The Singapore Free Press, 3 September 1946
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Title Section19 1946-09-03 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA! SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article390 1946-09-03 1 Target date is Nov. 30: Dutch will take over L^L^b^bH AN authoritative source in London yesterday con- firmed reports that all British troops in the Netherlands East Indies are to be withdrawn by Nov. 30, according to Reuter's diplomatic correspondent, who says this means that theReuter - 390 words
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Article176 1946-09-03 1 today. Japan: f ttrmall* surrendered to the ui, -O-. the Emperors ropresenta: the 3rtndra •"fif? Imert. battleship. Bav Gen L^bs MacXrthur accepted the Mo surrender on behalf or j the Albas. In Japan the first anniver- j <3rv of ttta fimaisr-awj stair Japan ->o i ailed176 words
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Article62 1946-09-03 1 NANKING. Mon. MATIONAL Government forces raced towards the Kupeiko Pass in the Great Wall to cut off the Communists' route from North China to Manchuria, Jehol and Chahar Government sources said today. The capture of Kupeiko Pass would force Communists to take a circuitous route to62 words
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191 1946-09-03 1 Free Press Reporter ilTCH official circles in Singapore had nothing to say this morning on :he total boycott threatened by Chinese tn.nals against Dutch nationals and interests if the 22 wms* ships and 400 members of their crews detained in E.I. ports are not191 words
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Article37 1946-09-03 1 London's food supplies again became threatened yesterday when more than 3.000 market workers and drivers struck at Smithfleld, London's central mea* maifcet, in support of the closed shop campaign, says Renter from Ionrion.37 words
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Article184 1946-09-03 1 LONDON, Tues. THE British Foreign Office today issued a statement blaming the Soviet Embassy in London for the transport difficulties which resulted in a delegation of six women invited to attend the International Conference in Australia returning to Moscow after waiting three weeks in London. TheReuter - 184 words
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96 1946-09-03 1 NEHRU PLEDGES 'INDIA FOR INDIANS' NEW DELHI, Mon. THE Congress Party President, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, taking the reins of India's interim government, today pledged himself to govern the nation for the Indians," and indicated he might institute a 10-year plan to improve their lot. As the new government which will96 words
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Article223 1946-09-03 1 JULY trade figures released by the Imports and Exports Department in Hong Kong show that Malaya was Hong Kong's best customer. The value of goods exported to Malaya during July was $20,936,959, with South China coming in second ($16,006,062). Hong Kong's trade during July owedU.P. - 223 words
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Article, Illustration24 1946-09-03 1 Cars drive through S'pore flood The rainy season has started in Singapore. Free Press picture taken in Orchard road tcday shows familiar September floods24 words
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Article343 1946-09-03 1 What to do with the coal dust? Sam Trent unloads but Free Press Reporter THE Singapore Port Emergency Committee's decision to start discharging the Sam Trent's cargo of 7,500 tons of coal dust into the bunkers of the engineless coal hulk, City of Rangoon, in Singapore anchorage today, does not343 words
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Article102 1946-09-03 1 Greek King returns soon THE Greek Premier, Constantin Tsaldaris. will leave Par".s this afternoon for London to consult with King George of the Hellenes as a result of the Greek vote in favour of monarchy. After five and a half years exile nearly 72 per cent, of the people ofReuter - 102 words
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Article65 1946-09-03 1 The British European Airways, operating from Northolt Airpori plan, to be the flrot company in the world to put jet air liners on their routes By 1948 Vickers V.C.2s Vikings with two gas turbines should be entering the service. Soon, it is roped a London-Paris service65 words
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Article29 1946-09-03 1 An Indian was shot in the right shoulder by an unknown assailant at the junction of Serangoon-road and Hindu-road shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday,29 words
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Article243 1946-09-03 3 LrtVf m i w rows at the Staff College, Cam- pnerals and other officers of the British h armies took part recently m a master" was Field-Marshal Viscount before them stretched a huge relief i. On it was fought mimic bat*!es— Iks churned sand, metal243 words
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Article27 1946-09-03 3 Aussia offers U.K. wheat 1 ufceat to v -s has ,i oilt made r jl r v v II;ll,0U Secte. bl ion is Part S b.nvcon the27 words
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Article76 1946-09-03 3 ZZ' GANG HAD OWN ARSENAL i a BaTlistened adventures organ- armed itself small- unds o: gangsters" Be ati wtn up to a shopting cas^. police kept watch caught < out with r.e said, he led "for self-protection m we *tr- b *^c job." ree members c a*] revolvers: the was76 words
