The Singapore Free Press, 7 March 1947
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Title Section18 1947-03-07 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFIERNOON SALE IN MALAYA u*i* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947. PRICE 16 CENTa.18 words
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Article2970 1947-03-07 1 LONDON, Thursday. uTchaiKc .tt lenient in India had been extinui<ht labour Government's action in over p rto men of straw," declared Mr. -ton hurch:' 1 when he resumed the Commons on India today. It was a cardinal mistake, he lared.to kind i^cr the government to Pandit2,970 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-03-07 1 I'a-a.*:- of wreckage from a sunken vhip ie thrown 80 fctrt late the sky as salvage men cleared Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, yesterday.26 words
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Article39 1947-03-07 1 LONDON Ly\ ave j ment I I I *he kr. on I ■spokesmen for trie British kp 0C --ch j I ftodiniLs. arma- I I m*m wa. to m y :r?>.a.^s demans on manority A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article41 1947-03-07 1 POLICE SEEK MISSING GIRL ire ;e- *y. fiancee ot Dr Wi] an'Deßanr-.r Hub* rt. wellcwn psychr. M dead ir. Bailey, aged 27. was |oneda Ddi wh--J""* *\U bed in Redcl.lTe EL??* had ist nigh:. ordered to vr_at «e death of Hub-41 words
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Article9 1947-03-07 1 U.S. ELIMINATES ENTRY DELAYS a C over fc lulu9 words
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Article12 1947-03-07 1 MOUNTBATTEN GETS HIS YORK BACK fe-t 9y in Asia Bert* a1 ReuterReuter - 12 words
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Article58 1947-03-07 1 Completion of the U5525,000,000 loan from th e U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Philippine Government has been announced in Manila and In Washington. The l°an is part of a U5575,000,000 credit which the U.S. Congress authoried to aid the new Philippines Republic meet its immediate financialA.P. - 58 words
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Article180 1947-03-07 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. TUB Ln-ieci Slates Supreme Court today ruled by seven to I two that John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers MEN guilty ol contempt for flouting the Federal District Court order to halt the November soft coal strike. The Utcis-oii wasA.P. - 180 words
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Article91 1947-03-07 1 NANKING, Thurs. ATBi link between Chir.a's two major political parties Will be served tomorrow ■ben 74 Communist liaison offl:n Nanking board planes for Yenan, the Communist capital. Kuommtang (Government) i time limit for the Communists to leave was extended for two days. The CommunistReuter - 91 words
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Article24 1947-03-07 1 Foreign Office sources said yesterday Britain had so far given Greece assistance to the value of v 40.000, 000- U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article255 1947-03-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter COMMODORE W. H. B. Freideberger, commanding Singav pore Naval Base, now awaits the word from London ihat will tell him how much work and how many workmen will have to be axed in the Naval Base. The British Admiralty, as reported255 words
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Article29 1947-03-07 1 Mount Etna erupted again yesterday. Molten lava poured from both old and new craters of the volcano. The eruption was visible 1 19 miles away A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article77 1947-03-07 1 THE IS. State Department in Washington today confirmed that th» United States Government had pratested against the ••unjustified interference in Hungarian int?rnal affairs" in a note to the Soviet Government and to Lieut. Gen Svirdov, Soviet Chairman of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. The StateReuter - 77 words
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156 1947-03-07 1 LONDON, Thursday. FRRENTI.AL rains in Devon had ceased late today but some of the worst floods in living memory ravaged the country. A total of 3.6 inches of rain fell during the 48 hours. Some snow fell to add to the hardships experienced byU.P. - 156 words
