The Singapore Free Press, 13 March 1947

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA k li*»> SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947. PRICE 10 CENIa.
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    AUSTRALIA TO DEFEND S'PORE
    311 1 I .ONDON, Wednesday. CAR-REACHING decisions affecting Britain's defence 1 commitments m the Pacific and the defence of Singapore are expected to be taken at a meeting of Australian Cabinet Ministers and. defence chiefs at Canberra today, states the London Evening News diplomatic correspondent. The correspondent adds
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    29 1 I c worst blizzards 'or many years bcried this house m n rbyshire, m snow. The house-owner is clearing a t pith through the snow outside his main door.
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    SOURABAYA SUE LEAVESBY AIR
    202 1 Frtv Prey* Staff Reporter RABAW SUE (Mrs. Kotet Tantri) left Singapore by Hi momim: for Java m a chartered Dakota tag without a passport. She first arrived m Singapore v s before Christmas without an entry permit. I she was questioned by police and immigration n
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    LORRYLOADS WERE SHOT
    65 1 Hur 7rw/ er. ►re Ma^acre turned at the Victoria momng, l ese witness, Yeo Hurg that on ce e lorries i Japanese i m Samba c report 01 an hour turned »n camp itav c witness d He saw i m the! -id tha* i S d
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    BRITISH QUIT ISLES
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    USA 'SHELTERED' UNDER BRITAIN
    73 1 The United States can no 1 nger "lead a sheltered existence" under th^ protection of the British Empire the New York Times said yesterday m its comment on President Truman's address to Congress. 'From the day it br ke away from th? British Empire, the United
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    Outram Rd called 'Belsen'
    77 1 IN the Commons yesterday, the War Minister, Mr. Frederick Belletiger, told Mrs. E. M. Braddock (Lab., Liverpool Exchange) h* had cabled for a report on how many British Servicemen were -rving sentences m 7ie Outram Road civil prison m Singapore, whether the men were receiving proper
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    ATTLEE CARRIES THE DAY
    286 1 ATTLEE CARRIES THE DAY LONDON Wed. 1 ANSWERING Mr. Winston Churchill's slashing attack on tne j Labour Government's economic policy m the Commons today, the I Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee i said he did not think Mr. Churchill ever really knew the conditions of a great many people *n
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    GLUT CF APPLES FOR SINGAPORE
    425 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NEWS from Singapore's food front, where war on all fronts is being constantly waged against the racketeers, is of 1 apple stocks threatening to glut the Singapore market, a big drop m fish supplies and steps to beat the racketeers j
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    SHE'S FROM RUSSIA
    41 1 After many weeks, Stalin has at last allowed Nadya Stanislovovna, Russian wife of RAF sergeant, John Bolton (below), to join her husband m England. Bolton sent several appeals to Mrs. Attlee, Mr. Ernest Bevin, and Members of Parliament.
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    3 Singaporeans receive awards
    258 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HTHE President of the Y.W.C.A. m Malaya and two long 1 service Government servants were this morning decorated by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, before a meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council. The awards were presented on behalf of the Secretary of
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    U.K. DEPORTS POLES
    38 1 ch e Wa r Office said yesterday that the first group of "recalcitrant" Poles who refused either t3 join the Polish Re-sett -lrment Corps m England, or return to Poland, has been deported m Germany.
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    STILL WANTS PAKISTAN
    34 1 Mohamed All Jinnah, President of the All India M slem League, told a gathering of Moslem journalists last night that there was ro honourabl? solution f;r India's Muslims except Pakistan.- Reuter
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    NEI JAPS TO LEAVE
    30 1 A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday nationals remaining m the Netherlands srst Indies, number ng 13,696. w be repatriated by the end ol the year.
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    SFTU MAY QUIT SHORT ST
    499 1 SFTU MAY QUIT SHORT ST Free Press Staff lleporter HPHE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, hub of ail 1 labour movements m this city, may shortly quit t'.^.r Short Street premises which they hay*» occupied since early 1946. Even if the SFTU dissolve their headquarters, it m understood that the
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    THE 'QUEEN' HERE TODAY
    71 1 Fiee Presi S'.v.ll Reporter TH E Furne^s WiLhy vessel Qiuen ol li-nnuca. bringing 1,310 passengers to Singapore, which waj due to arrive alongside godowns 8 and fl at 10 am. today, has be^n delayed for a lew hours anc will net dock now until 3 p.m.
