The Singapore Free Press, 10 May 1947

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA DSFDSFDSF SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1947. PRJCE 10 CENTa.
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    HIGHER BUS FARES
    533 1 charge more' Free Press Staff Reporter THE raising of the Singapore Traction Company's bus fares to "maintain a fat dividend," suggested in a letter to the Free Press yesterday by a prominent Singapore businessman who said he believed there should be a public inquiry into the STC's
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    FrancewillgetChurchill home
    67 1 PARIS, Friday i Churchill receives the French Military t) he will gain several privileges 1! I that if he is found drunk in I es must take him home in a nee mu>t pay the bill for -ion of 200 fra v number of fine meals". irchill will
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    GOVERNOR GIVES LAST PRESS TALK
    56 1 Sjcm, G..ivfr..ur of Singapore, gave his last nference this mor-. House before proceeding on leave. The Governor by air on Friday or During his absence, the Officer ng the Government b€ the Colonial Secretary. P. A. B. McKerron, who will be offir on May 17.
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    Sc. VERE LECTURE FOR KILLERS
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    SET ON FIRE
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    CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT SOCIALISTS
    280 1 CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT SOCIALISTS LONDON, Fri. 'FHE second and third largest parties in the Commons— but the second and fourth. in popular vote— announced today that they were uniting m.paign to defeat the Labour Government. A joint statement by Lord Wool ton, chairman of the Conservative Party, and lord Teviot.
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    MONTY TALKS OF FUTURE ARMY
    300 1 MONTY TALKS OF FUTURE ARMY IMBKRLEY, Friday. BRITAIN'S future armed forces will be lightweight, ntificalh -planned and a fast moving: group with all the three branches Reared to move as one. Field Marshal mnt Montgomery, Chief of Imperial General Staff, told a Press conference at the General Staff College at
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    VOICE WAS NOT B.B.C.
    36 1 William Martin. 31. of Texas. U.S.. falsely pretended in Britain that he was a 8.8.C. announcer. He was sentenced to six months' jail in Manchester yesterday for having fraudulently obtained money. U.P.
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    POLICE CHIEF SACKED
    29 1 The President of the Philippines, Manuel Roxas, yesterday announced that he has dismissed the Chief of Police in Manila, Lamberto Javalera, after allegations of irregularities. U.P.
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    R.N. TO VISIT CRIMEA
    21 1 Units of the British Mediterranean Fleet will visit Istanbul and Setaastopoi in the Crimea next July- Reuter
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    Two Pages Of Sport Today
    108 1 THE Free Press ?ives you two pages of sport news today. In page six there are full accounts from our Services correspondent of this week's games in the R.A.F. leagues, together with the tables, and also reports of soccer at Sembawang and cricket at Thomson-road.
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    S'PORE MEDICAL STORE LOOTED
    69 1 S'PORE MEDICAL STORE LOOTED Td a in Ers og. While two nd occupied in conversation, ei-jhi I in a lorry c3 the sentry. T rai sacked the store and stores mto the lorry. lOR guards from the B 1 Depot in Bukit Panjang < :-.",iiined by the Police -ing been
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    MALAY PAGE 1 PIN-UP
    14 1 MALAY PAGE 1 PIN-UP Toda\'s Pase 1 pin up is a Singapore Malay girl.
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    U.S. PASSES GREECE AID PLANS
    249 1 U.S. PASSES GREECE AID PLANS WABHii\Ur i\jw, rnaay. THE I Re] > lives last 1 ed Pr prc Gr ece key, by a vote of The li under which Greece and Tu will receive $400,000,000 r America:! a aft:r defeating i all moves which had been n to limit the
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    Austins will be cheaper here
    305 1 Austins will be cheaper here tree Press St REDUCTIONS in the prices oi announced in Ixmdon red Malayans. A spokesman of Bom told the Free Press yesterday: months before the price reduc pore, but doubtless the prices i reived from London." Mr. L. P. Lord. Managing nounced in London last
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    SOLIDARITY OF LABOUR URGED
    43 1 The World Federation of Trade Unions yesterday called for international solidarity of world labour and democraiic and progressive forces behind the efforts of the striking Basque workers for better living conditions and the overthrew of the French regime- U.P.
