The Singapore Free Press, 4 March 1947
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Title Section18 1947-03-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1947. PRK't 10 CENIa.18 words
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Article318 1947-03-04 1 STRIKERS HOLD UP ESTATE CHIEF Free Press Staff Reporter A FTER the manager of the 5,000 acre Paloh Rubber Estate in North Johore and his assistant had been detained in their office by an angry crowd of workers, they called the Police and ten men were arrested. Then the remainder318 words
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Article, Illustration83 1947-03-04 1 i.:MA BZABO, aged 1. went to Buckingham Pa lac? recently to r-!T ve the Gtorff O'oss awarded to her mother, who was a parachutist during llr war. She was captured, tortured and executed by the Hermans in France 1944. \n soon as Tania iam back front83 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-03-04 1 e \oi (ill rO m Tdcrisi n rt>car.h Kcincer. David m he ridrs ft v rk in x ri\ miles L trom Lon lon.24 words
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Article84 1947-03-04 1 LIEI r.-OOL S;r Walter Smiles I Goof*, DownJ a^k^d In th? Bouse of Commons yesterday what was the estimated number of men, women and children kill- i jed in communal rfota in India I during 1948 Mr Arthur Henderson, Under- j Secretary for India. replied:Reuter - 84 words
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Article205 1947-03-04 1 IFtoc Press Staff Reporter I oration of Trade Unions have gained j They sponsored the strike of oil »rkt*r> at the Ho Horn: and Kian Guan Hin plants, when übmitted for a two-month Chinese New Year us. and the employers have surrendered at the Ho205 words
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Article92 1947-03-04 1 LONDON, Monday. FRANK O». i^OwS^ o^a Morning appears evtry week In the Singapore Free Press) is to succeed Stanley Horniblow as editor of the London "Daily Mail." Owen was editor in chief of SEAC Newspaper for Southeast Asia Command forces. He was also chief press aideReuter - 92 words
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Article78 1947-03-04 1 The Test WSSIES ALL OUT 253 I NEY. TV. l DOUII O2St I* re^po:.E roc In the W ihe :\rh t and at K K .ad strug L It They are m -*-ven at is all ornM .nuea disturb. B ana Diflcent t slip, off If' Miller I cet when78 words
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Article310 1947-03-04 1 DUNKIRK FLIES TREA TY FLA GS DUNKIRK, Monday. FADED I n ion Jacks and the French tricolour fluttered aver the snow spattered ruins of Dunkirk tonight as \tie town, which six and a half years ago saw the fighting evacuation of the entire British army, prepared for the signing tomorrowU.P. - 310 words
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Article47 1947-03-04 1 T/.e Norwegian Parliament In a secret session on Feb. 15 rected a Russian request for military bases on the Arctic Archipelago of Spitzbergen, it was officially announced in Oslo yesterday The vote 101 to 11— tne 11 b?ing all Communists. A. P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article45 1947-03-04 1 U Aung San, deputy chairman of the Burma interim Government, in a telegram ol congratulation to Viscount Mountbatten on his appoinment as Vicoroy of India, wished him success in his momentous task. Vise :unt Mountbatten. replying, thanked the tsurm:se leader. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article79 1947-03-04 1 J/ANATIC Jap strasflers who think the war is still going on fired on four Philip-no fishermen who went ashore for water on Cagsalay Island yesterday, killing one and capturing two of th* others, who later escaped. The escaped men r?pcrt that 30 Japs were inA.P. - 79 words
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Article84 1947-03-04 1 GENERALISSIMO Joseph Stalin has resigned as Minister of the armed forces of the Soviet "because of the excessive pressure of his main work." the Moscow radio said yesterday Stalin remains Premier Gen N. A Bulganin. deputy 1 Minister of the armed forces, ms teen appointed toA.P. - 84 words
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Article48 1947-03-04 1 Strong condemnation of the lact that four men sentenced for murder in the Gold Coabi, West Africa, had been taken si* times to the place of execution during the pas two years was voiced by I Mr. Wins on Churchill in the Commons yesterday.48 words
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Article201 1947-03-04 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN today recommended Congiess to I abolish from March 31 compulsory military «-eriice which was introduced under the Selective Yraning and Service Act, passed by Congress in September 1940. In a message 10 Congress, he said the Army wa> now reducing its strength to201 words
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Article267 1947-03-04 1 Curfew general 'no nonsense' JERUSALEM. Monday. FIRST proclamation by Major-General Gale, the militant governor of the Palestine areas under martial law. was posted throughout Tel Aviv today. It stated all powers were transferred from civil to military authorities, and ordered the closing by ten o'clock tonight of all cafes. restßurants.267 words
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Article98 1947-03-04 1 BE VAN HAS PNEUMONIA LONDON Mo;. ILLNESS ftjus agun Struck Britain's woik-lad.n Cabinet. Mr Aneurin Be van, the Minister of health, who ls charged w.ti the task of carrying out the Government's great housin? programme. 15 ill at horru with, pneumonia His doctor^ say b* is "progress-->atis:actorily Mr Herbert Morrison,A.P. - 98 words
