The Singapore Free Press, 25 June 1947

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    16 1 Th e Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA f**» adfds fsdf PRICE HI CENTS.
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    FIVE KILLED IN MAIL TRAIN CRASH
    355 1 Rails removed Free Press Staff Corresi>o\uient KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CIVE people are reported killed and about CO injured 2 m the derailment of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur night mail train, which occurred at about 10.30 last night between Sedenak and Layan^; Layang railway stations m
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    U.N. BOYCOTTED
    38 1 Thirty thousand Jews stayed at home m Jaffa yesterday as the UNO. Commission on Palestine motored into the town from Jerusalem. Jaffa's 54.000 Arabs showed little more interest, observing the boycott ordered by the Higher Executive.
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    RUBBER DOWN
    39 1 THERE was a further fall of 22 cents m the price of rubber this morning. The price of R.S.S. spot loose was given as 24| cents per lb., buyers at 11 o'clock this morning. Details— Page 8.
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    CEYLONESE SAY 'NO' TO INDIANS
    238 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. IN reply to the invitation of Mr. John Thivy, President of the Malayan Indian Congress, to Ceylonese to join the Congress as Indians, Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham, Present uf the Ceylon Federation of Malaya, said: "I cannot
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    ADEN'S GIFT TO ELIZABETH
    66 1 TWO pairs of pearls obtained by divers off the island of Kamaran m the Red Sea were given to Princess Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace yesterday as a 21st birthday present from the people of Aden. The Governor of Aden, Sir Reginald Champion, handing the pearls to
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    U.S. STRIKES SPREAD FAST
    185 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. g&UCLY MIMJ.OOO sift coal miners are on strike today m the 1* -welling protest against the passage of the Taft-Hartley Lbour bill curbing union activity. Hundreds of pits m nine difttnm states are affected. walkouts began m Alabama last night snorts > at€
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    ECONOMY CALL TO AVERT U.K. FUEL CRISIS
    63 1 ECONOMY CALL TO AVERT U.K. FUEL CRISIS LONDON. Tuesday. ■ARMNG the British people a fad crisis loomed wlntei unless they QOOBjf the Ministry jkesman, Sir Guy Nott tonight: "It is unv^ry clear that the coal year, including montha is going to be rnin« followed good t king South. Wales pit
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    Clayton sees Attlee on Europe plan
    150 1 Clayton sees Attlee on Europe plan LONDON, Tuesday. UfITK only three days to go be- fore the vital "Save Europe" talks m Paris, the American Under-Secretary of State, Mr. William Clayton, today discussed genera] European economic pro. blenis with key British Cabinet Ministers, including the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee,
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    Stalin won't speak for UNO
    80 1 STALIN has declined, without comment, an invitation to join four of the Bis Five leaders m a United Nations anniversary broadcast tomorrow. The United Nations radio, m conjunction with American broadcasting stations, plans a half-hour programme with messages from President Truman, Mr. Attlee Monsieur Ramadier
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    TO REPORT ON VIETNAM DEADLOCK
    47 1 The High Commissioner for Indo-China, M. Emille Bollaert, who has just flown back to Paris to report on the present deadlock m the French- Vietnam armistice negotiations, is here seen inspecting a guard of honour on his arrival m Paris from Saigon.
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    Doctor's Wife Was Poisoned
    279 1 SOUTHPORT, Tuesday. MRS. Amy Victoria Clements, fourth wife of Dr. Robert George Clements, a former Malayan, died of morphine poisoning, said a medical witness m evidence at the triple inquest here today on Mrs. Clements, Dr. Clements and Dr. James Houston, 39 year-old pathologist. Dr. Clements
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    CHINESE OPPOSE LOAN TO CHIANG
    102 1 HONG KONG, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Truman, Mr. George Marshall and the United States Congress we:e urged m 3 cablegram from Hong Kong today by several Chinese democratic organisations m the colcny to "resolutely turn down- China's application for a big lean The telegram, signed by a
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    ARRESTED HOUR AFTER ROBBERY
    46 1 FOLLOWING at immediate report to the Singapore Police of a robbery which took place at 8 p.m. yesterday when three armed Chinese took $153.50 from a house m Changi Read, the Police arrested one of the robbers an hour and half later.
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    FIRST P. & O. SHIP BACK TO NORMAL
    57 1 FIRST P. O. SHIP BACK TO NORMAL WHEN the P. and O. Stratheden (23,700 tons) sails from England for Ceylon and Australia on Friday she will be the first ship m the P. O. passenger fleet to make a post-war voyage as a normal passenger ship. During the war, as
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    PLEA FOR NONBRITISH ON CITY COUNCIL
    225 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A RESOLUTION proposing that ncn British residents should be eligible for nomination to the Singapore Municipal Commission will feature the Commissions first debate of ihe report of the Municipal Constitution Committee o« 5 Friday. The resolution will be introduced by
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    BACK IN I.L.O.
    25 1 The International Labour Conference at Geneva unanimously agreed yesterday to re-admit Austria into the ILO. A date will be fixed later.- U.P.