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    PERON IGNORES GRAIN APPEAL
    50 1 PERON IGNORES GRAIN APPEAL The Argentine Government has made no response to tne International Emergency Food Council's appeal to President Peron to j increase Argentina grain exports i I by 1,000,000 tons u month in May, j June, and July. Buenos Aires grain traders say: "There Is no ohance".- Reuter
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    USSR URGES: 'UK QUIT PALESTINE'
    117 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. DUSSIA today tried to get the 11- power United Nations subcommittee, which is meeting behind closed doors, to endorse the demand that the proposed Palestine fact-finding commission sh uid be instructed to study termination of British mandate It is understood that Andrei
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...PAGE 2
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      MUSIC in EUROPE
      890 2  -  GORDON van HIEN TREBLE CLEF FIRST— LONDON Bv "AFTER eight and a half years' absence i have arrived in the city of cities feeling very •h the colonial cousin, in almost every respect certainly culturally. The following survey wil', alter only ten days' res be somewhat super-
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      171 2 QPADES are trumps. South letids. >^ N I;: and South are to win eight i f the its against any defense. South lead, Ebe heart ace. East may either hoH the jack or play it. If East holds his jack of heart*. South leads the low heart
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      UK'S ACE BALLET CONDUCTOR
      467 2 UK'S ACE BALLET CONDUCTOR 1 ONSTANT LAMBERT IS THE MOST POPILAK BALLET C0 N EM7CTOB IN BRITAIN TODAY. HIS CO\I P OSITIONS ALSO COMMAND GREAT RESPECT. IN THIS AKll( LE B. REES GIVES A VIVID SKETCH Ol THIS MISIt lAN. A LTHOUGH Brit ish 1\ people are inclined to tu.
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      101 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Portune forecast lor people born today D< >i: s i .i u grcmi ver- sal i itv can >«ur lin< mj Don't frt to invol .->. d w ith BO IHJ .:i j': < rent th;•Ji.il jmt are n I nt in any one held ot ende.iv
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      QUIZ Answers
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      HE DREADED GOING TO WORK
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      520 2 OOK WEEK-IND LlSftNi t 3 j() b< :rom St. Andrew's Cathedral; 6.30 News; 8 45 Gai *Xk; 8.15 8.18 "On The Ail Thi. W ek"; 8.30 Radio Orel; luctor: 9-30 N 9.4;"> NiCOlai 10.15 "Svr 11.00 News Summs Close Down. MALAY PROGRAMME 12.00 p.m. Programme Summary; 12.05 Malay Music by
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    • Miscellaneous
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      363 2 x i 1 RDAI 4 pm. Sp^ .with Dick Dudley. Dorothj Cmb l Hllllcent Phillips (Soprano); 5.30 All- 1 M Australian Hit Parat. Ciibson and his music lor M pjn Humour on Record" Tommy. Trlnder, Jack Warner and The C Gang; 6 10 Son. Walter Gkwekini (Pianist); ijtralian New.-; 6.45
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      318 2 SEAC D IO SEAC Ix ColomDo: O wave oar.ds U a.m. 19 64 d metres 11 30- il a m .netres. 12 noon-s p m res 19.84 metres and met: 1 530 p m 19.84 tres ana 49. 38 metres a night 19 84 metres and 19 mt ires SAH
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      BANDITS ARE ACTIVE IN KWANGTUNG
      56 3 BANDITS ARE ACTIVE IN KWANGTUNG i.eichoH. iunkiang and Haahsfcfl ffi*** ngtimg, is serious but the desperahandits and not Commumfets, I. in f the Kwangrtunp Council, told the As--I were killed by the bann addition to the murder of md the magistrate of Jui Chi the situation, and what is Old
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      TRAINING IN U.S. COSTS TOO MUCH
      58 3 TRAINING IN U.S. COSTS TOO MUCH THr b-eastern Daily O f claimed thai the Air Force Command had led to recall air fcrct the whose techni- »ger I the large amo r credit consumed In cadets abroad. States > $150 each or about 0.000 in the blackmarket red with the
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      Smokes Led To 'Tong' War
      87 3 T\l\ price of a packet ot cigarites touched off a "Tang' 1 II near the waterfront in H;ns Kong early this than a hundred members v(j rival "Tones" battled uith knives, hatchets and rleavers and then attacked d* lives who attempted to break up the
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      8,000 DEAD ABANDONED IN SHANGHAI
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      14 PIRATES EXECUTED
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      CENTURY-OLD DEFENCES
      126 3 CENTURY-OLD DEFENCES The Loess return of northwest < hint. xtending from Jehol to Kansu. abound witUi fortifications which look to the ,'oth eentnrj Chinese rather quu;ni. Yet it is the Loess belt that ).»> one of the most dLstim--. tiw regions in all China, and was the cradle oi Chinese
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      CHINESE GET UK PRIORITY
      330 3 CHINESE GET UK PRIORITY I <>r, > adca^t, Mr. Lo Chung shu, Professor ufPhiJo- phy at West China Union University, gave his irnpre^ions .of a year's stuay of universities in England Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, made on the invitation of the British Council. He said he had experienced nothing but
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      'FU PO'SINKING: SKIPPER HELD
      63 3 'FU PO' SINKING: SKIPPER HELD FOLLOWING the completion of 1 -v ai District Courts Pro;.uOffice indicted Captain pper of the China stjamer Hai Min, in •he sinking of the firmer British- gift gunboat, Fu P The Chinese gunboat was sunk irch 31 following a Hai Min, restilt:oss of all the
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      SHIPPING BAN
