The Singapore Free Press, 19 May 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fsdfsdff SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    BURNETT IS GUILTY: PAYS $85 FINE
    750 1 Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN .Major John Burnett D.5.0., M.C., appeared at the Fourth District Court, Singapore, this mornto hear the findings m the case m which he was accused of being resnonsible for the deaih by shooting of a Sikh taxi-driver by a
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    U.S. SHIP ON FIRE
    26 1 The 11.000-ton petrol tanker -•Paniimassachusetts" on Sunday City, U.S.A.. I rt which recently suffered a tf -iront explosion and fire, Reuter reports.
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    7 S'PORE ROBBERIES
    119 1 7 S'PORE ROBBERIES Fi^e Press Staif Reporter SEVEN robberies were reported to to the Singapore police over the week-end. A house m Lloyd Road was visited by four armed Chinese at 11 p.m. on Saturday and robbed of $910 m cash and jewellery. Three Javanese were caught by the Police
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    UK gossips over Royal wedding
    190 1 UK gossips over Royal wedding LONDON, Sunday. c m London now of all the mcinlKrsof i>o>unt Mountbatttn (who H -peculation m Bril >h ne\v>j)aperPrincess > iu-ir-preMnnpti\ ij -!n. although lUuk «ill not comment on tht- rumnur^. The People" that while -lee, has not been told officially marry the former Prince
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    S'PORE TIMBER MEN STRIKE
    10 1 1 period dcci- ship about work
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    NYLONS ARE CHEAPER
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    TRACTOR KILLS ITS DRIVER
    102 1 Free Press Starr Reporter A MALAY named Hassan was killed at the Island Golf Club, Singapore, on Saturday when he fell from the tractor he was driving and was run over by it. Another employee of the Club, a Chinese named Poll San, who was riding
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    TRASNS COLLIDE
    61 1 LONDON, Sun. HUNDREDS ol passengers nar- rowly escaped death on injury today when a Glasgow-Lon-don express train collided with a light engine on the 100-foot high Docker viaduct between Oxe.iholme and Tebay, four miles from K ndal, Westmoreland. The first four coaches of the express wer* derailed bin
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    EGYPT DEMANDS TROOPS QUIT
    61 1 EGYPT DEMANDS TROOPS QUIT CAIRO, Sunday. THE Premier of Egypt, Mah--1 moud Fahmy Nohrashy pasha, tonight demanded the "immediate withdrawal" of British troops from Egypt. The Premier's speech was m reply to Mr. Bevin's speech on Egypt m the House of Commons on Friday. No»krashy Pasha added that Britain had
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    THOUSANDS FLEE BLAZING LAHORE
    271 1 LAHORE, Sunday. "THOUSANDS of people fled today from Lahore, capital of I the Punjab, seeking to escape from the bombs and arson of the Hindu, Sikh and Muslim mobs, now m the fifth day of their communal fighting. Today rioters fired with pistols and rifles on
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    Rabbit fever war threat
    93 1 DAKBIT fever, a disease that spreads m the air and causes pneumonia, is most favoured of the diseases recommended by experts m bacteriological warfare, according to the U.S. Journal of Immuniology. Aeroplanes would carry the germs and scatter them on the enemy, hitting specific targets like
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    'NAZIS' IN PUPPET SHOW
    51 1 'NAZIS' IN PUPPET SHOW Seven hundred St. Par: (London) school children laughed ai the antics of Hurvenik and Spejhil! Chechoslovakian puppets who wre *arres:eu by the G Cjt >PQ during the war. Four -year -old Able Williams is seen taking a pee>p back -stage as the puppet show was In
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    CHILDREN MUST NOT LABOUR
    301 1 CHILDREN MUST NOT LABOUR Mew Singapore Decision Free Press Staff Reporter rEN the Singapore Labour Advisory Board met at the end of last week, the problems of the employment of juveniles m Singapore was discussed, and it was decided that the minimum working age, which is 12 under existing legislation
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    'RENTS' CAUSED GANG FIGHT
    103 1 Fr&e Press Staff Reporter rLICE have investigated Singapore's "Battle of Trafalgar" last week when at least three people w-ere injured m Singap- re's dock area during a midnight right with broken bottles, thick wooden batons and knives looted from the SHB premises. They round that the
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    Flour, not rice, that's rotting
    489 1 i ree Press Stall Importer LAST Thursday, the Free Press Malacca correspondent reported how rice, stacked 20 bags high, was lying m Malacca godowns. and said that some of the rice is deteriorating because there is so much of it that a "turn-round" takes nearly
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    PRESIDENT'S VIGIL
    41 1 President Truman's 94-year- c mother, who broke her hip mi n fall m her. home at Grandviei Missouri, m February, jresterd? took a turn for the worse, leavii her condition grave. The dent is at his mother's bed A.P.
