The Singapore Free Press, 20 April 1948
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Title Section20 1948-04-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARCEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1948 MMIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIII.HHII nun. PRK* lit (>Ms20 words
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Article542 1948-04-20 1 DE GASPERI CLAIMS BIG VICTORY Forces ready for Red rising t^ mt mm ROME, Tuesday. R E S u L T S of the Italian "Fate of Europe election, still coming in during the early hours ?l ™f -mominf confirmed first indications that the Christian Democrats, led by Signor AlcideReuter; U.P. - 542 words
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Article150 1948-04-20 1 11 DEAD IN COALMINE EXPLOSION j LILLE, France, Monday. OFFICIALS announced w that at least, 11 miners I had been killed and that j there was no word from 96 others trapped in a pit lof the Sallrumines coal mine by a dust explosion today. Three hundred and fifty menA.P. - 150 words
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Article145 1948-04-20 1 VIENNA, Monday. AN American military police Jeep today chased and 1 crashed a Soviet automobile in the downtown American sector of Vienna, rescued a kidnapped state-less woman and forcibly took into custody three armed Russian officers dressed in civilian clothes and placed under arrest the145 words
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17 1948-04-20 1 'FREE MARKET OR HIGHER RICE FOR TIN' pro.V 1.07 u 90 i meet d for *&Um A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article63 1948-04-20 1 TOE Allied Control Council, which has been paralysed since Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, the Soviet commander, walked out on March 20, will not meet tomorrow, its normal meeting date, it was officially stated in Berlin last night. No request for a meeting has been made by any63 words
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Article243 1948-04-20 1 UNITED NATIONS WARNED LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. 4 NNOUNCING that the latest joint proposal for settling the Kashmir dispute was not acceptable to India, Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, India's representative on the Security CouncU, warned the Council that the threat of war 'is by no means diminished in243 words
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Article132 1948-04-20 1 NICARAGUA INVADES COSTA RICA WASHINGTON. Monday. TKE US. State Department said today that Nicara- guan troops crossed the fronI tier early today, intervening i m Costa Rica's civil war. The j United States has protested against the action. Meanwhile, the rebels under j Gen. Jose Figueres have j stormed intoU.P.; A.P. - 132 words
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Article67 1948-04-20 1 A VILLAGE was burned down and 90 Commanists killed during the weekend in a battle between Government troop* (Kachin Rifles) and the insurgents near the central Burma Communist stronghold of Pjinmana. the headquarters of the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League, the official Government party in Burma,A.P.; Reuter - 67 words
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Article119 1948-04-20 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. Ci RANT Reynolds, a Negro, j I giving evidence before I the House Armed Services Committee here today, said a i nation-wide campaign of civil i disobedience had been started j iin protest against the segre- gat ion of races within the American armed forces.Reuter - 119 words
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Article71 1948-04-20 1 Col. Hurless said that the Soviet Provost Marshal and his deputy then came on the scene and attempted to keep in their custody the kidnapped woman. The Russian Deputy Provost Marshal, a Capt. Kushin, was placed under temporary arrest by the Americans. The chase started when a BritishU.P. - 71 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-04-20 1 SIGNOR DE GASPERI j Christian Democrat Prime Affnwfer of Italy, whose party is leading in the general elections.18 words
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Article110 1948-04-20 1 Lightning kills two players Aidershot, Monday. A FLASH of lightning during the replay of the Army Football Cup final here today killed two players and knocked out several others. The game was abandoned. The bolt knocked down all 23 men on the field, including the referee. Four spectators, the referee,A.P. - 110 words
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Article44 1948-04-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BRANDISHING a heavy automatic pistol at a European couple who were on the beach at Tanah Merah Besar at 7.45 p.m. yesterday, a Chinese and his friend robbed the couple of $734 in cash and valuables.44 words
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Article285 1948-04-20 1 MANDATE NSARS END JERUSALEM, Monday. AS Palestine Arabs today began new moves to r% bring the neighbouring Arab nations into the battle for the Holy Land, the British administration in Palestine told all British residents: "Get out as soon as possible; you are on yourReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 285 words
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Article61 1948-04-20 1 THE British Foreign Office announced yesterday that the major Western powers Britain, the United States and France will open today a new series of talks on the future of Western Germany. One of the chief objectives of the talks is a merger of the FrenchA.P. - 61 words
