The Singapore Free Press, 6 March 1948
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Title Section19 1948-03-06 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA p l5 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1948 PRICE Hi CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration409 1948-03-06 1 IN REJECT PALESTINE PARTITION Jews will 'go ahead alone' LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. CHORTLY after a Jewish Agency spokesman v had told the United Nations that the Jews were determined to go ahead with the creation of a national state m Palestine m any circumstances, the Security Council rejected a resolutionA.P.; Reuter; Free Press - 409 words
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Article198 1948-03-06 1 Malays arrive from A us tralia FIFTEEN Malay seamen deported from Australia arrived m Singapore this morning by the troopship Devonshire from Kure, Japan. They were accompanied by one Chinese deportee, also a seaman. The men said that they were ""kicked out of a country they had served faithfully during198 words
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100 1948-03-06 1 S'PORE- BOUND PLANE LOST IN TIMOR SEA DARWIN, Friday. A TWO-ENGINED Avro Anson monoplane which left Darwin yesterday manned by two Australians was re-ported missing tonight between Timor and Dutch Borneo. The Diane, which was bound for Singapore. carried no wireless. An air-sea rescue Catalina aircraft set out from SourabayaReuter - 100 words
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Article71 1948-03-06 1 SENATOR TAYLOR, Idaho Democrat, suggested yesterday that President Truman demand the resignations of General Douglas MacArthur and General A. C. I [Wedemeyer for urging "a [foreign policy at variance with that of the Administration," reports A.P. Both Gen. Mac Arthur and Gen. Wedemeyer have recommended to the71 words
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Article59 1948-03-06 1 MR. M. A. Maj id, Indepenent candidate for the Municipal South-West constituency m the forthcoming elections, will deliver a speech at Empress Place (opposite Town Hall) tomorrow at 5 p.m. He will hold another meeting on Monday at 5 p.m. m the open field near Gate No.59 words
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Article27 1948-03-06 1 Mr. Patrick Scrivener, deputy to Lord Killearn. returned to Singapore yesterday from a visit to Burma, where lie had talks on the rice situation.27 words
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Article156 1948-03-06 1 NOMINATION DAY FOR THE CHAMBERS Free Press Staff Reporter TWO ol the three Singapore t chambers of commerce vili today each nominate only mt candidate to represent them m the Legislative Council, according to Indications this morning. The Singapore Chamber uf Commerce ls most likely to nominate its chairman, Mr.156 words
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Article81 1948-03-06 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. THE House of Representatives today aDproved unanimously legislation extending Government control of the synthetic rubber industry at least until June 30. 1950. Pre- sent controls expire on March 3\ 1948. The bill, which now goes to i the Senate, would require the Government toA.P. - 81 words
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Article51 1948-03-06 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore police yesterday arrested a man on St. John's Island, who Is believed to be wanted m connection with arr axe-and -chisel murder m Queen Street last Monday, m I which a Chinese carpenter was hacked to death and three I others51 words
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Article38 1948-03-06 1 Free Press Stall Reporter Challenged by a policeman, a Chinese dropped a sack of ammunition ln Boon Tat Street yesterday, and ran. He made good his escape. In the sack were 420 rounds of ammunition.38 words
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Article132 1948-03-06 1 JERUSALEM, Friday. A JEWISH light aircraft, which was said to be machine-gunning Arab positions m Jaffa, was shot down and crashed today, the Arab National Committee of Jaffa claimed. Haganah launched a large scale offensive against Arabs m Sharon. Fifteen Arabs were slain andU.P. - 132 words
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Article95 1948-03-06 1 LONDON. Friday. THERE have been further outbreaks of looting at Accia, m the Gold Coast colony, the scene of rioting m which 14 persons were killed last week-end. The situation generally, however, ls quiet, today's comunique said. The Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy, has imposed aA.P. - 95 words
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Article26 1948-03-06 1 The Turkish Minister of Economy yesterday confirmed that a rich petroleum field has been discovered m the Ramandagh area of the Tigris Valley.— ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article182 1948-03-06 1 ROME, Friday. AN ITALIAN-WIDE search began tonight for Monsignor Edward Prettnor-Cip-pico. the Vatican's "prisoner in the Tower of the Winds", who is wanted for robbery, espionage and embezzlement. Cippico was formerly in charge of the Vatican diplomatic and political archives, and had been asked to explainU.P. - 182 words
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Article37 1948-03-06 1 A British naval squadron, leo by the cruiser London bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Denis W. Boyd, C-in-C of the British Pacific Fleet, left Saigon yesterday for Singapore after a week's courtesy visit. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article, Illustration259 1948-03-06 1 HOF (Germany), Friday. A MERICAN security officers on the German-Czech border estimate that 500 Czechs have escaped across the frontier. Most of the fugitives are military officers. One ex-Minister, Professor Prochazka, has escaped, with his wife, but their daughter has been arrested. Most of the escapeesReuter; A.P. - 259 words
