The Singapore Free Press, 5 September 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS 17.5:0
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    YUNNAN BREAKS WITH CANTON
    435 1 'Key' to S.-E. Asia m revolt HONG KONG, Monday. VUNNAN PROVINCE, key south-western Chinese province bordering: on Indo-China and Burma and situated close to the northern frontier of Siam, revolted yesterday against the Nationalist Government m Canton, according to Chinese reports. Nothing is known of the
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    FOOTBALLER DIES
    50 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SEREMBAN, Mon. KHOO Eok Chye, the Penang footballer, who played left half for the North In the annual SCFA match against the South at Seremban and was hurt two minutes before the end of the game, died this morning at the General Hospital here.
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    LADY GIMSON GOING TO U.K.
    60 1 Lady Oimson and Miss Judy Gimson are leaving Singapore by the Corfu on Thursday. They will spend a few months' leave m the United Kingdom. The Governor's A.D.C., Capt. D. Snowdon, will accompany Lady Gimson and Miss Gim- son. Capt. Snowdon told the Free Press
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    GERMAN CALL FOR ONE-GOVT EUROPE
    102 1 GERMAN CALL FOR ONE-GOVT EUROPE BERLIN. Sun. GERMAN Catholic workers issued a call for a Europe under one and constitu- call was made by the Catholic Workers' Assotnany of whose membe.onp to non -religious labour unions. udressing over the the Catholic rally at which the one-govern- carried, the of *he
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    arrests
    35 1 Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter Five Chinese were arrested by the Singapore Police yesterday. Four were alleged Ito be members of unlawful secret societies and one a member of the Malayan 1 Communist Party.
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    59 1 A bulldoicr at work yesierday, m the squatter area at Coronation Road, clearing the way for a new housing estate. Thirteen huts are being; demolished, and so far the 120 Chinese squatters who occupy them have ignored the notice to quit. They "stayed put" yesterday while this bulldozer churned through
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    MORE TROOPS FOR H. KONG
    304 1 And some for Malaya Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the Chinese Communists reported to be 250 miles away from Hong Kong m their sweep down South China, the British troopship Empress of Australia, which arrived from the U.K. yesterday, left Singapore at 7 a.m. today
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    TROOPS GUARD DISMANTLING
    81 1 British troops, equipped with armoured cars, Bren gun carriers and machine guns, and scores of German police will stand by m Dusseldorf today when German crews start their second attempt to dismantle the Ruhrchemie chemical plant. The troops a full battalion of the first Man.^hesrer Regiment— and
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    PANDIT NEHRU IS SURPRISED
    135 1 ALLAHABAD, Sunday. INDIA'S Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, told a public meeting here today that he was surprised at the intervention of President Truman and the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, m India's dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. "No attempt has been made to understand and
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    BANDIT KILLED
    23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Operating m tne Muar area m Johore yesterday, men of the 16th Field Battery killed a bandit.
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    SKIRMISH AT ROBESON CONCERT
    108 1 SKIRMISH AT ROBESON CONCERT NEW YORK, Monday. SEVERAL hundred antiCommunists clashed with police yesterday when the Communist Negro singer, Paul Robeson, gave an open-air concert at an abandoned golf-course at Peekskill, 40 miles from here. Disorder broke out four times during and after the concert. First, a group of anti-Communists
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    JAPANESE TYPHOON SINKS 35 SHIPS
    43 1 Tckyo Maritime Safety Boa.d yesterday reported that tir- typhoon "Kitty" sank 35 shi a, washed away two, caused three to collide, 12 to run aground and damaged 23 &thers> a total of more than 100,000 tons of shipping.
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    'No doodling, please'
    75 1 Joint British Canadian- American atomic talks open today at the Harwell Atom Research st ition behind a tight security screen. Eighteen scientists will attend the conference which has "mutual security arrangements between the three countries" as the chief item on the agenda. They will not be allowed
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    'CHINA BLOCKADE RUNNERS SELFISH'
    162 1 HONG KONG. Monday. A SENIOR officer of the Chinese Nationalist Navy alleged yesterday that a "certain nation," presumably Britain, was trying to break the Nationalist sea blockade of red-held ports "for selfish reasons." He said: "Whereas all other nations have been dissuaded from Interfering with our
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    Pearl Harbour 'scapegoat'
    113 1 DALLAS (Texas), Mon. THE bociy of Major-Gen. Walter C. Short, who often accused the U.S. War Department of making him the 1 scapegoat" m the Pearl Harbour disaster, left here last night for Washington buriai m Arlington National cemetery. The tall, greyhalrcxi soldier who commanded the Army
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    'Clear way for U.S. capital9
    238 1 'Clear way for U.S. capital 9 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHE Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John Snyder, A appealed tonight to foreign governments to clear away obstacles to the investment of American capital m under-developed areas. Speaking three days before the opening of the Anglo-Canadian- American dollar talks here on Wednesday,
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    Massey not for London
    130 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mon. SINGAPORE reports that Mr. Craude Massey, the j Australian Commissioner m Malaya who is now on leave m Sydney, will probably succeed the late Mr. Jack Beasley as High Commissioner m London are without foundation. Mr. Massey is nearly at the
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    TAMIL ELECTIONS
    52 1 In District Board Elections m the 11 districts m the Tamil speaking area of South India (Tamilnad), not a single Communist won, according to statistics compiled by the Tamil Congress office m Madras. The Congress Party, which expected to sweep the polls, gained only 372 seats out of
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    BRITISH EXPORTS LOWEST SINCE OCT.
