The Singapore Free Press, 23 August 1950

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ===ai==^^ v r.^- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1950. PRirE TEN < KNIS.
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    26 1 r\ROl K .ho smiled, .uui handed a carnation to a French girl who walked past the royal box in a bathing beauty contest. Gambling results Page .">.
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    BIG PUSH ON LAST 'BULGE'
    295 1 BIG PUSH ON LAST 'BULGE' Americans win tank battle lUh Division has launched a strong attack south-west of on the only remaining Communist bridgehead across the River, Korean war dispatches indicated early today. th Division also seized the initiative on the southern front. sjul thai it regained all the ground
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    N. KOREANS ADMIT BOMB HAVOC
    58 1 N. KOREANS ADMIT BOMB HAVOC T Ht v th Korean radio Ijg >terday that tubings have jjgpd ninried 11.55 i and destroyed v j a m industrial 4 10- UITJ in>- i Ihe s wer»» d »m- ly 2 i I y faoi M tit Corr.munisi Wonsan and refineries, 11m
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    Singapore MCA chief attacked
    125 1 Singapore MCA chief attacked MR. Chong Thutr. Pitt, former Singapore Municipal Commissioner and President of the Malayan Chinese Association (Singapore Branch), was attacked by two unknown persons, one of them a Malay, this morning. Mr. Chong Is now m the General Hospital. At 12.30 a.m. Mr. Chong was returning home
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    Bill for Korea
    36 1 The Filipino National Defence Secretary. Robertc Kangleon. yesterday submitted a $17,500,000 bill to th< cabinet to defray the costs ol the Philippine Republic's contingent of 1.200 officers anc men for service m Korea.
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    Mrs. Jenkins
    31 1 Anna Jenkins, wife of Mr. W W Jenkins of Singapore died m the General Hosplta this morning. The funeral will take place at Bidadarl at 9 30 a.m. tomorrow.
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    BRUSSELS STRIKE
    25 1 The Belgian capital was last niiht cut off from the sea when a strike of dockers In 'Snissels river port became eeneral Reuter
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    'BOMBING INHUMAN, VICIOUS'
    561 1 'BOMBING INHUMAN, VICIOUS' LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. r plIE Russian delegate, 1 Mr. Jakob Malik, yesterday called the American bombing in Korea "vicious, inhuman, and impossible.' He told the United States Security Council, "The United Nations flag cannot hide the brutal aggression by American troops." Mr. Malik asserted the U.S: wants
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    NO SOLUTION FOR KASHMIR
    320 1 THERE was no prospect of India and is A settling tbeir differences over Kashmir, Mr Owen Dixon, United Nations mediator m the dispute said m a statement yesterday m Karachi. Sir Owen who leaves today for London and Lake Success, said: "No purpose can be served
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    ENVOY TO RUSSIA
    22 1 U Ohn. Burmese Ambassador to the United Kingdom has been appointed Burma's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union.- Reuter
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    Korean cut 'phone cable
    59 1 TOKYO, Wed. A 38-year-old Korean, who has since given himself up to police, disrupted telephone communications between Tokyo, and Taegu, main American defence pivot m Korea, for 15 hours last weekend, it was learnt yesterday m Tokyo. The Korean, Pak Xi Sam, cut the cable btewoen
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    PROPELLER BREAKS OFF IN MID-AIR
    96 1 DENVER, Colorado. Wed. AN American Airlines DC.-6, eastbound nonstop from Los Angeles to Chicago with 52 passengers aboard, made an emergency landing at Denver (Colorado) yesterday after one engine had exploded and the propeller broke off, tearing a hole m the passenger compartment. Mr W.
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    Redattacked at funeral
    56 1 LIEGE, Wed. AN unknown gunman yesterday shot a Belgian Communist leader, K. Raskim, m the arm at Tongress, near Liege while 20.000 people were at the funeral of Julien Lahuat, assassinated president of the Belgian Communist Party. The news spread rapidly through the huge crowd of Ss,
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    REDS BUYING MORE RUBBER
    145 1 HONG KONG, Wednesday. OFFICIAL trade statistics disclosed yesterday that the Chinese Communists are buying presumably for their Russian aHies— large quantities of Malayan rubber via Hong Kong. Rubber imports until May averaged slightly more than HK52,000,000, monthly but June-July imports soared to some HKsll,ooo,ooo monthly. The
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    Sweden's share
    32 1 THE staff for the Swedish ambulance unit for Korea will be flown from Stockholm to New York m chartered Scandinavian Airlines plane* on Aug. 26. 27, 30 and Sept. 1
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    C.-G.'s routine visit to H.K.
    60 1 THE Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. left Singapore this morning by air for Hong Kong. This is a routine visit, one of the series of periodic trips he has made to that Colony. He is accompanied by General Sir John Harding, Com-mander-in-Chief. FARELF. Mr.
