The Singapore Free Press, 28 July 1949

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press i!^^M_AFTEIWIOOH SALE IN MALAYA urn* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, 1^^1^***** PKH'I! 10 lEMB
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    XCESS PROFIT TEST FOR WAR DAMAGE
    982 1 XCESS PROFIT TEST FOR WAR DAMAGE Mining and planting are excepted «*ee Press Staff Reporter A tlnfl? S Set l u St On Mala *an claims for war damage compensah nff'TJ" 1 the categories mainly of business and TnZstries hvihi i I c udln S n minia «"<« rubber plantinf-is
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    OLONY HFT TO FED.
    40 1 Keporter rnor. n. con- an that xists and the fact •utlonally hope. ievote money nternational much more oligathan they ro m the hind mding f taken by this morn- main 4 :pa!i'y and id cor- seen
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    dollar cuts at present
    52 1 ifl Reporter T lons by H ck m the dative Council, -.'A this morn- illar exchange d Tor the m goods tdvertlsing nsurance preeducatton of 3., and lor ft Dy '-panics. -ire m addition •'•s for essential Government sent to r reductions. ate buslntial travel m
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    Council 'shot'
    23 1 now Malaya for tank's series i Phis Modern W« camera m Council ChamI :n e and filmed "f the Lf-gis- ng.
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    23 1 Mr. Bhulabhai Desai, Indian Ambassador to the Holy See, and his wife, m the Clementine Hall after their recent audience with the Pope.
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    Unjust'-Laycock
    119 1 Unjust'Laycock IN AN observation on the rider of the Singapore Unofficial members of the Joint Select Committees, Mr John Laycock says that the decision to pay businesses on a basis of actual compensation minus excess profits rather than war losses iiwius excess profits is "unjust and inequitable/ 'Where a man
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    ACHESON'S ARMS AID APPEAL
    118 1 ACHESON'S ARMS AID APPEAL WASHINGTON. Wed. riiHE Secretary of State, Mr. A Dean Acheson, appealed to Congress today to suspend judgment on the $1,450,000,000 foreign arms aid bill until all evidence on its urgent need had been presented. Part of this evidence concerns a secret report on the might of
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    Minister on rubber price
    91 1 LONDON. Thurs. rIE political effect m the Far East of the low price of rubber was again referred to In the Commons yesterday. Conservative member Mr. Leonard Gammons asked what official discussions Britain had with the American Government Colonial Under-Secretary Mr. David Rees-Williams replied: 'The situation
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    Reserved lifts: reply to CC Tan
    123 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO lifts m Fullerton buildings are reserved for members of the Singapore club Mr. C. C. Tan, was told at the meeting of the Legislative Council this morning. Mr. Tan had asked why members were allowed exclusive use of lifts.
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    FLYING TIGERS PLAN
    33 1 An American volun corps, modelled on the Flying Tigers, may be formed to help *-h« Chinese Nationalists Col. Lin Wrn-kwei, co-found-er of the Flying Tigers said In Los Angeles yesterday.
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    'BROOKE'S MAIL CENSORED'
    274 1 LABOUR M.P. CHARGES LONDON, Thursday. THE Inder-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. David Rets- Williams, said m Parliament yesterday that, as far as he was aware, Mr. Anthony Brooke's correspondence is not being censored, and reiterated that -the pretender to the throne of Sarawak" is still being banned
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    On trial for editor killing
    62 1 SYED Kasim Razvi, former chief of the Razakar Volunteer Army which ho formed to preserve the Nizam of Hyderabad's independence. Is on trial m Hyderabad charged with complicity m the murder of Shoebrulan Khnn, Editor of the Imrjze. the daily paper that championed Hyderabad's merger
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    JAP EXPORTS
    26 1 Japan will export US $100,000,000 worth of goods to Latin American countries m the next 15 months, General Mac Arthur's headquarters announced yesterday. UP.
