The Singapore Free Press, 12 February 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1947. PRICE 1» Cl MS.
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    S'PORE RUSSIANS MAKE RUBBER DEAL
    426 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. I^?e Kong Chian, President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, lias made a big rubber deal with the two Soviet trade representatives who are staying at the Adelphi Hotel, and the Komiles a Russian ship of just over
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    7 DIE IN BURMA JAIL BREAK
    267 1 RANGOON, TwmdSkJ. til and 10 injured at innsein pnx>n guards opened fire on prisoner* who break after assaulting th e wardens. it has not ye! rec-cived official re- U Audi San avaa overpowered by I ;imed the Arglo-Burmese agreement ;iky ha.d" was made today
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    RUSSIANS STILL HOLD MILLION JAPS
    25 1 RUSSIANS STILL HOLD MILLION JAPS ICS t ow.ooo re they s behind fore the iy re..inds Ol Tie "deration for Overseas Qued the ?"d 4
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    LONDON AWAITS MALAY REDS
    27 1 D for j pire mail de<-la ration l d bt-iore the eti on Feb.' India. d P. I .ude! •veek :ed as' Basutoland,!
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    DAKOTA INQUIRY
    31 1 There is to be a public enquiry into the air crash at Croydon on January 21st, when a Dakota bound for South Africa crashed on take-off, killing 12 people.
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    WED THE GIRL HE TRIED TO KILL
    283 1 ChK'f Justice dismiss his appeal. Rowland shouted, as he had done so often before. "I am an innocent man." It is now considered likely thai his lawyer will ask for leave to appeal to ;he H^ase of Lards, '.hi supreme British appeal body.
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    S'pore coal ship strike
    93 1 THE crew of the Biltish freighter Hartington in Portland. Oregon went on strike today and demanded that the ship's cargo of coal intended for Singapore should be diverted to England. A spokesman for the crew said: 'England in her coal crisis should get every bit of
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    UNKNOWN
    16 1 *OM the to estab- General in Baiiard,who mm months -tjcal Ob--1 >nall| re- ment at
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    CANDLES LIT HER WEDDING
    208 1 CANDLES LIT HER WEDDING LONDON. Tues. IN the dim light of four altar candles in electricity starved London today, Mi^s Mary Chu 1 chill, youngest daughter of Bri- tain\s wartime leader, Mr. Winston Churchill, was married to Capt. Christopher Boomes, 2<>-year-old assistant British military attache in Parks Thousands of Londoners
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    ALLIES END CARTELS IN GERMANS
    103 1 ALLIES END CARTELS IN GERMANS Berlin, Tnrwiny TIIE British law to break up Ger- man cartels through ?'hioCi Hitler rearmed the Reich for asgresslve war was announced here today by Lieut. -Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, deputy military Governor of the British zone. The law, which comes Uito effect at once,
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    CHINESE REDS RAID PEIPING
    50 1 Chinese Government military leaders in Peiping held an emergency conference yesterday after the Chinese Communist's most daring raid in years on Peiping, n which th? attackers are reported to have fired upon several buildings and killed 200 persons and freed some prisoners from a Government jail.
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    U.S. FACES COAL STRIKE THREAT
    41 1 THE National Coal Association in Washington yesterday warned that a new soft-coal strike is '•inevitable" by July 1, unless John L. Lewis agrees to give the Miners' Welfare Fund berore the Congress Dasses remedial legislation. A.P.
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    Flamethrowers fight frost
    446 1 Flamethrowers fight frost COAL CRISIS IN U.K. LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN called on the Navy and the Army today for ship* and men, lor flame-throwers and bulldozers, to help open the e«U supply lines. This decision was taken after the Cabinet had reviewed the fuel and power shortage at a vent
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    NO BY-ELATION FOR SINCLAIR
    187 1 Ihurao, SCOTLAND Tuci Conservative member »t Parliament lor Caithness. Mr. Etic L. Gai.u r Domer, wh tnnouncid ac ClamUnaa he would resign, has changed his mind, and th^re will be no by-eiectioa. The Liberals are disappoint a because they had hoped (hat the by-election would return
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    FIRE KILLS 104
    28 1 The Berlin police say that 104 .-> riien in Saturday ni?ht i:e whjch destroyed a Berlin night club f.lled with 800 people attending a masquerade ball.
