The Singapore Free Press, 7 November 1946

Microfilm: NL3654
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      THE 'BIG FOUR' ARE SEEN TOO MUCH
      716 2  - THE 'BIG FOUR' ARE SEEN TOO MUCH NORAH ALEXANDER LONDON SHOW TALK BY WHATEVER may be the fate of British pictures abroad, it has now been firmly established that they are popular enough at home. Mr. Rank has just made history by revealing that the average British film can expect
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      CURFEW ON MOVEMENT OF GOODS VEHICLES IN SINGAPORE.
      263 2 CURFEW ON MOVEMENT OF GOODS VEHICLES IN SINGAPORE. It is notified that as from November 15th. 1946, a Curfew prohibiting the movement of gcods vehicles between the hours of 7 pjn. and 5 ajn. will be m force m an area of Singapore bounded as follows: Commencing from a point
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      your lucky STAR
      102 2 Fortune forecast lot Deople born today YOU have a *eat deal of nervous energy. Most of the time your mind is jumping ahead of your actions. Consequently, you are apt to be too impulsive and may attempt things which are not always practical from the common -sense
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      FILM REVIEWS
      778 2 By Our London Film Reporter IN England an artist 'S merely regarded as an amiable moron incapable of earning his or her living m a normal respectable way. Not so m France, where allpowerful Academies and Bureaux of Fine Arts swiftly elevate" the successful creator to the lofty
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      297 2 Crossword Puzzle No. 61 DOWN: if^B* I l I I 3 1 I 4 I I* 1 fc^T'v^ 2 Little bed. ~> 51 S Mk 3 Famous Border village 4 Head-dresses (3 4). .J^ 5 Paintings of great Sj $S economic value. -^^"V 6 To err is. k^ l^^i 7
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      211 2 RADIO MALAYA it £ZS?%S! m '-9>£ i^ S»- v again; 9.30 p.m. News; 9.45 p.m. ingapore Dicusslon: Local Affairs; 10.00 n m. Record review; 10 30 p.m. Dance mvRED NETWORK (Chinese A Indian) slc: U-00 p m News Headlines and 825 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.82 C
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      Cat THURSDAY. NOV. 7, 1946. Quick Rich
      416 4 Cat THURSDAY. NOV. 7, 1946. Quick Rich rXCFPT for the lew kind words which Mr. Bill Bowes has to say about the Australians in our cricket column from day to day, Australia Is having a bad press in Singapore. It did not take long after the liberation for the Australians
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      FAITH
      22 4 If iniquity be or m thine Band, put it far away, and let not wickedness swell m thy tabernacles' Job: 11.14.
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      NOT SO BROTHERLY LOVE IN WAZIRISTAN
      1420 4 NOT SO BROTHERLY LOVE IN WAZIRISTAN Fleet Street Correspondent Ralph Izzart cabled this article about Nehru's visit to the North West Frontier to his paper m London. The Free Press reprints it for the benefit of its Indian readers. I WAS standing on the balcony of Razmak Gymkhana Club. Beside
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      QUIZ
      47 4 OTi, SO EASY Vho cleaned out the A^.an Staoies? 2. Whose sword was suspended by a hair? 3. What colour do you go with envy? 4 What profession or calling do you associate with the name Abigail? P. What was St. Paul's profession? ANSWERS Page 6
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      663 4 AX a moment when irresponsible broadcasters are lightly predicting war before Christmas, the "New Yorker*' magazine has created a journalistic sensation by clearing its pages of their usual sophisticated fare to devote an entire Issue to an account of the impact of the atomic bomb upon Hiroshima
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      MIX-UP
      109 4 ur issue o: m2J bf recorders took p^'mS last Sunday as \mS. celebrated the 27ih" J5 Oration ofT* from the- Australia ■■■4 191!!?S Bolop» tt 2 tew: s Prar.cc asdßeSZ s m or ttoMi 7- 3 iti years to such ar. ?no: v there were riots durcg ■niv<-- letaitvn
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      14 4 \W 33. STAMFORD HP. 1| =f HtAR CAPITOI TMtATMI j^ I ".-pnonf No :,'Z9\
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    • Advertisement
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      70 4 CATHAY iiaM 2oo 4 i5E 3M| 'Ssf| NOW SHOWING CROWDS ARE LAUGHING THEIR NEW OFF AND POPPir THEIR EYES OVT THIS HELL- FOR -LEATHER EXTRAVAGMU PSJ^m SP^^^i^^^ MISO4AAU9 NEXT CHANGE THE OUTSTANDING SOY, \M> DAV^ WITH ALL YOUR rAVOUtftl Ma()DIE r— Ar WHO IS MR CKRISTOPHEB' COAf£ i4A© SOLVE THIS
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      MENTAL GIRLS 'JAILED'
      187 6 MENTAL GIRLS 'JAILED' /H3UNTTY of London justices hav c been told of mentally defective girls who were "virtually prisoners" m certain London homes Mr. H. C. Charleton, of St. Pancras, presenting the report on ;nsti tut ions, to their quarterly meeting said: ""Theer c are homes where the defectives are
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      SPILLED IODINE COST HIM £10
      81 6 A doctor who spilled iodine on a patient's 12-guinea suit while trying to dab the spirit on the back of the man's neck was ordered to pay £10 and costs at Liverpool county court. Dr. Bertram Marriott Bennett, ot Faraday-street. Liverpool, said that his patient.
