The Singapore Free Press, 3 December 1946

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Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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      THE WEATHER MEN OF SINGAPORE
      1165 2  -  A. Robinson by I xee Press Staff Reporter THE weather foiecasl, known to be lead dahy by almost 100 per cent. of Free Press readers, has a lancinating story m its coaHpi'ation. I r.ais? when '«.^y glance at the terse phrases warning "thundery showers.' 'rain
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      'The Balloon goes up'
      50 2 'The Balloon goes up' Corporal R. L. Cotton, of Mam hist. i,\u t balloon urn h^dtogen There are no tas <•>! 'nders at C 'hanjri and this rather primitive apparatus iv used (alduni hvdnde S mv. Ed into the generator, water automata all> rrixes «hh I and hydrogen v civ<n
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      your lucky-STAR
      173 2 your luckySTAR Ftfrtum cist t« •y>- ourr r<idt| V<U haw a diJTunlt pr s<»rtaln> t<i undfMimt. <»v apn<;ir t>, fcf quiet and r.-.ati< and U::--ful. Kut undt rn**ath iff a itctl mm of "'•> and >on ar al*av« ••'lut.img so eniir.i-. M d thai even yotr <1 >stM and <i
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. DEC. 3. 1946 Five Cent Justice
      579 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. DEC. 3. 1946 Five Cent Justice EX-INTLRNEES m Singapore are indignant— and we think rightly indignant— at an example of heavy-handed justice handed down m the second District Court m Singapore last T.ie cave concerned Mrs. W.e Ek Teck <Loo Guat Tee* a widow u-th
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      Good Morning ....
      1146 4  - Good Morning Frank Owen By IS it coming? Is what coming? Why, Coalition, of course. Not now. or next week, though maybe next year. Not, however, under the title proposed by publisher Harold Macmillan. the instantly-dead "National Democratic Party." Not even m the form of any political party. But as
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      606 4 A MAN who groomed many of the 'stars.' CAIRNS JAMES has died m Gloucester where he retired from his profession of actor and theatrical teacher. A Savoyard, he played m many musical shows at the end of the last certury at the Old Gu^ty Thratre. He became
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      12 2 "ORDERS FROM TOKYO" (IN TECHNICOLOR) NOTHING EVER PHOTOGRAPHED TO EQUAL IT! t
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      275 2 Crossword Puzzle No. S3 I Remnant M I ~TT\ W 111 WTi«[ fa pili!lj,LQir Overlook an oj.nce. "I 1 M 1 J \M J' l^< 2T bkr HI «-P pi a TT' I 1 1" Journeys. "I M I 1 l^lll IIOW Itinerant [55 "j Lrjl l> i n*a i
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      284 2 Wi P- m GSV vu 4 11.M p.m to RADIO MALAYA 1? a m GSF |9R 2 nd 68 > > Singapore DE< 7.30 p.m. Variety band-box. 830 RED .NKIWOKK (Chinese luoum p.m. News; 8.35 pm. London calling; 2?5 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. i.ZZS 840 p.m. Interlude;
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      17 4 to all descriptions of siU. WOOSn a;:d fabrics sent to us for CMMft/U ei£Aif/IH. BES7DY£t*e VMS/BU MIMD/06.