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    DEAD SGT. FACED THREE CHARGES
    93 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rjGT. R. C. Marriott, who was O found dead m Nee Soon Transit Camp, Singapore, yesterday shortly after 4 p.m.. had three charges pending against him. one of which was due to come up for hearing on July 1. A bottle
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    WARSHIPS SHELL MADAGASCAR
    69 1 TWO French destroyers— the Duguay Trouin and the Laperousse went into action against rebel forces off the coast o. Madagascar, according ie French nress agency report.* reaching Paris. A rebel attacl; against an electric power factory outside the port of Tamatav was repulsed by a French commando
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    S'PORE'S MAKE AND—MENDERS
    1097 2 S'PORE'S MAKE AND— MENDERS Free Press Special Correspondent ANOTHER world war has come and gone and left an almost complete metamorphosis from cavalry charge and pack horse to armoured vehicle and transport lorry. But without an efficient transport column and maintera£C3 facilities the "Mailed Fist" of the Army would b.
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    364 2 r speak of deals m which the rambiptd hands could take 17 or 13 tricks, when, of course, it is actually impossible to win more than 13 m a single deal. It is proper, therefore, to describe declarer's attemp: to save one trick— which incidentally he could
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    'Uniform' Power
    232 2 MEWSPAPERS m Ber1* lin have been til d with the trial of an enterprising German impostor. The story begins one day last December when a smartly attired young man m a uniformtype jacket and shining riding boots presented himself at Berlin rationing otfice and declared m a tone
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    'Virtue 7 Triumphtan'
    155 2 Virtue 7 Triumphtan' nIAUREEN O'HARA is 1 sizzling over the recent magazine story m which she was referred to as "frozen champagne.* 1 Here is Maureen's "last word": "You try to adhere to a cecent moral code to private li:o and someone comes along; and says, m effect: "thaw out.
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    HAS USSR MORE SCIENTISTS than USA?
    403 2 HAS USSR MORE SCIENTISTS than USA? TTiE United States has 1 been warned that Russia is outstripping her m the numter of ecientigts available for work on atomic energy. William A. Higinbotham. executive secretary of the Federation of American Scientists. said the U.S. was at least 10.000 scientists short today,
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      10 2 RflSßlClrdlCG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya J
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      296 2 \OuR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast lor people horn today BORN today, you are very impulsive and while you may nrofoss one thiiiT. >ou are very apt to do something rise. You are fine when it comes to telling others what* to do, but somewhat di.sinrlinrd to follow your own advice.
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      273 2 Commentary "World Affairs": (Tra:\slation); 7.15 Listeners' Favourites; 7.3 C News; 7.45 Listeners' Favourites; B.la Close Down. B. B. C. London General Overseas Service Bands 13 A 16 metre 8.30 London Calling; 8.35 Christian Hymns; 8.50 New Records; 9.20 Music Hall; 10.20 Radio Newsreel; 10.40 Forces' Favourites; 11.20 News <fc Analysis;
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      315 2 I U'aito and J Alexander Brov.n [^BKfr* lone); 9.15 Ccl urny tiuliiiLl TiiwpTi Szißeti: C.45 Talk; 10 pm. World Ne*v- ,10.18 Sporting Roundup: 10 30 E'ry--1 mans Mime; 10.45 Aj«u aiun Hecs; 111 pm. Talk: 11.18 Spelling R:ur.d:i;. ii 30 Otme down S.E.A.C. BADIO SEAC broadcast ins from Cclombo; Ceylo.i,
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    WORLD FEUD TO RESIST GE FRN.ANCO
    82 3 WORLD FEUD TO RESIST GE FRN.ANCO y'~ to open Inter- tn Spain were decicied Prague at the General oference of the World i Trade Uniors drastic step^ had ated by some deiega- r Toledano, Mexico trade boycott by nar.i.ns where pos- j a debate, a comlu n was carried. this
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    KILLED TIGER WITH AXES
    30 3 KILLED TIGER WITH AXES p Uagen of Nabha State. 1 ■:>■ r^oorted to have fuUgrovn tiger using! and hoes r had killed a large eattk and was geneirisine ;hp nei«hbour- fccv
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    LAKE TRAGEDY
    27 3 A N VF.AR-OLD girl bathing i lake at Jhansi. United India go: into difficul>hrleked for aid. One by thei z,iT>6 swam out to were drowned.
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    SUSPENDED
    31 3 p \B S oldest newspaper, the j and Military Gazette, on Kipling worked as a young suspended publication d a dispute between the enl of the Gazette and, tistan Times.
