The Singapore Free Press, 19 September 1949

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA m, njs*L SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1949. PKM E 10 CENTS
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  • 1046 1 Commonwealth and Empire follow lead LONDON, Monday. gRITAIN last night announced devaluation of the pound sterling uy 30} per cent. From today, it will be worth only U.S. $2.80 instead of $4.03. This was announced last night m a dramatic worldwide broadcast by
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  • 85 1 S'PORE BANKS CLOSE I Stall Reporter NMSNI proo dosed all 4 ks this to prevent cchange specuthe local ibber m ant em I although s j was done. I reopen as v id for normal b; nrow. .i reaction m is that (i sharea would business was Singapore Free Press
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  • 39 1 S4 i\ Kt'p.»rl r A In Singau .1 this mornln have received at Kong that tt I there had it by H.K.SSO a tael (a tt 1-13 ounces). m Bingapt .i, pendln ns to the i
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  • 18 1 II r- J': > SI itt Reporter C ID. last night nese suspectB -nected with ac tlvitles.
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  • 42 1 THE Chartered Bank office m the United Nations conference centre m the Victoria Memorial Hall carried this notice today: Bank holiday today 19-f)-lMlii And so neonp scrawled on top of this notice m pencil "By order of Sir Stafford Tripps."
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  • 95 1 NEW* YORK, .Won. THE New York Stock Ex- chaupe will open as usral today. Most nations which devalwed their currencies last Bight ordered their* stock exchanges and currency markets to close until arrangements con'd h»» nvidt* to cusHon the eff°cts of changes m money *ril*»es, hut
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  • 51 1 The Communist Security Bureau m Shanghai announced that 105 more foreigners had been granted exit visas. So far 1.620 have asked permission to sail to the United States on the General Gordon which is to be allowed to pass through the National's* block- ade
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  • 30 1 The three Allied High Commissioners have decided that Bonn, sear of the new West German Federal Government shall become an enclave out side any zone of occupation
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  • 23 1 Emergency arrest Free Press Staff Reporter Last night. Singapore police detained a Chinese suspected lof being a member ol* the M C. P.
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  • 209 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DIBBER was changing hands m Singapore this morning at around 45 cents per lb. an immediate jump of 7 1/8 cents per lb. from Saturday's quotations on news of the devaluation of the sterling. Ihe price was not firm, dealers say,
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  • 214 1 THE NEW EXCHANGE RATES WASHINGTON. Mon. THE International Monetary i Fund announced last night that it had concurred m devaluation of the British pound sterling the South African pound, the Australian p mnd. Norwegian kr ner. tin* Indian rupee and the Danish kroner The International Monetary Fund announcement caTne a
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  • 78 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE American Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John Snyder said last night the devaluation of the pound should result m "an early rise m Britain's dollar resources." He said: "The British Government has taken a constructive economic stop m making the adjustment In their foreign
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  • 222 1 MANILA, Monday. INVESTIGATIONS into the murder of George C. Murray, a youn* American businessman, found shot m his bed here on Aug. 13, have revealed a large-scale arms smuggling racket between the Philiopines and other parts of Asia. From documents and records seized from Murray's
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  • 59 1 THE soviet Foreign Minister, M. Andrei Vyshinsky, last night told reporters before leaving London airport or New York that Marshal Josef Stalin's health was magnificent." M. Vyshinsky. on his way t> tti*nd the LnUrd Nations General Assembly, d> 'mcd to ansv\ ques s, but relented when
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  • 37 1 Any re la tion BIDDING iareweii to Greece's Prince Prter and his wife the hill tribe of Ootacamund described themselves as descendants of Alexander The Great." Prince Peter has been studying anthninn'npv In the Madras area.- A.P.
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  • 37 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Police and military forces perating m the Batu Anam rea yesterday, destroyed 14 )andit camps and several >thers m the course of construction A bandit camp m Kulal was also destroyed.
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  • 29 1 Nearly 2.000 servicemen from Hong Kong and Singapore reached Liverpool early yesterday In the troopship GeoTgic. and were taken to dispersal camps m special trains.— Reuter
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  • 239 1 'Java guerillas must disarm' JOCJA ARMY DEMANDS— BATAVIA, Monday. THE Indonesian Republican regular army will demand the surrender of arms of all irregular guerilla bands m West and Central Java, Republican Col. Sadikin said at a Jogjakarta press conference yesterday. "We want one army, not several/ he said. Indonesian political
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  • 31 1 Colonel B*rnt Balchen. of the U.S. Airforce, flying a E-29 Superfortre-s. arrived m r.slo yesterday pfter a nonstop flight over the North Po p from Anchorage, Alaska. U.P.
