Malaya Tribune, 4 January 1947
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Title Section49 1947-01-04 1 The Malaya Tribune »v THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh Penang. Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 > SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 1947.49 words
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455 1947-01-04 1 Searches Still On U.P. and Reuter. JERUSALEM, Jan. 4.- By dusk last night, British airborne troops had "screened" more than 3,200 Jews in Hatikvah Montefiore at the Shekhunat Ezra district Telaviv after a daylong combout for terrorists. Sixty-one persons have so fa:* beenU.P. and Reuter. - 455 words
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109 1947-01-04 1 tTribune Staff Reporter) 9m»m 1= on* "i tin bi-4 swan th vaiaot port* in the gtol capacity cactttto da i. Mr. Hemy B I haiiman ol thr SingaHarboui Boards returned from a toa* aofountry. Th< daman offered by the port in t) W109 words
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99 1947-01-04 1 Staff Reporter) c• the youngest only i Id, became motherless Jfee a thirty-year-old Hindu voman ftU «,ut of a window Ka K<-bau hospital and trua a fra< cured skill. v Bukit Timah on Dec. 20. f 'JOy grl was bom the IN lowing d. y99 words
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38 1947-01-04 1 y. s 4 —The PrteM v took time out daj of er paeement jre»tantUj» luncheon at 10, I |f, to Celebrate hit> Thf L..rd Presi.lom Mr Herbert Morn ;i brated his 59th birth38 words
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Article270 1947-01-04 1 Reuter. LONDON. Jan 4 —The British Colonial Office and the Sarawak Government have "at no time" made cny offer monetary of otherwise to the former Raiah Muda of Sarawak. Mr Anthony Brooke, declares the Colonial Offire in a statement. The statement follows the announcementReuter. - 270 words
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Article121 1947-01-04 1 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 3.—A car s erratic course over two mile- ot Watfor and Basnet was described at Hendon when the police alleged that a woman passenger was seen to kiss the driver four time?. John Hunt of Netherton Road. Worktop Nott-. wa- fined £5Reuter. - 121 words
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Article140 1947-01-04 1 U.P. FRANKFURT. Jan. 4 —Eleven youths. charged w.th throwing b:;mbs. went on trial at Stuttgart yesterday accused of beintr the fir it Nazi underground movement to be discovered in the American zon? of Germany. They were accused of having bombed three German Denasiti cation courtsU.P. - 140 words
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32 1947-01-04 1 BATAVIA. Jan. 4.—A Netheriand Air Force Dakota will leave here on Sunday carrying: nearly two tons of winter clothing for the Dutch com munity in Tokio.32 words
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Article179 1947-01-04 1 Reuter. NEW YORK Jan 4 —An internationaJ conference to take place at the "earl!cSt possible date a. an important centre in Souiheast Asia* for consideration of increase of rice production, its uistributicn. price range, ana allied matters was forecast by G. P Pillai. Indian delegateReuter. - 179 words
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Article72 1947-01-04 1 Reuter. LCNDON Jan 3 —Foi once men's clothing materials are to take priority over women's. Men's Clothing Trade Associations, wholesale and retail have protested to the Board of Tradt that an unfair proportion of the present production is being diverted for the Use of women.Reuter. - 72 words
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Article34 1947-01-04 1 UP. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Th< Navy announces that navy patrol plane carrying eight crewman with the Bird expediton force in the Antarctic has been missing on a;, ixpioratory fight since. 30. —UP.UP. - 34 words
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130 1947-01-04 1 U.P. LONLX)N. Jan. 4—The Manchester Guardian commented yesterday that if th? engagement oi Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phil'p of Greece were contemplated, the British government would hay? to consider the "vexations of political implications'' since Greek affair s are subject of so much controversy." TheU.P. - 130 words
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Article224 1947-01-04 1 Voce was still unable to take the field this morning when the third Test was resumed at Melbourne, and HardstarT fielded in his place. There were over 60,000 spectators at the start. Barnes (19) and Morris (14), the overnight not outs, resumed Australia's innings. Edrich opened224 words
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Article13 1947-01-04 1 Australia 112 for one (Morris 52 n.o Bradman 19 n.0.. 9>.13 words
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245 1947-01-04 1 Reuter and U.P. PARIS, Jan. 4.—While the 43,000-ton French liner He De France yesterday embarked important reinforcements at Toulon for Indo-China, a report from the fighting zone reaching the French General Staff said the French garrison of 500 in Nam Dinh is inReuter and U.P. - 245 words
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46 1947-01-04 1 $11,000-Million U.S. —Soviet Lease-Lend Reuter. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.—The United States Government has made a third attempt to open negotiations for the settlement of Soviet Russia's $11,000,000 lend-lease account. Soviet Russia is the only power beneficiary under the lendlease arrangements which has not negotiated a settlement.— Reuter.Reuter. - 46 words