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    COLLAPSE OF NANKING IS HINTED
    352 3 COLLAPSE OF NANKING IS HINTED ffeiti China move for big U.S. loan WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE impression is growing here that the Nanking Govern--1 ment has handed the U.S. State Department proposals for American aid which Nanking considers vital to the Chinese Government's continued existence. The State Department says it is
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    Sepctacular US fashion fair
    257 3 Sepctacular US fashion fair NEW YORK, Tuesday. RK'S Btsl 'T*.>hion Far." the n\o<i spectacular v s its fcird ye! seen m America, displays millions w. rth oi uhat the well dre>sed American woI <ccn fee wealing. b auliful J ilk Falkenburg, oi the films, stage as Mistress of Ceremunies, the
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    DREAM CAUSED HER DEATH
    45 3 PATHOLOGIST. Dr. W. J. Purdy suggested at an inquest at Margate on Miss Clarence Edith Wragg that the 39-year-old schoolteacher died of a blood clot on the brain caused by an unpleasant dream. He did not elucidate.— U. P. A .P.
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    WORKING CATS' RIGHTS IN N.Z.
    78 3 WORKING CATS" m New Zea- land are entitled to a meat ration. Some butchers recently invoked a little -kn^wn regulation m force there which allots a "working cat" 2s. worth of meat every four weeks, slightly less than that allowed for children. To qualify, a
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    NEPAL MINISTER ARRIVES IN U.K.
    67 3 NEPAL MINISTER ARRIVES IN U.K. THE Ncpalese Minister to Britain. Commanding General Sir Kaiser Shum Shere, arrived to London on Monday, accompanied by his wife and iwo-and-half year old daughter and a number of members of his staff. He was welcomed at the staiion by Mr. Marcus Cheke, ViceMarshal of
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    DIVORCE RECORD
    34 3 THE divorce and marriage rate reached nn all-time pca 1 m the United States last year. The Public Health Service repented that there were more than 2.300.000 marriages and 620,000 divorces U.P.
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    R.I.N. PENSIONS
    41 3 THE Government of India ras I now approved m principle the rpplica'ion of the 1945 pension c^de to the British officers of the Royal Ind'an Navy, the Under-Secretary for India, Mr. Arthur Henderson, told the House of Commons.— Reuter
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    Blinking and eye comfort
    127 3 THE number of times a minute you blink your eyelids may help determine the best conditions under which you can read. Thr-e researchers of the General Electric Company laboratory 2t neveland. Ohio, believe the rate of eye-blinking, under proner controls, can be used as a standard
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    US MAY DISPERSE ATOM PLANTS
    341 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission says that commercial use of atomic power is still probably 10 to 15 years away. The information was made public by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee m a report recommending that the Commission be given U. 5.5175,000,000
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    ONE MILLION WORDS A MINUTE
    134 3 ONE MILLION WORDS A MINUTE WASHINGTON. Tuesday. THE development of a revolutionary system of highspeed communications, potentially capable of transmitting more than a million words per minute, was disclosed today by the president or National Broadcasting Mr. Miles Trammell, who said that this system could transmit 20,000 to 50,000 word
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    POPE TO HONOUR PRES. PERON
    222 3 ROME, Tuesday. rPE PIUS will bestow the high Vatican decoration of the Grand Cross of St. Gregory the Great on President Juan Peron of Argentina, the authoritative Giornale d Italia says. The newspaper says the decoration will be delivered to President Peron by his wife
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    'JAPAN MUST REDEEM SELF'
    415 3 NANKING, Tuesday. CHINA should be prepared to make peace with Japan o n a basis which will guarantee that Japan never again can become an aggressor nation and will make her proper contribution to future peace and stability, the Vice President, Dr. Sun Fo, said today.
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    AUSTRIAN GETS £1,500 JOB IN BRITAIN
    87 3 AUSTRIAN GETS £1,500 JOB IN BRITAIN THE British Ministry of Labour has given permission for the \ustrian conductor, Mr. Rudolph Schwarz. now m Scandinavia, to become musical director to Bournemouth Corporation. When the Corporation chose him for the £1,500-a-year post last month, questions were asked m Parliament and protests made
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    PRINCESS HUNTS FOR A FLAT
    135 3 COPENHAGEN, Tuesday. EVEN Princes have difficulties to find a place to live m this Danish capital city today. French-born Prince Jacques, 21 i son of Danish Princess Margreth3 f nnd French Prince Renatus of Bourbon-Parma, and Brigitte Holstein. the 20-year-old daughter of Count Holstein, n
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1947. Reforming Youthful Offenders
    667 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1947. Reforming Youthful Offenders mHE Malayan Governments are J. to be congratulated on the vigour with which they are now tackling the urgent problem of juvenile delinquency, the high incidence of which is one of the most distressing legacies of the Japanese occupation
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    INDIAN FILMS CAN WIN WORLD FAME
    1455 4 INDIAN FILMS CAN WIN WORLD FAME r I L M producers m India still liave to learn the lesson that their screen plays must not be simply transcripts of western products, said Winifred Holmes m an Eastern Services broadcast from the 8.8.C. By evolving a style which is essentially Indian,
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    South Indian Village
    29 4 A typical South Indian village, the life aad economy of which are based on the Palmyra palm, as portrayed m an 1.F.1. Documentary fdm entitled Palmyra.
