The Singapore Free Press, 22 August 1949
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Title Section19 1949-08-22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Iw IT-558 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1949. PRICE 10 CUNTS19 words
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Article91 1949-08-22 1 The five Hague teasers HAGUE, Mon. r <blems contea to the ferenca on will be .morrow by ner. Dr. Wily are .T-ignty j Si therlanda to R nblic of Indohment of a I mJ.s-Indonc- ial and econoagreement bemombers of the wal of Dulch m Indonesia lishment of a .oilcan A^my,91 words
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1107 1949-08-22 1 BRITAIN PREFERS THE SINGAPORE SCHEME War Damage payments Free Press Political Correspondent QUALIFIED approval to the "profits set-off" test for payments under the War Damage Compensation scheme is given by the British Government m a telegram to the High Commissioner for the Federation sent by Mr. A. Creech Jones, the1,107 words
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Article27 1949-08-22 1 Irean Government yesterday through Information Office holding Mrs. Julia investigation. Her 27-year-old Rus:er of the Soviet ;ds, was arrest>n suspicion of sian spy.- ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article98 1949-08-22 1 HOW THE SCHEMES WORK THESE two sets of imaginary figures are given to illustrate the difference between the "profits set-off* test as it would work under the scheme proposed m the Report and under the scheme proposed m the Rider, assuming that the firm making a claim of $100,000 has98 words
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Article38 1949-08-22 1 Peru broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba on Friday m connection with the recent I escape of two members of the outlawed Peruvian Aprista Party who had taken refuse m the Cuban Embassy m Lima.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article217 1949-08-22 1 LONDON, Monday. THE strike of colliery winders which on Saturday closed 25 of Yorkshire's 35 mines is expected to spread to Lancashire today, affecting a total of 115 pits, which account for nearly three-fourths of the nations coal output. The strike situation was further aggravatedA.P. - 217 words
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Article108 1949-08-22 1 PARIS, Monday. *pHE overseas territories of Marshall aid nations, including those m South-East Asia, are playing a big part to rebuilding Europe's economy, the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (0.E.E.C.) said here yesterday. An interim report by the OEEC Committee for Overseas Territories said: "Wartime co-operation108 words
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Article28 1949-08-22 1 Twenty persons were injured yesterday when a hand grenade exploded during a circus performance m the Soviet sector, the Russianlicensed ADN news agency reported U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article32 1949-08-22 1 A TALK an "Labour and Unemployment" will be riven by Mr. E. P. Perera to members of the Army Civil Service Union at 331, North Bridge Road, next Sunday32 words
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Article, Illustration243 1949-08-22 1 $80,000 FINE IN CURRENCY CASE Free Press Start Reporter FINES totalling $80,000 were imposed on tne rirm of oiiriro tuhina) Ltd. m the Singapore Second District C/Ouic tins morning for contravention of tne finance regulations. Ihe lines were: $50,000 for having bought U.S. $SU,UUU from Aik *ioe Co on April243 words
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Article29 1949-08-22 1 The New York Journal of Commerce reports that one of Britain's motor car manufacturers is rustprooftng it* new vehicles. The orocess takes 45 minutes per car. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article90 1949-08-22 1 THE Czech Communists tell the people that American flag-pole sitters squat up there because the capitalist housing shortage gives them no other place to live. Rude Pravo, tht official party organ, spreads this gospel m a news photo display m a shop window. The captionA.P. - 90 words
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Article47 1949-08-22 1 THE search for the Aga Khan's stolen gems has extended to Venezuela. Venezuelan detectives are busy searching tor the bandits who deprived the Khan of jewels and cash amounting to 200.000,000 francs. French police suspect the bandits entered Venezuela as immigrants- U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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196 1949-08-22 1 HONG KONG, Monday. pOMMUNIST FORCES striking down the highway linking Foochow and Amoy, m Fukien, are striving for control of the 130-mile-long coastline facing ths island of Formosa, where Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops and air force are based. The Reds are approaching Putien,196 words
