The Singapore Free Press, 21 July 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA lijkldsjfiojdsfioejfiojiioejejeie SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JLLY 21, 1949 PRICE 10 IN l>
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    JAYCOCK BEATS GOVT. TO PUNCH
    477 1 To introduce housing bill Tree Press Stair Reporter BILL to provide for the establishment of a Singapore Housing Hoard, which will have power not only to carry out a housing survey but also to prepare development plans and execute them aiter they have been approved,
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    Green Towards anguard arrives
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    S'pore death fall victim
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    ING DANCES LL 1.30 a.m.
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    22 1 Mr .I ti 11 Lnycock. (Municipal North -Fast Progressive Partj member o' the rouncil who will table the hou>ini Rill next Thursdav.
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    Creech Jones is secretive
    197 1 NEW SARAWAK GOVERNOR LONDON, Thursday. THi: Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, declined in the House of Commons \esterday to announce the name of the new (iovernor of Sarawak. alTirmed that the principle of continuity would be observed Ln the new appointment, and
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    REBELLION IN TIBET
    66 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. THE Singiao Jih Pao. independent Chinese paper in Hong Kong, says that Tibet, nominally under Chinese rule, ins rebelled against the Nationalist Government in Canton as a result of Chinese Communist agitation. Attributing the information to a -'competent source. the paper adds that, the
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    Millions for Colonies
    86 1 I. ON HON. Wfd BK1TA1N has given or promised i«o.5oo.ooo to the Colonies since January 1. 1944. the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, said in a Parliamentarx replv today. This Included K12MtM* ■ndei the Colonial Development and Welfare Act of 1945, 15.544,000 srant-i"-aid ol administration. 918.000 for
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    Burma ban off
    34 1 BURMA has lilted the ban on Royal Dutch Airline planes landing at Rangoon and flying over Burmese territory imposed in December as a protest against Dutch police action in Indonesia Reuter
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    Ghouls in Calcutta
    16 1 r^OIKE in Calcutta last night cleared up tne m>^«the bone* medical students. Reuter
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    42 1 fapt. F. Walton (cettt.rel officer-in-charge of the advance parly of the First Battalion. thr (;reen Howards, with MUM of his men who arrived in Singapore this morning by the trooper Kmpire Windrush from Miez. The Kcm ment will he stationed in Malaya.
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    A CHESON PRAISES PACIFIC PACT
    112 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. AIR Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State last night praised the efforts of Far Eastern countries to work towards a Pacific defence union He aid that the State Department ahould no be fnVrprcted as objecting to nation, in the KltV, area'maKing arrangements
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    SAFE CONDICT FOR ANCHISES
    62 1 SAFE CONDI CT FOR ANCHISES rp»E Chinese Nation i 1 Government has guaranteed the safe conduct of tiif Hong Kong win, Caroline. Moller to go to Shanghai and tow thp damaged Blue Funnel iteamer Anchliei to Japan for repairs. The Anchises H M damaged in the Whangpoo r v?r, Slianghai.
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    BARBARA HUTTON
    34 1 Barbara Hutton, h*» wealthy Woolwor'.h h»-i: now critically 111 In Venice is to have the custody of h*»r 13--year-old son Lane* Rpvm'lnv until S^nt. 15. to help "nor re-| cover A. P.
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    'China Reds welcome new world war'
    215 1 (ANTON, Thursday. THK Chinese Communists aim to "liberate the whole world" and will "welcome a third world war," according to two Communist documents captured in the North China fighting and released for publication yesterday by the office of Premier Yen Hsi-shan. The documents added.
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    BURMA FORCES TAKE 3 TOWNS
    91 1 RANGOON. Thurs. BURMESE Government troopf yesterday reoccupied Thonze. Tharrawaddy and Letpadan. important railI way towns hall-way between 1 Rangoon and Prome. The Government troops are now driving towards Prome. rail terminus on the Irrawad dy rtrer, 160 niiles north-west of Rangoon where the* rebeli get
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    N.Z.-U.K. TRADE
    22 1 N«'\v Zealand will negotiate to Increase immediately her imports from Britain in trade adjustment talks in London tills w«*fk Reuter
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    DOCK STRIKE END IN SIGHT
    203 1 LONDON, Thursday. >[EW hopes of ending London's < rippling dock >triki- emerged last night alter a day of 4011 fusion and conflict between the Government and its own national Dock Labour Board. A mass meeting of dockers will be held today at which leaders of
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    Rubber pnces
    48 1 A SPECIAL Mitlift ir»p*iod nil tjive* the prne* of i uMh r iin Mali per H» > at 11 am i<xl*r Huv^ii \u I K n < Si^.l |M .< I h in iwlf\ No 1 K s s I :< n.. K >. > k n s
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    SNYDER IN CAIRO
    30 1 After his plane had made a forced landing at Cyprus. Mr John ISnyder, Secretary of the United States Treasury, arrived in Cairn vfsferdav from Ank A. P.