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Article32 1946-09-03 3 ENGLAND IS TOPS FOR ME' 1-ality about Dr. f T Ambas- th? Press. at hom\" inding out ent Th-n inswered a! ft of que f?lt better m rationed." |J Is tops for32 words
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Article184 1946-09-03 3 A STOLEN double-decker bus was hunted for 20 miles by police radi:> cars through South Lancashire cities and towns. Thd police sent out an allcounty radio call warning stations to be on th-e look-out as th? bus began charging through home-going cinema crowds. The chase began184 words
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Article14 1946-09-03 3 I-aft bing wlB hay? propul- red by a 91 irbine engine.14 words
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Article15 1946-09-03 3 laSS, Aircraft. Mr. Apethorpe. t^ cut by 70 ent m travel- farm.15 words
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Article253 1946-09-03 3 WAR OFFICE APOLOGISES TO CLERK THE War Office has given an apology— and prompt discharge trom the Army— to a young Dunster (Somerset > c*erK passed Al. although he had lost the sight of his right eye. The man. Philip Row, 19. Lad lost his vision during two-and-a-half years' service253 words
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Article134 1946-09-03 3 50 MILLION FRAUD TRAIL FOR the first time m history two Scotland Yara officers are to work m Australia following up investigations into alleged share-pushing frauds totalling £50.000,000. After widespread inquiries m England they wi'l leave ir i and will make the voyage— 2s,ooo miles return by sea. Their investigations134 words
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Article, Illustration67 1946-09-03 3 LAUGHING AT THE DICTATOR Unusual scene < m Berlin* brought tears of laughter to the j eyes of the girl^ on the left. The 1 scene? Look at the picture be. low. C h a r 1 i c J Chaplin s "The j Great Dictator" i is playing to67 words
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Article87 1946-09-03 3 THE 1,200 women m Britain's jails are to be allowed to use lipstick and powder. They will be able to spend their prison nay on cosmetics from the prison shop, it was announced recently. Average earnings are 7d. <\ week. So a woman would work about87 words
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Article53 1946-09-03 3 TRAINING of Royal Navy recruits, previously done for oix months m a shore barracks, will under a new scheme, taki place aboard ship much earlier. After only two months ashore recruits will continue training on a Portland-based battleshio souadron Nelson (flagship), Howe, and Anson, each carrying53 words
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Article51 1946-09-03 3 THE Directors of British Overseas Air Corporation have \oted m favour of employing air hostesses. First of them will fly the North Am:r can ioute. During the war planes were rilled with high-ranking officers and "V.1.P.5," but now there are many women passengers who prefer51 words
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Article225 1946-09-03 3 THE story of the rescue of a lone, starving yachtsman m the Atlantic as sharks swam round and watched every movement of the rescuers was told as the 3,500-ton Spanish ship Serentes limped into Corunna, northwest Spanish port, writes a Daily Mail correspondent. Vito Dumas, the225 words
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Article114 1946-09-03 3 F into all forms of painless childbirth is to be conducted by a specialist at a London hospital, with a view to finding the best m rthcd to be adopted m Britain's new health scheme Every facility wi'l te placed at the specialists d^posai by114 words
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159 1946-09-03 3 A CLERK who cnteied a girl's bedroom while she slept and stole her undies for a joke, put them m his pocket— where they were found by his wife. "She was very annoyed." he tcld Cheltenham magistrates when he was bound ovsr to*what the159 words
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Article, Illustration128 1946-09-03 3 Churchill's house for? the nation faaliiWiß Manor. Mr. Winston Churchill's home a -d estate, near WvsUraam, Kc.u, which has been bought fo. tro nation t»\ a f.oui o; his fi lends as a permanent memorial 10 the part he lias played n I rit'sh history. Mr. Churchill and his fanily128 words
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Article32 1946-09-03 3 Halifa::es of Coastal Command are being fitted with fl ght refuelling equipment to enable them to refuel from a tanker airciaft n mid-air and so carry out extra long-range32 words
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327 1946-09-03 3 MARCEL CIERNAX, wealthy French industrialist, phoned the police m Nice one afternoon recently, and told them he would like to speak about the murder of Dr. Moreau. famous Riviera physician, found dead m his car the day before. He invited the detectives over327 words
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Article, Illustration18 1946-09-03 3 photo. While on shore lea.c, Abls Scam an Derek Wareham was rider at lodeo show at Dart«voor. KemsleyKemsley - 18 words