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Article124 1949-08-22 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Federal Government is now considering the rpfommendatlons r.l the committee which was set up to report on the Department of Broadcasting. This answer was given m a written reply at today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council124 words
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145 1949-08-22 1 Finnish strike danger over GOVERNMENT HELSINKI, Sunday. 'THE wave of Communist-led strikes which has swept Finland is breaking up, a Government spokesman said here today. "Reports that more men are going back to work are reaching the Cabinet by telephone hourly," he added, but the Communist strike committee announced that145 words
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Article93 1949-08-22 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S "Big Ben" m the Victoria Memorial Hall began telling the time to thousands of city workers at eight o'clock this morning after a two month's overhaul. Singaporeans first realised that the clock had been put h.u-k into service with the chiming of93 words
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Article49 1949-08-22 1 Ruth ■ftleri and Louis Vlliuni will be married m Atlantic City today m a divin? bell 30 feet unaei the ocean. The couple met m the bell while on a vacation. The bell's metal cylinder with four pOftho t < can aCC<>mmnd«t eight to 10 people.- U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article68 1949-08-22 1 POLICE killed two people and injured several othera on Sunday when they opened lire on a Communist-led crowd In a village near Madura, Madras, lt was learned yesterday. The crowd was attacking the police with sticks, stones and sickles. Madura dLstrict officials said Communists 'had been68 words
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Article183 1949-08-22 1 Bevin Acheson to talk on H.K. WASHINGTON, Klun. A HIGH-LEVEL AngtO- American dlacUßSJon <>f the Far Eastern situation is expected to take pit here early next month when the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Era Bevin, and Sir Stariord Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrive for talks on the dollar criU.P. - 183 words
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Article32 1949-08-22 1 Th nent amup i umuni.v and '"con'; the situation In i ii of tin nation when ernment 'ommun other opposition gi to prnvoko a r- A. P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article32 1949-08-22 1 Tut mimxt ol Hmtt ni.s Attnce* Mi now Oil holiday at Pu the Wolf. visited Si Anton m t trian Tyrol*. Tln-y will r> turn to London today- A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article59 1949-08-22 1 A SlTkf IAL Murkci corre»p<> >denl c'vet the priret of ruhhrr 1 (m rents per lh > at 11 a.m loday as follouv iluyen SHlrrt No. 1 R S 8 Spot: loose M>\ Fob is bale* Sept No. 1 R.S S. No. 2 X S S U•, No.59 words
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Advertisement88 1949-08-22 1 \/rTS L 6oW s,/ve I de SILVA (l£ ORCHARD ROAD. ENGLAND'S QUADS 1935-STNEOTS Ijt*amm%m\, Tk___, <♦ <•» f _o^ S 2s^. fTr;wn Up 1948- BRISTOL If fas I ■<<•*>•'• mmmmmmm mmmmmammmmm9 t mMaW mmAm» ma 6 months 3 mont/is Gate, the makers of the world's premier baby food, have a88 words
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Advertisement86 1949-08-22 1 ft tJ* Mm EXCELLENT w?v>.; 1 W m S PHOTOOPAPHS It Wi 3 AT MODERATE RAFFLES PLACF lINUAPOM Hfe V wJIM Oil I "flill 1 1 11 'Wo* MkWo!%^ I iLmmU4*w\ V_m r ____ml___ I 9 i» ~-SH H f <l I v li > wll "ft a _t__M "_i________H86 words
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Article, Illustration826 1949-08-22 2 IRIS ASHLEY - When Paris takes her holiday IRIS ASHLEY QURING August Paris is a quiet, dreamy city with her residential districts more than half empty. Central Paris of the hotels and shopping centres, is the only busy area, filled by tourists and people who for one reason or another have business m826 words
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Article, Illustration262 1949-08-22 2 South made his contract m today's hand by me^ns of a very fine swindle. West did not have •el too fooiLh about having fallen for it .-.ince anybody but a mind would have been taken m. West opened the three of hearts and declarer looked carefully at the262 words
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Article, Illustration436 1949-08-22 2 JV< Before the start of a race nice: bet tentative*— owners look over their cars i iXS a little wood-and- Wicker chair parked m the first-floor window of his sun-baked cottage under the white cliffs of Dover, his weather eye continuously scanning h W make the sea and sky436 words
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Article96 1949-08-22 2 M<> I) l. L cars, Wi between 2 and 3 II built and raced the Miniature Rao I Club of Austi members, have be hurtling around I club's circular concrete track ai Ashiield, Sydney, al speeds up lo 92 m.p.h. m recenl months. The snarl and96 words