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    COUPONS COLLECTED
    31 1 Worshippers m Anglican a: Reman Catholic churches m South Wales. Australia on Sun gave food coupons and cash to aid a drive for a food gift for Britain A.P.
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    PLANE CRASH KILLS 2
    64 1 BURLINGTON, Sun. TWO boys were killed and. at least, five ethers injured when an aeroplane, taking part m a naval air show, crashed on a school playground m Burlington a oo^eoaii game was m pr on the playground. The plane hit two houses across the street
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      2 PIONEERING WOMEN
      801 2 2 PIONEERING WOMEN KBV A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TWO adventurous young Engi: women are working their way round Australia with a few ponies and a covej I on. Kara Cox. who comes from St. I rnwall, and c Dominy of Surbi Surivy. ha rted Ausfiling ridhcol was really started lor children
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      FILMS NOW 3 DIMENSIONAL
      107 2 riLMOOERfi In Moscow are lighting to see what claimed to be the world's first all-stereoscopic mo The picture is "Robinson r, rather, half of "Robinson Cms** bees LI n finished It is a primitive fi you out Into i street blinking .:.d "headuchy But I :y
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      273 2 w uth madf- the seriou finessing the queen lead the jack from king-jack ten rgainst a suit contract, so should have known that the fl wculi not succeed. ever. Uu finesse ai this point; if he playod tho nee. he wculd have another chance to lead toward
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      KEEP A CLEAR COMPLEXION
      322 2 KEEP A CLEAR COMPLEXION LOOKING PRETTY by Liv y Bell YOUR complexion should be one of your m< cherished possessions not an c '.--ion to keep m Singapore's climate. If you care for your complexion and give it extra attention you will find your troub'e is well rewarded. Cleansing is
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      MEN'S AID TO BEAUTY
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      182 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN t tdaj >m are r« b>.nd pleasure-loving with t; i:.-i nosii .1! LyThej h« IT) I!'. most 11 mi successful m s»ch a you must also indulge unremitting w«>rk. V 1 an" h:shl> another character hich tan b helpful if used 1 structively. Your energy and
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  • NEWS...
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      89 3 THE M. V. St. Merriel has just left London en a cruise of Soutli 1 American ports, fitted out as a nrnialure British Indus; i Fair. Abov? is a portion of the hold fitted out as a general show room and on left is the secticn devoled to bread-mak-n? machinery.
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      £10 MILLION WHISKEY COUP IS PLANNED
      274 3 £10 MILLION WHISKEY COUP IS PLANNED Snares rise after heavy buying 4 IV to make a killing m whisky with profits of l\ i' 10.000.000 as the stakes is causing much discussion n the I onden Stock Exchange. The deal said to be directed by a West End financier working
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      SEEKING DRAKE'S BOWLS
      161 3 SEEKING DRAKE'S BOWLS 11THAT happened to the w:ods used by Drake m his famous game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe when news was brought to him that the Armada needed his attention? Mr. T. W. R. Prccter, organiser of Weston-super-Mare bowls tournament, wants to start games with them next month.
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      CLYDE MAY GET OIL REFINERY
      92 3 1 AN UNNAMED oil Company is negotiating with the British Board of Trade officials and the Clyde Navigation Trust to establisned a £20,000,000 oil refinery en the Clyde. If established, the refinery would treat crude oil imported from overseas and would export by sea refined
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      HUSBAND WAS A TRAITOR
      431 3 HUSBAND WAS A TRAITOR A 1 TEK ni( liming her husl)and for six years as a hero who ii had died fighting for the Allies, a young English wife has found that he is alive but waiting to be >i as a master spy and traitor. Though attractive brunette Mrs.
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      ROYAL TRIP HATS SLUMP TO 2s. 6d.
