The Singapore Free Press, 28 August 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 16.943- SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TAX ENQUIRY DECISION TODAY
    650 1 TAX ENQUIRY DECISION TODAY K.L. and joint committee Free Prew Staff Reporter 4 GREEMENT is expected today on the formation of a Joint Committee to study the Heasman Income Tax report. At Government House this morning:, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Officer Administering: the Government, confirmed the report that discussions
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    81 1 picture. The Dutch troopship Volendam has arrived at Sabang on the northern trip of Sumatra, with an outbreak of typhus on board. The ship is- carrying 1200 troops and war supplies to the N.E.I. A Dutch military spokesman denied rumours that the ship picked up contaminated water at Port Said,
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    BRITAIN CUTS RATIONS, ENDS MOTORING
    378 1 BRITAIN CUTS RATIONS, ENDS MOTORING LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN learned tonight the grim price for her economic survival in a postwar world, in a statement from No. 10, Downing Street, which slashed food rations, suspended all travel abroad for pleasure, abolished private motoring and restricted restaurant and hotel meals. Prepared for
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    FLOOD THREAT TO BURMARICE
    209 1 fHfc mi Off Burma. mo?> I exp^rtr. may be \senoush p«ia> now stte?p»ns several dist mtrai puun and the Irrawa-Jd] M itt impossible to ostim. ■MBbcr-Deeonbei crop dama btricta about 151,000 acres of RANGOON, Wednesday. t important Far Eastern rice f affected" by devastating ricts of
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    UK CONFERENCE ON AFRICA
    56 1 Lamm v, ,>v K)VERNORS^m ?U British St. I t".- d /-T e;. r n" I ■"...:.l;": n r;. L< f n r ttmSssu oSss^sH if Ws) rj Empire nex* ra: j r r.-. i:. r-r/i^d r-- f n eva: mem- j cnsla-.. councils and; r.lude E:
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    100 KILLED IN CEYLON FLOODS
    37 1 mT yiu *480 Wednesday. I Ui: :.r ftsl ss,isjs juec vciiy by tht a ard of Mm-! r/: Committee. lns Vr. ::>s hrre snt 2200! X day Dv specially I p^^qtjolwal Juilna.
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    SHOES STOLEN
    36 1 f pf st R wrt A gang of five Chinese, armed with pistols ar.d knives, took 60 Pairs of shoes and some cush from a shop m Middle Road, Singapore, at 5.30 this morning.
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    INDIES 'CEASE FIRE': CONSULS MEET TODAY POISON DEATHS 'NOT CRIMINAL' CRUISER RETURNS
    224 1 INDIES 'CEASE FIRE': CONSULS MEET TODAY POISON DEATHS 'NOT CRIMINAL' CRUISER RETURNS EAT/ VL* |7<OREIGN consuls m Batavia V meet today to discuss plans fof supervising the "cease-fire" order m Indonesia, m accordance with the decision of the United Nations Security Council. The Chinese Consul, Mr. Tslang Chia Tsung, is
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    'EXPLOSION IN ASIA' WARNS FOOD CHIEF
    187 1 GENEVA, Wednesday. SIR JOHN BOYD ORR, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation, told a Press conference today that the food exporting nations, including the United States, "must squeeze themselves harder" to prevent a world-wide catastrophe this Winter. "In Asia/ he said, "if adequate
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    200,000 killed in the Punjab
    191 1 Lahore, Thursday. OFFICIALS of the Pakistan Government estimate that 100,000 Muslims have been killed in east Punjab since rioting began ten days ago. Jfie Sikh and Hindu dead if west Punjab are put at about the same figure. The Governor-General, Mr. Jinnah, is expected to
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    PRINCESS GETS ATS PROMOTION
    72 1 HONORARY Junior Commander, Princess Elizabeth, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, is granted the honorary rank of Senior Commander of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She joined the A.T.S. m March 1945. The Star's diary columnist said that Lieut. Philip Mountbatten may adopt a coat of arms, combining
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    JOCKEY DAWSON SUSPENDED
    73 1 From Our Racing Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Today. JOCKEY Teddy Dawson has been suspended for the remainder of the current Selangor Turf Club meeting following an inquiry by the Selangor Turf Club stewards on his riding on Perambulator, favourite m the third race at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The
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    KING DROPS LITLE
    59 1 KING DROPS LI TLE KING GEORGE has approved the omission of "Emperor of India" from the Royal titles m documents affecting Canada, External Affairs Minister Louis St. Laurent announced m Ottawa. The change does not become effective until approved by all the Commonwealth Parliaments but m practice Canada will make
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    TAXI ROBBERY
    43 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two Chinese, one armed, engaged a taxi m town shortly after midnight yesterday and drove to the junction of Serangoon Road and BraddeU Road, where they held up the Malay driver and robbed him of $35 cash.
