The Singapore Free Press, 25 February 1947
1947-02-25
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Title Section18 1947-02-25 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Ko SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article, Illustration430 1947-02-25 1 BLACK MARKET GETS S 'PORE MILK Free Press Staff Reporter COOD officials are seriously concerned at the gradual and complete disappearance from Singapore of stocks of sweetened condensed milk, which may cause a big shortage m the next ten days until new stocks arrive from Australia. Singapore Food Control officials430 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-02-25 1 IT'S ONE CANDLE FOR HER •> ii Louise Jackson, daughter of D?MM I>uH» n and producer teli< Jackson, seemed interested m grabbing th«" candle as she celebrated her first birthday m Hollywood, on Feb. 9. She is seen with her mother.40 words
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Article384 1947-02-25 1 MILLION B ACK TO WORK Switch-On in Midlands LONDON, %immimj THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. told the Hous^ of 1 Commons today that power would be restored to industries m the north-west area next Monday, following the restoration this morning of power to the Midland industries, bringing a million384 words
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Article23 1947-02-25 1 PRICES IN FRANCE ARE CUT idler, 1 the new rt to eera n ..11s ppned to m -pt We It d M 923 words
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Article125 1947-02-25 1 Air smuggling ring in S'pore LONDON, Monda>. U'ERLM'I \Mis, made at a London court today to the a sort of syndicate" when Flight Lieut. John the New Zealand Air Force was summoned *m!» knowingly concerned m carrying 3,103 uncustomed lets made m America and Canton and have been brought by125 words
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Article16 1947-02-25 1 GARRETT'S JEEP: SOLDIER HELD belong.. out- b 13 :vmg a Placed Soon c ASP. 1 jeep16 words
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Article57 1947-02-25 1 NEW YORK, Mon. DI.ANES belonging to Admiral 1 Richard Byrd's I'mted Static Navy Antarctic expeditiun have been left behind m Little America, the Admiral's NttC becaus- the, arc frozen int > the ice. Admiral Byrd ha- tfdOTVi the inimed'ate evacuation of 197 m the camp to57 words
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Article364 1947-02-25 1 NEW DELHI, iMonday. DRITISH truops were called out m Amritsar, Punjab, today D to help restore order after clashes between police and Muslim crowds demonstrating against the Punjab Public Safety Ordinance which forbids processions. Widespread panic has been caused m Amritsar. One hundred and fifteen injuredReuter - 364 words
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Article34 1947-02-25 1 Four small children, members of a fami'y of Chinese r?staurar.t owner named Chan at Anderson, Indiana, were burnt to death m v fire which destroyed their home yesterday, says A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article265 1947-02-25 1 LONDON, Monday. MR. IVOK THOMAS, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for C<>l mm *ho has j«ls» remnud from Singapore, replying to an inquiry whether a commission would be appointed to in.juire ;"to (he adequacy of salaries paid to Government scrvan;* j n Hong Kong, said the Colonial Secretary265 words
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Article77 1947-02-25 1 THE Yellow River, notorious as China's Sorrow, has thwarted an attempt to divert it to Us pre-war course. I NHKA officials reported m Peiping yesterday, says A.P. Last week, engineers diverted the river to its old 1937 channel, but later the river refused to be tamed,77 words
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Article31 1947-02-25 1 There was almost total disagreement on the economic clauses of >ti* Austrian treaty at yesterday's ••'''on m London" of th»* Forr iir '> •Mtrs Social Deputies for lustiia, says ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article30 1947-02-25 1 Professor M. L. E. Oiiphant, Britain's leading atomic scientist, said in Blrm'njriiam yesterday known uranium stocks could feed the world's pewer stations for 100 years.— U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Article238 1947-02-25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER the discussions which were fully satisfactory yesterday between the Singapore Harbour Board strikers and Mr. Hem' 7 Basten, the Chairman, the clerks did not report for work this morning. Mr. Chan Peng Sim, head of the official SHB Staff Association said238 words
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Article69 1947-02-25 1 BRITAIN DRAWS ON LOAN WASHINGTON, Monaay. A UNITED Slates Treasury statement today disclosed thai the British Government have withdrawn another $100,000,000 (£25.000,000) of the Anglo-Ameri-can loan. Total withdiawals now amount to $900,000,000 < £225.000.000 Treasury officials stated. British officials stated that th^ present withdrawal was, a rout lie operation andReuter - 69 words
