The Singapore Free Press, 22 July 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA sdfsdf SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JI'LY 22, 1949. PKIC E 10 1 ENIS
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    S'PORE MAY GIVE FED. $4,270,000
    257 1 Gesture of goodwill Free Press Staff Reporter [HE Singapore Legislative Council will be asked next Thursday to approve a gift of about $4,270,000 to the Federation. i It is believed that this is intended to be a! gesture of the Colony's appreciation of the present
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    Burma are town token
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    British trade is in Tokyo
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    PACKET IN ALL CHEQU
    6 1 PACKET IN ALL CHEQU a A.P.
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    29 1 Mivs New Zealand, 1949 21- year-old Mary Woodward— who arrived in Singapore last night on a free round-the-world trip. She flew on to England by 8.0.A.C.-Qan-(as Constellation this morning.
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    AIRLIFT TO BE REDUCED
    77 1 LONDON, Frida>. j 11HE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. told the Commons yesterday that the Berlin airlift would be reduced as soon as supply reserves in Berlin were enough to last for five months. He added: "However, we are sjoin^ to keep the machinery of the
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    ARE SHELTERS TO STAY IN UK
    49 1 ARE SHELTERS TO STAY IN UK "IMIE Home Secretary, Mr 1 Chuter Ede, told title Commons yesterday that it would be unwise to abandon Britain's air raid shelters "in the present position of the world. He was replying to a Member who said shelter had "become a nuisance. A.P.
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    SYRIAN EXCUTION
    28 1 Six alleged members of the onal Syrian Party, cond of armed i evoit Lnst the Government, executed In Beirut yesiv bv an army firing id.- A.P.
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    CORDITE ARREST
    32 1 tree Pr<ss Stall Rf-portcr A Chinese found in a car with two sacks of cordite in Upper Thomson Road yesterdiv was arrested by the Singapore police under the emergency regulations.
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    U.S. RATIFIES ATLANTIC PACT
    204 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. f pHE United States Senate yesterday approved the Atlantic Pact by 82 votes to 13 which was 18 more votes than that required for the ratification of treaties. President Truman is now expected to follow this up by sending to Congress a U.5.51, 450.000,000
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    Federation arrests
    42 1 During the week ended on Wednesday there were 223 arrests in the Federation 54 in Selangor. 62 in Johore. 62 in Perak. 15 in Kedah and Perlis, eight in Penang. three in Trengganu. 13 in Negri Sembilan, 11 in Pahang.
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    'Heavy Republican losses', say Dutch
    188 1 BATAVIA, Friday. DUTCH authorities reported last night that in very heavy fighting between Dutch troops and Republican guerillas in the Semarang in the Malang area of East Java and in the Sukabumi area 60 miles south of Batavia the Republicans had suffered very heavy losses.
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    11,000 troops now on London docks
    180 1 1 1,000 troops now on London docks LONDON, Thursday. MOKE troops moved into London docks this morning bringing the total at work to nearly 11,000. A meeting of merr employed at the West India docks today voted for an immediate return to work but less than a dozen actually reported
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    Ancient and modern
    72 1 LONDON, Thursday CONTRACTS for public efa ti ieity for the holy city of Mecca have been entrusted to a group of British firms, I>aU Telegraph said today. The same K roup has alreSdy undertaken electricity installation at the port of Je h nl>n e Mus.lnfs P areli?ictly
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    CHINA ARSENAL EXPLODES
    40 1 TH S Kwantung provincial arsenal across the Pearl River from central Canton exploded yesterday. blowing artillery shells and ammunition into the sky. Officials fear heavy casualties in this blast— the third at the arsenal in three months.
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    GUNMEN TAKE WAYANG'S $3,400
    36 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Five masked Chinese, three aimed with revolvers, last night raided an attap hut occupied by a Chinese wayang troupe near the Happy World and got away with $3,400.
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    More meat, says F.A.O.
    27 1 More meat, says F. A.O. The world can expect more meat th\s year, the Food and AsjricuV firal Organisation of tne United Nations reported In Washington yesterday.