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Article754 1947-03-07 1 Free Press Stax Reporter SINGAPORE taxi drivers are regularly contributing to [the funds of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union, and the money paid in is distributed in part to the busmen now on strike so tha. they can feed their families, and the754 words
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Article, Illustration270 1947-03-07 1 'paid up Free Press Staff Reporter The strikers have nominated Mr. John Eber and Mr. N. A. Mailal, both of the Malayan De- mocratic Union, to represent their 1 interests on any conciliation 1 board which may be formed It is suggested that the board shall comprise270 words
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Advertisement5 1947-03-07 1 jEWELLERV M .H2J?» RY s_?tf________.5 words
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Advertisement38 1947-03-07 1 SIFT A CLIKM6 AMERICAN JERSEY IB GORGEOUS PATTEfiMS LIMITED SELECTION n-nnaß-*vcMian-.-rni-saMa^H--__jni..Baaß.__wan>«MMH__-V»^ n i— A WINNER EVERY TIME $1.00 TIN OF 50 '^^3w, 20 «CtS.PKT. OF 10 FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY GOOD SMOKING Made In England ____j"Ma.M^MM_^ < IBM HB^^^^^■^H-_---_-----------------------i38 words
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FOR WOMEN
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Article895 1947-03-07 2 A Report On THE WOMEN In London the most-talked-about new book, on the most-talked-about subject in the world, is a provocative 258-page discourse, entitled "Women: An Analytical Study.' Its author i^a man 64 -year old Richard Curie, journalist, traveller and explorer in every country in the world (except Tibet), philatelist,895 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-03-07 2 Made from light- weight birds-ey e worsted suit ng in brown or white this semi-tail«.red dress ts designed on semi-fitting lines with double breasted front, large pock' t_. an.. v.:d e r -stan sl?ev<-s. The skirt is freely j lrated back and front.43 words
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Article492 1947-03-07 2 FROM A SPECIAL WOMAN CORRESPONDENT PLEATS are again firm.y entrenched for 1947 In Britain's fashion houses, w.th the two piece suit as a leading favourite. This type of outfit, however, nee s lhe 'finest tailoring, and any woman who recognises good clothes will realise that perfect cut underlines492 words
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Article92 1947-03-07 2 1 The twelve leading Livery Companies are: (1) Mercers; (2) Grocers: (3) Drapers; (4> Fishmongers: (5) GolcLmiths; (6) Skinners; (7) Merchant Tailors; tB> Haberdashers; (9) Salters; (10) Ironmongers; (11) Vintners: (12) Cloth-work rs. 2. (a) 1567-1619: (b> The "Globe" Theatre; (c) Shakespeare was a member of Burbages company,92 words
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Article, Illustration322 1947-03-07 2 T)LI_.A3E tell us v.1.3 was wrong in tlic bidd ng of this hand." requesti readei M Boath claims his hand contained no biddable suit and wis not worth two no-trump. One no-trump ■as the only hid available, and that nsc over on? club (claims South 1 shows322 words
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Article, Illustration323 1947-03-07 2 BY A SPECIAL WOMAN CORRESPONDENT 'IHE .act that London is now more cosmopolitan than ever before in her history may have som. thing to do with the fact that women :n Britain are '.ery ready to accept all new hat fashion?. Prev.n ed by economic pressure frcfn323 words
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Advertisement12 1947-03-07 2 AFTER (SH I ld m LYON •ii.-. Alio HdttOfM au r©H \atOSr~12 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous268 1947-03-07 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast fui people born today BORN today, you seem to have dual talents. You are naturally musical and could probably be highly milgfll in a career in the artYou are interested in science and this, too, might be your happiest field of expression. It is likely268 words
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Miscellaneous984 1947-03-07 2 OflHir) MAI AY A aVtadcal Pat Pouirl <Ri; 6.00 p.m. Pro- ground to Aus'ralia; 10.00 World K%r I'iniin 1 n gramme Summary in Mahay: 6. 05' 10. 15 Music Iron, the 10 30 9innnnnrts Malay Music Bv Sri Pemnda Har- Romance in Music: 10.45 Ausral.ai. oni juuurt m. niam Fcrty;984 words
