The Singapore Free Press, 14 September 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA In SINGAPORE. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1950. °RICE TEN CENTS.
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    'SUPREMO' FOR WEST EUROPE
    127 1 Pig 3 agree on new measures NEW YORK, Thursday. flurec Foreign Ministers agreed at their meetings m New -terday to appoint a supreme North Atlantic commander for of West Europe. :<red on a t ::isation D of the 'he North Treaty action n to meet I
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    Shaw turns down 'farewell' message
    108 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. pKORCiE Bernard Shaw. 94U rear-old Irish dramatist at present m .hospital m Britain with a broken thigh, has turned down an American offer to record a farewell message to mankind vn a talking film, for release on the day he dies, it
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    Arab support
    16 1 I Mm Sallah El that ha Arab ..I support the c on the Security
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    PLANES HIT 144 TANKS IN 12 DAYS
    356 1 PLANES HIT 144 TANKS IN 12 DAYS WASHINGTON. Thurs. I^HE U.S. Air Force said yesterday that planes solvoing eight armourpiercing rockets at a time destroyed 71 North Korean tanks from September 1 to September 12. Lieut. -Gen. George Stratemeyer. Commander of the Far Eastern Air Force, has made this report
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    Pope calls for charity
    84 1 VATICAN CITY. Thurs. POPE PIUS XII yesterday urged an increase m charitable activities. His words were contained m a letter to Cardinal Piazza Adeaodato Giovanni, who is presiding at a Catholic congress studdying charity. It is being he/d m connection with j the Holy Year. Describing
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    AIRMEN KILLED
    24 1 Sewn Brazilian Air Force men died m the flames when B-25 military aircraft exploded m mid-air and crashed on fire near Nictheroy.
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    SCHACHT FREED -FOR 5th TIME
    111 1 LUENEBURG, Thursday. DR. HJALMAR SCHACHT, former President of Hitler's Reichbank, was acquitted yesterday on charges of Nazism. The acquittal was announced by a Gorman de-nazification court after a three-week trial. The prosecutor had demanded Dr. Schacht's classification as a minor Nazi offender. The 73-year-old financial
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    'CHATTERLEY'S LOVER' BAN
    43 1 The Tokyo Procurator's Office has Indicted the publisher of a translation of D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" on a charge of distrib'Xng "an obscene book.' The Japanese version of the book was banned recently by the Tokyo pollct. Reuter
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    ENTER THE CONSORT FROM KOREA
    182 1 ENTER THE CONSORT FROM KOREA A F i£R b» j ing m action m a\ Korean waters since the start of hostilities—travelling 25.000 miles since the middle of May H.M. Dostroyer. Consort, steamed into Singapore today as dawn was breaking. Cr.-et Bosuns Mate Andrew Minihan. of Portrush. Northern Ireland twenty
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    SPENDER ASKS FOR UNITY
    53 1 Mr. Percy Spender. Australian External Affairs Minister, appealed to the United States, Mexico and the Western countries of South America to join Australia and other Commonwealth nations m a Paciflo Pact against Communism, saying: 'We feel that unless we stand together, we shall be separate- ly
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    Generals as pall-bearers
    46 1 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. Sir Arthur Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, will represent Mr. Winston Churchill at Marshal Smuts' funeral at Johannesburg crematorium tomorrow and will also be one of the family pallbearers. Eight South African Generals will be military pall- bearers.— A.P.
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    Hair-raising
    45 1 CALES of perfamed British hair oil are booming m Africa. The United Africa Company says m its monthly trade review: 'The natives of the Grid Coast spread the hair dressing on bread and eat It with great relish. The rea- *on it unknown.** A.P.
