The Singapore Free Press, 26 February 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA L SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1947. PRICE 10 CfcMa.
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    48 1 I Arab *fc«ales to the Palestine Conference London, by the Iraqi Ambassador m London, i the Prin :«ss Zaid-al- Hussein. The British vin. was amen* the guests. Monsignor John J of thr Tempi* of Service is seen m conversation I i sisi of Yemen at the recep km.
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    Sun Shines In Britain
    79 1 V !ji --day. tud lb« ir«tsl day r -|i.<ht it suni IwraMMtai cf m§ i By iiird m ana th*" .tlure i a i 1 ith i rfcai M wt-a- j t rWag coal tki br a^ht Beam t lomt A general 'uoujjhit fr->m PreI pi
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    MURDER PLOT CHARGES AGAINST BOYS
    36 1 MURDER PLOT CHARGES AGAINST BOYS -DITATFD plot by :0 I ■p. I 1 murder K^ -iiidon apoeared X William k *m of -c out of > v had X f from H[ .adtnent Ht headI no, CO.—
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    PART-TIME NURSES
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    ARMY TOTAL
    101 1 IS 896,757 LONDON. Tues. MR. Frederick Bellenger, War Secretary, replying to a Commons' question said: "Tho trensth of the Army on Dec. ?1 last was 896,757 including A.T.S. "Exact figures cannot be given at this stage, but a provisional estimate of the strength on Dec. 31, 1947 is
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    STRIKE MAROONS 2,000 IN LINER
    44 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. ■wager* were marooned for about three the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth today w£ie* ht m? tFike fOF bigh6r Wage bi i "ho .same the set lor held up n Brae- of ia- -r Ivor .Play amtourprf U.P.
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    40 HURT IN BUS
    24 1 rwty pecsoos were injured »hen a large bus travelling between Florence and Luss. m Italy, plunged into a ditch.— U.P.
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    Nip isles for US —Soviet agrees
    240 1 Nip isles for US Soviet agrees WASHINGTON, Tuesday. IN a surprise move, Russia has stamped its cordial approval on a plan for American control of the £23 Pacific Islands wrested from the Japanese mandate, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. George C. Marshall disclosed today. A Moscow note took the
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    Sritain not 'quitting' India
    96 1 LONDON, Tuesda\. CURPRISE was caused m the House of Lords debate on India J today wbes Lord Listnwel. the Post master -General and former Under-Seeretary for India, replying to the debate, said that there was not going to be an evacuation of India, but simnly a
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    ITALIAN JOBLESS
    12 1 Pnempftnym &t ic Italy ro- Z J27.866 m January U.P.
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    BEVIN HITS OUT AT TRUMAN
    388 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Kevin, stated m the House of Commons tonight that President Truman had wrecked British negotiations for a solution to the Palestine problem at a time when they appeared on the threshold of success. He said Mr. Truman's
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    UK MAY FREE BREAD SOON
    90 1 WINNIPEG, Tues. MR. John Strachey, Britain's Minister of Food, said today that he hoped bread rationing m Britain might end this summer, but added that it depended upon sufficient wheat being received from Canada and other countries. Mr. Strachey told a pre.vs conference today that
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    INDIA DEFENCE: ATTLEE SPEAKS
    222 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, asked m t' -r Commons today if he would confirm that the i> rnment intended to maintain responsibility for ihr .<■. ...y of India from external attack after June, 1948, ed: "The Government have declared thsir Intciuioo to
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    FRENCH MOP UP NEAR HANOI
    64 1 HANOI, Tues. TRENCH tanks, infantry and sappers today launched an amphibious mopping-up attack m the area northeast of Hanoi bounded by the "Canal of Rapids," the Red River and the Hanoi-Hagang highway. In spite of bad weather, tfoe assault was progressing favourably at noon, and
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    ANGLO-POLISH TRADE TALKS
    64 1 The long-delayed ratification of the Anglo-Polish financial agreement for settlement of war debts between the two countries will probably take place during negotiations for an Anglo-Polish trade pact which are to open ia London at the end of this week, says Rcuter. Ratification will leave the path
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    CHALKING UP COAL OUTPUT
    54 1 The man la the picture is Been chalking up <o»l output at Betteshanger Colliery, Kent. Yesterday morning, it was announced that coal production m UK last week soared to 4.900 c*« tons, improving the prospects of more power and greater warmth for the people who are
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    SFTU WIN SHB UNION FIGHT
    606 1 A^^ Free Press Staff Reporter tTER I had addressed nearly 400 Singapore Harbour Board .clerks at their Clerical Union headquarters yesterday afternoon, the clerks, by a show of hands, refuted that they had prolonged the course of the strike through the inter ventmn of Mr.
