The Singapore Free Press, 16 April 1949

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA <-,<* SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1949. PRICE 10 CENT!
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    'RED ARMIES ARE MOVING SOUTH'
    299 1 New claim by Peiping radio NANKING, Saturday. JN SPITE of the opening of formal peace talks m Peiping on Wednesday, the Communist radio said last night that "all roads lead to the Yangtse for the three powerful field armies 3n°nnnn tr nA? ing southwards to
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    PRESS CLUB DINNER
    16 1 Presi Club Wp' 1 an :n--■B j:.l cJance at IlK^. Thursday. G -n.
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    PACIFIC PACT NOT ON AGENDA
    157 1 PACIFIC PACT NOT ON AGENDA SYDNEY, Saturday. \JK. PETER FRASER, Prime Minister of New aTI Zealand, said her e yesterday that he did not believe the forthcoming Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference would consider a Pacific defence pact. He was speaking just before he left with Mr. J. B. Chifley, Australian
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    BAO DAI RUMOUR
    84 1 SAIGON. Saturday. tjiRENCH official quarters here yesterday denied a local report that Bao Dal night postpone his return bemuse of complaints about the Cochin-China elections. The complaints are to be considered by a local adminis:ratlve complaints council which will not meet before *prll 20. This would mean
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    'U.S. USING TITO' CHARGE
    63 1 f pHE Cominform Journal !n X Bucharest yesterday charged that "American imperialists had assigned Marshal Tito the task of harassIng the "people's democracies." The Journal also attacked Mr. Ernest Bevin. saying: •Bevln Is Churchill's right hand man In the Labour Government and his spokesman In International
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    DUCHESS RELEASED
    32 1 The Duches* of Valencia, one of the most beau' lf ul women m Spain, has been released from custody after completing a one -year prison sentence for monarchist activities. U.P.
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    Reward for Nai Pridi
    55 1 BANGKOK police have offered a big reward for inforination leading to the arrest of the former Premier, Pridi anomyonK and other hl*h officials who altefedly took ilStin the unsuccessful plot, to overthrow the Siamese fi V Re n wTrSs toUHin^SSoO baht (Sp.OOO) areoffered for three years
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    RAIN HOLDS UP CRICKET
    55 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IT is unlikely that there will be any play m the Slnga-pore-Selangor cricket match on the Padang today. There is a possibility of play late m the afternoon providing there Ls at least a couple of hours of hot sun beforehand and
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    Ban on relics
    43 1 AN order forbidding the sending of relics abroad was recently Issued by the North China Peoples' Government. The order said the ban applied to books printed over 80 years ago and all relics of archaeological, historical r cultural value. Reuter
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    RUSSIAN ZONE IS FEELING PINCH
    140 1 BERLIN, Friday. ALLIED otlicials said today that Soviet efforts to resume trade between eastern and western Berlin constituted an admission that the Allied „.i..ii««>r-hlorkade is seriously hurting Soviet zone economy. Friednch Obert, mayor of the Soviet sector, offered on Thursday to relax the Soviet blockade
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    BBC 'UNFRIENDLY'
    18 1 The Prague Government is to complain to Britain that BBC. broadcasts to Czechoslovakia are 'unfriendly."— A.P.
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    20 1 A section of the congregation at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday evening when an all -denomination Good Friday service was held.
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    Atlantic Pact 'step to peace', says Bevin
    113 1 Atlantic Pact 'step to peace', says Bevin SOUTHAMPTON, Satur. THE British Foreign S«cretary, Mr. Ernest Brvin, landed from the liner Mauretania yesterday after his visit to the United States where he signed the Atlantic Pact. While on th« liner. Mr. Bevin had an interview lasting 20 minutes with Dx. Foo
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    Federation arrests
    28 1 rree rress Stan Keporter In the past 24 hours ended last night there were 21 arrests m th« Federation, 19 In Perak and two In Selangor.
