The Singapore Free Press, 16 January 1947
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Title Section18 1947-01-16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA af;aurnaf SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947. PRICE 1« CENTa.18 words
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Article44 1947-01-16 1 kfl .t c\ hound IOM k l»lllimt<lj »n Brlta n I the year irom 1944 md showed a three- luld since 193 K. according I bca Commit*" on th» totH beu at i >enous threat 1 "nU h Itirf44 words
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42 1947-01-16 1 2,000 RANGOON STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE NGOON. W'.d University students. about 2.000. went aga nst ipatior. of some de- I ii" of ro Ui prethe intention t~> Jan 31. S lents Union OD Jan. 19 Rangoon o'A-ing to the innected de- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article10 1947-01-16 1 ACTOR JAILED FOR PROPAGANDA des- mpriL mkMn for ::da o.idand10 words
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Article409 1947-01-16 1 Treaty to end menace of Germany LONDON, Wednesday. DKITAIN and France are to go straight ahead with negotiations for an alliance. This is the result officially announced tonight of the two-day talks m London between the French Prime Minister, M. Leon Blum, and the British Prime Minister Mr.Reuter - 409 words
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Article201 1947-01-16 1 Gian Singh's squat in Battery-Rd Fret' Press Staff Reporte] DESPITE the fact that water and electricity fur 80 members of Gian Sinph's staff was cut off at 4.30 yesterday alternoon. Mr. Hardial Singh, who was ordered by the Singapore 1 Board to quit his premises m Battery Road by midnight,201 words
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Article72 1947-01-16 1 'TRUCE BROKEN' SAY DITCH The Netherlands Indies Government yesterday charged Indonesian forces with 350 serious truce violations m tfee past two months, and released what it identified as capture plans for Indonesian attacks upon three Dutch-held cities where heavy fighting recurred m recent we?ks. says A.P. from Batavla. The Dutch72 words
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Article, Illustration46 1947-01-16 1 Governor Gim son is pictured greeting Mrs. Malcolm Mat Donald on her arrival at Changi Airfield yesterday, with the GovernorGeneral, who is seen m the backgrou nd. The Mac Donalds are living at Tyersall. Below The Flag Car (Goycrnor Gimson's) that went on strike.46 words
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Article199 1947-01-16 1 LONDON, Wed. A LIBEL action brought by Mr. m Churchill against r end publishers cf the < -Dinner at the White Hr i settled In the Biitisn r Premier's lavour In W° I Hi^h Court today. It. Churchill asked for a s'a*°- the o^en court on199 words
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116 1947-01-16 1 LONDON, Wed. DROFEBSOR J. J. Smertenko, vice-president ot the American League for Free Palestine, who was arrested this afternoon when he arrived by private plane at Croydon m defiance or the British ban on his entry, will be deported tomorrow. He will be transportedReuter - 116 words
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Article56 1947-01-16 1 FRENCH TROOPER IS GUARDED The French i.ner He de France which arrived at Port Said yesterday with 8.000 French troops tor Indo-China was kept outside the port as a precaution against any attack by Egyptians, sayi A.P. from Cairo. Reports said that the Frenoh Embassy asked the Egyptian Government to56 words
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Article71 1947-01-16 1 While awaiting a ship to Join her Army Captain husband, Mrs. George Foreman of Rhode Island was notified by the United States War Department yesterday that he was one of three oflicers w::o died m a fire at his camp near Sendai, ir. Japan. Mrs Foreman and her71 words
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66 1947-01-16 1 The Australian demand that the small Allied nations be permitted, to partiopate "fully and freely' 1 m the Bi-4 Four preliminary discussions on the German peace settlement, was discussed by th' 1 Foreign Ministers' Council ct Deputies m London yesterday M. Qussev, the Soviet66 words
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Article29 1947-01-16 1 In all, 20.000 RAF officers have i applied lor permanent commissions and 3,000 have been granted. There have been about 13.000 extended service commission approved29 words
