The Singapore Free Press, 14 March 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA FGGFF SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1947. I'KIM 10 li-N.-v
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    'Private' talk on China
    76 1 OFFICIAL contirmatioi is not tti forthcoming on the report that >1 »loiutov. the S«rirt Foreign Minister, has *ntanote to Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Mu;M_r. ii_ den Gtergr Marshall, I retary of State, proposal early pmatr three power talks on hin.i outride the tnaework of
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    UK ARMY TO BE HELD IN READINESS
    99 1 LONDON Thurs j to keep her tnß > of preparedcontingency Ken, Mi Frede- -r Mmster, told ase of Commons tc es for a very would assert that xiay and that, f n demobil se -is country s where I are 1 ates Beilenger
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    Interpreter says 'no Jap trials'
    368 1 Free Press Reporter A CHINESE interpreter who worked for the Japanese in 1942 told the Court at the Chinese massacre trial this morning that several detained men were sent to Sumatra and Siam to work for the Japanese. The witness was Lim Peng Que who
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    PAPER CLOSED
    35 1 One of Nankings leading morning papers, the Ta Kang Pao, has been crdered by the Chinese Government to suspend publication indefinitely on grounds that one month ago it published an "incorrect" contribution article.
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    NEHRU FLIES TO PUNJAB
    121 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehrji, Vice President of the Indian Interim Government, is leaving by air tomorrow on a short visit to all centres of recent clashes in the Punjab. Latest reports showed the rioting had spread to Benares, the Hindu Holy city in the
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    GUNMAIN RAID 'LOVERS' LANE'
    24 1 L^^t ii£ vers L Lane rught, a *1 fnend in by five' "irmed .oc* hem at a 41. 4 et
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    RUSSIANS IN U.K.
    66 1 81l 1 1 nl i members of Rui>sia s Supreme Soviet, representing both chambers of the Soviet Parliament arrived in London last night to tour cultural and industrial centres of Britain. The delegation, returning the visit of British MP's to th e Soviet Unio n last summer,
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    'No call up' say Liberals
    90 1 THE Liberal Party, which has nine members in the House of Commons, has asked the House to throw out the Govern ment's National Service Bill for mili ary service cn the grounds that military training in peacetime infringes the liberty of the subject. Their amendment
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    HOME MIDWEEK SOCCER TO END
    181 1 LONDON, Thursday. NO organised football matches will be played for the remainder of the present season in England, Scotland and Wales, except on Saturdays. Chuter Ede, Home Secretary, told Parliament today that the football authorities had agreed to this to avoid interference with production by
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    BLOCKADE TALKS IN SINGAPORE
    305 1 Free Press Staff Reporter PIADE talks between the Singapore and the N.E.I. Dutch Governments opened in Singapore yesterday, following the arrival from Batavia of a Dutch delegation, headed by an Englishman Mr. Michael Hunt, who is Economic Adviser to Dr. van Mook, Lieut.-Gov.-General of the N
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    SEARCH FOR HER PICTURE
    86 1 SEARCH FOR HER PICTURE This is a 'masterpiece' in oils fiom it photograph for which Emilio Pavone and his British bride, Iris, are searching on both sides of the Atlantic. The picture is of Iris, sent to Emilio two years ago when he was second officer on the I' S
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    2 TRAINS BLOWN UP IN PALESTINE
    93 1 JERUSALEM Thurs. TWO trains were blown up in Palestine t:night according! to reports that have not yet been confirmed. The first was between Petah Tiqvah and Ranana, and I it is stated there were no casual- j ties, although heavy firing later j was
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    FLOODS DANGER IN U.K.
    220 1 FLOODS DANGER IN U.K. LONDON, Thurs rtANGER warnings were flat j to villages a leng the Up- r Thames today that 12 hour of <y rain a. u mehing sn^ c caused at icast, five major rivers to burst their banks and flood doz lis of towns in m ddl.
