The Singapore Free Press, 15 July 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press =^ARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SF,SD SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 15, ***** PRIC E 10 CENTS
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    QUARTER CUT IN DOLLAR IMPORTS
    1114 1 Not so bad as expected 4 ri T LONDON, Friday. A ,V l f on e-quarter m British imports from the dollar area, announced by the Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps, m Parliament yesterday is better news that British industry and American exporters expected. There has
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    Block to better about conditions
    72 1 OVERCROWDING 5 Staff Reporter ER(RO\VI)I\<;. leading to unhealthy workIt traditions, is still the main stumbling »an> attempt at industrial improvement ■PP'w >a>> the acting Commissioner of mMr. K. P. liinuham, m his annual report m adds, this is not true of all There are model
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    SOVIET PEACE PLAN
    32 1 -ding Soviet scientists, writers, trade unionists, and leaders of youth and women's urbanisations In Moscow are planning a congress to launcn a peace movement throughout the Soviet Union. Reuter
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    F.I.C. troops on Burma border
    74 1 SAIGON. Fri. f^R&NCH army forces are concentrating amid mounting tension along the frontier between Burma and IndoChina, it was announced today. An official source said that a Chinese band had crossed the frontier from Burma and besieged Thone Peung. about 150 miles west of Luang
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    Reds kill Karen rebel leader
    194 1 RANGOON, Friday. r rHE leader of 2,500,000 Karen rebels, bearded Saw Ba U Gyi. was killed m a rlash between Karens and Communists near Nyauglebin, Karen stronghold 100 miles north of here, according to the Burmese press. His bodyguard was wiped out. Q Qyi entered
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    Nehru condemns a 'terrorist handful'
    250 1 ADDRESSING a 1,000,000-stroiig crowd yesterdaj the Indian Prime Minister, I'andit Nehru IIM that he was 'unable to understand how a handful ol people" were terrorising the city's 4,000.000 peupJe He said that it could not happen if folk were to co-operate with the authorities. While
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    NEW YORK BUS STRIKE
    57 1 4 SUDDEN strike during the l\ noon rush hour against tru- New York City Omnibus Corporation yesterday halted buses on 22 routes that carry a million passengers daily. The strike jammed the eity'i transit-system at a dozen places as stranded bus riders crowded into the subways
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    52 1 U.S. Treasnrj Secretary, Mr. John Snyder, (left), with Britain's Chancellor of the Kxcbtquer. Sir Stafford t'ripps. and the IS. Ambassador m Britain. Mr. Lewis Donglas, outside No. 10 Downing Street. They had arrived for joint talks with the Premier. Mr. C R. Attlee. and the Canadian Finance Minister, Mr.
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    SHIPS QUEUE UP IN THE THAMES
    176 1 SHIPS QUEUE UP IN THE THAMES London, Thnrs. SHIPS carrying food cargoes to Britain began to queue up In the Thames estuary tuday as 4,500 troops sweated ;In the sultry heat to dLs- charge some of the 142 vessels now congesting the stricken port of London. As the troops doubled
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    All done by slots
    101 1 LOS ANGELES, Thar* ANEW method of reducing air resistance may soon enable the Northrop Flying Wing to fly arou»d world without refuelling, company officials saM. The present range of the aircraft 8.000 miles could be tripled, they said, without altering the shape of the plane or
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    NO AMNESTY FOR TERRORISTS
    193 1 THE Chief Secretary, Si: Aiec Newboulti again re- plied "No"' thi-s morning when asked whether it was not 1 time to offer an amnesty to Malaya* Communist bandit. But he told a press conference In Kuala Lumpur that ;ome bandits who had surrendered had told police
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    Emergency may be declared
    241 1 AUSTRALIAN STRIKE SYDNEY, Friday. THK Australian Government would declare a State rof industrial emergency" and order miners to resume work If other methods failed to end the nationwide coal strike, which has brought 23,000 miners to a standstill and thrown at least 500,000 workers idle, oiTicial
