The Singapore Free Press, 22 March 1947

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r> vi SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    159 LOST IN FU PO
    48 1 159 LOST IN FU PO r ,i the M r~'ir.~- *;.r- h neve Navy .ik 160 ■h t i!lism t*i ■> t hineo. steamer. 5. Ih* corvet'.r wa-» N'un*hji to lr») a t China, 4r [a ?•> pas> -I 'hioj:;!? »hf. :hc pi j rt «j, taken 1 m Reuter
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    RE-UNION FOR NEW VICEROY
    20 1 RE-UNION FOR NEW VICEROY n 1 iature, iurv-vor, desx Cret :n r. t 1 1 i Ircm Reuter vbvx U.P.
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    SIAM DENIES RICE DEAL
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    VIETNAM TALKS
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    NAZIS FOUND GUILTY
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    280 CONVICTS IN REVOLT
    467 1 280 CONVICTS IN REVOLT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY long-terra prisoners m Pearl's Hill Jail, m Outram Road, Singapore, revolted yesterday during the heavy rainstorm which caused widespread floods m Singapore, and three of them succeeded m escaping. One of the escaped men has been recaptured and an official inquiry is
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    PETROL COUPON FINE
    30 1 The Earl of Carrick was fined £100 and £10 costs m a Marylebon? Court yesterday for havL g obtained p.^rol without coupons and for possessing forged coupons.
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    Chinese detain UK air mission
    226 1 HONG KONG, Friday. TLN members of the Briiisli civil air mission, which flew to Cant.en yesterday, were forced to return to Hong Kong; by train today v hen the Chinese authorities m Canton refused to allow the plane to take off. It is believed they
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    CURRENCY GANG ARRESTED
    46 1 Frereh police yesterday arrested 45 people alleged to be members of a big international smuggling gang. Gang members included French and Belgian bank directors. Police seized £24,000 m foreign currencies during the arrests. British detectives are working m France against currency smugglers.- Reuter
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    NOT TO MARRY FOREIGNERS
    53 1 NOT TO MARRY FOREIGNERS Soviet Government yester- day introduced a ban on all marrtagea betv/eon Soviet citizens and The ban may Turther prejudice I Qhe ehanca of 13 Soviet girls semiring permission to leave Rus*o join their British husbands, married during the war when their husbands were servtef m thr
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    BRITISH SEEK JEWISH SHIP
    40 1 Another illegal Jewish immigrant ship Ls believed to be approaching Palestine. reliable sources stated m Jerusalem la^t Troops and aircraft are mainttining constant patrols. Some ources predict renewed s? arches m Haifa and Tel Aviv.- U.P.
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    Fuel crisis cut car output
    82 1 BRITAIN'S fuel i-risis cut motor car production by 60 per cent reduced ste?l production by eleven per cent and generally had a most 4 *s?rious effect m reducing output and d slocating econninv", said Sir Stafford Cripps. President of the Board of Trade, at a
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    FLOODS RUIN UK FOOD CROPS
    354 1 LONDON, i riday. n RIPPLING losses of food crops m the flooded lowlands of L Britain were reported today as conditions grow worse m most parts of the country. The town of Crowland m Lincolnshire is m danger of becoming an island as a 40-yard
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    SALVAGED £10,000
    79 1 SALVAGED £10,000 DICKIE LAURI,.. 13-year-cld sea Scout, who salvaged a safe containing securities worth £10,000 from the river Thames. The safe had been stolen from the home of a Leicester basin ess man nearly 100 miles away. Sadden lifting of for near Chelsea Bridge, London* revealed the safe lying oil
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    U.S. will publish Greek secrets
    325 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. SECRET documents bearings on the position of Greece and Turkey are to be made public, declared the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, today before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee which is examining the proposed legislation to implement Piesident
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    ALCANTARA FOR PENANG
    168 1 SIR Basil Neven-Spence, Ck>ns.. Orkney and Stntland) asked the Minister ofj Trarusport m the House of Com- mons yesterday whether, m view of the difficult transport conditions and shortage of accommodation at Singapore, arrangoments could be made for a large number of planters and others proceeding to
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    UK TO CONTINUE GREEK ARMY AID
    72 1 Diplomatic sources m London said tonight that Britain will probably continue to support the Greek Army to the extent of £1,000,000 a month until the American Congress approves of President Truman's request to take over the financial burden m Greece The estimate Is based
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    CUTS COMING AT NAVAL BASE
    388 1 CUTS COMING A T NA VAL BASE Free Press Staff Reponer COMPARATIVE strengths of the Royal Navy and the labour V force m the Singapore Naval Base m 19*8, 1941 and at the present day are quoted by Commodore W. H. D. Friedberger, Superintendent of {he Naval Base, m a
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    CANADA MAY TAKE JEWS
    73 1 MAURICE HARTT, Liberal Party w candidate for a Canadian byekction, last night said that Canada would soon have the "greatest Immigration policy ever conceived." Hant added that the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, would announce the policy within few days. Hartt is a Jew. He
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      NO CHANGE OF POLICY ?