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    TOBRUK REUNION
    27 1 A reunion dinner is to be held m London on Sept. 12 by officers who took part m the defence of Tobruk m 1941. Reuter
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    U.S. SETS LIMIT TO EUROPE RECOVERY AID
    123 1 U.S. SETS LIMIT TO EUROPE RECOVERY AID WASHINGTON Wednesday. •THE U.S. State Department obviously concerned over reports that Europe may ask the United States for over U.S. $29,000,000,000 under the Marshall plan announced today that the European recovery probramme should be "just and reasonable and realistic." A State Department spokesman
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  • FEATUERS...
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      54 2 C'hiko. the Chimp from Borneo, belongs to Messrs. Lewis of Birmingham, lie is six months old, rides a bicycle and a rocking horse. He also likes to play with the cats m the firm's pets' corner. A great favourite with children, he loves to show-off when having his hair cut.
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      SEARCH FOR OIL
      240 2 ■THE vanguard of a 1 peacetime army is moving into the western desert, where Britain's Eighth Army and Allied Air Forces stopped Romell mi n 1942. Its search is oil. Three companies AngloEgyptian Oilfi-elds, an affiliate of shell, Socony-Vacuum and Standard of Egypt, an affiliate of standard
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      GOOD BEGINNING IN HISTORY
      1045 2 GOOD BEGINNING IN HIS TORY A Malayan Bookshelf BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE general readei requires two things from books of History, accuracy and readability. At first sight it would not appear that there should be much difficulty m meeting these requirements, but a little contemplation and a little recollection
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      18 2 Jack Warner goes over the scrip! with tw« of th< i the J. Arthur Kank film Holiday (amp
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      219 2 SOUTHS takeout double, instead of the three diamond rebid which was chosen at the first table, resulted m reaching the five club contract When North found sufficient strength for a free bid of four clubs, South boldly elected not to hang one short of game. Thanks to
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      ART CLASS The Old, 0ld Argument
      337 2 ART CLASS The Old, 0ld Argument BY PIERIIE jEANNEKAT THE city fathei of Retina, ii; Canada, have barred from exhibition a reclining nude painted by the living English artist Matthew Smith: and the city sons have probably booked tickets to the next town where it will be more hospitably treated.
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      59 2 LADIES! THE ORCHARD DRESS SHOP Newly Opened at 29 ORCHARD RD SMART SELECTION AMERICAN «J» AFTERNOON AND COCKTAIL 0K» $25.00 $75.00 /I CCOMMODATIO^ w Tr The TAVER" (ECBOPEAN BESIDFNTI Vl H OTEt SPACIOUS ROOMS COURTEOUS 8^ COOL ft QUIET LOCALIn. American TrJnrf 9*?%**" SpoUllsed hi PernM, RMMd Cable "TAVERN" lel
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      198 2 y »T| I f V J?i ar* iT Blue Network -12.0 pan —483 metres In ttr Medium wave band 6 7.22 megacycJe? per second In the II metre band. COO —11.0t p.m. —485 metres to lb<? median wave band 4.825 megacycles per second m the 61 metre band, except from
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    • Miscellaneous
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      723 2 QUIZ Answers 1. 16.695. 2. Blue Skies. 3. 30.000 ton Caronia. Apel; 1.30 News: 1.40 Calling All Hos- (10.22 Calling India; 10.30 Australians pitals 2 p.m. Close down. 8.15 News on Record Eileen Joyce (Piano) and Headlines 6c Programme Summary; Lea uri Kennedy (Cello); 10.45 Austra8.20 "Evening Star" Dinah Shore;
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      111 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people bom today BORN today, the stars have given you unusual talents. You are artistic, musical, literary, scientific and philosophic. In addition, you are a good business man and have the gift of understanding human nature. In fact, you are something of a natural
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      COMMONWEALTH WANTS EARLY PACT
      573 3 COMMONWEALTH WANTS EARLY PACT Japan is vital for Far East revival FORMAL peace with Japan by April next year, possibly with- out Russian signature, is the prospect held out by vital decisions taken so far at Canberra by the British Commonwealth Conference, reports United Press. There was unanimous agreement on
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      WASHINGTON IS PLEASED
      127 3 Canberra decisions WASHINGTON, Wednesday. r'ITED STATES officials have privately expressed gratification at he Commonwealth conference action m endorsing h* Uaited States proposal that a two-thirds majority vote shouki decide all Japanese peace conference questions, reports iniLtd Prt-^ re aocvoea said that the United States \v?s the Commonwealth
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      He still cannot cross his t's
      61 3 ANDY STIMS, 38, of Lotu Island, New York, was once his teachers despair at handwriting and spelling classes. With Tom Murphy, his 34-year-old pilot partner, Andy now makes good 10.000 feet above Manhattan smoke-writing IZ-mile-long advertising words against the blue sky. But Murphy, m
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      NAZI LEADERS SUICIDE BID
      62 3 Dr. Curt Rothenberger, 51--year-old former deputy president I the Academy of Nazi German Law and now on trial at Nuremberg, Germany, with other Nazi lawyers for crimes against hurmnity, attempted to commit suicide m his prison cell early yesterday by severing an artery of his left
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      GROWER TO CONSUMER