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Article67 1947-03-04 1 rj. dialling WQ ana teMtaf Scotlana Vara NMI No 10 Downing Street wa-b to be MMM up. 48-year-old Al red Gilbert, builder and decorator was at Bow Street yesterday fi'i°d £10 with the option of or^ month's impri^onmeni The chars, wa* a message bv telephoneReuter - 67 words
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Article64 1947-03-04 1 THAW COMES TO BRITAIN The welcome new^ lui irtolct) i all Britain has been waiting io: weeks curne yesterday irom lac Air Ministry which announced: "Slow thaw will probably spread I to ail of Britain by Thursday The North, however, will nave further snow belore the *haw reaches there. YorkshireReuter - 64 words
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Article38 1947-03-04 1 MOUNTBATTEN'S ARRIVAL DATE India.- d w Viceroy RearAdmiral Viscount Mcuirabtten, will arrive in New Delhi on Mar. 22. Accord :.g to present a:rangemenus tht /eliring Victrjy Field-Marshal Viscour.t Waveli, will bave New Delhj the follow- ing day ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article68 1947-03-04 1 I -DAY UK-INDIA AIR SERVICE Pan-American An ways will inaugurate a weekly one-stop, 19--hour flying service between London and Karachi on Saturday. Constellation Clipper^ will leave London on Saturdays at 8.45 p.m., flying nonstop to Ankara (Turkey* in eight hours aid thenre to Karachi in nine hours, arriving Sunday eveningReuter - 68 words
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Article55 1947-03-04 1 Reports in the Mania press today state that the General Motors' Corporation has now decided to establish its assembly plant for the Far East in Singapore instead of in Manila Mr. W. L. Malone General Motors' overseas manager, who is In Marila would neither confirm55 words
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Article141 1947-03-04 1 LONDON, Mon. FLIGHT Lieutenant John Ma.Donald of New Zcalard Air Force was nned £20U today or three months' imprisonment for being concerned in carrying 3.103 uncustomed nickel watch braclet s which were said to have come I'rom Singapore. MacDonald is alleged to have .said when questioned byReuter - 141 words
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Advertisement94 1947-03-04 1 Hp-T STAMfOkD KP 1 RHONC7&36 i <Tf 4# CMP/TOl TMAm J UNITED METAL WORKS 1059. Yeo Chu Kang Road Tel. 4754. are in full production again. We Monuiacture:--(1) METAL WINDOWS DOORS, COLLAPSIBLE GATES WINDOWS ot 41 description*(2) STRUCTURAL STEELWORK complete steel building, trusses, tanks, lifts, pines: etc (J) SHEET METAL94 words
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Article, Illustration1026 1947-03-04 2 HALL ROMNEY - HALL ROMNEY LONDON LETVER By •THE sun is shining. That 1 simple statement may have little significance to you in Malaya where the sun shines every day and, for the greater part of the year, all day. But to us it means a great deal. In the1,026 words
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Article372 1947-03-04 2 SCIENTIST Albeit H. Taylor listened to shrimp in a bucket and announced that those delectable dinner items for penguins are by no means noisy. In fact. Taylor could not find that* the little South Polar shrimp make any noises at nil, cither humanly audible orA.P. - 372 words
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Article, Illustration301 1947-03-04 2 r j I.E bidding was long and rather tortuous because of the par: score, bu\ the final contract was not unusual on the face of the North-South cirds. South had two losing clubs and simply needed a successful heart finesse to mrke his game contract. As it301 words
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Article386 1947-03-04 2 BEECHAM ATTACKS U.S. BY A SPECIAL CORRESrONDENT SIR Thomas Beecham is noted for his biting criticisms as much as for his music. His latest attack is on the United States— a country he formerly praised extravagantly. "If on certain rare occasions I have been audacious enough to throw a little386 words
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Advertisement6 1947-03-04 2 so sniooih 00 beeomintf so laMint:6 words
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Miscellaneous983 1947-03-04 2 RADIO MALAYA -f-^J 7,-!;^ /i? kSSSSSSST iTSS SinaaDOrt metres 15.2 rac's; 1t.15 p.m. to 11.30 Session; 10.00 tfcov Lowdown 10 30 v p m VIB9 31J2 n^j,^ 9615 mc/g B£C RadiQ Ne %?I el 1Q 50 BBC RED NETWORK (Chinese Indian* P-m- to 11.15 p.m. VLC4, 19.59 Forces Frivcurite^; 11.30983 words
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Miscellaneous194 1947-03-04 2 VOURI LUCKY j STAR 'tune forta.v eopfe t»rn to#? W are a n »deaiis t i^^ P"t onh the kwt,., ■fa l«id cf th rood JV in art. musi f and Inm2 you also have sot* J along Hh vwb^ How«.er. .f »ot mb.| th<' point *hCT f ro« your194 words
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Article32 1947-03-04 3 SAW FLY, CALLED CABINET ft K I a.; -r s liabi to; fruit j 0 burned B a:: B B I B B around B V :ed to W n sed B32 words
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Article65 1947-03-04 3 j I earnest coi^ider&tion <» a up a memorial in Dublin to all Irish for Ihc Allies during the I* I m% out Et j I K ibeck, K e Eire, B K K Amen K 3-r e to B rs m;lu K r^-i-I ler«J65 words
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Article, Illustration328 1947-03-04 3 CALLOUS WIFE IS DIVORCED LEGLESS ex-80ldief Albert William Abrahall, 28, was I'ltt 111 debt for costs when he left the Divorce Court but he had rid hlaaveH of tlie wiie w'.io had toW him: "I am tirod of being your le?s. You ought to be under 6ft. of ground in328 words
