The Singapore Free Press, 5 March 1947
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Title Section20 1947-03-05 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 4 IAFDS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1947. PRICE HI CEN! a.20 words
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Article75 1947-03-05 1 v I \OKK II .t i attic m ;h I S MiMMMriM i one of x revered it> a i.ur>e nd blew iii ap. Vice- -drmr.il I harles Lj, iv ;d r veiled t>-d.\.v pproved $15,Utti I S bu..din? two i\j«rim.i-tal subraar nes which i -ssonsU.P - 75 words
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100 1947-03-05 1 THE TEST AUSTRALIA SET 214 RUNS TO WIN raining and unable CL J* :un 2° the lunch inter j the tes.- of had w-en rh^ ■J^ ~as tan and Sm.: ou when St*? was t. playi from Linden was swinging aw i "an m and h the The nex: ly100 words
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Article, Illustration412 1947-03-05 1 S'pore exports to U.S. fall Free Press Staff Reporter FIGURES just prepared by the statistical branch of the Singapore Imports and Exports Department show that m January an almost perfect trade balance between imports and exports from Singapore and the Malayan Union was > truck for the first time, and412 words
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Article39 1947-03-05 1 TOiVAt. the Singapore Fr:e Press starts a pictorial feature un h nts to i<,ad safet>. Compiled with th? assistance of the Traffic Branch of the Sinsapore Police, this feature appears on page 5.39 words
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Article65 1947-03-05 1 Thousands of Africans welcomed the Royal Family wnen they motored to King William's Town m Cape Province yesterday to meet a great rally of peoples of Transkei, Tembuland, Pondoland and Griqualand East headed by the paramount chief. Archie Sandile. When the Royal party arrived, 1,00065 words
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Article24 1947-03-05 1 Pope Pius XII has cancelled his weekly audience for today because ot a slight but painful sprain In one foot A.PA.P - 24 words
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Article24 1947-03-05 1 Mrs. Jacob Epstein, wife ot tnc sculptor, died m a London hos- p.. n\ y v.*-a r( j n v. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article297 1947-03-05 1 TEL AVIV, Tuesday. AN armoured convoy of four police cars guarding a truck containing £8,000,000 currency notes today arrived at Tel Aviv banks to replenish empty coffers after the banks had been closed because of shortage of paper currency. More than £1.000,000 is estimated toReuter; A.P; U.P - 297 words
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Article61 1947-03-05 1 AISTRALIA is to make a gift of A 25,000,000 to Britain as a contribution towards British war costs m and around the Pacific announced Mr. Joseph RMIHy, Australian Prime Minister, m Canberra last night. The rccommcndat on, he sa i o .vcd Cabin t *"nsidi»ration of hewRenter - 61 words
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Article39 1947-03-05 1 Dr. Trygve Lie, Seer a. __ry General of the United Nat.ors. has formally proposed to all "Big Five" delegations m New York that the Palestine question shcuM be submitted to special fact-flni-ing committee of the UNO.39 words
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Article40 1947-03-05 1 A Malay _it:er In a motor sampan was severely burnt over the body when the engine suddenly hurst into flames at Boat Quay yesterday. The Singapore Fire Brigade extinguished the fire and the Malay was taken to hospital.40 words
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Article366 1947-03-05 1 S'PORE POLICE TO BE REORGANISED Free Press Staff Reporter TO attract the right type of men and to strengthen 1 the force m its uphill fight against crime, the Singapore Police is to have an entirely new set-up, according to the recommendations made by a Special Committee whose report has366 words
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Article260 1947-03-05 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE War Minister, Mr. Frederick BeMenger, m reply to a question by Mr. D. R. Rees Williams. (Lab., South Croy don), said m the House of Commons today that Malay an soldiers of the Royal Artillery and Rovai Engineers had been accorded treatmentReuter - 260 words
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Article688 1947-03-05 1 GARRETT: NO ACTION DEMANDED Fiz-s Pri3ss S^aff Reporter IN a ->ccond letter to the Colonial {Secretary, Mr. p a b m---Kerron, tne Singapore Him tion makes it clear that it does no. w.sh io press for action against Mr. S P Garrett, the *iraa:j U.non Adviser, fo r "b -v688 words