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  • 131 1 U.S. ships break blockads HONG KONG, Mon. HpWO American ireignt- ers the Isbrandst^n Line ships Flying Independent and Flying Clipper, both over 6,500 tons entered Shanghai harbour yesterday after running the Nationalist blockade, it is learned here. They are the largest sirps to enter Shanghai since \he blockade was imposed.
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  • 96 1 China gets big silver cargo HONG KONG. Mon. THE largest single shipn.cnt of silver dollars rince the Chinese Government inaugurated its silver-backed currency arrived here yesi- day aboard the s.s. Ldward Luckenbach whic:i unloaded U552,250,000 worth of coins minted m Philadelphia. The shipment, together with US$4O,OOO worth minted m Horn
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  • 64 1 DEVALUATION of sterling "w!H have an adverse effect on Germany's foreign trade." the Deputy West Berlin Mayor. H»-rr Ferd'nanfl Pnedrnsburg, siid last n:gh r He s.rd UlAt tn«* c ic.ip -nln* of the pound would give Britain a tav.iurabk' posltl >n >ver Germany m eoßiDstltfon tur
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  • 25 1 'STAGED.' SAYS TITO Marshal Tito m an interview charged that the Hungarian Government's accusation of I/'szlo Rajk w s staeed to blacken Yueosla- via." U.P.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 86 1 QUAIIJ V GIFTS In Gold or Silver L S. de SUVA L 6f ORCHARD dOAO. JBBJm'ifclll^Br i X futu oc v_OW (jAIc uai>y inovys and contentment he loves it! And the r too watches with delight the regular and 1 rowth of strong firm bone and sound healthy flesh. be
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    • 109 1 Kt3j«C^jfi EXCeUENT wt rr-r place SINGAPORE w* i ""'I Qsragu LAMPS OSRAM on an electric lamp is more rha« a trade mark. It signifies the product of the best methods of electric lamp manufacture, if the Hall Mark of quality and the guarantee of a unique lamp service. OSRAM. m
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  • 455 2  -  J.H. PHILLIPS A Fishy Story By ABODYLESS leatherjacket nsh, which experts believe was bitten m half early m life swims contentedly around a special tank m the aquarium of Sydney's harbourside Taronga Park Zoo. Since its capture In May, 1949. this flsh has become
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  • 194 2 TORD DERBY, 31--year-old Master of Knowsley Hall, for 400 years his family's seat, can now afford .to maintain his home. Until l.c hit on the idea of oivning Kiuwsley Hall to tne publjr from April till Bcptembti 1 at 2s. 6d. a head. Loro
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  • 240 2 DUDDY-FACED 65--£t year-old Rev. Hanbury Ashdowne, rector of Falmcr village, near Brighton roared with laughter m his garden when told his parishioners want him replaced. In an open necked grey shirt and grey flannels, he said: I know a lot of them dont like
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  • Article, Illustration
    71 2 North-South vuliMr&btc South deak i tock the acr of clubs and led a club towards dummy. West was now helpless. If he ruffed, he could cash- his last spad", but dummy would refuse to ruff and North would win the return and draw the last trump If West failed
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  • 804 2  - Peter Ustinov s Arab uncle IRIS ASHLEY By T SUPPOSE it is not entirely surprising that Mr. Peter Ustinov should have an Arab m his family. At 28 years old he is pretty fabulous himself. Peter Ustinov has given a riotous, brilliant performance m Eric Link-later's new play "Love m
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  • 123 2 WHAT is :he name Soho 0 It was the Duke ol h mouth's watch* battle of Seug. Duke lived In Soho Sc Some hJ i say how Soli" Bqu name. Others say the the word because b m the square. There is reasor. the latter
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 165 2 AUSTRALIA KUALA LUMPUR 16. 19, 2:, and 31 Metres. 10.00 a.m. News (also at 1.30 7 K»l>*Y m. Q ft) 19nn nn 1030 a.m. News Bulk-tin; 10.40 930). 12.00-1.00 Malay Pro- Lunchtime Favourites; 11 Music pramme (As S'ooro; 1.00—2.00 of the Ballet- 11.15 Masters of the En gllsh programme <A
