The Singapore Free Press, 19 February 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1947. PRIC* 1« < KM v
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    SINGAPORE DUTCH CELEBRATE
    32 1 SINGAPORE DUTCH CELEBRATE th :.;>any .ior i 1 out :I M I Hub N «h**n :h. Dutch be;an thr ir rlrhra|MM to >< Primes*. f m Si Imk thtXI th^ n;ar- ii pu-
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    FIRE THREATENS AMMO DUMP
    4 1 FIRE THREATENS AMMO DUMP
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    AUSSIE ON AIDING JAPS CHARGE
    13 1 AUSSIE ON AIDING JAPS CHARGE v will > and Hp was yeiJ bunk on
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    U.P. LOAN TO LAST BEYOND 1947
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    French claim gains in FIC
    291 1 F otv HANOI, Tuesday. RENCII military operations against Vietnam nationalist forces m the northern Tongking province of Indochina continued >e>terday and today with sharp clashes alonfc the road we>t of Hanoi to the coastal part of Haiphong, north of Hanoi, aJong the route to Bac
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    China sends to buy rice
    73 1 if rtura! Trust, a subsidiary H the Central Bank of I'hina. -en( representatives t<» Burma, Siam and Indochina In buy a total of 85.370 tons of ricv ftßolteJ to China for Marrh b> th:* hUernaUsnal Emfrq:cn'v V d X ari m Wa *'o•: i. Th«»
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    'JOIN S'PORE TO MALAYA'
    412 1 Assn urges free trade, drop citizenship Free Press Staff Reporter DECOMMENDATIONS that Singapore should be united with Malaya m a Federation under a strong I entral Government with its headquarters m Kuala Lumpur, and that Singapore, 4 the only place m Malaya (or indeed m British
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    CHINA SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
    243 1 NEW UmK, Tuesday. •TTIK I'nited States Secretary of State, Gen. George Marshall, 1 has discussed with the Chinese Ambassador to the united States, Dr. Wellington Koo. the question ot economic assistance to China, Speaking at a Press conference, Gen. Marshall said Dr. Km) was "very much
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    AIR WEDDING
    29 1 Mi^, Sikka-Ltisa Pirskannen. oi I ■Isit.lc;. and SUg Nassolm. a :Uvdi.->h newspaperman. wen* .-named y'stcrday aboard a Swed-.sh airliner en rou> from Stockholm to Paris, s.vvs UP.
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    US WARSHIPS MAY QUIT CHINA SOON
    138 1 US WARSHIPS MAY QUIT CHINA SOON Washington! Tues. THE US navai forces may soon 1 be withdrawn from China m the wnke of State Department mediators and departing Marines, it wa s indicated here today. Adm. Charles M. Cooke. Jnr., Commanding the U.S. Fleet at T\singtao. is due here on
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    UK MAYFETCH DPs FOR MINES
    411 1 UK MAY FETCH DPs FOR MINES LONDON, Tuesday. •THK Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, announced m the House of Commons today that the Government was cm sidering the possibility of bringing m displaced persons from Kurope to work m British coal mines and m oiher vital industries. Fresh from a
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    THE QUEEN TALKS TO SOLDIERS
    201 1 CAPETOWN. rue». QUEEN Elizabeth, at the conoiiision of sun-drenched welcoming ceremones m the p ckfd grand parade square before the city hall today. I'd the Roya' Family into the crowd and chatted it length with servicemen who lost their legs Alamein. About 10.000 swarmed tne
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    PHIPPS BEAD
    25 1 M Pnipp*, aged d 2. th* author 01 scores of adven ure -5 ai.d ■erUU, died at ChlchFi Sussex, on Moiiday. says A.P.
