The Singapore Free Press, 22 April 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fghgfhfgh SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947. PRK X 10 CENto.
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    S'pore Wedding
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    Waterproof cotton
    16 1 Waterproof cotton MX ci»'h which can ■Jmtitf" and at the mipleU; pmtettion and j mills t'.»
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    EXTORTION GANG TRAPPED
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    EXCESS'S PAY AND TAX GO UP
    31 1 LONDON, Monday. be Treasury building m tier for the Secretariat nning them that Her Royal Alexandra Mary of Windsor md that her allowance under I
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    BIG INDIAN TEA CROP
    33 1 The Under-Secretary of State 7 ndia. Mr Arthur Henderson. erday that unofficial re'.'>mated last year's Indian crop at 562,000.000 pounds. which is 8.900,000 nonnris show of 1042 record Reuter
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    BIG FOUR SECRET TALK FAILS
    364 1 BIG FOUR SECRET TALK FAILS Agreement hopes dashed MOSCOW, Monday, UOPKS that the Big Four Foreign Ministers were on the verge of agreement were dashed m Moscow today after they came out of a two-hour secret session on the Austrian treaty deadlock and announced that while no major issues were
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    PLAGUE IN TURKEY
    21 1 Bubonic plague has broken out n southern Turkey and the Turkish Government has allocated £1.000.000 to send assistance
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    S'pore rush for leave in U.K.
    231 1 S'pore rush for leave in U.K. Free Press Staff Reciter "THERE i> i lns rush of Government servant spirit; to IK. I on leave at the moment and indications are that thfci rush will continu well into the Autumn. Those Homo to the United Kingdom were interned m Malaya throughout
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    MADRAS CHARGE INQUIRY
    82 1 MADRAS CHARGE INQUIRY An inquiry is being held in Madras In connection with the lathi oharge in Alipuram jali ia 1942, the Under-Secretary of State for Inaia, Mr. Arthur Henderson announced in the House of Commons yesterday. Replying to ;on put by Brigadier Austin Low, Conservative, Mr. Henderson said that
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    UK Peace-time Casualties
    112 1 MR. I kLEXANDER, British Defence Minister, stated yesterday that casualties m th Army from August 1. 1915 to March 31, 1947 wen 15,272 killed and 1,621 missing. Koyal Navy ea between V-J Day and April n;.l!>s7 were 63 killed and 52 wounded, whik- R.»y il r rec
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    TERRORISTS KILL THEMSELVES
    293 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. two Jewish terrorists, Mayer Feinslein and Mosse Uarai zani. who were to have been hanged at dawn on Tuesday. committed suicide m Jerusalem Central Prison tonight. Feins! ein was sentenced for complicity m blowing up a Jerusalem railway station, and Barazani for carrying a bomb.
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    TO MARRY VISCOUNT
    41 1 I,u< v bm Cholmondelev of SheUOB Hall. Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, who is to marry Viscount Kilcoursit son aiul heir to the \>n the Karl of ivan After her marriage, she ma> return to her work as a MUM.
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    More knifing, riots in India
    330 1 More knifing, riots in India BOMBAY. Monday. r)DAY'S Bombay dovi-rniment communique M communal strife m the city reported two more knife attacks m the working class district of northern Bombay. The police have arrested HO persons m the recent disturbances, it addet 1 Aimed police are still patrolling Cawnpore. the
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    NEHRU'S NIECE IS ILL
    35 1 Rita Pandit, 17, a niece of the Vice President of the Indian Interim Government, Pandit Jawaharial Nehru, has left hospital m Ni'W York affer a serious operation. She Is recovering. Reuter
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    WOMAN MAKES JUNGLE TREKS TO AID MALAYS
    588 1 WOMAN MAKES JUNGLE TREKS TO AID MALAYS Ffee Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHBI 1 uesday. AN r English woman, who is head Rural Sociai Welfare worker m the State of Johore, and who was one oi the first, if not the first, woman welfare worker to enter Sing.ipore after the
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    AUSSIES TO HOLD 'SMOKE SOCIAL'
    100 1 AS part of Anzac Day celebra- tions m Singapore, the committee of Australians and Servicemen who are assisting the Australian Commissioner with arrangements for the Dawn Commemoration Service on Friday,, are anxious to hold the traditional Smoke Social the sam? evening A dinner fox men
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    SUPERFORTRESS CRASHES
    52 1 PEARL HARBOUR. Mon. US. Pacific Fleet headquarters reports that a B-29 crashed into the sea while taking off from Kwajalein yesterday and that all on board were killed. The brief report did not say how many were killed, but a Superfortress carries a crew of eieht or nine.-
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    TAKES OFFICE
    40 1 The former British Postmaster General, Lord Listowel, trmorrow will receive his seals of office as the new Secretary of State for India. The retiring Secretary of State. L:rd Pethiok-Lawrence, will relinquish his office at the same time.- Reuter
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      3 1 JwELLEBY price' LgESDBV
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      56 1 fl FjJ STAMFORD fit> P^ m_%PHQH£ 7836 %y Ovaltilie should he |L /iPyi^y m fo cr y Home Ovaltine is the SRI;-''^^ Best form of '^ms^'' W^lST/ Concentrated yfio -'^sSiP^i^ most economical \j3Stms?M Jiemernher- Urn nine is ltl^4ojaSM W m it**?lf <* complete and %0& W perfect Food Beveraqc W
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    IS PARLIAMENT RUSHED?
