The Singapore Free Press, 20 February 1947
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Title Section20 1947-02-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA In l r SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947. PRICE 10 CENT*.20 words
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Article351 1947-02-20 1 THE black market m Singapore was the target oi criticism m the House of Commons yesterday when Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams (Lab., Croydon), who toured Malaya some months ago to assess Malay feeling towards the Union proposals, asked the Secretary ot State for the Colonies, Mr.Reuter - 351 words
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Article69 1947-02-20 1 A TTLEE: VITAL NEWS ON INDIA (LONDON, Wednesday. it -nmmoned Viceroy Lord Wavell ritaiivc NOTOT here said tonight. Mr. Clement Attlee. has prepared a .mprriarce" to present to the House •rnw on India's progress towards freedom. ht British evacuation from i period' perhaps within a year was If the British69 words
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Article36 1947-02-20 1 The visit of tb,^ British Cabinet Mission to India cost £31,250. This was disclosed in the supple-men-ary estimates for the ciyil and rerenue departments for £115.000.000 issued yesterday as a White Paper, says ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article142 1947-02-20 1 RANGOON DOCKERS RETURN RANGOON, WtQ. RANGOON dock workers and other labourers, who have been on strike for nearly three weeks, wili j resume work tomorrow. The decision to call off the strike followed the acceptance of most j of the workers' demands as a j result of negotiations between Ihc142 words
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Article38 1947-02-20 1 i THE HAGUE, Wednesday. the Indonesian Republicans could not l proposals to end the present deadlock TOn by the Republican spokesman Dutch news agency learns officially. >n and by i I:.- I rbound dv38 words
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Article36 1947-02-20 1 Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill Ak Council number for technica enices. left England today on 2 our of India and Far East Commands of the Royal ai TJVkt He w.ll vbit Changi ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article76 1947-02-20 1 NO BREAK WITH POLAND BEVIN The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, said yesterday That he did not think any useful purpose would be served by withdrawing Britain's ecognition of the Polish Government, reports Reuter. When asked ji the House Of Commons, wr.at step the British Government \vas 10 take next76 words
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Article49 1947-02-20 1 The prompt arrival ot the Singapore police after they had received a telephone call foiled an attempt at armed robbery by two Chinese at a house m Fulton Gate, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Tne two men ran away, but a Chinese was later arrested m a coffee-shop nearby.49 words
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Article20 1947-02-20 1 An electrically detonat?d mine burst under British army truck Last night on the Mount Carmel Road m Haifa.20 words
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Article9 1947-02-20 1 FRENCH ADMIRAL IN SINGAPORE 8afl I .ir Bast, an.19 words
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Article96 1947-02-20 1 TWO members of the South Airican Nationalist (Oppasit on) Party whicn has boycotted some of the ceremonies m hotiMir p R >yal visit to p t w n were surprised at a picnic* m the Kirsteibosch botanical gardens by the sudden aopraranc? of the Kinjj.Reuter - 96 words
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Article45 1947-02-20 1 The London Times printed a cartoon yesterday fox the first time since it was first published m 1783. It was from Pundh, publication of which is suspended, and showed the Fuel Minister, Mr. E. Shinwell, delivering irp hl(V»kx tn a coal cellar. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article279 1947-02-20 1 MALAYA IS KEY TO AIR DEFENCE LONDON, Wed. MALAYA is one of the "strong points" m the system of Empire air defence, said Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, war-time chief of RAF Coastal Command, and latterly Adm Mountbatten's Service Relations dhiei at SEAC HQ. m Kandy, Ceylon, m an address279 words
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Article356 1947-02-20 1 LONDON, Wednesday. r[E refusal of entry to Sarawak of Mr. Anthony Brooke, "young Pretender" to the throne of Sarawak, was once more brought up at question time m the House of Commons today. Mr. William Teeling (Cons., Brighton) asked why the Undesirable Persons Order existing m356 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-02-20 1 BID TO SAVE BROTHER MRS. HELEN F&UKOMA.V of Lancaster, rmnsyhanta, us A. and »i«t«r of Dot Grunrr Palestine underground fighter who has been condemned to death try the British for bis part m blowing up a police station. Krs. Friedman is seen learint the British Visa Office m New York67 words
