The Singapore Free Press, 12 March 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA r >■«« SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    23 1 „raa i*i' i; r >ar enH the ATS quarters Ib llaad fca* s n;apr.re L light. Th^ t^' *U injuring thr dnv^r the
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    UNKNOWN
    78 1 I P of the m aail 1 A&M and m to hold 1 i I I jme tries B Mr. I -*er V I ell. I Hag, Mr. a Rcus, m -aid on but I gland J s rrow would ti I >' the wa i only should fall
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    SIAM PRINCE DIES
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    EUROPEAN ROBBED
    23 1 A European was robbed by a Chinese at the New World. 81:1--gapore, at mid-night last nigrit of $170 and a wrist-watch.
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    10,000 HORSEMEN GREET THE KING
    50 1 I lusteru, South Africa, Tuesday. horsemen stirred to an unexamWWrt, escorted their King into Basu'gectacular show of the Royal tour. ndden into Mastem from farms, colony, and the sunrise revealed meed and UKHit en spears, gjiT :n-bak?d ng the ces with •undred* Ig3ar, icock itoeoW
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    BIRTHDAY STAMP
    25 1 Australia will request Royal >ermiseion to use the portrait of mncess Elizabeth on a special jostage stamp to commemorate 21st birthday says A.P.
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    Filipinos vote rights to U.S.
    178 1 MANILA, Wednesday. FILIPINOS voted hy an overwhelming margin on Tuesday to sAr-iSce snvne er<mo?r» *<• Pf?»p*ndcnce for the next 27 years In retwta for m;UJ^n«; of .*rr.eri«*an rehabilitation dollars Supporting Fltstdent Mamid Rufcas, at whom a would be aesa^in throw a handvro-iodr as the campaign
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    U.S. PROTEST REJECTED
    120 1 WASHINGTON, Wed THE Soviet Government tas rejected the United States protest ■galDft Russian interference m Hungary and has s.lIrsred tViat th-? United States pro- icM their ~o!ve.« conrt.itoU intervention In Hungarian lint mal allaiis, the acting Secretary o. State, Dean Acheson, told a press conference today. Mr.
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    U.S. 'wins' Pearl Harbour
    87 1 J.NITED STATES naval exercises have just shown that they mifht have beaten off the Japanese 1941 attack on Pearl IFirbour if their defences had been alert. The "attack" on Pearl Harbour closely paralleled the Japanese attack, but this time a sweeping** victory for the defenders has
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    WAR TRIAL IS HALTED
    253 1 WAR TRIAL IS HALTED Free Press Staff Reporter CURPRISE came after 15 minutes' session this morning of the War Crimes Court trying seven Japanese, including two gene rals, for responsibility m the massacre of Singa pore Chinese m 1942. The chief defence lawyer a Japanese, S. Kurose was absent, and
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    THEY SIT IN JUDGMENT ON 7 JAPS
    66 1 THEY SIT IN JUDGMENT ON 7 JAPS The War Crimes Court which U trying seven Japs, including two generals, for the massacre of Chinese civilians of Singapore m 1942. The court, which is sitting; m the Victoria Memorial Hall, consists of (from left to right) Major P. Claque, Major A.
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    SMALLPOX SOS TO SHIPS
    90 1 LONDON, Tuesday. A BROADCAST appeal by the Ministry of Health has been made to seamen who have been staying at the Empire Memorial Hostel, m Stepney m the last few days, following the discovery of a smallpox case on the pr;-nii«e:s. The appeal has been diructci
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    MUSICIAN DEAD
    22 1 Dr. V. Kely-Hutchinson, Director of Music for the British Broadcasting Corporation for the last thr.e years, died m London yesterday.