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    TO STUDY CANCER
    35 1 The Moscow newspaper "Izvestia" yesterday reported that Mar- shal Stalin iiad called on two Soviet scientists. Kleuva and Roskin, to abandon all routine projects and devote themselves entirely to cancer research. Reuter
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    CHIFLEY WANTS PREFERENCE
    55 1 The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph Cnlflty. sad yesterday that Empire preference was vital for certain Australian industries while the United Kingdom felt that exclusive preference could not be maintained. He added "the British view s that there must be some modification if she is t) join
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      UK NEGLECTS FEMALE STARS?
      830 2  -  NORAH ALEXANDER London Suow Talk By IT has long been a commonplace that the feminine stars of Hollywood outshine Britain's little lot m looks, talent, glamour, dresssense, personality, and what-have-you. The time has come, to quote the Walrus, when we might take this legend apart and
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      89 2 1. It wac originally erected i»i Hyde Park «185L> to boose the In emational Zxhibi'- >n for h the Frin c Cor.s-v. was pri- marily rcsponrible. Th^ designer of the Crystal Pilace was Sir Joseph Paxton. ?u .en ihe exhicitlon closed, the Palace was j re-crectrd on the
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      272 2 SOUTHS \ul: crable cvcrcall was a oit on the shabby side, but North's raise to three spades with only three sir all trumps was a perfectly sound bid. From North's point of view. South could not overcall with one spaie unless he had a strong suit of
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      ONE IN HUNDREDS
      288 2 ONLY one boy m hundreds proved to be suitable for the leading role m the latest Two Ctics film "Vice Versa." Peter Ustinov and his coproduccr George Brown, interviewed hundreds of boys from schools and theatrical agents and were gradually despairing of ever finding what they were
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      FRENCH ACTRESS FOR HOLLYWOOD
      88 2 'ORINNE GAL VET ol French cinema is going t3 Hollywood late lor h r Am-r can tilm. Studios has announced. the 21-year-cid Mis Is coris:der^d one of th m beautiful rc'rrss? 5 *n F pictures. She h".s br"wn ha.r and gr en fiv feet, five tacta
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      LUCKY STAR
      55 2 LUCKY STAR tot *THI mhereat taift I b m $H«v ittrtf at I 4 i a and vmkb 9 p~sr to br f«iU -31 h m the hut pi I will fc mm nrc aid pAI wlk" *■<■■ d m the 90 .;.:nun p?*i •ar fft human i atfeli uh
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      U.S. WELCOME FOR PASCAL
      259 2  -  Howard C. Heyn By A MERICAN film producers cers are openly elated by the decision of Gabriel Pascal, British producerdirector, to move his seal of operations from London to Hollywood. They deem it 1 major victory m the currently intense compstition Le tween United Kingdom and
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      49 2 ANOTHER 00T8TANWNG PICTtBJ Opens Today at the P^2 ISS! Four Shows isoi M l»w-M's v -.frml*' 1 I'rapesJk OurYin esH jn MMCS CMf€ FMNCtS fiffFMO H aones mourns *m m j MOOR£M£AO CARNOVSKY J0 JACKIE BUTCH JENKINS ■J'* i J i Jl i a JAM J m. \\Wm f///#/iiAm
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      889 2 nnnj/-\ HTIII7 It YU&mM* Favouiites; <R); 7.30 New* Requests; 6.00 p.m. "Tuesday ai 8.30 t\i\U\\J inALAI A m Malay; 7.45 Malay Listeners 1 with Graham Gibb"; 6.30 p.m. News: Favourites (R); 8.15 News Headline 6.45 p.m. The Melcdy Lingers On; 7.00 OingapOre m English; 8.18 Dizzy Fingers flirc); p.m. Pianists;
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    'TWERP'JOKES AT MP CRITIC
    180 3 'TWERP' JOKES AT MP CRITIC Jrt>. >iaun. the M.P. vvho called Tommy Handle y a twerp during Hoi*e of Commons debate was Ihe No. 1 gag kiMghout the ITMA show when it burst on the air pn for Hh tirM time after her angry criticism. Tommy Kandley is known m
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    JUDGE SAYS JAIL FOR BANK FRAUD
    84 3 Lord Chief Justice Goddard said m the Court of Criminal Appeal that Post Office Savings Eank frauds m Britain should be punished by gaol sentences. Lord Goddard said this when dismissing the appeal of a man who was sentenced at Manchester Assizes to 21
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    RACE HELPS A FRENCH TOWN
    51 3 RACE HELPS A FRENCH TOWN Dene aster Town Council is to seek Treasury permission to vote 10.000 francs (about £20) toward the cost of a memorial to inhabitants of St. Leger, France, shot by the Gestapo. The classic race, the S:. Leger, is run on Doncaster racecourse, owned by the
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    BRITISH BUSES FOR BERMUDA
    32 3 Si-to order °i i 0 G^ >***• Placed by nu? shipped from bus on the island, the sC cl om^i of fleet ann *k In tlme -he existing by
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    ANY GERMANS STILL NAZI AT HEART
    552 3 ANY GERMANS STILL NAZI AT HEART British survey opinion BERLIN, (Air Mail). IN official report of German activity m the British Oc«y--n. pat ion Zone states that ten per cent, of Germans m the zone are still unregenerate Nazis. The report adds: "In the British Zone today an embryo authoritarian
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    29 3 photo Mi KtK on tne River Main m Germany aOf-mp.^ cnannel for river sh.pp in*. The part of the itvef m thi> ph t ;raph ii near Hochhcun.- A.P.
