The Singapore Free Press, 28 February 1947

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE rN MALAYA no ***** SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1947. PB <i HI CHM.\
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    12 1 and Mrs. Mai-D ni!d V. Allen, principal Singapore, on the^r nd cerrmony
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    Singapore buys illegal gold
    67 1 SYDNEY, Thursday. N ing ring has purchased thousands A istndian gold and connlgned it to a _;ipoie. according to reports m 1 the black-niai ->*t ring bought li«, West Australia goldfielcls. for i! 2 Singapore for X3O Australian pro- :5 .v •.vouid be kept tai iplc
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    LAWLESSNESS IN BURMA DANGER
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    AUSSIES WANT DEFENCE TALK WITH MALAYA
    85 1 AUSSIES WANT DEFENCE TALK WITH MALAYA CANBERRA, Thur* THE Australian Government is reported to be making an r-ffort to convene a conference of representatives of the Philippines, India. Malaya, Siam. Burma, Ceylon and Indonesia to discuss with Australia the organisation oi a i .a! Pacific defence and trade Dr Evatt
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    SUPERFORT MISSING
    35 1 Thirteen men arv believed to be ooard the US Army Super.vhich ha.s been missing m >ince Monday and for h scarchr*s are being coned by planes from bases In ka and Aleutian Islands.—
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    £120 MILLION TO FEED GERMANS
    68 1 £120 MILLION TO FEED GERMANS U WASHINGTON, Thursday. R Who recently returned from an to Gc many, has ie?ommencle.i to United States pay $475,500,000 food for German civilians m 18 •f He urged that it be stipu•hat the money "be repaid nan net exportj before any other pay- l 'W''^<
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    BILLINGSGATE MOVE
    21 1 London's anci.nt BiHingsga*f Bak market which deals with 120 000 tons of fish yearly is to be moved Reuter
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    Miners back coal target
    113 1 THK British National Lnion of Mine Workns— the world's b ggest coalminers union last night informed the Prime M nistrr, Mr. Clem nt Attlee and his tola agues m the fuel emergency "cabinet that th? Union intends to set up a special manpower or?an sati n
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    BIG-4 PACT ON EUROPE
    377 1 BIG-4 PACT ON EUROPE LONDON, Thursday. CONCLUSION of a four-power pact between the Cnited States, the Soviet Union, France and Britain for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of agression in Phi rope will be on the agenda of the Council of Foreign Ministers when they meet at Moscow, Mr.
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    US Gen. wants more A-bombs
    74 1 US Gen. wants more A- bom b s AISTIN, (V.SA.I Thurs fFNERAL Jonathan Wain wright. commanding the I.v 4th Army, today monnmended the creation of an atomic bomb air force and universal military training for sonnd natio < security. He t<»ld v >int session or Trxas Lefie>l»ture the best way
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    DAK SEARCHERS SEE EMPTY BOAT
    73 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 1 SIGNAL that an uninflated dinghy- therefore containing no survivors— had been sighted m the search area was received m Singapore today from one of the ten Dakotas searching for the RAF Dakota missing off the east coast of Malaya on
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    RACKETS COST £58 MILLIONS
    361 1 LONDON, Thursday. BLACK MARKET" speculations by British forces m (ier many and Austria have <vst the British taxpayer t'58,000,000. This was revealed during the House of Com mons debate tonight on the Army supplementary estimates which ask for £20,000,000 to meet a loss m surplus marks
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    UK USES BETTER RAILS
    55 1 'Bigger and better" is the motto »>f London Transport m all its new track-laying. This picture Kives you some idea of the length of the new rails. Although the line here is curved, laying the rail presents no special difficulty one p the end has been
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    S'pore Chinese get awards
    421 1 Free Press olafi iU|H»n«r P>R harbouring and assisting toui Australian mU er« i»i the early days of the Japan?**- »ctU|Mi on. «iie t'.« jv :i dents of seven Chinese who were c. flu cd. 1 rtmed a/»o killed by the Japanese, this morning r cc ved
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    CENSORSHIP EASFS
    27 1 An oflftcial Paris report ia7i that censorship conditions bavc considerably .mproved m Indochina. TTiere is no longer any censorship of non-mili rary inform at on
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    MANIAC FAILS TO SAVE MURDERER
    75 1 Walter Graham Rowland, 38. ex-Royal Artillery man, was executed at Strangeways Prison. Manchester, yesterday for the murder of Olive Balchin on Oct. 16 last, says Reuter. When convicted, Rowland had protested his innocence, saying that somewhere there was a person who had committed the crime.
