The Singapore Free Press, 16 January 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ffghfghgh SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    GOVT. COLLAPSE IN PALESTINE
    423 1 GOVT. COLLAPSE IN PALESTINE UK to quit 6 weeks earlier LONDON, Thursday. CEARING complete breakdown because of 1 communal fighting, the Palestine Government has recommended that Britain should surrender the mandate six weeks earlier than the tentative date of May 15, informed quarters m Whitehall stated tonight. Half of Palestine's
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    14 1 I Wallace ;>hysi- rutnan, dais >n the \peculahe had or that r-ali profit i
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    U.S. to save tin for stockpile
    83 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday, td Department of Commerce today i allocations of tinplate for the second \o.n and announced later that allot-\nu-rii-an tinplate producers will also m Irimmed for that period. I use be ordered mon h. will te lor the I tin cans. ire under
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    Two bandits rob village in Johore
    104 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Johore bandits armed with pistols robbed six Chinese shop- houses m Sedenak village, within Sedenak Estate, two miles from the main Johore Bahru-Ayer Hltam road, at midnight last night. The two armed men, wearing masks, held up the households
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    CEYLON RUBBER WARNING
    75 1 Ceylon's rubber industry may find itself m "serious difficulties" unless agreement is reached with Britain and the United States on the use of natural rubber In relation to synthetic and reclaimed rubber, the Ceylon Minister of Commerce, Mr. Chellapah Suntheralingam. said m Colombo yesterday. He appealed to
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    $3,600 TAKEN FROM HOUSE
    48 1 "TiOUR Chinese, one armed with a pistol seized $3,616 m jewellery and other property from the residence of a European m Changi Road last night, after holding up his servants. The European was out. The robbers also took $17 m cash from the servants.
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    PISTOL FOUND
    33 1 Singapore C.I.D. men, acting on information, last night arrested a European seaman and seized a loaded .45 automatic pistol. The man was detained at a crowded bar m Bras Basah Road.
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    YAP TYPHOON
    45 1 4 typhoon— the third m two months struck Yap on Wednesday morning devastating the small island and destroying all food except taro roots for its 3,000 inhabitants, including 56 U.S. Navy personnel, U.S. Pacific Naval Headquarters reported yesterday. There **">™ nn known casualties.- A.P.
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    HIT BY LIGHTNING
    20 1 •Two pianos were struck by lightning over Shannon airport fEiro) during a thunderstorm but continued their flight.
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    U.S. DIPLOMAT DIES
    14 1 I! the la cassador I bus Daniels. rarnMnn I A .P.
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    New govt in Yemen follows King's death
    94 1 New govt in Yemen follows King's death CAIRO. Thursday. KING Yahyah. the 85-year-old ruler of Yemen, has died, according to reports i received m Cairo tonight. A new constitutional gove rnment has been established m Sana, capital of Yemen. The new government is now headed by an elected Imam. Sayed
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    'AID EUROPE OR BE CONSCRIPTED'
    157 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE alternative to a European recovery plan may 1 be the drafting of Americans for military service the U.S. Army Secretary, Mr. Kenneth 4toyall, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, when giving evidence on the Marshall plan. Asked about his statement on
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    'CHIANG WILL FALL SOON'
    83 1 EX-MARSHAL Feng Yuhsiang, who was recently expelled from the Kuomintang Party for his anti-Govern-ment utterances, told a news conference m New York yesterday that the overthrow of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's regime m China "may soon become a reality." He said he was "greatly honoured at having
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    64 1 An Arab policeman stand* guard beside the bus m which 15 people were killed and 32 wounded after a bomb attack at Damascus Gate Arab entrance to the old City of Jerusalem. A taxi drove into the market place, sprayed the bus with automatic fire and then a bomb was
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    BRITAIN PLANS RICE AREAS FOR AFRICA
    107 1 AB R ITI S H Government' mission is exploring British West African territories with view to alleviating the world's rice shortage by linding mw production areas and] fostering present production, the Colonial Offloe stated m Lond< n yesterday. Th< mission, which consists j of
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    DEMOBS DIE IN CRASH
    58 1 TWO soldiers were killed and 15 injured yesterday when a lorry, taking 25 newly demobilised soldiers from Aldershot to Woking to collect civilian clothing, overturned and caught fire. The lorry was one of a convoy and some of the men involved had recently returned from overseas.
