The Singapore Free Press, 30 April 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA t IM« SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    MALAYAN OIL CARGO FOR USSR
    272 1 Valued at $900, 000 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE oil-millers told me yestefday that they had high hopes of Russia becoming the biggest buyer of Malayan coconut oil. Their hopes are based on the shipment to Russia the day before yesterday of I,QOO tons of
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    INDIES FOR U.N. AGAIN
    84 1 INDIES FOR U.N. AGAIN WIA. Saturday. D'KED Dutch and r.esian Republican ra placed m United :.ands yesterday the drawing a basic plan peace m Indonesia. Mi committed itr. to accept th« completed by Mr. Cochran. American r.d temporary chair* UN. Commission ..esia. H. van Royen. reprer Dutch, and Dr. Ed
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    Denial claims question
    96 1 LONDON, S<* v.ANDER Allan Nobl« Cons. >. asked In the Com- ytsterday what com.sation would be paid for xxis requisitioned m Malaya li*4l- ;2 by the dvtl aithos for the purpose of dtD Rees-Williams, CoI. nde -Secretary, re- Excepting any cases legal liability to pay :sation under
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    US TIN IMPORTS BAN LIFTED
    40 1 U S Comimrc* D«::ment has announced .:es to import gradt 99 65 percent tin conor less will b« granted lie purchasws under cer.:iitions. private import* of pig been permitted sine* *he second world war. A.P.
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    54 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. about to unveil the plaque dedicating the Rotary Club T.B. Clinic "to th» free u%% of the people of Singapore" when he declared the Clinic open yesterday. Standing before the microphone with his bark to the camera is iMr. L. Cresson, President of
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    TALKS ON BERLIN BLOCKADE
    104 1 TALKS ON BERLIN BLOCKADE NEW YORK, Saturday. MX. PHILIP JESSUP, United States roving ambassador, di russed the Berlin blockade Ouring a two-and-a-half-hour meeting last night with M. Jacob Malik, Soviet delegate to the United Nations. tin declined to make a statement after the meeting until he had communicated with the
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    INDIAN HURT BY PARANG
    64 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A 23-YEAR-OLD Singapore Indian, Janang Raja, is now seriously ill In the General Hospital as a result of a parang attack on him on the first floor of a house m Enggor Street last night. A 26-year-old Indian alleged to be Raja's
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    EUROPE FEARS NEW GERMANY
    172 1 HARRIMAN TESTIFIES WASHINGTON, Saturday. tyESTERN Europe has fears that Germany might join up with Russia if she were allowed any revival of her military strength at this time, Mr. Averill Harriman, E.C.A. roving ambassador, told th e United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee last night. Greatest
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    ZULU STRIKE CALL
    35 1 Extra police patrols were ordered out at Durban yesterday after the Zulu Workers Union of Natal handed out pamphlets among the Durban natives calling upon them to strike for higher wages.- U.P.
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    50 1 Tim British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, enjoys a feke with Pandit Nehru, Indian Premier, and Dr. D. F. Malan, Premier of South Africa at No. 10 Downingstreet after the conclusion oi the Commonwealth conference, the successful outcome of which has been claimed as a personal success for Mr. Attlee.
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    Bandits shoot man
    40 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. THREE Chinese bandits, on« with a revolver, attacked a Chinese couple at Jementah village, 13 miles from Segamat, Johore, yesterday. They shot the man dead and injured the woman seriously. Police are investigating.
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    E.C.A. dollars to buy pork
    49 1 ECA yesterday announce a it had authorized $21,000,000 (US) for Britain to buy pork m the United States. The allocation coincided with the Agriculture Department allotment of 66.000.000 pounds of pork for export to the United Kingdom with specified amounts to other nations.- U.P.
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    PEIPING BANS GOLD EXPORT
    36 1 PROVISIONAL regulations for the control of gold and silver m Communist North China were announced by Peiping Radio yesterday. Regulations forbid exports of gold and silver, and imports will require permits.— Reuter
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    KAREN LOSSES IN HEAVY FIGHTING
    203 1 KAREN LOSSES IN HE A VY FIGHTING HEAVY Karen losses are claimed by Burmese Government troops m recent fighting. At Daiku, 38 miles north of Pegu, a Karen spearhead thrusting toward Rangoon has been trapped, it is claimed, and 40 Karens killed m a clash near Pegu, 40 miles north
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    Rebels strafed
    41 1 THE French have intensified their air offensive against Viet Minn forces and waves of French Junkers and Dakotas are reported to have flown over Hanoi yesterday heading northeast. Several air transports are believed to have carried French troops U.P.
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    U.S. property
    37 1 The United States had sold 99 per cent of all its surplus property abroad at the end of the war at a return of about 19 cents on a dollar. Congress was informed yesterday. U.P.
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    BORDER RAID
    30 1 Soviet-controlled German police last night raided a farm just inside the British sector of Berlin and drove all the livestock across the border line into the Soviet zone.
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    NEHRU MEETS G.B.S.
