The Singapore Free Press, 4 February 1947
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Title Section19 1947-02-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA \4. I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1947. PRICE 10 CENfa.19 words
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Article, Illustration628 1947-02-04 1 Supreme Court rejects \Gruner appeal JERUSALEM, Monday. PALESTINE'S Chief Secretary tonight gave the ■T Jewish Agency a seven days* ultimatum for Palestine Jews M to lend aid to the Government by cooperating with police and armed forces m hunting down the terrorists. The note containing the ultimatumReuter; A.P. - 628 words
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Article311 1947-02-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter LAUNCHES and small craft are leaving Kuching hourly to salve 800 tons of cargo aboard thf 1,463-ton Straits Steamship Company vessel, Matang, Which ran aground more than a week ago off Kuching. Great rents were torn m the side of the vessel311 words
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Article26 1947-02-04 1 *****0 TO HOLD PROTEST STRIKE I.eors now atta, mainly I •Shout B. i--diy action <• on Jan 21 »tqd lata de- forces J n Tndochina T Haw26 words
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Article219 1947-02-04 1 S 'PORE RELIEF SHIP FOUNDERS Free Press Staff Reporter PALEMBAXG, Monday. MORE than 300 bags of rice for the relief of Chinese victims of the recent Indonesian-Dutch fighting m Palembang were lost m the 99-ton Chinese vessel Sin Hwa m Banka Straits about 20 miles from the mouth of the219 words
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Article137 1947-02-04 1 LONDON, Mon. SEN lENCES wtti promulgated on nine corporals who w?r e tried rv court-mart; I I I Icfclk Id on Jan. 8 and 9. o n the charge of arising cut of tbe cm >n of the Empr ss of d at Liverpool on Dec.Reuter - 137 words
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Article201 1947-02-04 1 I ret Pre>-* Staff Reporter PIM.APOKt Munnpal strikers this morning sent a tele cretaf-f of State for the Colonies, Mr. J. ees. protecting against his recent statement Ike mm I ,urm>n> on the strike, and referring him ior tkai Urn lee Pre->. ;ram read> With regard to201 words
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150 1947-02-04 1 Front Page Letter BURN, BURY THE RUBBISH To The Editor, Singapore Free Press. AT a Meeting oi the Committee held on the Jan. 29 it was deader to ask your go-d serv.ces m calCßf the attention of the memoes ci this association and the public to the urgent neoesss.ty oi150 words
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Article86 1947-02-04 1 ATHENS, Monday DRITAIN is shortly to reduce the number of her troops m Greece by 50 per cent. A British Embassy statement said the Ciroek Government had been informed of this reduction "m acid euace with plans made some time ago. Tne reduction will na.lly takeReuter - 86 words
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Article26 1947-02-04 1 F.e'd-Marshnl Lord Montgomery left Londen for Calais *ast I n ghl with r.ear'v 400 other nas--cngers. many a!so g-lng to Switind says ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article100 1947-02-04 1 Free Press Stall Reporter A man was killed anc two others. V/\:l:in 6 20 yards away, were i. ured by shell splinters m an explosion on Pulau Tekong on Sunday morning. Groups of labourers were working on the island clearing the andergrowth by cutting and burning, wnen100 words
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Article35 1947-02-04 1 SOVIET-U.S. HI TCH Russia and the United States yesterday disagreed m the FourPower Deputy Foreign Ministers Council over extradition pohcies affecting disolaced persons m Austria, including thousands wanted by the Soviet Union as war criminals.35 words
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Article44 1947-02-04 1 The Aga Khan, spiritual head of the Ismaili Muslims and h,is French wife ar e to become "honorary citizens" of the French Riviera city of Cannes," reports Reuter. Th e Aga Khan spends most of the year at his villa there.44 words
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Article85 1947-02-04 1 COAL hold-ups due to snow and frost have forced up unem- I plovment m Britain's cotton and textile manufacturing towns m Lancashire from nearly 8,000 to nearly 37,000 m the past fen days. Worst affected town is Nelson, where 0 000 are workLss. In Manchester Reuter85 words
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Article107 1947-02-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO armed robberies were reported m Singapore yesterday m which a Chinese jeweller and a Malay taxi driver were the victims. In both cases, the robbers were armed with pistols. Pour Chinese, one armed with a pistol who entered a Chinese jeweller's107 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-02-04 1 When Sintja» o >» r marked the birthday of Prophet Mohammed yevlerday. lhe celebrations were not confined to men women an-" r'r's also took part. S?e pajje 8.30 words
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Article112 1947-02-04 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. i THE United States Civil Aeronautics Board declared today I that overloading by foreign companies of American-built planes "constitutes a hazard to public safety." The statej ment was made m an order providing that foreign airlines operating- American-made planes over routes m the United112 words