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Article61 1948-04-20 1 ITALIAN ELECTIONS Latest results indicate that the Popular Front has cut the Christian Democrat's lead slightly but the total anti-Communist vote is still more than double the Communist vote. It was officially announced in Rome late last night that the Premier, Alcide de Gasperi, had discussed with defenceA.P. - 61 words
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Article253 1948-04-20 1 ALL WORK STOPS AT WHAR VES Free Press Staff Reporter WORK on all ships at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves stopped this morning: as the strike of 2,500 stevedores spread to those who were working yesterday on the 19 vessels alongside. More than 200 of the striking stevedores. however, returned253 words
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Article102 1948-04-20 1 JHE Governor's deputy, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. the Consular corps and community I leaders in Singapore were present at this morning's memorial service for the late President Roxas of the Philippines. The service was held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bras Basah102 words
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Article128 1948-04-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Straits Trading Company said this morning that the way was still open for the strikers at the Pulau Brani smelting works to return work. The spokesman stated that it was considered emplu> f had "diamissed themsc)\ I by128 words
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Article884 1948-04-20 2 Roy Ferroa - S'PORE'S FORGOTTEN PARK Roy Ferroa by FOUR miles out of Singapore town lies a little park which used to be the Mecca of hundreds of plea-sure-seekers in the days before the war. The park contained a lake, hills, shrubberies, seats, boating and fishing facilities, tea houses and quaint Japanese bridges884 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-04-20 2 MO DEST MAIDENS ;r».»r-i.r» Ss t Mama t I Mmmms o*k» j 'My pliiy sutrts with ii pistol slioi before the curtain goes up— from there ou. I'm stuck I30 words
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Article208 1948-04-20 2 [\ICK Powell and U Elizabeth Scott wae enjoying a fast speedboat ride around Los AngeW harbour or so it leaned. Actually, tht-y and their bouncing motorboat j were inside a s ound stage progressing not an; inch but achieving another miracle in movie make believe. Their 20-foot boat208 words
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Article, Illustration294 1948-04-20 2 QUITE a few bridge would make the bidding error Which Fast did in thi- deal. BeM West has made a previous bid. they assume that his double i- for penalties eontpleteJr bi looking the fact that he never had a previous opportunity to doubie because the opponents had294 words
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Article, Illustration8 1948-04-20 2 Two Free Press photographs of Singapore's Alkaff Gardens8 words
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Article424 1948-04-20 2 China's Mata Hari PEARL THE Pearl of dead, killed t single bullet which a Chinese executioner fired into her brain. For nearly 20 years a talented, Roy i adventures, she sp... Colour mostly the red ol men's blood-— onto canvas of China's h story Last month, in I her own424 words
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Miscellaneous178 1948-04-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune lareca&t ior IP >plc b urn lodaj £.»u.N on the j a M day of he aat s < Ar^ I you born an the vt to begin some of the •J lhe |neomii sign iiu u r a nark ,l! ond Ibej nay ;1 for178 words
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Miscellaneous969 1948-04-20 2 SINGAPORE h* Taiganss; 4. Ji Australian ii..^n ui. s_|!__pfc^ iNews; 4.4U BervfciO Concert Hail; Blue Network 5 On the March-Massed Bands w l,' m Mu C M Qin A:r; 83c From 12. 50 noon to 2.00 p_a J-M Talk -Austral, a Day by Day. '^?;f 45 M 0m Q :i969 words
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Miscellaneous48 1948-04-20 2 j|sP_Bjl VON.AS »-»^n.ss-kv- KCES'3 C TwAvCwEB t— c -:n.^- r>r iir TO T~S AOSAL C-^-r?AGC TO CASSV-Aig L.^9**Cm.m.*%r IM E^g^AS^!.. --St Or __i/&(V J CANBi?Ew-A5 <*W -mmSz^mm 9*4N O A^J "^J*^ 1 >m<^3i^L 'y_>r_— Mmpwurni c^r?/^ rF > U CCs.' w Pt v y^TL I—V1 V /(*m J) Vlf48 words
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352 1948-04-20 3 LAUREL ATTACKS NEW P.I. PRESIDENT I Bitter political campaign develops N E^Y- ,nstaUe d m office, the Philippines lu t 1^ s,dent Elpidio Quirino, is facing a bitter political campaign directed against the late President Roxas' majority Liberal Party n-^/lX?' 8 call f J or Werance and national unity atA.P. - 352 words
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Article, Illustration12 1948-04-20 3 the carr -at force huge s v a air the three. A.P.A.P. - 12 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-04-20 3 pictures. ta Britain, last ship-building programme was completed with > the launching of the liner Angola at Hebburn-on- Tyne. ■%9_SS_r£_3%£S«sa MirrorMirror - 20 words
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251 1948-04-20 3 A.N all night meeting between i«, n i t WAAFs in Tvl K-A.F. men and Glouce^" e„ n di ,*_TJ C*»P. near lhe thigh. '-TiSnll.r*.**,?' beto s "ot m sentenced to nine mnntL- jT^ 22 of Cork > was I It was stated that cyDriscall251 words