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Article24 1947-01-16 1 Seven people have been drowned m floods following torrential > nin Natal, which are described us the worst lor 90 years. i24 words
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Article243 1947-01-16 1 Free Press Staff Reporter *THE mystery of 37 new British Austin and Hillinan cars 1 which were discovered aboard the 394-ton British merchant ship. Empire Mayrover, when she was searched by a Dutch warship off the Java port of Cheribcn deepens, and a number of243 words
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Article121 1947-01-16 1 LONDON. Wednesday TODAY'S moves to end the grea' 1 British transport str ke ha-e failed. A meeting this evening to decide the late of the strike which :s now estimated to mv up to 60,000 men. resulted heavy vote for its continuance Th first peace mow121 words
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Advertisement13 1947-01-16 1 h ETERNITY RTNGS NECKLACES COLD CIGARETTE C \SES. S. de SILVA U r.ou>13 words
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Advertisement12 1947-01-16 1 HAKUfACrURIfIS v. i/p^&A rf/ r Sole Agents Jo I,I^.TR AVER I Sg!^12 words
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NEWS PAGE
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283 1947-01-16 3 F)R a man accused at St. Columb. Cornwall, of stealing Air Ministry' equipment, it was said that he had been ordered to push new and unpacked machinery into a pond with a bulldozer. Mr. W. G. Scown, defending Arthur Warno, of St. Mawgan, near283 words
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Article109 1947-01-16 3 f \NE ot the worlds most :amous mails. Tin Can Lsland po^t. has closed for the last time The island's real name is Niuatoou. a small member ot the Tor.gan group north of New Zealand. A violent eruption and fears cf another have forced the109 words
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Article78 1947-01-16 3 POTTAGERS m Longford Eire, v» are protesting because the] county council wants to t?i f> j them their homes free. They 's a c itch repairs would cost more than thr* 9d 8 T rei t Cour.cillor 3. Kiernan r d the ••gift." admit t d the78 words
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Article, Illustration271 1947-01-16 3 UK BUILDING SECRET 'SEA DWARFS' r r O little 65ft. vessels now under construction m secret at at a Granton boat yard will begin, when complete this year, a long series of experimental voyages with Britain's herring fleet. These midget drifters will continue at sea experiments which were begun before271 words
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Article31 1947-01-16 3 NEXT PRESIDENT Thomas Dewey. sworn m recently for a second term as New York's Governor has reason to hope that the next oath he takes may be as President m 1948.31 words
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Article208 1947-01-16 3 TN the d')ck at Lus t.ood i "The Menace*—-o r so police called 37-year-old George Meari, wi m t wanted h rosebreaker m the county lor years. H.^ listened with rapt attention for one hsur and 25 minutes rs the clerk and t'r^ chairman Lord208 words
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Article88 1947-01-16 3 /^NE red-head and live brunettes had their hair cut off m four days by Washington's silent, skilful "Jack -the- Snipper." None of 'h»-ni felt their hair cut, and the first they knew about it was when they got home and looked m a mirror. The snipper was88 words
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Article94 1947-01-16 3 ENGLISH archaeologist. Mr Walter B. Em'-ry, discoverer; of the tomb of an Egyptian que n who lived about 2,000 years befor^ King Tut-ankh-Amen, believes that 23 young s rvants were poisoned and buried at the sam time as the queen. Mr. Em ry said that the94 words
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Article30 1947-01-16 3 W. C. Fields, who as a tough kid ran away from home, left part of the fortune he made as a comedian to found an orphans' college30 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-01-16 3 Ted Evans, at ft. 6 m., is quite the tallest man at the Elstrec Studios, wher«» i, c has taken a part m "No .Mghtingalev"' Ai 22, he is still growing and he is allowed two clothing books and double rations. The woman m front of him here53 words