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Article60 1947-02-04 1 LONDON, Mon. THE British Government has not considered a plan for European economic federation or had any exchange of views with France and the United States on u°h a projected plan. Thi s was made clear m the of Commons inlay by Mr. »r*!ctGpher w, Uv-der-60 words
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Article25 1947-02-04 1 The "Siamese twins' born on F'rdav to a coloured woman near i DunnbUar, East Rand, died over i 'he we-k-end. says ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article266 1947-02-04 1 THE TEST PLAY s.aried tn s Bionunf a s nat Wr ght op. ot d the Engl sh attack with a no-b and Miller hco^ed it for a six Ihj call went n, n ana I down among the «os atorMiller was extremely aggressive I and266 words
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Article82 1947-02-04 1 Lngland Ist. Inns— 464 Australia Ist. Inns Morris c Fvans b Bedser 1?S Harvey b Bedser 12 Brad man b Bedser I Harcett c Hammond b Wright "78 Miller not out Ht I Johnson Ibw b Wright MrCocl c Bedser b Yardley Tallon not out r.xtraa Total for82 words
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Article72 1947-02-04 1 Garmcn Mory "tie Bi~ci Angel"— and four other women and six men werj sentenced oy the Hamburg war crimes ccurt yesterday to die by hanging lor crime, u^aina human* ly m vie Ravensbruack women's concentration camo where British girl parachutists were shot by nrins squads72 words
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Advertisement9 1947-02-04 1 0 SILVERWARE ■W W* VUke pjl HENORY ;3.Nortlt^ ftoad9 words
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Advertisement7 1947-02-04 1 K'fam**»M wJgjjSTA#rO*t> MP tut* cdrVTot mum j7 words
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Article, Illustration566 1947-02-04 2 IROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DURING January the rive leading cinemas of oingacore have shown fifty fnms between them. Of these fifty, forty were made m Hollywood, seven were made m England, one m Aus raha. en? m Canada, antone m Singapore itself. This is m the566 words
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Article151 1947-02-04 2 Ti:\ Cinematograph Exhib tors' Association of Britain has agreed to distribute tor the Government, each v~ ,*nth. one r>fn:*isl t^n-minute "nr* a bri f tra "t at Intervals of roughly once a w Mr. Herbei' Morrison. Lord Ft -'dent of th Council, thanked them public'v rt151 words
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Article, Illustration743 1947-02-04 2 BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER EVEN those who seldom visit the cinema are unlikely to be surprised by most of the characters and incidents which make up The Secret Heart. There is Uie gloomy pianoplayer so fashionable these days. Thsre is the wife who chirpily takes her743 words
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Article119 1947-02-04 2 CARLA LEHMANN weds insurance broker John Townsend the moment she finishes work on "Fame is the Spur," probably within the next week. They'll honeymoon at the home of Carla's mother m Montreal. Valeric White takes over the "Call Home th P Heart" part abandoned by Judy Campbell and Celia119 words
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Article73 1947-02-04 2 NEW SCREEN FACES mm i M COItRI SP()\ DEXT faces. m Brit. '^Jh an can H One as Aus tra has m his native been pei got But with J. Ar pleted ta has an ban I He six leet m features ar que, he :s b certain Ho m73 words
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Advertisement75 1947-02-04 2 ftticur^ Concur* eftcar ir.anefir.^rtchir-jrmti t«on WS\ dnaa, I out I and clcar.ru ska travtk* comfort for Lachbsc feet SUFFERED ACLIt AFTER MEALS Great Comfort irom R*** 8 rvc found Her letti "I and •fl mak::. and Ker.nirs JJ cend Mat t Nctr.. same IC Dv action fi mrr j tXTO"75 words
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Miscellaneous145 1947-02-04 2 Free Press Crossword No. 32 x Legenda ry king given T I B^ I 18. Examiner of accounts T___r~_________Ml?7i"""ll I^i"""""^l Mcid^m? Chrysantheme" bm p— _j__Te; r^™*™™M^ MM a sho: Is carried (5). aaa aaa MM MB i*r:.ph of film -rene <s>, 4. HLJR| JV •^hich can be cpar.ed and thrown145 words
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Miscellaneous261 1947-02-04 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DORN today you are more than ordinarily meticulous in business ethics. Vm ar.- ocicst, straightforward and have a quiet reserve whieh makes others honour your opinions and decisions You are shrewed and cautious in financial matters and the chances are you261 words
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Miscellaneous573 1947-02-04 2 D A r*ttr*\ MAI AY A easy; 9.30 p.m. Billy Ternent: 10.00 j 7.30 pm. 19 84. 7 20-12 midnnUlU \Vs\sTm4mwsm I |p.tn. Michael Spivakowsky; 10 30 p.m night 19 84 meters and 49 38 Si Radio newsreel; 10.45 pm. Australia! meters lllQClDOre vs. England; 11.00 p.m. London call- j573 words
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Article263 1947-02-04 3 A SAFE containing securities worth £10,000 which was salvaged by a thirteen -year-old Sea Scout from the River Thames had been stolen from the home of a Leicester business man, nearly 100 miles away, the day before. Sudden lifting of the fog near Chelsea Bridge revealed263 words