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Article342 1948-03-06 1 KING, QUEEN WILL VISIT A USTRALIA LONDON, Friday. l/'ING George and Queen Elizabeth are to visit 1V Australia and New Zealand early next year, accompanied by the Princess Margaret, but not by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. No further details of the voyage are yet known, but itReuter - 342 words
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Article127 1948-03-06 1 U.S. FLEET TO CRUISE US MED. ROME. Friday. A HIGH naval officer of the Amerdcah Embassy said tonight that 15 U.S. warships, including three cruisers and an aircraft-carrier, would undertake a "routine cruise" m the Mediterranean m the next two months. The cruise will take the ships to Africa, theA.P. - 127 words
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Article48 1948-03-06 1 The Belgian Cabinet has decided to open an enquiry as to the authors of a news report that one of the delegations to the five-power conference would propose a modification of parity to gold of the currencies of Britain, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article982 1948-03-06 2 TEEN-AGERS ON THE STAGE HON'T send your I daughter on the stage Mrs. Worthington is the bur_en of a Noel Coward review number, and the warning is ominously stressed and reiterated during the course of the song. The days are passed when fond Mammas regarded a career on the stage982 words
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Article, Illustration860 1948-03-06 2 French 'SPIVS' smuggle opium URENCH police and health authoritiesare concerned about the activities of drug increased recently as traffickers, who have the law has gradually closed m on other lucrative black market commodities such as cigarettes and currency. The de*«rationing of cigarettes -hi France about nine months apo was a860 words
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Article, Illustration123 1948-03-06 2 gPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win all seven tricks against any defense South leads spade ace. then queen and nine. North discarding queen and nine ot diamonds. West discards a club and East a diamond. South then lead* the heart. Now West must123 words
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Article437 1948-03-06 2 ALEXANDER CLIFFORD PALM BEACH - ALEXANDER CLIFFORD PALM BEACH By Florida. THIS is the gilt on America's gingerbread the cream on the milk of free enterprise. Here you see the prizes m the economic race. This is what you make fortunes for m the Unitrd States. This synthetic Garden of Eden Li437 words
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Miscellaneous386 1948-03-06 2 fl_ ~^x I _i i i S B I_~'^__F Mmm «L^*Bf SS j^-f m W SINGAPORE I J Klue Network From 12 00 noon to 2.0Q p.m 52u metie> id the medium «ait band and 7 20 mega* yrlcs m the tl metre band frrnm 600 p.m to 7 45386 words
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Miscellaneous276 1948-03-06 2 000 p m to 11 55 p.m V"LCS IG 82 metres 11 84 megacycle*; 0 00 p m to 11 30 p m VLB! 40 metre* 11 XI megacycles SATURDAY 930 Hits from the Movies; 945 4usic for Millions; 10 Van. ty tlfidbox; 10.10 Records by Reluest; 10.30 Australian News276 words
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Miscellaneous352 1948-03-06 2 905 Taik; 9.10 Moment Musi- 1 cale; 9 15 Waltz Time; 930 The!: Screen Presents; 9.45 Radio j 1 Reel; 10 News; 10 15 Australians I cm Record— Sylvia Fisher and Tom t Kin-. < SUNDAY 930 Tunes; 945 Music m Dance Tempo Mario Lorenzi and Orch V 10 Pacific352 words
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Miscellaneous268 1948-03-06 2 lude. 945 Variety; 10 15 N thing But Music*; 10 30 News and Items trom Saturday's Papers; 10. 45 3outh of the Border*; 11 Stringinn"; 11.30 Composer Cavalrade*; 12 noon Hand made Music*; 12 15 Tlie Radio SEAC Show; 12.45 Yankee Quarter; 1 World News lis sol mm: I 02268 words
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Article395 1948-03-06 3 Only exception is Russia SHANGHAI, Friday. niFFERENCES among the Big Four nations v m Europe are beginning to be reflected m China's bitter civil war. The United States and Great Britain already have made it plain they support the Nationalist Government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Now aA.P. - 395 words
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Article86 1948-03-06 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Frt. A young Chinese, described as the first descendant of Confucius ever to visit the i Jnlted States, is due here to- tight by plane from ShangHe ls 28-year-old Kung Teh :*heng. The Chinese news service here said he is the 77th meal descendentU.P. - 86 words
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Article28 1948-03-06 3 The China National Aviation Corporation will open a regular China-Burma passenger air service from March 7 via Hong Kong and Kun- mlng. 1 ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article31 1948-03-06 3 OONG MAY DEAD NEW CABINET CAN In s HiV rVCT's U" T- oi Dr 1 to i his I fa '.t iO r t that his j BUCI who m of31 words
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Article26 1948-03-06 3 EN. FU WAS ANGERED I SHANGHAI aeon n. the m tl he Hf** an tion, been n. j rnoured PJmthf j the n uld I vnimate26 words
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Article14 1948-03-06 3 SHANGHAI'S POPULATION IjfiArs population is announced as ft| an tne red with slightly over14 words
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Article79 1948-03-06 3 Currency reform most vital 1 is I d only tc '■-ai. any LTf- c <-' »o Chiu«, "Wtlve, ijlU^t m. a" an lneds of ln lv. rm. China to start on a march towards recovery. A reform of China's banking system, "which was inherited from the old foreign concessions" wasA.P. - 79 words