      703 2  - NO CHANGE OF POLICY David Grant TREBLE CLEF by TO the serious musicL lover a visit the Memorial Hall on those occasions when H Music for Everybody is being dispensed is a matter of pot-luck. It is true, there is always a varied assortment of ingredients present m the dish,
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      Coming Events
      93 2 TO-NIGHT, at 800 p.m At the "Little Theatre Amu .Tan Street; A recorded programme of "Music cf Our Time", including: Lucicn Ciillet: Fantasia and Fujue on *'O Susanna", Richard Strauss: Till Eulensprtegel's Merry Pranks, Benjamin Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Sir Arm 1q Bax: Violin Concerto. TO-MORROW, Sur
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      CRITICAL!
      55 2 Because a young Hanover i.ew^paper music critic, Klaus Wagner, severely criticised an cpera performance, the guc.it C(./iOuctor ar.d its regular direc:or left Hanover m protest. Thereupon the authorities notified Wagner that he could choise betve^n one week on ruMle clearance or a prison sentence for "disrespect to his eldero."
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      FANS' NEW PASSION
      161 2 YOU can take it from Marsha Sc<:tt that the i.ext great passion of movie fans will be for John Iffils, the British star. Martha should know lor sh2 recently completed a co-starrins role with Mills. Patricia Rcc. Trevor Howard and Richard Carlson m "So Well Remembered." first
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      QUIZ Answers
      70 2 1. (a) *Mnfc iDiaiUhus> doapwort; CAtehfir; Camp-on: Corn Cockle; Peariwort; Sandwort; Chirkwoed. BUtchwort; Rpnref. (b) Caryophyllaceae. 2. Linna:",. Originally, the samp, clant wa? g»ven di'lercnt names by different botanists. Tne great majoni v o! nan.es now generally accepted were those which Linnaeus first put forward. 3. It is
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      TODAY' S BRIDCE PROBLEM
      131 2 OPADES are trumps. Southleads. Norm and South are to win &U t yen tricks arainst any defense. South leads club queen. West ducks, bo: Nortn wins *lth the ace to lead the vpade five. East ducks and North holds the trick. West discarding a diamond North
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      175 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune f or teas t for people born today VOl'R incoming sijn is Aries and you are governed by Mars, god of strength and energy, known formerly as god of war. The out£»>lng sigh, Pisces, can £ivc you the inspiration and idealism whicli tan make you a
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      UK's FIRST POST-WAR MUSIC FESTIVAL
      299 2 UK 's FIRST POST -WAR MUSIC FESTIVAL FbßrtLbß dfct&Ui are now available of the In.tr/ ational Festival of Music and Drama to be held during the three? weeks commencing August 24th, m Edinburgh. The first festival of its kind since 1939, it is hoped that it will be developed into
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      GIRL CORNET CHAMPION
      196 2 Talented Youngsters WHILE still at BCbfMl and the age of 13, a girl In Britain has won a national champui ship at the British Brass Ea::d Fe?tiva\ She is Betty WoDdcock. of Stockbridpe, near the stsel City of Sheffield, who became champion cornet player of Britain when
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      649 2 gjK& a Wpr*^™ffigFp^ y*~ 4py^yi BEt 4 7.45. World affairs: 8.00 Atomic' Energy: 8.30 News; 8 40 Home news from Britain 8.00 pm Have a go; 830 News; 8.40 Announcements; 8.45 Radio! newsreei; 9.00 Tip Top Tunes: 9.30 Theatre organ; 10.00 Interlude; 10.10: Sports commentaries: 12.30 Variety:' 12.45 BBC theatre
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      422 2 (Scprano) and Albert Sandier (Vioiilist); 4.30 pjn. Australian New; 4.45 p.m. Pine Music Played by the Boyd r^eel String Orchestra; 5.15 p.m. Shirley Dcane Presents 'The Forces' Request Programme;" 6.00 pm. Play 'The Woman m White;" 6.30 pm. Austra- 1 Uan News; 6.45 pjn. Australian Lgiit Music: Johnny Wade (Vocalist).
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      CANTON BUILDS PREFAR HOSPITAL
      510 3 CANTON BUILDS PREFAR HOSPITAL THINA'S first prefabricated hospital is rapidly nearing completion Several hundred Chinese labourers are putting the finishing touches to a 120-bed ward m Canton, southern Chinese port, some 80 miles northeast of Hong Kong. It will form part of the new Canton Central Hospital which will include
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      HK CENTRE OF JAP WAR TRIALS
      72 3 HK CENT RE OF JAP WAR TRIALS IION Jtnc _....c. m^T .:iosi. Shanghai X reagb of Kb- 'd h?ad Of ;atlon I .anders H X hn Kon:^ aboard wh^se cru ■^pi pedo:d m m H H re- I Brazier- X I jtnl H /.pie H'■ I B jrficers. Be. or
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      YUNAN MINES TIN AGAIN
      30 3 YUNAN MINES TIN AGAIN oi Yunan r.s I .tin merH at re of M V man to reB hopiWm B Kekiu. there B >a>lH jn- Loan, H at that, I
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      CONSCRIPTION RULE
      36 3 I A Regional Chinese Army Ofri'C£ announcement m Canton says that no able-bodied Chines? male b?rween the ages of 20 and 23 w.ll be permitted to leave Civr.o until the first draft of onscripts.
