The Singapore Free Press, 1 February 1947

Microfilm: NL3656
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    EX-POW ASKED FOR STEAK AND CHIPS
    865 2  -  Hall Romney LONDON LETTER by I i::?E!:rD to tune m the other night to the "In Town Tonight 1 programme on the BBC. Passers-by outside the Adelphi were being asked what sort of meal they would choose if the food position was back to
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    267 2 Fortune lorecast lor people born today jDORN today, you are one of > those individuals who may be a loyal friend but who will make a relentless enemy, once you have been crossed. You do not forget or forgive, but seek revenue. This is a characteristic which
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    FLEET OF CARS FOR ROYAL VISIT
    126 2 A 1^- of CMn which will carr >' tlie hallm.ii k are 18 h.p. staff saloons. The Government of the Union o. South Africa has ordered two landaulcttcs. two limousines and an open touring car which Jill be iL?cd by the Royal The other
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    Around S'pore Shops DEMANDS FOR EVENING WEAR
    407 2 Around S'pore Shops DEMANDS FOR EVENING WEAR FREE PRESS WOMAN COREESPONDEWT •THERE is a never-ending 1 demand for evening and cocktail dresses it seems. Everywhere I went m town tailors told me they couldn't make their orders quickly enough and stores reported constant enquiries about imported gowns. •Elsie Mary" will
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    HAIR STYLES
    95 2 DEOGy Cummins whose blond tram have been much admired ir. Hollywood, will wear her hair m no less than 20 different styles during htr scenes ir. the film "Moss BOW Most of these will be variations of the unwept fashion. mi n voirue during 1905 m E.'. gland
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      160 2 THE HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJECTION! ,>^^^^ TtL r iju CLJYI M§XTBHKfIHUv GIKL-SHY... .GREAT GUY! 1 y m*\ I ■^lill AlT^l^ See him m lof 5 shows: V^*AAA^^hMA*AiM«^ 11—2—4.15—6.30—9.15 JUSi ANOTHER WESTERN' PICTURE? NO! A** y I n it IF YOU WANT IT YOL WILL! ll II U R (With
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      120 2 TO-DAY I.IS, X Of inlSMpi TO-NIGHX MIDNIGHT fUUI INSTAXMEKT NOT A S!CM RHEUMATISM Obitinate ReM by Kruiebfi Alihough thi> dmii t^^* I ttm get a nnn b I taking Krusohrr. I quite disappeared < ntf*^T^ I be interested Mi he describes la thfc UK. I "About 26 years ago '^a*
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      154 2 S|%^O I ji* M *f| Bn?^^Msli^^l^fa RADIO MALAYA Singapore km. snwoKh (Chinese U»d»a '25 metres; also It p.m to 2 p.m. 4.32.* megacycle* per «eeond (61 metre In nit) and 7.45 p.m. co 9.3« p.m. 4.78 meca cycles per secot.d (61 metre band 1 BLUE M-TWORK (Malay <fc r.n; li-
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      157 2 marsh. 830 pjn. News; 840 pm. London calling; 8.45 pm. Radio newsreel 9 00 p.m. Tip-top tunes; 9.30 p.m. Australia vs. England; 9.45 p.m. Theatre organ; 10. \5 p m. Rugger commentary: 11.20 p.m. Soccer commentary: 12.15 am. Rugger; 12.20 a.m. London calling: 12.25 a.m. Interlude; 12.30 am. The private
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      463 2 am. 19.84 meters and 49. J8 meters. 11.30-12 am. 19 84 meters. 12 noon-5 p.m. 16.88 meterfi. 19 84 meters and 49.38 meters. 5-5.30 p m 19 84 meters ar.d 49 38 meters 5.30--7.30 pm. 19 84 7 30-12 midnight 19.84 meters and 49 38 meters FEB. 1 SATURDAY 08
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      157 2 FREE PRESS FIGWORDS let;ers instead of t.i? Tin- i_ _l_L_ tame lcttor must o! course. H^S —^^T~"^^ be used. 9 B PlsWr l *3pflfc^^B with this week is the Bl^^M^^^^^ i^wi L the second one down, num- I P B^^H crcd 8511. M^*^B( Wl-JiH a ntre contains all the 1—
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    SHANGHAI LEADERS ASK FOR PEACE
    401 3 'Business has suffered enough AN appeal to both the Chinese Central Government and the Communists to call an immediate unconditional halt to the civil war so as to avert a national catastrophe has been made m a manifesto issued by 172 trade guilds and associations
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    'FAMINE IS NORMAL'
    134 3 'FAMINE IS NORMAL' ,r,N\ has entered ihe Lunar New Year with estimates ot to |6 million of her people m dire need, with famine Jninc two province this Spring-and with no funda- n In cold statistical terms, aviSothe Mluation as normal/; ie f«x)d shortage wiU not change until the changed.