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Article, Illustration282 1948-03-06 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. HOPES of closer friendly relations between Britain and China were expressed when Major K. C. Wu of Shanghai and Sir Frank Newsome Smith, president of the London Chamber of Commerce and former Ix>rd Mayor of London, formally inaugurated the Sino-British radio-telephone service yesterday evening.Reuter; A.P. - 282 words
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Article54 1948-03-06 3 BID TO FREE U.S. NUNS TIENTSIN, Friday. LETTERS from the United States Consulate urging the Chinese Reds to release 12 American nuns and 30 Catholic priests held captive 100 miles south-west of Tientsin, have reached Communist territory. Officials said efforts to get the release of the missionaries, while necessarily slow,54 words
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Article85 1948-03-06 3 NO 'OPIUM' EVEN IN NAMEPLATE TSINGTAO, Friday. r THE American love for calling things what they aren't has been applied the U.S. Marine officer*' bachelor quarters here. The following nicknames have been given to some of the houses The Naked Pit, the Goat's Nest and the Opium Den. Chinese officials,A.P. - 85 words
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Article75 1948-03-06 3 NANKING. Friday. TWO teen-aged boys, who said they received $50,000 (Chinese) daily for furnishing the Communists information on Government munitions reserves and flogging if they failed to bring m facts were arrested at Nanking's railroad junction, says the Army newspaper Peace Daily. The two boys were LiA.P. - 75 words
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Article66 1948-03-06 3 DR. Tv Yun-tan, Chinese Ambassador to Burma, told correspotidetnts at Rangoon yesterday that China had no intention of seizing the territory of any neighbouring country—a reference to reported Chinese claims t0. 77, 000 square miles ln the Burma frontier area. "My Government is prepared to -negotiateReuter - 66 words
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Article109 1948-03-06 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. THE Chinese military autho--1 rities are setting up head- i quarters at Quinsan, a railway city some 32 miles west of Shanghai, preliminary to launching a drive against small bands of Communist guerrillas scattered m the Taihu Lake area, according to Chinese reports. Gen.Reuter - 109 words
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Article, Illustration347 1948-03-06 3 PINGTUNG, South Taiwan, Friday. THE Chinese training programme m South Taiwan, carried on with the aid of American Army advisers, boils down la a race against time. The biggest question is: Can the Nationalist armies stall the Communist victory long enough for the training programme toA.P. - 347 words
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Article, Illustration298 1948-03-06 3 NANKING, F;i lay. IN an effort to carve a new Communist stale from the Anhwei-Honan border region, r.or*h of tr*e Yangtze, for six months, Gen. Liv Po-chen-'s faetmoving troops played hide and seek with Government pursuers m the hilly country north of Hankow. But when the timeA.P. - 298 words
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Article61 1948-03-06 3 THE Chinese police an- 1 nounced m Nanking yes- I terday the arrest of four thieves and recovery ol J290.000.000 (Chinese) worth of motor-car tires stolen from j the American Army Advisory j Group warehouses near a Nanking railway station. The theft has been under investigation since Feb.A.P. - 61 words
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133 1948-03-06 3 ENVOY DENIES 'HARD LIVING' REPORT NANKING, Friday. MR. Shao Li-tse, Secre-tary-General of the Peoples Political Council and former Ambassador to the Soviet Union, today denied a Press assertion that his tenure of office m Moscow was served out "under hard living conditions." He was answering an editorial m a local133 words
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148 1948-03-06 3 SHANGHAI NOT ENFORCING CABARET BAH SHANGHAI, Friday. THE Shanghai City Council yesterday voted for postponement m enforcement of the ban on commercialized dancing and the closure of cabarets, and unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central Government to rescind the order. The sponsors of the resoHI tion explained that aReuter - 148 words
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Article52 1948-03-06 3 JJANKING military and civil i leaders attended a m riai service- yesterday morning for Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Tai Chuan-hsian, PreI sident of the Examination Yuan, composed a special J po:m for the occasion, which I was read at, the service. Three thousand mo. ks participated ln theReuter - 52 words
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Miscellaneous83 1948-03-06 3 TARZAN Il» his element By Edgar Rice Burroughs IT t,EE*EO JSEIESS TO ATTEMPT TO flfc© WS CC*aPANiON A6AJN I 1 -WHAT WAS ALMOST A FOREST. I A*ONS THESE STUPENDOUS GOR6ES AND PEAKS; AND 2fc-_Mfii__X\iPi»^i^^/'' nD hERE CAME uP A i^4i •%!m^ > SO hE DETERMINED MEIJELV TO RNO A WAV83 words
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632 1948-03-06 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1948 Electioneering in Full Swing 111 TiTH about a fortnight to i go before Singapore s It polling day on March 20. electioneering is now m swing and several of the 15 candidates for the six seats have shown a! ness and exper-632 words
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Article903 1948-03-06 4 LORD VANSITTART - LORD VANSITTART By All tyrannies are alike...free men should execrate the lot CARLY m the war I wrote a pamphlet called Black Record," and the German record is indeed black. It is now time to compare it with the Red Record, and it will be seen that903 words