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Article32 1947-03-04 3 The crew of three were killed when a Czech Air Lines Dakota i crashed and burst Into flames shor ly after taking off from Ruzyno airfield, near Pragu°32 words
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Article20 1947-03-04 3 Four een Engl'sh oak seats arei to be placed in Southgate stree s for old folk. i20 words
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Article86 1947-03-04 3 DOST OFFICE detectives are trying to trace a "call-box Romeo" who. according to girls he has pestered, whispers to them on the phone "Intimate details of his love life in well-educated tones.'* For weeks he has made anonymous calls to girl shon assistants, switchboard operators and86 words
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Article27 1947-03-04 3 Frank Girling Ling, village shopkeeper, of Carbis Bay. Cornwall, whose £14,000 will has Just been proved, leaves nearly all of it to animal organisations.27 words
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Article306 1947-03-04 3 OWNER OFFERS GIFT TO NATION Magic wells of healing in Wales THE magic wells of healing on the foreshore of Portheawl, in Wales, are on offer free to the nation. Sir Thomas G. Jones, wealthy business man and a resident at Porthcawl, vho owns the foreshore, announced his offer in306 words
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Article, Illustration93 1947-03-04 3 Daikia-jes of "3,000 were approved in the London Divorce t )urt when Mr. Marcus Maskell Marsh, Nevvmarli?t race-hcrse trainer, was granted a decree nisi Mr. Marsh, who was married in 1930 to Mrs. E. V. B. Fearniey-WhittingLtall (Eileen Bennett, Wimbledon tennis star), alleged adultery between his wife and Mr. Geoffrey93 words
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Article223 1947-03-04 3 5,000 ARE AXED IN HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD studios have sacked over 5,000 workers in the last few weeks as production has declined by 25 per cent. Casualties range from shorthand typists to featured players like Frances Rafferty, Uona Massey and Jim Da*, is. Nearly 500 people were dropped at M.G.M. alore.223 words
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Article24 1947-03-04 3 "He is left-handed and righteyed, and this probably accounts for his difficulty in breathing. R?port on a boy at a Kent juvenile court24 words
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Article226 1947-03-04 3 PAKCKLS of iood taken from the Continent to Britain will be liable to stricter Customs search alter the discovery at Dover of nine gold watches hidden in two polony sausages and a tin of sardines. This trick was tried by Belgian. Francois Alfonse Gauge, an226 words
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Article73 1947-03-04 3 DROF Noe-Nygaard, chief of Denmark's Mineralogical Museum at Copenhagen, has confirmed that uranium is to be found on the Baltic island of Bornholm. It is in small concentrations and Prof. NoeNygaard does not believe that there will be a large yield R has been reported ever since73 words
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Article51 1947-03-04 3 The house in which Mr. H. Q.\ Wells, the auihor, lived and died, 13, Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park, N.W., is to be auctioned on March 12. Much of the contents, including valuable antique furniture, rare carpe's and 2,300 volumes of the writer's library, will also be disposed51 words
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Article65 1947-03-04 3 nfhe Mersey Tunnel is now selfsupporting and requires no help from the rates, according to the estima es of the Tunnel Joint Committee. The tunnel, which was opened in 1934, was cons ructed by Liverpool and Birkenhead Corporations at a cost of £8,000.000. Birkenhead may receive65 words
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Article34 1947-03-04 3 Letters from 100 boys at home and overseas have been received by Britain's recently-elected Coal Queen, Miss Brenda Robinson, 17, of Stoke-on-Trent. who said that she would reply to them all.34 words
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Article188 1947-03-04 3 IJARLY next year more than 34,000 mothers in Britain will be spared the task of washing baby's nappies. Instead, they will be able to receive a "delivery and pick up" service tor their doors. An enterprising new company will relieve mothers ol their hardships. One188 words
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6 1947-03-04 3 Former tennis star divorced: £3000 damages6 words
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Advertisement184 1947-03-04 3 FINANCIAL Problems solved. Ea?sy solution given, MCtta for terms (nclosin^ stamped adcirc^red envelope 1.-i rcply Box No. 43. F.P. MALAY PRIVATE TUITION Qi by the Author of "Good Malay %m Ecginners' now on sale at local book stores. Price $2 per cop} Private tuition $30 per month P.O. Box No184 words
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Miscellaneous74 1947-03-04 3 IhRZ AN Tarxan's VOW #V Edgar Rice Burroughs i r *OCCASONALLY,"HE OOMfTMUfI>, "NATIVE (|'|||l Jf Hjlji IN THE LA&ORATORV, PHIL jj WHITE MI,NT=RS COME THROUGH I 'If I ANO NITA, ccvERISW^Y PRE- iW L THE T »J NN e i OP TREES. I I VTS^N^k PARE:> T0 ESCAPE. I MY74 words
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Article687 1947-03-04 4 f |UE second warning that ecoMBit weeds are beginning to choke cur Garden of Eden— the first, as w e saw yesterday, came frcm Commodore Freideberger, who sees the possibility of the Royal Navy taking their ships to ether dockyards than Singapore*! if operation costs j687 words