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      38 4 HE DARED PARACHUTING INTO THE FORTRESS OF EUROPE! DEATH DEFIED TO SECURE ONE OBJECT! Opens TODAY /pimiYfjj lla.m -2-4.1 5-6.30-9. 15p ny laf\| I [}i» Tel. 5281 >^-»>^_ f/r [RpujFORD i >/ HERBERT HASON M/ J TtD A o ;rx"-^
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      GOODS FAMINE IN U.K. IS ENDING'
      271 6 MR. ERIC Johnston, £50,000-a year American industrialist, member of President Truman's advisory panel and one of the most influential leaders m America, told the British people m a Press interview m London: "You are worrying too much, worrying about your future, worrying about what
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      MINE WASTE AS MEANS TO STOP? FLOODS
      164 6 YORKSHIRE'S ugly slag heaps and tips of pit refuse are well known as an eyesore at many points m the country, and many suggestions have been put forward from time to time as to what should be done with them. There are many
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      YMCA MAN WINS PEACE PRIZE
      87 6 THE Nobel Peace Prize lor IWo. 1 worth £8.287. i s divided by two Americans- Mrs E m i 1 Green Balch ag»d 79. president o! the Women's Int"rnation«i League for Peace, and Mr John R, Mott. aged 81. president of the World Alliance of
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      12-YEAR-OLD BOY WINS "SCOUTS' V.C."
      31 6 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WINS "SCOUTS' V.C." The Gilt Cross- -the 'Scouts' V C."— has been award' d to Barry Haton <12». of Lynwood Arnside, Westmorland, who rescued a bather m d faculties
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      INSULT TO INJURY
      24 6 A thief who raided a Bristol outfitter's shop changed into n^w i"iderwea r and socks and left hs discarded clothes behind.
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      BID TO SWIM THE IRISH SEA
      57 6 BID TO SWIM THE IRISH SEA Mr Tom Blower, Of Nottingham. English Channel gwimmer and Mor<. cambe Bay champion, la gotnf into training to .swim the Irish Sea irom I arne t) Stranraer. I dis'anc^ of :<0 mllet. next .summer Blower who is :*2, SAam the English Channel on AuR.-st
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      WEEK-END ABSENCE COST £2.150
      49 6 Theft of jew'llery. believed to: be worth about £2.000 and £150 I ill cash from the honv of Mrs j Betty Rvman a t Park-road. St. I John's Wood. London, was discovered on return of the occupants, who had be n away over the week-end
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      FLASH WIPES OUT SWISS VILLAGE
      27 6 A Mioit-chcuit caused a fire which completely destroyed the vi'la^e of Maycn <pop. 60 >. In ♦he Canton of Va'ais. Swit c land
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      'Marriage A Mistake'
      103 6 They attended Christian Science servicf s, but alter a j time Hinds stopped goinp After H nds bad In Northamp'on ai Mundln'a suggestion, to look for a job. Mrs Hinds wrote to him that their marriage was a mistake and that she had been led out of
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      'Wife Enticed By Her Rich Uncle'
      144 6 JOSEPH Henry Hinds, 49, alleged that his wife v.a* eatited J from him by her uncle nstag hi< Chri>tian Sck-nc* beliefs and his wealth. But when the story wa> told I Lincoln Assizes. Hinds lost his c<xsv. Hinds, of The Grange. Gunthrope. Peterborough, brovg
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      MYSTERY YOUTH SEEKS PARENTS
      100 6 BRITISH youth ul 17 Vfa wa:t:ntr In a German CJ lor his parents to cla m h been told that he \g DOl ail. t!ie son of a Etamford. I ::ian whom it a.<: thought ir. be his Jather. The boy. who is known a.a Johnny
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      Fashion Envoys To America
      23 6 Fashion Envoys To America The -i\ mann*quinv t as 'ambassador, of foitw ra-h.on uho xrt nw m tK* lat M m pr.tish c«tolB^
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      BAORs CHOOSE FRAULEINS
      26 6 BAORs CHOOSE FRAULEINS Mr. Bellenger. War BftCPfliry, m the Commons recently that 836 applications have been made by men m the 8A.0.R to marry German girls
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      PEASHOOTER DEATH
      20 6 Matthew W per, 11-ycar-oid Newcastle -on-Tyne boy, has di<*d from injuries to his mouth caused by his peashooter
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      FILM STAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRITISH WOMEN
      11 6 FILM STAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRITISH WOMEN f;ldkg;fdlkgdg fdgdkjglkfdjgdf fglkfdjgklfdg fdglfdkg;lfdf
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      DEATH TRAP FOR YOUNG BABIES
      28 6 DEATH TRAP FOR YOUNG BABIES LJOFT puio** m death oonbe. Un»W- ffP ge Mrf Burconioc- d i^biS UK child with t vf:jn a piltow, which did Accidental death.