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    Churchill: Ban Red trade
    331 1 LONDON. Thursday. MX. WINSTON, Churchill, Conservative Opposition leader, last night tabled a motion m the House of Commons urging a ban on the export from Britain of strategic raw materials "that would add to the war potential of possible aggressors. Backed by other Opposition leaders, the
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    Towels for comrades
    54 1 The Wangtien railway station, on the line between Shanghai md Nanking, has chalked up a perfect record of 365 days without a mishap. Such an achievement, the Communist authorities said, should be rewarded with prizes: To tiie station a silk banner. To the station employees face towels
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    U.S. General in Red zone
    54 1 BERLIN, fhUTi n ENERAL Mark W Ciark, v Commander of the United States Field Force* yesterday spent nearly half an hour m the Soviet sector of Berlin accompanied only ny unarmed members of Mf Soviet sector residents cast surprised glances at the Genj.l a» he
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    Colonial protest
    41 1 A protest supported by the Sultan of Morocco and the Bey of Tunis against the exercise of French authority over Algeria. Tunisia, and Morocco has been addressed to the Western Big Three foreign ministers now meetIng m New Yorfc.
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    ART PIECES FOR TRUST
    60 1 LONDON, Thurs. FE National Trust announced yesterday it has received a "priceless' art i collection as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Anthony de Roths- child. The collection includes a Hogarth, a Hobbema. two Rubenses, two Gainsboroughs and selection of 17th Century painters, plus a wide
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    BEER ROW IN AMERICA
    351 1 WASHINGTON. Thursday. a DEMOCRATIC Representative, Mr. John Dingell, unappeased by the IT.S.l T .S. Army's hasty decision to restore the beer ration m Korea, went right ahead yesterday with plans to make sure that nobody cuts it again. Mr. Dingell drafted a bill ordering the Defence
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    U.S. may accept Red China
    100 1 5 \NTE FE. New Mexico, Thurs. \%R Patrick J. Hurley. ifl former U.S Ambassador to China yesterday forecast US. recognition of Communist China if General George C. Marshall becomes Secretary of Defence. Mr Hurley said that the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, "with the
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    Home Guard —18 to 55 'call-up'
    268 1 Home Guard —18 to 55 'call-up Free Press Start Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE Federation Government this morning gazetted J the Emergency Regulations needed to set up the Home Guard providing for the "conscription" of all men between the ages of 18 and 55. The regulations give legal power and
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    Soldier was anti-war
    64 1 LONDON. Thurs. A BRITISH soldier was sentenced to two months' jaii yesterday for shouting an:iWar slogans outside an Aae- rican service club In Loi.ion. Polict witnesses said the soldier. Monty Goodman, 18, was one of a crowd who collected outside the club fhouting "Down wi'h the Yanks."
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    Reds cancel holidays
    62 1 Reds cancel holidays B.;?.L;N. Thurs. EAST (iermany's Commun: Qorenuneal last n suddenly cancelled the holidays of all government tirployees and ordered those r. on leave to return imtn'd.ately. This wias necessary to "pu: all forces to work m our gr effort of improving tho liviru standard of our peopl< Wes.ern
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    New Light On The Mayerling Tragedy
    843 2 PETER QUENNELL [reviews new books m U.K. SOON alter midday on January 30 1889. the regimental band, who were accompanying the changing of the guard m the inner courtyard of the Hofburg. the Imperial Palace of Vienna received an abrupt command that they should
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    THE INVINCIBLE JOCK
    403 2  -  J. Fergusson ARTHUR BRYANT reviews "The Black Watch and the King's Enemies" (Collins). by IN his account of the Black Watch's doings during the second German War Colonel Fergusson. now commanding its first and. alas, only regular battalion, describes how the Black Watch covered themselves with glory
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    In Brief
    88 2 THK fMt I* KNOWN f:> v Holiday Hall «HeI: 8v M.); 251 papf a., unu American crime story, concerning the identification of an apWell anri ed out. 1HF DRI >IP G SHORK Oh' Evan 4 202 pages Romantic RuideL to the irert of Ireland written te mho do
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    The Achievement Of 'R.L.S'
    432 2 The Achievement Of 'R.L.S' J.C. CANNELL discusses ROHEPT LOUIS STKVBN9UN the centenary of whose birth is being celebrated m November. IN the list of Robert 1 Louis Stevenson's works there are 12 novels written over a period of 13 years They include two m which R.L.S's name is joined with
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      222 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you are a person of ideas and can execute plans and strategy with the best possible results. You are original m thought as well as m action and you must not permit yourself to be tied down to any kind of routine work. Strike out
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      121 2 Solution to Crossword No. ISO soil no\ tUwwm: i. I >»l> 4. Tame ti Patcb p. ><■:%• t K. Koast lamb. 10, Arrow-ln^d 14. Bottled beer. IS, Arts. 16, R:d^« Down: 1 Cape 1 In «-:pr»;er 3 Bahia 4. Trout. S. Make Hid mend. 7. Tube. 9. Bub :i. W^ils.