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    Two sets of China quins
    129 3 SHANGHAI, Fri. THE magistrate of Yenchene, Honan Province, has informed the I'nited Press that the Chinese quintuplets as well as the mother died a few days a fie- the berths He attributed the deaths of the quins to the 'excessively I small bodies," wh«s»» the
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    MASCANESE DEPOSITS
    21 3 Majiganese ore depV)s-is estimated to yield approximately 2 000 000 tons of manganese, have been found m North China.
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    GERMANS MUST STAY IN CHINA
    99 3 Due to the grave economic con- i ditions m Germany, the occupa- tion authorities there do not agre to any largescale repatriation of Gcrmar. refuge s t'rcm Shang-I nui. j Dr. J. Saper, retiring Director of UNRRA's China Office Dis- placed Persons Division, disclosed at
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    Party hold on unions to end
    165 3 PIE Kuomintanjj Party will re ir.quUh its hold on Chinese labour union* eariv this year concurrently with the first national convention M the Chine^^ Labour Associatim. it is rem rted m Shanghai The Chinese Minister for Social Affairs La bo m is reed to
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    FISHING FLEET FOR CHINA
    249 3 SHANGHAI (By air mail). HUNDREDS of Chines* labourers are now at work servicing 34 fishing vessels part of Australia's contribulion to the UNRRA programme m China which have arrived m Shanghai trom Sydney. The vessels were carried aboard a freighter, stacked on deck and m the
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    CHINA $500 MILLION CORRUPTION CHARGE
    57 3 Magistrate Yang -fang is being held m Soochow. Kiangsu Province on corruption charges involving CN5500,000.000. obtained by selling Chinese quisling property and pocketing the proceeds, says UP He is also accused of offering CN$ 100 000.000 bribe to the military commander who started the investigation.
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    JAP MACHINERY FOR CHINA FACTORIES
    33 3 Twenty per cent, of Japan's industrial machinery will shortly l be shipped to China as reparat- ions. Part of the reparations will be distributed to privateI owned factories.
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    ALLIES TO GET BACK PROPERTY
    86 3 TTHE Executive Yuan (ChiI* nese Cabinet) has issued instructions that Allied property m the recovered areas m China must be I returned to their original owners before Feb. 1, according; to the official Central News Agency reports Reuter. Shanghai judicial organisations were said to have
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    SIKANG PEOPLE IN REVOLT
    106 3 SIKANG PEOPLE IN REVOLT AN iimed revolt is now m pron cress a^ain^t Governor Tin Wfn-hni r. the province ot kajjg. members of the Si^ Fellov.h p Associntion claimed at a Pr^<?s conference In Nank Accord-nc t 0 Mr. Chiao Sfa [to. a member of thp Assoeiafor naif a million
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    4 NEW AIRLINES ARE PLANNED
    209 3 PI.ANS for the establishment of four international air lines —China-America, China-Europe, China-Philippines, and China-Siam under the operation of the China National Aviation Corporation and the Central Air Transport Corporation have been mapped out by the Ministry of Communications, says a Central News Agency report from
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    ASIAN LEAD IN BALANCE
    790 3 Chinese inav lose it Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Americans have made up their minds about China they have decided to quit the Committee of Three (representing the U.S., the National Government of China and the Chinese Communists), to withdraw from the Truce Executive Headquarters, and
