'battle'
    59 1 FIVE white persons were shot m a wild exchange of gunfire between a white man and a Negro on a crowded bus near Cleveland. Tenessee. The shooting began when the Negro sat down by the white man and refused to move to the rear of
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    What Other People Wear
    496 2 FGHJGJGIK By GERRY HILL CORTY-iive of Britain's busiest fashion designers gambled against hea y odds recently to persuade the m woman to shorten her skirts. In a smart Mayfair hotel they launched their spring and summer collections aimed at the export market. In al- Wool Secretariat
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    Bridge Problem
    110 2 NORTH 4 QIMI j •i N XC I II i V X 7 S 4 A S THERE are no trumps South lead*. North and South are to win five of the BeTCO tricks agaiiut any defence South leads t:u? dub ace, North and East discardjpa heart*. ith
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    Birthrate Must Slow Down
    157 2 Birthrate Must Slow Down A slowdown In the world's birth rate Is necessary if serious interna-ional conflict is to be avoided. Mr. Warren 8. Thompson said. Mr. Thompson Is Dir» of the Scripps Foundation for Research m Populat: Problems at Miami Univ< siiy. Oxford. Ohio. He explained there are too
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      681 2 GFHGKLK j BBC 8 30 1 BBC. 8.45 L> BBC). 9 930 Biirmese. j <BBC>. 9 4; 0 30 Classical 10 30 Ra <BBC>. 10 45 Trans Cabcue', 11 30 Analysis (BBC-: 11.45 The ba f :«-s BB( SINGAPORE 485 Di<trrs; 41 metres 12 p m. to 2); 61 metres
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      281 2 Programs 94- sweet i^de; 10 30 News -^d I .-y» London p&; 10 45 Dance Product March of the lagged Spa: 12 30 I 124 1 30 World News; 1.40 Music for the De: 210 Prograxr. 600 I Btatlon Opening to I One; C 2 ,nd .Hor 6 45 :n
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    My mission in Europe is ended
    2072 3  - My mission in Europe is ended General Dwighi D. EISENHOWER ■*<•*- spb —^^^»—^^^^^^^^^^^j^^^^^^^m.^^^^^^^^^^—^_ by i eralisui sent Ml tO eialissimo t parti.eluded \ug. 12, •de for parade .eased see a I had d. but leased :iat :iment Silo: y con-t-oted •hat >uld and j me was -able people ocr veen
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DEC. 4. 1948. The Twilight of Chiang
    389 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DEC. 4. 1948. The Twilight of Chiang THE fall ol Nanking, now vUU rip nalist r the first ba!ai.< y in favour :;e Chine.se Communists. of China south of c V ingtse River rests now intentions: r they will be conte their if the and
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    THEY BRING IN THE FAN-MAIL
    912 4  -  Nan Hall People Behind The Voices 3 By THE gentle voice of a little Indian girl, heard on R a d-i o Malaya's Tamil programmes, brings her a fan mail of hundreds of letters every week some of them burning love letters. The only woman
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    FAITH
    21 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Proverbs, 25, 4.
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    Why The King Must Rest
    352 4  -  A Harley-street H\ t onsultant *THE illness from which A it has been announced the King is suffering ►mmon. But it is one which might attack anyone. Ai.d t. n for the the pru ed r Lch has I not difficult for anyto undt rstand.
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    Children's Rights
    412 4  - Ch ildren 's Righ ts Michael Goldsmith By .rid Bill Rights" for children has been proposed to the Ui Nations by the World H< Organization. The draft bill is expected to come before the General Assembly of the United Nations. It declares that it Is "the duty of every nation"
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    He will handle UK's cash
    240 4  - He will handle UK's cash WILLIAM N. OATIS By \A PROFILE' l |R. Cameron Froman- teel Cobbold is one of Britain's outstanding young men of the year. Only 44, he has t> chosen for the big* job m British bank Next March 1 he will become Governor of the Bank
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    Passion Play
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      17 4 i/ B\ *VT e roa r born n •W^ co^ ..pirn* CO..' Agent* m Southern Mabva.— JAtwW
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    RAUDS COST GOVT. $150,000
    629 5 RAUDS COST GOVT. $1 50,000 nFTATi G Free ress Staff DETAILS are given for the first time m an official report yesterday of the frauds, involving nearly $150,000, which were committed against the Singapore Government between Apr. 1 and Dec. 31, 1946, when the civil government had newly taken over
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    Australia sends relief goods
    86 5 I South East Asia the forth Bon .160,000 worth er commodities as to post-V A K.R.A. of goods due on trt of .-.rged. proand supplies tn pos"been c ranked Rehabilitation of obligations •.eiKhbours In South sh( that I be elief and rehabiountries of In particular Indonere
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    Ensation erne to all
    5 5 Ensation erne to all GHJBNKJHK
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    COUNCIL MEMBER
    21 5 xn has b* by the Governor a :y member of the slatlve Council of the late Mr. E. R.
