The Singapore Free Press, 5 December 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA *Ji&: SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    BRITONS OFFER TO FIGHT FOR ARABS
    711 1 Jerusalem fears new battle A RAn 17 v LONDON, Thursday. Embassies and Legations m London are befmr wartimes! t tlM Ar b forces Applications from wartime pilots, naval officers and ratines and commandos have been coming m all day. howivlfr V Ol ganisation *>r
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    HALF INDIES PLAN NEW FEDERATION
    66 1 HALF INDIES PLAN NEW FEDERATION Thursday. I of all the Indonesian pled by 35.--70.000.000 Irafted a polir federation, it ij by Dutch I vai shaped by I q committee representing I Borneo, the Islands I Billiton. the Riouw f ast coast of I may shortly be to Java, with Its
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    LABOUR LEADER DEFENDS LORDS
    172 1 LONDON, Thursday. J'HE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison J declared m the House of Commons tonight that m the light of his parliamentary experience he doubted whether abolition of the House of Lords would work, although he may have advocated abolition m his younger days
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    U.S. won't aid a Red Europe
    100 1 t.-J?L a fr S e that "Communists are now makine i m those countries, but claimed that the .••"bill contained adequate provisions where! imsfa-nc^cna'nTd""'^ haU fl W f -.ir. lovcu was asked Department lit the aid m munist coup he replied: "I tpeak with
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    INDIA AND THE NEXT WAR
    104 1 DANDIT Nehru. Prime Minister 1 of the Domfcion oi India declared m a debate yesterday on foreign atTairs that India would keep out of alignments of powers. "We shall be friends with America,"' he said. "We intend co-operating with the United States and we intend
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    PHILIP GETS JOB AT ADMIRALTY
    152 1 PHILIP GETS JOB AT ADMIRALTY LONDON, Thursday. DKINCE PHILIP, Duke of Edin--1 burgh, is to be posted to H.M.S. President for duty with the Operations Division of the Admiralty. The appointment announced today datey from Dec. 15, when the Royal honeymoon ends. j A Court correspondent states the appointment is
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    HIGHER PARCEL POST RATES
    88 1 DOSTAGE rates on all parcels sent from Singapore to Britain end about a dozen other countries are to be increased as from today it is announoed by the Postal authorities. New rates on parcels to England are: up to three pounds. $1.30; between three pounds and
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    MAJOR KILLED IN RIDING ACCIDENT
    77 1 MAJOR SWINTON LEE of the Is*. Bn.. The Seaforth High- landers. was buried yesterday afternoon at the Military Cemetery at Kranji. y L«? e JSK. t S£ OWII from his horse and killed by a passing lorry on I Wednesday evonhg. H e had been
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    U.S. LOAN TO ITALY
    37 1 The US. Government's Import and, Export Bank has granted Italy a U554,625,000 loan to buy new materials and equipment m I the United States for processing by I tii Man workers. A. P
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    Violence flares up in France
    334 1 PARIS, Thursday. \|K John Foster Dulles, special adviser at the Council of iTI Foreign Ministers to U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, arrived m Paris tonight for urgent talks with French Cabinet leaders and Gen. Charles de Gaulle, on the critical situation m France. Meanwhile,
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    HUGE COAL SCHEME
    49 1 The Queensland Parliament yesterday passed a bill authorising a London firm to proceed with a €9,600.000 plan to develop the vast coalfield at Bla> Athol. m central West Queensland. The company wiil aim to produce at least 2.000,000 tons of coal yearly for export.— Reuter A.P.
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    CHINESE TOLD NO ROYAL COMMISSION
    364 1 CHINESE TOLD NO ROYAL COMMISSION FN a letter which repeats the pledge that an electoral 1 system will be introduced m the Malayan Union "as soon as circumstances m the country make this practical," the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech Jones, has rejected the request of
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    CHICKENPOX ON TROOPSHIP
    35 1 CHICKEN POX ON TROOPSHIP There were two cases of chickenpox among the Ceylonese military personnel who arrived m Singapore yesterday by the trooper Stratheden from Colombo. The men have been quarantined on St. John's Island.
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    UNOFFICTALS TO CONSIDER TAX DECREE
    80 1 UNOFFICIAL members of the; U Singapore Advisory Council may resign en bloc as a result of the decision of the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, to impose income tax against their unaimous opposition. They will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss what action they will take.