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103 1947-02-25 1 2 HOLD-UP MEN HELD, VICTIM VANISHES 1 Vehicles DepartmciH InspT- tor. while on his round}; n Middle Road. Singapore loday saw w^hat appeared to be a holduo ot a Chinese by three other Chinese, called the Radio Patrol and two o' »he wor^ arrested On the appioajn o. t,.;t police103 words
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Article72 1947-02-25 1 R.A.F. PADRE IS DIVORCED Mrv Hi 7.b nil Mem J; wryHarbert. of London, was granted a decree n.si m the London D vorcv Court yest?rday on The ground that her husband. Ray Edmund R rhard Jewry-Ha bert, had committed adultery with a nursi In India whip he w:i RAF padre.72 words
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Advertisement14 1947-02-25 1 TsTERUNG 'silverware m p H HEMDRY l^tor since 1902. 8 N#rt fc Bridge Rwd.14 words
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Advertisement170 1947-02-25 1 WjJSTAMfOfiD MS. PH0M7836 Ovaltino '^IL<»i\<> Morning Freshness <s ijjour^ .^P^l IT s a glorious feeling to jump out of v v :^^jf Led m the morning really wideawake „'4 ii'Afo i V* >t^V sl/*Jk fresh, eager, full of energy R\ -^jS ?*s/fw knowing that your night's sleep has -fj- +~4r170 words
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Article817 1947-02-25 2 THE HEROES IN THE STALLS LONDON SHOW TALK by Norah Alexander 44 ANE thing about the cold weather," says Bud Flanagan. M Audiences have got to applaud vigorously. It's the only way they can keep warm/' Bud's luc:;y to have an aud:enC3 at all. At the risk o1 laddering my817 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-02-25 2 Dont's And Do's For Women CHORT cuts to success for a girl-about-town arc now Km* tau«ht a* a o is Y.W.C.V charm school. Pntlag a 12-week scries cf lrrtarcs and demonstrations former Service girls will learn to keen the hack straight and walk without draffginc th c feet J c84 words
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Article122 1947-02-25 2 FASHION points at a Brut on Street, London, show of Spring ciothci recently included raised jacket peckets, propped up by stiff buckram, to emphasise the hiplme. Largo loose pleats at the shoulder line were carried on to i.rxn jacket or frock yokes and give a shawl collar effect. Tweed122 words
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Article, Illustration177 1947-02-25 2 YTEST cpened the d-amond jac*, I dummy ducked, and the fate :cf the h'aiLg hinged upon East's j play. It he ducked the trick, declarer wculd rufT the next j round, draw the trumps and dis- card one heart on dummy's fotntl club. Thereafter the fact that177 words
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Article, Illustration612 1947-02-25 2 WHEN A MAN IS ON THE R UN Films Showing In London BY OUR CfNEMA REPORTER MANY authors have been fascinated by what happens when a man b on the run. Their treatments have ranged from Dostoievsky's profound and moody "Crime and Punishment" to Galsworthy/* "Escape," which, at the other612 words
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Advertisement36 1947-02-25 2 ■a fl| wnu j*» Iv EBj. bH XieHTLY AT 5.45 P.M. COMBINED i SERVICES if ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS OUT ABOUT A SNAPPY NEW MUSICAL MOW PLAYIK3 AZ/ANOE BO0KIN6:- ROBINSON'S. RAFFLES PLAtC L 9 AM. TO 5 r*«.36 words
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Advertisement12 1947-02-25 2 W blotchyl B< skin 1 gl cla ..-|i-(i a.. J < Sl« VJ12 words
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Miscellaneous894 1947-02-25 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR F U*ec I f«>r )p.e torn today B;N today, you have an inwd wmtm > be pot to in ■fltttUn you? life's career. Ycu aro quick to analyse pscyli ami your .»r-i impressions .are usually ainirate This Talent vould b- useful in pt-r^onr.ei 9* politics, as well894 words
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Miscellaneous90 1947-02-25 2 QUIZ Answers 1. <a> Outside the Houses of Parliament. (b> on the embani- near Wcsmir.stcr Brie <<•> at Hyde Park Corner; «di in Parliament Square; <e> Outsiti th-> National Gallery. 2. ia) St Paul's fColet became of St. Paul's-: <b« WOlimai Lilly; (c) the Mercer's Cjmpany. 3. (a> The Prince90 words
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Article492 1947-02-25 3 r eiled Lady vanished for 20 years ire chapters, is the story of Florence olfvard, a story that even Edgar Wallace could ritten, a story that begins with a middleliath and ends with an old man m aired wo* 1 t nit it Winchester.492 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-02-25 3 V-2 rocket as War memorial A German V-2 rocket at an England wharf ready for loading m S.S. Karamea for transport to Canberra, where, it is stated, it is destined for the the Australian war memorial.36 words