    960 2 IS PARLIAMENT RUSHED? Hall Romney's London Letter ITT has been one of the 1 main complaints of the Government's critics that so much ru w legislation is being forced through Parliament that there is inadequate time for its proper consider;\; ion before it goes on to the itatutfl bo"k. Aire-jdv
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    SPORE'S FIRST STRAIGHT PLAY
    460 2 this year PHDM April 23rd to 26th., the Singapore i I Hob arc returning to Victoria Theatre with the most outstanding comeay success o[ recent years, Joseph Kessclring's "Arsenio and Old Lace". It will be the first i:ew straight play to b'i put on at tliis
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    ART CLASS-5 TINTORETTO
    276 2  - ART CLASS-5 TINTORETTO PIERRE JEANNERAT swagger man m J I BY pAINTING „nds on I the four corn*.: studied m the four pre\ articles: on design, d: and colour. An even truer ar.d m comparison might be made the four elements of material universe, c; air, and fire. It is
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      507 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR F i forecast for eople born today VtH'R strong will aatin t i ptrtl* <\'-n ladt• m r. BSB6 a unless you <urb tiiis tend fnc>. e.irly m > uuth. ->v are fi>Hi m a crisis and krioH how to handle ail kinds of situations There is
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      25 2 QUIZ Answers 1 Pidgin English. 2. it mean the House of Commons is sitting 3. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are!"
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      845 2 1 Programme announcements: 8.45 Todi- tires and 49 ii^bmun^ cm| Qurvey. 9qq 3*^ ot tiie Royal ni ght 19 84 metres anc Marina; 9.30 Orchestral music <on m tres BIOC Networll Sigiotl records); 9.45 Rcmance In Rhythm nmsmi 'oeraldo and rus Concert Orchestra; 12. <W 2.00 pjn. 4s:> BMirei m
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    47 3 OT. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, New \'<<rk. has heen r novated. This picture shows the cleaned Gothic spires revealed m U original beauty for the first time since scaffolding framed them daring the refurbishing: vvork which began m 1945. The rcnovati us to the cathedral ate now almost complete.
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    NAZI 'ERSATZ' DRUG CLAIMS UK VICTIM
    244 3 Pain-reliever is killer ONE of the Nazi ersatz "addict" drugs has claimed its first British victim. In their search for make-do drugs when world supplies were cut olT, Nazi scientists found a substitute for morphia. They called it dolantin. It became popular with Nazi
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    My father was meanest man'
    315 3 My father was meanest man' v UiARE'I only £151 I ar under her >i will. i him. "l\ v g the meanill go (vn work a recepHer brother William has a job irom the will. rberi Claj iciior, w KMos will for scholar- I A my •ur ut th;u on
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    BISHOPS HIT AT DIVORCE
    182 3 T"WO South Australian Anglican Bishops have attacked 1 divorce. The Bishop of Willochra (Dr. Richard Thomas) says all divorce laws should be rescinded to pre vent divorce. Bishop of Adelaide (the Right Rev. B. P. Robin) says he would not re-marry either innocent or guilty parties
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    Senora seeks M.P.s' aid
    90 3 ELI was a Ba.Mjue refuse tjirl of 12 when, 10 years ago, she fled to Britain as civil war sw pt Spain As leader of an Internat onal it <>uth Coauicfl deputation, Senora Eli Aide hald Umii has been pleading with M.IVs, m the House of
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    VEILS DISAPPEAR
    13 3 Muslim women In Serbia are to discard their veils for good.