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Article169 1948-03-06 4 HORSE breeders ln Tashkent are crossing fast Russian steeds with wild Mongolian donkeys m an effort to develop the fastest horse ln the world. The newspaper Evening Moscow said the experiments were meeting with success, with 33 such crossbreeds already having been produced. The wild Mongolian Dpnkey isA.P. - 169 words
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Article517 1948-03-06 4 GRAHAM STANFORD - GRAHAM STANFORD By 1> .11 IVWDI.. THE White Hunter almost as romantic m fact as m fiction is Britain's latest dollar earner m Africa. He's a key man m the great East African drive to attract American tourists who wish to relax from cares and crises517 words
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Article184 1948-03-06 4 KRITiSH HONDURAS, a Crown Colony on the aribbean corast of Central merlca. now claimed by uatemala, has an area of 867 square miles and a >pulaUo_. of about 65,000. It Is administered by a ■overnor with an Executive ouacU. Oipital: BeUat [X I). 10.700;. Moat of its184 words
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Article, Illustration637 1948-03-06 4 J. H. MURDOCH - J. H. MURDOCH JOHN ALOYSIUS J COSTELLO never carried a gun for the freedom of Ireland. Yet his gentle, nervous tongue has united six warring Eire party groups under his own leadership. He is to be premier of Eire first man to unseat astute Eamon de Valera,637 words
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Article, Illustration454 1948-03-06 4 HE CHANGED HIS UNIFORM By DENIS WARNER Reuter— A.A.P. 8 Correspondent TT was February 1 1946, and the winds from Asia blew coldly through the street o f Tokio m the first winter of the occupation. Shimada san had gone to the war and for nearly three long years no454 words
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Advertisement15 1948-03-06 4 FAITH hi lowliness of mind let each esteem othi-r better than themselves. Phlllpplana 2. 3.15 words
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Article213 1948-03-06 5 DALFORCE CRITICISES PERCIVAL Free Tress Staff Reporter -r pernval report on the Malayan campaign lllN1 Ifetactorj f insofar as it blames Asians to co-operate to the fullest extent h 7 defend of Singapore. This was the 1 ,ummtts*tA by the chairman of Dalforce, f un poh. m an interview with213 words
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Article43 1948-03-06 5 Scrap Book' to Sunday Jj^Maiaya is broad- i •nda. nicht this! compiled and nl Wright. yesterday I it as I memon i ic. cents the ;:>ed j und the Noel ll at ire. lust c sntoHca, tart at uDation for lajor and begin.43 words
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Article113 1948-03-06 5 NEW LABOUR CODE IN FEW MONTHS Free Press Staff Reporter A NEW Labour Ordinance for Singapore, to conform to present-day conditions and the standards required by international labour conventions, will be ready to take the place of the existing out-of-date Ordinance m a few months, Mr. R p Bingham. Commissioner113 words
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Article153 1948-03-06 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday lI7HILE the Magistrate's ff Court was m session, a Chinese walked into the building and removed a bijcjcle belonging to a Police Corporal. He wa s seen, chased and captured by other policemen on duty. When he appeared or. the following day charged with153 words
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Article45 1948-03-06 5 DR. Mohammad Gallal Eddin, the Egyptian doctor who visited Indonesia recently, a s head of the Egyptian Red Orescent, has been ordered b y the Kir.g of EgytJt to return to Indonesia where he will be ass gned to the Lulor.es'ans.45 words
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Article66 1948-03-06 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS quotes -A Cambridge University as saying that Magyar, examination paper s were the last to be received and consequently would be the last to be dealt with. They could not tell deftr itelv when results of the Malayan examinations would be available. An announcement66 words
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Article21 1948-03-06 5 Trie Malayan Welfare Fund now stands at $661,752.77. The latest list includes $38,480 from the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Fund.21 words
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Article54 1948-03-06 5 killings TIGHT suspects are being interrogated m Japan m connection with the fatal shooting and stabbing of more than 30 war prisoners m Java, who surrendered at Kalitjati air base, near Batavia. Maj. Gen. Saburo Endo. senior Jap air officer m Java then, has bern54 words
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Article82 1948-03-06 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CFVENTY-FIVE thousand yards of dyed Fuji silk the first consignment from Japan to reach Malaya is expected m Singapore at the end of this month. The silk was ordered by a merchant through the Trade with Japan Office. There have been several82 words
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Article159 1948-03-06 5 THE NEI Government has enforced new regulations specifying that foreign residents of the Indies must pay for their passages m the currency of their home countries if they wish to travel outside the islands, says Marc Purdue, A. P. correspondent at Batavia. This is159 words
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Article208 1948-03-06 5 CTEPS are being taken m Singapore to form a Malayan ~> unit of the Asian Relations Organisation m accordance with the decisions reached at the Inter-Asian Conference held m India last March The Representative of the Dominion of India, Mr John Thivy. as chairman of the208 words
