The Singapore Free Press, 24 April 1947

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1947 PKICt 10 CEN I
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    Cheques Pour Into London
    35 1 Cheques Pour Into London nith, has started the "Lcrti iiioncy to heip thousands of people who I 'he case of farmers, much valua House, willing helpers check and sort Hrn I K. flood relief fund
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    WARSPITE IS HARD ASHORE
    238 1 WARSPITE IS HARD ASHORE LONDON, Wednesd >ff the Con>i>h coast have i Mulpas Led^e, where si. re at Prussia < wn ta Mount the Lizard and Land's End. s of England. id the hulk of the battleshi is being towed to the shipfurther and further <>n to ight it will
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    BRITAIN NOT TO ASK NEW U.S. LOAN
    9 1 BRITAIN NOT TO ASK NEW U.S. LOAN II an
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    MINE AND DOCK STRIKES IN UK
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    U.S. SELLS SHIPS
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    'TRY WALLACE' DEMAND
    86 1 'TRY WALLACE' DEMAND JEFFERSON CITY. Wed. A RESOLUTION demanding that Mr. Henr. I lUaCtt, the former United States Vice President who b now :n Paris, should be prosecuted by the United States Government for 'traitor- ous activities" was introduced m Missouri House of Represer•es today No immediate action was takeu
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    CLASHES IN SPAIN
    37 1 Ten of Franco's civil guards at least 20 guerillas are re- I ported to have been killed In i the big Spring drive against guerilla groups In Val i hills m eastern Spaia.- Reuter
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    H.K. PLAN TO STOP TAX EVASION
    365 1 H.K. PLAN TO STOP TAX EVASION LONDON, Wednesday. rDEAL with people who may seek to evade taxation on the grounds that they do not keep accounts, Hong Kong's income tax bill, which will be read for the first time m the Legislative Council there tomorrow, will include a provision that
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    Export 'Hustler'
    57 1 ■AM MOTI, vtho b flying back to Columbia, South Awrrif. after a 9,000-mile, "for export onh tour Britain for War. ma Sa, big: importers i*f Bogota, by whom she is employed. She '*as selected for the tour b?cause she was a Londoner, but she did not have time
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    U.K. BALANCES THE CLASSES
    278 1 U.K. BALANCES THE CLASSES LOUISVILLE (U.S.A.), Wednesday. DON'T i'or a moment imagine Britain is collapsing", said lord Inverehapel, British Ambassador to the United States at a meeting m Louisville, Kentucky, today. "We have balanced our Mldgei and m a few years we shall stand before tht world er«'<-t. vigorous and
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    'ATOMIC' VESSEL
    41 1 The Duchen or Kent yesterday launched Britain's new "atomic war" aircraft carrier, X.M.S. Centaur. The carrier's atomic bomb defences were shrouded m canvas. Security officers mingled with the crowd to enforce the ban on photography of the vessel. U.P
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    GANG RAIDS S'PORE GODOWN
    84 1 GANG RAIDS S'PORE GODOWN TEN Chinese broke into >. godown of Paterson Simons and Co., m Magazine Road, Singapore, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning after first tying up the watchman. They loreed their entry through the roof. Some knives and mirrors were reported missing. Five armed Chinese robbed a house
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    36 1 SIB I) Wll) ROSS, provest of Oriel College, who is presiding over the •■;nir,;-s; n nf 17 men s*»t up by the BriMsh Government to tafaire inio th e control, man-jgem-nt and ownership of the Pnss.
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    UK awaits Malaya report
    110 1 T!IK Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech- Jones, stftted m the Commons yesterday that be hoped to receive shortly the recommendations of the Malayan Union Governor, Sir Edward Gent, on the report of the Consultative Committee on the •iew proposed constitution for Malaya.
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    ANZAC CHANGE
    27 1 Arrangements have changed fof the Anzac Day dinner on Friday night. The dinr.er will be held at 8.30 p.m. at the Pegasus Cluo. Beach Road.
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    JAIL FOR KILLING
    29 1 A United States \rmy court martial m Rome yeverday sentenced to five-and-a-half years' jail an American corporal convicted of the manslavghter of an Italian civilian.- U.P.