      52 3 ROYAL TRIP HATS SLUMP TO 2s. 6d. Dresses, suits, furs and jewellery worth millions, specially bought from America on the eve of the Royal visit to South Africa, are still unsold m Cape Town shops. Prices are being cut to tempt shoppers. A £4 grey tophat can be bought for
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      LOST AND FOUND
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      THIRSTS SLAKED BY 5-MILE HOSE
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      1,292 MORE BRITONS
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      OAKS FOR FRIENDSHIP
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      WORKERS SHARE BOSS'S £100,000
      125 3 les of the Ocean Oil Company, of '.000 from the will of the former comHeich, Mr. Reich also bequeathed the Man, know thyself." He had > believing m it. Mr. Justice Jenkins m. the Chancery Division has held that will is valid. Mr. Reich died m
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      WORKERS LEARN TO BE TRADE ENVOYS
      325 6 WORKERS LEARN TO BE TRADE ENVOYS Large grants for travel! MILL hands, university stuctenis, .soimers and "i"^ M are among hundreds of VOIUIg men and women who v\ill be travelling to countries all over the world as young ami baasadora <>t British industry. They are the "scholarship boys and girls"
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      HE CELEBRATES THE RIGHT WAY
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      UK MAY HAVE 4th SERVICE
      44 6 UK MAY HAVE 4th SERVICE Bid a FOU] i id cer lould be combined separate force. :>e under the control chiefs. rstood that this reproposal has b .'defence Departrm be- I be s r :or off: would mean c •pplies RAM the RAOC 1
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      PHILIPPINES BAR CHINESE
      94 6 tnmissiouer io Fabre has reeomtded to the Roxa.s Cabinet former Chinese resiho have c i her family or property interests m the Philippin- s be permi ted to return to the Island republic under repermits. Others should under a yearly quota of 50n, he said. bre estimated
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      LOVE STRIKE
      25 6 LOVE STR IKE Two hundred girl s'udt-nts at Farouk University, Alexandria, Egypt, have struck because »>n" was dismissed for receiving love letters from an undergraduate.
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      Dog shows start up
      150 6 Dog shows start up DOG-BREEDERS m Britain arc quickly setting to work t recover the ground they lost during the war when manj d t ould noi be iircd becan d.ii^ (ii.lit nit ics .snd when shows could not be held because of travelling diilx ult;< 1 .ii-.l m still
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      GIRLS BEAT THE BOYS IN EXAMS
      74 6 GIRLS ai ting bo} en m entrance exarni at for Lindsey amraar Is, m England, that no matter what I Th than or P. E of Edinburgh University. haps they had to do more odd In the rural areas." The education committee then held
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      WARSPITE IS OFFERED TO BREAKERS
      86 6 WARSPITE IS OFFERED TO BREAKERS THE owners .u.uuu ton British ..hi h went aground handed WarE 150,000. Thi I tenders for up for scrap. Tlie work may be divided b i ta number oi firms. A decision on when the breako begin may be madi Jhe Warspite f/ent a during
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      'Asdic' may do the washing
      56 6 THK principle of "Asdic," Britain's secret Mibm.mne detector, may m future be applied to removing dirt from clothes. I cording to Sir Edward Applrton, secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, good progress l»a-> been mad? m this research and success might well
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      SHE ROBBED HIM, WILL MARRY HIM
      195 6 SHE ROBBED HIM, WILL MARRY HIM WHEN 45 Birmingham magistrate* man from whom she took U to me than tin 1 loss of the man led and we hope this i think as much of her n<»w Abel Sand the ■us.'d of stealing .1376. "She moans n money. \V. are
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      'FOWL' FAREWELL TO SERGT-MAJOR
      57 6 n three young soldiers at Southampton that they stole two fowls to give their sergeantmajor a treat before he left, the 1 clerk asked if anything of the kind had ever been known before, and Mr. J. Fenwick M (prosecuting), who was a wartime major, replied,
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      HUNDRED TIMES OVER
      17 6 Captain C. M. Langdcn, 8.0. A.C. pilot, has completed his 100 th Atlantic flight.
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      HONOUR FOR MME CHIANG KAI-SHEK
      55 6 HONOUR FOR MME CHIANG KAI-SHEK THE honorary chairmanship of the International Women's Congress has been conferred upon Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. The invitation to serve m this capacity was presented to Ma- dame Chiang by the French Ambassador m Nanking, M. Jacquer Meyier, acting on behalf !of Madame Vincent Auriol. wife
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      FLEW AT 51,000 FEET
      30 6 An unofficial height record of 51,000 ft. has been established lor joc-engined planes by a De Havilland Vampire 11. experimenti ally fitted with a Nene engine.