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 781 2 bINUAPURE 6 02^ Lign; Music; 6. 30" Dance v'"u 1 1 wu al M-*— vani and (BLUE NETWORK) Music; 7.10 Share Market Report; his Orch. 4.30 News Bulletin; 440 4o« m 7 30 Battle of the Discs. 8.00 o-iws- s is Talk 484 and 41.7 metres. World Affairs; 8.15 Kenneth
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    • 181 2 F.F. Crossword No. 796 W4 1 III 2 I I FT I k Is |6 WL M* Wt 7mz W--- 'mfo i ui i i__^ B_P_§"~" ILlLil H w 26'^f 5_ j^ ~ZZZI hmmb h^mi Hi^Baai J^^^^ cumn ackoss ,o w CoI1 j vcriiatlun 9 >; 7 Infant (4 9
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  • 305 3 AIDING BACKWARD NATIONS UNESCO talks open m Paris 'JHE fourth annual conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, opening today m Paris, has at the top of its 20-item agenda U.N.&S.C.O. participation m a technical assistance scheme, part of a huire international aid project aimed at lifting
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  • 252 3 Berliners lack only money tun An hausfrau on a shopping tour finds of nothing except money. Shops of or instance, are full of both German and goods. The prices are just about what you i the I'nited States, considerably less L;i m Kngland. iners, who had nothing to buy since
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  • 72 3 G.I.s NOW JAP 'PROTECTORS' THE Army m Japan nas ceased to be one of occui pation and become a pmtpcti ing force, Lt.-Gen. Walton H. I Walter. Commander of the United States Bth Army. stated m a broadcast from Hokkaido. The aid American expert* lar ?irlng Japan In strengi Uipi
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  • 143 3 TNEMPLOYMENT is on the increase m India, according to the Directorate-General of Employment of the Indian Labour, Ministry, which registered 113,824 unemployed m August an increase of 5,663 over the figures of July. The service found employment for only 22.240 persons m August. The decline m the
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  • 42 3 THE Russian -controlled "ration- Tree chain stores m Berlin published an otHcial ap )lotjy for their ftsn. A.fter customers hod wrinkled their noses at the herrlßv, Soviet-llcensiMl newspapers explained. "The herring were cured m an amateurish man- ner."— A.P.
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  • 166 3 |HK Chinese Communists are likely to attempt to extend their influence beyond Chinas present frontiers and eventually claim suzereignty over former territories of the old Chinese Empire, warrs The Times (London). "As the Chinese civil war spreads to the outer boundaries of Chinese territory, the
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  • 37 3 MX. MARY INN BAKtR. who has just celebrated her iuoth birthday, said m London that she h&s drunk whisky since she was a girl and that whisky is still her favourite nightcap. A.P.
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  • 33 3 The tenth Conference of the British E^mire Cl"b League has defeated an Aus rulian reso.'itinn calling on League members to ask their Government ro declare C TiTmn'st organisations illegal. Reuter
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  • 77 3 THE Government of Madras has decided, with Wis con- currence of the CenlrU Government, to nationaiL.se all electrical undertakings m rhe province to ensure proper supply of power to urban and rural areas. Most of the power-genera, m? stations m the provincr are already owned
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  • 93 3 JOINT action by Ceylon :»nd In<lia on the export of tea m 1950 will be discussed At forthcoming Delhi trade talks between the two countries, says a Colombo report. While Colombo tea circles are divided as to the feasibility of marketing Ceylon tea entirely through Colombo auctions,
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  • 15 3 Costa Rica li^s resigned her seat on the United Nations Trv.steeship Council.