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Article1049 1947-03-04 4 Walter Farr - Walter Farr by HTHE average Frenchman 1 has long teen regarded by many in Britain as a man with no particular love for the outdoors, but rather as a somewhat weedy individual with more interest in politics and his stomach than in watching or playing games. Mr.1,049 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-03-04 4 liniktcan in Home celefcrattf "Chxntwiy? (pre-Lvntt'n cainui), The funds obtained were givea to the Italian Red Cross. These two little girls were among the guests and one is dressed in 18th century eostume complete with lorgnette.36 words
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Article402 1947-03-04 4 TASTER in Britain has E» always brought with it a number of quaint observances until war-time and post-war difficulties suspended most of those which BOV in some way connected with food and drink. Hallaton, in Leicestershire, however, still has a custom known as "Hare Pie Scramble and402 words
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Article530 1947-03-04 4 UNITED Nations headquarters in New York is buzzing with talk about th. "now" ANDREI GROMYKO, head of th« Soviet delegation. Nowadays he chats informally with press correspondents, jokes with delegates, and has even b?en known to talk to visitors. In soite of this Gromyko, who is also530 words
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Article504 1947-03-04 4 FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OPERATIONAL u*e Of infra-red rays in many of the war's most thrilling and s?cret exploits, v/as revealed recently with the lifting of a security black-out which for years hid some of the most dramatic scientific research of the war. Ou:stancLiigly successful504 words
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Article103 1947-03-04 4 1. One or" the ablest administrations that ever Uok cilice in Britain was that formed by Sir Henry Campbell^Bannerman in December, 1905. Can you say who served under him: <a> as Chan ceilor ol the Exchequer: <b) as Foreign Secretary: «c> as Secretary for War; (d) as Secretary f103 words
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Advertisement9 1947-03-04 4 S.P.SHOTAM6CO.I OADIO AND SOUND fNCINEitS 12 ORCHAKD ftP. PHOME63729 words
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Article582 1947-03-04 5 HESSELL TILTMAN - HESSELL TILTMAN By Far Eastern correspondent of the London Daily Herald who travelled from Kure, Japan, to Singapore on the troopship, Dilwara, which transferred many men ot the British Occupation Force in Japan to Malaya. This aii^nt of the voyage was written specially for BCON,582 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-03-04 5 MR. \tO YUNG POH, wao nas J st received news of his success io the last final professional examination of The Corporation cf Certified Secretaries, London. He is the first Malayan to quaii'y after the liberation. Mr. Yco is a Fellow cf The Institute of Commerce. Birmingham, and was educated63 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-03-04 5 Luui inomas Leslie Laughland of the tail MafcnUM v.as marri-ed U> Elisabeth Mathilde van Reazekom last S*t*n*M t St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. A reception was afterwards held at the Mahrattas Officers Mess at Chanfi.34 words
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Article59 1947-03-04 5 THOUSANDS OF HOUSES 'TO GO plank i.nd -i U P dur1h usanda came the u*s have r l rd to Wo or Rural i to .-:es" r.um:.v:ed the .:tt m wiD rson or no *s. .nits r tempo- i.ired B be i per- 11 tneii taw in -ely Inrd?.y 459 words
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Article121 1947-03-04 5 INDEPENDENCE Uij was < ele- brated throu'liout Cey.!.n en Sunday with n;tmb:rs of various political organisaiicns speaking from the .-arae pl:afo:m at meetings in Colombo, Ksndy and other important cities in the island organised mainly Hy i^e United National Party. The chairman ot ihc Party :sReuter - 121 words
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Article162 1947-03-04 5 I" :he Shgapore Fee f Trade j Short Street! indquarters to Singapore postal, :onafcable sec the it post: ed the :m- five wa.» a :arry f of j wr.de: the direction' <-.:■::■ r be al v k **»fl I r. to J c m- j ns i162 words
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Article85 1947-03-04 5 THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, in accordance with a recommendation of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies, has appointed a Committee to be known as the Colonial University Grant Advisory Committed to advise him on matters relating to the education in the85 words
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Article298 1947-03-04 5 THE Burmese Government is hastening ihe preparations for the general elections to the Constituent Assembly. scheduled to take place next month. No Burmese political p:irty, other than the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League headed by U Aung San, has so far announced iis decision to participate inReuter - 298 words
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Article62 1947-03-04 5 Free Press Staff Repcrter Singapore Rent Board yesterday ordered the eviction of Mr. T. M. Callanan from the Windsor Hotel, Killiney Road, for failure to pay rent. He did not appear to defend the case. In his absence an order Was made against Mr. Callanan, who must62 words
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Article594 1947-03-04 5 POLICE COURTS ARE 'CONGESTED ALL the seven Police courts in Singapore have a long uaiti ing Kst of cases, due to the shortage of magistrates and the fact that it is estimated there is about three times the volume of work to be done compared to what it was prewar.594 words