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Article112 1947-03-05 1 THIRTY ptrsons were killed and 47 injured, the casualties being mostly students and a few police, m fresh communal ri.ts which broke cut m the walled o ty ol Lahore yesterday, when Sikhs supported the Hindus against the Muslims. An 11-h:ur curlew was immediately imposed and troops112 words
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Article, Illustration154 1947-03-05 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE Greek Government m an urgent plea for American Rid today asked the United States for funds to meet immediate needs and also for American economic and technical experts. Saying that Greece is "without funds to finance the import evon of those consumption goodsA.P - 154 words
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Article50 1947-03-05 1 A fire which broke out m a tarpaulin shed at No. 2, Sub. Depot, 8.0.D., at Alexandra Road, Singapore last night damaged four trucks and a mobile generating plant. An engine from the Singapore Fire Brigade helped the Army Fire Service m putting out the fire50 words
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Advertisement10 1947-03-05 1 I. 'test Epstein con I rove sy see page 4)10 words
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Advertisement31 1947-03-05 1 NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO LANRAY Wickless BURNERS for Paraffin or Kerosine Oil $19.50 EACH Silent or Roarer Burners r>s-''__a 3=d^E_r"*^_B^"" i^r'"^^"T^_r M _p*^ i i _tf |r^~^' *_"fr. -_Ji B J_____fl______E_L_!______l_k^31 words
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Article50 1947-03-05 2 1. The inscription is to b? found m S;. Paul's Cathedral— tht monument of its architect. Sir Chris opher Wren. 2. By stipendiary <i.e. paid) magistrates. The Chief Metropolitan Magisrate sits at Bow Street; there are about thirty metropolian magistrates m all. 3. <&■ Edward V; <b> George50 words
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Article962 1947-03-05 2 FEATURES.. Halt Romney's London Letter IT'S an ill wind, etc. and one effect of the present conditions m Britain is to give a fillip to Army recruiting. Men with previous experience are going back. *'We are fed up with all this messing about," they say. "We were better962 words
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Article, Illustration267 1947-03-05 2 BOY Scouts m a number of districts m Britain have been having a tremendously interesting time at courses of instruction given them by their local police. This isn't a bit surprising, because In Britain the chief function of the police Is thought of as helping the public:267 words
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Article, Illustration316 1947-03-05 2 WEST cpei.ed the king of .pades and con inue 1 with the jack of spades. Oa tbe .'e.oni trick, South cleverly drappci the fe.. of spates to ma'.e cere that West did not hit v; on the idea of leading a third iound of the suit. The316 words
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Article483 1947-03-05 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ALTHOUGH fcrtu. telling is patently a hangover fiom primitive superstition and witchcraft, scientific prediction on various aspects of the future has long bean reality. Five hundred years ago celebrated Florentine Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) drew plans cf a flying-machine wnich cxper.s think would have483 words
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Miscellaneous1015 1947-03-05 2 ___r^m_y^__^_C^__C_>»^_____K^_^___n^_wi( ___."^>__^i_-^ _B_T__t k. 1 _Ta¥i>— &^-_s^h^_P^l $jft jm Hi _HBi IB IL_t_s *_Ik*ii Iki* sMB J B IUIL i mm fk n j^H^M^K^^^^^f^^^^J < 53?«!«^*^wS3K? ■ft-S^RvvKS-Nvw. :^U->. :•> .A. :-:«xV '.j... .&.':■> ■.:<, KADIO MALAYA iloo p.m. London calling; 11.05 p.m.! RADIO SEAC Q Forces favourites: n.30 p.m. New:-:1,015 words
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Miscellaneous110 1947-03-05 2 YOUR LUCKY I STAI Vi){ ara rather 100 h* j uck\ fcr j GH mat* v laten: o** b> Mm <*w* t« (i am v .and seld«— r*i lime :a.r serions tAm&l* pi inninc I take ihe daw*" .inj .and »aeh m. ment and boir. -">ot ■MTtaM will brine. I110 words
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Article, Illustration260 1947-03-05 3 BOB AND THE BOSS BEAT FUEL CRISIS They kept a thousand busy UK hands back the Mustapha Barracks t h J eleciricity cut off m Britain, many firms :e J m production. Employers and men alike !o*i to > i to Revise alternative sources of power uld'go on. Th*} foundry260 words
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Article62 1947-03-05 3 Mustapha .Barracks, Alexandria..;, occupied by British troops since 1882, has been returned to the rgypt'an <iover__m w SU Pictures show (right) Brig: I* H Burlington. Britisl Commanda it. Alexandria Area, shakng hands with Gen Ibraivm Atallah, chief of the Egyptian General Staff, during the handing over ceremony,62 words