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      Planes for Scrap heap
      83 3 ALL planes of the United States 332 ml Troop Carrier Squadron which were assigned to the Executive iKatfquariers, will be "cannabiliz?d or junked" soon and will not be given to the Chinese Gov?rrment as rumouied m Chines? circles. The cannabilization and junking process will start as
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      NEW BANK OF CHINA CHIEF
      37 3 THE National Government has announced the acceptance of the resignation of Mr. Tsuyee Pei as Governor of the Central Bank of China and the appointment of Mr. Chang Chia-ngao as his successor.
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      CANADA BUILDS SHIPS FOR CHINA
      27 3 jg*» Sung Nav.gation g Com Pany for o! wo river according to m --?ss report from H V 'V. |se Central News
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      CHINA PROTESTS
      5 3 vbv Central News
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      JAPS ALLOWED TO FISH
      132 3 IN official source m Nanking A has revealed that a ten-point ement has been reached between China and General MacArthur's headquarters permitting Japanese fishing m the China Sea outside Chinese, Korean and Ryukyu territorial waters. The agreement is tor or.? year nly. and the number of
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      REWARDED FOR LOYALTY
      90 3 At Government liuiiso m Singapore lost week, the Governor, Sir Franklin Gixnscm. presented certificates to several Chinese for their ass stane? to British prisoners of war during the Jap occupation. These pictures were taken during the ceremony. The women m the pictures are th? widows of Chinese
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      REDS DOOMED TO COLLAPSE
      200 3 TTHE Nationalist capture en Wednesday of Yenan is expect--1 ed to lead to the temporary dislcf* ion of the Communist military and political network, probably shortening China's positional civil war and impelling th'rd parties to join the Government earlier than expected. The liquidation of the whole
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      UNRRA HELPS TO BUILD ROAD
      85 3 piVE hundred and forty tons of 1 UNRRA engineering equipment and materials, including trucks, steel beams and cement have arrived at Foochow from Shanghai for the construction of the Foochow-Amoy Highway, which is expected to be completod within six months. Work On the first stretch
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      NEI CHINESE ON SPECIAL TOUR
      88 3 MR. Kwok Ju-ho, a representative ol the Dutch East Indies government has arrived In Canton from Hong Kong. He told reporters that the object of his tour was m study the economic and industrial conditions m South China with a view to developing trade between
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      NEW PARTY ASKS SAY IN GOVT
      51 3 FOLLOWING tne recent ex- ample ol the Democratic Socialist Party, the Young China Party has definitely decided to participate m the re-organised government and a delegation has visited Nanking to present a list of 70 candidates for seats m government department, according to Chinese
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      TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH CHINA
      153 3 THE establishment m the near future of an Indian Trade 1 Commissioner's office m Shanghai will provide a much needed clearing house for the exchange of goods between China and India, according to Mr. K. P. S. Menon, first Indian Ambassador to China. "I am
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      STUDENTS WANT SUBSIDY
      96 3 IBOUT 1,000 students intended to go abroad to pursue advanced studies have petitioned the Chinese Government either to sell them loreign currency at the previous official exchange rate of 3,350 Chinese National dollars to one United States dollar or grant them a subsidy. The students pointed out
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      KUOMINTANG PLANS A ''NEW DEAL"
      276 3 KUOMINTANG PLANS A ''NEW DEAL" UERY important proposals have been introduced by the Central Executive Committee Standing Committee to the third plenary session of the Kuomintang, designed to give China "a new deal" m the political, economic, financial and social fields. The proposals also call for the establishment of a
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      JAIL FOR ARMS
      28 3 A Chlrcse civilian, Chin Huko, was recently sentenced tc seven years' hard labour for illegal possession of fire-arms by the Tokyo Eighth Army Provost Court.