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Article136 1947-01-16 3 Krupp plant to move to Britain HRITAIN is to take her first large-scale reparations payments I) from Germany early m the New Year m the form of machinery from the Krupp works m Essen and car production plants m Brunswick. The Ministry of Supply and the Board of Trade wUI136 words
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Article114 1947-01-16 3 NIGHT 'MERCY TAX I SERVICE' k CAR owners" merry *xl service" has been started is South- West London. Members are willing to drive people during the night to relatives lying dangerously ill m hospitals m the Wimbledon. Kingston and Cheam districts. The service is known as Hospitab" Night Volunteer Service.114 words
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Article37 1947-01-16 3 While tlv vhaiing e:;ped of three nations which sailed frcm South Africa are sccu: the Antarctic, a school of it whales, attracted by shoal* of sardines, hts moved into Picfctenberii Bay. near the Cape37 words
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Article65 1947-01-16 3 ACOUSTICS EXPERT DID NOT HEAR Tlv re ii aim he subject of .sound that Profess r Richard Bolt, acoustics expert 1 1 the Massachusetts Institut Techno legy. does not kr.ow Ard so. when he appeared m the traffic court at Cambridge recently for h;norinp a police whistle, i'.o was fired65 words
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Article112 1947-01-16 5 9,000 TRADE MARKS nm Stall Reporter Sii »6 of manufacturers o: ■fl of goods m&- have been clamour- 1 trade marks I oda registered, and T responsible ■n L*en closed since the r re-open as soon as its X AH Harrison, returns ..Vf m Eri- 1 .:.:.ay 9.000 pcopie j112 words
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Article, Illustration95 1947-01-16 5 Specially built for service as an army trooper m the Pacific, but completed after the surrender of Japan, the 8,735-ton Mar"<ne Adder (above) passed through Singapore on Tuesday on her way to India m the course of heT first Eastern voyage. She earaied more than ?0©95 words
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48 1947-01-16 5 The 15 passengers of the FEATI i aie wh;ch made a forced i&ndat Hoihow on Ha nan Island Saturday while flying from It to Singaprs arr.ved m t H)rg Kons yesterday, says U.P The passengers included, ten Chinese, three British and two ricans48 words
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Article205 1947-01-16 5 S 'PORE FEEDING PLANS FOR U.S. Free Press Staff Reporter DETAILS of Singapore's feeding schemes which have already received attention from some foreign countries, notably China, will be taken into the homes of thousands of people m America. Mr. William Winter, American radio commentator a/)d former war correspondent, who is205 words
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Article104 1947-01-16 5 TUNKU AHMAD GOING TO AUSTRALIA Free Press Staff Reporter TDNKD Ahmad, son of IHs Suitar. of Jchere his wife arid tamily ar? to spend eight months* vacation m Australia, and are sailirc: on the Charon for Fremantle. Th? party Includes Tunfcu Ahmad, Unku Maimunah. lvi.liv K'latijah. his daughter, 13-/ ear104 words
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Article227 1947-01-16 5 COMMENCING with personnel placed under orders on orj after Jan. 15, 1947, all personnel! drafted overseas excluding officers of the RAMC, Royal Army! Dental Corps. RAVC and Nursing Officers who are dealt with under separate rules, will normally be' selected from those m the follow- j ing227 words
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Article459 1947-01-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter QCRAPPED war planes Japanese, British and American •J have given Singapore a new industry the manufacture of aluminium utensils and motor spare parts. In a score of foundries, ranging from garage "factory" m which a family consisting of father, two sons459 words
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Article24 1947-01-16 5 Regulations have been published m the Singapore Government Gazette to control traffic at the newly-opeT.ed Rex Cinema m Mackenzie Road at night.-24 words
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Article80 1947-01-16 5 ONE of the duties of the British Commonwealth occupation troops m Japan is to visit small villaee schools, set away among the hills t>r m fishing villages on the islands of the Inland Sea. to ensure that the education directive of SCAP (Supreme Commander Allied Power?) is80 words