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Article150 1947-02-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. B. J. Doherty, Singapore Municipality's Town m Cleansing Officer, told me this morning that his men have shifted already 1,300 tons and 30 cvvt. of the 4,500 tons of rubbish which accrued during vl-e 28-day Municipal strike, and there are150 words
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Article134 1947-02-20 1 TWO bills were passed m the Singapore Advisory Council today, one amending the Labour Ordinance and the other amending the Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance. The right oi a labourer to nave any dispute relating to conditions of employment inquired into and decided by the Commissioner of134 words
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389 1947-02-20 1 'SWITCH ON' IN MIDLANDS HOME CUTS STAY LONDON, Wednesday. r THE British Government tonight issued an order for **Of»I era t ion Switch-on" which will on Monday restore electricity supplies to the industrial heart of England where vital export plants have been at a standstill for nearly two weeks. ItReuter - 389 words
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Article82 1947-02-20 1 At UNO Meeting NEW YORK, Wed. ALBANIA disclaimed any responsibility for laying mines m the Corfu Channel when the British charge was heard by the United Nations Security Council today. In turn the Albanian represen tative, Hysni Kapo. charged th* British with "flagrant violations of AlbanianA.P. - 82 words
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Article52 1947-02-20 1 The Trans-Ocean Air Lines ar>« nounced m Oakland, Californ 4 \esterday that it experts to augurate a non-scheduled plar t service to Manila. Shanghai II I Hong Korm m a week or 10 day*; using DC-45 making two trii j weekly with nassrnsers and car? reportsA.P. - 52 words
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Advertisement7 1947-02-20 1 RTVG? CIGARETTE U.^.deSILVA OiCH.»ItD 80.4 D TKL. «<*7 words
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Advertisement41 1947-02-20 1 MAMtrf*. ifMIXS I y AT ±EASTI V«^ /AS GO OO Wlk£*S THE GEST \^ji^CpNTINENTALy zUEm^ c/A ury/ y ■m'" 'I!>*if&^ -jd^ *m r u»fo mamoc orrema iSkfSfA GUARANTEED TtAKi ULU 5 57»ff w JosiEHfTR A V E R 9 s ons^.41 words
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Article544 1947-02-20 2 Hall Romney's London Letter uEPORT has it that things are not going at all smoothly m the Cabinet discussions of plans to tight the economic "blizzard." Discord is largely over wa^es policy. Wages cont.nue to go up; during 1946 there were net m reaves t>t mated at .j.u35,900544 words
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Article, Illustration191 1947-02-20 2 THIS w&s a deai of hmi plot "ounter-piot m tbe deltnaa West d the club jack But pla en and South won with the ace. A low spade war led and dec i sed to finesse dummy s five spout Easfs a^p East returned a nond and191 words
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Article631 1947-02-20 2 S'PORE'S M. P. 'SPECIAL' 13/ HEN you see Military Policemen niarching or driving a motor cycle arounl Singapore, do you look at them as Special Constables? You should, because they are there for your benefi: as well a.s the Services. All members of the Military Folic; m Sin.^apcr-' are enrolled631 words
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Article55 1947-02-20 2 what! b. „i Iceland? Yes. :hev aro grown oxperinu ntally In hoU s it arted back m 1325 i a bult ed m Ei^'lanci re than hundn d j an later, !n land impor*' d bulbs of this particular type and tri.d growing (hem In lly hop fd hothouse,55 words
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Article, Illustration93 1947-02-20 2 A BOMt PUBNISHED 1 RO.M -BITS AM) 11. Uiis livii Swedish II rre Exhibition m Lomu o, and contains a new typ? <»i architect Elias SvcAcrc Jt 1S °a4e m Krarate i tad common sense to as^fm^le it !'...>} c it i i m a n ;r >»*iu SUM v93 words
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Advertisement284 1947-02-20 2 SC-V^T i i aaaat^**^!^M- r y! '^w^iCv;. v j^5 j(*- t*j£ a <^i« A A A A Ar A A A A A A A A A A A A A K5M3xSS SS3g '5 v v v v v v v tftRflftwW^ 99WW W «JfiC^§« ■:ij:;;t£fK 9 reboot mM( mm284 words
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Advertisement39 1947-02-20 2 1! indsortid RES] Tit 145 X LUMCV SINGAPORE T.. 71SJ ROY! OFST.OJ i ,i r- I SELECTIONS FOR Y^ H\ A HIS < R t I W I B THI Laxu2od H a THE ORIENT S W 0i 1«8. v39 words
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Miscellaneous758 1947-02-20 2 RADIO MALAYA R 21 RADIO SF*r 7.30 am Rado ntwsreel; 7.4;, am nftflU OL/iL SinoapOFt Tlu dearth ss {tent: 830,1 m. N wi HADIO Broadcist::i". irom 1 7.30 pm. Happtdrome: 830 pm. Colombo: Ceylon, on the tolIJKM MIUORK (Chinese Indian) MeWS! 8.40 pmi LOQdOO callinc: 8 4'j lowing v Iti758 words