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Article100 1948-04-20 3 Nationalisation RATIONALISATION las h2L c used a spllt in the British Government vr? 0 1^ Acts or Parliament, j JKi*" Htman (Cons.), spell it th an "sr but in the Gas isih it stands with a "z He told the Standing Com- i mittee wri i100 words
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Article111 1948-04-20 3 THE charter rate paid by The Government of India for the use of Indian civil airlines Dakotas in flying troops and supplies to Kashmir was Rs. 5 a mile, it was officially stated in New Delhi. A government press note said in view ofReuter - 111 words
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Article52 1948-04-20 3 A PRESS report from Tellicherry in the Malabar district said police killed four persons when Communists load a raid on the home of a landlord. The dispatch said the Com- i munists attacked police who J had been stationed there be- j cause of frequent CommunistA.P. - 52 words
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96 1948-04-20 3 Model 'pilots lo make trophy bid DRITAINS six finest mod e| aircraft "pilots wiU co y Jo the United States in August to see if ttZT«_ Modellers all over Britain are building airplanes which they will fly i n eliminating contests in May and June. The final six will be96 words
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Article13 1948-04-20 3 The United Nations has recognised the new regime in Yemen.- A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article161 1948-04-20 3 Arms find under war shrine UNDER a shrine dedicated to the God of War. British troops last week discovered n_nelent Japanese arms and ammunition to equip a regi- The haul, which was made by joint security and counterintelligence workers, included 600 rifles. 6.000 rounds of small arms ammunition. 21 heavyReuter - 161 words
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Article25 1948-04-20 3 Polax.d will export about 1.000.00C geese this ye_r. r!ar s call ior Britain to get a big share of the shipments. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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187 1948-04-20 3 A STATEMENT by a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children inspector in Chatham Magistrates' Court that hospitals throughout Kent could not take in a child <4 nearly dying from starvation," has been investigated by the county medical officer. He states187 words
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Article94 1948-04-20 3 BRITAIN'S determined bid, to sell its small cars to foreign customers set a re- cord-breaking export pace in February. The Society of Motor; Manufacturers and Traders reported the month's export 1 of 1.200 cars to the United j States equalled all automobile exports for the entire yearA.P. - 94 words
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Article66 1948-04-20 3 THE Mted Nations Transport and -Communications Commission hag proPosed to call a conlerence on inland transport' in Asia. The Commission called on j the Economic a***! Sociai Council to convene a conference of transport experts from member nation of the Economic (»nmussk>n for Asia andA.P. - 66 words
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Article34 1948-04-20 3 The crown and hammer and sickle painted on the gateposts of Wallington Hall Cambo. home of Sir Charles Trevelyan, 77-year-old Lord- Lieutenant of Northumberland, have been erased on Sir Charles's instructions.34 words
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Article61 1948-04-20 3 UNITED STATLS exports to the Soviet bloc are dejclining sharply under the strict licensing policy adopted on March 1. under which all exports to Europe mus t haveGovernment clearance. The U.S. Commerce DepartS^io^ 11 1 1^ less than U.5.5250,000 worth of goods has been licensedA.P. - 61 words
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Article69 1948-04-20 3 ENGINE FALLS INTO A LIFT !T HE and a fireman of j a an engine jumped clear when the engine toppled over into a lift shaft at the end of one of the platforms at Waterloo station. London Tne engine was shunting four coal trucks on to the platform ofReuter - 69 words
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Article54 1948-04-20 3 THE Philippine Naval Patrol has notified ships and Ashing vessels that a network of antt-submarine cables have been laid at the entrance tc Manila Bey. The order prohibits ships anchoring near the cables because of the danger of fouling. The Patrol recently sighted an unidentified submarineU.P. - 54 words
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Article175 1948-04-20 3 Telephones before television AUSTRALIAN Postmaster General. Mr. Cameron said recently that he v^ St S^2 UJd in development ol television until the las ii {ctephone installations had been overtaken. Mr. Cameron said there r»EL V proxim ately 120,000 £»^nding applications for telephones, and that the .was becoming greater day bvReuter - 175 words
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Article58 1948-04-20 3 S» v. n Chinese, including: two young women. hav> deported by the Philippines immigration authorities during the week-end. The women, aeed 18 and 21 were found to be of question able morate. while the men were found to have no more right to remain. They arrived inReuter - 58 words