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Article124 1947-02-04 3 PLANS are being considered to stage the finest water pageant the world has ever seen as part of the public celebrations of Princess Elizabeth's twenty-first Dirthday. Chief item m the tentative programme is for a gigantic ballet to be staged on a raft floating either on one124 words
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Article, Illustration136 1947-02-04 3 Ivan Pintar, an American charged with espionage, was sentenced to death by shooting a t Belgrade. He was alleged to have maintained contact with a Yugoslav terrorist organisation. Among the strange craft designed for special Royal Naval war service were the "Egg-Crates." w hich have136 words
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49 1947-02-04 3 A ganger and his pick-axe cut off an area's electricity supplies. He accidentally drove the pickaxe into a high tension cable carrying 11.000 volts at Litele Canfield. Es^ex. The gar ger—6o--year-old Edward Buries- escaped with a shading. He was wear.ng rubber boots.49 words
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Article667 1947-02-04 3 PRESS ATTACKS ON U.S. BRITAIN bussia wants to keep Pole frontier MOSCOW, (By Air Mail). SOVIET Russia will urge the retention of the present Polish frontiers when the Council of Foreig-n Ministers reach this question at their conference on the terms of Germany's Peace Treaty due to start here onReuter - 667 words
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Article73 1947-02-04 3 A WORD UP HIS SLEEVE i-aAGISTRAH wrote a h» arm with a Lcitick during a case at the form of a id by a doer j. state>p mark more y -haired a i as "a de I I 1 rawing tried I -truck uving I lied by F it -om?73 words
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Article25 1947-02-04 3 Inore than been ervaiion ted m Grims- jvastind avoid *">ndicome of WM- the *n the I said a -A25 words
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Article150 1947-02-04 3 C"LTPPIES-the women who serv- ed on London's buses during ihe blitz and later m the war, and who were to have been replaced by men— have been granted a "last minute" reprieve. Just over 3,500 cliDpies are to stay en. the London Passenger Transport Board150 words
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Article98 1947-02-04 3 pABSY Kill (lark stiffened when he felt a tap on the shoulder as he was bowling along at thirty milrs an hour m what had seemed his perfectly empty cab when h n drove away from the Essex Arms, at Manor Park London. Then he saw a98 words
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Article37 1947-02-04 3 After seven lean years of war. St. Moritz, famous Swiss winter- sports resort, is filled to capacity this winter. According to official statistics, over one-tnird cf the 2.929 visitors present on New ReuterReuter - 37 words
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292 1947-02-04 3 rDER a Treasury ruling, passengers leaving Britain for America in the Queen Elizabeth will in future be unable to cash cheques at the three branches of the Mitlland Bank on board the ship. Until this ruling was announc- J ed it was possible292 words
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Article19 1947-02-04 3 Placid outlook leads to long life s.iys Mrs. Louisa Keer.s, of Salis- > bury-street, Bedford. She is 10119 words
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Article309 1947-02-04 3 TWELVE patients at Brompton Hospital, London, have volunteered to be the first tuberculosis case*? to be treated with the new life-or-death drue; streptomycin. All are cases that have seemed hopeless and all hav<» been told of the warning by the Medical Research Council that the309 words
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Article85 1947-02-04 3 il CURLY-HAIRED, blue-eyed boy of eight heard an education officer say of him at Chatham Juvenile Court: "He once took a bomb into school and the police had tn be called to remove it. "It was only due to the good sense of the other children85 words
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Article32 1947-02-04 3 About 24 witnesses wer* calicj at the public inquiry m Londo.; into the crash of a BOA C plant* m Kent on Jan. 11, m whic i eight wrre killed.32 words
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Article15 1947-02-04 3 Will those inter-tea Kindi> n3fse ttfcftt OM Office of the RUBBER DEPAF7MENI15 words
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Advertisement36 1947-02-04 3 /fimrZf7(fh^^^% WAINBOWuesAN) \mwi\mm Stat of SOMofVOBlNHOOD) 1 COLUMBIA'S MLLTNMILLION k4 l 001 N^ TS DOLLAR VOiIDII TEC HNICOLOR GENIE WITH UGHT BROWN HAIR t l]{ MIR ll PERFORMING DJJIN TOWERING lIKIOHTHS FABULOUS ROGUE !N ALL BAGDAD36 words
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Advertisement99 1947-02-04 3 OF SANDILANDS. BUTTERY CCOMPANY. LIMITED a-r now situate at MEVER CHAMBERS <ROOM 4. FIRfT FLOOR t TELEPHONE. 80S2S Last 4 Shows i Mb 3 30. I 30 and H n m (§2**) TO-DAY _a~? J_ib-^Sfl TOMORROW I -II *f**p classf ied advertisements I'lassineo SmaUa 50 cts. per line. Mm Charge99 words
