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Title Section18 1947-03-27 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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405 1947-03-27 1 Bank Advances Under Guarantee From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A BILL allowing the Government to provide $75 million for the rehabilitation of Malayan industry is being introduced at the meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council on Monday. An arrangement has been405 words
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Article, Illustration282 1947-03-27 1 THE Commission on Higher Education, headed by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, which is to make recommendations to the Colonial Office on university education m Malaya, arrived at Changi airOcid yesterday. It will atay m Singapore for about a week and go to the Malayan Union282 words
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Article44 1947-03-27 1 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. Hsu Kwang-cho, the first narcotics merchant to die since the enforcement of the strict antiopium law, was executed by firing squad today. Originally sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Hsu appealed and received the death sentence instead.— U.P.UP - 44 words
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49 1947-03-27 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday: President Truman has accepted the resignation ot Mr. Arthur Eliss Lane. U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mr. Lane had expressed his desire to become a private citizen so that he might speak and writ; openly regarding the "present tragedy of Poland "—Retiter49 words
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Article113 1947-03-27 1 AN Air Ministry communique announces that the folio vir.g pei sons lost -.heir lives m the Ceylon air crash on March 19, when an R.A.F. York air-, craft bound for Singapore was wrecked at Negombo Aerodrome: Crew: F/Lt. 8. A. Anniac, D.F.C., W/O. f*. Taylor, W/O. J.W.113 words
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158 1947-03-27 1 CENTRAL lA, Illinois, Wednesday. ONE hundred and nineteen miners are feaied dead as a result of an explosion m a small coal mine here Ja-t n'ght. The tragedy may rank as the worst United States mine disaster since 1928, when 195 mirers vere killedReuter; UP - 158 words
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44 1947-03-27 1 NEW ZEALAND, Wed:—Bridges and buildings m Gisborne, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, were wrecked this morning when huge tidal waves, caused by an undersea earthquake, rolled into Poverty Bay. No lives are reported lost. Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article39 1947-03-27 1 NEW DELHI, Wednesday—Admiral Viscount Mountbatten, India's new Viceroy, has invited Mahatma Gandhi and Mohamed All Jinn ah, leader of the Muslim League, to Delhi for talks. Gandhi is expected to arrive at the week-end,— Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article62 1947-03-27 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Judicial Committee of tne Privy Council today d smisstd the appeal by Frank (iruner, of New York. 70-year-old ancle of the con-C-mnrd Jewish terrorist Dov Grumr for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council against his nephew's death sentence. The 33-year-old terrorist wasReuter; UP - 62 words
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Article57 1947-03-27 1 BRISBANE, Wednesday. A Dutch Naval Dakota, carrying seven Dutch personnel, was reported todaj' to be missing betweei. Long Reach (Central Queensland) and Darwin, on Australia's north coast. It is leared that the place crashed yesterday owing to heavy storms m that area. R.A.A.F. plane- from Brisbane andReuter - 57 words
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Article240 1947-03-27 1 TN a blaxe of light from a do«en acetylene lamps, more 1 than 400 members of Dallorce, the Singapore •nti-Japa-nese army that defended the island against the Japs m 194-, were prepared to spend another night outside the Chinese Secretariat m Havelock Road last night as a protest240 words
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236 1947-03-27 1 BAT A VIA, Wednesday. ftNE of the first moves to be undertaken by the newly recognised de facto Indonesian Republic will be to improve relations with Malaya and Australia. Indonesian Secretary for Foreign Affairs Oetoyo has already left for Singapore to reorganise Indonesian affairs236 words
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196 1947-03-27 1 FIFTEEN tugs and 60 barges f part of a much larger fleet tought for over $1,000,000 by Government from the British Admiralty m London have arrived m Singapore. The purchase was made on behalf of the Singapore Government by the Secretar at for Economic Affairs.196 words
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Article108 1947-03-27 1 T ONDON. Wednesday— Rumourj that the Foreign Secretarj. Mr Ernest Bevin. would be shifted from his post to take personal charge of the Cabinet plans for dealir-g with the economic crisis" were denied today by a high Government source. The News Chronic'.e bannered a dispatch whichUP - 108 words
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Article183 1947-03-27 1 ROME, Wednesday. BENITO Mussolini, who vaingloriously urged his countrymen to die like heroes, himself died a coward shaking with terror and babbling incoherently, the man who ia reputed to have killed him said yesterday. Walter Audlsio, whom the Communists identified last Saturday as Mussolini's killer, saidAP - 183 words
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Advertisement94 1947-03-27 1 ENGAGEMENT RINGS, ETERNITY RINGS In DIAMONDS GEMS U.S. de SILVA 106. ORCHARD ROAD. TEL 2466 SEVEN SEAS PURE COD LIVER OIL STOCKS ARE NOW ON SALE AT MOST CHEMISTS AND PROVISION SHOPS PACKED IN 60z.. 8 oz. and 16 oz. BOTTLES also CONCENTRATED IN CAPSULE FORM. "If IS GOOD FOR94 words
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Advertisement18 1947-03-27 1 PIAHT-MMDiK JL moi to o* out BUILDING MATERIALS We will be pleased to discuss your requirements and problems.18 words
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Article423 1947-03-27 2 Albania "Knew Of Corfu Mines" NEW YORK, Wednesday THE United Nations Security Council yesUiuay found that the mines which damaged two British warships m the Corfu Straits on Oct. 22 last year and killed 44 men could not have been laid without the knowledge of theReuter - 423 words
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Article306 1947-03-27 2 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. PROFESSOR Egbert de Vries, 1 newly-appointed head of the economic section of the Dutch Ministry for Overseas Territories, yesterday stressed the necessity for economic co-cper-ation between Ihdciesians and Netherlariders Owing to five years of im- poverishment caused by the lack of expert and306 words
