The Singapore Free Press, 17 August 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON S/LE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE. WEDNESHAV AUGUST 17, 1949^ I'KICE 10 CBNTS
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    I NEW INDUSTRY IFOR MALAYA?
    207 1 Possibility of 7 isn-canning Free Press Staff Reporter JHE Colonial Development Corporation's Singapore director, Mr. F. S. Mat-Fadzean, told the Free Press this morning that there was a possibility of a fish-canning industry for Malaya. The Corporation, he said, was now advertising for an expert
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    YUGOSUWS FIRED GREEK REBELS'
    156 1 LONDON, Wednesday. IE rebel Greek radio alleged last night that Yugohad ittacked Greek guerillas near Vitsi, kern Greece. The radio claimed that the Yugo- on tlie guerillas from the rear and flank. k Government radio reported last L-k guerillas who had fled to Yugoie battle of
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    26 1 (ireen Howards who arrived in Singapore hire yesterday waiting /or transport to fthrm to their barracks. The Green Howards re-i-miskiUings w ho leave for home soon.
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    RST JEW, RAB TALK
    32 1 RST JEW, RAB TALK ••NE, Wed. delegates Nations tion talks first '•mce day, il to ng" of he two out in N I i look •>b and met only relayed .< r> thfr.
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    Fientifie talks today
    10 1 •A Of ntiflc rid connpns In Reuter
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN BURMA
    79 1 RANGOON, Tues. DURMESE Government troops are engaged in heavy lighting on the outskirts of Taunggyi, endeavouring to recapture the towns from the rebels. The latest despatcth says that the attempted Karen advance upon Heho airfield, 22 miles away Is now definitely halted. The despatch added that
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    Hatta confers on cease-fire breaches
    198 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. F|R. Mohammed Hatta, the Indonesian Republican U Prime Minister, who is here for the round-table conference on Indonesians future, had a long talk tonight with Mr. Merle Cochran, American representative on the Drifted Nations Indonesian Commission. No official statement was issued afterwards
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    AUTHORESS DIES
    63 1 MARGARET Mitchell, author Of "Gone With The Wind' died in Georgia yesterday. She was hit by a speeding car in Atlanta last Thursday night. Miss Mitcheil, 43, began her career as a newspaper feature writer. "Gone with the wind" was published in 1936 Since then the book has
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    IRRIGATION PLAN
    22 1 The Government of India is contemplating the irrigation of 25.000.000 acres of land to be completed in 10 years. U.P.
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    Killed Red coup
    29 1 Brigadier General Frank Howley, Berlin's I bring American commandant, Sdia last night that the presence of the Western powers had saved Berlin f Communist coup. I
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    NO NEWS OF WOMAN FLIER
    71 1 COMPLETE silence pre vails on the moVements and i plans of Mrs. Jlicharda ("Dickie") Morrow-Tiit .since she landed at Bluie West One, the United States base in Southern Greenland on Friday night, says a meteage from Reykjavik. Britain's 26-year-old redheaded flying housewifej started almost a
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    The pipe of Red peace
    97 1 PRAGUE, Tues. A TALE is being told here of the Czech President, Klement Gottwald, that, when he failed to find bis pipe one morning, he called in the Prague police chief. Someone has jlalf my pipe," he reported. At lunch that lay, his wife handed
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    Hoffman: must step up exports
    79 1 PARIS, Wed. ECA Administrator! Mr. Paul Foil man. told Marshall Pian nations here yesterday that they must step up their export^ to the United States to prove to Congress "that European cooperation Is a living "fact." Mr. Hoffman said: "It is true the European dollar
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    NINE COLONY ARRESTS
    56 1 NINE Chinese, arrested by Singapore police yesterday, included an alleged promotor of unlawful (gambling who was detained under a banishment warrant. Two were orrested under the emergency regulations for being members of the Malayan Communist Partv. Two were alleged to be secret society gangster*, v%hiie four were
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    Messrs. Nightingale
    48 1 rrilE first two men in Victoria to graduate *«*;istprs" recently were embarrassed by the mi. 4rothlr" and St. Vincent's Hospital staff decided thai {he \^\ellir r in°nur*inf jSTthe men were mode, students adding: When men take up the nursmg profession they get the nursing instinct. Reuter
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    Korean purge
    33 1 The Ministry of Justice yesterday ordered police 10 arrest six members of the South Korean National Assembly whom the Government charged with bein^ sympathetic with the North Korean Communist regime. U.P.