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    UNO TEAM WILL MEET GUERILLA
    56 1 A United Nations Held team today will begin a four-day journey into Greek znrrilla-controlled territory to meet General Markos, who is wanted by the Greek Governificn? co rVa^prc- of kMt*lag and murder. The Greek Government has refused to be represent>cd on the team which will
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    BRITAIN NEEDS MORE WORKERS
    377 1 LONDQN, Tuesday. TTHE British Minister of Labour, Mr. George Isaacs, told the 1 House- of Commons today that Britain will need nearly 800,000 new workers this year to dig coal and rebuild her foreign trade. He said: "We have not the sufficient people to do all
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    Labour bosses want strike
    176 1 i'ree Press Staff iieporter r£RE is a growing belief among Singapore labour officiate that the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions may atlrirpt to call a "sympathy" .strike m Singapore, involving thousands of workers, to force the Malayan Union Government to release the rioters who have been
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    UK IS BUYING JAP CLOTH
    71 1 LONDON, Tues. THE Board of Trade today said a British buying mission to Washington would s:ek to purchase "rather less than 50,000,000" yards of unfinished Japanese cotton cloth from a U.S. cmmercial corporation for finishing In British textile mills. The announcement said the goods w
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    BURMA STRIKES CALLED OFF
    120 1 RANGOON, Tues. ALMOST every single activity m Rangoon was on the verge 0! collapse today when the three major strikes which paralysed banking and business m the city for a month were called off, U Ba Pc, Commerce member of the Executive Council who acted as
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    SNOW, FOG, FLOODS
    58 1 LONDON, Tuesday. T*HE rapid thaw following snow and fog is leaving m its wake severe flooding, rivers are rising fast and many roads particularly m the South-West— are impassable Heavy seas off the East Coast are holding up coal ships, and nine loaded vessels cannot leave the
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    ANSWER BY NAVY BASE UNION
    1023 1 ANSWER BY NA VY BASE UNION HE GOT NAZI RADAR THE Naval Base Labour Union has sent another letter o Comm dore W. H. D. Fr edeberger. Super] nt ndent of t/.e Singapore Naval Base, sayu.g that they are dissatisfied with h-s reply to their letter of Feb. 19 s-.ttirg
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    SINGAPORE DID NOT STARVE
    893 2  -  Oscar Fernandez by QINGAFORES public feeding campaign the Peoples' Restaurants and Peoples' Kitchens—has earned a place m the archives of posterity as a bold and successful experiment introduced m the Colony at the time when the peoples' morale was lowest and crime and c iruption rampant.
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    235 2 Foreune forecast for people torn today T3ORN today, jonr intnitivc powers are rather more Ittn thin the av?rajre and your judgment is excellent. You are a talented person, tut you are not an especially good salesman for your own talents. Team up with someone as a partner
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    HENS WEAR 'SPECS
    298 2 HENS WEAR 'SPECS HOARSE Kincaid's 4,000 hens wear rose coloured glasses. Their sight is not poor and the hens weren't downhearted when Kincaid decided a few years ago to fit the whole fleck for roseate spectacles. He does not know whether the glasses help or not to enhance the chickens'
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    QUIZ Answers
    82 2 1. St. Paul, to the "men of Athens" IAeU XVII. 23). 2. tin friflce Regent, George, eldest son 'of George 111. George m became permanently insane m 1811, and the Regency lasted till his death 111 1820. when the Prince Repent eur^r-u^ as Geon_v IV Constance Spry, well-known
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    250 2 pLEASE setUe a d'spute." ask, a reader "South was set 1400 on this hand. He could have saved one trick by talcing the ace of spades, but he took the tineqpe :n spades afte* 1 cashing his cluo anl diamond trickAfter that the sr&de ace nevel iyr':
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    'NU SPELING' NOW IS ENGLISH
    480 2 'NU SPELING NOW IS ENGLISH •THIRTY MPs are be--1 hind a movement urging that "Nu Speling" be adopted m all schools where English is spoken and taught. In this modified version of the Englifti language words are spelt as they p.re pronounced, which gives it some kinshiu with basic English,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      336 2 dghdgg RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED NKIHORK (Chinese Indian' 225 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.325 R.rgaeycles per second (61 metre hand) find 7.45 Dm to 9.30 p.m. 4.825 mega- 'He* per &reotK) (61 metre band) IVLI I. VETTVORR: (Mala? A Fns Ml 485 metres: also 12 p.m. to
