The Singapore Free Press, 26 July 1947
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Title Section19 1947-07-26 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA 1 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article584 1947-07-26 1 hitch now face guerilla war base of Dutch operations m Java has been leted, states the A.P. correspondent m 1 1» n despatch this morning. Central Java has L l: off fan the rice-producing east and west [i Dutch 10* hold positions m 16 of Java's584 words
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74 1947-07-26 1 Java ships subject to Dutch orders Fitt Pless KrDorter Bl) S gw rrung the a s fiom Sin■l Indies were m V" n der Gaast m- Affairs W -:or: on vessels r Sumatra. r Java ports W_- ty with sailing Bt I >' the Dutch W ntathres m B r-Rpor^.74 words
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Article64 1947-07-26 1 NDON, Friday »hich orought U m.,sion to Urn runway on h The plane fc* and some of r i arc believed to BM Id Wilsun. who is Ovoseaa lrade l« :he cra^h said:' J *n nice trip from arrived. Then «Htin« there was 2 u rReuter - 64 words
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144 1947-07-26 1 WORLD OPINION PUZZLES THE BAAVIA DUTCH BATAVIA. Friday. THE average Dutchman m .tavia Is worrying more about world opinion than the outcome of the fighting. No one has the slightest doubt that the Dutch army can go where !it likes, and hold any position taken, but there is a sharpU.P. - 144 words
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Article35 1947-07-26 1 SIR C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyer. 62-year-old Prime Minister of i Travancore. was attacked and I wounded with a swordstick by an Indian at a State C remony m Trivandrum on Friday night. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article220 1947-07-26 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. REPORTS from Washington, asserting that the United States rubber industry is hotly criticising the proposed Rubber Control Bill, which the Army and Navy Munitions Board has drafted for Congressional consideration, has given considerable encouragement to London rubber circles. These220 words
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Article, Illustration61 1947-07-26 1 picture. butch marines watch from a truck burning Probolinggo, one of the chief Republican ports, which the Indonesian army set on fire before the Dutch landed. Millions of dollars worth of property have been destroyed by the Indonesians in their scorched earth policy andA.P. - 61 words
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Article402 1947-07-26 1 LONDON, Friday. USAW, former Burmese Prime Minister and leader of the Myochit Party, against whom the Burma Police are understood to have evidence of "direct involvement" m the murders of the seven Burmese leaders last Saturday, will appear m court as soon as the402 words
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Article71 1947-07-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter mHREE Sikh and one Chinese I watchmen were tied up by nve armed Chinese, who stole 45 tyres and some shoes from a store at Kampong Soopoo. off Geylang Road, at 3 o'clock this morning. Another Police report says that71 words
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Article25 1947-07-26 1 Sir Rama Rao arrived m Tokio yesterday to take up his post as India's political representative m Japan with ambassadorial rank. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article87 1947-07-26 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. A FORMER member of the UJ3. Congress Andrew J. May, charged with accepting $53,635 m bribes as wartime chairman of the House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee, was sentence yesterday to a term of from eight months to two years m prison. Two munitions87 words
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Article38 1947-07-26 1 U.S. ROCKET TESTS Australian Government circles in* Melbourne are reported to have said the United States might share m rocket-bomb experiments on the British Empire range planned to stretch 3.000 miles over Australia and the Indian Ocean. AP.38 words
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Article62 1947-07-26 1 EVERYONE arriving m the United Kingdom by air most five his or her correct age to officials under the terms of an amendment to the statistics of the Trade Bill approved by the Commons yesterday. Mr. Brendan Bracken (Cons.) ar?ued that women, particularly t* »i62 words
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384 1947-07-26 1 BROOKE FILES LIBEL ACTION IN SARA WAR Free Press Staff Reporter AN action for libel has been filed by the former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, against the Attorney-General of Sarawak, Mr. Kenneth Digby, and the Sarawak Press Company, publishers of the Sarawak Tribune. Mr. Brooke is claiming384 words
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Article25 1947-07-26 1 Four Nazi S.S. leaders were hanged m Vienna yesterday for the mass murders of Hungarian Jews m Austria during the war. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article58 1947-07-26 1 A POLICE raiding party oS A Thursday night invaded a large Delhi mosque and arrested 54 Khaksars who had taken refuge within the sacred walls after drawing police gunfire m a violent demonstration. The Khaksars offered no re« sistTice to the raiders who, with theA.P. - 58 words
