The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA J»«* SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    CRIPPS HAS 7-POINT PLAN FOR AUSTERITY
    442 1 service cuts LONDON, Tuesday. QREATER austerity to save Britain's dwindling doUar reserves is reported to have been agreed upon at yesterday's Cabinet meeting at which the brief for Britain's case for the Washington dollar-sterling talks was drawn up.| Service chiefs and ministers as well
    U.P.; Reuter; A.P.  -  442 words
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    SIX PUPPIES SURVIVE HOLOCAUST
    124 1 SIX PUPPIES SURVIVE HOLOCAUST In the i the Chua Ouan bei factory fire in night uere tound Lth hick oil but j near the rolling this mornii mot her Wll ig around the facto -d p which had crashfrom the ceiling > from was round to be unbelievable, but tl
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    London going home.
    25 1 London going home r London which by Communist I when it tried »loop Amethyst on River last April. home, and will .:m» e>n Sept. 8.
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    Britain is not trying—hoffman
    216 1 Britain is not trying hoffman WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T>KITAIN was not trying to sell goods in the United States because her manufacturers were content to take the higher profits from exporting to soft currency areas, Mr. Paul Hoffman. E.C.A. Administrator charged in Washington yesterday. "I am convinced this is the principal
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    SYDNEY WOOLSALES
    37 1 Britain bought wool heavily at the first auction in Sydney of the 1949-50 wool selling season yesterday. Early prices at the sales were five Ito ten per cent, higher than closing rates in June.- A.P.
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    No Titoism, say China Reds
    78 1 THE Shanghai Communist newspaper, Emancipation Daily, yesterday asserted that the formation oi a "Tito bloc" in China, either within or without the Communist Party, was not possible. It warned, however, that "we must awaken to the serious possible effects of the line taken by Tito."
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    Bombsearch on plane
    57 1 Bornhsearch on plane SYDNEY, Man. IMIK. departure of a Qant.is Constellation from Sydney for London was delayed two hours tonight while Qantas officials searched the plane for explosives. A Qantas flying boat sank on Saturday at anchorage after an explosion and polite yesterday reported that a piece of a time
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    15 CHINESE FREED ON BAIL
    77 1 15 CHINESE FREED ON BAIL HIGH Court judges sitting in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday allowed ihe rolea^ on bail of 45 Chinese who are seeking court orders to stop their deportation io Hong Kong. Applications befo*e Ihe judges are that the Court should issue a habeas corpus decree »o enable
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    U.S. Senate passes huge defence bill
    237 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. 'PHE Senate passed the U.5.514,790 million defence ■I appropriation bill yesterday after Administration forces had defeated the Senate economy bloc's major effort of the year to force the Government on to a balanced budget. Simultaneously two U.S. Senate committees voted to let
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    War criminal dies in S'pore
    79 1 I Vee Press Staff Reporter A JAPANESE war criminal, Akira Sato, has died in the Singapore General Hospital following an operation for acute appendicitis. He was serving a 10-year sentence in the Outrarn Road gaol where his brutality and callous neglect during the occupation resulted
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    PEACE PETITION
    30 1 City officials reported yesterday that a total of 107.894 signatures were affixed to Hiroshima's peace petition which will be presented to President Truman in the near future.- U.P.
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    SECOND SI ICIDE IN BASILICA
    83 1 \v unidentified Italian in working clothes committed SUlCide in Sr. Peter's Basilica yesterday by jumping from MichaH Angelo's Cupoh. His body landed in front trf the Altar of Confession 200 feel below The Basilica was closed immediately to the .public and o> land 'desecrated." U.P.
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    Mussolini's daughter
    29 1 Countess Edda Ciano. Mussolini's eldest daughter, is i leaving shortly for Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. to buy a farm, according to the newspaper. Romp Pomerlggio- A. P.
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    Red-winged peace dove
    55 1 BERLIN'S Communists announce that "millions" of pap»'r doves of peace woulrl play like onfetti from roof-tops in the Russian sector to celebrat'- "PtftCC Day" on Thursday. The Russians and German < nmmunisU BATC set aside the tenth anniversary of Hitler's attack on Poland as Ihe. occasion for
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    Ship's 8 day battle with cargo blaze
    106 1 Ship's 8 day battle with cargo blaze PERTH (Aust.,) Tites. THE British collier, Avi&mori (7,000 tons» whose cargo of 8.700 tons of coal caught, fire In the Indian Ocean i week ago. arrived in Fie< Imanile yesterday with some of its coal cargo sli'A smoulciering and two holds flooded. We
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    'Any car, any time,' says Aust. Customs
    181 1 'Any car, any time,' says Aust. Customs Free Press orrespondent MELBOURNE. Tu. S. AUSTRALIAN Customi offll\ rials said today That tourists and people retlr n<4 from Malaya to Austral. a may bring any type of car with them subject to normal regulations. If they intend to retire in Australia there
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    REDS TO TRY PENANG WOMAN
    139 1 SHANGHAI. Tuesday. i HENG PI-CHUAN, Penang-born widow of Wang Chlng-wei, puppet President of the Japanesesponsored occupation regime in Nanking, was brought to Shanghai yesterday from nearby Soochov for trial by thp Communist People's Court. Warm Ching-wei, who had h^ad^d the puppet Nankins Government tor kyi
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    GALE SWEEPS N.Y.