    26 1 Mr. Nehru, Prime Minister of India, yesterday called on the 92-year-old Irish playwright, Bernard Shaw, at his home at Ayot St. Lawrence. Reuter
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    Wolf makes grade
    71 1 JOME 15,000 words, many of them born during the war, O have been given official recognition m the latest edition of Websters Dictionary. Mr. Churchill's "Iron Curtain" made grade, as did such other now familiar words as "Cominform", "Zero Zero" and "Party line." "Wolf" was given a
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    UK wants to be friends with Mao
    160 1 LONDON, Saturday. BRITAIN is trying to establish "friendly relations" with the Chinese Communists, a Foreign Office spokesman said m London yesterday. Contact with Mao Tse-tung himself would be made if they knew where he was. The British Ambassador m Nanking, Sir Ralph Stevenson,
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    S'hai money markets panic
    191 1 SHANGHAI, Saturday. WITH Shanghai surrounded by Communist armies which can pick their own time when to attack, the city's stock and money markets have gone wild with fear and already inflation has reached astronomical proportions. At an emergency meeting at the Central Bank yesterday, Shanghai employers
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    U.S. WARSHIPS CHINA-BOUND
    67 1 THE doubling of United States cruiser strength m the West Pacific may follow the arrival of the heavy cruiser St. Paul and the light cruiser Manchester at Honolulu en route for China waters. The assignment of these vessels with three destroyers already In Honolulu comprising a cruiser
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    Britain to hold manoeuvres
    90 1 Britain to hold manoeuvres LONDON, Saturday. THE British Army will hold its biggest manoeuvres since the war this summer, it was announced yesterday. A War Office spokesman said that m the exercises probably between 200,000 and 300,000 men would be engaged In the United Kingdom and m Germany. Tli* 1
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    JEALOUS WIFE 'THREW ACID'
    63 1 A WARRANT has been issued m Munich for the arrest of an American sergeant's wife accused of throwtag acid on a German girl and cutting off her hair m the belief that she was friendly with her husband. The American, Mrs. Lennie Martin, is believed to
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    TOTAL GREEK CASUALTIES
    46 1 CASUALTIES m the Greek civil war during 1948 were officially reported m Athens on Friday as guerillas: 15,700 killed, 8,000 captured, 8,256 surrendered, government forces: 3,843 killed; 14,075 wounded and more than 2,000 missing, v most of whom rejoined their units." A. P.
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    E.C.A. MOVE TO HONG KONG
    52 1 SIXTY Economic Co-opera-tion Administration <ECA) officials, who are being evacuated from Shanghai, ar« due m Hong Kong today aboard an American destroyer on their way to Canton. Their move follows the decision to transfer ECA'i China headquarters to Canton owing to the Communist advance on
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    KING SEES NEHRU
    21 1 Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India, was received In audience by King George at Buckingham Palace yesterday.- Reuter
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    Bill says: 'More U.K. films for S'pore'
    153 1 Bill says: 'More U.K. films for S'pore' Free Press Staff ReporUf IF a Bill published yesterday becomes law, Singapore cinemas which at a majority of screenings show English-lan-guage films will be compelled to raise their showings of British films from seven to ten days m every seventy. This virtually means
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    NIMITZ IS READY
    117 1 NEW YORK. Saturday. ADMIRAL NIMITZ. United I\ Nations administratcrdesignate for the propoj»t*d plebiscite m Kashmir, has tentatively fixed May 9 as the date of hi* departure lor Kashmir. He has been waiting for the conclusion of the Commonwealth conference m London and the return of the Indian
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    SOCIALIZED GAS: MAY DAY
    39 1 BRITAIN'S gas industry passes into the hands of the public on May Day socialism's international holiday. It is the seventh major industry nationalised by the Labour Party since it came to power m 1945. A.P.
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  • SPECIAL PAGE FOR CHILDREN
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      The Adventures Of Mouse-Deer
      711 2  -  UNCLE GEORGE A NEW SERIAL FOR YOU By A MAT was nine. He swam like a fish and knew all sorts of wonderful things about animals, but he could not read or write k very well, for he hated school. He was small for his age,
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      Find the Four Musical Names
      61 2 IDENTIFY these objects and from etch name take one letter and spell the names of the musical Instruments suggested by the following three deflni- Uona. 1. Big, round instrument used m band*. 2. A fultAr-likt Instrument t. A wind instrument of the reed class. -•oqo
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      CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
      237 2 CHILDREN'S CR USADE T^O success attended a plan to organise young Jews from displaced person camps m Germany, and to induce 10,000 of them to march across France or Italy to the Mediterranean coast where they were to embark for Palestine. But the idea recalls a famous march by children
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      Follow now the antics of PENNY and KONI (1)
      108 2 Koni, the little pig-tail monkey from the Pet Shop could still remember the days when he had clung to his mother as she leapt from tree to tree m Borneo, the land at the other side of the world where he
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      Bridge Hands
      192 2 'THERE are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win seven of the eight tricks against any defence. South leads spade and North plays the ace. If East holds the king, North cashes the club ace, then leads the low spade. East must lead a heart,
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      WORLD SPOTLIGHT They're crazy about cricket
      146 2 WORLD SPOTLIGHT They're cra zy about cricket IF you think cricket is popular Singapore and Mal.n.i. you'd term the boys (and even the girls! i of British Guiana ;js "cricket crazy". For here cricket is more oj a National Game khan it is even south of the Border m Britain.