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Article123 1947-03-07 3 SHE PUT ON 6 POUNDS IN 14 DAYS MK3. Magy Vv ..._iicd Miiiards. who was said to be putting on Kb. or 61b. m weight in a fortnight .ce bus accideir. was awarded damages at Liverpool Assizes. As Miss Mary Gr:*rn sne plajad tennis and he? key while in Buenos123 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-03-07 3 Driven out f Hanoi alter b-U?r righting, the Vietnam forces have embarked up >n guerilla tartk'f as. th?y carry out the r "scorch* u *arth" policy in their withd-awai. Pietare shows Ficnc-h marines a auUonsly advancing thread) Jung 1 upon j a burning Vietnam village.47 words
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Article435 1947-03-07 3 Czechoslovakia is recovering quickly CZECHOSLOVAKIA today is an oasis in the post-war con1/ fusion of Centra! Europe—a country with a plan and the Wfflto achieve it. Foreign visitors are quick to notice lhe spirit of confidence and general integrity which is unusual in demoralised present day Europe.435 words
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Article157 1947-03-07 3 Fbookil the taxpayers in Britain have saved M the Government cannot build the fciHive. that it hoped to be able to build, and .3,183,991 be- -<• it caaaot bu> the British aeroplanes which it expect .d huv fer air tran-p^rt services. iation was offered in the157 words
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Article61 1947-03-07 3 A I STR ALIAS best niiddledistance racehorse, Attley, has become the "Food for Uritain'' horse. Tvory time it wins, its owner sends 100 food parcels to Britain. It has won twice in a fortnight. It was formerly known as tho War-Loan Colt, as hs Gvr.rr !hen61 words
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Article76 1947-03-07 3 ATOMIC energy has been harnessed to industry. Three atomic power plants "are operating very satisfactorily." This was disclosed by Mr. C. P. Cabell, chemical engineer of the General Electric Company, which is using applied atomic energy at Richland. Washington State. But he added that "it76 words
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Article205 1947-03-07 3 I ORD Malcolm Douglas Hamilton, one of 4he four boxer- sons of the late Duke of Hamilton, was lowered 150ft down a Scottish peak to rescue a 8.A.0.R. soldier trapped for 21 hours on a ledge on Stob Coire Nam Beith. A keen mountaineer, Lord205 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-03-07 3 Art gallery in shelter lami lack of accommodation in Copenhagen has .un? Danish painters to exhibit their works in a ihcttct in 'he hean of the city. Pictures shou htiai taken through the entrance to the id irt gmkoJWj, and (light): an interior view of the heated by a tin>56 words
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Article39 1947-03-07 3 VQBLD oil famine is threatened through -he is engine.. ap" cars with the labrieai •ne position in I Briaain is here under the oil agreement the world's cars census reveals oil consumpwrC than39 words
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Article24 1947-03-07 3 Because the 70,000 ballot papers needed cannot be printed owing to fuel restrictions. Ipswich ha s postponed its Sunday cinema poll.24 words
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Article211 1947-03-07 3 nRiHSH KieatklS, impressed by (he efficiency of aerial p-.ji.>graphy during the war, want a permanent aerial photo<r_aphic unit for scientific research worfc The Hrirish Ecological Society has taken 'the lead bv suggesting to several Government departments the advantages Which they would gain if this unit211 words
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Article86 1947-03-07 3 SPINSTERS in Britain are indignant at having to pay threepence a week in the new insurance contributions towards maternity benefits. Thr spinsters are angry because an insurance agent says he paid a number of maternity claims to single women in 1946. Miss Florence White, of Bradford,86 words
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Article98 1947-03-07 3 rpHE 1947 pennies are now coming into circulation in Britain, and they are bright and golden. So ends a minor "debasement" !of the currency. Since 1944 the Royal Mint has darkened all pennies before issue a deliberate act of denigration done In ihe knowledge that98 words
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Article25 1947-03-07 3 Large-scale smuggling of cydß tyres and inner tubes between Bri. am and Holland is keeping East Coast Customs and Excise preventive officers busy.25 words