      25 3 The Grower-to-Consumer Marketing Association has sold over 100 tons of vegetables in their first week's trading at Croydon, Lon- 1 son.- Reuter
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      FIRE IN VATICAN
      43 3 Fire broke out inside the Vatican on Tuesday when two metal cases of rat destroying gas exploded from the heat inside the Chiaramont museum where several tons of food were stored. There were no casualties but damage was serious. Reuter
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      BID TO MAKE WARSHIPS FIREPROOF
      119 3 LONDON. Wednesday "TUREPROOF warships may be r croduced as a result of experiments now being conducted by British Admiralty experts. Research is being carried on at Portsmouth and trials have taken place on fire-testing grounds at Haslar and Gosport. Methods of fire-proofing textiles, plywood and
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      STRIKE THREAT BY NIGHT CLUBS
      47 3 ALL night clubs m Vienna have threatened to go on strike if the police re/use to release the proprietor of the "Old Vienna," one of the cily's best known night clubs. He was arrested m a "black market" raid on the club.—Reuter.
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      SAINT DETECTOR
      33 3 The body of St. Rene Goupil, killed by Indians and buried m Ossernon, New York State, In 1642, detector which is expected to react to a metal cruciiix buned with him.
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      LONDON'S SECRET CABLE TUNNEL
      170 3 /\NE hundred feet below London's streets. stretching from Kingsway to Queen Victoria Street, is a tunnel the existence of which has been secret for four years. Built by the G.P.O. during the war, it is believed to be the longest deep telephone cable tunnel in Europe.
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      She is 'graft' witness
      84 3 She is 'graft' witness MRS. MARTHA GOLDTHWAITE, actress and model, has been ordered to /rive evidence before the U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee hearing into the activities of Howard Hughes, millionaire flyer. Others reported to be possible witnesses are Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. The Committee is probing into the
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      U.S. tests new helicopter
      108 3 A NEW five-passeneer helicopter, which can rise vertically 450 ♦L a f?i nii te JP^o^ff. Preliminary tests at Buffalo, New York, the U.S. Army Air torces has announced m Washington. It has a top speed of 105 miles an hour, a cruising speed of 90 miles
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      ATOM CHIEFS PROTEST TO GOVERNMENT
      264 3 DROFESSOR J. D. COCKCROFT, head of the British atom research station at Didcot, m Berkshire, has told the Government he cannot stay on if visits by "outside" scientists are banned. In fact, scientists not connected with official work on the atom have been shown experiments
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      'BRITAIN CAN'T BE WRITTEN OFF'
      152 3 HISTORY shows that it is unwise to write Britain off quickly," said Mr. John J. McCloy, president of the World Bank m Washington, expressing confidence m Britain's ability to pull through its present economic crisis. Mr. McCloy, declaring that Britain has the right to apply
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      B.B.C. WILL BAN SONG PLUGGERS
      95 3 ANEW scheme "to stamp out radio song-plugging" is being launched by the BB.C. At the end of the month plans will be announced to end. "once and for all," payments by music publishers to band leaders and crooners to popularise their numbers. m compensation, the
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      BEVIN TO ADDRESS TUC
      27 3 The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, will address 'he annual congress of the Tnd's Union Council at South-port on Sept. 3.— U U.P.
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      No surrender
      57 3 MORE than 20 Japanese soldiers are still holding out on Guam, m the Western Pacifictwo years after the Japanese war ended. They are hiding m caves which are hidden by thick undergrowth, at the base of a 599--foot cliff. U.S. army officials say that it would take six
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      BOY ACCUSED OF SPYING
      71 3 BOYHOOD hobby of taking car numbers is dangerous when Russian diplomats' motor-cars, a Swedish boy of twelve has found. He stood outside the Soviet Le- gation m Stockholm with a notebook, noting numbers of Russian diplomats' motor-cars. Six Legation officials seized him asked if he spoke
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      BRITONS SLOW TO PAY TAXES
      102 3 GROWING arrears vi taxation, ■•which encourage laxity m 1 the payment of taxes," are severely criticised m a report by the Committee of Public Accounts issued m London. Arrears at the end of 1945 1 totalled nearly £780.000,000 an in- < crease of £120,136,000 m
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      11 3 ana securtiy throng ■he wo*L ORiENT AL oniCW. CO., unsa arncumm
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      127 3 r SOMETHING A I l|r|\ ||> 1 ILjritaw ]^vCU' SIN l tl 1 M^ x &*))> I Gay, delightful $Mt /J I Swim suits that are glamorous I s-. \jr ft Mr 9 yet practical feather weight yet m g i\ I strong and durable. Ideal as A^^#Th|v^y A Beach
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      39 3 A fit Z AN Night vigil By Edgar Rice Burroughs 2w r *"«47>M WflEHED 0V« PEANE. T&WARD AWN- ?T II W THE AK*NWG THEY /WOKE REFRESHED --^0 hi^Sfmk MS SLEEP OVERCAME MM--- y ANP HUNGRY M DISMAY THEV R£AUZE0
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  • LEADER....PAGE 1
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947.
