The Singapore Free Press, 26 November 1946

Microfilm: NL3654
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      CEYLON LOOKS AHEAD-BUT
      758 2  - CEYLON LOOKS AHEAD-BUT A.Robinson by Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN a liner or merchantman turns hard to port beyond the southwest breakwater which protects Colombo harbour, it is a fair guess that the ship is headed for Ceylon's neighbour Malaya. In history. Ceylon and Malaya ha\ j experienced identical •fnvasions"
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      Kandy's Gemlike Lake
      334 2 torn" out o.* th2 seconu-nand car market. New cars are expmsive, a small one costing Rs. 6,000 (£450). Luxury American limousines in gay colours and hardy little British roadsters have b^omp common in Ceylon. The servant lituation is prooably aiore difficult than in Singapore and high wages
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      Old Vic's New Star
      545 2 THE Old Vic Company, I whose present success stands upon the twin pillars of Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson, is to have a third pillar soon. It will be interesting v: highly significant to see what the popular reaction will be to this third pillar. For
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      LONDON SHOW TALK by Norah Alexander
      34 2 LONDON SHOW TALK by Norah Alexander 153 down a: j man**, h J I r.' u' That' electrtu:v«iJ Plnewood for "reu, I J ais only c L^ iU present run io Uu: King Lear
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Sinagapre Free Press TUESDAY, NOV. 26. 1946. 250 Strong Arms
      427 4 The Sinagapre Free Press TUESDAY, NOV. 26. 1946. 250 Strong Arms HE lorces of law and order in Singapore will be strengthened considerably by a decision last week to give the military police authority to arrest civilians. The Services police, have pressed for months for powers of arrest in order
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      BELGIUM IS RECOVERING SPEEDILY
      1272 4  - BELGIUM IS RECOVERING SPEEDILY- Alexander Clifford but there is danger ahead by THE traffic lights of Brussels change direct from green to red. Yellow lights, it seems, are antipathetic to the Belgian temperament. And that's a pity, because Belgium badly needs an economic yellow light right now. There are signs
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      FAITH
      19 4 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer \nd winter. Psalms, 74. 17.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      486 4 AN the opening day of the new v Parliamentary session o n November 12, Mr. RALPH ASSHETON 'crossed the floor' and sat among the ministers on the Government front bench. But there was historical not political significance in th I move. As a City of London MP.
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      'For better or for worse '
      5 4 'For better or for worse
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      MASSEY ANSWERED
      348 4 Letters To The Editor IT was perhaps with great amusement that the general public read the letter written by Mr. C. Masse y, Australian Commissioner, .11 your valued columns of Nov. 18, in defence of Australian exporters. To QJOte Mr Massey 's own phrase: "First quality Australian goods
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      NEW DISEASE SPREADS IN BRITAIN
      274 6 ANEW infectious virus disease spread in the same way as influenza, but with symptoms like food poisoning— which struck Service men during the war is now spreading among: civilians, Eating's Education Committee has been told. The committee met to receive the findings of an inquiry
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      NEW CAR SOLD FOR ONLY £10
      166 6 MOIOR-CAR lor sale Pnce £5.. Readers of a Hertfordshire towns newsDaper blinked thrir eyes when they saw the advertisement, and then dec ded it wps all a mistake. Even the smallest, most-bat-tered second-hand cars arc £150 or £200 these days in England It must
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      HAMSTER IS DOG BISCUIT LOVER
      131 6 DABBITS and guinea pigs of ail varieties were shown at the Royal Horticultural Society's show in London recently, but the main attraction was a little animal only five inches long, the 'Golden Hamster.' Although at birth this mammal, to the untrained eye, looks rather like
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      SYNTHETIC PENJLILLAN
      55 6 ACCORDING to Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, penicillin has been synthesized, says a Now York report. Science states that a product identical wilh natural penicillin has emerged from the unprecedented war effort by 38 teams of British and American scientists, 17
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      Breeding Mice Is Big Business
      259 6 nEMOBILISED from the Ro\;«| Wu-iinan Corp*, m »iun V he served during the war in the Middle Kast. A. J. Twi is now taking over from his father a "mousery"' at K leigh, Essex. Hall a million mit e and 15.000 rats, bred m scientific
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      PICTURES AS XMAS CARDS
      103 6 PICTURES AS XMAS CARDS THE mtW Briiu.:: c; «BJ« ins Christmas greetings ait? to fronds and :eia:ior.s :i?t: lapsed even when supp> ai th^ir lowest during Wdi War II Thi^ year, many Lc>ndfllßl have disc i r*i I novel son c; greetinc whi.'h <** and present combined. «oid fcf the
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      CHURCH ROW IS AVRTED
      25 6 4 dispute aoout Wtoj; condun o: clergy Church of Expand withdraw hemcis"ivrned. It wa <tr»* a c! rfft lrom in nuir.
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      BIGGEST RADAR INSTALLATION
      135 6 THE port of Liverpool is to oe equipped with the world's largest radar installation, having a viewing screen over 10 feet square to make this the most modern i~dar-equipped area in the British Isles, report;; Associated Press. The Mersey Docks and Haroour Board plans to utilize radar
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      JET MAN HONOURED
      26 6 Air Commodore Frank Whittle, who conceived the idea of jet propulsio n for aircraft, is to rereive the American Leg on of M<?rit
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      HE TRAINS DOGS TO GUIDE BLIND
      142 6 AT a large house on the oui- skirU of Leamineton vital «^rk Ls being done to help blind prople to become as independent possible ol human aid. Capt Nicholas LiakhofT. Director of the Training Centre of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. I
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      RENTS REDUCED
      35 6 Major A A. Morris, chairman of the Willesden London > rent tribunal said that many good landlords had written him to say that because of the tribunal's decisions they were reducing rents by half.