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    MISS WAVELL TO WED TOMORROW
    63 1 The marriage between Capt Peter Mainland Lor.gmore. Royal Artillery and Miss Felicity Wavell, the second daughter of the Viceroy, will take place at New DelM tomorrow, reports A.P The recep'ion will be held at the Viceroy's House. New Delhi. Capt. Longmore is the younger son
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    65 1 Guns started firing at 7 a.m. m Amsterdam resterda} bringing the population into the streets to count the salute whkh told them finally that Crown Princess Juliana had riven birth to a fourth daughter ft If) 10 firl Thb leaves the succession unchanged Prince Bernard described his new daughter a*
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    3,000 MORE TROOPS FOR MALAYA
    226 1 3,000 MORE TROOPS FOR MALAYA London, raetdajr. THERE n-~ver hsui been any ground! for supposing that British troops being IIHIMIHW Irom Jap~n would return to United Kingdom, suid Mi. 'o Freeman. Financial Secretary to the War Office, m a Parlian. tary answer today Tm > v.er .a fact, he said,
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      UNDER WATER CANOE
      227 2 HERE we illustrate one of Britain's most •usly guarded war secrets: the M.S.C. or Motorissd Submersible Canoe. Designed by Mr. H. Q. A. R tffts, who was also its chief test pilot, the M.S.C. is a fully decked cance, i.tied with elecmotors. It is 12 ft. 8
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      221 2 AT both tables of a team of four ma;ch. the bidding and the opsnad of the diamond queen were the •June. But at one table dummy's king was played to the first trick. East took three high diamonds. West discard benrts. East then led a f «urth
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      TALES OF THE BIG THAW
      1039 2 Hall Romney's London! Letter THOR may have been a nuisance with his thunder to ancient Britons but it is Thaw that is a thundering nuisance to Britons today, and there must be few who at some time of the day do not find a smothered
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      Crossword
      29 2 The r*« Fre&s Trussword has been promot?d m si^e. It is now twice as large and is on I'ase (J, where it wi'l be found fr::m today onwards.
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      JEEPABLE TRACK
      576 2  - JEEPABLE TRACK V. J. Staines By THE Jeep has been made 1 ccmfortaMt' and some bright spoil sport has even beautified it. Eow monstrous! It is unkind to the poor thing whicn used to buck and kick and turn over at the slightest sijrn of htat ion on the part
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      61 2 Ul 1 METRO-GOIDA MAYER Presfi ROBERT DONAT GREEK CARSOfi G&xtiniz PAUL "HERHREI3 Opening To Tin 1 i W J 1 tc /I I A M«r»>n leßo> I j Ph.)t..;fiphfJ m I* uhh Ffin I'm-" I fa rern Piav »-v L j*[ Sforv hv tl *T! Duffed b) M«m« L«^ psfc,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      102 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune fi I for people born today DOKN today, jou have an active and alert mind. Your talents are many and you must lean to make the best DO^sih. 1 use of them. Never Id temper (or tempera iv.--.it. a>. your friends call U!) stand m your
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      745 2 RADIO MALAYA FB 20 RADIO SEAC 7.30 a.m. Radio newsreel; 7.45 a.m D **£\W*J OLftU SinaanOFP Letter from London; 8.00 am. Music K ADIO BEAC Broadcasting irom f in miniature: 8.30 a.m. News. Colombo; Ceylon, on the 10lKFn viTunpv at.- j- J 730 p.m. Music hall; 8.30 p.m. News; lowing
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      VILLAGES TO GET AIR LINK
      172 3 YfILJ H s »w will be talked bf air if experiments -.<r*-an Airways succeed. They have ordertatc ;ind two-seater types «>f heliropter -de a link-up oetwern the Wight, etc., and the mainland. Br sto] and Cardiff ii also to be -though helicopters are now a
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      52 3 i r S uth 4fric». Princess Elizabeth went i k it the I m§am Dorchest r Hotel to see »lr!N. \*fii<h 9hmwt4 :tn «>fT-the-fa'e trend. i new blue halo hat m hr:*;inth ith-.l with a fall of plaited v ried out a more than usually active i.» nts f»ef re
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      U.S. FEARS DRIED EGG DRY UP
      11 3 U.S. FEARS DRIED EGG DRY UP Im v are i r.ore
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      HARMONICAS FOR EXPORT
      11 3 HARMONICAS FOR EXPORT A 1 w »l! have »n brass ure.
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      Original liaison aircraft
      135 3 Original liaison aircraft m lilt m v Hot-nit, i.-ua, a l»a>on aircraft just introduced .nio the I'nited StaUs ArniN the rver'* rear rnkpit Ls a !gon<K»li *uvprnderi b< low the v ng> and ofTering a first rait I firld oi uLn i<a i n. Th- L-ii.% I «ill hi u-ed
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      $50,000 CLAIM MADE BY INVENTOR
      314 3 $50,000 CLAIM MADE BY INVENTOR Tank that helped to win battles A t U h A f ncan Arm > officer, Major A. S. J. dv Teit is claim.ns over £50,000 from the British IT!H7 h A°n hIS In ventlon the Flail Tank, which helped the Allies to win a
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      Died in flood for bride
      117 3 rORUON GRASSUK, war veteran, rescued his wife and daughter from a Hood whi«oi threatened to ie»«lfah tluir home, then died of expo* v re. Mr>» Margaret Gra&tiek. KnslUh war bride, who has been m Canada only six weeks, has launched a suit /or about V."