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      125 3 NOTICE Please note that th? new Telephone v^> of Koster Company Limited G2 Caldecott Hill Distributors for PHILLIPS RADIO i *****. MOOI CHIN RESTAURANT Chirrs Si hu.opean Dishes Serveo M all limes *t lowest charges No 120. \ortb Bridge Road (Corner <»i Purvis Strerlt SINGAPORE IT IS WORTH YOIR WHILI
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      44 3 T& 1^ JL 42k, M Mysterious tunnel By Edgar Rice Burroughs RELUCTANCE TD &U«DE TAR24N IWUGK S|e-S S >- WS^L^>^< T* ■THE .MPSNETRA^L? JUNGLE. BA"?WfWrKJ 5, slcc'f to^ ?rwM SS^^B^S^>^ D itr h. Ur. ~1 >«lm ri«<ll«ll. fct T 2■» J I HPFtI jtBT *W*~
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      No Cheers For The Busmen
      643 4 'THE ranits of the striking population cf Singapore were inert ased this morning by the employees of the Singapore Traction Company whD have thus made Singapore walk for the second tme within four months. The Municipality strikers may with s-ine justification complain that their demands
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    Don Iddon's Dairy
    1517 4 NEW ANGLES ON AMERICA THE curse of the Ku A Klux Klan mentality has fallen on the State of Georgia, m America's Deep South. The bully boys and muscle men have moved m, and there have been tears and tear-gas, barricades and beatings-up. In the glare of
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    541 4 RRC3KTLY m London was MR. J. H. (JIMMY) THOMAS, now almost lorgotten and a legend to present day politicians. He emerged from his retirement m Wales to be re-elected vice-chairman of the Crystal Palace trustees, a job he has held lor the past twelve years Welcoming him
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    ROYAL TOAST to SKY QUEEN
    527 4 EMPIRE wine, sparkling on the ncs3 of a new English airliner at London Airport opened a i:ew chapter m Br tain's air conquest of the Atlant'c Ocean. The aircraft is tne flagship cf a new British Overs as Airwpys licet of 19 Avro Tudor airlir.cr*.
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    51 4 The Tally-ho sta^e oath, drawn b\ Imm horses. W j carriage at the w««Jding at St. Barnjihas Church. Baling don, of Aircraftsman Peter Carpenter of the Royal Ur I or<r Miss Ena Becktan Th« ptctvre shows ihe bridegroom assist the bride to enter the sta ge-eca t h aft< r
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 'Trishaw Girls'
    116 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 'Trishaw Girls' MIVH I c ntlyab r bers oi parts ol that stems to opinion, ftl m art D hid ihc o good knowledge ot I :n JL little rhar a reasonab The only jobs arc waitress In a .a?e th<- surprising -.anywj turr. :c £il
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    FAITH
    14 4 For UK '^^Sl hypocrites h f" and fire shall c™ ÜbernaHc* of bnb-ry
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      54 4 Be sure *oui Eves *re functioning normally have then "xaimned here tomorrow. G'asses will t>? recommended only if ne^essanr OAH SIN OPTICAL HOUSE fll North Bridge Road. Spore. Proprietor— P S DZING OD. PboM 6»4 Pormei General Manager ot NAN SIN OPTICAL HOUSE Singapore ana Kuala Lumpur. Pormer SupDlier to
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      392 4 TWO BY TWO THE answer to each Two by Twi clue it a phrase or idea of tw« words. All the words needed for the answers are m the table below. "Daumy" wwrds are include*] vi jwt yoa off the scent. The person whe devised Two by Two, says yo«
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    BING CROSBY' GREETS MINESWEEPERS
    898 5 BING CROSBY' GREETS MINESWEEPERS D-Day raid' on island Free Press Staff Reporter ships of the Royal Navy m the Far East ushed their "big job"— braving both char--1 unehartered minefields of British and enemy the menace to commercial shipping, sea lanes safe once more. .-ions are being made to lay
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    PC jailed for air crash loot
    19 5 PC jailed for air crash loot 1 °L ?Z X srrars -me Mrltaes c-ash nont W o-fun« •(fence U.P.