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    FOOD GIFTS FROM N.S.W.
    103 4 THF people of N.w S:uth Vales contributed ov:t a £500,000 to buy lood for Britain, Tne Lord Mayor o! Sjdr.ey. < Aid rrr.an BartLy, nas awloicj. AdQres^n^ the Miliiarxs Club, Alderman Hartley sad that A. £410.000 had ben Bait to the fund, and A£ioG,ouo to the
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    A PEEP INSIDE BULGARIA
    853 4 JJUTSIDE. the National Bank of Bulgaria hangg a huge portrait of Joscpn Stalin, bedecked with Soviet and Bulgarian flag's. But inside, the Bank was not having any of his money. "We will exchange leva f<>r dollars against travellers' cheques or a letter of credit." explained a
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    QUIZ
    53 4 1. The Vulgate is: (a) old English slang (b) The bible m Latin (c) the Common Law of England (d) one of the old City Gates of Chester. 2. What is a Power of Attorney? 3. Over the entrance to Dartmoor Prison are the words 'Parcere Subjectis" meaning? Answers
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    A CURE FOR CANCER?
    81 4 A CURE FOR CANCER? T:; V attempt the us <■■•■• >..: £5. or for j S ta "«£c Health tais- with th- 2S? ESS It is tli ci one r i Iravani nt d md it :s profc b kepi v. v i r tin l n d one v..;
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    PROBING THE DEPTHS
    55 4 A FART 1 f H»S? DO6BJ histfi i other .s:"«'\; 5 the worid's bi 1 1 kxnui m 1 I royafe stari g s summer. "Albatz > is ai resent to outfitu d ii n shipS ird ai Gothenburgw an I instrui ploratior f mar Tr.e "emden
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      25 4 FAITH They that know Thy name will put their trust m Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken then that seek Thee. PSALMS 9, It.
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    Malays flock tofeeding centre
    479 5 picture. Free Press Staff Reporter r rWG WEEKS since its opening,* the Child Feeding 1 Centre m Geylang Serai is proving most popular with fa V; avv of the surrounding kampongs. At 10 o'clock ncrj n* ruing, Malay children wend their way through the ngs to
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    CIGARETTES: SINGS OF HOARDING
    125 5 i Staff Reporter. fSER! ..;eidy s:3ns m re thai Cigarette re- _r,g back stocks m the higher prices 1 are 1 eing rixed. Prices already gone up m oa Stn A .ci Rjchore Road, a jff-the-ration ci- and pipe tobaccos, but the bissef retailers. a 71:
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    HICNESE ACCEPT DUTSH OFFER
    53 5 HICNESE ACCEPT DUTSH OFFER Press Staff Repo.ter i) ships seized by the r/Iy have accepted*. the compensation r tan :Vr Gaat of E o-:o.nic Affairs Id 'he Free P.ers r Gaas: p^in:ecl oik ...;.:pers and cargo i ithei have a cash alternative outlined meeting recently. s no question of reMr,
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    YIELD FROM NEW STORE DTUIES
    48 5 YIELD FROM NEW STORE DTUIES I' -lufT Rerxmer lal Secretary, Singathe extra revenue duties on tobacco s win be $4,500,000. 500.000 as reported. abated yield for six the new rates will be whqm the yield at duiv rates for six $•3,000,000. The extra therefore, wouM be i xplained.
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    THE NEXT TIME
    48 5 us m a cofTee shop m Roaci on Monday. Kuan was asked by re Fourth Police Court Mr. H. W. Nightingale. the experience of ink and whether he cio it again. l: Next time I shall stay iischarged on a charge "•^i (trunk and disorderly.
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    COURT PRAISES SPORE CHINESE
    102 5 THE Di-lrict Juage, Mr. E. P. Shanis. yesterday commended two English-speaking Chinese for their public-spiritedness m reportinz robbery cases promptly. Their prompt action faciiitaud the arrest of two robbers. Won* Men* Kow and Yeon* Fook. who were believed to have been robbing Dcopls m Lavender Street
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    SHIP DAMAGED
    86 5 A photograph of the 1,874-ton Straits Steamship vessel, Kepong, which was towed to No. 1. Keppel Harbour dry dock by two tuss shortly before noon yesterday. The Kepong was holed on the portside following a collision with the 8,000 -ton Trevaylor on Monday. Collision mats were placed over
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    YACHT FOR PLEASURE CRUISES
    121 5 YACHT FOR PLEASURE CRUISES rR $100 a day, Singapore holiday-makers will be able to make trips m a CO loot luxury yacht to Malaya's tast and wc-t coast poits. Cruises ior a fortnight or more may be arrange 1 at short notice. The yacht is the 40-ton ketch Elinor which
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    CHINESE GIVE HEADSTONE
    74 5 A MEMORIAL headstone presented by Chinese friends hws now been erected on the grave at Bidadari Cemetery of Mr. George C Meredith, former Registrar of Vehicles. Singapore, who died during internment. The Reverend R. K. S. Adams will officiate at a short dedication ceremony to be held
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    JET DISPLAY IS CANCELLED
    41 5 THE Royal Air Force today announced cancellation of the demonstration of' a jet-propelled Meteor fighter plane at Kallang airport. Weather conditions are considered unsuitable for high-speed low-level flight. The demonstration will take place at Kallang on Saturday.