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      'DON'T TRY TO BOSS WIVES'
      207 6 t ETTERS from all over England have poured m on Mr. L Percival Bend Willesden magistrate who told a husband m his domestic court: Don't try to boss your wife you are not good enough/* They come from married women who applauded sixty-five-year-old Mr. Bond
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      MORAL DECLINE IS 'TERRIFYING'
      33 6 Mrs. Fisher, wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the mother of si:: sons, told 1,500 women at York that the general decline m morals had reached terrifying proportions.
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      NEW RAIL REPAIR CUTS TIME BY HALF
      51 6 The Southern Railway m Britain has allocated £100,000 to a track renewal programme to be carried out by pref abdication Rails, sleepers and chairs will be assembled at a depot m 60 It. lengths, brought to the site and dropped m piace by
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      3 DIE AS BOAT DRIFTS 132 DAYS
      361 6 3 DIE AS BOAT DRIFTS 132 DAYS ON the morning ot June 8, 1946. the 45ft., 15-ton Australian ketch Nova Scotia, her white sails filled with a gentle winter breeze and her crew of four waving from her cockpit, set sail from Coffs Harbour, 170 miles north of Sydney. They
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      6 GIRLS MAKE HISTORY
      143 6 6 GIRLS MAKE HISTORY CIX young Ceylonese girls have arrived m Britain to join the Monmouthshire Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture. These girls, all scholarship winners, are: Misses N. S. Navaratnam. P. N. V/ijesinghe. Sheila Gunawardene, Kusuma Wijetilleke, Kusuma Rajapakse and B. S- P. Jayawardene. They have made history— they
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      HALF-LIT STREETS
      26 6 Because of the shortage of gas rrantles enly half th c lighting DOints m each gas lamp In Stoke Newington. N., will be It.
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      MAJOR BECOMES BABY MINDER
      93 6 MOTHERS who want to spend the evening out m Brighton can now leave their children m the hands of an ex-Eighth Army major. He is Mr. "Teddy" Marshall, 28. who run s a children's playroom, assisted by his wife, Vera, m Queen's Road, Brighton. Every even
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      DRAINPIPE GUN KILLS TANKS
      121 6 ORITAIN'S latest guns, secretly developed since the war. are described as little more than lightweight "dranpipes." They can be carried by infantry, yet will fire super h^avy shells great distances. Th c barrel of the new gun is open at both ends and the gases escape
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      NEVER AGAIN
      34 6 A deputation from South Wales to 10, Downing-street were assured that th c Government "would ensure that there was no rccurr?nce of th*» sustained unemployment m Wales as m the nterwar years."
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      EXCOMMUNICATED
      38 6 Marshal Tito, and all who took part m the trial of Zagreb's Archbishop Stepinac sentenced to 16 years' jail for treason, have been excommunicated. Though now said to be an unbeliever, Tito was born a Roman Catholic.