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    U.K. WILL EXPORT COAL NEXT YEAR
    59 1 BRITAIN ha.s "turned the COTner" on coal production and a National Coal Board spokesman predicted yesterday that the i a tion's Marshall plan pledge to export 6.000.000 tons of coal to Europe next year will be fulfilled Production, both by man-shii' and m total,
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      MIRANDA'S HAT
      524 2  -  PETE PLAYER By "AH, my dear, how simply stunning, I've searched everywhere m Singapore without success to find anything approaching your style." Thus, enviously, a lady friend of Mrs. Miranda Oliver, wife of Lt. -O»l. R. W. R. Oliver, Army Public Relations chief m FARELF, discussed her hat.
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      BRITAIN'S BABIES
      602 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A MINISTRY of Health report from Britain shows that babies born m Britain today have a much better chance m life than their parents had. Last year, the infant mortality m Britain averaged forty-six m each 1,000 births less than 5 per cent Of
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      'YOUR CHILD'S SOUL'
      132 2 'YOUR CHILD'S SOUL'- Dosen't belong to you A FATHER who opposed liis daughter's marriage because she did not ask for his consent was told by Mr. Rowland Thomas, K.C.: "Parents do not own the souls of their children just like bits of furniture. When the father, George Albert Rolt, declared
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      Your Figure On Record
      22 2 Your Fig ure On Record loo* ill Zena gets a look at her -vk O'Connor her with ztrip* cj j paper. FSDFGGFDFGDFGDG•
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      18 2 PA/ £5 SHANGHAI SMART COSTUMES, J 1 OF UNUSUAL DESIGN \M> EXQUISITE FINISH. 82-1 BRAS BASAH ROAD. I
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      746 2 RADIO PROGRAMME YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DORN today, you have an v active and impulsive nature. You jump to conclusion at the slightest hint of evidence and once your mind is made up. it is very difficult to chance! This temperamental quirk may make life
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      362 2 Tournament from Happy World Stadium. 1C.30 Music Shop. 11 p ra Mtvi summary- Malay proKrammc: 12 p m Programme summary. 12 05 Domestic Hour. 12 45 News. 6pm. Programme I summary. 6 0S "Brlk-ve It Or Not". 6 30 Interlude, 7 pm Time Signal 701 Popular Requests, 730 News. 745
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      108 2 Swine; u.ih vS.h It: 7J ing: 8 p.m. W..rid aad I 8.05 Yours for grmmi I p end Magaziiu-: 930 Ra 9.45 Mfn and Bonkf: 10 p |Tr»eatre M.;sic 10 30 Ridtn Do-wi Canyon. 10 50 For Pj U3O News from I>nrd-n S\Tl UMal Mnriiinc am Musi Air; I M
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  • NEWS
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      Clergymen see 'women ghosts'
      166 3 STOCKHOLM (Sweden), Thursday f i THKKAN Bishop Torsten Bohlin has orderedT^'enti L fie investigation of certain ghostly disturbances at a lonely vr irase m Jaratland Province. Apparitions reported U, have been seen there over the past 20 years m luded a cray and three old women
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      'Face-saving' in anti-Red war in China
      106 3 PEIPING. Thursday. VI has won his v hinat inclusion Shansi Province command which I made him a military Governor Yen Hsi- served as a Pu has been appointed in-chief of Hopei, «1 and Suiyuan and 7 launch an anti-Rod j these provinces and trt
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      RUSSIA HAS BIG U-BOAT FLEET
      56 3 j Secretary. Mr. 'illivan. told President Air Policy Commission ton on Wednesday that »w had four times marines as the Gerthe start of the -Jamie. S< tvlet underseas nmforced with ierman U-boats equipS<hnorkel breather them to stay long periods. The trol four German lding yards
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      51 3 Princess Margaret talks iritti film star Loretta Young after the Royal Co7nr7iand screening of the new Hollywood picture "The Bishop's Wife" at the Odeon Theatre m London Watching them is- Loretta's husband, Tom Lewis. Princess Margaret accepted on behalf of Princess Elizabeth an album of signed photograph?, of Hollywood film
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      MAIDEN VOYAGE
      26 3 n Dutch liner imed after a direci lfi rdam Lloyd Line by Germans m haa left Southamp-pas-scngers, on i v oya«e to Singapore Reuter
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      2 NAZI LEADERS TO BE EXECUTED
      56 3 rv\O leaders of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia have been convicted of wartime atrocities and sentenced to death The National Court at Bratislava, (Slovakia* convicted Hans Elard Ludin^ former German Minister to Bratislava, and Gen Hermann Hoeffler. former Commandan t ol the German occu-
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      'TOKIO ROSE': SEARCH FOR WITNESSES
      226 3 TWr ttq t,, i- t^ "nomiNuiuiM, inursduy. THE U.S Justice Department has stated that it will < promptly prosecute American-born Japanese iva Ikuko Topni-i Aquino Of, charges of treason if it can find witnesses to say she broadcast m the wartime Japanese propaganda to American
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      U.S. FOOD COSTS HIT NEW HIGH
      62 3 THE Index ot wholesale food 1 prices m the United States In the week ended Tuesday soared to a new all-time high, reports U.P The index reflected an increase U 31 foods m general use and rose to U. 5.57.17 from $7.06 m the
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      NO NEGRO INQUIRY
      33 3 A sub-commission of the UN Commission on Human Rights has rejected a Russian proposal to investigate the Negro problem m the Unitrd States Tho vole was 11 to one. A.P.