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    Razors for slick shaves
    68 3 RAZORS U> exhibited at the British Industries Fuir at London and Birmingham next montll will be slickly modern. Ih -rse NUHHTI will set thenisclve^ automatically to the right angl< >i blade renter On meter on the handle when the blad is worn out; register the toughness
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    SECRET OF THE 'WOE' RIVER
    247 3 SECRET OF THE 'WOE' RIVER CATERHAM'S legendary "Woe Water" has started flowing again after nine years, hut the mystery of its sporad'c appearance—according to superstition it meant that* great woe was due to befall the country has been solved. Also known as the Croydon Bourne, it appeared during h Croydon
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    THEY MADE HIM A 'HUMAN TORCH'
    14 3 THEY MADE HIM A 'HUMAN TORCH' I I I I I a so- H
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    NEW HALLS FOR TERRITORIALS
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    Greek King mourned
    82 3 I/H.IKI) (.r«**k Evzune Royal Guards stand vigil over the r?ma'.ns of King George >i the Hellenes. The p'cture was taken during the lying-in-state at Athens Cathedral. The picture below shows the Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess <»f Kent leaving the Greek Cathedral, Baysuater, London, after a
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    DRUG RING IS CHECKED
    71 3 PLANS made by an international gang of drug smugglers to operate an opium ring from Liverpool have been thwarted recently by Customs officials. This was revealed following a report from Paris that Marseilles police are searching for the headquarters of a gang believed to have connections
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    THEY'LL LEARN AT COALFACE
    73 3 A "classroom" 12ft. wide, 81 L. high, half a mile long and hundreds of feet below ground m Gresford Colliery, North Wales, has been prepared at a cost of £4.000 for .entrants to the mining Industry, who begin training on Monday week. Theoretical instruction will be
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    FOOD IN FEATHERS
    31 3 Cus'.oms officers at Liverpool seized 50 sacks of contraband food hidden inside bales of feathers m the Dublin cargo steamer Lourth. The sacks contained rabbits, hares and phea-
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    Flood swept boy to sea
    75 3 A BOY. aged V who fell into a flooded Rtreata at Bridlin^ton, Yorkshire. \rx% carried thr tujrh the town md rescued at th° harbour m uih as he was beins swept < >ut to sea. The buy Men I unier i bridges, under two rows
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    DIED IN SNOW ON HIS BIRTHDAY
    260 3 SCORES of cars swept past crossroads on Fenwick Mo Aryshire, Scotland, only a few yards from where little Hugh Stewart Munro lay dying m the snow under a gorse bush. HLs body was found on his eleventh birthday just over the fence from the
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      106 3 m.T. "ORANJE" Due Singapore from Amsterdam, Southampton. Port Said 28th April at 3.00 p.m Sailing same day for Batavia For particulars and passage Apply to NEDERLAND LINE Royal Dutch Mail 41. Robinson H. id Tel 4819 SHIRTS BRI TI SH MADE Ml nj/j >, LONG >i»i^n maw COLOURS) $6.50 EACH
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      78 3 TAR Z A N Tarsan Struggles By Edgar Rice Burroughs SSANE EYES GLiTTER n: >n I SASPING^ANO CHOKING THE HUGE p^- ■ON OP THE KILL. THE APE j^, "^S^N <€T" L EAST AP& T f^ j^F <sj .^~*^J SUPPENLY PRAWiNG PACK HiS ARM, '3^^ Ui t; I illlllrJ ANP TARZAN,
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. APRIL 22, 1947. Income Tax 2.
    717 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. APRIL 22, 1947. Income Tax 2. 8008 .::troduct-on o: Income Tax la Singapore, especially an. me honest citizens who havsafllctcal public qpiitt to app;--c:at<? tivat they have a duty to pay theftl share towards the CO5: Bl gOfCilltaf the col wh::h they ear:: *>>.:.- ttvtng.