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Article, Illustration303 1948-03-06 5 Ch inese ru bber mills hard hit This picture, taken pesterday when the Minister of State for Colonial Affairs made a tour of slum areas m Singapore, shows (from left) Mr. J. Fraser, manager of the Improvement Trust, Lord Listowel, Mr. L. Rayman president of the Municipal Commissioners, (m unite303 words
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140 1948-03-06 5 DURING the first two months of this year, Singapore and the Federation shipped 163.634 tons of rubber to destinations overseas. January shipments totalled b-3,860 tons, and February jfi.774 tons— a drop of 10.000 tons. In February, the United States received 31.562 tons, and140 words
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Article, Illustration219 1948-03-06 5 THE trial of Major Mizuno (Kempeitai'officer m Singapore during the massacres m Singapore 1942) will start at the Supreme Court on Monday. Maj Mizuno was a subunit commander of No. 2 Field Kempeitai at the time of th? massacres, under the comma**. d of Lt. Col.219 words
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Article, Illustration356 1948-03-06 5 621 accidents m February Free Press Staff Reporter ACCIDENTS on Singapore roads last month rose to an all-time high of 621, breaking the 1947 record registered m December of 604. The lowest number of accidents for any ono month since the liberation, totalling 559, had occurred356 words
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Article80 1948-03-06 5 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. THE District Judge yesterday gave judgment m the case m which Ali bin Jusoh. Chief Clerk, Price Control Department, was charged with criminal breach of trust of $161 representing payments for the renewal of licences. The Judge convicted Ali and80 words
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Article204 1948-03-06 5 A TRAFFIC Safely First fa Committee has been suggested for Singapore. At a meeting of the Traffic Advisory Committee, lh c proposal that a permanent Safety F r>t Committee be established m Singapore was "warmly endorsed," says an official statement. It was suggested that the functions204 words
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Article111 1948-03-06 5 THE Little Theatre Players production of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," played to full houses during the four nights it was staged at their Armenian Street theatre. During the next week, the show will make an outstation tour and next Saturday the show is to be played111 words
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446 1948-03-06 6 linrniiiirf'i'i Troops, tribesmen must withdraw THE Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, said m London that he expected that a free plebiscite m Kashmir would result m an overwhelming vote m favour of accession to Pakistan. Sir Zafrullah said the only way to stop446 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-03-06 6 More than 1.500 Hindu refugees from Pakistan m a government camp at Ahmed abad (Bombay Province) are on hunger strike m protest against the arrest of 74 rees during a disturbance m the camp last month. Reuter. SIR MOHAMED ZAFRULLAH KHAN has great expectations.47 words
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Article40 1948-03-06 6 INDIA is to increase her tea allotment to Britain under bulk contract by 40.000,--0001 b. a year. Last year's allotment was 220.000.0001 b. The Food Ministry commented: "We cannot forecast 1 any change m the ration."40 words
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267 1948-03-06 6 THE War Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Shunwell, was asked m the Commons if he was continuing to pay gratuities to all men who joined the army after the cessation of hostilities and whose term of service was conditioned by the words "for the duration oi eiiieTK^ncy. Mr.267 words
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Article25 1948-03-06 6 Turkey has accepted a Franco- British Invitation to take part m the Paris conference on the Marshall plan on March 15, says Reuter.25 words
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Article, Illustration251 1948-03-06 6 BRITAIN had bought 10,000 tons of Netherlands Indies sugar m recent months, had paid four guilders a quintal over the ruling world market price for it because her payment was m sterling, and has asked for more sugar, said authorities m Batavia. Since the251 words
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Article87 1948-03-06 6 THE French Commissioner for Cochin China. General Boier Delatour, announced on Thursday that French troops had liberated 34 more Annamites recently captured by guerrillas. The guerrillas who attacked the French convoy, which resulted m the capture of the Annamites. are reported encircled a-^d "on theA.P. - 87 words
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Article33 1948-03-06 6 The World Federation of Trade Unions on Thursday called on the United Nations to take action against Greece to halt arrests and prevent the "threatening executions of 800 Greek Democrats."33 words
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Article20 1948-03-06 6 A period of drought Is expected m Central Java, as this year's rainfall ls far below normal.20 words
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Article84 1948-03-06 6 MR. JOHN BRAUND, Australian septuagenarian whose cancer cure claims are being investigated by a New South Wales Government Committee, collapsed due, it whs stated to weakness arising from overwork. Mrs. Braund said her husband had been working 16 hours daily for weeks, barely taking time off84 words