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      9 6 •amh. Wi'h him Mr Jordan. New < wmmissioner m f.on^
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      CUSTOMS FIND NEW RACKET
      202 6 nRITISH ni- mquirj <■ buun detected a nev D racket which }ia> defrauded the Treasury of soon thousands of pounds m Purchase Tax, and swindled th< Board "i Trade mit of vast quantities of clothing coupons. fly, the racket is this: Mr. or Mrs. "A" order:
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      STOLE GIRL'S HAIR CHARGE
      52 6 TAKING off ..net m ur shook her Sh< the her ft. A g '-en wa property She had pr I some toys, sat her m a The child cried and 'h girl threw I Th es ruled a the pro.the hair had Q. marketable and wa
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      BOAC USES NEW FLYING-BOATS
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      RISKED LIFE FOR A CAT
      98 3 RISKED LIFE FOR A CAT FIREMAN* Jim Tinsley, of Kent. England, risked his life on the top of a derelict fi storey building to rescue a cat which was beine; attacked by angry seagulls. To do this Tinsley broke down q heavy door; climbed thro ad::. on to sloping led
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      EYE SEARCH FOR CANCER CLUES
      61 3 EYE SEARCH FOR CANCER CLUES mEV- nding the cause of cancer are opened up discover >unced by Dr. W, E. Gye m annual real Cancer arch Pui Profe- expert ases. w at has b why ver develops m of the lens of the eye. .penmen's ha% e shown tha: not.
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      PILOT ON CHARGE OF GUN-RUNNING
      74 3 A FORMER CNAC pilot A Frank Young of Indianapolis, Indiana, was arrested m Shanghai this week on a cha of gun running. Young told the Shanghai Di.srict Procurator that the Thompson sub-machine-gun and ammunition found m his baggage ivhen he arrived m Shanghai by plane
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      'HENRY' EARNS CASH
      20 3 Britain's £500,000 film "Henry V." has earned 1,000,000 dollars m U. S. before its general release there.
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      Motor cycle immigrant
      64 3 MB. J. AMBRIDGE, of Mitcham, Surrey, a former coac hb.iild^r, arrived m Nairobi on a mot >r cycle after travelling 7.300 miles m three months through Spain, North Africa, Eg:ypt and the Sudan. \p irt from the theft of some of his clothes m and two punctures,
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      Girl too fickle, thought bench
      214 3 Girl too fickle, thought bench BECAUSE Waaf Doreen Harrison, aged nineteen, has broken off two engagements since October, 1945, her parents refused to give their consent to her marriage to her third choice, an RAF corporal. And now Biggleswade (Bt magistrates have refused their permission, too. Once, when Doreen was
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      HOSTEL OPEN ED FOR ONE BABY
      113 3 HOSTEL OPEN ED FOR ONE BABY MATERNITY canterbury Kent, was reopened t. week after it had closed down -for on*~^ftby. Bett* Bryson. daugh-t^Eoi a i r^ 31 VB^tt^l""^ 10 weigned bl». 4oz. at birth. rs took born n fore the fc. against t»e But she wa. mOn flight late m
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      BAIT FOR DUSTMEN
      17 3 Wood Green Council, London, while seeking recrui s. may provide baths for its dustmen.
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      SCHOOLBOY TEC BEATS THE G-MEN
      126 3 SCHOOLBOY TEC BEATS THE G-MEN EIGHT YEAR OLD Roc Peterson is a "jiinior Croan" f the American version a Scotland Yard det his school m Spokane Washil ion. So when a tall stranger ask questions at the school abou package of jewellery which h vanished from a lorry. Roc: lent
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      GIRLS ARE DEFENDED
      98 3 THE modern girl was defended by Miss C. M. Wilson, head mistress of Gainsborough Girls' I High School at the annual speech day. She said that through snow and floods the girls from the country had battled their way to school, oft^n walking through deep snow drifts,
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, MAY 19, 1947. The Luxury Feeders
      567 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, MAY 19, 1947. The Luxury Feeders WBI ie m Singapore n her cut m the i Lging m luxi a time of food jr:age. C r c, Germany is a* t. Prance is al,d and m Brithe very rich meals. you n m id no
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      DON'T AID THE BLACK MARKET
      1036 4 DON'T AID THE BLACK MARKET FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER IT Orchard Road Market early this month, a 15-year-old salesman of Stall 34 sold a kati of spinach to a European lady. The salesman made a eat mistake he sold his spinach for 30 cents a kati when the controlled price
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      Roll Back The Centuries
      95 4 trnno* i', r me of Uin G randfather's day. "Beware of Spring guns and MantJllgn m h ±J? ie game P»«scrves and illegal hunters after the elusive bunny or t'ui L i n^"^? f inffs t0 think ahout The s P rin^ un was cne thin^
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      CAREERS FOR WOMEN
      43 4 CAREERS FOR WOMEN 1/ you uur.t to \h- I miiintqum > ou AI find that thrre i< a "ot be done In-for*- '>v stnrt WC*riß| l:imor >us clothes, and vandini: <n a brick n on- lez ;mj Bwinfinf thr ot/ier is only the beginning.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      263 4 PICE S£i ARNOULD i kg his usu I rei he c.rniei B chll. TliiS time he w:u> ropes to brir^g up WALTER HOBBS, aged 29, of Mai Surrey, who t* M feet from the tcp ai.er climbing 560 leeL from the shore. Sergeai. .Id has made so
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      Good Morning...