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      UNTRUMPETED BUGLES
      21 6 Ar. office who «£J nam.- to M* y* printed It £*Jg+ six drum> 'o n* *y» ment m honoui
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      JOBS FOR ARMY DOCS
      10 6 London Hospitals asked by Cnn-nm^; nent
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      QUIZ Answers
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      HOME...
      45 8 Market day at Sudbury. Suffolk In the backer vi U St. Pet-rs hurch wm.i .n front, a statue of Gainsborough, who was born mi n th- town Sudbury, situated m the valley of the Stiur, was the Eatanswill where Mr. Pickwick saw the election
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      New Atlantic Air Records
      121 8 SEW YORK, Mou. THE British Overseas Airways today claimed a new record for the flight from New York to Shannon, Eire, with a nonstop time of eight hours 32 minute*. Tlie plane. a Bristol 11. covered 3,200 mUes at an average spoed of 375 miles an
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      MUST QUIT CANADA
      138 8 tu* o LONDON. Moa JrfE Pnvy Cuui. a today ruled that Canadian orders for deportation o- Japanese from Canada were valid. The Council dismissed t.^e peal made by the Cb-opsrmtlve Committee of Japanese anrl Canadian against the delation otters imposed on interned Jaoanese and also on Canadian
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      £2,000-A-YEAR SURGERY GIFT
      57 8 AN anonymous gift to the English Royal College of Bur*eona has been made by a New zea and industrialist to endow a commonwealth tra veiling professorship. Sir Alfred Webb- Johnson p r e at .hi ounced th at a dinner t\? c Colle 5? m London ai
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      LEWIS 'REFUSED TO BARGAIN'
      320 8 LEWIS 'REFUSED TO BARGAIN' TNEW YORK, Monday HE Lnited States Government completed its case against John L. Lewis, United Mine workers' chief, today, with the evidence of Julius A. Knig, Secretary of the Interior that Lewis had four times refused his request to bargain directly with the mineowners. Judge Alan
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      S'PORE RADIO
      108 8 'Continued from Page 1> Governments of Singapore and Uie Malayan Union. "Our work is so different that I do not see how it can be suggested that we could merge under one head." Radio Malaya 15 making good use 0? the Far Eastrrn Broadcasting S:rvlces technical farllltfcs and
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      COMPENSATION FOR THE I.C.S.
      96 8 Replying m the Commons yes terday. Mr. Arthur Henderson Under-Secrc-ary for India, said the matters relating to termination of police and other civil services ir. ind'a recruited by th« Secretary of State had been under active consideration. t I hc S ecret ry of State for
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      LASKI LOSES HIS LIBEL CASE
      199 8 LONDON. Mon. MR Ha:o.d J. Laski. prolessor of polit cal science at London University and last year's chairman of the British Labour Party, today lost the l-bel action h had brought against th- Newark Advertising Company and Mr. Cyril E. Parlby, editor of the Newark
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      GALE DELAYS TALKS ON INDIA
      530 8 GALE DELAYS TALKS ON INDIA LONDON, Monday. QTRONG winds reaching gale force have held up at Malt* O the India talks delegation en route to London, while thr latest reports from India indicate that the round-table con ference to settle Hindu-Moslem differences before the o^nm^ of the Indian Constituent Assembly
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      City News
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      TODAY'S S'PORE RUBBERPRICES