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      2,000 MODELS AT SHIP SHOW
      93 3 MORE than 10.000 schoolchildren and cadets hay been invited to an exh:blti:n or model ships- the largest to t>> i>eld n Britain- arranged by tlie Shipwrights' Company and op >ned by the L^rd Mayor or London. Sir Bracewell Smith, at the Royal Horticultural Hall. Westminster.
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      INSULIN TO POLAND
      13 3 Insulla was flown from N *o P for a Polish
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      BRITAIN SHARES JET SECRETS
      73 3 DRITAIN is sharing her jet v secrets Experts from eight countries are attending a fortnight's jet turbine "school" m London Backed by the Ministry of Supply, it is run by Power Jets, the firm which inventor Frank Whittle founded and the Government took over last year
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      HORSE SAVES SELF
      25 3 A horse and cart fell 10ft into* Ri lfr Taff at Merthyr xvani. but the horse ireed Kand swam to the bank.
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      AIR CHIEF CHARGES RADAR NEGLECT
      124 3 FAILURE i«> develop iach.r research a::d apply it to aviation was deplored by Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett warol the R.A.F. Pathfinder Force, m Brobane' Aus- •<*• war advances m radar research and the apradar to aviation has been nil," he declared. There had also been
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      OYSTER FEAST
      15 3 O-> a r Colchester, suspended dur-.M* the war. will be retired thii year.
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      TRACTOR BAN
      13 3 Norfolk Education Committee Danned *h. ol children from driving farm tractors.
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      New Job Needs Tough Woman
      210 3 WHOEVER lakes on the new round! job of woman house visitor (£331 a year. I*loo travelling expenses) will need to be Uugk. For already words like ">nooping" and "prvin*T are passing among the tenants. The Chehnsford Rural District Council say they w; her to interview
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      WOMEN ARE PLOUGHMEN
      66 3 WOMEN are to compete lor the first time m the international ploughing championshiD to be held at Saintfield. near Belfast. Four are among the record number of 120 competitors. Teams have been entered from Canada and all parts of Britain. Oldest competitor is 70 and the youngest
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      RIGHT TO SUE THE CROWN
      252 3 rnh British Government hopes to introduce this month a 1 Bill giving subjects the ri^ht to sue the Crown m the Courts with certain exceptions, just as if the Crown were an ordinary individual. The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Jowiit. made Ihi* nouncement m the Hou>e
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      Golf drive cost £105
      94 3 WOMAN in.iund t>j a f«U '"«!l uos a*\.udetl tlO.~> damafc v. ith eosti m Dublin against a player who -hnutc i! fore aii«r ho ha f hit the ball Sin- wax Miss Eileen O'Rourkr. of l.«mcr I itzwilliani strert. Dublin, who was struck by th«* ball
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      DAM TENDER
      32 3 I Lowest lender €7.000 000 for the Assuan Dam hydro electric scheme m Egypt wmt submitted jointly by the Bri'^hi i Thomson-Houston Co and the English Becfrtc Fxoort T^af'i'io Co.
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      JUTE FOUND IN CONGO
      31 3 Jut? ha^ seen iound m I i Belgian Congo, and a £jUO»Jt"J *ra n ha* factory will be openC u on J Ju Rand n eninehy arrives
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      Pay was too high—he quit
      60 3 Pay was too high— he quit MR. I »-•> Yoaiif, Brisiols road safety oflU'er, has re>i*jn«d after six months because, he declared, his salary of £b'O6. rßin* to £650, is too high for the work he had to do. He added: ''One gets bored if there is not enough to
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      BROKEN NECK PILOT
      13 3 V QwilM, wl.o tiii tftr chmli m 1914-18 w. put
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      NURSERIES MAY CLOSE
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      47 3 CTHttCT SO DOIBT ABOIT IT! M 11 a.m., A 3 Df MILLES PRODUCTIONS 1.30 a GUARANTEE Of T THE BEST ENTERTANM€NT! 6 .7 5 *rifWiNC STORY. 930 V *CnON UNEQUALLED N INTENSITY f Soaring Adventure! ■-„'l^7^*"*' FI«M 9 Cecil B DeHilles ft^4 UNION PACIFIC yAF' STANWYCK WcCREA
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      81 3 STOP PRKSS" mom ci's Par evp:ythin§ tr S hoci Books arxl S«i^pii«« Offi'-f Stationenr A Pnnunt Rur-yr StuiiW etc Go to Pf:Tt« CMM a CMVtMI MM TAJ. K«teaMW »>»d Pl>#fN» Hit, class f i v d idvertisements Mm Chare* <2 Pcbllc No«l<r. Mumn inch Tfrsuiuu A D n m Mvi
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19. 1947. Sweetly On The Desert Air...