      132 4  -  Frank Owen by FH E Boss has turned to Parliament. Mr. Herbert Mori son, Lord President of the Council, Lead, the House of Comm Minister m char l Economic Planning Government Publicit; Caretaker of the soul— or any rate the body—of the Labour Pai ed into the >Hou&
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      48 4 Qvm l ESHING 1 1 > What method is usually ■i to catch trout? V. i, bait is used m "spinnin <3> Who wrote The Campi <4> May you pjison a hr»h to catch it? (5) What is the principal quarry m British big-game fishing? Answers on page 2.
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      RUBBER: GOVT IS BLAMED
      29 5 RUBBER: GOVT IS BLAMED rubber m Chinese niment p in man Rubber it was the pulatod id- I the Briau- hey \s. he re- mar- :s of o:ed arket
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      INDIA CLUB TO BE FORMED
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      THESE SHIPS BRING IN SPICE
      47 5 THESE SHIPS BRING IN SPICE Here are three of a large Heel of prahus lying off the Singapore Esplanade. They have come all the way from the Celebes, copra island of the NEI, to trade with Singapore. Four Singapore Chinese firms run these sailing ships on charter.
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      Century-old Spice Trade Is Resumed
      263 5 Century-old Spice Trade Is Resumed Free Press Staff Reporter OFF the Singapore Esplanade, several Bugis prahus (sailing tx>aL-o ridv- ;it aiuiiur. Behind tht v ir presence Is the story of a century-okl trade which stopped just before the outbreak ol the Pacific War and w r a> only resumed when
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      DUTCH NAME PROHIBITED N.E.I. PORTS
      284 5 DUTCH NAME PROHIBITED N.E.I. PORTS THE Vice-Admiral Commanding the Royal Netherlands N has issued regulations prohibiting foreign vessels frcm entry Into certain N.E.I, ports. Any vessel plying a dilTcrtnt route which dt sires an exemption from this above trdcr, can apply for freight to the Director cf Finance p.t Bat
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      'PYGMALION' AT THE THEATRE
      193 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. AFTER the success of "Arscmc and Old Lace" m April, the Stage Club opens again at the i Victoria Theatre on May 26 wan m Frost's production of ygmalion." This play will be showing nishtly until May 31. The protells me a
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      SPECIALLY COMMENDED
      181 5 SPECIALLY COMMENDED t TWO entries to the Si gapore Safety First Verse Compet ti received sp cial comme dr.tion. They were: By Miss ivatie Elias, 2 Amber Mansl iis, Orchard Road, Singapore: Hereunder you will fin.'.. The verse I have m mind The roads are not a danger If crossed
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      YOU CAN BE FINED FOR SPITTING
      273 5 YOU CAN BE FINED FOR SPITTING Free Press Staff Reporter HEALTH officials in Singapore want Government to take -ttps against those who are in the ht'>it of spUting in public places. It is estimated that, one out of every seven people is in the habit of spitting almost anywhere in
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      NEW MOON DAY
      44 5 The New Moon I):* which falls today, will b? celebrated from 6 p. m. at the Sinhalese Buddhist Tempi? a, 96, Outram Read, Singapore, by Mr M. G. De Fonseka. Hon. Secret ry of the Singapore Buddhist Association. All are invited.
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      40 TB DEATHS
      45 5 All the 40 deaths fr:m notifiable diseases m Singapore during the week ended May 10 were due to tuberculosis. Reported number of TB cases during the same period was 60. In the previous week, there had been 26 deaths from 68 cases.
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      CHETTUR ON TOUR
      29 5 Mr S. K. Chettur, representative of the Government of India, left sapore by air yesterday mornmsc on a 13-day tour of Kota Bahru. Trengganu and Per^ug.