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      Heroic girl
      28 2 A of I ther T. A: out hea'.- 1. so cht: her or,e l\ doing A: that I are t.»!e Will v <F* m R I
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      Life-size dolls
      37 2 or long whK. Is :i subject Thi offered J iters ihoulci that bris lit] Bduca a w: er Thi ren, In pnrr... j how to t and the of babj real b I ■Alcni ffa'
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      20 2 Solution To Crossword No. 676 PIRiEISJEiNITIAJTIMOINJ °y n g ߣrl L n T n U|Bitlollieir[ain[ciei LMv'EiQMMtEjr^pMp] aU i Wn HlNliiElSftlOlGlAiTieiSi
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      168 2 F.P. Crossword No. 677 Ipp p ill 4 1 wsm p *_l _i: 14 is a p p g .C\ i^^; <.. WM 156I 56 l 7 l 6 r 20 l\ 22j g Wf f%, __-L Hi wMik I I. I w CLUUES ACROSS 3. Property (6). 6. Ostentation
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      189 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you have a quick and alert mind which is always awake to what U ffoing on around you. Your love of science and nature may lead the way to a career In this field. Mathematics hold no f«ars for you so that any kind of
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      25 2 Puxxle Corner HOW to make a Maltese Cross with four matches: Strike them. Give him one to hold and push the others down his neck.
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  • Article
    Auckland to import 'Allied' trees
    97 3 j. KLAMD plans to Import :ve trees typical of ountrtta so as to keep Work! War II associaAucklaad Ci:y Council tc to World War II asking for trees. It thar Amon'z the trees an be included are oaks Britain, sugar maples Canada, wattles from kratta,
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    INDIAN REDS 'SEEK CIVIL WAR'
    420 3 INDIAN REDS 'SEEK CIVIL WAR' U.P. Premier's warning COMMUNISTS m India aacr c tryin* to "creaU con Vana rt bh n pa O nt C Premf r 75* 55 ttuEf&SSi "wXinrtn^rap"^ he last se°vT a r ™H Vity K ln I S dia> on the wan c ln the fr,m,v
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    PARCELS EMBARGO
    17 3 mbmrgo on parcels to ria and part of North as imposed yesterday British Post Office.
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    BIRA FOURTH IN CAR RACE
    60 3 D.OB Gerard won the Jersey v international road race for the second year m succession at St. Helier. Driving his E.R.A. on which he won the race last year Gerard covered the 55 laps a distance of 176 miles, at an average speed of 77.1
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      134 3 AMERICAN j^F^K afl^V M^^F ,^^dW 0 i A I fl HHH I 11,850 miles m 7 days/ The new 'British-built AUSTIN A. 90, a drop-head coupe, set 53 new distance and speed records at the world-famous Indianapolis (U.S.A.) track last week. This AUSTIN A. 90. over a period of 7
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      308 3 1 —----—^^^^^■■■BBBBU**BBMa»aaMBB«BB«BnBBanBMBBBBBn RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m TODAY 10 to 10.10 News from Kuala Lumpur 1 Programme Summary 1.02 Dance Music 1.30 News 160 Interlude 2.10 to 6.15 Racing commentaries from the Singapore Turf Club 6.15 Dance Music 6.30
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      161 3 7.45 It Matters to Me 8 Spot the Fa\ourites 8.30 Feature: "Labour Camps m Soviet Russia" 9 Dance Music 9.30 News 9.45 Evening Star 10 Concert Dance Music 10.30 Nocturne. BFEBS (Singapore) (Including BBC. Relay) 19. Metres, 25. Metres, 31. Metres and 44- Metres. TODAY 445 pm. English: Programme Summary:
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY April 30. 1949. WALKING IN THE SHADE
    642 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY April 30. 1949. WALKING IN THE SHADE RLPLAN TING Of sapling trees m the close of St. Andrew's Cathedral to take he place of those recently felled and removed is a reminder that Singapore city centre needs many more trees. Ours is a generous climate.
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    In Modern Ceylon The Bullock Carts Trail Behind
    766 4  - In Modern Ceylon The Bullock Carts Trail Behind GRAHAM BARROW By COLOMBO: THK Government is studying a comprehensive report on transport conditions m Ceylon. The report was drawn up by a retired Indian Civil Servant, Mr. D. R. Rutnam, after a survey of the island's toad and rail facilities. It
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    Titoism Versus Stalinism
    758 4  -  JOHN TALBOT By 'pHE opinion of Vatican observers that the expulsion of Marshal Tito and Ihe Yugoslav Communist party from the comin form marks a difference which is fundamental and deep-seat-ed is voiced by Father S. Lener, the wellknown Jesuit com mentator. m the current issue of
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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      Colonial Governor's Position?
      351 4 I WOULD like to be allowed to make some observations on the rather interesting article on your leader page on "His Excellency, the Governor" by Mr. Graham Stanford. I have for many many years studied closely the constitutions of the United Kingdom and the Dominions and that
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    'COLD' RUBBER WILL IMPROVE SYNTHETIC
    603 4  - 'COLD' RUBBER WILL IMPROVE SYNTHETIC LOUIS HUNTER By THE new "cold" synthetic rubber is expected not only to improve the "wearability" of tyres and other products made from it, but, because of its superiority over general purpose synthetic produced at higher temperatures, experts believe that it should stabilise the future
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    9 4 The scene looking down on the sunlit St. Patrick's
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    British Skippers Aid Colonial Fishermen
    127 4 British Skippers Aid Colonial Fishermen HOW British skippers all over the world are showing Colonial fishermen the way to improve their catches It told m a report on "The Production of Fish m Colonial Empire" by Dr. C. F. Hickling, Fisheries Adviser to the Colonial Office m London. Since the
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    FAITH
    7 4 MKttttttftss, that thou ma>est be rise
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    Teacher -actor gets his chance
    121 5 Teacher -actor gets his chance l. m Press Staff Reporter > ;\e,APORE teacher. I Kenry Hochstadt, is\ been awarded a Council scholarthe Central of Drama and m. Albert Hall, is due to start r.;i will be of one ;un. During the 1 study speech anme. elocution, .a-ment, producther subjects con\tb
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    Impressed by students
    97 5 r ree Press Staff Reporter. MRS. N. Y. F. Richardson, of the International StuService Co-operating -nmlttee of Britain, told rgraduates of Raffles I and Medical Colleges, last it: I am very impressed: th the students of Malaya." She added I find them intelligent. Ignorant, enter- 1 ..ng
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    Radio Feature
    26 5 Tomorrow at 10.30 pjn. Radio Malaya will begin a new series of programmes designed foi late evening listening. "Nocturne" Introduces familiar verse and Ic.