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      PEARLS IN MUSSEL
      5 6 Conwiu Carna <•
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      Treaties with Axis satellites
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      Jerusalem Is Hoaxed
      86 8 JERUSALEM. Monday. A PARCEL dumped into the Russian compound, believed to contain a bomb, was found to be harmless after nearly an hour of general alarm which took military personnel to emergency posts and halted all traffic Somebody also drove a motorcar up to the building of
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      UNO DEBATE ARMAMENT
      104 8 Continued from page 1 service wherever stationed including personnel in the armrd ♦forces and military- type organisations; secondly, the number in its own territory; thirdly, the number of personnel on territory of each other country in which they are station ?d. > The Committee adjourned discu&sion on
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      18 8 Hi* ME ln thLs vie ol Hobart in Tasmania Mount Cook ian be seen towering behind thv rit>.
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      SIR J. HAY ATTACKS RICE RATIONING
      312 8 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Monday. A DDRESSING the annual general meeting of the Kamuning A Rubber and Tin Co. today, Sir John Hay, the chairman, pointed out that while prevailing rates of estate labourers* wages, broadly speaking and so far as could be ascertained,
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      —CITY NEWS— Today's Prices I In S'pore
      144 8 —CITY NEWS— Today's Prices I In S'pore TIN mine shares which were buyers up to $1.80 in recent months are now sellers at $1.60 with no apparent permanent change in the condition or the mines. These were Kuchuis. There were many demands for Fraser and Neaves but no shares came
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      CITY'S TRAMS BACK
      48 8 The two-day old strike of Trieste transport worfcers ended at 4 p.m. yesterday, says A.P arter the new trade union conciliation committee set up to try to get pro-Italian and proYugoslav unions to work together told tho strikers to go back to their jobs. Reuter
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      PARCELS TO SIAM
      25 8 The postage payable on parcels exceeding three pounds but not exceeding 7 lb. in weight for 3ian* has been reduced to $1.60
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      GOVT EXAM FOR CLERKS
      158 8 Free Press Staff Reporter CCORES of Government clerks in crass 111 will get their first chance of promotion since the war when a promotion examination is held for them eight ciays before Christmas. Heads of Government departments and menibers of the sta^ of the Dir?ctor of
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      New York Stocks
      53 8 fXN the New York Exchange yesterday, stocks drifted in the afternoon with group trends little changed from their earlier narrowly irregular pattern Oils and minings received particularly steady support throughout, Oils were additionally attractive because of the added and perhaps permanent fuel demands OCCrulnor from tH» crvfi
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      Rice Stocks Arrive
      57 8 DICE prices dropped sharply during the past few days following arrival of the 3% free rice from Stem and smuggled stocks from Swatow, China, reports the Sin Chew Jit Poh. Following the depression of white rice, glutinous rice also suffered a decline. Yesterday's quotations for glutinous rice
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      MARGARINE FROM AFRICA
      176 8 LONDON. Mon. l ARGE-SCALE production of 14 ground nuts, the main source of Britain's margarine, by fully mechanised means in certain selected territories cf Britishadministrated African territories of Tanganyika, Northern Rhodesia and Kenya is technically and economically feasible, according to recommendations made by a mission sent out
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      BRITAIN TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN DUTCH
      360 8 LONDON, Monday. THE Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Christopher Mayhew, in the House of Commons today declined to give an assurance asked for by Mr. Thomas Driberg, Labour member, that no Dutch troops would be trained in Britain after Nov. 30 the date on
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      INDIAN REPUES TO SMUTS
      167 8 INDIAN REPUES TO SMUTS 1 United Nationroai. semb.y. Mr Justice (W* 1 replied to wha 1 £*> clever and ingeJi^ I madt bv the SoKu? m*r Fie. d Marsha last Thursday St*"* declared: "It would £*<* mistake to look upon thai* States and non-AsiatiTsu^ He rcfcrrec to the S*» Agreement
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      U.S. WARSHIPS VISIT TURKISH PORTS
      47 8 Four U.S. warship, including a carrier and a cruiser, anchored at the Turkish port of Izmir on Saturday. This force will n-->xt call at Marmaris. Turkish port farther south which is said to be wanted bv Russia as a coaling station.- A.P.
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      GANDHI HAS BEEIN ILL
      34 8 Mr. Gandhi, who is staying in their Muslim village of Srirampur. East Bengal was taken ill on Sunday says Reuter, but his doctor stated yesterday that he has now recovered.
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      545 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY Supply of Broken Stone from Segamat Quarry. Tenders are invited for the supply of about 50.000 cubic yards ofbroken stone at the above quarry commencing f rom Ist January 1947 to 31 Dec 1947. (a> T T^^fceTr ld cubTc C %rd for broken stone and stacked in heaos
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      77 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya F LY C SSc^THIf £Tv f7^ /CLUES UNLIMITED..^ j/W, JANE.'-TH.S .5 AX. SSe?C^ MUR^^n \l) WHATr-YfeS, MILORD. J /CASE AHeR YOUR OWN HEART' -jr™ fWYHEM GEORGIE T- MO kcLIEMT > M(^^^V 0H NO, MILORD.... J THAT WAS UORD LOVACE -A*4D I
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      8 8 FOREST W*?± RAN«WM£ Friday <Sc Saturday MID- MIGHT
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      98 8 WEATHER Fair With A Shower Risk VT I ATHI R forecast for 24 hour* from noon today compiled by the RAF Central Forecasting Station, Air Command. South -East Asia: Isolated thundery showers especially in the northern half of the island thi* afternoon. Otherwise fair with light to moderate variable winds.
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