The Singapore Free Press, 19 April 1947

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    The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1947. I PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    GRUNER'S AVENGERS STRIKE
    375 1 l/ il>d *J d I I d DOMB and shooting attacks by unidentified gangs m Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa and Tei Aviv marked the beginning of the threatened new wave of terrorism announced by Jewish underground movements m Palestine m retaliation for the execution of Dov Gruncr, the
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    7 LIVE IN TEXAS DISASTER
    118 1 7 LIVE IN TEXAS DISASTER HOUSTON, TEXAS, Fri. CEVEN persons trapped m v Monsanto Chemical Plan City were found alive to--48 hours after the great explosion there, the Houston Chronicle reports. Wearing asbestos fire-flghting suits a party of firemen today moved into the smouldering s of this plant. They were
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    Bohrah Is Stable Tip
    267 1 Bohrah Is Stable Tip [poh Races From Our Racing Correspondent IPOII. Sai. RACE morning downed bright ftnd clear and, with of any rain this afternoon, the going will be perfect. The course was buzzing with activity this morning as trainers gave their horses t&€ once over r th c watchful
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    GEN. MARSHALL ACCUSES RUSSIA
    278 1 MOSCOW, Friday. GIN. MARSHALL, U.S. Secretary of Stale, tonight accused Russia, by it> attempt to retain the control of German eta m Austria, of desiring to establish a puppet regime i here. The Ku»ian Foreign Minister, V. M. Moiotov, snapped hack that (.en. Marshall was "manipulating
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    15 MEN DIE IN PLANE CRASH
    52 1 15 MEN DIE IN PLANE CRASH KHARTOUM, Friday, led m the South African Air Force ut 40 miles south west of i had a crew of four, was tak \ir Force pilots to Cairo to fly Spitreat Britain back to the Union. afternoon to search Ventura took off yesterday, :\l
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    FORD RICHES GO TO FAMILY
    110 1 DETROIT. Fr: rHE bulk of the estate of the motor millionaire Henry Ford 'o to the family-organised 'Ford foundation." The amount of the estate was not disclosed. Henry Ford made his last will n February, 1936. The will divid?d all voting stock into five >hares
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    PERFORMING TOMORROW
    49 1 Here is a section of the Singapore Children's Orchestra, which will give its biggest post-war public performance at the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow, Sunday, under the baton of Mr Williams, .Master of Mu-ie The archest** of (>4 players will be led by 16 year-old M^ss Bthel Low.
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    £3,000,000 ON ONE TABLE
    48 1 £3,000,000 ON ONE TABLE The Roy.ti Family was showij £3,000,000 worth of diamonds all spread on one table when they he diamond offices oerley, South Africa, yesterlay The most valuable stone was a white diamond of 83 carats £15,400. It came from ial state diggings m Nama:ualand- Reuter
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    S'PORE ROBBERY
    28 1 S' PORE ROBBERY Free Press Staff Reporter. Two Chinese, armed with pistols, robbed a house m Cambell Lane of $960 cash and $140 vellery at 3.30 rday morning.
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    TO ISLAND JAIL
    28 1 French Government today icsfer 100 political prim Paris jails to the jail on the isle of Re, west of La Rocheile, m the Atlantic— Reuter
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    New empire route airliner
    98 1 NTY-FIVE of Britain*! fastest airliner UN H .md!e> Page 1 Hermes Four wh h rus >pe?d Ol KM mil?.** \n hour- have ordered by the British Ministry of Supply for the British Overseas Airways Corporation's aciticm >n Empire routes. Deflvery will begin next summer. Equipped u;th
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    UNO PAPERS VANISH
    130 1 .NEVA, Fricuy. POLONEL A. Rose her Fund Seen tary of the United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission, told the first open session of tftie Commission today that documents relating to its investigations had disappeared Col. Lu-rd said the documents were drawn up by the Commission team, which investigated
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    IMMIGRANT LANDS INPRISON
    453 1 IMMIGRANT LANDS INPRISON I ret- IVcss Staff Rcps.rler A YOUNG Rnglmhmaa who came to Singapore ;i> an ap prentice engineer aboard a Blue Funnel line ship alter being told m Liverpool that (he emigration plan to Australia Ml not ready to ship him out there, ctowed away to \u-ii !ia
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    US NAVY FOR SALONIKA
    80 1 IT was ieun.ed today that ihe I led States ***** 1> Affaires, K< last nieht d P Porre!r.-;us M Dnj es «r*s sending th© "Inr ■it J f r:e < v r ap]>car eft 9\l n" r I area about May 21 The Uiki'u d Siai^
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    PRISONERS RELEASED
    29 1 French parachutists who captured Hoa Binh, iii Indochina last Tuesday, state that they have recovered some French and native civilian prisoners whom Viet Minh forces had held
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    DOCTOR AS GOVERNOR
    21 1 Dr. Percy Selwyn-Clarke, Director f Medical Services. Hong Kong, has beep appointed Governor and C.-in-C. of Seychelle islands
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    YARDSTICK FOR CRITICISM
    634 2 YARDSTICK FOR CRITICISM TREBLE CLEF By David Grant It AST week I proffered L a solution with regard to the criterion to be adopted m musical criticism: That a performer be judged by the standard with which he lures you to hear him. I now ema-ge on this point. U
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    168 2 SPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six ti the seven tricks against any defense. South leads the ace and then the jack of diamonds. If West covers with the diamond queen North ruffs and returns a low heart S uth ruffs with
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    THE DARKEST DAYS...