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Article29 1947-02-25 3 HE MAKES MINERS HAPPY maun to make B under the -day th° and :cnc? nave to j ..:11 be i B M mo- j bccam° I r'.rs: Depart- Lecturer29 words
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Article24 1947-02-25 3 IT IS HOT 75 MILES UP I alternating cold ar.d round it. to .nent la New I iccorded a torrid no t.:e find i24 words
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Article79 1947-02-25 3 runenta tarred out over the last three tiered that fine meteoric dust makes a •ntribut:,,n to the maintenance of the atmosbroadcasting waves at night, and n of continental broadcasting stations he De.i::d IDHi H. E I to th re- -o .on Slougn Zimmer I of trom79 words
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Article101 1947-02-25 3 A mine detector was uv?d to trace six-Inch nail m a prize bull belonging to Sir John A^iuw at Kousham, near Bury Si Edmunds When the animal fell ill a veterinary surgeon suspected it had swallowed a metal oVert He sought the help of a101 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-02-25 3 King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (m centre above), passing between lines of troops during a recent visit to an oilfield village m Saudi Arabia, where America n oil companies hold large concessions.33 words
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Article203 1947-02-25 3 rO women, said to have accused officials of favouritism m allocating houses, will be struck 01 the waiting list if a proposal by the housing commi'tee is carried by Doncaster Town Council. The town clerk, Mr. H. S. Essenhigh, wrote asking the women to apologise. He203 words
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Article67 1947-02-25 3 I FIVE engineering firms In Britain—two are Scots— have scored no able success Cor British j industry by obtaining conlrac s I to ailing about £300.000 lor piant i for the construction of a huge I hydro-electric plant m Portugal. The work lias come to Britain67 words
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Article24 1947-02-25 3 Two CaUfornian sea-lions from 'he Santiago Zoo. and two* palm chret ca s, are among the latest arrivals at the London Zoo.24 words
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Article24 1947-02-25 3 A Gainsborough painting of Qarrick, -he a:tor, destroyed by fire at .'^ralford-on-Avon* town ■ail, Will br replaced by a -gift, Dana porrait.24 words
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Article97 1947-02-25 3 HE RETURNS WITH BAG OF SNAKES WHEN off-duty, Mr. George S. Cansdale. an official m the Forestry Department on West Africa's Gold Coast, likes nothing better than to go in:o the bush and cat-ch snakes and o her reptiles- for the Ixmdon Zoo Mr. Cansdale. who has lust arrived m97 words
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Article350 1947-02-25 3 A2o YEAR OLD wife, Mrs. Margaret Powell, of Shirley, near Birmingham, was sent for trial at Solihull, Warwickshire, accused of murdering her husband, who, at the time of the alleged incident, was living at his wife's home with another woman. Mrs. Powell, an attractive brunette,350 words
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Article68 1947-02-25 3 Wandered Off In Slippers /"'OAST missionar> David Forman wandered out of his house m St. Andrews. Fife, m his carpet slippers on Now 22. 1039, while his famil> slept. He was never seen again. H son, recently demobbed, and his two daughters have now presented to the Court of gcirt—68 words
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Article138 1947-02-25 3 1 V\ HILL James Jones. ex-S^ppcr. i read a letter frrn an airline cempany at h's home 'n Hi wport— a letter which t^d him his fiancee would not yet be able !to travel over trom Berlin— brown-eyed Ed:th Hariwig. JB-j i years-old German brune'.te anjj138 words
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Article180 1947-02-25 3 LOOK at Lhe clock," Mr. Justice Cxoom-Joiinson ordered a young man and woman who stood m the dock at Devon U&izes at 3.21 p.m. Then he to!d them that by 3.25 they ;ould be free. But before letting them go, the Judge gave what he described180 words
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Article241 1947-02-25 3 On air disaster TWO daring experiments were made by the Danish air ac?. Captain Emil Damm, in a Dakota at Kastrup airport. I test the aircraft's reactions in similar conditions to in the recent disaster. The Netherlands Aviatio^i Service later announced that the crash in241 words
