The Singapore Free Press, 10 May 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 17.469. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1949. run > hi (IMS
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    REDS ARE 11 MILES FROM SHANGHAI
    290 1 Govt. admits dire position SHANGHAI, Tuesday. DETACHMENT of Communist troops has reached Rating, 15 miles north-west of Shanghai, and "sporadic fighting" is going on only 11 miles from Shanghai's fixed defences, the Woosung-Shanghai garrison admitted last night. Rating Is ten miles t^tst of Woosung
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    31 1 A Malay policewoman pictured this morriuu operating traffic lights at the junction of Neil Koad and C antonment Road. This is the first day's instruction for ten policewomen on traffic «!uty.
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    WOMEN POLICE ON TRAFFIC
    138 1 Fre« Press Staff Reporter •pEN Singapore policewomen were to-day given their first day's instruction m the regulating of traffic lights at various road junctions. After the first hour nearly all of them were operating the lights without help from the regular tr^ C wL\ n nL
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    Tze-lian can see
    124 1 Tze-lian can see MELBOURNE. Tue«. rE LIAN Fan Leon*, aged four, can *e« quite well a* the result of operation performed here on Mar. 9. Known to thousands of Australians as Jenny, she was brought to Melbourne from Singapore three months ago. She had already lost one eye and it
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    Steel Bill is passed
    98 1 LONDON. Tu^s. rE House of Commons last night passed a bill to nationalise Britain's iron and steel industry, defeating on Opposition motion for its rejection by 333 votes to 203. The bill now goes to the House of Lords. There its future is problematical, as the
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    Blockade lifted tomorrow
    151 1 Blockade lifted tomorrow BERLIN. Tuesday. B iirst indication that 1 Urn Russian Military GovBCHI m Berlin had re:nst ructions from to carry out the qj or the East- West nil on lifting the ide was an official el order, signed by MarI i] Wissily Chuikov. last it that the restrictions
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    'No Foreign Legion for UK'
    95 1 LONDON. Tues WHERE whl not be any Bri- i>h Foreign l.e^ion under the present Labour Govern Qt. The Minister of Defence. Mr. A. V. Alexander, said yes-r-*rday "My service colleagues ar.fi I have carefuly considered "he desirability of forming a Foreign Legion but we have
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    Plane still missing
    35 1 An intensive aerial search of maintain tops and jungled r**ins due east of Manila yesterday failed to uncover any of the missing Philipjpme Airlines plane with 13 i> ->ons aboard. A. P.
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    PARIS STRIKE VOTE
    19 1 Stock Exchange' employees i m Paris yesterday voted un- anlmously to strike foi higher -vages U.P.
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    Eleanor re-elected
    17 1 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was yesterday re-elected chairman of the United Nations Humar. Rights Commissioa U.P.
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    AIR CHIEFS MEET
    42 1 A'r Vice-Marshal Sir William Dickson, Royal Air Force Commander-in-Cnief, Mediterranean and Middle East, and Air Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd, RAF. C-ln-C Far East, arrived at Northolt airpo:l, London last night to attend the annual R.A.F staff 18 Reuter
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    RUSSIA HAS NEW ITALIAN PLAN
    134 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. OUSSIA last night presented an amended plan for the former Italian colonies to the United Nations Political Committee only a few hours after a new Anglo-Italian agreement on the proDlem had'been disclosed. Mr. Andrei Gromyko .^aid the revised Soviet draft provided a
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    Flyer gives up
    41 1 The French woman flyer, Andree Dupeyron, who set out from France to establish a long distance, straight line flight record, landed In Jlwanl (Baluchistan) last night iftei a flight of 32 hnnrs too rlred to carry on.- Reuter
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    C.I.D. ARREST 18 GAMBLERS
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore C.I.D. raiding shophouses m Temple Street twice, and houses m Lorong 3, Geylang and Hare Road yesterday arrested 18 Chinese for gambling. Two of the Chinese will be charged with assisting in* the management of a "chap-Ji-ki" lottery. An Indonesian.
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    LONDON SAYS MALAYAN LOAN 'FAVOURABLE'
    104 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON Tuesday. THE terms of the £8.050,000 Malayan loan are regarded here as satisfactory, possibly more so than dealers m the market had expected. Date of its redemption between 1974 and 1976 It also considered good one, being 6horter than anticipated
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    34 1 photo British Foreign Minister, Ernest Bevin (centre) with some of the representatives of the ten countries which met m London on May 3 to approve the statute lor the proposed Council of Europe. A.P.
