The Singapore Free Press, 10 March 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i m.. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH IM7. I'Rll't It* i LM»
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    10,000 Jews in Cyprus
    109 1 10,000 Jews in Cyprus U ifcc OV I l -l of X fetal.' si h aimi&T s i the Abrii t« MRWi t**« ftteOrfno ii likely «c ex&t starrer, •.•tai f l<V r j hj lMi Ihave irm«i to da n o 15C tavt M m..kr a htiies b«r{ her
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    BOY OF 11 'FOUGHT' IN U.S. ARMY
    170 1 l<; ton iew.- oo;. I >d by an he wis e*f^ *ad wbo w?nr. with *> axe* :he Sou h of France on to Brl n. ba.s set ion au:horipwW m a: Beihaw a _^Lawrcr. o: Fe'tium "■w. «as pkked up by the
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    THIRD FOR MUTINY
    59 1 Sentence will b* pramulgated m ciue course On 11 young British paratroopersv accused of mutiny, it w?s a?inc«nced when the three days' fleld general court martial crrded m Haifa On Banday n^ght. AD the 11 wne charged 1 wtth disobeying order to mace un f heir teds
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    Bus strikers to decide tonight
    169 1 Bus strikers to decide tonight Free Press Staff Reporter |\ECISION of the Singapore Traction Company strikers to return to work pending conciliation will be taken tonight at a big meeting at the STC headquarters m Racecourse Road. The Free Press j understands that Mr. R. P. Bingham, Commissioner for Labour,
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    PENICILLIN STOLEN
    17 1 Ttneres stole 1.2«0,000 units of penicillin during the night from a sanatorium m Berlin. Reuter
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    HAMMOND (44) IS RETIRING
    231 1 LONDON, Sunday. WALTER HAMMOND. England's cricket captain since 1933, announces -his retirement from Test cricket because of pressure of business. He is also relinquishing the captaincy of Gloucestershire, but will play for the County whenever p«)&<ib!e. Hammond will of course continue to lead the M.C.C. for
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    1,200 CROWD S'PORE WAR TRIAL
    484 1 1,200 CROWD S'PORE WAR TRIAL Free Press Staff Reporter THE roost important war crimes trial to be held m Singapore opened this morning m the crowdpacked Victoria Memorial Hall when Lt.-Gen. Nishimura Taktima, Commander of the Imperial Guards Division m Singapore during 1942, and six others were I charged with
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    SHE'S A HEROINE
    77 1 A. wi ..*v brr^-u.' .W— t Vi y i i?, M, mttct trtknz as feewjr to h»t-«— IwWr ami boiitc attacked by Mm, hrn t hmril d*»rrifcr«| a* the Old Ba»ry, London, M a heroine. The BuTdai »M a* t»» trial, T H« MiiM o# tkm ftc-itsed
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    FRENCH ROUT VIETNAMESE
    34 1 TRENCH and Vietnam patrols clashed near Haiphong on Sunday on Haiphong-Hanoi railway line which the Vietnamese attempted to cut, semi-official French sources said The Vietnam patrol was routed after brisk fighting.
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    2,2,3 AND 4
    55 1 2, 2, 3 AND 4 Quadruplets were born yesterday m the village of Bo hot m, m North Moravia, to Mrs. B. Cikryta, who previously had born two sets of twins and one set of triplets. The Communist daily, Rude Pravo, said: "This is a wonderful contribution to the success
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    India to ban Dutch planes
    92 1 ntrc II X y*l Air Lines (X.L.M.) pas*en?T planes will be forbidden to land at India-i Airpoits by special Indian Government regulation, Mr Kundm, the Indian Interim Gavernmcni rnvoy to the Indonesian Republic, told a press conference at Jogjakarta today Mr A E Pilgianis, XL.
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    FIGHTING FLARES UP IN GREECE
    68 1 ATHENS, Sunday. PREEK troops have killed 43 guerillas, wounded 35 and tcok 14 prisoners m an attack near Mount Os&a m north -eastern Greece. In the village of Canti&ko tn the Conitsa region of Epinus, a Greek detachment repulsed an attack by 400 guerillas :rom
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    GENERAL ORDAINED
    26 1 Major-Geu. (3oles Osborne who was commandant of StatT Collect* Quetta, from 1941 to 194 2 was i orisi e-JD HQ€S%'"' ir<.w Cathedral, Sydney yesterday.