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    STRIKE ENDS
    26 1 One hundred and twenty employees ot the Singapore Steam Laundry— both men and women— who have been on strike, returned to work this morning.
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    SAWMLLS GIVE NOTICE
    155 1 SAWMLLS GIVE NOTICE Free Press Staff Reporter QWNERS of three of Singapore's big electric sawmills, located m the Kalian^ area and Lavender btreet, have given notice to their employees and intend to shut the mills on the last day of February. The owners say they have found it economically impossible
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    BANGKOK HOLDS UP RICE
    291 1 BANGKOK HOLDS UP RICE Free Press Staff Reporter MORE Lhan 40 Singapore im- porters, who have received shipments of "free" rice from Siam last month, are unabie to release their stocks to the public as telegraphic advice to Lord Killearn's organisation confirming the legality of the shipments has not been
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    RAF EMPLOYEES TO FORM UNION
    65 1 THE Singapore Air Ministry Local Staff Union is seeking registration under the Trade Union Ordinance. The following were elected office-bearers at the general meeting held on Peb. 23: President, Mr. J H. Chopard: Vice President, Mr. S Jaganathan; Hon: Gen: Secretary. Mr. Wee Soo Bee;
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    UNDER-PRIVILEGED
    44 1 Mrs Elizabeth Amy Paris was fined £60 at Sittingborne on charges of harbouring German prisoners of war and being intimate with them "because I craved for company and affection." "Englishmen," she told the Daily Mirror, are "undernourished, undesired and under every- thing."— U.P.
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    CAN THE ROBOT REPLACE THE HUMAN?
    1111 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LORD Muuntb recent re fere 1 c to ENlAC— the Ameri invention known prop as the Electronic Num ricirf Integrator And Co; ,>r was the beginning of startling stories m certain sections of the Pi-t 53 which culled il tV
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    80 2 1. S arting m a minor capac.ty, Pt-pys -became Secretary to the Admiralty. He was an able and conscientious official, and is regarded as one of the founders of our Civil Service; ib) he is even beVer known for his Diary- an intimate record of his own life
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    254 2 \Y;est i pen d t. c hart jacK and the k b tzer would have had n-> trouble m making his contract. He wouW have covered with the qu en aid. when it held, finessed the spade n n°. Tien, when h? led a club to wards
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    CHRISTOPHER ROBIN IS UNMASKED
    417 2 fr'RCiM A SPKCIAL CORKKSPONDKM WHEREVER there are English children A. A. Milne is a household word. Christopher Robin Milne. who was badly wounded m Italy during the war, has mace his name known to thousands of childlen all over the world. Books, piays and gramophone records
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      637 2 *~uio p^aya t&rs^srzmza radio seac Wednesday KADIO bEAC Broadcasting rrora rvu \i iv.ork .(hi.ies*- a n.diani 730 am Radl newsreei: 7.45 shon Colombo; Ceylon, on the toirti nirtr^ ii*o i? p.ui m p..n 1 3.1.-1 •30 Tn Brains Trust: 830 lowing wave oar.ds Bto 11 .30 i. ..vcies per *rc>nd
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      137 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast foi people born today nORN today, your mentalit> is keen and you are super-sensitive to your environment and i© the people you meet. If vou are to have a suteev t il business career, you must learn to meet the world and battle it. Otherwise,
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    WEAPON
    423 3 Jap leaders searched m prison QFFICIALS of Sugamo Prison m Tokio seized from v Hideki Tojo and other top war criminal suspects and from 1,073 inmates of the famous prison dozens of suicide weapons and potential weapons ranging from cyanide to rope made from twisted sheets of toilet paper—
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    IRON LUNG GIRL GOES TO WORK
    121 3 YDOSWELL. 25. of Upton-lane, Forest Gate, Lon- ay ii an iron hmg and never thought ha started work at an engineering r sr-e taices office switch- 5 p:n.. slic ring the d to the volun--1 T S. Sixteen was m Egypt. )jy, hospital. ignored
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    Couple left -with carpet
    97 3 VY'HEN there was no answer to her knocking at the door of a room which had been occupied by a young couple at the Warwick Guest House, Hydegardens, Eastbourne, London, the proprietress of the hotel feared that something had happened to them and called the police.
