The Singapore Free Press, 24 May 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA !v). i:.«» SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    MOB STORMS BERLIN RAILWAY STATION
    263 1 Red police open fire BERLIN, Tuesday. ANE person was shot dead and several wounded in the fiercest clash of Berlin's three-day rail strike last night when strikers tried to wrest an elevated station at the Zoo in the British sector from a strong "garrison" of
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    AIRBLITZ GAINS FORCE
    59 1 AIR BLITZ GAINS FORCE >t.irl Reporter :?UR Tues. X air blitz oandits Is iturr. Today a .v trean of depart Df fighting at .eld. vs are working imbing up and i: I r H:\idyuarters .r.nounced d separate *he big an eight- 'imgle. Lum- unber of iince ::ke has trine the
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    Empire Day address
    35 1 >• mi Bepatftf And the h of no else in r-Gen, D. oore parade a Instiiu- onv in of Com"ich i long an and 'he ring toind old -he could be callthis adrtty.
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    TWO BANDITS HANGED
    29 1 J' Stefl Reporter bandits. in p- vs» :>slon of i in Taiping Bo J.n and Chin s Chua Chong i and 64th n? since the laimed.
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    45 1 picture. Pretty Miss Philomena Tie, a teacher of St. Joseph's Institution primary classes, helps one of her proteges to "show the flag" at the school's Empire Day celebrations this morning. Similar celebrations were held in nrimarv and secondary schools all over the Colony.- Free Press
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    S'HAI BATTLE CLIMAX NEAR
    413 1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. I'll! climax of the "Battle of Shanghai" is drawing near. The Red forces in Pootung, despite heavy Nationalist aerial and artillery bombardment, are now within half-a-mile of the Whangpoo River bank directly opposite the Bund the "heart" of Shanghai Further down-river, however, .the Reds
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    S.R.A. raises ban for 80 horses
    277 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T»HE Straits Racing Association announced this 1 morning a plan to allow importation for registration of 80 horses, for classes one, two and three. This relaxes the registration ban which has been applied for more than one year. Owners registered
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    MASKED MEN STEAL $55
    62 1 MASKED MEN STEAL $55 TttIREE masked men. bm 1 armed with pistol smashed dawn the front door of a house in Kampong Bahru b^tore dawn yesterday woke up the Chinesp 'ircupants. and too* ~V> frc rtif head of th? 1 family. r i v r.ns*i k<'i uuse. bi> found nothing
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    More British dockers out
    48 1 LONDON, Tucs. DRISTOL dockers went on u strike yesterday in support of 1,300 Avonmouth men who allege victimisation of 150 men who refused to handle vessels involved In the Canadian vSeamen's Union dispute. Ten vessels in Avonmouth and four in Bristol were idle yesterday.
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    JAIL FOR 3 RIOT INDIANS
    52 1 TIHREE Indians originally X charged with murder during January's Indian-African riots in Durban were sentenced to terms of up to seven years' hard labour at a criminal sessions court yesterday. In each case the charges were reduced to either culpable homicide or assault or both.-
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    FLNN-JAP PACT?
    19 1 SCAP officials and a Finnish representative are conferring on a trade pact between Finland and occupied Japan.
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    POLICE KILL BANDIT
    79 1 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. A BANDIT fund collector was killed by the police at Kluang. Johore. yesterday and two bandit camps in the Yong Peng area, between Ayer Hytam and Segamat were destroyed by a patrol of the 16 Field Battery following a nine-day operation which ended yesterday.
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    Picasso & Dali as well?