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Article29 1948-04-20 3 Members oi the American Geographic Society expedition to study the soiar eclip.v expected on May 9. have arrived at Mergui. 340 mile* south of Rangoon. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Miscellaneous84 1948-04-20 3 TARZAN Time for decision By Edgar Rice Burroughs j _ANA ANO _AN VAN,6«EO INTO TH£ W liri_T %Z I I TAO-r/vn r«~— Ir~ -HOC POLIA6E C* THE TREES. AS THE E> _f_E '1S^ r Z?^ D JOOENL> T _^—>-_ H -CX.-BSROO6 oPA NO SHOPPED STCOcT slutt r^___-N -«^#>! '_jFr* __F84 words
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621 1948-04-20 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, April 20, 1948. Help for the Ex-Prisoner THE Aiter-Care Association, which is the only Singapore agency looking after the welfare of discharged prisoners, held its annual meeting last week and made its customary appeai for more members and greater financial support to carry on what621 words
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Article1011 1948-04-20 4 NEW \URK. WHO is voting for whom? Overnight the two elections American and Italian become shamelessly entangled. Unable to set the Potomac and Hudson on fire (or even strike a spark) President Truman is lighting Roman candles along the Tiber. Everyone here is advising everyone in Italy1,011 words
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Article959 1948-04-20 4 FELIX BOLO - WILL THEY GET PEACE FELIX BOLO Iti Indo-China today By Reuters C orivspondont TN the present 'international setup each member of the opposing teams seems to be (retting into position as one does just before the kick-oii in a football match. It ifl therefore time Vietnam found it* rig!*t placeReuter - 959 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-04-20 4 A new picture of King George VI of England and Queen Elizabeth, made in connection with their silver wedding anniversary to be celebuted this year. They were married in Westminster Abbey on April 26. 1923.35 words
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Article139 1948-04-20 4 Ai>youni oi preae~fat_« which kexps tluwers (heir first bioom ior mon Vis and evea yean is claimed to hav<.- been invented by a Vienna clenk. Twenty years ago, Fr*edri Jetzberger, wnose hobby was collecting wild flowers found that flowers wrapped in certain kinds o: newspaper, remainod as fresh139 words
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Article609 1948-04-20 4 SYDNEY TAYLOR - MAKING SHIPS SAFER SYDNEY TAYLOR By Reuters Correspondent WHY shipping casualties are heavier now, in peacetime, than they were during the war is a problem which representatives of 32 nations, including India and Pakistan, are to try to solve when they meet in London on April 23. The conference hasReuter - 609 words
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Advertisement44 1948-04-20 4 FftlTD^J I r-N-^L rr f\ x IV sfj. Variations A/oWx* ON A THEMt OF CtO aopfeoate j b»-ick I MAC**Oithtngs you can pj sketched here uaCnOL'* Buy a brick Si $1.50 (enough hi I CREAMfRIES MILK I Asa*** Orchard Rd: Phone 5429 :c m****^44 words
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Article283 1948-04-20 5 Final Wages Report Is Ready Free Press Staff Reporter piE final report of the Joint Wages Commission has 1 been submitted to the Governments ol Singapore *,ikl the Federation of Malaya and is under discussion, the Free Press was officially told yesterday. The report is expected to be published this283 words
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21 1948-04-20 5 b .;ion i si the of for London Co- j rj or -sn•reed r>een ov •n21 words
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Article156 1948-04-20 5 Jni arrival in Hong I Kong of larger quantities of rice than were expei ed has caused a headache in official circles there, says the South China Morning Post. Eat it or store it, the paper says, is the question that will have to be answered withoutReuter - 156 words
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Article129 1948-04-20 5 MEMBERS of the Municipal Services* Union will see films on elementary hygiene, popular science, and ourrtrnt affairs. The first of these shows will be held on Friday. This Wednesday, in connection with the Anii-T.B. Night in the Great: World, the film unit of Public Relations Office will129 words
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Article33 1948-04-20 5 Mr. R. H. Green has been appointed a member of the Singapore Prison Enquiry Committee in place of Mr John Eber who has resigned on account of ill health.33 words
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Article33 1948-04-20 5 As a mark of respect for the late President Roxas for whom a memorial service was held in Singapore this morning, all flags will be flown at half-mast today j33 words
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Article29 1948-04-20 5 Lady Gimson and the 1 Misses Margaret and Judith Gimson are on a short holiday in Hong Kong. They will return to SkigaiDore early i next month.29 words
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Article231 1948-04-20 5 TWO agricultural expert* Mr. R. Watson formerly Director of Agriculture, Burma, and Mr. G. Lacey, former Chief Irrigation Engineer in the United Provinces, India are now on a mission to find out how East and Central Africa can best help to increase world rice production.231 words