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    'Stop aid to Malaya'
    95 1 MADRAS. Tuesday. rili: Indian Socialist Party demanded m Madras yes--1 terday that India ''stop all aid" to Malaya m reprisal for the execution of Ganapathy and the shootin? of Veerasenan, while, m London, the Indian High Commissioner interceded with the Minister for the Colonies to stop
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    Burma troops rush to attacked outpost
    164 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. GOVERNMENT reinforcements have been rushed to Zathabyin, 20 miles north-east of Moulmein, where 600 rebels are attacking an outpost "from all sides" and heavy fighting Is m progress, a Government communique said last night. In Central Burma, Government troops are 4 preparing
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    Dutch officials may resign
    174 1 Protest against Republic THE HAGUE, Monday. GOVERNMENT sources said tonight that the resignation of the top Dutch civil and military officials m Indonesia is expected to follow the United Nations-sponsored Netherlands agreement with the Indonesian Republic. The Dutch officials feel that th e so-called "Van Royen-Roem
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    Air record bid delayed
    28 1 A HAWKER Fury fighter i\ N Diane's attempt to break the London-Rome and Lon-don-Karachi air records has been postponed 24 hours until tomorrow. Reuter
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    Colonial Civil Air Service
    108 1 LONDON. Monday. THE Colonial Secretary. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, today announced approval for the establishment of a Colonial Civil Aviation Service. The Colonial Civil Aviation conference m April. 1947, recommended establishment of the service. Establishment was envisaged on the same general lines a6 other unified Colonial
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    HK TROOPS EMBARK
    87 1 LONDON, Tues. BRITISH reinforcements for Hong Kong the Ist. Battalion, the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and Headquarters 27th. Infantry Brigade, are embarking m the troopship Empire Dalladale at Liverpool tomorrow. In the same ship will be advance parties of the Ist. BaUclion, Argyll and Southerland Highlanders; the Ist.
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    Federation arrests
    16 1 Seven people were arrested m the Federation t* the 24 hoars ended last night
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    Recruiting workers
    25 1 Britain's Labour Minister, Mr. George Isaacs, left for Berlin yesterday to se€ how many workers British industry could obtain from Germany. A. P.
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    KMT ban came as 'surprise'
    308 1 KMT ban came as 'surprise' Free Press Staff Reporter T^HE Singapore Govern- ment's decision to place th e Kuomintang within the category of a society, subject to the provisions of the Societies Ordinance, has come as a surprise to the Chinese community, who feel the blow particularly Hard coming as
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    Rubber prices
    56 1 A SPECIAL Market corit. d dcot fives the prices of rubbrr (m cents per Ib.) at 11 m l««ds> I as follows: Bayers SHler*. ■a. 1 r.s .8 Spot l.a.b. m bales May Ik I 1.1.1. 35 35', n*. 2 E.s.s. »S No. S R.S.S JIV 4 o!
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    There's charm in every age
    596 2 There 's charm in every age By PATRICIA BEDDY TS the old saying true that "every age has its compensations"? The woman or man of 25 and above frequently regard with a superior feeling the inexperience and vagaries of the 17 and 18 year olds. What of the youthful ones
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    In Paris buttons are 'it'
    314 2  -  Marie-Alix Lamotte says YEW homes for new dresses... That's the latest from Paris, where interior decorators have woken up to the fact that your latest dress needs an apt setting. One In the lead Is the use of plaid woollen furnishing fabrics for curtains and
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    If your plan is a tan
    185 2 If your plan is a tan CHRISTINE VEASEY, In New York, passes on some of America's bright ideas for beachwear. APPROACHING summer has started a beach-buying orgy among American sun -worshippers. In New York, Fifth Avenue stores are besieged 6y women out to acquire beach glamour. Top fashion idea In
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    Let Them Talk
    219 2 ITS the vital force within you that cure* your ailments, not the little green pills or the red mixture. The mixture and the pills are like the rattle bo nee and mask of the medicine man. The modern doctor makes magic with a wave of his stethoscope,
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      222 2 BUTTONS, BELTS, ACCESSORIES AMD A RANGE OF GLORIOUS ENGLISH WOOLLEN CLOTHS Here rom wdl find rke \V\ V^V famous creams and tonic*, V 111 rhe tjsKion n^t lipsticks. %^B I I J the tlattcrmz powder* fha. have mjdc tKe name or Eluabetl ij m Arden famous the world aver. WW
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      220 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are exceptionally adaptable to circumstances. You have a quick, perceptive mind and your talents are many. To avoid becoming merely a charming "Jack of all trades,** select some one thing to concentrate on early m life. Your intuitions are more than ordinarily keen and
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      8 2 Solution To Crossword No. 684 [P [RjOjPjO S|£"mßTjsT|NM
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    VAST AMAZON RESOURCES TO BE TAPPED
    216 3 VAST AMAZON RESOURCES TO BE TAPPED UNESCO plans for Europe-size area pHKEE-MILLION square miles of South America— the Hylean Amazon have been staked out as a testing ground for aid to under-developed areas throughout the world. A start has already been made by scientists seeking to gear the riches of
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    74 3 i t h\ri Stewardess uJ American Overseas \uM Mar?aret Siegfried (right) interviewing some thr who want to b« air hostesses. The airline started recruiting hostesses m Britain for the first S i ted sirls will be sent to Chicago for a six vteka training course. Left to right:— Greta Mogan.