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    'Clothes for poor' plea
    102 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. THE Young Malay Women's Association. Singapore, is appealing to the public. Darticularly to cloth merchants, for donations of old clothing or unsaleable piece-goods for distribution to poverty-stric-ken villagers. Representatives of the association will call and collect bundles if notification is sent to
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    SCOUT DANCE
    35 5 The Tenth Scout Group Is holding a dance tonight at St. Andrew's school hall, Woodsville, from eight o'clock to midnight. Tickets $2 for men and $1 ladies, may be obtained at the door.
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    UNFIT PRIVATE CARS MAY GO
    571 5 UNFIT PRIVATE CARS MAY GO Wider powers recommended Free Press Staff Reporter RECOMMENDATION that the Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, should have the power to suspend or cancel the licences of motor cars which, m his opinion and after proper inquiry, are unfit to be used on the road, has been
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    12 5 picture. HcN'RY HOCHSTADT, m his last stage appearance as Macbeth. Free Press
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    APPLICATION AGAINST PETITION
    290 5 IN application to have set aside a divorce petition brought by Vivie Gladys Gau.ron, against her husband, George Gauron, on the ground that m the interests of justice it should not be proceeded with m Singapore was made by Mr. A. F. Thorne m the Singapore Supreme
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    49 5 picture. DR. R. D. Rands, an American soil and plant expert, who attended the phy to -sanitary conference of South East Asia countries m Singapore. He said Malaya would be one of the worst-hit countries if a plague of olant diseases were to spread to South-East Asia. Free Press
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    S'pore prices up as Reds advance
    224 5 S'pore prices up as Reds advance Free Press Chinese Correspondent SINGAPORE prices of Shanghai-manufactured goods, particularly textiles have been marked up by from 40 per cent, to as much as 100 per cnt as a result of the Communist advance m China. Traders have seized the opportunity arising from anticipated
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    63 5 picture. Free Press A GROUP of Singapore Dutch children dressed In their country's pictureque national costume await their turn on the slide. The girls are pupils of the Dutch School m Orange Grove Road. They all attended a party at the home of Mr. J. A. J. Vermeullen m Holland
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    MR. A. P. RAJAH IS HORRIFIED
    214 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. U7HERE a person delibe- rately flouted the law by opening unauthorised coffee shops, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners were powerless to do anything until the offender was brought to court, said Mr. A. P. Rajah (Prog.) at yesterday's meeting of the
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    College unions ready for merger: 'end to rivalry'
    476 5 College unions ready for merger: 'end to rivalry' Free Press Staff Reporter A DRAFT constitution has been completed for the merger of the student unions of Raffles College and the Medical College after th e founding of the University of Malaya m October. It will be submitted to the executive
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    PRINCESS FLATS: 'GO AHEAD' A WAITED
    161 5 PRINCESS FLATS: 'GO AHEAD A WAITED Free Press Staff Reporter WORK will begin on the first part of the $705,000 plan to build quarters for workmen, under the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund, when the Princess Elizabeth Fund Ordinance passed at the last Legislative Council meeting is formally gazetted, said
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      160 5 Al.maiL are < \pected to anive today from: the U.K., Aden, Arabia. Canada, Europe, India, I Iran, Iraq. Pakistan. Palestine. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon Burma and Medan. Closing time for posting airmails at the G.PO. today is: to the U.K. Aden, Arabia. Canada, Europe, India. Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine,
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    'DEBATE BIRTH CONTROL'
    405 6 'DEBATE BIRTH CONTROL' Commissioner 's proposal Free Press Staff Reporter A FULL debate on birth control m Singapore was proposed by Mr. Sandy Pillay (Progressive City Ward) yesterday when the newly-constituted Municipal Commission held its first business meeting. H e suggested that this should take place soon m order that
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    BALLOTPAPERS
    39 6 Ballot papers and counter- used m the Rural West by-election to the Singapore iative Council m October last year were destroyed by burning yesterday m the i: >rden of the residence of the Elections Supervisor. Mrs. Id Hawkins.
