The Straits Times, 7 March 1946
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Title Section18 1946-03-07 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— ESTABLISHED 1845 FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 194G PRICE II CENTS18 words
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Article334 1946-03-07 1 GOVT. RE NOUNCES FORCE TOKIO, Mar. 6—ln6 In a revolutionary pronouncement which Gen. MacArthur hailed as "severing for all time the shackles of feudalism," the Japanese government today announced the provisions of the new Japanese constitution which renounces war forever and reduces the power of theUP - 334 words
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Article215 1946-03-07 1 Will Press Asia Food Claims LONDON, Mar. 5.— Sir Ben Smith, British Minister of Food, left by plane for Washington today. Before taking of!, he said the main object of his trip would be to obtain a better distribution and allocation of wheat supplies especially for India, Malaya, Hongkong, Borneo,Reuter; UP - 215 words
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Article37 1946-03-07 1 The sole lesal tender m the Netherlands East Indies will henceforward be N.E.I, currency, according to a proclamation by Lt.-Gen Sir Montagu Stopford, Commander of the Allied Forces m the Indies.37 words
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210 1946-03-07 1 SHANGHAI, Mar. 6.— Fears are felt horc for the nine foreign newspaper correspondents in Manchuria, who are e-orted to be belt" prisoners by the Russians hi Manchuria. A cryptic message from the to: respondents intercepted by an American rad'o station in Peiping said: "We areUP - 210 words
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Article95 1946-03-07 1 Straits Times Corn: KLALA LUMPUR, Mar. 6.— "Death by hanging was the sentence pissed, after a three-day hearing by the War Crimes Court held m the Sun Cinema, Kajang, on Mori YusLitada, Japanese police chief m Kajang m 1945 Mori was found guilty on three95 words
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Article270 1946-03-07 1 Byrnes On Moscow 's Broken Word WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.— The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. James Byrnes, at a press conference today said there was no question in his mind regarding the date on which the Russian Government promised to withdraw its troops from Persia. The date was Mar. 2.Reuter - 270 words
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Article428 1946-03-07 1 Two people were killed and 11 seriously wounded when shots were fired and bombs thrown after a political meeting at Badolato, near Catanzaro. in south Italy— UP. Plans to televise the Indian Test matches in Britain this summer are being made by the BBC. It is alsoReuter - 428 words
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648 1946-03-07 1 FULTON (Missouri), Mar. 5— Mr. Wkiston Churchill, Britain's wartime Premier, charged m a speech at Westminster College here today that Russia seelcs "indpflnite expansion of her power ard doctrines" and advocated the equivalent of the Anglo-American wartime alliance to prevent what he called the "race ofReuter; UP - 648 words
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Article76 1946-03-07 1 LONDON, .Mar 5— A hi*h Government sourte said today that Britain i wilhn« 'o enter lull and frank discussions with Russia to establish if ami where the sovi 1 Inim's ini conflict with those of Britain. He said the Rr.tish (;ovcrnment hel>ved thrre were no suchUP - 76 words
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Article143 1946-03-07 1 WASHINGTON, Mar 5 The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. F. Vinson, told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee tcday that failure to grant the; proposed £1.100,000,000 loan to Britain might have consequences disastrous not only to world prosperity "but even to world peace." "ChancesReuter - 143 words
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302 1946-03-07 1 CAIRO, Mar. 5.— Quiet was itetored in Alexandria today following daylong disturbances resulting, it is nov/ stated, in 22 killed and 294 Iniurori when Brit sh troops and Egyptian police fired on demonstrators. Crowds stoned several Briish service clubs. It is reported that 670Reuter; UP - 302 words
