The Singapore Free Press, 5 February 1947

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947 PltK't i« CL.NiS.
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    S'PORE NIPS TO BE SENT HOME
    407 1 S'PORE NIPS TO BE SENT HOME Free Press Staff Reporter THE remaining Japanese surrendered j personnel m Singapore and Malaya are to be repatriated m ihe near future." This was announced m ihe House of Commons yesterday by Mr. j F. J. Kellenger, the British War Minister, m a Parliamentary
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    SABOTAGE: 130 DIED IN BLAZE
    212 1 HONG KONG, Tuesaat. s IGC v reft* ttj to be the cause of the fire on board c river b«.at. Sai On. from which 130 bodies have been at taught fire while lying alongside a it ?.OO pa^en^er*, were on board at the time ot
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    8 1 ,ro: Adjutant-General, on 1 apore by air yesterday.
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    TRUMAN SNUBS POLISH ENVOY
    180 1 WASHINGTON, iueaOay. PRESIDENT TRUMAN, accepting the credentials of Dr Josip Winiewicz, new Polish Ambassador to the Unitei States today, declared the Polish Provisional Government had failed to fulfil its pledge to hold free election*. ii is v cause 01 aei p „.jii ,c: v i to
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    INDONESIA FACT SIGNING DELAY
    105 1 BATAVIA, TIMI. JHE Indonesian delegation for th. signing of the agreement!; Ith the Netherlands Govern-! ruent left Batavia today for Jos- .a-karta. contra! Java, with the! 1 Mreement unsigned. it was officially disclosed ton £ht The Dutch spokesman said ihat -ere had been disagreement over Lhe
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    Mr. TAI IN SAIGON
    21 1 Mr. Tai Kouei Chen. Nanking Vk-e-Minister ior Overseas Affairs. arrived m Saigon yesterday from Sin*?npore. reports Reuter
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    THE TEST AUSSIE BOWLERS ON TOP
    95 1 THE TEST AUSSIE BOWLERS ON TOP Ed P lor the day Lmdwali had D^ Talion w:.n o Pictl heat, the fire rum HsUoQ'a o,: nig **d on very s.ov.y and rar twos -mdwaliv lounii over rrsDr. to join r came on «uwon and Edncn opened wn the wickets to m
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    NCOs. GET 3 YEARS CN MUTINY CHARGE
    31 1 >s.onedi n the charge 1 use mul v :n the fit.d- »ere promulthe t 1 1 u;er strike" i perai inf rs I rate
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    Teaching 'em very young
    90 1 Teaching 'em very young BLACKPOOL. Tues. I/INMHIGMM I N children will begin learning the facts of life with their Bible and fairy tables, according 10 a plan announced by the Blackpool education authvtfties Thp plan, selling up an almost "cradle to the altar programme of sex education will end m
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    BEAUTY QUEEN SPARED DEATH SENTENCE
    139 1 BEAUTY QUEEN SPARED DEATH SENTENCE A FORMER local beauty queen, Mary Hilton. 28, who is expecting her fourth child was sentenced to life imprisonm* :t today after she had pleaded guilty to poisoning her rive-year-old twin daughters. She was saved from the death penalty as the court had instructed the
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    TAXI-DRIVERS THROAT CUT
    107 1 pASSERS-BY looking into a taxi they saw halted at the side of Siglap Road. Singapore, yesterday arter noon, found the body of the dnver lying inside with his throat cut. "He was later identified as Lim Meng Leong. The police arc? making inquiries Late last night two
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    UK-ARGENTINE TALKS
    38 1 Th? Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugn Dalton. tola the Ccinmons yesterday that he was "not yet*' prepared to sp°ak on the negotiations for the Arg ntine purchase of British holdings m the Argentine ra Iv.avs.
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    Jet motor-boat may fly
    97 1 SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL. Hi- ear-old holder of the world* nr»~ tor -boat speed record I*l.l miles an hour, predicted >estcrdf.y that h<* will break :"cord if he can keep his motorboat. Bluebird, which ."s driven y jets similar to those used m the K.A.F. Vamrire fighter,
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    IT HAPPENS AGAIN
    38 1 This scene m the first innings of the Fourth Test m which Tallon is seen catching Washbrook out behind the wicket was repeated this morning. Washbrook to-day was out caught Tallon bowled McCool at 39.
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    Gandhi pleads with Muslims
    325 1 Gandhi pleads with Muslims SADHURiIHX. Tuesday. MAHATMA GANDHI said today that he would plead with the Muslim League to go to the Constituent Assembly which is to draw up India's constitution and state their case. It was the duty both of the Muslim League and the rest of India to
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    TROOPS FOR ANNAM
    24 1 The French transport Marechal Joffre left Marseilles yesterday for Indo-china carrying 131 civilians destined for Saigon, and 2.000 troops reinforcements Reuter
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    FATHER GERMANIA
    42 1 A 17-year-old German boy, who left Denmark for Germany on Monday aboard a refugee ship, .eft behird him m a refugee camp 45 babie. whom he had fathered during his stay there. Fellow refugees nicknamed him "Father Germania." says UP.