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      HUSBAND AND WIFE FROZE TO DEATH
      117 3 HUSBAND AND WIFE FROZE TO DEATH BRITISH war-bride Mrs. Howard Norton, formerly Peggy Jones of Mansfield. Nottinghamshire and her husband froze to death. In each other's arms. Mrs. Norton and her husband ran a fishing camp m Northwestern Ontario, and they were m a boat on a lake going to
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      TREASON TRIAL
      35 3 Seven persons were indicted m Warsaw district court on Wednesday ior charges of treason and espionage. Several of them were charged with supplying secret information to the United States and British embassies U.P.
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      U.S. quits Italy on Dec. 15
      43 3 THK r.S. State Department announces that the United States intends to withdraw remaining American occupation tioops from Italy within the 90-day limit set by the Italian Peace Con- ference. The time limit expires on Dec. 15. A.P.
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      CHIANG LEADS FIGHT ON INFALTION
      236 3 CHIANG LEADS FIGHT ON INFALTION 'Most ruthless' measures to be taken GENERALISSIMO Chi an<r Kai-sn^ T hursda yVJ. command m the battle aeain^t a UlMmg P*™™ 1 ha s ordered the adop.ion o? S t h7'W^.T"" 1 dlatl 11 gi yen T t said was S cyc.r^f n a 'l^
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      83 3 The U.^>. h unary Att.w.t..{ v London, Maior-Gen. Clayton Bissell, at a ceremony presented U.S. awards and decoration* I 27 distinguished Briion^, Americans and Canaaians m recognition of their material aid to the Allied cause during World War II Major-Gen. Bissell to teen shaking hands with Sir Char' s Darwin
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      ENIWETOK CLOSED
      31 3 The United States has formally notified the U.N. Security Council of its atomic testing ground at Eruwctok Atoll, it will dose th« i? all outsiders, including u.N. Trusteeship investigators.
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      RED INDIANS HAVE CRISIS
      99 3 PRESIDENT Truman has stated will submit plans to i tne United States Cor^r.-ss regular session i v January lor •stop-gap" aid and "long-range programme of rehabilitation" lor Navajo Indians facing starvation m thei r New M xico reservation A report by the U S. Secretary 01
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      WATCHERS SEE MAN DROWN
      88 3 A MAN trapped on a sandbank m Mersey ott Leasowe lighthouse was drowned by the incoming tide just before the arrival of a lifeboat. Watchers from the snore saw the water rise to his neck and then cover him. Attempts had been made to reach the
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      NANKING-H'KONG TRADE TALKS
      62 3 THE Nanking Foreign Office 1 spokesman. Mr. George Yeh. said on Wednesday that a Government representative, Mr. Chow Bak-tow was m Hong Kong discussdng with financial officials of the Government there a trade agreement between Hong Kong and China. He added that China was still iwaiting a
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      U.S. radio 'war' on Russia
      208 3 THF ft q c w, WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. I Hfc, U.S. State Departments "Voice of America" Radio hi,^ 1 1 8 1 23 lan ff ua that Russians *»h fu t wholesale runs on banks and stores m Moscow and other Soviet cities because of
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      UK POSTMEN WILL FLY NEXT YEAR
      121 3 UK POSTMEN WILL FLY NEXT YEAR BRITAIN'S first flying postmen, carrying sacks of letters m helicopters, will start experimental services m East Anglia next May, British European Airways announced at Yeovil. These hoverplane runs, based on Peterborough, will provide a network of airmail services to link remote places round Peterborough
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      90 P.C. DROP IX REMITTANCES
      52 3 OVERSEAS Chinese postal money orders, presented to the Remittance and Savings Bank m Shanghai during November showed a huge decline, according to the spokesman of the Bank. Remittances last month were only a little more than 10 per cent, of the total sum collected aunns
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      CINEMAS ARE BLAMED FOR DRIFT TO CITY
      134 3 CINEMAS ARE BLAMED FOR DRIFT TO CITY fiROWDING oi people m cities V' and a move away frum the country menaced spiritual values the Bishop of Lichfleld. England (Right Rev. E. s. Woods* tolci the Centenary Congress of the Church of England m Melbourne Bishop Woods said that he had