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    Abdullah aims at Arab union
    114 3 KING Abdullah moved a step closer to his dream of a 'Greater Syria" government on Saturday by swearing In a new cabinet containing three prominent Palestine Arabs. The three Palestinians— the first to be represented In a Transjordan government share Abdullah's hopes that Syria. Iraq
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    TRUMAN WANTS 'FAIR SHARES'
    61 3 PRESIDENT Truman said recently that it does not make much difference what prices are so long as there Is a "fair balance" between agricultural producers, processors, and consumers. "We want everybody m the country to have a fair share m the prosperity of the United States,"
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    MILLION SLEEP ON BOMBAY PAVEMENTS
    214 3 /WER one and a half million people m Bombay are either homeless or ill-housed and nearly half a million of them sleep on pavements. An Associated n of India report, based on interviews with municipal authorities and housing experts and on-le-spot investigations m various localities,
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    MORE JAMMING
    14 3 Interference with British radio programmes directed to the Soviet Union became heavier.
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    Coiffurt pour les dames
    36 3 HAVE YOU tried our Special Oil bleach for blonding? It* rich rreaaiy lather will protect the natural beauty of your hair as 1; bleaches, and give you that hair you have always
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    RED DEPORTED —BY HIMSELF
    71 3 ANCE called head of all v Communist underground activities m the United States, Alexander Stevens, alias J. Peters, "deported himself" to Hungary. The Federal Immigru'lon Service said Steven* left Idlewild airport shortly for Hungary via Holland It pointed out that his voluntary departure perini s him
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    Bridge Problem
    309 3 EAST- West could have maui five spades (as. of course, South was pretty sure was likely when his partner didn't double). Bui Souths six club bid might hay« proved a very expensive sacrifice —costing 700 points even with hia 100 honours if the defender, had not fallen victim
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    GERMAN DRAFT
    38 3 THE agreed draft of the con--1 stitution for a West German Parliament was published lor the first time when Uae main committee of the Western Constituent Assembly met m Bonn to start voting on it.- Reuter
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    ERP IS SLOWLY SAVING EUROPE
    269 3 ]t|EN on the inside of the European Recovery lfi Programme claim it has a 40 to 60 per cent chance of long-range success. A year ago they saw only a 20 per cent chance. But they say their feeling of cautious optimism is growing. ERP
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    43 3 Dmo Grande (rifht) former Italian Ambassador m London who has been sought for trial m Italy as a Fascist, with a South American journalist m Buenos Aires. Signor Grandi is expected to meet Prince Giovanni Alliata. Italian monarchist, and accompany him to Geneva
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    Czech-German trade
    19 3 Yugoslavia claimed that Chechoslovakia had been trading with Western Qermany. despite economic tension between East and West
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    Bride 'grievously wronged — JUDGE
    207 3 Bride 'grievously wronged JUDGE A FATHER-in-law had "grievously wronged" a bride by not telling her that her ex-R.A.F. fiance was a harmless lunatic, said Judge Wethered at Bristol Divorce Court giving a decree of nullity to Mrs. Joan Phillips of Bristol whos e husband, Reginald Phillips of Stoke-on-Trent, was stated
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    85 3 The Begum Liaqujt All Khan, wife of Pakistan* Premier, on a visit to the Lord Robert's Memorial Workshops. Ixmdor for war-disabled craftsmen. On the extreme right is the Begum Rahimtoola. wife of the Pakistan High (ommissioner m London, and (m the centre) Group Captain F. Ci. Stammers, offtcer-in-charge of the
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    US rocketplane in final stages
    160 3 THE rocket power plant for the United States Air Force's new X-2 plane, successor m series to the famous X-l, the first plane to exceed the speed of sound, if now m the final stages of development. Announcing this recently, with the approval of the
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    INDIAN CENSUS
    26 3 A census recently taken by the Rehabilitation Ministry places the total number of displaced persons m India from West Pakistan at 4,412.- A. P.