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    Navy C. in C. due here
    32 1 Admiral Sir Patrick Hrind, C-in-C of the British Jaciflc Fleet, who returned to Hongkong from Japan on Monday expects to fly to Singapore next Tuesday. Reuter
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    Test player files defamation suit
    106 1 CALCUTTA, Thursday. LALA Amarnath, former Indian Test pricket captain, yesterday riled a suit m the Calcutta High Court against Mr. A. A. de Mello, president of the Indian Cricket Control Board for alleged defamation. Amarnath also claimed damages of £7,500 from the president of the
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    Liberation Day —Council move
    75 1 Liberation Day Council move Free Press Staff Reporter THE Federation Government is to be consulted with a view to the commemoralioa annually of September 5 liberation day as "a day of honour and thanksgiving," it was stated at today* meeting of the Legislative Council. Mr. Thio Chan Bee had asked
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    The House of Ladies....
    69 1 THE predominantly Conservative House of Lords ye*terday carried a motion urging the Government to extend the rights of hereditary peeresses to enable them to sit m the Upper House. Tt^e motion, introduced by Liberal Lord Reading; and carried by 45 votes to 27, called on the
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    Senate stops EC A action
    200 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE Senate, after three days of debate, suspended action today on the $5,573,724,000 Foreign Aid Bill and returned it to the Senate Appropriations Committee for review. This section followed a series of manoeuvres today by Democratic Senator Scott Lucas to defeat a so-called
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    WOMAN RODE 1980 MILES
    43 1 A 27-YEAR-OLD Welsh girl, Mrs. Margaret Jones, has ridden two horses twice the lengta of Britain, from Land's End m Cornwall to John O'Groats m Scotland and back She rodt- 1,980 miles m three months and seven days.- A.P.
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    CANTON ARMIES RETREAT
    124 1 CANTON ARMIES RETREAT CANTON. Thurs. THE Nationalist GovernA ment yesterday admitted new Communist gains m vital Hunan Province, the loss of which would enable the Reds to sweep through into Kwangtung. The Nationalists reported the loss of Llnll, 125 miles north-west of *Red Changsha. capital of Hunan. Government reinforcements are
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    Peer critic to visit S.E. Asia
    103 1 Peer critic to visit S.E. As i a LONDON. Thurs LORD Sempill withdrew a motion he had put down m the House of Lords y«si« rday calling attention to UM "urgent nerd lor more cV integrated polu rk\ and economic policy for the* w of Southeast Asia." He postponed it
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    Rubber prices
    55 1 SPECIAL Market corrrspunUen( fives the prices of mbhcr (m rents per Ib.) at 11 a.m. lod.iy as follow v Bu.vrrt s. 11.-rs No. 1 R.S S. Spot: loose 33 S, Fob. m bale* Auf: No. 1.1.1, M% KH I 1.1.1, 31 S .12 No. 3 R.S S t*
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    QUICK LOOKS
    160 2 Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park, oy Jane Austen, i Novel Library, Hamish Hamilton, Cs. each.) "Pemberley Shades** does nothing else, it should send readers back co June Austen. Here, m the well-proportioned inexpensive Hovel Library, ar^ a coupe of her masterpieces, "Sense and Sejisibi.ity:' by many judges
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    She Carries On Where Jane Austen Left Off
    564 2  - She Carries On Where Jane Austen Left Off PETER QUENNELL Reviews new hooks m U.K. TMK heroes and heroines of most novels expire when we have turned the last page assuming, of course, thai they have ever really drawn breath. But one or two flctii ts personages possess a spark
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    UNDER REVIEW
    29 2 Pemberley Shades, by P. A. Bonavia Hunt. Allen Wingate, 9s. tid.). The Woman of Rome, by Alberto Moravia, translated by L.vdia Holland. (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.)