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    JINNAH HALL FOR COLONY
    85 5 AT a tea party yesterday m honour of the Pakistani Goodwill Mission to Indonesia. Mr. M. J. Namazie. president of the Muslim league, announced that the Muslim League of Malaya has started a fund, known the Quaid Azatn Memorial Fund, to esta blish a Jinnah Hall
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    BOARD MAY FIX RENT
    133 5 'THE Singapore Rent Cun- dilation Board yesterday 1 gave Judgment on a point cf law regarding "standard" and "current"' rent. The point had been raised Mr. R. C. H. Urn on behali of a landlord, Mr. Wee Thiam Siew, against whom proceedings had been taken by
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    Housing allowances for S.M.C. staff?
    335 5 Free Press Staff Reporter RECOMMENDATIONS for an "equitable housing allowance" for Singapore Municipal employees are being made by the Executive Council of the Municipal Services Union, following an emergency meeting called by the Council to discuss this question. The Council is also submitting to the
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    TRIED TO SELL GUN, JAILED
    61 5 OAMAD bin Fadil, a JavaO nese who tried to sell a Browning automatic pistol and some rounds of ammunition and was caught m the act by plain clothes police officers at Havelock Road on March 23, was sentenced to three years and four months' rigorous
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    'HELP GOVT.' APPEAL BY BROOKE
    301 5 AN APPEAL not only to former Government servants but to all who are qualified to offer their services to Government to do so In order that the people of Sarawak as a whole may benefit, was made by the former Raja Muda of Sarawak Mr
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    Import perm its issued mostly to Chinese
    242 5 Import perm its issued mostly to Chinese Trade with Japan Fret Press Staff Reporter MORE than half of the licences for hnportiag AYA Japanese goods already issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore, have been for Chinese merchants. Next come Indian importers, followed by European importers. A small
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    HIGH MASS
    22 5 The Goan i 4apore Francis Xavta ow wi^-h a 8 a.m. at the Churtli f St. Joseph ki Victoria Stn
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    Malayan Navy Bill for Council
    71 5 Firs: pl» of a c irlier th raise a regular M force will be of a bill, gazetted In Singa pore yesterday, b* Legislative Council. The bill provides lor t. v tablishment and maintenance nl a force styled the Ma Naval Fr UnC Ordinance, the
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    BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT CAUSEWAY
    60 5 BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT CAUSEWAY JOHORE Causeway Cusl OV. valued at $11,000 m which was leaving h The opium was cunningly i d m a false p. Cu.they had been Infoi beforehand that the opium was coming through, and were ready for the smugglers. A Customs of!: metal cap hole
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  • SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
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      Titles 'on the shelf'
      456 6 CHAMPS SHOULD DEFEND CROWNS A EUROPEAN boxing A title is worth £2,000 and up, per defence, but Bruce Woodcock, the present holder is not earning much with his heavyweight crown. He has not defended it since March 13, 1947, when Frenchman Stephan Olek lost a 15-round
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      Army fifteen may lose Leslie-Jones
      236 6  -  REG WI LLIAMS By IN February or March of next year the Singapore Combined Services are sending a rugby XV to play i series of matches m Hong Kong. On current form, one of the strongest claimants for inclusion m that team is Captain Leslie-Jones,
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      TITBITS FROM SOCCER DOM
      132 6 JOE MERCER, Arsenal's captain and international half-back, kicked the ball past his own goalkeeper against Newcastle United at Highbury for the first time for 18 years. His goal gave Newcastle victory to the chagrin of 62,000 Arsenal Arsenal supporters. WORRIED by their poor scoring, Doncaster Rovers,
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      The Still sisters
      192 6 Women champions 3 Dorothy THE prettf bhi y^d 6 Dorot 24. and 29. are outitanding players, well-known In boh Ma: Dore. In be team oi-aten four other *he A 1 WAAF^ tht N id the > Last wee bea* but own back next W when they i
