The Singapore Free Press, 17 May 1946
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Title Section20 1946-05-17 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE 1 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article166 1946-05-17 1 WHO WORKS FOR GAIN? 'Whitehall Insult To Malayans' FFICIAL ciTillans who trued by the se m Malaya still fail j G venum n| com;'or their sufferings j unfortunate people eal lor obeyfor the Governor of :..Co them to leave r dependent lor relief aritable fond, vhile the aptared by theUP - 166 words
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Article51 1946-05-17 1 A haul of $9,000 m cash was obtained by a gang of five robbers, including two Europeans, two Indians and one Chinese m Alliwal Street at 4.45 p.m. yesterday. At 7.30 a.m. this mornine;. two Malays, one Ol whom was .irmed with a pistol, committed robbery at Kampong51 words
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1080 1946-05-17 1 CHURCHILL CRITICAL OF NEW INDIA PLAN AFTER the Prime Minister Mr. Clement Attlee had read the Government's plan to give a new constitution to India (reported m the back page) to a tense House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Winston Churchill, Leader of the Opposition and m his youth aReuter - 1,080 words
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Article150 1946-05-17 1 London, Thu s. THE British Government lcday launched a nationwide campaign for voluntary recruitment for the Army, Navy and Air Force. A message issued by UM Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attire, as Defence Minister, states: "If Britain is to play her part m building aReuter - 150 words
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Article158 1946-05-17 1 London, May IG. A dentist, wh i sail that for the year or two he had earned f j 10.000 yearly and who was alleged to have given an Interview to a newspaper concerning his use of hypnotism on patients before treating them, appeared b-fcre the158 words
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Article, Illustration520 1946-05-17 1 Sime Road Camp Cases To Open Shortly lUHILE trials of Japanese Kempetai torturers and prisoner of war camp guards are taking place daily m Singapore and other centres m South-East Asia, approximately 8,000 other Japanese suspected of war crimes are m custody and awaiting trial.520 words
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145 1946-05-17 1 32 POISONED By BREAD IN SINGAPORE About 32 persons. Including 12 women and children. admitted into the Kandang Keibau and Tan Tock Seng Hospitals. Singapore, yesterday, showing symptons of having been poisoned It is believed that the poisoning followed their having eaten bread Victims of which there are 12 In145 words
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277 1946-05-17 1 JHE Sarawak Council Xegri (The State Council) has voted 18 to 16 m favour of the Bill for the Cession of Sarawak to the British Empire, our special Kuching correspondent this morning and it is now only a formality before Sarawak becomes incorporated to277 words
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Article28 1946-05-17 1 Twenty six p?ople were killed vlie.i a cammerrinl airliner crashed into the nin-drencbed hill, 20 minute* after taking oil from the Richmond airport. Virginia.28 words
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Article, Illustration268 1946-05-17 1 EATING MORE IN U.S.A. IN the United States, people :<re eating more food per h ":::l than they did durir.? tne t»ireft years be' ore the outbreac o\ *-.ic t says A. P. from Washington today Despite Mr. Clinton A..d rscn. U.S. Secretary of Africulture's estimate that America will fall268 words
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Advertisement27 1946-05-17 1 •2a t Tenent Rings Wedding Rings Enternity Rinj« p. iI2NDRY j i E I- L E R M E tablished i-vkk Repu'at on X) h B.idge Ri27 words
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Advertisement34 1946-05-17 1 ladies D rcssjihi kcrs Gents' Outfitters VI SIT liM. ,•>• Shipment arriving shortly. Dealers can book their requirements from: ACMS ASIMC 75, BOAT QUAY, ■ttophc^e I"o. 7132 Siagapaye Sole Agents RAWAHm PENHAS CECIL SIHEET SINGAPORE.34 words
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FEATURE PAGE
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Article, Illustration859 1946-05-17 2 Desmond Boyle - Desmond Boyle By L(. Col. nhUOKfc WOKLiJ WAR 11, the Indian Army U numbered about 200,000. By the end of the war that tig u re had been increased to 2,500,000, all of them volunteers. Nobody as yet can say what size Army India859 words