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63 1947-01-04 1 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 4. —A resolution urging that the proposed Royal visit to South Africa should be postponed until a more progressive policy is evident in that country coupled with strong disapproval of j racial discrimination' was passed with only seven dissentients toReuter. - 63 words
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Article49 1947-01-04 1 MIAMI, Florida. Jan. 4.—Gen Eisenhower, U.S. Army Chef of Sta:, referring to reports that he might star.d as candidate for the United States presidency said the mention of his name in that connection "is not good for the great organisation with which I am associated."49 words
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118 1947-01-04 1 Chalk Pit Murder Reuter. London, Jan. 3 After a formal hearing lasting only two minutes, three men, including the former Minister fo Justice with the Government of New South Wales, accused of the chalk pit murder at Holdingham Common, Surrey, were remanded in custodyReuter. - 118 words
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Advertisement46 1947-01-04 1 Correct Time! Yes Sir! If you get your watch serviced by craftsmen with over a quarter of a century's experience and reputation behind them. Such expert SERVICE is available ONLY at YICK WOH HIIMC 429, North Bridge Road, (hear corner of Middle Road) Telephone: 7922. j46 words
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Article180 1947-01-04 2 BRUSSELS (Airmail): Belgium, one of Europe's most highly industrialised countries, has so far treated agriculture as something of the black sheep of her economic family. As a result of th<* wartime blockade, cultivation of the soil developed vigorously, hut animal breeding, lacking- feeding stuffs normally180 words
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Article67 1947-01-04 2 United Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Maii-time officials toW United Piv*s today that the Maritime Commission had approved an application by India for the purchase of 11 United States troop ships. Officials said that this will include five Liberty ships, and six Victory Vessels. Indian sourcesUnited Press. - 67 words
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Article188 1947-01-04 2 Reuter. SYDNEY.—Chim wi.l tventu ally oveirun New Guinea, >ays YMCA representative Mr. R. Galloway, who has returned after disposing of YMCA property cheie. Already 63 Chinese > tores are opt rating in Rabaul and more than 508 Chinese children are attending schools. "Former wives ofReuter. - 188 words
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Article59 1947-01-04 2 Reuter. MANILA: (Air Mail i.—Approximately 76 per cent of Philippine** pre-war rice production—that is, the area planted to rice—has been planted, it wa 3 disclosed by th<? Under-Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce. Official figures already compiled show that at the end *f September, 1,664.000 hectares iiad beenReuter. - 59 words
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93 1947-01-04 2 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 3.—The United States Ambassador to China, Mr. John Leighton Stuart, assured Chinese students demonstrating outside the Embassy at Nanking last night, that the alleged raping of a Chinese girl by a U.S. marine at Peiping on Christmas night was being fullyReuter. - 93 words
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Advertisement511 1947-01-04 2 EDUCATION Lxum, nowi and Writ* 1260 CfUNL&i Brisk CHARACTERS GUARANTEE COUR6E Adaption of the 'New Official Chinese Script' < GWOYEU) A STANDARD OF ROMANIZATJON Promulgated by BOARD OF EDUCATION (China) Also 'Four Corner System* used in modern Dictionaries, the MARVELLOUSLY SFEEDY WAY OF finding Chinese Characters. Beginners' Class starts, 6th511 words
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Advertisement309 1947-01-04 2 FOR BALC FOR SALE Newsprint—odd sizes, suitable for making Into scribblin?: pads and proofing. Apply The Malaya Tribune Press, 104 116, Anson Road. Austin 12 Saloon 1938-39 model in good working order. Apply No. 42, Circular Road, Singapore. ANEOUS I IMAMUDDIN SONS. SI AT 1 KOT-INDIA. Manufacturers of all kinds309 words
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Advertisement339 1947-01-04 2 SHIPPING K«P*ML Mim* S.S. "SAMSHEE" I is expected to arrive from Australian ports on sth January 1947. N. V. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Telephone No. 5975. MANSFIELD CO., LTD. t (Incorporated in Singapore) i BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to and from UNITED KINGDOM jPhrontis from U.S.A. for Java Ports In Port339 words
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Advertisement166 1947-01-04 2 SHIPPING SILVER LINE KERR STEAMSHIP CO. INC. NEW YORK GENERAL AGENTS SAILINGS To Halifax and New York M.V. "DERWENT HALL" Singapore early February. Agents! HADDEN COMPANY. LIMITED. Chartered Bank Chambers Phone Nos. are:— 7052, 6802. "MARINE ADDER" (Substitute of "Marine Falcon") Sailing on or about 12th January, 1947. for Madras166 words