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120 1947-07-26 1 Big Palestine military move is expected JERUSALEM, Friday. THE High Commissioner for PalLiiue, Six Alan Cunningham, has given the Army and police another few days to locate the two British hostages believed to be held by Jewish extremists. After that time, far-reaching measures of an undisclosed nature would be clampedU.P. - 120 words
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Article48 1947-07-26 1 The Municipal Commissioneraf have decided to reject an application made by trisha riders asking for t:ie abolition of the system of arm badges which must be worn by all riders. A reply to this effect has been sent to the Singapore Trisha Riders' Union.48 words
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Advertisement25 1947-07-26 1 lours Exclusively *UST UNPACKED WM P* \mM Jk dkdl W^F AMERICAN CREATION WHITE LINEN 3T Wid« $2.W per yard. STORE North Bridge Road Phone 7732.25 words
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Advertisement31 1947-07-26 1 M. FUNTER ft S. GRINBERG. BeteU Dealers IB DIAMONOS JEWELLERY Now available Gold Cigarette Cases of IS A 9 carats- Telephonr J923 67. SUmford Road, Ea Court Bid*. Singapore lluEn BALM31 words
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Article1087 1947-07-26 2 THERE is no doubt that vocal art is a kind of Cinderella among the other manifestations of concert music. A violin or piano recital will always be more appreciated and have greater appeal to the public than a vocal one. The reasons for this are Although it1,087 words
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Article, Illustration89 1947-07-26 2 SPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win seven of the eight tricks against any defense. South leads club jack to Norths king. North returns the spade six. East ducks and South wins the next spade, West discarding a club. South puts North 'm89 words
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Article205 1947-07-26 2 DAVID GRANT - DAVID GRANT AT the Victoria Theatre last Sunday, a concert was organized by the Chinese Consul General, Dr. Wu PaakShing, and two talented artists from China were heard m compositions for the violin and the voice. Mr. Ma Si-hon's violin playing was admirably balanced, and at times his205 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-07-26 2 Red-haired Hazel Court wearing an attractive beach outfit by Horrocks. The lone full print, is worn over tailored skirted coat, made m Chinese brassiers and shorts of the same material.30 words
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Article75 1947-07-26 2 1. Henry VIII. father of Edward VI (by Jane Seymour), of Mary I (by Katherine of Aragon), and of Elizabeth (by Anne Boleyn). Elizabeth was succeeded by James I, great-grandson of Henry Vlll's sister Margaret. who married James IV of Scotland. 2. Three to one against. The distribution75 words
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Article965 1947-07-26 2 Gordon van Hien - FRANCE— FOR A CHANGE Gordon van Hien Music Abroad by DEFORE relating a few experiences of a trip to France, I expect Singaporeans will be interested to hear that John Vallier, who inaugurated the Saturday Proms., at Armenian Street, enjoyed a great success at his recent concert at the Wigmore965 words
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Advertisement20 1947-07-26 2 You II find Excitement. p J^^ 1 MMiiii i\ j) ii\i; Mp|| (sinbad the sailor! lK| i CAPITOL MIDNITE JoM20 words
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Miscellaneous1388 1947-07-26 2 SkSbcSw tS^ fi <*****H **^*Jb _J fit t jft w__Jr" B ft ft H ft ft "^-^aßffi SINHAPOKP metres 15.32 megacycles; 10 00 pjn to metres. 5.30-night 19 84 metre* and 4?*.nvjrvrwflE, v 15 yICS l 6 we tre« 17.84 49.38 metres. Blue Network megacycles; 10 00 p.a to 111,388 words
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Article73 1947-07-26 3 I ol Szechuen itIMK h;ghr eac unqf oi'f.cers > I course m tm honoured ft Trmton Sev ■J t J return to China a »r r a:nst Com- •-:..-n: mast be v j De^re we 9 ~,<*:u^::on of was director d uioq Ihe war at 573 words
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Article, Illustration49 1947-07-26 3 m X i HEATH, a New i m loan to the R.-habiliUtion A *ho has just > i ountry aft«r u v ;n China. WH I U E of New a B eaiineer on N?u Zealand t iccfl m China Iks ..-'pins to re-~-.>c fIM I r. a -Amoy road.49 words
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453 1947-07-26 3 US. ABANDONS CHIANG-RED PEACE HOPES NANKING, Friday. I lEUT.-Gen. Alfred Wedemeyer's mission to China marks the end of America hopes of any kind of an agreement betweeen Nationalists and Communist element. This was pointed out today by high American officials m Nanking who are m a position lo influence Wedemeyer'sU.P. - 453 words
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Article, Illustration90 1947-07-26 3 HEAVILY laden with the largest ocean-borne shipment of railway locomotives m transportation history, the bis Norwegian trainship S.S. "Beljeanne" is shown approaching her berth at the Changwahpang railway dock, at Woosung, Shanghai. Twenty -six of the bis engines were lashed with steel cables to the ship's rail-fittedA.P. - 90 words
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Article35 1947-07-26 3 The Legislative Yuan has authorised a five-fold increase m Chinas domastio postal and telegraphic rates Including press radi- grams, effective on July 1. ,The order does not include inter national messages.— A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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141 1947-07-26 3 CHINESE HAVE US $5OO MILLION OVERSEAS HIGH American Government official, who prefers not to be quoted, said that export iicenc would be granted for deliveries o. arms and ammunition to China l. provided that payment is rnad^ In cash m the United States. He added, however, that no of- j141 words
