The Singapore Free Press, 29 January 1947

Microfilm: NL3656
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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      LANDING ON A FEW SQ. YARDS
      645 2  -  COURTENAY EDWARDS By. FH3R .30 seconds v,e r hovered motionless, rotor blades whirling overhead, and then straight down like a lift, right m among swift buses, yellow c?ri=, and gleaming: limousines of New York City. The Empire State Building ~~d otter skyscrapers towered c
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      TALKING OF MAILS
      298 2 CINCE Rowland Hill m •J 1837 introduced the Penny Post and cut the price of sending a letter weighing two ounces from London to Manchester from 88d to Id the firm of McNamara has carried H.M. mails. It operate* side by side wRh the 0P.0.. but by
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      6 2 Fin ITp Girl Today— KATHLEEN IX)HERTY
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      DICKENS WOULD BE PLEASED
      540 2 Review of films now m London by our Cinema Correspondent I DO not believe m throwing the word classic about lightly. Without hesitation I say that Great Expectation* is a film classic. It is a complete triumph for all concerned, and a milestone m the progress
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      -your lucky STAR
      131 2 Fortune .recast for people born today gORN toda> y M fr* t I"'' naiv) torv<| v. ward scientific tren<b You are more vtnitk than many and will mtm select your career cub i life so that your \n\*neim activities do not brcwu t* divided Select on*- thtn^
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      76 2 M E. NATHAN Radio Sound Engineers Book Y tar Orders Now For PHILIPS -PILOTS-EX CO EDDYSTONE AIRMEC G.E.C. Our Service Department Is Now At Your Service At Pre- War Rates. 25—29 ORCHARD ROAD. PHONE 4073. CiLy ozLr*" V TO/ I*-HOST1 -HOST HUH** **>£ T~f BiiST Lk/J&J^ s*/i > \\t nave
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      61 2 PRODUCED UQW^^HpfHrT^^Lr*" APWJOVf D BY THt SfNGAPORE WUNICPA THE TRADE MARK Of j^fc^ s»mmi PRODUCTIONS FITTINGS At last— Malaya is Fittings— Bsi&ins. W C. Closets with h by skilled craftsmen of .nany years exponencN proved by the Smgapore Municipal A^thoritief P offering these quality products to the discriminating first class
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      146 2 F~ee Press Crossword No. 28 CLL'BS ACROSS 1« The ccistituUon of support (7). 4 and 13 ?ff°^' P 6 111^ southerly part of New York State (6. «>. 5. Heavy hammer (4K 6. Small ships (5). 9. Term for animal on which once a year Jew sh pnest symbolically laid
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      151 2 RADIO MALAYA BBC Singapore mm. is Hsb 485 metres; aYs^l 2 pm to .?m J 10 101 in?< 10 50 P m Por^ tti me^cyclrs per U Pra Nm: "-40 p.m. band, and 9.30 p.m. to rIL- °!vu Prom today s P a P ers #.7B mfffaf»fl« orr second <
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  • LEADRE PAGE
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        Intimidation
        637 4 THROUGHOUT MnJaya and m Singapore, too. "protection"' rackets and intimidation go unchecked. In Singapore ricn businessmen D-iy protection money rather ?nan risk kidnapping, personal injury or damage to their businesses. Shopkeepers subscribe to ihe unemployed' of this and that association rather than have their windows broken or their goods
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      BIG MOMENT? for the back-bench boys
      938 4  - BIG MOMENT? for the back-bench boys Geoffrey Wakeford by Special Parliamentary Correspondent SO far they haven't begun to talk about the White Paper m the pubs m Great Britain. When you mention it they ask, "Do you mean Town and Country Planning?" But m Whitehall they talk cf little else.