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  • 140 3 THOUSANDS of British ex-Prisoners of War' are still suffering from "prison camp nerves" and other ill-effects of their wartime confinement, which makes it difficult for them to settle down to their old family life and their jobs. A report issued by the Returned Prisoners of War
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  • 29 3 A youn* Sydney mother has applied for a rmtent on a 1 smotherproof pillow. It con- i s'.sts of a pillowcase drawn rieht'y over a wire '-ame.— Reuter
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  • 130 3 St. PETER 'S TOMB: VATICAN CLAIM EXCAVATIONS under St. Peter's Basilica m Rome m recent years have strengthened archaeological proof of the existence of St. Peter's tomb, placed I there to mark the place of his martyrdom, according I to the Vatican paper Osservatore Romano. The newspaper made no mention
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  • 41 3 Korean protest to Gen. Mac A. THE League of Korean Residents m Japan, banned recently by the Japanese Government, has sent a urotest to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, complaining of "oppressive measures infringing the basic rights of 600.000 Koreans m Japan."- Reuter
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  • 283 3 US EXPERTS GOING TO N. BORNEO Seeking minerals rpHE U.S. Geological Survey is now reci v. ing- highly-trained geologists, petrologists and chemists for mineral studies under auspices of the British Colonial Survey m British colonies, ii fading Sarawak and North Borneo. This is the first stage m the implementation «»f
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  • 116 3 SEEKING U.S. EDUCATION AND STEAKS ITiiGHTEEN British exchange Hi students have gone to the United States m search of education and beefsteak. At the same time, 20 Ame- i ricran schoolboys sailed from New York for a school year's trial of British schools and rations. The exchange of students, who
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  • 43 3 WHEN Jonn Taraah of Elizibeth New Jers°v, switched from evil- smelling cigars U) ilavanas, his whole neighoourhood noted the improvement. So did the police, who had a report that 540 boxes of cigars nad been stolen, Tarlach admitted the robbery.
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  • 62 3 OVert .J, 251). 000 rate caus<- a total ♦*stinr»tP(l da""" f R530,000,000 per year m Bom bay, the Municipal Corporation estimates. The present anti-rat measures of the Corporation which result m the killing of about 2.500 rats per day. are nullified by the prolific breedin?
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  • 22 3 The number of em ployed In the United States hit a 19 i 9 peak oi 59.947.000 m August.- A.P.
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  • 66 3 ABOI'T 4.000 Gwk pro-Communist suspects, including l.fiOO women, detained on two islinds on suspicion of sympathising with the guerillas, are to be released early this week, the Greek Ministry of Public Order announced m Athens. At the beginning of the year. 5.000 suspected members of
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    • 28 3 f Kv\ j4 LIQUID SHAMPOO AND j^BAY RUM I'YFR TRAmMf, CO, fMaLava) LTi, KUALA LUMPUR PENANfi let lIS TIMES' r% li 1 IHR PRINTING Sell your -j v
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    • 64 3 TOOTAL Atv.o k FURNISHING FARRIC^s fT\j 1 TOOT AUS DYED PfkV*; v^rr FIGURED CASE- Per Yard iOOTAUS PRINTED SATIN CHINTZ IN ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS AO" \\7TTM7 48 WlUb $4.50 ?e* Yard Bf jfcjF W 1 I In 111. at WRj. %3 JC|^ jUEBt SINGAPORE KUALA LUMP"R > PENANG Our Parking Dcpt.
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Sept. 19. 1949.
    • 609 4 11AR MORE quickly than even the most optimistic onlooker had dared hope. the Communities Liaison j Commit Lee has produced a design ihat can weld the peopies oi Mala> a into one nation. Two yeurs ago v any man had predicted that a committee representative
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  • 615 4 No Quick Way to Beat Tito G. WARD PRICE, after his visit to Yugoslavia sees for Russia yy 11 AT will be Russia's counter to Yugoslavia's overtures towards the capitalist democracies? Direct action? A march on Belgrade, either overland or through the air? That could be undertaken only at the
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  • 283 4 Fran Cesar Brusini ROME: 'PHE housing shortage keeps many Italians from marrying. A monthly rent on a suburban two-room-kit-chen and bathroom apartment unfurnished —is 30,000 lire, which Is an average monthly salary. That is not all. To get the apartment some pieces of old furniture must
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  • 1030 4  - Gold Coast Warning for Malaya HALL ROMNEY LONDON LETTER BY LONDON: pAHK Lane's Grosvenor House may be the most likely place to find the Sultan of Johore when he is visiting London, but I was certainly surprised when I ran into Malaya's Director of Agriculture there the other morning. This
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  • 332 4  - TERRORISM IN THE NAME OF ALLAH CHRIS SCHEFFER By TASIKMALAJA. JAVA: "IN the name of Allah, The Almighty, we the Indonesian people, herewith proclaim the Indonesian Islam State. With that bold announcement, a small band of fanatical Muslims m Western Java recently presented themselves for the first time openly to
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  • 203 4 PAINTING IS HIS LIFE IXDUND starving m a r garret m a bombed house, ex public schoolboy Martin James Bradley, 18, was kept m custody for two weeks before beino: sent for a National Service Medical Examination. He was reacted as unfit and told: "Give up painting and smoking for
