The Singapore Free Press, 7 February 1947

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No 166v SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1947. PRICE 1« CENTS.
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    MILLIONAIRE US ENVOY DIES
    52 1 Mff \nifr,a I nd >n to \mbasMi Max H»trl t -earI.^ --^n th j i I -irolina .-me nu- --vi t" -i'!* *;10 m fre* 'yfjtr m a jl> Ma ■it-r wno Uler h amf governor in>l." i »i OUi--u'ltio: I»«v,» aw I ->-uar» j o
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    ACCUSED OFFER $500,000 BAIL IN S'PORE
    58 1 ACCUSED OFFER $500,000 BAIL IN S'PORE J) $300 000 wu-. Th.rd ny Ml oi Tan M- an and d bbei co old r an Fn Chiian B -anv j-.d Tan En^ d along w*th ir bin Hidr with lapamn, 1 fcher irith "<?■ •■<! SI OO .OOO >9 river a
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    MALAYAN AIRWAYS PLANE TAKES OFF
    67 1 MALAYAN AIRWAYS PLANE TAKES OFF ree Pr»^ Correspondent Tvj. LONDON, Thursday. aircraft, a "Consul six-seater J lb i4 mph and a maximum all up weight -ed for Malayan conditions takes It i s being piloted by D. W. lalayan M C E some ana is now oi tIM 'Glen" 7
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    AIR CRASH KILLS 3
    26 1 Three people were killed when a chartered aircraft crashed In Wattle Plantation, near PictermarHzburg. Natal, yesterday and then caught fire says Reuter
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    LOOTERS SHOT IN S'PORE
    255 1 LOOTERS SHOT IN S 'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter PVO were shot dead— a Chinese and a Japanese— and several others were wounded m two cases of looting reported m Singapore last night and m the early hours of this morning. One incident took place m a godown on the
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    UK speeds coal ships, trains
    345 1 LONDON. Thursday. WITHIN a tew hourb of the Ministry of Fuel's announcement that Britain fact* a most serious coal ctLris, swift steps were taken today to relieve the shortage which is severely hitting power stations and causing a countrywide cl<» ing down of factories. The
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    ALL SINGAPORE FIREMEN ARE BACK AT WORK
    115 1 ALL SINGAPORE FIREMEN ARE BACK AT WORK rree tress bt. n Keporu-i MEN of the Singapore Fire Brl- gj.de who have been on strike reported ba< k lor duty toduv, a:id arrangementa are be i\; mad fdthdraw the Army Fire Sen 1 a erday 100 vtorJunoii v: the D'.amond Metal
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    Scientists make 'monsoon'
    94 1 DAIN poo red from clouds west of the Blue Mountains, 50 m<les from Sydney Australia, after they had been treated by a team from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research flying m a R.A.A.F. aerop'ane Tlic rainmakers say, however, that much more work must bo done
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    DEMOB BY JULY FOR 220,000
    62 1 IN thr> Hot;.>e of CommODJ today, Labour Minister, George Issmcs, informed Mr. Shephard, Cons Newark 1 that Ui^ proTamntA of release* and discharges from tho forces Is not yet fix:d lor \h* second hcilf of 1947 f >r \h* tkrsi ha'f of the year. tiv»
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    DISARMAMENT DEADLOCK
    85 1 int special United Nations Drafting Committee, meeting h Nt-w York yesterday m an fttterap ta reconcile thp Russian anc American views on disarmament a?»'3cd on the preamble and thfirst paragraph of the draft resolution but has not yet disenssec the controversial issues. The Committee still has to decide
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    M.P. CRITICISES SIAM RICE DEAL
    332 1 M.P. CRITICISES SI AM RICE DEAL LONDON. Thuisday. IN a deudie m the House ol Commons today. Mr. Walter I Fletcher, (Cons., Bury;, wlio passed through Singapore I recently during a tour of the Far East, criticised the system of buik purchases by the Government, and --poke of it* lailure
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    Mr.S.P.Garrett is attacked
    502 1 MU. S. F. GABJUSTT, Singapore s Trade In km Adviser, came under fire today from both the employers' side and the trade unionists. In a letter (see Page 8) to the Governor. Sir Franklin Gim^on, the Singapore Association criticises Mr. (iarrett 'whose provocativ? speeches m public can
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    QUEEN MARY BETTER
    43 1 Queer. Mary L» reported to o: r: overmg rapidly today irum slight cold and chill she .suffered earLer this week. The 80-year-<]d Queen Mother wi^ "up a*:a aoout attending to ncr :orr business at her Maryborough House. London home.— UP
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    'GIFT' TO ROMANS
    34 1 'GIF T' TO ROMANS The overflowing River Tiber washed hundreds of caiv nsoUne ar.rt motor oil from the nttario airfield ys'erday :nto I Roma. The hlackmwfctt price of i gausoliiie has dropped by half,
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    NEW TERROR THREATS IN PALESTINE
    323 1 NEW TERROR THREA TS IN PALESTINE LONDON, T.iur.^av "W E have m) de ire lo im P°^ military reproun on i-alos V? tine, but the terrorist organisat on* have themselves stated there would be further outrages and that they would turn Palestine into a blood bath if the sentence <
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    STARVING R.A.F. MEN GET FOOD
    36 1 Two RAF. Dakota^ yesterday afiernoon parachuted emergency food supplies to two air force stations at Blnbrook and at Elsham Wold. 15 miles from Grimsby, where men have ben: ?d by snowdrift.*
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    LOAN QUARTER GONE
    36 1 11l Glenviile Hal!. Financia Sec notary to LLo Treasury, toid :hc Commons today that Britai has tpent BCO m'.ihon dollars— about one-quarter— cf the thie* billion, seventyfiv? million doHar^ American loan U. P.
