The Singapore Free Press, 29 August 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA NO. I SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AVGUST 29, 1949. PRIM-: l« < »\is
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    IRAQ GETS £10,500,000 IN LOANS
    96 1 IRAQ GETS £10,500,000 IN LOANS BAGHDAD, Sun. P^ Prime Minister, Nuri lid Pasha, successfully i his recent London curing loans to a £10,500,000, an official said tonight. ured a £3,000,000 loan London market to expenditure on the Hi t tys, and the tonal Bank of Recon- >n agreed to raise
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    RANIUM IN AUST.
    31 1 The Australian Minister for )\y and Development. Armstrong, said in Ide yea that ricti ium ore deposits hart found in the Hart Mountains of Austrad »rth< rn territ
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    BRITAIN MAKES THE GOODS BUT
    465 1 Doesn t get the dollars LOxNDON, Monday. British production records divulged on the eve of the Washington "Big Three" dollar talks will support the British Government case that Britain's problems are due to dollarsterling unbalance and not to failure of her domestic economy. The production
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    Flood death toll may behundreds
    164 1 SYDNEY, Monday. A LTHOIGH the official death roll in the New South Wales floods is only five, hundreds of people are believed to have been drowned in the low lying areas round Kempsey. The pilot of a Royal Australian Air Force Catalina who searched the
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    U.S. MAY EASE LOAN TERMS
    163 1 WASHING7ON, Monday. THE United Stales may temporarily relax the terms of the 1946 British loan agreement to permit Britain to discriminate against United States goods in an effort to help her out of her financial crisis U S government officials in Washington believe. Under the
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    Nazi-like' U.S. General
    127 1 i The Lnited States Circuit Court ot Appeals yesterday criticised Major General John L Dewitts' exclusion, early in World War 11, of all persons of Japanese blood from the West Coast of America. The Court said the Japanese were incarcerated for over two and a half years
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    Back to the stone age
    80 1 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. THE wilds of Africa have 1 invaded Hollywood fasshions. Inspired by his recent trip to the d irk continent, Adrian, the American designer, has designed a series of fashions look like everythiiiff^from costumes of native chieftains to cold, sleek cobras. Tiger stripes and
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    H.k. FEARS RABIES MXY SPREAD
    55 1 Hong Konii HtaHh Aulhoriiif have < xpressed larm prej d of rubies following *i' n deaths of five persons from the disease. Dr. G Shaw, Deputy Dirtfetor of Health <aid there .nay have been more eases which were never reported. At least 13 doss had
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    Air force drops chocs.
    45 1 Four hundred toy para- chutes fell on Wiesbaden, i Germany, yesterday, each carrying three sweet bars. 1 German children who picked them up found they were the U.S. Air Force's way of openins a trafic accident preven- tion week. j A.p.
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    JAP HYDRO PLANT DYNAMITED
    156 1 JAP HYDRO PLANT DYNAMITED TOKYO. Sun. THE wall ot the concrete causeway leading to the intake of No. 1 hydro-electric generating plant In Fuku- shima Prefecture. Northern 1 Japan. was blasted by dynamite last n!ght. The plant fupMiei electric power to coal mines in the Taira area which has been
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    Malav bandit shot
    18 1 A police partly Ki-led a Malay bandit in the Kl area of Johore yesterd iy
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    Finn Reds promise final strike blow
    180 1 HELSINKI, Sunday. (WMMrNIST-LED metal workers prepared today v to unleash new strikes tomorrow, as a final blow in the strike wave which has crippled Finland for ten days. The planned walk-out of the pro-Communist metal workers is in defiance of the Social Democratic majority
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    MUKDEN GOVT.
    23 1 Communist Radio Peiping said last night that a Manchurian Peoples' Government had been created after a sixday congress in Mukden.— Neuter.
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    Troops mass in Balkans
    217 1 Troops mass in Balkans ISTANBUL, Monday. /COINCIDING with reports of heavy movement of troops along both sides of the Yugoslav frontier and London press predictions of an imminent Soviet invasion of Yugoslavia, it is learned here that military and political leaders of the Soviet satellite nations have been conferring in
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    Dope ring brain arrested
    108 1 NEW YORK. Sun. Narcotics agenti hi seized a ship's ite* allegedly ttie "brains" oi a huge illicit drug ring plying a $500.00U-a-month coca trade between Peru and the United States. Authorities said that tracking the international rins here and in Peru has laid bare a fantastic
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    M.C.P. SUSPECTS ARRESED
    40 1 Under the Emergency Regulations, the Singapore C.I.D. arrested three Chinese, suspected members of the Malayan Communist Party. On a warrant of arrest from the Federation, they also arrested a Malay as a police deserter from the Federation.