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    RED 'WAR' ON FRENCH PARLIAMENT
    125 1 PARIS, Thursday. THE Communists, largest single party, declared war on the French Parliament before it adjourned tonight, saying its proceedings were illegal and shouting down the Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault. with cries of *'Go back to Washington M. Jacques Duclos, Communist parliamentary leader, stated
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    Indies truce by Saturday
    241 1 Indies truce by Saturday BATAVIA, Thursday. AS Radio Jogjakarta tonight announced that "both Indonesians and Dutch have accepted the United Nations proposals for a settlement of the conflict between the Indonesian Republic and the Netherlands," it was reliably learned here that the chairman of the "Good Offices" Commission had officially
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    Indian labour & remittances
    128 1 Indian labour remittances MR. Saw Ganeshan, the leader of the Indian Goodwill Mission, yesterday disagreed with the opinion that the remittances of Indian labourers to India, came out of their wages. tje was speaking at a reception given to the Mission by the Singapore Regional Indian Congress. He was referring
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    PLUNGE FROM NINTH FLOOR
    66 1 i MUSLIM student from Hyderabad (Deccan) attending Columbia University on a scholarship from the Indian Government, plunged to his death yesterday from his ninth floor room m Furnald Hall, a University dormitory. Fellow students said he had been greatly worried for the past three months because
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    HELD BY FBI
    28 1 THE Federal Bureau of In--1 vestigation yesterday announced the arrest of a sixth man m connection with an attempt to shin explosives fen Palestine.- Reuter
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    GANDHI FAST BRINGS FIRST PEACE MOVE
    369 1 NEW DELHI, Thurday. THE Government of India announced tonight that m deference to Gandhi it will pay to Pakistan Ka £41 million share of the country's cash balances which had been withheld owing to the quarrel over Kashmir. Pakistan had described the refusal to
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    Italian protest marchers cry 'Viva II Duce'
    92 1 ASMARA (Eritrea), Thurs. NEARLY 1,500 Italians marched to Asmara military cemetery today singing the Fascist march Giovnezza." openly giving the Fascist salute and shouting Viva II Duce." They went to lay .wreaths or. the graves of local Italians after a requiem mass had
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    KILLEARN IN CHINA
    39 1 The Special Commissioner for South-East Asia at Singapore, Lord Killearn, who is on a visit to China, was scheduled to call on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek m Nanking yesterday. Lord Killearn was formerly Minister to China. U.P.
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    S'PORE APPEAL
    23 1 The Singapore Regional Indian Congress yesterday sent a telegram to Mr. Gandhi appealing him not to continue his fast any longer.
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  • FEATURES
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      WASHING: THE RIGHT WAY
      739 2  -  Mary Irwin By AN old laundress who had served a happy life-time m one of "the Btatdjf homos of England" passed on 1 ome of the secrets of art to me as I pegged out the washing on the line one morning. Her notions seemed rather
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      Other Folk's Strange Headdress
      114 2 Other Folk's Strange Headdress Around the uo^ld, men and women here adorned themselves "from the ntck up.' This universal tendency is graphically displayed m a new exhibit at the American Museum of Na.-* tural History n New York. The extensive anthropology collections of the museum uere drawn upon m selecting
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      A MODERN MISS CHINA
      330 2 TYPICAL of the educated young Chinese who arc playing a major role m modern China is Dr. Shuh Yenliu, a vivacious young Chinese woman physician from Canton who is specializing m gynecology and who is currently on the staff of the Springfield Memorial hospital. Dr. Shuh
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      CHANGE OF HATS
      75 2 U/HAT a change m hats "--from the sublime to the ridiculous. The new models far this winter sason are now on show In most of the shops m London. The high crowns have gone. Large hats are supplanlod by small ones. High quills and pheasants' f athixs
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      Bridge Problem
      305 2 any onlooker what is the most spectacular defensive play m bridge and he's pretty Ml* to say. "Underload: ng an ace." Yet In some circumstances the play is so clearly marked that not to make it would bo folly. West opened his singleton spude and declarer unwisely finessed
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      FRAGRANCE IN A BOTTLE
      693 2  - FRAGRANCE IN A BOTTLE BETTY HAND By BECAUSE of the great demand for French perfume since the turn of the century, many of us are not aware that Britain was as famed for her perfume (essence) as she still 'is 4or the fragrant toilet water. Queen Victoria's fa- vourite perfume
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      79 2 y Jjfjf A 9 Bbur mmS JBl. flx SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. .S2O metres m the medium wave band and 7 20 meguryrles m tbe 41 metre band. From 6 00 p.m. to 7 IS p.m: from 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: You Like Your
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      381 2 526 metres m tbe medium nave band, and 4.825 megacycle* m the 61 metre band. From 7.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. 526 nvrtres only. FRIDAY Programmes Hfliih lpm. Dancv niu&ic, 1.30 Military music, 8.15 N< w s summary, Singapore Food Pric«.s. and announcements, 8.30 Friday Prom., 9.30 N« us. 9.45
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      266 2 "Australian ■eoaamlc Review" by A. Ingle Hall; 9.10 "Master 1 Mus.Ciazis" Pa.spuit-r Trio; 9.30' "Romanct* Ln Mu.sic" Erie Winstone and Orch.; 9.45 Talk "Background to Australia;" 10 p m. World News; 10.10 "Light Piano" Carrnin Cavallaro; 10.15 Talk "Australian Economic Review;'* 10 25 "Today's Australian Biagur* 1 Gladys Moncnefl. S.E.A.C.
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      160 2 zxf Fortune forecast for people born tod«:y DORN today, your intui- tion is one of your mast valuable talents and you must guard it carefully as it can be of great kelp to you. Never disregard those "hunches" for they are very apt to be ngrht. Pay them no heed,
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  • NEWS..
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      PREMIER'S PEACE MISSION TO RAIDERS
      331 3 PREMIER'S PEACE MISSION TO RAIDERS Tribesmen will not sheath the sword CIERCE Pathan tribesmen armed with rifles 1 welcomed Pakistan's Premier, Mr. Liaquat AH Khan, to the historic Khyber Pass, when he arrived to sound out tribal leaders on withdrawing their troops from embattled Kashmir should the United Nations order
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      34 3 picture. Mr. Henry Wallace, former American Cabinet Minister and Vice-President under President Roosevelt, jokes with, newspapermen after his nation-xoide broadcast announcing that he would run as a "third party*' Presidential candidate this year.- A.P.