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    POPE'S BROADCAST
    12 1 Pope Pius will broadcast to the world on Sunday. A.P.
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    'MEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN TIN'
    683 1 'MEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN TIN M.P. tells Commons LONDON, Wednesday. IN THE Colonial debate In the House of (Ominous last nifht, Mr. Stanley Awherry, who went to Malaya in 1948 to report on labour and track union conditions, said that important ai tin and rubber were. Britain must remain in
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    Promise to British Colonies
    105 1 Promise to British Colonies LONDON. U* I The colonial Secretary. Mr A Creech Jones tn\d Parliament today thi British Colonlei could n«>t» speed <jp political flerelopmen» tinle thel nrrvSc 1^ were pxpaii^fd niifi un'' build up In iti* I s-">)i!»rt pro o I n to rastatn the e>\ xp are
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    Fine Holiday Book By 'Clinch-Tease' Artist
    615 2 Fine Holiday Book By 'Clinch-Tease' Artist PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books in U.K. UNDER REVIEW THE LITTLE SISTER, by K.i.vniniid Chandler. (Hamis'i Hamilton. Bs. (id TWO WORLDS AND THEIR HAYS l>y Ivy Compton -Burnett. UiollaiiCK. 10s. bd.) POPULAR English writer with a propensity for extremely intense but rather solemn lovestories
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    QUICK LOOKS
    128 2 Poems Grave and Gay. by William Barnes. Selected and edited by Giles Duudale. Longmans. 6s. 6d.) William Barnes, who died more than sixty years ago, was one of few genuine English rustic poets. This admirable selection of his poems tn the Dorset dialect will fit very comfortably into
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    Jokes Across The Se
    72 2 yi/'HILE An was still neutral during V. :!d War I. there a joke universally current: Have German camouflage Tl.-t paintln battles u-itli Joke* bo the En can't see ■tout-Am* rlean >r it v net of the popular American need that no Briton could uke That beliel
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    Bridge Hands
    274 2 I I NORTH 4Ki t 4 6 A All 4J|4 U K>T V r A <• 0 I I g io 4 <r k 2 4KQI! 41 -I 1 tl lAQIII A J 1 0 b A A 10 i The bidding North Eatt South W>*t I Pass
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    The Machine That Has A Memory
    691 2 The Machine That Has A Memory Billions added in a flash Wonder from Army scrap it Behaves like prima donna BIN (wo years, two electrical engineers and four assistants at Manchester University have made, out of ex- Army equipment, an electronic calculator so "clever" they don't know how to ask
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      247 2 [TKUC CHOUGH IIC A»oiv>Al. OP EQUAu 5t2E 'CQWOM AAteiZiCAlO gLAC< PfAi^. c a»o 0 <-R2Avt^ V 7^App^F>jer at "> i-^rAM YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, the elements the greatest success, of leadership in your The stage might appeal make-up are likely to to you and if you were able develop
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      646 2 ft He? Vi Bl \D Bf .^f W^BBHsff e liLjW JSm i MiaK 111 &S i .> >: mmmmm^m n lhe BBC Midland Liglu Orchestra Metres and 44. Metres. SINGAPORE Conductor Gilbert Winer 10. 16 1 FODAI .j Votcfs In Harmony -Th? Kim C 445 pin English Pr.^ i*a ami
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    N. AFRICA LANDINGS DEAL WITH DARLAN
    2095 3 le rrivare Papers Of Harry m HonHnQ 7%£ Hurry Hopkins papers reveal the delicacy of the political negotiations which followed the North African landing. Mr. Churchill having told Stalin during their Moscow talks, President Roosevelt later informed Marshal Petain in a carefully worded letter
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    Spaniards still under martial law
    468 3  - Spaniards still under martial law LOUIS NEVIN By ('ENERA LISSIMO Franco promised Spaniards four years Ago to respect basic civil rights, but the promise is still only a promise. Over ten years After the civil war, martial lawis still in effect witlj military courts trying people without jury on charges
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 21, 1949. PAPER INTO BRICKS
    577 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 21, 1949. PAPER INTO BRICKS EVERY month the pop>ation of' Singapore Island increases by more than 4,000. ;l lv every month the Government, the Municipality or some private organisation issues a report on housing— or rather the lack of it— in Singapore. Every day
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    Socialism can't go with Liberty
    1209 4  - Socialism can' t go with Liberty SIR DUFF COOPER -by- THE resignation of Lord Milverton from the Socialist Party is a significant event. I have not the honour of his lordship's acquaintance, but I gather that he is an elderly gentleman with a long < and distinguished record of public
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    All may use public road
    477 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR IT was with no little interest that I read a letter published in the Free Press under the heading "Keep Of The Road'/, written by one who calls himself "A Cyclist." Cvclist asked wha e public road: Well, a public road
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    7 4 'Ronnie dear, were on holiday-so must w
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    IT SEEMS TO ME...