    73 1 Br. tain .■> exports slumped m July to the lowest oX any mor.th since last October, jvirt of the blame for f he drop, it was said, lying with tne Comr.iunist-led 25-day strike b- London dockers. The Board of Trade said the valu* of exports
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    Lawther hits at wild-cat strikes
    128 1 LONDON, Mon. AT the 81st annual British Trades Union Congress at Bridlington yesterday, the president. Sir William Lawther, told the 9,000,000-strong movement that its function had changed from one of lighting employers to one of leading an advance to complete Industrial democracy. The days of
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    Airabu men back in P.I.
    62 1 MANILA, Men. THE three American flyers imprisoned almost a year ago m Indonesia for gunrunning returned to Manila last night. Albert Onstott, Connie W. Seigristvuid William B Hallam were flown from Batavkt to Clark Field, north of Manila, by a U.S. Air Force plane. The
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    Austrian industries
    41 1 Government officials said m Vienna yesterday that, despite the four-power failure to agree on an Austrian peace treaty, Russia was carrying on its two months old stripping and undermining of industries which are to be returned to Austria.' U.P
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    Rubber prices
    61 1 A SPECIAL Market cor 1 pondent jives the price* ot rubber (m cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m today M follows: Buyer* Sellers No 1 X 83. Spot: loose 37* 37H F.o b In bales Sept No! 1 X S.S. 37^i 37V4 No. 2 B S.S. 35« 4
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    Andorra, Paradise For Smugglers
    963 2  -  R.M. McCOLL By ANDORRA: ■JMIE young man m the grey chalkstripe suit leaned back m his chair, sipped his cognac, and said: "I need more tourists, I" must get them here m really large numbers;' He signalled to the obsequious waiter to recharge our glasses, and
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    130 2 >Vhen Penny reached the Kennel' *ierc Kom, her pet monkey, was to JlLJfi she went away on 'chday, Kom jumped out of her o'tns on to ihe Rate and shook .t v.olenf.y. He au iys did this Mhtn »'C was annoyed. He seemed lo now that he was not c.oinK
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    JANET COULDN'T STOP DANCINC
    305 2 AFTER 27 hours of supercharged living, two year old Janet Wheelwright fell asleep m the children's ward of Leeds Dispensary watched thankfully by tired nurses. Her cot was surrounded by over worked toys, teddy bears, and much-dangled dolls. The story began when Janet went to a
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    222 2 BORN today, you have a highly idealistic nature wnich, when combined with your good head for business, can bring you to exceptional heights of accomplishment and even material success provided you do not let your moods and impulses control your action. This combination can seriously deter you
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    This Robot Teaches Professors
    879 2  - This Robot Teaches Professors HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE By ROBOT professor, with an .electronic brain and four faces, is doing something new m teaching at the Pennsylvania State College. This robot teaches professors. He was built under sponsorship of the office of naval research, special devices centre, to find out how
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    Bridge Hands
    241 2 "Please comment on the oidding of this hand," requests B.G.W. of Columbus, Ohio. -Should North have bid three no-trump, or would four spades have been a better choice? "West opened the hearts against three no-trump and South w= set. We think that North would have made four spades
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      187 2 rejrjdfjjkrmjdjkd SINGAPORE •'HI I NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m. TODAY 10 a.m. News from Kuala Lumpur; 12 Progrramme m Malay; 1 p.m. Monuay Matinee Freddy Martin Orchestra; 1.30 lime Signal News, 1.45 Cowboy Songs; 6 Programme Sumnia. y; 6.02 Light Music; 6.30 Hawaiian
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      412 2 7 Tine Signal Newi,; 7.10 Singapore Share Market Report; 7.15 Interlude; 7.30 The Adventures of P.C. 49— Another incident m the career of Police-Constable Archibald Berkeley Willoushby This week's adventure "The Cas" of the Green Golliwog; 800 Ifnttc Shop Half an hour of the newly arrhed discs m S.n?aDure shops;