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    600 STRIKE AT SAVOY
    27 1 LONDON. Thur*. AFTER giving the management 24 hours" notice. 801 catering staff in London's luxurious Savoy Hotel stopped work tonight ius^a^dinner^wa^t^be ferved.B Reuter
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    INDIANS TRIED TO SELL PISTOLS
    58 1 Three Indians were arrested by Singapore C.I.D. yesterday afternoon for attempting to dispose of one Japanese automatic with 36 rounds of ammunition at the 7th mile Bukit Timah Road. A Chinese and an Indian were arrested for having possession of 3,450 rounds of .38 ammunition
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    MPs ask debate on Truman
    294 1 LONDON, Thursday. LABOUR Members of Parliament, supported by Mr. Wins* on Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden for the Opposition, pressed the Government today in the House of Commons to arrange for a debate on President Truman's announcement of United States participation in the aid to
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    OUTPUT FALLS
    57 1 Britain's steel output fell 15 percent in Febimary and is expected to fall further in March since the -closing cf factories was extending throughout February. The steel supply programme ;s now far behind schediAe. The minimum target for 1947 is 12.500,000 tons but the output rate in F
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    32 2 t'tiTt_ .n th at-dianAi i Kn.l^nJ have taken to tinting their hair to match their best dance frocks. The colour brush s off when the girls want their natural hair to sh~w.
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    TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
    380 2 TT EST cpened the deuce of spades, and East wen with »he ace. When South's king dropped. East naturally realized that South had held a sinaletou spade. To help his partner out of "leading trouble which mi-ht develop if West held the king and queen of Giamonds.
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    DO YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURE?
    642 2 PTm WOMEN-PAGE (Condensed from 'Women's Home Companion IT is remarkable how little we know about our figures. Many of our ideas about the way we look, grow, gain weight, stand, walk or behave are not true. But science knows the right answers. Here's a chance
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    QUIZ Answers
    87 2 1 Thev are voluntary and unincorporated societies, the origins of which are obscure, but which, ever the course of centuries, have acquired tne sole right to regulate admission to th«. Bar. Many of the origi ial Inns have disappeart And there are new onlv Lincoln's Inn, to the
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    AUSTERITY STYLES BEATEN BY U.S.
    248 2 SIX young Blitifb mannequins arrived in England from America in the Queen Elizabeth recently convinced that Br»t•in*fl aus:erliy standards cannot compete with U.S. "frills." But British fe made a hit in Canada, where the girls ■Dent mos* ol the r time. When they arrived In
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    VITAMINS IN THE AIR
    70 2 COVIET Institute of Microb.ology has discovered ihat vitamins "volatilise" from planU, after the plan's have absorbed them from the* soil. They sav. therefore, that tbe air itself In parks, fields, flower gardens and vegetable patches is full of healthful Vitamin* which ran be absorbed by the
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    SHOES MADE FROM OLD CLOTH
    181 2 WITH an old sharpened broad knife, a wooden hammer, bent pliers, needle, thread, a brick press, and a vivid imagination, two enterprising Berlin women have built themselves a footwear business. Their stack of unfilled orders would amaze any big shce manufacturer. These female shoemakers work
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    42 2 Lady m ta t. I ucars a classically dinner dress in crepe known in England as "Finest Hour 1 1.< sklit falls in a ..athrd Ine in a cascade from the left hip The new soft draped yoke 1 i < gold -studded
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    BIRTH
    13 2 Or. wr*** I *W wife of W*^, frnW^L^M Bt*. s dsugt I
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      308 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Forcune forecast for people horn today THMIN today, your talent for music is above avcra&c and if you were to sei \our mind to it, you prohab'v would do some fine composing. You are highly sensitive ard to do your best work you must live in harmonious
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      929 2 RADIO MALAYA IKS' t aJay Murlc by Al^ kaUui news: 11.00 Talk 11.05 Sineer of tne ni/4V m o\nUm m mMm m Bahru Kr.nchong Party (Live); 6.4o day: 11.15 Economic Re\ 1130 Malay Fclk Songs; 7 pm. Time Signal; Close down. Singapore 7.01 Radio Drama by PakaUn Bmui RED NETWORK
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    Friends Great the Windsors
    53 3 Friends Great the Windsors IDS ai < W li ea* s r Di hefd mbarn tip at wharf Nasau. r tost a tne i tar .ini I P., M.'A Darfef<« I it Raasai in 1913. returned l> visit their friei ts Mr. ;nd "Mrs. •lm > V nu\ who have
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    NOMINEE CLAUSES WILL GO
    102 3 NOMINEE CLAU SES WILL GO I j i j i mm\j •.> acut j h" 1 would' to drop ises requiring disclosure i pose an those .agement .d they probably' evaded." ■.vould ha the 811 in otner! elloi ac-l Lord to pro- I I 000 1 as a de- (Been
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    FRESH AIR COST HER A HOME
    109 3 LOVE of fresh air hits cost Mrs. Lena Emilie du Common her home. Judge Earengey, at Clerkenwell, London, ordered her to give up her top-floor flat in 21 days. Her insistence on keeping a ________..^__________^.^_^_^__=|_.^__.^_____l open in I he "snowed I a to I
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    The Trojan Hearse
    78 3 ROME police became suspicious when they noticed that mourning relatives were again following a hearse to the cemetery. They had seen the same mourners at other funerals in recent weeks and they knew of no family which had suffered bereavement so frequently. In Verano cemetery they opened
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    BOY 'DETECTIVE' SOLVES A CRIME
    135 3 FO baffied G-men (American Federal Bureau of Investiga ion detectives), when searching for jewels worth £3,500. called at thp home of an eight-year-old boy, Rodney Peterson, at Wash insr on. Rodnsf flicsed back the lapel of his coat and showed his ••Jirror G-man" badge, presented
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    AS THEV SANG OF FLAMES...