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      264 2 1°.30 pjn. Kadio r.ewsreel; 10.45 p.m. London calling: 10.50 p.m. Interlude 11.00 p.m. Much-binding m the Marsh; 11.30 p.m. News; 11.40 pjn. Protn today's papers. RADIO AUSTRALIA 4.00 p.m to 8.00 p.m. VLRS. 13.89 Metres 21.6 Mc's.; 7.30 pjn. to 11.0 p.m. VLAB. 25.51 Metres 11.76 mc/s; 4.15 p.m. to
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      222 2 metres. 11 30-12 a.m 19.84 metres. 12 noon-5 p.m 16.83 metres. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5-5 3D p m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5.30--nii?ht 19.84 metres and 49 38 me tres WEDN T E:TAY AFTERNOON 1.02 Dancing Time; 1.30 Mus.r'; Shcppe; 2.00 World News Plashes; 2.02 Yours For
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    LOWER PROFITS FEAR HOLDS UP SAFER MILK
    177 3 Towns better off than country LOSIS caused by infected milk is responsible for imong children under five m rural districts ie > urtater than that m London, said Dr. W. l tc i.>r officer m charge of food and nutrition at Ld v
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    Blonde wins contest
    87 3 WINNER of a London contest to pjck the girl with the most successful coiffure is blonde Miss Joan Taylor, of New Maiden, Surrey. Miss Taylor is seen with the designer of her successful hair style: Mr. T. Di Biase. Mr. Di Base is Italian-born and served m
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    51 3 Ihis is the RAF. crew of the King's 'Viking* aircraft uhich toured South Africa r rom left to right, crew members are: Sergeant Jack, steward; Flight Lieutenant Tilbrook, second pilot; Squadron Leader Payne, AFC captain; Flight Lieutenant Knapper, A F C, navigator; Flightlieutenant Dartmouth, wireless operator; and Corporal South all,
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    YARD HELPS IN 6 YEAR INQUIRY
    127 3 YARD HELPS IN 6 YEAR INQUIRY CCOTLAND YARD will De called m io deal with irregularities m accounts at Somerset House over a period of six years. The disclosure of the defalcations came m the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-Gene-ral when dealing with the Civil Appropriation Accounts for the
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    THEY WILL GET A FLYING START
    69 3 th £50 to be awarded' boys and girls ot Hove.| ■jx who will be chosen! -or "a burning enthu- alor and Cap:am g" 1 Da^s. a director of the Coast Flying Club, have to give tec to every pupil be given ■g who eager
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    PRIZED POSSESSIONS
    17 3 Half the articles at a "most treasured possession" exhibition held at Winchester were >hotwater bottles.
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    TO SAVE WASTE JOURNEY
    6 3 .onBritish, officers
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    'JOY WALKERS'
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    Bullets keep houses empty
    75 3 C1KOOI), Kent, with a long wailing list of home -seekers, has 0 had five houses standing empty for six months. Reason: Risk jf bullets from Milton rifle range. Thp council is anxious to make use of the houses m view of the shortage, says Mr. A.
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    BURGLAR DIES BESIDE SAFE
    211 3 ALEXANDER ADDISON, 50 -year old man with a past, was tl found dead beside a safe weighing a hundred-weight it took four detectives to lift it which he had dragged 23ft. from an office. Cause of death: Heart failure. Beside his body, which lay over an
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    MOUNTAIN RESCUERS TO BE PAID?
    125 3 MOUNTAIN RESCUERS TO BE PAID? /COMPENSATION for members of mountaineering clubs who are frequently called on by the police to help m the rescue of massing climbers m the Glencoc district of the Scottish Highlands is urged by the Chief Constable of Argyllshire m his annual report. He referred to
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    RAF TEST RADAR DEVICES
    269 3 RAF TEST RADAR DEVICES NEW radar duvLes io: aircraft, designed to avert eoiiisions with high groand or witfc other aircraft, aid to warn planes when they are running into dangerously turbulent clouds, are at present being tried m :he R.A.F. This was disclosed m London by Air Marshal Sir Ralph
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    DESERTER HAD AIRFIELD JOB
    162 3 AN located man icid a vVooi-wi-ch cour' -martial that he deserted from the Army because he felt he was being vie imised for knocking out an oincer at a boxing ma'ch. Gunner Samuel Kerr Herron 28) of Lambeg, Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty to deser'ing from the
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    WINE PIPELINE
    28 3 Work is to start soon m Algiers on the construction of an underground wine pipeline be. ween the wine-producing plants of the chy and its harbour.
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    ROSES ALL THE WAY
    24 3 Fifty women passengers using West Kensington (London) Underground Station have subscribed £48 to buy rose trees to beautify the station.