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    Hillmen swoop on Punjab
    289 1 LAHORE, Sunday. rN from the Haaara district »f tl*€ Xartk-Wesi Frontier Province have invaded the IVfurrce reg on he European summer resort hi the mountains act! lt of Rawalpindi), where fires are »tilt burning as a result of (he dmak between Hindus. Sikhs and Muslim*. It
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    GUNMAM SHOOTS GUNMAM
    130 1 Fr«e Press Staff Report r A CHINESE, believed ;o be one of four robbers who took part m an armed rocbiry at to* > milestone Sembawang Road, S ngapore, pa Saturday nisht. was shot dead The robb rs, m escacins w Hi $180 a nd a wrist
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    SERVICES PUTBAN ON MIXED FIGHTS
    281 1 SERVICES PUTBAN ON MIXED FIGHTS Free Pre*s Staff Reporter CERVICES military police m Sin gapore have ordered promoters ol wrestling bouts at tbe Great World and the Ne* World not to match European agau^: Chinese wrestlers, following number of incidents m the wrestling crowds m the lart Vw wttki Several
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    UNO MEN VISIT ALBANIA
    40 1 MEMBERS of i he Unud Na- tioiis commission mvetsU^*ing Greece's allegation* ol aid to Greek guc»rill^* by her northern neighbours flow to Jaiiniija m Epims yestnday to visit the Albanian irontier region and afterwards Albania itself.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      14 1 KINGS, lilt" 111 111 it-VA fi off) M I r^A at the openh* of
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      76 1 /5 ORCHARD l2?j H^^^^l^j Bj^ PRODI i I H^^- M<rU> *n hue. hum !ME SEVERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LIB. Of IMGUS9 SINGAPORE: 12 BATTERY ROAD P a Box 203 Telephar<ss. 51M 51li J KUALA LUMPUR: 1 MOUWTBATTEN ROAD PO. Be* V% Tclcp^anes 4231. 43« C. PEHAfIO* 31 BEACH STREET. P.O Bex
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  • FOR WOMEN..
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      NIPS COPY WEST FASHIONS
      757 2  -  HELEN FOLSTER By In this artie'e, a woman living i»i Japan, contends that the figure faults of Japanese women are best concealed by the'r native fash ons. QINCE the occupation of Japan by the Allies a great many Japanese have changed to Western aress. O;: t'r.e
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      I 'WOOL IN THE HOME'
      94 2 THE International VVool Secre ariat held Q "Wool m the Home" exhibition last month m London to illustrate the var.ous uses to which wool could be put m furnishing a house. furnishing labrics ranged from tapestries and handwoven tweeds to finely printed woollens. A pr
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      TODAY'S BRIDCE PROBLEM
      277 2 THIS hand was bid right up to die hilt and snouki neve been Ml ricks. Sou.h managed make his ambitious conLract, h<-ve\\.i, by making it easy for his opponents tc a mistake. West pened the eight of spad s, E* pli'J'-i the encouraging seven-^pot. ar, South won
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      KNIVES, FORKS OLD JEWELLERY
      576 2 By Free Press Woman Correspondent IT is the steei that makes the knife they say, and English cutlery has been prized all over the \v orld since Chaucer s miller carried a Sheffield whittle m his hose. Knives had steei blades from the eaiiie«t times usually
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      864 2 o Anin rwi A a\/ a 10 30 Isn tlt Ie uhar (R>; 11 p.m. Metres 21.6 Mrs.; 7.30 p.m. to 11.0 nnUi^J mJ\LJ\Y H News Headlines. p.m. VLAB, 25.51 Metres 1176 me s: Sinnnnnrc 'Wednesday 5 p» p-«- 19.74 Olliyuport metrvs 15.2 me s: 10.15 p.m to 1120 -Sotts
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    • Miscellaneous
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      120 2 QUIZ Answer* 1. (at Barlow Report: Mm location of industries; <b' ft Report: the utilisation of rural land; (c) Uthwatt Rport: ro:r. pensation and "bett?rme: 2. London has sixty-two M.P> i e. roughly 10 per cent of total. The average London B0H■Utnency has about 45.000 roi 3. (a» Hyde Park
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      86 2 lot.. LLCaV si k r I HOW }/tmx lbWt k malvt-up that vya"*' to CO:. at prv««rt hx the UH» :d thnk a< i!o to thoy not r.grw with allf*' 1 However >•« l« rcove and f^ 1 1 x,hl«- and »ou d» great thincs m fie!d of endcavotir i"
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  • NEWS..