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Article146 1947-03-07 3 BLACK-OUT RAIDS BY HOOK GANG A NEW grapple gang, using hooked ropes to climb to balconies, has brought off two lur I and Jewel burglaries in Kensing- i ton, London. Scotland Yard detectives deI cided that the grappling method bad been used to 6teal:— 1. Mink rurs worth I.OuO from146 words
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Article17 1947-03-07 3 Grant of £30,000 to the Coveni Garden Opera Trust was approved by the Commons.17 words
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Article178 1947-03-07 3 MEET Britain's only coalminer parson, the Rev. Arthur j 111 Penheiog, of Blaenavon, Monmouthshire. He works fullI time at the coal face, runs his church in his spare time. When there is a wedding or a funeral during working hours he asks for time off, scrubs himself178 words
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Article61 1947-03-07 3 A death-ray devised in America is being used to keep a refriger- j ator. Milk, eggs, meat, fish and fruit can be exposed to high-speed electrons for a millionth of a' second, and all germs and moulds which cause decay are killed A steak kept for61 words
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Article57 1947-03-07 3 Petworth House Sussex. sea f of Lord Le^onfiold and one of the show places of England, may! shortly become the property of the nation. It is undersood that with this gift by Lord Leconfield to the National Trust will eo an endowment fund for |I .1 upkeep. Legal57 words
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Article, Illustration73 1947-03-07 6 lMf;5. He-en tried m.i n. sister of D,t. G.ati.r. uh) has been condc :.nrd to d ath for his p.ir. in an atta U on a IVi-osi-iie po! ee statin, new from her home in the I'nitrd Slat .s in crdrr to be *t>L- to advise her bro'tirr in pr73 words
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Article157 1947-03-07 6 ASS. IELD WATCH TIGHTENS Fbeat any attempts to make illegal landings on disused aerodromes in Britain there are nearly 300 of them— in order to evade either immigration or customs authorities, steps are being taken to tighten up the watch on all airfields. A list has been issued by the157 words
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Article, Illustration105 1947-03-07 6 Pigeon pie is on the menu in most East Anglian homes. First week-end shoots, organised by Escex and Suffolk agricultural commi.tees, had good bags. Every man who could handle a gun was asked to take part. JL.L..I. rinsing is turning so papular in Britain that the Central Council105 words
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Article167 1947-03-07 6 A SECRET German directed information service was discovered when police raided Fre>nes prison, jus; outside Paris. It was the most sensational police swoop since the liberation. Even the prison staff were not warned of it. When armed police officers aumped out of their lorries som.warders167 words
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Article60 1947-03-07 6 l THE proprietor and his s»on were investigating a gas leak in a eafe in Buckinghaj-a--strect, Birmingham when an explosion blew out the windows and back door, wrecked the kitchen, started a Hre and injured them both They put out the fire, turned eff the gas60 words
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Article56 1947-03-07 6 *THE audience at the Grand Theatre, Clapliam June ion, London, screamed when 22-year-old Ellen Harvey was injured by a lion in the middle of her solo I act. Her arm was torn and she ran for treatment, but in two minutes was back on the stage with56 words
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Article20 1947-03-07 6 Norman O. Bellenger. 18, son of the War Minister, took his medical examination recently for the Army.20 words
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Article, Illustration274 1947-03-07 6 MR. JUSTICE HODSON, awarding £100 damages to a man in the London Divorce Court, said he did not believe the man's wife was anything like so bad as she had made her- self out. The judge, said the case was extraordinary because I the wife274 words
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Article26 1947-03-07 6 Fifteen when .she became engaged. Pamela Bate, 16. of Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, left England by plane recently to wed in Canada26 words
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Article25 1947-03-07 6 A Hastings Alderman saw two pensioners sharing a ls. 3d. < dinner at a civic restaurant. Now a ls. meal is to be provided.25 words