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Miscellaneous132 1947-02-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR for ni)K\ <>n 1 1 1 -> first iia\ of the SaCMfttaf sign PfHCf >ou iUH, while on il,. rvtPi it-..i!i some of the charaet- 9i the uul.oin^ s^ii, Kui Urn in<omi:i« Mt". '.\iM < \ert t.inlimiaii.v more influence. giving; \uu an idra.it and in<»j ;r.;tional attiiuJr132 words
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22 1947-02-20 3 BURMA VETERAN IS CHIEF OF BABY-MINDERS ut of if men's retan V A. i Mrs v. i an ori o m nd-22 words
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Article623 1947-02-20 3 Defences go up m the Far North THE U.S. Army and Navy— and the Russians are 1 building vast networks of defences m the Far North, according to William B. Arthur, writing m the American magazine Look under the heading "We are Getting Ready623 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-02-20 3 ALASKA, purchased from Russia by the United States m 1867 at a cost of one penny per acre, now like Hawaii, wishes to enter the Union as the forty- ninth or fiftieth State. Alaska is growing apace, however, as witness the accompanying picture of the shopping68 words
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Article183 1947-02-20 3 THE curative power of penic.llin is being seriously reduced by )ver purification of the drug duri| manufacture, claim eminent eh doctors. Hundreds ot tons of a. life- j Ing substance which shDuld be tbe drug are going down the drains every day. they report.183 words
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Article21 1947-02-20 3 By 200 votes to 132 a public meeting at Eastbourne rescinded motion for the continued opening of Sunday cinemas.21 words
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Article, Illustration267 1947-02-20 3 ON to the Albert Hall platform one evening, the platform that has known almost every world-famous figure m music, stepped a young man in* evening dre**, carrying m his hand a white mouth organ Gin. long and, m his pocket, a screwdriver. Watching anxiously a few267 words
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Article121 1947-02-20 3 A GRAVEYARD of dinosaurs desscribed as the largest dis- covered In the Eastern Hemis- phere. has been unearthed m the t Gobi Desert, Soviet Mongolia, by j Soviet palaeontologists, it was an- I nounced m Moscow. The fine includes "dozens" of dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus and other prehistc rir121 words
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Article13 1947-02-20 3 There were. 329,000,000 sales from G.P.O. stamp machines last year—£l,ooo,ooo worth.13 words
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Article44 1947-02-20 3 /CANADIAN officers arc facing bribery charges following investigations into the Canadian Wives' Bureau m England. British -born wives are said to have paid for sailing priorities to Canada. Mr. Brooke Claxton. Defence Minister, said: "A thorough investigation is under way."44 words
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Article53 1947-02-20 3 Mr. J. B. Priestly, novelist, playwright, broadcaster, and political publicist. has turned farmer. His decision to take up agriculture was disclosed by an announcement that he has purchased the 2,000-acre Isle of Wight estate of the late Sir Hanson Rowbotham. But he will go on writing,53 words
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Article159 1947-02-20 3 £)ELLGATES from six nations are meeting mi n Canberra to decide the tutiire oj nearly 3,000,000 Pacific Islanders, thousands of them still Stone Age mea. In one- of the island groups concerned, the Chathams. 500 miles south-east of Wellington time has stood still There159 words
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Article217 1947-02-20 3 CALVAGE men working on the wreck of the America* <-> freighter Helena Modjeska m Sandwich Bay have refused to unload .>0 tons of foodstuffs on board because they objec to "snooping" by the police and Ministry of Food oflicials. At Margate local boatmon and inshore217 words
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Article65 1947-02-20 3 'I!HE horse trams wnich wer* first seen 71 years ago on Douglas vlsle of Man) promen ade. may be discontinued next summer because of the expense of running them. In ore-war days they carried nearly 3.000.000 passengers a year, yielding an annual surplus of about £10.00065 words
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Advertisement20 1947-02-20 3 RERAS >SO YgA REPUTATION FOR QUALITY rt t: r> tii 1 1 m i iiM— \ISI /^OMMOPIOUS OMFORTABU--^i"; tavern' *320 words
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Advertisement105 1947-02-20 3 TA T O N G RESTAURANT BAR 18, Chulin Street, Singapore. Tel. 4303. Please come to us for BREAKFAST TIFFIN DINNER We cater for Parties at our R-ESTAUR.4XT or m Your Home. DELICIOUS EUROPEAN AND CHINESE DISHES Prepared hv expert Cooks.' Best Liquers Available. class f i c d advertisements105 words
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Miscellaneous9 1947-02-20 3 TAHZ AN SaJ« the laboratory fly Btfear Kfe« Burroughs9 words