      632 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19. 1947. Sweetly On The Desert Air... SOME months ago the GovernorGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonaid. appointed a special committee, to ensure that nothing was done either m Singapore or m Kuala Lumpur which might prove a hindrance later to the desired union of Singttpore
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      CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
      1594 4  -  J.J. MALLON This Is A New Angle On BY THE Free Press is continually bringing to the notice of its readers the deplorable lack of initiative m child educacation m Singapore. To further enlarge on *he subject we now print the following article explaining a new angle on
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      429 4 IJELIGHTFUL assignm sat v has fallen to Sir PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, the town-planner. He is goin<* to S2,7 S Plan the ment .of its towns. In Cyprus Xt A wl find g rc at possibilities and aLso some appallin? difficulties. to the Turkish occupation and some even back
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      Tales from Tanglm — 7
      4 4 Tales from Tanglm 7
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      FEAR UPSETS U.S. HAIR STYLES
      411 4 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FEAR of war, uncertainty m to who should be the next President, annoyance over sugar and apartment shortages are some of the thing! starting to wind themselves into the American woman*! hair! As a result, there is being bom a new
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      PEACEFUL WaR WORK
      171 4 T*Yvo Scoli D 'Jiianical 1 engineers, lan An drew, of Abor en, and Douglas Kende. ,of C) who served wiih REME recovery and repair units m Italy, France and Germany m the late war, have created the civilian equivalent of an Army mobile workshop and an determined
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      GUS AND JOE GET COMPANY
      74 4 GUS AND JOE GET CO MPANY AFTER I I ten I find two n keep compan Joe, who ai now left m poo] b( R don Ttoey are fornla ear!v travel ir of the crr^ age will t> I regular London's l» now busare more p lions, who their water
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      139 4 QUIZ 1. "He has outsoar d the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again: From th^ contagion of the 'world's slow stein He )z seosTl and now can never mourn A
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      BLIND WELFARE IS TO BE IMPROVED
      489 5 Ma lay an plans discussed Free Press Staff Reporter DLANS are afoot now to enlarge the work done m the past ard to appoint a welfare officer to advise on problems of blindness m Malaya. The government has discussed these plans with Sir Clutha
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      RING BUYS CHEAPLY FROM ARMY
      54 5 RING BUYS CHEAPLY FROM ARMY dea!I iy how,. .buying rmg,: m sur- ridiculously, :ce. I --loped -.on ser- ring get i »n th I at each i tell:.st one he price, j that ryone the pront 1 The Service er to r. their sell p ution] surplus :han they f
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      BACK PAY: VOLUNTEERS ARE ANXIOUS
      43 5 BACK PAY: VOLUNTEERS ARE ANXIOUS jtl ions k m on j X [ajorl 1 h k ..one I D juld r the' m had ft B he wav i rma- 1 r k ment L the; or m part. I the be an-
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      BURMA TRIBES TO VOTE
      31 5 ndon ::ed" ma. r d 1:: ago nccrn- n of with m ribal Pangit es, ar.d ad- i Ran- Burmese. wa< to en..rticipate 2 elect; i rn'oly
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      ADVISORY COUNCIL
      12 5 ADVISO RY COUNCIL L C^unci' i t 10 a.m. ir X Chamber
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      HONG KONG TO STOP'KEYMONEY'
      92 5 THE flrat court case involving "key money" may be the opening of an official campaign nst the housing racket m Kong. z Yuk-ip, a landlady, convicted under the Rent Control Proclamation of 1945, was fined HKS2.OOO for instructing a rent collector. Chrn Kui, to receive HKSS.OOO
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      CHINESE GENERAL IN COURT
      71 5 CHINESE general, Yu Ting- wan, wa s charged with re?ing stolen property, namely .750 tin ingots, m the Chinese court m Hong Kong yesterday. Yu, a Major General of the Peace Preservation Corps m Kwangsi Province, was alleged to have been involved m an attempt to
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      S.H.B. BUILDLNG FERRY BOAT
      50 5 AT the end of this month, the f 1 Singapore Harbour Board hopes to begin construction of a new ferry boat for the Penang-Prai-Butterworth service. If two Diesel engines armfrom U.K. l n time, the boat will j be ready by the end of the year.