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Advertisement518 1947-01-04 2 P&O .nd BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES P. O.S.N. Co.— s.s. TREVEAN from London for Hong Kong|Shal In Port s.s. SAMNEAGH Trom B«.mb*v Tn Port s.s. pANGKOR from Bombay In Port, s.s. FORT DAUPHIN from Bey pore In Poll I s.s. TREVAYLOR for UK. Continental s.s. EMPIRE Ports. loads Jan.518 words
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Article436 1947-01-04 3 Reply To Strikers' Demand /Tribune Staff Reporter) Forty-one members of the Army Fire Service have stepped into the breach caused at the Municipal Fire Brigade by the strike on Tuesday of 170 Singapore firemen. Eight firemen who did not join the strike with the rest are436 words
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Article321 1947-01-04 3 Prices quoted beiow are foe ;icul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs: —Yesterday's quotation* were "Meehoon": Slam No. 1 $100; No. 2 $90: No. 3 $72.; Jido-China $65; Kedah $65. Rice: -Siam No. 1 $106; No. 2 $103. Rice milling: Siam $40; Glutinous rice; Siam $82;321 words
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261 1947-01-04 3 Dockyard, Airfield Lancasters' Targets With the arrival at Changi on January 15 of a flight of Lancaster bombers a tactical bombing exercise will begin, embracing the whole of Air Command, Far Bast. This exercise, of a scheduled one months duration, will be in the nature of a succession of long-range261 words
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Article78 1947-01-04 3 Major General Sir H. Reginald Kerr KBE, CB, MC and Lady Kerr will be leaving by today's train for Kuala Lumpur for a short holiday at the Forces Leave Centre in the Cameron Highlands. General Kerr is the Major General of Administration of South East78 words
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Article49 1947-01-04 3 Five Chinese, Goh Yeow Kheng. Ton* Chye yew, Tco Sc Thye. Loo Say and lm Mysh, were each fined %XQ in the Third Police Court yesterday, when they pleaded guilty to summons charges of faihag to have their children vaccinated within sax months after birth.49 words
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Article29 1947-01-04 3 Mr. a U.R. Beadles, Controller of Supplies, Malayan Union, was awarded the O.B.E. (Civil Division—Officer) in tha recent New Year's honours by His Majesty the King.29 words
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126 1947-01-04 3 Delegates from Lho Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Perak and other states of the Malayan Union will meet in Kuala Lumpur, on Monday Jan. 6 to discuss the formation of a Pan-Malaya.i Chinese Chamber of Commerce with a view to formulating common126 words
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Article177 1947-01-04 3 Officers, members of Princess Mary's Royal Air r orce Nursing Service, and airmen, of Air Command, Far East, are among those on whom the King has conferred awards in the New -tear nonours. The names, headed by Air Vice-Marshal Lawrence Fleming Pendred. M.8.E., DFC. Senior177 words
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Article11 1947-01-04 3 The Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation have re-opened their branch in Amoy.11 words
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210 1947-01-04 3 (Our Own Cot respondent) The local share market yesterday was steady, but quiet. London, however, put in some better bids Killinghalls were wanted at 11 lOi, JPahang Consolidateds 12 4* and Southern Kinta* 12 9. In the local Dollar issues.210 words
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617 1947-01-04 3 From all reports, the estate can be said to have come through tije occupation period more favourably than many others, declared Mr. C. F. Smith, presiding at the 30th ordinary general meeting of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Limited, held at the registered office of the617 words
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Advertisement307 1947-01-04 3 W r ....j r four Timekeepers To B»P' rt Craftsmen. TIIIM LOCK m I undge Road, b'pore. Arrived Fruit X it KS Traders Co. I). hard Road. I 1 Phone 4305 "LINENS" Linen" to dream aru tw y° u Saw one it I.Aq and look lovely. v jre invited to307 words
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Advertisement352 1947-01-04 3 Horrunel's Haematogen Drug Co., Ud London: DR. HOMMEL'S j HA EM AT OGE N Blood-Form in g Tojajc, Nerve and Brain Food, $$.20 fcotUt. I TRISAN Vnti-AsUtnauiUcuni $3.65 per bottle Obtainable at Dispensaries and Drug Stores Sole Agents F. E. ZUELUG, LUJ. (Incorporated in Switzerland; i 2, Robinson Road, Tel.352 words
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Article430 1947-01-04 4 American interest in permanent military bases in the Western Pacific is given a new turn by the report of the House Naval Affairs (Committee which makes definite and in some ways startling recommendations. he needs of American deuce, the report states, call lor bases in British.430 words
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Article747 1947-01-04 4 With the North Atlantic routes already fully organised on a virtual peacetime basis, the Pacific and its far-flung centres of commerce and population now remain the only major area of the world yet to ha thoroughly exploited by the world's competing airlines. Lack of facilities747 words