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    MARINER WAS 200 MILES OUT
    144 3 PAPTAIN Metwalli el Ghatit, vi the steamship El Sudan, v passengers said, dropped anchor m 75 fathoms of water off the coast of Maryland thinking he was outside New York Harbour, 200 miles to the north. He then waited for a pilot to take him
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    GUN BOYS GET JAIL, BIRCH 'SAD DISGRACE'
    272 3 GUN BOYS GET JAIL, BIRCH 'SAD DISGRACE' OENTENCING two public schoolboys for armed robbery to O terms of imprisonment and t for one of them, 18 strokes of the birch, the judge said: "You have been brought up at a famous school a school you have sadly disgraced." At the
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    THE GAELIC FOOTBALLER BIT AN EAR
    143 3 DECAUSE tie bit an official'! ear while watching a Gaelic football match 2 1 2 years ago. Martin Heaney (28 of Oakfield Road, Cannon HUI. was fined £5 at Birmingham, plus £1. 19s. 8d costs, tor Clffltnt grievous bodily harm. The Court was told
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      189 3 WALTCI with UVK« BRCNNAN BACALL DOLOtCS MOIAM HOUT CAIMICNAEI LYON PHOTO CO: Renowned lor Superior ana Quirk Ser\i c 'Dereloptnc P intinj and *Cnlar^inf Film sent m coda? ready me next day at 6 o.m. Also I nderUkf to repair Cameras 69. North Bridge Road Singapore. For all printing and
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    The singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar. 12. 1947. Paying Off
    840 4 •TOE nnanc.al poverty of ihe Singapore Government s illustrated again this week by the decision to disband the Royal Malay Navy. Nobody wan's to dernobil Se these sailors: Britain In general and the Royal Navy and Singapore In par .cular
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    SPAIN'S MAQUIS STILL FIGHTS FASCISM
    1461 4 SPAIN'S MAQUIS STILL FIGHTS FASCISM In Spain today a struggle which started before Hitler, Mussolini and Japan menaced the peace of the world is being fought by partisans. IN rocky, almost im- penetrable moun-tain-gorges, m caves hidden by dense shrub, m hunger, cold, and intense discomfort, Spanish Republican guerillas are
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    387 4 TWO thousand attended the funeral at Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently of Miss GRACE MOORE, who was killed on January 26 m a plane crash at Copenhagen. She was buried m the simple wooden casket m which tier remains were transported from Europe. CEVENTEEN YEAR OLD v ROBERT MCGREGOR
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    THEATRE OF 303 WONDERS
    266 4  - THE A TRE OF 303 WONDERS Gene Handsaker b; SOMETHING new *-J America is the pr« fabricated theatre. One has been erected at North L< Beach, near Hollywood, and it is something to behold. It is a fireproof buildmp 01 ornate beauty, its festooned, spunglass curtains are mothproof. For audience
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    FAITH
    28 4 Every tree is known h> his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes c. 6, 44.
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    QUIZ
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    SINGAPORE HAS A NEW SCHOOL
    16 5 I It's 'Ladies hirst Here UeTfwof hju I.DRI made X -hildren.
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    Mr GARRETT: 'SFTU TALKS NONSENSE'
    24 5 Mr GARRETT: 'SFTU TALKS NONSENSE' rctt, .at new for th Trade o re I oi I > ncr re- and not "iori. p to .:iion
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    CHOP PRICES ARE ASSURED
    94 5 I 'o en. otl- picnL This price will be m force op to the end of June 1948. The Government expects that t^ese prices will ?lso encourage the cultivation of crops on all iable land other than wet nadi areas. With such incentive, it is hoped
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    46 5 Here are some of the pupils of Singapore's newest school m Kampong Java Road. By a method of instruction entirely new to Malaya, the school hopes to prepare students for the matriculation exam, at the age of 12 roughly fcur years ahead m an average case.
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    CINEMA REOPENS
    35 5 To cater for the employees of the Naval Base and for the resi_ dents of Setetar area, the Sultan Cinema has re-opened. Th»; cinema stands o n WesthiU Estate, lusr outside the Base.
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  • Letter to Editor
    • Letter
      OVERCROWDING IN BUSES
      179 5 I HAVE noted with great concern the frequent appearance of transport news which was directed more primarily against buses of the private companies. The picture which appeared m your paper (March 8) does not convey what actually happens to another company's. buses, which used to carry an
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    One CSE show: 'That's enough'
    342 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JN a letter to the Free Press, Cap!. C. Arnett says "three productions by the CSE since last July is really lamentable.'' He adds: "I compered the first variety show at Nee Soon for the CSE but that was enough! It
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    British Legion thanks Malaya
    163 5 British Legion thanks Malay a ACKNOWLEDGING Malaya's Poppy Day donation of A:i6,%5 7s. lOd. ($144,716.35), th« Organising Secretary of the British Legion Appeal In London has written the following to Lady Gent, wife of the Governor of the Malaya Union and Honorary Organiser for Malaya: "it is very clear Uiat,
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    MEMORIAL TO A TEACHER
    110 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO collect tandt r cr the Pama- dasa Bfe&otiai H'Mi.i; Uis intended to build m Malacca, a variety concert will be staged 3.t the Victoria Theatre next Sunday. Those taking ran, Jn the programme will all be old boys of St. Francis
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    H.K. AIR CRASH
    34 5 A Fleet Air Arm Seaflre fighter aircraft is reported to have crash- j cd into Mirs Bay outside Hong Kong Harbour yesterday afternoon though the Navy did not confirm the casualty.