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    Sick monkey went by air
    80 3 |/KW of the people who surrounded the cage of Chica, a monkey from Rio d; Janeiro, when she arrived at London Airport knew that she was suffering from one of the world's deadliest diseases— sleeping sickness. But they were m no danger, as the dis«»a»*
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    HEN PARTY
    26 3 Glooslon (Leicestershire) Women's Institute holds its meetings m a hut. There is no village hall and plans f° r community centre have been neglected.
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    61 3 KESSELRING, German field marshal, arrives m Venice to be tried as a war criminal before a British Military Tribunal. Kesselring, wearing a trench-coat, is stepping from a Venetian canal barge to be escorted by military police to the Venk-c Ass lies Court. Thr crimes of inhumanity for which Kesselring stood
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    SAID TO GUV'NOR 'ALL OK'
    124 3 TWO men who broke into an 1 antique shop m Mayfair, London, drove away £500 worth of furniture m a van and returned for a second load. The anUqiie dealer, Mr. John Pirotta, drove by his shop m a car as the thieves were loading
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    THE DIGNITY OF DIRTY HANDS
    127 3 ■TEACH children the importance and dignity of the 1 "dirty" jobs rather than the "white collar" jobs, Mr. Ernest Bevin pleaded m London. He told Rcigate Grammar School Old Boys: "The future of Britain is very much m the hands of educationists. "I urge them
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    BRIGHT SIDE
    19 3 Holiday was granted at Swaffham (Norfolk) boys' school because boiler explosion had blown out doors and windows
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    Typists swarm into Germany
    228 3 HEADS of the British Control Commission m Germany, already trying to cut down surplus staff on instructions from London, are protesting that "swarms" of unwanted h; N 'il v paid typists, drivers, and supervisors are being "dumped" m the British zone after being recruited m Britain.
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    37 3 WIFE of an American soldier with her one-day-old lv ns who were born m Newfoundland. The 22-year-old woman. Mm. Irene de Maderious, was travHjl ing m a flying-boat a few hours before the chll dren were born.
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    BISHOP IS SUED BY SCHOOLBOY
    319 3 PEOFFREY GOLDIE, 17 year^ld Pa gnton youth, who U claimed that he had been m hospital for (en weeks wi* h pneumonia after sawing logs for his school All Hallows, Rousdon, near Lyme Regis sued the governors for damage* at Devon Assizes. With him as
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    DOLLARS IN U.K. THRILLS
    121 3 DOLLARS IN U.K. THRILLS SHOWMEN with cheque books drawing on banks m America, France, Aus'ria, Germany. Hungary and elsewhere, are competing for British thrills. I Bri am's once little- known amusements industry has skyrocketed its exports to well over the £1,000,000 mark. And to boost exports still more, the industry
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    COLD COMFORT
    28 3 Leeks, which Worcestershire marked gardeners are digging out of the ground with pickaxes, are selling at £3 a cwt. wholesale. Before the blizzard they fetched 10s.
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    GERMAN GLIDERS FOR UK CLUBS
    75 3 As a result of nego la lions between Britain's Royal Air Force Reserve Command and gliding clubs operated by the Bri.ish Air Forc^ of Occupation m Germany, a number of Ger-man-built gliders will soon be In use at Air Training Corps Gliding Schools all over
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      45 3 X w I m V ■'B"* W Scotswoman MP angry with the BBC LONDON. Thurs. THE tmbattied BBC, already 1 plagued by accusations of sc?&lUt:c bias and commercialism, today found iUelf tbs object of Parliamentary wrath because ~7G per cert*, of its joices are smstty."