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      ROYAL FAMILY AT ACADEMY
      82 6 The Queen with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret viewing the Royal art collection at the Royal Academy In London, accompanied by the President of the Academy, Sir Alfred Munnings. The Royal collection, which was started I hundreds of years ago (m Tudor times) is probably the
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      Miners train playing golf
      216 6 Miners train playing golf GOLF is to become part of the training of the young coalminer, says Mr. Noel Newsome, director of recruiting for mines for the Ministry of Fuel. "It helps the young miner by teaching him coordination of brain and muscle/ he declares. "The Mining Welfare Committee have
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      Tax Left Him Only £10,000
      85 6 CIDNKY Edward Parker, th man who made £430.000 last year, has explained m London's High Court why he receives only £10.000 of it. It was stated that Parkes. who is 65, received £430.000 as managing director of the Wands worth (London Greyhound Racing Stadium. "On
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      18 ARRESTED IN GOLD PROBE
      84 6 Eighteen persons have now been arrested, but fiv e of these have been granted provisional 1 berty. m connection with the discovery m Pari s of illegal dealings m gold and exchange operatons. Amoni? those arrested are the manager and three other officials of a
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      CIVIL SERVICE ADDS 309,500
      70 6 There were 400,000 non-indus trial civil servants on January 1. 1939, and 709.500 o.i January 1. 1946. Lord Walkden nas announced m the House of Lords In 1939, staff on work now performed by the Ministry of National Insurance (other than fa mily allowances was 7,000.
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      QUIZ
      16 6 Answers OH, SO EASY 1. Hercule*. 2 Daino.lei. 3. Green 4. Lady's Maid. 5. Tent-maker
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      CHILDREN RANGE WORLD
      126 6 CHILDREN RANGE WORLD QUrit a numbe r o< been Mtten by wSu 16 cent:> waad l Th*r, was Peter Ar.(W eleven who Hew ai k halic mother" th€ Ame^SS cared :or hmwh early :i lhe War L Jte acro.^ *k othehundred years *a 0 T .r t off with her
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      FORGERY BY MAN IN LOVE
      121 6 FORGERY BY MAN IN LOVE U7HEN 35-year-old Willim** Eiitlik-?. of N lerttat a' Be^kuT m Waapbli m the R- S:gn*.fc fell m love rift Ai c x: ser. a Lavian 2!:! Alter demo:. Cjlogn a m offlortfii M /an- Go 1 ir.d er wcrd ;o her Sh? arrive!^ oj* 'A-ar\.
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      INTERNATIONAL CHOIRS CONTEST
      58 6 INTERNATIONAL CHOIRS CONTEST CHOIRS of many nat. ing invited to take p< mt eiri*idfoc «f held ai Liangollen. N°;V*£ next summer It n( J^md the festival, for whtfb v ha* alretdybt«»yUn will become an annual eijy The British Council entries from for thLs vh!C JLi^ organised by the JW^ Llangoll
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      Y's CLUB TALK
      23 6 Dr Poll Ctm "\<\ one ol tht l %^'.t\ Siam. and i^i'V! Scotland »«er to^JSj -600 Kilometres or with 80-1 Po**
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      TWICE AS
      10 6 Cent Loral I^JJ^jjct^i and m T £50 back.
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      HOME...
      39 8 Winchester Cathedral seen from the Close. The city of Winchester dates back to Roman tim~s, and the cathedral is the longest mediaeval church m existence. The nave is a triumph of Perpendicular Gothic, dating to the 14th century.
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      'HOSTILE' CONGRESS FOR TRUMAN
      488 8 'HOSTILE' CONGRESS FOR TRUMAN FE American constitutional system by which a President remains as head of the United States Government when the Congress is controlled by an opposition political party seems strange and difficult to understand m countries governed by a system of having a Parliament and a Prime Minister.
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    • CITY NEWS
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        MARKET IS 'CAREFUL'
        176 8 THE government statement on British industry stressing the need for increased production put a brake on the recent activity of the markets. Although there was a long list of declines at the close, the majority of these resulted from precautionary marking down. The market was idle most
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        New York Weak
        52 8 A heavy wave of profit- taking engulfed the New York market yesterday bringing the day's broad-front losses up to five points and six to seven for VolaMtaa This was one of the sharpest setbacks this year. Rubbers, rails, motors chemicals, minings. steels, and food w-re the principa'
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        Singapore Market
        72 8 Yesterday's Singapore market quotations, as reported by the Chinese press, •re as follows. Pepper Blacc. $99. Muntok white, $108; Segamat white, $105; Lambong white $95 per picul. Rock -sugar. Pi ices declined again Good quality. $75 per picul. PalmBusar— s4s per picul. Copra— Pirst qual'ty, $14, second quality
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      EX-RAJAH MUDA 18 GOING TO SARAWAK
      34 8 Mr. Anthony Brooke. Rajah Muda of Sarawak until its cession to the Crown, is leaving England for Sarawak at the end of this month, says Reuter from London.