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      PRICES HOLD LP TRADE WITH RUSSIA
      163 3 PRICES HOLD LP TRADE WITH RUSSIA EXPORT'S uom China to m. Sovie: Union under the propped bart.T arrangement have been held up througn d ilicuUicj arising m selling a trice agrceab'e to botii c a spok sman of the Burur Department of the Central ftust aisci-o-d. lie said a general
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      226 3 a -i i)i a .nwwrawaiocSS?* "MTD-NICSHT To -n i o.h t «a t hi mov ncratt owua -m «mki mm BENNETT- CABOT WILLIAM am* irw »ot» uttefr kKM bf vi oman SULTAN THEATRE 7 134 tn s S.-lrtar 4p.m. —7 p m 9 p m "CORSICAN BROTHKRvS: I* a wu»
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Mar. 22, 1947. Carry on MacA
      707 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Mar. 22, 1947. Carry on MacA rENER:,L MacArtiiur, Supreme J Allied Commander m Japan, has a reputation for doing things m a hurry, but his latest proposal to hand over Japan to a United Nations civil government commission m the near future is more optimistic
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      Don Iddon's Diary
      1270 4 FROM NEW YORK— BY AIR MAIL America still thinks that Britain is dying beyond her means THE American people have endured another week of dreadful hand-wringing over the alleged collapse of the British Empire from their journalists. The wee and wailing are incredible, and I am surpiisei,
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      422 4 JJOREEN PALMER, 16-year-old lJ stage dancer told of a "•broken promise" recently when RONALD SEYMOUR, a married man. aged 23, was sent to prison at Manchester for abducting her and stealing £9 from her aunt. The girl— sh^ comes from Derby— said that she met Seymour m
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      Nationalised for one year
      464 4  -  Walter Farr Report on Frances coai^ which have been by HOUSE HOI">ERS of Britain, aci.n.q: undir I the great coal scarcity, British coalminer-? and the men who have put them to work m Britain's nationalised coal mines and th«? rest of the world, have a direct
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      CARGO INSURANCE RATES CUT LIKELY
      451 5 CARGO INSURANCE RATES CUT LIKELY Free Press Staff Reporter uKRF i> every chance that insurance rates on goods to Singapore from Europe and other parts will He cut when the Singapore Harbour 'V new -rtlO-a-month 200-strong police force ons efficiently inside the Singapore Harbour md the risk of pilferage lessens
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      EDUCATION COMMISSION
      61 5 Inquiry Plans «H£d«irac. I a «cE' among the JjJJ 5 Wen m *rS*fc!lflwirg the terms of mission: dations m vision of fducation m .■ommis- n m the of Uni- S? MAlaya. -d I irto?a»d Bafllij CcUefe V> M Pot" part X ripve'.opmcnt va or i ;:tin? r Co.-
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      DUTCH EXPLAIN SEIZURES
      42 5 JB. Bri: sa G mat m n of 3: wnfe by thp Dut a f ed m Lcnte yest- 1 UUll:died m Lonacn. Tho comiri.. conotit? > r*P:- ;h re ands ntr tk B ?*^gire a r.d o'.h?; I 1:1
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      ARNHEM FILM
      70 5 The film, entitled "Theirs 13 The Glory* which is the story of the glorious rirborne operation ci 00* by Rritish paratroopers m Arnhem. is to b? filmed at the Cathay Cinema from March 0 for three days. The premiere at 9.20 p.m. or. Sunday, March 30, wili be
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      Ship movements are controlled
      253 5 Ship movements are controlled IN certain specially defined areas, no ship will be allowed to approach or be wilh'n 300 yards of the shore under an order which is gazetted m Singapore today. This is another step m the battle against harbour lawlessness. Two areas arc involved: Area A between
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      NEI EURASIANS TO CHOOSE CITIZENSHIP
      159 5 EURASIANS m the Indonesian Republic have been given, until April 10 to submit written i objections to their automatically j becoming lndonts an ot.z :iAccording to the In cones .an news agency, Antara, Dr. Susan- J to, Indonesian Justice Minister, has reminded the Eurasian population
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      NEI HOLDS MORE S'PORE SHIPS
      12 5 NEI HOLDS MORE S'PORE SHIPS I rcls, .i were m- Reuter A.A.P.
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      NEI INDENTS FOR JAP TEXTILES
      20 5 NEI INDENTS FOR JAP TEXTILES E* of ruted I vrrnI to be will be d;sireas. D r obje Reuter A.A.P.
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      TONIGHT'S RADIO TALKS
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      ARIES II HERE
      81 5 This is a picture cf Aries i II. the RA k > ntw L'.neoln bomber, at C'-an.g". airficid, I Singapore. The Aries II is I i ere wilii memb:rs of the Lnipirc Air Navigation School whj are touring Air Command, Far E»st. Aries II is the second
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      JAILED FOR ASSAULT
      173 5 Free Pre. 8 ill Ueporier. JOHORE BAHRU, FridayCharged With vc.uiuarily eausjog grievous hurt to A. B. Com?z. dresser on Sungei Masai Estate, G. D. Alexander, a conduct. r on the estate was found guilty by the District Judg?, Mr. 1. It. H'-pwcrth, and sentenced to six weeks'
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      JAP OFFICERS TO HANG
      86 5 JAP OFFICERS TO HANG THE Burma War Ci.mcs Court today passed the sentence of death by hanging on Licut.-Col. Murayama Seiichi and three oth^r Japanese office::; lound guilty of the murder of four Royal Air Force sergeants captured by the Japanese during the 1 Two Japanese non-commission-ed officers involved m
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      ILO PARTY IN S'PORE
      116 5 ILO PARTY IN S'PORE Here Jfi a Free Press picture of the members of the International Labour Office mission to Malaya, m conference with Labour chiefs of Singapore. The members of the ration are Miss Nora Badmer (second from left), Mr. R. Rao (!?ader of the mission, centre) and Mr.
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      S'PORE TO HAVE NEW AIR SERVICE
      182 5 S'PORE TO HAVE NEW AIR SERVICE AhOiH.h.K air stiv.cc t-iiiie^-.--ing Manila. Singapore and Batavia is expected to be cpened shortly by the Philippines Air Lines (PAL) and a party of avlalun experts parsed through Singapore on Thursday en r-uie Lo Batavia for this purpose. The flrst route opened up a
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      NEW GUINEA BATTLE
      42 5 Through a production error an acxvertisvijii.'iit appeared v terdays Straits Times stating "The Battle cf New Guinea would be shown at a miti matinee at the Rex Cinema last night. This matinee is being held I tonight as usual.