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    BRIGADIER ESCAPES
    32 1 A small bomb exploded m a -oom of an unidentified Bri^adir at the Britis»i Service Club at Alexandria n.\ Monday "ijht just aft^r he had ieft the room, say> U.P.
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    BLACK BLOOD GANG HELD
    87 1 PINGAPORE C ID. hav e roundI"* ed up a second ganp; of four I Chinese extortionists known as he Hak Hup Teag 'Black E i i Society* The gangsters have been m the j habit of marking letters I containing their demands with a heart pierced
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    ARAB, JEW TROUBLES KILL 212
    402 1 ARAB, JEW TROUBLES KILL 212 LONDON, Tuesday. TOTAL casualties m i94l i from JewLsh terrorism. Arab terrorism. Arab-Jewish clashes, incidents arising ouc of illegal immgatior, re tance to arms searches etc. a Palestine were 212 killed and 428 wounded, announced Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, the Colonial Secretary, m a reply m
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    AN ADRIATIC PATROL
    759 2  -  GEORGE BRUCE From A Special Correspondent 'PHE deck hand who was on watch put his binoculars down on the chart tabb inside the wheel-house. "Two-masted schooner on the port bow, about four miies." he shouted. We were m a high speed launch of the British Army anticontraband
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    241 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people bom today UORN today, you are a ram combination of the dreamer and the doer Your imagination oncoulages wild id< as and schemes which are original and perhaps re\aluiior»ary m their implications. However, right at the proper moment your sense of the practical
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    SEAMEN GUARD
    166 2 A SEAMAN guard from H. M. S. Commonwealth, one of the loneliest shore bases of Britain's Royal Navy, has completed a month's duty around the moats of the Emperor's Palace and other public buildings m Tokio. A dispatch says: "The seamen earned for themselves unstinted admiration for their
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    RAILWAY SIGNALS TO BE CHANGED
    431 2 Police H.Q. in Ttieste. FROM A SPECIAI CORRESPONDF M JN the laboratories of railway signalling equipment manufacturers m br.tain, experiment! are being carried out with some revolutionary apparatus wh.ch, if it parses all teSU tacisfaciorily, may bring about an important change m the centuiy old
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    CAMERAS TELL WATER'S DEPTH
    211 2 THE ci^pth of water around the bein.or measured by means ol taken from aircraft of Coa«tal Command I charts of certain coastlines were urn of sandbanks, reef< and other under wa but charts can bi- rectified quick a\ thai of charting now m use BJnnylUir<TTßi vertical
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      29 2 TO- DAY 1 1 3 JO I M l pa Smoking Gun^ "MARSHALL of GUNSMQKE 4 j < surrEß Uh^i^J t 'A HETUDNEOhtCRAN^ONTAjS Alfred N.:. are uiul* 1 STRAITS TlM**
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      346 2 Free Press Crossword No. S3 t LIES ACROSS 1. Headmaster of a [j l* Ti ft BHIB^ flH~' H 'tiondary school, etc. m j Jjfl^^LjHL-JHj wrote the Acts of the Bl flj WM BB 1 I Apostles <4>, 8. Revolving R™"^!""^^!"^!™^^^!^!!!"^!! PiirLs of dynamos 9 > 9 1 I I
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      528 2 p.m. Tbtx* on these things; 9.00 pm. 7.30 p m 19 84. 7 30-12 BJ RAH 1O MAI AVA County cavalcade; 9.30 p.m. Tunes you night 19 84 motors ar.d 45 KAUIU WMLhXM i vl ed to dance 10 10 00 pm BDC.'metPrr northern orchestra; 10.30 p.m Radio OIXICJUUUrt- iNewsreel:
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      37 3 [»lirj^V<^^^ TO-NIGHT 10 PM 'OMBIHEP SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT A BRIGHT NEW MUSICAL nv ,9ED £r PtOPt/SEP By AIBERT LEN Jj&k PERFORMANCE 10 PM <3 tQsANCE BOOXINO^- ROBINSON'S. RAFFLES PLACE 9am TO spm. > GALA PERFORMANCE TO-NM.U'I AT 10 PM
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      337 3 STRAITS/NEW YOFK CONFERENCE FREIGHT TARIFF No. 18. NOTICE TO SHIPPEKS Shippers are hereby notified that, with effect as froir Ist February IJ>47. the rate of freight on Patchouli Oil has been deleted from ,he Tariff and the following rates on Essential Oils introduced Oil Essential m drums 20 cwt US$6B.OO
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      41 3 TARZAN Strange Observer By Edgar Rice Burroughs AS TAR7AfH.S ~RA CZAr"? B 9 FEARPJLLV T^E GUIDE a^rbVu^'rSrtu^ "s^;!/\^^^B^ POWN TMCOUfiH 7^£ TC££S" |^S^^©^« i iBSi W -E PCCKS. P^eC/N^ EVSS ?«MMg|^S^fl I g<?ACgg A6<?EA^ >\A-g^r AU L!^gS3^w^feJaJS^S WATCH £Z7 JEYE& WOVE.