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    Goethe anniversary
    27 1 The birth in Frankfurt 200 years ago ot Germany's greatest poet. Joh^nn Wolfgang von Goethe, was commemorated in meetings and ceremonies throughout Western Germany yesterday.-
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    Dr. Malan on Vhitc bride'
    85 1 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. CLRETSE KHAMA, ehiet parent Of ihe Bamangwato tribe or Bechuanaland, and his English wife, Ruth, vwr»> busy This weekend moving into their new bungalow paJmc»' four miles outside B<'roiif the tribe's kraal capital In nil e to the marriage of Ruth and Beretse
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    NEW SUSPECT IN MURRAY MURDER
    46 1 NEW SUSPECT IN MURRAY MURDER A Philippines constabulary yesterday scoured the city for a new suspect, an exconvlct from the Oovernment in compound at Muntinglupa Immediately s«uirli of Manila, in connection with the mysterious slaying of C Murrn■sinessman and Xormor CID acent ot Lhe Reuter dfdfsdfsd
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    GOING TO NEW YORK
    18 1 Mr. Chuiam M I for New Yor air Last nl 'ic InU rnatii Fund.
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    Bolivian revolt folding up
    132 1 Bolivian revolt folding up LA PAZ. Loyal forcei ha powered tbe rei ela in two suuiu Bolivian cit and two Govern columns ue mai chins i ii the last stronghold of the .n which erupt d dawn yesterday, official soui id tods a Oorernment .^okloyal bo and civilians had recaptun
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    No reply to Iran protest
    26 1 T! Tign Mn ter, All in bor Hiko kidn all ol v. i soil. In the R u inlun I U.P.
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    Hudber prices
    33 1 MM »;i\r*. ttir i in (rnri* jKt Ib I 4t II iin II foil' No 1 K S S |pi 1 (t »pi I N I' 1 it. of nurki Vtt
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    The answer is under your & bonnet
    662 2  - The answer is under your bonnet Basil Cardew WHAT'S ALL THIS till ZE *OH SPEED i By 1 WHO benefits most from a car race? The Drivers w h o I in the exhilaration di it 100-miles-an-hour dash'? The Spectators who crane over the rails to watch tiny bullets roaring
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    Bridge Hands
    257 2 Both sides vulnerable South dealer WHEN tnia ind raj In re< enl tournament very f. i players dtttnguished themselves with the South cards. Several of them opened the bidding with only one >p^de and found that thetr pirtncr^ were U>.^ weak to respond. They therefore had the melancholy
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    Cheap labour for British films
    875 2 LONDON Onl production which could only be made almost entirely In Europe is that which Ml Herbert Wilcox l.s planning to illustrate the extraordinary part played bv woirei In thp resist:. nee movement during the war It wil 1 be a factual record o f
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    Walkie-talkie available to all sonn
    117 2  - Walkie-talkie available to all sonn FREDERICK COOK From NEW YOI lIUNDRKDS of thou- sands of wall talkie radio Beta are pected to be in operation in the U.S.A. within next six months, n will bo available to the general public on an unrestricted basis, for the iirst time Anyorn WIU)
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    TWO TASTE DANGER
    3 2 TWO TASTE DANGER
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      282 2 Adventures of Penny Koni As soon as Koni, the pet mor key, rcil.*es that the _jfc*^:v rlockwurk toys are going Ji^Lsfg to attirk the cuddly toys .■t marches at iheir hea;i J> Y^&aw^ The cud:lly toys are keep mi l mg hurt a pri'oner m Toy 'A j&M land, this
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      149 2 v s.noN. y. Afflju f' '^r^^^HHß L^^^r^^Tl^ »""^T^^ SiNGAPURL (BLUE NKTWOKK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m TODAY 10 a.m. News from Kuala Lumpuf- 12 Programmes in Malay; 1 p.m. Monday Matinee— David Le Winter His Orchestra; with Curt llassey; 1.30 Time Signal «te News;
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      142 2 Meties ami 44 Metres TODAY 4.45 p.m. English: Programme Summary; News Headlines; Share Market Report; 5.00 Health Intelligence Bulletin; 5.15 'Life In i Britain" (BBO: 5.30 Symphony I Concert. 6.30 News in Cantonese iBBC) 645 Indonesian: News i Programme. 7.15 News in Prciu> iBBC). 7.30 English: News. Lon- don Opinion;
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      146 2 Concert Hull 5.15 Talk: 'Australian Scene"; 5 30 Composer of the Week Arnold Bax and Lord Berners; 5. 30 Talk: Agricultural Bulletin 11 6 Sonata Recital— BßAHMS— Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major; 6.30 Overseas <fc Australian News; 645 Melody on the Move A programme of recent releases; 7.00
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    UK TREASURY PRODS INDUSTRY
    453 3 UK TREASURY PRODS INDUSTRY s± drag on production BRITISH Treasury officials attempting to reduce costs of British industrial goods to make them competitive in a buyers' world are appealing to owners of industries and workers, Jsoth need to drop some attitudes which have been a drag on productivity, they were
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    Giant brain on the way
    268 3 I 111 long-dreamt of day of the thinking machine 1 may be nearer than you imagine. United States Ms have invented an electrical monster that in perform any mathematical exercise and can morlse more than 500 numbers. This giant brain, using wires and coils^ instead
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    Wafer from under desert
    50 3 WATER obtained from beneath the desert Is now bring purified and produced on an economically promising basis in Kehovoth, Israel. An agreement has been concluded with an American company for the application of methods devised by American and Israeli scientists working in cooperation at Kehovoth. A.P.