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Article114 1947-03-05 3 AMERICAN china makers have asked t*..e U.S. Government i not to cut tariffs on Britisn im- ports. Joseph Wells, of the American Potters' Association, told a Gov eminent committee: '-We pay I higher wages than the British. If the American pottery industry is inefficient, then Britain's114 words
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Article44 1947-03-05 3 When a 17-year-old-Doy was Ti ven £2.221 damages m the High Court for the loss of two fingers, Mr. Justice Hilbery said: 'It sounds a lot of money, bu *cday money does no. go far but it goes fast."44 words
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357 1947-03-05 3 HE WISHED TO STAY BEHIND Officer from India SEWS. HE was the odd man out of 1,300 men who arrived at Tilbury m the trooper Highland Princess, many of whom had not been home for 11 years. For 33 year-old Li'ut. Ernest Beard, R.A.0.C., still wants to stay out of357 words
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Article91 1947-03-05 3 WHISKY distiller.. mi n the North of Scotland are very disgruntled men They regard the allocation of battej for mailing as utterly inadec_ua 4 e. While the amount of whis__v sue: a qua mi. ol barley will produce 5.000.000 gallons Si considerable, r is pom ed91 words
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Article393 1947-03-05 3 Cock-figh ting is revived COCK -FIGHTING, oanned by law m Britain m 184:9, b hay ing a remarkable revival m Northern France. Willi no legal restrictions m Trance to hamper the lights, breeders of the birds are travelling irom as Jar afield as Belg.um to attend the cocking-mains or meets,393 words
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Article197 1947-03-05 3 Mr. DEARING WILL MOVE IN ALONE WHEN m 1940 a German bomb shattered their home m Battersoa, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dearing merely shrugged j their shoulders. It was just one of life's problems, and m i their 43 years of married life they weathered a number. True, they were197 words
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Article, Illustration181 1947-03-05 3 MILLIONS FOR LONDON SCHOOLS LONDON new school plan is to cost £187,0C0,000 over th 3 18 y ars it will take to put Into action. Tilts was announced at County Hall by Mr. I. J Hay ward, chairman of the L C.C. Education Committee and Lord Latham, Leader of the181 words
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Article54 1947-03-05 3 SMOKES' PROFIT —£10,000,000 PROFIT of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (Great Britain and Ireland) m the year ended October, 1946, was £10.052,256, after tax had been paid— over £1,000,0000 up on the previous year. Final dividend of 7V_. per cent, makes 15 per cent., plus a bonus of 4V 2 per54 words
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Article123 1947-03-05 3 I*WO youths accused ot sualing before the Forth yiipendiary magistrate had their amusements r^ioned. Of the younger boy, aged 17 l it was stated he spent all his spare time m cinemas and at billiard halls. The stipendiary, m binding him over for stealing a sack123 words
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Article22 1947-03-05 3 In Charles on. West. Virginia. a Bill has been introduced making women defendants m divorce oases liable to alimony.22 words
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Article154 1947-03-05 3 A SCOTS airman who went to a Burns Night dance at Cambridge Guildhall and smacked his partner's face because he thought she could not dance is not to attend public dances m Cambridge for the next six months. In court the airman Sergeanl Murray McNair Dick,154 words
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Article23 1947-03-05 3 Siberian waxwings seen m Suffolk are among many rare birds which have been driven to Britain by severe weather23 words
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Article25 1947-03-05 3 Short-pants and clohes "more revealing than a srapless evening gown," will be worn soon by business men, says Chicago fashion expert Ralph Carver.25 words
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Article136 1947-03-05 3 A driver on London bus route v 68 turned his head at a stop m Southampton-row. and glanced at his conductor. As he dd so he saw. among the passengers, a man he Delieved had called at his house rome weeks previously to i ollect136 words
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Article44 1947-03-05 3 A Yorkshire village ponc:n. Constable led Tempest, 01 Vt: mon.. Deigh.on Bar, Wetr... is to sail m the Queen ELzaoetn to present io the Historical Society of America m New Yor.: a gravel made from the oak of Yon... bl tzed Guildhall.44 words