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    No U.S. arms aid unless...
    227 1 No U.S. arms aid unless... WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rptih I .S. House Foreign AlTair s Committee in approving: President Truman's full $1,450,000,000 arms aid programme for Europe yesterday stipulated that it should be cancelled unless plans for Western Europe's defence had been completed by March 31 The programme is now to
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    35 1 Pip^s and dri*ms of the King's Own Scottish Borderers play a stirring march on the dockside as the Grren Howards disembark from the Devonshire yesterday. The K.0.5.8. went on to Hong Kong in the trooper.
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    U.K. jet bomber on view soon
    72 1 LONDON, Wed BRITAIN'S first jet bomber, the Canberra, will be shown to the public tor the first time at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors aviation exhibition at Farnborough in September. Aviation experts say they expect some of the details of Its construction and
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    MOTHER CHARGED
    34 1 Mrs. Brenda Edwards. 27. British warbrlde of a wounded ex-soldier, pleaded innocent to a charge in Indianapolis (U.S.A.). yesterday of murdering her Infant daugh- A psychiatrist. ru\eri hpr husband was insane- A.P.
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    INDIA TAKES OVER
    26 1 The Government of India propose! to take over the Administrations of the two strategic princedoms of Tripura and Manlour in A:ssam Province.- A.P.
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    JAP FARMERS'VOTE
    23 1 JAP FARMERS' VOTE About 20.000.000 Japanese farmers are exfl to vote tomorrow in the of 1.132 IOC3' lanri r m t*nm missions. Reuter
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    BIG FIRE IN JAPAN
    22 1 A fire which started in a flour mill at Matsue in Sumane prefecture late yesterday destroyed 150 buildings
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    FOREIGNERS QUIT CANTON
    268 1 CANTON, Wednesday. yyiTH the ad\ cnce forces of the Communist armies f now within 150 miles of Canton and the fall of Foochow, capital of Fukien. said to be imminent, large-scale exodus of foreigners from South China to Hong Kong has begun. As the British steamer Wusueh,
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    SWOKN IN
    21 1 - General Omar Bradley sworn m at Washington yesterday as first statutory irman of the joint C cl Staff.- U.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    54 1 With Fomhow. I nkicn provincial capil.tl an 1 Kanrhow, in viulhcr.t Kian^si. in Commm hands, (irn. I in I'o < h.in •'>, Comrnunist troops in vancin<; rapidl> in m>r.'n I ist Kw.ini:tun>< to Chirif-sr nports mi 11-.: Kontj this rnornint;. < omnium.sl tmops said to have reached tl
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    Red call to H'Kong Chinese
    128 1 Red call to H'Kong Chinese HONG KON T'HE Communist Pel ping radio last night tacked he H Government'! m <> v e a against subv< activii in th m\ us Government announ new emergency requ iinu powers and afor additional pov n security i surea Pelping I rd against b
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    Rubber prices
    40 1 fin rents p«t Id it I I i M is fnllous; !< nr of markrl St« ltu\« r No 1 K s s Spot. In.i-e .1 I- <i h ir i>a(r» Uir: 1 1.5.8 \<> K v n ■I- > t
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    WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.... Find out what causes your nervousness
    768 2 WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.... Find out what causes your nervousness WANT your advice on an ailment which has been the cause of no little embarrassment to me for quite some time. Since childhood I have been affected with constantly perspiring hands and feet, especially hands since feet aren't so noticeable.
