The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE l« CKNTS.
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    NIPS LOOT S'PORE GODOWN
    405 1 NIPS LOOT S' PORE GODOWN Tin-openers are used on stores left in chaos Free Press Reporter THOUSANDS of tons of stores, unloaded from the steamer Atreus, have been dumped anyhow in a Harbour Board godown, with 15 per cent, of the crates burst open by rough handling by the Jap
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    27 1 par.> o; .jrh from Sweden are camn.i.; u:th British girls in Kn^lanJ Picture shows Sw«lsh En Medin just afl?r she left the b >at train in London.
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    YACHT GIRL JAILED
    40 1 Mrs. Doris Blake, 25-year-old English woman who "eloped" in r\ stolen yacht with German PoW, Alexander Todt and was arrested in Calais was yesterday sentenced to one month's imprisonment. She pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing.
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    Nips fired on torpedoed PoWs
    172 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. JRAXK R MiLfcS, a British resident in Hong Kong and a survivor of the Lisbon Maru, testified during the second toys hearing in the War Crimes Court today that Japanese uards opened fire on British and Canadian prisoners of war *to burst
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    BUS STRIKERS MEET TODAY
    27 1 BUS STRIKERS MEET TODAY I**: iOtu >n Company a general m*et- headquarters wn discuss the of the told the PrSe :m touch witn fc- *e men. but
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    GERMANS IN SPY RING
    55 1 THE U.S. counter-intelligence corps has arrested 15 Germans in what was alleged to be a Soviet spy ring, says U.P. from Frankfurt. All 15 were ring leaders. The arrests followed an Intensive nine-month operation in which the intelligence officers, used every detection device from recording machines
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    23 1 Army nursing sisters who are to set up a district nursing service for British Army of the Rhine wives pictured leaving fox Germany
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    ELECTRIC AIDS FOR WIVES
    55 1 Domestic equipment which will be shown at a "Britain Can Make It" exhibition in London on Seotember 24 is inspected by Mrs. M. E. Chaloner, a North Wales housewife, seen lookin; at a £45 boiler. On the left is a £36 electric washing machine. An electric
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    Orchestra played on Jail tower
    291 1 Free Press Reporter BRIAN HARRISON, lecturer at Raffles College, giving evidence at today at the War Crimes trial of the five Japanese members of the staff of the civilian internment camps at Singapore, added further details to the story of the camp musicians tribulations on
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    15 GIRLS IN COURT
    47 1 When police raided the Singapore Padang, Stamfordroad, St. Andrews-road area last night 15 women were arrested soliciting for an immoral purposes. The raid was carried out by ASP. Goodrich and a party of detectives. The women speared in the third police court today.
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    FRANCE IS "AT WAR" WITH SIAM
    294 1 PARIS, Thurs. THE French Foreign Office today contradicted the Siamese--1 statement issued yesterday in Washington that no state of war exists between France and Siam. The French statement said that although there never had been an official declaration of war between the two countries,
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    CHOSE CLOSE ARREST
    118 1 Free Press Reporter KLUANG. Fri. WHEN the Kluang court-mar-tial, at which 262 paratroopers face a mutiny charge, resumed today. Private R. Walters, one of the accused said he preferred close arrest to open arrest. "I thought that if 1 stayed under open arrest in the Muar camp
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    U.S. OPENING BERLIN RADIO STATION
    20 1 An American sponsored radio station in Berlin starts operation on Sunday, says UP. from Berlin.
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    S.E. ASIA DEFENCE TALKSBEGIN
    99 1 Free Press Reporter. A few minutes after 10 o'clock this morning the first meeting of the South East Asia De tenet Committee began. Lord Killearn. who is not dm back in Singapore until 12 30 p.m. today, was represented by Mr R. H. Scott, his Political
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    PILOT SAVES AIR LINER
    78 1 NORTHOLT, Thurs THIRTEEN passengers weie in 1 the British South American Airways Lancastrian air lin<^ which was saved from disaster a* London airport today by th" pilot's skilful handling. Gusts of a crosswind up to 40 miles per hour blew directly across the runway as the
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    $2,000 STOLEN BY ARMED MEN
    93 1 Two Chinese, both armed with pistols, broke into a house in Victoria-street shortly befor? eirht o'clock last night and robbed the occupants of $250 in cash. No arrests have been made. There were two armed robberies on Wednesday n'ght in which the Chinese occupants of
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      SANDHURST WILL BE A UNIVERSITY
      298 3 SANDHURST WILL BE A UNIVERSITY SANDHURST, Fri. DEGULAR army officers of the future are to be given a sound all-round university education, and it will be one of the objects of the new Royal Military Academy to be opened at Sandhurst in January. The Academy will combine the functions of
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      SMOKERS MAKE A FORTUNE
      125 3 tv .i.->t made ng them ifter seven arettes. t Ernest Edwin Us. aged and Paris-bom l 41 '50 ci- day finished a their Luton fac- 1 then told me how I about. I rars ago "I then." said MiOj then the two started rms, Bocnal To-!