      757 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947. The Commissioners Municipal Reform AS the public had been led to expect from the leakages from the secret sessions, the Municipal Commissioners have recommended to the Governor a much less democratic constitution for the new Commission than that advocated by the Layeock
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      THE ARMY'S AID TO BURMA
      1452 4 THE ARMY'S AID TO BURMA BY A MILITARY OBSERVER UISTORY will tell, when Burma attains complete independence, cowards which goal her constitution makers, previously led by the late war time guerilla lender U Aung San, are now steadily working that the realisation of the aspirations of this corner of the
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      A point of view
      162 4 A point of view Letter to the Editor MAURICE A Jaffe's article headed "Hope Ships or Hell Ships" m your issue of August 23, makes interesting reading; but surely it would have been fitting if your correspondent had found space to roundly condemn the murders and outrages being perpetrated by
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      51 4 The last relay of runners from Edinburgh entering the forecourt of the Guildhall London the "Fiery Crosses'*, carrying a message to Scotsmen overseas about the festival -Ent« ran** <? land 1947." Two of these crosses passed through Singapore recently on their wa\ to \nstr.K. New Zealand, to remind Scots there.
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      IT SEEMS TO ME..
      1012 4  -  Politico by T N Singapore the other day, Canberrabound Lord Addison, Minister of Commonwealth Relations, had a small payment to make and a one pound note to pay with. Remembering the dollar spivs of Piccadilly, his careful secretary phoned the bank. And the bank coldly informed
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      A NEW DRUG For T.B.
      316 4 A NEW DRUG For T.B. GERMAN ft** B«rfa me m^ with close interest :/r tests of rw»w drug named Peteoethor rongutag piatinum m mMi dibrom-dtnitro fiuor-s:-.:. natrium and the i.r, lived rad .^aciive »fa»n{ thorium X— .r. fee M merit i'■ iibf cuiosis. Bfttbh a ii<i Amerxar. apical experts with
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      73 4 QUIZ These questions are taken from yesterday's Free Press. See If you can answer them without back reference. 1. How much did Malaya raise during Poppy Day last year for the Earl Haig's Fund? 2. What is the title of the film which Fred Astaire says Is his last? 3.
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  • LOCAL NEWS..
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      CHINA, DUTCH CONSULS SAVE ISLANDERS
      324 5 Famine threat is averted Free Press Chinese Correspondent pROMPT action in Singapore yesterday by the Chinese Consul-General, Dr. Wu Paak-shing, and the Dutch Consul-General, Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman, will save the 10,000 odd Chinese inhabitants of Bengkalis island, off the east coast of Sumatra,
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      joho Case: judgment Reserved
      69 5 i hv Mr. CvN^:-"; the Singa- r a: :he rB of a I ddentol Board. Mr. |p r r c G fa cone I* Board the Oop pa m J UK coi b rqpg to rd wa -I* 5" p take cv:- rdera 5 Man fc
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      MOTOR TRISHAS
      24 5 MOTOR TRISH AS l\ '<■..:. la] At their meeting J tile Ljcpa] ammssl m< rs re-t-c i:: (I Bfl introduce t r aisfcas :r. Pesasg,
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      49 5 D/ 2. F. L. NIRULA. an Indian Government pubHc health officer, ivho is leader of a party of three Indian doctors who passed through Singapore this week on an Indian Red Cross Dakota aircraft flying the doctors and medical supplies to Jogjakarta, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia.