    602 2 •the fol owing delicious 1 masterp:e:e is reprinted without comment m order to show that ewn m the darkest days music;.] criticism flourished. The extract >s from the S YON AN SINBUN,"' and the •Mr X. referred to has since lei; ny. RAPTUROUS MUSICAL TREAT ENTHRALS WOUNDED
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    Charlie's New Kid
    41 2 DACK to tin- screes for llu first lime since 1941 Charlie Chaplrn (y t -s, there he El above) becomes smart, dapper BOB* pathetic, m M. Verdoux. With him. as his son, is Allison Bmlann thr new Rid."
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    ...And The Old
    11 2 Or < harlu Chaplin as million- rcrm-mfxT him Kest*
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    GRAND NATIONAL FILMED
    546 2 GRAND NATIONAL FILMED BRITISH FILM STUOIO CHATTtb SCENES at one of Britain's BMM t popular race- courses, Aintree, during h three-day race meeting, including the Grand Natioral were filmed for a new Gains-borou-h picture. "Beckers Brook," based on an original story by b b c. commentators John BDiaon and Wynfora
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    COMING EVENTS
    129 2 I ONIGBT, at IM 1»»< kat > the "litUf Ihi Ktn Am;- I Str« t. B\( II BEETHOVI N niia'. inrludri^: Bach: DowM< John < liK-tliMven: SyM#hMl3 V I 9. < boral). I Q MORBOH -unday, at 8.30 p. m at the fid r; i Mean rial Hal]
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    QUIZ Answers
    47 2 Yes. But they W9 it federated with other inside the French Union. 2. No. National Coal B 3. Yes. The present M n i s opposed by the E and the United llafayi Organisation. 4. Yes. During 1946. ju two millions; best pre -v 5.500.000.
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    YOUR LUCK STAR
    28 2 YOUR LUCK STAR not hut »ili OtE an M I ,V v 1 and t.:at 1 vf a defcn mar*, m that field, m fa.t you art JJP
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      131 2 MUSIC LOVERS CALENDAR. ;r I ka "lphigen c en Aolidf Arrt p«lu. e<! at P^r.s m Apr-j r.'l.uiurd LALO 4ied fti Van- m IBM Iprfl B 3: Dm" Fthel SMYTHI b( m t I nd »H m 1858. Albert COATES born at St. Pet* r<^ bug m 181 rfd PROKOI
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      999 2 mi.i m M SiNGAPORI j 7 -40 Interlude; 745 Organ Grinders RADIG SE/iC Swing; 8.00 H^dio Rhythm Club; nril^lVJ otnv Dluc Network English 30 News; 8.40 sports comments- radio BEAC R: tdcastmg from 12 fio_ 2 00 p 11. —485 miurs m tAO :«s: 10.15 Programme announce- l\ Colombo* Ceylon
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    UNRRA MEN SURPRISED
    78 3 UNRRA MEN SURPRISED f HANDS t>* war refugee* :ire fcckißl back to their Province, faßiming the closing of the Yellow River at Huayuankow, north- r Honar provincial capital of Kaifeng. and rever- the river M course. ns fled from Ho nan to the highProTinces, .vest of Honan, when J»*f, h
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    BIG 4 TO DISCUSS KOREA
    211 3 BIG 4 TO DISCUSS KOREA THE Chinese Government believes the problem of Korea's independence should be referred to the Big Four 'excluding France* if Russia and :he United States cannot soon reach agreement by themselves. The Foreign Minister, Dr. 4 Shih-chieh, informed the United States Secretary of STate, Gen. George
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    UNO OFFICE IN SHANGHAI
    7 3 UNO OFFICE IN SHANGHAI lova- j U.P.