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    'SMOKED' SAUSAGES
    108 3 |LfR Robert Gran', a Kirk*f* caldy fish .nerc riant, las manufactured a new sausage from smoked fish. "Othftl lnRredient*. and only 10 per cent, of fat. And the British Fond Ministry has asked mm to apply for a quota of fa,, and a licence to market th m
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    NEW YORK HOT
    34 3 The temperature rose to 92 'degrees m Nt*w York nvrnt- ly. breaking trie all-urn« record for May 8. The previous high for the date I n f7.3 degrees m 1930 U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, May 10, 1949. THE PARISH PUMP
    601 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, May 10, 1949. THE PARISH PUMP 4 POLOGISTS for the leanA ness Ofl the electoral rolls lor Singapore's Legislative Council and Municipal Commissioners found many reasons why those qualined to register fahed to seize their opportunity, but it has been leit to the Government to
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    Last voyage of Capt. 'Lucky' Lee
    1877 4  -  JOHN RALPH This is the story of a master and his ship which will go down as one of the most poignant stories of the sea by THE destruction of x the 17,000 ton luxury liner Magdalena on her maiden voyage to Rio will
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    POLICE FOR MALAYA
    738 4  -  Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By RECRUITMENT of officers for the Malayan police force is still a matter of urgency, according to the Colonial Office, whose Director of Recruiting, through the advertisement columns of London newspapers, is inviting young men to join the service as cadets. Candidates who
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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      Constitution and the voters
      477 4 Constitution and the voters VL7E are writing witb reference to the Free Press report, on Friday May 6, of Mr. Rajah's statement seeking to Justify the recent vote by the Progressives m favour of a longer term of office for elected Municipal Commissioners. In this statement. Mr. Rajah claims that
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    POSTBAG
    32 4 rE Free Press will print letters from reader* on all subjects. Lett' r* should be kept as short possible and addressed t (1 The Editor. Singapore Fr<f Press, Cecil Street. Singipore.
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    ILLEGAL FLAT OCCUPIERS EVICTED
    343 5 ILLEGAL FLAT OCCUPIERS EVICTED 161 irregular S.I.T. tenancies Free Press Staff Reporter. A TOTAL of 161 tenancies m the Singapore Improvement Trust flats at Tiong Bahru have been found to be irregular and "have now been corrected," says Mr. W. L. Blythe, chairman of the Trust. "Owing to the Japanese
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    MEDICAL ALCOHOL INQUIRY
    157 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A COMMITTEE has been appointed to review and I _n the law and customs procedure relating to supply of alcohol for m-dical purposes, it was offllly announced m Singapore The committee consists of Director of Chemistry, aya. as chairman, the r lecturer m
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    TRANSFER TO PENANG
    60 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Mr W G Webb, who has been Superintendent of the Btate Prison. Johore. Is leaving next week on transfer to Penang. where he will reliefe Mr Page, as Superintendent. Mr. Webb will be succeeded by Raja Othman from Trengganu, who
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    Desertion Charge
    38 5 Free Press StaiT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Charged today with deserting the Police Force. Osman bin Camidoh. told the Court that le left because he developed a ugh. He was sentenced to two s" rigorous lmprisonnent.
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    PRISONERS GIVEN TRAINING
    113 5 PRISONERS GIVEN TRAINING Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. r assist good-conduct prisoners to lead useful lives after they have served their terms, the Prisons Department Is introducing vocational and manual training m Johore. For this purpose, the Johore Bahru prison has advertised for a teacher. The teacher 4s
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    ACCUSED OF EXTORTION
    138 5 A FISHMONGER, Quek Yang Hoe. said In the Singapore First District Court yesterday that an attempt to force him to join gang "36" on threat of assault was made by two strange Chinese early m March last year. Quek said the two men told him he had
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    POLICE BOUNDARIES
    76 5 DUE to the re-organisation of Police Divisional boundaries, the Thomson Road PoMce Station will from now on serve the Municipal area only. The station will, from May 14. cease to register births and deaths, registration of which is being undertaken by all police stations serving the Rural Area.