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      47 3 Fifty lakhs of rupees capital is being raised for a plan to linkKarachi with the Middle East and ny thousands of pilgrims every year to Mecca. The journey to Mecca, which takes over two weeks by sea. rail and road will iaKe one day by afr.- Reuter
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      LORD KILLEARN'S PLEA FOR SHIGEMITSU
      378 6 LORD KILLEARN'S PLEA FOR SHIGEMITSU 'He opposed Japanese aggression' FTOKIO, Thursday. OUR former British and American diplomatic colleagues, including Lord Killearn (now Special Commissioner for South-East Asia m Singapore), m affidavits presented to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, praised defendant ex -Foreign Minister Marnoru Shigemitsu for his
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      44 6 German/ h°a J SovteC legates at the Four-Power talks on ?ha7 %nl£ nd P™'™,-? 0 0 P roceeci ™Q London (from left? Ma™ b n?Lt£^ W?kV J? lttary co > n ™nder m Germany; Mr Smirnor Deputy Foreign Minister, and Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov, Foretnn Minister.
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      PREMIER ON CEYLON'S NEW STATUS
      226 6 PREMIER ON CEYLON'S NEW STATUS rpEN Ceylon House of Represen--1 tatives carried by 5© votes to 11, with 29 abstentions, a motion by the Prime Minister. Mr. Don Senanayake. expressing the Houses rejoicing that the Ceylon peoples struggle for freedom had been attained. The i nendmenl previously defeated by 59
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      TO HELP SNYDER
      32 6 'ii"* Secretary ol the us Treasury. Mr. John w. Snydtr 2f* announced the appointment <>f Mr. James J. Saxon as assist- ant U) th*> Sopn.t.iru ,^f *V.^ Treasury. A.P.
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      UK'S NEW JUNIOR MINISTER
      116 6 UK'S NEW JUNIOR MINISTER riMIK Croatian of a new junior X minister's post with the title of Economic Secretary to the Treasury was announced In the House of Commons on Wednesday by tht> Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Statlord Cripps. Mr Hilary Marquand. former Secretary for Overseas Trade and iitS
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      GRAZIANI ON TRIAL
      56 6 The trial of Marshal Rudolfo Graziam, 65-year-old Command- i or-in-Chici of Mussolini's armed' forces m Northern Italy who is accused of collaboration with Germans began m Rome In his absence on Wednesday, and was ad joumed until Dec 9. Graziani is at present m a clinic m
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      U.S. recovery programme
      383 6 A MEKICA'S National Association of Manufacturers m New riUrk hislaid down a 12-poTht recovery programme !tt&3fcj£^ i aid n Tho President of the Ass^iatum, Mr. Earl Bunting out-l"u-d he plan under winch provision would l>< made for tax "auction, debt reduction, curtailment of inflationary bank credit, expansion
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      LONDON PARK STRANGLING
      68 6 AN upon verdict of murder by ■one ptrann or peraonj unknown was returned at the SB -TSS -■JSBSI London, on Oc-t 1 Altxrt Edward Butler. Kroi^er who lived next door to the dead iJSSSf^SU asain Present Jn court. At a previous hearins uutier «aye evidence that he
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      U.K. slashes capital investments
      130 6 U.K. slashes capital investments nKA^nc mea v Britain*! capita] Investor urinsj the coming six moi Lhs arc d m a White Paper pi lishcd m London. Projt-i-us principally affected by 1 toe proposed cuts an 'he building n^' A *a and the construe- i of roads and airports the v
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      MP'S FATAL FALL
      39 6 A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded at Saint Helena Lancashire, at th e inquest on Mr. William Foster. Labour M.P for Wigan. who died m hospital after a fall downstairs at h*£ horne Reuter
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      ECAFE'S BID TO EXPEDITE FOOD PLANS
      169 6 ECAFE'S BID TO EXPEDITE FOOD PLANS THE United Nations i: t<> )m i!i( > (M Far East (ECAFE) r^n,,' T" I 0. Dec. 13. undertook m^^^ as most important i, duntry. A rodraftod resolution i., ready for submission m d.fTerences ironed out be* ft. United States Z concern.ng ECAFEs Th,'
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      'JAPAN IS NOW FRIEND OF U.S.'