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      NEW York PRICES
      27 3 101 its urgency market probut leaders d to retreat tat or so. On r"v: l icttft opening hiehem, Amen* Southern Pacific, PadioCor'P. from New
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      BRITAIN HAS BOOM IN PLANE EXPORTS
      98 3 MILLIONS of pounds' worth of 111 British plane* including some of our latest jet-propelled aircraft are being bought by foreign and Empire countries in on-e of the biggest export booms a British aircraft history. The latent order is for three Vampire jet fighters, placed
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      10,000 HOUSES GO UP IN A MONTH
      51 3 THS Hiniotry of Health reported yesterday that 60,452 houses cad been built and 163.232 others .started, under the housing programme, up to July 31. During July 10,395 houses were completed, and 19,177 were under jonst ruction, the report said, says A. P. from
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      ONTRADE MISSION
      156 3 ON TRADE MISSION With an important trade mission ahead of her, the 91. foot yacht Ranger is undergoing overhaul in the Thames at Isleworth, Middlesex. The yacht, a 163-ton Diesel vessel, has been bought by Captain W.A. Davis, recently demobi. Used from the Army, and chartered by a group of
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      Navy men now make dustbins
      183 3 THE Royal Naval dockyard at Chatham where, since the days of Queen Elizabeth, craftsmen have been building fighting ships, including Nelson's Victory and cruisers and submarines in the last war, will now make dustbins, greenhouses, pillar-boxes and wheelbarrows. Skilled shipwrights and other workers whose ancestors
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      BATS IN HIS BELFRY
      54 3 The Rev. M. C. Russell, aged 32, who became vicar of "Bats in the Belfry" church at Thomeham after being chaplain to ihs Buffs in Burma, is thinking of using an anti-mosquito bomb against the bats in his church. The Army Chemical Warfare department has been
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      FORCES MOs ARE OFFERED £1,650
      77 3 JJOCTORS in the Forces are oeink offered salaries rising up to £1,650 a year to become State sen-ants under the Government's National Health Scheme. Circulars have been sent to the three Services inviting applications for 16 posts as supervising medical officers in London and the
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      Ex-officer Lives In A Glider
      73 3 ruKMEK infantry officer Ted Corrick, angious to provide a home for his wife and family, spent €7.> from his gratuity on an American army glider and began to convert it into a home. From the dismantled fusilage he built a 1 ib air-savin? kitchen, a
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      DOGGED HARE
      48 3 The nare failed to stop, because of a mechanical fault, alter the ninth race at Poolstock, Wigan, greyhound track, recently so the five dogs went on and ran the race again. Wild Mint, the favourite, won both times— but the bookies did not pay out twice.
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      TRAINS RUN ON OIL
      36 3 To save 1,000,000 tons of coal yearly, 1,200 of Britain's largest locomotives on the four main line railways are to be converted to oil as quickly as possible, says Reuter from London.
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      NAVY ADOPT NEW METHODS
      143 3 THE Training Battleship Squadron, which will be based on Portland, will cons-st. of H MS Nelson (flagship), H.MJS. Howe, and H.M.S. Anson. It represents a new development to training methods, by which recruits will now rec£' ve shipboard training much earlier i n their career. The
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      'COUSENS TALKED OF SUICIDE'
      678 3 'COUSENS TALKED OF SUICIDE' Sydney Treason Trial SYDNEY, (By Air Mail). A JAPANESE woman gave evidence at Central Court in the second day's hearing of the treason trial, that Major Charles Hughes Cousens had threatened to commit suicide during the first few weeks he was at Tokio Radio. The witness,
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      'TAX BACHELORS' EX-MP TO WED
      73 3 TAPTAIN R. A Pi (king ton v M.C.. who in 1937, when Conservative M.P. for Widnes, advocated a bachelor tax to per. suade single men to marry, saying that he himself was going to "remedy that regrettable state of affairs at the first available opportunity."
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      BING CROSBY WILL
      34 3 Two Hollywood stars hope to work in England shortly. Martha Scott is to appear in "So Well Rememb?red," and Joan Crawford has asked permission to make her next Warner picture here.
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      BERRIES OFF CONTROL
      31 3 Mr. John Strachey, Minister of Food, in a written reply, says he is decontrolling bilberries and blackberries forthwith in the hope of encouraging the collection of wild berries.