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523 1947-02-20 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Feb 20. 1947. Counter-plan WL pi :;.e Singapore Asso-aiter-plan lor the Federati n or Malaya to tutional proposals j s.cw being dismissed m Kr. Lranpur following the agree- men: negotiated between the t. prn md the repr s:n- S -to lace of the discred.ttiscl Treaties523 words
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Article1343 1947-02-20 4 Britain is winning the fuel struggle at long last, but Malaya is still short of coal and many coal-ships have been diverted from Singapore. Joe Illingworth m the following article tells us how the precious Black Diamonds" are taken from the earth m a Yorkshire1,343 words
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Article24 1947-02-20 4 (irudge not one against 1 another, brethren. lest ye I be condemned; behold, the juclj;e standcth helore the door. James 5. 9. 124 words
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Article488 1947-02-20 4 IyHEN ROBERT RUSSEL, T the Chels:a left-half- who brckc his leg m a game with Bolton Wanderers m Decemb r. was married at Cambuslang to Miss CHRISTINA MARTIN, he walked up the aisle on crutch s. The wedding had to be postponed because he was m hospital.488 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-02-20 4 This photograph shows R. tales, ex-RAF; with his wife and s:\cn < hildrc.i i time picking hops at Paddock Wood, m Kent This is considered !,v l.ondn economical way of spending a holiday32 words
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Article616 1947-02-20 4 W. H. OWENS - W. H. OWENS 13Y THE English inn ha< long 1 and proud traditions. For st\on or eight hundred years it has played an important part m the social history of England as the meeting-place of kinjra and commoners, poets, merchants, seafarers, priests and pilgrims. It616 words
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Advertisement20 1947-02-20 4 IPTEREY JACtPOWDW LIMTICC fERFLM* TOILH <OAf ITOUCt tTC. ETC ifLXL BANOti ~Au*rt»air wiXFOMtP cußTir ft*rrgwt*6 TKUt* t»9MUBI* Sol* Import" Papineau20 words
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Advertisement53 1947-02-20 4 Gata Opening Today p^^"»"sL"J9N 4 Shows 1.30 4 6..J0 No \V(»man Has Lver Known 4IU You Have Never Seen Redheaded. en L> (iretT Carson Tntil You \\<^ S f n Terhi»ic« l<mr lIW^ .-,r MS THE OUST GREER 6ARSON V-Sg! WALTER PIDCEBN M'cf"" 1^ t v FELIX BR£SSA«T MA- JSg^t^J53 words
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Miscellaneous66 1947-02-20 4 QUIZ 1. Bv whom, and when, was the Rum:'.:i Empire founded? b> The first live Emperor* b< long?d to the so-crlled Julian Line Can you name them? 2. What are marsupials, and where are they to be n-unci? :i Mr. Bpeaker presides over the deliberations of t v "<*' House66 words
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Article88 1947-02-20 5 RICE PIRACY VIRTUALLY AT AN END r ree nuu omui hc^ui lci \I>[ HE-CLOCK anti-looting patrols by the I? Marin* Police in the Singapore Harbour have cut the* number of reports of rice thefts from a pre;ie to nil since the beginning of this m I last weekl he cc88 words
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Article16 1947-02-20 5 H.K.-MANILA AIR FREIGT SERVICE I Ltd.. rans.rted ber ciav I plane" r was j as ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article9 1947-02-20 5 MORE PAY FOR AUSTRALIANS c of 1 df ReuterReuter - 9 words
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Article15 1947-02-20 5 neral. I [Jew Mr. Liew ■\nnr 'd the hip *und -graduate i15 words
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Article109 1947-02-20 5 AS HOSTESS PILOT HAS FIANCEE Two Dougia* aircrait, which J -The Sydney Morning Herald" bought from the Brnish Gov-rn-ment. have arrived m Darwin. The aircraft will be used by the Herald" for tne last delivery of the paper to country districts. Mr. A.R. Lewis, a former British airhne pilot, laReuter - 109 words
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Article78 1947-02-20 5 TWO VOTED FOR MUNICIPALITY THE Singapore Association nas submitted the names ol Mr. C. F. Smith and Mr. N. A. Mallal as candidates for the Municipal Commission. Two hundred and 10 voting papers were sent out In this connection, of which 149 were returned m time, a few more comirp78 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-02-20 5 Maj >r van Hey t OC, Netherlands I-Orces m Singapore, seen read n; the Order of the Pay \vh°»i cel^bra^i *ns began yesterday at Uilhclmin.i Camp on ihe < rc;:sion of the birth of a daughter to Prnc?*s Jula .a. Helow: a dem nstration by m?o •155 words
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Article75 1947-02-20 5 SALES of Welfare Stamps at the j Malayan Union b.inks now total $2,614.90, while sales at the post offices which bega n on Jan. j 10 realised $60.55 by tbs end of; January. Seles of stamps at the Post Offices were of 5-cent riencnina- tion. They75 words
