The Singapore Free Press, 24 August 1949

Microfilm: NL3675
Total Pages: 12
1 12 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 1T. 560. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS
    20 words
  • Article, Illustration
    HAND OVER BY 50, SAYS HATTA
    440 1 opeed it up call to Dutch THE HAGUE, Wednesday. T HL Indonesian Republican Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, told the opening meeting the round-table conference yesterday: "Before 1950 arrives, Indonesia must be independent and the Republic of United Indonesia established and vested with complete and
    440 words
  • Article
    China seamen to challenge Australian act
    91 1 SYDNEY, Wed. THE validity of the Com- monwealth Government's ime Refugees Removal under which 11 Chinese --amen were arrested and Held for deportation here over the weekend, is to be rhallenged m High Court, the Chinese Seamen's Union enounced yesterday. Five more arrests of
    91 words
  • Article
    2 ships sunk in Yangtse raid
    88 1 HONG KONG, Wed. THE Nationalist Central News Agency claimed last night that Nationalist aircraft sank two large river steamers— the Tean and the Minshing m operations over the Yangtse between Yeyang and Hankow yesterday. Three other vessels were seriously damaged by bombs, the agency
    Reuter; A.P.  -  88 words
  • Article
    GOT TO AUST. AS DECK BOY
    45 1 OLIVER TODD, 22, a student at Cambridge University, has reached Australia as a deck boy m the Italian ship Napoil after travelling across France, Italy, Iran and Ceylon. He plans to continue his round-the-^/orld trip through North America. A.P.
    A.P.  -  45 words
  • Article
    Eskimoes die in crash
    72 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force announced last night that there were no survivors among the 21 passengers m an R.C.A.F. flying boat which crashed 250 miles north-east of Winnipeg. A land party from one of the search planes reached the burned-out wreck today. The flying boat
    Reuter  -  72 words
  • Article
    Ammo ship blast kills 500
    128 1 Ammo ship blast kills 500 CANTON, Wednesday. AN ammunition ship exploded m Takao harbour, m south-western Formosa, yesterday, killing about 500 and injuring hundreds more, the official Chinese Central News Agency said today. The agency said ammunition was being unloaded from the Chinese steamer Chungli. There was a single huge
    A.P.  -  128 words
  • Article
    Four bandits killed
    62 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BANDITS attacked a police station m the Mentakab area of Pahang at about 6.30 p.m. yesterday. Military arrived at 8 p.m. and the bandits withdrew, leaving four dead men. Police < asualtles were one special constable wounded and one police constable missing. A
    62 words
  • Article
    NEW BANK TO AID INDIES RECOVERY
    182 1 NEW BANK TO AID INDIES RECO VERY THE HAGUE, Tuesday. THE first combined step towards the economic recovery of Indonesia was announced today m Batavia as the round-table conference opened here. The Netherlands-Indonesian Company for Financing the Recovery of Indonesia Ltd. has been approved by both Dutch and Republicans. It
    182 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE FIRE CALL RECORD
    125 1 SINGAPORE FIRE CALL RECORD Free Press Staff Reporter THE Chief of the Singapore Fire Brigade. Mr. J. G. Shaw, told the Free Press this morning that with four more months to go before the year was out, it looked as if 1949 would see an all-time record number of fire
    125 words
  • Article
    Mid.-East P.M.s meet
    41 1 Nuri £s SaM Pasha, Iraqi Premier, returning from a fortnight's holiday m Britain. broke h\? journey m Alexandria yesterday for talks with ihe Egyptian Premier, Hussein Sirry Pasha, on recognition ov Egypt of the new Syrian regime. Reuter
    Reuter  -  41 words
  • Article
    R.A.F. saves sailor's life
    105 1 THE American seaman' on board the oil tanker Pecos to whose rescue the R.A.F. sent a Sui.dcrland with a surgeon yesterday, is now out of danger. He was successfully operated on for appendicitis on board *nip at 8 o'clock last night. The surgeon, Flying Officer M.
    105 words
  • Article
    Me Kerron asks for concert guarantee
    261 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. T<HE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, last x night appealed for guarantors for the $11,500 required to promote a series of concerts m Singapore featuring Miss Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, the famous operatic soprano, and the Batavia Philharmonic Orchestra. Speaking
    261 words
  • Article
    U.S. arms aid for 5 states
    209 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. TiHE combined Senate Committee on Foreign KeA lations and Armed Services yesterday approved U.S. $239,000,000 for arms aid for Greece. Turkey, Iran, Korea and the Philippines. The Committees delayed until later this week a decision as to how much military assistance shall
    Reuter  -  209 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    21 1 Shanghai workmen clear up the damage done to a cemetery m one of the frequent Nationalist nuisance bombings of the city.
    21 words
  • Article
    Woman found stabbed
    61 1 A 28- YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese married woman was found dead with a penknife m her chest early yesterday morning In a housr m Dorset Road. Her nine-year-old daughter woke up to flnd her missing from bed and found her lying against the bedroom cupboard. The shrieks of
    61 words
  • Article
    STRIKE ISSUE SPLITS UNION
    51 1 Finland's giant trade union federation split wide open last night over the Communist refusal to stop their unofficial strikes. While the inter-union fight raged, observers said they feared the Communists would extend their strikes to the metal Industry, which would endanger Finland's war reparations to Soviet
    51 words
  • Article
    LAUDER VERY ILL
    34 1 Sir Harry Lauder, seriously ill with blood clots on the brain and from anaemia, was said by doctors attending him at Strathaven (Scotland) to be In a very serious condition. A.P.
    A.P.  -  34 words
  • Article
    $1 million already on big sweeps
    71 1 $1 million already on big sweeps 'ree Press Stall Reporter. THE Singapore Turf Clubs Gold Cup D ing which starts on Saturday is likWy to create a new record m sweep figures. Up to ye more than $1,000,000 h.id been invesBlnet the tweept nine da; won over $100,000 b received
    71 words
  • Article
    FIRE STILL RAGES IN U.S., FRANCE
    78 1 FIRE STILL RAGES IN U.S., FRANCE CHICAGO, V. I^OREST r 40 mli< v swirled torna>l< n\>\ 35.000 acres of An; ca's richest v lands yesto? gered 2.000 men flam Meanw. m forestry official* reported woodland llrrs and tJ: it men over 18 wore b- scripted as fire 'i-htcrs Rain clouds
    Reuter; U.P.  -  78 words
  • Article
    Rubber prices
    47 1 Ml I\l »l .i kil (In rent* prr Ih il II tm a» follow No 1 X S S Spot: loosf I" o 1» m hairs si pi No. 1 X s K4 t 1.1.1, U No. 3 R v I Tonr rf mul.-l Sl<
    47 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      156 1 Awaiting Your Selection- CHINESE CARPETS TCAKWOOD CHESTS and a wide range of '(ASTIRN ARTS n. OLD CAPITAL 31, STAMFORD ROAD, j^jun w Singapore P C 257 J or us \fL__ ,Je^4^j^ both VJTTllL***' k^S2) \yjiunuau! h^-s*J£s£ l I- R young and old for every member of the family delicious Ovaltine'
      156 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      40 1 {""IiADIHS OPTOMfJtISTS NEWS! for Em broidery En Ih v $ia >Is Just Received m I Plywood EWBROIOERY 1 FRAWES I w^h rustless bra-r, 1 Sizes availablei- 1 6 12 24' 1 PRICES:--1 from $1.25 to 57.75 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
      40 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    Chapman Pincher column
    988 2 Chapman Pincher column TOOK my two-year-old daughter for v holiday picnic on a lonely Hampshire heath and stumbled on plans of two of the Government's most secret defence research projects. No, they were not hidden under a stone. It was easier than that. While the baby picked bellheather I chanced
    988 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Adventures of Penny & Koni
    145 2 Adventures of Penny Koni Whin Koni. tht rtAl monkty who wit a pmonif m Toytand arrivod al the tdgt of th» pictur* v hith was whin tht r al world began, ht hai a shock. Toy soldiers v 3ft guarding tht onl. way he could escape and tlvet wsrt naiiir<
    145 words
  • Article
    A CRAZE FOR MOLASSES
    233 2 JOHANNESBURG: A REMARKABLE craze take molasses as a cure for rheumatism has been sweeping the world for months past. Yet nobody knows the origin of the idea and no medical authority can be found In support of it. In South Africa Dr. Nathan Finn, of Johannesburg,