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Article71 1947-07-26 3 THE sinking. during the 1 typhoon, of the gunboat "Kiang Sui" on garrison duty off Kiangying. has been confirmed by the First Base Command oi ihe i Ctiines^ Na^T. Central News reports No casualties are reported m the incident. Salvage of the sunken gunboat is at present71 words
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Article97 1947-07-26 3 DEFENCE AREAS; DEFINED rREIGNERS will not be permitted to visit or stay m,, places where there are national: defence installations or 'unitabilized" political conditions, the Kwangtung Provincial government announced m accordance with instructions from the Ministry of National Defence. The following were listed as prohibited areas: naval bases at Holhow97 words
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Article266 1947-07-26 3 1 illii 3SS jfiliM ilm 1 rpHE one bright spot m China's otherwise dismal picture is this year's crop prediction, which agricultural experts says should bring a better-than-average yield. Despite spotty conditions m some provinces and the usual localized famine areas m others, the over-all expectation is forA.P. - 266 words
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Article53 1947-07-26 3 THE United States Maritime Commission will shortly! deliver 25 surplus merchant ships to China as soon as firal details are completed The 25 ships, consisting of 10 the "Liberty" type and 15 of the coastal type of about 2,900 tonnage, were sold to China lastCentral News - 53 words
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Article74 1947-07-26 3 MR. A. N. FITTING, Chinese Workers' delegate to the Inj ternational Labour Conference 'at Geneva, said that the very existence of the Chinese worker was threatened. They trusted m the International Labour Organization r improve their conditions, he said. He agreed with Mr. Ram, the74 words
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Article23 1947-07-26 3 The Executive Yuan has ap- pointed Mr. Yu Wang-teh, Chinese Minister to Colombia, to serve concurrently as Minister to Ecuador.23 words
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Article122 1947-07-26 3 WITH the Communist "railway offensive" In Hopei province showing no signs of abating, the Chinese military authorities m North China have declared the coastal region stretching from the mouth of the Yangtse to Taku a blockade zone. Recently curfew was clamped down on Tientsin without122 words
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Article456 1947-07-26 3 Economists fear Jap aggression fHINESE economic experts whose fears of Japanese imperialism were ended by V-J Day, fear new "aggression." A survey of Chinese commercial and circles m Nanking reflects uniform fear of an unfavourable foreign trade with Japan when that country resumes its limited commerce on Aug. 15. TheseA.P. - 456 words
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Miscellaneous115 1947-07-26 3 TARZ AN gwindl«r« plan Edgar Rice^urrougl^ NOW iF >OU WILL COME TO MY J[mBBi^BHiBBHBHBBIB^ k< AAAKE "YOURSELF COMFORTABLE, 1 TOOWS/ SAX? BIG LOUIE, PURSUING i^fll SCONOER- AS HIS GUESTj^ jr"* It MIS EVIL PLAN, *la SHOW >OU <*csl II SEATEP HIMSELF--- J 2*»f» PICTURES OF THE PROPERTIES J MM jj115 words
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627 1947-07-26 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1947. The Malays and Immigration THE Malay attitude towards 1 immigration has been one of the most thorny problems confronting those engaged m the negotiations for a new Federation of Malaya and it has been clear from the out set that, without the627 words
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Article917 1947-07-26 4 Coal is next m importance to rubber and tin m Malay a where there is today a shortage of these "black diamonds. Everyone m the British Isles is vitally interested m Coal. To Mr. Shin well, the man who knows most about coal, a questionnaire was submitted. Below917 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-07-26 4 Seen m the Picture with his mis ress is an 8-month o'd Af rhan hound puppy .They were celebraLing the winning of the third prize m the Special Puppy Clas at the London Joint Championship Dog Show.37 words
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Article118 1947-07-26 4 1. What King of England was followed on the throne by three of his children? And what relation to the father of these three sovereigns was the sovereign who succeeded the last of them? 2. There are 24 marbles m two bags; some are red, the rest are black.118 words
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Article, Illustration1540 1947-07-26 4 T.H. TAN - DO UBLE TENTH TRIAL T.H.TAN by TWENTY years after Commodore Perry had opened the gates of Japan, M. Boissonade de Fontarabie, a distinguished French jurist, was at work m the Japanese Ministry of Justice, codifying Japanese law. He heard groans coming from an adjacent room, and asked what they meant.1,540 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-07-26 4 The Singapore Stage Club is putting on a new show next Monday night. It's called Springtime For Henry." Taking Dart m the play are Mr. Royston Tandy producer Mr. Jack Mirsky (Stage Manager) at the back and Mr. John Echlesinger, Miss Barbara Pritchett, Mr. Tom Frost and Miss Evelyn Dods52 words