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    44 SCHOOLS REGISTER
    119 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent rORTY-FOUR new Chinese schools were registered with the Education Department m Singapore during the first four months of this year. or two more than the total number of Chinese schools registered m 1948. said a spokesman of the Education Department. Government, tie said,
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    SOLDIER FINED
    29 5 A soldier. Gordon John Hughes. wa s fined $20 m the Fourth Police Court yesterday for disorderly behaviour In Tanglin Road outside a hotel on Saturday night
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    US STUDENTS MAY JOIN VARSITY
    230 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IF the new University of Malaya was of a high standard and had a chair of Oriental Studies, it would attract numbers of students from America, the Director of the U.S. Department of Information m Singapore, Mr. W. H. Lawrence, said
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    P.I. FILM PIONEER IN S'PORE
    129 5 tree Press Staff Reporter EXPLORING the possibilities of distributing: Filipino films m Singapore and the Federation is 43-year-old Mr. Raymundo F. Navarro president of the Parlatone Ilispa-no-Fllipino Film Corporation who has arrived after a tour of Bangkok. Mr. Navarro, a pioneer of the Philippines motion
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    RETURN TO AUSTRALIA
    46 5 picture. Australian Trade Commissioner, Malaya. Mr. Jarn?*s X Payne, bidding farewell to his Information Officer, Mr. R. B. V. Mitchell, on board the Nieuw Holland yesterday. Mr. Mitchell and family left Singapore for Australia yesterday after three years' duty m Malaya.- Free Press
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    Expatriation pay issue raised
    240 5 Expatriation pay issue raised Fre e Tress Staff Reporter I EURTHER explanation on why the Singapore 1 Government is not paying British inspectors of police expatriation pay is being sought by Mr. A. McLellan (Nominated Unofficial m the Legislative Council. Mr. Ucf-g'lan will ask Council at the next meeting on
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    'Drastic action' on wages
    127 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. f ETTERS authorising "dras\j tic action" to rectify •♦unfair" salary recommendation* have been received from all union branches by the president of the Locomotive Enginemen's Union. The union council met at Kuala Lumpur today to consider action. The union
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    ARTICLES ON MALAYA
    254 5 THE Malayan Branch of the 1 Royal Asiatic Society hopes to publish the drst two parts of its journal for 1949 about the middle of this month. The first part is a nu.scellar.eous number, containing a total of 2" papers by 14 different authors These include articles
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    SUGAR SWEEPINGS
    24 5 The Federation Government is offering for sale by tender 495 piculs of sugar sweepings, now at Guthrie's godown It. Trafalgar Street. Singapore.
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    New Municipal salary plan: Council query
    444 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DECLARING that "dissatisfaction is being caused among Singapore Municipal employees** because of the delay m implementing the Municipal revised salary schemes, Mr. C. C. Tan (Municipal SoothWest), Progressive Party president, is asking the Government when it expects to approve th
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    54 5 THE Director of l.ai :■.>■-, Singapore. Mr. R. I Holttum, has been apnooied Professor of Chemistry for the University of M 1..1--ya H e will be the first holder of this chair. *hitb was created onb a •> months ago. Mr. Hoittum has been Director »f BsWdens since 1925. His
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      101 5 Airmails are expected to arnvo m Singapore today from me UJK, i Aden, Arabia, Canada, Europe Icdia. Iran. Iraq. Pakistan. Palestine. Africa, Australia, CeylonBurma, and Palembung. Closing time for posting airmails at the G.P.O. is to the r.K.. Aden, Arabia. Canada, Europe, India, Iran, Iraq, Palestine. Pakistan, Africa, the U.S..
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    S'PORE RULING HITS THE K.M.T.
    476 6 Foreign parties must register Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has struck the Kuomintang and the China Democratic League off the list of political associations excluded from the provisions of the Societies Ordinance. It says that branches of foreign 'political associations m Singapore are
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    Hospital expansion survey
    120 6 Hospital expansion survey Free Press Staff Reporter rmake a detailed survey of the possibility of expanding the General and Kandang Kerbau Hospitals, Mr. K. K. Sedgefleld. representative of an Australian architectural firm is m Singapore. The survey will be the first major move towards implementing the 10-year medical plan for
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    12,000 ANTIT.B. APPEALS
    161 6 SEREMBAN. Mon. rpWELVE thousand appeal 1 letters will be distributed this month by the Malayan Association for the Prevention of T. 8.. Negri branch, calling for donations m respect of relief to T.B. sufferers and their dependants, and for the prevention of the disease m the State.
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    WARNING TO MALCONTENTS
    126 6 PENANG. Mon. rE Sessions Court President. Mr. R. F Rogers, today warned "hot-headed young malcontents" that they would be dealt with severely. Mr. Rogers was giving judgment m a case m which two English-educated boys, Urn Chee Meng (19) and Ooi Kirn Hock (18). pleaded guilty to
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    NEW MOVE IN VARSITY PLEA
    74 6 In preparation for a target date for the large-scale collection of funds for the University of Malaya, the Singapore Appeal Committee for Funds is now divided into four groups. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan heads the first group of eight as convenor; Mr. M. J. Namazie,
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    THUMBPRINTS A CROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    142 6 KUALA LUMPUR Monday. OEOPLE entering the Federation with Singapore registration cards must re-register at the Johore Causeway if their Singapore cards do not carry their thumbprints. said the Registrar of Federal Citizens (Mr. E. C. G. Barrett) today He was referring to a court case
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    WEDDING ON LEAVE
    59 6 j|IK. WILLIAM 11. C. ill Bailey, manager of Messrs. Harper Gitfillan's Ipoh branch, was married to Miss Georgina Barbara Giffin, m London recently. Mr. Bailey is on leave from Malaya. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. \V Giffin of Kensington. Mr. Giffin
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    'We must know more'—Govt.