    233 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Make This Table
    214 2  -  THE tray part of the table is 20ins. by 15ins., and baa 3 4in. wooden edge 3ms. deep all round, with handles cut out of the two shorter end piec i of edging. The carrying surface Is screwed and glued lin. from the bottom of the edges
    214 words
  • Article, Illustration
    WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS Cure for Pimples
    620 2 WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS Cure for Pimples {have been suffering from pimples for the last three years. I know this is quite common amongst youths, (my age is 18 >, but the pimples seem to find an unusually tertile ground on my body. They are very large and blochy and
    620 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      77 2 MAYNARD CO. LTD. CHEMISTS I 1 1 Battery Rd. SINGAPORE j Phone P O.Box 6115 794 AG£.MI6 FOR PARKE DAVIS CO. ELIZABETH ARDEN BFOOK S APPLIANCES. MALAYAN PEWTER LACTAGOL, FELSOL etc. Sole Makers of »h« famous Dr. McKenne't Dusting Powder, Fuller's Earth, Ringworm Paint fir Ointment, Indigestion Mixture Cough Mixture
      77 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      90 2 I c^miL ant tlu v Strong white even teeth firm flesh and sound bones with the happiness of aboun health these are some of ti* bestowed by this famous fee there is everything your baby m a tin of COW GATE The rich concentrated nourisl world's finest milk b here
      90 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article, Illustration
    CRISIS FACES VIETNAM
    375 3 g^o D^i /5 worried rVKMI'EROR Kao Dai's six-week old Vietnam ruKJn j E r er war-stricken Indo-China is alrea™ fiS™* SEw"* is difficulties threaten the Government U»« Jw en^ ls Indo-China shouid be an indepeTd^nt s^wYthYn Two Vietnamians appointed to junior ministerial posts nave already resigned. Business
    Reuter  -  375 words
  • Article
    Hi tain as the 49th. U.S. State
    180 3 4 I RONT PAGE article, headlined Economic Union nited States and Britain, which appeared m N w Ifork's Wall Street Journal, said: si artling idea is being discussed privately win* group of key Department officials as vay out' m Britain's at 1 dollar
    180 words
  • Article
    Burmese rebels lose three towns
    88 3 Burmese rebels lose three towns BURMESE Government troops have captured the town of Nyaungu, m the Central Burmese district of Myingyan, from Communist in* surgents, the Army radio reports. Sixty insurgents were killed m mopping-up operations, the radio added. In the Irrawaddy delta district of Bassein, west of Rangoon, pro-Government
    Reuter  -  88 words
  • Article
    Crowd tore 8.8.C. girl's hair
    339 3 "Tough time' m London street A CROWD of 1,200 'went completely mad," the Clerkenwell magistrate was told, when they saw Joan Mills, a 25-year-old 8.8.C. typist, brought out of her home m Wynford-road, King's Cross London. Joan was m the dock, charged with inflicting grievous
    339 words
  • Article
    Women who are not romantic
    100 3 HANDSOME German journalist, 28-year-old Hans Herbert Gaebel, who is touring the United States, has concluded that New York is the worst city m the world for romance as the women there have no tijne "for even a mild flirtation It is almost impossible even to
    A.P.  -  100 words
  • Article
    Secretary suspended
    28 3 The working committee of the all-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim conference yesterday suspended its General Secretary, Agha Shaukat AH, and ordered an enquiry into his conduct. Reuter
    Reuter  -  28 words
  • Article, Illustration
    S. Africa Govt. is watching "guessing"
    208 3 lilG increase m "guessing competitions" m which People are invited to give "estimates'* such as the lileage run by a motor-car on a certain amount of f/fol, has drawn the watchful eye of the South Department of Justice. L^tnough no positive steps IW n
    Reuter  -  208 words
  • Article
    Where cops close eyes to betting
    183 3 VjyUEN a new policeman goes to Collie, a thriving coal-mining town 120 mile, south of Perth (Australia), he learns one thing: Never arrest a man for betting. The Collie policeman learns to close his eyes to what he sees m the main street of
    A.P.  -  183 words
  • Article
    U.S. OVERSPENDS
    27 3 America's public debt is rising as the Government continues to overspend its Income. The debt now exceeds U.S. $255,000,000,000, the highest figure since February, 1948.—
    27 words
  • Article
    'U.S. HAS SPIES IN RUSSIA'
    66 3 THE U.S. deputy Chief of Staff. Lieut-General Albert Wedemeyer has told the U.S. House Appropriations Committee that the U.S. had "a few" agents Inside Russia and intelligence reports, although not very good, were inprovlng. The US Committee voted $11,500,000 (U.S.) for the Voice of America
    U.P.  -  66 words
  • Article
    Big seats for 2 men
    87 3 fYUTSIZE chairs are being made for two of Canada's largest men who take th°ir seats m Parliament for the first time when the House of Commons meets on September 15. They are John Garland. 35st. 101 b.. new member for a Northern Ontario *onstitu- ency,
    87 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    58 3 Norma Mac Donald, aged 10, gasping for air as ambulance attendants comfort her whil e an inhalator squad rushed to the rescue of her and 100 other bathers overcome m a Los Angeles, California, swi mming pool. A clogged chlorine gas line, used for purifying the water, had suddenly gushed
    58 words
  • Article
    W. GERMANY CAUTIONED
    79 3 THE U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Aeheson. has nuw warned the Western Germans against abusing the freedoms pt rmitted them by the western occupation powers. Mr Acheson m Washington hailed the results of Sunn West -Germany elections as a "victory for moderation and common sense but.
    A.P.  -  79 words
  • Article
    Dancer at large
    24 3 Thirteen criminally insane prisoner* including two con virted murderers sawed their uray mt i the G<-»> In Bt mental hospital (U.S.A.).
    24 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bridge Hands
    244 3 West opened the jack of clubs, and that suit was continued until South ruffed the third round with a high tramp. On the third club West discarded the duece of diamonds. South next drew three rounds of trumps and knocked out the ace of hearts. West returned a
    244 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Aust. audience complimented
    355 3 A FAMOUS conductor regards Australian concert audiences as "unique". Australians of all ages, classes and occupations have become so music-minded m the last ten years that orchestral concerts here are said to be attracting more support m proportion to population than is London. Before going to Britain
    Reuter  -  355 words
  • Article
    'BUY MORE FRUIT' PLEA BY ISRAEL
    145 3 'BUY MORE FRUIT' PLEA BY ISRAEL A CRISIS la brewing In Israe 's citrus industry— the industry of the "golden apple of th** Hesperides." The planters want to sell more of their iruit to Britain this coming winter season. That means sending a delegation to negotiate with London's Ministry of
    145 words
  • Article
    Combined 'Op' in Jap waters
    95 3 BRITISH air and sea units are engaged with United States forces m joint manoeuvres off Honshu, main island of Japan, Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announces. Three British and one Australian destroyer and a number of planes from the Roya) Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force
    Reuter  -  95 words
  • Article
    Union pays men's road fines
    153 3 BRITAIN'S biggest union is accused of paying fines for its members who commit road offences. It is also alleßed that the union has formed its own "shadow court of justice.' At this "shadow court" the executive council of the Transport and General Workers' Union holds
    153 words
  • Article
    Korean graft trial
    46 3 The prosecution has do- manclcd a sentence of thro~ years' Imprisonment and a fine on Mis*- Louise Yin. exKo.ean Minister of Com-Jiie.re-Industry, who has bte£ on trial m Seoul for tlipas two months on charges ;f -nisappiopriatlon of funds, orlberv and craft. Reuter
    Reuter  -  46 words
  • Article
    THEY FAIL FOR HER
    177 3 Mh.N tel head MM heels for hi/H r\«d Vance, of New Yor«. shr really throws them One reason thrv lind th s attractive hl<« I irresistible is th.it she teaches iu-iitsu md it'do. Miss Vinre is on«» of th« f« w lady instructors m thes«» bone-hf>ndin«
    A.P.  -  177 words
  • Article
    China imparts move
    30 3 The D M.-ut of merer the Commu China Trnric Bin ring all i" for before \hi fall of tionalists but which vet rocrivo(J by rlustrial fact U.P.