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    H.K. UNIONS ASK FOR MORE MONEY
    67 5 Twenty-two labour unions, representing a large number of European firms, have petitioned the Hong Kong Labour Officer for a revision of the rates of rehabilitation allowance. They contend that the allowance should be assessed on a broader basis than that provided by the "food-and-fuel"
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    MALAYANS GOING TO DELHI
    283 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NINETEEN Malayans, leaders of various movements and pro T fessions m Malaya, are attending i the Inter-Asian Conference which I is taking place m New Delhi. Also I included are a number of leading businessmen Three of the delegates are from Singapore.
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    SAILORS ALSO PAY TEA MONEY
    177 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A GOVERNMENT committee is, at present, discussing the possibility and practicability of allowing Singapore's two Seamen's Unions to make up crews for various coastal and seagoing sh.ps instead of the contractors who have been m the habit of demanding ten per
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    Firm flies out goods from U.S
    332 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Balwant Singh, a member of the firm of Gian Singh now "squatting"' m the Bank of Chinas building m Battery Road, Singapore, has reached New York by air from London and plans to charter special aircraft to fly American
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    SIAMESE WILL SEE 'ANNA'
    103 5 Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. "ANNA and the King of Siam" is to be shown m Bangkok af-er a month.old battle between exhibitors and film censors <who, m Siam are the Police Department, with the police chief filling the post of heacf censor). But the film
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    COLDEST MONTH
    24 5 Last month was the cold"st February m Hen? Kong m 22 years, but It was much more dry and sunny than usual.
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    CEYLON TO RUN OWN AIRLINE
    113 5 CEYLON TO RUN OW N AIRLINE I Ceylon's plans for operating a State-owned air service with India has reached a further stage when the island's Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. I. S. B. Perera, left by air for Bombay to negotiate with India Air Limited. They will discuss an early
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    OLD SOLDIER WAS LONELY
    292 6 AN r,ld campaigner whose only ambition is to become a Chelsea pensioner was promised help to attain his am bit ion by the magistrate at West London Court, Mr. E. R. Guest. There is nothing so pathetic M loneliness," said Mr. Quest, when Herbert Walker, aged
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    HE DIED FOR HIS PETS
    149 6 "VG mus. of r;is 66 years James Sm?.ll-Ly. a Black jurn I general dealer had been anj an mal-lover Latterly a donkey and a horse were frs pets 3«i Mr. Smalley wasn't quire happy. He could not get enough] food fjr them. He filled m
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    GERMAN VISITORS
    26 6 F.ivu German Youth representatives to visit Britain since 1939 are ;n London to attend the international conference on "The United Socialist States of Europe
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    Soviet hold up British train
    213 6 Soviet hold up British train TWO Russian officers stopped a British Army train during the night, uncoupled a sealed coach full of Germans working for the British Military Government, and sent it back to Berlin. A British officer, who was on the train, said that the Russians went aboard with
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    After 69 Years Parted 2 Days
    48 6 MX and .Mrs. Henry Charles liaggett, of Bason Bridge, near Highbrldtre, Som., who had been married more ihan 69 years, have died within tv/o days of e.ich other. Mr H35--gett was f)l The old couple vere buried together on the same day.
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    MUSIC SECTION AT B.I. FAIR
    98 6 MUSIC SECTION AT B.I. FAIR TFEPE is to be a large Musical Instruments Section at the BrttUfc Industrie Fair at Umdon's Olympia this year. l\ wi/i be situated on thfl ground floor, and will inrlvidp trumoets, cornets, fresh horns, tubas, violins, clarinets and pianos. Viewers will also b e able
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    SHE MAY LOSE 3 DAUGHTERS
    71 6 MR. Basil Henriques. the mag:*rra«:o at East London Juvenile Coux\, warned a mother that the may lose her tbreo daughters, aged 13. 11 arc siv, because sh P will not send ihem to scrool. They had made about 300 out of 600 a tendances. The
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    CHEESE-BOX VIOLIN
    23 6 Cheese-boxes carved witti knives made the violin that German PoW G. Dottermusch played ;last week a* a Beccle s (Suffolk) concert
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    63 6 A:J'. K. t. W*M>?.*S.-tI.ACi of me British delegation on the U.N.O. nmn>M.ii) which is investigating alleged violations of the Greek frontier, and Mr. A. A. Lavrischew, chief of the Russian delegation, sat tiget^er when the Commission held its first meeting m Athens. After the preliminary hearaius m Athens, the Ccanni'ssion
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    AMERICANS BUY 45,000,000 COMIC STRIPS
    163 6 AMERICANS BUY 45,000,000 COMIC STRIPS I? IE manufacture and suie of comic magazines humorous publications featuring drawn characters has become big business m the* United States with major compe ition promised m the future for publishers and forcing improvement m the art. stories and printing, according to George Delacorie, Jr.,
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    Evenings for leisure
    62 6 TECHNICAL education for young people must be given by day whet* minds are fresh. Evening must be devoted to leisure. Mr. George Tnmlinson expresewsd this view m his first speecn as Minister of Education at Brotiley, Kent. Training during adolescence could not be done satisfat torlly on
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    U.K. HOTEL COMPANY CONVICTED
    348 6 Big fines for food deals MAGISTRATES at Bournemouth, England, have fined mi hotel company £2,920, for having made illegal deak m edible oil and eggs. A farmer who was convicted of having illegally sold eggs to the hotel was fined £200. On a further charge, the
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    AIR SPEED UP
    42 6 The frequency of tbC Springbok Service, operated jointly by British Overseas Airways Corporation and South African Airways between the Union of South Africa and the United Kingdom, is being increased to six Avro Yorks a week m each direct'on.