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Article296 1947-02-20 5 Free Pie» St:»if Reportci ALTHOUGH trading between Malaya and India has not yet i come up to its pre-war level, it is expected that with more and more shipping space becoming available, and with the re introduction of the 8.1. shipping iine, pre-1939 averages will296 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-02-20 5 i.i;g\ daw fcin.- cm rpi-exiiitt j m "Out and About" at the Victoria Thfatre. Singapore, From Feb. 24.18 words
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Article317 1947-02-20 5 BIG R AF-N AYY EXERCISES Carrier planes to 'bomb' S' bore Free Press Staff Reporter I THE biggest and most ambitious air-sea operation 1 since the end of the war m the Far East will start tomorrow. An RAF aircraft will make a very longrange mission out to sea, search317 words
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Article502 1947-02-20 5 A HONG KONG. TTtintnilj N attempt to run a civilian business on Army lines wa> how an experienced actor m Hongkong at er tourn« different parts of the Far Ea^t descrited the Combined Services Entertainment— the <;rganisati n which has succeeded E.X.S.A. m providingReuter - 502 words
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Article, Illustration90 1947-02-20 5 viot i lik i nuni Dutrh and British armed toil's were (*e*tat at a rrveplioM eiven by th Dutch at MM .Mountbattt n ciuh. tttacanere l He bratc the birth of a da«:uhi« to Princess Juliana Urn Netherlands. Sen 'or officers !r<»m all arms vrr h»» i vjN«il BHcMt, -m90 words
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Article70 1947-02-20 5 THE Singapore Association if 1 supporting the Ratep Association m making a request :o the Municipality that suburban buses be allowed tj tome into town along the STC tempararUy. This, it is suggested, wriU v;ate the present mrercrowdirg, part of which is caused by70 words
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87 1947-02-20 5 CIXIY-ONL J p. t Wui v -■■'V rta largi i (i to be sh.pped out tcrday < orted by a New Z land gu:.rri battalion toi Kur» train en roue to Singapore. They h ive tx i i eh Lift o >yU.P. - 87 words
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247 1947-02-20 5 'BOOGIE WOOGIE QUEEN IN S'PORE Free Press Sta*? Rf-pov er. THE Combined Services Enter- idinment wjII present "Out and About" at the Victoria j Theatre, Singapore, Feb. 24 for i six days. It is a revue, lull of laughs, excellent dancing and music presented m a novel way by a247 words
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Advertisement90 1947-02-20 5 Wfh l-asi |)a> TO-DAY fgw George FORMBY I^^ ...First VppeanMee m 4T* BELL-BOTTOM George Jjjlr COLUMBIA'S 1^47 S*mA Hit Opening TO-MOHHOW A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Saturday MID -NIGHT HBBHHHBHbjBsI^^_ ANDREW !OM6tb I Opening TO-DAY Ihe Musical with A REAL STORY «,f RKCKI.ESS LOVE! and A THOUSAND NEW THRILLS! IHtSiJA WI!H A90 words
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Article330 1947-02-20 6 AN almost despairing tribute to Britain's workmen and businessmen this time the bicycle-makers ended the hearings of the l\S. Government committee planning tariff elimination agreements m Washington. "We face ruin. Save us from the British," cried chief witness E. L. Co?, chairman of the National330 words
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Article79 1947-02-20 6 MORE Hun 9.000 student:, are being trained In thirty-eight colleges as schoolteachers and iby the end of the month th^re jwili b^ more than 10.000. says Mr. D Bardman, Parliamentary Sec re .ary to the Ministry of Edu*- cation. And by March, nearly 2,500 of79 words
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Article43 1947-02-20 6 Plans have been made m the Soviet zone of Germany to extract edible oils from tobacco plants. It i s calculated that if 17.500 acres were planted with tobacco, an annual yield of 330.000 gallons of oil could be exported.43 words
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Article342 1947-02-20 6 Lame ex-pilot struck PoW MX. Kajmond Aubrey Pullin, R.A.F. tighter pilot, was shot >"I, down five times during th? war. The last time he was captured by the Germans, and was m Geiman prison camps i for two years. Although lame from wounds, he made several attempts to escape, and342 words
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Article24 1947-02-20 6 Westminster City Council is t^ I consider the acquisition of certain j squares m the borough as public I ooen spaces.24 words
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Article54 1947-02-20 6 UAIRS found on sheep which had been savaged are being used by Kent police to trace two killer dogs at Leeds, near Maidstone. The hairs were sent to Hendon police laboratory >:• examination by scientists. Sixty pedigree sheep, worth 700. were attacked by the dogs54 words
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Article, Illustration82 1947-02-20 6 Dc-narlficatlon U new being carried out at prisoner-of-war camps and training centres m England. On right is the reading rcom at the Saffron Walden ramp wbfre prisoners are reeducated to give them an idea «,f the democratic way of life Over th.- door is a placard leading "EfYIJSBa must have82 words