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      INDONESIA EXPECTS A TRADE BOOM
      241 5 1 BUSINESS boom probably unprecedented m Indonesian Jl commercial history is expecJed to follow within six months of the signing of the Linggadjati agreement. Annual exports before the war usually totalled about 12 million tons and, at leas!, one yearY stock of tropic products is
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      AUSTRALIA'S BEST FLOUR CUSTOMER
      121 5 AUSTRALIA'S BEST FLOUR CUSTOMER FJURING the seven months end±J ed January 1947, Malaya received more Australian flour than any other country. The quantity was 826,164,700 lb. valued at Aust. £10,766,000. Ceylon was a close r^inner-up, with 213,771,800 lb. Australia's exports to Malaya during January amounted to Aust. £1,221,000, and imports
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      SINGAPORE MAY HAVE ANOTHER ENGLISH SCHOOL
      130 5 Free Press Stall Repoiitr J^HE former Japanese school which is at present being used by the Services as tbe Shackle Club m Waterloo Street may be> turned over to the Education De- j partment for use as another Eng- j lish school. The Director
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      WOMEN 'MUST PROGRESS'
      93 5 WOMEN 'MUST PROGRESS' tree Fxej* o-'.il iteportesK IviAUkCCA, fc'iiuay. Icsku iljunaiiah D;iito Abuui Kachr. tne ouiy Malay woman Public Relations Olficer, and a inemDcr of tha Kclanian Royai I^AmJjr« stre&sed 10 a meeting 01 Maltif irumen nitmDers of the Kaun; iou. m Alor Ciij^.i I uup^r(•nee of education for women.
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      ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE
      109 5 THriLE Chinese, ran Koh Hin.:, Cioh Ah Bah and Hz Ah Lam, who were ullescd to fears robix'd a Chinese m a houpe Hi the 6 1 /2 m:lcS l .orie. S mapah Estate, on Nov. 4 last \car, pleaded not guilty to a charg. ,if armed
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      BLACK MARKET GANG SMASHED
      71 5 A PILFERING black market rk ring, operating with the VJS. surplus property depot at San Fernando m the Philippines was believed smashed yesterday with the. arrest ot f:ur FJipin s and two security guards on charges of theit. Detectives and municipal police on the raiding party
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      GOLD MINING IN PHILIPPINES
      68 5 AN article m the Manila Tribune, analysing the prospects of the Philippines gold mining industry, says that large outlays Of capital are necessary to restore the mines to efficient production. The shafts are flooded, tunnels caved m. and rail., torn up as a result of the
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      DOES HER OWN HOUSEWORK AT 71
      196 5 Ailer 40 Years of Perfect Health Then is us need tJ L>e a back nirmM thrje-score-i^d-ten. Ever since >he \.as 31. this 71-year-old woman tatea Krurciien Sails. During those 40 years, she has b-e.i m Dorfei She stiU is. i leel I must trrite
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      122 5 HOT STUFF AT THE CATHAY PHONE 3400 11 a.n., 1 45. 4. 15. 6 45 A 9 30 ROBERT LAN A taylor irame rN M.G.Ms JOHNNY EAGER TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT NO OTHER WORD FOR IT TERRIFIC! llom 2pm UlSpm 6'3Opm 9l5p»»» (3u/i-tsoncLtumed To-ni gh t '•«>« WAYNE su,an HAYWARO IN
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  • NEWS
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      FLAT DWELLERS FORMED A SILVER BAND
      66 6 FLAT DWELLERS FORMED A SILVER BAND THESE London boys and girls who live m a b'g block of flats at Tufnell Park. North London, arc members of a silver band. A former theatre owner, Mr. W. T. Kirkland, one of the tenants of the flats, started the band. He selected
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      US AIR PLAN IS A HEADACHE
      273 6 U S AIR PLAN IS A HEADACHE TDLEWILD Airport, New York City's planned new air ter 1 niinal. is aptly named. It is still "ide" as far as air commerce is concerned, although it was planned to begin operating 18 months ago. New York administrators are "wild" because of the
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      TIME OFF WORK FOR STUDY
      58 6 TIME OFF WORK FOR STUDY British engineering unio.is rxpeot early agreement wi h i employers for some or all apprentices to have lime off with pa to at end technical courses. The unions asked for one day a week for all. The employers agree to this for lads under 18;
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      CITY FREEDOM
      51 6 P.rth Town Ctoncil has decided to offer the freedom of the city to Field-Marshal Viscount Wavcll, Viceroy of India, and to lh e Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment.) The ceremony will take place m the early summer, by which time Viscount Wavt-ll is likely to be back m
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      MILLIONS FOR NEW SCHOOLS
      258 6 FIHST steps m the complete re* r-anisation of Britain's education system under the Labour Government are echoed m this year's Education Estimates, up by £72,100,423. Total for the year, £130,185,535, a Ministry spokesman said "is only a start. Long-term building alone may run into ten figures."