    47 3 A surpl.ee worn by ihe Rev. C. A. Wheeler, Rural Dean of Bletchley, Bucks, caught fire from a candle in Leighton. Beds, during the service. At the time a hymn was Deing sung which includes the line "the consuming flames of sm."
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    SHIP CINEMA SHOW
    33 3 A regular c'nema show for the crews of cargo ships is to be introduced in Port Line vessels engaged on the Uni ed Kingdom to Australia and New Zealand services.
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    'Bluebell village' vetoed
    81 3 JAJOR Roger H. Way, whose p i a n to build a model village at Tatling End, near Den ham, Bucks, was turned down by Eton Rural Council, has now heard that his appeal has been dismissed by the Minister of Town and Country Planning. Major Way
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    WITH DISTINCTION
    17 3 Studying while a patient in; Nottingham Hospital. Jean Freeborough. 16. obained matriculation standard with distinction.
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    NEW PLAN FOR WINE IMPORTS
    204 3 rE great shortage of the best chateau-bottled clarets and the finer quality Burgundies, has led to new proposals being made to the Ministry of Food by the wine trade in London. These proposals have now gone to the Treasury for approval. <^he composition of the
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    CHARGED WITH AIDING PRISONERS
    442 3 Former Facist faces court JHE Crown Prosecutor at Old Street Magistrates Court, 1 London, alleged that seven men charged with having harboured escaped enemy prisoners of war had prepared to forge passports and use a private yacht to send the prisoners from England. One of the
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    1,000 MILES OF PIPES
    110 3 (CONTRACTS for a 1000-miles oil pipeline to be laid from Saudi Arabia to a Mediterranean port not yet decided on have been placed with American companies. It will be the largest and most costly pipeline ever laid, and is estimated to cost over £25,000,000, Contracts are
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    BLITZ MEMORIAL
    28 3 Lambeth Borough Council are j to consider a recommendation to lay out a garden of remembrance for its citizens killed by enemy I air a tacks.
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    HOUSING TESTS COST £1,263,200
    114 3 HOUSING TESTS COST £1,263,200 EXPERIMENTS in "unorthodox house constructed" cost the Government £1,263.000 up to January las: year, and a further £1,000,000 is provided in the 1946-47 estimates. The Treasury has asked to be supplied wi h details of the cost in money and man-hours and with an account of
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    GIRL WANTS TO INSURE BUST
    211 3 A FIRM of Lloyd's underwriters are prepared to ri*k A £12,500 on the bust of a Californian ni r ght-club dancer. Describing herself as "the original Hubba-Hubba girl," Evelyn West, whose shapely form can be seen most nights at a club on San Francisco Bay,
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    SAVED BY HIS KNIFE SPARKS
    223 3 SAVED BY HIS KNIFE SPARKS A 17-year-old boy, stranded for five hours on a cliff edge at Aberystwyth all night, try in vain to attract attention by burning first a handkerchief and paper and then his socks. By the light of car headlamp^ he was finally rescued— his last match
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    BETSY THE PIG WEIGHTS 6 CWT
    86 3 A BRITISH pig named Betsy has grown to 6ft. 3in. in length, 3ft. 6in. in height, and 6cwt. in weight. An Amersiiam pig-breeder, Mr. Alec Provan, finds Betsy a problem pig. She consumes two buckets of pig food a day in the midst of
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    BLIGH TO MOVE
    33 3 Thp body of Captain Bligh, of Mutiny fame, may leave a London churchyard on another village -Sydney (Australia) City Cov H l havq masked if a transfer could be mafie.