    U.P.  -  30 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      52 3 Sole Distributers: Borneo dunuira Trading Co i Wai w I Ltd. Rumiii^ Machtnr li»pt SINGAPOKI I«A llMfUl l_ I 'v-/ a. I two. h<^j MO if MO|^_^> IT TRACE MARK I fc I" I^l REMEMBEK HO HO BISCUIT \S ALWAYS AT THE TOP Office; 31, 33&35, CNIN SWEE ROAD, SINGAPORE
      52 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article, Illustration
    20.000,000 BOTTLES EVERY YEAR LEE TUCK SOON
    570 4  - 20.000,000 BOTTLES EVERY YEAR LEE TUCK SOON I SINGAPORE WDUSIRIES-2 4 BOLT 20.000.000 bottle A of beer and it<Mit annually roll off Malayan Breweries' production lines to be distributed to the thirsty In Singapore. Malaya. Bangkok British North Borneo, islands of the Dutch Archipelago, Ceylon, India, and Mauritius. c:\ery day
    570 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article, Illustration
    CANTON REGIME IS CRACKING
    276 5 Grim position of Nationalists AM [INGTON planners, studying the China s.tuation as they form a new policy towards hina, find that the refugee National Governmint at Canton, written off by the U S Statp Department White Paper, is breaking up as oredittod Its fragments may keep
    A.P.  -  276 words
  • Article
    OFFICER LOSES "ARMY"
    147 5 OFFICER LOSES "ARMY" TVVENTY-TWO out of 25 A.T.C. cadets from Seaham. Co. Durham, walked out of their annual camp at v-isby, Lincolnshire, RAF station. They did this because two A their number had been told that they would have to go *.ome because they were half t>n hour late returning
    147 words
  • Article
    ANGLO-U.S. 'WAR' OVER DRESSES
    167 5 A j?jHJ IS f H w f ar bl de has stepped forward to Brit^S «n? a i U e m the verbal between British and lowa over whose women are sloppy dressers. Mrs. R. D. Baldwin, smart-ly-dressed brunette, who lived m Sheffield, England, before she
    U.P.  -  167 words
  • Article
    SAFE CONDUCT FOR REPAT SHIP
    53 5 The Shanghai office of the American President Lines said yesterday the liner General Gordon had been granted sare conduct into Shanghai by the blockading Nationalist Government. The vessel is scheduled to pick up upwards of 1.000 foreigners for evacuation. Most of the group are Americans
    53 words
  • Article, Illustration
    U.S. PLEA FOR JAPAN
    130 5 THE State Department spokesman, Mr. Lincoln White, said it is his department's belief that Japan should be permitted international relationships of a limited character. He said that not only will the Japanese thus acquire direct experience and knowledge of democratic practices but, also, that the vestiges
    U.P.  -  130 words
  • Article
    HURRY, URANIUM
    17 5 Moscow Radio row claims that American interests are trying to negotiate for Iranian uranium. A.P.
    A.P.  -  17 words
  • Article
    Christian 'Varsity for Japs
    235 5 Christian 'Varsity for Japs TPHE Rev. Dr. Ralph E. x Diffendorfer, U.S. director of overseas missionary work for the Methodist Church, has disclosed plans for a new international Christian University near Tokyo. Dr. Diffendorfer, who returned to America recently after three months m Japan where he helped to establish the
    235 words
  • Article
    IGOROTS AID IN WAR ON P.I. REBELS
    101 5 TWO HUNDRED Huks -Filipino rebels were killed or wounded m rwo days when Constabulary troops, aided by Igorot warriors, assaulted and destroyed a major dissident centre m Aritao m the mountainous country along th c border between Nueva Eeija and Nueva Vizcaya provinces.
    U.P.  -  101 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Cotton industry has the jitters
    208 5 f ANCASHIRE'S cotton industry i s reported to be m a state of jitters, following the closing down of two mills at Bolton because of lack of orders. A rather bleak wind swept over Lancashire when Sir Raymond Streat, chairman of the Cotton Board, m
    208 words
  • Article
    E.C.A. plan to help Austria
    46 5 The Economic Co-operation Administration (E.C.A.) announces approval of the expenditure of about 22 Vi million dollars for industrial, agricultural development m Austria. The EC. A. said the money will come from funds deposited by Austria to match American foreign grants. A.P
    A.P.  -  46 words
  • Article
    SOMALI PROTEST
    24 5 Somali leaders at Mogadishu, m former Italian Somaliland, have issued a declaration opposing any kind of Italian rule m the future. U.P.
    U.P.  -  24 words
  • Article
    INDIA TALKS ON CULTURE
    81 5 A DECISION to set up an Indian council to promote cultural co-operation between India and other Asian countries was taken by an informal conference called at New Delhi by the Education Minister, Mr. Maulana Abul KaJam Azad. The conference was attended by the ambassadors ,of China,
    Reuter  -  81 words
  • Article
    Hunting the customer in America
    396 5 Hunting the customer in America SALESMEN m the United States are beating the bushes for customers again. They are using some new sticks, but the old tricks. For instance, wives of highly-placed public officials pour tea m department stores part of a nation-wide drive to sell a brand of silverware.
    396 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    25 5 lh« Russian delegation on arrival at Karachi airport, Pakistan, for trade talks with Pakistan Government. The leader, Mr. Ivan Andreevich Bremin, Is fourth from right
    25 words
  • Article
    New Palestine move likely
    102 5 MR. PAUL A. PORTER. UJS member of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission, may recommend that the Palestine conciliation talks here be wound up and the whole Palestine problem turned over to the United Nations General Assembly, wellinformed sources said yesterday. A meeting between Mr Porter
    Reuter  -  102 words
  • Article
    Hindu chief welcomed
    43 5 Over 100,000 people welcomed Mr. M. S. GoJwalkar, chief of the Rashltriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (R. 8.5.), militant Hindu organisation, i Delhi railway station yesterday. Mr. Oolwalkar Is on I country -wide tour to reorganise the R S 8 Reuter
    Reuter  -  43 words
  • Article
    TWO 'FORCES FOR PEACE'
    112 5 TWO 'FORCES FOR PEACE GEN. Carl Spratz, retired US Air Force Chief, says that the atomic bomb aiui j the B-36 bomber, which was j destined to deliver the bomb. "are the greatest forces fur peace m the world." He said that m terms of past wars Russia could subdue
    A.P.  -  112 words
  • Article
    'PRICE OF PEACE' PLEA BY TRUMAN
    116 5 PRESIDENT Truman loday pleaded $1,450,000.0(0 to arm U.S. Allies against Russian aggression as part of the price of pear* He declared that ptaot With freedom and justice cannot be bought cheaply as hf spearheaded the Administration Senate drive (o restore a US $580,405,000 Cttl
    A.P.  -  116 words
  • Article
    JAP DRAGNET FOR KOREANS
    53 5 THE movement into and oui < 1 the Wr\st* m Japan p<»rt dt Shimonosekl has been hlbited following r. Saturday m which thi ans were killed. rirr police turvelllanc boinK maintained i whll«- the the round up of X ed m I N itlon«*l m To
    Reuter  -  53 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      130 5 Hear— FRANK SINATRA on Columbia Records. ALL OR NOTHINO AT AI I CIRIBIRIBIN DB 2)43 JINOLE BELLS ADESTE FIDELFS dc 43 1 THE COFFEE SCNO THE STARS WILL REMEMBER DB A FEI ,A WITH AN UMBRP:T.LA IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I DANCE WITH YOU DB WHILE THE ANOELUS WA£ RINOINO
      130 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 1
      425 5 af_i^aav_tt .BBC). 8.30 News (English-BBC) SINGAPOHi. 8.45 Dutch (BBC). 9. Kuoyu fMlSlSi *iirrwt\t*U\ (BBC). 930 Burmese (BBC). 9 45 fULUE NETWUK__.> English: News Rubber Prices; 184 and 41.7 metre* 10 Ra^o News Reel (BBC); 10 15 1 ni.Tsencj news from f_J_. -Band Call' (2); 10.45 'Generally at 10 sum. Speaking*
      425 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24. 1949. DEATH FROM BEHIND
    325 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24. 1949. DEATH FROM BEHIND WELCOME action by Singapore Traffic Police is cutting down the Colony's accident rate. At least there has been a halt m the list of fatal accidents on open roads, so that It seems the thrusters are taking heed of
    325 words
  • Article
    This way for the Kremlin?