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      JOB IS FOUND FOR FREED BOY
      368 3 niSCHARGED Irom custody by Mr. Justice Stable al LeeCm V Assizes, an 18-year old BorstaJ boy, Henry Ba'ley, of Wakefield, has obtained a job for himse-f and is determined to go straight m future. *'I am starting work m a few days." he lold
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      BERLIN HAS WORLD'S BIGGEST BLACK MARKET
      566 3 BERLIN HAS WORLD'S BIGGEST BLACK MARKET Schulz explains how it works WORKING m the black market m Berlin is more dangerIF ous than many other city m the world, claims one of the city's busiest operators. -But," he adds with a smile, "it is much more profitable." This operator, who
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      81 3 One mor; rubb'e heap was add d to Berl u'% cant ur ttbca British hng neers blew up the dam °ed »6<Moot b D ferver if ihe Olympic Stadium for the 1936 G m-?s w th 750 p unds of gun cotton. Th- tiwer was damage 1 late in World
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      97 3 Mtfci*! nu»ining a cre.'m id rtf n van tir.ves through R.\U.n !ar,, nkkt c<»tton town, i I id of babies from mill wtifcm' home*. Tn* n is run five s>innin»l companies m Rovion, uho dt- tided that seaethin; had t> he done when und mothers employed at ilk turning up
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      HE STOOD UP FOR SHINWELL
      68 3 HE STOOD UP FOR SHINWELL \3 flew when Wattci Sharp J had nf at their bone m Ashwor.^-s'r-et. ■^nehe.s'.er. *y cut. Be pntested on behalf of Mr. •tawell. She Icnock^d him unh s Territorial Army swagger Ifti at Manchester Ojjitj Magistrates' Court when summoned his a-ssault ane. broken *«l end
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      Wear & tear of married rows
      211 3 Wear tear of married rows WHEN a husband says to hia wife: 'if you don't like ,t you know what to do." that ifl ;>art of Is.c v^e^r and tear of the bickerings of marriage. This was stated by Lord ;us- j tlce Asquith m th? Court of Ap- j
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      BARMAIDS BETTER
      26 3 In Lancing. Michigan, innkeepers begged the au horities to let them have barmaids again because they are better than men m handling quarrelsome customers.
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      Broken-hearted ex-athlete,66
      75 3 ■C IVIN(i "is deu>iun m a m v a I the former athlete: «Om thing 1 recall aIL" •> the number of time* he sa^d his heart was I "Pop" 1 -v c he vaa bred near the Blarney X matter pic ure queiy than i. ron--1 m>
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      TRICKY BRICKS TEST ABILITY
      90 3 k 3JX of 58 c loured wjoden A bricks may play a large parl discovering th^ technicians and skilled, craftsmen Britain will n Q ed. For 13 years Dr. W. P. Alexandr sectary of the Association cf Education Committees, has been ■Playing' wth theje bricks to
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      Marriages muddle
      85 3 £)OZENS of civilian couples of the Control Commission, married m German) since the war, are not marijcd at ail, according to Somerset House records The Senior Chaplain of 8.A.0.R the Rev Geoffrey Druitt, ha« discovered that the Foreign Marriage Act for S^rv c 2 men, under which Chaplains
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      £54,000 ASKED FOR WAR CRIMES TRIALS
      144 3 £54,000 ASKED FOR WAR CRIMES TRIALS PARLIAMENT is to be asked to A vote £27,395,453 as a supplementary estimate. The Ministry of Transport wants an extra £33,400.000 lor the hire and operation of ships. Th's is m addition to £125.000,--000 already estimated ior the purpose. A sum of £6,650 is
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      'Died' by error: alive again
      74 3 \]il C J FLld, tJ Ivydene-road, Da Is ton, London, who "ded" by a clerical error recently has been restored to life A Ministry of Pensions official called on him and handed him his pensions b?ok and warrants to draw the back money due to
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      'CLUCKING HEN' TO AID SICK
      139 3 'TELEVISION techniques as "detectives" is medicine were described by Mr A. Dickson Wright, the surgeon, m a lecture to the Royal Society of At s in London. Many machines for spll-tmg the atom, he said, were now being used m the field of medicine. Subs
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      DAMAGE CLAIMS
      11 3 British War Damage CommLss'on payments for 1946 total £95,000,000.
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      TINNED MILK TO SHINE THEIR KIT
      157 3 rE War Office is investigating a complaint that tinned milk has been used to give soldiers' equipment a glossy finish for inspection by a General m Palestine. Men serving at Camp 517 compla'ned. They said: Orders have been| issued by our camp commandant i
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      PUT AWAY COLLS TO GET MARRIED
      142 3 TWO little girls have put asiae th ir school books and dolls io settle down ad rauke homes for their 'teen age husbands at Hatticsburg. M.&siss.pThe young brides, Erline Mcites Gill. 14, and Betty Jean Ladner Gill. 12. who married James W. Gill, 19.