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    SEAMANSHIP LESSONS
    10 3 Beys at Dovercourt, Essex, secendatv school study seamanship.
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    46 3 "i: .merang" (20th CenturyFox; is a film based on actual r\ents. Father Lambert is shot in Fairport's main street one evening in full view of several people. The murderer escapes. Local political intrigue leads to an innocent man, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy), being brought to trial.
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    30,000 U-BOAT MEN WERE LOST IN WAR
    122 3 30,000 U-BOAT MEN WERE LOST IN WAR pEßltfAlft? lost during war I* 30,000 men of her U-boat force of 38.000. Admiral Doenitz discloses this crippling defeat m an essay on the war at sea which the Admiralty has issued. Other conclusions of the Admiral are: The war was lost before
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    B.B.C. REPLIES AFTER 10 YEARS
    162 3 r!N years after applying to the 8.8.C. for an audition, Miss Laura Redford, a Hull pianist, has got a reply— and a job. Her application was written m 1936. A few days ago came a letter from the 8.8.C. asking if she could attend an
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    HUNT FOR LARD ON THE SANDS
    58 3 HUNT FOR LARD ON THE SANDS When word got round Bridlington. Yorks, that lard was to be found on the sands, people made a scramble for it. But they were told that if they hud found any it must be surrendered to the Receiver of Wrecks. The lard had been
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    28 3 Tlv funeral of Prince Gustaf A dalf, eldest son of the DllH Prince of Sweden, who was a victim of the air crash at Kastrup Airport, near Copenhagen
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    He loves his walking-stick
    93 3 MR. Michael Holland, of the* Sussex village of Balcombe, has lost an ash walking-stick which ho bought, many years ago, for 3s. He misses it so much that he offers the finder 10s. reward m an advertisement t hat has cost him £1. He says: "The
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    RESIDENTS TO BUY A TOWN
    327 3 WAR BORN community of 3,000 population at Winfield, m the heart of industrial northern New Jersey, is to be offered for sale next April, and indications are that its residents will buy it. Winfield was built by the U.S. Federal Housing Authority early m the
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    WRIT NAILED TO MAST ARRESTS SHIP
    140 3 WRIT NAILED TO MAST ARRESTS SHIP WITH 11 of her crew on a 'sitdown strike" m their locked cabins, the 4,853-ton Greek steamer Stavr^s, bound for Philadelphia, was placed under arrest as she lav *l anchor m t' c r r4i two miles off the coast it Port. The strikers
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    ETNA SPOUTS 2,000 FT. UP
    65 3 BY spouting lava 2,000 ft. into the air, for a period of^wo hours, the Etna volcano m Sicily has shown that once again it may become a menace. After shooting skywards, th.? lava splashed on to the edge of the crater, forming a great incandescent
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    1630 BRIDGE TO GO
    13 3 Brancion. Suffolk, plans to demolish its 300-year-old river bridge.