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    8 LOST, 5 MISSING ESCH WEEK
    62 5 8 LOST, 5 MISSING ESCH WEEK p I from X side of revealed t Bureau K<. head X Their I -ar. X: ■•"•d. I ■•otTS .id old those :o be B mental V un- urea of B- to B -:gapore nd a r peol ay be spotted m Singa--1 a
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    U.S. BISHOP TO TOUR MALAYA
    77 5 I ftafl Reporter B^? Pw A readeat I In Oklaoverirg tile 5 IodNR I itta dunes I I ronsbPii! I l-.^: p Sa r an 1 7 Methodic l at 5.30 p m. I: -J^lf^ Chlneae Church, Read Ho I-' of pastor; E y ard
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    SPORE HAS MILD 'FLU OUTBREAK
    30 5 1 Reporter 1 'break of tr. e at \M believed. 1 temperathe JJ X tlu m Smga- bot when does pick treads m n 0
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    TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
    13 5 the reconstiti, i Municipal pstnu of members •neci by U Com-
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    U.S. TRADES WITH INDONESIA
    240 5 U.S. TRADES WITH INDONESIA 3ATAVIA, Friday. PUTAN SJAHRIR. leader of «J the Indonesian Republic, ioday released a cable from a New York trading company that "with the consent of the United States State Depart- ment", the 9,000 ton American freighter Martin Behrman, is ten route to pick up the first
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    MAIL SERVICES CHANGED
    57 5 THE Post Office announces that consequent upon the restricted train services as notified by the Railway Department, j^heduled mail services will be varied but J»H available passenger ard goods trains and road services will be utilised to the best advantage. The public is requested to post correspondence
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    PACE 5 PIN-UP
    30 5 Miss Leong Soi San who was voted 'Saronr Queen' at a competition held at the Odcon Cabaret m the New World amusement park m Singapore last week.
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    PACFIC AIR TALKS NEXT WEEK
    173 5 IN international air navigation conference, to open m Melbourn" on Tuesday, will b? attended by more than 200 per■otn, representative of 23 naf ions. The conference, which s t mj arranged by the Provisional International Civil Aviation OiginlKHf., will last for three weeks. It will
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    MAKING SEA SAFE
    26 5 MAKING SEA SAFE Here are two «>f fr\e "Uttle Ships" of the Royal Navy mgrrscti »n sweeping away mine* and making the sealan-s safe lor shipping.
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    'Old Boys' return books to school
    307 5 'Old Boys' return books to school Free Press Staff Reporter *THERE is a considerable shortage of school text books m I Sinirapore, with no likelihood of a speedy easing of the situation. Although large ordeis for schoolbooks were placet! m December, 1945, only small stocks have so far been re
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    $20,000 FOR A TOMB
    115 5 Free Press Correspondent Bangkok, Thurs. |^OW that the time has come for settling claims made against the British Military Forces m Siam for road accidents, 250 of which occurred m the first 15 months after the liberation, fantastic claims are being put forward by Chinese and
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    MALAYA BUYS AUSTRALIAN
    253 5 MALA YA BUYS A USTRALIAN Free Pre« 6 Staff Reporter TTiE latest statistics released by the Australian Commissioner for Malaya show that during the period July to November last year, Malaya was Australia's third-best customer. Exports to Malaya during that period totalled Aust. uipurcHl wjth Aust. £675,000 for the corresponding
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    N.E.I. EURASIANS NOT ATTENDING
    65 5 THE Eurasian League, representing four fifths of the Eurasian community m the Netherlands East Indies, will not participate m the conference opening m Jogjakarta m Central Java today between representatives of the Indonesian Republican Government and Eurasians m Java and Madoera Island, north of Java. The
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    MUNICIPAL DOCTOR
    30 5 Th? appointment of Dr. (Miss) Thora A. M. Oehlers to the post or junior assstant Lady MedliVil Officer, Rin&apDre Municipality, was o at yesterday's rreeting oi the Commissioners.
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    BANK SUES GIAN SINGH, M.S. ALLY
    266 5 Free Fress Staff Reporter MR. Hardiai Singh, proprietor of Gian Singh Co., and his next door neighbour, Mr. M. S. Ally, are being sued for the possession of their Battery Road premises by the Bank of China m the Singapore High Court next v.iek.