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    CHAR OR CHAR?
    39 3 A protest that £380 a year lor making and serving tea in Norwich Ci.y Hall was described in the accounts as "cleaning and cleaning materials" has been made to the council by Councillor A. Nicholls (Soe.).
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    Arab soldiers greet the Grand Mufti
    128 3 Arab soldiers greet the Grand Mufti SIGNIFICANT VISIT of Palestin? Arab Army del-gates to Haj Anr'n el Hussein', Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, now living in exile in Cairo. The Arab Army is called the Nejada. A Nejada officer, standing stiff v to attention, is facing the Grand Muiti in this
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    GERMANS WONT OUST BRITONS
    140 3 TWO British scientist wcr.:crs have been dismissed as a result of the employmen of Germans at tre former Government establ shment at Whitechurch, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, annou-c^s the _flNt_llf of Supply It was stated that this es ablishment did very important war work, bu f wi
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    FREAK BETS BY U.S. STUDENTS
    61 3 America's undergraduates nave gone back to .heir pre-war amies. One tried the other day .o eat 100 sticks of chewing gum a; oni time, but gave up at number 84. Ano her bet a fellow student £10 he would eat 425 shrimps. which in America
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    SWAN BOARDS BUS
    27 3 A swan smashed a bus w:na. w in Eon II gh-strc« t. scattered the people inside and flew out again. Two passengers were cut.
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      50 3 "j^KZ AN Primitive to present By Edgar Rice Burroughs M t mi l\ W^'-j* '^^o^^.AS^mmrtmm^.-'' W V __aWJ 1 T^' M?tl4^ N.TA FORCED TWO OF HDfkj i_J \m____/ f] \/j AS HE SIEPT HiS U-— J. A tm^t___\__thx r 5 A rt-S THROAT. MU^y fl4r Vi FEATURES 3E3AN TO ASS'JME
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Mar. 14, 1947. China Left Out
    641 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Mar. 14, 1947. China Left Out rE influence of China in the councils cf the great nations has declined sadlv snce the psace. During the war it became customary to regard China as one of the Great Powers among the Allied Nations, although the role
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    THESE PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE MAKE NEWS
    2225 4 JUST before she reJ turned to Kuala Lumpur last week-end I met probably the most naturally cheerful woman in Singapore. A friend of mine said of her: To be with Lola is to be Happy." Her name is HELEN RUBINOF (most people will know
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      13 4 HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES in STERLING SILVER. Fresh stocks now Gvailabie, 78 MOMTH B*f**S S'P9Kl.^
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      44 4 QUIZ 1 What are the Inns of Court? How many of them are there? And where are they situated? 2. Which of London's theatres are especially associated with the names of: (a) David Garrick; (b) Henry irving; (c) Bcerbohm Tree? ANSWERS ON PACK 2
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      179 4 FRITH I'nde h txfj* and an baufbit pi before fall. BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON JLND BIRMINGHAM. MAY stb-!«fc This is your first opportunity in sever, ye** s see your old suppliers in Britain and to meet ones. Overseas Buyers are invited I Bntain foi t* 1947 British Industries Fair. It
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    50 5 I\ T. i .ch part of the new school f r chldren run by ths Good Shepherd Convent in Kampong Java Road, Singapore. Ab:ut 10 pur Is— bays and girls— are te'nj taught by a system which will prepare them for the matriculation examination at the age of 12 years.
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    FEWER FAMILIES ON REKIEF LIST
    174 5 Social conditions improve in S'pore Free Press Staff Reporter .rtrrßE ha* been a big decrease in the number of I f milies receiving relief from the Singapore Govt Thi> trend is reflected in figures which show ertimem.^ January 194S> lg^ m famO^ wcre re that
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    RICKSHAW MEN WANT TO GO BACK TO CHINA
    286 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. SCREENING beards are bei^g held by Mr. R. H. Oakley, one of Singapore's Commissioners of Labour, in his office., of ricksha pullers who war.t a free trip back to China j when r-cksha-pulling becomes illegal in Singapore at
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    FIVE HEROES GET G.C
    36 5 by .m- j S .ices .Vmir 1 Sir N'-'.vy. hiefi K ir Int I I K rpa. I Rifles- Central i C im--1 :ure. i h*d i and then, I eroy A.P.