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      FAITH
      19 4 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 1 Peter 3. 11.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      346 4 CCOTLAND YARD and military authorities are seeking a brief case containing important documents belonging to MAJ.GFNERAL P. A. ULI.MAN, the Army's Engineer -m Chief, Singapore, which were lost during a train journey irom Waterloo to Poole a few days ago. General Ullman was on his way to
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      DARE-DEVIL COY
      253 4 A DAREDEVIL company of international adventurers have cast iheir lot with native nationalists m the heart of Java, storm centre of Indonesian revolution. Three are Americans. Correspondents have talked with one Australian and believe others are about Filling out the gioup are numerous Indians, several Arabs, a renegade
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      QUIZ
      126 4 1. "He's m Arthur's bocom. if ever man wont to Arthur's Bosom. A' made a finer end. and went away an it had been any chrLstom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one,. even at the turning of the tide: for after I saw him fumble with
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      13 4 Gold end Silver CIGARETTE CASES FLAP JACKS RATNE CO. 55, Stamford Road, Singapore.
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      64 4 lii li a I Irrnrr vr 1.15 3.30 6.30 &9p.i I IJtUI/IJ*** 1 IST INSTALMENT CHAP. 1 TO I Universal* "LOST CITY of the JUNGLE 1001 Blasting Advon'mos! Super-Human \<L>!S| IkY COURAGE! kl^T: Demon-Dare DEVILRY! f-*rf^«r%^t. 1 >errif ic ■aS?.^yif j r THRILLS! fp^' |p i An Event NOT to
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      BRITAIN PLANS FOR BIG EVENTS
      825 6 All In The Came From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. 'THE emphasis is on planning these days. Our people are 1 planning for the Olympic Games m 1948. Soccer clubs are planning for the settling down stage, lawn tennis professional coaches are taking a
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      CHELSEA MEET ARSENAL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE
      34 6 CHELSEA MEET ARSENAL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE Tcnuny WaPker Heft). Chtlseas inside-right, shoots for goal a split second befon Arsenal's left half, tackles an incident m the FA (up meeting between thesr iv., Stamford Bridge.
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      MID- WEEK SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
      673 6 SINGAPO^i. fuescuv Share quotations according to tile Malayan Sharebrokers Association gaporei today were as follows INDISTKIAL> Bayer Seller s.exandxa dnctworfc* Ord*. 1 TO 1 SK) vxandra ar.erworto Prefs 2 90 3 00 em Ma>«yi iYuat«e A Sxecutor Oc t* t.OC Jv nsoildateo Tin Smelters Ord
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      111 6 to day ii cowEor J Last 5 Shows jBL m&S&mtX -''ft y '1 {fcuSlflßi ll aW U-tn. 1.15 p.m. *am^BH^BBBZE3E22«HBBiM b ?.o d m 9.15 p m Imttil t« Ittl <({|IUCI Sent lv i""x«L ''v B^IT V1M.... 00.-t...JLtoR.ttM-AM.t.w»l Ak V SQ^ i^^HF I Saturday at MID-NIGHT j^ i& FO* YOU"
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      29 6 QUIZ fl 1. Thi.s pi from King Hcnr m which the ••Boar's Head* cheap d«« b FtJsUfl 2. Georji VVa i ,id<r.t 1789 179 ed by Jc*ii Thorns J-ff
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      80 6 J^*^*- Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaxa f^Jtr^tJ^ OVERWHELMED, ERICM I^COR.'-WHY^/f CAHT LISTemI KmISS JAWE ~MY DEAR YOUNG I ASKIKIG TOO TO I BUT— To SHOW THERE'S NO I x>tD Yob DO ITb THIS ANY LADY- CONGRATULATIONS/- YOU FLY TO PARIS ILLFEEUNG I MAY COME A .THAT; MISS?
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      Troopers for emigrants
      102 8 Troopers for emigrants DURBAN, Tue> IN an effort to speed up the flow of immigrants to South Africa, General Smuts. South African Prime Minister, has sent a personal appeal to the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement At t lee, to divert rhree liners from troopship duties and to keep them running
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      36 8 U Oxford's High.* Oxford is still the same delightful University town, fortunate -n 11U.nt... its escape from war damage; but it is more crowded with undergraduates than ever before, having over 2,000 more than m 1939.