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    81 1 This dramatic picture shows Joseph Smith (at left m circle) being sucked over the waterfall into the whirlpool belnw at the Verona Dam, Battle Greek, Michigan, U.B. Another volunteer is trying, to hold on to him. Smith succeeded m grabbing the rope thrown ti> him from the shore and was
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    H.K. HOLDS UP CHINA ARMS
    51 1 S~OUI 1.600 machine-guns belonging to Ult Chinese National Government have been detained by thf> Hongkong Government, a Chinese press report from Canton .says The report said the weapons were part of an order of 2.336 Canadian machine-guns ordered foi th« Nationalists by T. V. Soong
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    'China's Sorrow' bursts banks
    151 1 SHANGHAI, Tlmrt. T*HE Yellow River— "China's Sorrow --ho burst its banks along hundreds o:' miles of its length. The floods have already taken thousands of lives a>id 3,000.01)0 more people are m jzrave danger. The floods—which have <*nfuifod hundrtds of rivevillage! ami .'.mall towns m the
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    Rubber prices
    59 1 SPK( 141 Market correkpoud. ent glv^t th« pH<-e« of rubbrr (m r«nii per Ib.i at 11 m lodav a« follow*: Hutm-i SHUra. No. X S I. *p<* km** << {4 tub In bal*« JuW N« 1 H S.S. i*\ 33 r m t ii.i 3t\ m us No.
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    RUNWAY CRASH
    20 1 Onf > ion f i kiHrrt five others were mjui irgo plane craahed lerdaj on the run-.-, m (Ohio..
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    They storm the beaches
    258 2  -  MARIF ALIX LAMOTTE By lOAN of Arc -thou- sands Ol Joans ol Arc. l. will storm the tich bead this summer. Wed d cou t v Jacques Heim has c. •wizn-guftfi, beach-frocks rta directls tnsplred bj the Bergman film. Th» oi oi tunii ti! r- briefs
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    Bridge
    292 2 A neat defeiu 1 aaaln iht h;,nd l>U)w was played m m rubber In a famoui dub. ng for a slfim bid. the b:dd:ne stopped at Five No»trumpa hv .south Instead of Fix Ckika. Waat led the Jnck of Dtamoods. B BhoilM v row piocf^ed* 1 In Uie actual
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    Malaya's dress sarong-kebaya
    312 2  - Malaya' s dress sarong-kebaya SIMPANG LIMA By r pHE graceful Indian sari and the attractive* Chinese "Checng Sam" have had their praises sung. The Malayan press tells us that while Indian women are trying out Chinese "Cheong Sams" for attractive day-time wear, Chinese women are sporting the sari for its
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    Housewives corner
    156 2 IT is not generally known that old po atoes which are a bad colour cau be vastly improved both m flavour and colour, by laying a slice, or crust of stale bread on too til the time they are cooking. It Is quite easily removed whole When the
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    Recipe For Happiness
    193 2 A recipe lor a long and happy married life was given recently by Australian couple Mr and Mrs James Hughes, who have been c lire] tor 69 years. They say that their r. moniai happiness has been due to a large family. work, simple pleasure and interested
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    The Long and Short of it
    386 2 Triehologists are After Your head Says Yvonne Tabbush I 4 GULF is widening between Grosvenorstreet and Graitonstreet m London's fashionable West End. On either side the tricholgista are ranged for battle, scissors and hairpins poised. In the middle, floundering m the gulf, are thousands
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      185 2 YC jR LUCKY STAR J^ORN today, voq are more than ordinarily intuitive and should a:* ays pay attention to those "inner voices" which ran give you sound and valuable advice. If you ignore them, ihry eventually will jfrow weaker and you will lose their help and advice! You have a
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      111 2 F.~?. Crossword No, 741 'll z l |H I 4 I is I ib I z z z !i z 16 j.. in £g H _8^!LI!_Zir 20 JJ l*«M \< ROSS Difficulty (4); lo Suppase 16 Stupor <4» 17 Poiti I 21 Sv' (4) 2 lo Pa M,° f E
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    STALIN TO F.D.R.: 'SEND ME US TROOPS'
    1367 3 ST ALIN TO F. D.R.: 'SEND ME US TROOPS' SA,FLR Today's instalment of the private papers of Harry L. Hopkins shows the "Big Three' alliance taking shape. President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill decide to hold talks m mid-Atlantic; Stalin meets Lord Beaverbrook and Mr. Averill Harriman at the Kremlin. The
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    35 3 Ihe wreckage of the plane m whi i llfs, (in^ landed m Scotland after his dramatic flight from Germ. ij. Stalin told i: iverbrook that he thought Hess had gone with the knowledge of Hitler.