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Article, Illustration41 1947-03-04 5 Some of the 61 Jap suspects ant' thtir lawyers who arrived by the Dilwara yesterday fr:m Japan to figure in war crimes tr als in Singapore and other parts of Sonth-East Asa. They arc seen boarding a truck fcr Changi Jail.41 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-03-04 5 V 1 mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusilier*, coming down the fangway when th* D.lwrra docked yesterday from Japan, bringing troops from Rare for farrfowi i*vtie« in Malaya.30 words
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285 1947-03-04 5 BACK PAY QUESTION Govt. servants to fight it out Free Press StaiT Reporter THE Singapore Government employees' Back Pay Council, 1 which represents all Government departments, has advised Government servants not to accept the McKerron backpay proposals. This decision was taken over the week end. following a receipt of a285 words
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Article36 1947-03-04 5 Mr. H. A. MaLal, reeer.il > appointed Singapore Municipal Commissioner, will address the East-West Society on Thursday. March 6th at 8.30 p.m. at Use Y.M.C.A.. Orchard Road. oa "Irdin and South-East Asia.* 136 words
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Article66 1947-03-04 5 CT. Patrick's Day ka Singapore will be celebrated at a an. and dance at Raffles Hotel, which has been arranged by some Irisri civilian and Service resider.t.v Tickets can be obtamed irom Colonel J. H. C Walker. HQ Fort Canning, the last dav \<u application being March66 words
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Article97 1947-03-04 5 DEGISTERED a:,d unregistered air n:a 1 correspondence p \i* at Singapore be:ween 6 p.m. on 1 Feb. 23 and 6 p.m. on Feb. L.. i 1947, and addressed to H^ :g i Kong and places in Indccnina i was included in the mails lost on I97 words
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Article234 1947-03-04 5 UK TO REPA Y DEBT TO HK CHINESE BRITAIN is shortly to repay a debt in Hong Kong to the many gallant Chinese residents who assisted in a wide variety of ways in the escape of trapped British and Allied men and women from Hong Kong to Free China during234 words
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Advertisement34 1947-03-04 5 Urt Four Shows M p. m. Alfred Hitchcock's 'SABOTEUR" Ffiscllia Line <c Robert Cummings onm ii funday ir SING IPO1E! Hoar With Lauvihter 4? BETT6 QAVI3 j ■SSStwwt ■T^^&gP^ i mm UWI OFFICERS IOOMG.34 words
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Advertisement75 1947-03-04 5 OPENING TO-DAY AT THE CATHAY ft I rl A I I'hone 5400 11a.m. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 3.30 A PISTOL PACKING ACE WESTERN FILL OF SIX -SHOOTING FIREWORKS: -WE |iii,, v j GEBRSE— HAYES I V AUDREY LONG ELISABETH RISOON 00N DOUGLAS MBEIT FDIfIWS »EB«M L m»| Utmm **i *.mt.*ALl M«M75 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-03-04 6 Mr. Q. U. JJ.tirtf Mr. A. S. Ananu, Mr. 11. K. Handoo and Mr. Krishna M non se?n together at a special meetng <>f the Indian League in Bri.ain rnld in Westminster to give the Independence Day Pledge a~d to sin» national songs. Later th?y heard speeches from two Mrmbers56 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-03-04 6 A> part of Britain's drive U in>e her stocks, of coal, cpenias, mining-^n wh ch the cral i- »lu? from open pits and the tcp earth latci replaced, instead of from mines as is usual in Br tain— is b^in? developed and more. Herj are workings ai i'.yecrcft. mar W.gan.58 words
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Article164 1947-03-04 6 MR. J. KEKK. Britain's dapper £1,300- a-ye:ir Customs chief, is planning the biggest anti smuggling drive in history. As Inspector- General of Britain's Waterguard, he directs th? Customs "brains trust" now pitting all its resources against the zslers. Official estimates say smuggling has increased tenfold164 words
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Article73 1947-03-04 6 It is estimated that 3.153 moored and ground mines were disposed of by mine-sweepers in th" Mediterranean during 1946 Of this to al 1,036 were swept by British ships. 1.150 by I aban ships, and tbe following totali by o her nations: Greece. 458, Yugoslavia. 241,73 words
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Article136 1947-03-04 6 ATOMIC energy, no matter how extensively it may be developed, cannot become a rival of coal until 20 years have elapsed, says the head of Canada's National Research Council. Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, who is responsible for the Dominion's Chalk River atomic plant, 60136 words
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Article71 1947-03-04 6 BOY started some.h :;g wbtn he found a human skull ir» a ditch at Long-lane. Ashford, Ivl /.dlesex. His parents sent him wi'.n it to S aines police, C.I.D. officers boajan inquiries, and the skull w.'s brought to a coroner's court. Tfere a pathologist s.ated the71 words
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Article15 1947-03-04 6 In 1946 there were 1,567.954 visitors to Kew Gardens the most, since 1925.15 words
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Article223 1947-03-04 6 WAR-WAIF Hugh Fairbairn. aged eleven, does not know whom his parents are. The authorities do. But they have decided not to return him to his mother, as it nw^ht mar the happiness of her new marriage. For over two years now Hugh has been223 words