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    DIDN'T REPORT ARMS, S'TORE CHINESE JAILED
    95 5 DIDN'T REPORT ARMS, S'TORE CHINESE JAILED I:v3R failing to make a report 1 about 2C revolver, Tay Kirn Kay was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Tay was arrested by detectives along Newton Road on the morning of Jan. 6. He was riding a
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    NEW SHIPPING LINE FOR SPORE
    77 5 WITH the arrival this coming Sunday of the- Lourenco Marques, one of the oldest Portuguese shipping companiss m the world, the Companhia Nacional De Navegacao of Lisbon, will have extended its services from Portugal to Singapore and the Far East. The Lcurenco Marques has six
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    KING SAYS 'THAKKS'
    25 5 The King has sent, a telegram to the Officer Administering the Government thanking Singapore for the birthday greetings sent on Jure 12.
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    BROOKE TELLS SUPPORTERS: 'BE PATIENT'
    166 5 A NTI-CESSIONISTS m Sarawak A^were advised by Mr. Anthony Brooke, ex-Rajah Muda, m a dispatched to the Malay National Un.cn, the Sarawak Dyak Association and United Sarawak National Association, to -continue to conduct themselves with the utmost patience and good sense Any departure from thi»
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    AMPHIANS TBIURNED INTO TRUCKS, SHIPS
    422 5 AMPHIANS TBIURNED INTO TRUCKS, SHIPS Chinese buy 18 Free Press Staff Reporter THE latest addition to the Kst of war-purpose craft being converted to civilian use m Singapore is the Dukw (pronounced Duck), amphibian motor-traus-port which attracted the attention of all Singapore on liberation day. These three-ton amphibians are being
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    ON THE AIR TONIGHT
    64 5 ON THE AIR TONIGHT At 10 n.m. today, Radio Maia; will broadcast o cr ihe Blue network a nrojr. 12 of recordings typifying m- c from one end of America to the other. This will be the first all-Ameri-can musical programme of Radio Malaya. It is beinj arranged and presented
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    SCHOOL MARKS ANNIVERSARY
    64 5 PUPILS of the only Singapore Chinese girls' high school, the Nan Wah Girls' School m Adis Road, were yesterday told by the Singapore Chinese ConsulGeneral, Dr. Wu Paak Shing: "Study hard for the sake of your motherland." The Assistant Director of Schools (Chinese) Mr. WatsonHyatt congratulated the
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    WELFARE TALK
    36 5 nEFUTY Secretary Social WelV fare Department, Mr. T. Eames Hughes, will address the East-West Society tomorrow nisht at 8.30 m the V.M.C.A Orchard Road. His subject will &<: Social Welfare as a function of Government."
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    CAR THIEVES STILL ACTIVE IN S'PORE
    132 5 CAR THIEVES STILL ACTIVE IN S' PORE Free Press Siaif Reporter CAR trippers ar e sill active m Singapore. Duiing May, 11 motor-cars were reported lost, the Police later recovering four of them One reason why great, difficulty is being experienced m tracing stolen cars is the organised system adopted
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    INSPECTORS BEGIN NEW TRAINGIN
    313 5 INSPECTORS BEGIN NEW TRAINGIN Fre^ Press Stiff Repo.icr P> ensure all rjimd efficiency m the Singapore. Food Irspec orate, a now training cheme has been introduced, under w'uch Inspectors and Assistant Ins]:e?t rs are trained m phrases of wcrk m o'her departments which form part of th? Inspectorate. This scheme
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    PETTY THEFTS RIFE
    123 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i i^LERKS, living m the 180 Haig Road Government quarters sl3ep with their windows closed roughout the night regardless j cf weather conditions. This is to prevent their house- hold belongings from being "fished" out. Within the last fortnight, seven houses m the
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    MALAY LOYALTY TO THE KING
    60 5 CO-OPERATION and harmony existing between ex-members of the Singapore Searchlight Battery. R.A.. would make for deeper Malay loyally to the King, said Inche Abdullah, speakirg at a get- together party attended by aJI old members, held m G?y!ang last week-end Present at the func'iori were
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    LEPROSY UP IN BRITAIN
    423 6 I EPROSY is temporarily on the increase m Britain. But L danger of even a minor epidemic m. Britain is negligible sircc the increase since the war is confined to a handful of men who contracted it during war service overseas m Africa. India and the
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    SOVIET BAKERIES FACE BOOM
    52 6 I A LL bakeries In the Soviet Union Ixl have been ordered to put their equipment m full working order In anticipation of the end of bread rationing m the Autumn. The consumption ol bread Is expected to Increase very considerably when rationing ends i says
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    PLAYBOY JALIED
    50 6 lIMMY COLLINS 41. gambler ■I arid Broadway ;md Hollywood playboy received a 20 to 40-year sentence after refusing to disclose what became ol U.S. $304 000 swindled fr<»m the Morgenthaler Linotype Co. His co-defendant "Izzy tl: BeP Irving was sentenced to it from 7. to 2fl yr-arj U.P.