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    Begum leads women of Pakistan
    390 3  -  SYLVIA LAMOND By ANE of Pakistan's ladies is the Begum Liaquat Ali Khan wife of the Premier. Londoners who met her this year remember vividly the charm and boundless energy of this tiny woman with the wonderful smile. The Begum is 43 years old, a
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      91 3 9 GILBERT tfc SULLIVAN b h |k OPERAS y> on I y "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Records fhe Slave of Dir ■son, Derek Oldham, Elsie >. iViciiCced Law* nlment by SJr %ml D 1844 53 tl\ Richard l|'. fytton, Muriel Chorus. Symphony \m Sargent DB 7271 80 i George Baker, Cti
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      69 3 m A felft%' CLOTHES FOR THE FORMAL OCCASION Design Cra I Isiiiiiiish ip SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR 1 P E N A N<s THE OF BUSINESS I DlSTRini'Tf 80RKE0 SUMATRA TRADING CO. MALAYA Lfi). IJu-im s M.j( Jiines l>ep( SINCAPORg KUALA LUMFUR |-l\\\< Here's Exciting News For Local Cinema Fans THOSE
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      372 3 J»APORE Time Signal News; 1.45 Accent tion of popular cowboy songs- -nwORK) Melody— Albert Sack Or- 8 Talk; 8.15 Dance music by 1 *U metl chestra; 6 Programme Summary; Rene Dinar: &r His Orchestra; 8.30 B *WS f rom KI Light music; 6.40 Dance Friday Prom— Symphony No. 2 in
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 15, 1949. The long road back
    619 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 15, 1949. The long road back THE second survey published by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, a United Nations body, records an "all round Improvement m conditions In 1948, but it adds a warning. The progress made was uneven and
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    Victoria would not have liked it
    777 4 Victor ia would not have liked it NOEL MONKS visiting Seretse Khama's kraal capital, heard the tribal elders say just that about their new white chieftainess. SEROWE: PHIEF TSHEKEDI took me to the summit of the steep hill overlooking the five miles of mud huts that make up Serowe, capital
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    67 4 Attired m their graceful national saris, three Ceylonese women of the younger set m Negri Sembilan pose for the camera They are the wives of wellknown sporstmen m the State, (left to right): Mrs. Stanislaus, wife of Mr. Clement Stanislaus, State hockey player, Mrs. Pon~ niah, wife of Mr. Ponniah,
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    Tradesmen to Kings
    414 4 "D V appointment! While Americans are introducing new techniques m the arts of buying and selling, one of the most coveted hallmarks m Britain, of soundness and reliability, is still the warrant which is issued to "Their Majesties' Tradesmen" and which entitles 1,500 warrant holders* to display
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    A Battle Fleet Melts Away
    546 4  - A Battle Fleet Melts Away TOM POCOCK By rpHE Four-Power naval x exercises now churning up the Channel will provide no stirring newsreel shots of Britain's battleships m line ahead. The one capital ship present H.M.S. Ansoa —Is taRKinK along as a training ship. The Navy's only operational battleship, the
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    He Likes To Roam
    866 4 PEOPLE MAKE :w pOR 15 years, the Rev. C. A. DAVIDSON has roamed India, Ceylon and Malaya by car, rail, ship and on foot, bringing to the depressed the comforting words of the gospel. Rev. Davidson is a familiar figure m the Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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    TRIBUNE TO LATE DATO AWANG
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    16 5 fe M; W .;,d»... rnorni on mil M. nrw utof ic- re. Reute r pic- tu
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    NEW S.H.B. PAY PLAN APPROVED
    471 5 NEW S.H.B. PAY PLAN APPROVED 900 clerks to muL w ree P r T es^ Staff JHL Singapore Harbour Board has approved a revised scheme of salaries and cost of h\W allowance, for ,ts clerical employees. Thi m heme, which was drawn up by the S H R q#«* Association's