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      NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
      200 5 The undernoted newly added notiflcttoo and fiction works will be ready for issue from Raffles Library cm Saturday. Benedict (Rulh) TToe Cnrysanthe►nium and the Sword; Bolitho (Hector > The Romance of Windsor Castte Ulut; CuOiberteon (D.C.) Autumn m Kyle and the Charm of Ounnlngtiame. nitts;
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      10.000 MAY BE PROSECUTED
      126 5 Free Prwsti Staff Reporter i estimated 10.000 Singapore trisha riders, who have not vri regstand, are liable to prosecution by the Vehicles r>tni iun Office when the time limit for registration exts it the end of this month. Registrar Vehicles, Mr. W. A. M. Watts, told
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      DOWN THEFT
      71 5 rv'w -vr^-'-^ valued at C 72* Jftfg ll to r lYe been EL, ,-n.d gooowns on PV Jjsuted m a Chinese ar.d Ie:, rl ul ol doth. i 1 SvW Muthu I SS? «SS st alln e: one PLsTiJl l^ S $2 8 14 m withik. R a?
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      STUD GOATS FOR FARMS IN MALAYA
      113 5 /JOArs, specially Imported by the Department of Agricul.ure. will shortly be distributed to Kelantan and Malacca for stud purposes Oi.? British Sckanen will be sent to Kelantan and one British Alpine to Malacca. One British Toggenbufg and one Saaaen are, at present, m the
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      U.K. NURSES COMTNG
      172 5 MURSES, with experience m the treatment of tropical diseases, are among those who have recently been appointed to the Colonial Service as nursing sisters m Malaya i Miss FM. Cain, whose home is at Northwich, Cheshire, is coming to Malaya direct from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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      CHINESE HONUOR CONFUCIUS
      76 5 The Chinese National Flag was flown from all Chinese Schools, Institutions and Chinese homes m Singapore yesterday, the anniversary of the birthday of Confucius. The Chinese Consul-General, Dr. Wu Paak Shing, on Tuesday asked that all Chinese la Singapore commemorate the day. According to the lunar calendar
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      S'pore port news
      92 5 CHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m bracked) were: Main WtMf*: Marine Flier (34n^2«2^)'rlST^S? S!t^tAi\vSSSSSu,nul£\^ to^ 41) I jJS2?^2lL (^is Wert w J? I™*1 Gamam (4-»), Marella (6-7), Scythia (8-9), Agamemnon (10ID. CHenteg (IJH3), Relau (15). Empire Deck: Marches Maerak (17-18), Kelsa Victory (19-20), Jean Lafitte
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      HINDUS & SIKHS WIRE INDIA
      40 5 HINDUS SIKHS WIRE INDIA Hindus and Sikhs from the Punjab Province living m SJngapore, y«rferday, sent telegrams to the Governor-Generata of India and Paldfitan, and members of the Government of India, voicing -their concern over the happenings m West Punjab.
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      92 5 f™ h fi ?L S Sp °ttv owing his blood which is being drawn off m a glass syringe by Mr. Witheringion, whtle the kennel boy, Chidambaram, holds the dog's right hind leg. "It's a dog's life." Spotty seems to think as he is led (picture on left) from his
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      DOG BLOOD DONORS SAVE LIVES
      523 5 SPORE HEROES' Free Press Staff Reporter YESTERDAY I met these two canine blood donors Blackie and Spotty at the Municipal Animal Infirmary m Kampong Java Road, and saw one of them remain impassive while the Veterinary Surgeon drew out his blood for use as distemper
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      CYCLES TO BE REGISTERED FROM OCT. 1
      125 5 CYCLES TO BE REGISTERED FROM OCT. 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter ARRANGEMENTS are being ma<k> to register an estimated 80,000 bicycles m Singapore. Registrar tion will begin on Oct. I. The fee for each bicycle is $4 covering inspection registration, cost of number plate and affixing For the purpose of
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      RAF RECRUITING CAMPAIGN
      104 5 TO help the recruitment drive 1 which is now going for the R. A. F. Regiment m Malaya, letters are being chopped at the General Post Office with a special stamp. The stamp bears the crest of the R. A. F. and the words "Join the RAF
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      ROTARY TB FUND
      53 5 The president of the Singapore Rotary Club, Mr. S. S. Franklin, announced at the weekly luncheon yesterday, that the Rotary T. B. Fund had reached $40,786.46, which, he said, was just over the halfway mark. Mr. Richard L. Dines, on "Toe H Defined" was the main speaker
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      Woman with a squint
      62 6 WARNING has been issued by the Bank of France today that Paris is being swamped with fake 1,000 -franc notes, which are perfect imitations except for one thins the woman symbolical of the French Republic on one side of the fake notes squints. All Paris now
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      G.I. HELD IN TOKIO FOR ROBBERY
      112 6 G.I. HELD IN TOKIO FOR ROBBERY AFTER a six-week chase throughout Japan, U.S. Army Private Lewis Tryon has been captured on Kyushu Island and returned to Tokio, where he will be i-ried for manslaughter and armed robbery of two banks, the •U.S. Eighth Army authorities announce, reports Reuter. Following the
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      WEAKENED ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY'
      253 6 Pre-war German-U.S. industrial links NUREMBERG, (Germany), Wednesday. PE-W AR links between German and American industry are due for an airing her e with the prosecution of 21 top officials of the huge Farben combine, German industrialists who have been indicted here on charges of waging war,
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      VATICAN ENVOY
      18 6 The Pope has nominated Monsignor Arthur Hughes or Britain as first Vatican envoy to Egypt. Reuter
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      OVERWORKED VICARS
      17 6 One thousand curates are wanted In the Chehnsford Diocese (England) to relieve overworked vicars.- Reuter
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      Reducing birth risks in U.K.