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      RADIO LICENSING BEGINS TODAY
      123 5 RADIO LICENSING BEGINS TODAY Fre- Press Staff Reporter. ARRANGEMENTS are completed A m the General Post Office. Singapore, for the collection of the various radio and telecommunication fees applicable as from today. The Post Office will be issuingbroadcast listening-in station licences at $12, dealers' licence $2fi and individual sale licence
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      MORE FLOUR FROM TODAY
      525 5 'StoeciaV issue totals 3 MOO tons a month Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S bakeries, biscuit and noodle-makinir v factories receive a special issue of flour totalling nearly 3,000 tons a month. This is over and above the rationed supplies for every man, woman and child, which
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      3 5 MISS JETTY ZAIN
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      MALAYS LACK ORGANISATION
      415 5 MALAYS LACK ORGANISATION INDONESIAN women, who have a iortnighi m 1 Singapore and are on their way back to Jogjakarta after attending the Inter-Asian Conference a( New Delhi recently, are of the opinion that there are too many Malay associations and clubs m this country. And, they add, these organisations
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      SCHOOLS RADIO
      34 5 I From t~day, broadcasts to English schools will be on a wavel°ngth of 41 Instead of 44 metre-. 1 They will continue to b transmitted also on a mediumgth of 485 metres.
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      POLITICAL PARTIES ARE EXEMPTED
      89 5 IT I'M! IN i I night of repre- v, n tat;ons being made hv the Mala van Democratic In, the Government of Singapore has amended the Societies Ord_nance, giving the Gov^nor-.n-Coiint ll p wrr to exclude t; the iequirements of the Or nance any association which
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      DAYAKS 'WERE NOT CONSULTED'
      92 5 DAYAKS 'WERE NOT CONS ULTED' The ex-Raj all Muda of wak. Mr- Anthi ny Brocke received a latter signed Da yaks of the Saribas d I Sarawak. It quo:es the third r the Atlantic Charter and tests that the Dayaks v consulted on the quer Cession "We have b2£n livirg
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      PENSION PAYABLE FOR 42 MONTHS
      58 5 Pensions wi 1 now oe payable m Singapore m respect of the period of Japanese occupation. To enable this to be dons. Pensions Ordinance is beine: amended. The period cf Jap oec-upation is reckoned for the purpose cf the ordinance is from Feb. 15. 1942.
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      NO PRIORITY
      35 5 The Government can not undertake to give priority to Damage Claims submitted 5y members of the War Prison (Singapore) Association, the ernor of Singapore. Sir Frar Gimson, has told officials of the Association.
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      JOHORE PLANTERS
      28 5 The annual general meeting oi the Johore Planters' Association will be held at the Civil Service Club, Johore Bahru, on Thursday May 29, at 10.30 a.m.
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      91 6 J p4 t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Mnlovn fwELl,l SUPPOSE TnAT\ /NONSENSE, ERIC.'— SHE^ /sHE CAME BECAUSE SHE\ /HOLO THAr/jANEf-TFi OS CA f CONCLUDES YOUR JOB WOULDN'T HAVE COME ALL f STiLL LOVES YOU, UA4BELIEVING] LINES ART PERFECT/-— ■F WtTM CLUES LiNLIMiTED.'-J THE WAY HERE To TELL
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      37 6 Free Press Crossword Hc^_ RE <!. ■B9mßß_____. »^Bßß^.»«~«— vi JSBBL |X j I I 1,-^—^ M>^ y^^^^^i^* I^^^ .Ills 3 I Closed recess or cupboard m v. all ol character a pu? l E*opular winter resort m STREAK*-
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      SCHOOL SPORTS AT JALAN BESAR
      19 7 SCHOOL SPORTS AT JALAN BESAR Ball Relay mi n progress it the Anglo-Chinese at Jalan Be«ar Stadium on Satard
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      RYAN WINS TITLE INH EUROPEAN AMATEUR FIGHTS
      47 7 RYAN WINS TITLE INH EUROPEAN AMATEUR FIGHTS ill BLiN. Sun. tiiminating »pean amampi ruships The new 11 > weight mweigdt, featherden; lighttn weltEngland; die, Fra: Quentemeyer. i\v weight .^land's <"nl> the Array I nations t ap" •«t points ;ps. The nvited to imateur ie United Ma\ 28.— Reuter
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      INDIANS HOPE FOR ENGLISH TEST TOUR IN 1951
      11 7 INDIANS HOPE FOR ENGLISH TEST TOUR IN 1951 D. G. Reuter
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      JOLLILADS WIN
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      U.K. FOOTBALL RESULTS AND TABLES
      1049 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 I I A PIS i 96 55 54 1 69 81 39 > 61 82 39 77 3£ i U 65 n ■>3 57 35 53 78 33 M 31 39 9 7 23 43 40 6 6 28
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      CEYLONESE WIN BY 1 WICKET
      199 7 JHK Ceylon Sports Clubs 2nd XI beat' 1 the Royal Engineers m a keen game of cricket at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. passing their opponent's fcore with one wicket m hand The scores w< ROYAL ENGINEERS J.D. G wynne b Shew ran 18 G.c. Sim
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      ENGLAND SOCCER TEAM HUMBLED
      326 7 ENGLAND SOCCER TEAM HUMBLED I Swiss Amateurs Win One- Nil ZURICH, Sunday. A SWITZERLAND team of soccer amateurs humbled the -ft of England's professionals before a capacity crowd of 34,000 at Hardturn Stadium here unlay, deservedly winning one-nil. The Swiss were better throughout and, although England had what looked like
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      Malays want Madon to play
      67 7 MAIXJN, inside-left, has been dropped from the Malay soccer team to meet th? Army m a second round league game at Jalan Besar Stadium today. This morning supporters of the Malay team called at the Free Press Office to protest against Madon's omission. They want
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      EUROPEAN AND REST TEAMS SELECTED
      363 7 EUROPEAN AND REST TEAMS SELECTED Butting v Bowling Sides BOTH the European r.d the Rest sides f<-r the annual I irkc Cup cricket match to b^ played this Saturday. Sunday and Mond*\ at the S.C.C. were selected last night as follow- European Team: A. C. Gnmder (("apt., S.C.C.), J. B.