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Advertisement110 1947-02-25 3 CBS£!uQN2P) Liast i- our 1 m s 1 30-4 -6 3^-o*s^" j^Jflß^ «B '■> m Bp^\ JBKf TECHhiCOICR* OPENING TOMOrirtu* TkPBC Stars (»:v»- Vr\/*> UNtVUtSM prmtmnti A i OBtRON K^ LHAKItJ SUE ENGLAND P MJIV»' W J RALPH MORGAN W >^ f *ri*factior *itH latest eauit>« 4^ '"rot «t would110 words
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Miscellaneous88 1947-02-25 3 TARZAN Taffzait's plan By Edgar Hire Burroughs lAS SCcNTiST's LANTASTIC I TK£»g A PARING PLAN OCCURRED c w I'lll j|l■l il U I "-s^l SCHEME UNFOLDED TARZAN POR TO HIM. u PERWAPS I COJIC? |J.| I|il t%SI ONCE KNEA PEAR--- NOT OP T\ g^ wfc <+Yk 5E OP MORE HELP88 words
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612 1947-02-25 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 1947. Situations Vacant 1 ALTHOUGH Singapore appears, grossly over-crowded when you set cut to find a house orj lodgings to live In, it is still the case that there are not enough) people here M do all the jobsj that need to be612 words
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Article, Illustration1749 1947-02-25 4 John Fisher - REBELS VERSUS REGULARS John Fisher What is going on m Greece? by (By cabl« from Athens) Eleven men ironi the United Nations Organisation began searching for the truth of the unrest in Greece recently. John Fisher says that ahead of them lies one of World's and Britain's biggest problems. THE1,749 words
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Article339 1947-02-25 4 MR HARRY NICHOLLS. th? m Nottingham V.C., who was to have flown with Captain Spencer m the Dakota which crashed at Croydon. has accepted a free air passage from Duval Aviation Company, Birmingham. THROUGH the attic skylight m his home at Beechwoodt o r r a c339 words
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Article118 1947-02-25 4 T. A. Jackson - KUKLUX KLAN RIDES AGAIN T. A. Jackson By IJEWS dispatches from Ii the "fMat" m Goorgia, where rival governors are battling for possession of the insignia (and possibly the spoils) of office, hft*e made readers familiar with the name of the Ku-Klm-Klan. A glance at the origin oi thL body118 words
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Article20 1947-02-25 4 Let not him that is deceived trust m vanity: far vanity shall he his recompense. Job. 15. 31. I20 words
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Advertisement19 1947-02-25 4 to all deicnpuoc^ ol -iUi. wuj::t:j and fabrics sent to us for ■ttOB CHIWCJU CIEAM/*6. BtsT DYeW6 W/S/81E MIMD/M&19 words
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Advertisement22 1947-02-25 4 -f W ILi^ Opcn/ng IW^ 1 L Th. "ZC4-2 fan* k> Om*i «Mk i» M« X Cmi IHMM *m— m iii* I^^22 words
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Miscellaneous88 1947-02-25 4 QUIZ 1. Who were: <a> -the first gentleman cf Europe"; <b^ "the little gentleman m black velvet"--(c> o ,"the lwo gentlemen of Vero2. Where m London are to be found statues of: (a) Richard I: S! 9^ Boa <iicea: (c) Achilles'; <d) Abraham Lincoln; (c) George Washington? 3. For administrative88 words
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Article109 1947-02-25 5 EXPERIMENTS TO REDUCE BERI BERI th»j inti^enre of Beri Beri, two new iucin? rice of hipii vitamin content are ♦it ute of Medical Research m nkm" process, whereby the Ogbout the grain by hot water iin m a vacuum, and then high m of the water and distribution i rice.109 words
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Article, Illustration117 1947-02-25 5 ii.es* pictures vera laken at ihe installation of Mr. E. F. Twining as Governor and C-in-C of North Borneo on Feb. 15. It was in the warship Opossum that Mr. Twining arrived at Jesselton. capital of the new Colony. During the ceremoney, the Governor's Commission was read by the Clerk117 words
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Article23 1947-02-25 5 and sea must [acta pre..ption of pcrr Prer ;h, Perturb ir.ese, is an I ;lish of j not23 words
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Article207 1947-02-25 5 RANGOON, Monday. Em Council may shortly recommend the promulgation of an anti-strike emerResort to official ban is, m the opinion the only means of restoring some on Burma's stonnv labour front. Labour troubles have dislocated banking, trade, shipping and industry throughout this month. Nearly 20,000 people,207 words
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Article31 1947-02-25 5 HUNTSMAN TO BROADCAST I were Mr. Clifford on Sunday hear- -i^ya toe will recital sul^ will Huntsman m kl beginning next week. to hear him •*al will be metre band tret.31 words
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Article51 1947-02-25 5 PSYCHOLOGY CLUB Y.M.C.A. LECTURE CA. ar.d tnroiled m Chtt or others :ed to 8 l mating or. The final lecture of the series under the title "The British Political System" by Mr. George G. Thomson will be delivered m the Urge hall of the V.M.C.A., 'A* Oiv hard Road, Singapore,51 words