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    'Bulgarian Premier resigned'—US hint
    166 1 'Bulgarian Premier resigned'— US hint SOFIA, Friday. rpHE President of the Bulgarian Council of A Ministers (Prime Minister). Mr. Georgi Dimitrov, ha s gone to Moscow for medical treatment, it was announced here this morning. The U.S. State Department hinted immediately that th c Premier's trip meant that he had
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    RED OPPONENT FOR BEVIN
    65 1 MR Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, will be opposed by the vice-chairman of the Communist Party, Mr. R. Palme Dutt. at next years general election, according to a list of 59 candidates published by the British Communist Party. J lh Mr. J. R. Campbell, newlyippointed editor
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    EAST TRADE FEAR GROWS
    248 1 'Waiting for Jap Hood MANCHESTER, Friday. T<RADE quarters here said today that direct Imports A of Japanese cotton textiles were throttling British markets m India and the Far East. One prominent firm cited a letter from its Singapore agent which said "Dealers m Singapore are holding
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    Indies' chief exports
    71 1 BATAVIA. Saturday. THE following main products were exported from Batavia during January, says. Aneta. the Dutch news agency. Black pepper. 624 tons valued at 1.929.000 guilders; palm oil. 9,570 tons, 8.326.000 guilders: tin ore. 4.820 tons, 17.494.000 guilders: cinchona bark. 39 tons. 108.000 guilders. The main part
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    TROOPSHIP FROM S'PORE
    47 1 TWXHE troopship Empire HallaJL dale arrived m the Mersey yesterday from Singapore and the Middle East with 1.248 servicemen and women, and 82 wives and children. Disembarkation was speeded up to enable them to spend the rest of the Easter holiday at home. Reuter
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    LILA LEEDS IN CAR CRASH
    54 1 LILA Leeds, who served a prison term recently after being involved m a Marijuana drug case, broke her arm and was suffering from shock after being involved m a car crash. Police were unable ta find out who was driving Miss Leeds' car, which had
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    U.S. HAS GOOD A-BOMB LEAD
    53 1 UNITED Stales leadership m atom production is not temporary as some people may think, Mr. Summer Pike. U.S. Atomic Energy Commissioner said m Bostom. "When our monopoly ends we will have a good lead in' the number of bombs on hand." he told the Boston
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    Batavia talks hitch
    205 1 BATAVIA. Sat. THE leaders of the Dutcfl and Republican delegations to the Indonesia^ peace talks now beinfc held here through thj United Nations Commission on Indonesia havt clashed over the immediate establishment of a' Republic at Jogjakarta. Mohammed'Roem. chairman of the Republican delegation^, said other issues could
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    JAVA FOOD OUTLOOK
    102 1 BATAVIA. FnodV ALL-ROUND improvemt n't m the food situation m Java and Madura during Maicu with rice harvests m ample quantities was reported by the Economic Department today. During March the harvested rice acreage was about 296.500 acres. Th^ same satisfactory food situation was aLso reported from
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    THANKIN NO LEAVES
    28 1 Burma Prime Mi Mister Thakir. Nu left New Delhi yesterday for Calcutta on Mi way home afier talks vuiii Pandit Nehru. Indian Fume Minister- Reuter
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    A Memory Of Easter
    462 2  -  GRETA OTLEY By jytY mother was born m Yorkshire and took with her iiumy of the habits and customs of tluit County when she went to live m the South of Kngtand One of the customs 1 remember most vividly from my childhood, was the dyting
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    27 2 Aia Vrzanova, 18-year-old Czech winner of the world's women's ice figure skating championship m Paris, execute* a spiral m graceful fashion during practice on the Wembley rink.