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      Strachey says 'drop colour bar in hotels'
      176 3 My, the Food Minister, has urged Ida] discrimination be dropped m British hotels and restaurants. i; might do untold harm to the c :n me laUy U coloured visitors from the Common? 'o refused service," he said. "It rust t> illy mutrded asainst."
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      Australia to produce newsprint
      150 3 MECHANICAL planters, capable of planting 7.000 pines seedlings a day, are being employed at Port Stephens, New South Wales, to speed up the planting of softwoods for paper making and rayon manufacture. It is the first attempt m Australia to adapt mechanical planters to forest culture.
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      ADMIRATION FOR ESSEX
      106 3 ADMIRATION FOR ESSEX TX)OD and clothing from F Chelmstord, Maasachusetts, axe going to CJhelmsford. Essex, for those who need tivem most." Parcels were orgrinised. txy Mrs. D. EKmaford. of the American town, who admired while visiting friends ttic determination of Uie "Kallanjt people" of Essex to achieve production targets. Gandhi's
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      NI Chinese seek repatriation
      76 3 RED Cross officials are renewing efforts to secure the repatriation from territory of the Republic of Indonesia of more than 8,000 Chinese refugees who desire to return to their homes m areas which the Dutch now control. The refugees fled to the interior when the Dutch
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      US WARPLANES 'OBSOLETE'
      55 3 SEVENTY per cent, of aircraft, the types m use by the U.S. air force and navy, are being flown because modern planes are unavailable, a report to Congress showed. Covering 79 major types of military aircraft, the report was prepared for the Congressional Avdation Policy Board by
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      U.S. PREPARING FOR FUTURE WAR
      52 3 THE U.S. Government has invited 15 top industrial leaders to help gird the nation for any future war. The Defence Secretary, Mr. James V. Forrestal, asked i them to meet next Wednesday with the National Security Resources Board to handle advance planning of industrial and
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      29 3 Although BatH City Council refused a bachelor's application for a licence for three baths at his house —occupied by five people —their decision was overruled by a higher authority.
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      HOUND WENT TO SLEEP IN CHURCH
      64 3 HOUND WENT TO SLEEP IN CHURCH und entered St. I hatch, Whitby. At lir>t U to move lrmi rminion rail, M *ii hitef locked m the voir*. After the Communion service the hound was found aslt-ep on the Sacdble. n to the police station by a constable and two Ichurch-uardens,
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      BURNT SHIP ABANDONED
      114 3 Jt .'IVORS or the U.S. Army J epb Connolttre at sea, a- irom he resc ne ah lp Union Victory .rrured. nd there was a stretcher Captain Ben Bos-crman of' he Joseph Connolly said the r e started m the engine The crew battled the fire ur;ously
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      PEER HAS A ROOM WITH A VIEW
      43 3 After Lord Henley had protested that the erection of eight houses near his home, Watford Court, near Rugby, would spoil the view from one of the rooms Daventry Rural Council decided to find a new site.
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      India needs 200 technicians
      82 3 INDIAN industrial plants want more than 200 technical experts to help them increase production, integrate and equip expansion programmes and solve other problems. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjl. Minister of Industry and Supply m the Indian Government, told the Constituent Assembly recently that the Indian Military Mission
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      Radio to cut delays on London's 'tube'
      75 3 Radio to cut delays on London's 'tube' A SHORT wave radio is to be used to cut delays on London's underground railways. A telephone system, which will link drivers m tunnels with a central control, will also be installed. These improvements, part of the London Transport executive's 1948 plans, were
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      TO DISCUSS AID
      42 3 Dr. Tsu Yee-pei. head of the Chinese technical aid mission to the United States, left Shanghai yesterday for San Francisco on his way to Washington aboard a PanAmerican Clipper to discuss with the U.S. Government aid to China.- Reuter
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      U.K. ENVOY DENIAL
      29 3 A high British Government source yesterday denied recurrent reports m the British press that Lord Inverchapel is about to be replaced as British Ambassador m Washington.—UP.
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      Occupation troops 'morally ROTTING'
      90 3 officers m Japan drank heavily and neglected the welfare of the men. He added this attitude of high ranking officers towards their men was comparable only to that of the German General Staff m wartime. He said he had been in- formed that blackmarketing was common
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      SMART HORSE TOOK WRONG TURNING
      142 3 A TOO-INTELLIGENT racehorse lost his backers thousands of pounds at Lingfleld races. Backed like a certainty m the Stayers' Handicap Hurdle, Prince Deneeze was. winning easily His jockey, George Slack, was looking round to see where the others were. One more Jump and the race
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      Mr. Wilson attacks the moths
      93 3 Mr. Wilson attacks the moths CETTING upof a Board of Trade Committee to find the best metfiod of eliminating moths acid to advise hoifcsmives. has been announced by Mr. Harold Wilson. President of tibe Board of Trade. "It's my own idea and it's cio joke," he said. Experts from other
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      LEFT £19,912
      18 3 Mr. Roy Chadwick. designer of the Lancaster, killed In an air crash last August, left £19,912.