    78 1 Picasso Dali as well? (York-hire) education authorities have 7T spent £1,000 on 30 to 40 original pictures to hang in il schools. The pictures, which include modernist vorks. will be sent round all the schools in turn and the collection will be add^d to from time to time. The authorities
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    Votes stop gambling
    73 1 BANGKOK. Tues. ALL gambling licences with the exception of those for the playing of Chinese cards, are to be suspended on Sunday, June 5. the day of the parliamentary by-elections. The order was given by Premier Phibun in his capacity of Minister of the Interior and transmitted
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    VIETNAM STATE TALKS
    96 1 VIETNAM STATE TALKS DALAT Tuesday EX EMPEROR BAO DAI has sent out invitations to Cochln-China leaders for talks on a constitution for the future Vietnam Government. following the Wench Government's decision to release Cochin-China from colonial status. The ex-Emperor's private secretary. Prince Buu Loc. denying press reports, said that Bao
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    FOUR-YEAR-OLD'S DEADLY GAME
    146 1 MOUNI PLEASANT (N. Carolina), Mon. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD child shot his father to death today ia the innocent belief that he was being shown how to, play a new game. Frazer Talbert, 37-year-oid farmer, first pumped seven bullets into the body of his estranged wife, and then persuaded
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    Reds want Jap peace early
    227 1 PARIS, Monday. rpHE whole question of the peace settlement in the Far East was surprisingly raised by the Russian Foreign Minister, M. Andrei Vyshinsky, after agreement on the agenda at today's meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. M. Vyshinsky said the ministers should perhaps
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    Bandits murder estate Kepala
    51 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BANDITS attacked Yap Hoe Bee Estate in Alor Oajah, near Malacca, on Sunday night. tmrnt down two kongsis. a store and a factory, and attempted to burn down the Estate bungalow. They shot and stabbed to death the Chinese kepala of the
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    OPIUM SEIZED
    24 1 Singapore Customs officers yesterday detained an Indian and seized about eight pounds of opium valued at $3 00d on the black market.
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    BIG CONTRACT FOR JAP FIRM
    44 1 THE Furuyawa Electric Company of Tokyo has announced that It has beaten competition from 15 large cable-making companies of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands and other countries and has won a $2,000,000 contract with the Indian Government. U.P.
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    63 1 photo. After coming from Singapore to Melbourne for an operation to save her eyesight. Tze-lian Fan-leong (known as Jenny) is now on the way to complete recovery. This picture was taken when she rushed In the door of the Salvation Army Hope Hall in arlton. Melbourne, where she is staying
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    EMPIRE DAY
    45 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. referred to the possibility of Malaya being "the next of the young dominions to be added to the Empire" at the Raffles Institution Empire Day rally this morning. U.P.
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    Thakin Nu visit to U.K. delay
    185 1 Thakin Nu visit to U.K. delay RANGOON, Tues. THHE Burmese Prime A Minister, Mr. Thakin Nu, will not leave for Bri tain on Saturday. His visit has been postponed until late June or early July, it is officially stated. The spokesman said the visit had been postponed btcause British statesmen
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    TEN ARRESTED
    30 1 Singapore police yesterday arrested 10 Chinese four under the Emergency Regulations fo^ being alleged members of the Malayan Communist Party, and six suspected to be secret society members.
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    Rubber prices
    59 1 j^ SPECIAL Market conrtpondent fives tb« prices «f rubber (in cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m i« day m follows But-T. Hera. No. 1 K S Spot loose 35', 3S"« F.o.b. in bale. June No. 1 R.S.S 35>« i No. 2 R.S.S. 33 3S\» No. 3 R SS.
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      39 1 _M~-_i _BP __t_f AAmm m. *^H Professor Leo Sparkles. Ph. 0 (Or. of Phizz) Lesson No. 7. #V stands for Art' And Artist' an<f Arty" And A' for Aerated' The life of the party. A/ ways at your &err'~e
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    Lingerie and old lace
    241 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY by f\SE of the biggest parades of the past Fashion Fortnight in London was given by the corsetry and underwear manufacturers. To me, one of the most exciting features was the return of lace for underwear. D. W. Davies designed the glamorous cami-knicker you
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    Seeing Thru'
    58 2 I^EJEWELLEI) bath- ing suits worn under semi transparent evening dresses are the latest Paris fashion craze. They come from the house of Pierre Balmain. One beauty wore a black two-piece "swim-suit" covered with jet beads, over which is a full-skirted evening dress. Another had on a pearlspattered bathing