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    Freedom to drink
    61 1 mHK Bombay High Court yesterday upheld the yalidii 1 of the Bombay Prohibition Act but ruled that medical and tolltt preparations could contain alcohol. The court overruled the contention of an Indian news^ paperman that the act which went into force on Aprlji violated his fundamental rights
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    'Mrs. Turko' arrives—and flies to Holland
    280 1 'Mrs. Turko arrives and flies to Holland if Free Press Staff Reporter A SLIM, very attractive brunette arrived m Singapore by air from Jakarta early this morning and left loaded with local newspapers which tamed the story of her husband's deportation from the olony yesterday morning. She was Mrs. \l'pc
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    30 VIETMINH AGENTS JAILED
    49 1 30 VIETMINH AGENTS JAILED Six muniripn! from Hanoi m Northern [i China wcie among 30 p arrested by Vietnam S< police Iml werk-end ehai with activities on behi I riie Communist Vietmlnh insurrectionary government Several ot th«m vetc said dto be liaison ae^m* r*>r v tivnh terror&t organisa Reuter
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    Belgium won't bar 'Turko'
    83 1 Belgium won't bar 'Turko' BRUSSELS. Wed. CAPTAIN "Turko" Westerling would have no problem getting into Belgium if he wished. An official of the Belgian government said yesterday that Capt. Westerling. being a Dutch citizen, could get into Belgium without any visa provided he had a regular Dutch passport. i He
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    People Who Have Obsessions
    949 2 People Who Have Obsessions JL^V^AVv \S1\ A number of readers have written recently asking for advice on mental cases. In this article the Singapore Doctor deals with the obsessive types of mental disease. ABSESSION is the periodical return of certain ideas into the mind, which cross or sometimes hinder the
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    152 2 Here are part 0/ the gold jewels and ornaments buried with ancient Queen Takhout, whose 2,500-year-old mummy was recently discovered near At rib village, north of Cairo. The white quartzite sarcophagus bearing the cartouch Of the Quern, wife nf phnrnnh Pftamotin II of the XXVIth dynasty, was found accidentally when
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    DOCTOR REPLIES....
    188 2 'J'/J.l WE you for your advice m reply to my enquiry regarding a relative suffering from psyenosis. F r ee Press of Aug. 2). After consultation with his parents, 1 am convtnced that my relation will eventually be cured by following your advice 'by removing hir.i to hospital)
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    A VERY FASHIONABLE COMPLAINT
    572 2  - A VERY FASHIONABLE COMPLAINT 'INHERE are fashions m x diseases as well as dresses. For example, it was the removal of a royal appendix which led to the doom at the hands of the surgeon— of thousands of other errant appendices. One of the modern fashions, high up the list
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    Golden Rule For Drinkers
    374 2 Golden Rule For Drinkers H HGJ GHJ A GOLDEN rule for drinkers, based on tests made with an ingenious device called the Intoximeter, is given m a scientific document for doctors and criminologists published recently. The rule Three nips of whisky, gin or rum or two pints of beer put
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    'MOTION SICKNESS'
    232 2 I\O you find travel- ling a pleasure, or do you look upon a journey with dread? It doesn't matter whether you are crossing the Atlantic or simply taking a coach or car trip to the seaside If you are prone to "motion sickness", the effect can be the
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      225 2 SOLUTION TO Crossword No. x*i SOLI TIQSf.— iii um«. ham. t, Pieid n Robe d Four. Down: J. 7 A2r15. F WHICH OF THESE AILMENTS DO YOU SUFFER |3{gjG| ulTthese warnings [iee v —or worse moy come V*«r tfoctor wIN t*TI y«u tbtt «*te« t^«M «ee4. end* at Ca!ctv<». Am
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      317 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR D()KN on this wrst day of the incoming sign, Virgo, you also will inherit some of the tendencies of outgoing sign Leo. Your ruler, Mercury, the God of Knowledge, will give you the intellectual powers to instrument the forcefulness of Leo. Your ambitions will be high and
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      127 2 New Crossword No. 132 CLl'ES AL'BOSS 1. -Down by the salley 17). 7. A bit left over, for a luni? time (5>. 8 Do get into a rut backing <5t. 9. Watt mechamcaJ power (5-6>. 11. Dwelling of chatterboxes <fl. 5). 12. Return us to the inn to see a
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    85 3 John Fossett. 27-year-old acrobat who is staring a Pole-squaUin* strike at Withdean Zoo. Brighton, Sussex, is pictured here as he shares atop the 45 fe*t nigh pole at the end of his first 24 hours. He plans to stay there until he is released from his ice show contract. H
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    62 NATIONS DIVIDE UP THE ETHER
    309 3 62 NATIONS DIVIDE UP THE ETHER Struggle over radio bands RAPALLO, ITALY. Tuesday. pXPERTS from 62 nations, all outside the iron XJ curtain, are finishing a five months job of dividing up the shortwave broadcasting band the propaganda front of the East-West conflict. The statesmen, scientists and technicians started their
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    SOVIETS FAKE PoW PICTURE
    165 3 DALLAS, TEXAS. Tuesday. IK army sergeant m the American >.ivn that a picture the Communists I iltewtaf American prisoners m Korea i Frame durin* World War 11. who now manages a Dallas d the picture was taken on a pontoon tied m 1944 and shows a
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    AID PLAN TO BE EXPANDED
    212 3 AID PLAN TO BE EXPANDED PARIS. Tuf>s. MR. Percy Spender. Australian Minister for External Affairs, has told reporters m Paris that he expected that the scope of the group of Commonwealth ministers dealing with the technicai aid plar initiated at the Colombo conference early this year would be extended to
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    BIG FINE FOR BLACK MARKET
    38 3 food from the black marke get stiff .sentences m couri. One Tel Aviv woman \v:i. fined US$7OO. with th« alternative of three months In ja'l for buying meat without ratios coupons. A .P.
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    THE NIZAM BOWS
    32 3 The Nizam has ended th: age-old practice of bolcttn; up traffic m the mai' thoroughfares of HyderalMU City during his evening driv es. There had been protea demonstrations. Reuter
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    Stock-holders to get more
    23 3 Stock-holders to get more T 4 Genera H have an of th» i il divid- fgm d farn of 19V TIM A A.P.