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    THE DR. WAS A 'MIRACLE MAN'
    341 3 Travelling circus for peasants T\R iohv r m GENEVA. Wednesday. J)R. JOHN C Cutler, a 3D-year-old Ohio specialist h JuK Ve J? ereal dl eases has just returned to World Health Organisation headquarters m Geneva afW an arduous mission among the tribesmen of the
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    Primate attacks Communism
    21 3 Primate attacks Communism I,'. Wed CanterI .sher. t en ComCa^ho- P: m&tf o! -.T-ess end I sian 1 om- hgjj A.P.
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    J-DAY STRIKE IS FAILURE
    39 3 J-DAY STRIKE IS FAILURE II --iday. m i oontf of Caland ther even ghjhgjh U.P. Armed police numbering 130 wt«re called upon to disperse a Korean mob of 300 In Tsuyama city m Okayama prefecture. Western Japan. recerrly Reuter
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    'Queen' was bitten
    94 3 'Queen' was bitten LIVFRPOOL. Wed SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD Beryl Gibbs was on her way to a wedding as a brides--1 When she v.as bitten In by a. d It was pointed out at Livol County Court that Beryl was. yean a^o. C irnlval Qua n ol Bo The dogs owner
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    28 3 dfiusfd X] t:i ruht» and his Fronch-born wife, the jrnve at the Deauville Casino to join King i f J,\pt At centre is Mr. Alexander S. Lockwood. A.P.
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    'China will decide U.N.'
    61 3 BOMBAY, Wed DR B V. KESKAR India's Deputy Ifinlster for External Affairs, left Bombay iir for Geneva <^n to Lake Success United Nations General Assembly. He told reporters i .ssue China* admission i Nations c ..oming session would dec.ae c o! that organisation. might "come m"
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    TWO-WAY TRADE
    19 3 Japan has concluded her trade and financial agreement with Formosa involving: a two-way *rade of USSIOO.OOO.OOO Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    288 3 SOMiTIME^ the defeat of a noirump contimct de^ upon agi;re.v-^e darai^ but often it needs no more than patience and prop**- te hnique. Instinct plus experience is required to know which course to fcho* bu» the terh'iiQue lt«flf can Dt learned, though not by siudyuuthe maxims. When Wvl
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    145 3 Alter a Ion? hunt by the police of Italy, Austria, and Suitzerlnad, the Tyrol monster, Guido Zingerle. 48, was arrested m the mountains of the ItalianAustrian border. Police say that the hulking: monster has confessed to the murder of Helen Munro, 46, on holiday from Oxford, England, m July thU
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    Enemy better treated than the refugees
    198 3 Enemy better treated than the refugees SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Wednesday /COMMUNIST prisoners of war ai> much better off than civilian refugees. After a 'our around the prisoner ut wai siueKade and the refugee centre, an observer said. "I would rather be m a prisoner of war camp m South Korea
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    MORE COMFORT FOR TOURISTS
    220 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A MERICAN tourists used to sleeping m twin beds, A taking a shower m the morning and breakfasting on bacon and eggs are going to find these m a number of European hotels this autumn. So says the Economic Co-operation Administration. The agency says
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    Pakistan wants Jap goods
    76 3 Pakistan wants Jap goods The six-man Pakistan trade mission now m Japan to negotiate a new trade agreement bttween the two countries has arrived m Osaka. Japans most important industrial •.'V The head of the delegation. Mr. S H. Hasnie. told the I Japanese press m Osaka that Pakistan would
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    Monks shoulder rifles
    61 3 Ihe newly-recruited Siamese Korea force of 4,000 volunteers is now beginning th< ir training to become a first class fighting unit. The force includes young monk>. previously pledged to a period of monastic meditation and ascttic pacifism who were given special dispensations by the Buddhist Lord Abbots
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    H.K.-CANTON RUN
    49 3 The Chine.se Navigation Bureau m Canton has issued a certificate to the Britishregistered Chinese owned steamer Sing Hing to ply between Hong Kong. Canton and Kwangchow-wan. Hie Sing Hing has received dearMice from the Chinese authorities m Canton to sail for Honskcns with 200 ions < cargo. Reuter
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    Jews attack Jordan, says agency
    137 3 Jews attack Jordan, says agency CAIRO ISRAELI troops m an i 1 b* j gun on Aug 27 .have "invaded" Hashemiu J and seized a vital area the important hydro-electric project, tiv British-controlled Arab N 1 1 Agency stated jresterdi In a Damascus < the agency said the J forces