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Advertisement23 1949-08-22 2 Jusf arrived NEW STOCKS of MATERIAL for CENT'S SHIRTING AND PYJAMAS STRIPED AND PLAIN IN VARIOUS COLOURS i.mii.i.iMint""!*""""" MSS_ss^«WSdo** *^^^\l_»i r-* X I23 words
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Miscellaneous867 1949-08-22 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are You are. at times, rat- exceptionally tactful her 100 submissive and and know how to handle will give up a fight rather people and situations with than battle You try U consummate case. You are get things through very sell -confident of strategy867 words
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Article, Illustration471 1949-08-22 3 FAMINE THREATENS YANGTZE Blockade is part cause THK shadow of famine hovers over millions of Chinese living m the River valley. Floods, pmir crops, civil war firfitin^ and the Nationalist blockade are the main reasons for this threat to such a Floods have wiped out tens of thousands of acresReuter - 471 words
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Article32 1949-08-22 3 Cuban swimmer Jose Cori tinas completely failed m his attempt to swim the English Channel and Massachusetts' schoolgirl, Shirley May France, postponed her try for at least a week.- U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article188 1949-08-22 3 Truman sets a poser for Quirino THt I S (iovernment is wondering what President 1 Qoirino is going to do about Filipino guerillas who ed Filipino spies for Japan during the war on ord-rs of American military officers, but who themKhres now face criminal prosecution m Philippine courts. f ritativeiy188 words
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116 1949-08-22 3 MILLIONS OF DIAMONDS IN 'FAR NORTH' SOMEWHERE m Canada's vast northland geologists believe there is a diamond belt worth untold millions of dollars to those who And it and are, able to work it commercially. No single geologist will venture an opinion on the exact location of the bed. They116 words
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Article34 1949-08-22 3 FOR YUGOSLAVS The Chief of the International Bank Mission m Belgrade, Mr. A. S. G. Hoar, indicated recently that Yugoslavia will receive a dollar loan— but nothing like the 5250.000.0G0 (US.) reportedly requested.- U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article82 1949-08-22 3 POLICE have now accepted the conditions of an unknown correspondent who wrote to a Maroccan newspaper offering to return jewels stolen from the Begum Aga Khan m Cannes on Aug. 3. ln exchange for £18.200 ln wards. The correspondent, who signed himself IFFRM," said most ofReuter - 82 words
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Article, Illustration220 1949-08-22 3 RUSSIAN is a wonderful world language and everybody ought to learn it. This is what editor A. N. Sudakcv has told Germans m Taegliche Rundschau, the official Soviet Army newspaper m Germany. Introduced m all public schools m t_h_? Soviet occupation zone three yearsA.P.; Reuter - 220 words
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Article140 1949-08-22 3 RED LIE ON AMETHYST IS EXPOSED THE captain of the Chinese steamer, Kiangling, which the Communists alleged was shot up by H.M.S. Amethyst during the British sloop's escape bid, is quoted by travellers from the Chinese mainland as having declared that his ship was sunk by Communist shore batteries mA.P. - 140 words
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Article116 1949-08-22 3 PLASHES between police, constabulary and civilian guards are holding up the Philippine Government drive against the Communist -led Hukbalahap guerillas. Seventy miles north of Manila there was a gun battle between Angeles police and constabulary troopers In a police sub-station. One policeman was killed Constabulary disarmedA.P. - 116 words
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356 1949-08-22 3 Students* exchange Four American educators have arrived m Toyko by air lift to examine possibilities of re-establishing the exchange programme for American and Japanese researchers, students and teachers. /\NCE again America's South is struggling to halt a wave of violence and intimidation by bands356 words
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Article31 1949-08-22 3 King Abdullah of Jordan has arrived ln London for a 10-day visit which is expected to include a wide range of talks on delicate Middle East problem.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article127 1949-08-22 3 NEW Mexico recently had two cases of bubonic I plague, but the sufferers are getting well, thanks to modern science The disease is the fleaborne M Black Death which rats spread through the Europe of the Middle Ages. It was fatal m 50 per cent orA.P. - 127 words