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Article225 1947-01-04 4 DUBLIN (Airmail): —N ever has Ccmmun-'sm been weaker in Eire than it is to-day. There wa- 3 a time when Eire could boast of a Communist party, which had. an office in Dubiin and was not regarded with too much disfavour by Labour Bodies. To-day, there225 words
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Article430 1947-01-04 4 London —Emerging from British,. 4 parliamentary <*nu industrial circles are a r.umber of advocates of a 10-ytar-old scheme to dig a tunnel to France under the English Channel. They are offering new arguments for the project. These contemporary tunnnelers of Britain say the hole they430 words
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206 1947-01-04 4 WASHINGTON. Americans chew 646,000 miles of gum every year—at a cost to themselves oi $114,000,000. This :*s the official figure given by the U.S. Department of Com merce which reports that the nation's gum industry is enjoying a postwar boom. Americans, at206 words
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Article173 1947-01-04 4 Reuter. TOKYO.—General Mac Arthur's Headquarters has issued a series of oders which will affect Japanese in all walks of life One of these calls for the surrender of forign currencies and foreign exchange instruments held by all persons in Japan, except non-Japanese nationals. Thcij posse»sion afterReuter. - 173 words
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95 1947-01-04 4 Reuter. SYDNEY, (Air Mail).—Trie averare Australian smoke 3.319 lbs. of tobacco and paid £3-15-2 for it in 1945-46. Statistics on the tobacco, cigarette, and cigar industries issued by the Commonwealth Statistician, Dr. Roland Wilson, tell Austtralian smokers that they paid more than £22 million in CustomsReuter. - 95 words
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Article195 1947-01-04 4 JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will hay«. no slump "unless she talks herself into it," though she may have her ups and downs, according to Mr. S. F. Waterson, Union Minister of Economic Development. South Africa, he declares is fortunate in that conditions here are only a reflection—often a195 words
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250 1947-01-04 4 Letters To The Editor Sir, I have road with great interst the notice in the Sunday Tribune and Malaya Tribune about the formation of "The Ceylonese Association, Singapore." The idea of forming this Association has been prevalent among the Ceylonese of this all-Malaya Chinese Chambers250 words
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Article201 1947-01-04 4 Sir. —Yuur reporter's article "Thhves now go for Radio Sets" seems to carry with it tne idea that radio sets* are easy to build. There i little doubt that the parts can be disposed of at a good price, but dismantling and rebuilding complete sets is something not201 words
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Article143 1947-01-04 4 Sir.—The Governor's New Year broadcast said that plans are under consideration for th. extension oi housing accommodation for the public for 1947. The Singapore Improvement Trust has repeatedly declared itseli unable to build any n-w heme? during 1947. We are alsn not aware that Government has made any143 words
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Article111 1947-01-04 4 Reuter. TOKYO. (Air Mail Japanese of all ages and sexes in all parts of the country are to have their fingerprints taken after the New Year as part of the Government's campaign to discourage crime. Enforcement of compulsory nationwide finger-printing will require the passage of necessaryReuter. - 111 words
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Advertisement58 1947-01-04 4 15 per cent of headache, eye pain and eye fatigue are the direct result of visual defects. Are you sure that your prospects and happiness are not being hindered by the defective Vision. We are the specialist with complete eye-testing equipment to discover your eye defects scientifically and accurately. PIN58 words
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Advertisement62 1947-01-04 4 THE EVEREST INK MANUFACTURING CO. (Established 1929j 40, l T nper Cross Street, Singapore. Phone: ***** EVEREST WRITING INK all colours Office Size $2.50 per quart bottle (40 oz> 1.25 pint (20 oz) School Size .20 2oz .10 %oz THE ONLY CONCERN ABLE TO MAINTAIN PRICES AT 1941 LEVEL L62 words
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Miscellaneous24 1947-01-04 4 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By Ernest Hii REAO OR I j R TO /jB COVERED '«■■<■ >— HALF A PNSE *"*">- /> THE BLOCK, {PT u COH/TB MUN'24 words
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Article136 1947-01-04 5 .n the New tt< ferendum peak shortly :■>- n d temperance mll I qua their big s| s will seek k closing by mer" campaign, isatiom <for the big woixn wIH be held es on Satur•ra w!H b3 tw -n 6 p m 10 p m. closing.136 words
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Article17 1947-01-04 5 Reuter. untitled.—An untitled •frecment, finally accounts for the country's merchant war. was signed lanCi of £5,750,000 Frame.—Reutfr.Reuter. - 17 words
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507 1947-01-04 5 MUTINY TRIAL Giving evidence at the court-martial of seven Indian soldiers of the Hongkong and Singapore Royal Artillery stationed at Christmas Island on a charge of mutiny on March, 1942, Mr. T. P. Cromwell, former District Officer at Christmas Island, told the court yesterday that507 words