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      62 2 F.P. Crossword No. 784 1 w i 3 1. ...i j 4 i .PiPi 5 w 7 y.^9 10 F~ J_~~L~Z~ZHZSK CLIJKS Ai ROSS iliiillPiiis CLUES DOWN ment (7); 18 Corded cloth^S) 19 t™u 15 ml enc e '3); 17 Vehe<6>; 22 Angles for riisnm t without right (7); 21
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    H. KONG BANKERS NERVOUS'
    409 3 H. KONG BANKERS NERVOUS' Fear of devaluation JJONG KONG bankers and speculators who keep their ear close to the ground are having a hard time figuring out the answer to the question what will happen to the city's prosperity and trade m the next month or so? A critical period
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    Claims Labour kills incentive
    117 3 lALISM m Britain is killing incentive, one of the nations most eminent economists declares. ilist states must change man's attitude our if they want to create a perfect ent, says Sir Alexander Grey. Professor of onomy at the University of Edinburgh. pita to the an•Rf of
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    REDS GET BLAME OF MASSACRE
    214 3 RESPONSIBILITY for the murder of Mrs. Aurora A. Quezon and 11 of her party while on their way to Baler, Quezon proYlnce has been pinned on Communist- led Hukbalahap forces under the command of Jose Dimasalang de Leon, overall Huk commander m Nuovm Ecija province,
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    Czech leader warns R.Cs
    103 3 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S Com—llill President Klement Gottwaid has accused the nations Roman Catholic hierarchy of "spread i I.^1 false pi or i ckMtgntd to torj.) the uchievement oi our Peqple'a Democrutiu Govern- merit The President said: "We will not let anyone spoil our i Republic. Our people will
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    U.S. airmen's 11 Commandments
    211 3 U.S. airmen's 11 Commandments ELEVEN Commaivdinents for American airmen m Britain have been worked out at Kuislip, Middlesex, bj the 3rd Air Division. They say: 1 Don't be over -talkative and familiar Maintain the proper uniform at all times, and be a credit to your uniform. 2Kwp oat of the
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    African fares rioting dies
    168 3 fpHE western suburbs were quiet after serious sioting that followed the one penny increase In African tram fares. Mr. C. O. Thompson, City Council Tramway Committee chairman, appealing for calm, has said the disturbances arose to a large extent from agitation by a minority section of
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    Test for Czechs overseas
    87 3 Test for Czechs overseas ANEW "passport purge" ordered by the Communi Ist Czechoslovak Government will hasten the decision by i Czechs abroad whether or not to break with the Communist region. After Sept. 30. all existing Czech passports will become I invalid and. m order to get new ones. Czechs
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    'Tortured' by the Legion
    271 3 U.S. DESERTER'S STORY Patrick James Ryan, 23, alleged deserter, told a U.S. Navy court martial that he was ihanghaieri by the French Foreign Legion and spent SO months of severe privation before he could escape. The slender young sailor, whose story was first infolded when he
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    Quits bus for Oxford
    103 3 rpiiOMAS CLARK. 41. of A the London Transport garage at Potters Bar. is the only London busman to become an Oxford undergraduate. He recently sat for an honours decree m economics, political science and philosophy and is awaiting the result. Financial help will be given by
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    GASTANK EXPLODES
    23 3 Three people w«re killed and several others seriously Injured recently when a gas tank exploded on the outslclrts 61 Naples.- AP
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    'PUT BERLIN ON HER FEET
    77 3 GEN. Maxwell D. Taylor, new U.S. Commandant m Berlin, gave top priority to the financial plight of the former German capital. He told his first news conference that he had Instructed experts to intensify their efforts to put Berlin on its feet economically. There would
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      196 3 1849 EM 1949 •met Wfcjj OVER A CENTURY OF 1 TRADING IN MALAYA 1 1849 saw George MacFarlane Sandilands, Hs(j; and John Buttery, Esquire; I^3 take over the firm of Lorrain Sandi- £jr lands vN: n established m Penang circa On September sth 1849 THE COR fr PORATION OF LLOYD'S
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  • The Singapoere Free Press MONDAY. Sept. 5, 1949.