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      POLICE CAN'T FIND HOUSES
      51 3 Sr Harold Scott. Commissioner; of the Me ronolitan Police has appealed to Londoners for housing accommodation for policemen so" hat tire force can be brought up to strength "Exper enced officers and prom^ing recrui s are leaving bet'ncy canno L find places for their families," he
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      RISING FRUIT
      17 3 Strawberries flown from the West Indies are expec ed m London. Price: £2 a lb.
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      LAUGH WAS IN THE JERSEYS
      52 3 INSIDE a gi/t parcel iioui aie U.S. containing 15 tootball jerseys shorU aid aocts, sent by ti~e Chicago Marcon* o Teigrunouth (Devout Rugb? Football Club, was thU P Here's a laugh look at tie Jerseys. Each Jersey had a tape m the rollpr rp°dn? 'Made
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      148 3 Horn 2pm UlSpm 6*30 pm 915p»" THUTRI ">s Tl' o.»i t liruimg OtOOK STORY APPCINTMcNT WITH CRIME" WIVE William HARTNELL R^rert BEATTY Joyce HOWARD WAR PRISONERS (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION. REMINDER Notice is h?reby given that the /ujnual General laeeiing of the above Association will be held at the Adetphi Hotel Roof
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      70 3 B. B^l 1* f* ~t C j «JI TP 3^^'"" < Ql I)\ i j(l £[f~I Yi*i( i. Ij M» fit US Wp~ x l 3E Rfi^f TO l?^E «3U«C<'-"V W T|-I A LOUD CRACK. T^E ANC> t v W ~TaRZAN WHOLE STRUCTURE G^vE v\AV Wk Tl CAUTIONED TME SJRPRIS6P
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  • LEADER..
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      The Singapore Free Press Roundabout
      609 4 The Singapore Free Press Roundabout MONDAY. Mar. 10, 1947 CINGAPORES Traffic Police can oongratulate themselves on having gone one better than the Minister of Transport In Britain ;The otfaer day «*n MP m the House of Commons asked the Minister of Transport whether any official ruling or recommendation has been
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      Good Morning..
      1203 4  -  Frank Owen By OUT OF THE DITCH, BUT f NOT THE WOOD DRITAIN is at war again, this time with giant social and economic forces. And once more the people are fighting for survival. Few of them as yet realise it, least of all, it seems, the politicians
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      FAITH
      28 4 Be sober, be vigilant; because your a hreratrj the d v.l. i* a rearing Hon. walkcth about, seeking whom he may devour 1 Peter. 5. 8. 4
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      9 4 j "Yes, I've had a pretty *©od eU>, today."
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      534 4 VIRSTEN FUGSTAD, the Norwegian soprano and one of the best-known Wngnerian singers, arrived m England recently to fulfil her first engagement m London for more than eight years. She carries a document Signed by Norway's Chief Justice stating that during the entire war period she snowed a
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      TREES WERE NOT OUR HOME
      492 4  -  John Hall A new angle on the Missing link B> MAN did not drop out of a tree, arid noi did woman. An odd-million years ago they were walking around m Africa pretty much as they do today, heads up, shoulders back and disclaiming any
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      PNEUMONIA CAN BE PREVENTED
      163 4  -  Rober L. Schwartz By THE American firm ot E. R. Squibb and Sons reported recently that they are preparing for comnu i cial production. 'piobab:> m April," the first pneu monia vaccine ever to be offered to American doctors, and through them, to H* American public.
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      87 4 QUIZ 1. There has been mud: dis. sion in recent years of the Barlow. Scott and Uthwatt Reports. Witti what subjects are they respectively concerned? 2. By how many Members of Parliament is London represented? What, approximately, is the average number of voters in a London constituency? 3. *(a) Why
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  • LOCAL NEWS..
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      1942 S'PORE MASSACRE STORY TOLD
      1145 5 1942 S'PORE MASSACRE STORY TOLD 7 Nips m War Crimes Court Free Press Staff Reporter OUTLINING the case for the prosecution, when the 1942 Chinese massacre trial opened m tjie Victoria Memorial Hall m Singapore this morning, Major F. W. Ward, who figured prominently m the paratroopers* mutiny trial at
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      IN THE DOCK
      78 5 j panes? >*himura Takum.. i^ Gfn. Kawamura N.bi.o. trf. Oishi tfwuk M 1 \<shix»k» j>o T»m«:a 'su. toi omshi Sawrou. arc (lf c Hisaauuu Haruji WE CHARGE jm- L-tung a war cr: at KSo- Kand. between Feb^ j 1942, the accused, T?kuma as; the Imperial used I
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      3 OUT OF 10 DIE OF SMALLPOX
      140 5 3 OUT OF 10 DIE OF SMALLPOX The Burmese Minister of Soral Services, U. Aung Zan Wei, said m Rangoon on Sunday the Ojvernment would beg n to tike gtms tomorrow to stem a smallpox epidemic raging m Rangoon uy transferring refugees to settlements outside the city. The Minister esfmired
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      DAYAKS RETURN
      32 5 The representatives of the Sarawak Dayak Association, ihe Malay Youth Movement and the Young 1 Malay Associa ion of Sibu. who have been visaing Singapore, returned to Sara was yesterday.