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    Gen. STOPFORD LEAVES
    133 1 RltiMNlil n*:«»ur> whi. h have been carried in battle were on parade this morning uith the Guard of Honour provided by the Ist Battalion, the Queen*s Royal Regiment, for Genera) Sir Montagu Stopford at T&nglin Barracks, Singapore. General Stopford, who left Changi airfield at 10 a.m on
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      LANDLORD OF 900 PROPERTIES
      635 2 LANDLORD OF 900 PROPERTIES BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A CQUISITTON and prerl -ervat on by Britain's N .t onal Trust of the places •I h 'stone interest and natural beautv In Great Britain and lu.h li*. and is fcimilar bodies o P e*ating in othpr countries. The peculiar differences be-
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      28 2 lovely JEAN SIMMONS a Rank starlet who will shortly be seen in the Cineguild Production "(•reat Expectations." wears this aitractive "Jungle Print" onepiece swim suit by Martin White.
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      MAN HAD 91 BLACK TIES
      63 2 SAID to have had 91 neckties, all black, ir. his possession when arrested, John Reginald Dims, aped 33. a cook, pleaded guilty at Clerkonwell to receiving the ties without surrendering coupons. He was told by the magistrate, Mr Frank Powell, that he was liable to
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      237 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast foi people born today DORN today, the stars have given you the potential £.»r greatness, provided you make the fullest use of the talents whieh are yours by right of birth. Your fate, however, is in your own hands. No one but yourself tan cultivate
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      EVEN LEAVES ARE VALUABLE
      350 2 HAVE you ever thought what a tremendous number of the world's most valuable products are found in the form of leaves? Tea and tobacco are obvious examples, but there are many more. In few places in the world could you find a bigger collect j on
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      AUSTRALIA GROWS MORE SOYA BEANS
      146 2 DEMAND (or .*oya beau in Australia now exceeds production from pre sent cultivated areas, and big developments are planned for the expansion of the industry. In Brisbane. Melbourne and Sydney, mills have been prepared to process 1.000 tons of soya beans a we k each.
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      251 2 SOUTH should not have had much play for his contract, but it is difficult to find fault with the bidding If Norths hearts and diamonds were exchanged, there would be quite a good play for the contract And if North happened to have his side .trencth in
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      ARRANGED
      157 2 new Japanese skJ A repatriated to who wwitfld a wife walked into the JapGovernment's Lonely Heart* Matchmaking Office in Tokyo's Matsuzakaya Ixpartment Store and sat down on the hard bench besidi a girl who wanted a hu-band THFY did not knuw that they were the tu called out ol
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      For women only
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      19 2 fPAVJUC i.;>o ••v CARC. PETER r^* PATRICIA ME RICHARP T W A L I Z nu 1 COMIHG umr
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      496 2 I* r^lO MAI AVA i pn. What s beinq doiu\ 10.30 7.30 pm. Mu^c hall; 8.30 p.m. News; *»*"M^lw l»lr\J-iir\ Ir\ rn Dar.ce matte; 11.00 pm. News 840 pm. London callinp: 8.45 pm. sinnaDOr€ »dltoes <md close down. Experiment in ireedom; 9.00 p.m. The Jazz octet; 9.3J p.m. BBC. SymKH)
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      96 2 Free Press Crossword No. S3 __JMLJBI i^B__J Jp, fu us«\: ■9EH Wm fOk ME HHSBI b u uaMM XM m^ *b *H ~^TB~ HI ~HI 1 ddc'-Cal-H HH 1H .'.mcd for its tapr^bfij fgg Inu ll.rtual < m 1 I 1111 >( -3 3maU moui iii iii ix i.< \»v
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      Bomb strain Sult there
      14 3 ifail- n i umplaint. ih> -n--1 rib w— jm thf
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      Arctic in Britain
      155 3 fERMAN pru»oners-of-war are helping to clear the snowbound roads and railways during England's spell of Arctic weather, which is causing so much trouble. Here, on left, they air- digging their way to Nurstead. a hamlet three miles t south of Gravesend, where the i inhabitants were complett
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      PREMIER AND 15 WHITE MICE
      63 3 FIFTEEN white mice, with only a Am- nica's free-and-easy drink ing habits suffered a setback when few days to live, arrived in Britain aboard a 'plane carrying Sir Geoffrey Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia. The mice were inoculated with a Rhodcsian strain of sleeping
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      GOLD BY AIR
      22 3 £93.000 in gold coins for the Royal Mint has arrived by PanAmerican Clipper at London Airport from New York.