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    BIGGER GARRISON FOR HONG KONG
    105 1 HONG KONG, Friday HONG KONG'S garnson strength is to be raised to 25 000 men instead of the original goal of 12,000, sources close to the defence headquarters here said yesterday. The sourcp.s said the garrison strength had already passed 12,000 and by the end
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    BAN ON JAP FLAG?
    26 1 The Philippines Under- Secretary of the Interior, Nicanor Roxas said yesterday that his department might ban display of the Japanese flag.- A.P.
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    'RED RULE IN CHIN LIMITED'
    186 1 LONDON, Friday. THE Chinese Communists "quite plainly have no authority for all China or even for the parts they represent," said the Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, in the House of Commons yesterday. He disclosed that British efforts to make contact with the Reds
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    Operation for Noel-Baker
    53 1 MR. Philip Noel-Baker, British Minister for Commonwealth Relations, will enter hospital tomorrow for an operation, it was officially announced last night. He expects to be away from the Commonwealth Office for some weeks. During Mr. NoelBaker's absence, the Lord Privy Seal. Lord Addison. will be in charge
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    'U.S. RUBBER POLICY IS DANGEROUS' ASCOLI
    761 1 'U.S. RUBBER POLICY IS DANGEROUS' ASCOLI LONDON. Thursday. A MERICANS trying to cut Malayan rubber prices were accused here tonight by Mr. F. D. Ascoli, Dunlop rubber chief, of following an "ill-informed and dangerous" policy which was against Inited States foreign policy and helping Communism in South -East Asia. "Combatting
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    Australian dock tie-up threat
    95 1 SYDNEY, tuday. qiWO Australian Dock W< rkJL eTs Union officials I jailed yesterday for contempt of court and the country'* stevedores immediately called a 24-hour protest atrlke for Monday. The Waterside Workers* Federation also called upon Its members to decide on "future action." threatening to lurther
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    Rubber prices
    25 1 j A SI'K IVI Market c«<m >poud ent givr* the pri««> ot .ut.im (to cent» p*r Ib.) at 11 RJH I«#RJ as follows:
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    P-H-E-W
    203 2 a boom in beachwear in Britain "sun end fun suits" are being bought by everyone between 16 and 60. The selection is extremely cuod. Designs have definitely gone ahead from the unimaginative bcachwear of prc-1939. You cait decide to go ail cut for a tan with a strapless swim
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    Give Your Nails A Rest
    207 2 GIVE your nails a rest and plan on not wearingnail polish one week out of the month. Beautify them by buffing, into a high natural sheen. The effect is vnv attractive, very elegant. Take a wad of cotton wool, dip it in your favourite perfume
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    She walks 14 miles to school
    75 2 AD- YEAR -OLD school girl of the rural town of Jorhat in Assam, walks 14 miles ea:h day in order to attend school. The girl told the Governor of Assam, Mr. Sri Praka.sa. who visited the school, that her home was up In the
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    Infant types I don't like
    470 2 Infant types I don't like SITS not that I hate children... far from it. But there are some children, other people's children, of course, who are apt to fray the nerves and encourage man's inhumanity to man. Of course, the actual child is not always to blame environment and all
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    Clothes that grow with the child
    300 2  -  DIANA STRODE HERE AND THERf By THE ability of children to outgrow their clothes at a prodigious rate is known to every mother. Now a British designer has come up with the answer. Mrs. Kayo Marris, a designer of children's clothes, had a small
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    'Fashions Get Curiouser'