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    They want to make you smile
    452 2 §11) FIELD, Margu-ct Lock wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter p orde each saw "Cardboard Cavalier" from a 'Uierent personal an^le, at the film's West hnd preview. For Sid it was a second attempt to adapt his stage comedy style to the screen an
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    Bridge Hands
    117 2 IJEARTB are trump*. South X1 leads. North and Bouth are to win all seven tricks against any defence. South leads diamond. West ducks, but North wins with the ace to cash the heart king, South discarding a spade. North loads the heart ten. South throwing a diamond, and
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    The Gentle People
    1115 2  -  S.C. GEORGE CVNH Alf Barker, a wastrel, has killed a Javanese sailor named W6n*s© m a quarrel over a silken headdress which he has stolen. To escape imprisonment he slips from his ship during the nirht and succeeds m reaching an island. Climbing its mountainous slopes he
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    HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
    28 2  - HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint UNKNOWN it MOUVVSCOO-Th, tkmM !ZJ!^ k »»«r «r« *mk»^ w(tn(|^ k^uty iNm, T* -•»k b«^ sa m>w lwu —M.— Imp A**cm b* imcUm CAU STOt»
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      128 2 NEW HATS HEADED FOR A BRIGHT Fim/Rf 1 I! A j NEW CAPITOL HAIR DRESSERS U'ihH Rl ILIUM. \orih Bndff U > MODERN LADIES TMUWI I \p.r; I utlff Hi H- K.i Pnot C* l r— I f JW'G'M RECORDS Record*, from the M-G-M P* M-G-M 136 LOVE OP MY
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      566 2 flPfjDt H;dl; 9 short Siory; 9.15 Hawaii- (2); 10.45 Rhythm on Record*" OlilOftrUuL an Music 930 News; 9 45 The Gay from Radio Malaya- 11 30 N w< fßll'F mitwhrki ££2£ 10 15 C^ret; 10 30 <te News Analysis (BBC); 11-45 (Bixe, NtIWUKM Rhythm on Records. Dance Music; 12 00
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      114 2 BFEBS (Singapore) (Including 8.8.C. Relay) 19. Metres, 25. Metres, 31. Metres and 44. Metres TODAY 4.45 p.m. English: Programme Summary: News Headlines; Share Market Report; 4.55 Grand Hotel (6) 5-30 'The Berlin Airlift'; 6.10 Music: 6.15 World Affairs (BBC). 6-30 News In Cantonese (BBC). 6.45 Indonesian: News Programme. 7.15 New*
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      158 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR I poKN today, there is considerable genius m your make-up. If you i are true to your highest ideals, there is nothing i to keep you from reach ing the highest goals. You have the rather rare combination of ar- tistic talents and a strong character. You
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    WORLD ORE DEPOSITS TO BE TAPPED
    394 3 WORLD ORE DEPOSITS TO BE TAPPED A II because of uranium T»HE growing need for uranium and other radioactive substances is expected to open up vast stores of unexplored mineral wealth m various parts of the world. A United Nations study on the economic development of the non-self governing territories
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    29 3 oa> Parisian painter Van Dongen (right) H run-mi: of his painting of the Begum n the i.akrie harpentier, Paris. He has re- > ,p^Mt-d an exhibition of his work.
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    139 3 m known lrl and a little known fourth are •rfil rulers of Communist China. The first lirman Mao Tie-tun^, his foreign hn-lai. and Commander-in-Chief The fourth, about whom little has been ,tot whose importance equals if not exceeds h.»u in<l C hu. is vice chairman Liv Hsiaoe \erM»n4- inside
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    EASY LIFF
    36 3 There Is no easier life m England than prison. You don't have to use your brain once; it is easier than the Army." Mr. Gilbert Hair, governor of the "bariess' prison at Sudbury Derbyshire.
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    141 3 •mploml as but women at hom e stations •»rdertd to do no more domestic r\ below group captain and thrir n married quarters. Ofßeen u&der group capD rank, married or single, must now share par -time batmen, whose job will be limited to cleaning equipment and clothes. The order
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    REDS FIRED ON
    27 3 Persian anti-aircraft guntf fired on Russian planes which crossed Persian and Iraqi frontiers last week, an unofficial but usually reliable Bagdad source said.- Reuter
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    BBC WARNS RUSSIA
    58 3 British broadcast., beamed at Russia m a new radio war of nerves have warned the Pu&slans that the Soviet army is inferior to the forces of the western nations U.P. Royal Navy helicopter, based on H M.S. Vengeance, which stooi by during the operation was manned by
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    WHY ASIAN REDS INCREASE-US view
    261 3 THE New York Herald Tribune, m an editorial, says Communists m Asia have gained m strength by taking advantages of peasant resentment against intolerable living conditions, of the constant social change now m progress m the Orient, and of desires for self-government. •In India." the
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    Britain's first civic cinema
    119 3 FIRST civic cinema m Britain seats 10d., Is. 9d., and 2s. 3d.— has been opened at Oundle, Northants, «r;th the nim "Sitting Pretty." The whole of "Oundle urban council went along. They sat m the two and threeDennies. There were speeches by the chairman, Mr P.