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    Mrs. Kwok Buys British
    585 2 Uf HI L E hunting wearily for bargains or plain everyday household necessities you may have breathe^ the womanly wish: "If only I could buy just everything I want!" Think of those words come true as I introduce Mrs. Nancy Kwok. She is buying everything she
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    She Knows Secret Of Being "Boss"
    686 2  -  INGRID ETTER talks to one of Britain's most successful women busi- ness executives. WOMEN can work for other women —and be happy The employes of Miss Joyce Marsh, who runs her own London laundry and is now recognised as one of Britain's most successful
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    The King and the furry kettle
    270 2 HOW do you remove fur from a kettle?" This innocent little problem was set by the King, and put by Princess Elizabeth when she visited the British Industries Fair at Birmingham recently. Most people would think that after hundreds of millions of practical kitchen
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      112 2 Showing a new Collection of charming Linen Suits in sixes 16, 18, and 20. your Powder Jrf '^yK For an exquisitely smooth effect, always use one of ff I V y^x^v~ Elizabeth Arden's tinted \V\ ff^Zr^ foundations. Choose tt to >^ W^ tult your skin type, apply It carefully, and
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      122 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a great deal of personal magnetism and seem able to attract the type of people who interest you and who will do you the most good in your life work. This is not so much premeditated on your part as it is "just
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      5 2 Solution To Crossword Ho. 695
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      42 2 F.P. Crossword No. 696 1 pr py i p i 6 1 7 1 O r^^^^* ppppvpv Z B ill Z Z II !L l4 CLUES ACROSS CLUES DOWN 1 Unlikely (10); 2 Garden pest (4); 3 Stimid (5) 4 Drv (4>-
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    Troops wanted to see Malaya
    139 3 SO young soldiers who were stopped f* Malaya after eighteen year-old Dennis tatter had telegraphed a protest about his uston in the draft,* say they "take a very of the matter."' ill ted up. they declare, with the man the chance of romance and adventure.
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    38 3 General Charles De Gaulle, leader of the French People's Rally party, struck these compelling attitudes during a recent press conference In Paris. He said America should send arms shipments to Europe to put "teeth" into the Atlantic pact.
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    Former lover upset her wedding plans
    151 3 Former lover upset her wedding plans A FORMER swee'.heert who turned up two days before a young coupli were due to be married, was said in the Divorce Court to have 1 upset everything. Mr Commissionfr O. Temple Morris declared null aid void the marriage of Arthur Lewis Hopkins. cf
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    SEARCH FOR LOST FLYER
    32 3 MGustave Dupeyron. 55 year-old husband of Madame Andree Dupeyron, France's "flying grandmother." reported missing on a flight from Teheran to Bushir, has left Paris by air for Teheran.
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    MURDER Could Not Kill
    1101 3  - MURDER Could Not Kill GREGORY BAXTER m The story so far.Sherwood Dexter, U.S. businessman, is 3hot dead ;phile driving with his daughter Lauretze Derter, near Marble Arch, London at mtdniqht. Robin Foster, an artist, see* the killer run f r om Dexter's saloon to a nearby Uinnusine bvt is throtcn
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    Bridge Problem
    329 3 WHEN you have a pa;-t sc'ie. it is pcrmiss'jle to shade an opening bid of one notrump. This haj; two great advantages It make:> it more difficult for the opponents to compete fttaet t llp y must enter he bidd^s ar tl e two level. It also tells
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    SIX WOMEN TO RULE 500 MEN
    261 3 FROM the steps of the village school at Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire the 500 men of the village learned their fate for the next four years they must do what the women tell them. Six of the seven women candidates challenging for seats on the
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    'CURTAINS' WITHIN THE 'IRON CURTAIN'
    328 3 Travel problem in E. Europe THE term "iron curtain" is out of date today. In Central Europe, there is now not one barrier to surmount but many and from Prague it looks as if the bars are propped up from both sides in the EastWest
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    88 3 cardinal Schuster. Arcnbishop of Milan, carrying the gilded cross during the procession of the Santa Croce (Holy Cross) at Milan Cathedral. The golden cross is taken down from its place high up near the roof of the cathedral for this traditional ceremony. a glass case is inserttd containing what is
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    BAO DAI SEES HIS 'PREMIER'