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    Bridge Hands
    243 2 INSERT A Nwther ciiie vulnerable. dealer. I 1 L& L .i Vi It limn grmte.** irrltei a despondent j fan, "since th« opponents killed: me rh-^ other night. When they had flni.Nhrd me. my partner began all over again Perhaps you can offer a word of comfort. West
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      681 2 SINGAPOHE >£LJFm£&P9'* Rirt l0 MUi BBr Dutch rona same 9 Dance music bv BBC* 9.00 Kucvu tBBCi 930 (BLIL NETWORK) purant Orchestra &D m( o ,bbc. 9.45 BMlteh: 484 and 41.7 metres. S. S U A' 9 3 Tlnu> S Rubber pru Emergency news from ft L. JJf*' s j
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 1949 WORDS CAN BE DANGEROUS
    566 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 1949 WORDS CAN BE DANGEROUS NEWCOMERS to Malaya, reading some of the public utterances of members ot both Legislatures, might justifiably, though erroneously, draw the conclusion that a severance of diplomatic relations between tiie Federation and Singapore is well within the realm of
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    A Dream Is Coming True Here
    1119 4  - A Dream Is Coming True Here GRAHAM STANFORD by continuing his Colonial tour sends this report from Uganda JINJA— that, believe it or no! is the name. It's a straggling, onehorse African township on Lake Victoria, hard by the Mountains of the Moon, where the White Nile is born of
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    12 4 h«V-Zc m L%f and apr Z**> ere reqßti coer' ner a kiss.
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    47 4 larmers all over Britain are gathering in early harvests and are thankful for the superb weather enabling them to do it Most of them are also thankful for the .coorf tcork being put In by holiday makers who ar c combining a useful job with their vacation.
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    The Last Island Paradise
    498 4 By HAROLD DALE SYDNEY: I HAVE just returned 1 from the world's Last remaining paradise island in the Pacific. Here 200 sturdy people of British stock live on their own produce in luxury, paying no rent, eating fourcourse meals, swimming In the shark-free lagoon, hshinc, with
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    Records Reviewed
    374 4 Ke».ords of the Week: Mozart Divt-rtlmento No. 2 in D K.131 (6 parts) ulth the mrnuctto and trio from Divertimento No. 15 »n B. flat K. 287 11.M.V. D.B. 5354—6. Haydn Symphony Xo. 40 in F <4 parts) H.M.V. D.B. 653.'1 4. Handel— Messiah. Overture and Pastoral Symphony.
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    Shall we have a Festival?
    533 4 Shall we have a Festival? MUSIC IN SINGAPQrc CUNDAY, Oct. 30, > may be a ml letter day in Singapore's music calendar. On that day, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, the famous Viennese operatic singer, who recently passed through on her way to Australia, and the Batavia Radio Philharmonic orchestra, will be available
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      17 4 GEORG JENSEN SILVER A Notable Name in t)ic History SILVERWARE H SENA, LTD. BANGKOK. PENANG AND SINGAPORE
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    RECONDO: S.R.A TO HOLD INQUIRY
    375 5 RECONDO: S.R.A TO HOLD INQUIRY 'I welcome it, says Rajah a rnru F mv Press Staff Reporter A OL J*-MAN sub-committee has been set up by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association to investigate the rejection by the Municipal Commissioners of the $700,000 tender to repair several main roads in town by
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    28 5 picture. traffic isiand near the S.C'.t is the Municipality*! way of thanking motorists I uith the inconvenience caused to them bv ing it Km press Place. Free Press
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    32 5 picture. T lEL'T. r.ilonr I PCi.J.M.I). JLj riultin. D.5.0., otlicer-in-eharge of the First Battalion, the Green Howards, who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the trooper Devonshire from the United Kingdom.- Free Press
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    VAKSITY TO TAKE IN 201 STUDENTS
    100 5 i ree Press Staff Reporter OVJSION has been made for the admission of II candidates from all over Malaya into the < I Malaya when it is established in Tree Press was told yesterday. i the nossibi- tidatea wit nn w and the the
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    2 CARRIERS DUE: HERE
    132 5 TWO lignL fleet carriers Will visit Singapore during the last week of August, when thert will be one of the largest concentrations of British warships at the Naval Base sin^? the re-occupation. The carriers are H.M.S. Triumph and H.M.S. Ocean. T)\f Triumph, with her ttendant destroyer
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    BOY DROWNED IN WELL
    66 5 A NINE-YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese boy, Lee Koon Chye, was found drowned at the bottom of a drinking well only 50 feet away from his home in Balestier Road yesterday. His father, Mr Lee Ah Bee, a detective, went down the well to look for him after
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    RENT BOARD
    27 5 Mr M W. Gulliford has been appointed to be a member of the Rent Conciliation Board in place of Mr. F. Glin-ur who has resigned.