    34 1 fierce gale swept across New York City at. 70 miles an hour yesierday. killed one man. 'left more than ***** families without electricity and delayed the arrival of ocean liners.- U.P.
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    BAD NEWS FOR SPORE TIN MART
    372 1 BAD NEWS FOR SPORE TIN MART Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE tin market, which has not been re-opened since the liberation, is now in %r.\\r danger of never being re-started. Advices received by firms in Singapore day intimated that tin dealers In New York had made contracts for the sale
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    BOLIVIAN GOVT. GAINS CONTROL
    115 1 BOLIVIAN GOVT. GAINS CONTROL LA PAZ. Bolivia. Tu THI Oofenmwni r 'hat 1' had won lull cont via. Llal:t^i;.i and Ot points in t h»- tin tninini gion of Bolivia afl«T norce fighting with rebels The rebel still .:*°d at Cochabamt south Bolivia where earlier they had been in control
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    'TO HELP McA.
    25 1 Th»- Unit. ptary ol Tr:u i-.ainj knowledge ■•yiv e more and liaison trom v. to Gkmer !n h Allied V' wers A.P.
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    Rubber prices
    49 1 I\l Maikrt nun enf <i\es Ihr prn#v ru hi in niii-. pri Ih i al II am (od.ix foil No 1 t< s N --pot. loos* Fob In t,M>>- srpl No. 1 K n s > NitlJ.l .1 i So. K > n .1 Tone of m«irW't Sllglltl|
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      42 1 *^AFE HANDS. M your rust oldeat ArtlS DRYCLEANING CO. S Spore. 2843 FROM SCOTLAND •cellophane wrapped KIpP E R S •smoked cod fillets •smoked haddocks •arbroath smokies •bloaters •kiltie herring roes •kipper fill ets fITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES T £'-EPHONE ORDER DEPT. 5281
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      43 1 B Professor Leo Sparkles. Ph. D. (Dr. of Phi; •sson Mo. 6 m 1 «a I in 1 4 Stands for sinking All voices are raised When F 6 N. t frinfci Arc ricarrily praised i>K bbbt"' y A/ ways at your service
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    It's roses, roses all the way now
    374 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY By TO the gardener the rose may still be something that grows in the garden, but in the fashion world thlfl year it has suddenly and surprisingly become the most dramatic clothes accessory of the season. fragile romantic beauty caused a
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    Accent on the drapery
    241 2  - Accent on the drapery EDNA MoKENNA by 'i^HIS season the his- tory of drapery Is carried a step forward and provides some interesting developments. Subtle drapery emphasis is laid on bosom and covered shoulders of afternoon and evening dresses by means of softened folds of material while floating scraves and
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    Crooked Lane not so crooked
    182 2 Crooked Lane not so crooked (BROOKED Lane, between j King William Btr< and Arthur Street, in the City, is too short to-day tp be i- rooked. But before the widen ol London Bridge It had a solid claim to its title. It was then a street of some Importance, and
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    A recipe from Ol' Man River
    369 2 TWO points stand out 1 about American cookery. It is enterpris- j ing in its combination of flavourj; and special attention is given to the appetite-provoking appearance of a dish when served. Here. from Richard Greenough in New York, are two recipes with those
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    PENANG BOY MEETS GIRL
    686 2  -  KS CHIA By %Y cenang Chi- T nese boy meets a t Singapore Chinese girl, he is first captivated by j her glamour, then fascinated by her modernity and later, reminiscent about her charms. But he thinks he will be on safer ground with a Penang
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      158 2 EXCLUSIVE yet INEXPENSIVE DorvilU, Siisati Snitill, Jane Engel, Welly Don Dresses C~ Suits ELIZABETH ARDEN'S NEWEST COLOUR Incredibly pretty hlac-lightened crimson for your lips and cheeks with tenderly harmonised Crimson Lilac Ardena Powder and Creen Lilac Eye Sha-do Crimson Lilac Lipstick Crimson Lilac Powder Crimson Lilac Rouge Creen Lilac Eye
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      89 2 Lovely Dresses marked! half price for the SALE UJtruca£ G. If. BlcUs.. 181.. lutlMj M Rli (S has pleasure in announcing SALE Commencing lit vr 11 Battery Road Mayn.ro s Bldg P 61 Beehive Wools SHR N K-RESIST PATC 2 PLY FINGERING f//c fb/J 3 PLY FINGERING thi PdU Pi**,
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      93 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR QOKN loda>, you are one of those whose fortune appears to run consistently good. Happy-go-lucky and always ready and willing to take the long; chance in life, you usually fall on youi fee t and into something better than you left! This is definitely a gift from
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      200 2 Adwntures of Pennv Koni I TT~ When the ne*t i* j *£*V V. bicufcht to Old King Co'e, L =r Z T^\. lhat the irechamcal toys 1^ j art in revolt, he rusnes to I^A v ■v*V the ramparts of tie castle, H| v > rK\ toliowed by hi^ fiddlers.