    820 4  -  POLITICO by I^IVE years rigorous lm- prisonment for a boy of 15 who failed to report, the presence of armed bandits sounds like a sentence which the appropriate legal authorities may c^re to review. The facts' as printed are that a party of police who were
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    A Hitler Bomb Found Water
    303 4  - A Hitler Bomb Found Water RHONA CHURCHILL -by THtY say there are bits of in all of us, but it took the Shepherds of Mount Pleasant Farm, Redislkidi Village, Suffolk, to find the bit of j4<><><| in Hitlers airmen. It was at midnight on the night of July 3, 1941,
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    $ EARNING Malaya will be consulted
    59 5 EARNING Malaya will be consulted I Reporter :or the I and i any n ble the •ore that I be Lte in o to the press 1 it the iks that of e d tribution dollar rtain Ma of en>riea to siblc to S cretan ned the for the rncr
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    HO BAN 1F...
    60 5 n wis officially atinounI i >«)re yesban on «»t unskilled iiriia uill n«>t ap w ives and jor vho want •t j- husbands and Uthen in Malaya. v ill also not ipi»; -oing to it th«-ir own I ded they can prove that they are rot tmisratintc
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    35 5 LITTLE Frantic Nutter admires the prizes at yesterday's Army sports at Nee Soon. She knows what they are for but wonders why she has not been givrn chance to compete for them. Free Press picture.
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    26 unions close in one year
    349 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OETWEEN June 1948 and June 1949 the number of trade unions in Singapore dropped from 167 to 141, the Assistant Trade I'nion Adviser, Mr. A. Simpson, told the Free Press yesterday. Among the more important unions which had ceased to
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    WAR DAMAGE MONEY FOR RELIEF
    389 5 Proposal to aid destitute Free Press Staff Reporter \JR. Thio Chan Bee, nominated Legislative Councillor, is placing before the Singapore Government a proposal that part of any money available for payment of war damage compensation should be diverted to social relief and rehabilitation of people
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    65 5 picture |>iKl.\ll N spra V a (lump of n&issh ip n punt and Kei M BC I .it .1 ftr« whirh broke Mil yestfrd.i > in punt in.inii f;»cturers store in < NtMt t;rove off St. Michael's Koa.d. Although hampered >>> >\- plcidme drums of in.'l.i ■Me spirit, ihr (ireinrn
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    LABOUR ADVISER
    28 5 Mr. C. C. CousUs has been appointed a member of the Labour Advisory Board for Singapore in place of Mr. F. L. Waterhouse, who ha« resigned.
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    MAILS
    34 5 Surface mails are due to arrive in Singapore today from: W. Australia. N. India, Burma. China. Hongkong. Japan and Siam. Closing time for posting Palt-m--bang surface m?U a- -he G.P.O. today is noon.
