The Singapore Free Press, 9 September 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press

  • 509 2 IT'S A PICTURESQUE, GAY BUSINESS jpc F;TUGAL*S sardinei canning industry ha* recj..t!y recived the colossal boost ol a further order for I'S.OOO.COO tins of sardines ir^m the Ministry of F^od for Britain. to on;c 2<iain. the small, rnv-,1-» and doubl:-mast:d boats, ther with steam-power reset s. Mil from the villages
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  • 46 2 800 FISHERMEN KILLED IN WAR MORE than 800 fishermen from British ports were killed during the war. Of the fishing vessels requisitioned by the Navy, 146 were lost by enemy action, 111 through war causes. These figures are given in 4 Fisheries in Wartime, Ministry report.
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  • 224 2 THE controversy over whether front-line soldiers should wear special badges is not confined to the British Army. Strong views on the subject are held by an ex-company commander in the US Army, who writes in the American "'lnfantry Journal". the policy during the war seems
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  • 289 2 AWAKE TO 'SLEEP' THE U.S. Government has obtained a court order in New Jersey forbidding the sale and distribution- of hypnotist Ralph Slater's gramophone recording "Time To Sleep." The Government contends that the record violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by falsely claiming that it guarantees to produce
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 251 2 THE agreement of the London Passenger Transport Board to maKc membership of the Transport and General WorKera' Union a condition of employment in the bus and tram services has suddenly focussed public attention on the new development in British trade unionism the struggle for "do ed shop."
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 799 2 -your lucky STAR Fortune forecast for people born today You have a forceful and magnetic personality, just bulging with talent. You seem able to do anything you want and to make a success of it. You are an individualist but you make your point of view known and believed. Fond
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  • 657 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1946. Love on the Padang •THE co-operation between the civilian and military authorities in Singapore has grown so :lose in recent months that it •vas with one eyebrow more than slightly raised that we printed the news in the Free Press the other
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  • 1084 4  -  Frank Owen By rEN I was a boy, living in the farm lands of the Welsh Border, we looked at evening towards the Black Mountain. Tt rnn. as I lop^. b'-T) zon across our sunset. When night tell, «*u watched to see a sudden glare in the sky
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  • 18 4 With him is strength ani wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his Job 12 Verse 16.
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  • 426 4 THE Royal Navy is certainly getting back to peacetime routine. The Admiralty has announced that the British Mediterranean Fleet is to cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean during the early autumn. Date announced for sa ling is September 16. Towards the end of the cruise the Fleet pulling
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 213 4 (WOULD like to draw attention to th? last paragraph in "Theatre Lover's" letter in th<> Free Press, which I feel is calculated to create a somewhat fals-3 impression of the administration of the Victoria Theatre during the past year. He says "the theatre has had no
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    • 225 4 I was astonished to sav the least of it. to read 'TheatreLover's'' letter regarding the Victoria Theatr?. It is quite apparent that your correspondent has much more of an interest in the Victoria Th atre than is conveyed by the term "theatre lover'' which, after all is a term
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    • 74 4 MAY I protest at the regular occurrence of bad manners of certain members i»f the audience at the Victoria Theatre, who arrive after the show has commenced. Aoart from the annoyance to the rest of the audience, it is very disconcerting, and rude to the actors. I regret
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    • 73 4 s }.< Id B< IN 03d pel </' to a t o tato n :>^ to h I Thi xjgg. wo;. be r lor th. Chan E Mo: ber. an i ere.. izr< I M v. ab<-;: i bi pour *0 V ar» will j. *"**2 ot
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    • 29 4 paii r' urtir;.. Th- J "J indeed re^J3 how alio i rati def: .-j A.. "v *t* o bl sysl i thr.". accoui the bal starv.:
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 975 6 Archie Quick's Sports Parade LONDON, Sun. AS I talked to Ike Williams, undoubtedly the world's finest lightweight for a long while, as he bathed in his dressing room after knocking out the British champion, Ronnie James, in nine rounds at Ninian Park, home of Cardiff
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  • 25 6 CHANNEY SWIMMER Jorge Berroeta. centre, with his train. r *Mr the famous Channel swimmer, photographed at mss\ i BerToeta's unsuccessful attempt to suim the (hanid.
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  • 462 6  -  GEORGE CHISHOLM All In The Game By London. By Air Ma_ AS it should be and as it is the Indians conic in Lea for our summer game and the Icelanders comtki winter game. We know all about the Indian sumar are curious about the Icelandic winter. Our
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous


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    29 8 I'vrstmenceux Castle, Sussex. A" ordi^g to present plans the telescope which is to be constructed as a memorial to Sir Isaac New lon is to be housed there.
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  • 101 8 NEW YORK, Sun. LACK of money, and apparent confusion as to where funds are to be obtained, is holding up the work of the numerous "soecialised agencies" dealing with agriculture, refugees and reconstruction which were set up by the United Nations earlier this year. The
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  • 183 8 TRIESTE. Sunday. CTREET fighting broke out in u Trieste today when United States and British military and Venezia Giulia civil police broke up a pro- Yugoslav crowd. Despite the Allied Military Government ban on demonstrations, a crowd had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the
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  • 196 8 BRITAIN PRAYS AS RAINS RUIN HARVEST LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S harvest is threatened by floods and people prayed in churches today for weather which will save urgently needed crops. This evening's reports from various parts of the country tell a story of the disastrous effects of In Buckinghamshire a great effort
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  • 171 8 BURY, Lanes, Sun. AS tea was being served in a works canteen here today the door burst ODen and in chareed a black Aberdeen Angus bull. The bull took an instant dislike to the tea-drinkers and decided to break up the party. So he wrecked the
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  • 38 8 Ernest Thornton of the United Textile Factory Workers Association. Rochdale, said yesterday that he will accompany the British Goodwill and Trade Mission of Businessmen flying to China this week, says U.P. from London-.
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  • 29 8 An Egyptian official said Italy and Egypt had come to an agreement whereby Ttaly will pay Egypt about £6,250,000 reparations, says U.P. from Cairo.
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  • 29 8 Sir Ralph Stevenson, British Ambassador to China and Lady Stevenson arrived at Shanghai yesterday by plane from Nanking, on their first visit, says U.P. from Shanghai.
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  • 274 8 SOFIA, Sunday. FN a small country house outside Sofia, Bulgaria's nine-year-fi old boy King Simeon today awaited the result of his people's referendum on monarchy already a foregone conclusion as all parties, including the Opposition, have pledged their support for the Republic. Except for
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  • 144 8 U.S. PLANES RESCUE TRUCE TEAM LONDON. Sun. MEW York Radio quoting the Communist radio in Yenan, capital of Shensi in North China, said today that four American planes took off yesterday for Changtsi to bring back th? truce team "which had suffered 20 casualties including thre e Americans one of
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  • 170 8 SYDNEY, Sun. MORE than 2,000 Japanese war criminals have been rounded up by Australian war crimes investigation teams. according to the Australian Army Directorate of Prisoners of War. Four hundred of these have been executed or imprisoned. Another 600 are stm being hunted. About 70 per
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  • 450 8 BERLIN, Sun. A WELL-BALANCED American Army team won the armed forces "Olympics' to-day before 85,000 track and field fans. Eight nations competed in the meeting in which the American team scored 57 points, Denmark 27. Belgium 21, France 20, Great Britain 12, Netherlands 11, Luxembourg
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