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    MORE MILK FOR MORE PEOPLE
    1175 4 MORE MILK FOR MORE PEOPLE When more milk bottles are available FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER i THE fresh milk you buy from the Cold Storage evt'iy day comes from the Singapore Dairy Farm Ltd. at V i mile Bukit Timah The Fries an herd numbers about 300 haU the 1942
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    336 4 THREE terrorists opened fire 1 on SEKGT. A. H. WAGHOKX. of the Palestine Police as he stepped from a police car m Tel-Aviv. He escaped by dropping to the ground and returning the fire, but a British policeman escorting him was seriously wounded. Sergt. Wagiiorn is known
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    LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ambulances
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    FAITH
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    WHERE DANGER IS UNKNOWN
    234 4 WHERE DANGER IS UNKNOWN IN tbc No, L4O (Eomb Disposal) Squadron, where danger is unki they ow Squad: i Leader Hubert Dinwoodie, H A.i- V X.. i a the man without res." T hat, perhaps, is why be was called to th<- German port ot Lab< ck last August when
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    HOLLYWOOD KNIGH RETURNS TO U.K.
    314 4 HOLL YWOOD KNIGH RETURNS TO U.K. CIR AUBREY stft] rr.ak::ig pictv king a 83, .sled h's Charterhouse ■>--. raised his bushy bi to let his raoaoek M he of! the Queen ibett) a- :r. England wttfe -.ife recently, he declared: 'Gad! It's food to t>^ home again The Grand Oic
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      67 4 QUIZ 1 When Britain German New Guinea ir. tfH ratives wer- 1 told: "Now you Ihree feller cherrs. b^loruj n<«w feller master No movr Kaiser— God Save 'Urn X What kind of language is that? 2. What is signified by a r shining m the tower abc Ben? 3 Translate
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    RAFS HAVE A LEAVE CAMP IN PENANG
    80 5 beautiful Spot* in the Far Ea*t is leave amp. where serving members .vrce can take a well earned rest from d&* .amp is at Fr-rt Auchrv. and is wel! coaiit of r """m W»»d. nd 14 days or i\)re there, but some occasional
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    BAGPIPES LOST
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    11 5 :<K>n Koad. f ar<;r. just Printing office. Klder of t^e motorcycle
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    SHIPS FUMIGATED AT SINGAPORE
    55 5 SHIPS FUMIGATED AT SINGAPORE TnE fumigation cf sr eUQSt 1 rats has begun once mure ii rapore A contract has been given to a commercial firm, operating under a spccirJ permit, pending the passing of fumigation legislation. One large-scale hydrogen :de fumigation on land -food store) has also be?n r^ed
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    STENGAHS ARE UP 5 CENTS
    122 5 STENGAHS ARE UP 5 CENTS EMBERS ot the Singapore Swimmiag club have been Tied, that m spite of the reircre se m duty m respect vhisky and spirits generally, the Committee has sell present stool:- at the prices. It has, however, been ntces- from April 19, to increase s go
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    MATRIC EXAM IN JANUARY
    157 5 r2 London Matriculation examination will be hei-i In 1943 m January only and not m June. No toy Of girl still at school may enter. Entries will be accepted from a'l dates for any special language r than Chinese, Sanskrit or Tamil), or biology or botany
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    BISHOP ELECT
    84 5 BISHOP ELECT Thrc? B: i ara d fn.m Burma to officiate at the oeranonj consecratiiif Rfonsljnor M Oh ./n,< ntly v H :^hop of the Diocese <•! Malacca. No defirrte d;«tc of the arrival i>. available because of the uncertainty <>f slipping arrv.'.sr**nipn'.v. It i.s, h i. krw.wn dMinitely that
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    INFORMATION CENTRE FOR SERVICEMEN
    233 5 INFORMATION CENTRE FOR SERVICEMEN Fre P ;att Ur; >rter I place m Singapore to which Servicemen especially new arrivals can go and get information about the cit\ ;)ml its places of interest. It Ls the Inform;: Centre run b\ the Women's Voluntary Service m the: Shackle Club's new home m
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    ANOTHER S'PORE MASSACRE SUSPECT DETAINED
    375 5 ANOTHER S'PORE MASSACRE SUSPECT DETAINED DEUTER reports that a Formosan, Yang Linh-Sing, has been arrested by the Garrison Headquarters m Taipeh, capital of Formosa (Taiwan), charged with war crimes, m South-East Asia. The report quotes a release issued by the Taipeh Garrison Headquarters. Yang is alleged to have been a
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    FIRST GIRL CLERK
    52 5 Helen S. Tan, the first woman to be with the Singapore General Post Office on counter c<ui>. is seen attending Hi hat ou.vtomers Miss Tan was appointed under a new scheme which throws open jobs m the Post ()ffic to women, offering them equal prospects of advancement
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    TALK AT Y.M.C.A.