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Miscellaneous33 1947-03-05 3 Escape halted By EAmr Rice Burroughs f YcnJ COULD GET ME sfl I r ..4WW .^^r^^^l I I BOUNDING PORWARD, HE CV -daaJ-'il SaT APES EXPER|MENT g£* f/irfl Uf [t**Y^^^&s^fZ PRAGGEP FORTH *"*VtfiJ33 words
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Article649 1947-03-05 4 A CHINESE rtadei wlio is perplexed by me frequent and what he considers to be "indiscrimina c" use of the word intimidation In reports ol Singapore's succession of strikes writes to ask us when does picket:ng become intimidation and to point out that "it is gu te well known649 words
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Article1289 1947-03-05 4 CATHERINE PAUL - CATHERINE PAUL By IN the Free Press recently it was reported that plans to enlarge work and appoint Welfare Officers to advise on the problems of blindness m Malaya were afoot. The Government discussicns with Sir Clutha Mackenzie, world famous blind leader, who was1,289 words
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Article, Illustration349 1947-03-05 4 JACOB EPSTEIN, American-born sculptor who has lived for over forty years m London, finds himself once more m conflict with the aristocrats of artistic society. Lucifer, an eleven-foot r_presentation of the Angel before the Fall, was offered to the Tat.- Gallery by the Seven Pillars cf349 words
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Article420 1947-03-05 4 JOHN PERRETT, 70-year-old retired bricklayer, village bandsman and church chorister, faced Steeple Ashton, Wilts, magistrates to ask to be considered a fit person to own for the rest of his life one acre of land. It was given, with three more acres, by JOHN BROWN m 1722420 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-03-05 4 Eight of Epstein's major works they all raised a storm N.ght and Day, bold, symbol c «.,.>- s t ulotur a i X*K > n down at the hurry ns ***mm fr<n n,," at St. lam- s» s Par*, static* OeBHORBMtam Fs*, a ro-r at seaside oxhibitio: C«°n J Jacob84 words
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Article239 1947-03-05 4 Biu tains QoTcXnn has announced th<^ setting up of a ite Researc h Board. This will te a combined effort of the Goyc.t.ment Dsg artment of Bcientific and lndu-tti.il Research, and of tiie Fire Ofia i Committee, an organisation the* insurance comuanu A F.rp Research Station v.. be239 words
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Article24 1947-03-05 4 Fret not thyself because of evildoers. nether be I%*** envious against the workers of inequity. Psalms 37. 1. I ADFF DS FDSF F24 words
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Advertisement11 1947-03-05 4 fe^J||LLERY {meOAfoaareo crnom) MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS kV/TH 75 YEARS REPUTATION SiHGAPORC »tA4M411 words
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Article, Illustration148 1947-03-05 5 8 BOYS APPEAR DAILY IN COURT Spore youth problem still grave WHEN TO TURN LEFT Five Press Staff Reporter rVKNILaE delinquency is still a big problem m J l V ar.d m the last two months, an average ht youthful offenders have appeared before the of daily. One redeeming feature148 words
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Article36 1947-03-05 5 Copies of the Calendar for 1946-4. and the report for 1945-46 of the School of Oriental and w.i^ 1 studi <-s are now available for consultation m the Public Keiatioi>s Office, Empress Place Singapore.36 words
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Article232 1947-03-05 5 ARMY AIDS BURMA BUDDHISTS A BRITISH Sapper officer v as recently bee n sweating it out with his team of bulldozers over some seven acres of holy ground on the western slopes of the fabu- OS Shwe f Golden) Pagoda m Rargcon. Burma. He is Lieut. R. H. Gold'horn. RE.,232 words
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Article, Illustration126 1947-03-05 5 Atiitt beiiii ad. i-t for six weeks, these Filipinos were picked up on a Dutch island, and sent to Singapore where where they await repatriation. Aft r leaving Antioue, the «hp'a, engines gave trouble, and the men drifted until the craft beached at Ser.san m126 words
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Article19 1947-03-05 5 the this injury c :r_ajor ar.d only :ves." v. the E LS r A.PA.P - 19 words
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Article390 1947-03-05 5 LOCAL .NEWS.. Free Press Staff Reporter ri Singapore Economic Secretaiiat has sanctioned big shipments of rubber to Japan, and the first ships have already sailed from Singapore. Economic chiefs have decided that only by supplying Japanese factories with adequate supplies ol raw materials, will it390 words