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    47 6 picture. MR Ralph S. Bromhead, second from the left, feoeral manager of -Eagle Lion Distributors, who passed through Singapore this met by other Eagle Lion representatives. From left to right. Philip_ J^obs m Indonesia, George F. Rearden, Far Eastern Supervisor and Tony Whitehouse, Singapore manager.- Mobile Foto
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    Malayan exports show big drop
    190 6 MALAYAN exports last month dropped by 526.000.000 from 5155.815.551 m February to 5129.678.998 m March. Imports during the same period increased by S42.ooo.ooo— from 5137.123.945 m February to 5179.467.473 m March. In March th o of trade w;> against Malaya by *5?.000.000. km the ov
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    British Govt. stocks bought in quantity
    552 6 tn.tt vi^ft.-ju^^j|g LONDON, Saturday. BRITISH Government long-dated stocks were a firm feature of the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Buying was substantial and resulted m sains of 3/16ths Other sections were generally quietly steady but with occasional firmness m industrials. Among the latter Johnson Phillips
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    Thomas Cup v. The Rest: game agreed
    317 6 •pHE Malayan Thomas Cup team vii ni A The Rest (Malayan side) m Si,,, a pinst or 5 if approval of the Badminton u L n Jun 1 Malaya is given to the Singapore Baring On elation to stage the match. naam '"ton
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    UNIVERSITY COURT
    29 6 Mr. Yap Pheng Geek uas at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners appointed to m as a member of the Court of the University of Malaya.
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    DIVISION IN MALAYA IS OPPOSED
    33 6 DIVISION IN MALAYA IS OPPOSED It M local-b i > for :i m g ad*-- S:r.- trios*' t Sa: V- a V.i Br be g w:.. Bioi tK- required "I b G» to did
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      130 6 SHIPPING IN PORT SHIPS m port alongside ihe Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Sunny* *He (33-34). Heelsum t36). Ben.cdi (38-39). Tarakan i 42-43). West Wharf: Plancius (1-2). Bidor (3). Kampar (10) Orestes (10-11). Mongola (15-16). t.mpire Dock; Islander (21-22; Marudu (23). Kvsrnaas (23-26) Longview
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    3 GOOD BETS FOR BT. TIMAH
    326 7 3 GOOD BETS FOR BT. TIMAH Natural, Ra-Li Empire Rose 4 T By TRESPASSER NATURAL, Empire Rose and Ra-Li were given on the course this morning as being the best bets for the opening day's races of the Singapore *o M u 2v Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting at Bukit Timah
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    'Morton was the star'
    199 7 Letter to the Jports Editor lent to me that 1 who on Wed_i\e his opinions .ardays Malaya between Sinilians and the expert only m m a fine disructive footMorton, the right half. c a Uses the finer all as played by juid realise just >pean type
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    MURRAY SCORES BOTH SCC GOALS
    90 7 M*.Y scored Goth of SingaCricket Club's goals la v\ F A Senior League flx- R A P Changl at r Stadium last eveniiig. :o begun promisingly, but *©oa settled down and pa before the interval I uallsea Murray had r.tif-r the Club earl* :.d Fraser
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    Army-Navy Cup team chosen
    159 7 CIX Navy and five Army players were chosen after yesterday's trial at Nee Soon to represent the Army-Navy Combined XI m the Malaya Cup soccer fixture against Singapore Civilians! tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium. The team has been very well selected and is expected to extend
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    Good gallops this morning
    120 7 J^ NUMBER of good gallops were done by hones running on Wednesday when the Buklt Timah tracks were opened for train mi this morning. Captain Tale attracted much attention when he strode impressively at half-pace from the five Best gallops were: Allwortta (J. Docnelly) and AsAWd
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    ACS SPORTS
    75 7 rPHE 35th annual sports of the A Anglo-Chinese. Singapore will be held on Saturday, May 14. at tiie JAlan Beaar Stadium, begin* nlng at 2.30 p.m. The events for Old Boys will be 100 yards handicap. 220 yards handicap and lnter-0.8.A. 440 yard* rel*y for the Dr. Wu
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    COLONIALS C.C.
    65 7 T»HE team to represert the Colonials C.C. against RA* Changl m the S.C.A. Tournament match to-morrow on the S.J I ground play start irg at 11 a.m., will be from:— T. A. Dole (capt.) W Rafnayake. A. Perera. S de Kretser. D. Miller. G. E Lloyd T de
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    20 7 HOTSfURS beat RAP. (Sembawang> by three goals to on? In a friendly football match played at Victoria School ground yesterday.
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    Jacques B.P.
    51 7 T'HE following will represent the x Jacques BP. against t*ie Sportlight B.P at badmlrton tomorrow at 8 ajn. on the Bportlißht court: 8. H. Chtm Tan Chye Toon, 8. L. nuat, Francis Cheng, B. 8. Tan. Thomas Kho. Seah Sot Soon. Reserves: Heraxd Teo, W^e Bak Hoe, Anthony
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    Malayan Olympic Council needed
    425 7 By THE SPORTS EDITOR WHATEVER decision the International Olympic ff Committee reaches on the status of the Singapore council, there is no reason why a Pan-Malayan organisation, representing both the Colony and the Federation, should not be formed and formed straightaway. The object of such a
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    J. LANGRIDGE SCORES 122
    63 7 JOHN Lang ridge made an encouraging start to the English cricket season by compiling the flrst Sussex ceirtury during a friendly two-day match Ilamp shire, which began m Hove yesterday. He scored 122 m 2Vi hours, with two sixes and 15 fours as his chief strokes.