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      AUSTRALIA RECALLS THE WYATT EARP
      261 3 A USTRALIA RECALLS THE WYATT EARP A USTRALIA is conducting preliminary negotiations 4i m the United States and Great Britain for the purchase of a wooden ship of about 1,500 tons to replace the Wyatt Earp, which has been recalled from its voyage to the Antarctic because it sprung serious
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      CO-OP RECORDS
      33 3 AT the end of 1947 the British Co-operative Movement had made three records. Membership reached 10,--000,000, retail cash trade approached £440,000,000, and the capital funds of retail societies created another record.
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      SOVIET HARVEST
      42 3 The Soviet Union's 1948 harvest should be even better than laft year's bumper crops which m mid December, brought about the abolition of rationing, aays a Moscow report. Over 5,000,000 hectares have already been nut under winter crops."- A .P.
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      'S. Africa losing prestige'
      175 3 'S. Africa losing prestige' SOUTH Africa is m danger of losing international esteem and goodwill over her attitude to race relations, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, told the annual meeting of the South African Institute of Race Relations m Capetown. Stating that South Africa was m need
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      24 3 Tokio University will spend r 20.000,000 yen on dormitories 5 for students who cannot get t housing because of shortages I and inflation.- Reuter
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      91 3 'ARZAN To Safety By Edgar Rice Burroughs o^kprJ^^HAUSTED PERRY TO A BRAWWY SHOULDER. 1 AS &HAK AND PERRY INNESRUSE WORKED AND PRESENTLY SN ES RLa -pp»^ l WARD A TV**** 1H THE CANYON. CTSAPPEARED UP THE LEPT-MAND I THE ENTIRE PARTY OF SACOTHS ESCiPE^I'^jHA^ONLY THROO6M A RUSI COULO g{ CANYON
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  • LEADER.
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948. Chinese Chamber & the Council
      506 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948. Chinese Chamber the Council rpHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which, with the Indian and European Chambers, is given the privilege under the new constitution of sending a member to the Legislative Council, has this week been discussing with the Governor the
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      HONGKONG COCKTAIL
      1082 4 By Manning Black wood UONG KONG, like a gigantic ware- house, stuffed to the doors with merchandise from all over tho world to sustain the entrepot trade that made it wealthy before the war, and will do so again, seems to be doing very nicely indeed. The harbour
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      IMPROVING FABRICS
      307 4 DEIIIXD tfcfß scenes of the va-' textile industry m the United Kingdom, different groups and societies are ?ery active, working co-opera-tively, further t<> raise the sWmrtard of design m British fabrics, and the level f taste throughout tho world. Thr work goes on both individually and collectively, and
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      FAITH
      20 4 Your faith should not stand m the wisdom of men. but m the power of God. -I Corinthians R,
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      NEW STAINLESS STEEL
      258 4 By Ruben KurLstectt. A. P. Correspondent THE problem of finding an inexpensive substitute for .i«ijntles9 ste^l by giving products a durable coating or non-corrosive aluminium— which bafUeic! indu^rtoal nvtt'iHurß.usLs ft>r yean has been solved by Swedish technician Goera n Moeller of Lidkopinp. who will shortly see nil
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      People in S'pore make news
      1336 4 People in S'pore make news THE Eighth Police 1 Cpurt Magistrate, i who arrived and sat on the Bench here just a month ago, is 1 an old Singaporean. He is Mr. R. W. P. RULE, who was born here m 1918. Hl3 fither was attached to Cable and Wireless
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      4 4 MR. R. W. RL'LK
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      Morocco's Cry For Freedom
      288 4 By Robert C. Wilson, A. P. Correspondent MOROCCO'S inlyl dep c nden cc movement is curiously non revolutionary, but is marked by a demand for basic freedoms. The tw o Nationalist parties seek immediate 11ld ''P' idem* > r stalln-, on of\^ one 01 (heir fil'
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      15 4 V imJ IL m •V^"^ from P. H. HENDRT JtweUtrt 78, North Bridge Road, Spore.
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      44 4 FRESH MILK Is available daily «B*spore Cold Storage Co. Ltd. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE AND DEPOTS. The Milk is produced from TUBERCULIN TESTED AUSIRALIAN COWS by SINGAPORE DAIRY FARM LTD. AND IS PASTEURISED AND 801-EO by I COLD STORAGE CREAMERIES I LIMITED I ORCHARD ROAD,
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      MAJOR ADS TO BE REPAIRED
      411 5 MAJOR ADS TO BE REPAIRED $500, 000 work to begin soon Free Press Staff Reporter WORK will soon start on a iialf-a-million dollar programme for the improvement of major roads and 50 smaller streets m Singapore. Approval has been given for an immediate &tart on the $250,000 programme of laying
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      92 5 Maj. Gen. Sun Li-jen, deputy commander of the entire Chinese Army who is also m charge of the infantry training programme, recently m Nanking received the award of Legion of Merit jrom the U.S. Ambassador, Dr. J. Leighton Stuart. The award was given for his icork while commanding the First
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      90 TRAIN TO FIGHT PIRATES
      90 5 'i vf men, I trained to fight waters, out from the Mariuo Police Training Srhool to penang at the end of oi r5 trai- d Last Sepi Malay Navy personnel, the horn had seen World War i-xo recruitkg t lie total Ml •rs a i
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      BRAZIL RICE FOR MALAYA
      87 5 I tons of rice agree- the Ulan Gov- hutta 139.103 ton 'lo.ouo the pur- the arc ittll m but it is too are fully satisfactory Malaya will get an additional 28,000 tons. It takfvs at least two months between the time when the rice is purchased
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      Action against former Rajah?