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Article, Illustration551 1947-03-05 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IGNORING the challenge of the Singapore Federation of 1 Trade Unions to set up an independent Trades Union affiliated to themselves, the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunication Workers are going ahead with plans to form a Pan Malayan Federation of Postal551 words
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Article89 1947-03-05 5 CHOCOLATE FROM BRITAIN THE allocation for Malaya of chocolate and sugar confectionery, cocoa powder ar.d drink chocolate from U.K. for the period January to June 1947 has been divided among the various manufacturers m the United Kingdom. Import licences will now be issued to agents In Malaya on their presenting89 words
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Article67 1947-03-05 5 A six-man trade delegation frGm Ceylon may shortly start on a world study tour. It is learned that the Ceylon Board of Ministers having agreed o n this proposal are shortly to ask the State Council for a supplementary vote to cover the expenses incurred by such aReuter - 67 words
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Article23 1947-03-05 5 I The Singapore Police Training School m Thomson Road, wiJl holrt a passing-out parade on I Friday at 5.25 p.m. J23 words
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Article105 1947-03-05 5 \Y,HEN Colon2ls AP. Dorham and S.A.F. Pond sat talking with Dr. J.F.J. Cade and Mr.. S. E. Adamson night after night m Changi Camp, Singapore, they planned to help repay some day the sacrifice and courage shown by the local Chinese on their behalf. On Feb.Reuter - 105 words
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Article426 1947-03-05 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i \UHEN the LCM "Rosario" no.-cd its "Way out of the little ?f Filipino port of Anticue last January hour. d for Manila. seven persons aboard litt'e realised they were heading for R drama on the high seas.. .and Singapore eventually. In426 words
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Article38 1947-03-05 5 Dr. Lucius Nicholls, Nutrition Adviser to the Special Commis- oner for S.E. Asia, Lord Killearn, today left Singapore by air for Hong Kong where he will stay about two weeks as the guest of the Governor.38 words
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Article62 1947-03-05 5 The Auny Public Relations; office m Singapore states that troops m South-East Asia are entitled at the moment to free postage of letters to their home country up to one ounce m weight; over one ounce, there are certain small chaiges. This is the same as the arrar.ge-62 words
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Article33 1947-03-05 5 UL'NDREDS of vilage headmen of the Toungoo and Mandalay districts have gone on strike demanding an increase m the allowance granted by the Government, according to Burmese Press reports.33 words
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Article72 1947-03-05 5 S.R.C. SOCIAL THIS EVENING j the Singapoie Recreation cl i is holding a Social trie < Ins frem 6 cc. The programme consists of dancing, and horse-racing, and dub members and their .am urt' invited. This evening's entertainment begins a regular feature of social evenings to be held every wee*72 words
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Advertisement33 1947-03-05 5 MU 01 ARM. SURPLIi FOODSTUFFS. for the pur- of .6»i Tons 4 3 Depot S:xsre Par. -an- may -ci at HQ TOMORROW f REX^ I"** I dark! «'o\imß! i U____ ii 55_skL y^Lt33 words
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Advertisement119 1947-03-05 5 LARGE CROWDS SURVIVED YESTERDAY AT THE s~ CATHAY r »\AN YOU TAKE IT?' ITS TOOGI TRIPLE TROUBLE.. .ALL FEMALE 'A** m\* tM > witti a ptstof-^ackw* Spitfire! _HM_B_-i* SADDLE h* m All «H TH* W^-T mm apr^i V /»y\ Unn Pin ci ma*m gamm t v Pll WKBTfaLOWS-DWll lOMI I119 words
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Article, Illustration352 1947-03-05 1 Ex-Ceylon girl sues husband AFOEMER A.T.S. girl, a Ceylcncse. Mrs. Edith Williams, summoned her husband, Leslie Williams, of Flixton, at Manchester for a maintenance order, alleging desertion. Mr. F. E. Monks said the parties married m Ceylon m September, 1945, when Williams was m the Royal Marines and the girl352 words
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Article56 1947-03-05 1 JOHN WOOD, a platelayer, of j Ilkeston. Derby, could not read or wri.e. But he was a wizard at figures, reckoning difficult additions and abstrac ions' m seconds. After re.iring as a loreman platelayer he went on with con- j tracting work. Hs will has56 words