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    DEATH FOR 4 CZECHS
    25 1 Prague People's Court yesterday sentenced to death by hanging four Czech Journalists found guilty of treachery during ija£ German occupatum. np,
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    FRANCE FACES BREAD CRISIS
    61 1 PARIS. Wed. FRANCE k> on the verge of a bre?d crisis. The bread ration may be cut between 40 d 50 per cent. The first bread queues since the days immediately after the lib- 1 ration are farming ou I side i bakers' shops m the
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    Jet-Meteors to fly in S'pore
    231 1 Jet-Meteors to fly in S'pore INFORMATION has been received from the Air iMinistry 1 th :t two Meteor IV jet-propelled aircraft have been crated and shipped to Singapore f<>r Air 'ominurui Far East and are expected to arrive at ;m early date together ui'h the necessary erection equipment. A special
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    'INDIA CAST AWAY'
    127 1 'INDIA CAST AWAY' MX VVLN^ H*N fil K( till i. Uritain's former j'riine M'nistii a(cu>ed the I. ihour Government oi fnt^'ni av^y the "mi^ht> Indian Krnpire. during a speech m his constituency of VVaodtord. Ess^x. last night. Palestine, he said, was of far less importance to Britain than India. But
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    JEWS IN U.S. BLAMED FOR PALESTINE
    659 1 JEWS IN U.S. BLAMED FOR PALESTINE LONDON, Wednesday. VISCOUNT SAMUEL, leader of the Liberals m the House of Lords and former High Commissioner m Palestine, said, m the Lords debate on Palestine, that the terrorist were ''fanatics, mostly very young, animated by an abominable doctrine that the end justifies the
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    INDONESIANS HAND OVER FLIERS
    153 1 BATAVIA. Wed), idaj THE Dutch fliers, who made a forced landing m thje B publican territory near Buitenzorg on Apr. 16, returned to Batavia last night after spending one week as guests of the Indonesian officers at Poerwakarta. The Republican authorities handed them over last night
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    MORE ASIA TIC THAN EUROPEAN READERS
    960 2 For the first time m its history Raffles Library has FREE PRESS WOMAN CORRESPONDENT FOR the first time m the l history of RalSes Library there are more Asiatic than European membe I T-.e present membership is the highe t evor record. d: 3.850
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    230 2 r anl e'umzny ps and led the reventually p t his two I South kcks. crimL a I too has ily. mind, en. and his was his bid cf two diamonds! B uld have pass?-i the double of one no-trump If Wst playe hand at ihat contract,
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    WAR HELPED MAKE BETTER TEETH
    178 2 WAR HELPED MAKE BETTER TEETH TWENTY-SIX dent 1 from continental Europe, Australia and the Philippines agree that the war left its mark on the teeth of children the world r. At a news conference, held m connection with the recent annual meeting of the Chicago Dental So i they advanced
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    BBC'S DARING EXPERIMENT
    3 2 BBC'S DARING EXPERIMENT
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      919 2 liudi SINGAPORE BJB.C, Wait* Time; i 1.30 Blue Network Engfisti r)X RfADiQ SEAC VI 00-2.00 p. m -485 m,,,; t. I- 7.40 nrtl^lVJ O^«^m, u, um wave b^i a 7.22 i DADIO SEAC Broadcastm perweend i band r4sDanclng Thrcugh; 8.30 News; R Colombo- Cc-vlon on toe foi--11 00 p.m.-IKS metre,
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    • Miscellaneous
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      141 2 11.30 Chorale; 12 p.m. It's AH Accordeon; #12.15 Round-about; 12.45 Yankee Quarter, 1 p.m. World News Flashes; 1.02 Music Prom The Ballot; 1.30 Sweet aJid Hot; 2 p.m. World New;, Flashes; 2.02 Football Fixtures; 2.15 Heard Melodies are Sweet; 3 p.m. The Perfect Programme; 3.30 News from London; 3.40 Programme
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      153 2 Y(JVR LUCKY Si p:>RN today, you ftrai D will and a m analyzing p nndeilying m In business ma. a are not easily swerved fi purp<»se and can acicus to the p int of stubborness along these lie But you can be tnflw through ycut consequently, you m cautious m