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      Met after 70 years
      131 6 MORE than 70 years ago y o v n S Walter Smith, Tunbr'dsc Wells draper's assistant, shared a pew m a church at Windsor with two little boys m sailor suits. He whispered to them during the service. On leaving the church he was surprised to
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      PENNY-A-LESSON MARRIAGE CLASS
      51 6 The London County Council will begin marriage classes af er Easter. Instruction will cost a shilling a term for 12 lessons. Lecturers will speak on home liir and the family, pregnancy and confinement, feeding of infants, care of children, preven ion of infection and repair of household
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      BETRAYER TO DIE
      38 6 For tie first time m Dutch legal his ory a woman, Ans Van Dijk. a Jewess, was sentenced to death by a Dutch cour: at Amsterdam. She betrayed 68 Jews to the Nazi security service.
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      Americans learn Russion
      67 6 TWENTY per cent more Americans are studying the Russian language now than at this tome m 194G, according to Dr. Arthur P. Coleman, assistant professor of East European languages at Columbia University. He numbers at 30,000 the American students m Russian language courses, and says 38 per
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      WOMAN POSES TO GET A GANG
      271 6 WOMAN POSES TO GET A GANG A GANG known to the London police as "The Frith Street Mob" has been jailed through the work of a woman Detec-tive-Sergeant E hcridge, attached to a Lor>.d~n police station. For months, posing as a prostitute, she frequented West End night haunts to learn
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      BOOGIE-WOOGIE HIDES REDS
      69 6 New York socialists were embarrassed to read thai their two favourite sophisticated night clubs, known as the home of boogie-woogie, are suspected of being Communist "cells Hotspots with a social message, was the way a newspaper described them. It pointed out tha L the clubs' entertainers perform
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      SPLIT-MIND SPECIALIST DIED OF A SPLIT-MIND
      489 6 SPLIT-MIND SPECIALIST DIED OF A SPLIT-MIND He sought super-narcotic DR. WILLIAM DE BARQUE HUBERT, 43-year-old Harleystreet psychiatrist, whose researches into schizophrenia (split-mind) made him famous, the man who pleaded at the Old Bailey that Neville George Clevely Heath committed hs two murders because of such a state, died because he
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      PLASTICS AT THE B.I.F.
      121 6 r\NE million pounds a year is the estimated cost of British plastics research m the' future. A unique opportunity to 1 review the vitality of this in- dustry will occur In the British! Industries Fair which opens on May 5 m London and Birmingham. Eigh.y manufacturers
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      TROPHY RACES
      24 6 The first Tourist Trophy races since the war will be held at the Isle of Man on June 9. 11. and 13.
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      SHE TAUGHT HER TO PLAY PIANO
      210 6 MR. and Mrs. Albert Montague Tibbie took the matter of Their Niece's Piano before Mr. Justice Byrne at Surrey Assizes, Kingston. It seems that the niece. Miss Doris Austin, who lives next door to the Tibbies' semi-detached house at Sanderstead, Surrey, had hpen taught,
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      COLD SPELL DEATHS
      42 6 Deaths m London and the large towns of England and Wales during the first five weeks of the icy spell rose by 9,363 to 39,868. This was an increase of 23 per cent, over the samp period last year
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      ATTLEE URGES TOLERANCE TO SECURE PEACE
      68 6 ATTLEE URGES TOLERANCE TO SECURE PEACE BRn\l\> l lro m^^. Clement Attle«. tddm^ rally <»f thf initeTw MNdtttci at the Wktnh London. The Pruaf j^J urfed tohranrf and z<*:4w.. bourlinesis to secure world peat He »aid W P in t pj| be a living rality so thai a*. on? IMb
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      113 6 JANt Exclusive to the Sindatore Free Press m Malaya /i=ORG«VE MH /AMD OTMER^I I /YeS, You've OUESSEdAJ I /^TT^ A. <^T\ I /^AH YES THAT s"N JANE?— I GET PEOPLES, TOO,) MY GUILTY SECRET?— 1 AND X PTJSISI/ WHERE YOU CAME IN-> CARRIED AWAY/ \it APPEARS' 7f I DESIGN MODELS
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      28 7 HJ SecKva^bß'd^r 5S Se*t c lg ■i 3 la" Ml •>* HVUKG o. M X W MSr' 4 S1 M 1 iNk g 1 I»fs Uf-byea Noballs 6.
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      EDRICH IS STILL MISSING 'CATCHES
      308 7 fammona ganwies In N.Z. Test Fr<>m Norman Preston CHRISTCHURCII, Friday. ~ee HAM>U> ND most experienced Test player in tin tf^ 1 L&fa the tost nis Tests made cricket's m hie here tcday when he told New Zealand to bat *&*-Z the Tonight Walter Hadlee, New
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      RUGBY LEAGUE TO DEFY O.K. SPORTS BAN
      99 7 RUGBY LEAGUE TO DEFY O.K. SPORTS BAN LONDON .jin«s on wee*, ijt ±v? c*c on atspzt, a; c to be piajod as test iwdtkLo^ue Cha.rn.an W. ML frMcda- expressed deterkxc imm •->-•> k npty has been received to the mnrvtm that they be aU:wed I" ractfc natal fames. U» Bone
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      EUROPE SOCCER XI SELECTION TOMORROW
      34 7 pjCLAL- International Lrf v from all r« Eu*n? meet here toX" latioiMfort X m whkh Play ?ow on May lo C" cc made en Irj: -r. Julian e-Porru-I U.P.