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Article247 1949-08-22 3 Spotlight on Thailand HPHE Premier of Thailand. Marshal Luang Phibul Songkram, said m a Parliamentary press interview at Bangkok that only direct Halted Nations sponsorship and recognition would cause Thailand to join a Pacific or Asian anti-Communist pact. The statement of the Premier, who is also MinisterReuter - 247 words
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Article70 1949-08-22 3 AIRLIFT pilots can bow In the direction of V Lieutensnt Roy Mather of Chesterfield, (Derirrshlre) When he set his plane di.wn at noon recently at Gatow Airport he comple'ed his 402 nd lift fliphi to Berlin. I" m I record, and one i that will probablyA.P. - 70 words
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180 1949-08-22 3 THAR desert m Kajputana, 120,000 square miles, promises soon to be a fertile wheat- producing area, says a message from New Delhi. This hope was aroused by what Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru termed the "dramatic" discovery of subsoil water m the very heartA.P. - 180 words
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Article45 1949-08-22 3 The Canadian plane Empress of Sydney has reached Vancouver from Hong Komi; after a record flight of 29 hours and 55 minutes, stopping only at Tokyo and at Shemya m the Aleutians, and clipping over 6 hours from the normal route time.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article154 1949-08-22 3 INDIA nas bl loan of $34.« by the World Bank I I instruction and d ment of state rall'A the bank'i first I i Asian country, will cv» amount to $75,000 000 additional loans are made m the near future. Further loans are c to154 words
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Article45 1949-08-22 3 SLOVAK peasai threatened to fire crops if the OommvDtsl i oritles molest the Catholic clergy, :< Church authorities In P who hnd conttro Peasant opposition r. akla l.» rt ported to the Communists sen barras.'-ment In tl:< of their policy Chui ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article116 1949-08-22 3 THY man WIM m winr for Ko\alf> kept a lav«--n jtimi the wills el historic M i.idsor (astir has ili'd He was V\illiam Ilrarn <>fc for met 8 r ant Ml i«»r m the drm ir!o r -:i nls Mr had .1 Iron the Kin__A.P. - 116 words
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Advertisement84 1949-08-22 3 SEA VIEW HOTEL DANCING NIGHTLY lILL MIDNIGHT (EXCEPT MONDAYS) M) AY:— MORNING CONCERT AND LTRRY TIFFIN DA Y^;— EVENING \l DINNER SERVLD ON THE LAWN Ml <!( BY JULIAN FOORMAN'S BAND «>R TABLE RESERVATION PHONE *****. DELPHI GRILL GOOD F(X)D and SERVICE. \THLEEN SETH at the PIANO PACKING -——z Efficiently84 words
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Advertisement37 1949-08-22 3 QUALITY CARPETS w Ammmwk v |a. ______■*> v v i£~mLmL?t Sijfi r^__?C,-^y^,- trie iitxi >^ fo look for JOHN LITTLE CO., LTO. """"f" "CSS Singapore. X. Lumpur, Penang. '"«na________ a aMaHMHaMawaimH|MMK sott age'nTs \^^^^«btt^c^«^/ WOO HIHG BR0S.~^"l~ r l37 words
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621 1949-08-22 4 The Singpore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 22, 1949 ROOM FOR A RALEIGH KEY to the future prosperity of Malaya lies just as much m the price and supply of rice as ln the price of rubber and tin. But while there is every indication that w T orld forces will621 words
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842 1949-08-22 4 Hall Romney - Malayan' s own Club in London soon MALAYAN students m London will be moving into their own club m the course of the next few weeks, nnd it is hoped that the Queen will formally open it soon after she returns with the King from their holiday at Balmoral. For842 words
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Article121 1949-08-22 4 Sam' s love knows no boundary IRON bars, Iron Curtains. 1 visas, and frontiers— the love of Sam Little took them all In its stride Sam, 30-year-old former U.S. soldier, was sent home early i-n June. As soon a he got to New York he was on his way back—121 words
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Article, Illustration929 1949-08-22 4 GEORGE WEIDENFELD - The vision of Israel's own Presiden t JHERE is a strange parallel between Britain's post-war situation and Israel's outlook after her war. Like Britain, Israel emerged a good deal richer m self-confidence, but poorer' m material wealth. Gain of glory and prestige has to be set against loss of lives929 words
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Article, Illustration199 1949-08-22 4 GORDON YOUNG - GORDON YOUNG •'The Butterfly Store" m New Yor* City, oirned and operated by Miss Marcaret Scherbaum, stocks more than 15,000 speciine.'is of butterflies, valued at about 40.000 dollars. Two hundred hunter s in all parts of the wnrld send their prizes to Miss Scherbaum.199 words
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Advertisement18 1949-08-22 4 CUPS JEWELLERY WATCHES SILVER WARE S. P. H. de SILVA (JEWELLER) 45, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR18 words