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Article, Illustration235 1946-09-03 5 Free Press Reporter ANLY one of Singapore's 62 butchers dealing m v mutton did business yesterday and his stock, totalling less than 200 pounds, was sold out within an hour. A Free Press reporter, making inquiries m Kandang Kerbau market where stalls were bare,235 words
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Article106 1946-09-03 5 Ex-S'pore Girl is CSE Starlet i I rrm ii vi.irjet of Ihrlumbi- ices Kntertainmrnt f.»r:h rmin« rer%> >tarda>t. was born tO jays a i; Kuala Lumpur. aaal 'v I riag n Singapore 'r>t ih*ee da>s before it fell to the hfinfl: and aura»ed to get a a y «>n theCSE Publicity - 106 words
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Article52 1946-09-03 5 S'PORE FIRM TO PAY VICTORY BONUS of $2 per .ded for annual re- of The c Corp. 15 balance :«.T44.22. ReWill be eeting to tay. at 16-D •re, at noon. mml dividend b bonus 1% to equalisation I $55,000--fluctuation I -30.000 l: -rsfees i forward is ::rst general rears, and52 words
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173 1946-09-03 5 Robbers warned: 'severe whippings GANG robbers have been warned that whippings m future will be more severe. This warning was given by Mr. Justice Thorogocd m the second Singapore Assizes yesterday at the conclusion of a case m which a young Chinese, Seah Seek Heng, was sentenced to seven years'173 words
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Article126 1946-09-03 5 MEDALS FOR L.D.C. AND VOLUNTEERS WHEN the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, makes presentation of cards of commendation to mem*~rs of the public on Victory S? lienor 12, it is hoped lv present the Genera Service Medal and the Pacific Star Medal and ribbons to members of126 words
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Article53 1946-09-03 5 PENANG. Monday IN assurance that "al: that is possiole is being done to expedite supplies to Mcla>a'' is given m a message addressed to the Deople of Penang by the Pesident Commis* ionT. Mr. S. N King, on the occasion of the anniversary of Penang's reoccupaticn53 words
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130 1946-09-03 5 JAIL FOR TRYING TO SELL A REVOLVER [JO SEE PAX, a 21-year.eld youth who was found m possession of a revolver and nine rounds of am. munition, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and fined $100 or a further three months' imprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr, the District Judge,130 words
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Article171 1946-09-03 5 POLICE STOP CLASH OF INDIANS pROMPT action by the I police prevented what might have developed into serious incidents yesterday afternoon when demonstrations and clashes between Indians occurred m the Kandang Kerbau area, Cecil Street, Kampong Java and Geylang Serai. In Cecil Strett a lorry containing 35 Indians was held171 words
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Article79 1946-09-03 5 AFTER twelve months' mine, sweeping operations otf Singapore, and the Malayan Peninsula the Seventh M.ne-sweeping Flotilla is returning to the United Kingdom. Originally sent to join the East fnd es Invasion Fleet, the Flotilla did outstanding work m clearing the approaches to Singapore on the way79 words
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Article21 1946-09-03 5 Two more typhoid cases are reported from Birmingham, bringing the number of cases m that city to 11.21 words
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Article171 1946-09-03 5 THE Head of the Siam Rice Commission, Mr. Somerset Butler, has been assured by the Siamese Premier, Tham Hong, that rice deliveries will be speeded up to cover July and Aujrust deficits m export, and also that the full quota will be despatched m September,171 words
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Article, Illustration29 1946-09-03 5 i.o;uon oily i r and Patiicia G uouh in. stars of tie Ke-union Theatre Company's ''Arms and the Man/ opening at the Victoria Theatre, Sin ?apore, on Sept. 5.29 words
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Article31 1946-09-03 5 Lt. Col. G. G. Thomson, Public Relations Officer will giv-e a talk on "British Social Services" on Friday, at 5.15 p.m. at the M.D.U. Hall m North Bridge Road.31 words
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Article105 1946-09-03 5 A small ste^l safe containing $3,070 m cash wa: taken away by three Chinese from a sundry goods shop m Jalan Besar early yesterday morning. It appears that the robbers, two of whom were armed with revolvers, slipped into the premises just as the proprietor, a105 words
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Article368 1946-09-03 5 From Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Monday. AT the Court Martial at Kluang of the 261 Paratroopers who are charged with jcining m a mutiny. Private Yuille one of the accused, sain" that hi asked for an interview with his Company Commander because he wanted education classes368 words
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Article282 1946-09-03 5 Australia wants Malaya trade AUSTRALIA, which rilled Ltat gap m Malaya with her exports following the liberation last September, has plans fer keeping up and expanding bet trade with Malaya and Netherlands East Indies. This was revealed m an electi n poiicy broadcast by Australian Prime Minister, J. B. Chiflej282 words