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    WARNING TO 40 CHINESE SCHOOLS
    155 5 Fres Press Staff Reporter FORTY Singapore Chinese schools have been warned that the Education Department can no longer permit their insanitary premises to be used, and notice has been given that they will not be allowed to function in their present state next year. This
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    Remembrance in Malaya
    142 5 THE naming of Sept. 5 as Malayan Remembrance Day is proposed by Mr, Thio Chan Bee in a question which he will table at the Singapore Legislative Council on July 28. "Since Sept. 5, 1945, was a memorable day and an occasion for thanksgiving in Malaya, will
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    47 5 pietiirr. I"OL'R *>f Ihe girfe. *'ho took p 1 1 in the Fancy Dress Race at yesterflay's Sin-*, ipore Chi nest Girls* School sports meet. They are Yco Peng Sim (Chinese Mandarin) Tan Quee Eng CHnlfl Ciirh Rnsalin* Ym (Arab), and Dinah Ang (Gip<y GJrl Free Press
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    A BOY SEES MURDER
    244 5 At the cinema ryUE WINDOW," which A open at the Pavilion today, is a fllm in which a boy, under superb direction, brings to life on the screen a small but fantastic part of New York's East Side slum. Bobby Driscoll reacts to Tetzlaff's guidance like
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    HOUSING BILL PROVISIONS
    445 5 HOUSING BILL PRO VISIONS free fress Mali Keportvr r PHE Housing Board Biil to be tabled by Mr. John Laycock at the next Legislative Council meeting provides that, immediately on its coming into force the Singapoie Improvement Trust will transfer t«i the Board all lands and immovable properties it had
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    MR. L. BRITTON
    30 5 Mr. Leon Britton. Par I Supervisor of RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., returns > till headquarters in Btngappn cay after a flve-montiu' trip Ito Euro] and t'ru> I States
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    HARI RAYA PUASA
    18 5 The public holiday for it in Ray a Puasa falls <>n II day, July 2,\
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    Coffee prices displayed
    106 5 F. P. Chinese orr**spond»-nt QVER 1/JOO coffte shops in Singapore "oday began displaying their c! tori coffee and tea following recent warning by the Depi. Food Controller, Mr. A D. Butler Madden. The decision to display prices was reached at a meeting of the Foochow Cofl* ShOD
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    S.V.C. CALL FOR SPECIALISTS
    64 5 IN t. Volun i rulttnf ners, sapper,, driven and infantrymen the 1 i mental Hi; been known There *r< I a mrdical C late 111 r and twe'. nt&, and also f< to a-'.vi i oq rations tor n.ifl. and on lor for Bril Throles will
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    JOHORE CINEMA
    33 5 JOHORE BAHRU'S new cine^ ma. the Rex. was packed last night when the owners. Shaw Bros., commemorated the opening by devoting the entire night's proceeds of $.00 to Johore'i welfare fund.
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    ARMY'S GALA DAY AT NEE SOON
    676 6  -  PETER HILL GHQ 'B annex athletic trophy IJ> IT was a j^ala day at the garrison sports ground at Nee Soon yesterday. Fourteen flagbedecked drab green tents crowded with V.I.IVs, handle-bar moustached Brigadiers and Colonels, young Army officers and their wives and families stood,
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    296 6 SHI^S in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yest'Tday igodowsis In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Bantam (3 1 -32.'. Benreeeh (33-34), Benvorlich (3d--37). Mount Mansfield < 38-39 >. West Wharf: Glengyie <4-5». Malacca <6-7». Glaum* '8-9 > i So°stdijk (il>. BuryphM (13-14). Empire Lock: Fernside (17-IBV Re^ang
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    34 6 picture. The womrn's 100 yards race in progress at the Singapore District (Army) athletic sport.s at Nee Soon yesterday. The winner. Pte. Dianne Ranger, of G.H.Q.. is on the extreme left F ree Press
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    Illegal squatters build too fast
    271 6 Free Press Staff Reporter. KUALA LIMPIR, Wednesday. I/I ALA LUMPUR squatters were putting up illegal buildings "ten times faster" than the Municipal authorities could pull them down, the Municipal Architect, Mr. C. O. Jennings, told the Free Press today. The Municipal programme of destroying illegal
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    N.Y. STOCKS IRREGULAR
    69 6 N.Y. STOCKS IRREGULAR AN cumulation of overnight Billing orders gave the New York Stock Exchange another hilip at the outset of jssHriiij'i session, but once this demand was satisfied prices developed some brrafitlaritj The list at midday showed mostly fractional changes either I iviry expand-d at \\x\-> during the aftarnoon
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    OUTPUT OF TIN CONCENTRATES
    46 6 THE figures of production of tin concentrates In Malaya during the month of June this year a»v (in pieub i Perak 71.199. Selanjor 37.028. Nrgri Sembilan 2.658. Pahang rt.174. Johore 2.038. Trengganu «76. Kedah 909. Perlis I 217 Malacca 269. Total 122.168.