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      Will Is Forged, Judge Decides
      217 3 ON Vlr. Justice Barnard'^ desk in the London Probate Court Say will signed "Jane Isabella Chenery with the addievs. "i3. Smarts-road. Gravcacni.* 1 Beside it was a 3ft. -long phi >(«» graphic enlargement of \}.t signature. Watched by leading rumavriting experts, the judge I the
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      20-MILE SAFE BELT FOR ATOM PLANT
      335 3 20-MILE SAFE BELT FOR ATOM PLANT Electricity from uranium MORE details of Britain's plans to produce a quarter of her power from uranium have reached the Free Press. The Atomic Energy Council, headed by Lord Portal, is to present boon to the Cabinet a scheme aimed at saving 5,000,000 tons
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      2 Years' Wait For Honours
      287 3 SO much work has aicumulated in the Central fllKHj of the Orders of Knighthood at St. James s Palace that I/. 000 people whose names have appeared in honours lists may have to wait up to tun yean for their insignia and the warrants of
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      WOMAN SLAIN BY ATOM SPIES
      242 3 "l<Miku>£ tm tkUmi >«.<»\t- and tountt» Strangled »J by a silk stocking figured in a ■(•TV told to the French police by I («>r. Meiirai;!. a Belgian mechanic, now in Douai pii-on av\.»i»int I rial. He wu arosted aiier \i.*> murder of the Fiem-h Counlesn
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      NEIGHT OF OFFICE
      36 3 "It is not n;re to go out Wit!, the Ma; or now. because ins :obc is so hcavv people ma^f unk rrt remarks.*- sajd councillor C. W. Neison ai SafTrou Wald- n. bics.
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      RAW FUR SALE
      36 3 Preparations are being made for the auction sales of raw fur skins which begin at the Lor.don Fur Trade sale room which 2.000,000 skin, s will be offered by the Hudson's Bay Co.
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      PLOUGHMAN CUAMP
      24 3 The world's rhampion trator ploughman, Mr. Fred Timbers of Ontario. Canada, has arrived in England to defend his title against British challengers
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      SCOTS FREEDOM FOR CHURCHILL
      48 3 Mr. Churchill ha^ accepted Ayr Town Councils offer of the freedom of the Burgh— passed at a Council meeting by a majority of only two votes. The ceremony will take place wh^n he goes to Ayr in May to address the Scottish Unionist conference.
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      MPs GO OUT IN SQUAD CARS
      76 3 ELEVEN London M.Ps. in emigrating the fight against crime at first band have been out in Scotland Yard radio patr'ul cars They heard a "Galling all .ars" message ordering interception of a tax; concerned in a ease of suspected shoplifting te. Oxfoid-strcct Another car.
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      FREE STOCKINGS
      29 3 8.0.A.C'. receptionists and air hostesses are to get— free, but not coupon-free— three pairs of fully fashioned, pure silk stockings to wear with their new navy-blue uniforms.
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      SOS WAS FOUND 45 YEARS LATE
      193 3 AiMfcs*»;\Ufc. irom an American expvcuuon 10 me .>oiui Pole, which mi marooned on Franz Joseph Land with fuel supplies running low, has been picked up by Soviet fishermen near Vilkitski Island, near Murmansk, after ii had floated in the Arctic Ocean in a buoy
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      They save cargo from sea
      61 3 They save cargo from sea The remaind r of the cargo of. th" I nited States Liberty ship. HHeiia Modjeska. which bmke in t«<» :n a gale on the (loodwin Raadi last autumn, is now be'ns In ouch t ashrre in Sandwich Ka>. where half th«» slip u.is later heacbrd,
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      NO BREAD FOR DOGS
      33 3 Mr Lemass. the Minister responsible for bread rationing, ha* relu&t d to receive a deputation from breeders, who prot< s'ing I their c Ittded in ill* 3 rationing al-
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      POCK LOOTING TRACED TO LIQUOR
      494 5 POCK LOOTING TRACED TO LIQUOR Official Report Free Press Staff Reporter THE special committee studying ways and means of protecting goods in Singapore godowns and on the wharves, has recommended that steps be taken to make it as difficult as possible for labourers to get hold of liquor. It has
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      81 5 .Mr. W. Daigarno. represeniative of the British India Steam Navigation Company, who passthrough Singapore last week on a survey trip of Malava and India. He has already visited ports in the Persian Gulf and Calcutta with a view of starting a 8.1. service between the Straits. Rangoon and Calcutta. Interviewed
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      ARMY FIREMEN AIDED S'PORE
      97 5 hrte Press Staff Reporter ty u;\g S:ngapore firemen's strike, the Army as guardians of Sng.-pne— doubling iuty in order to carry rut the task. The n, and 24 hou-v °ff and accepted time since tru- liberation that the ud been asked to help. Dec. 31, the
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      SAW MILLS IN S'PORE MAY CLOSE DOWN
      274 5 Free Preas Start Reporter UNLESS Umbex price* caii bt reduced, some of the sawc Id Singapore 15 likely to ciose down, says an otliciul review oi the timber and sawmill industry in Bii.go.pore. The MuniuU i-ao-t.y ui Btngaport aas a..'.c>i oe.n extremely uept:.