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220 1947-01-04 5 U.P. i Jan. 3.—Mohandas K. Gandhi began it experiment" of his life as he left Sriramalking tour of East Bengal which he hopes communal strife in India person* he met I rest to whom he I have brought with me. If you KHIU.P. - 220 words
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270 1947-01-04 5 Alleged to have collected $10 for "expenses" from a mcc" stall-keeper in Sungei Road, Tuck Seng, a young Chinese, faced a charge of extortion before First District Judge Paul Starr, yesterday. According to the prosecution it was alleged that when Beh asked Kiew View Yap. the270 words
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Article178 1947-01-04 5 Two shooting incidents occurred in Singapore on Thursday, in one of which an Indian shop-keeper was shot and wounded when he resisted a group of four Javanese. It appears the owner of a sundry goods shop in Kampong Amber was accosted in his shop by four Javanese,178 words
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Article73 1947-01-04 5 A completely dismantled car was recovered from a workshop in Lavander Street by the CI.D. on Thursday night. The body had been repainted and other parts of the car, including the engine, were found in various other places. It is believed that the car was the one which73 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-01-04 5 An impressive view of the 830-metres long viaduct at Nogent-svr-Marne. 10 miles from Paris, which was reopened this month when three locomotives were driven over it. The viaduct was de stroyed by the German* in 1944.39 words
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328 1947-01-04 5 U.P. Shanghai, Jan.. 3. —City police authorities feared that anti-American feeling which gradually has been dying down may flame up again over the stabbing, involving an American ere wman of an UNRRA fishing vessel on Wednesday, in which a Chinese ricksha puller was seriously wounded.U.P. - 328 words
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Article61 1947-01-04 5 U.P. Washington. Jan. 2.—The interstate Commerce Commission today set up a priority system for railroad handling of foreign relief wheat moving through the north Pacific coast ports. The order specifies the number of box cars that must be supplied weekly by railways to shippers, and takesU.P. - 61 words
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221 1947-01-04 5 Mother Dead Child In Pool Of Blood Death sentence was passed by Mr. Justice T. A. Brown on a rickshaw-puller. Tan Ah Nong, at tne Singapore Assizes yesterday when a special jury found him guilty of murder by a Aye to two majority. The judge intimated that he concurred with221 words
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71 1947-01-04 5 Reuter. HONGKONG, Jan. 3.—The new G.0.C., Maj.-Gen.. G. W. J. Erskine, arrived here by ptane today to take over from Maj.-Gen. P. W. Pesting who met him at the airport. The two generals will visit Canton On Jan. 7 to meet Gen. Chang Fah-Kwei,Reuter. - 71 words
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684 1947-01-04 5 One hundred and two Germany, area by area, to sands of airmen reported The Air Ministry has set itself the gigantic human task of discovering where each man fell, how he died and where he was buried. Neither time, -expense, effort684 words
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Article116 1947-01-04 5 U.P. PEIPING, Jan. 3.- The first major exodus of United States Marines in North China got underway today with the embarkation of the entire 7th Regiment stationed at Petaho and Chinwangtao aboard three United States navy transports— the Rankin, Chilton and Bollinger—in Chinwangtao harbour. The convoyU.P. - 116 words
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54 1947-01-04 5 The Stage Club are presenting a free matinee of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night -at the Victoria Theatre for schooled'ldren. Those children who wish to attend should apply to their principal befoie Jan. 6, and call at the school on the morning of Friday the ltd when54 words
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Advertisement37 1947-01-04 5 Osram singapore »W___y£» BATTERY RD. THE WONDERFUL Te,ephonfs: m V *TT 3i Beock Street Telephone: B Perak by The Kinta Electrical Distribution Co., Ltd. Ipch. Telephones:—393 394 d?; o/ Sic General Elec trie Co. Ltd. of Singapore.37 words
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Advertisement7 1947-01-04 5 CORKTIPS g§|| and ■HjjjjjS /Mgf AT ENGLAND7 words
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Article427 1947-01-04 6 U.P. and Reuter. LONUON, Jan. 3—five persons were killed and 60 injured, 23 of them seriously, when a mail jxpress, apparently running blind" in a heavy midnight fog, smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train at Gidea Park Station, near Rojnford, onU.P. and Reuter. - 427 words
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Article204 1947-01-04 6 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 2. Radio Moscow reported that the first Soviet polarWhaling expedition has sailed for the Antarctic. The fleet consists of a floating base with a capacity Of 14,000 tons of blubber and eight whaling ships.—U.P. COLOMBO, <Au "Mail!.—The Ceylon Government has decided to set upReuter. - 204 words