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Advertisement83 1949-08-22 4 2n<l Moor 18 Batter) Road For exquisite H eddins Gowns made from Exclus ive Ma terials £^^Q&s\ Amenta s faroti"''* DINAHSHORI BM^Mflil Columbia Record. THE THRU. I. IS DIXIE OlfCI AND FOR Al' A ROSEWOOD SPINET 1 A VENDER R" AND F\ BR I FTS DO IT The Screen 8r.83 words
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Article, Illustration356 1949-08-22 5 UNOFFICIALS TO BE PAID l-w. thousand Chinese VJ students from ei«ht hinese schools m Singapore took part m a physical drill cnsplay at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday at the 10th Singapore Chinese athletic meet The drill was conducted by Miss Tan Sicw it *XHi* oI L thp Chun Wah Middle356 words
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Article88 1949-08-22 5 Repairs to generator: sum passed 1,000 has been m commiTtee Icipal Comreblaaing of new diaMo. 2 tarbo at St. James has been lisslon and the stalewhat reC. Payne, rical E 1 RiFrep Pr the hope r loadofl elecduring peak not arte c recency cleat ion and on 11 was found88 words
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42 1949-08-22 5 I /.'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. Is Government iiorised $9,000 to .aerations at B ru prison to proaccommodation prisoners. female prison- Ir ceils within a of the condemned have to pass male ards to and from n gate.42 words
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Article345 1949-08-22 5 CHINESE ASSNS. TO BE ASSESSED Wrtaii* r ree Press Staff Reporter £ERTAIN Singapore Chinese sectional associations (huay kwan) -but not all— which have hitherto enjoyed exemption from Municipal assessment, will have to meet thi s charge, effective from July 1 this year. J This follows a policy which the Municipal345 words
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Article, Illustration125 1949-08-22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. REGULATIONS setting out standards for certain foods and all drugs sold m Penang and Malacca will be laid on the table for approval by the Federal Legislative Council today. Milk, infant's food, tea, coffee, ice-cream, intoxicating liquor and all drugs are among theFree Press - 125 words
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Article190 1949-08-22 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent 4 BOUT 200 workers employed by 10 rattan dealers m Singapore have been on strike since Aug. 15 following their iefusal of a proposed cut m wages from $8 to $5 a day. The workers asked employers for a guarantee190 words
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Article54 1949-08-22 5 KUAI.A LUMPUR, Mon. SINCE the beginning of the emergency, 799 Malay men and 17 Malay women had been detained, it was stated at this morning's meeting of the Federal Legislative Coun cil. Of these, 388 had been detained for over six months, while 142 men and one54 words
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Article36 1949-08-22 5 Surface maJll are expected 10 arrive m Singapore today ft n Siam, Sarawak and S. India Closing time for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today is: to Java, S. Africa, Palembang and W. Australia.36 words
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Article, Illustration339 1949-08-22 5 picture. Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Monday. A iNEW road from Kaki Bukit to Padang Besar on the Kedah-Siam border is to be built at a cost of 6~50,000. It will serve 15-cwt trucks now being used m the area by security forces andFree Press - 339 words
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90 1949-08-22 5 BUS SERVICE FOR TIONG BAHRU URGED OPECIALLY built small-type buser could be used to serve the increasing population m the Tiong Bahru housing estate of the Singapore Improvement Trust, said Mr. D. Robertson, a Municipal Commissioner for South Ward, yesterday He disagreed with a decision taken recently by his fellow90 words
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Article129 1949-08-22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. ONE company was compulsorily liquidated, 11 companies were dissolved and 45 struck off the register m the Federation during 1948. This is revealed m the annual report of the Registrar of Companies, Mr. J. B Prentis. tabled at this morning's meeting of the129 words
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Article95 1949-08-22 5 MR. C. F. Mummery, Chief Dental Officer. Federation .of Malaya, has written to point out that the five nurses now being trained at the dental school recently set up In the Penang General Hospital are being trained to be dental nurses, or to give them95 words
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Article, Illustration220 1949-08-22 5 Free Press Stalf Reporter KIALA LUMPUR, Monday. nnHE Malayan Kailway and the Telecommunication, Department may be placed under Ihe control of a public authority on the lines of the new Central Electricity Board, it was stated m the Federal Legislative Council this morning. it220 words