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Advertisement71 1946-03-07 1 FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL who take pleasure m announcing that they have re-established their offices m SINGAPORE at 12, Battery Road., P. O. Box 203, 'Phone 7092 KUALA LUMPUR at 1, Java Street, P.O. Box 256. and are represented m PERAK byKINTA ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION Co., Ltd., IPOI Notification leading to the71 words
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Advertisement68 1946-03-07 1 SEACON (SOUTH EAST ASIA CONSTRUCTION CO.) Gen. Manager: V. W. FRAMPTON. BSc, (Lond) A.M.1.C.E., A.M.I. San. E. HEAD OFFICE: 61. ARCADE BUILDING. RAFFLES PLACE. TEL. 2905. CIVIL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS Contractors to War Dept., Admiralty, Air Ministry Port Authorities. REHABILITATION WORKS New materials are now being received from abroad, and we68 words
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Article80 1946-03-07 2 The engagement -was announced on Saturday. '*n:l March, 1946, between Mr. Willie Soh GJow Sun (eldest Bon of Mr. Mrs .Soh Yew Ouan) and Miss Ruby Lim (only daughter of Mrs Woo Ching Po). LIM TAN The engagement was announced on 5.3 46 between Mr. Lim Chin Aik (Sunday)80 words
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689 1946-03-07 2 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., March 7, 1946. Clearing The Air Mr. Winston Churchill's speech m the United States, coupled with the statement attributed to "a high Government source" m London, should do much to clear the air m regard to relations b?tween Britain and the United States on the689 words
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Article949 1946-03-07 2 R. W. Thompson - DONT FEAR THE ATOM BOMB R. W. Thompson By This is the era of the Atom bomb. The Atom bomb may be the most destructive weapon m the world but we need not fear it if we hive faith m the brotherhood of man. Weapons, iirespectiye of their destructive force,949 words
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News Of Malayans
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Article65 1946-03-07 2 Flt.-Lt. C. D. C. Durnford Wood. DFC. RAF. and 13th f-'roi.ticr Rifl s. second son of th? late Mr J. Durnford Wood, DOrrister-at-iaw, Malaya, and Mrs Durnford Wood, St. Ives, Cornwall is to marry Miss A. M. Elliott, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. El'iott Stokenchurch, Bucks. Mr W.65 words
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Article214 1946-03-07 2 Miss Marie Reason, only daugntfr of Mr. and Mrs. S. Reason. 1. The Chestnuts. E^ham Hill. Fgham, Surrey, formerly of Singapore, to Mr. R. J. Bates, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bates. Crantock. Botley-rd.. Oxford. Mr. A. Wemyss, son of Mr. and Mrs. T H'rmyss Mr>!aya. to Miss214 words
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Obituary56 1946-03-07 2 L M St. C. de V. Buxton, wife of Mr. C. A. Buxton, Malaya, and 6, Selsey Avenue. Southsca, an Jar.. 13. Mrs. V. D. de Paula, wife of Mr. F. E. de Paula, 8, Roehampton Close, London, on Jan. 7. Mr. Cecil Wray, late F.M.S. Civil Service, Hillview.56 words
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Article63 1946-03-07 2 Mr. '«.nd Mrs. G. Ladell, Bukit Tambun Estates, Ltd., Province Wellesley, now at Little Gables, Lamarsh, Essex; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hill, Ipoh and Penang, who were interned m Hongkong, now at West Cottage, Seal-rd., Selsey; Capt. and Mrs. J. D. Angus, Napier House, Grove Park. London, S.E.;63 words
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Article336 1946-03-07 2 Straus T.me, Corr: LONDON, liar. s— in p. letter to ihc Daly Telegraph, Sir George Maxwell sc-tn d s Sii- Harold liacMichael'i gelX-styled "refreshing" schedule of his swift coninltatlona with the Malay rubrs and asserts that Sir Harold's report makes no mention that State Councils336 words
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Man-in-the-Street
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Letter203 1946-03-07 2 The problem of the youthful offender has for many years engaged the attention of social workers and government authorities of practically every country m the world. That the problem Is not easy one is shown by the fact that during the last fivr or six years there has203 words
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Letter71 1946-03-07 2 According to the Price Control Proclamation the maxim am retail price of one cup of sweetened coffee is 10 cents and unsweetened five cents. Trnse p^ces must be displayed m a consp:cLious part at the place of sale. But still most of the coffee shops continue71 words