      30 3 betwein the Chinese the Korean governments. vessels of each notion will not be into the ports of the other according to regulations the Chinese Custom^ by Yuan. Reuter
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      CNRRA MAN JAILED
      31 3 Wang Sh.u-shen. former Ch'.ef of CNRRA's Regional Office, Office, has been sentenced to life imprisonment lor falsincati ;n of official documents and misappropriation of relief supplies. Central News
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      PROFESSORS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY
      142 3 DROFESSORS of two Large universities in the interior of China have begun a strike, demanding better pay, according to Chinese reports. One hundred faculty members of the National Shantung University in Tsingiao walked out, claiming that their present pay was only sufficient to meet ten
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      UNESCO BEGINS INQUIRY
      66 3 MR. PETER HUME. British ad- viser to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and tural Organisation, has arrived u Shanghai from London. will remain in China tw? months to investigate Ch newspaper, radio, and movi terpiises. vvill ascertain the type and amount of assistance requir these cultural enterprises
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      CHINA URGED TO SHOOT OPJUM SMOKERS
      225 3 CHINA URGED TO SHOOT OPJUM SMOKERS pHE execution of, at least, 50 opium addicts monthly by the larger municipalities and ten in the smaller cities throughout Kiangsu Province, in which Shanghai and Nanking are located, was advocated at the Magistrates' Conference held at Chinkiang, seat ol the Kiangsu Provincial Government,
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      DRIVE TO END ILLITERACY
      90 3 CHINA has launched a drive to eliminate Illiteracy and prepare millions of her people for democratic citizenship, Dr. James Yen, one of the China's foremost educators, said on his arrival at San Francisco aboard the American President Lines General Meigs. He said educators and civic leader
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      FOR MANCHURIA
      34 3 A Chinese ship has reached Hulutao in North China with 133 UNRRA tractors, complete with tillage implements. The farm machinery will be distributed to nine Communist -held areas in Manohuria. A. P.
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      CIVIL WAR CLOSES FACTORY
      301 3 CIVIL WAR CLOSES F ACTORY THE first major commercial casualty in Tsinglao of the civil war is the Yee Tsoong Tobacco Company, which is now folding up. The firm, formerly known as the British-American Tobacco Company, was one of the leading industries in Tsingtao, having been founded over 30 years
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      459 MILLION CHINESE
      38 3 The Census Bureau on the basis of incomplete reports estimated China's population ai 459,527.741. including 54.022,513 of military age. It said this estimate shows a decline compared to the 1936 estimate of 471.245,813. U. P.
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      NEW AID FOR CHINA PLEA
      127 3 DLEAS for new types of aid io.the Chinese came during the American Nati nal Cor.ferenr social w, For tiie Chinese, increased immigration quotas to the Uni States and more Intelligent relief policies were proposed. An appeal for a larger Chir. immigration quota came fjom Mrs.
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      NANKING BACK ON THE AIR
      108 3 CIGNAL for the initial development plan lor worldwide radio coverage lor Chinese pr:grai: was the arrival in Chungking of a Canadian, Mr. Roy Dunlop, recently appointed Director Df Foreign Programmes. He came to China at the invitation of the Chinese Government. Arriving in China at
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      OFFICER IS JAILED IN HONG KONG
      87 3 OFFICER IS JAILED IN HONG KONG yu 'I ING WAH. who tae court described as a high-rar.:. Chines.; officer, was sentence two years' hard labour lor !arcency of 1.750 tin ingots beL. ing to the Chinese N Resources Commission Yu was also found guilty of obtaining Hng Kong through fa
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      24 3 DAIMLER light twenty saloon, Hue, mileage 33.500. Very comfortable car in excellent, condition. Tyres in good or^er. Offers to Box No 47 Free Press.
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      LOAN PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER
      81 3 LOAN PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER I'HE news magazine "World Report" of Washington expresses the opinion tha* ''by reorganizing h?r Government, < China is improving her chances i to get new financial assistance from the United States. "There is no immediate prospect, however, of any large-scale aid for the Nanking Government the
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      69 NATIONS TO MEET IN CHINA
      79 3 THE Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of China will entertain delegates from 69 nations at the YWCA conference at Hangchow. China, from next October 15 to 27, officials here have reported. Mme. Chu Shih-ming, vice president of the world's YWCA said at a recent
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      64 3 ADVENTURE! ...sweeping thru' a million miles of snou hound wilderness! CmpITOL JI'NIGKT TO NIGHT AFTER CONFINEMENT. rake d i umj flerto Hen Jbat Jejamu and Obat Priok The excellent results tc oerfect health ar» *idelv known D T LIM COMPANY. 24. Prinsep Street. Sin^aDore SULTAN THEATRE" s. Seletar To-duv To-morrr.-.v
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      31 3 TAR Z AN J* 1 Tevafor £^r /?/<;^ Burroughs AS PHIL FEa UNCONSCIOUS. GO«^ ONCE AGAIN ZEE SEIZED THE i//' i TTT'^S^Sfi^^V^ "^^jyJS^ .*f' a^ |NTO THE c?uc &/$/*>?/ f ---JUST-AS "BRONSON REACHED
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  • LEADER..
