The Singapore Free Press, 23 September 1946
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Title Section21 1946-09-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I .655. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS21 words
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Article313 1946-09-23 1 rrui. it o. r. WASHINGTON, Sun. THh tinted States Department of Agriculture reported today that the world food situation will be partly relieved during the year ahead by a 10 per cent, increase m rice production and the largest potato crop since 1942. The riceReuter; A.P. - 313 words
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Article43 1946-09-23 1 About 60 German editors, whose newspapers have a combined circulation of over 9,000,000 m the British and America n zones, will hear the judgment and sentences against th c major Nazi war criminals on Oct. 1 says Reuter from Nuremberg.43 words
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Article, Illustration25 1946-09-23 1 These Free Prc-s pictures were taken at Changl airfield this morning, when four RAF Dakotas took off to drop rice to the Karens m Burma,25 words
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Article126 1946-09-23 1 Free Press Reporter CINGAPORE'S daily average ol w robberies hit a new high during the week-end when no fewer than 13 cases were reported involving a loss of $5,000 m cash and Jewellery. Women were the victims m four cases, one a daring holdup m the126 words
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Article115 1946-09-23 1 gr- r di ffs m SmgaJeclin? gmf ±r ptrt Laife conbyftfr: HQFt beans. [wn-peas and Dth sundries a fur- 111 smooth c. ration of ral ol fresh (jelo'rice are 'he main factors prices €l lad t- for which ta-cod qu we:— Siam te 5 p^: picul,115 words
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Article19 1946-09-23 1 alleged open a HoacL h COu feUitenei ted by lien >vertotl Mooing, mport■varing i19 words
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Article192 1946-09-23 1 London, Sun. JHE British Government may shortly issue a statement announcing a speed-up of its policy towards Burma, Lieut. Col. D. Rees Williams, Member of Parliament and one of the Socialist experts on Eastern affairs, indicated today. In his view the Burmese peopl? must take partReuter - 192 words
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Article219 1946-09-23 1 Free Press Reporter TARLY this morning, four Dakota aircraft of No. 48 Squad£i ron, crewed with the most experienced airmen, Jeft Changi airfield m Singapore and headed northwards to carry out one of the most hazardous peace operations dropping rice to the people of219 words
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Article24 1946-09-23 1 ARABS ISOLATE PORT Arab tribesmen on the Persian Gulf coast have surrounded the port of Bushire and telegraphic communication with Teheran has been cut24 words
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Article61 1946-09-23 1 William Schermerhorn, chairman of the Dutch Commission negotiating with the Indonesians, denied reports that -h e Commission ]^d made certain jroposals to the Indonesians say s Reuter from Batavia. Lord Killearn has requested Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian "Premier." to speed-up truce negogotiations with the Allies mA.P. - 61 words
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Article265 1946-09-23 1 Free Press Reporter ILTHOUGH robberies along the Johore trunk roads arw H frequent, it will not be until next year that the Johore police will be equipped with radio patrol cars. They have at the moment however, a strong force of transport used by armed policemen265 words
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Article304 1946-09-23 1 Free Press Reporter OFFICIALS of the Singapore General Labour Union expect the strike of 2,000 Singapore lorry drivers, which began yesterday, to reach a satisfactory conclusion m a few days. Throughout this morning there was a procession of lorry owners —most of them small owners304 words
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Article47 1946-09-23 1 Dr. Leighton Stuart, the American Ambassador to China, said yesterday that he had received reports that some American B-29 crewmen, forced down two years ago over the wild mountain plateau of Western China, had been enslaved by the senrsavage Lolo tribesmen, says A.P.47 words
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Article29 1946-09-23 1 Negotiations between the Persian Government and the delegation from Tabriz, capital of the "home rule" province of Azerbaijan, have reached a deadlock says Reuter from Teheran.29 words
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Article100 1946-09-23 1 HARRIMAN SUCCEEDS WALLACE IT is announced m London tha* I Mr. Averil Harriman, Amerij can Ambassador to London, habeen recalled to Washington to succeed Mr. Henry Wcllace a^ UJS. Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Wallace resigned from tha* post, as reported on Saturday, on account of differences which he held from100 words
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Article53 1946-09-23 1 Ted Bramley, Secretary of the London Communist Party, told thousands attending a rally at Trafalgar Square yesterday, that Britain's foreign policy had to answer to the hostility to Russia, the restoration of the Groek monarchy, the continued recognition of Franco Spain and the policy m Palestine says53 words