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    GOC gets only $100 a month
    70 3 GOC gets only $1 00 a month IiERS of the Chinese armed forces henceforth will not be allowed to give banqu A ban was ordered to-d*j by the Chief of Staff, Gen Chen Cheng, who said military officers earning small salaries should not waste montj i- well as time. Under
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    TRADE DEFICIT IS REPORTED
    40 3 I vt m 1946 amounted to US ■>4 17, 000,000 was attributable to Economic Review reported. I nese Maritime Customs. Imports I and exports $161,000,000. Ame-r I ard ter n, I andi Hi able U. P.
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    Temple of Heaven makes penicillin
    338 3 TICK ED away m a comer of Peiping's Temple of Heavan— new headquarters of the National Vaccine and Serum Institute Ls China's fir>t plant to manufacture penicillin. There, top flight Chinese bacteriologists and chemists are carrying; out experimental work with equipment donated by the British
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    3 'RED' SPIES ARRESTED
    130 3 THREE alleged Communist secret service members including a woman, have been arrested m Shanghai by the Shanghai garrison authorities and sent to Nanking for questioning, according to semi-offi-cial Chinese reports. The name of the leader of group was given a^ Hen Ptng who was the "Chief
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    BEING RETURNED
    45 3 Dr. Carson Chang, leader of the Chinese Democratic Socialist Party, said m Shanghai that the British colony of Hong Raa« would gradually revert to China. He believed this to be possible j m view of Briain's tvoluntary relinquLshment- of power m India. Reuter
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    Chinese make a present
    89 3 Cups were presented by the Chinese community m Singapore to Mr. Kiehard Chuan H«>e Lim, Major F. W. Ward, (prosecution lawyers 1 and Major M. G. A. Watson (War Crimes Investigate I '--left to risht m picture on the left for their work m bringing seven
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    CHINA SUPPORTS INDIA FREEDOM
    382 3 CHINA SUPPORTS INDIA FREEDOM k^OW that the date for the termination of British rule has been fixed, I heartily rejoice with the Indian people that the increasing efforts they have made during the last 30 years are, at last, to !>e rewarded with the achievement of complete independence", said Generalissimo
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    TREATY EXCLUDES MACAO PORT
    86 3 MO mention of Macao was made m the agreement concluded last week between China and Portugal, abolishing Portuguese cx'-ra territorial rights m Cl ma. Notes exchanged between Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, Chinese Foreign Minister, and Dr. Ferreira da Fonseca, Portuguese Minis'-er to China, provided the abrogation of
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    FILM SHOWS CHINA'S STRUGGLE
    142 3 FILM SHOWS CHINA'S STRUGGLE Vr m Our Chines c Correspondent THE struggle of the youth Of China against post-war hardships forms the theme of the film "Beyond 8,000 Miles" which will b? shown at a preview spec' ally arranged for the Press, Chinese i assodatj ns and schools toI morrow,
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    ART TREASURES
    47 3 A belated Chinese report from Chengtu, Szechuen province, said that, several cases of the Peiping Palace treasures, which were evacuated to West China on the eve of the Japanese invasion m 1937, were damaged on the way back to Peiping by a truck m Szechuen.
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    6 power firms to amalgamate
    286 3 OLAXS for (he establishment of a unuied power piant the 1 first m Shanghais 1 00 year-old hi-lory— I,> impt^g im* city's deteriorating p— u situatioa tare bee* approved b\ the Ctty Government and art now awaiting final acceptance by the Chinese Government. According- to
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    MUST NOT SELL GIFT BEER
    107 3 AN estimated US $199,000 worth of Army Post Exchange supplies— including 24.0C0 cases of beer were donated to Peiping charities ranging from the Salvation Army to the Franciscan Mothers Conven Sacred Heart and Russian Orthodox Mission. The Army's action was curried out m preference to
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    HK TO HAVE A BLOOD BANK
    62 3 HK TO HAVE A BLOOD BANK UNDAUNTED by past failures, v the Medical Department m Hong Kong is making yet another effort to establish a blood bank In recent years, blood transfusion has played an increasingly Important role not only In emergency cases where an immediate replacement of blood is
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    NEW PRESS CHIEF
    35 3 Hellington K. Tong, head f the China News Service m the Un tej States, has been nominated head "f he Press Bureau t be created under the Executive Yuan after government re-organisation.