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      EXCHANGE CONTROL IN 5IAM
      171 5 EXCHANGE CONTROL IN 5IAM lIS answer to numerous ln- quiries from Singapore businessmen, the Singapore Free Press has obtained via Inited Press the following further information on foreign exchange in Siam: Exchange control in Slam has bf.n partially lifted. .The Ministry of Finance in Bangkok has announced that exportcis are
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      DUTCH WILL PAY FOR STORE SHIPS
      103 5 DUTCH WILL PAY FOR STORE SHIPS THE Dutch and Indonesians have agreed in principle to the establishment of "safe zones" for the Chinese, Mr. Daniel Lee, Chinese Consul a t Medun told the Penang Importers and Exporters Association yesterday. Mr. Lee. who consulted the Dutch at Medan and the Indonesians
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      W.D. STAFF MEET ON FEB. 23
      36 5 The first annual general meeting of the War Department Civilian Staff Association, Singapore, will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. at the Nishat Cinema. Bras Basah Road.
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      'WHITEHALL WATCHING MALAYA'
      47 5 R;.diO Mr. Ivor of -aid he I he I ion, i problem I w.mj quickpolitlea] d in needed a ed, are being tically un con- k a i part real their oe- rale in to listen," Colonial •i;d. CHIN ESI conttiif S, IS "499
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      FOOD DROPPED TO KARENS
      87 5 AIRCRAFT yesterday dropped about 2,000 bags of rice in Karenni state where there is a grave rice shortage. The operation was carried out in spite of difficulties caused by the Rangoon labour strike and picketing of wharves and warehouses. Leaflets were dropped during the week-end in
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      ADVANCE PAY
      39 5 Advance pay for the purpose of mee.ing outstanding arrears of life Insurance premia is now payable to daily-paid workers, says a circular issued by the Government and Municipal Labour Union ■eaaquar'wers, Singapore, quoting the Commi^>sionei of Labour.
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      UK IS RETURNING RELICS
      110 5 A STRICTLY private ceremony at London's Victoria and Albert Museum at which Lord PethickLawrence. Secretary for India will be present, will mark the formal return to India of the bonos of Saripulta and RI ?£al&na two of Buddha's disciples. These sacred Buddh.st relics have been in
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      BORNEO: NO STRONG CESSION FEELING
      170 5 THERE was no strong feeling among memcors cf the Chartered Company of North Borneo against the cession of Nortlt Borneo to the British Government, said Mr. E. F. Twining, GovernorDesignate of Noah Bcrieo, interviewed in Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Twining leaves today in H.M.S. Oppossnm for
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      PLAQUE FOR ALACRITY
      70 5 >»r. Ivor iiiomas, l n«tr .-c u.ary of Male lor me monies, gave Press Conference in Singapore yesterday. lie is seen seated nexi. to the Governor-General He said the oucstion of income Lax in Singapore "depends ent irely on the local Government. On the suhjeet of cars,
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      SEARCH FOR OIL IN NEW GUINEA
      317 5 I *THE Australian Minister for External Territories. Mr. E. J. i 1 Ward, says that the Commonwealth Government is directly interested in the search for oil now being made in Papua and New Guinea. The Government is assisting in the i search. Three of
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      BLACK MARKET CONVICTIONS
      56 5 The following are the latest figures in connection with the Government's campaign against the black market. Out of 335 prosecutions, 315 were eotmcted. A sum of $43,825 paid in fines; 10,658 Katties of good rice wore seized. The total including broken and damaged rice was 13,339 katties
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      JANUARY RUBBER EXPORT
      105 5 RUBBER shipped from Singapore and the Malayan Union during January amounted to 67.--504 long tons, reports the registrar of Malayan Statistics. This total of rubber exported is 1,659 tons less than the December figures. The January exports were made up of: Singapore 42,308 tons, Penang 9.965, and
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      REFUGEES POUR INTO EAST JAVA
      109 5 IT i 6 estimated that more than 1 16 000 refugees from the hostile areas around Sidoardjo have streamed into Besoeki and i Malang residencies in East Java, according to the Indonesian news agency Antara. The regional Social Welfare Bureau at Bondowoso is reported to
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      60 5 two historic occasions were c mmmtrn rated w!i r, n Mr. Male lm Mac-Donald < n dark scuit) presented a plaque to the C«»rvctt p at the Naval Base, Sin»apjk<, sa Monday. "The sii p.' d the <. General in preMCtteg th plique, <4 is unique in having lu n
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      POLICE STOP GUN RUNNING