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 25 4 CUPS JEWELLERY WATCHES I! SILVER WARE 4 I S. P. H. de SUVA It (JBWBftASftt) i 45, HIGH STREET. i SINGAFORB- IPOII t KUALA LUMPI'K
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    • 63 4 2nd Floor, 13, Battery Road. A w Shotting a New Collection of Cocktd Dresses Under a new arrangement fhe ivtckl) rait s R ud«et can be sent by Air Mail ro >^c Un.tpd Kingdom a* m IncHltlv* 24.00 t you want the "Budget" wh.le r J2 6 an "Air-subscript.on" on
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  • 173 5 Free Press Staff Reporter POLICE constables will be empowered to demand i production of licences of Singapore Traction Company bus drivers if the Government agrees to amend the STC ordinance. A rnonmendation to the rnmenf to do so has been 'raouriy agreed upon by Municipal
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  • 97 5 TWO mahjong and bridge parties will be held In am of Popp> Day funds. Pie first, organised by the American Woman's Auxiliary, will t?ke place at 13 Nassim Road on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Tiv second, organised Dy Mrs. Londor* and Mrs. MacArthur, will be
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  • 376 5 'Potential threat to health Free Press Staff Reporter COMMITTEE appointed jointly by the Singapore Government and the Municipal Commissioners to study and make recommendations on the hawker problem m the Colony is proposed by Mr. A. P. Rajah (South Ward), the Progressive Party leader
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  • 62 5 THE Army Council has ap--1 iK)inten the following to be honors r\ consultant* to the Army fr Singapore: Professci E. K. Tratman, Professor J. K. Monro, Mr. A. D. WV'amson, Professor D. E. C Mekle, Mr. B. M. Johns. Dr. j. W. Winchester Dr. O. haridas, Dr.
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  • 56 5 CONSULT ANTS TO HOSPITAL FOUR officers have been appointed to serve as honorary consultants to the General Hospital, Singapore. 1/rj are: Brig. R A. Ben- 1 nott Consultant Physician, G.H.Q, FARELF; Brig. C. M. Marsdeii Consultant Surgeon, GHQ FAR ELF; Lieut. Col. J. Mi UMe, /dviser m Psychiatry GHQ.. FARELF.
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  • 35 5 KLUANG, Sun. Twenty- i five-year-old Retnam was fined $51 or three weeks' I rigorous imprisonment for ottering a bribe of 40 cents to the policeman who arrested him at Jalan Haji Sirat, > R<ngnm
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    142 5 KLUANG.Sun.- Hong Chor was fined $75 or one month's riucious imprisonment by the Ciicuit Magistrate, Inche Az- man bir Haji Abdul Hamid, fci brjiip; -found m possession ;of four big bottles of Samsu picture. A 1 1. p.tiiy was held l>> Ihc Oriental Telephone and *..<>• uic
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  • 388 5 Govt. warns on gifts to U.K. Free Press Staff Reporter QUIDANCE to Singapore people preparing to send parcels to the United Kingdom m time for the Christmas season is given m an official statement issued during the week-end. To facilitate quick clearance on arrival, senders should declare contents of parcels
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  • 231 5 picture. F P Chinese Correspondent CIRICT control on the im- port ot sago flour into the Jnit*d Kingdom was responsible ft r the lessening dema.ic by British consumers, according to Singapore Chinese sag< mill owners. They said that many British textiles manufacturers were compelled to use
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  • 339 5 picture. Free Press Malay Correspondent ♦THOUSANDS of Malay children m Kedah face the 1 prospect of doing without education next year if the State Government does not make every effort to provide sufficient accommodation and teachers to cope with the number of applications for
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  • 124 5 IN an effort to hand back requisitioned properties !as quickly as possible, the Army de-requisitioned 1,690 Singapore properties between Jan. 1. 1946 and Jan. 1, this year. Only 64 properties now await release. An Army spokesman, i ing this Information, said another tour large properties will have been
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  • 140 5 CEVENTEEN Singapore youth organisations are to stage a Youth Rally at the Police Training School grounds next Saturday. More than 1.500 boys and girls will take part m the Rally, which will oe attend- ed by the Governor of Sin- gapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. A feature
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  • 362 6 Special turf lighter boots From GEORGE CHANDLER 'pWO experiments to alleviate the jarring effects of the hard soccer pitches, which cause a heavy crop of ankle and foot injuries, ire proving successful. The first was made by Chelsea F.C., who had the goalmouths covered with
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  • 126 6 WALTER NEUSEU 41-year-old former German champion, fought a draw over 12 rounds m Duesseldort yesterday, with Heln Ten Hoff for the latter's German heavyweight championship. More than 40.000 people watched the ftght. In which Ten Hoff appeared to hold a slight superiority throughout and was considered
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  • 85 6 LATEST positions of the truni In the SA.F.A. lnter-Com-raunity I^oa^ur are: P W D L F A pU Army 11 8 3 44 11 19 Kura*iarn 1? 7 I 13«25 17 Chines* 9 6 1 2 24 8 13 Navr 11 6 1 4 42 IX 13 K.A.F.