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Article104 1947-03-27 2 LONDON, Wednesday— Sov.et I Parliamentary delegates who an? risitirg Britain yesterday inspected Army units m Sur.ey and Hampshire. They saw various types of British, American, Japmese and German tanks and watched a I mock battle. Sherman tante, Qtted with nails, cleared a path through a minefield.Reuter - 104 words
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Article50 1947-03-27 2 CAPE TOWN, Wednesday— Mr Jun H. Hofmeyr, Union Minister of Finance, announced yesterday that South Africa's food position had improved sufficiently to make consumer rationing unnecessary. The Government had decided, therefore, to abandon the coupon and card rationing schemes for foodstuffs and registration of consumers. Reuter. 1Reuter - 50 words
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Article232 1947-03-27 2 LONDON, Wednesday. "THE Food Minister, Mr. John 1 Strachey, told a press conference yesterday that m the first food contract signed between Britain and Russia since the war, Britain would get 110,000,0001 10,000,000 tins, or 5,000 tons, I of red salmon and 2*4 million 'tons, or 625UP - 232 words
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213 1947-03-27 2 The Times Correspondent RANGOON, Wednesday. THE Burma Communist 1 Party's Je-.der, Than Tun, has announced that it is his party's pol cy to avoid un. mces-aiy irict on wi.h the Anti-Fascist People's Independence League at the elections on April 9 and both sides haveThe Times - 213 words
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Article86 1947-03-27 2 ST. JOHNS. < Newfoundland > Wednesday. All nine men making up the crew of the United States Army Skymaster aminer which was lost on Sunday ma i fight from Massachusetts, arc safe Th^ first survivor arnved at Harmon, between Louis Point and Saint Ther«?a, Newfoundland,Reuter - 86 words
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Article117 1947-03-27 2 BERLIN. Wednesday. n Germans were drowned *\-.n ie and flood waters ir. the »v j tan river Ocer burst »hi'>itfa ih? banks ana flooden Setl^. ullage, ea^t of Berlin. The river bank vrlapseii a10r.2 a 500-yard stretch untr i :<^ure of the torrent and t".<.'usan.lsReuter - 117 words
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50 1947-03-27 2 LONDON, Wednesday. Britain's fuel shortage has stopped re:ruiting to the Royal Air Force. "It is not considered reasonable to conscript boys from comlo.tablp homes and put tt^em m training centres which art miheated and with no fuel to cook food," an R.A.F spokesman sad. Rsuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article54 1947-03-27 2 LONDON, Wednesday —Mr Herbert Morrison, Lord Prcs den^ of ttu C.uncil, who has b?en ill with ihrombctsis of th e leg, left hospital yesterday. He w 11 take a few days' res: b:fore s i>g to south of France for convalescence. Mr. Morris n went m o hospitalReuter - 54 words
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Advertisement744 1947-03-27 2 NOTICES. PUBLIC NOTICE SINGAPORE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. CHINESE EDITION Telephone subscribers and the public are hereby Informed that the official Telephone Directory for the Colony of Singapore and Johore Bahru m the Chinese language will be published In August next by Master's Ltd., Advertising it Associated Services, 16C, Cecil street. Singapore.744 words
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Advertisement500 1947-03-27 2 NOTICES. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE BE BUTTER BATION. The Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd. regrets to Inform Its customers that there are no more stocks of Butter In Singapore. The normal weekly ration of 4 oes. of Butter per person will therefore not be avuilable until the arrival500 words
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Advertisement775 1947-03-27 2 TENDERS. BRITISH STORE DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE 1. The British Stores Disposal Board. Singapore. Is authorised to receive Tenden for the following items:— Located at RMS RAF Hospital. Singapore. Lot No. I— Medical Equipment Q: 138 items R A S Ref: D 1045. Location— Bounded by Ist. and 2nd775 words
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Advertisement923 1947-03-27 2 TENDERS. SALE BY TENDER I 1. The Custodian of Enemy Property, Malayan Union, will dispose of tbe plant and materials, etc specified m the Schedule hereunder by public tender. 3. As his agent to deal with this disposal the Custodian of Enemy Property has eppo'nted Messrs. Slme Darby A Co.,923 words
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Advertisement241 1947-03-27 2 AUCTION SALE OF 98 cases (196 tins of 4-gallon eactii Asserted Sweets. 696 dosen packets "WEATALL" toasted breakfast Bls- cults. 59 bags Australian Rolled Oats. 3 bags Pearl Barley. 18 dozen packets •TASMAN" Jelly Crystal. 96 bottles "OLIVE" Mustard Pickle. 105 doaen bars Chocolates. 17 bales (25" x 30") Dutch241 words
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Article215 1947-03-27 3 LONDON, arediioaav A QUESTION about conditions on the Indian Ocean troopship Rajula was asked ii. the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. James Calls^han (Lab., Cardi r. South). wanted to know now many Bii ish servicemen, Indian soldi rs and British officers travelled aoonrd- this ship onReuter - 215 words
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Article92 1947-03-27 3 From Our Ow.i Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. —~i he car seat m which ten cartor. < of cigaret'es had been concealed was confiscated with the c jarcttej a the end of a case yes.erday when a Singapore driver. Teo Thip Kang, was fined The c garet^es were92 words
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Article118 1947-03-27 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Wednesday. TiVe Governor, Sir Edward Gent, who; is a tending tomorrow eveninjr'o trooping the colour cer:mony by the SiTor.d We»t Y.rks at the: Penanp Fr. e School i,r:und, i arrived this morni. g for i four- day stay ;n; n Penang. In118 words
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Article48 1947-03-27 3 The S-uth African Minster for Fna;ce, Mr Jan H. Hofmtyr, aim unced yesterday that South Atrica's food position had lmpr v-d suffl-i ntly to make consum r ration ng unnecessary. The i G vcrnment will abandon the coup n and card rationing 1 ■chemes.— Rmter.48 words
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Article, Illustration547 1947-03-27 3 TWICE ROUND BUT NO PARKING PLACE FOLLOWING repeated complaints by motorists that they were nna We to secure parking space m Singapore's Raffles Place during the "rash hour,*' the Straits Times on Saturday made a test nut by sending a reporter m a547 words
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Article84 1947-03-27 3 PENANG, Wednesday. The question of back pay and exgratia jayment for Municipal employees s to be left m abeyance until jovernment arrangements are inaJised. This decision was i-aahtd by .he Mun'cipal Commissioners at <helr meeting yesterday, when It vas agreed that no action should >c84 words