    202 2 1 riouser and curlouBer." Her? is a fashion m new that it hasn't been christened, but which has already caused an argument with the Board of Trade. It is the "crocht < :ied b. Etches which U jards of coupon- ti cotton foi;r Dill ani whirl- was
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      37 2 In Hats, Gowns and Dress Accessor* 11 Battery Road Maynartisßldl 'Scapula Medals 1 KWONG CHEONG LOOM M y i 1^ p »> A NAME AND HUM* TO REMEMBER JOHN I d and LANKA JEWELLER^ KHALIK 11. THE AHCADt^I
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      268 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR All \ou ask is that \ou are UMB| Um people who have kein minds, a facility for e>p re s n S their new and original ideas and the samp willingness to live up to their individual ideals as you. yourself, have. Select your marriage mate carefully
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      129 2 F.P* Crossword No. 7<*6 T~n FT PTTT b I I 6 78^- -r— T 9 10 Hil t? 15 pi 14 15 ~"i6 ILL iliZI f| ■30 31 p32 33 36 38^ Hi x~i -1 40 LLtS .CBOBS 2 Openii lj Force 14 T Novel (3); 17 8 3 ii>
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    CHURCHILL QUERIES U.S. ATOM POLICY
    1310 3 CHURCHILL QUERIES U.S. ATOM POLICY *'<?■'■ i■■ *''■<■*'& Kml -K r -"*«MBMMMM& It was at Casablanca, the Hopkins papers disclose, that Mr. Churchill first expressed his concerrt at ihe lack of U.S. co-operation over exchanging information on atomic research. The U.S. War Department, he cabled to Hopkins, "is asking us
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    Bridge Hands
    329 3 WHAT do you bid? It 13 imv "portant to understand the meaning of partner's three heart bid. It Is NOT an absolute force, In fact, It is not quite as strong as If partner had opened the bidding with one heart, and rebid three hearts over one spade
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    A Fire Brigade on wings
    328 3 A Fire Brigade on wings JACK-BOOTED flyers and their families are thronging the seaplane hangars on the verge of Lake Superior, ready to take off on the biggest civil air patrol the world has ever seen. Spreading a protective aerial umbrella over Ontario's huge forest area of 100.000,000 acres, 40
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      26 3 He |i raw 0 Ml] m'W' PRODUCT k»4 Hanburyi Ltd I DC kPOKI Ml TOMORROW MHAY M R TECHNICOLOR^ If m vmm AT I H I
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      711 3 r bl^OAl'oKi: brebb (^in^apore) AUSTRALIA [BLUE NETVVORK> (Including 8.8.C. Relay) 16. 19. 25. and 31 Metres. ts4 and 41.7 metres. 19. Metres. 25. Metres. 31. todw merfen 2 ro C a:m from KL Metr and 44 Metr?S Teatime 4.30 AustraTODAY TODAY lian News 4.40 Services Concert 143 pjn English- Programme
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1949. PRACTICAL SYMPATHY
    579 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1949. PRACTICAL SYMPATHY SINGAPORE and the Federate can draw one little comfort from the dollar crisis. The spate of talk and argument in Britain about the paucity of dollars In the Commonwealth pool and the provenance of f he comparat.ve few still remaining
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    Seeing The East For Herselr....
    1461 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS' "DISCOVERING" the Far East for herself so that on her return to New York this area and its people will m^an something to her instead of just another story in her journal, is Mrs. VIOLENT PRICE of Life magazine. Possessor of one
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    Football Was A Crime Then
    479 4  -  J. W. TAYLOR •By ORITISH legislators *^are to repeal many of their outdated laws, a task which may take 15 years. It is fortunate, however, that many of them aro never applied, or jails would not be large enough to hold the multitude of wrong
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    Japan May Not Be Free For A LongTime
    478 4  -  MARIE T. BROWN B% JUDGE Edward H. Dell. Legal adviser to the Internationa] Military Tribunal of the Far East for the past four ira in Tokyo, and associate of MaJ. C Myron C. Cramer. Jtld| advocate during the major Japanese warcrime trials,
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    The otner side of the question?