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      Their last parade
      102 3 photo. he 1 5th r su-^^ini th famous I fo r the last d un at Fort I h- unit n much service -I at the end of Army P.R. REFUELLING m tligm near Weymouth m rough weather at 700 ft. at a speed of 200 m.p.h
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      JAPAN SHORT OF LEAD
      82 3 JAPAN SHORT OF LEAD l_p Low ar. a, a? metallurgist* >uutry a great oa ten a Bo for I axK? ./apa- Qtll July I and i] respect Japan'o :ing to Mining >n ot ih^ x^ -■;*er i^ I m tAC mos: tor rem th? cru<«e bullprocess ta :r.acte<jua 1 :e
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      OLD VIC SCHOOL TO BE REPAIRED
      50 3 A BUILDING rias been :ertain repairs Old Vie. was disclosed when Miss ot Education Old Vie Theatr? road. Lor.don al exo.a. was to make good camtie school could referred only to the nad not obtained put the whob -I/". -oar for the fore an
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      RAT CHALLENGE NO ANSWERS
      52 3 Because people at Teirinftoo St. John. Norfolk, claimed to have piebald rats they were challenged to produce them -m exchange for a good pri rr e. Since then they have been searching nightly with torches and sticks tor black-and-white rats— but have failed to catch a
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      COLOUR TELEVISION IS ON WAY
      927 3 Commons attack on Govt as jl 'niggardly 9 in help pUTURE developments m television, with one speaker giving a forecast of the quick arrival of colour television, were discussed m a House of Commons debate m which the Government was attacked for being niggardly m
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      DOCTOR ACCUSES UK. HOSPITALS
      340 3 OVER Britain as a whole no serious attempt has been made to ensure tit success of gas and air anaJgesia (the relief of pain) during childbirth, according to Dr. John Flam anaesthetist to Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet, London. He has just published a booklet m which he
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      He wants 'sin' to cost more
      97 3 J ORD CRANHORTH, chairman of the East Suffolk County ouncil. says that the "cost of sinning" should be pegged to the rate of exchange. "It is a recognised thing nowadays that the pound is worth only Ss. t>d.," he told the county finance committee,
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      Borrowed bus—just for ride
      65 3 Borrowed bus— just for ride MjIP^H f •M. icli disappeared from a Brigs (Lines.) garrage ona night, >nded when to bus was found by a rr«. i. m > th side of the n>*.-i n th" village of Brou§h;o»». aboui »our m away. Police theory is that he bus was
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      EUROPE LABS. GO SHORT
      62 3 BRITAIN and America are w be called upon to supply the whole of Europe with scientific laboratory equipment—£l3,ooo.--000 worth. British members of a commission which has toured Europe reported: "In many countries the experimental teaching of chemistry is at a standstill because of shortages of laboratory
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      THOUSANDS OF SERVICEMEN GET DIVORCE
      158 3 ANEW r2cord wsls sent up m the London Divorce Court when 4.218 decrees nisi were made absolute It took a few siccfnds and less than a dozen words from Mr. Justice Byrne and court officials to tear apart the marriages of these couDles who, m
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      RAID CEREMONY
      27 3 Commando raid to d^strov Bruneval radio installation. Normandy, m February, 1942. will be remembered at a Bruneval ceremony m March. aUended by General de Gaullo.
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      BLOOO THREW DOG
      30 3 When Les'i<= Walker nicked a nght with Harcld Blocd m an Auckland street, New Zealand, Blood hurled m his face a fox terrier. Walker was fined £3
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      LONDON CASINOS ACTIVE
      225 3 LONDON CASINOS ACTIVE IN private houses m the Thames Valley and m tworoom clubs m the West End. the roulette wheel is spinning. Over the table with its numbered squares slide the red and black chips. They cost anything from 2s. 6d. to £5 earn As the ball bobs, fortunes
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      SURPLUS STORES
      33 5 SURPLUS STORES Cranes, landing craft, railway stores and scores of other items are among the 3,000 tons of surplus stores which the Army has for sale. The stores are lying at Berlayer Creek,
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      LANDING CRAFT ARE FOR SALE
      92 5 H«< tew St«l Reporter K buyers are f Indian Transr.pany at Singapore, to 3.000 tons gratei transres which wnl tuove < to India, has [1 :> he 327 j in Engineers art supp'. s me n *°J Penan^ ana is well. this unit RTF waa
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      64 5 This double-decker RAF bus was involved m an accident m Singapore a fewdays ago note the damage to Its front fender and bumper. Recently imported. these buses are an innovation to Singapore. The seats m the rear portion are raised to provide room for luggage. These buses are used to
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      TURNS DOWN JOB IN CHINA
      33 5 TURNS DOWN JOB IN CHINA l :amed crimi- d former police California, hai .'ion of the to reorganitam, to Col. Finju v.tache of Embassy, Vollmer ability to r.ed his pbjtf- za nst it.