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      85 3 CARPETS Latest Shipments Just Unpacked AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES. PEKIWC (CHINESE) GENUINE MIR2APUR Size 9X12 9X 12 Quality A $972.00 Quaht^ A $400 00 B $775.00 B $250.00 C $175.00 Size 4X7 Size 2i X4i Size BXIO Quality A $270.00 $112.50 Quality A $285.00 KASHMIR PERSIAN Size 6X4 $15.00 A
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    Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Mar. 13, 1947. A Happier Lot
    648 4 Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Mar. 13, 1947. A Happier Lot THE Singapore Police Fore: faced with its greatest-ever problem of crushing the crime wave and of restoring public confidence m law and order, has long been handicapped m its campaign to attract new recruits by the inadequate condit: ns of
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    NATION OUT OF INDIA
    1324 4 Can Gandhi's old guard make a by 'Freedom Day 1948 asks RALPH IZZARD IF any political body m the world today needs an infusion of fresh blood, that body is the Indian National Congress. If you shared my perch In the Press Gallery of the Constituent
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    FAITH
    12 4 Sow to yourselves m righteousness, reap m mercy. Hosca, 10, 12.
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    PEOPLE MAKE MEWS
    469 4 HUNTSMAN with the Cots- wol<i hounds for 'M yeirs, during which time every bone m his body had been broken at one time or another, CHARLIE REACnAM died recently at his Cheltenham home, aged 86. Charlie had attended all but one opening meet of the hunt In
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    52 4 Many Indian Grenadiers of the fotore were on ceremonial Parad »t ft. Field Marshal Sir Claud* AurhinWtk, C.-in-C. India, presented a ffiat,r t, i I rw «WjJ the Regiment. Hz laUr visited the prerelease tracing wing of the tJzLI f r *»»3 watched the boys at a survey class. (See
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    AMERICA REFORMS GOOD'BOYS, GIRLS
    443 4 AMERICA REFORMS GOOD' BOYS, GIRLS NEW YORK City has discovered that it is possible to reform iegally "good" boys and girls and is expanding a programme that does just that. TlKiie "good" youngsters have bee acquitted of criminal charges m court and the city nas .Ik. legal right to reform
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    QUIZ LOCAL NEWS
    107 4 QUIZ LOCAL NEWS 1. Wha ;s the hisiory of the Crystal Palace? 2. <a» -Bu; what If to by fate of i he great wen of Ttor monster called the metropolis of :he empire?' <b) "But that's €01 shove bt .nd me long ago an' fur awa! An '.hen? ain't
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      26 4 SPORTS ROSE €l CO, LTD. 86, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Stockists of All Kinds of Sporting Goods. Specialists m hestringing TENNIS RACKETS, CHARGES MODERATE TELE: 63%
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      98 4 Making sure 4.000 men operate our maintenance 23 years. Every part of each aircraft has a rccoraw giving the signature of every man who ever adj^i inspected it and when, and why. No P ar seemingly unimportant, can escape rer at periods known and rigidly observed Here which, after overhaul,
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    JAP TRADE SAMPLES COMING
    239 5 Spore plans big imports Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has ordered a complete range of samples of Japanese products v, fth a view to advising importers on the types of goods available. These samples are expected to be received within the next fortnight. At
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    ARMY BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS
    418 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NOT only has the Army helped Singapore with food and rehabilitate -n equipment, but m the field of education I also, the Forces are lending a helping hand. The Army Dis- 1 *afc Board has offered the Singapore Government 100.000 <erc:s€ book>
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    SUM BUYS BRITISH WARSHIPS
    55 5 ANGKOK, Wed three *-ar- Navy -x .1 be .-.•se I [Saps so :ar bought are tal B peps ar.d a atae-li the Nk nent bas paid I- ".hem. i epei Mm* pa^ m the ring opera- and nths ago at has also d m me to
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    SMC STRIKE INQUIRY
    16 5 lai Spe_ the rec nt > of la- its I o m.mbers I fcwr.