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Article31 1949-08-22 5 The New Moon Day. which falls tomorrow, will be celebrated at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple 263, Outran! Road, Singapore. 6.00 p.m. Illumination; 7.00 Buddha Puja; 7.30. Sermon. rO931 words
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Advertisement157 1949-08-22 5 j g" f Mi '■-> vo!cc| l_______________f r t^w m ~aW,. f '^yvQ -^n__ft___s__£ 8E9h98 b^bVt ■^**^^S2!_____SS!!2__! S^K^H 1 mi _T '"WIBL JhSSkhb^B^Bh The delicate oboe, the lovely sweep of the strings, the majesty of the brass, the full chness of a symphony orchestra, all so viily reproduced by His157 words
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Advertisement58 1949-08-22 5 Someth ing econ om tea I and inexpensive for the HOUSEHOLD n Cotton Damask pTABLE^ CLOTHS Dire Pattern with Green A Gold Borders SIZE: 51" SQUARE at $4.50 each Dice Pattern. In All White SIZE: 53" SQU _RE at $4.95 each ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE JEWELLERY WATCHES SILVERWARE S.P.H. de58 words
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Article, Illustration564 1949-08-22 6 Impressions of U. K. expert By VETERAN the women's standard of this country m badminton is quite high, it is not possible for our girls at this stage to beat their sisters m England and Denmark. This opinion was offered by Mr. Frank Henley, director ofInternational News - 564 words
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Article102 1949-08-22 6 AN ex-German prisoner-of-war. Erik Elsen Prager. who has elected to stay m Britain, placed a big p:\rt m Bristol City's 3-1 am ovt Northampton Town In the Third Division (Southern section i of ihe English Soccer League on Saturday He started out as inside-left andA.P. - 102 words
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Article33 1949-08-22 6 Clubs affiliated to the Sin- gapore Badminton Association are reminded that entries for the open and veteran I eventi arc now invited and j 'h* closing date is Sept. 3. I33 words
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Article174 1949-08-22 6 \RSENAL ar* one of the teams which are going to see what the old timers can do before bringing m new players for the season. On Saturday they were without their international full back. Laurie Scott, and the cricketers. Leslie and Denis Compton. Ccott hurtA.P. - 174 words
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Article541 1949-08-22 6 I 4 HEAVY programme of matches m the Singapore junior badminton championships has been arranged for this week-end. Th^re Will be two sessions on Saturday and three on Sunday. The fixtures are trjvor. below. Saturday, Aug. 27. At 2- 15 p.m.: Chou Slu King and Chou541 words
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250 1949-08-22 6 S.C.C. Ceylonese Take 1st inns points rpHE Singapore Ceylonese batsman Thuraisiiu A again provided the batting: highlight m jresl day's Singapore Cricket Association tournam when he scored his second consecuti\e cental time at the expense of R.A.F. Selrtar. Despite the Ceylonese's good SCOn they could only force a win on250 words
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Article80 1949-08-22 6 THE following have been m. to piiy aoee r tot tha v m i m a friendly match the M PH. to-morrow at the Y.MCA. ground Road: Holloway; Lim Ch. < Low Huck Yang; Chariv •pt > Koh Hor Khoon. La Yee Teck Wong, a Cuiwick Simon80 words
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Article, Illustration277 1949-08-22 6 From JIM JT wa s tougb going fo rt 1 day as the nine-montl heat wave. The million loved the blazing sun. m a temperature m the feet on the bone-drx rainless summer Some of tl: struck their tn the reigning chair, sio\\Free Press - 277 words
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Advertisement158 1949-08-22 6 CAPITOL LAST DAY! 11-1.45-4.00-6.30-9.30 MY DREAM IS YOURS JAC* Ut DAY pSOyOWMAN^ iVENJOU AKDEM-SAKALL TOMORROW ONLY! REQUEST SCREENING HAEt DENISON-DULCIE GBAY-RONALD HOWARD .i n The Novel By FRATICIS BRETT YOUNG An As o d Bt- «h Picture ""OPENS WED.~ J\\ 11 1 ill Ua LI LLL L \mvLLu uk^JOEI VIRGINIA158 words
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Advertisement28 1949-08-22 6 STARTS TODAY/ PHone j^X DA/i.r fOl/K S/rOV/5 NOTE TIMES: I a WHOlf SfRML' ■*^/B|S__J____ V» >• .'Jy*' X MmtmmmW Mm^M^mMmmmmmmMMmM \W '>• 9 i Be 9 H ___Fl_r _,1 m28 words
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Miscellaneous146 1949-08-22 6 m^llJJrake Fxelusire to the Singapore Free Press In Malaya fjfr^SSH |SggsßM |gjlS»t p^^S) r^iZlEi^ fek^_3fc_i \Jtf--^£_J±_2 _tz^L_J_^_: JMINI: delusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya r BUT EVEN IF <ou DO SET lBr^ fAMn a« %f7 I 7 YOURSELF UF AS A MODERN \W Vo b TMoSghT^D 1 K146 words