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      36 5 He s a geirral vi:w uf the totmttt S n^apcre Reformatory au*l adjoining bu'ldlnss. Renovations ar« b?lng carried out to turn the institution into a Boys Home which will be named after a prominent Singapore citizen.
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      FOR FOREIGN OFFICE POST
      73 5 MR. M. F. Vigeveno, Netherlands Consul-General m Singapore, is likely to leave the Far East shortly m order to return to a Netherlands Foreign Office post at the Kagur Mr. Vigeveno's depa:tu:e will be m accordance with the conditions of his tour of duty m this
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      FORMING UP AT ROAD CROSSING
      245 5 FORMING UP AT ROAD CROSSING Sutgft^ero'i strt^-i.^ krs incoming more congested each i Jay, and at import* nt June- (ions, th- polic? have great rii.li.ut "n dealing exped li 'uj>l> with the heavy flow, j Yod can assist them m pre- j venting or mitigating this j congestion. j When
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      $37,000 FOR BOYS HOME
      356 5 $37,000 FOR BOYS HOME Free Press Stall Reporter rE Singapore Government has earmarked $37,000 for improvements to the Singapore Reformatory. The money will be utilised m rehabilitating the existing buildings after the misuse and disrepair they have suffered since the Japanese occupation, and m redecorations and alterations designed to remove
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      RETAILERS IN PRICE RACKET
      234 5 Free Press Stall Reporter QINGAPORE importers say that the reason why cost-ol-O living is still so high m Singapore is that retailers are charging between 100 and 200 per cent, profit on nearly i everything they buy from wholesalers and importers. w These fabulous profits have
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      UK WILL PAY MORE FOR MALAYA COPRA
      117 5 rE United Kingdom Ministry of Food will become the only bulk purchaser for j Britain of Malayan copra and j coconut oil, and Will pay higher prices. This follows the control ot copra and oil by the International Emergency Food Council. Burma and
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      HOLLYWOOD FILM ON SINGAPORE
      55 5 The British actor, Richard i Haydn, has been added to the cast of the film "Singapore," to be produced at Universal-Inter-national Studios m Hollywood with Ava Gardner and Fred Mac Murray m starring roles. Haydn is presently appearing m the film "Forever Amber,' m production at
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      Ex-PoWs MEET TODAY
      27 5 The annual general meeting of the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association will be held at the Adelphi Hotel R:>of Garden ac 5-15 p m. today.
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      BLITZ LEADS TO COURT
      81 5 WAR veteran, Chou Miao Fa, Is I facing charges of illegal deI tention- the result -of his blitz tactics to win back his fir iceej j Ma Ah Ta, who was married two i 1 years ago while Chou was at war. His disappointed fiancee did'
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      S'PORE BUSMEN GET $340 A DAY
      606 5 S'PORE BUSMEN GET $340 A DAY Free Press Staff Reporter MR. R. K. Samy, President of of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union, and his men say they arc "verjj sore" over the story m the Free Press to the effect tliat funds are being collected from taxi drivers for
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      BURMA NOTES EXCHANGE
      113 5 lINDER the India and Burma ;U .Burma Monetary Arrangements) (Amendment) Order, 1946 made m June 1946, Burma notes of the denominations o: Re. 1,000 and Rs.l 0,000 are no longer legal tender m Burma. The exchange of such note* tor bona fide holders is subject to the
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      65 5 UGLY SUNTANN£V .^k SHIM 'mat*- i jfflT I made in} minutes C VHITuA .00V >m- 'resS loveli. «*cr\ Ton *j. Ifljalsimtotiecncm^ u ty. j <**m*td Jncb up .he .k:n ps »r«^ ca.es you 10 c, uu« -iothe». 1 *c i you a umpicatoM C» "viiTO, youf fr«- mx 'c of
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      45 5 Now On Sale Galvanised Wire Gl2 Strapping Machine Brass Wire Gauze Metrolac Galv. Staple Nails Aluminium Paint Box Strapping V' Asbestos Sheets Strapping Seals Enamel Filters 4 Gal PRICE LIST GIVEN FREE TAN SIN PENG COMPANY, 11, PHILLIP STREET, SINGAPORE. PHONE Nos 3114 ft 4373.