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1947. Watch Your Step
      322 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1947. Watch Your Step PI.nGAPORE is a city of stoutly independentminded individualists. Singapore people are enterprising in .nd commerce they have to bt- if to survive and they are very capable of king care of themselves d their own families and are not
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      Oh To Be Rich
      176 4 1 LONDONER th< D I n I after Budget Day had j made smoking an <x luxury in England to tell the following story: frran worked hard and saved' i' 4.400. which he invested ,n at 2V 2 per cent. He received a <^r:ss luiie of
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      Don Iddon's Diary
      1161 4 I BIG NAMES, BIG BILLS, BIG MEALS," BIG CiCARS, ON BOARD RMS. QUEEN ELIZABETH. ANK d 3 1 am sitting "inmy V Fork office wondering if J will ever to England for my holiday, and the next I am sitting on the promenade deck of the biggest
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      434 4 No N W., late H. G. WELLS. is up for h sold on M 7.000, Mr M \i;a Sll, impor he :<led that the hou h its many their i: A^ r havs thro-. the PHY! LIS JEX, the ve Children's Hospital. K nninfifton. d to colleagues
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      ROLL BACK THE CENTURIES
      16 4 »xi urn >H> tit up to ihe end of the last century.
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      HOME EXCHANGE
      122 4 OVER one huLdicd Jiuu sand people in Britain Europe will holi•i each s homes this yeai. They are memthe World Friendship Association British oi on found' iv enough o.i Bth May, 1945. lay. Recently, the iirs: left Britain for two to three the conti: whilp preparat n e
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      FAITH
      14 4 Examine s ye be in the faith: pr< own s< Z( o i
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      CAREERS FOR WOMEN
      20 4 Anthea ng u, an a>r :ship tl I now its the life i n the I I
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      HE BRINGS 'EM BACK TO LIFE
      54 4 HE BRINGS 'EM BACK TO LIFE By GLENN M \< .li DR. B man :i:ific world 13 when ht perimt-ape-o'.d mj vita] sed b froi:. and tht aid of ana menti a dead human be.: the added d blood the use o! the I would <: hands ted surgeon. t-he
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      QUIZ
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  • LOCAL -NEWS..
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      'RICE FROM SINGAPORE IS SHORTWEIGHT'
      402 5 'RICE FROM SINGAPORE IS SHORTWEIGHT' Malacca has serious complaint j Free Press Staff Reporter MALACCA, Friday. MALAYAN Union Government rice agents in Malacca are complaining that almost every bag of rice off-loaded for local consumption from ships which have brought them from Singapore is short ill weight, and they say
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      SIAM CONSUL PROMISES MORE RICE
      30 5 SIAM CONSUL PROMISES MORE RICE Report* :it by more D Siam Ski: Singapore, ,iadib. Thaem •n- bands Rcii "vere ■ning 1 when endship the The isc we I -d to
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      Muslims to have bigger orphanage
      267 5 SINGAPORE expects to have u bigger orphanage lor Muslim children in the near future, says a report issue ,j by the Mi: iimifl Iras! lund Association. At the end oi Lhere weit 89 inmates in the present orphanage, and rr/*n> requests Eoi admission have been
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      45 5 A Chinese mother and her twins a pkture taken ai a rural welfare centre run by the Singapore Government. More and more mothers and their babi?s are milking use «f the facilities and taking advantage of the advice availabe at these centres.— Public Relations photograph.