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Miscellaneous67 1947-02-04 3 TARZAN Cloud of mystery £>> £<&** Burroughs AS THEIR EYES BECAME ACCLSTDMEP I E^ M?jfl PINALLY, TO THE APE-MAN'S "Tpj TO THE SLACKNESS. STRANGE ANO —^^i jPfepSj <EEN EARS CAME R|9 ffl RH 1 k^~ i**? J^B_Rpf!B— rHß 'J "**i V-^^R \\\\^^C^m\ mm\\mm\^. -Am\ i**M BWjE'fo j re***4***JWVr*Tn^^pJp^-H Duu**"fcT""ii"'M<" <*«i«"»67 words
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591 1947-02-04 4 The Price Of Defeat. IT is good news that Japanese textiles will be arriving m Singapore this month and that Singapore can expect more than 2.000.000 yards of cloth from the 12.000,000 allocation. Japan's textile industry is making a rapid recovery. Already the591 words
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Article, Illustration1545 1947-02-04 4 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT "TN the last five years, I I have seen many reports of Commandos, Chindits, Force 136, and various other s'milar organisations, and thought I had become fairly inured to them, but this story M greater than anything I have ever seen,"1,545 words
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Article, Illustration471 1947-02-04 4 CSV£Kirj*_^ \\i MURIEL PEGGY JER'CHOWER, of Belvedere Rad. Leyton Essex, and PETER PATRICK FRANCIS, a 19--year-old paratrooper, of Mintern Street, Hcxton, were at Essex Quarter Sessions each sent, to Borstal for three years. The girl was sentenced for breaking into her mother's house and stealing £1.540 ar.d471 words
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Article491 1947-02-04 4 MAKING A COME-BACK BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LESS than two vafter te!nj? thatto b\ T a mine a youn^ Army scr geant aopearej on platform in Twickenham lifting 551bs. we ght« with his little finder! In October 1943 Serari an: Ben Cohen. machine gunner out with Lieutenant Macrae on a491 words
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Article70 1947-02-04 4 1. Can you name the autnors Of: -a> Rob nson Crusoe: tb> GUih\er_ Travels; (c) Hud:bras? 2. What English novelists are -pje.ially associated with <a) B. .'.hosier; <.b> Wossex; <c) The FV-c Towns. 3. "Begin at the beginning" the Kng sad gravely, -and go on till yon come te>70 words
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Article65 1947-02-04 4 HAPPY BUT UPSET I ten* Thai bathe r I Dr. 1 said first a are. ll i tm-ti -Gei that a w tiOi a cr.. ma. w*hil< Hill took Allan i band, heau ii Mr. H told th his few c ened t Dr the seem d t marr.r.gr seer65 words
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Advertisement54 1947-02-04 4 to alJ descriptions ot suit. «roo!le:j and fabrics sent to us for itt^ntion C*tM/CJU Cl£AMi*6 bist pYFf*f i tttviSiBii *tnm§. FAITHWatch ye therefore, and pray always, that he may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and tn «tard before the Son of man.54 words
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Article59 1947-02-04 5 *Uiff Reporter. UfcN of M^apore's Criminal ition Department I >ntr»)l Room are cer- > h«t n their job. When I I allr i vsterday a uhat I wanted lasid*- thr m s conds timed on 3 vtnr» u;it h »ll to the normal number *21" I*'**-59 words
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Article82 1947-02-04 5 alia ttenul ontained m Austr Jia g\ i the treatment ot W drug port quotes the Commission, which o malaria pa- ha*, with Paluthere 1.. of relapses. Beds methods of treat J beds which the t mission would 1 ontrol when it Army bus have82 words
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Article55 1947-02-04 5 I personnel who Ployed as arcrewon, ferrying duties, **3 ano nursing toy_H m ambulance! n aow fli^bl c for the c-e and German,, i r 1939-45 and the Stars, the Urtl SPfcial cp rations' can qualify, ;^xlates should! omce r m charge Becord Office, el ex-officer55 words
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436 1947-02-04 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE labour officials are unanimous m their opinion that pressure should be exerted on the Government to provide free passages to "the United Kingdom for six local trade unionists so that they can sea f he working of English trade436 words
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Article38 1947-02-04 5 The Rt. Rev. John Curtis, j B.snop of Hengchow, is expected o arrive m Tokyo Wednesday to spend three weeks on a tour, ll British occupation troops and; 'discussing trends" with Japa- iese Bishop. U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-02-04 5 Mrs. v\iil«;«m Ams C&v»ef Ann >' ho were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday. Mrs. Ang was formerly MM Rosalind Ouah Seek Ian, daughter of Madam Elsie Ki.-mjj. A reception was held at Cairnhill Cafe, followed by a dinner at 30 Emerald Kill Road.— Free Press Picture.Free Press - 48 words
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Article19 1947-02-04 5 Mr. Abkm. Displaced Persons Officer for the China office of UNRRA, is at present m Singapore.19 words
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Article17 1947-02-04 5 A Government Gazette notifioatlon states that plague exists m a sporadic state m Bandoeng.17 words
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Article214 1947-02-04 5 ra£ Parliameniary Under-Se-cretary for the Dominions, Mr. A. G. Bctt«*»mley was due m Rangoon yes L ci\C-y, and he will proceed to Taunggyi. capital of the southern Shan States where he will spend about a fortnight studying the atitude of the frontier people towards theReuter - 214 words