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      101,000 LABOURERS IN SINGAPORE
      412 5 101,000 LABOURERS IN SINGAPORE Free Press Staff Reporter CTATISTICS compiled by the Singapore Labour Depart»J ment after the return of forms sent (o every known employer m the city show that there are now 101,019 labourers an increase of about 5,500 over figures returned three months earlier. On Feb. 15,
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      Red Tape—and S'pore lost meat
      326 5 Red Tape and S'pore lost meat Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER reading m yesterday's Free Press how Red Tape had killed a tinplate deal with Siam to the detriment of yet another small importer, Mr. F. C. Stevens, a Singaunporter, was prompted to report to the Free Press how the
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      ANOTHER BIG DEAL IS OFF
      113 5 tree Press Staff Reporter ANOTHER Singapore businessman, trying to export tinpiate to Siam, gave it up as a bad job after consulting half finance and economic officials m Singapore. lie pointed out to them that Singapore, far from being short of tin, is m fact
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      P.I. CONSCRIPTION
      22 5 The Philippines Government have announced that registration of 20-year-old male citizens for compulsory military instruction will take place during April,
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      NO POLITICS FOR MONKS
      69 5 l EGISLATION to prevent Bud-. dhist monks from becoming; members of the State Council or local government bodies and from holding government office is contemplated by the Ministry of j Home Affairs m Ceylon. Requests have been made to the Ministry from several sources to introduce
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      1,230 MALAYANS COMING BACK
      179 5 1,230 MALA YANS COMING BACK Free Press Staff Reporter THE largest batch of UNRRA repatriates— l23o oi them— 1 from China to arrive m Singapore since the beginning of this year is expected on board the "Van Heutz" tomorrow. Included among these arrivals will he 185 destined for 1 North
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      25 5 Tile ML Maun* which ran aground off Telok Urang Kurang near Kuching is seen being towed into Singapore yesterday by the Harbour Board tug Griper.
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      SHB BEGINS TALKS ON WAGES
      194 5 tree Press Staff Reporter REPRESEK TATiVES of .0 Singapore Haruour Boaid lightermen have met Mr. Henry Ba. tert, the Board's Chairman, to dUcuss demands they made last week for higher pay, revised overtime rates and free juarten. They had raised the demands without any threat
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      YMCA LECTURE
      47 5 The lourth lecture m the series "The British Political System" by Mr. George G. Thomson will be given at the V.M.C.A. tonight at 8 o'clock. The subject will be The British Social Services and Mr. TPJ\ McNeice will preside. The meeting Is open to all.
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      S'PRE BUS USERS 'ARE EXPLOITED'
      206 5 S'PRE BUS USERS 'ARE EXPLOITED' free Press Staff Reporter PRIVATE dus companies operating m Singapore aie making capital of the S.T.C. strike. Given permission to operate on routes previously barred from them, and taking advantage of the transport difficulties thrust upon the public by tho strike, these companies are charging
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      CONCERT AT ST. HILDA'S
      45 5 CONCERT AT ST. HILDA'S St. Hildas Church, Kat mfc is holding a musical evening on Sat, March 1, at 6 p.m. at the Graham-White Hall m St. Hilda s School. The programme consists of Kleetloni from the works of Beethoven. B oh. Schumann and Franck.
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      Getting married in Town
      34 6 Getting married in Town •i liui.u KUii son «f Br s -Get an< Klait of hrumdilniA \aa mari-«(i Misv \,,dr. Tr»- Mr f.tu I torn* and M < ii* Travm I 1... nd, at > irftCh
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      79 6 i et I l Duke ol X nt. r wn- himsHf on a v na the hi'mping cars liur !i« v; it «itk l« s tutor to a fun fa r attached to the g 'M!> (irons at Olympia A midget car. designed primarily for disabled persons on «f» the
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      HUMANS TO BE FUEL GUINEA PIGS
      150 6 HUMANS TO BE FUEL GUINEA PIGS Ttl from i the I 1 by •en British hon. n lenan s will oj mcl and tlieir r.p^rts r. Bevun. the Ministry of Fuel 1 local authorities all Bi I -riment, Uie first ot its nary homes, Is die idea r w. Playle,
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      URANIUM SOURCE IN S. AFRICA
      48 6 URANIUM SOURCE IN S. AFRICA Qen. Smuts believes the gold mines of the Witwatersrand m !S. Africa will become the most i important source of uranium. This was disclosed by Mr. Philip Noel -Baker, M.P. Secretary of State for Air, when he visited an atomic exhibition m London.
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      THEY'LL FLOWER
      22 6 THEY' LL FLOWER The famous avenue of trees m Pulteney-road. Bath, is to be cut down and replaced with Japanese flowering cherries.