    280 6 MOSCOW must be smiling at some of the things now being written m British and American newspapers Some of the less ipon&ible m both countries see-m 10 be under the impression that the ruder they rnn he about the other the better will be the
    280 words
  • Article
    Breaking the bank at Monte
    561 6  -  F. G. PRINCE WHITE -By I MONTE CARLO: |F you "broke the bank at Monte Carlo" today nobody Kcrc would dream of making a song about The fact is that it's "broken" so often nowadays that the feat no longer evokes much excitement. At the
    561 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FORMOSA IS CRAMMED WITH TROOPS
    649 6  - FORMOSA IS CRAMMED WITH TROOPS RICHARD HUGHES By TOKYO: THE future of Formosa, Nationalist China's last uneasy fortress, is engaging the anxious attention of General Mac Arthur and his slender military Occupation Force m Japan. Chiang Kai-shek's private offer of the beautiful rocky island to the United States for use
    649 words
  • Article
    A BOOM IN GOLD FISH
    548 6  -  4 HOBBY that was A "all the rage" m China more than 1,500 years ago is today claiming the spare time and cash of tens of thousands of neople m the British Isles. They call themselves "aquarists" which is rather a harsh-sounding equivalent of the
    548 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    22 6 Peter Shaw, Irish-born actor, leaves St. Columbus Church House, Chelsza with his br ide, Angela Lansbury, British film star, after their wedding.
    22 words
  • Article, Illustration
    A great chance may be los
    476 6  - A great chance may be los PRESTO MUSIC It* SINGAPOkt WHETHER or not Singapore is to hear Elisa b c t h Schwartzkopf and the Batavia Philharmonic Orchestra m October depends on whether, guarantors can be found for $11,000 within the next 48 hours. After last nights appeal by the
    476 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Reviews of Records
    606 6 "Die Fledermaus" overture (Johann Strauvs). The Philharmonic Orchestra conductvd by Joref Krips. THIS should satisfy ill who find Strauss's music :.rres«tible and who doesn't? Too ofien Strauss is inadequately played and familiarity m these circumstances may breed contempt but we ha\e had some very fine Strau I
    606 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      19 6 GEORG JENSEN SILVER A Sotable Same m the History of SILVERWARE m H. SENA, LTD. BANGKOK, PENANG AND SINGAPORE
      19 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      39 6 ft W' m VjJK' Zff^i V LEMON HA^l COCKTAIL LO One-third LEMON HART. ,-thrd Orange or Le-non Squat* |v- c. one-th-d CM n0« w.ne. Ice tot FOR COOKINC luaspoon LEMON HART .n all rec oudd.nßS. etc AGENTS: fifr CALDBECKS
      39 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article, Illustration
    OWNERS
    260 7 View of Chinese Chamber chief VAlinATinv e ss Staff VALIDATION «f land deals during the Japanese occupation and the right of crcd* tors to ask for re-valuation of payments hv a wh i hi? out m the Debt r will hit property owners who were forced to mortgage their
    Free Press  -  260 words
  • Article
    New vessel due here
    127 7 ONE of the biggest ocean liners to be built m France since the war. the 19.000-ton Messageries Maritimes ship La Marseillaise, arrives m Singapore on Sept. 3 on her maiden voyage to the Far East. The construction of the vessel was begun m 1939, but was
    127 words
  • Article
    ATTENDANCE CENTRE
    89 7 ATTENDANCE CENTRE ARRANGEMENTS are being made with the youth welfare, food and finance sections of the Social Welfare Department for the establishment of an attendance centre at the Prince Edward Road Boys' Club. As an experiment, the centre will be run jointly by the club's leader and the probation section.
    89 words
  • Article
    DRIVER FINED
    60 7 For driving off with a bundle of cloth left behind by a fare, a taxi-driver. Lim Kee Eng, aged 23. of Jalan Besar. was yesterday fln^d $50 m the second Police Court Lim's fare. Eng Thuang Chean. took down the numbor of the taxi. This led to Lim's
    60 words
  • Article
    Memorial in Thomson Rd.
    113 7 A MEMORIAL and a mass grave m memory of the Chinese who were massacred by the Japanese during their occupation of Singapore will be established m the Ang Mo Kio district at Thomson Road near the 6th milestone. The site was chosen by the Appeal Committee
    113 words
  • Article
    Boys' Town will cost $1,000,000
    207 7 Free Press Staff Reporter IM)YS' Town, the home for orphans and destitute boys which the Order of St. Gabriel is building at the 9* mile, Bukit Timah Road, is estimated to cost more than $1,000,000. Work on clearing the site has already begun The fund
    207 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    141 7 dps ami Ind us of the ed when tiipa bend no longer ys Grad. Of the mem- colleges me recalls belie ye that d be drawn than the are sound this school of of the argu- high honours me pa^t schoI Oxford and •hey enter;m school." ntinues: "There surprising
    141 words
  • Article
    BATHED AT PIPE
    23 7 MUAR. Tues— Charged before the Muar Magistrate with bathing at a public stand Pipe. Eng Yu was fined «3. picture.
    23 words
  • Article
    Labour officials inspect conditions
    230 7 A ROrTiw Chinese Correspondent A r h?i/J?H f mSP T Ct f work *«S conditions of child and female labour employed by factories and Chinese newspapers is being conducted by Labour Department officials. y A round of night visits was made last week to factories and
    230 words
  • Article
    MAILS
    44 7 Surface mails are expected L'> re today from Chint. Hongkong, Japan and Australia. Closing times for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today are: to Siam, S. Africa, N. Borneo. T*buan. Brunei, Miri. E. India and Pakistan: noon, and to Kuinprhow: 6 p.m.
    44 words
  • Article
    U.S. CONSULAR OFFICIAL HERE
    81 7 THE United States Consul--1 Gei era 1 m Batavia, Mr. Charles A Livengood. has arrived m Singapore with his wif^ on hiL w.iy back to Washington Mr Livengooc, who has been U.S Consi;l-General m Batavia for the past two years, wit be .caving for Hong Kong
    81 words
  • Article
    Flying Visitors
    44 7 As H. M. Aircraft Carrier Triumph approaches Singapore tomorrow morning a flight of Naval Aircraft consisting of six Seaflres and six Fireflies will take off from her deck and make a formation flight over the town before landing at RAF. Station Sembawang.
    44 words
  • Article
    MRNVR PROMOTION
    46 7 The Governor has approved trie promotion of Lieut. V. P. Couphlai Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He tw also approved a Commission as Lieutenant, Malayan Royal Ntval Volunteer Reserve to B R. Lowick.
    46 words
  • Article
    ONAM FESTIVAL
    26 7 Singapore Kerala Samajam will celebrate Onam. the biggest festival of Malayalees, on Sept. 4 at New World. The programme will start at 3.30 p.m.