    160 3 EX-EMPEROR Bao Dai has received Ngo Dinh Diem. Catholic Nationalist leader with two million followers, who is regarded here as a likely candidate for the post of Prime Minister In an eventual Cabinet under Bao Dai. Ngo Dinh Diem recently denied that he was in
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    'IKE' TO STAY
    64 3 GEN. Dwight D. Eisenhower will continue as Acting Chairman of the U.S Join. Chiefs of Staff for the time being, it was stated. Gen. Eisenhower, who returned to his post as President of Columbia University a week ago. If scheduled to return to Washington about once a
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      114 3 IS* «^^Y^v<<^^ T^«Mjßßg>Bjg^-^jitf i y^ >?v^t SINGAPORE I 1 Nf IUORKi tnd II 7 nietrev mn from K.L. it 10 a.m. NNU%I Empire 9 by His Giinson kti n ton N>*s from -•ime :.1 ln- i up from i by MidS Aa Oance I. Pro■•■r.ers' I &c tuues N .<,
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      300 3 Metres and 44. Metres. TOU*V Market Report; 500 Paul T mple Sttve 1 <s>: 3.30 "All The Latest'; 545 The University Programrrv Law— 1'; 610 Music; 615 Com- j monwalth <Sc Empire (BBC>; 6 30, News in Cantonese (BBC); 6.45 Indonesian. Newo Programme; 7 15 News in French (BBC»: IJtj
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      96 3 Sj- i \Overheard in] I a bus queue* "IYYOU know young mJ Freddie Finch, t George "Certainly I do. Fred- < 0 die's father was my father's son." Really 1 met him i once, old Carlie Finch. i But I didn't know you had any brothers." If haven't." 1 They're
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. May 24. 1949 SEE HOW THEY RUN
    620 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. May 24. 1949 SEE HOW THEY RUN flow we know where the Short Street boys have run to. After deluding I their disciplss into at- 1 tempting armed insurrection against the Malayan Governments they have sought safety in Peiping, leaving their dupes behind to continue
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    The Four Just Men Of Shanghai
    789 4 The Four Just Men Of Shanghai By G. WARD PRICE WHAT will happen ff to the British community in Shanghai? That question had the same, urgency when I landed at Smyrna in October 1922 as it has in Shanghai-today. Oddly enough, the same man is concerned in supplying the official
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    76 4 The Duke has given his permission for this reproduction to be published. The miniature is 3Vz" high and worked in ivory: the portrait has captured aU the delicate shades of colour which is a great achievement in so small a painting. This charming miniature of Princess Elizabeth, who celebrated her
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    EMPIRE DAY
    747 4  -  L. K. CHOH j j j By L. THE British Empire is unique in the history of mankind. It is unique because it has lasted longer than any other Empire, It is scattered all over the world and the sun never sets on it, it is the great
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    Where Are Britain's Racing Cars
    481 4 Where Are Britain 's Racing Cars rpHERE were rao- ments during the 300-rrtfle road race at Silverstone, near Towcester, when it looked as if a British driver would at long last roar Into first place in a Grand Prix event In Britain. Driving one of the sleek Italian Maseratis, Reg
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    If Stanley Has To Break Stones
    521 4 by JAMES BARTLETT SCHLOMO BEN CHAIM— the man who was Sydney Stanley before he arrived in Tel Aviv—has said that he is willing to be sent by the Israel Government to ore ak stones. HE has made the offer knowing that Israel wants 100,000
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    The Princess And The Press
    408 4  -  IAN COSTER By |NCREDIBLE nonsense has been written about the Italian tour of Princess Margaret by newspapers as different as The Times, which was pompously indignant from London (having no reporter on the spot), and the Sunday Pictorial, which had a representative there. Let it
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    Chinese capital for S'pore
    150 5 t Press Chinese Correspondent lian $30,000,000 of Chinese capital has fa wav into Singapore since the rapid < tmmunists in the Yangtse area, hankers in the Colony said yesterday. ux i- 1 Chinese capital into Singapore he form of importation of goods and China and the
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    42 5 picture. \I KKK. two-and-a-half years old. arrived a.m. yesterday after an 8.000-mile •>n Here she smiles for the cameraman -l- for Sydney and then on to New Zea1h t father. Her doll was her most jfaj mi all the way.- Free Press
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    The Spanish Senoritas didn't stay
    49 5 The Spanish Senoritas didn't stay t'r> M-irt Reporter uce a Spanish peo- to cheek Q| I cld not i who passed '.veek rrom \.y on rent the is not party '.vent gain the vent wa :.t all ia« the I seum r r r'.a»es of ind for Madrid yes-
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    INDIAN ATTACHE
    17 5 .el has ar- from India post as attache •ative of the of India in 1
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    EFFORT FOR AUTONOMY