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    3 RICE SHIPS IN S'PORE
    222 1 Bad News For Black Ma *k«t Free Pres*s Staff Report vr rEN Singapore's rice itodtt h*d fallen >a Vm 'tul there was hardly a sack left m the gociowits. three ships irotii Siam have just arrived with bijr stocks of be>{ Siamese jrrain aboard and
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    WASHBROOK BOWLED IN FIRST OvER
    254 1 fhe est SYDNEY. Today. NORMAN Yardley. captaining Ensland m place of Walter Hammond, who decided he wa* not fit enough to play, won tIM j toss m the final Test against Australia which started m Sydney today. la rie Fishlork has Alied Hammonds place while
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  • WOMEN'S PAGE
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      LONDON STYLES
      409 2  -  Joya Begg By ITIE London Spring Collections are now enred; fashion buyers from all five Continents left London recently, 1« aving oideis for ta !or-mai!es and dresses worth thousands of pounds to Britain. The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Efcsi?ners U well pleased. Many more buyiDd foreign iashicn
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      Mandrake
      9 2 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya
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      WIRELESS CAN DO YOUR COOKING
      293 2 COOK your dinner b> wireless. Turn a khoo and have a meal of fish a. id chipped potatoes read} m a few seconds. See your family joint "done 10 a :urif m less than fi*€ minutes. Impossible? Not at all. Radio cookery is an acoompLshed
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      MACBETH DIES
      48 2 "Lay on, Maoauit said Macb tli m the famed battle of Shakespeare's drama. Mucduff .''.id n too rea'isticaLy at Oidi»ain j Repertory Tiu-atre on Jan. 30 andj j steiiay Harold Norman, who portrayed Macbeth. cAxl Lrona a ciagger wound at tht Oidhain R yal Ho pital.-U.P.
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      UPHEAVAL OF HATS
      565 2 BY A SPECIAL WOMAN CORRESPONDENT THERE may, or may not, be any truth m the suggestion that after a social upheaval women's hats tend to spread themselves m the wVtept exaggeration. After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars the bonnets worn w».re so Isxtasiic that cartoonists
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      Happy Marriage Code In U.K.
      341 2 By MONTAGUE SMITH THE appointment of Welfare Officers throughout Britain to give advice m matrimonial troubles is the principal recommendation m the final report of the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Procedure m Matrimonial Causes, which was published recently. The committee are also very concerned about
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      28 2 mQß^fl NIGHTLY AT COMBINED if SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS OUT ABOUT A SNAPPY NEW MUSICAL LAST TWO NIGHTS ADVANCE BOOK /NO:ROB/N SON'S. fiAfMS L 9* TO 5 M -s^
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      249 2 TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM NoBCf. V l vms '<■ believe m direct methods any more.' N«rth-Souih vuinrrabie said tht- v t ur.n br'dse expert south d^irr mournfully. Everybody bic's with such delicacy and finesse NORTH fat 1 11. look at this A 6 Land." X 10 7 J8 5 4 1
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      631 2 rtADIO IVI A I £X VA *KIL»AI' G.OO MiTiy-gu-nund; 6.30 News nA^ IU W/\lj/W/* 730 pm Happidrome; 8.30 news; J 45 Famous composers: 7.00 Dane? c ,8.40 Announcements; 8.45 Talk on band: 715 Celebrity violinist; 7.30 Singapore 'British industries Pair- 900 111 play Australians on record: 7.45 Backto you- 9
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      80 2 QUIZ A'ls^ViTS 1. The oath taken at MOM Universities by graduates m medic'ne: m effect, th practitioner taking it pledges himself to conform ;o accepted ethical standards, c g he und rtakes not to divulge information about h:s patient« 2 A shon street Kadinp off Whitehall, a few minu'es walk
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      121 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR B n N :i .ii mwt tfcl d*» at.i*r m maki-iip an.l >o. hav.i^ Miytl t»,. L Inn- »n tht I word heart. v«u Uand i. "PJ J spiritual probltm- of u.rld rhiloMiphx apix-* 1 to mv and »»ur nund ha> ma. and v« r MM WM*m
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      19 3 of the Dutch ship Vrede struggling up a uliit-h m a« round at Tunstall. between HornWithen»t« mi n Yorkshire
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      SHOT, HE STILL GOT HIS MAN
      145 3 «\JOK <»»»rd»»n Ilii-iS^ mounted his motorcycle and rode ?d. into the -himmering heat of the Egyptian i Junr morning last year. TTirough his sun armed African infantryman, for whom be wa> -.ran hint: Cb vi burning sand between them, the an with his rifle.