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    LADY GIMSON TO BROADCAST
    55 5 LADY GIMSON TO BROADCAST Tomorrow night at 10 o'clock Lady Ginxson will open a new edition of "Pet6o».ai Choice." m which Malayan person a lit i-s ffil present their favourite recoids with the reasons why the? like them. "Personal Choice will be on the air from Radio Malaya every Friday
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    UNRRA INQUIRY IN SARAWAK
    108 5 TO arrange for the reception and forwarding to their homes of 500 UNRRA Chinese repatriates expected to reach Sarawak and North Borneo next month, Mr. A. W. Colllison, UNRRA representative at present m Singapore, sailed for Kuchii.g aboard the steamship "Tung Song" r.oday. Mr. Collison is
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    ROADS RENAMED
    43 5 At a meeting of the Rural Bjard held on Feb. 20. it was decided to rename Kee Sun Road. Kee Sun Avenue and Kee 3un Drive as Tay Lian Teck Road, Tay Lian Teck Avenue and Tay Lian Teok Drive respectively.
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    They make our streetssafe
    88 5 They make our streetssafe These are some o* the officers and men of the Traffic Branch of the Singapore Police. In their hands lies the safet> of our roads. In jeeps and on motorcycles, these men patrol the main roads of Singapore, always on the lcok out for offenders. Since
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    9 5 w hwbeen j lintel Colonel and On Wrtiiam Sim.
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    CLAIM AGAINST INDONESIANS
    16 5 CLAIM AGAINST INDONESIANS -:an I Id the A three ,'afrom 1 I m InI or the
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    CYLO TO MAKE CYCLE TYRES
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    NAVAL BASE: AXE FALLING AT ANY TIME
    233 5 NAVAL BASE: AXE FALLING AT ANY TIME Free Press Staff Reporter! COMMODORE W. H. D. Friedeberger, Superintendent of the Singapore Naval 3ase, commenting on the second Idter handed to him by era- ployees of the Singapore Naval Base yesterday, said he was exnecting cuts to be made m the labour
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    HONG KONG IS HEALTHIER
    69 5 THE over-all health of Hong Kong residents was better m 1946 than ever before m the colony's history, despite war dislocations nnd great overcrowd. ng, the Medical Department report, cd. The death rate for the year was 14 per thousand, compared with 24 mi n 1931
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    FOOD FINES
    52 5 FINES totalling $43,845 as a result of 317 convictions for price and food control olfences, were imposed on accused persins m the Singapore Polioe Courts last month. Of this amount, fines totalling 536.895 were paid. There were 536 prosecutions of which ten persons were acquitted and nine cases
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    S'PORE THREAT TO KILL WIFE
    229 5 WHILE serving with the Koyal Artillery m Singapore, Yin cent Henry Thomas, 33, heard that his wife m England was to have an illegitimate baby and wrote that he would murder her if she still had the baby when he returned. The wife who had
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    58 5 Three Japanese lawyers are defending seven of their compatriots m a Singapore War Crimes Cuurt. Speaking into the microphone is Mr. S. Korose, chief Jap defence counsel. On the left is one of his assistants Mr. F. Fujiiwa. Special arrangements have bsen made ti make the proceedings at the trial
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    THIS SHIP ATTACKED SINGAPORE
    151 5 MOTHER ship of midget submarines used against Jap shipping m Singapore waters during the war, the 10,000-ton Bonaventure, oue of the Navy's wartime mystery ships, Ls due m the United Kingdom m a few days. Taking the name of the cruiser sunk earlier m the war
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    Report annoys strike chief
    197 5 Report annoys strike chief HEAD of the Singapore busmen who are on strike is angry with the Free Press, for publishing a report on our front page on March 11, statin- that, to end the transport deadlock, the Government may take over buses, and strikers may be dismissed if they
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    BIG DEMAND FOR CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
    172 5 BIG DEMAND FOR CERTIFICATES OF DEATH APPLICATIONS for birth certiIX tiflcates of children ar.der six years of age are not refused but the demand for certificates since the reoceupatio n has been iso great tl^at priority must neces. sarily be given to applications where certiflca'cs are m<;:? urgently required for
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    TECHNICAL CORPS
    52 5 Members of the Special Technical Corps, Malaya, who have not yet communicated with Head. Quarters, Air Command, Far East, Singaoore, and received a notice v> garding back pay and terminc.l l-^nefits n.re warned that no I ms will be entertained after sh 31. 1T 1 7. exctp m
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    DREDGE LEAVES U.S. FOR N.E.I.