      259 6 A CORPS of General Practitioner Obstetricians will come into operation with the National Health Service plan on July 5 next year m a drive to reduce the risks of childbearing m Britain. This is disclosed m a Ministry of Health White Paper to help local
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      LOCUSTS KILL TWO
      34 6 Locusts, inches thick on the roads m the Haute-Garonnc. South-Western France, caused two cars to skid and cost the lives of a motorist m one and a gendarme m the other.
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      RANK TO MAKE RELIGIOUS FILMS
      130 6 LONDON, Wednesday. A FILM studio "as fine as any m the world" for production of religious films on a non-commer-cial basis is being constructed at Elstree by Mr. J. Arthur Rank, head of the Rank Film Organisation. The equipment, worth £70,000 has already been delivered
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      Carbo: 'secret passenger'
      84 6 /I BETA GARBO arrived at UT Southampton m the Qoeen Mary. Her name was not m the passenger list and ttm people aboard knew she was m the ship. She stayed m her cabin white oUumt passengers went ashore. "I felt I wanted to see England again,"
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      PRIEST CALLED COPS: GUEST WAS FUGITIVE
      93 6 ASTIJANGER shown into the study ol Father August Pare a priest m Montreal asked for a 1 drink of water. As he filled the glass, the priest remarked: "There's more on your m;nd than a glass of water son What is it?" Th<? caller
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      EFFECT OF THE CRISIS
      21 6 "Eank of England was sold to Mr. E. Lloyd for 200 guineas." Extract from London racing report.
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      India's day of destiny
      71 6 India's day of destiny On India's day of independence, when Pandit Nehru, first Prime Minister of the Dominion of India, unfurled the national flag veterans of the Indian National Army (above) had the place of honour, with Congress Volunteers behind. Lord Mountbatten (on dais), took the oath as the first
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      'Monster' panics S'hai waterfront
      208 6 'Monster' panics S'hai waterfront QHANGHAI police have clamped down on rumours of "water •5 monsters" which hav e caused near panic four times An tag the last few nights along the waterfront. Police declared that the rui m'ours were most 'likely started by "wharf rate"— thieves who -rey on cargoes
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      AUSSIE UNION BAN DEFIED BY DUTCH
      90 6 The Dutch freighter Gro tekerke. which left Brisbam a July 30 without unloading beca us of a union ban arising out of I Indonesian conflict, return* I Brisbane on Sunday after recalled while on the was Colombo homeward bound needless journey of 8.uno mi
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      FRENCH INDIA 'CAN DECIDE OWN FUTURE'
      175 6 rLNCfTS future policy u» India will lar ge |v l. the recent granting of increased autonl S. pendencies in French India, a spokesiiZ Hk Ministry cf Colonies told Reuter m p^h l k "If it develops that French In l arTck' endum on possible
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      U.S. TROOPS FOR GREECE?
      89 6 Mr. Paul H. Griffith, Nati >na Commander of the Amcin; r Legion, declared m New York on Sunday that American troous, should be sent abroad, if neccs-! sary, m support of the Truman doctrine. At a news conference at the legion's headquarters, Mr. Grif(Mb said that
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      PLANE GIFT ON HIS 17th BIRTHDAY
      39 6 PLANE GIFT ON HIS 17th BIRTHDAY a, 'fa*-*. •-< -r J, 5iJ > Palate, tlaiioru r/.-jp Stanlej m$* n four-seater* airica and start u h ainca c larter seniot -V well is gelttic i| seen and bis licence (0 cr.vt i%
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      ARGENTINE BRITAIN'S
      59 6 TOE London titmm* Mttftag a swm\ :ut the poses» tttina tteaqptte M^ th, v;ti" cor.vensair: m h%st fetrt ignonL,^ abie- her oonnpi cast itffl md i tradiag is itrft ifficieot itedi^ I plel pmhM A: tnUlli MB V. If I o Be M p >v; £131iji camstMl Eo
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      U.S. MARINES LEAVE N. CHINA THIS
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      60 000 SEE ARSENAL BEAT CHARLTON
      466 7 Liverpool aeaten At Maine Road MB and trains m S< )0» v 've^terday when a J tap3 k JLi at a London Lea Licked s pectatorg who c J^iucles begged Mils o with London were crowded to crowd of 60,000, th c biggest gue
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      Sing Tao See Chelsea Win
      60 7 Sing Tao See Chelsea Win k:t n „r st vie* oi fcnglish f**?u*em at r mur Br '< < where they Sum ***i Blackburn W rd"v by one to zero. »7 fh.ne-' visitors uere •rJnrtssed wh they J^jSioKh !t was fai from a <r:.:,^- el the t^m told v oui
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      COMPTON REACHES 3,000
      183 7 COMPTON REACHES 3,000 KEN..- Mi S :W>< x ,md J asm >ecam< the s batsman n England to reach s since 1933 i■. w■ r. Middlesex id rtiU h started LMtfS B We* C mpt m' 3 i to need d runs i leg bet r ins. n a str
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      MARRIED v SINGLES CRICKET AT S.R.C.