    26 words
  • Article
    MR. H.M. DANKER
    41 7 Mr H. M. Danker, Councils Clerk and acting assistant to the Principal Assistant Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, has been appointed to periorm the duties of an Assistant Secretary m the Colonial Secretariat, m addition to his own duties.
    41 words
  • Article
    APPOINTMENTS
    25 7 Mr. A. H. Robson, M.C.S., has been appointed Assist- ant Financial Secretary. Singapore, and Mr. M. C Compton, M.C.S. acting Principal Assistant Financial Assistant.
    25 words
  • Article
    SPORE SEAHORSES REACH LONDON
    188 7 Fret* Press Staff Reporter TWO four-inch long seahorses from Singapore, shipped to Englanc; under the first impOii liceiv'e granted since the vai arrived m London recently foi the Colonial ExhiUtlon. They were sent by Mr. Charles Schiller, a tropica 1 fith engineer for rhr p^st 25
    188 words
  • Article, Illustration
    325 teachers do vacation course
    339 7 Free Press Staff Reporter T<HREE hundred and twenty-five teachers from all parts of the country except Trengganu and Kedah have been attending the ten-day vacation course at Raffles College which closes today with a tea party at 5 p.m. This, the first course of its
    339 words
  • Article
    FINED $25
    23 7 PARIT BUNTAB, Tues lor carrying passengers m hij private Awang bin Kassbn wa i fined $25 In the Parit Buntar Court.
    23 words
  • Article
    2 FRIGATES ARRIVE
    121 7 THE two latest additions to the Far Eastern Fleet m South-East Asian waters H.M.S. St. Brides Bay and H.M.S. Cardigan Bay, arrived at Singapore Naval Base fmm Ma;ta on Manday Both are frigates, of the type which took over convoy escort duties from corvettes during the latter
    121 words
  • Article
    3 new JP's appointed
    145 7 ryHb. ;ipp >:m unent ot three L new Justlcet oi th< i iur Negri Senibil.m are included m today's birthday honours list of the Yang di P< r Besar He ll 54. Thr new j.p.s are Dr. Chung Ah Khoon, Mr Maurice Nunis and Mr. H.
    145 words
  • Article
    Polio case in Johore
    34 7 INHERE were si /en ra scrub typhus two ol vi typhus, and on < l p pori d m the Pedt the week endin LS Tlic polio a V..LS m Jon
    34 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      83 7 For D EVENING DRESSES SHADED NYLON fn Exquisite Pastel Shades. Sviwitfi Ctr. E5p L*t& SINGAPORE WTEIE PHONE 5214 WAIT? You can get it by the EASIEST WAY! NOW! family f* jgfc *n,o, o ,5^ Kadio /Mi pay on iy J2C per month. '^MERCIAL TRADERS House ot Hire-Purchase 1 Bulletin* Chulia
      83 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      48 7 DIAMOND ALUMINIOMWAKE MODERNISE iQUR KITCHEN THE MACHINED BASE ENSURES ECONOMY IN HEAT. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENA N r, JEWELLERY W A T P hI q SILVERWARE S.P.H. de ajOLV\ 45, HIGH STREEi SINGAPORE IPOH LU -jR Attention motorists. We eu supply 7»u from BAN LEE SENG Trlephon,. H7
      48 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article, Illustration
    WELFARE DEPT. HEARS HOME DISPUTES
    545 8 WELFARE DEPT. HEARS HOME DISPUTES picture. 50 cases dealt every month arise over the custody of <:hildren. r "One woman will say she is the mother of a child and merely asked the other woman to look after the child for a specified sum per month, and the other woman
    Yons Heng Studio  -  545 words
  • Article, Illustration
    He is 54 today
    48 8 rpOOAY Is the 54th birth--1 day of the Yang diPertuan of Negri Semhilan and is a public holiday m the State. In celebration of his birthday the Yang diPertuan Besar has made a gift of $1,750 to the I'niversity of Malaya Endowment Appeal Fund.
    48 words
  • Article
    Vital role of Malayan University
    253 8 A VITAL role which the Malayan University will fill is mentioned by Grad monthly bullet! c' the Stamford Club, In iU latest issue. ,'hi- rnouthniecp of local graduates of colleges and university > says: -a unl\ersity has many oiLi things to do besides *lv nu
    253 words
  • Article
    SLOOPS ARRIVES
    28 8 The 630- ton French Navy Bloop, La Gracieuse. arrived m Singapore on Monday from Sa gon on a two-day visit. She has called here for bunkers
    28 words
  • Article
    Promotion powers suggested
    428 8 Public Service Commission MR. C. C. Tan (Municipal South-west), objecting to certain features of the Bill to establish a Public Service Commission m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, said that the Commission should have powers to control promotions m the public service and municipal commissioners should be
    428 words
  • Article
    N.Y. STOCKS DECLINE
    48 8 \f ANY operators m the New York Stock Exchange yesterday showed reluctance to do business. As a result business was slack and a gradual decline m prices persisted throughout the MHfIOT. Losses ranging to U.S. $2 on some shares accompanied occasional disappointing company news. Reuter
    Reuter  -  48 words
  • Article
    14 days'notice when moratorium ends
    547 8 14 days' notice when moratorium ends Free Press Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT proposes to give 14 days' notice to the public before lifting the moratorium so that those affected would not be unduly prejudiced, said the Attorney-General. Mr. E. J. Davies, at yesterday's meeting of the Sir^apore Legislative Council. It was
    547 words
  • Article
    Gilt-edgeds up in dull mart
    201 8 Gilt-edgeds up in dull mart London Stocl^Sß^ OI'SINESS m the lone. extremely small >• ?f of the prose.a iccounl n < t|l( correspondent. Some merits were madr but r deal. tlf British Govemmi i ti*s wen slight i>- improvements b ed mainly to tec I men! of posltloi and tins
    201 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      126 8 CAPITOL SAT AT MNITE qJ>« h?.SSOUR STUDIOS ABBdi-r UPSteuo W HOT I*s^,*, f*# Ate 1 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint S'omnq GALE STORM. Allied Artittt HOLIYWOOO— Ey« mak*<up may mix •ibly b« u«»d for offic* hour app*aran<ai if an ir »ig«nt degrt* of ditcrotion it wwd ml amount applied Ey« mako-ua •hould
      126 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      83 8 The Motor Vc hclri (Com/ Notice of Application for a Vrmi lay.v for i I cribrd In th <c tar busi: 1. rf V. DEFINITELY LAST THREE sS SAVIL3©|!2 vs 1 1 Jair conditionfdH PHONE 6903 GERMANY'S FIRST POST-WAR IN AGFA "THE GIRL OF MYjREW, PLEASE NOIRIH h:AIREH^S RESERVED FOR
      83 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      255 8 m3f!(Sr2K6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava X// I* YOUMUSTI'IMPLOHES OtREK. \*AnO If I'M CAUGHT, WHAT JAIL CAN I I 55ax, OEREK. I'LL TRY POrfT E rr-ni L *NOMATT£RHOWim,I CAN'T, HOLD ME fAS LOHG AS I LIVE .I'LL HYPNOTIC SUGGfcSfiON. 1 I'LL F CAN YOU TAKE MY
      255 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article, Illustration
    Businesss 'Trouble Shooters'
    488 9 these days of falling sales and competition, Hiean business--Iwe faced more r k'lorc with Mem of stream* their organ isii'l reducing costs with•rting to large oils, and disloca Lii plants. "slump" is strong an r the state of U.S. torecent rendon newsa United States j cline can
    488 words
  • Article
    Where our British justice lags behing U. S.