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    The People Who Write For Children
    362 2 The People Who Write For Children ¥F British boys and girls under eleven were to vote for their favourite character m fiction, their choice would probably fall on William. William is the hero of a whole series of books which Miss Richmal Crompton has been writing for the last twenty
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    47 2 One of the most popular authors writing for children today is Arthur Ransome. He is approved by seniors as well as children for he writes an excellent clear prose and has an imaginative insight into children's natures as well as a familiarity with their tastes and interests.
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    1,000 Words To Tell The World s Greatest Story
    621 2 1,000 Words To Tell The World s Greatest Story rjMIIS month there appeared a newBible that published m the 850 words of Basic English, plus 100 words specially required for reading verse, plus 50 special Bible words: n total vocabulary of 1,000 words. The achievement Is astonishing; but this la
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    Bridge Hands
    387 2 "Y ou RECENTLY described I hand." writes a Chicago player, "widen reminded me of the one shown above. The situation was a llttit clearer cut for East, but not nearly so easy for West to read, and declarer was clever enough to make the mo-it of it. 'West
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      132 2 Tht Adventur s Penny Horn the p«i monkey ha» ••I into (he 100 by mistake. Me is to curious about jh» elephant's long trjnk that Ho has to touch ir. rhe J fact thai the cifphar J fh» totKKttt of alb 1 I^+ f and he is just a l.ny
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      973 2 Share Markets Report 7.15 Let's' xc v< Analysis iBECr 4J V 'i?v£j 'Go To The P l^^ 5 A MdOy Ifaale; 12.00 Close Down. (bLLL NETWORK) review of current films by Wats'! «tio«t,«tf 4*4 and 41.7 metres. On 7 30 Round-up on the Range- I AUSTRALIA Emergency news from K.L.
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    LAST MOSCOW MISSION THEN ILLNESS AND DEATH
    1748 3 a JK, ff _<-. vV" I tftfk Harry Hopkins, his last Moscow mission completed, retired from service with the United States Government m July 1945. He died seven months later. In that period he dictated notes which were to be the basis of
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    39 3 Tall hats "sideboards- and p.tiual.'U.-s feaa;tv«l a cricket natch played at Bushev. Herefordshire when the Ladies of St. Margaret's challenged the (Jentlemei, of St. Edmunds School, Canterbury, Kent. Furbelow, i! Susan KKchingham is bowled by a St Kdmund's "uhi/zer."
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    PHONEVISION IS ON THE WAY
    589 3  - PHONEVISION IS ON THE WAY Kay Murray By TELEVISION is on tiptoe— 1 trying to see whal the future has m store for it. In this, the tenth year of its existence, some interesting problems are occupying the attention of those connected with the industry m America. Who would have
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    'U.S. must work with Soviet'
    391 3 HOPKINS LAST WARNING HARRY Hopkins m his notes for the book which he never lived to write had the following observations to make on the future of Russo-American relations:— We know that we and Russia ate the two most powerful nations m the world m
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    Germany's police are wonderful
    477 3  - Germany 's police are wonderful A.L. Hutchinson By IF you were to walk 1 down the street of a city m the British Zone of Germany you would be surprised if you were to see a British policeman. Yet nowadays and even this would surprise those who knew only the
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      19 3 IN OFFICt \r.. is SSSMQ KONE SELETAR »1 Ml ..!d nothing ccr b tw ecn menl ■W^ t il
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      50 3 W" ARGENTINE yjffiEM NIGHT I* SOUTH AMERICAN MUSIC Sambas, Rhumbas, Tangos by HACKMEYERS BAND FLOOR SHOW Exhibition Tango By JOSE ROSITA Pupils of Elizabeth Lee 9 SONQS by SYLVIA QAREH CASTILLIAN FOOD Special dish "Paella Valenciana" (Rice with o hie ken and shell fish) CATHAY RESTAURANT DINERS $51- NON-DINERS $1/-
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1949. SEEDS OF DELAY
    609 4 MORK i!.ut may yet be j spent before a start can j b.> mai'e with assessments and payment! of war damage compensation. Seeds of! furthe.' cclay are contained i; the report of the joint > lTt committees of Singapore
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    THE COMINFORM
    1412 4  -  IAN COLVIN What is it? Where is it? What does it do? Somewhere m Silesia, it is rumoured, the Cominform is meeting to plan a campaign against Tito. What that means is revealed exclusively by who studied Communist methods while reporting m Berlin. yOI' would not think thai
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    YOU CAN'T SACKANY ONE INS'HAI
    381 4 YOU CAN'T SA CK ANY ONE INS'HAI By SYDNEY SMITH THE 3,000 Britons of 1 the new Democratic Shanghai are keeping their mouths shut and their hands In their pockets. i J2? ey are sh aring with 1,500 Americans the blame for almost everything that goes wrong m this city—
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    IT SEEMS TO ME....