    217 6 'We must know more'— Govt. SPORE-INDIES TRADE Free Press Staff Reporter THE Government of Singapore wants further facts from the Colony's three Chambers of Commerce who last week j#nt a joint petition to the Governor urging action to end discriminatory measures hampering trade between the Colony and Indonesia. An official
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      All sections are quiet
      516 6 LONDON, Tuesday QUIET conditions existed m all sections of tha Londo-i Stock Exchange yesterday and current levels were never really tested, says Reuter s finau! cial cofrespondent. Rubber shares were firm ;uj higher, while tins were irregularly lower. British Government longdated stocks met small selling and
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      3,000 JOBS FOR S'PORE LABOURERS
      135 6 3,000 JOBS FOR S'PORE LABOURERS THREE thousand 1 Chinese labo required for a tobacco plan* in" scheme m North Borneo, -o b ed by a toba^o r< The firm's repr Mr Soo Chik H at present In Sin the Free Prplantation ->: had been held tip shortage of loca: Mr
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      N.Y. STOCKS
      31 6 IRREGULARLY lower lend, ucies 1 prevailed m the New York E'oek Exchange yesterday. This was due more to lack of interest than fresh pressure. The niirket closed barely- Reuter
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      CHINESE GOODS ARE DEARER
      110 6 PRICES of good* BAH tured m China, par larly Shanghai, have g n< by 30 to 60 per cent, m past few weeks T been marked up 30 per i and sundry goods 60 per c This is because of th* pension of .shin: uncertainty over
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      184 6 mdndrdKß Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I IhomlSatomlly 1 TH !r«Affi I I'Jir^wn 5 TOtKail 1 1 mn-wuim! nioomal HUMkjNAIUKALLY. I >7KAraucM PLACE IN MIO-AlfU^~-> UYPWnr/r Ttt/r^C MCT i ute K. < fTiii^W. I AOC Will /•Aiyc i* ANU~ \> .-\"n\lT RilT JANb Exclusive to the Singapore
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      86 6 SINGAPORE SHIPPING SHIPS m port a Singapore Harbour whan*es yesterday %f4m bracket* I were Main Wharf 32 Aeneas 33-^4 IT>. Shlllong 38 X .40-41). Welureden H W^t Wfcarf: ftcH '«4-5' Masula »6-7» J Maersk T.tan Eastern Sagn 15-16 Empire Dork G Serdang < 21-22 Sero? Sheer* Wharf To-day's Wharf *rr.\«'*
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    UP HORSES DO FAST GALLOPS
    486 7 UP HORSES DO FAST GALLOPS Good effort by Billy Carol By TRESPASSER tpHREE Summer Cup candidates Croydon (Mawi), Permita Dormez (Lay cock) and Billy Carol (Lansdown) did the fastest gallop, three furlongs m 36 1/5 seconds, at Bukit Timah this morning. rheie was little between tnem at me nnisn, but
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    13 7 picture. »-n- m action m the Singapore lawn tennis championships yesterdaj.- Free Press
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    Yorkshire win in two days
    519 7 Yorkshire win in two days 3KSHIRt, renowned for their many victories m iro days m matches before the war, when they id everything before them, started their IMS Api.-i:*hip season with a two-day victory over Stmtr^et at Leeds yesterday. f>- of the biggest factors m Yorkshire's ninewic*t victory was the
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    VALDRAKE FAVOURED
    174 7 VAL DRAKE FAVOURED M. LEON Volterras Vai Drake, who wan the Prix Hocquart at Longchamps on Sunday, was th« best backed horse at the Victoria Club (London) callover on the Derby last night. Val Drake closed at IS— l. The Prix Hocquart was won l&at year by M Volterra's My
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    HARD TUSSLES IN TENNIS
    284 7 rPHRILLING Vcnids duels vhlch 1 befan In tr* full llfht of the: erednf sun and endrd as ihe moon crept ever the horizon, featured two doubles matches of the Singapore lawn tennis champimsfclp* at the SOC. courts ym terday. Only one of ihe toes, which drew
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    YUGOSLAVIA BEAT AUSTRIA 4—l
    74 7 YUGOSLAVIA yesterday ueat Austria by four matches to one In their second-round European zone Davis Cup tie m Vienra. Yugoslavia won both cf yesterday "s matches. Their leading player. Brcnovitch. beat Czajkovsky a young Pole assisting Austria, by 6 4, 6 3. 6—l and In the
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    SCC WIN WITH LATE GOAL
    72 7 SINGAPORE CrtCKet CIUD gained two useful points at the expense of Tamil Brotherhood Association In their S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening. Both teams gave ragged displays. There was no 6coriner In trte ftr6t half. Davis opened accounts for the Tamils.
