The Singapore Free Press, 1 November 1946
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Title Section18 1946-11-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE FN MALAYA i >• SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article, Illustration418 1946-11-01 1 s :;-■;> WAK STILL WANTS RAJAH Free Press Special Correspondent KUCHING, Thurs. THE first duty yesterday of the new Governor of Sarawak Sir Charles Arden Clarke, who came ashore from the H.M.S. Black Swan on Tuesday for his installation, was to receive a protest from the Datu418 words
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Article70 1946-11-01 1 S'PORE BIDS FOR JAP TEXTILES B Reporter i nxiawnt i* is putting caie tor Jap-mad 2 Efct A Malayan \-V- t to the xh 0 len a a 2 o. asking for KE.. were needtude ards which r:ed and I essential by men I was Boyd. ai MS ite snort-70 words
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Article71 1946-11-01 1 S. S. Colonel Josef Strafhle former commandant m th c prisoner of war camp near Brunswick, will appear before a British military court m Berlin scon, charged with the responslb lity for the shooting of an Indian warrant officer m 1944. Thf> warrant offlc-. r was71 words
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Article, Illustration44 1946-11-01 1 'WE WANT ANTHNONY BROOKE' Posters with the words "Allied victory means Liberation not Colonisation," and "We want Anthony Brooke to be Rajah of Sarawak" greeted the arrival of Sir Charles Arden Clarke at Kuching last Tuesday for his installation as the Colony's first governor.44 words
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Article, Illustration150 1946-11-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 1 YOUNG Eurasian, Maurice Fox, was shot dead m his /I house m Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, shortly after 7 o clock last night, and a Shanghai Chinese Who is believed to have gone to his assistance was also shot. He was150 words
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Article34 1946-11-01 1 Melbourne, Today CCORES at the lunch interval 13 to-day m the match between the M.C.C. and Victoria wereM.C.C.: 357 all out. Victoria: 38 for three wickets. Bill Bowes' report m Page 734 words
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Article18 1946-11-01 1 A heavy explosion occurred near Petantikvah, north Tel Aviv, last night, says Reuter from Jerusalem.18 words
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Article122 1946-11-01 1 ATHENS, Thurs. THIRTY-EIGHT bandits, civi- lians and soldiers were killed •n clashes yesterday m Macedonia and Thessaly. In the heaviest fighting around the Grevena area, which is still continuing. 19 bandits were claim- ed to have been slain by army troops. The battle occurred atU.P - 122 words
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Article119 1946-11-01 1 London, Thurs. KRISHNA Kumak Chatterjee, the Bengali Bramin who began his death fast at midnight tonight as a protest against the recent crimes in Bengal, was one of a party of 13 when he sat down in an Indian restaurant in Soho tonight for hisReuter - 119 words
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Article42 1946-11-01 1 Sixty tons of gold pa-d by the Reich to the Rumanian National Bank for oil exports during the war are now being claimed by the Belgian and Dutch governments as having been looted from them, says U.P. from Bucharest.42 words
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Article40 1946-11-01 1 Free Press London Correspondent After long pressure by Service Ministries, the Cabinet has instructed the Board of Trade to provide bedsheets for all men m the Forces. The first issue will be to Servicemen m the tropics.40 words
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Article182 1946-11-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE and more ships are gathered m Singapore Road* m with cargoes waiting to be unloaded as the Harbour Board strike enters its eighth day, and in^orts into t£ Colony are temporarily paralysed *Mr. H. Basten, chairman *of the Harbour Board, told182 words
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Article140 1946-11-01 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. MR. JAMES F. BYRNES. M» U.S. Secretary of Stat? is going to ask the Council of Foreign Ministers at its next month's meeting to appoint special full-time deputies to *tudy the whole problem of th* German peace treaties, he told a T iii-hington140 words