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    FEATURE PAGE
    126 2 For the first time m the history of th* Senior Service, battleships are h of naval ratings. The Tranin? Battleship Squadron. nis called Ic.r 3m 11.M.5. Nelson and Howe iht >c two ships are short S lo I is at present at P-rt r-. n<>. nor alterations have
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    SOME OLD CUSTOMS OF ENGLAND
    925 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE "Fenny Poppers, a battory of six guns u-hich are the proud passe^s.on the picturesque Buckinghamshire village or Fenny Stratford, l.aye b?en fired annually on «?v vtirtin's Day for more than jeara. m more recent years t:iey have been used also
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    145 2 Fortune forecast lor people born today l)ORN today, you have a keen mind and are more than casually interested m the affairs of others. You understand human nature and become appalled at the suffering and unhappiness around you. You do not sit idly by, either. You are
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    LIQ-OXYGEN SPEED-UP
    279 2 IT lias been discovertd recently that speeds of airplanes at high altitude i^an be increased a-, much as 40 m.p.h. Abov c the maximum speeds attainable with the b^<t grades of aviation gasoline by injection! of small amounts cjf "liquid oxy- Uen into the exploair.jr m x uire
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      665 2 Free Press Crossword No. 35 t LIES ACROSS hard y a desirable ret ijer.ce f~^^J ju*t a nr.d:-up c tory «4>. j| bK JK^^^E} fifl H% this bone 19. Nose I KE S Dra nto tiie lowest point ESH JHB fIBH JHI WS^ the morning? (7). 2. All |E| 1
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      TOJO
      8 3 G0 en iM>iu\K\ GEN KAGAKI KoKI HlUni
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      BLITZED BEAM MAKES CHAIR
      34 3 Ii r fji Tswer Ward oi the C J«» Corpora- ion has b3e> London's bL'zed Guild--dc by cralUmei xmbe cha.rmak be pres.iued •< rd by »he family -> Howard Br^on C I
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      HE WOULD FLY
      10 3 On. for the i I Lcndon court.
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      MASTIFF MET HIS MASTER
      136 3 MR. Thomas Edward Perry, 34- year-old post and telegraph officer employed at the Manchester G.P.0.. is a small, mi-d-man-i nered man But when attacked and seized at night by a bull mastiff exactly twice his weight ard towering I over 6ft. on its hind legs, he
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      ENJOYS THE LIMELIGHT
      562 3 Has role as leading actor m the Tokio trial TOKIO (By Air Mail). SEVERAL defendants m Japan's major war crimes trial are displaying little of the traditional Japanese blank-faced impassivity as the evidence unfolds which the prosecution hopes will send to the gallows and others to prison.
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      350 COMPETE
      22 3 More thar. 350 architects have ulmitted designs m London Trar sport's .competition to fi n d perfect kerbside bus shelter.