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Article94 1947-01-04 6 U.P. NEW York, Jan. 2.—Transactions on the ->tock exchange today fell off to the smallest total since last July 5 and prices moved in a very narrow range. Dealings lacked the benefit of volume, producing tax-loss selling, and dropped to the rate of a half-million sharesU.P. - 94 words
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Article59 1947-01-04 6 Alleged to have been found in possession of a Japanese Luger pistol and four rounds of 9 m.m. ammunition at the junction of Middle Road and Bencoolen Street Tan Joo Teck (30) has the tentative charge explained to him before Second Magistrate L. C. Goh yesterday. He Was remanded for59 words
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Article132 1947-01-04 6 LONDON, Jjuj. 2. —A. cement Works at Ipswich closed today *-qv lack of coal, and sbiitdoWi}s irj Other factories were threatened j; the National Coal Board struggled with its acute fuel crisis. The London Brick Company, in a. statement today, said that the serious coal shortage threatened132 words
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181 1947-01-04 6 U.P. ATHENS. Jan. 2.—Guerrillas in Northern Greece are reported to be moving south from Yugoslavia. Albania and the Bulgarian frontiers a~d carefully disposing of any evidence of outside aid in preparation for the investigation by a full United Nations Security Council of the Greek complaintU.P. - 181 words
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Article54 1947-01-04 6 At the annual general meeting oi the Kiangsi Association of Singapore, held at 277. Jalan Besat, the following were elected office bearers for 1947: President: Mr. Goh Kok Siong, vice-Presid-ent: Mr. Chen Fo Soon. Hon Secy: Mr. Yee See Ngan; Treasurer: Mr. Lew Kwang Chee. a committee of54 words
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Article, Illustration492 1947-01-04 7 TEST REFLECTIONS Reuter. MELBOURNE, Jan. 3.-How much the early dismissal of Edrich when he appeared to hit the ball affected the whole course of the day's cricket remainunknown but the crowd of 53.851 saw another intriguing battle for supdemacy. England missed a great at neaoung byReuter. - 492 words
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Article77 1947-01-04 7 Reuter. EDINBURGH, Jan. 2.—The famous Powderhall pedestria i sprint over ISO yards was won by W. Spence. 23-year-old painter from Northumberland who had five and a half yards start to beat R. J. Roberts, seven and a half yards by a foot after a neck-und-neck race for theReuter. - 77 words
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Article61 1947-01-04 7 Reuter. Southend, jan. 2. —GeorgeHardy, Tottenham Hotspur, trainer, died suddenly today while in attendance wKh the team at Municipal brine baths, Southend. He was 70. In younger days Hardy was a notable ahtlete and won many prizes for sprinting. He was assistant trainer to Newcastle belore goingReuter. - 61 words
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Article32 1947-01-04 7 U.P. COLOMBO.—Asked in the State Council whether the Ceylon erovernment cont?mplated de-valuatlou of the rupee, the Financial Secretary, Sir Oliver poonetilleke. said no such plan was intended. -U.PU.P. - 32 words
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Article151 1947-01-04 7 The entire cargo of a Chine c junk, consisting of several drum of petrol, was destroyed when a fir" broke out on the vessel as it lay anchored in the sea off the Armenian Street Ghaut, Penang. The' crew of three swam ashore. They suffered burns. Over151 words
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Article112 1947-01-04 7 I The following appointments have been gazetted: Mr. L V. G. Mackaf to act as Senior Assistant Auditor, Singapore. Mr. Jame s G. Tait Surveyor in the Malayan Survey Service. Mr. George R. A. Turnbull a Cadet in the Malayan Civil Service. Mr. Charles B. Molcny, Administrative Officer in112 words
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Article110 1947-01-04 7 Reuter. HONGrtONG. Jan. 2.-While resisting a se arch by Chinese armed rabbets, Sydney Charles Collins, a 32-; e.r.-old Briton, of th.. Hongkong down Lands Survey Office. was yr-trrday fatally *'ound«<i in the pre.-ence of his nrife and young daughter. Another Briton. R.C. Clarke, also ofReuter. - 110 words
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Article94 1947-01-04 7 MELBOURNE, Jan. 4.—Five Test matches, each of six day* duration, between India and Australia for the next season ts the tentative programme announced by the Chairman after a meeting of the Australian Cricket Board of Control. The programme is being submitted to India for consideration,94 words
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Article241 1947-01-04 7 untitled Hockey The S. C. R. C. beat the Singapore Recreation Club at hockey on the Padaag yesterday, by 5 —2. The S. C. R. (S. well earned their victory, within the first two minutes of play, Far.g scored the first goal lor ihe Chinese,241 words
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139 1947-01-04 7 The Services v* Civilians mulch was cancelled on Monday «v- to rain will be played tin.- evening en thfe* Padang at 5.15 p.m.. General Stopford, the C. in C, SEALF, will attend the match. The Services team remains exactly the same as originally selected,139 words
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Article98 1947-01-04 7 The following have been selected to represent the South in the North Vs. South rugger match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday January 11. F/Sgt. E. Twissel (R.A.F.), D. M. Seward (S.C.C.), G. Llewellyn (Army), W. E. Grieve (S.C.C. >, Comndr. W. H. Heard (R.N.),98 words