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Article65 1948-03-06 6 ARRANGEMENTS are complete to welcome Lord Mountbatten, Governor-Gen-eral of India, who is due m Rangoon next Thursday to hand back formally the throne of Thibiw, Burma's last king. The throne, taken to India by the British at the time of the annexation of Upper Burma m 186<5,65 words
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Article41 1948-03-06 6 The British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Philip Nopl Baker, proposes* to return to New York ftl the end of this week to take part m the Security Council's renewed disoussion on the Kashmir issue.— Reuter.41 words
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Article196 1948-03-06 6 Laurel supports Filipino labour UR. Jose P. Laurel, occupation leader of the puppet Philippine Government yesterday assailed President Roxas' labour policies and asserted that Government workers should have the right tc strike In an address before 3.000 University of Santo Tom as students. Laurel declared that any legislation outlawing "strikesA.P. - 196 words
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Article85 1948-03-06 6 A new English-language weekly m Indonesia, called "Our World," has printed its first Issue. It announced that Its purposes were to provide the 20.000 English-speaking Chinese with a periodical published by members of their own community, to promote harmony and understanding among the various communitiesA.P - 85 words
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Article65 1948-03-06 6 TWENTY SIX YEAR-OLD Margaret Borell Hones, of Cambridge, England, was shot and killed m a hotel m what the police described as Geneva yesterday morning m a "crime of passion." Her companion. 30-year-old Jean Costa of Vallorbe, France, committed suicide immediately afterwards. He fell to hisA.P. - 65 words
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Article31 1948-03-06 6 Clothes co.upons may be cut ln the next year, said Mr. J. W. Belcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of .Trade, m Glasgow.— "unless more textile goods are made.31 words
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Miscellaneous66 1948-03-06 6 JANt Exclusion to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya l_2_L l tJHlJ_*_lt_. 'WILLIE WOOLLEY— A I /HOW ThRILLIMG.'-Y I >^AND THREE OF MY hjl^oToLrS,^--^^ Ynnur /k A E J ZbR^HTeST goYS-MR MEAK.NSV rl_^^2L A Ztmfc B g CHEM «TV>: \^OCHENISTRY»J| [DR BLEEK OF BELFAST-AND .^■kX Ktt -t' s ,L:,r 1-kom66 words
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Article62 1948-03-06 7 By CALL BOY Race 1: CATHERINE Baroness Race 2: RAPSEY QUEEN Te Taki Jaunty Race 3: FAIR WEEK Desert King Thirteen Race 4: LOVELY BORE Moonsunstar Little Lady Race 5: LOBAU LADY John Ham Madang Race 6: INNISMAKILL Scholar Craigmount Race 7: RENOWN Firemaster Bon Ami Race 8: YOUNG62 words
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Article58 1948-03-06 7 CRICKET BAGS AND BUSES on Friday. s ne.d will x- sumnpi 10 board U'-"; f Club Cr: ls 1.500 est- meeting limisc .-ides I lhe under -.ne the London had prohibited --s. I as long as iera car- bulky ruct to otta r h P can all' w them dele."58 words
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Article239 1948-03-06 7 FIREMASTER TO SCORE DOUBLE Final day of Penang races By EPSOM JEEP a mi> t, PENANG, Saturday. j, \i k week, Lovely Bore and Firemaster were strong course tips this morning for the final day of the Penang- races. The going has improved following a sharp shower last night. Cat239 words
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Article98 1948-03-06 7 Leon Labrioia, newcomers and George Pencheff, from Australia, will wrestle for the first time, tonight, m Singapore. Labrioia will wrestle at the Happy World and will meet Bosca Boa, the Chinese flying kick expert. Pencheff will fight against King Kong at the Great World arena. The Raffles Institution98 words
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Article333 1948-03-06 7 PROBABLE jockeys for today's Penang races are: Rac« Catherine (Flannery); Our Hope (Harper): Sir James ("Tankard); Baroness (Lawler); Effingham (Tait); Batti IT (Spencer); First Watch (not fixed). R-»«e 2: Cowley < Manickam Oolden Gate (Ellery); Te Taki (Dawson); First In (Tankard); Jinx (Mat); Lin* Soo (Tait): L/>cus StandiReuter - 333 words
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Article237 1948-03-06 7 i-TTDt^ By QI'ICK T U o,S wrestlers now preparing for the >-„,,Vr?«^ p Games are apparently accustomed to fh, X V< S many a i ten e^ s for breakfast to build up r!ll\ if mina They have asked if they can be Barnes WUh an237 words
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Article, Illustration91 1948-03-06 7 Borotra To Contest U.S. Title NEW YORK, Friday.— T. Y. Shen. holder of several Chinese titles, and Bill Madamba from the Philippine Athletic Association, are entered m the U.S. indoor tennis championship opening here on March 11. The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association revealed the entry list on Thursday. sayingJean Borotra,A.P. - 91 words
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Article124 1948-03-06 7 LONDON, Friday. G. C. Richardson, President of the Cambridge University Boat Club, has announced his crew for the annual race against Oxford. The race is to be rowed on Mar. 27. The Cambridge selected eight is: D. J. C. Meyrick of Eton and Trinity Hall, P. deA.P. - 124 words
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Article259 1948-03-06 7 RUGBY: Scotland v Ireland and The Rest, Jalan Besar Stadium. 5 p.m. SOCCER: S.C.F.A. Interdistrict League, "B M Naval Base v. Bras Basah Road, Geylang Stadium, 4 p.m.,; "A." Lor. 17, Geylang. v. Jalan Sultan. Geylang Stadium, 5 p.m. Shell S.C. Johore English .College, m Johore Bahru, 5259 words