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      'BLISTER BLIGHT' HITS TEA PLANT
      59 3 A plant disease called "blister blight" is causing extensive, damage to tea plantations m Nil^iri district m S^uth India-- 1 one of the largest tei producing areas m India. Planters are trying to find means of checking the "epidemic" which, it is feared, may seriously
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      PLANE CALLED ON WRONG RADIO
      377 3 PLANE CALLED ON WRONG RADIO •THE Dakota winch crashed at Stowlin^. Kent, killing tight 1 people, used the wrong radio frequency when homing to England, it was disclosed at the inquiry into the accident. And if Mansion airfield, near Rams^ate, Kent, could have contacted the plane, "we uou!d have hindcd
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      HOUSE DECLINED
      32 3 Because or "heavy financial commitments.' the National Trust has reiused th^ offer of th? Elizabethan Leman House at Bi'cc>s Suffolk, made ur.der the v- 1 1 of its late owner.
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      164 3 large tomb, believed to be j that of Merncith. a queen of the early First Dynasty, has recently been discovered by Mr. Walter Emery at Sakkara, about 12 miles south of the great j pyramids of Giza. Merneith was cither wife or i daughter of Zer, one of the earliest
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      SHE 'VANISHED' TO A VOID HURT
      263 3 A WIFE who wa.s missing all day when she should have attended court to give evidence against a lieutenantcolonel returned home that night, and said: "I have been so afraid of hurting the lieutenant-colonel's mother, who is such a good woman, that 1 could
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      ROMAN RELIC IN SWITZERLAND
      55 3 A building stone dating back to a eld Roman settlement esiaclished at Solothurn, Switzerland, 200 to 250 A.D. has been uncover- cd. Archeologists said the s*one. about, 10 feet long, 2Va feet wide and 1% feet high was a relic of a monumental portal of a
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      Tomb oS ancient queen Sound
      52 3 1 i Pictures show w ir.e jars dis- 1 'covered at S:ikkara, bearing; inej name of Queen Merneith. and (below) a coffin outside the main tomb of the queen, shoA- ing the remains of what is be'isved to have been a sla\e sacrificed at the
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      PLOTTED TO KILL HITLER
      270 3 PLOTTED TO KILL HITLER BREMEN (By a:r maii). SHIPPING executive Franz Stapeifelut, who is said to have supplied plotters against the life of Adolf Hitler with more than 500,000 marks before all his money was spent, is back m business. Now nearly 70, he has organised a new shipping company
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      MONTY CONFERS IN THEATRE
      100 3 FIELD MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery. Chicl ol th? i Imperial General Staff, held a 1 conference at the Victoria Palac^ I Theatre m London for the offii c?rs and civilians on his staff. The conference was one of th? periodical meetings between the C.I.GJS. and his s
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      FOOD PARCELS
      32 3 Prople m Britain car. now send gift food parcels to private individuals ir. all European -ountries except the Dod^canes;L.lands. and m all other imp^tant countries except Japan ,t is arnounced.
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 7. 1947. Facing Collapse
      633 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 7. 1947. Facing Collapse *THE Singapore A .nation Com- mittee, m a e:ter tne Ciovernor, Sir FYankiin Gimsun. consid rs that the "public ot Singapore is laced with what almost amounis to a cciifc of Government, v.i:h respect to strikes and public secv*J*y" and
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      STORE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      1745 4 BEST known to Japanese Singaporeans as the lady "Joe Louis" of the boxing world, DORIS MYPIN made a name for herself at the boxing meetings staged during that tim£ for women m the catchweight class. She won many cups and purses during the occupation until she
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      FAITH
      30 4 Trust ye not m a friend, put ye not confidence m a suide: keep the doors of tny mouth from her that heth m thy bosom. Mirah. 7. 5
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      TALES FROM TANGLIN-6