    918 4  -  POLITICO By OREATHES tnere a man with hide so tough, who, says two sexes aren't enough? Whether there aren't enough sexes, or whether perhaps there isn't already one too many, were the only questions which Mass Observation —a poll of public opinion—failed to put to British
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    Troops in Hong Kong do not complain
    218 4  -  WILLIAM PARROTT »>, HONG KONG: fjHITAIX'S rapidly expanding Hong Kong garrison now unofficially estimated at over 1 1,000 is settling down to ils unpredictable role quickly and fairly smoothly. The high morale among men of several regiments was the most impressive feature noticed
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    Proteston power bill accepted
    69 5 made n ivdrDfl an i h public) allationa vderaac- j r li T j n be •ay take nment dee's rethe cied n ng for the pub not nl I trin&emeni H\dro- tl lnfringeig agree- t up th< d that n v.(iuld nci a i ensive
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    REMANDED
    37 5 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— Ramudr was charged here with voJuntarily causmg grevious hurt to Ragadu with a parang at Kuala Perak Estate, Bagan Datoh. He was lemanded m custody and the case was postponed to Aug 2.
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    Social security: step by step
    381 5 pKOGKfcsS towards a comprehensive stately c< tr n d System of social security m Singapore should be m step with progress m education medicine and the organisation of labour/according to the Department of Social Welfare g In a report tabled m the Legislative Council this
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    15 5 picture. M RS Jean To c*>e *> Australian wife of a Singapore Malay mWMxMtsM Free Press
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    FIVE-YEAR WELFARE PLAN FOR S'PORE
    683 5 Wider relief measures Free Press Staff Reporter X FIVE-YEAR plan for expansion of social weltare services m Sin^anoro At »n KKSI C 7 st rf «flM SRSLA th n e t^^^^i^ 1 1 this mornin The of qnr^f r w h if S Pla dra
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    Wedding at St. Andrews
    105 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. George Dudley Stuart Boole and Miss Bunty Ball were married at St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday. The bride, who has been 1 working m the Commis-sioner-General's Office, wore a grey silk chiffon dress with a matching hat trimmed with ostrich feathers and
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    65 5 picture PLAYERS from Sumatra and Java who arrtvrtf yesterday to compete m thr Malayan trnnls rhampit i> ships which opens at the S.C.C. on Friday. From left to right are Chan Sum Thian. ('hong Choon Lft tt| Mrs. B. S. de Vries, Mlm Q. I) H.-vH. Chong Kui» Irotu (all
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    NEW RADIO TRANSMITTER SOON
    221 5 THE erection of the third of the three new transmitters for Radio Malaya will be completed at Jurong substation shortly. This will mean a total of five transmitters: two medium wave an-1 three short wave. In coni unction vith thi.s increase m the number of transmitters
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    Malays dance new ronggeng
    317 5 Malays dance new ronggeng Free Press Woman Reporter UrXDREDS of Malay boys celebrating Hari Ka\a 11 Puasa waited at the New World last night for a chance to dance the modernised ronggeng to rhumb. t rhythm with 21 professional Malay girl dancers. The girls on the two separate dancing plat
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    $1,000 BAIL
    44 5 TELUK ANSON. Wed On* Wai Tee Was ofTerrd bail m $1,000 m two sureties, when he appt.vft before the I Cilfts Marinate. Inche Aodul Aziz, chjjgtG with pOMfirion of opium Tht* accused churned trial anc* thp <u*r wu adjourned to Aug 10
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    $180,000 TO REFIT VESSEL
    92 5 $180,000 TO REFIT VESSEL RECONDITIONING \\a- wit?) the Mala i i Na;al Fdfc ol I fciip»> v i landing ill will BidgapOl* (hATiiiikih $1: COO Thi* rxpc-ttdl are' wl i\> V rommittre i. i < to cover c o rert udltlonlni ol ne 1 by th« fi bour Boarcf, m
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    POLICE EQUIPPED FOR EMERGENCY
    189 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AS a result of the present emergency, the Singapore Force has acquired many more vehicles, launches and items of radio equipment than is normally the case, says the Finance Committee, reporting its approval of special police expenditure Singapore Legislative Council this morning.