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Letter56 1946-03-07 2 We were told that ail enemy aliens. Taiwans and Koreans, were to be interned at the latest on Jan. 31. 1946, aftJr which it was unlawful to have a:. ings with them, let alone giving th:m shelter. Yet I still frequently m°et Taiwans. m cars or on56 words
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Letter215 1946-03-07 2 Petrol Rat ioning. I see that all private? o*red motorcars (which are not tnxs) are. as tnm Feb 1. 1946, supplied with a basic ration of petrol. Tt ifl i pity that motor turrtM possrss: ng heavy-foods permits (or Haulage Permits, us they are called) arc not aipplrd with any215 words
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Letter64 1946-03-07 2 Eric Cornelius' letter re colour discrimination m a NAAFI restaurant and A Malayan Zh nese's letter re anti-British feelb ft* m Malaya. should g'.\- all British men and »v, mert toed for thoueht. I'hev evidently fail to re:-Ms? that thc> anti-British .sentiments prevailing not only m Malaya, but whereveif64 words
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Letter38 1946-03-07 2 Mrs. Joyktehori Handoo. who will represent India at the International Women's Conference in London oi\ March 9 and 10, will a"<c the work' delegates to support India's dorianc', for a free and Independent republic. UP <UP - 38 words
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Advertisement670 1946-03-07 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Stcno-typist c'wk. Stat- I Inn salary 60 to 70 dollars p m. ApHv I Box 502, Straits Times. WANTED ;horthana stenographer. U-.ist be a Malay with "oof 1 knowirdg." ol English and office routine, to oe stationed In Ke ant an Salary ac-ordir.6 to quahflcation 478. 3.T670 words
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Advertisement120 1946-03-07 2 pvrnngn n c v c r iflrAiy IAI I WERE THE JAPS > mm. m o r c Serious Thing When DEFIES EVEN THE 'HITLER' T i A I nitcd An. .-.is Sensational V^Jv^^vHßfl "BLOOD Ef tS ON THE SVV |LJ Gaumont British Newsreel. W HUGE 2-Ton Shell with SYLVIA120 words
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Article, Illustration872 1946-03-07 3 Official Outline Of Working Plan To compile information about all losses which might be included m reparation claims against the Japanese, and to assess claims admissible under the local law or that might otherwise qualify for compensation under c?hemes initiated by the local872 words
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Article137 1946-03-07 3 Bungsar Road, Kuala Lumpur. The Public is hereby notified that m exercise of his powers under Proclamation No 14, Section 10. the Custodian of Property. Ma.ay Peninsula. B.M.A will dispose of the above property at an early date. Certain items cf plant therein may have been the137 words
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95 1946-03-07 3 Trade circles in the Uni ed States are hoping that in the f» I'.: oming talks between Britain and the Initrd States, Am. r t a w 11 press for heavy and catty shipments of tin from Maljya and Siam, says United Pres:.95 words
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Article250 1946-03-07 3 Biscuits, a: a price to the consumer of two for or.c cent, are available m Singapore coffee shops from today. They are no-; rationed. With effect immediately prices for local-xrrown vegetables have been reduced from ten to 25 per cent, of the last official250 words
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Article137 1946-03-07 3 Family Remittances To China i 18. family remittances to China may be rccomC nccs are thai they miLt be made through bp.r.t or an authorized remittance shop: the maximum sum that may txremitted on behall of any one fami:> is $!3 (S'.raito per calendar month, and remittances murt not be137 words
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Article100 1946-03-07 3 When Gen. "Jimmy" Doolittlc ami his pilots tools off from aircraft-cam.:- in huge bombers to make the first air raid on Japan, the Japs called it propaganda, but for everyone else it was ,':i?.n a fiarir.?. rpectacu'ar, event which boosted morale. Hollywood wasted little100 words
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Article158 1946-03-07 3 Pines ranging up to $1,000 were imposed on Singapore restaurateurs m the Second Court yesterday for selling controlled foodstuffs to customers m contravention of the Catering (Premises* Order. The proprietor of a restaurant m the Great Wor:d which served tea with twgerated mi!* wm fined $1,000158 words