    2007 9  -  These Ha a* irttfßS OF CX apICA is the country m treat sorder social She has nto the thrown on it of anworld, of false pie are It minds. You can of them, you can But while proud see p those tion
    2,007 words
  • Article, Illustration
    The Red Indian's resurrection
    572 9  -  Rodney Campbell by THE descendants of the war-painted braves who hurled their tomahawks and tired their naming arrows across the stockades into Fort Pitt and who scalped settlers and hunted buffalo with carefree, gay feathered abandon, are now living peacefully down on the farm or by
    572 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      91 9 AIR CONDITIONED /ly i^ CATHAY RESTAURANT M \JU FOR GOOD FOOD. WINE MUSIC j (V business luncheons VJ^ BOOK OF 12 TICKETS FOR *2S/ ENTITLES Mj fill 9 YOU TO 12 FULL TABLE D HOTE S COURSE JW 12-S0 LUNCHEONS ,\M TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT PORWARDI 173, CECIL STREET,
      91 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article, Illustration
    F.A. AID FOR ATHLETICS MAY BE OPPOSED
    439 10  - F.A. AID FOR ATHLETICS MAY BE OPPOSED GEORGE CHANDLER By Players' Union to study situa tion THE recent policy of the English Football Association utilizing soccer players to raise funds for athletics threatens to develop into a controversy with the Players' Union. At the end of the playing season last
    439 words
  • Article
    LONGCHAMPS B.P.
    114 10 Longchamp* B P boat the F\tTßlow B.P. by four games to three m a game of badminton played at the former's court. Following are the result.; (L<ngcbampa players mentlou^d flnt): Khoo Th.^m Wbatt i< "c Cheng Kooa 16-17; 14-15. Khoo 17-18; 12 15; Wee Ban Hrn lost U>
    114 words
  • Article
    S.C.R.C. HOCKEY
    56 10 The first hockey practice lor sc.r.c. members this season will bi held ;>t HoOfe Lim Green tomorrow starting at 5.15 p.m. All those wishing to play hockey are invited to turn up for practice on Puesdays and Thursd.\\>. The convenor is Mr. Lav Hock Chye of MacLaino. WftteOn
    56 words
  • Article
    ARMY SOCCER XI
    46 10 'Y'iVE following will represent the Army against X.A F. Combined mi n the community I M match to b<» played at Jnilnn Bi ar toda^. Service; Butler, I> film, \\T»it^horn (Cfcpt.), Huds n Ktnnedy. Todd. InglU. HDvson a:.d Iretond. Resents BarneMr\ or WUliama
    46 words
  • Article
    SAJARAH S.C. WIN
    38 10 The Kut.iii^ saJ*i h Itwrti club first and lecond teams bwl Commercial Hish Bchoa| first and second teams at football at Loroug X ground on Sunday, the first Warn winning Btx- h*w nn reeonii fhree-tno.
    38 words
  • Article
    DUNLOP SPORTS CLUB WIN
    122 10 The Dunlop Sports Club met the Malacca Municipal Sports Club (2nd Team) at badminton over the weekend and won six Raines out ot the seven played. Scorers are as follows (Dunlop players mentioned first) Ec Hock Song beat C. Ra]«»thurai 13-13 <5-3>, 15-5: Lim Joo Svtee
    122 words
  • Article
    GREEN HOUSE BP
    86 10 The results were »Grre :l r b P. p i test): ,lr>: HeOfl B Chua Pob Kbooa 15-7 l»-U Hu;U Kcnu bMLI lim Ah Huan 15-5 15-9; RCCff Kuans to Kh Ah Biih 4-15 IJ-15; LOQ Qwk Chuan lost to N Kec 7-15 7-15: li beat Pang
    86 words
  • Article
    CANCELLED
    23 10 U.P H^HE friendly NCM Mttcft) between Amicabli I ■OCtattOß and C.V.M.A scheduled •o have been pla>t-d BOD C.A. ground i .tiled off.
    U.P.  -  23 words
  • Article
    U.K. league soccer fixtures
    294 10 U.K. league soccer fixtures FOI LOWnta are foOtOaU fixtures lor Saturday and Monday next: SATUKDAI ENGLISH LEAGUE F ir*t I>i\i>«on: Aston V. v Fulhmm, Burnley v Boit.m w Charlton v Manchester C Che'. Derby. Everton Liverpool, Huddersfield v Middlesbrough, Manter i v West Bromwtch Portsmouth v Blackpool. su>ke v Birmingham.
    Reuter  -  294 words
  • Article
    ARMY RUGBY MEETING
    27 10 Singapore District. (Armyi will be holding their annual (Rugby) general meeting on Friday. August, 26 at 10 a.m. at the Army H.Q. Fort Canning.
    27 words
  • Article
    BRIGHTON & HOVE MAKE BIG PLANS
    390 10 BRIGHTON HOVE MAKE BIG PLANS I By A Special Correspondent BRIGHTON and Hove Albion Football Club, for so long threatening promotion but never achieving it, expect their best-ever season this coming winter. To this end a new stand has been built on the (ioldstone ground and the enclosure has been
    390 words
  • Article
    BRITISH CYCLISTS IN POLAND
    66 10 THE oral British cycle (earn ever to ride m Po- j land started off on Monday afternoon In Poland's classical cycle race "Tour de Pologne." Britain s eight-man team Is competing with a record number of foreign riders. crowd of 8.00 saw 20.000 »na released as
    A.P.  -  66 words
  • Article, Illustration
    POCKLITES DRAW
    125 10 In friendly soccer matoh I .it fairer park >estt>rd;\v Rocklltea r«.w one-all with BUnc i D.i r by Sporis Club. Qeorge da Silva scared for the Rocklites and Sallehudin netted r Simc Darby. SPEEDWAY RACING: Although Australia were without Vie Dofgmn and Ron J ohnson, their star riders,
    125 words
  • Article
    NO PERMITS NEEDED
    33 10 SPECTATORS will be admitted to (be Naval Base without speicsl Demits via Woodlands Gate, Bukit Tim ah Road, or via Canberra Gate, Thomson Road, for Saturday's Singapore representative athletic meeting.
    33 words
  • Article
    'CYCLE SPEEDWAY' IS A NEW SPORT
    439 10 'CYCLE SPEEDWAY' IS A NEW SPORT A NEW spcrt which has its scene on an old bomb-site In England's cities and town Is finding increasing popularity among the thousands of teen-agers. The sport is called cycle speedway. With many playing fields still being used for producing food for t :e
    439 words
  • Article
    Al Weill's plans for Madison Sq.
    88 10 Al Weill's plans for Madison Sq. AL WEIIJL. Square Gar(i« he hMB t made matches yet at least Just as he took o&v< managers went OD •'tiled It summer tnd too late f shows. But A'. practice by arr ;ien fin the G>ird«iT to wort he vfl] I j no
    88 words
  • Article
    EWELL TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
    5 10 Reuter
    Reuter  -  5 words
  • Article
    WHAT AN IDEA!
    9 10  - WHAT AN IDEA! DENIS COMPTON D I 1 I
    9 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      127 10 CAPITOL I'll one MVI STARTS TODAY 11-1. 45-4.00-6.30-4.30 co their s* defiance jfl Mm H and flr^^nbl f their '■JU J^^^B 1 if new i-V w^m i| peak s» I v tor A\ 1 J the MM 9 KttttS VIRGiNIAMAYO WALSH I LAST 3 SHOWS 10.30 a.m. 2 5.30 p.m.