    67 4 The otner side of the question? LETTI-K ro Tin you Lord reasons for Labour "other side of I ture" has been r ed by Mr y Webb, chairman Parliament ;r Party who t to Th€ I The report i by Lord resign a 1 he made B iht- Import fact
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    MASONS MEET IN GERMA
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    58 5 local officer lo 1 hol n the Malayan £Lroin«ical Service is Koruthu, who has L promoted from instant to -tant MeteOffi Mr. D ed the Survey nt m 1928 and Sough «he TechI Dunnn recent Koruthu has been employed <it the Kallang k epi for a brief he was rr>ing
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    MR. D. P. REES
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    $1,250 JOB PROPOSA REJECTED
    161 5 $1,250 JOB PROPOSA REJECTED Action follows S.M.C. debate Free Press Staff Reporter doctor, Dr. (Mrs^T M Drur^WWt^T"" temporary Municipal BacterioToZ on SSSS Sala^ of m O oXplu°s n fre n e Instead they hav^ recomm^n^ *v, appointment of a reclnt S? fl i- P the P f e ™anent Edward
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    EMERGENCY
    26 5 The period of Emergency in Singapore was extended by a further term of three months from today by a proclamation d by the Governor yesterdav.
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    NEW BUSES OUT SOON
    66 5 Free iress Staff Reporter TIGHT new Singapore Traction Company buses with double-folding doors will be in the roads shortly 9n T^T u r^ part of a fleet of 20 w-hich the S.T.C. is building to reinforce its 209 vehicles. The double-folding doors of the new buses
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    Singapore aid for squatters
    132 5 Singapore aid for squatters XT JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. CINGAPORE Chinese have v donated $20,000 in response to the Malayan Chinese Association's appeal for $*****0 to re-sett*e 1,500 squatter families in Johore. The squatters are being removed from their homes by the Government to facilitate the campaign against the bandits. They
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    CANING FOR VAGRANT
    67 5 JOHORE BaHRU, Thurs Found sleeping on a five-foot way a Malay boy was today charged with vagrancy, and on conviction, was sentenced to four strokes of a light cane. T.r,l le boy nad bc>(ln In the Welfare Home but had run away, because, he alleged the people
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    $250,000 for university
    89 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VfR. LEE KONG CHIAN, ITI on behalf of himself and companies with which he is associated, has promised to give $250,000 to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. The gift will be in instalments of $40,000 this year, and $15,000 yearly from" 1950
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    WELFARE WORK 'SATISFACTORY'
    317 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE Social Welfare official who spent six months in Europe studying welfare conditions in the United Kingdom/ the Continent and Spain, has returned to work here with the belief that "we are definitely well up in social welfare work compared witfi the
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    'Trade unionism is too dry'
    278 5 JOKES, PIN-UPS, CARTOONS Free Press Staff Reporter M K k- P W i lliai V s the secretary of one of Singapore's g l est uni n s, the Army Civil Services Union, *nich has a membership of about 12,000, said yesterday that "trade unionism
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    IMMIGRATION JOB
    18 5 Mr. Moharred bin Mohamed Salleh has been appoint- Assist ant Immigration Officer lur Singa por e
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    Questions on Singapore's $ spending
    255 5 Questions on Singapore's spending Free Press Staff Reporter QUESTIONS on how Singapore is spending l\S. dollars, apart from allocations made for import of essential goods, will be asked by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated) at the next meeting of tlu Legislative Council on July 28. Mr. Lim is also asking