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Article153 1946-09-03 5 In the Second Police Court yesterday before Mr. T T. Russell, when a middle-aged Chinese On* Scow Siang. was charged with substituting his brother to serve his sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment Ong was convicted on June 14 this year on a charge of153 words
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Article75 1946-09-03 5 The work of the Y.W.C.A. throughout the war years will be described by Mrs. T. W. Hinch, 0.8. E., at the next meeting of the Y.W.C.A. Mrs. Hir.ch was President of the Malayan Y.W.C.A. at 5 pm. at the Hostel m Fort Canning Pd on Thursday. The Ramakrishna75 words
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Article450 1946-09-03 7 George Chisholm - George Chisholm i;% LONDON, By Air Mail. ti the interesting people "all m the ■Baa*** awaN cropping up m the European Games L. n \Valasiewl«. We identify the owner as ,h m t famous name m the world of women s en top name m athletics450 words
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Article, Illustration32 1946-09-03 7 S. C. F. A. beat Nor thamptens t w o-o n c at Jalan P?sar on Sunday. He-re Galley is seen heading the ball The other player is Soo Thuan.32 words
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Article239 1946-09-03 7 INDIANS WIN BY AN INNINGS LONDON, Mon. r E.lndian cricket tourists beat Middlesex by an innings and 263 runs to-day. Declaring at their Saturday total of 469 for five, the tourists to-day caught Middlesex on a wicket made tricky by the week-end's rain and sunshine and dismissed them twice forReuter - 239 words
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Article56 1946-09-03 7 ZURICH, Moil. SWITZERLAND won the international cycle union championship m professional longdistance racing: yesterday. Hans Knecht completed 270 kilometres m 7 hours 24 mins. 23 sees. Belgiums Marcel Kint was ten seconds behind Knecht, while Belgium's Rik Van Stenkerghem was third. Italy Mar.c Ricci was fourth56 words
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Article83 1946-09-03 7 The first interim general meeting of the Jollilads Assn. *as held on Sunday, at 10 a.m. at the residence of M. Mohd Gani. and the following were selected as office bearers for the ensuing year 1946-47. President:— T. M. Mohd. \ousoff; Hon. Secretary:— M S. Dawood; Hon. Treasurer:—83 words
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Article189 1946-09-03 7 LONDON, Mon. OVER 45,000 saw Aston Villa suffer their second consecutive home defeat at the hands of Everton who gained the upper hand after the interval Boyes scored Everton's goal. Neither attack impressed. Bolton also beat Stoke m the First Division by the oddReuter - 189 words
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Article57 1946-09-03 7 LONDON, Mon. FOUR batches of British ath. letes have depaited for Holland under the programme of Anglo-Dutch sports exchang. es. A football team from Colchester went to Zwolle, 60 tennis, cricket and football players from Walton and Weybridge to Nijmegen, fifty sportsmen lrom Cardiff to ShertogemboschA.P. - 57 words
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Article124 1946-09-03 7 The general meeting of the M.F.A. was held at the Istana Kampong Glam on Sunday The following were elected officebearers for the year 1946. President: Abdul Rahman bin Ariz; vicePresidents: Sidik bin H. Hamad Tungku Hussain, Dr. S. H. Aljunied Mohamed Taha. Hon. general secretary: M. A.124 words
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106 1946-09-03 7 Louis Gets Bad Bruise In Training POMPTON LAKES. NEW JERSEY, Mon. JOE Louis sulTercd a bad bruise under his left eye m Sunday's training for his title match with Tami Mauriello on Sept. 18, whe n a sparring partner, George Fitch, landed a straight right to the champ's jaw. Joe'sU.P. - 106 words
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Article52 1946-09-03 7 Fee Press Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. LEADING by one-nil at half time the T.P.C.A. Kuala Lumpur beat the 4th Dara-Bngade four nil at football here. The match was m aid of the Malaya Welfare Fund and was watched by an unusually large crowd, including the Resident Commissioner, Mr. V.52 words
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Article202 1946-09-03 7 LONDON, Mon. WEEKEND rain and sunshine caused tricky wickets m many cricket matches today. There were only three County matches being played, chief m. terest being how Lancashire would fare against Sussex. Lancashire has to win to take second nlace to Yorkshire, otherwise MiddlesexReuter - 202 words
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Article47 1946-09-03 7 Following have been selected to play for the Combined YMCA against the 69 I.G.H. tomorrow at Thomson .Road. Kick-off at 5.15 p.m.:— T. Davidson: V.R. Sabapathy. T. I Valentine. TE. Chaplin. Hindle. (Lightbown (Capt.); Tan Wee En«. jS. Vijiaratnam, A.V. Morton, T. iPwmbelow, R. Brazier.47 words
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Article342 1946-09-03 7 IN an all-day match at Changi on Sunday, Changi Airfield X! defeated an Indian Association XI by 122 runs. Batting first Changi made 300 for seven wickets m two and a half hours before declaring, leaving the Indians three hours m which to set the342 words
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Article, Illustration22 1946-09-03 7 A scramble for the ball m Sunday's soccer at .Tala i 15.5,~r Stadium m which the S CF.A. beat the Northarrtnlarw tao-ene22 words
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