      435 4 TALES FROM TANG LIN-6 Ministry. During his serve z th:re he was awarded the C.3. Air Vic-c-Mar.^hal Breakey la married and lives m tr>o Air Officer Commandn« Malaya s residence m Singanor New Booklet MAYBE you have read l^ little grcrn and yellow bookl t which appeared m Singapore for
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      OIL COAL
      145 4 RESEARCH on metl. of obtaiTiing oil fr m coa 1 shoiiid cojitinuo, I thtr* are ptoepecti of fi«idKofi way.- of r.Kiucing costs of production, was the opinion expressed by Dr. A. Parker, C.8.E.. Director ol Fuel R( search, DepartnM of Scientific and Industrial Research m Londen the other
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      QUIZ
      94 4 1. With what fields o> enquiry do we especially assoc ite the, names of: 'a> Thomas Maithus; •b> Charles Darwin; ic> Sir Jmmei Frazer 0 2. Which BUtei of -ho USA ?re respectively knew.: as: <a> the Empire State: (bl 'he Nu meg State; «c> ihc Tar Heel State:
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      FROM
      56 4 <*trn..... <. m A I near Tb j home leum most < tut Lytii \;ded r much m I cue DCtroleun. Genv dl/J icy n~t i It nai j and Oth< d obt2 n Bnta n by IoDeJ arc oc v uld ?aL leum I R. are p: Brt
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      S'PORE POLICE LEARN YARD METHODS
      359 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OFFICERS and men who are carrying on Singapore's J battle against crime will be seeing a special preview )f the film Scotland Yard" within an hour or two of >ur going to press. Headed by Commissioner R. E. Foulger, Singapore Police
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      16 PATROL SHIPS FOR SINGAPORE
      46 5 16 PATROL SHIPS FOR SINGAPORE foilj^ i have vi a Gov- S B s the: area, .aoe exI of vessels Two vessels, $20,000 emca :^.ates.: duues I i Jy apL f oi Har,v.ll m the r the terms Police seres not etfee: the rion their pre-
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      S'PORE BATTLE MEN RE-UNITE
      60 5 V 1 1 wr.en more' ofllcen the f whom be Jaoi the Barm* reunion a- the) London at U the pi^ice of of Merton Beckwith! Formosa. Bn <v Smi'h" entered 8to?o. bave uir Assoc a la] policy i O '*ro >! approx•3- .fe for the appened
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      'L.I.A.P.' CAN'T BE AUTOMATIC
      16 5 'L.I.A.P.' CAN'T BE AUTOMATIC I 1 I.C Qber of d t. h e *tas to be
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      PRISON FOOD COSTS MORE
      37 5 PRISON FOOD COSTS MORE population rt ached s:n?e the stood at 1,776. idosed m the 's 'ry 1 explainir 00 for rations. VOOO set aside to of rations for pr> c months ol .Pflcipm for two »1
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      250 'NOBODY'S TRUCKS' SOLD
      80 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 250 of the 290 Dodge and Chevrolet three-ton Armytype lorries which were purchns- 1 rd from the Government by the General Transport Company m j Singapore have been re-sold i and most have gone m smill lots. j One big Singapore
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      FIRE-FIGHTING IN S'PORE PRISONS
      39 5 Free Press Staif Reporter BECAUSE t!:e Superintendent of the Singapore Fire Brigade visited Singapore prisons recently and found that firefighting equipment is practically non-existent, an immediate provision of $1,130 has been made tor new apparatus.
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      REGULAR ARMY COMMISSIONS
      128 5 THE time elapsing between sub- j nvssion by an officer With an] emergency commission of appl:- 1 cation for a regular commiss.on 1 and announcement of decision i varies with the location of the candidate, his availabilty to attend the board ard availabilty i of the board.
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      The iron curtain in S'pore
      556 5 RLSSAINS GIVE 1 NOTHING A WA V Free Press Staff Reporter THE two Russian trade delegates who are staying at the Adelohi Hotel. Singapore, are certainly living up to the best traditions of the Moscow's "iron curtain of silence." When I vk-ited them yesterday to
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      CHINESE, MALAYS RECONCILED
      302 5 CHINESE, MALA YS RECONCILED Free Press Staff Reporter THE Publij Relations Depart- 1 ment of the Malayan Union has been instrumental recently m removing the strained relai tions between the Chinese and the Malays m Upper Perak, where I anxiety was felt as to the possibility of further breaches of
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      BACK HOME
      16 5 The 3rd Carabiitfen 'Prince of cr: 1 Guards) have rea hall years" scrvire overseis.