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      2 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MALAYANS
      109 5 TTHE Briiisn Cou:icil is offcrinf two scholarships, tenable for one academic year of 10 months m U. K. for Singapore and the Malayan Union. The Scholarships are open to men and women and are primariiy intended for those who have already successfully completed a course for
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      BOAC WANTS TO CALL AT CEYLON
      168 5 D World Airlines have expressed their desire t- if Far Eastern strvicos via Ceylon, and no indication yet of the Ceylon GovernX H known that Ceylon has placed before mment its recommendations. Any arrangements m tins connection are only possible after an agreement is
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      STATION WAGON JEEPS COMING
      56 5 STATION WAGON JEEPS COMING ian eeps— ls f n wagons -will ipore shortly. The .ion wag-j'i is i Universal Jeep > v r is designed lor r k m rubber estates, I BCricnltnnU rltj as m mo: or vehi- standing all ich are urr.ving m >i February have the stall::,
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      SUB 'BOMBED' IN AIR-SEA EXERCISES
      560 5 SUB 'BOMBED IN AIR-SEA EXERCISES Free Press Staff Reporter A BRITISH submarine—one of a brand-new class n (A), slightly bigger than those which caused so much damage to enemy shipping m the war— was crippled by RAF machines m an air-sea exercise which took place m waters to the South
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      20 5 Mfw. P A. B wic.XERf.tV, Colonial Secretary, Singapore, j who returned from leave m ITK1 T K by air yesterday.
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      DUTCH STOP EMPIRE MAYROVER
      109 5 ALLEGEDLY lor ignoring warn- ings not to load rubber, the British ship. Empire Mayrover, has 'or the second time m one month been ordered x> port Dy the Dutch Navy— this time to Tanjong Priok from Ch^Tibon. On Jan. 9, the Empire Mayrover, which was unloading
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      GEN. RITCHIE IN COLOMBO
      70 5 GEN. Si r isc-i] RitchiP, who is succeeding Gen. Sir Mor.tasu Stopford a^ Commanner-b Ctl Of. South-east Asia Land Fon-.e:, arrived m Colombo j-esterday enroute for Singapore. He is on 'joard the transport Andes. Aft €r a short stay m Colombo. <vhen h e will be
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      WAGES INQUIRY IN HONG KONG
      42 5 WAGES INQUIRY IN HONG KONG THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has signified his approval of the appointment of B Commission to review the salaries and conditions of service of public offlcrrs m Hong Kong, says the South China Morning Post.
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      AXE FALLS IN S'HAI
      23 5 Shanghai employers. coping with the biggest pay-roll jump m more than a rear, has undertake:*, large-scale retrenchments -A P.
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      TAMIL FILMS TO BE MADE IN S'PORE
      180 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 CINEMA "war is about to n begin >n Singapore with, at i least, four different combines j interested m the building of new picture house, while "outside" interests concerns with a great deal of money behind them are
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      JAPS FOR TRIAL IN N.E.I.
      49 5 JAPS FOR TRIAL IN N.E.I. CIXTEEN top-flight war crimi- 1 nal suspects, including Vice J Admiral Tadashige Daigo, left j Tokio yesterday morning, bound for Kobe, en route to the Dutch j East Indies to stand trial for al- 1 leged killing of 13.000 war pri- soners. says UP
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      TTRAFFIC COMMITTEE
      27 5 The preliminary meeting o f the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee wll be held today at 4 p. m. m the Council Chamber m Empress Place.
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      POLICE HUNT SHB GUNMAN
      209 5 POLICE HUNT SHB GUNMAN Five Press Star* '/porter \FTER a Singapore Harbour Boarcf detective had arrested r\ a labourer whom he had found m possession of a revolver on Monday nigrht, he was taking n im back to the Harbour Board police station <- on there was a shot m
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      GOING HOME
      39 5 More than 1.100 Chinese ar.d Chinese Americans, including 40u who embarked at San Francisco are on board the steamer. General W. H. Gordon, for the first visit to their homeland since the Pacific War, A. P. reports
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      CASH FROM QUIZ
      151 5 PNCILS Flease" is the title of a new series of Quiz programmes, produced by DavM Lyttle and Joan Wiler, the first of which will be broadcast by Radio Malaya at 9-45 o'clock this evening, after the news. As the title suegests, it is the listeners who will
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      TAXI WAR OA FARE DODGERS
      203 5 Free Press Stac Reportei 1 GREAT deal of criticism has bee n levelled at Singapore taxi drivers for various means of profiteering m the last fe* months, and now the taxi drivers are hitting back at their "unscrupulous" fares. They allege that a certain land
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      106 5 One thousand four hundred busmen employed by Singapore Traction Company are on strike, because they have not received full satisfaction to their 15 demands. Their "ultimatum" to the Company ended at 8 a.m on Saturday last. This notice announced the beginning of the strike, which threatens to last for some
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      US'WILL NOT START THIRD WORLD WAR'
      122 5 US 'WILL NOT START THIRD WORLD WAR' THE Methodist BkJwp. W. Ang:s Smith, who ls on an eastern tour, wajs the honoured £vest W p pi blic unction held yesterday evening a: tlie Wesley Churcn Hall. Despite the inclement we«:her. a large gathering was present. Dr. Chen Su Lan presided
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      DANCE BANDS FIGHT FOR NEW DEAL Duke in England
      353 6 DANCE BANDS FIGHT FOR NEW DEAL Duke in England Blame the B.B.C. for poor show |)ANO leaders and song publishers are planning a campaign *> for a square deal m the air m England. Big names m the t nd bu>ines« went to a meeting m London to revive the
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      PEAK YEAR IN ADOPTION
      308 6 T'HK future of 24 children every week is decided by a cheer--1 ful. middle a (red man m a small office at County Hall, Ijondon. His job is to see that children m the care of the London County Council find good homes and sensible parents.