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    AIR RICE SURVEY STARTS IN SIAM
    86 5 AN RAF plane flying over the rtce fields of Siam now and j until Feb. 15 will be taking c.erial photographs fcr an accurate estimate of the year's crop. Squo.dron Leader McMullin of RAF stationed at Singapore is piloting the plane and the pro-
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    S'PORE MUSLIMS CELEBRATE
    100 5 CINGAPORE Musl.ms are ceie*J brat ing the birthday of Prophet Muhammad tomorrow and on Monday. Tomorrow at the Victoria School, there will be an exhibition arranged by the Muslim i Women's Celebration Committee. 1 followed by a function at the: Aljunied Islamic School from I 8.30 to
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    EXTORTION RACKET EXPLAINED
    165 5 EXTORTION RACKET EXPLAINED Free Press Staff K« p r.rr I DO not remember a s.ngl? case ot a letter fr:m an txtcrtioiiist bing del.vered to a Eurjpeau »m S.ngip:>re," Mr. E V. F.wier, CID Uh el, tod me yesterday, "but the Chinese have always been senaiiig cne anoi ex letters
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    CHINESE PROTEST TO DUTCH
    43 5 DUTCH naval activities affectin* Chinese-owned vessels have drawn another protest from Ciin;- ese community m Tegal (port I east of Cheribon*. the Indonesian news agency, Antara, reports The protest wa s filed through the Indonesian Foreign Affahs Ministry Reuter
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    MAIL DELAYED
    24 5 All Army mail dispatched from the U.K. after Jon. 19 has been delayed due to bad weather m the Ulk. and Ceylon.
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    STORE TRADE FIGURES
    133 5 Free Pr?ss S**a k.[, .rter INSTEAD Gf the normal month- iy btaiislical report, vie Singapore Import and Export Depanmtnt pans to pr.auce a review of imports and exports m a quarterly report lor October, N ember and December. Ths will allow them to catch up to work
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    DESERT TURNS TO GREEN FIELDS
    365 6 Vast flooding experiment saves owners from ruin SYDNEY (By air mail). Vl/ATEf Commission officials on the New South Wales Murrumidgee River have begun a vast experiment m artificial flooding which is rapidly transforming sun-baked wastes into green pastures. It is the first time this system
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    12,000 ARE MURDERED EVERY YEAR
    258 6 12,000 ARE MURDERED EVERY YEAR NEW YORK, (By Air Mail^ SOME 12.000 Americans, most of whom would not break the law themselves, are going to figure m the big crime news this year They will be victims of murder. At the rate of one an hour, or oftener, they will
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    FILM STAR MAY MARRY 4th TIME
    67 6 Lee Russell. a?trcs.s wire o: film star Herbert Marshall. 56. said m Hollywood that she nas secured a Mexican divorce trom her husbaid. according to the 'New York Daily News. They separated m 1945 utter t bein? married m 1940 Mar- shall, the report
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    KEPT DIARY OF WIFE'S NAGGING
    278 6 A CIVIL SERVANT who alleged that his wife made his life A unbearable by her nagging for more than 10 years and that she poured tea ovt_r him and slapped his face was given a decree nisi m the London Divorce Courl. He was John
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    WOMEN WILL LEARN P.T. IN PALACE
    57 6 Wentworth Woodhouse, thu seat of Earl Fitzwilliam. and reputed to be England's largest mansion, is to be acquired m lease by the West Riding County Council. It will be used as a women's training college spocia liMn? m physical training. Earl Fitzwillißm is to
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    AUSTRIAIN ASSETS
    26 6 AU STRIAIN ASSETS Dr. G. Zimmerman. Austrian Finance Minister, signed an agreement with the United States for the release of Austrian assets ir. the United States
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    SMUGGLER IS UNMASKED
    202 6 Fake Case BECAUSE a young customs officer thought a suitcase was rather heavy, United Kingdom customs authorities have unmasked the method by which an international smuggling gang have been successful m getting watches, platinum bars and jewellery worth nearly VI. OOO 000 into Britain during recent months.
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    £6,700.000 PORT
    19 6 Aoout £6,700.000 is *o b-: spent on the immediate improvement and extension o!" the por' of Stockholm.
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    BOY, 16, LOSES GIRL FRIEND, SHOOTS SELF
    208 6 REPRESSION oaused by upper.-. dicitis and a quarrel with a girl drove a 16-year-old boy to shoot himself This was th? view exprei>sed !at Croydor. by tho acting coro- nor. Mr C. J. Marten, recording a verdict of "Suicid 0 while I the
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    MARSHAL TO TRY TO PREVENT 'LEAKS'
    66 6 Octogenarian John Perching, Americas World War I generalissimo, may have much to do with United States foreign policy from now on. He is the closest friend of General George Marshall, the new Foreign Secretary. Marshall's first job is expected to be to plug thus:
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    HE FELT A FOOL
    39 6 Pietro BongiCYftnr.i. 17-year-old student, disapopinted m love, wont into an old Roman temple at midnight, drew a dagger to kill himself— then fainted, woke up m hospital and t^ld the doctors 'I feel a fool."