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    TRUMAN ON VISIT TO CANADA
    43 6 TRUMAN ON VISIT TO CANADA President Harry S. Truman (centre) is here beins greeted on arrival m Ottawa, for a three -day visit, by the Prime Minister of Canada. Mr. William MacKenzie Kin?. On the ri^ht is the (lover. i Mr-General. Visroimt Alexander.
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    JAPAN HAS 3 MILLION OUTCASTS
    215 6 JAPAN HAS 3 MILLION OUTCASTS JIICHIRu MAioUMuTv tb€ 60-vcar-old leader <->i Japan's little-known "untouchables," the estimated 3.000.003 men a.d women o! t^e -so-called Etu class, has reached power at last. After 25 years association with the Buihei Bociety, formed to battle for the emancipation of c Eta. ;.nd after 1U
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    EARL GRANTED DECREE NISI
    95 6 rpHE eleventh Earl of Carlisle JL has been granted a decree nisi m the divorce court m London on the gr:und of adultery of the Countess of Carlisle with Sir Walter Turner Monckton, K.C. In i second petition heard at the sjm- time. Lady MonckUn rcaj
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    EXPOSURE BY MOSCOW RNJUAL
    554 6 EXPOSURE BY MOSCOW RNJUAL Luxury-loving Soviet leaders rE action of a large number of Soviet ari i offices m making and consolidating -h-^? 1 1111 the warm, sunny shores of the Biack Se« h or < thousands of miles from the scene of their re i>n "S^ or criticised m
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    WILL RRESEPENT BURMA IN INDIA
    82 6 WILL RRESEPENT BURMA IN INDIA Th< tod m a\v{):- eed m G■• rnr:.< Qt's r. Mating Gy. a Bir C tnmlssj n r I 7 Bi| Commififiion< r-D is I Ing t>r N": v% x m S.r Jofiepl -v- i v.ar P:- bj nt B i Senate and Si] r
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    K.K.K. CHARTER IS DISSOLVED
    317 6 K.K.K. CHARTER IS DISSOLVED TIIK »\u iwiux Kian, the American anti-Negro terror organisation, has dissolved itself. An unexpected request by the Klan to have its charier annulled was granted by the Superior Court at Atlanta, Georgia. The move came as the State of Georgia entered a petition .<> wipe out
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      57 6 %IK-CONDITIONED LAST DAY 2—l !!i 6 30— f» 15 p m A SHDFR THRIUER! 2 i XKKIN' CLIFFORD EVANS PATRICIA ROC K^^TOMORROW (Of MB!". "THE TALK OF THE TOWN STARRING CARY JEAN GRANT ARTHUR 6c RONALD COI.W4N SULTAN THEATRE 13 4 m Seleiar. Daily at 7 9.15 p.m. W BAMBI
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      140 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Hress m Malaya y—so You are touring I^/^t- ,<; A W auc (u/ci r*\ IPC "^l W I BBKKNEF irr J v l dM f SPAIN, SENORITA?-ALUOW W ZiOViH T IN AND ALUsVX «°n?r P^ LE V ALAS EV \HK, i-31 ME TO PRESENT
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    s. AFCANS RIFACE TEST DEFEAT
    468 7 s. AFCANS RIFACE TEST DEFEAT 107 Behind With Eight Wickets noiTH a* LONDON, Tues. «55&35 =|p, js 3 ass After the ceremony, lasting 20 minutes. South Africa lost two quick wickets, Edrich spreadeagling Melville's wicket with the second ball at 16 and taking Viljoen's middle stump 12 runs later The
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    102 7 nd I>t lans.-554 for |*jL UKICA- Ist Inninss >° l1 i,r b Hollies... 117 ?ivlil iist rv.i^ b Compton 46 JHIP h Ur.-ht J gp* b Wrisjht 61 yir* ?«i«ett b HolUes... 36 jvi*>° nl i b Compton... 30 Jj i wi :i! I gtf Extras 1 Total 327
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    LANCASHIRE WIN BY THREE RUNS
    193 7 LANCASHIRE WIN BY THREE RUNS SDON, Tuesday. the loading |j jufferei t^.eir second' without the r Test men, Comp- v were beaten Essex. beaten again. t mghamshirc, bu: Gloucester wen. was :h a closest 1 Lancashire! three runsgames ending „ye. Scores; Essex beat Mid- i Esses first I innings 1
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    PRO LF CHAGOMPION
    21 7 I oday.— AustraiiPeniei of San g the Professional iation championCbkA Harbert, of higan, two and one A .P.