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      DANCED, BUT MAN WAS LOST
      151 6 rOUR men and two B-rl^ w W r rescued when a boat m which they were crossing tfce River j Shandon on th e way to a dan"? rt Cork. Eir?, overturned. Tip dance went on because none f the dancers knew that a nrtii
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      NEW LONDON BUSKS
      44 6 Mr. Brebner. Publicity Officer for London Transport, said that London Transport would soon be placing on the streets the first of 500 past-war buses. They would be far m advance of any 'b"s now used m any part of the world.
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      63 6 c..- »li> 4J. M. r Hit Hn who. following the retirement of Sir James BLssett, has been appointed captain of the Queen Elizabeth, Capt. Ford joined the Cunard Line m 191!; and was On naval service 1914-19 and again m 1939-42. On rejoirnthe Company he was appointed captain of the
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      'Join War On Criminals'
      115 6 1 .V\L) YARD has laun hed a n w app2al tj the publu- la join m the Lat !e aealnst trmlr.als who m the past few m °ek> hav w sloltn ?oJ> w rth m< j tl.an t >0,000. v ets of eighteen large fletOTt p
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      HAD FIRST PERM WHEN 91
      235 6 HAD FIRST PERM WHEN 91 MISS Alice LeCocq. daughter j of a Hampshht* farmer, i uways longed for curly hau. And now, at the age of 91. she has had her first permanent wave. The Crimean medals were being <Hs riouted when Alice LeCxq Dorn. Everybody said what a fine
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      THIEVES TOOK OFF THE ROOF
      89 6 They tooi the roof oft" said Mrs. E. Gibbs, of Hill-avenue. Amersham, Bucks, speaking of ni"ht raiders who stole £25 wor*h of cigarettes and some sweeps from her shop near the railway station. I After a previous theft wa put Iftrong locks and bars on
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      MAYOR'S £241 COAT
      23 6 Truro. Cornwall. Council d&eidHd to renovate their 50-year-old hnayor's robe when they were Itoid a new one would cost £241.
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      RAF FOILED BIG V1 ATTACK ON UK
      285 6 IF the German fly bomb sites m France had escaped the Allies* air blitz, they could have launched 6,000 flybombs against England every 24 -hours an average of four a minute. This is disclosed by the first full story, just published, of the
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      62 6 When the Duke of Gloucester arrived at London Airport he was greeted by the Duchess of Kent. The Duke flew home to England after giving up bis post as Governor-General of Australia to act as Councillor of State wh il e the King is touring South Africa. He was also
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      STAR SANG ENGLISH, REST IN ITALIAN
      79 6 Although the rest oi tre cayt sang m Italian, Miss Gaby Vnlle«\ French operatic soprano, sai^ m English wlien sne deputised m the leading woman's part m the opera Tosca m London. She sang at the Cambridge Theatre at 30 minutes' notice when Miss
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      THEY HAVE TO SPEND A MILLION
      139 6 VjR. CLEMENT ATTLEfc. t&2 Prime Minister, has appointed a special committee of M.P.s, with the Speaker m the chair, to advise him on spending about £1,000,000 piven to Britain by th^ people of South Africa a shoit time ago. The money was handed to
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      BIRD HAVEN IS OFFERED Request to Army
      164 6 BIRD HAVEN IS OFFERED Request to Army DIRD-LOVER Mr. R. B. Burrow V War Office to take over his life sanctuary at Dungeness, Kent, "jerry-builders and noisy holidayma ■The War Office Kg already planning coastal areas between Hastings and Lydd south beach of Dungeness Promont Lydd Town < „U IK
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      £150 GIFT TO COUPLE OF STOWAWAYS
      203 6 £150 GIFT TO COUPLE OF STOWAWAYS ROSENA YOUNGER, 26-year-old homeless war hride from London, walked on to the Bntisr, liner Orbita m Sydney, Australia, with her son Lionel, aged four and hid there for eight days m an empty troop hold. She was penniless. She slept i without blankets, but
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      OLD BOY BUYS SCHOOL
      30 6 School of St Jonn's Guernsey, which he attended as a boy, has been bought by 83-year-old Mr < E Guppy for us* as a mineral water factory.
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      25 8 ftj tJ C ne Klon Beagles meet at Homer's Farm. Dccl■VjAiL... worths near Windsor. The pack has flourished since the end of the last century.