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    LOST BOTANIST RESCUED
    48 3 Mr. A Kingd* 8..--and a and p*d at Rima m T. the Assam border after caused by a n earthquake. uer» -d 'o been rescued A rescur party ul A itp >t n the N rt said. A fe« Assam F wav i: Ed Reuter
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      245 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [i:ng-_,.. sj BLI-E NETWORK J^« 4 P 4 t £gS£ 484 and 41.7 metres. Editorials (bBC: 4.53 Composer from Slr. 6 .por«; 10.50 g^S For the Schools: 12 Programmes oenticnK-j, pie^je— B 'Down U.e ti,. Radio Orchestra. Hatch'; t Indonesiun: Newi ara m Malay: lti Programra.-s iBBC»: 6.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 1950. War? Of course not
    528 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 1950. War? Of course not f r-HE human reptiles m 1 our midst -the black marketeers and the bandits- have at least one thin« m common. They exist almost entirely because of a at hope that overshadows all else: The hope that a
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    U.N Should Have Army
    784 4  -  Russell Barnes by LAKE SUCCESS: PREVAILING opinion at United Nations seems to be that, while no general world war will occur m the predictable future it is possible there may be more local conflicts of the Korean type. Considerable study is going on among memI.ers of
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    The Golden Fleece
    644 4  -  ARTHUR MORLEY says fortunes are being made by Australia* wool "kings". SYDNEY: '|^HE wool men are not drinking champagne out of satin slippers to-night at Western plains it is out of fashion. But they're doing the next best thing, since prices rose 1 50 per cent at
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    14 4 vm .BeUv.Grabi* Jw^a, diking 'ance-ti \am~am. her House— her husband is a dance-band leader.
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    IT SEEMS TO ME
    498 4  -  Politico By. PUBLIC conscience m the anti-spitting campaign is evidently growing. In an S.T.C. bus yesterday morning, a young Chinese woman —she was probably a mother as she was holding a young child leaned forward, cleared her throat with gusto and spat on the floor of
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    19 4 iMfc "There i* a rumour going around that the \hot iloun Sorirt homher had peacepledge signature markings on il
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    14 4 -So tar, all your quietAittle. caravan holiday .axvaytrom-imll hasn't got is Yak* and Nort/
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    26 4 American marines come ashore down tht gangplank of a transport m a South Korean port as they arrive to bolster VS. forces light inu vi Korea.
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    'Red' Germany making arms
    189 4  -  JUDY BARDON •if ever an American were allowed to visit the Eastern Zone of Germany, he would mm the whole area a hive of industry, producing war materials." I was told recentlv by a German from Ciotha In Tnu sia. were planes, radar instruments and U-boat
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING RECORD
    150 5 SINGAPORE SHIPPING RECORD I Matf Reporter I J o! t merchant vessels I >| it Singapore last I ua other year I «ai This is stated I nnual report of the I Department for 1949. I the number of: I that called I nslderaMy less I it total net I
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    FUNERAL
    8 5 Ii Mr. Edward I r «4 Chief
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    OVERCROWDING IN S'PORE FACTORIES
    375 5 OVERCROWDING IN S'PORE FACTORIES Inquiry into hazards Free Press Staff Reoortpr OVERCROWDING and poorTactory conditions i u are OI U y t0 comm on m Singapore, says the Labour Department m its annual report for IJM9. A survey has tended to emphasise the need for improvement, it says. The object
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    39 5 picture. RONALD KXOOP of Johannesburg, tfimth Africa, a member of the crew of the auxiliary ketch. Carted, which has covered 28,000 miles on a round-the-world trip from Capetown, pictured in Singapore yesterday answering a pile of correspondence. Free Press
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    AWARD TO WATCHMAN
    47 5 picture. I ATS.Y1AN SINGH, a watch man employed by the Singa- pore Improvement Trust exhibits the certificate of commendation he was awarded by the Trustees yesterday for putting out a fire at the Trust's Architectural Offices in Mansoor Street on July 17.- Free Press
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    21 5 PIFTEEN- YEAR-OLD Goh See Nee, who will perform m the Tiylor Dance Studios recital at the Capitol Theatre on Sept. 18.