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    WATER POLO
    58 7 OINGAPORE District (Army) meet Chinese swimming Club m two water-polo matches at the Club pool, Amber Road, tomorrow The Army teams will be: "A" TEAM: Lt. Donovan. S Sgt. Higgins, WOi Townsend, Capt Marshman. Cpl. McLeUand, Pte Aungles, S/Sgt. Richardson. M B" TEAM: Cpl. Allen, MsJ. Hilliard, Neave,
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    Macao held to 3-2 margin
    183 7 YAU YEE HUNG of Ipoh. generally con-sidered Malaya'o best table tennis player, scored a personal triumph last night when he beat Woce W°ng Lin. captain of the Macao visiting team, m straight set*. Reproducing the wizardry which earned him third place In th° rabl<» tennis
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    All The Latest Selections
    201 7 RACE 1 2.15 RACE 2 I 45 RACE t S.lB RACE 4 5.45 RACE f 4.15 RACE 4.50 RACE^~ 5 25 RACE 8 6.00 TRESPASSER DURBAR Crfcpian Diamond Epic ADVANTAGE Kentucky Derby Malt Loch EMPIRE ROSE Ballymun II Dance Hall YOUR HIGHNESS Suivi Oregon RA-U King
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    Today's acceptors
    922 7 OELOW is the card of events for to-day's races at v Bukit Timah. The double tote will b e drawn on races five and eight and the big sweep on race eight. Race 1: 2.15 Cl. 1, Div. 3—6 Furs. 5 Yds. 1 340 Diamond Epic Lav.ler 8.12
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    Stowe enters golf final
    200 7 /*HARLES STOWE is the on: man v In England with a Cup final ticket for today who will not be able to watch the soccer classic. He has an engagement In the, final of the English golf chanipioship at Formby Lancashire, having qualified to meet R.
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    ROVERS 'A' WIN 1-0
    32 7 IN a friendly soccer match on Thursday, the Rovers S.C. 'A" team beat St. Patrick's School by one goal to nil. Choo Cheok Hal scored the only erosl.
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    N.Z. XI play Yorks today
    161 7 N.Z. XI play Yorks today From Jim Chambers ENGLAXDS 1949 cricket season, which started on Wednesday with a friendly fame between Glamorgan and an England XI, really pushes its nose into the- sports calendar today. The Sew Zealand touring team begins its four-month programme at Bradford with a game against
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    Mayflower and B.O.D.C.A. draw
    111 7 IN a friendly game of badmirton played at the Cierical Union on Thursday, 8.0.D.C.A. drew with the Mayflower B.P. The last tie had to be cancelled owing to insufficient time. The results were (8.0.D.C.A. players mentioned first): SINGLES: Teo Boon Eng lost to Tan Ouan Hong:
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    1,000 GUINEAS TO MUSIDORA
    59 7 JLJR. N. P. Donaldsou's Musidora won the 1.000 Guineas classic for three-year-old fillies, run ovei one mile yesterday. Musidora ridden by Australian Edgar Britt beat D. H. Wills' Unknown Quantity by one and a half lengths Peter B.atty** Solar Myth, ridden by T. Gosling, was a
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    EAST FIFE WIN 5-1
    21 7 EAST Fife beat Hearts S— l m a Scottish "A" Division soccer fixture yesterday.- Reuter A.P. and
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    BRITAIN GAIN 2-0 LEAD
    105 7 BRITAIN GAIN 2-0 LEAD BRITAIN led Portugal by tw > matches to zero at the end of the first days play m their first round European zen Davi< Cup match In Li bon yesterday Results: A. Mottram < Britain t beat J. Roquette B—6,8 6, 6 3, 7 5. G.
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      275 7 NOTICES SINGAPORE BOXING ASSOCIATION The Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Boxing Association will be held at the Happy World on Thursday, sth May. 1949, at 5.15 p.m. AGENDA I. To read and confirm the Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting. 1. To receive the Annual Report of the
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      58 7 Today's Sport RACING: Ist Day S.T C Mtng. Bukit Timab 2.15 p. tn LEAGUE SOCCER: Jnr A Grp. 2. R.A.S.C v.K«ta RajaGey lanf. CRICKET: S.C.C "A'» y. Non-Benders SC.C; S.C.R C y. R.A.F Chamii-S.I'.RC; lA. t. V.M.C.A —Khalsa urnj St. Andrew's School y. SJ.I. S.J.I, grnd.; Raffles Inst. v. C.S.C.—
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    PAKISTAN RESERVES RIGHT TO QUIT
    252 8 Liaquat Ali states policy LONDON, Saturday. PAKISTAN is reserving the right to leave the British Commonwealth any time she chooses, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, announced m London yesterday. He referred to the recent Commonwealth Premier's conference m London which gave India
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    46 8 One place m Berlin where the Westerners and Russians are still on speaking terms is the Spandau prison, where Hess, Raeder, Ooenitz and other war criminals serve their sentences. In this picture, the Russians, on the left, are seen taking over the guard from the Americans.
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    BERLIN CANAL DISPUTE
    154 8 BERLIN CANAL DISPUTE BERLIN. Saturday. ARMED British military police were last night guarding three Aialn canal locks In the British sector whtre Russian officers have twice fn«d to impose a "baby blockade. 1 Specially selected detachments of redcaPDed British troops will remain there pending the outcome of a discussion between
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    RED CLASH IN STREET
    74 8 SEVERAL hundred Berlin Communist and ai.tiCommunist German youths fought In the street yesterday morning. A number of Communists were hospitalised after the fight, which was broken up by police. The fighting took place m the American sector, near the Soviet sector border. The Communist* said that
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    Indian Left's no to C'wealth
    91 8 Indian Left's no to C 'wealth THE Indian Socialist leadet. Mr. J. P. Naraln, deplored India's new relationship m the Commonwealth yesterday and said that the Socialist Party Vould take the first opportunity to end this great national blunder." He said It was the Congress Party's greatest blunder since agreeing
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    Mrs. Stanley in Paris
    26 8 Mrs. Sidney Stanley, wife of the central flgurfc m the recent British Government corruption investigation, arrived m Paris from London yesterday- A.P.