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      MEXICAN MINT COULD NOT MEET DEMAND
      39 3 MEXICAN MINT COULD NOT MEET DEMAND Men May-? v >.. ktraise M- 1^ nnoi ia:- Id abroaJ I ratlf :n**nr lemand for •countries M.ddie an count oared tc allied \J»xi -uch «n exmk m on-* 000 to S pur I
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      SALVAGE MEN THREATEN SUIT
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      TARZAN
      9 3  -  Edgar Rice Burroughs By Xarzan to the rescue
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      MYSTERY BLONDE SAYS 'I'M BRITISH'
      353 3 MYSTERY BLONDE SAYS 'I'M BRITISH' Riddle of girl m German prison DKITISH authorities at Werl prison one of Germany's largest criminal jails are puzzled concerning the identity of a 22-year-old blonde girl prisoner who gives her name as Mary Cooper and claims she is a British subject born at Stepney
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      49 3 la buiharcs t« ~pitaf of Rumania, the authorities believe m making their black-r keteers do useful work when they are t;<uc social crimes. Rumania is experiencing »ne of the worst winters they have knott>.; she also has one of Europe's biggest black markets. And *<• sen'enced black-marketeers now shovel snow.
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      YARD HAS LINE ON 'BIG MEN'
      199 3 EVIDENCE benife ».<> British Cu^Uittia und Ebcun otteezs helped by Scotland :m'i's BpeeisU Brnvd^ simu'd OBOOfC! «>c ii^aders Oi Britain's largest smuggling orgry.uaiior. Pr<u*ocut!oit» n.t»y bejrin 500... ii». •B^ Men" of «he organ- nation are known to have large lOifl m n-ody cash at
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      £1,356 SUIT FOR LATE CABLE
      94 3 \N action lor £1,356 damages for alleged failure to deliver a telegram on time has bef n filed against Canadian National Telegraphs by Mrs. Emma Cailson, of Winnipeg. She says she was assured that the telegram— asking a friend to meet her train would be
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      They didn't want divorce
      85 3 |>M M SK a divorce she dkl »«t want is recognised m England. an Austrian r.oman and her husband were remarried at Bmmbmrj <York«»>. The couple are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kornitler, who, wh.n the war broke oat, h*d lived bapnily married m Vienna for twelve
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      Saw stolen mink again
      69 3 Saw stolen mink again A its vi. holiday M Hi -cm .vent to a i; ant t «>• iis i htt v; 1 0«0 mink .»at ,r< >.i I llud«i<-rsH( ar> :ieo bciftg worn i»v aiMrthc* «o°ri^'i sittiiig m lr«nit **l her <p;Kd 'Ml tiltain i»d »eleph«»ned the ,xli. r
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      NEW GENERATING STATIONS FOR UK
      40 3 NEW GENERATING STATIONS FOR UK a a of Britain's Cental Boord i>ro'/id^ for h" oy »h* end of l ft .-0 ol gcr.^rc- 1 ing stations, and tor o t>o or 60 exist:ng ;tat om> The to al MM will
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      EX-WREN WINS BEER CONTEST
      124 3 GULPING beer m competition with two other women and three men. including her brother. Miss Joan Skeggs. 23-year-old ex-Wren daughter of a Stevenage doctor, won a drinking contest at a concert organised by the Stevenage Conservative Association m Stevenage Town Hall There were iwo h^ats one
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      Burglars have spies at balls
      229 3 QCOTLAND YARD, with jewel robberies m January already O topping the 1100,000 mark, has issued a new anti-gang warning to country police. "Keep a rigid check on all guests and staff at all hunt balls and other big functions m your areas," is the Yard's
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      The wonder toaster
      60 3 A NON-SKID electric to*Nttr whkh cannot siid<- off the tabl* has bern patented by a Midlands factory The to«9t inside will torn ■•'"••if without being tou<4i<d Pi. toast r is unabh- to scratch the table or burn the table; loth and whir i>toast is He m;, "brnwtt^d
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      SILK FROM GERMANY
      114 3 THE first consign ny m 01 Klfcl lrom Germany sine before the war is* on Us way to Br A British delegation, rcr' seating trade association I returned from Kre?eld ailer negotiating a d?al for 801 f ;00 yards of silk and rayon piece goods and 300.000
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      EIRE THANKS BRITAIN FOR WHEAT HELP
      174 3 EIRE THANKS BRITAIN FOR WHEAT HELP EIRE came very near to B«--.:h'. a bP ikd the distribution ol Hour bread lost Sep 1 ember, but received willing help" from Britain, it has been revealed at a meeting of the Dail. Mr. Lemass. Minister of Industry a- id Commerce, said w:lh
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      V.C.AT 18, HE SAYS 'NO' TO HELP OFFER
      150 3 V.C.AT 18, HE SAYS 'NO' TO HELP OFFER READING that ex-Flight -Sergv John Hanr.ah. V C had hal to give uo his job because >r tuberculosis. Mi Norman Doo j Labour M.P. for Dart lord and er j P AP. ranker began to nn;- plan^ to hel-y 'I have bf»en
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      WOMEN LAWYERS HELP GI BRIDES
      38 3 WOMEN LAWYERS HELP GI BRIDES WOMEN kKWysn m Br .ta-r. Am°r; ■->. ha\e CORBBfI an umcifttfcM 10 k .vp Jrp«> aid to Br tisr war b:d?^ thr'-a'ened with divorce sui^s. Miss Helena Norman a:., oarr^ier beadl 50 London m^ui&era.