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    PERFECT ACCORD IN WEST'
    367 3 PERFECT ACCORD IN WEST' Truman tells (_/.0. L,egion PRESIDENT TRUMAN told the American Legion Assembly that "the democratic nations are not proposing to interfere with one another's internal policies." He applied that rule to all of America's economic policy operations and especially to the current talks with British officials on
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    Festival reopens alter 10 years
    189 3 indicates in a preface, was not to try and improve upon the biblical original but to make the story whole by filling In the parts that have neen left out the family conflict of Joseph with his brothers, the political conflict with the Egyptians, the
    Reuter  -  189 words
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    Yugoslav press slates Russia
    46 3 THE Yugoslav press has now attacked Russia with renewed fury for trying to meddle in Yugoslavia's internal affairs and seeking to overthrew Marshal Tito's Government. It also challenged Russia to let the Soviet people know the Yugoslav side of the dispute U.P.
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    Fled from the Reds
    145 3 THE Nationalist Central News agency reports that General Fu Tso-yi, who surrendered Peiping to the Communists, has escaped and is seeking a return to Nationalist good graces.. The agency said Fu fled to Paotow and that a radio message had been received asking that the news
    A.P.  -  145 words
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    INDIA SELLING
    19 3 India's jute production this year is estimated at nearly 3.000.000 bales compared with 2,150,000 bales last year.
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    Doctors urge a 'clean food' code
    226 3 A 'CLEAN FOOD" code may be adopted throughout Britain to combat the nation's increasing number of food poisoning cases and to guard against an infantile paralysis epidemic. S|uch a code has already been introduced in the London borough of Lambeth. Doctors, through the British
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    TO SMASH CAR 'SPIV'
    57 3 TO SMASH CAR 'SPIV' \l\ private motorists in J I Britain have been asked i by the motoring organi- I I sations to tell the police of J spiv agents trying to sell j them petrol coupons. The> were told that I larjfe-scale forgery of J petrol coupons might Jeo-
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    TNT explodes, 4 die
    29 3 Thirty tons of TNT and dynamite stored on a barge blew up on the Scheldt outside of Antwerp harbour, killing four of the crew. A.P.
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    OFFENSIVE AGAINST KARENS BEGINS
    58 3 Shan State forcdl have started an offensive against rebel Karens in the Taungyl area of Burma, an official cial announcement said. State forces, backed by Shan guerillas, reached the main highway to Taungyi, cutting off the avenues of retreat of the Karens while other guerilla units
    A.P.  -  58 words
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    Ceylon Indians face dilemma
    397 3 Ceylon Indians face dilemma CITI7FNSHIP CHOICE INDIANS in Ceylon, who in a few months nuist choose between Indian and Ceylon citizenship, are in a dilemma because if they choose the former, they will lose the franchise, while if they become (Y\lonpse they will be classed a s permanent residents and
    A.P.  -  397 words
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    TWO CZECH TENNIS 'REBELS1 FOR U.S.
    29 3 TWO CZECH TENNIS 'REBELS 1 FOR U.S. Jaroslav Dr««bn\ and V. mlr Ornik the C* ch I tennii ently went in volui die, 1< it London by a;r f:>.