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      NAVY WILL PAY PASSAGE HOME
      118 5 NAVY WILL PAY PASSAGE HOME THE Admiralty has announced that naval officers released from th e service locally in a British Dominion or Colony may In the right to return to the United Kingdom at the public expense for two years after the date of release, except that when dependents
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      CIRCUS MOVES TO GEYLANG
      86 5 AFTER a successful one -month season at Fairer Park, Kamala Circus, the only illIndian circus in the East today, has row pitched tents In Geyiar.g Road, opposite Gtylarg Post Office, for a few weeks. The majority of performers are g rls who are experts on the
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      BROADCAST ON CORONATION
      61 5 BROADCAST ON CORONATION THK Governor-General of Malaya will broadcast of message of loyalty and congratulation to the King and Queen at approximately 10.25 p.m. < n May 12th, tic lCth anniversary of Their Majesties' Coronation. The Governor-General's messr.ge will be the culminating point of a programme recalls? the tion ceremony
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      36 5 < v RATAJS M)1B «h has arrived in Singapore to take up appointment as Siamese 1-General He is looking office premises and a home lot his consular staff. During the war year- w| Batanadib w.iv M lapan
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      107 5 I This Publi< Relations houi 1 Kng near the hr.dge over .Sin«.i- I pcre River is designed for dual purpose: 1. For Road Safety Your I bad driving cttM v uvalhv I 1 I .id Cons£r\3tion— ■•< <1 is still <*<i.r<- thi i iimin.il irasfa i h< \aug M«s Tamil
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      Taxi must have cushion covers
      247 5 Taxi must have cushion covers Free Press Staff 1 Reporter WITHIN the ru'xt three months, all taxis^in Singapore must have cushion covers. Licence plates w ll only he renewed from now on if this rating of the Vehicles Department is complied with. It is estimated that 50,000 yards of cloth
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      DO'S AND DONT'S FOR MOTORISTS
      215 5 DO'S AND DONT'S FOR MOTORISTS THE following list of DO's and DONT'S has been officially prepared as part of Singapore'.* Safety First campa gn. This list is for motorists. Always keep on guvrd agai the errors of others; Always regulate ycur sp* cording to all t h e circumstances; Always
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      S'PORE SCHOOL BROADCASTS
      55 5 S'PORE SCHOOL BROADCASTS BROADCASTS to Singapore English schools, which jpen again on Monday, May 12, will be o:: wavelengths of 4i>s meires and 44 metres. Broadcasts to Malay sc I for Tuesday, May 13, will be on wavelengths of 225 metres 62 metn Broadcasts to Chinese ?•>.•• continue on 225
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      SAFETY TALKS
      80 5 j AT 9.45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, Radio Malaya will broadcast a talk on Safety First in Singapore by Mr. G. M. COLTART of Messrs Rodyk Davidson, who has taken over from Mr. T. H Stone, the chairmanship of the Singapore Traffic Advisory Counoil. On Thursday at
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      EXHIBITION TODAY
      31 5 There will be an exhibition of Safety First photographs in the Council Chamber of ihe Sin- gapore Municipal Building from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and torn irrow.
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      DANCE AT S.R.C. TONIGHT
      33 5 The S.R.C will hold a dance at the clubhouse toniiht in Eurasian er: w;1! meet th^ S.RC h mU fce provided lay and members desiris should the honorary secretary.
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      TALK ON GITA
      35 5 A lecture will be delivered in Engl sn 9 Norris Road. Singapore, by President of the Raina- a Mission, Swami Bamadabanad-^. every Saturday evening at 6.30. starting frcm today. All are invited.
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      ATOM CONTROL
      18 5 Sarawak will "reguate and i prosp and mining oi radio active minerals, says a Gazotte notification.
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      KNOCKED DOWN
      12 5 A Chinese was kn I Street I He si: Jnjur
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      RECITAL AT CATHEDRAL
      110 5 THERE will be a musical recital after Evensong at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday, May 11. The programme with organ items Wolstenholme's The Question and The Answer, with Miss S. M. Foster at the organ. Kempston, baritone, will a rendering i "It is pn ugh" m Me:
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      ENROLMENT FOR A.C.S.
      42 5 Old Boys or the Singapore A jlo-ChL ese >■ I :.ie informed that enroll! i vr r primary 1948 wiii open on May 19. 1947 ari(j close on May 30, Applicatio!i forms may b"* obtained frcm the Headmistress, Colerm'n Str
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      VOYAGE BOARD IN SINGAPORE TO DISBAND
      102 5 VOYAGE BOARD IN SINGAPORE TO DISBAND r:-IE Singapore Oo\ has decided that a s December 1. 1947, frt Trade V.y^ge Baard WI U to function. Since the 1 benition, the B irg of three mei. The £u vey General cf Ship A'tendar.ttemporary arr gements wherebv n vessels were ail wed
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      POPULAR PLAYS TO BE REPEATED
      82 5 POPULAR PLAYS TO BE REPEATED SO many people have asked tor an opportunity to ste Ihe plays that the Singapore L Theatre Players wll pr, George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lian" and Stephen Leacock's "Winsome Winnie" at i the Little Theatre in Arm» Streeet. Sirig; pore, on May 13
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      83 5 !^|l diva's TONIGHT MID? iX P Technique! > unanimously as t!ie rj^P^^fe most ambitious Tarzan Brown" flfflk At Midnight Tonight will unfold QT Great what Edgar Rice Burroughs said s the "This is the be*t Tarzan picture I I L Vor^ ha- c ever se«n!' I. wd firr with Johnny
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      Training Them Young
      34 6 Training Them Young -.k n the lessons the last Teal tow to tnstralfei heart, and tta m. Uigil is This m ao^ the Hampshiw I I nets, practtoim midei the eyea i the professionals.