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      UK HAS CODE FOR HAPPIER
      499 6 Retort on divorce reform THE appointment of Welfare Officers throughout the country to give advice in matrimonial troubles is the principal recommendation in the final report of the Lord Chan cellor's Committee on Procedure in Matrimonial Causes, which was summarised in the Free Press on
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      VOLUNTEER MINERS
      24 6 Volunteers joined Dutch miners m the pits on their "day off Together they hewe<J 25.000 tons of coal for the shivering Netherlands.
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      FLU KEEPS ONE IN SIX IN BED
      57 6 An epidemic of influenza is keeping one-sixth of Stockholm s population m bed. according to Swedish Ministry of Health exPe One case of Spanish "flu has been reported m Malmo. Sweden. Spanish 'flu swept Europe m 1918-19 causing more than 7,000,--000 recorded deaths—
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      SMUGGLED FUR —FUSED £750
      284 6 CUSTOMS oilictrs who examined the baggage of passengers leaving the U.S. liner John Ericsson, after their trip from New York, noticed a chauffeur walking towards a car with a mink coat hung over his arm. Questioned, he said he had been told to put it into
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      HE TRIED DRUG ON HIMSELF
      128 6 m nttiTtft"t dentist, fined £240 at Rugby for not keeping a record ot morphine supplies, pleaded that he experimented on i himself with the drug to try to find something new to quieten patients before an anaesthetic. Frederick William Ernest Wagner, aged 22, Of Rugftp,
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      Politics Hold Back Film
      98 6 UOI I AUOOI) attempts to prr- pare a script for a film wr>ion «if Sir Walter Rc#ti*fl "l\anln*" are bcteg hHd up hy international politic v P.ii imount's foreign dep.trlniPiu li-is objected to the script, whiih nid^d m the narrlace s4 Ivanhoe with the lewess, RtibtCti
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      MOST SOBER UK CITY IS BRISTOL
      76 6 BRISTOL triiich naa pop tl n < i over 400.000. c'ni-iu; to be the most "sober city In England. Last yea/ there were tily 58 court eases for drunkenness, representing 0 143 per thousand of the pulrtion. The magistrates at the Brwster Sessions described
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      TAX TRICK TO GET TAILORS
      104 6 BY lalsifyin^ income tax retunM "plain oookil f o| books" crooked employers m the women's tailoring irad? m the U.K. are luring workers from reputable Arms with big-money offers. They are offering £15 a vu-rk tax fra get staffs for their cutting and trimming workshops.
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      BOUGHT DOLLS -NOT CLOTHES
      151 6 THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Mrs. Minnie Potter bought her daughters expensive toys like dolls and scooters, but she would not buy them clothes, the magistrates at Hull, England were told when she appeared before them. Three dolls for each girl cost her 14s. lid. each, but Mrs Pot- ter
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      ICE TOO BAD FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
      71 6 DespiU th.- fact tl at ;tie B:i tish Amateur Championship has not boen skated for since 1913 there b still little or no chitce of the chrmpionship being decid ed during the present freeze- up The Fen Committee of the National Skating Association who govern
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      Millionaries but don't know
      27 6 11l it, i M« m'lli i Ml I I r* »h* for, r „i «N« nt^ m tin S «hirt# I m r
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      BRITAIN TO BUY U.S. POTATOES
      6 6 BRITAIN TO BUY U.S. POTATOES I
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      CITIZENSHIP MUST BE DROPPED
      1906 8 Continued in>m Page I) Mr. Braddt'll -.old me there k> DO question of holding a public ting to discuss the Singapore .:.ter-plan. What we intc.a to do.' lie >did "is to Invite two delegates »m each of the following a&sociaiioas the four Chambers A Commerce. the
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      24 8 I vpi..i! atCBM m ity Bliiaia thrsc cays shows a tnal bx: ,f on the Macilesfield (anal at Rode Heath, Congloton. m Cheshire.
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      SWEET CUT ON WAY
      30 8 3 rau.se of electridty ruts m sweet factories m Britain, sweet raion would probably have to b? reduced Mr. John S'.richey Food Minister, announced V sterday.