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    Bridge Hands
    258 3 Tf*ODAY S hand i? another exerIctse for bridge dttectftvi West opened the qaeen of clubs and th^t suit was continu rt until South ruffed th.- third round De< I ted the ac»> and king of trumps and the thretop hearts, followed by a trump to dumiv.y's quttn and
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      30 3 j% i S W A N 1 I 7* H JORESCtNT LIGHTING i« supplied to a leading >in**pore Department Store by f: E. MORRIS CO., LTD. i^asfflfi "gsr^igp' 31% j
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      90 3 COH/MB/A RECORDINGS MORTON GOULD HIS ORCHESTRA TWEI FTH f I FAG NOI.A 1 \OU AND THE NIGHT \ND IHF. SOIT T.KiHT.s AND .^wffi IfUBIC i>< ALBERT SANDLER HIS ORCHESTRA EYENSO sC. OUR WALTZ DB ARCHIBALD JOYCE— WANDTEUFEL D» ISSI ANDRE KOSTELANETZ HIS ORCHESTRA DANCIW IN IHI DARK 1! H E
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      483 3 fi i i^ fei^i, i SM k fi *J HKP 30 Music Shop- Half an hour of the newly arrived discs in Singapore shops; 8 Crazy Corner; 8.10 International Trio Twenty mintues of light classical music; 830 Talk of the Town— A weekly diary of people things in the news-
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      240 3 F.P. Crossword No. 779 1 if Pf P l b I 7 1 8~~ 9 II K> a^ BaMaa j^^fc, mmw«m _1» HElL !L 15 16 m 17 '-^j^ ~~m« P 28 29 W -M WfT pX 53 34 W ■EZZH?L Z I I 11 wa b ill I.I iiS
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      32 3 Solution To Crossword No. 778 [n|o|u irThsThmi i c e P|a l'eJBBi n yjEls i HItBO R I N T A* l*T5 i t'at'eMaHJI pJCgNgMMLAPS E w p WEM AiSiPi r}gte: Fe'^tMrPHkX
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Aug 30. 1949. NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
    624 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Aug 30. 1949. NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY H ERECTED figures for the Singapore Legislative Counand Municipal Commission electoral rolls show that In spite of hard propagandist work by the various political parties and by the Chambers ol '-nmerce the hoped for totals have still not
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1200 4 Don Iddon's Diary THAT resounding crash you hear is British prestige hitting rock-bottom. It has happened before on the roller coaster of American public opinion, but always we ha V e bounced back. We will do so again, but this time it is going to be much harder. There are
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    OMAR, 'G.I. GENERAL'
    603 4 B v RODNEY CAMPBELL WHEN General Omar Nelson Bradley, an Innately humble and modest gentleman who still says "If you please" to his Army telephone operators, was appointed Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staffs Committee the other day he drove home at once to tell
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    Don't be fooled by German democracy
    776 4  -  LORD VANSTTTART SA YS THK West Germans have had their first free elections since 1933— thanks to the Western Allies. But do the> give thanks? No. Gratitude and Germ;mitv do not go together. German conduct since the war has been what was expected by
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    won't be wooed
    9 4 won't be wooed •U i; i i I i
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      15 4 VIEDDIWG GIFTS In IILVER OR E.P.N.S. LI U S. de SILVA Jewellers 106, ORCHARD RD.
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      56 4 LUNCHEON MENU Cold Stuffed Roast Lamb Potato and Pea Salad Our Dtl.catcssen D thmk.ng out ntw idtM th. m.dday salad mtal. choict lamb, bontd. i at $1.75 a ib. Strvi d.ctd cooktd potato., Maid Crttn P... with F i on critp Itttuca ltr>" M chopptd mmt. Ma apaat li Um*"
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    Wet rubber shortage hits mills
    128 5 < orresitondent ibtaer mills are th a shortage ol a.s imports of m Palembang, been suspende beginning of this inning of this ng had been slab ruober to aTerage of nth. n whether t£e et rubber expore is only a asure, but the \s depletion
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    Mr. Yap speaks to Fortnightly Club
    66 5 NO of Niagara Falls Canadian Rockies Phenc Geek told itly International i l£ht that Niagara feel the love of His goodness and the made nim feel the God in His forgivedurlng his recent orld trip. saw American beauty Barnwell. president of tnlghtly Club, anthat
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    No widespread exploitation
    389 5 Juvenile labour in Colonv Free p ress Staff Reporter S *Sn, L a^ Ur D e P artm ent officials are of the nf h?im V at rC i? n wides P™ad exploitation of child labour in the Colony. "The problem of child employment arises as much
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    FEDERATION SAYS 'NO' TO TEACHERS
    539 5 FEDERATION SAYS 'NO' TO TEACHERS Malayan Union not registered \tfari v Free Press Staff N Vhp m. W y T S "I! 106 11 came into existence, the Malayan Teachers' Union— the body to wh,ch nine Teachers' Unions in Singapore and 2 000 i2*J --^rship^Sr'about AOOO are affiliated— has been
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    More pressure on housing
    123 5 THE possibility that pressure on housing in Singapore will increase through arrivals from Honp Kong, the Federation and elsewhere is mentioned by the Labour Party in its memorandum suggesting amendments of ihe Control ot Rent Ordinance submitted to the Government. The Party says ihat in spite
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    Australia to show her products
    351 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A L'STRALIA will be represented at the Happy World exhibition in Singapore, from Oct. 1 to 23 by a trade fair pavilion 70 feet in length and occupying 1,600 square feet of space. The Australian Government, in a cable to Mr
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    SILCOCK IN K.L.