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    43 5 MR. and Mrs. Hugh T. Griffiths after their wedding at St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday. The bride, formerly Miss Kitty Richenda Coe of London, arrived m Singapore on Tuesday by the Carthage. Mr. Griffiths is a mercantile assistant with Islay Kerr and Co. Ltd.
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    $2,400 SUBSIDY FOR TB X-RAY
    72 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has paid a subsidy of $2,400 to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-uulosis Association to meet expenditure m connection wi.h thj X-ray examination or schoolchildren. Reporting this m the Legislative Courier this morning, the Finance Coinrrlttee says tl at th» i
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    5 thrilling goals in 20 minutes
    628 6  -  CRUSADER B> Army-Navy 3; Indonesian Chinese 2. ifIVE thrilling goals m the last 20 minutes of the first half gave the huge crowd w.hich had turned up at Jalan Besar stadium last evening their moneys worth. Playing the best game so far during their
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    25 6 picture. I ITTLE Miss Janeite Gilchrist (8) presenting a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Dunlop at yesterday's prize-s:iv-mp a 4 Alexandra School.- F ree Press
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    SAVOLD'S PLANS
    37 6 The American heavyweight boxer, Lee Savold, Is to train at the seaside resort of Scarborough lor his world title right British version with Bruce Wmxicock on Sept. 6. Savold It now m Cannes. A. P.
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    IN AID OF 'VARSITY
    124 6 rpHE Singapore Stamford J. Club is organising a concert m aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. The concert will be presented by the Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra and the Combined Schools Choir conducted by Paul Abisheganaden. who has just returned after a period of
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    C.G. FOR HONG KONG
    43 6 The Commissioner-Gene-ral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald is leaving Singapore this morning by H.O.A.C. flyingboat on. a vlsl- to Hong Kong. This is onr of his periodic informal visits to the Colony. 'He v ill return to Singapore on Tuesday.
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    PROTECTION FOR AGENTS TRUSTEES
    270 6 Actions during occupation Free Press Staff Reporter yyHERE money was entrusted to an agent by his principal, or received by him on his principal's behalf during the Japanese occupation, there should be provision m the Agents and Trustees (Occupation Period) Bill, 1949, to revalue it m
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    54 6 fjhgkkl To H222L 1 exact copy of an earl y viking raMw si,, 1. 1 1 Broadstairs. Kent, marking the landing «f th» first v, ago. The HUGIN carries 52 fearsomely dearded and art at a shift. The trip is sponsored by the banish l Tourist W^HUGIN" off Jutland's West
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    'PERJURY CASES TOO COMMON'
    174 6 'PERJURY CASES TOO COMMON' BUTTERWORTH, Wed. OERJURY offences are be--1 coming extremely common m the Settlement," the Federal Counsel, Mr. C. Wylie. said yesterday when he pressed for a heavy sentence on lorry driver, Lye Ab Kow Lfe pleaoed guilty to making a false statement at the trial of Tan
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    BOY SCALDED
    18 6 A Chinese boy. who was scalded by boiling wafer, was sent to the General Hospital yesterday.