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      UuK 'rations' potatoes
      82 8 LONDON, lues N indirect rationing scheme r to brin? potatoes under < v?rnm?nt control was anr unced today by the Food N nister. Mr. John Strachey, a Press conference Inspite of strong opposition f'jm the Conservatives m the itmmons today, Mr. Arthur i y.'nwood, acting leader of
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      UK COAL CRISIS CLOSES WORKS
      237 8 LONDON. Tuesday. bl-wITAIN 6 coa: criaifl v closing down factories all over the country. Th c gru.t Austin motor works at Longbridgf, rningham. closed down to-day because of lack of fuel. The i^unlop tyre plant nearby, already closed for the same>ea- i. was unabit? to
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      WANT'S WORK BRITONS
      56 8 Mr. J. B. Chifley. the Australian Prime M nister. told the Canberra! pi-ess yesterday that he had #nade direct approaches to the British Prime Minister. Mr. Cleitient Attlee. on the means f:>r bringing more Br tish migrants 1.) Australia. The main problem t overcome, he added was
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      'BREAK UP PRUSSIA'
      62 8 Prussia shoulr be broken up sma'l units as part of federal democratic Germany, New Zea- l.*nd urccd i.i a memorandum submitted yesterday to the F reign Ministers' snec- al dapu1. m L:ndDn cons during ih? i man treaty, says Renter. la vital to her war potential Should
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      VD RATE DROPS
      77 8 U.S. Eighth Army Surgeon 201. Philip L. Cook, announced m rokio yesterday that, although a larger number of Americar troops m Japan had succumbed :o cold and bronchitis durir.g the week ending Jan. 24, the venereal disease rate dropped to its lowest since Aug 16, with Dnly
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      CHINA STARTS NEW WAR ON OPIUM
      402 8 SHANGHAI, Tuesaay. RIGOROUS suppression of poppy growing and the establish- ment of a chain of special clinics are among the new measures included m a nationwide campaign launched by the Chinese Government to stamp out the opium-taking evil. Special attention is being paid to
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      Churchill wants India io pay
      486 8 LONDON, Tuesday. UR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, referring to India's sterling ivl balances in the Commons today, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Hugh Dalton: "Is it not a fact that the Governor-General of India, in the time of the late Government, was notified that Britain
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      270 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY k Special Market correspondent gives the prices o» rubber at II am toda> as follows: Bayers Sellers Cte. CU. per Ib oer Ib. No I R S.S Spot •oose 41 v* 42 'h No 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Feb 43 43 4 No
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      WEATHER Showers this afternoon
      122 8 WEATHER Showers this afternoon WEATHLK report for M hours I from noon today compiled by the RAF. Central Forecastinf Station. Air ommand. Far-Kast Cloudy with fairly frequent showers this aftern<»on and evenin' Fair t^^norrow Wind, north-west to -tor h. from 8 «•> 12 knots, gusting Ir-m \1 to 15 knots
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      TODAY'S TIDES
      11 8 Hi^hwaler In d.i< 10.16 l'oiuotiovi 00 m 11 OS
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      CALCUTTA IS STILL TENSE
      468 8 CALCUTTA (By Air Mail). CHOWBINGHEE i> no longer jammed to the gutters with 11th Army men and Americans on a hectic leave from Burma, but the pint sized urchins who peddle everything from matches to the favours of Chinese girls still recall the Americans with the
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      CHINA SHIPPING RESTORED
      69 8 LEE Cring-10, airecior oi me Navigation Department of the Ministry of Communications m Nanking, has predicted That within two years China's shipping industry will take its place m international circles. The industry has been restored to the pre-war level of 600.000 tons. Another 700,000 tons will be
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      TEA STOPS TRAFFIC
      28 8 Traffic stopped for tea at Tally Bo Corner. North Finchley, London, one night. Cases of tea fell ofl a trailer and blocked the st rpet
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      KRUPPS MEN STRIKE
      37 8 Somo 2,500 ftorken of Krupp and ether industrial plants at Ess?n marched to the centre cf i the city ir> a series of strikes £?nd s. lood protest demonstrations en I "Monday, says U.P.
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      TYPHUS OUTBREAK
      38 8 One typhus death and 16 nei rases were reported yesterda' irom the provincial communitio! of Mussiie and San D:na Di Plave m Italy. The authorities said th outbreak had not reached epide mic prrn'riiors.s. reports UP.
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      AMERICANS SEE NAZI REVIVAL
      102 8 AMERICANS SEE NAZI REVIVAL STUTTGART Tuesday. lEUT -GEN. LUCIUS D. CLAY. v American military governor, today told a press conferencs that the time has ccme for the Ameri i can authorities m Germany r o begin worrying about an organized underground movement His statement cam" when i\e was questioned about
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      FRIETAS IN JAPAN
      47 8 Mr. Ueoflre-y D. Friedas Brnish Under -Secretary of State for Air. who was m Singapore recently. has arrived m Kure fOr a brief j stay m Japan during which Ive v ill in^oec* British vn t> j»nd v i Gen. Douglas MoArthur says A?