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Article161 1947-03-27 3 A SHIPMENT of approximately i 9,500 tons of coal which nearly went to England Instead of to Singapore, will arrive at this port by the British collier Hartinfton 1 on Saturday from Portland, Oregon. While Britain was m the micbt of her coal crisis,161 words
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Article96 1947-03-27 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Wednesday. In his :our of Sarawak, the Governor General, Mr Malcolm McD nald, was welcomed at Kapit, a Dayak district m the Third D vision, by assembled Dayak chiefs and leading Chines?. A guard of honour was inspected and the party participated96 words
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Article80 1947-03-27 3 From Onr Own Correspondent. PENANO, Wednesday. The Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday, decided tj pay the Botanical Gardens Department a sum of $1,500 "In exchange for materials, shrubs and advice given by the Department as regards roadside trees." Speaking on this subject, the Municipal80 words
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Article60 1947-03-27 3 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. Wednesday.— Tamil teachers in Malacca have begun a twj-year period of training lor their future profession as teachers in Indian schools. The Assistant Inspector of Indian School, Malacca. Mr. S. D. Augustine says that 17 teachers in all are now attending the60 words
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Article169 1947-03-27 3 ANEW British aircraft— the Bristol "170" Freighter— has left England on a demonstration flight to New Zealand, and is expected to be on view in Singapore at the end of this month or early in April, according to information received by Shell Aviation Service169 words
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Article166 1947-03-27 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rE Central Committee of the Selangor Workers' Trade Unions will wait until March 31 for replies to the denands it sent to 240 rubber estates. The President of the Committee, Mr. C.S.V.K. Moorthi, aid to-day that if no166 words
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Article110 1947-03-27 3 From Our SUB Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. EXPORTS of rubber from the Malayan Un.cn to foreign countr.es Jumped from 25.1U6 long tens m January to more than 41,037 tons m February. Of this, 9,638 t:ns went to the United States. 9,368 to the United Kingdom, 6,291110 words
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Article104 1947-03-27 3 From Our Own Correspondent l-ca'.Ar.Lr, Wi.d:. .sday Keturn to the free sale of cigaretos is urxed m representations forwarded to the Malayan Unior Government by Uie Penang Colfte Shop Owners Association and the Ch nese Commercial Union. Seating :hat the prolH on the sale of104 words
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Article25 1947-03-27 3 The French High Court yesterday condemned to death m h s absence the former secretary ti the French collaborator premier Pierre Laval.25 words
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Article317 1947-03-27 3 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Wednesday. OHOULD the food situation to- wards the end of the year become difficult due to supplies of rice being leas than expected and should our rice ration be cut we can supplement our diet -with groundnuts or maize rather than317 words
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Article1100 1947-03-27 3 CHINESE MASSACRE TRIAL w I "THE object of this war is (or the liberation of Asia and 1 anyone obstructing the Japanese Anry is going against the objects of the liberation," were wordfTof advice Capt. HLsamatsu, gave members of the police force and detectives of1,100 words
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Article, Illustration143 1947-03-27 3 THERE will be no marked changes in the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Dr D. W G. Farls. new principal of the College, who has arrived from the Malayan Union to i^umc the post, told th* Straits Times veeterday Hp added any future143 words
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Advertisement167 1947-03-27 3 FOOD PARCELS FOR BRITAIN Anan-imcnU have been made m Australia lor the prompt despatch of FOOI» Parrels to Rritain. Orders are «ent AIR MAIL to our Sydney Office M M KALIAN ÜBCMWI IJKHKNKI) TO VQV ONLY PARCELS AS ADVERTISED CAN BE SENT ORDERS CANNOT IW ACCKPTED FOR ANT OTHER FOODSTUFF.167 words
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420 1947-03-27 4 Discussions On Anglo- Soviet Treaty bn virs 7 s mum irsi* WITH STALIN The Times Correspondent MOSCOW, Tuesday. SINCE coming to Moscow. Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, who visited Generalissimo Stalin at the Kremlin last night, has had some inquiries made as to whether the Soviet Government wouldThe Times - 420 words
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Article106 1947-03-27 4 NEW DELHI, Wednesday:— A sevt re drought m a number of important agricultural districts of the Soviet Union has compelled Russia io refuse a request from Ir.dia for cereals, it was revealed In the Central Assembly today. A F&od Department official told tlie Assembly thatUP - 106 words
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Article100 1947-03-27 4 PARIS, Wednesday.— Marseilles I police are searching for the headquarters of a suspected international drug ring believed to have connections in Liverpool "nd New York. The search followed the recent r discovery by New York Customs I of a large stock o? heroin aboard theReuter - 100 words
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Article106 1947-03-27 4 MOSCOW, Weji.e-day. THE Soviet Foreign M ;;ister, M. Molotov, touay agr^.-d; to the proposal of the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, to exclanye informa-| tion on China by le.t?r with copies supplied 1o the Chine c Government. Molot^v emphasised, however, that he still believed informalReuter; AP - 106 words
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Article128 1947-03-27 4 PATNA. Wednesday.— The entire police torce of Patna town, Bihar Province, were disarmed and the reserve police force confined to barracks tcday after an incident last night when Gurkha troops were called to break up a meeting of a section of police who had refuied to obeyReuter - 128 words
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Article73 1947-03-27 4 LONDON, Wednesday. Although floods all over Britain are receding, thousands of acres are {.till under water, with marooned people living m upper rooms and thousands of troops with amphibious "ducks," high axle lorries and collapsible boats, busy on relief work. In the fenla.id, river levels continuedReuter - 73 words
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Article42 1947-03-27 4 WUPPERTALL, (Germany), Wednesday. Forty thousand Germans went on strike today r»n<j demonstrated outside the British military government headquarters against the broad shortage. The strike tied up electricity, water and transport service from midnight until noon today.— UP,UP - 42 words