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      HOSPITAL UOUNSTERS WIN FIVE-THREE
      105 7 IN tii fir d c mbina- tion nd repeated atta en by the Hospital Ycu a game of s ccc; played on Medical C liege Union gren Saturday. rers icr H.Y- were S. Na^alingam (1) L. Nathan (1) and I. Fahli (3). Ibrahim scored all three
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      RANGERS DRAW WITH S.C.C.C.
      227 7 IN a cricKet match played 2t ThctTLson Road yesterday, the S»ng:ipore Clarke Rangers drew with the Special Commis- sioner's Cricket Club. Bannister and Fielding returned the best bowling averages for the C..mmissio:it'r' s eleven with five for 20 cin f five for :^6 iy. LARKE RANG]
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      CRICKET CLUB WIN BOTH GAMES
      428 7 CRICKET CLUB WIN BOTH GAMES BOTH the Singapore Cricket Club teams won their games yesterday, the first team beating GHQ Sealf by 45 runs on the padang and the "A" team beating Singa}>ore District by 46 runs at Biakan Mati. In the padang game J. B. Leckie and W. M.
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      BLUE TRAIN WINS AT SANDOWN
      32 7 BLUE TRAIN WINS AT SANDOWN The King's Derby candidate, Blue Train, wins m a canter at Sandown Park, with Gordon Richards up. Blue Tram is now second Derby favourite to Tudcr Minstrel.
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      Selangor XI
      77 7 From Ottl Own Correspond* m KJ \I A LI MiMK. Sumlav The following have l>een selected to represent Selangor at cricket against Penan^ to he held i \er r;»\t week-end at Penan i; H. o. Benni t: tt. v F. Brooke scapt.); Chita Eng < h«ng; (iorbex Singh;
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      DAVIS CUP BRITAIN v S.AFRICA IN NEXT ROUND
      212 7 DAVIS CUP BRITAIN v S.AFRICA IN NEXT ROUND LONDON, Sun. IN addition to France's match against India, who were beaten five-nil, other second round Davis Cup matches were resumed yesterday. The results were: In Amsterdam—South Africa beat the Netherlands 4-1. Yesterday E* Fannin beat H. Wilton. Netherlands 7-9, 6-3. 6-1.
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      PAYA LEBAR R.A.F. BEAT JOHORE C.C.