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    INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
    205 5 (Continued from page 1) towards direct employment, but it is slow because employment through contractors savet a great deal of trouble. The principal employer sometimes feels that he* does not know enough about the customs and languages of ttie workers to be able to employ them direct The
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    SMC ROLLS OUT MORE BARRELS
    134 5 SMC ROLLS OUT MORE BARRELS Free Press Staff Reporter TO direct the traffic flow at 1 the blind HuicUoa at the intersection of Sumbaua Road and North Bridge Koad. Singapore Municipal Commissioners will introduce barrels and appropriate sisns This committee decision U m acceptance of the recommendation of the Traffic
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    SHORTAGE OF POTATOES
    118 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent »pHE Singapore Government has suspended the issue of export iicences for potaoes m an effort to end an •'artificial shortage" until the supply position returns to normal. An official said yesterday that the shortage which has caused the price to rise from 20
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    'Tower of Babel'
    141 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NOTING that neither Chinese nor Indian labourers m Singapore have any lingua franca of their own, the acting Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, says "it is doubtful whether the effects of the Tower of Babel are felt anywhere In the world
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    More aircraft use S'pore
    202 5 tree Press Staff Reporter pOR the first six months of this year, 1,514 aircraft landed m Singapore from territories outside Malaya compared with 1,929 during the whole of 1948. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, m his annual report had predicted a great increase
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    CIVILIANS IN SERVICES
    38 5 THE BrlUib Government to 1 appointing a Committee of Inquiry to review the arrangements for dealing with tn« conditions of service of the civil employees of the Service Departme/i's m Sineaoore and to make recommendations
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    New wharf rates fixed
    113 5 Free Tress Chinese Correspondent AFTER two months of dis- cussions between Singapore Chinese importers and exporters and labourers handling cargoes for them, new. uniform rates of handling charges have been fixed and agreed to by both parties at a meeting before the acting Deputy Commissioner for
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    EXPERTS ON RICE SURVEY
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. TWO English agricultural mechanisation experts who arrived la Kuala Lumpur today have started an intensive six-weeks tour of the Federation to examine conditions and advise on mechanisation of rice production. They are Dr. E. W. Russell, soil physicist at the University of Oxford,
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    PENGHULUS: 'CLERKS' PAY BETTER'
    161 5 Frui Prea« Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. THE Johore Council of 8ta 4 e today accepted a motion moved by Penßhulu Yahaya bin Haji Atdul Aziz for the appointment of a committee to consider the existing salary heme for penghulus and L, distant oenghuluj and makn
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    PAY REVISION COUNCIL
    91 5 Tf£vui infafp ?f c H arbour Association Salaries ulari^Vm?" 11 whlch <* rew «P the new SUB. thambv MS£i bm Ibra lm L l m s an Hai and V. Sinnainainby. Middle row: Messrs. Lee Kirn Chve P Jeremiah Tan IEXfV* ohuaJ0 hua J' cn im George
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    MALAYS WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH
    296 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHOKE KAIIKI'. Thursday. OROVISION of increased facilities to educate Malay boys m English was urged m the Johore State Council today by Penghulu Yahaya bin Haji Abdul Aziz. He described it as "a matter (;f the utmost importance." "The people are