      7 6 'JAPAN IS NOW FRIEND OF U.S.' U.P.
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      64 3 AIR-CONDITION E R Pull ton refrigerat- s -^^Z^^. Efficient filters remove =^n. ii i dust and Dollcn from r—^l>.^ the air. Swiftly clears the room of all smok- Jf Q op£kat/0/vs/ JS^^^BK 1 HPI AC SINGLE PHASE* rn!,WJ!r4n ARRIVING JANU «RY/FEBRUAR/ W.UYJitjM BOOK YO «R order now. Mr cont C
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1947. Income Tax—by Decree
      629 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1947. Income Tax— by Decree rE Governors have used their special powers. The almost unanimous opposition of the Unofficial members of the two Advisory Councils has been overridden aiivi Malaya is to have Income tax next year as a result of high-handed action,
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      PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE MAKE NEWS
      1159 4 PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE MAKE NEWS IN Radio Malaya's production of "A Midsummer Night's* Dream" List Sunday a new voice was heard on the air m the role of Hermia. This was Miss MARGARET GIMSON, who is very anxious to establish herself m Singapore as an actress. When she arrived here
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      ARRIVAL IN LONDON
      1001 4 T.II. Tan, brv^ Press Special Correspondt'nt, left Singapore on the proving flight for Qajitas Fmpire Airway's new Omstellati<>n service cm the Australia Britain rmite. This is the fifth of a series of articles giving his experiences on the Ufhl and his first impressions of London. EpEKHAPS the
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      WILL THEY BREAK INDIES DEADLOCK?
      346 4  -  HARRIS JACKSON By A.P. Correspondent THE Dutch and Indonesians are preparing themselves for their third attempt at settling their differences over the conference table. Phey have agreed to negotiate aboard a U.S. Navy Transport "RenvUle." This will be third attempt to settle the Indies' problem
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      52 4 r FAITH 1 Th,- earth *ha" bl t^ llOTj r the I^>rd. __Ti_L __9) M n __MB^ I _rs_& *se*^^i a_S r L V aa h^b _Bt WT^n4T M Mmx Ai _fl^ \a_^* BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR L LONDON AND B1RMIN6KAM, MM M* For information and assist Ofptt\ the nearest British
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      FIRST SOCIAL SURVEY IN S.E. ASIA
      411 5 FIRST SOCIAL SURVEY IN S.E. ASIA iSingapore scheme starts on Monday Free Press Staff Reporter PREPARATIONS for the first social survey to be carried out m Singapore— and the first m Soufn East Asia— which starts next Monday, are now complete. Eighty volunteer enumerators will visit approximately 5,000 homes, interviewing
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      Y.M.C.A. ART EXHIBITION
      38 5 Tot the Cldb. Mr. C. U d an oil tiled "The Club's art d at the 1 he female •i the left awakening t ler the ate figure 0* bung a *m mher Press fgfdgdfgdfg
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      WATERWORKS SURVEY FLIGHT
      27 5 1 Mr. Cheonc valuer. morning m an Ice an aerial er land for vat 4 rworks 590 acres of t r Lubok \m from
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      MDU attacks pro-Malay policy
      153 5 MDU attacks proMalay policy Fi lull Government m Malaya was pro Malay ulv created and carefully nurtured by Inthh bur. k racy said Mr. Eu Chooi Yip, the General wretary oj lh< Malayan Democratic Union, yesterday. the fostering of this feeling was part of Df divide and rule adopted by
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      Chinese produce exchange to be revived
      194 5 Chinese produce exchange to be revived Free Press Chinese C'orit-spondent THE Singapore Chinese Produce Association, the only Chinese produce exchange m Singapore before tre war which handed produce of all kinds except rubber, will shortly be revived. Preparations are being made at present to start operation at the As- sociation's
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      BAIL FOR WOMAN
      46 5 Bail was extended to Tea B> c Neo. a Chinese woman. claimed trial m the Second Police Court, yesterday to a charge of dishonestly receiving a st watch valued at $300 at Kranjion Dec. 3. The ca>»- has been postponed to Jan. 27.