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    OFFICER SAYS WIFE TRIED TO JAIL HIM
    277 6 AN allegation that hi;> wife had tried to get him jailed m 1941 I under Regulation 188 "so that i she could pursue a course of adultery" was made by a former Guards officer before StaffordShire Appeals Committee. He was Edward Hanbury Car-ingtc-n
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    P.O.W s. ATTEND COURT
    25 6 Twelve German prisoners atl tended Cambridgeshire Qun-ter i Sessions as a part of their re- education m the ways of democracy.
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    DOCTORS FORM A 'CO-OP'
    192 6 DOCTORS FORM A 'CO-OP' HUNDREDS of doctors m II Britain are now pooling their practices and working on a co operative basis. The idea began with young doctors returning trom th? Services who put their savings and gratuities together to buy a practice and work as a team. Many more
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    COP ARRESTS JANE, THEN BECOMES HOST
    137 6 DEPORTATION proceedings against Jane Orr ShepherdThompson. 18-year-old BJfast girl, were suspended h v a court order at Columbus. Ohio. Th? girl went to Amer*ea to marry her sailor sweeth^ai\. Allen Kenniscn. only <^ dud he had gone to China. To support herself until her
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      99 6 J^«^C Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press if? Malaxa «IJ r/l MIGHT SAVE LYDiAN fIAjuST ON T.ME.'^W^ —^1 Üb^r^^fTT (D FPil I A/HY it's JANEI- j^ HI O-i FROM MAKING A I I'M WOT GOING T] llrl "f /AND YOU'VE BLOTtED J (X\ RASH TAKF Fr IF 1r T LtT
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    ENGLAND HAS BACK TO THE WALL AGAIN
    1058 7 Fourth Test at Adelaide From Bill Bowes ADELAIDE, Fri. FOLLOWING a century opening partnership by Hutton and Washbrook, England's premier batsmen again failed to consolidate their position m the fourth test which began at Adelaide today. From 130 without loss, four wickets were
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    DIV. 3 BACKBONE OF UK SOCCER
    415 7 From Archie Quick are one of the clubs m football today and they are to be congratulated that ten of their side m the Cup the Spurs were local, all pottery lads, who have m hooled -mcc their junior days. was the captain, Kirton.
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    43 7 S.C-C. seven- a- side rugby tournament which Sultan m striped jerseys won by •une beat in* Changi 1 (dark jerseys). SulUui, who took the tournament very seriously n hminary ties with little difficulty demonstrating a method of play which suggested considerable practice before-hand.
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    Kramer Heads Tennis 'Kings'
    77 7 MELBOIRM- Friday. i\(K Kramer. \mmcan J unties champion and Davis ,up pU>er. htad> the l:St of lht world s fir^t t^n lawn tennis pU*crs as rank d by Harry Bopm- f Australian international. «n tod-v'j ->leloourne Herald ll* v*a> followed hv T'd Bttm<M, Tnilfd nn Bromwnh,
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    S'PORE SOCCER LEAGUE
    26 7 C -ague last ..-ed at I ssociation. such m 4 oe made to j Committee. to be w,atner. p ready cordiw\\] rest B»sar
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    CERDAN TO FIGHT GILROY FEB. 11
    29 7 CERDAN TO FIGHT GILROY FEB. 11 lay. ter "his B T UQuet of wind up next bout m Wednesday ;h ar.j battler Ai sa-vs he middler £130 of A.P.