      490 5 Action against former Rajah Sarawak cession Free Press Staff Reporter COME time next month a meeting of the representatives of various Sarawak organisations is to be called at Kuching to discuss the possibility of taking any legal action against the former Rajah, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, in connection with the
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      BACHELOR-CLERK ATTACKS GOVT
      246 5 A BACHELOR-CLERK, writing m the Telepost, official publication of the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers, attacking the "measly annual increment of $5" for 25 years of a Government clerk's service, as recommended m the Trusted Salaries Commission report, asks: "What young man will dare to
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      78 5 picture. A dance was held recently by the WVS at the Union Jack Club. Singapore, for men from the HMS Vengeance. ATS members from Tanglin helped to make the dance a success. HMS Vengeance later held a "return party" for the girls. Free Press Air. SiDNEY RAW SON, Superintendent Purser
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      ONE IN EVERY 500 IN JAIL
      177 5 Tree Pres« Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S CID chief, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, reviewing crime m 1947, said one person m every 500 m Singapore is m jail as compared with one m every 2,600 m the United Kingdom. He paid a tribute to those
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      Refugees to be sent to China
      179 5 Refugees to be sent to China Free Press Chinese Correspondent rpHE representative of the Hong Kong Office of the a United Nations Refugees Organisation, Mr. T. D. Sherrad is making arrangements with the immigration and social welfare authorities m Singapore and Malayan Union for the repatriation of Chinese refugees from
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      BIG JUMP IN CASES OF BURGLARY
      245 5 BIG JUMP IN CASES OF BURGLARY Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH special squads were put into action m Singapore last month, this did not pi event a substantial increase m housebreakLng. There were 136 cases m Dt ;ember agaitnst 115 m November. A police spokesman said > yesterday that police,
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      Govt servant elected for Johore council
      163 5 Govt servant elected for Johore council Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. nALLOTING for the can- didate to represent the Johore Civil Service Association cm tiie Council of State took place yesterday at the headquarters of tfce Association m Jfllan Ayer Molek. The resuit of the ballot was as follows:
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      'Governor's driver gets more pay'
      375 5 MALAY TEACHERS COMPLAIN Free Press Staff Reporter PAYING that they are O "very dissatisfied" and "unanimously opposed" to the recommendations of the Trusted Salaries Commission, the Singapore Malay Teachers' Union, m a memorandum to the Governor, the Colonial Secretary, the Director of Education and all
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      ASIA FEARS JAPANESE RESURGENCE
      486 6 ASIA FEARS JAPANESE RESURGENCE Victims will insist on 'hard peace' A FEAR of the rebirth of Japanese militarism, ultra-nationalism and cut-throat commercial competition is widespread among leaders of the Asiatic countries which will take part m the coming Japanese peace conference, writes a United Press correspondent. They believe that a
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      YACHT 'STEALS A RIDE'
      163 6 picture. picture. An 18-ton motor yacht being loaded aboard the steamer Pampas at the Victoria Docks m London for the Bahamas as part of Britain's export drive. After "hitch-hiking" for the first part of her trip, the yacht, Viking, will sail along the American coast on
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      More pay for Jap Govt. servants
      102 6 'T'HE Japanese Government Is A expected shortly to Increase the basic wage of its employees, possibly a prelude to another all-round J/age-prlce adjustment. The Government has b?en i struggling several months to I hold the line for basic wage j at 1.800 yen monthly,
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      France fights for more coal
      176 6 OTRENUOUS efforts are beitiß made by the French *J Government to make good the serious loss of 2,000,000 tons of coal which the country suffered as a result of the November/December strikes. t No considerable material 1 damage was done to the mines 1 during
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      MR. FAGIN IN 1948
      109 6 AS he was being sentenced to seven years' penal servitude at Portsmouth Quarter Sessions for housebreaking and other offences, Ernest Kerwin Healey, 33--year-old Lee on Solent dealer, was told by the Recorder, Mr. J. S. Henderson. K.C.: "It is almost unbelievable m the 20th century that
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      Got engaged in 10 minutes, wed in 4 days
      83 6 TEN minutes after Gladys 1 May Oarter. 42. who "never bothered" witfti men went to apply for a job as a housekeeper she was engaged. And four days later she was married. TlKwnaa Francis Hacidsley tfb* sevewty-year-okl man she hoped to
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      AIR RECORD ATTEMPT OFF
      86 6 I" OW clouds and wind gusts f i ccuiead Squadron Leader W. Walerton, Canadtenrhor n chief pilot of the Gloster Company, to abandon. his attempt to set up a new lesmatiotTftl air Speed -cord ever a closed circuit of 100 kilometres m Gloucestershire on Wednesday. In
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      'PI must believe in democracy'
      111 6 "QMALL nations like the O Philippines must believe In the principles of democracy or they will surely perish under the onslaught of great nations who advocate the police state," United States Ambassador Emmet O'Neal said m Manila. Speaking over the radio on the occasion of
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      Judge saves Negro from 'torture death'