    52 5 A talk on "The Significance cf the Inter-Asian Relations C iferer.ee at New Delhi" will be given by Mr. Harry Fang fcO the Singapore Y.M.CA LiiFrary and Debatirg Society tomorrow, Apr 23 at B p.m. m the V.MC.A. Lecture Ball ta Orchard Road Members rrd friends Interested
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    Banks give views on "ball' pens
    297 5 Fret Press Staff Reporter IN spite of a warning to the public some time ago against the use of the new type baff'poluted pens ior signing cheque-, bunk officials m Singapore state that people are Mill using these pens, but that to date no
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    POSTAL UNION
    30 5 The Singapore Union of Postal and I^efecommimicatiorQ Workers will hold their first annual conference on Sunday, April 27, 1947, at the J.C.S.A. H:ll, T.'ssonsohr. Road, at 10 am
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    PRISON STRIKE ENDS
    31 5 The sit-down stike In Ifandalay, where about 1.100 prisoners defied die authorities for nearly six weeics, has now ended, according i to official reports from Rangoon. Re uter
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    TRADE EXPANDS 15 TIMES
    132 5 TRADE EXPANDS 15 TIMES ACCORDING to the Australian n Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, Australia's exports to India for the finst eight months ending m February 1947, were just over £10 000.000, compared with about £1.000.000 for the corresponding period before the war. Australia'^ exports to Ceylon rcse from €900,000 to
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    FOURTH BEST
    43 5 Malaya was Australia's fouvth best customer for wine m 1945--aq, exports amounting to 41,546 gallons. Next highest was New Zealand which tcok 134,267 gallons, while the United Kingdom headed the Ist with an import total of 1,093,514 gallons of Australian wine.
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    UP AM MEETING
    40 5 The annual general meeting of the United Planting Assaciation of Malaya will bo held ?.t 10.45 o'clock a.m. on April 23, m the I office of the Association at the j Mercantile Bank Building, Kuala Lumpur. i
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    S'PORE MEETING
    38 5 The Higher Education Commission met the Trade Advisory Committee at 9 o'clock this morning m the Secretariat Counc.'l Chamber. ProfevSsor Pugli, Prof. Pickering and Mr. Leonard Barnes are leaving for the U.K. j by air tomorrow.
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    'Colonial era is slipping into sea'
    297 5 'Colonial era is slipping into sea' REPORT ON INDONESIA SAN I RAN CISCO, Monday. THE 300 year -old colonial era is rapid 1} slipping into the tea around the Netherlands East lndie>. The death I colonialism was written m three >vars of Japanese occupation and 18 months of pest-war revolution.
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    BANGAL MUSLIMS
    50 5 A ger.eraJ meetirg of B& Maslem Shanraiiane <B Moslem Association) was held at Queen Street Mosquee, SmgaQueen Street McGque, Singaprssided over by Dr. S.I.M. Ibrahim. A resolution was unanimouslj adopted at the meeting that the Committee carry on their work: for another yesr, until the annual general meeting.
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    FLEW OWN PLANE TO SARAWAK
    69 5 FLEW OWN PLANE TO SARAWAK fcixv N. g. Padgett, a member Of m a timber firm m Melbourne, arrived ir. Kucbing recently, piloting his own Avro-Anson plane. He had m his party Miss Sylvia. Padgett and Mr. R. Hardy. They flew to Labimn, takirg H P Buxton, Assistant Forest Officer,
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      54 5 ki You Ought To See This Picture! 9 Opening Today 4 Shows S^^Slfc 1 JJQ N 1.30 4 630 930 pm. S BlhrfJl! 'a S M r. 1 VICTOR FRAIviCEN NAZiMGVA -JSTtli— Originoi bcreen PJoy by Ellis St Joseph ond Howard K<"»rh Music by Ffonz Wonnof THEY'LL BE HERE THURSDAY!