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      Rotan added to jail Sentence
      151 5 Rotan added to jail Sentence Fret* tttm StafY Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. APPEALING against his convic- tion at the Muar Assizes on a charge of committing armed robbery and the sentence of seven years' ruorous Imprisonment passed on him, Edom bin Amba had his sentence enhanced by the Court of
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      Xmas Island mutineers: decision soon
      148 5 Xmas Island mutineers: decision soon A HIGH ranking officer of the Legal Branch of cut* FAKBLF, h:is j;one to London tc discuss, among other things, the fate of the live Indian soldier*whose sentence of death foi mutiny on Christmas Island was stayed by order of the C-in-C last September. The
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      CARE OF ANIMALS DRIVE LAUNCHED
      219 5 Free Press Staff Reporter •THERE has been a great improvement m the condition of animals for sale m Singapore shops during the pa*t few months, and of those found on the streets. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Department is very active and has launched
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      66 5 turroffho^\ oUraP^ in lasampan1 asampan V^crday took this picinn L iL°' v O/ °l le Z f tfu> £**«*< vessels m the Bug* fleet how solid hulll Zh P0 Z C /mr b0 "C- T} H »«IFfa vessels are notable for their orscrri th a e 1ix f d lllfh
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      'LESS INDIRECT TAXATION' DEMAND
      168 5 I\ECLARINGr that the decision to impose income tax "makes it imperative that Government should pay heed to the demand of the people for representative government," the Malayan Democratic Union welcomes the Governors' decision but says a reduction of indirect taxation should result. A statement issued yesterday
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      FREEDOM OF ACTION FOR COLONIAL GOVTS.
      355 5 FREEDOM OF ACTION FOR COLONIAL GOVTS. Talks m London on A LriIOL(,II (he conference of Governors and Governcrsfl des.srnate of the African territories, which has just ended >n London, was concerned primarily uith African problems there were discussions of matters of general interest to c01,,--?;:™".rr r""- ch> <*~£s£; In discussions
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      'Blight' on Scout Movement charge
      293 5 'Blight' on Scout Movement charge Free Press Staff Reporter j 'THE need for a thorough re--1 organisation of the Scout Movement m Malaya is referred to by Mr. N. Scharengulvel, a former District £cout Commissioner m Singapore, writing m the Malayan Educator, official organ of the Malayan Teachers' Union He
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      MORE FOOD MEN DISMISSED
      51 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. VT I NET KEN members oi the li Food Control Inspectorate nine inspectors and ten a i!»--tant inspectors have been given notices terminating their service at the end of this month. The inspectorate staff now competed 26 ten Inspectors and 16 Assistant
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      S'pore State Hockey XI Selected
      60 7 S'pore State Hockey XI Selected tiie standard I vis not at Us iC«i to be«U .al m three hl hrld on the H^ l ;»>i ration of H» r: Slalt rune P N i B. Barth N im; G. Oxford, E. >**— Major 1 m!h I Karim U»iUia(ms. M. !T|
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      Dara Singh v Kong At Happy World Tomorrow
      50 7 Dara Singh v Kong At Happy World Tomor row wre^t.. rs, unLngh, the Sifch m 10Happy World be won outrecord to his vi th.' Na\al i Singh. Kid Army champion. woeic was Off. H? Bg ;n the fourth Kvoug Seng. mevt« Tuny It*;. I and Para- xc^llent pairs x; r-V'anune.
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      THREE SAFE BETS FOR TOMORROW
      440 7 THREE SAFE BETS FOR TOMORROW Constance, Prince Colin, Lena Dear I ARGE fields, J£d £*S Reporter ««>e Perak Turf Cluh nLI I Ipoh for the fir «t day of The rain usually brin^t'l'r" nT 6 a reall y easuy forget the 'june-Suly m?e < tf B ps te m l
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      KATONG EURASIANS XI
      70 7 •pHE Katong Eurasian Sports Club team to play soccer against the Changi Prison Staff Sports Club on Sunday at Bt. Patricks School will b»> chosen from the following: C. B Humphries, H. R. de Souza, C. Noron- ha. E. Toft. R. Roeario. E. Oarnell, J. Prout, A.
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      BANKA S.C. WIN 2-1
      30 7 IN a fast and thrilling game, the Banka Sports Club beat the Police Combined football XI by two goals to one at the Police depot yesterday.
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      BARROW BEAT N.Z.
      25 7 BARROW beat the New Zealand Rugby League tourists by 10 Dolnts U> two m a game Dlaved yesterday reDorts Reuter from London.