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    50 FOREIGNERS ARE 'SACKED'
    456 3 THE Chinese Government's policy of progressively eliminating foreign elements m the Chinese Maritime Customs to make it eventually an all-Chinese organisation has advanced another step with the compulsory retirement of some 50 foreign officials of seven nationalities, as from Dec. 31 last. This leaves only a
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      49 3 T ARZ AN Misunderstanding /iv £J.^r Rice Burroughs I'TARZAN IS 6WNG TO HELP PR ZEE?] hx>N'T LET THEM HEAR tOU/f \^J' j( jI It IB 3XI xx WITH 'MV HUNTING V ANP~ YOUR WAILE9 NITA, BURSTiNG INTO-j« KvARNED PHIL .w WE MUST M\\[ ISB E S ExPERiMENTINS GREAT THINGS
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 1947. Situations Vacant 2
    882 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 1947. Situations Vacant 2 Letter To The Editor Writ^N the 24,000 Japanese 'surrendered personnel" begin to go nome from Singapore next mor.th the Hfi of the colony will be inconvenier.ced not merely by their withdrawal from many of the public services, especially the
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    POINT OF VIEW ON PALESTINE
    1100 4 The following letter contains the arguments and opinions of the writer, Sgt. A. J. Sorkin, and not those of the Free Press. rE spate of articles on recent events of import m Palestine, culminat i n g Major-Genera I Spears' contribution, have been neither illuminating
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    424 4 T .VENTY-EIGHT -year-old 1 MONICA MILNE, first woman to hold a permanent diplomatic post when she was appointed assistant principal m the Supply and Relief Department of the Foreign Office last year, may have to end her diplomatic career. Her engagement has been announced and her father,
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    BRITAIN BUILDS NEW CARS
    1120 4 FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PLANS for 1947 announced by British car manufacturers include many original developments not the least of which m certain makes is the total abolition of gear changing. Str c a mlining, passenger comfort, economy m running, constructional advancements, and the use of
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    QUIZ
    48 4 1. Tin -Masu-r of the Master of th< pany. and Ps Society v citizen of London. will Is his specia. 2. Two Kings wen at difft i trial m W were they? 3. 'No. Siof Londoi: life, for th' that Hie can that? f \iivh r> N
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    FAITH
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    ENDAU FARM WILL BE DEVELOPED
    376 5 Tractors go by rail and LCT ftCC PW" staff Xe P orte r i Kndau. to which thousands of Eurasians 1 (hiiw>f respectively were sent by tv ftni settlements J oaipatioi. are to be developed by the r nion Hovernmeßt as part of its Short
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    Rendezvous With Weather God
    88 5 Rendezvous With Weather God DOYAL Australian Air Force planes ar»> to bo sent aboul 1.000 miles south of Australia three or four times weekly to check on weather. This wa s announced b> Mr J Duruurd rhairman of the meteorology committee of the Int. rnational Aviation Conference The object is
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    BREAKS JAIL TO COMPLAIN
    47 5 1 Hre«v- orre^pondint k BANGKOK, Tuesday. L. shot upward and mouths fell Ut of the Interior, Bangkok, last week walked a s range figure, garbed m H *wW to see the ITnistcr. me. and r ■t X H~ h .ye Be V for
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    TO SPEED FOOD GROWING
    46 5 TO SPEED FOOD G ROWING Here are two of the bulldozers which have arrived from Leyte »n the Philippines for the shontenn crop farms m Malaya. Some of the machines left this morning by rail to Ren?am, and by LCT to the farming: settlement at Endau.
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    S'PORE MAN TRIES TO CONTACT BYRD
    718 5 S'PORE MAN TRIES TO CONTACT BYRD Free Press Staff Rt porter IT Last, o;:e enihusaslic ia io amateur is .1 trying to get in<o wirdtsi contact with admiral Bvrd's South Pole expedition, so .hat he can add one more .station to the list „i "difficult" stations which he has picked
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    Poison found in Museum
    255 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. M. \V. F. Tweedie, Curator of Raffles Museum, must have breathed a sigh of relief when five barrels of deadlypoisonous arsenical compound were taken away from the Museum by the Municipality a few days ago. Enough to kill a small Army,
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    RAF ASSOCIATION TO MEET
    99 5 FE Singapore Branch of the Itoyal Air Forces Association will hold its first general meeting on March 3 at the Volunteer Drill Hall at 8 p.m. It is expected that a large number of members of the Association, both *x-service and serving, will assemble for this
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    18 5 vn u,.^-aircraft ;ua being moved from <he FJ.". c Jr Bjard doiks to a site somewhere m Singapore
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    10 JAPS HANGED
    103 5 IN Changi Jail yesterday mornirg, seven Jayjaiuse and three Kcrenns were hanged for war crimes. Among the Jips were one lieutenant colonel, one captain, three lieutenants, ne sergeant major and one hit rpreter. Tboy had been t d for crimes th« Bu r "T- r railway. ill
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    BATCH OF 2,500 CHINESE COMING
    400 5 UINRRA STATEMENT Free Press Staff Reporler THERE are still 2,500 Chinese IXRRA repatriates wait n? 1 to be sent back from China to the'r homes m Mal;>a and Borneo. They a-e expeted to be evacuated m one mo.c large batch of over 1,000, whi'e the
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    THEY HAVE CARS BUT NO BODIES
    171 5 THE Briii.sh car export :ra le to Australia is beinp >eriuusiy hindered bec-.mse sufficent bodes csnrot b^ obtained locally. Th's iM stated by Mi .4 .ft. Robinson. Australian and \rw 7ealand reDreser+ative of Standard Motor Comp^nv v :e--land Mr. Robinson sai<l then was any
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    Y.M.C.A LECTURE
    40 5 The final lecture of the m under the title "Tho British P tical System*' by Mr. George Thomson will be delivered m *he I large hall of the V.M.C.A A 1 Orchard Roud. Singapore night at 8 o'clock.