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    WINE-AND-SONG MEN ROBBED ACTRESS
    360 6 WINE-AND-SONG MEN ROBBED ACTRESS Gems, pin-ups go m £2,500 raid B\ MiA.Wls uith a taste ior music— and champagne— held l party m a I.miis Quinze Bal overlooking Hyde Park t. :,'iho> left with furs and jewellery worth £2,500. But the bottles t hi > cracked may have supplied Scotland
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    THESE GIRLS ARE TOUGH
    176 6 THERE is .t purpose to the t vi, r h uitii i o! the two English In these pictures. They are training f<;r Him parts M extras who t^n take "i» Ww r«»ic> <>f inmping from nrlndowa and betoi kicked over l».t ni>t"r> of itairways. ii:'
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    TOWN'S TRIBUTE
    49 6 As a "Thank You" to its girls who joined the Forces, Beverley, "Yorks. is granting its freedom to ex-ATS girl, Dorothy Purvis. 41. who joined m 1939, married -a sergeant and has a baby six.teen months old. Ex-Squadron- der Duffill. D.F.C«, gets the freedom for the men.
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    SAFETY DRIVE UPSETS MILK
    49 6 Housewives of Cambridge taking m their milk recently have found the bottles on the doors ep. but minus their cardboard tops. Reason small boys have entered too enthusiastically into a local road-safety competition, with prizes for collecting sets of ins printed on the milk-bo-tle tops.
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    SOLDIER BUILT OWN RAILWAY
    182 6 A MINIATURE railway station made by an ex RAO.R. man, Mr. F. G. Roomes, while serving m Germany, is one of the exhibits at t he Model Railway Club's first exhibition since 1939, m Central Hall, Westminster, London. When he was not brid^. building lor the
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    WOOD IS MAGNA CARTA LINK
    57 6 Banstead Wood Surrey, parof the ancient Manor of Banstead that once belonged to William de Mowbray. one of the barons who mad.' King John sign Magna Carta, has been i opened to the public today by Mr Chuter Ede. Home Secretary.! It was bought by
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    SAFE GLIDER DESIGNED
    91 6 SAFE GLIDER DESIGNED TWO younn British aircraft designers employed by Short Brothers have planned Q seater glider specially detlgned to save Inexperience d pilots from breaking their necks. The gilder's safety feature is |Us two seats, with dual controls. This abolishes the old training meihod of catapulting a novice into
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    'ART HOSTESSES'
    30 6 Formation of a panel of 1.000 irt hostesses" to guide Commonwealth art. connoisseurs visiting Britain is planned by Mr Malcolm Mackenzie. founderseere ary of the Empire ArUs Council.
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    Sea sips the champagne
    100 6 A FULL bottle <»f champagne fell into the harbour at Wuk, rt Caithness, as it was being used to name a new fishing boat, Two lioys. At th<» launching 1 Miss Ann Plowman, IS, daughter of Hm 1 skipper, Donald Plowman. Said: "1 nani th'>, ship
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    PLAY STREETS FOR CHILDREN
    73 6 EIGHT -play streets" will be set aside m Greenock for children to play m safety af er 6chooi hours Notice boards will be erected at entrances requesting drivers! not to use the strees between '4 p.m. and darkness. The experiment will be tried for three cion'lis.
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    PUBLIC 'STAND' AT LONDON AIRPORT
    93 6 PUBLIC 'STAND' AT LONDON AIRPORT A public enclosure for between 1.500 and 2,000 people is being built at London Airport, Heathrow, and. it is expected, will be completed by autumn. The pkice is adjacent to the Bath road west of the control tower, and a car park and refreshment facilities
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    GIFT FOR LOUVAIN
    44 6 To make good Nazi damage, 12 cases of glassware have been sent to the University of Louvain, at the request of the late Mr. J T. Appleton. of Sheffield, a member of Ihe council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
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    SHE WANTS TO WED A GERMAN
    218 6 EMILY MURDOCH, 16 year old waitress m a Glasgow snackbar, has been sent to Coventry" by her fellow workers because she has become engaged to a German prisoner. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch think he will make a fine husband for their daughter. 44 All
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    CATS MISS OWNER. DIE
    107 6 A CAT and its 16 kfttotOM have died m Uie London Insti- for Lost Cats, Cam Mil Town N. less than a week aHer they were separated from their owner, Mr. V. E. Waples. of Ilford. After a (?ourt order was made j against Mr. Waples
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    GOLD BUMPER BAR
    24 6 A car driven by a gold-smug-gler near the Franco-Swiss border, had 18-carat gold bumpers covered by a thin layer of steel.