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    U.N. to hear Libya plan
    106 3 A WESTERN plan that would give Libya independence in three years instead of 10 as proposed under tht- BevinSforza agreement, and would drop completely the idea of trusteeship over Trpolitania will be submitted to the General Assembly next month. It was reported thnt France was
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    NO U.S.-U.K, ILL FEEUNG'
    102 3 PRESIDENT Truman has now said there is r.o ill i feeling between the British and American governments and all the controversy beI tween the two countries appears to be confined to the Press. Asked whether he expected any concrete results out of the forthcoming Anglo-Ameri-can economic
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    A-bomb ore aids redtnen
    137 3 T)ED Indians on the huge Navajo Reservation at Arizona are being encouraged to become independent miners of the atom bomb uranium. Mr. Allan G. Harper, superintendent, has announced that special two-year mining permits are being issued to the tribesmen. "The tribal council feelr> this type of
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    STAMP TRIBUTE TO JINNAH
    113 3 THE London firm of Messrs Thomas de le Rue have printed a memorial set of stamps to be released by the Pakistan Government on Sept. 11, the first death anniversary of the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan, Quaid Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. In conformity with
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    Dutch troops home
    34 3 The Dutch troopship Grote Beer has arrived in Amsterdam from Indonesia w.th about 1.200 troops, including the last battalion of war volunteers who went to Indonesia about three years ago. Reuter
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    Teie shows to tie given in colour
    107 3 Teie shows to tie given in colour A DEVELOPMENT in the r^ television sending sysm that can be received her in colour or black on present day ts Is announced oy iration of n nouncement said on of an s could receive ei h r In colou: 01 In form.
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    15 3 Uvia's Muslim's ail t. 000,000 of them— n told to avoid worknst Marshal Tit-o's A.P.
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    Bombay polio victims
    9 3 begini ing of nt»le 1(1. A.P.
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    Diplomats fly to rebel town
    101 3 'oRITISH, U.S. Chinese inB dian and Pakistani dipomats have flown to Ce:. Burma to seek the relea oC Their nationals-including, wn American students and their wi\i> from a tout) ield by rebel Karen trooj The trip was arranffed U the Burmese Government, \hic-h is anxious
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    Boy claims to have seen God
    219 3 C«LEVEN-YEAR-OLD Motilal Ramlal, a smith by caste and a carpenter by profession, claims to have seen God, and his army of followers credit him with remarkable powers. Motilal never went to school. But he showed a religious turn of mind, witnesses claim, by his
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    WRITE WAY TO POLICE
    97 3 WRITE WAY TO POLICE 1 I > ECRU ITS to MonJIV mouthshire Police j Force have to be given j I continual instruction in I I writing, spelling, arithme- tic, and general knowI ledge, say* their chief j i constable. In a report to the county standing joint 1 committee
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    U.S. SUB SINKS OFF NORWAY
    58 3 *pHE U.S. submarine Tusk has now arrived in HunI merfest with the 85 i survivors— six of them injured -from the U.S. submarine Cochlno which sank In the Arctic after an explosion in the battery room. One man. a civilian scientist, was killed. The Cochino
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    Death tor .New York starlings
    84 3 Death tor .New York starlings A bill has Decn passed through the US House ot Representatives to permit the killing of New Yorks stagings because they have multiplied to such an extent since thc?ir "immigration" in 1390 that they are now considered since their "immigration" in IP9O— that they are
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    INDIA LICENSING & IMPORTS
    52 3 INDIA LICENSING IMPORTS The Government of India !s to Impose a licence immediately on certain sterling area imports. Open general licence 15 is cancelled with immedi.it*' eiTect and a new shorter O.G.L. 1 16 will be issued. Open general licence 15 coven certain imports into India from the i sterling
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    Labour on way out?