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    $10,000 FINE ON ROWERS
    101 5 Free Pres* SUJV Keporter BUTTER WOK ill Thuri AN attempt to row 72 tin n matches worth $1 mi the Pena.ifj Channel two Chinese a line of $10,000 today if they do not nay the fine, they will no to rrison for six months each The
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    WIFE, FORMER WIFE CHARGED
    60 5 k, I:. i. a Van B an dmi ih Binti I'aiar. lv the Dr»-s« nt and foi uife of M bin A were both bound over dv the Malacca Magistrate. Mr H Bon Bernard, in onr of $300 earn to keep j for three niuir Both
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      55 5 SET for uIE /^l\ comprising /3 24-10 Plates, 12-8 Plates, 12-7 Plates, [;-^a 12 Soup Bowls, 3Meat Dishes (leach 12", fc^l 1*" 16") 4 Vegetable Dishes Covert fc^ I 2 Sauce Boats f^ iM PRICE $147.50 SET. W> Choice of Green, Salmon or Dove Grey. \%L C^^HALF SETS ALSO AVAILABLE
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      28 5 Surface mails are due in Singapore today from Pontianak. time for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today is: to IS. Sumatra, the U.S.. Ceylon and Sibu ni
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    LONGCHAMPS II IS BEST BET
    3668 6 LONGCHAMPS II IS BEST BET Free Press Racing Corresponaeni I ONGCHAMPS 11, a seven-furlong specialist, is the best form selection for tomorrow, the first day of the Penang August Bank Holiday Meeting. He won over this distance at Bukit Timah a few weeks ago and in his present form should
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    Gilt-edgeds being sold
    412 6 LONDON, Friday. SEI LING of British Government securities depressed the London Stock Exchange at the opening yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. Prices were widely l/Bth to J per cent, lower in giltedgeds and 6d. to Is. in Industrials. Rubbers and tins were irregular. Throughout the session most
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      274 6 By Air from London d Qli^ THE FINANCIAL TIM'S tht World t most important Financial Jn d tnduifri.i fc Newspaper mul Da,|, By direct air-freightmg i arrangements wherebv cc stamped with Malayan stan J2l! SSe<j delay in posting on arrive Malaya can now obtan THE r sA *li within a
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      170 6 mdndr3k6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya W^WHI 7: 1 THEH.BiFORtmiRAMAZrD "1 I .'^AT^c WE 1| I P,N\o7| ]^i/^7 Br_MCL__^f _J3I ErES^THfSWryf 0/54PP£4«S- SHOOTiN' 'ATt OISAPPEARF.O. ANDf 1 60TC/ ARE THE STATUE'S IVALKIN'L. SHOO. "A I AW THE PICTURE SEEMS TO U ManJ^ J^c^avvav' f vJ^k? v Off
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    DERBY BEAT SOMERSET BY INNINGS
    117 7 DERBY BEAT SOMERSET BY INNINGS Pace bowlers strike form J)LRBYSHIRE, who in 1947 beat Somerset in one day, yesterday inflicted another heavy defeat on them well before tea on the second day at Taunton, winning by an innings and 186 runs. The pace of W. Copson, who took five wickets
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    More ram in Penang
    206 7 More ram in Penang Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Friday. LTRTHER rain has made the Penang track very heavy and, although there is no question at the moment of the races tomorrow being abandoned, i the Clerk of the Course is deeply concerned. He made two inspections of the chopped
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    Ausfralia and Canada level
    52 7 CANADA won the first singles match in their Davis Cup American zone tie against Australia at Montreal yesterday when B. Maeken beat Bill Sidwell by 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6. Australia won the second singles match against Canada, Frank Sedgman beating Henri Rochon by 6-4. 6-2.
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    U.S. TAKE LEAD
    27 7 THE United States, continuing a great comeback, too* the lead in the British-Ame-rican yacht series at- Cowes yesterday by winning the fifth race.- A.P.