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    Sumatra Chinese to visit Chiang
    13 3 180. XK) 1 u>t port ol t A.P.
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    U.S. envoy honoured
    9 3 ador to Douglas dom of A.P.
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    SOLAR ECLIPSE
    23 3 The Japan Academy of Science is rushine preparations for observation of the partial solar eclipse on Sept 1 12— r Reuter
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    New respirator for polio sick
    82 3 A iir>up ol B"s:.»n doctors J a: C:. i- :iif development of a raipirator that enables victims of fh*» bulbar type of infantile .Ivsis to breathe almost m a normal manner. Regular breathing is produced by applyin 2 a moistened, cloth-covered electrod 0 on the
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    Bridge Hands
    194 3 v. «i: d«al«r. The suggested bidding West Nortb East South Pass Pats Has* a Put 20 r 2 v Pus 3? Pmi i? All P»M THE principal pitfall NorthSouth must avoid is a three contract withoift a club stopper But another one con- fronts declarer at his contract
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    US memorial fund for attache
    132 3 US memorial fund for attache WASHINGTON, Mon. THE National Press Club yesterday announced its intention to establish a memorial fund m honour of the late Colonel Unni Nayar 01 India, the money to be used m bringing Indian newspaper men to the United States for training and study. The announcement
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    ITALO-BRITISH FREE FOR ALL
    58 3 A fight between Italian naval ratings and British seamen raged for 20 minutes on Sunday night In a Mombasa public house. At first bottles and glasses were used, then chairs. The battle ended when a strong oarty of police arrived as six Italians picked up a
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    Will Moscow accept defeat?
    192 3 Will Moscow accept defeat? WASHINGTON, Tuesday. UHAT will Russia do when her North Korean satellite begins to lose the war? Reverses for the Red Korean army will fore? decision by the Soviets on whether to move openly into the Asian war or bide their time for another day when the
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    French capture 'commissiars'
    39 3 French capture 'commissiars' A Japanese and a number of "Political Commissars :have been raptured by the French Union Army m Sou.h- <»a.st Tonkin, a communique announced. The Tonkin delta Is the rice bowl near the Communist China border Reuter
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    Car washed in 5 mim.
    68 3 MACHINK that will wash an automobile m five minutes has hern developed by an American firm. It operates on two 22 -loot rails, movin* over the car with a water jet. soap jet and another water jet. The hi pressure' for the water is provided
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    NEW AID FOR TOOTH TROUBLES
    161 3 CHICAGO. Tues. OADIOACTIVE tracers tiav<« shown that some liquids can soak through the hai 1 enamel of teKh. the hai substance m the IMMM body. f Two dentisus a' Ihe U.S. Government's Los Alamos, New Mexico, atomic la'wiatory announced this m the Journal of the
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    24 3 Test for size as Wren Jean Maw completes the fitting out of Reservist Petty Officer Derek Lockyer at the Royal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth.
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    EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
    60 3 Negotiations have for an ex'-tiaii^e <>: mi! i tar? and nvilian iKtMD M ar m Ituio-C!:na. the ictlMg French lip^ Onre? JBrioruW, Gen Mai eel Carp?n*.jpr. has annoiinrecl m Saigon. Gon Carpei •<•; fliftd tact vu c- s day m central Prench-vr* rognufd Vie. .\nm br ntl
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      128 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] /m it VFTWORK) 445 P- m Programme Summary: (BLLfc INtinuivik; 447 <<From me London Editorlals 484 and 41.7 metres. iBBC); 4.55 "Composer of the 10 News from Singapore;; II Wee^-Brahms; 515 "Report 4 M i ntw from Britain" (BBO: 530 Programmes m Maiaj. i P-m- "Bandstand": 6.00
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    THE WAR IN KOREA
    301 4 THE WAR IN KOREA v SOLI2i£RS mamiti machine gun emplacement DVer-lookinf :i bridge. Kis;lit. American infantry move up to the fnmt as civilians, caaghfl m the fighting, lUii'inlp their h— I CJ and trmn the «1 -i 1 1 i: r lone. \n North Korean torce^ iun"* tor i>u»h ;k
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    Crocuses may build new supermen
    166 5 STOCKHOLM. Wednesday. rfCCESSfYL experiments on rabbits have led di>h scientists to believe that it may be m* sib ie within a few -years to breed a race of supermen ill more than 10ft. tall. > the -'super-race" is Colchicine, a submain*d m the autumn crocus
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    The Pope on the Genesis
    56 5 The Pope on the Genesis >N CITY. Wed. PIUS XII has 5. 000- word encyi what Roir.an and may not •r.e origin of the and giving a new aihoilc view of ChrU-..i:. Qm Pope, ir.ay m. which >| after m this earth taki MMli ration nmd or. evol man body
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    GOLD FOR BRITAIN
    14 5 M 0 B j.-tn of AJ L 'uw has Pretoria.— Reuter
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    Hunan guerillas increasing
    40 5 Arrivals from Hunan reported spreading acres m the nee bov.T province They said the guerillas calling themselves the anti-Nati-jnal oalvaArmy, have expanded activities into ci I where antt-Gommunist p ers are widely distributed among the populace.- U.P.