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    JAP TEXTILES
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    TO HAVE OWN NATIONALITY
    86 5 INDIANS will, in the very near future, have a naUonality of thoir own and no longer ce classified as British subjects. The Government of India has under consideration the enact- ment of an Indian Nationality Law which will supersede the British Nationality Act of 1914, which
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    15 TONS UNLOADED IN 10 MINUTES
    207 5 CAMERONS PASS THROUGH K.L. PIK First Battalion of the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, dressed in kilts, disembarked from the "Dilwara" at Port Swettenham last Thursday. The colours were brought ashore by two officers under an escort of serges* s with fixed bayonets. To aid
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    $ 10,500 FOR A FISHIING STAKE
    43 5 10,500 FOR A FISHIING STAKE The Advisory Council yesterday approved payment of $10,500 as compensation for removal of a fishing stake at Tanjong Rhu, belonging to a Singapore Chinese. The stake was removed last year because it interftr/ed with navigation in the area.
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    FORCES EXAM IN NOVEMBER
    74 5 THE fourth forces preliminary 1 examination will be held in November 1917 instead of Au?ust. As this ch of date will inevitably place a number cf caucuses outside the six months' i I lt u 0f el! bi l^V, it is ruled that all those who
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    600 names on trade register
    260 5 600 names on trade register Free Press Staff Reporter jIN the first 13 days following the new post-war Govern ment legislation requiring managers of Singapore businesses to register, more than 600 names have been entered on the Roll of Businesses which is kept in the Supreme Court Building by Mr.
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    64 5 As supervisor in charge of Sscial Survey, Mr. Goh, who is attached to the Department of Social Welfare, brca cast from the Far Eastern Broadcasting Station on the plans for the forthcoming social survey in Singapore. He spoke of the spade work that is being done to carry out a
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    JAP SUSPECT
    28 5 fANE -Japanese, held in Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, transferred to the South-East Asia Command for trial in Singapore on alleged Formosa crime^^He is puvate Terue Zushi.-B A.P.
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    SOCIAL SURVEY IN SEPTEMBER S'PORE GOVT PLANS
    581 5 SOCIAL SURVEY IN SEPTEMBER S'PORE GOVT PLANS Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE proposes to carry out a sociai survey in September or October this year. A committee of experts in economics, sociology, statistics and nutrition is studying tiie plan, and it is hoped that as a result of its deliberations,
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    HONOURED
    88 5 Governor Franklin Gimson is seen pinning the MMlai of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to (he breast of Mr. Wong Peng Swee, a Singapore postal official, in the Advisory Council yesterday. Mr. Wong received the presentation for meritorious services during the Japanese attack on Malaya and
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    HINDU MISSION TO MALAYA
    62 5 THE All-India Hindu Mahasabha 1 may shortly send deputations to Burma, Malaya, China, Japan and other South-East Asia countries to establish cultural and political relationships with these countries and to prepare the ground to hold a conference of representatives of South-East Asian countries, said the Hindu
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    MOBILE CANTEEN FOR SINGAPORE
    164 5 A FOURTH mobile canteen will shortly take the roads to spread the feeding of undernourished children of preschool age in Singapore. Welfare Department officials fee) that with the present housing shortage in Singapore the mobile canteen provides the answer to the problem of distributing meals throughout
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    CLUB MEETING
    39 5 The Sure and Steadfast Club 'an Old Boys Association of the Boys Brigade) will hold a n an. nuai general meeting on Monday, March 17, at 7.30 p.m. in the Prinsep Street Straits Chinese Church Social Hall
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      456 5 Another Outstanding Picture And It's At The um^m^kZ. otWmjjMß Today kour 1 .30 4 00 9.30 o.m. j|?BP Three prize Sy^ performances, I that pack m thrills, laughs, JL action into .^^fev the season's jj^ril big hit r*mmmW- ff EDWARD C. u ROBINSON ijk k. MARGARET ff"j| O'BRIEN Hs*' v
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    BABY BORN IN BLIZZARD
    163 6 AN English midwife gave instructions by telephone during blizzard so that an untrained woman could assist the birth of a baby in the snow-bound village of Weaver thorpe. The midwife, Nurse Winifred Place, was 17 miles from Weaverthorpe when the baby was ushered safely into the
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    PLANT SALVAGED
    32 6 Lighting plant from the United States for Shannon Airport has been salvaged intact from the ship Irish Plane. 4,706 tons, which was wrecked near Ballycotton, co. Cork, on Feb. 1.