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      CULTURE AND PORK
      379 4 SIR ROLAND BRADDELL'S plea for a cultural centre for Singapore will find J echoes m the hearts of many. Whether it will loosen the purse strings of Government. Municipal or private generosity is another matter. Concerts, lectures, exhibitions, music, the drama and the other arts rarely make
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      Bonus for burners
      226 4 T^LECTRICITY users m SinCj gapore will greet with mixed feelings the announcement that the Municipal Electrical Department last year made a net profit of $1,401,848. They Wtl] be gratified that they are not a burden on the rates, but they may think that perhaps they are entitled
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    A Reply To U.S. Charges
    1046 4  -  Hall Romney London Lettei by LONDON, Aug. 23. 'JHKRE was a time when it seemed good thai an agreement which would help Malaya's rubber industry should be negotiated during the wider Anglo-American discussions that are to take place m Washington next month. To(iav I am
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    Letter to the Editor A TRIBUTE
    122 4 Letter to the Editor A TRIBUTE I WOULD like, through the medium of your newspaper to express my deep and lasting gratitude to the Staff of the General Hospital In particular to Ward 5 and the Physiotherapy Department for their sterling work throughout my stay of twenty weeks. Such treatment
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    He works hundred
    382 4 LIE works 100 hours a n week and some times more for £4 10s. He sleeps with the break of the waves m his ears; with a telephone by his bedside. If that bell rings he's out ail night, whatever the weather He's nevei known overtime; hates
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    Malayan Day of Remembrance
    146 4  -  MARIAN WELLS By War clouds heavy with vile threats Menaced vengeance, violence, regrets For past acts, while a paralysing fear Of utter annihilation of all here Entwined each citizen's heart with cold despair Of resignation: none sought to be but spared. There was no morrow to
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    TOUGHEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD
    776 4  -  RICHARD HUGHES By TOKYO: pROBABLY the toughest University m the world is Koryo, Tokyo's famed "University of the Red Tomb." With a proud record of academic success m the training of Japanese businessmen over half a century, the University has refused to restrict itself to
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    Still 'worlds' to conquer
    708 4 THE Atlantic Ocean has just been crossed m a homemade sailing ship. Men and women have swum the English Channel as often as they have swum the Bosphorus. An aeroplane has flown over the Himalayas. The Long Range Desert Group on the flank of the Eighth
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    SPORE SHIPS MAY SKIP 2 PORTS
    320 5 SPORE SHIPS MAY SKIP 2 PORTS Swatow, Amoy threatened Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE ships sailing for South China may at any moment omit Swatow and Amoy, the last Chinese Nationalist held seaports, from their schedules. The South China destinations of two fairly large merchant ships which left Singapore during
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    36 5 picture. MR. and Mis. Ralph S. Von Kohorn, photographed m iri Singapore on Saturday s hortly after their arrival from Melbourne, where the y were married. They are bound for Europe and Am erica.- Free Press
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    24 5 pio lure, 'jPHE Grown Prihce of Laos, J. photographed at a party on board the La Marseillaise m Singapore harhmir nn Saturday- Free Press
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    Malayan outlook in new book;
    143 5 Free Pre* Stall Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. N. bonki for Chinese ular schools m rittcn by residenu a with a Malayan re plann-d by a Education Technical Advis< ry Committee. attempt has already i made, as a temporary to improve Chlchool books by deleting ible
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    NEW BISHOP
    47 5 THE enthronement jf the Ri. Rev. Henry \Volte s as Bishop of Singapore will take place at St Andrews Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 23. The new bishop accompanied by his wife and their twoId son. will arrive m Singapore m the Wlllem Ruys 19
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    No favouritism in scholarship awards
    90 5 CANDIDATES eligible for Government scholarships are not selected on the basis j of favouritism or family con- > nectlons. but on the merits of the candidates concerned. This was stressed by Che Abdullah bin Mohamed, a member of the Sultan Ibrahim i Scholarship Committee, m
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    Johore Mufti on 'immoral' novels
    277 5 Jo ho re Mufti on 'immoral novels Free Press Malay Correspondent DANNING by the Johore Government of Malay novels which it may consider immoral is envisaged I In a statement by the Mufti, who suggests that such books be prohibited from entry into the State The statement is contained m
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    More people want jobs
    135 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO hundred and eighteen 1 juveniles ranging from 14 to 18 years of age were among the 1,661 Chinese, Indians, Malays and Eurasians who registered for work at the Labour Department's Employment Exchange last month. This total was 268 more than the
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    BIG YOUTH CAMPPLAN
    137 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. ONE of two International Youth Camps to be held under the auspices of the Y.M.CA. In 1951 may take place m Malaya, it was agreed at the first South East Asia V.M.C.A. Conference just ended m Bangkok. It was decided
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    FULL MOON DAY
    77 5 The full moon day which falls on Tuesday will be celebrated at th« Sinhala Buddhist Temple 263. Outram Road. Singapore, by Jtfr. O. N. De S. Gunawardhane. The programme Is: 6.00 a.m. Hoisting the .!ud M flag, 630 a.m. Observing the Eight Precepts. 7.00 a.m. Buddha Puja.