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Article80 1947-01-04 7 CABLE WIRELESS BADMINTON The following will play badminton for the Cable and Wireless against Fraser and Neave on Sunday at the Happy World Covered Stadum at 9.00 a.m.:— L. de Souza, F. Noronha, G. L. Lange, N. Sidhwa, B. Pinto, K. J. Heaiy, C. Pensy, B. Hafce, Kenneth Jalleh, A.L.80 words
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Article54 1947-01-04 7 The following have been selected to play football for the Jollilads Athletic Union aganst the Samboe Rangers Soccer team at Samboe soccer ground on Saturday. Sithambram, Murugasu, Tham byraj ah, M. Ghani, Hamid, M. Rasak, Muniyandi, Suppiah, Salavedin, Sulong, Haron, Govinda*amy, Sinthp, Krishnasamy, R. Oovindasamy. Launch leaves Clifford54 words
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Article56 1947-01-04 7 LERWICK, Jan. 3.—Five mem bers of the crew of ft United States Army Flying Fortre3s bailed out of their plane safely today when it encountered difficulties on a flight from loeland to Pr.estwick, Three of the m«n landed «e«r Lerwick iirport. Th* oth** two fell56 words
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Advertisement229 1947-01-04 7 -Ll-L _L±. _i I_JIL- ARRIVING BY ATR FROM SYDNEY) AT THE PREMIERE OF COLUMBIA'S IVYJP. PERY'S PRODUCTION OF THE DARING EXPLOITS OF Sir CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH at the REX -J**' fliTffi WulßimuWmm\iamrnrm KMfcfc Wgey La ng" VrioHEdl&oW Opening Today: 3.00, 6.30 9.15 p.m. John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich229 words
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389 1947-01-04 8 Wants Defence Pacts With U.S. Scrapped U.P. LONDON, Jan. 4.—Konni Zilliacus, one of the leaders of the revolt in the Labour Party against the Govment's foreign policy yesterday urged Britain to scrap the Anglo-American joint chiefs of staffs committee and the world-wideU.P. - 389 words
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Article79 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. BATAVIA, Jan. 3. —Indonesian troops who control the water sources of Merlaji in northern Sumatra have cut off the water supply in the present tense situation between Indonesian and Dutch troops. Energetic measures have been taken to prevent the town from being entirely without water.Reuter. - 79 words
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Article92 1947-01-04 8 U.P. London. Jan. 2.—The first of 35 German civilians from the j British zone of Germany arrived In England to-day to observe I the of German pri- scners of war in Britain and to study the methods of Brit'sh adult education. Included in the group wereU.P. - 92 words
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Article147 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 3—Paralysis of Britain's merchant fleet is threaten ed by a conflict between the National Union of Seamen and it* Chief rival, the Merchant Navy League, according to a Daily Mail Teporter. The League, he says, threatens to call a mass strike this year inReuter. - 147 words
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Obituary43 1947-01-04 8 The death OCcUrtd ivcenU} in of Capt. H S Sbepud. for many jvar s a pifet at Port Swettenham. His daughter Stella and her husband Ml*. Ian Macdonald, Chief of Police, Johore, have just loft Malaya for leave in England.43 words
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Article61 1947-01-04 8 There will be a matinee this afternoon at 2.30 of Shakespeare'<? "Richard III" at the Victoria Theatre. The District Commander. Major General L. K. Cox and Mrs. Cox are taking a party to the last performance of tnis Play at 8.30 this evening. The proceed*61 words
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Article49 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. Rome, Jan. 3.--Signor Alcide De Gasperi, Ttalian premier, left Rome by air today for Paris on the first part of his journey to th# United States to which he is paying an official visit. He was accompanied by a party of six including his 23-year-old daughter. Maria Romana.--Reuter.Reuter. - 49 words
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Article18 1947-01-04 8 LONDON, Jan. 3. —Radio Moscow report that the Soviet State publishing house will bring out 14 f OOO,-18 words
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90 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 3. -Siam will still regard Bntain as her be>t icriign iriend even though in future her relations with the outside world will pass through other channels as well. Such wa-, the farewell message given last night by th? head of the Siam.se goodwillReuter. - 90 words
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Article83 1947-01-04 8 U.P. London, Jan. 2—Radio Moscow said today that Premier Stalin was chosen unanimously as a candidate for re-election to the Supreme Soviet at a meeting of electrical workers in his Moscow constituency. In a later broadcast Radio Moscow said that 150,000 workers in Moscow had namedU.P. - 83 words
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90 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. Nairobi. Jan. 3.—Six African soldiers shot dead and ten wounded, three of them seriously, in an incident at Gilgil base ammunition depot. The Askaris employed at the depot, it was allfged. refused to work on Thursday declaring they wished to be demobilised atReuter. - 90 words