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 28, 1947. New Imperialism
      648 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 28, 1947. New Imperialism BETWEEN the two world wars it *as fashionable ooth m the United States of America and m the Union of S-viet Sociflst Republics to decry Britain as the great Imperiai.st Power eternally twisting the screw 01 extortkn on her colonies.
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      STORE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      1589 4 THE man who handles one of Singapore's knottiest problems the rehabilitation of women and girls who are destitute and who need to be protected from falling into bad ways is London born R. W. HORNE, Assistant Secretary for Social Welfare and head of the Women's and
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      A Tale From Tyersall
      12 4 Sfabliaas .d- b"it crdmpe<l -tut fti« o\K% t
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      WALES WANTS INDEPENDENCE
      395 4 WELSH Nationalism, a potent factor m British history since the first None invaders swept across the island, is steadily rising again behind demands for semi independence from British rule. The Liberal Party, fur- faded from the days when it ruled England with strong parliamentary majorities supporting such
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      BRITAIN'S REGENT ST.
      204 4 WH&S Britain s i-nnce Regent (afterwards George IV) decided early m the 19th century to build a new home for himself m Regent's Park m London he commissioned the famous architect, Nash to plan a fine new thoroughfare to connect it with his other residence at Carlton
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      FAITH
      22 4 Let the lying lips> be put t«. silence; uhich speak gr.evWM things proudly and contemptuously against the rightcou* INalms 31. 18
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      QUIZ
      20 4 2 3 Dili. couid A 7h c II Shi; s and Op< All I \Y he Lx-' tnswt r*
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      17 4 Platinum Set DIAMOND JEWELLERY. Dt signed to suit Modern Taste, m 7 3 MORTH BGIDCI 80.. SPORt.
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      147 4 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIB LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAT sth 1 6th IS* This is your first opportunity m seven yean tc Bee your old suppliers m Britain and f o meet ne* ones. Overseas Buyers are invited f .c 1947 British Industries Fair. It will enafcU establish personal contaci with the
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      HEALTH DRIVE IN S'PORE
      506 5 Medical tests begin at feeding centres Free Press Staff Reporter AUT of 130 children examined m the last two days by v Dr. C. J. Oliveiro, Nutrition Adviser to the Singapore Government, at the Havelock Road <°" M-Feed-irg Centre, only two have been f—> 1 bc
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      RAF camps to grow UK vegetables
      40 5 RAF camps to grow UK vegetables jles Fai A.r d the RAF I 1941. s ;ike '.nd i for for 1 garden. g messm of the Janoiies ..oles a ton one ■a I n I ture of U K. ex-
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      RICE STORE PYTHONS LOSE JOBS
      182 5 RICE STORE PYTHONS LOSE JOBS Free Press Staff Reporter rE world rice shortage has hit Singapore's python dealers. Where there used to be three or four pythons on sale in Rochore Road Singapore zoo market there are none today. The reason the dealers have lost their okl customers, Chinese rice
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      THE CHINESE WON'T HAVE IT
      62 5 mw\ pri d Skoafkri Re- ida-immt fomm ■aiMcaitd ycstcrdaj that the ■Japan** \t^tK sent by Ih and «-arr\in? supnli** t«t I will not I tud to i] the JapanI j>nal flas S lid that strifs H onirminicattm* and Fort-i^n Affairs have tl t h ai
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      EX-SUMATRA PoW LOOKS FOR MAJOR
      51 5 EX-SUMATRA PoW LOOKS FOR MAJOR Sumatra— id Smitr Cumberhelp him South tne Royal r Jacct c ,7' mem- a re i ur PoW Cjrtft "»ar Barry b cer.t-al i 1 saga* SVv 1 a l jl5clal br rgir g al Imhiii ir r f arhs I wi h wi.h *<■
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      32 5 >ii t fti liilMH rr.. iki> ireceric In-.ls has been named Senior Air Staff Officer, Far East Air Command Headquarters, it was announced •by the Air Ministry m London yesterday, says Renter.