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Article74 1946-11-01 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE "Rame Head.'' 10,000-ton maintenance ship, arrived today at Devonport, from which sh c was manned, her crew having completed reconstruction work at Prat as Island meteorological station— lBo miles from Hong Kong. Pratas Island lies directly m the path of typhoons from theReuter - 74 words
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Advertisement282 1946-11-01 1 Latest Arrival* Fnrnishinf Fabrics (width 45") at M per yar« Damask Cloth (width 58") at $5 54 per yard. AT CHOTIRMALL'S 41-43, H<rh Sirtei, SINGAPORE. TEL. 7957 Keep ABREAST of the TIMES ensure a reguiai supply ol British and American periodicals With few exceptions any British or American periodical can282 words
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Article363 1946-11-01 3 U.S. CHASES MOTOR CAR RACKETEERS NEW YORK, Thursday. AMERICA'S motor car blackmarket, swollen to a fi $1,000,000,000 a year business proposition, is being fought by the Office of Price Administration, says Harold Fair, Reuter's New York correspondent. O.P.A. estimates that cars are changing hands at a rate of about 4,500,000363 words
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Article142 1946-11-01 3 L«j!iEs „i pioneer British flying boats are to be perpetuated British Overseas Airways Corporation which has arI n:inu' IIM rfl Boeing stratocruisers they l«ind tor the London-New York Speedbird route after ing botti will be cailed the Caledonia 11, 11, Cabot 11. Caribou 11, and Clyde142 words
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Article50 1946-11-01 3 i .ir! M arti^l" •nth >\ l?aprned to c»me into your th whole A;uld Oiand still m H r to watch the pro-urul'-r the imI that kr ause there > tnend somewhere other, it h an event of to neatest possihle imMUce and >ju lose50 words
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Article124 1946-11-01 3 COLONEL SLAPPED HIS MAID'S FACE A RETIRED colonel, proprietor of a Margate hotel, who slapped the face of one of his chambermaids, has had his action endorsed by the Margate Recorder. Reginald Arthur Alltoft. oi Gro.svenor Court Hotel, successfully appealed against his conviction by magistrates for assauii on Dorothy Florence124 words
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Article103 1946-11-01 3 THE new 5 It. coal seam discovered In the Garw Valky, Glamorgan, is expected to be the richest yet found m the Glamorgan coalfield. The Valley has suffered acutedepression fo r twenty-five years. Now residents hope they are at the dawn of a new prosperity. Experts103 words
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Article, Illustration53 1946-11-01 3 MIDNIGHT parade of fash-on was a feature of the Guild of British Creative Designers' Ball m the London Royal Albert Hall. Over 150 of Britain's most beautiful mannequins tco'.i part m th"s display of the skill and achievements of the dress industry. The) Parade was broadcast, filmed53 words
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Article94 1946-11-01 3 Making boards for building out of farm straw is a new industry that has sprung up m Britain. The first factory— at -to.vmarket. m Suffolk— will be turning out the new boards within a few weeks. The process is a Swedish one, and the94 words
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Article22 1946-11-01 3 Up to July 31 more than 18 000 awards were made under the British Governments further education and training scheme.22 words
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Article153 1946-11-01 3 SECRETS of one of the British Navy's strangest warships have just been revealed by the Admiralty. Her name la Boxer and she carried almost no armament, yet m amDhibious operations against Singapore or any other former Japanese-held territory she would have be?n the most important unit153 words
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Article25 1946-11-01 3 A notice setting out proposals for wages and holidays with pay for workers m licensed nonresidential establishments will shortly be sent to employers.25 words
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Article87 1946-11-01 3 TO people who say churches should make their services more attractive to the young, the Rev. Percy Chatterton. vicar of Hall Green. Birmingham says "Do they want us to have choruses of luscious blondes? "Are we to be so many Father O'Malleys crooning popular songs?"87 words
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Article36 1946-11-01 3 A deputatx>n of both Houses Of Parliament nas worked the B B.C. to extend to the subject of religion "the policy of free discussion" which it had applied to all other subjects36 words
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Article42 1946-11-01 3 Five great bronze chandeliers, with 400 candleholders, saved from the fire which burnt down the House of Commons m 1834, will be used m the new House of Commons, when rebuilding (after the bombing m 1941) is completed.42 words