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615 1947-02-04 5 IN the streets of Singapore today are men of the Ist Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders walking with the swing that gets with the habitual wearing of a kilt the battalion has only recently returned from Java and is now carrying out the615 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-02-04 5 Men of the Seaforth Highlanders changing guard, and receiving detailed instructions from their guard commander. The Seaforths j are now back m i Singapore to join the garrison. They are doing j guard duties at j the ressri-'nees of the Governor- j General, the! Governor, and j the54 words
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Article, Illustration82 1947-02-04 5 WEDDING BELLS RING The bells of St Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, ran* for a double e«.em oa Saturday. .for the Golden Weddin? of Mr Sc Mrs Lee King: Van. and for the marriage of their son, Mr Lee Seng; Socn to Miss Florence Soon. This picture taken on the occasion shows:82 words
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Article431 1947-02-04 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JN view of the present industrial unrest m Singapore uhieh has manifested itself m strikes on a large-scale, it is probable that the Singapore police and possibly these m the Malayan Union too— will issue orders soon to prevent any431 words
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Article99 1947-02-04 5 SMUGGLERS FIRE ON CUSTOMS SMUGGLING has become so prevalent m China that statistics oi the Chinese Maritime Customs no longer can be relied on In analyzing China trade, says thenar Eastern Economic review. The Customs preventive service Is not equipped to cope with highly efficient smuggling organizations, while more and99 words
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Article24 1947-02-04 5 The Chinese Consul-General. Singapore, has thanked th rt Singapore Government for the facilities and care extended to repatriates irom China.24 words
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Article188 1947-02-04 5 AIR LAND RADIO SERVICE SINGAPOREANS flying to Australia will soon ke able to send radio telegraph messages to land stations. This will be possible with the complet of plans, already under way, for the recently-establisrod Australian Overseas Telecommunications Commission to take over all external communication service s. Staffs now operating188 words
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Article74 1947-02-04 5 CEYLONESE FORK ASSOCIATION ACEYLONESE A^soc ation is being formed m Singapore A provs.cnal committee has be n appointed to draw up a const. tution and to enrul mem; Membership to the AssociaUon is onen to all Ccylonese res d Q{ 1 m Singapore and those who Irt- tend to become74 words
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Article122 1947-02-04 5 THE Krench-ow.eed Om., a 23- year-old freigh er built m\ Canada, has been sold m Bris- bane to a Chinese firm, who has MBl a crew of Greek, English- j men, Chinese and Russ arts to take her lo Hong Kong Known on the Brisbane waterReuter - 122 words
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Advertisement83 1947-02-04 5 GEN. O'CONNOR Gen. Sir Richard O'Connor, Adjutant General of the British Forces, left Hong Kong yesterday en route to England via Ind"a Gen. O'Connor Is on a tour of inspection. RADIO TALK Dr. E. H. G. Dobbie, head of the Department of Geography. Raffles College, will broadcast at 9.45 o'clock83 words
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Advertisement71 1947-02-04 5 g^^gi^^^w^^ Last 5 Shows 1,775*1 TO-DAY ______*r "i a s Q K^9 fm ll am. 2 p.m.— 4.15 p.m. j TEL. 4Q4 2. QIR C CDDI TIQH E D. i r efded by "lhe March of Time "WORLD'S FOOD PROBLEM" W m\ vY _r^ >k i' c, cVuk^h It \j|71 words
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Article377 1947-02-04 6 Couple sell lorry bit by bit -We'll get there' SCATTERED along the Nile Valley, from Wadi 3 Haifa, near the Egyptian border, to Juba, not far f rom.the Equator, are 70-odd Britons with little money but a strong determination to reach South Africa. Bmutfl calls them377 words
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Article249 1947-02-04 6 FL.IXGING jewels from the windows of the luxury boat train which runs daily between London and Folkestone ll the latest way m which an international gang is smug- gang gems into England. Passengers m this train do. not go through the Customs ur.tii they reach249 words
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Article114 1947-02-04 6 CHILDREN FIND MAN IN CAVE /CHILDREN playing hide and seek m the undergrowih of j derelict promenade gardens near Black Rock, Brighton, found a heavily bearded, man suffering severely from exposure lying exhausted m an artificial cave. By his side was a hot-water bo: tie, shaving kit and a ration114 words
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Article, Illustration88 1947-02-04 6 NUTS— Is. EACH Brazil nuts, selling m the West "End of London at Is. each ha\ been smuggled across the Chanree! m France, where they cost a f '*hing each. CEOfiil qucucing m a street near Srnithfield Market m Lonjon, the centre of Britain's meat trade, during the transport stiike88 words