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    New interest in tin shares fades
    247 6 New interest in tin shares fades hgjjl LONDON, Thurs. ALTHOUGH dealings m Malayan tin shares on I the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday were more numerous than for some time past, there was nothing to substantiate; reports from Singapore of the biggest buying since before the war, says j Reuter's
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      79 6 &f*itU Ittedtk COLUMBIA TO-DAY Mam riCTURCS »^J-* i pttttMl JUNCIE JIM 5M JOHNNY WEfSSMUUER T^S\ AOVZNTVRI! a^ liigM ALSO A NE«W 3 STOOGES BLOOMCMSBj ITS HERE kfc BOND STREET" YOIR ENTERTAI! GALA OPENING TODAY FOUR SHOWS 2*4.15-630 9i() P m DowL s^^^ I mvrld.. pa,. > M w find m»^
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    CLYNOR IMPRESSIVE IN TRAINING
    346 7 CLYNOR IMPRESSIVE IN TRAINING Blank Spec does fastest gallop ree fress Racing Correspondent rw a x P T ENANG, Thursday. Cun ron f«^ neS (Charles >> three Penang Gold trial nn hp, er? r< a f soci «ted m a splendid trial on the training track this morning when ast
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    15 7 I AND OOJT L^T MlfT^ri AftWN W&N IP IT 00K mil A LOV&rLY COC Bg^Zg-|
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    31 7 picture. I m !ho Indonesian Chinese goalmouth per tt Imlma Besar Stadium. Bin* Mo tors' is about to clear from my-Navj tentre-forward. Army-Navy mi ill report on Page six. Free Press
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    Robertson in form again
    314 7 cricket programme which started tsted of only four championship of which involved Middlesex, who have of taking the lead as Worcestershire, who lace with them, are without a fixture. teams sharing third place, only m action yesterday while Surrey, he running for the championship, two games
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    Hollies sets by record
    38 7 Hollies sets by record 11--and England I up a when NorUiamptanI lingh mi >«'»torv.hket lets k .or 3 intand 1914. with four day .»iml he and ez Kardar, the player, who n«r ire's modest i Reuter •iml A.P.
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    Inglis leaving for U.K. soon
    93 7 SINGAPORE will not see the Inglis-Todd combination m the Army and Army-Navy forward line nex.l season. Inglis is returning to the United Kingdom m the near future and Todd is due for demob next March. However, Capt. Henderson, star goal getter of the Negri Sembilan
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    SCANDINAVIA LEAD U.S.
    170 7 SCANDINAVIA gained a substantial lead over the United States on the opening day of the M Big Thrt c Day athletics meet at the Bislet Stadium, Oslo, last night, winning six of the nine events. The Scandinavian athletes, drawn from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, scored
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    15,000 GYMNASTS IN LINGIAD
    76 7 IL/lORE than 15,000 gymnasts from 17 countries paraded m their national dress when Crown Prince Gust a v Ad oil opened the second Linda d m Stockholm stadium last night. The Lingiad, under the patronage of 91-year-old King Gustav. takes Its name from the founder of
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    RHODESIA BEAT ALL BLACKS
    78 7 "RHODESIA beat tine All B'.ac-KS touring rugby u'am at Br.lawayo yesterday Ly 1) polAif < two goals) to eteht points (one g >^1 and cne try). Brink scored ay which he himself converted f> give Rhodesia fn interval iead of 5-0 and m the second half
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    112 7 KRAMER, BUDGE PERRY IN LAST 8 THE favourite, Jack Kramer of the United States, ied the way into the Quarterfinals of the Slaseiiner professional Lawn 'ennls tournament at Scarborough yc?lerday. He beat Jean Brechbuhi (Switzerland) 6-1. 6-1. Other results were: Don Bud (U.S.t beat George Owen ..Britain) 6-1, 6-0, 6-0;
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    S'PORE GOLF FINAL
    33 7 THE final of the Singapore golf championship will be played over 18 holes, and not 36 as originally published, on the Island Club course on Monday at 9 a.m A.P.