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Article62 1947-03-04 6 IIiIRTY officers and ratings of the British Fleet Air Arm and a small group of men from (he Canadian aircraft-carrier Warrior have moved into the fii-jid \va tes of northern British fo«;inHa In search of the coldest weather it could find to tct planes for62 words
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Article19 1947-03-04 6 After a 6,000 miles tour aii ove: Europe the Arts Theatre company is back in London.19 words
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Article100 1947-03-04 6 A SYNDICATE of four men have found what they believe to be one of the richest gold reefs in the district of Temora, in New South Wales. No official assay has been made yet, but experienced mitv is rrttarWC th« same's imitate a yield of four100 words
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Article57 1947-03-04 6 Elghteen-ycar-old Vincent Clifton, a fair-baired airman on leave, has been chosen "beauty king" of Ambleside. Westmoreland by a committee— two women and a man— of the town's fooiball club suopor ers. A club member sa?d When we arranged a beauty queen contest the women fel that57 words
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Article17 1947-03-04 6 Three more rar<*o and passen°"r liners »~cvr b«<n ordered by Ihe Blue Funnel Line17 words
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Article, Illustration355 1947-03-04 6 WANTED MAN TO GO To ENGLAND Found after 2 year search HAROLD Aldritt Squire, the company director, who ha> been sought by the Walsall police for two years alleged tax irregularities and who was found, as reported in the Free Prels on Feb 19, after a Walsall detective saw in355 words
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Article241 1947-03-04 6 BOOKIES ON TAX YIELD THE National Joint Committee of Bookmakers which comprises the National Bookmakers' Protection Association and affiliated organisations, the Victoria Club, th? National Sporting* League and the Turf Guardian Society, which represents all organised bookmakers in Britain, has issued a statement on 'he subject of a possible betting241 words
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Article62 1947-03-04 6 The Maharaia of Baroda nas bought, through Knight. Frank and Ru ley. a 460-u re fuiin estate at Connellmore. Newbridge. Co. Kildare fe* m.i<?< from the Curragh. Eire. He intends to convert it into one of the bes' -equipped stud farms in the world. He62 words
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Article106 1947-03-04 6 IN Britain recenly, the BaldwinAuger mechanical car park j was demonstrated to numbers trfj Government Depar ments and road engineers representing local fcidhwav authon ies. The apparatus can accommodate up to 19 vehicles in I bay: it can be fit ed into a pended floor of 20106 words
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Article143 1947-03-04 6 A "MYSTERIOUS stranger" told a landlord he came lrom a rent tribunal and persuaded him to reduce the rent of a furnished basement room from 30s. to £1 a week, Barking (London, E.) rent tribural was told. Neither the landlord nor t-he tenant knew him. said143 words
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Advertisement6 1947-03-04 6 Players 3 F JOHN PLAYER SONS.EMCLiVND6 words
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Miscellaneous67 1947-03-04 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya THAT A r^^«/I>EAREST— MOST J l'M NOT LYOIA. YOU 1 YOU, DARLING?- 7 DC r^ H GIRL/ 31^^ Ml JANEf-"/ R may 1 come^ i /i,^ N j—z I -i'm sorryPX x-r^jpß&P rWl^V^ fe vl "*"J<r-snr j i |J I DIDN'T67 words
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Miscellaneous180 1947-03-04 6 Free Press Crossword *o<v S^^^l I I CLUES ACROSS 4 Of v hicn country is the peseta th m youth beloved of Venus killed in hur.tipt; lb< celebrated one (6). 9. County town of B^-k ancent castle associated with Shake^pear > besides red forms the ground of tt»e P lace180 words
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Article171 1947-03-04 7 Bill Bowes - Bill Bowes Qood Bowling By Bedser, Wright mm SYDNEY, Monday. iii;t >n. were all out for 280 in the first 1 1 tat Sydney today. On an easy batting 189 for four in reply. ft ke: I f performance by the England bowl- tea, following an opening171 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-03-04 7 Navy beat Rival Air Fcrce five-thre« in an S.A.F.A. league ?ame at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday' and these pictures show t lie game in progress.30 words
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Article170 1947-03-04 7 Washbrook b Lindwall 0 Hutton retired 122 Edrich c Tallon b Lindwall 6J lishlcck b McCool i j (.'ompton b lindwall 17 Yardley c Miller b Lindwall 2 Ikin b Lindwall 0 Evans b Lindwall 29 Smith b Lindwall 2 Wright e Tallon b Miller 7 Bedser not out170 words
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Article20 1947-03-04 7 DRITTSH invitation to play a match nexc November has been accepted by the Swedish Football Association.20 words
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672 1947-03-04 7 Rest Of The Sport |li£iiE wm oe special interest in, today's S.AJ.A. league soccer fixture at Jalar, Besar St&d urn where t*v Victor;. Cup J winners, the Singapore Recreation! Club, meet the S.CF.A. Selection; I. This is tru first appearance of! each side inReuter - 672 words
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Article77 1947-03-04 7 A YEAR of record beating" is how the 1946 season la described in th« annual report of Somerset County Cricket Club. Financially and on the playing field the season was a record. The team finished fourth in the county championship, with 12 matches won the best77 words