    96 5 THE Moran lowing Company tug. Watch Hill, be^an its longest single towing assignment ever undertaken by an American company, when it lelt Tampa yesterday towing the huge tin dredge built m this country for the Netherlands East Indies Government for delivery to Banka Island, a
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    HAPPILY WEDS RENEW VOWS
    196 6 IN tl.e candle-lit parish church of St. Michael, Wood Green, London, more than 100 husbands and wives joined m a service of thanksgiving for marriage. Too much emphasis has been placed on unhappy marriage and divorce," the Vicar^ the Rev. J. G. B. Ashworth, said before
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    HE WANTED
    140 6 LV -i~.»K-OLD H .!>.•> tio.\e spent four years of his life ml '1 his grandparents at Dartm i. h, Devon. li. now he has mad two atten s to visit them from Tilehur Reading, where he liv s wi h his mother and father. A i'EMPT No. 1
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    POLES WILL SEE BRITISH FILMS
    54 6 The Polish State Film com pany has arranged with the Brit.sh J.. Arthur Rank distribution organisation to show 20 BtfUril flkns a year m Poland. liie Polish company has aireaay chosen "Henry V." "Briel Encounter," "Great Expectations," "Odd Man Out," "Seventh Veil," and "A Matter
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    SQUATTERS MUST GO
    21 6 Squat. ers. last m London, must leave Tooting Bee A.A. huts after ei^hc months' occupation. Reason huts condemned.
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    No buyers for Riviera homes
    204 6 FRANK ARTHUR, 72-year old British »real tstals agent m Paris, has some houses for sale on the Riviera lor 36,000,000 francs (about £75,000) and more. One, originally built by King Leopold II of Belgium, and later ownod and modernised by Ogden Codman, the American architect,
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    NEW DOCK ON RIVER CLYDE
    90 6 A scheme to reconstruct Queen's Dock, Glasgow, Scotland, at ihe cost of £6,275,000, has been approved by the Clyde Navigation Trust. It will take tht years, and the new deck have berthage of nearly X) feet, a depth of 32 feet, at r water, and
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    Old note in new taxi
    64 6 THE first new 1947 taxi to be licensed m London appeared on the roads last week. It is draught-proof, stylish, and capable of 80 miles per hour. The horn, thought electric sounds l&e the old rubber taxi type. Th« driver, Mr. R. Perkins, of Hornsey,
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    POISON FOR MEDICINE
    23 6 A cargo of curare juice of deadly nolsonous vines m Brazil. RB?hrd Pr2stwi?h airport recently for use m medicine. B
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    Ex-husband is cited
    59 6 AWIFfcS former husband was cited as co-respon-dent m the London Divorce Court. Mr. Leonard Cecil Berry, of Purley Way, Waddon, Croydon, was granted a decree nisi against Mrs. Bertha Berry, on the ground of her adultery with Henry Aubrey Dean, to whom she was formerly married. Mr.
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    Map of all Indonesia
    81 6 MAP showin* the United States of Indonesia, the area formerly known »s the Netherlands East Indies Netherlands New Guinea is marked m skaded tone. The status of this area is to b: decided by tbe inhabitants. A commission Is invest i*at ing The inset map on
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    TRADE WAITS ON PEACE IN THE EAST INDIES
    476 6 New states come into being "THE whole world waits impatiently for a decision to be 1 made on the future of the Netherlands East Indies, torn as they are by the long-continuing bickerings between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Government,
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    CARRIER IS RENAMED
    64 6 ilf ING George VI has formally approved a French prop<jsai tore-name the Brit.sh I.'? ht lKjet carrier. H^JS. Colossus, which is on loan to tlv French Navy FJS. Arromajiches. The new name has historical associations which appeal to bolh nations, for it was on tiie beaches of
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    BRING YOUR 'SOAP'
    20 6 Soap i s short at public bath.at Bermondsey, London, so notices tell residents "to bring their own.
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    PM. READ LESSONS
    16 6 the Primal gave ijLH irch to cele:: ar\- of G> sey Boys" Cub
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    67 SKIPS AT 70
    11 6 A' H second with 67 skit*'" p*ng_eo-
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    BRITISH COUNCIL CARS CRITICISED
    238 6 BUYING of motor-cars by the British Council is criticised m the report of Sir Frank Tribe, Comptroller and AuditorGeneral. He says that m December 1945 the Council decided to buy 53 motor-cars for overseas posts, and also 26 towards the requirements of 1949-47, if these could
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    NAVY v CHINESE I TODAY IN LEAGUE
    386 7 Uv Our Soccer Reporter I>ci t h^ir food victory by five goals to three over r X »\f >n their first league game, Navy's second ajjan^t S.CFJL Selection I will be watched Uti* tpne.t interest, for they are regarded by many litk t»
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    COLONIALS C. C.