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Article, Illustration11 1946-05-17 2 c. elegant ADELE MARA. star of Hollywood's Republic Pitt i! re.11 words
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Article224 1946-05-17 2 NEW YORK, Thurs— The entire human race could be fed and clolhed from a small fraction of the oceans' area, IT.S.l T .S. college professors Harold E. Clark and George T. Renner tic. I. > rod m a recent Saturday Evening Post article. Clark and Renner224 words
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Article520 1946-05-17 2 AlllsNotGoldFor The G. I. Brides r«r,w lurch. 'By Ai" Maili. THE early rapture Of 1 America's foreign-born war brides has begun to lade on closer acquaintance with the country of their adop- 1 tion, and a number of British; girls-good- looking and intelii j gent who have been here long520 words
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Article637 1946-05-17 2 Marion Slater British journalist and housewife JMANY letters from friends abroad ask the same hit- rested question We read of many shortages m Britain and we try to digest statistics but it is extraordinarily difficult to group all the facts together into a composite picture637 words
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555 1946-05-17 6 WASHINGTON, (By Air Mai!).— lf the population of tne onrti now pbout 2,000,000,000 continues to increase at its present rate, the equivalent m some form of 43 nev earths will be required some 300 years ham to support a world population of more than555 words
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Article, Illustration1050 1946-05-17 6 15,000,000 People Plan Their V-Holiday s in U.K. By Muriel Perm, Reuter's Correspondent, London By Air Mail AVER 15,000,000 British workers are preparing to rake their first real holdiday m seven years. Half of them will be enjoying the first paid holiday of their lives. Sorno will go to the1,050 words
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Article111 1946-05-17 6 The plan for RAP form.;i to drop roses over the Kn. Channel and along the It ki k beaches on V-I)a> memory of the fallen, and be known as "Operation K<» has had to be abandons! Reuter. The proposal was made a public meeting at rnlkeM.. when111 words
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Article, Illustration28 1946-05-17 6 1 hie cartoon is from SEACs publication "Laugh With SEAC a With SEAC is available from No 2 Distribution Unit, Cecil street, Singapore at $1 50 a copy.28 words
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Article, Illustration183 1946-05-17 6 HOUSEWIVES GET MORE SUGAR In the House of Commons, the Food Minister Sir Ben Smith announced further additions m! the sujrar allocation to nousewives as a result of cuts made I j bakers m order to reduce rhe output of biscuits and confec- 1 tionery. He also announced that shop-183 words
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290 1946-05-17 6 10,000 GIRLS OBJECT TO PRYING WIVES It's News At Home TEN-THOUSAKI, have met In L ..do:; to d«jmanc better cor.c:;. vice for the Women's Land A: The land girls say they v: to stop the farmers wives pr and reading their letters they ask for the ssanm n as the290 words
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Article70 1946-05-17 6 1 Two only but «-ith I many laccts j the fly ig Db\o various dir:e.ions 2 A Recorder is; «a> a mu instrument rrsemb'.. flute: <b> a city or b magistrate. 3. Lord Baden Pow.ll b Id preliminary cam;> a f Br-nv sea Island m 1.07. founded Iht70 words
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Article64 1946-05-17 6 Two UNO officials married, and were being given time off for a short honeymoon, despite the meetings of the Security Council m New York. William Stonoham, personal assistant to UNO's SecretaryGeneral, Trygve Lie, married Ingrii Martius. "Thi< is an example of the spirit of love, which should64 words
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Article166 1946-05-17 6 LONDON. WED. NAAFI'S surpluses were distributed during the war to otviat? accumulation of balances, said Mr. Bellenger, Financial i Secretary to the War Office, m 4 ,he House of Commons. The Army Benevolent Fund received £2.400.000 for the period up t3 December 2. 1944, and other166 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous92 1946-05-17 2 Wm^'iM wiiPSifl^^ SINGAPORE sSlßrjL'.iS»'3B,J-; "fZ, C1 > -"TSTT^^™ slSfl"m= viDfe'l -fell 3WH»e I^JSr^STT!, j;" RADIO SEAC INT)IAPf 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. (news MAr 17 123 P m Music. 1 p.m. New.s Headto 10.30 p^,. (news m Tamil 9.15 pi?) 8.35 p.m News 840 d i"!S MAY nej 201 P92 words
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PICTURE PAGE