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    18 6 SIR GRANVILLE ST J. ORDEBROWN, Labour Adviser, Colonial Office He was knighted in the New Year Honours list.
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    TRADITIONAL COMFORT
    129 6 PASSENGERS who travel aboard Britain's latest motor vessel the "Accra" will enjoy all the refinements of comfort which Britain's traditionally skilled craf smen have been able to give her. Built for the Elder Dempster Lines by Vickers-Arm-strongs the "Accra" will eventually go into service on the Liverpool to
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    Isn't rehearsal this time
    244 6 MK. WILLIAM CLARK, manager of the jewellery shop of A. Glennic, in Maiden lane, Strand, London, often re heaised what he would do should thieves attempt a hold-up. And then it happened. A well-dressed young man entered, pointed a revolver at Mr. Dark's assistant, and said:
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    GAVE DYINGMAN PISTOL
    340 6 A lleged sta temen t by man 's widow SIXTY -YEAR-OLD Albert Edward Cox, doomed to die in six weeks, persuaded his wife to hand him his revolver. Then, as she sat beside him, it went off and he fell dead in his chair. This tragic story
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    CHURCH TOURS DESERT
    128 6 In the eight chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, the story is t Id of an Ethiopian Chamberlain of tbe court of Queen Candace who invited Philip to sit with him in his chariot and explain the Scriptures. As they journeyed, the chariot approached water. Philip
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    A new career for women
    61 6 AN entirely new profession for women child welfare teachers has been plana d by the Children's Nurseries National Society in London. They intend to start threeyear training courses and they believe that the women will be ideal for the job of children's officers to act
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    WEAVING MILLS TO REOPEN IN HONG KONG
    162 6 WEAVING MILLS TO REOPEN IN HONG KONG THE arrival oi Japanese yarn in Hong Kong is a prelude to the opening of more than 500 knitting and weaving faciories and the removal oi j.JCj people from the unemployment market —part of a long-term pkih to get the Colony's textile industries
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    WOMEN PORTERS
    20 6 To speed its development programme London Transport is offering situa lons to women porters for the underground system.
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    SWISS VISA GONE
    18 6 Visas for British citizens to enler Switzerland bave been abolished by the Swiss Federal Government.
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    COOKING IS LEFT FOR A WEEK
    85 6 THIRTY housewives Irom villages all over England and Wales are soon to turn their backs cn cooking and cleaning for a week to become the firs^tuaentsa^Britain^iew ~l While husbands look after homes children, the be free to learn new growing and housecraft, study acting
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    NATIONAL THEATRE
    35 6 Mr. E. Brian O Rorke and Mr Cecil Masey have been appointed as arch'tects for ihe National Thoa re to be erected on the sou h bank of th ft Thames in London.
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    TOWN IS SUED OVER A HORSE
    210 6 DICK, ihe} say duAn EveMiam way, is a horse of character. His favourite grazing ground when not pulling his garbage cart round the town was in the meadows alongside the River Avon. There picnic parties gave him sandwiches, of which he gn-w vtry fond.
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    20 6 General Electricity Co. secured a £250,000 contract to supply Dlant for a new colliery in Bihar Province, India.
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    TELE-COOKERY
    30 6 A new gadget, now in the experimental stage. enables a housewife driving her car ,o pusr. a button which turns on her clei nc cooker at home by ra
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    SHRINE ROBBED
    24 6 Jewellery worth £25.000 been stolen from the statue of the Madonna in the village church at Tresilico. near Reggio di Calabria. Italy.
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    1,150-GUINEAPORTRAIT
    23 6 A portrait of the Duches of Rutland as a girl, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, was sold at Christies' for 1.150 guineas.