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      SEMBAWANG DEFEAT MILITARY POLICE
      334 6 R.VA Sembawang. <•• i> Military Polio 1 i i M I iry Police gave a keen and spirited A display, U ouH not prevent K.vvs. Sembauang frimi scoring a five^ne victory in a game i soccer played at Sembawanj^. raight from r i. Sembawang outsi after
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      FOOTBALL HAS BURST 3 TIMES AT WEMBLEY
      223 6 POCCER enthusiasts and makers ui O footballs have put forward ount for the bursting I the ball in the F.A. Cup Final at ley, in which Charlton Ath' beat Burnley one-nil. is the third time a ball had lin successive big games at
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      PAYA LEBAR XI KEEP ON WINNING
      523 6 PAYA LEBAR XI KEEP ON WINNING Base Headquarters League Socce^ 7..,..i.8.K.D.. 0 S.B.S. KU 3 PLATING <>n the S.C.C. Padan^, 2.8.5. it I < Paya Lebar) maintained their unbeaten record by beating 7.M.T.8.R.1). by three clear goalfl This score brouj»H Ihc Paya Lebar goal average to M goals for and
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      WOMEN'S HOCKEY
      64 6 rNGIANU has given a strong ti to the move to restart th P I. Associations by offering stage uie int^rr unent Id L( I n»\ ni i ki „r r .uiii.--i ••■>. Molhcrw.fl rintish f>;w k 'K. <n<i frrr ■t\ U- sminmmn "rl holder, at ttn- fwi difii
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      FOUR GOALS SHARED
      414 6 Base Headquarters 2 81 84 Squadirons, Seletar 2. IN on- ol the cleanest games yet q, RAF. Base Headquarters I drew two-all with the Seletar com!bin<=Ki team of 81 and 84 Squadrons. ..se had to make last minute i changes owing to the n al of thn-
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      INDIAN-BRED HORSES FOR U.K. RACING
      63 6 'T'A' 1 b.vci at the Bai i 1 Stud will race in England next son. according to the Eomb«y weekly, Sporting Times. The two yearlings will leave Bombay early next month by 8.8. Castalia and will go u the establishment of F. Armstrong, at Warren
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      TRHIRLLING DRAW AT CHANGI
      73 6 TRHIRLLING DRAW AT CHANGI A THRILLING game of R.A F at Changi on Wedne Singapore Signals Centre i rons. Ter.irah. play, bu peared the Sign would i ing thr ents saw 1 minui ed. Jusi H mond Tengah \ls piled The from rlose in, and finally ing F AN I
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      CRICKET FIXTURES
      15 6 l Br tish a number of Sunday er at Nee Soon or 29.
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      GHQ DRAW WITH S.C.C.C.
      6 6 GHQ DRAW WITH S.C.C.C. uDFGDFGDFGDFGFDG i
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      YVON PETRA TO MISS WIMBLEDON
      7 6 YVON PETRA TO MISS WIMBLEDON DSFSDFDS Reuter
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      GOLDEN GLOVES AGAIN
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      83 6 JAnit Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava If W E 1 F HE S C Y*»T-* n- COMES To THAT^) PWaT SLEUTHS.'-^ \m ■|»iP^ ol y L>DIA AWD yA[l img7J> so am i' i've almost \r cam it rf twat tup 1 BSli/ M KM!NtV F Rfnz
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      39 6 FP.2E PRESS riOWOftft I 1 ■< wtit j*v 1/ BO o^y 13 J _L_^ i^ In I It ic 3 jc it. bHI solve th •«i<> letter must, Bfere te thi Solution of this keyword will b; Down. 1. C
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  • SPORT..