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Article97 1947-01-16 5 Free Press Start Reporter A CHINESE pig dealer from Singapore who went to Johore to purchase a consignment of pigs was held up by a gang of armed robbers at 12th. milestone on Senai-Johore road shortly after midnight on Tuesday and robbed o t $2,000. The97 words
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Article58 1947-01-16 5 A YOUNG Chinese, Koo Wan who olaimed to be a member cf the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force m 1941, was sentenced to live year*' rigorous imprisonment by Mr Jusiice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Wan was convicted en a charge &f "carrying arms," an58 words
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Article, Illustration227 1947-01-16 5 UNION CHECKS CRIME LATEST crime figures :or Malayan Union do credit t 0 the preventive measures tftl by the Malayan Police For?r I check crime. In January 1946. 76 cases M murder were reported, 108 c of gang robberies with nren? 79 cases of robberies with arms, 41 cases of227 words
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Article58 1947-01-16 5 Three young CMne.se. Leong See Hee, aged 23, of Tiong Bahr;: Road. Quick Seng Xi, a red 20. oJ Anton Road, and Lim Tro aged 18, of Bukit Brown, w r remanded by the Sin?apo:? Second Police Magistral. Mr. L C. Goh, yesterday on charges of armed robbery58 words
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Advertisement163 1947-01-16 3 SJff DAN" [ERE r>eautv is the booty of the ruthless and bold! WHKRF the best and wont clash m lawless adventure! 1 1. Rt. forbidden excitements light the nights with revelry? t (iI.ORIOIS TECHNICOLOR Starring: Marta MONTEZ m Jon HALL Turhan BEY Watch Out! mitoi bringing New Excitement IK to163 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous22 1947-01-16 3 TARTAN Ta¥*an to the rescue By Edgar Rice Burroughs ffife^Sfr^ 1 ---THE HUNC-RV MAN-EATER CHARGED. Kgjj^' 1 TiKAR W£RE &&NG ATTACKED, j22 words
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Advertisement132 1947-01-16 5 fl m HMI AL BOOKS J f HIGKt L LNGLNTS by $12 60 1 iCIENCE for ure and by Geeson 12 60 I MATERIALS by 9 00 J 'ED CONCRETE by 15. 00, < TKUCTION 9 60 iUCTURES 10 30 ESIGN OP ladrew. 9.00: A FtWORKS 10.80 I Id -D132 words
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Advertisement59 1947-01-16 5 ,^xv>x\\vax\\\\\\\v\\\vv\x *T* IT% A V csnHsnns W^ |Hf A THE BEST SOUND IW TOWN* TEL. 4-Q4-2, QI R -C C H PI T I Oil ED T(j-gether they set a world aflame with their song and dance and broke a million hearts! BETTY GRABLE .3 IJOHNPAYNE-JUNEHAVER^I II ,S. Z. SAKALI59 words
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SPORTS PAGE
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Article640 1947-01-16 7 Malaya Cup And A nson Rd Stadium By Our Soccer Reporter THERE have been many times during the past year when 1 members of the public have vilified the powers that be and all their works for what seemed then an unbelievable slowness m helping them640 words
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Article77 1947-01-16 7 HARDSTAFF BACK IN OLD FORM F rom Hill Bowes TON. Wed. nding hos- used heel; of a i .pc of a way Lan?ridge, still lined -iroin Id the r -;ave his U the marked >":ps Scntdr SI, < Huttcn we I i shaft a the M.C.C -md i ing tb77 words
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Article65 1947-01-16 7 ENGLAND—I*] INNS on c Ronald Thomas b Kilbey 51 1 *k c Ronald Thomas b .aril son 29 a (.ardiner b (lark T (staff not oat 120 L -T-Dton not out 137 B*rai Btw. I*, les-bye. 1) 11 r thr«« wicketot 361 <> M R W 1 15 265 words
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Article42 1947-01-16 7 I beat the Na>7 by two and exciting yesterday. d over with no r.d half the Army I Maga ran first JJO3I F:ve ran through again nuig for Major no m -slake. OutCapt. In- in? P O Doyle and42 words
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Article59 1947-01-16 7 LEXINGTON. Wed. THE couagr mat won him three world championships and a pretideniial citation for heroism m tnc nthttaf at Guadalcanal has brought Barney Ro?s another victory— me toughest of his 37 years. Four months after he gave himsei: up to Government authorities as a nicrphlne addict,A.P. - 59 words