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      S'PORE TO HAVE U.K.-TYPE ROADS
      346 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r rilE recommendations of the British Ministry of Transport 1 will be followed closely m the construction of new roads m Singapore. This was decided at a meeting of the Singa pore Traffic Advisory Committee which met for the first time
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      Export Bans in Australia
      93 5 THE export of the certain Roods without the consent of the .M'nister tor Tt vie and Customs is >-•» ohibited The foods include: cisaretlA, cigars, tcbac:o, manufactured coir tibrr, mattress fibre and kapok, rrockeiy of all classes, dates, mosquito nrts, n< .t> i tr»de, cresylic acid,
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      22 5 photo. Special ship*; fittrd with fire- fighting cquHrnf3>t *re now m Singapore. This picture was taken at a 'lenion-jtralioo jester- Free Press
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      'EMPRESS' RAN ON SANDBANK
      120 5 'EMPRESS' RAN ON SANDBANK Free Press SUfl R'jporter THE Empress of Australia. Which arrived m Singapore with 1.100 troops and 500 civilians aboard on Wednesday, was; dogged with ill-luck all the way from Liverpool. i A returning Oovemxprot officer—a passenger— told me yesterday how a man iell from vie chip's
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      S'pore services art show
      85 5 The AH-Scrviccs Art Exhibition, which was opened by Major Gen. P. A. Tllman at the Union Jack C Inb. win con.inue op«n until Feb 11 from 2.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. daily. It is open to both civilians and servicen. There is a scheme afoot to
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      DUCHESS SAILS IN TROOPER
      140 5 DUCHESS SAILS IN TROOPER AT Sdmy yest?rd-<y. the D»rhess of Gloucester and Frn-e Richard joined the 16.000--ion RaTigi'iki on the first sof tiht&t voyage to U K. to jom the Duk- who has retired from ttt Governor Generalship Ai^tral'. 1 The owners, the New Zealand Shipping Co.. has warned o»her
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      MR. E.F. TWINING
      39 5 Mr. E. F. T.vining. Governor Designate of North Borneo. arrive m S n?aoore tomorrow on board the "Ancles." He will sail U r Ji ff.clton on board H.M.S Opossum' :rd wll be installed on Feb. 15
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      Radio Quiz Too Easy
      188 5 RADIO Malaya hit out on Wednesday night with a mw nrogramme- an adaption of the BBC's "Monday Night ct Eight" feature "Puzzl? Ccrnor." which was so successful m Britain. They produced a local edition under" the title of "Pencils, please" complete with a deliberate mistake and
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      THE WINE DROUGHT IS ENDING
      372 6 THE WINE DROUGHT IS ENDING SYDNEY, (By Air Mail). rKE long wine drought is breaking. Right through vi*j war, while cellar stocks rapidly dried up, the vineyards produced less and less. Long 2 ohing acres of vines withered >ear after year m the drought, liain fell wilfully here and there,
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      DOCKING IS A GOOD LIFE
      189 6 TLASGOW dockers believe there is something about th?ir work that promotes !3ng life Icr t here arc at least fourteen em over th° a°o of 70 doinf ;i day's work to-day vn on Queen's Dock they unlnd 4-cwt bales of wood pulp arc! swing then
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      FUR COAT THEFTS
      17 6 Thefts of fur coats m London this year have already reached total of £10.000.
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      16 FRYING SMITHS GO WEST
      171 6 1 6 FRYING SMITHS GO WEST SIXTEEN Smiths are off to J Canada seeking a fried fortune. Eight of them led fry the matriarch of the cten, Mrs. William Smith, ot llorrcambe, Lines, have sailed from Southampton fe tlie Aquitania. Besides Mrs. Smith and her husband, there were three sons,
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      USED OWN HAIR AS PAINT BRUSH
      63 6 Artist Charles Thrale, 20-year-old ex-Army corporal, produced 100 paintings during the threand a half years he was a prisoner of the Japanese. He used his own hair to make a brush and clay and jungle roots for his paints. Queen Mary saw his first
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      Town of practical jokers
      82 6 FICTITIOUS 099 calls for an ambulance or the fire brigade a\ erase three or !.mr a day m Brighton, Sussex. Recenty teve.al large hotels, a c nema, the lual evening: paper, and th» CM.D. lave received annnyw;,u> letter-, threatening they would be blown up. Ea<h on-
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      WAR CRIMINAL KILLS SELF
      61 6 Th- British occupation headquarters announced at Kure that Japanese Army Captain Sato Hidetaro. scheduled to bo slapped to Hongkong for war crimes trial, committed suicide by cutting hu throat. Sato grabbed a far. j .u knif;' m the cookhouse where he had been sent under guard
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      POPEYE COSTS £500
      42 6 Damages of £501 10s. sd. with costs were awarded at Reading Assizes to Miss Phyjlis Pitts former Ministry of Food interviewer, who claimed she had been "savagely attacked" by a bull terrier named Popeye belonging to a Bicester farmer.