      150 6 J U £Pvp,S^E °m Pittebur gh has refused to send a ™w T old N egro fugitive back to Georgia To h r e burg e iaTy S 12 P ears irnpvSSni •"Hiis Court." he explained, "cannot come to any other conclusion but that
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      CHINA-H'KONG TRADE
      50 6 T» HE Central Trust of China A an affiliate <# the' Oentral Bank of Csiin», has Jjopened for business m Hong Kong. The largest concern of ita kind m China, the OentnU Trust undertakes all kinds of business connected with banking, trust, remittance* insurance, transportatlM* g«eneral trading. A
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      KING APPROVES U.K. WAR MEDAL
      60 6 THE King has approved the design of Britain's 1939--45 war medal, and the Royal Mint is to begin striking them immediately, says A.P. from London. The design has the King's head on the face, and on the obverse a double headed beast one head an
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      Rank offers Britain 120 big films
      343 6 Rank offers Britain 120 big films PILM millionaire J. Arthur Rank has rW cinema-goers and film industry worker' I Year gift: A promise of enough British ftl a the danger of cinemas going on short- time kl ayt t of the tax dry- up of Hollywood films Ca The new
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      'Test tube baby': court decision
      119 6 'Test tube baby': court decision MVT? 3S preme Court has opinion that a husb., permits his wife to ficially lns< titled to the of a natural iv e r but«£? Ed that legal 5 the artificial Ui v would stamp th legitimate. Justice Oreenberi resennl his decision on a i
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      Jap monument to world peace
      74 6 /CONSTRUCTION work t! vy begin soon on the m "World Peace Tower" to* dedicated to peace and b world's war v. Hill, near Kobe cit underway with ;he m monies of layme the cone stones this week. The 60- foot il :.e vsk which is
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      TWO BRIDGE FROM INDIA
      60 6 THE last Brr. tion to brigade compri battalion East I the first battalion Ro-. Fusiliers read yesterday m the Emi Australia from E At the week number of British trooprj awaiting repatriation India was under 2.W) in* officers a If the ihipme mained satisl hoped that
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      DEFENCE TALKS
      27 6 The Philippines Secre.s-'TJ National Defenw Dr. M* Kangleon. is scheduW leave shortly for Tokio to ifer with Gen DouglMjs Arthur on m Philippine armed force*
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      TRIESTE DEADLOCK
      19 6 All contacts bK*eenl£ and Yugoslavia over choice of a vemO JJJ Trieste have now W»* down. Reuter
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      28 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya V^l spoilt Y you didnV-jahe! A f You've Always befw\ /they needn't b*N ITfvfn now iu^y k* Wff^ lll^
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  • SPORT.
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      25 TEAMS FOR SAFA LEAGUE
      501 7 25 TEAMS FOR SAFA LEAGUE Big List Of New Applications By Our Soccer Reporter 4 TOTAL of about 25 teams will contest this season's Singapore Amateur Football Association's league competition which is due to start at the end of next month or m the first week of March. The league
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      Bertram Saves
      37 7 Sam Bart ram, Charlton Athlelic's goalkeeper, (left), throws both arms m the air, as he saves from an attack Iry Manchester United during the match at Charlton, London, on Jan. 3 which United won two-one.
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      13 Entries For National
      38 7 13 Entries For National II 93. i. Ir-»h. horses iced for the og over miles at probably 19. ar's ighoo KOd the s are n 194t vcly the nee m :h entries. 01 who ht run m England
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      MCC TIE DOWN BARBADOS
      239 7 MCC TIE DO WN BARBADOS YMVING nothing away, the M.C.C. allowed Barbados |"J an average of less than 40 runs an hour on a perfect wicket at Bridgetown yesterday when the opening day of the second match between the two teams produced only 198 runs for Barbados for the loss
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      S.R.C. SPORTS MEETING
      43 7 A MEETING will be held m the Singapore Recreation Club on I Wednesday. Jan. 21, at 6.30 p.m. to Meet office-bearers Jor the ensuing season for cricket, football, tennis and athletics. All playing and interested members are requested to attend.
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      Indians Play Correct Game
      233 7 From K. S. Dulcepsin^hi AMARNATH and Sarwate played relentless, orthodox cricket at Launceston yesterday against Tasmania, and built up a big total of 373 for four. Amarnath gave a chance at the wicket early on, but this was his only blemish m a sound innings. He
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      Scoreboard
      73 7 India Ist Innings Sarwate < Alexander b Richardson ltf Irani c .Alexander b Mu-fett S I Amarnath b Walmaley 135 i Huarc not out 55 M 'h-i.-nnj c Alcraactor k Walnuley 14 Phadkar not out 32 Extra* Total for 4) 373 Fall of wifktti: 15, 2-2SS, 3-784. 4-318 OM
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      Jalan Sultan XI For Tomorrow
      104 7 rtlK Julan Sultan District XI uill men the Finluyson Green XI m S.C.F.A. Inter-District League game on Satudray at 4 pjn. iharp at the Oeylang Stadium The Jalan Sultan team will be chosen from the following: Lyn Voon Fah. Koh Song Hua. Ching King H<x*.
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      SPITFIRE B.P.
      36 7 THE annual general meeting of the Spitfire B.P. will be held at the Ia Piiloma Restaurant on Sunday at 10.00 a.m. to eiect office bearers for this year and t-« discuss other important business.
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      WALLABIES WIN
      29 7 THE Australian (Wallabies) Rugby Union tourilng side beat a South-west Prance selection |by eight points to seven m BorIdeaux yesterday. The Wallabies !led 3-0 at halftime. Router.