    213 3 Spotlight on New Zealand SOCIALISM in New Zealand will be on trial »t th€ general election nt'\t N(»\cmbcr. The CUM t <!«> for voting has not yet beei. annouiued. Alter 11 years in power, the labour (iovernnvnt MftJ h.i\ hard job to retain oITUe. Since the
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    Ex-shoe boy in USgraft probe
    124 3 Ex-shoe boy in USgraft probe ■TESTIMONY that a former I s^op-sh:nr boy made bank deposits totalling I luring riod In which, ho said, his income was only $7,500 w n Senate Inve Committee Tnrnbins allew fl m«'ciu influence in the U.S. Government The former snoe-^v.i».-John M Immigrant nr I In
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    TRUMAN WON'T SAY
    23 3 President Truman will not say definitely until after the 1950 Concessional elections whether he 'will again seek thr Presidency. r
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    Shakespeare is popular in USSR
    103 3 continue* t<> f-«' popular an! umuiiß the peoplei of Central Asia. The pi, Soviet Art announced recently that Hamlet I been put on at the Usbek Theatre In Tashki n1 In Moscow, when the > anniversary of the four: of the Muscow Art Theatre was
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    Chaos warning bv Malta's P.M.
    67 3 Chaos warning bv Malta's P.M. THE Maltese Premier. Mr Paul Boila, looking p:\h- and worn after a 35-minute talk with Britain's Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Atttee, told the press that chaos would strike Malta if he had to resign through deadlock over the George Cross Island's economic difficulties. "The stru'^le
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    'Europe unity means more for workers'
    51 3 'Europe unity means more for workers' fr.l Thmember n>> Iron. nsulatl :»er h\t b contribute so tl may "Wi. p mpk r ler, will B pavp I the sarrrd sr<««! of i of Eur" "S- vidiny for th. of y whom are trur k'-« world wliich «e ai- deavoun: rnplet*.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 29, 1949. SURPRISING, BUT WELCOME
    605 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 29, 1949. SURPRISING, BUT WELCOME DATO ONN'S championship ol an all-embracing Malaya i tionality in his Butterworth speech on Saturday comes as something surprise. It Is welne, but still a surprise Malay fears that admitting other races, particulariy the Chinese, into a nationality on
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    Empire 'Parliament Would Aid Malaya
    1188 4  -  Hall Romney LONDON LETTER by LONDON: IMIK only way to £et mutual prosperity is by closer eo operation between the Commonwealth, the Empire, and the Mother Country, said Mr. Anthony Eden in a speech recently. The vitality of the European Assembly at Strasbourg provokes the
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Raleigh Or Eveleigh?
    503 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Raleigh Or Eveleigh? YOUR Monday editorial emphasizes the fact that there is room for a Raleigh who will introduce a new food as a substitute for rice in this part of the world. It was only in May last that a "hot gospeller" in the person"
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    Theatre news
    156 4 I RECENTLY formed a Theatre-Lovers Association in England, the aims of which are to create an interest in the live theatre, to exchange news, ideas and views anung theatre lovers in various parts of th e world. We would appreciate exchange of news regarding amateur and professional productions
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    BURMA'S WAR PROVED BOON
    394 4 BURMA'S WAR PROVED BOON RANGOON: TllK Burmese civil war is proving a boon to former American Army and Navy flyers who are chartering their aircraft to the Burmese government for transport of soldiers, supplies and civil servants who otherwise would be grounded because of disrupted surface communications. For their money,
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    Squaws can now, big pow-wo
    302 4  - Squaws can now big pow-wo PATRICK NICHOLSON by poll the Brsl time in their history. Red Indian braves of the Dogrib and Slave tribes have invited their squaws to their powwows. Wisps of smoke are curling up towards the abode of the Great ManitOU from the pipesmoking circles of squatting
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    NORTH CHINA BOUND SHIPS DUE HERE
    281 5 NORTH CHINA BOUND SHIPS DUE HERE More attempts to beat blockade THRFfT F T ShiPPlng C »™pondent more than a week wnw h i lett Slr >gapore Bar, at the eX nc S to T t a 'n yan rubber for T^u The ships are the Flyin Independent (8,100 tons
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    WARTIME LAND SALE
    148 5 ANY person who thinks his rt land was sold during the Japanese occupation by an agent without his authority can now file his claim in Singapore, states the Attor-ney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies. The first order empowering land owners to file a notice with the Registrar of
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    Labour training corps needed
    156 5 QNE of the primary neeCU of Asian countries with regard' to labour is a special corps for the training of labour Instructors who would m future staff the industrial u-alnine: schools in each country so as to facilitate Industrial and technical progress This was stated yesterday
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    CYCLIST KILLED, DRIVER CLEARED
    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Inche Rani, the acting Coroner, held yesterday that Kun.ioo, Indian driver of a motor lorry, was not to blame for the death of a 50 year-old Chinese woman cyclist who died from shock nnd haemorrhage following a collision on Su'eiman Road on July
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    MURDER CHARGE
    50 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Run A case in which four Chinese fishermen were committed for trial on a charge of jointly murdering three compatriots and committing robbery at sea off Port Swettenham was transferred lor hearing to the High Court in Malacca bv Mr. Justice Russell.