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      TALK ON TIMBER
      56 5 The Singapore Forest Officer, Mr. C. O. Elemmich, is talking tonight at 9.45 o'clock from Radio Malaya about the selious slump m Singapore's timber industry which may involve the closing down of several sawmills unless production costs can be reduced. Mr. Flemmich will be discussing some of
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      93 5 Mi „:p :-f u»i; v on hse one of its l«>:-known public figures Sub-In-spett r Kalandar Khan who is most familiar to motoris's. He is resigning and returning to India next m nth. This officer has a fine rei rri During the occupation, he was en le-»ve m India, where
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      INDONESIA TO RESUME TRADE
      112 5 THE Indonesian Minister of Eco- nomics, Mr. A. K. Gani, announced at Malang yesterday that British and Australian ships expect to begin d rect trade with the Republic of Indonesia by the beginning of March. He said that the Nationalistheld port or Tjilatjap m south Java
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      DUTCH DISMAYED OVER INDONESIA
      200 5 THE HAGUE, Thursday. EVERY WHEKE tnere was lack of con.idence m the Government and m the Government's conduct of affairs m Indonesia, including those circles who had confidence m the Government a year ago, said Johannas Raijers, Christian historical member of <he Dutch First Chamber. t-H-»
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      S'PORE ASSOCIATION
      31 5 The Singapore Association is holding a meeting at the Adelphi Hotel roof garden on Monday, March 3, at 5.15 p.m., whe n the Malayan constitution proposals will be discussed.
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      NEI PROCESSES COPRA
      154 5 THE Netherlands East Indies Department of Economic Affairs reports that the eight coconut oil' factories In Dutch-occupied areas of Indonesia are processing 3,785 tons of copra monthly. Monthly coconut oil production is 2.271 tons. An average of 600 tons of oil i 6 produced frcm each 1.000
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      THEY LEARN HOW TO DESTROY RATS
      308 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DEPRESENTATIVES from a nun, of Singapore firms, whose pro s are at times plagued with rats due to the quantities of grain H other foodstuffs they must necessarily store, have just finished a course m rat extermination, the lecturer being
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      'Govt is beating about the bush'
      309 5 A SPECIAL Back Pay' issue of The Singapore Teacher, mouthpiece of the Singapore Teachers' Union, says: "For 18 months, the Government rias been beating about the bush. We suffered under the Japs and we are m debt Our debts are growing. Does the Government
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      ASSISTANT CORONER
      18 5 Mr. Oon Khye Kiang began h;s duties yeserday at the Singapore Police Courts as Assistant Coroner.
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      76 6 Ml i H ingenuity was sho^n by firms and individuals all over llritain during the gr?at electricity '\w iUh «»ff so that pruiliuiion should not be cut down too much during the great savin? drive. Mr. G. Lewis, managing director of a Birmingham iactory. brought a tractiMfiom his own farm
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      3,000 HOMES AS 'FACTORY'
      85 6 A LONDON drescimaking firm plans to have West End model" gowns made m 3.000 vil♦age homes m Wales. Already work is being sent 'o 1.500 Welsh homes, and to London suburbs and Sou'h Coast towns. The Tailors and Garment workers' Union is alarmed at this ruiid
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      '£5-note' attack: council inquiry
      254 6 BRIGHTON Town Council has appointed a special commit tee to make a public inquiry into allegations concerning the conduct of Alderman Charles Man ton, a I.a hour member. Alderman Milner Black explained to the council that a itw weeks ago a committee was appointed to consider
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      Erring wife worth £150
      98 6 THE valve ©f an erring »»i> waa put at v. ISO by Julgt II EMcnhifh *t Sheffield H« awarded this sum to Victor Bottom, of Sheffield, who was (ranted a decree nisi with costs on the grounds of sis wife's adultery with the corespondent, Leslie Burrows.