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    Isle will be playground
    55 6 UERM. the 3>o-acre island thre< ml<* Ij 11 is to be developed as a pla>«r..un .1 chased by the Guernsey State* from th m K 15,000 C HiJ This lessee, it has been disclosed, is r .<__(** H Upton Lovell, Wiltshire He !>aid J who cares
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    86 6 nn u\ itu I ..-nil i i.t* fe.t an imn mcil stiiking out < The r< tnainiag inche* driv< n ii to I the:, vh I He siip. th N-w load fl h. ran Ut H h:»d itlt no r ii Al 'i t lu* d
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    U.S BAN ON U.K FILM PRODUCE
    27 6 MR J I who I I the D^riarw. I I ad^ I I I I Ru M I I cated I
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    53 7 Victorian tennis stars Colin Long and Mrs. Nancye Bolton (formerly Nancye Wynne) who were recently selected to represent Australia overseas this year. They exchanged congratulations at Mrs. Bolton's home. Long is the first Victorian to gain Davis Cup selection since Gerald Patterson's days. They are Australian
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    LATE SHOCKS FOR CASUAL NAVY XI
    141 7 L ATE SHOCKS FOR CASUAL NAVY XI m Bv Our Soccer Keponer J S.C.F.A.I x j. r stadium yesterday with two lucky hat they were outplayed by the Chinese ptftfts.*!* HT tne y did that to their opponents very *t*fc ct:,n lhe first 40 minutes, but then became so 0*&
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    PUNISHING AMATEUR FIGHTS
    240 7 PUNISHING AMATEUR FIGHTS THE ability to endure punish- j ment and a pleasing display j of the finer po.nts cf the game. marked the preliminary rounds ol heavier classes in the S.A.B.A. i tournament at lhe Happy World j um last nigh* The evening's programme, how- iv, j surprising sloes
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    SPRING DOUBLE CALLOVER
    322 7 SPRING DOUBLE CALLO VER Rest Of The Sport TIILKE wa»s general tightening up of odds on offer against leading Lincolnshire candidates when the "spring double" card was called over a* the Victoria Club yesterday, reports Reuter from London. Individual prices for French horses will nut be laid at the Club
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    TANGLIN ATHLETIC MEET TOMORROW
    121 7 I*HE GHQ, S&ALT athletic meeting 1 which had to be abandoned last Saturday afternoon on account of rain I will now be held to-morrow, weather permitUng. In order to provide an interesting day for both competitors and spectators it is proposed to go through the original
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    BASE WIN WITH TEN MEN
    573 7 R.A.F. League Soccer FOR their second R.A.F. league match on Wednesday, Base Headquarters were entertained by 81 and 84 Squadrons, Seletar, and came away winners by three goals to one. Both teams were beaten in their first but whereas Base only lost by the odd
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    S.R.C SOCCER TEAMS
    159 7 S. R.C SOCCER TEAMS THE R.'cs will meet R.A.F. Tengah at soccer on the Padang this evening at 5.15 p.m. with the following team: A. Ferguson; Lawther, Sanaerson; J Stanley, A. de Souza, A. de Silva; Ross A. Clarke, T. Concenciao, T. E. Barker, Valberg. Reserves: S. Moore, A. Watts.
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    All Out For Three Runs
    138 7 OFa OND string of the Penan? Indian Association cr team made a Penang record in a match last week-end when they met lhe Penang *'re<; School. Batting first th? Indians scored 17 all out. The schoolboys returned with 127 runs and then, in a few
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    R.L. CUP RESULTS
    26 7 RESULTS of tl.e Rugby League cup first round, second teg: Batley 11. York 0. York eliminated. F^atlierston? Rovers 7^Wiga^^l3. Featherstcn° eliminated. -H Reuter
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    264 7 HOME football fixtures for tomorrow and next week MM, FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v. Preston N.E 'Aston Villa v. Stoke City 'Blackburn R. v. Bolton W Blackpool v. Sheffield U. Brentford v. Chelsea Derby Manchester U. Everton v. Leeds U. Huddersfield v. Grimsby T. Portsmouth v. Liverpool Sunderland
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    DONCASTER WIN 8-0
    31 7 DONCASTER, playing at home, beat Barrow by eight goals to nil in the northern section of the Third Division of the F.A. league yesterday, reports Reuter from London.
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    JAPS PLAN SURPRISE
    29 7 Japanese newspaper Asahi. expressing disappointment at exclusion from the Olympic Games, says Japan must intensify training and surprise the world when they re-enter the international arena.