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    Tiong Bahru bus service: new move
    433 5 r^. u^ Free Press Staff Heporter FHL president of the Progressive Party Mr C C J an has "informed the chairman of the Tion* Bahru Community Centre that the Progressive Mr m n Rnhl he a a n th^ Munici Pal Commission, Mr. D.
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    Better lighting for Singapore streets
    261 5 Free Press Staff Reporter RIGHTING conditions in certain Singapore streets, which have been taking an increasingly heavier night traffic, will be considerably improved in the near future by the installation of new street lighting by electricity, Mr. C. C. Payne, Municipal Electriral Engineer, told the
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    AAM CIRCULAR TO MEMBERS
    98 5 Free Press staff K» port.r VISITORS may not now takt American or Canadian cars into Australia i n Triptyque, as th' Common wealth is not a party to the international convention i t ring this form of pass. The Automobile Association of Malay? has Issued a
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    Crabs Become pests
    70 5 Crabs Become pests UMPUR, Sun. rubs had pad! plant--1 I Perils, monthly the Deilture. were berho crabs the newly Q of the parts of head report! d been Into mend drilling. chanica] tx--1 on sites and tinea used I I ':u I d bunda was ful. latex Kedal ilted in
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    Speakers at S'pore public meeting
    45 5 Speakers at S'pore public meeting ting lo discuss ol "Religion will be held 9, at 5.15 I I list it u»r of Singapore, in Gimson, has 1 to preside at will be: Mr i (for the Musi Peng Geek inns i. and thn Hong Choon
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    SIR ALEC TALKS ON P.I.M. STATUS
    264 5 KUALA LUMPUR, MOil. IF the Indonesian organisation, Persatuan Indonesia Merdeka (Free Indonesia organisation), was affi- i liated or connected with any political organisation esta- j blish^d outside Malaya it would not be registered un- j der the new Societies Oidinance and would become an
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    800 new buildings in rural areas
    241 5 n s V ri 'e Press Chinese Correspondent I ,h» cstin ated t ha t about 800 private building i M n.i^ r ra K areaS J f Sin eapore will l.ave been completed by the end of this year and the mimberTn Municipal
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    MAIL
    24 5 :-'aee mails are due to arrive in Ringnporp today frorh China, HoatkOnf, Japan, Java and Sarawak. There will be no lurfacc departures today.
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    UMNO General Assembly
    59 5 pictures. rhe 12th. General Assembly of the tiiiled Malays National Organisation concluded at Butttruorth yesirday Tod PHture shows the delegates and observers photo^nhed at the opening «f the Assembly on Saturday. Pictarc I'MNO id" DltO ?K nn bin J;4 afiir tht President o the IMNO. addiessuis the_Province
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    SMC tender system still in force
    162 5 SMC tender system still in force Free Preai m R THI Silll r Invitiri; pr: Lh< bulldinga It re i i ,jtrr! were th< tlmsf sulo:. This fact hns er Inquire I nt t**e requi it of I iber, b- clpal Commission. fl a n cem 1 i r the
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    KELANTAN FERRY
    34 5 Free Prrs> Stall K»p 1 1. r KUALA I.I'M, MALAYAN EUilwa ■> 111 re -open for wai enger tern tenrta i the Sungel Kelantan Palekbang and railway depot at K The service wi
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    US WIN 4-1, KEEP DAVIS CUP
    420 6 US WIN 4-1, KEEP DAVIS CUP MR^ b. S. Chua leads in Croydon (Abdul Mawi), dinner of race 6 (six-tur-long sprint tor class 1. div. 1 horses) at Bukii Timah on Saturday. Croydon has an Impressive record as a stayer in Ireland. tut three ofc his four wins in Malaya
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    Portsmouth drop 2 more points
    264 6 nOKTSMOITH the English soccer league liiv I I tampions, on Saturday dropped two more point. to Blackpool, who did not fritter away chances as did SE£ 2ErSS£ with a flash of his devastating from the end. Derby County w -nt to London and chalked up
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    WOLVES TOP DIVISION I
    66 6 \YuLVERHAMPI"ON W.inderprs. I lie F A. Cup. ha%c rr.^de cr.-irul start in their bid [< the ro- n. Billy w nd's cv d his young lively boys Mf the top of the 'flble with a 10" pet oprr.ie ?a. >on. On Saturday 'h»- v. beai lh(
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    Useful B.P. to fete Helen Heng