    33 5 [)R. r. H. Silcock, <:hairman u of the Rubber Arbitration Board, which was innounced by the Federation Government on Aug. 11. has arrived from England by air In Kuala Lumpur.
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    BEAUTY CONTEST IN OCTOBER
    120 5 CELANGOR S "most beauUfu] girl" will compete with i Singapore's lovelies for the title of -Miss Malaya" in a Malayan beauty contest to be held at Singapore on Oct. 9. A beauty contest is being organised for the Liberation Day carnival, to take place at the
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    Prizes for Malay song composers
    86 5 Prizes for Malay song composers RADIO Malaya announces a competition for composers of songs suitable for broadcasting to Malay schools The first prize will be $100 the second prize $50, and the third prize $25. The songs submitted must consist of original words and original music and be suitable for
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    SCOPE OF RENT BOARD 'Should control new buildings'
    353 5 SCOPE OF RENT BOARD 'Should control new buildings' Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE'S Labour Party is of opinion that the Control of Rent Ordinance sTiould be amended to e he üß<?u B< a d control of rents cf all premises, whether built or completed since the commencement of the Ordinance
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    FIRST AID CLASSES
    26 5 Plrrt nid claim in Chinos*? will be held today at 5.30 p.m. at the St. John Ambulance Association Headquarters :n Stamford Road, Singapore.
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    New S. African trade envoy
    81 5 COUTH AFRICA will be represented in Singapore by a Senior Trade Commissioner from the beginning oi next month. Mr. H. O. V. Jensen will HI, thfc post when he takes u\ his headquarters in the Colony, at the K.P.M. buildIng on Finlayson Green. At present
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    CHINESE CONSUL TAKES UP POST
    79 5 Mh. U* Bunf-vang, u newly-appointed ChinConsul in Singapore taken up duties. He recently from Canton Mr. In K.i; O pu v C attached to the vulate-Genrral. recently to 'akr up his pi Mr. Ltao h ih<> po '^creiary to the Cl "ions in v ih
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    Progressives' reply to ratepayers
    209 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FE Progressive Party considers that the Municipal Corrmissi oners are responsible to Xhs voters only and not to the Singapore Ratepayers' Association TJVft If the reply which the Party has given to a request to one or the Party's Municip?l Commissioners, Mr.
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      119 5 DAY DRESSES AND i COCKTAIL GOWNS Nice and Washable 82-1 BRAS BASAH ROAD (Near Raffles Hotel) BRITISH BLOOD DONERS SAVE THOUSAND OF CHINESE LIVES EVERY YEAR NOW WE APPEAL TO THE CHINESE TO HELP THEIR OWN PEOPLE It the response from them were one-tenth of the European response, the hospitals
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      57 5 GOLF SHOES FOR LADIES in Brown Calf ■t f White Nnhurk. Moulded rubber Soles ft Heels. Siz«^: lo 7 PRICE $29.50 PAIR Also Available l GLENEAGLE BROWN GOLF SHOES With Moulded Rubber Soles. Sizes: 4B TO 9£ $24.50 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE. JEWELLERY WATCHES SIL V ERWARE S.P.H. de SILVA
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    RACE FAN AND BELGIUM HARD TO BEAT
    1533 6 Form guide for tomorrow's races Free Press Racing Correspondent RACE Fan and Belgium are the two best form selections for Bukit K Timah tomorrow, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting. Race Fan, receiving only lib., ran Haydee
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    Liberation Cup weights
    1856 6 WEIGHTS for the Liberation Cup and one other racr W «n Saturday are given belo^ 5 yds LIBERATION CUP C»a.ss 1-Div. 1-6 Fur. A 5 1^ KINDER GOLD BRIGHT EYES CROYDON SoS LSODA SOME CLASS l\l KING ARTHUR EMPIRE ROSE MINSTREL BOY OURANOS '-'J OREGON '-J5 CABARET
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      Marts inactive on eve of talks
      277 6 LONDON, r** MARKETS of the London Stork ix u iU listless, lifeless and lacked r says Reuter's financial Correspondent were few and small and resulted from a w r in^ turnover of business. The general tone n u u\^ U with domestic issues recording
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      N.Y. STOCKS
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      91 6 CAPITOL iMione 5159 LAST 4 SHOWS 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4 6.30 only Premiere Release TONIGHT 9.30 p. m I a0 o- NASSOUR STUDIOS IDoSrELIiO 'n» Mot Wat^ r L&ST 5 SHOWS 11-1 iY 4 00. r. 30 9 ?,ft pm. i^ C ARSOM i tomorrow! FROM SINCLAIR LEWIS' BITING BEST