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    MAILS
    35 5 Surface mails are expected to Ttrive m Singapore today from: ■Ml Australia, Ceylon, Sarawak nd Siam. Closing Time for posting urface mails at the 0.P.0. is: to Klungchow, Hong Kong, China and Japan: noon.
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    18 5 Free Press picture of the 120 Chinese squatters m an area m equation Road required for m aval.-
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    Safer meat for rural areas
    233 5 Free Press Staff Reporter piGS for consumption m the Singapore rural area 1 will m future be slaughtered m Municipal abattoirs, thereby safeguarding rural residents from questionable meat from animals killed m illegal private slaughter houses. In response to an inquiry from the Rural Board,
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    'All white ship' calls at S'pore
    229 5 All white ship' calls at S'pore Free Press Staff Reporter hundred Singapore residents, with Lady Gimson and Miss Judy Gimson as the guests of 'lonour, were entertained on board the floodlit "All White Yacht" of 16,000 tons gross. La Marseillaise, during its stay m port on Saturday evening. M. Felix
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    Consumption of electricity: Colony record
    498 5 Since 1946 new power consumers have only been connected on the undertaking by them that they will not utilise the supply between the peak load hours of 6 p.m. end 10 p.m. rhis policy will enable the Electricity Department to absorb vi J ncreased lighting
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    S.H.B. men to get pensions
    107 5 THE Singapore Government has approved a pension scheme for employees of the Singapore Harbour Board, to be calculated from Jan. 1, 1948. Any permanent monthlypaid employee who is 20 years of age or older, is eligible to be a member of the pension scheme The
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    S.T.G GOLD CUP RACE MOST OPEN
    367 6 S.T.G GOLD CUP RACE MOST OPEN Going will be vital factor By TRESPASSER J^EVER m the history of the Singapore Gold Cup has there been a race which looks so open as that which a field of 13, barring scratchings, will contest at Bukit Timah next Saturday. All the 13
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    Attractive cricket in U.K. games
    464 6 ONE remaining game m the county championship and three festival matches provided cricket fans m the South and North of England wit*! a lor of at 'r:\ctivo batting and keen bowling on Saturday. Batsmen came oil best at Hastings, where the N^w Zealandprs played South
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    DANES ACCEPT
    31 6 The Dar.ish Badminton Association has decided to acapt a South African invitation to S'>nd a team of three men am' three women to tour tiie Unio.i next year. Reuter
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    GOOD START FOR CARDIFF
    225 6 RUGBY Union football moved quietly and without fuss into the U.K. winter sports programme on Saturday. Very few games were cancelled because of hard grounds. Cardiff went off to their usual fine start with a 34 5 win over PenaTth and Bedford continued their run of
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    Three charity cycle races
    133 6 HPHE Cosmopolitan Cycling Team, organisers of all the recent cycle races will be holding a programme of three benefit grass cycling events m aid of the family of the late Yahaya bin Ellas who was killed while talcing part In the 100-mile road race held on
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    23 6 picture. SHAWFORO (Lawler) being led m by Dr. L. M. Thompson after winning the fourth race at Bulrit Timah on Saturday.- Free Press
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    BELGIAN SWIMS THE CHANNEL
    54 6 A.P Ffrnand dv Moulin, a 34--year-old Belgian swimmer, conruered the English Channel on Saturday. He landed on British soil 21 hour* and 57 minutes after starting from Ca« Grls Ne2. He war the second to swim the Channel this year. Philip Mlckman. 18-year-old English schoolboy, accomniish*»H
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    Eurasians hold Army to draw
    267 6 I EADING 3—l ten minutes from the end, Eurasians conceded two goals m the closing stages and allowed Singapore District (Army) to draw 3— 3 m the S.A.F.A. Community League soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The first fifty minutes of the game
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    Stoke surprise Derby County
    408 6 From JIM CHAMBER IN a big upset m the First Division of the English soccer League on Saturday, Derby County were beaten 3 2 on their own ground by Stoke City. The England centre-half, Neil Franklin, playing his first game of the season for Stoke, completely
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    MISS HENG FETED
    67 6 MORE than 130 people were present at a dinner In honour of Miss Helen Heng, Malayan singles badminton champion at the Southern Hotel on Saturday night given her by the Useful Badminton Party. Mr. Ong Say Yeo, president of th* Party, congratulated Miss Heng on i eta
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    SOUTH AFRICA BEAT N.Z.