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Article, Illustration148 1946-05-17 3 (Army Film Ink Pictures) I! little girl was left with the luggage while her parents went off to Itgfeftct their name > on board LST 3508 (Lt.-Cdr. Brumflcld-Jones), which i\ v uated internee from the Cheribon area of Java and (right) -nanese prisoners do the148 words
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LEADER PAGE
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Article478 1946-05-17 4 FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946 yHE new six point plan for India, which the Prim? Minister, Mr. Attlee, introduced into the Hou-e ol Commons yesterday, should science once and for all those critics both inside India and the still louder voiced and more ignorant critics on the478 words
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Article, Illustration1097 1946-05-17 4 M. P.'S Get Bigger Pay Packets By Guy Eden, Political Correspondent of the Daily Express committee of senior Members of Britain's House of Commons has been considering a very delicate, but highly important problem. It is this: Are Members of the House of Commons paid enough? I! The House is—1,097 words
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Article563 1946-05-17 4 WRITERS CRAMP should be practically non existant among the ranks of Journalists m England just now where there is a serious scare of general unemployment among that fraternity. Mr. A. J. Gioson presiding at a Liverpool meeting of the National Union of Journalists feared general unemployment among563 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letter485 1946-05-17 4 T HAVE recently returned to Singapore from India where I 1 was evacuated with my two children, two girls aged 14 and 6. Although I own four houses m the island I am forced to live with friends at Pasir Panjang. These friend^ however, are485 words
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Article421 1946-05-17 4 DOUGLAS SMITH - 'WE'RE IN A HURRY. MISTER' DOUGLAS SMITH By THE conductor p authoritative ha all for now," he Caesar-like, and i three rinprs— a sig now, m his opinion. f> 4 city. A long queue of sr zens was le/t behind ment. One voice c protest We're m mister." 80 was421 words
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Advertisement86 1946-05-17 4 QUIZ 1. A house-fly has how many' eyes,— (a) 100; <b) 4; <c> 2(d) none? 2. Can you name a word that! used to designate both a 1 musical instrument and a! le^al official? 3. The Boy Scouts were founded m what year; <a) 1900! 'b> 1908; <c> 1914; (d>86 words
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Advertisement32 1946-05-17 4 FAITH 1 The race is not to thr sw nor the battle to the sti nor yet favour to nun skill: but time ani eh happeneth to the i all Ecclesiastcs. i>32 words
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NEWS PAGE
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Article474 1946-05-17 5 Welfare Officer Says "Singapore Prices Really Shocking Scandal*' kERVICEMEN m Singapore confirm the remarks of Mr. CL Lang m the House of Commons last week that they arc "completely rooked" m buying necessities here. A walletful of notes is a will of the wisp, they474 words
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Article170 1946-05-17 5 A MQQtI to a sale of ground- j its to orTk'ers of the Singapore f x>d Inspectorate at SI a kati ttM assistant or a shop m asl Gout Foad was heard m veond District Court yestervhrre Mr. T. L. Tan sensi the assistant to a fine170 words
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Article339 1946-05-17 5 3 IORs ON STEALING CHARGE The recent disappearance of SI'.OOO worth of bedsheets from a Military store m Mchamed Sul- tan Road had a sequel m the i Relief Court before Major A. P. lock yesterday when five persons claimed trial on various charges ?onnected with the mlgfnfi articles. In339 words
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Article121 1946-05-17 5 I DON'T blame the Andaman people for having a grndge against the Japanese." said English-speaking Jap civilian interpreter Mikami.. defending himself against atrocity charges m the Singapore War Crimes Court yesterday. .Mikami was giving the prosecuting officer, Capt Hibbert his explanation as to why Andaman121 words
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Article234 1946-05-17 5 HOOCH VENDOR JAILED Four Indians on Dec 30 last year, went to a stall at 5^ mile Pasir Panjang Road where they consumed two bottles of local liquor They bought anoth-r bottle but nnished it m their barracks. The next day, one rf them felt ill and his eyesight, appearedUP - 234 words