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    FIRMS IN S'PORE MUST REGISTER
    424 5 I ~NDER the Business Names Ordinance, the following must register: Every firm having a place or i business m the Colony ?nd carry- j ing on business under a business rame which does not consist of' the true full mimes of all partners who are
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    CANADA DOESN'T WANT A-BOMB
    63 6 pANADA. which is spendin| £900.000 a year or. her plant at Chalk River Ontario, ioday rivals the U. S. m the extent of atomic research. B-it she does not know how to mak? an atom bomb and ?s not going to try. says Dr. C. J.
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    SLAG HEAP FACTORIES
    188 6 SLAG HEAP FACTORIES DI5V3^l» factory bu ldings. col- < lirry tips and st/'cl avd < herrical works' slag heaps arej to b^ dnrcd m development 1 arer s in Britain. By reclaiming j cerclict land it is r-oped to en-; courage irdnstr alists to use the I sites Prettmimrj surveys
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    MICE PEST
    14 6 Twer, y-one mice v. 21 caught m a single trao at Derby.
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    GIRL GUIDES TO CHANGE UNIFORM
    53 6 Flat real change m the Girl Guides' uniform since tuv organisation was farmed will include a navy blue sk'r:. light blue shirt and a sen nu\> t,. An alternative dress has still to be chosen. The complete change-over of uniform will have to wait until
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    50-KNOT NAVY IS FORECAST
    268 6 (RESEARCH work which has »>een proceeding m secret m H Britain for the last twelve months is likely to bring big changes m future warships and naval strategy. Now beinir developed m Britain, it is disclosed, are gas turbines for escort vessels and coastal craft. They
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    £4,000-A-YEAR LONDON CLUB
    96 6 LONDONDERRY HOUSE, No. 19, j Park-lane, London, famous for 120 years Tor its brilliant receptions —it costs more than £4,000 a year m rates and taxes alone is to be open to everyone who is air-minded. It is now the Royal Aero Club aviation centro. The ballroom
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    7 DIE IN ALPS
    46 6 Seven members of a Swis^ |fc| club were killed when an Alpine avalanche swept down on them a few miles north of the railway from Ragaz to Klosters. A rescue party recovered the bodies with the aid of a specially trained dog
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    WOMAN ENTICED HIM, SA YS P.o. W.
    180 6 A MARRIED woman, said to haw "enticed" a German pri soner of war to a lonely motor caravan, travelled ten miles to give evidence m his defVr.ce when he was accused of "improperly consorting" with her. The woman, Mrs. Jessie Oakc Thompson, 28,
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    £1,000,000 SCHEME
    27 6 Leith Dock Commissioners have approved the first part of a £1,000.000 scheme to provide berthing facilities fior graincarrying vessels, storage silos and a flour mill.