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Article90 1946-03-07 3 Prosecution and defence closed their cases m the trial of a Japanese major-general and five of his men on charges of ill-treating and massacring 61 Burmese men, women and children m the Andamans last year. All the c on oath. Fifth accused. 23-year-old Lieut. Baba who hid90 words
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80 1946-03-07 3 More than 40 Malayan evacuees from Ceylon. Including a dozen Penang residents, returned to Singapore on Tuesday by the Karapara It is understood that considerate j difficulty was encountered by Mr. John I Laycock and his coliear'.ies on the Malayan Evacuees' Repatriation Conmittee m finding80 words
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Article176 1946-03-07 3 Australian ExPoW Charged How he found an automatic pistol and 47 rounds of ammunition on a dead Japanese m Muar four years ago, keeping the weapon with him throughout the period he was a PoW. was told by a young Australian, K. N. Tindle, m the second Superior Court before176 words
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Article526 1946-03-07 3 The allocation of berths to ships arriving at Singapore is governed principally by practical considerations, and there is no question of any reservation for j military or civilian traffic, the Straits Times understands. All ships are berthed m order of their arrival, subject to suitable526 words
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Advertisement205 1946-03-07 3 NOTICE. As from 10th March 1946 all applications from lirms or individuals Wi ibtng to purchase new motor vehicles should apply *.o the local branch of W.B.M. Services iMa'.a."i Ltd., •from whom Application Forms .should be obtained), and not the E M A. as previously, stating on their tlma the205 words
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Advertisement101 1946-03-07 3 CITY GUILDS EXAMINATION, 1941. Will successful candidates who sat for the above examination please communicate with the Education Department, so that Certificates .nay be distributed to them on the'r arrival. mTTeTiTc Premier Chinese picture palace I shows daily:— l, 3 15, 7 915 p m ROMEO JULIET A famous nirtoriral101 words
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Advertisement552 1946-03-07 3 M. FLINTER S. GRINBERG Wholesale Retail Dealers DIAM ON D S <c JEWELLERY 67, Stamford Rd. Eu Court Bidg. It> economical to ri;y servick typewriters. adding MACHINES. ETC. TEO TYPEWRITER SERVICE 1, South Canal Road. Sinirapore. Phone 4134 THE ARISTOCRAT' SCHOOL OP BALLROOM DANCING JO. Calrnhill Rd. (former Dutch Club.552 words
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Advertisement333 1946-03-07 3 H i •chop ton and convenient form a representat:\» selection from a mass of reported hnn- pr-nlngs durini! the Japanese Otv\ of Malaya Volume No i Bnl e;iitio:i -old out Secona e«1ltloi) tiow on «a!o. to r.ith Volume 2 first edition "nee |3 DCT r Obtainable at ill Bctkst.ih and333 words
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Article49 1946-03-07 4 Demand For Atom Control Speed-Up WASHINGTON. Mar. s.— The official disclosure that Moscow was involved directly m the Canadian spy plot brought demands that Congress speed action on legislation to control atomic energy. Chairman Tom Conally of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called the Canadian announcement "quite disturbing." U.P.UP - 49 words
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Article52 1946-03-07 4 Responsibility For Atrocities TOKIO. Mar. "3.— lt is learned that the indictments against the former Japanese premier. Gen. Tojo, and those to be tried with him will charge those major Japanese war criminals with responsibility for actual atrocities as well as conspiracy to violate treaties and start a war ofUP - 52 words
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Article64 1946-03-07 4 CAIRO, Mar. 2— Following the Government's ban on all demonstrations m Eeyiit on Monday the committee of students and workers is demanding that it be observed as a day of national mourning for those killed m the recent disturbances. The committee today Issued a statement declaring thatReuter - 64 words