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Article256 1947-03-07 6 Britain holds bargain sale rVO THIRDS of Britain's disposable war surplus stocks have been sold for £330.000.000. Of this amount, £260,000,000 represents sales in Britain and £;O,OGO-Gw* sales abroad. Giving these figures, Mr. Arthur Woodburn, M.P., Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, said that256 words
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Article19 1947-03-07 6 Miss D. M. Simpson rode on a tractor through snow af^er her "white" wedding at Sixrulls, Lincolnshire.19 words
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Article312 1947-03-07 6 rEN the Army locked up Sapper T_erncy, self -eon fenced deserter, in the guardroom at the RE Base Depot, for < n Stacey (Hants), they had not reckoned with Mrs. Tierney. Standing in the snow outside the depot with he! year-old baby asleep in her312 words
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Article31 1947-03-07 6 New Zealand is negotiating wh.h Britain concerning the selection of 1.000 British unmarried men and women for employment in New Zealand's essential industries, it is announced in Wellington.31 words
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Article185 1947-03-07 6 rORPE MORIEUX, Suffolk village near Lavenham, is doomed under a planning scheme. "The whole village exudes an air of desolation and hopelessness. Thorpe Morieux is doomed and indeed on its death -bed." So says an official report on the future development of West Suffolk. But185 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-03-07 6 Londoner beseige coal depo >vn 8r..*,-, "••*tS 'Cain co*i J »ut v, mam J tbeir T th« tlMßbl Yt a a ai depot .k (.win25 words
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Advertisement90 1947-03-07 3 i -Jm-**- _f /D m m\ Gillette The keener, harder edges P>^ of Blue Gillette Blades provide smoother and cleaner shaves. Their long life provides the extra shaves that save your money. £fc*^<i nvMnln&s' &&ir\. <uH£h -tfif&ttc HI «»^™^«i«MaWMM^ IN THE PROUD TRADITION OF COLUMBIA'S DISTINCTIVE TECHNICOLOR PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS90 words
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Miscellaneous7 1947-03-07 3 Tarzan on defensive By Edgar Rice Burroughs7 words
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Article578 1947-03-07 4 SINGAPORE should noi DC dism yed by tne $90.000 000 bill which Dr. Vldce.S, tie Director o: Medical Ser\icts, proposes ah ild be presented to the cotveen now and 1952 in order to provide a minimum adequate social heal.ad s.rv.ce "Cr Vicktrs. la his report, anticipates the obvious578 words
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Article, Illustration1289 1947-03-07 4 THE man who knows all there is to know about Malayan forests, timber species and the wood industry in Singapore in general is 38--year-old London-born C. O. FLEJYCIICH, head of the Forest Office, Singapore. Of athletic build .md with a business-like approach to most things, Mr.1,289 words
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Article89 1947-03-07 4 1. The C.ty of London has 78 Livery Companies descendants of the i 1 r G i 'd Can you name, say. Ave of the twelve "great ts wnich take precedence of the others? 2. (a) When did the actor Richard Burbage nourish? <b> What theatre was built by89 words
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Article23 1947-03-07 4 iThpre is an evil which I have seen under the sun. as an error which proc«*edeth f.-i»m the ruler. I Eccl: 10.5.23 words
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Article285 1947-03-07 4 LINCOLN, capital of England's richest farm.ng county, will be the venue of Britain's premier farming event, the "Royal" Show, in July of this year. It will be the first since 1939. Organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, whose motto is "Practice With Science." the285 words
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Article, Illustration505 1947-03-07 4 Don Whitehead - Don Whitehead By BEFORE shedding too many tears over the poo- backward native* of the former Japanese-man 'a led Island*, anyone might consider the caso of the Vapa-n--.v. who want nothing end would not care if the Ameri-. cans packed up anc 1 wont home.505 words
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Advertisement13 1947-03-07 4 HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES in STERLING SILVER. Fresh stocks jvaVahle. 73 NORTH BRtOCtl RD- S'PO*f.13 words