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    Army likes massage
    111 6 ARMY trained masseurs are helping British hospitals Many of them, both men and women, grew to like their job so much during the war that they have derided to make it then peace t me career Arrangements have been made for masseurs who took a full peacetime
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    HOSPITAL TO MOVE
    52 6 St. Georges H:spital, Hyde Park C rner. Loncion. will have 1,000 beds when it moves to Wandsworth. If labour and materials are available ihe new hospital, for which Middlesex Couniy Council agreed to sell 30 acres of the SprinsfUld Kos;:t:.t Es ate. is expected to be ready
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    THOMAS, TOWN DONKEY, DIES
    89 6 THOMAS TOWN DONKEY, DIES Councillors of Cinderford, Gios, murmured their regrets when the chairman. Mr. A. M. White, reported the death of Thomas, the town donkey, at the age of *A Thomas had become worldfamous, he said, through his capacity for bottled beer and fancy cakes, usually followed by apples
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    BEACH HUTS BAN
    17 6 Beach huts are banned at; Holland-. ,*i -Sea. Essex, because-' the cliffs are dangerous.
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    79 6 PIJJ i \IZD Jew*!! refutivirg to make an illegal **n;r> into Pa'estine, were on bjartl th-* 400-ton schooner Lanejcv when she was in^rceyte l by a British naval patrol m the Mediterranean. Her.* is UK sr«»ne as th*» v.'" > i >n 'T neared the dock at Haifa M r>
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    MP HITS SLOW GROWTH OF AIRPORT
    415 6 MP HITS SLOW GROWTH OF AIRPORT Civil aviation m Singapore SINGAPORE'S lack of progress ui developing itself as a civil airport was stressed by Mr. Walter Fletcher, M.P. for Bury, who is chairman of the Conservative Far East Committee, in the debate on the supplementary estimates for civil aviation in
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    ALL GIRLS
    35 6 The last 72 children m three generations of a French family have all been girls. This is announced m the Lancet under a title taken from John Knox: "A monstrous regiment ol women."
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    UK CONCESSION TO AMERICANS
    146 6 jPUSTOMS officers have been instructed that visitors from v North America to Britain this year, expected to number I about 90,000, may bring m food additional to the normal 251 b. allowance. This was announced ky L° r< l Hacking, chairman of the British Travel Association,
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    Film star after 2 weeks' acting
    375 6 OUT of over 3,000 applicants a girl of severe < w.w two weeks' acting experience has been chosen for star part of Rose m the British film, "Brighton Rock.' The girl. Norma Simpson, ol London, daughter of an architect, applied for a test after
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    TWO-NIL WIN FOR INDIANS
    717 7 Chinese Outplayed In League Game By Our S«veer Reporter FIELDING a team that looked sir ng enough on paper, the S.C.F.A. second selection reputedly the stronger of the two Chinese teams m the S.A.F.A. league competition were beaten by two goals to nil by the Httle-func
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    TO PLAY SOCCER NEXT WINTER
    56 7 TO PLAY SOCCER NEXT WINTER him- i N nm '2 TM Cf b P la > in f I inrnal u.nn next £T,..mptn. he >ajd. would „nh tho *<■ Ml>"» had a, vilest from I Wtsl Indies thai I uld PW ™2 th» M< i Wtm l th^re .ma r.iuh
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    ARSENAL HIS FIRST CHOICE
    57 7 I Ireland's has I w -ume l tulfllI oade earlier i ...> aLso agreed i 0 Irish I *****- j t md I i a they t returned native Duo- il whioh kept i .ye wceka o anxioui to set >:de. till PUMi the London un
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    INDOOR ATHLETIC RECORDS EQUALLED
    79 7 Ntv. kORK lues. Iben Dodds away rrcm a raw a. tne Amateur tc and fi?ld rdi va 1 Iqnati j »a ol 15.000 cheered d buck for three then I -en. -t oi rn^ d&m m the mAc vf.th the ttO-yard m luirdles m loor records