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      SHE SLIMS IN HYDE PARK
      107 6 IN extremely preity blonde is to be seen daily m Hyde Park at 7 a m running smartly vibout. She Is Noel Coward's new ling lady, trying to keep her weight down Her name is Moira Lister, and Coward chos? her 'o play oppo- site
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      45 DRIFT ON ICE
      56 6 Forty-five people werp carried away when a lan?e i.'e-floc brok? j oft m the frozen sound be ween j Copenhagen and Malmoe, said I the Danish Radio. Eleven were rescued, and a smaller float was later soen drifting with 12 peo pie The late of the
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      JANE
      9 6 Elxclusivt to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya
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      EMPIRE TAKES SECOND PLACE IN SHIPPING
      628 6 EMPIRE TAKES SECOND PLACE IN SHIPPING Cost of wartime losses FOR the first time m history, the British Kmpire k holds second place arnon^ mercantile powers. Stili suHer ing acutely from severe wartime losses they amounted m exactly one half of the total Allied lost-es it has, nitli a deadweight
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      SUNDAY SHOWS
      20 6 Aldt-rney Channel Isle. I B| Chief Ph-as granted a*i tppli ration o.pprov°d by local for Sunday film show-
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      ESCAPED PoWs -MEN ACCUSED
      121 6 ESCAPED PoWs -MEN ACCUSED OLMMONSES hx\» •J 1» r>» member? of an ha? beer helping CWrru.n N irom Rritain to Nor^h and toilth *'**i TK] w)1! ix 1 cnarged *ith a spir rp i' ass'r m Hrn and iiarbounng ot German son'-rs of war m Br/a.n Th< men m tiie
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      BLACK MARKET LAW
      24 6 A law Introducing the dvath penally for certain types of black markei dealings Y.ks been passed by the Czechoslovak ian Parliament.
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      'I RETIRE AT 30': GUNMAN
      302 6 'I RETIRE AT 30': GUNMAN rffll the boast of Frederick Rowland Westbro k that before he was 30 he would make enougti by burglary to keep h inself In comfort f r the rest of h.s lite He brag^t-d also that if he ever go* intc a tight corner w.th'the,
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      £10,000 LEFT TO DEAD SON
      223 6 PEN THOI SAND pounds Xi left to his dead airman son m the will ol Sir Percy Elly Bate*. 67. Cunarri White Star chairman, who died m October. Six-foot Pilot Officer Edward Bates. 32. was reported missing —presumed killed on Jan. 1, 1945. But as
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      SWISS HOLIDAY
      24 6 Sixty children from blttaed towns m Essex are to spend three months' holiday m Switzerland a* guests of the Swiss Red Cress.'
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      THEY DEFY THE ADVANCING SEA
      75 6 EIGHTY YEAR OLD William Potty john and his sister Elizabeih are the only inhabitants of the ghost village of South Hallsands. near Kingsbridge. Devon. For y houses and a post Office have been emptied by sea erosion, but William said of his five-room cot age,
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      PINEAPPLES AT 30s. EACH
      50 6 Nearly ten thousand pineapples arrived at Plymouth and were seni on to London. They will be m the shops today at a cost of 15*. to 30s each. The cargo was from the Azores, where pineapples are sold m th^ street at Is. 6d. ea h.
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      REGATTA MISHAPS
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      196 6 NAVAL M. M. OFFICERS Kpaulette*, i»|*i. B«d^<^j. Buttons c* VlH<iter's PenksOktmimabU from: AU LOONG, 35. CdeaMM Street, Singapore Me h<nr plr^tsurr m oflrnim latent -i»lr *f ladies {owm. rfrewrs k\ our expert Drfmakm Latest fashions. Kxcelleat V\or* manship and moderate i-harge« w> ran at i I LYON PHOTO CO I
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      174 6 Free Press Crossw^H N^j 1 1 1 _l B b^^^^l____ BßL-_^» litf I ft s 1 Tlie.-eV i snudl houar as only hall "4». 6 County dandies <5> 7 Get the h:.. Plant remarkable for its upnghuvas of our ccast (4). 12. Its bound to I«M I 0t rW R>
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      India Prepares For Aussie Tour
      803 7 INDIA is now preparing to send her cricketers U. Australia I for the first time. A full programme of matches has been arranged. The tour will begin at Perth m October, and five Test matches will be played. Speculation about the team is rife, writes
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      EARLY REVERSE DID NOT UPSET M.F.A
      774 7 EARLY REVERSE DID NOT UPSET M.F.A By Our Soccer Reporter PR the first 15 minutes yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium where the Malay Football Association were meeting the Singapore Cricket Club m a S.A.F.A. league game, it looked for all the world as if the surprise on Tuesday when the
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      WRESTLING CARD
      39 7 r -MORROW nights wrestling programme at the Great Wond Arena is Jeff Conda vs. Len Hicks over ten rounds; Bosca Bos vs. Flash Hammond; "Chic" Kenny vs. Alex Shand; Whitf Butcher of Changi vs. Leow Kwong Seng.
