The Singapore Free Press, 16 November 1946

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    15 1 LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE fN MALAYA k 16.70! SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1946. PRILL 10 CENTS
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    GOVT SELL NOBODY'S' LORRIES
    304 1 GO VT SELL NOBODY'S' LORRIES Free Press Staff Reporter ftEE hundred three-ton Army type Dodge and Chevrolet lorries— enough for a Pan-Malayan freight service— are to be sold in Singapore within a tew days on behalf of the Government, but nobody knows who will get the proceeds of the sale
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    TRAWLER HITS MINE
    36 1 Nine lives were lost on Thursday night when a Milford Haren trawler "Charmouth" was blown up oy a mine* entangled in her trawls 20 miles off Ballycotton County Cork, says Reuter from Dublin.
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    GREEKS SEND TANKS IN
    75 1 GREEK S SEND TANKS IN L SALONIKA t-ndu>. FWir-aay "Barrio ot Skr^ v racfeßf ton^gx.t C^ 1 village n tne rugged 2* j"st oouth 01 thj PJ border. and Grec* K>«? y Head Muarters said t2I? su PP°rted by tar.ki the region. la*'. v mmand fc J»e than 1.000 per^i
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    TO SEE TROOPS IN SINGAPORE
    9 1 Financial rs was Reuter
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    SPECIAL SHIP TO NEW GUINEA SALE
    108 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A SPECIAL ship may be charri tered to take Malayan buyers to the auction sales of Australian surplus machinery at Lae, in New Guinea, and Rabaul, in New Britain. Nearly £7,500,000 worth oi machinery, including hospital equipment, canteen equipment, tractors,
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    BURMA GETS AIR O.C.
    38 1 Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Clifford Sanderson has been appointed Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Burma. Router reports Irom London. He has commanded No. 1 Aircrew Officers School and the R.A.F. Station at Hereford since last May.
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    Radio Malaya: Commons query
    240 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Friday. A QUESTION will be asked by Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons., Hornsey) in the next session of the House cf Commons as to why Radio Malaya was not informed of the broadcast of Mr. Arthur Creech -Jones on his appointment as
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    PISTOL SNATCHED FROM POLICE
    75 1 DURING a fight with several hooligans at Telok Ayer Basin yesterday a Chinese detective attached to the Singapore Harbour Board Police had his revolver snatched from him, and thrown into the sea. The revolver was recovered a couple of hours later. At 9 o'clock last night
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    N.Z. BOYCOTT CALL
    41 1 Th e New Zealand Labour Federation is recommending trade unions to ban all trade with Spain and to press for the establshment of diplomatic relations w:th the Spanish exile "government" set up in Paris, reports Reutrr from Wellington.
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    AUSTRIA FLOODED WITH JEWS
    198 1 LONDON, Friday. 1 HOUSE of Commons committee, sent to invest gate British expenditures in th e administration of Austria, reported today a "second exodus" of Jews from Eastern Europe to th? American zones n Germany and Austria. The Jews are try'ng to get to Fa!?-' n?.
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    ALEX JACKSON IS DEAD
    84 1 CAIRO. Fri. ALEX Jackson, former Scottish international footballer and once idol of the British sporting public, died in hospital in Cairo today following injuries received two days ago in a car crash. Major Jackson, who was 41, was serving as a welfare officer in the Middle
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    PEOPLE'S CAR' PLANT CLOSES
    217 1 A FACTORY in England designed to produce a six horsepower "people's car" for sale at about £200 has closed down, reports Reuter. The factory is owned by Grantham Productions Ltd., of which Mr. W. D. Kendall, M.P. for Grantham, is managing director. Two of the directors
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    MPs ASK ABOUT KLUANG MEN
    129 1 QUESiIONS abou; Kluang courtmartial men af e to b e put in the House oi Commons next Tuesday. Mr. Hector Hughes, Labour, Aberdeen, is to ask the Secretary for War "if h e is aware that some paratroopers who were concerned in th P recent
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    BIG 5 PLAN CODE OF CONDUCT
    309 1 Veto Controversy At UNO LAKE SUCCESS, New York, Friday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, has ad--1 dressed a letter to the heads of the United States, t nines, rj* ei V C T h ai i d^ R^ sian dele S atioi|
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    Served bread toMonty fined
    88 1 PORTSMOUTH, Hi. A FIRM of caterers was today fined for supplying more than three dishes at the Portsmouth civic freedom luncheon to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery on July 26 and for supplying bread with the meaA summons of aiding und abetting in the supply of more
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    WOODCOCK WINS IN ROUND 3
    199 1 MANCHLo'j ui Frl DRUCE Woodcock, British heavyu weight champion. Knocked out Georges Martin, Frenc»i champion, in the third round of a scheduled ten-round nontitle contest at Bellevue Manchester, tonight. Woodcock was immeasu aol? the better boxer and his leithand punching had ten inpower. The Frenchman,
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    WOMEN LEAVE KITCHENS
    31 1 For the first month s-nce th<» end of the wa r th e number of women takine industrial emplo;--m*nt increased in Britain in ftepleafefti says Reuter from London.