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    FEDERATION TO REGISTER SOCIETIES
    185 6 FEDERATION TO REGISTER SOCIETIES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ALL societies in the FedtnuUon *'ill have to reflftter under a new Societies Ordinance to be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Council, which was published In Kuala Lumpur today. The draft ordinance will make u compulsory tor e\v:v local society
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    INDUSTRIALS SHOW DECLINES
    283 6 LONDON, Thurscl BOARD of Trade returns for June, showing details of the fall of United Kingdom exports to iollar areas, brought some dullness to the London St<>< k Exchange yesterday, says Reuters financial corrrs pondent. Small declines wert* fairly Widespread among industrials, but breweries and electrical tquipment
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
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    GEORGE WIMPLEY & CO., LTD.
    109 6 GEORGE WIMPLEY CO., LTD. T\ KNDMK EXCEEDS IMPORI \\i ONTRIBI Hun HOtSING PRCK.RAMMI SIR GODFREI MIK in SPEI II IHF I HI R IT w hrld on SIR OODFRXY Ml chairman or directors' i 1 time .inrt I you will t n k them m in i I I k
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      134 6 m3ndr3K6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya BHHHHbHT I f H| 5 JOINT GETS ON I .//"^"^^P^ 1 "TAKING DOWN THE S££--4-Lheae'dßit^thismaVbS 'mi y /mi h/I -T PIC u^ />VMAT/[L l DO^ n^^' THAT FELLA I STATUE/ M T TMfldfiHTJ MT^ W^ r? IP [60?Jp^JTjVAS JALKIN^y f 4
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    HEAVY GOING ON PENANG TRACK
    290 7 No fast work this morning rree fress Kacing Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. [JORSES running on Saturday, the first day of the Penanr August Barik Holiday Meeting, were to have been given their win ding-up gallops this morning but, owing to further rain overnight, which had made
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    25 7 picture. Ptr. Betty Gr^en (Nee Soon) makes th» winning effort in the women's high jump event at the Singapore District (Army) sports yesterday. Free Press
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    Early start for hockey in Johore
    289 7 Early start for hockey in Johore Frre Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed PREPARATIONS have already begun in Johore for the coming hockey season Indications are that more hockey will be played in the St/U* than last year. Six-;,--ide matches have been organised In Kota Tinggi with I view to
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    Stewards Cup acceptors
    188 7 'J'HE ftj the 't- dm. the big event of the Goodwood m<'< to bo run over Fix furlongs next t announced N imberinß 30 they are <with: weights): Combined Opera •si 7 lbs i uminary and Baccarat <9.0 Irish Dance < a 13 > Dramatic 8.1 1
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    BROMWICH IS DROPPED
    69 7 BRENDON Mac ken will meet Billy Sidwell 'Australia) in the hrst singles match of the Davis Cup tie beginning at Montreal today. Henri Rochon (Montreal* drew Frank Sedßman for the second singles match. The draw was announced yesterday. Pairs for tomorrow's doubl-es wil] not be announced until
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    Khalsa cricket XI
    60 7 THE Khal a A n cricket n.A.F. Tengah on at 11 ii.m. on the Si Oeorg* Roa4 prmiud Is Balwant Bid b iptaia), Cnoor Singn Ourdial Singh Dharam Sin u. Stogh, B s. sum. Parduman Singh Balwan Singh. Sew a Singh, Satindar Singh Mohinder Sin^h. i ervc:
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    Hull bids for Franklin
    42 7 ;innot say whether they will a >r not r r sis ned for Franklin said yrstrrday that hf haj JJg* u St«*e and want^ to hl» »J«« J n^ W3a 1 Franklin, who is CT, has b-^n w
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    30 7 picture. Some of the competitors in tbc applf bitina' event, struggling hard to get their teeth into the swinging fruits xt yesterday's SingaDore Chinese Girls' School ports meet. Free Press
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    Doiiery scores double century
    520 7 fOM DOLLKRY, after a slow start, scored a double century for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire in a county cricket championship match yesterday. The four matches which comprised the current programme will have no immediate effect on the leadership in the county championship race, as Worcestershire, who head
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    Army forwards irresistible
    585 7  - Army forwards irresistible CRUSADER By Singapore uisirici </\rm>j... a; nui«ians.. EVEN with two substitutes- Shea and Murphy being unavailable the Singapore District (Army) were much too good for the Eurasians and increased their lead in the Inter-Community soccer league to five points when they clashed at Jalan Besar Stadium last
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    GiBB IN 3rd ROUND
    50 7 WJ. Gibb. of Selangor, reached the third round ui the Scottish amateur golf championship on the Muirrield i course. East Lothian, yester- > (lav. He received a bye in the first round and defeated J. Leckie. of Luffness New. by two holes in the second round.