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Article110 1947-02-25 5 Free Pre^ Stall Reporter LAST Saturday, m the Extra District Cc;rt before Mr. ..ad bin ILlahim, Sapper Muthudeluv wu convicted of causing death by dangerous and rash driving, and sentenced to iix months' imprisonment. Or. An?. 29, 1946, Muthudeluv j was ditring a military three-ton110 words
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Article326 1947-02-25 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NOTICES terminating their contracts are being distributed today to the 70 lightermen of the Singapore Harbour Board, which is closing; down the department completely because it is no longer a sound economic proposition. The lightermen lu»d earlier presented demands for higher326 words
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Article49 1947-02-25 5 Mr. R. E. Holttum, Director or tho Botanic Gardens, Singapore, will give a talk on "Plant Life In Malnya and Britain", to the East -West Society, on Thursday at the V.M.C.A., Orchard Ror.d, at 8.30 p.m. Mr. Holt turn's talk will be illustrated by lantern sides.49 words
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Article48 1947-02-25 5 The Hong BMg War Crimes court yesterday sentenced the Japanese former C -in-C. of Kong Kong, Col. Kennonuke Noma, to death by hanging af er finding him guilty of ordering numerous tortures and deaths ol Allied civilians and military ucr- sonnel. U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article, Illustration416 1947-02-25 5 PRIDE shone from the eyes of whitehaired Mr. W(M>dbridge of L\<«ex when the prosecution at Burma's 14th War Crimes trial disclosed that his airman son steadfastly refused to divulge technical information on wave lengths and codes to his Japanese captors after baling out of his damaged416 words
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Article37 1947-02-25 5 The Indian Chamber of Commerce will entertain the Governor General and Mrs. M^cdonalu. and the Governor and Lady Gimson at a tea piriy to be given su irti .rial Hall at 5 15 pan. Lomorrov.37 words
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Article489 1947-02-25 5 THE Rice Committee of the International Emergency Food Council has decided to warn all importing countries that exportable surpluses of rice will be considerably shorter during the last half of 1917 than during the current six months, Rejuter reports froir, Washington. The Committee has alsoReuter; U.P. - 489 words
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Article119 1947-02-25 5 FUND TO HELP NURSES Free Press Staff Reporter IN Sineppore, a fund has bcea started whirh is to provide travelling scholarships for postgraduate study for nurses and midwives, ?nd to create a permanent memori?i to those of the nursing profession who lost their lives during World War II It is119 words
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Article49 1947-02-25 5 M?.ny useful suggestions nave already been received by ihe Sine:: pore Traffic Advisory Committee, who are- keeping them m view for early and approp: action. The ccmmtt<e w.lome this gesture of oubl a tion. raid hope that they will re- cvive a steady stream ot 1 suggestions.49 words
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Article104 1947-02-25 5 TWO pigeons attached to the Australian Corps of Signals m the Far East during the -var have be*n awarded tne Dicki-i Medal, "the animals' V.C.," m London yesterday, the Ailvd Forces Mascot Club announced. The first pigeon was released with an SO6 on W?do:i Beach mReuter - 104 words
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Article222 1947-02-25 5 Free Press Staff Reporter BRITISH Servicemen, stationed m Singapore. hay« been writing to the Free Press for some time inquiring the way m which to go about gettirg a job m Malaya after they are demobilised. In Singapore, the Labour Department, whose headquarters are m222 words
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Article132 1947-02-25 5 OEHVICEMEN at trie Singapore Jaci Club on Saturcr.y .vere surprised d delighted to see a notice p lined v. lit 7 p.m. Forre s Variety Quiz ear&nce I mmy Trinder. red s Mm. and cave him v tr q he canie t n the 01132 words
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Article33 1947-02-25 5 Par East corresponded to the London T.; will broadcast Cram Radio M: banish' at 945 o'clock on Iris tanI the Bfhting In lncob h nas fust returned a visi c.33 words
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Advertisement102 1947-02-25 5 THE IL\LL FOR QUAI ITV SOUND PROJECTION tel II f Ml Iff tit 6909 '^.■^■'^>^ HSffSSI b Audiences Shocked! ilh I J daring |7Sliil#J#Sl^| novel sweep* vULdUUaik*lLiU*M^*/' lo the BcWtll THi: CARK AotS ake uebe mgk m a PAROXYSM OF BESTIALITY Tsf WE ARE IN GANGES OF ACUEED THAT DESTROYS102 words