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57 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 3—A delegation from the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences, headed #>y VicePresident V*P. Volgin, flew to India yesterday attend the Indian Science Congress which opened at New Delhi. C. N. Pavlovsky, Academician, and S. U. Umarov. professor .of physics at the MiddleReuter. - 57 words
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Article54 1947-01-04 8 Air Vice-Marshal Lawrence. Fleming Pendred, C.8., M.8.E., I D.F.C., temporary Senior Air Staff 1 Officer to Far East Air Com- j mander-in-Chief Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, has been provisionally appointed Assistant Chief of I Air Staff (Intelligence). He will be succeeded by Ah Vice-Marshal F. F.54 words
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205 1947-01-04 8 Reuter. Birmingham. Jan. 3.—An emergency court which was convened at the bedside of a seriously injured Indian was described at the stipendiary's court here to-day when a 47-year-old Indian pedlar. Abul Rajjack oi Birmingham, wa* remanded for one day charged with the murder ofReuter. - 205 words
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Article102 1947-01-04 8 London. Jan. 3.—The famous British playwright. George Bernard Shaw, who celebrated his 90th birthday last July, has askj ed to be considered as "extinct" Replying to a request from i Cork, Eire, to support a move for amnesty for Irish political pri- soners still in British prisons, j102 words
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Article91 1947-01-04 8 Chow Kwong Poh (21), claimed tual to a charge of being in possession of a stolen Ford car when at appeared before Second Magi>tiate L. C. Goh. yesterday. He was remanded for 24 hours j after which he will be offered j bail in the91 words
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Article52 1947-01-04 8 Amina binte Jaffa r Sedeik. a middle aged Malay woman, who appeared before Magisrate K. M. Byrne yesterday, on a summons for failing t<> report a case of small-pox that, of her 20-year-old daughter Ishah binte Mohamed All. was fined 575 or in default six week.-'52 words
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Article313 1947-01-04 8 The 'unprecedented personal intervention" :,t MiWilfred Paling, Misister of Pensions has cleared tht name of a young widow and her baby girl—and silt-re ed gossiping neighbours. She is fair-haired, attrac tive 27-year-old Mrs. Doreen Lĕe, who lives with her "identical" twin sister, Mrs. Eileen Burnett, at313 words
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Obituary111 1947-01-04 8 NUREMBERG, Jan. 2.—Deatn penalty against Field Marshal Erhard Mi.ch. Goering's former Luftwaffe assistant, wa<? demanded when hi= trial opened today on war crimes charges. The Unit:d States prosecutor, Mr. Clark Dennev. said Milch was guilty of murder in planning the slave labour Drogramme. He alleged thatReuter. - 111 words
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Article62 1947-01-04 8 Commencing Jan. 8, passengers living in the Balestier Road area Deyond Moulmein Road will be transported via Rangoon Road and Serangoon Road to Finlayson Green instead of via Jalan Besar to Outram Road, announces the Singapore Traction Company. The service frequency will be uicreased to a 10-minute62 words
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209 1947-01-04 8 RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro's black market i- tn lng under the Weight oi good ii has on hand. The arrival of five heavily loaded freighters fjom the Unit v States during the last wak m November caused a minor cri i209 words
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Article79 1947-01-04 8 WASHINGTON, Ja n 2. IVesi dent Truman's economic report to Congress, due on Wednesday next week, is expected to include a strong plea for labour managemer," co-operation to prevent strikes. On the basis of information submitted by his advisers, President Truman is expected to take79 words
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Article47 1947-01-04 8 U.P. HONG KONG—Negotiation* are beine carried out for the construction of a $48,000.000 joiiit hydroelectric plant to be located at Wong Kiang. North River tributary in Kwangtung provinc according to Chinese 20*ss reports quoting Wen-lung, head of the Kwangtung construction department in Canton -U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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Advertisement57 1947-01-04 8 I I Price Reduction Announcement From January Ist, 1947, the following reduced prices will i come into effect in Singapore. OLD NEW PRICE PRICE (contents only) SODA per doz. $2.00 1.00 SWEETS....per doz. $2.50 $2.00 j SPECIALS.. Pe d«z. $3.00 $2.30 I (inclusive of Free Delivery) To order, please phone57 words
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Advertisement170 1947-01-04 8 New discovery Wises tw eat rr f reahiat licup. Sleepieaineaa t» caused by certain o»er-attiee urm. Now —by taking 2 ar i tESPRIN before going to bad rev can ralar tbarn fa) a new beraafaae «mr. Reaprto la not drug but a doable aaftnad pavacrigtioa wbich aoatbea g— naraaa and170 words
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