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  • 17 6 RA.K Combined meet Ceylonc* m the 3.AP.A, Community! League at Jalan Besar Stadium I today.
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  • 356 6  -  CRUSADER By Chinese 4; Malays ft Hee Jong played a big part m the 4 o victory which Chinese gained at the expense of Malays In their S.AJ^A. Inter-Community League first-round encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening. He went to the help of the
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  • 268 6 Wight man Cup to be thrown open? THE hammering received by British girls m the Wightman Cup lawn tennis international against the United States last week-end has prompted suggestions that the event should be thrown open for world competition. SuiTcrJ* their 13th successive iiefoat Britain failed to win »vm one
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  • 25 6 'piONG Bahru Ranzers win mttt C.V.M.A. (Tank Ro«d) m a game of soccer at Farrer Park tomorrow kick off at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 42 6 M R S. Mark A. Porter of Manoa, Ptnn.-yhani.., v,o n th»> US women's nation golf championship on Saturday by defoatlni? JJwothy Kielty of Lon? Bwch California, hi the 36-hole final »«v otwic was j anci «i.— A. P.
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  • 487 6 Newcastle get going at last, score 4-2 wi n verhampton, di of the NoOO classy 3-1 win Wednesd. y battle by be, Creeping up ar Ctty. With tu., Jg forward Moo, Carter and M hf f«» VUor Jrnren H .^dp mouth 4-2. He bored bli tne Plymout i with a
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  • 254 6 RESULTS I U.K. soccer 1 English I g FIRM IMVISIUN M Birmingham i fl Blackpool S c\ S Roilon t H Dorbj I S fl Evrrton I v fl Falham I Huddrr%neid P.iru- Manchester I «tokt fl Middfesbrnucb I >o V tl N>«cait)e 4 M B_ B»rnsie>
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 389 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you have a lot of energy and a natural knack for business. You will do better i f you have your own enterprise rather than trying to work for someone else. Restraint of any kind is deadening to you* initiative. Tour natnral taste and dlselimination
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  • 107 7 C; SSARM retained re table-ten-:p when he Y.r. the 1946 c final at the O ut night. The -15. 20-22. 21-11. I m aggreshroughout. wore >^perb defence. i beat Tai Yew -21. 21-15. 19-21. 2 gi:n third i a gruelling through his ere. Jit C^ye
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  • 307 7 WOODCOCK LOSES RIGHT TO TITLE European Union decision gRUCE Woodcock, British heavyweight champion, has lost his right to the European title the European Boxing Union decided at its meeting in Rome yesterday. Olle Tandberg (Sweden) and Jo Weidinger (Austria) were nominated to fight for the championship. Requests for affiliation from
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  • 496 7 SINGAPORE Recreation Club became champions esterday. at the end of the inaugural cricket ournament of the Singapore Cricket Association, en they obtained full points (10) for a five wicket >ver Singapore Cricket Club, on the SRC. pada ison Road ground Ceylon Sports Chili points
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  • 206 7 Free Pre>s Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. THE South Johore Rugby Football Club's Urn trial was played on the English College ground yesterday between the Prob led by L. C. Carrel and the Possibles, which wai almost an Army side skippered by J. MiilingfeOO Buck. Probables won
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  • 390 7 INTERNATIONAL competition is helping to make 1 soccer a popular sport m the I'nited States. It is still going to take time probably lots of it before soccer can claim anything like the public enthusiasm given such sports as baseball, basketball, L'.S. -style football, golf,
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  • 54 7 MUGVE, ULLAL RETAIN T ITLE INDIA 3 Thomsu Cup pair. D. A. M.i£ve 184 Bala Uilal. retained their men's doublts title ir. Western India badminton championships In Bombay on Thursday. They defeated Mad.iv Patil and Manohar Bhcpardikar In straight sets. Miss Mumtaz Chir.oy also retained bar women's singles ttU*. defeating
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  • 86 7 it: n for Variation Raalaft Permit. )S LTD. at i N I 5A9962 ft- r. i xxis (new>- i 'o the < c «^aid one a Vtttidt load oetween j or. oDject:ng to Om -:blication tl Application :n Dt Ouettc to de-i By prepaid
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  • 21 7 A meeting of the Singapore Asian Rugby Union will be held tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at the S.C.R.C. picture.