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Article90 1946-05-17 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG. Thurs —A surprise police swoop on the suspected headquarters of a secret society resulted m the arrest of four Chinese, and the discovery o: two revolvers m a shophouse m Perlis Road this morning Two raids were conducted on the house,90 words
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Article342 1946-05-17 5 FE Introduction of a balanced diet and the setting up of nutrition units and of a nutrition advisory council m each ter- i ritory were recommendations made at the South -East Asia conference of nutrition exports which concluded m Singapore, yesterday under chairmanship of Lord342 words
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Article, Illustration23 1946-05-17 5 Professor Wilkinson, who came [rom Hong Kon* to join lord Killearns conference on nutritim. examine a child at ineapores Tan To.k Seng hospital23 words
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Article, Illustration34 1946-05-17 5 t m c. r.ews announi-er tyfcm Oflirf^r V. d- V. llrin a nndon nan. formerly >ml'm X \T. Intelligence. Us v»ite. familiar to the Malayan hstrnin^ ruMi?. is heard rethe Burma l n)adt\i^tin^ Station.34 words
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216 1946-05-17 5 GEN. Mdc Arthurs Headquarters m Japan has started a search for information as to the fate of an American born woman who lived m Penan g, married a British officer there, and who wUs evacuated from Pen an g to Singapore and later to216 words
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Article73 1946-05-17 5 Charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of property valu d at $425. Teng Tian Suar was yesterday sentenced to one month's riporous imnrisonment by Mr. Paul Storr m the District Court. It was disclosed that the accused was entrusted with 35 katis73 words
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Article147 1946-05-17 5 ML'AR. Wed -Haji Abdul Jala! bm Haji Johar stood trial m the District Court, Muar. before Li^ut. J. U. Webb on three charges. On two of these he was discharged not amounting to an acquittal At the conclusion of a two-day trial yesterday. Haji Jalal147 words
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Advertisement63 1946-05-17 5 RIGHT IN F|VK SHOWS daily ENEMY CAMP! a m l^ J0 1 Book Early Ring 5251. SHOT I WIIWI More adventure hrr e too— meet 3i other men who are Fearless. *\^A^^ MIDNIGHT PREMIERE jpL TO-MORROW mcau«o»a Warmer bro& See MM ViMv I V -7.: .2 HCSSSN -i> the Toast63 words
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Advertisement171 1946-05-17 5 A I MAAflnnA 5 SKor/s daily ALHAIVIdRA "—1.30- 4 €.33 9.15 Book early Phone 6909 THE YEAR'S GLORY STORY! 3 Yanks with Chinese Guerillas blast the rapacious Jap hordes to avenge the fate of one girl! ALAN LADD, the screen's coldest killer— LORETTA YOUNG, his rnfctmrtm juJ WILLIAM BKNDIX, the171 words
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SPORTS PAGE
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Article, Illustration35 1946-05-17 7 lons, the Chinese Athletic goalkeeper, saves twice m the •:.i lit lief soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium last Sun- i\ m übich the Chinese beat the R.EM.E. by three goals to nil.35 words
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388 1946-05-17 7 WMI Mauriello, the Italian-American fighter who battles truce Woodcock, the British heavyweight champion, at KM Square Garden tonight, is optimistic to the point Ing arrogant about his chances fan the fight. iwre 111 pu: him out m a rounds." says he He388 words
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90 1946-05-17 7 Jne inter-section soccer championship of Air Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, has been won by Cummunication Squadron's A'" team The Squadron s record up to Ma^ 9 In league and friendly matches shows 22 victories m 27 game?, g four cf which were lost and90 words
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345 1946-05-17 7 Like many clubs before them, Charlton Athletic stumbled at their last hurdles at the end of a hard season. One week after they had lost the FA. Cup to Derby they lost the League South championship when they were held to a draw by345 words
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Article, Illustration574 1946-05-17 7 Problems Confronting The English Selectors (By a Special Correspondent) It is pleasant to contemplate that next month the first official Test match since 1939 will be taking place m England against the Indian touring eleven. Seven years without first class cricket is a long time574 words