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Article, Illustration212 1947-02-25 6 BATTLE OVER HEDGE SEPARATED oy a wall not more than tv.v t \r-cld Ifoses Hootton :-old William Baker I it and unreconi a i r Bgi ring m the b;g--j. 51 thrill the village ol Cockayi. '."i v had [cr m ft an c ie village i. and I n212 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-02-25 6 MiS lamp m silver went to 1~-\.ar-c!d Brenda Robinson w*. en she was chosen beauty I i i coal at the Hammer- >- i.h (Lcndcn) palais de dance. tonne iti«>n was organised hi the Br i h National Coal irJ. but th? coal crisis pre- d Mr. Emmauol Shin well,58 words
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Article75 1947-02-25 6 THL recently established China Petroleum Company i s reported to have bought tens of thousands of drums of crude oil from th \nglo-Iranian Oil Company a- uS $2 per drum The first cons iment of 5 <T7 tons is already I ute to China. c importedReuter - 75 words
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Article230 1947-02-25 6 He wants to stay in Antarctic PERHAPS the most eager volunteer to stay m Little America, Antarctica, if needed, through the long, dark, told Antarctic winer bears a very familiar name Richard E. Byrd, with "Junior" attached to the end. For years young Byid, now 25 and a lieutenant m230 words
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Article52 1947-02-25 6 FIFTY-TWO balloons m wire frames are being used to I rcfloai a 5.000-ton c:ir&o s.up which sank outside Dover Harbour. Designed by salvage contractor Mr. S. Soden. thoy will be placed ins de »he wre?k and inflated. It is hoped that the resulting buoyanvy will raise52 words
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Article24 1947-02-25 6 Sacks of cash containing £19,--100 were stolen from Biel (Switzerland) post office by bandi s who bound and gagged the postmaster24 words
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Article66 1947-02-25 6 DEPARATION machincr> horn Germany Ls reaching Sheitield 1 steelworks. Total value of the reparation machinery for Sheffield amounts to many thousands of pounds and will be of immense value m helping pro duct on The firms have bought the machincrv from the British Government at an66 words
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Article, Illustration72 1947-02-25 6 For nine months m the year sheep-farmers who live near New Zealand's Cook Strait look after their flocks; for the rest of the year they hunt the whale m speedboats arm"d with cut-down Bofors guns. Picture i n right ihowa a poon about to strike a whale. That72 words
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Article348 1947-02-25 6 HAD TO MAKE COFFINS IN PRISON Freed official claims redress AN appeal court at Herford m Germany has quashed a three months* sentence imposed by a British Control Commission court on Charles Craighead, a former Commission official, for alleged fraudulent conversion. Now Craighead says he is going to challenge the348 words
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Article15 1947-02-25 6 After 22 years muk/. Eynsford <Ken..> la i o have street fighting15 words
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Article, Illustration5 1947-02-25 6 Famers go out hunting whales5 words
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Article108 1947-02-25 6 I, ILEEN EDWARDS, l?-vear- old London girl, who went to the I'nited States to marry one man and changed her affections to another after her arrival, received a cable from her parents forbidding her marriage to her new fiance The cable was m reply to one108 words
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Article30 1947-02-25 6 NISSEN HUTS 'UNFIT' Mit ham Council is '.o a.sk the Minister of Health for perm.ssio:i to demolish 36 Nisscn huts, described as "unfit for habitation." built to house bombed-out families.30 words
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Article329 1947-02-25 6 PXACTLY half the money Britain spent abroad last year t was for food, drink and tobacco. Of the £1,298.000,000 spent on imports of all kinds, the«e three items accounted for £638,000.000. which is 1148,000,000 more than m 194". Raw material* rose £91,000,000 to £385,000,000, but there329 words
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Article39 1947-02-25 6 A DuDv mri, 18 monihs old. mba was admitted to the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, w. h in[luena meningitis, ha< c cured by the new drut; omy:in the first repor ed cure m Australia39 words
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Article222 1947-02-25 6 f\OW\ by the gas works m Berlin is a thriving little city concealed under a high dome of bomb-twisted steel. One of the city's big gas storage tanks (called gasometers m Berlin), put out of business m the war, has become a tran sient222 words