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    Snow Blown Away
    3 6 Snow Blown Away
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    DUCK, 32, LAID 3,300 EGGS
    88 6 rMY. m spite or her name, a' 3 0 Li pcofcaMf the oldes* duck m ihe *orld. Mr Basil SVM.e. of Eas Grinstead, Sussex, has owned l^er since 1915 when, as a duckl'ng. she was "en *he Is as a future rc^st Bu Jimm* «ds
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    BREAD SAVED
    30 6 Dr. Edith Suramerskill (Par- > liamentary Secretary, Minis ry of Food) says Britain saved In vrheat from bread rationing for 3 weeks to end of January about 290,000 tons.
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    27 6 v i" far during U* s^3 >a«hts.r,n k.rp ftg, mass cf i«. fai vd^M r» "tend lh j m uhon th.v v md,w Bll jJ k a^.
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    OFFICERS SELL CIGARETTES TO EXIST
    232 6 OFFICERS SELL CIGARETTES TO EXIST Fantastic racket m Paris A FANTASTIC tobacco situation is due to start m Paris when NAAFI closes down and American officers find that they rule the roost m Black Market cigarettes. The cost of one packet of British or American cigarettes on the Black Market
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    LONELY WIFE HID THREE GERMANS
    275 6 A WOMAN whose husband went to a job m Iran found the loneliness "intolerable/ She was fined a total of £60 for harbouring three German prisoners of war. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Paris, 34 years old, of The Orchard, Oad-street, Borden, pleaded guilty to the charges
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    Jet plough clears snow
    152 6 AIRCRAFT jet gas-turbine engines were called or to fill an unexpected role during Britain's blizzard, and they passed the test m fine style. They were used to clear away the snow on choked railway lines MM Granthr.m. Tests were cmfrHi oul m clearing snowccri'ts from four
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    Where Britain's MPs come from
    328 6 BRITAIN'S present House of Commons is said to be the most representative the country has ever known. Scholarship boys have become legislators, and boys who started life as lift boys and m other dead end jobs are now M.Ps. These facts have come to light
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    World's meanest woman
    83 6 A WELL-DRESSED woman, about 30 years old, called at one of the old folk's cottage* at Chalfont St Peter, Bocks, and left a few minutes later with £50. The money, the life savings of Mrs. Alice George, a*ed 83, nas won by a trick The woman told
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    BOOKIES WON IN THE END
    221 6 AN ingenious tdegram betting "system" swindle revealed after months of inquiries by the G.P.0., cost Victor Filmer, senior, 54, of Redinnick-place, Penzance, Cornwall. £215 m fines and costs there. According to the prosecution, Filmer's betting swindle was on a very considerable scale. Many hundreds of
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    ALUMINIUM BRIDGE
    35 6 The first aluminium moving bridge m the world, on the same principle as Tower Bridge, is to be built over the River Wear at Sunderlar.d by Head, Wngh son and 00., of Thomaby-on-Tees.
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    MAJOR LOVED N.C.O.'S WIFE
    246 6 LORD MERRIMAN, m the London Divorce Court, com merited on the "informal relations" be i. ween officers at the War Office and their women clerks. "Everybody knows," he said, "that people m that sort of official relatieii ship to each other are not on parade, so
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    POWER STATION CONTRACTS
    85 6 Donnan Long and Co. Ltd., 1 Middlesbrough, have contracts j m hand to the value of about j £3.000.000 for extensions to 13, I power stations and the building lof three new power stations m j various parts of Bri air. Many of these extensions are equal
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    KENT 'VARSITY PLAN
    14 6 Kent County Council is planning to establish a University of Ken..