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Article35 1947-03-05 1 Old people ut St Andrew's Hospital, Biggleswade, are hibernating during the cold spell They have to stay m bed to keep warm, until emergency plant can be introduced to supplement the Inadequate central heating.35 words
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Article68 1947-03-05 1 British film star DavidNiven said he had sold his bedy to four hospitals to raise cash during his cadet da>s at Sandhurst, but has recently repaid all the money, so his body is his own ayain. He received t_4 m ad\ance when he agreed with68 words
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Article65 1947-03-05 1 RADIO switched on constantly m the home gives children the habit of shouting, makes their voices "harsh, raucous ard coarse,' Miss G. A. Moore, headmistress of South Wilts Grammar School, Salisbury, warned parents at the school Speech Day Already, she said, the results of perpetual noise traffic,65 words
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Article274 1947-03-05 1 A MASTER WIND is believed to be behind the daring i\ 115,750 mail bag rubbery, the money of a London ban., which has been stolen from a G.WJL West of »ml and train. The money, m pound notes, was sent from a Cuy Dank m274 words
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Article15 1947-03-05 1 The Church of England m Canada bas sent £11.138 for bombed British churches.15 words
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Article28 1947-03-05 1 In Philadelphia Lewis Alien was sent to jail for Aye years for threatening to shoot his landlady when she made him turn off his electric lights28 words
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Article, Illustration477 1947-03-05 1 DECOY BOMBER LURED THE ENEMY Radar hero tells own story HAROLD JORDAN, ex-schoolmaster from Croydon, London, the radar expert m the Wellington bomber which "trail ed its coat" m order to learn the secrets of ratfar installed m German night fighters, reported m the Fr* Press for Feb. 27, has477 words
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Article, Illustration199 1947-03-05 1 TALLY sticks, which look like wooden toothbrushes with a few not-ches cut In the handles, have reappeared m a glass case m the House of Commons. During the war they were put away m a safe place, so that most new MP.s have not seen them before.199 words
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Article94 1947-03-05 1 r protect mothers and babies m maternity wards at Melton Mowbray and Bosworth Park Infirmaries from the mystery disease which caused the deaths of babies m various parts of the country recently. Leicestershire County Coune.l las issued these instructions to visitors They shall wasn the:,94 words
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Article97 1947-03-05 1 IT is almost impossible to maße| a bet m New York, because the bookies are on strike The police rave finally succeeded m their long fight *o son the customers having their fling But they have not done r oy putting all the illegal bookifs ber97 words
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Article146 1947-03-05 1 A MOTHER was asked at Sunderland Juvenile Court: "Will you and your husband please be very careful before adding more children to the population?" The question was asked by Mr. J. P. Wilson, the magistrates' clerk. Bthe mother, who has six 1 ranging from146 words
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Article31 1947-03-05 1 School barbers m colliery v;V lages are as essential as dental clinics and the provision of meals says Ro her Valley Divisional Council V? f WeSt Riding Count y31 words
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Miscellaneous44 1947-03-05 1 J AJNt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya l/C^l^rSt^' I Know -.stem, eric -Al F^thanks very much/- > "I fr_r-K-l_i\X .sS^k, A i¥ l: ™EAn IM ON YOUR/ c*^ l-l'i L SfPFAM Till I ISWIj/S^ V vf fa SIDE NOW-I WANTTbV PLACE OOWN/ff44 words
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Miscellaneous217 1947-03-05 1 Free Press Crossword Wcjj »•%.-> .4C-lU>> l wo. i.e. y«_rn \istsa icr .mb.u. ai.d M Across. Shakespearean c-wnedv m whi h Perdi a appear (3, 7. 4). 9. Tributary of the Danut(4). 10. What kind of animals are cavit-s m some school, a 5). 13, See 6 Down. 14, "The217 words
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Article, Illustration1074 1947-03-05 2 Bill Bowes - ENGLAND'S HOPES SOAR THEN CRASH Bill Bowes From WES IB Isoe ia c mnr. (run I larlv rtlawd J i i seif-defeßce. .\re i nun I n i ir at I fhozt d n m I ui.h bet SYDNEY, Tuesday. ENGLAND obtained a lead of 27 on the first innings,1,074 words
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Article640 1947-03-05 2 Rest Of The Sport OOLDIER son of the famous Yorkshire and England ciitket■3 er, Roy Kilner, helped GHQ 2nd Echelon, SEALF to beat Singapore District by 39 runs at Fort Canning on Sun.iay. After being bowied for a 'duck* m his innings, Kilner640 words