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    JANE WYMAN IN REX FILM
    89 5 JANE VV> re* a cjeditable pt-rlormance m "X s« In the Dark"' now ihowil the Rex. In this Warner B production, she U Ibi opposite oi the mute of Jol.rny Belinda: a!.-- UUka and argues. David Niven, who fills I of a tamo pianist, and
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    25 5 pirtnr* DX v I mi \h Sitt. whu vpoke m the Johurt Council H State yettcrdu? •n thr need f^t mere 4ental officers. Free Press
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      57 5 HOYAL FIIUPHQDf PORCELAIN ACID FROOF LEADLESS POSITIVELY FIREPROOF EASIEST TO OEAN TEA POTS (Brown) at $4.25. 55.25 and 55.75 ROUND ENTREE DISH (Brown) at 55.50 SB.2S 11.25 OVAL ENTREE DISH (Brown) at 57.25, 59.50 12.10 JUGS (Brown at $2.00 2.50 COFFEEPOTS (Brown) at 4.25 SCALLOP SHELL (White) $1.00 SOUFFLE DISH
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    SINGAPORE WAR ON GRAFT
    181 6 Staff increase proposed THE Singapore Government is considering a proposal to increase the staff of the anti-cor-ruption branch of the Criminal Investigation Department. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, said yesterday that, although a similar proposal was brought up 18 months ago, it was
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    WAR DAMAGE: PROPOSAL TO CUT CLAIMS
    226 6 A $100,000,000 cut for war damage claims by by; es, other than those deal- ing m tin and rubber, will, it is understood, be prop by Federation members, when ihe select committees met t m Singapore on July 22 to consider the Malayan war
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    PARCEL POM TO JAPAN REVIVED
    66 6 P ARCEL POM TO JAPAN REVIVED For th e first time since the liberation, parcel post service to Japan from Malaya will be resumed with effect from July 25. The rates of pos'a«e on parcels addressed to Japan (Islands of Honshu. Kyushu. Shlkoku and Hokknido only) and Ryukyu Islands are:
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    Trade pact's effect on Singapore
    188 6 m the 4nglo-Dutch agreement of last February prevents trade with Indonesia being conducted through the merchant houses of Singapore, Penang and Amsterdam the "normal and traditional channels." I This is made c)ear m an exchange of letters between Mr. A. S. Gilbert of the Board
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    Commodities are firm
    410 6 {London Stock Exchange] LONDON, Friday. COMMODITY prices showed renevved firmness m v the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Keuter's financial correspondent. Lead issues were marked higher on advance m the United Kingdom price for the metal. Rubber, tin and copper shares were quietly maintained. The market experienced
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    PRIZES AT NEE SOON
    44 6 picture. MRS. Blagdon, wife of 01. Bladnon, oitirer inchargC of troops. Nee Soon, who fare away the pri/rv %i the Nee Soon Garrison Children's School yesterday, U photographed presenting a prize to a student of thr junior classes. Free Press
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    N.Y. stocks in new advance
    121 6 NEW YORK. Fli. THE British announcement ol cuti In dollar lxn] I had virtually no influenctrading m tho Nt-w Yurk Stock Exchange yesterday when, after a slight recession, .slackened and prices advanced again m the err. rctcvery WiuvtrmtuV I"he tijsinfe tone- *as very St^e? *\«h
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULT
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    Inglis, Todd perform the hat-trick
    205 6  -  CRUSADER By Singapore District (Army) h i THE Inglis-Todd combination prodi2?s 1 for Singapore District (Arm! 2£** l peans m their Inter-C ommuun i lhc^ match at Jalan Besar Stadium lasl *v Uf goals were equally shared, and both m. hat-trick. m P erf «rn^
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      194 6 fiy Air /ro/n London daily THE FINANCIAL TIMES the World s most important Financial and Industrial Dj'» Nenspap By direct a.T-freigntir. arrangements whereby stamped with Malava^ H delay m posting on a Malaya can now obra n THE FINANCIAL I withm a tew da Daily spotlight on the v. together