    54 7 THE foliowing will represent Col«nliil« I C.C. again-t 8.A.0C.C. on Saturp!ny startirg at 2 p m.. at Chang W. Ratnayake. C. CoDins. G Albert D. Miller. R. DeUikan. C. Senevtratne. Perera. T. Tfva&arajah. L. S. Nathanrn. A. F. Pemando and A. E. Delilkan. Reserves: JAB Galaroda. C.
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    EX CHAMP TO PROMOTE
    19 7 DEGGIE Meen, former Britiah heavyweight cham- Is Triing out. as a boxing promoter at Leicester.
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    SCC SPRING SURPRISE ON CUSTOMS
    70 7 by the •tiers and once I rwarda en he V he closest r jr could get to. j 1 I r 1 the t*> before tn v ing. I at ?oal for t trom I n re of j r made up fv r r
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    42 7 Tl>ese pictures, taken at Tuesday's leagu? soccer match m which Army beat S.C.C. s!xnil, show (ab(-ve) Frost on the ground after parsing the hall to Harrison and, below, Mitchell, hard-working S.C.C. centre half, heading away m the height of an R..VF. attack.
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    WELLINGTON OUT IN 100 MINUTES
    338 7 WELLINGTON OUT IN 100 MINUTES From Norman Preston WELLINGTON, Wednesday. HAMMOND overestimated the ability of Wellingtou bats- men here today. He gave his bowlers five hours to dismiss the locals, but Bedser, Pollard and Voce, with some help from Smith, accomplished the task m 100 minutes. They dismissed Wellington for
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    ORTIZ REGAINS TITLE
    116 7 MANUEL ORTIZ of California, regained the world bantamweight boxing title when he outpointed Harold Dade of Los Angeles over 15 rounds In New York on Tuesday night, reports RcutCT. Dude only held the title tm f o months for m January he beat Ortiz on points. In
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    TWO TKO's IN AMATEUR FIGHTS
    235 7 HARD slogging again characterised last night's amateur bouts at the Happy World Stadium, with two technical knockouts. To-night's light-heavy contests promise good sport with Praakle Pest&iia, the police idol and Sgt. Herwing (Army) taking the ring for the first time. Results were: Frywc^ht: Sapper Dominic
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    LOUIS AWAITS FIGHT
    45 7 LOS ANGELES. Wed. JOE LOUIS arriving from a profitable J Latm-Amert-an barnstormins tour, j announced that his next defence of the »crki heavyweight title would be next I Summer against the uinoer of the Joe Baksi-Bruc« Woodcock l%ht, reports -O X— U.P.
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    Army Raids On S.C.C. Goal
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    PLAN TO SHORTEN CUP TOURNAMENT
    828 7 All In The Game From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. IT is considered m inauy quarters ihat the Jong hokf up by the weather may bring about a long -discussed overhaul of English football organisation. Already some changes have been announced for the remainder
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    Soccer shutdown held likely
    292 7 U.K. Sport i;urtai!mengs LONDON, Wedmtay. A SEVERE cut is all mid-week sport is certain follow ing a series of meetings betweea sports representatives and Mr. Chuter Ede, Home Secretary, Mr. Westwood, SecreUry for Scotland, and Mr. Shmwell, Minister of Fuel and Power. The talks, which took
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    Rest Of The Sport BUMPERS NOT DELIBERATE
    217 7 Rest Of The Sport BUMPERS NOT DELIBERATE DAY LINDWAIA Australia t fast bowler, yesterday denied reparu i that Bradman decided to bowl buna- p3i against Huttoc m the Teats. reLindwan said: "I never had any :n--jstructions of auy type from Don, who I apparently was satisfied to l?t me bowl
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    Rivers burst banks in UK
    191 8 LONDON, Wednesday. RIYEKS aro rising fast and thousands of acres of low lying land are a--rtady d«ep m floodwater after the warm wtather wave rapidly melted snow accumulated during the recent "ice age." The River Medway m Kent and the Avon m Wiltshire have reached
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    -CITY NEWSS'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    415 8 -CITY NEWSS' PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A Special Market corr.-^undent gives the prices of rubber at 11 am today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cts. Cts. per lb per lb No 1 I.S.S. Spot loos« 41. 42 ho 1 R.S-S. fob m bales March 43<v 43^ ho I R.S.S. fob m
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    SOVIET ENVOYS CALLED HOME
    74 8 LONDON. Wed. THE Soviet Ambassador to 1 London. M. Oeorgi Zaroubin. has been recalled to Moscow where he will take part m the work of the conference of the Big Four Foreign Ministers. He !eft London for Moscow by air x'ay. Soviet Ambassadors In Washington and
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    INDIAN BOYCOTT CALLED IN S.A.