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Advertisement10 1946-09-23 1 7photosr*phs i 1 IMlir NE W BEX Pboto SJ« dio10 words
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196 1946-09-23 3 Spriag, (Jroup-Capt. Cheshire, formed r -V«n lmporta»l Persons Association," cynics iras a dreamer. The Group-Capt. went a several hundred ex-Service men and traded 1)> the prospects of a job and home, m ?l 't their resources and join the movement. eshirc secured the lease 01196 words
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Article104 1946-09-23 3 »mi.N~ '<^ 1 Mta:in; ptt Lip paiatfd hri ht retL 5d W. .uoutn Bay. 3 of cariiin? he.Tj £Ltn now dra\ alongside ZTLt hand mer the ZJ£ and fill un ni the ins out to xj-.--. n t., uho -sthr untur--. a a itp i >104 words
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50 1946-09-23 3 MURDER IN BOMB RUINS: GIRL CHARGED ■S cooi was GuildhaL var-oli »n ci City id :..ey did me. Tbt tcaar >r. M* id r William aid Aglinton c was a had seen a m con- proposed i n man H Led -;ed LUtioned ::d. ared In an I was F9»-50 words
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Article41 1946-09-23 3 Charles ssd He and his g our weeks North > brokj •d away and coswas worf-s ••--id "Even V £30 were stolen.' at to m*le IS aafij I n sleepnt out to and whe.i s later; r-nsackeo41 words
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Article, Illustration52 1946-09-23 3 cileg^> all over Fiance nave arrived m Er gland t > hcl with th? harvest. All thesi boys and girls lived m France during the German occupation, and many of tiem were members of the Resistance Movement. This picture shows one of the girls* Andree Leroux. from Tours; leaving Victoria52 words
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Article57 1946-09-23 3 WITH only a few days to go before forms i:re withdrawn from Britain's Pest Offices, only half of 7,000,000 peocte entitled to the Defence Medal have applied for it. It is believed that many people decided not to apply as they d d duty m parts of57 words
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195 1946-09-23 3 ABOUT 100,000 prospective hoii- day makers m Switzerland during the coming winter would be affected by an important modification m the Anglo-Swiss travel agresment which the Swiss Government may shortly suggest to the British Exchequer. The powerful Swiss Hotel Keepers' Association aims at replacing195 words
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Article135 1946-09-23 3 OTARTING on a 6,002-mile hitchv hike with a £20 start are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roebuck of Randolph Avenue, Vaida Vale. They are trying to prove that "you don't need much money to go where you like." First stage on tVir trip Is irem Newhaven135 words
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Article62 1946-09-23 3 FIRST air races m Britain since 1939 were held over a 58--mile course m the Folkestone district by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. Rain and a high wind interfered with the heats for the Folkestone Aero Trophy for baby planes. Fastest time was 144.5 mp.h.,62 words
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Article24 1946-09-23 3 Chang Lv, magistrate of Kunming county, and two other county officials have been arrested on charges of alleged misappropriation of public funds24 words
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Article94 1946-09-23 3 ON his office door at Reavers Ko^d. Wood Green, Mr: R. A. Hook wrote "Burglar, burglar, save your skill. You'll get nothing from my till: Rent's not paid, rates are due. There's nothing here to interest you. A disbelieving intruder chipped the lock out of the door as94 words
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127 1946-09-23 3 AFTER receiving letters about Ben, the talking dog, pointing out the danger of kidnapping or theft, his owner, Mr. Alf Brissenden, of Royston, Herts, began negotiations to insure Ben's life for £1,000. The once obscure crossbred terrier's now famous sentence, "I want one," has127 words
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Article22 1946-09-23 3 Wang Ying-tien. magistrate of Jukao, and 13 officials of th? same city, have bren execute! by the Communists.22 words
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Article207 1946-09-23 3 EVERYTHING was ready— the blue silk wedding" dress, the cake, the bridesmaids' pink lace frills. Then three days before she was to be married to a Canadian soldier, due to return to Quebec, Marjorie Evans, of Harlesden, was stricken with a strange paralysis.207 words
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Article38 1946-09-23 3 The U.S. Army authorities m Shanghai disclosed to-day that Lt.-Gen. Hisakali Tanaka, Japanese Commander and Governor of Hong Kong until the war's end, has been returned to the authorities m Canton for v-ar crimes trial.38 words
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Article285 1946-09-23 3 THE hooded monk from the thousand-year-old St. Mary's Abbey Inn at Bedford is doing a little home hunting, tor some years, a matter of centuries m fact, he's had a cosy little blasted oak to live m just outside the inn, but last month it285 words
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Article96 1946-09-23 3 I^HE steamer Derwent tied-up at Bristol a few days ago with a £4.000 cargo of wild animals and reptiles from East Africa, mostly for the London Zoo which will now eclipse the best zoos m the United States. On the month's voyage from Mombasa, there was96 words