    67 6 COUTH Aiiican Ru^by Union team, Springboks, beat New Zealand All Blacks by nine Into (three penalty goals* tc three (a try; m the thirc* Ten at Durban on Saturday It was South Africa's third consecutive victory. A. GefTiii kicked all three penalty goals for South Atrica,
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    BID FOR RECORDS
    48 6 T T.-COL A. T. Goldie Gardner will take his Gardner special racing car to Belgium on Sept. li m an attempt to break a number of records of International class I engines of more than :>f)o cc. r»n»l no*-. exceeding so«i c c A P.
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    Saturdays U.K. soccer results
    231 6 Saturdays U.K. soccer results RESULTS of E soccer In the Kingdom were: BNCMJMI LfcAUl I k'lHM' DIVISION »f*"i aI l Blackpool i v RS? J SK RES I';;: Middlrshnuri I p,,ri Newcastle :< UIN West Kroiu^lth I «h. SECOND Di\, ar 1 s J cv -h.ft,...,j k Bla.kburn i; UIV
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    WOLVES WIN HARD GAME
    136 6 UJOLVERHAMPTON Wand- eiers. who broke up winning team for their g:> aeainst BJackpooJ on Satui day. are mighty high m reserve footballers. Denis Wilshaw, m th> war i lino, and giant rightback Ansus Maclean. Welshman with a Bcotl name did not upset rhythm f.f success. The
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    Once unwanted, now Cup hope
    79 6 UURR\ Up, one of U I** f .^nci^d horses year's Melbourne Cup. also one at the best I horses as the second the Caul field Cup-M-Cup doublt. was once p out of t)v ring onaold only .tAPl.lo.b wi i for hin: Hurr^- I'd was p\r.
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    SMART GALLOP BY EDMOND DANTES
    280 7 SMART GALLOP BY EDMOND DANTES picture This morning's track work Free Press Racing Correspondent gDMOND DANTES (Ayres) showed vast improvement when he ran 3f. m 37 3/5 seconds on the training track at Bukit Timah this morning. This chestnut showed up well on the first day m his first outing
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    Wimbledon champion loses to Doris Hart
    384 7 y JISS Doris Hart, third ranked American player, 1 yesterday provided a major upset m the United State* lawn tennis championships by defeating the Wimbledon champion Miss Louise Brough, 7 5, 6—l to reach the final of the women's singles. Both players are m
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    Michael Tan best athlete
    132 7 WITH 13 points to his cr lan Khoon Hock won :p ol the tnuft] sports of the Institute of Con.meire. Institution ground the 100 ydi. hurdles i -h ;ump and bicycle raa placed second m the 0■• race. Runner-up was Sap. Gua with two first the
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    HINDOSTAN OUT ST. LEGER
    110 7 THE Aga Khan's St. Leger tndidate, Hindostan, developed a sore foot during a a ning spin yesterday and not now run m the big next Saturday. of the mishap to indostan, Johnny Longden, champion jockey not now rtde for the Aga Khan m the race. w*i
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    New hockey rule passed by I.H.F.
    117 7 New hockey rule passed by I. H.F. rTHE Singapore hockey season which started last Friday will see the introduction of the new rule passed by the International Hockey Federation with reference to stopping the ball with the hands. The new rule is that the ball should not be stopped on
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    HOTSPURS GAIN 5-3 VICTORY
    101 7 THREE quick goals scored m the 1 last 10 minutes of the first session through A'Court, Bor Han, and Hawes saved the Malayan Airways XI from a heavier defeat' when they met the Hotspurs m a return friendly soccer match played at Goylang Stadium on Saturday
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    Tanglin tennis
    38 7 FOLLOWING ar t< clay's tie.- m the Tanglin Club tennis < tampir>riship.s Handicap mixed fioubl Mr. Mrs. L. V. Taylor v D^oo-jlrcv r and Mrs Nas>in. Men's op.n doubles (final): Hollcv,uy and Suilivan v Kenrer 1 Kulper.