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  • 83 7 SINGAPORE Chinese team against Europeans m their Inter-Community League fixture tomorrow will be chosen from: Chu Chee Seng. Tan Chin Lye. Patrick Yee, Swee Lim Swang. Poo Fee Jong. Ho Hin Weng, Aw Boon Seong. Tan Chye Hee. Chong Lian Sin. Chan Tuck Choon. Kwok Siew Tong.
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  • 153 7 I". P. Racing Correspondent IPOH, Mon. HORSES which arrived here during the w^k-end for he Perak Turf Club Autumn Meeting "were 'aken out on the t.ick thlfl morning for slow work The g jing was still »oft tollowinf Saturday's rain I McPtvrson took out Oregon. Knight
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  • 498 7  -  VETERAN By huzle Pang (I seful), competing m the Singapore Badminton Association's tournament for the first time this year, qualified for her second final by beating Mrs. Molly Neo (A.A.l\) m one of the women's junior semi-finals played off at the Clerical Union Hall last
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  • 127 7 HAROLD DE CASTRO, winner of last year's title of "Mr. Singapore." on Saturday won the York BodyBuilding Club's $1,200 silver cup for the best physique and best all-round performance with two kinds of lifts with Iron weights He thus took the title of "Mr. Body Builder.
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  • 287 7 British clubs seeking more S. Africans T»HE steady Influx of South Africans Into English x League soccer is causing grave concern to the administrators of the game m South Africa. In these days of inflated transfer fees, English managers are finding South Africa, where there is no professionalism, a profitable
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  • 107 7 EGYPTIAN Army Oft cer Hassan Abd El Re him scrambled exhausted out t»f the water at Cap <;ris Nea early yesterday— the third man ever to have swum *hf» English Channel m both directions. Forty-one-year-old Hassan started from Folkestone. Kent, on Saturday and made the crossing
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  • 99 7 QWITZERLAND and Yugowj slavia won their ties m the World Football Cup tournament yesterday, and passed into next stages of the competition. Switzerland. who beat Luxembourg three goals to two m the second leg of their tie m Luxembourg for an 2? gregate of eight goals
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  • 102 7 BARON Guy rie Roth*child'l Ciei Etoile won the £2.000 sterling Prix Royal 0 known as the French Leger. over one miie sfurlongs at Longcha: Pans, yesterday. Ridden by Frederick Pal. mer. Ciel E'.oi'e. who was really m the race as pacemaker to stable compan^n
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  • 87 8 TO EVELYN. Nee Reay, *tfe ot Major D. C. Lawrence on 17. Sept. 1949, a Son, John Derek Culling. JOB To Sylvia, wife of A. L. Job. Dlv Klang Tin Ltd., Ampang. a c on. at Bungsar Hospital, on the Bth Sept mber. 1949. LE PREVOST: To Ruth. wife
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  • 87 8 MUNRO-BERUAMIN: On Fliday. the lfirh Sept.. 1949. at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore. Fnnes. younger son of t> tte Mr. and Mrs. J. Munro of Wick. Scotland, to Lllv, only <".iu"htrr of the late Mr. H. FergTvin and Mrs. Bergamin of BMavla CHICK-BROMHAM. The Tr.arri3«?e took nlace
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  • 66 8 MR. AND MRS. V. J. Jeyaratnam of Kuala LI pis thank all friends and relations who attended their irarringe on 3rd September, sent valuable presents, conla! ion messages and rrndered assistance. MRS. T. JAMES and family ot 9?4 Pasir Panjang, Singapore. thank all relatives, friends and Staff of Government
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  • 38 8 Pope Pius XII received the U.S. heavyweight boxer. Jersey Joe Walcott on .Saturday m a group of 40 pilgrims. The boxer knelt before the Pope and kissed the ring on nis jeit hand.— U.P.