      61 7 MARRIED v SINGLES CRICKET AT S.R.C. S.R.C. :h teams for k jaanfcd «a sir.?:- -n sur.day at Harried*. A-c,- v'ir-^--' (capt) 'i'-\ z Barter, G. Bf^aa^s, «*rhoni n West«hoßt V. C h^ p ;'^r A Clarke. tc. Chopard, J. hi F j/fyOn. S. Hope. R. mi £r\: a- R Ptrr
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      I.A. CRICKET XI
      51 7 W? f. y Ruv.iai n q c-"- Manal d X 8 Vanna ompit»: I Cta ju at a Ba«h A Co. a t V G g" A-.S,.. Ratnamm- jr- 2 S Hewa Kevin J m j aS i R >sen'es: -hanrfarv a S an: '^Pire,. X Scoter:
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      GOOD BATTING DISPLAY BY S. AFRICANS
      227 7 A GRAND fifth wicket partnership between Ken Viljoen and Oswald Dawson which added 150 runs m 100 Irr. -.r.utes was the best feature of the impressive batting display by the S uth Africans when they scored 410 :all out by the close of play
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      POOR DAY FOR PUNTERS AT KL
      1275 7 Free Press Racing Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MR. Lim Chuan Geok's Kashmiri Song spreadeagled a strong field of sprinters in the five and a half furlong sprint foi horses in class two, division one, at Kuala Lumpur today, thi second day of the Selangor
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      Annual Meeting
      24 7 Picture taken during yesterday's annual general meeting of the S.A.F.A. shows Mr. A. M. Alsagoff addressing the President. Mr. L. C. Hutchings.
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      Dividends At A Glance
      98 7 Race 1— SHEFFIELD PLATE $11 and $7, First In $12, Peggy's Choice $10. Race 2.— SKITTALS $32 and $10, Democrat $7, -Sylvan Lass $10. Race 3.— GOLDEN GROVE $28 and $10, New Era $9, Jimmy Boy $12. Race 4. TIN POCKET $42 and S10, Gay Selection
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      RAF. BASE TENNIS RESULTS
      155 7 THE R.A.F. Base knock-out doub les tennis tournament was played at Katong on Sunday, and was won by W/O: Sims and Sgt. Cleg*. The winners overcame a handicap of -15, and m the final defeated W/O. Cavey and A/C. Reilly by a wide margin. Some good
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      THE THREE 'FOOLISH MEN' IN SPORT
      458 7 From ARCHIE QUICK THIS is story of three foolish men, Bill Edrich, Freddie Mills 1 MacDonald Bailey. Never can I remember three promising careers in sport being spoiled by voluntary overexertion. I am not saying that this trio, cricketer, boxt-r and sprinter have ruined
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      NO TRACK WORK AT KUALA LUMPUR
      79 7 Free Press Racing Reporter Kuala Lumptfr, Today. /TiHERE was no track work on the JL Kuala Lumpur racecourse this morning owing to a heavy shower of rain which was still continuing at eight o'clock. One trainer said that horses running on Saturday, the fina:
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      ENGLISH GOLF AMATEURS BEAT DENMARK
      55 7 ENGLAND'S amateur golf team beat Denmark by five matches to one with one game halved, m the single of the amateur international ?olf contest on the Rungsted course near Copenhagen yesterday A. H. Perowne, 18-year-old winner of the Swedish amateur title last week, halved his
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      SAFA LOSES ANSONROAD
      651 7 By Our Soccer Reporter THE announcement yesterday at the annual general meeting 1 •of the Singapore Amateur Football Association that tha application for the renewal of the lease of Anson Road Stadium had been turned down by the Land Office will be received with feelings of keen
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      221 7 free Press Crossword No. 178 f I I CLUES ACROSS 1. Red spotted handkerchief (7), 8. First ruler of all England (9); 11. fought (6) 12 Member of religious order who has not yet taken the vowa 6), 13. Crude metal (3); 16. Ecclesiastical council (5); 18 and 23 Across,
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    36 8 HOME PICTURE FOR AUSTRALIANS Sydney's King Cross, which is a five- way Junction and a had traffic bottleneck which the municipality is planning to ease by building a tunnel under the hill on which Sydney stands.