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      Hermit's money for Garbo
      11 8 ».rr cut pa sed WH»*tK!e* f r
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      CHURCHILL ATTACKS ON PALESTINE
      610 8 CHURCHILL ATTACKS ON PALESTINE THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told the House of Commons yesterday that Britain had found her mandate m Palestine unworkable and would ask the United Nations probably at the Assembly session m September to recommend a solution. Mr. Bevin's announcement that it was unlikely
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      272 8 A Special Market corr. .jrondent gives the prices ot rubber at 11 a.m today as follows Huver* Sellers Cts. Cts iter lb per lb No. 1 R S.S. Spot looss 41 -h 42 M No I R S.S fob in bales March 43 43 No I
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      SLOW PROGRESS ON TREATIES
      176 8 LONDON, Tuesday. HROGRESS on writing the Austrian and German peact treaties by the Deputy Foreign Ministers at their London conference goes on slowly, although some measure of Agreement has been reached over Austria. The deputies mil? finish their session by Feb. 25, i and so much
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      10 KILLED. 80 HURT
      37 8 Tea p r,ons w.re killed and iind ko pc sons n*u d .ra lmeir of r %rr w P -tr N w V r ttK er J r:i n AP I m Altoona
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      PHOTO BETRAYS HUNTED MEN
      283 8 LONDON, T T*wo men, wlio are wanted on charges af emb 1 £250,000 and who have led the police m a two wai D hunt over three continents, were believed located m Bwit land to-day through a photograph printed m the Tatlr British society magazine. Ihe
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      2 million now in Hong Kong
      62 8 liov. k OXKRCKOIVDIXC; m Hung Kir- htd>uihi J that the general health of the colon; Wl the i-land and on the British mar! .r,< ar nearly two million people a^an-t n pn otic miHion. Since the P. wai t-n.i--migration oi Chirr X JM by
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      BEVIN
      44 8 Housa^ *helN* Biiiij i.m, mnmom i\ i of an .Wnplane llan::ar Ih s( u up n-ar County Hall. W^tm nsior, h> tuM njj irad^t from thr (i vrrnmrnt train pr „n\r X dhr ok# TiH|J m t br v rd fo> \pr t
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      28 6 C George FORMBY "BELL-BOTTOM George bii.i, iMun f COCONUT GRO VI 55 CUPPAGE THE BEST DRINKS IN T°' Oancinf to "Jtlm Kleinman's Rtiyt"" |f Open AU Day Telep'^,^
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      RECS NOT IMPRESSIVE IN VICTORY
      568 7 In. li 5» Sports Reporter ,ini>m on the part oi Percy Peters, Itecs' :.i tfcc llecs to bert an Ii.A.F. :,il m I fr.cn. 'iv PMOHr match on the 10 men throughout but v..k, neverd. They owed their safety to the spiennd lull -backs, of
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      RON HAMENCE IN AUSTRALIAN 5th TEST TEAM
      40 7 Mil v lhe a \'uxm far the flflh chosen BW*. %Skr Hassett, Barnes. gflrfMi Hanienc<-. S,uth Aus--5? RfC« J^n^on who hand, and J^Tribe of fkttlli reg. Sf p the first iuo B* Reuter
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      KHOON REPLIES TO McKAY
      8 7 KHOON REPLIES TO McKAY I I I I
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      RAIN ROBS CHANGI OF VICTORY
      22 7 X i ■i Wk ibbie o Hun- b ft Jjp .\i H 'for dale W I 0—19—0;
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      MID-WEEK GAMES■ UMFC
      12 7 I' Wales F.A. In re- 1 le cxl thatj >"
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      NEW AMATEUR DATE
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      IRISH GOLF
      38 7 llie Optn Golf Championship of Ireland will be held on the Royal Portrush Clubs course. County Antrim, on July 8, 9 and 10, and the Welsh pro'es>ional championship at Llandrindod Wells on June 24 and 25.
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      TOMMY MacGOVERN TO FIGHT IN U.S.
      230 7 Frooi Archie Quick Lrndrn, Tuesday. 1 bHOCK for Jack Solomons and n ihral, b.»r Smith, was the depanure of Tommy Mac Govern f»r America. He had got his pro' licence at last, but at the last minute sailed it a fight. I tried to
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      FIGURE SKATING
      37 7 BARBARA SCOTT, 18-year-old Canadian beauty, won the wi-men's v. i i'l figure skating championship on Sunday at St c!:h ;lm. rcp;rcs A.P. Daphne Walker of Britain was record and Grctchcn Merrill of Bostor third. A.P.
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      HOME SOCCER
      23 7 Burnley and Tottenham Hot- spurs drew nil-all yesterday inj a BC"."VMttd diYistan F.A. league garn^ ri day, Reuter reports from London.