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Article147 1946-09-23 3 DRISTOL police were recently, on a search for a man who disappeared m a van believed to have been stolen after a crazy early morning dash through the streets Mr. Harold Mills, of Albertgrave, St. George, first saw a man loading bales of cloth Into147 words
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Article41 1946-09-23 3 More than 1,500 old comrades of the Middlesex Regiment now belong to ten "Diehards" Clubs formed m the London area. The clubs were formed to let former members of the regiment renew the comradeship they enjoyed during the war41 words
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202 1946-09-23 3 RAILWAYS TO PROVIDE 'LOVERS LANE' IDEAL "Lovers' Lane" of the future m Britain may be the local railway marshalling yard,* where, if present experiment* are successful, there will be permanent supply of moonlighC laid on. Recently evening strollers as Feltham, Middlesex, were shaken* by the appearance of a newj "heavenly'202 words
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Article103 1946-09-23 3 CVER sin?e his 160 par.shioncs boycotted the tiny Con. i church of War?°ggan 13 y a ?o, the Rev. F. W Den&hai. the 74-year-cld rector. has preached his sermons to a more? or less empty chur?h. When nobody comes to church at all he placrs cards103 words
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Article48 1946-09-23 3 Ambitious plans of two U.S Air Force officers to set up a smuggling ring dealing m diamonds, gold, currency, -perfume and narcotics betw?*n Africa and Europe have been foiled by U.S. Army detectives. Both officers a major and a captain have been arrested48 words
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Article, Illustration460 1946-09-23 5 By Our Chinese Correspondent k TELEGRAM dispatched to President Truman, Gen. George Marshall, Truman's special truce envoy to China, and Dr. Leighton Stuart, U.S. Ambassador to Nanking, by Mr. Tan Kah Kee, prewar Malayan Chinese leader, has caused a storm among Chinese m the460 words
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35 1946-09-23 5 San. ..mine to a corres- -son 191 D a hand." red into h Siam. ::w raSiam ding an Gove of atiOn pm dus--10 old :m--..ers> with public sac- rr.ar- ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article44 1946-09-23 5 tail of Br^ade! In tuture design- cer, thud Engineer, ??etion Divi:■i been O^cer. at a rrunth. 1 •r. has I Brigade I ex- .i -red as bai In I .j Oflicor. n Officer. 199 has .■>nal iry of $5^5 I44 words
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Article54 1946-09-23 5 The death took place m London lon July 13 of Mr. John Robert Fulton Corley, formerly of Singapore Late of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. Mr Corley died following a sudden collapse. He and Mrs. Corlev re- sided for many years m Malaya where54 words
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139 1946-09-23 5 A contingent of 110 members ol the Indian Military Nursing Service composed of Sister Officers and nurses of the Auxiliary Medical S:rvice. arrived by the Dunera from Vizagapatam recently to be posted to the various Indian Military hospitals m South East Asia. The139 words
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Article66 1946-09-23 5 THE readiness of Britain and British scientists to share their knowledge with Chinese scientists and assist them was expressed by the British Ambassador, S r Ralph Stevenson, m an address m Shanghai yesterday before members of the Scientists Week-end Conference of China. This organization isReuter - 66 words
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Article, Illustration24 1946-09-23 5 "an prisoners cf war are seen b lpii-; to null down the pill box at the junction of Cross Street and Robinson Roa^, Singapore.24 words
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Article89 1946-09-23 5 Anew salary scheme is to b? drawn up for Shift Engineers of the Municipal Water Department. Following a recent petition by the Shift Engineers to the Municipal Commissioners, it was decided that the Water Engineer be asked to draw up a new salary scheme suitable for89 words
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Article105 1946-09-23 5 I \osociayester- j re- d and Klyne i chairpro meet ins 1 ':on or abora'.orv nbers i said eralHo*. Ortho- paedic Hospital and 28 from Kandans K?rbau Hospital had expressed their desire to Join the Association. Mr. Kanagalingam, speaking against the idea of admitting r.urses, said that105 words
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Article, Illustration78 1946-09-23 5 This photograph gives a" idea of the very bad state of repair m which the Malayan locomotives were left by the Japanese. These engines are now stored near the Seiitul Workshor.s. awaiting thorough overhaul Yet, m spite of so many locos out of commission, ih Malayan Railvia; s78 words
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Article309 1946-09-23 5 MORE than 600 Ceylonese repatriates from 3lala>a, are of the last batches, recently arrived m Colombo by the transport vessel Empress of Scotland. Twenty-seven Indian stowaways were discovered shortly after the ship left Singapore and were brought ashore m Colombo under custody. Special facilities wereU.P. - 309 words