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Article290 1947-07-26 4 New Faces For Old MODERN plastic surgery is a miraculous art. One of its leading figures mi n Britain is Mr. Tom Pomfret Kilner. He first cam c to the forefront m World War I, and oy 1939 had been responsible for thousands of astonishing cases m the many hospitals290 words
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Article16 1947-07-26 4 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3. 6.16 words
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458 1947-07-26 5 Free schooling deferred Free Press Staff Reporter AVEftf the points which led to the adoption of the 10 year fl cdncatk* pk»n for Singapore being deferred until the JLj nn «»f the Advisory Council is that, under the Ml n Fn^lish would be taught458 words
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Article73 1947-07-26 5 JAPS 'B LAS ED' OUR PADI TOO riUIE types of insects which X destroy Dadi and the damage caused by padi "blast > disease" when Taiwan padi was 1 introduced by the Japanese into Malaya will be shown at the Malayan Acri-Horticultural Exi hibition to be held m Kuala Lumpur73 words
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Article34 1947-07-26 5 Major A. L. B Swaine has been appointed tx) act as Commandant, Singapore Voluneer Corps, with effect from July 14, 1947, during the absence on teave of Li. Col. R. W. Watson-Hyatt.34 words
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Article196 1947-07-26 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Maiay leaders welcome the scheme to train 1,000 Malays for a new R.A.F. regiment which will be raised m Malaya early next month and will come und?r Imperial Command. Commenting on the new scheme, the President of the Malay Union, Singapore, Tuan196 words
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361 1947-07-26 5 TRANSIT VIA SPORE RETARDS SIAMTRADE Plea for direct line to A ustra lia TRANSHIPMENT of goods at Singapore and Hong Kong is "a major handicap," retarding the development of trade between Siam and Australia, according to Mr. S. Kashemsri of the Siamese Ministry of Commerce. If shipping difficulties could be361 words
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Article, Illustration98 1947-07-26 5 Security measures are proceeding at Outrani Road Jail, Singapore, from which there had been several escapes some weeks ago. One of these measures is the heightening of the wall around the jail, and on the raised wall will be barbed wire. The pictures above show one side of the wallFree Press - 98 words
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174 1947-07-26 5 MORE CHINESE MUSICIANS ARE ARRIVING tree Press Staff Reporter THE two members of the Chinese Musicians' Goodwill Mission Mr. Jamson Huang, lyric tenor, and Mr. Ma Si-hon who is rated China's leading violinist, will give a second concert m Singapore before they leave on a concert tour of Kuala Lumpur,174 words
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Article108 1947-07-26 5 Free Press Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES of all Malay and Muslim associations m Singapore are holding an important meeting this afternoon to discuss a move to collect funds for relief work among the people of Indonesia. The meeting is being sponsored by the Indonesian Red Cross108 words
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Article74 1947-07-26 5 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquiry into an accident m Serangoon Road on the evening of July 17 m which an 85-year-old Chinese gardener, Chong Ah Heng, was hit by a taxi and killed. Evidence showed that74 words
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Article60 1947-07-26 5 PENANG, Friday.— A fullgrown tiger which had killed two cows and caused other havoc m the Selapau District has been shot by two professional hunters at United Patani Estate. The animal weighed three piculs and it took four men to lift the carcase into a lorry. The tiger60 words
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Article206 1947-07-26 5 TRADE FAIR OPENING TODAY THE Chinese Consul-General, Dr. Wu Paak-shing, will today open the Singapore WorldWide Trade Fair at the Great World at 6.30 p.m. The band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers will render musical selections. All the latest m cars, textiles, radios, refrigerators and other goods of genera! interest206 words
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150 1947-07-26 5 Five Chinese, aged between 18 and 23. yesterday, m the Fourth Police Court, faced three separate charges of attempting to extort $10.80 from three men Chong Seong, Hor Kok Kwee and Lim Ah Moy by putting them m fear of injury at Tyersall Mess, Tyersall150 words
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Article18 1947-07-26 5 Mr. Cheng Hsln Vi has been officially recognised at the Chini ese Vice -Consul at Singapore.18 words
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Article216 1947-07-26 5 rE Blue Funnel ship Charon will bring another large ship- I ment of Australian fruit to Singa- j pore next week. There are 6,400 cases of fruit for the civilians and 1.134 cases for the Services. Civilian cargo includes 230 tons of potatoes, 50 tons of produce,216 words