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      THE ARMY 'MUST STAY IN BURMA'
      310 8 THE ARMY 'MUST STAY IN BURMA' RANGOON. Tuesday. '"THERE js no likelihood of the early withdrawal of Indian 1 troops from Burma, Mr. W. R. Bickford, Secretary of Defence and External Affairs Department of the Government of Burma, told Reuier today in answer to a question on the reported agreement
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      'FRIGHTENED BY FORTUNE
      58 8 'FRIGHTENED BY FORTUNE *on ZWLXm (m d in Ve»^J Irfble fl^»n.( !>.th»l| i Mrs. 1). <h. u trawl "rma'i rd-rJ Hessle. near Hi!! (omaK^J AM <v i»v monei fricfet^ a M.-v v h<.(c n r[ltl _J lh#» h« ou< fr(»fr, Mrs Mewl M n h n /3 »re ho «oi.
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      WAY TO HAPPY MARRIAGE
      91 8 WAY TO HAPPY MARRIAGE Dr. Edward Griffith, consultant of the Marriage Guidance Council m Londrn, yesterday recjmtnendod that engaged coupies should talk to experts from the r;-. da«e« Centre "wo months before thier weddiag, "which than a broken marriage, allow plenty of time lor correctons of minor csndtttotu." Dr. Griffith
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      GERMANS JAIL Von PAPE
      107 8 GERMANS JAIL Von PAPE rRMER today r Denazifi cvadec Von Pap^- y.fM son smn i. t« tary Tr M Sept en Werniger -J test Paul von H ifl end K:tler. fro Mi gave him C^ur- Can PaD°n if he Von Pij mended monan carry 20 i again orde He said
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      ILO MISSION NO IN INDIA
      49 8 ILO MISSION NO IN INDIA r gani! now in Kc« D Ion, Ma S:i5 1 ii >pinei. I alter a labour cond P P Mission, sa: I 4 Dr Pillai U [would irapiovi £w Aslat:. < c c.-fl ca:ion ol Organs: nrem c .1 ■w i casing m^m in Reuter
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      PRINCE BURIED
      18 8 Fu rerd ral for P died In th hagen Ifamb Houses tativ. i j Gus'.a! m*i <
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 1947. MacA IS to get Our Nips
      616 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY Feb. 5, 1947. MacA IS to get Our Nips '."•HE announcement by the War MMllniri Mr, Fred Billcnger m ihe House 01 Commons yesterday tr.at the repatriation o: Japanese captured m Malaya and Singapore is to begin m the DMI future vrill b? received with
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      LABUAN: A KEY TO BORNEO
      1369 4 One of Britain's smallest possessions is the lovely island of Labuan, 'which owes its existence to the Navy/ said SIR GEOFFREY CATOR m a recent broadcast. He is a former Resident, and now Agent General for Malaya m London. Labuan "is proud to have been
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      302 4 YL'IIILF. VS-fznj oJU MAi y uL~ fT VINE rested at her home m Lido, near Sacramento, California after being kidnapped for 26 hours, her father, a wealthy fruit-grower John Devine said Alice was lured from home by a bogrus talent scout. She was bound, gagged, pushed into
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      48 4 lad an troops of th* 20th hid an Div. who landed at the Island < f Lahu:n Bi n lil(j took over dufes from the 9th Australian Divis'on who r?-'ook the ihl.md from PWm ?raph shows Indian troops jo 'o Lobcan Cemetery and ?ay homage to Au>tral ,m kill <
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      Fascist Chief P.C. STILL HIDES
      520 4 Fascist Chief P.C. STILL HIDES FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ANE of the fugitive v leaders of Mussolini's short-lived "Socialist Republic'* Lt. Gen. Kenzo Montagna, once reported to have been named II Duce's suc- cessor now lives under an assumed name m an isolated Italian village. The grey-haired man who was
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      STORM OVER SCOTCH
      78 4 STORM OVER SCOTCH CCOT< m X to i'- a \> only Si I tain's dolla And the AlVA'l spir,:. 12s. 6d. profit f U.S. dollar ;pl cc? that The In ir^ide arc: del Tl^is dr br""n and an y thi ni'<; dollar and the end •et Br t^. Unt i
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      30 4 Gold and Silver CIGARETTE CASES FLAP JACKS RATNE CO. iSS, Stamford Rotul, Singapore. FAITH They conceive mischief I and brin? forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit Job 15. 35.
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      41 4 QUIZ 1. How d i Cabinet Mir difTer from Minister m B: r'-' 2. One ol cities of a: Where was B. 3. One-of th« Victorian poe( J almost eoually tess. Who c ioj)ir where and w:. tak* place? r (Answer*
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      40 6 kjjjjjy NEW IMPROVED NEW IPROARIOIs n fc^ STORY TREATM TRA\SEOR>l\T|n\ ECSTASY 11 g, TO-D AY r ffcaf 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4, 6.30 9.15 trrol FLYNN Alexis SMITH f« He Chml>eo A Slam Bang Mm lth A Grand Slam C^t!