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Article28 1947-02-20 6 Feathers from 38 crticKeni will make a man's suit, the Hon. L. L. Eyres told the British Columbia Fruit Growers' As riattOO convention held at Kelowna.28 words
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Article19 1947-02-20 6 Valuable furs were destroyed and damaged by Ere at the Na Sn! U1 C B Pton-r:ad19 words
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Article503 1947-02-20 6 MR. TAN TRIES TO HEAL THE BREACH Chinese-Indonesian Relations JOGJAKARTA, Ja\.« ECONOMIC jealousy and political misunderstanding have opened a breach between the Indonesian people and Republican Indonesia's 1,500,000 Chinese which is a 'rank source of worry here m the revolutionary RtpuM c's capital. Tl/e past year has been marked by503 words
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Article80 1947-02-20 6 BECAUSE he minimised the; injury he suffered. Frede- rick King. 70-year-old carpenter,; of Norwood -green, Hestun,j Middx., was complimented by Mr. Justice Atkinson m the' King's Bench Division. "I am certain." said the judge, "that 99 men m 100 would have painted a vivid picture of80 words
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Article61 1947-02-20 6 Asked Mayor find ice girl /'ORPOKAL PERKS, with the Army m India, has written to the Mayor of Richmond (Surrey) asking him to find a girl he met 18 mouths a«o at Richmond Ice Rink, Hrr deserip ion "a %ti ous, attractive faro, slim figure. long, dark hair, and aged61 words
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Article127 1947-02-20 6 RAF WILL GET NEW RESERVE k NEW kind ot pare- ..me R.A.7 rt reserviv. 'speciailj suited 10 tiM A?e of Rr.dar is to be recruited immediately. Mr Phi'ip Noel-Baker. Air Minister I\a announced. He will serv .n air tie:*. nee units of the Auxiliary Air Force md, said the Minister,127 words
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Article64 1947-02-20 6 The value of the export.-, of, cars, commercial vehicles and i parts and accessories during las' year exceeded £52.000,000. according to statistics published by the London Society of M Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. i The figure is two and throequarter times the value of64 words
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Article191 1947-02-20 6 BY 1963 it ib estimated that there will be more than 1,000,000 children under 16 whose parents have failed to provide them with a normal home background, according to Dr. David Mace, of the Marriage Guidance Council. Addressing a conference of the National Association of Maternity191 words
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Advertisement74 1947-02-20 6 ONF OF THE GIBAT KPICS Dl PACiifeD WIW I«IUJWC BRI IN(! I Roaring Adventure! A no*,,, 2* iSiSS H >% Romance! MQ v UNIU" J .if i PACIHC 1 I TT .til* OPENING TO-MORROW* WILLIAM VEKONK m BENDIX LAKE LA DO He's tough! She 10.- ;> jlF^-fcuHt'i Dynomi>« with Dom«»74 words
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Miscellaneous140 1947-02-20 6 QUIZ Ans< 1. »a» By Gaius Octavius, great nephew of Julius Caesar. Hi.- v.ctorj over Antony at Actium t31 B.C.* made him master of Rome; he was proclaimed Emperor taking the title o! Augustus. i n 27 BC. <b> The four Emperors who succeeded Augustus were: Tiberius <AD 14-37', Gaius140 words
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Miscellaneous169 1947-02-20 6 Free Press Crosswo^ No, 44 MIHHHr~ THIBET" tLI t^ »< K'J^--1 H:ia;> ai-a Trinity are t»o legal 1 newarrant officers having charge of botti late <s>. 8 and 19 Across, Anthrrp id ?p< (6. 6». 9. Tlie number of players m bad famed for 11s Buddhist and H The largest169 words
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Article614 1947-02-20 7 AIRMEN, SCC MEET TODAY IN LEAGUE By Maurice Burton I \ir r'l.rt-e c:iin to meet the Singapore Cricket opening game of the S.A.F.A. league comj.jj ;n Pcs ar StaJiuni today is. perhaps, not the .n he mu^iered, but I think, without m any hHittle the meiits of the opposition, that614 words
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Article63 1947-02-20 7 TRIBE TO PLAY IN ENGLAND SStoftM It •J.I. lass -dale I n\ ii Ir I be S.C.C. I I I Suit I c c. I d m I up ild b I l O: I Xi 1 I I ur* ie -„t ihir H V '•■MA Ntj b 1 at63 words
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370 1947-02-20 7 RAIN nitflllwl play m tbl CflCKd match between SEL\LF Sig c and "HQ 2nd Echek-n SEALF on Sunday. nieie was but two hours' play. lon.' tnough. however, to pr^e that tn >n has a rtrong baitirg side. -EALP Sus won the toss and el^ct'd to370 words
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Article401 1947-02-20 7 Women's Cricket TUX English Women's Cricket Association is sending a te;;m of 15 players to Australia next October anil the following eight have already been se'ected: Miss M. Hide. >liss I). McEroy, Miss M. Macla^an (Surrey), Miss B. Snowball (Hampshire), Miss G. Morpan. Miss >1. Lowe401 words