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Article212 1947-03-27 4 The Times Co/respondent TOKIO, Wednesday. AMERICAN concern over Communism's world march found fre.^h expression m Tokio when Ja*~ane?e preis lepresentativea, at a special meeting at Gen. MacArthur'u headquarters, heard In connection with the elections to te held m April a grave warning to the JapaneseThe Times - 212 words
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Article, Illustration260 1947-03-27 4 MOSCOW, Wednesday. THE United States proposed yesterday that tl»c whole of the German people be required to accept the terms of the German peace treaty and that an advisory peace conference \)e held by all nations which declared i war on the Nazis. > The Secretary ufAP - 260 words
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Article213 1947-03-27 4 TOKIO, Wednesday. 1 EGAL representatives at the War Crimes Trial of Nideki Tojo have summarily rejected a request from one of Japan's foremost medical authorities asking the wartime Japanese Premier's permission to perform an autopsy on him after his death. Dr. Shichiro Jshikawa, brain surgeryUP - 213 words
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Article108 1947-03-27 4 GENOA, Wednesday. yASCO Cavallero has been sent to prison (or bigamy m spite of pleas by both his wives that the trio were "a perfect family." The action was brought by the Ant wife, Amerlia, whom Vasco abandoned when she was pot into a lunatic asylumUP - 108 words
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Advertisement199 1947-03-27 4 fe^^^^[^H 5^ PR oD iCT '••'"I j^. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. CF ENGLAND 6INGAPORE: 12 BATTERY ROAD P O Box 203 Teiephones 5114, 5115, 5116 KUALA LUMPUR: 1 MOUNTBATTEN RO/»D— PO Box 258 Telephones 4291 4292. PKNANO: 31 BEACH STREEI PO Bix 131 Telephone 1153 Represented m Perak by199 words
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Advertisement369 1947-03-27 4 JACKELS CRYSTALLISED CREAM FOR THE HAIR PREVENTS SCURF AND DANDRUFF AND PROMOTES HAIR HEALTH Sold throughout the World for over fifty years PRICE C 1.^7 C BOTTLE UIHITERILinVS (WHITEAWAYS LAIDLAW*6. C 0.7 LTDj TELS. 6907 6908 SINGAPORE POST BOX 696 POISONED WOUftOS, j WL^'^~ T3 Cuts, Scalds, Burns p I369 words
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618 1947-03-27 5 Union Secretary Cross-Examined THE S.T.C. Employees' Union is prepared to drop its demand for back pay. This was stated by Mr. Jaswant Singh, secretary of the Union, in the course of yesterday's sitting of the inquiry held in the Supreme Court into the618 words
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Article55 1947-03-27 5 FROM t morrow, coffee shops m Singapore will not be a I iw.d tv use condensed sweet»n d milk. Hi" proh.bition of the use of <•<) ulensed milk m coffee shops, a/tatch was lifted on Jan. 31 thi. year, ie being rcimposcd du i to55 words
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Article192 1947-03-27 5 rEN young Indian labourers charged with wrongfully confining the manager of j Paloh Estate, Joliore, and his a s stant m their office were ail convicted m the Kluang District Court yesterday. The court was crowded with estae Indians, but ther e was no demonstration. The192 words
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Article88 1947-03-27 5 1 TROUPE ot 135 performers be! nging to Kamala C.r >.:s has arrived m Singapore and it is expected that the circus will open a season at Farrer Park early irx' month The performers who include 42 girl artistes, arrived by the i 3.1. ship Rajula88 words
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Article38 1947-03-27 5 A general meeting of the Ladles Section of the Regional Indian Congress will be held at No 8, Race Course Lane, on Saturday at 5 pjn. All lady members of the congress are asked to attend.38 words
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199 1947-03-27 5 I BILL to make transitional pro- visions regarding registered trade marks and special provisions with regard to the registration of trade marks, is to be introduced at a forthcoming meetir g of the Singapore Advisory Council. Giving the objects and reasons for the bill,199 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-03-27 5 Lieut. -Comnuuider Simon de Bow, R.N.N., and Mfea Willy de WiMc, afUr thHr marriage mt the Weslejrsn Church. Sh»c*pore, on Tnesday.21 words
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Article386 1947-03-27 5 rITHER heavy expenses muet be met m order to further equip the Singapore Swimming Club and provide amenities which existed before the war, according to the committee* report for the year ended, Jan. 31, this year. It is stated that the arrangement agreed to by members386 words
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Article98 1947-03-27 5 IPOH, Wtdnesda). V. A. Thamby Dural, a police v inspector under the Japanese, who was sentenced to death at Kuala Lumpur for the muroer of Victor Perera at Ipoh during the war, had his conviction quashed by the Union Criminal Court of Appeal today and was98 words
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Advertisement313 1947-03-27 5 MITISH SOCIEIY OF COMMERCE LIMITED. Designation of Pillows: P.B.S.C Executives and others holding responsible position m Commerce invited to apply (or details of membership Wri c: Secretary, Westmede, Preston-road. Whittle Chorley. Lanes. England. MADAM GAM Dipls— »sl Teacher Dross, Easfcrotfary, Kabaya naakin*:. Paps! can enrol now Gives Quick and Modem313 words
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Advertisement266 1947-03-27 5 FOR WHITE TEETH lUCRYL TOOTH FASTI At th« top Spocialty prepared for people of refined taste EUCRYL TOOTH POWDER A winner wherever it goet EUCRYI OENTURf POWDER Clcant and ditinfecu »rtifici»i teeth fUCDU OENTAI PLAII HXATIVt Keeps artificial teeth m place jOSCPH TRAVERS SONS i!O SINCAFOM PENAN6 S.UALA UUtfuD f266 words
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Miscellaneous326 1947-03-27 5 SINGAPORE Kl I) NETWORK (Chinese Indian) 225 metre*; also 1Z p.m. 2 p.m. 4 325 megacycles per second (61 metre band) and 7. 45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m 4.825 megacycle* per second (61 metre band I BLIT1 NKTWOKK: (Malay A Kr*lish 185 metres; also LZ p.m. to 2 I p.326 words
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Miscellaneous730 1947-03-27 5 lM declarer in todays deal did i However, with no giveaway scowl not have the ghost of a chance for I across the table, declarer reached his shun oontract. but it must be cJamly for his own ten-spot. Re then admitted that he made quite a flgth cashed the trump730 words
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987 1947-03-27 6 What a strange amalgam of East and West the Straits-born CTiinese communities of the Straits Settlements are! This thought comes to mind on reading the petition against the Malayan constitutional proposals has been addressed to the Secretary of987 words