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Article, Illustration313 1949-08-22 7 S.T.C. GOLD CUP ENTRIES SLACK photo SRA ban makes itself felt mf J r.NPP By TRESPASSER 0 hS/*? 1 n*& ,d Cup meeti "g s due to be offJriU X B K Uk t Timah A five da y affai «>d \IJIH m e b es tP. urs es andA.P. - 313 words
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Article285 1949-08-22 7 gEVENTEEN-year-old Jonnah Joshua won the individual championships of the second annual athletic sports of the Singapore Habomm held at Woodsville yesterday. Joshua won the 380 yards and the one mile, style, finishing 20 and 30 yards ahead of the second men respectively. Mrs. J. Shababo gave285 words
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Article94 1949-08-22 7 OUISE Brough and Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont. the world's two best women Players, won their eighth straight national doubles title yesterday by defeating Doris Hart and Shirley Fry, 6-4 and 8-6. before a gallery of 4.500 at the Longwood Cricket Club Massachusetts. Brough and Dupont,U.P. - 94 words
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Article, Illustration315 1949-08-22 7 ■mnrtr cc Press Racin Correspondent yyfcKiHT cannot stop a good horse, Bonnie Grey again proved it on Saturday at Kuala Lumpur when she carried 9.9 to a convincing victory. Wally Bagby carefully nursed the grey m the early stages allowing Waddle to make aA.P. - 315 words
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Article249 1949-08-22 7 Indians win by 6 wkts. Ay HEN the "A** cricket teams of 1 'he lA. and SCR C. met on the Balestier Road ground I en Saturday, the home un the panic decisi\. The S.C.R.C. wire all oil 78. and the Indians' op i put on 65 runs before they249 words
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Article105 1949-08-22 7 HIRONOSHIN Furuhashi, Japan's, outstanding swimmer, set up another new world mark m winning the 800 metres free-style event m the American National Swimming championships at Los Angles Furuhashi's nine minutes 35.5 seconds beat the world record, which Bill Smith, United States, set up In July, 1948Reuter - 105 words
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251 1949-08-22 7 Free Pren Reporter 0 Kuala Lumpur, Mon. UTSTATION enl very Dearly equal local entries m number for the Selangor Modelcraft Society's model plane competition to b<- held m Kuala Lumpur next Sunday. The Penang Modellers' Clu> d m str >n_;th and entries are expected251 words
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388 1949-08-22 7 By VETERAN r^HREE newcomers to the women's junior singles gave a brilliant display m their debut m the Singapore championships last evening. They are Miss Suzie Pang (Useful), Miss Katherine Teo* (Jacques) and Miss Nellie Koh (Mayfair). Two of them however were ousted388 words
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538 1949-08-22 7 6 RECORDS AT CHINESE ATHLETIC MEETING SINGAPORE Chinese athletes showed fine form to break six Singapore Chinese records, including the Ail-China record for the 400 metres low hurdles, m the 'ast day of the 10th Singapore Chinese athletic meet held at Jalan Beemr ye terday. Ng Liang Chiang, the Chuia538 words
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Article76 1949-08-22 7 AUSTRALIA'S Davis Cup players, John Bromwlch and Billy Sidwell yesterday won the United States lawn tennis doubles championship at Brookline, beating Frank Sedgman and George Worthington 6-4, 6-0, 6-1. m an Australian final which lasted only 50 minutes. The brilliant lobbing of Bromwich and Sidwell wasReuter - 76 words
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Article, Illustration447 1949-08-22 7 Does not like to talk of boxing The amazing Bobby Njoo By LEFT-HOOK I>OBBY NJOO is an amazing character for a boxer he never talks about boxing. Even after his victory over world-ranking bantamweight. Nai Phol Prapadaeng, Bobby said practical^ nothing of the fight. When pressed for comment.', he si.id:447 words
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Article66 1949-08-22 7 I ''h i in'A Bcho Th I i b R < I I Hi i 18 R 31; Dhural-Rajah c i B D I p run out 18 .v J. C. Cook.- not 0U( van b Ourdlal I H out 2 1 4 83. Bab.. R66 words
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Article30 1949-08-22 7 A day bOUfhl ling filly of Adl»-u for ,L 3 the high- Th. M > ITS a r R i ipipla examhaatJ for a pi m- m I ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Miscellaneous25 1949-08-22 7 Today's sport SOCCER: S.A.F.A. InterCommunity League, Europans v. R.A.F. Combined, Jalan Besar Stadium; Junior B. Group AAU. T. C.V.M.A., 8.0.D. ground. TENNIS: Tanglin Club tournament.25 words
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Article51 1949-08-22 8 ON TUESDAY at Penang nity Hospital, a daughter, to Choo. wife of Mr. J. Tart ridge, of Malay College. Kuala .ar. Both well. BARRATr. To Margoi, wile of J. B. H. Barratt. the Manchester Regt., a son, Nigel Peter, at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on sth August. 1949. Both51 words