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    THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS OF SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY
    419 3 Municipal Architect and Building Surveyors Departure tl> Appointment o* 1 Senior Assistant Architect and Building Surveyor. 2' Appointment of 3 ft—iitimi Atect and Budding Surveyors The Muiiicipej Comma^ionerf >t Singapore invite applications trcta Associate Members of tlie Royal I: tute of British Architects for
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      72 3 T ARZ AN Jungle battle By Edgar Rice Burroughs STRUGGLING IMPOTENTLY IN TWE I K^BR S^JSS< "^V^SiJI I TME SEARING EFFECT OF ZEE'S MWSSSS^^^Bt IWH^'" JAVE MAN'S GRASP NUA WAS w HkIS SERUM OW THE APE'S BRAIM GAVS^ ■'9^^ V^Ai^^<7^'" «^h^- E^CK IN THE JUNGLE, THE GRIM .-^^jg^lU AND C
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1947. Anti-Smoking
    546 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1947. Anti-Smoking THE anti-smokers" Budget in- troduced by Dr. Hugh Dalton ir, the House of Commons this week is a remarkable effort for a Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer m more ways than one. It s '.ong been realised that Britain would have
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    DON IDDONS DIARY NEW YORK By AIR MAIL
    1545 4 America's little man starts the revolt against the Gadget Age HTHE obvious diagnosis 1 is "spring fever." The temperature is abnormally high, the pulse is fast, the palms moist, the eyes overbright and slightly protuberant. It would be nothing to worry about,
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    397 4 A GIRL who knows what she wants— and is going to get it— is a new West End at London star, 23 year old SIOHIIAN MeKENNA, a girl from Galway. She joined Dublin's Abbey Theatre for £4 a week, rose to £8 10s. Uop salary), and moved
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    A WEATHER BLIND SPOT
    247 4 A WEATHER BLIND SPOT THE Uninhabited A rim of the American continent a blind spot for weather servers and military strategists soo n will be ma by watchers of the U States and Canada. The project, officially dii ed m Ottawa and Washi? involves the joint establish] of nine new
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    MIGRATION
    24 4 MIGRANT birds from S- dinaria have England In cxc( numb one would ihink Fomcwhcrp I warmer. tain has had steel chestnut i back.
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    QUIZ
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    ACTING AIR CHIEF
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    SFTU asks 'May Day' holiday
    237 5 SFTU asks May Day' holiday Free Press Stall Reporter THE Singapore branch of the Federation of Trade Unions i has sent j Utter to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. v Kerrcn, asking that May Day May I—be1 be regarded as a general holiday for all workers m Singapore.
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    POLICE SMASH S'PORE GANGSTERS
    341 5 POLICE SMASH S'PORE GANGSTERS Free Press Staff Reporter A COMB-OUT of the Jalan Besar area by detectives and policemen m plain' clothes, following the shooting affray on Tuesday night, has resulted m the near-collapse of two Chinese gangs. Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire. Deputy Commissioner, said yesterday: 'These gangs have
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    Ceylon mission to Malaya
    65 5 THE members Of the Ceylon X übber Commission Mr. K. VV. Whtehtu and Mr. S. F. 11. Perera will leave for Singapore and Malaya on April 22 to record evidence there, and will rtturn to Colombo on May 8. While m Malaya they will also investigate
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    ANZAC DAY TO BE CELEBRATED
    186 5 ANZAC DAY TO BE CELEBRATED INZACS m Singapore will again this year observe the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand forces at Gallipoli m 1915, with a dawn memorial service. The Cenotaph m Connaught Place will b P floodlit lrom dusk on April 24 until the Service
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    GEN. COX ILL
    36 5 The G.0.C., Smpapore District. Maj.-Gen. L. H. Cox, fc at present In a military hospital fcr a mild ailment It i s Stated that Gen. Cox may leave hospital m a forlnieht's time.