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    SCANDINAVIAN TARIFF UNION
    83 3 I Sweden and Deni mark have told the 35--nation tariff conference at Annecy, France, that they are planning a Scandinavian Customs Union. Object of the conference, broadest effort yet made to reduce world tariff barriers, is to admit 11 more nations, including Sweden and Denmark, to the
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    P.I. MARRIAGE LAW QUERIED
    166 3 AN interpretation of the Ph'lippine marriage lawj has been requested by the j Philippine Consul General m j Shanghai where a hundred Shanghai families to jg** the husband is a Filipino and the wife a Chinese, are trying to seek immigration which otherwise wouK! dp denied
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    'EXPAND THE ARMY'-CALL TO GREEKS
    89 3 THE British Foreign Secre. tary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, is understood to have submitted to the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Ache3on, last week a memorandum recommending an increase of the Greek army and air force so as to end the guerilla warfare this year.
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    BRITAIN HAS FITTER BOYS
    121 3 DRITAIN is producing big- ger and better children than before the war despite rationing. The Scottish Health Department has nublished figures which show that the average boy of 13 is just over six and a half pound heavier than a boy of similar ace m 1932.
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    COST OF A PIGMY WIFE
    78 3 4 pigmy wife could be puichased m the New Hebrides for 15 pigs and £50 m cash, said passengers wljo arrived m Sydney recently. Mr. D. A. Ferris, a '"nissionary from the New Hebrides, said a prospective pigmy bridegroom had to deposit fifteen Pigs m
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    MOTHERS GIVEN WRONG BABIES
    270 3 tX)R eight days 31 -year-old Mrs. Jean Wilson, of Inchlnnan, Renfrewshire, nursed a baby boy and thought he was her own. For eight days. 21-year-old Mrs. Nancy Barclay nursed a baby boy and thought him hers. Then, two days after leaving hospital at Johnstone, Mrs. Wilson
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Apr. 16. 1949. HOUSES IN THE CLOUDS
    653 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Apr. 16. 1949. HOUSES IN THE CLOUDS SIMPLE unreasoning Innocence descends on the House f Lords and the Hou:3 of Commons whenever Malaya comes up for debate: the innocence that sees only m black and white —or should it be bright rel and deep blue?—
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    He likes to play with electricity
    1261 4  - He likes to play with electricity Peter Hill by COME people like playing with fire, others with water. In Singapore today is a man who gets a kick out of playing with the thing that is missing eyerytime you experience a blackout m. your district at night electricity. By all
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    Peach Blossoms Bloom in Hiroshima
    739 4  - Peach Blossoms Bloom in Hiroshima G. Ward Price by HIROSHIMA: yOU might drive through and about Hiroshima, or rirde above it m the air, as I have done during the past three days, without suspecting that three years ago it was the sorest spot on earth. Ant-like Japanese industry is
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    Clean sweep by British motor cycles
    197 4 Clean sweep by British motor cycles BRITISH Motor Cycles raised their own and British prestige m the U.S.A. by making a clean sweep of the world-renowned races at Daytona America's biggest and most keenly fought motor cycle events of the year. In the 200 miles open race for professional riders
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    FAITH
    21 4 Your rloryin* is not good. Know ye not that m little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? I Corinthians. 5. 6.