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    Boys build their own bakery
    244 5 Boys build their own bakery Free Press Staff Reporter 'JEN boys of the Buklt Timah Boys Home, Singapore, are building a brick house on the grounds of their home, to serve as bakery and laundry-shop. With the help of the Public Works Department, who gave technical advice, these boys have
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    M.P. INJURED
    30 5 A military policeman. Cpl. Dobson, fell from his motor cycle at the 6 3 4 mile, Thomson Road, yesterday afternoon and was taken fo the British Military Hospital.
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    MAIL
    55 5 Surface mail is expected .n Singapore today from P.ilembani; Hontj Kong, China, Japan and ibt Federation. Latest umes for postiiu: Mlrfaet rru»il at the G.P.O. ;.*d«v are: noon for Trengßitiui and Kelaiuan i puree!* only i. Terempa. Ponuaiuiic md Indo-Chir.a; 545 p.m. for the Federation. 6 p.m. f<»r Jay.i.
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    3rd anniversary of P. Panjang group
    285 5 3rd anniversary of P. Panjang group Free Press Staff Reporter THE Pasir Panjang Kural District Committee, an active body which has been responsible for bringing educational, medical and social facilities to villagers, will celebrate the third anniversary of Us inauguration on Saturday. Under the chairmanship or Mr H.JC. Kulasingha. the
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    Stage show as wedding gift
    209 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \f ALAY stage and screen stars m Singapore will i?i stage a play "Hidup Berdua" ("Live Together") In the Sri Kcmbangan Opera, New World, on Saturday, to raise money as a wedding present for ♦wo colleagues. Mr. Kadarisman and Miss Patamah
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    QUESTIONS ON SENIOR POSTS
    323 5 QUESTIONS ON SENIOR POSTS IN questions he will table m the Singapore Legislative Council next Tuesday, Mr. ,C. C Tan (Municipality Souih-We.st i will ask the Government to give an assurance regarding the recruitment of officers to the higher posts m the public service. Is It correct, he asks, that
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    PERMITS FOR JAP VISITS
    46 5 Resident of Singapore, who wish to visit Japan, should make the application for permission to enter the country to the Immigration Department, Chinese Secretariat Building. Havelock Road. Applications will no longer be handed by the Economic Affaiis Branch of the Colonial Secretariat.
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    THEOSOPHISTS
    17 5 The Theosophical Society will hold a discussion meeting at 8, CairnhlU Road, at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    All sugar is rationed
    89 5 'J'HE Singapore Government yesterday stated all sugar, irrespective of its form and appearance, is subject to rationing, unless covered by a permit issued by the Food Controller, and is also subject to price control. Any shop selling sugar <it it immaterial whether it is white, brown,
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    Joining staff of U.S.I.S.
    93 5 THE United States Info'mation Service m Singapore will have a new member HI its staff when Miss Bea 1 Holt arrives by the 'Bois*evain" on Sept. 17. Miss Holt is a refugee from Korea, where she and another woman were among the lsst people to evacuate
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    FLAG DAY
    43 5 The General Committee of the Singapore Y. W. C. A announce that Flag Da* collections amounted tosG la They wish to thank the publU fur their generous co-oper* tion. also all lriends an.S 'iiiembers. who collected t«»r I the general funds.