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    KINTA RANGERS
    20 7 *rt to repr^-I XI «\?ain3t the? XI to-day 5 15 p.m.j Noordin. Ah Ik, .u.dasamy. HuOmar, Marne Sock.a-1
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    WRESTLING AT GREAT WORLD
    63 7 In thi^ everfu.? i wieeriingj contests at the Grea: WorM; Arena. Stan Garside of Vciteblrc] will meet the Chineo-\ Sor. or J Kong. Jim OQfftoett and Len Hk/<. wil? wrrstle j n tbc second mam .^€)»t Fea^her-wei^r S eh&npion, Chunky 9«nnan. will mcc- Basropar., i;- t>
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    H.A.O.A. CIVILIANS
    61 7 The fnllov.:> wd rcp^^er.t the H A DA. atjair.-T UU 223 8.0.D. Civilians ;n r. friendly same of fcockry on Monday at Vbe Alerv^ndra Ground. Buiiy-ofT 5.1G p tn Jan Mustaffa: C.T. Retnam. Beb.\stian John; S-va Stiigh Swee *>m M K. Dass. Chons X,^ Thve. A. Malhque, Lim
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    'FLYLNG' HORSES SOON
    132 7 'FLYLNG' HORSES SOON i THE French challenge to British race horses will come by air m 1947 if plans m hand by L.E.P. Air Services are successful. French racehorse owners, so successful m England m 1946 season have made approaches to discover the possibilities of flying horses over and back
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    Scoreboard
    81 7 ENGLAND Ist INNINGS Hut ion Ibw b McCool 94 Washbrook c Tallon b OooUnd «5 Ldrich c and b Dooland 17 Hammond b Tosha«k 18 omptcn not out IS Hardstaff net oat 22 Extras 8 Total (for 4 wickets) ViO O. M R W. Lindwall 14 3 29 0
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    Point Decides 'Sevens' Final
    452 7 By WINGER ONE missed conversion, m which the ball bit the uprights cost Changi a possible win when they met all-conquering Sultan m the final of the S.C.C. Seven-a-side Rugby tournament on the Padang yesterday, a thrilling game going to Sultan by a margin of one
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    ACHONG WILL PLAY FOR CASTLETON
    74 7 LONDON. Fiicliy. CLLIS ACHONG, former West In- dian Test cricketer, will play for Castleton Moor Cricket Club during the coming season. Castleton previously negotiated for Vinoo Mankad. Indian allrounder. Like Mankad, Achong is a slow left arm bowler v/ho toured England m 1933 and entered
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    S.C.C. TEAM FOR MONDAY
    47 7 The S.C.C. soccer team to play the Jollilads Athletic Union on Monday on the padang will be: P. W. Cohrell; M. Roberts. F. Hutchinson: H. TwLsl B. F. Clifton. O. Verrall; 11 ElcheLsheim, C. Milton, W. Mcßeato A. A. Norrie. J. P. Pearson.
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    38 7 Hockey matches arranged over the week-end between the S.R.C. and G. E. N. OeMer* XI r.gainst a team of Betengor Eurasians, have been cane. ton. ng the upcountr? Mdc is not able to mak* the trip.
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    DEVONS WIN FAREWELL SOCCER
    107 7 DEVONS WIN FAREWELL SOCCER Free Press Correspondent IPOH, Friday. THE Royal Devon Yeomanry beat a combined Ipoh soccer side five goals to nil on ihe ipoh padang this evening. It was a game arranged as a farewell gesture to the Devona and, throughout, the Malayan regimental champions disp'ayed the masterly
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    THERE'S ROOM ONLY FOR CRICKET
    138 7 THERE'S ROOM ONLY FOR CRICKET From Bill Bowes ADELAIDE,Fri THE normally difficult hotel accommodation m Adelaide was stretched to its full a^ a result of yesterday's influx of visitors for the fourth Test match Beds were erected on verandahs, corridor ends were curtained off to make bedrooms, single rooms were
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    YORKS START WELL
    238 7 Free Press Correspond nt KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs IN the first game of their tour I which will orii.g them to Singapore next week, the j We: Yorks Xv uefcated| Selangor United at rugby on the Kuala Lumpur Padang tnis evening by six point* <two tries m three
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    WEEK-END SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    838 8 WEEK-END SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES Post-mill. Thorpeness, Suffolk. The windmill, visible from afar on downs or m op^ v II" flat lands, is one of traditional landmarks of th e British Landscape. The example ii Jl >]!>■ shown is of German origin. The entire building revolves on a central post, shifting
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    WOMAN ROBBED IN TRAIN
    102 8 COLOMBO, Jan. 31. IN the second daylight robbery I m a week, two men yesUrday j w>vX)k 28,000 rupees irom a woman passenger on a train at Colombo alter trussing and gagging hirr. Hie robbery was staged just before the train left a Colombo suburban station
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    'BRITISH SHOULD GO'
    35 8 A sign "Th? British should go" was strung up m electric lights on the Acropolis Hill m Athens on Thursday night. Police who removed it believe "Commun'sts" wer? responsible, say A. P.