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    CROWD BARS MONKS FROM SEX FILM
    120 5 CROWD BARS MONKS FROM SEX FILM F RANGOON. Wed. N hpoongyis (Buddhist monks) decided to take m a sex-hygiene film showing at a cinema m Rangoon. The predominantly Burmese all-male audience resented the clerics' curiosity and clamoured for the monks to leave. A riot began when the aernand was ignored
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    Second Jap ship
    32 5 A Japanese ship, the Kosho Maru. called at Singapore I > embark some oil-bunkers M Pulau Bukom. She was th«* second Japanese ship to call m during the past week.
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    U.S. POPULATION
    23 5 America's population has risen more than half a miliion sin^e the iyso censu-s v.zls taken, and Is now above 151.000,000 A.P.
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    21 5 LIGHT ON TRADE— Lights blaze from British Railways new Ocean Terminal at Southampton on the world's largest liner, the Queen Elixabtth
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    Sweden warns Red attache
    111 5 STOCKHOLM. Wed. A SWEDISH Defence Command Board reprimanded the Soviet Naval Attache. Commander D. Laritchey, for entering certain prohibited security areas oil the Swedish coast. The Swedish Foreign Office said that the Defence Board summoned Laritchev to appear after investigations confirmed that he had entered the
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    DUTCH STRIKE FIZZLING OUT
    74 5 Communist-led strikes In the two main Dutch poru lost strength as many Rotterdam dockers and A;u sterdam building workers returned to work, sop." under police protection. The strikers demanded Immediate wage increases. More men were expected bad; at work as a result of Dutch Prime Minister
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    ROCKET TRIPS TO THE MOON
    225 5 ROCKET TRIPS TO THE MOON 900 people m the aueue LONDON, Wednesday. rpHE 900 members of the British Inter-Planetary A Society believe a trip to the moon will be possible much sooner than people imagine. "We are not only thinking we are planning for it," said Mr. L. J. Carter,
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    Soviet boycott
    33 5 The Soviet Union failed to attend the session of a special committee on information on non -self -governing territories at Lake Success. China is not a member of this committee. U.P.
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    Burn situation good
    39 5 The situation In the South Moluccas inland vi Bum, first island to be occupied by the Indonesian Army two months ayo, is at present developing favourably, said the South Moluccas Governor. Dr. Rehatta. m Sourabav-i. Reuter
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    Birth control for 'spuds'
    186 5 LONDON, Wednesday A SYSTEM of birth control for potatoes has been developed by scientists m Britain. They claim that by the use of a powder. potalo?s not wanted for seed can be prevented from sprouting: when m store. At present nearly half a million tons of
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    Uranium power
    32 5 Britain may !>- auk. electric power b "vithin five pe*n By r \'l be on an expenrr*- H3l hi Sir John CotkMtt, riend the atomic establish rr.«" I a: stated A.P.
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    Farouk's luck out
    73 5 DEAUVILLE, Wed. A five-course dinner cost King Fart.uk of Egypt $20,000. The monarch interrupted a winning streak at Deauville casino to attend a banquet m his honour late Sunday night. As soon as possible after the dessert. Kins Farouk hurried back to the gambling tables but his
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    P.I. sends troops
    31 5 The President of the Philippine Republic, Mr. Elpidio Quirino. has announced that the first Philippine military contingent lor Korea would leave soon and would comprise about 1,200 mon.-
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    28 5 RED VICTIM The destroyer Ctfncord which was fired on by Chinese C ooMMBBM fc»l teries on the islands of Taitami. Puntin and lAngtlng. Antside Hong Kon? t-rritoriil waters.
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    Con. men cash in on stars
    95 5 Con. men cash in on stars HAMBURG. Wed. MANY football pool fans m Hamburg recently answered an advertisement by an astrologer promising to tell them their "lucky days" for guessing the football pool results. After paying three marks (about 75 cents U.S.* they received a typed letter telling them that
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    18 5 A new all-Liberal Greek Cabinet, led by M. Sophocles Venizelos. has been sworn m by King Paul. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 1950. Men from Malaya
    394 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 1950. Men from Malaya BRITISH and Australian troops will soon be fighting side by side with the Americans. Thi*. it is hoped, will still U.S. criticism of Commonwealth "inaction" m Asia (many people m America still do not realise that a vital struggle
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    U.S. Retreat in Korea Was Inevitable
    1515 6 U.S. Retreat in Korea Was Inevitable What is wrong with the American Army and Air Force m Korea? Anti-Communists watching the shrinking Allied beachhead on the war maps may wonder what has happened to the victorious U.S. Army of 1945. Veteran United Press war correspondent Frank Tremaine, who covered World
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    27 6 Prince Charles, leaving Kith his nurse for an outing, glances curiously at the crowds outside his house waiting for news of the new baby— Prince Charles' sister.
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    Another Step Forward
    717 6 Another Step Forward Music Topics by PRESIu THIRST reactions to r the Musical Society concerts can be summed up as "highly satisfactory". Financially and musically t h c Sunday concert was much better than the Friday one. It gave renewed hopes to those who feel that one day Singapore will
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    New Records
    352 6 Kordin Overture "Prteee 'uoi" and I'olnvsti m.i.rli -Art 111. plawd by the IMiilh innoni.i Orchestra iKs.i\ Pabrowen II.MV. C. 3979-80. The Brer ham recording of this was good but it lacked something. This recording has thai something. It has greater cohesion and under Dobrowen's baton the music takes
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    City water engineer may stay on
    117 7 City water engineer may stay on SG the appointment Singapore Water Engineer, Water Engineer, i Hill, may be asked v. i.icipal Commisitaj on for an..itee of Municipal .ers has agreed ill September next oe of Mr. Hill to |0 on leave at Ufli month before ...v.endation has by the committee
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    8 7 -i mahjong tomorrow -5 p.m. "in
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    Woman stabbed to death
    72 7 A 30-year-old Chinese woman. Phua Ton Hui was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon outside her home at the seventh milestone Upper Serangoon Road Singapore, while her two children watched. Police have drained a Chinese. The woman was stabbed with a kitchen knife on both sides of
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    16 7 I RS B M. Gray, who has ±J1 applied to join the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force.