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      SPORE GOVT IMPORTS TO END
      285 8 Trade will be restored to normal channels Free Press Staff Reporter FEWER and fewer supplies are being bought through Government channels by the Joint Supply Board m Singapore, and apart from essential foodstuffs from Australia, it may well be that no more Govenment orders will
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      CONCESSIONS ON TRIESTE
      64 8 As the 'Big Four' foreign ministers met m N:w York yesterday to hear the final Italian and Yugoslav .views o n the Italian peace treaty Yugoslavia volunteered corfcess ons over Trieste. Mr. Simich, Yugoslav delegate, suggested that the «iz e of Trieste territory be increased by 44
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      RICE
      127 8 (Continued from Page 1 flour. Rice was a staple diet and many Asiatics would not eat flour if given it. Would Mr. CreechJones take steps to get rice from Siam? Mr. Creech Jones said that if flour was not included m the ration a{ tiie present time, then the
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      ARMY CLOTHING FOR MALAYA
      80 8 LONDON, Wed. WHEN asked by Mr. T. Dri- berg (Lab. Maldon) about the continuing shortage of clothing m Kua a Lumpur and other parts of Malaya and what he *as doing w improve supp'ies Mr. A. Creech- Jones. Secretary of State tor the Colonies, said m
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      'OCCUPATION' ACCOUNTS LAW
      147 8 LONDON. Wednesday. THE Malayan Union and Singapore Governments have m contemplation legislation to regulate debtor-creditor relations arising from the Japanese occupation, including those affecting ban* deposits, said the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech-Jones, m the House of Commons today He added: "I hope
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      THE KING REVIEWS IMPERIAL CHANGES
      241 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE King Emperor referred to the unparalleled impor tance of the changes taking place m India when ho prorogued Parliament m London to-day, and prayed that the country would prosper under the guidance of the Interim Government. Speaking of North Borneo and Sarawak,
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      NAZI SOUGHT IN DOUBLE MURDER
      63 8 A former German storm-trooper is sought by the authorities tn connection with the double murder of Capt George Dickinson, aped 29. of the Royal Ulster RJfaft. whose home is m Beckenham. antf 19-year-old Stefle Lchmann of Berlin. The couDle were found shotdead, each with two
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      WAR DEBTS SETTLED
      26 8 Agreements for the settlement, of war-debts and for an increase m trade between Britain and France have been reached says Reuter from London.
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      Supremo to Press Club
      7 8 Supremo to Press Club Pl^ dub. nuTT"
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      83 6 J AN t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya fso .YOU'RE TMROWirJcTV^O, \T's NOT* L/gEORGIE'S WIRE^M H'm'/— I HOPE THE RATHER NOT/- I COULDN'T OVER THE OLD FATHER 1 LIKE THAT, JUSTSAYS V DISAPPOINTMENT WON'T RESIST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNG A CAPTAIN.'— ('FlRED— NEED YOUR STOP YOU
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      46 8 nsmssm. THE NAME ON EVERYONE'S UPS. ..The Name itself is a Box -Office Record TEN MILLION can't be wrong they're (NANIMOISBETTY GRABLE is top pom* JOHN HARVEY WPihd iiJT- Nk WOW And what a Program! Sportinjr Kevuf Com<^ Cartoon: The Wicked Wolf m Terhnico or Book
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      33 8 SINGAPORE TIDES today: Htfh water: 9.18 a.m 8 ft. 4 m.; 9.23 pan 8 ft. 7 m ffooMmw: Hi-h water: 9.46 a.m. 8 ft. 8 h» lt.u M 9 ft. 2 i B
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      70 8 Cloudy Skh And Thundfr WEATHEt forrast Im U m fr< ti noon t*da> ciwptUffc BAK (eniral Fw«eafliK Air (omnund. SotUi-LMt mi l<*ud> »itli some tknira m thr bjhj afte.Moa FuraH the night and tiamH aan Hind m*inl> hfht warf to j afternoon Calm dim: tfc at and tomorrov aaratof j
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