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    Arsenal tean on tour
    40 7 T^f ANAGER Tom WhiUhrul and 11 other member; of ihe Arsenal Footoall Club left London by plane yestei da/ for a tour of Brazil. Twelve more Arsenal playen and officials trill fffXly* i-y pl*me tomorro*.- A.P.
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    Final U.K. Soccer League placings
    1080 7 THE final posttior-s m the English acd ScoUA&d Football Leagues for the 1948-49 season are: Reuter ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION P W D L F APtt Portsmouth 42 25 S ***** ?8 Match. U 42 21 11 10 77 44 53 Derby C. »2 22
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    5-1 VICTORY TO KOTA RAJA 'B'
    57 7 IN a fa«t and thrilling gam? In the B.A.PA. Junior A Group I Leagu-. Kot* Raja "B" team beat Training and Transit Centre by five goals to one at Oeylang Stadium last evening. Raahid Oiman, Amir, Ibrahim Fattah Madon and Ahmad Fattah scored for
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    25 7 picture. Kanda (Ellery) comlncr m after winning the fifth rare at Bukit Timah on Saturday to pay the best dividend of the ($64>.. Free Press
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    Trespasser's selections
    98 7 CELECTIONS for tomorrow 1 U Bokit Ttmah race*, subject U acrai chines, are: Cl. S. Dlt. I— Abt. 7F. SILVEB ST AH SpemrUffet Free Frtsuiunaa Cl. I. Dlt 2— Abt IT POLISH BRIDE GarnfaJr Badrer Cl. Z. Dlt. I— Abt. I KM. LONDA LAD SctoflAß Kentotkj II Q
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    Worcester just avert follow-on
    458 7 4 FTER losing five wickets for 41 runs, Worcester- shire pot up dogged resistance against the New Zealanders at Worcester yesterday and m scoring 279 before being dismissed saved the follow-on by three runs. A sixth-wicket partnership of 75 by H. Yarnold and R. Jenkins, followed
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    FLAREPATH, ABBY KAY BEST BETS
    1347 7 FLAREPATH, ABB Y KA Y BEST BETS Form guide for tomorrow Free Press Racing Correspondent A BBY Kay and Flarepath are th e best form selections for the third day's races of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting at Bukit Timah tomorrow. Abby Kay won m a canter
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    LOUIS RETURNS
    93 7 JOE LOUIS, re-rea world heavyweight bcxlng rmmpion. arnved In San Fraicisco wst«day from m eljtat-dey flymi Jaunt to Guaai r»nd Manila. He fought two exhibition matches m each place He cortinjed on to Chicago. Louis gave an eu .photic no"' 10 the suggestion that he might fight again.
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    BIRTHS
    38 8 QW-N: To Phyllis Mary, wife of Dudley Griffith, at Bungsar Hospital, on 9.5.49. a son, Ronald P-er. ULENCROSS: At Penang M iternity Hospital, on 6th April, 19 IJ, to Anne, wife of A. G. nrross. a son.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    37 8 t OW-SEAH: The engagement i> announced between Mr. Low X nng Heng, third son of Mr. 3n t Mrs. Low Puay Kirn and M Seah Quee Luan, second d "<»hter of Mr. and Mrs Seah Mok.
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    THE MALAY REGIMENT
    113 8 DERS are invited for the Waning and Laundering ot unifjrm. clothing and underwear of personnel of the Malay Regiment at Port Diekson and Kuala Llpls lac a period of 12 months, comniiricing from Ist June, 1949. T-nder forms can be obtained on application from RH<4 The M
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    INDIA WARNS UN ON AFRICA
    438 8 'Conflagration is possible INUYV lUKK, Tuesday. ASKING the United Nations both to call upon South Africa to end racial discrimination and to make "any investigations it may deem necessary" regarding the treatment of Indians there, the Indian delegate to the General Assembly's Political Committee, Mr.