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    EVACUATION ORDER AS 'SCUTTLE POLICY'
    343 8 Continued from Page One €40.000,000 were bein^ poured every year into Palestine which could find much better employment m Britain. How much longer was the British Army to stay m Palestine, he a~kcx! "We are told we must stay there because we ihave evacuated Egypt,
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    BREAD CAUSES COAL STRIKE
    158 8 HAMBURG, Friday. PUR new niliies were aflecled ioday by strikes sweeping the Ruhr where miners are demanding more bread for their families. "No bread, no coal," is being chalked on walls. Coal control officials today met trade union officials and told them the bread shortage was
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    THE CHERWELL IN TROUBLED WATERS
    52 8 When a copy of the Oxford undergraduates' magazine The Cherwoll was sent m error to a woman don, the University authorities suspended its issue on the eve of publication. The don had taken exception to a questionnaire circulated to women undergraduates which included questlc^L. rcBardlng
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    ROYAL FAMILY LEAVE FOR S.AF.
    112 8 UNDER leaden tnowclouds con--11 trasting with the gay bunt'ng of ships m the harbour, the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rosthis evening went aboard H.M.S. Vanguard. British crack battleship, m which before dawn m the morning they will begin their journey
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    PRICES SOAR IN SHARE MARKETS BOOM
    609 8 PRICES SOAR IN SHARE MARKETS BOOM Singapore 'City 9 Report AN extremely good week's business on the Singapore share market with Industrial share transactions assuming large proportions while quotations firmed is reported by our market correspondent. Tin share dealings continued to be limited and rubber share bargains very sparse. There
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    —CITY NEWSS'PORE RUBBER
    287 8 A Special Market correspondent! gives the prices of rubber at j 11 a.m today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per Ib. per Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 41* i 4Z No. 1 R.S.S. Mb m bales Feb 42 No. 2 R.S.S tab m bales Feb
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    'LORD' GEORGE SANGER DEAD
    103 8 "j OKL- Gc rge B c revs 1 proprietor, whose tray::. shows made his nam< known (hroushout Britain, died on rhursdaj Surrey, aged 79 H e had been tail m health lor -Lord" C who was born m :i circus wa >ent all his working !if--
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    THE NATION TAKES OVER
    26 8 THE NATION TAKES OVER Sir Stank j v new cha lX1 n Wfa val at n, h v takr .»%«r afi.r of thr w. rlduid* c«iZS
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    Muslims want plan scrapped
    177 8 Muslims want plan scrapped k j: I r FHi: .Muslim League Working CHMMHtct, m a 3.WM* 1 resolution adopted tonight, d«c' former decision to uithdraw a< cp'^n <h Cabinet's proposals for India. The resolution called on the Biv h G clare '"that the constitutional plan 1 ish Cabinet Mission has
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    PRIEST HELD FOR RANSON
    33 8 PRIEST HELD FOR RANSON k of a.. Of th thre.. Bahtb of l vered b I Th Monday ;.t h a not? la 13 'rst r.. horn of m whe 1 bane: A.P.
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    'THE DUTCH HAVE EXILE CAMPS'
    94 8 A letter all g;ng that Dutch concentration camps exist m Dutch New Guinea was read at the South Sea Confer sne-- at Canberra yesterday, says UP. 11. Bondan, secretary of the central commtt: e for Indonesian Independence, wrot* to the Australian Foreign Minister Dr Herbert
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      87 8 WEATHER Fine Sunday Forecast yV'FVIiIER report for 24 houisj from noor. today compiled by j the R A F Central Fo'eca>tinsj Station. Air Command, Far-East Fair, wiih isolated showers lair* this afternoon. Fine tomorrow. Wind: North -north-easl. falling li?ht variable tonight. Tomorrow: Ugltt, variable m souih of the island. Sunset:
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