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    S.C.C SOCCER TEAM
    56 7 The following have been selected to represent the S.C.C. against Ca vena ugh Youngsters on the Padang at 5.15 today: P W Cottrell. R. Smith, W. G. A M. Quayle. A. V. de Franck. C. J R Bembroke, S. G. Donaldson, P Gilmour. R. J. Forbes, H.
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    FAULKNER RETURNS BEST CARD IN CHESHIRE GOLF
    169 7 "HESHIRE, Tues. r professional golf c! -oday with the r Evening Chro«a the Mere Club's rest was given by I Johnny. Bulla. whose main reason B -iin is to challenge a >pon championtJntted States, and of Venezuela had neither put m an i
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    The Winning Jump
    26 7 A. Patterson winning: the high jump with a leap of 6 ft. 3 m. m the British Games at the White City Stadium.
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    Weak Army Side Beaten 4-2
    919 7 By Our Soccer Reporter S.R.C 4 Army 2 ARMY, playing with the weakest side they have fielded m n the league, tried valiantly but could not stave off defeat by four goals to two at the hands of the S.R.C. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday.
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    S'HAI CHINESE WANT SOCCER GAMES HERE
    159 7 By Our Soccer Reporter NEWS of the success of the Sing Tao tour ins football team's visit to Singapore and the strong opposition which local sides gave the Hong Kon? team has not been slow m reaching China, and yesterday a cable was received
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    MAR ROW WIN FOR BRIGHTON B.P.
    143 7 pLAYING befoie a large crowd of i badminton enthusiasts last Saturday night at the home court, the Brighton Reserves beat Rex B.P. dv five eames to 4. Results (Brighton players mentioned first) Koh Cheng Heck lost to Vinceu: Khoo 10—15. 15—12. I—s: S. Manser
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    AUSTRALIAN BOXER ARRIVES TOMORROW
    280 7 By Our Boxing Reporter LEO HEANEY, 22 year-old West Australian boxer who was the ring sensation m his country last year, arrives m Singapore by the Charon tomorrow for a series of fights here m Kow Kirn Lm proportions. Heaney is being accompanied by his brother
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    Today's Sport
    22 7 SOCCER: S.C.C. vs. Cavenaugh Youngsters, padang, 5.15 pan.; Bendemeer AC. vs. Hq. No. 4. Central Statistics, Fort Canning, 5.15 p.m.
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    MUNICIPAL SERVICES UNION BADMINTON
    110 7 THE Treasurer's Dept. and the Engineer's Dept. of the Singapore Municipal Services' Union will meet m a friendly badminton match of five Singles and two Doubles at the Rangoon Road Badminton Court on Sunday at 8 a.m. The teams will be chosen from the following: Treasurer's
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    SIGNAL RET.G WIN 4-1
    33 7 A game of soccer between GHQ Signal Regiment and REME Base Workshop ended m a four-one victory for the GIIQ. The game was played on Sunday at McNair Road.
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    WOMEN'S DAY AT WIMBLEDON
    949 7 Americans Win Easily From Vernon Morgan LONDON, Toes. fLORIOUS sunshine greeted the debut of the world's best 11 women lawn tennis players before 20,000 spectators here today, the feature of their opening matches being the brilliant all-round play of America's "big four/ each of whom had
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      206 7 •"see Press Crossword No. a*s CLUES DOWN 1. Official recorders (10); 1. Depression m mountain cnam 4£#; 8. What is a gibus? (5, 3); 9. Smallest State m the U.S. (.5, 6); 12. A white Rhine wine (11); 16. Each segment of the backbone (8); 17. Witty saying (3); 18.
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    Court martial law changes
    224 8 LONDON, Tues. ri: ladings and sentences of a British court martial m lulure will be announced m open court at the end of the trial. This is one of the recommendations* made by the co:/.mi*tee of enquiry into British court martial procedure fund accepted by the
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    FRANCE PASSES 'AUSTERITY' PROGRAMME
    133 8 PARIS. Tues. THE French National Assembly today passed the Government's austerity programme by a majority of 61 vote.s. The vctir.g was 301! m favour to 241. with 59 abstentions. The Assembly began voting on the Government'; s.ive The Franc Bill" after a debate lasting 21 hours.