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      T.U.C. INQUIRY
      22 3 The British T.U.C. is examining reports from Athens that the Greek Government is trying to replace elected trade nioo offl-
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      RICE SMUGGLED INTO MALAYA BY LAND ROUTE
      283 5 Free Press Reporter WOW that regular Customs patrols off the coasts of Malaya are making smuggling by sea a very dangerous business, goods are being brought into Malaya from Siam by the overland route. Customs authorities in Singapore have found a number of
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      'Noodles Day' To Save Rice
      45 5 'Noodles Day' To Save Rice mral was >"'"<Y h.st time f ESri vwdm-sday. and lht r^ula. pnee .ame meal is I'SC s r> resUU MfM tfl M*rt"" beef v tomatoes: Sm S^ Tl d,d on Wednesday 'ill I planning a SSh *m uh^ n noodles
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      UNION PLANS NEW LEGAL SERVICE
      90 5 UNION PLANS NEW LEGAL SERVICE .m Gov- .dering the FT Clerical K obtain its ral Clerical K j other K underK v" ernment K red opening K \M- Un;;n B notification K ed for tvo B in the K A.iorneyH 1 1 the notice H^ d to .-erve K* Legal
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      COURT HEARS OF KIDNAP BID
      47 5 RANG Thurs. N| Seng Chinese police pontha Ong t l -*u Hooi i for preliminary I that the i r to a tele. N^i house i his gardener It was T.ci accused to u taxi bearing a police ar. d ar.d the
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      INDIANS TO HOLD MEETINGS
      24 5 INDIANS TO HOLD MEETINGS I am Tor. niti in Ma. of an in- >. M lacna Juwaharlal M with the -dp. way of India's them.
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      SMUGGLERS FINED $7,120
      81 5 FINES totalling $7,120 were im. posed on three Chinese by Mr. K. M. Byrne, the Third Magistrate, on Wednesday on charges ot possession of dutiable tobacco on the motor ocat Ka. chen which arrived from Ban. kok. Leh Su who admitted posses, sion of 400 lb. of
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      DUTCH CLAIM £25,000,000
      66 5 THE Netherlands East Indies has put in a claim for 83,000 carats of diamonds valued at nearly £25,000.000, which they charged were looted by the Japan c se during the occupation of Java. The Japanese Government has been directed to provide detailed information. This is the first
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      MACAO BURNS OPIUM STOCKS
      60 5 I ARGE quantities of seiz3d opum with all paraphemala were destroyed in a spectacular fire fies gned by the Portuguese to cirmonstrate publicly the r intention to stamp out opium- moklnjr The fire drew a lar«e crowd n'ludirg many civil and government officials as we'l ?s
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      HONG KONG AIR LINK
      27 5 T:e first inaugural flight of the new E.O.A.C. flying boat shuttle service between Hong Kong and Singapore via Bangkok will be made tomorrow.
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      Chinese Minister To Tour South Seas
      142 5 fHE Chinese (lovernment has decided to s«id Mr. Tai- Kweisheng, Vice-Minister for Overseas Affairs, to the Soutn Seas to convey its thanks to the Chinese in the area for thtif magnificent contribution to China's war effort. Mr. Tai. who expects to be away for
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      K.L. PLANS FOR V-DAY
      86 5 AN elaborate programme has been planned for Kuala Liimpur in c»'le>r i .U:rn '•>' Vi tory Dav It is proposed to hold a Victory dance on Sept 14, while special arrangements have been made to provide entertainment to the 28,000 schoolchildren in the form of free
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      SCHEME TO DEVELOP PENANG
      190 5 PENANG. Thurs. SCHEME lor development of Penan j- port will be advocated at the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting on Sept. 5 by Penang members. Dr On<* Cborvj Kenk and Mr. Abdoolcadir This step will be taken with full support of Penan* Chamber of Commerce and
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      AUSSIES WANT JAP GEAR
      57 5 CANBERRA Fri IT was authoritatively stated today that MacManon Ball. Australian representative in Janan, has requested Gen MacArthur to allocate Japanese whaling equipment to Australia as reparations. This announcement fallows the recent protest of the Tasmanian Premier against Gen Ma?. Arthur's decision to permit whal n%
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      U.S. SCRAPS CHINA PLANKS
      61 5 Eleven American B-25 bombers which were turned over several week! aso to the China Air Transport Corporation in operable condition, have been ordered to be scrapped. The planes which the China Air Transport Corporation announced would be turned over to the Ch nese Air Force were
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      Singing On Sunday
      49 5 Singing On Sunday .Mr. \Vu raak-chiu, a bro ther or the Chinese ConsulC.eneral, l>r. Wn Paak shins hina's leading tenor. Mr. Wu Paak-chiu is giving a recital at the Memorial Hall on Sunday starting from 9.30 p.m. Mr. Paakchru is in Singapore en route to Rome for further study.