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      LESNEVSCH FIGHTS NEGRO TODAY
      39 7 LESNEVSCH FIGHTS NEGRO TODAY Rest Of The Sport 1 I X X X B H > n tui B ty knocko its H^s bat hf B ich Louis ktional j W w p I i L'niu-d 15-6: neong Lees r.
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      CROWD HELD IN CHECK
      89 7 TEN Policemen and a very watchful stadium official kept the sizeable crowd" completely m check at yesterday's league soccer match at Jalan Besar. The street boys were made to stay behind the fence and one .f them, who broke free while a pohceman'i back was turned,
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      S.P.C. CRICKET TEAMS FOR TOMORROW
      103 7 THI :ig*vvill play m a S.R.C. Home and H:mf match on the p^dang t:-monow at 2 p.m Mr. The». Lrijs U s' Xl:— lheo :us 'captain. J. D'Alrr.e.da Arms:ro:;ij. N. Balheichet. O Campbell. T. Cordeiro, G. M Lay. D. Miller, G. de Silva. M. G.
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      TABLE TENNIS ASSN MEETING TODAY
      62 7 Thr. nrst c unci me ting of the S:nerpDure Table Tennis Asso<>n will be held o.t the board m of the Singapore Chinese Cub New B dge R Kat 5-15 p.m. today. All representatives of affiliated trd Associations' are reted to a' tend. M'-mbers are
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      U.K. Soccer Games For Tomorrow
      318 7 Home football fixtures tor torn oi- row and the .vng week are: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Arsenal I Chelsea Blackburn R. v. Leeds Utd. Blackpool v- Bolton W. Portsmouth v. Grimsby T. Sunderland v. Manchester U. Wolves v. Stoke City Derby Co. v. Bro-tford SECOND
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      The Final Count
      28 7 frredde Mills washes Enrico Btrlnla tak*» ti. A r«,i toJUtlj^jtJttkj^t ££>* {%< Ro y e ar n A, l be C r r n Ha,' 1 n
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      WOODCOCK GETS INFLUENZA
      100 7 London, Thur^. DKItK WOODCOCK, llritish heavyweight champion, is ill m bed with influenza and bronchial catarrh and will be unable to defend his European title against Stephen Olek of France at Manchester on Monday. The new date for the fiffht is Mar. 17 Woodcock's fight with the
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      PLAYFAIR B.P.
      77 7 AT the annual general meeting of the Playfair Badminton Party at Tanjong Rhu the following were elected office bearers for the year 1947: President, Mr. Tay Swee Kiat; \i<epresk'ents. Mr. Johnny Tay and Mr. Chan Swee Lee; hon. secretary, Mr Peter Sen»; hon. treasurer Mr. Lim Lian Seng;
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      R.A.F. TO RUN A LEAGUE
      546 7 By Maurice Burn»n THE Royal Air Force arc going m for football m a s«:i«His 1 way this sea^-n. This is evidenced by the ia;i th i. following the entry of the R.A.F. into theS.A.F.\. league competition, a league has teen fo*-n,ed by ?He Air
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      ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY
      345 7 ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY Amateur Boxing I ree Pr^^s Boxing rtrportcr DREPARA'iICNS are going ahead for the staging of th<? post-war Sfngsp re Amateur B i ing Tournament to be held early noxt month at U'<- Happy World Stadium. Entries close to-day and. although the actual f^rms r. not yet been
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    S'pore College Graduation
    33 8 S'pore College Graduation pi tare. Dr. W J Vickers. Director of Medical Services, Singapon and V m M% seen making an addrc». at the graduation ceremony hold a, th*- ol ken„ Free Press
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    28 8 Morning Service m Canterbury Cathedral. Mr Thomas W. Lamont. New York banker, has given an entirely unsolicited jfift of 1 125.000 to the Canterbury Cathedral restoration fund.