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    INTRATOR: UK GOVT FREEZES HIS ACCOUNTS
    763 3 INTRATOR: UK GOVT FREEZES HIS ACCOUNTS Yard men visit banks, agencies THE Rntish Treasury, acting through the 1 Bank of England, has frozen the London hanking accounts of Max Intrator, 36-year r.ld Berliner, and head of the international ring of currency smugglers. Similar action has be-n taken on accounts mi
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    63 3 THESE rows ad >t«*«l mntat-*W ointaim'd IOBM <>f the SwMQ torn hick exploifot used to blow up German tunnel (ortifications on Heligoland. 11m i mi.sU-rs arc seen lying ov a Heligoland wharf- A Hi. k h Naval craft last Friday exploded the Heligoland c^la^?♦ i s from nine miles out
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    UK sent Max back in Paris
    61 3 UK sent Max back in Paris INTRATOR landed n Britain List Junv plan London branch of hi> world wide foiled by a wuleawiike immigration it. He meant to take an elaborate appoint a large staff, and. m the -pread his racketeer- p- throughout was a^ked fcr his passport and, <ted
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    Rappings at the rectory
    92 3 THOSTLY rappings, ringing oi bells, and slamming of doors associated for years the famous Borley Rectory, Essex, untii it was burned i m 1939 h:i\e llasttd m another rect«»rv n>t fir away. r -rv Priir thf p^v.hii' investigator, telling: of the Ghost Club about it m
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    PARENTS CHECK SEX TALKS
    71 3 iistructions Is to become part of the ordinary curricu- m Surrey schools. But parents will first be mv: c schools to hear the lectures. If they disapprove, their children I hdrawn from th" sex "We don't foresee any com- Mr. E. R. Simmons, vicen of Surrey
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    NEW UK FILM CENSOR IS 70
    223 3 BRITISH cinema screens m future will show I e nsor's certificates signed by Sir Sidney West Harris, who ha.s been appointed President of the British Board of Film Censors to follow the late Lord Tyrell. Sir Sidru-v is seventy, widower, father of four, and
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    HER LIFE IS SAVED BY LOVE
    176 3 GIVEN >r.ly two years to liv when she fell a vicUm tO| an obscure disease that began to turn he:: body to stone, Mrs. Lola Warren. 44. hM found the cure- -it's marriage, she says. I: rat t*enty-two years ago when the disease started
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    DAFFODIL ROW IS SETTLED
    50 3 The ownership 01 the 52,000 daffodils m the closed village churchyard of Crowle, near Doncaster, which blossomed in'o a legal problem recently, has been settled. The Bishop o.f Lincoln's ecclesiastical lawyer says that they are the sole property of Crowle's vicar, the Rev H. D. Spekman.
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    Racket in wedding-rings
    109 3 OKI MM. of banned 22 carat gold wedding rings is a new racket being fought by British Customs investigators. Only 9 carat rings may be feffaMj sold and it is believed the black market rin-s are made at h..ime by me n who have learned the jewellery
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    FIRED IN AIR' WITNESS
    1296 3 FIRED IN AIR' WITNESS Free Press Staff Reporter ROAD block guards fired shots on th« moving car because Major Burnett Opened lire first, said Private William Dever, one of the prosecution witnesses, when he irave evid j ence yesterday m the case m which Major John Burnett. D.5.0., M.C., of
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    UK BANS USE OF OLD CARS
    101 3 Britain's roads will be cl this year of death-dealing ca: s 1936 cr elder models— by insurance companies refusing to insure them unless they can pass roadworthiness tests. The Ministry of War Transp m Road Safety C.mmittee recommended "periodic tests for cles which should
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    SHREWD DEAL
    44 3 Two West African engineers bought for €500 the torpedoed cargo and passenger vessel Sana5,446 tons, when it lay on She ocean bed at Accra. Now they have raised it and sold it back to the original owners who are running it again.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1947. Raffles University?