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    LADDERS KILL MORE THAN AIR CRASSHES
    35 6 LADDERS KILL MORE THAN AIR CRASSHES STATISTICS t* comparauw *N flying are KMnfcotr^ P le -biously LS** a.s any other j rate r j 4 1^|J lade. vices m 7** Stop- lad all p Uner
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    MORE SUGAR FOR UK
    9 6 El nour.rrd :r. N>w York
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    MYSTERY WEAPONS ON COAST
    117 6 DANGER signais were flasned down the Yorkshire coast from Scarborough to Spurn Head following the discovery of mystery weapons washed up m I heavy seas. Mili ary authorities and police rushed out warning notices thaf m plas'.ic containers of German manufacture were 40 detonators, each capable
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    186 6 PENNY- AN-HOUR HOUSEWIVES HOUSEWIVES of Exeter who are taken ill or suddenly called 1J from home may be able to telephone the city council lor a "deputy" to look after their families. This is the aim of a scheme which the council is expected to approve. Under this plan a
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    23 6 Research has cihown that a film of dust can cut off one-fifth of the light from a 100-watt electric bulb
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    GERMANS ENTERTAIN BRITISH CHILDREN
    43 6 German prisoners of war campsd at Kinnerley, Shropshire, have enterlained 100 villago schoolchildren m the Kinnerley institute. The prisoners saved 'heir rations and made cakes for the children. They w:r- entertained with items by a German band and choir.
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    AITKIN HAD A BUSY DAY
    599 7 And Henderson Was So Lonely By Our Soccer Reporter Army 6 S.C.C 0 TTIfcRE was an interesting study m contrasts m this league 1 game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. At one end of the field Aitkin, S.C.C. goalkeeper and former Death Railway PoW, was
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    C-in-C WATCHES P.T. DISPLAY
    43 7 Field Marshal Sir Claude Au chinleck, Commander-in-Chief m India, watches a spectacular jump over the P.T. "horse" b> a member of No. 3 RI.A.S.C. C entre, Bangalore during his recent extensive tour of Madras, Bangalore and the Belgaum areas.
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    CHINESE TAKES 10 FOR 42 FOR WEEKENG
    480 7 CHINESE TAKES 1 0 FOR 42 FOR WEEKENG Kuala Lumpur Cricket ghjgjg 2: OUmjtt ■> 11— 1; Harrison l J —'i itoiii SF.LANfSOftI d-TTB V»j!do o vi\g Cneng 5, K. W. zz\ -J\:?ns: 2. CW. A. Murrey kh>:ig b Eft* Cheng D G. Du.- ti b iixs: Cr»e~.g 3. A.