      127 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 2
      130 10 it 'IT- <+' jf f Bmbßl B x /^B B^a\ A^NBB^bV^l^^bT |fl B^BHB^^BBHV Bat I ■^lHßfiicf Hbb 5v B W^*riH B^l with Che AUSTIN S-ton Tru XTRA MM When you ouy an Ail** *et a becter-buiii H Df( Aiuun.pnng.Qg combine, .up- Jl H^ pl C ncs. with .heer .trcngth co
      130 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Article
    S.C.F.A. PRACTICE SURREY WIN IN EXCITING FINISH
    559 11 S.C.F.A. PRACTICE SURREY WIN IN EXCITING FINISH M'sex bid for title checked gained a splendid victory by y seasons Surrey who received a check m tL» X.!J S Over Ml <*<"««ei championship thelr bld for the county an l^^^^^tl^ u^ m Middlesex-played 25, points 180, possible points 192 remaining match
    Reuter  -  559 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    61 11 SiTCCHSSFLL: Candidates who won the Royal Life Saving Award of Merit at the Chinese Swimming Club last week. Back row (Left ip right): Hoay Teik Choo Ho Wee Song, Tan Chong Chake. Wong Yip Chong. Lionel Chce. Tan Yon* Tian. Lan Huat Monff. Front row (left to right): Leong Yee
    61 words
  • Article
    Allworth in fine condition
    133 11 irpRATNERS van Breukelen's an d Hobbs" horses were ti™ Ol \l? c track for the fi rst ur»e this morning. They were all confined to trot tine cx rc v!!* e on the thir <* track Hobbs" Gold Cup nope Allworth is In fine fettle. He
    133 words
  • Article
    S.C.C. RUGGER
    47 11 The following were elected office bearers for the S.C.C. Rugby Section for this year: Captain. Gordon Taylor; vicecaptain, J.F.M. Roualle; hon. secretary, P. Guest; convernor, J.F.M. Roualle. The first fixture of the >cason will be played on Sept. 24 between the Newcomers and the Rest.
    47 words
  • Article
    2nd & 3rd day weights
    471 11 2nd 3rd day weights WEIGHTS for all seven races on Wednesday, Aug. 31, and four races on Saturday, Sept. 3, the second and third days of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting;. are given below. SECOND DAY Ci. 2, Dlv. I— 7f less 17 yd. Jack's Darling 9.00 Race
    471 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    23 11 HATER-BABY: Robin Leigh Whitford. seven months, of Lo S Angeles, does a backstroke while her instructor. Mrs. C Scarborough looks on A. P.
    A.P.  -  23 words
  • Article
    U.K. Rugby & soccer rusults
    74 11 U.K. Rugby soccer rusults YESTERDAYS English .occer I "apue results were: DIVISION ONE: Aston Villa 1. Derby County 1; Burnley 2, Sunrierland 2. DIVISION THREE: (SOITH) Southend ltd. 1, Port Vale 0 DIVISION THREE: (NORTH) Oldham Ath. 2. Rotherham 2. Tran.nere Rovers 2, Barrow 1. GLASGOW CUP. (Ist Round): Clyde
    Reuter  -  74 words
  • Article
    Spore Hockey Assn. have big plans ahead
    275 11 r v Sl g^P° re Hockey Association have big plans th/^kim yCSt f Fday S mcetin of the Association h o y f sendln an all-Malayan hockey team to the Olympic Games at Helsinki m 1952 were discussed and the Association is out
    275 words
  • Article
    Ceylonese lose their 7th. game
    135 11 f EYLONESE, Cinderella 1 team of the S.A.F.A. inter-Community league, j yesterday lost their seventh consecutive game when beaten by Eurasians by five-one. In the 10th minute Van Huizen made a solo run up to score the opening goal, which was shortly later followed by
    135 words
  • Article
    Tanglin tennis results
    127 11 RESULTS of ties In the Tanglin tennis tournament ni* v^ yesterday are as follows P JJ"? 4 #uW Major and -rS' w beat Lt.-Col &na Mrs. Rumsey «-3, 9-7 Men's open doubles: W A Kerner and J. H Kulper beat E. Strickland and Nathan 6?3 6-0 Mens
    127 words
  • Article
    T.B.A. BEATEN AT TABLE TENNIS
    134 11 IN a friendly table tennis match playped between the Tamil Brotherhood Association and C.V.M.A. Portugese Mission) at the former*! clubhouse la<=t night, the T.B.A. last by six games r o one Results, (T.B.A. players ;»re mentioned first). I Sinrles: Sardool lost »o William i HendrofT
    134 words
  • Article
    TODAY'S SOCCER
    39 11 g.C.C. meet Kota Raja In a Senior LeaKue soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium today. In Junior B, Oroup A, Pulau Brani, who are unable to ral*e a team, have awarded a walkover to the Indonesians. photo.
    39 words
  • Article
    DUKE TO LEAD ENGLAND TEAM
    79 11 THE Duke of Edinburgh is to lead an England cricket XI against Hampshire County at Bournemouth on September 19. The Duke's team will inclu<te G-O. Allen, England; and Middlesex; S. C. Griffith, England and Sussex; R. w wi^i Roblns Entfand and Middlesex; p. r. Brown,
    A.P.  -  79 words
  • Article
    STORE MOTOR CLUB TO HOLD 'ADVT. RALLY'
    165 11 rVHE Singapore Motor Club will be introducing another new motoring event on Wednesday* September 7, wt\tn they hold the "Advertisement h, 1 Rally M The forthcoming rally will be similar to the recently held photographic rally" except for the fact that the clues
    165 words
  • Article
    New Zealanders beat time and win by 9 wkts.
    386 11 gET to score 153 runs m 75 minutes at Liverpool i v lr es 4 terda y» *o beat Lancashire, the New Zealand cricketers accomplished the feat with seven minutes to spare and won by nine wickets r,^H The eclaration by
    Reuter  -  386 words
  • Article
    SSC junior swimming gala on Sat.
    398 11 SSC junior swimming gala on Sat. JN order to meft the growuiK demand for competitor among the Singapore Swin Club's young iwtHUMfS, nnd to provide entertainment sport for the larß»> numbtr ol school children here from EmkHi d the committee has ■framed u» hold a junior swimming «aln .n the
    398 words
  • Article
    Tigers score 2-1 victory
    91 11 T H k T SJL of Singapore, bea Burma Civilians by ylsVr^ l ne m Rangoon Pla^T^un^y SS by the odd goal m three mS"^??? 117 the T l^" dominated the game with fast, tricky play and led by two ffoals at halftlme. Their scorers were
    A.P.  -  91 words
  • Article
    T. BAHRU RANGERS
    17 11 T^ong Bahru Rangers will meet Owen Youngster, at »occ«r on Saturday at Parrer Park.
    17 words
  • Article
    MRS BROOKS WINS
    33 11 T.i I Au «f lls t Cmp ttion r: island club Ladles Secwon by Mrs B I Bro and Miss c. Ln» tied foi Piace with scores of 101 -3f.
    33 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      131 11 TfITSTODAY! U W* THE NIGHT ay with ■T;, violence* to* I HZ* Epd Thru' Eagle-lita Lr. Af M N/f£ I i r y AWD r/£W/ HAMBRA MUwned Tpl. 690<» psi day! }"> fc 9.30 p.m. Monogram's [IOLDEN EYE [PLUS! WARD BOUND' *OMO R ROW PIEDiA BRITANNICA bwl«d e e To
      131 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 2
      45 11 QAlffiV Wehav eawell,t.cke.i ijUW cellar and can sup >i v ■W V°u with all the RHTAIIDAMT p °P ular brandi of Xt J I AUK AN I whisky, gin and H,.r 24.00 tt you *ant* it> e Budgei on Itava or Phoni 547} <?fre#f Kw
      45 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article
    BIRTHS
    49 12 POEV TO EMILY, wife of Allied Poey, Batu Pahat. a son. Alfred Charles at Kandang Kprbau Hospital. Singapore on 20tr August 1949. Both well. \NKER at Kandang Kerbau H^cital Singapore on 23rd August to Joan wife of W. H. Anker a daughter Susan Annette. Federation tinners please copy.
    49 words
  • Article
    ENGAGEMENT
    44 12 THE ENGACxEMENT is announced at Kuala Lumpur, between Keith, eldest son of the lntp Mr. W. J. Young and Mrs. G C Young of Audenshaw. Lanouhire »rui Kay, only daughter Oi *Ye late Mr. W. Marsh and Mrs. V. MaiV.i of Penarth, ins)urp.
    44 words
  • Article
    DEATH
    19 12 i EVE- On 7th Aueust m B'inbtv Alison Anne aged 22 months, only child of Eleanor Hd-rv Grieve.