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      BOREY BADMINTON PARTY
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      LIVERPOOL'S SECRET OF SUCCESS
      410 7 OEttKITY for success. That is the plan that has taken Liverpool into the Cup semi-final for the first time m 32 years. And the man behind it is Manager George Kay, who had a few quiet, wise words with his players before they plunged into the
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      WEEKEND SPORTS DIARY
      134 7 TODAY Cricket: S.t.C CSC, S.C.C., 1 \> m Second Ceylon XI v Jurong Cricket Club, Jarong, 2 p.m.; SBC. t'aanji Airfield, S.R.C 2 p.m Singapore Clarke Rangers v Scaforth II is Wanders. GUlman Barracks; Colonials t 8.A.0.0.C Chai'fi. 1 p.m. Soccer: J.C.S.A. t St. Joseph's In<>Utut otv
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      FILIPINO TO FIGHT PATERSON
      100 7 FILIPINO TO FIGHT PATERSON GLASGOW, l°ri lACKIE Paterson will defend the world flyweight title against Dado Marin?, the Filipino, m Glasgow on June II The articles were signed today and the fight is almost certain to take place m the open air at Hampden Park. Paterson, who also nolds ihe
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      WOMEN'S GOLF
      35 7 After their home international mutches and the British championship at Gullane early m June, a Btltlsh side of w:men golfers will travel to St. Cloud. Franc to meet a French learn m June.
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      Winners At Murrayfield
      116 7 Ihe Welsh team which beat Scoliaiid by 22 pooits to 8 «t Murrayfield, Edinburgh, recently. Standing: M. J. Dowling (referee). G. Davies (Pontypridd), W. Gore (Newbridge), K. Jones (Newport), G. Evans and fc\ W. Xamplin (Cardiff), W J. Evans Pont y pool), O Williams and S. Williams
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      MALAYAN CONTROL BOARD COMING
      453 7 MALAYAN CONTROL BOARD COMING Sexitag As&ti Holds Meeting By Our Boxing: Reporter A pan-Malayan boxing beard of control was m the process of fetation m IUI when war intervened, it was revealed at the Singapore Boxing Association annual general meeting held at the Happy World Stadium vtflcrday evening. Mr. E.
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      More Boxing Referees Needed
      117 7 More Boxing Referees Needed A 1 tiie biu^aporc tto^tg *.s*c..* t.oo meeting last erfma; M-. li.. Jt. Kotk, the pii-sidcnt, Mil u.j .«p--pe.il tut Wfflttfl li»— v. .tii out i 4 l;r raiu, would have an opportunity of o.w i- •o^ m preliminary contests. L'iag.ipore has at present six rcfe
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      WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS
      550 7 TEAMS for week-end sports fixtures are: S.C.C. against the Ceylon Sports Club today at 2 p.m. and tomorrow at 11 a.m. on the Padang: J.B.H. Leckie (capt.). H.B. Noon. J.P. Pearson, W. Jagger, H.V. Thorne, W.M. Elderton J.E. Jeans, Major Salmon. P.O. Elrkins, J.W. Ewart, K.J. Healy.
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      A VICTORY FOR HOOLIGANISM
      848 7 Soccer shutdown will mean By the Sports Editor SO Singapore's soccer is threatened with a shutdown. It has been coming, lo! these many days. For several months now the forces of kid- hooliganism have been gaining strength against the ranks of authority, and today victory is
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      RAY ROBINSON TO STAKE TITLE
      48 7 CLEVELAND. March 20 Matchmaker Larry Atkins announced today that welterweight champion Ray 'Sugar Rcbirisan has accepted an offer to c'tfsnd his title m Cleveland on May 2C. against the winner of the Jummy D^y]e D?nny X: pilow bout here on Monday night.- U.P.
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      33 8 A scene in Glonc estershire of North Cernay, whir h shows how the houses seek protection in a fold of the hills, on which sheep farming is the chief branch of industry.
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      BLUEPRINT FOR NEW GERMANY
      275 8 MOSCOW, Friday. PLAN for central administration m Germany, envisaging H ultimate formation of a Republican form of government with a president, two-chambrr assembly and a supreme court to safeguard the constitution, was proposed tc^ay to the Council of Foreign Mfnistem by *be Rrit sh Secretary, Mr.
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      EMPIRE STILL BRITAIN'S BEST CUSTOMER
      291 8 LONDON, Friday. BRITISH trade statistics for 1946, published hi London today by the Board of Trade, show that, apart from U.N.R.R.A. shipments, India topped the list of Britain's customers, followed by other Empire countries, and that Russia buyings had increase* considerably m volume and value.