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    MORE ROOM IN 1948 CARS
    352 6 MORE ROOM IN 1948 CARS PTYLING Of the United States car m« a 1948 models O probably will remain secrel until their formal pub! presentation but trends Rlreadj established fort st smooth er lines and more spacious interior;-.. Must drastic post-war departure from convention ng is made m models that
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    Friendly Stadium Soccer
    27 7 Friendly Stadium Soccer THE Siong 800 Athletic Association soccer team who be:i( th* 1 Customs six one m a friendly game at Jalan Besar Stadium en Sunday.
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    BAD WEEK FOR BRITISH SPORT
    592 7 BAD WEEK FOR BRITISH SPORT Fr«mi Vi-inon Morgan LONDON, Monday. WHAT a week it has been for Eilglifrfe }y risnion w.'h their 11 50.000 soccer team lucky to forca .1 draw with Scolbnri and Iheii boxing champion Bruce Woddcock bun bled i)\ Ameiii a's Joe Bafcsi. The crumb of comfort
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    KING'S COLT BACKED TO WIN DERBY
    276 7 KING'S COLT BACKED TO WIN DERBY I-ONDON. Mon FE Kings colt. Blue Train, was backed to win the Derby at tho Viet. r.. i ':ub. London, when cards on the Two Thousand QnbteM arJ the Derby wen railed over ton: i Intrcxituei ftt .'1 3 bl was support I kO
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    29 7 LONDON. Mon. Football results: Scottish A Division: Saint Mirren I, Mitherwell 2. Friendly matches: Hearts 1, Chelsea 4, Queen of the South 0 Preston 0. Reuter
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    BROMWICH RATED BEST AUSTRALIAN
    122 7 MELBOURNE. Mon. JOHN BROMWICH, although beaten by Dinny Pails m the final of the Australian lawn tennis championship?; this year, still heads the li^t of official Australian rankings for 1947. The Australian Lawn Tennis Association have placed Pails second, while Geoff Brown, who was beaten In
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    SEAFORTHS BEAT MALAY YOUTHS
    225 7 SEAFORTHS BEAT MALA Y YOUTHS ALTHOUGH they scored m the very first minute of their game, the Jalan Sultan Youngsters* a team comprised »J Malay \ouihs, were beaten by six goals to two m a friendly game against the Seaforth Highlanders' seconJ string at the Stadium yesterday. The Malays «=howe"l
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    SWIFT WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTS
    1134 7 SWIFT WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTS Answeriiitg Yoiar Queries And He Fainted Meiove Ihe K.tn& By The Sports Editor jk NSWERING your queries this week has become a lot It is back breaking than it was when we started thi< coiumn. for many reader's have responded eagerly to the
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    Soccer Fan Claims For Broken Toe
    629 7 Soccer Fan Claims For Broken Toe A scorer fan Mr. J./bn Nichols, ct Relair-road. Pcverell, Plynvu'th. ha.» ri;tim"d damaares ircm Plymouth \r:- K.C. for a broken toe. He paid his 1 3d. to see the Argryi? pia\ Barn!e> last N ember ard t>■ up his tii&al p stion. Thou, it
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    RECS WIN WITH TEN MEN
    135 7 RECS WIN WITH TEN MEN S.R.C 4. Young Muslims' A^sn 2 pLAYING with ten men, the S.R.C. had to fight hard to beat the Youn? Muslims' Association by four goals to two m a football match on the Pauang yesterday. The Recs scored two gol!a Irs each, half and, like
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    S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    423 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY —CITY NEWS—, !A >piv:ai Market correspondent s the prices or rubber at J i.m today as follows: Buyers Sellers cv Cto. i> i a. a a fob ifi ha If ii 45 ts R.S.S fob m bales April 4S 43 f> X ,ob m bale^ April
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    U.S. Foreign Exchange
    30 8 C LOSING foreign exchange: Britain $4.02 7 8. Canada $91. 3 i I 4. iden $27.85. Switzerland $23.40 Argentina $24.40. Brazil $5.50. Mexico ?m bz.- A. P.