      241 5 Kree PfcWfi Mall Hepoi U THE Singaiyore police have erTe.ii'cly clamped down on 1 gun-running between Singapore and the X.E.I. During the past six months, there had been no evidence of arms smuggling being carried on in the> e uateis. In a statement to the Fre
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      R.I.N. MUTINY TO BE 'CELEBRATED'
      69 5 pHREE days of publ.c eeiel bration from Feb. 21 to 'ommemora e the Royal Indian Javy mutiny of a year ago have >een called for by an organisaton described as the 'Bibar Head4iiariers of the Royai Indian 4avy Mutineers." The Headquarters have reluested all former
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      AIR OFFICIAL IN CEYLON
      101 5 MH. Cfeudrej de PtCttas, Undersecretary oi State for Air, who is on six weeks" tour of the Far East t inquire into OOOdit] ris under which British airmen Ire serving, arrived :n C:lombo liora S.ngaporf in a special Lancastrian aircraft yesterday. Mr. d2 Frcitas, who will
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      EX-POLICE CHIEF CLEARED
      69 6 EX-POLICE CHIEF CLEARED IN Bl I 1 vi m v •> w.i won hil SecreUury. He v. ill ..:ven A throe man COW .;u t u.r> up bj rhf B.i (iuern- b! >:n >d S fmilmg in ins i occu- > llhmdl ie c MBinit tt had i n ev
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      SPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
      505 6 SPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS ing to the w.: i> i 1 1 i i t r I I 4 40 I M 00 K CM 1 v 35 I .3 •0 1 9 00 K y f *.C 4. .0 4m sO.xd 11 i »l» 4 1 00 f 1 65
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      CAR PRICES ARE INGREASED IN UK
      73 6 Pru-es of the 1947 Rover ran* s of cars, with the exception of the 16 h.p. saloon and a sports saloon. have now been increased, says a London report. The latest prices, including purchase tax, are: 10 h.p. saloon. £735 6d. 12 h.p saloon,
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      57 6 PROl'm.Y holding the George Cross is Tania, four-year-old daughter of Mrs. Violett Szabo. the British parachutist killed by the Germans after she had dropprd into France to help the Maquis. Tania was riven th*« medal by the King in his private apartments in Buckingham Palace. Her father was killed fighting
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      IDLE FACTORY SEIZED BY COUNCIL
      101 6 IDLE FACTORY SEIZED BY COUNCIL ROCHESTER Kent City Coun- cil decided to take the Oral steps to requisition an idle factory ''for industrial purposes." The Council unanimously decided to requisition the Pobjoy Air Motor Factory, at Rochester Airport, where 500 workers wep pu: off last year. The Labour Mayor of
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      QUIZ Answers
      34 6 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Kubla Khan 2. AW Pinero; J M B:irri«; Granville Barker: J. B Priestley. 3 (ft) Samuel Ricliaid.^jn; (b) Henry Fi riding; fc) Tobias Smollett: <d> Laurence Sterne.
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      HANOI IS GUTTED SHELL OF A CITY
      619 6 Pagoda turned into snipers' nest lANOI, this gutted .shell of a city, casualty of the FrancoVietnamese war, u.*ed to be one of the show places of ench Asia. Less than thre e months ago, it was a city of oad streets flanked by
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      CHIEF'S SON TAKES WIFE BACK TO UK
      113 6 IN African chier* .son brought n big British Wife back to Eng-land--so that he could '"give hei I tree standard of l:ving she is u <1 to." She hod tpeot eight months in a tribal compound. 1 With Cornelius Osu, 29. and his
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      BATTLESHIP TARGET
      29 6 The obsolete 3 1.000- ton battleship Malaya was towed from Portsmouth to a berth off Ryde, Isle of Wight, for use. it is believed a^ a target
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      Britain to tax bet winnings
      267 6 Britain to tax bet winnings A PLAN ha> at last been found to tax all forms of gambling winnings. After next April return* for taxation purposes any money won en racing, football pooK and £Tv\ hound radng will have to bt made. Profits so far tax-free- will be treated ai
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      IRIS IS IRISH
      24 6 Iris, a II :x>at. renamed Royal [rig after a Zeebrugge war exploit, has b bought for Cork Harbour and renamed Blarney.
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      65 6 THIS is Dixon Cireenbank. a year-old London schoolboy, who was commended by the Baru^t magistrates for his courage in knocking out with a poker a man accused of breaking into the home of Lieut -Col. I Musson in Totterklge 01. Mn^on told the court he struggled with an intruder, and
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      PROBLEM FOR VIEWERS
      38 6 PROBLEM FOR VIEWERS MILL! irj n.s; b.v r c that p] Ri&na.g tha f cci\' from D mi; at I i thl :ma" rocf would I finr any such until a i tha. emu Suci^. a ma P
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      STRANGE CARGO FOR R.A.E.