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Article166 1947-07-26 5 NEXT MOVE BY STORE API AWAITED Free Press Staff Reporter NO application had yet been received from the Malay organisation A.P.I, to be registered as a society, tb>e Registrar of Societies, Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, told the Free Press. The application when receiyed would be considered and the customary166 words
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Article63 1947-07-26 5 When a 33 -year -old Malay Budin bin Kamal was charged m toe Fourth Police Court, yesterday with voluntarily causing hurt to Mahomed Idros bin Ujang with a poker on Wednesday he said "Mahomed, a relative of mine is m the habit of abusing me all the63 words
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Advertisement75 1947-07-26 5 "THE COCKPIT" CONTINENTAL BAR COCKTAILS WINES SMACKS Grillroom service by reservation only Sunday mornings 11 o'clock paints and special tiffins OXLEY RISE TEL. 7482 Chef Mr. A.F. BRAMA Hotel Irocadero, Bangkok. Hotel der Ntderiandeß, frtUm. COCONUT* GROVE 55 CUPPAGE ROAD! THE BEST DRINKS M TOWN Dancing to "John Klein«M's Myth*75 words
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Article392 1947-07-26 6 MASS EXODUS TO WEST UNDERWAY Germans flee from Soviet Zone BERLIN, Friday. II7HILE nations of Europe are lining up either under the Marshall plan or the Molotov plan for economic rehabilitation, tens of thousands of Germans caught on the Russian side of the fence are today choosing the West andA.P. - 392 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-07-26 6 Pope Pius XII sees a television transmitter for the first time as Mr. Joseph Jenkins, an American radio engineer, explains the mechanism of the set which he had just erected m the Consistory of the Vatican.36 words
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Article78 1947-07-26 6 THE first of a large order of Boe ing Stratocruiser planes, which weighs 67.5 tons and will hive a cruising speed of 340 miles per hour, has been completed, reports A. P.* from Seattle. The first plaae will be delivered to Pan-American World Air- ways, which has78 words
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Article23 1947-07-26 6 A new standard has been presented by the Duke of Gloucester to the Third Caribiniers (Priace of Wales Dragoon Guards >.— ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article135 1947-07-26 6 ■THE interchange of 1,090,000 holiday-makers between 30 1 different countries within ten years is the target of the World Friendship Association, 40,000 of whose European members will have visited Britain before the autumn ends. At the moment three ships, including an 8,000-ton ,Hner, are under charter135 words
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Article43 1947-07-26 6 THE arrival of nearly 70,000 tons 1 of food, worth U.S. $7,000,000 during the third week oi July, was announced m Berlin by the American military government. The imports are part of the Anglo-American bizonal feed- ing programme. U.P.U.P. - 43 words
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Article27 1947-07-26 6 Hie House of Commons was told that 14,682 prisoners of war were repatriated from Great Britain and 4,760 from the Middle East during June.— ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article109 1947-07-26 6 THE largest Danish scientific expedition ever to study m 4sia, 1 led by Dr. Henning Haslund -Christensen, will leave Copenhagen m August or September for the western Himalaya mountain region on a six-year mission of research. The doctor has twice before led expeditions to Tibet, theA.P. - 109 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-07-26 6 Another > ID f military h»su>n w^ Westminster I :^°*< don this month ih^£^ fat-,,: r;!S were han-ied oV r JJ** the imor^sivi K.^an SS servic,-. i rfisfa IV1( here seen beari^ t£?£31 words
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Article58 1947-07-26 6 LONDON, Friday. THE first of this season's Channel swimming attempts will be made on Sunday weather permitting— by a 37-year-old waitress from Denmark, Una Anderson, who was unsuccessful last year. Filty-six-year old Dr. G. B. Brewster, who is training at Southwarfc, is also thinking of making another58 words
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Article59 1947-07-26 6 TETSU KATAYAMA as Prime Minister of Japan receives a salary of £15 tabout Straits $127 a month. This has been disclosed by the Japanese Ministry of Finance which has now derided to increase the salary of the Prime Minister to £50 monthly and those of otherReuter - 59 words
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Article40 1947-07-26 6 THE yueai Mary, Britain's luxury liner, that transported more than 750,000 troops during seven years of war, set out on her final trials on Thursday before resuming the trans- Atlantic passenger ser- vice next weeK.- U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Article75 1947-07-26 6 LONDON, Friday. THE Canadian Minister of Reconstruction and Supply, Mr. C. H. Howe, arrived m Britain today. His main business m London will be to attend the special meeting of the Privy Council next Thursday to approve Princess Elizabeth's marriage to Lieut Philip Mountbatten. Australia and75 words
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Article235 1947-07-26 6 H.K. 60VT. SERVICE UNREST rpHE discontent among Hong Kong Government employees over the question of remuneration has now spread to professional members of the Medical Department, reports Reuter. Several medical officers m Government service, according to the China Mail, have resigned m the last two months, andReuter - 235 words