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    Diary not at Dyer inquest
    138 8 Diary not at Dyer inquest SYDNEY, Monday. PR9FE3OQR Wilfrid Sdward Dyer'e dlafy wa« not produced today during the short inquest at which the Coroner found that Prof. pyer ha.d committed luicide by poleohing himself with oarbon monoxide gaa. Det«otKv«s said they t&uxid nothing In the flat to iJlSvSfd why Prof.
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    UK it against one-party rule in Austria
    120 8 UK it against one-party rule in Austria LONDON, Tuw. THE Under -B«wetary for Fo--1 reign Affairs, Mr. 0. P. Mayhew, told the House of Commons yesterday that the Foreign Secretary, ty-. Irnest Bevln, "regrets/ 1 the failure of Russia and th« United States. Britain and France to agree on letting
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    MORE BANKA PEPPER VINES
    40 8 THE number of pepper vines on Banka Island the second largest pepper producing area m Indonesia has increased by eight ytir cent, from 542,929 m Ffbruary to 58fr,735 at the fPd of March, say Dutch Minorities.
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    UK PETROL CONCESSION
    70 8 A SMALL petrol allowance 7* for vlsitora from overseas who borrow a motor-car m Britain or buy one secondhand Is to be made from Junt 1. the Fuel Minister Mr. Hugh Galtskell announced yesterday. It will be sufficient for 250 miles motoring m addition to the standard
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    INDIA TRADES WITH FINNS
    67 8 INDIA and Finland signed a nJfKi de a r P^^t In New Delhi yesterday which U expected to iAcriafc trade between them 20 time*. Under the agretmint India U1 t0 ™^P^ many commodity Including tobacco, tta, coffte, jute goodi groundnut oil. cajtor oil and" irueed o|l.
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    23 8 S 1 U An drew Barkworth Wright, now Oovtrnor of tht African colony of Gambia, hat been appointed Oovemor of Cyprus. A. P.
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    Amplifying the Gospel
    101 8 A BAPTIST preacher. Rev. W. B. Bevington, from I\ Knoxville, Tennessee, faces a court hearing In nearby Maryvllle which, he says, will begin a test of "whether police can prevent a man from amplifying the Gospel." Rtv. Bevington was arrested m Maryrille as he preached over a
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    Japs urged to have two babies only
    231 8 r TOKYO, Tuesday. A JAPANESE physician. Dr. Shozo Toda, has suggested that Japanese families for the next 20 years be permitted to have only two babies per family as a method to restrict th e population to a "peaceful population of 70,000,000." Dr.
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    73 8 A detachment of Welsh (.uunl> marches down Fleet Street. London during an Army Day parade. More than 2.000 troops marched through the city m the biggest military parade since Victory Day four years ago. ft was mostly a khaki parade, but kilts, bagpipes and brightly polished brasses brought touches of
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    'Living like slaves'
    45 8 MANILA. Tuesday \IR. Justice Perfecto, addressing a Town Hall meeting m Bagnio said injustices icere the main cause of agrarian unrest m Central Luzon. "How can you expect peace when tenant farmers are so oppressed and are living like slaves?" he asked.
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    Malan Majority
    47 8 Ma lan Majority |\R Daniel Malans Nationally ist Oovernment gained a working majority m the South African Senate for the first time yesterday when P. W. Joynt was ieturned m a by-election following the resignation of J. N. van H. Brink, a supporter of General Smuts. A.P.
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    ISRAEL TO BE U.N. MEMBER
    76 8 NEW YORK. Tues. THE special Political Committee of the United Nation* General Assembly yesterday recommended that Israel be admitted as the United Nations' 59th member. The Committee voted. 33 to 11. with 13 obstentions, to send a favourable report on the Israeli application to a
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    'SOLVE MURDERS' CALL BY PAPER
    238 8 CHICAGO. Monday rpHE Chicago Sun-Timei is offering U.S.$lOO 000 m x rewards for clues to clear up the first 20 "of a long list of unsolved murders m and around Chicago." The newspaper said the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported 326 murders m Chicago last
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    CHAINED MEN SENT TO JAIL
    223 8 Anti-US, slogans m U.K. LONDON, Tuesday. NINE men who chained themselves to an iron railing m front of the United States Embassy m London m a May Day demonstration against America were sentenced yesterday to six weeks m jail. They were charged with using insulting
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    37 8 photo. May Day m Milan looked anything but merry. In the Piazza Duomo, the umbrellas were up In force as their owners listened to pro-Communist »pe»kers (seen on left) m front of the Cathedral of Milan- A.P.
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    Pope tells employer his duty
    115 8 VATICAN CITY T i* WORKER and ff should aa tude that theii munity of m Pius XII told ie lie represent; dustry from 1 The emp! told the md should get a others and bmisl master of sions." But. should Ix cotween employ which pre-
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