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    ON VACATION
    26 7 The Director Of U S I S Singapore. Mr. Henry Lawrence Jnr.. left b y KLM Conlation yesterday for a vacat: n m Bandoeng.
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    TALK POSTPONED
    29 7 Mr Arnold Lunn's talk at fJ Rritish Council Hall, Slm?ord Road will be on Au .29 at 8 p.m. and not on Aul 30, as previously announced.
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    HOME FOR GIRLS
    29 7 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will perform the opening ceremony of aTw home for girls at Thompson Road on Aug. 29 at 5.30 p.m.
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    WIDER RADIO-PHONE SERVICE
    257 7 WIDER RADIO-PHONE SERVICE Experiments in Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter giiNGAPORE'S radio-telephone service, which at present links the Colony with the United Kingdom, may be extended to other countries. Inis was indicated yesterday by Mr. R. W. Stainforth, general manager of the Oriental lelephone Exchange Company. Experimental calls from the
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    TALK ON FILMS
    30 7 Tne Malayan Film Censor. Mr. Jack Evans, will give a public talk on "Documentary Films" at 8.30 p.m. today m the V.M.C.A. hall at Orchard Road. Singapore.
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    MORE SEATS IN NEXT ELECTIONS
    228 7 THE date for the Colony's next Legislative Council elections has been set for sometime in March next year and the next session of the Council is to open early in April, it is understood. It was announced yesterday by the Singapore Public Relations Sectetary. Mr.
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    49 7 picture. THE acting Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Wan Idris, inspecting: an estate guard in Johore, on Monday. With him is Lord Mancroft, Conse rvative member of the House of Lords, who spent a day visiting squatters re-settle-ment schemes. Lord Mancroft is in Malaya tor a month. Free Press
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    STRUCK OFF
    30 7 Chinf Wah School. In N*w Bridge Road, and Hou Chio School, m North Bridge Road, Singapore, have Dec;. struck oft ihp register of schools, it wma announced night.
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    VARIETY CONCERT
    21 7 The Indian Fine Arts Society will hold a variety concert at Raffles Institution hall on Saturday at 8.30 p.m.
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    S'PORE PETITION TO KING READY
    190 7 S 'PORE PETITION TO KING READY Free Pres s Staff Reporter 4 FIVE-PAGE petition to the King from the Municipal Commissioners to raise the status of the town of Singapore to that of a city, is now readv and will be sent on the first lap of its journey to
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    PENANG TO USE BCG VACCINE
    58 7 THE Penang and Province Wellesley Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis hopes to introduce the B.C.G. vaccine for use In suitable cases in Penang early next year. Indicating this in its annual report for 1949-1950, the associations committee says it is following with "deep interest"
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    39 7 picture. iMIE Governor of North Borneo. Sir Ralph Hone (left) nictured at Bukit Serene yesterday with the C-in-C Far East Station. Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. during an interval at the Commissioner-General's conference on nirrpnt affairs.— I rec Press w
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    RESIGNS FROM LABOUR PARTY
    50 7 Mr V J Mer.dis. the Sin eaoore Labour Party's cam Sign organiser m the la, Municipal elections, has rt signed from the Party. In his letter of resignation M Mendis says that he^et; •> it impossible to continue U h« a member "m the light pi
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    Women want to join air force
    329 7 Free Pres s Staff Reporter A 40-YEAR-OLD mother, a dancing teacher and an ex-nurse are among the five women who have so far volunteered for radar service m the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, Singapore. They will be interviewed by a selection board tomorrow. All
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    Big crowds see film of Siberia
    334 7  - Big crowds see film of Siberia MAUREEN MALLAL By THE Russian mm "Story of the Siberian Land" has been playing to packed houses ever since it started its run a week ago. Morning, noon and night the people of Singapore have flocked in great curiosity to see this latest Ru^sijn
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    MAIL
    41 7 Surface mail is expected in Singapore today from U* Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon for the U.S.A. and Canada; 6.45 p.m. for the Federation; 6 p.m. for Hong Kong; China and Japan.