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    BETTER GOVT. LEAVE TERMS SOUGHT
    516 5 BETTER GOVT. LEAVE TERMS SOUGHT Free Press Staff Reporter A CTION is to be taken m the Singapore Legislative Council next Tuesday to modify a Government circular, which was dubbed "an infamous document" when the Council last met. The circular requires the surrender of quarters by Government officers m certain
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    CROYDON SETS UP NEW RECORD FOR 6 FURLONGS
    1120 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS Sound Gold Cup 'trial 9 by Battleship By rROYDON stamped himself as one of the best sprinters m the country when he won the main race yesterday at Bukit Timah, establishing a new course record of 1 mm. 13 sees,
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    Big Sweep results
    70 6 DESULTS of tht* Bis Sweep drawn on the seventh race at Bukit Timah yesterday were: I"ota I Fool: 1385,355. Ist. No: *****5 $1734*4, '!nd No: «5'!981 S 86,(i82. 3rd. No: *****5 S 48.156. Starters (54.377 each) Nos: ****** *****3. 6354r,3. <lOO9U, *****5. »*****, *****6, *****5. *****7. *****3,
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    LOCKE, VON NIDA IN EXHIBITION
    71 6 PLAYING his first gamp .since arriving m Australia. Bobby Locke yesterday partnered Fred Popplewell. a Sydney professional, and lorn to Australian Open champion Norman Von Nida and amateur Aloan Watrrson 4 and 3. Von Nida did ;hp fir.>! nine holes of the Royal Sydney course
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    Boussac's bid for Irish St. Leger fails
    137 6 Boussac's bid for Irish St. Leger fails IRISH-BRED, trained and 0 w n c d thoroughbreds dominated the Irish St. Leger over 1J miles at the Curragh yesterday and checked Marcel Boussac's run of successes In Importani events. Morning Madam a Oily by Limekiln out nf Morning Dew ridden by
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    H.K. MONEY
    26 6 Closing prices on the Hong Kong Money market >• day were: HK56.35 per U.S. dollar. HKJ15.60 per pound sterling. HK$294 per tael of gold.— U.P.
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    Tin regains early losses
    76 6 LONDON. Thurs IN a very quiet session yesterday afternoon, tin prices recovered milch of th^ morning's losses. Spot closed at £773-1 2. £11 up on the morning price, and three month, gained £10 at £772-1 2 The- closing prices were: Spot— £772 buyers and £775 sellers,
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    317 6 [London Stock Exchapg^ LONDON. Ituiniaa I ANOTHER bright day m the markets l)n>d I A several Inn features, states Reute r\ ij nan J I correspondent Rising prices followed tin- d P f I debate m Parliament and were particular^ I m those issues likely to
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    GOLD CUP RUNNERS DO FINAL GALLOPS
    884 7  - GOLD CUP RUNNERS DO FINAL GALLOPS ALLAN LEWIS Fastest try out by Ballroom By pROBABLE runners m the Singapore Gold Cup attracted most attention when the\ were given their winding-up gallops at Bukit Timah this morning. Ballroom (Ayres) worked with Tomtoy (Junes) on the number two grass track, which was
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    16 nominated for Gold Cup
    283 7 4 S expected, Four O'Clock 11 and Tara Street head the weights for the 520.000 Singapore Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah on Saturday, with Four O'Clock II being given 9.7 and Tara Street 9.-*. Surprise nominations for the race m a rield of 16
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    Everton hold Arsenal to one-all draw
    56 7 Everton hold Arsenal to one-all draw IY'S I" X soccer I t»H I t»l\ 1 i \r>rnj| \-ion *till«*il I Hr>>iM 1 I o»iBd»a I Bri<to4 R I VS-i.-al! \»U« t It»r«j»*» MVINWI noimh vijnxh- d N'» Kri(hli-n 4 I Br«dtord C 4 I b'-ifr I Ctf >f«ai Fi»»L lurkrt
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    Australia v. Indies Tests
    103 7 THE \u>trahan Cricket Board of Control last nuht appointed a special committee to report on the prop<>>ed series of Test matches m 19">l-.">2 between Australia and the West Indies. The committee is to complete it> report for discussion by the board toda>. Mr \V H. Jeanes.