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      225 6 mdndrSkB Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 7^TT> (T |W£ WAS RIGHT HERE, DRESSED LIKE I 1 1 WAS MAKIN3 MY I I'M THE COP ON I DEREK/ ir 1 Hfc WON'T Bfc SO r,r TlC APOLiaMAN-HEKISSEOME--. r MILK DELIVERY r THIS BEAT.' SOME --HE'S BAD- FUNNY WHEN
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    12 CLUBS NOW AT FARRER PARK
    352 7 Facilities for outdoor games I ark, which was turned into a tapioca md sweet potato plantation during the 1.n., occupation, has now boon full" kSLh c of the Colony', finest SwßC^ c courts. The .MandAanri L l lcoked after put out or us, dSt
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    ECLIPSE STAKES
    28 7 A select field of 5< tare the startei for the "neai r'.aiisic the Eclipse Stakes I run over or^ mile and i at Sandown Park today
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    Newcomer saves Northampton
    299 7 VUK feature of yesterday's cricket at Northampton, where the county resumed their match against the New Zealanders, was a brilliant innings of 147 not out by Desmond Barrick, the 23-year-old Ynrkshireman who joined the ground staff at Northampton at the opening of the present season. Barrick'a Innings
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    Scoreboard
    129 7 New Zealand l>t. Inns.: IM for d«<ld. NORTH AMI'IONSHIRK Ist. Jims. Br«H»kes c Keid m Hayes 0 Oldfield c Reid h Burtt '.h Harm 1 1 b Buitt *8 IJennet t b Hayes 8 Kinirk not out 1 >kinner run out 10 Broderick. b Burtt 5 Nutler b Ha>es
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    DECISION ON TESTS
    32 7 THE M.C.C announced yesterday that the remaining two Test matches against the New Zealand cricketers at Manchester and the Oval. London, will not be extended beyond three days.— Reuter
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    Insole hits 219 against Yorks
    343 7 I\ INSOLE, a Cambridge Blue, curried his bat for 219 his highest score m first-class cricket for Essex against Yorkshire yesterday. He batted five hours and hit 21 fours, but he gave four chances, the first at 98. Lancashire's Australian. Ken Grieves, completed 100U runs
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    I.A. CRICKET
    123 7 INDIAN Association crt teanii for the week -end are: Against 8.0.D.( A. tomorrow at 215 -\.m. on the 1 A. gruund. Ibrahim Isa (captain >. M S GUI C. Popatlal. N. Narayanftn, C. V. S. Sundaram. C X Singacruri. S. Thangalhurai, M. T Reshauiwalla. Mohamed Shah, J. Rasik'al
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    32 7 RiK fan Stcenbergen of Belgium yesterday won a 50 000-frane bonus by sprinting into Castres at the head of the pack In the Tour de France bicycle race.- A.P.
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    ARMY ATHLETES OPTIMISTIC
    104 7 'pHK District athletic nampion-ii:ps, *hich are to be or. Saturday at ihe I Mind. Nee Boon, pi 1 -ome in;' Judging by some displays curing the prelimii day and Wtdnt ■n« records may be broken eadstißi record may receivt a strious cnailenge. and Captain Hutchings of 221
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    143 7 JIIK Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir ruk were ordered to return home by the Czech Legation yesterday because i German tennis players re competing m the Swiss lawn tennis championships. The first reaction of the j players, however, was tlr.tt they wouM- My and
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    Brian Close impresses in Lord's match
    175 7 ORLAN Close, 18-year-ohl Y</rk>hirr all-roun. **£a\e a most Impressive displu of left-handed batting by scoring 65 for the Mayers against the Gentlemen at Lords yesterday. Batting with the assurance of a veteran. Close dro\? and pulled admirably to become lop-scorer m the match. Close,
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    BIRTHS
    31 8 EIEN. wife of D. A. Stephen on on July 12lh, a c Ann. To Jaw t, v.ife. of T. j Customs, at X iv Hospital, on fcer. Both doing v.-11.
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    31 8 THE ENGAGEMENT too* place r 1 6 49 b*trv<H'n Mr. Yeo Yew son Ol Mr. Mis. Yeo Cher i Miss Ho Lai Neo daughter c' Mr. Mrs. Ho Sit Lat.