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      133 6 OPEHS TODAY g|% 1 IB FOUR SHOWS 2-4.15-6.30-9.30 pm. -i PHONt 690., THE GREATESI LO> E STOR^ EVER lnin WITH TWO BRILLIAN IMiRII) BERGMAN LEBI i l«D in "INTERMEZZO HERE ON THURSDAY -i HIL ARIOL S! ITS CRAZY! I i AND REMEMBER IT'S FROM E ACLE-LU StMlfj M0U0l»» |l00K(t r
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      138 6 Exclusive /o Singapore Free Press in Malaya "1 1 I'VE ALWAYS WAITED TO SEE mJ 1 MANORAKeTTa^— TMAT FAMOUsI I YOU'RE PROBABLV BiGHT. LOT? OF I VANCE'S LABOPvATORY. ME'S THE 3 I'VE A STRANGE 1 WOMAN'S !fJTU!TION. OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THIS, B£6INMN6-"THt AMAIIHG RAY" FAMOUS PHYSICIST, YOU KNOW-
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    GAUCHO DOES WINNING TRIAL
    340 7 All T7* Abby Kay impresses 6 Ss Racin Correspondent G ti£E£ anncr y> did a winning trial at Bukit Rah h th k mornm when he paced with speedy Red Hackle (Ellery), a Class 2 sprinter, over 3f in the smart time of 37 2/5. t>^o
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    N.Z. fight back to take 1st. Inns. lead
    365 7 N.Z. fight back to take 1 st. Inns. lead a lighting recovery after losing five ts for 197 runs, the New Zealand cricket scored 328 to gain a first innings lead of 13 sterday against Middlesex. Middlesex, who on Saturday, were 42 for one wicket at dose of play, when
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    JACK LONDON DEFEATED
    73 7 VERNE ESCOE. the coloured Canadian heavyweight, beat Jack London, former champion, In an eliminating contest for Bruce Woodcock's Empire heavyweight title at West Hartlepool last night. London retired at the end of the sixth round with a damaged shoulder. Escoe generally forced the pace, but London covered
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    Soccer friendlies
    33 7 TIONG Bahru Rangers beat Quantas Airways XI 3—2 In a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Guthrie's S. C. will meet the Y.M.C.A in a soccer friendly today on Balestier Plain
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    34 7 Hie woman's hockey section of the S.C.C. are now open to accept fixtures with teams for the coming edson and Mrs. A. O. Sutton (Tel. *****) will be pleased to receive offers.
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    M.C.F.A. teams for North v. South match
    211 7 M.C.F.A. teams for North v. South match THE flna) of the Malayan 1 Chinese Football Association Inter-State competition between the Penang Chinese, the holders and Negri Sembilan will be played on the Station Padang Seremban, on Saturday, Sept. 3. for the M.C.F.A. cup presented bv Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe. On
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    Bromwich wins easily
    149 7 JOHN Bromwich, of Australia. defeated Eustace Fannin of South Africa yesterday in the opening round singles match of the United State? Amateur Tennis Championships 6 —3; 6 —l; 6—3. In the opening round o; the *otnens singles Mrs Molly Blair. British Wightman cupper, defeated [Deborah Welsh of
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    NEW OFFSIDE LAW CAN BE WRITTEN OFF
    202 7  -  IVAN SHARPE By rpHANKS to the dog-in-the-manger attitude of the A F.A., England's experiments with the new offside law in practice games without the paying publiccan be written off before they start. No enthusiasm; no real thoroughness. In some trials, I read, the
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    fur pin wins in round 2
    54 7 picture. RANDOLPH TURPIN (right) connects with a left and is about to follow up with a right to the head of Jean Wanes of France during their fight at Belle Vue, Manchester on Aug. 23. Wanes retired in the second round owing to a
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    WOODCOCK-SAVOLB FIGHT IS OFF
    256 7 IT i s now definite that there will be no open air 1 fight this autumn between British champion Bruce Woodcock and the American Lee Savold for the world heavyweight championship (British version) as Woodcock will not be fit in time. All ticket money received for
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    RUGBY LGE. RESULTS
    21 7 YESTERDAY'S Rugby league 1 results were: Hull Kingston Rovers 9 Kakefi€ld T. f Leeds 63 York J.— Reuter
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    Khalsa hockey XI
    57 7 HPHE fallowing will represent the A Khalsa Association Hockey Team in a match against the Po«tal Union on the Khalsa Association Ground (Off St. Geo v g«s; Road) at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday: Sur.ioet: Charanjit; Harbfins; Scwa. 3. S. S r in 'capt.V Mohinder; Bnssan, Parrlra PardtatnftU,
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    Wolves keep in lead
    125 7 WOLVER HAMPTON Wanderers, heading the first Division of the English Fooiball League held on to their unbeaten record yesterday with a 2-1 win over Charlton Athletic. Wolverhampton have now won their first games in ihe new football season. They are the holders of .the Football Association