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      126 6 QUIZ Answers 1 In the U.S.A. Cabinet Ministers are appointed by, and are solely responsible lo. the President. Congress (which corresponds to Parliament) has no sav in the r apoo'ntmpnt or tenure of office. But ta bntiin the supremacy of Parliament is absolute; Cabinet Ministers ire appointed by the Crown
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      56 6 J^"^C Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malavn Me MUSTnt LET THEM g^ WITH ME A R.f4G OW THE YbL Tn^e FIRS? T^^Z/ minutes v r -^«W^BBH I>ARLIKIG y7 RIGHT FINGER!- VA«D STATION MISS afteA I™" 11 BE GOOD— AMD 2T <tTLVT~ x^~ lH I MAY OVERLOOK Ertc Ace...
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      CZECHS SAY U.K. NOT SPORTS
      58 7 CZECHS SAY U.K. NOT SPORTS ,-D. 4. 4 flftclal pubC I [nl rmat •r. 8. index the Bed Ma- C ed wth I :hat !t parh\d m ex- at pot U P a .->p r: 1 for world r.oc standards :nan's put w. I own fUatfFfci n ir setrran the
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      S'PORE BOXING GETS NEW LIFE
      160 7 It rec Pre>s Boxing Reporter m kmg m the doldrums, is beginning j lease ol life thanks to the efforts ol I Board of Contrci now trying to Su:. lightweight eliminator iminate either Welch or Pancho, i provided the kind of boxing and I which
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      HUTTON, WASHBROOK IN FINE INNINGS
      1155 7 HUTTON, WASH BROOK IN FINE INNINGS From Bill Bowes ADELAIDE, Tuesday. A BRILLIANT century by Miller (141) enabled Australia to obtain a first innings lead of 27 runs, and to put themselves beyond all possibility of defeat. Hutton m the later stages of today's test gave one of finest exhibitions
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      OLYMPIC HOPES
      58 7 A preparatory committee for Japanese participation m the World Olympic Games r?.s been iormed by leading Japanese importers. At an inaugural meeting held 0:1 Saturday, officers were elected. The committee has decided to establish a sub-cominhtee to draft a petition to the International Olympic Committee In London to
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      Wants ice Hockey
      97 7 Asl'OlMS ivport ironi Moscow tales that Sovkt ite ho; key players are switching to tho Canadian game This is taken as an indication that th Soviet Union maj parf.< ipte m the i;c hockey < hanipionshijs to be held m Prague this month Hitherto the Russians have
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      22 7 Chakka one of the most brillia r.i steeplechasers m training is a candidate for the Grand National to be run next month.
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      DRAW FOR SUNDAY GOLF
      444 7 DOYAL angapore 001 l Cub nd Island Club meet on Sunday m the first inter-club golf match since thj re-occupa:i nJThe match will do played over the Island Cub course. Matches wll tjc-off from the first and tenth tees. R&GjCs| members are asked to bring their
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      PHILLIPS, TARLETON MUST FIGHT NOW
      184 7 THE featherweight championship fight between Nel Tarleton and Al Phillips has been moved a stage nearer materialisation by an order from the Board of Control giving promoters and the boxers or their managers until Feb. 28 to arrange the contest. A London promoter hls taken
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      RAF POST LOSE TWICE
      241 7 RAF POST LOSE TW ICE RAFPOST Rangers w^ek-end excursions gave them two >trcnous soccer games and two d: feats. BSTen goals lost and non? to show as credit On Saturday they met R.A.F. Ss'.etar Hospital and playing far below their usual fc:m, they went down thre.-nil. On Sunday they valiantly
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      'CARRIER ANSWER TO GAMES POSER
      132 7 A PROPOSAL tj fiy American competitors to the Olympic Games m London as they arc required, m order to overcome th? 10-d ard housing problem, ia be- ing considered by the American Olympic committee. Supporters of the idea point out that it would help those
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      TITLE CHALLENGE
      63 7 MARK Hart tCroydon), former A.B.A. champion and ehiei contender for the southern iirea a middle-weight title, fights Jimmy Ingle, the Irish middleweight champion, at Seymour Hall, London, on Feb. 11. Jackie Rankin (Southald', who relinquished his Southern Area feather-weight title on joining the R.A.F. has challenged Al Phillips
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      WEIGHT LIFTING CONTEST
      201 7 WEIGHT LIFTING CONTEST SINGAPORE amateur v J lifters get together m Aori! to decide title-holders for this year and keen competition if anticipated among the mai.y enthusiasts of this sport, some of whom rate performances high even by international standards. The exact date for the championship events has not yet
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      SULTAN WINNING
      116 7 ni.sPLAYiNG i ronu HM S. Sultan defeated He West York Regimert by it points to fiv? m a game of rusty played Lt Bia!:arg Mati (n ICondry (Sullar. one goal, a penalty, ana two tries to th p Yur* f §cal Sec re at half -lime lound Yciks
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      FOR ARGENTINE
      29 7 LONDON. Tues. E. Phillips, the English profeMftoiia] Ecullinc champion, kit ior Buenos Aires today where Ike will ccach three English scullei.; who v.-ill compete m the Arfjer.Etegatta.
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