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Article109 1948-04-20 5 PUR committee members of the Chinese Section of the Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union were charged in the Dis- trict Court yesterday with j having been concerned in the distribution and pubplication of seditious documents. They were Lim Chu Hok, Si Ah Seng, Foo Kok Chai. and J Sim109 words
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Article59 1948-04-20 5 MR. Lee Siow Mong, Registrar of Companies, Singapore, and Mr. Chang Min Kee, a Penang school master, have been elected by the Stamford Club to be re--1 presentative« of Raffles Col- i lege graduates on the College j Council. They are tfre first two re-59 words
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Article35 1948-04-20 5 Four hundred and seventy piculs of tin ore was mined by Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging during the first half of April. Dredge No. 1 produced 100 piculs. and Dredge No. 2. 370 tons.35 words
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Article197 1948-04-20 5 npHE ban imposed by the Government of India in June 1938 on the emigration !of unskilled labourers to i Malaya also r.pplies to those on leave in India ircm Malaya, says a communication received from the Representative of the Government of India. The communication states: "An197 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-04-20 5 Mrs. Joan Allen, the first Malayan woman to fly solo from the United Kingdom to Malaya a distance of 7,000-odd miles. She was ferrying a Fairchild Argus plane for a Malayan enthusiast, Mr. M. T. Stanley. Free Press picture.39 words
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Article419 1948-04-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE question of back-pay for non-interned Government servants has not been dropped, the Singapore Civil Service Association announces in its report to be presented at the annual meeting at the end of this month. The report says that the Government Servants'419 words
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Article, Illustration90 1948-04-20 5 Mr. Fred Spengler, who reopened the offices of the American President Lines in Singapore after the liberation, is back in the Colony as general manager of the firm. He has been with the President Lines for more than 20 years spending nearly half of this time in90 words
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Article48 1948-04-20 5 Mr. Teo Kiat Sen?, who is acting Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for c. >:ese Affairs in place of Mr. Cheng Hui Ming now on leave, will j also act as an Assistant registrar of Societi s and Assistant Censor tor Chinese i Films.48 words
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Article204 1948-04-20 5 AID FO S'PORE UNION Free Press SfafT Repot. cr WITH the object of contributing to the wo! Id pool of post office knowledge, the Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers in Singapore h-.s applied for affiliation to the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International in London. The Secretary of the Union,204 words
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Article99 1948-04-20 5 fPHE Borneo oiliields, capturI ed trom the Japanese by Australian troops in 1945. are now producing three times as much crude oil as before the war, according to Mr. J. E. Brown, an oil expert who has iust returned to Sydney from the island. Mr. Brown99 words
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Article61 1948-04-20 5 THE ashes of Mr. Mervyn Llewelyn Wynne, former Deputy Inspector -General of Police, Straits Settlements, who died during internment in Pladjoe, Sumatra, on April 4, 1942, were laid to rest at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was attended by a large number of officers61 words
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Article255 1948-04-20 5 ONE of the leading members of the Eurasian com- munity will leave Singapore towards the end of next month for England where he will settle down in retirement He is Major H. R. S. Zehnder I who is at present serving as Pr- ldent of the Rent255 words
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Article390 1948-04-20 6 FOREIGN BUSINESS WANES IN INDIA Dw£ to restrictions labour unrest FOREIGN businessmen fn India are facing trying times. Many in Calcutta complain that it is becoming increasingly difficult to do business. They point to import controls, the extension of protection of Indian industry, corruption and inefficiency in the lower levelsA.P. - 390 words
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Article28 1948-04-20 6 Forty-seven thousand home- builders (40 per cent more than a year ago) started construction on new dwellings in the US. during the month of February.- A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-04-20 6 Gales swept southern England last week, leaving a trail of damage. After the car seen here had been marooned by heavy seas at Staford (Sussex', the coastal road was closed to traffic. The rough weather followed an exceptionally fine Easter period. A.P. picture.43 words
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Article68 1948-04-20 6 *-\|OSCOW residents are now ItJ able to purchase their' daily bread without leaving j their homes. State peddlers have been canvassing most of Moscow's apartment buildings and hornet, takipg orders and delivering white, grey and black bread. This latest development in 1 the expansionA.P. - 68 words