    563 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1947. Raffles University? FOR a people who show complete apathy towards the means of raising revenue for the works of government, Singaporeans and Malayans are taking a strange and lively interest m the Carr-Saunders Commission which has arrived to study the problem of
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    THE KING & THE CRISIS
    909 4  - THE KING THE CRISIS G. WARD PRICE BY "WHY is the King travelling around South Africa, entertained at banquets, garden parties, and civic balls while Britain has been enduring the worst economic and climatic conditions she has known for a century? "In such grim times should not the Head of
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    FAITH
    98 4 Counsel m the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will drow it out. Proverbs 20. 5. Malaya. We do not want an exclusive uppercrust of lawyers and philosophers. Technical education facilities must march m step with academic opportunities There Is so muoh ground
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    Careers for women
    79 4 Precious stones have a fascination for all women this woman spends most of her <i. > working with them, sir- is Mrs, Alvina Maclean, of Earl Court, London, and pemmology is her profession. i Jewellers bring precious stones worth thousands of pounds to h*r for expert examination
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    535 4 FV-MJK EYED UNA BASu QUETTE who wants a share of the Warner millions from her first husband's estate, has divorced her fourth husband. Judge FRANK MCNAMEE granted her a divorce from EVELYN MOLLISON, English actor, on the ground of three years separation. She said Mollison whom she
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    ROAD HINTS FOR SINGAPORE
    15 4 Always put yuur hand out— you n^ver mow what v «,u*ii
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    THE PROBLEM OF THE FARMER
    412 4  - THE PROBLEM OF THE FARMER John Hall By THROUGH the war-time-I drive Biv ulture is more efficient and pr< ductive today than cv m h and the stimulus of that driv. the British farmers on th still. Primarj ley wa: understanding and help of the 'ik. The face-ab ut that
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    QUIZ
    78 4 1 "Scribe to feature" might Gable. Which film s( Policeman to a field -r: Stuart king to a worker m stone Thrush to a fair 2. Which of thise is out place: Camembeit; Dunl p; Cheddar; jorgonzola; Parmesan; itrone 3. Which well -know: ire today (a) Governor-G if Canada;
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  • Letter to the Editor
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      25 4 SPORTS ROSE CO, LTD. 80. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Stockists of All Kinds of Sporting Goods. Specialists m hestringing TENNIS RACKETS, CHARGES MODERATE TELE: 6396
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    MORE FOOD: PRICES FALLING
    86 5 MORE FOOD: PRICES FALLING Good news for S 'pore Free Press Staff Reporter THERE k oO< news rOm the looc front Plentiful ,rk are now available on the Singa- the price is between 70 cents and a official, controlled price of $3 for the i the increased importation of hogs,
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    36 5 Satan \i.ihrir. Prime Minister of Indonesia (Lvft>. phot; graphed with Pandtt .Juwahnrlal Nehru Sjahrir l.iade his first public appearance at an inter-national gathering wh-n he attended the plenary se^si^n of (he In-ter-Asian Relations Conference New Delhi.
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    MISSIONARY SOCIETY
    25 5 The annual general meeting of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will be held at the Aljunied Islamic School or. Saturday at 4 p.m.
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    RETEPAYERS OPPOSE INCOME TAX
    13 5 RETEPAYERS OPPOSE INCOME TAX H I I der. I t ioo'. C% 4
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    MALAYA IS NOT READY TO SHIP LATEX
    375 5 jt|\W nibbergrowing companies, faced with the need tor i'l reccn- uttiun of estate factories lost during the war, are now considering the installa ion of equipment for the duction and export of fluid latex, as an alternative to the production of the smok,
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    SCHOOL BOYS TOUR S'PORE
    151 5 TWENTY-FIVE School boys rd School, Kuaia h 'heir masters, Mr. Mr. Chinga, are 01 a. 4-day visit to Singapore with a programme arranged by th 2 Public Relations Officer. ay. they visited Ra ere met by Mr. 1 Rallies College, m tne ng, they went to
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    TO ADVISE NIZAM
    47 5 Sir Walter Monckton, a famous British King's Counsel left Londen airport last night for Hyderabad. Sir Walter will be the guest for two months of the Nizam of Hydeabaci, and will advise Indian niinc s on le^al aspects )f tlr termination of British cantrui
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    INDONESIA BAN ON WIVES
    57 5 THE Australian G 1 rnnunt i-;i« decided tto allow any further Australian wives to j m thir Indonesian husbands m Ind^nesia^- at least for the present. The prohibition foil awed a recommendation made by the J uarta branch of the Indonesia alia kssocia which was endorsed
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    BIG PLAGUE TOLL IN BURMA