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    TWO PROMOTIONS
    26 5 Lieut. 1 H Craig, DSC. and Lieut. W. B. Bevis. have been promoted to the rank of l^eui^nant commander Malav Ro:-h vavy Volunteer Reserve.
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    BILL ON JAP CONVICTIONS
    76 5 A BILL is to be introduced in the Singapore Legislative Council to set aside convictions by tribunals exercising jurisdiction during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. In the Government Gazette yesterday, it was stated that the procedure of the Japane had conflicted with the dinary law and
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    Post office for Pasir Panjang
    184 5 PASIK Panjang may have its own post office next year. Singapore's acting Public Relations Secretary, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday said that it was h^ped that financial provision for the building would be granted. "At no time has the Postal Department overlooked the needs of
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    TREASURY BILLS
    20 5 Tho Government of Singaoore will invite tenders for an issut of $7,000,000 by Treasury Bills on Aug. 25.
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    H.K. TROOPS IN SPORE
    39 5 picture. 01 tiie ttOUg iicmii-uouiiu first iiattalion. the Kin^ s I'l Own Scottish Borderers, seen in a happy mood on their arrival in Singapore yesterday by the trooper Devonshire from the United Kingdom.- Free Press
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    Wider hooting ban proposed
    346 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A RECOMMENDATION that the Singapore Govern- merit should be asked to extend the area within which horns may not be sounded in the day, and to prohibit the sounding of horns within the entire Municipal area between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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    NEW MAGISTRATE
    18 5 Mr Charles Frederick S^bton. M.8.E., har been appointed to be a police magls- Irate for Singapore.
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    PARKING AID FOR A.A.M. MEMBERS
    184 5 PARKING AID FOR A .A. M. MEMBERS Free Press Staff Reporter QWNER-DRIVERS who are members of the Auto- bile Association of Malaya do not have to worry now over parking: in Raffles Place during shopping hours. A.A.M. driver- attendants will take over 1 their troubles. All an owner-driver has to
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    57 5 picture. B».^ «mva n r il ill IJLLV Oflicer Commanding Johore Sub District, takes UlGAUih.il C. of the First Battalion, the Royal Inniskillin^ Fu«i- dSA^SUSS yesterday. Brigadier Hedley came to Stofhers, at W^J^HJS for their tonliihution in the drive against terrorism. CbatUlk.n rwinretur k n r to Northern Ireland on
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    PINE DISEASE TO BE
    129 6 Johore crop hit by pest Free Press Staff Reporter JOHOEtE BAHRU, Tuesday. 'E VSES affecting pineapples are to be iltvesat a Pineapple Experimental Station i the Federation Department of Agriculture <> op:n shortly, )f the investigations, slips from diseased idy have been planted at Kuala Lumpur
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    31 6 picture yesterday by the Second in Command Far East Station, Vice-Admiral A. C. G. Madden, on his arrival in Singapore from Hong Kong, He travelled in the cruiser Belfast. Free Press
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    98 6 Side the Sinpore Harbour Bf>ard whan es rday (godowiM to brack Main Wharf: Benalbanach (31--32». I (33-34). Deyonshlre (36-37). Presideni Tyler (38-39). Karsik <30i W««l Wharf: Straat. Mala (2-3>. B.'°omond <6-7>. Flying "-9». Radnorshire (11 > 1 13-14). Tairea' n n Ro-pal r .^i Amnnr Ben.rackie (24-25), Mar.v.n
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    TINS RISE; DEMAND FOR RUBBERS SLACKENS
    72 6 LONDON, Wed. ''PIN shares continued to advance in the London Stock Exchange, but there was a slackening in the demand for rubber shares, which experienced some profit-taking and closed quietly lrregulai, says Renter's financial correspondent. Hie upward movement In British Government se< uritles somewhat
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    256 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE supplied to the Free tTsw b\ Iciai arranfemtnt with the Fir^incial Timts (Unless otherwise marked shares are of £i demadratioa The quotations are dtMiers mid die prices). Austin Mti >/-) 24/- 3 B-\ T (UIS.) .4 ;> 32 —1 32 Bunsa Oils LS.) 2 31 .<2 CV-ry
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    V.Y. STOCKS
    22 6 A MILD u\ lay br tight the N rk ek E\ d prl to around D 8 TT A. P.