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Article55 1948-04-20 6 PROTECTION OF BUFFALOES AN order under the Benpal 9m Cruelly to Animals Act prohibiting the employment of buffaloes as draught ararnals between the hours of 12 noon and 3 p m. during the hot^weather months of April, Mao* and June, will again be entorced this year. The order Will notReuter - 55 words
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Article46 1948-04-20 6 The President of Syria, Shukri Bey el Kuwatiy, wai yesterday re-elected at a special meeting of the Syrian Parliament, 123 deputies voting in his favour and two abstaining. Elected for five years in 1943, he will now -serve for a further five vears. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article, Illustration58 1948-04-20 6 picture. /OM Antonio Elola. chief of the Spanish Youth Front, shows General Franco (left) an album of signatures of the Falange Youth at his Elpardo Palace residence during the congregation of 4,500 members of the front. They were paying tribute to Franco on the occasion of the ninth anniversary ofA.P. - 58 words
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183 1948-04-20 6 A FEW hours before her baby was born. 36 year-old Mrs. Cissie Mungall had to fight off with a carpet beater a mad bull which wa* goring her husband. But both she and her day-o*d son Kenneth are now making good proKre-as. As she183 words
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Article58 1948-04-20 6 V'OTING will be compulsory In Czechoslovakia in the elections for the National Assembly on May 30 under a special electoral law passed by tho National Assembly in Prague. Failure to vote may Involve a fine or one month's detention. A single list of candidates will beReuter - 58 words
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Article54 1948-04-20 6 a Republican military cprt lias dtmjanded sentences varying firm three to twelve years imprusnnrnent for 17 persons involved in tne coup d'etat of July 1, 1946 tn which then Premier. Susan Shahrir. was kinapped. Twelve yctirs was asked tor General Sudarsono and Mohammad Yamln, leading person inA.P. - 54 words
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Article21 1948-04-20 6 Mrs/ Eleanor Roosevelt yesterday arrived In Holland, where she will stay as guest of the Dutch Royal famlly- U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article103 1948-04-20 6 APART irom a slight falter ■< ing in the sales of pipe tobacco in sorne area.s. Br t'sh smokers have shown r.o signs of bertng daunted by the budget increase in tobac co tax. So far there has been no evidence ot any drcp in103 words
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Article465 1948-04-20 6 Free Press Financial Correspondent HUME Pipe (Far East) Ltd. has chanced its name to Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd. and is no* seeking to raise in Singapore and Australia new capital "to provide working capital to carry on the business of the company." Applications are465 words
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Article14 1948-04-20 6 US 'can't affort 2 air forces' I I I I I an? 1 A.P.A.P. - 14 words
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102 1948-04-20 6 BIG 'TREASON' TRIAL IN YUGOSLAVIA THE first big treason trial of high Communist officials in Premier Marshal Tito's Government began y esterdas' at LJuoljana. This follows the arrest of about 20 officials last month In what was called the first purge of the Yugoslav Communist Party. Several of the officialsA.P. - 102 words
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Article39 1948-04-20 6 Home for guard duty at Buckingham and St. James Palaces and trooping the colour in June, the Ist Battal'ion of the Welsh Guards has arrived In Liverpool from the 'Middle East in the troopship Scythia ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article, Illustration74 1948-04-20 6 picture Twenty-five people were killed, including seven policemen, when Egyptian troops fought striking policemen and civilian mobs in the streets of Alexandria. The entire city's police force came out on strike and 5,000 armed troops using tanks fought the rioters. Here, Bren-gun carriers stand by at a street crossing inA.P. - 74 words
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Article234 1948-04-20 6 'Inheritance we must guard' THE chairman of the Ijondon Nev. paper Propria* Association, Lord Rot her: told Ist cieted Press of Americas ccfitenan meetis* fa day that press freedom in lii "a precious Inheritance whuh il mu* be care to guard.** Lord Rothermere, pub: and associated newspap was guest ofReuter - 234 words
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8 1948-04-20 6 Woman SHOT by bandits, saves girls s I8 words
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Miscellaneous92 1948-04-20 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava ''why, don't you Ya ha rm less\ I /although that* not\ I/one minute -your\| ij^^njVME^B-B-Buß-BuT^l LIKE BOB?-HE LUNATIC- li UNCOMMON HERE.'-TheV TIE'S CROOKED!*— WJ[ i THAT WAS 808 SEEMS HARMLESS^ PER HAPS.'-HES^ ENFORCED SECLUSION WHAT'S YOUR HOBBY, .\M k HARTY, THE92 words
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Article880 1948-04-20 7 MAY PRINCE DOES BEST GALLOP Fast voork at Bukit Timah I By CALL BOY |\4*ORE than half the 242 horses entered for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring races which start on Saturday were given fast work on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning. The going is very good.880 words