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Article103 1947-03-27 6 LONDON, Wednesday CO VIET Parliamentary delegates who are vis tins: Britain yesterday inspected Army uni s in Surrey and Hampshire. They saw various types of British, American, Japanese and German tanV's and watched a mock battle. Sherman tanks, fitted with flails, cleared a P a; hReuter - 103 words
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Article67 1947-03-27 6 LONDON, Wednesday. Cost of household goods m Britain m 1946 rose 63 per cent over 1945 prices, says a Government White paper issued yesterday. Other increases Include clothing 20 per. cent, and food 11 per cent. The White Paper recommended the abandonment ofUP - 67 words
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Article, Illustration705 1947-03-27 6 THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY By A Special Correspondent (The fiftieth anniversary of the East Asiatic Company wiU be celebrated today by an At Home at the company's Singapore offices, at which a large number of representatives of the mercantile community will be present. The705 words
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325 1947-03-27 6 WE have noted with inteies--the following statement made by Mr. A. V. Alexander, Minister of Defence, m the House of Commons last week: "In places like H>ng Ken;' and Malaya British troops must continue to be located m numbers sufficient to guarantee safety and325 words
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Letter58 1947-03-27 6 I READ with interest the letter which you published the other day complaining about the price of coffee and tea m Raffles Place. Something should be done about the similar racket which is carried on m the New World where a cup of coffee with milk costs 5058 words
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204 1947-03-27 6 IAM much touched by the spirit m whiqb X.C.'s letter was writen and enclose herein 1,000 cents towards a fund for the old lion. While agreeing with you regarding increased production of tin and rubber to hcln the old country I still think that204 words
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205 1947-03-27 6 THE chairman of the Singa1 pore Rural Board, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, at the last meeting gave us some very interesting facts about the housing shortage. His figure of one quarter of a million people out of three quarters of a million needing houses m205 words
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Advertisement906 1947-03-27 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. i THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Stafford Charles Robert Northcote, The Chartered Bank, of India, Bangkok, elder son of Mr. Stafford H. Horthcote of Brighton, Sussex and the late Mrs. Northcote and Helen Isabel, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Hawker of Kingston Hill, Surrey and906 words
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Advertisement54 1947-03-27 6 Scientific Glare Control American POLAROID DAY GLASSES FITS-ONS also available. The only type of glasses that really controls glare. Durli g the war used by the American Army and Navy. Call for a demonstration to prove the flfferencs from ordinary sun glasses. Varic** New Type* of Spectacle Frame* A Mountings54 words
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Advertisement213 1947-03-27 6 INK AND PAPER flB *^*> j^^*Ss^?=j' /x*-' -Tew realise when they sit down to write a letter that they are profiting by the service of the chemist and the British chemical industry. Writing-paper is made from rags which must bo boiled under pressure with caustic soda to remove grease, pulped213 words
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Article168 1947-03-27 7 A SUCCESSFUL conference of Singapore Naval Base authorities and representatives of the Naval Base Labour Union, attended by Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, and Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. P. Garret t, was held at Sele'ar yesterday. Commodore W. H. D. Friedeber*er.168 words
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Article111 1947-03-27 7 Five Japanese found guilty of war crimes were executed at Changi Gaol yesterday morning. Two major-generals convicted \n the Burma-Siam Railway Trial who were to die with them, will not he hanged until they have appeared as witnesses for the defence m the Chinese massacre111 words
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Article93 1947-03-27 7 AUSTRALIAN ASSN. MOVE lUITH a view to forming an Australian Association m Maluya, Mr. Claude Mussey, Australian Commissioner for Malaya, is preparing a record of all Australians m the Malayan community. Mr. Massey asks that Australians should get m touch with him. An Aus ralian Association, he said, would help93 words
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338 1947-03-27 7 Second Half Of 1947 A 'Lean Period' THE rice situation m South-East Asia is still preca- riotis and not only should a more conservative view than hitherto be taken of the amount of rice, which will be available during the first half of338 words
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Article63 1947-03-27 7 A CONFLUENCE on the organisation of social welfare m South-East Asia will be held m Sutgapore later this year. This proposal was approred at yesterday's meeting of liaison officers from territories m South-E»st Asia held at the osnee of Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner. Territories reperaented at yesterday's63 words
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Article134 1947-03-27 7 ftmm Our Own Correspondent, KUALA LUMFUR, Wednesday UfORK on the rehabLia. ;n of H'.ng Fatt (Sungei Bes:i tn m n the k,rg:st open cast mine m the country as progressed aecrciing to ai.ticipatkns, s'-it3s the s.c.nd ce;a:l;d report Usued by thp Consult nj? Ensrir.e rs and134 words
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Article225 1947-03-27 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action and an organisation called the United Peoples Front which is stated to be formed of 74 Malay assoc ations, including the Malay Nationalist Party— are sending a Joint letter to the Secretary of State225 words
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Article126 1947-03-27 7 DECALLED to the box Mt«. day, Lena Navis, principal witness at the Singapore Asizes trial of Irwin Jones, a civil an contractor, on a charge of murder of Maur.ce Fox on Oct. 31 la>t year, identified a report she maie to the police m which she126 words
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Article197 1947-03-27 7 JjINGAPORE will almost certainly have no butter on the controlled market for three or four weeks. The Burnside, Burns Philp ship which was due to arrive at Singapore about Monday carrying supplies of butter and chilled eggs for the Colony, has been held up at Sydney197 words
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Article30 1947-03-27 7 The Governor has appointed the Principal of the College of Medicine to be Principal of Raffles College, according to a Singapore Government Gazette notification issued last night.30 words