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    WELSH XV IS UNCHANGED
    64 7 CARDIFF, Tues. U f Ai.ES, lor the Internationa] Rugby Union Match with Ireland at Swansea, on March 8. s relying en the same team which defeated Scotland, namely: Howard. Davies. K. Jones, W. Cleaver, Bleddyn Williams, L. Williams. G. Dav.es, Hadyn Tanner ClifT Davies, W. Gore,
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    CERDAN FIGHT FOR HAWKINS
    69 7 MAHC'EL CERDAN. French and 111 European m ddle-weight champion, and Vince Hawkins, British middle-weight ohampian are to meet f}r the European title— probaMy at Harr ngay m May. Th^ Frenchman ran go to America for his fight there on March 28, but he must return m
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    UNKNOWN
    99 7 A CROWD of 140,000—10,000 below the capacity of the llaiiipden Park ground at Gla-sgou uill be able to Match th? match between Great Britain and the Rest of Europe en May 10, if the police authorises agre?. Names of four referees two Scottish, one English and one Welshy-will be
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    QUEENSLAND WIN STATE GAME
    759 7 Rest Of The Sport BRISBANiI*. rues. 4 p.m. at Lucky Strike rcurt. 13 QUEENSLAND defeated South Aus- Lk.yd Gardens, tralia by seven wickets m the Shefield Shield match here to-d^y. South Australia to-day added only r.:*io runs to their overnight total* of 2">4 for eight and
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    All French Horses Made Favourites
    459 7 Lincolnshire Callover LONDON. Tuesday, i DOCKMAKERS at the Victoria Club this evening took an I unprecedented step at the tirst ofiicial Callover on the Lincolnsh re Handicap l-o be run at Lincoln over a mile on Mar. 26. by lumping together all the 13 I
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    Baksi In England
    28 7 AuiCTaCMi heav> weight Jce Bakjri pftolograpiied with his w*ie soon after arriving m England. Baksi m els Bruce Woodcock at Harringay Aren:x on March 25.
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    ITALIAN ALL BUT LAID OUT MILLS
    372 7 From Archie Quick LONDON, Tuesday. DON'T talk to me any more of the malnutrition of the Continentals. Signor Enrico Bertola, whom they threw into the Royal Albert Hall ring against our Freddie Mills, was a well proportioned, well fed specimen of Latin manhood, who
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    TEN-GOAL WINGER
    56 7 Manager Buckley is continuing with Roll Civjr the policy he adopted at Wolverhampton of s'gning players at the schoolboy stage. Arthur Perry a 14-year-old Maltby Grammar School outside life, naa signed amateur lcrms. He scored 10 of the 13 goals by which Rother Valley Bjys heat Goole Boys
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    RAIN FOILS MCC BID
    639 7  -  Bill Bowes From SYDNEY, Tuesday. THE M.C.C. match against New South Wales ended m draw. Victory for the tour "si s. which at lea time 10.k.d assured, was foiled by rain, and the magriiicnt hatting by Hutton and Compton was negatived. With instructions from Norman Yardley
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    DEVONSHIRE B.P.
    31 7 Am-neral meeting of the Dewn&hire Badminton Party will be held a; me ol NT Tan Hock San 60 Kek Road. Singapore on Saturday, March 1. 1947. a' 4.00 p.m
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    England Team For 5th Test
    84 7 SYDNEY, lvi*. EMI *NI»'S team lor the fifili and final cricket te-t beg nn he m Sydn?y on Frida> w.ll be chosen from the following t%\ lye: Hammond. »mpl:>n. Ejrah. Yardley. Ik.n. Smith. Bedser. Evans, Washb.onk. Hjltjn. Wrent. I ish!ock. It is officially ami umed
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    Mc GOVERN GETS HIS LICENCE
    68 7 fOMMY McGovern. forimr witing amateur lightweight, tmt been granted a licence to box lr Britain, and so his trip to !JM U.S. m the Queen Elizab.-ih cancelled on the day ne *'&> scheduled to sail. His manager. Dave Cro*,t\ (former lightweight champion > said .that
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    26 8 Pye How Farm, m (he Lake District, looking westwards to the head of Langdale. In the distance are Pike O'Blisco, Crinkle Crass, and Bow Fell.