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    Finding a fossil mountain
    416 4 DISCOVERY m South- eastern Baffin Land largest of the Arctic islands north of Canada of a great fossil mountain cut m two by a swift river has Just been reported to the Arctic Institute of North America by Dr. A. K. Miller of the University of
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    65 4 r For three days, March 25 to 27, new students at Rome University rued the day they ever went jto school. During that period, they, like freshmen the world over, underwent all the in- dignities of initiation tntc the University. According to traditions the lowly freshmen had to obey all
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    Pomp and pageantn in Perak
    476 4  - Pomp and pageantn in Perak Harry Mil ler by AS the moon waxed towards its propitious final fullness List Tuesday night thousands of Malays m the great State of Perak began their celebrations of the formal installation of their 58--year-old Sultan, Yussuf, who ascended the throne on March 31 last
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      68 4 There is i feeling of re*'- "f o^ C the house. Worry and anxety M I L place to relief and cheeKu'nesi— C BABY IS ON COW GATE NOW_ C Look at him! All chuckles and *f^ r weight increasing sound t C brimming with health, happ C HE CANT
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    TUNNELS UNDER RAFFLES COLLEGE
    269 5 Possible danger to buildings PEPORT^ J* 888 Staff 01^^ j l that a secret network of tunnels, dug beneath Raffles College by the Japs ?uP n n .1 occu P«ti©n, will be investigated by the College authorities, who will shortly be advertising for information from the
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    Henry Waughs report profit of $1,417,428
    391 5 A NET prom of $1,417,428 was earned by Henry Waugh and Co. Ltd., m thi year ended December. Shareholders had an Interim dividend of ten per cent., free of tax, and the directors now recommend a final dividend of 15 per cent less tax.
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    More Property
    111 5 The r port states that considerable additions have been made to freehold property during the year by building and the directors add that after deduction accumulated depreciation of t278,598 they consider the property conservatively valued at •450,000. The balance sheet chows that the company has stocks on hand
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    UNION INSURANCE
    33 5 At the Union insurance Society's yearly meeting to be held 'on May 20. the Directors will recommend the payment of a dividend of 30 shillings per share In respect of I^*B.
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    BANDITS KILL CONSTABLE IN AMBUSH
    145 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl A SMALL police party led by an army captain and the Assistant O.C.P.D. of Mentakab, while returning to Mentakab from Kerdau In the Temerloh district of Pahang m two railway Jeeps yesterday, ran into an ambush by 15 bandits who opened up
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    59 5 picture. Students from the Arabic school m Kuala Kangsar line the route of the Übudiah mosque as the Sultan of Perak, Sir Yussuf luudin Shah, went for prayers yesterday. With ancient ceremony, Sultan Sir Yussuf Inuddin Shah will be installed today as thirty-second Sultan of Perak m the stately throne-room
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    FIRST UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR
    42 5 »TtfiE Registrar of the Uni--1 versity of Malaya. Mr. William C. Craig, is expected to take, up the appointment ne>i month. The first officer recruited abroad. Mr. Craig wa s clerk of the Faculty of Medicine at Glasgow University.
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    $14,000 FOR Y.W.C.A.
    136 5 $1 4,000 FOR Y.W.C.A. THE Singapore Y.W.C.A. drive for funds to carry out its programme this year has so far realised about $14,000 —$11,000 short of the target. But although the appeal for funds closed on March 30 contributions will still be received. Messrs. Lewis and Peat Ltd., and the
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    Qantas buys huge workshop
    200 5 QANTAS Airways is to have the most modern garage m the Colony to house, maintain and repair what its area administration officer, Mr. F. W. Angell, describes as the "most modern fleet of transport h«re" the company's own fleet of buses and coaches As the first
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    OVERSEAS LEAGUE
    29 5 -The Overseas League (Far East branch), Singapore, will hold a buffet supper and dance at Sea View Hotel on Apr. 23 from 8 p.m to 1 a.m.
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    RUBBERPRICE WARNING
    297 5 Pis obvious that the administration of Malaya cannot go on to be financed from revenue urless the price of rubber Is increased. Blr. J. S. F. Fergusfion chairman' of the Malayan Producers Limited, owning rubber and tea plantations m Perak, tells shareholder* m a circular accompanying the annual
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    DEMAND FOR RURAL ELECTIONS
    334 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent. THE holding of elections fa I the people to choose thei: own representatives on th< Rural Board "would complete the process of bringing democracy to Singapore," saic Inche Bardon Jublr, Singapore Legislative Council member, In an interview. Inche Sardon was commenting on the
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    NEW B.O.A.C. SERVICE
    128 5 rE 8.0.A.C. will be running a flying-boat service to Bangkok and Rangoon every Saturday. The" service will depart from Singapore on Saturdays and the return flight will be made on Sunday* enabling special business visits to be carried out with little interruption to the businessman's normal week's
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    LIBRARIANS LN CONFERENCE
    68 5 A SMALL group of librarians from Government departments and college libraries met informally at the V.M.C.A.. under the leadership of Miss K. D. Ferguson, British Council Chief Regional Library Adviser. Modern methods of library technique and various ways of cooperating more closely with one another were discussed.