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    U.S. denies loan clause change
    286 8 U.S. denies loan clause change WASHINGTON, Wednesday. r. JOHN W. SNYDER, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, today gave an emphatic denial of any formal or informal '•gentleman's agreement" or implied understanding to modify the non-discrimination Article 9 of the Anglo-American loan "outside the spirit and letter of the loan pact."
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    REFUGEE SHIPS GUARDED FROM 'FROG MEN'
    122 8 REFUGEE SHIPS GUARDED FROM 'FROG MEN' LONDON, Wednesday. AS a British court postponed hearing of an application for a writ of habeas corpus to free 4,400 Jewish refugee who are being transported to Hamburg, Germany, aboard three British ships, special precautions were being taken at Gibraltar during the ships' two-day
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    'A SOLDIER FOR CHRISTMAS'
    143 8 At The Theatre Play: "A Soldier for Christmas." Theatre: Victoria, Singapore. A SYMPATHETIC audience thoroughly enjoyed the Stage Club's presentation of Reginald Beckwith's "A Soldier For Christmas," last night. The Stage Club certainly manages better with a play demanding a large cast. The ten players m
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    BOY KING FOR U.K.
    28 8 Thirteen-year-old King Faisal of Iraq and his entourage arrived at Marseilles yesterday m the steamship Cyrenia en route to London to attend school.— A.P.
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    WEATHER Fine tonight
    86 8 WEATHER Fine tonight WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the E.A.F.: Cloudy with Ufht rain, eeasinr early with few bright intervals late this afternoon. Fair to line after dark. Wind westerly ligfet, becoming south-easterly. Sunset 6.40; sunrise 6.31. Moonrise 4.16 p.m.; moonset 4.33 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 9t.l
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    DISAGREEMENT OVER RUSSIA TRADE TALKS
    154 8 LONDON. Wednesday. A DIFFERENCE of opinion between the British Treasury and the Board of Trade is reported over the question of whether the Government should resume trade talks with the Soviet Union which broke down last month over the terms of repayment of the 1941
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    NZ BANKS WON'T BE NATIONALISED
    70 8 Mr. Walter Nash, New Zealand Finance Minister, told Parliament m Wellington that New Zealand did not intend to follow Australia's example by nationalizing all trading banks. Replying to a question, he said that, having bought shares m the Bank of New Zealand, and bearing m
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    RAF-NAVY EXERCISES
    159 8 AS the aircraft carrier Glory and her escorting destroyer Contest steam towards Singapore from Australia at the end of this week, part of Singapore's air striking forces will go into action In a Joint RAF-Royal Navy exercise to be known as "Operation Glory." Aircraft of four RAF squadrons
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    FILM STARS IN UK CURRENCY SWOOP
    230 8 SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. MORE than six times the usual number of customs officials searched th e luggage of passengers boarding the liner Queen Elizabeth, for violation of the British Government's new currency restrictions, limiting outbound travellers to £5 m British currency, and $40 m other
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    495 8 Canberra talks disarmament AFTER discussing the strategic and economic effects of trimming Japan down to her home islands, delegates to the British Commonwealth conference on the Japanese peace treaty today began discussing disarmament and demilitarisation of Japan, it was officially announced here. Mr. Brooke Claxton (Canada) said 'the basic objectives
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    French 'will continue' war in Indo-China
    198 8 PARIS. Wednesday. THE war m Indo-China between the French and the Vietnam forces will continue "until more favourable circumstances" for negotiations are encountered. Mr. Pierre Bourdan. French Minister for Sports and Youth announced today following: a full-dress Cabinet meeting under President Aurioi Vincent. M.
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    BRITAIN CUTS RATIONS
    275 8 Continued from page 1 side the dollar area. But Canada and Newfoundland, like the United States, become virtually out of bounds The cuts now proposed, including those announced during the crisis debates m Parliament a fortnight ago, arc at the following annual rates: Food .£144.000.000; cinema films
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    RUBBERS IN NEW DECLINE
    527 8 London Stock ExchanJ Wf^ i. i >i,o.s. edited JT was very quiet Uxlay ati lound tke stock market i few fluctuations that have taken pi cc have been 1 ones, says Reuters financial Dorrespondent. Britirt p closed unchanged after a short pen. d .»f dullness Infos
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    29 8 Thousands of men women and tkO4m attended m 1 yesterday of Ltm Ah Liang. Singap )Te C rnmtiV^T iT *M shows the funeral procession along s vth B^ql L^^
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