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    Bari in final
    46 7 ABDUL B^r; I I reacn-t-d the !:r.a: ol the Ausopen rackets pi M kume y by bt Eric 10 -9. 9—3. 9 3 In tooay s final Abdul Bar: Gordon Watson, .an champion, 'wham Loncor. tou: ments ear.;*-:- *h:s year. Reuter A. P.
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    Army team lose after good start
    258 7 Army team lose after good start /COMBINED pluyt-d V> gtKxi succor at the stad. rday to del^ai Singapore District 3—l :n a Commu: League match. District, who were champs ns last year, made a promising start, but faded ou the game progressed The Chinese owe a lot to B*< >i
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    S.C.F.A. team leaves
    122 7 i STY -SIX member* of N n.ip..rr < hiiif.e i.i •<« iati<»n. inn% tiffic its and *»uprs i K.«!|.»ru Airp«»rt mimg for Rangoon -I \ir TrHi>- i x X i^arn 10mn !hr hevt pla%er> m >n\ km »*pt for (hu i and i MMe- •< v\»*r»- unable
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    BUSINESS HOUSES SOCCER RESULTS
    59 7 BORNEO SporU Club defeated by fl^e go.. tered Bai.k In a Business Houses "B sccce. h yesterday. Sccreis v^ere; C. Marsha.. •J MrCoiloik. N Ma Tuck. .tnolher BislEi'.v: H B match, Malayan Breweries beat Mansfield 3 l o:: the C.V.M.A. gro,::;u. Tan Wee Hock. Aii ar.ci
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    ALL BLUES HELD
    61 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thui<. IN t pa t: Istana p.^dare ie <i !d iv. All Blues a:. a tjch s>;de scoring oooc The All Blue'; led 1-P it th* Interval with a eo.il by On Ahrr.?d. M icals equa':= cj :r. ttN -?< I): Y. o ":-:ided 1r
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    Hong Kong XI beaten
    45 7 THE Hone Kone Chinese XI were lin 1 pir first fir«t game m the Federatl when they weni c*own 3 l to Sei.ir.t. a y Lumpur yesterday. Poh Chiew. Sheriff and D n i frr Sclan'-ror. Tai-fai scored for Hont> Knr.gj.
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    Other weights
    282 7 WEIGHTS lor the CLASS 1 Div 3—6 CLASS 2— Oil 1— remaining six Fur< ]q yds Jt >f v MyD races to He run M Bukit T.mah o n Sat- Cabar:'. |.M mm .\>d 9. J0 urdav are: Orrgon I.l] harlcma?ne 8.11 Cl JL V f"" 1 f
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    Higgins going back to U.K.
    89 7 BILLY HIGGINS the former Everton footballer, plans to return to England on Oct 4. with his wife and two children, after completing arrangements for the cancellation of his contract with the Millonarios Club. Bogota Both Higg.ns and club officials said there are no hard feelings."'
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    Selling yearlings
    44 7 'J'HE Maharajah Gaek'-.ar of B rned I London yesterca- liter a month's stay m Ir. :a and dented that he was disposing of all his horses m tral England. H° that he was offering some of hja vearlir." racehorses for ?ale- Reuter
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    26 7 RUGBY LEAG UE RESULTS yESTERDAYS R«t*f rtsulta Lar.ra=-h:-e C p i^covA left: Bsrrow 14. I- 8 Cup— t H fax 4 H E ghjhgj A P.
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    BIRTHS
    37 8 WILSON To Jean, wife of Dr. C B. Wilson, on Sept. 12th at X K. Hospital, a son, John. rRYE On Sept. 13th m Prnangr. to Joan (nee Franklin wife of Derek Frye. son »ohn Michael*.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    28 8 .HE ENGAGEMENT is announced of Ncn Khiong. eldT of Mr A: Mrs. Yong Ngim Dun. 'o Siok Im, youngest dau?hIff of Mr. A- Mn. Tan Tens? Kirn.