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      252 5 I* y of a series introducing >U. personalities behind the "MOUTRIE SERVICE" MR- FRANK CHOWN. I a Mint ant manager, is 4|H m charge of our Personal Recording Serm vice J During hia 28 years X w M record'^TT^^V!» m with X^y WJT Hi Master'a Voice". Mr* Chown hat made
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      219 5 At 4.20 p.m. Thursday 14th Wt pwnted a Cold Wrist Watch to the > 10,677 th PERSON TO ENTER OUR SINGAPORE STORE DURING THAT DAY. Off THE LAST DAY 10,999 PERSONS ENTERED OUR SINGAPORE PREMISES making a grand total for Singapore Store only of 83,972 FOR THE SALE PERIOD MARCH
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    SILVER SPEAR TO WIN EASTER CUP
    1064 6 FORM GUIDE FOR MONDAY Free Press Kacmg Correspondent BEST bet for Monday's Perak Turf Club races at Ipoh is Silver Spear. He is a proved stayer and last Saturday won going away over 8 1 furlongs, beating Purple Knight by three lengths. The Easter
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    67 6 ■MM I Hjua! Ca.v temp-, Happ. 000 turn j 000 Prrriuu* Mi> lni he: 00« !%BtOt| lOjmj form 000 Radiant Khvtnm m Do*»> 00« Kenturk II appoints 000 Mlver IDtai it 1 rj accept r. 000 Mjinhrtj mi iead> 000 |)< übl. Nii,, h v lorm
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    AMATEUR BOXING STANDARD POOR
    254 6 Tn standard of Singapore* MMftev boxers is no doubt improving each year, but it has .-till a long way' to go before it <an foe compared favourably with the bf-.M m the Dominion* ThLs is a point to bear m mind if local boys are to
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    SENG KHOON PLAYS FREEMAN
    497 7 SENG KHOON PLAYS FREEMAN Peng Soon beats Law Teik Honk T^S.?^ fl° 0 0f u Mal won his thirdfor^hi SSff TThe h WOn the n Points Freeman was given a hard* nght by the young Dane and after the match the American said "It was a surprise to me Christensen
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    RETAINS TITLE
    43 7 ERIC Sturgess. of South Africa, retained the men's singles title In the South African lawr tennis championships In Johannesburg yesterday, when he beat Geoff Brown. captain of th€ Australian touring party. 4—6 6 4. 6—2, 6—2, 7—6. In the rmal Reuter
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    Portsmouth and Newcastle win
    534 7 QLORIOrS weather, with heat-wave conditions m many places, attended the start of the busy Easter holiday soccer programme and more than 900,000 watched the football league matches yesterday. Portsmouth and Newcastle, challengers for the League championship, both won again. Portsmouth, at home to Birmingham, were a
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    Winners were realty swift
    38 7 Xne i.rrUution medley reiay m progress at the Tamil Brotherhood Association sports meet at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The event was won by Swift Athletes (a Chinese team) from R.A.F. Sembawansr. Free Press picture.
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    Gandhi Cup decided by one point
    349 7 rpHE Gandhi Memorial Chal--1 lenge Cup for the champion athlete at the Tamil Brotherhood Association sports held yesterday at the a i an Besar stadium was won Dy M Balasubramaniam (with 11 points) from K. Murthy, who was only one point behind Dr. M.