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Article73 1946-09-23 5 A LETTER frcm, the Custodian of Property, Singapore, on the subject of the recovery of civilian cars, was read out at a recent meeting of the Singao^r: Ratepayers Association The Custodian wrote that vehicles to be offered fcr sal? would be advertised m the local press73 words
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502 1946-09-23 5 Dutch to compensate owners of LCTs THE Dutch autaoiiu&s v. r.~ seized 22 Chinese trad ships, most of them flying British flag, do not deny th^: some of the vessels were seized or. the high ssas. When ask d it th Dutch denied the higlw seizure m some instances. aU.P. - 502 words
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79 1946-09-23 5 T«E Registrar of Imports and Exports is prepared to receive applications for licence to import, irrespective of the source of supply, cotton textiles of non-luxury types made un or m the piece whether or not under allocation, a communique issued yesterday states. Applications must79 words
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Miscellaneous35 1946-09-23 5 TODAY'S TIDE High water 10.69 a.m. Height g ft. 6 m.; 931 p.m. Height 9 ft. 1 m. TO-MORROW: High water 10.43 a.m. Height 8 ft 9 m.; 10.21 p.m. Height 9 ft. 6 m.35 words
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Article422 1946-09-23 7 2. S.R.C 1. ,i iiinese Football Association and the [n Club displayed poor form mi n their Bcsai Stadium yesterday which the r Utfec tii oal m three Onl y the goal scored '''"r/, i tho Kecs just before the end gave a f» t!u422 words
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Article76 1946-09-23 7 pru.i> s»t li)}; |> .llmont s 1 and I \;mia:i u«>n thi" v:i.ihh> tod. >v j tin z kj hith l i tii— lite, with i th:.,i w.o lengths pir fr (I II I i rr- 11 (*aekl«f Bar-iii v.in riiicfl by i bum I r t <>. v.76 words
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Article191 1946-09-23 7 LONDON. Sat. Today's Rugby results were. RlbBY LEAGUE YORKSHIRE CUP (First Round) I'radford N. 3 Huddersfield 20 Castle 'or d v. Leeds postponed Dewsbury 9 Bramley R MaLfax 7 Kullkingston R. 11 Hull 24 Featherstone It, 8 Hunslet 10 BaUey 4 V.aJtetield T. 8 Keighley o:dhani 16 WarringReuter - 191 words
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Article, Illustration13 1946-09-23 7 The Ceylon Sports Club cricket team which beat the S.R.C. yesterday.13 words
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Article384 1946-09-23 7 IN one of the most keenly contested matches of the season the Ceylon Sports Club yesterday beat the Singapore Recreation Club by 45 runs on the S.R.C. padang. R. V. S. Sundram top scored for the winners with 46. The Ceylonese taking first knock were384 words
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Article, Illustration59 1946-09-23 7 Polo Begins Again In Singapore li'» :as kIBI again m Singapore with games on the new ground at Thomson Ro*fl Cnmes are plryed on Wednesdays and Saturdays, principally by Service officers who own most of the ponies, m this group, taken last Saturday, may be seen Vice Admiral Egerton and59 words
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Article224 1946-09-23 7 CPLENDID bowling by R. Dclil- kan who took saven wickets for eight runs was the striking feature m yesterday's cricket match played at the Thomsor Ro?d Grounds between St. Joseph's Institution XI and D. B Anderson's Team, the latter winning by 11 runs. D. B. ANDERSON'S224 words
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Article194 1946-09-23 7 SYDNEY, Saturday. SPIN-BOWLERS may be a vital necessity to the English cricket tourists, according to reports here, where it was stated, on latest information, that the Maryleboners were chosen with the conviction that spin-bowlers were of no use against Australian batsmen on Australian wickets. The194 words
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Article263 1946-09-23 7 ONE of the hishlights of Sunday's cricket match between the R.A.F. Tengah and the Singapore Cricket Club which the club won by 29 runs was the fine batting performance of Luce of the R.A.F. Seldom on the padang bmi bowling been treated with sucn srant263 words
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Article336 1946-09-23 7 HOME SOCCER RESULTS RESULTS of Home football matches on Saturday were. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 0 Derby C. 1 Blackburn 1 Wolves 1 Blackpool 1 Aston V. t Brentford 0 Sunderlanri o Charlton 1 Sheffield U -4 Grimsby T. 2 Chelsea 1 Leeds Utd. 4 Bolton W. 0 Liverpool 0 EvertonReuter - 336 words
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Article69 1946-09-23 7 The lollowing have been selected to r>lay Water Polo f^>r tho V.M.C.A. against th" 1 Chinese Swimming Ciub at the C.S.C. Pool. Ambt r Road, starting at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday. Vow Wah Sung. Tang Wai, Loh Heng Kee. Lim Thye Hock <Capt.), Lee Hin Ming, He Loo Thiam.69 words
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Article58 1946-09-23 7 IN one of the fastest games of hockey played at Naval Base. H.M.S. Terror beat the Ro\al Naval Police by a solitary goal scored m the first half cy Doyle. The teams were evenly matched and the exchanges were even throughout. Poor finishing and lack of combination58 words
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