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Article205 1947-02-04 6 WOULD you like to be tutor to an octopus? j If you have had training m biology or medicine, the appointment is now vacant at University College, London, at a salary of £800 a year. The successful applicant will want patience, but he or she (women205 words
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Article150 1947-02-04 6 HAVING smuggled medical supplies into a Japanese prisoni er of war camp m Siam for three j years, 36-year-old William Lock, (of Southwad. will shortly be going I to Buckingham Palace to receive the British Empire Medal. Taken prisoner m 1942. Lock was sent to Tamarkan150 words
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Article30 1947-02-04 6 In Hartford. Connecticut I Lieut -Governor James Shan- non. while swearing m the State's judges called the Supre--1 me Court of Errors the Court of j Supreme Errors30 words
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Article27 1947-02-04 6 Professor Norbert Weiner, one jof the world's greatest matneI maticians refused to work with I the navy on guided missiles be--1 cause he hates militarists.27 words
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Article93 1947-02-04 6 HARRY BEAN, sixty-year old one-legged night watchman used pa ratlin to light his brazier m Hereford-road, Brighton, one night »lo noi-cti »h rtrr piw a cinder fired a trail of paraffin. The hut caught fire. Bean, putting his crutches aside, tried to beat out the93 words
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Article238 1947-02-04 6 WEALTHY secondary schoolgirl, Alice Dean Devine, of Stockton, California, Ls being held by kidnappers for i!2,500 ransom. A pretty seventeen-year-old brunette, who was voted the best-looking girl in her school, she was last seen in company with a weil-dressed middle-aged man who posed as a238 words
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Article33 1947-02-04 6 A ship's bell was used as a lout when the son of Mr. Robert Downing, a foreman at Gibraltar dockyard, was baptised aboard the British destroyer Chivalrous at Gibraltar.33 words
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Article, Illustration59 1947-02-04 6 SUBMARINES are being used a s eleclrir-pcwer station to pro- vide power for the Royal D.ckyardi m Great Britain to ease the «.oal shortage problems. Two or three submarines, working together equal the output of a fa rlv big land station, but a relief system is essentia!.59 words
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Article58 1947-02-04 6 Back home the ex-G.I. pined for the "sweetest girl on two feet," whom he met m England. But he had lost her address. Then Mr. J. Rhys Davis, 70--year-old Labour M.P.. went on a lecture tour of America. The ex0.1. asked him to help. Result: The girl was58 words
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Article127 1947-02-04 6 GERMAIN S RETURN LOOT "TjIAMONDS valued at over £1.704,500 have been restored to their lawful owners, diamond industrialists m Antwerp. They were retrieved m Goettingen, Germany. When the Germans occupied Antwerp m 1940 they arrested the richest Jewish diamond dealers and confiscated their property They then set up an organisation127 words
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Article27 1947-02-04 6 SHIRT-OF-MONTH CL UB In Chicago a shop has organised a shirt-of-:he- month club, with each member getting 12 shirts next year for a £9 95.! subscription. j27 words
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309 1947-02-04 6 YARD HUNT FOR FENCES TRAIL SECRET HEADS SCOTLAND YARD has planned and will now all -out drive to net the unknown master mil,. k ,l C fur and gem gangs and the dog track ra kDetectives have been helped by "trade' vising this scheme to get beyond the under] leaders309 words
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Article26 1947-02-04 6 Ely CulberUon .dg x pert. took a ae*i marry m; M who said: "My bl t* i to the C i26 words
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Article100 1947-02-04 6 TLEVEN YEAR -OLD J rison is si" P. bed again aft- r pence duiing the f. missing from home He left his fati. mm flat m Tav don to go t< led. Derek was Boil later by the Serp* Park. He explained s^. fourpence100 words
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Advertisement67 1947-02-04 6 QUIZ Answers i Daniel D. fee (lfJtl 1731* j ih- 1 n.ithan Sw.lt '10*7-1745);! let muei Butler I 1512-1 330Z Ia i Anthony Trottope 18i5- j 18^2 <b> Tbomaj Hardy t'lB4o-j 1928- Arnold Bennett < 1857- 1931. jhe King" is the Kin-*, of Hearts, and the occasion the trial j67 words
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Advertisement134 1947-02-04 6 THE HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJEC* xxxxx TIL _***__g_g_t__** iF- 4 1 rCTTI? ™j?=ll TODAY! A MGM adds a new masterpiece to it's jZ'Z/ hall of screen fame! We saw it! We asked the producer to let us show it! YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE' *^*Bia_HP**3* v""*. *"*^,jk Z *tt&*134 words
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Miscellaneous102 1947-02-04 6 lAKIF J^"^ l^ l Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaxa WWELL, ERICS SMART, FRJ7*z7^ '.C- THAT'S OCT RID OF^N I _TaMD WHY Din HF TIPKJY 1 f !~i 9 fHE BUNDLED ME »NTO Mil— I HOPE'-SHE'sS WAS Fl Ymr To papkA DRIVER /-I'VE CHANGED I THIS CAB BEFORE102 words