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      218 6 MdndrdkG Exetoahm to the Singapore Free ft r f ««v (l W@Z> 1 1 'HATE IoSEE MANDRAKE WORRifQ Oz^tK SUDDENLY A- lB >'^g^^^ MAYBE HIS BROTH IR'S NOT SO BAD, '.NO HYPK'OTICALLv GOOCBYE. CHIEF. WE'LL CO THE BESI V AFTER ALL. Hmn- PEACH ACROSS A: ~"\1 IWE CAN POR YQUft
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    Worcester beaten by 5 wkts.
    479 7 Worcester beaten by 5 wkts. ]t /lIDDLESEX with a fine vicIfl tory over their nearest rivals Worcestershire at Lords yesterday are now well on the road to repeating their 1947 success in winning the County cricket championship. Middlesex new have 104 points from 23 matches and lead the table by
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    BONNIE GREY IS BEST BET TODAY
    223 7 BONNIE GREY IS BEST BET TODAY Innishmakill John Fancied F ORM h^^ l^« l £S« SS? a Bonnie Innlshmakill should not f132 with the and in the second. John should comoensatp Punters in the third rac? He is in splendid form and beaW SGe anything t0 Frog and Rontella may
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    HMS TERROR WIN 6-2 SCOREBOARD
    282 7 HMS TERROR WIN 6-2 SCOREBOARD J-J.M.s. rerror brut Sing Admiralty Local Stuff Unior. by six goals to two in a fr: soccer match ployed at Karrer Park yesterday. N« V ZEALAND— Id 1nn,— 313 ENGLAND— Ist Inns. Iluttun i- Rabone b Cresswell 20<# Simpson c Donnelly b Cresswdl H F
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE A.A.F. WIN 6 EVENTS
    445 7 SINGAPORE CHINESE A.A.F. WIN 6 EVENTS ItfJE Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, fielding a strong repre:entative team, easily won six »ut of the 12 events on the »rogramme at the inter-club Dtangular meet yesterdaj seating teams from the Royal Air Force, Singapore Rerre.i--i tion Club. Police Sports Asso- ciation and
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    REID SAVES N. ZEALAND WITH FIGHTING INNINGS
    289 7 ■rWKXTY-OXE-YEAK-OLD John Reid, the "baby" of the side, played the Innings of his life against England at the Oval here yesterday and did most to save the final Test for Sew Zealand Like the other three Tests, the match ended in a draw.
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    41 7 pirturo. T.m Eni Yoon (S.C.A.A.F.) breasting Ihe tape in the TIO yards flat race at the Singapore inter-club friendI] athletic meet hold on the padang yesterday. Eng Yoon, who won ihp eyent easily, finished the distance in r, sees.- Free Press
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    ARMY SOCCER XI
    43 7 Singapore District <Arrr.y> ■oceer team to me-t tl:e Indians In the- community icpue soccer match to he plyyed at Ja-:'-n Besar this evening Is: Clea-by: Snel.son; D;ugia,; Butler; Whitehorn; <capt.> Hudson; Kcmrviy; Tndd; Inglls; Sh.>a; Ireland. Reserves: B^rnp.^; Ma] Wllliani
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    24 7 THE Coylon Sports Club trounced six-nil by R.A F. Combined at thp Jalan Besar mm yesterday in a senior iciißue game.
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    1,500-M SWIM TIME BETTERED
    87 7 OHIRO Ha hizume, the first .lap.in.se to swim cornp-'itively in American wairrs since the war. yc terday bettered the world's record for 1.500 metres in qualifying in the national men's swimming and diving championships in Los An»i Hashlzume was flocked in 18 minutes 35.7 feconds. The
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    22 8 [KEL HUININK: To linn, wife of J. A. tfn Bokkel HuinJ 12 August, at Surlin^harr Maternity Nursing Homo. Singapore," a daughter.
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    42 8 tAGEMENT is announced Bulxlnspector Peter L. B r ooking R.N. Police. Naval Barle. D ol Mr. Mrs. L. A. Brooking of Walton on Thames. v. Barbara Ann, only child of Mr. <fc Mrs. W. G. Marley Of S'pore <V Gosport. Hampshire.
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    10 8 At "H;«hcroft" Ampang 8 40, Lloyd Arnold Koek. I
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    39 8 ER AFFECTIONATE Y of our beloved mother,' v Ann M\rtin, who de- life 17th Aup., 1945. in Road Internment Cam)). Deep in our hearts a memory is kept. Of the one we love and will er forpet.