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    FORM IS STILL OBSCURE
    987 7 Cricket Notes By the Sports Editor T AST week-end's cricket in Singapore has considerably strengthened the claims of many Servicemen for inclusion in the State side to meet Selangor over the Easter weekend. On the other hand, the Civilians were, with a f. w exceptions, quite
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      OIL PLAN ENDS
      69 8 The former Lebanon President,! Allied Naccache, told the Leba.! nese Parliament yesterday thatj the Urited states trans- Arabian I P. 'ioi me Com- any has revoked lu decision to discharge oil th-ui R h the Lebanon coast cutCompany's decision fol krwa the refusal of the Syrian Government
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      345 8 A Special Market correspondent .jives the prices of rubbei at 11 s.m today as follows: SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THK Singapore Chamber of Com- merce Rubbr Associations rubber prices at noon yesterday wfre: S'pore shares THE Singapore share market opened quietly with Malayan Breweries wanted at
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      140 8 tf\li the New York Stock Exchange yesterday many operators con- tinued cautious during the afternoon j a<r?itir.g developments and trading j dr.. ;eed along with most prices man- aging to retain earlier small gains, j President Truman's declaration of "global economic warfare" stirred the I greatest interest
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    BEVIN READS LITTLE LIST TO MOSCOW
    229 8 BEVIN READS LITTLE LIST TO MOSCO W MOSCOW, Thursday. MR. ERNEST BEVIN, the British Foreign xMinister, told the Foreign Ministers' Conference in Moscow today that he could u demonstrate Allied unity" by reading a list of five high ranking former Nazis who were holding prominent positions in the Soviet zone
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    HIGH-LIVING OFFICIALS ARRESTED
    113 8 SUMATRA, Thurs CHINESE and Indonesian Press reports that the Republican Governor of Siantar in Sumatra had ordered the arrest of prominent persons alleged to be involved in large scale "corruption'' were confirmed by reliable Republican circles today, states the Netherlands Indies news agency. Among those arrested, according
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    TERROR IN FORMOSA
    97 8 CHINESE observers in a 13-man mission just returned from Formosa say that the Governor, Chen Yi, has terrorised and suppressed the population. Rebels and Government troops are fighting, and riots continue in many towns. Rebels control several towns and lines of communications. They hav e yielded seven
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    NO AID FOR RUSSIA
    65 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. i REQUEST by tiie United States om state Department for authorto send £6,250,000 wortli of oil refining equipment to Russia has been rejected bythe House of Representatives appropriation committee. John Taber, Republican Chairman of the committee, stated today. Taber commented: "We cannot do such
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    UK to maintain rations
    76 8 ■M R Joh Stracey, British Food Minister, on his return from Washington and Canada, to'.d the Press in London yesterday that he had arranged for enough deliveries of meat and wheat to sustain the present "austerity rations" in Britain. He said there was no sign of
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    DEADLOCK IN NEI MAY SOON END
    231 8 BATAVIA, Thursday. EARLY end to the deadlock over the Linggadjati draft agreement between the Indonesian Republican Government and the Dutch Government is expected to follow the unofficial exchange of views between Mr. Sutan Sjahrir, the Indonesian Premier, and a representative of the Dutch Com-mission-General.
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    TO PREVENT WAR
    54 8 The New Zealand Defence! Minister, Mr. E. R. Jones, said yesterday that a close link between nembers of the British Commonwealth of Nations was essential to guard against any future war. Mr. Jones ls ln Brisbane. Australia, on his way to Japan to inspect New Zealand troops
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    FRENCH MPs CRY KILLER AT VIETNAMESE
    381 8 FRENCH MPs CRY KILLER AT VIETNAMESE PARIS, Thursday. THE French National Assembly debate on the war in Indochina again broke up in an uproar when right-wing members screamed "Assassin," "Throw him into prison", and other threats at the Vietnamese representative in Paris, Dhuong Bae May, who was sitting in the
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    57 8 ITALIANS QUIT POLA On Feb. It the Italian Government signed thf peace trea'T I ever PoU (wh^re recently Brigadier R W de UibU>b w_____j_T J^fl woman), to the Yugoslavs. With that. ane\oduv of luitsss iIItS tiny cargo-ship* and fishing-boats, the Italian* »re tearing far V__Ti!fl old man is being helped
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    No full powers to Interim Govt
    338 8 No full powers to Inte rim Govt LONDON, Thursday. ALTHOUGH the British Government will treat the Indian v Interim Government with the same full consultation and consideration as the Dominion Government and give it wa> greatest possible freedom in the exercise of day to day administration, the Interim Government would
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    UK CALL UP BILL
    129 8 LONDON, Thurs NATIONAL Serv cemen" w 11 b: the name applied <o men between the ages of 1£ and 26 called up under th e Government National Service bill published last night. The Government is anx ous that the words "conscription and conscripts' should not be
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