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Advertisement147 1947-03-07 4 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAY Sth 16th 194. This is your first opportunity in seven ye see your old suppliers in Britain and to meet ne' ones. Oversea Buyers are invited to Britain foi 1947 British Industries Fair It will enable establish personal contact with the maker: immense147 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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124 1947-03-07 5 Free Press Staff Reporter today are a considerable number cf L^Ae ol tnem refugees from territories in m following wartime controls and van>ar the" N-azis. These aliens wish to take up I,y rionar it\\ and the first applications have \/t the Governor through the Colonial mam\Xt124 words
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Article, Illustration130 1947-03-07 5 •I i vatee, u&naUt 'mih: bap given clearly and in I plants of time. :rc?i tinct signal is dan(r<l, brcause the message it cunvty tan be rmsiljr t m- u».tle;"::)cd *vith a result pev-ibh more d-tngrrous than i* no signa! wer? given. YOI S.IOVI.D, therefore, gi**}130 words
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Article152 1947-03-07 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IS from today, the price c.nrt trol on textiles intended tor expert from Singapore has been lifted. Previously Government had made an order that before textiles could be exported, permits i."d to be referred to the Assistant Price Controller, and to the Exoort Controller.152 words
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Article59 1947-03-07 5 .ner icic which is now knewn as War S™ 8 Y -u could, therefore \H rZ^ s an in QUiry to the Office-m-Charge of War Crimes »"E" Group*. No. 5, Anderson Road, oore. Alt. rnatively, if your inquirei addresses a letter t the n re<-*'.' •tary Intelligence59 words
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Article45 1947-03-07 5 CWEDEy is the first Western nation to submit an order for Japanese fabrics in the post-war i The Japanese cotton textile exports for 1947 is estimated to reach ■.JO.OGO.ODO yards. The Swed'sh order for 11,500.000 linear yards will be shipoed in d May.45 words
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Article18 1947-03-07 5 Nearly 170 tons of American granges and apoles arrived in -in-apore by the Marine Snapper yesterday.18 words
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Article117 1947-03-07 5 L\)R the first time since the 1 liberation, iwo Indian youths, S. Unnithan Mid K. Ambrose, of Pr.sar Scr.tul, Kuala Lumpur, will set out on bicycle to reach India by the overland route. They ex- 1 ptct to leave Kuala Lumpur on April 7cn their117 words
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Article278 1947-03-07 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rVO wooden junks that had lain submerged for over a year were yesterday blown up in Telok Ayer Basin by salvage officers who completed the final phase of clearing the hasin of wrecks. By the end of this week, the area wiil278 words
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Article147 1947-03-07 5 4 STUDENTS GET AWARDS FOUR Singapore students have been awarded a $100LCholarship tenable for two years as an incentive to help them through the Bth Standard and Senior Cambridge. They are Miss Jayaluckshumi Rajah do), daughter of Mr. A. Rajah of the Government Servants' Society, Vincent Gomez '16), son of147 words
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Article, Illustration46 1947-03-07 5 rsr-v",. o»* *r J. B. WMil.i i rcleafea tr»e p.:nv?er in "Ok .a; ion Superblast" yesterday v wrecks in the Telok Ayer basin were totally d-' si toyed. Also .n the picture is Savage Officer Reg Vincent who dived into the water to place the explosives.46 words
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460 1947-03-07 5 Free Press Staff Reporter piE forthcoming census in Singapore and the Malayan 1 Union will have nothing to do— 'No, and again Nc," to quote an official statement— with taxation or other un- pleasantness. All the information with regard to individuals is treated460 words
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Article91 1947-03-07 5 I AUSTRALIAN experts of eann- ed fruit will not be curtailed by the shortage of imported tin- plate, which has led to the j rationing of supplies to canneries i processing other foods or canning for local consumption. The Government has assured fruit canneries, now preparing91 words