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      NO TOURIST TRIPS TO EAST
      121 6 REPRESENTATIVES of steam--1% ship companies and airlines m the United States say that there is little possibility of takin? people who want to visit places m the Pacific Ocean area or the Far East during 1947 for pleasure holidays. Pacific minded vacationists are advised to
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      C.I.D FIND THIEVES'STORE
      321 6 The sergeant saw loose linoleum IN a house of echoes, sparsely furnished to give it a hollow ring, on an L.C.C. estate m Tilney-road, Dagenham, Scotland Yard C.I.D. men stumbled on a thieves* warehouse for which they had been searching for over a year. Shop after shop
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      58 6 The sound of explosions is again to be heard m war-shattered Berl'n. It comes from the British sector of the city where, by order of the AU'ed Konimandan tura, the international governing body, concrete air-raid shelters ate being blown up with dynamite by the Royal Knjineers. Here a shelter m
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      COSTLY RADAR INSTALLATION ASKED IN U.S
      90 6 AS a result of recent air crashes ar.d the subsequent slump m air travel, authorities m WashI ington are demandirg a £250 I million plan to insiall radar sy- stems at all big air-flclds throughout the country. Congress, now investigating the crashes, are urged
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      50 6 FOL'RTKKN miners were i.jpped by an explosion m the Rurngrangc Shale pit at (alder, m Ni-"'Unrt. and m spite of long efforts by mine rescue workers and members the National Fire Service, they could not be re- cued. Here rescue squads wearing oxygen apparatus are seen workin? down the pit.
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      NO CLOSE SHAVE
      25 6 Haircuts and shaves are at a premium m Cork (Ireland- wr-err nifn assistants m hair-dressiny Oi are on strike for higher v.-ages.
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      VAMPIRE ADMITS ATTACKINGGIRLS
      224 6 ANDRE FELIX, 24-year-old gardener and amateur boxer, who is stated to have confessed to being: the dreaded "Vampire of Rueil" (a village near Paris), has admitted to having made four attacks at night on women m the village, the Paris police announced ls*i night. 'I he fourth
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      Buddhist relics returned
      80 6 LH'UDHIST relics are to be taken from London and enshrined at Sanchi. Ceylon their original resting place from which they were taken m 1851 by Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham, a famous archaeologist The relics are the n mains of the Buddha's tno chief dist ciples, Sariputta and
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      18 4 Platinum Set DIAMOND JEWELLERY. Designed to suit Modern 7\isU\ m 7^2. 1 78 M OA TH BBID6I S'PO**-
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      72 5 THK HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND a PROJECTION I TEL OPENS 'lIIrtPWBIi ro 2> A Y /R" T I f PM! Wf»l{k 11 -2 4.13 fi.^o 9.13 k T^^^ooW-* 0 G »b\«* M 111 1 11 !l \\t I flu 1 1 1 Hi hob ■rrttfdfiff ■Kff^f^^l^ <^HF y 8»*l 'm
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      163 6 Thrills Seekers and Ho\i ncr ,7^ I MAKE A DATE* 1 Of Course Its TO-MORROW Mid-ninh* I H the "W CAPITOL ro M-^t A. if if Sullfv^ James Corbeu (Lrrd FLYNN) who socke rreart, wm Heavy-weight boxing cbampion >: TO HELP Recreate The Most Fabulous Days m the History of
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      68 6 J^"^E Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Yts, I'VE SEEN AW\ (LUCKY Wvoii WOULDNT SAY^I I^ANB, To CAP >T ALL^ I/Cn.-, -"-\f AIR HOSTESS ON 1 V YOU.' J f THAT |F YOU HAD I♦[ A FAVOURITE FAREni Vj^HAT ?~>i—- *^< THIS LINE SINCE J^y^ MY HEAD/— IT^S
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      BIG MONEY BUT ONLY FOR A FEW
      465 7 Archie Quick's Sporfs Parade tri a y liatthewd m top class foot- Question I P ut to the Maestro of the v Your question might just a.s well I r m football, for when I am no get out. 'Tog will never see
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      ITALIAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
      23 7 I he will m >cd I ol ft I ne of je the at b r I am U 1
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      SUNDAY SOCCER
      77 7 S UNDAY SOCCER SC.C. and the S.CFA. vtfl meet at Soccer on Sur.dpy at the Jalan Besar Stadium. There will win be a sate nken, proceeds for th« SC.C. Rehabilitation Fund. SCC. soccer team to :'3V on Ibe padang today against the S. S are will L J J Bell;
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      TABLE TENNIS BODY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
      200 7 FE Singapore Table Teniiis Associr, :cn heki am uai m« ing on Saturday, at the SCR C. i 'ln ere was a b:g attendance b.v repres m&L--(s of th-? vsu affiliated club.s and associations. Some al.oratio- 3 m the ronst.- j tuttoTa of tiio
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      OXFORD APPEAL FOR BOAT FUNDS
      76 7 /kWXNG to increased cost or 1 raining ior the Bo?.t Race' j io be lowed this year from Putney] I to Mort'uk? on Marsr. 29. Oxiord! University Club ar? m Bnansial; difficulties, and an appeal is bcir.gj mad? lor assistance to all past] members of
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      Best Match Averages
      64 7 II p of I Inn- I 3 \*kp. M 40 II 47 1 40 0 1 i<> M R 1% Ay. 4 20 8 I 23 9 i 9 28 6 413 1] 4 a 1 1 R« 0 R XS \x. C 5 .7 V I
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      AUSSIES CHOOSE TO DRAW
      878 7  -  Bill Bowes Race for runs declined From ADELAIDE, Thursday. JOINING the ranks of the select few who have made a century m both innings of a Test match, Compton, aided by wicket-keeper Evans, placed England m a position to draw the fourth Test match. Left with
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      31 7 It v. n the match for Derby *****/ against C'fi- a Medhr.rst, Chelsea's poalke^er, to save, while Stamp, Derby's inside-left scores md Wmt?r (2) Chelsea right back, has to look-on helplessly.