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      21 7 Oxfordshire Dlavirur at home, were beaten ei«ht-nil by Eastern CounUe^ m a U.K. Jtiurbv Union Count v Chamok>n&hJp frame yesterday. Reuter
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      Archer Brothers In Tonight's Card
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      SOUTHS TEAM WAS SELECTED TOO EARLY
      624 7 SOUTHS TEAM WAS SELECTED TOO EARLY Badminton Notes By COURTCRAFT AT the beginning of last month representatives from Singa n pore, Malacca, Johore and Nejjii Sembilan met at the conclusion of the Pamadasa Quadrangular Tournament to select the South team to play the North this Christmas m Malaya s first
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      RACE PROGRAMME AT IPOH
      807 7 FIELDS for tomorrow, first day of Perak Turf Clubs four-day December Meeting, subject to scratchings, are: Hones Class 2. Div. 1, 6 Furs. 2 2 2 MINSTREL BOY 3 9 0 0 2 0 PRINCE AVON 4 8.13 3 4 1 BLACKPOOL 5 8 11 0
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      Best Amateurs Fight Tonight
      464 7 T^^n amateiu- boxers m Singapore will be seen m action at the Happy World Stadium tonight when the SineaoonP iffiX* prefent an all star cl?d of 12 fights m aid of the Anti-T B Fund It is undoubtedly the best amateur Droerimmo l-»*CT OKUS YVIWJ Will
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      Big Crowd Will Pay Tribute To Joe Louis
      147 7 Big Crowd Will Pay Tribute To Joe Louis JOE LOUIS will nght m Madison Square Garden tonight and because the great hravywvight champ.on never has given other than an honest, thrilling exhibition of the manly art. he is virtually certain lo draw the biggest eate m the history ol the
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      ORTIZ STARTS TRAINING FOR DEC. 20 FIGHT
      94 7 3JANUEL ORTIZ. world bantamweight champion, yesterday openeied training on the impromptu ring cm the Manila Hotel tennis courts for th.» title fight on Dec. 20 with Tirso Del Rosario. Filipino, challenger at Rizal Stadium. Ortiz has 9 lb. to lose to get down
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      Ryan Signs On For Another Year In Army
      80 7 Ryan Signs On For Another Year In Army (COMPANY Sergeant Major OhH^ Ryan > stain's best amateur boxer, has changed hi* mind about leaving the Army. He is due for demobilisation m January but now states he has signed on another year. This means Ryan. Britain's fw// c/ J? °P
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      RUSSIANS JOIN I.A.A.F.
      38 7 LORD BURGHLEY, president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, announced yesterday tint the Soviet Union had joined the 1.A.A.P.. -paving the way for Ru.vian participation m the major snorts of the 1948 Olympic Games A.P.
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      160 7 F reC Press Cf o»»word No. 256 I w 7 J I I I A 111 I I 3s 4+^j i I Ills i I CLUES ACROSS one thoughtful ,7i. 12. Hei a \lml Tnd w?ll h»^. rou t V* eUl mak« CLUES DOWN her' of' JSTiSmS l 3 b
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      46 8 Cnurt huii I, h < S'nwPoreans Looking towards the SVfJftNM IS V^r i c l>e ll n i/ /It ttaiMe of an elephant built on the iau m front of the Social Welfare building to commemorate the m visit °f King Chula Longkorn oj S\am m IS7I.
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      Importance to Malaya stressed
      459 8 CEYLON DEFENCE PACT LONDON, Thursday. ISCOLNT Addison, leader of the House of Lords, moving the second reading today of the Ceylon Independence BUI. which had already passed through all its stages m the House of Commons, said this was the first time m British history m
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      SIAM PLOT PURGE CONTINUES
      154 8 SI AM PLOT PURGE CONTINUES --n.Tf r BANGKOK. Thurs II MILE .rmcr Industl ff Minister Bhunphat .still n% and the military uncovered a hugi sN.rr the military questioned former Finance Minister Vlchlt Luhtanon m con-m-cti.^n with the alleged Hoy M H»pubhcan plot. Lulitanon is undrrstiMxl to br held by the
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      BOMB ATTACK ON NIZAM
      62 8 Tin- Hinua oi Hyderabad escaped unhurt yesterday when a bomb was thrown at his motorcar hi which ho was riding through one of Hyderabad'! main stn Tho bomb-throw<r wai caught by the crowd. Before the cuipru ooold be mishandled tho Nizam stepped from the c II
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      WINDSOR WRITES STORY OF HISTORY EARLY LIFE
      443 8 WINDSOR WRITES STORY OF HISTORY EARLY LIFE Portraits of the Royal Family TNEW YORK, Thursday. HE Duke of Windsor, m the first of three autobiographical articles contributed to Life, America's widely circulated picture magazine, said that his sister Mary fthe Princess Royal, widow of the Earl of Harewood) dominated him
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      'SYNTHETIC CAN STAND ON ITS OWN'
      159 8 'SYNTHETIC CAN STAND ON ITS OWN' WASHINGTON. Thursday. A STANDARD Oil Company executive declared today the synthetic rubber industry not only is ready to stand on its own feet but can give natural rubber fuT^ l w rra ce, c P c recommended that it be Riven the chance Mr.