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    Kota Raja drop two more points
    419 7  -  CRUSADER By second half, off a penalty for •hands." Sharp, the Seletar cen-tre-half, made no mistake although he had to take the spotkick twice, the first one (a goal) being disallowed because the Seletar forwards had moved. With Kota Raja practically out of the
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    SINGAPORE TURF CLUB
    202 8 SUMMER MEETING 1949 SATURDAY 10TH APRIL, WEDNESDAY 4TH, SATURDAY 7TH. WEDNESDAY 11TH AND SATURDAY 14TH MAY 1949. ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL, 1949. LADY GUEST MEMBERS.— No Lady Guest Members' Badges will be Issued. RESERVED ENCLOSURE.— A Reserved Enclosure for maximum of 200
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    105 8  -  TENDER SALE BY Tenders will be r«celvf<J at tht office of Boustead Co. Ltd. Singapore, as agents for tht Salvage Association. London, and at the office of the Balvage Agsociation, London, up to and until Ist May 1949 at Singapore and up to and until close of
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    ACHESON'S 'NO' TO CHINA AID
    343 8 ACHESON'S 'NO' TO CHINA AID '/if would be catastrophic' WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, has rejected a proposal to extend U551,500,000,000 m military economic aid to Nationalist China. Mr. Acheson said that aid of such magnitude was "unwarranted" under present conditions. He said the outcome
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    ASSEMBLY PUTS BAR ON VETO
    183 8 NEW YORK. Friday. THE United Nation* by an overwhelming majority decided last night that the veto should only be used In exceptional cases. The General Assembly, after an exhaustive debate, which ranged over all subjects including the Atlantic Pact, ruled that the great powers should
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    Pope's plea on Holy Land
    86 8 VATICAN CITY, Satur. THE Pope yesterday reiterated his plea for the internationalisatlon of Jerusalem and the protection of pilgrimage rights to holy places m Palestine In an encyclical letter to the Catholic Episcopate. The lett*-! called for an International regime for the city and its
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    Prison guards hurt
    37 8 Seven prisoners were injured when guards m Jullundur prison East Punjab opened flre on prisoners awaiting trial who were reported to have attacked them with tent -poles and brickbats. Five warders w«-r»; lnhired. Reuter
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    Feb. world rubber output shows drop
    122 8 WASHINGTON! Saturday. yyORLD production of natural rubber m February was estimated yesterday at 97.500 long tons, a drop from the 125,000 tons produced m January. That was 15.000 tons below world consumption. The Secretariat of the Rubber Study Group made the estimate and noted
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    'CUT SPENDING,' JAPS WARNED
    43 8 'CUT SPENDING,' JAPS WARNED LEADING financial adviser to Gen. MacArihur, Supreme Allied Commander m Japan Mr. Joseph Dodge, yesterday warnel the Japa- nese people they were living "far beyond their means." Japan had spent too nnich money for unproductive nur-po-es. he said Reuter
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    25 8 Candle hawkers m Queen Street did a roaring trade on Good Friday spiling tapers to thousand* of Catholics for the procession around St. Joseph's Church.
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    Kashmir truce plan ready
    236 8 Kashmir truce plan ready RAWALPINDI, Saturday. rpHE lUited Nations Commission for India and A Pakistan yesterday presented both Dominions with its proposals for a truce agreement m the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Commission stated that it had studied both the Indian and Pakistan points of view at meetings
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    Red claim on Antarctic
    65 8 Rl ssiAN scientists havt proposed thai Antarctic lands "discovered" by two Russian explorers early m the 19th century should be called "The Russian sector of the Antarctic continent," Moscow Radio said yesterday. The proposal was made at a meeting of the Moscow branch of the I'.ss.R.
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    84 8 YESTERDAY'S Rugby League, resultg were: Barrow 12. Salford 7: Dellevue. R. 13, Whit* haven 19, Hull Kingston R. 7, Hull 4: Liverpool St. 7. Leigh 8; Bwinton 26 Oldham 3; Warrington 21. Widnes 14; Wlgan 19, St Helena 5; Working-ton T. 27, Rochdale H 10: Featherstone R. 8
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    4,000 Arabs on move
    27 8 Nomadic armed Arab tribes numbering 4,000 with over 6,000 head of cattle have crossed to the Lebanon from Palestine m the Tyre district.
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    PROPOSED CUT IN OLYMPIC GAMES
    116 8 A VERY Brundage. president of the American Olympic Committee expect* a stiff Aghl m Rome len days hence when the International Commit »cc meets. Brundage will propose a de«p slash m the Olympic programme, especially m the minor or optional events. "They have gotten completely
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    GIFTS FOR GARMANS
    38 8 The United States Military Government In Germany reported yesterday that more than 235.000 tons of gift parcels worth $300 million had been sent to the Germans by Americans since the end of the war.- U.P.