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      TRADE PACT WITH U.K. SOON
      351 3 U L1 the P resent economic conditions it was impossible to attract any. large flow of foreign capitai into China Sir Leslie Boyce, head of the British Trade Mission, told Chinese experts at a meeting in Tientsin to exchange views on imports and exports ♦ou
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      SMUGGLING INCREASES IN H.K.
      156 3 'J^'AFFICKING In prepared opium has increased in Hong Kong due to immigrants from the interior of China. In September, there were 6^ drug traffic cases as compared with 12 in March. This la officially attributed to immigrants who are bringing their own opium with them, for
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      OFFICER SENTENCED
      58 3 The former Vire-Minister of Navy in the Japanese-sponsored Nanking regime. Li Wei-tsi, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by a court-martial for trea- Central News 1 riis picture was taken just before ti^ i\ui:oiu«list occupamr. of Kalian, "second capital" of the Chinese Communists. It shows sheep being rounded
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      CHINA STATES POLICY ON LOANS
      112 3 CHIN A STATES POLICY ON LOANS MPOtIH China will use tne I nil tQfdga loans asrely to promote reconstruct especially industrial i! lining, according to Mr :h.: V:-,e-Min:ster or vatic quoted bv the H News Agency. s said to have emWKI im under nego- >cecify with b: nations— will be
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      $27.000 TRAIN FARE
      19 3 d freiglu N ting-ShaSg-'-Pukow railways by 50 per f\spectively for the Shangmcrea^ed a C\ T 527.Q00.-
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      GOING TO U.S.A.
      13 3 seventyI Chinese desKon. last week 'o the United Marine Lynx
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      He claims $4 1/2 million
      90 3 In 1936 Wang Wei Tang deposited $1,000 (Chinese) with the Bank of China. Last July, the bank offered to repay in inflated Chinese dollars one for one. That would have given Wang something like 50 cents for his pre-war deposit. Wang refused and filed a
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      CHSNA WANTS MACHINERY
      113 3 MEGOTIA'I lONS ar e In prOHMBI in Tokio for increased barter trade between China and Japan in 1947. according to Chinese reports in Shanghai. What China is espec ally desirous of obtaining from Japan are dynamoes, locomotives, and factory equipment, in exchange for which she is ready
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      CHINA'S TRIBUTE
      26 3 This Free Press p»itur» was iakfii when the Chinese CunsuiGeneral at Singapore, Dr. Wu Paak-shing, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day.
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      U.S. blood plasma sold in black market
      286 3 U.S. blood plasma sold in black market THE American Red Cross today demanded that the Foreign Liquidation Commission withdraw 290 tons of blood plasma donated in wartime by patriotic Americans from the? Shanghai black market, in which they have been selling foi two months at the equivalent of £5 per
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      Press resents Jap flag
      60 3 rPHE "Ta Kung Po China's lead in u national daily, voiced strong feelings at the presence of a Japanese ship in Shanghai harbour, flying the Rising Sun, recently. The newspaper said inquiries levealed that the ship was sent by SCAP with barter goods and was found
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      CHINESE REPORT PERSECUTION
      44 3 DIGHTY-ONE Chinese, wno ar- rived in Shanghai from Korea, told the Press that the Chinese community in Korea 'is suffering persecution and discriminatory treatment The arrivals said that m^r? than 200 cases of looting, killing and assaults occurred since V-J Day.