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    Broke own record
    67 7 THE Freach swimming star, X George:, Vallerey, broke his Euroj>ein record for tho 100 metres back-stroke, swimming It m l mm. 4.9 sees, on Tuesday. The American champion, Allan Stack, was fccond. rbara Jensen of the United 100 metres women's i 1 mm. 10 1/8 Jensen also
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    167 7 CLORY VAN DONCK. tall. broad-shouldered Belgian professional, and Harry Bradshaw, Irish runner-up to Bobby Locke of South Africa In the recent British Open golf championship yesterday shared the lead with 70 after the first round of the Irish Open championship at Belfast. Locke, who beat the
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    COUNTY CAP TO BRIAN CLOSE?
    50 7 ALTHOUGH the Yorkshire rV committee are understood to have discussed the award of a county cap to Brian Close, their 18-year-old all-rounder, no statement was made at the full meeting at Sheffield yea terday. Close has been given his cap before his county one. Reuter
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    Johore defeated
    63 7 r OW scoring characterised the first inter-State ericI ket between Singapore and Johore m Johore Bahni yesterday. Singapore won by 52 runs, scoring 156 runs to Johore 's 104. j Lockhart bowled best for Johore. taking Fevei wickets for 39 runs, while J. C Smith turned m the
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    Sutcliffe, Donnelly save N.Z.
    390 7 Sutcliffe, Donnelly save N.Z. THE NEW Zealand cricket tourists had to struggle for runs against Yorkshire at Sheffield yesterday, but a fine innings by Bert SutclifYe, their opening left-hander, who failed by nine runs to reach his second hundred m succession, enabled them to reach the respectable total of 261.
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    Cotton withdraws
    69 7 HENRY COTTON thue tfcßM winner of the British op€i: golf championship, announced ymI terday he will not be availab.e t play for Britain m the Ryd-r C ip match against tlic US. "1 am through for this &edoon he told a reporter. "I *m wttbdrauing because I'll have
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    PENANG RACE RESULTS IN BRIEF
    529 7 RESULTS m brief of yesterday's Penang races were: BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $239,700 FIRST: 163*74 ($62,322) SECOND: 2857.69 ($31,161) THIRD: *****4 ($15,580) STARTERS: ($4,451 each). No*. *****5: *****9: *****7; *****6; *****4: *****9: *****9. Consolation Prizes: ($1,588 each). *****4; *****5; *****4; *****0; *****2; 2R6615; 323*53; *****2;
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    King Arthur stages a come-back
    320 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. I^ING Arthur, once considered the fastest horse m training on the Malayan Turf, staged a great come-back to win the top-class sprint handicap at Penang yesterday. With a nice pull on the weights and a heavy track to help
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    HARLECH WINS
    50 7 MRS. Evan Williams' Harlech rcn the Goodwood Stakes run over two miles and three furlongs yesterday. Mr. David Robinson's Mallowry was placed second after the Judge had consulted the photo flnii-.h, with Mr. F. W. Harris' Now Or Never third. Today's S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture has been postponed.
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    OWEN YOUNGSTERS
    19 7 Owon V ters will meet Unitod Chinese* XI m r return match on Saturday at Farrer Park.
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    MORATORIUM: NEW PROPOSAL
    505 8 Top interest at 4 1 p.c. Free Press Staff Reporter gIMPLE interest at the contractual rate, but with a maximum of four and a half per cent., should he payable on debts and bills of exchange affected by the moratorium, recommend the Select Committees of Singapore and
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    They prefer bachelors
    26 8 OSLO. Thurs. DIVORCED women prefer bachelors when they remarry while widows very often marry widowers or divorced men, the Oslo Statistical Bureau reports.