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Article39 1947-03-27 7 Mr. Lim Yew Hock, secretary of the Singapore Administrative Clerical Workers' Union, and Abang Othman, of the Sarawak Police, who have been selected as British CouncH visitors to Britain, left Singapore yesterday by RAT. plane for U.K.39 words
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Article356 1947-03-27 7 THE Australian Government plans to arrange a conference I this year with South-East Asian counriee to AMIH problems of common interest, said Mr. Claude Ma« Bey, Australian Comnwanioner for Malaya, m a broadcast from Radio MaJaya. The Australian Minister for External Affairs had suggested the356 words
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Article119 1947-03-27 7 MX young Chinese who were arrested by the Singapore Police last year around two wooden huts built on the roof-^ op of a four-storied Duilding m •nson Read where several secret society symbols, two revolvers, md 21 rounds of ammunition *ere found, were bound over by119 words
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Article262 1947-03-27 7 IN R.AS.C. driver and his sern geant who reported to their Commanding Officer a proposal that they should transport cloth from the docks to the servants' quarters of Naval House—residence of the Flae Officer, Malaya —were responsible for the conviction of five Chinese by Mr. T.262 words
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Article, Illustration89 1947-03-27 7 leflUaJ ft 1 1 01 !>.. I men who were killed i.i the Bat 1 1f of Malaya took part m the demonstration for back pay, staged by local mtiuii rs of IHtlitirrf. oatside the < h nrse Secretariat, Singapore The dt -u. i t at89 words
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Article98 1947-03-27 7 PRISONERS OVERPO WER WARDER From Our Staii Corrc*^.. .vent IPOH, Wednesday. PREE Chin se recently arrested m Singapore m connection with a bomb outrage m Sitiawan and brought bark and held m Sitiawan poLce lock up made a national escape la-t night. Five other Chi-cse h-rld >n serious charges m98 words
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Article, Illustration569 1947-03-27 8 Thomas R. Henry - Thomas R. Henry By TWO cyclonic cradles, where storms are produced affecting mo&l of the world south of the equator, have been discovered by meteorolo gists on the Byrd Antarctic expedition. One is on the Polar plateau near the South Magnetic Pole. Here cold569 words
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Article124 1947-03-27 8 NEW YORK— Ruins of a great cty estimated to be 2,000 years old have been discovered by a Soviet, scientific expedition i*n northern Siberia. According to a dispatch fr^n Moscow, the Russian explorers have excava'ed from the an cier.t city which Tes n the124 words
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Article125 1947-03-27 8 NEW YORK-— Tbe latest shirts for males are printed with coy phrases such as: "I'm not caught yet. gals," m multicolour. For the gals, there's a new bathing suit m which, say advertisements, they can look like a ball of fire The suits are made Of125 words
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Article111 1947-03-27 8 QTANDING m an arcade on ■J Broadway is a great bulk of a youth who has got one bright spot. It's his bow neckties. All night and until the early hours of the morning lie stands behind a counter loaded with tawdry souvenirs of the Big Town, demonstrating a111 words
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Article78 1947-03-27 8 'THE day may come when 1 the butcher's advertisement m your newspaper will emit a sizzling scent of sirloin steak mingling with the odour of frying onions. Dr. Ralph Bienrang, Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Oklahoma, says •odoriferous advertising may be the next step after colour78 words
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Article71 1947-03-27 8 AMERICAN women might stoop to conquer, but dislike bending to vote. The Massachusetts Parliamentary Committee on Election Laws was told at a public hearing that many women refuse to bend down to use voting machines lest they rtp nylons or girdles. Witnesses approved a bill requiring that levers71 words
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Article581 1947-03-27 8 RICHARD HUGHES - RICHARD HUGHES By TOKIO.— "In order to propose the most direct possible way to peace, Japan of her own volition has decided to renounce war and declare herself permanently disarmed," declares Tokujiro Kanamori, vicechairman of the Committee for the Popularisation of the New Democratic Constitution, m a statement581 words
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Article486 1947-03-27 8 Richard Davie - Richard Davie By In this article, the writer discusses what U.N.R.RA.'s closing down on June 30 will mean to Europe. America, he says, will continue to help countries outside the Russian sphere of influence, like Greece, but m the countries inside the "iron curtain," like Poland,486 words
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Advertisement219 1947-03-27 8 There is no finer milk than KLIM! fg •o*l ElSli, th« BORDEN COW JgJpJT Elsie: Kiim it made only from the milk of healthy, letted cowt. It it milk m powdered form prepared according to the mott modern procest. It hat a delicious fresh flavor. Doclort recommend it highly to219 words
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Article, Illustration971 1947-03-27 9 DR. EMERY BARCS - DR. EMERY BARCS By SPHERES OF INFLUEISCE, by Sydney Morreil. Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, New York. SYDNEY MOivUELL UNRRA's Associate Director for Public Information for Europe, is a versatile British foreign correspondent. He had varied war service a; an t.dvistr on971 words
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Article328 1947-03-27 9 RIBOLOVO, Li iSSK—According to Peter Ivanovich Azhirkov, Board Chairman of the collective farm of Ribolovo village, the lot of individual farmers since they banded together into the collective 16 years ago has considerably improved. Physical appearance bore him out. The village of 1,000 persons nowUP - 328 words
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Article478 1947-03-27 9 MYSTERY OF THE WEEK DFAIH COMES AS THE END. by Agatha Christie. London: The Crime Club. MISS Agatha Chmtie, whom only recently I was forced to rebuke for dishonest practices, has made a magnificent amend by sp nsoring a discovery of the first importance to478 words
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Article281 1947-03-27 9 For Your Dustbin THE FRIGHTENED PIGEON, by Richard Burke London: Jarrolds, Ltd. THOUOB The Fnghtenea Pigeon" ie a spy story, it sounds mere like a weekend at the King Edward Dogs Home. Nobody talks. They all bark, growl, and snap. Corporal Otto Fleber mi»ht easily be called Fido:281 words