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      FURS FROM NORWAY
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      New flu germ hits London
      83 6 NLH four-day illaess which iis spreading over KondiHi threarwi i? S t.?* 1 epidemic proporUons unless people are carerul it is hubly infectious, with symptoms similar to influenF*i g w L 1 h a<la n< !>•»" in the limhs. and a rouph But it is
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      32 8 l{ ss in the I*l'1 1 ol Xrran Th s is on of loveliest glens on the island of HOMC... X: tn }l^ snow-rovered peak of C.oatfell rises in the barktround: height
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      519 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY I special Market earl > .undent chrea the prirea ut rtibbei at 11 a.m tot!a> a^ follows ttuvrr* ••filers < i> Cts i»^r lh oer Ib H« i K > > -s^oj I 41 42 N" I K S S tub >u bales Feb
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      INDIA BIDS FOR ROAD AIR TRANSPORT
      467 8 LONDON, Tuesday. JVEMAND in India for transport, betfa air and road, is so V great that it cannot be satisfied. Internal air line operators are queue ing up in London to place orders for British crvil aviation planes. In 1946 India imported 5,430 new
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      ETNA ACTIVE
      46 8 The volcano Etna on the east coast of Sicily, erupted on Monday lor two hours, throwing mountains of lnva into the sky, but no damage was done, uys A.P. The last serious eruption was in 1928 when streams of lava wiped out two towns.
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      END IMPERIALISM CRY IN ENGLAND
      311 8 EN D IMPERIALISM CRY IN ENGLAND TNDIAN, Air lean and colonial organisations in the North of i England are planning a campaign with the slogan "End Imperialism Everywhere". The campaign aims at drawing attention to the treatment of Indian Nationals .in South Africa, the deadlock in India, the fighting in
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      Lorelei to be dynamited
      33 8 j.1 .IXKS Hill drop baalM th f he which has formed on ttc iVw,"v": tt V r e 1 tafc»e* th, L rcli Book |U be carried ?\£%Z, ?S?
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      MILLION STAMPS
      52 8 KoT^ n ßank f Chlna at H n R morau stamps h t <>" »k m the United btates m preparation for the cer tennial of the American in vlnl tor. says A P. More than 1.000 000 nif S r S Ve b? n ord^ed from ail
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      Vietnam offer io tree missionaries
      310 8 Paris, Tuesday. Tilt: Vietnam Government has. decided to hand over to the French eciwil all French and foreign missionaries in Vietnam territory, the Vietnam radio reports, adding that the International Red OtSM has been invited to act as intermediary in carrying out the proj^>sal. The
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      26 8 Th«* fu;l crisis in Britain bac&UIC conipiele last ni^ht Biff Ben's fa,e> wk-rr black M out for tlte tirst timr' si»re the end »f the w»r.
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      U.K. COAL CRISIS
      211 8 (Continued irom page I) ■xhen a ineniber of the staff telepbonti u> ttie Ministry o»I F'uel. Islington Film Studios will resum- work tomorrow with a generator borrowed from a clrcas. The price of candles has been increased Yorkshire, Norfolk and Bristol the worst of the snow during
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      Japan regains trade lead
      477 8 Japan regains trade lead HONG KONG. Tuesday pit foundation is now being laid for Japan > emctgMHt a> 1 Ihe major manufacturing and exporting nation i says a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review U\ \\n end of last August, one year after V J Day. Japan showri a
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      U.S. WORKS FOR PRESS FREEDO
      120 8 CHICAGO THL ttaitad Stetai d puta 1 con*id< due hid m 'freedom of information' nego iaUona w:»h William Bcnion. A««istair tary ox State, disclosed to.. "The object would be awa> jome of the politiru; pccnom:c barriers to the iniormatioii between the Uu States aiiQ other
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      83 3 TARZAN Tarxan not afraid By Ed^ar Rice Burroughs /vMEN TARZAN FQjnD S^K^E "1 I"" 35 I UNABLE TO OVERCOME T^E JL'NJ:E A i\ t S ATTACKEC WALTED BY DR.ZEE'S v tttifrm LORD'S STRONaWUL, DR. Z££ SAVL££? <'" f AND FOL'ND THE PIERCING J jTX > TACK^D ONLY BECAUSE M£ WAS
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 1947. Let Nips Stay
      658 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 1947. Let Nips Stay IJEXI month our labour troubles in Singapore WiU be mul.iplied by the withdrawal of Japanese ciu to be repatriated to the.r homeland by deci-lon of the British War Minister. Mr. Fr^d Bellen^cr. who has at last yielded to political
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      Mr. GARRETT THE MAN
      1430 4 Mr. GARRETT THE MAN The life story of Singapore's Trade Union Adviser by Alan Gardner Mr Garr tt Singapore's Tade Union Adviser, brought considerable wrath upon his shculders when he recmtly spoke out for the Asiatic workers at tl e Naval Base. His remarks were quickly lumped on by UK
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      FAITH
      22 4 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned; behold, the judge stand* th before the door. James 5. 9.