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    Rundstedt asks for trial
    69 8 riELD Marshal Vo n Rundstedt. one of Hitler's leading generals, has demanded a trial to clear himself of war crimes charges, the House of Commons was told yesterday. The Government announced m May that it had drop Dei war crimes charges against him because he was
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    REDS RESCUED FROM MOB
    44 8 TWO Soviet army officers were rescued by German and American military police m Schoeneberg from a German crowd which was bent on lynching them, German police reported. Police said the Germans became infuriated when the Russians made "obscene gestures.''- U.P.
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    76 8 photo Swiss piraiuuU Jumper Kudulf K. Koehlen. of I. flap* his bat-wing harness before taking off m an craft from which he later leaped m an attempt to pro\e the efficiency of his device. However, as on a previous attempt, the wings did not support his weight adeqna' tely and
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    BID TO SABOTAGE U.N. AID PLAN
    146 8 CiENEVA. Thursday. rpHE British delegate to the United Nations Econox mie and Social Council, Mr. Corley Smith, charged yesterday that the Soviet Union is trying to sabotage the l T nited Nations scheme of technical assistance for underdeveloped areas, including Asia. The accusation came
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    Japs to teach the Indians
    46 8 NEW DELHI. Thurs. SIX Japanese technicians with machinery for 50 different small-scale cottage industries will arrive m India within the next few weeks, the Indian Government announces. The Government is setting up a central technical institute to popularise home industries- A.P.
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    New State proclaimed
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    Labour Party sacks critic
    64 8 LONDON, Thurs. MR. Lester Hutchinson, left. ITI wing Labour M.P., has been expelled from the Labour Party. He had oiTended party leadership by his attacks on British foreign policy and by assailing the Atlantic Pact. When told of his expulsion Mr Hutchinson said the Party ousted
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    MIGRANT QUOTAS
    21 8 President Truman yesterday set annual immigration quotas for Israel, Jordan, Syria and the Lebanon at 100 persons each.- U.P.
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    Wall Street selling
    63 8 NEW YORK. Thurs. WALL STREETS attempt* to extend its summer recovery beyond Tuesday's new peaks were stalled yesterday by corrective profit -taking and other selling. Prices showed mostly fractional variations either way with losses holding a slight majority. Mhiiy operators wlttldrt* to allow the corrective forces further
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    Canada settlers
    35 8 New settlers- m Canada since the end of World War II will top the half-million mark by the end of 1950 if the present rate of immigration continues. Government official:; said yesterday. U.P.
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    ANTI-T.B. DRIVE FOR MALA YA
    120 8 COPENHAGEN, Thursday. 'POP RANKING tuberculosis experts from eight A countries are meeting here this week to devise a long-term programme tc combat the disease, which kills 4,000,000 people every year. It is hoped to extend the anti-tuberculosis campaign to Malaya and Siam. Mass vaccination programmes
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    Presidents to meet
    23 8 President Quirino of the Philippines will visit President Truman m Washington on Aug. 8. the White House announced yesterday. Reuter
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    Jogja delays cease-fire
    224 8 Jogja delays cease- fire JOGJAKARTA. Thursd IN discussions this week on the cease-fire problem. 1 Dutch and Republicans In principle Rfreed upon a cease-fire ordei but the matter of implementation still causes difficulties, the chairman i i the Republic-Hi delegation. Dr. Mohammed Kn, ?n. said here yesterday. Dr. R(,em said
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    ATOMIC GRANT
    29 8 The V J S. Senate yesterday approved a grant of $1,090,--000,000 for th« Atomic Energy Commission to carry on Its work during the current year. A. P.
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    Trade With Chiba: New UK policy
    12 8 Trade With Chiba New UK policy B to pi Ar j i
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