    485 6  -  VRTERAN H> AT a dinner to be held at tne souinern now Saturday by the I'seful Badminton l\«ri^, tinguest of honour will be Miss Helen H*nf, "li«> retain ed her singles title at the recently-com lu< J»th Malayan badminton championship meeting it Kuala Lumpur
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    PONDER WINS
    11 6 BONDER, by P k A He furl Fonder Reuter
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    FRENCH VICTORY
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      287 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR HORN today, you have a rmihei philosophical and whimsical nature. The combination tends to mike you difficult to understand. Exceptionally fond of music, literature and the arts, you have talent in all three. Make your selection of a career quite early in life 01 you may find
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    MALACCA LOSE BY AN INNINGS
    202 7 pOKCED to bat twice on a fiery pitch, Malacca were yesterday beaten by Singapore by an innings and 48 runs, in the inter-State match played over the week-end on the S.R.C. padang. The visitors, facing a deficit of 146 runs on the first innings, lost
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    U.K. soccer Lge. results
    303 7 RESULTS of U.K. soccer league matches played on Saturday are: ENGLISH LEAGLE FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa 3 Fulham 1 Iturnlrr i Bolton W. Charlton 3 Manchester V. 1 I Cfcetaea 1 Derby t Bverton 0 Liverpool 0 HuddersfiHd t Middlesbrough 2 < Manchester U. 1 W
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    Channel bid
    32 7 rpHREE Egyptian individual swimmers and an Egyptian 'ix-man relay team will attempt to swim the English Channel next week if weather permits, it was «"nounced in Cap Gris Nez yesterday—UP.
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    SCOREBOARD
    162 7 SINGAPORE Ist. Inns. 184 (Nelson 65. Filby 37. Thuraisingam 22, Needham 20. S. Sequerah four for 36). MALACCA Ist Inns. 38 (Dew 13. Colling five for 10 I MALACCA— 2nd lons. J. Sequerah c Filby h Homer 1 11. Sequerah run out 1 C. Goonewardene c Bain b Perry
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    FURUHASHI WINS IN HONOLULU
    71 7 JAPANESE and American swimming aces again .split top- honours on Saturday 1 night in the finals of the Hawaiian swimming competition in Honolulu. As usual, the outstanding performer was the Japanese Hirohoshin Furuhashi. He won the 800 metres race in 9 mins. 45.4 sees. The Americans
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    Easy victories in junior badminton tourney
    345 7  - Easy victories in junior badminton tourney VETERAN By ONLY two of the 25 ties in the mens junior doubles championships played over the weekend went to thr-e sets, the rest were one-sided affairs. On Kim Keat and Wee Lye Seng (Eclipse) succeed in averting certain defeat when they managed to
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    RSYC Regatta
    144 7 THE lack of favourable breeze marred yesterday morning's events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club bi-an-nual Regatta and only one event of a scheduled six were completed. A slight breez>- later in the i day enabled four events to be held. Results were: All-Comers Ist Division: 1. T:
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    AIR GEE DOES BRILLIANT GALLOP
    392 7 AIR GEE DOES BRILLIANT GALLOP Wh isperingHope in fine form nprrnvru, ess Racing Correspondent S\« ?Y lltUe Air Gee < liltl e) galloped 3f in 4b Z/5 sec— an almost incredible timing for a Class 3 horse— on a very fast track at Bukit Timah this morning. Air Gee won
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    U.K. cricket scores
    159 7 U.K. cricket scores (iLOSE of play scores in j County cricket championsnip matches on Saturday wcre a At Bristol. Gloucestershire vs Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire 392 for three (Brookes not out 215). At Bournemouth. Hampshire va Lancashire. Lancashire 304 lor seven declared (Washbrook 110. O. Edxich 79. Knott ten for 127). Hampshire
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    HOTSPURS WIN
    27 7 In a keenly contested return game of soccer played at the Geylang Stadium on Friday Hotspurs beat the Shell Co, XI two coals to nil.
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    Italian rowing successes
    153 7 Italian rowing successes SC. Timavo of Italy yester- j day won the Prix de France for coxed fours at the European rowing championships on the Bosbaan at j Amstelveen. The coxwainless pairs championship (Prix D'Hollande) was won by Kungalvs Roddklubb t Sweden) in 7 mins. 28.2 sees. John B. Kelly
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    S.A.R.U. MEETING
    21 7 The Singapore Asian Rugby Union will hold its annual general meeting at the SC.R.C on Tuesv at 5.15 p.m.