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    INDIA PHOTOS ON DISPLAY
    77 5 I: he considerable ..sen m Singapore, the J of Indian photographs, organised at the Ntw Park by the Government dia Information Services mi n has been ex to c oi April. The photographs depict Indian ntlnc development, :ic schemes, lrrigaprojects and architecture. on display ar P
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    TALK ON RUSSIA
    26 5 Or. Tuesday. Apr. 22, at 9.4a ).m., Radio Malaya will broada talk by Mr. Vernor. Bartett, M.P.. 'Mainly About Russia' s th* title.
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    L.C.C. EXAM
    28 5 The London Chamt>er of Com merce 'Spring) 1947 and the City ar-d Guilds of London Institute 1947 Examinations commer.Cp on April 21 and May 3 respectively.
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    RADIO MALAYA GANGES
    104 5 il/ITH effect from mid-day on Sunday, Iff April 20, the transmitter now being i'auio Malaya's schools and unch-rme programmes m the 41 metre :and will Operate orr, a frequency ot 5.77 megacycles per recond m the 44 metre band. The English programme from i i 3 m
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    NEW MOON DAY
    29 5 •New Moon Day Pinkama' w;U be celebrated on Sunday, Apr. 20, at the Singapore Sinhalese Temple m Outram Road, starting from 5 p.m. All are invited.
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    3.500 ARE DUE FOR DEMOB
    299 5 Free Press Staff 'Reporter UORE than 3,500 Servicemen and women are due to return to U.K. on demob and some or. leave during May. At a Press conference yesterday, an Army spokesman gave next month's sailing programm? as follows: Strathnavor due Singapore May 16 will
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    9,000 JAPS ARE LEAVING IN MAY
    211 5 9,000 JAPS ARE LEA VING IN MAY Free Press Start Reporter TWENTY-ONE thousand Japanese surrendered personnel are to be repatriated back to Japan from Malaya. Singapore and Rangoon during May, an Army spokesman announced yesterday. This total is made up as follows: Singapore and Malaya 9,000 repatriates; Rangoon 12,500. During
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    ARMY TRIAL APPEALS
    361 5 AMONG the suggested reforms to lx- put before the Wsr Office Committee which is now inquiring into the whole Of the Courts Martial system is that a Services Appeal Tribunal should sit m London to hear appeals from the findings or sentences from Army and Royal Air
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    86 5 Lieut. Gen S'r Philip Christison, who commanded the l."> f'orps m Burma, wa^ Rrsl Into X and tlien took charge of the 15 Corps operations to liberate Singapo r? and later In Jan. as A T lied MBmander. Hs is new GOC, Scottish Connr.and. (central figure m front row pectin*
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    TALKS ON FILM CENSORSHIP
    70 5 REPRESENTATIVES of the Kinematograph Renteis' So- ciety < with which Eagle-Lion Film I Distributors were associated f or S this purpose) and the Cif.emato- graph Exhibitors Association met the Colonial Secretary yesterday to put before him their vie^s on film censorship. wa s a frar.k exchange
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    TRAVEL TO PALESTINE IS BANNED
    189 5 TRAVEL TO PALESTINE IS BANNED TKT: Secretary of State for the 1 Colonies has notified Malaya that all endorsements for Palestine are to b P delated from passports. No new enaots.mei.-s a>e to b P granted except after reference to the High Commissioner, and only urgent and Important a are
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    JAP EXPLOSIVES
    44 5 A Japanese bombs, shells and other explosives have been located about 15 yards out from th p concrete pier at Pulau Tekong Besar. off Changi Point. Two explosions i «i on March 19, 11 All users of the ed of thk danr
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    15 FEMALE TARS FOR S'PORE
    88 5 15 FEMALE TARS FOR S'PORE ABOUO 14 female tars of the British Merchant Marine carefuily stowed supplies of nylons as the vessel La Cordillera prepared to weigh anchor -Or Singapore. The female tors are members of the nrst British Merchant vessel to carry a mixed crew s.rd this was their
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    $465,000 SAVED
    16 5 The sale of Victory Savings Certificates up to April 9, 1947 amounted to $465,685-iu-
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    TEA MONEY INQUIRY
    133 5 T'HE Singapore Municipal Assessor, Mr. A. W. EIH- 1 son, is asking occupiers of premises m S'ngapore whethei they have b:en made to nay "tea money." Tenants will be asked to whom they paid the nioney and what wa^ the amount. It had been the practice to
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      55 5 LIMITED LONDON We have ple^iure m announcing that we have b<- .nlod s*4c Agents m Singapore and the Malayan I nicn far Vidor's wide range of etoetrical product*, which include: BATTERIES BREAD TOASTERS FLOODLIT MIRRORS PORTABLE COOKERS Radio Receiving Sets Please submit applications for SoL Distributorships to?~ BOLTER SMQN 8.