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    MARRIAGE
    36 8 BUCKOLT-COUTTS. At South, f'hurch, Aberdeen, on S<=pt. 1, by j >h« Rev. John Mowar. William Robert Brand Buckolt, of Penang, Malayj. to Eliiabeth Dorothy Bettyn elder daughter ef Mr. Mrs. Francis Coutts. 'PaneiT. MUltlmber. Aberdeenshire.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    65 8 THE FAMILY of ihe late Mr. Iton Chiap Choon wishes to thani: all relatives A friends who sent ■WlHn scrolls. joss papers, paid night vUrs attended th? funeral MR. MRS P. S. MADAR ot Jalan Eunos. Singapore thank all relatives and friends who sent wieatrtF. messages of condolence and
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    MADRID BANS SHORTER SWIMSUIT
    421 8 Police frown on 'Bikinis 9 MADRID, Thursday. SEVERE new police regulations regarding swimming costumes have banished the modern swim suits which made their appearance m Madrid for the first time this summer. Men must m future wear full size bathing costumes The only concession made is
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    17 8 BAZOOKAMEN A Soulh Korean bazooka team steps out to the front, taking cover from the railway embankment.
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    Parliament tributes to Smuts
    175 8 Parliament tributes to Smuts LONDON. Thurs. POLITICAL leaders m the I House ot Commons yes- terday paid tributes to the I late General Smuts before resuming the debate on nai tional defence. The Prime Minister. Mr. 1 Attiee. said that for more than 50 years Gen. Smuts had played many
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    No decision on currency
    114 8 No decision on currency Paris. Than. FE ♦xr-outive directors Of the International Monetary Fund yesterday decided 'o postpone consideration Of the par value of Pakistan's currency. Sir Chintarran De*hmukh. Indian Finance Minister and Chairman of the Boards ol Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, said: "It is
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    JET DELIVERIES DELAYED
    59 8 Britain will not be able to complete deliveries of jet fighters to Egypt by the agreed date, it was officially disclosed m London yesterday. Reliable sources said this was because of Britain's expanded deience programme. and a CaDinet decision to give absolute priority to supplying the defence
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    ETHIOPIA LOAN
    22 8 A U.S. $8 000,000 World Bank loan to Ethiopia, was expect- Ed to be signed m Paris yester- ghjhgj Reuter
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    Mathematical mongrel
    69 8 PLL'TO, a five-month old tan mongrel, picked up m the streets of Calcutta can play a trumpet, talk, add and subtract numbers up to nni c and walk on both his hind and front legs. He was found by Mrs. M. Sandaros. his mistress, outside her house when
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    SOVIET-IRANIAN TENSION EASES
    204 8 SOVIET- IRANIAN TENSION EASES TEHERAN. Thursday IRAN is making vigorous efforts to avoid giving the Soviet Union any grounds for aggression according to diplomatic observers m Teheran, and, relations between the Government and the Soviet Ambassador, Ivan Sadchikor. seem to be improving. The Ambassador recently had a 90-minute interview with
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    7 SPIES JAILED
    33 8 Titos District Court judges gave hard labour prison sentences yesterday to seven people fou>nd jcuilty of spying tor the Corninform. Their sentences rang- Ed from 10 to 20 years. A.P.
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    26 8 Nearly 200 Indian Communists cheered the arrival at New Delhi station last night of the new Chinese Ambassador to India, Gen- 1 eral Yuan Chung-hsien.- A.P.
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    KNIVES APPEAR IN ISTANBUL
    331 8 ISTANBUL, Thursday. A BUMMER crime wave marked by many cases of stabbing m the streets of Istanbul has led to a newspaj>er campaign urging the need for modern ■notarised radio equipment for the city police and a flotilla of highspeed police motorboats for use on the
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    BOMB BOTTLE SPREAD THE GOSPEL
    148 8 BOMB BOTTLE SPREAD THE GOSPEL TOKYO. Thuri. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD fcottfc containing three copies oi a quotation from the Bib! has reached the estuary ot the Tokatsu River m Hokkoido. Japan's northernmost island, from San Francisco. The bottle, labelled "bomb" thrown into the Pacific Ocean by Walter E. Bint Lincoln. San
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    23 8 Burma and th^ United States yesterday .signed an economic cooperation agreement m Rangoon for the reconstruction and development of Burma. Reuter
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