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      65 8 A Special Market iurr inr fives the prices of mhbet at II a.m toda* a« follows Bnvers Seller* i "t» rts per Ib per Ik > I >v i Os« 41% N IRS S •.o m bales vi 4X n 1.1.9. i»r» m biks Minh 42
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      SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
      75 8 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Tfir S;ii4.'i>i>re i hamber uf om meree Rubber Associations rubl»er prices at noon >e«lerday wrr»: B«yers Sullen* t l> < U per Ib per Ib s 1 R S S >p«»t Ww»s« US 41 N 1 R S x fob ifi bsl^ Mir h I»S ItH
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      London Stocks
      66 8 ON tne London Stock Ex^h^nge yesterday, it, vas decided to MMg narking prices f>r South American railway stocks with dealing a matter of negotiation only but final nominal puc-^s obtainable showed no great /ar:-«T-^n from the overnight quotation? Rubbers improved on talk of Govern n war damage k-an
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      New York stocks
      31 8 AN the New York Stock Exchange v -terday prices continued to iefo%er slowly m relatively quiet trading wm ealns up to t«a ooint.* or mote w- rp '■niTTained
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      S'pore shares
      109 8 'JVE Singapore snare marke ;x?ned Arm -his morn.ng with Industrial! In d man i trues *vr*» wanted M 5-2 20. S um^hip., it 522 25. Mala CoWeriea at S2 6<). Franse-r and N aves at $3 70, Malayan Brewat $21 .75. Cold Storage i $6 85. Th*r* w*re
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      U.S. tin shortage
      61 8 THE Civ." an Production Admin^tra--1 'ion m WfaMogtaa yesterday predi d critical shorta?* of tin by the s?lJ* thl ye 4r ien lhe nations 53 2. ton tartan* of Mn wH be cve v ■.■t-:I. TIN C PA. said that NB. ti: j c eontit^ were IK
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    LEOPARD MEN SEE THE KING
    258 8 itoyal I rain. South Africa, lhursdav riIKLK gyrating witch doctors jftmi m le<>p:ml skins with 1 feather dresses and painted face> !ea a score of costumed NlgltN m a singing, dar.clng an I handclapping welcome to the Royal Family at Port Eli/.iheth i«kl:i>. The tribal
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    Adm. BODY IN JAPAN
    41 8 Adm. Sir Dennis Boyd. Com:n indf r-in-Chi f of the British Pacific Fleet has an \°d at Kurp. Japan from Hong Kong aboard ptms Belfast, on a tour of the I fleet.- F\ r Eas^rn bases. U.P.
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    CHALLENGE TO TORIES ON INDIA
    321 8 LONDON, Thursday. rHE Prime Minister, Mr. (lenient Attlee, the Board of Trade President, Sir Stafford fripps, and the Defence Minister, Mr. A. V. Alexander will speak for the Government m next week's India debate m the House of Commons on Wednesday and Thursday. The debate,
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    UK TO TAKE HER TROOPS FROM ITALY
    1529 8 LONDON, Thursday. OPENING the debate on foreign affairs m the House of Commons today, Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Minister, surveyed the troubles of the whole world from Indonesia to Trieste and indicated what British policy has done and m trying to
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    'Tomboy' girls now boys
    84 8 ..f a Fnr and Dor th >' W* 15 and 17. two of six children trr-H F U ™p ea fas i| y m Capetown, have just been re-regis-!ome Soy! DaniCl three ™"< hs lhey have bt a a nursi "S homo where they have undergone
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    Ist WARM NIGHT FOR 16 DAIS
    366 8 LONDON, ihur*Ja>. LONDON'S first front -free night last night for i€ »ay •Urn. the Harmed for net.ly a ntHiik. Today ii c v, isj l/miam <h«m >e>tenlay lut temperature wert >liil above fropzmj; ;mint. hi p.m. the tern, erature wa-. A: desreei hahitnhHt r<;i.i>ored
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    OLDEST TEST PLAYER DEAD
    45 8 Frai.ci* Alexander Mackinnon. 35th chief of the clan of Mackirnon and Britain's old Test cricketer, diec yesterday at his hornat Morayshire. Scotland, at the a^e o! 98. He was the oldest living university Blue, having played for Cambridge m 1870. Reuter
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    U.S. PLANES FOR N.E.I. SERVICE
    87 8 NEW YORK. Thure. THE U S Government has extended an additional $10,000--000 credit to the Netherlands Government ior the purchasse oi U.S. surplus war materials fcr reconstruction, chiefly bulldozers, rails, trucks, steel and converted army transport planes to revive the KLM Royal Rutch Airlines to
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    ACTOR DEAD
    45 8 Ben Webster, for over 50 years a leading actor on tru London and th^ New York stages and husband of the film actress, Dame May Whitty, died at Los AngeJes on Wednesday at the age of 82 HLs wife was at the bedside.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    17 8 I«rh Low To-day 025« 8.5 ft 9016 ?A ft 1515 7.4 ft. SltS 3.9 ft
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      70 8 r£4nu on>i<|< Ta |J brigN |mthi| TT 'rom n*«t< i«ti, if.irt.h3 Mati.n Am r 7J onkideraMe brifkt thu aftprnaoa bfr««uat tta -i«»rul sho»m ta»ui M Mam fii r tunnj Uu m MIIW morniß{ B«M n^ta«m.n (jtbn to nifht iHHI 6 M p a m Mown* 1? »4 •ft 1? 55
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