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      ULSTER LEADERS REBUFF EIRE
      91 8 11l Ulster is resolved rot ly-b- a victim of the pcUcy c: aggressor*, emanating from Dublin, said Sir 3a.. l BrcK/ke, i*ornern Ir land Promer ye3terday. He was replyin 3 to a broadcast to the United Stats o n Md. day by Eamon de Valera PrimMinister
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      OVER NORTH POLE
      38 8 A VS. Army Super-fortress pianr flew over the North Pole this we k to make weather observaUons. T\\-> u.S Army s'a e5 that weather fl ehts over th« No;- 4 h Pol« will becom? r?gular.
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      CLUB
      24 8 Ahe Guards of Metric England anrt of the Xin Ss servants. tl» M..n.,"At2£2£fc** don, have now dub of their o» H^rTTn I wS^SJ?
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      UK Ship Loads Seized Cargo
      429 8 MARTIN BEHRMAN rBATAVIA. Friday. A REQUEST (hat steps be taken to have all Dtflcfc, I*» and American Isthmian Line vessels &a<*lirg froni 1 wl^^il 7 ize at their on grounds of i theft of the Martin Behrmans cargo, was cabled to the Isbrandtsen Shipping Company
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      PRISONERS iH BMM REVOLT
      96 8 Fri. nRITLSH and Inci.an iroops wer? patrolling :he s Mandalay. second largest city of Burma, t day af:er a "strik? action" by 1.100 prisoners. Police ranforccmen s w.re on their way. and unconfirmed reports said the military authorities hart assumed contr 1 of th? ci'y Earlier,
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      BEHEADED WIFE OVER RELIGION
      157 8 BEHEADED WIFE O VER REL IGION JARROW. Friday nECAUSE a woman peri.sled arguiiig religion wi h tlvm, her husband and her son beh aded her with a batcher*! k. i:e I put her head m the kitchen ov n. they both said m s atements r?ad when t-hey w.re charged
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      BLONDE'S PHOTO BLUFFED THIEF
      17 8 BLONDE'S PHOTO BLUFFED THIEF As I cay :> 4 bUi. i:s ihe c Tlie bi I y/^m -'1
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      NEED WHEAT CONCORD
      33 8 The chairman of the International Wheat Conference mating m London, Sir Gerard Clausod, said yesterday that all attending countries had agreed to the need for an intprnatirk-ni wheat agreemrnt U.P.
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      MALAYAN TINS ARE STEADY
      1070 8 Weekly Spore share report ANO iiii^U week of fe^ni business ha» to be recorded on the Singapore Stock market, reports our special correspondent. Industrials led m volume with main dealings con- centrated m three stocks while price movements were irregu lax. Dollar and Australian Tins had
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      Did the penguins do it?
      69 8 ANTARCTIC penguins are under suspicion of theft. A British vt Antarctic rx?Kd«t o n r a n<jrt> that they saw men from a Chilean expedition raid huts containing stores for an American expedition m frozen Graham land. The Chilean Foreign Office denies the allegation The
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        S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
        68 8 A Special Market t-err^:»on,ient ?ives the prices of rabbet at 21 a.m today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cts. Cts. per Ib per lb. fio I 1.1.1. Spot k>os« 434 43% No 1 R.S.S. fob m bales AprU 44 s 44' H Wo i R.S.S. fob m
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        SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
        68 8 IHh >ii»sapore Chain L«r of Commerce Rubb?r Association s ruhl>er prices at noJn vesterduy were- Bayers Sellers Cta. CU. per Ib per Ib. No 1 R.S.S Spo« too-o mv a% >.. 1 ft.S.S. fob m bales April 4 4 44 s i No I R.S.S fob
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        S'pore shares
        88 8 THE Singapore share market crjened steady this morning with buyers cf Fraser and Neavei at $3.50, and Wearnis at $23. Steamships had sellers at $23. Malayan Collieries had buyers a*. $2.52 1 -2. Hammers w:re wanted at $43.25 and Breweri- s at $22 cum dividend. In Tins Batu
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        London stocks
        173 8 ON the London Stock Exchange ft* terday tho closing stages of the week brought no relief m the way o. improvement either as regards prices or sentiment. Some further sizeable fallin British Government stocks brought prices of other domestic issue:; down m sympathy. Taking of profits by companies
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        New York stocks
        141 8 fXN the New York Stock Exchange I yesterday further timid selective bidding, mostly by professionals and concentrated Industrials, oils and s->::i--alities. enabled the stock mar.i>: to show majority gains of fractions to one point or more. Activity was the slowest for many months. Renewed firmness of grains
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        PROPOSAL FOR ASIA
        34 8 B-.itain yesterday proposed to ta? economic committee? <»♦ the United Nations Organisation that certain non -self -governing territories m A^ia be admitted a5 -jsaociatf members" of the propped economic commission for Ala
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      107 8 Mof!erale |J Ji<'a\y xliovj tL'LAIHLK (C<CCM( vk J trois nott) Miti cta^ I "if sa f ntrtl vTLJ MaUan Au C*mu M f r2* S«b* m^erak v far *M this »ft«ni«Mi. rj.h at nrsi. bnoouiif fair th« t3 and to-ntirhi In, aai kJ^B U.CTTIK D.Ofr.,BJ Wind U;i iwuirtittt J and
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