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      SILK EXPORTS TO MALAYA
      62 3 I OSI.NG all hop? of maKintj sub- sLantial exports ot the commodity to the United States because of price and other reasons. Chinese raw silk exporters are turning their eyes towards Europe and the South Seas The state-owned China SiiK Corporation is said to be presently
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      War surplus for China shipyards
      252 3 UNDER an agreement reached last May, the United States was providing £3,000.000 worth of equipment to re habilitate Chinese naval shipyards, £1,000,000 of which would be spent on Shanghai, Admiral Cooke told a Press conference at Shanghai, which he gave jointly with Assistant Secretary of
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, NOV. 16,1940. The Rex Cinema
      437 5 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, NOV. 16,1940. The Rex Cinema In our issue of November Bth, during the course or remarks in this column under the caption "Nowhere to Live?" we referred to the history of the Rex Cinema which is owned by Malayan Theatres Limited, one of the Shaw
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      Don Iddon's 'Diary
      1439 5 WHAT'S COINC ON IN NEW YORK 'Russia has captured the ball, the headlines* and the imagination of UNO's spectators' THE Soviet now has the New World revolving more rapidly than a barrel going over Niagara and dizzier than a debutante doing a dervish dance. Since Marshal Stalin,
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      The Had Fun In Those Days
      709 5 Extracts from a column called M Girls* Gossip printed in the Free Press 62 years ago. I AM going to keep my pro- mise of writing you a long letter, but while I think of it, I want you to answer the old question
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      430 5 UISS GILLIAN WEBB will be the first television announcer to be seen in underwater broadcast when on Nov 19 with television commentator, 808 DOUGALL, she descends into a diving tank at the submarine works in Surbiton. One camera wilJ first show them submerging, then other cameras focussed
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      ROYAL VISIT TO S.AFRICA
      378 7 ROYAL VISIT TO S. AFRICA BBC to broadcast tour to whole world PUBLICITY on a world-wide scale, such as South Africa has I never had before, is foreshadowed in the 8.8.C.'s plans for covering the visit to South Africa next year of the King and Queen and the two Princesses,
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      CON-MEN GET RICH VICTIM
      214 7 rONFIDENCE tricksters are v again reaping a rich harvest in London— and many of their victims are shrewd businessmen. The relaxation of austerity gloom and the added aUraction of the "Britain Can Make If Exhibition has brought many rich overseas visitors to England. The arrival of
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      BISHOP ATTACKS SABBATH GAMES
      66 7 The L.CC. has been accused ov Dr. Wand. Bishop of London of setting two virtues in eppooi tion bv allowing Sunday team He told the Public Morality Council, meeting in London: *A young man will ilnd his team is playing and his sense of loyalty will
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      Whisky Making Opens Next Year
      259 7 PCOTLAND'S whisky industry ,dle since March, will be ak U to restart production early next year, following H Strachey's decision to give the induM r\ an al'ocaVm i barley. Mr. Strachey is expected to mak» M official amioßßttment on this allocation later this month. Hi<
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      SHE WENT 5,000 MILES TO WED
      66 7 FPOM the iropica. Sir a *o tkjj£ iaveriordvest. Wj car;-: 19-yetMld OJ Urbr. >*'n 5000 wee tour days ago It i9tr "J Harold A.- v an appW rail* raph magazine K lion that O -d ao» fri He v^: graph Ptor cays af.er iJJ»
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      MORE FORCES HOTELS IN PAJAN
      38 7 MORE FORCES HOTELS IN PAJAN been opened l- j Coma b^t** in J: numb, r T one 0 < which annou-- ar Londoti. R One h island i^jj Bepnu DO; ther: supplied Cith c Pf^ T |r* of bo.-
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      5 HOUSES SOLD FOR 4s. EACH
      68 7 Fivo house-- i n I.undoii !ia.»e leen for £1. Th?y are thi\e floored houses iti Trevor i^. istreet. North Kensington and m four oi them there is some vacant accommodation Of a kird They catch? The lease has only 16 >cars to run, the
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      86. HE MAKES £2,000,000 SHARE DEAL
      135 7 86. HE MAKES £2,000,000 SHARE DEAL AMOS NELSON. 86-year- old chairman of a Lancashire cotton firm, has agreed with members of his family to sell a large block of shares in the company for £2.000.000. Asked if he was going to retire, he said: "Of course not I hope to
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      They Saved Soap 85 Years
      56 7 CAMPEL Sehofield, of Fast d Wcy mouth. Mass. VS ordered some soap from World War II surplus stocks. He received sixty-four tablets labelled "Save soap and win the war" over the stam;rr nat«re, "Commanderin-( hicf Abraham "Lincoln/' The soap had been made for use in
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      SUNDAY GOLF
      38 7 Sunday morning goll and the wcek-ond joint have caused the Rev. A. Osborn»\ vicar of St. Mnrk's Church. New Barnet, Herts, to change th^ time of his morning service from 11.30 a.m. t'j 9 30 a.m.