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    CO-ED SCHOOL PROBE
    79 8 LONDON, Sat. THE British Government has announced that it will crack down on independent schools where teen-aged students of both sexes are permitted too much freedom. The announcement was made In the House of Commons following sensational revelations last week of a school at Eccleshall. where girl
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      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine APRIL 16, 1949.
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      THE MEN OF MANY RACES FIGHT TERRORISM
      1256 1  -  E .A. Earnshaw by *Burma < sumpatflP jftorM War II have n): ,n\ uvs -mil ....s brrn feaUim! British \imy s ilu-iv »iv m ItNfclV. |M i- the Coin o ist InmmlH Ihrcal s Malay and v plus a of Locally ->nnel— ,bvs
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      HE'S HAPPY IN HIS ART
      397 1  -  MARIAN WELLS by SURROUNDED oy lanterns of all shapes and sizes, 55-year-old wayside artist Ah Kcw aims at expressing a touch of beauty m all his work. "Even humble material can look attractive with a little extra trouble," he said. For the past 30 years
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      A SMALL CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
      866 1  - A SMALL CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY A SINGAPORE YANK by THE party a good will affair was not exactly tres gai. Those present seemed to be mostly importers- and/or exporters and the conversation never rose above "shop". "What are hogcasings?" I overheard an Australian importer ask a Chinese as they
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      Jaundice got him a part
      911 2 Jaundice got him a part JAUNDICE, a complaint which has interfered with the activities of several film stars m England during the last few months, has robbed •Michael Wilding of a co-starring part with Tyrone Power m "The Black Rose." Power has gone to North Africa, where the biggest location
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      Ringing the changes
      153 2 EILttN HERLIE ta undergoing make-up. Ufhtln^ and costume tests lor "The Angel With The Trumpet." which went Into production at Isieworth on .1 4 Based on the famous Austrian novel Ernst Lothar, i: is Miss Herlies first film for Korda. and will be directed by Anthony Bushell
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      Things To Come
      481 2 <2OME of the must famous stars on both sides of the Atlanticappear m the five latest pictures produced by London Films for the markets of the world. These five films, superbly directed by Carol Reed, Gregory Ratoif, Michael Powell, Emlyn Williams and Leslie Arliss, are now ready
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      THE WEST IS NOT SO WILD
      752 2 By S. NAPIER AN Irish emigrant, recently returned to his native town for a visit, has been interviewing a stream of young men all anxious to become cowboys on his 50,000 acre ranch near the American Rockies He has had to disillusion many of
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      He's always dying
      101 2 A COWARD dies many times before his death, says Shakespeare; so does a Reed. Maxwell of that name having shown In past films a far from cowardly readiness to risk a sticky end, "dies" again m his new film, "Madness of the Heart." But, as chauffeur to
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      He Will Be China's 'J. Arthur Rank'
      377 2 MEET the "J. Arthur Rank" of Ciiina, the man who intends to do the same things for Chinese films that his famous counterpart did for British productions. This man is Lee Tsu-yung, owner of the modern Yung Hwa Studios m Hong Kong, the
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      'I WANT MY CHILD TO BE A DOCTOR'
      1104 3  -  NAN HALL Norman Cotterill Story by Photographs by rHE number of parents all over the world who have said: "I want my child to be a doctor" are legion and the parents of Malaya are no exception to the general rule, for
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      MY GOLFING CAREER
      1228 4  -  Percival Soke By rpHE first thing to do 1 before you start to pUy golf is to get shirt so long that it will not drag from your trousers with the twist of the b)dy and stream like a banner m the breeze. Next pawn the family
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      STORE OPPOSE SWIM RIVALS TODAY
      1172 4  - STORE OPPOSE SWIM RIVALS TODAY K. S. CHIA by qWIMMING tans °can expect one of the most keenly contested aquatic meets when the Singapore Chinese Swim mintf Club competes against her 20->ear-old rival, the Penang Chinese Swimming (lub, m their annual inter-C.S.C. .tourney at Katong, this atternoon and tomorrow. Though
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        285 4 ARE we to have a new Are we to have the pleasoccer stadium, or are sure of seeing soccer we not? Thousands of fol- teams from overseas this lowers of football are asking season? Our Sumatra visittic question. tors gave us a treat last It's quite a long time since
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