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      HASSETT VICE-CAPTAIN
      26 7 IT was officially anm .need In Adelaide yesterday that Lindsay Hassett had been appointed vicc-captAln for Australia m the Fourth <TW here.- A.A.P. Reuter
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      RECS SCORE EASY VICTORY
      436 7 FE S.R.C proved Wo good for th~ Johore Cricket Club when they met at hockey on the S.R.C. padant; yesterday, the Rccs winning by six goals to on*. As the score would suggest, the game was a one-sided affair but, m fairness to Johore, it must
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      CHATSTER FOR BIG BIG RACE
      808 7 CHA TSTER FOR BIG BIG RACE Weight Will Stop Grand Prix II Free Press Racing Reporter WITH Grand Prix II handicapped to the hilt, the nine-furlong race for class one horses at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club January meeting, has all the appearances of
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      Card Of Events For Tomorrow
      483 7 Card Of Even ts For Tomorrow XHE following is the card of events for tomorrow's 1 races at Kuala Lumpur, subject to scratching and the order of running: Horses, Cla&s 1, Div. 1. 54 Fars: 2 3 2 COUNSEL II 9.04 4 10 OOLD MEDALLIST 9 02 ECLIPTIC 8.09 0
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      MALAYANS WIN 5—2
      70 7 MALAYA beat India by five matches to two m the international badminton test which ended m Calcutta yesterday. Doubles: Durai and Kon I .rout; (Malaya) beat S. Bos? and Guha (India) 7—15, 15—5, 15—11. Samuel and Kon Leong (Malaya) beat Lewis and Mohan (India) 14 14 (3—o),
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      ANN SCOn WINS
      23 7 BARBARA Ann Scott, 18-year-old world figure skating champion from Canada, successfully defended her Euro""!*" «t-i» m Prague last eight. A.P.
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      RUGBY LEAGUE CUP DRAW
      84 7 rtE draw for the first round of the Rugby League Cup, resulted i as follows Huslingthorpe Vale v St. Helens I Widnes v Hunalet; Warrington vj Workington Town; HuddersfiVld vj Bradford Northern; Salford v Wakefidd Trinity. Leeds v York; Hull Kingston Rovers v Oldham; Hull v
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      C.S.C. HOCKEY XI
      49 7 THE following will represent the Ceylon Suorts Club at hockey acrainst the Police at Police Depot I ground to-day. V. N. Pillar. S. Ramalirutam. V. John, E. Doraisamy. A. C Shegaran C. Navaretnam. Vijt»yretnam, B. Kulasinsram. W Ponninh and C. Thuraisine-am Reserves Vi.iesiruram and Yok' >raiah.
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      166 7 C- HAPPY WORLD BAIUKUA 1 MALAYA'S FINEST COVERED 17TH V.I WADroM> Imniary 1948 CEE N1 y% I PM JK ct sssffeo-^* RECOGNISED v CHINESE CHAMPIONS mIT JP^ TUE REST!!! tAMBONG versus ioTHpetERS CHOSCSI CIAM-lm (OI.OIKHL BRITISH 01 WONG k\M C.RAPPLER— ALWAYS i mnXC- WON BND v wnmwu HOILD RonY IIE(Ilt
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      216 7 F.P. Crossword No. 288 CLUES ACROSS 1, Amusing (12). 7, Cut up (5). 9, Value (6). 13, Lone game? (4). 15, Lxt (5). 16. Booty (4). 17, Restaurant (9). 21. Wholly occupied (9). 23, Cheese (4). 25, Small wood (5). 28, Mount (4). 30, Make certain (6). 32. Unmistakable (5).
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  • NEWS, LATE CITY...
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      HOME....
      39 8 Every year on New Year's Eve in London thousands of people flock to tioo places —St. Paul's Cathedral and Piccadilly Circus. This Vteture shows the crowd seeing the New Year in around the Statue of Eros in Piccadilly.
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      U.K.-Iraq treaty covers defence
      278 8 LONDON, Thursday. A REGIONAL defence system m the Middle East within the framework of the United Nations was foreshadowed by diplomatic observers m London tonight when the text of a new 20-year Anglo-Iraqi treaty, signed earlier m the day, was issued. The new treaty, which replaces
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      TRAIN SMASH
      36 8 At least two people were killed and nve injured when two Rock Island trains, one a passenger and the other a goods train, collided head-or. near the outskirts of Little Rock early yesterday Reuter
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      MORE US ARMS PROMISED TO GREEK GOVT.
      135 8 MORE US ARMS PROMISED TO GREEK GOVT. ATHENS, Thursday. THE Greek Army Is well equipped and Is sroint? to receive more equipment, Mr. Dwight P. Griswold. head of the United States Aid-to-Greece Mission, said today m refutation of criticism m some Greek Government political circles that the Greek Army was
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      R.A.F. gift buys the Princess £4,000 car
      87 8 R.A.F. gift buys the Princess £4,000 car LONDON. Thursday. PRINCESS Elizabeth has bought a £4.000 car with the wedding preseni m money given hi?r by the Royal Air Force and the W.A.A.F.. the Air Ministry announced today. The statement said that the car is a long black Daimler limousine similar
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      CANADIAN MOVE
      21 8 Canada has set up a new division of her external affairs department to deal with British Commonwealth affairs. Reuter
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      BAO DAI WARNS VIETNAM LEADER
      211 8 rr.u^o GENEVA, Thursday. THE Secretary to the ex-Emperor of Annam, Bao Dai told Reuter today that "if Ho Ohi-minh, Commumst leader of the Vietnam Government does not submit to the decisions to b<> taken at the nesrotiarh? n« n S? "W u be ween Bao
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      DIESELS RECORD
      29 8 The first main line Dieselelectric locomotive on the British railway made a record rur. on its first long distance official trial from Saint Pancras to Manchester yesterday.