    80 5 DLAGUE claimed 92 I m Burma during the three nths period fr y to this year, according to Health Depart.. sued m Rnngaon. Deaths due to plague, c. and smallpox over the same 1,717. badly hit by small-pox which took a toll of 429 In
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    UNIVERSITY DEPENDS ON PUBLIC HELP
    247 5 UNIVERSITY DEPENDS ON PUBLIC HELP Free Press Staff Reporter TRITTCISMS that the proposed University of Malaya would be a "bread-and-butter" university were answered by Sir Alexander Carr Saunders, head of the Colonial Office Higher Education Commission now m Malaya, at a meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. When universities
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    A 'SHRINE' CAME UP OVER NIGHT
    265 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE five year-old graves of a Chinese man and his daughter who were victims of Japanese bombs m 1942 hp-ve been turned into a "shrine" almost overnight by worshippers m the Serangoon area. The "shrine" is situated m one corner
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    THIS P.C. WAS CURIOUS
    587 5 -and gang got longer jail terms Free Press Staff Reporter BATU PAHAT, Wed. THE idle curiosity of a police 1 constable who was guarding a motor car m the hot sunshine outside a small police station mi n Johore led to the conviction of a gang
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    SULTANS COMING
    17 5 The Sultan of Kelantan, Trengu and Pahar.g are arriving m Singapore by train on Saturday
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    MAY VOTE IN CHINA ELECTIONS
    110 5 MAY VOTE IN CHINA ELECTIONS Free Press Staff Reported. THE Chinese Consuiate-Genera] m Singapore is waiting for instructions from Nanking on whether or not Oversea Chinese m Singapore and the Malayan Union, who are regarded as Chinese nationals, may vote m the forthcoming elections m China, prior to the Inception
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    CAMPFIRE SOCIAL
    48 5 A camp fire social will be at the Queen Street Boys' I on Saturday. April 26, 194' l 7.30 p.m. There will be commun--1 ity singing, games and T: Quiz which will be corduc f ed by Capt W. A. P. Grose of the Traffic Branch.
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    DOCTOR SPOTS HIS TREES
    261 5 DOCTOR SPOTS HIS TREES Free Tress Staff Reporter AX Apr. 19. the Free Press published a Home Picture of the v/ roundabout m front of Government House m Orchard I, and it actually reminded a Singaporean of his home The picture brought forth a letter from Dr William Oh who
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    MORE PAY FOR INDIANS URGED
    117 5 THE Government of India's re--1 presentative m Malaya, S. K. Chettur, at a press conference yesterday, urged increases m wages paid to Indian labourers on rubber estates to bring them up to those paid Chine* laoour. "My inquiries have shown that unless an immediate redress
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    BOLLAERT TO CONFER
    34 5 The French High Commissioner to Indochina, Emile Bollaert, will preside at an economic conference to be called at Dalat. sou i Annam. Representatives of the nces of Cochin-china will attend— Reuter
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    SIAMESE BUY CORVETTES
    56 5 THE Siamese naval sloop "Mac Klong" under the command of Capt. That Kranloet, will be proceeding to Trincomalce, Ceyion, shortly to take over the cor"iieiiony" and "on u-f recently purchased by the Siamese Government from the British Admiralty. The "Mac Klong" will call at Penang and Singapore
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    WAR GRANTS FOR VETERANS
    34 5 THE U.S. War Department has 1 sent a Bill to the House of Veterans Committee, which, if passed, would grant approximately $200,000,000 m vetcra. s' benefits to about 90.000 Filipinos.
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    20,000 JEEPS DISAPPEAR
    389 6 BE< USE 30,069 J et P s hay«. disappeared from carparks oi BUrplllS AnniivUii Annv SUp] Res now tx'i<>n-:inv» u> the I renunort, tvu> Hl^flg members <>i the Fri'n.-i» Surplus Property I uuiiriutioi Board, ML PWMpp« Labour Mid M Rene Pluvinage, havt- resigned hi protest at limitation*
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    HOSTEAL MEMORIAL
    27 6 Worthing, England, may build 20,000 hostel as a war memorial. The hostel will be dedicated to peace and will accommodate foreign business men and others.
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    CONSTELLATION TO CARRY MORE
    130 6 C:\IL Aeronautics Administration has grunted a new certificate to Lockheed Constellation planes authorising them to take off at a top grass we of 102,0001 b. compared with the previous limit of 90.0001 b. This means that the amount of fuel carried can be increased by installing
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    HONEY SOARS AS BEES DIE
    38 6 HONEY SOARS AS BEES DIE South Africa is suffering from a bee shortage, and the price of risen to an all-i high. Farmers blame the spraying of trees with D.D.T. insecticides which, they say. is killing the bees.
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    BLASTING OLD SHIPS
    34 6 The Royal Navy will begin gunnery and bombing practice on old battleships and German U-boats off the Sussex coast and the Isle of Wight. The practice will continue until early summer.