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Article59 1946-03-07 4 MANILA, Mar. 3— The Philippines Labour Secretary Mr. Marcelo Adduro has issued a statement outlining a n'rv.i to rid the Philippine! ol aliens who have gr.ined unlawful entry into the country before the islands attain thetr independence, .say.s the Manila the .stalcnn nt revealed that the immigration59 words
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474 1946-03-07 4 Call For Showdown With Soviet LONDON, Mar. s.— The Conservative Daily Mail today called for a "showdown" with Russia over foreign policy which she described as bearing a "depressing resemblance to that practised by Hitler between 1933 and 1939." Her decis'on to keep troopsReuter - 474 words
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Article236 1946-03-07 4 Admits He Gave Away Secrets LONDON, Mar. s:— Charged with having divulged atomic energy secrets to an unknown person, the distinguished British scientist and lecturer, 34-year-old Dr. Alan Nunn May, who was arrested by British counterespionage police just after he had finished lecturing at King's College. University of London, yesterdayReuter - 236 words
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Article74 1946-03-07 4 SYDNEY, Mar. 5.— The "Sydney Sun." in a report from its TownsviUe (Queensland) correspondent, says the Dutch have bought from the I'ni'ed States authorities the en 'ire naval base at Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea, for the dollar equivalent of £2.000,000 (Australian). The report adds theyReuter - 74 words
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Article62 1946-03-07 4 MONTREAL, Mar. s:— Heavy shipments of Canadian wheat flour for India will be moved through Montreal when navigation op?ns, it is learned. These shipments are expected to get "top priority." Officials of McLean Kennedy Ltd. handling the India service believe that three, and possibly four, ships a62 words
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Article40 1946-03-07 4 CHUNGKING, Mar. 4— Gen. Yen Ting, Commander of '.he Chinese Communist 4th Army was released here tonieht. He was arrested while on his way to accept the surrender of the Japanec m Tientsin, north China. —Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article43 1946-03-07 4 All Information on the activities of Japanese war criminals v ill now be received at 19 Orange Grove Road instead di l Purk Hotel. A I duty daily to look after H Mid translator. u!on given L treated iu sUict coulideuc«.43 words
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367 1946-03-07 4 Straits Times Corr: LONDON. Feb. 16. A souvenir edition of "The Scrounger," the magazine that was produced in Changi ramp bv Messrs. A. C. M~xwrll. J. N. D. HaTison r.nd F. C. Tuck, is to be published in Singapore about June of this year. In367 words
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Article398 1946-03-07 4 Copra Not Being Bought For U.K. Although it is reported that the British Government has agreed to a five-year contract for Ceylon copra at 30 shillings per hundredweight, and the Minister of Food has expres-ed the hope that supplies of Malayan copra would be forthcoming to make up part of398 words
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Advertisement381 1946-03-07 4 RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT DANCE 900 p.m to 12.00 p.m. Admission Charge:— SI. »0 to Non-RrsHrnts Dail> 3 J 0 :i Kprnnr-itii Tortures In pir- war Japan! R.K O. Radio's Sensational •BEHIND THE RISING SUN" (Tom Neal Margo > Suxpu ions Reign more Powerful ilian the Mik:iao"f SKY... Great World (Nightly381 words
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Advertisement26 1946-03-07 4 BUNGA TANDJONG "A" HAIR OIL Cooling, Refreshing and for Growing Lovely Hair. A. V. M. AIM I. KASI.M BROS. 7!). Choon Guan St., Singapore Phone 417626 words
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Advertisement254 1946-03-07 4 Nothing to revive your memories of the GHASTLY PAST But SOMETHING to murkm yon FORGET it. .SOMETHING TO SHOUT ALOU H DON AMECHE JACK OAKIE Singapore's Particular Favourites and Columbia's Grand New Mas'™! v 'fv? 'SOMETHING SHOUT ABOUT" > Spectacular Preceded by :V* W»' Im two-reeler jL j ty 't^254 words
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Miscellaneous307 1946-03-07 4 SINGAPORE RADIO 1 BCD NETWORK from noon to 1 2 p.m. and 6 30 to 11 p m on Ml metres from noon to t p.m. «n 4.8?5 I mcs/sec. in 61 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.38 p.m. on IT ms;-,«n. In 61 metre band 1 Chinese noo:.307 words
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