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    VAN THUONG PROVES A FINE TIME TRIALLIST
    241 7 rr»WENTY -THREE year old Huynh Van Thuong's 10--r mile margin of victory at the recent Singapore open 150-mile road race is a magnificent performance for he has shattered all the Colony's existing records for the distance. I Van Thuong clocked the excellent time
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    Boys' Club beat C.Y.M.A. 5-2
    101 7 QUEEN Street Boys' Club de- feated C.V.M.A. (Portuguese Mission) by five matches to two at table tennis on Wednesday. Results (Boys' Ciub players mentioned first): SINGLES: Kong Siew Kiok beat W. Hendroff 3-1; Toong Kian Kee lost to M. Hendroff 2-3; Soong Sai Cheong beat
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    21 7 TIi:«: start of the fourth race at Bukit Tim ah nn s,t,,r,i^ n u k- ci., n r A^ Free Press
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    All favourites score wins
    466 7  -  VETERAN By TWENTY more ties m the Singapore Badminton x Association's men's and women's junior singles and doubles championships were played oft* over the week-end. No upsets were registered, with all the favourites winning their games by convincing margins. The women's Junior doubles event was brought
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    All-India team due next month
    185 7 THE All-India soccer team to tour Malaya is expected In Singapore on Oct. 10 and will play six games at Jalan Besai Stadium before going to other countries. Final arrangement for these matches have not yet been completed, but it Is certain that the tourists
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    £10,000 donated for BE. Games
    107 7 CONTRIBUTIONS to the fund to send English athletes to the British Empire Games at Auckand next February are slowly trickling m and to date about £10,000 of the target of £20.000 (a minimum target) has been either given or promised. This means that at present
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    SCHROEDER HONOURED
    47 7 SCHROEDER HONOURED Ted Schroeder, Wimbledon champion snd America's No. 1 Davis Cup player, has been awarded the William M. Johnson Cup as the man who contributed most to lawn tennis m 1949. The award was made by the International Lawn Tennis Club Of thf- Unifpri Rtnfpc Reuter
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    U.S. LIFTER WINS
    16 7 THE American. Stanczyk won the world championship weightlifting m the light heavyweight class.
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    Bright Eyes has created Malayan Turf history
    445 7 Bright Eyes has crea ted Ma lay a n Turf history Free Press Racing Correspondent OERONOK, Lightarmed and Blue Peter might have been three of the best griffins ever to be imported to the Malayan Turf Seronok rose to the top m the 1910's while Lightarmed and Blue Peter both
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    B.0.D.C.A BADMINTON RESULTS
    366 7 B.0.D.C.A BADMINTON RESULTS JESSES Mary Goh (1 3D) and Molly Chia (3 SD) beat Misses Toby Myers (HQ) and P.O. Goddard (30 Bn.) respectively m the semi-flnals of the women's open singles of the BODCA Badminton Championships played m the Victoria School Hall, Singapore, on Wednesday: Results of ties played
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    SAWLF SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
    173 7 SA WLF SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP THE 1949 Senior Singapore amateur weight lifting championhhips. Mr. and Miss Singapore contests will be held at the New World Arena on Saturday and Sunday. (Oct. 1 and 2) at 8 p.m. The weight lifting championship Is open to members of affiliated cluos and any persons
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    SANDS TO FIGHT DICK TURPIN
    90 7 rVAVE Sands, half-aborigine holder of three Australian boxing titles, clashes vith Dick Turpin, coloured British and Empire middleweight champion, over 15 rounds for the Empire title at Harrinejay arena, London, on Sept. 6. Victory for the unpredictable Sands may set him on the road to
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    U.S. GOLF FINAL
    41 7 /CHARLES COE. an Insurance \j broker of Oklahoma City, wor the U.S. amateur golf chart >pionrhip at Rochester, New York on Saturday. He b°at RufiiS King (Texas) by 11 »nr} 1" Ir thr final Reuter A P UP
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    BIRTHS
    72 8 TWIN. To Joan, wife of Ken Ywin, Kantian? Kerbau Hoson Ist Sept.. a daughter. wtß. THOMAS To Catharine and Francis Thomas, at Saint Andrews Behool, a daughter Elizabeth, on 3rd September lliams On MH August, at X X HoKDitai. to Heather (nee Hance), wife of Leonard P v ims.
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    RUSSIAN PLAN FOR ASIA BLOC
    310 8 Buffer states as m West WASHINGTON, Monday. IT has become increasingly clear m recent weeks that the Russian design m Asia involves the creation of a number of buffer States to provide the same sort of insulation as the Soviet Union enjoys m Eastern Europe,
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    CHINA REDS LYING, SAYS INDIA
    167 8 CHINA REDS LYING, SAYS INDIA NEW DELHI. Mon. FE Ltialan Government ye3teraay described as fantastic a statement, broadcast by Peiping Radio thac India was a party to an alleged "Anglo American i plot' for the annexation of Tibet. The Ooverr.ment announcement added that the only part the Government of India
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    Indian Stalin and Molotov
    55 8 STALLN TfWARI.** a 10--year-old school boy has betn arrested m Lacknow, united provinces with five other Communists, for "assaulting an official on duty." The father of this "Joe's namesake" is also a prominent Communist worker, reported to be underground since last March. "Stalin Tewari" has a
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    41 8 Inc new British jet bomber the Hawker Canberra, seen on a test flight. The plane, which is reported to be capable of speeds of up to 600 m.p.h. with a threeton bomb load, will probably go into mass production verj soon.