    19 words
  • Article, Illustration
    GEN. CHIANG BIG OFFENSIVE
    384 12 GEN. CHIANG BIG OFFENSIVE Opposes Canton peace move HONG KONG, Wednesday. PENERALIS^IMO Chiang Kai-shek, who unexpectedly arrived bj*air m Canton yesterday, presided at a conference of top Nationalist military leaders last night to discuss launching oi an all-out counter-offensive as the main Communist armies stand poised to invade Kwangtung. Another
    384 words
  • Article
    PACTS RATIFIED
    14 12 The Czech Government yesterday ratified trade agreements with the Soviet Union. Reuter
    Reuter  -  14 words
  • Article
    WORLD TIN OUTPUT
    149 12 THE HAGUE, Wed. ADVANCE figures issued by the secretariat for the International Tin Study Group at The Hague show the world's total production of tin m June as 15.600 long tons tinj concentrates) and 14.000 long, tons of tin metal. World exports m June were 9,600 long
    A.P.  -  149 words
  • Article
    Will resist invasion, says military chief
    241 12 Will resist invasion, says military chief BURMA WATCHING CHINA KARACHI, Wednesday. VyiTH Chinese Communist forces steadily approaching Yunnan Province, which borders on Burma, the Burmese deputy Premier and Comman-der-in-Chief, Gen. Nc Win, who is on a visit to Pakistan, announced that his Government is keeping vigilant watch on military developments
    A.P.  -  241 words
  • Article
    POOL BAN
    43 12 The Municipal Council of: Kempsey, Australia, has barr- ed nearly all aborigines m the area from using the town's swimming pool. Only aboriginal children attending Kempsey high school may use the pool. About 400 are affected by the ban.- A. P.
    A.P.  -  43 words
  • Article
    Win Talentime on Saturday
    63 12 THE Tamil Brotherhood Association will be staging the first Indian Talen- I time show at their club-« house m Farrer Park on Saturday at 6.15 p.m. The programme com- j prises ten items, including j two to be given by Larry Fenton and his Tincan Toledoes
    63 words
  • Article
    U.S. FLEETS SPAIN TRIP
    50 12 AMERICAN warships will visit Spain next month for the first time since Generalissimo Franco took pvmer a decade ago. In Washington a State Department official said the visit is the Navy's idea and does I not represent any change m America's chilly attitude toward Franco.- A.P.
    A.P.  -  50 words
  • Article
    NOAH'S ARK QUEST POSTPONED
    178 12 LONDON. Wed. MR. Egerton Sykes, 54-year-old London explorer, yesterday called off his plan to climb Mount Arrarat m search of Noah's Ark this year. Mr. Sykes said he had received the verbal permission of the Turkish Embassy to make the trip but that it presently was
    U.P.  -  178 words
  • Article
    MP's anti-US oufburst
    52 12 MR. TOM O'BRIEN, Socialist M.P., last night told a political rally at Finchley. a London suburb, that Britain would rather risk Communism than "be kicked around by unlettered, pot-bellied money magnates of the United States." Mr. O'Brien, 49, is general secretary of the National Association of Theatrical
    U.P.  -  52 words
  • Article
    DUTCH LIFT BAN ON 'REBEL' FLAG
    186 12 BATAVIA, Wednesday THE Dutch administration last night lifted its ban on the flying of the Indonesian Republican red and white nag m Batavia M to give tangible proof of the Government's joy at the opening of the roundtable conference at The Hague. This flag
    Reuter  -  186 words
  • Article
    PAKISTAN WARNED BY INDIA
    112 12 PAKISTAN WARNED BY INDIA NEW DELHI. Wed. INDIA has formally protested to Pakistan against "continued violations" of the in-ter-Dominlon agmwent on evacuee property. An official spokesman said yesterday India is com meed thai Pakistan intends to acquire the property of all non-Muslim nationals, thereby forcing 500.000 Hindus and Sikhs In
    Reuter; A.P.  -  112 words
  • Article
    'Back self-rule for Asia'
    67 12 NEW YORK. Wed. THE New York HeraldTribune yesterday called upon the Western democracies to "declare themsebes the champions of self-government m Asia." The newspaper said that the desire of Asians to IfllH themselves "could be used as a weapon against Communism." It added, To the present
    Reuter  -  67 words
  • Article
    Denied trial by British court-martial
    95 12 Denied trial by British court-martial HAMBURG, Wed. FORMER German FieldT Marshal Erich von Mansiein failed yesterday m a bid to have himself tried by 1 court of British field-mar-shals. When he Appeared before a military tribunal I Hambui headed* by a Lieutenant-Col-onel, his counsel claimed that Von Mansn m was,
    A.P.  -  95 words
  • Article
    BRITON IN NEW CHANNEL BID
    19 12 AN sch< I lish Channel rAv.z. Dunn itudent four h s.- A.P. Reuter A.P.
    A.P.; Reuter  -  19 words
  • Article
    HOLY CHURCH UNDMAGE
    20 12 jlki a THK dump discovered month imdei Jerusalem's r> c between the I I. i Adasd A.P.
    A.P.  -  20 words
  • Article
    JOINS HINDI PARTY
    29 12 Dr. N B. Khare. former ngress Prime Minister of the Central Provinces. 1 Joined the Hindu Mahftttbha Party because, he said, "ttl Ideology appeals to me."
    29 words
  • Article
    Red Shoes Star III
    33 12 Ifotra Shearer star of the Sadlers Wclll ballet and the film Red Shoes, is ill with anaemia and doctors have arlvised a complete I three or four \vr- A.P.
    A.P.  -  33 words
  • Article
    'MAKING ASIAN STUDENTS RED'
    136 12 'MAKING ASIAN STUDENTS RED LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. rr\HE Bishop of Liverpool, Dr. Clifford A. Martin, said yesterday that Negro and Oriental students arriving m England are being met at the* docks by Communist welcomers and. as a result, many of them are "well on the way to becoming Communist missionaries" when
    A.P.  -  136 words
  • Article
    'Vietminh not seeking aid
    189 12 BATAVIA. Wednesd; THE Vietminh leader, Ho Chi Minh. njri tlj.i» the area he is leading m rebellion ftfalnsi I ranee can remain "semi-neutral* m the Asian cold irmr He made this statement m reply to quput to him by Andrew Roth, the United States magazine. The
    A.P.  -  189 words
  • Article
    Jap controls lifted
    24 12 SCAP announced m Tokyo yesterday that it had approved tue lifting of controls on 1.000 mmc commodities on the Japanese market.
    24 words
  • Article
    TITO STAND TO RUSSIA
    51 12 A SOFTENING 01 A Russia is seen m it threatening Russi.m i hand over all Russian (m, Government and expr< a negotiated iettlera< X !l puted question The latest V that Yugoslavia, kx state, her peo] no conditions wi!. fere m their Intel nal I i
    51 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      294 12 MISCELLANEOUS Save $by sending homo a Cronin I d Parcel for X'mas. Pkd. pen(l sen item*. G'tefd del. Write John Cronin GPO Box 537 Spore. 1 AILORING:- A trial will convince First class \\orfcmanBhlp at very moderate prices. May v.. mil on you. Phone 4313 or call Mat! <V Co
      294 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 2
      25 12 Presents Model 5101 PJ Ti I fine HilflH^ prcad rad.o I*"* clea PJ vibrant short-wm 'ecep tion. See th.s model UM ImunSs i ■■■■■BJ 5iNG»^O«l
      25 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 12 Miscellaneous Column 1
      97 12 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris e| j ffl I TWATiS WHAT 1 1VOUGHTTUE I AS YOU OW IMAGINE, BEFOCE WE I I --BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT MORNING THE I UU— 1 9Aip, S4INX SAME TWINS Mff. EVER SET OUT I'D SEEN AStfNG- AI P/RATES *€RE THERE/" <** lrsO YOdD FOUND
      97 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 12 Miscellaneous Column 2
      12 12 run Toda\ 1 1 II a m Tomorrow: U <it- pm n
      12 words