    61 8 A meeting of mare than 1,000 Europeans at Vereeninging, South Africa, yesterday decided to boycott all Indians m South Africa. Most farmers' organisations m Transvaal were represented at the meeting. Th?y passed a resolution stating that organised Europeans and native non-Europeans m South Africa should
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    BOYS KILLED MASTER
    49 8 Four boys, two ag J d 15 and two aged 16, a, Siaf. ford Assizes yesterday were found guilty of the "completely coldblooded murder" of a 21 -year-old assistant master at a school for juvenile delinquents. They were sentenced to be detained "during His Majesty's pleasure."
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    Britons seek new home
    262 8 A.P. UORE than 20,000 Britons have registered far new homes m Australia under a special plan to mcv? them from Britain which is due to go into operation on March 34. it was stated X?«! c London offi <c °f the Australian High Commis- U Waf,
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    Mr CHURCHILL BITINGLY ATTACKS GOVT.
    1663 8 Mr CHURCHILL BITINGLY ATTACKS GOVT. LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government's order of the day was "Scuttle 1 Everywhere"— from Egypt, India and Burma— declared Mr. Winston Churchill m a bitter and brilliant attack on the Labour Government m the Commons tonight during the debate on the economic state of the
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    PRINCESSES SEE LEPERS
    126 8 DRINCESSES Elizabeth and Mir- garet yesterday exchanged pleasantries at Masteru, S uth Africa, with a bus.load o: native leper, Girl Guides. The lepers' faces wer c disfigured by the disease. They waved eagerly and called out greetings as Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret a PP r P&ched. The
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    HOUSING CAUSES WIFE'S SUICIDE
    110 8 Major Roy Wyndham, formerly j of the Indian Airborne Division, j told the coroner at a Hammersmith inquest yesterday that h:* wife had an abse&sion over the British noosing shortage. Mrs Wyndham. who arrived m j England from India last Novem- *>:r. was found hanged from
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    Truman speech 'a bombshell'
    161 8 ALL observers in Moscow agreed tonight that h* ii Truman's speech today on Gmn and Turke\ (a< come as a diplomatic bombshell into the hitherto promising atmosphere of the Moscow conference Since early this morning B.B.C bnj forecasts of the speech were heard in Mo ecu.
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    GERMAN YOUTH WAIT NEW LEAD
    113 8 LONDON. Wed. THE Br.Ush delegation to Ger- many who existed on German rations as part of the study of problems affecting German y uth reports: "The mu^ of fTrtMH tropic are neither despondent nor hopeful they are waiting—malleable material lor another fuehrer who capture their
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    Mr BEVIN CHALLENGES MOLOTOV ON PoWs
    189 8 THFRritihF c MOSCOW, Wednesday. PmoS lg H Secretar Mr tonight challenged 1 Molotov to give the figures and numbers of the German ss7o So r r lhe srs union -ns seek I^tii alS^ demand d <h«t the Soviet figures Mr Byt V T ln
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    FRIENDS AID A DOG
    64 8 FRIENDS AID A DOG Wti*n topper, a faigh-spiiitcd N^..d wlj point of keeping to the pavement was involve J lent, his nine-year-old pal Ton carried him iSi?" 1 gery maintained by Our Dumb Friends' learw l** l *i emergency r«neratiti S plant at t h n ;ai s '-JJ* »n
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    COMMONS QUEKE ON KEDAH
    13 8 COMMONS QUEKE ON KEDAH V t of S dian Übour mo t -derto^^l
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      132 8 WEA THER— Occasional showers WLATHLB teiecast for 24 hour* from noor toda* compiled b« the M F Centra! Forerafttmt SUti vi kit Command. Far Cast: Bright periods with occasional showers Fine to-night and tomorrow morning. Wind: Northerly from 5 U 10 knots, fallinc to lirtK variable or calm to-nkrht Sunset
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