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    U.S. USES MORE NEW RUBBER
    75 8 THE US. consumed 91,594 long tons of new rubber m March, the Commerce Department estimated. That was the highest monthly figure since August 1948 when 92 265 tons were used. Synthetic rubber consumption for March was 38.839 tona. Natural consumption totalled 52.755 tons. During the
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    200 ARRESTS IN UGANDA
    61 8 Over 200 people have been arrested m Uganda following the recent rlols In Nairobi. The trouble is now on the decline. An official statement said that reports from Kampala said there was "a considerable improvement In the general security situation." Tills follows increased patrolling by military
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    SYRIA-ISRAEL DEADLOCK
    46 8 SYRIA-ISRAEL DEADLOCK ARMISTICE talks between iV Syria and Israel have reaches a deadlock, according to an Israeli source. A Reuter dispatch from the Syrian-Israeli border In Northern Galilee said delegates at the talks sat for two and a half hours yesterday wlhout making any progress. Reuter
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    One man fell out
    78 8 women and on.- n.an, all on horseback, who have O ridden from Land's End. extreme south-west point of England, arrived m Edinburgh today. One of the party, a man. has dropped out. They are making for John O'Groats. northernmost point of Scotland. Georgina, a mongrel dog.
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    Indian case on U.N. agenda
    104 8 FLUSHING* MEADOW, Sat. INDIA'S complaint against South Africa will remain on the agenda of th« United Nations Political Committee despite attempts to transfer It to the ad hoc < minor Political Committee. This was decided yesterday by the Steering Committee when it met to consider
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    JERUSALEM MOVE
    23 8 The Palestine Conciliation Commission has set wp a sub-committee to deal with the question of the Holy City cf Jerusalem- A.P.
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    CHURCHILL OPTIMISTIC
    96 8 MR. Winston Churchill, addressing a rally of 6,000 members of the Primrose League m London yesterday, declared that the Conservative Party had a good chance of winning next years general elections. He warned, however, that hard work lay ahead if the Conservatives are to regain power. "The prospects
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    CRIPS IN ITALY
    16 8 Sir Stafford Cripps. British Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrived In Rome yesterday. A.P.
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    DAKOTA LANDED AT GUN-POINT
    100 8 SALONIKA. Saturday MOLDING a gun at the pilots head a 24-year-old student forced him to land a Roumania-Soviet Airlines Dakota at Salonika airport yesterday. Qreek officials held the •tudent. Stoyan Kory of ihe Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest. 12 civilian passengers and a Rumanian gendarme and the Russian
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    S.KORCA PLANS 100,000 ARMY
    76 8 THE President of the Koi» an Republic, Syngman RLee. said yesterday he planned to build up the Republics army to a peak strength of 100,000 men with an additional reserve corps of 200,000. He also intends to invite several hundred American army officers to remain m
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    U.S. LAW STANDS
    28 8 The US Hous^ of Representatives yesterday rejected a proposal to repeal the Taft Hartley law and revive the New Deal Warner Act without changes.- U.P.
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    Jap & Germans may be in next Olympics
    182 8 Jap Germans may be in next Olympics ROME, Friday. nPHE Executive Committee of the International J- Olympic Committee today decided to recommend to international sporting federations that they should now admit Japanese national sporting federations. The same recommendation for Western Germany would be made as soon as it became a
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    Uranium 'find' near Ontario
    102 8 THE first major uranium discovery this year m Lake Superior, Ontario, field Includes fi\> separate area* hidden under the know. One near McGregor on the north shore of Lake Superior ha* a centre strip of apparent, iy rich ore over 12 feet wide. Mr. Frank Joubin,
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    LINER MAY BE PUT TOGETHER
    52 8 LINER MAY BE PUT TOGETHER TECHNICIANS are studying L the possibilities of putting the 17,500 tons British luxury liner. Magdalena. together again. It was reported m Rio de Janeiro yesterday. The liner broke m two near Rio earlier this week after running aground arfille returning to England after h*r maiden
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      130 8 STORE TIDES Today: 12 22pm; II 56pm. Tomorrow: 12.57 p. m THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris xjce coMmtssio»»an omcr^iiew ye** crryj tar THf saint cam pb thinm'N J cranklv, 1 jVV^^^i^tfvW^ NEVfR MINO TH| AUtlfl, fIRNACK, X I'VE 00*1 T "AT Wi CANT PO.' ANO YOU kfl f V, i
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      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine APRIL 30, 1949.
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      61 1 DM MM li /or a o/ ftoe drope before relec^ng us load Beloiv ewfj *eet /rom fft« aci. .V-. Le M*9 •jJane m /or a .'oo^c fo see t/ fhe co r Mfl a^e shoiring. oi the 200- 'j<id. whit* .Ah are placed double pur- at.ng the •■•is c> a»
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      An estate payroll comes in by aeroplane
      666 1  -  ERIC MITCHELL Pictures and Story by COMK up-country rubt)er estates are now having their payrolls dropped from aircraft to minimise the risk of armed robbery by bandits. Four or five times a month, Mr. dive Le Mesurier, chief instructor of the Royal Singapore
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      SLUMS OF RURAL SINGAPORE
      573 1  -  MARIAN WELLS b> THE town of Singapore is not me only area on the Island cursed with slums and desperate wrercrowd ing. *t least these slums are static and can be cealt with by the city authorities, but m the rural areas an average of ten
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      '...Oh, how it did upset him!'