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      U.S. REAFFIRMS CHINA POLICY
      125 5 k 0. 8. State Department spokesman, in reply lo requests for comment concerning the statement by Madame Sun Yat-sen. widow of the founder of the Chinese Republic, in which she said it would be better for the United States to withdraw its forces from China in
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      TUNGKU ABDUL AZIZ
      24 5 Y. T. M. Tungku Abdul A?iz son of Y. T. M. Tungku Ibrahim former Regent of Kedah died suddenly last Friday.
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      SHANGHAI OPENS WELFARE CENTRES
      169 5 THE establishment of six child welfare centres, providing elementary education, health training, recreational facilities and supplementary feeding, has turned out to b? one of CNRRA's most successful experiments in Shanghai. The taciliti's of six elementary schools in the city wera loaned jti CNRRA during the ftgaafcf
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      S 'pore to get 150 lighters
      271 5 Free Press Reporter ONE hundred and fifty 70-lo n lighters, which are loday lvin£ in Britain's waterways, are to be taken to pieces an«f shipped to Singapore next month to ease the "small shin problem in the Roads. Ships which arrive at Singapore mmoften
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      COURT'S BELIEF IS STRAINED
      194 5 Kluang Trial KLUANG. Thursday. BRIGADIER M. V. Wright, President of the Court Martial at Kluang, today told one of the accused, Pte. Devlin, who was giving evidence, that some of the things which the accused had told the court so far had strained the belief of
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      Man falls 90 feet, dies
      54 5 DEOPLE walking besice 11»- Southern Hotel in Singapore's Chinatown on Uedn.. day afternoon saw a Chinese crash to the ground from the fourth floor of the hotel a height of about 9* feet He was rushel to the Gen eral Hospital where he died a
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      129 5 DANCING at the TAVERN 7-1? Tanglin Rd. opposite Nussim Road EVERY SATURDAY 8 p.m. to 12 midnight To the music of NU-STYLE SEXTET NO ADMISSION CHARGE For Table Reservations please phone 4948. TOMORROW When Unbeaten Champions Clash JEFF LEN CONDA i o» s HICKS SON OF KONG I«ks J. MERRILL
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      STRIKE THREAT FOOTBALLERS
      147 7 STRIKE THREAT FOOTBALLERS I LONDON, Wed. itoii ifasue season starts on Saturday with the -trike before the first month is out. hr f** union a*ked for reused terms and for a conurl t he lea^e and union. Their proposals f o r a 112 maximum weekly wage instead of L
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      AYAJIRAO BEATEN
      36 7 I YORK. Thurs. I Petition by A V A Paper. wot the -cognised as the juve- j a over six a Gaekwar Neareo brother to 1 le, by three' et Bob four lengths Reuter
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      MIDDLESEX WIN BY INNINGS
      358 7 MIDDLESEX WIN BY INNINGS LONDON, Thurs. THE overnight rain which prevented piay in India's match with Kent today was fairly widespread and delayed the start of most County matches. The London area, however, escaped the worst of the gale and punctual starts were possible at Lord's and the Oval. Middlesex
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      TOMORROW'S SOCCER
      66 7 IN to-morrow's game of soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium the RAP (Changit— not the Seletar Airmen— will meet the Royal Netherlands' Army team. Admission will be by invitation. Gronuigen, Holland, Thurs. Micheil Najdorf of Buenos Aires defeated Martin Christoflel of Switzerlai- 1 in the 12th round of the
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      N'HAMPTONS QUALIFY FOR FINAL
      706 7 N'HAMPTONS QUALIFY FOR FINAL [not a 1 GOAL Northamptons 4; Royal Scots 1 BEATING the Royal Scots by four goals to one at Jaian Besar Stadium yesterday, the Northamptonshire Regiment qualified for the final of the Malaya Command Cup knock-out loccer competition at Kuala Lumpur next month when they will
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      Boxing TWO JUNIOR PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK
      419 7 Boxing TWO JUNIOR PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK f T T WO junior boxing p: ogrsjuues will be held in Singapore this *eek one at the Great World to-night and the other at the Happy World on Sunday night. The Great Worki programme has been arranged by promoter Razak. and consists o;
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      PAYA LEBAR RAF BEAT NAVAL XI
      172 7 A game of cricket played *ast Wednesday between the K. A F., Paya Lebar. and the O. S. E. D.. Seletar. a Navy team, resulted in a win lor the Airmen by 104 runs. The best performance of the rratch was the bowling of
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      TO-MORROW'S HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
      166 7 Home football fixtures for tomorrow FIRST DIVISION Aston vs. M'boro' Chelsea v«. Bolton W. Live.- ton vs. Brentford Hfteld vs Bpool Manch. U. v» Grimsby P'nioutU vs. Blackburn Preston N.E. vs. Leeds Sheffield U. vi» Liverpool Stcke C. vs. Charltoa Sunderland vs Derby N hampton v*
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