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Article, Illustration55 1946-11-01 3 One of the ere* of ttie research ship Tvepassey, warmly clad for the forthcoming voyage m South Atlantic waters. Twelve young scientists have been selected by the Colonial Office for Polar research, lasting for two years, m th,s Falkland Islands area on the frii of the Antarctic.55 words
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Article133 1946-11-01 3 A "MURDER without a body 1 is being investigated by Scotland Yard A message from police H.Q. at Ottawa says that a man accused of a murder in.Canada has stated that he committed a similar crime m England m 1943, while serving m the133 words
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Article96 1946-11-01 3 HONOURS aacr c even b€iw Monty and Renny. 12-yea-old twin black cats, because ea has now saved their m stress's lit Two years ago Rcnnys cries the night enabled his mistr? I^, Mrs. Elsie Farmer, of Rngsteacroad, Catford. London, to cscap from her top-floor96 words
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Advertisement95 1946-11-01 3 IinroKVHMERS ii rural exein Britain ■te 000. Salaries fe: estimated at WHO and £650.000 Annual £61.625. USE FOR MASKS v > co.l- c- I'- rman sug- :hry were useful IM)^T o IR PRl(ts BEA **CiUMB "HORDIMRY OFFERS. i Paper. U S3 M per ream f 100 GO -i. a ia95 words
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Advertisement122 1946-11-01 3 fATERSON SIMONS COMPANY LIMITED General Agents for THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Have Pleasure In Announcing The Reopening Of Their insurance Department At K'o. 1/2 Prince Street, Singapore FIRE. ACCIDENT. MARINE. Inspector for Malaya ALLIANCE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. P. M. EVANS. Telephone 2885 ■commencing) VICTORIA THEATRE I MONDAY MONDAY NOV122 words
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Miscellaneous25 1946-11-01 3 T ARZ AN Tarxan Races £o Jane B^ .EJ^r £ia? Burroughs B^^^Hfek. 1* Bfl I mut i -.m t» I AMD Oif*CD *TT~) "TUP- PSfZf*nC25 words
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Article, Illustration286 1946-11-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter STALE prawns >hell fish and other ingredients used m the preparation »>f noodles have been found to be the sources if csl«*s of mild food poisoning which have occurred m Sin- gapore recently. None of the cases have s«. far necessitated hospital286 words
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Article100 1946-11-01 5 Free Press Stafl Reporter MO Japanese soldiers would be lefl m Siam by yesterday afternoon, if things went according io plan, an Army spokesman told the Free Press. The Last batch of Japanese surrendered personnel w?re collected on Wednesday outside Bangkok— there were 170 of them100 words
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Article33 1946-11-01 5 Hari Raya Haji will be celebrated as a public holiday on Nov. 4 and not en Nov. 5 as originally announced m a B.M.A. Gazette dated Dec. 14 last year.33 words
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Article57 1946-11-01 5 TWO hundred and fifty applica- tions for registration have been received by the ResJstrar of Tradt Unions, Kuala Lumpur, from various trade union organisations throughout the Malayan Union. Of these. 150 have already been approved; these will receive their certificates of registration after submitting to the Registrar57 words
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Article239 1946-11-01 5 ARIES, the famous Lancaster aircraft belonging to the Empire Air Navigation School at Shawbury, near Huntingdon, which has already flown nearly a quarter of a million miles and only recently returned from a visit to Australia and New Zealand via: Singapore, m the course of which239 words
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Article, Illustration394 1946-11-01 5 US. SHIP STRIKES WILL HIT MALAYA Free Press Staff Reporter THE East Coast shipping strike m the United States which has now extended to West Coast ports is holding up export to Malaya and Singapore of goods which have been specially-sanctioned by the Import Department as "essential to rehabilitation," but394 words
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Article75 1946-11-01 5 THE Siamese Prime Minister. Thamrong. has announced that the Siamese Government will take 26 per cent of the shares mi n tne Siam branch of the Pacific Airlines which will connect Bangkok with Los Angelus via Manila and Honolulu. The announcement said an additional 2575 words