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Article72 1947-02-25 6 AWARDS FOR HEROES during reieu. I after I David H last year have b the London < i Captain i Franl I Byfl (Ten. I Chinner I I Geor :M rl m? C f 1 I I I Inspired lea f I ship and "I would longer a: ties v72 words
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Miscellaneous85 1947-02-25 6 «f r\. C Exclusive to the Sinsat> ore Free Press m Ma lava I/eh BUN'-HOw\ /»t'S PERFECT^ /OUI IT WAS ORDERED for\ /HE LAS .'-ON A VJSIT To LOKIDOM^^B4J IDO Vol» LIKE THE J M. BERNARD MADAME LA MARQUISE DE SHE FOUND SOMF MECHAKIT H4-I ensemble, everythimg fits bon-ton? You85 words
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136 1947-02-25 7 N.S.W. 282 RUNS ON WITH 6 WICKETS I from Bill Bowes I SYDNEY, Monday. Uait-v enjoying a lead of 76 runs on the first I i I, day scoring 206 for four are now 282 runs I P icfcets still to fall. Unless a sporting declareI and chances given and136 words
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Article431 1947-02-25 7 Free Press Sports Reporter WHEN the Medical College Dental students lost to the Medicals by the sinal! margin of four goals to two in the annual Tratman Cup soccer classic yesterday, they were actually able to claim a moral victory for the Medicals had promised them431 words
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Article20 1947-02-25 7 Imh :j 'oard of Id ultt- c i The -ive 1 definite i and20 words
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Article, Illustration90 1947-02-25 7 Brisbane, Mon. COUTH Australia, 224 and 204 for v eight, are m danger of losing the Sheffield Shield match with Queensland who scored 335 m their first innings. Noblett took four for 63 m Queensland's innings. The only bright feature of South Australia's second innings wasReuter - 90 words
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Article, Illustration61 1947-02-25 7 The Chinese Consul General, Dr Wu Paak-shing met the S.R.C and S.C.F.A. soccer teams before the start of Sunday's charity same at Jalan Bcsar Stadium. The picture above shows Dr. Wu being introduced to the S.R.C. team. He is shaking hands with J. Lowthcr. Below, Dr.61 words
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604 1947-02-25 7 Rest Of The Sport GLASGOW, MOB. ■Ml Government's request 1 k football whcrevd •;sh Football Associa- League today decui- c! Iral time m the history of •^sh football to introduce rul^s cnthe finality of one game. All cup ttOfc until the end of the604 words
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Article27 1947-02-25 7 Hsnrv Howes. British half-mile and mile sp?ed skcttins champion brck? the British 5.000 metres record at Days by ?>A sees, with 9 mins. 1.4 sees.27 words
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Article375 1947-02-25 7 THE third game m the S.A.F.A. league competition will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium to-day when the Singapore Chinese Football Association second selection meet the Indian Association. S.C.F.A. Selection two is the, same side that lost to the S.R.C. In a charity game on Sunday. Although375 words
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242 1947-02-25 7 MANCHESTER, Man. ORACTICALLY every claim of the Players' Union for increased vages and improved conditions ailed at a spcoial meeting of the r ootball League Clubs here today. In the deliberations, surprisingy thrown open to the Press and conducted by the light of candlesReuter - 242 words
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Article823 1947-02-25 7 All In The Came.. From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air MaiL rINGS like Olympic Games call for a great amount of planning. When they are held in London next year Great Britain will not only have to find new teams of athletes, but also all823 words
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Article69 1947-02-25 7 MELBOURNE, Mon THE Lawn Tennis Assoclaticn of Australia announced today that the Davis Cup team to play C3n;ds m the American z:ne will comprise of John Bromwich Drm.y Pals. Geoffrey Br wn. and C^]:'n L:n? with R y C m n* as irara??r. The team sals forU.P. - 69 words
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Article, Illustration74 1947-02-25 8 On- of th- roads m eh link the isl .tnds of Scapa 5 low (note the blocks nos whic.i were pl^cei befcr 2 the cause way was built) and which may have to be abandoned ow ne to the cost and difficult of maintenance. Much of the construction work74 words
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270 1947-02-25 8 A special Market corr ionjent ;ivcs the prices ot rubbr? at a m toda% as follows I brkst: Pull and easirr *> I «>Kr t H\M«KH «)h I ()>riKK( V Ccamsei ji ;om- t I Rujoci AssociationIt noon vcsterday I 7./... &«j «mdbi LcnJcn Stock270 words
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Article78 1947-02-25 8 GERMANY CAN EXPORT AGAIN L^D Kin id 3m firms from March 4 will be permitted to buy idncta ««da m Germany un:'T he relaxation of the tradii.e .h th e enemy regulations, UP. Imports into the B i s.i and American z n~s cf C^ v y will, for theU.P. - 78 words