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Article117 1947-03-04 7 SCOTLAND'S team to meet Eng- land in the Rugby Union international match at Twickenham on Mar. 15 shows two changes from the team defeated by Ireland, but Jackson and Elliot, who come into the side, were both ah<>sen from that game and had to withdrawReuter - 117 words
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Article51 1947-03-04 7 WRESTLING results at the Great World on Saturday were: Jeff Conda knocked out Len Hicks In the fifth round; Chic Kenny beat Alex Shar.d by two falls to one; Bosca Boa beat Flash Hammond by two falls to one; Tiger Amat beat Mohamed Hassan by two clear51 words
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Article29 1947-03-04 7 London. Mon.— lrish Gold Cup second round results today were: Ballymena United 3, CUftcrville 0. Second round replay: Distillery 1, Glentoran 2, (after extra tie). ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article185 1947-03-04 7 NEW DATES FOR S.A.F.A. LEAGUE REVISED fixtures in the S.A.F.A. j league were decided on at a committee meeting held yesterday at the S.R.C. The new fixtures until the end of April are as follow? March 4, S.R.C. v S.C.F.A. I; March 6, Indians F.A. v Malays rJL; March 8,185 words
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Article179 1947-03-04 7 Free Press Reporter CERVICEMEN Singapore are clamouring for seme sort of a civilian motor-cycling club to which they could app t for membership. Ther e are hundreds cf m:torcycling enthusiasts in the variius Army units stationed here and quite a number would Ike to meet their counterparts179 words
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Article61 1947-03-04 7 •FHE following nave been invited to reI present the Amicable Athletic Association in a lriendly game of soccer agaist the S.C.C. on the Padang tomorrow. Yong Kwang. Swee Hock, Soo Thuan. Siang Hoon. Kce Yew Leng. Ah Naiu; Chit Lim, liang Sin, I'oh Chin Oeok, Michael Loh, Tay61 words
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Article302 1947-03-04 7 LONDON. Mon. A FEATURE of the callover on tftoe Lincolnshire today wa* the support for the Americanbred Whistling Wind. He was brcked to win £12,000 at 100-6. French trained horses were again offered collectively, the price being ft-2 compared with the previous callover price ofReuter - 302 words
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Article246 1947-03-04 7 NEWCASTLE MEET CHARLTON IN CUP LONDON, Monday. FE draw for the Football Assoc.ation Cup semi finals was made today resulting in Middlesboraogh or Burnley versus Liverpool, Newcastle versus Charlton. The Middle**-borcugh-Burnley* replay takes place tomorrow. The ties will be played on March 29 with replays, if necessary, on or beforeReuter - 246 words
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183 1947-03-04 7 H.K. CHINESE ASK FOR SOCCER DATES IN MAY Fre; r*riss Kfp.r.n THE Chinese football >e*m which will break journey in S ngap re for a few frames, wh 1 on it, way to the United Kingdom, will be th? Sing Tao F.C. of Hongkong whj ar> pected early in Mav183 words
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Article137 1947-03-04 7 LONDON, Men. JJEITHER Germany nor Japan will be invited to the Olympic games in London next year. This was categorically stated by a British Olympic official today in these words: "There is nothing to add to the previous statement that neither would be invited. Invitations have notReuter - 137 words
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Article17 1947-03-04 7 Mike Jacobs, laid up with cerebral haemorrhage since Dec. 6, is making excellent progress.17 words
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Article146 1947-03-04 7 pLAVING their nrst feamc ci the season, Paya Lebar were at home to 68 E. U. on Sunday, and they recorded a comf^itatlj victory by 62 runs. 68 E. U. were first to bat. but they proved no match lor the w.les of Dohercy and146 words
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Advertisement93 1947-03-04 7 THE HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJECTION LAST DAY! H u 2 ll5 6-3©— 9.1 .1 i %p I lc» Rfll0iY«l tough love-story: Tor .i to;igh generation! OiG S7KEE7 JALANBESOR! v J/ Dl BAtTOH^UuicTEWEPC PAlUTT[*'»ClirS WOW»F««0^ i "5^T SAMU¥IW MYWMUJIS-MAimmiHARTMi WHLIAIIIWRB tC^i Preceded by March of Time: Is Everybody Happy.' AT93 words
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Article155 1947-03-04 8 A Special Market corr-'^ionJent the prices ui ruhbei at J im toda> as follows SINGAPORE CHAMBER OV COMMERCE TH». Singapore Chamber of tom- merce Rubber Association s rt>bl*r prices at noon vestcrday \vrrajfe highest price for No 1 K S.S Spot L«»e lor February is 4!155 words
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Article83 1947-03-04 8 TIE Singapore share ma;ke; opened! firm in Industrials again this morning with buyers of Praser and Neaves $3.75. Malayan Brewed ?s| '23 75. Steamships $23.25. United] Fr Tineers $13.25 and Gammons $5.30. Tin shares were steady with buyers of Kuchais at $1 80. Hong Fatts at M.05 and83 words
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Article73 1947-03-04 8 ON the London Stock Exchange yesterday firm conditions prevailed in most sections for the grrater pa-t of the day. but in closing dealings v <th some contractkm in the volume < business some slier- > reaction occurred. Popular home ir.dostr.als improved. Cains were not large but well spread.73 words