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    Eurasians win 3-1
    181 7 IjMJRASIANS beat Ceylonesc j three-one in a game filled with plenty of minor Infringements, in the Inter-Commu-nlty League soccer match at the Jalan Besr Stadium yesterday. The Ceylonese put up a good show against their much I stronger opponents and held them to a one-all draw at
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    Scottish team to meet Ireland
    57 7 "THE Scottish team to irK-et Ireland In the Inter-League match at Glasgow on Bept. 1 will be Cowan (Morten), Ycmnu. (Glasgow Rrtnaersj, Cox iGlu»co\v RansrrM. Evans, rceltio. Woodburn (Olasgow Ranßcr.'. R«-dpath, fMf>t)thrr*ell). Waddell (Gla.^o-v Rancjprs): Ma«on f Third iMn&rkt. Pnulo T T enrt of Midlothian)
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    First tie for title after 60 years
    564 7 COUNTY CRICKET rpHE English county cricket championship ended in a tie yesterday for the first time since 1889 uh< n Yorkshire, forcing a two-day win over Glamorgan, last year's champions, levelled with Middlesex at 192 points each. Sixty years ago Nottinghamshire Lancashire and
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    BADMINTON TIES FOR WEEKEND
    182 7 Wl are i\ i: i» 7.30 p m.: iIB Chtong J <v- Abu potyui I i.. Hoo Chun Kah (Lift Sonh K»o K> Hin (Marigold •••in .V: LJOfd f;n: Wulit Kta tin (< Hcok k i. W» e in i h itnd I. ■> <Sin SI.
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    BILLIARDS TOUR
    22 7 IJ>RANK BdH Bl amateur billiards c*< pion. will Nov-mbrr lor nl India as the gu- Hllarrt Association ot India Reuter
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    BIRTHS
    62 8 BLACKWOOD SEWELL: To Pal ineo Coleman). wife of Anson Blackwood Sewoll. at K.K. •:il. on 30th August, a son. Both well. RIDGWAY: A son, to Corrie Marshall. Brisbane). at berg Memorial Hospital, on 2Sth. Both doing well. JOHNSON: On 28th August, 1 949 at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala pur, to
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    ENGAGEMENT
    14 8 IRE ENGAGEMENT is anc(\ between Cap l am Ronuld Broadbent and Miss Patricia
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    DEATH
    27 8 TAIT, ISABELLA: On 25th i 1949. at District Hospital. .l' New South Wales. Aus- beloved wife of R. O. H. :ate Chief Accountant, e Harbour Board.
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    TUITION
    20 8 BOOKKEEPING, Typewriting. Shorthand <fe English -Beginners <anced In all subjects). Paya Lebar Commerna! Institute. B Yio Chu Kaug Road.
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    KWANGTUNG BATTLE RAGING
    348 8 Reds storming into province HONG KONG, Tuesday. 'THE battle for Kwangtung Province, main Nationalist stronghold and home of most overseas Chinese, has begun in earnest. Communist forces are invading the province from Kiangsi as other Red forces make a pincer move on the Hankow-Canton railway, while the
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    '$4-MILLION FOR VARSITY WAITING'
    91 8 '$4-MILLION FOR VARSITY WAITING' THE Malayan Educator, organ of teachers' unions In Singapore and the Federatlon, estimates that there is sum of at least $4,000,000 waiting to be collected in this country for the University fund. "But." says the journal, "the greater part of it will not be paid in
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    HIGH TIDES
    10 8 Today: 3.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.45a.m: 3 p in
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    Arabs ask Israel for more land
    132 8 I AUSANNE. Tues. FOUR Arab states yesterday sought territorial conees- •tons from Israel in return 1 for the reset tlemen; of any Arab refugees whom Israel refused to repatriate. Delegates of Egvp* S.\:i<« Lebanon Mid Jordan handed joint note to this p fleet to
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    GERMAN BID FOR BIG U.S. FORTUNE
    99 8 BERLIN, Tuesday. A GROUP of Germans yesterday launched an organised search of musty records to prove their ?laims to the U.5.530,000,000 Garrett tobacco fortune in the United States. They claim to be legal heirs )f Mrs. Henrietta Garrett. who died in 1930. She was
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    ASSEMBLY TO HEAR PLEA FOR GERMANY
    154 8 STRASBOURG. Tuesday. GERMANY'S admission to the Council of Europe will be discussed today by the important General Affairs Committee of the European Assembly. Mr. Georges Bidault, the Committee chairman, announced last night. The Committee will have before it Mr. Winston Churchill's proposal that the
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    Dies after his church service
    38 8 LONDON. Tiie*. 'HUE Rev. A. Foreman Cox. I »»0. announced at the close of his service in the Holy Innocents Church, "The day is past and over." He then collapsed and died. A.P.