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      Strike halts all transport in Melbourne
      116 8 MELBOURNE, Thursday. RAILWAYMEN oarried out their threat to strike today and the city is now without trains, trains or buses. Ship's crews were also on strike and there were indications that the transport stoppage caused by the 13--da y-old tram strike would become more
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      NEW PROPERTY LAW IN BURMA
      49 8 FOREIGNERS ar barred from buying immovable property m Burma under new legislation. Gifts or transfers on mortgage are also prohibited. Foreign diplomatic missions seeking homes or offices are exempt from the order. So are British subjects domiciled m Burma. Britain India and Pakistan.- Reuter
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      DIED IN EXPLOSION
      34 8 A third soldier has died as a result of an explosion of anti-tar.k mine fuses while they were being inspected m a roadside army laboratory at Saxelby, Leicestershire, on Wednesday. Reuter.
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      MARINES ARRIVE
      25 8 U.S. Marine contingents sent abroad recently are due at Malta this week an* will be transferred to U.S. warships m Maltese waters.- U.P.
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      NEW S. AFRICAN CABINET
      74 8 A NEW cabinet was formed n for the Union of South Africa yesterday with Field Marshal Jan Smuts as Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence the posts he held m the previous cabinet. All the ministers m the reshuffled cabinet held posts m the
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      BRITAIN'S FLOODS ARE WANING
      160 8 LONDON, Thursday. CLOOD waters dropped m most inundated sections of Britain today, but In the Midlands Worcester was threatened by the rising Severn Rivet, which is reported to be 14 feet above normal level. Several streets of the city were roped off and some families have
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      U.S. FORCES ALERTED IN GERMANY
      645 8 Secret Redplot disclosures BERLIN, Thursday. I TNITED States forces m the Allied Zone m Germany w have been alerted and British officials m the Ruhr are awaiting: instructions to swing into action m connection with the alleged Communist plot to wreck the Marshall plan for
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      FRANCO'S DAUGHTER
      29 8 FRANCO'S DAUGHTER Miss Carmen Franco, daughter of Spar smiles a greeting as she presents a 3 rai Sl hospital m Madrid with a gift brought father r /r J
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      TINS, RUBBERS ADVANCE
      482 8 London Stock Exchaatt LONDON. Thursdar rm rumours of an immediate devaluate sterling discredited, markets <» n Slock Exchange today failed to continue vesteil sharp upswing although, after a sU^hi to profit-taking, there were signs of rvm-wed firnjM says Reuter's financial correspond en! xj ns Rubbers advanced. The
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      STUDENTS PROTEST ON KOWLOON
      187 8 STUDENTS PROTEST ON KOWLOON NANKING, Thursday. PARRYING banners ar.d shouting slogans "Down with British Imperialism and Kowloon is Ours", 200 university students paraded outside the Chinese Foreign Office, the Executive Yuan and the British Embassy m Nanking this afternoon demanding the return of Hong Kong and Kowloon to China. The
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      10 YEAR PLAN FOR CEYLON
      59 8 THE Government of Ceylon is preparing a ten-year plan for the industrial development of the country, according to Sir Oliver Goonetilleke. Minister for Home Affairs. Various Ministries were already preparing their individual plans which would be finally co-ordinated into one. he added. The establishment of
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      462 MILLION CHINESE
      42 8 CHINA'S population now total v 462,798,093, according to latest figures revealed by the Census Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior. Overseas Chinese numbering 8.799.904 are not included. The census showed there were 241.913,638 males aeainst 220,884.455 females.- Reuter
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      N. CHINA ARMIES REINFORCED
      197 8 NANKING, Thursday. /X)NTINGENTS of crack Nationalist troops are now v, being transported across the sea from Shantung Province to Hopei Province to strengthen North China defences, according to Peiping- reports. These troop movements follow the military conference held last week-end m Mukden under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
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      Rubber prices
      107 8 A SPECIAL Markrt ctf i pondent eives the* of rubber at 11 rm todr j follows: Buym s* (tt. Cv j pfr Ib r No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Iwmc No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Feb 12 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Keb ll*. No. 3 R.S.S.
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      34 LOST IN STORY
      26 8 The Polls] m czor r<; 34 mem b.-; ■•iecre«^ 4.000-ton ship Skuld the vessel I I < n:t thp Rnlf r tltlf. A.P.
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      SINGAPORE TIDE
      8 8 High: 1 Kpm. Low: 7.51 pm_ __'_>
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      65 8 SEA VIEW HOTEL DINNER AND DANCE NIGHTLY 8 P.M I \< L Every Sunday Morning: Mumi.iS lahits we Broadcast Wednesday Su»d.»?— HUNGARIAN GALA SOIRM Concert Dinner Dance: Saturd i> l :tD EXTENSION TO 1 AM Immortal Mu&ie: Traditional I iat rM E. KALMAN B—S KELER BELA JGIPSY AIRS expertly Interpreted
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      29 8 WEATHER More rains WEATHER report for Ch« next 24 hours compiled by the Cloudy with showers Wind: Northerly, 10 to 15 m.p.h. Temorratures: Max. 89 dec mm. 72 der.
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