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    Air ferry plan for visits to waterworks
    359 7 Air ferry plan for visits to waterworks Free Press Staff Reporter A SCHEME to use aircraft from the Royal Singapore Flying Club to ferry Municipal oilicers to and from Johore on routine and emergency visits m connection with the waterworks extension works there, has been approved by a committee of
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    MORE SHELTERS IN LAKE GARDENS
    141 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. n»ae onri THE lack of conveniences and shelters for the public visiting Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens at the week-ends was discussed at the Municipal Commissioners' Town Planning Committee meeting this morning. It was decided to improve facilities. .Mr. T. Eijcndra said he
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    MOTORISED TRISHAWS: PROTEST
    148 7 MOTORISED TRISHAWS: PROTEST A MEETING t against introduction motorised trishaws In pore is to be called e the Singapore H:r d Riders' Assoc.ation A proposal to operate n ised trishaws has b»- n D by a motor firm, which applied to the Commission for permit put 1,000 of them on
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    NEW UNION IN SINGAPORE
    61 7 THE Pakistani Seamen's D ion of Singapore been registered in spite of 'he protests of Mr M. A. Mv president of the lndo-V Pakistani Seamen s Union Mr. Majid had protested against the registration f the new union on the ground that it would create disseusion
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    50 8 picture. FOUR mem hers of the Royal Pakistan Air Force, uli« arrived in Singapore on Monday by QJE.A.-B.C.A.C. Constellation from Karachi. They are on their way to study aeronautical engineering in Sydney. Picture shows (from left to right): Messrs. A Hamid. A. Masaddar A. Rais and J. Singh Free Press
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    39 8 picture. MR. and Mrs. W. G. F. trump and thrir 11-year-old daughter. Gusta. who left Singapore on Monday m the Gorgon to start a new life m Auffralia. Mr. Entrop was formerly a Welfare Officer m Jakarta. Free Press
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    MALAYANS AT YOUTH CONGRESS
    310 8 MALAYANS AT YOUTH CONGRESS MALAYAN delegates to the 4 International Salvation1 Youth Congress in Lond a leading purl In the activities going on i wk. On the first day, all five M. Ciua Cheons Fook, Mr. Un Tee Heow, Mr Tan Khja Fatt. Mrs. Tan Soon Lan and Miss Mury
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    Tanglin tennis
    31 8 ad ma -30> qu r Jm flin Ctab'i mix-d they b Mr I »d Mre. Warden <-l'>.-» Tbqp v.or. by b-3 H-2. C p Miss d Mrs. Van I
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    FEDERATION TO INTRODUCE VOTING BILL
    268 8 FEDERATION TO INTRODUCE VOTING BILL Council action next month Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A BILL providing for local government elections for municipalities and certain towns in the Federation will be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council on Sept. 20. It provides for a majority of elected members
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    No tin for spot buyers
    87 8 LONDON. Weu > r O tin was available for i spot buyers on the London market yesterday There was much less demand for three months, and the price for both was lowered 4; 12-1 2 to the common price of tBl7-l/2. The closing prices at
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    MALAYAN CHINESE ATTITUDE
    215 8 MALA YAN CHINESE ATTITUDE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. DR. Victor Purcell, who is touring South-East Asia to study the political and economic situation, said today that he had visited the main towns m Malaya and found that the Chinese were becoming increasingly Interested m local politics and have become more Malayan
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    The Archbishops and the Papacy
    439 8 i SERMON on 'The Archbishops and the PapacyA was preached m St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, last Sunday by the Rev. Kinross Nicholson. He said: "It is thai I there is a certain amouni of confusion m the minds of Anglicans about the reports m the
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    R.A.F. win water polo
    96 8 "PIIE Army heat the RAF by four u«»a!s to threo m the Singapore Water Polo B" League at the Gillman Pool yesterday. Tlie airmen scored two quick <j.<k\\s soon after the same started through Eden •md Smith, and just before the interval MarshmaD netted with a
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    Ebor handicap probables
    102 8 r pWENTY-ONE have been declared probables for today's Ebor Handicap, being run over one mile and three-qaurters at York. They are, with jockeys Heron Bridge (T. Burns). Placid (Eph Smith). Donino (J. Caldwell), Chancecellor (no Jockey), Culrain (W. Nevett), Pink Larkspur (W. H. Oarr), Babu'r Pet (T.
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      410 8 Increases in metal prices h».>lhj:>. neanesaay. DISES m prices of metals brought firmness and activity to base metal shares m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuter's financial correspondent. Coppers, lead, and zincs encountered good demand and recorded useful rises. Rhokana copper was around half a point up at 14*.
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    Indians win cup game
    95 8 TH E Si: Workers 1 minaied fron; Junior Cup com; three goals to one met the Inc:..:. I Club "A lean. yeiierday Frayed tempers n game m xhr dosine U»e play was icrappy. Thf Indians f*v« a p iaf u» th*» earh ita| mid fcrored lor
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    8-1 soccer win
    21 8 m •«in o: t the Chart<T*»c B*: mci House 1 played or the E r Ifround r v
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    Wednesday Short Story KUAN YIN
    605 9  - Wednesday Short Story KUAN YIN JOHN K. JONES GHJHH s dusk. The 's light i iccl Ulkl soft i through shade <>f ;i ering with iI s 1 mth. I low laid "om slen d a and tac« n put to iDd sank k t It id you the I
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    16 9 .-JJIIIUUIJIIKV r e d rioters m Triestt being assisted into a jeep for transportation to hospital—
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    A not so quiet Sunday in Trieste
    804 9  - A not so quiet Sunday in Trieste DAVID LEE MY MOST EXCITING ASSIGNMENT— 9 by J STILL think it should have been mv day oil' After days of rioting with Italians and Yugoslavs healing each oilier up m the streets, the frontier town of Trieste was quiet. Only thing happening
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    India attracts visitors from many lands
    591 9 VOW centuries India has attracted tnivellers from distant lands. History Ikis recorded the admiration of many visitors who, lured l>v the Fame <>f the sub continent for the gorgeous scenery <>f its land and the highly developed culture of ils people, came to see
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    Let Frank Worrell rescue English cricket
    523 10  - Let Frank Worrell rescue English cricket HAROLD MAYES By IF the M.C.C. hadn't written off the coming Australian tour as a dead loss after the Lord's Test against West Indies, they shouldn't have any doubt about doing so now. Fran kie Worrell and Co. put the final crick into our
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    35 10 SGT JOHN ELLIS, ot R.A.O.C. who won the 440 yards free style event at the Southern Command Swimming championships at Bournemouth to break his own record of S min. 19.4 sees, by nearly 15 sees.