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    Atlantic trip in Jeep
    93 8 YOUTHFUL Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin (arlin. of New York City, are to make a third attempt to cross the Atlantic in an amphibious Jeep. They hope to set oft this week from Halifax on to their 000-mile voyage to the Azores. In their first attempt, made
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    GERMAN GOVT.?
    25 8 Fritz Heine. Social Democratlc Party press chief said in Bad Duerkeim. yesterday that the chances for bi coalition government for Western Oermany slur..
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    Tale of massacre of 2,600 Japs
    165 8 TOKYO. Tuesday. \I ASS ACRE of IM)O Japanese women and children 1 refugees in Manchuria on Aug. 14, 1945 by Chinese troops is charged here by several professed survivors. The slaughter by machinegun tire from tanks allegedly occurred the day before World War w
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    Smuts on 'menace' to Union
    116 8 Smuts on 'menace' to Union PRETORIA. Tups. FIELD MARSHAL. J. C. Smuts, former South African Prime Minister, adfee&sing the head committee 0| the United Party tor the Tfatisvaal. yesterday declared that a •Broedenbond" «Brotherhood 1 State would be h f&c greater menace to South Africa than a Republic. Tbe "Broedenbond
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    3 die in train crash
    33 8 Three persons— a railway ngii n and two women pasaeng Ti -were killed, and" s.\ others severely In ured in un collision ne.ir D gal. North Ireland yesterday
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    P.I. AIR FORCE PLANE CRASH
    45 8 A Philippines air force F-51 fighter plane crashed at Basa airfield. Central Luzon. Sunday killing the pilot. No trace has been found of a missing single-englned Piper Cub. which failed to reach Mindo- Island, on a flight from Manila.- A.P.
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    RULER SECRETLY WED SCOTS GIRL
    119 8 LONDON. Tuesday. 'PHE 26-year-old Maharajah of Jodhpur, former ruler of 2,000.000 people and reputed to be fabulously wealthy, secretly married a young Scots girl last September, it was revealed here yesterday. The marriage became known through ihe visit of Maharajah's wife to her bioilier, Mr.
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    HUKS KIDNAP 17
    25 8 Manila press reports said yesterday that 17 peuple in Dlnaluplsan, Bataan province, were kidnapped on Sunday by a strong Huk force.- U.P.
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    24 die in air crash
    75 8 Members of a rescue party approaching the wreck of a British European Airways Dakota, which crashed on a lonely hillside at Hinders Intake. Greenfield, near the Lancashire- Yorkshire border. Twenty -four of the 3^ occupants, including the crew of three were killed and the remaining
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    N.S.W. FLOODS RECEDING
    165 8 SYDNEY, Tuesday. J FLOODS in the KcijMlJ District of N»-w South Wales, now receding, are estimated to have Uken seven lives, rendered thousands homeless and damaged stocks, crops and property worth n than £2,000.000. Two people are reported missing. About 2(X miles of territory was swamped b\
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    Diary in war crimes trials
    46 8 HAMBVfUi T THE i \\A\e Overman ti Oen Pram iL.'.dei ftp] give evidence In the Crimea trial of former F1 ich von n: I von M rhara i r et i»f no Irtenrali ielf bi .rt will f*v« a r A.P.
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    MAN CHANNEL ATTEMPT FAILS
    52 8 MAN CHANNEL ATTEMPT FAILS EGYPTIAN Marie Hai Hamad failed In his bid to swim the English Channel night after bl the water to: 14 hours Three other Egypt! i makr Individual attempt* to swim ihe Channel. A sixman relay team will also take the water 10 beat a Frenrh relay
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    JAP STABS G.I.
    52 8 An American private ffll stabbed on Saturday bv a Japanese in Tokyo, Oen. MacArthurs Headquarters announced yesterday. The soldier's condition li QOt ous. Reuter. Western German y and Switzerland have si kft en an agreement on irade "without limitations." the Joint Export and Import Agency announced In
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    Red plan to end enemy this year
    75 8 TITO ASKS US LOAN AS Western Allied Intellifenct ,',n,' received fresh reports last {i J" try to liquidate Marshal 1 it. the Moscow Radio announced t form countries, i»uludn „r "mm, Yugoslavia, have met in Bulj sary decision Kp A Washington mew Government
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    NAKING EMBASSY
    29 8 The United States Emba in Communist-held Nanking I is cutting its staff b'» cent, bu: it is "nut tai close down y» an Eml spokesman said yesterday.
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