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    ALL BLACKS WIN
    75 7 THE New Zealand All Blacks won their Rugby Union match at Bloemfonteln, on Saturday, against the Orange Free State by 14 points (two penalty goals, on* goal, one try) to nine points (three penalty goals). havi?ig led by 11 points to three at half time. Meyer scored
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    Rugby Lge. results
    82 7 T>UGBY League results on Saturday were: B;&mley 17, Batley 7; Ca»tl«f«rd 28. Keighley 5; Dewsbury 17. Fcatherstone Rovers 0; Halifax a*. York 0, Hull 18, Leeds 11; Hunslet 7. Huddersfleld 10: Wakeneld Irinity 18, Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Lancashire Cup First Ronnd First Leg: Belle Vue Ranger
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    VAN THUONG WINS 150-m. CYCLE RACE EASILY
    245 7 4 WTHAR SINGH, the Malayan cycling champion, who was expected to run out an easy winner in the 150-mile road race at Urn Chu Kang Road yesterday, as he did last year, was beaten by 20-year old Hunyh van Thuons by 10 miles,
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    Ecliptic is still finest staver
    549 7 Ecliptic is still finest staver Free Press Racing Correspondent THE "Gold Cup trial" is over, giving form students a pretty good guide for the "classic" to be run on September 10. It revealed if nothing else, that Ecliptic is still the finest stayer in training on the Malayan Turf. The
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    Bruce may not tight until Dec.
    159 7 BRITE WOODCOCK'S doctor said yesterday that he does not think the British heavyweight champion will be able fight until December. Woodcock had been scheduled to fight Lee Savold in London on September 6 for the British version of the heavyweight title of the world.
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    DARUL BAHAR WIN
    21 7 OARUL BAHAR S C. beat Jollilads 4-2 in a game of soccer at the Railway Institute gr yesterday.
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    Colony Non-Benders defeated
    250 7 Colony NonBenders defeated A'.. L3O Tr S on Bui Nnr.-Bc uable had to muko ISS '<> uin. After their Saturday when th< out for that th< I team would mak< A to i Hart and Carry went oil just after U Up th« on the board without kx sepa At
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      BIRTH
      44 8 NDBRSLEY: At Batu Qajah Hospital, on Au<;us- 26th, to Ann. c\ H F. R. KinnVrsley. of Estate, a son, John icl Philip. TO VALERIE, wife of Dr. D. N Keys, at the General Hospital, Malacca, a son. on 25th August, 194.Q. Both well.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      81 8 '-WEE. The engagement is meed between Mr. Tim Tian I >un<:er son of Mrs. Mm Teck Poh and the late Mr. Lin v Poh, to Mis.s Wee Kim Neo, .■•econd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \\>e Shv Peng, on Saturday Auq: I *49 THE ENGAGEMENT is an•r] between Arthur
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      40 8 BLEASDALE-BAIRD At St. And i Cathedral, Singapore. Saturday 27;h Aug. 1*49. Dennli Doughty, second son of Mid Mrs E. J. Bleasdale ika, Kent, to Patricia Ma in daughter of Ltl C J- Balrd, O BE., and of Port Dickson.
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      75 8 CHUA-CHUA GUAN CHUAN, d 74. passed away peacefully on 2". 8. 49 at 12.40 a.m. at his residence, 30. Lorons 25A. j c; v'tiu He left behind his be- j d wile, an only no, Chua k Wan. three daughters, two -law. one daughter-in-law,! .md-children. one grand law. one
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    CANTON CHANGING STRATEGY
    340 8 'Not to defend big cities' HONG KONG, Monday. FEARS that the Nationalists may abandon their emergency capital at Canton without risking a decisive battle have grown follow ing announcement by the Prime Minister, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, of a new military strategy involving the abandonment of defence of
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    60 8 photo. tory goes to the strongest. When this bear came from the woods outside Daluth, Minnesota, he soon proved that this law still holds good. As he scrambled into this motor boat, its three occupants, fully grown men, went over the >ide, one with a nipped seat to speed him.
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    INCOME TAX REVISION IN INDIA URGED
    74 8 THL Indian Income tax law may bv revised shortly to conform to the paying ability of the tux- payer, according to the recommendations of a special committee appointed by the Government T^.e committee tdvoeates ■omething .ike the allowances system of the Englfetl law related
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    'Drowning man being stoned'
    169 8 CANTON HITS AT U.S. HONG KONG, Monday. THK Nationalist Prime Minister, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, commenting on the I'.S. white paper on China, said he hoped this was not the end of American friendship, but added that, in his opinion, it was "like throwing rocks at a
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    U.S. ENTRY BILL
    28 8 The US Senate on Saturday approved a bill to slow down the enlistment of 10.000 catefuily selected alien soldiers for the United States army A.P.