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Article183 1947-03-07 5 MR. Arthur Creech-J^n s. Colon-uj Secretary, told the House of Commons on Wednesday that tie was aware thai the Rubber Regulation Enactments had so far remained on the Statute Book, in the Malayan Union. Immediate steps were, n.wevtr, being taken to grant total exemption fromReuter - 183 words
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116 1947-03-07 5 STEPS TOWARDS SELF-VOGT. IN HONG KONG THE government oi Houg Kong 1 announced on Wedntud. v that the Colonial Office in London has approved two biggest changes in .Ih> fundamental Hong Kong Governmen: itruciure i n the past 50 years, deigned to achieve a greater measure of selfgovernment and toU.P. - 116 words
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Article299 1947-03-07 5 I Free Press Staff Reporter AT the Siglap Malay school yesterday, a pretty sc! o I i\ mistress, dressed in sarong md kebaya, wrung I.tr hands and cried on being told that her sweetheart had Ik en taken away by the Kempeitai. Wrought with distraction, she299 words
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Advertisement338 1947-03-07 5 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT ASK ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN iT! It's On At Tbe Today Four Shows 1 30. 4. 6 30 and 9 30 p.m. paws Fn> MOWTY |4^!k\ (Ht'sihiMAffr) Wk JJL -^4r WARNER BROS.' HfeOaEST HIT aiifti Jimmy Ouflai .ch< rd Trvvii Siftiat Bvrk* Ratgmald Gcrdintr 0..»c1«d hf WM.338 words
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Miscellaneous72 1947-03-07 6 JAIN t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya \O^JiV RTH "Tfl /MESDAMES -MESSIEURS.' "1 t%AJ?DON Kl F7-MO* H la/u/ELL MOW YOU V^SiW^L^L v LCORMER ERIC To WARM IV^ /o V SPFriAI rcaiicct I F^ KJ >ON NEZ-MO.r- YjfrH r WtUL. MUW TOUVE D? //T\ Phim about alp^omsT-X (thTsls^-e_SS6-me-72 words
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Miscellaneous168 1947-03-07 6 Free Press Crossword FJ _—y-»_—_— p»jgg— (S B 1. Womaniy attire that's MRW I I (6). 8. The sort of fire Mr. Pickviic.. finding in Dfh£ley Dell (5), 9. Fruit I (5). 11. You want to pi some c\ I S >unds a cros.< stick that sh^u..: I presentiment nas168 words
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Article193 1947-03-07 7 MALAYS WIN IN LAST 3 MINUTES tsy Our Soccer Reporter T P a*m% rtts ,f "^b tne poorest' display of football i F .he 'current S.A.F.A. league competition, (he Malays I J oa i thev never looked like getting and with it l** J hev nard!v desery ed nt the193 words
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Article261 1947-03-07 7 Bill Bowes - HUTTON MUCH IMPROVED Bill Bowes From i S_.t_.n_y, Thursday I EN Hutton, comfortably settled in a private room at St. Vine. nts" H.spjtai, ts tjciuy mu h unproved. The doctor says the i .nflammation of the tonsils Ls I subsiding, but an operation isl necessary and recommends that' be haa261 words
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689 1947-03-07 7 Rest Of The Sport ON the S.R.C. pad..i»i to-morrow, starting from 2.30 p.m.. the finals I of the athletic competition between j RafT.es College and Medical College for the Kay-Mouat Cup will be run off. La-t holders of the Cup were the Medicos. The Kay Moua:689 words
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130 1947-03-07 7 THE England team's tour ol New Z.aand may be jerlcusly affected becaus of the vaccinations and inoculations all players must have before they return to England. The fifth Test ends on Mrrch 6 Two days later the team flies to New Zealand for thrir130 words
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Article, Illustration72 1947-03-07 7 H.C. beat S.CF.A. Selection I by two goals to nil in a S.A.F.A. league game on Tuesday. 'lhcse Free Press pictures show, above, Wee En?, Chinese rightinside, ringed by S.R C. defender^, heading the ball and, below, Michael Loh, hinest. rwilre forv.a d. jumping to hiad72 words
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Article289 1947-03-07 7 U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES TOMORROW HCME foou.aU fixtures for tomorrow and next week are: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION "Boi:on W. Brentford Charlton A'h v. Hudderrfield Chelsea v. Blackpool Grimsby v. Everton Leeds United v. Portsmouth Liverpool v. Blackburn Mai .Chester Utd. v. As'on Villa Middle.sborough v. Wolves Preston N. End v.Reuter - 289 words