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  • 20 8 Jul.otte Figueras, of France, was chosen "Miss Europe" at a beauty contest at Palermo. Sicily, yesterday. A.P.
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  • 454 8 CANTON' S NEW ARMIES MOVE UP Forces have U.S. arms HONG KONG, Monday. QN the eve of resumption of the Communist all-out push into South China hitherto held up by the determined Nationalist stand m Hunan and by the guerilla activities of 1,000,000 Nationalist-supplied peasants and troops m the Red-occupied
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  • 166 8 9 Muslim states to confer KARACHI, Mon. EIGHT Muslim countriescountries Egypt, Iran, Iraq. Saudi Arabia. Syria. Lebanon. Yemen and the Sheikdom of Muscat have so far accepted Pakistan's injvitations to take part m the Islamic Economic Conference due to open here on Nov. 25 to seek an integrated and planned
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  • 125 8 MADRID. Moil. GENERALISSIMO Franco v and King Abdullah of Ilushemite Jordan examined the "menace of Soviet Communism" hanging over the the Middle East during their talks at La Coruna, it was imounced m a joint communique m Madrid yesterday. Tne communique sau that tnc two leaders
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  • 66 8 TORONTO, Mon. HUNDREDS of rescuers after an all-night search were i ■.> erday still looking for bodies m the 6.905-ton Canadian holiday cruiser ship. Noronic, which was swept by fire m dock here on Saturday. Authorities believe thai more than 200 holiday-mak-ers mostiy Americans perished
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  • 72 8 TIIKRE is ro«m mi n an alms iousj' at Rich nond, England, a notic? said, provided applicants are: "Poor women, spinsters or widows, at least 50 years of age, who can say the Lord's Prayer, Apostles' Creed and the Ten Commandments." A clerk to the private charity
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  • 220 8 HONG KONG, Monday. INTENTION of the Nationalist Government m Canton to send forces from North-West China into Tibet i s seen In an announcement by a Canton Cabinet Minister that the Nationalist-sponsored Panchen Lama, rival to Lhasa's Dalai Lama, 'ias appealed to the Nationalists for aid
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  • 74 8 FRANKFURT. Mon. THE Russian Foreign Minister. Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky, who arrived here yes'orday by air en route to the United Nations General Assembly meeting m New York. said he viewed the present world situation with optlnvsm adding. "But then I am always an optimist." A'ked for
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  • 300 8 NEW YORK, Monday. 'THE fourth General Assembly of the United Nations will open tomorrow under the influence of a sharp shift m diplomatic pressure from Germany t o the Balkans and the Far East but with neither the Yugoslav nor the Chinese questions included
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  • 41 8 A SYDNEY suburban clergyman said his congregation trebled when he screened religious films instead of holding the customary Sunday evening service. "My idea is to get people into the habit of going to church." the clerrvman said.- Reuter
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  • 33 8 One hundred miles <»t communication* cible-the first batch of a total of -517 miies valued at 530.000.000 yenwill be shipped from Japan to India next month via YOKonama and Kobe. U.P.
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  • 92 8 TAW BANGKOK. Monday. OIAM is to attend the Baguio Pacific pact conference convened by Philippines President Quirino after his talks with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek'. This has been confirmed by Premier Phibun Etongkram. who said the Baguio meeting has the support ot Biam, which will send
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  • 18 8 More than 300.000 Palpstine refugees nearly all Arabs have received aid ituiii Lne fope. Reuter
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  • 54 8 Vivid flashes seen far and wide m Cairo last night vvere followed by a series of loud explosions. First reports indicated that the explosions occurred at an army ammunition depot m Cairo's Citadel area They created a minor panic, oi-o-ile turning off lights and plunging the city's
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