    116 5 rHE Singapore Regional Indian Congress will make i strong bid for autonomy at u.e anrtual conference of the Malayan Indian Congress to be held in Kuala Lumpur next month. The honorary general secretary of the* 5.R.1.C., Mr. John Jacob, told the Free Press yesterday that members felt
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    MILLION-DOLLAR GAS PROJECT
    371 5 Industries to be supplied Free Press Staff Reporter part of a $1,000,000 scheme to meet the increasing demands for gas supply by Singapore's expanding industries, and domestic and public services, work is expected to begin next month on a $235,000 programme for the laying of new gas
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    66 5 pictures. MAJOR-General Sir «br hirn, Sultan of Johore. Making at a farewell dinner party given him yesterday by the Chinese Association of Johore Bahru on th- eve of his departure for Europe. Left to right, Mr. J. Falconer (British Adviser. Johore),- Dato Wong Shee Fun, the Suit anah of Johore
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    No racialism in Singapore
    118 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE has always been j free since its foundation from communal or racial feeling, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. 8. McKerron, told Chinese schools in an Empire Day speech this morning. People of all races, he said, had lived
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    62 5 picture. •\yfISS Betty Middleton (abavp) is a Californian who is iVI passing through Siinptre on her way to ,'o^inn Siirp where she will be avi ce-consul of the United Uates. Miss Middfeton is one of 10 American women in the United States Foreign Service. Before her pres?nt anpoin*Tien* «he served
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    Ex-I.G.P. warns on police system
    325 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 4 UNIFIED Colonial police service had a danger of becoming a "migratory organisation", warns the former Inspector-General of the F.M.S. Police, Mr. R. de S. Onraet, writing in the April issue of British Malaya. He declared that the
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    KING'S SCOUTS
    51 5 Three Singapore scouts have been awarded the King's Scout badges. They are Ong Chew Liang, K. Ramachandran, and K. Udaiachandran of the Raffles Institution. The badges were presented to them by the Acting Commissioner, Singapore Boy Scouts, Mr. Sandy G. Pillay, at a ceremony held yesterday at Raffles
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    NON-MALAYS IN UMNO: MOTION REJECTED
    225 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent DY 22 votes to 11. the Selanu gor branch of the United Malays National Organisation rejected a motion to change the UMNO constitution to allow non-Malays to become associate members. The motion, which Is to be discussed at the forthcoming general
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    20-min dash to see leader
    168 5 20-min dash to see leader Free Press Staff Reporter vyHEN an aircraft from Batavia to Singapore yesterday landed at Pangal Pinang for 20 minutes, -one of the passengers, the new Indian Consul designate to Saigon, Mr. P. R. S. Mani, made a 10-mile dash for a few minutes' interview with
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    'COLONY NEEDS REFORMERS'
    392 5 'COLONY NEEDS REFORMERS EMPIRE DAY MESSAGE Free Press Staff Reporter THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, told Singapore's schoolchildren this morning how they could help to make Malaya self-goyerning and the Commonwealth greater in every way than it had ever been. In an Empire Day message broadcast to all schools, Sir
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    Driver to pay compensation
    80 5 TAPAH, Mob. ALLEN KENNETH BEST, of the 16th Field Ambulance, Sungei Besi, appeared before Inche Anuar, the Circuit Magistrate, at Tanjong Malim Court on two counts of having caused grievous hurt to a P.W.D. overseer. Murugas'i, by knocking him down with a truck and also of
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      77 5 Airmails are die Id Singaooro today from: th? U.K.. Aden. Africa, Arabia, Canada. Europe, India, Iran, Iraq, P.iltistan, Palestine, Austarlia, New Zealand, Ceylon. Burma, and Paiembang. Closing time fo. posting airmails at the G.P.O. todav is to the U.K., Aden Africa, Arabia, Canada, Europe, India. Iran. Iraq, Palestine, Pakistan, the
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    'PRIMITIVE' AIRPORT COMFORTS
    295 6 'PRIMITIVE' AIRPORT COMFORTS Improvement call in K.L. Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I(UALA LUMPUR'S Municipal Commissioners are to ask the Government to improve the town's airport facilities. The Commissioners recently drew the Municipal President's attention to complaints of lack of accommodation and "primitive comforts" at the airport and
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    COLLISION INQUIRY OPENS
    289 6 COLLISION INQUIRY OPENS Free Press Staff Reporter mHE inquiry opened in the J. Singapore Marine Court yesterday into the collision between the British cargo vessel Richmond Hill and the Liberty ship William Tllghman 20 miles off Singapore on Apr. 19 at about 4.30 a.m. during a rainstorm. No one was
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    Delegates to U.K. talks