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      FRENCH OUTPUT OVER 1940
      65 8 FRENCH industrial production exceeded the pre-war levrl during the first half of this year or the first time .since 1940 the w :n Commissioner of the French rehabilitation and modernisa o man. M. Jean Monnet announced m Pans yesterday. In April and May the over all
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      RIO TREATY APPROVED
      33 8 U 8. Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday unanimously approved the InterAmerican Hemisphere Defence Jteatjr which was Hgned at the Petropolla Brazil) Confcrrnce It is popularly kn,»wn ls thP*Rm Treaty. U.P.
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      24 8 rh«' Kinn h;us Approved the apI*>intrm>nt of Fuld Marsha! Earl vvawii. former Viceroy of India v Constable of the T«»w«t of L<m- a«>n. A.P.
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      TINS, RUBBERS DECLINE
      415 8 TINS, RUBBERS DECLINE stock e*a^ Exchange today with the C L llrnd SM tendency dull, says Kt-utorS fln h, miii WrnS price changes were recorded 1 C f or r es^ent of the changes m the Industrial transac W M« S< 3" en a C rf; r ßUbberS a d
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      RUBBER PRICES
      107 8 A SPECIAL Market cortespoad ent cives the prices o! robbc at 11 i m today as follows Buyer* ylJa Cts I'll l*r !b w\\ So. 1 X.> Spot No 1 RS.V fob m h.ti.-H M.i I 1 1 No I 8.5.1 fob m Jei l>c No 3 R.>.S
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      GREEK GUERRILLAS
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      AUSTRALIA SLASHES $s FOR TRAVEL
      208 8 ponditure for travel to biisin s i,n Molhlrexmaintain essential Indiist-1- ri rposes f n^ssary to Chifley, the AustralianpJtae uu£te^2sS£ *1 r J B Answering criticism of {Sr mster announced today Oovernment'i decision to cut dollar imports. Mr. Chifley said Australia could sell wheat and other
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      INDIAN ADVISES FAO
      42 8 n S r7 f lht> lndl;in G °vorn-' H*M h P i rtmrnt of Education. Hoaltli and Lands, has accepted a temporary Bjslgiiment a, ?J2 c al regonal advisor for India of the Umted Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
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      CONFESSION BY TORTURE ALLEGATION
      139 8 RANGOON. Thursday. MAUNG SOE, one of the accused m the Aung San assassination trial, alleged before the special tribunal uxlay that confessions nrtde by Ba Nyun. another accused who turned Kings evidence were ihe result of police torture The charges were "not true he said. He
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      RUSSIA HAS a GOOD HARVEST
      83 8 THE Soviet harvest tnll year was as K(x>d as m the best pre-war years. I/w.stia. the Soviet Government newspaper, announced yesterday as four countries Britain. Norway. Finland and Czechoslovakia sought agreements with the Soviet Union for developing trade Etvestla also reported that oil production m
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      HAD NO TRAINING BUT HE FLEW
      64 8 V CONVICT. Charles Lee McIn tosh, who has never had rliu'ht training, escaped from a Springfield Missouri > prison Stole a plane from the local airport and took off m wobbly fashion, but was recaptured \wirn the plane ran out of petrol and made
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      HELICOPTER RESCUE
      46 8 An American naval helicopter .made a vertical borerlng descent m a rough Mediterranean sea yesterday to rescue the pilot of a crashed American aircraft, while British and American naval launches were searching the s< is south-rust of Malta for the crash- ea pilot Reuter
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      PEER IS CASHIERED FOR INDECENCY
      359 8 LONDON, Thursday (IAPT. LORD COLWYN, 33, was today dismissed from the British Army after he has plead- £<* 6 ui Jty at a court-martial to live charges accusing him of ?ross impropriety while serving as an officer m the Gordon Hiehm? d H r 1
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      77 8 WE A THER Partly cloudy WEATHER rrport for the next 21 ft hours compiled by the RAF: lartJy cloudy, with very isolated showers late today. Wind: North-westerly, 8 to 12 Temperatures: Mv, 84 dee I mm. 72 deg. Rainfall: 3.2 mm. Relative humidity percentage* Yr?,t«-day 7.30 a.m. 98; 1.30 pm.
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