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Article618 1947-02-04 7 MATCH IS HEADING FOR A DRAW Bill Bowes reports on The Test ADELAIDE, Monday. I iv to r^ngland's first innings total of 460 alia ended to-day with 293 on the board for the four wickets. The third wicket stand of Morris and Hassett helped Australia to recover er bad start618 words
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Article57 1947-02-04 7 WALES will be Ui able lo mccc Army m a boxing contest l the Leech Cup at Aldershot on Wednesday owing to s'ekness and injuries to members of their iccm. Instead the Army will meet a team raised by the j Amateur Boxing Association' RA57 words
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Article405 1947-02-04 7 SCORING two jroals m the first half and one m the second the S.C.C. soccer team, playing their fiilst game of the season, easily beat thc Singapore JolKlada on the Padang yesterday. The final score was three-one m favour of the S.C.C, t>eing a penalty for405 words
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Article128 1947-02-04 7 MACDONALD BAILEY ana Arthur Wint, the coloured track stars and double A.A.A. champions, are returning to England m time for the new athletic season. Quite apart from their very considerable crowd-drawing capacities, this fleet-footed pair will provide the kind of opposition some of the British runners128 words
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Article30 1947-02-04 7 Pontian District F.A. and Johore Rangers played a two-all draw at soccer The scores Indicate thr run of play, which was fast and even on the Rangers ground.30 words
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Article183 1947-02-04 7 WOMEN'S HOCKEY STARTS Ipoh, Mon. IN the first women's inter-s:ate hockey match since the re occupation, Perak and Penang drew two-all on the Ipoh padang today. Five minutes after rcsumpt*.on Prak opened accounts when i Wong, receiving a crosspass irom right-winger Patricia Fernandez, scored with a stinging riser. A Httle183 words
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Article147 1947-02-04 7 a PLAN to provide up-to-date s\ dance music by well-known; D nda at English Soccer grounds throughout the country is being j held un by the Musicians Union, Universal Programme Corporation—the recording division of j the comoany which ran Radio Ncrmandy before the war—de- v.sed a147 words
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Article, Illustration93 1947-02-04 7 BACK IN S'PORE SOCCER There was no escape for Petvr Smith, England and Essex cricketer, when young admirers, visited him in a Sydney hospital where he was convales in after an operation, and demanded autosraphs For the first time after nearly six years an S.C.C. Soccer side was seen m93 words
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Article356 1947-02-04 7 LONDON, Feb. 1. rE English Football Association Cup is always a great leveller of clubs and this seafon is proving no exception. With only four rounds completed three of the most fancied teams to win the trophy "before the competition began Wolverhampton. Manchester United and Blackpool356 words
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Article409 1947-02-04 7 U.K. BYE IN DA VIS CUP Truman makes draw WASHINGTON, Monday. TIIE draw for the first round of the Davis Cup competition was made m Washington today by President Truman m his e-ffice. He drew from the Cup itself which had been brought to White House with 20 envelopes eachReuter - 409 words
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Article89 1947-02-04 7 PENICILLIN and M and B, are being used with Increasing success by veterinary surgeons on ailing or injured racehorses. M and B has been used with good results to combat a coughing epidemic. The powder, mixed with a conveyor agent m better times butter would be89 words
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Article157 1947-02-04 7 BRENTFORD OUT OF F.A. CUP LONDON, Monday. IN the fourth round second replay of the F.A. Cup, Leicester City, playing at Villa Park, beat Brentford four to one. Leicester will visit Newcastle n the next round on Saturday m which eight second division cluht will be represented. WKr the passing157 words
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Article329 1947-02-04 7 THE day of the millionaire speed king is over the keen youngsters, the mechanics who m the past built the racing motor cycles and cars but rarely drove them, are to have their chance, writes metering commentator and famous race driver, T. H. Wisdom. In the first329 words
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Advertisement6 1947-02-04 7 WmSlkCui Oca***** 1 WORTHY ll^ifflW EXPRESS6 words
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Article477 1947-02-04 8 —CITY NEWSS' PORE RUBBER PRICES 'Frlfc Singapore Chamber ot torn merce Rubber Associations rubber prices at noon yester- 1 day were: Buyers Sellers Cts Cts. JI per lb ocr lb. h Ma B.s.s. Spo« i«****s« 41-, m% P Rs I R S S fob f m bale i Feb 43477 words
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256 1947-02-04 8 Will he absorbed m Home Service LONDON, Monday. ARRANGEMENTS have been made with the British War A Office for the transfer of as many officers of the Indian Army to the British Army as it is m a position to absorb, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Under-Secretary256 words