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Article238 1947-02-20 7 BASE ACCOUNTS WIN BY ONE WICKET Rallies Coll(ii(.' were visitors to Chan i en Sunday where thej met Base Accounts Office Crickei Club m a whole day c.^n--. B.A O.c.C.s "A.n by one wicket was made poss'ble by the prand >:i anship ol Ral »lleg< wh > tielded through the238 words
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Article150 1947-02-20 7 From Archi? Quick London, Wed. THK SUipr i>e su«.OwSS ot the world's current professional snooker champi r.iship is A'b3ri Brown. H.s quarter final opponent. Horace Lmcirum, told me Brswn Us i the finest lons potter of a ball he has. ever seen. Praise, indeed, when you150 words
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Article, Illustration49 1947-02-20 7 Australian apprentice- joe- and i:»nina ar; r»U p• 1 keys d'vote a g dral of 1 day's v i'- v the'r i "^r» t*me cxtc! ins to tur<s show four hoys prekrep fit. Skipping, sparring pan. '4 lot hard races. Looking on arc stable bands.49 words
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Article161 1947-02-20 7 LIVERPOOL, \V< I Tlik] I outball League, ad.ipi.ng ilu*nisJves bcttr on a treacherous ice and snowbound ground and combining with ciocu-wcrk prec sion, beat tue Irish League f^ur to iwj on Bvcr:on'i gr. und m tie first iMH'.-kagiiL match s nee t3B. Th; players i undReuter - 161 words
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Article554 1947-02-20 7 From R. Chambers LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN'S fuel position is improving, but the soccer situation is still m the doldrums. Straight ahead of the League clubs who have already piled rp a Ii t of BMtptati fixtures that must be crowded into the end of the reason554 words
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Advertisement41 1947-02-20 7 (Nice to have > AGAIN. appreciate having *> V PA\ them on rry fable et-^^^^^^sC% V pWI for your enioyment f'^ D t T 'T r t Thr-e's real pleasure |^^Q]pTK :-"^ff^Q^B m GARRICK GOODNLSS. I I Sl^ag^ Virginia Blend CORK TIPPED Cigarette.41 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-02-20 8 A horse drawn coal barge rounding a bend on the Oxford Canal. The horse is round the corner out of sight, and the bargee has the tiller hard over as he makes the almost right-angle turn.37 words
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Article383 1947-02-20 8 A Special Market corr -.^ondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers cv cto. i ocr Ib ocr Ib No 1 S.S.S. Sp*t I<m*» ll- 8 42S m 1 R.S.S. rob m teles March .43 U% No S.S S. tab383 words
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Article21 1947-02-20 8 Mr. John Strachey. Minister o* Food left Ba^ingbourn Airport Cambridgeshire, yesterday on b[> ••3 Cfcnada rot talks s..vs Router.21 words
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Article87 1947-02-20 8 UNO DELEGATES FOR SALONIKA Some members of the United Nations commission enquiring into guerilla activlt es on Greece's northern frontiers left Athene yesterday lor Salonika, northern Greece, having completed their work m the Gr?ek capital Their first meeting m Salonika la on Mo: day r ier aembexa of the commissionReuter - 87 words
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98 1947-02-20 8 CHINA ACCUSES P.I., BREAKS TREATY TALKS MEGOTLVnONS, underway m W Manila for over s^ven months between the Chinese and Philippines Governments for a treaty of friendship and trade, w?re suddenly suspended by the Chinese Legation on orders from Nanking, amid blunt charges of insincerity and discriminatory action toward some 100,00098 words
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Article348 1947-02-20 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE use of British war material by the French m Indochina 1 was referred to m the House of Commons today when Mr. Ronald Chamberlain, (Labour, Norwood), asked the Foreign Secretary to what extent arms, equipment or aeroplanes had been supplied byReuter - 348 words
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Article126 1947-02-20 8 CHINA ASKS AMERICA FOR GRAIN WASHINGTON, Wed. lINRRA announced today that the Chinese Government has requested U*****,000,000 worth of wheat and cotton instead of machinery and other materials originally earmarked for China relief. The proposal is still m the discussion stage. Major-Gen. Lowell Rooks, Director-General of UNRRA, said the Chines^A.P. - 126 words
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Article90 1947-02-20 8 Protests against the proposed wording on the roll of honour ci-.stined lor the RAF chapel m Westminster. Abbey have resulted m a n-ew version being considered reports Reuter. The original wording read: "Detailed m this record are those members of the Flying Forc€s oi Allied Nations90 words
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Article26 1947-02-20 8 Judy, pet ■Ittjfhm at Messrs Bcasley's Newnham, Gloucestershire, raised a flood alarm and saved thousando 01 pounds' j worth of stock from destruction26 words