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Article37 1949-08-22 8 T~IE ENGAGEMENT was announced on 20.8.49 between Mr. Philip Son only son of Mr. Mrs Soh Kee Lin. and Miss Mildred Wong, second daughter of the late Dr. Wong Boon Pin 6c Madam Lee Hwee Cheng.37 words
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Article36 1949-08-22 8 YZELMAN, Eric, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Yzelman of K.L. passed away peacefully on 21.8.49. Born 21.8.1912 late of Electrical Dept., Kuala Lumpur. Funeral at Cheras Rd. Ceme'erv at 9 a.m. on 22.8.49.36 words
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Article, Illustration345 1949-08-22 8 Soviet threat disregarded LONDON, Monday. between Russia and Yugoslavia has reached a dangerous pitch with Russia threatening to use "more effective measures" for the protection of "persecuted" Russians m Yugoslavia and Marshal Tito's Government accusing Moscow of being "two-faced" and charging Russia with being "anReuter; A.P.; Free Press - 345 words
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Article69 1949-08-22 8 TWELVE of the crew of the 150- ton steamer Hazim (formerly the Panama ship Ouranla), have been rescued by British and Ajnerican tankers. Lloyds reported from Suez yesterday. Hazim. bound for Jeddah. *'as reported sunk on Friday, fts position was unknown Mrs. D. Bughwan, 23. who has69 words
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95 1949-08-22 8 THE American Government 1 was Informed yesterday that Russian friendliness m Berlin is a pose to hide the Kremlin's real goal-Com-munist domination of all Germany. This advice was contained m a special reoort dra*vn up by the U.S. \fflitarv Government for Berlin. The report95 words
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Article78 1949-08-22 8 THE British Medical Journal says that warning signs of a major epidemic of infantile paralvs/s In Britain this autumn M are sufficiently grave." The disease has broken out already m several localities and four patients have died of it up to Aug. 4 m Southamoton. TheA.P. - 78 words
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Article224 1949-08-22 8 NEW YORK, Mon. rE United Nations Secret-ary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, who last night proposed an expanded budget of US $14,325,000 for next year, disclosed that the cost of U.N. peace organisations for 1950 is estimated at Just over $1,000,000 (£250,000). Mr. Lie puts theReuter - 224 words
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Article73 1949-08-22 8 THIRTEEN people were killed yesterday ln Northern Rhodesia, when a lorry loadled with gelignite collidt-a-with a train at a level crossing. A few scraps of twisted iron were all that remained of the lorry The locomotive and three trucks of the train were blown toReuter - 73 words
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263 1949-08-22 8 U.S. AID CANTON' CALL WASHINGTON, Monday. 4 S four Senators bitterly denounced the State n Department's White Paper writing off Nationalist China as a "whitewash of a wishful do-nothing policy" and demanded 'immediate and adequate military aid" for Canton. Representative Walter Judd made publicA.P.; U.P. - 263 words
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Article35 1949-08-22 8 LIVERPOOL. Mon. NINETY per cent of the women m Britain are rminy their feet by poor choice of shoes says the president-elect of the British Medica! Association, Profe R. P. McMunay.35 words
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Article16 1949-08-22 8 The deathroll ln the recent earthquake In Turkey is now put at 400.16 words
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Article164 1949-08-22 8 ROME. Monday. A VIOLENT press outcry against the Government over the bloody exploits of the Sicilian bandit "king," 26-year-old Salvatore Giuliano, has caused the Interior Minister, Mr. Mario Scelba, to break off his holiday to direct the hunt for the outlaw, whose gang hasA.P.; Reuter - 164 words
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Article101 1949-08-22 8 CALCUTTA, Mon. MR. Jayaprakash Narain, Indian Socialist Party leader, has urged the Government of West Bengal to remove The ban on the Communist Party which it imposed m March, 1948. There are about 2,500 Communists detained on security grounds throughout India. "Give the Communists aReuter - 101 words
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Article46 1949-08-22 8 U.S scientists say a few Japanese from two to four inches taller than average may be seen m Nagasaki and "'roshima 25 years or so from now because of the genetic streets of radiation released by the atomic bomb.- A.P. Jang yesterday.- pictureA.P. - 46 words
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Miscellaneous23 1949-08-22 8 HICH HUES Today: 9.15 p.m. Tomorrow; 11 10 aan; 11.06 pn. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris w^lfete_Y |W« a cffAjg^! F^^'Swrffs^ss? Tl_sy__i___S_ll _^j23 words
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