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    N. ZEALAND XI NAMED
    205 7 Rest Of The Sport •THE follcming r.ave been selected to 1 represent New Zealand agaihst England at CSuistchurch on March 21, rtpjrts Reuter trom Wellington. W. A. Hadlee (Captain), c C Burke, T.B. Burtt, J. Cowie C S Dempster, R.H. Scott. V.J. Scott G A. Snedden,
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR IN U.S. GOLF
    112 7 PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. Tues. THE Duke of Windsor, other inter nationally known winter visitors and leading amateur golfer* temned w.th 50 top professionals for finals ot the US. $15,000 two-day tournament today. Professionals played alone yester- day. bat two amateurs paired with each professional
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    Cup To Bruce Woodcock
    54 7 MR Aneurm Devan, Minister of Health, presented the "Sporting Record" Cup to Bruce Woodcock, British heavyweight boxing champion, voted "sportsman of the year" by majority ballot organised by the "Sporting Rec-.rd." Tfcf pic^ntation was made at the Savoy iletel, London. Sydney Wo«*l«»rsJn was congratulated on being
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    WASHBROOK SCORES CENTURY
    299 7 WASHBROOK SCORES CENTURY WELLINGTON, Tues. WELLINGTON put up a grand fight for a first inning 3 lead when they continued their innings on the second day of their three-day match against the MCC here today. A", lunch they were 36 behind with tv.c wickets remaining Starting the day 86 for
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    LAND OFFICE SOCCER XI
    95 7 rE follow ing are requested to be ready to play scccer for the Land Office Sports Club against the Mental Hospital at the hospital ground tomorrow. Transport will leave the Land Office at 4.20 p.m. sharp. Mohamed SaUeh, P. Thuraisingham Appavoo, Babjan bin Abdul. G. Ranatunga,
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    PERAK CRICKET
    98 7 THE match between the Perak Cricket Asociation and tha Ceylon Association of Perak. played on the Town padang, ended m a draw. The P.C.A., batting first, declared at 179 for 7 wicket Eng Earn Hock, who opened, w.is undefeated with 61, while E. Ycng (37), T. Koenitz (26
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    BASKI TALKS ABOUT HIS CHANCES
    488 7 BASKI TALKS ABOUT HIS CHANCES DIG as a wall Joe Baksi, above the average as a conversationalist, has been telling me the difference between the American ring and the British. The genial giant, wha is here to right it out with our Bruce j Woodcock m what everyone on both
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    WESTCOTT FILLS LAWTON'S PLACE
    324 7 Today's Inter-League Soccer From George Chisholm LONDON, Tuesday. THEK£ are some surprises m the teams selected for the i Arst Inter-League match between Scotland and England 1939 to be played at Hampden Park, Glasgow, tomorrow. The Football League seemed to follow the lead of the F.A.
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    AMATEURS IN PLUCKY FIGHTS
    280 7 LAST night's card of 11 fights m the Singap:re Amateur Boxing Tournament at the Happy World Stadium produced many surprises among Army contestants. All the bout.-, were *ong-U>-song slogging matches, with some of the boxers displaying a surprising rapacity to give and take punishment. F fcgt.
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    S'pore Boxers For Manila
    364 7 By Our Boxing Reporter TTIE good reputation earned by the team of Malayan boxers uho recently toured Australia has prompted Dan Capilfi, Manila promoter, to open negotiations with Singapore promoter Kow Kirn Lin for a team of five boxers from Singapore to visit Manila next month.
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    To-night's Fights
    90 7 To-night's bouts which siart at 7 p.m. sharp will be: Flyweight: James Tan Hock Guan (civilian) v. Sapper Domlniek (army) A. Daas (army) v. O. Rodriguez (civilian). C. Stanislau (civilian) v. Jimmie Tan 'civilian). L/C Mohamed Yusof (police) v. H. Broadley (RAF). Lig 1 -weights: F. Phipps (army,
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    COLONIALS C.C.
    99 7 THF annual general meeting of the Colonials Cricket Club was held at the club premises m Telok Kurau on Sunday and the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1947: President, Mr. A. E. Delilkan vicepresident, Mr. D. B. Anderson* honorary secretary /treasurer, Mr. Arthur F. Fernando cricket
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    CRICKET PROFITS FOR COUNTIES
    132 7 PURIHER confirmation o! how Engl sh cricket flourished last summer comes frrn Glamorgan and Hampshire. The Welsh county rtpo r t a record profit of £2,109 and the best financial posKion m their history, wh Ist Hampshire had a pr fit of £1,116. Glamorgan have not
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    R.L. CUP RESULT
    24 7 R London, Tues. LGBY League cup first rcund. :ld It 1 rCSUItS Kcighley 8. Saint Helena o. Keighlcy were eliminated. Reuter
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    SOCCER TRANSFER
    22 7 HLACKBURN Rovers iiav c w secured th? transfer from Third Lanark of Alec Venters, former Rangers' and Scottish internatioral inside-forward.
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    CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    278 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A Special Market corr >:»ondeut sives the prices of rubber at 1] l.m toda> as follows SINGAPORE CHAMBER O* COMMERCE Tll>. S.ngapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Associations rubb r prices at noon yesterday werp- S'fiore shares THE Singapore share market appears slightly easier this
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    42 8 QN the New York Stock Exchange yes- tcrday selective support for a few utilities, minings, oils and containers enabled them to reduce or eliminate losses but elsewhere the market finished easy at or around the day's lowest levels- Reuter
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    Sterling Balances
    175 8 LONDON. Tues. DR Hugh Dalton. British Chanceller of the Exechquer. regards as "useful" the preliminary discussions Britain has had with India. Egypt and Iraq for settlement oT sterling bo'-n-es held by those countries. Ba also told the Commons that B I had been informed that the decision of
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    22 8 41 The Cornish Arms, famous local pub on th» North Cornish coast at the village of !TJ it. L. St. Merry n.