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266 1946-11-01 5 Free Press Shipping Reporter MELBOURNE wharf workers' strike has delayed the departure of the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon, carrying a food cargo for Malaya. However, the ship's agents m Singapore state that the ship will keep to her scheduled date of departure if the266 words
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Article37 1946-11-01 5 Sergeant Kamala Rai and Sergeant Ronald Benjamin Milne, ex-members of the Malayan Volunteer Air Force have been awarded mentions m dispatches m recognition of their services during the operations m the Far East m 1941-1942.37 words
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Article83 1946-11-01 5 AN experiment m the public feeding plan by the Social Welfare Department began yesterday morning when a light breakfast meal consisting of bread and jam with coffee of tea was served for It cents a meal. The experiment was started at the Peoole's Restaurant at Handy83 words
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Article32 1946-11-01 5 Twenty-four entries have been received for the Beauty Competition wiiich will be held at the Great World, Singapore, oc Nov 5. Entrants are mainly hostesses at the Great World Cabaret32 words
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Article97 1946-11-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TODAY sees the reopening of the Kallang airport hotel one of the most popular restaurants m Singapore before the war. By special arrangement with Australian airlines. Lancaster machines will fly m special "luxuries" oysters, strawberries and cream— from Australia each day, and they97 words
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Article366 1946-11-01 5 Far East RAF have own 'hostess' MANY of the scheduled RAF passenger services in the Far East are today providing an AQM (air quartermaster) t o travel on each of their machines and act as the counterpart of the air hostess of civil airlines. The air quartermaster's job starts whenReuter - 366 words
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Advertisement103 1946-11-01 5 'UNO TUNERS 6c REPAIRERS UNO HENG 6c CO., ■MM N.i»-;t» Koad vU> v\ wrr ,> aotte? Herb Tf peeui -eiiel '-)ur side «no f uo jk^tart iMU eitra i pJLJ u>l <-'« l^0» PHOTO CO rttnowneo to» -V k Sennci md •EnUrrtne **r.t in today— 1 rfpalr Camera DF\rHS Mi103 words
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Advertisement33 1946-11-01 5 Allifrvm AUSTRALIA almost DAWt FRESH SYDNEY ROCK I also fresh strawberries SlWm^Pq dinners and a la carle AIRPORT —JL HOTEL LIE TJHj^^^^H Reservations ai' llmitec llß^^B Please book abe?d Tel, 3351. 3 I-i33 words
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Miscellaneous86 1946-11-01 5 VIAWER Thumirr This Afternoon TTHTHIR fo;..a-t for 24 hours fr»7» noon t da> lompileJ by l_\F ontt .ii I ..recaslin* SlaM tor (immini *>cuth-East Oc.jai-jo^l tieirdt-v showers dytac Uiti midnijjht. The *i *iO be li,hi l-.l \ariable. >unrisc 6 14 ul. mo«nvt 1 rr>nutes past mids^«. mocnrii 11 m. Tfaprritur^86 words
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Article322 1946-11-01 7 MCC BATTLE ALL DAY FOR RUNS I From Bill Bowes I MELBOURNE, Thursday. I HAK^ IKW U Comptonian century and an equally I <jab* nukvtht -selectors-think' effort by Norman iu\ from a certain amount of humiliation I !ft.,ume t.ul i their four-day match against Victoria. dismissing Washbrook and Hutton m322 words
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Article100 1946-11-01 7 M.C.C. IST— INNINGS. Hnttoi b Johnson 15 WashSrook c Barnett b Johnston 0 Gibb' b King o--> HardstafT Ibw b Freer 15 Compion c Hasaeit b Ring 143 Yardley c and b Tribe 70 Lan^ridffe Ib^r b Tribe 0 Ikin not out 22 Voce c and b JohnMß 21100 words
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Article215 1946-11-01 7 DASE Accounts Office C. C. beat Alfsea Signals by seven wickets m a cricket match played on Gough Field on Sunday. It was 8.A.0s eighth consecutive win of the season. Mason's bowling was the hignlight of the match and his analysis for his first five over.?215 words
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Article270 1946-11-01 7 Seletar R.A.F. maintained their succj&^icn of rugger victories wncn they beat H.M.S. Terror by nine points i two tries and a penalty goal) to tl\e <a goal) at the Naval Base on Wednesday. It was unfortunate that very heavy raiu 30 minutec before the kici-off rather270 words
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Article, Illustration31 1946-11-01 7 Wicket keeper Gibb falls after being hit by a ball from Bedser during the M.C.C. game v a Combined Australian XI at Perth. The batsman is lan Johnson (Victoria).31 words