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      AIRPORT MEETING
      14 7 A ft' P^^ Mr and M row J^J2! t London irom land
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      PIGEON HERO
      63 7 PIGEON HERO G. I. Joe, a I'nited States Arm. pice n u, ar s th P i Ui Medal -animals' equivalent t 0 th» toria Cr^s-prfTr to him by Major-General Sir harle^ Kn«hi|f> d^ of Military Training at the Tower «f I ondon. Jo? sav«i lives of 100 Allied soldiers
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      SPORE SEES RADAR SECRETS
      522 9  -  Alan Gardner By 'Boffins' schemed way. to air victory THE story of the birth of radar, the enlistment of Britain > best scientists to develop new equipment, the way in which they flew on operations with the RAF to perfect the new devices and the manner
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      GROUPS 57 AND OVER ONLY FOR FAR EAST
      101 9 FURTHER revision* in tnc system of overseas posting are announced by the War Offic. Th^ey take effect from last nigm The announcement sav thu all personnel drafted overseas 'excluding officers of the R.A.M.C., Dental Corps. RAVC and nursing officers who are dealt
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      CITY NEWS GAINS IN LONDON
      130 9 CITY NEWS GAINS IN LONDON \L7 HOUGH quiet there was more confidence shown ir ICftfjJ sections of the London ftock market yesterday. Among industrials heavies wero meetirg with selective demand Breweries were also a few pence better and there was a sm?.U but strady demand for icrbaccos A c tier
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      STORE STOCK PRICES TODAY
      114 9 TIIL normal Saturday morning nuiet period descended 0:1 the share market this morning. Rubber shares reached a level where a few sellers have come ou\ Tins were quiet. Rubber: Sungei Tukang S weie selling for $1.22 l Mentakaps at 40 cents. Pajams at 162' 2 and
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      SCOTLAND YARD HUNT FOR FIVE CONVICTS
      46 9 A widespread seirc'i continued !n Britain yesterday for five mer; who escaped from V/ormwcod Scrubs prison en Thursday night Kouter reports that one man, Alick Canning Kostanda, known to business associates as "Th> oount", was serving four ye^-s' penal servitude.
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      UK may pay half zone union cost
      370 9 UK may pay half zone union cost WASHINGTON, Friday. BRITAIN will almost certainly be compelled to pay 50 per cent of the cost of financing the unified British and American zones of Germany, it was learned authoritatively in Washington today, as the conference between Mr. Ernest Bevin, for Britain, and
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      SNOW IN YORKSHIRE
      18 9 Snow has fallen in Bishopsdalc Wensleydale. North Yorks, and over other parts of Yorkshire.— Reuter
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      GERMAN TIMBER
      15 9 Shipment of enough German timber to build 40.000 homes m Britain has begun.
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      HOUSEKEEPER POISONED BOSS
      211 9 BRECON, WALES. Fri. AIRS. Elizabeth O'Brien was 1 L found guilty of manslaughter yesterday for causing the death of William Lucas, a farmer, for whom she was a former housekeeper. She was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. O'Brien, fed rat poison to "a beast of a man,"
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      800 POLES SAIL HOME FROM UK
      70 9 Eight nundrad Polish troops left Britain yesterday in the Marine Raven for Poland, a British Foreign Office spokesman announced. Inability to nil the ship, which can carry 1,994, with these Polish repatriates, was due to the Polish authorities in London failing to comply with
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      'University Men Only'Fight Is On
      224 9 'University Men Only' Fight Is On niSPLTE between teachers and the city council, which ma\ V prove a test case for the rest of the country, has broken out in Bradford, Vorks, over the council's decision to appoint only university graduates as headmasters of two big schoolA mass meeting of
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      DIRECT TRADE FOR CANADA AND INDIA
      51 9 A new direct steamsliip servict between Canada and India was started yesterday, says Reuter irom Montreal when the 10.CU) ten freighter Seaside sailed t-,r Calcutta and Bombay with hour and newsprint. The Atlantic Shipping Cciv.?any, formea b> Canadian ship Ding interest, plan regular mo.U;.v'
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      WON $500 PRIZE
      16 9 Mr. D. Sti ter irchitect, ha^ prize awarded potatioa :cr thi i c.tv
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