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Article136 1948-03-06 7 HOBART. Friday. SOME hurricane hitting by the Australian touring team, for whorti Lindsay Hassett (100> and Sydney Barnes (111) added 159 m 78 minutes for the third wicket, marked the first day's play of their match with Tasmania today. Th? touri.sts, who will olay two matches againstReuter - 136 words
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Article174 1948-03-06 7 I LONDON, Friday. the unexpected does happen and Queen's Park Rangers, last of the giant killers", beat Derby County m their cup replay today, their right half, Ivor Fowell, will play m a 60 minute round cup tie, a semi-final and m an international match all within eight174 words
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Article35 1948-03-06 7 TOLEDO. (Ohio), FN. npHE welterweight champion, X Ray (Sugar) Robinson, hammered out a unanimous 10-round decision over Ossie Harris m a non-title bout on Thursday night. Robinson weighted 152 lbs., Harris 157.— A.P.35 words
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Article, Illustration424 1948-03-06 7 pVENTY-YEAR-OLD Frank Sedj-man of Victoria A showed himself to be the most outstanding ol y^fe'crop of Australian tennis players at the OMb^ 7 8 cham >ionshi I > at Kooyonr Paired with Australian Davis Cupper, Colin Long, Sedgman reached \ie final of the Australian doubles424 words
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Article680 1948-03-06 7 GEORGE TOWN, Br. Guiana, Friday. ENGLAND were dismissed for 111 m their first •V innings today m reply to West Indies first innhiss total of 297 for 8 declared and, following: on, had scored 226 for six at the close of play. With one680 words
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Advertisement195 1948-03-06 7 /ONE bQO3 1535/ iouf SmOWS 6.30 9.30 p.m. U-tr For The First 0 JPOWEU.J -IMttRR KROADSJ CUIRE TREVOR E&SIL RATHBONE IMGMET WYCHERLY row M A m. El OF MONTE CEISTO" Wmt li— 1» i Happy World Hr I ,\world Class Wrestlin S -^mmmaW SHOV* -I _RTS P M 3_SJI V-4195 words
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Miscellaneous234 1948-03-06 7 F.P. Crossword Eft*. V 8 |_j p| p |4 pn pn n~nHn~n~n~n^ CLUES ACROSS 1. Loud cheers (12). 7. Excuses (I). 9. Lay about (6) 13 Aid (4). 15, Give over (5). 16. Voice (4). 17, Strip (9>. 21 Country of South America (9). 23. Quantity of paper (4). 25,234 words
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207 1948-03-06 8 No full military pact, say the Finns HELSINKI, Friday. THE majority of Finland's Parliament today opposed entering into a military alliance with Russia, but favoured beginning negotiations m answer to Marshal Stalin's request for a friendship and mutual istance treaty. The final decision, therefore, r ta with the ageing Presi-A.P.; Reuter - 207 words
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Article112 1948-03-06 8 MANCHESTER. Friday. NEW Giivcrnment target liuure for the British cotton industry announced today provides that the industry's total manpower •ild be stenp'd up from M 000 to 325.00 by the end of the year. The target announcement ua.s made here today by Mr. N. Edwards.112 words
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Article59 1948-03-06 8 SOME 11.000 Liverpool ship! repairers, who have been on strike for nearly a month j over their employers' decision, to end payment-by-result bonus schemes, yesterday decided to resume work on Tuesday on the recommedation of their unions. Joint negotiations on payment by results will be openedReuter - 59 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-03-06 8 he "Cinque Ports Anns" at Hastings, hissex. The Cinaue Ports were the original defensive jx>rts for Britain's coast facing the Continent.22 words
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Article306 1948-03-06 8 TOJO DEFENCE CLAIMS TOKIO, Friday. THE defence m the trial of Hideki Tojo and his codefendants today blamed the blockade which gripped Japan for the majority of the hardships suffered by Allied prisoners and internees during the war. The defence, at the same time, emphasizedU.P. - 306 words
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Article72 1948-03-06 8 THE maximum selling prioes 1 of goods Imported into India can be fixed ur d. r future import licences, according to a notification appearing m the Gazette of India. Tho licensing authority may also impose such other conditions as it considers expedient from the administrativeReuter - 72 words
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Article55 1948-03-06 8 THIRTEEN of the crew were killed or reported missing and 13 saved when the tug Natohez overturned after hitting a bridge over the Mississippi 200 miles from N--w Orleans. The tug. recently repaired at a cost of U.S. $200 000. was towing six barges containingReuter - 55 words
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Article31 1948-03-06 8 A Rumanian Government spokesman m Bucharest told the Associated Press last nißht that Rumanian official circles deny having forced the King's hand when he signed the act of abdication.31 words
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Article111 1948-03-06 8 INDIA is now recruiting German technicians as part of a plan to train her workers m all branches of industry, the Indian military mission announced ln Berlin yesterday. "We are enlisting the services of highly-skilled men m all parts of the world, but we are especially111 words
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Article24 1948-03-06 8 Negotiations for revising the Anglo-Transpordan alliance are expected to start ln Amextra two pounds of mread a man early next week. Reuter.24 words