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Article102 1947-02-25 8 TH r Wai Crimes tr al ut. Changi m v.h '-l'Yi two Japanese. N C O.s. Tc';umaru, and Taki, and a Hungarian, Josef Ku' ron were chai-'d with ill-.reatiii? several Singapore residents at the Kempe;. at Headquarters m Oxlcy Rise ir 1914. concluded yesterday wr.en102 words
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Article216 1947-02-25 8 BATAVIA, Monday. rHE N.E.I. Government today described as totally false Tokio reports that 12,000 Indonesian Eurasian, European and Chinese wives will soon return to Japan with Japanese -oldiers being repatriated from Java. Capt. G. H. Deheer, chief of the N.E.I. Bureau of Japanes€ Affairs216 words
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Article109 1947-02-25 8 Chinese vic'imo ot incendiarism m the Saigon-Cholon area uf Cochinohina have protested to their Consul -General and Eusked for French protection, says Reuter. Over 18,000 Annamites and Chinese are homeless as a result of fires which have caused damage estimated at £200,000 during the past month109 words
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Article280 1947-02-25 8 Free Press Staff Reporter ITH st:r*es to the eflect that CSE people are being kept idle m Singapore for months while they wait for orders, current la the City, the impression we got about their new show "Out and About," which was presented at280 words
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Article73 1947-02-25 8 CACHED relics of the disciples of Buddha. Sarinutta and Maha- moggalana, which have been m London's Victoria and Albert Museum since 1851, were yesterday handed over by Lord PcthickLawrence, Secretary of Sate for India, to Day a Hawavilarne re presenting the Government of India. Hawayitarne leavesReuter - 73 words
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Article45 1947-02-25 8 STUNT-FLYER DIES IN CRASH John Gilbert <Tex> Rankin. world famous stunt flyer, was killed yesterday in the crash of a commercial plane he was piloting. Two passengers were kUled with Rankin, who held the world's record of 131 consecutive outside loops established in 1931.- A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article44 1947-02-25 8 Defence and prosecution will both appeal a^aLis: the fudgmeni of the Nuremoerg denazification court which yesterday sentenced Franz von Papen. Hitlers ace diplomat, to eight years m a labour camp for helping the J-j^zis to po^er. m mind ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article345 1947-02-25 8 T M7^ LONDON, Monday. WO well known film actors m South India, Thiagaraja Bhagavathar and N. S. Krishnan, appealed to the Judicial f Ot Pu mi H^°k the Privy Counci| from the judgment of the High Court of Madras dismissing the appeal against their convictions andReuter - 345 words
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374 1947-02-25 8 LONDON, Monday. QUESTIONS about the British Government's purchase of copra from Ceylon were asked today m the House of Commons Mr. T. Reid (Labour, Swindon) asked the Food Minister on what terms he had entered into bulk contract for the purchase of Ceylon374 words
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Article121 1947-02-25 8 BUFFALO (New York State), Monday. THE largest strike m United States history began today when over two-thiras of Buffalo's 2,960 public schoolteachers stopped work. School officials have ordered ail but 20 of the city's 98 schools to close. More than 70.000 pupiLs are affected. The teachers121 words
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Article78 1947-02-25 8 The Frankfurt Criminal Court yesterday opened its last and most important trial In the series of euthenasia ("mercy tilling") proceedings which has marked the first time Germans have tried Germans for crimes against humanity. Accused are 26 former doctors and officials accused of gassing and cremating thousands of78 words
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Article, Illustration423 1947-02-25 8 VANISHED IN BLIZZARD LONDON, Monday. A YOUNG couple who disappeared from their hotel on the lonely Yorkshire moors and were thought to have died m a blizzard were charged m London today with stealing property from several hotels at which they had stayed. Wearing a423 words
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Article142 1947-02-25 8 f CHINESE communist guerilla band-. v\ho ha\e becw creasingly active m the Ptipir. r. appear v highly organised for foraging expedition* a> well at to force, cables Reynolds Packard. Inited pondent m China. After a four-hour occupation of Peiping, on the main Peip'ng-Tiei Peiping-Kupeikow PassU.P. - 142 words
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