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      QUIZ
      79 4 1. Who, and in what poem, wrote of: "'A savage place! as holy enchanted. was haunted By women wailing for her demon lover 2. Who wrote these wellknown plays?: The Second Mrs. Tanqu^ray; The Admiral Crichton, The Madras House; Dangerous Corner 3. The Christian names of four eighteenth century
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      340 4 A TTACKED for her war-time activities in Norway is the opera s<ta r KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD. Her attacker is TOR MYKLEBOST, Norwegian press attache in Washington during the war, and he says she should have remained doing work for her country in the United States instead of going
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      INDONESIAN WOMEN
      404 4  -  OSCAR FERNANDEZ fight alongside their men by- the Wist Coa.it Counnl She told me th* President of the Women's Un.on for whole of Indonesia is M Mar.goen.sarkoro. wife ol the leader of *he Inc-unrsiai. tionalist Partv "Our women ar;- cligib membership in the Union they have attained the
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      BUSMEN PROTES
      82 4 Lettei to the Editor IN youi i 1 ,p rce Press. Feb. 10- you d on; for tpec ril m< the busmen who nre on s I Baying that the outcome o! the 10- cent ticket r inc and gambh: This shows, firstly, that attitude to the bu.^rmn
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      13 4 Gold and Silver CIGARETTE CASES FLAP JACKS RATNE GO. S3, Stamford Road, Singapore.
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      144 4 x^dy>\ lll_. JL i J KEEP A WATCHFIL EVE FOR TH» OI'IMx BOl'ND" AT THE AUI\MRR\ TH S O R E A C H I «G»_Ci BLISTERED FEEIB^ Quickly healed cn c wBK^B Comforted f aU n»r^"^tv, Dnng comfort to millions in ~J niic^^i 01 the J uorW The refined
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      102 5 M E. NATHAN a Rjato Sound Engineers tB^oh Ysm Orders Now For PHILIPS- PILOTS-EKCO EDDYSTONE AIRMEC GEC Oj» nue Department <* #ou At Your Service At Pre- War Rates. 25—29 ORCHARD ROAD °HONE 4073. M MIRF WWOt K 1 ■en that the J above Stock will 15th February to Ist
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      49 5 Errol FLYNN Alexis SMITH fHe Climbed thru" ropes I m m into the nation's heart! v A Slam Bang Story with A Grand Slam Cast! BILL BAILEY'S COCONUT GROVE I 55 CUPPAGE ROAD. THE BEST DRINKS IN TOWN Dancing to "John Weinman's Rhythm Makers" Open All Day Telephone 7013
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      39 6 J/Al^fC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava r GOT LOOSE' 'TnAV'<: i ctt <Tcwao»\l i /ARE YOU SURE, COMMPMT 9 r our of the bag"? rf w "C I oTher GE^TiEMAwy non steward/-)! n PSST.' X dogs
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      McKay Gets Offer From S. Africa
      322 7 By Our Boxing Reporter COUTH AFRICAN Mick McKay, who came to Singapore •J uith the local promoter Kow lim Lin at the end of last vear and since then has met with 'little success either in the rfctfl he has had or in his
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      ANNUAL MEDICA COLLEGE SOCCER
      118 7 The annual Biologiit-Anatoniibt lootball match will be held on Thursday 13th February 1947 on the Medical College Union ground. The "Anchona" cup lor which the game was played in pre-war years has been lost. This year, however. Dr. A.W.S. Thevathason has been good enough to present
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      BADMINTON MEETING
      29 7 Amc-jting of the management committee of the Singapore Badminton iation will be held on Monday. Fvb. 17. at 530 p.m. at the Clerical Union clubhouse. Rangoon Road.
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      MARIGOLD B.P.