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    HE PLANNED AN ADVENTUROUS LEAVE
    71 6 HE PLANNED AN ADVENTUROUS LEAVE G-. P \rr\lN Huulidi.. is b«re seen entertaf the Miles Gemini rcrafi Vhicb be |W ill Mill t> Bj from Britain to Australia on t.~> d;i\s' Ir.ivi>. Be bM! Au-iraiian m th<> lv A.I He has been •ittai hed m the Mih- ftlrenft teetorj at
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    Double cross at Sunny Corner
    295 6 A> RESPONDENT, m Lhc bsl lettei he wrote, complained that a divorced woman with whom he was living had double-m 3sed him and was m love with a Dutchman. Most of the as r Id by the Dutchman at the inquest at Over.strand, Norfolk, on
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    ALLOWANCE FOR BLIND PEOPLE
    78 6 ALL OWANCE FOR BLIND PEOPLE ILLOWANOES for blinci peoH pie to have someone to look after them are to be increased, Mr. W. Paling, Minister of Pensions, announced m the Commons. The new ra'es. which come into force this mont-h, vary from 10s to near- blind people to £2 a
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    U.S. CLAIMS MOST ATLANTIC AIR TRAFFIC
    309 6 U.S. CLAIMS MOST ATLANTIC AIR TRAFFIC Figures disputed by B. O.A. C. ACCORDING to a report by the Civil Aeronautics Board, just published, United States airlines secured the imn> share of Transatlantic business last year. Among foreign airlines flying this route, both KLM and Air France did bett< r than
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    MORE POWER FOR BRITAIN
    114 6 The Central Electricity Board ID England arranged during 19-*6 for addition to be made to tne generating capaci.y of s«'lec ea stations associated with jn« gna aggregating 2,321,000 kil wa^ and involving expenditure or about £100.000,000. Provision is included for the first sections of eight new
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    STAGGERING said the judge
    105 6 jLIK jrSTICE HUMPHIUnrSj uas told bj a p ilic-e oilictr at Birniirig>3arr! AflrfMl that a t^k-hI near puhl'r-housr "st i«:K<'r.-d." his lordslxip: Weli w< 11, I can understand Unl p*s>i.'l*- oontef >mi nf the pub-lic-house m .-In itaCKCfj hut I cannot v^- h< v, a road
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    AFTER 9 WEEKS
    34 6 AFTER 9 W EEKS Last barrier of snow on the railway from Barnarl Castle (Durham to Westmorland was moved after nine weeks' almost non-stop work from both sides by 400 workmen soldiers and P.o.Wjs.
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    SANTA CLAUS DEAD
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    INDIAN HOCKEY COACH FOR AUSTRALIANS
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    S. Africans Arrive In England
    79 7 1 ONUnN. Fri. ,i v Kit Vs tricket tram, hich will play five Test matches against England m th«* of a summer tour of Ibc i ruled Kingdom. reached Hnpfnn m the liner CapeCastle OB brd.i\ vi Mi villf i .iptnin oi the Swuth Africans
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    363 7 LETTER Sir Considerable interest has been aroused among sportsmen m Singapore regard ng the nonincliufoa oi Ma,, jra trwa ..ha Wor^ Olymp cs to be heic London next year. There are many who t,h Ok that Malaya sh old WOd a contingent ver, but
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    75 8 NEW YORK, Sv rE Sucrest Corporation announced yesterday a drop of five cents a hundredweight m bulk sugar for industrial users the first break even if it is a slight one m sugar price! pre-war days. B W. Dyer and Company, sugar brokers, said that Industrial sugai
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    228 8 LONDON, Friday. IN a dramatic plea today Sir Stafford Cripp^ President „f I ihc Bond of Trade, called for ever, nSarn to exerdse every unused remuiee of mind ,-,nd muscle* m an -il ..hi s ir s^r%r;z:;;u:t l! ;.r ,L^^r- to^ i time when the American
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