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      ,SOCCER MATCH OF CENTURY' TODAY
      386 7 I $,000 Expected To See The Game GLASGOW, Friday, t Britain's n* si tainted footballers are chained a-k ei m r W»g her soccer prestige at adium. Glasgow, tomorrow u lun the stars representing the Rest of Europe oppose ain in what has been nailed
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      CMBRIDGE BEATEN BY AN INNINGS
      17 7 CMBRIDGE BEATEN BY AN INNINGS bits>r a ved I in the \R!> I 116. I I I
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      CHINESE SIDES MEET TODAY
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      SURREY HELD TO DRAW
      142 7 SURREY HELD TO DRAW LONDON, Friday. DETERMINED batting during the extra half hour s play entsd Surrey from forcing a ry over the MCC with Lord's j and. when stumps were drawn, the MCC were 82 runs behind wit 'o fall. Surrey were indebt.d to Gregory who played faultless cricket
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      JOLLILADS BEAT DISTRICT 2-1
      87 7 JOLLILADS BEAT DISTRICT 2-1 THE Jollilads Athletic Union defeated the Singapore District Soccer eleven by two goals to one at Fort :ig ground yesterday. There was no score in the first due to the good defence of the both teams. Soon after the resumption the < Jollilads scored the first
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      VON NIDA WINS SOUTHPORT TOURNAMENT
      194 7 VON NIDA WINS SOU T HPORT TOURNAMENT SOUTHPORT, FTi. UORMAN VON NIDA, Austral. professional golfer, won his nd successive tournam ;nt in three weeks when, en Hi :ouri;? here today, a mag; last round of 70 pave him t] in th? Dunlop-Southp i C 2,000 professional tournann an aggregate of
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      STAR SOCCERITES
      56 7 The following Star Soceerites players are requested to turn up at Kinta Road. Singapore, for transport to Batu Pahat, Johore. at 9 a.m. tomorrow to play a friendly soccer game against the M.F.A. Batu Pahat: Lopez, Ranatunga, Omar. Thuraisingam, See Jong, Kim Swee. Bak r Puteh. Haron. Thanga,
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      TODAY'S SOCCER FIXTURES
      177 7 ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa Blackburn Bolton W. v. Brentford Charlton v. IJverpool Chelsea v. M'brough Derby v Arsenal Grimsby v. Sundorland H'field" v. Leeds Utd. Preston Manchester U Sheffield U. v. Portsmouth Wolves v Everton SECOND DIVISION Barnsley v. Luton Coventry v Leicester Fulham Chesterfield
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      25 7 Four well-known British iockeys photographed at the Ensjm Spring meeting They are, left to rii, r ht: Cliff Richards, Gordon Richards, Charlie Smirke, Edgar Britt.
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      WOODCOCK'S WORLD TITLES HOPES ENDED
      846 7 WOODCOCK'S WORLD TITLES HOPES ENDED All In The Game exposed by the limiia'ior.s cf h\.s 0 fencs when a slowlj -recovering Wo:dcock occasionally launched a punch. Frank Bu ler (Daily Express): Woodcock did well to last seven rounds after bein^ virtually beaten bv 'he '.r-t punch of -he light a
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      REST OF THE SPORT
      217 7 REST OF THE SPORT The following have been selected to play football for the Borneo Motors Team against the Singapore Rangers 2nd Team at Teluk Kurau today. M. Salleh. Osman Ahmad, Osman, Yusoff, A. Johari. Sulaiman. Vallipan, Adam Jaffar, Aziz, Ariffin and Mohd. Kim. Reserves: Ah Ngan. Palipan Ross b.
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      HAWKINS BEATEN
      20 7 Paris, Thurs. Gustavo Degouve beat Vince Hawkins on points in a 10-round middleweight boxing contest here tonight. Reuter
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      SEAFORTHS BEAT ROVERS 3-1
      724 7 SEAFORTHS BEAT ROVERS 3-1 By Our Soccer Reporter Seaforths 3 Roref) IHTHE Seaforth Highlanders scored a creditable victory mm* 1 the Pasir Punjang Rovers, the strong civi iun sick 1 DWH F/sting of a number of league players b> three goals to MM in a game of soccer pla\ed it
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      S'PORE TEAM TO PLAY AT SEGAMAT
      210 7 S'PORE TEAM TO PLAY AT SEGAMAT Free Pr^ss Corre?r>rnaant. SEGAMAT, S 'uriiy Se£Smat will be the venue of u teres'ing cricket .ria'c:: t morrow 'Sundcyt when :he C yion Snorts Club from Si gin >•>? pay their annual visit to meet the Segamat Crickei Cluo In their fir-t ma'cn pl?yed
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      ALLISON TO RETIRE
      52 7 T ONTX)N. Fri /"^EORGE Allison, wellknowi |j —manager of Arsenal Football Club. Ls retiring from football management at the end of May and return to journalism. When Allison succeeded the late Herbert Chapman as Arsenal manager 12 years ago he became the hiehest paid official in the
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      ISLAND CLUB GOLF
      60 7 Provided there are sufficient I the Duffers' Cup competition will be held at the Island Club on Whit Monday. May 26. It will be open to members with handicaps from 18 tc 24 only. Stroke play over 18 holes. Scorer? and .^tartinj times will be drawn for
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      NEW MOVE AGAINST BOXING COLOUR BAR
      138 7 LONDON. Fnd: THE Colonial Arthur Creech asked the British Bnxmg Board o: Control to permit Colonial repres ntatives to partic the scheduled discussion on Britain's alleged colour boxing. The public and pi recently over the Philipps-A? son risaht has pn bvar ques to a
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      23 7 9 30 USI DAY A HEL HARDY I 5 *A!D WARDENS l^uNK DRIVING I To-night s *o-morrow I AH °H POWELL s^THBIE DEVIL
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      48 7 You Ought To See The Film Of The Week' eP" PhJai 6005 loday Frve Shows 10.30 a.m. 1.30 1 6JQ 9.30 p.m. It's A British Production! wg VJohn Mills and Valerie Hobson in CHARLES DICKENS'^V jgj^^ JiL. 111! BLi*^ ,-r* > JS WAGFR JUK S!MMOKS ra^!vfß| .MmOn> hAV£IOCK*UAN -^yi
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      136 7 Weekend Sports Diary TODAY Cricket: S.R.C. v Selangur Eurasians, S.K.C, 2 p.m.; SC( v Rallies CO 1 ig S( 2 p.m.; V('.( Krurij', Ivran.ji, 2 p.m. Soccer: Chinese I v Chinese 11. S. 1 i i^ u J.ilaii B .ir, 5 p -m. Ung: Dara Sin?h v Garside, Great World,
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      HOME...