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Article232 1947-03-05 2 George Chisholm - AMATEUR IN THE NEWS George Chisholm Aii In The Game From i LONDON, By Air Mail. DaUPFAX i Burnley millowner, is m direct lir>: amateur Soccer player to play for [bid m international since B. Bower, of Corin»»ii rs cap against Wales m 1927. If fax doe< gel the hr.nour232 words
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Article63 1947-03-05 2 I semi-finals of the GHQ snortbe held at TanTlin Bara on the cricket pitch at 2 p.m. t.diy. J* ling i 5 for GHQ inter Drun i ._amni_n hips and is open for inriud n? ir.cmb-r., of the -ATb and chi'dren. Prize, totalling $600 are to63 words
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445 1947-03-05 2 Russians Boycott Rest Of Europe XI From Archie Quick nr LONDON. H^sia has again poked our her chin m a manner born oi the ignorance of sporting principles. She has said that forthcoming Great Britain vrrsus Rest of Europe match lias teen foisted on the International Federation m order to445 words
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Article295 1947-03-05 2 MDMP____TELY outclassing th-'r lledl--4 cai rivals, Raffle; yes erday won the annual inte.-c.Keg;. feeder match ior the Purdy-Owen tror-h with a secre of ie\en goals to one. Ali the scor.ng was done .r. the Dnt ulf when Raffles, exploit n*, every chance tha:. came their295 words
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Article21 1947-03-05 2 L INFIELD beat Coleraine three-nil m an Irish Cup record round replay yesterday, reports Reuter from London. i21 words
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Article507 1947-03-05 2 SPORT.. By Our Soccer Reporter FE Singapore Recreation Club beat S.C.F.A. fclectinn I by two goals to nil m an S.A.F.A. league fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium ytesterday, but they can censider themselves extremely lucky to have got away with il. The a' first goal came507 words
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Article20 1947-03-05 2 Fred Perry, former British Davis <. f, player ztd Wimbledon ch-.mp.on, has flown over 100.000 mites sine? turn_nj professional.20 words
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Article277 1947-03-05 2 London, Tues. A GOAL by insiie-right Mors, m the __r.it minute cf c.tra time, enablei the Se.-ond Division club Barnley to defeat the pow« rfttf .al dd- ii who are near the ton of the premier division m the Football Asscc.a'ijn Cup s.xth round re- play277 words
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Advertisement54 1947-03-05 2 AT* aA f rHE ONE MIGHTY THRILL I IIK I YOU'VE BFEN WAITING FOR' GALA OPENING ;egW*****aWm TO-DAY! /s»il vSl^sslA n -2-1.15-6.30-9.15 /Xgy TT T PttM *JP,_A Robin Hood of the Rio Grande' VaVjifa ii —_——i— -——■-—^*v .ua O*' __B om___^ V^ __^_B_M»a?_J_il^_E_K__. kW haw arr CIM FM.fl '^^^^^^B _^_^_^_^B54 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-03-05 3 NEWS, "LATE CITY.. omat tl ak sh res of the Penlland Firth, John O'Groats, is the grazing for 140 sh:ep owned by the loe.l crDfters. The sheep arc cared for by a community shepherd, CO-year-old Sinclair Steven, who has a hard job on the treeless, shelterless shores.48 words
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Article233 1947-03-05 3 A Special Market corr -aa.ondent <ivi!» the prices of rubber at ill a.m taa, J a» as follows SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF OMMBK E YStR Si.-upore Chamber cf lora- vr.trce Ri»b»Vr Associations n»bl»er priares at noon yesterday v r Spore shares T.IE S.ngsocre share ma:k:t this morning233 words
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Article65 1947-03-05 3 AN the London Stock Exchange yes- terday. the markets closed barely Jv with some contraction m trad- 1n 7 volume British Ftmas sagged back lurther. Among Industrials, which were gener--lly steady. Stores were wanted, sti- alated by rrajod dividends. Gamages ng 50 per cent, for the year against65 words
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Article46 1947-03-05 3 (kX the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, the market showed mixed tendencies up to one point In *low dealings with gains m slight ir.-Mority by mid-day. Prices finished steady around the day's best with the composite average i?te registering a slight advance. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article168 1947-03-05 3 DUTCH SEIZE CARGO OF U.S. SHIP BATAVIA, Tu._ THE director of Netherlands East Indies Beonomk Affairs, J E. Van Hoogstraten. announced the owners of the U.S. ship Martin Behrnam have been ordered to place at the disposal of the N.E.I. Government 5,182 .ms of sheet rubber. 313 tons of repe168 words