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Article81 1947-07-26 6 INDIAN SHIP OWNERSARE PESSIMISTC MEMBERS _.S^. m delegate n n w i n w rear it will b tS >ibk :-j open atgoiii I ship Dwnen said "We J tbied "c'-J the breakc to the Okwern of we car.nc-: r. furtbe "The chatro gg dupping co! cognise Us a thereReuter - 81 words
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Article170 1947-07-26 6 PARIS, Friday. '•pRENCH INDIA must preserve her own individuality, 1 with an autonomous territorial government within the French Union," Mr. Lamoert Saravane, deputy for French India m the French National Assembly, told Renter's ihief correspondent m Paris, on his return from §> prolonged visit to his170 words
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Article76 1947-07-26 6 French Union Reuter AT least six Cambridge firemen A were burned with mustard gas when a railway wagonload of American gas bombs exploded ten miles east of Cambridge, and laid down a curtain of the poisonous fumes over a cow pasture and a section ofReuter - 76 words
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178 1947-07-26 6 21 year-study of 1,342 women cancer patients at Bellevue Hospital. New York. Indicates that child-bearing has a "definite influence" on formation of cancer of the cervix, two physicians have reported. Writing m the American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, Dr. Ira I. Kaplan,178 words
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Article26 1947-07-26 6 The Governments has placed an order for an additional 1 5. C00 aluminium permanent bungalow s being erected m all narts r* Britain.— ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article43 1947-07-26 6 yHE United 3tas iM tribute nearl] limn (pii of the $100.0* MM eiusa reconstruction budget i United Nations EducttMHiJ tural and Scientific Orcanas during the ccmiinK yea: > UNESCO director-genenl '4 Huxley, told a meettee ii Executive Board m Paris.-J*43 words
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Advertisement27 1947-07-26 6 Bex CkOdrcii'* Chib TOMORROW MATINEE AT 11 A. M. "CAPTAIN i^ JIV KfDD jpr LORETTA VOUNgTj JOSEPH COTTEN ETHEL BARRYMORE jk*L OPEHS TOMORROW AKO HIS ORCHI Sft*27 words
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Advertisement77 1947-07-26 6 Mvic And Lyrim By Irving Berlin |s^EX7nCr^yfln Today Four s h«'»' •^^WW^WS^Q 1.30 -4 G.'.ii p* 808 HOPE AT HIS BESI I HohroniM/ttMK. < ..*J k; /Louisiana »«y I3t wteiMfr F jrj Children s Matinee Toimomm II I* EdWMd O. Robinson-John Garfi'" "SEA WOLF' 11 a.m., 1 45, m M|77 words
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Miscellaneous24 1947-07-26 6 JANk Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya '^^tESX«^JE£^I OAjAe/nou/^M I |fsoMi«w* «umd^ I samtAmmua.'-imas T U««w^^i 1^ SS.S?SJ^i^5i 1 '<?t***=7&Tr wtJ ISil24 words
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356 1947-07-26 7 LEEDS, Friday. ENGLAND will start the fourth cricket Test match with >outh Africa at the famous Headingley ground tomorrow m the happy position of being two up with two matches to play. With the South Africans having lost some of their conMenci through two consecutive356 words
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Article761 1947-07-26 7 SING TAO DISAPPOINT IN PENANG Free Press Staff Correspondent T^,.. PENANG, Friday. HE biggest crowd ever seen at any football match here since the reoccupation turned up today to see the Sine Tao touring soccer team from Hong Kong m action hi their first match here against Penang Chinese Football761 words
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Article29 1947-07-26 7 CLUBS and as?ociaaons desiring friendly footbal' pames asainst the Social Athletic Party are requested to communicate with Mr. Soh Kirn Swee. co Messrs. Caldbeck Mfcerpcror Co.. Ltd.29 words
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39 1947-07-26 7 e present a about mid- ito run a J Knock-am Coml J iißtated to Cm Competii be -enc to the on August -oerteam a D '.cations. t VON'G LIANG 3erret.irv S A.F.A. Mta idpa] Office.39 words
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Article57 1947-07-26 7 THE following will play for the Bevelle Lads XI against the Naafi Sports Club m a friendly match of soccer at the Government Printing ground at 5.15 p.m. today; Doraisamy. E. Gauder, G. Pasqual. M. Din. M. Pasqual, P. Dass, R. Karim. R. Perria, R. Schoon, T.57 words
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Article44 1947-07-26 7 THE following will represent G.H.Q. Sisrnal Regiment against the Jollilads at soccer. Thomson Road tomorrow Goram Redhead. Sarr: Cross (Capt). Hope, Thomson; Hogg. Brown. Stoddart. Scott, Hawes. A cup presented by Mr. M. S. Dawood will go to the winning team.44 words
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Article34 1947-07-26 7 THE Amateur Sporting Association will hold a re-union dinner at the Chong Nam Restaurant Happy World at 7 p.m. to-day. There will also be a special general meeting before the dinner.34 words
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267 1947-07-26 7 FIVE TEAMS IN RUNNING IN R.A.F. LEAGUE TREMENDOUS interest centres around I the RAF. Malaya Inter-Uu;t Football League. The handsome League championship cup can yet oe won by any one of the top five teams m ihe latest league tables below. The chances of Changi Station XI are not quite267 words