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Article673 1947-03-27 9 Laying bare a bobby s soul NOVEL OF THE WEEK NO PROUD CHIVALRY, by Maurice Procter. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. THERE 15 someu.nig new 1 under the sun. We've had novels about soldiers, sailors, artists, and athletes serious attempts to how what makes these people tick. Tnls is the673 words
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Advertisement75 1947-03-27 9 GLENFIELD «»d KENNEDY We arc now carrying stocks of •SLUICE VALVES from 4 to 12 inches •DOUBLE AIR VALVES 2 inches •HYDRANT STANDPOSTS PRICES ON APPLICATION Enquiries to HUME PIPE (FAR EAST) LTD. SINGAPORE TELEPHONES: 5441. 5442, 5443. POSTAL ADDRESS: POST OFFICE BOX 297 EAST A W«BT often you the75 words
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Advertisement138 1947-03-27 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND. EUROPE AND BRITISH OCCUPIED GERMANY. ASK FOR OUR LISTS OF 17 FOOD PARCELS Book Your Monthly Orders Now William j. Bernard, UNION BI'IUMNG. POST BOX 830, S'^\PORF. TEL. *****. Chapters Ito 6. ULtll UWf MARKED TO DEATH 4 sk^. ijs>~ 33q,-*iq,~ fc»j»- Denied m138 words
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Article, Illustration526 1947-03-27 10 'Panther pounces upon the audience 3 By Dr. R.L. Worrall A "THREE dimensional" feature film, a Russian invention, has just been shown m Moscow for the first time. The story of the fllm is "Robinson Crusoe. This is how Tass News Agency describes the effect:526 words
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Article48 1947-03-27 10 DRAZLLJAN actress fUrmgli Miranda, 33, has announced iher forthcoming marriage to David Sebastian, who backed one of her recent films. This is the first matrimonial venture for both bride and groom. They are off to Las Vegas for a short honeymoon straight after the ceremony.48 words
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Article174 1947-03-27 10 THE number of film societies m Great Britain Increased from 29 to 87 m 1»4«^ states the annual report of "the British Film Institute. The demand for lecturers on every aspect of the film, ranging from tiie training of children's tastes to advanced studies174 words
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Article240 1947-03-27 10 THE right of women to vote and to hold public office has gone unchallenged 28 years, but for the past 20 years no glamorous Hollywood cinemaiden has ever played politics on the screen not since Pauline Frederick, back m August, 1936. starred m the title role240 words
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Article227 1947-03-27 10 iURN, six-year-old Aisauan d(^L! s turn *ng actor m the •an 'End of tne River." Thorn won the Dickin Award, the immals' Victoria Cross,- lor oivil Defence work after a V 2 'Aid on London Thorn has also been used for vine detecting, police227 words
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Advertisement138 1947-03-27 10 Supremely Triumphant; CAPACITY HOUSES HAIL BRITAIN'S MOST OUTSTANDING TECHNICOLOUR MASTERPIECE! THE LAUGHING LADY AN S. K. O HIT jfijTOfll TO-DAY 5M^Hf V 11 ».m 2 p.m.— «.lJ P TEL, 4.Q4-2. QIR COnDITIOOEQ*. Massive Spectacle! JU HjHb (irandeur 4| BP^*^ Wk Sp'endour of English 9 K^ap l French Courts. W H^^l&i138 words
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Advertisement232 1947-03-27 10 «*Ab Bow Ami A Half s Constant Excitement" —Daily Herald. Today At The fPAYIILION *2?5 Four Shows 1.30-4 -6.30 -9.30pm. "Laughton Is Magnificent" Sunday Times I In m« wv 5T T4tF 'rrrVm"^ dean harens >m,oi.o«' Stanley Q Ki<l-. V laj^^ Henry Danirll Ko»nliud Ivan f\ AFRICAN WTTCHCRAFT In Casting Its232 words
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Article261 1947-03-27 11 Industrial shares also m demand From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Kuala Lumpur section of the Malayan Sharebrokers Association reports today that good enquiry was maintained at the closing m the tin and industrial sections. Rubber shares showed more interest with selective261 words
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Article149 1947-03-27 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. ALL sections of the market yesterday showed further strength and prices of certain industrials hardened, with the exception of Gammons which, on profit-taking, eased and I closed at $5.75 sellers. I Wearnes iroproved to $23.50 ex div. done anj buyers. United149 words
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Article102 1947-03-27 11 Company Report THE accounts of Ulu Benut Con- jolidatec! Rubber Co., Ltd., show a profit of $37,238 for the year ending December 1946. The Chairman's statement to be presented at the twenty-third annual general meting of the company on April 2, states that current assets have decreased102 words
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Article45 1947-03-27 11 O Id worth millions has been flc-wn into Croydon from Spain, at r. re than a ton a t'me, durirs the past f;w weeks. A twice-weekly service by the Spanish air lines, Iber;a n Airways, brings th* gold from Madrid.45 words
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Article140 1947-03-27 11 SHIPS alongside me Singapore wharves yerterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Narinjta. Gcdown 34-35- Empire Raja. Gcxlown 36-37: Theseus. Godown 38-39: Utrecht. Godown 40: Empire Tcdship Gcd'.wn 42-43: DUwara. WEST WHARF Ocdown 1-2: Thcrbecke. Godown 4-5: Dlcmcd. Godown 8-7: Samur Godov.n 11-12: Duke of Athens Godown 13-14: Glenbeg.140 words
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Article135 1947-03-27 11 LONDON. Wed —On the London Stocic Exchange yesterday improvement m British Govexnxn.-nt i>txk3 had us lclleci.on m other domestic hWKS, but this brought 1 ttle expansion m the volume cf business en the last day of account where there wag a certain amount of end-of-account even-ing-up transactions.Reuter - 135 words
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Article128 1947-03-27 11 NEW VOKK., Wed-ixday.— Oa the :<tw York BtccJc E::chanse yesterday tne market ploddzd through ancther dull afternoon with prices en balance showing a major!*? of lnfr?! I.i lefttßToJavj trading. Some leading anaiyi/js &&y the general stock market situation Is too mixed to justify aggressive optimi&xiReuter - 128 words
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Article63 1947-03-27 11 DELHI, Wednesday. Indian Budget crisis has been averted by yesterday's announcement by Liaquat All Khan, finance Minister cf the Interim Government, that the proposed business tax of 25 per cent, would be reduced. Congress Party members had expressed violent opposition to the Finance Member's proposals, ma. itainingReuter - 63 words
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Article64 1947-03-27 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commrrce Rubber Association's rubber prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Cta. Cta. per Ik. per Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 44 44. No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales April 45% 46% No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales April 44 H 44% No.64 words