      19 8 Babies and Daffo dils have kept the nurses ol Flett Maternity Home. M dhury, Devon, busy this Spring.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      108 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY i •he prices ot ruhher at II i.m toria\ as follows: Buyers Seller;oer Ib tier Ib .No 1 R.S > Spot ft R.S.S fob la W»j »o No R.S S fob in hales M»J > R.S.S (ot in I Tone of Market: Buyers nominal
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      S'pore shares
      20 8 Praser and $14, 122 50, Alexandra pref and V. urea are Rivers and Kuc3 ed Rubbers are again
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      London stocks
      49 8 .-iv the closing stages witt. a small but welcome improvement in expansion. in South .m gold share,- was :.ded to hard •ish Fur and B .afLS. reign Rails, Br i also in flemand and ■ement. In:ials were c: il the final igs when provincial buyins in- Reuter
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      New York stocks
      99 8 Ork Stock Exchange Intermittent spurts of are in the afternoon notably aviations, department stores and rails sufficient to produce a heavy nee and on -balance losses fractions to one point predominated in late trading. Absence of •rting bids rather than any unusual volume of selling was tho
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      UNKNOWN
      57 8 B should have about half a million ounces of silver availa- >r immediate export according to' official sources in Rangoon. A por-t-on of this silver was left behind at time of evacuation in 1942 :antities of si3 me into j rrom China during and I war. that export sued
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      INVESTORS FEW SELLING
      495 8 Weekly Spore Market Report the unit of rity Ls the rived per Ib. of raw rubber, and, to a much lesser .1 of tin ore. M ...van these two main producing Indnxsta ii busine with a o was bl I i bid Hammen w< Improved $3.75 to
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      No India Labour To FIC
      71 8 JHL Indian Government has refused a request from the French uthoritie* m Indochina to send J,) 000 Indian workers t e the labour shortage in Indochina's rubber nlanS?™! They will not permit the cmism j on of ikJln i.k J 1 Indochina. unskilled labourers to
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      SFTU ASKS GOVERNOR'S AID: 'PERPLEXED'
      471 8 SFTU ASKS GOVERNOR'S AID: 'PERPLEXED' Free Press Staff Reporter AN appeal to the Governor, sir Franklin Gimson, i<» reconsider the case of the Sifigapore Federation (> f Trade Fnions for registration— their application had tn^en rejected by the Registrar of Trade Unions; is container! in a letter addressed to the
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      US URGES NEI SETTLEMENT
      53 8 THI UE, Iri. Tnds < United Sta rnment I made a verbal appr u-Ii ;mm r onomic and flnan in Inci'. m Tiie U.S. irly requested the implementing of article 3 I i th ement the restitution of nd propert Dutch au Batavia request to the
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      UK. SIAM TIDY UP THEIR TREATIES
      225 8 UK. SIAM TIDY UP THEIR TREATIES BANGKOK, Friday. Til*"- 'v,-io Siamese Agreements signed in Singapore on I Jan. 1. i<u<;. have been cancelled b> notes exchanged between the Siamese F«»r^n Office and the British Ambassador to Siam Mr. Harrington Thotnson ihe Prime Minister nt siam, has announced, according to a
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      CIVIL PAY DURING CALL-UP TO END
      50 8 LONDON. Fri. BORE U. e Bill f an Th e 1: forces. Health, said the period of would still I >ned for su] annuation purposes. H^. not. nece&sisury to y nd th« pay during call rilege for civil e of his the B Reuter
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      SIR H. GREGORY DIES IN LONDON
      23 8 SIR H. GREGORY DIES IN LONDON rder of th nur I i Among th »e whom i. Sir H -.ictor as well A.P.
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      UK on the right way says Stalin
      62 8 pENERALISSIMO SI U Hi d tbn Prof( in August that fa wm travelling in "the ".nual report nv Bir a the T;. s^r. I I recstai IPS feelii Right line' but said he would i Labour Indu i tic reconstruction was aed there
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      4 ARABS SURRENDER
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      RADAR FINDS SHIP
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      PLANNING UK EXHIBITION
      21 8 PLANNING UK EXHIBITION SEVEN FINAL VI \K DOW plan-,i.;.t th. the Th-r. weil, Mr. I th»»ir model of th» 1 sts?^
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