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Article49 1947-02-20 8 TTtn m aCtatB ltun (Lancashire) Grand Theatre 'hamhllrf A W^ nt i n strike. Instead of doing their tricks they shambled to the footlights and v tn t into conference. When the trainer tugged at their chains, they just pulled him rounS the ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article40 1947-02-20 8 An air transport 'line* between Paris and Shanghai will be inaugurated by a trial flight planned for F b 28, Air France announced m Paris yesterday. Regu'ar commercial flights are expected t< bep.in m March or April40 words
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352 1947-02-20 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN today took steps to remove wartime controls m operation because of the 'stale of national emergency" declared by President Roosevelt m 1939. He asked Congress to repeal or amend 100 temporary laws put into effect as a result of theReuter - 352 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-02-20 8 They Heralded Royal arrival Theso heraids i;ociiicrt the inhabitant ot s< the fourth child of Princes Juliana and Prm il born on Tuesday. The platan from Associate VnT I during a dress rehearsal for the occasi'. i I cape of the herald on the ri-Ut is the NethcrUndT S?- ''"-"i-if^50 words
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Article49 1947-02-20 8 TWO 15-year-old boys went into 1 a Holloway school to bombard their girl friends with snowballs—and got locked m. They climbed out of a window and on to the roof. Lewis Lloyd, of Hornsey-road, slipped and fell 25ft. to the ground. He broke his leg.49 words
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Article60 1947-02-20 8 About 200 M aii.n. including Begum Firoz Khan Noon, English wile !> i Sir tiroz Khan Noon, former High Commissioner for India m London, staged a hostile demonstration m fnnv of Government House m Lahore yesterday, says Reuter. Th-2 demonstration was part of the Muslim League's60 words
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Article18 1947-02-20 8 Princess Julianas fourth daughter lias been named Maria Christina, but will be called "Maryke," says U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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Article428 1947-02-20 8 Creech-Jones awaits report INFORMATION about the recent strikes m Singapore ua> I asked for m the House of Commons yesterday by the Labour member, Mr. David Rees-Williams. (He was referring to the Municipality strikers, who relumed to work on Monday after having 11 of their demandsReuter - 428 words
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Article333 1947-02-20 8 LONDON, Wednesday. r£, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, said m the House of Commons today he had been advised by the Governor of the Malayan Union that "there are certain features of the Kedah scheme (for assisting Malay farmers) whichReuter - 333 words
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Article57 1947-02-20 8 Filteen Jews found near the Palestine border received prison sentence! of two months and fines froir a Syrian court, reports Rev;r 2r from Damascus Another group of 16 Jews—in- -.fling six women arui a 70-year-cid man— appealed yesterday cgaiiist prison sentences of six months, imposed on57 words
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Article190 1947-02-20 8 LIVERPOOL. W -jnesday. CAKKILNG a mock coffin at their head "Hitler tri^d to ruin vs Socialism thousand Liverpool businessmen tad v.m today staged a "Shinwell Must Go" p:> !hruvp the city's streets. A sign on the coffin read the Shinweli cough that carried you off nowU.P. - 190 words
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Article57 1947-02-20 8 -pHE H new not daw» paticn c speed up tion from r: vxa i Germany C 70.000 <W>» persons ana productive labour or. basb as the closed m vest' rdav Tt^e d tusd end 01 a d.splacec pr« sUtu: foi I refugcf^ and57 words
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Advertisement68 1947-02-20 8 ITfnTrTFi I^uS^^Eh n|ghtlyatB45 COMBINED 'SERVICES ENTERTAINM^TI OUT ABOUf A SNAPPY NBW MUSICAL COMMENCING MON. 24TH HH APVANCB B00KIN6:- H KOBWSM'S. fiAfFLi* m y a.m. TO Jr^ r^z>' THE LITTLE THEATRE (Ar«y Edieatiei Centre, Arweiii*r Present OUTLOOK UNSETTLI New Play. Written A Produced I" R 1 1 Monday. Feb. 34— Saturday68 words
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Miscellaneous11 1947-02-20 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Hieh Wafer T °diy 104* 1 .fow 001? Ht211 words
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Miscellaneous81 1947-02-20 8 Rain thk p.* and Umichi ..port i^ from noou uida\ th* Rx Cfotral Vjll Statioi. \u omnjand la r j^ loudx vith raw at t^TL afterr.jon ud tLi. morrow morning Win' litht northrrl? am Mo«nris« «5J a mJ! *c. C 24 p n. Tempera! m tar th» > M1 hours:81 words
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