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    'CAR' USES NO PETROL
    81 6 'CAR' USES NO PETROL DOI US 5U ugj Ust yearta hundred Vienne* log I when an exh bitor X be Vq Fair produced what he ethti r J out gears 1 drich Tuerk a m not even a driving come <■ :verj^ that h. which c no. need pettoi vies
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      SPORT BAN PROPOSAL CAUSES CONCERN
      230 7 SPORT BAN PROPOSAL CAUSES CONCERN fublic Must Have Some Outlet 9 From Vernon Morgan LONDON, Sunday. tsMEN all over Bri tain bot 1 Payers and spectators I branches of sport— are considerably perturbed end after hearing the Home Office announcement e (i.)vcmmcnt policy meeting beini* held on Tuesday ill mid
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      ONE-EYED COLT IS LINCOLN FAVOURITE
      372 7 LONDON, Sun. THERE has been plenty of acti- vity m the betting market this wick over the Lincolnshire Handicap, backers falling over themselves to put their money down on the French owned trained and bred Vagabond Although the trainer, Charles Cunn.ngton, last month said that
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      Former England Test captain dead
      264 7 LONDON, Sunday. oiR Stanley Jackson, one of England's greatest cricketers, died today, aged 70, after several weeks' illness. Sir Stanley, the youngest son of the First Lord Allerton, captained Harrow, Cambridge I'niversity, Yorkshire and Eng land, and played against Australia 20 times. fie was President
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      COLOURED ATHLETES AVAILABLE TO UK
      367 7 LONDON, Sunday. ALREADY more than 50 nations are expected by the Organising Committee to be present at London's Olympiad next year, althout.?* invitations have not yet been extended officially. Four countries which are not expected to send teams are Trinidad. Jamaica, Guiana and Nigeria, which
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      R.S.G.C. WIN RETURN GOLF MATCH
      34 7 rE re. urn match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club at Bukit Timah yesterday was won by RjS.G.C. by 15 2 pom sto 6!' 2
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      U.K.FOOTBALL RESULTS TABLES
      869 7 J i oiul resu. s c are: Hue 3 IWf 2' •n R 1 i It l D L F A P-U5 c- o t-j j3 12 I 6 8 62 43 38 4 9 64 42 38 I 1 55 57 38 J !4 9 6
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      SCOTTISH CUP THIRD ROUND
      370 7 Hears 2 Cowdenb?ath (after ti-nr) SCOTTISH CUP THIRD ROUND REPLAYS Hibernians 2 Rangers MotherweU 1 Falkirk Morton 1 Aberdeen 2, SCOTTISH LEAGUE "A" DIVISION Clvde 1 Queen «J £o th 1 x Kilmarnock Celtic PartkkT 3 Third Lanark 1 x posponed. Goals P W D L
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      Draw For Malayan Badminton Titles
      511 7 KAULA LUMPUR. Sunday. following ls the draw lor he Malayan badminton titles 10 te held at Easter. Mins oprn singly: Top section byes. Wong Peng Soon. Chang Kok Leong. Bottom section byes: Hoh Kok Leong, S.A. Durai. First round: Yap Chin Tee v. Goh Chong
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      Changi Airman Takes 6 For 9
      847 7 Changi Airman Takes 6 For 9 Rest Of ihe Sport SINGAPORE'S three leading civilian cricket teams, the Singapore Cricket Club, the Singapore Recreation Club and the Ceylon Sports Club, fared badly m their matches yesterday, S.CC. being beaten by four wickets and the midafternoon downpour probably saving the Recs and
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      20 8 X- 4'onsUniine Kay, North Cornwall famous pre-war h 'i**y rescrt for gttl:n aim W<nt.t anyene looking for p;ace and tiucr.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      261 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A SpeciaJ >ia:..;i corr v.o.i u-at <irrs tMe prices 01 mbbei at li m toda? as follows SINCiAPORE CHAMBER Of c D .IMKRCE Th» s n,ap Te Chamber ot Com- 1 r.:erce Rnhb r %ssccations, rubber prices at noon on S-Uur-da> »-rr Spore snares
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      ROYAL FAMILY VISITS 200
      107 8 ROYAL FAMILY VISITS 200 BLOEMFONTEIN, Sun. I IFTER neanrg a special prayer lor Britain at a service m Bioemionxein Cathedral today, t^ im y i a •urprioc visit to the zco where they were greeted by a cheering Sunday crowd. Process Elizabeth will oroadca*t to South Africa and m? Empire
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      CHINA ECONOMIC MINISTER QUTTS
      93 8 r\ --i:g iun-ia, jml ni^ ti x oi Economic Affairs, fias submit.cd his resignation *o r;>T% 1 ?8ft"mo Ctianj Kai-thek. It. vra* officially announced m Karhi yes erday. The Gencrali«a mo hag not yet accepted tht? resi^na.ion. d_r Dr. Sqobjc. Dr Wtuig •erviti as m«nh«- of
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      NEW UNO POST
      32 8 Robert G-arreau, Preach Ai»- bnsr?.dor to Pola. d, i s learin? Warsaw this week for New York to take up an impor'-?nt temporary post with tko United Nations Reuter
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      STAR DEAD
      44 8 Lstdftfcennox, 74, music hall tar wno ca^ owned her own country e stat and eav c lavishly. Jo char ties, ded o Sunday at t*. x "ate of a granddaughter 1 v* >ona iK, ttved On th" ■tdi ..ince she was four.