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      Scoreboard
      160 7 ENGLAND— IST INNS. 460 AUSTRALIA— IST INNS. 487 ENGLAND— 2ND INNS. Washbrook c la!on b Lindwatl IS liutton b Johnson Edricb c Brahman b Toshack 4i Hammond c Lindwall b Toshack 22 I kin Ibw b Toshack I (ompton not out Hardstaff b Tohhack Ya.dlry c Tallon b Lindwall
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      GOOD HOCKEY WIN FOR SULTAN
      328 7  -  H. N. HANMER From (^ELETAK and H.M.S. Sultan played tlieir flrsc big hockey match Ci the season when they met at Seletar on Wednesday, an interesting game played despte wet conditions, ending In a 3—l \vin for Sultan. Conditions were n;i ideal, a "pool" m
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      INTERNATIONAL RUGBY
      162 7 TVIARTIN Dor.n;liy, the New l Zealand cricketer and Oxford stand-off half, has been chosen to play at cert re thrc^auar.er for England against Ireland at Dublin to-morrow. At firsv. n^ring (writes Ronald Symond» this choice may occasion some surprise but on re- j fleet.on i: wui become evident
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      BEST BAT FOR ENGLAND
      30 7 li.nls i'omnton, EnTlind s lcur.h Test hero, is here srt.i turning Toshack to leg m the first innings of the match m which he scored 147.
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      50 7 M P D I? IV tr he is again! f^ George FQRMBY--4 well-known to you as ''Banjo" Man will soon make his *^O 1 appearance m C OLUMBIA'S Latest Smash Hit ELL-BOTTOM" George o| its kind m the way of entertainment, >nee the liberation of Singapore! Bl^ l continued TO-MORROW)
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      147 7 P^JjrHHBBWB TKMPESTI 01S Romanrc Ow t i KMT 'V JB T -^B 11 m p m 4 1 p m TEL. 4Q42. Q! R -~C CnDITIOHED CABMEN MIRANDA m HM Make-You-Laugh Musical Romantic Hit! C^T Delivers i 1 I? 'ill— jt~z Ji BWHiilißßßiiiii^Bßiiiiiiy r r I "^■■P^^H^B^flFrPifrT* ■*jr2ußSm£"3- IP- 4Q
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      42 8 K*%ot<- A view of the Lake District. A spur of the Helvellyn Range which forms a backwirlC... ground to a "shi fling" mountain shelter for sh e^p and shepherds. In the valley below is Ullswater, one of the chief lakes of Westmorland.