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Article48 1947-03-07 7 PARIS. Thurs. IN the world table tennis cham- I nionships, India's remaining representatives in the men 1 singles were eliminated in t^e isecond round Stinek of Czechoslovakia beat Sivaraman in three straight -v>m»\s and Tereba. also of Czechoslovakia, beat Vit^al by a similar margin.- ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article422 1947-03-07 7 Archie Quick - Archie Quick From LONDON, Mon. The most remarkable feature of .he Scottish league s:de selected to meet the English league [at Glasgow n March 12 Is that Gordon Smitli Qnd Danny Shaw are the two chosen reserves. They are probably two Sco smen. apart from422 words
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Article673 1947-03-07 7 MAURICE BURTON - MAURICE BURTON By THE Royal Air Force soccer league started on Wednesday when Base Headquarters entertained 28 60 Squadrons (Tengah) at Jalan Besar Stadium, which has been obtained as the home ground for Base. The Base team was totally different from that which represented them673 words
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Article528 1947-03-07 7 ISLAND CLUB v R.S.G.C. ON SUNDAY THE follow ir.,,, are cue uraw ana starting times for the R.S.G.C vs. Island Club match to be played at iVakit Timah on Sunday morning, iund Club players mentioned first): 8.20 J. Hodgkinson tscrt ana C. Batr-man vs. R. Craik (scr) ana R. J.528 words
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Article52 1947-03-07 7 JOE CARiEK l e Ml hat:. :< ...i.erl e gttt, was ieht rounds by Ro «er Ttsca (f at j. r v c.. r ?tpd re-rutty Fina s of t'^e London Fe e': f Bovs' C ib- chai m wll u_ki !a?e rt tbe "11 DQ "d.y,52 words
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Article, Illustration15 1947-03-07 8 Crail: fishing village anu quiet summer resort on t he East coast of Fifeshire.15 words
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Article70 1947-03-07 8 T hv tht h f B rmuda > s Leatham, has been asked British G v?rZ.„t f tJTu b,y t0 an durance from the muda tc ?tZ /ESES, «?V W^ 0t n^ oti ating the sale of BerColony might be sold by Britain COns,der th nimoursA.P. - 70 words
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444 1947-03-07 8 BATAVIA, Thursday. SHIPMENTS of rice from Indonesia to India will not be affected by the new import export regulations which the Netherlands Navy is enforcing -but serious rice shortages existing within Eastern and Central Java must be met before further shipments go to India,A.P. - 444 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-03-07 8 HE LENDS A HAND A policeman lends a helping hand to a uoman with her ration at Aston, near Birmingham. England Aqitief*^* 4 o'clock in the morning to obUn ""*"rth ately 28 ib. lke PI35 words
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Article30 1947-03-07 8 Premier Tito's Government yesterday reduced Yugoslavia'3 bread ration by 150 grammes a month because of dwindling food stockpiles. The reduction applies to heavy workers as well. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article169 1947-03-07 8 British Empire is not 'finished' LONDON. Itiur^Ui. INCREASING re_**iument at assump tns b. the Anon press that Britain and the Empire art finished h> ani lorce wfts reflected in the British pre^s todaj. The Daiiy Express ironically told I:.* 3,750.000 reads "Ihe British Empire is dead. If you > fe169 words
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Article131 1947-03-07 8 Asj- .-.irr -eta gi\»> th* pnce. oi nrttel li a.m taadaiN i> lolloa. fortr* aet* ni N. K >pi looec e No 1 R I to* in bain Mauh 4- So till ia* in h±lr> March No I LSI t<* in balrs. Va.Th 41 > «l131 words
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Article300 1947-03-07 8 BRISTOL. Thursday. MEDICAL evidence, on which turns the prosecution's case that Cecil Cornock was stunned before being drowned in his bath, took up the morning session of the third day of the trial of Mrs. Ann Cornock for the murder of her hus band. Mrs. CornockReuter - 300 words
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Miscellaneous124 1947-03-07 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Huh Low To-day 1054 9.5 ft. 05«9 3.4 ft. 2359 8.7 ft. 1736 WEATHER Fair with bright periods WEATHER forecast for 24 hoars from noon today compiled by the RAF. Central Forecastinc Station, Air Command. Far East: Fair with bright periods. During (I the late afternoon there will124 words
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