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      131 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY ASp?iial Market gkwta the prices oi rubbei at 31 am toda> ss follows. Buyers Sellers Cts Cts. per Ib per lb. .Nr 1 X S S Spot 41', 42 >< 1 R S.S. fob ir b^les March 43 H I R.S.S fob m tales March 42-^
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      120 8 •THE Singapore ihare market this m rning was firm m all sections particularly Industrials whici, were greatly enquired for "yen at rising prices; bat very little stock is comins; on offer. X ere ■He buyers of Gammons •up $4.75 Or even slightly higher. "Werrr.es are m demand around
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      73 8 rE London Stock Exchange yesterday turned rather brighu?r, < losing firm although there was no sponsion m the volume of dv sines* Industrials provided one of the best MCtIMA where tobaccos stores and riotors moved m favour of holders. Iron, coal and steels held steady. Bre»er»es displayed some
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      64 8 ON the New York Stock Bacfcmsj yesterday, brief but effective celling pressure m the fifth hour! caught buyers unawares and prices oeclined up to three points. Liquids t-jn developed m all sections The abatement of pressure was followed by mild rallying attempts m practically all groups, and
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    BURMA STRIKE MAY SPREAD
    81 8 ■ORSENING of Ran^ooß's stn*e crisis is ieared this week-end ▼•hen the Ministerial Services Union Is planing la :v. .nke notice protesting against the failure of the Government to grant concessions promised them m September last yeai. Press reports added that the dock workers and other labourers,
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    TUNIS BOMB PLOT
    39 8 The French police of Tunis have arrested three Muslims found m possession of a large quantity of explosions. They are being held o n charges of "plotting against the external safety of the French state."- Reuter
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    STC UNION DENIES INTIMIDATION
    85 8 IN a letter to the Free Press, Mr.! R. K. Samy, President of the! I Singapore Traction Company Em- j iployees' Union, denies that the] mt mid tors who interfered with' j prirnte buses running into Sin- j gap i< :own included Pit^mi ofl his Union.
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    Royal Family at ostrich farm
    502 8 ABOARD THE ROYAL TRAIN, Tuesday. AN ostrich egg, which the King promised he would try m an omelette, and a rich crop of ostrich plumes which the Queen clipped herself, were among the souvenirs the British Royal family gathered m South Africa on Monday. The
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    HE GAMBLED WITH GOVT. MILLIONS
    119 8 NANKING, Tues. INVESTIGATORS of the Ceni* tral Yuan today charged I that an unnamed "high Goireni- ment official," whom the United i Preas was informed was of gute.matorial rank, used CN$35O,--000,000 of Government funds, including payrolls, to speculate m gold. They said this was one
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    BALCONY COLLAPSES
    21 8 Four persons were lulled and 20 seriously injured yesterday when an overloaded balcony of Brescia U.P. «naiy) theatre collapsed.
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    'White' Australia May Go
    65 8 JHE Canberra correspondent of -he newspai»er Sydney Son says it is expected m oflicial cir !es tha t India shortly be reqnestmg Australia to modify the White Australia poHc"' Tlw request i* expected to take the i^m rf applicaf n^r a' avoW R^<«use future defence r»
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    VICHY MINISTER IS CHARGED
    233 8 VERSAILLES, Tuesday. I>AUL BAUDOUIN, who was the Vichy Foreign Affairs I Minister, went on trial today for "acts harmful to the national defence" m the High Court which was so cold that tiie judge had to stop the proceedings briefly after the first hour to let
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    2569 8 Covt answers India policy attack LONDON, Tuesday. rERE is not going to be an evacuation of India, but transfer of power from Britain to responsible Indian hands", declared Lord Listowel, the Postmaster General and former Under Secretary for India, replying to the Lords
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    104 8 WOMAN NAZI TRIED TO HIDE SECRET DOR Tfc WHEN Ma uutrp--Elieaei i woman <:. t> uleiy io hid« an uicna!* document Eilers.ek was one ot Hicai staff unc Na:.: t^q had lo I ,we four EU rsiA i| alley He Up py.imasiaci was c^ j a.dnifigh: the hit bed. idaa
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      82 8 WEATHER Generally cloudy WEATIItK report tor t* toevft from buwi tsdky corapt*«* toy Uif S A F Central r«recartmt Mati-n. Air Coaasaand. Far East: GeneraJlj ctoudv with periods of saaderaie rain. Wind: Lirht northerlT Minvt C.51 p.m. Sunrise C.44 am Moonaet 11. S pro Moonrise 11.29 a.m. Tcsttperatores far the
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