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    358 8 EUROPE COUNCIL IS TOLD: 'GO SLOW' U.K. cautions against haste STRASBOURG, Wednesday. gRITAIN yesterday told the European Assembly that the creation of a United Europe Federation in the near future is out of question and, instead, urged the 12 member nations to concentrate on increasing their economic cooperation and drawing
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    36 8 photo. uindu dancers. K. Ihailamnia and K. Adilctrhumi. of the Saradamani Girls* School, performing at a concert at the Sri Ramakrishna Mission last night to celebrate Sri Krishna Jayanti (the birthday of Lord Krishna.) Free Press
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    87 8 CANBERRA. Wed. DRITAIN has agreed to supu piy Australia with 8,000 tons of steel this year and With from 2C.000 to 25.000 ton.s when production increases. Mr. j. b. Chifley Australian Prime Minister told a conference of State Premiers yesterday. Australia was also buying steel
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    112 8 W ASH I N GTON Wedl) i\\\ ING to -compelling: reasons of economy 9 the U 8 Navy has Indefinitely postponed its expendition to the Antarctic which was to have begun this autumn the Navy Under-Secret ary. Mr. Dan Kimball has announced. The Navy had
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    228 8 Call for U.S. air, navy aid to China WICHITA (Kansas), Wed. iimerican aid, controlled by the United States so that it reaches China's little people, wili stop Communism in China, said Mr. Jefferson Mitchell, a former adviser to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's Government, who charged thi Nationalist leaders \viih graft and
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    Reds let in repat ship
    111 8 SHANGHAI. Wed /COMMUNIST authorities V/ here yesterday granted American President Lines General Gordon permission to enter Shanghai as a n tion ship. Lloyd Downs, manager Ol the a.pl.. office here said the company and the United States State Department had asked Chinese Nations for safe
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    McA. FREES MORE GOODS IN JAPAN
    49 8 oupukmf Command Allied o Powers. Tbky proved price decontrol 2.800 it the Jap, market, chiefly chemicals and waste textiles. T^ n Ind that production and con-sum; ntv c Into bal S.C.A.p. official week control! on 4:w con ditles, including meat were i Reuter
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    31 8 Vietnam police have ar- d the chh f o« the V minh (Indo-Chin< mist) security polio* Mr the region of Saigon, and members of Vletmlnh 'action committees."- Reuter
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    155 8 CANTON REPLY TO U.S. CANTON, Wednesday. IyHILE the Chinese Nationalist Government "takes serious exception to the U.S. white paper on China, it has found some satisfaction in noting that the IT.S.l T .S. Government now shared its view that the Chinese Reds are
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    131 8 "However, my Government will more fully, at the appropriate time, its position and relevant facts with regard to various complex subjects dealt with in the white paper for the Informati of the Chinese aaia Americaii public so as to further mutual understanding and cordial relations between the two
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    MAID FOR BERLIN
    26 8 West Berlin, in serious financial straits, has been admitted to Marshall aid and granted an initial sum of '65.000.000 dputschsmarks (abcut £5.000.000) Reuter
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    CATHOLICS MAY MARRY REDS
    98 8 allows priests to perform the marriage ceremony for Communists provided they promise to .raise S children in the Catholic faith The Vatican paper Observatore Romano, commenting on the decree, said it aliows the marriage of a militant Rod with a Catholic. The marriage of two Communists
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    61 8 NEW YORK, Wed. "fTiHE cold war is over X we are now in a period of cold peace said the I'nited Nations Secretary(ieneral, Mr. Trygve Lie, on arrival by air yesterday after spending a six-week vacation in his native Norway. Mr Lie last week said
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    94 8 BRUSSELS, Wed. THE Socialist Party threatened last night, that it would use force, if necessary, to prevent the return of King Leopold to the Belgian throne. M. Max Buset. president of the Party, uttered this warning in the Chamber of Deputies. He added that "action committees" of
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    57 8 THE Pakistan Government has imposed a duty Indian cloth, ranging frcm 15 to 36 per cent. At the same time it has re duced the Import duty n piece da fr tin other countries, excluding Britain, from 36 to 30 per cent. The Import duty
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