    121 6 Free Press SLui" Reporter MR KK Ramchandani has bwn appointed delegate of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce to the London talks on the Colony s position as an entrepot centre in South-Eas* Asia and particularly on trade with Indonesia. Mr. Ramchandani will fly to London
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    'INTELLIGENCE' SOLUTIONS
    118 6 BELOW is the solulion to yesterday's Intelligence Test. This Test is a simple one. Call the teams A. B, C, D, E. Then we have: Ist day— B v E 2nd day— B v D 3rd day— A v B 4th day- B v F C v *x
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    98 6 SHIPS ir port <iloni;.,id-' the Singapore Harbour Board wharves (godowns in brackets) are: Main Wharf: Fne-land 31-32 >. Pr-.sident Van Buren (33-34), Dr. Lyles (36-37). Tr wolland < 38-39). Dondin Nara^amo (40-41). West Wharf: AsphaHon (6-7), Talabot (8-9). Antenoi 1 v 13-14), Oluf Maer.^k (15-16). Fmpire Dock: Sih
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    LIGHTING SCHEME
    41 6 The Kedah Government is planning to light up 12 towns A new electricity scheme would enable power to be supplied to Kodiang. Jitra, Changloon, Langgatt Gurun, Ko f i Kuala Muda. Baling. Serdang. Bedong, Langkawl. Yen and Kuala Muda
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    Malaya's trade down $21 million
    238 6 Ma lay a 's trade down $21 million Free Press Staff Reporter M ALAYA'S overseas trade last month totalling $288,182,445 represents a drop of nearly $21,000,000 from the total fer March. The April trade is made up of Imports $163,213,654 and exports $124,968,791. For the first four months of this
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    NEW UNION CLUBHOUSE
    44 6 Picture. THE president of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union, Mr. R. P. Eswaran, cutting the ribbon before declaring the Union clubhouse at Farrer Park open yesterday. Naval Department Heads and representatives of other trade unions attended the function.— Free Press
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    98 KATIS OF OPIUM
    136 6 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rN Lean Chew a 30-year old Chinese from Alor Star, was today sentenced to two years' rigorous Irrprisonmen t for possessing 55 slabs of opium, weighing 98 katls He pleaded guilty Defore the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court president. Mr.
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    INDIAN FINE ARTS CIRCLE
    88 6 AN Indian Fine Arts Circle has been formed with the object of promoting Indian music, drama, and dancing in Singapore. Membership is open to all irrespective of race or nationality. The membership fee is one dollar a month. The Circle's first effort would be to stage
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      Hesitancy in all sections
      483 6 LONDON, Tuesdav SMALL losses were widespread in the London si/ Exchange yesterday, says Reuters f ini correspondent. The fall in Britain's exports dm April and the threat of a rail strike combine create hesitancy in all sections. Small selling found dealers unwilling buyers, particularly in leaders
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      N.Y. STOCKS AT LOWEST FOR MONTHS
      92 6 NEW YOPwK Tueica;. THE continued a industry, p signals on th« and poiiticai uncerta; combined yesterca Wall Stref! to tti .< I several months Selling on the N Ex hange relaxed a?" lUve ra" feeble and. reikewed pivsome sections to b: leg to nearl>
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    REST OF MALAYA TEAM CHOSEN
    407 7 Mime v. Thomas jCiip players JLy Kl>t „t Malaya team to play the Thomas W[ up at the Ha PP- v World stadium on k.. June 5, has been finalised. The singles ff entatiu 1 were chosen in Singapore last 3 Tht> ro Cheong Hock
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    50 7 picture N. S. WISE (left) and Low Kee Pow were gallant losers in the Singapore lawn tennis championships on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. Wise was beaten «by Ong Chew Bee in three sets, and Low Kee Pow went down to G. T. Hollow i\ in two hardfought sets.- Free Press
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    R.E. FORCE A DRAW
    52 7 R.E. FORCE A DRAW I met lcn IJ2 ed a I mm i 3 I'? the f D<)'iglas I I I 9B sa I I I ib I ii m K B \M IH -ind fS Hr tofr rkf in E jineers IB I: I sot the bail 7 I
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    Bowlers again on top in U.K. games
    628 7 DOWLERS were again on top in most county cricket matches yesterday. The unexpected collapse of Yorkshire against Roland Jenkins, of Worcestershire, provided one of the highlights of the day's play. Yorkshire lost nine wickets for 111 yesterday, Jenkins taking five of them for
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    MALAYS PICK 20 PLAYERS
    119 7 rE Malay Football Association. Singapore, have picked 20 players from whom the team to meet the Singapore District (Anny> In the S.A.F.A. Intercommunity I. (acne on Sunday at Jalan Besar Stadinm will br chosen. The ?0 players ure: Oman Angullia (Kota RajO, Arshad (Kota Ran A.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    44 7 MRS. PERCY HARDMAN won the May L.G.U. competition on May 22 at the Island Club with a score of 88 21 67. Next best scores were Miss C. Lee 107 35 72: Mrs. Moffett 91 19 72; Mrs. Healy 91 19 72.