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    UNBEATABLE REG HARRIS
    324 10  -  ARCHIE QUICK By rHE unconquerable Keg Harris is af am world sprint professional cycling champion. He is an Englishman who has beaten the Continentals at their own sport, a British athlete who does much to alleviate the football, cricket, golf, boxing and lawn tennis defeats we now
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    A sorry state of affairs
    195 10  - A sorry state of affairs W. CAPEL KIRBY By W:iAT a BOTTf .state Of aflairs it is when partiition m th^ fight for the Ashes is ranged almost as viial as atomic research as a reserved occupation. That is how the general public sums up the extraordinary Whitehall aecislon to
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    Belgian wins cycling title
    57 10 A LBERIC SCHOTTE of Belgium was nearly mobbed by the enthusiastic crowd after wlnQtß| the world professional road race when the 1950 world cycling championship ended. He covered the course of approximately 178 miles la seven hours 49 mins. 54 s !CS. to beat Theo Middlekamp,
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    A Captain must know all his men
    377 10 A CAPTAIN is born, not made. But though some have a greater flair for captaincy than others, I would emphasise that captaincy, just as batting, requires experience and practice. TUe qualities to be sought m the ideal captain are many and varied. However
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    They work at Lords all the year
    675 10  -  \u N.W.D. YARDLEY England's Test iapi. f PHE sun never sets on cricket m England at any rate, not at Lord's where a staff has to be maintained the whole year round by tn? M.C.C. So heavy is the constant flow oi inquiries
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    S.C.R.C. hockey
    35 10 The following were elected officials of the hockey section of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club at a meeting held recently: Captain. Swee Lim Swang: vicecaptain, Chai Hon Yam; hon. terretary. Lav Hock Chye.
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    138 10  -  PETER O'SULLEVAN BOOKMAKERS do not always win. Take tfe 13 of Mr. Charles Allen, 36 years a bookmaker Seventeen years ago his horse Wellington, ridden by Alfie Smirke, won a Kempton seller,' and all con_cexncd_w^re_Tery^iappjr_un-^ til the bidding look a sharp upward trend, with the
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    556 11 K ATONG REGAIN BOYS SOCCER TITLE picture. Solitary goal in thrilling replay RATONG Boys' Club will have their name engraved on the Inter-Boys Club Soccer Cup for a second time by virtue of their I—o1 0 win over Prince Edward Road Boys' Club at the Boys' Club soccer final played
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    24 11 picture. CPL. P. WOOLDRIDGE, 12 Bn. W.R.A.C., a competitor in the Eastern Command Swimming Championships held at Folkestone open air pool recently.- Army News
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    Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures
    109 11 Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures OK. football .>.»• .;day. Aug •xll LEAGI'E .t Oi\Mon BlackBolton v ManDerby v Aston VilWolvwhampton. Portsmouth. Liver- Middles*. I I lette v E* Burnlej Wes -r. >>n<l Division r v; BlackBrentford \>?t* Co.; ChesCo\ entrv Manchester Cut \i:r.pton r 9^n. Bristol Co! chaster v l Plymouth:
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    35 11 RICHARDS WINS AGAIN Mi Donald Buchartntcar AberI ?way with the N .r.thorpe Stakes r^ar m succestay. ns favoured md t.lv two turnhim. Proodds ol 100-7 were at who. ridden hards, won by jm Fair Seller
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    32 11 New Brighton defeated Southport at New Brighton oy 1 0 yesterday in an English Football League Third Division (Northern Section) match. This was the only game of the day. A.P.
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    228 11 From ALLAN LEWIS THr Kl'ALA LIMPIR, Wednesday. T J y K track 5 open ior work here this morning wJbS^^TJS* and 4 rass Ther e was rain Ail Lr fternoon and «*ain early this morning. exerAies om S «t«f re kept to trottln^ and
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    HOME RUGBY
    19 11 Batley beat Castleford by 1 8 points to 6 m a rugby match played yesterday.— A. P.
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    Malayans win again in India
    133 11 Malayans win again in India TPHE vlsitinj Malayan pair Tan Jin Lwn t »nd A. Pfraz breescd into the quarter- finals of the double* m the Cricket Club of India badminton championship* yesterday, easily defeating India's B. V. Siraat and C. K. Men©*, 15-1, 15-4. It was another one-sided match,
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    122 11 THE Island Club's R.A.F. Cup tStableford) competition played during the weekend resulted as follows Winner F. Sadka (15) 29^+31^ 76' i pts. Runner-up: W. E. Gladstone (18) 36 fc+M%=72%. Next best scores came from: C. Ackerley (18) MJL+Jffts 71^ C. A. R. Bateman (3) 31\ 33 -'v
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    INTER-BUSINESS HOUSE RELAY
    96 11 UEATS for the In'er-Business House Invitation Relay (4 x 110 yd.O will take place at the Shell Sports Club Paya Lebar jround at 5.45 p.m. today. Ist. Heat: Boustead Sport* Club. Lslay Kerr Sports Club, Oversea* Chinese Bank, Mansfield Sport* Club, Nestles Sports Club. 2nd. Heat:— Hong
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    34 11 IT was announced yesterday that tr* British open golf 1 championship of 1952 will taka place on the Royal Lytham and i St. Annes Links at St. Annes on Sea Lancashire.