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Article54 1947-03-04 8 ON the New York Stock Excnai^e yesterday, mildly steadier tend*aeies. prevailed in some groups, notably heavy industries, but late t/cding caused small on-belance losses. Mixed tendencies prevailed near the close, with support for many industrials and specialities, while most other groups lagged. The composite late finished withReuter - 54 words
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Article49 1947-03-04 8 ALL broad woven cotton textiles will be freed from export controls on Mar. 15, the U5. Department of Commerce announced in Washington yesterday This will permit free shipment abroad of some 40 items, at present under export licence control. Including shirts and cotton, woven pi<?ce-goods. A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article79 1947-03-04 8 r pHE Anglo-Egyptian talks on ster--1 ling balances owed by Britain to Escvpt ended in Cairo last night without any settlement being reached. As in the case of Iraq and India, the talks were directed rather to exploratory work than to final settlement Egyptian balances areReuter - 79 words
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Article28 1947-03-04 8 Onion pedlars from Br.t anyknown as 'Johnny Onions"— have arrived at Swansea docks with 150 tons of onions firs: consignment s nee before th^ war28 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-03-04 8 Du^j Roland Braddell is setn «tr drrssing the Singapore Association, of which he is President, at a meeting at the Adelohi Hotel yesterday. The moetfng discussed tho Constitutional proposals for Malaya.33 words
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Article469 1947-03-04 8 COMMONS ANGRY OVER PALESTINE LONDON, Monday. QHOUTING angrily and thumping the despatch box in front of him, Mr. Winston Churchill, Leader of the Opposition, demanded in the Commons today how long the state of "Squalid warfare" in Palestine would go on before some decision was reached. It was, he said,Reuter - 469 words
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Article542 1947-03-04 8 MALA YAN CONSTITUTION Free Press Staff Report er AT a meeting o! the Sin^apjre Association vesterday whtn the As«ft Nation's proposals for the future constitution of Malaya, eavtagfeff a Dommion of South-East Asia, were adopted by 19 votes to one, Dato Roland Branded sounded a542 words
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Article118 1947-03-04 8 DRINCESS Elizabeth, making her first official appearance alone today opened a new £2,471 000 dry dock bearing her name at East London, Cape Province. Afterwards, the South African Railways, which operate this river harbour. pr:sented her with five uncut diamonds valued at 3,700. A f;w minutesA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 118 words
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Article464 1947-03-04 8 RANGOON, Monday. OFFICIAL quarters in Rangoon today expressed grave anxiety over the mounting lawlessness in the Irrawaddy delta and several districts of central Burma, where the situation is so acute that the authorities are now contemplating "comprehensive military operations." Large reinforcements of armed civil policeReuter - 464 words
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Article121 1947-03-04 8 AIRWOMAN PIONEER IS DEAD LONDON. UztL THE pioneer Biitish a.rwDman Paulin-j Gcv/er died at her London home last night afier giving birlh t3 tv/.n sons. BiM was the wile of the Royal Air Force radar expert, Wing Commander William Fahie. Miss Gower was the first woman Id obtain a BritReuter - 121 words
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Article122 1947-03-04 8 I'AiKO. MO!lda> TGYPT ha^s aetided to submit .hf auesiion ot her treaty re- iaticiu<hip With Britain to the i United Katioxu Se< unty Council, j Premier Ifokrashy Pasna an- j 0 j:u;"d a 9TCSf fonl'^rence in I dc.y tie s&.j itt% ai o/cakiag ort o; theReuter - 122 words
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Article155 1947-03-04 8 OPPOSITION INDIA MOVE LONDON, lluuoaj UK WINSTON CHURCHILL and other Opposition leaders late tonigh. tabled an amer.a--r. ent to the Governmen motion asking the Hous? of Commons to approve its decision 10 give Inaia self-govrrnmrrr dv June next year The amendment i.a^a Wall* reaffirming its determination *j piovido :or orcleriyReuter - 155 words
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Article97 1947-03-04 8 Dr. Malcolm Sargent, the British conductor, arrived In Vienna yesterday after having been detained en route from Paris, because hig papers were not ac- ceptable to the Etonian guards' when the train entered the Russian zone at Enns. He will conduct the Vienna Svmphony Orchestra. Dr.A.P. - 97 words
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Article18 1947-03-04 8 High Low To day 0745 7.8 ft 0233 57 ft 2219 79 ft 1519 1.1 ft.18 words
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Advertisement131 1947-03-04 8 v W 'Si iHHr V I H|; TEL. 4. Q42. ~q"'h ALL LONDON~~i^> ABOUT THE INCIDEn IN PICCADILLY THE HOME PAPBfc PRAISED IT SKY-HIGH, fficeadiflu /nc'ulfn\ HEBSEtT WILCOXS LATEST M \STi:iM CO-STARRING ANNA f i NEAGLE MICHAEL B WILDING rifl (MiTAiirs newebi WREN who, while lal escaping from sinqapori: mm131 words
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Miscellaneous115 1947-03-04 8 WEATHER I $ome bright in ter sals U/LVIHLK <oteca&t for M hour* from noon toda> compiled o\ thr K t Centra) Forecastine Station. Ai> C tmmand Far East: laud? with some bright intervals this afternoon. Isolated showers towards rvenin*. dying out by midnifcht Fair to-morrow morning. Wind: Light variable Se»115 words
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