      168 7 At the annual general meeting of the Marigold B.P. held Sunday, the following were elected office-bearers: patron: Lim Soo Ban; president: Koh Teck Ee; vice-presidents: Koh Hua Quee. Lam Joon Shu. Lim Kim Teng, Kiong Woon Kew, Chew Teng How, Wee Ghim Ting. Hon secretary: Chung Cheng Hock;
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      HOCKEY SEASON PRODUCED GOOD GAMES
      360 7 HOCKEY SEASON PRODUCED GOOD GAMES ties, they might have reached world clasr Other players of note were the ■Claike brothers. Andrew and Gerard (both S.R.C.); Vijerctnam (Raffles) Abdul Karim i Raffles); C. Navereuuun Medicals) and Kulaisingam (C.S.O Schools have skipped this sca.on v because several of them t*av< had to
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      HOME SOCCER
      49 7 ™P <k Home I Cup Fifth Round d match): Sheffield WednesFifth Round borough vs. Notts fir^t Division: Aston Villa vs. n Wanderers vs. •'on Athlt\ic. Liverpool vs. 'runsby Towr.. Second Division: Mans West Ham United. Thursday; FA Cup Fifth Round K*-plav: I> icester Citv vs. Newcastle Reuter
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      SOCCER GIFTS
      55 7 T TORQUAY, Tuts. Ht H Devcn Associ Football Club today sent their tnanks to the Chicago Maroons Footteam for its hands across the sea equipment. The Maroons sent nplete set of dark green jerseys and equipment to the newly-formed west En-land League Club along >i n th^ir wishes
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      POSTMEN CATCH UP WITH COOKS IN LAST MINUTE
      365 7 A hiot minute goal by Rjbinson enabled Raipost to get the equaliser against Seletar Cooks in a soccer match played en Saturday. A let urn match will be played at Seletar today. Raipoot kicked off and were soon attacking and this was
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      'Morris Flogs The English Bowline
      89 7 Two pictures taken duririj; the Fourth Test between England and Australia at Adfla'do. Picture on top shows Arthur MorrLs. who joined a selet t hand u[ immortals when he seore-d a century in ea:h innings, ondrivinu Bedser lo the boundary. The second picture shows Bedser
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      AMATEUR BOXING DATES DECIDED
      343 7 OLNGAPORE'S first postwar amateur boxing tournament ■> will be held next month and to make it as popular as possible the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association last ni^ht decided to waive entry fees for boxers and to make prices of tickets for the public as low as
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      MCC To Play Soccer Match
      82 7 MCC To Play Soccer Match Sydney, Tues ACCORDING to an announce- ment here, members of the England Test crick? t team will play a soccer match against New South Wales befon the team flies to New Zealand for a short tour The btfkuid team m be captained hy Dennis C
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      BURNLEY WIN F.A. CUP REPLAY
      69 7 I London, Tues CENTKE*K>riWARD Harrison scored all three Burnley goals which put, Luton Town out of the English Football Association Cup competition today in t he fifth round replay at Burnley In the sixth round Burnley are •tway to the winners of Nottingham Forest-Middlesborou^h replay.
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      SUMMIT B.P.
      148 7 A friendly match was played on (Sunday between Summit B.P. and Morey B.P. on the former's court. The Summit B P. won by ive games to 'four. (Summit B.P. players mentioned first) Mohd Salar beat Ooh Kim Puay 15-13. 6-15. 15-12. Jean Chin Yam beat Chua Ah Bah
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      CRICKET
      48 7 Old Boys of St. Andrews School reminded that a further meeting >f the Cricket Srction will be held at the Scout Headquarters in Stamford Rend, on Friday at 5 p.m. Teams interested in playii <; Ihe 5.A0.8. XI are requested to contart Mr. Sandy Hope. Secretary-Convener. Telephone 3005.
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      SHOCKS FOR M.C.C. TEAM
      240 7 F m \'>PMAL PRESTON BALLARAT. Tuesday. nOoi.nT McARThiR, 25-jearold \ktoran Icftarm IV me ..-ir: I er op— mn T H je, a hi u h wind behind him, caused a suiprise here t^ilay by d.smissing Fishlock and Edrich for ducks with consecutive deliveries wVn the MCC
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      Scoreboard
      94 7 \K lOKIAN < Ol MKV \I— ISI Dm Stephen* c Gibb b Vooe 40 < ahill Ibw b Smith jl Hoppi-r s:prt C!,b b Smith 8 K Hronn !bw b Cpmp«on 18 '-I i' j<«hn c and h Ikin 34 Douglas Brown r P Hard b Voce 62 Simons
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      CHINESE BASEBALL ASSN MEETING
      160 7 Al '.at the Ouh Lxo Club. «0-i Club s the following oihce j.-anvs oi the apore Chinese Ba conation dieted tor a.d-. nt Mr. Aw K to Mr. lan Chee Ton*: J4P-JF ak Hiat; —^w mt. Kong; secretary Mr. Wang Pin? Moonurer Mr. Ngan Foj«c Cheone;
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      10 8 SINiiXPOKK HUES Ilitfli Water To-day 9315 1534 To-morrow 0342 16?6
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      111 8 WE A THER Fair with .showers VV LATHLK report lor 24 hours* from uoun toda> compiled bj I the RA Jr Central Forecasting Statiou, Air Command, Far-Ea«t Fair at first with bright inters aI- and thunderx showers during the j late afternoon becoming fine to- wards iridnight Bright periods tomorrow
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