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Article73 1947-01-16 7 NEW YORK. Wednesday Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis *U1 leave New York on January 26 for an exhibition tour of Mexico .nd Central America. He will travel by air, returning In March to start training for a June title defence match. His first exhibition, m Mexico CityU.P. - 73 words
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Article78 1947-01-16 7 The Perhiboran B P was reformed on i January 1. At the general meeting on January 5 at No 118. Lorong Engku Aman the following were elected j officials. President Mohd. Hashim bin Ahmad. Hon. Secretary A. Hudri bin Mukri Hon. Treasurer Mahmood bin Buang Spoils Captain Supa'at78 words
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Article544 1947-01-16 7 Winger - Winger By r their already long list of victims this season, the Combined R.A.F. added (he Singapore All Blue-s when the two sides met at Jalan Besar yesterday, the game ending m a clear 21 points (three goa's, two tries, penalty) win for the airmen.544 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-01-16 7 Lindsay BttMett has his wickets broken by Douglas Wr'ghi in the second innings of the third Test at Melbourne. Hassett had scored only 12 runs.30 words
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116 1947-01-16 7 ALL BLUES FINAL AT KUALA LUMPUR ON SUNDAY THE Srrcmban padang til] oat be .ivail.ihlr for the All Blaes tup final on Saturday. The match, therefore, will b« played m Kuala. Lumpur on Sunday. Singapore who are eiprvt*! (o make the final selection of th-ir team today, will travel 'omono*116 words
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Article34 1947-01-16 7 The second committee meeting of the Peterdal B.P. will be held at the residence of Mr. Robert H. W. Suriya 14, Lim Ah Pin Road on Saturday. All committee members are asked to attend34 words
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Article59 1947-01-16 7 Members of the Singapore State hockey team which will play Selangor and P.:rak this weekend are asked t. be at the railway station at 6 p.m. tomorrow, and not at 7.30 p.m. as earlier requested. There is one change m the team. P. Penrcfather will not be able to travel59 words
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Article381 1947-01-16 7 ARSENAL, CHELSEA AGAIN DRAW 1-1 LONDON, Wednesday. I ONDON'S two big clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, battled fo; L, two hours on the Arsenal ground at Highbury this afternoon before more than 53,000 spectators and it is still not known which club have the honour to receive Derby Count y mReuter - 381 words
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Article249 1947-01-16 7 IN a return cricket match p;ayed on th«- Targl.n Qronnd between Trart>Ordnance, Transp tion n^tcn d \k-\ t;on opened well. the core be.ng 40 :.r.st wicket ell. but the remamdrr of the td Old:.. uown .1. cvi a zood pMtnership between Ogd.-i. and B .t them249 words
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Article56 1947-01-16 7 Members of the Eclipse B.P. r.re reminded that a reunion Dinner and dance will be held at the residence of the pa'ron, Mr. Cheong Koon Hong. No. 75 Koon Seng Road, on Thursday Jan. 23 at 7.00 p.m. Members who wish £o Join are requested to get m56 words
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Article49 1947-01-16 7 R. F. T. Paterson has been appo:: secretary of the Essex County Crick?** Club, m succession to Lt.-Col B. X Caster, who has taken over a s'milar appointment with Survey. Paterson. an all-rounder, played r**gularly for Essex last summrr. scoriae nearly 700 runs m all matches49 words
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Advertisement10 1947-01-16 7 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM SUNDAY, 111 January, 1947 8 45 p.m.10 words
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Advertisement61 1947-01-16 7 KOW KIM UN presems THE "SINGAPORE NATURAL" OVER 1O(3) ROUNDS AT lOst. 7 lbs. VS BATT. SIMA SENSATIONAL 10 (S) ROUNDS RETURN CONTEST AT 8 ST 6 LBS. KHOON vs S. MOTT Supported by All-Action Preliminaries. RlNt-SIDL RESERVATION BY CASH ONLY j PRjJ}E$ AS NIGHTLY FROM 9 P M TO61 words
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Advertisement37 1947-01-16 7 TO-DAY f JtfnjlTg 1 1 13. 3 30. 630 and 900 p m I /j .^^K^^ft EAGLE. LION PR9S£NTS k if^W Mr %II I I li\M IB WbT *'ou<.tt michacl b»icon I. D.r.nrd t, ...CHMKS 'UNO 137 words
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