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Article64 1946-05-17 7 Sacramento, California, Thurs. Primo i arncra, one-time world heavyweight boxing champion, will probably not be allowed to fight m California because of his ace, an official of the California Athletic Commission asserted today. The state law forbids the licensing: of boxers »ver theAP - 64 words
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Article326 1946-05-17 7 BERLIN. Thurs.— Max Machon, who trained ex-heavyweight champion Max Schmeling during most of his career and managed him m its late stages, has made three predictions. <1 > That Billy Conn certainly will wrest the crown from Joe Louis m their return bout at326 words
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198 1946-05-17 7 Cambridge, Thurs.— The Indian cricketers had a boring day m the pavilion at Fenners to-day, waiting to resume their game against Cambridge University. At the close India m reply to the Cambridge total of 174, had scored 239 for 3 wickets. ModiAP - 198 words
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Article125 1946-05-17 7 Indian Association soccer teams for forthcoming games are: Against Ind Div at Jalan Be-ar stadium on Monday. May 23. kick-off at 5 p.m Muthukumaru. V. N. Pillai. Sabapathy. Mahallngam. Kartar Singh. P Ramoo. A Sankaran. KrishnaKamy. Thansaveiu. Mohd. Jaffar. S Gopa. Dollah. Anpullia. Mutthiah Mohd125 words
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Article128 1946-05-17 7 The following have been u...t c to play cricket against the Police at th:? Police Depot on Saturday at 2 pjn: Eu Cheow Chyc <Capt>. Chua Boon Umi. H. Clegg. W. Fung. Gan Kee Tian. Lav Hock Chye, Low Kee Pov.. Ong Tong Bee. Scan Keng Siew. Tliaia128 words
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Article168 1946-05-17 7 The annual soccer match Between the Past and Present pupils of the Christian Brothers' Schools was played before a large irowd on the School ground on Wednesday. The match which ended m a three-nil victory for* the Old Boj s is not a true reflection168 words
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Advertisement135 1946-05-17 7 NOTICE. TIIJ OMMERCIAL DIRFI TORY Ol WUMiM (1946—47.) fk Lr-rrby informed that Cheah Kirn Bee Co. No. O Street. Slncrapore are the d puLl'shers of the above I Firms, professional esta- who have given th*ir semenu and or insertions for MtottoKJ are hereby thankthe co-optration they have I Those Tvho135 words
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Advertisement480 1946-05-17 7 BOUSTEA3&Co.,Ltd. TEL 5161-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LINE Gleniffer Loads far I.X sails May St Glen n/r > dischaririut at Gadowns I 9 saik for llonckon^ Shanghai May tl BURIES PHILP UNE M angola Discharging at godown 44 Loads for Sydney Sails Kay 17 IKDO CHINA S.N Co. Kutsang from Hongkong480 words
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NEWS AND LATE SPORT
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Article199 1946-05-17 8 Silent Witness Tells Story ALQBSI driver, who was a silent wftsttH to what vent on i x the (vnlval i'olke M»tiwi, bin rpore. dvrtag the Jap occupation yestcr^av toll >»r. 11. A. Forrcr. the District Judje. tl at he had carried about 91 oip es Irani the cells of the199 words
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Article179 1946-05-17 8 Substantial increases arc shown m official production figures for building materials and compounds. Ten thousand more can and electric cookers were made m Marco than February, and outrut of bricks went up by 3T.100..00. Work on orders for the home market is up to 85 perReuter - 179 words
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Article97 1946-05-17 8 LONDON. Thurs:— The Marylebone Cricket Cl.ib and Cricket Board of Control have agreed on a programme for an If.CC. tour i)f Australia next winter There will b; 13 matches and > tests, each ol six days duration. with 33 hours playing time allotted to each, exceptReuter - 97 words
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Article869 1946-05-17 8 LONDON, Thursday. A blueprint for a Union of India embracing: both British India and the Indian States was announced tonight by Mr. Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister. The Government White Paper containing the plan, recommends an interim government, m which all offices would be held by Indians, toAP - 869 words
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Article160 1946-05-17 8 Glasgow aims to build 500.0r0 houses m 10 or 12 yrars, said Joseph Westwood, Secretary of Stat? for Scotland, when he opened three of Glasgow's first riQn-traditional homes built o' steel and foam slag, reports Keuter. Westwood said: "The fact that prefabrication was first used InUP - 160 words
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