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      BUS STRIKE TALKS
      277 8 (Continued from Page 1> Drivers' Union has threatened to rail its workers out "m sympathy" with the Municipal strikers, there comes news that members f tar Singapore Democratic Union have intervened to attempt at conciliation. Mr. N. A. Mallal, a local iawyer. was approached by the strikers
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      DUTCH SEARCH SKIPS IN N.E.I. WATERS
      313 8 BATAVIA, Tuesday. SHIPS trading m Indonesian waters must be willing to submit to search and obey all Dutch control regulations, says a Royal Netherlands Navy announcement. Netherlands patrol vessels will enforce the control measures, which are aimed at blocking the import of arms to
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      K. SUMATRA CEASE FIRE REPORT
      142 8 K. SUMATRA CEASE FIRE REPORT BATAVIA, Tues. A DELEGATION from Siantar, Republican capital of Sumatra, m discussions with tile Dutch civil authorities, has given an undertaking to issue a "cease fire" order for the whole of north Sumatra, th,? Dutch military spokesman said today. The cease fire was to tak?
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      30 RAND GOLD MINES HIT BY STRIKE
      41 8 The unofficial strike of European miners m the Rand gold mines spread yesterday bringing the total of closed mines to 14 Partially closed mines number 16. Some 8,000 men hare stopped work, says Reuter.
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      POLICE RAID COMMUNIST HQ
      148 8 BOMBAY, Tuesday. THE police today raided the In- dian Communist Party headquarters for the second time m a fortnight and arrested the editor of the Party newspaper, G. N. Adhifcari, who was later released on bail. The purpose of the raid was reported to be to
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      BURMA: DIVIDED VIEW] ON LONDON PAG
      498 8 BURMA: DIVIDED VIEW] ON LONDON PAG RANGOON, Tuesday. REACTION to the agreement signed m London by representatives of the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League and of \he British Government has been very mixed m Rangoon. AFP.F.L. supporters acclaim it as a victory for Burmese independence, while supporters of the Burma for
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      —CITY NEWSS'PORE RUBBER PRICE TODAY
      315 8 A Special Matket correspondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 am today as follows: Buyer* Sellers Cts Cto. per lb. per Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 41^8 *t% No. R.S.S. fob m bales Feb 43 43*4 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Feb
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      EGYPT ASKING UNO TO VOID PACT WITH UK
      124 8 THE Egyptian Premier. Nokrasky Pasha, said m Cairo yesterday ithat his Government would ask the United Nations to declare the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 19j£ non- existent. Egypt lias already decided to break off the current talks on revision of the treaty and
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      U.S. TO MAKE MORE A-BOMBS
      120 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. UR. WARREN AUSTIN, United lfl States representative on the United Nations Security Council and Atomic Energy Commission, said today after confering with President Truman at White House: "Unilateral disarmament for the United States is do.ie and finished." Mr. Austin added that the United
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      GLACIER COCKTAIL
      22 8 In New York cocktails scr.ed at an eccentric businessman's birthday dinn- r were chilled with ice from Alaska's Mendelhall Glacier.
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      CONSULS DENY DINNER PARTY STATEMENTS
      101 8 Yen Tse and Mr pectivelj day that Vieti. n dinner, burner, US O! Vietnames* them by V Ameria; j o rUs^ I explained thit they Jfl Chine* Vietnam at the to ascer- tl conflC discuss qu« lian c vacua*] j j r. "The Vi-nam radio
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      68 8 l l a.m. A V M 1 A PhoD 130 CATHAY 4.00 Pleat 6.45 con 9.30 M.G.M. MEANS «arlr MIGHTY GOOD MUSICAL! MUO-M's MUSICAL SENSATION! SINATRA- 6RAYSONKEUV v W <« I t v w w A w* A- m^^ ■W r I^— I lIIHII 2 nd irmiirp^ Ww V STARRING
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      83 8 WEATHER •Showers likely again IT 'EITHER report for 24 hours from nooa today compiled by the RAF Central Forecaating .station, Air Command, Far -East Bright periods this afternoon «<ih isolated showers, fine tonight, fair tomorrow morning. Light to moderate north *rH minds, becoming variable and ligtit tonight Svnset 1851. sunrise
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