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    RAFou tplayed in 2nd half
    521 7  -  CRUSADER By Royal Navy 5; R.A.F. Combined 2. r PHE Royal Navy showed at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening what determination, plus stamina, could do to a losing side. Outplayed in the first half and a goal down at the change-of-ends, they staged a wonderful
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    Java footballers here
    101 7 mHE Indonesian Chinese footballers arrived m Singa--1 pore by plane this morning, all appearing very fit and eagerly looking forward to their five matches in the Colony. The visitors, who play the Continental type of soccer a fast, open game relying on speed and combination to beat
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    Cricket tours of India: plan for 5 years
    254 7 MR. A. S. de Mello, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has submitted a tentative programme of fixtures regarding the Commonwealth team's Indian tour to the provincial cricket associations, besides a report on forthcoming visits of teams from
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    GIBB BEATEN
    35 7 W. J. gibb, of Belangor, eliminated yesterday In the third round of the Scottish amateur golf championship at Mulrfield. He lost flvp and four to J. R Harris of Both- well Castle Reuter
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    SCFA v Java Chinese
    90 7 I^HE Singapore Chinese Football Association X pay the Indonesian Chll a- Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow will be chosen from the following: Chce Seng. Tuck Choon. Slew Tour Chin Lye. Patrick Yee. Hee Jong. Hoon Leong. Tian Chye. Gim San. Lim Swang. Hoi Mm*. Tee Slang. Boon
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    ARMY-NAVY XI
    53 7 THE Ai my -Navy team u> meet the Indonesian Chinese soccer team next Wednesday has bocn chosen as follows: McMahon (Navy); Snelsun (Army), Rlddell (Na?y> (capt.); White (NaTT). Whitehorn (Army). Buth r '(Army); McLaughlin Todd (Army). Infill (Army>, Shea (Army Wood-^ate (Navy) Reserves- J, 'Webb (Navy), Barnes (Army>
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    Secret A. talk 'unimportant'
    108 8 TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday told the American press that the recent highlypublicised secret Blair House discussions on America's atomic energy question were relatively unimportant. He refused to comment on the suggestion that the United States should share with Britain i-he secret of producing atomic
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    FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS TO AID CHIANG
    356 8 Reds tell of secret plan HONG KONG, Friday. 'JHE Communist Peiping radio charged yesterday that the Nationalists in Canton, led by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and with secret American backing, are planning the organisation of an international volunteer army and air force to aid Canton's anti-Red
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    King gives anti-Tito warning
    141 8 King gives anti-Tito warning ROME, Friday. ITING PETER of Yugoslavia gave warning yesterday of danger of a "double-cross 1 by Marshal Tito in bis new dealings with the West. He said in an interview in Rome that he was "quite certain" that Marshal Tito's Communist Government had approached the West
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    U.K. FIRMS IN RED CHINA FACE RUIN
    167 8 HONG KONG, Friday. ORITISH firms in Shanghai are drawing on their 1J reserves in London and Hong Kong to the extent of £250,000 monthly to cover their deficits, according to the London correspondent of the Hong Kong Telegraph. British and other foreign nrms
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    SETBACK FOR N.Y. STOCKS
    96 8 NEW YORK. Fri. U7AJLL STREET suffered a mild setback yesterday morning as consolidation forces began to operate after a month or so of improving markets. Declines of mostly fractions were rather well distributed by noon. Rallying attempt* vrsre selective during the afternoon and in numerous cases
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    Police chief in HK
    36 8 Mr. W. C. Johnson, Inspec-tor-General of Colonial Police, arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom yesterday by a BOAC flyingboat. He was accompanied by the Secretary, Mr. F. K. Boyle. Reuter
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    Roosevelt rushed me—Churchill
    272 8 Roosevelt rushed me— Churchill LONDON, Friday. iyi R. Winston Churchill said last night that he took lf a rapid on-the-spot decision to support President Roosevelt's surprise demand for Germany's unconditional surrender though he knew the British Cabinet would have advised against it. He was 'replying in the House of Commons
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    Giving fortune with his wife
    77 8 TOKYO, Friday. A N unnamed Japanese husband in Niigata has posted a large advertise" ment saying he will give 50,000 yen to any one taking over his wife. The reason, he says, is that he can no longer bear the "friction" which has developed between
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    Jap Red charges denied
    56 8 ra^J^Ti?^* h y fes that American soldlArs had "JPed and maltreated Japanese women In Tsnruga City J?l7 e 8 W *a r Sd nO lWth r J Can Tl men ln cjt »«tw^o posters. Perlod racn «on«* »n Communist peat^effs2 U t&^J!E Ojlak howeyer, yesterday reSSds^
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    British subjects: UK clarification
    184 8 A. LONDON, Friday. LL people of British parentage born in India Pakistan or Ceylon before tin British Nationality Act of 1948 came into force on Jan. 1, 1949 are British subjects under the Act, the Home Secretary Mr James Chuter Ede, said in a Parliamentary reply
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