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    32 8 More than 400,000,000 peopl c sp-ak English and 200,000,000 speak Mardarin Chinese. The World Language Foundation m America wants to simplify English spelling so that more can use it
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    Open-door trade says Indonesia
    286 8 BATAVIA, Wednesday. THE Indonesian Republic yesterday proclaimed an "open door" policy towards foreign capital and technicians, but warned that neither Holland nor any other nation could expect to have a trade monopoly. In a formal statement, which was officially 'said to be inspired by the Dutch
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    AMBASSADOR ILL
    25 8 The Indian Ambassador to the United States, Asaf Ali, entered hospital yesterday for a minor operation. He has cancelled appointments for one week.
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    Bible is sold for £22,000
    42 8 yOLUME one of the beautifully printed Gutenberg Bible, which .nM IS i« near l y 5 S° years ld and w as bought for £600 m 1884, was K«iS h mOVaWe metal type ln IW3 Johann Gutenberg
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    CHINA IS ANXIOUS OVER MOSCOW
    292 8 MOSCOW, Wednesday. THE conference of Foreign Ministers m Moscow today agreed I to discuss the China situation informally and without placing the matter on the conference agenda n K The British foreign minister, Mr. Bevin, said that the 1945 meeting of the Foreign Ministers— when
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    CANTON PAYS RENT IN rice
    96 8 CANTON, Tues. IN deference to the wishes of ihe Chinese Government th€ American Consulate -Ge/ieral, the United Slatris Information Servic? and oth«r American concerns are paying their stuffs m Chines*: currency on the basis or the official rate of CK$l2.OOO for one U.S. dollar. All
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    U.S. AIDS GERMANY
    25 8 From the end of the war through 1946, American taxpayers contributed nearly (U.S.) $500,--000,000 worth of food and other supplies for Germany.
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    R.A.F. ASK INDIA BOMBING RANGE
    143 8 LONDON, Tues THE British Government is negotiating with the Indian Government for the establishment mi n North- West Frontier of an armament practice camp to be used by the Royal Air Force, Reuter was told today by an authoritative source. If negotiations are sucetisiu', the
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    FIGHT AMONG FRENCH M.Ps
    247 8 PARIS, Wednesday BLOWS were exchanged by members of the French National Assembly tonight after tempers rose high during a de bate on Indochina. Shouts and desk-banging inside the Chamber grew so violent that the President suspended the sitting, and m the lobbies outside Communists and members
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    NEW UNIFORMS FOR UK ARMY
    101 8 LONDON. Tuesday. yORE details of the new dress which is to be issued to the British Army were given by the War Minister, Mr. Frederick Bellengcr, m a written reply to a Commons question today. While most Army units will wear a blue uniform, certain
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    GRUNER PETITION
    44 8 The petition fo r sp:clal leave to appeal brought on behalf of Dov Gruner under sentence of death m Palestine was heard b:fore th« Judicial Committee of th e British Privy Council yesterday. The hearing was adjourned until March 25, Reuter sports.
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    NEW LINER LAUNCHED
    19 8 NEW LINER LA UNCHED Lady Brooke, Northern Ireland Premier's wife, launched CunardWhite Star liner Parthia (14,000 Tons) at Belfast.
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    U.S. AND RUBBER
    34 8 Legislation has oeen approved m tlie U.S. ending the uovernment's exclusive power to bu> natural rubber, but continuing its authority to allocate it The law expires on Mar. 31. A. P.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
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    LINER LOAD OF SILVER FOR U.K.
    36 8 I 'hancello the i ommi .0.000 ounces «J t rromtM purp H i Crosthcaite gM silver was beiiur to India JfJ liquidate. him not ,J3 would true Rent* r P«*
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    EGYPT TO ASK UNO TO CANCEL TREATY
    499 8 LONDON, Wednesday. EGYPTIAN assertions that Britain was trying to get the Sudanese to secede from Egypt and that the Sudanese would only be able to express themselves when British troops had evacuated the Sudan were denied by the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee,
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    33 8 Bijf hiri of bread are offered for sale h> this plumn and J saleswoman at a br<»ad stall m P;a*rue. 7rch<*Una. vtathi is rationed but on a eeneroui seal*.
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