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    U.K. DRAWS AGAIN
    48 8 BRITAIN withdrew another U.S. $100,000,000 of the American loan on June 20. the U.S. Treasury disclosed yesterday. The last withdrawal on June 2 amounted to $200,000,000. Total withdrawals tc d:'.e amount to U.S. $2,050,000,000 leaving a balance of $1,700,000,000 still to be drawn on Reuter
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    'EUROPE'S MOST DANGEROUS MAN'
    131 8 MUNICH, Tuesday. SCARFACED S .S. Col. Otto Sfcorzenny. "the most dangerous man m Europe. was charged m Dachau military court today with killing and torturing surrendered American soldiers and using their uniforms as disguises during the war. Skorzenny was the principal figure m "Operation Grief" which
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    SHANGHAI WHITES
    51 8 M.Alexander Stetsenko, chief Soviet delegate to the E.C.A.F.E. conference has announced that Russian emigrants m Shanghai who have taken Soviet papers might be allowed to return to the Soviet Union. Hitherto only children and a small number of adults have been granted permission to return to the Soviet
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    Gls ROB .LEGATION
    27 8 Six JJJB. soldiers were convicted on Tuesday by courts martial charges of armed robbery of irSiamese Legation m Tokio i 246,000 yen last January.-
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    FRENCH, GERMANS STRIKE FOR FOOD
    75 8 rpHIRTY-THOUSAND miners, a A quarter of France's total, were on strike last night chiefly for in* creased ration's. Minor financial adjustments were also demanded. About 5,000 workers went on strike yesterday m Oldenburg m the British zone of Germany as a protest against the present
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    NANKING ACCUSES RUSSIA OF AIDING REDS
    431 8 600, 000 troops are m equipped, trained NANKING, Tues. MILITARY leaders, reporting to the Constitution Enforcement Committee m Nanking today, made open charges that Soviet Russia has materially aided Chinese Con.inunisU m the prosecution of civil war, that out of a total of 800,000
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    EVA MAY BUY JET PLANES
    110 8 London, Xucsday. THE Evening News says today that a 4,500,000 order from Argentina for some of Britain's latest bombers is likely to be settled while Senora Eva Duarte de Peron arrives m this country within the next few weeks." It is reported here that she
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    SHANGHAI DELEGATES IN CLASH
    166 8 SHANGHAI, Tues. A VERBAL clash between the Un'ted States and Soviet delegates enlivened today's ses-ion as trn United Nations Economic Commission for A'ia and th: Far East finally ligrjed to m tiate the col ect;o n of information on the economic rccons ruction ol Asia and
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    BURMESE WANT DOMINION STATUS AT ONCE
    118 8 BURMESE WANT DOMINION STATUS AT ONCE RANGOON. Tuesday. DUr.MESE political leaders arc trying to secure British agreement lor immediate conversion of the Executive Council into an interim dominion government, Reuter learns. A plebiscite may be held m the Bhamo and Myitkyina areas of Upper Burma to decide whether the r^
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    SEVEN DIE IN BELGIAN FIRE
    135 8 iiiiUSSELfi. Tuesday. EMPLOYEES leapt from ftfth- storey windows of the Belgian Ministry of Education todiy when lire broke out In the building, causing seven deaths and injuries to 15 people. Four women were burned to death. Some cf. those wh> leapt from the windows were
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    GILT-EDGEDS ARE UPSET
    349 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Tutxtor. ON the London Stock Exchange today, the market* m rather irregular throughout, uith Gilt -edged.* up*' by terms of the Southern Rhodcsian Governnum i>Nue uhi h was taking the form of a £32.000.000 two and half \m cent. 19G5-70 issue at 99
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    RUBBER: LONDON VIEW ON DROP
    290 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, luhs. RUBBER experts m London attribute the fall m tnc price of rubber (Singapore brokers today quoted No. ribbed smoked sheet spot loose at 26 cents per Ib. buyers and 26 i cents per lb. sellers— the lowest since early
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    U.K. NOT MAKING AIR SPEED BID
    88 8 LONDON. Tuesday. BRITAIN today officially gave up any further attempt to beat the U.S. Air Force's speed record of 623.8 miles per hour until a newer and faster plane than the twin-jet Gloster Meteor is developed. A Ministry of Supply spokesman told a press
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    RUBBER PRICES
    232 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent elves the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follow*: Tone of Market: Nominal SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon >esterda> were: Tone of market: Quiet »nd easier Spore shares THE Singapore share market this
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    IS. SCOTCH PRICES
    45 8 The British Food Minister, Mr John Btrachey, said yesterday that the British Government had decided not to raise whisky '.x--port prices lor the United States. •Considering the retail price it simply cannot be done." Mr Strachcy told a Pr?ss co'ile ./ence U.P.
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    MORE MEN ESSENTIAL FOR SERVICES
    224 8 LONDON, Tuesday. IT will be a sad day for Britain when recruits can be found only m response to publicity which represents the sergeant as a cross between an indulgent nursemaid and a deferential travel agent. The appeal of the Services is to men not
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      153 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT Applications are invited for the following Temporary Appointments, on a three years' agreement, with the Municipal Water Department. All appointments are connected with the construction work on extensions to the Water Supply: One Resident Engineer (Salary $1,500 t>er month). One Assistant Resident Engineer ($7OO to
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      98 8 WEATHER Dull and cloudy WEATHER report for the next 24 hours comniled by the RAF: Dull and cloudy today with occasional rain. Fair late tonight and tomorrow. Wind: Light southeasterly bat jus tins above 15 knots m rain. Suiwet: 6.42 p.m. Sunrise 6.31 a.m. Moonri.se 12.29 pjn. Moonset 12.51 a.m.
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      14 8 SINGAPORE TIDES High Low 4.25 p.m. 7ft 9 ins. 9.55 p.m. 4ft 4 ins.
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