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    F. & N. WIN 6-0
    26 7 F. N. WIN 6-0 The Fra^er and NMH SO CO J£J :od Malayan Airwuys teani by mx goals to nil at Farm Park on Taes#a9 evening
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    Today's sport
    14 7 SOCCER: Inter tommnnity IliSM R.A.F. Na»'y. .1. B«-sar stadium. TENNIS: Y.M.C.V lournamenl
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    BRITISH TEAM v. FRANCE
    57 7 DONALD Finiay, 42-year-o;d hurdlintz champi. n, captain the British tram that meets Franco m tinelr annual athletic meet at White City Stadium on Aug. 1. Finiay has been given strong team including such star:* as McDonald Bailev sprinter from the West Indies. Bill Nankeville tnd. Arthur
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    39 7 picture. Capt. Hutrhine.s i ::i feMele Battalion) ninnin? th° one-mile event at the Singapore District (Arm>) sports yesterday in the record time of 1 mins. 13 2 sees. H<» also broke the record for the three miles. Free Prrss
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    Colonials v. R.A.F.
    73 7 j^ TEAM tc be ■rtK4fli Irrm tJa foUowinf will repmMM Colonials (Cricket Club In their tournamen; tbcture »fi:aJn?:f rap chtngi on Sunday at Changl. A E. DelHltai: 'Capt.">. W. Rataayafce, D. lUDex, F Chr»pard. A Jtafßl, I.<^ Seng Kim L. Boudvillr A. Thiag.trajah. G. Woodfora A. Prrera,
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    PADANG SOCCER
    35 7 TIONG Bahru Rnngors held Singapore Cricket. Club to a BOUWfI draw in a soccei friendly on the Padang yesteroay. Tiong Bahru Rangers me»?t Isley Kerr XI at Farrer Park tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.
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    SCGS SPORTS RESULTS
    182 7 ULL, toy'* a"'" paporr Chinese Girl- 1 School Bait A ho«p relay: 1. U- lUju Uik relay: 1. BtlN am. stepping boards; 1. K::n L Tav lf< Slipping ovrr hoop: 1 Yellow earn, 2 Red learn Skip jump: 1. BtlN relKiv.' team .mdle rate: 1 LM A..
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    CARD FOR NEXT WEEK'S BOXINH
    88 7 BOBBY NJOO, tfaC 00 Thp Ir.dom -ian I ba.it rs tomorrow He rill BfM Nai I .<--.. the Davir! Kui Kon^i Y Happy World stadium a July 29 T:.-' BgM Lv srhwluled for trn Bobby N]oO, in 139 fights Includes the Mali. Oakten Boy Sarban
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    RAIN A HANDICAP TO LOCKE
    139 7 BOBBY Locke, the South African holder oi the British Open Golf tltl» the worst of the bad vet*' In the North British tournament over the Pannai course, near Harrogate. yesterday could not flnd his touch Frank Jowle. a Ryd'-r I nominee and a date for
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    Non-benders' C.C.
    41 7 'Andrew 1 Olc B I -Jndny rt 11 am at Anr'.rtu T. Dr J H t 1 1 Bmm»tcbet, w. R. M. th, A. B fc'T F Turnrr. O. hn «nd S J M I'mrr-' Mr A \V C
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    BIRTHS
    56 8 UOWRAI MOHAN: On 17th J 1949 a1 81 ?S Tan Bom Ltat mm i. v.ife of M K. Kuruvllla, a brother for r Dl tond. \'\S DER C-T CHI Al ">rore F on 19th July, to Nancy i.nee Orlggs), wife of Michael H Van d*r Oucht, of G inong
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    28 8 SHANGHAINESE COOk, English t pxp wife i wrath I; It post lon n European I hold ?nd Rest, able cook j h Applv 11 J. Besar
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    DUTCH TO CANCEL HAGUE PARLEYS?