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    Stowe, Ewing defeated
    167 7 APART from the strong United States contingent and Baron Guy de Rothschild of France, all other overseas challengers for the British amateur golf title were eliminated in the first round at Portmamock, Dublin, yesterday They included W. J. Gibb (Selangor) who lost to R. Patey (Cheshire) 6
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    Holloway relies on courtcraft
    464 7 AS expected, G. T. Holloway, Ong Chew Bee and Yadi entered the semi-finals of the Singapore lawn tennis men's singles championship yesterday. Although Holloway won in straight sets, he probably came nearest to being beaten. This grey-haired Australian could give most of his opponents more than
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    BEST FRENCH DERBY 'HOPE'
    130 7 "DETTING at list night's Derby callover at the Victoria Club London, gave a pointer to Val Drake as the be-t French horse in the race. He w,?s heavily ba<*ked and his pnre was cut irorn 18-1 to 100-7. The best bac*e-1 among otaers was the Ameri
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    Scoreboard
    160 7 M.C.C— IST. INNS. W. J. Edrich c Rabone b Cave 57 J. Robertson st. Mooney b Burn 29 R. Simpson b Burtt 51 D. Compton e Hadiee b Cave 63 Can- c b Burtt 36 Watkins b Burtt 69 Mann h Burtt 0 Broderirk r Reid b Cressw.U 29
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    King, Queen see N.Z. team bat
    325 7 THE King and Queen went to Lord's yesterday to see the New Zealanders bat against the M.C.C. During the tea interval Their Majesties went on to the field and shook hands and chatted with the players and umpires. Trevor Bailey., the 25-year-old Essex amateur
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    BIAR, BITTER SWEET LIKELY TO WIN AGAIN
    1472 7 Form guide for tomorrow's races Free Press Racing Correspondent OIAR and Bitter Sweet won so convincingly last Saturday that they must b« •"conceded strong chances of completing doubles tomorrow, the second day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer Meeting. They are in peak
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    NEW GERMANY PROCLAIMED
    367 8 Leader's plea to the Allies BONN, Tuesday. AS the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers met at their fateful conference in Paris yesterday, the Bonn Assembly proclaimed the birth of the Federal Republic of Germany and made its 146-article constitution law of the three Western occupation zones.
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    BIRTHS
    46 8 BortN TO ELEONORA, wife of B Scheltus. a daughter Joeine Christine, on 20th May. Temporary address: 13 Stolberglaan, Utrecht. Holland. In lieu of c~-ds. K3MBALL: On 21st May, 1949, a- the Youngberg Memori&l Hosp":^i S'pore, to Rachel, wife of J Min Kemball, a daughter. Jessica.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    38 8 LIM-WEE: The engagement Is announced between Mr. Lim < Dg Hsien, the fourth son of th* late Mr. A Mrs. Lim Nee I and Miss Annie Wee, second ci-»ushter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Yim Meng. en 23.5.49.
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    MARRIAGE
    23 8 THE MARRIAGE took place on M'v 21st. 1949, at St. Andrew's rttarefc, Kuala Lumpur, between Edward Joseph Hartley Berwick "-1 Mary McCurdy.