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Article394 1946-11-01 7 Winger - Winger By ASIATIC rugby m Singapore is getting into swing with a vengeance. St. Andrew's Old Boys, after a run of disappointments, won a hard game yesterday, their first victory for a long time. The Chinese have got to the stage that they can count394 words
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Article53 1946-11-01 7 k GENERAL meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association will be held at the Singapore Recreation Club at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8. Affiliated Clubs are requested to send their representatives. .The agenda will be: rehabi--lit at .on. elections of officebearers, consideration of State53 words
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Article161 1946-11-01 7 CO-OPERATION of the military authorities had allowed the Singapore Turf Club to proceed with certain work m the race course area, the Secrttary of the clu'o Mr. C. A. Niven stated tedfcy. Mr. Niven said the resumption o» racing at Bukit Timah uas aependant on when161 words
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Article105 1946-11-01 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. A squad of six players with Walter Pate- as noii-playing captain »s being sent to Australia for the Davis Cup challenge iound match beinc played at Melbourne on Dec. 26 to 2lf. The players are John Kramer, United States singles champion, PrankieReuter - 105 words
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Article274 1946-11-01 7 LONDON, Wed. T^IXTURES m the Home soccer leagues next week are: ENGLISH LEAGUE: NOV. 9. FIRST DIVISION Bolton v Blackburn Charlton v Wolves Chelsea v Brentford Grimsby v HuddersHcM Leeds v Everton Liverpool v Portsmouth Manchester D. v Derby Co. M 'borough v Sunderland Preston N.E. vReuter - 274 words
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Article68 1946-11-01 7 A COMBINED Asiatic rugby side to meet the R.A.P. Changi at the Police Depot ground to-morrow will be selected from the following: Patrick Ec, Loh Kee Pow. Robsrt Eu. M. Shab>. 1. Ngon. Eu Cheow Chye, G. Loh. Ns Wood Kan, J. Ferguson, Ong Tong Bef. H.68 words
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Article65 1946-11-01 7 SINGAPORE Cricket Clul/s rugbyteam to meet the R.N.A.S. Sembawang to-morrow on the Padang at 5.15 p.m. will be: F. Hutchinson, D. M. Scward, D. Redman, F. L. Morris, C. M. Quayle; G. S. Taylor, J. B Pcttc*. R. J. Maxey. K. N. R. Wilson. D. A. Blunt,65 words
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Article37 1946-11-01 7 LONDON, Thurs. HpO-DAY'S English Association Poot- ball results were: Charlton Athletic 2, Norrkoeping (Sweden) 3; Oxford U. 0; Tottenham 2; Cambridge U. 1, Arsenal 7. Rugby Union county championship: East Midlands 9, Warwickshire 15. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article40 1946-11-01 7 Alfsea and Navai Dockyard meet at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon m the first round of the Victory Cup sococr competition. The match is a replay, the first game resulting m a draw of 1-all last week.40 words
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Article21 1946-11-01 7 TEAM 6 will meet Team 10 m the SRC. Seven-a-side knock-out hockey tournament on tfce p* dang to-day.21 words
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441 1946-11-01 7 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. APPOINTMENT OF (i) Assistant Treasurer, Municipal Treasurer's Department, (ii) Financial And Office Assistant, Municipal Engineer's Department. The Municipal Commissioners or Singapore invite applications for ihe appointment of (i) an Assistant Treasurer m the Municipal Treasurer's Department and (ii) a Financial and Office Assi tant to the Municipal441 words
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31 1946-11-01 7 THE HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION have pleasure m announcing the opening of a branch office m TKLUK AN SON on Ist November. 1946. All descriptions of banking business can be undertaken31 words
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Advertisement176 1946-11-01 7 CAPITOL MIDNIGHT PREMIERE —TO-NIGHT— 'JH^ JLj4 "■■Wm.jm HAL B. WALLIS CUUDE RAINS CONRAD VEIDT -'GREENSTSEET RIE« tOME MICHAEI CURTI/ PRECEDED BY WARNER 'S SENSA TSDNAL "HITLER LIVES?" The fe&turette which won the tint PEACE PKIZ£ awarded by Hollywood s FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS* ASSOCIATION. The best definition of "A RIDICULOUS IDEA" is176 words
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