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Article55 1947-03-05 3 The American President Lines announced m San Francisco yes- terday the resumption of round- the-world luxury cruises. Bookings, which will be accepted immediately for the liners j President Polk and President I Monroe, will be rationed. A limit- ed number of reservations will be 'spread over as wid?A.P - 55 words
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Article229 1947-03-05 3 NA VY TO EXPAND TRINCOMALEE LONDON, Tuesday. nETVVEEN May and June 1948, the date set by the British O Government for handing over of power m India, there is likely to be a considerable programme of expansion at Tr.ncomalee, major naval port of Ceylon and one of the six finestReuter - 229 words
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Article288 1947-03-05 3 LONDON, Tuesday. IT is reported m London tonight that Sir Alan Burns, Governor of the Gold Coast, has tendered his resignation after respiting the death sentences on the five West Africans who were to have been executed this morning for their part m a ritual murder.U.P; Reuter - 288 words
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Article41 1947-03-05 3 Seme oi the suo Greek leftists arrested yesterday m a dawn .wocp m Athens w.re last n ght put en a ship for deportation tc the Aegean Islands. The men were said to have been aiding guerrilla bands- ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article81 1947-03-05 3 Churchill— 'gate crasher' THE Speaker of the House of Comm.ns (Col. Dcuglas Clifton Brown) called Mr. Winston Chu.ih.ll a "irate crasher" yesterday when he insisted on speaking after the Speak r had tailed on another member to speak. M J- Churchill retorted: "As 79a have gen- out of your wayU.P - 81 words
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Article583 1947-03-05 3 BRISTOL, Tuesday. JI YOUNG wife accused of murdering her husband m his I\ bath is expecting a baby, the prosecution disclosed when her trial opened at Bristol today. Counsel suggested the jury might assume the baby's father is her lover a cripple. The case forReuter - 583 words
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462 1947-03-05 3 DUNKIRK, Tuesday. TN the war-battered Town Hall of Dunkirk, the 50 year military political and economic treaty between Britain and France which was pledged on the blood stained beaches of Dunkirk m June. 1940, was signed m a brief ceremony this afternoon by Mr. ErnestReuter; U.P - 462 words
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Article93 1947-03-05 3 FRENCH TRAITOR LOSES £11 0,400 THE Paris High Court yesterday condemned the Vichy Government's first Foreign Minister, Pa'ii Baudouin, to five years' prison and national unworthiness and confiscation of his property wort., about £110,400 following a conviction for treasonable relations with Germany. It was Bandou. -i who, es foreign minister,93 words
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Article290 1947-03-05 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday INCOME TAX m some form is to be introduced into Hong /Cong some time this year, according to well-informed quarters m the colony, but so far no official detail- ha\e been issued. The China Mail etatea that the tax is likely to comeReuter - 290 words
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Article32 1947-03-05 3 The Singapore flic Bagade j wa^. calle. out at 3 p m yesterday to trxt nguish a grasj fire m a j Chines-: cemetery behind *he Tan jTock Seng Hospital32 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-03-05 3 QUEUEING FOR FUEL With the temperature Ik low iH^hu-, r cheerfully outside a g I works m \>. Birminehiaj »1 shire, England, for thrir ra.ion -ni .< Pennyworth ul atcly 28 lb.)— of coke Th- queu U can gm f lirm g\\gmJZ the running.42 words
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Article160 1947-03-05 3 Free Press Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES o. tiie Si.;- .apore Traction Comoa..\ strikers yesterday met Mr R. P. Bingham. Commissioner Labour, and all agr:ed md.vidually to the DOOStflutton ot an inquiry aboard set by tV.e Government, with an immediate return to work while the b>ard considered the workers' claims160 words
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Article9 1947-03-05 3 FIRE DESTROY 40 MIAMI SHIPS 40 a has.!. D9 words
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Miscellaneous83 1947-03-05 3 w i nroJ Fain bra; period. Wl a i .i: I hMM ur k n •dd 1U m,, ;MM| I fstia. f,^ nmittd fr to ith bnp!.i pm*. tv* Mb. >< a_d IA kr rilm t«-Msk« <nn«sa»a «S 4^ p ta_ >wi_ ati Moa«nr.v ■ai*' 4 f>B a ir la»rr.n«*ra83 words
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