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468 1947-07-26 7 THE finals of the Singapore inter- schools' athletic meeting will be 1 held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday. Aver. I. The six competing schools are Vie- I tnria School, St. Patrick's School, Raffles Institution. An^lo-Chir^s School. St. Andrew's School and St. JosPDh's School468 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-07-26 7 lue uiminutive Ah I'ik and lanky Jack Lawther m a goalmouth moment m Thursday's league at the stadium m which the Chinese senior beat the Recs one-nil. 'lac K.A.F. League Soccer Challenge Cup.37 words
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484 1947-07-26 7 S. J. I. CHAMPION ATHLETE WINS FOUR EVENTS ST. JOSEPHS Institution, Singapore, I held their 40th Annual Athletic Sports yesterday at Jalan Besar Sta-' dium. Champion Athlete of the meet was Tan Eng Yoon with 16 points. He took the long jump, 100 yards, 220 and 880 events. The Inter484 words
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Article168 1947-07-26 7 THE British Transit Oainp beat Supply Reserve Depot by 91 runs m a game of cricket played at Net Coon on Wednesday. Scores were: BRITISH TRANSIT CAMP Mansfield b Low 13; Croolcs b Griffin 0; Irving c Griffin b Tilev 29: Young lbw b Kidd 26;168 words
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Article125 1947-07-26 7 ARMY and the Indian Association ar. opponents to-day's league soccer j match at J?lan Besar Stadium. If Army win to-day, their position will bi> almost invincible with 22 points from 1 1 games, but if they loose they will stand m danger of losing125 words
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Article456 1947-07-26 7 THE Singapore representative athletic team championships 1 which are arranged to take place on the Police Training School Sports Ground, Thomson Road, on Aug. 9 may well be said to be the climax of Singapore athletics for this season. The championship is for the456 words
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Article141 1947-07-26 7 HARROGATE, Friday. THE Australian. Norman Von Nida, broke one record and equalled another m winning the Nonh British 2,000 guineas professional golf tournament today with ihe magnificent aggregate of 271 for 72 holes. His total equalled the achievement of Abe Mitchell whose 271 at BristolReuter - 141 words
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Article25 1947-07-26 7 A SPECIAL MEETING of the Wales Minstrels will be held at the Gunong Sayang Club, No. 140, Ceylon .Road at 8 p.m. to-rtav25 words
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225 1947-07-26 7 MIDDLESEX NOW SHARE LEAD WITH GLOSTER LONDON. Prl.v. MIDDLESEX scoring 36 m 35 minutes, beat Northamptonshire to gain their 12th victory and retrain the joint lead with Gloucestershire m the county championship table. Each have 152 points but Middlesex have played one game less than Gloucester. England's fast-medium bowler, Alec225 words
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Article72 1947-07-26 7 •THE following have been chosen to Ipiay soccer today for the Joyful Juniors against Keppel Harbour Mechanics XI at the latter's ground, kick-off at 5.15 p.m K. Jeevarajah, Mohinda Singh, Loo Siong Teck, Goh Ah Peng, Lim Kirn Hock. Chua Seng Kirn, Scow Chui Bok, Tan Kirn Kee.72 words
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Article71 1947-07-26 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Colonials C.C. against RAP. Paya Lebar m a game of cricket match at the Police Grounds, Thompson Road, tomorrow at 11 a.m. W. Ratnayake, C. Colling, L. Delilkan, G. Bradshaw, S. Nagaiah. R. A. Ratnam, D. Miller, A. Thiagarajah, A.E.71 words
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Article75 1947-07-26 7 rIE following will represent the South against North m the annual cricket match to be played at Kuala Lumpur duringthe August Holidays: R. Leggett (SCO (Capt), J. Bates (SCO, E. Harding (SCO, C. Schubert (SRC), F. Marsh (SCO, M. S. Robinson (SCO, S. D. Williams75 words
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Advertisement55 1947-07-26 7 NEW WORLD, TOMORROW I First Boat: 8.30 p.m. 1 l IN f RL>t.\TS THE RETURN CONTEST OVER 10 RDS. hsaneT^TFWa i |J (Kilipine Slasher) 1 I VWLIGHT CONTEST OVEU 10 RDS. HfAirfZ" vs KHOON >ell3atlont (Chinese 112 lbs ACE) FVrH^ri LMMY BIR D- GUNBOAT SMITH FSR^ie TO HASSAIf YOUNG JACKSON55 words
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Miscellaneous223 1947-07-26 7 Weekend Sports to-day H IK 9 A FA. league. Army v Indians. Jalan Besar SUd urn: frf-ndly tames, Katong J U rl n c.C. »MT. Coy RAF (hin <ri. next to St. Patrick's Katong Eurasians' 2nd m v KAF B«M T St. Patrick's IS h,l Bevelle Lads Naafi, f. Printins223 words
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Miscellaneous134 1947-07-26 7 FREE PRESS FIGWOBOB i' v tune uxc \*azzie put tetters r. w en, n^ures sd tuai voids may oe read across and dowi:. Where the same figure occurs more than once, the same letters must of c urse, be used. Best wcrd to start with this week Ls the last134 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-07-26 8 HOME Scene from Hampshire of headland being ploughed alongside the Old Mill at Islington, near Alton.16 words
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Article387 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Racing Correspondent FIRM going is almost certain for the races m Penang today the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer m eel hiji. With large fields m all events and many of the runners m good form, there should be some387 words