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Article128 1948-04-20 7 lay, the pore are: Fo-:— 900 8 10 8 10 8 09 8 08 8 05 805 8 03 3 03 800 7 12 rwn 9 00 I .2 a 09 8 07 8 07 8.05 8 04 3 03 3 03 8 03128 words
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Article, Illustration612 1948-04-20 7 INTER-PORT SOCCER Malaya will be welcome PROSPECTS of Malaya participation in the Far I Eastern Interport Football Competition will be discussed by Mr. J. Skinner, the Chairman of the Hongkong Football Association, Mr. F. C. Sands, President of the Singapore Amateur Football 'Association and Mr. King, President of the Football612 words
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Article24 1948-04-20 7 YESTERDAY'S UK. football rendtl were: DIVISION TWO Leicester City 0. Birmingham City C. DIVISION THREE (North) Southport 2. HartlHWte United 0 AP.24 words
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Article57 1948-04-20 7 THE Australian cricket team turned out for practice at Lord's yesterday, but did not work like men with a match as soon as April 28. In a gay mood, they mostly performed limbering up exercises. Two of the smallest Australians. A L. Hassett and left-hander57 words
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Article74 1948-04-20 7 rIE Malayan Chinese Organising Committee has decided to send six badminton players to the China National Meet. This was revealed by the Secretary of the Committee, Mr. We e Joo Hock, this morning. The players so far chosen are:— Ooi Teck Hock, Wong Peng Soon, Lim74 words
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Article195 1948-04-20 7 PROVIDING superior in all departments. Royal Air Force Changi registered a fairly easy victory over their rivals from Seletar, the mar- gin being three goals to nil, In the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League yesterday at Seletar. Changi opened the score when they were awarded195 words
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Article349 1948-04-20 7 By Our Sport* Reporter i CINGAPORE amateur football management was shown up in a bad light at Jalan Besar Stai dium yesterday when a plaver was I knocked out unconscious and left on the side-line with no medical aid sent to him. The player In349 words
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Article, Illustration21 1948-04-20 7 Jack Lawther rises for a header during yesterday's stadium soccer in which the Recs and Amicables irew.21 words
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Article648 1948-04-20 7 By Our Soccer Reporter smJUL 2 S.R.C I TWO goals down in the first 15 minutes, and it looked as if the Singapore Recreation Club did not have a chance against the Amicable A.A. in a first division league game at the Stadium yesterday, butA.P. - 648 words
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Article89 1948-04-20 7 A football team from K_^ George the Fifth School, I Seremban, is visiting Singapore for a series ot matches against local schools The party com- prises two teachers and 20 pupils. The party arrived by road yesterday and will put up at Raffle* Institution during89 words
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402 1948-04-20 7 pENTANGULAR cricket tournaments between India, Pakistan, Burma, Malaya and Ceylon v ll become an annual feature from next year. A. 8. De Mello, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said in an interview with Associated Press that representatives of these five402 words
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Article113 1948-04-20 7 S.C.C. 1: Na*) 1 THE Singapore Cr.. nearly -their victory for t-he Mason First Division of the S.A ILeague and forced a n draw on the Padane ve day The Club forced from the kick-off aud ha Navy on the defeuisivf of the time. Onlv Lil eoalkeeping113 words
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Advertisement49 1948-04-20 7 UHO'iNCING THE OPENING OF THE HEW BALLROOM RAFFLES HOTEL 3 GALA NIGHTS THURSDAY 29th APRIL Friday 30th april SATURDAY Ist MAY TO IA.M. FLOOR SHOW *1 MACK ROBERTI ROBERTS ORAL GUNNING FORKS and his ORCHESTRA •RECT FROM LONDON Hussion ky rfservmion only non diners $1.40 v £ning dress essential49 words
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Miscellaneous316 1948-04-20 7 Today s sport SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I—Tigers1 Tigers v. Indian*, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m Div. II Indians v. Base Group R.E., padang, 5.15 p.m.; R.A.r Sembawang v. 19 Air Formation Signals, Sembawang, 5.15 p.m.; Div. Ill Malav s v. Singapore DiVrirt W. REM*. McNan Road, 5.15 p.m.; Indians316 words
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314 1948-04-20 8 NEW ATOM TEST HELD IN THE PACIFIC Secrecy over weapon used WASHINGTON, Monday. WITH a secrecy in marked contrast to the stagemanaged atom bomb test at Bikini in 1946, the United States has hit the Eniwetok atoll area in the Pacific with another atomic weapon, it was announced today byReuter - 314 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-04-20 8 L4AME Cherry btossoms and lambs in this nViflfc Kentish cherry orchard at Singlewell tupi'y the English country-side in the spring.20 words
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Article292 1948-04-20 8 FUTURE OF S'PORE SMELTER Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IT seems clear that a preferential position for Singapore can scarcely be created within the framework of the International Trade Organisation j agreement, says the Daily Telegraph city editor, I discussing the position of292 words