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Article118 1947-02-04 8 LIVERPOOL, Mon. THE departure lor India of the Cunard White Star Franconia. which was to have left Liverpool today with 600 passengers, has b^en postponed mull Feb. 27. The delay is due to a lire which occurred m the passenger accommodation. No other vessel is118 words
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Article427 1947-02-04 8 RANGOON, Monday. THE Working Committee of the Anti-Fascist Peoples Free dom League has approved the At t lee-Aung San agreement on Burma's constitutional future concluded m London last week. The Supreme Council of the AFPFL, comprising party representatives of all districts, are meetine; here fromReuter; A.P. - 427 words
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Article148 1947-02-04 8 Mr. Henderson: No. Partial disbandment of the Indian Aimy is taking place as a result of the transition from war to p»ace conditions, but tre transfer to which Capt. Gammons refers is connected with the impending constitutional changes as the; may affect individual officer As regards the secondReuter - 148 words
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Article29 1947-02-04 8 1i.0.A.C. departures to India. Seuith Africa. America and Austral a were all delayed at 1 *ast 21 hours at London Airport vcester- dav, 3ay^ ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article43 1947-02-04 8 The Democrat Party of Ghavam es Sultaneh. Persian Prime Minister, tl leading m the general eleot.ns with 51.603 votes out of 77.893 according to unofficial tlgures m Teheran, says Reuter No offic.al announcement of the count is expeited for a week.43 words
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Article99 1947-02-04 8 Harry Nicholls, V.C. cf Nott- Ingham, h.is accepted th e Duval i Aviation Company, t ßirmingham) offer of a free air journey to Southern R .od-esia on Feb 7 or 8. i His Wtts and child will follow whe n he has found a job.99 words
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Article311 1947-02-04 8 LONDON, Mondaj. THE British Government does not regard the results of the Polish elections as a true expression of the will of the Polish people, said Mr. Christopher Mayhew. UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, m a parliamentary reply today. Mr. Mayhew disclosed that on Jan. 11Reuter - 311 words
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Article23 1947-02-04 8 Ele-ven Musi.m women were arrested m Lahore yesterday when a women's procession demonstrated m front of the Punjab Government secretariat.23 words
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Article300 1947-02-04 8 'Must keep war powers'-Truman ASHINGTON. Monday PRESIDENT TRUMAN has asked 4. te Con -Tress for "limited" extension of the second War Powers Act including his authority to ration sugar and allocate scarce foods and materials. Thouirh he named only a few items, he left a bi? held for White HouseA.P. - 300 words
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Article172 1947-02-04 8 AUSTIN'S AT WORK AGAIN BIRMINGHAM. Mon THE Austin Motor Company works which have been closed since Thuisday. resumed work this morning on a four-day week "It almost impossible to beiieve that further consideration of our case by she Ministers concerned will fail to provide us with sufficient fuel to enableA.P. - 172 words
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Article38 1947-02-04 8 Tiie airerall-oarrier Formidable arrived at Portsmouth yest rd i from the Far East, bringing 1 1,227 Service personnel for lease. This ends her trooping duties and she will be paid off into the reserves, says ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article197 1947-02-04 8 DENVER, Colorado, Mon IN erudite plumber with the improbable name of Athus Willy today mended a iaultv plug m Randolph Churchilil's bathroom nere and engaged him m a debate almost as heated as his father Winston sometimes encounters m the House of Commons. The conversation, accordingA.P. - 197 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-02-04 8 THOUSAND IN MUSLIM PROCESSION Muslires m 6 bratcd the birthda> »,f Pmjttt Mohammed with n mtfmp lectur< s, kmhi procession It was BSM Muslim pro liberation. The pitture^ue ot th* Arab and Mala> nomemen mtn seen m th. i »n Grtta Cflaaint and siar flajjs fluU<-we\ and there wer< .ins52 words
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Article70 1947-02-04 8 TCROWV today aeminatior. eigh: membei I an Com:*, fon and cor. OUT., ial SeerHe^r r-^ Februan 10 wll be called Th» that be. v. last year the fully, mai < conspire wii district commit mun-st Pan worker* Union mineworkr;. srand e*en It added m tact70 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-02-04 8 Lombard Strtet m the City of London. It runs •a j* from th« Bank of England to Gracechurch Street nUftfL... and derives its name from the Lombards who settled there as money lenders about the 12th century.37 words
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Miscellaneous109 1947-02-04 8 WE A THE RFair bright periods VV EATHER report for 24 hours from noon today compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station, Air Command, Far-East Fair, with bright periods and scattered thundery showers m the l.i afternoon. Wind, moderate northerly during the afternoon, fulling lieht m the evening. Sunset S.SS109 words
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