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    INCOME TAX TABLES
    714 6 INCOME TAX TABLES SINGLE PERSONS Income Old Tax New Tax C s. (i s. d. 150 3 3 9 2 5 0 200 12 0 0 9 10 0 250 25 2 6 22 0 0 300 42 7 6 36 15 0 350 62 13 55 10 0 400
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    TAX RELIEF SURPRISES UK FIRMS
    551 6 TAX RELIEF SURPRISES UK FIRMS The small man benefits BRITISH industry received a welcome surprise from the fact that the profits tax has not been increased beyond 12! >i per cent., and that individuals and partnerships are to be exempted altogether, writes Ronald Staples, editor of the British paper, Taxation.
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    GRAVE ROBBERS
    37 6 'Vigilantes" may patrol Sut-lon-at-Hone. Kent, churchyard, each night to stop thefts of v. TF-aths and flowers from graves. Even artificial wrea hs, and blooms from shrubs, have been disappearing foe months, probably for resale i
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    BRED BLACK FOX TERRIER
    140 6 BRED BLACK FOX TERRIER Mr. W. J. Winton, of Cessnock, New Souih Wales, has been trying for ten years to breed a black fox terrier, and now with his goal m Bight, he is m a dilemma. He has produced a dog wn is completed black except for its white
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    'BACK SUIT' SOLD FOR £30
    118 6 'BACK SUIT' SOLD FOR £30 BUFFER prison sentences for J v those convicted of black market offences would help to s amp out the menace, said Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, at Bristol. He was replying to a clothing workers' delegate who had told of men's
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    FRANCE IN SHOW
    27 6 France will send a team of six riders and eight horses tor the jumping competitions ai the International Rorse Show m England m July.
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    Russia launches mineral search
    261 6 TIMM SANDS of prospector* will search the Soviet Unfoa by parachute, reindeer. aniel, motorcar, airplane and pack mule thi> \ear m tthc irit-att -t mineral search m I gia'fl history. Radio .Mikdm reported. "Their activities will cover I,COO 000 square kilom< the radio said. Some expeditions
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    YOUNG FILM STAR MAKES HER DEBUT
    8 6 YOUNG FILM STAR MAKES HER DEBUT :»a appearanrt
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    CANARIES STOLEN
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      76 6 J AFNIT Exclusive to the Singattorr Free Press m \fnlavii y itfn /~by the Ti^e WeVeN /hey!- keep YourN y\ can't help it, #^T ARE AT LASxV'^H RUN| BACK TO THE DtSTAKiCE, BJG BOY/- JANE, WHILE YOU'RE/ > /V >^ V JANE' J 4q| HOTEL LORD LOVACE THJS IS NEiTHER
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      144 6 Free Pih^ibs Cr**f sword t B X flr J I Q 3. Nautical term for ropes used The selected best of any. (6) 9. A shoot rising from a poser and pianist who died races inhabiting Yugoslavia (5), IS (5). 16. Amount of I m temperature (6), 18. Celeb I
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    BRUCE WOODCOCK LASTED SEVEN ROUNDS OF THIS
    184 7 A! VKR Jo.- Bak>i. Amu nan heavyweiplit. h<at ii; u< V, v dork at Harringay Stadium. London, on \nril 15, Urn neferac stopping thf figM m t lie seventh round, the America* said that he wa~ amazed that Woodcock kt'pt m ing so
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    THEY SAID ENGLAND WOULD WIN 5-0
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    Race Results At Ipoh
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    EDRICH TURNS AMATEUR
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    S.A.W.L.A. APPOINTED GOVERNING BODY
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    WOODERSON TO COACH
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    R.A.F. MEET CHINESE SENIOR XI TODAY
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    S.R.C. CRICKET TEAMS
    78 7 S.R.C. cricket teams for the weekend are: Saturday, against the Clarke Rangers on the padang at 2 p.m. T. Lerjs"sius (Capt.), N. Aeiia. J \nchant. M. Cordeiro. E. Ebert, T,. Fe:icott, M. G^listan, R. Minjoot, R. Perry. P. Pennefather, J. Sanderson. Sunday, against the R.E. Singapore on
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    REVISED DERBY DATE CLASHES WITH 1ST TEST
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    UK SOCCER FIXTURES
    255 7 LONDON, Wed. U.K. league soccer fixtures for Saturday are: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal v. Grimsby Town; Aston Villa v. Liverpool; Blackburn R. v. Stoke City; Brentford v. Middlesborough; Derby County v. Leeds Utd Everton v Preston North End Huddersfield v. Sheffield Utd.; Portsmouth vs Manchester Utd