      62 8 THE Singapore Chamber of Com- merce Rubber Associations daily rubber prices at noon today were: Buyer* Sellers Cts. (U. pei Ib. per Ib. No IR.S.S Spot Loose 41 a 41% No. 1 R.S.S fob m Bal~ 12 42-. No. 2 R.S.S. fob m flairs M% It 4
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      Singapore Shares
      74 8 THE share market was dull this morning with Tins and Rubj bors still neglected except tor Kramats which had buyers at 16s. and Kurhais %\s2^ buyers. In industrials Raffles Hotel had business done a f $2 87' 2 and Robinsons Ordinary Shares a*. $4 50. Straits Traders agaii;
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      London Stocks
      99 8 \N the London SUxk Exchange ye«t«rday the behaviour and turnover m the stock markets were generally satisfactory. Initially interest was inclined to be specialised but broadened considerably as trading progressed. The gilt-edged market was generally firmer: public inquiry, however, was small. Trading m industrial* was fairly qui»t until
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      New York Stocks
      115 8 /\N Uw New York Ex« ye*terday. the main body of the stocks continued to seek lower levels during the afternoon with leaders showing declines up to three points. The market closed easy. News for market reflection included 5 tee! operations this week, which were <1«»n 2.6 points
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      BRITISH TO EQUIP GREEK FORCES
      90 8 BRITISH TO EQUIP GREEK FORCES The British government ...is agreed in principle to for&lsh equipment for 16 new baUa:*OiiS ror the Greek Army, the Itytijtrj of Information announced :n Athens icst^rday, reports \J.k Meanwhile widespread "mop ping up* operations against guerillas are continuing alon b tfep Yugoslavian frontier. ExkMoivo operations,
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      BULGARS RECOGNISE EXILED GOVT.
      26 8 BULGARS RECOGNISE EXILED GOVT. The Bulgarian government has decided (o recognise the exiled Spanish Republican government and will establish diplomatic re- latirns with it reports U.P
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      STRIKERS GIVEGOVT HOLIDAY
      55 8 STRIKERS GIVEGOVT HOLIDAY u Hnim I !t h tood i office .^bTi£ A lor.g lint or cars mm. lorrn. som, m r^ to. and thoussLndiofaw ror.sea the rows i:i3 ir -at daloa^T aocka-oricts' w J flea im .^J who arrived on the *aT3 aani ittaj siopm j, r. f;r retires
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      AUSTRIA IS GIVEN NAZI OIL ASSETS
      8 8 AUSTRIA IS GIVEN NAZI OIL ASSETS A. --vebeeatßi
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      SOVIET CRITICISM OF KUOMINTANG
      73 8 Th^ Chui2se Kuom.: party is incapable of coping alon> with the internal Chines* affairs and I feared th? consequences o: th e promulgation of a d^mocra t c constitution." writes the Sovi writer M. Nannnin m the Pravc commenting the convocation a* Nanking on Nov. 15
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      78 6 J AlNt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya W... HULLO.'.. IS THAT^^i LET ERIC /[T SEEMS A DIRTY^J THOUGHT SOfrufF 4 THE HON LYOIA T| f KMOW I TOLD YOU- T\l TRICK, FRITZ. BUT I /LYDIA'S RISEM TO V L A Et IS IS A /I BUT THE
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      39 8 SEASON EXTENDED JSIEDB^ 'K)-l).\> 4 SHOWS >> i lA<J MICHAEL WPORAVE RACHEL KEMPSON i^M 1 MERVYN JOHNS if J#^o?| JACK WARNER^ MtK™* 'CAPimm NEXT CHANCE-Rp-fs^ue of Britain's |\< MM!' \K \'>i I IIHI Krtnrc fly ]dß| .cud i Jp iChatles Laughtai
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      116 8 WE A THER Cloudy ,ith little rain i W LATHER forecast for 24 hr.,r» from noon tod a* compiled hv t*»-», UK 1 r. r»*ra! fmt> I Sl-tlon. Air Commanrt. s<»nfh I jst Asia* Oondy with a littlr rain »t lin»t bemn-inf f*ir at nicht Fine tomorrow with ?r-**-r»d &hower.
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