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    CZECHS RENEW WAR ON CHURCH
    150 8 LONDON. Monday. INDICATING that the Communist Czech Government is readv now to open its bid to win control of the Church, the Minister of Just x Ceplcka, yesterday accused Archbishop Beran and his Catholic bishops of attempting to "organ! subversive network for espionage and sabota
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    HIGH TIDES
    11 8 Today: 2 07 p.m. Tomorrow: 44a.m: 2 43 p.m.
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    Rush to quit S'hai in evacuation ships
    114 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. CtOREIGNERS, hit by the Nationalist blockade and by the disirimatory attitude of the Communist regime in labour disputes, are announcing: in Increasing numbers their intention to h\\\v Shanghai by the first transport available. Three foreign evacuation ships are expected here in
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    310 MEN SCREENED
    21 8 Five persona out of 340 men screened this week-end a Seng Kaߣ and Gi:ui E^^at^^. Muar. were detained.
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    THAMES GETS CONRAD RELIC
    81 8 THE wheel of the barque 1 otago, fir^t ship commanded by the novelist Joseph Conrad, lias reached England from New York. The American nov Christopher Morley. who found it In the wreckage of the Otago in Tasmania. Australia three years r.«o. brought the wheel to be
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    No cure for hiccups
    58 8 SPRIXGFIELD Ohio), Mon. ]]EDICAL science has not LWM vet found n cure for hiccups, saps Dr. C. S. Ramsay, who has a serious case of the malady here. Johi Snnford. a 55-yi old salesman, is suffering from his second serious case of prolonged hiccups in four
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    'SUICIDES WHO ARE VERY SANE'
    95 8 NEW YORK Monday A MAN contemplating suicide is invariably verv sane, wrote an Arkansas coUe^e professor of psychology Just before he ended his life in a deserted church. The note was left on a table in the Church near the 1 pulpit behind the body
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    'Mercy killing' charge
    68 8 THE Tokyo police have arrested the mother and younger brother of a 21 -year-old Japanese girl, Yoko Tanaka, who died suddenly in the mental warct of the Tokyo University Hospital. Police charue that the girl had been given poison by the pair. The 44-year-old mother, fearing her
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    '50 millions may die in China by 1951'
    135 8 '50 millions may die in China by 1951' DEN R M lay. FIFTY million Chinese may die in the next two irs due to fair.ine, Mr. Philip E Mosely, a former i 8 State Department adviser, predicts. Mr. af< sely, wno i> [at Columbia Columbia Uriversi:\. added, ""it will take
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    Japs sued for peace in 1944
    224 8 Japs sued for peace in 1944 TOKYO, Mon. EMPEROR Hirohitol secretly offered Japan's unconditional surrender to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in June, 1944 when he received reports that the United States was seeking Russia's entry into the Pacific war by offering her Manchuria after the Allied victory. This claim is made
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    'Free Libya' plea to U.N.
    73 8 KARACHI ciIR Mi hammed Zal i o Khan. Pakistan's I Minister said here last n that at the op nlng the Uniud Nat; ns Q Assembly h would Immediate creation of United Independent Libya when the future of th< Italian colonfc I MUM lip discussion
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    ALIENS FOR ARMY
    31 8 Legislation to allow 3.200 alien scientists and specialists to enter the United State* annually has been approved by the Judiciary Committee ol the US. House of Representatives A.P.
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    LALDER STILL ILL
    34 8 L ALDER STILL ILL There has been no improvement in the condition of Sir Harry Lauder, famous Scot'tish singer and comedian, who is in Strathaven, Scotland, suffering from a blot on the brain.- A.P.
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    Died at son's wedding
    32 8 Mrs. Ellen Turner. 58 dropped dead on Saturday on the steps of a church In Pres upland, where she had just ltnessed the wedding of her n.- A.P.
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      125 8 »/ao ma: YET ANO.rtc* R^ Thursday Ist So' So popular and successful were Bali Nights on 25th and 26rh N we Have persuaded RADIN MAS OETOMO and his group to third performance with a ehjn» f •f programme on Thursday Ifl September so th.it those who wrr« too late to
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      65 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I jT'TWERE 17 I See" -TOuH F^OJ «6 ON >OUQ Own I A DAY'S CRUIS6 S0UTMWE5T OP NA55AJ. A\\ONG I S. 5A.MT M PIRATES ARE STILL I NOW, *\Q MOQNER. I'LL -(^Kk^ h^^1 TkE MUNDflEDS OP I6UXND5 OP THE BAhA^AS l ES l^^ TWKRS _-<^
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