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Article84 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH. Friday. A 13- YEAR-OLD Chinese boy was convicted m the Perak Assize Court today on a charge of being m possession of arms. The boy. Chew Too Yong. whe is employed by the military at Taiping. was found m possession84 words
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Article130 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Correspondent SEREMBAN Friday. AN armed robbery attempt at a Seremban rubber dealer's shop yesterday failed because the raider forgot to lock the door. A young, well-dressed Chinese entered shop m Jalan Tuan Sheikh and at the point of a revolver ordered the proprietor who130 words
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Article419 1947-07-26 8 S.M.C. VOTES TO REMOVE SECREY S^-hr talks on constitution Free Press Staff Reporter THE Governor-in-Council will be asked to make public the recommendations of the Commissioners on the future Municipal Constitution. The decision to make this request was taken by a unanimous vote at yesterday's meeting of the Commissioners, after419 words
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207 1947-07-26 8 THE Singapore Municipal president, Mr. L. Rayman, will write to the Colonial Secretary to inform the Services that the cost of repairs and maintenance of Municipal roads should be partly borne by the Services. At the Commissioners* meeting yesterday, they voted unanimously207 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-07-26 8 THE KING INSPECTS GORONS The Royal Family and Lieut. Philip Mount bat ten returned to London yesterday from their tour of Scotland, m the course of which the Kins: inspected the Home Fleet concentrated m the Clyde. Picture shows the Kins: inspecting a guard of honour of Gordon Highlanders on57 words
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Article515 1947-07-26 8 LO\i>«»\ Friday. MOST markets on the London Stock Exchange today m governed by the course of British dowi-rimem setty ties which encountered a fairly heavy bout of selling the barometer issues losing on*»-and-a-ha!f points, nm Reuter's financial correspondent. Other than British Fu U*** dustrials were not515 words
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Article32 1947-07-26 8 Twenty-seven miners lost their lives m an explosion on Thursday m one of United State's largest mines m .the heart of the South- em Illinois coalfields A .P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article22 1947-07-26 8 Britain will begin to use whale meat m sausages next week, the Ministry of Food announces. A. P.A.P. - 22 words
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199 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE Malayan Union Court of Appeal today held that a person carrying arms with the intention of handing them to the police was guilty of an offence under the Public Order and Safety199 words
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Article117 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Staff Reporter AT the Great World Cabaret last night Miss Peggy Wong was chosen "Miss Trade Fair 1947." She received a yellow riband and a cup. She was among 20 entrants for the competition. Miss Lily Wong received the second prize, and Miss Woo117 words
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Article158 1947-07-26 8 A PLAN by General Moturs Oversea Corporation for the establishment of an assembly plant lor motor vehicles on the site of a former godo v #n adjoining Katong Park v/as approved m principle by the Singapore Municipal Commis sioners after a secret dvb~tc lasting mor^ than158 words
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Article165 1947-07-26 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent re IPOH, Friday. TN an impassioned plea against a prison sentence a young 1 Indian soldier today asked the Perak High Court Judge Mr. Justice Cox Evans, to driver sentence of a flogging The judge passed sentence of six ears' rigorous imprisonment.165 words
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Article20 1947-07-26 8 Princess X.. Prince Ri fa Japanese toiP opened a shop aonally e^ dishes and > yen daily- JJ20 words
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Article125 1947-07-26 8 k SPECIAL Via net rnrinpnfr fires the price* of nton II ajn ioda? v 'ollows: Cts ft J*r ft perl No 1 Rh.S spot l+mt »fc 4 I Km I ILS.S too m Lbues August it ft No 2 B S S fefc m bales Aucust125 words
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Advertisement109 1947-07-26 8 OVER $1,000,000 WORTH OF GOODS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE Gkat World Amusement Park IN TUB World-Wide Trade Fair 1947 GRAND OPENING CEREMONY *y Dr. WU PAAK-SHINC-CHINESE CONSUL GENERAL TO-MSHT 6.30 TO-MIGHT See The Spectacular Parad* by Ik* Baarf aad Drums uf The Famo»» 2nd Bait. Royal Welsfe Futitiers109 words
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Miscellaneous75 1947-07-26 8 WEATHER Mainly sunny fgTEATHER report for the next If 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F: Mainly sunny. Isolated showers this afternoon and evening. Fine tonight. Fair tomorrow morning. Wmd: Soutlf-east, light or noderate. Sunset 6.42 p.m.. sunrise 6.35 a.m. Moonrise 1.26 p.m., moonset 1.45 a.m. Temoeratures: Max. 90 deg. F.,75 words
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Miscellaneous26 1947-07-26 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Saturday High Low 503 p.m. 8.3 ft 11.35 poo. 3.5 ft Sunday 602 pjn. 7.6 ft 11.59 p.m. 4.8 ft 5.56 p.m. 8.3 ft26 words
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