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    CAMERA DECIDES U.K. RACE RESULT
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    TWO EVERGREENS OF MALAYAN CRICKET T. Leijssius: E. Wong
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    HARVESTER OF BIG SCORES
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    SCOTTISH SOCCER
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    S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
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    DEATH
    27 8 Ay i he General Hospital at 740p rr he 23.4.47. Lyra, beloved wife i Her-ry a. Beins. Cortege leaves U wwrr.iary ac 4.30 to-day for Bidada
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    U.S. driving to War Wallace
    404 8 U.S. driving to War Wallace PARIS, Wednesday. IJOTH the United States and RIMMHI, by their actions, had D already undermined the SPolenni numf for which their pouitg men had died, said Mi. Henry Wallace, the former United States Vice-president, m an addwm m Park to the An. i can Veterans'
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    HE WANTS U.S. TO GROW RUBBER
    60 8 HE WANTS U.S. TO GROW RUBBER Representative Anderson (Republican) of California has asked the House Agriculture Appropriations sub-cemmittee m Washing; "on to av>-ove funds for Guayule rubber research during trp coming year. Emphasising that natural rubber was still essential for many purposes Anderson declared it wai inperative to national security
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    AFTER MANY YEARS
    25 8 An orange pip pianud In a greenhouse po" LI yean ago by Mrs. R. Brooks, of Coaiviiie, I,eices'ersliire, is now bearing fruit.
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    Second blast at Heligoland
    82 8 WORKING parties ,!r ir::i !l.':^,!and set off 100 tons of expl-» n sives last nisrht and the bla^st rocked (uxhavcn, on the German mainland, more than did the 7,000 tons set off \aM week to wreck the fortress. Doctors and ambulance were rusl ed Bf, r
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    SOVIET NCOs HELD FOR THREAT TO WOMEN
    421 8 SOVIET NCOs HELD FOR THREAT TO WOMEN BERLIN. Wednesday. THE British authorities m Berlin tonight issued the text 1 of the r reply to Soviet allegations at yesterday Allied x 01 meir rep r ht t Russian sergeants md t°en m m up by Wtish Military Police. The reply reed
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    FUEL CRISIS HITS U.K. EXPORTS
    332 8 LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN suffered a setback m her vita] "battle o! experts" m the iivsi quarter of 1!>47, according U) (iowrnmrnl figures released today. Comling on Bales abroad to restore her war shattered economy, Britain exported onh 101 [wi cent, of her 1 5*.*{S average
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    MINISTER TAKES OVER
    25 8 The new Secretary' of State tor India, Lord Listowell, yesterday received his seals o. office at a Privy Council meeting— A P.
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    12 MURDERS SINGAPORE
    397 8 12 MURDERS SINGAPORE Play: Vr^jiio and Old Lace \i:thor: Joseph Rrssrlrin* Theatre: Victoria SOME old-iashioned people In Singapore will thjrvk it fend taste to j- ;t murder, but not lor more than a few tmin it they see the Stage Clv ion of the iamous com' Arsenic and Old Lace,
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    COLD WELCOME TO CHILDREN
    96 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE Dean tratte Representative, 1 Mr John Rankin. who is an advocate of "white supremacy." today denounced m Congress proposals to bring to the United States 5,000 illegitimate children which United States Negro troops left behind them m Britain. Rankin described these children as
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    HONG KONG HAS KNIT WORKS
    71 8 A large number of knitting and weaving factories have reopened m Hong Kong, and the indu with official encouragement has set up an organisation to. finance a yarn pool, the Colonial Secrttaiy, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, said m the Commons today. A Government officer was recently
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    OFF ON A CRUISE
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    US THREATENS TO GO TO UNO
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      144 8 WEATHER— Rain: fair later \L' i V I II! 1. I tot i\ liuji? Torn noon uxlay compiled D> It X A i < entral Force j~stin< v "tH.>n An Command, tar Ld.st: ii'i\ with foUowiOf r.ur at first becoming fur l.itrr ill s OQ. I u< t<in i k
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