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    RUSSIA TOLD 'HANDS OFF'
    231 8 BELGRADE, Monday. MINCING no words m denouncing Russia's campaign of "slander" against the Tito regime. President Mosha Pijade, a close collaborator and friend of Marshal Tito, yesterday gave a "hands off" warning to Russia and her satellite nations. The President proclaimed the determination of Yugoslavia's people—
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    Channel swim bids fail
    126 8 LONDON, Sunday. ABDEL Monlem Abdou, 27--year-old Egyptian, failed tonight m his attempt to swim the English Channel. He appeared to be swimming strongly when sighted .six miles south of Folkestone, but afterwards was pulled from the water semi-con-soious. Francois Perez, Biarritt swim- miner instructor tonight ?ave
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    INFANTICIDE TRIAL: BAIL ALLOWED
    50 8 A British war bride, Mrs. Brenda Edwards, who la charged m Indianapolis with the murder of her daughter, waa released from Jail under a $3,000 bond yesterday. Sh* will face trial on Oct. 4. Her husband was committed to an insane asylum following his daughter's death.
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    'Must learn English'
    72 8 'Must learn English PRESIDENT Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic *aid m Jogjakarta yesterday that English has been made a cotipuLsory suhWt m a'l prinri-vr schools of the Republic "because English is a world language." The President added. "Indonesia is hungry for books from England and Australia. for six years Indonesians
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    No base for U.S., says Jogjakarta
    239 8 JOGJAKARTA, Monday. lAENYING Washington unofficial reports that the %J U.S. Navy might control the Sourabaya naval base m the event of a Dutch withdrawal, the Republican Foreign Minister, Hadji A goes Salim, said yesterday that he regarded this suggestion as "indecent and calculated to
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    FOREST FIRE IN FRANCE
    67 8 CTRONO forest tires broke out m southwestern France last night. Just one week after 80 persons died In names m the same area. The flre swept first to the south and then went encircling over an area of several acres, police said. It has already destroyed
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    Council holds over 'admit Germany' plan
    170 8 STRASBOURG, Mon. THE question of whether or not Germany should be admitted to the Council of Europe has been postponed, probably until well Into next year, It Ls learned here. T:.e proposal to admit Germany to the Ccuncll was first mooted by Mr. Winston
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    Guard for president
    28 8 The future president of West Germany, to be elected on Sept. 12, will have his own bodyguard of 28 men to guard his home AP
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    Bolivians take back 2 cities
    104 8 LA PAZ, Sun. THE city of Sucre was recap- tured by ioyal forces t»day after a brief but bloody fight with its rebel controllers, the Government announced. The Army Command said tha: the first skirmish of the Sucre battle, which occurred simultaneously with the attack
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    U.S. LABOUR DAY DEATHS
    49 8 I\EATHS climbed steadily m the US yesterday In the second day of the Labour Day week-end. A survey showed that since Friday evening, 174 persons had been fciiled— l4s In traffic mishaps. 11 by drowning. 2 m air crashes and 16 m miscellaneous accldeats.- UP
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    PUTTING END TO THUNDERSTORMS
    134 8 NEW YORK, Monday. T^HE conference of 640 world scientists and conser- vationists from 50 countries, which ends here tomorrow, has discussed among many other subjects methods to stop thunderstorms, building aerogenerator towers and using the sun's rays to heat buildings. This was the first purely scientific
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    Village riot in India
    34 8 One person was killed and several were injured when police fired on a rioting vi\laee mob at Bankura, about 200 miles from Calcutta on Saturday after police arrested a Communist.-
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    Indonesian call for Asian immigrants
    182 8 DON'T ENVY AUSTRALIA 1 JOGJAKARTA, Monday. "11/ HEN fully sovereign, the United States of Indo- nesia, being a rich arable land, will be capable of absorbing Asians from adjacent lands who otherwise might envy Australia's open spaces," said the Indonesian Republican Foreign Minister, Hadji Agoes
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    Swedish train crash
    23 8 Five persons wtn reported kliied and at least 10 injured m a train crash near Bae'.lUvare. Northern Sweden, yesterday.- AP
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    BLANDFORD GOES TO CHURCH
    44 8 The Marquess of Blandford, who Is a guest of the Royal family at Balmoral Castle and a popular dancing partner of Princess Margaret's, accompanied the Princess to the local church yesterday. The King and Queen were also present.- A P
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    IF U.K. GOES BANKRUPT Terrible danger for U.S.
    94 8 IF U.K. GOES BANKRUPT Terrible danger for U.S. NEW YORK |F Britain goe 1 rupt of dollar next few nvjr. United States wil] isolated econorr.. politically, a fall her standard of 1: certain and her i re (to aggression* be terrifying This warning ded by the noted M lss Dorothy
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