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Article96 1948-03-06 8 RED FLAGS BURNED IN BAGHDAD BAGHDAD, Friday. IRAQI Nationalists today fought Communist elements, and burned Red banners as more than 30.000 Iraqis marched through Baghdad m a memorial pro- j cession for demonstrators l who were killed m protests j against the Anglo-Iraqi treaty m January. Several pro Communists were96 words
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Article28 1948-03-06 8 The British clothing ration is to be reduced m the last quarter of this year from four I coupons to three and half per month. Reuter.28 words
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Article273 1948-03-06 8 LONDON, Friday. rvONALD George Thomas, a 22-year-old ex-soldier, was today committed for trial for the murder of Police Constable Nathaniel Edgar, who was killed by two revolver bullets m a London suburb on the night of Friday, Feb. 13. Thomas pleaded not guilty and reserved his273 words
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Article195 1948-03-06 8 LONDON, Friday. THE persistence of witch- craft retards the advancement of African workers, according to a report, issued here today, of an official commission appointed to study the progress of African workers m industry. The commission also found that African workers wre held back by a lack195 words
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Article, Illustration488 1948-03-06 8 GUARDED U.S. REPLY TO GUATEMALA Early settlement with UK 'hoped 9 LONDON, Friday. AS British forces m the Honduras stand alert a few miles from the Guatemalan frontier, which the Guatemalan Government has now closed "to prevent incidents," the United States Government m its first official statement made a guardedA.P. - 488 words
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Article100 1948-03-06 8 LONDON, Friday. k FTER July 1 next, nobody iV can be appointed a director of a public company m Britain if fie is over 69. A director of a public company will have to resign his office at the conclusion of thc annual general meet- ing100 words
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Article100 1948-03-06 8 pEORGE BERNARD SHAW. when told parents were complaining that pupils of H i t o h 1 n. (Hertfordshire) Girls* Grammar School are given homework which sometimes takes them three hours to do, said: "It is monstrous. The school managers ought be warned by the SocietyReuter - 100 words
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Article249 1948-03-06 8 KAFFIRS ARE UNLOADED London Stock Eschar I.ONDov Fri.hr CHARES were freely offered m the Kaihr I of the London stock markets today became known that mining trade unions were «l ing for discussions on the i-uiMh,** <,f H hours, says Reuters financiai corresponded i Asia place fbai* i roualji a249 words
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Article26 1948-03-06 8 A fire, which destroyed a large store of cereals and dried vegetables at the Turkish port of Alexandretta. caused damage estimated at £200,000- ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article138 1948-03-06 8 GOVT WINS IN WIGAN BY-ELECTION WIGAN, Friday. THE Government held Wigan m yesterday's by-election caused by the death of Mr. William Foster. Labour member. The figures announced today were: R. W. Williams (Labour) 28.941 Harold Dowling (Conservative) 17.466; T. Rowlandson (Communist) 1.647; Owen L. Roberts (King's Cavalier) 932. Mr. Williams138 words
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Article27 1948-03-06 8 Five priests are being tried at Bujo m the Yugoslav zone of Trieste territory on charges of smuggling rationed food and currency into Italy A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article179 1948-03-06 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent rives the prices of rubber at 11 aura, today m foil >ns.Buyers Sellertti < m per lb. per lb No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 38V, 391, No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. .39 39', No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. 37 38Reuter; A.P. - 179 words
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Article191 1948-03-06 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. RATIONALIST mechanised units stepped up the tempo of their drive to clear the Peiping-Mukden railway today as the Government Commander-in-Chief m Manchuria, Gen. Wei Li-huang, alerted all his forces ln Szepingkai to meet a Communist allout assault on the strategic railway city, which191 words
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Article80 1948-03-06 8 r|R. L. E. C. Davies. who II Lf now en route to England >n six months' holiday, will ake the opportunity to inipect sanatoria for tuber■ulosis patients m England. Scotland and Wales. Before leaving. Dr. Davies old a Free reporter: "I shall ilso visit the80 words
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Article18 1948-03-06 8 President Truman ended lis holiday yesterday at Kej West, Florida, and returned ay air to Washington--fleuter.18 words
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Advertisement102 1948-03-06 8 NOTICE J THE TANGLIN CLUB i NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN I TO ALL MEMBERS OP THE C TANGLIN CLUB that the Annual < General Meeting of the TangUn j Club, will be held at the ClubHouse on Priday the 12th March 1948. at 7.15 p.m. The Agenda and Account, have102 words
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Advertisement123 1948-03-06 8 illlft-JOU UIU been appointed head of a new' mmSSSSmmSSmSmaawm^mmm m f command to train, direct and or- _H A L ganise all Nationalist tank units. i__p MJ^ Pk A FL armoured military units, motoris- Lj~ T A Afe LMIOII H I ed troops and other mechanised m IS _fm flf_123 words
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Miscellaneous23 1948-03-06 8 J SPORE HIGH TIDES s J Today Tomorrow I *41 p.m. ft. o« a.m. 10 19 p.m. •8 9ft. 7.5 ft. 7.4 ft.23 words
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