    335 8 Anger at delay in cease-fire BATAVIA, Thursday. nITCH officials yesterday accused Indonesian Republicans of delaying the "cease-fire" negotiations and repeated their threat to cancel the roundtable conference, which is to convene on Aug. 1 at The Hague, unless a truce is first negotiated. The United
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    26 8 meet at Biv| t pnoio. (apt. E. Brooks, of the Koyal Army Service Corps, is chaired after winning the Kin«'> (up at the annual ride A.P.
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    Steel bill passed by Lords
    105 8 Steel bill passed by Lords LONDON. Thure. THE predominantly Conservative House of Lords last night passed the Government bill to nationalise Britain's i iteel industry. But it made sur.w important chau ;es. Out jf these would postpone nationalisation until after m-xt gear's general election with a view to giving the
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    June dollar gap biggest on record
    96 8 LONDON. Thurs. AFFICIAL figures Issued yes- terday showed serious worsening of Britain's economic crisis. It was revealed that tlie adverse trade bal ance last mouth was the highest since September 1947, with imports the highest cm record. Junt' trade details are: Excess of Imports
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    BOXER FINED
    59 8 BILLY Thompson, the British lightweight b( xing ehampion. has been fined $750 by the Boxing Board of ConI trol, his manager, Benny Hunt man. said yesterday. The rim', the heaviest in recent years, came gj a result of Thompsons disqualification In I his European title fight against Kid
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    C.S.C. CINEMA SHOW
    25 8 the Chinese Swimming A Club. Singapore, are holding a cinema show for mem- bers and their families to- morrow at 8 p.m.
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    Civilians advised to evacuate Canton
    251 8 REDS ADVANCE RAPIDLY HONG KONG, Thursday. p*HINESE Communist forces continued their rapid drive southward yesterday, meeting with very little resistance as the Nationalist Government in Canton advised all non-essential civilians to prepare to leave the emergency capital. Nationalist bombers carried out a number of raids
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    Oil in Australia
    42 8 One of thr companies now trying to find oil in Australia will decide within six weeks on i site In Queensland believed most likely to yield a rich low. a spokesman of the company announced m Melbourne vesterday Reuter
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    'Lifelong frustration'
    83 8 THK Prime ftHnister, Mr Clement Attlee. yesterday turned down a suggestion in Parliament that he should appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the present state of the divorce law in Britain. Mr. Marcus Upton. Labour, said Mr. Aillee's eontin tied refusal 4 o appoint a commission would
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    Where mothers must work
    41 8 Moscow. Thurt. 'THE rented criminal code of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic provides mx months "corrective labour for those who refuse to employ women on the grounds of pregnancy or because they are breast-feeding children U.P.
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    KING'S NEPHEW TO WED SOON
    135 8 LONDON 7 Thursday. If ING GEORGES nephew, the Earl of Harewood, and the pretty Vienna-born pianist Miss Marion Stein will have a white wedding in the a i» umn. The 26-year-old Earl, who tfl eleventh in line to the Throne, said last night, soon after
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    'WE PAID A PRICE'-Israel
    88 8 'WE PAID A PRICE'-Israel ryuv Syrian-Israeli armistice, 1 which has tuvn under negotiation since April, waa signed yesterday in a tent in no-man's-land In northern Galilee. The agreement provides for the withdrawal of Byriai forces west ol the International border ol Palestine, and for demilitarisation of the occupied area. The
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    FAREWELL DINNER FOR DR. K. LIM
    63 8 Dr. and Mrs Lim Boon Keng last night gave a vegetarlan dinner at the Happy World in h niour of their eldest son. Dr Robert K S Llm and Mrs Lim. on th 0 RVe of their departure for the United Stafps. where Dr.
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    GANG WARFARE IN HOLLYWOOD
    167 8 HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday RICKEY COHEN, Lot Angeles "gambling king." ITI and three other men were shot as they left a Hollywood restaurant at four o'clock this morning Cohen, key figure in a Grand Jury inquiry into police 'collusion with vice rings, recently said that rang sters might
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