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Article195 1948-04-20 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. NATIONALIST forces in North China captured 11 another two important Communist bases in Central Hopei in the past 24 hours as they continued operations designed to eliminate the Red threat to the Peiping-Tientsin-Paoting area. Three Government columns are at present engaged inReuter - 195 words
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Article52 1948-04-20 8 4 CASKET, estimated to bc 2.500 years old, was discovered during repairs to a bomb-damaged pagoda in Rangoon, was opened tn Rangoon yesterday It contained diamonds, emeralds and gold dust, valued at thousand?; of rupees, and two strands of hair said to be "hair of the sacred52 words
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Article164 1948-04-20 8 BURMA NOW A MEMBER OF UNO FLUSHING MEADOWS, Monday. TOE United Nations General Assembly unanimously acoepted Burma as the 58th member of the United Nations today. Dr. P. Pillai. permai.ent Indian delegate to the United Nations, supported Burma's application for admission. "We in India have not the slightest doubt thatReuter; A.P. - 164 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-04-20 8 pn tun The memorial statue to the late Franklin Del vclt. former President of the United Stale un friend of Britain during the war years, a* been unveiled by the President's widow, Mr l Roosevelt, at an impressive ceremony m Gi Square, London PlanetPlanet - 44 words
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114 1948-04-20 8 BATAVIA. Monday. INDONESIAN Republican delegates sought the abolition of restrictions on shipping and imports needed for reconstruction when negotiations with the Dutch authorities, sponsored by the United Nations Security Council's "Good Offices'' Committee, were resumed todav. Tlie talks were held at Kaliurang. near the114 words
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Article171 1948-04-20 8 LONDON, Monday. THE Minister of State, Mr. Hector- McNeil, told the House of Commons today that full investigation led the British Government to doubt the authenticity of Protocol M, the alleged Communist blueprint for an uprising in Western Germany. Exhaustive inquiries had led the GovernmentU.P.; Reuter - 171 words
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Article50 1948-04-20 8 AMERICAN observers in Athens reported last night that 30,000 Greek soldiers are slowly but successfully closing in on an estimated 2.000 guerrillas In south central Greece. Gen. James van Fleet, head of the American military mission, will go to the operations area tomorrow.— A .P.50 words
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Article116 1948-04-20 8 A^ SPECIAL Market correspond* ie fires ihr prices of rubber a 11 a.m. today as foOows: Bojrrr* Cta < u per lb No. 1 It. S.S. Spot loose 41 No 1 RSS Cot in bales Mav 41V No RSS fob In bales May. 40 41 No 3 RSS116 words
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Article103 1948-04-20 8 SYDNEY. Monday THE crash of a hopelessly overcrowded' plane which killed 37 persons at La»\ New Guinea, on Sunday was the it civilian air disaster in New Guinea's history. The men were flying to Bulolo goldflelds In a Lockheed Hud's' »r i The officials, who immediately beganA.P. - 103 words
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Article104 1948-04-20 8 MACDONALD ASSUMES NEW POST Free Pre:** Correspondent LONIHiV Monday. UK. Maleulm MacDonald, Malaya's first Govern or (ieneral. today formally assumed the new combined post of Commissioner-Gene-ral for His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom in South -Fast Asia. Mr. M .id Hma Id was releivrd in audience by the King104 words
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Article82 1948-04-20 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. THE leader of the American United Mine workers, Mr. John L. Lewis, was found guilty of contempt of court today in a case arising of the recent strike of 400.000 soft coal miners. Judge T Alan Goldsborough ruled the United Minework'Ts were also guiltyReuter - 82 words
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Article57 1948-04-20 8 THE Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr. Halvard M. Lange, declared yesterday that Norway was part of Western Europe, and "will remain a Western European democracy whatever happens." "We are confident that the entire Norse people agree with the Government that Norway cannot enter any special military agreementA.P. - 57 words
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Article147 1948-04-20 8 LONDON Monday. WHEN Mr. Melville Clark, a W grey-haired American _S__S____ pSe edwitA nt? 2?rS___?Ej t^* iS!? 1 a SKLXS* h y? X f °r Prin< L es f St? W i ar f dCd with a rare personal interview He promptly invited the Princess toA.P. - 147 words
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Article473 1948-04-20 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday ORICES remained steady despite todays idle session of the London Stock Excham." Reuter's financial correspondent. British Gmtiment securities moved one-eighth higher as a result of nibbling by a few buyers. Rubbers were uncli ged to lower, while Tins were irregular473 words
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Miscellaneous11 1948-04-20 8 S'PORE HIGH TIDES Today: 7.45ajn; 9.22 p.m. Wed.. S S9ajn; 9.5Hpju.11 words
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