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      Best Australian three-year-olds
      81 6 among Aostrt old*. Carbon OOfl lfl 4 and wlnnei oi £AU.210 sUk' :noi i iiom Com C 16 itarls. 6 win, 3 sec •Ivrd JuAT42S at*kt money and PhUbot. 17 »tans I wins 3 seconds 2 thud* >: A9 808 «<ak* tj won mrre ake mou«y ihim
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      Aussie turf boom over
      170 6 I EADINO Australian race club officials are concerned at a recent decline m attendances and betting turnovers at metropolitan meetings signs that the wartime boom Is dt lining. Rac. and the spo: I ..is been sping a: m b- -al and ances and b< mires as
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      46 6 HAVE YOU SEEN -LONDON BELW TO ME- IS WHAT EVBTO IN iiL ITS NOW SNOWIN6 AT THE^AVi FOUR SHOWS J«f IW Lts-<Jt-t.3l VLSM Innrinil feW* V^K Jl I ,»ur 1* and PM v n. I 7Y>Z> .l > SABU WENDELL COREY HJANNf MSI L_^ booic riff iVf
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      53 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya B^^ fsToP HIM' Jf LOOK OUTV^) P^ A REALLY— foRIAT HEAVENS GIRL.'- 1 V V Z4 T YOU BOYS 1 t BELIEVE THA^ WAS THE W^ '^^T si [ooTTb TLAY tHASE Ht'j THi MAN BEHIND J TARZ AN Fierce fray By
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    W. Indies team show staleness
    23 7 W. Indies team show staleness Delhi heir Kr> the i tch i fj* usu- b* r ne Km I r he j Reuter
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    Selections by "Trespasser"
    48 7 RACE I—CHITA Berton SUckntt* RACE I—KENTUCKY DERBY Tolong Lafi II Golden Harvest RACE S—MALT LOCfl Fanfar&de Bright House RACE 4—GAME BOY Dalcross t Selopian RACE S—GAN'YMEAD London Egyptian Queen RACE ft— KIMBERLL'Y Badger Wonder Bird RACE 7—KAKAMA Fort Star Branche dOr RACE t—CAROLINA Stymie AssaU
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    PORT STAR STYMIE FANCIED
    223 7 PORT STAR STYMIE FANCIED Latest hints from course From EPSOM JEEP nnD IPOH, Saturday. PUKT Star and Stymie were the two strongest stable fancies on the course this morning for the opening day's races of the Per ak Turf Club December Meeting here this afternoon. Heavy rain fell yesterday, but
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    EARU PRACTICES NEXT WEEK
    4 7 EARU PRACTICES NEXT WEEK
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    Selangor Gold Cup Meeting next month
    68 7 Rwill be provided for Class to be held on Jan. <. 1949. at the be the Selangor Oold 1 honea And a Q- The •.ices. -o be p Class 1. Div. and 1 race over the same r.ces Rnd stakes will be: 1 vv»
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    GOLDEN BOY BEATEN IN BATAVIA BOUT
    140 7 GOLDEN BOY BEATEN IN BATAVIA BOUT THE 1847 European amateur 1 middleweight champion, the Dutchman Henry Quentemeyer, won on points against the Singapore welterweight, Golden Boy m a slow bout m Batavia last night. After the light Golden Boy said that he hoped to meet the Dutchman again soon and
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    HIRALTY CIVILIANS RALLY STRONGLY
    99 7 F half-time the Admiralty itch team, rallied ore to four-two when they I -elation at hockey at St. :n at the last Police, who were to :s, could not make it. L BOD. :re. it by Dar, gone r and even q I ned to accounts
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    Bradman fund MCC GIVES £100
    166 7 Bradman fund MCC GIVES £100 HEQUE for £100 for V the Bradman Testimonial Fund has been received from the vlebone Cricket Club by the South Australian Cricket Association. their fund to" At; 1,000 and they have been that the English first-class counties intend to contribute to the fund. n Bradman
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    S.C.C. RUGBY XV
    71 7 THE following will represent the S.C.C. "B te&m lit a rugger match against R.E.M.E. on Monday on the pa dang at 5.15 p.m. J V. H. Geek*; J. P. Burnett, J. Clark; D. O. MacMillan. S. P. De C. Bennett; P. Mac Queen, O. S. Goldie; O.
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    Today's Aceptors
    560 7 OK LOW are the acceptances for today's races at Ipoh. The Double Totes will be on races three and four, six and seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race seven. RACK 1. 2 15: CL. I, D 3. 6 k 000 Zargun 9. C0 rkneai Charles
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    Gupta's hat-trick saves B.O.D.