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    12,000 RECRUITS
    18 8 In one fortnight this month 12.000 Bri'ish girls have appliec to join the women's Land Army
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    More support for Govt seen
    390 8 CONSCRIPTION DEB ATE London, Monday. "THERE vsili be a complete realignment of rr'n-u against Hk 1 British Government-, peace 'imt' conscription |>n>{><K>; t l when the National Service Kill is Again debated m Parlia nun; probably m a fortnight's time. The net effect will \w
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    SONG WRITER DEAD
    30 8 Th composer of the fam us World War I song. "Mademoiselle rr m Armentleres", died f» f Ycovil, England, yesterday. He was H irry Wincot, 80.- U.P.
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    BRITAIN STILL TO AID CHINA
    214 8 While it was still the British. rnment's policy to consider v project to encourage economic reconstruction and reform In China, and to promote a general revival of commercial relations, any such projects must be considered m rel ition to Britain's financial and economic position, said
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    World's first 'free' airport
    105 8 CHAN Lcnuis-,, deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industry J and Commerce for Eire, yesterday opened Shannon as the first Customs-free airport m the world Immediately, the newly reinforced airport police took up their positions round the 800--acre free zone of entry as a safeguard against
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    PRESENTS TO PRINCESS ON 21st BIRTHDAY
    506 8 PRESENTS TO PRINCESS ON 21st BIRTHDAY CAPE TOWN. Monday. PRINCESS Elizabeth rose early on her 21st birthday today to receive first her presents from the Royal Family and then the huge number of congratulatory cables, telegrams and letters from all parts of the world, headed by a cable gram from
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    16 8 ROME PICTURE FOR MALAYANS The Buddhist Pagoda at 1 > \>«-r itam t'luive>,. leniDio »i Penan g
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    GERMAN COAL EXPORTS FIXED
    280 8 LONDON, Monday. rHE United States, Britain and French Governments an nounced jointly today that arrangement ha- bi-on made to fix a proportion <>f exports of coal from their zones of occupation m Germany to coal Importing countries of Europe for >ix months" |K»riod beginning from July
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    2 NEW KINGS TAKE OVER
    304 8 2 NEW KINGS TAKE OVER LONDON Monday. TWO sew Kings have juM ascended the throne m Europe one m Denmark where Frederik IX has succeeded his lather King Christian X whose death t<M>k place on Sunday: the other, m Greece where King Paul I who has become th« cons* itutional
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    35 8 SINGAPORE WEDDING Croup photo taken yesterday ftf! rrrijini of Mr u n to Mrs. Patricia Ainge. In the g roup are (from N« S?J Howe, the bridegroom, the brid. Mr n Mrs. J. H Wh.
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    20 ILL AFTER BANQUET
    65 8 DAKAR iW. Africa;, Tv rOOD eaten at an official banquet at Dakar last night caused slight ptomaine poisoning to 20 members of a French Government mission. The Mayor ol Dakar gave the banquet. The poisoned guests are members oi the patty accompanying the President of Prance,
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    ARABLEGION COSTS U.K. $2 MILLION
    157 8 ARABLEGION COSTS U.K. $2 MILLION LONDON. Mon THE annual oost of Transjordan 1 Arab Legion, borne by the British taxpayer, is approximately €2.000,000, said the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Christopher Mayhew, m the House of Commons today. The amount covers the cost of units of the Arab Legicn at
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    WEATHER Afternoon showers
    55 8 WEATHER Afternoon showers tii,m nooe loan f«opu« m thf B\ I Untt»l fmt»am Mali .n C^mmiMi fj r Bright 14T4) fata noon Risfc of (Infer l«- morrow tnornin; Wind Ij?h >un«ei <i ptn Sunny i 3 MoonriM- 11 a a Mw--1«-mperatur«s for tfer p«l M hou< am jftwe minimum 73
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    BURMA SCRAPS TRADE BOARDS
    42 8 p a YAOnv 1 THE Burmese Government ha of Government -sponsored it was officially leaf ganised by the wartime m Burma after the 1 by U. Aun^r San, head of the I I I I I I I
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    A-RESEARCH AFFECTS WORKERS
    138 8 A-RESEARCH AFFECTS WORKERS LONDON TWO hundred and ftfl at the North Eng. plan wiiom were from >f their se x desires are saia been affect the atomic b^mb pi General Secretary of Cl mical Workers Union disci s d m intorv. Mr. Edwards. th< have pointed out that alleged iilwrork
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