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    BOTH SIDES NOW IN JOGJA
    69 8 rE Dutch members of the sub-committee preparing for the return of the Republican Government to Jogjakarta left by plane for Jogjakarta yesterday morning. The Republican members of the sub-committee will leave for Jogja by a UNCI plane today, accompanied by some military observers. No names
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    163 8 photo. I'nder pretext of wanting to photograph certain hieroglyphics. Mario Febre. ?0-year-old salesman, obtained the aid of the Paris Fire Brigade to climb to the top of the 7«-ft. high Obelisk of I.uxor in the Place de la Concorde. Once there, he produced a portable loudspeaker and began to boost
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    Mobilisation Bill for U.K.
    92 8 LONDON. Tues. k PARLIAMENTARY bill n that will speed up mobilisation of Britain's sparetime soldiers, sailors and airmen in the event of real or expected emergency was published here yesterday. The bill— entitled the Auxiliary and Reserve Forces Bill —will enable Territorials and other categories of
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    ASIA SEEKS FOREIGN CAPITAL
    203 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. INDIA yesterday told the United Nations that President Truman's technical assistance plan for underdeveloped countries could not be effective unless it were backed by large-scale foreign investments, which most of those territories lack. Mr. R Saksena. speaking before the Economic and Employment Commission,
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    W Punjab Governor's recall demanded
    147 8 LAHORE, Tuesday. rpHE Working Committee of the West Punjab Muslim League yesterday demanded the immediate recall of the British Governor of that province. Sir Francis Mudie, and the appointment of a Pakistani in his place. Sir Francis assumed the administration of the province last January
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    'Drove Japanese to war'
    101 8 THE IS. 1924 law barring Orientals from American citizenship "did more than any other thing to turn Japan against us and toward militarism." said Congress man Walter Judd, Republican, in Philadelphia vesterdav He urged a review of this barrier to granting citizenships to Asians legally resident
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    UN MEN IN KARACHI
    39 8 Two members of the United Nations' Commission for Kashmir, Mr. Erik Colban (Norway* and Mr Robert McCattee (U.S.) arrived in Karachi yesterday for discussions with the Pakistan Government on the truce agreement in Kashmir- Reuter
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    'Forrestal had great power'
    340 8 WHILE OF ERRATIC MIND WASHINGTON, Tuesday. FORMER Secretary of Defence, Mr. James Forres--1 tal. who plunged 16 stories to his death on Sunday from the naval hospital at Bethesda, Maryland, wielded great power in the Cabinet after his mind was erratic," radio commentator Drew Pearson told
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    BARONET WORKS AS BARTENDER
    199 8 WORCESTER, Tuesday serves beer and whiskies at the Star Hotel 11 here just like any other white-coated bartender Yesterday customers learned there is something special about. him. He is Sir Norman Hamilton Pringle, one of England's 13 missing baronets The editors of Burke's Peerage, which keeps
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    FORD STRIKE HITCH
    30 8 Attempts to end the 18-day Ford strike stood still yesterday as both sides sat back and waited for the Government to bring them together ain.— A. P.
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    PRINCESS IN VENICE
    23 8 Princess Margaret spent her last day in Venice cruising in a motor boat amons the ?slan<ta pf the lagoon.— Reuter
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    Mass meeting of lonely hearts
    67 8 TOKYO Tuesday. iT a mass meeting arranged by a Japanese magazine designed to bring together the matrimonially inclined, only 70 young women responded while 1.700 men turned up. Over a loudspeaker each lonely heart was introduced and interviewed. Thereupon any interested party could step forward
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    U.S. asks for Eisler
    118 8 U.S. asks for Eisler LONDON, -wl T HE f Unit s2l formally tain to return cSJ said the feqiSSl out that Eislcr^iJ ed in the us ing false £.M under oath J l Mr^' J Under-Secre 1 the arrest ot BslJ^Sl breach of :r.teratsj| I can say m adSl th^aoti-r.
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    British meal ration 'safe
    53 8 British meal ration 'safe LONDON '.I THE Food Strachey mom thing Ui B bo BuUnti of the year. Pre^ was oft < supply meat' thU ~.i with tlv British ti In form that Br: to iccept than 1948 mea the a— I tina wj;.. of more thai: year. A drop
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