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      COLD SPELL IN U.K. ENDING
      409 8 LONDON, Sunday. A DAY ol briliuj2i t§gk^fl§m sunshine m smithern England a*d ihe hichesi fe»np4»rbture for two months j?a*e hope today ih'du the end of the snow s^ctT which has brought the country'? industrial life io a near standstill is now m sight. In London,
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      SHIPS TO SPEED SERVICE LEAVE
      45 8 SHIPS TO SPEED SERVICE LEAVE A SHUTTLE sendee of tivt oi the largest troopers sailing from Mersey will opexa c between Liverpool ;md the Far East from next Sat urday until May speeding up koine -coming on overdue leave of thousands of Service personnel.— Reuter
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      MOSCOW PLEDGES SOUGHT
      146 8 MOSCOW PLEDGES SOUGHT MOSCOW. SUUua}. QN the eve of the cjnferwioe of the Council of Foreign Ministers of 2ussia, Britain, United States and France, no member of the British delegation u> wiiline to predict how the conference wiU jhape or mi n what order it will -iweuss the six points
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      Creek has a word for U.S.
      22 8 £MMANrEL Tscmrteros, 1 atier of the Greek R^miWican p/oer** ClnsUauxism is really practised." lbl whe U.P.
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      CENSURE DEBATE TOMORROW
      210 8 RETAIN S LONDON. Sunday. mere is a Government motion to approve wbat is proposed and to this Mr. Winston Churchill and ofther Conservative leaders have an amendment "regretting that full facts have so long been withhold" from the country and expressing "no connd:?n-ce" m the Government "whose
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      GUNMAN KILLS JEWISH POLICEWOMAN
      475 8 JERUSALEM. Sunday. A 40 YEAR-OLD Jewish poHc*wwnaii, named Kliadia Mrzrahi, was m urdered by an uofcawß gunman m Rehovoth near T«i Aw last nJ^ht, it was officially stated tonight. Her bod j was ridded with <*r h t bullet*. An 18-year-old Jewess, Esther Twasheh, was shot
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      RESCUING A TRUCK
      47 8 RESCUING A TRUCK Suj»fedajr brought 4mmtor *j M h and klhmi are «ikli«f. T iat »fl j "ff/L.*. job c/ id v/nr vefekies ir^m mi 'reseae' «f a trock w4-«h Grant h am -S!«/nf«rd road. Ui-coln* r lh# r truck drivers unaW* to p~> be.-,^- i t^-25jyS
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      WORLD GOVT. FORECAST
      111 8 LONDON, Sun. "DERTRAND Russell, vile matfae- aaaiician -philosopher, said lo- day that American's monopoly (it ihe atom bomb would not xast more :xan five yean, and sugrtstod a wor_<3 government if the new acien ific world was to surrive. He said: ""Either we must consent ;o a
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      Foreign capital need in China
      338 8 NANKING, (By Air Mail, rIEMK capital U expected l» pi o vide one Uiird v! iht coleesaJ sum of 'Jl.BlT.fCf* 000 r«j H to fu^nrt (T huia > first five-year economic recon^cruc ion plan, *hi«h i* jre sently under study by the Suprer. t Economic
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      LOVE LETTER JAILS SAILOR
      113 8 BRISIOL. 1 YEAR-OLD k)¥€ letter ia,iio jack A I A American »aikff liom Drigii «n. A hrt 1 today. Bryan escaped on Sa'ttttJ y n 1 vtnikm barracks at Grosvenor S^u; i London, we straight for his girl friends hom<\ 120 m away ir.B»i Bu .he
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      YUGOSLAVS SOK ENVOY
      18 8 Dl Lai I Mm, I m B- to «**.^l jJiH was mmometd I Sunda^ Reuter
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      SINGAPORE TIDES
      15 8 To-day 0050 8.8 ft 0644 1.7 ft 1*54 »5 tt 190« 1.4 ft
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      FRENCH POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED
      85 8 ARMAND Fournet, Pars police commissioner who raised the French flag over the police prefecture m the fighting for the liberation of Paris, was arrested yesterday on the charge of having disclosed confidential m tor natation to a Russian, Joseph Joanowici. thereby allowing him to escape from
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      SHIP GROUNDS
      46 8 The 8,000-ton British merchant ship "City of Lincoln" »ras being towed on Sunday off the rocks near Cape Agulhas, where she grounded, when the ropes snapped. SHARk IS LIKE VEAL' "Just like veal" was Button (Surrey) families' verdict alter 'heir first taste of shark
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      FROZEN FUNDS TO BUY RAILS
      105 8 KIO de JANEIRO. Sun. THE transport M-nister, Ben or Oiovis Pestana today confirmed the report that Brazil is planning to use the funds trozeri m England to take over v wnersh43 oi some British railway and ut li ties m Brazil. Senor Pestana said tnat
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