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      LANCASHIRE'S NEW CRICKET CAPTAIN
      134 7 IfENNETH Cranston, 32-year-ol<J Liverpool dentist, has been invited officially to captain Lancashire next season. At the recent annual meeting of the Lancashire club there was considerable criticism of a n approach to Cranston before Mr. Jack Fallows's term of captaincy had expired. In view of the
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      24 7 Miss Barbara Hale has suc-| ccedcd Miss M. M. IfacPariane as: c. c 3r y O f the British Ladies' 1 Golf Union. i
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      HIGH SCORING US CHANGI CRICKET
      484 7 I -A t-t J7ira»--! j»i a THE first century of the Smg^re cricket reason was scored at ChAOgk on ounUi'y when Gaunt of Changi Airheld made 119 against the Special CommissioiifM-s' Cricket Club. Batsmen were on top m the game, no less than 380 runs
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      A Rest From Soccer
      45 7 A Rest From Soccer Luton players, restuig beiore their Cup-ti? with Burnley chose snooker as a nerve-soother. The rest did nnt help apparently, for Burnley won. Readm? from left ta right m this picture areDuggan, Billing^on, Driver, Cook, Soo (striking), By water, Waugh and Gager.
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      Jack London Wins On K.O. In Round 1
      61 7 London, Tues. TACK London, former British J heaywciffht champion, knocked out Jan. Klein, Dutch champion, m the first round of an eight-round international contest at Seymour Hall, London tonight. London had a weight advantage of 30 lbs. over his opponent. London scaled
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      SYD BARNES IS FIT
      55 7 S Tr^ Sydney, Tucs. ID Barnes, Australian Test batsman, after having a strenuous test during which he batted 45 minutes, decided fibrositis would not worry him and notified the New South Wales Cricket Association he would b" available for the New South Wales ma'rh against the
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      K.L. RACE WEIGHTS
      274 7 WEIGHTS for the second d.i> oi the Selansor Turf Club February- meeting are as follows: Horses. Class 1 Div. 1, 7 Furs. Goafs Skin 9. o7 Distinguished 7.13 Courtenay 9.o3Zargun 8.03 D R B 9 03 Votrix 8 03 Four Winds 8 00 Horses, Class 1. Div.
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      LINDWALL WAS UNPLAYABLE
      144 7 SYDNEY, Tues. NEW South Wales beat South Australia by 181 runs m the Sheffield match here today. The final scores of New South Wales were 145 and 277 for nine declared. South Australia 90 and 151. New Sou.h Wales' declaration set South Australia to get 333 m
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      OFFER TO WOODCOCK
      47 7 MR. Sol Sheckman, managing director oi St. James's Hail, Newcastle has said that he is willing to put up a pur«:e of £5,500 for a contest between Bruce Woodcock and Jack London, the Hartlepool heavyweight if Woodcc-ck would put his British title at stake
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      20 7 The King has donated £100 to each of the two rac'ng charities the Bentinck Benevolent Fund and the Beresford Trust.
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      COVERED WICKET RUINED MATCH
      263 7 COVERED WICKET RUINED MATCH from El! I Bowes MELBOURNE, Tuesday. THE M.C.C. v Victoria match peered out m a draw i 1 M.C.C. taking the honours for the first innings with a score of 355 against their opponents 327. If ever the fallacy of covering wickets m the m tele,
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      WOODERSON TO RUN AT CLUB MEETS
      89 7 I RECORD entry of 32 teams hag been received for the South of Eftgland 10-mi!e crosscountry champkmship to be run over four laps of the Ascot racecourse on Fe ruary 22. Amonp the 200 runners will be Sydney Woo '.erson (Blackhr Harriers), wl o
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      LUTON SIGN STRETON
      22 7 Luton Uix\ d n am forms Bernaic Streton. vho kep; lor Euglj nd m the «nal match against Wales.
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      Scoreboard
      193 7 MCC— lst Inns. 355 VICTORIA —IST INNS Mervyn Harvey c Evans b Bedser If "ueiman st Evans b Pollard Miller it. Evan? b Bedser t Hassett c Fishlock b Yardley iv, Neil Harvey r Evans b Wright Loxton c Washbrook b Wright Ring b Wright 0 Freer c Bedser
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      HOME FOOTBALL FIXTURES
      186 7 HOME FOOTBALL FIXTURES LONDON, Tuesday.— The fonowinf •he English Leo.g'ie f<- ieb 22 FlR^r DIMnION Uoltcn Wandrs. I 'ton v Apton Villa Che v PorGrimrby v Leeds v V >i W. I.lver.xx)! v ■-r U v Blackpool Ifborou v Derby ton NE v Brentford SheflV Id t'td CM v ONP
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