    322 7 Gupta's hat-trick saves B.O.D. qpHE 223 8.0.D. XI were saved from defeat by their A centreforward, P. Gupta, m their match against the Singapore Cricket Club on the padang yesterday. They managed to force a three-all draw with the Club against the run of play through the fine opportunism of
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    England lead Scotland 4-0 in Badminton
    127 7 England lead Scotland 4-0 in Badminton ENGLAND made a promising start against Scotland m their firstround match of the European zone of the Thomas Cup badminton competition. Last night they won two singles and two doubles to lead by four matches to xero. Three singles and two doubles today will
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    CALWELL WANTS DON'S MATCH BROADCAST
    96 7 CALWELL WANTS DON'S MATCH BROADCAST AN OFFICIAL protest is to be lodged against the decision of the Australian Broadcasting Commission not to broadcast the Bradman testimonial eri^k- 1 match which began m Melbourne yesterday Mr. A. A. Calwell, Aus'ralian Minister of Inlormat on the House of Repr. would make a
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    Scoreboard
    167 7 XI. Tranxvaal —Ist Inns: J. Sec( ombf r and b Young i" T. Loaw c Griffith b TremleU I A. Steyn c Compton b Jenki K. Funston c and b Jmkir L. Walter lb« Jenkins A. Edwards c Mann b Jenkins S J. Waitea c Wat kins b Glad
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    TABLE TEH NIS TEAM
    26 7 MEMBERS of the Singapore table-tennis team for Hong Kong and supporters are to meet at the Chinese V.M.C.A. tomorrow at 8 a.m.
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    TAUOBERG WINS
    36 7 SWEDISH heavyweight. OUe Tandy berg, defeated Eugene Roberts of Belgium fa a professional boxing bout m Stockholm's Royal Tennis Hall last night. Roberts gave up m the interval between rounds three and four.— A.P.
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    Todays Sport
    66 7 HOCKEY: R.A.F. Changi 2nd t. S.B.C.— Chanel; Married Single (G.S.O— S.B.C. 5.45 p.m.; G.H.Q. Signal Reft. v. R.A.F. Changi Tanglin. RUGBY: Spore Combined Services t. Negri Sembilan Seremban; S.C.C. v. Nayy S.C.C.; Police v. R.A.F. Seletar —Thomson Rd; R.A.F. Tengah T. R.A.F. hangi Chang! Nee Soon t. Spore
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    WOODCOCK'S CHANCE FOR TITLE BID
    158 7 BRUCE Woodcock was yesterday offered a title fight with the world heavyweight champion. Joe Louis, next summer it he beats tlu» American heavyweight, Lee Savold, on Monday night. The bid for the British heavyweight champion's services was made to promoter Jack Solomons by Lew Bursion,
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    Whirlwind innings by Denis Compton
    135 7 A WHIRLWIND innings of 120 not out by Denis Compton, and a hat-trick by Cliff Giadwin, the Derbyshire swing bowler, were the outstanding features of the opening day's play m the three-day match between the M.C.C. and Northeastern Transvaal at Benoni yesterday. After dismissing N.E.
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    77 7 picture. The Singapore table-tennis team which is to leave tor Hong Kong tomorrow for a series of matches. Front row, from left to right: Chan Fook Kee. Loh Kum Soon, Chua Kirn Hearn. Back row, from left to right; Mr. Kiong Woon Kew (sports master at St. Andrew's School, who
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    70 8 Ins} Ang Khai. who r om the Si pore P Force aftc year thank* C.I.D. and Special Branch ■rs for the tUver cigar hey gave him at a farewell tea party yesterday. The C.I.D. Chief, Mr. X, V Fowler, made the presentation. Pictur from I The Commissioner Police. Mr. R.
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    156 8 PARIS, Saturday. THE United Nations Poh cal Committee last night approved a new American I proposal for broad concilation on Arab and Jewish boundaries m Palestine without reference to the Bernadottee Plan or last year's partition proposal of the General Assembly. The Political Committee rejected
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    74 8 MONTEREY (Col.), 8 ADM RAYMOND A. SPRUANCE, wartime commanf the U.S. Fifth Fleet, yesterday warned the United States not to under-estimate Russian military might. He said. "The Russian army la big and tough. I w>u'.d not want to meet their fores In the neld unless An
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    Indian Plea For To jo
    49 8 Twenty-one prominent citizens m Madras yesterday asked the Sheriff of Madras to call a public a% to urge commutation of the death sentences recently passed on ex-Premier Hldekt Tojo arrd six other Japanese war criminals. They plan to appeal to the United Nations.- Reuter
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    JAPAN AS AMERICAN WAR BASE
    175 8 MOSCOW. Saturday. rHE Soviet Navy newspaper Red Fleet described the Japanese naval base at Yokosuka a* "a loaded revolver aimed by America at the breast of Asiatic peoples." The newspaper charges f hat the base is being rebuilt nd modernised by Gen. Macrthur for the
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    63 8 MILAN, Saturday. II I Til his bicycle covered with the flags of countries through ivhich he hopes to pass and armed with all the necessary visas. Lionello Braus has left Milan to cycle to Saigon. He plans to travel via Verona. Venice. Gorizia. Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria,
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