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    180 11 C 'wealth cricket tour PEORGE Duckworth, man- ager of the Common wealth Cricket Team which is to tour India, Pakistan i and Ceylon later this year, yesterday announced the names of 13 players who form a powerful nucleus for his team. Three more men are needed to complete the side.
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    297 11 THIRTY-THREE men and 14 women, the largest contingent ever sent overseas, will represent Great Britain m the European Athletics Championships starting today and continuing until Sunday. The following is a complete list of the athletes with this season's best performance: 100 metres: Robin Pinnington (100 yards
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    466 11 'Surrey score 6-wkt. victory v. Middlesex Ol RREY maintained a faint threat to Lancashire for the County cricket championship by scoring a (food win over Middlesex yesterday. Lancashire, with two matches still to play, he;, i the table with 216 points, with Surrey next with 192 and three matches to
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    20 12 GOODWIN: At Batu Pahat. on 10th August, to June, wife of D. I. Goodwin, M.C.S., a daughter, Yvonne Rosemary.
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    26 12 SUDDENLY at the General Hospital, on Wednesday, 23rd August, Anna, beloved wife of W. W. Jenkins. Funeral at Bidadari at a.m. on Thursday, 24th August.
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    390 12 'ORPHAN' GIRL CANED BY MOTHER Did not admit 6s 6d 'theft' BRISTOL, Wednesday. FOR fourteen years Ann Catherine Aldrich lived happily m Dr. Barnardo's Homes with her brother Gordon. Both believed they were orphans. Then, a few days before Ann's fifteenth birthday last March, the superintendent broke the news that
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    28 12 KURDS AND SHAH The 39-year-old King of Iran meets his colourfully-clad Kurdish tribal chiefs during: a tour of the Iran-Azerbai-jan border, where Communist incidents have been taking place.
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    99 12 Maharani gets her jewels back LONDON. Wed. \JISSING gems valued at 5,000 have been flown from London to the Maharan! of Baroda, holidaying at Deauville on the French Riviera, where there has been an epidemic of jewel robberies. But the jewels belonging to the Maharani had not been stolen. They
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    116 12 Fastest jet bomber LONDON, Wed. JJY the spring of next year. Britain expects to have the fastest and high-est-altitude jet bomber in the v.-orld. it was learned yesterday. The new giant aircraft, which so far has not beta named and has only a serial number, was said to be in
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    $200,000 GEMS CONFISCATED
    47 12 $200,000 GEMS CONFISCATED 1 Smuggled germs worth about $200,000 were yesterday declared forfeited to Che Filipino government In a decision handed down by P.C. Mariano Chief of the Customs Protests and Appeals Division m Manila. The jewellery was smuggled into the Philippines from Siam last month.- Reuter
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    Not quitting
    37 12 A British Foreign Office spokesman yesterday categorically denied a report from Hong Kong suggesting that members of the British diplomatic mission to Peking were being withdrawn and were experiencing difficulty m securing exit permits.— Reuter
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    Doctor still held in Burma jail
    154 12 Doctor still held in Burma jail PARKERSBURG. Virginia, Wed. \|RS. Gordon S. Seagrave, 1 wife of the "Burma Surgeon" who is under arrest in Rangoon on suspicion of having aided the Karen insurgents, said yesterday "I know that he's had nothing to do with the anti-Government forces." Mrs. Seagrave, who
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    U.S. RAIL STRIKE
    24 12 Ratiwuy strikes tied up vital Una across Canada and the United States yesterday, forcing the recall of the Canadian parliament. A.P
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    REDS MASS TO ATTACK TIBET
    58 12 Tribesman riving in Srinagar. Kashmir. report the remote western Chinese province of Btnkiang has become an armed camp in preparation for a Communist invas of Tibet. The Chinese tribesmi n. who travelled via high Himalayan mountain trails, also reported that anti-Communist guerilla? in Sinkiang were
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    NEW QUADS PROGRESS
    127 12 SYDNEY Wed. rHE SatM quads and their mother continued to make good progress yesterday. Mrs. Betty Sara has now seen and nursed ali four babies singly. Alter teeing her babies, she said: "I am the luckiest girl m the world. They are beautiful—they are lovely." Doctors say
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    AUSTRALIA LOAN
    21 12 The World Bank yesterday announced a US$lOO,OOO,OOO loan to Australia for development projects during the next two years. A.P.
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    Round and round
    36 12 new mulberry bush developed from a cross between leading American and Russian varieties has produced the best species m existence, says an announcement from the horticultural department of the University of New Hampshire.
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    COUNT SHIELDS 1,000 BIRDS
    219 12 GENEVA, Wednesday. IN one of Lake Geneva's beauty spots stands Promenthoux, the chateau of 1,000 birds. Here in an aviary half a mile long the birds sing free from fear or danger. The aviary has its own pond and trout river, and the birds fly around
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    11 12 |Wat den t try giving me any that Home Rule ttuH!
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    PENSIONER, 79, OWNS HOUSES
    236 12 LONDON, Wednesday. QLI) Richard Humphreys will be asked about his five streets of houses m Salford, Lanes, when the sergeant-major goes round the pensioners m the wards at Chelsea Royal Hospital. It was revealed m a Salford court that Mr Tlumphreys. who is nearly 80 and
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    H.K. MONEY
    24 12 Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: US$l.OO HK$6 33. £1. 0. 0. HK515.60. Gold per tael HK5299.00 U.P.
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