      867 1  - '...Oh, how it did upset him!' Paul Lee JSHOBT STORY j BY THb lawyer lit a cigarette and leaned back m his chair, ready to listen to his client's trouble. The client, a fat man, looked ill at ease. He sat facing the lawyer across the table littered with files
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      Harmony will have to be restored
      972 2 by Our London Film Reporter I THE time is coming When the Government will have to intervene to restore harmony m the British film studios. Standing off of hundreds of operatives during the last few weeks, rem the closing of IS studios, was 'followed
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      Her singing kept him awake
      151 2 BECAISE Betty Hutton insists on her »Uges being kept to a t>o--degree temperature. I Paramount's "Red. Hot and Blue" set is faceti- < ously referred to by the crew as "Hutton's Polar Palace." But that wasn't the < reason why director John Farrow startled everyone
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      Sino- USA Get- Together
      489 2 4 JOINT Sino-Ame-rican effort m film making will be seen m Hong Kong m October when Otto Preminger, Twentieth Century Fox producer-director, comes to the Colony to complete "Transit Hong Kong," which will feature Richard Widmark as the star. Accompanied by Philip Dunne. Twentieth Century Fox
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      Marriage Is Good For Stars
      252 2  -  Howard C. Heyn By SOUNDS odd. coming from Hollywood, of all place, but Barbara Stanwyck sees a direct connection between happy marriage and success on the screen. "Look at me," invited Miss Stanwyck, who married Robert Taylor ten years ago, "I have had four nominations
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      COMIC WEEK-END
      479 2 AT THE LOCAL CINEMa* SINGAPORE seems i to have a clash of light-hearted films to entertain it this week end True, we have been seeking relief from murder, moods and migraine but not quite so extremely. Wally Beery's appearance m "A Date With Judy" at midnight at the
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      Full Stage
      113 2 << milt; stage m Raffles SS 1 Hotel ballroom will > be too small tomorrow a evening to hold Frank > Pickford's 24 piece con- crrt orchestra and half of the musicians will have to J S he accommodated on the 1 f ince floor. The concert orchestra
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      373 2 ANEW set of movie stars and a big boost m the popularity of screen senals are likely to result from the Invasion of the entertainment field by television, the director. David Miller, believes. Miller, who recently completed directing. "Top O' the Morning." a new Bing Crosby
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      COWARD RETURNS
      88 2 NOEL COWARD, ,ho has not appeared m a film since "In Which We Serve," is returning to the screen. He will Introduce three of his short plays m "Tonight at 8.30," to be produced by Antony Darborough m the same way as Somerset M^ugliam's Quartet. Plays chosen for
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      1194 3  - HO UDINI: THE HANDCUFF WIZARD w. BuchananTaylor By HARRY HOUDINI'S :vate and prolives were d by the clock :he lock He was ?ne the few men 1 ever known who exactly the numtata sleeping hours, recise moment of <ening; who had :lious regard for meal-times, and almost passionate ruality m
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      It's quite simple—when you know how
      837 3  - It's quite simple when you know how JACK, THE COBRA KILLER by CNAKKS are safer dead! That is the town-dwellers* view, after reading, as they do, of how poisonous and dangerous snakes are. But, after you have liyed m the country for some time, you easily get rid of this
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      There's one born every minute!
      701 3  - There's one born every minute! K.S. CHIA by YOU wouldn't De--1 lieve it, but the easiest way to swindle money from your fellow men and women is to sell them a bargain which they Just *an t Delieve is a bargain. The more distrustful they come, the easier you can
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        59 3 1949 HOLLYWOOD STYLE BOX HANDBAG m Crocodile or Lizard Skin. NOW ON SALE A. I. CO. 41, STAMFORD ROAD, SINGAPORE. TEL. ***** JUST ARRIVED LAKGB SELECTION O» PERSIAN, BUKHARA INDIAN CARPETS 6c RUGS AT WHi KSAI> KATES We also send Gift Parcels to U.K. Buying v not compulsory A visit
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      LARWOOD RECALLS LEG THEORY SQUABBLE
      1332 4  -  Stanley Russell By THE slightly-built man m the blue suit was serving a file of children using up the last of their sweet coupons when I walked into his shop. That was how 1 renewed acquaintance, after a dozen years, with Harold Larwood. The white-clad
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      UPS AND DOWNS
      188 4  -  WITH the end-of-the-season scramble for points on "Promotion and Relegation the merits or demerits of the system have again become the chief topic for argument. All soccer chiefs I meet agree that it puts the necessary ginger into the game, but it has one great disadvantage. It
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      Weight lifting is popular
      307 4 H7EIGHT lifting If rapidly gaining In popularity m Singapore The number of clubs affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation and parties under her wing is more than twice that before the war. Amongst these affiliates, is the "Evergreen Weight Lifting Party" which is the
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      31 4 Joe Louis, former heavy weif ht champion, tries to restrain the Pacific coast wrestlinf champion. Gino Garibaldi, from leaving his footprints on Frank Jarei chin during a match at San Francisco.
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      SPORTING Chit-Chat
      321 4 SPORTING Chit-Chat CO the Malaya Cup com- petition is iv full swing and la.st season's champions -Negii Sembilan have so far emerged with the biggest victory, sweeping Johore off their feet by six goals to two. And while Negri had an easy passage. Singapore Civilians were just able to beat
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