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    41 8 MR TAN ENG LIM. age: bt>, r ci away peacefully at his r nee No. 19 Cheng Tuan St. f on Wednesday, 13rh July, r U. 90 A.m. Funeral on Sunr 17th July, leaving residence f v. TV. il a.m.
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    22 8 KER^VAN and family r the late Mr> C Kesavan. Ik all trtenda and relatives who sent wi <nd attended hitier i"
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    IN MEMORIAM
    34 8 R] Ql IKM H HI be rday, 16th July at 8 r at the Cathedral of the rd for Mr. .E. who lost til life j i mar Bombay .>,.■ i?rh July 1949.
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    14 8 ATTENTION:— H. Lee. Have t ng to discuss with you r Immediately. H.T.
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    CHIANG TO REMAIN IN CANTON
    357 8 CHIANG TO REMAIN IN CANTON War to go on, says P. M. CANTON, Friday. PENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK, who r arrived here yesterday from Formosa, will set m motion a Supreme Political Council, the Nationalist Prime Minister, xMarshal Yen Hsishan, announced last night. The council will open sessions m the next
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    34 8 photo. Aii old Belgian woman is assisted to a Brussels polling booth to cast her vote m Belgium's recent parliamentary election. This was the first time Belcian women have been allowed to vote.- A.P.
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    Chewed gum in court: jailed
    49 8 REHOVOT. Israel', Friday. J 18-year-old youth was yesterday jailed for :<ev2n days for chewing gum m court. The iudge had rebuked him and got the reply. "It s none of your business." "It is," the judge retorted. "Seven days for contempt of court."- A.P.
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    5,000 elephants stampede
    73 8 I AME wardens and other official* m Mombasa. East \M Africa, are attempting to halt a stampede of 5.000 cleohants from the interior to the roast m search of water. About 70 elephants are reported to have been shot so far m the effort to stem this
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    BURMA VIEW ON ANTIRED UNION
    185 8 RANGOON. Fri THE Burmt'sr Foreign Minister, U.E. Maung. said here yesterday that Burma "may favourably consider^ 1 any Buggestion for the formation ol a "Pacific bloc," If .such a union would work lor world peace and prosperity. Maung was commenting vn the discussion In Bagnio
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    'Evacuate half of Shanghai' —Red proposal
    165 8 SHANGHAI. Fri. THE Communist newspaper Sin Wan Jih Pao is advocating evacuation of about half of the 6,000.000 population of Shanghai. The city, it said yesterday, i would then be less dependent I on shipping. The paper said i the virtual stoppage of overseas
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    JOCK 'SMACKED HIM IN THE PUSS'
    227 8 JOCK 'SMACKED HIM IN THE PUSS PLYMOUTH, Friday. A SCOTTISH caulker who blacked the eye of a lieutenant of the Egyptian Navy apologised n court and thereby averted a minor crisis m international aiTairs. The Scotsman, Jock MacGregor. from Dundee, was noisily doing a caulking job on the Egyptian frigate.
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    Red rift with Pope widens
    257 8 VATICAN CITY, Friday. IMIF Popes decree, excommunicating all Catholics who persi^lently and actively espouse Communism, is expected here to result m Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe making a final break with the Vatican. Vatican circles say that Czechoslovakia, the only remaining Eastern European nation within the Soviet
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    Ceylon to cut tax on incomes
    150 8 COLOMBO, Friday. hphe Ceylonese Finance Minister, Mr. J. R. Jayawardene, yesterday announced reduced customs duties on a wide variety of articles, reduced income tax m the lower incomes, and reduced taxes on certain classes of building plant and machinery. Presenting the budget to the
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    NO PORTRAIT MIRACLE
    103 8 WARSAW, Frl THE Roman Catholic hi«i\ir rhy baa app aled to all Poles to .s*op making pilgrimto the catned i.ublln, where a woman was killed and 19 ether persons were Injured m a stampede to i a •weep.: portrait of th«* Virgin. Bishop ol t üblin thai
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