      150 7 THE R.A.F. <Paya Üban cr.ckei team beat the Johcre Crickeu Club by three wickets m a match played at Jchore Bahru yes' day. The scores were: J.C.C. V.'.?it o Balme Gliani c Bali b Harris School beck Disyed on 'v d Ro'.)f rts c
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      BERGELIH'S INDIAN TOUR UNDER CONSIDERATION
      73 7 T Swedish Lawn Tennis on is considering wh to allow Lcnr: Bergelin, Sweden's first string. i invitation to m:. two months' tour of I: 15. Bergelin tcld Renter he 2 to go, but the Association is dubious because they may want him for matches m
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      COMFORTABLE WIN TO UNION JACK CLUB
      47 7 COMFORTABLE WIN TO UNION JACK CLUB THE Unidn Jack Cricket scored a romfevtabb the Petrel Reserve D R.A.S.C.. m a same ly Scores U J.C.C.: 61 CHolmes 20. S 14. HatT'iis lour for 24* P.R D.: 29 fShrrwin 14. Ridby six for 17. Wh! gpo fcr two)
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      26 8 Trees laden with the blossoms of Spring have welcomed back the Royal Family to Buckingham Palace and give shade to a man and his girl.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      294 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY ore shcv THE Siru share market opened dull this morn na a tendency to sell In al] sections. Amongst Indusi Traders offered down to United Engineers $16.65. We. and Fras?r and Neaves 53.85 .milar case In Tin shares prices u,er unchanged with Rub dmost
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      'CONTRIBUTIONS' ASKED FOR STAGE SHOW
      186 8 'CONTRIBUTIONS' ASKED FOR STAGE SHOW Free Press Staff Reporter. THE producer of a forthcoming Singapore revue has sent the following invitation to prospective patrons: "The producer requests the pleasure of your company at a formal presentation of his latest and farew< U revue at the Victoria Theatre -If you are
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      VICEROY IN UK TODAY
      302 8 VICEROY IN UK TODAY r I.(>M)(>\. Sunday. THE Viceroy of India, Viscount Hountbatten, m expected to irrive m London tomorrow morning fur his crucial talks with the British Cabinet on the plan for the transfer of power m India which is to be announced at a conference of Indian leaders
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      CABINET SOUGHT
      41 8 Francesco Nitti, the 78-year-old Italian Liberal politician, hopes to form by today a "left-centre" cabinet including members of parties ranging from Communists I to Christian Democrats, but ex- eluding the right wing Common Man party and the Monarchists. Reuter
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      SHOT DEAD IN BED
      32 8 U. S. Army officials announced yesterday that an American civilian and a 26-year-old German sir] were found shot dead m a i house outside Heidelborrr Orvr- manl.— U.P.
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      AIR BRINGS £50,000,000 TRADE TO BRITAIN
      307 8 AIR BRINGS £50,000,000 TRADE TO BRITAIN LONDON. Sunday. THE British Industrials Fair closed On Saturday sight iftei I bringing, according to one newspaper estimate, £50,000,000 worth of orders to British manufacturers from overseas buyers. But the exhibitors, {Jbough pleased, had one major complaint they would have taken stiU more orders
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      UK SWEEPS SUGGESTED
      76 8 UK SWEEPS S UGGESTED LONDON, FHE •Sunday Pl< column^', Peter Wilson, and U spirit could be put to gcod eCect In four national sweeps'aices a v. i munends 1 1 a1 >■ :es be on four i the Grand National, tl c the Bt. Leger and the Cambridgeshire. He adds
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      RUSSIANS BLAST ROCKET ISLAND
      376 8 ISLE Ol USEDOM, (Germany), Sunday. •THIS fantastic island which Hitler converted at a cost of 1 \.7>0.000.000 into a workshop of death with which he planned to win the war with an army of 11.000 slave workers toiling to turn out V bombs at the rate
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      50 FOOTBALL FANS INJURED
      54 8 About 50 people were seriously Injured and had to bo taken to h spital when a crowd panicked m a stand which .swayed and seemed to be about to collapse at a Milan football match yesterday, said Milan Radio. Dozens of people had slight m juries
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      2 U.S. SHIPS HELD FOR SMUGGLING
      78 8 TRIESTE, Sun. TWO United States merchant ships have ber-n held m Tr. I by Custom authorities who all that they have found large quantities of traband ci hidden In bunkers and m master's storero Customs officials seized 490,000 cigarettes on the Grovder 1 and
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      PRICTERS BAN PAPERS
      24 8 A mass meeting of Sofia ers yesterday voted not to p newspapers published by the Opposition .an and Socialist parties. U.P.
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      'Grim' UK holiday outlook
      95 8 WOIXD-KE Whitsuntide holiday-makers m Britain have been warned that it will be "no picnic" m an article by Sir James Milne, general manager of the Great Western Railway, m an article m the News of the World. The ten per cent cut m summer services to
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      ASIATICS ASK MORE PAY
      632 8 ASIATICS ASK MORE PAY Free Prese Reporter IN revising salary scales, regard should be paid to sal; of employees of commercial firms and private undertaking, says the Junior Civil Service Kition, Singapore, m memorandum to the Salaries Commission, appointed by the Colonial Office to inquire into conditions of work and
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      WEATHER Long bright periods
      8 8 WEATHER Long bright periods i h a i
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      £1,000,000 FROM MUSIC
      30 8 £1,000,000 FROM MUSIC WORKING 100 PLR < LST lOK I now producing about I.oo< Men and machine* from tht v war years: but the come-h.: 12,500 component make a pjan ma;
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      UK CABINET CUTS SMOKING
      6 8 UK CABINET CUTS SMOKING fsdfsdfsd Reuter
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