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Article56 1947-03-27 11 PARIS. Tuesday.— All restriction on the use oi electricity m France ended yesterday under a Government decree. Owinjr to power and coal shortest? Fret'U factories, for tM last fly* months have had to reduce pr-.fl-^sr^'i md homes have gone without electric current during daylight hoursReuter - 56 words
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Article257 1947-03-27 11 SINGAPORE, Wcdnea4ay. RICE: SUmen No. 1 $S8, No. 2 $t7. No S $15. No. 4 $W. No. 6 {without laoelflc brand) MS, No. K«. No Mt, No. MO; Saiffoa No. 1 |M. SatfM fc-okea-rtoo |M. SoJcoa inferior $M. RaafoM Mo. 1 $5$. No. t *M, No. 1 $45AP - 257 words
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Advertisement716 1947-03-27 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated Id Singapore) BLUE FIJNNEL LINE Sailings to and from United Kingdom "Dlomed" from D.h. for H'Kong A Shanghai In Port-G. 4 "THeseos" from U.K. for Batarta In Port G. 36 "Utrecht" fioro 1.8 .A In Port G. 38 "Amsteldljk 1 from U.S. A In Port-Roads "Samite"716 words
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Advertisement310 1947-03-27 11 BOUSTEAD CO LTD LLOYDS AGENTS Acent* for Malarao Railway* GLEN LINE Sadini to an* from China. London Rottrrdam and Adlwptv rvont n r DUKE OP ATHENS G. 11/ M SAMFORTH G. St/$» rot U.n, tal Cantlnratai Porto SAMSETTR Loads for London Mid-Apr GLENARTNEY Loads for IK Mid-Apr. INIXMJHINA S. N310 words
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Advertisement543 1947-03-27 11 PRESIDENT UHE"LLERMAN BUCKNALL IfKrV TORS m m am ■jn Tl» Pert Swettenham Penant *»0.. LIU. India and Mediterranean Port* S.B. MAJUN. FLIER Mar. M m ■»••.»<•> SS. MOUNT MANSFIELD Apr. 2 p or HAVRE LONDON S.S. MOUNT DAVIS Apr. 17 Samshire Loading Road:] To Phlnpntßea. Bow Kong San rran•tseo. New543 words
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Article302 1947-03-27 12 Linesman - Linesman Sportlight By Last week's unprecedented scenes of hooliganism during the S.AFA. match between the Army and Chinese Selection 2, when the RAF referee and members of the Army's winning side were pelted with sticks and siones as they left the field, has precipitated something302 words
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Article124 1947-03-27 12 WASHINGTON Wednesday Four top American skiers clinched places on the U.S. Olympics ski-jumping team. They are Joe Perrault, Walter, Bietllawralph and Sverre Fre**hiem o* Minnesota. Art Devlin of New York is also expected to be a member of the team though he did rot competeAP - 124 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-03-27 12 Stephen Ulek, tough trench heavyweight, caused m big surprise at Manchester on March 17 when he made British champion Bruce Woodcock go the full 15 rounds to beat him on points for the European championship. Although he won, Woodcock was disappointing. Picture shows Bruce Woodcock (left), and Olek, a much-battered58 words
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Article286 1947-03-27 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wednesday. The Segamat district inter party badminton tournament is running smoothily and results of further matches phyed are: Malay Teachers beat J.T.A. 2—l. Singles: Manap lost to Wong Kee Lim 1-15. 7-15: Doubles: Yusof and Yacob beat George Komatt v.nd Gaffar286 words
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Article92 1947-03-27 12 NEW YORK. Wednesday. Nat Rogers, match-maker for Twentieth Century Sporting Club, on Tuesday said he would leave for England en the first week of April In hope ot signing the winner of the Bruce Woodcock Joe Baksi bout as June opponent for heavyweight champion Joe Louis. IfAP - 92 words
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337 1947-03-27 12 LONDON, Wednesday. Finishing with a paralysing burst, 100 to 1 outsider Jockey Treble today won the 1947 Lincolnshire Handicap at Lincoln. Minor placegetters were Persian Book and Querneuville. Jockey Treb'e, ridden by E. Mercier, appeared to revel m the soft, soggy course.337 words
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Article400 1947-03-27 12 To Meet Indian "Gian t-Killers At Stadium By Our Soccer Writer The Recs must win their League tie with the Indians this evening at Jalan Besar stadium or forget that they ever had hopes of being Singapore champions for the second year. Six weeks ago400 words
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Article142 1947-03-27 12 JOHORE JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday A well attended meeting ot the Johore Bahru District Football Association was held last evening at the Clubhouse with Mr. C. J. S. Macdonald, the acting president m the chair The meeting decided to commence the new playing season cm Apn. 21 and142 words
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Article245 1947-03-27 12 From A. C. Growder KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Wednesday. As a lot, the 31 untried horses who will make their Malayan racing debut here on Saturday, are far from impressive. it is a long tme Since Ma'aya has seen such a lot of bad horses m one245 words
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Article180 1947-03-27 12 IPOH Wednesday. Hooliganism by spectators wh t i cu 'initiated m a fight between the referee and one 9i the spectators marred an otherwise splendid First Division League match yesterday between the Ramblers and Food Control Customs Combined. The match ended m a twoone victory for180 words
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Article95 1947-03-27 12 TELUK ANSON, Wed The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders' second team went down by 5-2 m a soccer match played here against the Thunderbolts yesterday. The Thunderbolts opened the scoring through Chong, but the Highlanders soon equalised through Gowers and went on to lead when Smith banged m95 words
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Article306 1947-03-27 12 itdlowing pUyexs will represent the S.C.C. ..gains: the Bidadan Sports Cub at the Cricket Ground today JJ. SJL M, Roberts, J. Hutching*. R. Smlta, AH. Mitchell. J. Verrell. we Machln. H. T«ist, BD. Clifton. P. Hili, C. Ml«i. The following pluyers will be selected to play soccer lor306 words
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Advertisement830 1947-03-27 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 6) LOST WILL the Briush Military Despatch Riaer who picked up a .32 Revolvei |>X 12 maker's No. *****5 at the i\k Itnile K.L. Klang Road at about 1010 Jiours on 19.3.47 hand it m at once tc the nearest Police Station and contact f£lane830 words
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Advertisement447 1947-03-27 12 TENDERS Tenders *uu oe received at the Offio of the Colonial Secretary, Goverranem Buildings, Singapore, up to noon of the 11th April. 1^47. for the following Supply oi Rations etc to the Marine Department, Singapore for tne period Ist May to 31st August. 1947 Cvery person applying for a Form447 words
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