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      INDIA TO GET TURK WHEAT
      152 8 LONDON Thursday. THE first 25.000 tOM of wheat to be shipped from Turkey will I > to India as the result of talks m London m the la^t few days. R?Mter learns. Sn Robert Hutchings Secretary to the Food Department or the Government of India,
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      CITY NEWS— S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      368 8 CITY NEWS— S 'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A special Market eorr^ondent rt ?ives the prices of rubber at 1> am today as follows Buyer* Sellers Cts (U ocr 'b o*r Ib >■• I R S S Spot N X S S fob i.i bale.. Feb 4.1 43 > R.!* S
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      THE SOVIET IS KEEPING U.S. VESSELS
      308 8 THE SOVIET IS KEEPING U.S. VESSELS WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE (mud States wants back the 95 merchant vessels it lent to the Soviet Union under Icnd-lease during the war. So far the Russians have paid nothing for the loan of the vessels and they have not answered any letters asking them
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      37 8 F.ohett Helnmann as Oberon and Margaret Rawlings as 1iiani* in a seen* from Purcell's adapt t tion of Shakespeare s "M d iimme r Night's Dream"— "Fail y Qu een'* staged at the Covent t.arden I. ondon
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      NEW TINPLATE INDUSTRY PLAN
      126 8 LONDON 1 u:\s. A new >; ,0000,000 concern, the rt Stce' Company cf Wales, is planned to carry cut a v.ist project tcr modernisation and eevcbpmen* of South Waits soeet and tii.plat? industry. It is today ciisclcsec. Leading ftrni^ have agr.-ed to cooperate m the erection
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      Antarctic mountains found
      96 8 N» JT m k Anta j ctl c u wntainine ei?hi mountain ranges and a huge bay and xvith a roastline equivalent to the distance across tho tmled S.a^es has bom discovered by RearA,'m,ral Richard Byvdj South Polar cxr^dition m all the ships and nlanes of the
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      PLAN TO 'SMASH BURMA ACCORD'
      389 8 RANGOON. Thursday. "TRANSPORT Minuter Thakin Ba Se: n said today he would 1 resign from the Governor's Executive Council and devote his Party's efforts to smashing the agreement with Britain m granting Burma virtual independener. He said U Saw .vlii.ustjr of National Planning md Education,
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      GOVT ASKED TO END STRIKES, CRIME
      1038 8 GOVT ASKED TO END STRIKES, CRIME Free Press Si an rceponer A SSERTIXG that "at the moment the public of Singapore A is faced with what almost amounts to a col'apse of (iov ernment, with respect to strikes and public serurity," the Singapore Association, m a letter to Sir Franklin
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      M.P. HELD GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
      267 8 LONDON, Tiiurs. MR. PHIL PIRATIN. Communist M.P. lor Mile End London has b^en found guilty by me H us- ot Comm:ns Comm ttce on Privies of "gross contempt 01 the House" for striking a newspaperman after an argument n ti H:use restaurant. The newspaperman. Mr
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      VIETNAM CLAIMS 3,000 FRENCH CASUALTIES
      166 8 VIETNAM CLAIMS 3,000 FRENCH CASUALTIES MANILA. I THE Vietnam xii&h Command 10--1 day said the Frsneh tod 3,000 men. v her killed or wound ca. ut D r m four heavy dr,ves to wrest K. r tr.ani2£C trcops [a a broadcast heard here. ojuc RciLSianrf Commit they had last a:.d
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      EX-WREN LOSES 'BREACH' SUIT
      94 8 LONDON. Th THE br.ach of promis? action 1 brought by 24-year-old exWren Miss Pamei a Audrey Keble against a former Royal A r Force Bquadioo L?ader wtm dismissed with coss by Ju<t: c lewis :n tfc« Hip.h Court today Mr JusUec iJtwU >a. c Women m
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      'SEVERE BEAK'
      50 8 T ut lj Bacretaij m.- tmmm Chut.: Ede. h^ rolused to remove BriUin'j cnly womar pendtary magistrate. St-yeau M.ss Svbii Campbell norn Tower Bridge Police Court, j. n don. following C^mplalotf about alleged 'inhumanly severe omdiift t -wards fir^t off< Such oaenders. tie c*yi. havr right to appeal
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      MILK GOT MILK FOR CHILDREN
      105 8 MILK GOT MILK FOR CHILDREN LO. NMIS6 E.;. v. j,l die cj 1 «,hd won h:*M CabinH '.:iM become Mi: She died i>Ye real] life's plan t British edu raising < to 15 a: c 1 Uor. for all Known tc bo jM House a* Re ..raß ncr and op;.
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      23 DESERTERS SURRENDER
      35 8 23 DESERTERS SURRENDER •fiir. turn i the t. e:.s apr o B i Pioneer I on < ha~:- ,4 j B< cd. 18 P. w J rendeieci 1 under M m form oc' I Th- t^d
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      127 8 WSA THER j Cloud v villi showers VjFTEATHEB report (or 24 hour* from noes today compiled by I »he B A.F. Central Forecasting Station. Air Command. Far-East Cloudy with moderate to he«vv i shower: Wind, light, north crh Sumet at 6 5? p m sunrise j 6 J am Moonrise
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